You can see on the screen
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that the title of
our study today is
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the Sword and the Captivity.
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We're going to
do a little review
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of what we studied in
the first two sessions,
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and then we will
enter new material.
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But before we do,
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we want to ask for
the Lord's presence.
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Never should we open
God's word without prayer.
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And so I invite you to bow
your heads reverently with me
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as we pray.
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Father in heaven,
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we thank You for the
privilege of being here.
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We especially
thank You for Your word
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which is a sure guide in
a world that is so confused.
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We ask Father that
You will speak to us
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through this word.
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Give us understanding
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and a willingness
to live in harmony
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with what You revealed to us.
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Remove from our
hearts any obstacle,
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anything that might keep
us from hearing Your voice,
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for we want to do Your will,
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and we ask this in the
precious name of Jesus,
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amen.
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The title of this presentation
is the Sword and the Captivity.
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And what we want to
do first is a review of
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what we have studied so far.
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We're studying the
chain of prophetic prophecy.
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We began with which kingdom
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those of you who have been here?
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We begin with
Babylon, 605-539 BC.
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Then we continue
with the second kingdom.
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What is that second kingdom?
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Medo-Persia, 539-331 BC.
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Then we have a third
kingdom which is what?
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Greece.
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And Greece ruled
from 331 BC to 168 BC.
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And then we have a fourth beast
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which is dreadful and terrible
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and this fourth beast
represents which kingdom?
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It represents the Roman Empire.
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But then this
beast after it rules
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for a significant amount of time
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sprouts ten horns,
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that means that the Roman Empire
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was going to be what?
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Was going to be
divided and it was divided.
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The nations of
Europe today are the fruit
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of the division
of the Roman Empire.
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They each have their
language, their culture,
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and it's been
very difficult to try
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and get them together,
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no matter how
much the European Union
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has tried to stay together
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because these
nations are totally different
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from one another.
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And then after the
Roman Empire is divided
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into these ten kingdoms
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which are the
nations of Western Europe,
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then in the midst
of the ten rises what?
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A little horn
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and that little horn rules
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from 538-1798 AD,
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1260 years.
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We're going to see
in our study today.
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So is the sequence clear?
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We've gone from
Babylon from 605 BC
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all the way down to
1798 in the prophetic chain
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without any interruptions,
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no parenthesis,
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one kingdom rising as soon
as the previous kingdom falls.
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In other words,
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there is a
sequence of connected links
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in the prophetic chain.
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Now in our last study together
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we talked about the little horn
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and we gave
seven characteristics
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of the little horn.
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I want to review the
first six characteristics
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and then we will study
characteristic number seven
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which we left pending
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for this
particular lecture today.
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And so I want to review
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the six points that we studied
in our lecture last time.
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Number one, the
little horn rises
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according to prophecy
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after the ten
horns are in place.
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Let me ask you,
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when is the ten
horns are in place,
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in what year?
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The year 476 AD, the
ten kingdoms are there.
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So we should expect
the little horn to rise
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after the year 476.
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Secondly, the little horn
rises in the midst of the ten.
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Now the ten represent
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the nations of Western Europe,
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so this little
horn must rise where?
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Geographically
in Western Europe,
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but more specifically
the little horn rises
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from the head
of the dragon beast
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which represents Rome.
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So the little
horn must also be what?
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It must also be
Roman more specifically.
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Characteristic number three,
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this horn would
uproot three kingdoms,
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three of the ten kingdoms into
which the empire was divided
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would be uprooted
by this little horn.
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And then we noticed
that this little horn
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would speak blasphemies
against the Most High
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and we identify blasphemy
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as a human power that
claims that it can forgive sins
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and claims to be God's
representative on earth.
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Then we noticed
that the little horn also
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would persecute the
saints of the Most High.
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In other words, the
little horn would persecute
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those who
remained faithful to God.
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And then we noticed also
that the little horn would think
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that it could
change God's holy law
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in some way or some manner.
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Now let me ask you.
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Does the Roman
Catholic papacy fulfill
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each and every one of
these characteristics?
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It does.
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Does the Roman
Catholic papacy rise after 476?
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Yes.
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Did it rise in Western Europe,
more specifically in Rome?
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Absolutely.
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Did it uproot three
of those ten kingdoms?
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Yes, the Heruli, the
Vandals and the Ostrogoths.
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Does it speak blasphemies
against the Most High?
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Does the papacy claim to
have the power to forgive sins?
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Do they claim that
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the pope is the representative
of Christ on earth?
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Absolutely.
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Let me ask you.
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Did the papacy in its history
persecute the faithful of God
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through the inquisition
and many other methods?
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Absolutely.
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Does the papacy claim to
have changed God's holy law?
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Yes, the papacy openly says,
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we changed the day of worship
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from Sabbath to Sunday
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without any
biblical authorization.
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They say, Jesus gave
the Roman Catholic Church
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the power to change the law
if it saw necessary to do so.
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And so the little
horn represents the papacy.
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Now before we deal
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with characteristic number seven
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which is the time period
that the little horn rules.
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I need to underline something
that is very, very important.
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And that is that the little horn
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of Daniel 7 is
the same as the beast
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of Revelation 13:1-10.
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So little horn and
beast are interchangeable.
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And you say, how
do you know that?
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For three reasons.
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First of all the
little horn and the beast
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are in the same link
of the prophetic chain.
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They are in the same
location of the prophetic chain.
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Number two, the little horn
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and the beast
performed the same activities.
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And number three,
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the little horn
and the beast ruled
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for the same time period.
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So we have three reasons
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why we know that the little horn
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and the beast
represent the same power.
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They are in the
exact same location
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in the prophetic chain.
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Secondly they
perform the same actions
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and in the third place
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they rule for
the same time period.
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And you're saying, "Well, where
does prophecy tell us that?"
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Well, now we need to look at
what the Bible says about this.
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Let's notice
Revelation 13:1 and 2.
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This is the first reason why
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the little horn is the
same thing as the beast.
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And immediately in
Revelation 13:1 and 2
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you're going to see a
connection with the prophecy
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of Daniel 7 that we studied.
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Notice what it says
there in Revelation 13:1 and 2.
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"Then I stood on the
sand of the sea, writes John.
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And I saw a beast
rising up out of the sea,
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having seven
heads and ten horns,
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and on his horns ten crowns,
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and on his heads
a blasphemous name."
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Now listen to verse 2.
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"Now the beast that
I saw was like a what?
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Like a leopard, and his feet
were like the feet of a bear,
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and his mouth was
like the mouth of a lion.
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The dragon gave the
beast his power, his throne,
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and great authority."
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How many beasts are
mentioned in this verse 2?
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Four.
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Is there a lion? Yes.
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Is there a bear? Absolutely.
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Is there a leopard? Sure.
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Is there a dragon beast?
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And by the way, the
dragon beast has ten horns
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according to Revelation 12.
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So what I want you
to see here is that
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we have the same
sequence in Revelation 13
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that we have in Daniel 7.
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The only difference
is that in Revelation 13
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the beasts are in reverse order.
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In other words they're not
in the same order as in Daniel.
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In Daniel you have
lion, bear, leopard, dragon,
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ten horns and little horn.
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In Revelation 13 you
have in reverse order,
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you have the ten horn dragon
and then you have the leopard,
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and then you have the bear,
and then you have the lion.
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Now the question is,
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why does Daniel
present the beasts lion,
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bear, leopard, dragon,
ten horns and little horn,
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and in Revelation 13
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John presents this as
being in the opposite direction.
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The reason is very simple.
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Daniel is living in
the period of the lion
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and is looking forwards,
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whereas John is living
in the period of the dragon
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and he is looking what?
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He is looking backwards.
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So we know that the
prophetic chain is true
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because you have
the same sequence,
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but in Revelation
it's in reverse order
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because John is living
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in the period
of the fourth beast
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and the first three
beasts have already passed away.
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Are you with me or not?
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So let me ask you.
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Is the little
horn and is the beast
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in the same location
of the prophetic chain?
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Let me review it.
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Lion, bear, leopard, dragon,
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ten horns, little horn.
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Revelation 13,
lion, bear, leopard,
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dragon, ten horns, beast.
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So the little horn
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and the beast are
in the same location
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of the prophetic chain.
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The second reason
that I mentioned is that
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the little horn and the beast
performed the same actions.
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Notice Revelation 13
and we'll read verse 7
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and then we'll read verse 5.
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Revelation 13:7 says,
"It was granted to him,
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this is the beast, the
same as the little horn,
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to make war with the
saints, and to overcome them."
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Let me ask you,
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did the little horn
make war with the saints
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and overcome them in Daniel 7?
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Absolutely, but there is more.
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it says, "And authority
was given him over every tribe,
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tongue, and nation."
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And now in verse 5,
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"And he was
given, that is the beast,
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was given a mouth..."
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Did the little
horn have a big mouth?
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You can read it in Daniel 7.
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Says, "He was given a mouth
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speaking great
things and blasphemies."
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Did the little horn speak
great things and blasphemies?
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So let me ask you.
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Do the little horn and the beast
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performed the same actions.
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Yes, so they must
represent the same power.
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Now number three is that
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the beast and the little horn
ruled for the same time period.
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Notice Revelation 13:5
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we'll complete
reading the verse now.
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It says, "And he,
that is the beast,
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was given a mouth speaking
great things and blasphemies,
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and he was given
authority to continue how long,
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to continue for
forty-two months."
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And I know you're
thinking, you're saying, pastor,
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that's not the same time period,
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because in Daniel 7 it says
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the little horn
ruled for time, times
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and the dividing of time
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whereas in Revelation 13
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it says the beast
ruled for 42 months.
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How can time, times
and the dividing of time
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be the same as 42 months?
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This brings us to
characteristic number seven
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that we left
pending in our last lecture.
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Now what I want us to
notice first of all is that
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the word time in
the Book of Daniel
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refers to year.
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Time is a year.
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You say, well,
how do you know that?
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Very simple.
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You remember in Daniel 4
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that Nebuchadnezzar
was out of it for a while.
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How much time was going
to pass for Nebuchadnezzar
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before he regained his senses?
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The angel said seven
times will pass over you.
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What did that mean,
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seven times you're gonna
pass over Nebuchadnezzar.
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It means that he was going
to be out of it for how long?
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Seven years,
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so there were time
or times refers to what?
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Years, that's the first point
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that we want to notice.
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And by the way time, times
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and divided of time
would be how many years?
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Be three and half.
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Time, one year,
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times without a
qualifier is the dual
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in Hebrew that's two,
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and half a time
would be half a year,
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so we're dealing
with three and half years.
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And there is no Bible
scholar that disagrees
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that these are
three and half years,
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the time, times
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and the dividing of
times are three and half years.
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Doesn't matter
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what
denomination they belong to.
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Now, the big question is,
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are these literal years
or are these symbolic years?
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That's the big question.
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Well, there are
several evidences
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that we're dealing
with symbolic years.
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The first reason why this is...
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these years are symbolic is
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because every thing
in Daniel 7 is symbolic.
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Let me ask you,
is the lion symbolic?
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Are the wings on
the lion symbolic?
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Is the bear symbolic?
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Are the three ribs in the
mouth of the bear symbolic?
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Is the leopard symbolic?
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Are the wings of
the leopard symbolic?
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Are the four heads
of the leopard symbolic?
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Is the dragon beast symbolic?
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Last I knew there
is no dragon beast
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that exists in the real world.
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Are the ten horns on the head
of the fourth beast symbolic?
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Yes.
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Everything in this
chapter is symbolic,
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but the time is literal.
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Now how much
sense does that make?
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Now, you'll notice also
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that the expression has
a symbolic flavor to it.
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If I was going to...
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If I was going to leave Fresno
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and return in
three and half years,
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would I say to
you, folks, don't worry,
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I'll be back in time,
times and the dividing of time.
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If I said that, you
would say, Pastor Bohr,
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that's not the way
that we describe time.
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When the Bible wants to describe
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three and half literal years,
it does so like in James 5:17,
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where it says that
Elijah closed the heaven
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so would not rain for
three years and six months,
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that's the normal
way of expressing it,
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and the Bible expresses
it that way in James 5:17.
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So the flavor of the
expression is unusual.
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Another important point is,
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and by the way I
don't have time to go all,
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through all of this,
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it would take me
actually three hours to go
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through a document that I wrote
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for one of our
summits a few years ago,
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where I present
20 biblical reasons
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for the year day principle.
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In other words,
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20 reasons why the years
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of Daniel 7 are symbolic years.
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And in a moment
we're gonna talk about
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what is known as
the year day principle,
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so there's not only one reason
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why we can understand that
this time period is symbolic.
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There are 20
reasons in the Bible
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why we can
believe that time, times
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and the dividing of
time is symbolic language.
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You see the Bible uses
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what is known as
the year day principle.
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In other words, a day
is equivalent to a year.
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You say now where do you
find such a thing in the Bible.
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As I mentioned
I gave 20 reasons,
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but I'm only going to
mention a couple of verses
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that the Bible has about this.
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Do you remember when the spies
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were sent out to
spy out the land?
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And ten of them
brought back a bad report
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and two of them
brought back a good report.
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So what did God tell Israel
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because the spies were
in the land for 40 days
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and because you're rebellious,
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you're going to be in
the wilderness how long?
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You're going to be in
the wilderness 40 years.
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He says for each day what?
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One year,
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there you have the
day representing what?
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A year.
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By the way that
is in Numbers 14:34.
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Also in Ezekiel 4:6
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we find the same
principle expressed.
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I want to read that verse.
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I wish we had time to expound
upon the historical context
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but we don't.
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Ezekiel 4:6, and when...
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He is speaking to Ezekiel.
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"And when you
have accomplished them,
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lie again on your right side,
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and you shall bear the iniquity
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of the house of
Judah forty days.
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I have appointed
you each day for what?
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Each day for a year."
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So what we need to understand
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that is in the Bible
one day is equal to what?
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To a year.
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Now, here's the big question.
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Can we know how many
days there are in a year
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because we're dealing
with three and half years,
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so we need to find out
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how many days are
three and half years.
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Are you with me?
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And then apply
them symbolically.
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Can we know biblically
how many days the year had?
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And the answer is no.
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We don't have any
place in the Bible
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that tells us that
the year has 360 days.
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So you'll say, Pastor
Bohr, how can we find out,
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how much, how many years is,
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how many days is
three and half years
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if the Bible doesn't tell
us how many days are in a year.
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Well, the good news is
that the Bible does tell us that
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there are 12 months in the year.
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You can find that in
the Book of Esther 8:12.
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And the Bible also tells us
that each month has 30 days.
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So if each month has 30 days,
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what do you do to find out
how many days the year has.
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All you have to do
is multiply 12 months
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which the Bible says
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there are 12 months
to a year by how much?
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By 30 days and
the result is what?
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Three hundred and sixty.
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So by knowing the
number of days in the month,
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we can find out how many
days there are in a what?
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In a year.
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Are you with me so far?
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Now, but you're
saying Pastor Bohr,
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you haven't proved that
the biblical month has 30 days.
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And you're right.
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And that's the point
that we're going to go to now.
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We're going to prove biblically
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that the biblical
month has 30 days.
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If the biblical
month has 30 days
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all you have to
is multiply 30 times
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12 months of the year
and the result is 360.
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And because you have
time, that's one year 360 days,
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times that's two 720 days,
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and half a time 180
days that would be how long,
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time, times and
the dividing of time.
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It would be 1260 days,
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but in prophecy
days are equal to years.
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Are you following me or not?
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This is a very
short lesson on math.
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And some people
find it very complicated
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to be able to figure it out
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but it's not really complicated.
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Now, what is the first reason
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we can know that the
biblical month has 30 days.
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Well, the fact is that
this period of the little horn
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is expressed in
three different ways.
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It is expressed as time,
times and the dividing of time.
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That's in Daniel 7,
and also in Revelation 12.
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It is expressed as 42
months in Revelation 11
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which we're not
gonna get into also
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in Revelation
13:5 that we ready.
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And it is also described
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in Revelation 12 as 1260 days.
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Now this is interesting.
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Now let me ask you this.
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If you multiply 42 months,
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and how much days
does the month have?
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Thirty days, okay,
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if you multiply 42
months time 30 days,
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what is the total?
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1260.
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If you multiply
three and half years
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times 360 days per year,
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what is the total?
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1260 days.
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And if you still didn't get it,
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in Revelation 12 it says that
the dragon went after the woman
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and persecuted the
woman for 1260 days.
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So how many days does
a biblical month have?
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The biblical month
has to have 30 days
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because 30 days
times 42 months is 1260.
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So how long was the
little horn going to rule?
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It was going to rule from
its inception till the time
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when it ceased
to rule 1260 what?
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1260 days but days
are equaled to years.
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The papacy was to
rule from 538 to 1798.
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And we'll talk
a little bit what,
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about what happened
in 1798 in a few moments.
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There is a second
reason why we know
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that the biblical
month has 30 days.
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And this is early in the Bible,
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this is in the Book of
Genesis from the very beginning.
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Go with me to
Genesis 7:11 and 12,
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Genesis 7:11 and 12.
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I want you to
notice this carefully.
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"In the six
hundredth year of Noah's life,
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in the second month..."
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What day?
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"The seventeenth
day of the month,
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on that day all the
fountains of the great deep
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were broken up,
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and the windows of
the heaven were opened."
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So when did the flood come?
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The flood came in
the six hundredth year
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of Noah's life,
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the second month
and the seventeenth day,
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remember that date, okay.
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Now let's go to Genesis 8:3-5,
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Genesis 8:3-5,
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see this is all I
find in the Bible,
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we're not just guessing,
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we're not
conjecturing, you know,
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we're letting the
Bible explain itself.
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The Holy Spirit put in the Bible
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everything we need
to understand the Bible.
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You know, the Holy Spirit
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didn't make pastors
and theologians necessary,
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absolutely indispensable.
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I'm not saying that theologians
and pastors are unnecessary.
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What I'm saying is
that if we didn't have them,
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we could still determine
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what is God's
will from the word.
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Now notice what it
says in Genesis 8:3-5,
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and the waters
receded continually,
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that's from the time
that the flood began.
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"And the waters receded
continually from the earth.
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At the end of the
hundred and fifty days
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the waters decreased.
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Then the ark rested
in the seventh month,
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the seventeenth
day of the month,
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on the mountains of Ararat.
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Did you notice
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there is something
interesting in these two verses,
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these two passages?
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When did the flood come?
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Month number two,
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day seventeen,
six hundredth year.
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When did the waters
recede, after how many days?
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Hundred and fifty days.
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What date was the date
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that is given for the
receding of the waters?
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The seventh month,
the seventeenth day,
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the six hundredth
year of Noah's life.
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How many months
between the second month
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and the seventh month.
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Five and how many days is that?
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One hundred and fifty.
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So you divide one
hundred fifty by five
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and lo and behold
what do you get, 30.
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Each month as what?
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Thirty days.
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Are you with me?
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Now I'm not here to
give you a math lesson.
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But all of these
things are important
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to understand this prophecy.
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Now we need to talk
about the ending point
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of the dominion of the papacy.
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Something must have
happened in the year 1798
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that took away
power from the papacy,
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that ended the
papacy's period of dominion.
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Let's review the three
stages of the fourth beast.
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First of all we have
the dragon ruling by itself.
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Do you remember that?
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The dragon beast
represents the Roman Empire.
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For most of its career,
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the Roman Empire was one empire,
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it was united.
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Then when you reach the year 476
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the Roman Empire has
been divided into what?
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Into ten kingdoms,
those are the ten horns.
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And then the
little horn rises in 538
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as we noticed the last horn,
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the last rebellious horn,
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the Ostrogoths was uprooted
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and now the papacy
has sovereign power
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because it had no opposition
from any of these kingdoms.
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And so in 538 the
papacy begins its rule
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so we have to go to what date
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to find the ending
point of the 1260 years.
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All you have to
do is go from 538,
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1260 years forward and
that takes you to what year?
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It takes you to the year 1798.
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And you say, Pastor Bohr,
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did anything
significant happened in 1798?
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Listen carefully
to what I'm gonna say.
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The papacy began its rule
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when the last of the rebellious
kingdoms was uprooted,
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that was in 538 the Ostrogoths.
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And we know it was in
the month of February of 538.
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So you would
expect 1260 years later
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that the papacy's
power would be taken away
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in what month?
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In February of 1798
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and so it was in
February of 1798.
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General Berthier,
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the general of
Napoleon Bonaparte's armies
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entered the city of Rome,
00:26:49.97\00:26:52.24
more
specifically in Vatican City,
00:26:52.27\00:26:53.91
he went into the Sistine Chapel
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where the pope was celebrating
00:26:56.14\00:26:57.48
the anniversary
of his coronation.
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He went up to where the
pope was seated on his throne.
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He removed him from his throne.
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He took off his triple crown.
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He removed his staff.
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He took his papal
rings off of his fingers
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and he said to him,
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"Your rule and
dominion has come to an end."
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And the pope was taken prisoner
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where he died in
France in the year 1799.
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Did something significant happen
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with the papacy
in the year 1798,
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in February of 1798?
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Most certainly yes.
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But now we need to
look a little more closely
00:27:36.18\00:27:38.99
at the
description of the taking away
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of the power of the papacy.
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Let's go to Revelation 13:10,
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Revelation 13:10.
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This is at the
end of the time, times
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and dividing of time.
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At the end of the 1260
years of the 42 months.
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Two things happened to the beast
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or the little
horn, to the papacy.
00:28:02.11\00:28:04.11
It says there in
Revelation 13:10,
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"He who leads into captivity
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shall go into captivity,
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and he who kills with
the sword must be what?
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Must be killed with the sword."
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Let me ask you, did the
pope lead people into captivity.
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Yes.
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What was the punishment?
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The papacy was going
to go into captivity.
00:28:25.17\00:28:28.10
Did the papacy
killed with the sword?
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It killed with the sword,
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so would the sword give
the papacy its deadly wound?
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Absolutely.
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In other words the
correct understanding
00:28:37.08\00:28:38.91
of the taking away of
the power of the papacy
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depends on your understanding
00:28:41.38\00:28:43.45
of the sword and
of the captivity.
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If you understand
00:28:45.79\00:28:47.12
how the papacy was
wounded by the sword,
00:28:47.16\00:28:49.06
and how it went into captivity,
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you're gonna be able to
understand this prophecy.
00:28:50.83\00:28:54.60
So let's talk first
of all about the sword.
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What is the sword that
wounded the papacy in 1798?
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Well, some people
say it was the Bible
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because there's a
verse in the Bible that says
00:29:06.47\00:29:08.24
that the sword
is the word of God.
00:29:08.28\00:29:10.11
Let's read that
verse Ephesians 6:17,
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Ephesians 6:17 tells us that
00:29:14.25\00:29:17.99
the sword of the
spirit is the word of God.
00:29:18.02\00:29:19.99
It says there, the
Apostle Paul is writing,
00:29:20.02\00:29:22.62
"And take the
helmet of salvation,
00:29:22.66\00:29:24.99
and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God."
00:29:25.03\00:29:27.93
So some people
go to Revelation 13
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and they say, see,
the Apostle Paul says
00:29:29.83\00:29:32.33
that the sword of the
Spirit is the word of God,
00:29:32.37\00:29:34.27
so what wounded the
papacy was the word of God.
00:29:34.30\00:29:39.04
But there's a huge problem
00:29:39.07\00:29:41.24
when you come to
interpret it that way.
00:29:41.28\00:29:43.35
Let me ask you,
00:29:43.38\00:29:44.71
did the papacy used
the Bible to kill people?
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Did the papacy used
the Bible to kill people?
00:29:47.98\00:29:50.45
No, it didn't use
the Bible to kill people.
00:29:50.49\00:29:52.79
And so, the prophecy says
00:29:52.82\00:29:54.96
that the beast
killed with the sword
00:29:54.99\00:29:57.59
and the same sword
that it killed with
00:29:57.63\00:29:59.76
was going to give
it the deadly wound.
00:29:59.79\00:30:01.80
The papacy did not
kill with the Bible.
00:30:01.83\00:30:04.63
So it cannot
represent the Bible.
00:30:04.67\00:30:08.14
Furthermore some
have said, well, you know,
00:30:08.17\00:30:11.61
the Protestant Reformation
brought out the Bible,
00:30:11.64\00:30:14.01
Sola scriptura.
00:30:14.04\00:30:15.94
And that gave the
papacy its deadly wound.
00:30:15.98\00:30:17.78
The problem is
Protestantism began in 1517,
00:30:17.81\00:30:21.12
the deadly wound
wasn't given until 1798.
00:30:21.15\00:30:24.55
Furthermore we're told that
the papacy is taken captive.
00:30:24.59\00:30:29.16
The papacy was
not captive in 1517
00:30:29.19\00:30:32.46
with the Protestant Reformation,
00:30:32.49\00:30:34.30
it was taken captive in 1798.
00:30:34.33\00:30:36.90
So there's several reasons
00:30:36.93\00:30:38.30
why this sword
that wounded the beast
00:30:38.33\00:30:41.94
that the beast used to
kill cannot represent the Bible.
00:30:41.97\00:30:46.57
So you say, well, Pastor Bohr,
00:30:46.61\00:30:48.31
what does the sword represent?
00:30:48.34\00:30:50.88
I need to
explain that in the Bible
00:30:50.91\00:30:54.18
symbols are flexible.
00:30:54.22\00:30:56.85
They do not always
mean the same thing.
00:30:56.89\00:30:59.15
You have to take
into account the context.
00:30:59.19\00:31:02.26
Let me ask you
00:31:02.29\00:31:03.63
what does the lion
represent in the Bible?
00:31:03.66\00:31:06.53
Can the lion represent Jesus?
00:31:06.56\00:31:09.16
He is the lion of
the tribe of Judah?
00:31:09.20\00:31:10.97
Can the lion
represent the devil?
00:31:11.00\00:31:13.30
He goes about
as the roaring lion
00:31:13.34\00:31:15.10
seeking whom he may devour.
00:31:15.14\00:31:16.91
Can the lion represent
the kingdom of Babylon?
00:31:16.94\00:31:19.97
Yes, we noticed
that in Daniel 7.
00:31:20.01\00:31:21.74
Can the lion represent
Judah, the son of Jacob?
00:31:21.78\00:31:24.81
Yes, Genesis 49
says he is like a lion.
00:31:24.85\00:31:27.45
So every time you
find the lion in the Bible,
00:31:27.48\00:31:30.12
it doesn't mean the same thing.
00:31:30.15\00:31:32.55
It can be flexible.
00:31:32.59\00:31:33.96
Are you with me?
00:31:33.99\00:31:35.32
Let me give you another example.
00:31:35.36\00:31:36.69
What does leaven
represent in the Bible?
00:31:36.73\00:31:38.86
Immediately I hear the answer,
oh, leaven represents sin.
00:31:38.89\00:31:41.56
Yes, it does
represent sin, but not always.
00:31:41.60\00:31:43.97
Jesus gave a
Parable of the Leaven.
00:31:44.00\00:31:46.23
He says you put
the leaven in the dough
00:31:46.27\00:31:48.60
and when you put
the leaven in the dough,
00:31:48.64\00:31:50.47
the dough grows.
00:31:50.51\00:31:51.84
He was teaching that
00:31:51.87\00:31:53.21
when the Holy Spirit
is placed in the church,
00:31:53.24\00:31:55.08
the church grows.
00:31:55.11\00:31:56.71
So leaven can
represent the Holy Spirit.
00:31:56.75\00:31:59.08
It can also represent sin
00:31:59.11\00:32:00.92
depending on the context
in which the symbol appears.
00:32:00.95\00:32:04.62
Are you with me or not?
00:32:04.65\00:32:05.99
Let me give you
one further example.
00:32:06.02\00:32:07.76
Genesis 6 speaks
about the sons of God
00:32:07.79\00:32:11.16
that had sexual relation
with the daughters of men.
00:32:11.19\00:32:14.86
Now, if you read
most commentaries today
00:32:14.90\00:32:17.03
they're gonna say that
the sons of God were angels.
00:32:17.07\00:32:20.24
They came down from heaven
00:32:20.27\00:32:21.60
and they had sexual
relations with human women.
00:32:21.64\00:32:23.94
Those were the
daughters with men.
00:32:23.97\00:32:25.71
And they say the
result were the giant,
00:32:25.74\00:32:29.04
a hybrid part
angel and part human.
00:32:29.08\00:32:32.21
That's what got
us believe today.
00:32:32.25\00:32:34.55
They don't take
into a proper context.
00:32:34.58\00:32:36.92
You know why they
interpret it that way
00:32:36.95\00:32:38.89
because in the Book of Job
00:32:38.92\00:32:40.26
it says the sons of God
came to present themselves
00:32:40.29\00:32:42.76
before the Lord and
the devil came among them.
00:32:42.79\00:32:45.29
They say the sons of
God there are clearly angels
00:32:45.33\00:32:47.80
that come to present
themselves before the Lord,
00:32:47.83\00:32:49.86
so if sons of
God in Job is angels,
00:32:49.90\00:32:52.50
sons of God in
Genesis must also be angels.
00:32:52.53\00:32:56.40
The problem is
they don't take it
00:32:56.44\00:32:57.77
in proper context.
00:32:57.81\00:32:59.51
You see in Genesis 4
00:32:59.54\00:33:01.18
you have the genealogy of Cain.
00:33:01.21\00:33:03.21
Three wicked women are mentioned
00:33:03.24\00:33:04.75
in the genealogy of Cain.
00:33:04.78\00:33:06.11
Those are the daughters of men.
00:33:06.15\00:33:07.52
Then in Genesis 5,
00:33:07.55\00:33:08.88
you have the
descendants of Seth,
00:33:08.92\00:33:11.12
that's the righteous lineage.
00:33:11.15\00:33:13.46
Those are the sons of God.
00:33:13.49\00:33:15.36
And then in Genesis 6:1 and 2
00:33:15.39\00:33:17.09
you have the sons of God
going into the daughters of men.
00:33:17.13\00:33:19.59
In other words,
00:33:19.63\00:33:20.96
the righteous intermingled
with the unrighteous
00:33:21.00\00:33:24.87
according to the context.
00:33:24.90\00:33:26.67
So sons of God
doesn't always mean angels,
00:33:26.70\00:33:29.57
it means so in Job
00:33:29.60\00:33:30.94
but it doesn't
mean so in Genesis.
00:33:30.97\00:33:32.57
And by the way
the Bible says that
00:33:32.61\00:33:33.94
we are all sons of God
00:33:33.98\00:33:35.54
and none of us look like angels.
00:33:35.58\00:33:38.68
So sons of God can also
represent the righteous today
00:33:38.71\00:33:41.92
according to the Bible,
00:33:41.95\00:33:43.28
so the sword can
represent the Bible
00:33:43.32\00:33:46.62
but not in Revelation 13
00:33:46.65\00:33:48.49
because in Revelation 13
that definition does not fit.
00:33:48.52\00:33:51.49
Are you with me or not?
00:33:51.53\00:33:52.93
So the big question is,
what does the sword represent?
00:33:52.96\00:33:57.77
There is a second
passage in the Bible
00:33:57.80\00:33:59.90
that tells us what
the second sword is.
00:33:59.93\00:34:02.67
Romans 13:1-4,
00:34:02.70\00:34:05.54
Romans 13:1-4.
00:34:05.57\00:34:09.51
It says there
speaking about the civil power,
00:34:09.54\00:34:12.91
"Let every soul be subject
to the governing authorities.
00:34:12.95\00:34:17.12
For there is no
authority except from God,
00:34:17.15\00:34:20.82
and the authorities that
exist are appointed by God."
00:34:20.86\00:34:23.59
Who are the authorities
00:34:23.63\00:34:24.96
that are being
spoken of in this verse?
00:34:24.99\00:34:27.70
The civil power,
the government, right.
00:34:27.73\00:34:29.56
Verse 2, "Therefore
whoever resists the authority,
00:34:29.60\00:34:32.90
that is the government,
resists the ordinance of God,
00:34:32.93\00:34:36.34
and those who resist will
bring judgment on themselves.
00:34:36.37\00:34:39.67
For rulers, see, that's defined,
00:34:39.71\00:34:43.55
for rulers are not a terror
to good works, but to evil.
00:34:43.58\00:34:47.42
Do you want to be
unafraid of the authority?"
00:34:47.45\00:34:49.28
In other words, do you
want to not fear the government?
00:34:49.32\00:34:52.29
"Do what is good,
00:34:52.32\00:34:53.66
and you will have
praise from the same.
00:34:53.69\00:34:55.92
For he, that is the civil power
00:34:55.96\00:34:57.89
is God's
minister to you for good.
00:34:57.93\00:35:00.30
But if you do evil, be afraid,
00:35:00.33\00:35:02.50
for he does not bear,
what, ah, there it is,
00:35:02.53\00:35:05.70
for he does not
bear the sword in vain,
00:35:05.73\00:35:08.77
for he is God's minister,
00:35:08.80\00:35:10.14
an avenger to execute wrath
on him who practices evil."
00:35:10.17\00:35:13.58
Let me ask you,
00:35:13.61\00:35:14.94
does the civil
power also have a sword.
00:35:14.98\00:35:17.71
To whom does the
sword of the spirit belong?
00:35:17.75\00:35:20.08
To whom does the
word of God belong?
00:35:20.12\00:35:21.75
Who is supposed to use it?
00:35:21.78\00:35:23.12
The church.
00:35:23.15\00:35:24.49
And how does the church use it.
00:35:24.52\00:35:25.85
By preaching.
00:35:25.89\00:35:27.22
I'm using the sword right now.
00:35:27.26\00:35:28.76
That's how the
church uses the sword,
00:35:28.79\00:35:30.99
is by preaching the word of God.
00:35:31.03\00:35:32.36
Let me ask you.
00:35:32.39\00:35:33.73
Does the word of God belong,
00:35:33.76\00:35:35.56
does that sword
belong to the civil power?
00:35:35.60\00:35:37.63
No.
00:35:37.67\00:35:39.00
How does a civil
power use the sword?
00:35:39.03\00:35:42.07
Well, if somebody
disobeys the civil laws,
00:35:42.10\00:35:45.11
the legitimate civil laws
can they be imposed a fine?
00:35:45.14\00:35:49.21
Absolutely.
00:35:49.24\00:35:50.58
Can they be given
community service?
00:35:50.61\00:35:52.58
Absolutely.
00:35:52.61\00:35:53.95
Can their goods be confiscated.
00:35:53.98\00:35:56.22
Yes.
00:35:56.25\00:35:57.62
Can they be imprisoned?
00:35:57.65\00:35:59.49
And in some states
can they be executed?
00:35:59.52\00:36:01.96
Absolutely.
00:36:01.99\00:36:03.32
That's how the civil
power uses the sword.
00:36:03.36\00:36:05.49
When you
disobey the civil power,
00:36:05.53\00:36:08.36
the civil power uses
the sword to punish you.
00:36:08.40\00:36:11.13
Now are you following me now?
00:36:11.17\00:36:13.07
Now let me ask you this.
00:36:13.10\00:36:15.84
What sword did the papacy used
00:36:15.87\00:36:18.01
during the 1260 years
00:36:18.04\00:36:20.14
to destroy and to
kill God's people?
00:36:20.18\00:36:23.01
All you have to do
is read history, folks.
00:36:23.04\00:36:26.35
The papacy is not only
a church, it is a state.
00:36:26.38\00:36:30.22
And it had dominion
over all of the civil powers,
00:36:30.25\00:36:33.62
all of the states in Europe.
00:36:33.66\00:36:35.96
Whenever the pope
asked a nation in Europe
00:36:35.99\00:36:39.83
to persecute those who
disagreed with the church,
00:36:39.86\00:36:43.00
the civil power went along.
00:36:43.03\00:36:45.03
In other words,
00:36:45.07\00:36:46.40
the sword of the state was
used by the papacy to what?
00:36:46.43\00:36:51.01
To persecute.
00:36:51.04\00:36:52.37
Let me ask you.
00:36:52.41\00:36:53.74
Did the civil power of
France rise against the papacy
00:36:53.78\00:36:56.71
and say, you're not
going to use us anymore.
00:36:56.75\00:36:59.11
Absolutely.
00:36:59.15\00:37:00.48
So in 1798 France,
00:37:00.52\00:37:02.88
which by the way
is the first power
00:37:02.92\00:37:04.32
that gave the papacy the sword.
00:37:04.35\00:37:06.65
Clovis, king of the Franks.
00:37:06.69\00:37:08.69
France is called the
eldest daughter of the papacy.
00:37:08.72\00:37:11.49
First gave the papacy the sword
00:37:11.53\00:37:13.43
and that same
nation is 1798 said,
00:37:13.46\00:37:16.63
you're not going to
use the sword anymore,
00:37:16.67\00:37:18.60
took the sword away
00:37:18.63\00:37:19.97
and gave the deadly
wound to the papacy.
00:37:20.00\00:37:22.77
Now we need to understand
00:37:22.80\00:37:24.14
something very important, folks.
00:37:24.17\00:37:25.51
And that is that the word papacy
00:37:25.54\00:37:27.84
does not refer to
the Roman Catholic Church
00:37:27.88\00:37:30.48
as a church.
00:37:30.51\00:37:33.31
The word papacy defines
00:37:33.35\00:37:35.92
the Roman Catholic
Church as a church and a state.
00:37:35.95\00:37:39.89
The ability of the papacy
to use the states of the world
00:37:39.92\00:37:44.06
to accomplish her
purposes, that's papacy.
00:37:44.09\00:37:46.63
So just the church aspect
00:37:46.66\00:37:48.76
of Roman
Catholicism is not the papacy.
00:37:48.80\00:37:52.23
It's when the papacy can use
the civil powers of the world
00:37:52.27\00:37:55.50
that you have papacy.
00:37:55.54\00:37:56.87
Are you with me or not?
00:37:56.91\00:37:58.81
Let me ask you.
00:37:58.84\00:38:00.18
In 1798 when the papacy
received the deadly wound,
00:38:00.21\00:38:03.28
where the doors of all
00:38:03.31\00:38:04.65
the Roman
Catholic Church is closed?
00:38:04.68\00:38:08.08
Did people still attend church?
00:38:08.12\00:38:10.29
Were the babies still baptized?
00:38:10.32\00:38:12.55
Did people still go
to the confessional?
00:38:12.59\00:38:15.06
Did people still
participate of the host
00:38:15.09\00:38:17.09
in the communion service?
00:38:17.13\00:38:18.46
Sure.
00:38:18.49\00:38:19.83
The churches did not shut down.
00:38:19.86\00:38:21.20
The deadly wound does not mean
that the Roman Catholic Church
00:38:21.23\00:38:23.53
as a church was going
to ceased to function.
00:38:23.57\00:38:26.23
What it means is
that the state portion,
00:38:26.27\00:38:28.80
the ability to use
the state was taken away.
00:38:28.84\00:38:32.21
And the state gave the papacy
00:38:32.24\00:38:34.18
the deadly wound with
the sword of civil power.
00:38:34.21\00:38:36.64
Raise your hand
00:38:36.68\00:38:38.01
if you're
understanding what I'm saying
00:38:38.05\00:38:39.38
what the word papacy means.
00:38:39.41\00:38:40.95
Now let me read you
00:38:40.98\00:38:42.32
some statements from historians.
00:38:42.35\00:38:43.95
Historians understood this.
00:38:43.99\00:38:46.22
Here's one.
00:38:46.25\00:38:47.62
The papacy was extinct.
00:38:47.66\00:38:49.32
This is talking about
what happened in 1798.
00:38:49.36\00:38:51.46
The papacy was extinct.
00:38:51.49\00:38:53.06
Was the church extinct?
00:38:53.09\00:38:55.33
No, this historian knows
that the church still existed.
00:38:55.36\00:38:58.43
But it's the papacy
he says that was extinct.
00:38:58.47\00:39:02.27
Not a vestige of
its existence remained,
00:39:02.30\00:39:06.14
and among all the
Roman Catholic powers
00:39:06.17\00:39:09.28
not a finger was
stirred in its defense.
00:39:09.31\00:39:11.78
If this had happened
during the Middle Ages
00:39:11.81\00:39:13.65
and the papacy was attacked,
00:39:13.68\00:39:15.28
all of the nations
would have ganged up
00:39:15.32\00:39:17.52
on the power that
attacked the papacy.
00:39:17.55\00:39:19.35
But now this
historian is saying,
00:39:19.39\00:39:21.52
not any nation lifted a
finger to defend the papacy.
00:39:21.56\00:39:26.29
This historian
continues writing.
00:39:26.33\00:39:28.26
The Eternal City had no
longer prince or pontiff,
00:39:28.30\00:39:31.40
its bishop was a dying
captive in foreign lands,
00:39:31.43\00:39:34.40
and the decree was
already announced that
00:39:34.44\00:39:36.34
no successor would
be allowed in its place.
00:39:36.37\00:39:40.08
Another historian says,
00:39:40.11\00:39:41.81
no wonder that half of Europe
00:39:41.84\00:39:43.95
thought Napoleon's
veto would be obeyed.
00:39:43.98\00:39:46.45
Napoleon's veto
was that there would be
00:39:46.48\00:39:47.88
no more popes like elected.
00:39:47.92\00:39:50.42
So no wonder that
half of Europe thought
00:39:50.45\00:39:52.92
Napoleon's veto would be obeyed,
00:39:52.95\00:39:54.72
and that with the
Pope the Papacy was dead.
00:39:54.76\00:39:58.26
Not the church,
the papacy was dead.
00:39:58.29\00:40:00.93
Interesting that
historian would describe
00:40:00.96\00:40:02.83
the papacy as being what?
00:40:02.86\00:40:04.70
Dead because it
received the dead wound.
00:40:04.73\00:40:07.04
Another historian says,
00:40:07.07\00:40:09.20
multitudes
imagined that the papacy
00:40:09.24\00:40:12.34
was at the point of what?
00:40:12.37\00:40:14.24
Of death and asked,
00:40:14.28\00:40:16.54
would Pius VI be
the last pontiff,
00:40:16.58\00:40:19.05
and if the close of
the eighteenth century
00:40:19.08\00:40:21.32
would be signalized by
the fall of the papal dynasty.
00:40:21.35\00:40:25.85
One further
quotation, actually two.
00:40:25.89\00:40:28.62
Here's another historian.
00:40:28.66\00:40:29.99
The papacy had
suffered its deepest humiliation
00:40:30.03\00:40:34.63
and appeared to be what?
00:40:34.66\00:40:37.07
Annihilated.
00:40:37.10\00:40:38.73
The Revolution,
that's the French Revolution.
00:40:38.77\00:40:40.70
By the way the deadly
wound was the culmination
00:40:40.74\00:40:43.04
of the French Revolution.
00:40:43.07\00:40:44.47
The Revolution
also dealt it the wound,
00:40:44.51\00:40:48.51
interesting the wound
00:40:48.54\00:40:50.58
which it seemed
did not want to heal
00:40:50.61\00:40:53.52
until far into what?
00:40:53.55\00:40:56.42
The twentieth century.
00:40:56.45\00:40:57.99
One further quotation.
00:40:58.02\00:41:00.39
The object of the French
directory was the destruction
00:41:00.42\00:41:04.59
of the pontifical government,
00:41:04.63\00:41:07.10
not the church by the way
but the pontifical government,
00:41:07.13\00:41:10.27
as the irreconcilable
enemy of the republic.
00:41:10.30\00:41:13.97
The aged pope was,
that's Pius VI was summoned
00:41:14.00\00:41:18.17
to surrender the
temporal government...
00:41:18.21\00:41:19.97
See, he could no
longer be a temporal ruler.
00:41:20.01\00:41:22.31
No longer would he have a state.
00:41:22.34\00:41:25.08
So it says, he was summoned
00:41:25.11\00:41:26.92
to surrender the
temporal government,
00:41:26.95\00:41:29.28
on his refusal, he was
dragged from the altar,
00:41:29.32\00:41:32.42
his rings were torn from
his fingers, and finally,
00:41:32.45\00:41:35.89
after declaring the
temporal power abolished,
00:41:35.92\00:41:38.66
the victors carried the
pope prisoner into Tuscany,
00:41:38.69\00:41:43.03
where he never returned.
00:41:43.06\00:41:46.57
So do you understand
00:41:46.60\00:41:47.94
what the deadly
wound with the sword is?
00:41:47.97\00:41:49.94
But now we need to
talk about the captivity.
00:41:49.97\00:41:53.58
What does it mean when it says
00:41:53.61\00:41:55.24
that the papacy
led into captivity
00:41:55.28\00:41:57.58
and the papacy would
be taken into captivity?
00:41:57.61\00:42:00.92
You know usually
00:42:00.95\00:42:02.28
even in
Seventh-day Adventist circles
00:42:02.32\00:42:03.65
you'll find that
they'll say, well, you know,
00:42:03.69\00:42:05.39
the captivity was fulfilled
00:42:05.42\00:42:08.52
when Pope Pius VI
was taken prisoner
00:42:08.56\00:42:11.09
where he died in France.
00:42:11.13\00:42:12.86
But there's
something broader than this
00:42:12.89\00:42:15.10
because the deadly
wound is not something
00:42:15.13\00:42:17.23
that is given to
an individual pope.
00:42:17.27\00:42:19.37
The deadly wound
is given to the beast
00:42:19.40\00:42:23.00
and the beast
ruled for 1260 years.
00:42:23.04\00:42:25.37
In another words, the captivity
00:42:25.41\00:42:27.68
and the wound is
given to the entire system.
00:42:27.71\00:42:32.85
Taking Pope Pius VI
prisoner only culminated
00:42:32.88\00:42:37.42
what had already
existed for 1260 years.
00:42:37.45\00:42:40.56
In other words,
we are to understand
00:42:40.59\00:42:43.69
that the deadly wound
00:42:43.73\00:42:45.39
and the captivity
is not the deadly wound
00:42:45.43\00:42:47.80
and the captivity
of a singular pope,
00:42:47.83\00:42:50.27
but of the entire
system of the papacy.
00:42:50.30\00:42:54.10
Are you with me or not?
00:42:54.14\00:42:55.80
Now, how do we
understand the captivity?
00:42:55.84\00:42:59.77
Listen, it's very simple.
00:42:59.81\00:43:01.61
As long as the
papacy is able to use
00:43:01.64\00:43:05.05
the civil powers of the
world, the papacy is free.
00:43:05.08\00:43:09.85
When the civil
powers of the world
00:43:09.88\00:43:11.52
withdraw their support,
the papacy is in captivity.
00:43:11.55\00:43:16.59
Are you following me or not?
00:43:16.62\00:43:19.26
Now you say, how do you
know that from the Bible.
00:43:19.29\00:43:21.80
Well, it's very simple.
00:43:21.83\00:43:23.16
The Book of
Revelation explains itself.
00:43:23.20\00:43:25.60
The closest parallel
to this idea of captivity
00:43:25.63\00:43:28.40
and being released
from captivity is found
00:43:28.44\00:43:30.61
in Revelation 20.
00:43:30.64\00:43:32.07
Let me ask you.
00:43:32.11\00:43:33.44
Is the devil today
very active in the world
00:43:33.48\00:43:36.34
fulfilling his
purposes and his will?
00:43:36.38\00:43:39.11
If you say no,
00:43:39.15\00:43:40.95
you must have been in a
coma the last several years.
00:43:40.98\00:43:44.82
Now, let me ask you,
00:43:44.85\00:43:46.19
where does the
power of the devil reside?
00:43:46.22\00:43:48.76
It resides in being able
to use the rulers of the world
00:43:48.79\00:43:52.36
to accomplish his purposes.
00:43:52.39\00:43:54.40
Let me give you an example.
00:43:54.43\00:43:56.16
The dragon stood
next to the woman
00:43:56.20\00:43:58.37
to devour her child as
soon as the child was born.
00:43:58.40\00:44:01.00
Did the devil
personally stand next to Mary
00:44:01.04\00:44:02.90
when Jesus was going to be born?
00:44:02.94\00:44:04.41
Of course not.
00:44:04.44\00:44:05.77
How did he seek to accomplish
his purpose of slaying Christ.
00:44:05.81\00:44:09.98
Through a political ruler.
00:44:10.01\00:44:12.01
Is the same true
with the death of Christ?
00:44:12.05\00:44:13.88
Did the devil use
Pontius Pilate to doom
00:44:13.92\00:44:16.55
and condemn Christ.
00:44:16.58\00:44:18.55
Did he use pharaoh to
try and destroy Moses?
00:44:18.59\00:44:22.39
Yes.
00:44:22.42\00:44:23.76
See the devil
accomplishes his purpose
00:44:23.79\00:44:25.89
by using the civil
powers of the world.
00:44:25.93\00:44:28.26
So when he uses the
civil powers of the world,
00:44:28.30\00:44:30.97
he is free and he is well.
00:44:31.00\00:44:37.34
But what would
happen, let me ask you,
00:44:37.37\00:44:38.97
is the time coming
00:44:39.01\00:44:40.34
when the devil is
going to get a deadly wound
00:44:40.38\00:44:41.94
and the devil is going
to be sent into captivity?
00:44:41.98\00:44:43.95
Yes.
00:44:43.98\00:44:45.61
Where is that
described? In Revelation 20.
00:44:45.65\00:44:49.28
What's going to happen
00:44:49.32\00:44:50.65
when Jesus comes with all
of the support base of Satan?
00:44:50.69\00:44:54.32
What's going to
happen with all of the kings
00:44:54.36\00:44:55.92
that he used to
accomplish his purposes?
00:44:55.96\00:44:58.86
They are all going to die
at the second coming of Christ.
00:44:58.89\00:45:03.37
So what's going to
happen to the devil?
00:45:03.40\00:45:06.53
The Bible says that an
angel descends from heaven
00:45:06.57\00:45:09.40
and what does he have?
00:45:09.44\00:45:10.77
He has a chain in his hand
00:45:10.81\00:45:12.64
and he is going to
send the devil into what?
00:45:12.67\00:45:15.74
Into prison it says there.
00:45:15.78\00:45:18.01
In other words, he is
going to be imprisoned.
00:45:18.05\00:45:20.78
Why is the devil imprisoned?
00:45:20.82\00:45:23.39
Because he
doesn't have any rulers
00:45:23.42\00:45:25.05
through whom he can
accomplish his purposes.
00:45:25.09\00:45:27.19
So when he is able to
use the kings, he is free.
00:45:27.22\00:45:30.63
When he is not able to
use the kings, he is captive.
00:45:30.66\00:45:33.63
Are you with me or not?
00:45:33.66\00:45:35.00
But when Jesus
returns after the millennium
00:45:35.03\00:45:38.53
which is known
as the third coming.
00:45:38.57\00:45:40.60
The Bible says that
Satan is going to be what?
00:45:40.64\00:45:43.81
Released from his prison.
00:45:43.84\00:45:45.21
Why?
00:45:45.24\00:45:46.57
Because all of the kings
that he used are going to what?
00:45:46.61\00:45:49.84
They're going to
resurrect the Bible says.
00:45:49.88\00:45:52.75
Will he have his power back?
00:45:52.78\00:45:54.55
Will his wound be healed? Yes.
00:45:54.58\00:45:57.02
Are you following me?
00:45:57.05\00:45:58.39
So let me ask you.
00:45:58.42\00:45:59.75
What does the
captivity of the papacy mean?
00:45:59.79\00:46:01.59
Folks, it simply means that
the civil powers of the world
00:46:01.62\00:46:04.86
withdrew their support
00:46:04.89\00:46:06.23
and the papacy could
not use them anymore.
00:46:06.26\00:46:09.23
So the papacy,
00:46:09.26\00:46:10.60
if they can't
use the civil power,
00:46:10.63\00:46:12.07
if the papacy can't
use the kings of the world,
00:46:12.10\00:46:14.37
the papacy is what?
00:46:14.40\00:46:15.90
Wounded.
00:46:15.94\00:46:17.44
It's imprisoned.
00:46:17.47\00:46:18.81
So let me ask you,
00:46:18.84\00:46:20.18
what would the
healing of the deadly wound
00:46:20.21\00:46:21.54
and the releasing
from the captivity be?
00:46:21.58\00:46:24.55
It must be that the
sword of civil power
00:46:24.58\00:46:27.82
will be restored to the papacy
00:46:27.85\00:46:30.19
and the civil
powers will once again
00:46:30.22\00:46:32.65
support the papacy.
00:46:32.69\00:46:34.49
Are you following me or not?
00:46:34.52\00:46:35.86
The healing of the
deadly wound simply means
00:46:35.89\00:46:39.23
that the civil powers of
the world will once again
00:46:39.26\00:46:42.40
give the papacy the support
00:46:42.43\00:46:44.37
that they took away a
little over 200 years ago.
00:46:44.40\00:46:48.20
Is this making sense?
00:46:48.24\00:46:49.90
So how important is it
to understand the sword
00:46:49.94\00:46:52.37
and to understand the captivity.
00:46:52.41\00:46:53.98
You cannot
understand this prophecy,
00:46:54.01\00:46:56.18
you cannot understand the
deadly wound of the papacy
00:46:56.21\00:46:59.15
unless you
understand what the wound is
00:46:59.18\00:47:02.52
and what the sword
is and the captivity.
00:47:02.55\00:47:06.99
Now let me read
you some statements
00:47:07.02\00:47:08.72
from a cardinal of
the Roman Catholic Church.
00:47:08.76\00:47:11.49
He was a convert
from the Anglican Church.
00:47:11.53\00:47:13.93
This is in the mid 1800s.
00:47:13.96\00:47:16.97
Cardinal Edward Henry Manning,
00:47:17.00\00:47:19.93
he wrote a very
interesting book,
00:47:19.97\00:47:21.37
The Temporal Power of
the Vicar of Jesus Christ.
00:47:21.40\00:47:25.67
And I want to read
several statements here
00:47:25.71\00:47:27.64
where he actually is
saying what I'm saying,
00:47:27.68\00:47:31.58
but he doesn't
realize that he is commenting
00:47:31.61\00:47:33.31
on Revelation 13.
00:47:33.35\00:47:34.92
Obviously if he had really
stopped to reflect about this,
00:47:34.95\00:47:38.55
he might not have written
what I'm going to read now.
00:47:38.59\00:47:40.59
But anyway he has
several statements,
00:47:40.62\00:47:42.02
let me read them.
00:47:42.06\00:47:43.66
Now the abandoned men of Rome...
00:47:43.69\00:47:46.80
And let me
explain what that means.
00:47:46.83\00:47:48.66
You remember that Constantine
00:47:48.70\00:47:50.57
moved the seat of the
empire to Constantinople
00:47:50.60\00:47:53.34
and he left the throne vacant
in the Western Roman Empire.
00:47:53.37\00:47:57.37
You remember also
00:47:57.41\00:47:58.74
that the last Roman emperor
was deposed in the year 476.
00:47:58.77\00:48:01.74
After that there was no emperor
in the Western Roman Empire.
00:48:01.78\00:48:05.58
So that's what it means
the abandonment of Rome.
00:48:05.61\00:48:07.58
There was no longer
any civil ruler in Rome,
00:48:07.62\00:48:09.75
so now who takes over the
throne of civil rulership?
00:48:09.78\00:48:12.65
The pope does.
00:48:12.69\00:48:14.02
Listen to what it says.
00:48:14.06\00:48:15.39
Now the abandonment
of Rome was the what?
00:48:15.42\00:48:18.86
So if he needed to be
liberated he must have been
00:48:18.89\00:48:21.06
when there was an
emperor he must have been what?
00:48:21.10\00:48:24.23
He must have
been captive or bound.
00:48:24.27\00:48:26.00
Are you with me or not?
00:48:26.03\00:48:27.44
So now the abandonment
of Rome was the liberation
00:48:27.47\00:48:30.74
of the pontiffs,
that is of the popes.
00:48:30.77\00:48:32.87
Whatsoever
claims to be obedience
00:48:32.91\00:48:34.58
the emperors may have made,
00:48:34.61\00:48:36.01
and whatsoever compliance
the Pontiff may have yielded,
00:48:36.04\00:48:39.21
the whole previous
relation, anomalous,
00:48:39.25\00:48:41.52
and annulled again and again
00:48:41.55\00:48:42.88
by the vices and
outrages of the emperors,
00:48:42.92\00:48:45.62
was finally
dissolved by a higher power.
00:48:45.65\00:48:48.39
Listen carefully now.
00:48:48.42\00:48:49.76
The providence of God
that's, I would question that.
00:48:49.79\00:48:52.49
The providence of God permitted
a succession of irruptions.
00:48:52.53\00:48:55.83
Here he speaks about
the barbarian invasions.
00:48:55.86\00:48:58.40
Gothic, Lombard, and
Hungarian to do what?
00:48:58.43\00:49:02.57
To desolate Italy,
00:49:02.60\00:49:04.67
and to efface from it
every remnant of the empire.
00:49:04.71\00:49:09.88
And when this
happen what occurred?
00:49:09.91\00:49:12.21
The pontiffs
found themselves what?
00:49:12.25\00:49:14.25
Alone.
00:49:14.28\00:49:15.72
The soul that means the
only fountains of order,
00:49:15.75\00:49:19.49
peace, law and safety.
00:49:19.52\00:49:21.96
And from the hour
of this providential...
00:49:21.99\00:49:24.33
Here's the word again,
this providential what?
00:49:24.36\00:49:26.73
Liberation when the
emperor is gone from the time
00:49:26.76\00:49:31.90
or from the hour of
this providential liberation,
00:49:31.93\00:49:34.60
when, by a
divine intervention...
00:49:34.64\00:49:36.67
Listen to this now, what?
00:49:36.71\00:49:38.87
Oh, so he was chained before
00:49:38.91\00:49:40.51
when he couldn't
use the civil ruler,
00:49:40.54\00:49:41.88
when he couldn't
rule in civil matters.
00:49:41.91\00:49:43.51
It says the chains fell off
00:49:43.55\00:49:45.61
from the hands of
the successor of Peter,
00:49:45.65\00:49:48.08
as once before his own,
00:49:48.12\00:49:50.25
no sovereign has
ever reigned in Rome
00:49:50.29\00:49:53.72
except the
Vicar of Jesus Christ.
00:49:53.76\00:49:56.69
Are you catching the picture?
00:49:56.73\00:49:58.39
Notice this next
quotation from the same book.
00:49:58.43\00:50:01.73
"The papacy
waited until such a time
00:50:01.76\00:50:04.33
as God should break its" what?
00:50:04.37\00:50:07.00
There's captivity again,
"break its bonds asunder,
00:50:07.04\00:50:10.97
and should..."
00:50:11.01\00:50:12.34
What's the next
word, "liberate it..."
00:50:12.37\00:50:14.34
What it need to
be liberated from?
00:50:14.38\00:50:17.01
"Liberate it from
subjection to civil powers."
00:50:17.05\00:50:19.88
Is the papacy today
subject to civil powers?
00:50:19.91\00:50:23.32
Is it able to
use the civil powers
00:50:23.35\00:50:24.75
like it did in the past?
00:50:24.79\00:50:26.12
Not yet, but
we're getting there.
00:50:26.15\00:50:28.92
So it says, "The papacy
waited until such a time
00:50:28.96\00:50:31.09
as God should
break its bonds asunder
00:50:31.13\00:50:32.86
and should liberate it
00:50:32.89\00:50:34.23
from subjection to civil powers,
00:50:34.26\00:50:35.73
and" what?
00:50:35.76\00:50:37.10
"And enthrone it
00:50:37.13\00:50:38.47
in the possession of a temporal
sovereignty of its own."
00:50:38.50\00:50:42.24
Here's another one.
00:50:42.27\00:50:43.81
"I say then, that it was God's
own act which liberated..."
00:50:43.84\00:50:48.58
Notice against the word.
00:50:48.61\00:50:50.45
"Liberated His Vicar upon earth
00:50:50.48\00:50:53.52
from subjection
to temporal power."
00:50:53.55\00:50:56.62
So when the papacy is not
subjected to temporal power,
00:50:56.65\00:51:00.06
the papacy is what?
00:51:00.09\00:51:02.26
Free,
00:51:02.29\00:51:03.63
but when it is
subject to the temporal power,
00:51:03.66\00:51:06.09
like if there's a Caesar
00:51:06.13\00:51:08.53
or if there's an
emperor on the throne,
00:51:08.56\00:51:11.40
then the papacy is what?
00:51:11.43\00:51:13.94
It is captive or restrained.
00:51:13.97\00:51:15.70
So it says, "I say
then, that it is God's own act
00:51:15.74\00:51:18.07
which liberated
His Vicar upon earth
00:51:18.11\00:51:20.48
from subjection
to temporal power.'
00:51:20.51\00:51:22.11
' And now notice the time period
00:51:22.14\00:51:23.48
that it says this happened.
00:51:23.51\00:51:25.05
"And that for 1200 years
00:51:25.08\00:51:27.48
the Bishops of Rome have reigned
00:51:27.52\00:51:29.42
as temporal princes.
00:51:29.45\00:51:30.92
Does that sound
pretty close to 1260?
00:51:30.95\00:51:34.19
Here's a Roman Catholic
cardinal that is admitting
00:51:34.22\00:51:36.69
that it was at least
1200 years that this happened.
00:51:36.73\00:51:39.59
Notice the next statement.
00:51:39.63\00:51:41.40
"The conversion of the
empire to Christianity,
00:51:41.43\00:51:44.27
and then its removal..."
00:51:44.30\00:51:45.90
That when Constantine took
the seat of the empire to east.
00:51:45.93\00:51:49.34
"Its banishment into
the far East, freed..."
00:51:49.37\00:51:53.48
So if he'd freed
what happened before?
00:51:53.51\00:51:57.08
He was bound or he was captive.
00:51:57.11\00:51:58.88
"Freed the Vicar of
Jesus Christ from" what?
00:51:58.91\00:52:02.48
There it is "from
temporal subjection, and then,
00:52:02.52\00:52:05.49
by the action of
the same Providence,
00:52:05.52\00:52:07.72
he was clothed with
the prerogatives of a true
00:52:07.76\00:52:10.73
and proper local sovereignty
over that sate and territory
00:52:10.76\00:52:15.23
and people so
committed to his charge.
00:52:15.26\00:52:17.77
From that hour,
00:52:17.80\00:52:19.17
which I might say was
fifteen hundred years ago,
00:52:19.20\00:52:21.77
or to speak within limit,
00:52:21.80\00:52:24.07
I will say was
twelve hundred..."
00:52:24.11\00:52:26.68
There it is again...
00:52:26.71\00:52:28.04
"The Supreme Pontiff has
been a true and proper sovereign
00:52:28.08\00:52:33.01
exercising the
prerogatives or royalty
00:52:33.05\00:52:36.18
committed to him
by the will of God
00:52:36.22\00:52:38.19
over the people
to whom he is father
00:52:38.22\00:52:41.02
in all things both what?
00:52:41.06\00:52:43.26
Spiritual and temporal."
00:52:43.29\00:52:45.83
Church and state.
00:52:45.86\00:52:49.86
Aren't these
really telling statements?
00:52:49.90\00:52:52.57
He doesn't realize
that he is describing
00:52:52.60\00:52:56.27
the freeing of the papacy
00:52:56.30\00:52:58.21
when there was no
longer an emperor,
00:52:58.24\00:53:00.34
and the binding
of the papacy in 1798
00:53:00.38\00:53:04.21
when the civil power said
00:53:04.25\00:53:05.58
you can't use us
anymore, amazing.
00:53:05.61\00:53:10.05
Now there's something
00:53:10.09\00:53:11.42
that is not
mentioned in Daniel 7
00:53:11.45\00:53:14.56
that is
mentioned in Revelation 13,
00:53:14.59\00:53:17.36
and that is in Daniel 7
00:53:17.39\00:53:20.43
this fourth beast has
only three periods of dominion,
00:53:20.46\00:53:25.40
three explicit
periods of dominions.
00:53:25.43\00:53:28.07
You have the
fourth beast by itself,
00:53:28.10\00:53:30.21
the Roman Empire,
00:53:30.24\00:53:31.74
then you have the ten
horns that sprout from his head,
00:53:31.77\00:53:34.44
that's the divided Roman Empire.
00:53:34.48\00:53:36.34
Then you have papal
Rome ruling for 1260 years,
00:53:36.38\00:53:40.35
but the prophecy seems
to end there in Daniel 7.
00:53:40.38\00:53:44.45
It does hint
00:53:44.49\00:53:46.12
that the little horn will
be around when Jesus comes
00:53:46.15\00:53:48.16
because it says there
that it will be destroyed
00:53:48.19\00:53:50.36
when Jesus comes,
so it's understood that
00:53:50.39\00:53:53.03
the little horn
is going to be around
00:53:53.06\00:53:55.06
the time of the second coming
00:53:55.10\00:53:56.43
but of another
stage of the little horn
00:53:56.46\00:53:58.23
is not explicit in Daniel 7
00:53:58.27\00:54:00.74
but it is
explicit in Revelation 13.
00:54:00.77\00:54:03.74
Let me ask you.
00:54:03.77\00:54:05.11
Do you think the time is coming
00:54:05.14\00:54:06.47
when the papacy is
going to recover its freedom
00:54:06.51\00:54:08.81
and is going to be
healed from its deadly wound?
00:54:08.84\00:54:12.88
Have you been observing
00:54:12.91\00:54:14.25
what is happening
in the world today?
00:54:14.28\00:54:16.22
Have you been observing
00:54:16.25\00:54:17.59
what is happening in
the United States today
00:54:17.62\00:54:20.29
in its links and its connections
00:54:20.32\00:54:22.02
with the papacy?
00:54:22.06\00:54:23.86
Let me just read from
the Book of Revelation
00:54:23.89\00:54:26.29
what we are told about
the last stage of this horn.
00:54:26.33\00:54:32.33
It's the fourth
stage of this fourth beast.
00:54:32.37\00:54:34.77
First the united Roman Empire,
00:54:34.80\00:54:36.84
after the united Roman Empire,
00:54:36.87\00:54:38.34
then you have the
divided Roman Empire,
00:54:38.37\00:54:40.48
then you have the
papacy ruling 1260 years,
00:54:40.51\00:54:43.31
a period during
which it is wounded
00:54:43.35\00:54:46.48
and in captivity
00:54:46.51\00:54:48.18
and then its
deadly wound is what?
00:54:48.22\00:54:50.12
Is healed and it
will do in the future
00:54:50.15\00:54:52.39
what it did in the past.
00:54:52.42\00:54:53.76
You say is that in the Bible?
00:54:53.79\00:54:55.12
Yes.
00:54:55.16\00:54:56.49
Go with me to Revelation 13:3
00:54:56.52\00:54:58.26
speaking about
the beast it says,
00:54:58.29\00:55:00.36
"And I saw one of his
heads as if it had been what?
00:55:00.40\00:55:06.03
Mortally wounded..."
00:55:06.07\00:55:09.50
Now comes the rest of the story.
00:55:09.54\00:55:11.91
"And his deadly
wound was healed."
00:55:11.94\00:55:16.68
Is the beast going
to recover his power?
00:55:16.71\00:55:19.25
What would the
healing of the wound be?
00:55:19.28\00:55:22.18
Well, must be that it can
use the civil power again.
00:55:22.22\00:55:26.42
What does it mean that
00:55:26.45\00:55:28.89
it's going to be
free from captivity?
00:55:28.92\00:55:31.43
Yeah, 'cause it's
going to be able to use
00:55:31.46\00:55:33.29
the civil powers once again.
00:55:33.33\00:55:35.00
See, it's very simple.
00:55:35.03\00:55:36.43
So it says, "And his
deadly wound was healed."
00:55:36.46\00:55:39.83
And all of Fresno,
00:55:39.87\00:55:42.74
Fresno too.
00:55:42.77\00:55:44.57
It says, "And
all the world what?
00:55:44.61\00:55:47.54
Marveled and
followed the beast."
00:55:47.58\00:55:49.68
Is the whole world gonna
follow the beast accord to this?
00:55:49.71\00:55:52.75
Yes.
00:55:52.78\00:55:54.62
How many
Protestants believe this?
00:55:54.65\00:55:58.45
Protestants have forsaken
00:55:58.49\00:56:00.62
this method of
interpreting Bible prophecy.
00:56:00.66\00:56:03.39
Therefore the great
leaders of Protestantism
00:56:03.43\00:56:05.43
such as Joel
Osteen, Rick Warren,
00:56:05.46\00:56:08.50
Kenneth Copeland etcetera
00:56:08.53\00:56:11.63
have made trips to Rome
00:56:11.67\00:56:13.00
and have spoken gloriously about
00:56:13.03\00:56:14.94
the Roman Catholic system.
00:56:14.97\00:56:16.74
If they
understood this prophecy,
00:56:16.77\00:56:18.74
if they
understood that the papacy
00:56:18.77\00:56:20.34
is the little horn or the beast,
00:56:20.38\00:56:21.71
would they be doing that?
00:56:21.74\00:56:23.08
No.
00:56:23.11\00:56:24.45
They've thrown away the method,
00:56:24.48\00:56:26.15
the chain method
00:56:26.18\00:56:27.88
where you can follow
the sequence of powers
00:56:27.92\00:56:30.55
one link after another,
00:56:30.59\00:56:31.99
and therefore they cannot
see the dangers of this system
00:56:32.02\00:56:35.92
that ruled in the past,
00:56:35.96\00:56:37.86
and therefore they
will be caught in the snare,
00:56:37.89\00:56:40.73
and they will wake up
00:56:40.76\00:56:42.16
only when it is too late
to escape from the snare.
00:56:42.20\00:56:47.37
Who is going to tell them this?
00:56:47.40\00:56:48.87
Listen the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:56:48.90\00:56:50.24
is the only church in the world
that uses this method today.
00:56:50.27\00:56:53.27
The Protestant
Reformers used if.
00:56:53.31\00:56:56.21
If Martin Luther and John Calvin
00:56:56.24\00:56:58.15
resurrected today,
00:56:58.18\00:56:59.51
they would die of a heart attack
00:56:59.55\00:57:01.85
because they would
not recognize the churches
00:57:01.88\00:57:04.15
that came as result of them
00:57:04.19\00:57:07.09
because Luther and
Calvin they believed
00:57:07.12\00:57:09.32
that papacy was the antichrist.
00:57:09.36\00:57:12.06
But today, apart from Adventists
00:57:12.09\00:57:15.40
hardly anybody believes that.
00:57:15.43\00:57:18.93
Now what is next
link in the chain?
00:57:18.97\00:57:22.40
Who will restore
the power of the sword
00:57:22.44\00:57:25.27
and deliver the
papacy from its imprisonment?
00:57:25.31\00:57:29.01
Folks, this is the most
00:57:29.04\00:57:30.38
unbelievable
part of this prophecy.
00:57:30.41\00:57:33.48
It is going to be the most
unlikely power in the world
00:57:33.52\00:57:38.15
that will restore
the sword to the papacy
00:57:38.19\00:57:40.46
and the whole world will follow
the example of this nation.
00:57:40.49\00:57:43.99
And you say, what nation in
its right mind would do this,
00:57:44.03\00:57:47.86
restore freedom to the papacy
00:57:47.90\00:57:49.86
and restore the
sword to the papacy.
00:57:49.90\00:57:51.87
The most unlikely of all nations
00:57:51.90\00:57:54.47
and I like to say this,
00:57:54.50\00:57:55.97
that nation is the
elephant in the room.
00:57:56.00\00:58:01.31
Everybody can see it,
00:58:01.34\00:58:03.65
but at the same
time they can't see it.
00:58:03.68\00:58:05.81
So don't miss the
next exciting episode.
00:58:05.85\00:58:08.52