Let's go to our lavender
study guide, and begin with our
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opening paragraph, it
says: The United States is
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unquestionably the most
powerful nation on earth today.
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More than this, it is the
most powerful nation that has
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ever existed in the
history of the human experience.
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This political, economic,
and military potency has caused
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many to inquire what role,
if any, the United States would
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play in Bible prophecy.
This is precisely the question
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we will seek to
answer in this lesson.
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So our presentation is entitled
"Discover the United States' "
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"Amazing Role in Bible
Prophecy", and as we've already
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said before, in the future,
the final issue of loyalty will
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center around the issue of
worship. So let's look right
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there on our study guide,
some of this is review from last
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night's material, it
says "Worship or Else... "
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The word "cause", and let's
go to Revelation 13 for this,
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this is actually how we
began last night's presentation,
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but let's just go back for just
a little bit of review as we
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prepare to understand the United
States' amazing role in Bible
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prophecy. I'm in
Revelation 13:11,
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when you're there say
"amen". [Audience] Amen.
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John says: "Then I saw
another beast coming up out of"
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"the earth, and he had 2
horns like a lamb, and he spoke"
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"like a dragon. And he
exercises all the authority of"
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"the first beast in
his presence, and causes"
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"the earth, and those who
dwell in it, to worship. "
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Notice verse 15, down
towards the bottom it says:
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"And cause as many as would not
worship the image of the beast"
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"should be killed. " First
part of verse 16: "and causes"
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"all, both small and great,
rich and poor, free and slave"
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"to receive a mark on
their right hand, or in their "
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"forehead. " So this word,
"cause", is an important word
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here in Revelation
13, it occurs 3 times.
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So that's what you'd
write right there, and the word
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"cause" means "to
force". In this context the word
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"cause" means "to force".
Every time the word "cause"
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is used in Revelation 13, you
could just substitute the word
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"force". "...and he
forced them to worship".
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He compels them, or
causes them to worship.
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In context, it's
clearly against their will.
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It goes on to say: We
might ask the question: does God
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ever force people to
worship Him? Yes or No?
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[Audience] No.
Absolutely not, we've given
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you 2 texts there, Matthew 11
and Jeremiah 31:3. Both of those
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texts, and a host of others,
literally scores of others
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could be cited from both,
the Old and the New Testament,
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in which God invites us, and
draws, and asks us to worship
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Him, but never ever forces us.
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So we go on: God urges, invites,
encourages, woos, and draws
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us to worship Him,
but He never forces us to.
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Forced worship, like
forced love, is a contradiction
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in terms, and is surely
rooted in Satan's perverse and
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insatiable desire for worship.
Yet, that's exactly what
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we see there in Revelation
13, that this power would seek
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to force, cause, to
compel worship. Forced love has
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a very ugly word attached to
it, we call that word "rape".
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We don't believe that love can
be forced. In fact, I've given
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the illustration, I think,
in this room before, if I held
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a gun at you, like this, and
I said "I want you to stand up"
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you would stand up. If I
held that same gun at you
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and said "I want you to turn
around", you would turn around.
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If I said "I want you to stand
on your head", you would do
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you best to stand on
your head, and I said "I want"
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"you to bark like a
dog", you'd [barks like a dog],
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if you really thought I
was going to do you harm.
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But if I pointed that very
same gun at you, and I said
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"love me with all your
heart", could you do it?
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Love cannot be forced.
Worship is nothing more
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and nothing less than the
extension of our love to God.
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Jesus said in John
14:15: "If you love Me, keep My"
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"commandments", and if
love cannot be forced, worship,
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true worship, cannot be forced.
So now we're to the mark of
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the beast there, the second
subheading in your study guide.
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It says: The mark of the beast
- let's say it all together
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- is the mark of the beast,
and that's the point, it's not
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"themarkofthebeast", one word,
it's "the mark of the beast".
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...that is, it's the beast's
mark of authority. We have
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identified from the Bible
the beast as non other than
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the Roman church-state.
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Incidentally, some of
you have said "Wow, that's"
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"so amazing, I've never seen
that before, that's so cutting"
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"edge, you must be on
the cutting edge of what's"
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"happening in Revelation,
David", absolutely not.
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Look at the rest
of this, it says:
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This identification is
consistent with essentially
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every one of the Protestant
reformers, tell me if these
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names mean anything to you, from
Martin Luther and John Wesley,
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to William Tyndale and
John Calvin. Do those names mean
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anything to anyone in this room?
Okay, every one of those people
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believe what I've been teaching
you about the identity of
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the beast of Revelation 13,
and the little horn of Daniel 7
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and 8. Every one of them,
this is not something new,
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as a matter of fact,
this is something old.
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So don't think that I
invented this, hardly.
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Now it doesn't matter,
just because somebody taught it
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in the past, it
doesn't mean it's true.
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In other words, we don't
say "Well, if it was taught in"
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"the past, if it was good enough
for them, it was good enough"
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"for us", what we say is: is it
based on what the Bible teaches?
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In this case, they were
right in their identification.
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I know that there are many
people who are waiting for some
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Antichrist figure, a single man,
to appear at the end of time
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amidst 7 years of tribulation,
who's going to be some kind
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of incarnate Satanic
figure. Beloved, that is not
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the Antichrist presented
in the Bible. That might be
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an Antichrist presented in some
fictitious action series called
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"Left Behind", but that is not
the Antichrist figure depicted
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in the Bible. At least that is
not what historic Christianity
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has taught, and it's also
not what the Bible teaches.
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Let's continue here, it says:
The mark of the beast then,
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would be the mark of the Roman
church-state, so we identified
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who the beast is, and then
we ask very simply: what is
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the beast's mark? If
the beast is the Roman
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church-state, then we ask a
very simple question: what is
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her mark of authority. We
looked at this last night,
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this is from C.F. Thomas, a
letter dates October 20, 1895,
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other sources could be given
incidentally, but this one is
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so clear, it
says: [text on screen]
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"the change" - that is the
Biblical Sabbath to the Pagan
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Sunday, [continues to read]
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So we simply have to identify
the beast and then we say
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"Hey, what's your mark? "
And they say "Our mark, our"
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"proof that we can
change religious dogmas, "
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"and teachings, and laws, is
that we changed the Biblical"
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"day of worship, one of the
10 Commandments, written with"
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"the finger of God, on
tables of stone, and was placed"
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"in the Ark, we can change it",
that's the claim that's being
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made. So notice, bottom
of the first page, it says:
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Last lesson we learned
that the mark of the Roman
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church-state's authority in
religious matters is found in
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her presumptuous claim to
have changed the Christian day
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of worship from Sabbath
to Sunday, this is her claim,
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and it is an amazing one indeed.
But where did we get this
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idea from that this
change would be introduced?
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We saw it as one of the
identifying characteristics
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of the Antichrist, in
Daniel 7:25, see if you
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remember it, where it says
that "he would think to change"
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"times and laws". That
he would be so presumptuous,
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he would actually think he
could change the very times
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and the very laws, not of
Sterling Heights, but of God.
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Now is that an
amazing claim everyone?
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Absolutely. You're right there
at the bottom of the first page:
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Remember Daniel 7:25 which says
this Antichristian power will
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think to change the
very times and laws of God.
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Have they attempted to do this?
The answer of history is yes,
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they have sought to transfer
the holiness and solemnity
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of the seventh day Sabbath
to the first day of the week.
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There is no Biblical
authority, or mandate for this
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change, we've
already been over that.
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If you're new tonight, that's
review, in fact, all of this
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so far is review, the church
has done it out of her own
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sense of authority, she
has placed convenience and
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tradition above the Bible.
The Roman church-state has
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historically made this
claim and continues to make this
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claim even today. She claims
that this change proves her
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sovereignty and authority
in religious matters, it is
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a mark of her authority, it
is a mark, an identifying mark,
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of the beast, and it's
usurped ecclesiastical power.
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I think it's only fair,
once we've identified the beast
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that we go to them, and
ask them what their mark of
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ecclesiastical
authority is, and they tell us
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without equivocation.
You might be thinking to
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yourself "Do you mean to
say David that you believe that"
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"this day, this new day
of worship that has been"
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"introduced, not on the
authority of the Bible, but on"
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"the authority of the church
and tradition, are you saying"
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"that that day is going to
be legislated and enforced? "
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That's exactly what I'm saying.
In fact, a friend of mine,
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G. Edward Reid, he's a lawyer,
he wrote a book entitled:
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"Sunday's Coming, Eye
Opening Evidence That These Are"
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"The Very Last
Days": [text on screen]
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You say "that's absolutely,
positively impossible".
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I'm going to do my best tonight
to demonstrate to you that not
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only is it not impossible,
it's probable in our modern
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political climate, and the
Bible says that it is absolutely
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going to happen. So
let us continue here.
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This was the slide we put up
last night, and I want to just
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walk you through it. About
6 years ago pope John Paul II
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introduced an encyclical
letter entitled "Deus Domini",
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which literally means, in
Latin, "The Day of the Lord".
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It was big news, because
he basically was dealing with
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the whole idea of Sunday, and
its theological significance.
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It was an encyclical letter,
and very interesting some of
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the text of that letter, I've
read the text in its entirety,
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you can find it on the Internet,
I recommend you do the same.
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Just type that in, "Encyclical
letter, Deus Domini", you can
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do it right into any Google
search engine. But this was very
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interesting from the
Detroit news, dated Tuesday,
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July 7, 1998: [text on screen]
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You say "Of course Catholics
should set aside Sunday"
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"for worship", but let's
see what he goes on to say.
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He went on to
say: [text on screen]
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I want you to think
about that for just a moment.
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What's happening is that there
is an agitation surrounding
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this idea of Sunday.
In fact, there's a whole
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alliance here in the USA,
and the world over, called
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"The Lord's Day Alliance",
you can look that up on your
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Internet if you'd like, "The
Lord's Day Alliance", and there
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are people who are saying
we need to get this nation
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back to God. They
make a very persuasive
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case, they say we've
abandoned God in the schools,
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and we've abandoned God
here, and many of the Christians
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are saying: "That's
right, we abandoned God, "
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"that's right, we
need to get back to God".
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And one of the things they
say we've done is we've begun
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to desecrate God's holy day.
They begin to talk about how
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we need to get back to that
holy day that God set aside,
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and they even
call it "the Sabbath".
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But guess what day they're
talking about, yeah, they're
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not talking about the Biblical
Sabbath, they're talking about
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this new day. So this
is actually taking place.
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I'm going to give you
more on that in just a moment.
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So, in Revelation 13, actually,
first of all go here to your
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study guide, and we're
going to work our way towards
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Revelation 13. Notice the
paragraph that begins with
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the word "impossible".
Somebody says: "Are you"
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"saying that every single person
that goes to church on Sunday"
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"today has the
mark of the beast?"
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Number 1: have I said that,
yes or no? No, and I wouldn't
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say it because there
are faithful people who love
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the Lord Jesus Christ, who are
living up to all of the light
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that they have, and God
will only hold us responsible
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for what we know.
James 4:17: "For him that"
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"knows to do good, and
does it not, to him it is sin. "
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However, if you know to do
good and don't do it, whether
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you're talking about
the Sabbath or anything,
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that puts you on dangerous
ground. So if I know that I
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should not be stealing, but
I can continue to steal, that
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could potentially fracture
my relationship with God,
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is that true? Of
course, absolutely.
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So the idea here is simply this:
if we know what's what right,
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if we know what's true, if we
know what's Biblical, God says:
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"I've revealed truth to
you, not because I hate you, "
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"but because I love you, and
I have the expectation, as one"
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"of My disciples that you will
follow what the Bible says, "
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"not what tradition says.
" We quoted that yesterday
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in Matthew 15 where Jesus says:
"In vain do they worship Me, "
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"teaching for doctrines
the commandments of men. "
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Somebody's going to say:
"Oh, well David, I already keep"
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"the Sabbath because I
go to church on Saturday".
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Notice I didn't say anything
about going to church on
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Saturday, there's a big
difference between going
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to church on Saturday, and
keeping the Biblical Sabbath as
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God intended it.
Beloved listen, there's many
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people that "go to church
on Sunday", and they can't wait
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for the sermon to get done
so they can get home and watch
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the football games. Tell me
if I'm telling the truth now,
00:14:01.85\00:14:03.95
come on. I'm not
saying that's everyone,
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of course not, but there's
a big difference between just
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going to church and keeping
a day holy for the Lord Jesus
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Christ. What does it
mean to keep the Sabbath holy?
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Beloved, I'll tell you what
it means, it basically means
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3 things, number 1: you
don't work. So whatever it is
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that you're doing the other
days of the week, you don't do
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on that day. Number 1,
you don't work; number 2:
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you don't cause others to work,
that's what the commandment
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says: "...the stranger that
is within your gates", you're
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not causing them to work.
Number 3: whatever activity
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you're engaging in on the
Sabbath, it's drawing you closer
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to God. So any
other secular activity
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that you might do the other
6 days of the week, think of
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the Sabbath as a date with God.
If someone invited you over,
00:14:43.40\00:14:50.70
your spouse before you
were married, and if you're not
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yet married, you have a
date with someone, if they come
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over to your house and you
have a certain time, and you're
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going to do a
certain activity, and you say
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"Okay, we're going to go out
and do that, but first I've got"
00:15:01.16\00:15:02.68
"to change the oil in the
car, and then after I change"
00:15:02.71\00:15:04.93
"the oil I've got to mow
the lawn, and then after I mow"
00:15:04.96\00:15:07.55
"the lawn I've got to trim the
weeds, and then after I trim"
00:15:07.58\00:15:10.08
"the weeds I've
got to put fertilizer".
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All of these things you've got
to do, are you going to end up
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having a date? Absolutely not.
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So the Sabbath is all
about a relationship between you
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and your Creator, Jesus Christ,
between you and your Redeemer,
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Jesus Christ, it's a
weekly date with God.
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So beloved there's a huge
difference between just going
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to church on Saturday
and keeping the Sabbath.
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It's important to understand
the distinction there.
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Now let's continue on
here. "Impossible", you say,
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"that would never happen, it's
impossible to even suggest that"
00:15:41.96\00:15:45.45
"this would ever be enforced
here in this free, liberty"
00:15:45.48\00:15:48.74
"loving country of
the USA. " Be careful.
00:15:48.77\00:15:54.07
Note that 36 states in this
union already have Sunday laws
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on the books just waiting
to be enforced, they're called
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"Blue Laws". You go
type that into Google,
00:16:01.42\00:16:06.27
just do a little research on
blue laws, 36 out of 50 states
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in the USA already have
these laws on the books.
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These aren't laws that
have to be passed in many cases,
00:16:13.78\00:16:16.82
these are laws that
simply have to be enforced.
00:16:16.85\00:16:22.06
The climate is ripening
for just this kind of thing.
00:16:22.09\00:16:24.31
Many a politician, and many
a religious leader are keen on
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"getting this country back
to God". Beloved, people aren't
00:16:27.16\00:16:30.14
blind, they can see the moral
decline that's taking place,
00:16:30.17\00:16:32.76
they can see all of the things
that are happening in society,
00:16:32.79\00:16:35.59
and the gross debauchery,
and the gross moral decline,
00:16:35.62\00:16:39.30
the gross moral chaos that's
taking place, people can see it,
00:16:39.33\00:16:43.46
and in reaction to that we have
politicians, and religionists,
00:16:43.49\00:16:47.81
and even religious leaders
saying "We need to get this"
00:16:47.84\00:16:50.51
"nation back to God".
Now, I believe we need to get
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this nation back to God,
but here's the major difference:
00:16:54.78\00:16:58.23
in the way that you do it. I
believe we should do our very
00:16:58.26\00:17:03.92
best to get this nation back to
God, and do you know how I think
00:17:03.95\00:17:06.06
we should do it? By
doing what we're doing right
00:17:06.09\00:17:08.47
here, by preaching the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
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In other words, this idea that
we're going to get everybody
00:17:12.96\00:17:15.34
in the legislation to become
Christians, and we're going
00:17:15.37\00:17:17.50
to start legislating our ideas,
and legislating our beliefs,
00:17:17.53\00:17:22.28
you better be careful because
church and state never make
00:17:22.31\00:17:27.91
good bed partners.
We've good this whole people,
00:17:27.94\00:17:31.41
everyone says "We need to
get more religion back into"
00:17:31.44\00:17:34.64
"the government", etc, etc.
Listen, I believe we should have
00:17:34.67\00:17:37.41
Godly, moral people in
government, but we need to be
00:17:37.44\00:17:40.78
very careful that that line
is not crossed where people are
00:17:40.81\00:17:44.14
enforcing their religious
beliefs on others who may not
00:17:44.17\00:17:48.07
believe those beliefs.
If you want to look at this
00:17:48.10\00:17:52.00
it's actually very simple
from a Biblical perspective.
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There are how many
commandments? 10 Commandments.
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The last 6 commandments deal
with the relationship that you
00:17:57.31\00:18:01.04
have with those people around
you: honor thy father and thy
00:18:01.07\00:18:03.82
mother; thou shalt not kill;
thou shalt not steal; thou shalt
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not commit adultery; thou shalt
not bear false witness against
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thy neighbor; and you shall
not covet thy neighbors goods.
00:18:09.28\00:18:11.84
All of those have to do with
the horizontal relationship.
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The government absolutely,
totally, completely should
00:18:15.32\00:18:18.21
enforce those things as
civil parameters and civil laws.
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We don't want to argue for an
anarchy, or anything like this,
00:18:24.14\00:18:28.50
we need civil restraint,
and Paul talks about that in
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Romans 13, but the
first 4 commandments the civil
00:18:31.84\00:18:35.73
government has no
business enforcing.
00:18:35.76\00:18:41.52
I mean, are we comfortable
with the US government enforcing
00:18:41.55\00:18:44.15
"Thou shalt have no other
gods except the Jehovah God"?
00:18:44.18\00:18:47.61
Absolutely not.
You're forcing worship if you
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think that's true. Are
we comfortable with the US
00:18:51.34\00:18:54.21
government enforcing a second
commandment: "Thou shalt not"
00:18:54.24\00:18:55.95
"make unto thee any graven
image, or any likeness of"
00:18:55.98\00:18:58.38
"anything that is in the heaven
above, the earth beneath, "
00:18:58.41\00:19:01.27
"or the waters under the earth"?
Do we want our government
00:19:01.30\00:19:03.70
telling us how we should
worship. One of the greatest
00:19:03.73\00:19:06.08
rites that we have in the
US is the right to be wrong.
00:19:06.11\00:19:10.95
And neither should they
be enforcing taking the name
00:19:10.98\00:19:13.83
of God in vain, and
neither should they be enforcing
00:19:13.86\00:19:15.75
the Sabbath. So it's actually
a very simple distinction,
00:19:15.78\00:19:18.30
you can find it in
Romans 13, the apostle Paul says
00:19:18.33\00:19:21.11
God has set up governing
authorities, and then he quotes
00:19:21.14\00:19:24.14
from the commandment, but
he doesn't quote the first
00:19:24.17\00:19:27.11
commandment, he doesn't
quote the second commandment,
00:19:27.14\00:19:29.78
he doesn't quote the 4th
commandment because Paul knew
00:19:29.81\00:19:32.54
that this is not the proper
sphere for a secular government
00:19:32.57\00:19:36.89
to be enforcing.
We're going to get into that
00:19:36.92\00:19:40.38
in just a moment.
People want to get the nation
00:19:40.41\00:19:43.36
back to God, the problem is
that they're going to overstep
00:19:43.39\00:19:46.10
their boundaries,
they're going to go too far.
00:19:46.13\00:19:49.05
Governments tend to be
reactionary, it's very unusual
00:19:49.08\00:19:51.56
that a government just
nicely comes back right back to
00:19:51.59\00:19:54.26
the middle, they're like
a pendulum: back this way,
00:19:54.29\00:19:57.45
and back that way.
Let's look at our study guide,
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it says: This mixture of church
and state is always a dangerous
00:20:01.91\00:20:04.79
mixture as the 1260
period known as the Dark Ages
00:20:04.82\00:20:08.66
clearly reveals. Why do
they call it the "Dark Ages"?
00:20:08.69\00:20:12.31
Because the lamp of God,
the light of the Word was taken
00:20:12.34\00:20:15.51
away. The first amendment of
the constitution is a safe guard
00:20:15.54\00:20:18.76
against this very kind of thing,
but the constitution is being
00:20:18.79\00:20:22.81
radically reevaluated - we're
going to talk about that in
00:20:22.84\00:20:27.12
just a moment. The climate
of the US right now post 9/11
00:20:27.15\00:20:31.32
is a very different
world than the pre 9/11 world.
00:20:31.35\00:20:33.92
Is that true, yes
or no? Absolutely.
00:20:33.95\00:20:36.64
The world will never be the
same again, neither will the US,
00:20:36.67\00:20:40.18
we are living in
strange and portentous times as
00:20:40.21\00:20:43.34
the increasing number of
politicians and legislators
00:20:43.37\00:20:45.90
claim that they are Christians
on a mission to turn this
00:20:45.93\00:20:49.04
nation back to God.
I want to say again,
00:20:49.07\00:20:51.47
nothing wrong with wanting
to get this nation back to God,
00:20:51.50\00:20:54.44
but you didn't see Jesus
out protesting the abuses of
00:20:54.47\00:20:57.77
the Roman government, you
didn't see Jesus out protesting
00:20:57.80\00:21:00.91
the abuses of Herod and
the others, Jesus preached
00:21:00.94\00:21:05.20
the gospel, and that's what
Christians are called to do,
00:21:05.23\00:21:10.16
to preach the gospel of
Jesus Christ, not to legislate
00:21:10.19\00:21:15.00
their views on people who
may or may not hold to those
00:21:15.03\00:21:16.97
very views. We're
going to come back
00:21:17.00\00:21:19.55
to that in just a second.
So look at the bottom of that
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page, to put it very plainly,
I don't know how to make
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it more plain than this: Sunday
observance will be legislated.
00:21:25.14\00:21:27.82
This will be the enforcement
of the mark of the beast.
00:21:27.85\00:21:30.51
We've already identified the
beast, we've already identified
00:21:30.54\00:21:33.15
the mark of their ecclesiastical
authority, so the enforcing of
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that must be the
legislation of that mark.
00:21:37.05\00:21:39.84
It's really quite simple,
the transfer from the Biblical
00:21:39.87\00:21:41.39
Sabbath to Sunday is the
beast's mark, this mark will
00:21:41.42\00:21:44.37
be caused, or enforced.
The US will pay a pivotal role
00:21:44.40\00:21:47.75
in this enforcement, as
Revelation 13 makes clear.
00:21:47.78\00:21:51.60
I want to say something
here as we turn to the 3rd page
00:21:51.63\00:21:53.79
of our study guide.
Someone in this room is bound
00:21:53.82\00:21:55.89
to say "Oh really? I wonder
if that's true, in fact, "
00:21:55.92\00:21:58.91
"it looks like the Biblical
evidence actually points in"
00:21:58.94\00:22:01.39
"that direction, and I'm
going to wait and see how this"
00:22:01.42\00:22:05.72
"pans out, and I'll tell you
what, if it ends up happening"
00:22:05.75\00:22:08.97
"that way then I'll know that
Pastor Asscherick was right, "
00:22:09.00\00:22:11.77
"I'll know that his
interpretation was correct"
00:22:11.80\00:22:14.28
"and then I'll start
to keep the Sabbath. "
00:22:14.31\00:22:16.53
Beloved, I've got news
for you, the Bible says today
00:22:16.56\00:22:20.99
to keep God's Sabbath.
It's not just an end time issue,
00:22:21.02\00:22:26.84
it is an end time issue,
but it's also a Biblical issue.
00:22:26.87\00:22:32.17
Let's just pretend that
the mark of the beast had to do
00:22:32.20\00:22:34.81
with the second commandment,
not bowing down to an image,
00:22:34.84\00:22:36.84
let's just pretend for a moment.
So we say "Well, I'm going"
00:22:36.87\00:22:39.38
"to keep bowing down to my
images, and in case they pass"
00:22:39.41\00:22:42.01
"that law that says I
can't do it, then I'll change. "
00:22:42.04\00:22:44.43
Is that how we should go
about it? Absolutely not.
00:22:44.46\00:22:46.73
Beloved, if you open your Bible
today you will find that in
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Exodus 20, and in Deuteronomy
5 the Sabbath commandment is
00:22:49.36\00:22:52.40
there today, you can
go check on it right now.
00:22:52.43\00:22:54.55
It's not just going to suddenly
appear at the end of time when
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these things are going to become
agitated, it's there today.
00:22:57.17\00:23:00.18
So it's not just an end time
issue, it's a present tense,
00:23:00.21\00:23:04.10
current events issue, but
it will also become an end time
00:23:04.13\00:23:07.48
issue. By the
way, we should never
00:23:07.51\00:23:10.94
ever, ever, ever delay to
obey what we know is God's will.
00:23:10.97\00:23:17.37
That doesn't have to be the
Sabbath, it could be anything,
00:23:17.40\00:23:20.78
it's never safe
to wait, or to delay.
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Okay, so let's go. The 2
beasts, who is the second?
00:23:26.12\00:23:28.40
I'm in Revelation 13.
For those of you who are
00:23:28.43\00:23:31.73
attentive Bible students,
you have noticed that there are
00:23:31.76\00:23:33.99
actually 2
beasts in Revelation 13.
00:23:34.02\00:23:38.13
Let's begin in Revelation
13:1, John says: "Then I stood"
00:23:38.16\00:23:43.30
"on the sand of the sea and
I saw a beast rising up out"
00:23:43.33\00:23:46.02
"of the sea, having 7 heads
and 10 horns, and on his horns"
00:23:46.05\00:23:48.77
"10 crowns, and on his
head a blasphemous name. "
00:23:48.80\00:23:51.20
"Now the beast which I saw was
like a leopard, its feet were"
00:23:51.23\00:23:54.47
"like the feet of a bear,
his mouth was like the mouth of"
00:23:54.50\00:23:57.12
"a lion" and who him his power,
throne and great authority?
00:23:57.15\00:24:00.63
The Dragon, and
who's the dragon? Satan.
00:24:00.66\00:24:02.92
Okay, this is the Antichrist
beast. "I saw one of his"
00:24:02.95\00:24:05.95
"heads as if it had been
mortally wounded and his"
00:24:05.98\00:24:08.35
"deadly wound was healed,
and all the world marveled"
00:24:08.38\00:24:11.09
"and followed after the beast.
So they worshiped the dragon"
00:24:11.12\00:24:13.91
"who gave authority to
the beast, and they worshiped"
00:24:13.94\00:24:16.63
"the beast, saying 'Who is
like the beast? Who is able' "
00:24:16.66\00:24:19.80
" 'to make war with him?'
" Verse 5: "And he was given"
00:24:19.83\00:24:22.38
"a mouth to speak great things
and blasphemies, and he was"
00:24:22.41\00:24:25.13
"given authority to continue
for 42 months", that's 1260
00:24:25.16\00:24:30.05
days, that's the 3 and a
half years that we've already
00:24:30.08\00:24:32.93
talked about, those dates
that move from 538 AD to 1798 AD
00:24:32.96\00:24:37.26
of papal persecution. It
goes on: "Then he opened"
00:24:37.29\00:24:39.95
"his mouth in blasphemy
against God to blaspheme"
00:24:39.98\00:24:42.31
"His name, His tabernacle,
and those who dwell in heaven. "
00:24:42.34\00:24:44.84
"It was granted him to make war
with the saints and to overcome"
00:24:44.87\00:24:47.37
"them, and authority was given
him over every tribe, tongue"
00:24:47.40\00:24:50.86
"and nation. All who dwell
on the earth will worship him"
00:24:50.89\00:24:54.90
that's the key issue, "who's
names have not been written in"
00:24:54.93\00:24:57.22
"the Book of Life of the
Lamb slain from the foundation"
00:24:57.25\00:24:59.99
"of the world. If anyone
has an ear, let him hear. "
00:25:00.02\00:25:02.15
Then verse 10: "He who leads
into captivity will go into"
00:25:02.18\00:25:05.85
"captivity; he who kills
with the sword must be killed"
00:25:05.88\00:25:09.89
"with the sword. Here is
the patience and faith of"
00:25:09.92\00:25:12.67
"the saints. " Now look at
verse 11: "Then I saw another"
00:25:12.70\00:25:16.50
"beast". So we know who that
first beast is, we have plainly,
00:25:16.53\00:25:19.86
clearly identified from
the Bible this first beast as
00:25:19.89\00:25:22.40
the Roman church-state.
So look at the top of page 3
00:25:22.43\00:25:28.02
in your study guide:
Revelation 13 describes
00:25:28.05\00:25:32.36
2 beasts, the first beast rises
up out the sea and it has 10
00:25:32.39\00:25:37.76
horn, it has the body of a
leopard, it has the feet of
00:25:37.79\00:25:40.29
a bear, it has the mouth
of a lion, this imagery comes
00:25:40.32\00:25:43.99
from Daniel 7 as we've
already seen and studied.
00:25:44.02\00:25:47.18
I want you to notice the
sequence, John sees this beast
00:25:47.21\00:25:50.60
in this order: first he notices
the horns, that would be on
00:25:50.63\00:25:55.94
the beast that represented
Rome. And then what did he see
00:25:55.97\00:25:59.96
after the horns, what did
he see next? He saw the body
00:25:59.99\00:26:02.46
of a leopard, and who
was the leopard? Greece.
00:26:02.49\00:26:08.15
And then he saw the feet
of a bear, and that was who?
00:26:08.18\00:26:11.50
Medo-Persia, and then
he saw the mouth of a lion.
00:26:11.53\00:26:14.99
So from John's perspective,
living in the time of Rome,
00:26:15.02\00:26:17.86
he saw in this order, he
saw this beast's characteristics
00:26:17.89\00:26:22.03
as Rome, Greece,
Medo-Persia, Babylon.
00:26:22.06\00:26:29.12
How did Daniel see them?
Daniel saw them in the exact
00:26:29.15\00:26:34.73
opposite order.
What did he see first?
00:26:34.76\00:26:37.26
Lion, and then he saw the bear,
and then he saw the leopard,
00:26:37.29\00:26:41.01
and then he saw the beast with
10 horns, why might that be?
00:26:41.04\00:26:44.62
Beloved, because John was
living during the time of Rome
00:26:44.65\00:26:47.73
and he was looking backward
through history, and Daniel
00:26:47.76\00:26:52.59
was living 600 years before
the time of Jesus, and he was
00:26:52.62\00:26:55.16
looking forward into the
future. You can fill that in
00:26:55.19\00:27:00.52
right there. Why the difference?
00:27:00.55\00:27:02.60
Daniel was looking forward
into the future, that is, he was
00:27:02.63\00:27:05.45
looking prophetically, John was
looking backward into history,
00:27:05.48\00:27:08.23
that is he was
looking historically.
00:27:08.26\00:27:11.10
The first beast it the
Roman church-state, as we have
00:27:11.13\00:27:13.24
already seen, who
is the second beast?
00:27:13.27\00:27:17.49
We know who this guy is, we have
that first beast in our sights,
00:27:17.52\00:27:22.39
we have spent message
after message after message
00:27:22.42\00:27:26.17
identifying that
rascal, we know who that is.
00:27:26.20\00:27:29.89
But now another
beast was seen coming up.
00:27:29.92\00:27:34.95
So there are 2 beasts
here. The first beast, as we've
00:27:34.98\00:27:40.28
already identified, is the Roman
church-state, which reigned
00:27:40.31\00:27:43.62
for 1260 literal years, that
is prophetic days, from 538 AD,
00:27:43.65\00:27:50.22
we've been over this,
this is all review, 1260 years,
00:27:50.25\00:27:53.21
to exactly 1798. In 1798 a man
by the name of Berthier, one of
00:27:53.24\00:27:57.89
Napoleon's top generals, marched
into the Vatican, he took
00:27:57.92\00:28:00.71
the pope off of the throne,
declared everything there as
00:28:00.74\00:28:03.58
the property of France
and the pope died in exile,
00:28:03.61\00:28:06.97
and the deadly wound was
inflicted, that agrees perfectly
00:28:07.00\00:28:12.14
with verse 3 where it says
his deadly wound was healed.
00:28:12.17\00:28:15.30
So a deadly wound was inflicted,
we could perhaps spend some more
00:28:15.33\00:28:19.08
time on that. So we know who
this first beast is, but here's
00:28:19.11\00:28:22.41
something very interesting:
there is a second beast,
00:28:22.44\00:28:25.54
and this beast acts as the
spokes person for the first
00:28:25.57\00:28:29.40
beast. Now beloved, what
is a beast in Bible prophecy?
00:28:29.43\00:28:34.89
It's a kingdom or a nation.
00:28:34.92\00:28:36.83
So here we have Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome.
00:28:36.86\00:28:41.44
So a beast in Bible prophecy
is, let's say it together,
00:28:41.47\00:28:43.79
a kingdom. So here he
sees another kingdom coming up,
00:28:43.82\00:28:48.93
there's a second beast, this
beast is sometimes referred to
00:28:48.96\00:28:51.46
as "the false prophet" because
he speaks on behalf of the first
00:28:51.49\00:28:55.62
beast, who claims to be
God. Think about it, a prophet
00:28:55.65\00:29:00.04
speaks for who? For themselves?
No, a prophet speaks for God
00:29:00.07\00:29:05.22
that's why you find so
many times in the Old Testament:
00:29:05.25\00:29:07.97
"Thus sayeth the Lord...",
Jeremiah, Isaiah, Ezekiel
00:29:08.00\00:29:12.70
and others, so this second
beast comes up, and he basically
00:29:12.73\00:29:15.92
speaks on behalf of that first
beast, who actually claims to be
00:29:15.95\00:29:20.33
God on earth. That's why
he's called "the false prophet".
00:29:20.36\00:29:27.40
Now let's look at this,
verse 11: "Then I saw another"
00:29:27.43\00:29:30.12
"beast coming up out of
the earth, and he had 2 horns"
00:29:30.15\00:29:33.97
"like a lamb, and he spoke
like a dragon, and he exercises"
00:29:34.00\00:29:38.92
"all the authority of the first
beast in his presence, and he"
00:29:38.95\00:29:41.40
"causes the earth and those
who dwell in it to worship"
00:29:41.43\00:29:44.28
"the first beast. " So
notice, the job of the second
00:29:44.31\00:29:47.94
beast is to cause the
earth to worship, not himself,
00:29:47.97\00:29:53.05
but the first beast.
"...causes all who are in it",
00:29:53.08\00:29:56.10
it says in verse 13: "He
performs great signs, so that"
00:29:56.13\00:29:58.88
"he even makes fire come
down from heaven on earth in"
00:29:58.91\00:30:01.33
"the sight of men. He deceives
those who dwell on the earth by'
00:30:01.36\00:30:03.81
"the signs he was granted to
do in the sight of the beast, "
00:30:03.84\00:30:05.64
"telling those who dwell
on the earth to make an image"
00:30:05.67\00:30:08.13
"to the beast, who was wounded
by the sword and yet lived. "
00:30:08.16\00:30:10.81
"He was granted power to give
breath", notice that, he gives
00:30:10.84\00:30:13.56
breath, the word is "pneuma",
"to the image of the beast"
00:30:13.59\00:30:16.45
"that the image of the beast
should both speak, and cause"
00:30:16.48\00:30:19.16
"as many as would not worship
the image of the beast should"
00:30:19.19\00:30:21.68
"be killed. He causes all",
no one is exempt, "both small"
00:30:21.71\00:30:24.15
"and great, rich and poor, free
and slave, to receive a mark"
00:30:24.18\00:30:28.22
"on their right hand, or in
their foreheads", and we learned
00:30:28.25\00:30:31.04
last night that you can get the
mark of the beast in either your
00:30:31.07\00:30:33.52
right hand, or the forehead,
but the seal of God you can only
00:30:33.55\00:30:35.94
get in your
forehead. Why the difference?
00:30:35.97\00:30:38.55
Because you can't work your way
to heaven, you're only getting
00:30:38.58\00:30:43.29
to heaven by faith, so the seal
of God can't be put in the hand,
00:30:43.32\00:30:46.26
the seal of God can
only go in the forehead.
00:30:46.29\00:30:49.74
Powerful! It goes on here,
verse 17: "And that no one"
00:30:49.77\00:30:56.38
"might buy or sell, except
the one who has the mark of"
00:30:56.41\00:30:59.05
"the beast, or the number
of his name. Here is wisdom. "
00:30:59.08\00:31:01.62
"Let him who has understanding
calculate the number of"
00:31:01.65\00:31:04.63
"the beast, for it is the
number of a man, and his number"
00:31:04.66\00:31:06.95
"is 666. " So the
job of this second
00:31:06.98\00:31:09.81
beast is to cause the earth
to worship and to reverence
00:31:09.84\00:31:13.71
the first beast. We know who the
first beast is, now we've got
00:31:13.74\00:31:20.02
to figure out
who's the second beast.
00:31:20.05\00:31:23.27
You're right there in your
study guide, we're going to look
00:31:23.30\00:31:25.90
at 6 identifying
characteristics, and they're all
00:31:25.93\00:31:29.33
going to come from the Bible.
I'm not going to stand here
00:31:29.36\00:31:33.59
and say "Well, you know,
it could be North Korea. "
00:31:33.62\00:31:37.04
"And it could be the
former Soviet Union. "
00:31:37.07\00:31:40.15
No, let's look at what the
Bible has to say, and we'll see
00:31:40.18\00:31:42.81
that the Bible interprets
itself. I want you to notice,
00:31:42.84\00:31:46.93
first identifying
characteristic, this beast rises
00:31:46.96\00:31:50.21
out of the earth. He rises
out of the earth as opposed
00:31:50.24\00:31:58.12
to the sea. We've already seen
in Revelation and Daniel that
00:31:58.15\00:32:02.04
water in Bible prophecy
represents peoples, multitudes,
00:32:02.07\00:32:06.48
nations and tongues, that is
a populated or populous area.
00:32:06.51\00:32:11.86
So this beast is seen rising
up in a very different locale,
00:32:11.89\00:32:14.97
the other beast in Revelation 13
rises out of the sea, this beast
00:32:15.00\00:32:18.29
rises out of the
earth. So look at the board,
00:32:18.32\00:32:21.24
we're going to ask 5 simple
question, we're going to look
00:32:21.27\00:32:23.80
at 5
considerations: [text on screen]
00:32:23.83\00:32:26.31
In looking at these 5 things
what we're going to see is that
00:32:35.14\00:32:38.32
it's actually very
easy to identify this beast.
00:32:38.35\00:32:41.37
So our first question is: where
does he rise out of the earth?
00:32:41.40\00:32:44.94
Now look at number 2.
The Bible says he has 2 horns
00:32:44.97\00:32:48.44
like a lamb. Now, the
New Testament uses the word
00:32:48.47\00:32:52.50
"lamb" 29 times, 26 of
those are directly from the book
00:32:52.53\00:32:56.26
of Revelation, and every
time, except 1, it's a reference
00:32:56.29\00:32:59.65
to Jesus Christ. The only time
it's not a reference to Jesus
00:32:59.68\00:33:03.49
Christ is this verse right here,
verse 11. The only time in all
00:33:03.52\00:33:07.84
of Revelation that the word
"lamb" is used, and it's clearly
00:33:07.87\00:33:10.52
not a reference to Christ.
It says "he has to horns like"
00:33:10.55\00:33:14.51
"a lamb". This means that this
beast would espouse lamb-like,
00:33:14.54\00:33:19.23
or Christ-like characteristics.
What did John the Baptist say?
00:33:19.26\00:33:25.46
He said "Behold the Lamb of
God, who takes away the sins"
00:33:25.49\00:33:28.85
"of the world. " So
this beast rises up out of
00:33:28.88\00:33:31.46
the earth, the first beast
rose up out of a populated area.
00:33:31.49\00:33:34.13
This beast rises up out of
a relatively unpopulated area,
00:33:34.16\00:33:36.73
that just makes sense. If
the sea is a populated area,
00:33:36.76\00:33:39.51
then the earth would
be a less populated area.
00:33:39.54\00:33:40.95
So he rises up in a different
area, he also, as we've just
00:33:40.98\00:33:44.42
discussed in number 2, he
has lamb-like, or Christ-like,
00:33:44.45\00:33:51.47
characteristics. Look at number
3: the first beast had horns
00:33:51.50\00:33:55.69
with crowns.
00:33:55.72\00:33:58.81
Does the Bible say anything
about the second beast having
00:33:58.84\00:34:01.50
crowns? No, so we might ask
the question: who wears a crown?
00:34:01.53\00:34:06.82
A king wears a crown,
or a pontiff wears a crown,
00:34:06.85\00:34:09.06
or a queen wears a crown,
does a president wear a crown?
00:34:09.09\00:34:12.40
Presidents don't wear crowns.
This, the governmental character
00:34:12.43\00:34:16.89
of this beast, would be
different, we're not going
00:34:16.92\00:34:19.94
to look for a royal, or
kingly, or a queenly authority.
00:34:19.97\00:34:23.98
So notice it says: Horns
have no crowns, there is no king
00:34:24.01\00:34:27.41
or queen in this
beast, whoever it is.
00:34:27.44\00:34:30.53
Number 4 says it rises up about
the same time the first beast
00:34:30.56\00:34:34.35
goes down, let me show that
got you, you're right there in
00:34:34.38\00:34:36.79
verse 10. So John
is seeing this first
00:34:36.82\00:34:41.30
beast, and he's watching
it do its various rampages,
00:34:41.33\00:34:44.22
and ravages, its doing its
mission there, and then he sees
00:34:44.25\00:34:48.09
it receive the deadly wound;
1798, we've already talked
00:34:48.12\00:34:52.24
about that. In fact, if you
want to just do a little bit
00:34:52.27\00:34:54.63
of history, here's essentially
what happened: among other
00:34:54.66\00:34:57.15
things, Napoleon got fed up
with the Catholic church, that's
00:34:57.18\00:34:59.78
basically the short version,
and he sent one of his best
00:34:59.81\00:35:02.31
generals down there, and he said
"I'm tired of that rascal, "
00:35:02.34\00:35:05.09
"go down there and just
take care of business. "
00:35:05.12\00:35:07.73
So it received a deadly wound.
00:35:07.76\00:35:10.61
Look at verse 10, it says: "He
who leads into captivity will"
00:35:10.64\00:35:16.00
"go into captivity; he who kills
with the sword must be killed"
00:35:16.03\00:35:22.33
"with the sword. Here is
the patience and faith of"
00:35:22.36\00:35:24.25
"the saints. " So
what was happening
00:35:24.28\00:35:25.99
during the period of the Dark
Ages is that if you wouldn't bow
00:35:26.02\00:35:28.79
to the Roman church-state,
you could be led to captivity,
00:35:28.82\00:35:31.71
led to a dungeon, led
to a prison, or killed.
00:35:31.74\00:35:35.30
What John sees here in vision
is that this power that's been
00:35:35.33\00:35:37.86
leading into captivity
will himself go into captivity,
00:35:37.89\00:35:40.91
this power that's been killing
with the sword will himself
00:35:40.94\00:35:43.24
be killed by the sword.
And what's the very next thing
00:35:43.27\00:35:47.58
John sees? Verse 11:
"Then I saw another beast"
00:35:47.61\00:35:52.31
"coming up out of the earth.
" So get this in your mind,
00:35:52.34\00:35:54.90
it's actually very, very simple:
John sees this first beast
00:35:54.93\00:35:57.21
on its career, 538-1798,
and he sees it go into captivity
00:35:57.24\00:36:01.02
and get wounded by the sword,
and just about the time he sees
00:36:01.05\00:36:03.74
this beast going down, he
sees another beast coming up.
00:36:03.77\00:36:07.43
So now we have a time element.
The first beast received its
00:36:07.46\00:36:11.99
deadly wound in 1798, so we're
looking for this nation to come
00:36:12.02\00:36:15.54
on the scene of
action some time around 1798.
00:36:15.57\00:36:21.51
That's number 4.
Look at number 5.
00:36:21.54\00:36:25.12
It says, if you look at
verse 11, "I saw another beast"
00:36:25.15\00:36:29.01
what are the next to words?
"Coming up", do you see that?
00:36:29.04\00:36:33.11
Revelation 13:11: "I saw
another beast coming up".
00:36:33.14\00:36:39.44
It's very interesting
here, the Greek word translated
00:36:39.47\00:36:42.44
"coming up" is the very same
word that is used to describe
00:36:42.47\00:36:47.03
the almost invisibly slow
maturation of a growing plant.
00:36:47.06\00:36:52.39
Any gardeners here? You
put that seed in the ground
00:36:52.42\00:36:55.39
and you wait, nothing,
you wait, nothing, and then
00:36:55.42\00:36:59.61
just one day you look and
the dirt has moved slightly
00:36:59.64\00:37:02.68
and you've got a little
something there, and then you
00:37:02.71\00:37:04.82
go away for a week and you come
back, and it's just a little
00:37:04.85\00:37:07.66
bigger; you go away for a
week, you come back, it's just
00:37:07.69\00:37:10.05
a little bigger, it's coming
up slowly, almost imperceptibly.
00:37:10.08\00:37:17.10
That's the word that's
being used, that's actually what
00:37:17.13\00:37:19.65
the word means, he sees
another beast coming up.
00:37:19.68\00:37:22.11
So this beast, unlike,
say, these beasts here,
00:37:22.14\00:37:25.04
remember the bear?
You might remember back in
00:37:25.07\00:37:27.67
Daniel 7, the bear, it said:
"Arise, devour much flesh",
00:37:27.70\00:37:31.56
and he had those 3 ribs
in the mouth signifying the 3
00:37:31.59\00:37:34.31
provinces of Babylon
that he had conquered?
00:37:34.34\00:37:36.59
This second beast is nothing
like this, this beast is not
00:37:36.62\00:37:40.30
pouncing and conquering other
nations, this beast is growing
00:37:40.33\00:37:44.48
quietly, slowly, almost
imperceptibly in a relatively
00:37:44.51\00:37:51.04
unpopulated area of the world.
So we can't be looking for this
00:37:51.07\00:37:54.51
beast to come up in the old
world where all of the other
00:37:54.54\00:37:58.58
beasts came up, and the sea
was, and the populated area was
00:37:58.61\00:38:01.97
This beast is going to come up
quietly, imperceptibly, almost
00:38:02.00\00:38:06.35
like a plant growing, not
conquering, but coming up.
00:38:06.38\00:38:12.40
And look at number 6:
this beast would eventually
00:38:12.43\00:38:15.00
posses unprecedented
global power and influence.
00:38:15.03\00:38:19.00
You say "How do you know
that? " Well, look at the text,
00:38:19.03\00:38:21.81
the text says several times
that he causes the whole earth
00:38:21.84\00:38:24.59
to worship the first beast.
Now, I'm just looking down here
00:38:24.62\00:38:27.92
at my good friend Maurice,
who I love very, very much.
00:38:27.95\00:38:31.02
Maurice is from Cameroon, I'm
going to just pick on you very
00:38:31.05\00:38:33.58
quickly Maurice, not pick on
you, I love you like a brother,
00:38:33.61\00:38:35.59
but we can be pretty sure
that whoever this nation is,
00:38:35.62\00:38:38.52
it's probably not Cameroon,
for a variety of reasons.
00:38:38.55\00:38:42.78
If Cameroon passed a law and
said the whole world has to do
00:38:42.81\00:38:47.43
something, do you
think they'd listen?
00:38:47.46\00:38:51.94
Unfortunately Maurice,
here in the US we're not as good
00:38:52.05\00:38:54.60
at our geography as other
places, a lot of people would
00:38:54.63\00:38:56.49
say "Cameroon, is
that some kind of a nut? "
00:38:56.52\00:39:00.63
[Audience laughs] A
lot of people wouldn't even
00:39:00.66\00:39:03.31
know, so this nation, whatever
this nation is, has to posses
00:39:03.34\00:39:08.60
global influence. So
here's our identifiers right
00:39:08.63\00:39:15.18
here on the board, this is
what we're looking for, this is
00:39:15.21\00:39:17.70
the second beast. How
many of these identifiers
00:39:17.73\00:39:19.86
came from the
Bible? Every one of them.
00:39:19.89\00:39:22.33
So number 1: [text on screen]
00:39:22.36\00:39:29.95
Jesus said things like "If
the Son shall make you free, "
00:39:29.98\00:39:33.79
"you shall be free
indeed. " In Luke 4 Jesus said
00:39:33.82\00:39:38.03
that He had come to
preach liberty to the captives.
00:39:38.06\00:39:42.56
This nation would
espouse Christ-like principles.
00:39:42.59\00:39:45.70
Number 3, this nation would not
have a king, this nation would
00:39:45.73\00:39:49.96
not have a queen, or any kind
of a monarchy, this would be
00:39:49.99\00:39:52.96
a nation that was ruled
governmentally differently.
00:39:52.99\00:39:57.81
Number 4, this nation has to
arise some time around the time
00:39:57.84\00:40:01.54
the first beast is
going down, which was in 1798,
00:40:01.57\00:40:04.69
so we're looking for a beast to
come up some time around 1798.
00:40:04.72\00:40:08.93
[text on screen]
00:40:08.96\00:40:11.04
Is there any question
in anybody's mind who we're
00:40:23.62\00:40:25.79
talking about here?
It is just as plain as
00:40:25.82\00:40:28.31
the noonday sun.
Who is this second beast
00:40:28.34\00:40:30.93
of Revelation 13? It could only
be the United States of America.
00:40:30.96\00:40:35.80
Let's see if it meets all of
the identifying characteristics.
00:40:35.83\00:40:39.09
Did this country arise in a new
area, a relatively unpopulated
00:40:39.12\00:40:43.43
area, as opposed to
the old world? Absolutely.
00:40:43.46\00:40:46.56
Does this country espouse
00:40:46.59\00:40:48.26
Christ-like principles, at least
in concept and in principle?
00:40:48.29\00:40:53.81
Absolutely, not always
in practice, but at least
00:40:53.84\00:40:56.40
in principle. Number 3: is
there a king, or queen here?
00:40:56.43\00:41:00.77
In fact, the exact opposite,
when the pilgrim fathers
00:41:00.80\00:41:02.95
and others landed here,
they decided, our forefathers,
00:41:02.98\00:41:06.02
we're going to talk about this
in a moment, that they would
00:41:06.05\00:41:07.50
start a government, not
with subjects but with citizens.
00:41:07.53\00:41:14.14
There's not going to be a king
that's reigning supreme over
00:41:14.17\00:41:16.98
the lowly peasants, but we
would have, instead of a kingdom
00:41:17.01\00:41:21.82
with peasants, we
would have a citizenry.
00:41:21.85\00:41:27.22
Let's say it this way: "Of
the people, for the people, "
00:41:27.25\00:41:30.74
"and by the people", that's
a little different, isn't it?
00:41:30.77\00:41:33.94
It would arise
around 1798, does that fit?
00:41:33.97\00:41:38.45
The answer is "yes".
Does it grow up quietly,
00:41:38.48\00:41:41.20
like a plant, not primarily
through conquering other
00:41:41.23\00:41:44.23
nations? Absolutely.
And has it grown literally
00:41:44.26\00:41:46.44
almost overnight?
Think about it this way:
00:41:46.47\00:41:49.25
the USA is basically only
200 years old and is the most
00:41:49.28\00:41:52.77
powerful nation that has
ever existed in the history of
00:41:52.80\00:41:56.16
the human experience. It
literally came on the scene
00:41:56.19\00:41:59.45
of action, and now, as a
good friend of mine from Romania
00:41:59.48\00:42:02.19
says, my wife is from Romania,
he says "When the United States"
00:42:02.22\00:42:05.51
"sneezes, the
whole world gets a cold".
00:42:05.54\00:42:08.21
[Audience
laughs] Isn't that right?
00:42:08.24\00:42:10.80
I could give you instance,
after instance of this thing.
00:42:10.83\00:42:13.80
For example, the US says "Hey
listen, we want to invade Iraq"
00:42:13.83\00:42:17.40
and the UN says
"No", and they say "Tough!"
00:42:17.43\00:42:19.93
"We'll do whatever we
want", it's like the old saying:
00:42:19.96\00:42:22.37
"Where does an 800
pound gorilla sit? "
00:42:22.40\00:42:24.99
"He sits wherever he wants
to. " So Tony Blair from the UK,
00:42:25.02\00:42:29.81
and a few others, have
figured this out. They've said:
00:42:29.84\00:42:32.34
"You know what? He's the
toughest kid on the block, "
00:42:32.37\00:42:34.73
"better join him. "
That's exactly what's happening.
00:42:34.76\00:42:37.52
Let's go through and see if this
all fits together, this is from
00:42:37.55\00:42:40.19
"The New World Compared
With The Old", by G.A Townsend,
00:42:40.22\00:42:43.55
notice what he said, speaking
of the US: [text on screen]
00:42:43.58\00:42:46.26
That's exactly the Biblical
language: like a silent seed
00:42:52.49\00:42:56.20
coming up slowly,
almost imperceptibly.
00:42:56.23\00:42:59.01
"Daniel and Revelation" by Uriah
Smith, page 578 [text on screen]
00:42:59.12\00:43:01.82
So it fits that
qualification very nicely.
00:43:08.93\00:43:11.98
[text on screen]
00:43:12.01\00:43:14.09
They had been in the old
world where they had seen that
00:43:15.83\00:43:19.44
religious tyranny, and political
tyranny basically got them
00:43:19.47\00:43:23.08
nowhere except persecution.
If you didn't have the luxury
00:43:23.11\00:43:26.35
or the fortune of being born
into one of the royal families,
00:43:26.38\00:43:29.25
or somehow being associated with
royalty, you could be in a very
00:43:29.28\00:43:32.52
bad way. So when they landed,
you know the stories, I'm not
00:43:32.55\00:43:35.40
telling you anything you don't
know, but they would get off
00:43:35.43\00:43:38.11
those boats, and they would
kiss the ground because this was
00:43:38.14\00:43:40.23
a new place where they didn't
have to worry about the king
00:43:40.26\00:43:42.89
saying thus and so, and
the pope saying thus and so.
00:43:42.92\00:43:45.93
It was a new land where they
could try a new governmental
00:43:45.96\00:43:49.33
experiment, and I believe
in my soul of souls that God
00:43:49.36\00:43:53.86
opened this
nation up right on time.
00:43:53.89\00:43:58.39
I believe that with
every fiber of my being.
00:43:58.42\00:44:00.67
Does it meet the time element?
Absolutely, [text on screen]
00:44:00.70\00:44:03.62
Is that around 1798?
So just as the one beast
00:44:07.74\00:44:11.91
is going down, what's
the other beast doing?
00:44:11.94\00:44:14.32
Coming up. The
Declaration of Independence
00:44:14.35\00:44:16.86
was signed July 4, 1776, so
one is going down and one is
00:44:16.89\00:44:23.02
coming up, meets that
specification perfectly.
00:44:23.05\00:44:25.66
The Declaration of Independence,
I love this: [text on screen]
00:44:25.69\00:44:28.17
Do you know how
revolutionary that is?
00:44:33.56\00:44:36.91
We take these things for granted
here in the USA, that is so
00:44:36.94\00:44:40.52
revolutionary, in the old
world with the royal hierarchy
00:44:40.55\00:44:46.07
and the oligarchies of
kings and queens and princes,
00:44:46.10\00:44:49.68
not everybody was created equal.
To even suggest that the peasant
00:44:49.71\00:44:53.47
was the equal of
the king is laughable.
00:44:53.50\00:44:57.21
Here they say "We hold these
truths to be self-evident, "
00:44:57.24\00:44:59.54
"that all Men", of
course, including women as well,
00:44:59.57\00:45:01.65
[text on screen]
00:45:01.68\00:45:03.76
"Unalienable", that
means "cannot be taken away".
00:45:07.03\00:45:10.96
[continues to read]
00:45:10.99\00:45:13.07
Just a little bit of hedonism
thrown in there at the end.
00:45:17.13\00:45:19.41
[Audience laughs] A
few of you got that.
00:45:19.44\00:45:23.06
The US constitution,
the first Amendment:
00:45:23.09\00:45:26.33
[text on screen]
00:45:26.36\00:45:28.44
As George Thurgood
Marshall said: "Your rites end"
00:45:31.73\00:45:34.03
"where my nose begins".
You can do whatever you want,
00:45:34.06\00:45:39.05
but your rights end at the
very place that my nose begins.
00:45:39.08\00:45:43.42
So in the USA, if you want
to worship that pulpit, you want
00:45:43.45\00:45:46.37
to start a whole religion
where you worship that pulpit
00:45:46.40\00:45:49.51
and you want to dance around
the pulpit and say "This is"
00:45:49.54\00:45:51.77
"the Creator God, this
pulpit here", could you do that
00:45:51.80\00:45:53.97
in this country? Yes
or no? [Audience] Yes.
00:45:54.00\00:45:56.55
It would be foolish, it would be
illogical, it would be unusual,
00:45:56.58\00:45:59.33
but you could do it.
Absolutely, that's the point.
00:45:59.36\00:46:04.42
You see, they were so under the
thumb of religious and political
00:46:04.45\00:46:08.46
tyranny that when they got
on these new shores, they said
00:46:08.49\00:46:11.27
"We're tired of the popes,
and we're tired of the kings".
00:46:11.30\00:46:15.59
So they established this
radically new government.
00:46:15.62\00:46:18.03
It was an experiment, it
was the American experiment.
00:46:18.06\00:46:22.55
A government of the people,
for the people, by the people,
00:46:22.58\00:46:26.12
where everyone is equal,
and citizens vote leaders?
00:46:26.15\00:46:28.98
We take this for granted
now, this was radical beloved.
00:46:29.01\00:46:33.28
Absolutely radical.
What makes this nation great?
00:46:33.31\00:46:36.84
2 central freedoms, 2 central
liberties make this nation
00:46:36.87\00:46:40.90
great: [text on screen]
00:46:40.93\00:46:47.07
If you want to be even
more technical, you'd say
00:46:47.10\00:46:48.84
"Republicanism and
Protestantism", those are
00:46:48.87\00:46:52.35
the 2 principles that
make this nation great.
00:46:52.38\00:46:54.50
Republicanism, sometimes we
think we live in a democracy,
00:46:54.53\00:46:56.98
but really we don't live
in a democracy, we live in
00:46:57.01\00:46:59.56
a republic, which is a
representative democracy.
00:46:59.59\00:47:02.43
We pledge allegiance to the flag
of the USA and to the republic
00:47:02.46\00:47:08.02
for which it stands. A
republic is a representative
00:47:08.05\00:47:11.93
democracy, the idea of
republicanism is that the people
00:47:11.96\00:47:15.24
can govern
themselves. We don't need kings,
00:47:15.27\00:47:21.25
that doesn't say that sometimes
our presidents have not acted
00:47:21.28\00:47:24.00
that way, but I'm
saying in principle.
00:47:24.03\00:47:28.51
And we don't need popes.
We can worship how we want
00:47:28.54\00:47:32.26
to worship in this country,
we have the right to be wrong.
00:47:32.29\00:47:36.19
Absolutely incredible So
religious liberty is freedom
00:47:36.22\00:47:38.81
from a pope, civil
liberty is freedom from a king.
00:47:38.84\00:47:40.77
Look at George Washington,
who could have said it better
00:47:40.80\00:47:42.63
than this in
1789. Mr. Washington,
00:47:42.66\00:47:45.11
first president of the
USA said: [text on screen]
00:47:45.14\00:47:48.38
So now no one's going to
come and say "You'd better bow"
00:48:02.81\00:48:04.68
"to the cardinal", "you'd
better bow to the pontiff",
00:48:04.71\00:48:07.07
"you'd better bow to the
prelate", Mr. Washington said
00:48:07.10\00:48:09.66
"We've had enough of that. "
You can worship God according
00:48:09.69\00:48:12.97
to the dictates of your
own good conscience, you want
00:48:13.00\00:48:15.55
to be a Protestant,
you can be a Protestant.
00:48:15.58\00:48:18.12
You want to be a
Muslim? You can be a Muslim.
00:48:18.15\00:48:20.45
You want to a
Catholic? You can be a Catholic.
00:48:20.48\00:48:22.92
You want to be an
atheist? You can be an atheist.
00:48:22.95\00:48:25.17
As long as what you do does
not infringe upon my rights,
00:48:25.20\00:48:27.79
where your rights end my
nose begins, you can worship God
00:48:27.82\00:48:29.71
according to the dictates
of your own good conscience.
00:48:29.74\00:48:34.83
That is one of the things
that makes this nation great,
00:48:34.86\00:48:37.21
I'll say it again,
it's the right to be wrong.
00:48:37.24\00:48:42.15
Look at this one,
Benjamin Franklin, I love this:
00:48:42.18\00:48:45.98
[text on screen]
00:48:46.01\00:48:48.09
Do you see what he's
saying? That's exactly right.
00:49:17.80\00:49:22.08
Religion is good, it'll take
care of itself, but the moment
00:49:22.11\00:49:24.75
that the religious entity has to
appeal to the civil entity for
00:49:24.78\00:49:27.97
support, and for money, and for
finances, and for influences,
00:49:28.00\00:49:31.55
he said: "If God can't support
this thing, why, pray tell, "
00:49:31.58\00:49:35.27
"should the secular
government support it? "
00:49:35.30\00:49:39.82
Founding fathers! It
says that this nation
00:49:39.85\00:49:43.67
would speak like a
dragon, look at verse 11.
00:49:43.70\00:49:45.61
I wish I could stop here,
I wish it was a happy story
00:49:45.64\00:49:48.11
and we all marched off into
the great democratic horizon
00:49:48.14\00:49:53.19
behind the drummer. I
wish it could end like that.
00:49:53.22\00:50:01.19
But it says something
very disturbing in verse 11:
00:50:01.22\00:50:03.82
"Then I saw another beast coming
up out of the earth, and he had"
00:50:03.85\00:50:06.53
"2 horns like a lamb", so
he would espouse Christ-like
00:50:06.56\00:50:09.30
principles of liberty and
freedom, but eventually he would
00:50:09.33\00:50:13.30
speak like a dragon.
And who's the dragon?
00:50:13.33\00:50:16.77
Satan. Let me
tell you something,
00:50:16.80\00:50:19.35
that is the only verse in
all of Scripture where the word
00:50:19.38\00:50:21.99
"lamb" and the word "dragon"
appear in the same verse.
00:50:22.02\00:50:24.36
That's it. There is
a tension in this verse
00:50:24.39\00:50:26.90
that's palpable.
Here you have the Lamb
00:50:26.93\00:50:29.29
and the Dragon
mentioned in the same verse.
00:50:29.32\00:50:34.66
"Would speak like a dragon".
We might legitimately ask
00:50:34.69\00:50:37.19
the question: how
does a nation speak?
00:50:37.22\00:50:40.09
Through its laws
and legislative body.
00:50:40.12\00:50:44.83
[text on screen]
00:50:44.86\00:50:46.84
You say "How do you know
that? " Because I just read that
00:50:47.58\00:50:50.11
the second beast is going
to "cause" the earth to worship
00:50:50.14\00:50:56.54
the first beast.
You're saying "impossible, "
00:50:56.57\00:50:59.40
"that's absolutely impossible!
" No it's not impossible.
00:50:59.43\00:51:03.24
In fact, the deadly wound is
healing right before out very
00:51:03.27\00:51:06.01
eyes, that first
beast is growing in power
00:51:06.12\00:51:08.62
and in preeminence
right before our very eyes.
00:51:08.65\00:51:11.43
In 1929 Mussolini sat
down with cardinal Gasparri
00:51:11.46\00:51:14.46
and signed the historic
Roman pact. I want you to notice
00:51:14.49\00:51:17.20
the language here, February
11, 1929: [text on screen]
00:51:17.23\00:51:19.91
Isn't that interesting?
I could give you 3 other
00:51:32.30\00:51:34.92
articles, contemporaneous
articles that say that exact
00:51:34.95\00:51:37.82
same thing, when they sat down
together, and basically what
00:51:37.85\00:51:40.41
happened was that Mussolini
turned civil power back over
00:51:40.44\00:51:44.37
to the Vatican, he gave it back
over. He basically reestablished
00:51:44.40\00:51:47.85
the Vatican as its own civil
governing entity, they were
00:51:47.88\00:51:52.59
healing the wound that had
been inflicted in 1798 by France
00:51:52.62\00:51:56.12
when they took the
pope off his throne.
00:51:56.15\00:51:58.84
Is that
interesting? Is it or not?
00:51:58.87\00:52:01.10
Oh, they began to heal the
wound, and it is being healed
00:52:01.13\00:52:04.36
right before our very eyes
today. This man was probably
00:52:04.39\00:52:06.25
the single greatest evangelist
and apologist that the church
00:52:06.28\00:52:09.11
had ever seen; traveling all
over the world, he was almost
00:52:09.14\00:52:12.50
like a rock star in some
ways. Malachi Martin, who wrote
00:52:12.53\00:52:15.78
the book "The Keys of
This Blood", he was Jesuit.
00:52:15.81\00:52:17.56
He said this: [text on screen]
00:52:17.59\00:52:20.07
I want you to look at
that word here "three-way",
00:52:23.16\00:52:26.03
we'll come back to
that. [continues to read]
00:52:26.06\00:52:28.14
He's saying we're the
stakes, there's a 3 way battle.
00:52:47.84\00:52:51.95
You can read the book, you don't
really have to read the book.
00:52:51.98\00:52:54.49
Here were the 3 "C"s that
in Malachi Martin's almost 1000
00:52:54.52\00:52:59.63
page book were struggling for
the supremacy: [text on screen]
00:52:59.66\00:53:02.44
Beloved, you know
that that's an older book.
00:53:07.96\00:53:11.50
Written in the late 1970s,
early 1980s, you know it's
00:53:11.53\00:53:14.34
an older book because how many
of those "C"s are around today?
00:53:14.37\00:53:18.93
Just 2 of them,
one of them's gone.
00:53:18.96\00:53:21.06
You say "Whoa, I
wonder how that happened? "
00:53:21.09\00:53:23.29
"How did the one
disappear? " I'll tell you how
00:53:23.32\00:53:26.50
it disappeared: the other 2
got together and got rid of him.
00:53:26.53\00:53:29.82
Time Magazine, right on the
front cover: [text on screen]
00:53:29.85\00:53:32.33
That's pope John Paul, that's
Ronald Reagan, so the moral
00:53:33.44\00:53:36.28
superpower of the world,
and the greatest superpower
00:53:36.31\00:53:38.75
of the world. The subtitle says:
00:53:38.78\00:53:41.27
"How Reagan and the pope
conspired to assist Poland's"
00:53:41.30\00:53:46.27
"Solidarity movement and hasten
the demise of Communism. "
00:53:46.30\00:53:50.03
So I want you to
think about that.
00:53:50.06\00:53:53.38
In the late 1970s, early
1980s when Malachi Martin wrote
00:53:53.41\00:53:56.10
"The Keys of This Blood" there
were 3 players on the scene:
00:53:56.13\00:53:58.48
capitalism, communism and
Catholicism, and 2 of them
00:53:58.51\00:54:01.75
got together and kicked
the other guy off the bench.
00:54:01.78\00:54:05.21
It was so common knowledge that
they put it right on the front
00:54:05.24\00:54:08.12
cover of our major
news media magazines.
00:54:08.15\00:54:11.15
I want to ask you a question:
does that sound at all like what
00:54:11.18\00:54:13.59
Bible prophecy is
saying? A coming together of
00:54:13.62\00:54:16.07
the greatest superpower
in the world and the beast
00:54:16.10\00:54:18.94
of Revelation 13?
Absolutely incredible.
00:54:18.97\00:54:22.74
You just have this man going
out, just basically bringing
00:54:22.77\00:54:26.25
the whole world together. He
has died, and his predecessor
00:54:26.28\00:54:29.62
has come on the scene, he's
already in dialogs with Islam,
00:54:29.65\00:54:32.57
and everybody says "Oh, he
really made the Muslims mad"
00:54:32.60\00:54:35.15
"when he made that comment".
Beloved, let me tell you
00:54:35.18\00:54:37.72
something: even though the
Muslims were upset, and they
00:54:37.75\00:54:40.46
were all mad at the pope, and
people were going crazy, etc.
00:54:40.49\00:54:43.57
You remember this, this is
like a month ago? 2 months ago?
00:54:43.60\00:54:46.76
I want you to notice something,
when it came time to settle
00:54:46.79\00:54:49.02
the score, when it came time
to sort it all out and to have
00:54:49.05\00:54:51.41
the meetings and to sit
down over tea, you know where
00:54:51.44\00:54:54.81
they didn't meet? They
didn't meet in Afghanistan
00:54:54.84\00:54:57.22
They didn't meet in the
Middle East. They didn't meet
00:54:57.25\00:54:59.75
in Islamabad. You
know where they met?
00:54:59.78\00:55:03.21
They met at the pope's
place. That tells you who's got
00:55:03.24\00:55:05.67
the power. When it
came time to settle it
00:55:05.70\00:55:08.14
they met in Rome. At
the end of the day everybody
00:55:08.17\00:55:12.23
was happy again, and "Oh,
we have so much in common".
00:55:12.26\00:55:15.66
See beloved, it's happening.
Look at that right there.
00:55:15.69\00:55:17.89
The most powerful men in the
world kneeling before the body
00:55:17.92\00:55:21.35
at the funeral. That was the
first time in history that a US
00:55:21.38\00:55:26.05
president had ever even
attended a papal funeral.
00:55:26.08\00:55:29.95
First time in history
beloved, and it wasn't just one,
00:55:29.98\00:55:33.20
you have the
current president, George W.
00:55:33.23\00:55:36.25
You have the former president,
George Bush I, and Bill Clinton,
00:55:36.28\00:55:39.67
and Jimmy Carter would have
gone, but there were, I believe,
00:55:39.70\00:55:41.96
medical complications. 3
presidents, Condoleezza Rice
00:55:41.99\00:55:45.80
is just there, Tony Blair's
just outside of the picture.
00:55:45.83\00:55:48.07
The most powerful people in
the world knelt, look at what
00:55:48.10\00:55:52.21
they're doing. They're kneeling!
00:55:52.24\00:55:57.92
They're kneeling before
the pope, the dead pope.
00:55:57.95\00:56:02.80
Beloved, if that doesn't
tell you something is up,
00:56:02.83\00:56:06.56
there's a rat in the woodpile,
you're not paying attention.
00:56:06.59\00:56:10.20
[Audience laughs] I saw
a bumper sticker one time
00:56:10.23\00:56:13.04
that said: "If you're
not outraged, you're not"
00:56:13.07\00:56:16.46
"paying attention". Look
at that, the wound is healing.
00:56:16.49\00:56:24.75
In fact, for a long time
the US wouldn't even send
00:56:24.78\00:56:27.02
an ambassador to the Vatican,
but Ronald Reagan changed
00:56:27.05\00:56:30.58
all that in 1984, he was the
first president in the history
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of the US to send an
ambassador to the Vatican.
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Ever since then we've had
an ambassador to the Vatican.
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What's happening is the
wound is healing and this great
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moral superpower, the
Roman church-state, is aligning
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itself with the great military
and political, and economic
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superpower, I might add, the
USA, and they're getting closer,
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and closer, and tighter
and tighter. It's happening.
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It's front news headlines.
You keep your eyes on it.
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I'll come back to
that one another day.
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How was the Roman church-state
formed? It worked through
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secular governments, this is
right there in your study guide,
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you look at the last page.
How was the Roman church-state
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originally formed?
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Here's what we're going to
do: we're going to continue this
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on Thursday. [Audience] Ohhh!
00:57:23.63\00:57:32.52
...Because we still
have to go over 666 thing.
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I'm going to tell you something,
as God is witness I had total
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intentions of going over
the 666 thing, in fact, I could
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fast forward on my slides
right now, you'd see it right on
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the slide ready to be presented,
but I need to be sure that we're
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all moving all at the same
pace and we're all getting it.
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Is that responsible?
It's very important for me,
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I know it's like
drinking out of a fire hydrant,
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and that's just the
way I am. [Audience laughs]
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Because I'm passionate and
I believe that this is Bible
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truth, and I believe that
we need to be making daily
00:58:05.01\00:58:07.54
stands for the Lord Jesus
Christ so we don't get swept
00:58:07.57\00:58:10.46
away in this mob
mentality that is fast coming,
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because at the end of
the day it's all about Jesus.
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See, at the end of the
day it's all about Jesus.
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If you choose to worship the
Lord Jesus Christ and to keep
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His commandments by faith, you
can't get the mark of the beast,
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but don't tell me it's not going
to be extremely helpful to know
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at the end of time
what the issues are.
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You see what the issues are,
and it's beginning to become
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increasingly clear.
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