Good evening ladies and
gentlemen and welcome to one
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of the last installments
of the Eleventh Hour Evidence,
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pardon me, the Eleventh
Hour Evidence coming to you
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live from Battle Creek,
Michigan. Again I am your
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host Pastor Jason Seiber
and I am glad that you are
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joining us. Pastor
Asscherick has told us that
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he has a message which will
require your full attention.
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So, make sure that you
will find your comfortable spot.
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Get out your paper and
prepare to take notes at a
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high speed. And, I emphasize
high speed tonight we are
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going to try to give him as
much time. Before he do that
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though, Eric Umali is saying
bye with a special song for
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us this evening, Eric
what do you have first?
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Song entitled 'There is
no doubt'. Why don't you
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go ahead and share
that with us right now?
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There is a question;
my heart is giving to us.
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Is my life only within without.
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Have I've been faithful
to work obediently without a
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question there is a doubt.
But there is no doubt in him
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most holy, in him who's
the love washes pure within
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without. There is no doubt
in him most faithful, in him
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who's word is my
life. There is no doubt.
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There is no question,
I can no longer ignore.
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What will tomorrow be
all about, will I be able to
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face the future of
Lord. Without a question,
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there is a doubt. But
there is no doubt in him most
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holy, in him who's the
love washes pure within without.
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There is no doubt in him
most faithful, in him who's
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word is my life. There is
no doubt, there is no doubt.
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There is no
doubt in him most holy,
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in him whose blood
washes pure within without.
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There is no doubt in him
most faithful, in him whose
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word is my life. There
is no doubt, there is doubt.
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Amen, isn't it good to
know that there is no need for
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doubt when it comes
knowing Jesus Christ?
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And we're here this evening
to have a firm foundation
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presented to us so
that we will not be led to a
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doubt at a very critical
juncture in the near future,
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I wanted to share a
short story with you.
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Before I came back here
to Michigan, I came from the
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north coast of California
which is Eureka, California
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or Cutten, California
for those of you, who know
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your geography. In
fact, I know my mom is
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somewhere out there
right now watching this program
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and that's exciting.
But before I came back here,
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I used to be a pilot, now
I am a Pastor, and pastors
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don't fly. At least most
of us, we don't have enough
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money for it. But when
I was flying back in those
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days, we, we followed the
stories what was happening
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out there and there was a,
there was a really sad story
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about a couple of young
men who got into a plane filled
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it up partially with
fuel, in fact they didn't filled
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it up, they put all, it
was already partially fueled.
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And they decided they
were going to take a quick
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jump over to, the gambling
establishments of Nevada
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and so as they took off
for Nevada to go and enjoy
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themselves, Reno as they
turns out, they began trying
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to plot there, plot there
distance to see how far they
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were in, and how far
they had gone by referencing
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ground points and they
realized they were only
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flying with there air
speed at over a 100 miles per
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hour with the ground
speed of less than 50 miles
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per hour. And so they
weren't going to be able to
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make it to their destination.
So, they decided well we
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better turn around and
fly back home. So, they turn
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around and began flying
back home and they flew for
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the same amount of time
that they had flown up to that
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point for an entire hour.
But they were able to find
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a hole to get down
through the fog; the fog
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was obscuring the
ground and when they finally
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decided to call up Seattle
Center and ask where they
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were, Center came on and
said, young men you're over
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a 100 miles out of
sea, 100 miles out of sea.
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By this time they were
just about out of fuel,
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they turned the plane
around and tried to make
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their way back toward
land and the last that was
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heard from them they were
trying to prime the engine,
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just getting a little bit
more fuel in there before one
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of them came on the
radio and said, we just wanted
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to tell our moms we are so
sorry. We're so sorry about
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what's happened. It's
important friends not to
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be deceived. It's important
to find out a way through
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the clouds. That's why
we need Jesus, that's why
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we need the word of
God, and that's why we need
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Pastor
Asscherick's message tonight.
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Amen. Wow a sad story,
isn't it? Yeah. Very sad,
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thank you Jason for
giving us good introduction.
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How was your day today
everyone? Good and nice day.
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You seem rather
subdued, maybe it's the weather.
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Well, I have a wonderful
day and I am not doing fine.
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Amen. Amen. Remember
fine is a texture not an
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attitude. Our
message tonight is entitled,
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'does Jesus Christ
have a Twin, part 2?
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And we are going to
continue last night's message we
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are talking about the
Antichrist, his identity,
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his mission, his scope,
his goals. And tonight we will
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actually be revealing
who this Antichrist is.
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We will need maximum
amounts of time and we will
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be moving at maximum
velocity and so let us
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began with a word
of prayer we will dive
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right into our message proper.
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Father in heaven, father
this story has brought to
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our minds how important
it is that we're assured
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we are on the right
track. Father in heaven we pray
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that tonight that you
will peal back the deceptions
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that Satan has cast
over this world. Father some
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messages are not easy to
preach and I freely confess
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that. Father some messages
would be easier to leave
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unpreached. But father I
say with the apostle Paul
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woe on to me if I
preach not the Gospel. Amen.
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Father in heaven I pray
that tonight as we preach
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this message that is perhaps
difficult for some to hear,
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that your spirit will be
right with us, right near
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us, so that we can
be confident that every
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conclusion that we arrive
at is a Biblical conclusion,
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and father that we can
have the confidents that what
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we have learned is a
claim thus saith the Lord.
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Please father, be with us
tonight as we open now thy
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word, speak directly
to our hearts and to our
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minds, we ask in Jesus
name and everyone can say amen.
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Alright, without wasting
anytime let's drive right
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into review from yesterday
our message is entitled,
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Does Jesus
Christ Have A Twin part,
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what everyone 2? And
let's go head long into
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some review very quickly.
Yesterday, we talked about
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the three offices of
Jesus Christ, in Matthew Chapter
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12 Jesus said: I am
greater than Jonah, I am greater
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than Salomon and I am
greater than the temple,
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what was Jesus
saying? I am the consignment
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prophet, the consignment
Priest, the consignment
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King. Who is a
prophet? One who speaks for God.
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Who is priest? One
who ministers for God,
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and who is a king but
one who rules for God.
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So, Jesus says I am
uniquely qualified to speak
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for God, to minister
for God and to rule for God.
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He is the prophet,
the priest and the king,
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if these make
sense say Amen, amen.
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All review now lets us
continue, we saw that in
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2 Thessalonians 2 the
Apostle Paul refer to the
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Antichrist figured by
several monikers. He said
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the man of sin and the
other one we want to holding
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on is the son of
perdition. Now, remember that
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phrase there, the son
of perdition it was used to
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describe only one
other person in the canon of
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scripture and who is that?
Judas Iscariot, that's right
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from John
chapter 17 and verse 12,
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Father of all thou hast
given me I have lost none
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but one, the son of
perdition that the scripture
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might be fulfilled. And
so when Paul here uses this
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phrase this moniker.
The son of perdition he is
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immediately drawing the
attention to the fact that
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this Antichristian power
will not be a violent opposer
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from without like the
Roman Emperor may have been
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opposing the ministry of
Jesus, but rather a subtle
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betrayer from within
like a Judas Iscariot.
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Not betraying with a punch,
but betraying with a what?
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A kiss. So as we continue,
we drew this very salient
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and Biblical
conclusion and that is, that the
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Antichrist will appear,
not as a violent opposer but
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as a subtle what everyone,
imposter. In fact I can
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even add these two
words. The Antichrist will not
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appear as a violent political
opposer, but as a subtle
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religious imposter.
Would that be fair yes or no?
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Be very fair and in
keeping with what we
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learned yesterday. Now,
let's hold on something that
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we didn't cover exactly
yesterday but is the out
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working of what we spoke
of and it is at least in part
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review. Satan will use
the Antichrist as a front man
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in order to obtain
worship for himself, in order to
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obtain worship for himself.
Let us go very quickly to
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Isaiah chapter 14. Listen
to my words carefully because
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I am going to do my best
to choose them carefully,
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the longing desire of
Satan's heart has been,
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since the inception and
inauguration of his rebellion,
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to receive the
worship, phrase and adoration of
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other beings, in a
sentence Satan wants worship.
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Satan wants what
words that I say? Worship!
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Now he comes right out
and essentially says this in
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Isaiah chapter 14
beginning in verse 12,
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"How you are fallen
from heaven, O Lucifer,
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son of the morning?
How you are cut down to
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the ground, you who
weakened the nations?
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For you have said in
your heart, I will ascend into
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heavens, I will exalt my
throne above the stars of
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God; I will sit on the
mount of the congregation on
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the farther sides of the
north. I will ascend above
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the heights of the clouds.
I will be like the most high.
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What is Satan saying
here in these verses?
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In a sense he saying, I
want my throne to be equal no,
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yet greater than the
very throne of God so that
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I can receive the
worship, praise, adoration,
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and armiger of all
of Gods created beings.
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And so we say in a
sentence that the longing desire
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of Satan's heart sends
the inception of his rebellion
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has been to receive
worship. What word did I say?
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Worship! Worship, now
this, this intoxicating
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desire to receive
worship reached its pathetic and
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ridiculous climax
in Matthew Chapter 4.
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You remember Matthew
chapter 3, Jesus had been
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baptized after that the
Bible says he was lead by
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the spirit into the
wilderness. He was there
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tempted on three
areas, the lust of the flesh,
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the lust of the eyes,
and the pride of life.
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Satan first came to
him and said If thou be the
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Son of God, command that
these stones be made into
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bread. And he said it is
written that man shall not
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live by or Man does
not live by bread alone,
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doth not live by bread
only, but by every word that
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proceedeth out of the
mouth of the God, they said
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I know why you are
here, you are here to be the
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Messiah. Cast
yourself down from this temple,
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word has written, he will
give his angels charge over
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thee, lest at any time
thou dash thy foot against a
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stone. And he protested
and said It is written,
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Thou shalt not
tempt the Lord thy God.
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Now, the next
temptation was incredible, Satan
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realized he could not get
in the first area he could not
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get in the second area and
so he just pulled out all the
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stuffs, pulled all the
cards in the table and said.
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You see all this
beautiful kingdoms of the world,
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you see the earth and all
of its grandeur and glory,
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I will give it to you.
He said I know why you have
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come Jesus and I'll make
it easy for you. You're gonna
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have to go through the
cross, you will have to go
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through death
ceremony, it's gonna be hard,
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it's gonna be tough,
it's gonna be difficult.
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I will just give you
a shortcut right now,
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if you will just bow
down and what? Worship me.
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Here Satan's desire,
this intoxicating, inebriating
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insane desire for worship
reached its pathetic climax
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when he had the
temerity and the audacity to ask
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the very creator of
the universe to worship
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a created being. At
the very moment that Satan
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requested Jesus to
bow down and worship him.
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Jesus was holding and
sustaining Satan's life in his
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hand. It is an absolutely
ludicrous and ridiculous
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proposition yet it
showed the insanity and
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intoxication of Lucifer
Satan's mind. The longing
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desire of Satan's heart
is to receive the worship
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praise and adoration
of the heavenly universe.
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Now, let's notice that in
Revelation Chapter 13 very
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quickly, because in
Revelation Chapter 13,
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the Antichrist chapter
we find two beasts, how many
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beasts everyone? Two, two
beast the first beast comes
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up out of the sea and
theologians with their
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erudition have
creatively called this beast,
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the Sea Beast.
Pretty good don't you think?
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And the second beast
comes up out of the earth.
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And the theologians again
with their creative erudition
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have called him the
Earth Beast, very good you
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catching on its not
difficult at all isn't it?
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Now, the Earth Beast is
the second beast, the Sea Beast
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is the first beast we are
going to identify the first
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beast tonight and
that beast friends is the
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Antichrist. But what
happens is, it says the
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Antichrist rises up the
Bible says, he receives a deadly
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wound and so another
beast raises up and causes
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the earth to worship
the first beast whose deadly
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wound was healed. Now,
notice this beginning in verse
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1, let's we will do this
through this very quickly
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and I want you to notice
something that I called the
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switcher Route, and
that's the theological term the
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Switcher Route. Revelation
chapter 13 and verse 1
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then I stood on the
sand of the sea. And I saw a
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beast rising up out of
the sea, having seven heads
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and ten horns, and on
his horns ten crowns, and on
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his heads a blasphemous
name. This is the Antichrist
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beast. Verse 2, now the
beast, which I saw was like
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a leopard and his feet
were like the feet of a
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bear, and his mouth
like the mouth of a lion,
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and the dragon gave
him his power, his throne,
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and great authority.
Now, notice that the dragon
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gives him three
things his, you say with me,
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his power, and his
throne, and his great authority.
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Satan hands it over to
the Antichrist. Now you might
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protest as I would
think to do why would that the
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dragon be so willing to
renounce and to give over
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and to discard his
power, his Satan as great
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authority, the answer
comes in next two verses.
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Notice verse 3: And I
saw one of his heads as if
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it had been mortally
wounded, the king James
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wounded to death and his
deadly wound was healed and
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all the world marveled
and followed the beast.
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Now verse 4 contains the
switcher route, watch for
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it, verse 4: So they
worshiped the dragon who
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gave authority to the
beast; and they worshiped the
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beast, saying, "Who is
like the beast? Who is able to
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make war with him?" Did
you catch it, yes or no?
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Yes! In verse 4 who is
being worshiped? The dragon!
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And who is the
dragon? Satan or the devil!
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Now, notice how is that
the dragon has been worshiped,
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is he being worshiped
directly? No, no, no friends,
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he's been worshiped
through his vicar, through his
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vicar, through his
representative namely the
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Antichrist and because
Satan props up the Antichrist
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as his front man gives him
power, his Satan his greater
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authority when you
worship to Antichrist
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because he has set this
fellow up you are actually
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worshiping him who
stands behind as a puppet master
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Satan himself. Satan is
smart enough to know that
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no Christian would bow
down and worship him if
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they knew he was the devil
and so he sets up religious
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figure, but when you
worship that religious figure
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in reality according to
the Bible, you are worshiping
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Satan. Amen. Now, think
about the significance of
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that, Satan here is able
to get the very desire of his
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heart, namely the
worship of other beings.
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That's why we say Satan
will use the Antichrist as a
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Front man and order top
obtain the very thing that
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he is long for that is
to say worship for himself.
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Now, if this makes
sense say amen, amen.
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Now, we discuss the
other day, you remember we
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went quickly to Revelation
Chapter 13, quickly to
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Revelation 14 and we notice
that the dividing issue at
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the end of the time
will be the issue of what,
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worship and that should
just click together for you
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now because the Satan
is longing for worship and
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God gives us to call
to true worship. We can
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began to see how the
battlefield is setting up
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and how the armies on
this side and armies on
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this side are going to
be fighting a war, not a war
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with Bazookas and Tanks
in it, you know a fighting
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guns and planes, but a
war over worship, a war over
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what everyone?
Worship, now we just saw this
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beast and he is described,
he's an interesting beast
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though and extraordinary
amalgamation. And John says
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that when he saw him,
he had the body of leopard,
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the feet of bear and the
mouth of the lion and ten
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horns. What an interesting
ferocious beast, you will
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never see anything
like this in the local zoo,
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amen, amen. And
praise the Lord for that,
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if you do see it just
pray you know. Don't even try
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to run, it will probably
catch you. Now, where does
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that imagery come
from? Was John you know had
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eaten too much ice
cream before he went to bed?
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I mean what would cause
him to have such strange
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imaginative kind of
vision. Is this some figment of
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John's
imagination? The answer was no.
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This comes directly from
in Old Testament prophecy
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and that Old Testament
prophecy is found in the
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book of Daniel. Go with
me to the book of Daniel.
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We're going to Daniel
its in the Old Testament just
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after the book of
Ezekiel, we're going to Daniel
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Chapter 7. Daniel,
what chapter? Seven!
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Now, in Daniel chapter 7
we are going to go over this
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in more detail. We
are going to discover the
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Daniel sees four
beasts, how many beasts?
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Four beasts: the first
was like a lion with eagle's
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wings, the second was
like a bear that had three ribs
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in the mouth, the third
was a leopard with four heads
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and four wings of
fallen, and the fourth beast was
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ferocious terrible beast
with ten horns. Now, does that
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language sound
familiar yes or no, lion, bear,
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leopard ferocious beast;
sounding familiar yes or no?
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The very same
components we find in Revelation
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Chapter 13 body of a
leopard, feet of a bear,
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mouth of a lion, and ten
horns. Now, let's go through
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this as quickly as it
is possible and let us know
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what is taking
place in Daniel chapter 7,
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I'm beginning in verse 1,
in the first year of Belshazzar
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for the king of
Babylon, Daniel had a dream and
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visions of his head
while on his bed. Then he wrote
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down the dream, telling
the main facts. Daniel spoke,
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saying, "I saw in my
vision by night, and behold,
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the four winds of heaven
were stirring up the Great
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Sea. Daniel is looking
now in symbolic vision, what
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kind of vision,
symbolic vision and in symbolic
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vision when Daniel sees
the sea he's not looking at
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literal H2O, what he
is looking at is peoples,
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multitudes, nations and
languages. That's what water
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represents in Bible
prophecy according to Revelation
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17:15. So water represents
peoples, multitudes, nations
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and languages and
the winds here represent
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political strive, blowing
across the frothy waves of
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humanity. Now, as Daniel
sees this, he notices that
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as humanity is frothing
and their anger the political
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military rage beasts
began to rise up strange beasts.
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Notice with me in verse
3, Daniel chapter 7 and verse
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3: "And four great
beasts came up from the sea,
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each different from the
other." The first was like
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a lion, and had eagle's
wings. I watched till its
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wings were plucked off;
and it was lifted up from
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the earth and made to
stand on two feet like a
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man, and a man's
heart was given to it and
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extraordinary
animal no doubt. Number 5:
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"And suddenly another
beast, a second, like a bear
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was raised up on its
mouth between its teeth.
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And they said thus to it:
úArise, devour much flesh!"
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After this I looked, and
there was another, like a
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leopard, which had on its
back four wings of a bird.
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The beast also had
four heads, and dominion was
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given to it. No doubt we
are dealing with symbolic
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imagery here that we
have four headed leopard with
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four wings of a bird and
last but not least there in
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verse 7: "After this I
saw in the night visions,
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and behold, a
fourth beast, dreadful and
00:21:32.34\00:21:34.21
terrible,
exceedingly strong. It had huge,
00:21:34.31\00:21:36.59
what kind of teeth?
Iron teeth! It was devouring,
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breaking in pieces, and
trampling the residue with
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its feet, it was different
from all the beasts that
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were before it, and it
had what everyone? It had what
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everyone? Ten horns! Now
this is very important if we
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stay right in Daniel chapter
7 and go to verse 23 we find
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what these beasts represent,
Daniel Chapter 7 and verse
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23: "Thus he said, the
angles speaking: The fourth
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beast shall be a fourth
kingdom on earth. The fourth
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beast is the fourth what
everyone. So, if the fourth
00:22:05.61\00:22:07.98
beast is the fourth
kingdom, what's the third beast,
00:22:08.03\00:22:09.86
what's the second
beast, what's the first beast,
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you've got it. So, a beast
in Bible prophecy represents a
00:22:13.14\00:22:16.23
kingdom, represents what,
a kingdom. Now, this is very
00:22:16.43\00:22:19.23
common, it's not unusual
even in our modern pollens
00:22:19.38\00:22:22.62
we use words, beast
rather to represent nations.
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For example the United
States represented by the
00:22:26.02\00:22:28.06
Bald Eagle. The Former
Soviet Union represented by
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a bear, France represented
by rooster of all things.
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So, it's not uncommon to
use beast to represent nations.
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Amen, amen. So, God
is away of deep end here.
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He is using something
that is very common, it just
00:22:41.99\00:22:44.96
simply a matter of looking
at the characteristics of a
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particular animal
and comparing it to the
00:22:46.98\00:22:48.67
characteristics of a
particular nation. So, then
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Daniel sees this,
four beasts coming out.
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Now, let's walk through this
as best as we can and see if
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we can put our finger
on this. You remember in
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Daniel chapter 2, he
talked just briefly about this,
00:23:00.72\00:23:02.80
a man by the name
Nebekenezer had received
00:23:02.83\00:23:04.87
the dream and Daniel
came in and interpreter that
00:23:04.90\00:23:07.95
dream and he say a great
medal man, his head was a
00:23:08.01\00:23:10.31
gold, chest and arms of
silver and it's belly and
00:23:10.34\00:23:12.12
thighs are browns and
long legs of iron and feet made
00:23:12.20\00:23:14.72
partly of iron and partly
of clay. He noticed that image
00:23:14.84\00:23:17.86
until the stone smash
the image right on thee.
00:23:17.95\00:23:20.76
Now, what's happening in
Daniel chapter 7, it's simply
00:23:21.34\00:23:23.38
a recapitulation or a
review of what took place
00:23:23.50\00:23:26.63
in Daniel chapter 2.
Well, what took place in Daniel
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Chapter 2? Babylon was
represented by the head of
00:23:29.27\00:23:32.70
gold; Daniel said in
language that is unequivocal
00:23:32.86\00:23:34.69
and unmistakable
thou or this head of gold.
00:23:34.74\00:23:37.52
Followed by Belshazzar
kingdom, the kingdom of
00:23:38.24\00:23:39.56
Meadow Persia, the chest
and arms of silver, Meadow
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Persia was concrete by
Greece the belly and thighs
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and bronze, Greece was
in the concrete by the long
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iron monarchy of Rome
represented in the legs and
00:23:47.19\00:23:49.88
then it was dived not
conquered from without,
00:23:49.91\00:23:52.05
but divided from within
Europe. Divided into ten
00:23:52.08\00:23:55.47
components, how many
components? Ten components!
00:23:55.67\00:23:58.25
Represented by of course
the ten toes and so you have
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Babylon, Meadow Persia,
Greece, Rome, and divided
00:24:00.63\00:24:03.30
Rome. That's what
Daniel 2 represented.
00:24:03.53\00:24:05.10
Now, in Daniel chapter 7
we find the very same thing;
00:24:05.70\00:24:08.25
notice this
incredible quotation from Edward
00:24:08.33\00:24:10.08
Gibbon, the historian.
The images of gold, silver,
00:24:10.15\00:24:12.70
or brass, that might serve
to represent the nations and
00:24:12.73\00:24:14.93
their kings, were
successively broken by the
00:24:14.96\00:24:17.52
iron monarchy of what
everyone? Rome! Now where
00:24:17.84\00:24:20.38
that the historian given
and get that imagery from,
00:24:20.46\00:24:22.75
gold, and brass, and
bronze and silver and iron.
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Where did that imagery
come from directly from the
00:24:26.82\00:24:29.05
Bible? Now, what
happens in Daniel Chapter 7,
00:24:29.19\00:24:32.16
it's simply a review or
recapitulation of what took
00:24:32.32\00:24:34.87
place in Daniel Chapter
2. So, let's think about it
00:24:35.11\00:24:37.33
this way, it's a
historical timeline, what kind
00:24:37.47\00:24:40.34
of timeline. And the
first thing that he saw,
00:24:40.48\00:24:42.60
what was the first
nation. Babylon, then he saw
00:24:42.66\00:24:45.52
Meadow Persia, then he
saw Greece, then he saw
00:24:46.68\00:24:49.57
Rome, then he saw
divided Rome. Alright I needs to
00:24:50.73\00:24:53.58
be with you more on that
we need to have this locked
00:24:53.65\00:24:55.58
in. What was the first
one? Babylon, Meadow Persia,
00:24:55.66\00:24:59.26
Greece, Rome, Divided
Rome. Are we all in the
00:24:59.72\00:25:03.20
same page, yes or no?
Yeah, now what God is going
00:25:03.33\00:25:05.42
to do in Daniel Chapter
7, is give us the very same
00:25:05.50\00:25:08.38
sweep of history,
but throwing some salient
00:25:08.60\00:25:10.98
details. Now, if we go
to the screen we will notice
00:25:11.14\00:25:14.38
that the head of gold
is synonymous with the lion
00:25:14.46\00:25:18.69
with eagle wings
representing Babylon which
00:25:18.72\00:25:21.34
range from 605 BC to
539. God is simply using a new
00:25:21.48\00:25:25.34
metaphor to speak to
us about the same power
00:25:25.42\00:25:28.15
remarkably the very gate
through which Daniel would
00:25:28.83\00:25:31.03
have walk to interpret
that remarkable dream have been
00:25:31.11\00:25:33.59
excavated by archeologist
and on the side of that great
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Ishtar Gate,. There is
remarkable animal on the
00:25:36.63\00:25:39.28
side of that gate. I
will give you one guess as to
00:25:39.38\00:25:42.07
what animal is there
on the side of that huge
00:25:42.32\00:25:44.62
Ishtar Gate through
which Daniel would have walked
00:25:44.89\00:25:46.78
on the promenade. What
animal do you think it is?
00:25:47.01\00:25:49.12
A lion and guess what
else, has eagle wings you have
00:25:49.72\00:25:52.88
got it. The official
symbol of Babylon and so to the,
00:25:52.97\00:25:56.30
the people to whom
Daniel would have been writing
00:25:56.64\00:25:58.21
into you and I, it is
crystal clear that a lion
00:25:58.34\00:26:00.22
with eagle wings represents
the nation of antiquity
00:26:00.33\00:26:02.58
Babylon. Well, then it was
stand a reason that the next
00:26:02.70\00:26:05.78
nation represented
the chest, arms of silver
00:26:05.89\00:26:07.87
correspond again with the
bear that was raised up on
00:26:08.18\00:26:11.27
one side and had three
ribs in the mouth, the kingdom
00:26:11.44\00:26:13.63
of Meadow Persia which
conquered Babylon in 539 and
00:26:13.78\00:26:16.74
ruined until 331 BC.
In 331 BC on the filed of
00:26:17.07\00:26:20.83
Arbela, this kingdom
was routed by Greece,
00:26:21.10\00:26:25.35
that's exactly right. We
will go to our next slide,
00:26:25.40\00:26:27.26
Greece here represented
by the belly and thighs of
00:26:28.09\00:26:30.15
bronze and also by
this leopard four heads,
00:26:30.29\00:26:33.34
four wings of a fowl.
Now, let's just talk quickly
00:26:33.84\00:26:36.30
about Greece, in
Bible prophecy this symbolic
00:26:36.47\00:26:40.33
wings and lions and
water they all have meaning.
00:26:41.22\00:26:45.16
And wings represent speed
or rapidity. What do wings
00:26:45.64\00:26:49.69
represent? Speed, now
note this very interesting here
00:26:49.99\00:26:54.16
the kingdom of Greece here
is represented by this fast
00:26:54.22\00:26:57.20
moving leopard. A
leopard and a cheetah are in the
00:26:57.32\00:26:59.74
same family, some of
the very fastest land moving
00:26:59.93\00:27:02.92
animals and then you
take four wings of fowl which
00:27:03.00\00:27:05.10
represent speed. You
put it on the back of the
00:27:05.13\00:27:07.24
leopard and you have one
very rapidly moving beast
00:27:07.33\00:27:11.06
amen, amen. Almost
as fast as I move, amen,
00:27:11.45\00:27:13.95
amen. Now, remarkably
Greece was actually began
00:27:14.26\00:27:20.23
it's conquest to conquer
the then known world under the
00:27:20.31\00:27:24.22
directorship of man
named Alexander the great,
00:27:24.48\00:27:27.85
that's exactly right. Now,
Alexander the great died in
00:27:27.97\00:27:29.94
the drunken stopper at
the age of approximately 31.
00:27:29.98\00:27:32.40
One historian Victor Hugo
remarked that Alexander the
00:27:32.92\00:27:35.49
great could conquer
the world, but not himself.
00:27:35.58\00:27:37.53
He began at the age 16
by the age of 30, he had
00:27:38.84\00:27:41.02
conquered the world,
friends. Now, I would call
00:27:41.09\00:27:43.20
that rapid wouldn't you?
Now, here's the remarkable
00:27:43.30\00:27:46.04
thing when Alexander
the great died in a drunken
00:27:46.07\00:27:47.64
stopper at the age of
approximately 31. There was
00:27:47.87\00:27:49.92
no one man who was
savvy enough, who powerful
00:27:50.05\00:27:53.08
enough and charismatic
enough to just step into
00:27:53.11\00:27:54.97
those great big shoes that
he had left vacant and back
00:27:55.14\00:27:56.87
of us and so there was
a division in the great
00:27:56.94\00:27:59.94
Macedonian Empire into
four parts. How many parts?
00:28:00.22\00:28:03.48
Four, his four
generals, Cassander, Lysimachus,
00:28:03.77\00:28:05.65
Ptolemy, Seleucus going
north south, east and west.
00:28:05.80\00:28:08.61
Divided the Macedonian
the Greek Empire into four
00:28:08.77\00:28:11.52
parts and God here
communicates that to us by
00:28:11.67\00:28:13.96
showing us that the
leopard has how many heads?
00:28:14.14\00:28:16.61
Four, four heads, so
we have both elements.
00:28:16.66\00:28:18.44
The rapidity the speed
with which he have conquered
00:28:18.58\00:28:20.52
and the division into
four quadrants. So, far so good
00:28:20.64\00:28:23.23
yes or no, yeah. Now,
conquered Greece it's very
00:28:23.30\00:28:26.72
elementary it was conquered
by the iron monarchy of
00:28:26.78\00:28:29.86
Rome, the long legs of
iron corresponding with the iron
00:28:30.13\00:28:33.38
teeth in the ferocious beast
with the what kind of teeth?
00:28:33.55\00:28:36.36
Iron, iron teeth
ruining from 198 BC almost 700
00:28:36.51\00:28:40.65
years into a 476 AD. When
it was pulled the part and
00:28:40.75\00:28:44.44
divided by the,
barbarian tribes from outside.
00:28:44.60\00:28:47.39
Now, here is the
remarkable thing, there were how
00:28:48.06\00:28:50.11
many horns coming from
out of that ferocious and
00:28:50.14\00:28:52.60
terrible beast, ten horns.
How many toes coming out of
00:28:52.82\00:28:56.63
the statue, ten the
correspondence is remarkable
00:28:56.75\00:29:00.88
are you with me yes or
no, right. So, I want to this
00:29:01.05\00:29:02.92
point has been review, we
have seen this four beast,
00:29:03.07\00:29:05.60
we seen the lion, the
bear, the leopard, and ferocious
00:29:05.63\00:29:07.80
beast representing you
say with me. What's the first?
00:29:08.02\00:29:10.07
Babylon, then Meadow
Persia, Greece, Rome and
00:29:10.82\00:29:15.02
what he suppose to ten
horns represent, very same
00:29:15.20\00:29:18.03
thing, in fact you are in
Daniel chapter 7 stay right
00:29:18.08\00:29:21.55
there in Daniel chapter 7
and notice with me verse 24:
00:29:21.73\00:29:24.20
it says, The ten horns
are ten, what's a next word,
00:29:24.88\00:29:28.86
kings who shall arise
from this kingdom. Friends,
00:29:29.50\00:29:31.55
there is no need to
be confused about Bible
00:29:31.63\00:29:34.09
prophecy, amen, amen.
It's crystal clear, he says
00:29:34.16\00:29:37.67
water represents people
and beast represent nations
00:29:37.95\00:29:40.75
and horns and this
context represent what kings of
00:29:40.78\00:29:44.46
kingdom you've got it.
Very easy to understand, so then
00:29:44.58\00:29:48.25
we have divided Rome and
what we today would refer
00:29:48.43\00:29:50.43
to as divided Europe,
existing from 476 A.D.,
00:29:50.46\00:29:54.45
when the fall of the
western Roman Empire was
00:29:54.52\00:29:56.81
complete until the
modern times modernity 476 until
00:29:57.05\00:30:01.06
modernity and so here
we have a, chronological
00:30:01.16\00:30:04.97
sequence a sweep of time
in both the beasts and in that
00:30:05.22\00:30:10.67
great metal man moving
down through the continuing
00:30:10.80\00:30:13.24
through the quarters of
time beginning in Daniel's
00:30:13.27\00:30:15.59
day and coming right
down to modernity. Are we on
00:30:15.75\00:30:18.24
the same page yes or no?
Okay, great so far so good.
00:30:18.27\00:30:21.23
Now, what I would like to
do is try to introduce you
00:30:21.84\00:30:23.53
to. Here is division
the rough division of the
00:30:23.60\00:30:28.46
Western Roman Empire,
you have the Anglo-Saxons of
00:30:28.57\00:30:30.51
course the English, this
way about the Portuguese,
00:30:30.56\00:30:32.50
the Visigoths, Spanish
Vandals of North Africa,
00:30:32.53\00:30:36.05
the Heruli out of the
Italian peninsula and we
00:30:36.18\00:30:37.74
could go on. So, you have
this division into roughly
00:30:37.80\00:30:39.80
ten barbarian tribes. Now,
note with me back in Daniel
00:30:39.88\00:30:43.04
chapter 7: God has simply
been reviewing, he has been
00:30:43.11\00:30:46.34
what everyone?
Reviewing. Now, let me show you
00:30:46.44\00:30:49.04
something very quickly. If
you got your finger there in
00:30:49.16\00:30:52.05
Daniel chapter 7,
put another finger over
00:30:52.16\00:30:53.93
Revelation Chapter 13,
very quickly. In fact I have
00:30:54.15\00:30:57.37
one of these little red
ribbons here, to makes it so
00:30:57.48\00:30:59.14
easy just to go right
there. Revelation chapter 13
00:30:59.30\00:31:03.01
and I want you to
notice something remarkable in
00:31:03.09\00:31:04.81
verse 2. Revelation Chapter
13 and verse 2 John says:
00:31:04.97\00:31:08.72
Now, the beast which I
saw was like a leopard,
00:31:08.90\00:31:11.14
and his feet were as
the feet of a bear, and his
00:31:11.62\00:31:14.34
mouth as the mouth of a
lion: and the dragon gave
00:31:14.46\00:31:17.07
him his power, throne and
great authority. You notice
00:31:17.10\00:31:19.24
how verse 1 ends it says,
he has ten horns. So, notice
00:31:19.33\00:31:23.90
the order that John moves
in, ten horns, the body of a
00:31:23.97\00:31:27.79
leopard, the feet of a
bear and the mouth of a lion.
00:31:27.86\00:31:30.56
Now, let's think that
through for just a moment
00:31:31.00\00:31:32.53
when Daniel had looked
at these beasts. Because he
00:31:33.16\00:31:35.77
was looking forward into
the future as a prophecy he
00:31:35.81\00:31:39.67
saw lion, bear, leopard,
ferocious beast. Are you
00:31:39.83\00:31:45.89
with me yes or no? Yet
did you notice the change in
00:31:45.92\00:31:48.58
the, whether John
describes this beast.
00:31:48.61\00:31:50.46
When John describes the
beast, he says he had horns,
00:31:50.88\00:31:54.17
body of a leopard, feet of
a bear and the mouth of what?
00:31:54.93\00:31:58.30
Lion, he gives it to us
in the exact opposite order.
00:31:58.95\00:32:02.26
Now, why might that be
preciously friends because
00:32:02.98\00:32:05.47
when Daniel was looking
forward into the future he
00:32:05.61\00:32:08.38
saw of course
Babylon, Meadow Persia, Greece,
00:32:08.49\00:32:10.58
and Rome? But John was
living during the time of
00:32:10.61\00:32:13.92
what? Rome and so when
he was looking, he was not
00:32:14.14\00:32:16.95
looking forward friends,
he wouldn't have look into the
00:32:17.01\00:32:18.90
future to see Babylon,
he would have look into the
00:32:19.07\00:32:20.85
past. And as he
would have look backwards,
00:32:21.67\00:32:23.36
he would have seen
in chronological linear
00:32:23.49\00:32:25.68
sequence, he would
have seen Rome, then Greece,
00:32:26.08\00:32:30.19
then Meadow of
Persia, then Babylon amen.
00:32:30.48\00:32:34.23
Are you with me now?
Yeah, so Daniel is looking
00:32:34.75\00:32:36.90
forward and John
is looking backward.
00:32:37.01\00:32:39.59
Everything up to this
point is very easy to understand
00:32:40.93\00:32:43.62
and in my estimation it
remains reasonably easy.
00:32:44.07\00:32:46.77
Go with me to Daniel
chapter 7 and we note now
00:32:47.29\00:32:49.30
some new information.
That was not given to us in
00:32:49.43\00:32:52.70
Daniel chapter 2, the
visions of the metal man
00:32:52.84\00:32:55.11
something new is here
introduced. And let us know
00:32:55.17\00:32:58.19
this new information.
We're beginning in verse 8,
00:32:58.22\00:33:02.52
Daniel says: "I was
considering the horns,
00:33:03.66\00:33:05.91
I was considering the,
what everyone? Horns, the horns,
00:33:06.03\00:33:08.17
now what are the horns
represent, kings, kings of
00:33:08.22\00:33:10.71
kingdom, but which specific
kings in kingdoms, no this
00:33:10.93\00:33:14.51
is right here that's
right, the nations that what we
00:33:14.54\00:33:16.02
would called divided
Rome or Divided Europe,
00:33:16.05\00:33:17.99
you with me yes or no?
Yes so Daniel is essentially
00:33:18.63\00:33:20.97
saying, I consider the
horns, I consider the what?
00:33:21.08\00:33:24.79
Horns! The horns that is
the nations of Western Europe,
00:33:25.29\00:33:28.21
the Divided Roman
Empire, and there was another
00:33:28.33\00:33:30.86
horn, how many horns
are there now? Eleven,
00:33:31.02\00:33:34.00
eleven you have got
it, a little one, coming up
00:33:34.08\00:33:36.44
among them, what kind of
horn isn't? A little one,
00:33:36.49\00:33:38.99
it's a little one coming
up how, among, among them
00:33:39.02\00:33:41.92
before whom three of the
first horns were plucked out
00:33:42.08\00:33:43.66
by the roots. And then
this horn, were eyes like
00:33:43.74\00:33:46.38
the eyes of a man, and
a mouth speaking pompous
00:33:46.45\00:33:49.46
words. Now, let just read
a little description here of
00:33:49.73\00:33:53.63
this character, let's
turned down to verse 11.
00:33:53.79\00:33:55.73
"I watched then because
of the sound of the pompous
00:33:56.25\00:33:59.00
words which the horn was
speaking; I watched till the
00:33:59.13\00:34:01.07
beast was slain, and
its body destroyed and given
00:34:01.15\00:34:02.96
to the burning flame." As
for the rest of the beasts
00:34:02.99\00:34:05.41
they had their dominion
taken away, yet their lives
00:34:05.44\00:34:07.17
were prolonged for a
season and a time. Jump down to
00:34:07.21\00:34:10.21
verse 20: "and about the
ten horns that were on its
00:34:10.37\00:34:13.10
head, and about the
other horn which came up,
00:34:13.22\00:34:14.53
before which three fell,
namely, that horn which had
00:34:14.67\00:34:16.53
eyes and a mouth
which spoke pompous words,
00:34:16.78\00:34:18.91
whose appearance was
greater than his fellows."
00:34:19.11\00:34:21.15
I was watching; and the
same horn was making war
00:34:21.85\00:34:24.04
with the saints, and
prevailing against them,
00:34:24.09\00:34:25.83
"until the Ancient of
Days came, and a judgment was
00:34:26.16\00:34:28.19
made in favor of the
saints. Jump down to verse 24:
00:34:28.25\00:34:31.68
The ten horns are ten
kings who shall arise from
00:34:31.92\00:34:33.85
this kingdom. And
another shall rise after them;
00:34:33.95\00:34:35.72
he shall be different from
the first ones, and he shall
00:34:35.94\00:34:37.82
subdue three kings. He
shall speak pompous words
00:34:37.87\00:34:40.54
against the Most High,
shall persecute the saints
00:34:40.72\00:34:43.02
of the Most High, and
shall intend to change
00:34:43.17\00:34:45.34
times and law. And the
saints shall be given into
00:34:45.66\00:34:47.79
his hand for a time
and times and half a time.
00:34:47.84\00:34:51.36
Now, we have just gone
through here and looked at
00:34:52.00\00:34:53.59
those verses that describe this
little horn, this little horn
00:34:53.73\00:34:57.44
sounds like a rascal
doesn't he? Yeah, I mean he's an
00:34:57.52\00:35:00.54
absolutely rascal looked
at the kinds of things that
00:35:00.57\00:35:02.90
he's doing in his career.
He is making war with Gods
00:35:02.93\00:35:06.58
people; he's how many
times are it say pompous words,
00:35:06.82\00:35:09.06
pompous words,
pompous words, three if you're
00:35:09.09\00:35:10.74
counting. He makes
war against God's people,
00:35:10.97\00:35:13.53
he speaks against God,
and he changes God's laws.
00:35:13.63\00:35:16.05
He ruins over the
saints for a significantly long
00:35:16.39\00:35:18.38
period of time, this guy
roots up three horns when
00:35:18.50\00:35:20.85
he comes up. He is a real
character, now do you know
00:35:20.93\00:35:23.84
who this little horn is?
This little horn friends is
00:35:24.12\00:35:26.31
the Antichrist, this
little horn that we have seen
00:35:26.36\00:35:29.67
describe here in
Daniel chapter, this is the
00:35:29.86\00:35:32.78
Antichrist power. In
fact if you make a careful
00:35:32.90\00:35:35.67
caparison between the
little horn of Daniel chapter 7
00:35:35.86\00:35:38.27
and the Antichrist beast
of Revelation chapter 13,
00:35:38.78\00:35:41.63
you have find these are
one in the saint. Now, think
00:35:41.78\00:35:45.37
about that for just a
moment with me, when John gave
00:35:45.46\00:35:48.69
us his description of the
Antichrist beast. He showed
00:35:48.72\00:35:52.24
us that the beast was
constituted of four beasts,
00:35:52.27\00:35:55.63
ten horns, feet of a bear,
body of a leopard, and mouth
00:35:55.89\00:35:59.20
of a lion. Instantaneously
any Bible student knows,
00:35:59.24\00:36:03.02
that he's getting all of
that imagery, the totality
00:36:03.11\00:36:06.05
of that imagery from
Daniel Chapter 7 and so
00:36:06.08\00:36:09.45
what's happening here is
that, you haven inexorable
00:36:09.52\00:36:12.06
and embryonic, powerful
link between Revelation 13
00:36:12.27\00:36:16.99
and Daniel Chapter 7,
you cannot understand one
00:36:17.04\00:36:20.19
without the other,
there are like a card house,
00:36:20.40\00:36:22.92
that lean just like this
when you're kid, you would
00:36:23.26\00:36:24.90
put card like this and
card like this. And they uphold
00:36:24.93\00:36:27.82
one and another and if
you remove one what happens
00:36:27.85\00:36:29.73
to other, fall down. Do
you understand the tie between
00:36:29.78\00:36:34.80
Revelation 13 and Daniel
7 yes or no? Yes, when John
00:36:34.89\00:36:38.23
gave that powerful
description of that
00:36:38.85\00:36:41.02
amalgamation that's
strange, weird looking
00:36:41.21\00:36:43.86
beast, he was not you
know, out of this creative
00:36:44.03\00:36:46.67
imagination, no, no,
no. God was showing him,
00:36:46.78\00:36:49.06
he was putting together,
this amalgamation, this
00:36:49.17\00:36:52.02
strange beast from those
four beasts, that Daniel had
00:36:52.27\00:36:56.60
seen hundreds of
years before, attracting our
00:36:56.79\00:37:00.15
attention to the Antichrist
and his career and his role
00:37:00.28\00:37:03.95
on this planet. Now,
what we're going to do is,
00:37:04.08\00:37:07.09
as we're simply going to
go through Daniel Chapter 7
00:37:07.17\00:37:09.43
and note many of the
characteristics of this little
00:37:09.92\00:37:13.22
horn power. Because
friends if we can identify
00:37:13.39\00:37:15.69
who this little horn
power is, then we know for sure
00:37:15.81\00:37:18.84
who the Antichrist is!
Are you with me yes or no?
00:37:18.88\00:37:21.92
Amen, so let's
began to notes some of the
00:37:21.99\00:37:24.04
identifying characteristics
of this Antichrist power.
00:37:24.11\00:37:26.50
Now, I am going to put a
list appear on the screen,
00:37:26.70\00:37:28.43
there is a list of ten
we will name one and then we
00:37:29.02\00:37:31.76
will talked about it just
briefly. First of all it is a
00:37:31.79\00:37:34.69
little kingdom let's
talk about that just briefly.
00:37:35.05\00:37:37.50
How can I be so sure
that this power is a little
00:37:38.10\00:37:40.78
kingdom? Because there
was a little horn, that's
00:37:40.85\00:37:43.49
exactly rights, let's
note that in Daniel Chapter 7
00:37:43.54\00:37:45.94
and verse 8: "I was
considering the horns,
00:37:46.34\00:37:48.86
remember I was thinking
about the nations of Western
00:37:48.89\00:37:51.02
Europe and there was
another horn, a little one,
00:37:51.05\00:37:54.27
of what kind of horn? Little,
a little one, now our any
00:37:54.89\00:37:57.64
of the other horns describe
has been little. So, why is
00:37:57.67\00:38:00.61
this horn described has
being little. Because it was
00:38:00.78\00:38:03.31
little and because Daniel,
John, rather Daniel rather
00:38:03.41\00:38:06.15
wanted to bring out
that point that it was small,
00:38:06.51\00:38:09.64
a small horn. Now, if a
horn represents a kingdom then
00:38:10.24\00:38:13.09
we are looking for what
kind of a kingdom? Not huge
00:38:13.18\00:38:16.23
kingdom friends, but a
small king or a kingdom.
00:38:16.26\00:38:19.34
Now, notice down number
2, it says that it comes up
00:38:19.92\00:38:22.70
among them. He comes
up what everyone? Among,
00:38:22.90\00:38:26.65
among them, now why do I
say that? Notice with me in
00:38:26.89\00:38:29.39
verse 8 again: "I was
considering the horns, and
00:38:29.55\00:38:31.85
there was another horn, a
little one, coming up what
00:38:31.88\00:38:33.92
are the next two
words? Among then, among them,
00:38:33.95\00:38:36.16
now of course this
little horn has to come up among
00:38:37.20\00:38:39.17
them because they're
had to be asked them to come
00:38:39.33\00:38:40.85
among, you follow that.
In the days of Babylon there
00:38:41.11\00:38:44.57
was no them yet. Because
Rome wasn't divided, in the
00:38:44.60\00:38:46.82
days of Meadow Persia,
there was no them yet and
00:38:46.85\00:38:49.20
in the days of
Greece, there was no them yet.
00:38:49.23\00:38:50.63
Even in the days of, of
Rome undivided there wasn't yet
00:38:50.78\00:38:53.82
of them. But an order
for this horn to, to come up
00:38:54.01\00:38:56.56
among them of them had to
exist namely the division of
00:38:56.64\00:39:00.13
Rome had to already take
place, are you with me now,
00:39:00.29\00:39:02.65
yes or no? Yes, now very
simple if I stand up here,
00:39:02.73\00:39:05.96
would that be saved to
say that I am among the
00:39:06.79\00:39:08.93
congregation yes or no?
No, no, no, but if I come down
00:39:09.10\00:39:12.04
here make all the people
at 3ABN map. Would that be
00:39:12.15\00:39:14.87
true now, that I'm
among the congregation? Yes,
00:39:14.95\00:39:17.84
is that true? Yes, so then
when the, when it says that
00:39:17.88\00:39:20.66
this little power will
come up how everyone? Among,
00:39:20.78\00:39:23.52
among them, then we're
looking for a nation that will
00:39:23.62\00:39:26.45
come up among the
nations of Divided Rome, are you
00:39:26.58\00:39:31.77
with me yes or no? Yes, so
if, if some nation comes up.
00:39:31.80\00:39:34.95
That's in Tokyo right,
this is the Antichrist, and can
00:39:35.31\00:39:38.75
it be? No, no, no, no, a
nation will comes up in South
00:39:38.78\00:39:42.85
America is the Antichrist.
A king that rises up in
00:39:42.88\00:39:46.95
Africa cannot be because
it must come up what are two
00:39:47.07\00:39:50.28
words? Among them,
among them, you have got it,
00:39:50.45\00:39:53.06
must come up among
them. Now, it must come up
00:39:53.19\00:39:56.39
number 3 after them, now
why do I say I must come up
00:39:56.51\00:40:00.59
after them. Hey, you have
got it, they had to exist in
00:40:00.88\00:40:06.13
order for they would be
and them to come up among
00:40:06.22\00:40:08.07
them, right? Right and
when he comes up, we know
00:40:08.10\00:40:10.59
that exist because it
say she roots up how many?
00:40:10.80\00:40:14.26
Three, three horns and
notice that's number four
00:40:14.92\00:40:16.37
there! He plucks up
three horns, when he comes on
00:40:16.50\00:40:20.08
the scene plucks up
three horns, that is mention
00:40:20.20\00:40:22.47
numerous times in Daniel
chapter 7, but let us know
00:40:22.67\00:40:24.63
just one there in verse 8
it says: before whom three
00:40:24.76\00:40:28.43
of the first horns were
plucked up, how everyone?
00:40:28.49\00:40:31.58
By the roots, now if you
pluck up something by the
00:40:32.43\00:40:34.03
roots, what is the
Bible try to communicate here,
00:40:34.14\00:40:36.68
that they never came
back again, you follow me?
00:40:37.78\00:40:41.08
Any God will never tell
that if you just snip the
00:40:41.31\00:40:43.67
top of wheat of, it
will just go grow right back,
00:40:43.81\00:40:46.08
right? But if you pull
it by the roots, that thing
00:40:46.23\00:40:49.02
theoretically is gone.
Amen. Seem to comeback in my
00:40:49.69\00:40:52.51
God know, number 5.
Number 5 this power would
00:40:52.78\00:40:56.55
be diverse or it would be
difference something about
00:40:56.58\00:40:59.79
it would set it apart.
Notice in verse 24 Daniel
00:40:59.98\00:41:02.96
Chapter 7, Daniel chapter
7, I am reading in verse 24:
00:41:03.06\00:41:05.81
The ten horns are ten
kings who shall arise from this
00:41:06.64\00:41:09.47
kingdom. And another
shall rise after them,
00:41:09.54\00:41:11.86
there it is, after them;
he shall be, what's the next
00:41:11.92\00:41:14.68
word? Different or
diverse from the first ones,
00:41:14.82\00:41:18.62
so will there be something
about this horn that sets
00:41:19.25\00:41:21.65
apart from the others
yes or no? Yes, yeah we don't
00:41:21.72\00:41:23.92
know what it is yet.
But in, in substantive ways,
00:41:23.99\00:41:26.95
some substantive way
he will be different or
00:41:27.04\00:41:29.85
diverse. Number 6, this
horn will have prominent
00:41:29.98\00:41:34.04
man at his head, that's
speaks for it and has eyes
00:41:34.29\00:41:37.88
that see for it, namely
that guide it. Let's notice
00:41:37.95\00:41:41.10
that also in Daniel
Chapter 7. Daniel chapter 7 and
00:41:41.20\00:41:44.97
notice with me in verse
11: "I watched then because of
00:41:45.00\00:41:49.95
the sound of the pompous
what? Words which the horn
00:41:50.01\00:41:54.11
was speaking; now if the
horn is speaking what is it
00:41:54.21\00:41:57.48
have, it has a mouth.
Notice verse 8: And there
00:41:57.65\00:42:00.79
was, in this horn, last
part of verse 8, there was in
00:42:00.82\00:42:03.25
this horn, eyes like
the eyes of a man, and again
00:42:03.28\00:42:06.98
a mouth speaking
pompous words. So there would be
00:42:07.08\00:42:09.04
some prominent figure
that would see for the horn.
00:42:09.26\00:42:12.12
None of the horns was
describe his having eyes,
00:42:12.18\00:42:14.28
none of the other horns
is, are describe his having
00:42:15.01\00:42:16.88
a mouth so some
prominent figure had who sees,
00:42:16.91\00:42:20.14
who guides, who directs,
who lives, and who speaks
00:42:20.25\00:42:24.10
on behalf of this
little kingdom so far so good
00:42:24.23\00:42:27.09
yes or no? Amen, so will
be coming together isn't it?
00:42:27.19\00:42:29.25
Now number seven this
horn blasphemes, this thorn
00:42:29.57\00:42:33.22
what everyone? And we did
see that in there yes or no?
00:42:33.38\00:42:36.20
Pompous words,
pompous words, pompous words.
00:42:36.62\00:42:39.04
Now, the Bible actually
gives several definitions of
00:42:39.07\00:42:41.22
blasphemies and let me
give you just three of them very
00:42:41.42\00:42:44.44
quickly in March Chapter
2 and verse 7, we find this
00:42:44.51\00:42:46.94
remarkable passages of
scripture, the Pharisees
00:42:47.07\00:42:50.34
speaking of Jesus said
why does this man thus speak
00:42:50.37\00:42:52.70
blasphemies? Who can
forgive sins but God only?
00:42:52.80\00:42:56.27
Remember Jesus would
say to the man who would be
00:42:56.75\00:42:58.27
lower to roof, he said son
be have good cheer thy sins
00:42:59.16\00:43:01.78
be forgiven thee and they
protested who does this guy
00:43:01.89\00:43:04.39
thing he is forgiving
sins. Jesus then said which is
00:43:04.50\00:43:07.01
easier to say to man,
thy sins be forgiven thee or
00:43:07.04\00:43:09.31
rise take up that better
walk but still that you may
00:43:09.49\00:43:11.20
know the son of man
have power not forgive sins,
00:43:11.30\00:43:13.12
he saith if under seek
of the pulsing rise, take up
00:43:13.33\00:43:15.23
thy bed, and walk. Was it
fair for Jesus to say your
00:43:15.32\00:43:19.63
sins to forgiven to that
man yes or no? Amen, why?
00:43:19.87\00:43:22.33
Because he was God's son,
so was he blasphemy, now I
00:43:23.79\00:43:26.26
will be thought it was
blasphemy. Notice now number
00:43:26.34\00:43:28.26
2 from John Chapter
10 and verse 33: The Jews
00:43:28.29\00:43:30.85
answered him, Jesus
saying for a good work we stone
00:43:30.93\00:43:33.38
thee not, but for blasphemy;
and because that thou,
00:43:33.43\00:43:36.43
being a man, makest
thyself what God. So, the
00:43:36.53\00:43:39.37
first biblical definition
of blasphemy is to claim to be
00:43:39.52\00:43:42.13
able to forgive
what everyone? Sins, sins
00:43:42.20\00:43:45.14
according to this definition
blasphemy as if you claim
00:43:45.27\00:43:48.47
to be God. Are we
together yes or no? Amen,
00:43:48.93\00:43:52.78
now notice the third
definition of blasphemy
00:43:52.87\00:43:54.64
from 1 timothy chapter
1 and verse 13 Paul says:
00:43:54.80\00:43:57.48
And I thank Christ Jesus
our Lord, who hath enabled
00:43:57.76\00:44:00.91
me, for that he counted
me faithful, putting me into
00:44:01.02\00:44:04.24
the ministry; notice this:
Who was before a blasphemer
00:44:04.27\00:44:08.36
of what everyone?
Blasphemer, a blasphemer
00:44:08.71\00:44:10.82
and a persecutor, and
injurious: but I obtained
00:44:10.94\00:44:14.01
mercy, because I did it
ignorantly and in unbelief.
00:44:14.17\00:44:17.56
Now, notice what Paul is
saying here, he says I use
00:44:18.24\00:44:20.49
to be blasphemer, I used
to be of what? Blasphemer,
00:44:20.52\00:44:24.04
what made him a blasphemer,
that he was persecutor of
00:44:24.45\00:44:28.24
the Church and here's we
are. Paul was persecutor of
00:44:28.33\00:44:33.38
the people of God in
the name of God, you follow
00:44:33.49\00:44:37.67
that, isn't that exactly
what Paul is doing he was
00:44:37.82\00:44:40.58
confident that he was
doing the work of God when
00:44:40.84\00:44:43.42
he was on his way to
Damascus, to take Christians
00:44:43.45\00:44:46.11
through them in jail
or in some cases have them
00:44:46.30\00:44:48.30
killed, are you with me?
Yes, so it wasn't just the
00:44:49.81\00:44:52.98
persecution how it did
that right? The Roman emperor
00:44:53.07\00:44:56.77
did that, but what
made Paul blasphemer in this
00:44:56.89\00:44:59.45
context, was that he
persecuted the people of God
00:44:59.66\00:45:02.34
in the name of God,
amen. So, we have in this three
00:45:02.78\00:45:06.06
definition of blasphemy,
number one to claim to be
00:45:06.28\00:45:08.50
able to get forgive
sins, number two to claim to be
00:45:08.62\00:45:10.84
God on earth and
number three to persecute the
00:45:11.04\00:45:12.74
people of God in the name
of God, everybody together
00:45:12.86\00:45:16.33
yes or no? Amen! So,
then the Bible says this power
00:45:16.48\00:45:19.31
would be a blaspheme from
his power, number 8 it says
00:45:19.34\00:45:21.77
we would be a persecuting
power, a persecuting power.
00:45:21.89\00:45:25.05
Note that with me there
in Daniel Chapter 7 and I'm
00:45:25.32\00:45:28.51
noticing in verse 21: "I
was watching; and the same
00:45:28.61\00:45:31.53
horn was making war
against the saints, making
00:45:31.62\00:45:34.49
war with the who everyone
saint. Who are the saints?
00:45:34.59\00:45:36.94
Who are the saints,
well we're who said that?
00:45:39.02\00:45:41.58
That's exactly right
where you near to it we're the
00:45:42.20\00:45:44.69
people of God that's right.
I notice in verse 25: it says:
00:45:44.84\00:45:47.69
He shall speak pompous
words against the Most High,
00:45:47.78\00:45:49.98
and shall what's the
next word? Persecute where out
00:45:50.07\00:45:54.21
the saints of the Most High,
so with this little horn be
00:45:54.75\00:45:56.77
a persecuting power yes
or no? Yes, so there it is
00:45:56.80\00:45:59.11
number 8. Number 9 it says
that he will change the very
00:45:59.25\00:46:02.40
law and times of God,
verse 25 of Daniel chapter 7:
00:46:02.98\00:46:06.97
He shall speak pompous
words against the Most High,
00:46:07.65\00:46:09.48
shall persecute the saints
of the Most High, and shall
00:46:09.70\00:46:12.14
intend to change times
and what's the next word?
00:46:12.38\00:46:15.90
Law, law, now notice it
doesn't say that he actually
00:46:16.13\00:46:19.61
does change in my version
says, he intense to change
00:46:19.73\00:46:23.00
if you're reading from
King James it says: He shall
00:46:23.05\00:46:24.96
think to change. Now,
let's think about that for just
00:46:24.99\00:46:27.72
a moment, is it possible
to change the very law of God?
00:46:27.75\00:46:31.95
No, no, no
absolutely not the Bible says:
00:46:32.90\00:46:34.86
In Malachi chapter 3
and verse 6: I'm the Lord,
00:46:34.96\00:46:36.65
I changeth not, I
change what? Not, not,
00:46:37.09\00:46:40.08
Hebrews chapter 13 and
verse 8: Jesus Christ is the
00:46:40.66\00:46:42.52
same yesterday and
today, yea and forever.
00:46:42.55\00:46:46.19
So, God does not, yeah
cannot change, yeah this
00:46:46.65\00:46:49.60
power in his pomposity and
it's temerity, would actually
00:46:49.77\00:46:53.48
suggest that it could
change the very holy times
00:46:53.70\00:46:56.26
and holy law of God
himself now that friends is
00:46:56.43\00:46:59.48
blasphemy, amen. And
then last but not least
00:46:59.55\00:47:02.76
number ten, this power
would rule for 1260 years,
00:47:02.91\00:47:06.08
we learned that just
yesterday by the way when
00:47:06.17\00:47:07.85
we saw that encounter fit
of Jesus. Jesus ministry was
00:47:07.88\00:47:11.46
three and half years and
this power would rain for 42
00:47:11.56\00:47:14.12
months or for? Three
and half prophetic years,
00:47:14.29\00:47:18.27
prophetic years, now
the reason I use that word I
00:47:18.80\00:47:20.52
interject that word
there, three and half prophetic
00:47:20.58\00:47:22.58
years. Is that time in
end time Bible prophecy is
00:47:22.66\00:47:26.70
symbolic just like beast
are symbolic and water is
00:47:26.75\00:47:30.92
symbolic and horns
are symbolic and women are
00:47:30.95\00:47:33.75
symbolic. In other
words the women is a church,
00:47:33.93\00:47:35.61
the beast is a nation,
a horn is kingdom, water
00:47:35.64\00:47:37.88
is people and time is
also symbolic. In fact that we
00:47:37.91\00:47:42.04
find and I wish we had
time to go through out king in
00:47:42.20\00:47:44.13
the scripture and
demonstrate with there are
00:47:44.24\00:47:45.33
numerous places. That
in end time Bible prophecy,
00:47:45.47\00:47:48.69
a prophetic day, of
what two words then I say,
00:47:48.96\00:47:52.76
prophetic day, prophetic
day represents a literally year.
00:47:53.18\00:47:55.86
A prophetic day represents
so what, literal year,
00:47:56.94\00:47:59.49
that's why we say three
and half prophetic years,
00:47:59.52\00:48:02.40
okay. Three and half
prophetic years is actually
00:48:02.87\00:48:05.49
a much longer period of
time 1260 days and just a
00:48:05.52\00:48:08.77
quick not on that. That
time frame 1260 days also refer
00:48:08.85\00:48:14.18
to as the 42 months, so
over here in Daniel chapter
00:48:14.25\00:48:16.27
7 is the time, time and
half a time. Does anybody know
00:48:16.33\00:48:19.03
how many times that
time period comes up in the
00:48:19.21\00:48:23.58
Bible? Seven times, now
Jesus says something once,
00:48:23.70\00:48:29.09
you think you better
understand it? Yeah amen,
00:48:29.18\00:48:31.11
if he say something
twice what do you think he's
00:48:31.35\00:48:32.74
trying to communicate,
right reputation, deep as
00:48:32.89\00:48:35.16
impression, but friends
this time period comes up,
00:48:35.19\00:48:37.21
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
times two times in Daniel,
00:48:37.28\00:48:41.60
five times in Revelation.
So, this power would rain
00:48:41.83\00:48:44.88
for a significantly long
period of time 1260 years
00:48:45.00\00:48:50.74
friends. So, if we put
all ten of this identifying
00:48:50.77\00:48:53.40
characteristic number
one, its little kingdom that
00:48:53.52\00:48:55.25
comes up among the
nations of Western Europe,
00:48:55.28\00:48:57.14
the divided nations. It
must come up after them,
00:48:57.21\00:48:59.50
because there was of them
to come up among as it came
00:48:59.60\00:49:01.81
up it, plucked up
three other of these horns.
00:49:01.84\00:49:05.02
It was diverse or different
and some substantive way,
00:49:05.36\00:49:07.99
it had a significant man
at head that spoke for it,
00:49:08.14\00:49:10.59
it was the blasphemes
from his power, remember
00:49:10.81\00:49:12.65
the tree tear definition
of blasphemy forgive sins,
00:49:12.74\00:49:14.67
be God on earth and
persecute the people of God
00:49:14.75\00:49:16.56
in the name of God.
Number it is a persecuting power
00:49:16.61\00:49:19.17
and number 9 it would
change thing to change and tend
00:49:19.20\00:49:21.18
to change. There were
times and laws of God and
00:49:21.26\00:49:23.80
number 10 it would
Rule for 1260 prophetic days
00:49:23.94\00:49:28.13
literal years. Now, friends
if you put all ten of this
00:49:28.57\00:49:31.50
characteristic together,
there is only one kingdom,
00:49:31.54\00:49:34.83
one power, one entity in
the history of humanity that
00:49:34.97\00:49:38.80
means all of these different
identifying characteristics.
00:49:38.83\00:49:41.20
Are you with me now yes
or no? now, friends if we
00:49:41.51\00:49:43.72
put all these together it
becomes very clear to see,
00:49:43.82\00:49:46.47
the only power that
means all of these identifying
00:49:46.73\00:49:49.48
characteristics or
others power that means some but
00:49:49.58\00:49:51.87
the only power that
means all of them is The Roman
00:49:51.90\00:49:54.68
Church State who did I
say it was? The Roman Church
00:49:55.27\00:49:59.63
State now some of
you're going no way that's
00:49:59.93\00:50:02.89
impossible, no it's not
possible. It's exactly what
00:50:02.93\00:50:06.19
the Bible teach us, now
let me say two thing before we
00:50:06.42\00:50:09.07
go one second further,
when then Bible identifies a
00:50:09.10\00:50:12.72
system. It is only
communicate in the God as
00:50:13.14\00:50:15.01
against systems not
against people, Amen, Amen.
00:50:15.12\00:50:19.25
My Bible tells me
those Gods so love the world,
00:50:19.30\00:50:22.62
how many people is
that include that would
00:50:22.91\00:50:24.95
mean everybody. Now, while
God loves people, God hate,
00:50:25.07\00:50:28.87
he despise us systems
that pervert his nature,
00:50:29.12\00:50:33.78
his character and his
planed, are you with me
00:50:33.90\00:50:36.47
yes or no? So when
we identify this power
00:50:36.56\00:50:38.84
biblically, is the
Roman Church State. We're not
00:50:39.01\00:50:41.27
talking about adherence
to that system, we're talking
00:50:41.30\00:50:44.32
about the system itself,
are you with me yes or no?
00:50:44.43\00:50:48.55
Now, by the same token
the Germans in the 1940's
00:50:49.00\00:50:54.27
under the ruin of Adolf
Hitler that nation did some
00:50:54.35\00:50:56.67
horrific things true
or false? True, but that's
00:50:56.85\00:50:59.85
mean every person of
German decentist implicated
00:50:59.89\00:51:02.57
and his culpable for
what Mr. Hitler did? No,
00:51:02.70\00:51:05.04
absolutely not even
our country has done some
00:51:05.18\00:51:07.58
horrific things to the
indigenous peoples of this
00:51:07.62\00:51:09.51
land, amen, amen. And
even to our African American
00:51:09.75\00:51:12.87
brothers and sisters, I
am particularly sensitive to
00:51:13.17\00:51:14.62
this because my sister
is African American; we've
00:51:14.79\00:51:17.10
done some horrific
things. But friends that doesn't
00:51:17.13\00:51:19.99
implicate or make all
of us who happened to be
00:51:20.14\00:51:22.21
Americans culpable in the
crimes of our four fathers,
00:51:22.37\00:51:25.74
amen, amen. We need to
get on with life, we need
00:51:25.97\00:51:29.04
to not look backward,
we need to look forward.
00:51:29.07\00:51:30.93
And so to, just
because America has some ugly
00:51:31.50\00:51:33.74
chapters and Germany
has some ugly chapters and
00:51:33.81\00:51:35.83
every nation by the way
basically has ugly chapters.
00:51:36.04\00:51:39.52
It doesn't mean that all of
the adherence or citizens of
00:51:39.85\00:51:42.18
that country are bad. It
just means that the system
00:51:42.34\00:51:46.04
is corrupt, what is? So,
when we identify this power
00:51:46.16\00:51:49.99
as the Roman Church
State out of the how more plane
00:51:50.10\00:51:52.43
that I can say this,
we're not talking about people,
00:51:52.46\00:51:57.28
amen. We're talking
about a system that has
00:51:58.11\00:52:02.64
deliberately perverted.
The very character nature and
00:52:02.73\00:52:05.80
law of God. Now, let's go
back to this ten identifying
00:52:06.03\00:52:09.06
characteristics and let
see if we can pluck the name
00:52:09.25\00:52:10.88
very quickly. Does it
match all of them the answer is
00:52:10.94\00:52:13.40
yes it does? First of
all is The Roman Church State
00:52:13.52\00:52:16.73
ecclesiastical Rome is it
a little Kingdom yes or no?
00:52:17.10\00:52:20.18
yes, very small number
2 did it come up among the
00:52:20.84\00:52:22.82
nations of Western
Europe yes or no? The answer is
00:52:22.90\00:52:25.34
yes. Number three did
it come up after them,
00:52:25.39\00:52:27.64
and answer is yes. The
fall of Rome took place in
00:52:28.23\00:52:29.70
approximately 476 AD
and The Roman Church State
00:52:29.73\00:52:33.54
really came to
prominent and preeminent in 538,
00:52:33.63\00:52:36.12
what date that I say? 538,
we will talk more about that
00:52:36.67\00:52:39.21
in a moment, when it
came up it plucked up three
00:52:39.24\00:52:41.22
I wish I had time to go
into that, but there is a heresy
00:52:41.44\00:52:43.12
called Aryanism. And
basically the three tribes
00:52:43.28\00:52:45.89
they were plucked up
the Herulis, the Vandals,
00:52:45.92\00:52:47.45
and the Ostrogoths, were
all Arian and the Bishop of
00:52:47.63\00:52:50.40
Rome couldn't stand to
have this area on eretics in
00:52:50.55\00:52:53.12
his Empires, so he basically
got on the phone or send
00:52:53.30\00:52:55.66
an email over to emperor
of the Eastern Roman Empire
00:52:55.69\00:52:58.36
Justinian and say get up
over here and approved this
00:52:58.46\00:53:00.18
fellows and so they
came over and got rid of the
00:53:00.22\00:53:02.36
Vadals the Heruli, and the
Ostrogoths over a religious
00:53:02.47\00:53:04.49
heresy. Number 5 is a
diverse the answer is yes,
00:53:04.75\00:53:07.26
it's very diverse. Because
it is not just a political
00:53:07.33\00:53:10.12
power, it is a
listen carefully a
00:53:10.29\00:53:12.34
geo-religio-political power,
that is to say it is a church
00:53:12.54\00:53:16.56
and a state at the same
time. You understand the
00:53:16.66\00:53:19.80
difference, yes or no?
United States it's not a
00:53:19.86\00:53:22.38
Church in a State, amen,
amen. Were just a states.
00:53:22.44\00:53:25.99
France is not a Church in
a state, there is a secular
00:53:26.31\00:53:28.38
state. Now, Church is
gonna exist there and Church is
00:53:28.41\00:53:30.08
gonna exist here. But
this power is unique in that it
00:53:30.11\00:53:32.97
is a Church and the State
at the sane tine, you with me
00:53:33.04\00:53:36.29
yes or no? Yes, so it's
diverse. Number 6, does it
00:53:36.48\00:53:38.96
a prominent man at the
head, the answer is yes,
00:53:39.19\00:53:41.07
the man that we were refer
to as the pop or the Bishop
00:53:41.11\00:53:43.36
of Rome as the preeminent
spokes person, the figure
00:53:43.44\00:53:46.67
head before that power.
Number 7 is it a blasphemies
00:53:46.77\00:53:49.88
power, the answer is
yes, I'm not going to go on to
00:53:49.98\00:53:51.79
all the details, because
it doesn't really help my
00:53:51.82\00:53:53.68
case, it's clear if
you just go to their books.
00:53:54.09\00:53:56.34
That they say we can
forgive sins, we're kingdom
00:53:56.55\00:53:59.12
of God on earth, in
fact we're God on earth and
00:53:59.16\00:54:01.22
they have prosecuted the
people of God in the name
00:54:01.29\00:54:03.06
of God. In fact to the
tune of 52 to a 100 million
00:54:03.11\00:54:06.43
peoples sluttered for
the crime of that hearing to
00:54:06.65\00:54:09.22
what the Bible says and
not bowing the need to the
00:54:09.28\00:54:11.46
church, friends that's
history. You, can pickup
00:54:11.60\00:54:13.82
books like, Wyllie's the
history of Protestantism,
00:54:13.89\00:54:16.92
D'Aubigne, H. history
of the reformation or Foxes
00:54:17.07\00:54:19.38
Book of Martyrs" it's
crystal clear the kind of
00:54:19.46\00:54:22.17
persecution and Tierney
that this power has exercise
00:54:22.53\00:54:25.21
to the period known as
the dark ages, you with me
00:54:25.47\00:54:28.14
yes or no? So, blast
things it persecute it is
00:54:28.29\00:54:30.93
actually thought to
change the very law of God if
00:54:31.00\00:54:32.98
you look at the, the
catechism the official
00:54:33.01\00:54:35.02
teaching document of
this Church the second
00:54:35.17\00:54:36.68
commandment has
been removed the fourth
00:54:36.79\00:54:38.92
commandment has been
changed from the seventh
00:54:38.98\00:54:40.45
day Sabbath which honors
Gods memorial of creation,
00:54:40.54\00:54:43.07
to Sunday which is not a
Biblical day at all and so
00:54:43.39\00:54:46.35
the very law and times
of God has been changed in
00:54:46.44\00:54:48.92
transform and number
10 it rule from 538 until
00:54:48.98\00:54:52.48
1798, when a man by the
name of Berthier a general
00:54:52.78\00:54:56.06
under the directorship
of Napoleon when into the
00:54:56.11\00:54:58.38
Vatican, he pulled the
Bishop out of his throne he
00:54:58.50\00:55:00.74
declared everything in
the Vatican public property of
00:55:00.77\00:55:03.00
France and people said
that Rome was a thing of the
00:55:03.15\00:55:06.47
past. Friends now do the
math 538 to 1798, how many
00:55:06.56\00:55:11.10
years is that,
1260. This sin identifying
00:55:11.28\00:55:16.89
characteristics make a
crystal clear that there is
00:55:17.01\00:55:18.71
only one power that
meets all of this. This is the
00:55:18.77\00:55:21.46
very power that claims
to, to have that three fold
00:55:21.54\00:55:24.48
office that Jesus claim,
prophet one who speaks for
00:55:24.57\00:55:27.23
God, Priest one who
ministers for God and King
00:55:27.54\00:55:30.56
one who rules for God on
earth. This power has like
00:55:30.63\00:55:34.06
Judas, stood in the
very pleased of Jesus Christ
00:55:34.33\00:55:37.97
himself, not as a violent
opposer, friends but as a
00:55:38.02\00:55:41.32
somebody who suddenly
usurps and impersonates,
00:55:41.35\00:55:44.60
are you understand in
the significance yes or no?
00:55:44.79\00:55:46.80
Pontius Pilate had
decision to make in the people
00:55:47.38\00:55:50.16
outside the praetorium
had a decision to make,
00:55:50.44\00:55:52.11
they could either chose
Jesus Christ or they could
00:55:52.38\00:55:54.81
chose Rome, they had a
decision. And friends I am
00:55:54.96\00:55:58.19
sad to report to you that
they cried out, we have no
00:55:58.25\00:56:00.58
king but Caesar.
Friends is going to come a time,
00:56:00.83\00:56:05.37
there are not too different
future, in fact there is a
00:56:05.48\00:56:07.17
time even now but it
will become even more powerful
00:56:07.25\00:56:09.33
in which we will be
required to make the
00:56:10.12\00:56:11.49
decision, Jesus Christ
or the Roman Christ. We will
00:56:11.52\00:56:15.91
have decision to
make, I want you to know.
00:56:16.19\00:56:18.39
My wife and I have talked
about this, we have prayed
00:56:18.90\00:56:21.41
about this and we have
laid this before the Lord
00:56:21.59\00:56:23.39
and we have made up
our minds. As for us and
00:56:23.75\00:56:27.08
our house, we will
serve the Jesus Christ and not
00:56:27.19\00:56:30.75
the Roman Christ,
amen. Serve Jesus.
00:56:30.78\00:56:33.93