For this program,
we take you to Rome,
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where we have a look
around St. Peter's Cathedral,
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one of the most magnificent
church buildings in the world.
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Here, David will explain the
bible prophecy of the Antichrist
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We are now in St. Peter's
square I figure it should be
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more accurately described as
a circle. And here St. Peter's,
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one of the greatest
churches of Christendom.
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At the entrance of the
church, there is a door.
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Its called the Jubilee
Door because its only open about
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once every 50 years. The pope
comes and walks through this
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door and that is just a jubilee
occasion. Inside the church
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not very far inside,
there is a statue of St. Peter.
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This is a very ancient
statue, although, of course,
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it doesn't go back
to St. Peter, himself.
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But there are occasions
when this statue is clothed
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with the papal
robes - the pope's robes,
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and is worshiped. Then further
inside, there is a magnificent
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Basilica, and it is believed
that beneath this basilica
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are the bones of St.
Peter. There's no archaeological
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evidence to support this;
but this is what is commonly
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believed. Down below the church,
the floor level of the church,
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the popes are buried and there
are some magnificent statues
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down there. Before a pope
dies, he chooses his place
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to be buried and the
statues that should surmount his
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burial place. Well, the
Roman Catholic church is a very
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important church. And it figures
very largely in bible prophecy.
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On one occasion the prophet,
Daniel, dreamed that he was
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by the seashore and had a
dream in which he saw this
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church. In Daniel,
chapter 7, the prophet says,
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I saw in my vision by night,
and behold the 4 winds of heaven
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were stirring up the
great sea, and four great beasts
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came up from the sea,
each different from the other.
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The first was like a lion. Now
these 4 beasts are symbolic of
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four great kingdoms, or empires
which would come on the scene of
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action in the middle east;
because it says in verse 17,
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These great beasts,
which are four, are four kings
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which shall arise out of
the earth. Now a king symbolizes
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a kingdom, because in verse
23 it says, The fourth kingdom
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on earth would be the fourth
beast. So here are four kingdoms
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that would arise. And it tells
us that the first was like a
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lion and had eagle's wings.
Well now here we have artist's
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concept of what this first
beast must have looked like.
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And I think he's done a
very good job, too, hasn't he?
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And so Daniel saw a lion
with eagle's wings coming up out
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of the water. The water
represents the warring nations.
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And what nation is represented
by this particular beast?
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You know, whenever you come to
bible prophecy you need to allow
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the bible to interpret itself
and that's exactly what we can
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do with this particular kingdom;
because in Jeremiah, chapter 4,
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the prophet, Jeremiah, was
speaking about the invading
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Babylonian armies that
were approaching Jerusalem.
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And he says in verse 7, A lion
is come up from his thicket,
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the destroyer of the
Gentiles is on his way.
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He has gone forth from his place
to make your land desolate.
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Your cities will be laid
waste without inhabitant.
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And so Babylon was
referred to as a lion.
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And the eagle's wings?
well it says here in verse 13,
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His horses are swifter
than eagles. And so the wings
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denote the fact that the
Babylonian invasion will be a
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very swift invasion. Well, the
Babylonians came on the scene
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in 612 BC, when together with
the Medes, they conquered the
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great city of Nineveh. And
then in 605 BC, the Babylonians
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conquered Jerusalem and
were masters of the middle east.
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Nebuchadnezzar, the architect,
of the great Neo-Babylonian
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empire, remained on the
scene for more than 40 years.
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And so the Babylonians
were rulers of the middle east
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right up until the year 539 BC.
Now what was the next kingdom
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on the scene? In verse 7 it says
Suddenly another beast, a second
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like a bear. It was raised
up on one side and it had 3 ribs
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in its mouth between its teeth.
So, here we have the artist's
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concept of what the bear must
have looked like with the 3 ribs
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and what does this represent?
Well obviously this would
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be the next kingdom
that came on the scene.
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And that was the kingdom
of the Medes and the Persians.
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King Cyrus marched his
forces down the Euphrates river
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and found the gates
open of Babylon, marched in,
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in the year 539 BC and occupied
the city. And so Medo-Persia
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became the next great empire.
The three ribs? Well, no doubt
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that symbolizes the 3
nations that the Medo-Persians
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conquered. One, of course,
was Babylon, the other was Libya
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and the other was Egypt.
And so the Medo-Persian empire
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is symbolized by this bear with
the 3 ribs, lifting itself up on
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one side? Well, at first,
the Medes were the stronger
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of the 2 nations;
but afterwards Persians
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became the stronger. And
so you've got the two sides
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of this empire,
fittingly symbolized by the bear
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with the two sides.
Then came the next beast.
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In verse 6 it tells us, After
this, I looked, and there was
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another like a leopard, which
had on its back, 4 wings of a
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bird. The beast also had 4
heads and dominion was given
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to it. The kingdom that
followed the Medo-Persian
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kingdom was that of
Alexander the Great, of Macedon
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And he is very fittingly
symbolized by a leopard.
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You know, a leopard can
move fast. One of the fastest
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moving animals there is in
the world. And in contrast,
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to the bear, the bear is
very strong but very unwieldy.
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And that's the way it was with
the vast Medo-Persian army -
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Strong, powerful, but
very hard to maneuver.
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Alexander's strength laid in
the fact of his maneuverability
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and so he is very fittingly
symbolized by the leopard,
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with the eagle's
wings for swiftness.
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Why the four heads?
Because when Alexander died
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prematurely, at the age of only
32 years of age, in Babylon,
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he had no heir to succeed
him. And so he was succeeded
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ultimately by his four
generals. Cassander, Lysimachus,
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Selucus, and Ptolemy. And they
divided the Macedonian empire
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between them. Hence
this beast has four heads.
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And so it was in the year
331 that Alexander finally
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defeated the Medo-Persian
Darius the third and became
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the master of the middle east.
Now comes the fourth beast.
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Daniel had just never seen
anything like this in his life.
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It says in verse 7, After this
in the night visions, behold a
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fourth beast, dreadful and
terrible, exceedingly strong
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It had huge iron teeth. It was
devouring, breaking in pieces
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and trampling the residue
with its feet. It was different
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from all the beasts that were
before it and it had 10 horns.
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Now this obviously represents
the great iron monarchy of Rome.
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And so Rome came on the scene
in the year 168 BC when they
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finally ousted the
Greeks at the battle of Pidnah.
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Rome is very fittingly
symbolized by this beast;
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because it was an iron monarchy.
It was very fierce. It was very
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strong, and it strode across the
Mediterranean, all over Europe,
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and established an empire,
stretching from the United
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Kingdom or England in the top
and right down to Africa and to
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Mesopotamia in the east and
south. Now why the 10 horns?
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Simply because there is no
5th beast. Did you ever stop to
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think that prophecy not only
tells us what is the future, but
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it is able to predict the
limit to what will happen.
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And so there are not 5 beasts
here; because there wasn't a
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5th empire. The 5th stage of
affairs was simply the division
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of the empire of Rome into 10
pieces The barbarian invasions
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of that whole. And so
these are fittingly symbolized
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by the 10 horns on this beast.
Now after Daniel had seen these
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10 horns, he describes another
horn that came on the scene.
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It says in verse 8, I was
considering the horns and there
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was another horn, a little
one, coming up among them before
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whom three of the first horns
were plucked out by the roots.
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Now it gives us further
information over here in
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verse 24. He says, The 10 horns
are 10 kings and another shall
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arise after them and he shall be
different from the first ones.
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I want you to notice 3
distinctive identification marks
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here. The first is,
it came up among the ten.
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Secondly, it came up
after the 10. And thirdly,
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it plucked up 3 of
the horns by the roots.
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Now, its very significant that
it says, this little horn was
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different from the others.
Now the others were political
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kingdoms and that must surely
mean that this is a religious
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kingdom. Now there's only one
religious kingdom that fits this
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prophecy, and that is
the Roman Catholic Church.
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Now that doesn't mean
that we're criticizing
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Roman Catholics. There are
some very pious Roman Catholics
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in the Catholic
church, very fine people.
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But we're talking
about a religious system.
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And this particular system
is the only one that fits the
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prophecy. In the first place of
course that we're here in Rome,
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and this was right among these
10 kingdoms. And it is true that
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the Roman Catholic church
was responsible for plucking up
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3 of these kingdoms. There
were the Vandals. There were the
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Ostrogoths and the Alemanni,
all of whom were destroyed
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as the result of papal
influence. Now it also says
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here, in verse 25, the saints
shall be given into his hand
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for a time and times and
half a time. In other words,
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it was to be a persecuting
power. It was to be responsible
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for the destruction
of many of God's people.
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And I regret to say that
the Roman Catholic church
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has certainly
fulfilled this specification.
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I'm standing in front of
the church of St. Bartholomew's
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in London. And on the
front of the church there is an
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inscription that refers
to the noble army of martyrs
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who perished in this place.
You see, this church is in
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Smithfield Mackas and
over there under that archway,
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is where hundreds of
martyrs were burned at the stake
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during the 16th century A.D.
because of their faith in the
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bible and because of
their determination to follow
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the bible even though it
was in opposition to Rome.
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We are in Oxford in England.
And I am standing in front of
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what is know as the martyr
memorial. I'd like to read
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to you the inscription
that is on this memorial.
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It says, To the glory of God
and in grateful commemoration
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of his servants, Cramer,
Ridley, and Latimer, prelates of
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the church of England who near
this spot yielded their bodies
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to be burned, bearing witness
to the sacred truths which
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they had affirmed and maintained
against the errors of the church
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of Rome. Now the actual
spot is just around the corner,
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and it's marked by a novel cross
in the road where they were
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burned at the stake, as
were many other martyrs in this
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city. They were godly men.
And they believed in the bible.
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But bloody Mary came to
the throne and under her
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many perished for their faith.
This burning was a terrible
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thing. You know sometimes they
burned them slowly, deliberately
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so that they would
suffer longer. And if you want a
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bad night's sleep, just
read Fox's book of Martyrs where
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some of these public
burnings were described.
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Now we are up on the roof of
St. Peters and along the front
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of the veranda, 13 statues.
In the center of the statue
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of Christ on his right
hand is the statue of St. Peter,
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who, it is
claimed, was the first pope.
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Now concerning the head of the
papal church, who is the pope of
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Rome, the bible says in Daniel
7:25, he shall speak great words
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against the Most High. Now
some people say, Yea, but look,
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this is a Christian church
and certainly that don't speak
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against God. But I have in
my hand here, a little book I
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purchased in a Roman Catholic
book shop. And it is about
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priests. Its called A
Priest. And it says here,
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First then there is the priest's
power over Christ's real body
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the blessed Eucharist. A
power which surpasses all others
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ever given to men or angels.
Clad in his priestly garments,
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he stands, morning after morning
at the altar of sacrifice
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and summons the second
person of the all holy trinity
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from heaven and to his priest
summons, Jesus Christ gives
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his entire and
instant obedience.
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O, Priest, exclaims
Saint Augustine, He who created
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you gives you power to
create himself. Makes us wonder
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who creates who, doesn't
it? Now how many Christ's do you
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think there are? Here is a also
on the same sort, that's called
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Other Christ's. And it is about
the Roman Catholic priesthood.
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It says, Thus the priests
as is said with good reason
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is indeed another Christ.
For in some way he is himself a
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continuation of Christ.
The Omnipotent greatness of
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of the human priest stands forth
in all its splendor; for he has
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power over the very body of
Jesus Christ makes it present
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on our altars. In the ordination
of a priest, the God seems to
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part with His omnipotence.
Christ seems to hand over the
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merits of his life and passion
and the Holy Ghost gives the
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key to the immense treasure
of spiritual life to a mere man.
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Interesting
statements, aren't they?
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Behind me is an obelisk
of Ramses the great of Egypt
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and beyond that is what
is known as the Pantheon.
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Theos is the Greek word for God
and Pan means many, and so you
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got a place of many Gods. And
its a great domelike structure,
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very beautifully made,
actually, from the very early
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ages, in which were
installed many pagan gods.
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Now this very well illustrates
how paganism came into the
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Christian church; because this
was converted into a Christian
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church and instead of the
pagan gods, there were now
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installed images or
statues of various saints,
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the virgin Mary and so forth.
And it was used as a church.
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Well now, this illustrates how
sun worship came into the church
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too; because this was in
particular a place of sun
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worship. And so sun worship
was adopted into the Christian
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church. And, of course, with
sun worship. A form of day was
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observed, in other words,
Sunday or the day of the sun.
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Constantine the great was the
first one who passed such a law
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that Sunday should be observed.
But later on in the council of
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Laodicea in 331, the Christian
council adopted Sunday as the
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day of worship. Its
interesting to notice what
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Kennan's catechism
has to say about this.
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One day I went into Pelegrinos,
you know the Roman Catholic
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book shop. And I purchased this
little book called the Convert's
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Catechism of Catholic doctrine.
And I was very interested in
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what is says here on page
50. Which is the Sabbath Day?
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Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath
Day. Question: Why do we observe
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Sunday instead of Saturday?
Answer: We observe Sunday
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instead of Saturday because the
Catholic church in the council
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of Laodicea, A.D. 336,
transferred the solemnity
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from Saturday to Sunday.
Rather interesting, isn't it?
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You know that prophecy we were
talking about in Daniel, chapter
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7, says, concerning the
antichrist, in verse 25,
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He shall speak pompous words
against the Most High, shall
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persecute the saints of the
Most High and shall intend to
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change times and law. Now
what law is he talking about?
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Obviously its talking about the
law of God and speaking about a
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time element in that law. And
of course that is referring to
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the Sabbath Day. So the prophecy
said that the papacy would try
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to change the law of God,
particularly the time element
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of it. And we ask Rome, Did you
do it? And the Catholic church
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says, Sure. Yea, we did
it. In the council of Laodicea.
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A.D. 336. Now of course there
are some people who feel that
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Christ must have changed the
Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday.
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But remember that sermon
on the mount that he preached?
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In Matthew 5 and in verse 17,
Jesus says, Do not think that I
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come to destroy the law or
the prophets. I did not come to
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destroy but to fulfill. That is
he kept God's law, his father's
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law. For assuredly I say to you,
till heaven and earth pass away,
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one jot or one tittle will by no
means pass from the law till all
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is fulfilled. Now what did
Jesus mean by a jot or a tittle?
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Let me just explain something
about the Hebrew alphabet.
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It goes from right to left, you
know, and its written something
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like this. This is Aleph, Beth,
and then Gimmal, and Daleth,
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and Hey, yad, zayin,
Hhet, Tet, yad and so forth,
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you see. Now I want you to
notice something about this
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alphabet so as I can explain
it to you. We come here to Hhet
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yad. Now you notice that this
letter is the smallest letter of
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the Hebrew alphabet.
Het is a yad or a jot.
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What is meant by a tittle?
There are some Hebrew letters,
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for instance, here is the letter
Hey which is very similar to
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this, except for this little
projection on the end there.
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and that is a tittle.
Another letter, for instance
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Here you've got g or
gimal, and here's the letter n.
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Again, you'll notice
there's not much difference
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only this little
projection here. Now Jesus said,
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Not one yan, this smallest
letter in the Hebrew alphabet
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or a tittle, just something
that's just makes the difference
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between one letter and another
is going to pass away from
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this law. Now, I'll show
you something very significant.
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Let's have a look at the
ten commandments in particular
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the fourth commandment where
it says the seventh day is the
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Sabbath of the Lord thy God.
Let me write on the blackboard
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for you, the Hebrew word
that is used here for seventh.
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And I want you to
notice something here.
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It's hashavikey and it
has here two Yans in the word
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seventh. You'll also
notice there is a tittle.
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Jesus did not change the 7th
to the 1st - a totally different
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word,? He said not even a
yad or a tittle is going to
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pass from this law.
So certainly Jesus Christ
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did not change the Sabbath
from the 7th day to the 1st day,
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from Saturday to Sunday. So we
notice what the disciples or the
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apostles have to say in Hebrews
chapter 4, and in verse 9.
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The great apostle Paul said,
There remains therefore a rest
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for the people of God. The word
that is used there for rest,
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literally means a Sabbath
keeping - a keeping of Sabbath.
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Paul said, There
remains, it hasn't gone.
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It hasn't been changed, it
remains a keeping of Sabbath
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remains as far as
the new testament writers
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are concerned. Well, now you
might say, does it really matter
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What does it matter whether
its the 7th day or the 1st day?
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Well, if you read the bible
carefully, I think you will
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notice that it does
really matter; because here
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for instance in the book
of Romans, chapter 6 and in
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verse 16, it says, Do you not
know that to whom you present
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yourselves slaves to
obey, your are that one's slaves
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whom you obey, whether its
sin to death or of obedience
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to righteousness. You see
its the question of obedience.
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If God says, and this law
was spoken through Jesus Christ
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that the 7th day is the Sabbath,
and the Catholic church says,
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the 1st day is the Sabbath,
its a matter of obedience.
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Are you going to obey the bible
or are you going to do what
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the Catholic church
says should be done?
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Well, I think you would say
that we should follow the bible.
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Shouldn't we? I also want
you to notice what Jesus said,
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in John, chapter 14, and in
verse 15. He says, If you love
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me keep my commandments. It
is also the question of love.
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See, its not just a matter of
legal obedience. Its a case of
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who do you love. And if the
Lord Jesus Christ died for us on
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the cross, and given his life
for our sins, surely that should
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provoke our love. And he
says, If you love me, keep my
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commandments. In
our next program,
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we'll be exploring
the remarkable catacombs
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of Bethsurin in Israel, Where
the members of the Sanhedrin
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were buried in the 2nd century
A.D. And David will be talking
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about some very strange burial
places when he explains what
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happens when we die.
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