Good evening everyone,
glad to be here? [Audience] Yes.
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Yeah, me too.
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If you are half as
happy to be here as I am
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then you're very happy
to be here and I'm looking
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forward to this evening's
presentation: "The Actual,"
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"Definite, Certain, Unavoidable
Identity of the Antichrist",
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and as Paul has said,
this is a very serious topic,
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but fortunately it is not one
that is mysterious in the Bible.
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Many people have misunderstood
who the Antichrist is,
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there's been a great deal
of conjecture, a great deal
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of ideas and opinions, and
everybody's "Oh, who could"
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"it be?", and you could go
to a Christian book store today
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and probably find 5-7 at least,
different interpretations of who
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the Antichrist is, but
tonight we're going to go
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not to a bookstore, but
to the most important book,
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does that sound
like a good idea?
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And I will show you
tonight, from the Bible, exactly
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who this Antichrist power is,
and as I've already told you,
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I'm not going to tell you
who it is, we'll put all of
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the identifying
characteristics up on the board,
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and then you will tell me who
it is, and I'm not just kidding.
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So let's get right into
our message proper tonight,
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but before we do
that, what will we do first?
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- [Audience] Pray.
- Pray! That's right!
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So let's do that
together. Father in heaven,
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we come before You just
now, we want to bow our heads
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and recognize that You
are God, and that You are
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the great teacher.
Father, tonight we are looking
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at a very important topic,
and a topic that, as You know,
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has been very misunderstood,
so Father, tonight as we go
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to Your word we pray that You
would give us absolute clarity.
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We claim the promise of
1 Corinthians 14, that You
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are not the author of confusion.
So Father, tonight we are
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looking for Bible truth,
not from man's ideas, not from
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man's opinions, not
from man's conjectures.
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Tonight as we study Your
word may our eyes see it.
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So please Father, give us
spiritual minds that we may
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discern spiritual
things. We're looking to You
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as we open Your word, we ask
that You would open our hearts
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and that we would have a crystal
clear Biblical understanding
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of this important
topic. Be with us now, Father,
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for we ask it in Jesus'
name, let everyone say amen.
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Take a look at
that first paragraph.
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Last lesson we learnt
that the Antichrist is a subtle
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religious imposter, not a
violent political opposer.
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He is a counterfeit
more than a combatant.
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Paul referred to him as "the
son of perdition" and "the man"
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"of sin". That
first name is used
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only to describe one
other individual in the Bible,
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and as we've already
said, that's Judas Iscariot.
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He was not an opponent from
without, but a betrayer from
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within; Paul drew
that parallel purposely.
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In this lesson we will identify
the Antichrist from the Bible.
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We will note 10 identifying
characteristics from the Bible,
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and then we will draw
the obvious conclusion
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As you will see, this is
really a very elementary matter.
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The 3 fold office of
Jesus Christ, open your Bibles
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as we begin this lesson, to the
first book of the New Testament,
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Matthew 12.
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We'll read our paragraph,
it says: As we learned
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last lesson, the goal of
Satan is to obscure the person,
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place and power of Jesus
Christ, but what does this mean?
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How could Jesus Christ
ever be obscured in the mind
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of the world, much less in the
mind of the committed believer.
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In order to answer this
question we will take a look at
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the 3 fold office that Jesus
Christ fulfills for the believer
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In Matthew 12, I wish
we had time to spend a lot
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of time here, but I just want
to direct you to 3 Scriptures.
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Jesus is having a conversation
with the religious leaders
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of His day, and He says
something very interesting
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as people are listening in.
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We'll pick it up in
verse 39 so we set the context.
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Matthew 12:39, Jesus
says: "An evil and adulterous"
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"generation seeks after a
sign and no sign will be given"
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"except for the sign of the
prophet Jonah, for as Jonah"
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"was 3 days and 3 nights in
the belly of the great fish,"
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"so the Son of man
will be 3 days and 3 nights"
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"in the heart of the earth."
He's referring to the His death,
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burial and resurrection.
Now look at verse 41,
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Jesus speaking: "The
men of Nineveh will rise up"
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"in judgment with this
generation and condemn it"
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"because they repented
at the preaching of Jonah"
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and I want you to notice
what He says here: "and indeed,"
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"a greater than Jonah is
here." How many of you know
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the story of Jonah?
That's a story that's
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well known to us, right?
God said: "Go to Nineveh",
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and he said: "Well, I'd rather
go to Tarshish", so you have
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this whole conflict playing
out where he goes, and the ship
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gets involved in the
midst of that terrible storm,
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he's thrown overboard, a great
fish eats him, burps him up
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on the land, and he goes and
he preaches and Nineveh repents.
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In the mind of the
Jewish individual, Jonah was one
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of the most powerful and
successful prophets ever.
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Think about it, you have
the entire book of Jeremiah
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and I can't find a single place
in all of Jeremiah where even
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1 person listened to 1
thing that Jeremiah said.
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But Jonah goes to a Pagan
city, preaches for a few days
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and the whole city repents.
Is that a pretty successful
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prophet? So Jesus
says: "By the way,"
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"a greater than Jonah is here."
Jesus says: "I'm greater than"
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"the most successful prophet."
Look at the very next verse,
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verse 42: "The queen of the
south will rise up in judgment"
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"with this generation
and condemn it, for she came"
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"from the ends of the earth
to hear the wisdom of Solomon"
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"and indeed, a
greater than Solomon is here."
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Who was Solomon?
The 3rd king of Israel,
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he was the greatest king in
all of Israel, at least in terms
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of wisdom and prosperity,
so in the mind of the Jew,
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Solomon is the greatest and
Jesus says: "I'm great than"
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"the greatest king. So,
I'm greater than the most"
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"successful prophet, I'm
great than the greatest king",
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are we seeing
pattern? Okay, go to verse 6
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of the same chapter,
Jesus speaking, Matthew 12:6:
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"Yet I say to you that in
this place there is one greater"
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"than the temple",
Jesus says "I'm even greater"
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"than the temple itself and the
priests that minister there",
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of course He was greater than
the temple, the whole purpose
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of the temple
was to point to Him.
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You have the outer courtyard,
and the Holy Place, and the Most
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Holy Place, all of that pointed
forward to Jesus, He says
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"A greater than Jonah is here,
a greater than Solomon is here,"
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"a greater than the temple
is here; I'm greater than"
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"the greatest prophet,
I'm greater than the greatest"
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"king, and I'm greater
than the greatest priest,"
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"even the temple
itself." Here we find the 3 fold
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office that
Jesus Christ fulfills.
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Jesus is prophet, Jesus
is Priest, Jesus is King.
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But He's not any ordinary
prophet, He's the greatest
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of the prophets, He's
not any ordinary Priest, He's
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the greatest of the priests,
greater than the temple itself,
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and He's not any ordinary
king, He is King of kings,
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and Lord of lords.
Right there on your sheet
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you have that: His 3 fold office
is: Prophet, Priest and King.
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You say: "Wait a
minute, what's a prophet?"
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Right there on your study guide:
A prophet is one who speaks
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for God.
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You read the Old Testament,
what did the prophets love
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to say? They said:
"Thus sayeth the Lord...",
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in other words:
"This is what God says..."
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So a prophet is
one who speaks for God.
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A priest is one who
ministers for God, you'd write
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that right in your study guide;
a prophet is one who speaks
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for God, a priest is
one who ministers for God,
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and a king would be
one who rules for God.
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So when we're talking about
the Antichrist power, what we're
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looking for is a power
that would seek to overtake
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and usurp, and obscure
the 3 fold office of Jesus.
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Jesus said: "I'm greater
than the greatest prophet,"
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"I'm greater than the
greatest temple, or the priest,"
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"I'm greater than the greatest
King", prophet, priest and king;
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One who speaks for God,
one who ministers for God,
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one who rules for God, and
the Antichrist power on earth
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is going to say: "No!
I'm God's voice on earth!"
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"No! I'm God's
ministry on earth!"
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"No! I'm God's
authority on earth!"
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Are we all clear
everyone? So far so good.
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So let's continue on.
Last paragraph on page 1:
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This is who Jesus Christ is; the
Antichrist will seek to obscure
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or even usurp, that means
"take", these various offices
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from Jesus Christ.
How very important then
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that we know who Jesus Christ
really is according to the Bible
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Can you see how essential
it is to know Jesus according
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to what is true.
Remember our knowledge of God,
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and our worship of God
must be in spirit and in truth.
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Very quick question
before we go one second further:
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does this idea
make sense, yes or no?
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- [Audience] Yes.
- Okay, Jesus says:
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"I'm greater than Solomon,
I'm greater than Jonah,"
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"I'm greater than the temple",
He's the greatest prophet,
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the greatest
priest, the greatest king,
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so the Antichrist is going
to try and usurp those offices,
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the Antichrist will say:
"I'm God's voice on earth,"
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"I'm God's ministry on earth,
I'm God's authority on earth",
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that's what we're
looking for. Next page:
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The Antichrist. The
Name Antichrist is not used
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very frequently in the Bible,
only the author, John, uses it.
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However, there are
several different names that
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the Antichrist is referred
to by in the Scriptures,
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here are most of them,
you can write them in there.
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He's referred to, as we've
already said as the Antichrist,
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we looked at that in 1 John.
He's referred to as "the beast"
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in Revelation,
particularly chapter 13.
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He's referred to as "the man
of sin" in 2 Thessalonians 2,
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"the son of perdition",
also in 2 Thessalonians 2,
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and another one that we've not
talked about, "the little horn",
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which is what we're going
to spend some time looking at
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tonight in Daniel 7 and 8.
So there are several different
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monikers for the Antichrist,
he's not always referred to
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just as the Antichrist, that's
an important point that many
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do not
understand. Okay, it says:
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The last one, Nr.5, is
found in the book of Daniel 7,
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so let's go to the book of
Daniel as we begin to uncover
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exactly who this
Antichrist, beast, man of sin,
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son of perdition,
little horn power is.
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We go to the book of Daniel
7, that's in the Old Testament,
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should be able to find
it, if you can find Isaiah,
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go forward, Jeremiah,
then you've got Lamentations,
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Ezekiel, then
you'll find Daniel 7.
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We're on the subheading:
Four Frightening, Ferocious,
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Feral creatures. Let's
go look at these 4 beasts,
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before we do that,
let's quickly review.
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We've seen this
man before, haven't we?
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This is from Daniel
chapter... who remembers?
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Daniel chapter...? [Audience] 2.
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That's right, and a King
had a dream, what was his name?
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Nebuchadnezzar.
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And he had a dream of a great
metal man, the head of gold,
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the chest and arms of silver,
belly and thighs of bronze,
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long legs of iron, and
then the feet partly of iron
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and party of clay, and
we saw that this metal man
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was a great timeline.
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Very simple, so you
can be filling these in,
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it's quite simple on
your sheet. [Text on screen]
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Daniel said "the dream is
certain and its interpretation"
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"is sure"; this is Daniel 2.
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So let's go to our study guide,
it says: God is the greatest
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teacher in the universe.
And just like any good human
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teacher, He uses the twin
teaching techniques of review
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and enlarge.
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You remember this, if there's
any teachers here this evening,
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this is one of the most
foundational pedagogical
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principles, and that is
that when someone goes from
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the 4th grade into the
5th grade, you first review
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what they learned before,
and then you enlarge upon it.
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Then they go from the 5th to
the 6th, you review what you've
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learned before, and then
you enlarge upon it, etc, etc.
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So in Daniel 2 we have
this timeline, Babylon,
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Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome,
divided Rome, and so when we
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come to Daniel 7, this is
the second great prophecy in
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the book of Daniel, we
find this same idea of reviewing
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what we've been over
and then enlarging upon it.
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So you're in Daniel 7
with me, and we'll pick it up
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in verse 1, it says: "In
the first year of Belshazzar,"
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"king of Babylon, Daniel had
a dream and visions of his head"
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"while on his bed, then
he wrote down the dream,"
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"telling the main
facts." Verse 2: "Daniel said,"
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"I saw in my vision by
night, and behold, the 4 winds"
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"of the heaven were
stirring up the great sea",
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so Daniel sees a frothy
sea being whipped into action
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by the winds, "...and 4 great
beasts came up from the sea,"
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"each different from the other.
The first was like a lion"
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"and had eagle's wings.
I watched till its wings"
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"were plucked off, and it
was lifted up from the earth"
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"and made to stand on 2 feet
like a man, and a man's heart"
00:14:03.78\00:14:06.36
"was given to it. Suddenly
another beast, a second"
00:14:06.39\00:14:08.94
"like a bear was raised
up on 1 side and had 3 ribs"
00:14:08.97\00:14:13.23
"in its mouth between its teeth,
and they said thus to it,"
00:14:13.26\00:14:17.02
"Arise, devour much flesh."
Verse 6: "After this I looked"
00:14:17.05\00:14:20.34
"and behold, there was another
like a leopard which had"
00:14:20.37\00:14:24.26
"on its back 4 wings of a
bird, this beast also had"
00:14:24.29\00:14:30.12
"4 heads and dominion
was given to it." Verse 7:
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"After this I saw in the
night visions, and behold,"
00:14:33.37\00:14:36.42
"a 4th beast, dreadful and
terrible, exceedingly strong,"
00:14:36.45\00:14:39.87
"it had huge iron teeth,
it was devouring, breaking in"
00:14:39.90\00:14:44.13
"pieces and trampling
the residue with its feet,"
00:14:44.16\00:14:47.03
"it was different from all
the beasts that were before it,"
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"and it had 10
horns." Now, how many beasts?
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4 beasts, the first beast was
a lion that had eagle's wings,
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you can see it there on
the screen, you can also see it
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on the banner, a
lion with eagle's wings.
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The second beast was a
bear that was sort of hunched up
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on one side that had 3
ribs in the mouth, the 3rd was
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a strange 4 headed
leopard with 4 wings of a fowl,
00:15:08.17\00:15:12.85
and the 4th was an unusual
beast, he doesn't exactly tell
00:15:12.88\00:15:15.67
us what it was, he just
says it was ferocious, it was
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terrible, it was horrific and it
had 10 horns, and it had teeth,
00:15:18.09\00:15:22.80
strange teeth, made of
iron. Think about that:
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4 beasts, and over here,
there were 4 main metals,
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those 4 main metals then gave
way to feet of iron and clay,
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and how many toes do
you have on your feet? Ten.
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And how many horns are on
that beast? [Audience] Ten.
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So what we're finding is
that God is reviewing what we've
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already learned in
Daniel 2. Somebody says: "Whoa,"
00:15:44.89\00:15:49.03
"you're trying to
tell me that these beasts"
00:15:49.06\00:15:51.72
"aren't real beasts?"
How many of you have ever
00:15:51.75\00:15:54.40
seen a 4 headed
leopard, anyone ever seen that?
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Or leopard with
wings? Or a lion with wings?
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No. Notice this, you're
right there on your study guide,
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we're in the bottom paragraph:
The very same timeline is
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spelled out in Daniel 7,
but this time, instead of using
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a metal image, God
uses 4 great beasts.
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Are these beasts
literal? The answer is "no".
00:16:13.77\00:16:17.54
Look with me, you're still
in Daniel 7, look at verses 17
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and 23, Daniel 7:17, 23.
00:16:21.28\00:16:27.08
"These great beasts,
which are 4, are 4 kings"
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"or kingdoms which
shall arise out of the earth."
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Notice verse 23: "Thus he
said, the 4th beast shall be"
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"the 4th kingdom on the earth."
So in end time Bible prophecy,
00:16:38.86\00:16:44.59
a beast represents a kingdom.
Notice that pastor Asscherick
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didn't make that up, I
didn't say: "Well, you know,"
00:16:50.39\00:16:53.18
"what should we say
these beasts represent?"
00:16:53.21\00:16:55.99
No! It's right there in
the book of Daniel, a beast
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represents a
kingdom, are we all clear?
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Okay, so far so
good, very powerful.
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Notice you'd write that
in there, kings or kingdoms.
00:17:04.02\00:17:06.50
Now this practice of
referring to nations as beasts
00:17:06.53\00:17:09.48
is still common even
today. For example, what modern
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nations are represented
by the following beasts?
00:17:12.81\00:17:16.58
The bald eagle
would be...? The USA.
00:17:16.61\00:17:20.88
The bear would
be...? The former USSR.
00:17:20.91\00:17:24.53
Turn the page over if
you're keeping up with me.
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The dragon would
be...? [Audience] China
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Very good, and the
rooster would be...?
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France. You didn't
know that, did you?
00:17:34.92\00:17:38.50
No one ever knows that
one, I put that one in there
00:17:38.53\00:17:41.14
just because you don't
know it. [Audience laughs]
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It's very interesting,
the beasts are symbolic,
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and the beasts came up out
of the great sea that was being
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frothed up by the wind.
Well guess what, the water
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is also symbolic.
Revelation 17:15, we're going
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to spend a lot of time in
Revelation 17, but I'll give
00:18:02.49\00:18:05.17
you 1 verse very quickly,
it says: [text on screen]
00:18:05.20\00:18:07.69
So water in end time
Bible prophecy represents
00:18:14.03\00:18:17.79
a populated area.
That does not mean that
00:18:17.82\00:18:20.98
every time you see water in the
Bible it represents a populated
00:18:21.01\00:18:23.67
area, no, in end time prophecy
water represents people.
00:18:23.70\00:18:30.74
We use that same
language today, we'll say:
00:18:30.77\00:18:33.57
"There was a sea of people
there", that same kind of idea,
00:18:33.60\00:18:36.43
so what Daniel is seeing
is 4 nations rising out of
00:18:36.46\00:18:40.80
a populated area.
If that all makes sense
00:18:40.83\00:18:43.91
everyone say
"amen". [Audience] Amen.
00:18:43.94\00:18:46.36
Okay, so far so
good. We're doing great.
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Now let's continue on:
These 4 beasts retrace exactly
00:18:49.24\00:18:52.02
the same timeline - I'm at the
top of page 3- that the image
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of Daniel 2 did, but with
more detail thrown in to confirm
00:18:55.45\00:18:59.87
historical correspondents.
So what we're going to find
00:18:59.90\00:19:02.90
is that history hasn't
changed, history doesn't change
00:19:02.93\00:19:05.87
from Daniel 2 to Daniel
7, we still have Babylon,
00:19:05.90\00:19:08.58
Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome
and divided Rome, but God is now
00:19:08.61\00:19:12.50
throwing in more
details. Remember, He reviews
00:19:12.53\00:19:19.22
and then enlarges. The
historical correspondence
00:19:19.25\00:19:24.81
is absolutely incredible.
The winged lion was actually
00:19:24.84\00:19:28.24
one of the most sacred
symbols in ancient Babylon.
00:19:28.27\00:19:32.12
In fact, we showed you a picture
earlier, this was night Nr.2,
00:19:32.15\00:19:36.04
of the great Ishtar Gate
located in the Pergamon Museum,
00:19:36.07\00:19:39.22
the very gate through
which Daniel would have walked
00:19:39.25\00:19:41.94
to stand before Nebuchadnezzar,
and on the great Ishtar Gate
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there are many different
animals that were very symbolic
00:19:45.08\00:19:48.09
and very important to the
Babylonians, and one of them
00:19:48.12\00:19:51.33
was a winged lion.
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The lion is the king of the
beasts, and gold is the chiefest
00:19:57.68\00:20:00.70
of metals, so here, just
as Babylon was represented
00:20:00.73\00:20:03.23
by the head of gold, so
too Babylon is represented
00:20:03.26\00:20:05.86
by this winged lion.
00:20:05.89\00:20:07.88
Notice the next one: the chest
of silver represented the great
00:20:07.91\00:20:11.54
Medo-Persian empire. So
too, here we have a bear.
00:20:11.57\00:20:15.54
It's very interesting to
note there were 2 elements
00:20:15.57\00:20:18.14
of that bear that
were kind of interesting:
00:20:18.17\00:20:20.54
Nr.1 is it was hunched up
on 1 side, you remember that?
00:20:20.57\00:20:24.88
Showing an imbalance, and that's
exactly what history tells us.
00:20:24.91\00:20:28.79
The Medes and the
Persians had to league together
00:20:28.82\00:20:31.42
in order to rule the then
known world, but the Persians
00:20:31.45\00:20:34.07
were always the stronger
of the 2, so the Persians were
00:20:34.10\00:20:37.74
stronger than the Medes,
the bear was raised up on 1 side
00:20:37.77\00:20:40.30
showing an
imbalance. How many ribs were in
00:20:40.33\00:20:42.91
the mouth? 3 ribs, representing
00:20:42.94\00:20:45.33
the 3 provinces of Babylon
that had to be conquered:
00:20:45.36\00:20:49.12
Lydia, Phrygia and Egypt, those
were the 2 provinces of Babylon
00:20:49.15\00:20:53.10
that were conquered in
order for Medo-Persia to come
00:20:53.13\00:20:57.23
to ascendancy.
00:20:57.26\00:20:59.59
Are you seeing the
historical correspondences?
00:20:59.62\00:21:02.33
- [Audience]
Yes. - Very powerful.
00:21:02.36\00:21:04.75
We notice the next one, there
was the leopard with 4 heads
00:21:04.78\00:21:09.56
and 4 wings, and if time allowed
I could show you that wings
00:21:09.59\00:21:12.31
in the Bible
represent speed in prophecy.
00:21:12.34\00:21:17.11
So a leopard, the Cheetah
family, is already a very fast
00:21:17.14\00:21:21.46
land mammal, very fast,
very powerful, representing
00:21:21.49\00:21:25.54
the great empire of Greece.
Think about this, Alexander
00:21:25.57\00:21:29.32
the Great started
conquering the then known world
00:21:29.35\00:21:32.20
at the age of 16, and by
the time he was 30 years old
00:21:32.23\00:21:34.70
he had conquered the
whole then known world.
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Is that very fast? So
you have a fast mammal,
00:21:37.38\00:21:41.24
you put 4 wings on his
back, you have a very rapidly
00:21:41.27\00:21:44.46
moving empire, just exactly what
we see in Greece, but it gets
00:21:44.49\00:21:47.85
even more amazing.
Alexander the Great died
00:21:47.88\00:21:50.81
in a drunken
stupor at the age of 32.
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His last words were
reputed to have been:
00:21:53.80\00:21:55.98
"The kingdom goes
to the strongest",
00:21:56.01\00:22:01.74
because there was no
heir that could just step into
00:22:01.77\00:22:03.92
Alexander the Great's
shoes, "The kingdom goes to"
00:22:03.95\00:22:06.57
"the strongest", and what
ended up happening to Greece is
00:22:06.60\00:22:09.32
they divided it, the
Macedonian- Grecian Empire,
00:22:09.35\00:22:12.04
they divided it into
guess how many parts...
00:22:12.07\00:22:15.03
4 parts, and there were 4
generals: Cassander, Lysimachus,
00:22:15.06\00:22:18.20
Ptolemy and Seleucus that
all went to the north, south,
00:22:18.23\00:22:21.07
east and west, and the kingdom
of Greece was divided into 4,
00:22:21.10\00:22:24.66
how many heads are
on the leopard? Four!
00:22:24.69\00:22:27.58
Incredible. More
historical correspondence,
00:22:27.61\00:22:31.96
but it gets even more
amazing. The long legs of iron
00:22:31.99\00:22:36.22
represented by this hideous,
strange, ferocious beast
00:22:36.25\00:22:39.97
that was crushing everything.
In fact, this beast was so ugly,
00:22:40.00\00:22:42.70
so terrible, so amazing,
Daniel couldn't even think
00:22:42.73\00:22:45.04
of anything that even
looked like it, he said it was
00:22:45.07\00:22:46.75
a horrific, terrible,
ferocious beast with teeth
00:22:46.78\00:22:50.60
of iron that would correspond
with the long iron legs.
00:22:50.63\00:22:57.17
Of course, the great
iron monarchy of Rome.
00:22:57.20\00:23:00.97
How many horns were
on that final beast?
00:23:01.00\00:23:03.17
10, and how many toes
there? 10, so you have
00:23:03.20\00:23:05.61
the correspondence,
just as Rome broke down
00:23:05.64\00:23:08.67
into those 10 tribes, here
we have Rome with the 10 horns.
00:23:08.70\00:23:14.24
So just as we have Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome,
00:23:14.27\00:23:18.05
so too here, Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome.
00:23:18.08\00:23:22.69
Up to this point we have
no new information, this is
00:23:22.72\00:23:26.23
all review.
00:23:26.26\00:23:29.73
I want to show you very
quickly a quotation that we've
00:23:31.87\00:23:34.86
already showed once before.
This was from Edward Gibbon,
00:23:34.89\00:23:37.75
the secular historian, I
told you that Edward Gibbon
00:23:37.78\00:23:40.65
was actually quite disinterested
in religion, and was actually
00:23:40.68\00:23:43.49
against organized
religion, but he himself said,
00:23:43.52\00:23:46.42
as a secular historian
in his "Decline and Fall of"
00:23:46.45\00:23:49.11
"the Western Roman
Empire", [text on screen]
00:23:49.14\00:23:51.94
So even he could see that
Daniel 2 represents a timeline.
00:24:00.05\00:24:04.95
This has been the
historical interpretation,
00:24:04.98\00:24:10.29
and it's also been the
correct interpretation.
00:24:10.32\00:24:12.97
I want to show you something
that's very interesting,
00:24:13.00\00:24:15.34
a friend of mine visited
the court house in Nuremberg,
00:24:15.37\00:24:18.81
Germany, this is THE court
house in Nuremberg, Germany,
00:24:18.84\00:24:22.70
where many of the Nazi
war criminals were tried,
00:24:22.73\00:24:25.74
in this very building,
and above the 2 great doors
00:24:25.77\00:24:28.66
are 2 very interesting
sculptures, and I want to
00:24:28.69\00:24:32.00
show you amazing
historical correspondence.
00:24:32.03\00:24:36.82
If you see just quickly,
you have a figure on the left
00:24:36.85\00:24:40.27
and a figure on the right.
You can't make it out super well
00:24:40.30\00:24:43.08
here, but on the right, that's
Nebuchadnezzar with his long
00:24:43.11\00:24:46.63
beard and his Babylonian
garb, and if you look carefully,
00:24:46.66\00:24:49.59
you see a lion
with eagle's wings.
00:24:49.62\00:24:53.05
On the left you can see
a gentlemen, you can see
00:24:53.08\00:24:55.77
he's wearing a sort
of Medo-Persian outfit,
00:24:55.80\00:24:58.77
that is he has the kind of
Persian head dress he has on,
00:24:58.80\00:25:01.64
and there's a bear.
So let's look at these
00:25:01.67\00:25:04.55
a little bit closer. Sure
enough, there's Nebuchadnezzar
00:25:04.58\00:25:07.33
and the lion with eagle's
wings, does everyone see that?
00:25:07.36\00:25:10.93
Now look at this: here we
have a Persian individual,
00:25:10.96\00:25:13.41
a Persian soldier, and we
have a bear, and if you look
00:25:13.44\00:25:16.25
very carefully, I could
show you a close up picture,
00:25:16.28\00:25:18.89
guess how many
ribs are in that mouth?
00:25:18.92\00:25:21.17
3 ribs.
00:25:21.20\00:25:23.25
Now here's another one,
this is the separate large door,
00:25:23.28\00:25:26.28
and if you can look carefully
you can see Alexander the Great,
00:25:26.31\00:25:29.29
none other than Alexander
the Great, and that right there
00:25:29.32\00:25:32.04
is a leopard, guess
how many heads it has...
00:25:32.07\00:25:35.04
- [Audience] 4.
-4 headed leopard.
00:25:35.07\00:25:37.63
And over here we have a
Roman soldier and a strange
00:25:37.66\00:25:40.02
looking beast with 10 horns.
Here's up close views of that.
00:25:40.05\00:25:43.18
You see that? Alexander
the Great, do you see the 4
00:25:43.21\00:25:45.44
headed leopard everyone?
Okay, you see the historical
00:25:45.47\00:25:48.28
correspondence? And look
here, Roman solider, do you see
00:25:48.31\00:25:51.50
this horrific beast?
Do you see the 10 horns?
00:25:51.53\00:25:55.18
Absolutely
incredible. Now, that shows you,
00:25:55.21\00:25:57.09
in fact, if I looked and looked
and looked to try to figure out
00:25:57.12\00:25:59.74
how old this building is, I
don't know, the person that took
00:25:59.77\00:26:02.60
the pictures told me the
building is circa 1650 AD.
00:26:02.63\00:26:08.96
I'm still trying to
confirm that, but if that's true
00:26:08.99\00:26:11.68
that shows you that this
side idea, this interpretation
00:26:11.71\00:26:14.35
is some 400 years old,
this isn't something that
00:26:14.38\00:26:17.24
Pastor Asscherick just invented,
people have historically
00:26:17.27\00:26:20.14
seen [points at statue] Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome,
00:26:20.17\00:26:22.85
and [points at beasts] Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome.
00:26:22.88\00:26:25.45
Are we all clear
everyone? [Audience] Yes.
00:26:25.48\00:26:28.09
So far so good, now you'll
notice that this strange beast
00:26:28.12\00:26:30.80
has these horns coming up,
and if you look very carefully
00:26:30.83\00:26:33.70
you can actually see there's
a little head on this horn.
00:26:33.73\00:26:36.44
You might be thinking:
"Well why's there a head"
00:26:36.47\00:26:39.07
"on that horn for?"
Well that's what we're going
00:26:39.10\00:26:42.03
to find out right
now. Go back to Daniel 7.
00:26:42.06\00:26:46.57
Okay, and we're in verse 7,
very quickly let's read about
00:26:47.78\00:26:50.51
this ferocious beast.
"After this I saw in the night"
00:26:50.54\00:26:53.49
"visions, and behold, a 4th
beast, dreadful and terrible,"
00:26:53.52\00:26:56.56
"and strong exceedingly,
it had huge iron teeth,"
00:26:56.59\00:26:59.52
"it was devouring, and breaking
in pieces, and trampling"
00:26:59.55\00:27:02.54
"the residue with its
feet. It was different from all"
00:27:02.57\00:27:05.03
"the beasts that were
before it, and it had 10 horns."
00:27:05.06\00:27:06.56
Now look at verse 8,
here's new information.
00:27:06.59\00:27:09.11
Everything up to
this point is review,
00:27:09.14\00:27:13.57
but here's new information.
Verse 8, Daniel says:
00:27:13.60\00:27:16.79
"I was considering the
horns." Now, if I say to you
00:27:16.82\00:27:21.17
"Well, consider it", what
am I saying? "Think about it."
00:27:21.20\00:27:24.51
Daniel says: "I was
thinking about the horns".
00:27:24.54\00:27:26.67
Something about that 4th
beast, and something about
00:27:26.70\00:27:29.22
those horns riveted
and arrested his attention.
00:27:29.25\00:27:33.41
He said: "Wow, I was
thinking about the horns,"
00:27:33.44\00:27:35.61
"and there was
another horn, a little one."
00:27:35.64\00:27:39.92
Do you see that everyone? A
little horn, that little horn
00:27:39.95\00:27:42.70
is the Antichrist.
Bible scholars are universally
00:27:42.73\00:27:46.92
agreed on this, that little
horn is the Antichrist power.
00:27:46.95\00:27:52.22
Look at this: "A little horn
came up among them before whom"
00:27:52.25\00:27:56.89
"there were 3 of the first
horns plucked up by the roots,"
00:27:56.92\00:28:00.36
"and in this horn were
eyes like the eyes of a man,"
00:28:00.39\00:28:04.73
"and a mouth speaking
great words", my Bible says:
00:28:04.76\00:28:08.27
"pompous words", if you
look in the margin it says:
00:28:08.30\00:28:11.33
"blasphemous words".
That's why here on that
00:28:11.36\00:28:14.81
statue that we just showed you,
on those horns one of the horns
00:28:14.84\00:28:17.75
had a little head on
it, and that little horn is
00:28:17.78\00:28:21.12
the Antichrist. Let's continue.
00:28:21.15\00:28:25.17
Verse 9: "I watched till
thrones were put in place",
00:28:25.20\00:28:27.69
Daniel's seeing all of this
in vision, "and the Ancient"
00:28:27.72\00:28:30.23
"of Days", that's God
the Father, "was seated."
00:28:30.26\00:28:32.76
"His garment was white as
snow, the hair of his head"
00:28:32.79\00:28:34.56
"was like pure wool, His throne
was a fiery flame, it's wheels"
00:28:34.59\00:28:37.63
"a burning fire, a fiery
stream issued and came forth"
00:28:37.66\00:28:40.13
"from before Him:",
here's God, "a thousand"
00:28:40.16\00:28:42.79
"thousands ministered to
Him, ten thousand times ten"
00:28:42.82\00:28:45.76
"thousand stood before Him, the
court was seated, and the books"
00:28:45.79\00:28:48.83
"were opened." This
is a judgment scene.
00:28:48.86\00:28:52.57
We'll spend a lot of time
on this, but we're just going
00:28:52.60\00:28:55.50
to go over it quickly right now.
Verse 11: "I watched because of"
00:28:55.53\00:28:58.46
"the sound of the great words",
or "pompous words, which"
00:28:58.49\00:29:01.74
"the little horn was speaking.
I watched till the beast"
00:29:01.77\00:29:04.42
"was slain and its
body destroyed and given to"
00:29:04.45\00:29:07.22
"the burning flame."
So Daniel sees in vision
00:29:07.25\00:29:11.48
these 4 beasts, the 4th
beast has 10 horns, and he's
00:29:11.51\00:29:17.51
thinking about those horns.
Something about those horns
00:29:17.54\00:29:20.45
riveted his attention, and
he sees another little horn
00:29:20.48\00:29:23.31
come up among those horns,
and this horn starts spouting
00:29:23.34\00:29:26.67
his mouth off, that
little horn is the Antichrist.
00:29:26.70\00:29:30.64
What we're going to do is give
10 identifying characteristics,
00:29:30.67\00:29:34.78
you write them down in
the corresponding verses
00:29:34.81\00:29:37.29
and you will see
exactly who this power is.
00:29:37.32\00:29:41.67
It's all right here in
this passage, here we go:
00:29:41.70\00:29:46.61
the first thing that we
need to notice is that it is
00:29:46.64\00:29:49.24
a little horn.
00:29:49.27\00:29:54.98
Actually, look with me just very
quickly so we're clear on this,
00:29:56.11\00:29:59.00
look at Daniel 7:24.
00:29:59.03\00:30:01.97
Look at verse 24 so
we can be clear, it says:
00:30:02.00\00:30:04.82
"The 10 horns are 10 kings which
shall arise out of this kingdom"
00:30:04.85\00:30:11.31
So are these literal horns?
Should we be somewhere out
00:30:11.69\00:30:14.67
scouring the earth
looking for 10 horns?
00:30:14.70\00:30:17.08
No, the 10 horns
represent 10 kings or kingdoms.
00:30:17.11\00:30:20.93
Hey that's exactly what
we would expect, because here
00:30:20.96\00:30:23.72
you have Rome, Rome
divides into the iron and clay,
00:30:23.75\00:30:27.47
which are kingdoms.
00:30:27.50\00:30:31.17
10 toes, 10 horns, so the
first thing we want to notice
00:30:31.20\00:30:34.82
is Nr.1- it's a little kingdom.
Did it refer to any of the other
00:30:34.85\00:30:39.79
horns as being
little? No, but here it says:
00:30:39.82\00:30:42.60
"a little horn".
Identifying characteristic Nr.1:
00:30:42.63\00:30:45.81
it's a little kingdom.
00:30:45.84\00:30:49.02
Nr.2- notice that it
comes up among them, did you see
00:30:49.05\00:30:52.59
that in verse 8?
Let's read verse 8 again.
00:30:52.62\00:30:55.40
It says: "A little
horn coming among them."
00:30:55.43\00:31:01.66
Now, among "them", who's
"them"? "Them" is the 10 horns,
00:31:01.69\00:31:06.11
and the 10 horns are
the nations of divided Rome,
00:31:06.14\00:31:08.26
or today what we
would call Europe.
00:31:08.29\00:31:10.61
So this power has to come
up among the European nations.
00:31:10.64\00:31:15.37
It has to come up among
"them", so if we're looking
00:31:15.40\00:31:17.99
for the Antichrist to pop
up in Tokyo, you're looking
00:31:18.02\00:31:20.21
in the wrong place, it has
to come up among the nations
00:31:20.24\00:31:23.20
of divided Rome,
what we today call Europe.
00:31:23.23\00:31:25.84
Think of it this way:
I'm not among you right now,
00:31:25.87\00:31:28.90
I'm over here, but if I
walk out into the midst of you,
00:31:28.93\00:31:31.78
could you say
now: "He's among us"?
00:31:31.81\00:31:34.24
- [Audience] Yes. -
Does that make sense?
00:31:34.27\00:31:36.87
So now I'm among you,
this little horn has to come up
00:31:36.90\00:31:39.63
among the 10 horns, and
the 10 horns correspond to
00:31:39.66\00:31:42.97
the 10 toes. So far so good?
00:31:43.00\00:31:45.94
Okay, Nr.3- it has
to come up after them.
00:31:45.97\00:31:49.15
You say: "Well,
how do we know that?"
00:31:49.18\00:31:51.67
Well think about it, it's
a timeline, the little horn
00:31:51.70\00:31:54.49
didn't come up during the
period of Greece, the little
00:31:54.52\00:31:57.28
horn didn't come up during
the period of Medo-Persia,
00:31:57.31\00:31:59.89
the little horn had to come
up after the dividing of Rome.
00:31:59.92\00:32:02.69
In other words, in order
to come up among the nations
00:32:02.72\00:32:05.32
of divided Rome, Rome
would have had to be divided,
00:32:05.35\00:32:08.13
so it has to come up, if
you want the date, 476 AD,
00:32:08.16\00:32:10.96
it has to come up
after 476 AD some time.
00:32:10.99\00:32:13.63
If somebody says: "Oh, I
know who the Antichrist is,"
00:32:13.66\00:32:16.30
"and he came up in
233AD", wrong! Can't be!
00:32:16.33\00:32:19.07
It has to come up
after the division of Rome.
00:32:19.10\00:32:21.85
Now, the spirit of
Antichrist was already working,
00:32:21.88\00:32:24.48
as we've said, in John's
day and in Paul's day, but it
00:32:24.51\00:32:27.47
manifests itself here among,
and after the division of Rome.
00:32:27.50\00:32:30.63
Nr.4- notice that
it plucked up 3 horns.
00:32:30.66\00:32:36.09
We'll come back to that, in
fact if you remember, it says
00:32:36.12\00:32:37.74
it plucked up 3 by the
roots. What happens if you pluck
00:32:37.77\00:32:41.25
up something by the roots? Gone.
00:32:41.28\00:32:44.87
This horn was diverse, or
different from the other horns,
00:32:44.90\00:32:48.00
you're still in Daniel
7, look at Daniel 7:24:
00:32:48.03\00:32:56.46
"The 10 horns are 10
kings who shall arise from this"
00:32:56.49\00:32:59.28
"kingdom, and another
shall arise after them",
00:32:59.31\00:33:04.24
see, there it is, "after
them, he shall be diverse",
00:33:04.27\00:33:08.54
my Bible says
"different from the first ones".
00:33:08.57\00:33:12.79
So something about this
kingdom, this little kingdom
00:33:12.82\00:33:16.24
is different. It
couldn't be like all
00:33:16.27\00:33:20.81
the other kingdoms, something
was different about this kingdom
00:33:20.84\00:33:23.64
Let's continue, Nr.6-
this kingdom was a prominent
00:33:23.67\00:33:28.38
man at its head.
00:33:28.41\00:33:33.23
You pick that up in Daniel 7:8.
00:33:33.87\00:33:39.65
It says: "In this horn were
eyes like the eyes of a man"
00:33:39.68\00:33:44.98
"and a mouth speaking
pompous words", so this horn
00:33:45.01\00:33:48.20
has a prominent figure that
has eyes that see and guide it,
00:33:48.23\00:33:51.71
so a central man that guides
it, and a central figurehead
00:33:51.74\00:33:55.79
that speaks for it. A
prominent man at the head.
00:33:55.82\00:33:59.76
Nr.7- this little horn
speaks blasphemy, we've already
00:33:59.79\00:34:02.78
seen that, in fact, it's
several times in the chapter,
00:34:02.81\00:34:05.12
but verse 25 is the clearest
one, "speaks pompous words"
00:34:05.15\00:34:08.80
"against God", blasphemies.
We should ask the question:
00:34:08.83\00:34:13.60
"what is blasphemy?"
00:34:13.63\00:34:17.78
People says: "Oh
blasphemy is bad", no let's look
00:34:17.81\00:34:20.85
at the Biblical definition
of blasphemy, I'll give you
00:34:20.88\00:34:23.43
3 verses, in fact
you can write them down,
00:34:23.46\00:34:26.41
there's not a place for
you to write this down in your
00:34:26.44\00:34:29.34
lesson, but you'll
want to make note of this.
00:34:29.37\00:34:31.87
First definition of blasphemy
from the Bible, Mark 2:7;
00:34:31.90\00:34:34.67
speaking of Jesus
they said: [text on screen]
00:34:34.70\00:34:37.37
Jesus claimed to be able
to forgive sins and the people
00:34:39.39\00:34:42.26
of His day said "that's
blasphemy to claim to be"
00:34:42.29\00:34:44.94
"able to forgive sins".
Was Jesus committing blasphemy
00:34:44.97\00:34:47.64
when He said He could forgive
sins? No because He was God,
00:34:47.67\00:34:50.88
but if I claim to be
able to forgive your sins,
00:34:50.91\00:34:53.38
the Bible says that's blasphemy.
If you steal my sunglasses
00:34:53.41\00:34:56.94
and I forgive you that's
different, but if you steal
00:34:56.97\00:34:59.90
his sunglasses and I forgive
you, I have no prerogative
00:34:59.93\00:35:02.68
on that, are we clear?
00:35:02.71\00:35:04.98
Okay, notice the
second definition, speaking,
00:35:05.01\00:35:07.75
the religious leaders said,
they were talking to Jesus:
00:35:07.78\00:35:11.12
[text on screen]
00:35:11.15\00:35:14.05
Because Jesus had said in
John 10:30 "I and My Father"
00:35:17.35\00:35:20.44
"are One", think about
that. Is it blasphemy for Jesus
00:35:20.47\00:35:24.92
to claim to be God?
No because He is God,
00:35:24.95\00:35:29.00
but what if I claim to be
God? Would that be blasphemous?
00:35:29.03\00:35:32.19
- [Audience] Yeah. - So
definition Nr.1: the power
00:35:32.22\00:35:34.83
to forgive sins. Definition
Nr.2: claim to be God.
00:35:34.86\00:35:38.48
Definition Nr.3, as if that's
not enough, the apostle Paul
00:35:38.51\00:35:42.21
in 1 Timothy 1:12, 13,
he says: [text on screen]
00:35:42.24\00:35:44.91
The apostle Paul refers
to himself as a blasphemer,
00:35:58.96\00:36:01.31
listen to this very
carefully, because he persecuted
00:36:01.34\00:36:04.07
the people of God
in the name of God.
00:36:04.10\00:36:07.79
That's another definition
of blasphemy, to persecute
00:36:09.18\00:36:11.47
the people of God
in the name of God.
00:36:11.50\00:36:15.08
So 3 definitions of blasphemy:
claim to be able to forgive
00:36:15.11\00:36:18.14
sins on earth, claim to be
God on earth, and persecuting
00:36:18.17\00:36:20.86
God's people in the name of God.
00:36:20.89\00:36:23.93
So those are our
Biblical definitions.
00:36:23.96\00:36:27.56
So let's continue.
00:36:27.59\00:36:30.05
Okay, man at the
head, speaks blasphemy,
00:36:36.91\00:36:39.42
it's a persecuting
power. Look at Daniel 7:21, 25.
00:36:39.45\00:36:47.96
Verse 21 says: "I was
watching and the same horn"
00:36:47.99\00:36:51.90
"was making war
against the saints."
00:36:51.93\00:36:55.76
Who are the
saints? God's people.
00:36:55.79\00:36:58.09
So this little horn is making
war against the people of God.
00:36:58.12\00:37:03.22
Look at verse 25: "And he
shall speak pompous words"
00:37:03.81\00:37:07.25
"against the Most High and
shall persecute the saints"
00:37:07.28\00:37:12.15
"of the Most High."
So this power's got to be
00:37:12.18\00:37:14.73
a persecuting power.
Nr.9- this power will change
00:37:14.76\00:37:18.31
or think to change the
very law of God, the times
00:37:18.34\00:37:21.48
and laws of God.
You're still there in
00:37:21.51\00:37:25.15
Daniel 7:25, it says
"Shall persecute the saints of"
00:37:25.18\00:37:28.59
"the Most High and shall intend
to change times and laws".
00:37:28.62\00:37:35.33
Not some little city ordinance
of Sterling Heights, Michigan,
00:37:35.36\00:37:37.79
no, this power would claim
to be able to change the very
00:37:37.82\00:37:41.90
laws of God.
00:37:41.93\00:37:44.90
And then finally, this
power would rule for 1260 days.
00:37:46.73\00:37:51.95
Notice it in verse 25,
would change times and laws,
00:37:51.98\00:37:55.49
then the saints would be given
into his hands for "a time,"
00:37:55.52\00:38:00.04
"times and half a time".
00:38:00.07\00:38:03.33
Follow the maths here:
"a time" is 1, "times" is 2,
00:38:03.57\00:38:09.05
and "half a time" is
a half, so that would be
00:38:09.08\00:38:11.87
3 and a half, that's what
we talked about the last time
00:38:11.90\00:38:15.09
we were together. So
this power would rule
00:38:15.12\00:38:17.80
for 3 and a half prophetic
years, 1260 prophetic days.
00:38:17.83\00:38:24.10
So far so good everyone?
In fact, that time period,
00:38:24.13\00:38:26.68
1260 appears 7 times in the
Bible, 5 times in Revelation,
00:38:26.72\00:38:31.17
2 times in Daniel, it is
the single most important,
00:38:31.20\00:38:35.09
prominent time prophecy in
all of Daniel and Revelation.
00:38:35.12\00:38:40.07
This is critical, a key
that helps us to unlock Bible
00:38:41.34\00:38:44.06
prophecy is that in
end time Bible prophecy
00:38:44.09\00:38:51.29
a prophetic day
equals a literal year.
00:38:51.32\00:38:54.54
This is a time honored
principle of interpretation,
00:38:54.57\00:38:57.83
and I'll give you 2
verses, you can write that down:
00:38:57.86\00:39:00.56
[text on screen]
00:39:00.59\00:39:02.71
So a prophetic day
equals a literal year.
00:39:03.96\00:39:10.63
So when we're talking about
this power reigning for 1260
00:39:10.66\00:39:14.23
prophetic days, that power
is really reigning for 1260
00:39:14.26\00:39:19.37
literal years. We'll
show you that in just
00:39:19.40\00:39:23.37
a moment. Okay,
so, the Antichrist,
00:39:23.40\00:39:26.89
who exactly is this little
horn? Did you get your marks
00:39:26.92\00:39:29.45
all written down?
Let's quickly review them:
00:39:29.48\00:39:31.71
Nr.1- it is a little
kingdom. Nr.2- it has to come up
00:39:31.74\00:39:35.71
among the nations
of divided Europe.
00:39:35.74\00:39:38.88
Nr.3- it has to
come up after them.
00:39:38.91\00:39:44.29
Nr.4- it plucked up 3.
Nr.5, I'm turning the page,
00:39:44.32\00:39:49.59
it's diverse, or different,
my order might be a little
00:39:49.62\00:39:52.53
different here.
Okay, it's different,
00:39:52.56\00:39:55.26
Nr.6- it's blasphemous,
speaking the blasphemies, claims
00:39:55.29\00:39:59.11
to forgive sins, claims to
be God on earth, and persecuting
00:39:59.14\00:40:02.33
the people of God
in the name of God.
00:40:02.36\00:40:05.31
It has a prominent man at its
head, it is a persecuting power,
00:40:05.34\00:40:09.29
it would think to change
the very laws and times of God
00:40:09.32\00:40:12.49
and it would rule for 1260
prophetic days or literal years.
00:40:12.52\00:40:17.64
Beloved, I want you
to think this through.
00:40:17.67\00:40:20.72
First of all, let's be clear
about something, crystal clear,
00:40:20.75\00:40:23.21
God is not against people.
00:40:23.24\00:40:27.60
God loves people, but God
does not love systems that try
00:40:28.36\00:40:34.33
to take away the kingdom
of Christ, and the prophet
00:40:34.36\00:40:39.71
status of Christ, and the
priestly status of Christ.
00:40:39.74\00:40:42.79
So far so good. So for example,
00:40:42.82\00:40:45.60
I happen to be an American,
and there's no shame in being
00:40:45.63\00:40:48.50
an American, however, as
an American there are certain
00:40:48.53\00:40:51.43
things that America has done
historically, that I'm not very
00:40:51.46\00:40:55.40
proud of. Can
someone say "amen" to that?
00:40:55.43\00:40:58.41
[Audience] Amen.
00:40:58.44\00:41:00.38
Come on now, you just look
at our treatment of the slaves,
00:41:00.41\00:41:03.97
you look at our treatment
of the indigenous peoples
00:41:04.00\00:41:06.83
of this land; now, the
fact that I'm an American,
00:41:06.86\00:41:08.90
and the fact that America has
historically done bad things,
00:41:08.93\00:41:11.97
does that make me a bad
person because I'm an American?
00:41:12.00\00:41:15.47
No. So notice, my affiliation
00:41:15.50\00:41:19.30
with America, my citizenship
as an American, just because
00:41:19.33\00:41:23.26
America has done wrong things
does not mean I'm a bad person,
00:41:23.29\00:41:27.53
are we crystal clear on that?
Okay, so God is not against
00:41:27.56\00:41:31.57
people. Let's say that together:
00:41:31.60\00:41:35.95
"God is not against people",
so if when we put this up here
00:41:35.98\00:41:40.68
on the screen and everyone
sees who the only power is
00:41:40.71\00:41:43.34
that could meet these 10
identifying characteristics,
00:41:43.37\00:41:46.05
incidentally, there are
many more, we've just looked
00:41:46.08\00:41:48.83
at 10 of them, the only power
that could fit, if you say:
00:41:48.86\00:41:51.53
"Oh, how could that be? I
know someone who's affiliated"
00:41:51.56\00:41:54.07
"with that system", or "I myself
am affiliated with that system",
00:41:54.10\00:41:56.82
does that mean you're a
bad person? [Audience] No.
00:41:56.85\00:41:59.49
Not at all, because God is
not against people, but He is
00:41:59.52\00:42:02.33
against systems.
Okay crystal clear.
00:42:02.36\00:42:05.34
So, all of those identifying
characteristics, who's the only
00:42:05.37\00:42:09.89
power that could fit
all of them? The answer is:
00:42:09.92\00:42:13.84
The Roman church-state.
00:42:13.87\00:42:17.55
The
ecclesiastical empire of Rome.
00:42:17.58\00:42:20.92
The only power that fits all of
the identifying characteristics.
00:42:20.95\00:42:24.81
A hand in glove fit, the
Roman church-state, and I want
00:42:24.84\00:42:30.57
to show you that in
our closing moments.
00:42:30.60\00:42:34.06
Let's go
through it. Does it fit?
00:42:34.09\00:42:36.87
Nr.1- is it a little kingdom?
Absolutely, one of the smallest
00:42:36.90\00:42:40.72
kingdoms in the world, located
in Rome, the Vatican is one
00:42:40.75\00:42:43.45
of the smallest kingdoms.
Does it come up among them?
00:42:43.48\00:42:46.88
Does this nation rise up among
the nations of Western Europe?
00:42:46.91\00:42:51.38
Does it meet that
identifier? Sure does.
00:42:51.41\00:42:54.22
Does it come up after
them? Sure does, in fact,
00:42:54.25\00:42:57.44
the power, we'll show
you this in a little bit,
00:42:57.47\00:43:00.06
came up at about 538 AD,
I'll give you a quotation
00:43:00.09\00:43:03.07
of that fact in just a
moment. 538 AD so it meets that.
00:43:03.10\00:43:06.28
Plucks up three...some
of this takes a little bit
00:43:06.31\00:43:09.64
of historical knowledge to go
through, and I'll just quickly
00:43:09.67\00:43:12.27
run through this.
There were 3 tribes,
00:43:12.30\00:43:14.45
the Vandals, the Heruli and
the Ostragoths, they were Arian
00:43:14.48\00:43:17.74
tribes, that is to say
they denied the preeminence
00:43:17.77\00:43:21.72
of Jesus Christ.
Basically what happened is
00:43:21.75\00:43:23.97
the bishop of Rome got
on the phone to a man named
00:43:24.01\00:43:26.19
Justinian, the ruler of
the Eastern Roman Empire
00:43:26.22\00:43:29.02
and he said: "I've got these
3 tribes over here that are"
00:43:29.05\00:43:31.96
"giving me a hard time,
they deny the teachings of"
00:43:31.99\00:43:34.71
"the church", and what
happened is, the short version
00:43:34.74\00:43:37.44
is very short, Justinian came
over and thrashed those kingdoms
00:43:37.47\00:43:40.26
because the bishop of Rome
said "they don't agree with us"
00:43:40.29\00:43:43.02
"theologically", those kingdoms,
the Heruli, the Vandals
00:43:43.05\00:43:45.99
of Northern Africa and
the Ostragoths are gone today.
00:43:46.02\00:43:48.74
No modern
descendants whatsoever, none.
00:43:48.77\00:43:51.20
It fits the historical
correspondence perfectly.
00:43:51.23\00:43:53.68
Is it different
from the other kingdoms?
00:43:53.71\00:43:56.74
Yes, this kingdom is a
religio-political system.
00:43:56.77\00:44:01.28
Does that make
sense? France is France,
00:44:01.31\00:44:05.01
it's a kingdom.
England is England,
00:44:05.04\00:44:07.84
it's a kingdom, here, the
Roman church-state is a church
00:44:07.87\00:44:11.89
but it's also a kingdom, so
it's diverse and it's different.
00:44:11.92\00:44:16.03
Let me show you a
quotation to that effect.
00:44:16.06\00:44:18.73
This is taken from Alexander
Clarence Flick, "The Rise"
00:44:18.76\00:44:21.48
"of the Medieval Church",
page 168, [text on screen]
00:44:21.51\00:44:24.21
In other words, when Constantine
took his empire and moved it
00:44:53.36\00:44:56.07
from Rome to Constantinople,
what we today call Istanbul,
00:44:56.10\00:45:00.13
he had to leave somebody
in charge, and who did he
00:45:00.16\00:45:03.42
leave in charge? He
left the bishop of Rome
00:45:03.45\00:45:05.99
in charge of that
Empire, and if you go today to
00:45:06.02\00:45:08.32
the Vatican you see one of the
most prominent paintings there
00:45:08.35\00:45:11.99
is "The donation of
Constantine". We should all
00:45:12.02\00:45:16.33
know that, that's basic
history, that's when Constantine
00:45:16.36\00:45:18.81
basically turned the
western Roman Empire over to him
00:45:18.84\00:45:21.34
and said: "Here, it's
yours." And that's exactly what
00:45:21.37\00:45:23.94
Flick is saying here,
this is just basic history.
00:45:23.97\00:45:27.33
Okay, does it have a
prominent man at its head
00:45:27.36\00:45:29.38
that speaks for it
and that guides it?
00:45:29.41\00:45:31.50
Sure it does, does it
speak blasphemy - now, I hate
00:45:31.53\00:45:34.57
to do this, absolutely hate to
do this, because my own father
00:45:34.60\00:45:37.23
is affiliated with this system,
but my father would tell you
00:45:37.26\00:45:40.09
that this is what this system
teaches, so let's be clear
00:45:40.12\00:45:42.83
on that, let's be clear that
this is from their own sources,
00:45:42.86\00:45:45.89
I'm not up here blasting
them, I'm not up here making fun
00:45:45.92\00:45:48.73
of them, this is from
their own sources, this is what
00:45:48.76\00:45:51.37
they teach, are we
clear on that everyone?
00:45:51.40\00:45:54.07
- [Audience] Yes. -
God's not against people,
00:45:54.10\00:45:56.92
and I'm not against
people, but I am for truth.
00:45:56.95\00:45:59.33
This is taken from "Dignity
and Duties of the Priest":
00:45:59.36\00:46:01.78
[text on screen]
00:46:01.81\00:46:03.94
"Ego te absolvo" - that's
Latin for "I forgive you",
00:46:12.12\00:46:14.53
"I absolve you",
[continues to read text]
00:46:14.56\00:46:17.19
Do you see that? So
here's Jesus, He forgives
00:46:24.45\00:46:26.93
John, and here's a
priest, and he forgives Mary
00:46:26.96\00:46:29.84
and both are equally
forgiven. Are we clear?
00:46:29.87\00:46:34.65
Does that meet one of
our Biblical definitions
00:46:34.68\00:46:37.23
of blasphemy? To claim
to be able to forgive sins?
00:46:37.26\00:46:39.75
Absolutely it does.
Notice this one, this is from
00:46:39.78\00:46:42.45
the Arch Bishop of
Venice prior to becoming Pius X:
00:46:42.48\00:46:45.53
[text on screen]
00:46:45.56\00:46:47.69
One of the definitions of
blasphemy was claiming to be
00:46:58.85\00:47:01.59
God on earth, this power
says "We're God on earth."
00:47:01.62\00:47:04.66
So far so good? Okay,
and our final definition
00:47:04.69\00:47:07.77
of blasphemy, not our
final one, but just another one
00:47:07.80\00:47:11.80
that sort of lends itself
to that "The Great Encyclical"
00:47:11.83\00:47:14.89
"Letters of Leo
XIII", He says on page 304:
00:47:14.92\00:47:17.91
[text on screen]
00:47:17.94\00:47:19.91
The Bible calls that blasphemy.
00:47:20.70\00:47:24.62
If I sit up here tonight and
said "I hold upon this earth"
00:47:24.65\00:47:27.63
"the place of God
Almighty, you want forgiveness,"
00:47:27.66\00:47:30.19
"you come to me, you want
ministry, you come to me",
00:47:30.22\00:47:33.05
you would call that blasphemy.
You'd say "who do you think"
00:47:33.08\00:47:35.87
"you are, that's
blasphemous, I'll go to Jesus."
00:47:35.90\00:47:38.92
Speaks blasphemy,
persecuting power.
00:47:38.95\00:47:41.71
Just very quickly, WEH Lecky,
"The History of the Rise and"
00:47:41.74\00:47:44.75
"Influence of
Rationalism in Europe", he said:
00:47:44.78\00:47:47.38
[text on screen]
00:47:47.41\00:47:49.46
To the tune of 100 million
people killed during a period
00:47:55.75\00:47:59.61
called "The Dark
Ages" by this power.
00:47:59.64\00:48:03.61
"The Dark Ages", part
of the reason it was called
00:48:03.64\00:48:06.55
"The Dark Ages" is that
the Word, which is "a lamp"
00:48:06.58\00:48:09.22
"unto your feet, and a light
unto your path" was illegal,
00:48:09.25\00:48:12.24
you couldn't have
it. This book was kept in
00:48:12.27\00:48:14.99
the Latin language, it
wasn't the common language of
00:48:15.02\00:48:17.97
the people, it was
chained to a monastery wall,
00:48:18.00\00:48:20.86
or chained to a temple wall,
you didn't get access to it.
00:48:20.89\00:48:23.85
Are we clear on that?
And if you did have one
00:48:23.88\00:48:26.60
of these, you'd be
persecuted. You could be killed
00:48:26.63\00:48:29.50
for having one of these. Killed!
00:48:29.53\00:48:32.12
If they come into your
house and they see you have it,
00:48:32.15\00:48:34.99
you're done, "we're very sorry,
we're very sorry that you"
00:48:35.02\00:48:37.79
"have this book", and
killed in a lot of horrifically
00:48:37.82\00:48:40.50
terrible ways that I just
don't want to spend time on,
00:48:40.53\00:48:43.28
we'll talk maybe more
about that on another night.
00:48:43.31\00:48:46.02
Persecuting power,
changes the very times and laws
00:48:46.05\00:48:48.81
of God. You say:
"no, couldn't be!"
00:48:48.84\00:48:51.20
From "Lucius Ferraris Prompta
Bibliotheca", and article
00:48:51.23\00:48:53.89
entitled "Papa", vol.
6, page 29 [text on screen]
00:48:53.92\00:48:57.04
"We can change the law of God",
the Bible says that he would
00:49:11.11\00:49:14.95
intend to...can you
really change the God's law?
00:49:14.98\00:49:18.03
- [Audience] No. -
No, but it doesn't say
00:49:18.06\00:49:20.40
that this power would do
it, but that it would intend
00:49:20.43\00:49:23.15
to do it. Are we clear on that?
00:49:23.18\00:49:25.58
You see the distinction there?
00:49:25.61\00:49:27.83
Last but not least, that
this power would rule for 1260
00:49:27.86\00:49:30.53
prophetic days, and this
is absolutely incredible.
00:49:30.56\00:49:33.28
Listen to this, from "the
History of the Christian church"
00:49:33.31\00:49:35.83
Vol. 3, [text on screen]
00:49:35.86\00:49:38.19
That was the story I was just
talking about, after those 3
00:49:44.58\00:49:47.68
were plucked up, the Heruli,
the Vandals and the Ostragoths,
00:49:47.71\00:49:50.41
[continues to read]
00:49:50.44\00:49:52.60
When those powers were
gone there was nobody to resist
00:49:54.92\00:49:56.90
anymore, so due to a letter
of the Roman Emperor Justinian,
00:49:56.93\00:50:00.16
known as Justinian's decree,
which set up and acknowledged
00:50:00.19\00:50:02.79
the bishop of Rome as
the head of all churches.
00:50:02.82\00:50:07.84
When did that take
place? 538 AD, so what happened
00:50:07.87\00:50:11.18
that year? [text on screen]
00:50:11.21\00:50:13.58
What year did that
take place? 538 AD.
00:50:30.07\00:50:32.98
Well check this out.
1260 years later in exactly
00:50:33.01\00:50:37.66
1798, exactly
1798, do the maths.
00:50:37.69\00:50:42.52
538, you move 1260
years, you come to 1798.
00:50:42.55\00:50:46.99
You say "well what happened
in 1798?", I'll tell you
00:50:47.02\00:50:49.71
what happened in 1798, a
man by the name of Napoleon,
00:50:49.74\00:50:52.63
have you ever heard of
him? He was essentially sick
00:50:52.66\00:50:55.69
and tired of taking orders
from the Papacy, and he sent
00:50:55.72\00:50:58.96
one of his top
generals, a man by the name of
00:50:58.99\00:51:01.90
Louis Alexandre
Berthier, he sent him down there
00:51:01.93\00:51:04.62
into the Vatican and he went
in, he took the bishop of Rome
00:51:04.65\00:51:07.52
off of his throne,
00:51:07.55\00:51:10.33
everything he declared the
property and republic of France,
00:51:12.12\00:51:15.32
and people said
that's the end of it.
00:51:15.35\00:51:17.61
That's the end of the
Roman church-state, it's done,
00:51:17.64\00:51:20.65
and that happened in
1798, exactly 1260 years after
00:51:20.68\00:51:27.03
that power had risen to
political and ecclesiastical
00:51:27.06\00:51:29.26
prominence.
00:51:29.29\00:51:30.93
It's history, basic
history. So there you have it.
00:51:30.96\00:51:36.85
Does it fit? Is it
a little kingdom? Yes.
00:51:36.88\00:51:38.78
Did it come up among them? Yes.
Did it rise up after them? Yes.
00:51:38.82\00:51:41.64
Did it pluck 3? Yes, the
historical correspondence
00:51:41.67\00:51:44.15
is amazing. Is
it different? Yes,
00:51:44.18\00:51:46.76
it's a
religio-political kingdom.
00:51:46.79\00:51:49.31
Does it have a prominent
at its head that speaks for it
00:51:49.34\00:51:52.17
and guides it? Yes.
Does it speak blasphemy? Yes.
00:51:52.20\00:51:54.86
Does it claim to
be God on earth? Yes.
00:51:54.89\00:51:57.79
Did it persecute the people
of God in the name of God? Yes.
00:51:57.82\00:52:00.73
Does it claim to
be God on earth? Yes.
00:52:00.76\00:52:03.25
Is it a persecuting power? Yes.
Does it actually think it can
00:52:03.28\00:52:06.18
change the very
times and laws of God? Yes.
00:52:06.21\00:52:09.09
Did it reign for 1260 prophetic
days, or literal years? Yes.
00:52:09.12\00:52:12.02
I want to be crystal clear
about something as we go to
00:52:12.05\00:52:14.95
our sheet, you're all
on your sheet, last page.
00:52:14.98\00:52:17.68
Hear a pin drop in here, that's
alright, God's Bible truth
00:52:17.72\00:52:20.92
is never there to embarrass you.
00:52:20.95\00:52:24.26
God never sends Bible
truth to embarrass, God never
00:52:24.29\00:52:27.95
sends Bible truth to hurt
anyone's feelings, God sends
00:52:27.98\00:52:30.85
Bible truth because He loves
you, not because He hates you.
00:52:30.88\00:52:34.25
Think of it this way:
what's the difference between
00:52:34.28\00:52:37.08
a surgeon and a
butcher? [Audience laughs]
00:52:37.11\00:52:39.91
A surgeon cuts to heal,
and a butcher cuts to kill.
00:52:39.94\00:52:43.62
God is a surgeon, not a butcher.
00:52:43.65\00:52:46.63
God does sometimes cut
us, or do we sometimes learn
00:52:46.66\00:52:49.58
things in the Bible that cut
us? Yeah, but God cuts to heal,
00:52:49.61\00:52:54.38
not to kill. If God has sent you
00:52:54.41\00:52:56.72
Bible truth, it's because
He loves you, not because
00:52:56.75\00:52:59.09
He doesn't love you, and
I'm going to say it again:
00:52:59.12\00:53:01.96
God is not against people,
but He is against systems
00:53:01.99\00:53:07.35
that obscure the
place of Jesus Christ.
00:53:07.38\00:53:13.09
So look there, right in the
middle of that last paragraph.
00:53:13.12\00:53:15.86
Sadly this power has sought
to usurp the 3 fold office
00:53:15.89\00:53:18.90
of Jesus Christ.
This power has claimed the
00:53:18.93\00:53:21.22
prerogatives of
prophet, priest and king.
00:53:21.25\00:53:25.51
It claims to speak for God,
it claims to minister for God,
00:53:25.54\00:53:28.92
forgive sins, etc,
and to rule for God.
00:53:28.95\00:53:31.38
In doing this it has obscured
the person, power and place
00:53:31.41\00:53:35.42
of Jesus Christ.
You're encouraged to do
00:53:35.45\00:53:37.79
your own
research on this subject.
00:53:37.82\00:53:40.39
Don't take my word for
it, check it out for yourself,
00:53:40.42\00:53:42.93
read and re-read the
Bible passages that deal with
00:53:42.96\00:53:45.83
the Antichrist and see if
it isn't the hand in glove fit.
00:53:45.86\00:53:48.98
Go to your library
and see for yourself.
00:53:49.01\00:53:51.39
Remember Bible truth is never
sent to discourage, overwhelm,
00:53:51.42\00:53:54.50
or humiliate us.
It is sent to save us,
00:53:54.53\00:53:58.16
keep your eyes focuses on Jesus
Christ and His saving love,
00:53:58.19\00:54:01.48
God is on your side.
So in closing tonight,
00:54:01.51\00:54:06.10
let's be crystal clear,
was tonight's message clear?
00:54:06.13\00:54:10.56
Yes or no? [Audience] Yes.
00:54:10.59\00:54:13.07
Okay, you understood,
you saw the basic timeline:
00:54:13.10\00:54:16.06
Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece,
Rome, and then divided Rome,
00:54:16.09\00:54:18.85
and the Antichrist
power comes up down in there.
00:54:18.88\00:54:21.72
In Daniel 7: Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome,
00:54:21.75\00:54:24.42
the Antichrist comes up
there, we looked at just
00:54:24.45\00:54:27.09
10 identifiers.
Listen beloved, if time would
00:54:27.12\00:54:29.90
have allowed, I could have given
you 20 identifiers to this power
00:54:29.93\00:54:32.60
You go read Daniel 7 and 8
for yourself and you'll see
00:54:32.63\00:54:35.51
there's many more identifiers
that we actually didn't look at.
00:54:35.54\00:54:38.43
The choice that faces
everyone of us today is the same
00:54:38.46\00:54:41.16
choice that faced the
people in the days of Jesus,
00:54:41.19\00:54:44.09
and that is: is it
Rome? Or is it Christ?
00:54:44.12\00:54:46.45
Who is it? It's
Rome or it's Christ?
00:54:46.48\00:54:48.94
That was the same choice that
Jesus faced, it was the same
00:54:48.97\00:54:51.67
choice that all those people
standing outside, they said:
00:54:51.70\00:54:54.58
"This is your king", and
they said: "we have no king"
00:54:54.61\00:54:57.28
"but Caesar." They
were making a choice,
00:54:57.31\00:54:59.85
they said "We'll
take Rome over Christ."
00:54:59.88\00:55:02.30
What we're going to see as this
Bible prophecy seminar continues
00:55:02.33\00:55:05.15
to develop is that this is
not just something that says:
00:55:05.18\00:55:07.94
"I'm so glad that happened
back in 1798", what we're going
00:55:07.97\00:55:10.71
to be seeing especially over
the next 2 meets, actually all
00:55:10.74\00:55:13.67
of them, but especially over the
next 2: "The Rock That Simply"
00:55:13.70\00:55:16.07
"Will Not Role", is this isn't
something that just happened
00:55:16.10\00:55:18.91
all back then; no, this is
something that is happening
00:55:18.94\00:55:21.45
right here today. And
you say: "What do you mean"
00:55:21.48\00:55:25.07
"by that?" You've
got to keep coming,
00:55:25.10\00:55:28.00
you've got to see, not because
I'm here, listen, I don't get
00:55:28.03\00:55:30.90
anything from you being
here, but you get a lot from
00:55:30.93\00:55:33.60
being here
because the Lord is here.
00:55:33.63\00:55:36.14
So you come, and
you'll see from the Bible
00:55:36.17\00:55:40.39
exactly where this thing
is leading, so Nr.1 tonight:
00:55:40.42\00:55:43.45
3 questions: was tonight's
message clear, yes or no?
00:55:43.48\00:55:46.26
[Audience] Yes. Nr.2-
are you going to check
00:55:46.29\00:55:48.97
this out for yourself and see
if it's true? [Audience] Yes.
00:55:49.00\00:55:51.63
You check it out!
And Nr.3- if it is true,
00:55:51.66\00:55:54.23
will you follow
it? [Audience] Yes.
00:55:54.26\00:55:56.62
Okay, let's pray
together. Father in heaven,
00:55:56.65\00:55:59.10
we love You so much, we've
presented tonight the very best
00:55:59.13\00:56:01.68
that we are able, this powerful
Biblical truth that there is
00:56:01.71\00:56:04.49
a power that would seek
to take away the very prophet
00:56:04.52\00:56:08.42
office, and the priest office,
and the king office of our Lord
00:56:08.45\00:56:12.35
and Redeemer, Jesus.
Tonight Father, these are not
00:56:12.38\00:56:15.07
easy messages to
preach, but You send us truth,
00:56:15.10\00:56:17.96
not because You hate us, not
because You want to humiliate
00:56:17.99\00:56:21.08
us or overwhelm us,
but because You love us.
00:56:21.11\00:56:23.69
Tonight we've done our very
best to present this, and I just
00:56:23.72\00:56:26.33
plead with You on behalf
of Christ that You will take
00:56:26.36\00:56:28.94
this great truth, that
You will bury it in the hearts
00:56:28.97\00:56:31.85
of people and they
will see, given the choice,
00:56:31.88\00:56:34.72
between Rome and Jesus
Christ, "I will choose Jesus",
00:56:34.75\00:56:39.23
by God's grace and in His
name we pray, let all the saints
00:56:39.26\00:56:42.16
of God say amen.
00:56:42.19\00:56:44.79