What do the mysterious images
of Daniel and Revelation mean?
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When will the Anti-Christ appear
and make his final move? How can
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I be ready for the final events
of earth's history? You'll be
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amazed and encouraged by what
the Bible reveals. Join us as
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Pastor Brian McMahon
leads out in Prophecy Unsealed.
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Hello and welcome
again, everyone to our Prophecy
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Unsealed seminar We're so
delighted you're joining us. And
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our topic for today is Unmasking
the Antichrist. We have a very
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important and very serious topic
today that we're going to be
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studying in the book of
Revelation and other places in
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the Bible. And so we want to be
praying for humility. Want to be
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praying for open-mindedness. We
hope that you will be uplifted
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by this study today. Some
may wonder why we present topics
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like the antichrist in a seminar
like this. The reason friends we
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present them is because God
presents it to us in the Bible.
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And if God presents it to us in
the Bible, then he would want us
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to know it. Would you agree?
Absolutely. God's truth is never
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sent to embarrass us or to hurt
us. God's truth is always given
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to enlighten our minds that
by doing so, he's better able to
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save us into his kingdom. And so
with that, we're going to look
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now at the most serious warning
that's found anywhere in the
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Bible. It's found in Revelation
chapter 14. Verse 9 says: And
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the third angel followed them,
saying with a loud voice, If any
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man worship the beast and his
image, and receive his mark in
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in his forehead, or in his hand,
the same shall drink of the wine
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of the wrath of God, which
is poured out without mixture
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into the cup of his indignation;
and he shall be tormented with
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fire and brimstone in the
presence of the holy angels, and
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in the presence of the Lamb:
And the smoke of their torment
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ascendeth up forever and ever:
and they have no rest day nor
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night, who worship the beast
and his image, and whosoever
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receiveth the mark of his name.
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Now that is the most serious
warning, I'm sure you would
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agree. Of all human history here
is something that we would never
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want to have happen to
us. It says that those who are
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worshipping the beast or
receiving the mark of the beast
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will end in the lake of fire.
They'll be lost. There'll be no
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hope for them whatsoever
friends. So we want to know what
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is this power it's talking
about? Who is the Beast? The
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average person and even the
average Christian out there has
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no idea what this is talking
about. And if you have no idea
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what the Beast Power is then you
have no idea what the mark of
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the beast is, right? So that's
why we're going to be studying
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this topic tonight. And yet
many people say that God hasn't
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allowed us to understand
Revelation. Now would God be
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fair, would God be
love, would God be just,
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if he told us about the awful
consequences of this, how if a
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person follows this power
they're going to be lost and
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then withhold from us the
identification of what he's
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talking about? Absolutely
not friends. God is not going to
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tell us about the consequences
of following this power and then
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not reveal to us what he's
talking about. So, we're going
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to see friends that by looking
at this topic tonight, that a
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God of love sends a message
to this world and he's going to
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make it abundantly clear what
he's talking about. Now the sad
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truth is folks that millions of
people have been turned off of
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this subject because they've
heard so much wild speculation
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on it that finally, they just
determined that well you really
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can't know it and they tune
it out, right? They don't even
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continue to try to find out what
it is. Now we can't take that
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position and the reason we can't
take that position is because
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Revelation speaks about
this power and Revelation 13,
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Revelation 14, Revelation 15,
16, 17, 18, 19 and chapter 20.
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In all of those chapters, this
power is mentioned obviously,
making it one of the
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the most important topics that
we could study. It demands that
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we identify what it's talking
about. Now I'm glad you're here
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because tonight we're not going
to get guess work involved. We
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never do. We don't want to
get maybes or perhaps' s. You're
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going to leave tonight knowing
what this is talking about, not
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because your speaking up here
has any special wisdom to share
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with you, but because the Bible
makes it absolutely clear to us.
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Now I have heard so many things
down through the years and maybe
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you have too. Back in the 1940s
at the height of his power, they
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thought Adolph Hitler could have
been the antichrist, right? Or
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Mussolini from Italy. One of
those awful dictators. Well when
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they passed off the scene of the
world's history, they thought
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maybe it was a Russian dictator,
Stalin, something like that.
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Well then, he died, and
they thought will maybe it's an
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American President. And when
Ronald Reagan came along, they
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said, well, Ronald has six
letters his middle name, Wilson,
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has six letters and his last
name, Reagan has six letters, so
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they thought well, maybe Ronald
Reagan is 666. I mean, it gets
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crazy at times. And there was
this, of course. Can we
recognize the Antichrist?
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And then it says, yes. Tim Cohen
reveals hard evidence, Prince
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Charles is the antichrist. Well
it gets really crazy. In fact,
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I found this one. It's How
to Tell if Your Boyfriend is the
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Antichrist. There's a lot of
guess work in there, right? And
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then, of course, the Left Behind
series came along, and they have
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all kinds of speculation about
that. Let's look at the word
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itself, shall we? The word
antichrist is used four times
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in the Bible. Not once in the
book of Revelation. 1 John 2:18;
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1 John 2:22; 1 John 4:3; and
then 2 John 1:17. Where does the
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word come from? It comes from
a transliteration of the Greek
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word Antichristos a names formed
from the prefix Anti which can
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mean against or instead of
and Christos of course refers to
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Christ. So the word Antichrist
therefore can mean one who
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opposes Christ, that's usually
the way people use it, or one
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who claims to take the place of
Christ, or one who combines both
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of those functions. As it
is used in scripture the second
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meaning is the most accurate one
That which sets itself up in the
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place of Christ. Once you
understand that meaning of
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antichrist, you can see it so
much more clearly than you would
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otherwise. In the Bible, Satan
is represented by a dragon. But
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we know that Satan never reveals
himself. If he was to appear in
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some city and say come follow me
he would get very few followers.
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So, Satan is much more cunning
than that. Satan uses conduits
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or agents to work his will
through. We know that in the
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Bible, in Revelation chapter 12,
Satan was using pagan Rome to
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try to put Jesus to death. You
remember the story of King Herod
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putting all the male children
two years and younger in
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Bethlehem and that surrounding
area to death because he was
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trying to kill off the Messiah.
So Satan was trying to do the
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work but he was using Rome to do
it as his agent. So in the same
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way Satan today still uses a
conduit. You see in Revelation
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13 verse 1 these words: And I
stood upon the sand of the sea,
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and saw a beast rise up out of
the sea, having seven heads and
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10 horns, and upon his horns 10
crowns, and upon his heads the
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name of blasphemy. And the beast
which I saw was like unto a
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leopard, and his feet were
as the feet of a bear, and his
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mouth as the mouth of a lion:
and the dragon gave him his
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power, and his seat, and great
authority. And I saw one of his
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heads as it were, wounded to
death, and his deadly wound was
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healed: and all the
world wondered after the beast.
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So here we find that the world
is going to go after this power
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in amazement. And then verse 8,
it says: And all that dwell upon
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the earth shall worship him,
whose names are not written in
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the book of life of the Lamb
slain from the foundation of the
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world. So if the Bible tells
us that the inhabitants of the
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earth are going to worship the
beast then there's a catch here
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because the dragon that
gave power unto the beast. So if
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they're worshipping the beast
they're really worshipping the
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dragon that gave the power
and strength to the beast. And
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that's exactly what Satan
would want. He wanted worship
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originally up in heaven and if
he can't get it there he's going
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try to get it down here on earth
So this power is a universal
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system of worship. And it's
pretty effective because nearly
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all the world goes after
it. So it's telling us again
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that this must
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be a universal system of
worship It can't be some obscure
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individual rising up in some
place of the world. No, it's got
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to be a power that manifests
itself in a way that all the
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world is worshipping after it.
Folks, Satan is no dummy. He's
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not going to deceive people who
want to worship by saying there
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is no God. So rather he raises
up a whole counterfeit system of
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religion, one that looks good on
the outside perhaps, but it is
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designed to deceive the
masses. So the beast, therefore
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represents a political or
religious power or one who
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combines both of these
functions. So many people today
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are looking for something else.
They're looking for some kind of
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ruthless dictator that's
going to rise up on the stage of
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earth's history, persecute
Christians, you know, burn
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Christian churches, that kind
of thing. No, this is a power
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that's going to seek to put
itself in place of Christ. Very,
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very important to understand
that. Now it is this beast power
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that God says don't worship
it, don't worship its image or
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receive it's mark because if you
do you'll be lost forever. And
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so as you look at this artistic
display of what the Bible is
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telling us here, let me ask you
this question. Does it look like
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a real animal? Yes or No. No.
Does it look like something you
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could find in a local zoo? No
absolutely not. Something like
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this doesn't exist. Right? It's
a symbolic animal. It means it
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represents something. The
passage is telling us that it
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comes up out of the sea. So we
want to know, what does the sea
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or water represented in the
Bible prophecy? In Revelation 17
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and verse 1 it says: And there
came one of the seven angels
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which had the seven vials, and
talked with me, saying unto me,
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Come hither; I will show unto
thee the judgment of the great
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whore that sitteth upon many
waters: So here is water again
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represented to us in prophecy
and the Bible give us a direct
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answer to what it's talking
about in verse 15. In verse 15
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it says: And he said unto me,
The waters which thou sawest,
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where the whore sitteth, are...
so here's our interpretation...
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peoples, and multitudes,
and nations, and tongues.
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So the waters represent
civilizations, if you please.
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And you know a figure of speech
is used by us today. If you see
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a large crowd out there, you
might say Oh, it was a sea of
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faces, right. So we use similar
type of language even among us
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today. So now you've got
the waters represented in Bible
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prophecy: It simply means
multitudes of people. So when
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you see this power coming up out
of the waters it's coming up out
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of an area of the world that
had a highly populated area of
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people. Now, as you look at
this power, you can see it's a
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composite beast, right? The body
of the leopard, the feet of the
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bear, mouth of the lion, 10
horns. So we've learned already
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in our prophecy seminar
that when you see that kind of
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language we should ask ourself
the question where else in the
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Bible do I see a similar type of
language or phraseology? And we
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know by now that we go back to
the book of Daniel. That's where
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we saw it previous. So let
me tell you something here to go
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back to Daniel and that is
that Daniel and Revelation are
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written on a certain principle.
That principle is repetition and
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enlargement. I'll say it again.
Repetition and enlargement. So,
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God give us certain information
and then later on, he repeats it
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but gives us more details. And
then he repeats it again, and he
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gives us more details. And the
reason God is repeating it is
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so that we can lay a very solid
foundation for where the Bible
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is taking us. So we're going to
start, not in Daniel 7 where we
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saw that imagery but in
Daniel chapter 2. And King
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Nebuchadnezzar was given a dream
and he saw this great image.
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The head of gold, the chest, and
arms of silver, and the belly
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and thighs of brass and the
legs of iron and the feet iron
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and clay. He wondered what was
this. In fact, he couldn't even
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remember the dream. And so
Daniel was called upon the scene
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God gave Daniel an understanding
of what the dream was and the
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interpretation and then he's
going to give it to the king.
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So as he comes before the King
he says to King Nebuchadnezzar,
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Thou art this head of gold.
So the head of gold represents
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Babylon, right? That's
where Nebuchadnezzar was ruling.
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And then Daniel said: And after
thee...meaning after Babylon...
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shall arise another kingdom
inferior to thee, and that of
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course was Medo-Persia. We'll
say more about them in just a
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short time. And then after
Medo-Persia Daniel 2, he said:
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And another third kingdom of
brass shall bear rule over all
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the earth. So here is a
world- ruling kingdom as far as
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civilizations were back then.
And that was Greece. Greece
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came. They overtook the Medes
and the Persians, and then they
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began to rule. And then in
verse 4 it says: And the fourth
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kingdom shall be strong as iron:
forasmuch as iron breaks in
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pieces and subdues all things:
and as iron that breaks all
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these, shall it break in pieces
and bruise. So the legs of iron
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represented Rome. In fact, in
Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the
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Roman Empire he said: The images
of gold, of silver, or brass
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that might serve to represent
the nations...and that's what
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we're talking about...and their
kings, were successively broken
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by the iron monarchy of Rome.
So here we find that the legs of
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iron represented Rome but the
image went on and it has feet
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and the feet were of two
different components. And Daniel
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said this. He said: The kingdom
...speaking of the kingdom of
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Rome, the fourth kingdom...
shall be divided;...As the toes
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of the feet were part of iron,
and part of clay. So we've got
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this image now and as history
unfolds prophecy is unfolding
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to us. So we're seeing a world
outline in a very broad way and
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a very brief way given to us
in Daniel chapter two. But now
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we're going to go to Daniel 7.
And in Daniel 7, God is going to
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repeat it, but give more details
to it. So we start here in verse
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In the first year of
Belshazzar, king of Babylon,
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Daniel had a dream and visions
of his head upon his bed: He
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wrote the dream, and told
the sum of the matters. Verse 2:
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Daniel spake and said, I saw in
my vision by night, and, behold,
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the four winds of the heaven
strove upon the great sea. Now
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we've seen sea already. We've
seen water in Bible Prophecy
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haven't we? And water represents
what? Tell it to me. Peoples
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right. Multitudes of people. So
now it talks about winds. Winds
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represent war and strife turmoil
out there among the nations so
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when he sees winds over the
water he seeing turmoil or a
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fighting among the nations.
And then he says in verse 3: And
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four great beasts came up from
the sea, diverse...or different
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...one from another. So the
next question is, and this is
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repeating, because we took this
up even on opening night. What
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does a beast represent in Bible?
prophecy? Again, we don't have
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to guess it, we don't have to
speculate on it. The Bible gives
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us the answer in verse 17. It
says: These great beasts which
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are four are four what folks?
Kings who shall arise out of
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the earth. So again in Bible
prophecy a beast represents a
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king. We see that today. We see
an eagle for the United States.
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And of course we've got a
bear for Russia and a dragon for
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China. We see that also today.
But actually, the Bible broadens
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this out for us by going
to verse 23: Thus, he said the
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fourth beast shall be the fourth
kingdom upon earth. Now the
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fourth beast represents
the fourth kingdom. What would
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beast number one, two and three
represent? Well obviously the
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first three kingdoms starting in
Daniel's day down to the fourth
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one. So you see how the Bible is
unlocking prophecy to us here.
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So let's go back to Daniel 7
verse 4 and it says: The first
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was like a lion and had eagle's
wings: I beheld till the wings
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thereof were plucked, and it was
lifted up from the earth, and
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made stand upon the feet as a
man, and a man's heart was given
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to it. The fact that a man's
heart was given to it shows that
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it lost its lion-like qualities
and became weakened. Right? So
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what is this talking about?
This is a repetition of what we
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learned in Daniel chapter 2 with
the head of gold. But now it's a
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different symbol. We're
not given metals anymore. We're
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given beasts and the symbols
of Babylon, they're all in the
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superlative, right? You've
got gold, the finest of metals.
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You've got a lion, the king of
beasts. You've got eagle's wings
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the lord of the air. Babylon was
a glorious kingdom, and it ruled
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from 605 B.C. all the way down
to 539 B.C. But then it weakened
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It was taken over by another
kingdom starting here in verse 5
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And behold another beast, a
second, like to a bear, and it
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raised up itself on one side,
and it had three ribs in the
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mouth of it between the teeth
of it: and they said thus unto
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it, Arise, devour much flesh.
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So here we see a bear with
three ribs in its teeth. So what
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is this talking about. The fact
that it was humped up on one
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side shows an imbalance of power
There were really two powers
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that came together, the Medes
and the Persians, and because
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the Persians were much larger
and more powerful this bear is
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showing us the lopsidedness of
the relationship between the two
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nations and the fact that it had
ribs in the mouth. Now if you
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saw something in the forest, you
know ribs or bones on the forest
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floor, you'd think well,
something had been conquered,
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something had been eaten. So the
ribs in the mouth of this power
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show that when it came to power,
it just conquer Babylon, but two
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other nations, Lydia and Egypt.
Lydia's where we see Turkey
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today. So they were successively
subdued by this power called
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Medo-Persia. It ruled from
539 all the way down to 331 B.C.
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And then in verse 6, we read:
After this, I beheld, and lo
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another, like a leopard, which
had upon the back of it four
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wings of a fowl; the beast
also had four heads and dominion
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dominion was given to it. Daniel
says okay. He knows what a
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leopard is but four wings. Now
wings represent speed and the
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one for Babylon, it had two
wings. This one has four wings
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This represents double speed,
right? This is talking about
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Greece but it literally
flew from conquest to conquest.
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Alexander at a very young
age conquered all the territory
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around him and unfortunately
he could not conquer himself. He
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died at a very young age and
in a few years the kingdom was
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divided up into four parts. The
north, the south, the east and
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the west represented by the four
heads on this leopard here. So
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four heads represent Greece in a
divided fashion and Greece ruled
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this way all the way down from
331 to 168 B.C. Again, we're
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paralleling or repeating what
we knew in Daniel chapter 2. And
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then after Greece Daniel 7:7
says this: And after this I saw
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in the night visions, and behold
a fourth beast, dreadful and
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terrible, and strong exceedingly
and it had great iron teeth: it
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devoured and brake
in pieces. Pause there.
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It had great what teeth, friend?
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Iron teeth. Now that should
bring to our mind as Bible
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students something else. We
saw legs of iron over there in
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Daniel 2 didn't we? So God
is helping us draw the parallel
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to Daniel 2 by telling us it
had iron teeth. It goes on...and
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stamped the residue with the
feet of it: and it was diverse
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from all the beasts that were
before it; and it had ten horns.
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Now Daniel didn't know quite
what to think of this power.
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He knew what a lion was and he
knew what a bear was and he knew
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what a leopard was. When it
came to this one it was nothing
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in nature to compare it to.
He said it was just dreadful and
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terrible. So, the Bible says
in verse 23: The fourth beast is
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the fourth kingdom on the earth.
We know from Daniel chapter 2
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that that was the same as the
legs of iron. It is Rome. And
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Rome ruled 168 B.C. all the way
down to 476 A.D. A lot longer
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that those other ones. Now again
we what we're doing we're just
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following the historic flow of
events in world history. Right?
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As prophecy unfolds history is
unfolding to us and we're seeing
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exactly what God wanted us
to see. We can't deny it. It's
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there in the history books.
We know it took place. Now the
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fourth beast had 10 horns on its
head, and we want to know what
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do those horns represent. Again
we don't have to guess at it.
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There's no speculation needed.
We can go right to Daniel 7:24.
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And here it says: And the ten
horns out of this kingdom are
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ten kings that shall arise. So
if you let the Bible explain it,
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it's not that difficult. God put
those ten horns on the head of
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that fourth beast over a
thousand years before Rome
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disintegrated and weakened
and fell into various parts. God
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knows the future, Amen? No
question about it friends. So,
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those ten horns represent the
various European nations that
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came out of the Roman empire and
this is a parallel again to the
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ten toes on the feet of Daniel
chapter 2's image. So we got ten
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kingdoms coming out of Rome. Now
you might think what are those
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kingdoms? Well they have some
ancient names here. You can see
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them given. We're not as
familiar with those ancient
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names, but you might be more
familiar with the modern names.
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We'll put those up. The Alamanni
tribe were the Germans. The
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Franks were the French. The
Burgundian, the Swiss, the Suevi
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are the Portuguese. The
Lombard's are the Italians. The
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Visigoths are the Spanish.
Anglo-Saxons, you know who they
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are. They're the English. Now
three of the ten we no longer
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have anymore. There's no modern
equivalent over there in Europe.
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The Vandals, the Heruli, the
Ostrogoths they were taken out
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of the way. We don't have those
nations anymore. We're going to
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be saying more about that in a
short time today. Here something
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new is introduced. God is first
telling us about history. We
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saw in Daniel 2 and we saw
in Daniel 7 so, basically what
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we've learned up to this point
in our study we already knew it,
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right? We already knew it from
the image of Daniel 2. But the
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next verse takes us into the
next important development over
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there in Western Rome after
the fall of Rome and the various
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parts. So verse 8 says: I
considered the horns...now pause
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there with me. When he said I
considered the horns, what's he
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saying. He's saying I'm looking
at the various kingdoms right?
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I'm looking at England and
I'm looking at France, and I'm
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looking at Spain, so he's
looking at the horns, which
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represent kingdoms. And behold
there came up among them another
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little horn, another little
kingdom before whom there were
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three of the first horns were
plucked up by the roots...So all
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of a sudden the picture changes,
right? We're seeing the next
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important development over there
in Western Europe after Rome
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falls into various parts. So
we have to be very, very careful
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identifying this little horn
power and why? Because Bible
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scholars are almost all in
agreement that this little horn
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power is the same exact power
as the first beast of Revelation
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chapter 13, where we started
tonight and those two symbols
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represent the same power is the
end-time antichrist system. So
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this little horn on the fourth
beast and the first beast of
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Revelation chapter 13 are the
same. And we want to be sure we
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identify accurately because this
is the power that is going to
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give a mark. So, many of
you already know this if you've
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studied history even in
elementary school. You would
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know after Rome fell, there
was another power that came into
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being but we don't just
again rush over it. This is so
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important the Bible gives
us lots of information so we're
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going to draw it out of the
Bible, put it up there on the
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screen for us to see so that all
of us and all of you at home can
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see that we don't make up
anything here. You're going to
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get it right from the word
of God tonight. I considered the
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horns, and, behold, there came
up among them another little
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horn, before whom there were
three of the first horns plucked
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up by the roots: and behold
in this horn were eyes like the
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eyes of man, and a mouth
speaking great things. So now we
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can put that one up there.
We know a little bit about the
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geographic area that it's going
to come up. The other horns
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or the other kingdoms were over
there in Western Europe. So if
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this one comes up among them it
must also come up somewhere over
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in Western Europe. We don't have
the exact precise place yet but
00:24:01.17\00:24:05.01
we know within all the world
approximately where it's going
00:24:05.04\00:24:08.04
to come up among the European
nations. Okay. Now let's go to
00:24:08.08\00:24:12.41
another identifying mark. This
time verse 24: And the ten horns
00:24:12.45\00:24:15.98
out of this kingdom are
ten kings that shall arise: and
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another shall arise, what does
it say? After them. Now think
00:24:19.72\00:24:23.49
this through very carefully. The
date that historians give for
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the fall of Rome is 476 A.D. So,
that's when it disintegrates and
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the various kingdoms that came
in from the north that were able
00:24:33.97\00:24:36.34
to carve out a piece of it was
able to do so. So if the little
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horn comes up after the ten
though we don't have the exact
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date yet, it would have to come
up some time after 476 A.D. So,
00:24:42.38\00:24:48.82
this point helps us identify it
chronologically. The first point
00:24:48.85\00:24:53.39
geographically, the second point
chronologically. It would have
00:24:53.42\00:24:56.06
to come up some time after Rome
falls into the various parts,
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sometime after 476 A.D. Back to
verse 8. I considered the horns,
00:24:58.63\00:25:04.10
and, behold, there came up
among them another little horn.
00:25:04.13\00:25:06.27
So, if it's a little horn that
means it's a little kingdom.
00:25:06.30\00:25:10.44
Right? Not too hard there. Back
to verse 8. It says: Before whom
00:25:10.47\00:25:13.88
there were three of the first
horns plucked up by the roots.
00:25:13.91\00:25:17.31
So this little kingdom came up
with enough power that three of
00:25:17.35\00:25:23.18
the original 10 that Rome fell
into were taken out of the way.
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It says plucked up by the roots.
Now I go out in the summertime
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to my yard, and I'll tell you
I don't like weeds. I don't like
00:25:29.36\00:25:32.03
weeds in my grass. So if I'm
going to see a weed there and
00:25:32.06\00:25:35.23
I want to get rid of it, I can't
just break off the top leaves
00:25:35.26\00:25:38.93
can I. I got to pluck it up
by the what? By the roots. Sure.
00:25:38.97\00:25:41.97
If I pluck it up by the roots, I
know it's going to be gone. So,
00:25:42.00\00:25:44.94
by telling us that these nations
were plucked up by the roots
00:25:44.97\00:25:47.84
means they were annihilated,
they were taken out of the way
00:25:47.88\00:25:50.81
and that's why they don't exist
anymore. When this little power
00:25:50.85\00:25:55.88
came to be, it destroyed three
of the 10 horns. Now verse 20:
00:25:55.92\00:26:00.16
And of the 10 horns that were in
his head, and the other, which
00:26:00.19\00:26:03.06
came up, and before whom three
fell...So there it is again.
00:26:03.09\00:26:05.09
It's told to us not just
one place, but another place in
00:26:05.13\00:26:08.50
verse 20 the three of the 10
fell. Let's put that up here on
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the screen. It uproots three
horns or three kingdoms. Verse 8
00:26:11.43\00:26:15.27
back here. It says: And behold,
in this horn were eyes like the
00:26:15.30\00:26:18.34
eyes of man...Now this is
unusual here. In the Bible eyes
00:26:18.37\00:26:23.11
are symbols of divine
intelligence. A prophet of God
00:26:23.14\00:26:26.78
was called a seer, right?
So as God gave direction to the
00:26:26.82\00:26:31.35
prophet and the prophet told the
church and the church was able
00:26:31.39\00:26:33.56
to move according to the
direction of God, and so the
00:26:33.59\00:26:36.12
prophet was considered the eyes
of the church. So eyes in Bible
00:26:36.16\00:26:40.20
prophecy are symbols of divine
intelligence and this horn with
00:26:40.23\00:26:46.00
eyes as the eyes of man by
God describing it that way is
00:26:46.03\00:26:50.37
telling us that this horn is not
being guided by God, it is not
00:26:50.41\00:26:55.44
God giving it direction but
man is guiding it, man is at its
00:26:55.48\00:26:58.81
head. It's chosen for man to
lead it rather than for God to
00:26:58.85\00:27:01.85
lead it. So we have a visible
man at its head. Very important
00:27:01.88\00:27:06.02
here. It's all you have to think
about. A little power over there
00:27:06.05\00:27:08.62
in Western Europe, comes up
after 476 and man at its head.
00:27:08.66\00:27:13.19
We got a lot more to go though.
Verse 24. It says: And he shall
00:27:13.23\00:27:17.47
be diverse from the first...Now
again, the other horns are
00:27:17.50\00:27:21.94
simple political kingdoms aren't
they? But something about this
00:27:21.97\00:27:24.84
power is different. Something
about the way it's structured,
00:27:24.87\00:27:29.34
something about the way it rules
is vastly different even unto
00:27:29.38\00:27:33.48
this day. Now I know I got you
thinking, but here we go. Number
00:27:33.52\00:27:36.62
6 is diverse or different from
the other political kingdoms.
00:27:36.65\00:27:40.16
Now this time we're going to
go to verse 25. We got a lot of
00:27:40.19\00:27:43.32
information here. And he shall
speak great words against the
00:27:43.36\00:27:47.33
Height, and shall wear out
the saints of the most High, and
00:27:47.36\00:27:50.67
think to change times and laws:
and they shall be given into his
00:27:50.70\00:27:53.94
hand until a time and times and
the dividing of time. Lots of
00:27:53.97\00:27:57.44
information here. So let's
now ask a logical question here.
00:27:57.47\00:28:02.64
What is this talking about?
It says that it's going to speak
00:28:02.68\00:28:09.98
blasphemy. Let's go to
Revelation 13:5. It says: There
00:28:10.02\00:28:12.22
was given unto him a
mouth speaking great things and
00:28:12.25\00:28:14.32
blasphemies. So in Daniel it
said he'll speak great things,
00:28:14.36\00:28:18.03
but Revelation adds to it by
saying it's blasphemous, these
00:28:18.06\00:28:21.50
great things. So the question
comes to us. What is blasphemy?
00:28:21.53\00:28:25.10
Now I could give you a thought
and you could give me your
00:28:25.13\00:28:27.67
thoughts, but we don't
want that. We want a Bible
00:28:27.70\00:28:31.34
description or a Bible
definition of blasphemy. To do
that, let's go to John 10
00:28:31.37\00:28:35.11
and verse 30. Jesus says: I
and my Father are one. Then the
00:28:35.14\00:28:40.58
Jews took up stones again to
stone him. Jesus answered them,
00:28:40.62\00:28:43.69
Many good works have I shown
you from my Father, for which of
00:28:43.72\00:28:45.55
those works do you stone me?
The Jews answered him, saying,
00:28:45.59\00:28:48.76
For a good work we stone
thee not, but for what folks?
00:28:48.79\00:28:51.99
Blasphemy;...and now they're
going to interpret what they
00:28:52.03\00:28:55.36
understand blasphemy to be...
because that thou, being a man,
00:28:55.40\00:28:58.03
makest thyself God. Now
according to the Bible, that's
00:28:58.07\00:29:01.47
blasphemy. So when a man
makes himself God, that's a
00:29:01.50\00:29:05.94
blasphemous act. Now follow
carefully. This wasn't blasphemy
00:29:05.97\00:29:09.08
for Jesus because he not only
was man, he was fully Divine,
00:29:09.11\00:29:12.31
right? So it wasn't blasphemy
for Jesus to make that claim
00:29:12.35\00:29:15.15
because he had every right to
that claim. But for an ordinary
00:29:15.18\00:29:19.39
man, for you and for me to make
that claim that would be a
blasphemous act. So,
00:29:19.42\00:29:24.59
Jesus was accused of blasphemy
when he came before Caiaphas,
00:29:24.63\00:29:26.73
the high priest and Caiaphas
accused him of that because he
00:29:26.76\00:29:31.93
said he was divine. Now we're
going to get another definition
00:29:31.97\00:29:36.00
of blasphemy here, Mark 2 verse
5. When Jesus saw their faith,
00:29:36.04\00:29:39.71
he said u to the sick of the
palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven
00:29:39.74\00:29:42.81
thee. But there was certain of
the scribes sitting there, and
00:29:42.84\00:29:45.68
reasoning in their hearts,
Why doth this man thus speak
00:29:45.71\00:29:48.18
blasphemies? Who can forgive
sins but God only? Now they're
00:29:48.22\00:29:53.19
giving another definition
of blasphemy here. It wasn't
00:29:53.22\00:29:55.79
blasphemy for Jesus to say thy
sins be forgiven because he had
00:29:55.82\00:29:59.49
the Divine right to do that. But
for an ordinary person to say
00:29:59.53\00:30:01.86
that, to make that claim, that
would be considered blasphemy.
00:30:01.90\00:30:06.10
So this kingdom is going to be
able to claim blasphemous acts
00:30:06.13\00:30:10.94
It's going to claim to be like
God and to be able to forgive
00:30:10.97\00:30:14.84
of sin. So the Bible's defining
blasphemy as assuming rights of
00:30:14.88\00:30:18.98
power that belongs to God alone.
That's a very succinct way of
00:30:19.01\00:30:23.12
saying what blasphemy is.
So let's put that one up here.
00:30:23.15\00:30:25.19
Number 7: He's going to
speak great words and blasphemy.
00:30:25.22\00:30:28.26
Back to verse 25. And then
it says: He shall wear out the
00:30:28.29\00:30:32.96
saints of the most High. Now the
term wear out, it's kind of an
00:30:32.99\00:30:36.13
older term. We really don't use
it as much anymore. But it's an
00:30:36.16\00:30:38.83
old English term that means to
relentlessly persecute. So this
00:30:38.87\00:30:42.07
power is going to wear out the
saints, going to be known for
00:30:42.10\00:30:46.44
persecuting God's people or the
church. It says he's going to
00:30:46.47\00:30:50.08
think to change times and laws.
Now, this can't be talking about
00:30:50.11\00:30:53.88
man's laws because man's laws
change all the time. This has
00:30:53.92\00:30:56.48
got to be talking about God's
law. Because we know that God
00:30:56.52\00:30:59.22
wrote his law with his finger on
what? On stone, right? So it's
00:30:59.25\00:31:04.33
not going to change. Nobody
can change God's laws. But this
00:31:04.36\00:31:07.30
power's going to think, or
intend to change it. So very,
00:31:07.33\00:31:12.43
very important. Number 9: Think
to change God's times and laws.
00:31:12.47\00:31:14.57
Back to verse 25, one more thing
here. It says and they...they
00:31:14.60\00:31:19.11
being the saints...shall
be given into his hand,...him
00:31:19.14\00:31:23.04
meaning this little horn
power...until a time and times
00:31:23.08\00:31:26.08
and the diving of time. Now that
kind of sounds like a riddle,
00:31:26.11\00:31:28.48
doesn't it? Time, times,
and dividing of time. So this
00:31:28.52\00:31:32.72
prophecy is even telling us how
long this power is going to rule
00:31:32.75\00:31:36.86
right? How long it's going to be
persecuting God's people. A time
00:31:36.89\00:31:39.96
times and half a time. Now what
is that? Once again we don't
00:31:40.00\00:31:43.60
have to guess that. The Bible
will give us our explanation.
00:31:43.63\00:31:46.03
But this is one time when
Revelation has to interpret for
00:31:46.07\00:31:50.64
us. Sometime Daniel interprets
Revelation, sometimes Revelation
00:31:50.67\00:31:53.51
interprets Daniel. So let's
go to Revelation chapter 12 and
00:31:53.54\00:31:56.24
let's see what it says here in
verse 14: And to the woman were
00:31:56.28\00:32:00.62
given two wings of a great eagle
that she might fly into the
00:32:00.65\00:32:03.72
wilderness, into her place,
where she is nourished for a
00:32:03.75\00:32:06.19
time, and times...plural...and
half a time, from the face of
00:32:06.22\00:32:10.56
the serpent. So here we've got
the same terminology, don't we?
00:32:10.59\00:32:13.13
Daniel said time, times, and
dividing of time. Here it says
00:32:13.16\00:32:15.40
time, times, and half a time.
Well, what is it, though? Well
00:32:15.43\00:32:19.20
what is it is found in verse six
same chapter, same book, same
00:32:19.23\00:32:23.67
chapter verse 6 says: And the
woman fled into the wilderness,
00:32:23.71\00:32:25.84
where she has a place prepared
of God, that they should feed
00:32:25.87\00:32:29.44
her there a thousand two hundred
and threescore days. That's
00:32:29.48\00:32:33.92
1,260 days. So now we've got
our understanding because time
00:32:33.95\00:32:39.62
represents a year and times
represents two years and half a
00:32:39.65\00:32:43.22
time is half a year so using the
Jewish method of calculation,
00:32:43.26\00:32:46.23
which is 30 days to a month we
come up with exactly 1,260 days
00:32:46.26\00:32:50.37
So here's where many go astray
when it comes to Bible prophecy
00:32:50.40\00:32:54.74
or the book of Revelation.
Remember now that we're dealing
00:32:54.77\00:32:58.27
with symbolic prophecy in Daniel
and Revelation. So, when we come
00:32:58.31\00:33:01.98
to 1,260 days, we can't stop
there. We've got to apply the
00:33:02.01\00:33:06.51
key of understanding that
unlocks time to us, which is in
00:33:06.55\00:33:09.38
Bible prophecy one prophetic day
equals one literal what? Year,
00:33:09.42\00:33:14.12
that's right. So we apply
this very important key of our
00:33:14.16\00:33:18.26
understanding. We're not looking
now at 1,260 days, but 1,260
00:33:18.29\00:33:21.86
years. Now, keep in mind this is
only in Bible prophecy. Usually
00:33:21.90\00:33:27.70
in the Bible, water is something
you drink, and a beast is an
00:33:27.74\00:33:30.07
An animal with four legs, but
in Bible prophecy, these things
00:33:30.11\00:33:32.67
take on symbolic meaning. So
1,260 days here represents 1,260
00:33:32.71\00:33:38.05
years So, number 10 says this
power will rule for 1,260 years.
00:33:38.08\00:33:43.72
Let's put that up there. Number
10, we know what that is now. We
00:33:43.75\00:33:47.39
have one more to go here.
Revelation 13 and verse 3: And I
00:33:47.42\00:33:51.56
saw one of his heads, as it
were, wounded to death, and his
00:33:51.59\00:33:54.13
deadly wound was healed:
and...now much of the
world...all the world wondered
00:33:54.16\00:33:57.07
after the beast. Verse 8 says
the same thing: All that dwells
00:33:57.10\00:33:59.97
upon the earth shall worship
him. We know it's a worldwide
00:34:00.00\00:34:04.47
power, right? Worldwide, all the
world. Okay. Let's put them all
00:34:04.51\00:34:08.54
up here together. And we got all
these points. Let me ask you a
00:34:08.58\00:34:12.88
very simple question. Did all
the beasts come from the Bible?
00:34:12.91\00:34:14.98
If they did, give me a loud Amen
out there. Amen. We didn't make
00:34:15.02\00:34:18.85
these up. I'm going to ask you
a very...I'm going to say did
00:34:18.89\00:34:23.22
the all come from the Bible, Yes
or No? Yes. You could take these
00:34:23.26\00:34:27.23
points. You could go down to the
local library here and you could
00:34:27.26\00:34:31.40
look it up and without any doubt
you'd come to the exact same
00:34:31.43\00:34:34.87
conclusion that we're going
to come to here in our seminar.
00:34:34.90\00:34:37.67
Not because it's guess work
because it's historical fact.
00:34:37.71\00:34:41.41
God is taking us through a
sequence of history. Just to be
00:34:41.44\00:34:45.81
sure, we have no question about
it we start with Babylon, and
00:34:45.85\00:34:50.59
then we have Medo-Persia. Then
Greece came along and overcame
00:34:50.62\00:34:52.65
Medo-Persia and Rome came along
and it conquered Greece. After
00:34:52.69\00:34:57.43
Greece, excuse me, after Rome
then we have the divisions of
00:34:57.46\00:35:00.96
Rome. We have the 10 horns
showing Rome divided up into
00:35:01.00\00:35:04.07
various parts. After the divide
up into various parts we've got
00:35:04.10\00:35:05.93
the little horn. The little horn
is described to us in all of
00:35:05.97\00:35:09.20
these ways, 11 clear identifying
marks. Actually there are more
00:35:09.24\00:35:13.31
than this but we just put up
11 for now. So there is no guess
00:35:13.34\00:35:16.54
work. This is not a private
interpretation, this is not some
00:35:16.58\00:35:20.55
church's idea of it. This is
what the Bible describes this
00:35:20.58\00:35:25.75
power to be. Now, before I
go any further, I want to say
00:35:25.79\00:35:28.56
something to you all.
And that is that when we show
00:35:28.59\00:35:33.53
the
understanding of this prophecy.
00:35:33.56\00:35:35.70
Folks, if we are associated
of anyone that we know of
00:35:35.73\00:35:39.80
is associated with it, it
doesn't mean that you're bad
00:35:39.83\00:35:43.87
people. It doesn't mean they're
bad people. It doesn't mean they
00:35:43.91\00:35:46.98
don't love God. It doesn't mean
God doesn't love them. There's
00:35:47.01\00:35:50.61
nothing personal in here.
We're identifying a kingdom,
00:35:50.65\00:35:55.72
identifying a system. So God
as our heavenly Father friends
00:35:55.75\00:35:58.72
looks down upon this world, and
in love, because love demands
00:35:58.75\00:36:04.13
truth, he says, I need you to
understand this prophecy. I need
00:36:04.16\00:36:08.43
you to understand this kingdom
because this kingdom is going to
00:36:08.46\00:36:11.97
do a very prominent work in end
time events. It's going to be
00:36:12.00\00:36:16.57
very prominent in all of history
especially in end-time history.
00:36:16.60\00:36:22.34
So we're going to take a very
careful look at it. God is not
00:36:22.38\00:36:26.55
talking about a personal
thing. He's talking about a
00:36:26.58\00:36:28.78
religiopolitical kingdom
that ruled the world in Bible
00:36:28.82\00:36:32.09
prophecy. He's not talking about
sincere people that love the
00:36:32.12\00:36:35.16
Lord, Amen? And so putting this
all together now there is one
00:36:35.19\00:36:39.79
and only one power that fits
all of these identifying marks.
00:36:39.83\00:36:46.00
Point number 1: It was to come
up over there in western Europe.
00:36:46.03\00:36:47.37
It came up at the very heart of
the Roman empire, right in Rome
00:36:47.40\00:36:50.91
itself, and that was fulfilled.
Point number two: It says that
00:36:50.94\00:36:53.98
it was to come up after 476.
So here is the quote from 1860:
00:36:54.01\00:36:59.21
Pope Pius IX said: It is
therefore, by a particular
00:36:59.25\00:37:04.55
decree of Divine Providence
that...the fall of the Roman
00:37:04.59\00:37:07.29
empire and its partition into
separate kingdoms, the Roman
00:37:07.32\00:37:12.39
Pontiff, whom Christ made the
head and center of his entire
00:37:12.43\00:37:15.16
Church acquired civil power.
So they're saying themself that
00:37:15.20\00:37:20.24
Rome under the Caesars', you
might call it Pagan Rome divided
00:37:20.27\00:37:25.94
up into the various parts and
when it did, the church itself
00:37:25.97\00:37:30.75
says, then we came to power. So,
History of the Christian Church,
00:37:30.78\00:37:35.25
Vol. 3, p. 327, it says Vigilius
...ascended the papal chair
00:37:35.28\00:37:40.99
(AD 538) under the military
protection of Belisarius, which
00:37:41.02\00:37:43.39
was a general of Rome and it's
telling us that 538 is after 476
00:37:43.43\00:37:50.47
so that fulfilled it. It has
to rise after Rome falls into
00:37:50.50\00:37:54.40
various parts, so we know that
the church did not take control
00:37:54.44\00:37:56.97
till after 476. Point number
two is fulfilled. The legally
00:37:57.01\00:38:00.68
recognized supremacy of the Pope
began in 538 AD when there went
00:38:00.71\00:38:04.35
into effect a decree of Emperor
Justinian, making the bishop of
00:38:04.38\00:38:07.32
Rome head over all the churches
the definer of doctrine and the
00:38:07.35\00:38:11.05
corrector of heretics. Of the
10 divisions of Old Rome seven
00:38:11.09\00:38:15.32
accepted the supremacy of the
Bishop of Rome; the other three
00:38:15.36\00:38:17.73
opposed his supremacy. War was
made on these three. That's the
00:38:17.76\00:38:21.56
Heruli, the Vandals, and the
Ostrogoths. The last of these
00:38:21.60\00:38:24.53
opposing powers, the Goths, were
overthrown in 538 AD. This gave
00:38:24.57\00:38:28.90
Papal Rome, the undisputed
supremacy. The 1,260 years thus
00:38:28.94\00:38:33.94
began in 538 AD. So we have that
fulfilled. Let's go on to point
00:38:33.98\00:38:38.35
number three. It's the little
horn or little kingdom. Now it's
00:38:38.38\00:38:40.28
a little kingdom in size, it's
only about 108 acres, about the
00:38:40.32\00:38:43.99
size of your average golf course
there, but of course it has
00:38:44.02\00:38:47.92
worldwide influence, but
nevertheless, it fulfills number
00:38:47.96\00:38:51.49
three. Number four uproots three
horns. Now we've already really
00:38:51.53\00:38:55.76
said this, but of the 10 that
took over from western Rome when
00:38:55.80\00:38:59.80
it fell three of them the Heruli
the Vandals and the Ostrogoths
00:38:59.83\00:39:04.71
opposed Rome. So armies were
sent out under the direction of
00:39:04.74\00:39:08.34
Rome to take them out of the way
and the Goths were the last to
00:39:08.38\00:39:12.11
go in 538. Now the next point is
that it would have a man at its
00:39:12.15\00:39:17.35
head. Of course, we know that
this power has that exact thing.
00:39:17.39\00:39:21.69
He rules, his word is law, even
unto the time of his death and
00:39:21.72\00:39:26.43
so he speaks for that kingdom
at all times. That point is
00:39:26.46\00:39:29.96
fulfilled. The next point is it
would be diverse. Now why would
00:39:30.00\00:39:35.47
it be diverse. Well, I think we
can clearly see that it is not
00:39:35.50\00:39:40.54
just political in its
nature but it is religious and
00:39:40.58\00:39:43.75
political. It's a church and
state combined, and so that's
00:39:43.78\00:39:47.12
what makes Papal Rome so unique
because it's a church that's
00:39:47.15\00:39:50.85
ruling rather than simply a
political kingdom. It has its
00:39:50.89\00:39:54.96
own laws, it has its
own policies, it has its own
00:39:54.99\00:39:57.86
ambassadors, it's all dictated
by the Pope. So that's point
00:39:57.89\00:40:01.36
number six. Point number seven:
He will speak great words and
00:40:01.40\00:40:05.53
blasphemy. I'm going to give
you some quotes right from this
00:40:05.57\00:40:07.27
power itself. From Ferraris'
Ecclesiastical Dictionary it
00:40:07.30\00:40:11.51
says: The Pope is of so great
dignity and so exalted that he
00:40:11.54\00:40:16.18
is not a mere man, but as it
were God, and the vicar of God.
00:40:16.21\00:40:19.85
Which means one who takes the
place of God, right? So again
00:40:19.88\00:40:23.39
many Catholics themselves
are not aware of these, but when
00:40:23.42\00:40:26.59
these quotes are declared and
when this is put into Catholic
00:40:26.62\00:40:31.13
doctrine, it stays there until
it is taken out of the way and
00:40:31.16\00:40:35.20
it never has been. Revelation
Four Views: A Parallel
00:40:35.23\00:40:38.40
Commentary p.288 says: On April
30, 1922, Pope Pius XI said, You
00:40:38.43\00:40:45.17
know that I am the Holy Father,
the representative of God on
00:40:45.21\00:40:49.61
earth, the Vicar of Christ,
which means that I am God on the
00:40:49.64\00:40:53.38
earth. Now again, this
is a blasphemous claim.
00:40:53.42\00:40:55.08
Here's another Catholic quote On
00:40:55.12\00:40:56.75
the Authority of Councils from
Bellarmine book 2: All the names
00:40:56.79\00:41:06.16
which in the Scriptures are
applied to Christ, by virtue of
00:41:06.19\00:41:08.36
which it is established that he
is over the church, all the same
00:41:08.40\00:41:10.97
names are applied to the Pope.
So what it's telling us, friends
00:41:11.00\00:41:13.40
is that the things that Jesus
is called in the Bible, the Pope
00:41:13.44\00:41:17.37
can be called the same things,
and many of those things he does
00:41:17.41\00:41:20.54
take upon himself. In this
particular book which I have in
00:41:20.58\00:41:22.61
my own personal library,
Crossing the Threshold of Hope
00:41:22.64\00:41:24.75
which came out in about the mid
1990s by Pope John Paul II on
00:41:24.78\00:41:30.65
the third page, which is the
first page with writing, it says
00:41:30.69\00:41:33.72
Confronted with the Pope, one
must make a choice. The leader
00:41:33.76\00:41:37.69
of the Catholic Church is
defined by the faith as the
00:41:37.73\00:41:39.46
Vicar of Jesus Christ (and is
accepted as such by believers).
00:41:39.49\00:41:43.87
The Pope is considered the man
on earth, who represents the Son
00:41:43.90\00:41:46.43
of God, who takes the place who
takes the place of the Second
00:41:46.47\00:41:49.44
person of the omnipotent
God of the Trinity. So they say
00:41:49.47\00:41:53.27
themselves in their own book, we
take the place of Jesus, because
00:41:53.31\00:41:58.41
he's the Second Person of the
Trinity. And then this one. Here
00:41:58.45\00:42:04.12
it is an article on the Pope, it
says from their own dictionary
00:42:04.15\00:42:06.76
it says: The Pope is called most
holy because he is rightfully
00:42:06.79\00:42:09.76
presumed to be such...He is
likewise, the divine monarch,
00:42:09.79\00:42:12.66
the supreme emperor, and King
of kings. So there again they're
00:42:12.69\00:42:16.77
taking the names of Jesus upon
himself. From the Encyclical
00:42:16.80\00:42:20.87
Letters of Leo XIII, they said:
We hold upon earth the place of
00:42:20.90\00:42:24.41
God Almighty. Wow. Again
You might think these are older
00:42:24.44\00:42:30.25
statements, but Papal statements
they're known as Papal bulls
00:42:30.28\00:42:32.81
they remain until the Pope
retracts them. They're like the
00:42:32.85\00:42:35.98
law of the U.S. You know that
law can go in effect until the
00:42:36.02\00:42:38.19
president retracts that law it
stays law. So let's now look at
00:42:38.22\00:42:42.22
this. The Bible defines
blasphemy as assuming any rights
00:42:42.26\00:42:45.89
or power that belongs to
God alone. In Adam Clark's
00:42:45.93\00:42:50.50
Commentary on Daniel 7:25, where
we got a lot of this information
00:42:50.53\00:42:53.13
from it says, speaking of
that church: They have assumed
00:42:53.17\00:42:56.77
infallibility, which belongs
only to God. They profess to
00:42:56.81\00:43:00.41
forgive sin, which belongs
only to God. In the Catholic
00:43:00.44\00:43:05.91
Encyclopedia it says: This
judicial authority will even
00:43:05.95\00:43:09.58
include the power to forgive
sins. In Duties and Dignities of
00:43:09.62\00:43:13.52
the Priest, a book I have
personally, Vol. 12, p.27, it
00:43:13.56\00:43:18.26
says God Himself is obliged
to abide by the judgment of His
00:43:18.29\00:43:21.86
priests, and either not to
pardon or to pardon, according
00:43:21.90\00:43:25.70
as they refuse or give
absolution. The sentence of the
priest precedes, and God
00:43:25.73\00:43:30.64
subscribes to it. So they're
saying whatever the priest says
00:43:30.67\00:43:34.38
God's got to go along with it.
If the priest forgives, God's
00:43:34.41\00:43:36.38
got to forgive. The
priest doesn't forgive God can't
00:43:36.41\00:43:38.48
forgive. They're basically
saying that the priest's word
00:43:38.51\00:43:40.82
takes precedent. Joseph
Dearie's Catechism, p. 279
00:43:40.85\00:43:44.69
says: The priest does really and
truly forgive sins in virtue of
00:43:44.72\00:43:48.16
the power given to him by Christ
So they're not just saying that
00:43:48.19\00:43:50.89
God is doing it, and the priest
is his mouthpiece, they're
00:43:50.93\00:43:53.90
saying the priest has the power
to do it. Here is A Catechism
00:43:53.93\00:43:58.47
for Adults, p. 78. It says: Does
the priest merely pray that your
00:43:58.50\00:44:02.27
sins will be forgiven? No,
acting as God's instrument and
00:44:02.30\00:44:05.41
ordained minister, he truly
forgives the sins. So there it
00:44:05.44\00:44:09.44
is. The Associated Press in 1984
it says Pope John Paul II...On
00:44:09.48\00:44:14.22
Tuesday told Roman Catholics
to seek forgiveness through the
00:44:14.25\00:44:16.32
Church and not directly from God
This requirement for confessing
00:44:16.35\00:44:19.95
sin through priests is one
of the fundamental principles of
00:44:19.99\00:44:25.79
Roman Catholicism. And I know
that to be true because in my
00:44:25.83\00:44:29.53
home, we did the very same
thing. You know my father took
00:44:29.56\00:44:32.33
us down to the priest, and
we had to confess sins to the
00:44:32.37\00:44:35.14
priest and so this is something
that takes place in Catholic
00:44:35.17\00:44:37.67
households. But what does the
Bible say? That's the important
00:44:37.71\00:44:40.88
thing, right? So in 1 Timothy
2:5, we read for there is one
00:44:40.91\00:44:44.65
God, and ...how many mediators,
friends ...one mediator between
00:44:44.68\00:44:48.45
God and men, the man Christ
Jesus. So Jesus himself said
00:44:48.48\00:44:53.89
that: No man comes to the
Father, except through him. So
00:44:53.92\00:44:57.49
we are not to go to human
priests, but only through Jesus
00:44:57.53\00:45:01.40
to the Father. 2 Thessalonians
chapter 2 verse 4, Paul wrote
00:45:01.43\00:45:05.23
that there would come along,
one: Who opposes and exalts
himself...remember that
00:45:05.27\00:45:08.54
word exalt...above all
that is called God, or that is
00:45:08.57\00:45:12.14
worshipped; so that he as God
sitteth in the temple of God,
00:45:12.17\00:45:15.24
showing himself that he is God.
By saying showing it's like he
00:45:15.28\00:45:18.28
is boasting himself that he
is God. Matthew Henry, a very
00:45:18.31\00:45:23.65
famous commentator on the Bible,
says that: The antichrist here
00:45:23.69\00:45:27.22
mentioned is some usurper of
God's Authority in the church.
00:45:27.26\00:45:31.03
Now that's so important because
most people today from reading a
00:45:31.06\00:45:35.80
lot of novels, they believe
that the antichrist is something
00:45:35.83\00:45:38.37
outside of the church
that persecutes the church. The
00:45:38.40\00:45:41.40
reason the antichrist is so
deceptive folks is because he
00:45:41.44\00:45:44.44
comes from within the church
and does his work in the name of
00:45:44.47\00:45:48.84
Christ. And that's why people
don't see it as they should.
00:45:48.88\00:45:51.68
Now speaking about the
temple when Paul wrote to the
00:45:51.71\00:45:55.58
Corinthian church, he said to
them that they were the church
00:45:55.62\00:45:57.95
of God, and he also called
them the temple of God. So, when
00:45:57.99\00:46:00.82
Thessalonians says he will come
in the temple, he's saying he's
00:46:00.86\00:46:03.96
come right in the church.
Now you know, they say that a
00:46:03.99\00:46:07.20
picture is worth a thousand
words. Well here is a picture
00:46:07.23\00:46:12.67
for you. Here you have the head
of this system he's sitting on a
00:46:12.70\00:46:16.47
throne. Now the Bible says God
sits on a great white throne,
00:46:16.50\00:46:20.11
right? So, what do we see here?
He's sitting on a great white
00:46:20.14\00:46:22.31
throne. The Bible tells us
that God is between the cherubim
00:46:22.34\00:46:25.81
angels. What do we see
here? He's sitting between the
00:46:25.85\00:46:27.65
cherubim angels. So by putting
himself between the cherubim
00:46:27.68\00:46:30.79
angels on a great white throne,
he's portraying himself visually
00:46:30.82\00:46:34.82
as sitting on the throne, taking
the place of God. Very, very
00:46:34.86\00:46:41.46
amazing There are millions of
beautiful sincere people in that
00:46:41.50\00:46:45.57
power that who love Jesus and
Jesus loves them. I was raised
00:46:45.60\00:46:49.44
in this faith and many friends
that I have are still in this
00:46:49.47\00:46:53.17
faith. And I want you to know
that they can love Jesus, as
much as anyone, Amen?
00:46:53.21\00:46:56.41
So I just want to say that to
make that clear. Pope Boniface
00:46:56.44\00:47:02.18
VIII said: We therefore assert,
define, and pronounce that it is
00:47:02.22\00:47:05.69
necessary for salvation that
every human being is subject to
00:47:05.72\00:47:08.86
the Pontiff of Rome. So they're
saying if you want to be saved
00:47:08.89\00:47:11.36
you have to come through Rome
for salvation. Now you think
00:47:11.39\00:47:16.50
well, that was an old quote.
Let's go to September of 2000
00:47:16.53\00:47:19.80
in the Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel. I was in Milwaukee
00:47:19.83\00:47:22.54
holding a seminar here, and
I picked this up. Of course it
00:47:22.57\00:47:25.17
went around nationally. It says:
A new Vatican declaration issued
00:47:25.21\00:47:29.44
Tuesday says that only faithful
Catholics can attain full
00:47:29.48\00:47:33.21
salvation from earthly sin and
that other beliefs, including
00:47:33.25\00:47:35.48
Protestant Christian ones
have defects that render them
00:47:35.52\00:47:39.35
inferior. Muslim, Jewish, and
even Orthodox Christian leaders
00:47:39.39\00:47:42.22
have repeatedly asked to be
treated as equals in dialog with
00:47:42.26\00:47:46.03
the Vatican, an idea that
the new statement explicitly
00:47:46.06\00:47:49.26
circumscribes by reaffirming
centuries-old claims of Catholic
00:47:49.30\00:47:53.00
primacy. Circumscribed means
it's confined or restricted
00:47:53.03\00:47:58.71
because of this statement.
So they're saying that by this
00:47:58.74\00:48:01.74
statement, they're saying that
the Catholic Church is the prime
00:48:01.78\00:48:04.98
church, and you have to
come through that agency. Now
00:48:05.01\00:48:08.58
remember what is the true
meaning of antichrist? It is
00:48:08.62\00:48:12.85
Antichristos, which is Latin for
antichrist. It means someone who
00:48:12.89\00:48:15.66
sets himself up in the place of
Christ. Yes, it's true in that
00:48:15.69\00:48:19.59
sense he's opposing, but once
you see that it is one who takes
00:48:19.63\00:48:23.03
the place of makes it a lot
easier. Now one of the most well
00:48:23.06\00:48:27.74
used titles for the Pope in
Latin is Vicarious Filii Dei and
00:48:27.77\00:48:31.57
it means the Vicar or the
substitute of the Son of God. So
00:48:31.61\00:48:36.54
when you see the word Antichrist
or one who puts himself in the
00:48:36.58\00:48:39.81
place of Christ and one of their
titles is Vicarius Filii Dei,
00:48:39.85\00:48:45.22
when they use that title because
of the meaning of the title
00:48:45.25\00:48:48.52
they're virtually pronouncing
themself antichrist. They're
00:48:48.56\00:48:51.09
taking that title upon themself,
they're taking that meaning upon
00:48:51.13\00:48:54.76
themself because that's really
what antichrist means. One who
00:48:54.80\00:48:58.30
puts himself in place of Christ.
Next one. Next point, Daniel
00:48:58.33\00:49:04.11
7:25. You will wear out
the saints of the most High.
00:49:04.14\00:49:07.71
Revelation adds to that. It says
It was given unto him to make
00:49:07.74\00:49:11.15
war with the saints, and to
overcome them. Did they do that?
00:49:11.18\00:49:13.48
In the Catholic publication
Western Watchman, they said
00:49:13.52\00:49:17.25
themselves. The church
has persecuted. Only a tyro in
00:49:17.29\00:49:21.76
church history will deny that.
Now a tyro in case you didn't
00:49:21.79\00:49:25.83
know is a beginner or a novice.
So they're saying you'd have to
00:49:25.86\00:49:29.13
be a novice, you'd have to be
a beginner not to know that that
00:49:29.16\00:49:32.57
church has persecuted. So
we give them credit for honesty
00:49:32.60\00:49:35.70
there. Now another quote from
them: the Public Ecclesiastical
00:49:35.74\00:49:40.54
Law, p. 142, says: The church
may by divine right, confiscate
00:49:40.58\00:49:43.18
the property of heretics,
imprison their persons and
00:49:43.21\00:49:46.75
condemn them to the flames.
So they claim that God has given
00:49:46.78\00:49:50.25
them the right to persecute.
And of course, they did this,
00:49:50.29\00:49:53.36
friends in the dark ages for
a long, long time. They put many
00:49:53.39\00:49:57.73
Christians to death, burned them
at the stake, tortured them, put
00:49:57.76\00:50:00.20
them in dungeon cells. In fact,
taken from the History of the
00:50:00.23\00:50:04.00
Rise of the Spirit of
Rationalism in Europe, Vol. 2,
00:50:04.03\00:50:07.30
p.32, it says that the church
of Rome has shed more innocent
00:50:07.34\00:50:11.27
blood than any other institution
that has ever expiated among
00:50:11.31\00:50:15.51
mankind,...will be questioned by
no Protestant who has a
competent knowledge of
00:50:15.54\00:50:19.35
history. So they're saying that
if you understand history, you
00:50:19.38\00:50:22.95
will know that this church has
persecuted. The problem folks is
00:50:22.98\00:50:26.32
that they've taken this
information out of the books now
00:50:26.35\00:50:28.56
You can hardly find it in
libraries today. It's been
00:50:28.59\00:50:31.29
removed, and so the generations
that are growing up now they
00:50:31.33\00:50:33.70
have no understanding of it.
They have no knowledge that this
00:50:34.10\00:50:36.36
went on during the time of the
dark ages. History of Romanism,
00:50:36.40\00:50:40.07
pp.541-542 it says from the
birth of popery...to the present
00:50:40.10\00:50:43.74
time, it is estimated by careful
and credible historians that
00:50:43.77\00:50:48.38
more than 50 million of
the human family have been
00:50:48.41\00:50:51.28
slaughtered for the crime of
heresy by popish persecutors.
00:50:51.31\00:50:54.72
Newsweek Magazine 1982, it said
Sounding more serious themes to
00:50:54.75\00:50:59.49
a gathering of academicians...
or intellectuals...John Paul did
00:50:59.52\00:51:04.46
what no pope has ever done; he
publicly acknowledged the errors
00:51:04.49\00:51:08.36
excesses of the Spanish
Inquisition, which tortured and
00:51:08.40\00:51:10.97
burned heretics, Jews, and other
false converts to the faith. So
00:51:11.00\00:51:13.94
they came right out and said
yes we did this, you know. We're
00:51:13.97\00:51:16.47
sorry, we did that, but they
came and acknowledged that at
00:51:16.50\00:51:19.07
least they did do that. And what
did they do during that time?
00:51:19.11\00:51:22.31
The saints. They fled to obscure
places. They went to remote
00:51:22.34\00:51:26.51
hills and mountains and retreats
anywhere they could in order to
00:51:26.55\00:51:29.78
survive. History of the Popes,
Vol. 2, p.334, it says: Great
00:51:29.82\00:51:34.89
numbers meaning great numbers
of Christians were driven from
00:51:34.92\00:51:37.59
their habitations with their
wives and children, stripped
00:51:37.63\00:51:39.86
and naked. Many of them
inhumanly massacred. Now we
00:51:39.89\00:51:43.10
bring this out not to be
sensational, but only to show
00:51:43.13\00:51:45.77
you how prophecy has been
fulfilled. All you would need
00:51:45.80\00:51:48.60
friends is this book right
here. If you have Fox's Book of
00:51:48.64\00:51:51.21
Martyrs, it has more than enough
information there to help you to
00:51:51.24\00:51:54.08
know what went on during
the history of the papacy in the
00:51:54.11\00:51:59.01
dark ages, the Spanish
Inquisition, the Massacre of St.
00:51:59.05\00:52:03.49
Bartholomew, the slaughter
of the Waldensian people, many
00:52:03.52\00:52:05.49
other things could be mentioned.
But let's go on. Verse 25 says:
00:52:05.52\00:52:10.03
he will think to change times
and laws. The Catholic
Encyclopedia article
00:52:10.06\00:52:14.33
under the Pope, p.268 says
He... meaning the Pope...is not
00:52:14.36\00:52:19.47
subject to them...them being the
laws or what's called the canons
00:52:19.50\00:52:22.17
of the church...because he
is competent to modify...that
00:52:22.20\00:52:24.77
means change...or to annul
them...which means do away with
00:52:24.81\00:52:27.84
them...when he holds this to be
best for the church. So, this is
00:52:27.88\00:52:31.11
saying the Pope is not tied to
the law because he can change it
00:52:31.15\00:52:33.18
any time that he wants to.
Again, back to the Catholic
00:52:33.21\00:52:38.72
Encyclopedia, it says: The Pope
is of so great authority and
00:52:38.75\00:52:41.26
power, that he is able to modify
declare, or interpret even
00:52:41.29\00:52:43.89
divine laws. It says he can
change them, right? He can do
00:52:43.93\00:52:47.00
what he wishes. He can interpret
them as he wishes because he has
00:52:47.03\00:52:50.40
that power. That's what they
claim. The commandments again,
00:52:50.43\00:52:52.93
we were here earlier in the
seminar. In Exodus chapter 20
00:52:52.97\00:52:55.90
speaking of the second
commandment it says: Thou shalt
00:52:55.94\00:52:58.97
not make unto thee any graven
image, or any likeness of any
00:52:59.01\00:53:03.11
thing that is in heaven above,
or that is in the earth beneath,
00:53:03.14\00:53:05.71
or that is in the water under
the earth: Thou shalt not bow
00:53:05.75\00:53:08.62
down thyself to them, nor serve
them: for I, the Lord thy God,
00:53:08.65\00:53:11.92
am a jealous God, visiting the
iniquity of the fathers upon the
00:53:11.95\00:53:14.52
children unto the third and
fourth generation of them that
00:53:14.56\00:53:16.86
hate me, And showing mercy unto
thousands of them that love me
00:53:16.89\00:53:20.70
and keep my commandments. Now
that is the long commandment.
00:53:20.73\00:53:25.70
Except for the fourth one,
that's the longest commandment
00:53:25.73\00:53:27.14
for sure Now did they do that?
Did they in any way change God's
00:53:27.17\00:53:31.37
law? Now let's go take a look.
This is a monument outside of a
00:53:31.41\00:53:37.31
Catholic Church here in
Grand Junction, Colorado, in the
00:53:37.35\00:53:40.62
courtyard. And look what it says
there. It says that they have
00:53:40.65\00:53:45.19
basically, taken the second
commandment right out. And that
00:53:45.22\00:53:49.12
has bumped the fourth one up to
the place of the third and the
00:53:49.16\00:53:50.73
third one up to the place of the
second and so on. So that would
00:53:50.76\00:53:52.76
only leave nine commandments,
but what they did was they took
00:53:52.79\00:53:55.60
the 10th commandment and divided
it into two, the one that deals
00:53:55.63\00:53:58.70
with coveting. So they made two
commandments out of one, so they
00:53:58.73\00:54:01.20
could still keep the round
number 10. Now this commandment
00:54:01.24\00:54:05.61
Thou shalt not bow down thyself
to images...this was taken out
00:54:05.64\00:54:09.08
and so the adherents of that
faith doesn't understand the
00:54:09.11\00:54:13.92
restriction that God put on that
and of course, what they do is
00:54:13.95\00:54:17.55
they make images, and they bow
down to them, and they venerate
00:54:17.59\00:54:21.92
them. And so you can see what
happens when you don't have that
00:54:21.96\00:54:25.49
commandment to show us God's
will. But he didn't stop there.
00:54:25.53\00:54:29.10
That power didn't stop
there. Remember, we took up this
00:54:29.13\00:54:31.40
commandment, number four,
Exodus 20. It says: Remember the
00:54:31.43\00:54:33.77
Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Six days shalt thou labor, and
00:54:33.80\00:54:36.64
do all thy work: But the seventh
day is the Sabbath of the Lord
00:54:36.67\00:54:39.44
thy God:...Again, when you go to
that commandment, you see that
00:54:39.47\00:54:43.01
they've changed the position of
it from the fourth to the third,
00:54:43.04\00:54:45.68
and sometimes they don't even
mention the commandment in its
00:54:45.71\00:54:49.75
length. They say remember to
keep holy the Lord's day. Now
00:54:49.78\00:54:54.62
that takes out the whole meaning
of the Sabbath and the seventh
00:54:54.66\00:54:56.09
day of it. So this one is in
another location. I found this
00:54:56.12\00:54:58.16
one in Pensacola, Florida and
again, you can see that they've
00:54:58.19\00:55:01.60
taken the second commandment out
So you can see this is common
00:55:01.63\00:55:05.73
these monuments of the
commandments or these diversions
00:55:05.77\00:55:09.07
of the commandments, and they've
taken the second commandment out
00:55:09.10\00:55:10.44
So they made the second
commandment, what is the third
00:55:10.47\00:55:14.41
one in the Bible about you'll
not take the name of the Lord
00:55:14.44\00:55:16.11
thy God in vane and that makes
the fourth one take the place of
00:55:16.14\00:55:18.55
the third, and you've still got
the ninth and the tenth to do
00:55:18.58\00:55:21.22
with coveting. All right. So
here you can see they've labeled
00:55:21.25\00:55:25.82
the fourth commandment number
three. And this is another one.
00:55:25.85\00:55:29.06
Just to show you that these
are very prominent and very
00:55:29.09\00:55:32.16
consistent in the same way that
I described. Number 10: He shall
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rule for 1260 years. Now this
is one of the most amazing of
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all of these points of
identification. They said he
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would rule for 1260 years.
Now back to this quote, where we
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were earlier. It says that
Vigilius who was the first Pope
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it said he ascended the papal
chair in 538. So all you have to
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do Bible students is take 538,
add 1260 years on to that, and
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we will come to the year 1798.
So we would expect then to see
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something significant happened
to this power in 1798 at the end
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of 1260 years, and absolutely
we do. Revelation 13 verse 3, it
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says: I saw one of his heads as
it were wounded to what? Death.
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Now, keep something in mind
here. When the Bible shows that
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this power, Revelation 13:1-3,
it shows it to us symbolically
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doesn't it. Body of the leopard,
feet of the bear, mouth of the
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lion and so on. So it's showing
it to us in a symbolic way so
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it's going to get a wound. It
makes sense that we would expect
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to see the wound given in
a symbolic fashion. A lot of
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people today because they're
reading these Left Behind books
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they're expecting this
antichrist man to stand out,
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some ruthless dictator and he's
going to get shot or stabbed
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and that kind of thing and he's
going to have this miraculous
00:56:52.04\00:56:54.41
resurrection. Nothing could
be further from the truth folks.
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This is a power rather than an
individual that has assumed this
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incredible prominence. It rules
down through the time and then
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it receives what is called a
death blow. Let's go take a look
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how this is taking place?
In 1798, there had just been a
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major revolution take place in
this world, and that was in what
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country. France, right. So,
Napoleon, of course, who was the
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leader at that time, he sent his
general, Berthier with part of
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the French army down into the
heart of Rome itself. And what
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they did was they took the Pope
captive, Pope Pius VI. When Pius
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refused to give over temporal
or civil rule, they took him
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captive, took him back to France
He died there a short time later
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They confiscated the property,
the beast received a deadly
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wound, and people thought the
papacy was over. They thought
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that's it. It will not go
on from that blow. Let's go to
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Church History p.24. It says The
murder of a Frenchman in Rome
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in 1798, notice the exact
year...gave the French an excuse
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for occupying the Eternal
City...that's another term for
00:58:01.34\00:58:04.38
Rome...and putting an end to
the Papal temporal power...that
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means papal civil power. The
aged Pontiff himself was carried
00:58:07.78\00:58:11.79
off into exile to Valance. The
enemies of the Church rejoiced.
00:58:11.82\00:58:15.69
The last pope, they declared,
had reigned. They thought nope
00:58:15.72\00:58:19.29
this is it, no more popes after
this. There's the deadly wound
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right there, friends.
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