One of the most prolific writers
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in the history of the
United States if not the world
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is the 19th century writer
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Ellen G. White. Her
books have been translated
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and circulated
perhaps more than anyone else
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certainly in the
history of this country.
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One of her more
inspired statements was:
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"We have nothing
to fear for the future
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except we forget God's
leadings in our past history. "
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Heard a very interesting story
the other day on television...
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A man ran into a convenience
store armed wtih a baseball bat.
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He demanded from
the proprietor money.
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Well, instead of
producing cold, hard cash
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the store owner
produced cold, hard steel.
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He brought from beneath
the counter a very large gun.
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And so the two men stared at
each other for a split second.
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It was bat versus bullet.
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And yet they saw
in each other's eyes
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something very strange...
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something that
drew them to each other.
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Instead of
running from the store
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the man dropped the bat
and then dropped to his knees
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and burst into tears.
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Profound weeping.
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He said: "You
know, I'm not a bad man.
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I'm not an evil person.
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I'm not... I'm not
a robber or a thief.
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But I've lost my
job, I've lost my home,
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I've lost my car,
I've lost my savings.
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I'm out of
everything. I'm out of gas,
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I'm out of a
home, I'm out of a job,
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and I'm running out of time
and I've got to feed my family.
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That's the only
reason I am here. "
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Well, the proprietor of
the store put down the gun,
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went into his own pocket,
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and gave the man
$40 and a loaf of bread.
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The two men embraced,
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and then he
walked out of the store.
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All of this was
caught on the store's
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video surveillance camera,
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and we saw it there
on the television set.
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When I saw that
it occurred to me
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nothing is promised to us.
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Though we sit with jobs and
homes, we are just one accident,
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one sickness away from poverty.
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You can go from
well-to-do to welfare
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almost in an instant.
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You can go from being
very rich and satisfied
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to being very poor and
hungry almost in an instant.
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And we've seen it over and over
and over and over in these days
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in which we find ourselves.
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You can't really
trust your bank account.
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You can't really
trust your stocks and bonds.
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You can't really
trust in tomorrow.
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You can only trust in Jesus.
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And that is why
this particular study,
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this particular
series of studies
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given to us by Evangelist
Cox are so very, very important
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for us... because they point
us to the One that we can trust.
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So that when you
can't see tomorrow,
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you can look back to the
prophetic history of the past
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knowing that the same
God who got you to today
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if you hold onto His hand
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will lead you safely home.
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My name is C.A. Murray, and
it is my privilege on behalf of
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Elder Kenneth Cox and
the entire team here at 3ABN
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to welcome you to this
very vital, very fine series
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that we are calling
Was, Is Not, and Yet Is.
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And I'm enough of a
Bible student to know
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that when we talk
about "spake as a dragon, "
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all of God's people
need to perk up their ears
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because God is going to
hold through Evangelist Cox
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a mirror to our eyes this day
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and force us to
look at ourselves.
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Now all of these
messages are good.
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But if there is a series of
messages that you want to buy
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and ruminate over
and take home and study,
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it is these messages
that we are entertaining
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during this particular session.
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Very vital
messages including today's
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for our walk as we try to walk
this road that leads to glory.
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Elder Cox has been
given a very special gift.
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And the Lord will call upon
that gift today as we look at
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Spake as a Dragon.
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But before he comes for us
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Larry Blackwell is here,
and he's going to be singing
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an old standard: "Just
a Closer Walk With Thee. "
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Just a closer walk with Thee,
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Grant it, Jesus,
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if it be.
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Daily walking
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close to Thee.
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Dear Lord, let it be...
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let it be.
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Just a closer walk with Thee,
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Grant it, Jesus,
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if You please.
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Daily walking
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close to Thee,
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Let it be,
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dear Lord, let it be.
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When my feeble life is o'er,
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Time for me
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shall be no more;
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Guide me gently,
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safely o'er
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to Thy kingdom shore,
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To Thy shore.
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Just a closer walk with Thee,
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Grant it, Jesus,
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is my plea.
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Daily walking
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close to Thee,
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Let it be,
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dear Lord,
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let it be.
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Let it be,
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dear Lord,
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let it be.
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Amen!
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Thank you, Larry.
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And good day to each of you.
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Very happy to welcome you today.
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To those of you that
are tuning in by radio or
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watching on
television, we welcome you.
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Those that we have heard
from from many different places
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around the world, we
are happy to welcome you.
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Appreciate you tuning in.
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We hope that the series
is being a blessing to you.
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This series is
entitled Give Me The Bible.
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That is the title for the series
that covers the whole year.
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That's the title of it.
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And each month we
do five presentations
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on a given subject.
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And so like this month
we're doing five presentations
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on prophecy on
Was, Is Not, Yet Is...
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which is a prophecy mentioned
in Revelation the 17th chapter.
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So as we've gone through this
we hope that it is helping you
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understand God's Word.
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Today we're looking at:
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That's a particular
beast that we're looking at
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mentioned in
Revelation the 13th chapter.
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So this evening...
the next presentation
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will be on the eighth beast.
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The eighth beast... and
it is the last one, folks.
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That's the last one
mentioned in scripture.
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And so it becomes very
important that you and I
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put all of it together.
The preponderance of evidence
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there makes it clear that
you and I can know exactly
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what it's talking about.
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Today we're thinking
about Spoke as a Dragon.
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And in
Revelation the 13th chapter
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there are two beasts.
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We are looking at
the second one today.
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That's the one we're looking at.
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We'll identify that
one, and it is the seventh
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And so we're going
to put them all together
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step by step as we take a look
at what God's Word has to say.
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So we're very happy
to welcome all of you.
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Appreciate you being here.
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And we hope that the
Word of God is opening up
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understanding...
more and more of it...
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as we study these subjects.
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Very happy to have
Larry Blackwell with us.
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He's going to sing for
us the song that goes along
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with our subject this morning:
The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
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Mine eyes have seen the glory
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of the coming of the Lord.
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He is trampling out the vintage
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where the grapes
of wrath are stored;
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He hath loosed
the fateful light-ning
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of His terrible swift sword;
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His truth is marching on.
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Glory! glory, hallelujah!
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Glory! glory, hallelujah!
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Glory! glory, hallelujah!
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His truth is marching on.
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In the beauty of the lilies,
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Christ was born across the sea,
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With a glory in His bosom
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that transfigures you and me;
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As He died to make men holy,
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let us live to make men free,
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While God is marching
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on.
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Join me:
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Glory! glory, hallelujah!
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Glory! glory, hallelujah!
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Glory! glory, hallelujah!
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His truth is marching on.
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His truth is
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marching
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on.
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Marching on.
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Heavenly Father,
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as we open Your Word today
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we ask that You will
give us enlightenment.
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As we take a look
at this great nation,
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as we take a look
at all the evidence
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that's in Your Word and
how it has been fulfilled
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so accurately.
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That we might know where we are.
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That we might know
where we're headed.
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So that we might
know what we should do...
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how we ought to
go about doing it.
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Bless each one here today
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in a very, very special way.
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We pray in Your name, Amen.
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As we mentioned, we're looking
at Revelation the 17th chapter.
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That says:
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Let me say to you right now
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and you need to bear this
in mind now very carefully
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is that text must be looked
at from John's point of view...
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not yours.
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OK? You have to look at that
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from John's point
of view... not yours.
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John is saying
"five have fallen,
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one is, the other
is not yet come. "
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So you have to read
it and understand it
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from that point of view.
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We have looked at these beasts
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and as we have found
out, beasts in the Bible
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represent nations or powers.
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And so you remember
the first one was Babylon.
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And we found out
that Babylon ruled
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and it was
overthrown by Medo-Persia.
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Medo-Persia overthrew Babylon,
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and then Medo-Persia
was overthrown by Greece.
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And then Greece
ruled for a period of time
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and was
overthrown by pagan Rome.
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And pagan Rome
ruled until 476 AD
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and was
overthrown by papal Rome.
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Now this particular
beast you must pay very careful
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attention to because this
one plays a very important role.
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So follow it
very, very carefully.
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We've studied about this one.
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Revelation the 13th
chapter the first beast -
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the non-descript beast
there - we've studied it.
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We found out that it
represented papal Rome.
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Papal Rome fell to?
see how you're doing.
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Well, papal Rome fell
to Atheistic Communism.
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1991 AD it fell.
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And so we have those six.
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This is the one John says "is. "
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"Five have fallen, one is. "
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That is the sixth one,
and today we're taking a look
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at the seventh one.
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That's the one...
the one that was to come.
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That's the one we're looking at.
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We're going to go to
Revelation the 13th chapter
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and go to verse 1 because
I just want to establish this
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beast. We have
looked at this beast.
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We have identified this beast
already in the previous series
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entitled Five Have Fallen
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we deal with this
beast. And it says:
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So it's
identifying this beast for you.
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We clearly
identified this beast.
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I gave you eight
points of identification
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that will fit no other
power on the face of the earth.
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Only that beast does it fit.
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So when it comes to identifying
it, the scripture is absolutely
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crystal clear.
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What I want you to look at
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is we find that
this beast, papal Rome,
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was overthrown
in 1798 AD. It says:
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That is when papal
Rome was overthrown:
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1798 AD.
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OK. That's important because
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when we're coming
down in Revelation 13
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and we come to verse 10,
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it has this to say:
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The papal power had
led people into captivity.
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The scripture said it's
going to go into captivitiy.
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It had killed with the sword.
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Said it would be
killed with the sword.
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That's the prophecy there made.
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That happened in... 1798 AD.
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So watch what
happens. Look at verse 11:
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So the scripture is telling
you just as this beast in
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Revelation 13 is going down...
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He said: "I saw another beast
coming up out of the earth. "
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Now what becomes
extremely important here
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is the time element.
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There is no other power
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but the United States of America
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that will fit
this time sequence.
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None other.
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So it says that as
this beast of Revelation 13
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was going down, he
said: "I saw another beast
00:18:20.30\00:18:23.87
rising up out of the earth. "
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So we have it clearly there.
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I don't know how many of you
remember a man by the name of
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John Wesley?
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John Wesley was really the one
00:18:35.28\00:18:37.80
who established
the Methodist church.
00:18:37.90\00:18:40.55
A great preacher
of righteousness.
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Tremendous individual.
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John Wesley had a little
bit of a... I don't know what...
00:18:44.65\00:18:47.97
what you want to call
it... but one of the things he
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did was that when he was
studying, if he came across
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or had some thought or
came across some information
00:18:53.97\00:18:56.76
about something, he would
jot it on a piece of paper
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and file it. And he did this
00:18:59.65\00:19:02.41
on the book of
Revelation, quite a bit of it.
00:19:02.61\00:19:04.53
He would just jot notes
about the book of Revelation
00:19:04.73\00:19:07.52
and file them away.
00:19:07.62\00:19:08.78
So when he died, they took those
00:19:08.98\00:19:11.23
and published them. And
you can buy a book called
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Notes on
Revelation by John Wesley.
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Concerning these two beasts,
00:19:16.63\00:19:19.52
one here... these two
beasts in Revelation 13,
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listen to his comments:
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Now he's talking
about this second beast -
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the two horned beast.
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Well, if you study that
prophecy about the first beast,
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that forty-two
months came to an end in?
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1798 AD.
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Do you notice when
John Wesley wrote this?
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1752 AD.
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See, he understood
exactly what was happening.
00:19:56.24\00:19:59.25
He said: "This second
beast can't be very far off
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because he's got to appear
at the end of the forty-two
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months of the first beast. "
00:20:05.32\00:20:06.84
And just exactly
on time, it was there.
00:20:07.05\00:20:10.50
All the beasts that took place
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had to come into
this series of time.
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Well, look at a
few events with me.
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The Pilgrims
landed at Plymouth when?
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See how well you're
doing on history here.
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How are you doing? When
did they land at Plymouth Rock?
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1620 AD... right.
Landed at Plymouth Rock.
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And the Pilgrims
began to set up livelihood.
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Built their villages
and colonies began to form.
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And finally the United
States - or those 13 colonies -
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decided they wanted to be free.
00:20:48.89\00:20:52.07
They did not want to be
under the control of England.
00:20:52.27\00:20:56.61
And when I went to school
00:20:56.81\00:20:59.69
they... they said the
thing that we did was...
00:20:59.79\00:21:02.64
we had the Boston Tea Party.
00:21:02.84\00:21:05.17
You remember that?
00:21:05.37\00:21:06.80
And says they were
rebelling against taxes.
00:21:07.00\00:21:10.42
Have you ever gone back
and read the taxes back then?
00:21:10.62\00:21:14.46
Man, I'd accept them
with open arms today.
00:21:14.66\00:21:17.95
I mean gladly... gladly.
00:21:18.15\00:21:20.02
But they rebelled;
they went against it.
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And we find that in
1776 AD we had what?
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Declaration of Independence.
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Are you watching
the time element?
00:21:31.00\00:21:33.55
See? The Declaration
of Independence: 1776 AD.
00:21:33.75\00:21:38.60
The Bill of Rights: 1789 AD.
00:21:38.90\00:21:42.64
Bill of Rights
was adopted 1791 AD.
00:21:42.84\00:21:46.29
The beast went
into captivity when?
00:21:46.49\00:21:48.53
1798 AD.
00:21:48.73\00:21:50.36
He said: "I saw as this
beast was going into captivity
00:21:50.56\00:21:53.60
I saw another one rising up. "
00:21:53.80\00:21:56.51
So just exactly as one goes down
00:21:56.71\00:21:59.99
the other one is coming up
00:22:00.19\00:22:01.75
as the scripture said it would.
00:22:01.95\00:22:04.23
The beasts that we have
studied like those in Daniel 7
00:22:12.51\00:22:15.58
or this one here
in Revelation 17...
00:22:15.78\00:22:19.12
All those beasts
came up out of what?
00:22:19.32\00:22:22.28
Water. But this one came up
00:22:22.48\00:22:25.74
out of the earth, just
exactly as it is described
00:22:25.94\00:22:30.83
on the Statue of Liberty.
00:22:31.03\00:22:33.10
That's how this
nation came into being:
00:22:33.30\00:22:36.17
"Give me your
tired, your poor... "
00:22:36.37\00:22:38.96
That's the way this
country was settled.
00:22:53.39\00:22:55.35
You see water in Bible
prophecy represents people,
00:22:55.55\00:22:59.05
nations, tongues.
00:22:59.25\00:23:01.11
And so this nation
didn't come about as a result
00:23:01.31\00:23:05.01
of great masses of people.
00:23:05.22\00:23:07.70
It came about as our
forefathers came over here,
00:23:07.90\00:23:11.45
like your forefathers, and
they settled in this country
00:23:11.65\00:23:15.27
and it came up - if you
please - out of the earth.
00:23:15.47\00:23:20.01
The way that it arose.
00:23:20.21\00:23:22.44
I highlighted certain
words in this text because it
00:23:29.80\00:23:33.00
helps identify what's happened.
Horns on the beast represent
00:23:33.21\00:23:38.12
power. Some of those
beasts have horns that
00:23:38.32\00:23:42.19
have crowns on them
which meant that they'd
00:23:42.29\00:23:44.45
basically be ruled by a monarch.
00:23:44.55\00:23:46.63
Or some don't have crowns
00:23:46.83\00:23:48.82
but the horns
represent the source
00:23:49.02\00:23:51.76
of that
particular beast's power.
00:23:51.96\00:23:54.61
This beast had
two horns like a lamb.
00:23:54.81\00:23:58.92
Well this country
was established basically
00:23:59.32\00:24:04.27
on two principles.
00:24:04.37\00:24:06.16
Are you acquainted
with this man Josiah Quincy?
00:24:06.36\00:24:08.62
Huh? Not acquainted with him?
00:24:08.82\00:24:10.95
Well, he signed the
Declaration of Independence.
00:24:11.15\00:24:15.04
He's one of those, you know.
00:24:15.24\00:24:18.08
If you ever go to Boston,
00:24:18.18\00:24:19.22
you want to go
down to Quincy Market.
00:24:19.33\00:24:20.98
You know? But he's a...
This is what he said. Listen:
00:24:21.18\00:24:25.23
Said: "This...
we're going to make it
00:24:47.67\00:24:50.05
because God is on our side. "
00:24:50.25\00:24:51.79
Are you acquainted with
this man, huh? Patrick Henry.
00:24:52.00\00:24:56.12
What did he say?
00:24:56.22\00:24:57.33
"Give me liberty
or give me death. "
00:24:57.63\00:25:00.50
What else did he say?
00:25:00.70\00:25:02.50
Nobody knows?
00:25:04.21\00:25:05.39
I'm going to read to you
some things that he said here.
00:25:05.59\00:25:08.42
This is what he said:
00:25:08.52\00:25:09.61
I hope you're getting
a little bit of the sense
00:25:17.60\00:25:19.90
of what these forefathers
believed and where they stood.
00:25:20.10\00:25:23.26
Because Josiah Quincy
said: "With the God of armies
00:25:23.46\00:25:26.16
on our side we can't lose. "
00:25:26.26\00:25:27.58
Here Patrick Henry said:
"God is the One that presides, "
00:25:27.78\00:25:31.47
These were
God-fearing men and women
00:25:31.67\00:25:34.65
that stood for
what God's Word said.
00:25:34.85\00:25:37.73
"over the destinies of
nations and will raise up
00:25:37.93\00:25:41.37
friends for us. "
00:25:41.57\00:25:42.64
This is what he said.
00:26:02.76\00:26:04.07
Said: "I'm not
going to be chained. "
00:26:04.27\00:26:06.69
But you see they believed.
00:26:06.89\00:26:08.53
They said one: "We want
a nation without a king. "
00:26:08.73\00:26:14.20
"We want government by
the people, for the people,
00:26:14.40\00:26:17.35
and through the people.
00:26:17.45\00:26:18.59
This is how we want government.
00:26:18.79\00:26:20.41
And we want to
give everybody the right
00:26:20.61\00:26:23.05
to worship according to the
dictates of their conscience. "
00:26:23.25\00:26:26.28
And our country was
built on those two principles,
00:26:26.48\00:26:30.33
and those two principles is
what has held us in good stead
00:26:30.53\00:26:33.94
down through the years.
00:26:34.15\00:26:35.47
And help us if we
give them up, folks.
00:26:35.67\00:26:39.76
All right. It goes on and says:
00:26:39.96\00:26:42.27
Two horns like a lamb.
00:26:49.81\00:26:51.34
Well, if you pick up God's Word
00:26:51.54\00:26:53.99
and you begin
to read through it,
00:26:54.19\00:26:56.66
in the Bible who
does the lamb represent?
00:26:56.86\00:27:01.50
Yeah, it
represents Jesus Christ.
00:27:01.70\00:27:04.20
Two horns like a lamb
meant that the country
00:27:04.40\00:27:07.94
would be gentle, it would
be Christlike in character.
00:27:08.14\00:27:12.63
That's what it's saying.
00:27:12.83\00:27:14.36
It had two horns like a lamb.
00:27:14.57\00:27:18.34
Another one: Revelation 5:12:
00:27:26.89\00:27:31.01
So to be... have two
horns like a lamb meant that it
00:27:39.86\00:27:43.66
would be
Christlike in character.
00:27:43.86\00:27:46.89
And dear friend,
all you have to do
00:27:47.09\00:27:50.20
is go to Washington, D.C.
00:27:50.40\00:27:52.02
Walk down through
the halls of Congress
00:27:52.22\00:27:55.16
or through the Capitol.
00:27:55.37\00:27:57.47
You'll see God
written everywhere
00:27:57.67\00:28:00.35
because our
forefathers believed in God
00:28:00.55\00:28:04.05
and they were
God-fearing men and women.
00:28:04.25\00:28:06.91
The war broke out with England.
00:28:08.12\00:28:12.79
Revolution.
That was so, so hard.
00:28:12.99\00:28:18.42
I mean, you've got
13 colonies, folks.
00:28:18.63\00:28:20.98
Do you realize that by
the time that war was over
00:28:21.18\00:28:24.88
all 13 colonies were bankrupt?
00:28:25.08\00:28:28.66
It had bankrupted them all.
00:28:28.69\00:28:31.96
It was so severe on them
00:28:32.16\00:28:35.11
that the lines of
communication had been broken
00:28:35.31\00:28:38.85
between all of them, and
so they had no communication
00:28:39.05\00:28:41.44
with each other. And
because they didn't have any
00:28:41.54\00:28:44.38
communication with each other,
00:28:44.48\00:28:45.97
they thought that each one of
the colonies had borne the brunt
00:28:46.17\00:28:49.99
of the war. They didn't know
what their neighbor was doing.
00:28:50.09\00:28:53.53
They felt that they
had been the one who had
00:28:53.73\00:28:55.60
borne all the
problems of the war.
00:28:55.80\00:28:58.83
So when the war was finally over
00:28:59.03\00:29:01.89
they called a
Constitutional Congress.
00:29:02.09\00:29:07.22
And they sent delegations
from all the 13 colonies.
00:29:07.42\00:29:13.12
They got to the
meeting, and they were so upset
00:29:16.48\00:29:21.78
with each other because they
thought they had borne the brunt
00:29:21.88\00:29:25.94
of the war that they
got in terrible arguments.
00:29:26.14\00:29:29.59
In fact, the delegation
from New York went home
00:29:29.79\00:29:33.51
and it looked like
that Constitutional Congress
00:29:33.71\00:29:37.05
was going to
fall flat on its face
00:29:37.25\00:29:39.98
when a little man
with glasses stood up
00:29:40.18\00:29:46.01
and he spoke these words:
00:29:46.41\00:29:50.91
Said: "We met
here and prayed daily
00:30:11.37\00:30:14.77
in this room for
divine protection. "
00:30:16.92\00:30:19.04
And with that speech he was
able to bring them together.
00:30:40.11\00:30:44.59
They came together and
they sat down and they wrote
00:30:44.79\00:30:48.50
one of the greatest articles
that man has ever written:
00:30:48.70\00:30:52.25
the Constitution of the
United States of America.
00:30:52.45\00:30:56.99
You see, they were...
they were men and women
00:30:57.19\00:31:01.88
that feared God.
00:31:02.08\00:31:03.83
They were men and women
that believed in the Word of God
00:31:04.03\00:31:07.79
and they followed the Lord.
00:31:08.00\00:31:11.03
When it came to the
election of the first president
00:31:11.23\00:31:16.70
of our country,
George Washington,
00:31:16.90\00:31:18.59
and he stood up and he
gave his inaugural speech,
00:31:18.79\00:31:22.43
he said these words:
00:31:22.46\00:31:24.77
How true! If you haven't...
00:32:31.60\00:32:35.20
if you haven't taken the time
00:32:35.40\00:32:38.37
to go back and
read how God intervened
00:32:38.57\00:32:43.54
in the war and how... the things
00:32:43.74\00:32:46.85
He did over and over
00:32:46.95\00:32:48.48
so that this country could be
00:32:48.68\00:32:50.13
an independent nation,
00:32:50.23\00:32:51.64
you ought to go
back and read it.
00:32:51.84\00:32:53.86
If you don't know what to read,
00:32:54.06\00:32:55.34
go read a book called
The Light and the Glory
00:32:55.54\00:32:58.08
by Peter Marshall, Jr.
00:32:58.18\00:32:59.89
Tell you of incident after
incident where God intervened
00:33:00.09\00:33:03.70
in behalf of the
people of the United States.
00:33:03.90\00:33:06.17
And today for us as a nation
00:33:06.37\00:33:11.80
to turn our back on what we...
00:33:12.10\00:33:18.10
our heritage...
what we had before?
00:33:18.30\00:33:21.48
How horrible it would be!
00:33:21.69\00:33:23.77
If a lamb in the
Bible represents Christ,
00:33:35.11\00:33:39.97
then a dragon
represents the devil.
00:33:40.17\00:33:45.16
I wish... I wish
that the scripture
00:33:45.36\00:33:50.14
just stopped when it
just simply said that it had
00:33:50.34\00:33:54.25
two horns like a lamb.
00:33:54.35\00:33:55.80
I'm sorry that it goes
on and says it would speak
00:33:56.00\00:34:00.87
as a dragon.
00:34:01.07\00:34:03.30
But God in His omnipotence,
00:34:04.25\00:34:10.03
omniscience,
00:34:10.23\00:34:12.07
knowing the end
from the beginning,
00:34:12.27\00:34:14.92
knows what's going to happen.
00:34:15.12\00:34:17.72
It says that this
beast that was Christlike,
00:34:17.93\00:34:21.76
gentle, would speak as a dragon.
00:34:21.96\00:34:25.15
I'm going to share with
you something that I found
00:34:25.36\00:34:28.76
that I think identifies what's
happening, what's taking place.
00:34:28.96\00:34:33.78
You see, you are living...
00:34:33.98\00:34:37.70
most of you have
lived watching this nation
00:34:38.66\00:34:43.24
change character.
00:34:43.44\00:34:45.28
Over the last 20, 30 years
00:34:46.69\00:34:50.50
you've seen a nation
completely change character.
00:34:50.70\00:34:55.09
What has brought that about?
00:34:55.34\00:34:56.60
Well you can
remember, as a nation
00:34:56.80\00:34:59.40
we started out in bondage.
00:34:59.60\00:35:01.42
We were in bondage to England,
00:35:01.62\00:35:04.93
and our
forefathers didn't like that.
00:35:05.13\00:35:08.64
They didn't want
to be in bondage.
00:35:08.84\00:35:10.26
And so you find that
they began to pray about it.
00:35:10.46\00:35:14.48
And there began to
be a spiritual rebirth.
00:35:14.68\00:35:19.16
And by the way, interesting,
00:35:19.37\00:35:21.73
that at this time before
the Declaration of Independence
00:35:22.03\00:35:24.15
you go back in
United States history
00:35:24.25\00:35:26.70
and there was a great spiritual
revival across this country.
00:35:26.90\00:35:30.44
And with that
spiritual revival of faith
00:35:30.64\00:35:33.85
these people said: "We
don't want to be in bondage.
00:35:34.05\00:35:36.82
We want to be free. "
00:35:37.02\00:35:38.75
And so you find that
they take steps to be free.
00:35:38.78\00:35:42.85
They stand up and say: "Give
me liberty or give me death. "
00:35:43.05\00:35:45.79
Courage took place, and they
said: "We're going to do this.
00:35:45.99\00:35:50.10
We're going to follow the Lord.
00:35:50.31\00:35:51.32
We're going to do
what He wants us to do. "
00:35:51.52\00:35:53.96
And they moved out in courage.
00:35:54.16\00:35:56.82
And with courage came liberty.
00:35:57.02\00:36:01.30
Always does.
00:36:01.50\00:36:02.61
And you go back and you
can read nation after nation
00:36:02.81\00:36:05.79
that's gone
through the same thing.
00:36:05.99\00:36:07.71
And they have stepped
out in faith and in courage.
00:36:07.91\00:36:11.74
And as the result of that,
00:36:11.94\00:36:13.83
they were given liberty.
00:36:14.03\00:36:15.78
And as a country, all of
a sudden we found ourselves
00:36:15.98\00:36:19.98
with liberty
00:36:20.18\00:36:22.02
that we could
follow the Word of God,
00:36:22.22\00:36:26.47
that we could
worship as we wanted to.
00:36:26.58\00:36:28.56
That we could have things
that we believed were right
00:36:28.76\00:36:32.55
and that were just.
00:36:32.75\00:36:33.87
And we stood up for those things
00:36:34.07\00:36:35.67
and said: "This
is what we will do. "
00:36:35.77\00:36:37.51
Out of courage, came liberty.
00:36:37.71\00:36:41.65
And out of
liberty came abundance.
00:36:41.85\00:36:45.62
I mean this
country prospered, folks.
00:36:45.83\00:36:50.91
We brought about the
industrial revolution.
00:36:51.11\00:36:55.39
I mean changed the way things
were done, and we produced
00:36:55.59\00:36:59.46
things there have never
been the like of before.
00:36:59.56\00:37:02.63
Marvelous what took place.
00:37:02.83\00:37:04.83
And we found
ourselves with the abundance,
00:37:04.93\00:37:07.21
and you have lived
during a time of abundance.
00:37:07.41\00:37:12.25
You've had... you've
had more than you deserve.
00:37:12.45\00:37:15.75
You know, you want to
stop and think about it...
00:37:17.63\00:37:19.75
even, even Israel in the
height of David and Solomon
00:37:19.95\00:37:25.71
never saw the blessings
that you've had the privilege
00:37:25.91\00:37:28.54
of seeing. God has
abundantly blessed this country!
00:37:28.64\00:37:33.91
We've been given so much.
00:37:34.11\00:37:37.02
You'd think... you'd think
that since God had blessed us
00:37:37.23\00:37:43.21
and we had been given so much
00:37:43.41\00:37:45.23
that out of gratitude and
love to God we would respond
00:37:45.43\00:37:49.75
and we would do the
things that are right.
00:37:49.95\00:37:53.30
But instead of having abundance
and sharing it with others,
00:37:53.90\00:37:59.78
we became selfish.
00:37:59.94\00:38:01.70
You know, couldn't get enough.
00:38:03.79\00:38:06.64
Hoard. Just...
what is the old saying?
00:38:07.69\00:38:13.01
He who has the most toys...
00:38:13.21\00:38:16.13
We just don't seem
to be able to understand
00:38:16.43\00:38:20.55
how much as a nation
we have been blessed, and
00:38:20.75\00:38:23.82
how much as individuals
we have been blessed.
00:38:24.02\00:38:28.45
Little problem here.
00:38:28.48\00:38:31.74
You see the Bible says:
"Where there is no vision,
00:38:31.95\00:38:37.79
the people perish. "
00:38:37.99\00:38:42.64
See? And when
selfishness comes in,
00:38:42.84\00:38:45.60
you lose vision.
00:38:45.80\00:38:48.39
You can't see.
You can't see clearly.
00:38:48.59\00:38:52.84
You can't see what
you ought to be doing.
00:38:53.04\00:38:55.73
And out of
selfishness comes compliance.
00:38:55.93\00:39:01.36
You understand
what I mean by that?
00:39:01.56\00:39:03.96
Oh, just go along.
00:39:04.16\00:39:06.56
You know. You certainly...
You certainly don't want to
00:39:06.76\00:39:10.89
upset the apple cart.
00:39:11.09\00:39:12.56
You know. You don't
go against city hall.
00:39:12.76\00:39:18.40
Well, just go along.
00:39:18.60\00:39:21.35
Be very, very
lackadaisical about it.
00:39:21.55\00:39:26.56
That's what it always
produces because I'm...
00:39:26.76\00:39:29.14
I'm... I'm doing quite well.
00:39:29.35\00:39:31.67
I'm doing all right and I
certainly don't want to do
00:39:31.87\00:39:34.43
anything to upset that.
00:39:34.53\00:39:35.93
And out of that comes apathy.
00:39:37.09\00:39:39.63
Just settle back.
00:39:39.83\00:39:43.51
No vision. Not
wanting to do anything.
00:39:43.71\00:39:47.57
Just go along.
00:39:47.77\00:39:49.58
Oh the government
will take care of you.
00:39:51.23\00:39:53.87
You can depend
on the government.
00:39:55.15\00:39:57.32
They'll... they'll see
you've got everything you need.
00:39:57.52\00:40:01.36
Don't interfere with that.
00:40:01.56\00:40:05.33
And out of apathy, folks,
00:40:05.54\00:40:08.96
comes dependence.
00:40:09.16\00:40:13.89
Dependent upon the
United States government.
00:40:14.09\00:40:19.17
95% of you out here
00:40:20.27\00:40:25.89
sitting in this audience
00:40:26.09\00:40:27.12
and those of you that
are watching on television,
00:40:27.32\00:40:29.51
95% of you will retire
00:40:29.71\00:40:33.03
dependent on the
United States government.
00:40:33.23\00:40:36.96
See? Apathy.
00:40:38.28\00:40:42.08
Not... not really
doing anything you know.
00:40:42.29\00:40:45.35
No vision. And
so we find ourselves
00:40:45.55\00:40:48.94
"Oh, let the
government take care of us. "
00:40:49.14\00:40:51.34
And any time that has happened,
00:40:51.54\00:40:53.75
and it has happened today,
00:40:53.95\00:40:56.13
and I'm sorry to tell you
that you're back in bondage.
00:40:56.33\00:40:59.92
So we have gone from bondage
00:41:00.98\00:41:03.99
clear around back to bondage.
00:41:04.19\00:41:07.52
And today we find ourselves
exactly in that position.
00:41:07.62\00:41:13.37
I'm talking about a
country who over here
00:41:13.58\00:41:16.33
had spiritual faith and
courage and it moved forward,
00:41:16.53\00:41:20.33
but now it has completely
changed its character.
00:41:20.53\00:41:24.81
Let me read you a statement.
00:41:25.01\00:41:29.30
You think about this
very, very carefully.
00:41:29.33\00:41:32.09
It's written by Alexander Tyler.
00:41:32.29\00:41:35.46
It's what he said:
00:41:35.49\00:41:38.94
Why not?
00:41:56.86\00:41:58.53
And let me tell you something...
00:42:10.55\00:42:14.48
we have been voting
money from the public treasury
00:42:14.68\00:42:19.51
since the first of
this year by the billions.
00:42:19.71\00:42:23.13
You think about it.
00:42:26.51\00:42:27.88
You think about
what we're doing.
00:42:28.08\00:42:30.40
When you take that are
you laboring under the false
00:42:32.86\00:42:38.18
opinion that it
doesn't have to be paid back?
00:42:38.38\00:42:41.62
Somebody's going to demand
it from you, I'll guarantee you.
00:42:44.31\00:42:47.76
Listen as he goes on:
00:42:47.96\00:42:49.19
The candidate that
says he'd give you the most,
00:43:01.67\00:43:03.83
that's who you're
going to vote for.
00:43:04.04\00:43:05.37
Help me along here.
00:43:05.57\00:43:07.47
And so they get in and
man, they just dole it out.
00:43:07.67\00:43:11.42
Listen to the last few words...
00:43:24.21\00:43:26.22
You better look carefully.
00:43:34.41\00:43:37.66
You better
understand what's happening.
00:43:37.86\00:43:41.54
How long they've lasted.
00:43:49.43\00:43:50.99
So we find a country
that has changed character
00:43:51.19\00:43:55.58
and then we find that...
find ourselves in a position
00:43:55.78\00:44:00.70
different than it's been before.
00:44:00.90\00:44:02.25
You remember a
president of the United States
00:44:03.52\00:44:05.60
by the name of Richard Nixon?
00:44:05.80\00:44:07.51
Huh? Do you remember him?
00:44:07.72\00:44:08.98
OK. He wrote this
book Seize the Moment.
00:44:09.19\00:44:12.99
All right, it's the subtitle
00:44:13.19\00:44:16.88
that you need to look at
carefully: America's challenge
00:44:17.08\00:44:21.00
in a one-superpower world.
00:44:21.10\00:44:26.29
You see, with
the fall of Communism
00:44:27.29\00:44:31.65
the United States
found itself in a position
00:44:31.85\00:44:36.47
that it had
never been in before.
00:44:36.67\00:44:39.19
It found itself in the position
00:44:39.39\00:44:42.11
of being a super
world power without rival.
00:44:42.31\00:44:47.57
Listen. This is what they said:
00:44:47.88\00:44:50.35
They said: "We
are the superpower.
00:45:16.25\00:45:19.67
No rival. We're not
going to permit another rival.
00:45:19.87\00:45:24.84
And we went along
year after year after year
00:45:26.42\00:45:30.46
as a superpower.
00:45:30.66\00:45:35.06
And then all of a sudden
we found ourselves bombed.
00:45:35.26\00:45:40.70
We found for the first time
00:45:42.71\00:45:46.56
bombs in the form of planes
00:45:49.09\00:45:52.47
hit our country.
00:45:52.67\00:45:55.34
9/11.
00:45:55.54\00:45:57.59
Thousands of people died,
00:45:57.79\00:46:01.70
and the whole nation
stood in absolute shock.
00:46:01.90\00:46:07.12
Was this
possible that as a country
00:46:07.32\00:46:12.60
we found ourselves vulnerable
00:46:12.80\00:46:18.65
like we had never been before?
00:46:18.85\00:46:21.13
trying to figure
out what should be done,
00:46:27.22\00:46:31.13
I'm afraid that we
may have lost our bearing.
00:46:33.29\00:46:39.28
You see, true, we
need to do some things.
00:46:39.58\00:46:44.50
We needed to come back,
and come back to where we were.
00:46:44.70\00:46:49.65
Come back and take
our stand with God.
00:46:49.68\00:46:53.92
As it says: "If these
people will return to Me,
00:46:54.12\00:46:57.87
will humble themselves... "
00:46:57.97\00:46:59.18
If... if we
would have come back...
00:46:59.38\00:47:01.30
that would have been
one... And there was...
00:47:01.50\00:47:03.15
there was a tendency to do this.
00:47:03.35\00:47:05.78
And the people were praying
and things were changing.
00:47:05.98\00:47:09.25
And then they began to say:
00:47:09.45\00:47:10.89
"Oh, things need to go
back as they once were.
00:47:11.09\00:47:14.94
Need to go back to normal. "
00:47:15.14\00:47:16.65
And so we forgot.
00:47:16.86\00:47:20.14
We found ourselves,
instead of depending upon God
00:47:20.34\00:47:25.78
and finding His
leading and direction,
00:47:25.98\00:47:28.63
we decided that we would take
care of it in our own might.
00:47:28.83\00:47:33.07
And so we launched out
00:47:34.64\00:47:36.51
to make sure that
this wouldn't happen again.
00:47:36.71\00:47:40.04
And also not only to make
sure it wouldn't happen again
00:47:40.25\00:47:43.70
but to make sure
that other countries
00:47:43.90\00:47:48.13
would find
themselves in a position
00:47:48.34\00:47:53.10
that they had to
follow our leading.
00:47:53.30\00:47:54.92
We found ourselves
speaking as a dragon.
00:47:55.42\00:48:01.42
Let me tell you something.
Those forefathers of ours
00:48:01.62\00:48:05.75
wrote that Constitution,
and they put into that
00:48:05.95\00:48:09.24
certain principles that
were to guide and direct us
00:48:09.45\00:48:12.01
as a nation.
00:48:12.21\00:48:13.47
And when it came to going out
00:48:13.67\00:48:15.80
and trying to subdue
other nations and making sure
00:48:16.00\00:48:18.68
that they were doing
what we wanted them to do...
00:48:18.88\00:48:21.15
One of our former presidents
had something to say about that,
00:48:21.35\00:48:25.52
by the name of John Adams.
00:48:25.72\00:48:27.24
I want you to listen to
what John Quincy Adams...
00:48:27.45\00:48:29.99
I want you to
listen to what he said.
00:48:30.19\00:48:31.58
What now?
00:48:52.72\00:48:54.71
Listen.
00:48:56.89\00:48:57.89
Listen.
00:49:28.24\00:49:29.24
Spake as a dragon.
00:49:45.94\00:49:49.84
And oh how true that is today.
00:49:55.22\00:49:59.13
Now follow carefully...
00:50:01.51\00:50:02.67
The first beast is the
one in Revelation 13...
00:50:05.81\00:50:08.51
the first one.
00:50:08.61\00:50:09.71
This is what this two
horned beast is going to do...
00:50:17.13\00:50:19.54
speak as a dragon.
00:50:19.74\00:50:21.45
So what is that telling
us what's going to happen?
00:50:34.81\00:50:38.09
Tell you what that means.
00:50:38.30\00:50:40.26
If you make an image of
something, what do you do?
00:50:40.46\00:50:44.62
If you're going to
make an image of a dog,
00:50:46.51\00:50:48.52
you make it look
like a cat, right?
00:50:48.72\00:50:50.52
Huh?
00:50:50.73\00:50:52.36
No, if you're going to make
00:50:52.56\00:50:53.61
an image, you make it look like
00:50:53.71\00:50:55.06
that. So if this country is
00:50:55.26\00:50:56.88
going to make an
image to the first beast,
00:50:57.09\00:50:59.44
then what is it
saying it's going to do?
00:50:59.64\00:51:02.78
Well, the first
beast - the papal power -
00:51:02.99\00:51:04.92
that word papal means
unification of church and state.
00:51:05.13\00:51:09.72
They're coming
together, and it says
00:51:09.92\00:51:11.78
THIS COUNTRY will
bring about a union
00:51:11.81\00:51:14.91
of church and state.
00:51:15.11\00:51:17.97
Never, never,
never, dear friends,
00:51:18.17\00:51:22.70
in the history of the world
00:51:22.90\00:51:24.79
has the church ever
got involved in government
00:51:24.99\00:51:29.55
that it hasn't persecuted.
00:51:29.75\00:51:32.25
Never, never has failed... I
don't care what church it is.
00:51:32.45\00:51:36.27
And so when it say that
they're going to come together
00:51:36.47\00:51:40.36
and they're going to
make an image to the beast,
00:51:40.57\00:51:43.98
then you can rest assured
00:51:44.18\00:51:46.45
that you and I are
living in those days.
00:51:46.65\00:51:50.29
THIS is what is in the
process of happening today.
00:51:50.49\00:51:55.45
This is where we stand
00:51:55.65\00:51:57.42
with a nation that
is speaking as a dragon.
00:51:57.63\00:52:03.48
Now:
00:52:03.68\00:52:05.16
Now this is Revelation 17.
00:52:17.83\00:52:19.71
This woman sitting on
this scarlet-colored beast
00:52:19.91\00:52:24.15
which has seven heads. We
have look at those 7 heads.
00:52:24.35\00:52:28.41
We've identified them.
00:52:28.61\00:52:29.72
We finished just now
with the seventh one,
00:52:29.92\00:52:32.12
so we've looked
at those seven heads.
00:52:32.33\00:52:34.56
All right? Watch as it says:
00:52:34.77\00:52:36.99
Now folks, don't get lost here.
00:52:40.51\00:52:43.37
So it's saying that
this beast that was...
00:52:56.26\00:53:01.08
We're looking at this
from who's point of view?
00:53:01.28\00:53:03.93
John's.
00:53:04.34\00:53:05.85
So John's saying
this beast that was,
00:53:06.06\00:53:08.54
is not, OK?
00:53:08.74\00:53:13.47
is himself also the eighth
00:53:13.67\00:53:17.47
and that is going
to go to perdition.
00:53:17.67\00:53:22.30
That's what our next
presentation is about
00:53:22.50\00:53:25.18
is the eighth beast.
We'll tie all that together
00:53:25.38\00:53:29.67
so you and I can know
without any question of a doubt
00:53:29.87\00:53:33.95
exactly where we are
in the stream of time
00:53:34.15\00:53:36.81
and that we can prepare
our own hearts, if you please,
00:53:37.01\00:53:40.25
for the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:53:40.45\00:53:42.22
That's what need to be doing.
00:53:42.42\00:53:43.91
Let's bow our heads for prayer.
00:53:44.11\00:53:45.44
Heavenly Father,
00:53:45.65\00:53:46.93
we thank you for Your Word.
00:53:47.13\00:53:50.32
Thank you, Lord,
that it can help us
00:53:50.53\00:53:53.77
understand what's happening.
00:53:53.98\00:53:57.30
Lord, we pray
especially for this country.
00:53:57.50\00:54:00.53
We pray for our president.
00:54:00.73\00:54:02.91
We ask, Lord, that
You will bless him.
00:54:03.11\00:54:05.42
Lord, when he's there in
the Oval Office all by himself
00:54:05.62\00:54:09.35
and he has to make a decision,
00:54:09.55\00:54:12.51
Lord, may he seek You.
00:54:12.71\00:54:15.90
May he seek Your counsel.
00:54:16.10\00:54:18.27
May he desire to follow You.
00:54:18.48\00:54:20.47
We pray for your
blessing upon our governors,
00:54:20.50\00:54:23.45
upon our senators.
Lord, may this be a nation
00:54:23.65\00:54:27.26
that will follow You.
00:54:27.46\00:54:29.48
May we be the nation that
we should: a nation under God.
00:54:29.68\00:54:33.43
Bless us. Help us to follow You,
00:54:33.63\00:54:36.64
walk with You in all that we do.
00:54:36.84\00:54:39.58
For this we pray in
Christ's name, Amen.
00:54:39.78\00:54:44.41
Well, don't
forget... the eighth beast.
00:54:44.61\00:54:48.08
We appreciate you being here.
00:54:48.18\00:54:49.64
God bless you.
00:54:49.84\00:54:51.08
Continue to stay
in the Word, folks.
00:54:51.28\00:54:54.10
Have a good day.
00:54:54.21\00:54:55.59
A coal miner of old
00:54:57.37\00:54:58.87
would leave his family every day
00:54:59.07\00:55:00.68
and descend into
the depths of the earth
00:55:00.88\00:55:03.14
with the certain knowledge
that the smallest mistake
00:55:03.34\00:55:06.64
could keep him and others
from ever seeing daylight again.
00:55:06.84\00:55:10.01
Walking along in the dark,
00:55:10.21\00:55:11.89
he could only rely
upon his feeble oil lamp
00:55:12.09\00:55:15.88
to keep him alive.
00:55:16.08\00:55:17.34
He faced many
dangers down there.
00:55:17.54\00:55:19.22
Rockfalls, flooding, fires.
00:55:19.42\00:55:22.76
But perhaps the
danger he feared the most
00:55:22.96\00:55:25.87
was the one that
he could not see.
00:55:26.07\00:55:28.25
They called it
chokedamp or blackdamp:
00:55:28.45\00:55:31.46
an unbreathable mixture of gases
00:55:31.66\00:55:34.16
that could quickly
snuff out his life.
00:55:34.36\00:55:36.74
Imagine for a moment the
terror he felt when he realized
00:55:36.94\00:55:40.73
he had hit a
pocket of blackdamp.
00:55:40.93\00:55:42.99
The sudden drop in
oxygen would put out his lamp
00:55:43.19\00:55:46.66
leaving him in terrifying
darkness, fumbling in vain
00:55:46.86\00:55:50.69
to relight it before
he lost consciousness.
00:55:50.89\00:55:53.73
Then in the late 1800's,
00:55:54.94\00:55:57.17
a bright new light began
to shine in the dark world.
00:55:57.37\00:56:01.18
Using marble-sized
pellets of calcium carbide
00:56:01.38\00:56:05.57
and a few drops of water,
00:56:05.77\00:56:06.96
this new lamp produced a gas
which burned six times brighter.
00:56:07.16\00:56:11.88
Not only did it make
his job a whole lot easier
00:56:12.08\00:56:14.93
but it also saved lives.
00:56:15.13\00:56:17.13
You can see this tiny reflector
00:56:17.33\00:56:19.78
could focus that beam of light
00:56:19.98\00:56:21.86
on the roof of a mine so that he
could detect dangerous cracks.
00:56:22.06\00:56:26.01
The lamp was
also easy to re-light.
00:56:26.21\00:56:28.75
And since it
required far less oxygen,
00:56:28.95\00:56:31.48
it could illuminate the way out
00:56:31.68\00:56:33.90
should they
encounter the chokedamp.
00:56:34.10\00:56:36.14
What an incredible
illustration this is
00:56:36.44\00:56:39.57
of the condition of fallen man.
00:56:39.77\00:56:41.89
After struggling to
survive the pitfalls of life,
00:56:42.09\00:56:45.16
he suddenly realizes
the danger he could not see
00:56:45.36\00:56:48.77
had left him without hope
and gasping for his last breath
00:56:48.97\00:56:53.34
in utter spiritual darkness.
00:56:53.54\00:56:55.52
For him there is no
eternal life through Jesus.
00:56:55.72\00:56:59.39
In fact, he may not
have ever heard about Him.
00:56:59.59\00:57:02.94
But friends, just
as that bright light
00:57:05.10\00:57:07.89
of the carbide lamp saved lives,
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so does the light of the Bible.
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We need the light of God's Word
to illuminate the dark corners
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of our hearts. It focuses
our attention on Jesus Christ...
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our only hope for salvation.
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And all who read and study it
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are warned about
the rockfalls of life.
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That's why we call this
series Give Me The Bible.
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We're trying our best to
bring the light of God's truth
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to those who are
living and dying in despair.
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It's our
mission. It's our passion.
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Won't you join us?
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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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you may send your
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Thank you for helping us
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to millions all
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