Good evening, my
friends its Sabbath in
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Battle Creek right
now, the evening has come
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and we only have
two more meetings left.
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We are coming to you
live from Battle Creek
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with another addition of
the Eleventh-Hour Evidence
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and we are excited
about the message Pastor
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Asscherick has for us tonight.
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I'm your host
Pastor Jason Seiber.
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And I want to encourage
you to pull up your chair
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and get ready
because Pastor Asscherick
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is passionate, isn't he
always passionate? Amen.
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He is passionate
about what he is going to be
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sharing with us
tonight about prophecy,
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but before we do
that Eric Umali standing
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by with a beautiful
song, "Softly and Tenderly."
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Eric, why don't you
share that with us right now?
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Softly and
tenderly Jesus is calling,
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calling for you and for me;
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see, on the portals
he's waiting and watching,
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watching for you and for me.
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Come home, come home;
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ye who are weary come home;
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earnestly,
tenderly, Jesus is calling,
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calling, O sinner, come home!
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Why should we linger
when Jesus is pleading,
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pleading for you and for me?
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Why should we tary
and heed not his mercies,
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mercies for you and for me?
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Come home, come home;
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ye who are weary come home;
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earnestly,
tenderly, Jesus is calling,
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calling, O sinner, come home!
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Time is now fleeting,
the moments are passing,
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passing from you and from me;
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shadows are
gathering, deathbeds are coming,
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coming for you and for me.
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O for the wonderful
love he has promised,
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promised for you and for me!
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Though we have sinned,
he has mercy and pardon,
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pardon for you and for me.
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Come home, come home;
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ye who are weary come home;
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earnestly,
tenderly, Jesus is calling,
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calling, O sinner,
come home! Come home.
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Amen, thank you Eric
that was just beautiful Eric.
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I was just thinking if
I, I was just thinking that,
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that would be a beautiful
song to go to sleep with.
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This is powerful.
By the way what do
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you do for a
living? I'm a seismologist.
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Oh! I knew that friends.
Eric, thank you so much.
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That's for the
ultimate cheap below wasn't it?
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But I have to tell
you that Eric really has a
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powerful message in
that song that we should all
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be listening to tonight.
Amen. It's time for us to
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come home; it's
time for us to make our
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decisions for Jesus Christ.
This series is just about
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over and we want
desperately for people
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to be making
decisions to come home
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that's what it's all
about. A man lay on his bed
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in Washington D.C.
the death's shadows were
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gathering around him,
his friends were gathering
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around him. It was a
muggy hot day in July
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and as he expired, he
raised his voice once more
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and said, Jefferson
lives, you see the man
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was none other than
John Adams and the day
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July 4, 1824.
Exactly 50 years today,
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that he has set his
pen to the paper of the
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declaration of independence.
What he did you know;
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he was just across
town Jefferson had passed
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away about three hours before.
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Both of the men who
had formulated the great
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heart of our great
republic passed away on the
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same day within
hours of each other,
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the 50th anniversary of
the signing of declaration
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of the, of the
declaration of independence.
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And the nation took
this as evidence that God
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had a special plan
for the United States.
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Could you see how
they do that? Amazing,
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amazing event little
did they know though that
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much greater
evidence was to be found,
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no other place then the
Bible itself. Did you know,
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that the Bible tells
about amazing destiny
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with respected to this
country, if you didn't,
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you will find
out just about now?
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Amen. Amen. Good
evening, everyone.
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Good evening. Wasn't
that a beautiful song?
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Very nice. Very nice,
that was extremely lowered
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Jason. But the Lord
will forgive you and I'm sure
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Eric will forgive you,
where is the Eric here?
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Is he forgiven?
He's is forgiven,
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you are getting the knot there.
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Isn't that powerful to
do hear that introduction?
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Amen, amen. I fairly confess
that I did not know that,
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I feel like I have
learned about history.
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This is a true story, I
feel like I have learned more
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about history in the
last two weeks staying
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with Pastor Seiber,
then in the first 20
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or I guess 31 years of
my life, the fellow is in
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encyclopedia when it
comes to history. Amen.
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Names and dates
and places and battles
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and it staggering. And
I just find it remarkable
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that the two men or
two of the men who are
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most responsible for
brining this declaration
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of independence together and,
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and giving birth to
this burgeoning young nation.
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John Adams and Thomas
Jefferson that both of them
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died on the 50th
anniversary July 4,
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the 50th anniversary
of the signing of the
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declaration of
independence within hours of one
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another. Now, does
that strike you as amazing,
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yes or no? Amen.
It's remarkable and
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I appreciate what
you said there Jason that
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that the country
took that as a sign as a
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providential sign
that God had endorsed
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and would continue
to endorsed this nation.
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And I appreciate
you're using that as an
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introduction because it
sets the stage perfectly
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for our message tonight
entitled the United States
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in Bible Prophecy.
The United States in Bible
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Prophecy, and so you
can see how nicely that
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was segued into our
message proper this evening.
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Now, before we
get into that message
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what would we do first?
Pray. Pray, that's right.
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So, let's begin
with the word of prayer.
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Father in heaven, we
thank you that you have been
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with us either to this evening.
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Father you are spoken
to us through the song
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and certainly
through this powerful
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introductory story
that Jason has communicated
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for us. Father we
pray now that you will come
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into this room that you
will condescend to be here.
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To speak not
father because of me,
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but in spite of me.
Father may my lips be loosed
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like Isaiah of all may you
touch my lips with the coal
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from the alter that
the words that I say
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and the thoughts that I
think would come flowing,
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not from a man, but
from the very throne of God.
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Amen. Father
please be with us tonight
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and as we explore this
provocative yet powerful
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topic. We pray that
you will illumine our minds
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and that we may
walk in the light.
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And this is our
prayer in Jesus name
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everyone can say, amen. Amen.
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Let's go in our Bibles
to the book of Revelation,
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Revelation chapter 13.
Our message is entitled
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the United
States in Bible Prophecy
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and we are going to do
something very much like
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what we did several
days ago, when we read
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Revelation chapter 12
through and it's entire you
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might recall that. We
just began the program by,
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by getting an
airplane view of the Book
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of Revelation chapter 12
particularly just reading
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it through straight
and we are going to do the
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same thing
tonight. As we commends,
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accept this time
instead of reading
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Revelation chapter
12 we are going to read
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Revelation chapter 13,
the entire way through.
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Now, let me tell you
why we are doing that?
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The goal that I want
you to, the goal that
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I want you attain
here and what I want you
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to see is that in
a panorama as we sort
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of fly over this
chapter with an airplane view,
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we are going to
see the great movements
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and these two great
figures, there are two
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beasts in this
chapter. How many beasts in
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this chapter? Two. The
first rises from the sea,
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that's the sea
beast. The second rises from
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the earth and
that's the earth beast.
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And as we read the
chapter what I want you
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to be paying very
careful attention too,
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is the relationship
between the two beasts.
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What, what does the
first beast do for the second
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and the second for the
first? What is the mutuality
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reciprocity in
relationship here?
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That's what I want
you to be thinking about
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as we read it
through and it's entirety.
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Let's begin in Revelation
chapter 13 and verse 1.
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Here is the picture
you have in your mind
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John there 24
miles out into the G&C
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writing with an
aged hand on a piece of a
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paraiso leather. And
he is thinking back to the
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fact that all of his
friends, all of his cormorants
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and compatriots are
gone. Only he remains
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alive of the original
disciples and Jesus has
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appeared to him to give
him this incredible vision.
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This panorama of future events,
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as John sits down to
write that God had shown him,
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put yourself
there on that rocky,
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barren island of
Patmos and see with me
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what John saw in
prophetic vision.
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Revelation
chapter 13 and verse 1,
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"And I Stood Upon
the Sand of the Sea."
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John was surrounded
by see "And I Saw a Beast
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rising Up out of the
sea having seven heads
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and ten horns and on
his horns ten crowns,
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and on his head
blasphemy his name.
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Now, the beat which I
saw it was like a leopard,
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his feet were like
the feet of a bear,
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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.
And I saw one of his heads
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as if it had been
mortally wounded and his
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deadly wound was
healed: and all the world
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wondered after the
beast. So, they worshipped
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the dragon which gave
authority to the beast:
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and they
worshipped the beast, saying,
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Who is like the beast?
Who is able to make war
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with him? And it
was given a mouth,
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speaking great
things and blasphemies,
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and he was given
authority to continue for a
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forty-two months.
Then he opened his mouth in
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blasphemy against
God, to blaspheme His name,
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His tabernacle, and
those who dwell in heaven.
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It was granted him to
make war with the saints
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and to overcome them
and authority was given
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him over every tribe,
and tongues, and nations.
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All who dwell on the
earth will worship him,
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whose names have
not been written in the
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book of life of the Lamb
slain from the foundation
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of the world. If anyone
has an ear, let him hear.
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He who leads into captivity
shall go into captivity:
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he who kills with the
sword must be killed with
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the sword. Here is
the patience and the faith
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of the saints. Then I
saw another beast coming
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up out of the earth; and
he had two horns like a lamb,
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and spoke like a
dragon. And he exercises all
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the authority of the
first beast and his presence
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and causes the earth
and those who dwell in it
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to worship the first
beast, whose deadly wound
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was healed. He
performs great signs,
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so that he makes
fire comedown from heaven
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on the earth in
the sight of men,
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And deceives those
who dwell on the earth
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by those signs,
which he was granted to do
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in the side of the
beat telling those who dwell
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on the earth to make
an image to the beast to
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who was wounded by
the sword and lived.
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He was granted power
to give breath to the
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image of the beast,
that the image of the beast
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should both speak,
and cause that as many as
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would not worship the
image of the beast should
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be killed. He causes
all, both small and great,
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rich and poor, free
and slave, to receive
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a mark on their right
hand, or on their foreheads:
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And that no one may buy or sell,
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accept the one who has the mark,
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or the name of the
beast, or the number
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of his name. Here is wisdom.
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Let him who has
understanding calculate
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the number of the
beast: for it is the number
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of a man; his number
is 666. "Powerful chapter
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isn't it? Amen. As we
read it in it's totally,
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you really get a sense
for into the relationship
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between these two
beasts. Will you picking up on
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that yes or no? Yes.
Let, let me try and unpacked
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for you as we commends
with our message tonight.
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The first beast
is the sea beast,
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he rises up out of
the sea, he reigns for a
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protracted period
of time one thousand,
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two hundred and
sixty prophetic days
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or literal years, he
then receives a deadly wound.
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What kind of a wound everyone?
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A deadly wound,
but what happens to
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that wound? The Bible
says, his deadly wound
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was healed. Now, a
remarkable thing happens
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after that? John than
sees a second beast rising up
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and the second beast
primary task is to act as
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an apologist or a
spokes person or a prophet for
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the first beast.
Did you notice that,
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yes or no? Amen. The
primary task of the second
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beast is to direct
attention like an arrow back to
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the first beast. It
says, he calls us the earth to
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worship not
himself, but who everyone?
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The first beast, so
the second beast functions
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in a very similar way
to the way that prophets
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in Old Testament
functioned for God.
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Let me repeat that,
the second beast functions
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for the first beast
and the very same kind
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of way the prophets in
the Old Testament spoke
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and ministered for God.
Just as God would raise them
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up to speak his words
and appoint individuals
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particularly the
nation of Israel to him,
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so to this beast rises
up speaks his words commits
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his acts to point and direct
people to the first beast.
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He is the prophet
of the first beast.
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In fact, he is refer to
in the Book of Revelation
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as the false
prophet. Now, did you see that
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inter relationship, yes
or no? That is the whole
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purpose of the second
beast is to point people
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back, the whole world
in deception back to the
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first beast that we
identified last night
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as the Roman Church
State. Now, before going any
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further, let's do a
little bit of review
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and sort of
summarized what we last night?
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John sees this
amalgam beast he sees it
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coming up out of the
sea. Remember sea in the
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Bible represent
peoples, multitudes, nations
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and languages in
a prophetic context,
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in what kind of a
context did I say?
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Now, that doesn't
mean that any all time
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you see water in the
Bible that it means peoples
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multitudes nations and
languages, but in prophecy,
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in what word did I
say? End time prophecy then
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you can make that
application safely, amen,
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yes or no? This is
not license to read into,
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into any time that
water occurs in the Bible as
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people was
multitudes nation and languages
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no, no, no. John sees
this horrific beast rising
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up out of the sea,
out of a populous area,
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we have already learn
that a Bible a pardon me
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a beast in the Bible
represents what? Amen.
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And what is that
represent, a king or a kingdom
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and nation. You have got
it, so here comes this nation,
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this kingdom rising up
out of a populated area
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of the earth, when
John saw him he described
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him his possessing
the, the characteristics
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of those beasts
from Daniel chapter 7
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and let us note that
here. We discussed that
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last evening in
Daniel chapter 7, Daniel saw
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four beasts. How
many beasts everyone?
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Four! The first was like a lion,
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the second was a bear,
the third was a leopard
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and the fourth
was a, don't know,
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we don't know
what it was, right?
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Now, remember those
beast represented the
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great kingdoms, the
great what? Kingdom.
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What is the first
beast represent? Babylon.
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Babylon, then
Medo-Persia, then priest,
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then Rome, that's exactly right.
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And so when John
was looking backward,
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he saw them in the
exact opposite order,
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the Daniel had
seen them when he was
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looking
prophetically into the future.
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Daniel had seen
lion, bear, leopard,
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ferocious beast.
Here John when looking
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back to time living
during the time of Rome
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saw the ferocious
characteristic and then
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he saw leopard, bear and lion,
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Daniel looking
forward into the prophecy,
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John looking back
into history. Are we on the
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same page, yes or
no? Amen. Now, when John
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here describes this
beast is having all of the
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strange characteristics.
What he is saying is,
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is that this is a
beast that is made up of all
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the beast of
Daniel seven directing our
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minds back to Daniel
in the seventh chapter.
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We learned last
night that one of the
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characteristics of
this anti-Christ beast would
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be that he would
reign for one thousand,
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two hundred and
sixty prophetic days
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or literal years.
How many years did I say?
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One thousand,
two hundred and sixty
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or 42 months, that's
right. Now, I told you last
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night how many times
that time period occurs
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in the Bible. How many remember,
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how many times is
this time period occur?
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Seven. Seven, five
times in Revelation
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and two in Daniel, so
what is a very significant
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time period? This
beast reigned from 538 AD,
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538 AD, one
thousand, two hundred
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and sixty prophetic
days are literal years
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until 1798,
exactly one thousand,
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two hundred and sixty years.
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Now, remarkably is
that period of time came
00:20:03.02\00:20:05.38
to a close, a French
general by the name of,
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I said Berthier and
last night Jason said,
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it's Bathier. So, I, I
apologize for saying it
00:20:11.22\00:20:13.72
wrong. A French General
by the name of Berthier,
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he probably knows
everything else about
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until. In 1798
marched into the Vatican City,
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he took the pope
off of his throne
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and he declared
everything in the Vatican
00:20:24.88\00:20:27.08
to be the public
property of France,
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of what nation did
is say? France. France,
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and people that were
watching the papacy at
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that time declared
that the beast had received
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a deadly wound.
And what, what happens
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to you, if you
receive the deadly wound you
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tell me. God. God,
and so people were saying,
00:20:43.01\00:20:45.92
this is the end of
the papacy I mean the
00:20:45.95\00:20:47.33
popes when taken
out of his throne
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and everything has
been declared the public
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property, I mean I
will never rise again,
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in a drain exactly
has God has said from
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538 coming to power
their in the sixth century
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for one thousand, two
hundred and sixty years
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and coming to it's
apparent end in 1798.
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Now, we
discussed that last night,
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we just given you a
little more detail now.
00:21:04.92\00:21:06.47
Now, note with me
that this beast reigns
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just as the little
horn in Daniel seven,
00:21:09.45\00:21:11.15
for that
protracted period of time that
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we just
described. Yet something very
00:21:12.71\00:21:14.98
interesting
happens, John Man sees a
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second beast. Go
with me now to Revelation
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chapter 13. In
Revelation chapter 13,
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beginning in verse 1
and extending down to
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verse 10, John is
describing the first beast,
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the what beast
did I say everyone?
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The first
beast. The first beast,
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that what beast everyone?
00:21:32.08\00:21:33.05
First beast. First
beast, we have got to be
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on the same page
here, we will not be able
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to make any kind of
progress, any kind of
00:21:36.41\00:21:37.87
meaningful progress.
So, John is seeing almost
00:21:37.90\00:21:40.57
in cinematic vision,
pretend with me that is,
00:21:40.60\00:21:43.18
it's the equivalent of
being on a movie screen
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and John is
seeing this first beast,
00:21:45.65\00:21:47.58
think of some other
things what that first
00:21:47.61\00:21:48.88
beast did? He made
war with the saints;
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he reigned for this
protracted period of time.
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He was a blassfamous,
he changed the times
00:21:53.48\00:21:56.34
and laws of God and
John is watching all of this
00:21:56.37\00:21:58.52
in cinematic
vision, are you with me,
00:21:58.55\00:22:00.44
yes or no? Amen. Now,
notice what John sees,
00:22:00.47\00:22:03.13
as this beast, this
anti-Christ beast is coming
00:22:03.16\00:22:06.35
towards end. Revelation
13, this first beast is
00:22:06.38\00:22:10.08
the same power
as Daniel chapter 7,
00:22:10.11\00:22:12.35
they are one in
the same, they do the
00:22:12.38\00:22:13.88
same things, they
reigned for the same an out
00:22:13.91\00:22:15.99
of time, they
have the same career.
00:22:16.02\00:22:18.32
The same what word
did I say, they are one
00:22:18.35\00:22:20.51
in the same. Now, as
John is seeing this beast,
00:22:20.54\00:22:23.37
this anti-Christ
beast sort of carry out it's
00:22:23.40\00:22:25.75
mission to
destroy and to deceive,
00:22:25.78\00:22:27.58
he notices that
something happens to that beast.
00:22:27.61\00:22:30.91
And notice with me
in verse 10. It says,
00:22:30.94\00:22:33.87
"He who lives into
captivity shall what?
00:22:33.90\00:22:37.55
Go into captivity he
who kills with the sword
00:22:37.58\00:22:41.97
must be what? Killed
with the sword, here was
00:22:42.00\00:22:44.57
the patience in the
faith of the saints.
00:22:44.60\00:22:45.83
Now, what does this
mean? Precisely this,
00:22:45.86\00:22:49.06
this first beast who
through the period that
00:22:49.09\00:22:51.73
we refer to now
as the dark ages.
00:22:51.76\00:22:54.30
The what period
everyone? The dark ages,
00:22:54.33\00:22:56.66
now you might say
well why it was call the
00:22:56.69\00:22:58.14
dark ages, there are
a variety of reasons,
00:22:58.17\00:23:00.30
but one of the
cheapest reasons must be,
00:23:00.33\00:23:01.97
that the Bible
says in Psalm 119,
00:23:02.00\00:23:03.98
in verse 105 Thy Word
is a lamp unto my feet.
00:23:04.01\00:23:07.52
And a light unto my
path And during this
00:23:07.55\00:23:10.16
period of time friends
the, the significant part
00:23:10.19\00:23:12.58
of this period of
time, the Bible was remove
00:23:12.61\00:23:15.44
from the common
people and let me take
00:23:15.47\00:23:17.15
that step further, it
was illegal to own a Bible.
00:23:17.18\00:23:20.58
Are you
understanding yes or no? Amen.
00:23:20.61\00:23:22.99
Now, remember that
Gutenberg didn't invent
00:23:23.02\00:23:24.40
the printing press
until the 15th century
00:23:24.43\00:23:26.37
and so far hundreds of
years only the richest,
00:23:26.40\00:23:29.94
only the most noble
could afford to have
00:23:29.97\00:23:32.31
a hand scribed
copy of the Bible.
00:23:32.34\00:23:35.52
And friends it was
kept away from the people
00:23:35.55\00:23:38.31
usually chain to a
church wall and to a
00:23:38.34\00:23:40.31
monastery wall that
a some kind of temple
00:23:40.34\00:23:42.05
wall kept away from
the common people in
00:23:42.08\00:23:45.05
the language of
Latin usually which most of
00:23:45.08\00:23:46.95
the people could not
read and so people did
00:23:46.98\00:23:49.02
not have access,
do not have what word?
00:23:49.05\00:23:51.97
Access. Access to the
Bible. Now, that's almost
00:23:52.00\00:23:54.88
impossible for us
to grasp, isn't it?
00:23:54.91\00:23:57.07
I mean think about
it, how many Bibles
00:23:57.10\00:23:58.85
do you have in your
home? I have probably
00:23:58.88\00:24:00.86
20 Bibles that I personally own.
00:24:00.89\00:24:03.46
Friends this is a
great high and special
00:24:03.49\00:24:06.30
privilege and I remind
you if the words of Jesus.
00:24:06.33\00:24:08.24
To him who much
has been given the more
00:24:08.27\00:24:11.09
will be required,
amen. Amen. We have Bible
00:24:11.12\00:24:15.09
friends, we have
study Bibles and women's
00:24:15.12\00:24:17.04
Bibles and men's
Bibles and dad's Bibles
00:24:17.07\00:24:19.47
and mom Bibles
and African-American,
00:24:19.50\00:24:21.05
every kind of
Bible you can imagine.
00:24:21.08\00:24:22.92
Yet in those days,
Bibles were scares,
00:24:22.95\00:24:25.45
but more than
scares that were illegal to
00:24:25.48\00:24:27.20
be have and if were
found with a Bible in
00:24:27.23\00:24:29.16
your home or even
portions of scribes at the
00:24:29.19\00:24:30.86
Bible you could be
killed. Are you understanding,
00:24:30.89\00:24:33.82
yes or no? Amen.
Now, what happened was
00:24:33.85\00:24:35.64
is that when the
Bible was taken away from
00:24:35.67\00:24:37.15
the common people,
this than cause the people
00:24:37.18\00:24:39.89
to have to go to the
priest or to the pope,
00:24:39.92\00:24:42.76
or to the prelate or to
the cardinal to discover,
00:24:42.79\00:24:45.38
what said the Lord. The
problem is, is that much
00:24:45.41\00:24:48.57
of what was being
communicated to them
00:24:48.60\00:24:50.28
was patently false.
Patently what word did
00:24:50.31\00:24:53.77
I say? False.
False, they invented all
00:24:53.80\00:24:55.77
kinds of strange
heresies and superstitious
00:24:55.80\00:24:58.67
idolatries and people
didn't have any cannon
00:24:58.70\00:25:01.66
and any Bible to
check them out with
00:25:01.69\00:25:03.06
and so they
believed it and down, down,
00:25:03.09\00:25:05.46
down humanity
went deeper and deeper
00:25:05.49\00:25:07.84
and the superstition
because of the light of God,
00:25:07.87\00:25:10.36
the lamp of the
word had been taken away.
00:25:10.39\00:25:12.92
So, far so good.
Amen. Now, this power then
00:25:12.95\00:25:17.27
it was leading
individuals who would,
00:25:17.30\00:25:20.10
who would adhere
to the word as much as
00:25:20.13\00:25:22.29
they could and
adhere to Christ as much as
00:25:22.32\00:25:24.24
they could and
they Shawn the teachings
00:25:24.27\00:25:26.25
of the church. They
said, we accept Christ in
00:25:26.28\00:25:29.01
him only we will not
bow the knee to the pope,
00:25:29.04\00:25:31.51
we will not bow the
knee to the prelate to
00:25:31.54\00:25:33.64
the cardinal to the
priest, we will stand for the
00:25:33.67\00:25:36.73
word and for Jesus
Christ, the living word,
00:25:36.76\00:25:39.06
but if you said that
friends you would be killed.
00:25:39.09\00:25:40.89
You would be what
word did I say? Killed.
00:25:42.27\00:25:43.81
Killed, now a very
important word that occurs
00:25:43.84\00:25:46.65
numerous times in
Revelation chapter 13,
00:25:46.68\00:25:48.25
if you are paying
attention what cause?
00:25:48.28\00:25:50.74
What word is that? Cause. Cause!
00:25:50.77\00:25:52.66
He causes, he causes,
he causes and that exactly
00:25:52.69\00:25:56.37
what was taking
place during the dark ages.
00:25:56.40\00:25:58.00
People will be
enforced, they were being
00:25:58.03\00:26:00.05
compelled, they
were being caused.
00:26:00.08\00:26:02.49
What word? Cause!
To worship God in a
00:26:02.52\00:26:05.18
certain way. Now, when
all of this was going on,
00:26:05.21\00:26:09.42
something like 50 to
a 100 million let me say
00:26:09.45\00:26:12.24
those words again.
Fifty to a hundred million
00:26:12.27\00:26:15.70
people were
killed, murdered for the
00:26:15.73\00:26:18.75
heresy of not
accepting the teachings of
00:26:18.78\00:26:21.33
the church over the
Bible. Amen. Friends,
00:26:21.36\00:26:23.65
you know, what
that means? It means it
00:26:23.68\00:26:25.45
every person in
this room would have been
00:26:25.48\00:26:27.99
murdered in those days. Amen.
00:26:28.02\00:26:29.82
You understanding,
yes or no? Amen. Friends,
00:26:29.85\00:26:31.88
it used to mean something
to be a Christian, amen.
00:26:31.91\00:26:34.34
Amen. See what it
means today as you went
00:26:34.37\00:26:36.68
down to the Christian
book store and you got
00:26:36.71\00:26:38.40
yourself one of those
little silver fish and you
00:26:38.43\00:26:40.42
will put it on the
back of your Honda Accord
00:26:40.45\00:26:42.42
and now you are a
Christian, you with me?
00:26:42.45\00:26:45.00
But it has not
only has been so easy.
00:26:45.03\00:26:47.43
It's not just as easy as
getting a little bracelet,
00:26:47.46\00:26:49.69
it says, W.W.J.D.,
friends in those days,
00:26:49.72\00:26:53.39
if you would have
hold to the believe said,
00:26:53.42\00:26:55.18
you hold to now in
this room, you would have
00:26:55.21\00:26:57.57
been exterminated
and perhaps your entire
00:26:57.60\00:26:59.41
family right before
your eyes in the name
00:26:59.44\00:27:02.43
of the church. The dark
ages, appropriately name,
00:27:02.46\00:27:07.10
yes or no? Yes,
amen. Now, John says,
00:27:07.13\00:27:11.45
notice this remember
we are seeing this in
00:27:11.48\00:27:13.29
cinematic vision. John
says, there in verse 10.
00:27:13.32\00:27:16.17
"He that leads into
captivity will go into
00:27:16.20\00:27:21.93
captivity, notice the next part,
00:27:21.96\00:27:23.32
he who kills with
the sword must be killed
00:27:23.35\00:27:26.82
with the sword." Now,
follow that very carefully,
00:27:26.85\00:27:29.94
John is watching the
career of this first beast,
00:27:29.97\00:27:32.56
it is reeking have it
on God's people on God's
00:27:32.59\00:27:35.50
truth, it is just
tyrannical and disported in
00:27:35.53\00:27:39.30
it's career and John
is watching, watching,
00:27:39.33\00:27:41.65
watching, watching,
one thousand, two hundred
00:27:41.68\00:27:43.10
and sixty, the long
years the people have God
00:27:43.13\00:27:45.16
utterly persecuted and
then he sees it go down,
00:27:45.19\00:27:48.23
he sees a what?
It have been putting
00:27:49.45\00:27:51.54
people into prison and
now itself goes into prison.
00:27:51.57\00:27:54.47
You have been
killing with the sword
00:27:54.50\00:27:56.52
and now itself goes
down with the sword.
00:27:56.55\00:27:59.42
Now, notice this,
when did that take place,
00:27:59.45\00:28:02.42
1798 when did I say?
1798, we just discussed
00:28:02.45\00:28:07.48
that when Berthier.
Went into, went into the,
00:28:07.51\00:28:12.88
the priest saints
of the Vatican there,
00:28:12.91\00:28:14.68
took the bishop of
Rome out of his throne,
00:28:14.71\00:28:16.52
pronounced
everything to be public property
00:28:16.55\00:28:19.23
and people said,
that's the end of the Roman
00:28:19.26\00:28:22.13
papacy. In 1798 that took place,
00:28:22.16\00:28:25.26
so get this
picture in your mind.
00:28:25.29\00:28:26.35
John is watching the
clear, the first beast comes,
00:28:26.38\00:28:28.41
comes, comes 1798
down, watch the very next
00:28:28.44\00:28:33.79
thing that John sees, Verse 11,
00:28:33.82\00:28:37.60
"Then, what's that
word, what is the word
00:28:37.63\00:28:42.05
then mean? It
means at that time,
00:28:42.08\00:28:45.07
isn't it that what
it means? The word then
00:28:45.10\00:28:47.98
is a chronological word, it's a,
00:28:48.01\00:28:49.55
it's a time word, he
sees the beast going down
00:28:49.58\00:28:52.45
and the very next
word we read is, then.
00:28:52.48\00:28:54.45
What's then John?
"Then I what? I saw another
00:28:54.48\00:29:01.95
beast. So, how many
beasts are we dealing
00:29:01.98\00:29:03.78
with now? Two, two
beast, I saw another beast,
00:29:03.81\00:29:06.05
coming up out of the
earth. Is that different,
00:29:06.08\00:29:08.60
yes or no? Yes.
Significantly different,
00:29:08.63\00:29:10.61
we will comeback to
that. And he had two
00:29:10.64\00:29:12.46
horns like a lamb, but
he spoke like a dragon."
00:29:12.49\00:29:17.22
Verse 11, is one of
the strangest verses in
00:29:17.25\00:29:20.25
all the Bible. It
is the only verse that
00:29:20.28\00:29:23.08
I personally know of
that contains the word lamb
00:29:23.11\00:29:26.81
and dragon in the
same versification.
00:29:26.84\00:29:29.55
Now, let me try to
unpack the significance
00:29:29.58\00:29:31.52
of that for you. Who
is the lamb in scripture
00:29:31.55\00:29:34.51
the lamb slain from the
foundation of the world,
00:29:34.54\00:29:36.30
behold the lamb God
that take it away this
00:29:36.33\00:29:38.20
sin of the world, who
is that? Jesus. Jesus,
00:29:38.23\00:29:39.84
now who is the
dragon? Satan. Now, isn't that
00:29:39.87\00:29:42.57
remarkable? Right here
in one verse both the lamb
00:29:42.60\00:29:46.36
and Satan occurs. Jesus
and Satan and notice that
00:29:46.39\00:29:49.88
this beast is
described just having the twin
00:29:49.91\00:29:52.47
characteristics of
both of these powers.
00:29:52.50\00:29:54.56
Now, that seems almost
impossible, doesn't it?
00:29:54.59\00:29:56.77
I said, doesn't it?
Yes. I mean think about the
00:29:56.80\00:29:59.55
significance, he says,
I saw this beast coming
00:29:59.58\00:30:01.27
up two horns like
what everyone? Lamb.
00:30:01.30\00:30:03.65
Lamb, but he spoke
like a. Dragon. Dragon,
00:30:03.68\00:30:06.78
so there is a
paradox here, of what word?
00:30:06.81\00:30:10.98
Paradox. How can
he be rising like a
00:30:11.01\00:30:13.81
lamb having horns like
a lamb and yet speaking
00:30:13.84\00:30:16.32
like the devil
himself? Notice the Bible does
00:30:16.35\00:30:18.91
onto describe him, I
mean exercise is all the
00:30:18.94\00:30:20.66
authority of the
first beast in his presence
00:30:20.69\00:30:23.43
and causes, what's
that word? Causes. Causes,
00:30:23.46\00:30:27.50
the how many people.
The earth and those who
00:30:27.53\00:30:31.35
dwell in it to
worship. Quick question,
00:30:31.38\00:30:34.49
can you cause
somebody to worship in spirit
00:30:34.52\00:30:40.08
and in truth? No,
no. The answer is no,
00:30:40.11\00:30:42.95
that's a salient point
that we must note here,
00:30:42.98\00:30:46.08
it is impossible to
cause somebody to worship.
00:30:46.11\00:30:49.73
Jesus for examples
says, in Matthew chapter 11,
00:30:49.76\00:30:51.81
come unto me all you
that labor and are heavy
00:30:51.84\00:30:54.53
laden, he rues, he invites,
he gives the invitation,
00:30:54.56\00:30:58.68
but Jesus never friends
getting in the headlock,
00:30:58.71\00:31:01.95
twist the arm, knee on
the back, now worship me,
00:31:01.98\00:31:04.61
it just wasn't
happened, does it? No, no.
00:31:04.64\00:31:06.80
That's not our God, amen. Amen.
00:31:06.83\00:31:08.85
He is a gentlemanly
God, yet remarkable the
00:31:08.88\00:31:11.15
second beast is
described as causing the earth
00:31:11.18\00:31:15.53
to what's that
word? Worship. Worship,
00:31:15.56\00:31:17.95
what a strange Jaxta position?
00:31:17.98\00:31:20.65
How can you cause to worship?
00:31:20.68\00:31:23.88
Notice it goes on
here, "He causes the earth
00:31:23.91\00:31:25.90
and those who dwell in
it to worship the first
00:31:25.93\00:31:27.20
beast whose
deadly wound was healed.
00:31:27.23\00:31:29.07
He performs great
signs, so that even
00:31:29.10\00:31:31.02
makes fire come down
from heaven on the earth
00:31:31.05\00:31:33.14
and the side of men,
we have talked about some
00:31:33.17\00:31:34.45
of those signs and
signs will be used rampantly
00:31:34.48\00:31:37.32
and prolifically in
the last days to deceive.
00:31:37.35\00:31:39.26
Verse 14, "And he
deceives those who dwell
00:31:39.29\00:31:41.36
on the earth by those
what? Miracles are signs
00:31:41.39\00:31:44.85
which he was granted to
do in the sight of the beast,
00:31:44.88\00:31:46.53
telling those who
dwell on the earth to make an
00:31:46.56\00:31:48.19
image to the beast who
was wounded by the sword
00:31:48.22\00:31:50.31
and lived." Notice the
emphasis is back on the
00:31:50.34\00:31:52.02
first beast. Here it
comes again in verse 15,
00:31:52.05\00:31:54.24
"He was granted
power to give breath to the
00:31:54.27\00:31:56.02
image of the beast,
that the image of the beast
00:31:56.05\00:31:58.09
should both speak and
cause as many as would
00:31:58.12\00:32:01.95
not worship the
image of the beast should
00:32:01.98\00:32:03.20
be killed." Verse
16, He causes, causes,
00:32:03.23\00:32:06.52
do you see that three
times. So, then if I asked
00:32:06.55\00:32:10.36
you in one sentence,
what does the second beast do?
00:32:10.39\00:32:14.23
You could say it just like this;
00:32:14.26\00:32:15.68
he causes the earth to
worship the first beast.
00:32:15.71\00:32:19.73
Amen, amen. Are you
comfortable with that,
00:32:19.76\00:32:21.13
yes or no? Amen.
That exactly what John is
00:32:21.16\00:32:23.43
communicating, the
first beast comes up reigns
00:32:23.46\00:32:25.98
for one thousand, two
hundred and sixty years
00:32:26.01\00:32:27.57
goes down
another beast comes up,
00:32:27.60\00:32:29.36
he appears to be
lamb like, Christ like,
00:32:29.39\00:32:31.93
but he speaks like
a dragon and he causes
00:32:31.96\00:32:34.92
the people the
whole earth to worship the
00:32:34.95\00:32:36.98
first beast. You understand
Revelation chapter 13,
00:32:37.01\00:32:40.58
now it's just a matter
of plugging in the pieces.
00:32:40.61\00:32:42.43
Now, before we go
one moment further,
00:32:42.46\00:32:44.30
let me just ask
you a question here.
00:32:44.33\00:32:45.73
Do you feel like you
understand the overview
00:32:45.76\00:32:48.39
of the chapter, yes or
no? Raise your hands high
00:32:48.42\00:32:49.93
to heaven. Okay, good
it's not difficult to grasp,
00:32:49.96\00:32:52.95
is it. Much in Revelation
is not difficult to grasp,
00:32:52.98\00:32:55.86
now don't give
me that brother, if,
00:32:55.89\00:32:57.35
if I do that I will be
in trouble, I will start
00:32:57.38\00:32:59.11
whipping it all over me,
I have clean accept to my
00:32:59.14\00:33:01.06
face and will
be, okay. Here we go,
00:33:01.09\00:33:04.08
so the second causes
the earth to worship the
00:33:04.11\00:33:07.44
first beast,
that's the whole point,
00:33:07.47\00:33:09.14
who then is this earth beast,
00:33:09.17\00:33:11.01
let's put it altogether.
Let's note several facts
00:33:11.04\00:33:13.56
from the Biblical
record. Number one,
00:33:13.59\00:33:15.30
where does this beast
arise, you tell me. Amen.
00:33:15.33\00:33:18.72
What is arise out of the earth?
00:33:18.75\00:33:20.79
Now, you say what's the
significance of that's very
00:33:20.82\00:33:22.85
easy actually. Now, sea
is there where the first
00:33:22.88\00:33:25.66
beast grows and sea
is a water represents
00:33:25.69\00:33:28.41
peoples multitudes,
nations, and languages,
00:33:28.44\00:33:30.30
namely a populated
area, amen. Amen, amen.
00:33:30.33\00:33:34.36
Now, this beast rises
up, not out of the sea,
00:33:34.39\00:33:36.58
but out of the earth.
Now, if sea represents a
00:33:36.61\00:33:39.59
populated area by,
by logical inference
00:33:39.62\00:33:42.54
and even if we
have time we can go to
00:33:42.57\00:33:43.81
Revelation chapter 12 and
demonstrate it Biblically,
00:33:43.84\00:33:45.88
what happens there
friends is that land then
00:33:45.91\00:33:49.12
represents the
antitheists or the opposite
00:33:49.15\00:33:51.34
of that namely a
sparsely populated area,
00:33:51.37\00:33:55.13
you with me, yes or no? Amen.
00:33:55.16\00:33:57.04
So, sea populated
area and land a relatively
00:33:57.07\00:34:01.03
unpopulated area.
Now, when does this beasts
00:34:01.06\00:34:04.70
arrive, we have
already mail that when right on
00:34:04.73\00:34:06.65
the head. It arises
sometime around 1798,
00:34:06.68\00:34:10.49
are you comfortable
with that, yes or no? Amen.
00:34:10.52\00:34:13.03
Now, why do I say
that? Because John saw
00:34:13.06\00:34:17.19
the memories sort of
in cinematic chronology
00:34:17.22\00:34:20.59
there, he sees one
beast, one beast, one beast,
00:34:20.62\00:34:22.20
goes down and then
he sees another beast
00:34:22.23\00:34:24.16
coming up,
comfortable yes or no? Amen.
00:34:24.19\00:34:25.78
So, sometime
around 1798, number three,
00:34:25.81\00:34:28.83
how does this beast arrives?
00:34:28.86\00:34:30.90
Does this beast
have the predatory
00:34:30.93\00:34:34.46
or characteristics
of the other beast,
00:34:34.49\00:34:37.50
the other beast that
we described as lions
00:34:37.53\00:34:40.11
and bears and
leopards and ferocious beast
00:34:40.14\00:34:43.44
with iron teeth.
This beasts doesn't sound
00:34:43.47\00:34:45.08
anything like that
friends, the only thing we have
00:34:45.11\00:34:47.00
here is a lamb. A
what everyone? Lamb.
00:34:47.03\00:34:49.83
A Lamb and notice what
it says there in verse 11,
00:34:49.86\00:34:52.46
then I saw another beast
coming up out of the earth.
00:34:52.49\00:34:55.52
Now, I wish I had time
to go into to etymology
00:34:55.55\00:34:57.12
of this word here,
but, but the Greek word here
00:34:57.15\00:34:59.50
is the same word that is used to
00:34:59.53\00:35:01.27
describe a plant. When
it is just beginning to grow
00:35:01.30\00:35:04.49
and how does a
plant grow, violently? No.
00:35:04.52\00:35:06.88
How does a plant grow?
Silently, almost unabsorbed
00:35:06.91\00:35:10.97
you know you come out
one day and if you plant
00:35:11.00\00:35:13.92
at your garden there
are no plant you come up
00:35:13.95\00:35:15.39
the next day and there
is just these little things
00:35:15.42\00:35:17.36
and you come out a
week later and they are just
00:35:17.39\00:35:19.27
a little bigger and a
little bigger, if you sat there
00:35:19.30\00:35:21.36
and watch the plant
you couldn't tell it was
00:35:21.39\00:35:24.28
growing but over time
it grows silently almost
00:35:24.31\00:35:27.66
imperceptive, you
are with me yes or no?
00:35:27.69\00:35:29.71
Yes. So this beast
wouldn't be conquering another
00:35:29.74\00:35:32.24
power and displacing
them and disquieting them,
00:35:32.27\00:35:35.33
it would be silently,
quietly, almost imperceptibly
00:35:35.36\00:35:39.51
coming to the forefront,
okay. So, then where does
00:35:39.54\00:35:42.75
it arise out of the
earth relatively unpopulated
00:35:42.78\00:35:44.69
area? So we can't look
forward in the old world
00:35:44.72\00:35:46.73
of Europe where all
the other beasts were
00:35:46.76\00:35:48.45
coming up
because that was the sea.
00:35:48.48\00:35:50.07
When does it arise around 1798,
00:35:50.76\00:35:52.62
and how does it
arise? Quietly almost
00:35:52.65\00:35:54.90
imperceptibly! Are well
all together so far yes or no?
00:35:54.93\00:35:58.11
You are putting
the pieces together.
00:35:58.14\00:35:59.49
Who then is the second
beast? Well let us notice
00:35:59.52\00:36:01.92
a couple other
points. Note with me that
00:36:01.95\00:36:04.45
there are no
crowns on the horns of the
00:36:04.48\00:36:06.40
second beast, there are no what
00:36:06.43\00:36:07.98
word did I say? Crowns! Crowns!
00:36:08.01\00:36:09.73
now did the first
beast have crowns?
00:36:09.76\00:36:11.53
Yes! Yes and we've
already learned that
00:36:11.56\00:36:14.13
horn in this
context represents power
00:36:14.16\00:36:16.97
and strength and what
does the crown represent?
00:36:17.00\00:36:20.54
King! King, that's
right, nobility and royalty
00:36:20.57\00:36:23.85
and if you put a crown
on a horn you have kingly
00:36:23.88\00:36:26.86
authority, a claim
to kingly authority.
00:36:26.89\00:36:29.09
Now remarkably this
beast that comes up like
00:36:29.12\00:36:31.76
a lamb does not have
a crown now that almost
00:36:31.79\00:36:35.90
stands to reason.
Let's walk through something
00:36:35.93\00:36:37.38
here very quickly the
word lamb occurs less than 30
00:36:37.41\00:36:39.74
times in the New Testament
something like 29 times,
00:36:39.77\00:36:42.28
26 of those times I
believe are in the book of
00:36:42.31\00:36:44.76
Revelation, 26
times lamb in Revelation
00:36:44.79\00:36:47.81
and it refers to guess
what? Jesus in every single
00:36:47.84\00:36:53.42
instance except one
and you just read it.
00:36:53.45\00:36:57.50
The only instance, the
only usage of the word lamb
00:36:57.53\00:37:00.51
that does not referred
to Jesus is the one you
00:37:00.54\00:37:03.10
just read, it refers
to this lamb like beast.
00:37:03.13\00:37:06.44
Now if it's a lamb
like beast what do you
00:37:06.47\00:37:09.34
think John is
trying to communicate?
00:37:09.37\00:37:11.04
That it's a beast
like Jesus. In other words
00:37:11.07\00:37:15.87
it would espouse
Christian principles.
00:37:15.90\00:37:19.23
Now did Jesus ever
cause people to worship him?
00:37:19.26\00:37:23.31
No, no, no, Jesus
said things like this in
00:37:23.34\00:37:25.51
Luke Chapter 4
beginning around Verse 16,
00:37:25.54\00:37:27.33
he said I am come to
set at liberty the captives,
00:37:27.36\00:37:31.41
said he what? Liberty! Liberty,
00:37:31.44\00:37:33.09
John Chapter 8, if the
suns will make you free,
00:37:33.12\00:37:35.30
you shall be free
indeed, now Matthew 11
00:37:35.33\00:37:38.03
come unto me,
all you who labor and
00:37:38.06\00:37:39.97
are heavy
laden. John Chapter 12,
00:37:40.00\00:37:41.19
And I, if I am
lifted up from the earth,
00:37:41.22\00:37:42.80
I will drive all
people to me. Draw.
00:37:42.83\00:37:45.03
What is that I will,
draw all people to me,
00:37:45.06\00:37:47.79
so Jesus woos he
invites, he gives the invitation
00:37:47.82\00:37:51.35
to come and to worship
him but this beast causes
00:37:51.38\00:37:54.85
and forces, this beast
would espouse Christian
00:37:54.88\00:37:59.16
like principles, it's
lamb like there are no horns,
00:37:59.19\00:38:02.84
no crowns rather on
those horns symbolizing
00:38:02.87\00:38:05.14
not an oligarchy not a
monarchy but a different
00:38:05.17\00:38:09.83
kind of beast all
together no kings here.
00:38:09.86\00:38:13.20
Now remember that
that second beast did
00:38:13.23\00:38:15.85
have crown, so the
first beast did have crown
00:38:15.88\00:38:17.95
so we've already discovered
00:38:17.98\00:38:19.23
that those crowns
indicate kingly authority
00:38:19.26\00:38:22.33
so there would be no
claim to kingly authority
00:38:22.36\00:38:24.59
with this first or
second beast rather, okay.
00:38:24.62\00:38:27.43
Amen, amen. We are
all on the same page,
00:38:27.46\00:38:29.68
well who then
is the earth beast,
00:38:29.71\00:38:31.08
if we put all the pieces
together it is not difficult
00:38:31.11\00:38:33.81
to surmise, who this beast is.
00:38:33.84\00:38:35.54
Let's go through
them quickly and then
00:38:35.57\00:38:36.70
we'll identify the
second beast, who is this beast,
00:38:36.73\00:38:39.56
well he arises
around 1798 in a relatively
00:38:39.59\00:38:44.17
unpopulated area, a
young nation because
00:38:44.20\00:38:47.71
it was rising like a
plant coming up freshly,
00:38:47.74\00:38:50.71
silently,
imperceptibly without a king.
00:38:50.74\00:38:53.38
Without a what? A king.
00:38:53.41\00:38:55.47
And it would eventually
attain what kind of power?
00:38:55.50\00:38:57.87
Now how do I know
that it would attain world
00:38:57.90\00:39:00.01
power? That's
exactly right Pastor Jason,
00:39:00.04\00:39:03.59
let's go look at
Revelation Chapter 13 again,
00:39:03.62\00:39:05.68
Revelation Chapter 13
again there are numerous
00:39:05.71\00:39:07.91
passages but notice
with me just verse 12
00:39:07.94\00:39:09.81
and he exercises all the
authority of the first beast
00:39:09.84\00:39:12.84
in his presence and
causes South Dakota,
00:39:12.87\00:39:15.95
causes Michigan
causes what everyone?
00:39:15.98\00:39:20.17
The earth! The
earth now only a worldwide
00:39:20.20\00:39:24.50
power could cause the
earth to do anything, amen.
00:39:24.53\00:39:27.72
Amen. I mean let's
speak on my good friend
00:39:27.75\00:39:29.55
Andrea who is here
today, so I'm gonna pick on him.
00:39:29.58\00:39:31.29
Andrea is from the
Dominican Republic,
00:39:31.32\00:39:32.76
now I have been in the Caribbean
00:39:32.79\00:39:35.47
and it's beautiful
and I'm sure the Dominican
00:39:35.50\00:39:36.86
people are great
people, I don't even know
00:39:36.89\00:39:38.05
who the governor is
but I am keeping myself on
00:39:38.08\00:39:39.28
a big trouble but I
am gonna try it here.
00:39:39.31\00:39:40.86
Can you imagine if
whoever the ambassador
00:39:40.89\00:39:43.34
or the leader or
the Prime Minister,
00:39:43.37\00:39:44.94
whoever is in the
Dominican Republic
00:39:44.97\00:39:46.46
made a decree that
all the world had to start
00:39:46.49\00:39:50.04
eating rice and
wheat, they made this decree
00:39:50.07\00:39:53.13
it's an official
decree, the world must start
00:39:53.16\00:39:55.71
eating rice and
wheat, would you start?
00:39:55.74\00:39:57.67
Amen. You know
what you would say,
00:39:57.70\00:39:59.66
where is the Dominican Republic,
00:39:59.69\00:40:01.59
you understand
friends we are not dealing
00:40:03.30\00:40:05.93
with just some
small country here that
00:40:05.96\00:40:08.12
has limited
influence, it might be a
00:40:08.15\00:40:09.98
beautiful country,
a wonderful country
00:40:10.01\00:40:11.18
and there is no doubt
but we are not dealing
00:40:11.21\00:40:13.07
with some small
country that has limited power,
00:40:13.10\00:40:16.75
limited authority and
limited influence, amen.
00:40:16.78\00:40:20.18
Amen. This must
be a worldwide power
00:40:20.21\00:40:23.96
that can cause the earth,
you are with me yes or no?
00:40:23.99\00:40:27.39
Yes. So, we affirm
them, number one it arises
00:40:27.42\00:40:29.56
around 1798,
number 2 in a relatively
00:40:29.59\00:40:31.40
unpopulated area,
number three a young nation,
00:40:31.43\00:40:33.09
number 4 without a
king that would eventually
00:40:33.12\00:40:34.81
attain the world power,
now friends who is this?
00:40:34.84\00:40:37.28
Who could this
possibly be, you don't have to
00:40:38.29\00:40:40.34
be a Jason Seiber,
you don't have to be
00:40:40.37\00:40:42.08
a historical poly
map to know the answer
00:40:42.11\00:40:44.18
to this one
friends', who is this?
00:40:44.21\00:40:46.77
Who could this beast
be, friends it is exactly
00:40:46.80\00:40:51.29
as you have
described, it is in fact the
00:40:51.32\00:40:53.47
United States of
America. Does the United States
00:40:53.50\00:40:56.72
of America meet
these qualifiers,
00:40:56.75\00:40:58.91
does it fit into
each of these qualifiers,
00:40:58.94\00:41:01.74
the answer is yes
consider with me here,
00:41:01.77\00:41:03.71
the first
constitutional convention Jason
00:41:03.74\00:41:06.52
check my dates here,
may 25th 1787 is that
00:41:06.55\00:41:10.88
around 1798, yes or
no? Remember John saw one
00:41:10.91\00:41:14.36
going down and as
one was on it's way down,
00:41:14.39\00:41:16.07
the other was on it's
way up, notice also the
00:41:16.10\00:41:18.82
declaration of
independent sign July 4th 1776.
00:41:18.85\00:41:22.89
So does the time
element qualify, yes or no?
00:41:22.92\00:41:25.35
Yes. How about the
place that it arises?
00:41:25.38\00:41:27.77
Does it arise in a
relatively unpopulated area,
00:41:27.80\00:41:30.91
yes or no? Your
hitting the nail on the head.
00:41:30.94\00:41:32.95
How about a king in
this country? No! No, no, no,
00:41:32.98\00:41:35.64
no kings in this
country and if George Bush
00:41:35.67\00:41:37.67
or any other
president began to put a crown
00:41:37.70\00:41:39.30
on his head there
will be riots in streets,
00:41:39.33\00:41:41.02
you are with me yes or
no? Now how about the way
00:41:41.05\00:41:44.00
that this nation grew,
did it grow by conquering
00:41:44.03\00:41:46.84
and overtaking and
displacing other nations?
00:41:46.87\00:41:50.38
Not so much now let
me just give a word here,
00:41:50.41\00:41:52.70
and the reason I
give this word is that
00:41:52.73\00:41:54.26
I actually have a
significant amount of
00:41:54.29\00:41:55.65
Native American in me, my
father was native American,
00:41:55.68\00:41:58.22
we were very
unkind and very ungracious
00:41:58.25\00:42:01.91
as a nation to
the indigenous peoples
00:42:01.94\00:42:03.73
of this land, amen. Amen.
00:42:03.76\00:42:05.42
And we don't want to
discount that but it is true
00:42:05.45\00:42:08.09
though that this
nation was not conquered
00:42:08.12\00:42:10.25
so much as it was
discovered you are with me
00:42:10.28\00:42:12.82
yes or no? Yes. So does it fit?
00:42:12.85\00:42:14.64
Yes. Now has this
nation attained to worldwide
00:42:14.67\00:42:19.42
prominence and
power, the answer to that
00:42:19.45\00:42:22.50
is in unequivocal resounding yes
00:42:22.53\00:42:25.43
and think about
this for just a moment.
00:42:25.46\00:42:27.33
Friends United States
of America has only been
00:42:28.86\00:42:30.25
around about 200 years,
other nations that existed they
00:42:30.28\00:42:34.48
have been around
thousands of years think about
00:42:34.51\00:42:36.64
nations like Egypt
and Greece these nations
00:42:36.67\00:42:39.03
have been around
for ever basically,
00:42:39.06\00:42:41.03
are you with me? Amen.
Yeah this country is rein
00:42:41.06\00:42:43.46
for just 200 short
years and there is no question
00:42:43.49\00:42:46.19
friends that right
now we are the preeminent
00:42:46.22\00:42:48.51
potent hyper power
of the entire world,
00:42:48.54\00:42:51.62
what we say ghosts.
Amen. Are you with me? Amen.
00:42:51.65\00:42:54.72
Think for just
example about this most recent
00:42:54.75\00:42:56.64
war in Iraq, he said hey
we are gonna go over to Iraq
00:42:56.67\00:42:58.76
and we are gonna
start a war and the
00:42:58.79\00:43:00.78
United Nations says
no and we said so are you
00:43:00.81\00:43:05.16
with me now? Amen.
00:43:05.19\00:43:06.16
What we say Ghosts.
The whole world wants to
00:43:06.17\00:43:09.71
be on our side
because of our military power,
00:43:09.74\00:43:12.26
our economic power,
our governmental power,
00:43:12.29\00:43:16.00
you know my wife is
from Romania you know
00:43:16.03\00:43:18.25
that I was in Romania and
I was preaching this message
00:43:18.28\00:43:20.03
and a friend came up
to me and he said you know
00:43:20.06\00:43:21.36
we have saying in
Romania and that saying that
00:43:21.39\00:43:23.25
when the United States sneezes,
00:43:23.28\00:43:25.92
the world gets the cold. Amen.
00:43:25.95\00:43:27.81
Do you follow me? We
are setting the trends
00:43:28.87\00:43:31.55
and what we say ghost
friends we are not just
00:43:31.58\00:43:34.00
a super power, we
are the super power.
00:43:34.03\00:43:37.08
No I am not saying
that that's a great thing
00:43:37.11\00:43:39.54
or a bad thing all I
am saying is that's a
00:43:39.57\00:43:41.12
real thing, you
are with me? Amen.
00:43:41.15\00:43:43.29
So, does he need all
the identifying qualifiers,
00:43:43.32\00:43:45.28
yes or no? Every
one of them, locked up,
00:43:45.31\00:43:48.46
now about this thing
about being lamb like,
00:43:48.49\00:43:51.93
does this nation
espouse lamb like
00:43:51.96\00:43:55.38
Christian
principles yes or no? Yes.
00:43:55.41\00:43:57.51
Absolutely friends and
let us notice a few of those
00:43:57.54\00:44:00.08
here on the screen. I
call to you now from the
00:44:00.11\00:44:01.88
declaration of independence;
00:44:01.91\00:44:03.45
we hold these
truth to be self evidence
00:44:03.48\00:44:06.09
that all men are
created, what's the next word?
00:44:06.12\00:44:08.73
Equal. Equal, that they
are endowed by their? Creator!
00:44:08.76\00:44:11.91
Creator, with
certain unalienable rights
00:44:11.94\00:44:14.00
that among these are
say with me, life, liberty,
00:44:14.03\00:44:17.90
and the persuasive
happiness. Do you believe that?
00:44:17.93\00:44:20.21
Yes. That's what this
nation is pounded upon
00:44:20.24\00:44:22.45
in part it's a
beautiful document. Amen.
00:44:22.48\00:44:24.96
I believe that the
spirit of God help those men to
00:44:24.99\00:44:28.30
write up that
document, not that it is an
00:44:28.33\00:44:30.50
inspired document but
that it is a powerful document.
00:44:30.53\00:44:33.25
Why because it upholds the great
00:44:33.28\00:44:35.09
Judeo-Christian
values of honoring others in
00:44:35.12\00:44:38.44
their pursuits and not
causing, what word did I say?
00:44:38.47\00:44:41.88
Causing! Or
forcing or compelling,
00:44:41.91\00:44:43.88
notice this one here
from the first amendment of
00:44:43.91\00:44:45.58
the constitution. It
says congress shall make
00:44:45.61\00:44:48.33
how many laws? No law,
respecting the establishment
00:44:48.36\00:44:51.25
of religion or prohibiting
the free exercise there up
00:44:51.28\00:44:54.97
and in our common vernacular,
00:44:55.00\00:44:57.14
our common colloquial
saying we call this the
00:44:57.17\00:44:59.64
separation of say
with me, church and state,
00:44:59.67\00:45:03.41
right? Now why
would they be so solid
00:45:03.44\00:45:07.25
and so strong on
the separation of church
00:45:07.28\00:45:09.15
and state? Precisely
friends because they came
00:45:09.18\00:45:10.96
from the old world,
from the what two words
00:45:10.99\00:45:12.91
did I say? Old world! And
in the old world the church
00:45:12.94\00:45:15.83
in the state were bed
partners, and when the
00:45:15.86\00:45:18.48
church and the state
got together they saw
00:45:18.51\00:45:20.14
that it was a sour
mixture for those how are
00:45:20.17\00:45:22.53
not in harmony with
the state levy religion,
00:45:22.56\00:45:25.29
you are with me now, yes or no?
00:45:25.32\00:45:26.81
And that's what took
place during the ages,
00:45:26.84\00:45:28.99
when that first
beast, the Roman Church
00:45:29.02\00:45:30.67
stayed basically said to
all of the governing powers,
00:45:30.70\00:45:33.77
you enforce our
doctrines, you enforce our
00:45:33.80\00:45:36.18
documents, you
enforce our decrees
00:45:36.21\00:45:38.37
or else we'll excommunicate.
00:45:38.40\00:45:40.48
Now remember those
days even the kings
00:45:40.51\00:45:42.90
and queens many of
them didn't have access to
00:45:42.93\00:45:44.50
the Bible and when
the Bishop of Rome said
00:45:44.53\00:45:46.32
you'll be excommunicated
these men trembled
00:45:46.35\00:45:48.78
in fear before a nation
that didn't even have an army.
00:45:48.81\00:45:51.88
Are you understanding? Amen.
00:45:51.91\00:45:54.26
And so they
basically became the henchmen
00:45:54.29\00:45:56.71
carrying out the
wills and wilds and devices
00:45:56.74\00:46:00.83
of the first beast,
the Roman Church state.
00:46:00.86\00:46:03.27
You with me? Amen.
00:46:03.30\00:46:05.79
And we are moving
rapidly. When they came to this
00:46:05.82\00:46:08.58
country though
our forefathers and
00:46:08.61\00:46:10.39
foremothers said, no,
no, no we're gonna put
00:46:10.42\00:46:13.35
church over here and
we've gonna put state over
00:46:13.38\00:46:15.57
here and they will be separate.
00:46:15.60\00:46:17.94
Friends in this country
you have the greatest right
00:46:17.97\00:46:20.11
in the world, the right
to be wrong. Amen. Amen.
00:46:20.14\00:46:24.28
If somebody wanted
to start a religion
00:46:24.31\00:46:25.77
and they are gonna
worship that pulpit,
00:46:25.80\00:46:27.36
could they do
it? Yes, they will.
00:46:27.39\00:46:29.12
Absolutely, and friends
we would say that's idiotic,
00:46:29.15\00:46:32.17
that's ridiculous, that
is banal in the extreme,
00:46:32.20\00:46:35.33
but we would say in
this country you have
00:46:35.36\00:46:37.35
a right to do it. Amen. Amen.
00:46:37.38\00:46:39.88
I think it was
George, Thurgood Marshall
00:46:39.91\00:46:41.74
who said your rights
end where my nose begins,
00:46:41.77\00:46:43.89
amen, Amen. You can
do what you want to do,
00:46:43.92\00:46:46.88
as long as it doesn't
infringe upon mind, right.
00:46:46.91\00:46:50.46
Okay, so notice this then
we go to the screen again,
00:46:50.49\00:46:53.49
there are two great
things, two great liberties
00:46:53.52\00:46:56.94
that make America
strong, the secrete of
00:46:56.97\00:46:58.70
Americas strength,
number one is civil liberty,
00:46:58.73\00:47:01.30
freedom from a king,
number two is religious liberty,
00:47:01.33\00:47:06.15
freedom from a pop,
a religious leader that
00:47:06.18\00:47:10.44
insists on the way
that he must be worshiped.
00:47:10.47\00:47:13.19
Civil liberty and
religious liberty,
00:47:13.22\00:47:15.29
can you say amen? Amen.
00:47:15.32\00:47:16.83
And friends never the
twain shall meet. Amen.
00:47:16.86\00:47:19.71
Church here and
state here, okay now let's
00:47:19.74\00:47:22.73
continue notice these
two quotations very quickly,
00:47:22.76\00:47:24.79
the first is taken is
from George Washington
00:47:24.82\00:47:26.27
ever heard of him? Amen.
00:47:26.30\00:47:27.74
Now even you and I
know who George Washington
00:47:27.77\00:47:30.63
was right? Who
was he? The president!
00:47:30.66\00:47:33.04
First President of the
United States of America
00:47:33.07\00:47:34.53
that's right? Where was
he born by the way Jason?
00:47:34.56\00:47:36.48
Virginia. What year has he born?
00:47:36.51\00:47:41.12
Oh I put him on the
spot. Every man conducting
00:47:41.15\00:47:45.65
himself as a good
citizen and being accountable
00:47:45.68\00:47:48.98
to God, what's
the next word? Alone!
00:47:49.01\00:47:51.66
Alone for his
religious opinions are to be
00:47:51.69\00:47:54.01
protected in
worshiping the Deity according
00:47:54.04\00:47:56.07
to the dictates of
his own good conscious,
00:47:56.10\00:47:58.71
do you see what he is saying?
00:47:58.74\00:47:59.75
Don't tell me how to
worship I will work that out
00:47:59.78\00:48:02.91
between my
creator and myself, Amen.
00:48:02.94\00:48:05.79
State has
nothing to say about it,
00:48:05.82\00:48:07.37
what can the state say about it,
00:48:07.40\00:48:08.79
notice this one
from Benjamin Franklin,
00:48:08.82\00:48:10.57
when religion is good I
love this quote it's very
00:48:10.60\00:48:13.09
clever just like
Franklin when religion is good
00:48:13.12\00:48:15.44
it will take care
of itself, Amen. Amen,
00:48:15.47\00:48:17.70
when it is not able
to take care of itself
00:48:17.73\00:48:19.37
and God does not see
fit to take care of it
00:48:19.40\00:48:21.10
so that it has to
appeal to the civil power
00:48:21.13\00:48:22.61
for support, it's
evidence to my mind that
00:48:22.64\00:48:24.84
the cause is a bad one. Amen,
00:48:24.87\00:48:26.76
Do you see what he is saying,
you keep the two separate
00:48:26.79\00:48:29.61
and the state doesn't
fund religion and the state
00:48:29.64\00:48:32.54
endorse any particular
state levied religion?
00:48:32.57\00:48:35.93
Amen. Amen. Powerful, now
that's what the Bible says
00:48:35.96\00:48:38.75
when it says that he
would have lamb like horns,
00:48:38.78\00:48:42.04
he would espouse
these Christian principles
00:48:42.07\00:48:44.49
but what is the rest
of that verse hey notice
00:48:44.52\00:48:46.32
with me there in
Verse 11 I saw another beast
00:48:46.35\00:48:48.92
coming up out of the
earth and he had two horns
00:48:48.95\00:48:51.32
like a lamb and he
spoke like...Dragon!
00:48:51.35\00:48:55.23
What did he
speak like? A dragon!
00:48:55.26\00:48:57.02
A Dragon, now who
is the Dragon? Satan,
00:48:57.05\00:48:59.37
The Dragon is Satan now remember
00:48:59.40\00:49:02.89
before we go to our next
slide you all can see it,
00:49:02.92\00:49:05.62
but the television
audience cannot yet see it,
00:49:05.65\00:49:07.65
remember what is the
purpose of the second
00:49:07.68\00:49:11.54
beast in Revelation
Chapter 13, you tell me come on.
00:49:11.57\00:49:14.09
To point! To
point to the first beast
00:49:14.12\00:49:17.79
and to what's the
word, what's? Cause!
00:49:17.82\00:49:19.50
Cause, you got it. To
cause the earth to worship
00:49:19.53\00:49:23.50
the first beast, so
then if we have correctly
00:49:23.53\00:49:26.15
identified these two and
I believe we have friends
00:49:26.18\00:49:27.78
based on the Bible
not on what someone says
00:49:27.81\00:49:29.93
but with the Bible says. Amen.
00:49:29.96\00:49:31.66
If we are correctly
identified the first
00:49:31.69\00:49:33.14
beast as the Roman Church State
00:49:33.17\00:49:34.35
and the second best
is the United States
00:49:34.38\00:49:35.92
of America then let'
just fill in the blanks
00:49:35.95\00:49:37.60
if the first beast
or the second beast will
00:49:37.63\00:49:40.31
cause the earth to
worship the first beast then
00:49:40.34\00:49:42.71
its just elementary, we
just fill in antecedents to
00:49:42.74\00:49:44.90
this pronouns that
would mean then that the
00:49:44.93\00:49:47.18
United States will
begin formulating alliances
00:49:47.21\00:49:50.28
in which it would
causing, urging and moving the
00:49:50.31\00:49:53.83
world to worship
honor and give obsessions
00:49:53.86\00:49:56.19
to the Roman Church State. Amen.
00:49:56.22\00:49:58.42
You are with me now? Amen.
00:49:58.45\00:50:00.03
Now you say no
way, impossible cannot
00:50:00.06\00:50:03.86
happen in this
country separation of church
00:50:03.89\00:50:05.70
and state no, no, no
congress will make no law
00:50:05.73\00:50:08.03
respecting religion or
prohibiting free exercise
00:50:08.06\00:50:10.43
throughout, it
can't happen here,
00:50:10.46\00:50:11.52
you must have your
interpretation wrong
00:50:11.55\00:50:13.00
Pastor Asscherick
remember this friends
00:50:13.03\00:50:15.57
the Bible is the
arbiter of reality in history,
00:50:15.60\00:50:19.60
history and reality
are not the arbiters of
00:50:19.63\00:50:21.97
the Bible, Amen. If
the Bible says it I believe
00:50:22.00\00:50:25.06
and that settles it.
Amen, you understand,
00:50:25.09\00:50:27.75
friends Eve was
standing at the tree
00:50:27.78\00:50:29.77
and if she would
have stood on plain dust
00:50:29.80\00:50:31.44
she would have been
saved but she saw that
00:50:31.47\00:50:34.35
the tree was good and
that it was nice a tree
00:50:34.38\00:50:36.88
to be desired to
make one wise and instead
00:50:36.91\00:50:38.84
of standing on
what God had said,
00:50:38.87\00:50:40.16
she stood on what
her eyes, her emotions
00:50:40.19\00:50:42.29
and her senses
told her and she fell.
00:50:42.32\00:50:44.71
Friends listen very
carefully, you might think,
00:50:45.86\00:50:47.88
no, no, no this could
never happen in United States
00:50:47.91\00:50:49.73
causing the earth to
give obsessions and honor to
00:50:49.76\00:50:52.40
the first beast,
the Roman Church State
00:50:52.43\00:50:53.77
but friends it's
already happened. Amen.
00:50:53.80\00:50:55.83
Notice this incredible
here, this is taken from
00:50:55.86\00:50:58.24
the February 1st 1992
issue of Time Magazine
00:50:58.27\00:51:02.18
right here on the
cover Holy Alliance,
00:51:02.21\00:51:04.88
how Reagan and
the Pope conspired,
00:51:04.91\00:51:07.11
what word is that? Conspired!
00:51:07.14\00:51:08.29
Conspired to assist
Poland's Solidarity movement
00:51:08.32\00:51:11.86
and Hasten the
Demise of Communism.
00:51:11.89\00:51:15.27
Now who is involved
in this Holy Alliance,
00:51:15.30\00:51:18.68
who are the two
powers? Reagan and the Pope!
00:51:18.71\00:51:21.08
The capitalist
west the United States
00:51:21.11\00:51:23.58
and the Roman Church
State, notice it since
00:51:23.61\00:51:26.43
they conspired that is
to say they got together
00:51:26.46\00:51:29.02
to enforce their
will on another sovereign
00:51:29.05\00:51:32.61
nation namely in
this instance Poland
00:51:32.64\00:51:35.63
and friends what
happened in the wake of this
00:51:35.66\00:51:38.46
is that Johannes Paul
II who we refer to as the
00:51:38.49\00:51:41.60
Bishop of the Rome of Pope,
00:51:41.63\00:51:42.81
was named the man of
the year because of the role
00:51:42.84\00:51:45.83
that he played and
in bringing down code
00:51:45.86\00:51:48.06
and code communism but
really what had happened
00:51:48.09\00:51:50.19
friends is that you
have the big three seas you
00:51:50.22\00:51:52.66
had Catholicism,
capitalism, and communism
00:51:52.69\00:51:56.17
and two of this is
communism, pardon me capitalism
00:51:56.20\00:51:59.95
and Catholicism
that is the United States
00:51:59.98\00:52:01.63
and the Church got
together to bring down
00:52:01.66\00:52:03.77
the other sea, so it
used to have three seas
00:52:03.80\00:52:06.70
and now you have two
seas, you are with me now? Amen.
00:52:06.73\00:52:09.95
By the way that is
totally document able
00:52:09.98\00:52:12.04
and that actually
what this whole naming him
00:52:12.07\00:52:13.84
as time man of the
year was all about,
00:52:13.87\00:52:15.50
he had brought down
communism not single
00:52:15.53\00:52:18.36
handedly but with
the aid of a nation,
00:52:18.39\00:52:20.92
who was working
together, silently, secretly.
00:52:20.95\00:52:25.23
Now friends the only
that this is going to happen,
00:52:25.26\00:52:27.58
the only way that
the Roman Church state is
00:52:27.61\00:52:29.24
going to be able to
receive the obsessions
00:52:29.27\00:52:31.26
and honor of peoples
not just the world over
00:52:31.29\00:52:34.70
but right here in
the United States is
00:52:34.73\00:52:36.39
if you have a coming
together of the churches
00:52:36.42\00:52:39.97
are coming together
of the what? Churches!
00:52:40.00\00:52:42.04
Churches that is to say
both the catholic churches
00:52:42.07\00:52:44.37
and the evangelical churches
you say well fortunately
00:52:44.40\00:52:46.85
that's not
happening, well it is happening,
00:52:46.88\00:52:48.79
friends notice this
incredible book here on the
00:52:48.82\00:52:50.48
screen evangelical and
Catholics together this
00:52:50.51\00:52:53.20
was a 1994 book
written by two men,
00:52:53.23\00:52:55.04
one Roman Catholic and
one predestine Charles Colson
00:52:55.07\00:52:57.76
and Richard John Neuhaus
towards a common mission,
00:52:57.79\00:53:00.69
in what kind of mission? Common!
00:53:00.72\00:53:02.13
See what's happening
friends is many churches
00:53:02.16\00:53:04.61
now are uniting
on political grounds,
00:53:04.64\00:53:07.93
what kind of
grounds because they oppose
00:53:07.96\00:53:10.07
and uphold many of
the same things for
00:53:10.10\00:53:11.66
example they oppose
abortion and the uphold
00:53:11.69\00:53:14.25
school vouchers and
they oppose certain issues
00:53:14.28\00:53:17.33
pornography and
others and they are saying
00:53:17.36\00:53:19.98
hey you know you are
not so far off after all,
00:53:20.01\00:53:22.23
after all we believe
roughly the same things
00:53:22.26\00:53:24.81
and if we unite
together we can be a stronger
00:53:24.84\00:53:27.76
and listen to
my words carefully,
00:53:27.79\00:53:29.11
a stronger
political force, a stronger
00:53:29.14\00:53:31.69
what kind of a force? Political!
00:53:31.72\00:53:32.86
So are we seeing
coming together in catholic
00:53:32.89\00:53:36.16
evangelical
relations, yes or no? Yes.
00:53:36.19\00:53:38.25
Absolutely, history
has never seen a more
00:53:38.28\00:53:40.53
ecumenical pope and
the one we have right now,
00:53:40.56\00:53:42.40
Johannes Paul is the
second, opening his arms
00:53:42.43\00:53:44.98
and bringing all, now
listen I'm all for unity,
00:53:45.01\00:53:47.28
amen. Amen.
00:53:47.31\00:53:48.98
Unity is great, as long
as we are unified on a claim,
00:53:49.01\00:53:52.73
thus saith the Lord and
not some artificial unity,
00:53:52.76\00:53:56.38
on what a man says
or what a church says
00:53:56.41\00:53:58.35
but on what the word says. Amen.
00:53:58.38\00:54:00.45
Alright, so let
us continue here,
00:54:00.48\00:54:02.44
notice this incredible,
this is taken from the
00:54:02.47\00:54:04.87
November 1 1999 front
page of the Washington Post,
00:54:04.90\00:54:08.90
November 1,
Nineteen Ninety, what? Nine!
00:54:08.93\00:54:11.28
Five years ago.
Lutherans and Catholics
00:54:11.31\00:54:13.77
unite to heal,
notice that language,
00:54:13.80\00:54:16.08
to heal 482-year-old division.
00:54:16.11\00:54:18.76
What does the Bible
say in Revelation 13:3?
00:54:18.79\00:54:21.09
His deadly wound was healed.
00:54:21.12\00:54:24.66
Are you with me? Amen.
00:54:24.69\00:54:26.24
Friends you know the
Washington Post right,
00:54:26.27\00:54:28.34
is that a
religious journal? No, no.
00:54:28.37\00:54:30.30
That's one of the
preeminent secular
00:54:30.33\00:54:32.43
journals in
newspapers of the nation friends
00:54:32.46\00:54:34.95
and notice the
language that's being used here.
00:54:34.98\00:54:37.04
Lutherans and
Catholics unite and basically
00:54:37.07\00:54:39.18
what they decided
was to set the whole
00:54:39.21\00:54:40.66
Protestant Reformation
was, oops, a mistake.
00:54:40.69\00:54:43.31
And friends if
Martin Luther was alive
00:54:44.83\00:54:46.53
or even if wasn't
alive he is rolling in grave.
00:54:46.56\00:54:49.61
The Bible predicts an
erosion of our freedoms
00:54:50.44\00:54:52.31
when church and state unite,
00:54:52.34\00:54:53.77
right here in the
what? United States.
00:54:53.80\00:54:56.48
United States, right here
in our beloved United States.
00:54:56.51\00:55:00.07
Friends we have
a decision to make
00:55:04.21\00:55:05.59
and the same decision
that we will have to make
00:55:05.62\00:55:07.74
is the decision of
the people outside of the
00:55:07.77\00:55:09.36
Roman Praetorium had
to make and that is this
00:55:09.39\00:55:11.04
decision. We will
choose between Jesus Christ
00:55:11.07\00:55:14.87
or Rome, and what
did the people in those
00:55:14.90\00:55:18.82
days say. They cried out
we have no king but Caesar.
00:55:18.85\00:55:22.49
Now I want you to
know that what I have said
00:55:23.31\00:55:24.63
tonight is very
provocative and profound
00:55:24.66\00:55:27.36
and its either
wrong or its right?
00:55:27.39\00:55:29.02
Now I happened to
believe on the authority
00:55:29.05\00:55:30.90
of the word that
it's right. Amen.
00:55:30.93\00:55:32.43
And this is what
I'm saying friends
00:55:32.46\00:55:33.74
and make no mistake
about it. I don't want to
00:55:33.77\00:55:35.26
equivocate here at the end.
00:55:35.29\00:55:36.62
The United States is
already formulating unholy
00:55:36.65\00:55:40.13
alliances with the prophecy,
00:55:40.16\00:55:42.28
those alliances will
only increase and grow
00:55:42.31\00:55:44.94
stronger and still
stronger and still stronger
00:55:44.97\00:55:47.25
until eventually, the
United States will pass
00:55:47.28\00:55:50.04
worldwide laws,
what kinds of laws,
00:55:50.07\00:55:53.41
worldwide laws.
Do you think we have
00:55:53.44\00:55:55.44
the power and
efficacy to do that? Yes.
00:55:55.47\00:55:57.34
It's happening right
now causing the earth
00:55:57.37\00:55:59.67
to worship the
Roman Church State.
00:55:59.70\00:56:02.44
Friends that's
what the Bible says.
00:56:02.47\00:56:04.02
All of this will
come to ahead in the mark
00:56:04.05\00:56:07.24
of the beast
crisis, the what crisis?
00:56:07.27\00:56:10.75
The mark that you are
saying, but wait a minute
00:56:10.78\00:56:13.39
what's the mark of the beast?
00:56:13.42\00:56:14.61
You have to come
back tomorrow night,
00:56:16.13\00:56:17.53
amen. Amen. Two
questions tonight as we close,
00:56:19.11\00:56:21.76
number one has
this message been clear,
00:56:21.79\00:56:23.13
yes or no? Yes.
Good. Second question
00:56:23.16\00:56:25.72
and how many of you
want to serve the Lord
00:56:25.75\00:56:27.09
Jesus Christ,
rather than the antichrist.
00:56:27.12\00:56:28.98
All raise your
hands high friends, Amen.
00:56:29.01\00:56:31.07
I'm raising my hand
with you, praise Jesus.
00:56:31.81\00:56:33.55