Good morning and welcome
once again to Wichita, Kansas
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for Digging Up the
Future, Bible Prophecy Exposed.
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Have you been enjoying
the meetings each evening?
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Amen. Amen.
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We're gathered here
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for a special
Saturday morning service
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and we want to welcome
each one of you here tonight.
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I've been excited as the
Bible has just come to life
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each evening as Pastor
Torres has been sharing
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all these different things from
Bible prophecy how about you?
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All right, we're gonna
just stand together this morning
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and sing our theme song
"Jesus is coming again."
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Aren't you excited that
Jesus is coming again soon?
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Amen. Let's sing together.
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Marvelous message we bring
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Glorious 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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Maybe morning, maybe noon
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Maybe evening, but surely soon
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Coming again, coming again
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Oh what a
wonderful day that will be
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Jesus is coming again
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Amen. You can be seated.
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You sang it like you
meant it this morning.
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All right, well, let's just have
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a short opening prayer as always
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and then we're going
to have special music.
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Our Father in heaven,
today we're eternally grateful
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that You would come
and die on the cross of us.
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We're thankful that we're
gathered here because of that.
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And we just want to ask
Your presence to be with us,
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we ask You to bring
us up to heaven today
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to let us see You the way
that You would have us to do.
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Lord, we pray that we
will be drawn closer to You
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because of this meeting today.
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And we come and we ask these
things in Jesus name, amen.
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It's my privilege this
morning to introduce to you
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my wife Marion Peppers
who will be singing with us
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"I pledge
allegiance to the Lamb."
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I have heard how
Christians long ago
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Were brought
before a tyrants throne
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They were told that he
would spare their lives
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If they would
renounce the name of Christ
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But one by one,
they chose to die
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The Son of God,
they would not deny
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Like a great angelic choir sings
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I can almost
hear their voices ring
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I pledge allegiance to the Lamb
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With all my
strength, with all I am
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I will seek to
honor His commands
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I pledge allegiance to the Lamb
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Now, the years have
come and the years have gone
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But the 'cause of
Jesus still goes on
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Now, our time has
come to count the cost
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To reject this
world, and embrace the Cross
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And one by one
let us live our lives
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For the One who
died to give us life
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Till the trumpet
sounds on that final day
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Let us proudly
stand and boldly say
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I pledge allegiance to the Lamb
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With all my
strength, with all I am
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I will seek to
honor His commands
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I pledge allegiance to the Lamb
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To the Lamb of
God who bore my pain
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Who took my
place, who wore my shame
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I will seek to
honor His commands
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I pledge allegiance to the Lamb
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I pledge allegiance to the Lamb
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With all my
strength, with all I am
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I will seek to
honor His commands
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I pledge allegiance to the Lamb
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I pledge allegiance to the Lamb
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With all my
strength, with all I am
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I will seek to
honor His commands
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I pledge allegiance to the Lamb
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To the Lamb
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Amen.
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And the people said?
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Amen. Amen.
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Let us pray together.
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Our Father, as we
open the holy words
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we want to give You
praise and thanksgiving for it
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because it is a
light unto our path
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and a lamp unto our feet.
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We pray Lord,
that you'll help us
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to follow the
light wherever You lead.
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We thank You for
hearing us in Jesus name, amen.
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As we've been studying
in the prophetic images
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of the Book of
Revelation and Daniel
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you recall that we were
studying in Revelation 13:1-8
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and you remember how
the scripture says that,
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John saw a beast
coming up out of the sea
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and the scripture
says that this beast
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was a composite beast
with a mouth of a lion
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and the feet of a bear
and the body of a leopard
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and that it had
seven heads and 10 horns
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and then the scripture
says that this particular beast
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would reign for 1,200 years
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and that it would
make war with the saints
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and tend to change
God's laws in time.
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So, let's do a quick review
of what we are talking about
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and so we can kind of
catch up and then go forward.
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As you recall the
little horn of Daniel Chapter 7
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which we had talked about,
rises up from among the 10,
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this is in Daniel
7:8, if you remember
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when we talked
about Daniel Chapter 7
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you remember that there
were three particular beasts,
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to begin with the
lion do you remember that
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and after the lion was the what,
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the bear and after the bear,
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the leopard and
after the leopard
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and the indescribable beast
that Daniel could not describe
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but it had 10
horns and then it said
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the little horn will come up
and remove three of those horns
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and so they would
remain seven horns.
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Well, going forward then,
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John picks up
where Daniel leaves off
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and actually gives us a
little bit more description.
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It tells us what the
animal actually look like
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and he said that the animal
had the body of a leopard,
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the mouth of a lion
and the feet of a bear.
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Can you see that?
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All right, then it says
that it plucks up three,
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it rules the European
nations because you remember
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that this little horn
comes up from among the 10 horns
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which are the
division of Roman Empire.
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And so it comes from among,
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it cannot come
in any other country
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other than where the
Roman Empire had divided.
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Do you agree with that?
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And so if it comes from
among then that little horn
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cannot come up in
the United States.
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It has to come up where?
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In Europe, where the 10 original
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divisions of Rome were broken up
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and that's the
remnant of the Roman Empire.
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In fact, as I mentioned before
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if you would go to Europe today
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you would find that as
does old adage goes10:45]
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"All roads do lead to Rome."
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In other words
the Romans built roads
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all the way up to England
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and you can find
remnants on those roads
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and also you can find forts
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and different
things there in Europe.
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I was just
recently over in Switzerland
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and they have
certain forts there.
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Spain has a fort where
I happened to go Germany.
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All of these places have
remnants of the Roman Empire
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and so it divided into 10
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and so that little
horn has to rise up
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in the midst of
the European nations
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and then of course, it
would reign for 1,260 years.
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And if you remember that
1,260 years began with 538.
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It was diverse, in
other words it was different
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than the other beasts,
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the other beasts
were military beasts
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that went out to conquer,
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this beast would
be different in that
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it would not
necessarily be in military beast
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but it was a
religious political beast
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which we'll find out later.
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It would have a man up the head
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it will speak blasphemies
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therefore it took
purgatives of God.
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After that then
it says it persecuted
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the saints of the most high
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and thought to change the
times and laws of the God.
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And of course, you know
that the only commandement
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that has any time
within this which commandment?
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The fourth commandment so
you would have to anticipate
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that
commandment would be altered
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or it would be substituted.
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Then the scripture reveals
that this particular power
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would receive deadly wound
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and that the
wound would be healed
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but then that the world
would be drunk with its wine
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and of course the wine
in the scriptures represent
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the teachings of false doctrines
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and then that the
wound would be healed,
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the world would
wonder after the beast
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and then it tells us
that this particular beast
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has a number of
man's name and a mark.
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Number 14 then it
says it is a woman
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which equals the
church in Bible Prophecy.
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It is a church that
sits on seven mountains
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and it is called a city as well
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and so it is called
the Babylon the Great,
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it has a number and mark
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and God's people
are called out of her.
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Now, that's a very quick
brief reveal of what we study
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and I hope that you've
the outlines in at home
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that you're going over them
as you reconsider the subject.
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What do you say?
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I think we all will
start to study the scripture,
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will you say amen to that?
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We ought to double
check and check and check,
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cross check to make sure
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that what we are
actually hearing,
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it's actually in the scriptures.
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I encourage you to do
that because that's what I do.
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Well, in terms of
the reign of the Papacy
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since we discovered
that this particular power
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that would rise up in
Europe and reign over Europe
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for 1,260 years is the Papacy.
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And so history
reveals that the Papacy
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did rule for that
time and it began in 538
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when finally
the last Arian power
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there are 300 powers
that resisted the Papacy
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but finally the Goths
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which were the French
took the lead and surrendered
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and of course
when it that happened
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then the Papacy then was able
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to take full
control over Europe.
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And it ruled Europe
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and in fact in
those days for example,
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in Europe you
could not become a King
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unless you were catholic.
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Any of you
remember that? Yes or no?
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And most of you
don't remember that
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because you haven't
studied European history.
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But if you
study European history
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you'll discover
in fact the Papacy,
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the Vatican was so powerful
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that one time a King decided
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he would not
listen to the Papacy
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and so he was excommunicated
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and when he was excommunicated
he lost his authority.
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And history tells us
then that he humbled himself
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and went to the Vatican
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and had to stand three
days in the snow barefooted
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before he could
be seen by the pope.
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And finally after
he humbled himself
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the pope then reestablished him
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and he could
continue to rule as a king.
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That much power had the
Papacy during the dark ages
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and unfortunately
many people yielded to it
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but there were groups
that did not yield to it.
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We discover that shortly.
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"It gave the Papacy
political and" what else?
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"Civil power as well as
the ecclesiastical power.
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And the letter
of Justinian's code,
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the fundamental
law of the empire
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and that year
Pope Vigilius ascended
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the throne under the military
protection of Belisarius."
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Then of course, the Bible says
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that this particular
power would have a mark
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and the scripture tells us
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that it would be a
substitution of the law of God.
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In other words since the word
"anti" means in the place of,
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then that which reveals
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the authority of
God which is what?
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The Ten Commandments.
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What reveals the
authority of God?
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The Ten Commandments.
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What reveals the
authority of this nation?
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Its laws.
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Is that true, yes or no?
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Yes or no? Yes, of course.
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What reveals the authority
of any nation is its laws.
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It just uses its
military to enforce the laws
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but it's the laws and
that demonstrate its authority.
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And so God's
authority is demonstrated
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by His Ten Commandments
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and you would
then have to conclude
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that if an
antichrist is trying to supplant
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the very presence of God
or the very power of God,
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He would have to
substitute God's laws.
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And so the Bible says
then that Sunday is our what?
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Pardon me, the
statement of Catholic Record,
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September 1, 1923 says,
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that the Catholic
Church claims that
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the "Sunday is
the mark of authority.
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The church is above" what?
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"The Bible and this
transference of Sabbath
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observance is
proof of that" what?
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"Fact."
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In other words
if you're a Baptist,
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if you're a Presbyterian
or you're a Methodist
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or you're Lutheran
whatever denomination you are
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if you're keeping Sunday
according to their statement
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you are worshipping who?
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Well, you may say,
well that's impossible
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we're worshipping the Lord.
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Well, remember this
Jesus said in Mark 7:7,
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"In vein do they" what?
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"Worship me
teaching for doctrines" what?
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"The commandments of man."
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So, if you're
following the dictates of a man
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are you really
worshipping the Lord?
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As much as your
heart may want to say
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I'm worshipping the Lord,
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in reality if
you're not obeying the Lord
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and Jesus says if
you love me do what?
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Keep My commandments.
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How do you show
love to the Lord then?
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Just by saying I love you?
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Suppose your husband
says I love you, I love you,
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I love you and
doesn't support you
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and doesn't do anything
that pleases you anything,
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how much love does he have?
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None.
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And so just to
say I love the Lord
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is not
sufficient, what do you say?
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The Bible says by there what?
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Fruit you shall know them.
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So we need to walk to
talk and talk to walk.
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What do you say?
Will you say amen to that?
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So, it's clear then
from the scriptures,
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then it says that one
of it says would be wounded
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and history reveals
that this also took place
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it says that "He that
leadeth into captivity
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shall be
leadeth into captivity,"
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Revelation 13:3, 10
and I want you to know
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to notice that of course,
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that if 538 is
the beginning point
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and you add 1,260 years
to that you come to 17 what?
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1798.
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The question is
again that's I ask
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before did it happened in 1798?
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Did the Papacy receive a wound
and the answer is absolutely.
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So in February 15,
1798 the General Berthier,
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from Napoleon's
military went over there
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took the Pope prisoner
and locked up in exile,
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the church was closed and
the church received the wound.
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But the Bible said
the wound be healed
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and I want you to notice again
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from that newspaper
article San Francisco Chronicle
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when Mussolini and Gasparri
sign the historic Roman pact.
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And notice just
enough of that article
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notice what the reporter says,
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"The Roman question
tonight was a thing of the past
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and the Vatican
at peace with" whom?
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"With Italy."
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Then it says then "In
affixing the autographs
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to the memorable of
document" doing what?
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"Healing" the what? "The wound."
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I wonder if that
reporter actually knew
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anything about the scriptures.
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Many times, many times
people fulfill prophecy
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without knowing
that they're doing so.
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Do you know that?
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You look in the scriptures
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and you find how many
times people fulfill prophecy,
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heathen said had
nothing to do with the Bible,
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actually fulfilled prophecy.
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Cyrus, for example, who
went and captured Babylon,
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the Bible already
in the Book of Isaiah
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had predicted that he would
be the one to conquer Babylon
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and how shocked
he must have been
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when he approached Daniel,
Daniel said, by the way Cyrus,
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I want to show you something.
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Can you imagine how
shocked he must have been
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to discover that
God had already written
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in His book the
fact that his very name
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would be there
inscribed in holy writings
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that he would be the
one to conquer Babylon?
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He had no
knowledge of the scriptures
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yet God had already
foretold that He would do so.
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So there are people
who fulfill the word of God
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without even
having the foggiest idea
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that they are doing it.
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And so I wonder
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if this reporter
falls in that category.
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What do you say? Notice
what he says doing what?
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Healing the wound,
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extreme cordiality will
display them both sides.
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So you can see so far then that
what the Bible says is true.
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Now, that piece then
in 1798 receives a wound
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but now turn to the
Book of Revelation Chapter 13
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and let's read
about another beast.
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Notice Revelation 13:11,
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Revelation 13:11,
notice it says there,
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"And I beheld another beast
coming up out of the Europe
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and it had two horns like a lamb
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and he speak as a dragon."
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So, there's another beast
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and what does
this beast look like.
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Well, this beast
has a description.
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Unlike the other
beast which just had
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a mouth full of lion
and the feet of a bear
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and the body of a
leopard neither John nor Daniel
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could tell us what it is.
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What do you call
this thing anyway?
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What do you call a
beast that has a leopard body
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and a mouth of
lion and feet of a bear?
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What do you call it?
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Any of you had been to a zoo
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and seen
anything like that before?
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No. So what do you call it?
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We can't call it
anything. It's indescribable.
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It doesn't make any sense.
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And please
remember this friends,
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if sin may sense it
would cease to be sin.
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What did I say?
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If sin may sense it
would what? Cease to be sin.
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That is why God does not give
you a particular title to this
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because it is senseless.
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Why would anyone choose
to follow something other
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than that which will bring you
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peace and hope and salvation?
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And so the scripture then
says that this lamb like beast,
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verse 12,
exercises all the power
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of the first beast before
him and cause of the earth
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and then that
which dwelled there in
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to worship the first beast
whose deadly wound was healed.
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So, this lamb like
beast then would bring
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to the forefront the reality
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that you need to
worship the first beast.
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Well, who is the
first beast of Papacy?
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And so this lamb like beast
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is to bring you to that worship.
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Now it continues it
says "He do a great wonder
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so that he make a fire come down
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from heaven on the
earth in the sight of men
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and deceive of them
that dwell on the earth
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by the means of those
miracles which have power
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to do in the sight of
the beast saying to them
00:22:57.92\00:23:00.33
that dwell on the
earth that they should make
00:23:00.36\00:23:02.23
an image to the
beast which have the wound
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by a sort end did live."
00:23:04.96\00:23:09.06
Verse 15, "He had
power to give life
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onto the image of the beast
that the image of the beast
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should both speak
and cause of this many
00:23:13.91\00:23:17.99
as would not worship
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the image of the
beast should be killed."
00:23:19.45\00:23:21.46
So here is the
description then of this beast,
00:23:21.49\00:23:25.24
verse 16 says, "He
causeth all," how many?
00:23:25.27\00:23:29.27
"All both small and
great, rich and poor,
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free and bond to receive
a mark in their right hand
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or in their foreheads."
00:23:35.64\00:23:38.02
Then it says in verse 17
00:23:38.05\00:23:40.37
"And that no man
might buy or sell,
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save he that had the
mark, or the name of the beast,
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or the number of his name."
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Who is this power
that comes up mysteriously
00:23:55.07\00:23:59.03
like this lamb like?
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Well, at a time when the
beast is receiving a wound
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which is 1798, during that time,
00:24:06.74\00:24:10.98
Daniel I'm
sorry-- John turns around
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and sees another
beast that is what?
00:24:15.16\00:24:18.15
That is rising, okay.
00:24:18.18\00:24:20.04
So in other words
this beast must be rising
00:24:20.07\00:24:22.66
above the same time that
the other beast is" what?
00:24:22.69\00:24:25.92
"Being wounded."
00:24:25.95\00:24:27.19
Now, let me ask
you the question,
00:24:27.22\00:24:31.30
in the Bible when
it mentions the lamb,
00:24:31.33\00:24:34.08
who does the lamb represent?
00:24:34.11\00:24:36.40
Jesus.
00:24:36.43\00:24:37.50
So this power
then than this beast
00:24:37.53\00:24:40.22
must be a Jesus life beast
that comes out of the earth.
00:24:40.25\00:24:48.15
Now think about it.
00:24:48.18\00:24:49.88
What Christian,
because Jesus like means what?
00:24:49.91\00:24:54.66
Christian.
00:24:54.69\00:24:55.89
What Christian nation
then was rising at the time
00:24:55.92\00:24:59.22
that the other
beast was getting a wound?
00:24:59.25\00:25:02.22
The United States.
00:25:02.25\00:25:05.81
So, at this particular time
00:25:05.84\00:25:08.51
while the other
is receiving a wound
00:25:08.54\00:25:10.57
there is another
one that is rising
00:25:10.60\00:25:12.75
and notice some
of the commentaries
00:25:12.78\00:25:14.25
G.A Townsend page 632
says, 635 pardon me says,
00:25:14.28\00:25:18.17
"The mystery of her
coming forth from vacancy
00:25:18.20\00:25:20.55
like a silent seed
we grew into" a what?
00:25:20.58\00:25:24.03
"An empire.
00:25:24.06\00:25:26.72
Emerging amid the silent
of the earth adding daily
00:25:26.75\00:25:30.30
to its power and strength."
00:25:30.33\00:25:32.53
This is in the book of
Daniel and the Revelation
00:25:32.56\00:25:34.23
by Uriah Smith page 578,
00:25:34.26\00:25:37.18
you can see then that during
this time the United States
00:25:37.21\00:25:41.03
is silently growing
and growing and growing.
00:25:41.06\00:25:45.15
It says it is
comes out of the Europe
00:25:45.18\00:25:47.76
because unlike the other one,
00:25:47.79\00:25:49.60
the other one was
rising up out of the sea
00:25:49.63\00:25:53.44
and the Bible says
that the sea represents
00:25:53.47\00:25:55.58
multitudes of peoples and
nations in tongues, correct.
00:25:55.61\00:25:58.74
So obviously then America rises
00:25:58.77\00:26:01.42
where there is
not much population.
00:26:01.45\00:26:04.81
Is that what happened?
00:26:04.84\00:26:06.55
Did this nation
rise in the place
00:26:06.58\00:26:08.50
where there was not
much population, yes or no?
00:26:08.53\00:26:10.90
Of course, it did.
00:26:10.93\00:26:12.11
If you know
your American history
00:26:12.14\00:26:13.36
you know that when
the pilgrims first came
00:26:13.39\00:26:15.65
they found a
few group of people,
00:26:15.68\00:26:16.95
we call them Native Americans.
00:26:16.98\00:26:19.41
And there are
many Native American
00:26:19.44\00:26:21.03
tribes or nations say
through out the United States
00:26:21.06\00:26:23.82
but certainly
nothing like it is today.
00:26:23.85\00:26:26.39
Is that true?
00:26:26.42\00:26:28.55
In fact, what took place
with one of the Native chiefs,
00:26:28.58\00:26:33.60
they wanted the American,
00:26:33.63\00:26:34.77
the Europeans wanted to kind of
00:26:34.80\00:26:36.69
not have to
fight with the Indians
00:26:36.72\00:26:38.32
and so they
brought one of the chiefs
00:26:38.35\00:26:39.59
over to New York city
00:26:39.62\00:26:41.34
and when he saw the multitude
of Europeans over there
00:26:41.37\00:26:44.48
he went back to
defeated and said,
00:26:44.51\00:26:46.38
we might as well give it
up there too many people.
00:26:46.41\00:26:48.30
So, the scripture then reveals
00:26:51.89\00:26:54.79
that the beast will
rise out of the earth
00:26:54.82\00:26:57.10
and so it takes place
as the scripture says.
00:26:57.13\00:27:00.10
Now, what's interesting
about this particular beast,
00:27:00.13\00:27:02.15
if you notice it
says, it has no what?
00:27:02.18\00:27:05.27
"No crowns on the
horns of the second beast."
00:27:05.30\00:27:08.12
The first beast has crowns.
00:27:08.15\00:27:10.14
Crowns represent what? Kings.
00:27:10.17\00:27:13.17
The second beast has no
crowns which means it has what?
00:27:13.20\00:27:17.14
No kings.
00:27:17.17\00:27:19.06
Now, the other beast has crowns
00:27:19.09\00:27:23.94
and so this is
a crownless beast.
00:27:23.97\00:27:28.17
Which means then
that it would be a beast
00:27:28.20\00:27:32.15
under a different
order or different system
00:27:32.18\00:27:35.25
than a royal system as
it took place in Europe.
00:27:35.28\00:27:38.17
You and I know
then that in Europe
00:27:38.20\00:27:40.40
the ones that reign
were kings is that correct?
00:27:40.43\00:27:44.23
Here in America
we don't have a king.
00:27:44.26\00:27:47.61
It supposed to be a
nation governed by the people
00:27:47.64\00:27:51.50
and for the people,
that's what it supposed to be.
00:27:51.53\00:27:56.65
What did I say?
00:27:56.68\00:27:58.24
That's what it
supposed to be, all right.
00:27:58.27\00:28:00.58
At least that's what
some declaration reads.
00:28:00.61\00:28:05.35
But I want you
to understand that
00:28:05.38\00:28:06.88
while the crowns indicating
the authority the beast
00:28:06.91\00:28:12.94
that comes up in
the Europe has no kings
00:28:12.97\00:28:16.29
and so what is that gives us
the foundation for our country
00:28:16.32\00:28:22.46
and when was our
country really established.
00:28:22.49\00:28:25.07
The United States of
America is represented
00:28:25.10\00:28:27.08
by this lamb like beast
and what's amazing about it
00:28:27.11\00:28:30.93
is that the founding fathers
00:28:30.96\00:28:35.24
established what is called
the Declaration of Independence
00:28:35.27\00:28:38.60
first of all and
that took place when?
00:28:38.63\00:28:41.58
July what? 4, 1776.
00:28:41.61\00:28:44.75
How many of you
still celebrate July 04th,
00:28:44.78\00:28:47.62
all right, we celebrate that
00:28:47.65\00:28:48.89
because it is a
memorial of the reality
00:28:48.92\00:28:53.14
that the nation was what?
00:28:53.17\00:28:54.92
Set free. It had
its independence.
00:28:54.95\00:28:57.41
And then the First
Constitutional Convention
00:28:57.44\00:28:59.64
took place when?
00:28:59.67\00:29:00.70
In 1787.
00:29:00.73\00:29:02.21
Can you see what's happening?
00:29:02.24\00:29:03.48
While the other beast in
1798 is getting its wound
00:29:03.51\00:29:06.28
there's another
beast that's what?
00:29:06.31\00:29:07.89
Rising up.
00:29:07.92\00:29:08.95
Now think of how
God guides things,
00:29:08.98\00:29:13.31
if that other beast
had not received the wound
00:29:13.34\00:29:17.19
America today
would have been catholic.
00:29:17.22\00:29:20.01
Now, let me
explain what I'm saying.
00:29:23.24\00:29:25.71
My forefathers Hispania's
00:29:25.74\00:29:30.89
their idea of
conquering the world
00:29:30.92\00:29:34.15
was to make the world catholic.
00:29:34.18\00:29:36.51
In that rich ship
there were preloads
00:29:36.54\00:29:39.75
or fryers or monks or priests
00:29:39.78\00:29:42.64
and their tour was
wherever, whatever territory
00:29:42.67\00:29:47.18
was conquered a
mission should be established.
00:29:47.21\00:29:49.48
Do you know that before
the Americans or the Europeans
00:29:49.51\00:29:53.98
actually took the United States,
00:29:54.01\00:29:56.69
England et cetera
it Spain actually had
00:29:56.72\00:29:59.39
most of the southern
part of the Untied States
00:29:59.42\00:30:02.36
and do you know that a lot
of the names of these states
00:30:02.39\00:30:05.15
really are Spanish
names, did you know that?
00:30:05.18\00:30:07.57
For example,
Colorado, the word Colorado,
00:30:07.60\00:30:12.23
you pronounce it
Colorado is Co-lo-rado
00:30:12.26\00:30:15.19
and it really means red.
00:30:15.22\00:30:17.93
Why because they saw
red mountains, all right.
00:30:17.96\00:30:21.67
The place in Nevada,
you know what Nevada means,
00:30:21.70\00:30:24.27
Ne-va-da, it means
a snowy place, okay.
00:30:24.30\00:30:29.57
Did you know that Florida means
a place of flowers, Flo-rida.
00:30:29.60\00:30:37.57
Montana, Montania, mountains.
00:30:37.60\00:30:44.22
Did you know that?
00:30:44.25\00:30:46.23
All of these places,
all the way up to Oregon,
00:30:46.26\00:30:50.91
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona.
00:30:50.94\00:30:53.67
Do you know what Arizona means,
00:30:53.70\00:30:55.49
Arizona, zone that's
arid, which means what?
00:30:55.52\00:30:59.29
A dry zone.
00:30:59.32\00:31:01.31
All of these states
were Spanish states.
00:31:01.34\00:31:03.86
They were what? Spanish states.
00:31:03.89\00:31:05.93
You didn't know that, did you?
00:31:05.96\00:31:07.59
Well, welcome to history class.
00:31:07.62\00:31:10.07
The reality is friends,
00:31:10.10\00:31:11.88
that all the way
up to North Carolina
00:31:11.91\00:31:13.97
and all the way up to
Washington they were missions,
00:31:14.00\00:31:16.26
there were Catholic
missions established all along.
00:31:16.29\00:31:19.44
And in those days
00:31:19.47\00:31:20.67
unfortunately if
people did not become catholic
00:31:20.70\00:31:24.06
and that was the charge
then they suffered persecution.
00:31:24.09\00:31:27.97
The Indians were slaughtered,
00:31:28.00\00:31:29.44
Hispania's were unfortunately
00:31:29.47\00:31:31.34
my forefathers
were ruthless people.
00:31:31.37\00:31:37.12
Their aim was to
make the world catholic.
00:31:37.15\00:31:41.33
But God had another plan.
00:31:41.36\00:31:43.72
What did God have? Another plan.
00:31:43.75\00:31:46.71
God wanted
America to be Protestants.
00:31:46.74\00:31:49.71
God wanted what?
America to be Protestants.
00:31:49.74\00:31:53.42
And aren't you thankful
00:31:53.45\00:31:55.09
that we have a
land of freedom today,
00:31:55.12\00:31:56.87
what do you say?
00:31:56.90\00:31:58.84
God was the one
who ordained that
00:31:58.87\00:32:01.20
and He predicted
that along the way.
00:32:01.23\00:32:03.95
What's happening today friends,
00:32:03.98\00:32:05.44
it's nothing more than
what God said would happen
00:32:05.47\00:32:07.99
and I think we should
have greater confidence
00:32:08.02\00:32:10.11
in the scriptures than we do.
00:32:10.14\00:32:11.59
What do you say?
00:32:11.62\00:32:12.99
Now, listen, as we continue,
00:32:13.02\00:32:15.66
notice what our
forefathers in America said
00:32:15.69\00:32:19.90
concerning this
country and religion.
00:32:19.93\00:32:21.88
Notice it says, "Every man
conducting himself as" a what?
00:32:21.91\00:32:25.50
"A good citizen and
being accountable" to whom?
00:32:25.53\00:32:28.14
"To God" who? Alone."
00:32:28.17\00:32:29.81
Who said that?
George Washington.
00:32:29.84\00:32:32.02
Notice it says then,
00:32:32.05\00:32:33.59
"For his religious
opinions ought to be protected
00:32:33.62\00:32:35.94
in worshipping
the Deity according
00:32:35.97\00:32:37.45
to the dictates of his own what?
00:32:37.48\00:32:39.32
Good conscience."
00:32:39.35\00:32:40.51
In other words
the founding fathers
00:32:40.54\00:32:42.79
who recognize the oppression
that there was in Europe
00:32:42.82\00:32:46.50
that people
could not do anything
00:32:46.53\00:32:48.55
except belief in the
way that the church dictated
00:32:48.58\00:32:52.56
wanted to find
freedom and fled from Europe,
00:32:52.59\00:32:55.80
the first place
that some of them
00:32:55.83\00:32:57.36
went to was the
place called Iceland.
00:32:57.39\00:32:59.96
How many of you
have heard of Iceland?
00:32:59.99\00:33:01.98
By understanding
from the Icelandic people,
00:33:02.01\00:33:04.03
I've been there several times
00:33:04.06\00:33:05.31
is that the actual name
of the Iceland was Isuland
00:33:05.34\00:33:08.86
which means Jesus land.
00:33:08.89\00:33:11.30
And it was there
that the puritans went
00:33:11.33\00:33:13.35
and the Vikings
actually protected the puritans
00:33:13.38\00:33:16.27
when they went there.
00:33:16.30\00:33:17.51
And from there then
they sailed to America.
00:33:17.54\00:33:22.67
Another history lesson.
00:33:22.70\00:33:25.48
But listen,
00:33:25.51\00:33:26.63
look at what another
founding father said,
00:33:26.66\00:33:30.54
"When religion is" what?
00:33:30.57\00:33:31.73
"Good."
00:33:31.76\00:33:32.79
"It will take care of itself.
00:33:32.82\00:33:35.18
When it is not able
to take care of itself
00:33:35.21\00:33:37.55
and God does not see
fit to take care of it
00:33:37.58\00:33:40.00
so that it has to" what?
00:33:40.03\00:33:42.14
"Appeal" to what?
00:33:42.17\00:33:43.63
"To the civil powerful support,
00:33:43.66\00:33:46.53
it is evidence in my mind
that the cause is a" what?
00:33:46.56\00:33:51.27
"A bad one."
00:33:51.30\00:33:53.17
When you have to
turn to the government
00:33:53.20\00:33:55.25
to enforce conscience you
now have shifted to a bad cause.
00:33:55.28\00:34:00.86
That's what
Benjamin Franklin is saying.
00:34:00.89\00:34:03.17
Look at the other statement
00:34:03.20\00:34:04.50
by Ulysses S.
Grant, General Grant,
00:34:04.53\00:34:08.43
"Leave the matter of
religious teaching" to where?
00:34:08.46\00:34:11.57
"The family altar.
00:34:11.60\00:34:12.95
The church and
the private school
00:34:12.98\00:34:14.38
supported entirely
by private contributions
00:34:14.41\00:34:16.57
to keep the church and
the state forever" what?
00:34:16.60\00:34:19.11
"Separate."
00:34:19.14\00:34:20.94
They understand
the great problems
00:34:20.97\00:34:23.57
that took place in Europe,
00:34:23.60\00:34:24.82
the corruption that
took place in Europe
00:34:24.85\00:34:26.49
and they did not want
to revert back to that.
00:34:26.52\00:34:29.78
And so they
wanted to have a country
00:34:29.81\00:34:31.90
that was free of persecution,
00:34:31.93\00:34:34.84
unfortunately they
did not always follow that
00:34:34.87\00:34:37.47
but nonetheless
generally speaking
00:34:37.50\00:34:39.99
as a nation we did
there were some groups
00:34:40.02\00:34:41.40
who didn't
follow that for example,
00:34:41.43\00:34:43.53
there were times
when in the church
00:34:43.56\00:34:45.25
if you want to sleep
they were actually deacons
00:34:45.28\00:34:47.06
with a long stick
00:34:47.09\00:34:48.12
and a ball at
the end of the stick
00:34:48.15\00:34:49.83
and if you happen to fall asleep
00:34:49.86\00:34:51.33
they knock you on the
head, woke you up, all right.
00:34:51.36\00:34:54.82
And if you didn't show
up the church on Sunday
00:34:54.85\00:34:58.70
they began to
suspect that you are a witch
00:34:58.73\00:35:00.83
and so they had a chair
00:35:00.86\00:35:02.43
where they
dunked you in the lake.
00:35:02.46\00:35:04.03
They what?
00:35:04.06\00:35:05.27
They sat you at the chair
00:35:05.30\00:35:06.59
and that's the chair
was actually over the lake
00:35:06.62\00:35:09.30
and then some people
would just low you into the lake
00:35:09.33\00:35:12.14
and kind of threaten
that they would drown you
00:35:12.17\00:35:16.07
if you didn't decide
that you're gonna be faithful
00:35:16.10\00:35:18.25
in Sunday keeping.
00:35:18.28\00:35:21.11
How would you like to
living in those times today?
00:35:21.14\00:35:24.21
No, I think it God
00:35:24.24\00:35:26.87
as great as He is
demonstrates His greatness
00:35:26.90\00:35:30.68
by giving all of us freedom.
00:35:30.71\00:35:33.35
What do you say?
00:35:33.38\00:35:34.62
The Bible that he causes
the sun to shine on the good
00:35:34.65\00:35:37.69
and what else?
00:35:37.72\00:35:38.90
On the bad.
00:35:38.93\00:35:41.37
That's what the
founding father said.
00:35:41.40\00:35:44.41
But listen, we got to hurry up
00:35:44.44\00:35:46.08
because there is a
lot of ground to cover.
00:35:46.11\00:35:48.37
Now the question is
this, how does a nation speak?
00:35:48.40\00:35:51.87
By what means?
00:35:51.90\00:35:53.81
Well, nation speaks
by and through it's what?
00:35:53.84\00:35:57.29
Laws and legislative body.
00:35:57.32\00:36:00.02
So, the Bible says
that this particular beast
00:36:00.05\00:36:04.15
that would rise
out of the earth,
00:36:04.18\00:36:05.93
that would give freedom to those
00:36:05.96\00:36:08.22
who were longing for it.
00:36:08.25\00:36:09.59
Give us your poor,
those are yearning to be free.
00:36:09.62\00:36:14.50
Your hallow masses,
let them come, right.
00:36:14.53\00:36:18.23
That's what you find,
where? In the statue of liberty.
00:36:18.26\00:36:22.90
A place where people
came longing to be what?
00:36:22.93\00:36:26.94
To be free, give us
them and we'll take them.
00:36:26.97\00:36:32.11
Well, fortunately I
thank God for America.
00:36:32.14\00:36:37.24
I thank God for the,
00:36:37.27\00:36:39.51
what America has permitted
my family to experience
00:36:39.54\00:36:44.69
and I thank God that
we still have the remnants
00:36:44.72\00:36:48.65
of that religious
freedom that we still have.
00:36:48.68\00:36:52.32
By the coins of the scriptures
00:36:52.35\00:36:54.88
it's going in
the wrong direction.
00:36:54.91\00:36:58.10
And so where will we stand?
00:36:58.13\00:37:02.54
What made America great my
friends, was two principles.
00:37:02.57\00:37:07.07
What made this nation
great was civil liberty.
00:37:07.10\00:37:10.33
What is it?
00:37:10.36\00:37:11.64
Civil liberty which was
what, freedom from a King.
00:37:11.67\00:37:15.97
And religious
liberty, freedom from a what?
00:37:16.00\00:37:18.83
From a Pope.
00:37:18.86\00:37:20.25
What made this nation great
00:37:20.28\00:37:22.50
was freedom of
liberty and religion.
00:37:22.53\00:37:26.92
And that's why it is
called a protestant nation.
00:37:29.28\00:37:33.13
By the way, do you know
what the word protestant means?
00:37:33.16\00:37:35.78
You know where
the word comes from?
00:37:35.81\00:37:37.79
Word protestant comes
from the word protestors.
00:37:37.82\00:37:41.12
People who
protested against the Papacy
00:37:41.15\00:37:44.61
in the middle ages.
00:37:44.64\00:37:46.44
In other words Luther, Zwingli,
00:37:46.47\00:37:48.21
Hus and Gerome et
cetera all those reformers
00:37:48.24\00:37:50.85
were people who began
to read the scriptures
00:37:50.88\00:37:52.66
and discovered that
salvation was a free gift.
00:37:52.69\00:37:55.75
The salvation was
what? A free gift.
00:37:55.78\00:37:58.36
And they no longer
wanted to submit themselves
00:37:58.39\00:38:01.04
to confessing sins to a man
00:38:01.07\00:38:03.17
when they could confess
their sins directly to God.
00:38:03.20\00:38:05.79
They no longer wanted to do--
00:38:05.82\00:38:07.62
follow of the
dictates the prelate
00:38:07.65\00:38:09.30
and all the
corruption that is taking place.
00:38:09.33\00:38:12.00
And so they were
called protestors.
00:38:12.03\00:38:15.43
And the name then
changed to Protestants.
00:38:15.46\00:38:18.19
Sounds better doesn't it?
00:38:18.22\00:38:21.26
Protestors,
00:38:21.29\00:38:22.61
Protestants doesn't it
sound like a nicer name?
00:38:22.64\00:38:25.58
Yes or no?
00:38:25.61\00:38:26.79
But really that's
where it came from, okay.
00:38:26.82\00:38:29.27
There was a protest
concerning the religious bigotry
00:38:29.30\00:38:34.10
that was taking
place in those days.
00:38:34.13\00:38:37.17
Well, according to
the scriptures then
00:38:37.20\00:38:41.72
the Bible tells us
that there would be freedom,
00:38:41.75\00:38:46.22
the declaration of
independence gives us that
00:38:46.25\00:38:48.97
but notice it says here
00:38:49.00\00:38:51.37
"We hold these
Truths to be" what?
00:38:51.40\00:38:54.29
"Self-evident,
that all men are" what?
00:38:54.32\00:38:57.69
"Created equal,
00:38:57.72\00:38:58.86
that they are
endowed by their Creator
00:38:58.89\00:39:01.69
with certain unalienable Rights,
00:39:01.72\00:39:05.32
that among these are
Life, Liberty, and" the what?
00:39:05.35\00:39:09.57
"The Pursuit of
Happiness." Thank God for that.
00:39:09.60\00:39:14.38
And finally the
United States Constitution
00:39:14.41\00:39:18.19
the 1 Amendment says
"Congress shall make" what?
00:39:18.22\00:39:22.12
"No law respecting the
establishment of religion,
00:39:22.15\00:39:25.71
or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof."
00:39:25.74\00:39:30.77
That's what was
written but the scripture says
00:39:30.80\00:39:35.39
that after the Christian nation,
00:39:35.42\00:39:38.00
the lamb like nation arises
that something would happen?
00:39:38.03\00:39:41.04
He would then
change and speak as a what?
00:39:41.07\00:39:44.91
Speak as a dragon and
make an image to the beast.
00:39:44.94\00:39:49.01
Make a what? An
image to the beast.
00:39:49.04\00:39:52.36
And so according
to Revelation then
00:39:52.39\00:39:56.71
we see that
there will be a change.
00:39:56.74\00:40:00.05
"He exercises all
the power of" what?
00:40:00.08\00:40:04.03
"The first beast before
Him, and causeth the earth
00:40:04.06\00:40:06.06
and them which dwell therein
to worship the first beast
00:40:06.09\00:40:08.40
whose deadly wound was" what?
00:40:08.43\00:40:09.65
"Was healed."
00:40:09.68\00:40:10.74
Then the scripture says
"And does great wonders,
00:40:10.77\00:40:12.97
so that he maketh fire come down
00:40:13.00\00:40:14.47
from heaven on the
earth in the sight of men."
00:40:14.50\00:40:16.50
I wonder, I wonder
if this has something
00:40:16.53\00:40:19.98
to do with the
ability that America now has,
00:40:20.01\00:40:22.33
to actually being fired
from the sky down up on nation.
00:40:22.36\00:40:27.02
Recently we had
an attack on Iraq.
00:40:27.05\00:40:29.51
Do you remember that?
How did America attack Iraq?
00:40:29.54\00:40:34.00
It brought
what? Fire from where?
00:40:34.03\00:40:37.40
From heaven.
00:40:37.43\00:40:38.94
I mean it-- they
actually rained bombs
00:40:38.97\00:40:42.91
and bombs that were
quiet fiery upon the nations.
00:40:42.94\00:40:47.84
Now, I'm not saying that
00:40:47.87\00:40:48.90
this is the exact representation
00:40:48.93\00:40:51.12
but I'm just wondering
if this is not something
00:40:51.15\00:40:54.24
that the
prophet was referring to
00:40:54.27\00:40:56.85
because America now is able
to rain fire down upon what?
00:40:56.88\00:41:01.66
Upon any nation.
00:41:01.69\00:41:03.24
In Hiroshima what did it rain?
00:41:03.27\00:41:06.90
It rained what?
Fire upon the Japanese.
00:41:06.93\00:41:10.98
America now rather than
having to do man to man combat
00:41:11.01\00:41:16.28
it usually first
prefers to do what?
00:41:16.31\00:41:18.77
To rain fire.
00:41:18.80\00:41:21.31
In fact the one in
charge to the military
00:41:21.34\00:41:26.63
when they were
going to go into Iraq said
00:41:26.66\00:41:28.87
they don't know what's coming
00:41:28.90\00:41:30.37
but it's going
to be spectacular,
00:41:30.40\00:41:32.90
that's what he said.
00:41:32.93\00:41:34.33
Gonna be spectacular.
00:41:34.36\00:41:36.12
And I think you know
who I'm talking about.
00:41:36.15\00:41:38.08
Well, the Bible
then says in the verse 14
00:41:38.11\00:41:42.49
"And deceiveth them
that dwell on the earth
00:41:42.52\00:41:44.05
by the means of those miracles
00:41:44.08\00:41:45.33
which he had power to do
in the sight of the beast,
00:41:45.36\00:41:47.06
saying to them
that dwell on the earth
00:41:47.09\00:41:48.53
that they should
make an image to the beast
00:41:48.56\00:41:50.41
which had the wound
by a sword and" what?
00:41:50.44\00:41:52.79
"Did live."
00:41:52.82\00:41:53.85
In other words,
the Bible is predicting
00:41:53.88\00:41:56.32
that America will
finally get to the place
00:41:56.35\00:41:58.94
where it will land
its support to the Papacy
00:41:58.97\00:42:03.37
so that the world will
become in essence catholic.
00:42:03.40\00:42:08.30
By the way did you know
00:42:08.33\00:42:09.36
that the word
catholic means universal?
00:42:09.39\00:42:12.85
And so that the
world would become what?
00:42:12.88\00:42:16.67
Catholic.
00:42:16.70\00:42:17.85
Now, there is a law
that I could tell you
00:42:17.88\00:42:20.15
and the law that I wish I
had time to discuss with you,
00:42:20.18\00:42:23.24
but let's continue.
00:42:23.27\00:42:25.28
What is the image
to the beast stand
00:42:25.31\00:42:26.98
and how is it to be formed?
00:42:27.01\00:42:29.65
Well, you know that
the image of the beast
00:42:29.68\00:42:31.96
in the old times
the Bible reveals
00:42:31.99\00:42:34.85
was a
persecuting power, correct?
00:42:34.88\00:42:37.09
In other words,
careful historians
00:42:37.12\00:42:39.86
have calculated that
about 50 million people
00:42:39.89\00:42:44.36
die for the crime of heresy
00:42:44.39\00:42:47.51
and in those
days these they have
00:42:47.54\00:42:50.89
terrible,
terrible tortured chambers
00:42:50.92\00:42:53.05
that they would put
people in to make them weaken.
00:42:53.08\00:42:56.64
I know of some
of the stories of--
00:42:56.67\00:43:00.39
some of the
encasement that they had,
00:43:00.42\00:43:02.35
they actually had a
face mask that had the spikes
00:43:02.38\00:43:06.41
that pointed in
00:43:06.44\00:43:07.66
and they would
put this face mask
00:43:07.69\00:43:09.25
on the individual
00:43:09.28\00:43:10.31
with the spikes
coming right into his face
00:43:10.34\00:43:12.60
and then they had a knob
in the back they would turn.
00:43:12.63\00:43:15.10
And as they would
turn that knob the spikes
00:43:15.13\00:43:17.33
would come closer and
closer and closer and closer
00:43:17.36\00:43:20.10
and the idea was that the person
00:43:20.13\00:43:22.16
will have the
opportunity before the spikes
00:43:22.19\00:43:24.04
began to do its
damage to reckon.
00:43:24.07\00:43:27.60
By that they did not reckon
they just continued to turn
00:43:27.63\00:43:30.20
and turn the
knob and turn the knob
00:43:30.23\00:43:31.99
and turn the knob
and you can imagine
00:43:32.02\00:43:33.76
this excruciating
pain that people feel
00:43:33.79\00:43:35.54
as those spikes were
actually breaking into the bone
00:43:35.57\00:43:38.49
and going right into the
face and bringing them to death
00:43:38.52\00:43:41.22
and that was the
some of the tortures
00:43:41.25\00:43:43.32
that they will use
to get people to reckon.
00:43:43.35\00:43:45.78
To do what? Reckon.
00:43:45.81\00:43:47.68
At some points they,
if they didn't use that,
00:43:47.71\00:43:50.09
they use stake
they will take people
00:43:50.12\00:43:52.22
and burn them at the stake.
00:43:52.25\00:43:53.50
I remember during the
times of Ridley and Latimer
00:43:53.53\00:43:56.58
the two reformers in England,
that they took it to the stake.
00:43:56.61\00:44:00.15
And as they were
burning at the stake
00:44:00.18\00:44:02.70
I think Latimer said to Ridley
be a good coach master Ridley,
00:44:02.73\00:44:06.93
for no doubt and they,
00:44:06.96\00:44:08.67
we would ignite
a candle in England
00:44:08.70\00:44:10.60
that shall never go out.
00:44:10.63\00:44:12.93
And so they died as martyrs.
00:44:12.96\00:44:16.26
What was their crime?
00:44:16.29\00:44:18.38
That they taught the scriptures.
00:44:18.41\00:44:21.61
Terrible things
took place in the past
00:44:21.64\00:44:23.78
and the Bible says
that this is going to what?
00:44:23.81\00:44:27.79
Return, if America
makes an image to the beast
00:44:27.82\00:44:30.30
unfortunately we can
look for terrible things
00:44:30.33\00:44:35.07
to come to place in America.
00:44:35.10\00:44:37.30
And I want you to
notice a statement that says,
00:44:37.33\00:44:38.96
"When the early church
became corrupted by departing
00:44:38.99\00:44:41.45
from the
simplicity of the gospel,
00:44:41.48\00:44:43.12
and accepting
heathen rites and customs,
00:44:43.15\00:44:45.89
she lost the Spirit
of God and power of God;
00:44:45.92\00:44:48.48
and in order, in
order to do" what?
00:44:48.51\00:44:51.38
"And in order to
control the" what?
00:44:51.41\00:44:54.31
"The consciences of the people
00:44:54.34\00:44:56.04
she sought the
support of the secular powers.
00:44:56.07\00:44:59.35
The result was the" what?
00:44:59.38\00:45:01.58
"The Papacy, a
church that controlled
00:45:01.61\00:45:04.19
the power of the State,
00:45:04.22\00:45:05.25
and employed it to
further her own ends,
00:45:05.28\00:45:07.74
especially for the
punishment of 'heresy.'
00:45:07.77\00:45:10.42
In order for the
United States then
00:45:10.45\00:45:12.18
to form an image of
the beast" what must it do?
00:45:12.21\00:45:15.17
"The religious
power must so control
00:45:15.20\00:45:17.36
the civil government that
the authority of the State
00:45:17.39\00:45:19.83
will also be
employed by the church
00:45:19.86\00:45:21.65
to accomplish her own ends."
00:45:21.68\00:45:23.35
You know, it's interesting
that what's happening is
00:45:23.38\00:45:26.05
in that Christians want to take
00:45:26.08\00:45:29.05
the position of the country
00:45:29.08\00:45:30.99
and they think
that they must do it
00:45:31.02\00:45:32.97
because the country is
going down in corruption.
00:45:33.00\00:45:35.30
And I concur with them,
00:45:35.33\00:45:36.81
I concur that things
are getting pretty bad.
00:45:36.84\00:45:38.86
What do you say?
Things are getting pretty bad.
00:45:38.89\00:45:42.31
And so the Christians are saying
00:45:42.34\00:45:44.08
the reason why
they're going pretty bad
00:45:44.11\00:45:45.80
number one is because we're
desecrating God's holy day,
00:45:45.83\00:45:48.55
Sunday which is incorrect
00:45:48.58\00:45:50.12
and number two
because we are need
00:45:50.15\00:45:53.16
to be return back
tomorrow, morality.
00:45:53.19\00:45:55.17
Well, the
problem is that was sent
00:45:55.20\00:45:56.49
for years and years
and years and years,
00:45:56.52\00:45:58.20
I will use to preach
about the Ten Commandments
00:45:58.23\00:46:00.27
and they used to say
that was a legalist, a what?
00:46:00.30\00:46:05.53
A legalist.
00:46:05.56\00:46:06.59
If you're taught
the Ten Commandments
00:46:06.62\00:46:07.65
you're legalist.
00:46:07.68\00:46:08.71
They were saying you
seek by grace not by law
00:46:08.74\00:46:11.07
but what does the protestant
denomination is doing now?
00:46:11.10\00:46:15.03
What do you think they're doing?
00:46:15.06\00:46:17.10
They're now saying we need
to keep the Ten Commandments
00:46:17.13\00:46:19.77
but they have a problem
00:46:19.80\00:46:20.83
if you keep the Ten Commandments
00:46:20.86\00:46:21.89
you have to keep the Sabbath.
00:46:21.92\00:46:23.65
You see, and so what
they're gonna have to do
00:46:23.68\00:46:26.21
is figure out
someway to convince people
00:46:26.24\00:46:28.59
that the Sabbath is Sunday.
00:46:28.62\00:46:31.54
But they recognize, now I
use to be attacked all the time
00:46:31.57\00:46:36.70
by my good protestant
friends, you legalist.
00:46:36.73\00:46:40.98
Now Jesus says if you
love me keep My commandments
00:46:41.01\00:46:44.22
and it has being a legalist
00:46:44.25\00:46:45.40
so be it I want
to love the Lord.
00:46:45.43\00:46:47.73
What do you say?
You are legalist.
00:46:47.76\00:46:50.28
We're saved by grace.
00:46:50.31\00:46:51.68
Well, does that mean
you can commit adultery?
00:46:51.71\00:46:54.44
Well, no.
00:46:54.47\00:46:55.50
Does that mean you
can kill? Well, no.
00:46:55.53\00:46:56.56
Does that you
can steal? Well, no.
00:46:56.59\00:46:58.39
well, why is that
you can't do those things
00:46:58.42\00:47:01.17
because we have a what?
00:47:01.20\00:47:03.32
We have a law. God says it, see.
00:47:03.35\00:47:06.74
But now the
denomination is a shifting,
00:47:06.77\00:47:09.35
changing back to
the Ten Commandments
00:47:09.38\00:47:11.43
and so but the way they're
doing is doing it this way.
00:47:11.46\00:47:16.56
They're encouraging
people to choose individuals
00:47:16.59\00:47:21.85
so they can put
right into government.
00:47:21.88\00:47:25.27
So that these
individuals were Christians then
00:47:25.30\00:47:28.08
will vote for the
Christian agendas.
00:47:28.11\00:47:31.79
So you'll find
that there's a lot of,
00:47:31.82\00:47:33.88
a lot of things taking
place in the political arena
00:47:33.91\00:47:36.85
where people that
they want in possession
00:47:36.88\00:47:39.79
they will
actually go and support.
00:47:39.82\00:47:41.57
People who they
don't want in possession
00:47:41.60\00:47:43.38
they'll actually try
to undermine or attack
00:47:43.41\00:47:47.18
and the whole purpose
is to win the nation back
00:47:47.21\00:47:49.78
to God through legislation.
00:47:49.81\00:47:52.92
Through what? Legislation.
00:47:52.95\00:47:55.18
And remember what it says,
00:47:55.21\00:47:56.84
when a church turns to the state
00:47:56.87\00:47:59.68
for support of his dogmas
it is forming an image to what?
00:47:59.71\00:48:05.46
To the beast, okay.
So, where are we heading?
00:48:05.49\00:48:09.49
Scripture says that the
beast will speak like a what?
00:48:09.52\00:48:12.42
A dragon.
00:48:12.45\00:48:13.56
The lamb like beast will
finally speak like a dragon.
00:48:13.59\00:48:18.05
It is a sad things friends,
00:48:18.08\00:48:20.46
but the Bible has
revealed to us the future.
00:48:20.49\00:48:25.13
Digging up the what? The future.
00:48:25.16\00:48:29.10
The Bible tells us that we're
heading for troublest times.
00:48:29.13\00:48:32.56
In Revelation
15-- 13:15-17, it says,
00:48:32.59\00:48:36.22
"And he had power to give life
unto the image of the beast,
00:48:36.25\00:48:39.28
that the image of the beast
should both speak and cause
00:48:39.31\00:48:41.66
that as many as
would not worship
00:48:41.69\00:48:43.59
the image of the
beast should be what?
00:48:43.62\00:48:46.74
Killed.
00:48:46.77\00:48:47.93
And verse 16
says, "He causeth all,
00:48:47.96\00:48:50.53
both small and great,
rich and poor, free and bond,
00:48:50.56\00:48:52.88
to receive a mark in
their right hand, or where?
00:48:52.91\00:48:58.33
In their foreheads: that
no man might but or sell,
00:48:58.36\00:49:00.63
save he that had
the mark on the beast,
00:49:00.66\00:49:01.97
or the name of he beast,
or the number of his name.
00:49:02.00\00:49:04.89
Here is wisdom.
00:49:04.92\00:49:05.95
Let him that hath understanding
count the number of the beast:
00:49:05.98\00:49:09.56
for it is the number of a man;
00:49:09.59\00:49:10.88
and his number is Six
hundred threescore and six."
00:49:10.91\00:49:13.56
We already studied
that subject the other night
00:49:13.59\00:49:15.54
when you remember
666, you remember that
00:49:15.57\00:49:18.23
and so we can see
then that the Bible reveals
00:49:18.26\00:49:21.02
that America will join
the hands with the Papacy
00:49:21.05\00:49:24.84
and enforce the Papacy
dogmas sooner or later.
00:49:24.87\00:49:28.28
Now, you might say
I don't believe that,
00:49:28.31\00:49:30.18
I don't think that will happen.
00:49:30.21\00:49:31.26
Well, my friends you
may believe it or not
00:49:31.29\00:49:34.09
but God said it.
00:49:34.12\00:49:36.50
And if God said
it what will happen?
00:49:36.53\00:49:38.53
It will happen.
Just a matter of time.
00:49:38.56\00:49:42.63
Or it is that have
to do with you and me
00:49:42.66\00:49:44.90
and how can you
and I relate to that?
00:49:44.93\00:49:48.43
You and I know that
apparently concerning this tax
00:49:48.46\00:49:52.77
that there is some kind of
00:49:52.80\00:49:54.81
economic
pressure brought to there.
00:49:54.84\00:49:56.95
Is that true? Yes or no?
00:49:56.98\00:49:59.34
If you cannot but or sell
there is an economic pressure.
00:49:59.37\00:50:03.25
Now let me ask you a question,
00:50:03.28\00:50:04.62
what does America now
do to try to make nations
00:50:04.65\00:50:08.38
conform to what US wants?
00:50:08.41\00:50:13.67
It is called an embargo.
00:50:13.70\00:50:16.20
A what? What's an embargo?
00:50:16.23\00:50:19.20
An embargo simply a shedding
up of resources from outside
00:50:19.23\00:50:23.83
so that nation feels
crippled and have to admit
00:50:23.86\00:50:27.07
to whatever America's asking.
00:50:27.10\00:50:29.09
For example, right now
they have a promise with Iran
00:50:29.12\00:50:32.38
and have a
promise with North Korea,
00:50:32.41\00:50:34.75
so what did they offer Iran?
00:50:34.78\00:50:37.69
They just offered Iran a carrot.
00:50:37.72\00:50:39.66
A what? A carrot.
00:50:39.69\00:50:41.94
We will do this for you
00:50:41.97\00:50:43.00
and this for you
and this for you.
00:50:43.03\00:50:44.59
What did they do to Iraq?
00:50:44.62\00:50:45.93
They had an embargo in Iraq
to try to cripple the nation.
00:50:45.96\00:50:49.01
What did they do to Cuba?
00:50:49.04\00:50:50.11
They have an embargo on Cuba.
00:50:50.14\00:50:51.61
In other words America now,
that little land that rose up
00:50:51.64\00:50:55.96
speaking as a lamb
now is speaking as a what?
00:50:55.99\00:50:59.47
As a dragon.
00:50:59.50\00:51:01.16
You either do what we are saying
00:51:01.19\00:51:06.32
or you'll suffer
economically speaking.
00:51:06.35\00:51:09.68
And then of course, if
the economic sense not work
00:51:09.71\00:51:12.83
then what did they do?
00:51:12.86\00:51:15.95
Then they bring fire from heaven
00:51:15.98\00:51:17.40
upon those nations, okay.
00:51:17.43\00:51:21.27
Now, I understand the
Russia now but my friends,
00:51:21.30\00:51:24.40
I believe that
the one who is behind
00:51:24.43\00:51:25.90
all of this is the enemy.
00:51:25.93\00:51:27.89
Who is it? The enemy.
00:51:27.92\00:51:29.83
The enemy is
trying to bring the world
00:51:29.86\00:51:31.65
into such a condition
that it will finally satisfy
00:51:31.68\00:51:35.63
his desires to finally
00:51:35.66\00:51:36.90
be the one
worshiped on this earth.
00:51:36.93\00:51:39.65
And so if He can have this group
00:51:39.68\00:51:43.04
attacking this group
00:51:43.07\00:51:44.39
and this group can say,
well, we need to attack them
00:51:44.42\00:51:46.92
so that the world can be free
00:51:46.95\00:51:48.88
from terrorists then we justify.
00:51:48.91\00:51:52.63
We what? We justify.
00:51:52.66\00:51:55.31
And what taking
place today friends
00:51:55.34\00:51:56.81
is nothing more than
the religious battle.
00:51:56.84\00:51:58.53
America is trying to
keep the things at bay
00:52:03.97\00:52:08.18
by saying it's not
a religious battle,
00:52:08.21\00:52:09.96
we're just fighting terrorists.
00:52:09.99\00:52:12.45
But the terrorists are
saying it is a religious battle
00:52:12.48\00:52:14.76
because America's a Satan
00:52:14.79\00:52:16.13
we need to get rid of the Satan.
00:52:16.16\00:52:17.42
We're seeing my friends
00:52:20.94\00:52:22.21
that what the Bible
has predicted is true.
00:52:22.24\00:52:25.07
What do you say?
00:52:25.10\00:52:26.74
Now, here is the
question for you and for me.
00:52:26.77\00:52:30.38
Jesus makes the statement,
00:52:30.41\00:52:32.63
"Howbeit in vein
do they worship me,
00:52:32.66\00:52:36.16
teaching for" what?
00:52:36.19\00:52:37.74
"For doctrines of
commandments of men."
00:52:37.77\00:52:39.39
My friends, let me
ask you a question.
00:52:39.42\00:52:43.57
As we see the future unfolded
00:52:43.60\00:52:46.76
and as we see how
things are falling into place,
00:52:46.79\00:52:52.51
the question is
where will you stand?
00:52:52.54\00:52:55.05
That's the question.
00:52:55.08\00:52:56.96
You know in the scripture
says it texts in Jeremiah 12:5,
00:52:56.99\00:53:01.63
watch it another
that text, Jeremiah 12:5,
00:53:01.66\00:53:05.96
notice that the Jeremiah
00:53:05.99\00:53:07.94
and the prophet
there says the following,
00:53:07.97\00:53:10.51
Jeremiah 12:5,
"If they all has run
00:53:10.54\00:53:14.17
with the footmen and
they have wearied the
00:53:14.20\00:53:17.43
then how canst thou
contend with horses?
00:53:17.46\00:53:20.68
And if in the land of
peace, wherein thou trustedst,
00:53:20.71\00:53:24.09
they wearied thee,
00:53:24.12\00:53:25.29
then how wilt thou do
in the swelling of Jordan?
00:53:25.32\00:53:29.25
What does that say?
00:53:29.28\00:53:31.88
As Christians if we
in the land of peace
00:53:31.91\00:53:37.01
are becoming less
and less committed.
00:53:37.04\00:53:42.86
If we in the land of peace
00:53:42.89\00:53:44.91
are moving
farther and farther away
00:53:44.94\00:53:46.84
from the principles of
Christ and His commandments
00:53:46.87\00:53:49.28
while we are in peace.
00:53:49.31\00:53:51.81
Then what will happen
when persecution comes.
00:53:51.84\00:53:56.50
If you cannot
standup for what's right
00:53:56.53\00:53:59.21
when you have no
pressure how will you standup
00:53:59.24\00:54:02.76
to what's right
when there is a pressure?
00:54:02.79\00:54:07.45
Just recently I
was in the country
00:54:07.48\00:54:08.88
of commonwealth of Guam.
00:54:08.91\00:54:12.76
And I was
preaching a series like this
00:54:12.79\00:54:14.31
and I talked about the Sabbath
00:54:14.34\00:54:16.34
and a certain man who
was there turned to out
00:54:16.37\00:54:18.44
to be a wealthy man but
he said I want to talk to you
00:54:18.47\00:54:21.16
so we sat down and talked
and he said the following,
00:54:21.19\00:54:24.19
just recently a typhoon hit
00:54:24.22\00:54:26.06
and most of my
equipment was destroyed.
00:54:26.09\00:54:28.44
He says my
company's in financial ruins
00:54:28.47\00:54:30.76
and he says if-- I'm
just turning you correctly
00:54:30.79\00:54:33.88
you think that I
should keep a Sabbath.
00:54:33.91\00:54:35.54
I said I don't think
you should keep a Sabbath,
00:54:35.57\00:54:38.00
God says you should keep
a Sabbath, that's different.
00:54:38.03\00:54:39.98
What do you say?
He say, well okay.
00:54:40.01\00:54:42.86
How can I keep the Sabbath?
00:54:42.89\00:54:43.92
I do keep the Sabbath he
said, I'll have to close shop.
00:54:43.95\00:54:48.23
He says I have 13 contracts
with the tourist business
00:54:48.26\00:54:51.76
and they're
usually on the weekend
00:54:51.79\00:54:53.09
and five closest
contracts up on them.
00:54:53.12\00:54:56.26
And I said my friends, listen,
if you put your trust in God,
00:54:56.29\00:54:59.61
God can deliver you.
00:54:59.64\00:55:01.18
I don't know how
He'll do it but God will.
00:55:01.21\00:55:04.22
Well, I did realize it
but the man took my counsel.
00:55:04.25\00:55:06.86
He just called me two weeks ago,
00:55:06.89\00:55:08.19
you know what he
said, thank you, he said.
00:55:08.22\00:55:11.67
When I decided to
believe what you said
00:55:11.70\00:55:16.76
from the scriptures
and keep the Sabbath
00:55:16.79\00:55:19.30
my employees, I have 60 of
them thought I have lost my mind
00:55:19.33\00:55:23.90
to close out 13 contracts
where the revenue was coming in
00:55:23.93\00:55:27.42
and it was the only
thing we still have left
00:55:27.45\00:55:29.88
and it was financial suicide.
00:55:29.91\00:55:31.85
But here's what he
said, I decided to tell him
00:55:31.88\00:55:35.57
don't worry God
will take care of us
00:55:35.60\00:55:37.36
and then I said, God,
you hear what I said to them,
00:55:37.39\00:55:39.57
you're gonna
have to help me out.
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And so here's what happened,
he said, since I did that,
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yes I cancelled the 13 contracts
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but he says, thank
God I have paid off
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three million
dollars of my debts
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and he said before that,
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before the
typhoon in my best days
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I could never pay off my debts,
00:55:58.08\00:55:59.86
since I have
decided to keep the Sabbath
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I paid off three million dollars
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worth of debt and then he said,
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because I keep the Sabbath
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I have a better ability to
make better financial decisions.
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And he says my
employees now love me.
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They think that I've
made a great decision.
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My friends, listen,
are there challenges,
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yes or no?
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Yes.
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But here's the question,
will you stand for Jesus?
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If you can stand today
how will you stand later?
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I'm gonna ask you an appeal.
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How many of you
today will take a decision
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to say no matter what happens
I'm going to stand for Jesus.
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Will you stand today
if that's your desire?
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I want to be loyal to Christ,
irrespective of what happens.
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I know there will be
hard times but by God's grace
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I want to be
faithful and true to Him.
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Let us pray.
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Our father we see that
we are in trouble times
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Your word is true.
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But Lord, help us to
learn and now in times of peace
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how to be true to You
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and faithful to
Your commandments
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so that when that time comes
we'll be able to stand also.
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We pray it in Jesus name, amen.
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