Welcome to Digging Up
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the Future Bible
prophecy exposed.
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We've had an
exciting time together,
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haven't we?
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And it's been a
blessing hearing about the fact
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that Jesus didn't just come once
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he's coming again.
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Amen. Amen.
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And that's not something that is
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something that we
can really even question
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because one in
every eight verses
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in the New
Testament tells us that.
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It's almost says
if Jesus is saying,
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let me remind you
again I'm coming again
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and He wants us to be ready
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and He's also
promised to help us be ready.
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That's the good news.
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Well, tonight's topic is one
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that many people have
discussed it through the years
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and it is "The
Mark of the Beast"
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and found there in the
heart of the Book of Revelation,
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Revelation 13,
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we're gonna be
looking at that tonight.
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And I think we should
ask the Lord's presence
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before we look at something
like that, shouldn't we?
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Let's bow our heads.
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Father in heaven
we are thankful today
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that you have
promised to come again
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and we are thankful
that we can sing about that
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and we can look forward to that
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but we want to be ready,
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we don't want in
anyway do anything
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that would not have
that be a happy day.
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So we ask that you will
prepare our hearts tonight
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to learn what we need to
learn to be ready for that day
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and we thank you and
we come in Christ name.
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Amen.
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Well, let's stand
together sing our song again,
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Jesus is coming again.
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Marvelous message we bring
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Wonderful carol we sing,
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Wonderful word of the King
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Jesus is coming again!
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Coming again, coming again
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May be morning, may be noon
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May be evening but surely soon
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Coming again, coming again
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O what a
wonderful day that will be
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Jesus is coming again!
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You could be seated.
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I think, how many of you
have been singing that at home,
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you've memorized that so much.
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Comes up in your minds
some of you are doing that yes.
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It's a wonderful chorus.
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Well, we want to talk about that
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little bit more
in song this evening
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Marion Peppers
will be singing for us,
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"I'd rather have
Jesus than silver or gold,"
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We make that decision
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that it's
exciting to think about
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Jesus coming again, isn't it?
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I'd rather have Jesus
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Than silver or gold
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I'd rather have Jesus
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Than have riches untold
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I'd rather have Jesus
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Than houses or lands
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I'd rather be led
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By His nail pierced hand
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Than to be the king
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Of a vast domain
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Or be held in sin's
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Dread sway
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I'd rather have Jesus
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Than anything
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This world affords today
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I'd rather have Jesus
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Than men's applause
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I'd rather be faithful
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To His dear cause
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I'd rather have Jesus
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Than world-wide fame
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I'd rather be true
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To His holy name
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Than to be the king
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Of a vast domain
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Or be held in sin's
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Dread sway
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I'd rather have Jesus
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Than anything
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This world affords today
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He's fairer than lilies
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Of rarest bloom
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He's sweeter than honey
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From out of the comb
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He's all that my hungering
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Spirit needs
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I'd rather have Jesus
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And let Him lead
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Than to be the king
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Of a vast domain
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Or be held in sin's
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Dread sway
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I'd rather have Jesus
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Than anything
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This world affords today
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I'd rather have Jesus
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Than anything
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This world affords today.
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Then the people said, amen.
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Tonight we have a
very, very heavy subject
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and I'm going to
speak a little faster
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than I'm normally give
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because I have to
cover a lot of round.
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So would you pray with
me as we begin our father
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as we study your word
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we pray your spirit to guide
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and help us to understand
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this marvelous and
wonderful Revelation
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that you gave us concerning
the Beast and its Mark.
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Bless us now we
pray in Jesus name, amen.
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We've already discovered atheist
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and now study about the Beast,
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remember
Revelation 13, verses 1-8
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where the Bible reveals that
there's a leopard like beast
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that comes up other the sea,
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the sea representing
malteds of the people
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and then it says
that this particular beast
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is a composite beast
made up of different beasts
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from Daniel
Chapter 7 you remember
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where there's a three
beasts in Daniel Chapter 7,
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the lion, the bear, the leopard
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and then the
indescribable of beasts
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and so we have identify that
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and just a review on that
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we'd may remember down that
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there is a little
horn that rises up
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from the midst of the 10 horns.
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Remember the last
beast has 10 horns
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and other that 10 horn
comes up on a little horn
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that removes
three of those horns
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and it says it plucks
up three of those horns
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which represent three
kings and then it says that
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it would rule
the European nations
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then also that
this rule will take
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a 1260 days or
years, prefer the years.
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It would be
different that other powers,
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military powers, political power
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this particular
power would be different
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in as much as it was
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a mixture of
religion and politics
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and then a man
would be at the head,
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this man would speak Blasphemy
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which means taking
the prerogatives of God.
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It would be a
persecuting power to 1260 years,
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it would rule Europe and
persecute people in Europe
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who did not go
allow with His teachings
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it would change
God's time and laws,
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it would receive a deadly wound
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and that deadly wound of
course, would have to occur
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at the end of the 1260 years
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it makes the drunk with her wine
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which are false teachings
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and the wound becomes
heal after receives the wound
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and this
particular power has a number
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and that number is
considered to be a Mark.
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So, we have a very
quicker review here,
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it is a woman,
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well, it is a church,
represents the church.
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It sits on seven mountains
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and it a call Babylon the Great
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according to Revelation 17:5.
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And finally it has
a number and a Mark
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and God calls His
people out of Her.
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Of course, if you recall
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as we studied
this you remember that
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it is speaking about a church
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that's a city that sits
on seven mountains in Europe,
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who is that?
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Rome. Rome.
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So, you say that, I
didn't, you did all right.
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So, Rome, well,
if it's true then
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according to the scriptures
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then all the
identified Mark should fit.
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So let's consider the
identified marks down.
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Let me consider
who the antichrist is,
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remember that
this is not a roofless
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He then that comes up
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but rather it is
someone that comes from within,
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the word antichrist
means in the place of Christ.
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As you remember that
desire that Satan always had
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was to take the place
of God, isn't that true?
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And so this is an
attempt to displace God
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and place in the
place of God something else
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that's men made
rather than divinely made.
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The scripture
says then that it is
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The Papal Empire
that arose in the Europe.
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If you recall then them
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according to
Daniel 7 and verse 21, 25
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"He shall speak great
verse against the most High,
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and shall wear out the
saint of the most High,
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and think to
change times and laws:
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and they shall be
given into his hand
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until a time and times
and the dividing of times."
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Now, there's a group of
text that give us all of these
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different time and times
and the dividing of time,
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here's the copy
of it Daniel 7:25,
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it uses the phrase,
Daniel 12:7 uses the same time,
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Revelation 12:6 uses 1260 days
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and time and times
and the dividing of times
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again is used
in Revelation 12:14
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and in Revelation 13:5
it uses "forty-two months".
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Well, if you take
a Hebrew calendar,
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Hebrew calendar
month has 30 days,
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you multiply 30
days by 42 months
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you come up with 1260
years, same time period, okay?
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So, if it's true then
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that this power
would rule for 1260 years
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than we must be able
to conclude that at 1798
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which is the end of
1260 years beginning of 538
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you would have to then
have the church have alone.
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The question
is, did that happen?
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Well, let's consider
several statements here
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concerning this origin
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"The Papacy's
power became supreme
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in Christendom in 538 A.D.
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Due to a letter from
the Roman emperor Justinian,
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known as
Justinian's decree, which set up
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and acknowledged
the bishop of Rome
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as the head of
what, all churches.
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So, when did that began?
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538 and then it says,
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"It gave the
papacy political power,
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civil power as well
as ecclesiastical power.
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This letter became
part of Justinian's code,
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the fundamental
law of the empire
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and that year Pope
Vigilius ascended the throne
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under the military
protection of Belasarius."
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So, here say in authentic
steep in a historical statement
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from the book History
of the Christian Church
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volume three, page 327.
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Now, if it started in
538 then you have 1260 years
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that comes up to what?
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1798, and if
the prophecy is true
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then in 1798 this
power would receive a wound.
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So, let's look and
see if history basses out.
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In Revelation 13 and
verse 3 and 10 it says,
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"And I saw one of his heads
as it were wounded to death,
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and his deadly wound be healed,
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and all the world would what?
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Would wonder after the beast.
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He that leadeth into
captivity shall what?
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Go into captivity,
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he that killeth with the sword
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must be killed with the sword.
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Here is the patience and
the faith of the saints."
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So a power that responsible
for taking peoples captive
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will itself be taken
captive, it's what it says.
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So, we should then look
into the future from 538
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as we are Digging
up the Future, right?
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From 538 we come down 1260 years
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and the question is
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did the Papacy get
taking captive in 1798?
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And the answer,
of course, is yes.
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February 15, 1798
it's when it happened.
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February 15, 1798,
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the General
Berthier, Napoleon sent,
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General went to the
Vatican took the book prisoner,
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he was taken into exile
and the Pope died in exile.
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And so perfectly
according to the prophecy
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that God has
given it so happened.
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What do you say?
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All right.
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Now, I want you
to notice something,
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remember it says that
the wound would be what?
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Healed.
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So the Papacy
did receive a wound
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and was the wound heal?
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Well, here it say,
San Francisco Chronicle,
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of course, you recognize
San Francisco Chronicle
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as a news paper from where?
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San Francisco.
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Notice it says,
Mussolini and Gasparri
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sign historic Roman pact.
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I want you to notice
what it says in that article.
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"The Roman question
tonight was a theme of the past
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with the Vatican
at peace with what?
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With Italy."
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Notice what it says
and it's interesting
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what the reporter wrote,
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"In affixing the autographs
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on the memorable
document healing the what?
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The wound, extreme cordiality
was displayed on both sides."
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Isn't that amazing?
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The very verse
that the Bible uses,
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the very verse
that the reporter uses
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in demonstrated and
that the wound was what?
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Healed.
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And so we can see then,
00:17:34.12\00:17:35.54
very plainly that the
scripture is clear on this.
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Now, if you study,
for example Daniel 7,
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you'll discover as I said that,
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in Daniel 7 there
are seven, pardon me,
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three beasts the lion,
the bear and the leopard.
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How many of you remember
that in the Revelation 7?
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Okay.
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And then you remember
that the beast that comes up
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after that an
indescribable beast
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that has 10
horns, you remember that?
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And then the 10 horns has
a little horn that comes up
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and this is where the
focus of attention is,
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it's on that little horn.
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And just to refresh your memory,
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let's go back to Chapter 7
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so you can see what
we're talking about.
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Daniel 7, let's look
at that very quickly.
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Notice then the
first beast is in Daniel 7
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and verse 4 a
lion, verse 5 a bear,
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verse 6 a leopard
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and verse 7 the indescribable
of beast with the 10 horns.
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Can you see that?
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And of course,
the scripture says
00:18:38.97\00:18:40.63
that these beasts verse 17,
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are four kingdoms which
shall arise of the earth
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and then when it
speaks about the little horn
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it says that the
verse 20, the 10 horns
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that were in this stand
of the other which came up
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and before three found
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even of that horn that had eyes
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and a mouth
that's fake great things
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then it says then
that these horns of course,
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make war that
there also 10 kingdoms.
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And so, you have the kingdom
that rises the Roman Empire,
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out of the Roman
Empire divides into 10 kings
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and out of those kings
another little horn comes up
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and takes out
three out of the way
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and then when it
takes out those three
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then that little
horn becomes predominant
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over all the other kings
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and so that's why in
the Book of Revelation
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you have a beast with
seven heads and 10 horns
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and the reason why it's
seven heads and 10 horns
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is because it retains
the power of all the 10
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but only with
seven heads remained in.
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Is that clear? All right.
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So, now notice it says
that wound was healed in 1798
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as the scripture
reveals and of course,
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the Bible said the world
would then wonder after what?
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After the beast.
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Let me ask you of
something, a question.
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Is it true that during the
time that John Paul was alive
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that the world was indeed
wondering after the Papacy?
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Yes or no?
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Yes, of course.
00:20:14.15\00:20:15.53
I remember going to Cuba
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just after the
Pope had landed in Cuba.
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You remember when
that the Pope was in Cuba
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any of you remember that?
00:20:21.47\00:20:22.89
Well, we happen to
go right on the hill
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so the Pope and cast
00:20:25.28\00:20:26.65
to allow us to
preach the gospel there
00:20:26.68\00:20:28.61
and to God's glory we are
able to baptize 3,000 souls
00:20:28.64\00:20:32.02
of people who
responded to the message,
00:20:32.05\00:20:34.70
it was wonderful to see
some people who were communist
00:20:34.73\00:20:37.58
and who heard the
gospel for the first time
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rejoice in the new found
faith that found in Christ.
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Well, when the
Pope died of course,
00:20:42.94\00:20:46.19
it is the first time that
we see all heads of states
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from allover the
world came to the funeral.
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"Presidents, Prime Ministers
00:20:53.13\00:20:54.36
and the Kings
from around the world
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joined hundreds of
thousands of pilgrims
00:20:55.77\00:20:57.85
paying their
respects to Pope John Paul II
00:20:57.88\00:21:01.13
in St. Peter's Square."
00:21:01.16\00:21:03.26
So, there's no question
then that this popular Pope
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got the attention of the world
00:21:07.89\00:21:09.37
and the world seem to
be wondering after it,
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now of course,
00:21:13.06\00:21:14.11
people are
wondering what will take place
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but, my friends,
the Bible reveals
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that it is not yet dead.
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Just because the
leader passes away
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this institution continues.
00:21:23.35\00:21:26.39
Now, I was teaching
this at another seminar
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and there's a man who questioned
00:21:30.61\00:21:32.21
that this was in history
00:21:32.24\00:21:35.36
and I so happened to
see a Bible in his book case
00:21:35.39\00:21:39.05
and the spirit of
God just impressed me
00:21:39.08\00:21:40.45
to get that Bible out
00:21:40.48\00:21:41.68
so I took the Bible out
and I said whose is this Bible?
00:21:41.71\00:21:45.06
And he said, that's my Bible.
00:21:45.09\00:21:47.19
It is "A Bible given to
a Presbyterian young man
00:21:47.22\00:21:50.18
in 1935 at the time
living in Vancouver, Washington"
00:21:50.21\00:21:53.63
when I met him.
00:21:53.66\00:21:54.70
Now, I want you to notice inside
00:21:54.73\00:21:57.00
since you then believe
it, I took up the Bible
00:21:57.03\00:22:00.30
and the Bible
was dedicated to him
00:22:00.33\00:22:02.18
because he was
faithful in attending classes
00:22:02.21\00:22:05.20
and excellent
attendance in Sunday school.
00:22:05.23\00:22:07.40
Can you see that?
00:22:07.43\00:22:08.46
And then it has
the superintendent
00:22:08.49\00:22:09.88
and then it has
the Pastor, all right?
00:22:09.91\00:22:12.17
Now what's interesting is
00:22:12.20\00:22:13.51
I then went to
the back of the Bible
00:22:13.54\00:22:15.13
and this what I found
on the back of the Bible,
00:22:15.16\00:22:17.45
this is the Presbyterian Bible,
00:22:17.48\00:22:19.50
it's hard for
you to read right now
00:22:19.53\00:22:21.02
because it's not blown up
00:22:21.05\00:22:23.44
but I'll show
you in just a minute.
00:22:23.47\00:22:25.17
Over here is Revelation 13-18,
00:22:25.20\00:22:28.74
here's a closed up view
00:22:28.77\00:22:30.49
and I want you to
notice what it says,
00:22:30.52\00:22:31.82
Revelation 13, you see that?
00:22:31.85\00:22:33.68
To what, to 17, pardon me
00:22:33.71\00:22:36.03
and I want you to
notice what it says
00:22:36.06\00:22:37.32
"The rise and power and
fury of the mystical Babylon
00:22:37.35\00:22:40.33
are here set forth,
00:22:40.36\00:22:41.73
and Rome built on seven hills
00:22:41.76\00:22:44.21
is pointed out as the
seat of this tyranny."
00:22:44.24\00:22:49.31
Can you see that?
00:22:49.34\00:22:50.62
This is a
Presbyterian Bible, okay?
00:22:50.65\00:22:54.22
Well, the sad thing is
that this was common knowledge
00:22:54.25\00:22:57.68
in the 1500's
or 1600's or 1700's
00:22:57.71\00:23:02.08
but Americans
became Biblical illiterate.
00:23:02.11\00:23:08.40
And so that which we've
just common knowledge of people
00:23:08.43\00:23:11.74
who studied the Bible before
00:23:11.77\00:23:13.81
as we had
children and grandchildren
00:23:13.84\00:23:16.13
and now we got
away from the scriptures
00:23:16.16\00:23:18.16
then a lot of people
forgot all about this
00:23:18.19\00:23:20.53
and very few
people are preaching it
00:23:20.56\00:23:22.52
when the Bible
uses it as a warning
00:23:22.55\00:23:25.30
that we are heading
for troubles times ahead
00:23:25.33\00:23:28.08
and in order for us to know
00:23:28.11\00:23:29.80
how to avoid it God reveals
00:23:29.83\00:23:31.93
what the beast
and what is mark is.
00:23:31.96\00:23:33.89
What do you say?
00:23:33.92\00:23:35.18
And so is it important them
00:23:35.21\00:23:36.60
to understand it, yes or no?
00:23:36.63\00:23:39.04
All right, now,
00:23:39.07\00:23:40.36
I'll give you some
historical background here,
00:23:40.39\00:23:42.74
the Bible says that
this power was big blasphemy
00:23:42.77\00:23:45.69
and the question
is does the Papacy
00:23:45.72\00:23:48.37
actually speak Blasphemy?
00:23:48.40\00:23:50.89
Notice that Jesus said
that He could forgive sins
00:23:50.92\00:23:55.08
and I want you to notice
00:23:55.11\00:23:56.35
then that when He
said it to forgive sins
00:23:56.38\00:23:58.32
the people around Him said,
00:23:58.35\00:24:00.31
"Who can forgive
sins but who, God only?"
00:24:00.34\00:24:04.11
And what did
they say He was doing?
00:24:04.14\00:24:06.29
Speaking Blasphemy.
00:24:06.32\00:24:07.44
So in other words,
anyone who seek to take
00:24:07.47\00:24:09.90
the peerages of God
is speaking blasphemy.
00:24:09.93\00:24:14.74
So if I say that I
can forgive your sins
00:24:14.77\00:24:17.48
as sincerious I may be
the Bible calls that what?
00:24:17.51\00:24:23.84
Blasphemy, okay.
00:24:23.87\00:24:25.79
In John 10:33 it says,
"You are speaking Blasphemy
00:24:25.82\00:24:31.49
because you are being a
man makest thyself" what?
00:24:31.52\00:24:34.19
"God."
00:24:34.22\00:24:35.25
Now the question is,
is Jesus God, yes or no?
00:24:35.28\00:24:38.68
The Bible
declares them to be God,
00:24:38.71\00:24:40.31
what do you say?
00:24:40.34\00:24:41.37
In fact, the Bible
says, the almighty God,
00:24:41.40\00:24:44.07
the everlasting
Father the prince of peace
00:24:44.10\00:24:46.77
and so Christ is God
according to the scriptures.
00:24:46.80\00:24:51.55
And so can Jesus
forgive sins then?
00:24:51.58\00:24:54.83
Of course, He can.
00:24:54.86\00:24:55.99
And therefore
when the woman came
00:24:56.02\00:24:59.65
and was brought
to Him in adultery
00:24:59.68\00:25:01.72
and they says,
shall we stone her
00:25:01.75\00:25:03.67
and Jesus finally
said to the people
00:25:03.70\00:25:06.72
he who has the no
sin cast the first stone.
00:25:06.75\00:25:09.53
They all left and
then He asked the woman
00:25:09.56\00:25:12.51
where are those that condemned?
00:25:12.54\00:25:13.68
And then she
said, no man condemns,
00:25:13.71\00:25:15.66
Jesus says then
go and sin no more
00:25:15.69\00:25:19.01
because I also
don't condemn you.
00:25:19.04\00:25:21.46
Okay.
00:25:21.49\00:25:22.68
The Lord forgave
her, what do you say?
00:25:22.71\00:25:25.38
All right, so the
scripture then reveals that
00:25:25.41\00:25:28.28
but notice what
some literature says
00:25:28.31\00:25:32.73
concerning the
position of the priest.
00:25:32.76\00:25:35.59
The priest holds the
place of the Savior himself,
00:25:35.62\00:25:38.09
when they say 'Ego te absolvo',
00:25:38.12\00:25:39.87
He absolves
from" what? "From sin."
00:25:39.90\00:25:42.59
This comes from
the Dignity and Duties
00:25:42.62\00:25:44.16
of the Priest pay
study for Liguori.
00:25:44.19\00:25:47.05
Now, notice it says
00:25:47.08\00:25:48.48
"Where the redeemer
to descend into a church,
00:25:48.51\00:25:50.76
and sit in a confessional
00:25:50.79\00:25:52.26
to administer the
sacrament of penance,
00:25:52.29\00:25:54.82
and a priest to
sit in a confessional,
00:25:54.85\00:25:57.04
Jesus would say over each
penitent, 'Ego te absolve',
00:25:57.07\00:26:02.92
which means I absolve you.
00:26:02.95\00:26:05.18
The priest would likewise say
00:26:05.21\00:26:07.10
over each of his
penitents, 'Ego te absolve,'
00:26:07.13\00:26:11.63
and the penitents"
of each would be what?
00:26:11.66\00:26:15.09
Equally what, absolved."
00:26:15.12\00:26:16.90
Now, friends, do
you believe that?
00:26:16.93\00:26:18.77
No.
00:26:18.80\00:26:20.15
There's no man that
could be equal with Christ
00:26:20.18\00:26:22.02
but this is what they change
and this is what they hold.
00:26:22.05\00:26:25.32
Now, if we can
see them that 1798,
00:26:25.35\00:26:29.86
it was true the
1,260 day prophecy.
00:26:29.89\00:26:31.67
Yes or no?
00:26:31.70\00:26:32.73
We can see that
there is blasphemy.
00:26:32.76\00:26:33.94
Yes or no?
00:26:33.97\00:26:35.00
Now the question is this,
00:26:35.03\00:26:36.08
what about the
Mark of the Beast?
00:26:36.11\00:26:38.23
And this is something
that we need to study.
00:26:38.26\00:26:41.49
To understand
the Mark of the Beast
00:26:41.52\00:26:42.79
then we must first
understand God's seal, or mark.
00:26:42.82\00:26:45.89
You remember
that the Bible reveals
00:26:45.92\00:26:48.98
that God has a sign and it says,
00:26:49.01\00:26:51.03
I have given you the Sabbath
00:26:51.06\00:26:52.77
and it is a sign
between me and you
00:26:52.80\00:26:55.61
that I'm the Lord
that God does sanctify you.
00:26:55.64\00:26:58.28
So God has given
Himself that which is a sign.
00:26:58.31\00:27:01.95
It's a what?
00:27:01.98\00:27:03.05
It's a sign between us and Him
00:27:03.08\00:27:06.19
that He is the
one who sanctifies us.
00:27:06.22\00:27:07.97
The word sanctify
means to make Holy.
00:27:08.00\00:27:10.34
So God is the one that
alone that can make us Holy.
00:27:10.37\00:27:13.07
What do you say?
00:27:13.10\00:27:14.31
And because He's the
one who could make us Holy
00:27:14.34\00:27:16.20
He has given us a seal
00:27:16.23\00:27:18.07
which has all of the
particular aspects of a seal.
00:27:18.10\00:27:22.33
A seal of the
President of United States
00:27:22.36\00:27:24.46
must have the name,
the title and the territory
00:27:24.49\00:27:26.71
and only the fourth
commandment has those.
00:27:26.74\00:27:29.31
In other words you can take
00:27:29.34\00:27:30.37
all the
commandments of the Bible,
00:27:30.40\00:27:32.08
I'm talking about
the 10 commandments
00:27:32.11\00:27:33.70
and not one of them has
00:27:33.73\00:27:35.34
who to yield your allegiance
00:27:35.37\00:27:37.61
to except the
fourth commandment.
00:27:37.64\00:27:39.57
All the other commandments
00:27:39.60\00:27:41.12
that shall have
another God before me,
00:27:41.15\00:27:42.89
that shall not bow to
statues and worship them,
00:27:42.92\00:27:45.44
that shall not take the name
of the Lord that God in vein,
00:27:45.47\00:27:48.02
that shall honor your
father and your mother,
00:27:48.05\00:27:50.17
that shall not
kill us and not feel us
00:27:50.20\00:27:51.48
and not commit adultery,
00:27:51.51\00:27:52.67
that shall not
bare fault witness,
00:27:52.70\00:27:54.12
that shall not cover
none of those tell you
00:27:54.15\00:27:56.43
who to yield your origins to.
00:27:56.46\00:27:58.85
It is only the
fourth commandment
00:27:58.88\00:28:00.24
does that and the
fourth commandment says
00:28:00.27\00:28:02.12
that we are to
00:28:02.15\00:28:03.18
"Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
00:28:03.21\00:28:04.76
Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work.
00:28:04.79\00:28:06.86
But the seventh day is
the Sabbath of the Lord
00:28:06.89\00:28:08.88
thy Lord in it thou
shalt do no any work,
00:28:08.91\00:28:11.05
thou, nor thy
son, nor thy daughter,
00:28:11.08\00:28:12.15
thy manservant,
nor thy maidservant,
00:28:12.18\00:28:13.80
nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger
00:28:13.83\00:28:15.01
that is within thy gates.
00:28:15.04\00:28:16.34
For in six days the Lord
made heaven and earth, the sea,
00:28:16.37\00:28:20.68
and rested on the seventh
day wherefore the Lord blessed
00:28:20.71\00:28:23.97
the Sabbath day
and made it holy."
00:28:24.00\00:28:26.05
So the fourth
commandment tells us them
00:28:26.08\00:28:28.74
that He is the Lord,
the creator, correct?
00:28:28.77\00:28:32.84
So He is the creator of Lord God
00:28:32.87\00:28:34.79
and of course He is of
heaven and what, and earth.
00:28:34.82\00:28:38.50
So there you have the
seal with the living God,
00:28:38.53\00:28:40.22
what do you say?
00:28:40.25\00:28:41.28
Is that clear, yes or no?
00:28:41.31\00:28:43.10
Now, since this is a seal of God
00:28:43.13\00:28:45.87
and since you have
a Mark of the Beast
00:28:45.90\00:28:48.65
and the Mark of the
Beast must be counterfeit
00:28:48.68\00:28:50.89
or a substitution
of the seal of God.
00:28:50.92\00:28:53.91
If you're going
to replace somebody
00:28:55.44\00:28:57.84
you're gonna have to replace
whatever had His name on it.
00:28:57.87\00:29:00.80
For example, if you took
somebody's position, correct.
00:29:00.83\00:29:04.62
Let's suppose that
you went to get a job
00:29:04.65\00:29:08.83
and it so happened that
the last person was fired
00:29:08.86\00:29:11.51
or left the job for some reason
00:29:11.54\00:29:13.62
and you're taking
his position, guess what,
00:29:13.65\00:29:15.50
his name comes off
and whose name goes on?
00:29:15.53\00:29:18.34
Your name goes
on, you understand?
00:29:18.37\00:29:20.98
And then you are there
00:29:21.01\00:29:23.36
and then titled to have
that room, is that true?
00:29:23.39\00:29:26.57
No, the office or the desk
or whatever it is that position
00:29:26.60\00:29:29.75
so you takeover the
spot that somebody else has.
00:29:29.78\00:29:32.87
Well, the same thing
happens with the scriptures.
00:29:32.90\00:29:35.95
The Bible says
that God has a seal
00:29:35.98\00:29:38.74
and in order to replace them
00:29:38.77\00:29:40.15
then you have to
replace also the seal.
00:29:40.18\00:29:43.88
So if you're replacing the
seal what you'd replace it with?
00:29:43.91\00:29:46.11
With some other seal, correct?
So let's study that and see.
00:29:46.14\00:29:51.22
According to Exodus I
just quoted Exodus 20:8-11,
00:29:51.25\00:29:55.95
and may be well for
you to go to your homes
00:29:55.98\00:29:58.26
and read these
particular chapters
00:29:58.29\00:30:00.41
so you can see what
that fourth commandment says.
00:30:00.44\00:30:03.45
And by the way
most people do not know
00:30:03.48\00:30:05.18
what the fourth
commandment says.
00:30:05.21\00:30:06.73
I remember as
when I was a catholic
00:30:06.76\00:30:09.52
all I remember was "Remember
00:30:09.55\00:30:11.00
the Sabbath day,
to keep it holy."
00:30:11.03\00:30:14.23
That's all I remembered.
How many of you remember that?
00:30:14.26\00:30:17.46
Just remember the Sabbath day
00:30:17.49\00:30:18.52
to keep it Holy.
00:30:18.55\00:30:19.58
But it didn't give you
00:30:19.61\00:30:20.64
the whole of the
fourth commandment.
00:30:20.67\00:30:22.32
It just told you to
remember Sabbath day,
00:30:22.35\00:30:24.57
which means then that anyone
00:30:24.60\00:30:26.06
can come up
with any Sabbath day.
00:30:26.09\00:30:28.02
So no wonder people
can worship on any day
00:30:28.05\00:30:31.25
because they
feel it's unimportant
00:30:31.28\00:30:33.78
which day as long as
you give the Lord a day.
00:30:33.81\00:30:37.62
But the Lord doesn't say,
it's unimportant which said,
00:30:37.65\00:30:39.84
the Lord says six
days shalt thy labor
00:30:39.87\00:30:42.84
and do all thy work
00:30:42.87\00:30:43.91
but the seventh day,
the what, the seventh day,
00:30:43.94\00:30:47.00
it's a Sabbath
for the Lord thy God.
00:30:47.03\00:30:49.69
And that's why in
Revelation Chapter 1,
00:30:49.72\00:30:51.86
it says, that
John was in the spirit
00:30:51.89\00:30:54.22
on the Lord's Day.
00:30:54.25\00:30:56.36
On which day?
00:30:56.39\00:30:57.72
The Lord's Day, but
here's what happens.
00:30:57.75\00:31:00.15
Today, what day the
people call a Lord's Day?
00:31:00.18\00:31:03.07
Sunday.
00:31:03.10\00:31:04.57
But what day does the
Bible call a Lord's Day?
00:31:04.60\00:31:07.19
Saturday.
00:31:07.22\00:31:09.12
So let me ask you a
question, who is right?
00:31:09.15\00:31:12.90
The Lord or mankind, which one?
00:31:12.93\00:31:16.93
So God has a seal.
00:31:16.96\00:31:18.37
Now, notice it
says in Isaiah 8:16,
00:31:18.40\00:31:22.54
"Bind up the
testimony" in the what?
00:31:22.57\00:31:25.29
"And seal the law
among my disciples."
00:31:25.32\00:31:29.16
Can you see that?
00:31:29.19\00:31:30.22
So the law then is
that which helps us
00:31:30.25\00:31:33.89
to understand our relationship
00:31:33.92\00:31:35.50
between God and man
and between man and man
00:31:35.53\00:31:38.43
what do you say?
00:31:38.46\00:31:39.49
The first four
help us to understand
00:31:39.52\00:31:41.18
our relationship between God
00:31:41.21\00:31:42.82
and the first six
help us to understand
00:31:42.85\00:31:44.96
how we are to relate to mankind.
00:31:44.99\00:31:47.09
And the whole law is summed
up in simply in the saying,
00:31:47.12\00:31:50.13
thou shall love
the Lord they God,
00:31:50.16\00:31:51.82
with all you heart
and all your strength,
00:31:51.85\00:31:53.01
all your mind
and thou shall love
00:31:53.04\00:31:54.71
that neighbor as yourself.
00:31:54.74\00:31:56.90
What do you say?
00:31:56.93\00:31:57.96
And of course, if you love
somebody would you kill them?
00:31:57.99\00:32:01.12
Yes or no?
00:32:01.15\00:32:02.25
If you love
somebody we seal from them.
00:32:02.28\00:32:03.94
If you love somebody
00:32:03.97\00:32:05.00
will you commit
adultery against them?
00:32:05.03\00:32:06.79
If you love somebody
would you lie against them?
00:32:06.82\00:32:08.45
They understand.
00:32:08.48\00:32:09.51
If you love somebody
will you want what they have?
00:32:09.54\00:32:11.85
The answer is no.
00:32:11.88\00:32:12.98
So, if you love you
will then keep what?
00:32:13.01\00:32:15.37
The commandments.
00:32:15.40\00:32:16.43
But if you don't love
then what will you do?
00:32:16.46\00:32:18.49
You'll break that commandments.
00:32:18.52\00:32:19.67
And so it is matter of love.
00:32:19.70\00:32:22.45
And so Ezekiel 20:12 says
00:32:22.48\00:32:24.43
"Moreover I also gave
them also My Sabbaths,
00:32:24.46\00:32:26.24
to be of" what?
00:32:26.27\00:32:27.71
"A sign between Me and them."
00:32:27.74\00:32:29.73
So we see them that God's law
00:32:29.76\00:32:32.01
is a sign and a
Sabbath in particular,
00:32:32.04\00:32:35.27
went back to it 'cause
I saw some of you writing
00:32:35.30\00:32:37.15
and thought I
was going too fast.
00:32:37.18\00:32:39.23
But I warned you, didn't I?
00:32:39.26\00:32:41.48
Well, I had a lot to cover
00:32:41.51\00:32:42.54
so I'm trying to
speak as fastest as I can.
00:32:42.57\00:32:44.13
All right, now,
"The central issue we got
00:32:44.16\00:32:47.54
in the Mark of the
Beast then is" what?
00:32:47.57\00:32:49.41
"Worship."
00:32:49.44\00:32:50.47
Who you yield obedience to?
00:32:50.50\00:32:52.71
And whoever you
yield obedience to
00:32:52.74\00:32:54.91
those are it is what
you worship, all right.
00:32:54.94\00:32:58.89
So "The Mark of the Beast
00:32:58.92\00:33:00.10
must be then the
mark of the" what?
00:33:00.13\00:33:02.54
"The Roman Church."
00:33:02.57\00:33:03.65
In other words, if
the church is the beast
00:33:03.68\00:33:05.98
and the beast has the mark
00:33:06.01\00:33:07.33
then mark must be the
mark of the Roman Church
00:33:07.36\00:33:11.26
which then means say
00:33:11.29\00:33:12.94
it must be a
substitute of the seal of God.
00:33:12.97\00:33:16.60
So let's look at it then
and see what history reveals.
00:33:16.63\00:33:20.99
The Bible says if
you'll intend to change
00:33:21.02\00:33:22.68
the times and what, the law.
00:33:22.71\00:33:25.28
What law has
times involve in it?
00:33:25.31\00:33:28.16
The fourth commandment.
00:33:28.19\00:33:29.46
And so which law do
you think would be changed?
00:33:29.49\00:33:31.93
The fourth commandment.
00:33:31.96\00:33:33.21
And so no
wonder history reveals.
00:33:33.24\00:33:36.92
Notice Lucius
Ferraris Prompta Bibliotheca,
00:33:36.95\00:33:40.84
article "Papa" volume two--
volume four pardon me, page 29.
00:33:40.87\00:33:46.37
"The Pope is of so
great authority and power
00:33:46.40\00:33:48.36
that he can modify,
explain, or interpret" what?
00:33:48.39\00:33:52.18
"Even divine law.
00:33:52.21\00:33:54.02
The Pope can modify divine law,
00:33:54.05\00:33:55.66
since his power is
not of man, but of God,
00:33:55.69\00:33:58.17
and he acts as a
vicegerent of God upon earth."
00:33:58.20\00:34:02.75
This is not a
Protestant reference
00:34:02.78\00:34:05.28
this is a Catholic reference
and I'm giving to you, okay.
00:34:05.31\00:34:08.23
Notice then
it's ask the question
00:34:08.26\00:34:11.54
in a catechism I
have one at home,
00:34:11.57\00:34:14.77
which is the Sabbath day?
00:34:14.80\00:34:15.83
What's the answer?
Saturday is the Sabbath Day.
00:34:15.86\00:34:18.29
Why do we observe
Sunday instead of Saturday?
00:34:18.32\00:34:21.65
What's the answer?
00:34:21.68\00:34:22.74
We observe Sunday
instead of Saturday
00:34:22.77\00:34:24.77
because the Catholic
Church transferred the solemnity
00:34:24.80\00:34:26.77
from Saturday to Sunday.
00:34:26.80\00:34:28.16
There you have a historical
00:34:28.19\00:34:30.01
and a present document
that tells you the reality
00:34:30.04\00:34:34.52
that the day was
changed by the Catholic Church.
00:34:34.55\00:34:38.56
How many of you
knew that before?
00:34:38.59\00:34:40.61
How many of you did
not know that before?
00:34:40.64\00:34:42.75
Now you know it.
00:34:42.78\00:34:45.39
But listen, let's continue,
00:34:45.42\00:34:47.44
"What does the
Roman Catholic Church
00:34:47.47\00:34:48.82
claim it's sign of authority?"
00:34:48.85\00:34:51.26
I want you to know
from their own document
00:34:51.29\00:34:54.58
it says, "Of course
the Catholic Church claims
00:34:54.61\00:34:57.27
that the change was her
act and the act is a" what?
00:34:57.30\00:35:01.10
"Mark of her" what?
00:35:01.13\00:35:02.79
"Ecclesiastical power
00:35:02.82\00:35:04.14
and the authority
in religious matters."
00:35:04.17\00:35:06.43
C.F. Thomas,
Letter, October 20, 1895.
00:35:06.46\00:35:11.32
So the change is
a what? It's a mark.
00:35:11.35\00:35:15.30
The change is a what? A mark.
00:35:15.33\00:35:17.74
So if then the change is a mark
00:35:17.77\00:35:20.61
then Sunday is
substituting what day?
00:35:20.64\00:35:23.58
Sabbath or man's law
is replacing God's law.
00:35:23.61\00:35:29.80
Can you see that?
00:35:34.01\00:35:35.74
I know there are sincere
ministries you're ask them
00:35:35.77\00:35:37.58
which day is the
Sabbath day, they say Sunday is
00:35:37.61\00:35:39.85
and but when you
press hard on this,
00:35:39.88\00:35:42.41
yeah, I know
Saturday is the Sabbath day.
00:35:42.44\00:35:45.24
And then when you ask
them why we're keeping Sunday
00:35:45.27\00:35:47.08
well, because the
Lord resurrect on Sunday.
00:35:47.11\00:35:51.51
But friends, the scripture
says that God commands us
00:35:51.54\00:35:56.63
to rest on which day?
00:35:56.66\00:35:58.99
The seventh.
00:35:59.02\00:36:00.05
Let me ask you a
question quickly here,
00:36:00.08\00:36:03.22
if you commit
adultery, is that a sin?
00:36:03.25\00:36:06.83
If you steal, is that a sin?
00:36:06.86\00:36:08.90
If you kill, is that a sin?
00:36:08.93\00:36:10.97
If you bare false witness,
is that a sin? All right.
00:36:11.00\00:36:14.33
If you take another God
before God, is that a sin?
00:36:14.36\00:36:17.44
If you take God's
name in vein is that a sin?
00:36:17.47\00:36:20.95
If you bow before
statues, is that a sin?
00:36:20.98\00:36:23.90
Then what about if you
break the Sabbath without a sin?
00:36:23.93\00:36:28.10
You see, because sin is
a transgression of what?
00:36:28.13\00:36:32.57
Of the law of God, okay.
00:36:32.60\00:36:34.38
So we consider then
00:36:34.41\00:36:36.35
that history and
the Bible both concur.
00:36:36.38\00:36:39.32
"Sunday is our
mark of authority."
00:36:39.35\00:36:41.85
This is the catholic
record, a catholic resource.
00:36:41.88\00:36:45.68
"The church is above the Bible,
00:36:45.71\00:36:47.32
and this transference
of Sabbath observance
00:36:47.35\00:36:48.81
is proof of that fact."
00:36:48.84\00:36:51.83
Then of course
Priest Thomas Enright,
00:36:51.86\00:36:55.40
I have a letter from him
00:36:55.43\00:36:56.48
and he used to be a Jesuit pries
00:36:56.51\00:36:59.06
in Kansas city, Missouri
in a Jesuit College there
00:36:59.09\00:37:03.72
and he offers by the way,
he offers a $1,000 used to,
00:37:03.75\00:37:07.66
he's passed away but he
offers a $1,000 for anyone
00:37:07.69\00:37:10.65
who could find a
text in the Bible
00:37:10.68\00:37:12.10
that proves that
Sunday is the Sabbath day.
00:37:12.13\00:37:16.51
And you know
what all these years
00:37:16.54\00:37:19.37
it hasn't been one taker.
00:37:19.40\00:37:22.50
Notice it says, "Prove me
to me from the Bible alone
00:37:22.53\00:37:24.74
that I am bound
to keep Sunday holy.
00:37:24.77\00:37:26.55
There is no such
law in the Bible.
00:37:26.58\00:37:28.18
It is a law of the
holy Catholic Church alone.
00:37:28.21\00:37:30.40
The Bible says
'Remember the Sabbath day
00:37:30.43\00:37:32.13
to keep it holy.'
00:37:32.16\00:37:33.19
The Catholic
Church says," what? "No."
00:37:33.22\00:37:36.07
And then he says,
"By my divine power
00:37:36.10\00:37:39.69
I abolish the Sabbath day
00:37:39.72\00:37:41.23
and command you to keep the holy
00:37:41.26\00:37:42.54
the first day of the week.
00:37:42.57\00:37:43.79
And lo, the
entire civilized world
00:37:43.82\00:37:45.71
bows down in
reverent obedience to" whom?
00:37:45.74\00:37:48.21
"To the command of" what?
"The Holy Catholic Church."
00:37:48.24\00:37:50.42
So here you have a controversy,
here you have a contest, okay.
00:37:50.45\00:37:55.48
One says, I want you to do this
00:37:55.51\00:37:57.64
and God says I
want you to do that.
00:37:57.67\00:37:59.31
Now, let me ask you a question,
who should you obey then?
00:37:59.34\00:38:02.30
Did not Peter say is
that not right for us
00:38:02.33\00:38:05.92
to obey God rather than man
00:38:05.95\00:38:09.57
and so you see than the
issues that are involved here?
00:38:09.60\00:38:13.59
Here's the Saint
Catholic, the Church Sentinel,
00:38:13.62\00:38:17.42
"Perhaps the boldest thing,
the most revolutionary change
00:38:17.45\00:38:20.01
the church ever did
happened in the first century.
00:38:20.04\00:38:23.28
The Holy day, the Sabbath,
00:38:23.31\00:38:25.00
was changed from
Saturday to Sunday
00:38:25.03\00:38:26.82
not from any
directions noted in scriptures,
00:38:26.85\00:38:30.18
but from the church's"
what, "sense of its own power,
00:38:30.21\00:38:35.33
people who think the scriptures
should be the sole authority,"
00:38:35.36\00:38:39.22
listen to what it they say,
"should logically become" what?
00:38:39.25\00:38:44.20
"Seventh-day
Adventists," and keep what?
00:38:44.23\00:38:45.74
Saturday Holy.
00:38:45.77\00:38:48.96
Isn't that
interesting? Who is saying that?
00:38:48.99\00:38:54.23
Saint Catholic Church Sentinel,
May 21, what year is that?
00:38:54.26\00:38:58.81
1995.
00:38:58.84\00:39:01.02
That a long time ago. No.
00:39:01.05\00:39:04.61
Very recent, isn't it?
00:39:04.64\00:39:06.65
All right, so the argument
is which day should we keep,
00:39:06.68\00:39:10.27
they say, if you're
gonna be true to the Bible
00:39:10.30\00:39:12.55
you should keep which day?
00:39:12.58\00:39:14.39
Saturday.
00:39:14.42\00:39:15.79
But if you keep
Sunday you're only doing it
00:39:15.82\00:39:17.61
because you are obeying who?
00:39:17.64\00:39:19.53
Us.
00:39:19.56\00:39:20.59
And unfortunately
the Protestant world
00:39:20.62\00:39:22.18
is doing that today.
00:39:22.21\00:39:24.90
"Reason and sense
demand the acceptance of one
00:39:24.93\00:39:27.71
or the other of
these alternatives
00:39:27.74\00:39:30.54
either Protestantism
and the keeping of Saturday,
00:39:30.57\00:39:33.89
or catholicity and the
keeping of holy of Sunday.
00:39:33.92\00:39:37.85
Compromise is"
what? "Impossible."
00:39:37.88\00:39:39.89
This comes from The
Catholic Mirror, 1893.
00:39:39.92\00:39:43.71
Not long ago when
John Paul was here
00:39:43.74\00:39:47.40
he issued something
that was actually quoted,
00:39:47.43\00:39:52.08
you remember when he
came to United States
00:39:52.11\00:39:53.52
and he came to Detroit.
00:39:53.55\00:39:55.32
I want you to know this what
they quoted in the newspaper,
00:39:55.35\00:39:59.79
"John Paul II is issuing
a stern warning to Catholics
00:39:59.82\00:40:04.18
that they should set" what day?
00:40:04.21\00:40:07.23
"Set aside Sunday"
for what? "Worship."
00:40:07.26\00:40:10.09
Then notice what he says,
00:40:10.12\00:40:11.85
"He went on to say a violator
should be punished as a" what?
00:40:11.88\00:40:16.83
"As a heretic."
00:40:16.86\00:40:17.89
Now let me ask you a question,
00:40:21.86\00:40:22.97
are you a heretic
if you keep Sabbath
00:40:23.00\00:40:25.70
or you're heretic if
you keep Sunday, which one?
00:40:25.73\00:40:30.21
Yeah, if you keep Sunday
00:40:30.24\00:40:31.93
they would be
speaking you're the heretic
00:40:31.96\00:40:34.12
but what they are saying is
00:40:34.15\00:40:35.18
if you keep
Saturday you're heretic, why?
00:40:35.21\00:40:37.66
Because the
Catholic Church teaches
00:40:37.69\00:40:39.37
that Sunday is a day of worship
00:40:39.40\00:40:41.68
and it you don't
follow what the church says
00:40:41.71\00:40:43.90
then of course, you
are a heretic, okay.
00:40:43.93\00:40:48.17
Now, let's consider the number
00:40:48.20\00:40:49.96
because we now
have seen the Mark,
00:40:49.99\00:40:51.56
now we must do the what?
00:40:51.59\00:40:53.74
The number.
00:40:53.77\00:40:54.80
So let's look at the
number of the Beast's
00:40:54.83\00:40:56.79
and see if the
beast has a number.
00:40:56.82\00:40:59.42
The point to the scripture says,
00:40:59.45\00:41:00.48
"Here is wisdom.
00:41:00.51\00:41:01.54
Let him who has understanding
00:41:01.57\00:41:02.86
calculate the
number of the beast,
00:41:02.89\00:41:04.02
for it is the number of a
man and His number" is what?
00:41:04.05\00:41:08.29
"Six hundred and sixty-six."
00:41:08.32\00:41:09.73
So, let's look at
this and see if the pope
00:41:09.76\00:41:13.33
actually has
something that in the case
00:41:13.36\00:41:16.12
that he has a number 666.
00:41:16.15\00:41:18.75
This is an article
00:41:18.78\00:41:19.81
that my friend
gave my from Australia,
00:41:19.84\00:41:22.12
he dug it out of his archives
Pastor Bruce Prise, E.B. Prise,
00:41:22.15\00:41:27.00
a well-known authority
00:41:27.03\00:41:30.74
specially on the
Jehovah's Witness religion
00:41:30.77\00:41:34.46
but notice he sent me this
00:41:34.49\00:41:36.52
'cause I asked him
if he had any documents
00:41:36.55\00:41:38.53
and sure enough he did.
00:41:38.56\00:41:40.66
This is "Our Sunday Visitor"
00:41:40.69\00:41:42.18
which is a Roman
Catholic magazine,
00:41:42.21\00:41:45.86
on "November 15, 1914
00:41:45.89\00:41:47.61
edition of the Roman
Catholic Publication."
00:41:47.64\00:41:49.85
Now, if we notice
there's a circle here,
00:41:49.88\00:41:51.52
you see that, this is what
00:41:51.55\00:41:53.02
I want to bring
your attention to
00:41:53.05\00:41:54.55
because in this
particular document
00:41:54.58\00:41:57.18
people would ask questions
00:41:57.21\00:41:58.32
and of course the priest would
respond with answers, okay.
00:41:58.35\00:42:01.39
And so here's what interesting.
00:42:01.42\00:42:04.86
This particular article
the responding to Protestants
00:42:04.89\00:42:09.67
who are charging that
the Pope has a number 666
00:42:09.70\00:42:12.69
and here's what they say.
00:42:12.72\00:42:14.30
"The title of the Pope of
Rome is Vicarvis Filii Dei.
00:42:14.33\00:42:18.05
This is
inscribed on the mightier
00:42:18.08\00:42:20.79
and if you take the
letters of his title
00:42:20.82\00:42:23.55
which represent
Latin numbers, numerals
00:42:23.58\00:42:27.84
and add them
together, they come to what?
00:42:27.87\00:42:31.12
666 and here is this.
00:42:31.15\00:42:33.52
Vicarivs Filii,
what, Dei and if you notice
00:42:33.55\00:42:37.62
5, 1, 100, 1, 5, 1, 50, 11
00:42:37.65\00:42:41.83
I mean 1, 1, 500
and 1, you see that.
00:42:41.86\00:42:44.40
Then it says add these
together and the result is what?
00:42:44.43\00:42:48.70
Will be 666.
00:42:48.73\00:42:51.09
This is right from
their own literature.
00:42:51.12\00:42:58.51
I wanted you to see that
00:42:58.54\00:42:59.81
because sometimes
people think that our burden
00:42:59.84\00:43:03.63
is to bash this or bash that.
00:43:03.66\00:43:05.31
It's not that.
00:43:05.34\00:43:06.51
If God reveals something that
we need to be concerned about
00:43:06.54\00:43:09.49
and I think we
need to understand it,
00:43:09.52\00:43:10.96
what do you say?
00:43:10.99\00:43:12.28
And it's beholds
us to understand it
00:43:12.31\00:43:15.90
because according to
the scriptures it says,
00:43:15.93\00:43:17.87
if you receive the Mark
of the Beast or its image
00:43:17.90\00:43:20.70
you will not be
found in the Book of Life.
00:43:20.73\00:43:24.20
Which means that
if you worship man
00:43:24.23\00:43:26.60
rather than worshipping God
00:43:26.63\00:43:29.16
then man cannot
save you, only God can.
00:43:29.19\00:43:34.48
And that's why we need to
render our origins to who?
00:43:34.51\00:43:38.49
To the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:43:38.52\00:43:39.79
What do you say? Do
you agree with that?
00:43:39.82\00:43:42.80
All right, now, I want you
to look at it in a chart here,
00:43:42.83\00:43:49.59
notice then that, by
the way it's interesting
00:43:49.62\00:43:51.92
since it is the name
and the name equals 666
00:43:51.95\00:43:56.04
because it says it is the number
00:43:56.07\00:43:57.19
with man's name is equals 666.
00:43:57.22\00:44:00.08
What numbers were
you taught in school
00:44:00.11\00:44:02.42
that had numerical value?
00:44:02.45\00:44:05.42
Roman what? Numerals.
00:44:05.45\00:44:07.97
And what are Roman Numerals?
00:44:08.00\00:44:09.62
Nothing but letters
that have numerical value
00:44:09.65\00:44:13.19
and where there are
Roman numerals come from?
00:44:13.22\00:44:16.08
From Rome, of course.
00:44:16.11\00:44:19.83
So, if you take the name
00:44:19.86\00:44:22.51
and put it in Roman
Numerals VI et cetera,
00:44:22.54\00:44:25.67
here you have what they equal
00:44:25.70\00:44:29.37
and here you
have the total, 666.
00:44:29.40\00:44:31.66
So the Papacy has the mark
00:44:31.69\00:44:34.75
and it also has
the number what, 666.
00:44:34.78\00:44:39.01
Can you see that, is that clear?
00:44:39.04\00:44:41.62
Yes or no?
00:44:41.65\00:44:42.68
Now, friends,
listen, I have many friends
00:44:46.96\00:44:53.74
whether Jewish,
Catholics et cetera.
00:44:53.77\00:44:56.64
When I have no burden to
make my friends feel mad.
00:45:00.56\00:45:05.65
But when I became Christian,
I began with Christian
00:45:09.14\00:45:11.28
because I wanted to
find out what was true.
00:45:11.31\00:45:15.20
And Jesus says, you
shall know the truth
00:45:15.23\00:45:17.87
and the truth
shall set you what, free.
00:45:17.90\00:45:22.05
And I think most
of us have wondered
00:45:22.08\00:45:25.16
why is that we do
this, why is that we do that?
00:45:25.19\00:45:28.63
I don't know
about you but as a child
00:45:28.66\00:45:30.30
I had lot of questions
but I had no answers for
00:45:30.33\00:45:34.46
and no one
could answer it for me
00:45:34.49\00:45:35.96
because obviously the people
00:45:35.99\00:45:38.03
that I was
associated with were Catholics
00:45:38.06\00:45:40.11
and they did know anything else
than the Catholic ideologies.
00:45:40.14\00:45:44.51
You understand what I'm saying.
00:45:44.54\00:45:45.84
So if I'm asking them
why do we keep Sunday,
00:45:45.87\00:45:47.46
what did they tell us?
00:45:47.49\00:45:50.08
Because we're supposed to.
00:45:50.11\00:45:53.83
I didn't know there was a Bible
00:45:53.86\00:45:55.62
and if I did I
will remember every seen
00:45:55.65\00:45:57.42
that Bible at my
home or reading the Bible.
00:45:57.45\00:46:00.24
So I remember going to catechism
00:46:00.27\00:46:02.58
and nuns giving us instructions
00:46:02.61\00:46:05.15
and since I was not a good
boy I remember them telling me
00:46:05.18\00:46:09.61
that they will
have a place for me.
00:46:09.64\00:46:12.34
Do you understand?
00:46:12.37\00:46:15.43
Well...
00:46:15.46\00:46:16.78
I remember when I
became a protestant Christian
00:46:19.06\00:46:23.90
and I went to my friend
who was a Catholic young man
00:46:23.93\00:46:29.83
and he and I used to
go to night clubs together
00:46:29.86\00:46:34.48
and then when I
found a joy of salvation,
00:46:34.51\00:46:38.60
when I found that
God can forgive my sins,
00:46:38.63\00:46:42.10
when I discovered that I
could play the records of heaven
00:46:42.13\00:46:45.05
then do not have to go through
a mediator, a human being.
00:46:45.08\00:46:49.20
When I discovered
that I didn't have to go
00:46:49.23\00:46:50.84
and confess my
sins to a man anymore.
00:46:50.87\00:46:54.33
I rejoice that I
was last set for you.
00:46:54.36\00:46:58.84
Do you
understand what I'm saying?
00:46:58.87\00:47:00.55
No longer was I held
in bondage to somebody
00:47:00.58\00:47:03.15
who knew all the dirty things
00:47:03.18\00:47:04.34
that I did and go
hold that against me.
00:47:04.37\00:47:07.75
Now, I could just
tell the one up above
00:47:07.78\00:47:11.55
and He could feel me
and answer my prayers.
00:47:11.58\00:47:16.14
And then I
discovered that the Bible
00:47:16.17\00:47:17.29
it says there's
only one mediator.
00:47:17.32\00:47:18.88
How many?
00:47:18.91\00:47:20.22
There's only one
mediator which mean God and man
00:47:20.25\00:47:23.52
and He is that
one, Jesus Christ.
00:47:23.55\00:47:28.80
And I discovered that
this an advocate in heaven.
00:47:28.83\00:47:32.55
So I went to share
with my friend a good news,
00:47:32.58\00:47:35.97
how the Lord had deliver
me from smoke and from drink
00:47:36.00\00:47:38.61
and from immorality
and from all those things.
00:47:38.64\00:47:41.58
And when I went to his
home and revealed to him
00:47:41.61\00:47:44.74
that I had become a Christian,
00:47:44.77\00:47:46.76
I'll never
forget, he got so angry.
00:47:46.79\00:47:49.17
He used to have a
habit if biting his finger.
00:47:49.20\00:47:52.66
I mean literally
biting his finger
00:47:52.69\00:47:54.62
and his finger
had huge calluses,
00:47:54.65\00:47:57.13
'cause he grew up just biting.
00:47:57.16\00:47:58.28
Whenever he got angry he
would just bite his finger
00:47:58.31\00:48:01.31
and this particular
time he got so angry
00:48:01.34\00:48:03.90
that he bit his finger
00:48:03.93\00:48:05.34
and then he punched
his dining room table
00:48:05.37\00:48:08.41
and broke it in half.
00:48:08.44\00:48:10.59
And then he said to
me, I was born a Catholic
00:48:10.62\00:48:13.80
and I would die a
Catholic, get out of my house.
00:48:13.83\00:48:17.44
I was shocked.
00:48:17.47\00:48:19.57
I went there simply to tell him
00:48:19.60\00:48:22.88
what the Lord had done for me.
00:48:22.91\00:48:25.48
I did not know that
there would be such animosity.
00:48:25.51\00:48:29.67
But I should
have remembered that
00:48:29.70\00:48:31.62
because I
remember as a little boy
00:48:31.65\00:48:33.58
coming from Puerto Rico
00:48:33.61\00:48:35.30
that I was reminded
in those days Protestants
00:48:35.33\00:48:39.15
were children of the
devil, did you know that?
00:48:39.18\00:48:42.97
Any of you remember that?
00:48:43.00\00:48:45.08
You don't remember that.
00:48:45.11\00:48:47.20
Any of you remember
that or am I the only one?
00:48:47.23\00:48:49.33
Sure, there are several of you.
00:48:49.36\00:48:50.49
Protestants are
children of the devil.
00:48:50.52\00:48:52.50
And so I remember that I
was supposed to stay from them.
00:48:52.53\00:48:55.81
Well, I got told a lot of things
00:48:55.84\00:48:57.32
that finally made me turn
completely away from religion
00:48:57.35\00:49:00.38
and I saw that people are
hypocritical and everything
00:49:00.41\00:49:03.34
and turned away from God.
00:49:03.37\00:49:05.98
It is the bad thing that I
did because I suffered greatly.
00:49:06.01\00:49:09.15
My friends, when you turn
your back on God you suffer.
00:49:09.18\00:49:13.19
You may think
you're having a good time,
00:49:13.22\00:49:15.38
you may think you
are living a high life
00:49:15.41\00:49:18.50
but then your
life apart from God,
00:49:18.53\00:49:20.85
finally will end up in defeat.
00:49:20.88\00:49:24.64
If it's not in this life
00:49:24.67\00:49:26.31
you will be in
the life hereafter.
00:49:26.34\00:49:29.41
The only safety and
hope that you and I have
00:49:29.44\00:49:32.58
is in our Lord Jesus
Christ, what do you say?
00:49:32.61\00:49:35.26
The Lord is the
one who died for us,
00:49:35.29\00:49:38.61
He is the one who has
divine power to change us
00:49:38.64\00:49:42.41
and to give us the ability
00:49:42.44\00:49:44.38
to live in
harmony with His will.
00:49:44.41\00:49:46.17
But here's the problem, friends,
00:49:46.20\00:49:48.61
according to what we understand,
00:49:48.64\00:49:50.73
"In the future, the
final issue of loyalty
00:49:50.76\00:49:53.44
will center around" what?
00:49:53.47\00:49:55.82
"Around" what? "Around worship."
00:49:55.85\00:49:59.42
And let me say this,
00:49:59.45\00:50:01.30
how you worship
determines who you worship.
00:50:01.33\00:50:04.17
What did I say?
00:50:04.20\00:50:05.75
How you worship
determines who you worship.
00:50:05.78\00:50:08.96
And, friends,
you may be innocently
00:50:08.99\00:50:12.66
and honestly
doing the best you can
00:50:12.69\00:50:16.29
but I think, friends,
that sometimes people think,
00:50:16.32\00:50:19.18
look, if we don't know
it, it doesn't hurt you.
00:50:19.21\00:50:23.30
Have you heard that?
00:50:23.33\00:50:24.70
What you don't
know doesn't hurt you.
00:50:24.73\00:50:26.76
Is that true? Is
that really true?
00:50:26.79\00:50:29.86
Well, if you
are walking barefoot
00:50:29.89\00:50:31.41
and there were some glass
in the grass stuck in there
00:50:31.44\00:50:33.83
and you didn't know it.
00:50:33.86\00:50:35.38
You think that
you won't get hurt
00:50:35.41\00:50:36.65
because you didn't know it.
00:50:36.68\00:50:38.78
Yes or no?
00:50:38.81\00:50:40.70
You step on it, doesn't matter
00:50:40.73\00:50:42.69
if you did know or
not you're gonna get hurt.
00:50:42.72\00:50:45.50
Is that true?
00:50:45.53\00:50:46.83
I remember that happened
00:50:46.86\00:50:47.89
to my brother,
my brother Freddy.
00:50:47.92\00:50:51.13
We were playing
and he hadn't noticed
00:50:51.16\00:50:53.82
that there was in
the ground a bottle,
00:50:53.85\00:50:56.23
half of the bottle
and he stepped on it.
00:50:56.26\00:51:00.06
He didn't know it,
but he stepped on it.
00:51:00.09\00:51:03.16
You think it didn't hurt
him because he didn't know it?
00:51:03.19\00:51:05.97
No, he cut his foot in half
00:51:06.00\00:51:08.91
and my stepfather had a
rush him to the hospital,
00:51:08.94\00:51:11.33
I mean the glass actually went
all over through and a round
00:51:11.36\00:51:16.81
because the bottle was
half, do you understand?
00:51:16.84\00:51:19.23
It all the way up to in his foot
00:51:19.26\00:51:21.27
and I was just dreading
00:51:21.30\00:51:24.59
that my brother
would lose his foot
00:51:24.62\00:51:26.49
because he
stepped on this bottle
00:51:26.52\00:51:28.40
and it was dangling.
00:51:28.43\00:51:31.52
Fortunately by God's
grace we got to the hospital
00:51:31.55\00:51:34.62
and they sew him up.
00:51:34.65\00:51:36.71
Just because you don't know it
00:51:36.74\00:51:38.22
doesn't mean it won't hurt you.
00:51:38.25\00:51:40.50
But I take, my friends,
it's important for us to know,
00:51:40.53\00:51:42.78
what do you say?
00:51:42.81\00:51:43.93
Jesus wants us
to know the truth.
00:51:43.96\00:51:45.61
Is that true, yes or no?
00:51:45.64\00:51:47.46
Jesus says, you
shall know the truth
00:51:47.49\00:51:49.50
and the truth shall
what, shall set you free.
00:51:49.53\00:51:52.04
Listen, "In the days of Noah,
00:51:52.07\00:51:55.21
God inviting His
people to do" what?
00:51:55.24\00:51:57.70
"To take a stand."
00:51:57.73\00:51:59.04
Is that true, yes or no?
00:51:59.07\00:52:01.22
Then, of course,
"In the days of Daniel,
00:52:01.25\00:52:04.01
God invited His
people to do what?
00:52:04.04\00:52:06.71
To take a stand.
00:52:06.74\00:52:08.40
The king said you need
to bow down to the statue,
00:52:08.43\00:52:11.31
when you hear the
music you bow down
00:52:11.34\00:52:13.51
and you'll be okay.
00:52:13.54\00:52:15.05
And the three words He said,
00:52:15.08\00:52:16.81
we will not bow
down to your idol.
00:52:16.84\00:52:20.90
God will deliver
us, but if He doesn't
00:52:20.93\00:52:24.09
"Be it know it unto you king
that we shall not bow down."
00:52:24.12\00:52:27.85
They took a what? A stand.
00:52:27.88\00:52:31.47
Did God deliver
them? Absolutely.
00:52:31.50\00:52:35.17
The Lord delivered those people
00:52:35.20\00:52:37.58
and they are
written in the holy writ
00:52:37.61\00:52:40.24
to as a witness to those
who also will be challenged
00:52:40.27\00:52:44.49
as to their loyalty
between God and man.
00:52:44.52\00:52:48.94
Several years ago the
Cubans began to leave Cuba.
00:52:48.97\00:52:55.23
You remember that?
00:52:55.26\00:52:56.94
They came by a boat
loads to United States
00:52:56.97\00:52:59.89
and I remember
about 25,000 were sent
00:52:59.92\00:53:03.48
to a place called
Fort Chaffee Arkansas
00:53:03.51\00:53:07.52
and I was asked
because I speak Spanish
00:53:07.55\00:53:09.71
to go and translate to
help some of the process.
00:53:09.74\00:53:13.41
When I got there I
heard that among them
00:53:13.44\00:53:16.10
were a 50 Adventists believers
00:53:16.13\00:53:20.23
but how do you find
50 Adventist believers
00:53:20.26\00:53:23.49
in a midst of 25,000 Cubans.
00:53:23.52\00:53:26.37
That's like finding
a near haystack right?
00:53:26.40\00:53:30.06
All Cubans look alike, right?
00:53:30.09\00:53:31.81
So, how do you find them?
00:53:31.84\00:53:33.31
And so we were
praying and looking at praying
00:53:33.34\00:53:36.77
I asked to sergeant to help us
00:53:36.80\00:53:38.13
and all of that,
he scratched his head,
00:53:38.16\00:53:40.02
how do you expect
me to find 50 Cubans
00:53:40.05\00:53:43.13
in the midst of 25,000 Cubans.
00:53:43.16\00:53:46.24
I said I don't
know but I thought
00:53:46.27\00:53:47.97
may be you can help us.
00:53:48.00\00:53:49.03
So my wife and I were in the car
00:53:49.06\00:53:50.50
we are praying together
00:53:50.53\00:53:51.56
"Oh, Lord, help us
to find that group."
00:53:51.59\00:53:54.09
And there was a group
walking behind the fence
00:53:54.12\00:53:58.71
and I was
impressed to go and ask them
00:53:58.74\00:54:00.18
and so I went up there and said,
00:54:00.21\00:54:02.82
hey, folks, just a minute.
00:54:02.85\00:54:04.30
So a lady turned
around and stopped cautiously
00:54:04.33\00:54:06.11
and I said, are
you folk Adventist?
00:54:06.14\00:54:09.65
And she turned around
to the others and said,
00:54:09.68\00:54:14.25
hey, folks, wait a minute.
00:54:14.28\00:54:15.85
And so she said,
why are you asking?
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And I said, because
I've been looking for them.
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And she said, we're them.
00:54:20.78\00:54:23.08
And I said, do you have a Bible?
00:54:23.11\00:54:26.01
Oh, we haven't
had a Bible for years.
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Some of them had been
in prison for 10 years
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because they read the Bible.
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And so, I said, well
I got a Spanish Bible
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so I ran and got a
Spanish Bible from the car
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and said, honey, I fond them
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and so, or better
yet, the Lord found them.
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And so I handed the
Bible over the fence.
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And you know what happened,
00:54:46.26\00:54:47.30
the oldest gentlemen
he was about 82 years old,
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I thought that kids
would jump up and get it
00:54:50.20\00:54:52.19
but you know who
did it, the old man.
00:54:52.22\00:54:53.98
He jumped up and grab the
Bible press it to his chest
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and tears began
to flow down his face
00:54:57.73\00:55:00.17
as he rock the Bible.
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How he loved the word
and how much he missed it?
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Even though he was
incarcerated he was free.
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He was what? He was free.
00:55:14.22\00:55:17.12
And I asked him
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I said how long have you
been suffering like this?
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I met with him turned out
00:55:22.92\00:55:24.05
that they were gonna have
a service at Wednesday night
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so I went to talk with him
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and when I did I
discovered that some of them
00:55:29.39\00:55:32.59
had been in prison for years
00:55:32.62\00:55:34.48
and the only thing
they had what they memorize
00:55:34.51\00:55:37.16
that the Word of God.
00:55:37.19\00:55:38.87
When they were put on the boats
00:55:38.90\00:55:41.40
they opened up their mouths
00:55:41.43\00:55:42.49
to see if they had any gold
00:55:42.52\00:55:43.85
and if they had gold
they would yank it out
00:55:43.88\00:55:46.09
right there on the dock.
00:55:46.12\00:55:47.61
They wanted to make sure
that they're left with nothing
00:55:47.64\00:55:49.84
except what they
had on their backs.
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My friends, those people stood.
00:55:52.59\00:55:55.02
They what? They
stood for the truth.
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Listen, "In the days of Jesus,
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God invited His people to stand,
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in the days of
early Christianity,
00:56:01.99\00:56:03.48
God invited His people to stand,
00:56:03.51\00:56:05.31
in the dark ages, God
invited people to stand
00:56:05.34\00:56:08.26
and in the last days,
00:56:08.29\00:56:09.47
what do you suppose will happen?
00:56:09.50\00:56:11.97
God invites you to stand.
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And I wonder tonight
00:56:13.90\00:56:16.39
how many of you
would like to stand
00:56:16.42\00:56:18.99
in the
allegiance to Jesus Christ?
00:56:19.02\00:56:22.30
Would you stand
here tonight and say yes?
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I want to stand
on the side of Jesus.
00:56:25.34\00:56:28.52
I believe that
He's the only mediator,
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the only one who
should be worshipped
00:56:30.76\00:56:32.60
and I want to be
faithful and truth to Him.
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God Bless you.
00:56:35.87\00:56:37.45
Let us pray together.
00:56:37.48\00:56:38.75
Our holy Father,
how grateful we are
00:56:38.78\00:56:42.45
that we can have a
direct communication with heaven
00:56:42.48\00:56:46.56
and we don't have to
have a man stand between us
00:56:46.59\00:56:49.04
to talk to You.
00:56:49.07\00:56:50.98
We can stand before the
very throne of the universe
00:56:51.01\00:56:54.12
and have the
certainty that You hear us.
00:56:54.15\00:56:57.19
Oh, God, we see that
we're living in the last days,
00:56:57.22\00:57:00.44
we see that the world
has wondered after the beast,
00:57:00.47\00:57:04.05
we see that all the teachings
00:57:04.08\00:57:05.67
that have come has the usurp
Your teachings and Your word
00:57:05.70\00:57:09.40
and man is following man's word,
00:57:09.43\00:57:11.30
forgive us and You see us stand
00:57:11.33\00:57:14.49
bless and us and help us to
be faithful in Jesus name, amen.
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