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00:22 You noticed that the title of our subject
00:24 for this evening is 00:26 En Route to A New World Order. 00:29 Before we get into our study, 00:30 we do want to ask for the Lord's presence. 00:33 Never should we open God's word without prayer. 00:37 And so I invite you reverently to bow your heads 00:40 as we ask God to be with us. 00:43 Father in heaven, 00:45 we ask that as we open Your word this evening 00:47 and as we look at some events in history and in prophecy 00:51 that Your Holy Spirit will be with us 00:53 to open people's minds and hearts to the truth. 00:58 Many things that we've studied undoubtedly are difficult 01:01 for people who have belong to the systems 01:04 that we've spoken about. 01:06 I just ask Lord that 01:07 You will give each one the willingness 01:09 to open the heart 01:11 and receive the truth as it is in Jesus. 01:14 We thank You Father 01:15 for the promise of Your presence. 01:17 We know that You will be with us 01:19 because we claim the promise in the name of Jesus, amen. 01:25 We must ask as we begin our study today 01:28 what are the objectives 01:31 of the Roman Catholic Church today. 01:35 Now, we studied last time 01:37 that the sign of the Roman Catholic Churches authority is 01:42 the change in the law of God, 01:44 the first day of the week, Sunday. 01:47 If that's the case, 01:49 then we would expect the papacy 01:52 to seek and ensure the enforcement 01:57 of the sign of its authority. 01:59 In other words, the enforcement of Sunday as the day of rest. 02:03 In fact for the last 120 years, and I say 120 years 02:08 because it sends a very famous encyclical called 02:12 Rerum Novarum by Pope Leo XIII in 1891. 02:17 The papacy's social theory has consistently used 02:22 four specific expressions. 02:26 One of those expression is the common good. 02:30 Basically that means that 02:31 individually is an individuality 02:34 or individualism is something to be dreaded. 02:39 Secondly, another common word 02:42 that is used is the word solidarity. 02:45 And basically what that means is that 02:47 we are in this all together 02:50 and we must unite in one ecumenical body 02:54 and avoid at all cost sectarianism. 02:59 And then there is a word subsidiarity. 03:02 Subsidiarity simply means that 03:04 our personal interests are subsidiary 03:08 to the common good of the whole. 03:12 And finally another expression 03:14 which appears very frequently 03:17 in Roman Catholic social theory 03:19 literature is the universal destination of goods. 03:25 And basically what that means is that 03:26 private property is not necessarily personal, 03:31 but rather belongs to all humanity 03:33 and should be redistributed according to need. 03:38 Now, I would like to read a statement 03:40 that was made by a recent pope, 03:42 Pope Benedict XVI. 03:44 That's the pope before the one 03:47 that is in now before Francis I. 03:50 Because this is where he expresses 03:53 these are specific terms 03:56 that we've looked at as we begun our study today. 03:59 This is found in Benedict's encyclical Caritas in Veritate 04:05 which means charity and truth or love and truth. 04:09 Paragraph 67, this is how it reads. 04:12 "To manage the global economy, 04:15 to revive economies hit by the crisis, 04:20 to avoid any deterioration of the present crisis 04:23 and the greater imbalances that would result, 04:26 to bring about integral and timely disarmament, 04:31 food security and peace, 04:34 to guarantee the protection of the environment 04:37 and to regulate migration: for all this, 04:42 there is urgent need of a true world political authority, 04:49 as my predecessor Blessed John XXIII 04:51 indicated some years ago. 04:54 Such an authority would need to be regulated by law, 04:58 to observe consistently the principles of subsidiarity 05:03 and solidarity, 05:06 to seek to establish the common good..." 05:09 Do you see the terms here? 05:10 "To seek to establish the common good 05:12 and to make a commitment to securing 05:15 authentic integral human development 05:19 inspired by the values of charity in truth. 05:23 Furthermore, such an authority would need to be 05:26 universally recognized 05:29 and to be vested with the effective power 05:33 to ensure security for all, regard for justice, 05:38 and respect for rights. 05:41 Obviously it would have to have the authority 05:44 to ensure compliance 05:46 with its decisions from all parties, 05:49 and also with the coordinated measures 05:52 adopted in various international forums." 05:57 This is an unbelievable statement 06:00 about the aspirations of the Roman Catholic papacy. 06:04 Now the question is, 06:05 who would be responsible for the implementation 06:09 of this global socialist ideal. 06:13 Current events clearly indicate 06:16 that it will be implemented and enforced 06:19 by the political leaders of the world 06:22 at the behest of the Roman Catholic papacy. 06:27 What Benedict XVI was saying is that 06:30 the international community must accept and enforce 06:35 the social moral theory of the papacy. 06:39 I'm gonna read you a couple of statements 06:41 that are not in your material 06:45 but they are very significant 06:48 when it comes to who will be behind this world authority. 06:53 Pius IX, who was pope from 1846 to 1878 06:58 wrote the following. 07:00 "That the principal which Leo XIII, 07:03 so clearly established must be laid down at the outset here. 07:08 Namely, that there resides in us," 07:11 that is in the papacy, 07:13 "the right and duty," listen carefully now, 07:15 "to pronounce with supreme authority 07:19 upon social and economic matters." 07:22 So he's saying the papacy has supreme authority 07:26 to speak on social and economic matters. 07:30 Even more recently Vatican Council II 07:32 which was celebrated from 1963 to 1965 07:36 stated this in one of the decisions 07:41 that was made at the council. 07:44 "Moreover, since in virtue of her mission and nature she" 07:49 that is a Roman Catholic Church 07:50 "is bound to no particular form of culture, 07:54 nor to any political, economic or social system, 07:58 the Church by her very universality 08:02 can be a very close bond 08:05 between diverse human communities and nations," 08:10 now listen carefully, 08:11 "provided these trust her 08:14 and truly acknowledge her right to true freedom 08:19 in fulfilling her mission. 08:22 Now, if you look at the history of the papacy, 08:24 you would wonder whether the nations of the world 08:27 could really trust the papacy. 08:29 But what this is saying is that 08:32 the papacy can make a great contribution to the world 08:35 in social and economic matters 08:38 as long as the nations of the world 08:40 are willing to trust the papacy. 08:43 It is the papacy's objective, folks, 08:46 to reestablish the union of church and state 08:50 that existed during the 1260 years 08:53 of papal supremacy. 08:55 The ultimate papal objective is to get 08:59 the civil powers of the world 09:01 to enforce the sign of the papacy's authority 09:05 which we have already noticed is the observance of Sunday 09:09 as the day of rest. 09:11 It is no coincidence 09:13 that the international community is promoting 09:17 the identical causes that the Roman Catholic Church 09:21 is proposing these days. 09:24 Pope Francis I has found three causes 09:29 that resonate with the political world's of the... 09:33 political leaders of the entire world. 09:36 Number one, the need to eradicate poverty 09:41 and to solve the problem of massive migration. 09:46 Number two, the need to save the family, 09:50 however you define the word family. 09:53 And finally, 09:55 the need to solve the severe problem 09:57 of climate change. 09:59 And Francis has linked all three of these causes of his 10:04 with the need for a Sunday rest. 10:08 I have not included all of the statements 10:10 in here from Pope Francis I 10:13 but what he says is the environment needs 10:17 one day a week to rest. 10:19 And I'll bet you can't guess 10:21 which day he says the environment should rest, 10:23 Sunday. 10:25 He also said that the capitalist overlords 10:31 need to give the overworked poor a day of rest. 10:36 I'll bet you can't guess which day that is, Sunday. 10:41 He has also stated that the family needs one day 10:44 to attend church 10:46 and to connect with its spiritual roots. 10:50 I bet you can't bet which... 10:52 guess which day that is, 10:54 Sunday. 10:56 There are danger signals very close to home, folks. 11:01 Let me just share 11:02 some of those dangerous signals with you in our very country. 11:07 As you know, last year towards the end of September, 11:10 Pope Francis I visited the United States of America. 11:16 His first visit was to the White House 11:19 where he sat down with President Obama 11:21 for about 45 minutes 11:24 and the problems that they addressed 11:26 were the very problems 11:28 that are the talking points of this pope. 11:31 Poverty, immigration, 11:34 and the problem of climate change. 11:37 Then the pope addressed a joint session of the Congress 11:40 of the United States of America. 11:43 And once again the talking points were family, 11:47 poverty and climate change. 11:52 Next the pope gave a speech 11:55 to inaugurate the 70th anniversary 11:58 of the United Nations. 12:00 And he addressed before the United Nations 12:02 even in a stronger language these same issues. 12:07 When Francis finished his presentation, 12:10 he received a standing ovation 12:13 from the leaders of 193 nations of the world. 12:17 And this standing ovation lasted for several minutes. 12:22 Then Pope Francis moved on to Philadelphia 12:25 to celebrate the family. 12:27 I was personally there with a crew 12:29 from Secrets Unsealed. 12:31 There were millions of persons there 12:34 from every religion and from every nation on earth. 12:40 In fact, the pope celebrated in an outdoor mass 12:43 on September 27 of last year. 12:46 He also gave a speech before Constitution Hall. 12:49 This is the most amazing thing of all, 12:52 because in Constitution Hall in Philadelphia 12:54 is where the three founding documents 12:56 of the United States were ratified, 12:58 the Declaration of independence, 13:00 the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. 13:03 And there stood the pope in the very place 13:05 where these were ratified, 13:06 an individual who does not believe 13:08 in any of what we find 13:10 in the Declaration of Independence, 13:13 and the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution, 13:15 and he is speaking to a multitudinous crowd. 13:21 Now, I want you to notice also 13:25 that the United States and the Vatican 13:27 have become closer and closer with the passing of time. 13:31 Probably many of you are aware of the fact 13:34 that Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II 13:39 cooperated in a secret alliance 13:42 to overthrow what used to be the Soviet Union. 13:47 It was an incredible alliance. 13:48 In fact, it's described in the book His Holiness. 13:52 And it's a fascinating book, it's pretty large, 13:54 it's about... 13:57 I would say is 500 to 600 pages 13:59 by Woodward and Bernstein 14:01 the Watergate guys remember from the Washington Post. 14:04 Actually this book describes 14:06 how the United States and the Vatican colluded 14:11 through military strength 14:12 and through the intelligence of the papacy 14:15 to overthrow the former Soviet Union. 14:18 We also know that recently the pope maneuvered 14:24 so that the United States could establish 14:26 diplomatic relations with Vatican. 14:29 And President Obama requested that Pope Francis 14:32 help him in the process of closing the prison 14:36 there at Guantanamo. 14:38 There has been a very close relationship 14:40 in the last two or three decades 14:43 between the United States and the Roman Catholic papacy. 14:47 Now, I would like to present one example 14:50 as to how the papacy gets its foot in the door 14:54 to influence the political powers of the world. 14:57 We are going to use the example of climate change. 15:02 You see the political leaders of the world 15:05 and the papacy have the same basic theme 15:09 concerning climate change. 15:11 And I believe that the papacy is really behind 15:14 all of this talk about the need 15:17 for a solution to climate change. 15:20 Let's go through the different steps 15:22 that the papacy has taken. 15:24 In April 2015, 15:28 the pope gave us a speech 15:30 before the Pontifical Academy of Sciences 15:33 and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. 15:37 The report was published 15:38 and the name of it was Climate Change 15:41 and the Common Good. 15:44 I read this entire document. 15:46 It presents a doom's day scenario 15:49 of what will happen to this planet 15:52 if the issue of climate change is not resolved. 15:56 Then on May 24, 2015 16:00 the pope published his encyclical Ladat Laudato Si 16:06 which basically this encyclical 16:08 addresses the problem of climate change. 16:11 I have also read this entire encyclical. 16:14 It presents also a doom's day scenario 16:17 if this problem is not addressed. 16:19 Political leaders all over the world 16:22 have lauded this encyclical. 16:24 They said this is the type of thing 16:26 that we need the world to know 16:29 so that the world can address this severe problem. 16:33 Then we move on to September 22, 2015 16:36 that's when the pope met with President Obama 16:39 and one of the main topics 16:41 that they dealt with in their conversation 16:44 in the White House for about 45 minutes 16:46 was the issue of climate change. 16:49 And then the pope spoke to a joint session of Congress, 16:53 this was September 24, 2015. 16:57 Once again the pope addressed 16:59 before a joint session of Congress, 17:01 the issue of climate change, 17:04 and then the pope saved the best for last. 17:08 On September 28, 2015, 17:11 the pope as I mentioned before gave the keynote address 17:14 at the 70th session of the United Nations 17:18 General Assembly in New York. 17:20 The speech contained the usual papal talking points. 17:24 And by the way you can Google this, 17:26 you can find the speech that he gave 17:28 and you can read the entire speech. 17:30 Basically it dealt with the issue of poverty, 17:33 immigration, family, 17:36 and above everything else, climate change. 17:40 At the end of his speech, 17:42 and by the way you can Google his speech 17:44 also to see that I'm telling you the truth, 17:46 at the end of his speech when he addressed these issues, 17:49 he received a thunderous standing ovation 17:53 by the 193 nations represented there 17:56 that lasted for several minutes. 18:00 At the UN they approved 18:02 what is known as the 2030 agenda, 18:05 which has 17 goals and 169 targets. 18:09 Basically, the idea is that by the year 2030, 18:14 they expect to eradicate poverty 18:18 and to solve the problem of climate change, 18:21 and they expect every nation on earth to cooperate 18:26 with these 17 global goals 18:29 and 169 targets. 18:33 By the way if you read this 2030 agenda, 18:36 and I've read the entire agenda also 18:39 because I'm not talking about 18:40 something I read in the newspaper, 18:42 I'm talking about reading the documents themselves. 18:45 Basically if this transpires or goes 18:51 it is going to lead to 18:54 an elimination of national autonomy, 18:57 a centralized global socialist system 19:00 under the control of papacy, 19:02 a world economy, a wipeout of individualism, 19:06 an elimination of sectarianism. 19:09 It will determine the curriculum 19:11 to be used in the education of children. 19:14 It will promote gender equality 19:16 not in the good sense of the term 19:19 but in the sense that we all know about. 19:21 It will propose a redistribution 19:24 of the wealth of the world 19:26 and it will impose severe global penalties upon nations 19:31 that refuse to address these problems. 19:35 Is that scary? 19:37 Notice what Ban ki - Moon had to say. 19:40 He is the general secretary of the United Nations. 19:44 He stated, "The new agenda is a promise by leaders 19:49 to all people everywhere. 19:51 It is a universal, 19:54 integrated and transformative vision 19:58 for a better world. 20:00 Institutions will have to be come fit 20:03 for a grand new purpose... 20:05 We must engage all actors" notice that this is universal, 20:08 "we must engage all actors 20:10 as we did in shaping the Agenda. 20:13 We must include parliaments, and local governments, 20:17 and work with cities and rural areas. 20:20 We must rally businesses and entrepreneurs. 20:23 We must involve civil society 20:25 in defining and implementing policies 20:28 and give the space to hold us to account. 20:32 We must listen to scientists and academia. 20:35 We will need to embrace a data revolution. 20:39 Most important, we must set to work now." 20:45 That doesn't end the climate change discussion. 20:49 In Paris, November 30 to December 12 20:54 of last year 2015, 20:57 174 nations, 21:00 actually 196 nations met to approve 21:04 what is known as the Paris Agreement. 21:08 This Paris Agreement was that 21:11 nations should sign on to the 2030 agenda, 21:15 174 nations signed the Paris Agreement 21:20 including secretary of state John Kerry 21:26 with his granddaughter on his lap, 21:29 which means that the United States is also 21:31 committed to this global agenda, 21:34 this 2030 agenda. 21:38 Francis as we know is the first Jesuit pope. 21:43 Now, it's very interesting to notice 21:45 how the Jesuits operate. 21:47 You know, people in the world today, 21:48 they're not afraid of the Jesuits anymore, 21:50 because they don't know what the Jesuits are all about. 21:53 Let me read you the statement 21:54 from Ellen White about how the Jesuits work. 21:57 They don't work openly, overtly, 21:59 they work in an underhanded way 22:02 where it looks like they're doing good 22:04 when really their objective is to gain world dominion. 22:08 Notice this statement from Great Controversy, 22:10 page 234 and 235. 22:13 "At this time" 22:14 she's speaking about 22:15 at the time of the Protestant Reformation. 22:17 "At this time the order of the Jesuits was created, 22:21 the most cruel, unscrupulous, 22:24 and powerful of all the champions of popery... 22:28 There was no crime too great for them to commit, 22:31 no deception too base for them to practice, 22:36 no disguise too difficult for them to assume. 22:40 Vowed to perpetual poverty and humility, 22:43 " notice that they give the air of poverty and humility, 22:48 so it says, "Vowed to perpetual poverty and humility, 22:51 it was their studied aim to secure wealth and power, 22:55 to be devoted to what, 22:57 to the overflow of Protestantism 23:00 and the reestablishment of the papal supremacy. 23:05 When appearing as members of their order, 23:07 they wore a garb of sanctity, 23:10 visiting prisons and hospitals..." 23:12 Have you heard of Francis doing that anytime recently? 23:15 Absolutely. 23:16 "Visiting prisons and hospitals, 23:18 ministering to the sick and the poor, 23:21 professing to have renounced the world, 23:24 and bearing the sacred name of Jesus, 23:28 who went about doing good. 23:30 Under various disguises the Jesuits worked, 23:34 now notice what they do, 23:35 worked their way into what, 23:40 into the political system, into offices of state, 23:43 climbing up to be what? 23:46 The counselors of kings, and shaping what? 23:50 The policy of nations...' 23:53 ' Is that what we're seeing? 23:54 Absolutely. 23:56 "The Jesuits rapidly spread themselves over Europe 23:59 and wherever they went, 24:01 there followed a revival of popery." 24:06 Are we seeing that in the United States? 24:09 Yes, we are. 24:10 It's because there is a Jesuit pope. 24:13 And by the way have you notice that 24:15 Pope Francis doesn't address abortion, 24:18 he doesn't address gay marriage 24:20 except to say who am I to judge. 24:22 Have you notice what he addresses, 24:24 poverty, family, climate change. 24:29 You say why does he address those? 24:31 Because those are the very themes 24:33 that the political leaders of the world want to address. 24:37 If he addressed abortion 24:38 and if he spoke out against gay marriage 24:41 and if he spoke against euthanasia, 24:44 the political leaders of the world 24:45 would shut him out. 24:47 But he says I must use themes 24:49 where I can get my foot in the door. 24:52 That is the way in which the Jesuits operate. 24:56 There are many non-Adventists 24:57 that have given warning about the papacy. 25:02 A revivalist who wrote a couple of centuries ago 25:05 by the name of Philip J. Spener 25:09 had these words to say, 25:11 "I am convinced that Roman Babylon, 25:14 that's the papacy, 25:16 will again regain all of its previous power 25:20 before the last judgment overtakes it. 25:23 I fear that most of the nations, 25:26 intimidated by its power and terrified by its brutality, 25:31 will allow the yoke shaken off some two hundred years ago 25:35 to be lain on them again." 25:39 Are we seeing that today? 25:41 Except that the leaders don't see the yoke right now, 25:45 but they will see it later? 25:47 Evangelical researcher Dave Hunt, 25:50 with whom I disagree profusely on most of his futurist ideas 25:55 had something very true to say about the papacy. 25:57 Notice in his book, Global Peace, page 116, 26:01 "Why do the world leaders 26:02 want to get into bed with the Vatican?" 26:06 Notice the idea of fornication or adultery 26:08 between the papacy and the king. 26:10 Notice this, 26:12 "The heads of state in today's world 26:15 all recognize that the Pope wields a power 26:19 which in many ways is even greater than their own. 26:23 It is not only Catholicism's 900 million subjects 26:27 and enormous wealth 26:28 that causes the world's most powerful governments 26:32 to cultivate friendly relations 26:33 with the Roman Catholic Church, 26:35 it is because Vatican City's citizens 26:38 are found in great numbers in nearly every country. 26:43 They constitute an international network 26:47 that reaches into the inside circles 26:51 of the world's power centers." 26:55 What is Dave Hunt saying? 26:56 People recognize the leaders of the nations 26:59 of the world recognize 27:01 that the papacy wields a power 27:02 that is even greater than theirs. 27:04 And the papacy is involved 27:06 in the inner circle of the decisions 27:08 that are made by the nations of the world. 27:11 John W. Robins a reformed scholar 27:14 wrote a book called Ecclesiastical Megalomania, 27:17 page 187. 27:18 If you really want to read a good book, 27:19 this is a fantastic book. 27:21 He stated this. 27:23 "What the Roman Catholic Church-State 27:26 accomplished on a small scale during the Middle Ages 27:30 is what it desires to achieve on a global scale 27:34 in the coming millennium." 27:35 He wrote this at the end of the 20th century. 27:39 He also quoted, Ayn Rand 27:42 who was a novelist and philosopher 27:44 back in the 60s, very well known. 27:46 This is how he quotes what Ayn Rand said, 27:49 it almost sound's like an Adventist, 27:51 "The Catholic Church has never given up the hope 27:54 to re-establish..." 27:57 If she has to re-establish it she must had at some time, 27:59 right? 28:01 "To re-establish the medieval union of church and state, 28:05 with a global state and a global theocracy 28:09 as its ultimate goal. 28:11 The Roman Church-State is a hybrid, 28:13 a monster of ecclesiastical and political power. 28:17 Its political thought is totalitarian." 28:21 In other words, that admits no rivals. 28:23 "And whenever it has had the opportunity 28:25 to apply its principles, 28:26 the result has been bloody repression. 28:30 If during the last 30 years, 28:32 it has softened its assertions of full, 28:35 supreme, and irresponsible power, 28:37 and has murdered fewer people than before, 28:40 such changes in behavior are not due to a change 28:43 in its ideas, 28:44 but to a change in its circumstances..." 28:47 What is the change in the circumstances? 28:49 It is in captivity, it has a wound, 28:53 he continuous quoting, 28:56 "The Roman Church-State 28:57 in the 20th century and believe, 28:59 he doesn't believe in Revelation 13 29:01 the way we do but notice the language he uses." 29:04 The Roman Church-State in the twentieth century, 29:06 however, is an institution recovering 29:09 from a mortal wound. 29:12 If and when," I would eliminate the if part, 29:15 but she said, 29:17 "If and when it regains, 29:20 so I must have lost it right, 29:22 it regains its full power and authority, 29:26 it will impose a regime 29:29 more sinister than any the planet has yet seen. 29:35 If Adventists don't cry out, the stones will cry out. 29:40 The non-Adventists can see it. 29:42 Now, we've studied the great prophetic chain. 29:46 Let's review it, 29:48 Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, 29:53 the Roman Empire, the divided Roman Empire. 29:57 Papal Rome ruled for 1260 years. 30:01 Papal Rome did received a deadly wound in 1798. 30:05 At the same time the beast from the earth rose, 30:08 representing the United States of America. 30:12 And we are here, 30:14 we are daring the period of respect from persecution. 30:17 In other words, the papacy is still bound 30:21 and the papacy is still wounded. 30:23 It is not totally recovered its power yet. 30:26 There has been an era of cessation of persecution 30:31 for over 200 years. 30:35 What is the next event in the drama? 30:37 We can see it transpiring as I speak. 30:40 It will be when the beast from the earth 30:43 works to restore the power to the beast 30:48 that receive the deadly wound and was sent into captivity. 30:52 Do you remember that the beast from the earth 30:54 everything it does is to please the first beast? 30:57 It commands everyone to worship the first beast, 31:00 it exercises the authority of the first beast, 31:02 it does everything on behalf of the first beast, 31:04 it makes an image of the first beast 31:06 and enforces the mark of the first beast. 31:08 In other words the United States 31:10 believe it or not, 31:11 and we can see it by what happened 31:13 in September of last year 31:14 and what's happening as we speak today. 31:16 The United States of America is gonna 31:19 become an ally of the papacy 31:20 and is gonna help restore the power that the papacy lost. 31:25 Now, let me read you a very interesting statement. 31:28 This is from Malachi Martin, 31:32 a Roman Catholic Jesuit who wrote the famous book 31:35 the Keys of this Blood. 31:37 And I want you to notice, 31:39 he's commenting on the deadly wound 31:40 and the reason why 31:42 the papacy is not able to carry forward its agenda today. 31:45 He doesn't realize that 31:46 he's commenting on Revelation Chapter 13, 31:48 but we do. 31:49 Notice the statement, 31:51 "For fifteen hundred years and more, 31:54 Papal Rome had kept as strong a hand as possible 32:00 in each local community around the wide world. 32:05 By and large, and admitting some exceptions, 32:08 " that had been the Roman view. 32:11 What had been the Roman view? 32:13 "Keeping a strong as strong a hand as possible 32:16 in each local community around the wide world." 32:19 That is the Roman view 32:20 so he said that had been the Roman view until, 32:23 listen carefully two hundred years of what, 32:29 would that be like the imprisonment of the papacy? 32:32 Yes, two hundred years of inactivity had been what? 32:37 Why is she inactive? 32:38 Had been imposed upon the papacy 32:42 by the major secular powers of the world. 32:45 Why is the papacy inactive 32:46 according to Malachi Martin the Jesuit? 32:49 Because it had been imposed on her 32:51 by the major secular powers of the world, 32:54 because they don't allow her to use them anymore. 32:57 Three main points in this quotation. 33:00 Number one, 33:01 the papacy kept as strong a hand as possible 33:03 in each local community around the wide world 33:06 for 1500 years. 33:08 Number two, 33:09 during the last two hundred years 33:11 the papacy has been unable 33:13 to exert its power around the world 33:16 because it has been inactive. 33:18 Number three, 33:19 the reason the papacy has been inactive for 200 years 33:22 is because the great secular powers of the world 33:26 have imposed it upon her. 33:29 It's obvious that Martin does not realize 33:32 that he is describing the deadly wound 33:34 and the captivity of the papacy 33:37 that is described in Revelation 13:10. 33:40 What happened 200 years before 1986 33:43 he wrote this in 1986. 33:45 So if he says for 200 years, the papacy has been inactive 33:48 because the secular powers of the world 33:50 do not allow it to use them, 33:53 we would have to go 200 years back to see 33:55 what was the event that let it into captivity. 33:59 What is that happened about two hundred years before 1986? 34:04 You go back to 1786 34:07 and you are in the midst of the French Revolution. 34:12 When the papacy received its deadly wound 34:15 and Pope Pius VI was dethroned from his seat 34:20 and he was taken captive to France 34:24 where he died in exile. 34:26 And by the way France established a republic. 34:29 They said this is going to be 34:31 a representative style of government. 34:33 This is not gonna be run by the papacy anymore. 34:37 But listen, the French Revolution 34:39 did more than just give a deadly wound to the papacy. 34:42 The French also provided an example 34:46 for many other nations in Europe 34:48 to follow her example. 34:49 In other words one by one the nations of Europe 34:52 forsook the papacy after France forsook the papacy. 34:57 Let me read you a statement from Cardinal Manning 35:01 in his book that he wrote in 1862, 35:04 The Temporal Power of the Vicar of Jesus Christ. 35:08 This is page is 140 and 141. 35:10 He's writing in 1862 35:11 and he's lamenting the fact 35:13 that the nations of the Europe have forsaken the papacy. 35:16 They no longer support the papacy. 35:18 Notice what the statement says, 35:20 "See this Catholic Church, this Church of God, 35:25 feeble and weak..." 35:28 What does feeble and weak mean? 35:30 Wounded, right? 35:32 "Feeble and weak rejected 35:34 even by the very nations called Catholic. 35:38 There is Catholic France, and Catholic Germany, 35:42 and Catholic Italy 35:45 giving up this exploded figment of temporal power 35:48 of the Vicar of Jesus Christ." 35:49 In other words, they've given up the idea 35:51 that the Vicar of Christ should have any temporal power 35:53 or should have any civil power. 35:56 "And so, because the church seems" what? 35:59 "Seems weak 36:00 and the Vicar of the Son of God is renewing 36:02 the Passion of his Master upon earth, 36:05 therefore we are scandalized, 36:07 therefore we turn our faces from him." 36:13 So notice he's saying not only France but what? 36:16 Germany, Italy, another nations in Europe 36:20 turned their backs on the papacy. 36:21 They said, "We're not going to allow you to use us anymore." 36:24 That rendered the papacy inactive, 36:27 put the papacy in captivity 36:30 and kept the deadly wound in place. 36:33 But prophecy tells us that the papacy's wound will heal, 36:38 and she will be released from captivity. 36:41 Once again she will be able to use 36:43 the civil powers of the world to accomplish her purposes. 36:49 You'll find a description of this in Revelation 17. 36:54 There you see a harlot woman. 36:57 What does a harlot woman represent? 37:00 A woman represents a church. 37:02 A harlot woman would represent a what? 37:05 An apostate church. 37:07 This apostate church is called Babylon. 37:10 This apostate church sits on many waters. 37:13 What are the many waters? 37:15 Multitudes, nations, tongues and peoples. 37:19 This harlot has adulterous relationships 37:22 with the kings of the earth. 37:24 In other words she's involved once again 37:25 with a civil powers of the world. 37:28 She is clothed in purple and scarlet, 37:30 have you seen the predominant colors in Roman Catholicism. 37:34 Purple and scarlet and decked with gold and precious stones. 37:39 The kings of the earth gladly give her... 37:43 she gives to the kings of the earth 37:45 her fermented wine 37:47 which represents false doctrine. 37:49 She gives decrees 37:50 that people are supposed to drink that wine. 37:53 She has daughters that do her bidding 37:56 which would be the same as the beast from the earth, 37:59 and most significantly 38:01 she sheds the blood of the saints 38:04 and the martyrs of Jesus. 38:06 That is the picture 38:07 of what is gonna take place in the future 38:09 when the papacy recovers its worldwide dominion. 38:14 I want you to notice now 38:15 in this statement by Ellen White, 38:17 the similarity between what she says 38:20 and what we read from Malachi Martin. 38:23 Only Ellen White is not predicting 38:25 what happened 38:26 but she is predicting what will happen. 38:29 Notice this statement in Great Controversy, page 564, 38:33 she understood this idea of captivity 38:35 and wound very clearly. 38:37 She started, "Let the restraints..." 38:42 What is a restraint? 38:44 Is the papacy restrained now? 38:46 Yes and we're gonna see them in a minute 38:48 what the restraints are. 38:50 "Let the restraints now imposed by'' what? 38:55 So why is the papacy restrained 38:57 or why is the papacy in captivity? 39:00 She's saying it's because of the what? 39:03 They are imposed by the secular governments. 39:07 But she says, let those be what? 39:09 Removed which she would be let off of her captivity 39:13 if the restraints are removed. 39:16 Yes, she says, 39:18 "Let the restraints now imposed by secular governments 39:20 be removed and Rome be'' what? 39:24 ''Reinstated." 39:26 So she must have been there before. 39:28 "Rome be reinstated in her former power and" what? 39:34 "And there would speedily be a revival of her tyranny 39:39 and persecution." 39:42 Are you understanding that statement? 39:44 Is it very similar to Malachi Martin? 39:45 Very, very similar. 39:47 He says, inactivity has been imposed on the papacy 39:51 by the major secular powers of the world 200 years ago, 39:54 French Revolution, 39:56 and then all the nations in Europe followed suite. 39:58 Ellen White says, let those restraints 40:01 imposed by the old civil governments be removed 40:04 and the papacy will once recover her power 40:07 and do what she did in the past. 40:10 Are you understanding this? 40:11 We've discussed this before 40:13 but we never read these specific statements. 40:16 Now, without intending to be disrespectful 40:19 to any sincere individual 40:20 within the Roman Catholic Church, 40:23 I would like to say that the papacy is like 40:25 a parasite or a leach. 40:28 The dictionary defines 40:31 a parasite in the following way. 40:35 An animal or plant that lives in 40:38 or on another animal or plant 40:42 and gets food or protection from it. 40:45 A person or thing that takes something from someone 40:49 or something else 40:51 and does not do anything to earn it or to deserve it. 40:56 Is that a good description of the papacy? 40:58 Yes, here is the definition of a leach. 41:03 A person who clinks to another for personal gain 41:07 especially without giving anything in return 41:11 and usually with the implication 41:14 or effect of exhausting the others' resources. 41:20 That is a good description of the papacy. 41:23 You see when the papacy cannot attach itself 41:27 to the civil powers of the world, 41:30 it is weak, it is wounded, 41:33 but when the papacy is able to attach itself 41:36 to the political leaders of the world, 41:37 it get's its strength again from those powers 41:41 and it is now free but it is not free 41:44 and powerful in itself, 41:46 it is through the power of that entity 41:51 to which the papacy attached itself. 41:54 Are you following me or not? 41:56 Ironically, 41:58 it will be the beast with lamb like horns, 42:02 the United States of America who will be foremost 42:05 in helping the first beast recover its power, 42:08 but we are told that every nation in the world 42:10 will follow the example of the United States. 42:13 Isn't that interesting that many nations in the world 42:16 follow the example of the United States 42:18 in establishing governments 42:19 without a pope and without a king. 42:23 And later on in its history, 42:24 the nations of the world 42:26 will follow the example of the United States 42:27 in joining church and state 42:29 and allowing the papacy to recover its power. 42:32 Notice this statement from volume six of the Testimonies 42:35 page 18, 42:36 "As America, the land of religious liberty, 42:40 shall unite with the papacy in forcing the conscience 42:44 and compelling men to honor the false Sabbath, 42:47 that's the sign of the beast 42:49 which we've already studied Sunday, 42:51 the sign of its authority, she says, 42:53 the people of every country on the globe 42:57 will be led to follow her example. 43:01 Let me ask you. 43:02 How far along are we in the prophetic chain? 43:06 We are almost at the end of the prophetic chain. 43:10 The prophetic chain 43:12 that we're gonna study in the next two lectures 43:14 is that there will be 43:16 a final denunciation of this power 43:19 calling God's people to come out of this system 43:21 before God's wrath falls upon this system, 43:25 then God's people will go through a time of trouble 43:27 such as never is been seen 43:29 and they will be delivered by Jesus Christ, 43:33 according to Daniel 12:1. 43:35 We will speak about the time of trouble 43:37 and that glorious deliverance 43:39 in our last two studies together. 43:42 On Independence Day of 1899, 43:46 Ellen White wrote the following about the United States, 43:50 I wonder what she would write today. 43:54 "The greatest and most favored nation 43:56 upon the earth is the United States. 43:59 A gracious Providence has shielded this country, 44:03 and poured upon her the choicest 44:05 of Heaven's blessings. 44:07 Here the persecuted 44:08 and oppressed have found refuge. 44:10 Here the Christian faith in its purity has been taught. 44:14 This people have been the recipients of great light 44:17 and unrivaled mercies. 44:19 But these gifts have been repaid 44:21 by ingratitude and forgetfulness of God. 44:25 The Infinite One keeps a reckoning with the nations, 44:29 and their guilt is proportioned to the light rejected. 44:33 A fearful record now stands 44:36 in the register of heaven against our land, 44:38 but the crime 44:40 which shall fill up the measure of her iniquity 44:43 is that of making void the law of God. 44:46 In other words, by imposing a day of worship 44:50 which is a counterfeit established by the beast. 44:53 Taking the seal out of the law of God 44:57 and placing the seal of a man in its place. 45:01 So the question is, 45:03 who is going to warn the world not to worship the beast 45:06 and not to receive the mark of the authority of the beast. 45:11 Certainly not the Protestants, 45:13 they have already capitulated to the papacy. 45:17 Self proclaimed Bible believing Protestants 45:22 are looking to the Middle East 45:24 for the fulfillment of Bible prophecy. 45:26 They're expecting a blasphemous individual to rise 45:31 and sit in a rebuilt Jewish temple 45:34 for three and half literal years 45:36 after the rapture of the church. 45:39 And Protestants are on the same page 45:41 as the papacy with regards to the day of worship. 45:44 By keeping Sunday they are without wanting to admit it, 45:48 accepting the authority 45:50 and the sign of the power of the Roman Catholic Church. 45:55 Protestants used to have that right. 45:58 Let me read you the statement from Scottish church historian 46:01 and Presbyterian pastor, James A. Wylie, 46:04 he described what the antichrist is like, 46:08 and of course he believe that the antichrist was the papacy. 46:11 He said, "It is clear that antichrist, 46:13 as depicted by our Lord and by his apostle John, 46:17 is to wear a mask, 46:21 and to profess one thing and act another. 46:25 He is to enter where, not a rebuilt Jewish temple, 46:29 he is to enter the church as Judas entered the garden 46:33 professedly to kiss his Master, but in reality to betray him. 46:39 He is to come with words of peace in his mouth, 46:42 but war in his heart. 46:45 He is to be a counterfeit Christ, 46:48 Christ's likeness stamped on base metal. 46:51 He is to be an imitation of Christ a close, 46:56 clever, and astute imitation, 46:59 which will deceive the world for ages, 47:02 those only excepted who, taught by the Holy Spirit, 47:06 shall be able to see through the disguise 47:09 and detect the enemy under the mask of a friend. 47:15 "It's public knowledge 47:17 that Pope Francis has made an overt effort 47:21 to unite all Christians. 47:24 Protestants have gravitated towards the papacy. 47:28 As it's well know, great Protestants leader, 47:32 television evangelists such as Billy Graham, 47:35 Tony Palmer, Kenneth Copland, 47:38 James Robertson, Joel Osteen, Rick Warren, 47:41 representatives from the reformed church 47:43 even the Waldensians, 47:45 they've expressed great admiration for the papacy 47:48 and many of them have made trips to the Vatican, 47:52 to visit the pope at his invitation. 47:56 I don't know if you're aware but in July 16 of this year, 48:00 you're gonna have a gathering, 48:01 they say of about a million Christians 48:04 from every denomination in Washington DC, 48:06 it's called Reset, 2016. 48:11 And I've heard that the pope is going to address 48:16 this union of Christians and they say, 48:19 our only agenda will be Jesus. 48:22 The pope by Skype is going to address 48:24 this group of a million Christians 48:27 and encourage them all to unite 48:31 irrespective of all of their theological differences. 48:34 In fact the pope already, I got it today, 48:37 the pope gave a message on YouTube 48:40 to all of the Protestant young people, 48:43 encouraging them to attend this convention 48:47 that is gonna take place at the mall in Washington DC. 48:52 You see, folks, 48:53 Protestants have lost all fear of the papacy. 48:56 Why have they lost fear of the papacy, 48:59 and why are they rending the papacy homage? 49:02 It's because they have caste away 49:04 the biblical method of interpreting prophecy. 49:07 Do you think that if they follow the chain of prophecy, 49:10 and they saw that the little horn 49:12 or the beast or the harlot 49:14 was the Roman Catholic system 49:15 that they would want anything to do with this system. 49:18 Absolutely not, 49:20 but because they've thrown away 49:22 the biblical method of the chain of prophecy, 49:25 they look to the Middle East, 49:26 and meanwhile the powers that are gonna play 49:30 a role in end time prophecy grow in Rome 49:34 and in the United States and they can't see it 49:36 because they are looking in the wrong place. 49:41 Why do we exist as Seventh-day Adventist? 49:45 Ellen White explained it eloquently 49:47 in volume nine of the Testimonies, 49:49 page 19, 49:51 "In a special sense Seventh-day Adventists 49:54 have been set in the world as watchmen, 49:56 " that's a defensive position to defend the truth. 50:00 "And light bearers," 50:01 that in other words is to proclaim the truth. 50:03 "To them, that is to Seventh-day Adventist 50:05 has been entrusted the last warning 50:07 for a perishing world. 50:09 On them is shining wonderful light from the word of God. 50:13 They have been given a work of the most solemn import, 50:17 the proclamation of the first second, 50:19 and third angel's messages." 50:20 And then she says this, 50:22 "Our role and our function is to proclaim 50:25 the Three Angels' Messages. 50:26 She states, "There is no other work 50:29 of so great importance. 50:31 They are to allow nothing else to absorb their attention." 50:37 Why do we exist as a church? 50:39 To proclaim the Three Angels' Message. 50:40 And by the way that includes denouncing the beast, 50:44 his image and his mark. 50:47 Because if we don't preach that 50:49 which is one of the three angle's messages 50:51 and we don't say, 50:52 worship the creator and keep his Holy Sabbath, 50:56 God is gonna hold us accountable 50:58 for the loss of many, many people in this world. 51:00 We exist to proclaim 51:03 the Three Angels' Message to the world. 51:06 Now, we need to bring this to a close. 51:11 It was on Thursday evening of Passion Week 51:15 and Jesus was about to agonize in the Garden of Gethsemane 51:19 and on the cross. 51:21 In preparation for His ordeal, 51:23 Jesus raised a magnificent prayer to His Father. 51:29 He didn't even ask for strength for Himself. 51:32 His concern was with His disciples remaining firm 51:38 in the midst of opposition. 51:40 Right in the middle of His prayer, 51:42 He pronounced the words that we find in John 17:14. 51:47 "I have given them your word," 51:50 here He is speaking to his father, 51:52 "and the world has what? 51:54 Hated them 51:55 because they are not of the world 51:58 just as I am not of the world.' 52:00 Why was the world gonna hate the followers of Jesus? 52:03 Because He gave them His word and they were not of the world. 52:09 Here is the central reason 52:11 why God's faithful people have been hated 52:15 by both religious and secular in the course of world history. 52:19 It is because they have God's word 52:21 and they are not of the world. 52:24 In fact, earlier in John 15:19, Jesus had already said this, 52:30 speaking about His disciples or to His disciples. 52:33 "If you were of the world, the world would" what? 52:37 "Love its own. 52:39 Yet because you are not of the world 52:42 but I choose you out of the world, 52:44 therefore the world" what? 52:46 Hates you." 52:47 So, if you are of the word, the world will love you. 52:51 If you are not of the world, the world will what? 52:54 The world will hate you. 52:57 Now, why do I bring this to view? 53:00 I want to tell you an interesting story, 53:02 in the decade of the 1950's 53:05 Protestants in the United States 53:07 were extremely suspicious of the Roman Catholic Papacy 53:12 and strongly dislike the papacy. 53:14 This was in the 50s. 53:16 It was in this context 53:17 when the papacy was extremely disliked in the United States 53:21 and feared in the United States. 53:23 That a man by the name of Fulton Sheen, 53:25 an archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church 53:29 decided to begin a television and radio ministry 53:34 in favor of the Roman Catholic Church. 53:36 He was a pioneer in this area. 53:38 One day he came on the air by radio 53:42 and he spoke the following words, 53:46 and I must ask you, 53:47 do you think that he would say the same thing today. 53:51 I doubt it. 53:52 Notice what he said, 53:54 "If I were not a Catholic, 53:58 and were looking for the true Church 54:00 in the world today, 54:01 I would look for the one Church 54:03 which did not get along well with the world." 54:08 See the Catholic Church didn't get along with Protestants 54:11 so he says I would look for the Church 54:12 that the world doesn't like. 54:14 He continues writing, or saying. 54:17 In other words I would like for the Church 54:19 which the world hated. 54:22 My reason for doing this would be 54:24 that if Christ is in any one 54:27 of the Churches of the world today, 54:29 he must still be hated as he was 54:32 when he was on earth in the flesh. 54:35 If you would find Christ today, then find the Church 54:39 that does not get along with the world. 54:42 Look for the Church that is hated by the world 54:45 as Christ was hated by the world. 54:48 Do you think Fulton Sheen would give the same speech today, 54:52 I'd rather doubt it very much 54:54 because the Roman Catholic Church today is what? 54:57 It is loved by the world, 55:00 so he would have to change his tune. 55:05 Now, the good news is, folks, that at the very end of time, 55:09 the kings of the earth that did the bidding of the papacy 55:13 are gonna turn against her. 55:16 Revelation 17:16, says, 55:20 "These will hate the harlot, 55:23 make her desolate and naked, 55:25 eat her flesh and burn her with fire." 55:30 In other words, 55:32 what has happened before 55:33 many times in history will happen again. 55:35 You remember the days of Esther, 55:37 Haman prepared this plot to destroyer the Jews 55:39 and he deceived the king. 55:41 What happened with Haman? 55:43 When the king discovered that he had been deceived, 55:46 was he pretty angry? 55:47 What did he do? 55:48 He finished off those who prepared the plot, 55:52 the religious advisor. 55:53 Let me ask you, 55:54 who died when the three young men 55:56 were thrown into the fiery furnace? 55:59 Those that threw them in. 56:02 Let me ask you in Daniel Chapter 6, 56:05 did the advisors of the king deceive him into thinking 56:09 that Daniel was a menace, 56:11 did they prepared a plot to get rid of Daniel? 56:14 They most certainly did. 56:16 What happened when the king discovered 56:18 that he had been deceived? 56:20 He turned against those who prepared the plot. 56:23 So the kings of the earth today, 56:25 they might think that it's a wonderful thing 56:27 to cooperate with the papacy. 56:30 But in the long run, 56:32 one day they will wake up but it will be too late. 56:35 And they will turn against this system 56:37 they committed fornication with. 56:39 The kings of the earth today 56:41 need to listen to the experience of Pilate. 56:43 You know, when Pilate was deliberating whether to give, 56:47 whether to turn Jesus over to the Jews. 56:49 He received a message from his wife 56:51 and his wife said, 56:52 don't have anything to do with this just man. 56:55 Now, Pilate had to make a decision. 56:57 Would he do 56:58 what the apostate Jewish church told him to do 57:02 and kill Jesus 57:03 or would he listen to the voice of his wife 57:07 and say, I'm not gonna given in to the pressure 57:09 of the apostate church, I'm gonna do what is right. 57:13 Sadly, Pontius Pilate chose 57:17 to listen to the voice of the apostate church. 57:20 And according to history 57:22 Pontius Pilate eventually committed suicide. 57:26 The apostate church that prepared the plot 57:29 to destroy Christ 57:30 later on the Romans came and destroyed them. 57:35 History will be repeated once again. 57:38 So my appeal is not only to the people of the world 57:41 but the kings of the world. 57:42 Open your eyes, do not give into the system, 57:46 do not propose religious legislation 57:49 because the end result will be terrible 57:52 and your awakening will come when it is too late. |
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