Hello and welcome to
Foundation of Our Faith.
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And when we say
Foundation of Our Faith,
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we are talking about God's word,
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the Holy Scriptures.
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And in these times,
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it seems that people have
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one or more
Bibles in numerous ways,
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whether it be books,
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whether it be electronically
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or they can
ever hear God's word.
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So we praise the
time that we're living in
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that allows us
access to study God's word.
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And so we have such easy access.
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There is no excuse for
us not to study God's word.
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And I've seen people
studying the scriptures
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on planes, trains,
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libraries and in
different places.
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Now, I've seen lot of people
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walking around with cell
phones with their heads down.
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I know they're
not reading the Bible,
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but we ask, we hope
that they will be careful.
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Some are walking
into the street that way.
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But the Bible is available
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now even in places
where you think it's strange
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and we're receiving
emails and phone calls
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from places that Dare to Dream
is reaching, 3ABN is reaching
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all around the world
and we praise God for it.
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And we're glad that
you are here with us.
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We ask you to join
us during this hour.
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We're gonna study God's word
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and our evangelist Chris Hudson,
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the director and speaker
of "The Forerunner Chronicles"
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is going to
present this second topic
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in a four part series.
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The first one was entitled
"The Stars and the Fig Tree,"
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a very powerful
message from God's word,
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and I hope you were
able to see it and hear it
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and that you were blessed by it.
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We have another opportunity
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to be blessed in
the study of God's word.
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And if you saw the last one,
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you have noticed that he
went through many scriptures
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and went through
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a panoramic view
of the prophecies.
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And this time,
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the topic is
entitled the great whore,
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"The Judgment of the Whore,"
"The Judgment of the Whore."
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Another topic
coming up in the series
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is "Calm Before the Crisis"
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and then you will hear
"Return of the Dragon."
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And so we
encourage you to stay by.
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We encourage you
to grab your Bible
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in whatever form you
have it and follow along.
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You may want to have
something to jot down
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because if you saw the
last message, you noticed
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that he went through
scriptures rather quickly,
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so get ready to
study God's word.
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I'm happy to inform you
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that we have a musical guest
participating during this hour.
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It is again
Sister Celestine Barry
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and I'm blessed by her music.
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She sings from the heart
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and she will be
singing a hymn entitled
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"I Am Not
Ashamed of the Gospel."
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After she sings, we will
have the preaching of God's word
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in the lips of our
evangelist Chris Hudson.
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Before that, we want to
ask you to pray with us,
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so please stand those of
us that are here with us.
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And those around the world,
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we ask you to join us in prayer.
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We want to ask
for God's blessing
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upon this hour and upon you,
so join us in prayer please.
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Our loving heavenly Father,
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we come before Your
throne of grace in Jesus' name.
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And we thank You, Lord,
that any time of the day,
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we can come before You
and our prayer will be heard.
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We thank You, Lord,
that You're never too busy,
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that You're never distracted,
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and that You're always attentive
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to our prayer and our needs.
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And, Lord, we present
this need in this moment
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to hear Your word
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and we ask that You
will bless our speaker
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with Your Holy Spirit.
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Use him, Lord,
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in a way to bring the
message clear to our ears.
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And we pray that You will
give us understanding of it.
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We pray also that
You will bless our singer
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in such a way that
her message and song
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will inspire and
bless Your children
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all over the world.
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We thank You for the opportunity
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to study together
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and we pray that in all things
Your name will be glorified.
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We ask You for these
blessings in Jesus' name, amen.
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You may be seated.
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I leave you with
Sister Celestine Barry.
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We're an anchor for those
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Who are hurting
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We're a harbor for those
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Who are lost
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Sometimes it's not always easy
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Bearing Calvary's cross
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We've been ridiculed by those
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Who don't know him
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And mocked by those
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Who don't believe
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Still, I love standing up
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For my Jesus
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'Cause of all
that he's done for me
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That's why I am not ashamed
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Of the gospel
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The gospel of Jesus Christ
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No, I am not afraid
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To be counted
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And I'm willing to give my life
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You see I'm ready to be
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All he wants me to be
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Give up the wrong for the right
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No, I am not ashamed
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Of the gospel
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No I am not ashamed
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Of the gospel
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Oof Jesus Christ
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For ev'ry moment his hand
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Has held mercy
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And for all the love
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That he's shown
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All my life
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A simple thanks
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Doesn't say how I'm feeling
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I get tears
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In my eyes
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But as for me
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I'm gonna keep on
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believing in the one
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Who's been so faithful to me
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I'm not out to
please this whole world
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Around me
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I've got my mind
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On eternity
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That's why I am not ashamed
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Of the gospel
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Yes, the gospel of Jesus Christ
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No, I am not afraid
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To be counted
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And I'm willing to give
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My life
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You see I'm ready to be
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All he wants me to be
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Give up the wrong
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For the right
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No, I am not ashamed
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Of the gospel
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No, I am not ashamed
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Of the gospel
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of Jesus Christ
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I've got too much behind
me to let this world blind me
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Oh, whoa, oh
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To some he's a name,
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But to me, he's my ev'rything
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No, I am not ashamed
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Of the gospel
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I am not ashamed
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No, I am not ashamed
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Of the gospel
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I've got too much behind me
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To let this world blind me
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For some he's a name,
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But to me he's my ev'rything.
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I am not ashamed
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Of the gospel
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No, I am not ashamed
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Of the gospel
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Oh, oh
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I am not ashamed
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Of the gospel
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Of Jesus Christ
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Happy Sabbath, everyone.
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It's a blessing to be
here with you all this evening
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and I'm praying
that the Spirit of God
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will be our teacher
and our guide, amen.
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Before we get into the
word of God this evening,
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as it is my tradition,
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I just want to invite everyone
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to have a word
of prayer with me.
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And please, in your hearts,
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ask for the spirit of
God to be your instructor,
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because I believe every
time the word of God is opened
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that the Spirit
of God is at hand
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to lead and guide
us into all truth.
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So with that, I
just want to invite you
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to join me in a word of prayer.
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Father in heaven, I
thank You for the blessing
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of the holy Sabbath day
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and I thank You
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for Your Son Jesus
Christ that gave His life
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that we might have
life more abundantly.
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I thank You for
the spirit of truth
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which you promised in John 16:13
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would guide us into all truth.
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And for this, we
pray this evening
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that the Holy Spirit
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will come and inhabit our minds,
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move upon our hearts
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that it will
convict us of righteousness
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and of sin and of judgment.
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Father, You promised in Luke 11,
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"If our parents being evil,
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know how to give good
gifts unto their children,
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how much more would You,
our Father which is in heaven
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give the Holy Spirit
unto them that ask him?"
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Lord, I kneel here before You
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in all of my
frailty and my weakness.
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You know, my frame right
now is being racked by pain,
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but I'm asking that You
would possess me with Your power
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that You would
fill me with Your truth,
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that You would use me
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for Your honor
and for Your glory
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because You're worthy
to receive the praise.
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Thank You for hearing
this our humble prayer.
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We wait upon You, oh, God,
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for we ask it in
Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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This evening I'm going to be
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sharing some
information with you
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and the purpose
of the information
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that I'm going to
be sharing with you
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from the word of God,
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it is not to offend
anyone, to discourage anyone,
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it's not to
ruffle anyone's feathers.
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However the
reality is as humanity,
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prophetically speaking,
we've reached critical mess.
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We've come to a
very serious point
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of the history of humanity.
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And at this time, we can no
longer compromise the truth,
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we can't whitewash it.
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We can't water it down.
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It is a life and death situation
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that we're
dealing with right now.
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And so the information
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that I'm going to
be sharing with you
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all this evening
directly from the word of God
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is for the purpose of educating,
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for the purpose of enlightening,
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illuminating our mind,
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so that we can
make wise decisions
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at such a time as this.
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Because the Bible
makes it very clear
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in the Book of Daniel 12,
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"Many shall be purified,
and made white, and tried,
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the wicked shall do wickedly:
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and none of the
wicked shall understand,
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but the wise will understand."
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We need to be amongst the wise.
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We need to understand.
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We need to
understand what's going on
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especially as there are
some very interesting movements
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taking place within our world.
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We're seeing something happening
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within our world that
we have not seen before.
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We have a rock star pope
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that is at the head of
the papacy at this time.
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Amazing what he
has been able to do.
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Within two
years, he has been able
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to radically
transform the image of a church,
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a system that's been
twiddled with controversy.
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It's a reality,
everyone knows this, it's true.
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And not only is
he making history
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by doing this,
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but he is also the
very first Jesuit pope.
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I find it so
intriguing how he has just shot
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to the top of
the chart so to say.
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I say the top of the charts
because he actually landed
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on the cover of
Rolling Stone Magazine.
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You have to be a
rock star to get there.
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You have to be on
the top of the charts.
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But it's not so
much what he is doing
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that presents a
concern to my mind,
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but it's the way
that the political leaders
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of our world are viewing him.
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Everyone political
leader on planet earth
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is looking at
the pope of the Rome
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as the moral authority,
the moral compass for humanity.
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President Obama called
him a transformative leader.
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The leader of the UN is
happy about his moral authority
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being exercised
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on the behalf of climate change.
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Vice President Joe
Biden said that he believes
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that the pope
is the moral rudder
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for global society,
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that's some very
serious terminology.
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Matter of fact
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in dealing with this explosive
climate change encyclical
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which Pope
Francis recently released.
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I quote Obama,
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he said that he welcomes
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his holiness Pope
Francis encyclical
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and that he admires
Pope Francis' decision
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to make his case so
clearly and powerfully
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with his full moral authority
00:16:03.76\00:16:05.99
that's invested in his position.
00:16:06.03\00:16:08.56
Everyone, they
are looking at him
00:16:08.60\00:16:10.13
as this moral authority.
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I find it very intriguing,
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because I used to
study history in school,
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that was my major
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before the Lord led
me to another major.
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But one of our
most famed presidents
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in the United States of America,
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Lincoln, he said
that and I quote,
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these are Lincoln's
words, not my words.
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He says the war,
speaking of the civil war,
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"It could not have been possible
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if it were not the
sinister works of the Jesuits."
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Those were the
words of Abraham Lincoln,
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one of the famed presidents
of United States of America.
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Matter of act, he says,
00:16:42.60\00:16:43.93
"We owe to popery that
our land is now reddened
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with the blood of
the noblest of our sons."
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One of the most
famed presidents.
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And then you have to
begin to think to yourself,
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was Abraham Lincoln
right or is Obama right.
00:16:55.78\00:16:59.91
Or was Abraham
Lincoln right for his time
00:16:59.95\00:17:03.35
but Obama is right for his time,
00:17:03.39\00:17:04.75
because the papacy
has been converted,
00:17:04.79\00:17:08.19
it's a change.
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I want to see what the
Bible has to say about this.
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What about you?
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Would you open
your Bibles with me
00:17:14.80\00:17:16.13
to the Book of
Revelation Chapter 17?
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In Revelation Chapter
17, the Bible gives us
00:17:18.40\00:17:20.94
a very distinct
prophecy concerning a power
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that all of us
in these last days
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need to understand with clarity.
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In Revelation
Chapter 17:1, the Bible says,
00:17:28.88\00:17:31.61
"And there came
one of the seven angels
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which had the seven vials,
00:17:33.11\00:17:34.65
and talked with me, saying
00:17:34.68\00:17:36.02
Come hither, I
will shew unto thee
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the judgment of the great whore
which sitteth upon many waters,
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and with whom the
kings of the earth
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have committed fornication,
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and the inhabitants of the earth
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have been made drunk
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with the wine of
her fornication."
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Very interesting,
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John the
Revelator is speaking here
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in Revelation 17:1
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and he says one
of the seven angels
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which has the seven vials
is coming to talk with him.
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Now, I want you to see
what the Bible has to say
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about these seven angels.
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Look at Revelation 16:1
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because the Bible says there
00:18:01.78\00:18:03.65
I heard a great
voice out of the temple
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saying to the seven angels,
00:18:05.41\00:18:06.75
go your ways and
pour out the vials
00:18:06.78\00:18:10.12
of the wrath of
God upon the earth.
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So these seven angels,
they possessed the vials
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that contain the wrath of God.
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But then in Revelation
15:1 the Bible says this.
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"I saw another sign in
heaven, great and marvelous,
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seven angels having
the seven last plagues;
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for in them is
filled up the wrath of God."
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So Revelation 16:1 tell us
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that "The wrath of God
is inside of those vials
00:18:35.08\00:18:37.55
that the seven
angels possessed."
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Revelation 15:1 tell us
00:18:39.15\00:18:41.48
that "The wrath of God
00:18:41.52\00:18:42.98
is actually the
seven last plagues."
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And it's one of
those seven angels
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that's communicating a
message to John the Revelator
00:18:46.79\00:18:49.09
in Revelation 17:1.
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Therefore we can now certainty
00:18:50.96\00:18:52.69
that this angel that's
speaking to John the Revelator
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possesses a seven
of the wrath of God.
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He possesses one of
the seven last plagues.
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His
responsibility is to pour out
00:19:01.80\00:19:03.94
the judgments of God on earth.
00:19:03.97\00:19:05.51
Are you following so far?
00:19:05.54\00:19:07.48
And we actually know
00:19:07.51\00:19:09.81
what event will be the precursor
00:19:09.84\00:19:11.78
to the pouring out
of the wrath of God
00:19:11.81\00:19:13.48
which are the seven last plagues
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that's spoken of in the
Book of Revelation 14:9,
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the third angel's
message, we're told there.
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"And the third
angel followed them,
00:19:20.89\00:19:23.49
saying with a loud voice,
00:19:23.53\00:19:25.13
If any man worship
the beast and his image,
00:19:25.16\00:19:28.26
and receive his
mark in his forehead,
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or in his hand,
00:19:30.53\00:19:31.87
the same shall drink of the wine
00:19:31.90\00:19:33.67
of the wrath of God,
00:19:33.70\00:19:35.04
which is poured
out without mixture."
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It's poured out without mixture.
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No mercy.
00:19:41.68\00:19:43.75
When the issue of the mark
of the beast becomes a reality
00:19:43.78\00:19:46.48
and every thinking
person on planet earth
00:19:46.51\00:19:48.42
makes the
decision either for God
00:19:48.45\00:19:50.82
or either against God,
00:19:50.85\00:19:52.49
then will commence the
pouring out of the wrath of God
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which we know are
the seven last plagues,
00:19:54.76\00:19:56.83
the final judgment of God.
00:19:56.86\00:19:59.09
And in Revelation 17:1
00:19:59.13\00:20:00.83
one of these angels
are talking with John,
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this lets us know, and
I want you get this point.
00:20:03.13\00:20:05.87
He told John, "Come hither,
I'm going to shew unto thee
00:20:05.90\00:20:08.40
the judgment of the great whore
00:20:08.44\00:20:09.77
which sitteth upon many waters."
00:20:09.80\00:20:11.37
In other words,
00:20:11.41\00:20:12.74
John is getting ready
to receive from this angel
00:20:12.77\00:20:15.91
evidence on top of evidence,
00:20:15.94\00:20:18.58
on top of evidence
00:20:18.61\00:20:20.52
that unequivocally
incriminates this whore
00:20:20.55\00:20:23.69
as being worthy of
receiving the wrath of God,
00:20:23.72\00:20:26.09
the seven last plagues.
00:20:26.12\00:20:27.52
That's what we're gonna look at
00:20:27.56\00:20:28.89
right here in
Revelation Chapter 17.
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The Bible says that--
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He is talking
about the whore now.
00:20:32.36\00:20:34.00
Unfortunately, I'm sorry,
00:20:34.03\00:20:35.36
I hope this is
not offending anybody
00:20:35.40\00:20:36.73
but this is just true
according to the Bible.
00:20:36.77\00:20:38.30
When the Bible speaks of whores,
00:20:38.33\00:20:39.67
usually it's speaking of
those of the feminine gender.
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Are you with me so far?
00:20:43.10\00:20:45.67
And a woman in Bible prophecy
00:20:45.71\00:20:48.61
is a symbol that God
uses to depict His church.
00:20:48.64\00:20:52.28
In the Book of Jeremiah
Chapter 6:2, the Bible says,
00:20:52.31\00:20:54.88
"I have likened
the daughter of Zion
00:20:54.92\00:20:58.12
unto a comely
and delicate woman."
00:20:58.15\00:21:00.19
That's Jeremiah 6:2.
00:21:00.22\00:21:02.32
Then in Isaiah
51:16, the Bible says,
00:21:02.36\00:21:06.43
"I have put my
words into thy mouth,
00:21:06.46\00:21:07.86
and I have covered thee
with the shadow of mine hand,
00:21:07.90\00:21:09.70
that I might plant the heavens,
00:21:09.73\00:21:11.07
and lay the
foundations of the earth,
00:21:11.10\00:21:12.43
and say unto Zion,
Thou art my people."
00:21:12.47\00:21:16.47
So Zion is the people of God.
00:21:16.50\00:21:18.97
And in Jeremiah 6:2, he
likens the daughter of Zion
00:21:19.01\00:21:21.74
or rather he
like into his people
00:21:21.78\00:21:24.15
unto a comely
and delicate woman.
00:21:24.18\00:21:26.21
A woman in Bible prophecy
00:21:26.25\00:21:27.88
can be a symbol of
God's people in his church.
00:21:27.92\00:21:30.19
Here we see God's people
being comely and delicate.
00:21:30.22\00:21:32.79
They're not given
over to disputations
00:21:32.82\00:21:35.32
and war and
conflict, they are delicate.
00:21:35.36\00:21:38.29
But in 2 Corinthians 11:2,
another important scripture.
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2 Corinthians 11:2.
00:21:41.43\00:21:43.80
The Bible tells us there that
00:21:43.83\00:21:45.43
the Apostle Paul said,
00:21:45.47\00:21:46.80
"I am jealous over
you with godly jealousy,
00:21:46.84\00:21:48.94
for I have espoused
you unto one husband,
00:21:48.97\00:21:51.14
that I may present you as
a chaste virgin unto Christ.
00:21:51.17\00:21:55.61
So God's people, His church
00:21:55.64\00:21:57.35
is supposed to be a
comely, delicate chaste virgin.
00:21:57.38\00:22:01.92
To be chaste means
that you're pure and moral.
00:22:01.95\00:22:06.55
Now, it's interesting
when we look at this woman
00:22:06.59\00:22:08.19
in Revelation 17,
00:22:08.22\00:22:10.19
she may be comely,
she may be beautiful,
00:22:10.23\00:22:11.93
I believe she is attractive.
00:22:11.96\00:22:13.93
Delicate, that's debatable.
00:22:13.96\00:22:17.37
Virgin, it's not debatable.
00:22:17.40\00:22:18.90
The Bible says she is a whore.
00:22:18.93\00:22:21.47
This means that
we're looking at a church.
00:22:21.50\00:22:25.94
We're looking at a church
that has committed adultery.
00:22:25.97\00:22:30.48
A church
00:22:30.51\00:22:32.08
that has broken its
covenant relationship with God.
00:22:32.11\00:22:36.32
And do you know what
God's covenant with this people.
00:22:36.35\00:22:38.29
The Bible makes it very clear.
00:22:38.32\00:22:39.65
It's in the Book of Exodus
34, we're looking at verse 28.
00:22:39.69\00:22:42.59
In Exodus 34:28,
the Bible says that
00:22:42.62\00:22:45.53
that speaking of Moses, he says,
00:22:45.56\00:22:47.06
"He was there with the Lord
00:22:47.10\00:22:48.43
for forty days and forty nights,
00:22:48.46\00:22:49.80
and he did neither eat
bread, nor drink water.
00:22:49.83\00:22:51.97
And he wrote upon the tables
the words of the covenant,
00:22:52.00\00:22:55.47
the Ten Commandments."
00:22:55.50\00:22:57.87
The Ten Commandments
00:22:57.91\00:22:59.61
are the covenant that
God has made with His church,
00:22:59.64\00:23:02.14
that God has
made with His people.
00:23:02.18\00:23:03.91
This church,
this religious system
00:23:03.95\00:23:06.58
has broken God's
Ten Commandments.
00:23:06.61\00:23:12.25
And very interesting
00:23:12.29\00:23:13.86
addressing the
same system of worship
00:23:13.89\00:23:15.69
that I started off
from the very beginning
00:23:15.72\00:23:17.86
of our walk through
the Bible this evening,
00:23:17.89\00:23:20.56
the papacy, historically
is noted as doing just that.
00:23:20.60\00:23:23.87
In the Bible,
00:23:23.90\00:23:25.23
we're told in
the Book of Daniel,
00:23:25.27\00:23:26.60
Daniel chapter 7
verse 27 in particular
00:23:26.63\00:23:29.17
where the papacy is identified
00:23:29.20\00:23:30.97
under the peculiar
symbol of a little horn.
00:23:31.01\00:23:33.24
We're told that this
system would still think,
00:23:33.27\00:23:36.24
it would not but it would think
00:23:36.28\00:23:37.75
to change times and laws.
00:23:37.78\00:23:39.11
It can only think to
change what God has established
00:23:39.15\00:23:41.45
because what
God has established,
00:23:41.48\00:23:42.82
no man can change.
00:23:42.85\00:23:44.19
But this is a system that
has sought to invested itself
00:23:44.22\00:23:47.16
with the prerogatives of God.
00:23:47.19\00:23:49.26
Therefore it has
thought to change times and laws
00:23:49.29\00:23:52.49
and we see that it's done that.
00:23:52.53\00:23:53.86
I mean, I used to
go to Catholic school,
00:23:53.90\00:23:55.23
I don't know
about some, there may be
00:23:55.26\00:23:56.60
some faithful
Catholics that are here.
00:23:56.63\00:23:58.33
Praise the Lord.
00:23:58.37\00:23:59.93
By the way, I must
make it very clear,
00:23:59.97\00:24:01.70
I know some great,
00:24:01.74\00:24:04.01
great Christians
that are Roman Catholic.
00:24:04.04\00:24:07.68
I also know that my one
before Roman Catholic, friends,
00:24:07.71\00:24:11.71
they're continuing
to study the Bible,
00:24:11.75\00:24:13.52
and they're getting
enlightened on the truth
00:24:13.55\00:24:15.15
that we're talking
about this evening.
00:24:15.18\00:24:18.99
And this system
changed the second commandment,
00:24:19.02\00:24:23.53
did away with
can't worship other gods.
00:24:23.56\00:24:26.66
That's why there is so
many different idols and images
00:24:26.70\00:24:29.50
within its
religious system of worship.
00:24:29.53\00:24:31.43
And most notably
in the year 321 AD
00:24:31.47\00:24:35.64
under edict by
Constantine the Great,
00:24:35.67\00:24:37.37
they changed
God's holy Sabbath day
00:24:37.41\00:24:39.31
from the seventh day to
the first day of the week.
00:24:39.34\00:24:42.24
This is historical facts
we're talking about right now.
00:24:42.28\00:24:45.21
So this is a
system that truly did
00:24:45.25\00:24:48.68
break it's covenant with God.
00:24:48.72\00:24:51.95
And the Bible makes it clear
00:24:51.99\00:24:53.52
how it did that
in Revelation 17:2.
00:24:53.56\00:24:56.83
It says that it has
committed fornication
00:24:56.86\00:24:58.89
with the kings of the earth.
00:24:58.93\00:25:00.90
This is the church
00:25:00.93\00:25:02.26
that has entered into
league with the world.
00:25:02.30\00:25:05.13
The Bible says this.
00:25:05.17\00:25:06.97
The Book of James 4:4, it says,
00:25:07.00\00:25:09.00
"Ye adulterers and adulteresses,
00:25:09.04\00:25:11.14
know ye not that the
friendship of the world
00:25:11.17\00:25:13.68
is enmity with God?
00:25:13.71\00:25:15.84
Whosoever therefore
shall be a friend of the world
00:25:15.88\00:25:17.88
is the enemy of God."
00:25:17.91\00:25:22.48
God says that if we
as his professed people
00:25:22.52\00:25:27.09
make league with the world,
00:25:27.12\00:25:29.79
unfortunately no
matter how much we profess
00:25:29.82\00:25:32.29
to be His servants,
00:25:32.33\00:25:33.66
in His eyesight,
00:25:33.70\00:25:36.20
He perceive us as antagonistic
00:25:36.23\00:25:39.80
to His plan of salvation
and redemption for humanity.
00:25:39.83\00:25:44.64
That's a fearful thought
but that's what the Bible says.
00:25:44.67\00:25:48.58
It says, whosoever happens
to be friend of the world
00:25:48.61\00:25:50.18
is the enemy of God.
00:25:50.21\00:25:51.81
A church that is
the enemy of God.
00:25:51.85\00:25:54.62
How could that be so?
00:25:54.65\00:25:56.55
Well, I want you to look
what the Bible goes on to say,
00:25:56.58\00:25:58.09
Revelation 17, I'm
looking at verse 3 now,
00:25:58.12\00:26:00.42
it's very interesting.
00:26:00.46\00:26:02.92
So now as this
angel is getting ready
00:26:02.96\00:26:04.83
to reveal to John evidence
that incriminates the whore
00:26:04.86\00:26:07.63
and right now I'm
making it very clear,
00:26:07.66\00:26:09.50
we're talking
about the papal system
00:26:09.53\00:26:11.03
that is headed by the pope.
00:26:11.07\00:26:14.50
To reveal to John evidence
that incriminates the whore
00:26:14.54\00:26:16.87
is worthy of receiving
the seven last plagues.
00:26:16.91\00:26:19.97
The Bible says
there in Revelation 17:3,
00:26:20.01\00:26:22.04
"So he carried me
away in the spirit
00:26:22.08\00:26:24.68
into the wilderness:
00:26:24.71\00:26:26.85
and I saw a woman sit
upon a scarlet colored beast,
00:26:26.88\00:26:28.75
full of names of blasphemy,
00:26:28.78\00:26:30.12
having seven
heads and ten horns."
00:26:30.15\00:26:31.75
Now, this is interesting.
00:26:31.79\00:26:33.36
Why would the
angel carry John away
00:26:33.39\00:26:35.69
into the wilderness?
00:26:35.72\00:26:37.06
To show him evidence
that incriminates this whore
00:26:37.09\00:26:39.53
as worthy of
receiving the wrath of God.
00:26:39.56\00:26:42.40
What's so important
about the wilderness?
00:26:42.43\00:26:44.63
Open you Bibles, I
want you to look at this,
00:26:44.67\00:26:46.03
it's the Book of Revelation,
00:26:46.07\00:26:47.40
Revelation chapter 12
we're gonna look at verse 6
00:26:47.44\00:26:50.41
Revelation chapter
12 looking at verse 6
00:26:50.44\00:26:52.41
the Bible says
something interesting here.
00:26:52.44\00:26:54.61
It says, "And the woman
fled into the wilderness,
00:26:54.64\00:26:57.48
where she hath a
place prepared of God,
00:26:57.51\00:26:59.65
that they should feed her there
00:26:59.68\00:27:01.02
one thousand two
hundred and threescore days."
00:27:01.05\00:27:05.35
Then in Revelation
12:14, the Bible says,
00:27:05.39\00:27:08.62
"And to the woman were given
two great wings of an eagle,
00:27:08.66\00:27:12.06
that she might fly
into the wilderness,
00:27:12.09\00:27:13.86
into her place,
00:27:13.90\00:27:16.06
where she is
nourished for a time, and times,
00:27:16.10\00:27:20.04
and half a time, from
the face of the serpent."
00:27:20.07\00:27:22.67
I want you to notice
that here in Revelation 12:6,
00:27:22.70\00:27:25.94
Revelation 12:14,
00:27:25.97\00:27:27.74
we see the same imagery,
00:27:27.78\00:27:29.98
a woman, she is
going into the wilderness
00:27:30.01\00:27:32.58
and she is in the wilderness
for a specific time frame.
00:27:32.61\00:27:35.08
In Revelation 12:6 it says
00:27:35.12\00:27:36.85
for one thousand two
hundred threescore days.
00:27:36.89\00:27:38.99
A score is 20.
00:27:39.02\00:27:40.36
You do three
times 20, you get 60
00:27:40.39\00:27:42.29
so you have 1260 days.
00:27:42.32\00:27:45.79
And then in Revelation 12:14,
00:27:45.83\00:27:49.10
it says that this woman
goes into the wilderness
00:27:49.13\00:27:51.23
for a time,
times and half a time.
00:27:51.27\00:27:55.47
And a time is a
year, times is two years,
00:27:55.50\00:27:58.24
half a time is half a year,
00:27:58.27\00:27:59.61
so we have three
and a half years.
00:27:59.64\00:28:01.61
But there is something important
00:28:01.64\00:28:02.98
that we need to take note of.
00:28:03.01\00:28:04.35
In Bible prophecy a
day can be equal to a year.
00:28:04.38\00:28:07.62
We're given this truth
in the Book of Numbers 14:34
00:28:07.65\00:28:10.72
and Ezekiel 4:6.
00:28:10.75\00:28:12.39
A day can be equal to
a year in Bible prophecy.
00:28:12.42\00:28:15.09
So when we're
looking at 1260 days,
00:28:15.12\00:28:17.89
we're actually looking
at a literal 1260 years,
00:28:17.93\00:28:22.13
if we have a time,
00:28:22.16\00:28:23.50
time, dividing of
time three and half years,
00:28:23.53\00:28:25.40
360 days to each year,
00:28:25.43\00:28:28.70
then we have the same
timeframe, 1260 years.
00:28:28.74\00:28:32.77
Interesting,
ladies and gentlemen.
00:28:32.81\00:28:34.44
So this woman
fleece into the wilderness
00:28:34.48\00:28:38.05
for 1260 year time period.
00:28:38.08\00:28:42.28
Want you to see what
else the Bible has to say
00:28:42.32\00:28:44.05
about the same timeframe
00:28:44.09\00:28:46.09
in which this woman
is in the wilderness?
00:28:46.12\00:28:47.56
It's found in the Book
of Revelation Chapter 13,
00:28:47.59\00:28:49.79
we gonna began at verse 4 now.
00:28:49.82\00:28:51.43
The bible says here,
00:28:51.46\00:28:52.79
"And they worshipped the dragon
00:28:52.83\00:28:54.16
which gave power unto the beast:
00:28:54.20\00:28:55.53
and they
worshipped the beast, saying,
00:28:55.56\00:28:56.90
Who is like unto the beast?
00:28:56.93\00:28:58.27
Who is able to
make war with him?
00:28:58.30\00:29:00.34
Verse 5, "And
there was given unto him
00:29:00.37\00:29:01.94
a mouth speaking great
things and blasphemies,
00:29:01.97\00:29:04.04
and power was given unto him
00:29:04.07\00:29:05.41
to continue
forty and two months.
00:29:05.44\00:29:07.94
We have another timeframe now.
00:29:07.98\00:29:10.35
We're looking at a beast
00:29:10.38\00:29:11.71
that is continuing
forty and two months.
00:29:11.75\00:29:14.38
Okay.
00:29:14.42\00:29:15.78
Forty two months, let's
deal with the timeframe,
00:29:15.82\00:29:17.22
then we'll do with the beast.
00:29:17.25\00:29:19.05
Forty two months.
00:29:19.09\00:29:20.42
If you have 30 days to a
month, you have 1260 days,
00:29:20.46\00:29:24.33
a day is equal to a
year, you have 1260 years.
00:29:24.36\00:29:28.10
This is the same timeframe
00:29:28.13\00:29:29.86
that this woman
was in the wilderness.
00:29:29.90\00:29:32.83
So now this beast
is given authority
00:29:32.87\00:29:35.30
to reign for 1260 years.
00:29:35.34\00:29:38.11
The same timeframe
00:29:38.14\00:29:39.47
that the woman is fleeing
00:29:39.51\00:29:40.84
in the
wilderness from persecution.
00:29:40.88\00:29:42.28
Interesting.
00:29:42.31\00:29:43.65
Now, what is this beast?
00:29:43.68\00:29:45.01
Well, a beast in Bible prophecy
00:29:45.05\00:29:46.68
is symbolic of a
kingdom or a political power.
00:29:46.72\00:29:49.08
The Bible makes it
clear in the Book of Daniel,
00:29:49.12\00:29:50.82
Daniel Chapter 7.
00:29:50.85\00:29:52.32
I'm sorry, I'm moving so rapidly
00:29:52.35\00:29:53.69
but my time is short.
00:29:53.72\00:29:55.92
In Daniel 7:2,
the Bible says this.
00:29:55.96\00:29:59.29
"I Daniel spake and said,
00:29:59.33\00:30:00.66
I saw in my vision by the night,
00:30:00.70\00:30:02.03
and, behold, the four
winds of the heaven strove
00:30:02.06\00:30:05.07
upon the great sea.
00:30:05.10\00:30:06.43
And four great beasts
came up out of the sea,
00:30:06.47\00:30:08.30
diverse one from another.
00:30:08.34\00:30:11.91
Now in verse 7, the Bible
says, "These great beasts,
00:30:11.94\00:30:14.61
which are four, are four kings,
00:30:14.64\00:30:18.21
which shall arise
out of the earth."
00:30:18.25\00:30:19.71
But for further clarification,
00:30:19.75\00:30:21.78
if we look at Daniel
7:23, the Bible says this,
00:30:21.82\00:30:25.62
"Thus he said, The fourth beast
00:30:25.65\00:30:28.06
shall be the fourth
kingdom upon the earth."
00:30:28.09\00:30:31.19
So as I said earlier and
now we've looked at it directly
00:30:31.23\00:30:34.30
from the word of God,
00:30:34.33\00:30:35.66
a beast is a symbol
of a political power,
00:30:35.70\00:30:37.63
a kingdom.
00:30:37.67\00:30:40.44
This beast that
we're looking at here
00:30:40.47\00:30:42.07
in Revelation Chapter
13, ladies and gentlemen,
00:30:42.10\00:30:44.37
it's another prophetic
symbol that the word of God uses
00:30:44.41\00:30:46.78
to identify the very same system
00:30:46.81\00:30:48.31
that I talked
about from the beginning,
00:30:48.34\00:30:50.71
the Roman Catholic
Church, the papacy.
00:30:50.75\00:30:53.48
talks about "This beast
coming up out of the sea,
00:30:55.35\00:30:58.02
having seven
heads and ten horns,
00:30:58.05\00:31:00.62
upon his horns ten crows.
00:31:00.66\00:31:02.62
And the beast saw
was liken to a leopard,
00:31:02.66\00:31:03.99
it had the feet of a
bear, and the mouth of a lion."
00:31:04.03\00:31:07.03
So all this prophetic language
that's used for the papacy.
00:31:07.06\00:31:09.23
We'll deal with it
little bit of it later.
00:31:09.26\00:31:11.13
But nonetheless, we're told that
00:31:11.17\00:31:12.50
this power would
rule for 1260 years.
00:31:12.53\00:31:15.74
Do you know that
it's historically true.
00:31:15.77\00:31:18.71
From the year 538 AD
all the way through 1798 AD,
00:31:18.74\00:31:23.68
the papacy ruled
over the then known world.
00:31:23.71\00:31:26.82
The pope held sway over
the consciences of humanity.
00:31:26.85\00:31:31.99
I want you to see
what the Bible tells us
00:31:32.02\00:31:33.52
that the papacy
would do with its power
00:31:33.56\00:31:35.12
during that 1260 years
00:31:35.16\00:31:39.66
right here in
Revelation Chapter 13,
00:31:39.69\00:31:42.13
we're going to
look now at verse 7.
00:31:42.16\00:31:45.17
"And it was given unto him
to make war with the saints--"
00:31:45.20\00:31:48.30
That's got to be God's people,
that's got to be God's church,
00:31:48.34\00:31:50.57
that's got to be God's woman.
00:31:50.61\00:31:52.37
"It was given unto him
to make war with the saints,
00:31:52.41\00:31:54.48
and to overcome them:
and power was given him
00:31:54.51\00:31:56.95
over all kindreds,
and tongues, and nations."
00:31:56.98\00:32:00.15
This is interesting so through
this 1260 year time period,
00:32:00.18\00:32:04.65
from 538 AD all the
way through 1798 AD,
00:32:04.69\00:32:07.49
the papacy was persecuting
00:32:07.52\00:32:09.16
those that would now bow
their knee to its dictate.
00:32:09.19\00:32:13.09
But then during that
same 1260 year time period,
00:32:13.13\00:32:16.77
that 538 AD all the
way through 1798 AD,
00:32:16.80\00:32:20.94
God's church is
fleeing in the wilderness,
00:32:20.97\00:32:23.81
fleeing from whom?
00:32:23.84\00:32:25.17
The papacy,
ladies and gentlemen.
00:32:25.21\00:32:28.04
Fleeing from persecution
because we are also told
00:32:28.08\00:32:32.45
by historians
00:32:32.48\00:32:37.62
that during this timeframe,
00:32:37.65\00:32:40.99
over 50 million
Christians went to bloody graves
00:32:41.02\00:32:45.89
and that is a
conservative estimate.
00:32:45.93\00:32:49.20
That's some serious bloodshed
00:32:49.23\00:32:50.57
when 50 million is conservative.
00:32:50.60\00:32:55.10
What better place
00:32:55.14\00:32:57.97
could the angel carry
John off into vision to
00:32:58.01\00:33:02.08
other than the murder
scene of God's people?
00:33:02.11\00:33:08.45
He takes them into
this 1260 year time period
00:33:08.48\00:33:12.95
where God's people, where
Jesus Christ is being crucified
00:33:12.99\00:33:16.29
and the person of
the saints and he says,
00:33:16.32\00:33:17.89
look at the bloodbath.
00:33:17.93\00:33:19.26
This is why
this system is worthy
00:33:19.29\00:33:21.80
of receiving the
judgments of God.
00:33:21.83\00:33:25.53
What better place
than a murder scene?
00:33:25.57\00:33:30.01
I want you to go back with me.
00:33:30.04\00:33:31.37
Go with me back to
Revelation Chapter 17.
00:33:31.41\00:33:34.28
So why did we go
to the wilderness
00:33:34.31\00:33:35.81
because it's the
murder scene of God's people,
00:33:35.84\00:33:37.55
it's the murder
scene of Jesus Christ
00:33:37.58\00:33:40.02
and the person of its saints.
00:33:40.05\00:33:42.98
And it's so interesting
because the Bible says
00:33:43.02\00:33:44.72
that when John
enters into the wilderness,
00:33:44.75\00:33:46.92
he sees a woman sit
upon the scarlet color beast.
00:33:46.96\00:33:50.99
He didn't say, he
saw a woman seated.
00:33:51.03\00:33:53.83
He says, he saw a woman sit.
00:33:53.86\00:33:56.70
Now seated is past tense, right.
00:33:56.73\00:34:00.97
Sit is present tense.
00:34:01.00\00:34:02.34
For instance if I
said, I walked into the room
00:34:02.37\00:34:03.71
and I saw you all
seated here which I did.
00:34:03.74\00:34:06.34
That means when I
walked in the room,
00:34:06.37\00:34:07.71
I saw you all
seated here as you are.
00:34:07.74\00:34:10.45
But if I said, I
walked in the room
00:34:10.48\00:34:11.88
and I saw everyone sit,
00:34:11.91\00:34:13.25
that means I saw you go
from the standing position
00:34:13.28\00:34:15.22
to the seated position.
00:34:15.25\00:34:18.15
So I actually saw you
go from here to there.
00:34:18.19\00:34:21.72
What did John see?
00:34:21.76\00:34:23.09
He saw the church
unite with the state.
00:34:23.12\00:34:27.26
He sees this union
fermented between these powers.
00:34:31.30\00:34:36.10
And as he takes a
closer look at this woman,
00:34:36.14\00:34:38.11
the Bible says here, verse 4,
00:34:38.14\00:34:39.84
"And the woman was arrayed
in purple and scarlet color,
00:34:39.87\00:34:42.34
and decked with gold and
precious stones and pearls,
00:34:42.38\00:34:44.98
having a golden cup in
her hand full of abominations
00:34:45.01\00:34:47.32
and filthiness
of her fornication."
00:34:47.35\00:34:49.28
You know for those of you
00:34:49.32\00:34:50.65
that are
familiar with the Bible,
00:34:50.69\00:34:52.69
you may, it may be
very apparent to you
00:34:52.72\00:34:54.52
that attire of
this apostate system
00:34:54.56\00:34:59.86
unfortunately I
must say this way.
00:34:59.89\00:35:02.73
This system of
worship that is antagonistic
00:35:02.76\00:35:05.47
against God's true
designs for humanity.
00:35:05.50\00:35:08.17
You will notice that
her attire is very similar
00:35:08.20\00:35:12.01
to that of the high
priest in the Levitical system.
00:35:12.04\00:35:15.74
If you open your
Bibles, just look there with me
00:35:15.78\00:35:17.51
in the Book of
Exodus Chapter 28.
00:35:17.55\00:35:19.81
In Exodus 28 Chapter,
I'm gonna begin at verse 4.
00:35:19.85\00:35:22.25
This is what the Bible tells us
00:35:22.28\00:35:23.92
concerning the
garments of the high priest.
00:35:23.95\00:35:26.15
"And these are the
garments which they shall make;
00:35:26.19\00:35:28.22
a breastplate, and
an ephod, and a robe,
00:35:28.26\00:35:30.49
and a broidered coat,
and a mitre, and a girdle:
00:35:30.53\00:35:32.96
and they shall
make holy garments
00:35:32.99\00:35:34.76
for Aaron thy
brother, and his sons, and he,
00:35:34.80\00:35:39.00
that he may minister unto
me in the priest's office.
00:35:39.03\00:35:42.00
" Verse 5, "And they
shall take gold, and blue,
00:35:42.04\00:35:45.77
and purple, and
scarlet, and fine linen."
00:35:45.81\00:35:49.31
So the high priest has
gold, the woman has gold.
00:35:49.34\00:35:53.58
The high priest has
blue, the woman has no blue.
00:35:53.62\00:35:56.79
The high priest has
purple, the woman has purple.
00:35:56.82\00:35:59.42
The high priest has
scarlet, the woman has scarlet.
00:35:59.45\00:36:01.86
The high priest has fine linen,
00:36:01.89\00:36:03.36
the woman, the
whore has no fine linen.
00:36:03.39\00:36:05.99
Why is this woman
lacking fine linen and blue
00:36:06.03\00:36:09.40
which the high priest possesses?
00:36:09.43\00:36:10.80
Well, let's find out what
the fine linen is a symbol of?
00:36:10.83\00:36:12.87
In the Book of Revelation 19:8,
the Bible makes it very clear
00:36:12.90\00:36:16.24
what fine linen is a symbol of.
00:36:16.27\00:36:18.17
Revelation 19:8 tells us this.
00:36:18.21\00:36:20.84
"And to her was granted
00:36:20.88\00:36:22.38
that she should be
arrayed in fine linen,
00:36:22.41\00:36:24.45
clean and white:
for the fine linen
00:36:24.48\00:36:25.91
is the
righteousness of the saints."
00:36:25.95\00:36:30.89
Fine linen is the
righteousness of the saints.
00:36:30.92\00:36:34.96
But this woman does not
posses the fine linen, why?
00:36:34.99\00:36:37.39
Because she lacks
00:36:37.43\00:36:38.76
the
righteousness of Jesus Christ.
00:36:38.79\00:36:40.66
Can it be that she stands
in her own self righteousness?
00:36:40.70\00:36:45.27
Stalling herself to be holy.
00:36:45.30\00:36:47.90
Stalling herself to even
stand in the position of God.
00:36:47.94\00:36:53.88
Bible says that
this woman lacks blue,
00:36:53.91\00:36:55.84
even though the
high priest has blue,
00:36:55.88\00:36:57.31
why does she lack blue?
00:36:57.35\00:36:58.68
What is this blue a symbol of?
00:36:58.71\00:37:00.05
Well, the Bible tells us
00:37:00.08\00:37:01.42
in the Book of
Numbers Chapter 15
00:37:01.45\00:37:02.78
beginning at verse 38.
00:37:02.82\00:37:04.15
In Numbers 15:38, the
word of God tells us this.
00:37:04.19\00:37:07.56
"Speak unto the
children of Israel,
00:37:07.59\00:37:09.02
and bid them that they
make them fringes in the borders
00:37:09.06\00:37:11.09
throughout their generations,
00:37:11.13\00:37:12.46
and that they put upon
the fringe of the borders
00:37:12.49\00:37:14.83
a ribband of blue
00:37:14.86\00:37:17.53
and it shall be
unto you for a fringe."
00:37:17.57\00:37:21.07
Why?
00:37:21.10\00:37:22.44
That she may look
upon it, and remember
00:37:22.47\00:37:25.17
all the commandments of
the Lord, and that ye seek
00:37:25.21\00:37:28.74
not after your own
heart and your own eyes,
00:37:28.78\00:37:31.85
after which ye
use to go a whoring."
00:37:31.88\00:37:36.05
It's evident why the
whore when it possessed the blue
00:37:36.08\00:37:40.19
because she is a whore.
00:37:40.22\00:37:41.56
She has departed from
the commandments of God.
00:37:44.43\00:37:49.30
This is what God is saying.
00:37:49.33\00:37:51.03
But yet, even
though she is departed
00:37:51.07\00:37:53.00
from the commandments of God,
00:37:53.03\00:37:54.54
even though she
truly does not posses
00:37:54.57\00:37:56.40
the
righteousness of Jesus Christ,
00:37:56.44\00:37:58.47
she presents herself
00:37:58.51\00:38:00.54
as one that has the
authority to minister
00:38:00.58\00:38:03.71
in the place of the high priest.
00:38:03.75\00:38:06.48
This is a
system that is actually
00:38:06.51\00:38:08.32
usurping the
ministry of Jesus Christ
00:38:08.35\00:38:11.39
which is now officiating
in the courts of heaven
00:38:11.42\00:38:14.72
on our behalves.
00:38:14.76\00:38:16.66
The Bible says it right there
in the Book of Hebrews 8:1.
00:38:16.69\00:38:20.26
"Now of the things
which we have spoken
00:38:20.30\00:38:22.76
this is the sum:
00:38:22.80\00:38:24.13
We have such an
high priest, who is set
00:38:24.17\00:38:25.97
at the right hand of the throne
of the Majesty in the heavens,
00:38:26.00\00:38:28.84
A minister of the sanctuary,
and of the true tabernacle,
00:38:28.87\00:38:33.48
which the Lord
pitched, and not man."
00:38:33.51\00:38:35.64
Jesus Christ is
our great high priest.
00:38:35.68\00:38:38.81
It is His
righteousness that that we need,
00:38:38.85\00:38:40.85
so that we can walk in harmony
with the will of the Lord.
00:38:40.88\00:38:43.18
He is pleading His
blood daily on our behalves,
00:38:43.22\00:38:45.62
so that we might
gain victory over sin
00:38:45.65\00:38:47.72
and be adorned with
the beauty of His holiness,
00:38:47.76\00:38:49.82
so we can stand in
the presence of God
00:38:49.86\00:38:51.59
and be with Him throughout
the ceaseless ages of eternity.
00:38:51.63\00:38:55.20
But this system seeks to usurp
00:38:55.23\00:38:59.03
the position of
authority of Jesus Christ.
00:38:59.07\00:39:02.47
That's why God says,
I'm at enmity with you
00:39:02.50\00:39:05.64
because you're turning
people away from My Son.
00:39:05.67\00:39:09.44
You're turning
people away from My Son,
00:39:09.48\00:39:10.81
even though you
may pretentiously say
00:39:10.85\00:39:12.88
that you're
turning people to My Son,
00:39:12.91\00:39:14.28
you're really
turning people to yourself.
00:39:14.32\00:39:15.78
Can't judge a book by its cover.
00:39:20.22\00:39:24.49
Quote says here
Revelation Chapter 17,
00:39:24.53\00:39:28.50
Revelation 17:5,
00:39:28.53\00:39:32.70
"Although she is
attired and beautifully
00:39:32.73\00:39:35.67
and all of these
things, just the gold on,
00:39:35.70\00:39:40.11
precious stones and the pearls."
00:39:40.14\00:39:42.48
You'll notice that she has
another interesting color on
00:39:42.51\00:39:45.81
and that is purple.
00:39:45.85\00:39:47.85
Why purple?
00:39:47.88\00:39:51.25
You know, the Bible says
something very interesting
00:39:51.29\00:39:52.92
about this color purple
00:39:52.95\00:39:54.29
and it's found in
the book of proverbs,
00:39:54.32\00:39:58.23
proverbs Chapter 31.
00:39:58.26\00:40:01.10
I'm going to look
at Proverbs Chapter 31
00:40:01.13\00:40:03.77
and I'm going to
begin at verse 10.
00:40:03.80\00:40:05.33
The Bible says this, "Who
can find a virtuous woman?
00:40:05.37\00:40:09.60
For her price is
far above rubies."
00:40:09.64\00:40:13.84
Look at how the Bible says that
a virtuous woman is attired.
00:40:13.88\00:40:17.21
She maketh her
coverings of tapestry,
00:40:17.25\00:40:20.12
her clothing is silk and purple.
00:40:20.15\00:40:24.02
The virtuous woman
is clothed in purple.
00:40:24.05\00:40:26.89
Do you know what it
means to be virtuous?
00:40:26.92\00:40:28.26
It means to be
of high moral fiber.
00:40:28.29\00:40:30.13
You are very moral. A
moral woman wears purple.
00:40:30.16\00:40:35.33
Brothers and
sisters, do you see the point.
00:40:35.36\00:40:38.20
This system and once
again I say this distinctly
00:40:38.23\00:40:43.57
as I said it at
this from the onset.
00:40:43.61\00:40:45.87
My words are not to offend.
00:40:45.91\00:40:47.24
My words are not to discourage.
00:40:47.28\00:40:48.61
My words are
not ruffle feathers.
00:40:48.64\00:40:50.41
My words are to present
the truth of the word of God.
00:40:50.45\00:40:54.48
This system which God
says has broken its covenant,
00:40:54.52\00:40:58.02
broken its commandments.
00:40:58.05\00:40:59.39
This system which God
says does not truly present
00:40:59.42\00:41:01.82
the
righteousness of Jesus Christ,
00:41:01.86\00:41:03.29
though it may present
itself as one that is seeking
00:41:03.32\00:41:05.99
to uphold Jesus
Christ before humanity.
00:41:06.03\00:41:09.56
This system, it
covers itself with purple.
00:41:09.60\00:41:12.93
Not only
present itself as royal,
00:41:12.97\00:41:15.40
but it presents itself
00:41:15.44\00:41:17.57
as a leading moral
authority for mankind.
00:41:17.61\00:41:22.38
A church of high morality.
00:41:22.41\00:41:25.31
It's that what's
going on right now?
00:41:25.35\00:41:27.62
Is the world
looking at the papacy
00:41:27.65\00:41:31.79
as the leading moral
authority for humanity?
00:41:31.82\00:41:36.32
You know, God said right
here that this is the way
00:41:36.36\00:41:40.53
that we would
proceed the system,
00:41:40.56\00:41:43.40
but then because God
is the searcher of heart,
00:41:43.43\00:41:46.74
He knows the very
inward thoughts of all,
00:41:46.77\00:41:49.17
He shows us its very true
character in Revelation 17:4.
00:41:49.20\00:41:54.94
He says, "Upon her forehead--"
meaning this is her character,
00:41:54.98\00:41:58.08
the forehead is
connected to the frontal lobe.
00:41:58.11\00:41:59.61
This is where reasoning
00:41:59.65\00:42:00.98
and judgment
processes take place.
00:42:01.02\00:42:02.35
Character formation
right there in the forehead.
00:42:02.38\00:42:04.45
He says, "Upon her
forehead was a name written--"
00:42:04.49\00:42:07.39
What is the name?
00:42:07.42\00:42:09.22
Verse 5,
"Mystery, Babylon the Great,
00:42:09.26\00:42:13.76
the mother of harlots and
abominations of the earth."
00:42:13.80\00:42:19.40
This system
unfortunately according to God,
00:42:19.43\00:42:24.67
it is nothing more
than the continuation
00:42:24.71\00:42:26.61
of the deceptions, the lies,
the idolatry, the heathenism...
00:42:26.64\00:42:29.74
that originated in Babylon.
00:42:33.28\00:42:36.89
But it's garbed, it's clothed
00:42:36.92\00:42:39.82
in a thin veneer
of Christian garments.
00:42:39.85\00:42:42.66
Very interesting.
00:42:47.30\00:42:49.60
Word of God goes on to say this,
00:42:49.63\00:42:51.00
I'm looking at Revelation 17:6.
00:42:51.03\00:42:55.20
It says, "I saw the woman
00:42:55.24\00:42:56.57
drunken with the
blood of the saints,
00:42:56.60\00:42:57.94
and the blood of
the martyrs of Jesus:
00:42:57.97\00:42:59.91
and when I saw her, I
wondered with great admiration."
00:42:59.94\00:43:03.04
As the Bible
made it clear earlier,
00:43:03.08\00:43:05.05
this system was responsible
for persecuting God's people,
00:43:05.08\00:43:09.58
sending them to bloody graves.
00:43:09.62\00:43:14.02
Something that I
always find interesting
00:43:14.06\00:43:15.39
about this verse of scripture.
00:43:15.42\00:43:16.76
I don't think I
can get away from it.
00:43:16.79\00:43:18.43
Says "I saw her drunken
with the blood of the saints,
00:43:18.46\00:43:20.40
and the blood of
the martyrs of Jesus."
00:43:20.43\00:43:22.13
I think to myself
every time I look at this,
00:43:22.16\00:43:23.97
blood of the saints,
blood of the martyrs of Jesus,
00:43:24.00\00:43:26.53
on the martyrs of
Jesus, the same as the saints,
00:43:26.57\00:43:28.60
why is there a
distinction being made here?
00:43:28.64\00:43:30.41
Who are the martyrs of Jesus?
00:43:30.44\00:43:31.77
Want you to see
what the Bible says,
00:43:31.81\00:43:33.14
Revelation Chapter 2.
00:43:33.17\00:43:34.51
In Revelation Chapter 2,
00:43:34.54\00:43:35.88
Jesus presents to
John the Revelator,
00:43:35.91\00:43:38.38
the seven churches.
00:43:38.41\00:43:40.32
And in the second church
which is the church of Smyrna,
00:43:40.35\00:43:42.82
he makes a statement.
00:43:42.85\00:43:44.19
Verse 9, Jesus is
speaking, all red letters,
00:43:44.22\00:43:46.32
we know Jesus speaking Himself.
00:43:46.35\00:43:48.89
He says, "I know thy
works, and tribulation,
00:43:48.92\00:43:51.06
and poverty, but thou art rich,
00:43:51.09\00:43:53.66
and I know the blasphemy of them
00:43:53.70\00:43:56.77
which say they
are Jews, and are not,
00:43:56.80\00:44:00.50
but are the synagogue of Satan."
00:44:00.54\00:44:03.41
Hold on, let's
jump down to verse 13,
00:44:03.44\00:44:04.77
I took it the wrong scripture.
00:44:04.81\00:44:06.41
Verse 13, check the
progress, "I know thy works,
00:44:06.44\00:44:09.81
and where thou dwellest,
even where Satan's seat is,
00:44:09.84\00:44:12.08
and thou holdest fast my name,
and hast not denied my faith,
00:44:12.11\00:44:16.08
even in those
days wherein Antipas,
00:44:16.12\00:44:19.72
my faithful martyr,
who was slain among you,
00:44:19.75\00:44:22.32
where Satan dwelleth."
00:44:22.36\00:44:24.03
Jesus said that Antipas
was His faithful martyr.
00:44:24.06\00:44:27.76
So Antipas was
the martyr of Jesus
00:44:27.80\00:44:30.07
because this was Jesus speaking.
00:44:30.10\00:44:32.53
Reason I find this so intriguing
00:44:32.57\00:44:33.90
is because if
you search the Bible
00:44:33.94\00:44:35.27
from Genesis to Revelation,
00:44:35.30\00:44:36.64
you will never find one
other reference to Antipas.
00:44:36.67\00:44:39.24
You will literally
break a brain cell,
00:44:39.27\00:44:42.74
trying to find Antipas
00:44:42.78\00:44:44.71
in any type of
religious history.
00:44:44.75\00:44:48.02
It's like there is no
other account of Antipas
00:44:48.05\00:44:50.02
other than that which is spoken
of by Jesus Christ Himself
00:44:50.05\00:44:52.85
here in Revelation 2:13,
which leads me to believe
00:44:52.89\00:44:56.99
that Antipas stand as
a symbol for something.
00:44:57.03\00:45:00.00
You take that
word, you break it apart.
00:45:00.03\00:45:01.36
Anti means against.
00:45:01.40\00:45:02.73
Pas come from
the root world Papa.
00:45:02.76\00:45:04.10
Papa means pope.
00:45:04.13\00:45:05.47
Did anybody have a
message against the pope?
00:45:05.50\00:45:09.37
Were they're those
that were testifying,
00:45:09.40\00:45:11.64
giving a faithful
testimony against popery
00:45:11.67\00:45:15.11
that was sent to blood graves.
00:45:15.14\00:45:17.71
Many are Protestant
reformer that we can tick off
00:45:17.75\00:45:22.98
on our list in relationship
to that information.
00:45:23.02\00:45:26.45
But nonetheless, I
find that very interesting.
00:45:26.49\00:45:29.12
But let's finish
because our time is short.
00:45:29.16\00:45:32.56
Revelation Chapter 17,
00:45:32.59\00:45:34.86
please don't miss this point.
00:45:34.90\00:45:39.50
So as John the
Revelator behold this system,
00:45:39.53\00:45:42.90
drunken with the
blood of the saints
00:45:42.94\00:45:44.67
and drunken with the
blood of the martyrs of Jesus,
00:45:44.71\00:45:47.11
the Bible says
that he begins to wonder
00:45:47.14\00:45:49.28
with great admiration.
00:45:49.31\00:45:52.71
But as he is
wondering with great admiration,
00:45:52.75\00:45:54.52
the Bible says in verse 7,
that "The angels said unto him,
00:45:54.55\00:45:57.79
Wherefore didst thou marvel?"
00:45:57.82\00:45:59.42
in other words, he is
saying, why are you marveling?
00:45:59.45\00:46:02.22
Why are you admiring the system?
00:46:02.26\00:46:04.23
What is wrong? What
is wrong with you John?
00:46:04.26\00:46:06.80
Wake up.
00:46:06.83\00:46:10.40
He's trying to wake John
up. Why are you marveling?
00:46:10.43\00:46:14.40
But notice that
John the Revelator,
00:46:14.44\00:46:16.14
this is a man filled
with the spirit of God.
00:46:16.17\00:46:18.14
He is taken off
in vision right now,
00:46:18.17\00:46:19.97
but as he beholds this
system in all of its power
00:46:20.01\00:46:23.45
bearing sway over
humanity, willing to subject,
00:46:23.48\00:46:26.55
having the ability
to subjugate anybody,
00:46:26.58\00:46:30.19
who did not follow its dictate.
00:46:30.22\00:46:34.72
He was in awe.
00:46:34.76\00:46:36.99
He began to wonder
with great admiration,
00:46:37.03\00:46:39.69
a man filled with
the Spirit of God.
00:46:39.73\00:46:42.76
When he saw this system
00:46:42.80\00:46:44.67
wielding both religious
and political power in one,
00:46:44.70\00:46:47.87
he began to wonder
with great admiration.
00:46:47.90\00:46:52.97
And the only way that he
was snapped out of it was
00:46:53.01\00:46:55.54
because the angel said,
wake up, before it is down-
00:46:55.58\00:46:59.08
I'm going to show unto you
the truth about this woman.
00:46:59.11\00:47:02.58
Ladies and gentlemen,
00:47:02.62\00:47:03.95
you know the Bible says
that in these last days,
00:47:03.99\00:47:05.69
the same thing is
going to happen to people.
00:47:05.72\00:47:08.52
People that are filled
with the Spirit of God,
00:47:08.56\00:47:10.89
it's right here Book of Matthew,
00:47:10.93\00:47:12.26
Matthew Chapter 24.
00:47:12.29\00:47:13.66
Matthew Chapter 24,
00:47:13.70\00:47:15.03
I'm going to
look now at verse 24.
00:47:15.06\00:47:17.27
The Bible says this,
00:47:17.30\00:47:18.63
"And there shall
arise false christs,
00:47:18.67\00:47:20.44
and false prophets,
00:47:20.47\00:47:21.80
and shall show
great signs and wonders;
00:47:21.84\00:47:25.07
insomuch that,
if it were possible,
00:47:25.11\00:47:28.34
they shall
deceive the very elect."
00:47:28.38\00:47:33.11
The very elect people
filled with the Spirit of God.
00:47:33.15\00:47:36.18
These signs and wonders
are going to take place.
00:47:36.22\00:47:38.22
They're going
to be so impressive
00:47:38.25\00:47:39.85
upon the human mind
that if the Spirit of God
00:47:39.89\00:47:44.06
does not keep our minds in
that hour, no intellectual,
00:47:44.09\00:47:50.83
no intellectual attainment
that we have concerning
00:47:50.87\00:47:53.80
the truths contained within
the word of God will keep us.
00:47:53.84\00:47:57.27
Only the Spirit of God will be
able to secure us in that hour.
00:47:57.31\00:48:03.78
That's why the word of
God counsels us very clearly
00:48:03.81\00:48:06.21
in the Book of Ephesians 4:30,
00:48:06.25\00:48:08.55
"And grieve not
the Spirit of God,
00:48:08.58\00:48:11.45
whereby ye are sealed
unto the day of redemption."
00:48:11.49\00:48:14.16
Do not grieve the spirit.
00:48:14.19\00:48:15.52
When the Spirit
of God says to you,
00:48:15.56\00:48:16.89
don't talk like that.
00:48:16.93\00:48:18.43
Be kind, be
gentle, don't go there,
00:48:18.46\00:48:20.93
don't look at that.
00:48:20.96\00:48:22.30
Don't grieve him.
00:48:22.33\00:48:23.67
Do not turn his
voice away from you.
00:48:23.70\00:48:25.60
Obey and listen why?
00:48:25.63\00:48:27.27
Because day by day as
you're obeying the spirit,
00:48:27.30\00:48:29.80
you are nurturing a
relationship with God.
00:48:29.84\00:48:33.98
That is going to make you
filled with the Spirit of God,
00:48:34.01\00:48:36.34
so that in the hour of
crisis, you are so accustomed
00:48:36.38\00:48:39.51
to hearing the
voice of the Spirit of God
00:48:39.55\00:48:41.18
and you're so
accustomed to yielding
00:48:41.22\00:48:42.85
to the voice of
the spirit of God,
00:48:42.95\00:48:44.29
that when false
christ arrive, he will say,
00:48:44.32\00:48:48.52
this is the way, walking in it.
00:48:48.56\00:48:52.06
He will keep us in that hour.
00:48:52.09\00:48:55.40
See how important it is
that we have the Spirit of God,
00:48:55.43\00:48:58.33
every morning, we pray,
Lord, fill me with your spirit.
00:48:58.37\00:49:00.84
Every night we pray, Lord,
forgive me for where I fell
00:49:00.87\00:49:03.47
but Lord, give me your
spirit, keep me by Thy grace,
00:49:03.51\00:49:06.24
so I can walk in Your will,
00:49:06.27\00:49:07.61
use me to help
others know Your truth.
00:49:07.64\00:49:09.88
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:49:09.91\00:49:11.31
So important, we
must listen to the spirit.
00:49:11.35\00:49:13.25
But now,
00:49:18.62\00:49:21.52
we need to see what this
angel is going to show to John
00:49:21.56\00:49:23.99
because he says, I'm
going to show unto you
00:49:24.03\00:49:26.53
the truth about this woman
00:49:26.56\00:49:31.40
and the beast
that she is riding on.
00:49:31.43\00:49:34.60
That the beat
that's carrying her
00:49:34.64\00:49:36.14
which has seven
heads and ten horns.
00:49:36.17\00:49:37.91
Here it is, verse 8,
00:49:37.94\00:49:39.67
"The beast that thou
sawest was, and is not;
00:49:39.71\00:49:41.84
and shall ascend out
of the bottomless pit."
00:49:41.88\00:49:43.85
So the beast was in
power, that's 538 AD,
00:49:43.88\00:49:47.02
that's when it
came into its power.
00:49:47.05\00:49:48.68
It's not 1798 AD.
00:49:48.72\00:49:50.89
In 1798, the papacy received
a prophetic deadly wound,
00:49:50.92\00:49:56.52
it was stripped
of its civil power
00:49:56.56\00:49:57.96
by the French Government--
00:49:57.99\00:49:59.33
no longer being able to
use the civil arm of the state
00:49:59.36\00:50:03.13
to enforce its dogmas
and decrees on the masses.
00:50:03.16\00:50:06.00
So it had its deadly
wound but the Bible says,
00:50:06.03\00:50:08.40
it will ascend out
of the bottomless pit,
00:50:08.44\00:50:10.57
almost as if it will
resurrect once again to power.
00:50:10.61\00:50:12.94
It will once again have
this authority invested in it,
00:50:12.97\00:50:16.24
not the just
ecclesiastical but simple.
00:50:16.28\00:50:20.72
And the Bible says this,
00:50:20.75\00:50:22.08
when it ascends out
of the bottomless pit,
00:50:22.12\00:50:23.45
look what the Bible
says will take place.
00:50:23.49\00:50:25.32
"And they that dwell
on the earth shall wonder,
00:50:25.35\00:50:29.12
whose names are not
written in the book of life
00:50:29.16\00:50:31.03
from the
foundation of the world,
00:50:31.06\00:50:32.59
when they behold
the beast that was,
00:50:32.63\00:50:34.53
and is not, and yet is."
00:50:34.56\00:50:36.10
People will begin to wonder
00:50:36.13\00:50:37.63
when they see this
beast come back into power,
00:50:37.67\00:50:40.30
they will say what we saw
right there in Revelation 12:4.
00:50:40.34\00:50:44.64
Who is able to
make war with him?
00:50:46.71\00:50:49.34
Why would anybody want to make
war with such a moral power?
00:50:49.38\00:50:53.55
Such a moral
compass for humanity?
00:50:53.58\00:50:57.62
Then verse 9, this is where
I'll close for this evening.
00:50:57.65\00:51:00.96
Verse 9 makes this statement,
it's very interesting.
00:51:00.99\00:51:03.79
"And here is the
mind which hath wisdom.
00:51:03.83\00:51:06.23
The seven heads
are seven mountains,
00:51:06.26\00:51:08.26
on which the whore sitteth."
00:51:08.30\00:51:11.53
"The seven heads
are seven mountains,
00:51:11.57\00:51:12.97
on which the woman sitteth."
00:51:13.00\00:51:14.34
Those of you that are
knowledgeable of geography,
00:51:14.37\00:51:16.74
you know that Rome sits
on seven hills, very true.
00:51:16.77\00:51:21.41
When I look at the scripture,
00:51:21.44\00:51:22.78
the thing that
always comes to my mind
00:51:22.81\00:51:24.15
is who is the
author of geography
00:51:24.18\00:51:27.68
and the answer comes
back loud and clear, God.
00:51:27.72\00:51:29.85
God is the one
that created all things.
00:51:29.88\00:51:31.22
Genesis Chapter
1, "In the beginning
00:51:31.25\00:51:32.65
God created the
heavens and the earth."
00:51:32.69\00:51:35.12
Then the next
question comes into my mind,
00:51:35.16\00:51:36.69
"Does God know the difference
between a hill and a mountain?"
00:51:36.73\00:51:40.83
Rome sits on seven hills
00:51:40.86\00:51:42.20
but He said this seven
heads are seven mountains.
00:51:42.23\00:51:46.30
I'm just, I'm
just under the idea
00:51:46.33\00:51:49.64
that God knows something
about mountains and hills.
00:51:49.67\00:51:53.34
What can a mountain stand
as a symbol of in the Bible?
00:51:53.38\00:51:56.91
You know, there is a
very interesting instance
00:51:56.95\00:51:58.45
in the Bible.
00:51:58.48\00:51:59.81
By the way mountains have
00:51:59.85\00:52:01.22
several different prophetic
applications in the Bible,
00:52:01.25\00:52:04.22
but there is a very interesting
instance in the Bible
00:52:04.25\00:52:06.42
that I would like to
address at this time.
00:52:06.45\00:52:09.06
It's found within the
Book of John Chapter 4.
00:52:09.09\00:52:11.39
In John Chapter 4, most of
you are familiar with this,
00:52:11.43\00:52:13.43
Jesus spoke with
a woman at the well.
00:52:13.46\00:52:16.20
And as He asked her
to go get her husband,
00:52:16.23\00:52:18.13
she said I have no husband
and He said, you said right
00:52:18.17\00:52:21.00
because the man
that you are with now
00:52:21.04\00:52:22.37
and the other five, none
of them were your husbands.
00:52:22.40\00:52:23.91
She said, "Sir, I perceive
that thou art a prophet."
00:52:23.94\00:52:26.74
Then she went on to say
this to Jesus looking at
00:52:26.78\00:52:30.25
at the Book of John 4:20.
00:52:30.28\00:52:37.69
She said, "Our fathers
worshipped in this mountain,
00:52:37.72\00:52:40.92
and ye say, that in Jerusalem
00:52:40.96\00:52:43.02
is the place where
men ought to worship."
00:52:43.06\00:52:45.26
So she said, our
fathers, as Samaritans
00:52:45.29\00:52:48.06
we worship at this
mountain but you Jews you say
00:52:48.10\00:52:50.50
that it's at Jerusalem where
men ought to worship, worship.
00:52:50.53\00:52:53.70
And if you look at
the Book of Zechariah 8:3
00:52:53.74\00:52:56.84
God calls
Jerusalem His holy mountain.
00:52:56.87\00:52:59.81
So she is saying, we
worship at this mountain
00:52:59.84\00:53:01.78
and you worship at that mountain
00:53:01.81\00:53:03.24
which you call the holy mountain
00:53:03.28\00:53:04.78
which is the right mountain.
00:53:04.81\00:53:07.48
Do you see here how the mountain
00:53:07.52\00:53:09.58
is directly
associated with worship?
00:53:09.62\00:53:12.69
Do you see here
how it's actually
00:53:12.72\00:53:14.12
even connected
to worship systems?
00:53:14.16\00:53:17.13
Why do I find this interesting
the number seven in the Bible
00:53:17.16\00:53:19.46
is a number of
completion, perfection.
00:53:19.49\00:53:22.03
I'm presenting to you
here that this mountain
00:53:25.30\00:53:27.24
or these mountains that
are being set before us,
00:53:27.27\00:53:30.04
they are not just talking about
00:53:30.07\00:53:31.41
the
geographical location of Rome
00:53:31.44\00:53:33.01
but it's talking
about some type of authority
00:53:33.04\00:53:35.08
that will be
conveyed or invested
00:53:35.11\00:53:38.18
into the hands of Rome.
00:53:38.21\00:53:39.95
Mountains symbolic
of worship systems.
00:53:39.98\00:53:42.68
Well, if I have
seven and I have mountains,
00:53:42.72\00:53:45.25
could this be a union of all
of the faiths on planet earth.
00:53:45.29\00:53:52.56
A union of all the religious
systems on planet earth
00:53:55.66\00:54:00.87
and they will be led
up by the Pope of Rome.
00:54:00.90\00:54:05.04
Ladies and
gentlemen, do you know
00:54:05.07\00:54:06.41
that's the very
design of the papacy?
00:54:06.44\00:54:09.71
Its called ecumenism
started many years ago.
00:54:09.74\00:54:14.45
Pope John Paul II was one
of the most effective popes
00:54:14.48\00:54:19.45
in accomplishing the
designs of ecumenism.
00:54:19.49\00:54:22.32
Is something like this
00:54:22.36\00:54:23.69
even beginning to
take place right now?
00:54:23.73\00:54:26.29
Jerry White, Jerry White
00:54:26.33\00:54:29.56
the US
representative to the Vatican,
00:54:29.60\00:54:31.87
he made this statement
00:54:31.90\00:54:33.23
that "Rome provides a neutral
brokerage for all religions."
00:54:33.27\00:54:38.87
They are saying
that because of the wars
00:54:38.91\00:54:40.98
that are taking place
in our world right now
00:54:41.01\00:54:42.71
which are based not
of a political designs
00:54:42.74\00:54:45.11
but of a religions designs.
00:54:45.15\00:54:47.62
The religions of our
worlds, the face of our worlds
00:54:47.65\00:54:50.89
need to play an
active role in politics
00:54:50.92\00:54:53.05
to help them solve the
problem of wars on planet earth.
00:54:53.09\00:54:57.09
And they said, "Rome
provides a neutral brokerage
00:54:57.13\00:54:59.23
for all religions
to come together there
00:54:59.26\00:55:00.93
and to work in harmony."
00:55:00.96\00:55:03.73
President Shimon
Peres, I might say
00:55:03.77\00:55:05.83
former President
Shimon Peres of Israel,
00:55:05.87\00:55:08.77
he stated that Pope
Francis should establish
00:55:08.80\00:55:14.08
a world
organization of religions
00:55:14.11\00:55:16.41
that would be a parallel
organization to United Nations
00:55:16.44\00:55:19.51
and he should be
the leader of it,
00:55:19.55\00:55:22.22
because he is the
most respected leader,
00:55:22.25\00:55:24.85
probably the only respected
leader on planet earth.
00:55:24.89\00:55:28.69
There is an outcry
for union of the churches
00:55:28.72\00:55:33.70
under the guidance
of the Pope of Rome.
00:55:33.73\00:55:39.47
But God told us it would happen.
00:55:39.50\00:55:43.07
God told us it would
happen and some may say,
00:55:43.10\00:55:46.74
well, may be Rome has changed,
00:55:46.78\00:55:49.58
may be Rome is different may be.
00:55:49.61\00:55:53.38
Brothers and
sisters, I told you earlier
00:55:53.42\00:55:54.98
in the Book of Revelation 13:2
00:55:55.02\00:55:57.35
that the papacy is
symbolized as a beast
00:55:57.39\00:56:00.12
that looks like unto a leopard.
00:56:00.16\00:56:02.89
Bible says something very
interesting about leopards
00:56:02.92\00:56:05.06
in the Book of
Jeremiah 13:23, Jeremiah 13:23.
00:56:05.09\00:56:10.67
It says, as hard as it is
00:56:10.70\00:56:12.70
for an Ethiopian
to change his skin.
00:56:12.73\00:56:15.30
"As impossible as it is
00:56:15.34\00:56:16.67
for an Ethiopian
to change his skin,
00:56:16.71\00:56:18.61
it is for leopard
to change his spots."
00:56:18.64\00:56:21.94
Rome may appear
different, you know.
00:56:21.98\00:56:24.98
A leopard uses its
spots to camouflage itself,
00:56:25.01\00:56:28.12
but Rome will never change.
00:56:28.15\00:56:31.95
And God wants us to
be knowledgeable, why?
00:56:31.99\00:56:34.02
Because when it ascends
out of the bottomless pit
00:56:34.06\00:56:36.62
once again the Bible says,
00:56:36.66\00:56:38.13
"All that dwell upon
the earth shall worship him,
00:56:38.16\00:56:40.73
whose names are not found
written in the book of life."
00:56:40.76\00:56:45.77
It's spoken of differently
here in Revelation 13:8
00:56:45.80\00:56:48.54
and it says "And they that dwell
00:56:48.57\00:56:49.90
upon the earth
shall worship him,
00:56:49.94\00:56:51.27
whose names are not in
the book of life of the Lamb
00:56:51.31\00:56:53.38
slain from the
foundation of the world."
00:56:53.41\00:56:55.54
What's the point here?
00:56:55.58\00:56:56.91
Our names need
to be in the book,
00:56:56.95\00:56:59.05
because we see the
prophecies fulfilling right now
00:56:59.08\00:57:01.88
and the very important issue
00:57:01.92\00:57:05.62
that must be at the
forefront of our minds
00:57:05.65\00:57:07.82
is are our names in the book
00:57:07.86\00:57:09.46
and will our names
remain in the book?
00:57:09.49\00:57:11.46
Am I following the lamb
whether so ever the lamb goes?
00:57:11.49\00:57:16.87
Am I allowing Him to
cleanse me daily of my sins?
00:57:16.90\00:57:20.57
Am I by faith
growing in His character?
00:57:20.60\00:57:23.64
Is He using me to help
my family members, my wife,
00:57:23.67\00:57:26.61
my children see a
reflection of His character
00:57:26.64\00:57:30.38
in the way that I
carry myself within the home?
00:57:30.41\00:57:33.21
Do my coworkers
see the love of Christ
00:57:33.25\00:57:35.55
in the way that I
work in the business place?
00:57:35.58\00:57:37.62
Do my neighbors see it?
00:57:37.65\00:57:39.25
Can the world see
00:57:39.29\00:57:40.62
that you're cleansed
by the blood of the Lamb?
00:57:40.66\00:57:42.62
Will your name be in the book?
Our names must be in that book.
00:57:42.66\00:57:47.43
Amen.
00:57:47.46\00:57:50.97
Because the beast is getting
ready to come out of the pit.
00:57:51.00\00:57:54.64
But Jesus says, "Come
unto Me, come unto Me."
00:57:54.67\00:58:00.54