Welcome again to our program.
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The title is
"Revelation of the Coming King."
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I'm Ranko Stefanovic,
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professor at
Seventh-day Adventist
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Theological
Seminary, Andrew's University.
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My area of study
is New Testament,
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but I'm well known for studies
of the Book of Revelation.
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Wherever I go
people expect from me
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to hear at least
one sermon on that Book.
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And I'm so excited
to be with you here
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and to present to all of you
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a survey of the
Book of Revelation
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from chapter 1 to chapter 22.
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And I'm so grateful to God
for the wonderful audience.
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I could not
choose better audience
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than I have here, yes.
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And, you're still
awake and you know why,
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because you're
realizing more and more
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how difficult the
Book of Revelation is.
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But I'm making
paradoxical statement.
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On other side you can see
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that actually the
Book of Revelation
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is not as difficult
as usually people think
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when you do it in the right way,
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when you allow the
Bible to interpret itself.
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So I like to urge our viewers,
as you're studying this Book,
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don't take newspapers.
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Sometimes we have
to look into newspaper
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to see the time
in which we live.
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But if you want to understand
the Book of Revelation,
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don't rely on your imagination
or imagination of somebody else.
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Take this Book and
you'll not be far away
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from the understanding of that
original meaning of the text.
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As you know, every time
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I want to give you
the pages from this tool
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which is a commentary on
the Book of Revelation titled,
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"Revelation of Jesus Christ."
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If you have
provided for yourself a copy,
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every time I give you the pages,
so once this program is over--
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actually it will be over for you
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because there in your
home as a family as a group
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or maybe yourself as individual
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you can go and study
the Book of Revelation.
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There is much more to be said.
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Many more spiritual references,
many more information.
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We're simply here touching
the surface of the text.
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So I would like
to encourage you that
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what we will cover today
actually is found in two places
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in the Book of--
in this commentary.
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It's first from page 376
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going all to 383
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and also from page
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409 to 421.
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So from 409 to 421.
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There is much
more, much more to study.
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But above all we
need God's guidance.
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We need the Holy Spirit, okay.
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And God promised
through Jesus Christ
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that when Holy Spirit comes
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He will instruct
us into all the truth.
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So there are some things we have
really to study for ourselves
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that everything what is
essential to our salvation
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is the Holy Spirit
there to work it for us.
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So I would like to
invite you to bow your heads
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to ask God for help
as we delve into this
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not easy understanding,
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understandable text of
the Book of Revelation.
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Our Heavenly Father,
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we are asking for Your
presence here in our midst.
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We are asking for Your
good spirit to be here with us,
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to guide us, as
we're trying to understand
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the messages of
the Book of Revelation.
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But above all may
the Holy Spirit help us
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how to apply those
messages to our daily lives
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to be better Christians,
better husbands, better fathers,
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better neighbors,
better Christians,
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one day we would be
in that great multitude
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there in the heavenly places.
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Thank you, Father, for Your help
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and we pray all of
this in the precious name
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of our Savior
Jesus Christ. Amen.
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As you can see we are now
in very, very excited studies.
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I would like to remind
you that in our presentations
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we are left the Revelation 12:17
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with that determination of Satan
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who has become so enraged
with angry with the women
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that he went off to make a war
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with the rest of
the women's children.
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And there is one
element we just had to take
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just few more
minutes to reflect on,
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even though we will be
talking more about that later.
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Those who keep the
commandments of God
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and hold to the
testimony of Jesus.
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Friends, you will
understand here is
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that we're talking
about the final events.
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We're talking about
an angry enemy, okay,
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who will use everything
what is in his disposal
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to fight against God's
people at the time of the end.
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But you will notice as
we mention last time is
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the final war and
that anger of Satan
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is directed not
to every Christian
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to all those who called
themselves to be Christians.
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Actually the Book of
Revelation is telling us
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that the object of Satan hatred
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and his desire to destroy
them are not all Christians
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just a specific group
that is characterized here
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by two things,
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those who keep the
commandments of God
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and they hold to
the testimony of Jesus.
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Actually in my
translation they say,
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who hold, in Greek it's a clear
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those who have those
who are in the possession
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of the testimony of Jesus.
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We will come in and talk more
about these two characteristics
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later in the Book of Revelation.
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Let me just mention here is
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that the Book of
Revelation is talking about
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not all Christians
who are in the world.
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Talking about whom?
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The Greek word, "loipos"
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which means something
that is left from the whole.
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So you're talking about the--
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yeah, Christians
but not all Christians
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only those who at
the time of the end
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remain faithful to God
in obeying His commandments.
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And we will see why
this is so much important
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as soon as we come here
to Revelation Chapter 13.
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This group, okay,
that really decides
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to be faithful
to God in everything
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what God asked them to do,
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especially in His
commandments, Ten Commandments,
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the Decalogue that is really,
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really the clear portrayed
here in Revelation 13, yes.
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Satan will direct his hatred,
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make them the
object of persecution
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at the time of the end.
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But the second characteristic,
okay, of this remnant,
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those who will
remain faithful to God is
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that in possession of
the testimony of Jesus.
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Since these expression
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we will encounter
again, okay, in Revelation 19.
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So I will not now
talk too much about that
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because Revelation 19 specifies
that this testimony of Jesus
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is not as some
Bible commentators mention
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the testimony the Jesus bear--
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bore during His
life, His earthly ministry.
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Actually specifies
that this is the testimony
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of Jesus given to the
inhabitants of this world
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through a
special group of people
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that we call them the prophets.
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Because
Revelation 19:10 specifies
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that this testimony of Jesus
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is a different expression
for the spirit of prophecy
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which was in the first
century a technical expression
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for the prophetic
ministry among God's people.
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So he's telling
us that God's people
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at the time of the end
will be faithful to everything
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that God
specified in His Decalogue,
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but also they'll
faithful to everything
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that God will tell
them and ask them to do
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through those who are called
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to be His
prophets here on the earth.
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And they will be
the special possession
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of prophetic gift in the
midst of the time of the end.
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But we'll leave that discussion
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when we will come
there to Revelation 19, okay.
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So, this is about Satan.
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He becomes so angry
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and he is now going
to wage that final war.
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You will notice here is,
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and my new
American standard Bible
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clarifies very nice
and said in verse 17,
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that Satan became
enraged and he went off,
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actually to wage war.
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I'm like you
that-- that we clearly see
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what the situation is here.
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Satan is angry, you remember,
how many times he's frustrated?
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He's a loser.
He's a defeated enemy.
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And Christ is
the constant victor.
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And he knows that he
has only one chance left.
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How is that chance called?
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The battle of Armageddon.
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What happens to the people
when people are constant losers
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and they finally realize that
they have only one chance left?
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What do they do?
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See, they lose control
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and they go and they
make another mistake.
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Unfortunately, I'm
using the word "unfortunately"
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that's not the case with Satan.
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The Bible says he retreats.
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He went off as the text said.
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Let's put it in
very practical term.
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You see, Satan
does not go immediately
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into that final
war, he retreats.
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Why am I a constant loser?
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Actually I have one student
there at Andrew's University
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a number of years ago.
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He tried to date several girls.
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He was really the person
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who had seriously had
to think about his family.
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So he tried to
approached one girl,
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fail her, to next
girl, lose her, lose her
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and finally one day I was
the chairman of the department,
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he came to my
office and he told me,
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"What is wrong
with the girls here
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on the campus of
Andrew's University?
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Every girl rejects me.
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Something is wrong with them."
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I said, "Please, can
you sit there on the chair?"
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And then you
know, you have to know
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how to talk to
those young people.
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I said, you know.
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I said, "I learn something
from my own experience.
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When I try to do
something several times
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and I always fail,
I never blame others,
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I have to blame
myself and ask myself
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what is wrong with my approach?"
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I said, "Maybe you
should not blame the girls
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because there are
so many good girls
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and you see, most of
them they have boyfriend.
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Maybe you should ask yourself,
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maybe something is
wrong with your tactic
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and your approach to the girls."
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Oh, boy he became angry.
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But I calm him down,
we talked, we prayed.
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Praise God. Today
he's married. Amen.
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So you see the same the
case is with the Satan here.
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He realizes that something
does not work very well.
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Something is wrong with his
way dealing with human beings.
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And there is
something that fascinates me
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here in the Book of Revelation.
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I wasted the lot, a lot
time in trying to understanding
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what is going on
here in this text
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and I reached some fascinating
conclusions on base of it.
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So I would like to illustrate
it here on the backboard.
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You know, the biblical
concept of time is linear.
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It means that the
time has the beginning
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and the time is
running towards its goal, okay.
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But I would like
to mark this time
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in terms of the
Book of Revelation
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to illustrate what we have here.
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So, we have Revelation
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chapters 1 to 11, okay.
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It's the first half of the book.
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And here, we are
going to Revelation
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chapters 12 to 20.
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You remember, we identified
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this section of
the Book of Revelation
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as historical portraying
the course of history,
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okay, from the
ascension of Christ
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to the heavenly places,
okay, until the time of the end?
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So Revelation
chapter 12 that we saw,
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if you want really
to be more precise,
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it's Revelation 11:19, okay.
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We have the beginning
of the time of the end,
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that's why we call
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this section of
the Book of Revelation
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as eschatological.
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Now please now you
have to help me little bit.i
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When you read
the first 11 chapters
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of the Book of Revelation,
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so this section,
what was the method
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that Satan used against
God's people on the earth?
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I mean, from the
time when Jesus ascended
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there to the heavenly places
until the time of the end,
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what was the method or
the tactic that Satan used?
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It's force.
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It's coercion, persecution.
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If you still keep in
mind that the key text
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actually in the entire section
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is the cry or the prayer
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of those slain
saints underneath the altar.
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"How long, O Holy God,
will you not vindicate us
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and judge those who
dwell on the earth?"
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You remember the expression
those who dwell on the earth
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is always the
reference to the wicked
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or gentiles or the nations
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those who are
the enemies of God.
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You see, friends,
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this is what Satan was doing
during the historical period.
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Can we put it in
more practical terms?
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God's people they try to
have the place for to worship
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and Satan was destroying that,
so God's people that have--
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based on Revelation 12
to go to the desert there
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in those places to worship God.
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What about the Bibles?
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They have to copy by their hands
00:16:22.06\00:16:24.43
and those
Bible's were destroyed,
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were destroyed by the enemies.
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But the God's people
were doing that faithfully,
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reading the-- talking about God.
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Persecution
actually the blood of martyrs
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was the seed for
new converts to come.
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Satan could not destroy
God's people during that time.
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And that's why we
on base Revelation 12,
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Satan was a constant loser here.
00:16:48.36\00:16:50.56
He couldn't do
harm God's people.
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But there is
something very interesting is
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that's fascinates me.
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Now if we come here
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suddenly Satan
changes his tactic and method.
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Persecution is not any
longer his main tactic.
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Any idea what
tactic now Satan is using?
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Actually there is one word
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that is really constantly
used in the Book of Revelation
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and it's the word "to deceive."
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It's not deception
the word I don't know
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in the word deception
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is use in the Book
of Revelation at all,
00:17:32.88\00:17:34.90
it's the word "to deceive."
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Please I have
one surprise for you.
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This is what makes
me-- the word "to deceive"
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it's used only once
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in the first half of
the Book of Revelation,
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but it's never
with reference to Satan.
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It's always used with
reference to the woman Jezebel
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in the message to
the church in Thyatira.
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Do you remember that?
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It just used
about the woman Jezebel
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deceiving God's people.
00:18:08.14\00:18:10.16
But with the
reference to Satan's method
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against God and His people
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it's not almost
used at all here,
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just one exception.
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But when you come to
Revelation Chapter 12
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or to Chapter 20--
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why did they put
Chapter 20 and not 22?
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Because in Chapter
20 Satan is destroyed.
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Actually this is
the technical term
00:18:31.83\00:18:36.29
in the Book of Revelation
for Satan's end time activities.
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But you'll
notice something else.
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It is right before the
second coming of Christ.
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That this method of Satan,
00:18:47.87\00:18:50.08
the deception is actually
combined with persecution
00:18:50.11\00:18:54.47
that all those
who do not receive
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the Mark of the beast
they have to be killed,
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remember that.
00:18:58.59\00:18:59.96
But it is at the
very time of the end
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right prior to the
second coming of Christ.
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But all the
preparation that Satan readies,
00:19:05.67\00:19:08.06
all the preparation
for the final battle,
00:19:08.09\00:19:10.87
all the activities of Satan
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are portrayed in
the terms of deception.
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Wow, what are we
talking here about?
00:19:17.11\00:19:21.22
Let me put it in
very practical terms.
00:19:21.25\00:19:24.22
It made me to think about
my character, my Christianity.
00:19:24.25\00:19:28.42
Satan was here
persecuting God's people,
00:19:28.45\00:19:34.99
but the number increased.
00:19:35.02\00:19:37.33
What about here?
00:19:37.36\00:19:40.87
I'd like to ask the viewers
00:19:40.90\00:19:42.85
if you live in
any Christian country,
00:19:42.88\00:19:44.60
I know that there is persecution
in many countries of the world.
00:19:44.63\00:19:46.73
I talk about
Christian countries.
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Are you persecuted?
00:19:48.16\00:19:50.55
No, if somebody harms
you because of your religion
00:19:50.58\00:19:53.64
you can take that
person to the court
00:19:53.67\00:19:55.04
and protect yourself.
00:19:55.07\00:19:56.70
Unfortunately we don't have a
growth of Christians of today.
00:19:56.73\00:20:00.70
Less and less people
are going to the church.
00:20:00.73\00:20:03.95
Look something else.
00:20:03.98\00:20:05.35
Here Satan was destroying
the Christian buildings.
00:20:05.38\00:20:08.70
What about here?
00:20:08.73\00:20:10.29
We have Cathedrals today.
00:20:10.32\00:20:14.71
I'm talking about
beauties of the church,
00:20:14.74\00:20:16.59
very specific churches.
00:20:16.62\00:20:17.99
What is the problem?
00:20:18.02\00:20:19.59
That we never had
as many empty seats
00:20:19.62\00:20:21.90
in the churches
as we have today.
00:20:21.93\00:20:24.20
And we have it is
usually with gray hair.
00:20:24.23\00:20:27.30
And please I
have freedom to say,
00:20:27.33\00:20:28.89
because I have grey here.
00:20:28.92\00:20:31.36
We don't have
young people there.
00:20:31.39\00:20:33.92
What about here?
00:20:33.95\00:20:36.89
People had to sell a lot
00:20:36.92\00:20:39.51
and to have a lot of money
to provide a copy of the Bible,
00:20:39.54\00:20:44.08
secretly copied
during the night,
00:20:44.11\00:20:46.32
but they studied the Bible,
00:20:46.35\00:20:47.76
they knew the--
people don't have copies,
00:20:47.79\00:20:49.71
but they could
recite the all passages,
00:20:49.74\00:20:52.33
all books of the
Bible from their memory.
00:20:52.36\00:20:56.47
What about here?
00:20:56.50\00:21:01.82
When students at
Andrews University
00:21:01.85\00:21:04.02
come to me they say
00:21:04.05\00:21:05.42
I need the copy of the
Bible, I don't have money.
00:21:05.45\00:21:07.14
I said, "Do you
have 25 cents?" "Yes."
00:21:07.17\00:21:10.18
"Go to garage sale you will find
00:21:10.21\00:21:11.83
as many Bibles as
you want for 25 cents."
00:21:11.86\00:21:14.03
But what is the problem?
00:21:14.06\00:21:15.43
We today have so many
books about the Bible,
00:21:15.46\00:21:17.40
the library of
Andrews University
00:21:17.43\00:21:18.87
has 300,000 books on
the Bible and the religion.
00:21:18.90\00:21:25.07
What is the problem today
that people never read Bible
00:21:25.10\00:21:27.99
so little as they do today.
00:21:28.02\00:21:30.72
And I know that, because I
taught college students there.
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That sometimes we
take something for granted.
00:21:35.24\00:21:37.82
Those young people
they have hard time
00:21:37.85\00:21:40.15
to know that from the Bible.
00:21:40.18\00:21:41.55
See, this is what
we're talking about,
00:21:41.58\00:21:42.99
but the problem is that
today people can proudly say,
00:21:43.02\00:21:47.04
"I am a Christian."
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Friends, we are dealing
00:21:50.48\00:21:52.27
with something
that is very interesting
00:21:52.30\00:21:55.28
and important one to understand.
00:21:55.31\00:21:58.16
At the time of the end
Satan tactic was not to say
00:21:58.19\00:22:02.11
"Do you believe in God?
00:22:02.14\00:22:03.73
If you stop believing in
God I will persecute you." No.
00:22:03.76\00:22:06.47
He just says believe in God.
00:22:06.50\00:22:09.01
He will not ask you "Do
have a Bible in your house,
00:22:09.04\00:22:11.83
have 1,000 copies in your house,
00:22:11.86\00:22:13.92
build your entire house
made of the copies of the Bible?
00:22:13.95\00:22:16.80
That's not the problem.
00:22:16.83\00:22:18.59
But he keep us so busy
00:22:18.62\00:22:19.99
that you don't have
time to read the Bible.
00:22:20.02\00:22:21.67
And the Bible says that this
is actually provide the avenue
00:22:25.92\00:22:28.75
of the temptation of Satan
who will deceive the whole world
00:22:28.78\00:22:33.13
thinking actually
that they serve God.
00:22:33.16\00:22:35.25
They will just have
the form of Godliness.
00:22:35.28\00:22:39.92
But what is the
problem with the people is
00:22:39.95\00:22:43.86
that they will not
have practical experience
00:22:43.89\00:22:46.41
with the power of the Gospel
work in their personal lives.
00:22:46.44\00:22:51.88
You may really
want to understand--
00:22:51.91\00:22:54.79
we really want to understand
00:22:54.82\00:22:57.43
what Revelation 13 is all about
00:22:57.46\00:23:03.46
and what Satan will be
doing at the time of the end.
00:23:03.49\00:23:06.70
There is another text
in the Bible, it's unique.
00:23:06.73\00:23:09.78
And these are the only
two text in the New Testament
00:23:09.81\00:23:13.32
that must be studied parallel,
00:23:13.35\00:23:16.69
because they are
talking about the same Satan,
00:23:16.72\00:23:20.00
about the same
tactic, and the same activates
00:23:20.03\00:23:22.46
that he will do at
the time of the end.
00:23:22.49\00:23:23.86
It's 2 Thessalonians Chapter 2.
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It's 2 Thessalonians Chapter 2.
00:23:29.19\00:23:34.94
If you read the entire Chapter
it talks about great apostasy
00:23:34.97\00:23:38.68
in the Christian church
00:23:38.71\00:23:42.09
that actually the
began the dark middle ages.
00:23:42.12\00:23:45.92
This is not our focus of study.
00:23:45.95\00:23:48.17
And then Apostle Paul
moves to the time of the end
00:23:48.20\00:23:51.98
describing the same what we find
in the Revelation Chapter 13.
00:23:52.01\00:23:56.78
And then he said, verse 8.
00:23:56.81\00:24:01.24
So 2 Thessalonians 2:8,
00:24:01.27\00:24:04.53
"Then the lawless
one will be revealed,
00:24:04.56\00:24:06.63
whom the Lord will slay
with the breath of His mouth
00:24:06.66\00:24:10.51
and bring to an end
00:24:10.54\00:24:11.91
by the
appearance of His coming."
00:24:11.94\00:24:13.35
Keep in mind we
are talking about
00:24:13.38\00:24:14.98
the time of the
second coming of Christ.
00:24:15.01\00:24:17.48
Says, "That is the one
who is coming is in accord
00:24:17.51\00:24:21.56
with the activity of Satan,
00:24:21.59\00:24:23.61
with all power and
signs and false wonders,
00:24:23.64\00:24:27.27
and with all
deception and wickedness
00:24:27.30\00:24:29.41
for those who perish,
00:24:29.44\00:24:31.17
because they did not
receive the love of the truth
00:24:31.20\00:24:33.79
so as to be saved.
00:24:33.82\00:24:36.01
For this reason
God will send upon them
00:24:36.04\00:24:38.20
a deluding influence so that
they will believe what is false,
00:24:38.23\00:24:42.63
in order that
they also may be judged
00:24:42.66\00:24:45.03
who did not believe the truth,
00:24:45.06\00:24:47.03
but took
pleasure in wickedness."
00:24:47.06\00:24:52.50
You will notice here
00:24:52.53\00:24:54.73
that Apostle Paul is
using the same concept,
00:24:54.76\00:24:59.65
the same expressions
and describing the same way
00:24:59.68\00:25:04.35
Satan's end time activities
00:25:04.38\00:25:07.37
before the
second coming of Christ
00:25:07.40\00:25:12.00
telling us actually,
00:25:12.03\00:25:13.47
and these are the two
texts are in agreement,
00:25:13.50\00:25:16.06
that Satan's end time
activities will be characterized
00:25:16.09\00:25:19.38
by the great deception.
00:25:19.41\00:25:20.94
And says that all those
who did not love the truth
00:25:20.97\00:25:23.44
they will be deceived.
00:25:23.47\00:25:25.77
Boy, this is something
to take very seriously.
00:25:25.80\00:25:28.52
And I'd like to
invite our readers
00:25:28.55\00:25:30.12
to study the Book of
Revelation for themselves
00:25:30.15\00:25:33.41
because the Book of
Revelation is not given to us
00:25:33.44\00:25:35.32
simply to go and to
point fingers to others.
00:25:35.35\00:25:38.98
Of course there is a room
and there is place for that.
00:25:39.01\00:25:42.18
We have to understand
what is on the other side,
00:25:42.21\00:25:44.79
what Satan will be doing.
00:25:44.82\00:25:46.64
But the purpose of
the Book of Revelation
00:25:46.67\00:25:48.47
is not to put fingers to others,
00:25:48.50\00:25:50.02
try to identify other Christians
what they are doing etcetera.
00:25:50.05\00:25:53.04
Actually the purpose
of the Book of Revelation
00:25:53.07\00:25:54.90
is with them
pointing fingers to others
00:25:54.93\00:25:56.97
three fingers are pointing to me
00:25:57.00\00:25:58.60
and to ask me how
much do I love the truth.
00:25:58.63\00:26:03.08
So to be ready and
not to be surprised
00:26:03.11\00:26:05.29
when those final events
will take place, deception.
00:26:05.32\00:26:08.51
What these that that Satan
will do at the time of the end?
00:26:08.54\00:26:14.27
What is that that the way
how he will actually deceive?
00:26:14.30\00:26:18.85
There is another word really
00:26:18.88\00:26:20.65
that explains this deception
is the word "counterfeit."
00:26:20.68\00:26:25.29
And the viewers I really
would like to invite you now--
00:26:25.32\00:26:29.05
the time does not allow us--
00:26:29.08\00:26:30.59
but I will just
summarize here in few sentences.
00:26:30.62\00:26:33.44
Please, I would
like to invite you
00:26:33.47\00:26:34.85
that you see for yourself
00:26:34.88\00:26:36.72
from page 376
00:26:36.75\00:26:39.41
to page 382.
00:26:39.44\00:26:46.02
It's one of the best way to
see about that literary strategy
00:26:46.05\00:26:51.98
that the Book of Revelation
is using to describe Satan
00:26:52.01\00:26:55.93
and his end time activities.
00:26:55.96\00:26:59.78
Okay, let's do it now.
00:26:59.81\00:27:03.76
The purpose of Satan
is not to take the God
00:27:03.79\00:27:08.76
from the people, okay.
00:27:08.79\00:27:12.95
It's rather to counterfeit God.
00:27:12.98\00:27:18.31
Let me suggest something to you.
00:27:18.34\00:27:21.08
You see when we
are studying these
00:27:21.11\00:27:23.08
first 11 Chapters of
the Book of Revelation
00:27:23.11\00:27:27.12
if you really want to
provide the title of deception,
00:27:27.15\00:27:29.44
the first 11 Chapters
of the Book of Revelation,
00:27:29.47\00:27:31.33
you can put it
"The Trinity in Action."
00:27:31.36\00:27:36.73
When you begin the Book
of Revelation Chapter 1:4-6
00:27:36.76\00:27:40.17
we have the
trinity introduces himself,
00:27:40.20\00:27:43.27
we have the one who was,
who is and who is to come
00:27:43.30\00:27:46.02
the seven Spirits of
God, we looked into the text
00:27:46.05\00:27:49.40
and you have Jesus Christ,
the trinity is introduced.
00:27:49.43\00:27:52.53
Do you remember
when we talk about
00:27:52.56\00:27:53.93
the enthronement of
Christ in Revelation 4 and 5?
00:27:53.96\00:27:56.42
We have God the
Father sitting on the throne.
00:27:56.45\00:27:58.80
You have the Lamb
representing Jesus Christ
00:27:58.83\00:28:01.11
and you have the Holy Spirit
who is sent down to the earth.
00:28:01.14\00:28:04.92
Really the first 11 Chapters
00:28:04.95\00:28:06.34
you have here the
trinity in action.
00:28:06.37\00:28:09.07
It's about the Godhead,
the trinity of the Godhead
00:28:09.10\00:28:13.54
working on behalf of the
salvation of human beings.
00:28:13.57\00:28:17.49
But when you move to
these eschatological section
00:28:17.52\00:28:20.59
of the Book of Revelation
00:28:20.62\00:28:21.99
then you'll
notice something else.
00:28:22.02\00:28:24.10
Actually that
title suddenly changes,
00:28:24.13\00:28:27.00
it's the
"Counterfeit Trinity in Action."
00:28:27.03\00:28:31.57
Now you'll ask
yourself a question
00:28:31.60\00:28:34.45
"What do you mean with that?"
00:28:34.48\00:28:36.04
Well, let's follow in this way.
00:28:36.07\00:28:40.42
If Satan retreats and
he is preparing himself
00:28:40.45\00:28:46.24
for that final war,
he decides not to enter
00:28:46.27\00:28:50.63
into that final
war by himself alone.
00:28:50.66\00:28:55.25
Actually he
chooses two associates
00:28:55.28\00:29:00.29
and you will notice in
the Revelation Chapter 13
00:29:00.32\00:29:03.39
two Satan's allies or associates
are named as the beast
00:29:03.42\00:29:09.34
coming out of the sea
00:29:09.37\00:29:12.21
and the beast
coming out of the earth.
00:29:12.24\00:29:16.99
Okay, so now you
have to be with me.
00:29:17.02\00:29:19.46
If you have the Satan
00:29:19.49\00:29:21.74
and you have that first
beast coming out of the sea
00:29:21.77\00:29:24.51
and the second beast
coming out of the earth,
00:29:24.54\00:29:26.95
how many they are?
00:29:26.98\00:29:29.08
They are three.
00:29:29.11\00:29:31.06
You see if you take
many Bible commentators,
00:29:31.09\00:29:37.48
you will see how
many Bible commentators
00:29:37.51\00:29:39.59
they know--
00:29:39.62\00:29:40.99
And they said we have
here the unholy trinity.
00:29:41.02\00:29:44.02
We have a three, triune
association here that are made.
00:29:48.57\00:29:55.11
Actually the entire
intention the Book of Revelation
00:29:55.14\00:29:58.42
to tell us that
the time of the end,
00:29:58.45\00:30:01.02
according to 2
Thessalonians Chapter 2,
00:30:01.05\00:30:03.25
Satan want to be like
God, to be worship like God.
00:30:03.28\00:30:08.00
By the way, this is
always been his desire.
00:30:08.03\00:30:11.08
That's why he
rebelled against God.
00:30:11.11\00:30:12.62
At the time of the end he
would like to be worshipped God,
00:30:12.65\00:30:15.16
but he would
like to be worshipped
00:30:15.19\00:30:16.56
because people do not see Satan.
00:30:16.59\00:30:18.50
So his attempt
would be to be worshiped
00:30:18.53\00:30:20.69
through that first beast.
00:30:20.72\00:30:22.29
When people worship the beast
actually they worship the Satan.
00:30:22.32\00:30:26.40
But there is another
entity that actually helps
00:30:26.43\00:30:29.66
the realization of Satan's plan.
00:30:29.69\00:30:32.95
We will talk more about
that, because the first beast
00:30:32.98\00:30:36.06
it's nothing
without the second beast.
00:30:36.09\00:30:38.58
Now you would say,
"Oh, boy, is this really
00:30:38.61\00:30:43.29
in the Book of Revelation?"
00:30:43.32\00:30:45.45
Boy, I see the
time flies so fast,
00:30:45.48\00:30:47.09
so please allow me if
you have this commentary,
00:30:47.12\00:30:50.25
I put it here I just want
to go quickly on page 377.
00:30:50.28\00:30:54.16
You can see here on
this table number 2 is.
00:30:54.19\00:30:57.89
How actually Satan is
portrayed in the book.
00:30:57.92\00:31:01.28
He is really portrayed
as the one who wants to take
00:31:01.31\00:31:04.00
place of God,
God the Father, okay.
00:31:04.03\00:31:07.88
He is function, he
is the leader, okay.
00:31:07.91\00:31:10.90
I try to save some time.
00:31:10.93\00:31:12.64
Now if you move to page
378, we are talking about
00:31:12.67\00:31:17.68
the first beast, the
beast coming out of the sea.
00:31:17.71\00:31:21.98
Let's see just a language
how this beast is portrayed.
00:31:22.01\00:31:25.89
The sea beast comes from
water to begin his activity
00:31:25.92\00:31:29.71
in the same way
Jesus came out of the water
00:31:29.74\00:31:31.93
to begin His ministry.
00:31:31.96\00:31:34.34
The sea beast
resembles the dragon
00:31:34.37\00:31:36.36
has the same number of heads,
00:31:36.39\00:31:37.78
the same number of
horns like the dragon.
00:31:37.81\00:31:41.32
This is exactly what Jesus said,
00:31:41.35\00:31:43.17
"The one who sees Me,
he sees the Father," okay.
00:31:43.20\00:31:47.64
The sea beast has 10 diadems
but Jesus has many diadems.
00:31:47.67\00:31:51.99
The sea beast has 10
horns upon his heads,
00:31:52.02\00:31:55.09
the Lamb is
portrayed with the seven horns.
00:31:55.12\00:31:58.40
The Sea beast receives
power, throne, and authority
00:31:58.43\00:32:01.32
from the dragon in the same way
00:32:01.35\00:32:03.25
as Jesus receives power, throne,
and authority from the Father.
00:32:03.28\00:32:07.00
How long is the period of
the activity of this beast?
00:32:07.03\00:32:11.65
42 months. How
long is the 42 months?
00:32:11.68\00:32:14.67
3 1/2 years.
00:32:14.70\00:32:16.07
Friends, we are
not talking here about
00:32:16.10\00:32:17.47
historical fulfillment, okay.
00:32:17.50\00:32:18.88
We're talking
about literary strategy
00:32:18.91\00:32:21.30
is the same Jesus
ministry was 3 1/2 years.
00:32:21.33\00:32:25.17
The sea beast was
slain actually in Greek
00:32:25.20\00:32:27.67
is the same
expression that is used
00:32:27.70\00:32:29.71
for the slain lamb
of Revelation Chapter 5.
00:32:29.74\00:32:33.20
But Jesus was
resurrected after His death.
00:32:33.23\00:32:38.08
So the beast is resurrected,
00:32:38.11\00:32:39.85
because the
mortal wound is healed.
00:32:39.88\00:32:42.18
And after that the beast
receives universal authority
00:32:42.21\00:32:46.77
over the earth after the
healing of the mortal wound
00:32:46.80\00:32:49.35
and Jesus said
"All the authority
00:32:49.38\00:32:51.02
has been given to Me in
heaven and on the earth."
00:32:51.05\00:32:54.36
And the sea beast
who is like the beast
00:32:54.39\00:32:56.99
corresponds to who is
like God the name Michael.
00:32:57.02\00:33:00.95
But we will come in
our next presentation
00:33:00.98\00:33:04.05
and you will see that
actually we read in chapter 13
00:33:04.08\00:33:09.94
that actually it's the
dragon who gives to these beast
00:33:09.97\00:33:15.94
his throne and authority.
00:33:15.97\00:33:17.63
And you take so many
commentators they are really
00:33:17.66\00:33:20.31
notice and they said
this is the enthronement.
00:33:20.34\00:33:22.33
You see if you make
certain person giving him
00:33:22.36\00:33:25.80
the throne and authority
this is the enthronement
00:33:25.83\00:33:28.91
and they say this
is the counterfeit
00:33:28.94\00:33:30.58
of the enthronement of
Christ in Revelation Chapter 5.
00:33:30.61\00:33:33.85
And I'd like to stop here.
00:33:33.88\00:33:35.44
You can see that how
the activities of this beast
00:33:35.47\00:33:38.31
is portrayed after the
activities of Jesus Christ.
00:33:38.34\00:33:41.63
This beast are
really try to take the place
00:33:41.66\00:33:44.60
of Jesus Christ in the world.
00:33:44.63\00:33:46.65
Okay, we will see
that historical fulfillment
00:33:46.68\00:33:48.50
of this is who is
actually this beast.
00:33:48.53\00:33:50.74
But keep that in mind
everything is about imitating
00:33:50.77\00:33:54.48
Jesus Christ and taking His
place as a means of salvation.
00:33:54.51\00:33:59.28
And then we come
to the second beast,
00:33:59.31\00:34:02.04
the second
beast, the earth beast.
00:34:02.07\00:34:04.63
It says, it's
called the false prophet
00:34:04.66\00:34:07.57
deceiving people,
it's the counterfeit
00:34:07.60\00:34:10.05
to the spirit of truth
guiding people to salvation.
00:34:10.08\00:34:14.19
The earth beast is lamb-like as
the Holy Spirit is Christ-like.
00:34:14.22\00:34:19.36
The earth beast exercises all
the authority of the sea beast
00:34:19.39\00:34:23.39
as the Holy Spirit exercises
all the authority of Christ.
00:34:23.42\00:34:27.42
The earth beast directs
worship to the sea beast
00:34:27.45\00:34:30.99
as the Holy Spirit
directs worship to Christ.
00:34:31.02\00:34:34.72
The earth beast
performs great signs.
00:34:34.75\00:34:37.61
If you go to the book
of Acts is the Holy Spirit
00:34:37.64\00:34:40.51
who performs great signs.
00:34:40.54\00:34:42.64
It says that the earth beast
brings fire down from heaven.
00:34:42.67\00:34:47.21
So many
commentators they notice it that
00:34:47.24\00:34:49.48
we have here the
counterfeit of day of Pentecost
00:34:49.51\00:34:51.97
when the fire came Holy Spirit
came in fire the disciples.
00:34:52.00\00:34:56.06
The earth beast gives life
and breath to the beast image
00:34:56.09\00:34:59.87
in the same way
as the Holy Spirit
00:34:59.90\00:35:01.70
gives life and breath of life.
00:35:01.73\00:35:04.25
The earth beast
applies the mark on the hand,
00:35:04.28\00:35:07.30
on the forehead in the same way
00:35:07.33\00:35:09.50
as the Holy Spirit
applies the seal on the forehead
00:35:09.53\00:35:12.00
etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
00:35:12.03\00:35:13.40
I'd like to invite you
whenever I make presentation
00:35:13.43\00:35:15.96
people send emails to me.
00:35:15.99\00:35:17.52
They said how many
more those detail I found.
00:35:17.55\00:35:20.70
Yeah, that's the purpose.
Please study for yourself.
00:35:20.73\00:35:23.21
But there is
something very interesting is,
00:35:23.24\00:35:24.99
is this just a coincidence
that Satan is portrayed
00:35:25.02\00:35:31.30
after description
of God the Father,
00:35:31.33\00:35:33.91
that the first
beast is portrayed
00:35:33.94\00:35:36.08
in the same language
as Jesus is portrayed
00:35:36.11\00:35:38.37
in Revelation and
the entire New Testament,
00:35:38.40\00:35:41.24
and that second
beast is portrayed by using
00:35:41.27\00:35:43.77
the language of the Holy Spirit?
00:35:43.80\00:35:46.09
You see, friends, we
are dealing something here,
00:35:46.12\00:35:47.97
we are dealing about
that the great deception
00:35:48.00\00:35:50.74
when Satan with
his two associates
00:35:50.77\00:35:53.81
want to take place
of God in this world.
00:35:53.84\00:35:57.07
Nothing new, huh?
00:35:57.10\00:35:58.50
This is actually
the description of Satan
00:35:58.53\00:36:00.63
in the Book of Revelation.
00:36:00.66\00:36:02.80
Now there is a question.
00:36:02.83\00:36:04.78
What is God doing during
that time or those times?
00:36:04.81\00:36:12.45
And Satan by means of
deception is preparing the world
00:36:12.48\00:36:16.51
for that great
battle of Armageddon.
00:36:16.54\00:36:19.44
Actually God is trying
to reach the human beings
00:36:19.47\00:36:22.45
by sending His everlasting
gospel that is portrayed
00:36:22.48\00:36:25.59
in the terms of the
three angel's messages.
00:36:25.62\00:36:29.92
By the way if you go
to Revelation 16:13, 14
00:36:29.95\00:36:35.50
we see that
during the same period
00:36:35.53\00:36:37.56
of the preparation for
the battle of Armageddon.
00:36:37.59\00:36:39.76
Revelation 16:13, 14,
John sees that coming out
00:36:39.79\00:36:44.27
of the mouth of the dragon,
out of the mouth of the beast,
00:36:44.30\00:36:48.11
out of the mouth
of the false prophet
00:36:48.14\00:36:50.11
which is
actually the second beast
00:36:50.14\00:36:51.51
as we mentioned,
coming three unclean spirit
00:36:51.54\00:36:54.52
which are actually demons
deceiving all those people
00:36:54.55\00:36:58.60
to be engaged in
the war against God.
00:36:58.63\00:37:01.52
Who are demons?
The fallen angels.
00:37:01.55\00:37:05.81
You see as God is sending
His angels with His message,
00:37:05.84\00:37:09.28
what is Satan doing?
00:37:09.31\00:37:11.34
During the same time
Satan sending his message
00:37:11.37\00:37:14.31
with his angels to the
inhabitants of the world
00:37:14.34\00:37:16.68
which is actually the antithesis
to three angel messages.
00:37:16.71\00:37:20.22
All those who accept
that gospel and the message
00:37:20.25\00:37:22.87
of those angels they are sealed,
they receive the seal of God.
00:37:22.90\00:37:27.80
God marks, He
seals His own people.
00:37:27.83\00:37:31.91
What is Satan doing
with those who accept
00:37:31.94\00:37:34.79
his deceptive message
and inhabit this world?
00:37:34.82\00:37:37.53
He is giving, making,
putting His seal upon them
00:37:37.56\00:37:40.86
which is in the
Book of Revelation
00:37:40.89\00:37:42.29
called the mark of the beast.
00:37:42.32\00:37:45.90
And not only that, all
those who are sealed to God
00:37:45.93\00:37:49.85
has promised to them
that heavenly Jerusalem,
00:37:49.88\00:37:55.07
New Jerusalem in
the book of Revelation
00:37:55.10\00:37:57.69
It's God's answer
and God's solution
00:37:57.72\00:38:01.41
to all that human
problems that they have.
00:38:01.44\00:38:06.72
You'll notice when you
read the book of Hebrews,
00:38:06.75\00:38:08.97
Abraham waited for that city,
Isaac waited for that city,
00:38:09.00\00:38:13.41
all those they died
in faith that one day
00:38:13.44\00:38:17.05
they will have a
place in that city.
00:38:17.08\00:38:19.94
What is Satan
doing during that time?
00:38:19.97\00:38:22.60
He is offering to the
inhabitants of this world
00:38:22.63\00:38:25.75
he has the city which is
called the city of Babylon.
00:38:25.78\00:38:31.78
Babylon is Satan's solution
of all these problem to unite
00:38:31.81\00:38:36.23
all the people of
this earth together.
00:38:36.26\00:38:38.87
By the way, I
don't have time for that,
00:38:38.90\00:38:41.30
but please from page
381-- do you see that
00:38:41.33\00:38:44.88
how much you have
page 381, 382 do you see
00:38:44.91\00:38:47.41
how many parallels are
between the two cities.
00:38:47.44\00:38:50.05
By the way, it's
the same language
00:38:50.08\00:38:51.45
it was-- just quickly it says,
00:38:51.48\00:38:54.25
"Babylon, one
of the seven angels
00:38:54.28\00:38:56.27
who had seven bowls
came and spoke with me
00:38:56.30\00:38:59.74
saying 'come here I will
show you the great prostitute
00:38:59.77\00:39:02.71
with whom the kings of the earth
00:39:02.74\00:39:04.37
have committed fornication.'
00:39:04.40\00:39:05.87
He carried me way in
the spirit into wilderness
00:39:05.90\00:39:08.33
I saw the great city
Babylon--'" etcetera.
00:39:08.36\00:39:10.25
Let's go the Jerusalem
to the following column.
00:39:10.28\00:39:13.03
"One of the seven
angels who had seven bowls
00:39:13.06\00:39:15.71
full of the seven last plagues
came and spoke with me saying
00:39:15.74\00:39:19.95
'come I will show you the
bride, the wife of the Lamb.'
00:39:19.98\00:39:23.17
He carried me away in the
Spirit to great and high mount
00:39:23.20\00:39:26.35
showed me the holy
city Jerusalem--'"etcetera.
00:39:26.38\00:39:28.65
Go to the rest.
00:39:28.68\00:39:30.05
It's the same language used,
00:39:30.08\00:39:31.58
because Babylon in
the Book of Revelation
00:39:31.61\00:39:34.42
is used as the
counterfeit to New Jerusalem.
00:39:34.45\00:39:38.91
And may I ask you a question?
00:39:38.94\00:39:41.95
Which of the two cities is
more attractive to the people?
00:39:41.98\00:39:49.18
I'd like you to
think about that.
00:39:49.21\00:39:51.85
Friends, we are
dealing about deception.
00:39:51.88\00:39:55.77
The deception,
according to Apostle Paul
00:39:55.80\00:39:57.65
in 2 Thessalonians
Chapter 2, will be so great
00:39:57.68\00:40:00.50
that only those who
really love the truth,
00:40:04.73\00:40:09.33
not who claim to have the truth,
00:40:09.36\00:40:13.01
those who truly love the truth
00:40:13.04\00:40:17.78
will not be deceived
00:40:17.81\00:40:21.14
because
deception will be so great.
00:40:21.17\00:40:24.73
Satan doesn't care if
you are called Protestant
00:40:24.76\00:40:29.42
or Adventist or
Baptist or whatever your name,
00:40:29.45\00:40:33.61
he doesn't care
how you call yourself.
00:40:33.64\00:40:37.66
There is only one
thing that he endeavors is
00:40:37.69\00:40:41.54
that you do not love the truth.
00:40:41.57\00:40:44.58
It's not that you read about
the truth that this and that.
00:40:44.61\00:40:48.12
So the call of the
Book of Revelation is
00:40:48.15\00:40:51.20
as we are waiting for the time
00:40:51.23\00:40:53.38
of the end to come to ask
ourselves today a question
00:40:53.41\00:40:57.69
"Do I really love the truth?"
00:40:57.72\00:41:02.10
But probably we have
a word of clarification.
00:41:02.13\00:41:05.20
What does it mean
to love the truth?
00:41:05.23\00:41:07.99
Because in the New Testament
00:41:08.02\00:41:09.39
the truth is
Jesus Christ Himself
00:41:09.42\00:41:11.06
and everything what He says
00:41:11.09\00:41:13.24
and everything
what He has given to us.
00:41:13.27\00:41:15.89
It means that we
love Jesus Christ
00:41:15.92\00:41:18.17
with all of our
heart, with all of our soul.
00:41:18.20\00:41:20.46
That we want to learn
everything what He taught us
00:41:20.49\00:41:23.26
and what He is teaching us,
everything what He is telling us
00:41:23.29\00:41:26.64
that's actually what the
book of Revelation is all about.
00:41:26.67\00:41:29.32
Revelation 1:3,
"Blessed is the one who reads,
00:41:29.35\00:41:33.54
blessed are those who listening,
but blessed are those who keep
00:41:33.57\00:41:37.39
the words of the prophecy
because the time is near."
00:41:37.42\00:41:40.81
See the Book of
Revelation is given to us
00:41:40.84\00:41:43.01
to make us will
be better Christians,
00:41:43.04\00:41:45.57
to be more faithful to God,
00:41:45.60\00:41:48.10
to love the truth, to
fall in love with God.
00:41:48.13\00:41:52.30
And then nobody nothing,
the power that are present
00:41:52.33\00:41:58.07
and the power in the future
will not be able to separate us
00:41:58.10\00:42:01.46
from the love of God
which is in Christ Jesus.
00:42:01.49\00:42:04.36
This is actually the
purpose of this book.
00:42:04.39\00:42:08.73
This is the nature
of Satan temptation.
00:42:08.76\00:42:10.83
And, friends, once we understand
00:42:10.86\00:42:14.03
what is going on here
in Revelation Chapter 13,
00:42:14.06\00:42:20.17
if we understand really
00:42:20.20\00:42:21.57
what is behind of all
this Satan's activities,
00:42:21.60\00:42:25.25
now we can go much
faster through this Chapter.
00:42:25.28\00:42:30.71
Please I'd like
to encourage you,
00:42:30.74\00:42:32.60
because you cannot take
all those different tools
00:42:32.63\00:42:35.48
and now you can study
the subject for yourself.
00:42:35.51\00:42:37.46
But it's very important to
understand what is the issue,
00:42:37.49\00:42:39.68
what is at stake
there in the final crisis.
00:42:39.71\00:42:42.71
It's not about the name.
00:42:42.74\00:42:45.06
It's about my
faithfulness to God.
00:42:45.09\00:42:48.76
Now please
would you turn with me
00:42:48.79\00:42:52.79
to Revelation Chapter 13, okay.
00:42:52.82\00:42:57.65
It says--depends which
Bible translation you have.
00:42:57.68\00:43:02.17
It says, "And the dragon stood"
00:43:02.20\00:43:04.32
I have my New American
"On the sand of the seashore."
00:43:04.35\00:43:08.78
The King James
Bible make a statement
00:43:08.81\00:43:12.98
that actually it was John
who stood on the seashore.
00:43:13.01\00:43:18.00
Unfortunately that
version of the text
00:43:18.03\00:43:23.66
comes several
centuries later, okay,
00:43:23.69\00:43:28.49
after the time in the
Book of Revelation was written.
00:43:28.52\00:43:31.34
Evidently the
scribes they mistakenly,
00:43:31.37\00:43:33.92
in Greek it's so
similar, just change one letter
00:43:33.95\00:43:37.02
and it change it
from he stood to I stood.
00:43:37.05\00:43:40.36
Actually all the
early manuscripts
00:43:40.39\00:43:42.29
what they have here is,
they read actually about Satan
00:43:42.32\00:43:46.75
who stands
there on the sea. Why?
00:43:46.78\00:43:48.63
Because he is there
00:43:48.66\00:43:50.13
to call out of the
sea his first associate.
00:43:50.16\00:43:55.01
And this first associate
is actually called a beast.
00:43:55.04\00:43:59.41
"John sees a beast
coming up out of the sea."
00:43:59.44\00:44:04.17
Now you have to understand
what you have here in Chapter.
00:44:04.20\00:44:07.00
One more time where is
this beast coming from?
00:44:07.03\00:44:11.79
Out of the sea.
00:44:11.82\00:44:13.70
So if you have the
beast coming out of the sea,
00:44:13.73\00:44:16.97
what is the first
thing that John sees?
00:44:17.00\00:44:21.47
First he sees the horns,
00:44:21.50\00:44:22.87
because the
horns are the first one
00:44:22.90\00:44:25.37
appearing out
of the water, okay.
00:44:25.40\00:44:27.98
Then the heads, then
the rest of the beast.
00:44:28.01\00:44:31.68
So John is
portraying the beast in the way
00:44:31.71\00:44:34.39
how the beast is
coming out of the water
00:44:34.42\00:44:37.06
not in the order
of the significance
00:44:37.09\00:44:39.69
of the members of the
body, okay, of this beast.
00:44:39.72\00:44:44.12
And it says "That this beast
has ten horns and seven heads.
00:44:44.15\00:44:49.61
And on his horns
were ten diadems.
00:44:49.64\00:44:52.79
And of his heads
were blasphemous names."
00:44:52.82\00:44:55.60
Let's stop here for a while.
00:44:55.63\00:44:57.81
The beast, what is the beast?
00:44:57.84\00:44:59.86
We already explained it before
that the beast in the prophecies
00:44:59.89\00:45:03.68
of the Book of
Revelation is a regular symbol
00:45:03.71\00:45:07.30
in Jewish apocalyptics the same.
00:45:07.33\00:45:09.12
A regular symbol
for a political power.
00:45:09.15\00:45:12.69
Okay, for a kingdom,
for a political powers.
00:45:12.72\00:45:15.99
So we're dealing
here with the power
00:45:16.02\00:45:18.32
coming out of the sea.
00:45:18.35\00:45:20.57
By the way you will notice
00:45:20.60\00:45:22.29
that in the book
of Daniel Chapter 7,
00:45:22.32\00:45:23.89
Daniel see four beasts
are coming out of the sea.
00:45:23.92\00:45:28.35
So the beast
stands here as the symbol
00:45:28.38\00:45:31.93
for the restless human condition
of the human society, okay.
00:45:31.96\00:45:38.01
So it is out of
those human societies
00:45:38.04\00:45:40.53
John sees a political power
00:45:40.56\00:45:42.48
appear on the scene is
been called by the Satan, okay.
00:45:42.51\00:45:46.34
And this power has
ten horns and seven heads.
00:45:46.37\00:45:51.25
Actually the key
to the understanding
00:45:51.28\00:45:55.08
of what we have here is
the book of Daniel Chapter 7.
00:45:55.11\00:46:02.15
Both Daniel and
the Book of Revelation
00:46:02.18\00:46:04.84
they refer to the same
entity that is here and says,
00:46:04.87\00:46:10.19
that this beast
has ten horns, okay,
00:46:10.22\00:46:14.49
and on horns were ten diadems,
00:46:14.52\00:46:17.77
but on the heads
were blasphemous names.
00:46:17.80\00:46:21.57
"And the beast which I
saw was like a leopard,
00:46:21.60\00:46:25.15
and his feet were
like those of a bear,
00:46:25.18\00:46:28.27
and his mouth like
the mouth of a lion,
00:46:28.30\00:46:31.76
and the dragon
gave him the power
00:46:31.79\00:46:34.36
and his throne and
the great authority."
00:46:34.39\00:46:40.08
Just for the sake of clear,
to understand what is going on,
00:46:40.11\00:46:45.21
I would like
that you turn with me
00:46:45.24\00:46:47.48
to the Book of Daniel Chapter 7.
00:46:47.51\00:46:49.75
Please, the book
of Daniel Chapter 7
00:46:49.78\00:46:52.92
and we're reading
from verses 23 to 25.
00:46:52.95\00:46:58.79
And you can see how
there are strong parallels
00:46:58.82\00:47:02.51
between the Book of Revelation
and the Book of Daniel, okay.
00:47:02.54\00:47:06.52
Daniel saw-- we
would have to read
00:47:06.55\00:47:09.71
evidently the entire Chapter,
but it is impossible for us,
00:47:09.74\00:47:14.49
because John saw
those four beast coming
00:47:14.52\00:47:17.74
and now we have
the interpretation
00:47:17.77\00:47:20.30
and says verse 23
00:47:20.33\00:47:22.67
"The fourth beast which will be
a fourth kingdom on the earth,
00:47:22.70\00:47:26.26
which will be different
from all the other kingdoms
00:47:26.29\00:47:29.53
will devour the whole earth
and tread it down and crush it.
00:47:29.56\00:47:35.25
And for the ten
horns, out of his kingdom
00:47:35.28\00:47:37.79
ten kings will arise,
another will arise after them,
00:47:37.82\00:47:42.13
and he will be
different from the previous ones
00:47:42.16\00:47:45.37
and will subdue three kings.
00:47:45.40\00:47:47.77
He will speak out
against the Most High
00:47:47.80\00:47:50.80
and wear down the
saints of the Highest One,
00:47:50.83\00:47:53.96
and he will intend
to make alterations
00:47:53.99\00:47:56.55
in times and in the law,
00:47:56.58\00:47:58.42
and they will be
given into his hand
00:47:58.45\00:48:00.82
for a time,
times, and half a time."
00:48:00.85\00:48:03.99
I would like you to
pay special attention
00:48:04.02\00:48:06.01
to this time element "A
time, times and half a time."
00:48:06.04\00:48:10.25
However when you come
to the Book of Revelation
00:48:10.28\00:48:13.02
you will see that the
same kind element is mention
00:48:13.05\00:48:17.01
in verse 5 of Revelation 13,
but this time we have 42 months.
00:48:17.04\00:48:21.48
We saw already that it
is the same time period,
00:48:21.51\00:48:24.81
but about the time
period we will have more to say
00:48:24.84\00:48:29.41
in our next presentation.
00:48:29.44\00:48:32.06
So let us try to see
what we are going on--
00:48:32.09\00:48:35.88
what we see here in Chapter
13, what's going on here.
00:48:35.91\00:48:38.93
In Chapter 7 of Daniel,
00:48:38.96\00:48:41.91
Daniel saw four
beast, okay, Four beast.
00:48:41.94\00:48:48.62
He portrayed those
three those beast, okay,
00:48:48.65\00:48:55.64
as the bear, okay.
00:48:55.67\00:48:59.47
Actually it's the lion,
as the bear and the leopard.
00:48:59.50\00:49:03.24
But you'll notice
that these beast here
00:49:03.27\00:49:05.81
in Revelation Chapter
13 it's a composite beast,
00:49:05.84\00:49:09.64
it has all the characteristics
00:49:09.67\00:49:11.30
of those beast
of Daniel Chapter 7.
00:49:11.33\00:49:13.58
But there is something else.
Keep in mind one more time.
00:49:13.61\00:49:17.04
In Daniel the first
beast was lion, okay.
00:49:17.07\00:49:21.82
Then the next one was the bear
and the next one was leopard.
00:49:21.85\00:49:26.72
Actually that stood as
the symbol for Babylon,
00:49:26.75\00:49:30.99
Medo-Persia and Greece.
00:49:31.02\00:49:34.36
But there was
also the fourth beast,
00:49:34.39\00:49:36.68
very strange, very terrifying
00:49:36.71\00:49:39.00
that stood as
the symbol for Rome.
00:49:39.03\00:49:41.88
But you will notice
here in the Revelation 13
00:49:41.91\00:49:45.85
that John reversed
the orders of this beast.
00:49:45.88\00:49:50.22
He puts the lion, okay,
00:49:50.25\00:49:52.55
the last even though
00:49:52.58\00:49:54.04
in Daniel lion was
the first one, why?
00:49:54.07\00:49:58.88
Because to show us
00:49:58.91\00:50:00.28
that this beast is
actually the fourth one,
00:50:00.31\00:50:02.50
but it's also the
successor of which one--
00:50:02.53\00:50:08.42
leopard beast which
was actually Greece,
00:50:08.45\00:50:11.43
successor also of a
bear that was Medo-Persia
00:50:11.46\00:50:16.28
and also the
successor of Babylon
00:50:16.31\00:50:18.33
that represented by
Lion. Are you still with me.
00:50:18.36\00:50:21.49
He puts it in the
reverse order and to tell us
00:50:21.52\00:50:24.06
if you really want to
understand who this beast is,
00:50:24.09\00:50:27.32
is the equivalent
to that fourth beast
00:50:27.35\00:50:29.49
of Daniel Chapter 7. Why?
00:50:29.52\00:50:31.68
Because in Daniel
Chapter 7 we have that beast,
00:50:31.71\00:50:34.98
but that beast is not
too much a focus of Daniel 7,
00:50:35.01\00:50:38.01
it's what was on that beast.
Daniel saw those ten horns.
00:50:38.04\00:50:43.59
And out of the horns
in Daniel 7 as we read it
00:50:43.62\00:50:46.99
he saw another very small horn.
00:50:47.02\00:50:50.22
By the way, it was not so small.
00:50:50.25\00:50:53.44
At the beginning it was small,
but it says that this horn grew
00:50:53.47\00:50:57.17
and became much greater and
larger than all other horns.
00:50:57.20\00:51:03.71
So it's not
really the little horn,
00:51:03.74\00:51:05.40
it's a big horn.
00:51:05.43\00:51:07.19
And that horn
control all other horns
00:51:07.22\00:51:09.82
and persecuted God's people
00:51:09.85\00:51:11.45
and try even to
rebel against God
00:51:11.48\00:51:15.79
and to take place of God,
and replace God in this world.
00:51:15.82\00:51:20.33
So, friends, what are
we talking here about?
00:51:20.36\00:51:23.20
We're talking here
about a political entity,
00:51:23.23\00:51:25.75
according to
Revelation Chapter 13,
00:51:25.78\00:51:28.48
that is already identified
in the Book of Daniel Chapter 7.
00:51:28.51\00:51:34.54
But there is something else.
00:51:34.57\00:51:36.23
You will notice the difference
between Daniel Chapter 7
00:51:36.26\00:51:40.18
and the Revelation Chapter 13.
00:51:40.21\00:51:42.94
In Daniel we don't
have any royal crowns.
00:51:42.97\00:51:47.95
But Revelation 13 you
will notice that those horns
00:51:47.98\00:51:52.52
they have the royal crowns.
00:51:52.55\00:51:53.92
By the way the
horns, those ten horns
00:51:53.95\00:51:56.00
they stand as the
symbol of the divided Rome,
00:51:56.03\00:51:59.90
okay, of the divided Rome.
00:51:59.93\00:52:01.96
But you will
notice that this horns
00:52:01.99\00:52:04.36
they wear the royal
crowns to telling us
00:52:04.39\00:52:07.57
that they are
actually taking the power.
00:52:07.60\00:52:09.84
It means that they are
coming after the demise,
00:52:09.87\00:52:12.68
after the fall
of the Roman Empire.
00:52:12.71\00:52:14.32
Are you still with me?
00:52:14.35\00:52:16.39
They're already
claiming the political power.
00:52:16.42\00:52:20.00
You're dealing with
the kingdoms after a Rome
00:52:20.03\00:52:23.04
that are actually
claiming the rule, okay.
00:52:23.07\00:52:27.30
They're taking
political place in this world.
00:52:27.33\00:52:29.74
It is among them, okay,
among them that actually
00:52:29.77\00:52:33.55
this beast appears
and trying to establish
00:52:33.58\00:52:37.82
his authority over
those this political power.
00:52:37.85\00:52:41.48
So dealing really here
with a political entity, okay.
00:52:41.51\00:52:47.26
I would like you
that you'll notice
00:52:47.29\00:52:48.66
a special literal strategy
here of the Book of Revelation.
00:52:48.69\00:52:53.02
And this is very
important to understand,
00:52:53.05\00:52:55.71
okay, what the
concept that we have here.
00:52:55.74\00:52:58.57
So you have
Revelation Chapter 13:1-4.
00:52:58.60\00:53:05.37
These verses
really describe the beast,
00:53:05.40\00:53:08.87
telling us what the beast is.
00:53:08.90\00:53:11.81
But then when you
come to verses 5 to 8
00:53:11.84\00:53:16.44
then we have the
activities of the beast.
00:53:16.47\00:53:22.31
So first we want
here to understand
00:53:22.34\00:53:24.52
actually who is this beast
00:53:24.55\00:53:27.37
and we learn
something that these beast
00:53:27.40\00:53:29.87
appears on the scene
after the fall of Rome,
00:53:29.90\00:53:34.08
during the divided
Rome, after the Roman Empire.
00:53:34.11\00:53:38.42
But John is telling us
something else about this beast.
00:53:38.45\00:53:40.85
It says that
actually this is the dragon
00:53:40.88\00:53:43.88
that delegates the power
and the thronw to this beast.
00:53:43.91\00:53:46.78
This beast is the representative
of Satan in this world,
00:53:46.81\00:53:50.78
acts in the all power
and authority of Satan.
00:53:50.81\00:53:54.49
But then there
is something else.
00:53:54.52\00:53:56.25
In verse 3 we read
that one of the heads
00:53:56.28\00:54:02.08
of the beast was a slain.
00:54:02.11\00:54:06.47
Okay, let me ask you
00:54:06.50\00:54:10.96
if the beast, the
head of the beast,
00:54:10.99\00:54:15.47
receives that mortal
wound what happens to the beast?
00:54:15.50\00:54:22.40
And the beast is killed.
00:54:22.43\00:54:23.94
Please we will
talk more about that.
00:54:23.97\00:54:26.11
And please I just want
this is just introduction
00:54:26.14\00:54:30.81
to what we will
discuss and talk more.
00:54:30.84\00:54:34.70
It says the beast was killed
but then John noticed something.
00:54:34.73\00:54:39.54
He is telling us
that this mortal wound
00:54:39.57\00:54:43.76
actually was healed again.
00:54:43.79\00:54:47.04
And the whole world was amazed
and followed after the beast.
00:54:47.07\00:54:52.07
And they worshiped the dragon.
00:54:52.10\00:54:53.47
You see, when
people worship the beast
00:54:53.50\00:54:55.27
actually they
worship the dragon, okay.
00:54:55.30\00:54:56.96
They worship the dragon
00:54:56.99\00:54:58.83
because he gave his
authority to the beast.
00:54:58.86\00:55:02.02
"And they
worshiped the beast saying,
00:55:02.05\00:55:05.01
'who is like the beast,
00:55:05.04\00:55:06.46
and who is able to
wage war with him?'"
00:55:06.49\00:55:12.71
Oh, boy, as you can
see here in Chapter 13,
00:55:12.74\00:55:15.85
we have many details
00:55:15.88\00:55:17.62
that really we have to
study and to understand more.
00:55:17.65\00:55:20.51
And I trust you that
once this presentation is over
00:55:20.54\00:55:23.98
that you will engage more
00:55:24.01\00:55:26.19
and in much deeper way
that you studied Chapter 13.
00:55:26.22\00:55:29.95
We would like simple
here to set the framework
00:55:29.98\00:55:32.60
of what is the issue
there in the final crisis.
00:55:32.63\00:55:35.54
But we must
answer one question then.
00:55:35.57\00:55:37.79
Who is this
beast? Who is this beast?
00:55:37.82\00:55:41.59
Evidently this beast
is a political authority
00:55:41.62\00:55:45.10
no question about
that, the beast, okay.
00:55:45.13\00:55:49.67
Second thing is,
what we learn here is
00:55:49.70\00:55:54.69
that this beast
claim to be the successor
00:55:54.72\00:55:59.05
of those word empires
00:55:59.08\00:56:01.70
that were before him
according to the book of Daniel.
00:56:01.73\00:56:05.17
It has to come after Babylon,
00:56:05.20\00:56:07.67
after
Medo-Persia, and after Greece,
00:56:07.70\00:56:11.11
and has to come
after the Roman Empire
00:56:11.14\00:56:13.90
is the true successor,
okay, of the Roman Empire.
00:56:13.93\00:56:18.50
We saw that this
beast is very active,
00:56:18.53\00:56:22.53
because of the
horns of this beast
00:56:22.56\00:56:25.95
they claim to
have a royal crowns.
00:56:25.98\00:56:29.63
By the way when we come
to Revelation Chapter 17
00:56:29.66\00:56:32.70
we will see that
the head of the beast
00:56:32.73\00:56:35.98
actually
represented the word empires
00:56:36.01\00:56:37.90
that appear in history
through which Satan worked
00:56:37.93\00:56:42.13
to fight against God and
His plans for this world.
00:56:42.16\00:56:47.07
The empire is
that Satan always used
00:56:47.10\00:56:48.87
to persecute to God's people.
00:56:48.90\00:56:50.27
When we come to Revelation 17
00:56:50.30\00:56:51.88
we'll come to more
and study about that.
00:56:51.91\00:56:56.10
But there is only one entity,
okay, that was very prominent
00:56:56.13\00:57:03.17
in the western
world of Western Europe,
00:57:03.20\00:57:05.91
okay, that
dominate the Christian world
00:57:05.94\00:57:09.76
after the fall
of the Roman Empire.
00:57:09.79\00:57:12.82
Even though this
entity is introduced here
00:57:12.85\00:57:15.62
as the political
entity, I'd like to invite you
00:57:15.65\00:57:19.03
to join us in our next meeting,
00:57:19.06\00:57:20.91
because we will
see that suddenly
00:57:20.94\00:57:23.27
the description of this beast
00:57:23.30\00:57:24.88
from the political
turns to the religious one.
00:57:24.91\00:57:27.76
So I'd like to invite you to
study the Bible for yourself,
00:57:27.79\00:57:30.49
to invite you to join us
for our next presentation
00:57:30.52\00:57:33.15
to see what this at the
stake in the final crisis.
00:57:33.18\00:57:36.19