In the country of Israel
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interestingly enough,
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even as we speak
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men are standing with their
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rifles and their uzies
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ready and cocked.
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They have been given orders
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to arrest, jail, or even shoot
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violators and trespassers.
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They are under strict
orders not to let anyone pass.
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Now what is the reason for
this heightened state of alert?
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Are they guarding
a government official
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or a president of a
foreign country? No.
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Are they
protecting some landmark?
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Or are they
preparing for a suicide bomber?
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None of the above.
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These men stand
with their guns ready...
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they are actually
guarding the city dump.
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They are guarding a refuse heap.
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Now why are they doing that?
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Here's the story.
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Some two weeks ago a
daughter decided that
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she wanted to
surprise her mother.
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She had noticed that
her mother had been sleeping
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on the same old lumpy mattress
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not for years - but for decades!
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And so she decided to
get rid of that mattress
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and surprise her mother by
giving her a brand new mattress.
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And so unbeknownst to her mom
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she went to a store,
bought an expensive mattress,
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had it installed, and tossed
out the old, lumpy mattress
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and waited for the surprise.
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But the truth was:
the surprise was on her.
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And surprise turned to shock
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because the daughter was
soon to learn that her mother
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had a little quirk.
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She didn't trust banks.
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And so all of her life savings
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were hidden in
that lumpy old mattress.
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How much was in there?
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1.2 million dollars.
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And so tonight
even as I stand here
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the family is
combing through the city dump
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trying to find that
tossed-out mattress...
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and to date they
have not found it.
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They are being guarded by
police and armed individuals
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trying to find a mattress
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stuffed with
1.2 million dollars.
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The fear is that one of
the homeless men who often
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comb through the city dump
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has gotten that
mattress and is using now
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the world's most
expensive pillow:
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1.2 million dollars.
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Or worse... many times
these mattresses are burned
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to give heat on the
cold Israeli nights.
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Can you imagine
someone is warming their hands
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with 1.2 million
dollars worth of kindling?
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How sad!
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How very, very sad.
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And so I join
Elder Cox this evening
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in a prayer that we
will realize the gold
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that God is giving us.
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That we will not hide
the Word of God in a mattress
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or under our beds
or in any secret place.
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There is really
only one place worthy
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of hiding the Word of God.
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David said it in
Psalm 119:11. He said:
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"Thy Word have I
hid in my" mattress...
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No! "Thy Word have
I hid in my heart. "
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That is the only place that
the Word of God can and should
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be hidden. My
name is C.A. Murray.
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And I welcome you
once again to what has been
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an exciting trip
through the Word of God...
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through the prophetic
Word of God under the title
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Give Me The Bible.
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Subheading: Was,
Is Not, and Yet Is.
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Tonight we hear the
message The Eighth Beast.
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And I know God
has a word for us.
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And I would ask
you to value the Word.
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To hold on to the Word.
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To prize the Word.
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Is your life worth
1.2 million dollars?
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I suggest to you it
is worth so much more.
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It is worth the blood of Jesus
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and is worth
surrender to Jesus Christ.
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Before Elder Cox
comes and speaks to us,
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Larry Blackwell is here and is
going to be ministering to us.
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His Eye Is On The Sparrow.
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I sing because I'm happy.
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I sing because I'm free.
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For His eye is on the sparrow,
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And I know He watches me.
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Why should I feel discouraged,
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Why should the shadows come,
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Why should my heart be weary
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and long for heaven and home
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When Jesus is my portion?
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My constant friend is He:
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His eye is on the sparrow,
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And I know He watches me;
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His eye is on the sparrow,
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And I know He watches me.
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Whenever I am tempted,
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Whenever clouds arise,
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When faith gives way to sighing,
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And hope within me dies,
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I draw the closer to Him,
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From sin He sets me free;
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His eye is on the sparrow,
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And I know He watches me;
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His eye is on the sparrow,
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And I know
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He watches me.
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I sing because I'm happy.
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I sing because I'm free,
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For His eye is on
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the sparrow,
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And I know
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He watches
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me.
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Yes I know
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He watches
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over
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me.
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Thank you Larry Blackwell.
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And good evening to each of you.
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Very happy to see you
again tonight. Welcome you.
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Those that are watching by
television we welcome you back.
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Those that are listening
by radio... hope that you are
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finding these
subjects to be helpful to you
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as we go through the Word
of God and this particular time
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are looking at prophecy
and how it fits together
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at the time in
which we are living today.
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This evening we're
looking at The Eighth Beast.
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And this is very, very important
because it's the last one.
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The last one of all of them that
are mentioned in the scripture.
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And in others words,
it's the one that exists
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just at the end of time.
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So we want you to follow
carefully as we look at it.
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Because of the things that
you're going to see tonight
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that this particular beast does,
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that is the reason for
our subject for tomorrow.
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And our subject in our
next presentation is entitled:
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The Mark of the Beast.
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And the reason we're
looking at that is because
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as you'll see tonight, it
says that this particular beast
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will bring people together
and all to accomplish something
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And so we want to take a look
and see what the mark of the
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beast is. This is a
subject that lots of people have
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questions about. They
want to know what is the mark.
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Uh, you see, you can't know
what the mark of the beast is,
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folks, unless you
know who the beast is.
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And so we've been studying that,
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so those of you
that have been following
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you shouldn't have any
trouble knowing who the beast is
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and what's involved there.
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And so it's very important
that you put that together
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so that as we look
at the mark of the beast
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you can establish what
happens and what takes place.
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So tonight as we take a
look at The Eighth Beast...
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this particular beast -
the scarlet-colored beast that
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this woman is riding
on. Who it represents.
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How it fits into
the whole picture.
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What is it going to
do in the last days?
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That's what we're going
to be looking at tonight.
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So we hope you're blessed as
we study God's Word together.
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Tonight we're going to
be blessed by Dona Klein.
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She's going to sing for us
That's What Jesus Means To Me.
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You can take all my possessions,
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All the things
that men hold dear,
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All the precious gifts
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that this old world can hold,
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But the love I found at Calv'ry
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Far exceeds my fondest dreams;
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It's a love that can't be bought
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by this world's gold.
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Then you ask me why I love Him,
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Why I choose to walk this way;
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Though I find
His service sweeter
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every day;
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It's the only life worth living.
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He has made my life complete;
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Oh, that's
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what Jesus means
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to me.
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Then every night around sundown
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my children gather round,
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When the clouds
of gloom and doubt
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would hover low;
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And then they whisper, "Mom,
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we really love you, "
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And my doubts
just seem so small,
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He has made our home a heaven
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here below.
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Then you ask me why I love Him,
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Why I choose to walk this way;
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Well I find His service sweeter
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every day;
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It's the only life worth living,
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He has made my life complete;
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Oh, that's
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what Jesus means
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to me.
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Yes, that's
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what Jesus means
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to me.
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Heavenly Father,
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certainly the Lord Jesus Christ
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means everything to us.
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We look at Your sacrifice
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in our behalf and the
promises that You've given
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that You're coming back.
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Lord may we be aware
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of the times
that we are living in.
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Give us the insight that we need
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to lay hold of
the promises of God.
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To walk with You by faith.
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To prepare our hearts for
the soon return of our Lord.
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For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
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Well during this presentation...
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this series and
the one before this...
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we have been looking at
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Revelation the 17th chapter.
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That's what
we've been looking at:
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the 17th chapter of Revelation.
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A very, very important one
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because as I
mentioned this is the last one
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in which God
pictures the different nations
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as beasts and He says
what's going to happen,
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what's going to take place.
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And so this is going to be the
final conflict that takes place
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and you and I
need to be aware of it.
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If you study
prophecy as we should,
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then you ought to be like
someone who is watching a play.
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And you should know every actor
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and you should know exactly
what's going to take place.
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Because God has
revealed that in His Word.
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That's what He's given you.
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So you and I need to study
prophecy because it reveals
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to us what's coming...
what's going to take place.
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So when we look at
Revelation the 17th chapter
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verse 9 says:
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And systematically
the last presentations...
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in these we went
through these kings.
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Five Have Fallen: we've
looked at each one of those.
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Talked about them,
and then we've come down
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and established who the one is
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and we looked at
the one who was to come.
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So we've
established those seven.
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And it says that when
this seventh one comes along
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he will continue
what? A short time.
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So you and I need to understand
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that this is not long
compared to the others.
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It's going to be a short time.
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So now we come to
this eighth beast.
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The beast that was, OK?
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"Is not, is also
himself the eighth
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and is of the seven. "
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OK. So he's given you clues
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as to who this beast is so
that you begin to understand
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exactly who he represents.
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Now in the
Bible, God simply uses
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a woman to represent a church.
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That's what God uses all
the way through scripture:
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a woman is used to
represent a church.
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In fact, it says
that when Jesus comes back
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He's coming
back after His bride.
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And in Revelation
the 12th chapter...
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Or excuse me, in Jeremiah
here the 6th chapter it says:
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When it's talking
about the daughter of Zion
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it's talking about the church.
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He's comparing her to that.
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And in Revelation
12 you have a woman
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that is a good
woman that we'll look at.
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God uses her to
represent a church.
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And He gives this comparison
here in Ephesians to you and me.
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He says:
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So he's telling you this is
an illustration that He's using
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because the next verse says:
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So He just simply takes a woman
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and says: "I'm going to use a
woman to represent My church. "
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When He talks about
nations what does He use?
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Beasts.
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Quite a difference, isn't there?
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Uses a beast to
represent nations.
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When it comes to
His church He said:
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"I'm going to use a
woman to represent My church. "
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And so in Revelation
12 you have this woman.
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This represented God's church.
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The woman... says that
she was standing on the moon
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representing the
Old Testament period
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that she was coming out of.
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It says that she
was clothed with the sun
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representing the
gospel in all of its glory
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as it was coming out.
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And it says that she had on
her head a garland of 12 stars
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which
represented the 12 apostles
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that the gospel went out from.
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So here is His
church, and He's using that
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to represent God's people...
the church in the last days.
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Now, in Revelation the 17th
chapter you have another woman.
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OK. So if you have a
woman representing a church,
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a good woman
would represent a what?
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A good church.
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A bad woman would
represent a bad church.
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OK? Well, let's see what
it says about this woman here
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in Revelation the 17th chapter:
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OK. So this
woman's not a good woman
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because it says that
she's a great harlot.
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OK.
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So this woman - harlot -
wine of her fornication...
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Goes on and says:
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So notice: this
woman who is a harlot
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and full of blasphemy,
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is sitting on this beast.
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OK. Which has seven
heads and ten horns.
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So it's not
describing a pure woman here.
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It's describing
someone that's very, very bad.
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Now I just want to give
you something to think about.
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This woman who's
sitting on this beast
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is full of abominations.
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That as it says
here is the great harlot.
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It says that she is
the mother of harlots.
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Now if she's the mother of
harlots, what does that mean?
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Well it means she has daughters.
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OK. That's simply what it means.
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She has daughters.
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OK. You need to think
about that a little bit
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'cause we'll touch it just
in a little bit as we go on.
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"Mother of harlots and of
the abomination of the earth. "
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John saw her riding on
this scarlet-colored beast
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and he couldn't
believe what he was seeing.
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Said: "I marveled
with great amazement. "
00:23:20.36\00:23:23.50
Now in these texts
that we have just read
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God gives you four
points of identification
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so that you don't
have to be in any doubt
00:23:30.69\00:23:33.28
as to who this woman represents.
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You don't have to say:
"Well, I wonder who it's
00:23:35.57\00:23:38.09
talking about? " It's
very, very clear as you
00:23:38.20\00:23:40.66
look at these four
points of identification.
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So let's take a look at them
and see what it says about them.
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So dear friend, you can't
say this woman in Revelation 17
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represents some little
church off over here by itself.
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I mean, there's no
way it can be that.
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It has to be a church
that has been involved in...
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yeah, with the whole world.
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"With the kings of the earth. "
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So you've got to look
at a power that has had
00:24:14.98\00:24:18.48
dealings, has worked with
00:24:18.68\00:24:22.60
all the major powers.
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And of course when you take a
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look at that, there's no
other power that has done that
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other than the papal power.
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She has had dealings with
the kings all across the earth.
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One point. All
right, let's go on.
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Well, I don't
know... OK, second point:
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In other words,
it's got to be a church
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that has led
people away from a clear
00:24:58.02\00:25:01.83
"Thus saith the
Lord" because it says:
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Now when it's talking about
the wine of her fornication
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it's talking about
teaching contrary to God's Word.
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In fact, it says that she
leads them into fornication...
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into adultery.
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How do you commit
spiritual adultery?
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How do you do that?
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Because it says
this is what she does.
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Well you commit
spiritual adultery by
00:25:34.16\00:25:38.37
adulterating this Word.
00:25:38.47\00:25:40.39
In other words, when I teach
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something that is
contrary to the Word of God
00:25:44.36\00:25:48.98
I am
adulterating the Word of God.
00:25:49.18\00:25:51.95
That is spiritual
fornication, spiritual adultery.
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And that's what
this woman has done.
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She has led them
contrary to the Word of God
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and for the last few nights
I have taken you step by step
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down through history and I
have showed you case after case
00:26:06.21\00:26:09.53
where she was
leading the people contrary
00:26:09.73\00:26:12.61
to what God's
Word... and such men as Hus,
00:26:12.81\00:26:16.63
Jerome, Wyclif,
Zwingli, Luther, Knox,
00:26:16.94\00:26:22.93
all these men standing up
and saying "No, this is NOT
00:26:23.13\00:26:26.83
what God's Word says"
calling the people back.
00:26:27.03\00:26:29.58
So it's clear what she's done.
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Let's go on to the third point.
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This had to be a
power that persecuted.
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And I have shared with you
00:26:50.26\00:26:52.82
the last couple nights
how indeed she has done this.
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If you have
questions about this, folks,
00:26:57.62\00:27:00.14
then I invite you
to go to the library.
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Check out such books
as Fox's Book of Martyrs.
00:27:03.06\00:27:08.22
Or check out The History of
the Reformation by D'Aubigne.
00:27:08.85\00:27:14.37
Or The History of
Europe by Quabbin.
00:27:14.57\00:27:18.48
Or Here I Stand by Bainton.
00:27:18.68\00:27:20.87
Check out some of
those books and read them.
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They will tell you exactly
what happened, what took place.
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History tells us that this
power killed somewhere between
00:27:27.34\00:27:31.79
100 and 150 million people.
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So when we're talking
about persecution of the saints
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indeed it has done that.
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OK... the fourth point.
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Not only would it persecute,
burning people at the stake
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and so forth but it says it
would unite church and state
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because it says:
00:27:53.32\00:27:54.40
Now in scripture, a
woman represents what?
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Represents a church.
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OK. In scripture a
beast represents what?
00:28:07.83\00:28:13.78
So when you pick
up the Word of God
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and here a woman
is riding on a beast,
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what do you have?
00:28:27.18\00:28:28.36
Well you have
uniting of church and state
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because you have
church and you have state
00:28:32.83\00:28:35.58
coming together.
00:28:35.68\00:28:36.71
And so this is a
uniting of church and state.
00:28:36.91\00:28:39.72
Very, very important
that you and I understand that
00:28:39.92\00:28:45.18
because that figures in
very strongly to the last days.
00:28:45.38\00:28:49.56
Because you have a power
now that is the unification
00:28:49.76\00:28:54.18
of church and
state coming together.
00:28:54.38\00:28:58.05
All right, let's
continue on and see.
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The eighth beast...
we're going to take a look now
00:29:01.19\00:29:03.43
at this eighth
beast. Identify it.
00:29:03.64\00:29:06.49
What the scripture
has to say about it.
00:29:06.69\00:29:08.69
Again, I want to tell
you when you read this
00:29:25.42\00:29:28.92
about these seven kings,
five have fallen, one is,
00:29:29.02\00:29:31.86
one is yet to come,
00:29:31.96\00:29:32.97
you have to look at it
from John's perspective.
00:29:33.17\00:29:36.98
You cannot look at it from here.
00:29:37.28\00:29:40.73
And you, I'll just
say this to you right now
00:29:40.93\00:29:44.63
because we'll
come to it in a moment,
00:29:44.83\00:29:46.08
you can't look at it, folks,
00:29:46.28\00:29:48.37
from John on the
island of Patmos.
00:29:48.47\00:29:50.89
If you try to
understand this prophecy
00:29:54.04\00:29:56.84
looking at it from John
on the island of Patmos,
00:29:57.05\00:30:00.49
you won't understand it.
00:30:00.70\00:30:02.12
OK? You've got to look at it
00:30:02.32\00:30:05.29
from John's point of view.
00:30:05.49\00:30:08.07
OK? And John is
saying "five have fallen,
00:30:08.27\00:30:12.12
one is, one is yet to come. "
00:30:12.32\00:30:16.55
That was his point of view.
00:30:16.75\00:30:19.70
The beast that was... now
please don't take this text
00:30:19.90\00:30:25.39
and try to think that
he's explaining the seven.
00:30:25.59\00:30:29.09
He's not. He's
talking about the eighth.
00:30:29.29\00:30:30.99
So now he's
given us ideas or clues
00:30:43.54\00:30:46.91
concerning who this one is.
00:30:46.94\00:30:48.93
Something very important here.
00:30:49.13\00:30:50.77
If you look at the beast
00:30:50.97\00:30:54.55
in Revelation the 13th chapter,
00:30:54.75\00:30:57.42
in verse 18 it makes
this statement. It says:
00:30:57.63\00:31:01.02
OK. When you get to the beast
in Revelation the 17th chapter
00:31:05.10\00:31:09.96
and verse 9 it says: "Here
is a mind that has wisdom. "
00:31:10.06\00:31:14.59
It uses that term
for both those beasts.
00:31:14.79\00:31:17.94
Please understand there is a
connection between these beasts.
00:31:18.14\00:31:22.71
There's a connection
between what the beast described
00:31:22.91\00:31:26.65
in Revelation 13 and
the beast being described
00:31:26.85\00:31:29.92
in Revelation 17.
00:31:30.02\00:31:31.75
Those two kind of go together.
00:31:31.96\00:31:34.41
All right. So...
00:31:34.44\00:31:37.39
Did you catch that?
00:31:44.89\00:31:46.13
Huh? Did you get it?
00:31:46.33\00:31:48.23
Where is John?
00:31:55.42\00:31:57.54
In the wilderness.
00:31:57.74\00:31:59.79
See? Not on the
island of Patmos.
00:31:59.99\00:32:02.69
He has been carried in the
Spirit into the wilderness.
00:32:02.89\00:32:07.08
What does he see
in the wilderness?
00:32:07.28\00:32:09.46
So he is carried in the
Spirit, in vision if you please,
00:32:16.46\00:32:20.55
into the wilderness.
00:32:20.75\00:32:22.23
And when he's
there in the wilderness
00:32:22.43\00:32:24.48
he sees these
beasts and he says:
00:32:24.68\00:32:26.93
"Five have fallen, one
is, one is yet to come. "
00:32:27.13\00:32:31.08
See, you have to
look at it from his view.
00:32:31.28\00:32:34.60
Where he's at... and
he is in the wilderness.
00:32:34.80\00:32:37.72
That's where he's
looking at it from.
00:32:37.92\00:32:39.49
OK. "Five have fallen... "
00:32:39.69\00:32:41.81
We looked at those
five that have fallen.
00:32:42.01\00:32:44.35
"One is... " So if John is there
00:32:44.55\00:32:49.76
at the time where "One is... "
00:32:49.96\00:32:53.13
then where is he?
00:32:53.33\00:32:55.36
Well, he's at the time
of atheistic Communism.
00:32:55.56\00:33:00.39
That's where he's
seeing everything from.
00:33:00.60\00:33:03.47
He's seeing "five
have fallen, one is,
00:33:03.68\00:33:06.46
one is yet to come. "
00:33:06.66\00:33:07.88
That's what he's talking about.
All right, let's look at this:
00:33:08.08\00:33:11.90
Still yet John's
point of view. He said:
00:33:15.23\00:33:17.64
Where was it during the
time of atheistic Communism?
00:33:22.82\00:33:28.14
Napoleon sent his general
in, overthrew the papal power.
00:33:28.34\00:33:33.55
Was not... OK?
00:33:33.75\00:33:35.78
OK, so let's take a
look... see what that is.
00:33:58.97\00:34:02.47
When he said the
"beast that was, "
00:34:02.67\00:34:04.86
what tense is that?
00:34:05.06\00:34:06.32
That's past tense.
00:34:06.52\00:34:08.58
All right: is not would be what?
00:34:08.78\00:34:13.64
Be present.
00:34:14.04\00:34:17.65
Yet is would be?
00:34:17.85\00:34:19.28
Would be future.
00:34:19.58\00:34:21.56
Those are the three.
00:34:21.76\00:34:23.26
OK. So John is
talking about this beast.
00:34:23.47\00:34:26.78
All right, now let's
see what is involved here.
00:34:26.99\00:34:30.53
Now folks, not hard to
arrive at who this beast is.
00:35:03.33\00:35:09.31
You can do it very simply
00:35:09.51\00:35:12.29
by the process of elimination.
00:35:12.49\00:35:15.00
And just by eliminating things
00:35:15.20\00:35:17.73
you can find out
exactly who it's talking about
00:35:17.93\00:35:20.71
without any trouble at all.
00:35:20.91\00:35:22.49
And that's what we're
going to do here this evening.
00:35:22.69\00:35:25.66
We're just going to do
a process of elimination
00:35:25.96\00:35:28.61
and find out. Because it says:
00:35:28.81\00:35:31.71
"Five have... " what?
"fallen," and as we have
00:35:31.91\00:35:35.38
studied God's Word, looked
at it, we looked at those five.
00:35:35.58\00:35:39.35
And by the way, these beasts
have how many heads on them?
00:35:39.55\00:35:43.93
Seven heads.
00:35:44.14\00:35:46.52
And those seven heads are
seven heads of different beasts.
00:35:46.72\00:35:49.97
And one of the beasts
that we looked at was a lion.
00:35:50.17\00:35:53.38
And we found out that
that represented Babylon
00:35:53.58\00:35:56.87
in Daniel the 7th chapter.
00:35:57.07\00:35:58.94
Represented Babylon.
00:35:59.14\00:36:00.27
And Babylon existed
from 609 BC to 539 BC.
00:36:00.47\00:36:06.00
And it was
overthrown by Medo-Persia.
00:36:06.14\00:36:10.13
Medo-Persia came
in, overthrew Babylon.
00:36:10.33\00:36:13.74
Took over. Also described
in Daniel the 7th chapter
00:36:13.94\00:36:17.49
as a bear.
00:36:17.69\00:36:20.33
Remember? Had three ribs
in its mouth between its teeth
00:36:20.53\00:36:24.60
which represented the
countries that it overthrew.
00:36:24.80\00:36:27.17
Medo-Persia was
overthrown by Greece.
00:36:27.37\00:36:31.37
Find that also in Daniel 7.
00:36:31.57\00:36:34.74
And in
Greece... we find it ruled
00:36:34.94\00:36:38.21
from 331 BC to 168 BC.
00:36:38.41\00:36:42.90
This power is
pictured as a leopard
00:36:43.11\00:36:47.63
which had four wings
which represented the swiftness
00:36:47.83\00:36:50.91
with which Alexander
the Great took everything.
00:36:51.11\00:36:53.38
And it had four heads which
represented the four generals
00:36:53.58\00:36:56.71
of Alexander who took
over the kingdom when he died.
00:36:56.91\00:37:00.25
OK. But... Greece
fell to pagan Rome.
00:37:00.66\00:37:06.63
Still in Daniel the 7th chapter.
00:37:08.37\00:37:10.20
And pagan Rome ruled from 168 BC
00:37:10.60\00:37:14.51
to 476 AD.
00:37:14.71\00:37:17.32
She ruled during
that period of time.
00:37:17.52\00:37:20.16
And then we find that papal Rome
00:37:20.36\00:37:25.07
overthrew pagan Rome
00:37:25.27\00:37:27.93
in 538 AD
00:37:28.13\00:37:31.96
and she ruled to 1798 AD.
00:37:32.17\00:37:35.69
"Five have fallen. "
00:37:35.89\00:37:39.50
That's the five
that have fallen.
00:37:39.70\00:37:41.45
All those are in
John's point of view what?
00:37:41.65\00:37:45.34
Past.
00:37:45.54\00:37:46.87
All those are past.
00:37:46.90\00:37:48.87
OK. Let's continue on.
00:37:49.07\00:37:50.98
Papal Rome fell to
atheistic Communism.
00:37:51.18\00:37:55.84
Napoleon sent his
general Berthier into Rome,
00:37:56.04\00:37:59.71
overthrew the papal power,
00:37:59.91\00:38:01.62
established a secular one...
00:38:01.82\00:38:03.72
and out of that
came atheistic Communism.
00:38:03.92\00:38:07.89
Listed... that
was the sixth one.
00:38:08.09\00:38:10.08
And it ruled
until basically 1991 AD
00:38:10.28\00:38:14.25
at which time through the
work of Reagan and the Pope
00:38:14.45\00:38:20.06
they overthrew Communism...
and thus we have the beast
00:38:20.26\00:38:24.91
which was to come... which
was that of the United States
00:38:25.01\00:38:28.65
pictured here in
Revelation the 13th chapter.
00:38:28.85\00:38:32.06
Those are the seven.
00:38:32.26\00:38:34.01
OK. So you have them lined
up, the seven different beasts.
00:38:34.21\00:38:38.73
Now, as I mentioned, we can
do this simply by the process
00:38:38.93\00:38:43.38
of elimination.
00:38:43.52\00:38:44.76
OK. So let's look at
points of identification.
00:38:55.23\00:38:59.89
Eight points the scriptures
gives you to identify exactly
00:39:00.09\00:39:03.97
who this power is.
00:39:04.17\00:39:05.22
1. It says this beast would...
00:39:05.42\00:39:09.42
So we don't need to go
looking anywhere else, do we?
00:39:11.95\00:39:15.22
No, we don't have to go
looking at some other place.
00:39:15.42\00:39:18.38
It's identified that
this beast, the eighth,
00:39:18.58\00:39:21.30
is one of the seven.
00:39:21.50\00:39:22.93
And it could
certainly be any of the seven
00:39:23.13\00:39:25.61
because they're there.
00:39:25.81\00:39:27.19
OK? But... let's go on.
00:39:27.39\00:39:30.26
Tells us that it
was the beast that what?
00:39:30.46\00:39:34.67
"Was. "
00:39:34.87\00:39:36.47
Now, if it says that
it's a beast that was,
00:39:36.67\00:39:41.31
then what does that do?
00:39:41.51\00:39:44.32
Now you've got to think.
00:39:44.52\00:39:46.99
You know, I had a
professor in school that said
00:39:47.09\00:39:49.26
it was neither
harmful nor fatal to think.
00:39:49.36\00:39:51.89
And so you've got to
turn the wheels a little bit.
00:39:52.09\00:39:55.59
If it says this eighth beast
00:39:55.79\00:39:59.57
was, what does that do?
00:39:59.77\00:40:02.40
That eliminates
two of these beasts.
00:40:02.60\00:40:06.26
It eliminates
atheistic Communism,
00:40:06.46\00:40:09.31
and eliminates
the United States.
00:40:09.51\00:40:11.71
Why? Because
John is seeing this.
00:40:11.92\00:40:14.30
This is from his point of view.
00:40:14.51\00:40:15.83
Therefore those
two beasts disappear.
00:40:16.03\00:40:18.28
And it's left... it
has to be one of those five
00:40:18.48\00:40:21.78
because as far as
John was concerned
00:40:21.98\00:40:25.43
"One is, the
other was yet to come. "
00:40:25.63\00:40:27.97
Those were not past.
00:40:28.17\00:40:29.93
So when he says this beast was
00:40:29.96\00:40:31.98
meant that it was in the past.
00:40:32.18\00:40:34.02
All right, let's go on.
00:40:34.22\00:40:35.28
"Is not. "
00:40:35.48\00:40:36.90
OK, had to be... had
to be one of those five
00:40:37.10\00:40:41.20
that there was a time
in which is "was not. "
00:40:41.40\00:40:44.03
Well, there's a time when
all five of them "is not. "
00:40:44.23\00:40:48.12
So, you know,
that's not enough yet.
00:40:48.32\00:40:50.66
We've got to keep
adding things to it.
00:40:50.86\00:40:52.77
"Is himself also the eighth. "
00:40:52.97\00:40:57.51
So he's telling us
clearly, one of these five
00:40:57.54\00:41:00.73
is going to be the eighth one.
00:41:00.93\00:41:02.97
One of those five
is the eighth one.
00:41:03.17\00:41:05.67
"Had to make war
with the saints. "
00:41:07.33\00:41:10.86
Well, in some degree,
00:41:11.07\00:41:15.01
most all five of those
made war with the saints.
00:41:15.21\00:41:19.15
I mean, Nebuchadnezzar wasn't
too great on the Hebrew people.
00:41:19.35\00:41:22.96
And you come right on down
there. All of them had some
00:41:23.16\00:41:26.88
part to play
concerning God's people, so
00:41:27.08\00:41:29.94
that in itself is not enough.
00:41:30.04\00:41:32.14
"Uniting of church and state. "
00:41:32.34\00:41:37.38
Bringing church
and state together.
00:41:37.58\00:41:40.75
What did that just do?
00:41:40.96\00:41:42.29
Huh?
00:41:42.49\00:41:44.81
Well that eliminated
four of them just like that.
00:41:45.01\00:41:49.68
Because you have to find a power
00:41:49.89\00:41:52.25
that has all these
characteristics that we're
00:41:52.45\00:41:55.36
talking about tonight
00:41:55.46\00:41:56.70
and also have church
and state coming together.
00:41:56.90\00:42:01.00
That it did. All right.
00:42:01.20\00:42:04.46
"Had to receive
a deadly wound, "
00:42:04.59\00:42:07.18
and that "deadly
wound had to be healed. "
00:42:07.38\00:42:10.69
Only one power
fits all those points,
00:42:10.89\00:42:15.46
and the only power that
fits that is papal Rome.
00:42:15.66\00:42:20.44
Nobody else.
00:42:20.65\00:42:22.93
Dear friend, you can take it,
look at it any way you want to,
00:42:23.13\00:42:26.13
but that's the one that fits it.
00:42:26.33\00:42:28.29
No other one fits it.
00:42:28.49\00:42:30.21
OK, now... it's papal Rome.
00:42:30.41\00:42:34.29
What is she going to do?
00:42:34.49\00:42:37.08
What does the scripture
say is going to happen?
00:42:42.03\00:42:45.94
Now folks, I
don't know about you,
00:42:46.14\00:42:47.94
but I'll tell you where I stand.
00:42:48.14\00:42:51.58
I've looked at prophecy
after prophecy after prophecy
00:42:55.40\00:43:00.17
in this book, and
every last one of them
00:43:00.37\00:43:04.37
have been fulfilled as God said.
00:43:04.58\00:43:08.22
If all of them have been
00:43:09.46\00:43:11.07
fulfilled as God said,
00:43:11.17\00:43:12.92
you'd better believe
I'm going to take my stand
00:43:13.12\00:43:16.97
that these in the very last
days are going to be fulfilled
00:43:17.17\00:43:20.56
just exactly like
the scripture says.
00:43:20.77\00:43:23.25
You can stake your life on it.
00:43:23.45\00:43:26.63
It will happen just
as God said it would.
00:43:26.83\00:43:31.27
All right. Revelation 17:12:
00:43:31.47\00:43:35.09
Pick up your Bible.
00:43:50.76\00:43:54.07
Go and take a look.
00:43:54.27\00:43:56.25
Daniel the 2nd chapter
00:43:56.45\00:43:58.36
talks about the
image having ten toes.
00:43:58.39\00:44:02.05
And it says clearly
those ten toes are ten kings.
00:44:02.25\00:44:06.94
That's what it tells you.
00:44:07.04\00:44:08.22
Go to Daniel the 7th chapter
00:44:08.42\00:44:10.56
and the beast
there has ten horns.
00:44:10.76\00:44:14.03
And it tells you that
those ten horns are ten kings.
00:44:14.24\00:44:18.72
Go to
Revelation the 12th chapter
00:44:18.92\00:44:21.89
and you have a beast
there and it has ten horns
00:44:22.09\00:44:25.30
that represent ten kings.
00:44:25.51\00:44:28.11
Go to
Revelation the 13th chapter
00:44:28.31\00:44:31.11
and the first beast,
and that beast has ten horns
00:44:31.31\00:44:35.47
which represent ten kings.
00:44:35.67\00:44:37.90
Go to
Revelation the 17th chapter
00:44:38.10\00:44:40.05
and that beast has ten
horns which it tells you are...
00:44:40.25\00:44:44.02
ten kings.
00:44:44.22\00:44:46.11
What I'm trying
to get across to you
00:44:46.31\00:44:47.89
is those ten kings in
each case is the same.
00:44:48.09\00:44:51.84
They represent the
nations of western Europe.
00:44:52.04\00:44:57.41
Now what becomes
extremely interesting if you're
00:44:59.07\00:45:03.62
looking at it, folks...
It says these ten kings -
00:45:03.82\00:45:08.35
ten horns - these ten kings
that have received no authority
00:45:08.75\00:45:14.27
as yet, OK, they will
receive authority for one hour
00:45:14.37\00:45:19.25
as kings with the what?
00:45:19.45\00:45:21.30
OK. So it says that
these nations of western Europe
00:45:21.50\00:45:25.86
are going to be in
league - if you please -
00:45:26.06\00:45:29.00
with the papal power.
00:45:29.20\00:45:30.62
So if you're looking
for what's going to happen,
00:45:32.43\00:45:36.51
if you're looking
for where we're headed,
00:45:36.71\00:45:39.28
then keep your eyes open
because it makes it very clear
00:45:39.48\00:45:43.29
that western Europe
is going to be in league
00:45:43.49\00:45:46.61
with the papal power.
00:45:46.81\00:45:48.47
OK. Let's take
it a step farther.
00:45:48.67\00:45:51.43
Folks, these are of one mind.
00:46:03.49\00:46:07.37
It does not say
that these ten kings
00:46:07.47\00:46:11.35
are all the same.
00:46:11.55\00:46:13.81
It says they're of one mind.
00:46:14.01\00:46:17.56
Have you ever heard
of European Community?
00:46:18.83\00:46:22.38
In fact they have,
you know, their poster
00:46:23.92\00:46:28.05
and they talk about
how it is one voice.
00:46:28.25\00:46:31.26
They speak... one
mind working together.
00:46:31.46\00:46:34.33
This is exactly
what it's talking about.
00:46:34.53\00:46:36.42
The time in which you
and I are living today
00:46:36.63\00:46:39.59
you are seeing it
with your own eyes.
00:46:39.79\00:46:43.28
It's in formation.
00:46:43.48\00:46:44.87
And we can't just sit there
and not realize where we are.
00:46:45.07\00:46:49.69
What's happening today.
00:46:49.89\00:46:52.11
This is what is
taking place there.
00:46:52.31\00:46:55.01
Let's go on.
00:46:55.21\00:46:57.34
We talked in our
last presentation
00:46:57.74\00:47:02.85
about the United States
00:47:03.05\00:47:05.12
and we found out that this
beast - the two horned beast -
00:47:05.15\00:47:09.70
what it would do.
00:47:09.90\00:47:11.46
Listen to what it says
about the two horned beast
00:47:11.66\00:47:15.30
and what it's going to do:
00:47:15.50\00:47:16.99
Who is the first beast?
00:47:28.34\00:47:30.11
Yeah, it's papal
Rome. the beast that "was. "
00:47:30.31\00:47:34.10
OK?
00:47:34.30\00:47:35.38
So now you're beginning to
get a picture that you've got
00:47:47.51\00:47:50.90
western Europe giving
their power and authority to
00:47:51.11\00:47:54.43
papal Rome. And now
the scripture tells us
00:47:54.63\00:47:57.34
that the U.S. is going
to come along and she, too,
00:47:57.54\00:48:00.39
is going to support it.
00:48:00.59\00:48:02.31
So you've got two major factors,
00:48:02.51\00:48:06.47
two major powers,
00:48:06.67\00:48:08.22
that are putting their power
and authority into papal Rome.
00:48:08.42\00:48:13.02
Saying that this beast
- this two horned beast,
00:48:31.63\00:48:33.82
the United States -
is going to make an image
00:48:33.92\00:48:36.84
to the beast.
00:48:37.04\00:48:38.83
And we found out that the
beast was the woman riding
00:48:39.03\00:48:42.81
on the scarlet-colored beast
00:48:42.92\00:48:44.49
which represented
unification of church and state.
00:48:44.69\00:48:47.26
And so when it says
the U.S. will make an image
00:48:47.46\00:48:51.16
it's saying the United States
is going to bring together
00:48:51.36\00:48:55.39
church and state.
00:48:55.59\00:48:58.47
That is coming together.
00:48:58.67\00:49:00.72
And it says that...
asked the world to follow it.
00:49:01.91\00:49:07.60
Says this about it:
00:49:07.80\00:49:08.84
What does that mean
00:49:12.84\00:49:15.41
when it says he was given power
00:49:15.61\00:49:17.88
to give breath to
the image to the beast?
00:49:18.08\00:49:20.11
Huh?
00:49:20.31\00:49:22.49
Well, haven't you?
Haven't you ever read the story
00:49:22.69\00:49:26.27
of Pinocchio?
00:49:26.37\00:49:27.67
They made it come to life.
00:49:30.00\00:49:31.78
That's what it's saying. He
gave breath to make it live.
00:49:31.98\00:49:35.11
Made an image to the beast
00:49:35.31\00:49:37.28
to make it... give it
life, to make it live.
00:49:37.48\00:49:39.58
Listen to what he does to it.
00:49:39.78\00:49:41.59
Well you remember... you
remember Shadrach, Meshach,
00:49:55.50\00:50:00.07
and Abednego.
00:50:00.27\00:50:01.31
In which they were told
00:50:02.83\00:50:05.48
that they had to
worship that statue
00:50:05.68\00:50:08.14
out on the plains of Dura.
00:50:08.24\00:50:10.07
And they told Nebuchadnezzar
00:50:10.27\00:50:12.34
"We're not going to bow down
00:50:12.54\00:50:15.10
to your image, Nebuchadnezzar.
00:50:15.30\00:50:16.79
We're not going to do that. "
00:50:16.99\00:50:18.17
And he said: "If you
don't, I'm going to throw you
00:50:18.38\00:50:19.46
in the fiery furnace. "
00:50:19.56\00:50:20.61
And they said:
"Well, God can deliver us
00:50:20.81\00:50:26.47
from the fiery
furnace... but IF HE DOESN'T,
00:50:26.50\00:50:30.23
we're still not going
to worship your image. "
00:50:30.43\00:50:33.26
Now listen folks, it says
here the image of the beast
00:50:33.46\00:50:39.40
"should both speak and cause
00:50:39.60\00:50:43.28
as many as would not
worship the image to the beast
00:50:43.48\00:50:45.18
should be killed. " When
it uses those words speak
00:50:45.28\00:50:48.33
and cause - and we're
talking about a nation,
00:50:48.53\00:50:51.64
we're talking about a power,
00:50:51.84\00:50:53.19
we're talking
about a government -
00:50:53.39\00:50:54.99
and it uses the word speak,
00:50:55.19\00:50:56.84
that word speak
means legislation.
00:50:57.04\00:50:59.66
It means they will legislate it.
00:50:59.86\00:51:02.64
They will force
it; it will take place.
00:51:02.84\00:51:05.22
And then it says "that
cause" means enforcement.
00:51:05.42\00:51:11.29
And so it's telling you clearly
00:51:11.49\00:51:13.44
that as we
approach the last days
00:51:13.64\00:51:15.46
you're going to see
church and state come together
00:51:15.66\00:51:18.01
and you're going to see
religious laws go into effect.
00:51:18.21\00:51:23.26
I told you earlier,
never - write it down,
00:51:23.46\00:51:26.60
go back and check now -
00:51:26.80\00:51:27.82
never in the
history of this world
00:51:28.02\00:51:30.16
has church ever got
involved in government
00:51:30.36\00:51:33.99
that she hasn't persecuted.
00:51:34.19\00:51:35.97
Never has failed,
00:51:36.17\00:51:37.71
and it won't fail this time.
00:51:37.91\00:51:40.28
It says that they're
going to make war with Christ.
00:52:05.48\00:52:11.04
He's going to come back.
00:52:11.24\00:52:13.42
It says that God has a
controversy with the nations.
00:52:13.62\00:52:17.16
He's going to come back, and it
says they're going to make war
00:52:17.36\00:52:21.40
with Him. But they
won't overcome Him, friends.
00:52:21.60\00:52:24.94
He is the King of
Kings and the Lord of Lords.
00:52:25.24\00:52:31.15
He's coming soon.
00:52:31.35\00:52:32.38
'Tis almost time
00:52:38.10\00:52:42.41
for the Lord to come,
00:52:42.61\00:52:47.53
I hear the people say;
00:52:47.73\00:52:53.67
The stars of heaven are
00:52:54.68\00:52:58.38
growing dim,
00:52:58.58\00:53:02.33
It must be the breaking
00:53:02.53\00:53:06.61
of the day.
00:53:06.82\00:53:10.27
O it must be
00:53:10.58\00:53:15.06
the breaking of the day!
00:53:15.27\00:53:19.01
O it must be
00:53:19.21\00:53:21.20
the breaking of the day!
00:53:21.40\00:53:25.49
The night is almost gone,
00:53:26.04\00:53:30.24
The day is coming on;
00:53:30.44\00:53:35.11
O it must be
00:53:35.31\00:53:38.84
the breaking of
00:53:39.04\00:53:41.88
the day!
00:53:42.08\00:53:45.46
Let us pray.
00:53:45.76\00:53:47.17
Heavenly Father,
00:53:47.90\00:53:49.20
We come to you tonight
00:53:50.18\00:53:52.20
as we realize where we
are in the stream of time.
00:53:52.41\00:53:57.13
We realize it won't be
long till Jesus will be coming.
00:53:57.33\00:54:02.90
We pray, Lord, that
each of us may be faithful.
00:54:03.10\00:54:07.88
That we may stand on Your Word.
00:54:08.08\00:54:12.59
That we may have
faith in what You say.
00:54:12.80\00:54:15.64
That we may realize that no
matter what people have to say
00:54:15.84\00:54:20.73
it's what does the
Word of God say that counts.
00:54:20.93\00:54:25.42
Give to us wisdom.
00:54:25.62\00:54:28.01
Give to us understanding.
00:54:28.21\00:54:30.31
Give to us faith
that we may be faithful
00:54:30.52\00:54:34.54
and that we might
follow You each day.
00:54:34.78\00:54:37.98
For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
00:54:38.28\00:54:42.23
Tomorrow our next presentation
00:54:43.78\00:54:47.22
will be on the
mark of the beast.
00:54:47.42\00:54:49.99
See what's taking place.
Good night; God bless you.
00:54:50.19\00:54:53.76
A coal miner of old
00:54:56.06\00:54:57.60
would leave his family every day
00:54:57.80\00:54:59.39
and descend into
the depths of the earth
00:54:59.59\00:55:01.65
with the certain knowledge
that the smallest mistake
00:55:01.85\00:55:05.36
could keep him and others
from ever seeing daylight again.
00:55:05.56\00:55:08.75
Walking along in the dark,
00:55:08.95\00:55:10.49
he could only rely
upon his feeble oil lamp
00:55:10.69\00:55:14.60
to keep him alive.
00:55:14.80\00:55:16.02
He faced many
dangers down there.
00:55:16.22\00:55:18.01
Rockfalls, flooding, fires.
00:55:18.21\00:55:21.50
But perhaps the
danger he feared the most
00:55:21.70\00:55:24.55
was the one that
he could not see.
00:55:24.75\00:55:27.03
They called it
chokedamp or blackdamp:
00:55:27.23\00:55:30.21
an unbreathable mixture of gases
00:55:30.41\00:55:32.91
that could quickly
snuff out his life.
00:55:33.11\00:55:35.68
Imagine for a moment the
terror he felt when he realized
00:55:35.88\00:55:39.46
he had hit a
pocket of blackdamp.
00:55:39.66\00:55:41.72
The sudden drop in
oxygen would put out his lamp
00:55:41.92\00:55:45.14
leaving him in terrifying
darkness, fumbling in vain
00:55:45.34\00:55:49.38
to relight it before
he lost consciousness.
00:55:49.58\00:55:52.57
Then in the late 1800's,
00:55:53.07\00:55:55.87
a bright new light began
to shine in the dark world.
00:55:56.07\00:55:59.91
Using marble-sized
pellets of calcium carbide
00:56:00.11\00:56:04.16
and a few drops of water,
00:56:04.28\00:56:05.72
this new lamp produced a gas
which burned six times brighter.
00:56:05.92\00:56:10.61
Not only did it make
his job a whole lot easier
00:56:10.81\00:56:13.65
but it also saved lives.
00:56:13.85\00:56:15.92
You can see this tiny reflector
00:56:16.12\00:56:18.48
could focus that beam of light
00:56:18.68\00:56:20.67
on the roof of a mine so that he
could detect dangerous cracks.
00:56:20.87\00:56:24.76
The lamp was
also easy to re-light.
00:56:24.96\00:56:27.45
And since it
required far less oxygen,
00:56:27.65\00:56:30.36
it could illuminate the way out
00:56:30.56\00:56:32.61
should they
encounter the chokedamp.
00:56:32.81\00:56:34.93
What an incredible
illustration this is
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of the condition of fallen man.
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After struggling to
survive the pitfalls of life,
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he suddenly realizes
the danger he could not see
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had left him without hope
and gasping for his last breath
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in utter spiritual darkness.
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For him there is no
eternal life through Jesus.
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In fact, he may not
have ever heard about Him.
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But friends, just
as that bright light
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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
to bring the Blessed Hope
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to millions all
around the world.
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