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00:31 that the title of our study today is 00:34 the Sword and the Captivity. 00:37 We're going to do a little review 00:38 of what we studied in the first two sessions, 00:40 and then we will enter new material. 00:43 But before we do, 00:44 we want to ask for the Lord's presence. 00:47 Never should we open God's word without prayer. 00:50 And so I invite you to bow your heads reverently with me 00:52 as we pray. 00:53 Father in heaven, 00:55 we thank You for the privilege of being here. 00:57 We especially thank You for Your word 01:00 which is a sure guide in a world that is so confused. 01:03 We ask Father that You will speak to us 01:06 through this word. 01:07 Give us understanding 01:09 and a willingness to live in harmony 01:11 with what You revealed to us. 01:13 Remove from our hearts any obstacle, 01:16 anything that might keep us from hearing Your voice, 01:19 for we want to do Your will, 01:21 and we ask this in the precious name of Jesus, 01:24 amen. 01:27 The title of this presentation is the Sword and the Captivity. 01:32 And what we want to do first is a review of 01:35 what we have studied so far. 01:37 We're studying the chain of prophetic prophecy. 01:42 We began with which kingdom 01:43 those of you who have been here? 01:45 We begin with Babylon, 605-539 BC. 01:49 Then we continue with the second kingdom. 01:51 What is that second kingdom? 01:53 Medo-Persia, 539-331 BC. 01:57 Then we have a third kingdom which is what? 02:00 Greece. 02:01 And Greece ruled from 331 BC to 168 BC. 02:06 And then we have a fourth beast 02:08 which is dreadful and terrible 02:09 and this fourth beast represents which kingdom? 02:12 It represents the Roman Empire. 02:15 But then this beast after it rules 02:18 for a significant amount of time 02:20 sprouts ten horns, 02:22 that means that the Roman Empire 02:23 was going to be what? 02:25 Was going to be divided and it was divided. 02:28 The nations of Europe today are the fruit 02:31 of the division of the Roman Empire. 02:33 They each have their language, their culture, 02:36 and it's been very difficult to try 02:37 and get them together, 02:39 no matter how much the European Union 02:42 has tried to stay together 02:44 because these nations are totally different 02:46 from one another. 02:48 And then after the Roman Empire is divided 02:51 into these ten kingdoms 02:52 which are the nations of Western Europe, 02:54 then in the midst of the ten rises what? 02:58 A little horn 03:00 and that little horn rules 03:02 from 538-1798 AD, 03:08 1260 years. 03:11 We're going to see in our study today. 03:13 So is the sequence clear? 03:16 We've gone from Babylon from 605 BC 03:19 all the way down to 1798 in the prophetic chain 03:23 without any interruptions, 03:25 no parenthesis, 03:27 one kingdom rising as soon as the previous kingdom falls. 03:31 In other words, 03:33 there is a sequence of connected links 03:35 in the prophetic chain. 03:37 Now in our last study together 03:40 we talked about the little horn 03:42 and we gave seven characteristics 03:44 of the little horn. 03:46 I want to review the first six characteristics 03:49 and then we will study characteristic number seven 03:52 which we left pending 03:55 for this particular lecture today. 03:57 And so I want to review 03:59 the six points that we studied in our lecture last time. 04:04 Number one, the little horn rises 04:08 according to prophecy 04:10 after the ten horns are in place. 04:13 Let me ask you, 04:15 when is the ten horns are in place, 04:17 in what year? 04:18 The year 476 AD, the ten kingdoms are there. 04:22 So we should expect the little horn to rise 04:25 after the year 476. 04:29 Secondly, the little horn rises in the midst of the ten. 04:33 Now the ten represent 04:34 the nations of Western Europe, 04:36 so this little horn must rise where? 04:38 Geographically in Western Europe, 04:40 but more specifically the little horn rises 04:42 from the head of the dragon beast 04:44 which represents Rome. 04:45 So the little horn must also be what? 04:48 It must also be Roman more specifically. 04:52 Characteristic number three, 04:54 this horn would uproot three kingdoms, 04:57 three of the ten kingdoms into which the empire was divided 05:02 would be uprooted by this little horn. 05:05 And then we noticed that this little horn 05:06 would speak blasphemies against the Most High 05:09 and we identify blasphemy 05:11 as a human power that claims that it can forgive sins 05:14 and claims to be God's representative on earth. 05:17 Then we noticed that the little horn also 05:20 would persecute the saints of the Most High. 05:22 In other words, the little horn would persecute 05:24 those who remained faithful to God. 05:27 And then we noticed also that the little horn would think 05:31 that it could change God's holy law 05:34 in some way or some manner. 05:36 Now let me ask you. 05:38 Does the Roman Catholic papacy fulfill 05:40 each and every one of these characteristics? 05:43 It does. 05:45 Does the Roman Catholic papacy rise after 476? 05:48 Yes. 05:50 Did it rise in Western Europe, more specifically in Rome? 05:53 Absolutely. 05:54 Did it uproot three of those ten kingdoms? 05:56 Yes, the Heruli, the Vandals and the Ostrogoths. 06:01 Does it speak blasphemies against the Most High? 06:03 Does the papacy claim to have the power to forgive sins? 06:06 Do they claim that 06:08 the pope is the representative of Christ on earth? 06:10 Absolutely. 06:12 Let me ask you. 06:13 Did the papacy in its history persecute the faithful of God 06:16 through the inquisition and many other methods? 06:19 Absolutely. 06:20 Does the papacy claim to have changed God's holy law? 06:23 Yes, the papacy openly says, 06:25 we changed the day of worship 06:28 from Sabbath to Sunday 06:30 without any biblical authorization. 06:33 They say, Jesus gave the Roman Catholic Church 06:36 the power to change the law if it saw necessary to do so. 06:42 And so the little horn represents the papacy. 06:46 Now before we deal 06:47 with characteristic number seven 06:49 which is the time period that the little horn rules. 06:53 I need to underline something that is very, very important. 06:57 And that is that the little horn 07:00 of Daniel 7 is the same as the beast 07:03 of Revelation 13:1-10. 07:06 So little horn and beast are interchangeable. 07:09 And you say, how do you know that? 07:11 For three reasons. 07:13 First of all the little horn and the beast 07:16 are in the same link of the prophetic chain. 07:20 They are in the same location of the prophetic chain. 07:23 Number two, the little horn 07:26 and the beast performed the same activities. 07:29 And number three, 07:31 the little horn and the beast ruled 07:33 for the same time period. 07:35 So we have three reasons 07:36 why we know that the little horn 07:38 and the beast represent the same power. 07:41 They are in the exact same location 07:43 in the prophetic chain. 07:45 Secondly they perform the same actions 07:47 and in the third place 07:49 they rule for the same time period. 07:51 And you're saying, "Well, where does prophecy tell us that?" 07:55 Well, now we need to look at what the Bible says about this. 08:00 Let's notice Revelation 13:1 and 2. 08:04 This is the first reason why 08:06 the little horn is the same thing as the beast. 08:09 And immediately in Revelation 13:1 and 2 08:12 you're going to see a connection with the prophecy 08:14 of Daniel 7 that we studied. 08:16 Notice what it says there in Revelation 13:1 and 2. 08:21 "Then I stood on the sand of the sea, writes John. 08:24 And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, 08:27 having seven heads and ten horns, 08:29 and on his horns ten crowns, 08:31 and on his heads a blasphemous name." 08:34 Now listen to verse 2. 08:36 "Now the beast that I saw was like a what? 08:39 Like a leopard, and his feet were like the feet of a bear, 08:45 and his mouth was like the mouth of a lion. 08:50 The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, 08:56 and great authority." 08:57 How many beasts are mentioned in this verse 2? 09:00 Four. 09:01 Is there a lion? Yes. 09:03 Is there a bear? Absolutely. 09:05 Is there a leopard? Sure. 09:06 Is there a dragon beast? 09:08 And by the way, the dragon beast has ten horns 09:10 according to Revelation 12. 09:13 So what I want you to see here is that 09:15 we have the same sequence in Revelation 13 09:17 that we have in Daniel 7. 09:19 The only difference is that in Revelation 13 09:23 the beasts are in reverse order. 09:26 In other words they're not in the same order as in Daniel. 09:29 In Daniel you have lion, bear, leopard, dragon, 09:34 ten horns and little horn. 09:37 In Revelation 13 you have in reverse order, 09:41 you have the ten horn dragon and then you have the leopard, 09:46 and then you have the bear, and then you have the lion. 09:49 Now the question is, 09:50 why does Daniel present the beasts lion, 09:53 bear, leopard, dragon, ten horns and little horn, 09:57 and in Revelation 13 09:59 John presents this as being in the opposite direction. 10:04 The reason is very simple. 10:06 Daniel is living in the period of the lion 10:09 and is looking forwards, 10:11 whereas John is living in the period of the dragon 10:14 and he is looking what? 10:16 He is looking backwards. 10:18 So we know that the prophetic chain is true 10:21 because you have the same sequence, 10:23 but in Revelation it's in reverse order 10:25 because John is living 10:26 in the period of the fourth beast 10:28 and the first three beasts have already passed away. 10:30 Are you with me or not? 10:32 So let me ask you. 10:33 Is the little horn and is the beast 10:35 in the same location of the prophetic chain? 10:38 Let me review it. 10:39 Lion, bear, leopard, dragon, 10:43 ten horns, little horn. 10:45 Revelation 13, lion, bear, leopard, 10:49 dragon, ten horns, beast. 10:52 So the little horn 10:53 and the beast are in the same location 10:55 of the prophetic chain. 10:57 The second reason that I mentioned is that 11:00 the little horn and the beast performed the same actions. 11:03 Notice Revelation 13 and we'll read verse 7 11:07 and then we'll read verse 5. 11:09 Revelation 13:7 says, "It was granted to him, 11:13 this is the beast, the same as the little horn, 11:15 to make war with the saints, and to overcome them." 11:19 Let me ask you, 11:21 did the little horn make war with the saints 11:23 and overcome them in Daniel 7? 11:25 Absolutely, but there is more. 11:27 it says, "And authority was given him over every tribe, 11:30 tongue, and nation." 11:31 And now in verse 5, 11:33 "And he was given, that is the beast, 11:35 was given a mouth..." 11:36 Did the little horn have a big mouth? 11:39 You can read it in Daniel 7. 11:40 Says, "He was given a mouth 11:43 speaking great things and blasphemies." 11:45 Did the little horn speak great things and blasphemies? 11:48 So let me ask you. 11:49 Do the little horn and the beast 11:51 performed the same actions. 11:54 Yes, so they must represent the same power. 11:57 Now number three is that 11:59 the beast and the little horn ruled for the same time period. 12:04 Notice Revelation 13:5 12:06 we'll complete reading the verse now. 12:08 It says, "And he, that is the beast, 12:10 was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, 12:15 and he was given authority to continue how long, 12:19 to continue for forty-two months." 12:21 And I know you're thinking, you're saying, pastor, 12:23 that's not the same time period, 12:25 because in Daniel 7 it says 12:27 the little horn ruled for time, times 12:30 and the dividing of time 12:31 whereas in Revelation 13 12:32 it says the beast ruled for 42 months. 12:34 How can time, times and the dividing of time 12:37 be the same as 42 months? 12:39 This brings us to characteristic number seven 12:43 that we left pending in our last lecture. 12:46 Now what I want us to notice first of all is that 12:49 the word time in the Book of Daniel 12:53 refers to year. 12:57 Time is a year. 12:58 You say, well, how do you know that? 13:00 Very simple. 13:02 You remember in Daniel 4 13:04 that Nebuchadnezzar was out of it for a while. 13:08 How much time was going to pass for Nebuchadnezzar 13:13 before he regained his senses? 13:16 The angel said seven times will pass over you. 13:19 What did that mean, 13:21 seven times you're gonna pass over Nebuchadnezzar. 13:23 It means that he was going to be out of it for how long? 13:26 Seven years, 13:27 so there were time or times refers to what? 13:31 Years, that's the first point 13:32 that we want to notice. 13:34 And by the way time, times 13:36 and divided of time would be how many years? 13:38 Be three and half. 13:40 Time, one year, 13:41 times without a qualifier is the dual 13:44 in Hebrew that's two, 13:47 and half a time would be half a year, 13:48 so we're dealing with three and half years. 13:50 And there is no Bible scholar that disagrees 13:53 that these are three and half years, 13:54 the time, times 13:56 and the dividing of times are three and half years. 13:58 Doesn't matter 13:59 what denomination they belong to. 14:01 Now, the big question is, 14:03 are these literal years or are these symbolic years? 14:07 That's the big question. 14:08 Well, there are several evidences 14:10 that we're dealing with symbolic years. 14:13 The first reason why this is... 14:16 these years are symbolic is 14:18 because every thing in Daniel 7 is symbolic. 14:22 Let me ask you, is the lion symbolic? 14:25 Are the wings on the lion symbolic? 14:27 Is the bear symbolic? 14:29 Are the three ribs in the mouth of the bear symbolic? 14:33 Is the leopard symbolic? 14:34 Are the wings of the leopard symbolic? 14:37 Are the four heads of the leopard symbolic? 14:40 Is the dragon beast symbolic? 14:42 Last I knew there is no dragon beast 14:44 that exists in the real world. 14:45 Are the ten horns on the head of the fourth beast symbolic? 14:48 Yes. 14:50 Everything in this chapter is symbolic, 14:52 but the time is literal. 14:54 Now how much sense does that make? 14:56 Now, you'll notice also 14:58 that the expression has a symbolic flavor to it. 15:03 If I was going to... 15:05 If I was going to leave Fresno 15:06 and return in three and half years, 15:08 would I say to you, folks, don't worry, 15:11 I'll be back in time, times and the dividing of time. 15:15 If I said that, you would say, Pastor Bohr, 15:17 that's not the way that we describe time. 15:20 When the Bible wants to describe 15:22 three and half literal years, it does so like in James 5:17, 15:26 where it says that Elijah closed the heaven 15:29 so would not rain for three years and six months, 15:33 that's the normal way of expressing it, 15:35 and the Bible expresses it that way in James 5:17. 15:40 So the flavor of the expression is unusual. 15:45 Another important point is, 15:46 and by the way I don't have time to go all, 15:48 through all of this, 15:50 it would take me actually three hours to go 15:51 through a document that I wrote 15:54 for one of our summits a few years ago, 15:57 where I present 20 biblical reasons 16:00 for the year day principle. 16:02 In other words, 16:03 20 reasons why the years 16:06 of Daniel 7 are symbolic years. 16:10 And in a moment we're gonna talk about 16:12 what is known as the year day principle, 16:14 so there's not only one reason 16:15 why we can understand that this time period is symbolic. 16:18 There are 20 reasons in the Bible 16:21 why we can believe that time, times 16:23 and the dividing of time is symbolic language. 16:27 You see the Bible uses 16:28 what is known as the year day principle. 16:31 In other words, a day is equivalent to a year. 16:34 You say now where do you find such a thing in the Bible. 16:37 As I mentioned I gave 20 reasons, 16:39 but I'm only going to mention a couple of verses 16:41 that the Bible has about this. 16:44 Do you remember when the spies 16:46 were sent out to spy out the land? 16:49 And ten of them brought back a bad report 16:53 and two of them brought back a good report. 16:55 So what did God tell Israel 16:57 because the spies were in the land for 40 days 17:03 and because you're rebellious, 17:04 you're going to be in the wilderness how long? 17:07 You're going to be in the wilderness 40 years. 17:09 He says for each day what? 17:12 One year, 17:13 there you have the day representing what? 17:16 A year. 17:17 By the way that is in Numbers 14:34. 17:21 Also in Ezekiel 4:6 17:24 we find the same principle expressed. 17:27 I want to read that verse. 17:28 I wish we had time to expound upon the historical context 17:31 but we don't. 17:32 Ezekiel 4:6, and when... 17:34 He is speaking to Ezekiel. 17:36 "And when you have accomplished them, 17:39 lie again on your right side, 17:41 and you shall bear the iniquity 17:43 of the house of Judah forty days. 17:46 I have appointed you each day for what? 17:49 Each day for a year." 17:53 So what we need to understand 17:54 that is in the Bible one day is equal to what? 17:59 To a year. 18:00 Now, here's the big question. 18:01 Can we know how many days there are in a year 18:05 because we're dealing with three and half years, 18:07 so we need to find out 18:08 how many days are three and half years. 18:11 Are you with me? 18:12 And then apply them symbolically. 18:15 Can we know biblically how many days the year had? 18:18 And the answer is no. 18:21 We don't have any place in the Bible 18:23 that tells us that the year has 360 days. 18:28 So you'll say, Pastor Bohr, how can we find out, 18:31 how much, how many years is, 18:34 how many days is three and half years 18:36 if the Bible doesn't tell us how many days are in a year. 18:40 Well, the good news is that the Bible does tell us that 18:43 there are 12 months in the year. 18:46 You can find that in the Book of Esther 8:12. 18:50 And the Bible also tells us that each month has 30 days. 18:57 So if each month has 30 days, 18:59 what do you do to find out how many days the year has. 19:02 All you have to do is multiply 12 months 19:04 which the Bible says 19:06 there are 12 months to a year by how much? 19:08 By 30 days and the result is what? 19:11 Three hundred and sixty. 19:13 So by knowing the number of days in the month, 19:15 we can find out how many days there are in a what? 19:20 In a year. 19:21 Are you with me so far? 19:23 Now, but you're saying Pastor Bohr, 19:25 you haven't proved that the biblical month has 30 days. 19:28 And you're right. 19:30 And that's the point that we're going to go to now. 19:32 We're going to prove biblically 19:34 that the biblical month has 30 days. 19:36 If the biblical month has 30 days 19:38 all you have to is multiply 30 times 19:41 12 months of the year and the result is 360. 19:45 And because you have time, that's one year 360 days, 19:49 times that's two 720 days, 19:52 and half a time 180 days that would be how long, 19:56 time, times and the dividing of time. 19:58 It would be 1260 days, 20:02 but in prophecy days are equal to years. 20:05 Are you following me or not? 20:06 This is a very short lesson on math. 20:08 And some people find it very complicated 20:10 to be able to figure it out 20:12 but it's not really complicated. 20:14 Now, what is the first reason 20:16 we can know that the biblical month has 30 days. 20:20 Well, the fact is that this period of the little horn 20:23 is expressed in three different ways. 20:27 It is expressed as time, times and the dividing of time. 20:33 That's in Daniel 7, and also in Revelation 12. 20:38 It is expressed as 42 months in Revelation 11 20:43 which we're not gonna get into also 20:45 in Revelation 13:5 that we ready. 20:48 And it is also described 20:50 in Revelation 12 as 1260 days. 20:56 Now this is interesting. 20:58 Now let me ask you this. 21:00 If you multiply 42 months, 21:03 and how much days does the month have? 21:05 Thirty days, okay, 21:06 if you multiply 42 months time 30 days, 21:09 what is the total? 21:11 1260. 21:13 If you multiply three and half years 21:15 times 360 days per year, 21:18 what is the total? 21:20 1260 days. 21:23 And if you still didn't get it, 21:25 in Revelation 12 it says that the dragon went after the woman 21:29 and persecuted the woman for 1260 days. 21:34 So how many days does a biblical month have? 21:37 The biblical month has to have 30 days 21:39 because 30 days times 42 months is 1260. 21:46 So how long was the little horn going to rule? 21:49 It was going to rule from its inception till the time 21:52 when it ceased to rule 1260 what? 21:57 1260 days but days are equaled to years. 22:03 The papacy was to rule from 538 to 1798. 22:07 And we'll talk a little bit what, 22:09 about what happened in 1798 in a few moments. 22:12 There is a second reason why we know 22:14 that the biblical month has 30 days. 22:17 And this is early in the Bible, 22:19 this is in the Book of Genesis from the very beginning. 22:21 Go with me to Genesis 7:11 and 12, 22:25 Genesis 7:11 and 12. 22:28 I want you to notice this carefully. 22:30 "In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, 22:34 in the second month..." 22:39 What day? 22:41 "The seventeenth day of the month, 22:45 on that day all the fountains of the great deep 22:47 were broken up, 22:48 and the windows of the heaven were opened." 22:50 So when did the flood come? 22:51 The flood came in the six hundredth year 22:53 of Noah's life, 22:54 the second month and the seventeenth day, 22:56 remember that date, okay. 22:59 Now let's go to Genesis 8:3-5, 23:02 Genesis 8:3-5, 23:04 see this is all I find in the Bible, 23:05 we're not just guessing, 23:07 we're not conjecturing, you know, 23:08 we're letting the Bible explain itself. 23:10 The Holy Spirit put in the Bible 23:11 everything we need to understand the Bible. 23:14 You know, the Holy Spirit 23:15 didn't make pastors and theologians necessary, 23:17 absolutely indispensable. 23:20 I'm not saying that theologians and pastors are unnecessary. 23:24 What I'm saying is that if we didn't have them, 23:26 we could still determine 23:27 what is God's will from the word. 23:29 Now notice what it says in Genesis 8:3-5, 23:34 and the waters receded continually, 23:36 that's from the time that the flood began. 23:38 "And the waters receded continually from the earth. 23:41 At the end of the hundred and fifty days 23:44 the waters decreased. 23:46 Then the ark rested in the seventh month, 23:50 the seventeenth day of the month, 23:52 on the mountains of Ararat. 23:54 Did you notice 23:55 there is something interesting in these two verses, 23:57 these two passages? 23:58 When did the flood come? 24:00 Month number two, 24:01 day seventeen, six hundredth year. 24:05 When did the waters recede, after how many days? 24:09 Hundred and fifty days. 24:10 What date was the date 24:12 that is given for the receding of the waters? 24:14 The seventh month, the seventeenth day, 24:19 the six hundredth year of Noah's life. 24:20 How many months between the second month 24:22 and the seventh month. 24:24 Five and how many days is that? 24:27 One hundred and fifty. 24:29 So you divide one hundred fifty by five 24:31 and lo and behold what do you get, 30. 24:34 Each month as what? 24:35 Thirty days. 24:36 Are you with me? 24:38 Now I'm not here to give you a math lesson. 24:39 But all of these things are important 24:41 to understand this prophecy. 24:43 Now we need to talk about the ending point 24:46 of the dominion of the papacy. 24:49 Something must have happened in the year 1798 24:53 that took away power from the papacy, 24:57 that ended the papacy's period of dominion. 25:01 Let's review the three stages of the fourth beast. 25:06 First of all we have the dragon ruling by itself. 25:08 Do you remember that? 25:10 The dragon beast represents the Roman Empire. 25:12 For most of its career, 25:14 the Roman Empire was one empire, 25:15 it was united. 25:17 Then when you reach the year 476 25:19 the Roman Empire has been divided into what? 25:23 Into ten kingdoms, those are the ten horns. 25:26 And then the little horn rises in 538 25:29 as we noticed the last horn, 25:31 the last rebellious horn, 25:33 the Ostrogoths was uprooted 25:35 and now the papacy has sovereign power 25:37 because it had no opposition from any of these kingdoms. 25:41 And so in 538 the papacy begins its rule 25:45 so we have to go to what date 25:47 to find the ending point of the 1260 years. 25:51 All you have to do is go from 538, 25:53 1260 years forward and that takes you to what year? 25:58 It takes you to the year 1798. 26:04 And you say, Pastor Bohr, 26:05 did anything significant happened in 1798? 26:11 Listen carefully to what I'm gonna say. 26:13 The papacy began its rule 26:16 when the last of the rebellious kingdoms was uprooted, 26:20 that was in 538 the Ostrogoths. 26:24 And we know it was in the month of February of 538. 26:28 So you would expect 1260 years later 26:33 that the papacy's power would be taken away 26:36 in what month? 26:38 In February of 1798 26:41 and so it was in February of 1798. 26:45 General Berthier, 26:47 the general of Napoleon Bonaparte's armies 26:49 entered the city of Rome, 26:52 more specifically in Vatican City, 26:53 he went into the Sistine Chapel 26:56 where the pope was celebrating 26:57 the anniversary of his coronation. 27:00 He went up to where the pope was seated on his throne. 27:02 He removed him from his throne. 27:05 He took off his triple crown. 27:07 He removed his staff. 27:09 He took his papal rings off of his fingers 27:12 and he said to him, 27:14 "Your rule and dominion has come to an end." 27:18 And the pope was taken prisoner 27:20 where he died in France in the year 1799. 27:26 Did something significant happen 27:28 with the papacy in the year 1798, 27:31 in February of 1798? 27:34 Most certainly yes. 27:36 But now we need to look a little more closely 27:39 at the description of the taking away 27:42 of the power of the papacy. 27:43 Let's go to Revelation 13:10, 27:47 Revelation 13:10. 27:51 This is at the end of the time, times 27:55 and dividing of time. 27:56 At the end of the 1260 years of the 42 months. 27:59 Two things happened to the beast 28:02 or the little horn, to the papacy. 28:04 It says there in Revelation 13:10, 28:06 "He who leads into captivity 28:10 shall go into captivity, 28:14 and he who kills with the sword must be what? 28:18 Must be killed with the sword." 28:19 Let me ask you, did the pope lead people into captivity. 28:22 Yes. 28:23 What was the punishment? 28:25 The papacy was going to go into captivity. 28:28 Did the papacy killed with the sword? 28:30 It killed with the sword, 28:31 so would the sword give the papacy its deadly wound? 28:35 Absolutely. 28:37 In other words the correct understanding 28:38 of the taking away of the power of the papacy 28:41 depends on your understanding 28:43 of the sword and of the captivity. 28:45 If you understand 28:47 how the papacy was wounded by the sword, 28:49 and how it went into captivity, 28:50 you're gonna be able to understand this prophecy. 28:54 So let's talk first of all about the sword. 28:57 What is the sword that wounded the papacy in 1798? 29:02 Well, some people say it was the Bible 29:06 because there's a verse in the Bible that says 29:08 that the sword is the word of God. 29:10 Let's read that verse Ephesians 6:17, 29:14 Ephesians 6:17 tells us that 29:18 the sword of the spirit is the word of God. 29:20 It says there, the Apostle Paul is writing, 29:22 "And take the helmet of salvation, 29:25 and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." 29:27 So some people go to Revelation 13 29:29 and they say, see, the Apostle Paul says 29:32 that the sword of the Spirit is the word of God, 29:34 so what wounded the papacy was the word of God. 29:39 But there's a huge problem 29:41 when you come to interpret it that way. 29:43 Let me ask you, 29:44 did the papacy used the Bible to kill people? 29:47 Did the papacy used the Bible to kill people? 29:50 No, it didn't use the Bible to kill people. 29:52 And so, the prophecy says 29:54 that the beast killed with the sword 29:57 and the same sword that it killed with 29:59 was going to give it the deadly wound. 30:01 The papacy did not kill with the Bible. 30:04 So it cannot represent the Bible. 30:08 Furthermore some have said, well, you know, 30:11 the Protestant Reformation brought out the Bible, 30:14 Sola scriptura. 30:15 And that gave the papacy its deadly wound. 30:17 The problem is Protestantism began in 1517, 30:21 the deadly wound wasn't given until 1798. 30:24 Furthermore we're told that the papacy is taken captive. 30:29 The papacy was not captive in 1517 30:32 with the Protestant Reformation, 30:34 it was taken captive in 1798. 30:36 So there's several reasons 30:38 why this sword that wounded the beast 30:41 that the beast used to kill cannot represent the Bible. 30:46 So you say, well, Pastor Bohr, 30:48 what does the sword represent? 30:50 I need to explain that in the Bible 30:54 symbols are flexible. 30:56 They do not always mean the same thing. 30:59 You have to take into account the context. 31:02 Let me ask you 31:03 what does the lion represent in the Bible? 31:06 Can the lion represent Jesus? 31:09 He is the lion of the tribe of Judah? 31:11 Can the lion represent the devil? 31:13 He goes about as the roaring lion 31:15 seeking whom he may devour. 31:16 Can the lion represent the kingdom of Babylon? 31:20 Yes, we noticed that in Daniel 7. 31:21 Can the lion represent Judah, the son of Jacob? 31:24 Yes, Genesis 49 says he is like a lion. 31:27 So every time you find the lion in the Bible, 31:30 it doesn't mean the same thing. 31:32 It can be flexible. 31:33 Are you with me? 31:35 Let me give you another example. 31:36 What does leaven represent in the Bible? 31:38 Immediately I hear the answer, oh, leaven represents sin. 31:41 Yes, it does represent sin, but not always. 31:44 Jesus gave a Parable of the Leaven. 31:46 He says you put the leaven in the dough 31:48 and when you put the leaven in the dough, 31:50 the dough grows. 31:51 He was teaching that 31:53 when the Holy Spirit is placed in the church, 31:55 the church grows. 31:56 So leaven can represent the Holy Spirit. 31:59 It can also represent sin 32:00 depending on the context in which the symbol appears. 32:04 Are you with me or not? 32:06 Let me give you one further example. 32:07 Genesis 6 speaks about the sons of God 32:11 that had sexual relation with the daughters of men. 32:14 Now, if you read most commentaries today 32:17 they're gonna say that the sons of God were angels. 32:20 They came down from heaven 32:21 and they had sexual relations with human women. 32:23 Those were the daughters with men. 32:25 And they say the result were the giant, 32:29 a hybrid part angel and part human. 32:32 That's what got us believe today. 32:34 They don't take into a proper context. 32:36 You know why they interpret it that way 32:38 because in the Book of Job 32:40 it says the sons of God came to present themselves 32:42 before the Lord and the devil came among them. 32:45 They say the sons of God there are clearly angels 32:47 that come to present themselves before the Lord, 32:49 so if sons of God in Job is angels, 32:52 sons of God in Genesis must also be angels. 32:56 The problem is they don't take it 32:57 in proper context. 32:59 You see in Genesis 4 33:01 you have the genealogy of Cain. 33:03 Three wicked women are mentioned 33:04 in the genealogy of Cain. 33:06 Those are the daughters of men. 33:07 Then in Genesis 5, 33:08 you have the descendants of Seth, 33:11 that's the righteous lineage. 33:13 Those are the sons of God. 33:15 And then in Genesis 6:1 and 2 33:17 you have the sons of God going into the daughters of men. 33:19 In other words, 33:21 the righteous intermingled with the unrighteous 33:24 according to the context. 33:26 So sons of God doesn't always mean angels, 33:29 it means so in Job 33:30 but it doesn't mean so in Genesis. 33:32 And by the way the Bible says that 33:33 we are all sons of God 33:35 and none of us look like angels. 33:38 So sons of God can also represent the righteous today 33:41 according to the Bible, 33:43 so the sword can represent the Bible 33:46 but not in Revelation 13 33:48 because in Revelation 13 that definition does not fit. 33:51 Are you with me or not? 33:52 So the big question is, what does the sword represent? 33:57 There is a second passage in the Bible 33:59 that tells us what the second sword is. 34:02 Romans 13:1-4, 34:05 Romans 13:1-4. 34:09 It says there speaking about the civil power, 34:12 "Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. 34:17 For there is no authority except from God, 34:20 and the authorities that exist are appointed by God." 34:23 Who are the authorities 34:24 that are being spoken of in this verse? 34:27 The civil power, the government, right. 34:29 Verse 2, "Therefore whoever resists the authority, 34:32 that is the government, resists the ordinance of God, 34:36 and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. 34:39 For rulers, see, that's defined, 34:43 for rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. 34:47 Do you want to be unafraid of the authority?" 34:49 In other words, do you want to not fear the government? 34:52 "Do what is good, 34:53 and you will have praise from the same. 34:55 For he, that is the civil power 34:57 is God's minister to you for good. 35:00 But if you do evil, be afraid, 35:02 for he does not bear, what, ah, there it is, 35:05 for he does not bear the sword in vain, 35:08 for he is God's minister, 35:10 an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil." 35:13 Let me ask you, 35:14 does the civil power also have a sword. 35:17 To whom does the sword of the spirit belong? 35:20 To whom does the word of God belong? 35:21 Who is supposed to use it? 35:23 The church. 35:24 And how does the church use it. 35:25 By preaching. 35:27 I'm using the sword right now. 35:28 That's how the church uses the sword, 35:31 is by preaching the word of God. 35:32 Let me ask you. 35:33 Does the word of God belong, 35:35 does that sword belong to the civil power? 35:37 No. 35:39 How does a civil power use the sword? 35:42 Well, if somebody disobeys the civil laws, 35:45 the legitimate civil laws can they be imposed a fine? 35:49 Absolutely. 35:50 Can they be given community service? 35:52 Absolutely. 35:53 Can their goods be confiscated. 35:56 Yes. 35:57 Can they be imprisoned? 35:59 And in some states can they be executed? 36:01 Absolutely. 36:03 That's how the civil power uses the sword. 36:05 When you disobey the civil power, 36:08 the civil power uses the sword to punish you. 36:11 Now are you following me now? 36:13 Now let me ask you this. 36:15 What sword did the papacy used 36:18 during the 1260 years 36:20 to destroy and to kill God's people? 36:23 All you have to do is read history, folks. 36:26 The papacy is not only a church, it is a state. 36:30 And it had dominion over all of the civil powers, 36:33 all of the states in Europe. 36:35 Whenever the pope asked a nation in Europe 36:39 to persecute those who disagreed with the church, 36:43 the civil power went along. 36:45 In other words, 36:46 the sword of the state was used by the papacy to what? 36:51 To persecute. 36:52 Let me ask you. 36:53 Did the civil power of France rise against the papacy 36:56 and say, you're not going to use us anymore. 36:59 Absolutely. 37:00 So in 1798 France, 37:02 which by the way is the first power 37:04 that gave the papacy the sword. 37:06 Clovis, king of the Franks. 37:08 France is called the eldest daughter of the papacy. 37:11 First gave the papacy the sword 37:13 and that same nation is 1798 said, 37:16 you're not going to use the sword anymore, 37:18 took the sword away 37:20 and gave the deadly wound to the papacy. 37:22 Now we need to understand 37:24 something very important, folks. 37:25 And that is that the word papacy 37:27 does not refer to the Roman Catholic Church 37:30 as a church. 37:33 The word papacy defines 37:35 the Roman Catholic Church as a church and a state. 37:39 The ability of the papacy to use the states of the world 37:44 to accomplish her purposes, that's papacy. 37:46 So just the church aspect 37:48 of Roman Catholicism is not the papacy. 37:52 It's when the papacy can use the civil powers of the world 37:55 that you have papacy. 37:56 Are you with me or not? 37:58 Let me ask you. 38:00 In 1798 when the papacy received the deadly wound, 38:03 where the doors of all 38:04 the Roman Catholic Church is closed? 38:08 Did people still attend church? 38:10 Were the babies still baptized? 38:12 Did people still go to the confessional? 38:15 Did people still participate of the host 38:17 in the communion service? 38:18 Sure. 38:19 The churches did not shut down. 38:21 The deadly wound does not mean that the Roman Catholic Church 38:23 as a church was going to ceased to function. 38:26 What it means is that the state portion, 38:28 the ability to use the state was taken away. 38:32 And the state gave the papacy 38:34 the deadly wound with the sword of civil power. 38:36 Raise your hand 38:38 if you're understanding what I'm saying 38:39 what the word papacy means. 38:40 Now let me read you 38:42 some statements from historians. 38:43 Historians understood this. 38:46 Here's one. 38:47 The papacy was extinct. 38:49 This is talking about what happened in 1798. 38:51 The papacy was extinct. 38:53 Was the church extinct? 38:55 No, this historian knows that the church still existed. 38:58 But it's the papacy he says that was extinct. 39:02 Not a vestige of its existence remained, 39:06 and among all the Roman Catholic powers 39:09 not a finger was stirred in its defense. 39:11 If this had happened during the Middle Ages 39:13 and the papacy was attacked, 39:15 all of the nations would have ganged up 39:17 on the power that attacked the papacy. 39:19 But now this historian is saying, 39:21 not any nation lifted a finger to defend the papacy. 39:26 This historian continues writing. 39:28 The Eternal City had no longer prince or pontiff, 39:31 its bishop was a dying captive in foreign lands, 39:34 and the decree was already announced that 39:36 no successor would be allowed in its place. 39:40 Another historian says, 39:41 no wonder that half of Europe 39:43 thought Napoleon's veto would be obeyed. 39:46 Napoleon's veto was that there would be 39:47 no more popes like elected. 39:50 So no wonder that half of Europe thought 39:52 Napoleon's veto would be obeyed, 39:54 and that with the Pope the Papacy was dead. 39:58 Not the church, the papacy was dead. 40:00 Interesting that historian would describe 40:02 the papacy as being what? 40:04 Dead because it received the dead wound. 40:07 Another historian says, 40:09 multitudes imagined that the papacy 40:12 was at the point of what? 40:14 Of death and asked, 40:16 would Pius VI be the last pontiff, 40:19 and if the close of the eighteenth century 40:21 would be signalized by the fall of the papal dynasty. 40:25 One further quotation, actually two. 40:28 Here's another historian. 40:30 The papacy had suffered its deepest humiliation 40:34 and appeared to be what? 40:37 Annihilated. 40:38 The Revolution, that's the French Revolution. 40:40 By the way the deadly wound was the culmination 40:43 of the French Revolution. 40:44 The Revolution also dealt it the wound, 40:48 interesting the wound 40:50 which it seemed did not want to heal 40:53 until far into what? 40:56 The twentieth century. 40:58 One further quotation. 41:00 The object of the French directory was the destruction 41:04 of the pontifical government, 41:07 not the church by the way but the pontifical government, 41:10 as the irreconcilable enemy of the republic. 41:14 The aged pope was, that's Pius VI was summoned 41:18 to surrender the temporal government... 41:20 See, he could no longer be a temporal ruler. 41:22 No longer would he have a state. 41:25 So it says, he was summoned 41:26 to surrender the temporal government, 41:29 on his refusal, he was dragged from the altar, 41:32 his rings were torn from his fingers, and finally, 41:35 after declaring the temporal power abolished, 41:38 the victors carried the pope prisoner into Tuscany, 41:43 where he never returned. 41:46 So do you understand 41:47 what the deadly wound with the sword is? 41:49 But now we need to talk about the captivity. 41:53 What does it mean when it says 41:55 that the papacy led into captivity 41:57 and the papacy would be taken into captivity? 42:00 You know usually 42:02 even in Seventh-day Adventist circles 42:03 you'll find that they'll say, well, you know, 42:05 the captivity was fulfilled 42:08 when Pope Pius VI was taken prisoner 42:11 where he died in France. 42:12 But there's something broader than this 42:15 because the deadly wound is not something 42:17 that is given to an individual pope. 42:19 The deadly wound is given to the beast 42:23 and the beast ruled for 1260 years. 42:25 In another words, the captivity 42:27 and the wound is given to the entire system. 42:32 Taking Pope Pius VI prisoner only culminated 42:37 what had already existed for 1260 years. 42:40 In other words, we are to understand 42:43 that the deadly wound 42:45 and the captivity is not the deadly wound 42:47 and the captivity of a singular pope, 42:50 but of the entire system of the papacy. 42:54 Are you with me or not? 42:55 Now, how do we understand the captivity? 42:59 Listen, it's very simple. 43:01 As long as the papacy is able to use 43:05 the civil powers of the world, the papacy is free. 43:09 When the civil powers of the world 43:11 withdraw their support, the papacy is in captivity. 43:16 Are you following me or not? 43:19 Now you say, how do you know that from the Bible. 43:21 Well, it's very simple. 43:23 The Book of Revelation explains itself. 43:25 The closest parallel to this idea of captivity 43:28 and being released from captivity is found 43:30 in Revelation 20. 43:32 Let me ask you. 43:33 Is the devil today very active in the world 43:36 fulfilling his purposes and his will? 43:39 If you say no, 43:40 you must have been in a coma the last several years. 43:44 Now, let me ask you, 43:46 where does the power of the devil reside? 43:48 It resides in being able to use the rulers of the world 43:52 to accomplish his purposes. 43:54 Let me give you an example. 43:56 The dragon stood next to the woman 43:58 to devour her child as soon as the child was born. 44:01 Did the devil personally stand next to Mary 44:02 when Jesus was going to be born? 44:04 Of course not. 44:05 How did he seek to accomplish his purpose of slaying Christ. 44:10 Through a political ruler. 44:12 Is the same true with the death of Christ? 44:13 Did the devil use Pontius Pilate to doom 44:16 and condemn Christ. 44:18 Did he use pharaoh to try and destroy Moses? 44:22 Yes. 44:23 See the devil accomplishes his purpose 44:25 by using the civil powers of the world. 44:28 So when he uses the civil powers of the world, 44:31 he is free and he is well. 44:37 But what would happen, let me ask you, 44:39 is the time coming 44:40 when the devil is going to get a deadly wound 44:41 and the devil is going to be sent into captivity? 44:43 Yes. 44:45 Where is that described? In Revelation 20. 44:49 What's going to happen 44:50 when Jesus comes with all of the support base of Satan? 44:54 What's going to happen with all of the kings 44:55 that he used to accomplish his purposes? 44:58 They are all going to die at the second coming of Christ. 45:03 So what's going to happen to the devil? 45:06 The Bible says that an angel descends from heaven 45:09 and what does he have? 45:10 He has a chain in his hand 45:12 and he is going to send the devil into what? 45:15 Into prison it says there. 45:18 In other words, he is going to be imprisoned. 45:20 Why is the devil imprisoned? 45:23 Because he doesn't have any rulers 45:25 through whom he can accomplish his purposes. 45:27 So when he is able to use the kings, he is free. 45:30 When he is not able to use the kings, he is captive. 45:33 Are you with me or not? 45:35 But when Jesus returns after the millennium 45:38 which is known as the third coming. 45:40 The Bible says that Satan is going to be what? 45:43 Released from his prison. 45:45 Why? 45:46 Because all of the kings that he used are going to what? 45:49 They're going to resurrect the Bible says. 45:52 Will he have his power back? 45:54 Will his wound be healed? Yes. 45:57 Are you following me? 45:58 So let me ask you. 45:59 What does the captivity of the papacy mean? 46:01 Folks, it simply means that the civil powers of the world 46:04 withdrew their support 46:06 and the papacy could not use them anymore. 46:09 So the papacy, 46:10 if they can't use the civil power, 46:12 if the papacy can't use the kings of the world, 46:14 the papacy is what? 46:15 Wounded. 46:17 It's imprisoned. 46:18 So let me ask you, 46:20 what would the healing of the deadly wound 46:21 and the releasing from the captivity be? 46:24 It must be that the sword of civil power 46:27 will be restored to the papacy 46:30 and the civil powers will once again 46:32 support the papacy. 46:34 Are you following me or not? 46:35 The healing of the deadly wound simply means 46:39 that the civil powers of the world will once again 46:42 give the papacy the support 46:44 that they took away a little over 200 years ago. 46:48 Is this making sense? 46:49 So how important is it to understand the sword 46:52 and to understand the captivity. 46:54 You cannot understand this prophecy, 46:56 you cannot understand the deadly wound of the papacy 46:59 unless you understand what the wound is 47:02 and what the sword is and the captivity. 47:07 Now let me read you some statements 47:08 from a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. 47:11 He was a convert from the Anglican Church. 47:13 This is in the mid 1800s. 47:17 Cardinal Edward Henry Manning, 47:19 he wrote a very interesting book, 47:21 The Temporal Power of the Vicar of Jesus Christ. 47:25 And I want to read several statements here 47:27 where he actually is saying what I'm saying, 47:31 but he doesn't realize that he is commenting 47:33 on Revelation 13. 47:34 Obviously if he had really stopped to reflect about this, 47:38 he might not have written what I'm going to read now. 47:40 But anyway he has several statements, 47:42 let me read them. 47:43 Now the abandoned men of Rome... 47:46 And let me explain what that means. 47:48 You remember that Constantine 47:50 moved the seat of the empire to Constantinople 47:53 and he left the throne vacant in the Western Roman Empire. 47:57 You remember also 47:58 that the last Roman emperor was deposed in the year 476. 48:01 After that there was no emperor in the Western Roman Empire. 48:05 So that's what it means the abandonment of Rome. 48:07 There was no longer any civil ruler in Rome, 48:09 so now who takes over the throne of civil rulership? 48:12 The pope does. 48:14 Listen to what it says. 48:15 Now the abandonment of Rome was the what? 48:18 So if he needed to be liberated he must have been 48:21 when there was an emperor he must have been what? 48:24 He must have been captive or bound. 48:26 Are you with me or not? 48:27 So now the abandonment of Rome was the liberation 48:30 of the pontiffs, that is of the popes. 48:32 Whatsoever claims to be obedience 48:34 the emperors may have made, 48:36 and whatsoever compliance the Pontiff may have yielded, 48:39 the whole previous relation, anomalous, 48:41 and annulled again and again 48:42 by the vices and outrages of the emperors, 48:45 was finally dissolved by a higher power. 48:48 Listen carefully now. 48:49 The providence of God that's, I would question that. 48:52 The providence of God permitted a succession of irruptions. 48:55 Here he speaks about the barbarian invasions. 48:58 Gothic, Lombard, and Hungarian to do what? 49:02 To desolate Italy, 49:04 and to efface from it every remnant of the empire. 49:09 And when this happen what occurred? 49:12 The pontiffs found themselves what? 49:14 Alone. 49:15 The soul that means the only fountains of order, 49:19 peace, law and safety. 49:21 And from the hour of this providential... 49:24 Here's the word again, this providential what? 49:26 Liberation when the emperor is gone from the time 49:31 or from the hour of this providential liberation, 49:34 when, by a divine intervention... 49:36 Listen to this now, what? 49:38 Oh, so he was chained before 49:40 when he couldn't use the civil ruler, 49:41 when he couldn't rule in civil matters. 49:43 It says the chains fell off 49:45 from the hands of the successor of Peter, 49:48 as once before his own, 49:50 no sovereign has ever reigned in Rome 49:53 except the Vicar of Jesus Christ. 49:56 Are you catching the picture? 49:58 Notice this next quotation from the same book. 50:01 "The papacy waited until such a time 50:04 as God should break its" what? 50:07 There's captivity again, "break its bonds asunder, 50:11 and should..." 50:12 What's the next word, "liberate it..." 50:14 What it need to be liberated from? 50:17 "Liberate it from subjection to civil powers." 50:19 Is the papacy today subject to civil powers? 50:23 Is it able to use the civil powers 50:24 like it did in the past? 50:26 Not yet, but we're getting there. 50:28 So it says, "The papacy waited until such a time 50:31 as God should break its bonds asunder 50:32 and should liberate it 50:34 from subjection to civil powers, 50:35 and" what? 50:37 "And enthrone it 50:38 in the possession of a temporal sovereignty of its own." 50:42 Here's another one. 50:43 "I say then, that it was God's own act which liberated..." 50:48 Notice against the word. 50:50 "Liberated His Vicar upon earth 50:53 from subjection to temporal power." 50:56 So when the papacy is not subjected to temporal power, 51:00 the papacy is what? 51:02 Free, 51:03 but when it is subject to the temporal power, 51:06 like if there's a Caesar 51:08 or if there's an emperor on the throne, 51:11 then the papacy is what? 51:13 It is captive or restrained. 51:15 So it says, "I say then, that it is God's own act 51:18 which liberated His Vicar upon earth 51:20 from subjection to temporal power.' 51:22 ' And now notice the time period 51:23 that it says this happened. 51:25 "And that for 1200 years 51:27 the Bishops of Rome have reigned 51:29 as temporal princes. 51:30 Does that sound pretty close to 1260? 51:34 Here's a Roman Catholic cardinal that is admitting 51:36 that it was at least 1200 years that this happened. 51:39 Notice the next statement. 51:41 "The conversion of the empire to Christianity, 51:44 and then its removal..." 51:45 That when Constantine took the seat of the empire to east. 51:49 "Its banishment into the far East, freed..." 51:53 So if he'd freed what happened before? 51:57 He was bound or he was captive. 51:58 "Freed the Vicar of Jesus Christ from" what? 52:02 There it is "from temporal subjection, and then, 52:05 by the action of the same Providence, 52:07 he was clothed with the prerogatives of a true 52:10 and proper local sovereignty over that sate and territory 52:15 and people so committed to his charge. 52:17 From that hour, 52:19 which I might say was fifteen hundred years ago, 52:21 or to speak within limit, 52:24 I will say was twelve hundred..." 52:26 There it is again... 52:28 "The Supreme Pontiff has been a true and proper sovereign 52:33 exercising the prerogatives or royalty 52:36 committed to him by the will of God 52:38 over the people to whom he is father 52:41 in all things both what? 52:43 Spiritual and temporal." 52:45 Church and state. 52:49 Aren't these really telling statements? 52:52 He doesn't realize that he is describing 52:56 the freeing of the papacy 52:58 when there was no longer an emperor, 53:00 and the binding of the papacy in 1798 53:04 when the civil power said 53:05 you can't use us anymore, amazing. 53:10 Now there's something 53:11 that is not mentioned in Daniel 7 53:14 that is mentioned in Revelation 13, 53:17 and that is in Daniel 7 53:20 this fourth beast has only three periods of dominion, 53:25 three explicit periods of dominions. 53:28 You have the fourth beast by itself, 53:30 the Roman Empire, 53:31 then you have the ten horns that sprout from his head, 53:34 that's the divided Roman Empire. 53:36 Then you have papal Rome ruling for 1260 years, 53:40 but the prophecy seems to end there in Daniel 7. 53:44 It does hint 53:46 that the little horn will be around when Jesus comes 53:48 because it says there that it will be destroyed 53:50 when Jesus comes, so it's understood that 53:53 the little horn is going to be around 53:55 the time of the second coming 53:56 but of another stage of the little horn 53:58 is not explicit in Daniel 7 54:00 but it is explicit in Revelation 13. 54:03 Let me ask you. 54:05 Do you think the time is coming 54:06 when the papacy is going to recover its freedom 54:08 and is going to be healed from its deadly wound? 54:12 Have you been observing 54:14 what is happening in the world today? 54:16 Have you been observing 54:17 what is happening in the United States today 54:20 in its links and its connections 54:22 with the papacy? 54:23 Let me just read from the Book of Revelation 54:26 what we are told about the last stage of this horn. 54:32 It's the fourth stage of this fourth beast. 54:34 First the united Roman Empire, 54:36 after the united Roman Empire, 54:38 then you have the divided Roman Empire, 54:40 then you have the papacy ruling 1260 years, 54:43 a period during which it is wounded 54:46 and in captivity 54:48 and then its deadly wound is what? 54:50 Is healed and it will do in the future 54:52 what it did in the past. 54:53 You say is that in the Bible? 54:55 Yes. 54:56 Go with me to Revelation 13:3 54:58 speaking about the beast it says, 55:00 "And I saw one of his heads as if it had been what? 55:06 Mortally wounded..." 55:09 Now comes the rest of the story. 55:11 "And his deadly wound was healed." 55:16 Is the beast going to recover his power? 55:19 What would the healing of the wound be? 55:22 Well, must be that it can use the civil power again. 55:26 What does it mean that 55:28 it's going to be free from captivity? 55:31 Yeah, 'cause it's going to be able to use 55:33 the civil powers once again. 55:35 See, it's very simple. 55:36 So it says, "And his deadly wound was healed." 55:39 And all of Fresno, 55:42 Fresno too. 55:44 It says, "And all the world what? 55:47 Marveled and followed the beast." 55:49 Is the whole world gonna follow the beast accord to this? 55:52 Yes. 55:54 How many Protestants believe this? 55:58 Protestants have forsaken 56:00 this method of interpreting Bible prophecy. 56:03 Therefore the great leaders of Protestantism 56:05 such as Joel Osteen, Rick Warren, 56:08 Kenneth Copeland etcetera 56:11 have made trips to Rome 56:13 and have spoken gloriously about 56:14 the Roman Catholic system. 56:16 If they understood this prophecy, 56:18 if they understood that the papacy 56:20 is the little horn or the beast, 56:21 would they be doing that? 56:23 No. 56:24 They've thrown away the method, 56:26 the chain method 56:27 where you can follow the sequence of powers 56:30 one link after another, 56:32 and therefore they cannot see the dangers of this system 56:35 that ruled in the past, 56:37 and therefore they will be caught in the snare, 56:40 and they will wake up 56:42 only when it is too late to escape from the snare. 56:47 Who is going to tell them this? 56:48 Listen the Seventh-day Adventist Church 56:50 is the only church in the world that uses this method today. 56:53 The Protestant Reformers used if. 56:56 If Martin Luther and John Calvin 56:58 resurrected today, 56:59 they would die of a heart attack 57:01 because they would not recognize the churches 57:04 that came as result of them 57:07 because Luther and Calvin they believed 57:09 that papacy was the antichrist. 57:12 But today, apart from Adventists 57:15 hardly anybody believes that. 57:18 Now what is next link in the chain? 57:22 Who will restore the power of the sword 57:25 and deliver the papacy from its imprisonment? 57:29 Folks, this is the most 57:30 unbelievable part of this prophecy. 57:33 It is going to be the most unlikely power in the world 57:38 that will restore the sword to the papacy 57:40 and the whole world will follow the example of this nation. 57:44 And you say, what nation in its right mind would do this, 57:47 restore freedom to the papacy 57:49 and restore the sword to the papacy. 57:51 The most unlikely of all nations 57:54 and I like to say this, 57:56 that nation is the elephant in the room. 58:01 Everybody can see it, 58:03 but at the same time they can't see it. 58:05 So don't miss the next exciting episode. |
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