Tom had decided it was time
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for his family to
start going to church
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so he decided to phone
book and find christian church
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for his family
go to, but has flip
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through the pages of the
phone book to his amazement
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discovered that there were
literally hundreds of different
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churches in his
city alone many of
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had names he had
never even heard of
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some of those denominations
had names that he could not even
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pronounce and he recognized
that it took up five whole
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pages of the phone
book and Tom was just
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confused, he scratched his head
and thought to himself there is
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one God there is
one Bible, there was
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one christian church
where in the world did we
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get all of these
different denominations
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now i have a feeling Tom is not
the only one who has ever asked
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that question chances are pretty
high that you have asked it
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I have asked it or
somebody we know has asked it
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if there is one god if there is
one bible where did we get all
of these different groups
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with thousand different groups
with thousands of doctrines and
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teachings believe it or not did
you know the book of Revolation
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prophesied that
this would happen
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Revelation told us that the
early christian church would
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eventually fall away from truth
and would begin to split up into
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many different groups
throughout the centuries
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tonight we are going to take a
look at those prophesies in the
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book of Revelation that
predicted the emergence of these
groups then we are gonna go
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back and trace the steps of
history to see how it happened
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and then we are going to
end with watching how God
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decided how to restore
his truth so tonight go
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ahead and get out your bibles
and we're going to start in
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Revelation chapter
12 beginning in verse 1
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you want to go to Revelation
chapter 12 and I'm going to
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start reading verses 1 through 5
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now we were in Revelation 12
last night but we focused on the
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last part of that chapter
tonight we are going to focus
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on the first part so as
I read these first 5 verses
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I want to invite you to
just use your imagination
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and I want you to picture the
things that John is describing
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in this vision
Revelation chapter 12
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verse 1 the bible says
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now a great sign
appeared in heaven
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a women clothed with the
sun with the moon under her
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feet and on her hair a
garland of how many stars?
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12 stars then being with child
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she cried out in labor
and in pain to give birth
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and another sign appeared
in heaven behold a great
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fiery red dragon having 7 heads
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and 10 horns and 7
diadems on his head
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his tail drew a third
of the stars of heaven and
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threw them to the earth
and the dragon stood before
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the women who was ready
to give birth to devour her
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the women who was ready
to give birth to devour her
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child as soon as it was born
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verse 5 and she
bore a male child who
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was to rule all nations
with a rod of iron and her child
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was caught up to God and to his
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throne
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throne now let's
stop there for a second
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how many of you would agree that
is a pretty vivid description
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that John gives us can I see
your hands ya you have this
picture of a dragon
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who is attacking a women
who is ready to give birth
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to the male child and
when the dragon cannot
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concur the male child the
dragon turns his attention to
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who? the women itself
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so now literally speaking here
is what we see in this passage
you have a women and her child
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being attacked by a
dragon that has got 7 heads and
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10 horns and the question is
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what in the world does
that mean well that passage
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has a number of symbols that
we have already interpretated
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through out this seminar so
let's just take a look at them
on the screen we've already
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learned that a women in bible
prophecy represents God's people
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or you could say God's
church the sun and the moon
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the revelation doesn't come out
and say what that is the sun and
the moon both give and
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reflect life so they seem
to be symbols of righteousness
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the 12 guard the 12 stars are
the garland that is around the
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womens head now doubt that
represents the 12 apostles the
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child revelation 12:5 tells
us represents who? what do you
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think? Jesus Christ he rules all
nations he is caught up to God
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in his throne that one
is pretty easy that is Jesus
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the dragon we already learned
represents satan and we've
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studied that this beast with
7 heads and 10 horns represents
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the persecuting power of Rome
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so when you put all of those
symbols together here is the
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picture that Revelation is
giving us it is a picture of
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Jesus Christ and his
church being attacked by
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satan through the Roman
empire that is how Revelation
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12 begins now the question is
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is that actually what happened
in history and the answer is yes
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no sooner was Jesus Christ born
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than Marry and Joseph had to
take him and they had to hide
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away in Egypt for a
while do you remember why
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because king herod
had made the decree
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to murder all
children 2 years and under
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because he had heard the kind
of the Jews was born can you
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imagine that murdering all the
children 2 years and under to
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protect your throne you know
I would not want to be Herod
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when the record of my
life comes up in the judgement
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now Herod was a Roman ruler
tried to kill Christ from the
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moment that he was born
all through his life the devil
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dogged hi s steps and eventually
Jesus was arrested by Roman
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soldiers tried in
Roman courts and nailed on a
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Roman cross but when Jesus died
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and resurrected he had victory
over the grave and he had
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victory over over sin because
when Jesus laid his life down
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that sealed the devils
fait and the devil's doom
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to the throne of god it
was clear the dragon could not
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concur the male
child so now the dragon
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satan turns his attention to who
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the followers of
jesus are the church of
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Christ
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Christ and all we have to do
is look at the first second and
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third centuries of christian
history and you read all about
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the persecution that the
early christian church went
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through you see to be a
christian in the pegean roman
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empire christianity wasn't a
legal religion if you chose to
follow jesus if you chose to be
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a disciple of his you
risked your house your home
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your buisiness
and even your life
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to give you an idea how bad that
persecution was i am going to
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put a symbol of that persecution
up on the screen and as soon as
you see it youre going to
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recognize what
it is what is that
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picture of the Roman collasuem
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now how many of you been to Rome
and had a chance to go through
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the colleseum can I see your
hands a few of you have about
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ten years ago or so markita and
I had the opportunity to go to
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on a study tour of the
protestant reformation to go to
all of the significant sites
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where the reformers were and one
of the places they took us was
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into Rome to go
into this colleseum
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now to give you and idea how
large this collesuem is can you
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see it is parked right there
on the first level you see that?
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compare the size of that truck
to the three levels of the Roman
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colleseum that was a
huge monstrosity of a
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structure 3 levels high and
it was said that it could see
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probably 70,000 screaming fans
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and see here is what would
happen inside that colleseum
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is where Rome would throw
all of their prisoners all of
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the enemies of the state
those who were condemned to die
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and they were then forced to
defend themselves against armed
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gladiators but also wild and
ravenous beasts you see a
picture of the circular playing
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field there now half of it is
excavated and you might be able
to notice that right
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below the playing floor
you have these tunnels or these
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caverns that have been carved
out that is where they would
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hide all the wild beast and they
actually had believe it or not
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ancient primitive
elevators that would bring those
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animals up to the playing
field and see what would occur
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is they would throw
thousands upon thousands of
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christians over the years of
course not at the same time into
the same time into the middle of
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this playing field 70,000 people
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screaming to see there death
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70,000 people calling
for there blood to be spilled
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not that different from
when Jesus stood on one side of
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pilot and barabus
stood on the other and the
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bible describes and there is
also a book called the desire of
ages about the life of Jesus
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that actually
describes as the crowd screams
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for Jesus to be crucified that
it was like the bellowing of
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wild beasts as though demons
had taken over the crowd of
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and were screaming
for the blood of Jesus
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that is what
happened inside this colleseum
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70,000 people who wanted to
see a christian getting mauled
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to death by wild
beast,they would through
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blood on the top of the
christians , then there wild
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beast that had been starved
weeks when they smelled and saw
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the site of blood
when into wild franzy and
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they tore them limb from limb
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can you imagine
society so depraved
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that you are eager to
watch people die in front your
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face that what sin does
to us it twist our minds
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and our prescription
but yet you read in history
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these christians they
could look death in the
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face they could look
wild beast in the eye
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they could stand before the
Roman Emperor and they would say
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I will not give up my faith in
Jesus Christ, I will not give up
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the truths of scripture the
truths of the gospel that I know
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I believe that Jesus is
looking for christians today
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like those early believers.
Can you say amen? People who are
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willing to stand for Christ
and his truth no matter what the
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cost people are not will
make excuses, people who not
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going compromise, people
who not straddle the fence
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but are willing put Jesus
everyone else, and put His
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word above everything else
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You see the dragon was not
able to conquer the male child
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and the dragon was
also not able to conquer the
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woman or the church of Jesus
Christ in those early centuries
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But you know
then a shift occurred
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in the Roman world
because satin decided
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to follow an old
adage, have you ever
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heard that saying
witch say, if can't beat them
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join them, see the devil
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realized, the dragon
knew that persecution never
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stamps out the christian church,
in fact all through out history
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when you persecute the followers
of Christ that when they grow
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because every christian martyr
whos blood was shed four or five
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more would stand up in their
place and the devil realized
this is not working
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so here happen within
the Roman empire a shift
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toke place satin
changed his strategy
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the Roman roman
emperor Constantine
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became a christian and
christianity went from being an
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illegal religion
to become the official
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state religion. In 313
Constantine issues the Edict of
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Milan where christianity is
now acceptable in Roman empire
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now a frist that may sound
good, you may say wonderful
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God is getting the victory,
but you see when that happens
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Conatantine because
he formally was pagan
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brought many of the
false pagan teaching
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into the christian
church and out of Rome
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came a religious system
where the tradition of men
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took the place of the
truth of scripture and
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commandments of men and human
authority was placed above the
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commandments of God
and Papal Rome became
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a persecuting power for over a
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1,000 years and that's why read
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what you see verse 6 now
go to Revelation chapter 12
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and verse 6, now
this after male child
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Jesus is caught up to God
and His throne this after the
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ascension this after
the persecution of the early
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centuries now notice what
verse 6 says Revelation 12
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6 the Bible says
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Then the woman fled (where?)
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into the wilderness, where
she has a place prepared by
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God, that they should
feed her there one thousand
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two hundred and sixty
(what?) days. now we already
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know from our previous study, if
you apply the day for principle
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not 1260 days but what?
What time frame is that?
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1260 years see
when it talks about
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the the woman having
to hide in wilderness
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this is referring to
the 1260 of persecution
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Papal Rome
dominated, when church and state
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they came together, and if you
chose not to follow the doctrine
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or the creeds of Rome
you were considered heretic
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that could tortured
and that could put to death
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if you want to follow what the
Bible said if you want to follow
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God's authority instead of man
authority, you could lost your
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life if you wanted to believe
that could go to Jesus Christ
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and to Him crucified
for you salvation instead
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yearly human leader,
your were considered to be
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a traitor to Rome
who was not fit to live
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you lost everything. That is why
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Revelation describes
that time period a woman
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hiding it the wilderness,
it's the time of percussion
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and what is amazing
when you back in histoy
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538 is when church
and state came together
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in the Roman empire it
lasted all the way to 1798
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when the Papal government
was abolished by Napoleon
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in the French revolution
and if you the addition
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or the
subtraction that is exactly
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1260 years when the woman
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is in the
wilderness God's people
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have to exist
under ground in a sense
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see it was when the Bible
forbidden to people you couldn't
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translate it you
couldn't own it taken away
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that why people couldn't just
open the Bible and say oh well
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that's not truth I need to
follow what the scripture say
the didn't have the bible
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to look at, in fact
just to give you little
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illustration of what is
like durning this time in the
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wilderness I want read you a
couple quotes from a book called
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Foxe's book of martyrs now
that is very well known book
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that details some of the
horrible percussions that
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God's people and His church
went through in the middle ages
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on pages 250 it says
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A Spaniard named
Juliano travelled into Germany
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and there became a convert
to the reformed religion, Now do
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you know what the reformed
religion is? That is talking
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prostatism. That's talking
movement in middle ages which
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said we need start coming back
to the Bible and the Bible alone
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that reformed
religion. It goes on to say.
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When he went back to Spain
he took with him to Seville
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a number of (what?) Bibles...
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He succeeded in this
dangerous enterprise so far
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as getting books into the hands
of a great number of people
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Juliano was immediately
seized and put to the most
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cruel tortures to make
him confess the names of
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all to whom he
had given the books"
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Now I want you to
notice there. What Book
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was Juliano sharing
with People? The Bible
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What was that book
called durning this time? The
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hated book, just for
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owning or sharing a Bible
see folks there is a reason
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called the dark ages,
people were living in darkness
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because the light of
truth was not able to shine
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not in its full brightsness,
it goes on to say on page
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234,
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No such thing as
religious liberty, people were
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tortured until they were
willing to reject the Bible
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go with the traduction of
me. you and I can't imagine that
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because we have only religious
liberty, paise God for that
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that is the time woman is in
the wilderness it's time Papal
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persecution we can
even imagine what it is like
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you see
revelation symbolize Rome of
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middle ages as a beast,
now I don't say that to be
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unkind or
offensive in way it just
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unfortunately the sad
facts of human history
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because whenever you stray
from the word of God whether it
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institution or
whether it is a person
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it always changes our character
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and it always
changes it for the worst
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Now in here
Revelation we see picture of
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pure woman the
church being persecuted by
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the dragon. The woman has
been left in the wilderness
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so now I want you to
take journey to Revelation 17
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and your're going to see
the picture of another woman
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and another church.
Revelation chapter 17
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and I want us go to verse 1 here
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Revelation and want
I to start by reading
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the first 4
verse. Now I want you to
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take note here, you
saw how the pure woman
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of Revelation 12
is described I want
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to notice how the woman
of Revelation 17 is described
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and your're going to
notice a very distinct
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difference. Revelation verse 1
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The Bible says;
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Then one of the seven
angels who had the seven bowls
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came and talked with
me, saying to me, "Come,
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I will show you the
judgment of the great harlot
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who sits on many waters, with
whom the kings of the earth
committed fornication,
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and the inhabitants of the earth
were made drunk with the wine
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of her fornication." verse 3
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So he carried me away in
the Spirit into the (where?)
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into the wilderness. now
in chapter 12 of Revelation
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where did we leave the
woman? In the wilderness.
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so now we are coming back
to the wilderness in chapter 17
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Notice that
something has changed
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verse 3 And I saw a
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woman sitting on a scarlet beast
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which was full of
names of blasphemy,
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having seven
heads and ten horns.
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The woman was arrayed in
purple and scarlet, and adorned
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with gold and
precious stones and pearls,
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having in her hand a
golden cup full of abominations
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filthiness of her fornication.
Now lets stop there for a second
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Now we may not know
what that means just yet
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but let me ask a simple question
does description sound like
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positive or a negative one ,
what do you think? That doesn't
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sound too good. Now here
is summery of what John is
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describing for us Now notice
back in Revelation 12 the woman
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was being attacked by the
dragon and the beast, here in
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Revelation 17 is as though
she has now partnered with the
00:23:31.84\00:23:35.84
beast because she
is riding on the beast
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that gives us a clue
that something drastically
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changed there has been a shift
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Now again lets look at
these symbols and let the Bible
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interpreted for us we already
know the woman represents the
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church or God's people
when it is a pure woman
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it represents God's faithful
people when it is impure woman
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prostitute it represent
God's unfaithful people or
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unfaithful church
the scarlet, purple
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and jewels of which see a
adornment is quite interesting
00:24:12.01\00:24:16.02
because in Ezekiel 16 that
was the adornment of prostitute
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in ancient time
you now even in back
00:24:20.02\00:24:24.06
biblical time
prostitute wanted to advertize
00:24:24.06\00:24:28.03
they was there was certain
way you dressed to communicate
00:24:28.03\00:24:32.07
that and unfortunately
the same thing still exist
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today does it not, you going
into major cities of America
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it doesn't even have to be a
major city you certain street
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corners and woman will be
dressed a certain way in order
00:24:44.15\00:24:48.18
to communicate what they do
for a career in ancient times
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if were a prostitute
you were to dress in scarlet
00:24:52.22\00:24:56.26
purple and jewels to
show that you were available
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it is interesting that
here in Revelation 17 how
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the woman is adorned, it
says she is holding a cup of
00:25:04.27\00:25:08.30
fornication, well that probably
not good because fornication
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simply means what?
unfaithfulness and we already
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know that the beast
is Rome, so put all those
00:25:16.34\00:25:20.38
symbol together and
here is what you have
00:25:20.38\00:25:24.42
You have the church of
the middle ages acting like a
00:25:24.42\00:25:28.42
prostitute and being
unfaithful by joining with Rome
00:25:28.42\00:25:32.46
and accepting her
errors and traditions
00:25:32.46\00:25:36.43
in other word instead of staying
true to the pure word of God
00:25:36.43\00:25:40.44
they have now left the word
of God to follow the tradition
00:25:40.44\00:25:44.44
and commandment of
men that are coming from
00:25:44.44\00:25:48.44
Rome that's why
the woman is no longer
00:25:48.44\00:25:52.48
being persecuted you
might say be the dragon, she
00:25:52.48\00:25:56.48
now riding with the
beast Revelation 12 is a pure
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woman a faithful
church Revelation 17
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impure woman or unfaithful
00:26:04.49\00:26:08.46
church. You say
what happened that
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God describes the in
such tow different ways
00:26:12.47\00:26:16.50
You see the time when the
woman was in the wilderness
00:26:16.50\00:26:20.51
the truth is when
you face persecution
00:26:20.51\00:26:24.51
when you have to go
through difficult times because
00:26:24.51\00:26:28.52
of your faith in Jesus,
because of standing for His word
00:26:28.52\00:26:32.52
for so many people it
00:26:32.52\00:26:36.52
just easier to
compromise and to give in
00:26:36.52\00:26:40.53
it was easier to
simply go with majority
00:26:40.53\00:26:44.50
instead wanting to be
minority cause if you went
00:26:44.50\00:26:48.50
along with Rome, if went
with the traditions of men you
00:26:48.50\00:26:52.54
could live a normal
and not be persecuted
00:26:52.54\00:26:56.54
but if you chose to
stand for the truth of the word
00:26:56.54\00:27:00.62
of God, if you
chose to stand for Jesus
00:27:00.62\00:27:04.55
Christ that He is the only
meditator that He is the only
00:27:04.55\00:27:08.56
Savior you want to
point people to the cross.
00:27:08.56\00:27:12.56
You were a
heretic, you were persecuted
00:27:12.56\00:27:16.56
you lost
everything, so see the majority
00:27:16.56\00:27:20.57
just gave into Rome
and there was only a
00:27:20.57\00:27:24.57
few who decided
to remain faithful
00:27:24.57\00:27:28.58
you know folks that just
happen in the middle ages
00:27:28.58\00:27:32.58
it even happens
our lives today, in our
00:27:32.58\00:27:36.58
work place, in our
school sometimes to say a
00:27:36.58\00:27:40.59
I'm christian,
somethings I'm believer in Jesus
00:27:40.59\00:27:44.63
Christ does cause persecution,
maybe not same kind persecution
00:27:44.63\00:27:48.56
of the middle ages, but
people shying away from you
00:27:48.56\00:27:52.60
people making fun of you, people
talking behind your back and
00:27:52.60\00:27:56.60
saying you know that is just
different and they necessarily
00:27:56.60\00:28:00.68
mean it in a good
way. But the truth is if
00:28:00.68\00:28:04.61
Jesus Christ could have
abuse heap on Him, if He
00:28:04.61\00:28:08.62
could go to the cross, because
he wanted you and I to saved
00:28:08.62\00:28:12.62
If He will confess our
name before the Father then we
00:28:12.62\00:28:16.62
need willing to confess the
Jesus before men. Can you say
00:28:16.62\00:28:20.66
amen? And we need not
be ashamed of following the
00:28:20.66\00:28:24.63
scriptures and what
the word of God says, see
00:28:24.63\00:28:28.64
I don't join with the
beast I don't with culture
00:28:28.64\00:28:32.64
I want to be faithful to
Jesus I want to uphold His word
00:28:32.64\00:28:36.64
But you know then comes verse 5
00:28:36.64\00:28:40.65
and verse answer the
question why are there
00:28:40.65\00:28:44.65
so many different
denomination, notice what is say
00:28:44.65\00:28:48.69
Revelation 17:5
00:28:48.69\00:28:52.69
lets pause there
00:29:04.67\00:29:08.68
now that is pretty hard hitting
verse, that is definitely not a
00:29:08.68\00:29:12.68
vesre that you would
consider to politically correct
00:29:12.68\00:29:16.72
but God is not beating around
the bush about happen during
00:29:16.72\00:29:20.72
this time on the women's
forehead the unfaithful church
00:29:20.72\00:29:24.73
in the middle ages Babylon the
great and remember what means
00:29:24.73\00:29:28.70
religious confusion see it
was the church of the middle
00:29:28.70\00:29:32.70
ages that was responsible
for all the religious confusion
00:29:32.70\00:29:36.71
the doctrines, the tradition of
men, human authority being put
00:29:36.71\00:29:40.71
above of God's authority that
brought it to the world even
00:29:40.71\00:29:44.71
all the way to our time today
00:29:44.71\00:29:48.72
but then she is
the mother of harlots
00:29:48.72\00:29:52.75
when connect that with
history, what is saying
00:29:52.75\00:29:56.76
and isn't
interesting even today Rome is
00:30:12.74\00:30:16.78
considered to be
the mother church
00:30:16.78\00:30:20.78
see what
Revelation 17:5 was telling us
00:30:20.78\00:30:24.79
that the women is give birth to
daughters, what Revelation was
00:30:24.79\00:30:28.79
telling us that in middle
there would be groups that start
00:30:28.79\00:30:32.79
to brake away from Rome and
they would eventually brake into
00:30:32.79\00:30:36.80
many different groups, or many
different denomination and that
00:30:36.80\00:30:40.80
is what you see, when
God ignited the protestant
00:30:40.80\00:30:44.81
reformation and people rebelled
against the idea that man word
00:30:44.81\00:30:48.81
can place above God's word they
started to bring people back to
00:30:48.81\00:30:52.81
the Bible and when Rome wouldn't
except that after a period of
00:30:52.81\00:30:56.82
many many years it started
other movements, it stared other
00:30:56.82\00:31:00.92
churches that came out of Rome,
and you fast forward through the
00:31:00.92\00:31:04.86
centuries now we have
today hundreds of different
00:31:04.86\00:31:08.83
denominations and it
all started when the women
00:31:08.83\00:31:12.83
give birth to
daughters, when other churches
00:31:12.83\00:31:16.84
came out Rome
Revelation predicted it all
00:31:16.84\00:31:20.84
the back in first
century and it happen just the
00:31:20.84\00:31:24.88
way God said it would
00:31:24.88\00:31:28.88
But now here is the
question, lets trace
00:31:28.88\00:31:32.85
the step the history and
look just in a little bit more
00:31:32.85\00:31:36.89
detail, how that actually
happen, and then we're going to
00:31:36.89\00:31:40.90
see how God begin to restore
truth, because you think about
00:31:40.90\00:31:44.87
it when you fall away from
truth, does that happen in one
00:31:44.87\00:31:48.90
day? Not usually,
it happens over time. I
00:31:48.90\00:31:52.91
want you to take your Bibles and
let's got to II Thessalonians
00:31:52.91\00:31:56.91
chapter 2 and
verse 3, II Thessalonians
00:31:56.91\00:32:00.98
chapter 2 and verse 3
and sense we are on night
00:32:00.98\00:32:04.92
18 by point you ota to be
pretty familiar and pretty
00:32:04.92\00:32:08.96
quick at finding books of
the bible, II Thessalonians
00:32:08.96\00:32:12.96
chapter 2 verse 3, by the I
got tell you I remember doing
00:32:12.96\00:32:16.93
one seminar where there
was a guy coming who didn't
00:32:16.93\00:32:20.94
know where a lot of the books of
the bible were, you know after
00:32:20.94\00:32:24.94
this for month, you have notice
how many bible verse we look up
00:32:24.94\00:32:28.94
every single night, by time the
thing was done he said you know
00:32:28.94\00:32:32.98
what I have now learn
most books are, because he got
00:32:32.98\00:32:36.99
familiar with the scriptures.
Can you say amen? And if you get
nothing else from this
00:32:36.99\00:32:40.99
seminar than you get familiar
with your bible then its all
00:32:40.99\00:32:44.99
been worthy it. II
Thessalonians and verse 3
00:32:44.99\00:32:48.96
The Bible says, Let
00:32:48.96\00:32:53.00
no one deceive you
by any means; for that
00:32:53.00\00:32:57.01
day (that is referring to the
second coming) for that Day will
00:32:57.01\00:33:01.01
not come unless the
falling away comes first,
00:33:01.01\00:33:05.01
and the man of sin is revealed,
00:33:05.01\00:33:09.05
the son of
perdition, Now did you
00:33:09.05\00:33:13.05
notice what warned
about, He said there is
00:33:13.05\00:33:17.06
going to be a
falling way from truth
00:33:17.06\00:33:21.06
because he already saw
it starting to happen in
00:33:21.06\00:33:25.07
his day. Why most
of the books of the New
00:33:25.07\00:33:29.07
Testament are simply letters
that were to christian churches?
00:33:29.07\00:33:33.07
In most of those
letter there are combat
00:33:33.07\00:33:37.11
false teaching that
were already coming in
00:33:37.11\00:33:41.12
to the christian church then,
and Paul they dead and gone
00:33:41.12\00:33:45.12
it would just
accelerate,let me show you a
00:33:45.12\00:33:49.12
little summary for
truth. It start with
00:33:49.12\00:33:53.16
Arianism- The belief
that Jesu was not fully divine
00:33:53.16\00:33:57.13
In 321 Constantine
passes one of the first Sunday
00:33:57.13\00:34:01.14
laws and the Sabbath is
beginning to lost sight of
00:34:01.14\00:34:05.14
In 327 pagan images were
introduced into the church
00:34:05.14\00:34:09.18
and image worship
began. In 538 church and
00:34:09.18\00:34:13.18
state begin to
combine. In 590 the
00:34:13.18\00:34:17.22
false doctrine of
Purgatory was invented. In 850
00:34:17.22\00:34:21.19
worship of Mary as
intercessor was introduced
00:34:21.19\00:34:25.23
and Jesus as
mediator was lost of, In
00:34:25.23\00:34:29.20
1198 confessional where to
confess to early human being
00:34:29.20\00:34:33.20
instead of the
Christ, In 129 the Bible
00:34:33.20\00:34:37.24
was officially
banned as hated book. In
00:34:37.24\00:34:41.24
1311 deferent formes
of baptism came in and in
00:34:41.24\00:34:45.25
1480 the Spanish
inquisition began
00:34:45.25\00:34:49.28
Now do you know
the inquisition is? The
00:34:49.28\00:34:53.29
inquisition basically a group
people many of them jesuits who
00:34:53.29\00:34:57.33
had been commissioned by
Rome to go hunt down and find
00:34:57.33\00:35:01.30
heretic find anybody
who believed the Bible and
00:35:01.30\00:35:05.33
disagreed
traditions of Rome,find them
00:35:05.33\00:35:09.34
torture them, make
them recant and if don't
00:35:09.34\00:35:13.34
put them to death. You
know when the Bible talks about
00:35:13.34\00:35:17.38
end times and times of trouble
it is hard for us to imagine
00:35:17.38\00:35:21.38
how that could
happen, but it has happen many
00:35:21.38\00:35:25.39
time through out history,
because wh0t happen in the
00:35:25.39\00:35:29.42
middle ages may well
happen again but God promises to
00:35:29.42\00:35:33.43
protect His faithful people.
Can you say amen? Now this
00:35:33.43\00:35:37.43
falling away truth, notice
it didn't happen in a year
00:35:37.43\00:35:41.44
it didn't even
happen in one century
00:35:41.44\00:35:45.47
period of hundreds
of years there was this
00:35:45.47\00:35:49.48
gradually falling
away from the Bible
00:35:49.48\00:35:53.52
just like in our
personal live do you thinks any
00:35:53.52\00:35:57.52
of us wake up one morning and
decide you know what, I think
00:35:57.52\00:36:01.56
totally backslide today and
completely fall away from truth.
00:36:01.56\00:36:05.56
Does that wappen? Not usually,
it happens imperceptively
00:36:05.56\00:36:09.56
a little bit at
a time, because the
00:36:09.56\00:36:13.57
devil is too smart to get us to
everything at once, he was to do
00:36:13.57\00:36:17.61
little bit here and a little
be there until we don't even
00:36:17.61\00:36:21.61
recognize the direction he
is take us, that what he did
00:36:21.61\00:36:25.65
with the church of the
middle ages, until it got the
00:36:25.65\00:36:29.65
point were scripture
is totally lost sight
00:36:29.65\00:36:33.66
of. That seems like a
depressing story doesn't it?
00:36:33.66\00:36:37.69
But here the good
news, you would think
00:36:37.69\00:36:41.70
that when the Bible banned
wants to follow it is a heretic
00:36:41.70\00:36:45.73
you would think all hope is
lost, but you know it is when
00:36:45.73\00:36:49.74
all is hope is lost, that is
when God step in. Can you say
00:36:49.74\00:36:53.78
amen? And He ignited a serries
of events that today is known
00:36:53.78\00:36:57.78
as the reformation
and even this falling
00:36:57.78\00:37:01.82
away occurred, behind
the scenes God was already
00:37:01.82\00:37:05.85
raising up people who were
going to begin the process of
00:37:05.85\00:37:09.86
restoring God's truth
from the middle all the way
00:37:09.86\00:37:13.90
to the end of time. Now we have
talked falling away from truth
00:37:13.90\00:37:17.90
I don't want end on that, let's
about how God began to restore
00:37:17.90\00:37:21.90
His truth from the
later middle ages onward
00:37:21.90\00:37:25.94
and this going to be a
fascinating study, you might say
00:37:25.94\00:37:29.98
it began somewhere around 1300
it actually began lone before
00:37:29.98\00:37:33.98
that, but in the 1300s God
raised up a man by name of John
00:37:33.98\00:37:38.02
Wycliffe, now how many of you
have ever heard of Wycliffe? Can
I see your hand? Awesome
00:37:38.02\00:37:42.06
John Wycliffe was
actually a parish priest, he
00:37:42.06\00:37:46.09
was Rome priest
in Oxford England but
00:37:46.09\00:37:50.10
He taught it was
wrong to keep the bible
00:37:50.10\00:37:54.10
from the people
00:37:54.10\00:37:55.50
from the people he believed
the Bible ota being people
00:37:55.50\00:37:58.14
hand in the common
language, they can read truth
00:37:58.14\00:38:02.18
for themselves and
that man translated the
00:38:02.18\00:38:06.21
Bible English language
00:38:06.21\00:38:10.19
Now we may not thats a big
deal, but tell you standing here
00:38:10.19\00:38:14.22
tonight the the fact English
Bible in hand regardless of what
00:38:14.22\00:38:18.23
version it is, you and I
owe to courage and fortitude
00:38:18.23\00:38:22.20
of John Wycliffe, he translated
00:38:22.20\00:38:26.20
that into English
at the risk of his life
00:38:26.20\00:38:30.21
And when he died in
00:38:30.21\00:38:34.21
order to show their contempt
for the man that put the
00:38:34.21\00:38:38.21
Bible in hands of the
people, you know Rome dug up
00:38:38.21\00:38:42.22
this bone and
burned them publicly
00:38:42.22\00:38:46.25
In the 1400s God
raised a man name
00:38:46.25\00:38:50.26
John Huss was a
disciple of John Wycliffe
00:38:50.26\00:38:54.23
Huss believed that the
Bible is supreme authority
00:38:54.23\00:38:58.23
Now you and I were're
think will ya that's fundamental
00:38:58.23\00:39:02.24
Isn't it, but remember
back then you were taught
00:39:02.24\00:39:06.24
the church is
the final authority
00:39:06.24\00:39:10.28
the church has the power to
place its law, its tradition
00:39:10.28\00:39:14.28
above the Bible that the church
can even change the Bible if it
00:39:14.28\00:39:18.29
wants to but John Huss
said no. The Bible final is the
00:39:18.29\00:39:22.29
authority, not the church,
not religious leader, He taught
00:39:22.29\00:39:26.29
the church doesn't change the
Bible. the Bible ota change the
church. Can you say amen?
00:39:26.29\00:39:30.27
And just for teaching that
00:39:30.27\00:39:34.27
this man burned
alive at the stake
00:39:34.27\00:39:38.27
in the year 1450, Now
I had the chance to go
00:39:38.27\00:39:42.28
to his memorial, his
grave site in Constance Germany
00:39:42.28\00:39:46.31
you know I expecting to see
some, you know huge memorial
00:39:46.31\00:39:50.32
that everybody would notice as
they walk by, you know what it
00:39:50.32\00:39:54.32
is it is just a little stone
00:39:54.32\00:39:58.33
in the corner of a street
somewhere, and if wouldn't for
00:39:58.33\00:40:02.30
tour guide I would
have never even noticed it
00:40:02.30\00:40:06.30
You see the world may
for get what John Huss did
00:40:06.30\00:40:10.31
the world may forget things
we do, but the good news is
00:40:10.31\00:40:14.34
God never forgets His faithful
00:40:14.34\00:40:18.35
people, He knows
the chooses John Huss
00:40:18.35\00:40:22.35
made. But it didn't
stop with John Huss in the
00:40:22.35\00:40:26.35
1500s came William
Tyndale he translate some more
00:40:26.35\00:40:30.36
and then in
the1500s God raise up someond
00:40:30.36\00:40:34.36
that you have heard of quite a
bit, how many of you know about
Martin Luther? Let me
00:40:34.36\00:40:38.33
see your hands everybody has
heard of Martin Luther. Why was
00:40:38.33\00:40:42.34
Martin Luther significant,
because Maritn Luther was also
00:40:42.34\00:40:46.37
parish priest and by the way I
got to say something about that
00:40:46.37\00:40:50.38
you know I meet people get a
holier than thou attitude and
00:40:50.38\00:40:54.38
they think oh ya that is what
Rome did us protestant were
great we never do that
00:40:54.38\00:40:58.39
But I want to remind you
of something, who started
00:40:58.39\00:41:02.39
the reformation? Roman
00:41:02.39\00:41:05.93
Catholics of the
middle ages, John Wynciffe and
00:41:05.93\00:41:09.90
and Martin Luther
were parish priest who
00:41:09.90\00:41:13.94
decided they wanted to stand
up and follow the Bible and the
00:41:13.94\00:41:17.94
Bible alone so before we're
to quick to get on high horse
00:41:17.94\00:41:21.94
because some of us protestant
you have to remember it was many
00:41:21.94\00:41:25.98
Roman christian who were also
part of that reformation and
00:41:25.98\00:41:30.02
coming back to the Bible and the
Bible alone. Can you say amen?
00:41:30.02\00:41:34.02
Now Martin Luther is this
priest, but you know he never
00:41:34.02\00:41:38.06
felt the assurance
of salvation with God.
00:41:38.06\00:41:42.03
He never felt that no matter how
many rosery he did or prayers
00:41:42.03\00:41:46.07
he prayed or penance he
preformed he just never felt
00:41:46.07\00:41:50.07
like he was forgiven,
until one day he came cross
00:41:50.07\00:41:54.11
a bible that
chained in a convent cell
00:41:54.11\00:41:58.11
and he came across one
simple verse Romans 1:17
00:41:58.11\00:42:02.15
The Just shell live by
what? Faith! Not by works
00:42:02.15\00:42:06.15
Not by pernance, not by going to
00:42:06.15\00:42:10.19
human leader. The
just shall live by faith
00:42:10.19\00:42:14.20
Faith in what?
Faith in Jesus Christ and
00:42:14.20\00:42:18.20
Cross and Martin Luther
realize for the first time
00:42:18.20\00:42:22.20
He can got to Jesus
and find forgiveness
00:42:22.20\00:42:26.24
that Jesus perfect
life will cover him
00:42:26.24\00:42:30.28
that Jesus offers him
his rightness and when he
00:42:30.28\00:42:34.28
finally understood that
this rightness by faith concept
00:42:34.28\00:42:38.32
It changed his entire live
and his outlook that he can't
00:42:38.32\00:42:42.36
change himself but
Jesus can change and give him
00:42:42.36\00:42:46.39
assurance, it's about
what Jesus has done when Martin
00:42:46.39\00:42:50.37
Luther finally understood that,
he began preaching the Cross of
00:42:50.37\00:42:54.40
Christ He became directing
people to pray and talk to Jesus
00:42:54.40\00:42:58.41
directly, in fact they had
somthing called indulgence back
then. Now I don't know if you
00:42:58.41\00:43:02.44
know what indulgence are, most
people have read about in the
00:43:02.44\00:43:06.48
history that was basically if
you gave enough money to the
church you could buy your own
00:43:06.48\00:43:10.49
salvation you could pull a loved
out of purgatory and into the
00:43:10.49\00:43:14.49
kingdom you know could gain your
own assurance, infact it is said
00:43:14.49\00:43:18.53
Martin Luther came crossed
someone lying in the street
00:43:18.53\00:43:22.50
who was known to be a regular
drunk and being intoxicated
00:43:22.50\00:43:26.50
and when he walked by
him the man looked up at him
00:43:26.50\00:43:30.87
and Marten Luther strated to him
about Jesus and the man said you
00:43:30.87\00:43:34.88
need to that I've already I'm
going to heaven and he said how
00:43:34.88\00:43:38.88
is that I bought indulgence and
is and the church gave me this
certificate so I live
00:43:38.88\00:43:42.92
however I want nd I'm going
to heaven, that really irritated
00:43:42.92\00:43:46.92
Martin Luther and he
preaching against indulgence
00:43:46.92\00:43:50.93
because you don't your faith in
human beings you put your faith
00:43:50.93\00:43:54.93
in Jesus do you when Tetzel
the guy in-charge of selling
00:43:54.93\00:43:58.93
indulgence when came to Martin
Luther town, you know how many
00:43:58.93\00:44:02.94
indulgence he sold? Not one!
00:44:02.94\00:44:06.98
Cause Martin Luther had
taught people to look to Jesus
00:44:06.98\00:44:10.98
and He who was
crucified from there
00:44:10.98\00:44:15.02
Martin Luther nailed on the
door of the Wittenberg church 95
00:44:15.02\00:44:19.02
Theses you say what that?
He basically wrote down 95
00:44:19.02\00:44:23.02
95 ways in which the church
had strayed from the Bible
00:44:23.02\00:44:27.03
you say what did put on door
of the church for? You got to
00:44:27.03\00:44:31.03
understand 500 years ago in the
1500s that was basically the
internet of the day
00:44:31.03\00:44:35.07
you know anything that was going
on in town, you nailed on the
00:44:35.07\00:44:39.07
door of the church that was the
bulletin board so when he did
that you and I posting
00:44:39.07\00:44:43.08
something on Facebook or posting
something on the internet
00:44:43.08\00:44:47.12
everybody read it and
you know what is interesting
00:44:47.12\00:44:51.15
you see what day that
happen. What day is it?
00:44:51.15\00:44:55.16
October 31, 1517
00:44:55.16\00:44:59.19
That is one of most important
events christian history
00:44:59.19\00:45:03.16
The truth of
people going to Jesus
00:45:03.16\00:45:07.20
to find salvation, the
Cross being rediscoverted
00:45:07.20\00:45:11.21
but you fast forward 500 years
00:45:11.21\00:45:15.24
and what is
October 31st? Halloween
00:45:15.24\00:45:19.25
Now not here to judge whether
not you should participate
00:45:19.25\00:45:23.28
Halloween I mean went trick
or treating when I was kind, my
00:45:23.28\00:45:27.32
point is this isn't it
interesting how what Martin
00:45:27.32\00:45:31.33
Luther did was total lost
sight of and now the day is
00:45:31.33\00:45:35.33
all about ghost, ghoul
and goblins and lifting up
00:45:35.33\00:45:39.33
the dark side
that is no accident
00:45:39.33\00:45:43.37
thats part of the
devil strategy lose sight
00:45:43.37\00:45:47.41
of coming back to the Bible
eventually Martin Luther called
00:45:47.41\00:45:51.41
before all the leader world, the
then known world both politico
00:45:51.41\00:45:55.42
and religious and tired force
him to recant you know what
00:45:55.42\00:45:59.42
if this guy don't recant he's
not going back home, we'll burn
him at the stake right here
00:45:59.42\00:46:03.46
and most peopled
wilted under that presure
00:46:03.46\00:46:07.46
but you know what
Martin Luther did, as he stood
00:46:07.46\00:46:11.47
before that counsel
of Kinds and princes and
00:46:11.47\00:46:15.50
religious leaders he look
them in the eyes and he said
00:46:15.50\00:46:19.51
And that man
walked out of counsel
00:46:31.55\00:46:35.59
and no body dared to a lay
00:46:35.59\00:46:39.63
a hand on him,
of all the reformers
00:46:39.63\00:46:43.60
grace was
00:46:43.60\00:46:47.64
grace was upon him I mean we
could spend all night talking
00:46:47.64\00:46:51.64
this Then John Calvin came,
in the 1600s Roger Williams
00:46:51.64\00:46:55.64
in the 1700s John Wesley
talked about being born again
00:46:55.64\00:46:59.65
and overcoming sin and in
the 1800s came William Miller
00:46:59.65\00:47:03.69
who brought people back
to prophecies of Daniel and
00:47:03.69\00:47:07.72
Revealtion began teach Jesus
is coming soon, something that
00:47:07.72\00:47:11.73
wasn't taught back then
and bit by bit little by little
00:47:11.73\00:47:15.70
God restore the
truth and now you notice
00:47:15.70\00:47:19.27
He didn't do it all in century,
why do you thinks that is?
00:47:19.27\00:47:23.94
Too much to handle, I mean
until you recognize the Bible
00:47:23.94\00:47:27.94
is supreme authority all that
other doesn't matter, you know
00:47:27.94\00:47:31.95
like when light on in the middle
night, that to much light you
can't handle it. He did
00:47:31.95\00:47:35.98
on century at a time but
00:47:35.98\00:47:39.99
unfortunately something happen
that is all to common to the
00:47:39.99\00:47:43.99
human nature What happen is
that many who followed these
00:47:43.99\00:47:47.96
reformers became to build to
church around them and they stop
00:47:47.96\00:47:51.97
following the
light, those who followed
00:47:51.97\00:47:56.00
those who Huss became Hussites,
those followed became Lutherans
00:47:56.00\00:48:00.08
which by do know Martin Luther
begged them not build to church
00:48:00.08\00:48:04.01
around him, most of these
reformers did not want a church
00:48:04.01\00:48:07.55
to build around them because
they knew there was still more
00:48:07.55\00:48:11.55
light and there was
still more truth to discover
00:48:11.55\00:48:15.56
but the problem was those
followed Luther wouldn't go on
to follow Calvin light
00:48:15.56\00:48:19.56
that he found, those who
followed Calvin wouldn't go on
00:48:19.56\00:48:23.57
to except Wesley light, those
followed Wesley wouldn't go on
to follow Roger Williams
00:48:23.57\00:48:27.57
light and so the
protestant reformation begin to
00:48:27.57\00:48:31.57
stop because we are going to
come this far and if our leader
00:48:31.57\00:48:35.61
doesn't believe other truths
we're just to going stand still
00:48:35.61\00:48:39.61
and see that happens so
much even out word today
00:48:39.61\00:48:43.65
I follow this person, I follow
this preacher or this leader
00:48:43.65\00:48:47.69
and what they teach
maybe well good but when God
00:48:47.69\00:48:51.69
brings me to knowledge
that I didn't know before
00:48:51.69\00:48:55.66
we need to follow it, and so by
the time the eighteen hundreds
00:48:55.66\00:48:59.70
came them
Revelation 12:17 kicked in
00:48:59.70\00:49:03.71
Remember what we read last
night. And the dragon was wroth
00:49:03.71\00:49:07.74
with the woman, (that's
talking about the middle ages)
00:49:07.74\00:49:11.75
and went to make
war with the (with who?)
00:49:11.75\00:49:15.75
remnant of her seed (the people
Gods people at the end of time)
00:49:15.75\00:49:19.79
which keep the commandments of
God, and have the testimony of
00:49:19.79\00:49:23.79
Jesus Christ. What is Revelation
says? Revelation is telling us
00:49:23.79\00:49:27.83
after the time when the
woman is in the wilderness
00:49:27.83\00:49:31.80
after 1260 years of
persecution is over, Revelation
00:49:31.80\00:49:35.84
says there is going to be a
remnant movement and that
remnant is going call
00:49:35.84\00:49:39.87
people back to commandments
of God which includes the true
00:49:39.87\00:49:43.88
Sabbath and back to
the testimony of Jesus
00:49:43.88\00:49:47.88
and that period of persecution
the 1260 years ended in 1798
00:49:47.88\00:49:51.92
so that means
somewhere in the 1800s
00:49:51.92\00:49:56.12
we see a continuation of the
reformation we see a movement
00:49:56.12\00:50:00.13
of people that
drawing folk back to the Bible
00:50:00.13\00:50:04.13
back to commandments of God
and back to the Bible Sabbath
00:50:04.13\00:50:08.14
and when you look that this
exactly what happen, now I told
00:50:08.14\00:50:12.14
you where other church have
played a part in this
reformation now I would like to
00:50:12.14\00:50:16.14
share where this church,
the Seventh-day Adventist church
00:50:16.14\00:50:20.18
played apart In the 1800s
after Rome losts its power
00:50:20.18\00:50:24.19
and church and state no longer
united, it was the early 1800s
00:50:24.19\00:50:28.19
the printing press was
improved upon. Bible societies
00:50:28.19\00:50:32.19
were formed. Bibles were made
widely made available to the
00:50:32.19\00:50:36.16
people and so people from
various began to study the
scriptures together
00:50:36.16\00:50:39.83
Baptist, Methodist
00:50:39.83\00:50:43.87
Episcopal,
Catholic and so you know
00:50:43.87\00:50:47.88
what? Now that we have religious
liberty and freedom, because by
00:50:47.88\00:50:51.88
now America is formed, let's
open the bible and let's study
00:50:51.88\00:50:55.92
it together as they
did, these people from all
00:50:55.92\00:50:59.92
different denomination they
discovered truth that had been
00:50:59.92\00:51:03.96
lost in the middle ages
was the soon return of Jesus
00:51:03.96\00:51:07.96
and the Seventh-day Sabbath, see
other truth have already been
00:51:07.96\00:51:11.97
recovered these
were two that not been
00:51:11.97\00:51:15.97
but remember what Revelation
say the remnant would do?
00:51:15.97\00:51:19.97
Keep the Commandments of God
which includes the Sabbath and
00:51:19.97\00:51:23.98
have the testimony
of Jesus. These faithful
00:51:23.98\00:51:27.98
christian of all different
denominations were excided about
00:51:27.98\00:51:32.02
this they wanted to keep
throwing away the tradition of
men and come back to the Bible
00:51:32.02\00:51:35.99
so they took these truth and
they when back to the churches
00:51:35.99\00:51:40.00
of their day in
1800s but the sad part
00:51:40.00\00:51:43.97
story is the church of the 1800s
00:51:43.97\00:51:48.00
rejected those
two truth and were not
00:51:48.00\00:51:52.01
willing to move
forward with the light
00:51:52.01\00:51:56.04
as a result many of those dear
christian were disfellowshipped
00:51:56.04\00:52:00.12
form there churches and they
were eventually forced to ban
00:52:00.12\00:52:04.05
together and they
began was known as the
00:52:04.05\00:52:08.06
Seventh-day Adventist movement
it wasn't their original intent
00:52:08.06\00:52:12.06
to start a movement or a
denomination they just wanted
00:52:12.06\00:52:16.03
bring people back to truth,
but when the churches of the
00:52:16.03\00:52:20.04
rejected it they had not
choice. And so when Seventh-day
00:52:20.04\00:52:24.04
Adventist movement began in
the early 1800s it was simply
00:52:24.04\00:52:28.04
a continuation of the
reformation it was a fulfillment
00:52:28.04\00:52:32.05
of this prophecy in Revelation
12:17 that God would have
00:52:32.05\00:52:36.08
a movement that bring people
back to His commandments back
00:52:36.08\00:52:40.09
to His Sabbath, back to
the testimony of Jesus and the
00:52:40.09\00:52:44.09
traditions of men
would be let go of
00:52:44.09\00:52:48.06
now I partly I choose to be a
Seventh-day Adventist Christian,
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not because I believe
Seventh-day Adventists are going
to saved anybody else
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because I want to part of
that movement, I want to part of
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movement that that continues the
reformation, that comes back to
the bible that comes back
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to His commandments and
that's why Revelation speaks
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to us in Revelation
18:4 that we saw last night
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where God gives this all
important appeal to people
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to people living it the
last days. He says to us
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share in her sin, What
mean? It'sva call to out of
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Babylon like we learned
last night. Babylon represents
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all the religious confusion in
the the world the tradition of
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men the commandments of
men, the authority of men
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being placed above the word
of God, just it happen in the
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middle ages God is saying today
I want you to come out that
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He is calling Baptist,
He is calling catholic's, He
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is calling Episcopal's He is
call nondenominational folks, He
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is call all of us no matter
language we speak, no matter
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color of skin is, He says I want
you to come out of religious
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confession, I want you to
come to follow Bible and the
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Bible and the Bible alone, if
you love me I want you to keep
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my commandments.
You see folks the call
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to come out of Babylon is
simply a call to put Jesus
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above everyone and to
put His word everything
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else, folks in these last days
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I believe that God is look
people just like Martin Luther
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people who aren't worried
about what the majority say
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people aren't willing to
compromise, people who like
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Martin Luther can stand up and
say, here I stand on the word
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of God I can do no other.
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His is looking for people who
will follow Him with all their
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hearts all their
souls and all their might.
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You see as a christian myself
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I know the commandment
of god aren't popular
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I know the Sabbath isn't popular
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but when I see Jeses
Christ lying prostrate
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in the garden
of gethsemane, when
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see drops of blood
coming from His forehead
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when I recognize that
he gave up all of heaven
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to go through the plan
of salvation just to save
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me just to save you
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that He would leave a place were
He is worshiped and adored by
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millions billions
angelic beings and He literally
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risk His internal life to come
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and save sinful human beings
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Jesus went all the way for us
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Now is calling his people
to go all the way with Him
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to come out of Babylon
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to keep His
commandment to follow the Bible
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and the Bible alone
that's God's call to His people
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in the last days, and the
question what will your answer
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be? Are we willing
to come out of Babylon
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to take our stand on God's
word and to take our stand with
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Jesus? Because when we
follow Jesus, though there maybe
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challenges we have
peace, we have assurance
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and we know that we our
standing on the right side
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even if the
majority is against is I walk
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through anything as
long Jesus is by may side
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I want to invite you to
get out your response card
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for tonight, now as you came
it should got a response card
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that says Revelation remnant,
if you don't have one if you
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just raise your host
should be able to one because
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these are in the blue buckets.
Is there anyone that does not a
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card that say Revelation
remnant? Alright let's go
through it together
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There for
everyone to mark, the first
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box says I believe
the Bible is inspired word
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of God and should be out
guide. If you can say yes
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I believe we should we follow
the Bible and the Bible alone, I
invite you to check that
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box. By the you
wonder why do you do response
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every night?
Because when we're convicted
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something our heart,
we don't take kind of step
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that conviction well die, even
if that conviction is simple
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as just marking
something on a card if it is
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important to speak about it
is important enough to make a
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decision about it. The second
box say; I want to baptized
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one day soon, I didn't
your situation or what going on
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in life, but if never taken
step of publicly confessing
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Jesus through baptism by
immersion, I would invite you
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just check that box. I'm sure
Pastor Mark would love make day
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possible for you
one day, Box number 3
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says I want part of the remnant
who keep the commandments of God
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In other words your saying
Pastor Dave I want to keep God's
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commandments in my life
and want to ask the Holy Spirit
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if he me to do that
including His Bible Sabbath
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If that is the desire of your I
want to invite you to check that
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