When we were children,
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someone told my sister and I
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that the world was going to end
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in a violent thunderstorm.
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And so every time there was a
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big thunderstorm
there in Buffalo, New York
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we thought that was the big one.
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I remember one
August evening it was hot
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and were quite
young but we had chores...
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even as young
children. I had to do dishes,
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and doing dishes meant
that you cleaned the table
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and cleaned the stove and washed
and dried and put them away.
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And my sister was downstairs
in the basement doing laundry.
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And the sun was beginning to set
and all of a sudden there was
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a massive flash of
lightning followed by
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an incredible clap of thunder.
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And I took off. I don't
know where I was running, but
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I took off running
out of the kitchen.
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My sister took off running
upstairs from the basement.
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Between the kitchen and the
dining room there was this door.
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And about the time
I reached that door
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my sister came bursting through
the door from the other side.
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Now to this day some 50+
years later I have no idea
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how hard I hit that door
or how hard that door hit me,
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but I was knocked out cold.
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And I do remember
actually seeing stars.
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When I came to, my
mother sat my sister and I down
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and we were surpised that
she didn't know that the world
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was going to end
in that thunderstorm.
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But she tried to
tell us as best she could.
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She was not a
church-going person.
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She was a holiday church-goer:
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Christmas, New Years,
Easter... that kind of thing.
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So she tried to explain to us
how the world was going to end.
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But they didn't really discuss
that in her church, and so
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in frustration she said to me:
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"Well you go the Adventist
church. They know everything.
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Just ask your
Sabbath School teacher. "
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And so that Saturday in church
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I did ask my
Sabbath School teacher,
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and for the very first
time she presented to me
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the prophetic story
and the gospel message.
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I remember thinking how nice
it is that God is in control.
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And she ended her
little talk with me by saying:
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"Just stay on Jesus' side. "
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"Just stay with Jesus and
everything will be all right. "
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My family used to watch
science-fiction movies...
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those old B movies... you
know, giant roaches destroying
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the world and all
that kind of stuff.
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And I would sit back very
smugly and say to my father
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and my mother: "It's
not going to be like that
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because Jesus has
got it in control. "
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Some 50+ years later as I
sat here during these meetings
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and listened to our
evangelist Kenneth Cox,
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I got that same feeling.
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Jesus is in control.
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As we look at the
prophetic picture,
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I got sort of a
spiritual warm fuzzy
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and it said to me: "It doesn't
matter what's going to happen.
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Just stay on God's side
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because Jesus is in control. "
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And as we look back
at the prophetic past
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and forward to
the prophetic future,
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it re-affirms for us
all Jesus is in control.
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Amen and amen.
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My name is C.A. Murray
and on behalf of Kenneth Cox
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and the whole evangelistic team
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we welcome you to... sadly...
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the last night in this
particular series of meetings.
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They have gone so
very, very, very fast.
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The information
has been wonderful.
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I was talking
with my step-daughter
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last night, Becky, and
my step-son Tera, and Kevin.
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We were all sitting
around and Becky said:
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"You know, I've never
heard it so plain like this. "
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And I was telling Elder Cox
God has given him a unique gift
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to make that which
can be complex very plain
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and very, very simple.
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God's not trying to
hide anything from us.
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He wants us to be prepared
for the coming of the Lord.
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And Elder Cox has been His
instrument these last several
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nights... indeed,
THIS WHOLE SERIES,
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to make to us
plain the Word of God.
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And as we discuss the
Mark of the Beast this night,
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I know when he shall have
finished you will have a clear
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understanding of what God
is saying, what God is doing,
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and what God is moving us
through as we make our way
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to the kingdom of the Lord.
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Amen and amen.
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Before Elder Cox comes to us,
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Dona Klein is going to
play for us Jericho Road.
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Dona Klein. Jericho Road.
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Good evening.
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Very happy to welcome you again.
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We're down to the last
one of these presentations
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on this series...
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this series on prophecy
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entitled Was, Is Not, Yet Is.
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So we hope that it's
helping you as we continue
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to study God's Word each evening
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as we're taking a
look at Bible prophecy.
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Most important that we
understand where we are.
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What says the Bible,
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the blessed Bible?
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This should my only question be.
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Prophecy is fulfilling,
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the end is nearing.
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What says the Word of God to me?
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That's what we want to find out.
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That's what we want to know.
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This is the last presentation
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that we're doing on prophecy.
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We've actually spent
two presentations... or two
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series on prophecy:
the one we did before on
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Five Have Fallen and this
one on Was, Is Not, Yet Is.
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Those are the two that
we have done on prophecy.
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Our next series is
entitled Life in the Son.
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Very, very important series
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because this is an area that
a lot of people misunderstand.
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And they don't understand
what the scripture teaches about
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life in Jesus Christ.
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And so be sure, be here
as we go into this subject.
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Life in the Son.
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Tonight: The Mark of the Beast.
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What do you want to find
out? What do you want to know?
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Well first thing, you
need to be very, very clear
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in your thinking as
to who the beast is.
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Establish that. Clear.
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Also you want to be
very clear in your thinking
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of what the
image to the beast is.
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You need to also understand
clearly what the mark is.
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How does a person receive it?
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What's involved in it?
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The scripture is very,
very clear on this subject.
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It's not something you
have to be in doubt about.
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It's very clear on it.
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So we hope you'll
follow along as we take a look
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at the mark of the beast.
I think you'll find it to be
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a subject that will
help you see clearly
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what the scripture teaches.
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And so follow closely
as we take a look at it.
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I've enjoyed very much
having with us Larry Blackwell.
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Have you enjoyed his
music from night to night?
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Very, very much
we've enjoyed it.
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Those of you that are
watching by television,
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listening by radio, we hope you
have been blessed by his music.
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And he's going to sing
for us tonight a song entitled
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Not Far From Here.
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Somebody's down
to their last dime.
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Somebody's running out of time
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not too far from here.
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Somebody's got
nowhere else to go.
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Somebody needs a little hope
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not too far from here.
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And I may not know their face
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but I'm praying for Your grace
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that You'll use me, Lord,
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to take away the fear
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'Cause someone is waiting
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not too far from here.
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Somebody's
troubled and confused.
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Somebody's got
nothing left to lose
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not too far from here.
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Somebody's
forgotten how to hope.
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Somebody needs a little love
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not too far from here.
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And I may not know their name
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but I'm praying just the same
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that You'll use me, Lord,
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to wipe away a tear.
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'Cause somebody's crying
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not too far from here.
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Help me, Lord, not to turn away
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from pain.
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Help me not to wait
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for someone's guilty pain.
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Give me Your strength
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and compassion.
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When somebody
finds the road of life
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too steep.
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Somebody's
troubled and confused.
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Somebody's got
nothing left to lose
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not too far from here.
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Somebody's
forgotten how to hope.
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Somebody needs a little love
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not too far from here.
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Now I'm letting down my guard.
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And I'm opening my heart.
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Help me speak Your love
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to every needful ear.
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Someone is waiting
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not too far from here.
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Someone is waiting
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not too far from here.
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Father in Heaven,
tonight as we open Your Word
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and we look at this subject,
we pray in a special way
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for the Holy Spirit.
That it may be present.
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That it will
give us the insight,
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the knowledge,
the understanding,
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That we each may
purpose in our hearts
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to stand on Your
side. To follow You.
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To walk with You.
To let You be our God
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and that we will
say "We are Your people,
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You be our God.
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We will walk and
follow You by faith. "
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Grant to us that opportunity
and that privilege we pray.
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In Christ's name, Amen.
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I can think over the years
of all the different things
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that I have heard people
say the mark of the beast was.
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I can remember when they said
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that somebody's going to come
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around with a branding iron
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and is going to
brand on your forehead 666.
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And everybody's going to
receive the mark of the beast.
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And many people believed
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that that's the way
it was going to happen.
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And then as time went on,
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people said when they came
out with social security numbers
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they said: "Don't
take one of those things.
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If you take a social security
number, you're going to get
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the mark of the
beast... without question
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you're going to have it. "
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And then I can
remember... I was just a kid
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at the time of
the Second World War
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and they came out
with rationing stamps.
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And they said: "Don't take them.
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If you take
those rationing stamps,
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you're going to get
the mark of the beast.
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That's just for
sure... you'll get it. "
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But they didn't.
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And then just here
in the last few years
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they talked about
the computer chip.
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Saying: "Oh, somebody's
going to come around and they're
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going to put in your
forehead a computer chip
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and that will be
the mark of the beast. "
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So you hear all kinds of things
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about the mark of the beast
and what it is and so forth.
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We need to understand
what the mark of the beast is.
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Very, very important that
we understand where we stand.
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You see, the scripture
divides things into two's.
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Not threes... it
divides things into two's.
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I talks about the
saved and the lost.
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The sheep and the goats.
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The righteous
and the unrighteous.
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It divides it into two's.
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When it comes to
the mark of the beast,
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only two. Those that
have the mark of the beast...
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those that don't.
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Watch what the
scripture says about it.
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These are the people that
receive the mark of the beast.
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Contrasting those people
you read in Revelation 15,
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and it says:
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Here are the people that don't
have the mark of the beast.
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So you have two classes:
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those that have
the mark of the beast;
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those that do not
have the mark of the beast.
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And you and I, don't care where
you are anywhere in the world,
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you have to make a decision
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whether you're
going to be on God's side
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or whether you're going
to be on the beast's side.
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Because there's
only two classes...
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that's all there is.
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And so tonight we
want to clearly identify
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who the beast is.
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Now the beast
that's referred to here
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is the beast mentioned in
Revelation the 13th chapter.
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But we found out in
our study last night...
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last presentation we found out
that the best of Revelation 13
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is also the one that's
pictured in Revelation 17.
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OK? Because he's the one
that was, is not, yet is.
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OK. So let's take a look
at what the scripture says
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about this beast
here in Revelation 13.
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And I have highlighted
different parts in these texts
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to help you identify who it is.
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One point you need
to listen to carefully.
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Now you notice God's giving you
one point right after another
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to help you
identify who this beast is.
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So here it's listed one
point right after another.
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And then it comes and says:
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So now we have just
looked at seven points
00:20:41.81\00:20:45.84
that God gives to
identify this beast.
00:20:46.04\00:20:48.70
And I must say that we're
going to look at these 7 points
00:20:48.90\00:20:52.07
quickly. I do not have
time, folks, to go back
00:20:52.27\00:20:57.62
and go through
each one of those points
00:20:57.82\00:20:59.50
and spend a little time on it.
00:20:59.70\00:21:00.91
If you want to study it more,
00:21:01.11\00:21:03.12
then go and get the
one on Five Have Fallen
00:21:03.15\00:21:06.99
and look under papal Rome
and it will help you there.
00:21:07.10\00:21:09.26
But I'll have to go
through these quickly because
00:21:09.46\00:21:11.73
there's probably people watching
who didn't see any of those
00:21:11.83\00:21:14.93
and they need to
understand who the beast is.
00:21:15.14\00:21:17.67
So let's see if we can take
the 7 points of identification
00:21:17.87\00:21:21.05
and talk about who they are
00:21:21.25\00:21:23.05
and find out what the
scripture says about it.
00:21:23.25\00:21:25.82
OK. The first point of
identification is simply this:
00:21:26.02\00:21:29.55
Dragon gave him his power, his
seat, and his great authority.
00:21:34.85\00:21:39.20
Second one:
00:21:39.30\00:21:40.41
So we're finding out how
long he's going to be ruling.
00:21:43.96\00:21:47.14
Those seven points
the scripture gives.
00:22:08.21\00:22:10.89
Now folks, there
is only one power
00:22:11.09\00:22:15.40
in all the history of mankind
00:22:15.60\00:22:18.91
in all the earth that fits all
those points of identification.
00:22:19.11\00:22:22.62
You can't find another
power other than the papal power
00:22:22.82\00:22:27.82
that will fit all those
points of identification.
00:22:28.02\00:22:30.89
So the scripture
makes it absolutely clear
00:22:31.09\00:22:34.28
who the beast is.
00:22:34.48\00:22:35.77
Now you can take
probably four of them
00:22:35.97\00:22:38.04
and make them
fit some other power.
00:22:38.24\00:22:40.43
But you can't
take all seven of them
00:22:40.63\00:22:42.80
and make them
fit some other power.
00:22:43.00\00:22:44.66
It will only fit this power.
00:22:44.76\00:22:45.97
So let's take a look
at those seven points
00:22:46.17\00:22:49.39
and see what the scripture
has to say about it for us.
00:22:49.59\00:22:52.76
The dragon referred to here -
00:22:59.79\00:23:03.05
this is the
beast of Revelation 13-
00:23:03.25\00:23:05.60
the dragon that's referred
to here is the 12th chapter.
00:23:05.63\00:23:10.17
The dragon in the
12th chapter of Revelation
00:23:10.37\00:23:12.42
gave to this
beast in Revelation 13
00:23:12.63\00:23:15.76
its power, its
seat, and its authority.
00:23:15.96\00:23:18.55
And if you pick up
your Bible and you go back
00:23:18.75\00:23:20.79
and you study it,
you'll find that the dragon
00:23:20.99\00:23:23.27
mentioned here in Revelation 12
00:23:23.47\00:23:25.96
is pagan Rome.
00:23:26.16\00:23:28.59
So it's saying that pagan Rome
00:23:28.79\00:23:31.63
would give to this
beast its power, its seat,
00:23:31.83\00:23:35.35
and its authority.
And history tells us
00:23:35.56\00:23:38.00
that's exactly what happened.
00:23:38.20\00:23:40.40
Watch:
00:23:40.61\00:23:41.80
And history says
that the bishop of Rome
00:23:53.23\00:23:56.32
stepped to the seat of Caesar
00:23:56.52\00:23:58.79
and seized the scepter.
00:23:58.99\00:24:01.21
And so we find exactly
the dragon - pagan Rome -
00:24:01.41\00:24:05.21
gave to papal Rome its power,
its seat, and its authority.
00:24:05.41\00:24:10.96
Second point:
00:24:11.16\00:24:12.25
This was the period of
time that this beast power
00:24:17.57\00:24:20.79
would continue
would be forty-two months.
00:24:20.99\00:24:23.37
And as we looked at this in the
scripture and have studied it,
00:24:23.47\00:24:27.24
we found out that in the Bible
00:24:27.44\00:24:29.54
a day represents one
year in Bible prophecy.
00:24:29.74\00:24:33.57
So if I've got forty-two months,
00:24:39.20\00:24:41.75
and I multiply - because there's
30 days in a Biblical month -
00:24:41.95\00:24:45.92
and I multiply it times 42
00:24:46.12\00:24:48.39
it gives me 1,260 years
00:24:48.49\00:24:53.37
or days. That was the
time that they would rule:
00:24:53.57\00:24:56.94
1,260 years.
00:24:57.14\00:25:01.03
And history tells us
that's exactly what happened.
00:25:01.23\00:25:04.06
That is known in history, folks,
as the years of papal supremacy.
00:25:04.26\00:25:09.46
That's when they were in charge.
00:25:09.49\00:25:11.91
OK. And then it says:
00:25:12.11\00:25:13.92
And so this power is going
to make war with the saints.
00:25:21.06\00:25:24.55
Persecution... that's
what it's basically saying.
00:25:24.75\00:25:26.93
This is what it says here:
00:25:27.13\00:25:28.35
Now, stop and think about it.
00:25:48.99\00:25:51.25
I told you: never in history
has there ever been a time
00:25:51.45\00:25:57.40
in which a church
power took over civil power,
00:25:57.60\00:26:03.39
state power, that
it didn't persecute.
00:26:03.59\00:26:05.84
Because really a church...
00:26:06.05\00:26:09.58
a church really isn't
worth it's salt, folks,
00:26:09.78\00:26:13.75
if it doesn't believe
that it's teaching truth.
00:26:13.95\00:26:16.59
Now you stop and think about it.
00:26:16.79\00:26:20.20
A church is not worth anything
if it doesn't believe that
00:26:20.40\00:26:23.92
what it's teaching is true.
00:26:24.12\00:26:25.50
So that church believes
they're teaching the truth.
00:26:25.70\00:26:29.70
Therefore, if they can
get everybody to accept
00:26:29.90\00:26:33.17
what they believe,
they believe they're
00:26:33.37\00:26:35.00
giving them the truth.
00:26:35.20\00:26:37.20
And so without question
00:26:37.40\00:26:40.08
churches that get involved
in civil power persecute.
00:26:40.28\00:26:44.20
That's what happens;
that's what takes place.
00:26:44.41\00:26:46.84
And of course the
papal power believed that
00:26:47.05\00:26:48.98
and they persecuted.
00:26:49.09\00:26:50.26
And I mentioned to you...
All you have to do is, you know,
00:26:50.46\00:26:54.41
pick up such books
as Fox's Book of Martyrs
00:26:54.51\00:26:58.25
or read Here I Stand by Bainton.
00:26:58.45\00:27:03.45
History of the
Reformation by d'Aubigne.
00:27:03.65\00:27:06.88
All those books outline
for you what took place,
00:27:07.08\00:27:11.40
and you can read abou
the persecution that happened
00:27:11.60\00:27:13.89
by this power.
00:27:14.09\00:27:15.47
OK. Let's go on.
00:27:15.67\00:27:17.44
So it says that he would speak
great things and blasphemy.
00:27:22.05\00:27:26.09
I don't have time to go
back and give you all the basis.
00:27:26.29\00:27:29.29
You understand
what blaspheme is?
00:27:29.49\00:27:31.90
You understand what the
scripture says blasphemy is?
00:27:32.10\00:27:36.98
The scripture says that
blasphemy is when a person
00:27:37.18\00:27:41.51
puts... considers himself God.
00:27:41.71\00:27:46.11
When a person... like
they accused Jesus of blasphemy
00:27:46.31\00:27:50.42
because He said He was God.
00:27:50.63\00:27:51.99
That's one
definition scripture gives.
00:27:52.19\00:27:54.94
The other
definition that scripture gives
00:27:55.14\00:27:57.17
is when a human being claims
he has the right to forgive sin.
00:27:57.38\00:28:02.08
They also
classify that as blasphemy.
00:28:02.28\00:28:05.26
And so it says this power would
speak great words and blasphemy.
00:28:05.46\00:28:10.43
Well, I'm just going
to read you one statement.
00:28:10.63\00:28:12.91
There's many, many, many
statements I could read you.
00:28:13.11\00:28:15.47
"We hold upon this earth
the place of God Almighty. "
00:28:25.56\00:28:31.36
And this is
basically what they believe.
00:28:31.56\00:28:33.93
So as far as
scripture is concerned,
00:28:34.13\00:28:36.80
that's blasphemy.
00:28:37.00\00:28:38.25
Now this beast has seven heads.
00:28:45.32\00:28:47.75
And he said: "I
looked at one of those heads
00:28:47.95\00:28:50.25
and it was mortally wounded. "
00:28:50.45\00:28:53.03
And in our study you
remember we found out
00:28:53.23\00:28:55.62
that at this particular
time Napoleon has come to power.
00:28:55.82\00:29:00.73
Napoleon very desirous of being
able to rule all of Europe.
00:29:00.93\00:29:06.03
In fact, he said Europe
was soon to become one nation.
00:29:06.13\00:29:09.71
He was going to
put it all together.
00:29:09.91\00:29:11.33
But he realized
he could not do that
00:29:11.53\00:29:14.25
unless he could break
the back of the papal power
00:29:14.46\00:29:18.63
because the papal
power was in control.
00:29:18.83\00:29:21.76
And so we find on
February the 15th, 1798...
00:29:21.97\00:29:26.56
The papal power came into being
00:29:33.67\00:29:38.59
538 AD.
00:29:38.79\00:29:41.31
That is when the bishop
of Rome took over the seat:
00:29:41.51\00:29:46.48
538 AD.
00:29:46.68\00:29:48.94
It said he was going
to rule for 1,260 years...
00:29:49.14\00:29:53.41
which takes you to 1798 AD.
00:29:53.61\00:29:56.09
And just exactly
as the scripture said
00:29:56.29\00:29:59.28
Napoleon was there, took over,
00:29:59.48\00:30:03.47
and established a
secular government.
00:30:03.67\00:30:05.75
1,260 years.
00:30:05.95\00:30:07.96
When Napoleon took
over, they took the Pope.
00:30:13.86\00:30:19.39
Put him in
prison... he died in prison.
00:30:19.59\00:30:21.37
They elected another Pope.
00:30:21.40\00:30:22.69
He moved back to the Vatican,
00:30:22.89\00:30:25.01
moved in and didn't
show his face for 50 years.
00:30:25.21\00:30:27.89
But there was
effort after effort made
00:30:28.09\00:30:33.07
to try to settle this thing.
00:30:33.27\00:30:35.68
And this in history is
called The Roman Question.
00:30:35.88\00:30:39.21
And it was always a
question of settlement.
00:30:39.41\00:30:42.85
And they always tried to settle
it by the Italian Parliament.
00:30:43.05\00:30:47.00
Rome was never
willing to accept that.
00:30:47.20\00:30:50.63
And that went back
and forth, back and forth,
00:30:50.83\00:30:53.31
for over a hundred years.
00:30:53.51\00:30:55.71
Until finally you hit the 1900's
00:30:55.91\00:30:59.79
and then a man now is in
charge in Italy who is not
00:31:00.00\00:31:05.11
controlled by the
Parliament... he is a dictator,
00:31:05.31\00:31:08.77
and his name is Mussolini.
00:31:08.97\00:31:12.01
And Mussolini decided he
would settle The Roman Question.
00:31:12.21\00:31:16.60
They set up conferences
and after negotiation
00:31:16.80\00:31:20.16
it was settled. And history
tells us this is what happened:
00:31:20.36\00:31:23.43
And thus the Lateran
Pact was signed, 1929.
00:31:47.96\00:31:53.52
Do you understand what it did?
00:31:53.72\00:31:55.18
Hmmm? Do you understand
what the Lateran Pact did?
00:31:55.48\00:31:59.45
Well it gave back to
the Vatican the right
00:32:00.38\00:32:04.87
to be a civil government.
00:32:05.08\00:32:08.25
So it's not... when we
refer to this, it's not just
00:32:08.45\00:32:12.59
a church. It is a
church as well as a government.
00:32:12.69\00:32:16.20
Let me give you a quick
illustration of what I'm
00:32:16.40\00:32:18.12
talking about.
00:32:18.22\00:32:19.31
Why did the Pope have the right
00:32:20.33\00:32:24.22
to speak to the United Nations?
00:32:24.42\00:32:26.77
Because the United Nations...
00:32:30.99\00:32:32.17
the only ones that's
allowed to speak there
00:32:32.27\00:32:33.79
is a head of state.
00:32:33.99\00:32:35.87
But you see, he is head of state
00:32:36.07\00:32:39.59
and therefore he had the right
to speak at the United Nations.
00:32:39.79\00:32:44.09
There's one other religious
leader that spoke at the
00:32:44.29\00:32:47.49
United Nations. Do
you know who that is?
00:32:47.69\00:32:49.44
The Dalai Lama... because
he's the head of a state.
00:32:49.64\00:32:53.67
So you see, this is... this
is what it gave back to them.
00:32:53.87\00:32:56.75
It paid them 21 million dollars
for the spoilation of the
00:32:56.85\00:32:59.49
papal states; it gave them
the right to be a civil power.
00:32:59.59\00:33:03.85
Re-established that.
00:33:04.05\00:33:05.61
It gave them the
right to send ambassadors
00:33:05.81\00:33:09.17
to every country in the
world and receive ambassadors.
00:33:09.37\00:33:12.99
All that was given to them at
the signing of the Lateran Pact.
00:33:13.19\00:33:16.63
Now, let me just pause here.
00:33:28.42\00:33:30.65
Have to read this carefully.
00:33:30.85\00:33:32.99
It says that it is
the number of a... "man. "
00:33:33.19\00:33:38.08
The Bible also says this:
00:33:38.28\00:33:40.59
So it tells us it's
the number of a man.
00:33:50.39\00:33:52.64
It tells us it's
the number of his name.
00:33:52.84\00:33:56.17
So that gives us indication
of what it's talking about.
00:33:56.37\00:34:01.74
Now when we're looking at this
00:34:01.94\00:34:03.73
you have to realize
that this is symbolic.
00:34:03.94\00:34:06.81
We don't have beasts running
around here with seven heads.
00:34:06.84\00:34:10.55
See? So you find that
the beasts are symbolic.
00:34:10.75\00:34:14.28
When it talks about an
image, that's symbolic.
00:34:14.48\00:34:17.57
When it talks about a
name, it's going to be symbolic.
00:34:17.77\00:34:20.84
When it talks about a number
666, that's a symbol - symbolic.
00:34:21.04\00:34:24.33
The seal is; the mark is.
00:34:24.53\00:34:26.40
All that's
symbolic language, OK?
00:34:26.60\00:34:29.19
The official
name... The official name
00:34:30.50\00:34:35.74
for the Pope is
Vicarius Filii Dei.
00:34:35.94\00:34:41.30
That's an official name for him.
00:34:41.50\00:34:44.81
OK. It says that the number of
a man is the number of his name.
00:34:45.01\00:34:50.45
So if we take his name
00:34:50.65\00:34:52.48
Vicarius Filii Dei
00:34:52.68\00:34:55.63
and... when you went to school
you were taught something.
00:34:55.93\00:35:01.88
You were taught Roman numerals.
00:35:02.09\00:35:04.51
Why?
00:35:04.71\00:35:05.75
Do you use them?
00:35:05.95\00:35:08.23
No. But God intended for
you to understand this...
00:35:08.43\00:35:12.12
that's the reason you were
taught Roman numerals. See?
00:35:12.32\00:35:14.75
So watch, because you
remember Roman numerals are
00:35:14.95\00:35:18.00
nothing but Latin letters
that have numerical value.
00:35:18.20\00:35:20.74
That's what they are.
00:35:20.84\00:35:21.89
So if we take the word
Vicarius, watch what happens.
00:35:22.09\00:35:26.36
V is worth how much? 5
00:35:26.56\00:35:29.61
I is worth 1, C is worth 100.
00:35:29.81\00:35:34.13
A has no numerical
value, neither does R.
00:35:34.33\00:35:36.82
I the value of 1. U
carries the same value as V.
00:35:37.02\00:35:41.73
U is a modern letter.
00:35:41.93\00:35:45.84
Years ago there
was no U, it was V.
00:35:46.04\00:35:50.30
And if you doubt
what I'm saying to you,
00:35:50.50\00:35:53.10
I'm going to show you something.
00:35:53.30\00:35:54.77
This is a little town in
Oklahoma called Oakmogie.
00:35:54.97\00:35:59.69
OK? I'm going to show you
the courthouse in Oakmogie.
00:35:59.89\00:36:05.56
Look at it. Can
you read it up there?
00:36:05.76\00:36:08.76
Oakmogie. Look
at how the U is: V.
00:36:08.96\00:36:14.59
County. Look how
they spelled county.
00:36:14.73\00:36:16.84
Court. See how they spell
it? Look how they spelled House.
00:36:17.04\00:36:21.02
All of them have
a V instead of a U
00:36:21.23\00:36:24.90
because that...
U is a modern term.
00:36:25.10\00:36:28.28
So when it says
there Vicarius Filii Dei
00:36:28.48\00:36:32.79
that U has the same
numerical value as does V.
00:36:32.89\00:36:37.78
Filii. F has no numerical value.
00:36:37.98\00:36:40.53
I has the value of 1.
00:36:40.73\00:36:42.49
L has the value of 50.
00:36:42.69\00:36:45.85
Both I's one
each. That gives you 53.
00:36:46.05\00:36:48.98
And Dei.
00:36:49.01\00:36:50.63
D is worth 500.
00:36:50.84\00:36:52.74
I is worth 1. 501.
00:36:52.94\00:36:55.32
You add them up... that is 666.
00:36:55.42\00:36:58.71
So when the scripture
says it is the number of a man,
00:36:58.91\00:37:03.88
it's the number of his name,
and that is his official name.
00:37:04.08\00:37:06.74
This God gives you and
I to help us understand
00:37:06.94\00:37:12.24
and identify who the beast is.
00:37:12.44\00:37:14.49
OK? And that's
what we have just done.
00:37:14.69\00:37:17.60
We have
identified who this beast is.
00:37:17.80\00:37:21.53
OK. So now, so let's move ahead
00:37:21.73\00:37:25.09
and see if we can find out
what is the mark of the beast.
00:37:25.30\00:37:28.71
Well to begin with,
let's get something clear.
00:37:31.78\00:37:34.66
It says the mark of
the beast can be received
00:37:42.15\00:37:45.25
in the right hand or it can
be received in the forehead.
00:37:45.46\00:37:48.75
OK. Why does the scripture
say it can be received in the
00:37:48.95\00:37:52.87
right hand and it can be
received in the forehead?
00:37:52.97\00:37:55.93
Because in the scripture
the right hand represents
00:37:56.13\00:37:59.54
cooperation.
00:37:59.64\00:38:01.42
That's what it stands for.
00:38:01.62\00:38:03.05
So it says that he gives
00:38:03.25\00:38:04.33
his hand to it.
00:38:04.43\00:38:05.64
It means I am willing to
00:38:05.84\00:38:06.95
cooperate.
00:38:07.05\00:38:08.52
The forehead
represents intelligence.
00:38:08.72\00:38:12.41
It represents where I give
mental acceptance to something.
00:38:12.61\00:38:16.59
Let me tell you friend,
they're not going to come around
00:38:16.79\00:38:19.35
and hold you down
and put in your forehead
00:38:19.55\00:38:23.18
a computer chip.
00:38:23.38\00:38:24.60
That's not going to happen.
00:38:24.80\00:38:26.31
OK? Understand that.
00:38:26.51\00:38:28.09
Let me ask you something.
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I serve the Lord.
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I love the Lord; I'm
going to stand with Him.
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So let's say somebody comes
around and they hold me down
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and they install a
computer chip in my forehead.
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Is that going to change
my relationship to the Lord?
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Not in the least.
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So let's not be led
astray by that kind of thinking.
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That... when it says that
it is given in the forehead,
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that means that I give
mental acceptance to that.
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I believe that.
That's what I say.
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That's what I believe.
00:38:57.55\00:38:58.56
If I may not give mental
acceptance to it but I say
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I'll go along, that's
giving my right hand to it.
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That is what it
means when it talks about
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being in the right
hand or in the forehead.
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OK. I'm going to read to you
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three texts. I'm
going to read to you
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Revelation 14:9, 10, and 11.
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When I'm through reading that,
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I'm going to ask you a question.
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If you answer
the question right,
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we'll go on.
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If you don't answer it right,
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we're going to go back
and read those texts again
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because it's important that
you know exactly what it says.
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So let's look
and see what it says.
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Now let me ask you,
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is this talking about the people
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that receive the
mark of the beast?
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You're quiet.
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You've got to
respond better than that.
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So let's back it
up... take a look.
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We'll just back it up
here and see what it says.
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OK, Verse 9... here we go.
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Is that talking about
people that receive the
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mark of the beast?
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Yes. OK.
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Is that talking about people
00:40:57.20\00:40:58.26
that receive the
mark of the beast?
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Yes.
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Is that talking about people
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that receive the
mark of the beast?
00:41:07.62\00:41:08.78
Yes.
00:41:08.98\00:41:10.06
Is that talking
about people that receive
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the mark of the beast?
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Yes! All three of those verses
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talking about people that
receive the mark of the beast.
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OK. Let's read verse 12.
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Do these people
receive the mark of the beast?
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No, they don't.
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Why don't they?
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Why don't these people
receive the mark of the beast?
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Because they keep
the commandments of God
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and have the faith of Jesus.
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Are you with me?
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Because they keep
the commandments of God
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and have the faith of Jesus.
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Therefore... THEREFORE
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if I keep God's commandments
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and have the faith of Jesus
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I don't receive
the mark of the beast.
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Right? Right!
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Therefore... THEREFORE
00:42:19.86\00:42:22.57
the mark of the beast must
affect the commandments of God
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and faith in Jesus Christ.
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Are you with me? See?
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It has to. It has to
affect the commandments of God
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and faith in Jesus Christ.
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So the question then is
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of these two
things... next two things:
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What does the scripture tell us
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about faith in Jesus Christ?
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Well, this is what it says:
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So the scripture is telling me
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that the way I walk
with the Lord is by faith.
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OK. That's how I walk with Him.
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So it simply tells me
that my life is changed
00:43:32.92\00:43:37.90
and the righteousness of
Christ is given to me by faith.
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That's how I
walk as a Christian.
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Does the papal power
00:43:47.60\00:43:50.17
have anything to say
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about this question of
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walking with the Lord by faith?
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Well, let's look.
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It says the only
way you can be saved
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is by being part of
the Catholic church.
00:44:20.15\00:44:24.07
Not by faith...
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not by justification by faith
00:44:27.09\00:44:29.89
but by belonging to the church.
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Let me read you one more.
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In other words, they're saying
00:44:58.10\00:45:00.08
that it isn't by
justification by faith
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but it's by you
and I working our way
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into the kingdom
of heaven. All right.
00:45:06.86\00:45:09.91
Also, what about
keeping God's commandments?
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Does God have anything to say
about keeping His commandments?
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"If you love Me,
keep My commandments. "
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Very clear; very simple.
00:45:24.20\00:45:25.60
He said: "If you love
Me, keep My commandments. "
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Well, has the
papal power done anything
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that affects the
commandments of God?
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Well, If you pick up your Bible
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and read Exodus the 20th chapter
you'll find the 10 Commandments.
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If you pick up a
Douay version of the Bible
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or an American
Catholic version of the Bible
00:46:04.33\00:46:06.12
and turn to Exodus 20
and read the commandments,
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they'll read just like yours.
00:46:09.44\00:46:10.64
But when you pick up a Catechism
00:46:10.84\00:46:14.84
the picture changes.
00:46:15.04\00:46:17.20
You see the second
commandment has been taken out.
00:46:17.40\00:46:20.77
And the third commandment's
been pushed up to the second.
00:46:21.27\00:46:25.72
And the fourth commandment
up to the third and so forth.
00:46:25.92\00:46:28.73
And they divide the tenth
one so they can still have ten.
00:46:28.96\00:46:32.22
But they do
something. Listen to this:
00:46:32.42\00:46:35.61
So they took the second one out.
00:46:58.14\00:47:00.45
They moved it up; the fourth
commandment became the third.
00:47:00.65\00:47:03.39
And they said that really
applies not to the Sabbath
00:47:03.59\00:47:07.00
but to Sunday.
00:47:07.21\00:47:09.06
Uh, I read this next
statement a few years ago.
00:47:09.27\00:47:13.98
I couldn't
believe it when I read it.
00:47:14.19\00:47:16.91
And so I picked up the phone
00:47:17.11\00:47:21.04
and I called the priest
that wrote this statement
00:47:21.24\00:47:25.64
and talked to him personally.
00:47:25.84\00:47:27.45
I want you to
listen to the statement.
00:47:27.65\00:47:29.72
Now he's... he's saying this
is one of the most revolutionary
00:47:44.65\00:47:47.95
things that's ever been done:
00:47:48.05\00:47:49.57
they changed the
Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday.
00:47:49.77\00:47:53.86
Now listen to what
he goes on and says:
00:47:53.96\00:47:55.81
He said there's
nothing in the scripture here
00:48:01.08\00:48:04.05
saying they could do this.
00:48:04.25\00:48:05.87
OK?
00:48:06.07\00:48:07.12
Said: "The church did
it of their own power. "
00:48:11.57\00:48:16.03
Saturday holy.
00:48:25.44\00:48:26.81
He said: "If you're
going to follow scripture...
00:48:27.01\00:48:29.92
you're going to say
this is my authority,
00:48:30.12\00:48:33.25
this is what I believe... "
00:48:33.45\00:48:34.73
he said, "then
you've got to come back
00:48:34.93\00:48:36.91
to keeping the Sabbath. "
00:48:37.01\00:48:38.70
That's what he's saying.
00:48:38.91\00:48:40.02
Definitely made a change.
00:48:40.22\00:48:42.00
Listen to this...
00:48:48.31\00:48:50.07
And so you find the
change was definitely made.
00:49:00.04\00:49:02.56
OK, let's hurry. We've got
quite a little bit yet to go.
00:49:02.76\00:49:05.93
This is saying what this
beast power is going to do.
00:49:15.85\00:49:18.60
Says that this was
going to cause the people...
00:49:26.72\00:49:29.46
was going to enforce it...
00:49:29.56\00:49:30.77
So it says that in
order for this to happen
00:49:37.81\00:49:40.47
it has to be
enforced by government.
00:49:40.67\00:49:43.26
That's what it says.
When it says that he will
00:49:44.72\00:49:47.37
speak and cause that means
legislation and enforcement.
00:49:47.57\00:49:53.07
And so at this present time,
00:49:53.17\00:49:54.87
nobody has the
mark of the beast.
00:49:55.07\00:49:58.32
It is not being
enforced on people.
00:49:58.62\00:50:01.81
But when the day
comes that it IS enforced
00:50:02.01\00:50:05.46
and you and I
willingly accept it...
00:50:05.66\00:50:08.84
or accept it period...
00:50:09.04\00:50:11.05
then we are receiving
the mark of the beast.
00:50:11.26\00:50:14.12
That's what it's saying.
00:50:14.33\00:50:15.93
So how are they going
to put teeth into this?
00:50:16.13\00:50:18.60
How are they
going to make it happen?
00:50:18.80\00:50:20.48
This is what they're
saying, so listen carefully:
00:50:20.68\00:50:23.30
Now who should?
00:50:27.26\00:50:28.80
They say in other words:
"It needs to be enforced. "
00:50:54.01\00:50:58.42
It needs to be a requirement.
00:50:58.62\00:51:00.63
We need to close
up things on Sunday.
00:51:00.83\00:51:04.74
Listen to one more:
00:51:04.94\00:51:06.12
Now listen to what
they're saying here.
00:51:20.26\00:51:21.88
Now, you live in
a democracy, right?
00:51:40.39\00:51:45.91
Yeah. And in a
democracy who rules?
00:51:46.11\00:51:49.66
The majority.
00:51:49.86\00:51:52.19
OK. So you can think
that through right quick.
00:51:52.39\00:51:54.89
So how are they
going to enforce that?
00:52:01.37\00:52:03.93
Well, very simple.
00:52:04.13\00:52:06.89
As long as people have money
00:52:07.09\00:52:10.46
you cannot boycott them.
00:52:10.66\00:52:12.85
Did you know that?
00:52:13.05\00:52:14.48
Because if you can't get
it at the front of the store
00:52:14.68\00:52:16.66
you can get it at the back.
00:52:16.86\00:52:18.04
But you live in a
different time, folks.
00:52:19.14\00:52:21.62
We live in a
time of the Internet.
00:52:21.82\00:52:24.94
And you can't use
cash on the Internet.
00:52:25.14\00:52:29.95
You have to use what
is called "cyber money. "
00:52:30.15\00:52:34.07
You use your card.
00:52:34.27\00:52:36.96
You can take that card
and you can trade and buy
00:52:37.16\00:52:41.46
stuff anywhere in the world.
00:52:41.66\00:52:43.44
Did you realize that?
00:52:43.64\00:52:44.65
But all they've got to do is
say "don't accept that number"
00:52:44.85\00:52:49.84
and, dear friend,
you have been boycotted.
00:52:50.04\00:52:53.45
See, this is how it happens.
00:52:53.65\00:52:56.42
The believers of the last days:
what are they going to believe?
00:52:56.69\00:53:00.67
They'll worship the Lord.
00:53:07.65\00:53:10.47
I'm talking to you.. signs,
what the believers will do.
00:53:10.67\00:53:13.77
They'll worship the Lord.
00:53:13.87\00:53:14.99
They'll be a small remnant.
00:53:15.19\00:53:17.41
There's not going to be a
large group of people, folks.
00:53:17.61\00:53:20.62
The world as a whole is
not going to come running
00:53:20.82\00:53:23.68
and join the Lord's side.
That's not going to happen.
00:53:23.88\00:53:25.91
They'll believe that
salvation is by Jesus alone.
00:53:26.11\00:53:30.74
No other way.
00:53:30.94\00:53:32.13
Justification by
faith in Jesus Christ.
00:53:32.33\00:53:35.21
They'll keep God's commandments.
00:53:35.42\00:53:38.10
They'll have the faith of Jesus.
00:53:38.30\00:53:41.82
They'll say: "this
is what we believe. "
00:53:42.02\00:53:44.30
Stand with Jesus Christ.
00:53:44.50\00:53:46.28
They'll have God's
seal in their forehead.
00:53:46.48\00:53:48.79
And by the way, the seal of
God is placed in the forehead...
00:53:49.00\00:53:51.77
it's not placed in the hand.
00:53:51.97\00:53:53.99
So when they get the seal
of God, that means that person
00:53:54.19\00:53:57.14
gives mental
acceptance to what God says.
00:53:57.34\00:54:00.47
I say: "I'm going to
follow what God's Word says.
00:54:00.67\00:54:03.21
I'm going to obey His Word. "
00:54:03.41\00:54:04.56
And they'll
uphold God's Sabbath.
00:54:04.76\00:54:07.65
That's what the
believers in the last days...
00:54:07.85\00:54:10.95
the days in which
you and I are living...
00:54:11.15\00:54:12.66
are going to do
just before Jesus comes.
00:54:12.86\00:54:15.14
You and I must place ourselves
00:54:15.35\00:54:19.49
on the Lord's side.
00:54:19.69\00:54:21.74
We need to take the same stand,
00:54:21.77\00:54:24.41
folks, that the
apostles of old took.
00:54:24.51\00:54:27.17
That's where we need to stand.
00:54:35.62\00:54:37.68
We need to say: "I'm
standing with the Lord.
00:54:37.88\00:54:40.02
Put myself on His side.
00:54:40.22\00:54:42.25
I'm going to follow Him. "
00:54:42.45\00:54:43.94
Hope that you have learned.
00:54:44.14\00:54:45.86
I hope that you have been helped
00:54:46.06\00:54:48.16
with this series
on Bible prophecy.
00:54:48.36\00:54:50.78
Folks, stand with
God in all that you do.
00:54:50.98\00:54:54.99
A coal miner of old
00:54:56.14\00:54:57.75
would leave his family every day
00:54:57.95\00:54:59.54
and descend into
the depths of the earth
00:54:59.74\00:55:01.77
with the certain knowledge
that the smallest mistake
00:55:01.97\00:55:05.46
could keep him and others
from ever seeing daylight again.
00:55:05.66\00:55:08.86
Walking along in the dark,
00:55:09.06\00:55:10.88
he could only rely
upon his feeble oil lamp
00:55:11.08\00:55:14.71
to keep him alive.
00:55:14.91\00:55:16.20
He faced many
dangers down there.
00:55:16.40\00:55:18.16
Rockfalls, flooding, fires.
00:55:18.36\00:55:21.67
But perhaps the
danger he feared the most
00:55:21.87\00:55:24.79
was the one that
he could not see.
00:55:24.99\00:55:27.17
They called it
chokedamp or blackdamp:
00:55:27.37\00:55:30.39
an unbreathable mixture of gases
00:55:30.59\00:55:33.09
that could quickly
snuff out his life.
00:55:33.29\00:55:35.65
Imagine for a moment the
terror he felt when he realized
00:55:35.85\00:55:39.61
he had hit a
pocket of blackdamp.
00:55:39.81\00:55:41.82
The sudden drop in
oxygen would put out his lamp
00:55:42.02\00:55:45.28
leaving him in terrifying
darkness, fumbling in vain
00:55:45.48\00:55:49.51
to relight it before
he lost consciousness.
00:55:49.71\00:55:52.67
Then in the late 1800's,
00:55:53.07\00:55:56.00
a bright new light began
to shine in the dark world.
00:55:56.20\00:55:59.97
Using marble-sized
pellets of calcium carbide
00:56:00.17\00:56:04.21
and a few drops of water,
00:56:04.31\00:56:05.70
this new lamp produced a gas
which burned six times brighter.
00:56:05.90\00:56:10.74
Not only did it make
his job a whole lot easier
00:56:10.94\00:56:13.79
but it also saved lives.
00:56:13.99\00:56:16.02
You can see this tiny reflector
00:56:16.22\00:56:18.61
could focus that beam of light
00:56:18.81\00:56:20.67
on the roof of a mine so that he
could detect dangerous cracks.
00:56:20.87\00:56:24.81
The lamp was
also easy to re-light.
00:56:25.01\00:56:27.46
And since it
required far less oxygen,
00:56:27.66\00:56:30.43
it could illuminate the way out
00:56:30.64\00:56:32.48
should they
encounter the chokedamp.
00:56:32.63\00:56:34.97
What an incredible
illustration this is
00:56:35.17\00:56:38.58
of the condition of fallen man.
00:56:38.78\00:56:40.73
After struggling to
survive the pitfalls of life,
00:56:40.93\00:56:44.06
he suddenly realizes
the danger he could not see
00:56:44.26\00:56:47.63
had left him without hope
and gasping for his last breath
00:56:47.83\00:56:52.16
in utter spiritual darkness.
00:56:52.36\00:56:54.40
For him there is no
eternal life through Jesus.
00:56:54.60\00:56:58.26
In fact, he may not
have ever heard about Him.
00:56:58.46\00:57:01.79
But friends, just
as that bright light
00:57:03.85\00:57:06.70
of the carbide lamp saved lives,
00:57:06.90\00:57:09.39
so does the light of the Bible.
00:57:09.59\00:57:11.64
We need the light of God's Word
to illuminate the dark corners
00:57:11.84\00:57:15.63
of our hearts. It focuses
our attention on Jesus Christ...
00:57:15.73\00:57:19.30
our only hope for salvation.
00:57:19.50\00:57:21.64
And all who read and study it
00:57:21.84\00:57:23.68
are warned about
the rockfalls of life.
00:57:23.88\00:57:27.05
That's why we call this
series Give Me The Bible.
00:57:27.25\00:57:30.74
We're trying our best to
bring the light of God's truth
00:57:30.94\00:57:33.94
to those who are
living and dying in despair.
00:57:34.04\00:57:37.00
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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