Welcome back to the
Liberty Insider program.
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Before the break
with guest Allen Reinach,
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we were talking about beast,
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two horn beast in particular
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and relating
this biblical prophecy
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to the United States today.
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But there is an
antecedent to that,
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and you just read a
text that where it says,
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That this new modern
two-horned beast power exercises
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an aggressive power in
support of another beast.
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Well, all and not
so much in support
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it says all the
authority of the first beast
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which is a reference to
how during the Middle Ages--
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Yeah, during the Middle Ages,
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civil and religious
authority were largely
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under the
domination of the church.
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So it's the medieval model and
the medieval Christian church
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took the poison
pill and became itself
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the enemy of true religion.
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Now, ironically, you know,
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those who think about this
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in the modern American context
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often suggest that there is
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a part of the religious pride
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that is theocratic,
that wants to impose--
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Not offensible suggestion.
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A religious rule.
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But the reality is that
both were left and the right
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in America today have
devalued liberty of conscience
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and are seeking to
impose their own moral
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and spiritual
agenda on the nation.
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To be sure they are
very different competing
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moral agendas from
the left and the right.
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But neither side
is terribly respectful
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of liberty of conscience.
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Absolutely.
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We can see that just sort
of formulating before our eyes
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but you know, I've mentioned it
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before on this program.
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But then the politically--
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I shouldn't
say, Christian right.
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Because you're right this
Christian left Christian right,
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but they're both more and more
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looking to political
power to support their agenda.
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And within that
whole moment there is the,
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well, the most extreme full
Christian reconstructionist.
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Right.
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I mean, they
don't mince any words
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they want an Old
Testament government
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supported by law.
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And I'm surprised
they keep saying it,
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because they're just
exactly like the Taliban.
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Death penalty for Sabbath
breaking for homosexuality
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for what's one of the adultery.
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North Carolina had a
resolution that failed,
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because it was it
became known and criticize,
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but they wanted to throw off
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the shackles of the federal
constitution's first amendment
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and claim the right
to make North Carolina
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an overtly Christian state.
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Yeah, I remember that.
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And they are clutching
some historical legal straws
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because, it's really--
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Fighting civil war--
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The staff will raise again,
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that's really what's going on.
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They are going back
to fight the lost cause
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and there is no question
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that the
constitutional dynamic change,
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where they were
initially sovereign states
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where the federal government
that had limited powers,
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but that's not the case
now and it's good, better,
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I mean might be
good, better and different.
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But you can't roll
back the history books
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just because you
don't like what's going on.
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And undercover of that argument
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they are really trying to bring
in the theocratic type regime.
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Right, and you know,
having thrown off the civil--
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the voting rights act,
they now want to control again
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who can vote
and restrict voting.
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Well, this is a
very interesting prophecy
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because it has the
United States more and more
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forsaking principles
of liberty of conscience
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and having the
state take an active role
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in enforcing
religion and worship.
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And that's a very
dangerous situation.
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Read that text again.
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Well, it says, "It
exercises all the authority
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of the first
beast in its presence,
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and makes the
earth and its inhabitants
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worship the first beast,
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whose mortal wound was healed."
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And later it says, "It
forms an image of the beast
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that was wounded by
the sword and yet lived.
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And it gives
breath to that image
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and causes that
those who would not worship
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the image of the
beast to be slain."
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And then there
is a passage about,
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"That no one can buy or
sell unless he has the mark,
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the name of the beast
or the number of its name."
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And that's the infamous 666.
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And that's you
know, many Christians
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are confused about
666 and easily frightened.
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666 pops up a lot,
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I see it in all sorts
of bar codes and stuff.
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Very much, I even have it
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as the code on
one of my credit card.
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You know, three
digit code is 666--
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I don't really know,
I'm not inclined to think
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that's a literal
fulfillment of prophecy
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and it might even be an inside
joke by lot of programmers.
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Then I might have the mark
of the beast already, Lincoln.
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But the mark of the beast
is not essentially a number,
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it's an activity, isn't it?
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It's a stance but
what I was getting at
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there is we know
that the modern states
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and most
personified by the United States
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do control
international finance,
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they do control
the monetary system
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and have that ability
is it says that to say
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that if you don't
agree with this policy
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you cannot buy or sell.
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I mean that's hardly beyond
the purview of a modern state.
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The United States as you
and I were discussing off air
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has been
utilizing economic sanctions
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to great effect as a
primary tool of war, really.
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And you know--
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There are those
even within our church
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who poo, poo this
identity of the United States
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and prophecy or the role.
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Today the United
States is exercising
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a dominant role in the
global economy, in global power
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we have by some estimates
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as many as 750
military bases around the world
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that's more than three bases
for every country in the world.
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We are absolutely the
dominant military power,
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the dominant economic power,
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we are the world's
empire, the world's policemen,
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it remains for there to be
the right side of circumstance
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and the Bible
doesn't tell us what it is,
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but the right opportunity
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for this kind of
global religious coercion
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to come into play.
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Yeah, and it would involve
more than just the United States
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but the United States clearly
is situated to take the lead.
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It's the world leader.
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Yeah. So you know,
we're in interesting dynamic
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and nobody knows the exact
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next development as far
as human history is concern
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but prophecy lays
out a broad outline
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and it's hardly
stretching a point to apply
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that to the United States today.
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No, it's not
stretching it at all.
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You know, I've
often said the antidote
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to the mark of the beast
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is understanding
the character of God
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and understanding the gospel.
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A loving God did not
coerce the conscience.
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Well, now you're getting
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to the root point
on religious liberty.
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It needs to be for all
people and lack coercion.
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And you know many
people say, you can't,
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you know, it's
gonna be hard to identify,
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you know, the subtleties on it.
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No.
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Any great global deception like
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it's discussed in Revelation
will stand out instantly
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because coercion is involved.
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And they will be blaming us,
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this form of religion is held
up higher than the others, so.
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I often said you know
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I've got four kids, they
were all teenagers at one point.
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Now they're
starting to at least being
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numerically beyond
teenagers although they still,
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they still act like teenagers.
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And I've often said, you know,
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how easy would it be for God
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to simply reach down
alter their brain chemistry
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and make them perfectly healthy,
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happy, holy and obedient.
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And how often as a parent--
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You wish for that.
I've prayed for it.
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I've been
tempted to pray for that.
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But you know the gospel
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God did not
solve the sin problem
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by exercising his omnipotence.
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He didn't, you
know, wipe their memories.
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He didn't you know
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reprogram Adam and Eve's brains.
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He offered His own
Son to die on the cross
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to restore the
broken relationship with us.
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You know, I've
heard Christopher Hitchens
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recently deceased
going on and on about this.
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And he says, you know,
he has no time for a God
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that made us defective
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and then asked us to be obedient
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but he misses the point.
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And we need to mention it here.
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Sin is what's harmed us
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and affected
our thinking process
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and God's very charitable.
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He didn't make us defective.
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He's not kind of. No, He
didn't make us defective.
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He made us perfect, we
screwed up on ourselves.
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We had a fall from grace and
power and God's like a parent--
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And we're
reaping the consequences.
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You're mentioning parents,
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He's gently nudging
us toward the truth,
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but we have to make that choice.
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And we have to stay clear,
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great deceptions yet to come.
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It seems very obvious to us
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but love requires freedom.
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Love is not something that
can be commanded or coerced.
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Love has to be free and
that's the essence of the gospel
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that Christ was given
to us to the human race
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to be our
brother, to be our savior,
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because a loving
God can't force us,
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won't force us to worship Him.
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He doesn't want the obedience
of slaves or congregants.
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He desires a loving
response freely given.
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So true worship
comes from the heart
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and has to be freely given.
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And the mark of the
beast is absolutely repudiation
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of these fundamental principles
of the character of God.
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It really is portraying God
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as a tyrant as
the devil himself.
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It's worth remembering
that the Prophet Daniel
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lived at the epicenter of
the global power of his age.
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He dealt with
some serious issues,
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his life was on
the line many times,
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he was dealing
with the super power.
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And yet, when
the angel brought him
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prophecies
relating to the end of time,
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he said-- at one point,
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he said that he
fainted clean away,
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he couldn't--
couldn't deal with it.
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He was shown those great
kingdoms throughout history.
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But in Revelation John
reveals another kingdom,
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a final kingdom, a final path
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that's
characterized as two horns,
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lamb like in
aspect to a certain point
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but aggressive and dominant
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like the old
dragon powers of the past.
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The United States, I
think clearly is that power.
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And it's worth's remembering
the wild as the benign side,
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the protection of
religious freedom.
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And we wish it will.
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We may well too like Daniel,
faint away with shock in awe
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as we see even this great power
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turning against the
principles of heaven
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that we do that has it
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just as
Nebuchadnezzar did in his era.
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For Liberty Insider,
this is Lincoln Steed.
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