Hello and welcome
to Give Me The Bible.
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And welcome to the
3ABN Worship Center.
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And we just thank you for
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joining us tonight.
This is a live program
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so as I always like to encourage
you to call your friends,
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your enemies, your
neighbors, everybody.
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Tell them to tune in to 3ABN.
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Elder Kenneth Cox
is going to be here
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bringing us a message tonight,
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and the topic is on pagan Rome.
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And it's... he's talking about,
of course, end-time events.
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And I believe
that we are living...
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don't you all believe we
are living in the end times
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of earth's history?
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And I'm thankful for people...
men of God like Elder Cox
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who have been
traveling for many, many years
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literally to many
countries around the world.
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God has given him a gift.
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He's given him a
burden for souls.
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And He's given him, I think,
a great gift for communication.
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And I'm thankful and
3ABN is very thankful
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to be able to work with
the Cox Evangelistic Team.
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And of course Dona is here,
and she's going to be playing
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and quite a few other folk.
And tonight Emily Felts-Jones
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is going to be singing
for us in just a moment.
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And I appreciate it, and
Dona, I told Emily tonight...
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I said: "I think you're
getting better with age. "
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And every time I hear this
lady sing she so blesses me.
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And aren't you glad
for people that know...
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It's not about singing, it's
about communicating, isn't it?
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And that's what Elder
Cox does with the gospel.
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That's what Dona
does here on the keyboard.
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But Emily does that
because I told her... I said:
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"It goes from here from you
to right here when I listen. "
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And tonight she's going
to be doing a beautiful song
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It's entitled: What a Friend.
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Jesus - What a
Friend for Sinners.
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Oh Jesus, what a friend
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for sinners.
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Jesus, lover of my soul.
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Friends may fail me,
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foes assail me,
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but He - my
Savior - makes me whole.
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Hallelujah,
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what a Savior.
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Hallelujah, what a friend.
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Saving, helping,
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keeping, loving...
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He is with me to the end.
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Oh Jesus, I do now
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receive Him.
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More than all in Him I find.
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He has granted me
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forgiveness.
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And I am His,
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and He is mine.
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Jesus, what a help
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in sorrow
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while the billows o'er me roll.
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Even when my heart
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is breaking,
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He - my comfort - helps my soul.
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Hallelujah,
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what a Savior.
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Hallelujah,
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what a friend.
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Saving, helping,
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keeping, loving...
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He is with me to the end.
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Hallelujah,
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oh what a Savior.
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Hallelujah, yes...
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Yes, what a friend.
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Saving, helping,
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keeping, loving...
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He is with me
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to the end.
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Hallelujah,
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oh what a Savior He is!
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Amen.
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Thank you,
Emily. Appreciate that.
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And good evening
to each one of you.
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Good evening. Very happy to
welcome you back again tonight.
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We hope that you are following
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as we are going through
this series on Bible prophecy.
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We hope it's helpful.
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Those of you who are watching
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by television, we'd
like to welcome you.
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Hope that you're finding
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the scriptures
that we're going through
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to help you understand how God
is taking us just step by step
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down through time. And
we're looking at the subject
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entitled Five Have Fallen.
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In Revelation the 17th chapter
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it speaks about
five that have fallen.
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And that's what
we're looking at.
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And we've studied on
Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece.
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And tonight we're
taking a look at pagan Rome.
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We have one more
of those to fall,
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and we'll take a look at
that in our next presentation
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which is entitled Papal Rome.
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Take a look and see just exactly
how these all fit together
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step by step by step.
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So we hope that
you'll be able to be with us
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as we finish up this
series on Five Have Fallen.
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To look at God's
Word... see what it has to say.
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Little poem that we try to
quote that helps you, we hope,
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see things: What says the Bible,
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the blessed Bible?
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This my only question be.
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Search the
scriptures for the waymarks...
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the great prophetic waymarks.
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What says the Word of God to me?
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That's what we want to know.
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So we hope that
you'll follow as we continue
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to study God's Word in
each one of our sessions here.
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We thank you for being with us.
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And we've been delighted
to have Emily Felts-Jones
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with us. Enjoyed her music.
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She's going to sing for
us tonight This Is The Way.
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Jesus says "I am the Way. "
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And to the one who's
still wandering He says:
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"I know you must be weary,
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so tired and turned around.
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Down every dark and
sinful street your heart
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has cried out loud.
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So I have come to show you
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the way, the truth, the life.
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Don't wander in the darkness
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when you can walk in light.
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This is the way, My child.
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This is the way.
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This narrow road leads home...
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it's not far away.
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And that voice inside of you
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is saying 'I died for you. '
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Don't turn away.
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I promise today...
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this is the way. "
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So many destinations
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and different roads to choose.
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The world will
leave your searching soul
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so empty and confused.
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But there is one direction
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and the signs are very clear.
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It is the path of perfect peace,
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and it begins
right here. Yes it does.
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"This is the way, My child.
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This is the way.
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This narrow road leads home...
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it's not far away.
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And that voice inside of you
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is saying 'I died for you. '
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Don't turn away.
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I promise today...
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this is the way. "
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"Lost and lonely traveler
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you've traveled far too long.
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Just reach out and take My hand
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and I will lead you home. "
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"This is the way, My child.
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this is the way.
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This narrow road leads home...
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but it's not far away.
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And that voice inside of you
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is saying 'I died for you. '
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Don't turn away.
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I promise today...
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this is the way.
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Oh, I promise today
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I am the Way. "
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Our Heavenly Father, tonight
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we come to You thankful
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that indeed You are the Way.
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Help us to see and to understand
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the way that You lead.
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May we walk in the
light of Your Word.
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May our hearts be open.
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May they be soft;
may they be receptive
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to the Spirit of God.
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Give us understanding tonight
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we pray in Christ's name, Amen.
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Well, we've been
looking at this text
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in Revelation because
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this kind of takes everything
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and wraps it up
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right down at the end.
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And so we read here in
Revelation the 17th chapter
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and verse 10... It says:
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And we're going to
be looking at that.
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We're going to
establish the one that is...
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the one that's yet to come.
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So you have here
these seven kings.
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Five of them have fallen.
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And we'll look at
those five during this series
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and then in the next series
we're going to continue on
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and we're going to bring
you step by step right down
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to our present day
and what is happening.
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So we hope that
the subject on prophecy
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will give you an insight
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to what is taking
place in the world today
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and that you and I
may prepare our hearts
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for the coming of the Lord.
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So we hope that all of you will
be able to continue to follow
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as we go through this series.
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So we have looked at
those five that have fallen.
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We've looked at Babylon.
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And remember how
that God gave directions
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to Nebuchadnezzar. And
through prophets such as Isaiah
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and Jeremiah and Ezekiel He told
exactly what we going to happen.
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And it took place just
exactly as God said it would.
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Right on time.
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And then Babylon
fell to Medo-Persia...
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which was the bear.
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Remember it said that
this beast had seven heads.
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One of those heads is the bear.
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And again, God in His Word
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prophesied hundreds and hundreds
of years before it happened
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exactly what
was going to happen.
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And we looked at
those prophecies concerning
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Medo-Persia... what
took place with that.
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And then we found that
Medo-Persia fell to Greece.
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And again, God
outlined clearly in His Word...
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said what would
happen... what would take place.
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It said that this
power would be a world power.
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All the others had
been tremendous powers, but
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they didn't
control like Greece did.
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And Greece just took
everything before it.
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We found that took
place just like that.
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And then it said that after
Greece there would be another
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kingdom. And that's
what we're looking at tonight
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in that of pagan Rome.
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Pagan Rome,
folks... totally different.
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When we went to
Babylon, we had Nebuchadnezzar.
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I mean, he was the figure.
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He's the one that
promoted the kingdom.
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He's the one that
fought the battles.
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He's the main figure.
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When you come to Medo-Persia,
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Cyrus.
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He's the main figure.
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He's the one that united the
kingdom, brought it together.
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Fought. Did all those things.
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When you come to Greece,
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Alexander the Great.
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One that did it
and led all the people.
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Brought about all the kingdoms.
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But when you come to Rome,
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it's not that way.
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There's not any person
like those that stood up.
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Rome is a political machine
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like they had
never experienced before.
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It was a political
machine that just came in
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and I mean took
everything that it came to.
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It is referred to as
the iron monarchy of Rome.
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Strong power.
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This was Rome.
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In fact, it was
controlled by a senate.
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They had a senate.
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They had people
in lesser positions,
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and they were the ones
that went in and they organized
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town and city one
right after another.
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And they put all that together,
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and that machine just
moved across the country
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and took
everything within its way.
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It even speaks of
it in those terms.
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In fact, you had to belong
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to the army... you had to
work in the army for 10 years
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before you could hold
any political office in Rome.
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That was required. You had
to be in there for 10 years
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before you could hold a
political office in Rome.
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That way they
kept control of it.
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The army was
tremendously strong,
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and those people in
office were military people.
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And they moved
across the country and took
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everything that they
came in contact with.
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Now as you look at this map,
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you remember as we look at
it there that we have studied
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for three nights here,
and all of our attention
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has been down here in Asia.
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And it's been there
with all these countries
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in which Asia was
there... Asia Minor, and those.
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And with the coming of Greece
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we found there
was a major shift.
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Whereas before it was
all controlled by Asia
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now it has moved to Europe...
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and so we're in Europe.
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And now for the next
2,000 years and better
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Europe is going
to control the world.
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The Italian people
moved down into Italy,
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and they began to
set up these cities
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and they began to
set up this government
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like the... never had
been experienced before.
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And they welded that all
together, and Rome became
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a tremendous power:
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a powerhouse
that took everything
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that was there before them.
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And so with that, we
come to the Word of God
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and it has this to say.
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Daniel 2. We've
looked at Daniel 2
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and we're going back to Daniel
because Daniel lines this up.
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Says:
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"This image's
head was of fine gold"
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which represented who?
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Babylon.
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"Its chest and its arms
of silver" which represented
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Medo-Persia.
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"Its belly and
its thighs of bronze"
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which represented Greece,
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and "its legs of
iron" which represent Rome.
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Pagan Rome: the legs of iron.
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Goes on and tells us here:
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And that's what I
was telling you about.
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It moved that way across
the country and took everything
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that was before
it. It was strong!
00:19:22.11\00:19:23.88
Great iron power of Rome.
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Interesting because Rome
was made up of two parts.
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There was western
Rome and eastern Rome.
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Those were the two parts.
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Interesting that this
image in Daniel 2 has two legs.
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See? God is so
accurate in what He does.
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When He got to Medo-Persia,
two powers came together.
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Image had two arms.
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When we get to Rome, made
up of eastern and western Rome,
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two legs of Rome.
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So here Rome is going to
rule and operate and... take
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kingdom after kingdom.
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So with that, let's go
to Daniel the 7th chapter.
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Because I told you that one of
the principles in understanding
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Bible prophecy is the fact
that it repeats and enlarges.
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Repeats and enlarges.
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And that's the
way you understand it.
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That's the way God
helps us understand it.
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So as we take a look at
the 7th chapter, it says:
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See, this is not...
this is not talking about
00:20:42.11\00:20:45.73
a horn like that - you know? -
00:20:45.93\00:20:48.64
which was represented maybe
as Alexander the Great was.
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This is talking about
a beast that is terrible.
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This is a government, a power,
that is moving across the earth.
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So Rome, moving
across the country... taking
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everything before it.
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This beast is a
non-descript beast.
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The others... we had a lion.
We know what that looks like.
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When you come to
Medo-Persia it was a bear.
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Come to Greece it's a leopard.
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But when you come
to Rome, it's a dragon.
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It's a non-descript
beast like nothing before.
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It was different
than all those before it.
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One of the famous
historians by the name of Gibbon
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had this to say:
00:21:55.03\00:21:56.08
And so you find that it
took everything before it.
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Now as we take a look
at this we go to Daniel 8.
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We've looked at Daniel 2;
now we've looked at Daniel 7.
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Now we're moving
into the 8th chapter.
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In the 8th chapter
it begins describing...
00:22:23.78\00:22:27.04
in a little more detail we
begin to see what happens here.
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And it says:
00:22:31.70\00:22:32.71
"Therefore the male
goat"... that was who?
00:22:32.81\00:22:36.67
Who was the male goat?
00:22:36.87\00:22:38.31
Greece, OK?
00:22:38.51\00:22:40.68
The four notable ones
that came up were what?
00:22:56.50\00:22:59.54
Well, those were
Alexander the Great's generals.
00:22:59.84\00:23:03.95
They are the ones that
took over the kingdom of Greece
00:23:04.15\00:23:06.74
after that and it says
they "came up towards the four
00:23:06.84\00:23:10.14
winds of heaven. "
00:23:10.24\00:23:11.55
Now watch carefully
as we move into verse 9
00:23:11.75\00:23:15.54
because it gives us
an insight. Verse 9 says:
00:23:15.74\00:23:18.75
"And out of one of them" -
out of one of those winds -
00:23:18.88\00:23:22.13
out of one of the four winds...
00:23:22.33\00:23:24.24
This is exactly
the way Rome went.
00:23:36.45\00:23:39.38
She moved out, and she
moved towards the east,
00:23:39.58\00:23:42.54
and to the south, and into
Palestine - the Glorious Land -
00:23:42.74\00:23:47.86
is what it's talking about.
00:23:48.06\00:23:49.53
Now this is saying that
he exercised tremendous power
00:24:01.65\00:24:06.40
in a religious way. Watch:
00:24:06.60\00:24:09.00
Now when it refers to
the "Prince of the host, "
00:24:17.01\00:24:19.96
it's talking about Jesus Christ.
00:24:20.16\00:24:22.29
So it says that this power
was going to exercise itself
00:24:22.49\00:24:26.93
even to the "Prince of
the host, " - to Christ -
00:24:27.13\00:24:30.22
So it says this power
was going to do something
00:24:37.00\00:24:40.24
that would affect the daily
sacrifice that was offered.
00:24:40.44\00:24:43.48
It was going to do something
that would involve the temple.
00:24:43.51\00:24:46.95
The sanctuary
would be cast down.
00:24:47.15\00:24:48.89
This power would do things
00:24:49.10\00:24:51.21
that none of the
other powers had done.
00:24:51.41\00:24:53.18
And that's
exactly what Rome did.
00:25:05.11\00:25:07.36
You remember, Rome was
the one that was ruling
00:25:07.57\00:25:12.30
at the time Jesus was born.
00:25:12.50\00:25:15.02
Remember?
00:25:15.22\00:25:17.39
They were the
one that was ruling.
00:25:17.59\00:25:19.40
And you remember that
they exercised themselves
00:25:19.70\00:25:25.66
against it. Even tried
to do away with Christ,
00:25:25.76\00:25:29.13
and we'll talk
about that more in detail.
00:25:29.23\00:25:31.18
Rome not only did that...
she's the one that came down
00:25:31.38\00:25:36.44
and defiled - if you
please - the sanctuary.
00:25:36.64\00:25:40.79
Moved and set up a pagan image
00:25:40.99\00:25:44.17
right in the courtyard.
00:25:44.37\00:25:45.80
She's the one that did away
00:25:46.01\00:25:47.37
with the daily sacrifice
00:25:47.47\00:25:48.87
or the sacrifices.
00:25:49.07\00:25:50.31
She's the one that
destroyed the temple.
00:25:50.41\00:25:52.96
She did all those things
just as it had been prophesied
00:25:53.16\00:25:56.93
that she would do.
00:25:57.14\00:25:58.46
OK, we're going to go to
the 11th chapter of Daniel.
00:26:01.19\00:26:05.76
And folks, let me say
this. That the 11th chapter
00:26:05.96\00:26:09.36
for many people is
hard to understand.
00:26:09.57\00:26:12.86
And many people read it
00:26:13.06\00:26:14.43
and don't know
what it's talking about.
00:26:14.63\00:26:16.36
I have done something
here that I hope will give you
00:26:16.56\00:26:19.81
a little bit of a clue
what it's talking about.
00:26:20.01\00:26:22.73
Because in the 11th
chapter it uses pronouns.
00:26:22.94\00:26:26.05
It uses he and she and so forth.
00:26:26.25\00:26:28.94
I have taken and put in
red the name of the people
00:26:29.14\00:26:34.04
that's involved here,
so I hope it will help you
00:26:34.24\00:26:37.83
as we read through it
00:26:38.03\00:26:39.10
to see what this 11th
chapter is talking about.
00:26:39.30\00:26:41.81
And it says here in Daniel 11:15
00:26:42.01\00:26:44.62
And so this king came
in and moved even into
00:27:16.20\00:27:21.82
Jerusalem and
controlled everything.
00:27:22.02\00:27:24.49
Now this is the
beginning of pagan Rome
00:27:24.69\00:27:27.82
moving in and
taking over territory.
00:27:28.02\00:27:31.07
But as it progresses here
in Daniel 11 it begins to talk
00:27:31.27\00:27:35.64
about some people that
you are very familiar with.
00:27:35.74\00:27:39.10
Watch:
00:27:39.30\00:27:40.39
This was Mark Anthony.
Mark Anthony, as you know,
00:27:57.68\00:28:00.95
took his forces -
the Roman forces...
00:28:01.15\00:28:03.40
went down even into Egypt
and controlled all these things.
00:28:03.60\00:28:07.90
This was Mark Anthony.
00:28:08.00\00:28:09.59
Probably the
favorite son was Mark Anthony.
00:28:09.79\00:28:14.53
Very, very
important person in scripture.
00:28:14.74\00:28:19.22
Then it says:
00:28:19.43\00:28:21.87
Now Mark Anthony
went down to Egypt
00:28:33.98\00:28:36.65
and he fell in
love with Cleopatra.
00:28:36.85\00:28:40.30
And he did... he even
did - how should I put it? -
00:28:40.51\00:28:44.78
gave up things, gave up
ruling and all because of her.
00:28:44.98\00:28:49.07
Very much in
love with Cleopatra.
00:28:49.27\00:28:51.91
But did you notice what
the scripture said about her?
00:28:51.94\00:28:54.54
Said that she
would not stand with him.
00:28:54.75\00:28:58.95
What it says. Interesting.
00:28:59.15\00:29:01.77
Because he was very
much in love with her.
00:29:01.97\00:29:03.70
Tried to go down and live
in Egypt and forget about Rome
00:29:04.00\00:29:09.97
and all. But it says she didn't.
00:29:10.07\00:29:12.49
What she did is...
she decided that, I guess,
00:29:12.69\00:29:18.62
that things looked more
favorable for her with Caesar.
00:29:18.82\00:29:23.13
Julius Caesar.
00:29:23.33\00:29:25.54
And Julius Caesar
had given warning to her
00:29:25.74\00:29:29.62
and to Mark Anthony to
present themselves to him.
00:29:29.82\00:29:33.58
And she had her servant
take her and wrap her up
00:29:33.78\00:29:37.82
and tie it and make a
package - literally a package -
00:29:38.02\00:29:43.88
and carry her and laid her
at the feet of Julius Caesar.
00:29:43.98\00:29:48.19
And of course, when they opened
it up there was Cleopatra.
00:29:48.39\00:29:51.55
And... and Julius
Caesar fell in love with her.
00:29:51.76\00:29:56.57
That's what happened.
00:29:56.77\00:29:58.57
What took place. So this
is what that's talking about.
00:29:58.77\00:30:00.96
Now that word says ruler there.
00:30:18.92\00:30:21.04
In the King James
Version I think it says prince.
00:30:21.24\00:30:24.81
And if you remember the story,
00:30:25.01\00:30:27.71
this is talking about one
of Julius Caesar's officers -
00:30:27.91\00:30:33.43
a prince, a ruler there -
00:30:33.63\00:30:35.97
by the name of Brutus.
00:30:36.17\00:30:38.63
And you remember
Brutus was the one who came to
00:30:38.83\00:30:42.73
Julius Caesar's favor
00:30:42.84\00:30:46.10
and came in his support.
00:30:46.30\00:30:49.62
Turned things
around and all for him.
00:30:49.83\00:30:52.19
You have to understand
what's happening here, folks.
00:30:52.39\00:30:55.45
Rome is a republic.
00:30:55.75\00:31:00.67
It... it's governed by a senate.
00:31:00.87\00:31:04.39
It's governed
by representatives.
00:31:04.59\00:31:06.68
It's not governed by one man.
00:31:06.88\00:31:09.95
Julius Caesar
wants to be a dictator.
00:31:10.15\00:31:15.07
That's what he's out to do.
00:31:15.27\00:31:17.66
He wants to rule it himself.
00:31:17.86\00:31:19.80
He wants to take over.
00:31:20.00\00:31:21.26
And this is what
that's all about.
00:31:21.46\00:31:23.44
And this is why they killed him
00:31:23.64\00:31:26.93
is because he was
wanting to be a dictator
00:31:27.13\00:31:31.57
and was not willing to
let the republic run it
00:31:31.67\00:31:34.98
as he... as THEY
felt that it should be.
00:31:35.18\00:31:37.84
That was Julius Caesar
00:31:47.76\00:31:49.24
as his companions
and his friend Brutus
00:31:49.45\00:31:54.38
killed him.
That's what took place.
00:31:54.58\00:31:56.88
Watch as the
scripture continues:
00:31:57.08\00:31:59.35
Well, you remember this person
00:32:19.05\00:32:21.76
because this is the one
who is ruling at the time
00:32:21.96\00:32:25.43
Jesus is born. Remember
what it says there in Luke?
00:32:25.63\00:32:28.74
Luke 2?
00:32:28.94\00:32:30.06
He's the one that imposed tax
00:32:38.94\00:32:41.75
upon the Glorious Land.
00:32:41.95\00:32:43.82
So this was Caesar Augustus.
00:32:43.85\00:32:47.66
And by the way, he didn't
die in any battle... he just
00:32:47.86\00:32:51.19
kind of, as it said, just...
00:32:51.39\00:32:55.08
died... and there
wasn't much to do over him.
00:32:55.28\00:32:58.62
Now folks, we've
looked at Daniel.
00:32:58.82\00:33:00.83
And we've gone
through Daniel step by step,
00:33:01.03\00:33:03.86
and we've seen how
God has talked about
00:33:03.96\00:33:05.73
each one of these powers.
00:33:05.94\00:33:07.89
We're now going to move
into the book of Revelation.
00:33:08.09\00:33:11.73
Because
Revelation now picks it up
00:33:11.93\00:33:14.84
where Daniel leaves off.
00:33:15.05\00:33:17.37
And so we've got to look at
what the book of Revelation says
00:33:17.57\00:33:20.87
about this power.
00:33:21.08\00:33:22.75
You see, the books of
Daniel and Revelation...
00:33:22.95\00:33:25.10
they go together.
00:33:25.30\00:33:26.61
If you're going to understand
the book of Revelation,
00:33:26.81\00:33:29.61
you've got to
understand the book of Daniel.
00:33:29.81\00:33:32.42
Daniel kind of sets the basis
00:33:32.62\00:33:35.28
to understand it.
00:33:35.48\00:33:36.54
So we're going to take a look
00:33:36.74\00:33:38.28
at what the book of Revelation
00:33:38.48\00:33:40.04
has to say.
Revelation 12 verse 1:
00:33:40.24\00:33:42.85
So here we have a woman.
00:33:54.49\00:33:56.22
She's standing on the moon.
00:33:56.42\00:33:59.38
She's clothed with the sun.
00:33:59.59\00:34:01.78
On her head is a
garland of twelve stars.
00:34:01.98\00:34:06.07
In Bible prophecy, a woman
00:34:06.27\00:34:10.33
represents a church.
00:34:10.53\00:34:13.41
What it stands for.
00:34:13.61\00:34:15.00
This woman
represents the early church
00:34:15.20\00:34:18.75
because it says
she's standing on the moon.
00:34:18.95\00:34:22.25
That represents the
Old Testament period
00:34:22.45\00:34:24.85
that she's coming out of.
00:34:25.05\00:34:26.40
She's clothed with the sun...
which represents the gospel
00:34:26.60\00:34:29.78
in all of its glory as it
came out in the early church.
00:34:29.98\00:34:33.70
The crown or a garland
of twelve stars represented
00:34:33.90\00:34:36.86
the 12 apostles that Christ
had given the commission to.
00:34:37.06\00:34:40.61
So it tells us that this
woman represents the church.
00:34:40.81\00:34:44.43
Listen to what the
scripture says about this:
00:34:44.63\00:34:46.42
Says:
00:34:46.52\00:34:47.98
So... she's standing
there. She's pregnant.
00:34:52.33\00:34:56.38
She's about to
give birth to a child.
00:34:56.58\00:34:59.71
All right?
00:34:59.91\00:35:02.05
Ephesians.
Let's go to Ephesians.
00:35:02.25\00:35:04.14
Watch what it tells us:
00:35:04.34\00:35:05.35
And by the way
husbands, that's good advice.
00:35:11.96\00:35:14.55
Love your wives, OK?
00:35:14.75\00:35:17.44
But it says: "Just the
same as Christ loved the church
00:35:17.54\00:35:20.69
and gave Himself for her"
00:35:20.89\00:35:22.58
Still talking about
the church as the wife.
00:35:30.75\00:35:33.92
Now, if you didn't
catch that, fellows,
00:35:48.04\00:35:51.71
that just told you
how to love your wife.
00:35:51.91\00:35:54.82
Did you catch that?
00:35:55.02\00:35:57.29
It said "love your wives.
" It just now told you how
00:35:57.32\00:36:00.23
because it says that He presents
His church without having
00:36:00.43\00:36:04.12
spot or wrinkle
or any such thing.
00:36:04.22\00:36:05.93
Without a blemish. If
you can convince your wife
00:36:06.13\00:36:08.48
that she doesn't have a
spot or a wrinkle or a blemish
00:36:08.68\00:36:11.07
she'll love you
the rest of your life.
00:36:11.27\00:36:13.02
See? So this is how you're
supposed to love your wife.
00:36:13.23\00:36:16.49
Care for her,
see? That's the church.
00:36:16.69\00:36:18.89
And that's what Christ
pictures His church as.
00:36:19.09\00:36:22.64
So in Bible prophecy a
woman represents a church.
00:36:28.62\00:36:33.93
That's what it stands for.
00:36:34.13\00:36:35.87
OK. Here's this church in
Revelation the 12th chapter
00:36:36.07\00:36:39.56
and it continues and says:
00:36:39.76\00:36:41.72
So here in Revelation 12
00:36:53.48\00:36:56.11
is this woman that
represents the church.
00:36:56.31\00:36:58.51
But here you have a dragon
00:36:58.71\00:37:01.96
that has seven heads, ten horns.
00:37:02.16\00:37:04.91
Now it says that he's
about to do something.
00:37:05.11\00:37:08.35
So this dragon... this
woman is about to give birth to
00:37:23.86\00:37:27.96
a child, and this
dragon is standing there
00:37:28.16\00:37:31.27
ready to devour that
child as soon as it is born.
00:37:31.47\00:37:36.54
Now there's only been one
child that's ever been born
00:37:47.58\00:37:51.59
that fulfills that prophecy.
00:37:51.79\00:37:53.86
Only one that's ever
been born who fulfills that
00:37:54.06\00:37:56.95
that was to rule all
nations with a rod of iron
00:37:57.15\00:37:59.52
was caught up to
God and to His throne
00:37:59.72\00:38:02.24
was Jesus Christ.
00:38:02.44\00:38:03.95
He's the One that
fulfilled that prophecy.
00:38:04.15\00:38:07.22
So it says this dragon is
standing there before the woman
00:38:07.42\00:38:12.11
ready to devour this child
00:38:12.31\00:38:15.34
as soon as it is born.
00:38:15.54\00:38:19.03
Now I think all of you here
remember the Christmas story
00:38:19.23\00:38:23.89
well enough to
make the application.
00:38:24.09\00:38:26.24
Because you
remember, these wise men
00:38:26.44\00:38:30.90
had been following the star.
00:38:31.10\00:38:34.35
They followed that star until
it brought them to Jerusalem.
00:38:34.56\00:38:38.84
And when they got to
Jerusalem, they began to inquire
00:38:39.04\00:38:42.45
about this child that
was to be born a king.
00:38:42.65\00:38:45.91
In fact, it says it
upset the whole city.
00:38:46.11\00:38:49.32
So much so that Herod
called them in and asked them
00:38:49.52\00:38:55.20
about this... what
they were looking for.
00:38:55.40\00:38:58.05
And they told him they
were looking for this child
00:38:58.25\00:39:00.63
that's to be born a king.
00:39:00.73\00:39:02.26
And Herod went to the scribes.
00:39:02.46\00:39:05.66
Asked them where the
child was to be born,
00:39:05.86\00:39:08.32
and they said: "Well, He's
to be born down in Bethlehem. "
00:39:08.53\00:39:11.74
And he told the wise men
to go on down to Bethlehem
00:39:11.95\00:39:15.65
and when they had found the
child to come back and tell him.
00:39:15.85\00:39:19.19
You know, it's
rather interesting to me
00:39:19.39\00:39:21.97
that Herod
called in these scribes
00:39:22.00\00:39:25.64
and asked them where
the child was to be born
00:39:25.85\00:39:29.93
and they said: "in Bethlehem, "
00:39:30.13\00:39:32.72
and they didn't
even bother to go look.
00:39:32.92\00:39:36.08
Scribes didn't
even bother to go see.
00:39:36.39\00:39:40.97
Be born there...
but they didn't go look.
00:39:41.17\00:39:45.82
But those wise men...
they followed the star
00:39:46.02\00:39:50.13
on down to Bethlehem, and
there they found the child.
00:39:50.33\00:39:54.23
And they offered
their gold, and their myrrh,
00:39:54.43\00:39:59.16
and their frankincense.
00:39:59.36\00:40:01.30
You know why they
offered that, don't you?
00:40:01.50\00:40:03.64
See gold is a gift
you give to a king.
00:40:03.84\00:40:07.82
Frankincense is
what a priest uses,
00:40:09.43\00:40:14.10
and myrrh is what
is used in burial.
00:40:14.31\00:40:18.49
You see, they were
honoring Christ as King,
00:40:19.65\00:40:22.06
as Priest and as Sacrifice.
00:40:22.26\00:40:25.65
That's the reason they
gave Him those three gifts.
00:40:25.85\00:40:28.62
But they offered
them there to Christ.
00:40:28.82\00:40:31.68
And then it says a
angel told those wise men
00:40:31.88\00:40:36.33
to go back a
different way than they had come
00:40:36.43\00:40:39.19
because Herod sought
the life of that child.
00:40:39.39\00:40:43.89
I don't know how
much time passed,
00:40:46.07\00:40:48.71
but when Herod found out
that the wise men had gone back
00:40:48.91\00:40:52.40
and had not told him,
00:40:52.60\00:40:54.26
he sent his
soldiers down to Bethlehem
00:40:54.47\00:40:57.39
and had every male
child 2 years of age and under
00:40:57.59\00:41:02.20
slain.
00:41:02.40\00:41:03.68
You see the dragon
stood there before the woman
00:41:03.88\00:41:07.43
ready to devour that
child as soon as it was born.
00:41:07.63\00:41:11.60
Now if you read the
12th chapter of Revelation,
00:41:11.80\00:41:14.38
it makes it very clear
that that dragon represents
00:41:14.58\00:41:18.09
the devil... and that is
true. That's who it stands for.
00:41:18.29\00:41:23.42
But the devil never, never
comes out and does anything
00:41:23.62\00:41:27.77
in the open. He always
uses a power or a system
00:41:27.87\00:41:31.84
to accomplish his
ends. And in this case,
00:41:32.04\00:41:34.68
he used pagan Rome
00:41:34.88\00:41:36.94
to try to take the
life of that child.
00:41:37.14\00:41:40.19
Try to take the life of Christ.
00:41:40.39\00:41:42.51
He would magnify himself
00:41:42.61\00:41:44.35
even to the Prince of the host.
00:41:44.56\00:41:48.80
And that pagan Rome did.
00:41:49.00\00:41:51.71
It says that the
church - the woman -
00:42:02.72\00:42:05.44
would literally have to
flee into the wilderness
00:42:05.64\00:42:08.97
where she hath a
place prepared by God
00:42:09.17\00:42:13.10
and she would be
there for 1,260 days.
00:42:13.30\00:42:18.70
He turned his power
and all against the church
00:42:26.33\00:42:31.03
to try to destroy the
church. To wipe it out.
00:42:31.23\00:42:34.36
And, dear friends, pagan Rome
00:42:34.57\00:42:37.52
turned all of her
fury against the church.
00:42:37.82\00:42:42.59
Let me explain.
00:42:42.79\00:42:44.09
Rome didn't care
00:42:44.59\00:42:47.20
who you worshiped.
00:42:47.30\00:42:49.05
The Romans were pagans.
00:42:49.08\00:42:51.60
They were polytheistic.
00:42:51.80\00:42:54.36
They had many, many gods.
00:42:54.50\00:42:57.34
So... so they didn't
care who you worshiped.
00:42:57.54\00:43:00.19
What Rome was concerned about
00:43:00.40\00:43:03.67
was your allegiance.
00:43:03.87\00:43:06.10
They wanted to know
that you were loyal to Rome.
00:43:06.31\00:43:11.39
That's what they wanted to know.
00:43:11.60\00:43:13.79
And so to accomplish that
00:43:13.99\00:43:16.60
they set up their
own... one of their own gods.
00:43:16.80\00:43:20.88
That's the one
they set up: Roma.
00:43:21.08\00:43:24.72
The goddess Roma.
00:43:24.92\00:43:26.40
And they set it up, and
all that was required of you
00:43:26.60\00:43:30.49
was that once a year
you would have to come in
00:43:30.69\00:43:35.56
before this
statue... this goddess...
00:43:35.76\00:43:38.31
and you would have to
pick up a little bit of incense
00:43:38.51\00:43:42.09
and sprinkle it in the
fire before this goddess
00:43:42.29\00:43:47.52
as an act of allegiance.
00:43:47.72\00:43:50.41
And then they
gave you a certificate
00:43:50.62\00:43:53.37
and you could go out and
worship whoever you pleased.
00:43:53.57\00:43:56.08
But the
Christians wouldn't do that.
00:43:59.79\00:44:01.71
They said: "We will
worship only the Lord
00:44:01.91\00:44:05.44
and nobody else. "
00:44:05.64\00:44:08.81
They refused.
00:44:09.01\00:44:11.41
And because they
refused that, folks,
00:44:11.61\00:44:14.00
Rome turned her
wrath against the church
00:44:14.20\00:44:17.50
like you can't believe.
00:44:17.70\00:44:19.79
I mean, they gathered them
up and they took them to arenas.
00:44:19.99\00:44:25.72
And they stood them there
in arenas, and the crowd...
00:44:25.92\00:44:29.89
great crowd. And you've got
to understand... these people
00:44:30.09\00:44:33.09
were pagans. They are
used to watching gladiators
00:44:33.29\00:44:37.37
fight and kill each other.
00:44:37.57\00:44:38.87
And so they
gathered there in the arena
00:44:40.62\00:44:43.25
and they stood there
and they turned thumbs down
00:44:43.45\00:44:49.28
on the Christians.
00:44:49.48\00:44:52.02
And lions that hadn't eaten
00:44:52.22\00:44:56.76
in days was
turned into those arenas.
00:44:56.96\00:45:01.37
And those people
became the food for lions.
00:45:01.57\00:45:05.66
Now, dear friend, when
you're talking about this
00:45:07.08\00:45:09.43
let me just tell you something.
00:45:09.63\00:45:12.74
That is your heritage.
Do you understand that?
00:45:12.94\00:45:17.05
When you say "I'm a Christian, "
00:45:17.25\00:45:20.45
that's your heritage.
00:45:20.65\00:45:23.24
Those are what those
people believed and stood for.
00:45:23.44\00:45:27.17
That's why you're here tonight.
00:45:27.38\00:45:28.96
Without them,
you wouldn't be here.
00:45:29.16\00:45:31.47
So when you and I
say "I'm a Christian, "
00:45:31.67\00:45:36.47
you'd better believe
that means something.
00:45:36.67\00:45:39.68
That stands for something.
00:45:39.88\00:45:41.47
You and I should
be as faithful today
00:45:41.67\00:45:44.74
as they were back then.
00:45:44.94\00:45:46.48
That I stand and say:
"This is what I believe.
00:45:46.51\00:45:49.36
I build my faith on this Book
00:45:49.56\00:45:51.77
and I worship the Lord
and Him only will I worship.
00:45:51.97\00:45:55.52
Nobody else. " Amen.
00:45:55.72\00:45:57.85
And they turned their
fury against the church.
00:45:58.62\00:46:01.22
Not for a little while,
00:46:01.42\00:46:03.79
but for years.
00:46:03.99\00:46:06.90
The church was persecuted.
00:46:07.10\00:46:09.39
You are looking at a
picture of the Catacombs.
00:46:09.59\00:46:14.80
Those Christians
went underground.
00:46:15.00\00:46:19.51
They dug tunnels under Rome
00:46:20.61\00:46:26.05
and they lived
in these catacombs.
00:46:26.25\00:46:30.08
Folks, there were
people that were born,
00:46:30.28\00:46:32.89
lived, and died
without ever seeing daylight.
00:46:33.09\00:46:36.33
They spent their
life in these catacombs.
00:46:36.53\00:46:40.77
I've been there; I've
walked down through them.
00:46:40.97\00:46:42.87
I've walked there
and looked at rooms
00:46:44.44\00:46:47.22
where the whole
room was full of skulls
00:46:47.43\00:46:51.62
of the people that died
living in those catacombs.
00:46:51.82\00:46:56.42
If they came out, they
were caught, they were killed.
00:46:56.52\00:46:59.47
This is where they
lived for years and years:
00:47:01.20\00:47:05.30
in the catacombs...
00:47:05.40\00:47:06.83
because pagan Rome sought
them like animals to kill them.
00:47:07.03\00:47:12.96
Turned his wrath against them.
00:47:13.17\00:47:15.59
Those that
didn't live in Rome...
00:47:15.79\00:47:18.21
they had to flee.
00:47:18.41\00:47:20.83
And they went up into northern
Italy and southern France
00:47:21.03\00:47:27.02
into what we call the Alps.
00:47:27.22\00:47:29.65
And these became such
people as the Waldensian people
00:47:29.85\00:47:33.73
or became the
Albigenses or some of these
00:47:33.93\00:47:38.90
different people that
lived up in these mountains.
00:47:39.10\00:47:42.30
They lived there
because they believed
00:47:44.97\00:47:49.31
it gave them the freedom
to worship as they believed.
00:47:49.52\00:47:53.96
You go up there and you walk
through the beautiful places,
00:47:54.17\00:47:58.35
folks. I can't describe to
you how beautiful some of those
00:47:58.55\00:48:02.07
valleys are. Torre Pellice
and all through those places
00:48:02.27\00:48:06.17
is absolutely gorgeous
00:48:06.31\00:48:08.44
as you walk through them.
00:48:08.64\00:48:10.24
But they lived in
those mountains, and
00:48:10.44\00:48:14.40
pagan Rome and Rome would
send up people hunting them.
00:48:14.60\00:48:18.94
I mean, send up soldiers hunting
them to take their lives.
00:48:19.14\00:48:24.27
It was interesting because
as you go back and you read
00:48:24.47\00:48:28.21
the history of them...
00:48:28.31\00:48:29.60
Those soliders would come into
those mountains to find them,
00:48:29.80\00:48:33.23
to hunt them.
00:48:33.33\00:48:34.36
And if they took out
after one of those men,
00:48:34.56\00:48:39.89
they'd just run up the mountain
00:48:40.09\00:48:41.71
and the soliders
couldn't keep up.
00:48:41.91\00:48:44.49
They were just not physically
fit enough to catch them.
00:48:44.69\00:48:49.17
And they'd run up the
mountain and just leave them.
00:48:49.20\00:48:51.75
They decided that
since they'd do that,
00:48:51.95\00:48:54.22
they'd take the women.
00:48:54.42\00:48:56.04
They found out they couldn't
outrun the women either.
00:48:56.24\00:48:59.40
They ran up the mountains too!
00:48:59.61\00:49:02.36
But they sought them
and did everything...
00:49:02.56\00:49:04.72
I've stood... I've
stood in the mouth of caves
00:49:04.92\00:49:10.50
where they
worshiped in those caves.
00:49:10.70\00:49:13.53
Went there and worshiped.
00:49:13.73\00:49:15.07
And the soldiers
would come and build fires
00:49:15.28\00:49:19.59
in the mouth of those caves
00:49:19.79\00:49:22.13
and suffocate them all to death.
00:49:22.33\00:49:24.50
They paid for what they
believed with their lives.
00:49:24.70\00:49:30.63
This is where they were.
00:49:30.93\00:49:32.62
And so Rome
persecuted them greatly.
00:49:32.82\00:49:37.30
As we come on down in time,
00:49:37.50\00:49:41.81
Rome has become more corrupt.
00:49:42.01\00:49:46.60
And I don't need to go
into the story with you about
00:49:46.80\00:49:49.67
Nero and all these things,
but it's become more corrupt.
00:49:49.87\00:49:53.56
But Rome has done
some things, folks,
00:49:53.76\00:49:56.30
that is very, very helpful.
00:49:56.50\00:49:58.51
She has persecuted Christianity
00:49:58.71\00:50:01.37
but she has done
some things that helped.
00:50:01.57\00:50:05.07
And what she did is she
made the pathways - roadways,
00:50:05.27\00:50:09.81
the waterways - she
made them safe for travel.
00:50:10.01\00:50:13.74
Roman soldiers
marched down the road
00:50:14.04\00:50:17.28
carried a sign
that said Pax Romana.
00:50:17.48\00:50:19.70
And thus people could
travel from one place to another
00:50:19.90\00:50:24.17
without the fear of
bandits and pirates and so forth
00:50:24.37\00:50:27.20
because Rome made
it safe for travel.
00:50:27.40\00:50:30.88
I don't know if you
understand what that happens...
00:50:31.28\00:50:34.02
what that did.
00:50:34.12\00:50:35.14
With Rome making the
roads safe for travel,
00:50:35.34\00:50:39.05
it gave the
opportunity for Christianity
00:50:39.25\00:50:42.82
to move across
all the Roman Empire.
00:50:43.02\00:50:45.96
Without that,
wouldn't have been able.
00:50:46.16\00:50:48.91
So she made
those things possible.
00:50:49.11\00:50:51.62
But as she grew corrupt,
00:50:51.82\00:50:55.35
then down across the
country moved a group of people
00:50:55.55\00:51:01.47
called the Goths.
00:51:01.67\00:51:03.86
They were barbarians,
00:51:04.06\00:51:06.70
and they came in and they began
00:51:06.90\00:51:09.69
to overrun the Roman Empire.
00:51:09.79\00:51:12.99
They were such
people as the Anglo-Saxons,
00:51:13.19\00:51:17.27
the Franks, the
Herulii, the Bergundians.
00:51:17.47\00:51:21.93
And these came down and they
just ran over the Roman Empire
00:51:22.13\00:51:27.28
and broke it to pieces.
00:51:27.49\00:51:30.54
Broke it up.
00:51:30.74\00:51:32.19
And Rome... Rome fell.
00:51:32.22\00:51:36.92
Came to its end... 476 AD.
00:51:38.05\00:51:43.91
Rome has ruled longer
than any other nation.
00:51:44.11\00:51:49.89
She's ruled from 168 BC
00:51:50.09\00:51:53.46
to 476 AD.
00:51:53.66\00:51:56.75
She's ruled.
00:51:56.95\00:51:58.06
But these Germanic tribes
00:51:58.26\00:52:00.39
have come in and they've
broken up the Roman Empire...
00:52:00.59\00:52:04.64
bringing it to its end.
00:52:04.84\00:52:07.74
But then the scripture says:
00:52:07.94\00:52:09.93
That are the 10 Germanic tribes.
00:52:15.82\00:52:19.57
They came out of
the Roman Empire.
00:52:19.77\00:52:22.12
That's what it's saying:
will rise out of this kingdom -
00:52:22.32\00:52:24.71
out of Rome. Those
10 Germanic tribes...
00:52:24.81\00:52:28.18
the Anglo-Saxons, the Franks,
the Herulii, the... excuse me...
00:52:28.38\00:52:33.20
the Herulii, the
Vandals, Ostrogoths...
00:52:33.30\00:52:36.70
all those became the
nations of western Europe.
00:52:36.90\00:52:41.75
See, they became the
nations like the Anglo-Saxons
00:52:43.38\00:52:46.84
became the English.
00:52:47.04\00:52:48.50
Franks became the French.
00:52:48.70\00:52:51.39
Allemani became the Germans.
00:52:51.59\00:52:54.14
And so you have...
they became the nations
00:52:54.17\00:52:56.67
of western Europe today.
00:52:56.87\00:52:58.66
Now watch carefully...
00:52:58.86\00:53:00.57
It says there's going
to be another little one,
00:53:13.95\00:53:16.04
and that's what our
next presentation's about.
00:53:16.24\00:53:18.92
The next power that
comes on the scene of action.
00:53:19.12\00:53:22.29
So we've looked at Babylon.
00:53:22.49\00:53:24.30
Babylon fell to Medo-Persia.
00:53:24.50\00:53:29.52
Medo-Persia fell to Greece.
00:53:30.88\00:53:34.96
Greece fell to pagan Rome.
00:53:35.16\00:53:39.39
And now we find that pagan Rome
00:53:39.59\00:53:42.54
is going to
fall to the fifth one
00:53:42.74\00:53:46.36
just exactly as
the scripture said.
00:53:46.56\00:53:49.41
So we're down
almost to the fifth one.
00:53:49.61\00:53:52.86
So we'll take a
look at that fifth one
00:54:04.17\00:54:06.44
in our next presentation,
00:54:06.64\00:54:08.36
and we'll see how God is taking
us just step by step by step
00:54:08.56\00:54:12.69
down through time as we
come down to the very end
00:54:12.79\00:54:16.52
of this series. And then we're
going to move into the next one
00:54:16.72\00:54:19.98
and bring us right on down
to the time in which you and I
00:54:20.18\00:54:23.88
are living.
00:54:23.98\00:54:25.07
So I hope you'll continue
to get into your Bibles.
00:54:25.28\00:54:27.98
Study Bible prophecy:
you'll find it's interesting
00:54:28.18\00:54:31.22
and God will bless
you in a very special way.
00:54:31.42\00:54:33.68
So we hope all of
you have a good night.
00:54:33.88\00:54:36.10
Stay close to the Lord
Jesus Christ. God bless you.
00:54:36.30\00:54:39.42
The Bible says in Matthew 13:44
00:54:41.36\00:54:44.59
Every day we pass
by ordinary places
00:54:58.33\00:55:00.89
that may be hiding
something of incredible value.
00:55:01.09\00:55:04.67
Whether buried in a field
or squirreled away in an attic,
00:55:04.87\00:55:08.49
or even an old,
fallen-down house.
00:55:08.69\00:55:11.45
But imagine for a
moment the thrill of stumbling
00:55:11.65\00:55:14.92
upon a treasure
beyond your wildest dreams.
00:55:15.12\00:55:18.45
Will you eagerly
sell everything you have
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to gain something
of much greater value?
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Will you be willing to
endure criticism of friends,
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even family members,
in order to obtain it?
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This parable speaks of the
most incredible treasure of all,
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and it's hidden in God's Word.
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That treasure is
Jesus Christ himself.
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But sadly, even
those who claim Him
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often don't recognize
this infinite treasure.
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Just watch how quickly they
toss aside what the Bible says
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when it becomes inconvenient.
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Friends, the treasure of the
gospel are hidden in God's Word.
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Many of its readers have
eyes, but they do not see.
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They have ears,
but they don't hear.
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They never find
its hidden treasure.
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In fact, they may
read it over and over
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and never see it.
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Even worse, many
times they do see it
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but think the price is too high.
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Like the Jews of old
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who rejected the Messiah
because He was not in harmony
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with their ambitious desires,
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many won't seek
heavenly treasure
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because earthly
treasure is more alluring.
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They reason that if they
could just obtain the things
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which they desire
they would have peace.
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Sadly, they don't realize
that they carry the disturber
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of their own peace
inside their hearts.
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They pass by the
One who declared:
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"Peace I leave with
you. My peace I give to you.
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Not as the world
gives do I give to you.
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Let not your heart be troubled,
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neither let it be afraid. "
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The treasure of the Bible
are revealed only to those
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who carefully study its pages
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with a humble
and searching heart.
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Our whole ministry is dedicated
to helping men and women
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find the priceless
treasure hidden in the Bible.
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We pray that you
will not be satisfied
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with surface truths
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but instead you'll want
to unearth the precious gems
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that others pass by.
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Dig into the Bible as a
miner digs into the earth
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to find veins of
gold. Don't give up
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until you have found
a relationship with God,
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and then join us in spreading
the good news to the world.
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Please consider what you can do
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for those who still
don't know about Jesus.
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As the Holy Spirit impresses,
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please send your
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Your gifts help bring
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