Welcome to Pillars of Faith,
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a word for today in
today's busy and modern world.
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My name is C.A.
Murray and I do welcome you
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to the Thompsonville
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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the 3ABN Worship Center
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as we continue in
a wonderful series
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by Pastor John Dinzey
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who is the general
manager of 3ABN Latino channel.
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As he has been taking us through
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the Three Angels' Messages.
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Three Angels' Messages
something very, very crucial,
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very, very important
for these modern days.
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His first sermon
dealt with the first part
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of the first angel's message
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and then we had
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the first
angel's message part two.
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Today's presentation will
be the second angel's message.
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And we have been so
blessed to understand
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and to study again
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and knew these
very important truths
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for the later days.
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As I said Pastor John is the
general manager of 3ABN Latino,
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a growing channel that
speaks to the hearts and souls
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of Spanish speaking
people all over the world.
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And it is a wonderful edition
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to the 3ABN family of channels,
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making up our
international network.
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So today we
entertain, we discuss,
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we study the
second angel's message,
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an important word from the Lord
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for God's people
in these last days.
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And we ask from you
for him your prayerful
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and undivided
attention as God speaks to him
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and through him to us.
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Gonna ask you to bow your head
with me in a word of prayer,
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then we will
hear from John Dinzey,
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general manager of 3ABN Latino,
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shall we pray?
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Gracious Father,
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we praise you and
thank you so very much
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for your word
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and for this
particular latter day work.
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These messages that
come with exalted position
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and heavenly urgency
from the throne of God,
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three angels who have very much
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to say to your people,
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and as we look at
message number two,
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may our hearts thrill,
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may we understand again
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and I knew your
will for this world
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prior to the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
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Let's your man
servant anoint his lips,
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may he speak
with power and clarity
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as he gives us your word
and we thank you dear Father
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in Jesus name amen,
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and amen.
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Amen.
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Thank you Pastor C.A. Murray.
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Pastor C.A. Murray
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as you well know
is the general manager
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for our 3ABN Proclaim channel.
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And we encourage you to watch
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all of the 3ABN
family of channels
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including the
3ABN Proclaim channel
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which is really
Bible studies and sermons,
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and it's a channel worthy
of your attention as well.
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We are on a journey
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to go through the
Three Angels' Messages
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trying to
compact everything we can
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in five meetings together.
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And it is a challenge to
really bring everything together
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in just five sermons.
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By God's grace we
will endeavor once again
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through go to
God's word and to study
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message number two
of the three angels.
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As we mentioned in the past
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these angels have a
message for the world
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in the end
time, a vital message,
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a message that tells us that
Jesus Christ is coming soon.
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It is in the context of the time
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when the mark of the
beast is called upon.
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It brings us to that
point in time in history,
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a point in time yet future,
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but we need to be
prepared for that,
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that we may do as it
is best for our salvation.
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So before we continue,
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I like to go to the
Lord in prayer one more time,
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asking him, I know we prayed,
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but I like to also
go to the Lord in prayer
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to set my
thoughts towards heaven,
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and I encourage you to
join me in prayer once again.
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I will kneel and I will
ask for you to pray for me,
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and for all that would
join us around the world.
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Let us pray together.
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Our loving heavenly Father,
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how wonderful and
marvelous you are,
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how great and
unsearchable are your riches
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and understandings.
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Father we come to you
to ask for your blessing
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as we study together.
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We pray Lord
that you will bless us
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with clarity of thought.
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I place myself
in your hands Lord,
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that I may be used
according to your good pleasure.
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I ask for the
outpouring of your Holy Spirit.
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We pray that you will
speak to your children
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that which you
desire for them to hear.
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And in this moment Lord
we give you honor and praise
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for what you're about to do.
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And we pray that your name
will be glorified in all things
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in Jesus' holy and blessed name,
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amen, and amen.
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Well, brothers
and sisters, friends,
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let's go back to the 14 chapter
of the Book of Revelation.
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To continue our journey,
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I will begin first by reading
the first angel's message
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which is found in
Revelation 14:6 and 7,
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Revelation 14:6 and 7,
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"And I saw another angel
fly in the midst of heaven,
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having the everlasting gospel
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to preach unto them
that dwell on the earth,
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and to every nation,
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and kindred, and
tongue, and people,
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Saying with a loud voice,
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Fear God, and give glory to him,
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for the hour of
his judgment is come,
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and worship him
that made heaven,
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and earth, and the sea,
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and the fountains of waters."
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As we mentioned in
the previous two sermons,
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this is a message
during the time of the end.
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For it is only in
the time of the end
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can it be said the hour
of his judgment has come.
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It could not be
preached in Noah's day
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because the time of
God's judgment had not come.
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It could not be preached
during the time of Paul.
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He looked at the second coming
of Jesus Christ in the future.
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He said, that the
second coming would not occur
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except there come
a falling away first
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and a man of
perdition is revealed,
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so we're talking
about a time of the end
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that we are
living in theses days.
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And we're seeing
things take place
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that are leading us
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to the development of
the mark of the beast.
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And I encourage you
to look at the Bible,
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read it carefully as
God for understanding,
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that you may be
aware of the things
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going on in the world,
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so that you are aware
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that the fulfillment of
prophecy is taking place,
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so that you can be prepared
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to do your part in
helping to spread the gospel,
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the good news of salvation.
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But it is not only
the reaching of the gospel
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that has to take place,
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we also have to warn
people of the judgments
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that are coming,
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because as we look
at the second angel,
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we will notice,
and the third angel
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we will notice that
there is great danger at hand,
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great danger coming
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for the
inhabitants of the earth.
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So let us move now
to Revelation 14:8,
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"And there followed
another angel, saying,
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Babylon is fallen, is
fallen, that great city,
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because she made all nations
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drink of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication."
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And so much as you see
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the first angel has a
message to every kindred,
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and tongue, and people,
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at the same time
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there is an opposing work
taking place through Satan
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and the instruments he will use.
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Remember Satan will use anyone
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that is not a 100
percent committed to the Lord.
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He can put thoughts
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in the most
noble of individuals,
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in the most
righteous of individuals.
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I will bring you an example
that is to me astounding.
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We have the time when
Jesus asked his disciples
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whom do men say that I am.
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And they said, oh,
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well some say
one of the prophets,
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some say Elijah, etcetera,
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and they answered this way.
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And so Jesus didn't ask
them, whom say ye that I am.
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And Simon Peter said,
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"Thou art the Christ,
the Son of the living God."
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And Jesus said, "Blessed
art thou, Simon Barjona,
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for flesh and blood hath
not revealed this unto you,
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but my Father
which is in heaven."
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He was blessed by God.
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God blessed him with the answer
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and Jesus acknowledged and said,
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Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona,
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for flesh and blood has
not revealed this unto you,
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but my Father in heaven.
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Peter was influenced
by the father in heaven.
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Something takes
place in the mind of Peter,
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because it appears that Satan
put a suggestion on his mind,
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when Jesus soon
after he said this,
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said this to him,
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"I must go to Jerusalem,
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and I'm going to be killed
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and be
resurrected on the third day."
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Immediately Peter reacted
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and grabbed
Jesus and said, Lord,
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this is not going
to happen unto you.
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It's amazing how
Jesus answers and says,
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"Get thee behind me Satan,
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for thou saviors
the things of this world
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and not the things of heaven."
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Peter at that point in time
was being used by the devil,
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and Jesus said, get
thee behind me Satan,
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speaking directly to Satan,
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but Peter was used by the devil.
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So anyone can be used,
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therefore we must
be fully consecrated
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to the Lord
abiding in Jesus Christ,
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and so we will see,
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we can see in history that
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the devil has used
individuals in the past.
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There are many
examples in the Bible,
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and we need to be
surrendered to the Lord.
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In this moment we are
talking about Babylon,
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Babylon is fallen.
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And the question is
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what is meant by
the term Babylon?
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The term Babylon
comes from the Hebrew word,
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Babel which means confusion.
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This is very common,
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most people know that
Babylon means confusion.
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And there is another definition
that you can easily find
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as you study in books
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even go on the
internet that in...
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even in the Babylonian language
it means the Gate of God,
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Gate of the God,
or Gate of the Gods,
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which in Babylon as you know
they worshipped false idols.
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You can see this very clearly,
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so when Daniel, Shadrach,
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and Daniel, Meshach and...
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I'm forgetting the names,
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let me look them
really quick here,
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Daniel, Meshach,
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and the other guy for
some reason is escaping my name
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so we'll go to Daniel 1
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really quick and
give you that other name.
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And so we can see how
Daniel and his friends,
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their names were changed to
the name of one of the god's
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that the people had in Babylon.
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So you can see here in Daniel 1,
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let me find the reference,
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here in Daniel
1:7, Unto whom, verse 6,
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"Now among these were
of the children of Judah,
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Daniel, Hananiah,
is the one I forgot,
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Mishael, and Azariah,
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Daniel, Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah.
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Hebrew names that
meant something wonderful.
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However their names
were changed to Belteshazzar,
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in reference to the god Bel,
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the false god of course,
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Hananiah was
changed to Shadrach,
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and Mishael to Meshach,
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and Azariah to Abednego,
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all Babylonian gods.
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So when you think of
Babylon, it's confusion.
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They were worshiping many idols,
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many false gods,
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so Babylon means confusion.
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Let's go to the Book of Genesis
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to see a reference
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when God brings this to us.
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In Genesis 11,
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I wanna read
verse 1 and 2 first,
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"And the whole
earth was of one language,
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and of one speech.
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And it came to pass,
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as they journeyed from the east,
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that they found a
plain in the land of Shinar,
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and they dwelt there."
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Genesis 11:9, tells
us what happens later,
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let me give you some background.
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This was after the flood.
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The flood had taken place,
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and eventually
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as the
population continue to grow,
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the people decided
to journey to the east.
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Now remember that God said that
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he was gonna set his rainbow
in the clouds as a token,
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a symbol that he
would not destroy
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the earth with a flood again.
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This was a promise
made to Noah and his family.
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I will not destroy the earth,
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when you see that
rainbow in the sky
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remember my promise
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that I will not
destroy the earth with a flood.
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But the people as they grew
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they began to forget God
and they journeyed to the east,
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and as we read
they spoke one language.
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Now in Genesis 11:9 we
have the following words.
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"Therefore is the
name of it called Babel,
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because the Lord did there
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confound the
language of all the earth,
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and from thence did the Lord
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scatter them abroad upon
the face of all the earth."
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I just read you the verse
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that came to the
conclusion of what happen.
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The Lord confused the
language of the people,
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gave them different
languages that they could speak,
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gave them the ability to do so.
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They were building a tower,
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it is well known
the Tower of Babel,
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and this is why where
you get the word Babel,
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Babylon, Babylonian or Babylon
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from therefore
Babylon means confusion.
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So when we see
Babylon, Babylon is fallen,
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it's a message about a
false system of worship,
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and in fact when
we're looking at this verse
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Revelation 14:8,
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it not only embraces
one system of worship,
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but embraces
others that have joined
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or have follow the traditions
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and teachings of
that system of worship
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and we ask you to
continue in the study,
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this message and the
other two that are coming
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to get more information on that.
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It is evident from scripture
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that God's desire
was to bring the gospel
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to the world through
the people of Israel.
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His desire was to
have to make of Israel
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an example to the world of
what a nation would be like
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as they gave their
hearts completely to the Lord,
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followed his commandments
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and following his commandments
God would bless their homes.
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They would have children,
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they would plant and
it would grow many crops.
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They wouldn't have any diseases.
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And they would be
an example to the world
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how a nation
would live following God
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and the blessings
that they would receive.
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However, we know
that the people of Israel
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departed from the Lord,
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they started to worship idols
and something happened to them.
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And the Lord had told them
that if they start worship,
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stop obeying his commandments
and start worshiping idols,
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thee he would allow
them to be take in captive,
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he would allow them
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to suffer
diseases and etc, etc, etc.
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You can see some
of this described
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in the Book of Deuteronomy.
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And because Israel
was unfaithful to God,
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God allowed other
nations to take them captive.
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I show you Ezekiel 39,
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we're gonna read verse 23 and 24
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as an example,
Ezekiel 39:23 and 24.
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It says, "And the
heathen shall know
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that the house of
Israel went into captivity
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for their iniquity,
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because they
trespassed against me,
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therefore I hid
my face from them,
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and gave them into
the hand of their enemies,
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so they fell all by the sword.
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According to their uncleanness
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and according to
their transgressions
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have I done unto them,
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and hid my face from them."
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Because of their evil practices,
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because they separated
themselves from the Lord,
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stopped obeying
his commandments,
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started worshiping idols,
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started doing what the
other nations were doing.
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The Lord allowed
them to be taken captive
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by other nations.
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One of those
nations was Babylon.
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The fourth, I mean
the first world kingdom,
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remember there are
four world kingdoms
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that are prophesied
in the Book of Daniel
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that would take
place upon the earth.
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In fact in the Book of Jeremiah,
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Babylon is called
the hammer of the earth
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because they controlled
the majority of the world.
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Four kingdoms in the world
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that will take place
from the time of Daniel,
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and onward to
the end of history.
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Notice in Daniel 2:37-40,
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Daniel 2:37-40.
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"Thou, O king,
art a king of kings,
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for the God of heaven hath
given thee a kingdom, power,
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and strength, and glory.
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And wheresoever the
children of men dwell,
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the beasts of the field
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and the fowls of the heaven
hath he given into thine hand,
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and hath made thee
ruler over them all.
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Thou art this head of gold.
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After thee shall arise another
kingdom inferior to thee,
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and another
third kingdom of brass,
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which shall bear
rule over all the earth.
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And the fourth kingdom
shall be strong as iron:
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forasmuch as iron
breaketh in pieces
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and subdueth all things,
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and as iron that
breaketh all these,
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shall it break in
pieces and bruise."
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And so we see
four world kingdoms,
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Babylon being the first,
and followed by Medo-Persia,
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then Greece, then Rome
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and its secular version,
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eventually Rome would
have a religious aspect to it,
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so it will say religious
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and political
power secular power,
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and that would be papal Rome
very clearly shown in history.
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So God gave the
kingdom of Israel to Babylon
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and notice how
the Lord describes
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this king Nebuchadnezzar.
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I'm going to read
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Jeremiah 27:5, 6 and 7.
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God says, "I
have made the earth,
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the man and the beast
that are upon the ground,
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by my great power and
by my outstretched arm,
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and have given it unto
whom it seemed meet unto me.
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And now have I
given all these lands
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into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar
the king of Babylon,
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and God says my servant,
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and the beast of the field
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have I given also
on to him to serve him.
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And all nations shall serve him,
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and his son, and his son's son,
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until the very
time of his land come,
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and then many
nations and great kings
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shall serve themselves of him."
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So we see here that God,
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and God's plan
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the people of Israel
were taken captive by him
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and God calls
Nebuchadnezzar, my servant.
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God's intention was to
bring the gospel to Babylon
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and thereby all nations
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would become aware
of the Almighty God,
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the King of
kings, and Lord of lords.
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Miracles took place in Babylon
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to help the people
of Babylon understand
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that there is a God in
heaven above any false God,
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and that is why Daniel was there
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as the second in the kingdom.
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Notice what
happened after a Daniel 3:28,
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something takes place that
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Nebuchadnezzar is
shocked surprised by,
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and as a matter of fact
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because Nebuchadnezzar
glorified himself,
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God allowed him to
become as animal on the field.
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For seven years
he was eating grass
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and running
around like an animal,
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his nails grew
00:21:37.06\00:21:38.63
because he did not acknowledge
the creator of the world.
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But in Daniel 3:28 and 29,
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we have the following
words concerning Nebuchadnezzar.
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"Then
Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said,
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Blessed be the God of
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
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who hath sent his angel,
00:21:57.48\00:22:00.55
and delivered his
servants that trusted in him,
00:22:00.58\00:22:02.88
and have
changed the king's word,
00:22:02.92\00:22:05.05
and yielded their bodies,
00:22:05.09\00:22:06.42
that they might not
serve nor worship any god,
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except their own God."
00:22:08.76\00:22:11.19
This is when the
Shadrach, Meshach,
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and Abednego were
delivered in the fiery furnace.
00:22:13.90\00:22:16.40
Now notice verse 29,
"Therefore I make a decree,
00:22:16.43\00:22:19.47
that every people,
nation, and language,
00:22:19.50\00:22:22.50
which speak any thing amiss
against the God of Shadrach,
00:22:22.54\00:22:26.41
Meshach, and Abednego,
shall be cut in pieces,
00:22:26.44\00:22:28.91
and their houses
shall be made a dunghill,
00:22:28.94\00:22:30.75
because there is no other God
00:22:30.78\00:22:32.71
that can deliver
after this sort."
00:22:32.75\00:22:35.98
His exclamation, his
declaration is one that is
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mixed with good things
and of course bad things,
00:22:40.16\00:22:43.53
because one,
00:22:43.56\00:22:45.43
he gave glory to God
00:22:45.46\00:22:47.06
and he wanted all
nations to know him,
00:22:47.10\00:22:49.26
he made a decree that will be
00:22:49.30\00:22:50.63
spread throughout all the world,
00:22:50.67\00:22:52.53
the then known world
saying that there is a God,
00:22:52.57\00:22:57.14
a creator God.
00:22:57.17\00:22:58.74
However, error
takes place when he says,
00:22:58.77\00:23:01.78
that whoever does
not acknowledge this God
00:23:01.81\00:23:05.25
will be cut in pieces
00:23:05.28\00:23:06.61
and their houses shall
be made a dunghill, etc.
00:23:06.65\00:23:08.82
So his mind is still
not 100 percent converted
00:23:08.85\00:23:13.52
but he is acknowledging
that there is a God almighty.
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As we continue we
like to take you to see
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what happened to Babylon.
00:23:23.53\00:23:24.87
Unfortunately
Babylon was destroyed
00:23:24.90\00:23:27.14
because they
departed from the principles
00:23:27.17\00:23:31.24
that God try to bring them to.
00:23:31.27\00:23:33.58
And in Jeremiah 50:1 and 2
we have the following words.
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Jeremiah 50:1 and 2,
00:23:39.55\00:23:40.98
"The word that the
Lord spake against Babylon
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and against the
land of the Chaldeans
00:23:43.69\00:23:45.29
by Jeremiah the prophet.
00:23:45.32\00:23:46.86
Declare ye among the
nations, and publish,
00:23:46.89\00:23:49.06
and set up a standard, publish,
00:23:49.09\00:23:50.66
and conceal not: say,
00:23:50.69\00:23:52.93
Babylon is taken,
Bel is confounded,
00:23:52.96\00:23:56.80
Merodach is broken in pieces,
00:23:56.83\00:23:58.97
her idols are confounded,
00:23:59.00\00:24:00.44
her images are
broken in pieces."
00:24:00.47\00:24:02.47
Mentioning some of
the gods they served.
00:24:02.50\00:24:05.77
Remember Bel, Belteshazzar,
Belteshazzar that was...
00:24:05.81\00:24:10.58
Daniel was named
after that false god.
00:24:10.61\00:24:13.52
So because of their
refusal to follow God
00:24:13.55\00:24:19.15
they had to be destroyed.
00:24:19.19\00:24:21.29
Jeremiah 50:26 tells us,
00:24:21.32\00:24:24.59
"Come against her
from the utmost border,
00:24:24.63\00:24:27.83
open her storehouses,
cast her up as heaps,
00:24:27.86\00:24:30.27
and destroy her utterly,
let nothing of her be left."
00:24:30.30\00:24:35.84
It was a complete destruction.
00:24:35.87\00:24:38.31
However, before the destruction
something takes place
00:24:38.34\00:24:42.24
that is similar to what
00:24:42.28\00:24:44.28
God is calling
during the end times.
00:24:44.31\00:24:46.98
In the end times we're
talking about a Babylon
00:24:47.02\00:24:50.02
that is a symbol of
corruption and confusion
00:24:50.05\00:24:54.09
and the same thing
that happened in the end
00:24:54.12\00:24:56.69
during the time of
the literal Babylon
00:24:56.73\00:24:59.03
takes place in
the symbolic Babylon,
00:24:59.06\00:25:01.30
God calls his
children out of Babylon
00:25:01.33\00:25:04.07
before Babylon is destroyed.
00:25:04.10\00:25:06.03
Notice in Jeremiah 51:6,
00:25:06.07\00:25:10.34
"Flee out of the
midst of Babylon,
00:25:10.37\00:25:13.17
and deliver every man his soul,
00:25:13.21\00:25:15.71
be not cut off in her iniquity,
00:25:15.74\00:25:18.51
for this is the time
of the Lord's vengeance,
00:25:18.55\00:25:21.88
he will render
unto her a recompence."
00:25:21.92\00:25:25.19
So we see here
00:25:25.22\00:25:26.55
that Babylon is
about to be destroyed,
00:25:26.59\00:25:28.56
but a message is sent to
the inhabitants of Babylon
00:25:28.59\00:25:32.13
to come out of Babylon.
00:25:32.16\00:25:33.50
Babylon became a great
city over 200,000 inhabitants,
00:25:33.53\00:25:37.70
it is said that is was
00:25:37.73\00:25:39.07
one of the most popular
cities of the ancient times,
00:25:39.10\00:25:41.50
was very rich, gold everywhere,
00:25:41.54\00:25:44.27
many gold bricks have been found
00:25:44.31\00:25:45.94
with Nebuchadnezzar's name,
00:25:45.97\00:25:47.91
however they had to fall.
00:25:47.94\00:25:52.01
Isaiah 21:9,
00:25:52.05\00:25:54.05
Isaiah 21:9, tells us,
00:25:54.08\00:25:56.05
"And, behold, here
cometh a chariot of men,
00:25:56.08\00:25:58.99
with a couple of horsemen.
00:25:59.02\00:26:00.42
And he answered and said,
Babylon is fallen, is fallen
00:26:00.46\00:26:04.33
and all the
graven images of her gods
00:26:04.36\00:26:06.93
he hath broken unto the ground."
00:26:06.96\00:26:10.07
So Babylon, the
ancient Babylon was fallen,
00:26:10.10\00:26:13.80
it was destroyed.
00:26:13.84\00:26:15.64
A similar reference is made
00:26:15.67\00:26:18.31
we have just read
it Revelation 14:8,
00:26:18.34\00:26:21.24
"And there followed
another angel, saying,
00:26:21.28\00:26:23.04
Babylon is fallen, is
fallen, the great city,
00:26:23.08\00:26:25.58
because she made all
nations drink of the wine
00:26:25.61\00:26:28.98
of the wrath of
her fornication."
00:26:29.02\00:26:31.89
So we have here a
similar thing takes place.
00:26:31.92\00:26:35.36
Babylon is fallen, is fallen.
00:26:35.39\00:26:37.63
What does this mean?
00:26:37.66\00:26:38.99
We're gonna continue our study
00:26:39.03\00:26:40.73
to understand what this means.
00:26:40.76\00:26:42.30
In Revelation 17,
00:26:42.33\00:26:44.70
we have an
interesting thing takes place.
00:26:44.73\00:26:47.90
In Revelation 17,
00:26:47.94\00:26:49.44
Babylon is
represented as a woman,
00:26:49.47\00:26:53.21
and we know that in the Bible
00:26:53.24\00:26:55.18
a woman is a symbol of a church.
00:26:55.21\00:26:58.18
A virtuous woman
representing a pure church,
00:26:58.21\00:27:02.25
a vile woman an apostate church,
00:27:02.28\00:27:05.02
a church that
has become corrupt.
00:27:05.05\00:27:07.39
Let's see how this is
presented in the Bible.
00:27:07.42\00:27:12.16
Notice, Hosea 2:19,
00:27:12.19\00:27:16.67
Hosea 2:19, God says,
00:27:16.70\00:27:20.47
"And I will betroth
thee unto me for ever,
00:27:20.50\00:27:24.24
talking about
Israel Jerusalem, yea,
00:27:24.27\00:27:27.04
I will betroth thee
unto me in righteousness,
00:27:27.08\00:27:29.54
and in judgment,
00:27:29.58\00:27:30.91
and in
loving-kindness, and in mercies,
00:27:30.95\00:27:33.65
" talking about
the people of Israel
00:27:33.68\00:27:35.15
when they were
following the Lord,
00:27:35.18\00:27:37.19
they are, God is said
to be married to Jerusalem.
00:27:37.22\00:27:42.62
2 Corinthians 11:2,
00:27:42.66\00:27:44.43
"For I am jealous over
you with godly jealousy,
00:27:44.46\00:27:47.16
for I have
espoused you to one husband,
00:27:47.20\00:27:50.30
that I may present you as
a chaste virgin to Christ,
00:27:50.33\00:27:54.87
" concerning Jerusalem.
00:27:54.90\00:27:57.84
Now, when the people
of Israel were unfaithful,
00:27:57.87\00:28:02.94
notice how God
refers to Babylon.
00:28:02.98\00:28:06.51
Once pure, once a
righteous nations,
00:28:06.55\00:28:11.49
once a nation that followed God,
00:28:11.52\00:28:14.02
God then calls her a harlot.
00:28:14.06\00:28:17.56
Why?
00:28:17.59\00:28:18.93
Because she stared to imitate
what the other nations did,
00:28:18.96\00:28:21.86
and started to worship idols,
00:28:21.90\00:28:23.77
even sacrifice
their children to idols
00:28:23.80\00:28:27.00
and all manner of wicked things.
00:28:27.04\00:28:29.50
Look at this as found in...
00:28:29.54\00:28:34.28
Let's go to Ezekiel 16:1 and 2,
00:28:34.31\00:28:37.01
Ezekiel 16:1 and 2,
00:28:37.05\00:28:38.85
Ezekiel 16 is a time
00:28:38.88\00:28:41.55
when God is talking about Israel
00:28:41.58\00:28:45.75
and how they had
departed from him
00:28:45.79\00:28:47.92
and how God is
going to deal with them.
00:28:47.96\00:28:51.06
Notice Ezekiel 16:1,
00:28:51.09\00:28:53.03
"Again the word of
the Lord came unto me,
00:28:53.06\00:28:55.86
saying, Son of man,
00:28:55.90\00:28:57.67
cause Jerusalem to
know her abominations."
00:28:57.70\00:29:00.44
"Cause Jerusalem to
know her abominations."
00:29:04.74\00:29:07.38
Now the
abominations are mentioned,
00:29:07.41\00:29:09.61
continuing on verse 3, 4, 5 etc.
00:29:09.64\00:29:13.31
And let us move now to verse 35,
00:29:13.35\00:29:15.72
Ezekiel 16:35,
00:29:15.75\00:29:18.12
notice what God calls Jerusalem,
00:29:18.15\00:29:21.52
the people of Israel.
00:29:21.56\00:29:22.89
"Wherefore, O harlot,
hear the word of the Lord:
00:29:22.92\00:29:26.36
Thus saith the Lord God,
00:29:26.39\00:29:27.90
because thy
filthiness was poured out,
00:29:27.93\00:29:30.77
and thy nakedness discovered
00:29:30.80\00:29:32.60
through thy
whoredoms with thy lovers,
00:29:32.63\00:29:35.57
and with the idols
of thy abominations,
00:29:35.60\00:29:38.77
and by the
blood of thy children,
00:29:38.81\00:29:40.84
which thou
didst give unto them."
00:29:40.88\00:29:43.85
So we see here that
Israel is called the harlot
00:29:43.88\00:29:49.02
when she departed from the Lord,
00:29:49.05\00:29:51.45
when she started
imitating other nations
00:29:51.49\00:29:53.96
and worshiping idols
and setting up idols,
00:29:53.99\00:29:56.93
and the Bible says that
00:29:56.96\00:29:58.29
they even set up idols
under every green tree,
00:29:58.33\00:30:02.66
so widespread was this
00:30:02.70\00:30:05.33
that the Lord had to
bring judgment upon Israel.
00:30:05.37\00:30:09.94
In 2 Kings 17:16,
00:30:09.97\00:30:13.31
2 Kings 17:16 and 17,
00:30:13.34\00:30:17.31
the Bible says
concerning Israel,
00:30:17.35\00:30:19.18
"And they left
all the commandments
00:30:19.21\00:30:21.72
of the Lord their God,
00:30:21.75\00:30:23.69
and made them molten
images, even two calves,
00:30:23.72\00:30:27.19
and made a grove,
00:30:27.22\00:30:28.56
and worshipped all
the host of heaven,
00:30:28.59\00:30:30.79
and served Baal",
00:30:30.83\00:30:32.36
a false God made out
of man made material,
00:30:32.39\00:30:38.27
made out of stone,
00:30:38.30\00:30:39.73
or made of out of some metal.
00:30:39.77\00:30:41.34
"And they caused
their sons, verse 17 says,
00:30:41.37\00:30:44.31
and their daughters
to pass through the fire,
00:30:44.34\00:30:46.78
and used
divination and enchantments,
00:30:46.81\00:30:49.54
and sold themselves to do
evil in the sight of the Lord,
00:30:49.58\00:30:53.18
to provoke him to anger."
00:30:53.21\00:30:55.92
So we ask the question,
Israel a chaste virgin,
00:30:55.95\00:31:02.26
that God was married to,
00:31:02.29\00:31:04.96
that God wanted to use to
bring the gospel to the world,
00:31:04.99\00:31:10.03
became a harlot and
God calls her a harlot.
00:31:10.07\00:31:14.10
So be not surprised
that in the end time
00:31:14.14\00:31:18.87
God uses similar language
to refer to those people
00:31:18.91\00:31:25.38
that claim to be Christians,
00:31:25.41\00:31:28.08
but are following the world
are teaching false doctrines,
00:31:28.12\00:31:33.49
God calls those
denominations those churches,
00:31:33.52\00:31:37.63
those Christians that
take the name of Christ
00:31:37.66\00:31:42.76
and say they're his followers.
00:31:42.80\00:31:44.77
God calls them also a harlot
00:31:44.80\00:31:47.50
when they depart
from following the Lord.
00:31:47.54\00:31:50.87
Let's look at this
00:31:50.91\00:31:52.24
as we continue in
the New Testament,
00:31:52.27\00:31:54.01
James 4:4, James 4:4,
00:31:54.04\00:31:58.48
"Ye adulterers and adulteresses,
00:31:58.51\00:32:01.65
know ye not that the friendship
00:32:01.68\00:32:04.12
of the world is enmity with God?
00:32:04.15\00:32:07.12
Whosoever therefore
will be a friend of the world
00:32:07.16\00:32:10.43
is the enemy of God."
00:32:10.46\00:32:12.56
You're adulterers, adulteresses,
00:32:12.59\00:32:15.73
if you have
friendship with the world,
00:32:15.76\00:32:19.17
you're doing
what the world does.
00:32:19.20\00:32:21.20
You're turning your back on God.
00:32:21.24\00:32:22.90
You're not obeying
God's commandments,
00:32:22.94\00:32:24.87
you're an adulterer,
you become a prostitute,
00:32:24.91\00:32:28.11
a harlot is
another term that is used.
00:32:28.14\00:32:30.45
And so this is also
mentioned in the New Testament
00:32:30.48\00:32:33.98
in Revelation 14,
00:32:34.02\00:32:35.88
the angel states that Babylon
the great city is fallen.
00:32:35.92\00:32:39.25
When Babylon is further
described in Revelation 17,
00:32:39.29\00:32:43.19
it is described
as a corrupt woman,
00:32:43.22\00:32:46.06
therefore a corrupt church.
00:32:46.09\00:32:49.40
Notice Revelation 17:3,
00:32:49.43\00:32:52.73
"So he carried me away
00:32:52.77\00:32:54.20
in the spirit
into the wilderness,
00:32:54.24\00:32:56.44
and I saw a woman sit
upon a scarlet colored beast,
00:32:56.47\00:33:00.21
a scarlet colored beast
full of names of blasphemy,
00:33:00.24\00:33:04.05
having seven
heads and ten horns."
00:33:04.08\00:33:07.62
It is well known
that in Bible prophecy,
00:33:07.65\00:33:10.49
that a beast
represents a kingdom.
00:33:10.52\00:33:13.89
You can see Daniel 7:23,
00:33:13.92\00:33:16.02
for this symbol and
identified or defined.
00:33:16.06\00:33:19.93
Daniel 17:23,
00:33:19.96\00:33:23.26
"Thus he said, the fourth beast
00:33:23.30\00:33:26.07
shall be the fourth
kingdom upon the earth,
00:33:26.10\00:33:28.74
which shall be
diverse from all kingdoms,
00:33:28.77\00:33:31.27
and shall
devour the whole earth,
00:33:31.31\00:33:33.21
and shall tread it
down, and break it in pieces."
00:33:33.24\00:33:35.94
So a beast when used in
Bible prophecy is a kingdom.
00:33:35.98\00:33:41.95
So here in Revelation 17,
00:33:41.98\00:33:44.85
the woman
representing a corrupt church
00:33:44.89\00:33:48.02
because it has
names of blasphemy
00:33:48.06\00:33:50.46
is sitting upon a beast.
00:33:50.49\00:33:53.26
This is a church controlling
a beast which is a kingdom.
00:33:53.29\00:33:58.83
In other words,
00:33:58.87\00:34:00.20
the church is
controlling the state,
00:34:00.24\00:34:02.57
the church is
controlling the nation
00:34:02.60\00:34:05.41
and so because of this,
00:34:05.44\00:34:07.68
we have to ask ourselves,
00:34:07.71\00:34:09.61
as we look at the panorama
in the world of churches,
00:34:09.64\00:34:15.55
which church, which churches
00:34:15.58\00:34:18.42
if we can say have
this type of arrangement,
00:34:18.45\00:34:21.69
they are controlling a nation.
00:34:21.72\00:34:25.76
You can look all over the world
00:34:25.79\00:34:27.80
and see that there is only
one that fits this category.
00:34:27.83\00:34:32.63
We're talking about
the Roman Catholic Church,
00:34:32.67\00:34:37.24
the Vatican is a city,
00:34:37.27\00:34:39.27
a nation but and so the
sovereign leader is the pope,
00:34:39.31\00:34:44.35
but he is also
the leader of a church
00:34:44.38\00:34:47.58
called the
Roman Catholic Church.
00:34:47.62\00:34:50.65
There are other
identifying characteristics
00:34:50.69\00:34:53.52
that we will
look on as we continue
00:34:53.56\00:34:55.89
in our study in this program
00:34:55.92\00:34:58.06
and in the next two that
we still have to go through.
00:34:58.09\00:35:01.76
So remember that
friendship with the world
00:35:01.80\00:35:05.03
you become the enemy of God.
00:35:05.07\00:35:07.24
When a church,
00:35:07.27\00:35:09.17
when churches unite
to call upon this state
00:35:09.20\00:35:14.04
to do as they desire
00:35:14.08\00:35:16.41
and they seek to
bring laws into that land
00:35:16.44\00:35:21.28
contrary to the
principles of God,
00:35:21.32\00:35:24.89
we see that they are
departing from God's principles
00:35:24.92\00:35:29.56
and they are
becoming as this woman
00:35:29.59\00:35:33.43
that is controlling a beast.
00:35:33.46\00:35:36.03
Revelation 17:4 and
5, notice what happens,
00:35:36.06\00:35:40.94
"And the woman was arrayed
in purple and scarlet color,
00:35:40.97\00:35:46.01
and decked with gold and
precious stones and pearls,
00:35:46.04\00:35:49.18
having a golden cup in
her hand full of abominations
00:35:49.21\00:35:52.48
and filthiness
of her fornication,
00:35:52.51\00:35:55.82
And upon her
forehead was a name written,
00:35:55.85\00:35:58.62
Mystery, Babylon The Great,
00:35:58.65\00:36:01.69
The Mother of Harlots and
Abominations of the Earth."
00:36:01.72\00:36:07.10
So what do we see
here Revelation 17,
00:36:07.13\00:36:10.83
talks about
Babylon being a woman
00:36:10.87\00:36:13.74
but also controlling a nation.
00:36:13.77\00:36:17.71
We see very clearly that
there is only one church,
00:36:17.74\00:36:23.35
one nation that
is in this category
00:36:23.38\00:36:26.05
at this present time in history,
00:36:26.08\00:36:29.62
and that is the
Roman Catholic Church.
00:36:29.65\00:36:32.12
There are other
identifying characteristics
00:36:32.15\00:36:34.29
that make it very
clear that this is so.
00:36:34.32\00:36:37.76
Here the Bible is telling us
00:36:37.79\00:36:39.26
that this
corrupt church is vested
00:36:39.29\00:36:41.73
with kingly authority,
00:36:41.76\00:36:44.30
controlling a
kingdom, or a nation.
00:36:44.33\00:36:46.63
It has a golden carpenter hand,
00:36:46.67\00:36:48.54
full of abominations
00:36:48.57\00:36:49.90
and filthiness
of her fornication.
00:36:49.94\00:36:51.94
Notice that in verse 5,
00:36:51.97\00:36:53.74
she is called the
mother of harlots,
00:36:53.78\00:36:55.91
and abomination of the earth.
00:36:55.94\00:36:58.45
In other words,
there are daughters,
00:36:58.48\00:37:02.02
others that follow
what she has taught.
00:37:02.05\00:37:05.62
In other words they keep,
00:37:05.65\00:37:07.42
they hold to
some of the traditions
00:37:07.46\00:37:10.43
and some of the
teachings of the mother church
00:37:10.46\00:37:14.36
is the mother of harlot,
00:37:14.40\00:37:16.06
so they hold to
some of the beliefs
00:37:16.10\00:37:18.03
of the mother church
00:37:18.07\00:37:20.04
which we will
discuss further on.
00:37:20.07\00:37:23.91
And so we had to ask ourselves,
00:37:23.94\00:37:28.14
are you in Babylon?
00:37:28.18\00:37:29.84
And if you're in
Babylon, what should you do?
00:37:29.88\00:37:32.51
By her daughters of
course must symbolize churches
00:37:32.55\00:37:35.42
that cling to her
doctrines and traditions.
00:37:35.45\00:37:39.22
And follow the example
of sacrificing the truth
00:37:39.25\00:37:42.26
and the approval of God
00:37:42.29\00:37:43.93
in order to form an unlawful
alliance with the world.
00:37:43.96\00:37:47.80
The message of Revelation 14,
00:37:47.83\00:37:49.70
announcing the fall of Babylon,
00:37:49.73\00:37:51.07
must apply to religious bodies.
00:37:51.10\00:37:53.94
They were once pure
and had become corrupt.
00:37:53.97\00:37:58.11
And so since
this message follows
00:37:58.14\00:38:00.61
the warning of judgment,
00:38:00.64\00:38:01.98
it must be given
in the last days.
00:38:02.01\00:38:05.11
However, when you
look at Revelation 14:8,
00:38:05.15\00:38:10.25
and it says about
Babylon is fallen,
00:38:10.29\00:38:12.99
Babylon is fallen,
00:38:13.02\00:38:14.42
it cannot refer to the
Roman Catholic Church alone
00:38:14.46\00:38:17.93
for that church has
been in a falling condition
00:38:17.96\00:38:21.56
for many centuries.
00:38:21.60\00:38:24.17
So it is the other churches
00:38:24.20\00:38:26.10
that are included
in this Revelation 14:8
00:38:26.13\00:38:30.71
that we must understand
that are in this category
00:38:30.74\00:38:34.81
of following her doctrines.
00:38:34.84\00:38:37.45
And so you have
to ask yourselves,
00:38:37.48\00:38:39.61
how do I know?
00:38:39.65\00:38:41.22
You have to look at
what your church teaches
00:38:41.25\00:38:44.05
and what the Roman
Catholic Church teaches
00:38:44.09\00:38:46.32
to see if you
have similar beliefs
00:38:46.35\00:38:48.16
and you have to
compare that with the Bible,
00:38:48.19\00:38:50.86
and if they're not in the Bible,
00:38:50.89\00:38:53.09
you have to understand
that it is a false doctrine.
00:38:53.13\00:38:57.07
So in Revelation 18,
00:38:57.10\00:38:59.63
the Bible tells us,
00:38:59.67\00:39:04.64
"And I heard another
voice from heaven, saying,
00:39:04.67\00:39:09.18
Come out of her, my people,
00:39:09.21\00:39:12.15
that ye be not
partakers of her sins,
00:39:12.18\00:39:15.18
and that ye receive
not of her plagues."
00:39:15.22\00:39:18.69
So what we see here
00:39:18.72\00:39:20.06
that God in the end
time makes a call to Babylon,
00:39:20.09\00:39:26.03
to those that are his people
00:39:26.06\00:39:29.06
that are in
those fallen churches,
00:39:29.10\00:39:32.00
and he says come
out of them my people,
00:39:32.03\00:39:34.27
that ye be not
partakers of her sins,
00:39:34.30\00:39:36.84
and that you
receive not of her plagues.
00:39:36.87\00:39:40.18
Not yet can it be
said that Babylon,
00:39:40.21\00:39:43.68
Babylon is fallen
concerning other churches,
00:39:43.71\00:39:48.25
because they have not yet
appealed to the government,
00:39:48.28\00:39:51.62
they have not completed,
00:39:51.65\00:39:53.49
what you would call the alliance
00:39:53.52\00:39:55.39
with the worldly governments
00:39:55.42\00:39:57.39
to call upon the
worldly governments
00:39:57.43\00:39:59.59
to make a law that is
contrary to God's Bible,
00:39:59.63\00:40:05.20
the doctrines of
the holy scriptures.
00:40:05.23\00:40:07.37
It is yet future
00:40:07.40\00:40:08.74
but things are already in place,
00:40:08.77\00:40:11.57
things are being set up
00:40:11.61\00:40:13.31
and has been
happening since the 1800s.
00:40:13.34\00:40:16.41
In the 1888 right
around that period of time,
00:40:16.44\00:40:19.11
the churches were
getting together to bring a law,
00:40:19.15\00:40:23.08
a Sunday law where
people would be mandated
00:40:23.12\00:40:27.76
to keep Sunday as a day of rest
00:40:27.79\00:40:31.79
throughout the nation of
the United States of America.
00:40:31.83\00:40:36.26
So remember that just before
00:40:36.30\00:40:38.13
the destruction
of literal Babylon,
00:40:38.17\00:40:40.87
in Jeremiah 51:6,
00:40:40.90\00:40:43.27
remember that we read that
God calls upon his children,
00:40:43.30\00:40:47.61
flee out of the
midst of Babylon,
00:40:47.64\00:40:49.54
and deliver every man his soul,
00:40:49.58\00:40:51.25
be not cut off in her iniquity,
00:40:51.28\00:40:53.01
for this is the time
of the Lord's vengeance,
00:40:53.05\00:40:55.18
he will render
to her a recompense.
00:40:55.22\00:40:57.45
In like manner, in
the end time God says,
00:40:57.49\00:41:00.52
come out of her my people,
00:41:00.56\00:41:02.59
come out of her my people
00:41:02.62\00:41:05.26
that you receive
not of her plagues.
00:41:05.29\00:41:08.76
And so let's take
a look at Revelation.
00:41:08.80\00:41:12.43
How do I know
if I am in Babylon?
00:41:12.47\00:41:15.67
How do I know if
I'm a part of Babylon,
00:41:15.70\00:41:18.74
part of that confusion?
00:41:18.77\00:41:20.54
We like to invite you to
read Revelation 12 with us,
00:41:20.58\00:41:25.85
and you'll notice
00:41:25.88\00:41:27.28
an interesting
development that takes place.
00:41:27.32\00:41:29.42
In Revelation 12,
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it's like the history of
God's Christian church is seen,
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and some of the
things that take place,
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you will see there
how God from the...
00:41:38.29\00:41:41.30
from the very beginning
has had to protect his church
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because there is
Satan as a roaring lion
00:41:44.03\00:41:48.10
seeking who he may devour.
00:41:48.14\00:41:49.90
Not only does he
devour but he also deceives,
00:41:49.94\00:41:53.78
he's a liar and
the father of lies,
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and uses people,
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uses people in high position
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to try to
destroy God's children.
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And so you can see that
outline in Revelation 12.
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First of all, you remember that
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there is a symbol
there in Revelation 12,
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of a woman in cloth with the sun
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and the moon under her feet,
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a beautiful woman,
a woman that is pure,
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however it talks about that
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the woman is expecting a child
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and this child
of course is Jesus.
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There is a dual
thing taking place here
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using the woman as
a church, pure church
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and also Mary that was
about to deliver Jesus Christ.
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And what happens is it says
00:42:42.26\00:42:44.03
that a great red dragon
wanted to devour the child
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as soon as it was born.
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You will remember that
during the time of Christ,
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when he was born,
wise men came from the east
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and said to Herod,
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where is he that is
born, the king of the Jews?
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And after
finding out information
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where he would be born,
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he told the wise men
that came from the east,
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go and find the young
child, and bring me word again,
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that I may also worship him.
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However, the wise men were
told by God to go another way,
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and after this Herod decided
to destroy all the children
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from three and
four years and under
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to try to destroy that one
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that would
become king of the Jews,
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being Jesus Christ.
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So Satan works through nations
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and leaders of nations
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to try to accomplish
his purpose of destruction.
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However, when you
go to Revelation 12:17,
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the history continues to
reveal that God tried to,
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God protected his
children, protected Jesus,
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protected the woman
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from being
destroyed by the devil.
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Notice in Revelation 12:14-17,
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notice what takes place here.
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"And to the woman,
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that is the church were given
two wings of a great eagle,
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that she might fly
into the wilderness,
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into her place,
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where she is
nourished for a time,
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and times, and half a time,
from the face of the serpent,
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" which is the devil.
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Notice what
happens next, verse 15,
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"And the serpent cast
out of his mouth water
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as a flood after the woman,
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that he might cause her to
be carried away of the flood."
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This water of
flood that tries to carry
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the woman away
are false teachings
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that Satan try to
bring among God's people,
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among God's pure church.
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He tried to have her carried
away with false doctrines.
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However, the Bible
says that God was in charge
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and it says in verse 16,
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"And the earth helped the woman,
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and the earth opened her mouth,
and swallowed up the flood
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which the dragon
cast out of his mouth.
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And the dragon was
wroth with the woman,
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and went out to make war
with the remnant of her seed,
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which keep the
commandments of God,
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and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ."
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A very interesting scripture
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we find here in
Revelation 12:17,
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we see that the devil is after
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the pure servants of the Lord,
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the pure church,
and it is further...
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they are further identified
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as those that keep
the commandments of God.
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So how do I know
if I'm in a church
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that could be categorized
as confusion or Babylon,
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or one of the harlots?
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How do I know?
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Well, we see here
in Revelation 12:17,
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that the children of God,
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the ones that
follow the Lord are those
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that keep the
commandments of God.
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Now, if your church teaches that
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the commandments
have been done away with,
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that they are no longer binding,
00:46:06.93\00:46:09.13
we don't have to
keep the commandments.
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You can see that
there is a problem
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with the
teachings of that church.
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If your church teaches
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that the
commandments are done away with,
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you don't have to
keep the commandments,
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you see that one of the clues
00:46:20.04\00:46:22.21
we have here is
that that is not true
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because Satan persecutes,
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Satan goes after those that
keep the commandments of God
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and have the faith of
Jesus, the pure faith of Jesus,
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so this is one of the
things that we can tell you,
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that you need to look for
00:46:42.56\00:46:44.40
and be aware
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that if your church
has this type of teaching,
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it is an error that
the Bible says is not true.
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Notice that in James 2,
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in James 2,
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we are told in James 2,
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we are going to read
a couple of verses here,
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so that we may understand
how we are to live our lives.
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In James 2,
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we're going to
begin reading verse 11,
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and so through verse 13.
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James 2:11-13,
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"For he that said,
do not commit adultery,
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said also, do not kill.
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Now if thou commit no adultery,
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yet if thou kill,
00:47:36.69\00:47:38.22
thou art become a
transgressor of the law.
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So speak ye, and so do,
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as they that shall be
judged by the law of liberty."
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This is the Book of James.
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Verse 13, "For ye shall
have judgment without mercy,
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that showed no mercy,
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and mercy
rejoiceth against judgment."
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So we see here
that James is saying
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that we should speak and do
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as those that will be
judged by the law of liberty,
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he mentioned some
of the commandments
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he did not mention them all,
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but we have to understand that
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he is referring
to the law of Lord,
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the complete law of God.
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He is making
reference with some things
00:48:17.59\00:48:19.69
that were particular
to the people he wrote to,
00:48:19.73\00:48:21.93
but he is referring
to the whole law of God,
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by which
everyone will be judged.
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So we can understand
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that the law has
not been done away with
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because they are the
standard of the judgment,
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as we presented
in the last message
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when we were speaking of
00:48:36.48\00:48:37.81
the first angel's
message, part two.
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The law of God is still binding
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and the inhabitants of the earth
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are to keep God's law.
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Jesus said, "If you love
me, keep my commandments."
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Now when you look
at the commandments,
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most Christian
denominations have no problem
00:48:53.16\00:48:56.93
with nine of the commandments.
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There is only one commandment,
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one commandment that
the people have issue with.
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The majority of denominations
look at the fourth commandment
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and they say no, that
one you should not keep.
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Which is the fourth commandment?
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In order to
understand this, of course,
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we have to look in
Exodus 20, Exodus 20.
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In an Exodus 20 we
have the Ten Commandments.
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In an Exodus 20,
00:49:26.43\00:49:27.76
we're going to read verses 8-11.
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Notice, "Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy."
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We'll stop right there.
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We see here that
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as you have heard in
other programs on 3ABN,
00:49:37.71\00:49:41.04
it says,
remember the Sabbath day,
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as if God knew, well,
God knew that his children,
00:49:43.28\00:49:47.95
his followers would
forget the Sabbath commandment.
00:49:47.98\00:49:53.05
He says remember
00:49:53.09\00:49:54.66
the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:49:54.69\00:49:57.19
This is a commandment
00:49:57.23\00:49:58.89
that the devil
will fight against.
00:49:58.93\00:50:00.60
He will fight
against each and every one
00:50:00.63\00:50:03.60
of the Ten Commandments.
00:50:03.63\00:50:05.00
He wants you to kill,
the devil wants you to kill.
00:50:05.03\00:50:07.47
The devil wants you to steal.
00:50:07.50\00:50:09.00
The devil wants
you to commit adultery.
00:50:09.04\00:50:10.77
The devil also
wants you to forget
00:50:10.81\00:50:14.48
the seventh day Sabbath,
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and he has worked
furiously throughout the ages
00:50:15.88\00:50:19.08
to keep people from following
all of God's commandments
00:50:19.11\00:50:22.52
and we will say,
tell you why in a moment.
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Notice again,
let's go to Exodus 20.
00:50:25.42\00:50:28.22
Let's go to read
verse 8 and onward.
00:50:28.26\00:50:31.63
We already read verse 8,
00:50:31.66\00:50:33.80
verse 9, "Six
days shalt thou labor,
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and do all thy work,
00:50:36.36\00:50:37.70
But the seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord thy God,
00:50:37.73\00:50:42.30
in it thou shalt
not do any work, thou,
00:50:42.34\00:50:45.11
nor thy son, nor thy daughter,
00:50:45.14\00:50:47.04
thy manservant,
nor thy maidservant,
00:50:47.08\00:50:50.18
nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger
00:50:50.21\00:50:51.81
that is within thy gates.
00:50:51.85\00:50:53.52
For in six days the
Lord made heaven and earth,
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the sea, and
all that in them is,
00:50:57.42\00:50:59.82
and rested the seventh day,
00:50:59.85\00:51:01.96
wherefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day,
00:51:01.99\00:51:04.73
and hallowed it."
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Praise be to God.
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And so we see here that
00:51:09.03\00:51:10.37
this is one of the
commandments or the commandment
00:51:10.40\00:51:14.40
that for the most
part has been forgotten
00:51:14.44\00:51:17.01
by the Christian world,
00:51:17.04\00:51:18.74
who he said that Satan
pursues Revelation 12:17,
00:51:18.77\00:51:24.08
in other places he
pursues, he persecutes,
00:51:24.11\00:51:27.15
he tried to destroy
00:51:27.18\00:51:28.52
all those that profess to be
God's children in particular,
00:51:28.55\00:51:32.05
he seeks to destroy
00:51:32.09\00:51:34.56
those that keep
the commandments of God
00:51:34.59\00:51:36.39
and have the faith of Jesus.
00:51:36.42\00:51:38.26
Now some people say,
00:51:38.29\00:51:39.63
well, this is only for the Jews,
00:51:39.66\00:51:41.46
this Sabbath.
00:51:41.50\00:51:42.90
The seventh day
Sabbath commandment
00:51:42.93\00:51:44.47
and keeping that the holy,
that is not a true statement.
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The Bible makes clear
that the Sabbath was blessed
00:51:48.47\00:51:52.21
even before the
Jews even existed.
00:51:52.24\00:51:55.14
Let's go to Genesis 2,
00:51:55.18\00:51:57.38
Genesis 2,
00:51:57.41\00:51:59.11
we're gonna read
verse 1, 2, and 3,
00:51:59.15\00:52:01.32
Genesis 2:1, 2, and 3,
00:52:01.35\00:52:03.72
'Thus the heavens and
the earth were finished,
00:52:03.75\00:52:07.32
all the host of them.
00:52:07.36\00:52:08.96
And on the seventh
day God ended his work
00:52:08.99\00:52:12.03
which he had made,
00:52:12.06\00:52:13.43
and he rested on the seventh day
00:52:13.46\00:52:16.06
from all his work
which he had made.
00:52:16.10\00:52:17.90
And God blessed the seventh day,
00:52:17.93\00:52:20.04
and sanctified it,
00:52:20.07\00:52:22.20
because that in it he
had rested from all his work
00:52:22.24\00:52:25.57
which God created and made."
00:52:25.61\00:52:29.61
So we see here that
God blessed the Sabbath day
00:52:29.64\00:52:34.35
right after he was done
with creating the world,
00:52:34.38\00:52:37.75
he blessed the Sabbath day.
00:52:37.79\00:52:39.89
So concerning the commandments,
00:52:39.92\00:52:41.92
we have to understand that
00:52:41.96\00:52:43.89
this is how you know if
you're in Babylon or not.
00:52:43.93\00:52:46.59
This is one of
the ways you know.
00:52:46.63\00:52:48.96
And the other,
00:52:49.00\00:52:50.33
you also know by
the false doctrine
00:52:50.37\00:52:52.67
that Babylon teaches.
00:52:52.70\00:52:54.20
Notice a very
interesting conversation
00:52:54.24\00:52:57.24
that takes place in
Matthew 22, Matthew 22.
00:52:57.27\00:53:02.24
In Matthew 22,
00:53:02.28\00:53:07.38
Matthew 22
00:53:07.42\00:53:08.75
actually Jesus said
the following words,
00:53:08.78\00:53:11.32
Jesus said unto him,
00:53:11.35\00:53:12.69
"Thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart,
00:53:12.72\00:53:16.56
and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind.
00:53:16.59\00:53:19.86
This is the first
and great commandment.
00:53:19.89\00:53:22.83
And the second is like unto it,
00:53:22.86\00:53:24.47
"Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself."
00:53:24.50\00:53:27.70
We will stress
once again and underline
00:53:27.74\00:53:30.91
that the first four commandments
00:53:30.94\00:53:33.11
talk about our
relationship with God.
00:53:33.14\00:53:35.18
This is the first
and great commandment,
00:53:35.21\00:53:37.15
love the Lord,
00:53:37.18\00:53:38.68
follow the first
four commandments
00:53:38.71\00:53:41.25
of the Ten Commandments
00:53:41.28\00:53:42.62
and love your
neighbor as yourself,
00:53:42.65\00:53:44.09
the last six commandments deal
00:53:44.12\00:53:47.19
with our
relationship with our fellowman.
00:53:47.22\00:53:49.86
And these Ten Commandments,
00:53:49.89\00:53:53.86
the devil tries to
fight against them,
00:53:53.90\00:53:56.67
he fights against them.
00:53:56.70\00:53:58.07
Why is it?
00:53:58.10\00:53:59.67
Is because these people
want to follow the Lord.
00:53:59.70\00:54:03.34
They want to serve the
Lord with all their heart
00:54:03.37\00:54:05.57
and they want to love
their neighbor as themselves.
00:54:05.61\00:54:09.61
Satan does not want you to love
your neighbor as yourselves.
00:54:09.64\00:54:12.35
Satan does not want you to
love God with all of your heart,
00:54:12.38\00:54:15.52
therefore he seeks to
try to deviate you from them
00:54:15.55\00:54:19.45
and has brought in all
kinds of malicious lies
00:54:19.49\00:54:24.83
to deceive people with the idea,
00:54:24.86\00:54:26.46
that we don't,
00:54:26.49\00:54:27.83
do not have to
keep the commandments.
00:54:27.86\00:54:31.53
Now, remember in Matthew 10,
00:54:31.57\00:54:36.20
in Matthew 10,
00:54:36.24\00:54:38.07
an individual comes up
to Jesus and ask him...
00:54:38.11\00:54:42.44
comes up to Jesus and ask him,
00:54:45.68\00:54:48.08
how is it that I can
inherit eternal life.
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That's in Matthew 10:17,
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how can I inherit eternal life?
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Jesus said unto him
Matthew 10:18 and 19,
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thou knowest, sorry,
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let's read out verse 18
first, and Jesus said unto him,
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"Why callest thou me good?
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There is none good
but one, that is God.
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Thou knowest the commandments,
do not commit adultery,
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do not kill, do not steal,
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do not bear false witness,
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defraud not, honor thy
father and thy mother."
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Jesus knew the
individual had an issue
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with his fellowman.
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Now look at verse 20,
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"And he answered
and said unto him,
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Master, all these have
I observed from my youth.
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Then Jesus said,
beholding him loved him,
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and said unto him,
One thing thou lackest,
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go thy way, sell
whatsoever thou hast,
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and give to the poor,
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and thou shalt
have treasure in heaven,
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and come up, take up that cross,
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and follow me.
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And he was sad at that
saying, and went away grieved,
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for he had great possessions."
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So the young man
comes to Jesus and say,
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what can I do to
inherit eternal life?
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Jesus said, keep
the commandments.
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Now why did Jesus
answer him that way?
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I have to stress you
do not earn salvation
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by keeping the commandments,
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but you cannot be saved
if you do not keep them.
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Remember that by grace
we are saved through faith.
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It is the gift of
God, Ephesians 2:8 and 9,
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"Not of works, lest
any man should boast."
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And so, it is by
grace that we are saved,
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but you show your allegiance,
you show your devotion,
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you show that you love
God with all of your heart,
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and then you want to
identify with his kingdom
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and his universe,
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his kingdom by loving
God with all your heart,
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and your neighbor as yourself.
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This is how you know
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that you want to be
part of God's family.
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God is calling people
to come out of Babylon,
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examine the
doctrines of the church,
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compare them with the Bible
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and understand that
God is calling people
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out of confusion
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and to follow him
with all of his heart.
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Remember, God's
people are identified
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as those that keep all
the commandments of God
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as you read in Revelation 12:17.
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So I say to you,
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follow the Lord
with all your heart
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and you will find
salvation through Jesus Christ.
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We will see you next
time on Pillars of Faith.
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