The harvest truly is plenteous
but the laborers are few.
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Pray ye, therefore,
the Lord of the harvest
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that He will... He will send
forth laborers into His harvest.
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Also, I heard the
voice of the Lord saying
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"Who shall I send? "
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"And who will go for us? "
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Then said I: "Here am
I, send me... send me. "
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Life on the Edge will enable
you to be an effective harvester
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for the Lord. We now
invite you into our classroom
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to come experience LIFE.
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Welcome again to
Life on the Edge:
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the interactive Bible
study course where we not only
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learn like... have
Bible studies with one another
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and hear about Bible studies
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but we actually learn how to
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give them to other people.
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Now does everybody here feel
like they could probably give
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at least one of the studies
they've learned to somebody
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else? Let me see
somebody shake their head yes.
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Yeah. Even if you don't
think so shake your head yes
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for the cameras, OK?
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Yes. So everybody fells
they could probably give
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some of these studies
and hopefully by the end
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because you know what we
do at Life on the Edge here
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for the people who actually
come to the course here at LIFE?
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Now you're going to love
this because it's going to make
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everybody at home
want to come to LIFE.
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Are you ready for this?
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At the end of the course
you actually have to give
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some of the
studies to one another.
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Yeah. And then when we go out
on outreach and things like that
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you'll have your Bible
with you and knock on the door
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and somebody will come to
the door and you'll say: "Hey, "
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you know, do the
survey with them and say:
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"Would you like to have a
Bible study? " They'll say:
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"Yeah, when can we have it? "
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You say: "Well, next week. "
And then you think: " I can go
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home next week and prepare and
I'll be ready to come back. "
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And they said: "Well you
know... can we have it now? "
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And you say: "Yes, I'm
ready. " And you get your Bible
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out. Your Bible's all
marked and ready to go
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and you can sit down and you
can have that Word of God study
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with them. And then
they'll say: "Wow, does Darlene
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really know her Bible. "
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And what they really don't
know is you've got your Bible
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all marked up with your texts
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so it looks like
you know your Bible.
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You're reading your Bible
but actually you're looking
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at the next text
you have to go to.
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It'd be nice, wouldn't it?
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And so that's what
we're going to be doing.
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You know, I could tell you
a story. I think I might have
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a little time.
Can I tell a story?
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Whenever I
was... I went to ARISE.
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You know, up in Michigan... the
school of evangelism up there.
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I don't recommend
going... No, I'm just kidding,
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you can go there. But
come to LIFE, all right?
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But I went to ARISE. That's
where I got most of the training
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and stuff at. And we have
been doing just their version
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of the Bible studies, right?
Learning to do the Bible studies
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and put them in the Bible.
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And my third or
fourth day on outreach...
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I went on outreach with this
girl and she said: "Don't you
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ever ask me to do anything
when we get in the house.
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You can do all the
talking. I'm just here with you
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'cause I gotta go...
it's part of the school.
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And I said: "OK, no problem.
I like to talk to people.
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Fine. You know, you're going
to miss all the fun, right? "
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And so, umm, outreach is
just where you just go out
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knocking on doors,
you know. Doing surveys
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trying to get the Bible studies.
And so they put me in this area
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of town and every one of
the homes are like these massive
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big houses. And I think:
"Where are the trailer parks? "
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You know, but it's a massive
house and I've got to go there.
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I love trailer parks!
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Even myself. You know, I
used to live in a double wide
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and stuff all the time.
and I still long for that
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because it seems like
those people were different.
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You know, they're more open and
friendly... things like that.
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Seems like those
people that have more money
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they're like really busy...
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they've got more
important things to do.
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Tends to be
that way. Not always.
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And so I'm kind
of dreading this.
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So every doorbell I
ring doesn't go ding-dong.
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You know how doorbells do
that? They play like a tune.
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You know you're in a wealthy
neighborhood when they're
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playing tunes on
all the doorbells.
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And so I go to this house
this one particular evening
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right before dark and
this guy answered the door.
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He's a really tall guy. Nice
looking distinguished fellow.
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Italian. You can just tell
he's an Italian guy, you know.
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And he comes to the
door and I start off with my
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"You know, I'm
Phillip. I'm with ARISE
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and we're doing like a
community religious survey. "
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And I go... my little
thing there. And I said:
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"Um, would you be
interested in taking a survey? "
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He said: "Sure. " And
I said: "Well, you know
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the first question is: Do
you believe there's a God? "
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He said: "Yeah. " And
as we go through the survey
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I can tell he has
a spiritual interest.
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And then he begins to tell me
a little bit about how his wife
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had just died of
breast cancer the year before
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and he was just like... he
was just crushed. And this,
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crushed, you know, at this time.
It had been not that long ago.
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So at the end of the
survey I get to the end
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and the last question
is: Would you be interested
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in having a Bible study?
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"No, I don't think I'm
really interested in that
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but thanks so much. " And
I said: "Listen, can I have
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a word of prayer
with you before I go? "
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He said: "Sure. "
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And so there on his doorstep
as I'm praying in my mind...
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and I'm praying out loud in
my mind I'm thinking: "Lord,
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I recognize that this
guy... he's really interested
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in the scriptures.
Please do something here. "
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And here's what
happened... very interesting.
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At the end of
the prayer he said:
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"Can we have that
Bible study now? "
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And of course I said:
"No, I'm not ready. " Right?
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We had just finished marking the
first study in the Word of God.
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I had just finished
marking it, and I said...
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Normally on outreach I had
not been taking my Bible with me
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but I happened to
have it with me this day.
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It's like the Lord impressed
me to do that. So I had my Bible
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and I said
"Sure, I'll do that. "
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And so we go into this
house and right away I realize
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I've got to take my shoes
off... it's plush white carpet.
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White carpet,
plush. And I go: "Man... "
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Take my shoes off
and go and we sit down.
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My outreach partner who
said: "Don't ever ask me to
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say anything" was
sitting there next to me
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and he was sitting over here.
And all her job was to take
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notes for the study.
We're doing the Bible study
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like what you're learning
here at Life on the Edge.
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Same kind of thing.
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I go to the Word of God
study, the Daniel 2 study,
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and long story
short at the end of it
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the guy said: "Man, I've
never heard anything like this.
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I've never even opened my
Bible up to the Old Testament. "
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He said: "But it
makes sense. I love this! "
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He said: "I've got a
brother that's an atheist.
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Can you share
this study with him? "
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I said: "Sure I can. " I'm
really nervous. This is like
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the first full on with no notes
Bible study I've ever given
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with just my Bible, right.
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And it's like the Spirit of God
was just there and just blessed.
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And at the end of it it
was so powerful, so solemn,
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the girl that said:
"Never ask me to do anything"
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was sitting there next to
me. It's like the Spirit of God
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came upon her and she said:
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"I would like to have a prayer
for us. Would that be OK? "
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"Go right ahead... " you know.
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So she offered this
beautiful prayer and the guy
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he... like you can tell
it's a very somber moment.
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And as we say our goodbyes and
stuff, we'll see you tomorrow
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for the next study. And he says:
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"Can you pray for me just
one more time before you leave?
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And particularly pray
about me and my situation
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you know with my wife and
everything. That I'll get over
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this and that kind
of stuff, you know? "
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And I said: "Yeah, we
can have that prayer. "
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So, you know, I knelt down
there in his living room again
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and I offered a prayer for
him and he's like teary-eyed
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at the end of it. That guy came
to every... I mean, he's like
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study after study
after study after study.
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He never missed any of
them. Went through the whole
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evangelistic meetings there
that David Asscherick put on.
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He bought the DVDs of the whole
series and everything like that.
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So you know we don't know what
the final part of the story is.
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I ended up leaving but...
you know, as far as I know
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he hasn't ever made
a full commitment yet.
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But you understand
that with these studies
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you're actually going to be
able to go to somebody's house
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or anywhere you're
at and if they say:
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"I would like to
have a Bible study, "
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you're going to be
able to pick up your Bible
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and say: "OK. "
Let's go to the front here
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and say: "My first text...
" Umm, we're going to the Word
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of God. My first text? That'll
be II Timothy 3 verse 15.
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Let's go there. " And you're
going to be able to help me
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go through it and you're
going to go through a study.
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And the Spirit of
God's going to be on you
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and you're to see souls
won to the kingdom because of
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what you're doing here.
Isn't that powerful? Amen!
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And so we've
already discovered here
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at the first part of this; we've
been going through the study.
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We did antichrist part
II... part I... already.
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Now we're going to do
antichrist part II part II.
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And so as we go through this now
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we're going to go
through this next Bible study
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we're going to actually
identify who the antichrist is.
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Now just for a quick review
of what we've looked at already
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you remember that the antichrist
of part II, the first part
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we looked at... We first
off started looking at what?
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It was the names
of the antichrist.
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Remember what those names were?
Does anybody remember them?
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It was antichrist;
it was the man of sin;
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son of perdition; and then...
Does anybody know the other one?
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The sea beast first. It
was the sea beast, right?
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The sea beast in
Revelation chapter 13.
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And then we went to the
little horn in Daniel chapter 7.
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I said: "Oh, yeah,
that's the antichrist too. "
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But I haven't proven that yet.
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That's where we left
off at kind of right there.
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We've done the names
of it and then we said:
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"You know what, though, before
the antichrist comes to power
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God gave us a list of kingdoms
that were going to rule.
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And He does it through
a vision that Daniel has
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in Daniel chapter 7.
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And so in the first part of
Daniel chapter 7 we talk about
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the vision and what
the winds represent:
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strife and
commotion. The waters represent
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um, um, um,
people... multitudes of people.
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And then you had the beast
represent kings or kingdoms.
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Remember we covered that part
in the first part of the study.
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And then we looked at
these beasts themselves.
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We had the
first that was a lion.
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And who did this lion
represent with eagle's wings?
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Babylon. That's exactly right.
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And then the next
kingdom that came to rise:
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It was this... it
was this, um, this bear.
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The bear was raised
up on one side, right?
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And one side
showing imbalance of power.
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And this was the
kingdom of who? Medo-Persia.
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And we know through history
that Medo-Persias took over from
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Greece. And tell me
this: who was the stronger
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out of the two
kingdoms that came together,
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the Medes and
Persians. Who was stronger?
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The Persians. See, I
knew you'd remember that.
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And how do we remember that?
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Because they had the Persian
Gulf. That's exactly right.
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That's our memory aid. And
then we had the next kingdom
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that rose up, and this
was one like a leopard.
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And this leopard... we
understand that a leopard
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with wings is
something moving very fast.
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And it has four heads. And
so a leopard moving very fast
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with wings represents
the kingdom of Greece, right?
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The kingdom of Greece,
and it's first king was who?
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Alexander the Great.
That's exactly right.
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He wanted to conquer the world
by the... and he did, actually,
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Started at how old? Sixteen.
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And ended it by the time he
was... by the time he was how
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old? When did he finish up
conquering the world basically?
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Thirty-three.
You guys are so good!
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Paying close
attention. That's exactly right.
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At 33 he had conquered
the world. He got so sad
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because there was nobody left
to kill, nobody left to conquer.
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He couldn't
conquer his passions.
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Ended up drinking himself to
death basically is what happened
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with him. But he said: "You
know what? I want the strongest
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to rule after me. " And his
four generals just said that
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that they though
they was all the strongest
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and they split his
kingdom up into four heads
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just like the
Bible said would happen.
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And then after
that, though, after Greece
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another kingdom came to power.
And when Daniel was writing this
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he didn't have any...
any animal in the kingdom
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that God has created
with all of His animals...
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he didn't have anything he
could even compare this one to.
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And so he just said:
"This beast that I saw"
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in verse 7- this 4th beast
- was "dreadful and terrible
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with great iron teeth.
" And who did this beast
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with the great iron
teeth... who did he represent?
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Who was... who was that beast?
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Rome. That's exactly
right. It was the Roman Empire.
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But now it says
something very interesting
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because after the Roman
Empire had come on the scene
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the Bible tells us -
just like in Daniel chapter 2-
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Daniel chapter 2 remember it
went down and the kingdom was
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divided... Rome
actually became divided
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into the feet of iron and clay.
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Just like in the same way
it talks about this kingdom
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being divided. It gives
it in different symbolism
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but still the same. He is
divided. Let's look at this now
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how Rome actually
ends up becoming divided.
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Daniel chapter 7
verse 8 first of all.
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Let me read this back
to verse 7 one more time.
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"After this I saw in
the night vision and behold
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a fourth beast -
dreadful and terrible -
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strong exceedingly.
It had great iron teeth.
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It devoured and broke in
pieces and stamped the residue
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with the feet of it. And it was
diverse or different from the
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other beasts that were before
it, and it had ten horns. "
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So it actually
ends up - you know -
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after it comes down to
the point this beast is there
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and he looks at this beast, this
beast ends up having 10 horns.
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And we're going to find
out that these ten horns
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represents powers or
kingdoms themselves or kings.
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So we find that this
beast power actually divided up
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into 10 kings or
kingdoms. Are you following me?
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Now we're going to look
at that as we go on now.
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We're in Daniel
chapter 7 verse 8 and verse 24.
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And Danielle is going to
read that for us over here.
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Danielle. Daniel
chapter 7 verse 8 and verse 24.
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It's on the
slide as well up there.
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"I considered the horns and
behold there came up among them
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another little horn before whom
there were 3 of the first horns
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plucked up by the roots.
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And behold, in this horn
were eyes like the eyes of a man
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and a mouth
speaking great things.
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And the ten horns out of
this kingdom are ten kings
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that shall arise. And
another shall rise after them
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and he shall be
diverse from the first.
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And he shall subdue 3 kings. "
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OK. What we're doing right now
is we're going to be going over
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the identifying characteristics
of this little horn.
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Like how does God give us
the ability to identify this
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little horn. She has
just read like seven of them
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through that right there.
And you probably didn't even
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pick up all of them, did you?
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So we're going to go...
What we're going to do now
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is we're going to go over those
ten identifying characteristics
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like the description that the
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that the Bible gives us here.
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And then we're not going
to tell you who it is yet
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but by the end of the study
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we're going to reveal exactly
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who this little horn power is.
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Who this
character is from the Bible.
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So we've got to have all
the definitions of everything
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from the scriptures. Because
if it's not from the Bible
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it does us no good, does it?
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So let us back up
just a little bit here
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and we're going to go
with the slide, actually,
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of this little horn power.
First of all, we know that
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it's a little
kingdom. How do we know that?
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Danielle just read it.
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Danielle, we're going
to look at it again here
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in Daniel chapter 7 and verse 8.
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He said: "I considered the
horns and, behold, there came up
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among them another... " What?
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"Little horn. " So
this horn is little
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as compared to
what? The other horns.
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It must be little
compared to the other horns.
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So it's a little
king or a little kingdom.
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Now how do we know that
a horn represents a king
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or a kingdom? We
read that in verse 24.
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Verse 24 says: "The ten
horns out of that kingdom are
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ten kings. " So we've
got this... the Roman Empire.
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We know the non-descript beast
being Rome. And we know that
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Rome was divided and we
have here these ten kings
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that it was divided
into. Are you following me?
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But out of those is going
to come up one little horn.
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So it's going to be a
little power or a little kingdom
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as compared to the rest of them.
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So that's the first
thing we're going to look at.
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This little horn - and
that's the first identifying
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characteristic - if you
want to jot it down there, #1-
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this little horn is
going to be a little kingdom.
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All right. It's going to be
little compared to the rest.
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Now, let us go to the next
identifying characteristic.
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It's still found
in Daniel chapter 7...
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Daniel chapter 7
and verse 8 again.
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It's going to come
up among divided Rome.
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It's going to come
up among the divided...
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How do we know it's going
to come up among divided Rome?
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Well it just says there.
Now you look back in verse 7
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it says this
thing had ten horns.
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"And I considered the
horns and, behold, there came up
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among them a little horn. "
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So we're going to have Rome
divided into the 10 kingdoms,
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right? And among those ten...
among those ten are going to
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come up a little one. And let me
tell you what you've just done
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just now. There's books
in Christian book stores
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in places around
the world right now
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that says like this antichrist.
Oh, it must be Russia.
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But now think about it.
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Where was Rome...
where was Rome located
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and where was it divided?
What do we call it today?
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Modern-day Europe,
right? That's the Roman Empire
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all divided up in what
we call modern-day Europe.
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Is Russia in the middle or part
of... among modern-day Europe?
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No. Like right now I'm
standing here. I'm not really
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among you, I'm up here
in front of you, all right.
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Is that where I'm at? Right?
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But now if I step out here...
I don't know how far I can get
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out here before I get out
of line of the camera, but
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let's suppose I step out
here and I lean over like this
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and really come to
Shelleta and Gloria here.
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Am I among you guys now?
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I'm right there
among you, aren't I?
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Do you follow that?
So what he's saying here
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in Daniel chapter 7
is this little horn -
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this little horn power that
rises up - is going to have to
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come up among the
divisions of the Roman Empire
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or what we call
modern-day Europe.
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The two identifying
characteristics so far?
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You know what we've
just done right now?
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This was two identifying
characteristics so we narrowed
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it down a little bit.
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You know what God
is doing with this?
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The way He does this with these
ten identifying characteristics?
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Right now I'm thinking
about somebody in this room.
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OK, I'm thinking of
somebody in this room.
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This person I'm
thinking of is about my height.
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Now does that narrow
it down a little bit?
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Oh, yeah. For sure
it throws out Mike Mudd.
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It throws out Robert there,
right? Darlene... she's out.
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Gloria's out. I mean
quite a few of you are out
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of that one, right?
Shelleta's out of it.
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Now this person I'm
thinking of is a male.
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It's a guy. He's about
my height and he's a guy.
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Does that narrow it
down a little bit more?
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Yes. Now the person
I'm thinking of is wearing
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a green shirt. Now it still
narrows it down, doesn't it?
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I mean there's like two
guys in here about my height
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wearing a green shirt, right?
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We have Ken here
and Bill back here.
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See, both of those kind of...
I even have a green shirt on.
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We all called each other today
before we came in. That's right.
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Now the person I'm thinking
of is also wearing blue jeans.
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Does that narrow
it down some more?
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Nope... they're
both wearing blue jeans.
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OK. The person I'm thinking of
has his hair cut really short.
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We've narrowed it down
still to these two, haven't we?
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Isn't this amazing
how this is working? OK.
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Now the person I'm thinking
of... the person I'm thinking of
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is much younger than me.
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Does that help?
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OK. The person I'm thinking
of has on white tennis shoes,
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right? Or gray
tennis shoes, I guess.
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Are you following
what we're doing here?
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By a process of
telling... describing the person
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I'm thinking of, by
just making that description,
00:16:09.21\00:16:10.93
it narrows down
who I'm thinking of
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that where even if
I don't say who it is
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we all know. Are
you following that?
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What God does here with these
ten identifying characteristics
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is like well there's some
people, there's some times
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you can go look and say:
"OK, there's little kingdoms
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around the world, right?
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Isn't like, like... isn't there
like a place called Tanzania?
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Isn't that a
little tiny place? Right?
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Well maybe that's
what he's talking about
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because it's small. So that's
identifying characteristics.
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So we have to have more
to understand it, don't we?
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But now as we look we
see this little horn power
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comes up among the other horns.
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Well that narrows it down
a little more, doesn't it?
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So we're looking for a
power to come up where?
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Somewhere in what we
call Europe today, right?
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So that's where
Rome was divided.
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Are you following me?
Now as we go through this
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many of you - maybe
some of you sitting at home
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as well, maybe some of
you sitting there - will say
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"Well I know who it is before
you even tell us who it is. "
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And you'll know that if
you're just like into history
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and you understand
what went through history.
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As it narrows down
you're going to say:
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"that's a no brainer. "
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And so... because sometimes as
you reveal the antichrist power
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some people feel offended like
"Oh, how dare they say that? "
00:17:08.23\00:17:10.84
But if it's from the Word of God
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and the Word of God
is doing the offending
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let it offend.
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Yeah. I don't want
to say anything that
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purposely offends anybody.
00:17:18.98\00:17:20.13
But if this is what
the Word of God gives,
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God does not want
us to be deceived.
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And so we're going into the
3rd identifying characteristic
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right now. We know
that it's a little horn.
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It comes up among
the divided Roman Empire.
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And here's the third
identifying characteristic:
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it comes up
after Rome is divided.
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Now obviously, if
it has to come up...
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obviously it has to come
up after Rome was divided
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because it comes up
among the ten divisions
00:17:40.98\00:17:42.64
of the Roman Empire, right?
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So it has to be after they're
divided before it comes up.
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Now here's something
that's very fascinating to me
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you may have never
connected together before.
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You had in history Babylon,
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Medo-Persia, Greece,
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Rome. Rome is divided and
according to Daniel chapter 7
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the little horn comes to
power after Rome is divided
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you've just given
somewhat of a timeline
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of when it has to
come on the scene.
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In other words,
could the antichrist power
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be a little horn or something
that comes out of, out of...
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say the little power arises out
of the levered empire of Greece
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could it be between Greece
and Rome that this little...
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that this
antichrist comes to power?
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No, it can't be, can it?
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It does have some interesting
statement - especially when
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you get to Daniel chapter 8.
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Now when God is
giving us any more details
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because some people
say the antichrist power,
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the little horn power in Daniel
chapter 8, is actually some
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fellow by the name
of Antiochus Epiphanes
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who came out of
the Grecian empire.
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But according to Daniel
7... remember, it all has to
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fit the timeline.
Are you following me?
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It all has to fit the timeline.
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So if the timeline says
it's Babylon, Medo-Persia,
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Greece, Rome then the antichrist
after the divisions of Rome,
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then it can't fit Antiochus
Epiphanes because we know
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that Rome was
divided finally in 476 AD.
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So it has to rise up
sometime after 476 AD.
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Are you following that?
00:18:55.80\00:18:57.60
Very interesting, isn't it?
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We have just narrowed
down something just now
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with three of the
identifying characteristics.
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That it has to be some time
after Jesus was on this earth.
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Some time after the disciples.
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Some time after 476 AD.
00:19:08.67\00:19:11.77
Are you following that?
Now, what we're going to do
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when we go back and we
identify the antichrist
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I will show you exactly
what happened in 476 AD.
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OK? We'll describe that then
when we reveal the antichrist.
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But we just know
that... just for the sake of...
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just for the sake of it right
now Rome was essentially divided
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in 476 AD. I guess I can
read you a little statement.
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Listen to this: Rome
was divided in 476 AD
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when Odoacer, king of
Heruli, deposed Romulus Augustus
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the last western
Roman emperor in 476 AD,
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the fragmentation of the
Roman Empire then was complete.
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Now you can find
that in history books.
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You might not want to
look too much on the Internet
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because they try to
distort things now because
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whenever the
antichrist is revealed
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and you don't want
to be called antichrist,
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you're going to do things
to try to change or manipulate
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history so the finger's off you.
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You know, I'm
tempted to go on with that...
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but I can't right now.
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So let's go on to the next one.
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The little horn also
plucks up or destroys
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three of the horns. Now
what's a horn represent?
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And so this is going to
pluck up or destroy three horns
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or three kingdoms or
kings that have come to power.
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So out of the ten -
those ten divisions -
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three of them are
going to get uprooted
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according to the scriptures.
Let us read from the scriptures
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and see why it says
that. We're still in Daniel
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chapter 7 and verse
8. Look what it says:
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"I considered the horns. Behold
there came up among them" -
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remember among them means
it comes up in the Roman Empire
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there or what we
call Europe today -
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"the little horn" - it's
going to be a little kingdom -
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"before whom there were
three plucked up by the roots. "
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There were three
horns or three kingdoms
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that were destroyed. If you
pluck a horn out of an animal
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does that horn continue to live?
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Some scientists will say:
"Oh, yeah, it lives for so long
00:20:45.73\00:20:47.58
afterwards. " No, no.
You're destroying it, right?
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And so it plucks up
three as it comes to power.
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Plucks them up by the roots.
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And so that's the next
identifying characteristic
00:20:54.35\00:20:56.05
is as this horn comes to power
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three kingdoms are
going to be taken out.
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Is everybody OK with that one?
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Four identifying characteristics
we've gone through now.
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How many? Four.
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With those four - I could
actually with just those four -
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prove you know who
the antichrist power is
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in using that. But we want
to get all ten in here because
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God does not want to leave
us with any shadow of a doubt.
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He wants us to
be absolutely sure.
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Isn't that good to
serve a God like that.
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He just leaves no room to
guess or to try to speculate.
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Now the little horn also
on the next slide here...
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We're still in Daniel chapter 7
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verses 8 and 24.
Still in the same text
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but here is the
identifying characteristic:
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the little horn will be
different from the other
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kingdoms. It'll be different.
This antichrist power -
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or the little horn
part - will be different.
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And different how is the
question. We'll answer that
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as we identify
this antichrist power.
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And you find it talking about
that in verse 24 when it says:
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"And the ten horns out of
this kingdom are ten kings
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that shall arise, and
another shall arise after them
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and he shall be different"
- or diverse as it says
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in the King James - "from
the first and he'll subdue
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three kings. " So
there you have it again
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that whenever he comes to
power he destroys three kings.
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And he's going to be different
from any other kingdom.
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How is he
different? You'll find out.
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So he's going to be different
from the other kingdoms.
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Now let's go to the next
one. Still on the same text
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but this little horn is
going to have a prominent man
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at the head speaking.
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A prominent man
at the head speaking.
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You can find that
again in Daniel chapter 7
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and you'll find it in verse 8.
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Toward the latter part of that
it says: "Behold, in this horn
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were eyes like the eyes of a man
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and a mouth that
spoke great things. "
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A mouth speaking great things.
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And these great
things that he is speaking
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according to the rest
of... the context of the text...
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is blasphemous things.
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And that's the next identifying
characteristic when you
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look at it on the screen
there: it commits blasphemy.
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Now we will
define what blasphemy is.
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You know what, I think we can
go ahead. No, we won't do that.
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right now. We'll do
that right after we identify
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the antichrist. I'm going to
keep up... keep on track here,
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keep everybody on the same page.
We're just doing the identifying
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marks right now. But how
do we know it's blasphemy?
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Where else? What's
another name for the antichrist?
00:22:57.86\00:23:00.11
Man of sin. Son of perdition.
00:23:01.34\00:23:03.17
What's another
name? The sea beast.
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Go with me to
Revelation chapter 13.
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Let's look at
something about this sea beast:
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Revelation 13:5. It's
very interesting. If we had the
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time to do this study
along with Revelation chapter 13
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showing this antichrist, you're
going to find the parallels
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are just amazing. And
here's one of them right here.
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I want you to see this:
Revelation chapter 13...
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look at the parallel.
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Now we find in Daniel
chapter 7 that the mouth...
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this horn is going to have
a mouth speaking great things.
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He's going to be speaking
things that are going to be
00:23:27.02\00:23:28.69
blasphemous things.
00:23:29.25\00:23:30.25
Actually in verse 25 it says:
00:23:30.45\00:23:31.50
"He speaks great words
against the Most High. "
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Daniel 7:25. He says:
00:23:33.31\00:23:34.51
"He speaks great words
against the Most High. "
00:23:34.61\00:23:36.01
Speaking of the little
horn... says blasphemous things.
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But look at...
look at Revelation.
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This antichrist power in
Revelation - the sea beast,
00:23:40.29\00:23:43.16
rather, in
Revelation chapter 13-
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look what he says in verse 5:
00:23:45.09\00:23:46.77
"And it was given unto him a
mouth speaking great things. "
00:23:47.13\00:23:50.36
Just like you
find in Daniel, right?
00:23:50.56\00:23:52.63
He's going to speak
great things and what?
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"Blasphemies and
power was given unto him
00:23:55.25\00:23:58.00
to continue forty-two months. "
00:23:58.10\00:23:59.63
And so in that... if
you study Revelation 13
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along with Daniel chapter 7
you're going to find that the
00:24:03.27\00:24:05.88
one in Daniel chapter 7
also lasts for forty-two months
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or three and a half
years and that he also speaks
00:24:09.17\00:24:11.78
things against God
and speaks blasphemies
00:24:11.98\00:24:14.39
just like the antichrist
power does in Revelation 13.
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Why does God keep doing this?
00:24:17.00\00:24:18.48
Because He doesn't
want us to be deceived.
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He gives it to
you again and again.
00:24:20.42\00:24:22.32
Have you ever noticed like
the Bible will say something
00:24:22.53\00:24:24.99
like "the angels
say holy, holy, holy. "
00:24:25.19\00:24:26.98
Wasn't one time sufficient?
00:24:27.18\00:24:28.92
You know, God
repeats Himself many times
00:24:29.22\00:24:31.50
and many ways in the Bible
and the reason He does that
00:24:31.60\00:24:33.25
is because He wants us to
understand how holy God is.
00:24:33.35\00:24:36.30
Right? The repetition
things are put there for us
00:24:36.50\00:24:39.19
because God knows
how hard-headed we are.
00:24:39.29\00:24:41.00
Everybody here is trying
to memorize texts right now,
00:24:41.20\00:24:43.88
aren't you? You read it one time
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you've got it
memorized, don't you?
00:24:45.47\00:24:46.48
Right? Nobody? It
must just be me then.
00:24:46.69\00:24:49.72
No! I don't either.
I've got to go over it
00:24:49.82\00:24:51.55
and over it and over
it again till finally
00:24:51.75\00:24:53.10
you know what
happens? It sticks there.
00:24:53.20\00:24:54.78
And so when God - when
He reveals these things
00:24:54.98\00:24:56.82
from the Bible - the
reason He does it this way
00:24:56.92\00:24:58.58
is because He knows
how we are. He created us.
00:24:58.79\00:25:00.95
He should know how we
are, right? He created us.
00:25:01.05\00:25:02.79
And so He keeps repeating
Himself and repeating Himself
00:25:02.99\00:25:05.14
until finally we all get it
00:25:05.34\00:25:07.28
because He doesn't
want us to be deceived.
00:25:07.48\00:25:09.57
So Revelation - the book of
Revelation - is like the sister
00:25:09.77\00:25:13.40
to Daniel. You know, those two
books are brothers and sisters
00:25:13.61\00:25:16.04
kind of... they're like twins.
00:25:16.14\00:25:17.79
Twin brothers... you could put
it that way, might be better.
00:25:17.99\00:25:20.04
Or we'll say twin
sisters. When neutral...
00:25:20.24\00:25:23.64
gender neutral... politically
correct. No, that's not me.
00:25:23.74\00:25:26.99
OK. But anyway we find
this here that Revelation 13
00:25:27.19\00:25:32.42
and basically all of
Revelation but Revelation 13
00:25:32.62\00:25:35.09
and Daniel 7
complement each other.
00:25:35.29\00:25:37.30
They're talking
about the same character.
00:25:37.50\00:25:38.65
They're talking
about the antichrist.
00:25:38.75\00:25:40.07
And so we're looking at
this here and we know that he
00:25:40.27\00:25:42.38
commits blasphemy.
That was the next one.
00:25:42.48\00:25:43.84
Now look at the next
slide. We've already kind of
00:25:44.04\00:25:45.74
given it to you,
I think, already.
00:25:45.84\00:25:47.32
Oh, it's a persecuting power.
00:25:47.53\00:25:49.29
The same thing in Revelation 13.
00:25:49.49\00:25:50.84
Remember, he makes
war with the woman? Right?
00:25:51.04\00:25:53.25
But what do you find
here? The persecuting power in
00:25:53.49\00:25:56.86
Daniel chapter 7...
and somebody read verse 21
00:25:56.96\00:25:59.78
and verse 25.
Daniel 7:21 and 25.
00:25:59.88\00:26:03.02
And I believe... Let me see...
Look at my notes here and see
00:26:03.22\00:26:07.16
who's got that
one. Daniel 7:21 and 25.
00:26:07.26\00:26:09.78
Does Song, you have that one?
So I'll give you just a minute
00:26:09.88\00:26:12.13
to get the
microphone over there.
00:26:12.24\00:26:13.45
Um, we do some things just
off the fly here, and I must
00:26:13.65\00:26:16.29
have missed somebody's
reading. Is that what happened?
00:26:16.32\00:26:18.02
Yes. Well they'll
forgive me at home.
00:26:18.22\00:26:20.53
So he's going to read
Daniel 7 verse 21 and 25.
00:26:20.73\00:26:23.64
"I beheld and the same
horn made war with the saints
00:26:25.11\00:26:28.68
and prevailed against them. "
00:26:28.88\00:26:30.44
And verse 25: "And he
shall speak great words
00:26:30.64\00:26:33.88
against the Most High
and shall wear out the saints
00:26:34.08\00:26:36.62
of the Most High and
think to change times and laws.
00:26:36.72\00:26:40.60
And they shall be
given into his hand
00:26:40.74\00:26:43.06
until a time and times
and a dividing of time. "
00:26:43.26\00:26:47.26
OK, so what we read right
here was this antichrist power
00:26:47.36\00:26:49.92
right here... he's going
to come and he's going to
00:26:50.12\00:26:52.95
persecute the saints of
God. You read that in verse 21.
00:26:53.15\00:26:55.52
"I beheld and the same
horn made war with the saints
00:26:55.62\00:26:58.00
and prevailed against
them" just like you read there.
00:26:58.11\00:26:59.57
Right? So he's going to be
warring against the saints.
00:26:59.77\00:27:02.00
Now if you're making war with
the saints, what would you call
00:27:02.20\00:27:03.45
that? Persecuting,
right? Persecuting God's saints.
00:27:03.55\00:27:07.22
And so one of the
identifying characteristics here
00:27:07.42\00:27:09.23
was he's going to be
persecuting God's saints.
00:27:09.33\00:27:10.58
And the next
identifying characteristic
00:27:10.78\00:27:12.80
that we're looking at is he'll
think to change times and laws.
00:27:13.00\00:27:15.92
And he read that
right there in verse 25.
00:27:16.02\00:27:17.90
He read that this antichrist
power: "He shall speak great
00:27:18.00\00:27:20.44
words against the Most High"
or as we've already looked at
00:27:20.55\00:27:22.50
he'll be committing blasphemy.
00:27:22.60\00:27:24.03
And he'll think to...
"And he'll wear out the
00:27:24.23\00:27:26.36
saints of the Most
High" which is persecuting.
00:27:26.46\00:27:28.91
Like I go to my kids, right?
00:27:29.11\00:27:30.64
And if they're
acting up I'm going to say:
00:27:30.74\00:27:31.74
"Son, I'm going
to wear you out. "
00:27:31.85\00:27:33.36
What am I talking about?
00:27:33.50\00:27:34.58
I'm going to...
Yeah, Mark, that's right.
00:27:34.69\00:27:37.08
But what am I going
to do to him, right?
00:27:37.28\00:27:38.39
I'm going to give him what
for. No, I don't really do that.
00:27:38.59\00:27:40.51
Usually he usually behaves.
But if I say "I'm going to
00:27:40.61\00:27:42.52
wear you out, "
what's my threat?
00:27:42.62\00:27:44.07
Isn't it interesting
in the old King James here
00:27:44.48\00:27:46.58
the way it's worded:
"He wore out the saints
00:27:46.68\00:27:48.45
of the Most High. "
What's he doing with them?
00:27:48.55\00:27:49.73
He's whipping 'em. That's
what they say in Kentucky.
00:27:49.93\00:27:52.49
I don't know what
you say everywhere else.
00:27:52.69\00:27:54.05
I'll get a
letter for that one too.
00:27:54.25\00:27:55.46
So he's wearing out the
saints of the Most High.
00:27:55.66\00:27:57.37
And he'll "think to
change times and laws. "
00:27:57.57\00:28:01.35
Now this is a very
fascinating statement.
00:28:01.55\00:28:02.84
You've got to stop and put
a little thought into this.
00:28:03.04\00:28:04.59
Let me ask the
question this way:
00:28:04.79\00:28:06.50
Can the United States
government change the laws
00:28:07.80\00:28:11.01
of the United States?
00:28:11.21\00:28:12.39
Sure they can!
00:28:12.95\00:28:14.08
Can... can the
European countries in Europe...
00:28:14.28\00:28:16.91
can they change
the laws of Europe?
00:28:17.11\00:28:18.52
Right. Can the United States
government change God's law?
00:28:18.72\00:28:22.37
But could they
think to change God's law?
00:28:22.57\00:28:25.36
So you understand
what Daniel is saying here.
00:28:25.66\00:28:27.65
In other words when it says,
00:28:27.85\00:28:29.02
when it reads in Daniel
"He'll think he can change
00:28:29.12\00:28:31.58
times and laws"
what it's actually saying
00:28:31.68\00:28:33.50
is he'll think
to change God's law.
00:28:33.60\00:28:35.43
It has to be God's law because
a nation can change their laws.
00:28:35.46\00:28:38.68
Are you
following what I'm saying?
00:28:38.98\00:28:40.76
Some people will say: "How do
you know they're talking about
00:28:40.96\00:28:42.80
God's law? " It has to be.
00:28:42.91\00:28:44.34
Can the United States
change the laws of - say -
00:28:44.54\00:28:48.08
um, of Europe?
00:28:48.28\00:28:50.42
Yes... if they conquer them.
00:28:50.63\00:28:52.57
Yes... she says "no. "
If they conquer them, right?
00:28:52.77\00:28:55.45
So if we want to go
change the laws in Europe
00:28:55.55\00:28:56.99
what must we first do?
00:28:57.10\00:28:58.32
Conquer them. If you
want to change God's law,
00:28:58.52\00:29:00.76
what must you do?
Sorry, you can't conquer God.
00:29:00.86\00:29:03.26
You know, you're not
going to conquer Him.
00:29:03.46\00:29:04.93
But we can think
to do it, can't we?
00:29:05.03\00:29:06.70
I mean I can make up a new law.
00:29:06.90\00:29:08.34
And I can say: "You know what?
00:29:08.54\00:29:11.21
Covet all you want to covet.
" And that's my new church
00:29:11.41\00:29:13.26
is do all the
coveting you want to do.
00:29:13.46\00:29:14.66
Can I say that?
00:29:14.86\00:29:16.22
Does that change God's law?
00:29:16.42\00:29:17.77
Look, if I really
believe that I can do that
00:29:17.97\00:29:21.65
does that make me
think I change God's law?
00:29:21.85\00:29:23.52
So you follow this here:
00:29:23.72\00:29:25.23
when this
identifying characteristic here
00:29:25.44\00:29:26.78
we're looking at in Daniel 7:25
00:29:26.94\00:29:28.26
when it says "he thinks
to change times and laws, "
00:29:28.46\00:29:30.10
do you understand that it has
to be talking about God's law?
00:29:30.30\00:29:33.31
Perfect, isn't it? Isn't
it powerful when you start
00:29:33.51\00:29:35.74
thinking the Bible
through a little bit
00:29:35.84\00:29:37.25
how it changes
the way you view it?
00:29:37.45\00:29:38.97
And the next characteristic
we're going to look at
00:29:39.17\00:29:41.61
on the slide here...
the next characteristic
00:29:41.71\00:29:43.41
after the little horn
thinks to change times and laws
00:29:43.51\00:29:45.54
it says he's going to
rule for 1260 days or years.
00:29:45.64\00:29:49.61
You say now wait, wait. Hold
on! Where's that in the text?
00:29:49.71\00:29:52.33
Let me show you.
00:29:52.53\00:29:54.24
It's very interesting here.
In Daniel chapter 7 verse 25
00:29:54.44\00:29:57.87
it says: "And the saints
will be given into his hand
00:29:57.98\00:30:00.75
until a time and times
and a dividing of time. "
00:30:00.95\00:30:05.16
Now... and people
read that and they say:
00:30:05.36\00:30:06.41
"Well, what's that mean?
What's a time? What's a time
00:30:06.61\00:30:08.76
and what's a dividing of time?
00:30:08.86\00:30:09.92
And I'm going to
tell you straight up first
00:30:10.02\00:30:11.25
and then I'll prove it to
you that a time is a year,
00:30:11.35\00:30:13.87
times is two years,
00:30:14.07\00:30:16.75
and a dividing of
time is a half a year.
00:30:16.95\00:30:18.90
How do you know that?
00:30:19.10\00:30:20.98
And also we're going to
show that from... in the Bible
00:30:21.19\00:30:23.71
when you're talking
about prophetically speaking
00:30:23.91\00:30:26.53
or speaking in
terms of symbolism
00:30:26.63\00:30:29.17
that a day is equal to
a year in Bible prophecy.
00:30:29.37\00:30:31.50
Now I've made this outrageous
statement and you people are
00:30:31.70\00:30:34.09
looking at me
like "Sure it does. "
00:30:34.19\00:30:36.33
"I've heard that before
but I've heard my pastor
00:30:36.53\00:30:38.36
and others say
that's not true any more. "
00:30:38.46\00:30:40.14
You know, that kind of thing.
00:30:40.34\00:30:41.63
I think I can prove
it to you from the Bible.
00:30:41.73\00:30:42.75
We're going to do that
right now as we go through this.
00:30:42.85\00:30:44.68
I want you to notice something.
00:30:44.88\00:30:46.09
In Daniel chapter 7 verse 25
00:30:46.29\00:30:47.96
we're going to have it on
the screen in just a moment here
00:30:48.16\00:30:50.08
Daniel 7:25. It says:
00:30:50.11\00:30:51.60
"He shall speak great
words against the Most High,
00:30:51.70\00:30:53.53
wear out the
saints of the Most High,
00:30:53.63\00:30:54.80
and think to
change" what's that word?
00:30:55.00\00:30:56.55
"times and laws. " OK?
00:30:56.75\00:30:59.29
That word times right
there... the Hebrew word
00:30:59.49\00:31:03.02
there when you look it up, and
I'm not going to even come close
00:31:03.12\00:31:05.57
to trying to pronounce this,
but it's a Hebrew reference,
00:31:05.67\00:31:08.30
you know, in like the
concordance of Strong's
00:31:08.50\00:31:10.61
#2166- the Hebrew -
00:31:10.71\00:31:12.76
and here's how you...
There's the word right there,
00:31:12.96\00:31:14.70
and it literally
means a season or a time.
00:31:14.91\00:31:17.60
Like a period of
time or a season.
00:31:17.80\00:31:20.06
That's what it means: "He'll
think to change seasons. "
00:31:20.26\00:31:22.67
Now I think it's fascinating
when we get into actually
00:31:22.77\00:31:25.03
identifying what he
actually thinks to change
00:31:25.13\00:31:26.55
as far as the time part goes.
00:31:26.65\00:31:27.87
You know, it's like...
In other words, a season
00:31:28.08\00:31:29.92
is like you know you might
have a month or four months
00:31:30.02\00:31:34.22
and that's a season, you
know. You may have a week
00:31:34.32\00:31:36.08
you know, like one week, and two
weeks, three weeks, four weeks.
00:31:36.18\00:31:39.09
And what do those
four seasons represent?
00:31:39.29\00:31:40.79
A month. You follow me?
Like the fourth period of time.
00:31:40.99\00:31:44.18
And so that's the word
in verse 25 when it says
00:31:44.38\00:31:47.61
"he'll think to wear out
the saints of the Most High
00:31:47.71\00:31:49.00
and think to
change times and laws. "
00:31:49.21\00:31:51.21
The word times
is that first word.
00:31:51.41\00:31:52.75
But now it goes on... it says:
00:31:52.95\00:31:54.26
"And they'll be given
into his hand for a time,
00:31:54.46\00:31:56.05
and times and a
dividing of time. "
00:31:56.25\00:31:57.63
Very fascinating
because the word there
00:31:57.73\00:31:59.42
is a different word. It's
translated exactly the same way
00:31:59.62\00:32:02.08
as time in the Bible
- times in the Bible -
00:32:02.28\00:32:04.16
translated the same way
but it's a different word.
00:32:04.26\00:32:06.14
The word is a Hebrew word.
It's 5732 in the concordance
00:32:06.34\00:32:09.31
when you look up the
word, and there's how you -
00:32:09.52\00:32:11.52
if you can
pronounce that help yourself -
00:32:11.72\00:32:13.04
but it says a set
time, technically a year.
00:32:13.24\00:32:17.33
When you look up the definition
of that word it's technically
00:32:17.53\00:32:19.50
a year. Like the Hebrew
word there means a year.
00:32:19.70\00:32:21.77
And I like to ask people
too also in Daniel chapter 4
00:32:21.97\00:32:24.99
you ask people
the question. You say:
00:32:25.19\00:32:27.14
How long did
Nebuchadnezzar go crazy?
00:32:27.34\00:32:29.09
How long was he
crazy in Daniel 4?
00:32:29.39\00:32:31.51
Everybody knows it
was 7 years, don't they?
00:32:31.71\00:32:33.54
The Bible doesn't say that.
00:32:33.74\00:32:34.89
The Bible says he was out there
for seven times passed over him.
00:32:35.09\00:32:38.72
Seven times passed over him.
00:32:38.92\00:32:41.18
And when it... And you
know what is very fascinating?
00:32:41.39\00:32:43.61
When you look at that
word in Daniel chapter 4
00:32:43.71\00:32:45.23
the Word says "seven
times passed over him. "
00:32:45.33\00:32:47.12
Guess which word it
is they are using there.
00:32:47.32\00:32:48.84
Is it 2166 or 5732?
00:32:48.94\00:32:51.02
5732. You got it exactly right.
00:32:51.22\00:32:53.81
So God knows what He's doing
and when Daniel was writing this
00:32:53.91\00:32:55.88
he's writing the words and
the people reading in his day
00:32:55.98\00:32:57.77
would have know he meant a year.
00:32:57.87\00:32:59.07
Are you following that?
00:32:59.47\00:33:01.29
So when it says
he'll rule for a time,
00:33:01.49\00:33:03.72
which is one;
times which is two;
00:33:03.82\00:33:06.79
and a dividing of
times which is a half
00:33:06.82\00:33:08.74
what is that total?
Three and a half years.
00:33:08.84\00:33:11.19
Isn't that fascinating? You
know that's the most prevalent
00:33:11.40\00:33:13.46
time prophecy in all the Bible?
00:33:13.56\00:33:15.00
Prevalent: I mean
it's in there seven times.
00:33:15.20\00:33:16.70
Like four times in
Daniel... three in Revelation.
00:33:16.90\00:33:18.61
It's listed as time,
times, and dividing of time.
00:33:18.81\00:33:20.76
It's listed as 42 months.
00:33:20.96\00:33:22.42
1,260 days
00:33:22.62\00:33:24.07
and three and a half years.
00:33:24.28\00:33:25.46
But it's in there
seven times referenced
00:33:25.66\00:33:27.35
in both when you go
from Daniel to Revelation.
00:33:27.55\00:33:29.58
You think God wanted us to
understand what's going on here
00:33:29.78\00:33:31.35
with the antichrist?
00:33:31.51\00:33:32.52
You think He wants us
to understand the timeline
00:33:32.72\00:33:34.38
of this prophecy? And it says
00:33:34.48\00:33:36.27
that this antichrist power...
00:33:36.37\00:33:37.50
It says in Daniel
chapter 7 verse 25
00:33:37.61\00:33:40.03
that he would rule unto a time
and times and a dividing of time
00:33:40.23\00:33:43.04
or 3-1/2 prophetic years.
00:33:43.14\00:33:45.08
Now if you take 3-1/2-
00:33:45.18\00:33:47.63
and they had 360 days in a
year in their day, right? -
00:33:47.83\00:33:50.53
you come up to
1,260 days in 3-1/2 years.
00:33:50.73\00:33:54.33
Remember Revelation chapter 13?
00:33:54.53\00:33:55.90
The antichrist
rules for how long?
00:33:56.10\00:33:57.85
Forty-two months.
00:33:58.05\00:33:59.58
Remember that in Revelation
13? It says he ruled for
00:33:59.78\00:34:01.52
forty-two months.
00:34:01.62\00:34:02.84
That is also 1,260 days.
00:34:02.94\00:34:04.66
What happened at the
end of the forty-two months
00:34:04.87\00:34:06.76
in Revelation chapter 13?
If you read that in your Bible
00:34:06.86\00:34:09.58
at home or whatever?
He receives a deadly wound
00:34:09.68\00:34:12.30
at the end of the
1,260 days or years
00:34:12.50\00:34:16.62
and then the
deadly wound is healed.
00:34:16.86\00:34:18.45
Now you're going to ask... The
question is going to come up:
00:34:18.65\00:34:20.79
How do you know that a day
equals a year in Bible prophecy?
00:34:20.99\00:34:24.84
That's on our
next slide right here.
00:34:24.94\00:34:25.97
Here's the text references.
00:34:26.07\00:34:27.09
Now some of the simple ones...
You guys might want to start
00:34:27.29\00:34:29.78
looking up Ezra 7:7. Who
would like to do that text?
00:34:29.88\00:34:32.45
Because I've got some talking
to do and then we're going to
00:34:32.55\00:34:33.79
have that person read
Ezra. Mike will do that.
00:34:33.90\00:34:35.41
Mike will read Ezra
7:7 in just a minute.
00:34:35.61\00:34:37.68
Give him the microphone
over there... to Michael
00:34:37.89\00:34:40.43
for the... Ezra 7:7.
It's laying right here.
00:34:40.63\00:34:43.57
In the back. But
it's interesting here...
00:34:43.77\00:34:45.90
We have... we normally
have the references of Ezra 7:7
00:34:46.10\00:34:49.29
a day for a year. Numbers 13:34.
00:34:49.39\00:34:51.06
But if I could
show you in the Bible
00:34:51.26\00:34:53.17
where Jesus himself uses a
day for a year in Bible prophecy
00:34:53.28\00:34:56.08
would you be
willing to use it then?
00:34:56.28\00:34:57.77
'Cause some people say:
"I reject that whole thing.
00:34:57.98\00:35:00.08
That's an Old Testament thing;
I don't want to hear that. "
00:35:00.18\00:35:02.13
And so... But if I could
show you where Jesus uses it
00:35:02.23\00:35:04.16
would that be good enough?
00:35:04.26\00:35:05.44
That's what we're going to
do. So a day is equal to a year
00:35:05.54\00:35:07.53
in Bible prophecy. We
know that the antichrist power
00:35:07.63\00:35:09.47
ruled for 1,260 days
according to what we looked at
00:35:09.57\00:35:11.76
in the Bible.
That's what it says.
00:35:11.87\00:35:13.29
Oh, by the way. Let me
just stop here for a second.
00:35:13.39\00:35:15.34
Take a deep breath.
00:35:16.24\00:35:17.49
I know I'm going
fast... a lot to cover.
00:35:17.69\00:35:20.17
The next verse says:
"But the judgment shall sit
00:35:20.40\00:35:24.01
and they shall
take away his dominion
00:35:24.21\00:35:26.09
and consume it till
the end and destroy it.
00:35:26.29\00:35:27.70
And the kingdom and his dominion
and the greatness of his kingdom
00:35:27.90\00:35:29.94
under the whole heaven
shall be given to the saints
00:35:30.04\00:35:32.25
of the Most High. " So
after these 1,260 years -
00:35:32.36\00:35:35.49
sometime after that -
the judgment will begin.
00:35:35.69\00:35:38.33
Do you see that there?
00:35:38.53\00:35:40.04
Fascinating statement.
Now we're going to cover this
00:35:40.25\00:35:41.95
on the judgment part II.
00:35:42.05\00:35:43.61
But you know
what's interesting there:
00:35:43.81\00:35:45.08
it says there that the judgment
begins after the antichrist
00:35:45.29\00:35:47.92
power rules for 1,260
days. Some time after that.
00:35:48.02\00:35:50.42
And then guess what
happens after the judgment
00:35:50.72\00:35:53.28
according to the
text? Glory! We go home.
00:35:53.48\00:35:56.49
That's good news, isn't it?
00:35:56.69\00:35:58.32
And now we're going to go to
the next part we're going to be
00:35:58.52\00:35:59.95
looking at. Mike's actually
going to be reading that for us.
00:36:00.05\00:36:01.66
And it's found in the book of
Ezekiel chapter 4 and verse 6.
00:36:01.76\00:36:05.44
Michael's going to be reading
to us Ezekiel 4 and verse 6.
00:36:05.55\00:36:08.14
We're going to be finding
out that a day in Bible prophecy
00:36:08.24\00:36:11.08
is equivalent to being
a year in literal time.
00:36:11.18\00:36:13.18
And we're going to
use the Bible to show it.
00:36:13.38\00:36:14.58
Like when we're talking
prophetically - we're talking
00:36:14.68\00:36:16.32
symbolically - a day is
a year in Bible prophecy.
00:36:16.42\00:36:19.18
Mike go ahead and read to us
Ezekiel chapter 4 and verse 6.
00:36:19.38\00:36:22.19
"And when thou has accomplished
them, lie again on thy right
00:36:23.12\00:36:25.89
side. And thou shalt bear the
iniquity of the house of Judah
00:36:25.99\00:36:28.97
for 40 days. Behold I have
given thee a day for a year. "
00:36:29.07\00:36:33.95
All right. So symbolically
speaking here it says
00:36:34.15\00:36:35.77
OK. Now you're
going to turn back over.
00:36:35.80\00:36:37.17
You're going to lay on your
right side. He puts his hand
00:36:37.28\00:36:38.35
on him. Whatever all
these little things they do
00:36:38.46\00:36:39.68
there in the Bible. But he says
for every day this took place -
00:36:39.78\00:36:42.43
every day that happened -
I'm going to give you a year.
00:36:42.63\00:36:44.34
So you're going to bear the
iniquity every day for a year.
00:36:44.54\00:36:47.25
And you know what he's talking
about there in context, right?
00:36:47.35\00:36:49.15
The context of that? If
I'm not mistaken, it's when
00:36:50.29\00:36:52.33
the children of Israel when
to spy out the land for 40...
00:36:52.43\00:36:54.60
No, that was in Numbers.
That's our next one we're going
00:36:54.80\00:36:56.36
get: Numbers 14. Ezekiel 4:6:
I'm not 100% sure on that one.
00:36:56.46\00:36:59.31
so I'll just let that one
go. But he says for each day
00:36:59.41\00:37:01.35
you have a year.
Each day is a year.
00:37:01.45\00:37:03.67
But now Tom is going to
read for us Numbers chapter 14.
00:37:03.87\00:37:06.18
Tom is reading
Numbers 14 and verse 34.
00:37:06.28\00:37:08.58
And you're going to find
out there... after the children
00:37:08.78\00:37:10.22
of Israel they got
right up to the Promised Land
00:37:10.32\00:37:11.86
and were getting ready to
go into the Promised Land -
00:37:11.96\00:37:13.20
God's getting ready
to deliver His people -
00:37:13.40\00:37:15.22
and they go out and they
spy it out and they said:
00:37:15.42\00:37:16.90
"You know what? Too
much; we can't go there. "
00:37:17.00\00:37:18.89
And they had spied
it out for 40 days.
00:37:19.09\00:37:21.68
And so God says: "OK, for the
40 days that you spied it out
00:37:21.88\00:37:24.35
I'm going to give you a
year in the wilderness. "
00:37:24.56\00:37:26.87
Go ahead and read it for us,
Tom. Let's find out how it goes.
00:37:27.07\00:37:28.75
"According to the
number of the days
00:37:28.95\00:37:30.98
in which you spied
out the land - 40 days -
00:37:31.08\00:37:34.16
for each day ye shall
bear your guilt one year...
00:37:34.29\00:37:36.97
namely: 40 years.
" Namely 40 years.
00:37:37.17\00:37:40.25
Perfect. I'm sorry, I stopped
him a little bit early there.
00:37:40.45\00:37:42.05
So the Bible teaches here that
also when the children of Israel
00:37:42.25\00:37:45.63
they were getting ready
to go to the Promised Land
00:37:45.83\00:37:47.45
and they rebelled...
they didn't follow God...
00:37:47.55\00:37:49.37
it cost them an extra 40 years.
00:37:49.57\00:37:50.83
But the way God
used to determine that
00:37:51.03\00:37:52.67
was for each day
He'd give them a year.
00:37:52.77\00:37:54.70
So every day you
literally spent there
00:37:54.90\00:37:57.16
symbolically, now
you've got to go a year out
00:37:57.36\00:37:59.40
before you get to go back.
00:37:59.60\00:38:01.18
But now most people say: "Those
are pretty weak statements. "
00:38:01.38\00:38:03.33
Now outside of just
that we know for a fact
00:38:03.54\00:38:06.56
that this 3-1/2 year time
frame has to be referring to
00:38:06.66\00:38:09.55
a literal day for a year
- otherwise it doesn't fit
00:38:09.65\00:38:11.73
the context of the rest of
the prophecy we're looking at.
00:38:11.83\00:38:15.14
But outside of that, if I
could show you where Jesus
00:38:15.34\00:38:17.56
Himself used when He's
talking symbolically or talking
00:38:17.66\00:38:20.83
prophetically He
uses a day for a year,
00:38:20.93\00:38:22.93
would you buy it then?
00:38:23.03\00:38:24.48
I would. It's good enough for
Jesus, it's good enough for...
00:38:24.68\00:38:27.02
me, right? And so
let's look at the next text.
00:38:27.13\00:38:29.12
Luke chapter 13 verse 31.
00:38:29.32\00:38:30.95
Luke 13 starting in verse 31...
00:38:31.15\00:38:33.87
I'm going to read
through this real quick.
00:38:33.98\00:38:35.07
Jesus is here and He's been
teaching them things and John
00:38:36.59\00:38:39.34
the Baptist's done had his head
removed and things like that
00:38:39.44\00:38:41.05
have been going on.
And it says in verse 31:
00:38:41.15\00:38:43.05
"The same day there
came certain of the Pharisees
00:38:43.15\00:38:45.04
saying unto Him: 'You'd
better get out and depart
00:38:45.14\00:38:47.92
for Herod's
going to kill you. ' "
00:38:48.12\00:38:50.06
And I love Jesus' response.
00:38:50.26\00:38:51.41
You know He's
talking prophetically here.
00:38:51.62\00:38:52.87
You want to know why?
Because He uses symbolism.
00:38:52.97\00:38:54.95
Look at the symbolism He uses.
00:38:55.15\00:38:56.20
"And He said unto them:
00:38:56.40\00:38:57.52
'Go tell that old fox' "
- I kind of paraphrased it
00:38:57.55\00:39:00.64
a little bit. He said: "Go
tell that fox" - speaking of?
00:39:00.76\00:39:03.13
Herod. So He's like:
"You go tell that fox... "
00:39:03.33\00:39:06.07
Is Herod really a fox?
Literally? I mean, like he's a
00:39:06.17\00:39:07.91
dog with a tail and
the little red coat, right?
00:39:08.01\00:39:10.03
No, he's not. So Jesus is
speaking symbolically right here
00:39:10.23\00:39:12.44
right. "Go tell that
fox behold I cast out devils
00:39:12.54\00:39:15.34
and do cures today and tomorrow
00:39:15.44\00:39:18.15
and the third day
I'll be perfected. "
00:39:18.35\00:39:19.45
Now what's He talking about
there? Now did Jesus' ministry
00:39:19.55\00:39:21.78
from this time forward
did it last 3-1/2 more days?
00:39:21.88\00:39:24.03
No, it lasted... I
mean the rest of that day
00:39:24.23\00:39:27.20
and the next day and the
following day then He died?
00:39:27.30\00:39:28.66
Is that how it lasted?
00:39:28.86\00:39:29.83
Jesus' ministry
lasted 3-1/2 years.
00:39:29.84\00:39:31.49
And let's look at this.
When you kind of look at things
00:39:31.59\00:39:33.16
and you follow it through it
looks like He's about at the end
00:39:33.26\00:39:35.43
almost to the second
year of His ministry.
00:39:35.53\00:39:37.59
Like a year and 3/4 or
whatever into His ministry.
00:39:37.79\00:39:40.27
And He makes this statement:
"I'm going to do cures
00:39:40.47\00:39:42.49
and cast out devils
the rest of this day,
00:39:42.59\00:39:44.28
this year, then the next day,
00:39:44.48\00:39:47.02
next year, and then the
third day I'll be perfected,
00:39:47.22\00:39:50.20
the year following. "
00:39:50.30\00:39:51.40
So His ministry lasted
3-1/2 years, so into the
00:39:51.60\00:39:53.44
fourth year I'll be perfected.
What He's talking about
00:39:53.55\00:39:55.19
"being perfected? " He
doesn't leave you to doubt
00:39:55.29\00:39:57.30
because look at the next verse:
00:39:57.40\00:39:58.49
"Nevertheless I must
walk today and tomorrow
00:39:58.69\00:40:02.59
and the day following for
it cannot be that a prophet
00:40:02.79\00:40:05.51
perish outside of Jerusalem. "
00:40:05.61\00:40:06.62
What's the context of
what He's talking about?
00:40:06.73\00:40:07.93
His death,
burial, and resurrection.
00:40:08.13\00:40:09.71
And so His ministry
from this point forward
00:40:09.91\00:40:11.47
didn't just last two more days
and that was it: He was dead.
00:40:11.57\00:40:13.99
But it was the rest of
that year and the next year
00:40:14.19\00:40:16.57
and the next year He was
perfected: He went to the cross.
00:40:16.77\00:40:18.93
So He Himself used a day
for a year in Bible prophecy.
00:40:19.13\00:40:21.67
So if Jesus can use it, I feel
pretty comfortable using that
00:40:21.87\00:40:24.34
as well and it fits
with the rest of it.
00:40:24.44\00:40:25.80
Let's look at the next
identifying characteristic here.
00:40:25.90\00:40:27.72
We've got to hurry along
through these a little bit.
00:40:27.92\00:40:29.26
Oh, that's it.
That's all ten of them.
00:40:29.46\00:40:30.76
So let's look on
the screen here. We have
00:40:30.96\00:40:32.68
antichrist part 2 and we have
ten identifying characteristics.
00:40:32.78\00:40:35.38
It's a little
horn or little kingdom.
00:40:35.58\00:40:36.93
It comes up among the other
horns or after they're divided.
00:40:37.13\00:40:39.70
It comes up among them, rather.
00:40:39.93\00:40:41.99
Then it comes up after
they're divided in 476 AD.
00:40:42.19\00:40:44.60
It plucks up three
as it comes to power.
00:40:44.81\00:40:46.64
It's different from the others.
00:40:46.84\00:40:48.14
It's a prominent man
speaking at the head.
00:40:48.34\00:40:50.23
It commits blasphemy.
00:40:50.43\00:40:51.71
It's a persecuting power.
00:40:51.81\00:40:52.87
It thinks to
change times and laws.
00:40:53.01\00:40:55.07
And it rules for 1,260 years.
00:40:55.27\00:40:58.10
Day for a year in
Bible prophecy 1,260 days.
00:40:58.31\00:41:00.59
Now the question is now:
00:41:00.79\00:41:02.64
who is the scoundrel?
00:41:02.84\00:41:05.13
Or who is the antichrist
as the Bible refers to?
00:41:05.33\00:41:08.12
Who fits all of
these characteristics?
00:41:08.22\00:41:10.53
And the truth is only one fits.
00:41:10.73\00:41:12.50
Only one power fits
throughout all history
00:41:12.70\00:41:14.88
and that power would be
the Roman Catholic church/state
00:41:15.08\00:41:17.82
combination.
00:41:17.92\00:41:18.93
Now some people are saying:
"Ooh I can't believe he actually
00:41:19.13\00:41:21.82
said that. " Let's just
be... let's be reasonable here
00:41:22.02\00:41:24.67
and with a cool
head identify this.
00:41:24.87\00:41:27.17
Now I want to make a statement:
00:41:27.37\00:41:28.86
I'm an American citizen.
00:41:28.89\00:41:30.67
Now sometimes the
government of the United States
00:41:30.87\00:41:33.59
does things that I
don't really agree with.
00:41:33.69\00:41:35.55
Right? And they do things
that are sometimes flatly wrong.
00:41:35.75\00:41:38.50
I mean all nations... leaders
at times do things wrong,
00:41:38.60\00:41:41.08
don't they? I mean, right?
But does that make the people
00:41:41.18\00:41:43.70
of that state or that
government really bad people?
00:41:43.80\00:41:46.13
No. No, it doesn't make them bad
people or anything like that.
00:41:46.43\00:41:49.79
So when we're identifying
this antichrist power here -
00:41:49.99\00:41:52.28
the Roman Catholic church -
we're talking about the system
00:41:52.48\00:41:54.97
and not the people.
You follow me, right?
00:41:55.17\00:41:57.31
I'm not going to make any more
apologies for that or anything
00:41:57.51\00:41:59.66
like that from
thereon. But I do want people
00:41:59.76\00:42:01.42
to understand that
I'm not attacking anybody.
00:42:01.62\00:42:03.89
God loves all people,
and if I'm a follower of God
00:42:04.09\00:42:06.57
I must love all people too.
00:42:06.68\00:42:07.93
I just vehemently
disagree with institutions
00:42:08.13\00:42:10.73
and things that
disagree with what God says.
00:42:10.94\00:42:12.80
You understand this, right?
00:42:13.00\00:42:14.90
And so this is like
shocking to some people.
00:42:15.10\00:42:17.09
But the Word of God has always
been shocking to people...
00:42:17.30\00:42:20.27
the truth of God's
Word has, you know.
00:42:20.47\00:42:22.00
The fantasy fairy tales
that put the antichrist power
00:42:22.20\00:42:24.43
some future
character long into the future
00:42:24.53\00:42:26.57
and it doesn't
really fit anybody
00:42:26.77\00:42:27.88
is a lot more
satisfying for people to chew on
00:42:28.08\00:42:30.34
'cause it doesn't have
that taste in the mouth
00:42:30.54\00:42:32.71
of like "Oh, this
is uncomfortable. "
00:42:32.81\00:42:34.14
So let us look at this and see.
00:42:34.34\00:42:35.93
Does it fit all ten
of the characteristics?
00:42:36.13\00:42:38.22
If it does, then I'm
willing to go for it.
00:42:38.42\00:42:40.14
If it doesn't, then we're
looking for the wrong guy.
00:42:40.34\00:42:42.06
And let's see if it works out
as we start plugging these in.
00:42:42.26\00:42:44.81
First of all, the first
characteristic we looked at
00:42:45.01\00:42:46.60
here is we discovered it
was going to be a little horn
00:42:46.70\00:42:49.66
or a little kingdom, right?
00:42:49.76\00:42:51.29
Now, the references and
things that I give right here
00:42:51.42\00:42:53.63
through this are just
little sections of a much larger
00:42:53.73\00:42:57.61
group of
studies. Like I can prove
00:42:57.71\00:42:59.28
from different
encyclopedias, different books,
00:42:59.48\00:43:01.08
that the Vatican definitely
fits the little horn thing.
00:43:01.28\00:43:03.67
But I'm just going
to give one reference.
00:43:03.77\00:43:05.06
Are you following
that? I'm not going to give
00:43:05.26\00:43:06.84
all the references,
I'm just going to give one.
00:43:06.94\00:43:08.32
So Daniel 8... 7:8 rather...
Daniel 7:8 and 7:24 says
00:43:08.52\00:43:12.47
it's a little
kingdom or the little horn.
00:43:12.67\00:43:14.80
Well, look at
this description here.
00:43:14.90\00:43:16.58
This is from the
nationencyclopedia. com.
00:43:16.78\00:43:19.17
You can go to any encyclopedia
and find the same thing.
00:43:19.37\00:43:21.08
It was just convenient
for me to find this one.
00:43:21.28\00:43:23.35
But it says this:
"Located within Rome
00:43:23.55\00:43:25.39
Vatican City - we're on a slide
right now - Vatican City...
00:43:25.59\00:43:28.18
So basically it's
about 0.17 square miles
00:43:41.42\00:43:44.34
as it lays out as a
kingdom or a nation.
00:43:44.37\00:43:46.28
And it's actually,
you know, they have a seat
00:43:46.49\00:43:48.30
at the United Nations.
They're a permanent member
00:43:48.41\00:43:49.92
of the United Nations as
an overseer and everything
00:43:50.02\00:43:51.64
like that. Now think about this:
00:43:51.74\00:43:53.18
they're a church. How
many other churches do you know
00:43:53.38\00:43:56.25
right now that go to
the United Nations and have
00:43:56.36\00:43:58.87
a permanent place
there at the United Nations?
00:43:58.97\00:44:00.77
Any other church? No,
not the members of my church.
00:44:00.97\00:44:04.07
Not the leaders of my church.
00:44:04.28\00:44:05.28
And so when we look at this
on the screen it says it's the
00:44:05.48\00:44:07.04
smallest one in Europe and,
as a matter of fact, the world.
00:44:07.14\00:44:10.70
Does it fit the
description of a small kingdom?
00:44:10.90\00:44:12.72
Does it? Sure it does. So
the first one: check it off.
00:44:13.02\00:44:16.50
Done. It's a small one.
00:44:16.70\00:44:18.02
Let's go to the next
identifying characteristic
00:44:18.22\00:44:19.79
and see if it fits it
00:44:19.89\00:44:21.07
simply plugging in
what the Bible has given us.
00:44:21.27\00:44:23.40
It says it comes
up among divided Rome.
00:44:23.60\00:44:25.97
Remember we
looked at that already.
00:44:26.07\00:44:27.09
After Rome was divided, and
we know that Rome was divided
00:44:27.29\00:44:30.02
in what time
frame? In 476 AD, right.
00:44:30.12\00:44:34.06
And it's going to
come up among them.
00:44:34.26\00:44:37.57
And you look at that. Right now
if you look at a map of Europe,
00:44:37.77\00:44:39.77
you have Europe up there
and you see the little boot
00:44:39.97\00:44:42.17
coming down of Italy
coming around like this.
00:44:42.27\00:44:43.45
It's almost like when
you look where Rome is -
00:44:43.55\00:44:45.37
the Vatican actually is -
00:44:45.57\00:44:46.62
where that place is at...
their headquarters there...
00:44:46.82\00:44:48.90
the smallest nation in the world
00:44:49.10\00:44:50.21
it's almost in
the center of that map
00:44:50.41\00:44:52.43
of the Roman Empire. It says
it would come up among them.
00:44:52.63\00:44:55.11
So does it fit the
identifying characteristic
00:44:55.31\00:44:58.25
of coming up among them?
00:44:58.35\00:45:00.10
Absolutely. Are you
understand what we're
00:45:00.30\00:45:02.23
going through now?
When you give these studies
00:45:02.33\00:45:03.55
like you're giving this study
or you're giving it at home
00:45:03.75\00:45:05.29
and you're going through this,
this is one of those studies
00:45:05.39\00:45:07.10
where you won't be able
to just have only your Bible.
00:45:07.20\00:45:08.87
You'll have to
have like printed out
00:45:09.07\00:45:10.97
giving the
identifying characteristics.
00:45:11.17\00:45:12.51
So you can get them printed on
00:45:12.71\00:45:13.79
the study guides that we have
00:45:13.89\00:45:15.14
on the Internet or you guys will
00:45:15.24\00:45:16.96
have yourself. But
these... these right here...
00:45:17.06\00:45:18.39
when you get a
little deeper into this...
00:45:18.50\00:45:19.69
And some people might say: "Well
I really don't believe it! "
00:45:19.79\00:45:21.41
Challenge them to go
and go to the library,
00:45:21.61\00:45:23.93
find books in your
library, and look it up.
00:45:24.13\00:45:25.59
Don't challenge them
to go on the Internet
00:45:25.79\00:45:27.06
because things are
changed there all the time
00:45:27.26\00:45:28.66
and people put what they
want on there instead of what
00:45:28.76\00:45:31.11
the truth is. But if they
want to go to the Internet
00:45:31.21\00:45:33.26
and investigate it, if
you'll investigate it enough
00:45:33.36\00:45:34.62
you can find the truth
underneath all the garbage.
00:45:34.82\00:45:36.50
But if you go just to
a library and get books
00:45:36.80\00:45:39.07
you'll find that exactly
what we're saying is true.
00:45:39.27\00:45:41.01
And so now let's
go to the next one.
00:45:41.04\00:45:42.58
The next identifying
characteristic - we've already
00:45:42.68\00:45:44.03
kind of said it - I got
a little ahead of myself.
00:45:44.13\00:45:45.79
But it comes up after
Rome is divided in 476 AD.
00:45:46.00\00:45:48.81
And we read about that
already a little earlier
00:45:49.01\00:45:51.63
when we were going over
the study giving the ten
00:45:51.74\00:45:53.56
identifying characteristics
where we read that
00:45:53.66\00:45:57.39
Rome was divided in 476 AD
00:45:57.59\00:46:00.17
when Odoacer, king of the Heruli
00:46:00.38\00:46:02.52
deposed Romulus
Augustus. As a matter of fact,
00:46:02.72\00:46:04.40
I think it's going to
be on the screen there.
00:46:04.50\00:46:05.90
Rome... there it is...
00:46:06.11\00:46:07.34
And we're going to be
looking at the details of that
00:46:18.93\00:46:20.46
in just a minute. So we
found out that it comes up
00:46:20.56\00:46:22.72
after Rome was divided.
Rome was divided in 476 AD
00:46:22.82\00:46:25.44
and the papacy
came to power in 538 AD.
00:46:25.64\00:46:27.14
Is that after? Yes.
Yes, it's absolutely after.
00:46:27.25\00:46:30.36
Let's go to the next
identifying characteristic.
00:46:30.56\00:46:32.40
It plucks up or destroys
three as it comes to power.
00:46:32.60\00:46:36.03
It plucks up or destroys
three as it comes to power.
00:46:36.23\00:46:38.86
You find that on
the screen there:
00:46:38.96\00:46:39.99
plucks up or destroys
three. And we read that already
00:46:40.19\00:46:41.99
in the text when we were
going over Daniel chapter 7
00:46:42.19\00:46:44.15
and we were giving
the ten characteristics.
00:46:44.36\00:46:46.34
Does it fit? Here's
an interesting statement.
00:46:46.54\00:46:48.99
It's a long read here,
so follow me on the screen.
00:46:49.19\00:46:51.36
The Ostrogoths were...
thus Justinian's decree
00:47:42.25\00:47:44.21
went into effect making
the Bishop of Rome supreme.
00:47:44.31\00:47:46.67
Now if you want to find out this
information - where I got it -
00:47:46.87\00:47:48.64
notice the time you have
to go back and look at it.
00:47:48.74\00:47:50.25
History of the Christian Church
volume llI by Philip Chapp
00:47:50.45\00:47:53.31
1819-1893.
00:47:53.51\00:47:55.47
He's a
German-American theologian
00:47:55.67\00:47:57.92
and a church historian.
00:47:58.02\00:47:59.35
You know why you usually have to
go back that far to find things?
00:47:59.55\00:48:02.33
Because history has changed.
00:48:02.53\00:48:04.32
Not actually the events
but the recording of the events
00:48:04.52\00:48:07.28
have changed.
Are you following me?
00:48:07.38\00:48:08.74
So not that the event
has changed but the recording
00:48:08.94\00:48:11.18
of the events have change
and you've got to be careful
00:48:11.28\00:48:12.60
to make sure that you're
reading from the right sources
00:48:12.71\00:48:15.19
or you can be -
again - deceived.
00:48:15.39\00:48:17.02
It's going to be different
than the other kingdoms.
00:48:17.12\00:48:18.24
Well how in the world is
it different than the other
00:48:18.44\00:48:19.95
kingdom? Let us
go on and find out.
00:48:20.05\00:48:21.83
This Bishop of Rome - this
is from Alexander Clarence Flick
00:48:22.03\00:48:25.20
The Rise of the
Medieval Church page 168.
00:48:25.31\00:48:27.26
What it's saying here is
that the Roman leaders now -
00:48:43.03\00:48:46.47
or the papacy - everybody just
assumed that OK, that's where
00:48:46.67\00:48:49.10
it's going to, right?
Now it's the papacy and not
00:48:49.20\00:48:51.69
the Roman leaders any
more. They still have the same
00:48:51.79\00:48:54.59
sense of glory, and every social
prejudice favored the evolution
00:48:54.69\00:48:58.38
of the great city into
the ecclesiastical capital.
00:48:58.48\00:49:00.59
Civil as well as religious
disputes were referred to
00:49:00.79\00:49:03.58
the successor of
Peter for settlement.
00:49:03.69\00:49:05.27
Alexander Clarence Flick.
00:49:05.47\00:49:07.16
So basically what he's saying
there as he's writing that
00:49:07.36\00:49:09.07
is we used to go and
we would see the Caesars
00:49:09.27\00:49:11.50
and we would get help
from them when we had an issue.
00:49:11.71\00:49:13.60
But now we go to the
Pope because that's just...
00:49:13.80\00:49:15.51
he's in the
place of the Caesars.
00:49:15.71\00:49:17.17
So it says it's different
than the other kingdoms.
00:49:17.37\00:49:18.70
How is it different? It's not
just a political government now
00:49:18.80\00:49:21.87
it's also a spiritual
government. It's both.
00:49:21.97\00:49:24.93
And so we find that
there: the successor of Peter
00:49:25.13\00:49:27.35
for settlement. They're giving
it both spiritual and political.
00:49:27.45\00:49:29.99
That's different
than the other kingdoms.
00:49:30.19\00:49:31.38
Then it says it would have
a prominent man at the head
00:49:31.58\00:49:33.34
speaking, and we find
that to be exactly the truth.
00:49:33.44\00:49:35.73
Who is that? The Pope.
00:49:35.93\00:49:37.79
Prominent man at
the head speaking.
00:49:37.99\00:49:39.39
That's what the
Bible describes it as.
00:49:39.42\00:49:40.71
Let's go to the next
identifying characteristic.
00:49:40.91\00:49:42.61
The little horn
would commit blasphemy.
00:49:42.71\00:49:45.08
Now I almost hate to even
have to bring this part up,
00:49:45.18\00:49:47.07
but it is true. It's
from the Bible, and we've
00:49:47.17\00:49:48.46
got to follow it.
Mark chapter 2 and verse 7
00:49:48.56\00:49:51.33
you find a story. In
Mark chapter 2 and verse 7
00:49:51.53\00:49:53.15
where this guy -
he's a quadriplegic -
00:49:53.35\00:49:55.05
he's on his mat and
he can't get healed.
00:49:55.25\00:49:57.72
So his friends
carry him to the house,
00:49:57.92\00:49:59.72
and in Mark chapter 2
they carry him to the house.
00:49:59.82\00:50:01.43
They tear the tiles off
the top; they let him down
00:50:01.46\00:50:03.41
through the house roof
so Jesus could see him.
00:50:03.51\00:50:04.98
And as he lays down there
in front of Jesus, Jesus said:
00:50:05.18\00:50:07.10
"Son, be of good cheer.
Your sins are forgiven. "
00:50:07.20\00:50:09.51
And the Bible says that
those scribes and Pharisees
00:50:09.61\00:50:11.39
looking around. They was
like "Oh, how could He do that?
00:50:11.49\00:50:13.07
Who does He think He is?
00:50:13.27\00:50:14.30
Who can forgive
sins but God only?
00:50:14.40\00:50:16.66
This man commits blasphemy. "
00:50:16.86\00:50:18.79
OK? That's what they
say within themselves.
00:50:18.99\00:50:20.75
And Jesus is going to show
them that He really is God.
00:50:20.95\00:50:22.63
The Bible says: "And Him,
knowing their thoughts, says:
00:50:22.83\00:50:25.19
'Which is easier? To
tell a man to get up and walk
00:50:25.39\00:50:26.97
or tell him he's
forgiven of his sins?
00:50:27.07\00:50:28.21
But that they may
know that I am God'
00:50:28.41\00:50:30.45
I'm paraphrasing - He told
the man: 'Get up and walk. ' "
00:50:30.57\00:50:33.72
And he did! So
Jesus showed them that,
00:50:33.82\00:50:36.07
you know, it's not blasphemy
for Me to forgive a man's sins
00:50:36.17\00:50:38.37
because "I am God. "
00:50:38.47\00:50:40.02
But if I tell all you people
right now: "Hey, you've got to
00:50:40.22\00:50:42.93
come to me to me to get
forgiveness from your sins, "
00:50:43.03\00:50:44.52
is that blasphemy? Sure it is!
00:50:44.72\00:50:47.66
Why is it blasphemy?
00:50:47.76\00:50:48.73
Because I'm
claiming the position or the
00:50:48.74\00:50:50.28
prerogative of
God. Do you follow that?
00:50:50.38\00:50:51.89
So if I claim to be in the
place of God, you've got to
00:50:52.00\00:50:53.50
me for forgiveness of
sins, that's blasphemy.
00:50:53.60\00:50:55.49
So they had it wrong by
calling Jesus a blasphemer
00:50:55.70\00:50:57.86
but they had it right
in admitting that blasphemy
00:50:58.06\00:51:00.90
is - because you're trying
to claim to be able to forgive
00:51:01.11\00:51:03.41
sins - as only being a
man. The other one is found -
00:51:03.51\00:51:05.67
and here we go, let me...
let me show you this here -
00:51:05.87\00:51:07.57
page 27 on dignities
and duties of the priest.
00:51:07.77\00:51:10.84
So they say: "Hey, we forgive. "
00:51:19.41\00:51:20.75
This is from the
writings of the Catholic church.
00:51:20.95\00:51:22.39
"We forgive sins and God
has to go by what we say. "
00:51:22.49\00:51:24.83
Brothers and sisters, by every
definition that is blasphemy.
00:51:25.03\00:51:27.53
John chapter 10
verses 30 through 33.
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They were getting
ready to throw rocks at Jesus
00:51:30.04\00:51:31.26
and kill Him and
stone Him. He said:
00:51:31.36\00:51:32.42
"What are you going to
kill Me for? For what good work
00:51:32.62\00:51:34.81
are you going to stone Me? "
00:51:34.91\00:51:35.92
They said: "Not for a
good work but because You,
00:51:36.12\00:51:38.32
being a mere man, make
yourself God which is blasphemy"
00:51:38.42\00:51:42.06
they said. Were
they right in that?
00:51:42.16\00:51:44.50
A man claiming to be God is
blasphemy. Was that correct?
00:51:44.71\00:51:47.41
Yeah. But were they right
in calling Jesus a blasphemer?
00:51:47.61\00:51:49.94
No, because He was God.
00:51:50.14\00:51:51.76
But now if I say I'm god
and you've got to come to me
00:51:51.96\00:51:54.40
is that blasphemy? Yeah,
you'd all go off in droves,
00:51:54.60\00:51:57.08
wouldn't you? Like you'd
think people would stay away
00:51:57.18\00:52:00.01
from that en masse.
That's a little pun there, OK?
00:52:00.11\00:52:04.36
But anyway... But
that's what goes on right now
00:52:04.56\00:52:06.29
with the actual thing.
One guy claiming to be god
00:52:06.39\00:52:09.08
and everybody...
billions of people follow that.
00:52:09.18\00:52:10.65
Right? That
doesn't make sense to me.
00:52:10.75\00:52:11.85
Pope Leo the 13th... actually
the 12th I guess it was...
00:52:12.05\00:52:15.42
I thought it was
the 13th... anyway,
00:52:15.62\00:52:16.87
"We hold upon this earth
the place of Almighty God. "
00:52:17.07\00:52:19.89
Brothers and
sisters, that's blasphemy.
00:52:20.09\00:52:21.69
So we're going through the
identifying characteristics.
00:52:21.89\00:52:23.84
Everything fits hand in glove.
00:52:24.04\00:52:25.72
It's a persecuting power.
Have you guys ever heard of the
00:52:25.92\00:52:28.46
Dark Ages? You
know why the Dark Ages
00:52:28.56\00:52:30.60
are called the Dark Ages?
00:52:30.70\00:52:31.72
Because "thy Word is a
light unto my path and a lamp
00:52:31.82\00:52:33.61
unto my feet, " right?
And during the Dark Ages
00:52:33.71\00:52:35.72
if you owned a Bible like
I own this Bible right here
00:52:35.82\00:52:37.50
I could be killed for this
00:52:37.70\00:52:39.13
because they said:
"Look, you can't have a Bible.
00:52:39.33\00:52:41.06
You've got to give it to us and
we'll tell you what it means. "
00:52:41.16\00:52:43.20
And people said: "No,
I can't go with that. "
00:52:43.30\00:52:44.47
And they said: "If you won't,
we're going to persecute you. "
00:52:44.57\00:52:45.95
And today you can go to Europe
- some of the churches there
00:52:45.98\00:52:48.86
in Europe - they'll take you
down on a tour down underneath
00:52:48.96\00:52:50.70
the church there and
show you the torture chamber
00:52:50.80\00:52:52.04
and things like that
where they put heretics.
00:52:52.15\00:52:53.64
Right? "If you go to my
church I'll show you the torture
00:52:53.85\00:52:55.86
chamber underneath. " I'll bet
you don't come back next week.
00:52:55.96\00:52:57.83
But today it's a
money-making thing, right?
00:52:58.03\00:53:00.56
The History of the Rise of the
Spirit of Rationalism in Europe
00:53:00.96\00:53:06.92
volume 2 page 32.
00:53:07.02\00:53:08.81
If you doubt it, go read
the book Fox's Book of Martyrs.
00:53:17.75\00:53:19.79
Boy, I wish I had some
time. I'm running a little short
00:53:19.99\00:53:21.89
on time but I wish I had time.
I'm going to tell you anyway.
00:53:21.99\00:53:24.02
There's a friend I have. He
says: "I'm not a Protestant. "
00:53:24.22\00:53:26.58
He's a Pentecostal. He
said: "I'm not a Protestant. "
00:53:26.78\00:53:28.63
I said: "You're not? " I said...
00:53:28.73\00:53:30.18
He said: "I'm not
protesting anything. "
00:53:30.29\00:53:31.74
I said: "Have you ever
read Fox's Book of Martyrs? "
00:53:31.94\00:53:33.45
He says: "No. " I
said: "You need to read it. "
00:53:33.65\00:53:34.84
About two weeks later
he comes back. He said:
00:53:35.04\00:53:36.35
"I read that book. " I said:
"You did? What do you think? "
00:53:36.45\00:53:37.93
He said: "I'm a Protestant. "
00:53:38.07\00:53:39.38
Because the truth of
history is still there.
00:53:39.68\00:53:42.58
The thing is, we've forgotten
what the history has revealed.
00:53:42.78\00:53:45.45
It was definitely
a persecuting power.
00:53:45.65\00:53:47.26
It will think to
change times and laws.
00:53:47.46\00:53:49.17
Now we went over this already.
Can we change God's law?
00:53:49.37\00:53:51.02
Can we think to?
00:53:51.22\00:53:52.66
I'm going to show you something
now that's very fascinating.
00:53:52.86\00:53:54.58
Does this power
think to change God's law?
00:53:54.78\00:53:56.89
Well let us find out.
Let us go to the screen here
00:53:56.99\00:53:58.57
and find out. "The Pope is of
such great authority and power
00:53:58.67\00:54:01.38
that he is able to
modify, declare, or interpret
00:54:01.48\00:54:03.81
even divine law. The
Pope can modify divine law
00:54:03.92\00:54:06.83
since his power is
not of man but of God
00:54:06.93\00:54:08.62
and he acts as the vice
regent of God upon earth. "
00:54:08.83\00:54:12.05
And that's from their own
writings. I'm not going to even
00:54:12.25\00:54:13.99
try to pronounce
that. Article 2 volume 5.
00:54:14.09\00:54:16.43
So from their own writings
they say: "Yeah, we can change
00:54:16.63\00:54:18.38
divine law. " Can
man change God's law?
00:54:18.48\00:54:20.36
No! Does it fit? Hand in glove.
00:54:20.56\00:54:22.61
Let me show you
this from the Catechism,
00:54:22.75\00:54:23.83
verses from the Bible:
00:54:23.93\00:54:25.30
On the left side there
you find the Ten Commandments
00:54:25.51\00:54:27.43
as you find them
in the scriptures.
00:54:27.53\00:54:28.80
"Thou shalt not have
any gods before Me. "
00:54:29.00\00:54:30.62
"Don't make any graven
image. " Abbreviated, of course.
00:54:30.82\00:54:32.99
But now I want you to...
when you get to the second one
00:54:33.19\00:54:35.26
notice what it
says on the left side.
00:54:35.46\00:54:36.79
"Thou shalt not
make any graven images. "
00:54:36.99\00:54:38.07
Look at the right side.
00:54:38.17\00:54:39.32
"Thou shalt not take
God's name in vain. "
00:54:39.52\00:54:40.68
Is there
something missing there?
00:54:40.78\00:54:41.79
Yeah, there is. And that's the
one you find in the Catechism.
00:54:41.99\00:54:44.18
You go to the Catholic
Catechism it'll give you
00:54:44.38\00:54:45.53
the Ten Commandments
in a different order.
00:54:45.63\00:54:47.17
And so what you find here
00:54:47.37\00:54:49.66
is they think
they've changed God's law.
00:54:49.86\00:54:51.78
In order to keep the ten
they split the 10th one there.
00:54:51.98\00:54:54.64
"Thou shalt not covet
thy neighbor's wife. "
00:54:54.74\00:54:55.76
"Thou shalt not covet your...
00:54:55.86\00:54:59.52
neighbor's stuff. "
Actually they left the last part
00:54:59.72\00:55:01.82
off there. But in the
Bible it's only one commandment.
00:55:01.92\00:55:04.62
Commandment #10:
"Thou shalt not covet. "
00:55:04.63\00:55:06.14
So it thinks it's
changed God's law.
00:55:06.34\00:55:08.26
And in time we're going to
cover that on another subject.
00:55:08.47\00:55:10.15
You have to stay with
us. Now let's continue on.
00:55:10.35\00:55:12.24
The little horn would
rule for 1,260 days or years.
00:55:12.44\00:55:16.21
1,260 years is how
long it would rule, OK?
00:55:16.41\00:55:19.16
Let's find out if it fits.
00:55:19.36\00:55:21.00
Now we went over this already.
Remember technically what the
00:55:21.20\00:55:24.02
word means... time, times,
and dividing of time... means
00:55:24.12\00:55:26.05
technically a year. We
figured out a day for a year
00:55:26.15\00:55:28.28
in Bible prophecy.
We've already looked at that.
00:55:28.38\00:55:29.81
Remember that? Now,
does this power fit?
00:55:29.91\00:55:33.13
Now I love this. We're
going to have to close with this
00:55:33.33\00:55:35.29
right here but listen
to what is going on here.
00:55:35.39\00:55:36.62
This guy. He's a
Methodist minister
00:55:36.82\00:55:38.88
and he's writing
in the year 1798 AD.
00:55:39.08\00:55:42.12
David Simpson is his name.
00:55:42.32\00:55:43.39
Now remember the papacy
rose to power in 538 AD.
00:55:43.49\00:55:46.43
That's the time frame
that it rose to power.
00:55:46.53\00:55:47.83
We looked at that already.
00:55:47.93\00:55:48.94
And David Simpson - this
Methodist minister - writing
00:55:49.14\00:55:51.67
in Cambridge at St.
John's College in 1798 AD -
00:55:51.78\00:55:53.91
writes this: "Is it
not extremely remarkable
00:55:54.01\00:55:56.35
and a powerful confirmation
of the truth of scripture
00:55:56.55\00:55:58.81
of prophecy that
just 1,260 years ago
00:55:59.01\00:56:01.35
to the present 1798 AD in
the very beginning of the year
00:56:01.45\00:56:03.91
538 AD Belisarius put an
end to the empire of the Goths
00:56:04.01\00:56:07.03
at Rome leaving no
power there but the bishop of
00:56:07.13\00:56:09.32
that metropolis. Read
these things in the prophetic
00:56:09.42\00:56:12.33
scriptures. And I say again:
00:56:12.43\00:56:14.24
deny the truth of divine
00:56:14.34\00:56:15.69
revelation if you can.
00:56:15.79\00:56:17.07
Open your eyes and behold.
00:56:17.27\00:56:18.37
These things are being
accomplished in the face
00:56:18.47\00:56:20.05
of the whole world. These things
are not done in a corner. "
00:56:20.16\00:56:22.50
What he's saying here -
he's living in 1798 AD -
00:56:22.70\00:56:24.59
he sees Napoleon's
general Berthier goes in.
00:56:24.71\00:56:26.81
He takes the
pope off of his seat.
00:56:27.02\00:56:28.89
He basically does
away with the pope
00:56:29.09\00:56:30.84
and his headship and he says:
"you're no longer in charge.
00:56:31.04\00:56:33.01
You're not in charge any more. "
00:56:33.21\00:56:34.44
And when he does that,
this guy living in 1798 AD says:
00:56:34.64\00:56:37.25
"Wow! 538 AD they come to power.
00:56:37.45\00:56:40.67
1798 AD - exactly
1,260 years later -
00:56:40.87\00:56:43.72
he is no longer in power. "
00:56:43.93\00:56:45.42
It fits the Bible
prophecy exactly hand in glove.
00:56:45.62\00:56:48.46
This guy recognizes it. Today?
00:56:48.56\00:56:50.15
Many people in that very
denomination have no idea
00:56:50.35\00:56:52.28
what you're talking
about because the Bible says
00:56:52.38\00:56:54.21
that Protestants also will
be turning away from the truth.
00:56:54.31\00:56:56.57
And this is what's going
on now. This guy recognized it
00:56:56.77\00:56:59.03
in his day and it
fits hand in glove.
00:56:59.13\00:57:01.25
Does he fit all identifying
characteristics? Absolutely!
00:57:01.45\00:57:04.14
And our closing text that
we're going to be looking at
00:57:04.34\00:57:06.11
is Joshua chapter 24 verse 15.
00:57:06.21\00:57:07.96
Joshua 24:15. It
simply says this:
00:57:08.16\00:57:10.02
It says: "If it seems
evil to you to serve the Lord,
00:57:10.22\00:57:13.33
then choose you this
day whom you will serve:
00:57:13.53\00:57:15.62
either the god that your
fathers served on the other side
00:57:15.82\00:57:18.62
of the flood or the Amorites
in the land where you dwell.
00:57:18.72\00:57:21.01
As for me and my house,
we're going to serve the Lord. "
00:57:21.21\00:57:23.40
That has to be our desire.
00:57:23.43\00:57:25.45
So what we're looking at
now... we've just finished up
00:57:25.65\00:57:28.31
Antichrist part 2. And
this study - the whole study -
00:57:28.41\00:57:30.65
you can go find it on
the Internet, on line.
00:57:30.85\00:57:33.05
It will be aired different
places. You can get a DVD.
00:57:33.25\00:57:35.37
And so if you would like
to be able to see this study,
00:57:35.57\00:57:37.89
maybe slow it down a little
bit. I know we rushed through
00:57:37.99\00:57:39.86
the last part obeying the clock.
00:57:39.96\00:57:41.83
But if you would like
to see it all you can to go
00:57:42.03\00:57:43.29
www. comeexperiencelife. com
00:57:43.39\00:57:46.24