Before we get started,
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we want to have
a word of prayer,
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then we'll have a review
of what we've studied so far
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to give us some context,
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and then we will
get into new material.
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So, let's just bow our
heads for a word of prayer.
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Father in heaven,
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we come before your throne
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realizing that our
wisdom is not sufficient
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to understand the
great themes from your word,
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especially prophecy.
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And so we claim the
promise of your presence
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to help us understand.
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And not only to understand
but to be able to share
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what we're studying here.
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So we ask for the
presence of your Holy Spirit
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through the
ministry of the angels.
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We ask Lord that
you will instruct us
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and you will empower us
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to understand
these things and proclaim
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into the world.
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And we thank you
for hearing our prayer
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for we ask it in the
precious name of Jesus, amen.
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Well, let's do a little review
of what we've studied so far.
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We're studying God's
great prophetic chain.
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Where does a chain begin?
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It begins with Babylon,
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very well, 605 to 539 B.C.
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What is the second kingdom?
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Medo-Persia and
that kingdom ruled
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from 539 to 331 B.C.
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Then we have a third
king, what is the third kingdom.
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Greece, it's
the leopard, Greece.
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Greece ruled from
331 B.C. to 168 B.C.
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And then we have a fourth beast,
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this fourth beast
represents which empire?
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It represents the Roman Empire.
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And what happened
to the Roman Empire
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after a long period
in which it was united?
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It was what?
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It was divided.
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It was divided into 10 kingdoms.
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The nations of Europe today
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are the fruit of the
division of the Roman Empire.
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And that's interesting
that we noticed in the news
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that our Great
Britain has decided
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to get out of
the European Union.
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The prophecy of
Daniel Chapter 2 says
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that they will
not cleave together
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which is very, very interesting
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even though they
tried to get together,
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the fact that they're
so different in language
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and they're so
different in culture
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makes it very, very difficult.
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Different than the US,
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the US has one language
and basically one culture.
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So it makes it
much easier to have
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50 say states in one nation.
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Europe is a different
story with different economies
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and a different culture
and different languages,
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it makes it impossible
for Europe to come together.
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And so, we have the
division of the Roman Empire
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and then among the
10 divisions rises what?
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A little horn.
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How long does
that little horn rule?
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1260 years exactly.
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When do the 1260 years begin?
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In the year 538 A.D.
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that is after Christ.
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And when do the 1200 years end?
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They end in the year 1798
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and what happened in 1798?
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Two things happen
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to the little horn or the beast,
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because we noticed
that the little horn
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and the beast
represent the same power.
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What happened to the
little horn or the beast?
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Number 1,
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the system was wounded by what?
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By the sword.
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What does the sword represent?
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It represents the
civil power, that's right.
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And the second thing that happen
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to this beast
system or the little horn
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is that it was sent into what?
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It was sent into captivity,
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which means that
it could no longer use
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the civil powers of the world
to accomplish its purposes.
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Do you remember that?
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And so, in 1798,
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since 1798, the
papacy has been wounded.
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The papacy has been in captivity
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because it has not been
able to climb on the backs
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of the civil rulers of the world
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to impose her beliefs
and to impose her practices.
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So for the last
two hundred years plus,
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the papacy has
been in inactivity.
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It has been a wounded system
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because the civil
powers do not allow
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the papacy to use them
to accomplish her purposes.
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Now, the question is,
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does the prophetic
chain continue after 1798?
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Do we have anything in the Bible
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about what's
gonna happen after 1798.
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Yes, the Bible does
have information on that.
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Let's go to Revelation
13:11, Revelation 13:11.
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It says that,
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"Then I saw another beast
coming up out of the earth,
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and he had two horns like a lamb
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and he spoke like a
what, he spoke like a dragon."
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Now, I need to
explain something,
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I don't have the
time in this presentation
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to prove what I'm
gonna say but I will,
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I have a syllabus that
Secrets Unsealed carries
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which deals with
the structural matters
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of the Book of Revelation,
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but when the Book of Revelation
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introduces a new series
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in the first
verse of the series,
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it contains the beginning
and ending point of the series.
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In other words,
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when chronologically
the series begins
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and when
chronologically the series ends.
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So when it says
here that this beast
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from the earth has
two horns like a lamb
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but speaks like a dragon,
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it doesn't mean that
from the time it began,
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it spoke like a dragon.
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It simply means
that at the beginning,
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it had two horns like a
lamb and after a period of time,
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it started
speaking like a dragon.
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That's a very important point
that we need to keep in mind.
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Now, obviously this
beast has a positive side
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and a negative side.
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The positive side of this beast
is the two horns like a lamb.
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The negative side of
this beast is that this beast
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speaks like what?
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Speaks like a dragon.
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You know, you can
actually read Revelation 13: 11
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in two different ways.
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You can read it
and that this beast
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that rose from the earth
had two horns like a lamb
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and spoke like a dragon.
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In other words,
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while it still
has the two horns,
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the little lamb.
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He speaks as a dragon
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or it can be translated
that it had two horns like lamb,
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but it spoke like a dragon.
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I think that the
best translation is that
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this beast had
two horns like a lamb,
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the positive side,
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but in spite of having
the two horns like a lamb,
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it actually didn't
speak like a lamb, it what?
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It spoke like a dragon.
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In other words, it
professes one thing
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but in practice it
is something different.
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Are you with me so far?
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Now, the big question is,
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what nation could be represented
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by this beast that
rises from the earth?
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This beast that has
two horns like a lamb
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but speaks like a dragon.
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What nation
could be represented?
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Well, we're gonna
look at ten characteristics
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that identify this beast
that rises from the earth.
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Number 1,
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this is a beast
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and what do beasts
represent in Bible prophecy?
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In every case beast
represent nations or empires.
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Is the lion a nation?
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Is the bear a nation?
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Is the leopard a nation?
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Is the dragon beast a nation?
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Is the ram a nation?
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Is the he goat a nation?
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Absolutely.
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So in this case,
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this beast must
represent another what,
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another nation that rises now.
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It's not a
person, it's a nation.
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Now, I want you to
notice, what was stated by the,
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Bible commentator
Adam Clarke, you know,
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he's from about a 150 years ago,
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but he said
something very, very true
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about Revelation 13:11
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and I read now,
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"As a beast has
already been shown
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to be a symbol of
a kingdom or empire,
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the rising up
of the second beast
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must consequently represent
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the rising up of another empire,
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is he right?
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So he says,
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the other beast
were empires or kingdoms
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so the rising of
this beast must mean
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that this is another
nation or another what,
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or another empire.
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That's
characteristic number one.
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It has to be a nation.
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Number two,
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the historical flow
method that we are using
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tells us when this
nation was going to rise.
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Let's review
what we started with,
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because it's important
for us to understand that
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the chain has several links.
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Are you following me or not?
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When you
connect all other links,
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you see the trajectory
from the times of Babylon
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to the very end of
time without any gaps.
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It's quite simple.
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You know exactly
where you are in the flow.
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You know exactly where you are
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in the sequence
of the world history,
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don't you?
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When you can
see all of the links
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one after the other,
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you know, how history is flowing
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and how history
is going to flow.
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So where does
this beast out rise?
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When does it rise?
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Well, we have the
lion which is Babylon,
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we have the bear,
the Medes and Persians.
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We have the leopard
beast which is Greece.
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We have the dragon
beast which is Rome.
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We have the 10
horns on the dragon beast
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which is divided Rome,
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then we have the little horn
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which is the
same as the Sea beast.
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Remember we prove that
in three different ways.
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The little horn is
the same as the sea beast,
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and that sea beast
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or little horn
rules for how long?
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For 1260 years,
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from 538 to 1798.
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But what happens in 1798?
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This little horn or
beast is sent into what,
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into captivity and
is wounded with a sword.
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In other words, its
period of dominion ends
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in 1798 with a deadly wound
and it is sent into captivity.
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And then immediately after that
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first beast
receives a deadly wound
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and is set into captivity,
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you have the beast
from the earth that rises.
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So here is my question.
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When would we expect this nation
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or this empire to
arise in the prophetic flow?
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It would have to
be after the year
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or around the year what?
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1798.
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We have to look
for a nation that rises
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around the year 1798.
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There's another reason
why we know that this is true.
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Characteristic number three,
notice Revelation 13:10 and 11,
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Revelation 13:10 and 11.
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This is closely
related to point number two.
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It says speaking
about that first beast
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that rose from the sea
representing the papacy,
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the same as the little horn,
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he who leads into captivity
shall go into captivity.
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He who kills with a sword
must be killed with a sword.
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Here is the patience
and the faith of the saints.
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So notice verse 9 and verse 10
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speaks about the deadly wound
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and the captivity of the beast
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at the end of his
period of dominion.
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The very next verse,
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verse 11 speaks of the
beast that rises from the earth.
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So do you notice
when he is going to arise?
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It's after the first
beast is sent into captivity,
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after the first beast
receives its deadly wound.
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Notice what it
says, in verse 11, Then...
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What does then indicate?
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This happens and what?
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And then this follows.
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Then I saw another beast
coming up out of the earth,
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and he had two horns like a lamb
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but he spoke like a dragon.
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So around what
date would you expect
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this nation to arise?
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It would have to be
around the year what?
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1798,
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because we have a
chain of events here.
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Are you following me or not?
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I mean, it's not complicated,
this is not rocket science.
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You don't have to have
the wisdom of King Solomon.
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In order to understand that
you're dealing with Babylon,
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Medo-Persia,
Greece, the Roman Empire,
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the divided Roman Empire
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and then the papacy ruling
1260 years sent into captivity,
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received a deadly wound,
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and then at that point
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this other nation
rises from the earth,
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and it has two horns like a lamb
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and it speaks like a dragon.
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Are you following me so far?
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Let's notice
characteristic number four.
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The earth must represent
a sparsely populated area.
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You say why is that?
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Because we already
noticed that in Bible prophecy,
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waters represent what?
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Multitudes,
nations, tongues and peoples.
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So this beast does not
rise where there are multitudes,
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nations, tongues and peoples,
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it rises from the earth.
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In other words,
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it is a very
sparsely populated area.
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Further more,
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you'll notice that
there are no winds involved
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when this beast rises.
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No winds, there are no waters,
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there are no savage beasts
that this beast has to concur.
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He simply rises from the earth,
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so he does not rise
in the midst of warring
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with previous nations, you know,
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there is knocked out winds
00:14:06.71\00:14:08.04
and strife when
this nation rises,
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simply this nation
rises from the earth.
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I want to read a statement
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that was written
by Daniel J Burstyn,
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who was the librarian
of Congress for many years.
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In 1975, he gave
a series of lectures
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called the Reith
Lectures in London,
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and this is what he stated
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about the nature of the place
where the United States arose.
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The vacancy of North America,
no that means empty right,
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not very many people.
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"The vacancy of North
America was to prove to be
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its peculiar
promise to the world.
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Emptiness was
America's special fertility."
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Not so in the old world,
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the old world was
very, very populated,
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but what this
librarian of Congress is saying
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that this place was
empty when it comes to people,
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and that's the reason
00:15:04.20\00:15:05.53
why this beast
rises from the earth
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and does not
rise from the waters.
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Let's go to
characteristic number five.
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Did you notice
that it tells us here,
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that this beast
rises from the earth.
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Now, that word
rises is very interesting,
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it could be translated,
sprouted from the earth.
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In other words, in 1798,
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it had not
reached its full size,
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it was just sprouting in 1798.
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You say, well,
how do you know that?
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Well, the same word for
rising is used in Matthew 13:7,
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it's speaking to the
Parable of the Sower,
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and I want you to
notice what Jesus had to say.
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And some of the
seed fell among thorns
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and the thorns what,
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sprang up and choked them, see.
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So in 1798,
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this nation had not
reached the apex of its power,
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the climax of its power,
00:16:02.09\00:16:03.59
it was just sprouting
or rising from the earth
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at that specific date.
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Later on it was gonna
grow into a huge empire.
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Now, notice once again,
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what this historian had to say
00:16:16.40\00:16:19.61
about the rise of
the United States.
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This is G.A Townsend in his book
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The New World
Compared with the Old.
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He states the
history of the United States
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was separated by a
beneficent Providence
00:16:31.22\00:16:34.59
from the wild and cruel history
of the rest of the continent.
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You know, the Spaniards,
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they were very
cruel in colonizing
00:16:39.43\00:16:41.63
Latin America for example.
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So this historian is saying,
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the history of the
United States was different
00:16:45.47\00:16:47.27
than the rest of the continent,
00:16:47.30\00:16:49.20
and then he
uses this terminology
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which is very interesting,
00:16:51.24\00:16:53.44
and like a what,
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a silent seed we what,
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we grew into an empire.
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And this is a secular historian.
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He doesn't have
the foggiest idea
00:17:05.72\00:17:07.26
that he is making a
comment on Revelation 13:11.
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So in 1798,
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this nation had not reached
the fullness of its power,
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this nation was just
what, it was just sprouting.
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Now, another
important characteristic,
00:17:21.27\00:17:23.07
this would be
characteristic number six.
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I already mention that
the first four beasts rose
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from the sea.
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Now, the first two
beasts of Daniel 7 are powers
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that ruled in Asia.
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You know that Babylon,
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and you know that
Medo-Persia are Asian powers.
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The next two beasts
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which is the
leopard and the dragon beast
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are European powers.
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Isn't that
right, Greece and Rome?
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Do you notice that really
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we are moving from east to west?
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Prophecy moves from east to west
00:18:00.44\00:18:02.94
because Christianity
move from east to west.
00:18:02.98\00:18:06.78
So when Christianity moves,
00:18:06.82\00:18:08.45
prophecy moves
along with a Christians
00:18:08.48\00:18:10.69
if you follow me.
00:18:10.72\00:18:12.19
And so, it's
interesting to notice then
00:18:12.22\00:18:14.76
that this nation
could not rise in Asia
00:18:14.79\00:18:19.13
and could not rise in Europe,
00:18:19.16\00:18:21.36
because if this nation
had risen in Europe or Asia,
00:18:21.40\00:18:25.73
it would say that
it rose from the sea,
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from the waters
00:18:27.70\00:18:29.04
because those other
beasts rose from the waters.
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But because it doesn't say
that it rises from the waters,
00:18:31.41\00:18:33.98
it must mean,
00:18:34.01\00:18:35.34
it doesn't rise
in Asia or in Europe.
00:18:35.38\00:18:37.58
Are you with me or not?
00:18:37.61\00:18:38.95
Because the Asian
and European powers
00:18:38.98\00:18:40.62
were the ones
that rose from the sea.
00:18:40.65\00:18:42.32
So if this one rose in
one of those two continents,
00:18:42.35\00:18:44.99
it would say that
this beast rose from what?
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From the sea or from the waters.
00:18:48.09\00:18:50.53
Now, another
interesting characteristic,
00:18:50.56\00:18:53.06
this is
characteristic number seven.
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This territory
provided refuge for God's people
00:18:55.63\00:18:59.80
that were persecuted
during the 1260 years.
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We don't have a lot of time
00:19:02.94\00:19:04.27
to get into all
of these details,
00:19:04.31\00:19:06.44
but I'm just gonna
briefly tell you the story.
00:19:06.47\00:19:08.44
Revelation 12 has
many of the same elements
00:19:08.48\00:19:11.95
as Revelation 13.
00:19:11.98\00:19:14.28
There it speaks about a dragon
00:19:14.32\00:19:16.69
that persecutes the women
00:19:16.72\00:19:18.69
which represents the
saints or God's people,
00:19:18.72\00:19:21.09
persecutes the saints,
00:19:21.12\00:19:22.89
it says in one verse,
00:19:22.92\00:19:25.33
time times and
the dividing of time,
00:19:25.36\00:19:27.36
that connects with Daniel 7.
00:19:27.40\00:19:29.26
And a little later on it says,
00:19:29.30\00:19:31.77
the women fled to the wilderness
00:19:31.80\00:19:33.30
for 1260 days.
00:19:33.34\00:19:35.94
So by going to
Revelation 12, you know,
00:19:35.97\00:19:38.24
that the time,
times dividing of time
00:19:38.27\00:19:40.58
and the 1260 days
are the same time period,
00:19:40.61\00:19:43.58
because in the chapter
00:19:43.61\00:19:45.15
the persecution of
God's faithful people
00:19:45.18\00:19:47.55
represented by a pure woman
is spoken of as taking place
00:19:47.58\00:19:51.25
during 1260 years,
00:19:51.29\00:19:52.82
but if you read verse
16, it says there that
00:19:52.85\00:19:56.52
when the woman
was being persecuted,
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the earth helped the woman
00:19:59.49\00:20:02.63
and swallowed up the
waters of persecution.
00:20:02.66\00:20:07.07
So they're speaking about the
territory that provided refuge
00:20:07.10\00:20:10.74
for God's persecuted people.
00:20:10.77\00:20:12.31
Let me ask you,
00:20:12.34\00:20:13.68
when persecution
was hot in Europe,
00:20:13.71\00:20:16.61
where did people flee
00:20:16.64\00:20:19.05
to find freedom of worship
00:20:19.08\00:20:22.42
and to live in harmony
00:20:22.45\00:20:23.79
with the dictates
of their conscience.
00:20:23.82\00:20:25.45
This is simply history.
00:20:25.49\00:20:26.96
They fled from
Europe and they came where,
00:20:26.99\00:20:29.46
to the earth,
00:20:29.49\00:20:30.83
to the United States of America.
00:20:30.86\00:20:32.19
So when it says that this
beast rises from the earth,
00:20:32.23\00:20:34.60
it means that the nation
is arising in the territory.
00:20:34.63\00:20:38.43
Where as in
Revelation 12, when it says,
00:20:38.47\00:20:41.90
that the earth helped the woman,
00:20:41.94\00:20:43.27
the United States
did not exist yet,
00:20:43.30\00:20:45.11
but territory existed
because the colonial period,
00:20:45.14\00:20:48.21
the United States didn't exist.
00:20:48.24\00:20:49.84
They were colonies of England.
00:20:49.88\00:20:51.51
Are you with me or not?
00:20:51.55\00:20:52.91
And so in
Revelation 12, it says,
00:20:52.95\00:20:54.68
the earth came to the rescue,
00:20:54.72\00:20:56.18
the territory of
the Untied States,
00:20:56.22\00:20:57.95
and then later on the
beast rises from the earth.
00:20:57.99\00:21:01.79
That's when the nation
of the United States rises
00:21:01.82\00:21:03.89
in this territory.
00:21:03.93\00:21:05.26
Are you with me or not?
00:21:05.29\00:21:06.63
So the territory
of the United States
00:21:06.66\00:21:09.36
provided refuge for
God's persecuted people.
00:21:09.40\00:21:13.57
Now, let's go to
characteristic number eight.
00:21:13.60\00:21:16.50
Later in the
history of this nation,
00:21:16.54\00:21:18.74
according to Revelation 13,
00:21:18.77\00:21:22.11
it would become a
world wide super power.
00:21:22.14\00:21:26.55
It would be a
super power economically,
00:21:26.58\00:21:29.55
because it says
in Revelation 13,
00:21:29.58\00:21:31.65
that it would forbid to
buy and sell on a global level.
00:21:31.69\00:21:36.06
It must have a
dominion of the economy
00:21:36.09\00:21:39.09
in order to do this.
00:21:39.13\00:21:40.80
It would be a
super power militarily,
00:21:40.83\00:21:43.80
because it will
be able to enforce
00:21:43.83\00:21:46.67
the mark of the
beast on pain of death
00:21:46.70\00:21:49.90
world wide whoever does not
received the mark of the beast.
00:21:49.94\00:21:54.24
And it must also be a
world power politically,
00:21:54.28\00:21:57.85
because it will lead
all nations of the world
00:21:57.88\00:22:01.02
to worship the first beast.
00:22:01.05\00:22:03.52
So even though it
begins like a little,
00:22:03.55\00:22:07.16
little plant from a seed,
00:22:07.19\00:22:09.12
later on it takes on
huge gigantic proportions.
00:22:09.16\00:22:15.03
It becomes a world
super power economically,
00:22:15.06\00:22:19.43
militarily and politically.
00:22:19.47\00:22:22.90
Incidentally, I have a
little description here
00:22:22.94\00:22:25.74
of the population
of the United States.
00:22:25.77\00:22:29.14
From the year 1701,
00:22:29.18\00:22:31.41
this is towards the later
end of the colonial period.
00:22:31.45\00:22:35.52
In all of the Untied States
there were 260,000 population.
00:22:35.55\00:22:40.56
In 1776,
00:22:40.59\00:22:42.32
when the declaration of
Independence was ratified,
00:22:42.36\00:22:46.19
it had to grown to 2.8 million.
00:22:46.23\00:22:48.66
In 1800, it had
grown to 5,236,000.
00:22:48.70\00:22:54.44
Just a hundred
years later, in 1900,
00:22:54.47\00:22:57.51
it had grown from
5,000,000 to 76,212,000.
00:22:57.54\00:23:03.14
In 1950, just 50 years later,
00:23:03.18\00:23:06.45
the United States had
grown to a 151,325,000
00:23:06.48\00:23:11.22
and the last
census figure, in 2016,
00:23:11.25\00:23:15.76
the United States
had a population of over
00:23:15.79\00:23:17.79
340,000, 000 populations.
00:23:17.83\00:23:22.16
Has the United States become
a gigantic world super power?
00:23:22.20\00:23:26.53
It most certainly has.
00:23:26.57\00:23:28.04
Even though it
began like a little seed
00:23:28.07\00:23:30.57
sprouting up from the earth,
it became a world super power.
00:23:30.61\00:23:35.94
Now, let's notice
characteristic number nine,
00:23:35.98\00:23:38.91
where as the beast of
Daniel 7 ruled in succession,
00:23:38.95\00:23:44.05
the previous
beast disappears, right,
00:23:44.09\00:23:46.72
like the bear
finishes off the lion, correct,
00:23:46.76\00:23:49.46
and the leopard
finishes off the bear,
00:23:49.49\00:23:51.99
and the dragon
finishes off the leopard.
00:23:52.03\00:23:54.70
So the kingdom that is conquered
00:23:54.73\00:23:57.30
doesn't rule anymore.
00:23:57.33\00:23:59.00
But this beast from
the earth is different,
00:23:59.03\00:24:01.60
because this beast
00:24:01.64\00:24:03.10
from the earth is
actually coexistent
00:24:03.14\00:24:06.61
with the beast that
received the deadly wound.
00:24:06.64\00:24:09.24
And we're gonna find
00:24:09.28\00:24:10.78
that it is
actually going to help
00:24:10.81\00:24:13.21
the first beast
recover its freedom
00:24:13.25\00:24:16.82
and recover from
its deadly wound.
00:24:16.85\00:24:19.85
Are you following me or not?
00:24:19.89\00:24:21.52
So the second beast is a lot
younger than the first beast,
00:24:21.56\00:24:25.73
and in a certain sense
00:24:25.76\00:24:27.10
they're going to exist together,
00:24:27.13\00:24:29.20
and the second beast is
gonna help the first beast
00:24:29.23\00:24:32.67
recover its
freedom from captivity
00:24:32.70\00:24:35.24
and recover from
its deadly wound.
00:24:35.27\00:24:38.71
And then
characteristic number 10.
00:24:38.74\00:24:41.51
While the land beast
has two lamb like horns,
00:24:41.54\00:24:45.58
it will end up
speaking like a dragon.
00:24:45.61\00:24:48.72
So we need to ask the question,
00:24:48.75\00:24:50.59
who is the dragon
00:24:50.62\00:24:52.69
and what are
the lamb like horns?
00:24:52.72\00:24:55.39
See characteristic number 10,
00:24:55.42\00:24:56.79
we need to identify the dragon
00:24:56.83\00:24:58.69
and we need to identify
also the two horns like a lamb.
00:24:58.73\00:25:04.13
Now, let's talk first
of all about the dragon.
00:25:04.17\00:25:07.27
Let's read
Revelation 13:11 once again,
00:25:07.30\00:25:10.74
"Then I saw another beast
coming up out of the earth,
00:25:10.77\00:25:15.08
and he had two horns like a lamb
00:25:15.11\00:25:18.41
and spoke like a dragon."
00:25:18.45\00:25:21.55
Now, let's deal first of all
with the fact that this beast
00:25:21.58\00:25:25.02
speaks like a dragon.
00:25:25.05\00:25:26.82
Let me ask you what
does the dragon represent?
00:25:26.86\00:25:31.76
Well, I give you
half credit for that.
00:25:31.79\00:25:34.23
I heard the answer Satan,
00:25:34.26\00:25:36.87
and it
certainly represent Satan,
00:25:36.90\00:25:38.93
but there is a
very important point
00:25:38.97\00:25:40.94
that I don't like you to miss.
00:25:40.97\00:25:43.17
And that is that
the dragon represents
00:25:43.20\00:25:46.71
Satan working through Rome.
00:25:46.74\00:25:51.15
Satan works through Rome.
00:25:51.18\00:25:53.85
You say, how is that?
00:25:53.88\00:25:55.28
Well, let's talk first of
all about the Roman Empire.
00:25:55.32\00:25:59.65
In Revelation 12,
00:25:59.69\00:26:01.02
we find the dragon
standing next to the woman
00:26:01.06\00:26:03.66
to devour the child as
soon as the child was born.
00:26:03.69\00:26:07.63
So who stood next to the
woman to try and kill the child?
00:26:07.66\00:26:11.10
Was it the devil
with pitchfork in hand,
00:26:11.13\00:26:13.64
and horns coming out
of his head and a tail,
00:26:13.67\00:26:15.94
obviously the devil
doesn't look like that,
00:26:15.97\00:26:17.64
but that's the way
people usually portray him
00:26:17.67\00:26:19.27
and think of him.
00:26:19.31\00:26:20.64
Did the devil stand
personally their next to Mary
00:26:20.68\00:26:22.81
to try and kill Jesus?
00:26:22.84\00:26:24.18
No.
00:26:24.21\00:26:25.55
How did the devil
seek to slay Christ?
00:26:25.58\00:26:28.68
He influenced the
Roman ruler Herod,
00:26:28.72\00:26:33.19
his earthly
instrument so to speak to try
00:26:33.22\00:26:38.03
and finish off Jesus
Christ when he was born.
00:26:38.06\00:26:40.00
So the dragon in this
00:26:40.03\00:26:41.76
first instance represents Satan,
00:26:41.80\00:26:43.77
but it represents
Satan working through what,
00:26:43.80\00:26:47.04
working through
the Roman Empire.
00:26:47.07\00:26:49.34
Now, what about
during the 1260 years?
00:26:49.37\00:26:53.78
Here's where things
get very interesting.
00:26:53.81\00:26:56.08
If you read Daniel 7,
00:26:56.11\00:26:57.81
it says the
little horn persecuted
00:26:57.85\00:26:59.48
the saints of the Most High.
00:26:59.51\00:27:01.68
And the little horn
represents what power?
00:27:01.72\00:27:03.45
Rome.
00:27:03.49\00:27:05.49
Which Rome?
00:27:05.52\00:27:06.86
Papal Rome, very good.
00:27:06.89\00:27:08.22
The little horn
00:27:08.26\00:27:09.59
or the beast
represents papal Rome,
00:27:09.62\00:27:10.96
but when you go
to Revelation 12,
00:27:10.99\00:27:12.73
it says that the
dragon persecuted the woman
00:27:12.76\00:27:16.20
when she fled to the wilderness.
00:27:16.23\00:27:18.70
Now, wait a minute,
00:27:18.73\00:27:20.17
is it the little horn
or is it that the dragon
00:27:20.20\00:27:22.80
that's persecuting
the woman and the saints.
00:27:22.84\00:27:25.01
If the dragon in
Revelation 12 is Satan,
00:27:25.04\00:27:28.61
but Daniel 7 tells us
00:27:28.64\00:27:31.38
that Satan works
through the little horn
00:27:31.41\00:27:33.52
or through the beast.
00:27:33.55\00:27:34.88
Are you with me?
00:27:34.92\00:27:36.25
In other words, he
is working through Rome,
00:27:36.28\00:27:38.45
because the little horn
and the beast represents what?
00:27:38.49\00:27:41.02
Represents Rome.
00:27:41.06\00:27:42.66
So did Rome try to
slay the man child?
00:27:42.69\00:27:45.96
Yes.
00:27:45.99\00:27:47.33
Did Rome try to
annihilate God's Church?
00:27:47.36\00:27:49.70
Yes.
00:27:49.73\00:27:51.07
Papal Rome, Satan
working through papal Rome.
00:27:51.10\00:27:53.20
So let me ask you when it says
00:27:53.23\00:27:54.57
that this beast has two horns
00:27:54.60\00:27:56.27
like a lamb, but
speaks like a dragon,
00:27:56.30\00:27:58.77
it must mean that this beast
not only speaks like Satan,
00:27:58.81\00:28:03.58
but it will speak like Rome.
00:28:03.61\00:28:08.18
You didn't get that?
00:28:08.22\00:28:09.72
Did you get that?
00:28:09.75\00:28:11.29
Because in Revelation 12, 13
00:28:11.32\00:28:14.49
the dragon represents
Satan working through Rome.
00:28:14.52\00:28:19.59
It was Satan
working through Rome
00:28:19.63\00:28:21.76
that try to slay the man child.
00:28:21.80\00:28:23.26
It was Satan
working through Rome
00:28:23.30\00:28:25.40
who tried to destroy the church
00:28:25.43\00:28:27.20
during the 1260 years.
00:28:27.24\00:28:29.17
And it will be
Satan working through Rome
00:28:29.20\00:28:31.81
with the help of
the United States,
00:28:31.84\00:28:33.24
we're gonna notice
00:28:33.27\00:28:34.61
that will lead to the final
persecution of God's people.
00:28:34.64\00:28:37.31
So when it says that
it speaks like a dragon,
00:28:37.35\00:28:39.75
it is speaking like the devil
who is speaking through Rome.
00:28:39.78\00:28:44.49
Are you
understanding this point?
00:28:44.52\00:28:46.09
Crucially important.
00:28:46.12\00:28:47.96
Now, the
interesting thing is that
00:28:47.99\00:28:51.26
this second beast becomes
an ally of the first beast.
00:28:51.29\00:28:56.87
You know, all of
the other beasts,
00:28:56.90\00:28:59.00
you know, they
finished off the beast
00:28:59.03\00:29:00.77
before them, you know.
00:29:00.80\00:29:02.60
The bear fought with the lion,
00:29:02.64\00:29:04.57
finished him off.
00:29:04.61\00:29:05.94
You know, he had even
three ribs in his mouth.
00:29:05.97\00:29:08.11
And then, you know,
00:29:08.14\00:29:09.48
the leopard comes
00:29:09.51\00:29:10.85
and the leopard
finishes off the bear.
00:29:10.88\00:29:12.88
And then this dragon beast comes
00:29:12.91\00:29:14.58
and he finishes off the leopard.
00:29:14.62\00:29:16.25
In other words, the
first four kingdoms,
00:29:16.28\00:29:18.22
they're fighting
against the previous kingdom
00:29:18.25\00:29:21.49
but with this
beast, it's different.
00:29:21.52\00:29:23.79
With this beast that
rises from the earth,
00:29:23.83\00:29:25.83
it seems like its
destiny is to help
00:29:25.86\00:29:29.33
the first beast
recover its power.
00:29:29.36\00:29:32.27
Let me go to Revelation 13,
00:29:32.30\00:29:34.44
and you'll see
this very, very clearly.
00:29:34.47\00:29:36.40
By the way we
know that this is true
00:29:36.44\00:29:38.71
because this nation is
gonna speak like a dragon.
00:29:38.74\00:29:41.34
It's gonna speak like what,
00:29:41.38\00:29:43.01
like Rome, that's right.
00:29:43.04\00:29:44.38
So that's one of
the characteristics,
00:29:44.41\00:29:45.75
this nation is
gonna speak like Rome.
00:29:45.78\00:29:47.88
But there are other
reasons why we know this.
00:29:47.92\00:29:50.65
Notice Revelation 13:12,
00:29:50.69\00:29:56.16
it's speaking about
this beast from the earth
00:29:56.19\00:29:59.39
and it says there,
00:29:59.43\00:30:01.10
"And he exercises all
of the authority of" whom,
00:30:01.13\00:30:06.10
of the first beast.
00:30:06.13\00:30:07.47
So who is behind
this beast ruling?
00:30:07.50\00:30:10.47
It's the first beast.
00:30:10.51\00:30:11.94
This beast from
the earth exercises
00:30:11.97\00:30:13.94
all of the
authority of the first beast,
00:30:13.98\00:30:17.08
and it says in his presence.
00:30:17.11\00:30:19.68
You know, most modern versions
00:30:19.71\00:30:21.22
translate that expression
00:30:21.25\00:30:22.62
in his presence
is on his behalf.
00:30:22.65\00:30:26.55
There is a
perfectly proper translation.
00:30:26.59\00:30:28.66
In other words,
00:30:28.69\00:30:30.03
what it's saying is that
this beast from the earth
00:30:30.06\00:30:32.23
exercises all the
authority of the first beast
00:30:32.26\00:30:35.33
on its behalf and now
notice what it continue saying,
00:30:35.36\00:30:38.70
"and causes the earth
and those who dwell in it
00:30:38.73\00:30:41.57
to worship what, to
worship the first beast."
00:30:41.60\00:30:45.17
Is everything that
this beast is doing
00:30:45.21\00:30:47.04
with reference
to the first beast
00:30:47.08\00:30:48.78
to restore its power?
00:30:48.81\00:30:50.15
Absolutely.
00:30:50.18\00:30:51.51
Notice Revelation 13:14,
00:30:51.55\00:30:53.78
this beast will actually
00:30:53.82\00:30:55.15
make an image
of the first beast,
00:30:55.18\00:30:56.89
and it's not a literal image,
00:30:56.92\00:30:58.42
it's symbolic.
00:30:58.45\00:31:01.12
It says in Revelation 13:14,
00:31:01.16\00:31:03.69
"And he that is the land beast
00:31:03.73\00:31:05.59
deceives those who dwell
on the earth by those signs
00:31:05.63\00:31:08.96
which he was granted to
do in the sight of the beast,
00:31:09.00\00:31:12.33
telling those who
dwell on the earth
00:31:12.37\00:31:14.34
to make an image to the beast
00:31:14.37\00:31:16.60
who was wounded by
the sword and lived."
00:31:16.64\00:31:18.67
So what does this
beast from the earth do?
00:31:18.71\00:31:20.61
He makes an image of what?
00:31:20.64\00:31:22.88
Of the first beast.
00:31:22.91\00:31:24.68
Not only that,
notice Revelation 13:16,
00:31:24.71\00:31:28.98
speaking about the second beast
00:31:29.02\00:31:30.45
it says "He causes all,
00:31:30.49\00:31:31.85
both small and
great, rich and poor,
00:31:31.89\00:31:34.29
free and slave,
00:31:34.32\00:31:35.69
to receive a mark
on their right hand
00:31:35.72\00:31:38.83
or on their foreheads."
00:31:38.86\00:31:40.20
Whose mark is this?
00:31:40.23\00:31:41.56
It's the mark of the beast.
00:31:41.60\00:31:43.43
Did you catch everything here?
00:31:43.47\00:31:46.70
What is the destiny
of the second beast?
00:31:46.74\00:31:49.04
Everything he does is
with reference to what?
00:31:49.07\00:31:52.44
To restore freedom
and to restore the sword
00:31:52.47\00:31:56.54
to the first beast.
00:31:56.58\00:31:57.91
Let me review.
00:31:57.95\00:31:59.28
First of all, he
speaks like a dragon, Rome.
00:31:59.31\00:32:01.95
Secondly,
00:32:01.98\00:32:03.32
exercises all the
authority of the first beast.
00:32:03.35\00:32:06.05
Everything he does is on
behalf of the first beast.
00:32:06.09\00:32:09.49
He makes everybody
worship the first beast.
00:32:09.52\00:32:12.06
He makes an image
of the first beast,
00:32:12.09\00:32:14.56
and he imposes the
mark of the first beast.
00:32:14.60\00:32:17.27
The destiny of this
nation that is spoken of here
00:32:17.30\00:32:20.90
is to restore the sword
00:32:20.94\00:32:23.44
and to give
freedom to the system
00:32:23.47\00:32:26.17
that was sent into captivity
00:32:26.21\00:32:28.01
and that was
wounded with the sword
00:32:28.04\00:32:30.51
in the year 1798.
00:32:30.55\00:32:32.08
Is this clear to you?
00:32:32.11\00:32:33.58
This is biblical.
00:32:33.62\00:32:35.88
We're studying the Bible here.
00:32:35.92\00:32:37.52
You know, we're
not speculating like
00:32:37.55\00:32:39.05
so many
Christians today, you know.
00:32:39.09\00:32:40.69
I was here in a
non-Adventist pastor
00:32:40.72\00:32:43.73
who was saying,
you know, that this,
00:32:43.76\00:32:45.43
the antichrist is
gonna rise in the Middle East
00:32:45.46\00:32:47.70
and he is gonna sit in
the literal Jewish Temple,
00:32:47.73\00:32:50.00
and he is gonna build
this great big statue,
00:32:50.03\00:32:52.43
and this big statue,
00:32:52.47\00:32:53.80
this image is
actually gonna be able to talk.
00:32:53.84\00:32:56.97
You know, everybody is
gonna worship this statue
00:32:57.01\00:32:59.57
and this antichrist is
gonna put a great big tattoo
00:32:59.61\00:33:02.74
on the forehead
or on the right hand,
00:33:02.78\00:33:04.51
literalizing everything.
00:33:04.55\00:33:06.68
But we are
dealing here with what?
00:33:06.72\00:33:08.65
We're dealing with symbols.
00:33:08.68\00:33:10.39
You have to allow the
Bible to interpret the symbols.
00:33:10.42\00:33:12.65
We're not dealing
with a literal tattoo.
00:33:12.69\00:33:15.92
Whoever has your mind has you.
00:33:15.96\00:33:18.59
In other words,
00:33:18.63\00:33:19.96
so the forehead means your mind.
00:33:20.00\00:33:22.83
The image is
not a literal image,
00:33:22.86\00:33:24.97
it simply means
that in this country
00:33:25.00\00:33:27.24
an image of what the
papacy was in the past
00:33:27.27\00:33:30.07
is gonna be in the future
00:33:30.11\00:33:31.44
helped by this nation.
00:33:31.47\00:33:32.94
And what characterize
the papacy in the past?
00:33:32.97\00:33:35.28
It joined what?
00:33:35.31\00:33:36.75
Church and state.
00:33:36.78\00:33:38.51
So an image of
the papacy is that
00:33:38.55\00:33:41.85
the United States
is going to join what?
00:33:41.88\00:33:44.65
Church and state.
00:33:44.69\00:33:46.15
That's an image of
what the papacy was.
00:33:46.19\00:33:48.82
So it's not a literal
image, it is a symbolic image.
00:33:48.86\00:33:54.10
So we discussed what
the dragon represents
00:33:54.13\00:33:56.93
and what this beast from
the earth is going to do.
00:33:56.97\00:33:59.37
Now, we need to talk about
00:33:59.40\00:34:00.90
the two horns like a lamb.
00:34:00.94\00:34:06.34
Let's go in our
Bibles to Daniel 8: 3.
00:34:06.37\00:34:10.65
See the Bible
explains itself, folks.
00:34:10.68\00:34:14.58
We don't have to go
to Bible commentaries
00:34:14.62\00:34:16.65
to understand the Bible.
00:34:16.69\00:34:18.35
Bible commentaries are helpful,
00:34:18.39\00:34:19.72
I don't have anything
against Bible commentaries,
00:34:19.75\00:34:22.06
but Bible commentaries
are comments of human beings.
00:34:22.09\00:34:25.29
Uninspired human
beings on the Bible.
00:34:25.33\00:34:28.03
It's better for us to
go directly to the Bible
00:34:28.06\00:34:30.13
and study it for ourselves
00:34:30.17\00:34:32.03
and reach
conclusions based on our study.
00:34:32.07\00:34:34.74
So these two horns like a lamb,
00:34:34.77\00:34:38.31
we need to understand
00:34:38.34\00:34:39.67
what those two horns
like a lamb represent.
00:34:39.71\00:34:41.71
The question is
what do they represent?
00:34:41.74\00:34:43.85
Revelation 13 doesn't tell you,
00:34:43.88\00:34:46.85
and so what do you do?
00:34:46.88\00:34:48.22
You say, well,
did the Holy Spirit
00:34:48.25\00:34:49.95
place in some
other place of the Bible
00:34:49.98\00:34:53.66
a verse that will
help us understand
00:34:53.69\00:34:55.42
what the two horns
like a lamb represents,
00:34:55.46\00:34:57.83
because the Holy
Spirit superintended
00:34:57.86\00:35:00.06
the composition of the Bible.
00:35:00.10\00:35:01.43
The Holy Spirit put
everything in the Bible
00:35:01.46\00:35:03.60
that we need to understand
every verse of the Bible.
00:35:03.63\00:35:06.53
So if Revelation
13:11 does not tell us
00:35:06.57\00:35:09.10
what the two
horns like a lamb are,
00:35:09.14\00:35:11.14
then we go to
other verses of the Bible
00:35:11.17\00:35:13.14
that perhaps are
parallel and help us understand.
00:35:13.17\00:35:15.74
Are you following the principle?
00:35:15.78\00:35:17.28
Now, the closest parallel
00:35:17.31\00:35:19.18
to Revelation 13:11
is found in Daniel 8:3.
00:35:19.21\00:35:25.95
It says, "Then I
lifted my eyes and saw,
00:35:25.99\00:35:29.82
and there, standing
00:35:29.86\00:35:31.19
beside the river, was a what?
00:35:31.23\00:35:34.00
Ram, how many beasts here,
00:35:34.03\00:35:36.53
in this verse, one,
right, just a ram, one ram,"
00:35:36.56\00:35:39.43
was a Ram which had two what?
00:35:39.47\00:35:42.14
Horns.
00:35:42.17\00:35:43.51
Also here we have a
beast with two horns
00:35:43.54\00:35:45.87
which had two horns and
the two horns were high,
00:35:45.91\00:35:50.15
but one was
higher than the other,
00:35:50.18\00:35:54.12
and the higher one came up last.
00:35:54.15\00:35:57.45
So you have one beast
and this beast has two horns.
00:35:57.49\00:36:01.32
Do you have in Revelation 13:11,
00:36:01.36\00:36:03.16
do you have one
beast that has two horns?
00:36:03.19\00:36:05.26
Yes, so do you think maybe
00:36:05.29\00:36:07.06
Daniel 8:3 might help us
understand Revelation 13:11?
00:36:07.10\00:36:11.67
Obviously, yes.
00:36:11.70\00:36:13.57
Now, what does
this mean, this ram,
00:36:13.60\00:36:17.41
who is one beast
that has two horns?
00:36:17.44\00:36:21.64
Well, we don't have to guess
00:36:21.68\00:36:23.38
because Daniel 8:20 tells us
00:36:23.41\00:36:26.05
what this beast,
00:36:26.08\00:36:28.25
this ram with
two horns represents.
00:36:28.28\00:36:30.95
It says, "The ram which you saw,
00:36:30.99\00:36:33.49
having the two
horns they are the kings"
00:36:33.52\00:36:36.86
or the kingdoms we might say,
00:36:36.89\00:36:39.03
remember that kings and kingdoms
00:36:39.06\00:36:40.40
is interchangeable,
00:36:40.43\00:36:41.76
we've already studied this.
00:36:41.80\00:36:43.13
So they are the
kingdoms of what?
00:36:43.16\00:36:46.20
Media and Persia.
00:36:46.23\00:36:47.64
So we have one nation
00:36:47.67\00:36:49.30
and this one nation is
composed of two kingdoms.
00:36:49.34\00:36:54.18
One nation, two what?
00:36:54.21\00:36:56.38
Two kingdoms.
00:36:56.41\00:36:57.75
So the question is might
00:36:57.78\00:36:59.11
the beast of Revelation 13:11
00:36:59.15\00:37:00.78
be one nation
00:37:00.82\00:37:02.32
that is
composed of two kingdoms.
00:37:02.35\00:37:05.62
Yes, but now,
00:37:05.65\00:37:08.02
I want you to notice
something very interesting.
00:37:08.06\00:37:10.59
The horns on the head
00:37:10.63\00:37:13.09
of this beast
of Revelation 13:11
00:37:13.13\00:37:15.13
are two horns like a lamb.
00:37:15.16\00:37:19.17
In Revelation invariably
00:37:19.20\00:37:21.00
the lamb is a
symbol of Jesus Christ.
00:37:21.04\00:37:23.71
It's used 29 times,
00:37:23.74\00:37:25.24
the word Lamb in
the Book of Revelation.
00:37:25.27\00:37:27.31
Every time it's a
reference to Christ.
00:37:27.34\00:37:30.05
So these two horns like a lamb
00:37:30.08\00:37:32.41
must be the two kingdoms
00:37:32.45\00:37:34.15
that Jesus the Lamb recognized.
00:37:34.18\00:37:37.55
Are you following me or not?
00:37:37.59\00:37:39.25
So the question is,
00:37:39.29\00:37:40.62
what are the two
kingdoms that Jesus,
00:37:40.66\00:37:42.82
the Lamb of God recognize?
00:37:42.86\00:37:44.19
Did Jesus recognize
00:37:44.23\00:37:45.73
the legitimate existence
of two kingdoms in one nation?
00:37:45.76\00:37:50.13
Yes, He did.
00:37:50.17\00:37:52.00
You say where is
that in the Bible?
00:37:52.03\00:37:54.20
Let's go to Matthew 22:19, 21,
00:37:54.24\00:37:59.64
Matthew 22:19, 21.
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This is why,
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when they ask Jesus
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whether it was proper
to pay taxes to Caesar.
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It says there,
Jesus says to them,
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"Show me the tax money."
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So they brought Him a denarius.
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And he said to them,
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"Whose image and
inscription is this?"
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In other words,
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whose face and whose
name is on this coin.
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They said to Him, "Caesar's."
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And he said to them,
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"Render therefore to Caesar
the things that are Caesar's,
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and to God the
things that are God's."
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How many kingdoms did Jesus,
the Lamb of God recognized?
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He recognized two kingdoms.
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The kingdom of God
and the kingdom of Caesar,
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or the civil power
and the religious power.
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Now, let me ask you
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what is Christ kingdom
spiritually speaking on earth?
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It is the church.
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You say where do we
find that in the Bible?
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Jesus said to Peter,
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you are Peter
and up on this rock
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I will build my church.
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He wasn't saying
Peter was a rock.
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He was saying,
you are Peter, petros,
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little pebble, you are pebble,
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but upon this rock,
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I will build my
church and then he says,
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and I will give you
the keys to the kingdom.
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So what is the church?
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The church is
the kingdom, right?
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The church is Christ's
spiritual kingdom on earth.
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But is there
also another kingdom
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which is the civil power.
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Yes, Jesus said
therefore give the Caesar
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what is Caesar's and to
God that which is God's.
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Now, let me give you an example,
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so that you can understand
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the separation
of these two powers.
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Do we have an
obligation with God financially?
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What is the financial obligation
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we have towards God?
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It's called the tithe, right?
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Do we have an obligation
when it comes to Caesar?
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Yes.
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What is it?
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We don't like it,
but it's taxes, right?
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So do we have a
financial obligation to God
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and to His church?
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Yes.
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Do we have a
financial obligation to Caesar
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or to the state?
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Yes, see.
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So we are recognizing
that there is a church
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and there is a state,
there is two kingdoms.
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Now, we have a
financial obligation
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to one and to the other.
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Now let me ask you,
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would it be proper for the state
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to say to the church,
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hey, we're 18
trillion dollars in debt,
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would you give us
some of your money.
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Would that be proper?
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No, on the other hand,
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would it be proper
for the church to say,
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you know, we are
having really a lot of trouble
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balancing our budget.
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Would you please give
us some of Caesar's money
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to help the church,
that would be improper.
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Because Jesus said,
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we're supposed
to render to Caesar
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what is Caesar's and to
God that which is God's.
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So in the Roman Empire
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where there two
kingdoms, yes or no?
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Yes.
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In the Roman Empire,
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there was the kingdom of Caesar
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and there was a kingdom
of God which was the church.
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Incidentally, you
remember that that Pilate
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when Jesus was in His chambers,
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Pilate said don't you know that
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I could release
you if I wanted to.
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Jesus said, you
could never release me
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unless the power was
given you from above.
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So was Jesus recognizing
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that Pilate had a legitimate
existence of the ruler
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and that God had given
him the ability to rule there?
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Absolutely.
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And Pilate understood
it better than the Jews.
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Because you know,
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when the Jews
wanted to condemn Jesus,
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Pilate said, hey, you know,
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he hasn't
violated any laws of Rome.
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Judge Him according to your law.
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So Pilate recognized two laws.
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The law of God and his law.
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He says he hasn't
violated any of my laws.
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You say He violated
the church laws, well,
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that's your problem, not mine.
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So did Jesus
recognized the existence,
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the legitimate
existence of two kingdoms?
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Absolutely.
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Do you know
what the Jews wanted?
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The Jews wanted Jesus
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to take over
the secular kingdom.
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They wanted Jesus to
take over the secular kingdom
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to enforce the religious
laws of the Jewish nation.
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And Jesus said no,
Caesar will rule as Caesar,
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and the church will
function as a church.
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Never do you find Jesus
using the Roman government
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to further His objectives.
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Never do you
find the early church,
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you read the Book of Acts.
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You never find
in the Book of Acts
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that the apostles
are appealing to Rome,
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for Rome to help them in
the preaching of the gospel
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or punishing people that
don't agree with their message.
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But if you read
the Book of Acts,
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you'll find time and time again
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that the Jews are appealing
to the Roman magistrates
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to punish the Christians.
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They were doing the same thing
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that the apostate
church did with Jesus Christ.
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They were appealing
to the power of the state
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to persecute the apostles
like they did with Jesus.
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Are you following me or not?
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So, in other words,
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church and state
are the two kingdoms
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and they are not to be together,
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they are to be what?
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Separate, function separately.
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One nation, two kingdoms,
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the church and the state.
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Notice John 18:36,
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here Jesus is in
Pilate's private chambers
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and Pilate has asked Jesus,
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you know, "Are
You really a king?"
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And notice what Jesus answered.
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"My kingdom is
not of this world."
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So how many kingdoms
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did Jesus recognized then there?
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Two,
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His and the
kingdom of the world.
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He says "If My
kingdom were of this world,
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My servants would
what, would fight,
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they would use the sword,
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so that I should not
be delivered to the Jews,
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but now My kingdom is not what?
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My kingdom is not from here."
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Did the Jews
constantly want Jesus
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to take over the
reigns of the civil government
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to impose the Jewish religion?
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Absolutely.
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Did Jesus accept?
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He refused.
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In fact from the time
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that the devil attempted
on the Mount of Temptation,
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you remember the
devil offered Him
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all of the kings of the world,
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kingdoms of the
world, Jesus said no.
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He rejected them
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but you know what's interesting.
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In the fourth and fifth century,
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the devil offered
those same kingdoms
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to the pope and
the pope accepted them.
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That's why he is the antichrist,
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because he accepted
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the rulership of the
kingdoms of this world,
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where as Jesus rejected
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the rulership over the
kingdoms of this world.
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You remember for example,
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when Jesus wanted to go
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through the
Samaritan villages on His way,
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His last trip to Jerusalem.
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And He asked for permission
to go through these villages
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and the Samaritan said no,
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we don't want You to
go through our villages.
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And Jesus had two
disciples, the Sons of Thunder,
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James and John,
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and they were
indignant, and they said,
00:44:55.42\00:44:58.03
they said the Jesus, you know
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Jesus, how dare they say that,
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do You want us to call fire
from heaven to burn them up.
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You want us to use first
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because they don't
agree with your kingdom,
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they don't accept
you as the Messiah.
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Jesus said, you don't
know what spirit you are of.
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You remember also
when Jesus fed the 5,000,
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they wanted to take Him
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and they wanted
to make Him king,
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remember.
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The Jews constantly
wanted to make Him king.
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You even remember
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when Jesus was in
the Garden of Gethsemane,
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and they came to arrest Him
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that Peter took out his sword,
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interesting that
he took out his sword
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and he took a swipe at
the high priest servant
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and cut off his ear.
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I don't think he
was aiming at his ear.
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He was aiming to cut
off his head but he missed,
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he was a
fisherman and not a soldier.
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But anyway he cut off his ear.
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And what did Jesus say?
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Well done Peter,
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thank you for
defending my kingdom Peter,
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and he said to
the other disciples,
00:45:54.38\00:45:55.92
you cowards, why
don't you chip in too,
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take your swords out.
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Is that what Jesus said?
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No.
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Jesus said
something very similar to
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what we find in
Revelation 13: 9, 10.
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Jesus says put away that sword
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because whoever
kills with a sword
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will be killed with a sword.
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Is that sound like
Revelation 13:9 and 10?
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And Peter was
supposedly the first pope,
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and Jesus said no,
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you cannot use the
sword to defend my kingdom.
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So why did Jesus come then?
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He recognized the legitimate
existence of two kingdoms,
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the civil power to
preserve the civil order
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and the church to
preach the gospel to the world.
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By the way each of them
has their own sword, right?
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What is the sword of the church?
00:46:42.46\00:46:45.17
The Bible.
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And how does the
church use that sword?
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I'm using it tonight.
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How does a church use the sword?
00:46:51.71\00:46:53.91
By preaching, that's right.
00:46:53.94\00:46:56.34
Does the state have a sword?
00:46:56.38\00:46:57.81
Yes.
00:46:57.85\00:46:59.18
How does the state use a sword?
00:46:59.21\00:47:01.48
To punish everyone who
violates civil law, right?
00:47:01.52\00:47:05.55
But is it
legitimate for the civil power
00:47:05.59\00:47:07.42
to punish religious offences?
00:47:07.46\00:47:09.62
No, because that's
the realm of the church,
00:47:09.66\00:47:11.43
that belongs to God.
00:47:11.46\00:47:13.56
So they have to be what?
00:47:13.60\00:47:15.26
Separate, not together,
00:47:15.30\00:47:17.07
so what I'm
saying is that this beast
00:47:17.10\00:47:20.97
that has two horns like a lamb,
00:47:21.00\00:47:22.40
it means that it's
gonna be one nation
00:47:22.44\00:47:24.21
because it's one beast,
00:47:24.24\00:47:25.57
but it's gonna recognize
the legitimate existence
00:47:25.61\00:47:27.94
in that nation of two kingdoms,
00:47:27.98\00:47:29.64
the church and the what?
00:47:29.68\00:47:31.85
The church and the state.
00:47:31.88\00:47:34.02
Now, the question
is, why did Jesus come?
00:47:34.05\00:47:37.09
Let's go to Luke 17:20, 21,
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Luke 17:20, 21, it says,
00:47:39.95\00:47:45.36
"Now when He was
asked by the Pharisees
00:47:45.39\00:47:48.13
when the kingdom
of God would come,
00:47:48.16\00:47:51.23
He answered them and said,
00:47:51.27\00:47:53.60
"The kingdom of God does
not come with observation..."
00:47:53.64\00:47:56.20
What that means is
00:47:56.24\00:47:57.57
it's an external
display of power,
00:47:57.61\00:47:59.11
okay.
00:47:59.14\00:48:00.74
The word observation means
00:48:00.78\00:48:02.11
with an external
display of power.
00:48:02.14\00:48:04.15
Jesus is saying the kingdom
does not come by an external,
00:48:04.18\00:48:07.78
its display of power,
00:48:07.82\00:48:09.75
"nor will they say,
'See here!' or 'See there!
00:48:09.78\00:48:14.29
For indeed,
00:48:14.32\00:48:15.66
the kingdom of God
is what, within you.
00:48:15.69\00:48:19.86
Let me ask you.
00:48:19.89\00:48:21.23
What is the best
way to transform society
00:48:21.26\00:48:24.37
and to have a
righteous and pious society?
00:48:24.40\00:48:28.87
It's by passing
laws in congress.
00:48:28.90\00:48:32.91
Is that the way
that you change society?
00:48:32.94\00:48:35.04
No.
00:48:35.08\00:48:36.68
You do it by
implanting the principles
00:48:36.71\00:48:38.88
of Christ's
kingdom of the church
00:48:38.91\00:48:40.95
in the human heart.
00:48:40.98\00:48:42.68
And then when people
change, society changes.
00:48:42.72\00:48:46.99
When the law is
written in the heart,
00:48:47.02\00:48:48.69
Caesar's laws don't have
any jurisdiction over people
00:48:48.72\00:48:51.99
because they're
obedient to Caesar's laws.
00:48:52.03\00:48:54.33
Are you with me?
00:48:54.36\00:48:55.96
But the problem is
these days, you know,
00:48:56.00\00:48:58.93
people think that the way
to eliminate terrorism is by,
00:48:58.97\00:49:02.90
you know, by bombing the
terrorists and, you know,
00:49:02.94\00:49:06.57
the way to do away
with crime in society
00:49:06.61\00:49:10.58
is to build more
prisons, and you know,
00:49:10.61\00:49:13.18
the way to get
rid of these shootings
00:49:13.21\00:49:15.12
is to confiscate guns, you know,
00:49:15.15\00:49:17.52
but all of this
external measures
00:49:17.55\00:49:20.69
that really don't
transform society at all.
00:49:20.72\00:49:24.19
And Protestantism
has dropped the ball.
00:49:24.23\00:49:27.16
Because Protestantism today,
00:49:27.20\00:49:28.53
they preach so long
that we're not under law
00:49:28.56\00:49:30.30
but we're under
grace, then Christian say,
00:49:30.33\00:49:32.53
we can watch the
movies what the world watches,
00:49:32.57\00:49:34.64
and we can entertain
ourselves like the world,
00:49:34.67\00:49:36.81
we can eat the word,
00:49:36.84\00:49:38.17
and we can dance like the world,
00:49:38.21\00:49:39.54
we can
everything like the world,
00:49:39.57\00:49:40.91
and we can have our
cake and we can eat it to.
00:49:40.94\00:49:43.24
Protestantism has lost its power
00:49:43.28\00:49:45.41
to transform lives
00:49:45.45\00:49:46.88
because people
are concerned about,
00:49:46.92\00:49:48.62
evangelists are
concerned about the bottom line,
00:49:48.65\00:49:51.22
you know, gift to my ministry,
00:49:51.25\00:49:53.05
psychological self
help and other things.
00:49:53.09\00:49:56.02
When really it is Christ
Jesus living in the human heart,
00:49:56.06\00:50:00.76
with a law
written in the human heart
00:50:00.80\00:50:02.83
that would transform society.
00:50:02.86\00:50:05.30
Now, let me end by
reading a statement
00:50:05.33\00:50:07.50
from the book
the Desire of Ages,
00:50:07.54\00:50:09.50
this classic book,
00:50:09.54\00:50:10.87
the Desire of Ages 509 and 510.
00:50:10.91\00:50:14.84
And she's
commented on these verses
00:50:14.88\00:50:17.45
that we read from
Luke 17:20 and 21.
00:50:17.48\00:50:20.32
"The kingdom of God
comes not with outward show.
00:50:20.35\00:50:24.95
The gospel of the grace of God,
00:50:24.99\00:50:28.09
with its spirit
of self-abnegation,
00:50:28.12\00:50:30.23
can never be in harmony
with the spirit of the world.
00:50:30.26\00:50:33.70
The two
principles are antagonistic."
00:50:33.73\00:50:37.37
And then she quotes the Bible,
00:50:37.40\00:50:38.73
"The natural man receiveth
00:50:38.77\00:50:40.10
not the things of
the Spirit of God:
00:50:40.14\00:50:41.77
for they are
foolishness unto him:
00:50:41.80\00:50:43.81
neither can he know them,
00:50:43.84\00:50:45.57
because they are
spiritually discerned."
00:50:45.61\00:50:48.01
And then she comments this,
00:50:48.04\00:50:50.08
"But today in
the religious world
00:50:50.11\00:50:53.92
there are multitudes
who, as they believe,
00:50:53.95\00:50:58.25
are working for
the establishment
00:50:58.29\00:51:00.22
of the kingdom of Christ
00:51:00.26\00:51:01.62
as an earthly and
temporal dominion."
00:51:01.66\00:51:05.13
By the way the
pope is doing that.
00:51:05.16\00:51:08.20
How many of you
have heard Francis I
00:51:08.23\00:51:10.47
ever referred to the
second coming of Christ
00:51:10.50\00:51:12.10
as a great hope of the earth.
00:51:12.13\00:51:13.90
Never,
00:51:13.94\00:51:15.50
because the papacy's
view is that the papacy
00:51:15.54\00:51:19.81
will take over the
dominion of the world
00:51:19.84\00:51:22.54
by influencing and dominating
00:51:22.58\00:51:26.08
the political
powers of the world
00:51:26.11\00:51:27.85
to bring heaven on earth.
00:51:27.88\00:51:30.19
That is the view of
the Roman Catholic Church.
00:51:30.22\00:51:32.22
It's not that super
natural second coming of Christ
00:51:32.25\00:51:34.86
in power and glory
00:51:34.89\00:51:36.22
to destroy all kingdoms
00:51:36.26\00:51:37.59
and set up a kingdom that
it shall never be destroyed.
00:51:37.63\00:51:39.43
That does not appear in
the theology of the papacy.
00:51:39.46\00:51:42.83
And John Paul II,
00:51:42.86\00:51:45.93
virtually nothing on the
second coming of Jesus Christ,
00:51:45.97\00:51:49.14
because that's the
objective of the papacy
00:51:49.17\00:51:51.37
is to establish a
kingdom on this earth
00:51:51.41\00:51:53.27
under its iron fist rule.
00:51:53.31\00:51:57.25
She continues writing,
00:51:57.28\00:51:58.61
"They desire to make our Lord
00:51:58.65\00:51:59.98
the ruler of the
kingdoms of this world,
00:52:00.02\00:52:02.68
the ruler in its
courts and camps,
00:52:02.72\00:52:05.55
its legislative halls,
00:52:05.59\00:52:07.22
its palaces and market places.
00:52:07.26\00:52:10.13
They expect Him to rule
through legal enactments,
00:52:10.16\00:52:12.99
in other words, through laws,
00:52:13.03\00:52:14.73
enforced by human authority.
00:52:14.76\00:52:17.57
Since Christ is
not now here in person,
00:52:17.60\00:52:20.84
they themselves will
undertake to act in His stead,
00:52:20.87\00:52:24.11
to execute the
laws of His kingdom.
00:52:24.14\00:52:26.68
The
establishment of such a kingdom
00:52:26.71\00:52:29.08
is what the Jews
desired in the days of Christ.
00:52:29.11\00:52:32.25
They would have receive Jesus,
00:52:32.28\00:52:34.58
had He been willing to establish
00:52:34.62\00:52:36.25
a temporal dominion,
00:52:36.28\00:52:38.45
to enforce what they
regarded as the laws of God,
00:52:38.49\00:52:41.62
and to make them the
expositors of His will
00:52:41.66\00:52:44.53
and his agents of His authority.
00:52:44.56\00:52:46.66
But He said,
00:52:46.70\00:52:48.03
"My kingdom is
not of this world.
00:52:48.06\00:52:50.43
He would not accept
the earthly throne."
00:52:50.47\00:52:53.10
Isn't this a
magnificent statement?
00:52:53.13\00:52:55.44
She continues writing,
00:52:55.47\00:52:56.81
"The government under
00:52:56.84\00:52:58.17
which Jesus lived was
corrupt and oppressive,
00:52:58.21\00:53:00.71
on every hand
were crying abuses,
00:53:00.74\00:53:03.45
extortion, intolerance,
and grinding cruelty.
00:53:03.48\00:53:07.18
Yet the Savior
attempted no civil reforms."
00:53:07.22\00:53:10.09
Do you find Jesus ever speaking
00:53:10.12\00:53:11.65
or making civil reforms in Rome?
00:53:11.69\00:53:14.02
None.
00:53:14.06\00:53:15.62
"He attacked no national abuses,
00:53:15.66\00:53:18.49
nor condemned
the national enemies.
00:53:18.53\00:53:21.46
He did not
interfere with the authority
00:53:21.50\00:53:23.80
or administration
of those in power.
00:53:23.83\00:53:26.33
He who was our
example kept aloof
00:53:26.37\00:53:29.27
from earthly governments."
00:53:29.30\00:53:31.71
Now, what was the
reason why he kept aloof
00:53:31.74\00:53:33.84
from earthly governments?
00:53:33.88\00:53:35.21
She explains,
00:53:35.24\00:53:36.58
"Not because He was
indifferent to the woes of men,
00:53:36.61\00:53:40.32
but because the remedy
00:53:40.35\00:53:41.98
did not lie in merely
human and external measures.
00:53:42.02\00:53:47.09
To be efficient,
00:53:47.12\00:53:48.56
the cure must
reach men individually,
00:53:48.59\00:53:51.99
and must regenerate the heart."
00:53:52.03\00:53:55.93
Isn't that a powerful statement?
00:53:55.96\00:53:58.43
And Protestantism
has lost its perspective
00:53:58.47\00:54:01.67
that really Christ
needs to be in man,
00:54:01.70\00:54:05.04
the hope of glory.
00:54:05.07\00:54:06.41
Christ needs to
live in the human heart
00:54:06.44\00:54:08.11
and then you'll
have exemplary citizens.
00:54:08.14\00:54:12.21
Now, we're almost
at the end of our study
00:54:12.25\00:54:16.58
and I want to kind of introduce
00:54:16.62\00:54:20.09
what we're gonna
study in our next lecture
00:54:20.12\00:54:22.59
which will be
tomorrow afternoon.
00:54:22.62\00:54:26.19
We've studied from this prophecy
00:54:26.23\00:54:29.36
that this beast arises
from the earth is a nation
00:54:29.40\00:54:34.44
that was composed is going to be
00:54:34.47\00:54:36.97
composed of two kingdoms,
00:54:37.01\00:54:38.51
is that clear?
00:54:38.54\00:54:39.87
The kingdom of the church
and the kingdom of the state.
00:54:39.91\00:54:42.81
Now, what we need to do in
our next lecture is to discover
00:54:42.84\00:54:46.55
if the founders
of the United States
00:54:46.58\00:54:49.45
in their writings recognized
00:54:49.48\00:54:53.02
the legitimate existence
of two kingdoms in one nation.
00:54:53.05\00:54:56.69
And so in our
next study together,
00:54:56.73\00:54:58.33
we are going to go into history.
00:54:58.36\00:55:01.46
I'm going to go to
the founding fathers
00:55:01.50\00:55:03.37
of the United States,
00:55:03.40\00:55:05.10
George
Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
00:55:05.13\00:55:08.14
Benjamin Franklin,
00:55:08.17\00:55:09.90
John Adams,
00:55:09.94\00:55:11.34
James Madison,
00:55:11.37\00:55:13.07
the constitutional
fathers of the United States.
00:55:13.11\00:55:16.95
And we're going to
examine in their writings,
00:55:16.98\00:55:19.41
if they taught repeatedly
00:55:19.45\00:55:23.25
that the Untied
States was gonna have
00:55:23.28\00:55:26.22
in one nation two kingdoms,
00:55:26.25\00:55:28.72
the church and the State,
00:55:28.76\00:55:30.83
each functioning
within its own sphere
00:55:30.86\00:55:34.06
neither one
interfering with the other
00:55:34.10\00:55:36.53
and thus guaranteeing full civil
00:55:36.56\00:55:39.23
and religious liberty.
00:55:39.27\00:55:40.60
If we can find that
00:55:40.64\00:55:41.97
the founders of
the United States
00:55:42.00\00:55:43.67
wrote repeatedly and
we're gonna find that,
00:55:43.71\00:55:46.61
that the United
States was gonna be different
00:55:46.64\00:55:48.54
than what it had
been during the 1260 years
00:55:48.58\00:55:51.28
that this was
gonna be one nation
00:55:51.31\00:55:53.08
that would recognize
00:55:53.11\00:55:54.45
the legitimate existence
of the church and of the state
00:55:54.48\00:55:57.29
and they're supposed to
be separate, not together,
00:55:57.32\00:56:00.26
and that they guaranteed
00:56:00.29\00:56:01.72
full civil and
religious liberty,
00:56:01.76\00:56:04.16
then we can see in history
00:56:04.19\00:56:06.80
the fulfillment of the
characteristics of this beast.
00:56:06.83\00:56:10.67
Are you following me or not?
00:56:10.70\00:56:12.03
So in our next lecture,
we're gonna look at history
00:56:12.07\00:56:13.94
to see if history squares
00:56:13.97\00:56:15.64
with what we've studied
from the Bible this evening.
00:56:15.67\00:56:18.84
And I believe that
you're going to be amazed
00:56:18.87\00:56:21.61
as we examine the writings
00:56:21.64\00:56:23.61
of the founding
fathers of the United States,
00:56:23.65\00:56:25.98
they were writing
in a specific context.
00:56:26.01\00:56:28.52
They knew what
had happened to Jesus
00:56:28.55\00:56:30.72
when the apostate Jewish Church
00:56:30.75\00:56:32.95
used the Roman
State to finish off Christ
00:56:32.99\00:56:35.72
because they write
about it in their works.
00:56:35.76\00:56:39.76
They also knew what
happened to the apostles
00:56:39.79\00:56:43.26
in the Book of Acts.
00:56:43.30\00:56:45.00
When the Jews
appealed to the Roman State
00:56:45.03\00:56:47.77
to persecute the apostles
who were preaching the gospel.
00:56:47.80\00:56:50.87
They also know the
history of the United States
00:56:50.91\00:56:53.01
in the colonial period.
00:56:53.04\00:56:54.48
Do you know in
the colonial period
00:56:54.51\00:56:56.01
there was a union
of church and state
00:56:56.04\00:56:58.41
and people who didn't
go to church on Sunday
00:56:58.45\00:56:59.98
were punished?
00:57:00.02\00:57:01.48
The state would punish them.
00:57:01.52\00:57:03.49
You had to be a member
00:57:03.52\00:57:04.95
of the established
church of the colony
00:57:04.99\00:57:06.96
in order to
occupy political office,
00:57:06.99\00:57:10.03
and the tithes were
paid to the government,
00:57:10.06\00:57:12.59
the government
paid the ministers,
00:57:12.63\00:57:13.96
but only the ministers
of the established church
00:57:14.00\00:57:16.33
in the colonial period.
00:57:16.36\00:57:17.97
People were persecuted
00:57:18.00\00:57:19.33
when they did not agree
with the established church.
00:57:19.37\00:57:21.04
They brought their
bad habits from Europe.
00:57:21.07\00:57:23.34
We're gonna study about that.
00:57:23.37\00:57:25.24
See, they came
looking for freedom
00:57:25.27\00:57:26.98
and when they got here,
00:57:27.01\00:57:28.34
they took it away
from everybody else
00:57:28.38\00:57:29.88
because it's hard
to get over bad habits.
00:57:29.91\00:57:32.85
And finally
they knew the history
00:57:32.88\00:57:35.22
of the Roman Catholic
papacy during the 1260 years.
00:57:35.25\00:57:37.95
They consistently write about
00:57:37.99\00:57:39.62
the inquisition
and the persecutions
00:57:39.65\00:57:41.42
when the church used the state
00:57:41.46\00:57:43.59
to impose its
beliefs and its practices,
00:57:43.63\00:57:45.66
and they said, in this country
00:57:45.69\00:57:47.60
that we're establishing
is going to be different.
00:57:47.63\00:57:49.80
There is gonna be
the church and the state
00:57:49.83\00:57:52.40
and they will both be
able to function freely
00:57:52.43\00:57:54.74
without one
interfering with the other.
00:57:54.77\00:57:57.07
So don't miss the
next exciting episode.
00:57:57.11\00:57:59.97