Welcome again to our
program that we have titled
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as "Revelation
of the Coming King."
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I'm Ranko Stefanovic,
Professor of the New Testament
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at the Seventh-day
Adventist Theological Seminary,
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Andrews
University. As I mentioned,
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I'm professor of
the New Testament,
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but also the Old Testament.
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I'm student of the Bible,
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but my focus of my teaching,
my research and my presentations
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that I make across the globe,
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it's about the
Book of Revelation
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and the final events.
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So I feel
privileged and honored to have
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a wonderful group
of my audience here
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and this crew that they're
making this program possible
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that we can open the word of God
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and to study the
Book of Revelation.
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I don't know how you feel,
but you can see more and more
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we're going through
the Book of Revelation
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that this is indeed on
one side a difficult book,
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on the other side that
we have a many, many help
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from the Bible itself.
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How to understand these messages
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of the last book of the Bible?
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So I'd like to urge you
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that you put in
front of yourself.
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This is the best commentary
on the Book of Revelation
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that is my hand
is the Bible itself
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because really this
is an excellent tool.
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When you follow the
instructions here in this book,
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you cannot be far
away from the truth.
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It's there, it's
there, but we have to know
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how to interpret and
how to study this text.
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Okay, as we mentioned
already so many times says,
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it is impossible in the time
that is allotted to us to cover
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most what is there in
the last book of the Bible.
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But the purpose of this program
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is not really to give us
explanations of every thing.
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It's simply to give provide
us the guidance--guidelines.
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Okay, second thing
is somehow that we learn
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how to interpret the text,
so once these program is over
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that you can go and to
continue to study for yourself.
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And I would like
to urge our viewers,
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you can do it by
yourself, but the best way
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is to find the group
of devoted Christians.
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Sit together,
open the word of God
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and study together and
we have an excellent tools.
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Actually I'd like to purge
you, if you have not done it yet
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to provide for yourself
this tool which is titled
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"Revelation of Jesus Christ."
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I'm the author, Ranko Stefanovic
which is the author, okay.
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It's verse-by-verse commentary
on the Book of Revelation.
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Keep in mind,
this is jus a tool.
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This is the real thing, okay.
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But maybe you'll ask
your self a question.
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What is the
purpose of this commentary?
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The purpose of this
commentary is number one,
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to stimulate your appetite.
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Second one is, to
give you those hundred
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and even thousand and thousand
Old Testament references
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that then help you to understand
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the text of the
Book of the Revelation.
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And we need each other.
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I have my friends
there at Andrews University.
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And sometimes I like
to pay per do research.
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The first thing I do,
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I give to those
people to read it.
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As I say, "Please, be as
much critical as you can."
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And then once they
give me suggestions
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and they write it
then I give to the people
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who disagree with me.
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I'd like to-- I
would like to see,
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what's the problem
that they find in that?
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Friends, we need it.
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The best to study
the Book of Revelation
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is to do it in the
group as we're doing here.
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I would really like
to urge you-urge you
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to continue to study
the Book of Revelation.
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And what a precious truth.
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Okay, and thus you'll find--
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you'll find here on
the pages of this book.
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But above all, we need
the wisdom of the Holy Spirit.
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As we have done it
always, we will do it again.
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We'd like to ask God for
the guidance of the wisdom
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as we're trying to understand
the Book of Revelation.
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Our Heavenly Father,
we're coming again to You
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and humbly asking
You that You be with us,
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that You will give us Your
Holy Spirit to open our minds,
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to give us open mind, Father,
and to thrive to discernment
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that we can understand
these beautiful messages
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that are coming from the pages
of the last book of the Bible,
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the Book of Revelation,
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which is actually the
Revelation of Jesus Christ
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that we can recognize how
great Savior we have in Him.
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Thank you,
Father, for the blessings.
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Please, be with us and help us
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that they
understand these messages
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and apply to our daily lives.
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We pray all of this
into His precious name, amen.
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Let me remind you one more time
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that that the section
of the Book of Revelation
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that we're covering now,
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actually it's written
extensively in this commentary
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and from page 4 to
1. So from page 4 to 1.
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And I don't know
where we will stop.
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Okay. So one more time please,
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would you turn with
me to Revelation 13?
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Okay, let me remind
you what we talked so far.
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We saw that the
Book of Revelation
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introduces the
two allies of Satan.
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Okay, two of his associates
that will play the key role
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at the time of the end prior
to the second coming of Christ.
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And I know we have Christians
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coming from
different denominations,
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but I don't believe
that that anyone of us
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did not hear about
the battle of Armageddon?
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That final
scenario that is found there
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in the Book of Revelation.
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And this is actually
what we have to understand,
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Revelation 13 actually
describes the preparation
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for that end time scenario.
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And we saw that the
first of the two associates
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is known as the sea beast
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or the beast
coming out of the sea.
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Actually
received the mortal wound.
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So that totalitarian
and religious pressure
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that lasted during
the medieval period
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was brought to
the end of the French
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by the events of
French Revolution, okay.
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When human reason,
okay, and everything
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what is man centered
actually replace the God
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centered theology
that people believe.
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You see, sometimes people have
the problem with institution
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and the systems
and they claim God
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and they reject the God
and the biblical teaching.
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That's not the right way to do?
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You see, it was the
events of French Revolution
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is that the totalitarian
medieval system was killed.
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So we do not have
any religious pressure
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any longer since the
time of the French Revolution.
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We enjoy great freedom,
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but that freedom
brought many negative things
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to the mother world.
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But according to
the Book of Revelation
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as we studied it,
the time is coming
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when this mortal
wound will be healed.
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And please, allow me
again to use our blackboard.
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Okay.
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We saw that Revelation 13
introduces the first beast,
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and that beast,
okay that first beast,
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the sea beast will have
the history of the activities
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during the prophetic period
of 1,260 days or 42 months
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or time two times
and half a time, okay.
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Let's put it here.
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Historically, the
activities of these beasts
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as religious political
power started in, okay,
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AD 538.
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Okay.
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When is the conclusion
of this prophetic period?
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Events of French
Revolution in the year
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that is rightly
taken is the year 1798.
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So we're dealing here
with the period of 1,260 days.
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Do you see that?
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Now let me put
here something is.
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The section of the Book
of Revelation that portrays
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the activities of these beasts.
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It's actually a
Revelation, let's put it here.
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It's Revelation 13:1-7.
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Keep in mind, that
this section of the book,
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the first seven
verses of chapter 13
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they do not deal
with the end time
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activities of the beast.
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These are the activities of
the beast during this period.
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After this date,
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after the events
of French Revolution,
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this system has been killed.
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So they are now
dealing with the period
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when the beast is not.
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By the way, I cannot wait
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to come to
Revelation Chapter 17.
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You see, Revelation 17
will summarize everything
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what we're
talking now and making
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much more sense of that, okay.
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But then here, we
have Revelation, okay,
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Revelation now again 13,
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but we're dealing with
the verses, okay, 8 to 18.
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Okay, he's
telling us that eventually
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somewhere in the
future this mortal wound
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of the beast will be healed
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and the beast
will come back to life.
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What does it mean?
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That would happen
before during this period,
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that will also happen
again at the time of the end.
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Are you still with me?
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You see, if we're living
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somewhere
between these two period,
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I want to
address here one issue.
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There are some Christians
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who are using some papers
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that were published
before the Second World War
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when Mussolini, the
great dictator in Italy
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actually gave back
Vatican to the papacy.
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And they're using
this as the evidence
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that actually the mortal wound
was healed in the year 1929.
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Friends, I just
want to tell you,
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we have to be very careful.
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Has the mortal
wound being healed or not?
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If the mortal
wound has been healed,
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we will not have 3ABN
to proclaim this message.
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You see, when the
mortal wound is healed,
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it means what happened
during the medieval period
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will also happen at
the time of the end.
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Are you still with me?
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of course, there're
some of my dear friends
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they're asking me, but
can we take the year 1928
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when pope got the Vatican back,
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as the beginning of the
healing of the mortal wound.
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Oh, yes.
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There are many
events today in the world
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that indicates that the
mortal wound is being healed.
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And then your religious
leaders would like to have,
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something very similar
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what happened in
the past history.
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But the mortal wound
has not been healed yet.
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The only text that
refers to the future is verse 8,
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and we read it.
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It says, "When the
mortal wound is healed,
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the whole world will be
amazed and worship the beast."
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But there is a question,
how the mortal wound be healed?
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And according to Revelation 13,
what we're reading here it says,
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"That there's another entity,
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political entity that
will appear on the scene,
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and that entity is referred
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to as the beast
coming out of the earth.
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We saw already that the
same earth in Revelation 12
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they saved the church
from Satan to be destroyed.
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The entity that was
very friendly to the church,
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okay in Revelation 12.
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Actually it is out of
that friendly territory
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and political power will come.
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That political
power will look friendly
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with two little horns of a
lamb with a Christian robe,
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but then John notices something
that this friendly power
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coming out of the
friendly territory to the church
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will start speaking as a dragon.
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We have here a great riddle.
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What does it mean to
speaking like a dragon?
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What was the dragon speaking?
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I want to be like God.
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I want to make my
throne to be equal to God.
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So somehow those tendencies
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that were so
evident in the past history
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that Satan work
from the political powers
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will also become
a prominent feature
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that will
characterize the final events.
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This is what we learn
here-- here from the text.
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Now let us go to
verse 12 and it says,
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He, who is that He?
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I would like you
that we watch out actually
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who is the key player
in the end time drama?
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Usually when
Christians are talking,
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they're focusing
on the first beast,
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but I'd like you to notice.
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John here provides
the answer--answer.
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How is that the
mortal wound will be healed?
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And the answer is that
this new power which is a new,
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does not have a historical--
strong historical background.
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It's completely
new on the war scene,
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that actually
will be the key player,
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it's making possible the
healing of the mortal wound.
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Are you still with me?
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And it says, "He
the second beast,
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the earth beast
exercises all the authority
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of the first
beast in His presence."
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Please, please, can you
help me to understand the text?
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If you have a
president of country,
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he has the
authority in power to exercise
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and he chooses a certain person
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who does not have any
power and telling him,
00:15:01.54\00:15:05.02
"Please, take my order to there.
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You're sent by me.
You see, this is your ID.
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This is the authority
that provided to you."
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When that person goes
there to make that order work,
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people look in that
person the president himself
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because that person exercises
the authority or the president.
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Are you still with me?
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So when the text says here
that this earth beast exercises
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all the authority of the
first beast in his presence.
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What does it mean?
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What the first
beast was doing here,
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the earth beast
will be doing here.
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Amen.
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Okay. Do you remember what--
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when we made
comparison who sees me,
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He sees the Father. Amen.
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As the Holy Spirit,
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thus under instruction of
Christ representing Christ,
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so these beasts
represents the first beast.
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It says, "And he makes the earth
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and those who dwell in it
to worship the first beast
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whose fatal wound was healed."
00:16:06.93\00:16:09.13
Who will make the
possible of the healing
00:16:09.16\00:16:12.25
of this mortal
wound of the first beast?
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Now to understand the
purpose here on this text.
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And it says, "He
performs great signs,
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so that even makes
fire that's come down
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of heaven to the earth
in the presence of men.
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And he deceives those
who dwell on the earth
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because of the
signs which was given him
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to perform in the
presence of the beast.
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Telling those who
dwell on the earth
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to make an image to the beast
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who had the wound of the
sword and has come to life."
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I have to stay here--
here now with this text.
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What do we have
here in this text?
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What does it say? Number one,
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what will be the main tool
of Satan in the final events?
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Deception. You
remember we talked about that?
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Actually the text says
here, "That the time of the end,
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we will have a
great signs and miracles
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that even this power will
make even fire that comes down
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from the heaven to the
earthy in the presence of men."
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What would you say to me,
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if I'm able to bring a
fire and to destroy certain city
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or certain group of people?
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Would you say
that this is a miracle?
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But actually if you
take any Bible Commentary,
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you will see that they say,
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"What we have
here is the counterfeit
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of the Day of the Pentecost.
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You remember
when the Holy Spirit
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came in fire on the
Day of the Pentecost?
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Actually there is something--
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you remember that
actually the first beast
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is the
counterfeit of Jesus Christ,
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trying to take His
place in this world.
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Are you still with
me? What about this power?
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What about these beasts?
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These beasts actually takes
the place of the Holy Spirit,
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imitating what happened
on the Day of the Pentecost?
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Friends, I don't
want to be specific.
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But every
Christian can see today
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what's going today in the world.
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Religion based on emotions.
When you have thousand,
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thousand people
gathering at one place,
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"miracles" are taking place.
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By the way, we can
talk about this miracle
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and please I don't
want to put people down.
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But many TV program were made.
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What people can
believe everything?
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The Bible does not talk
here about real miracles,
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He talks about force miracles.
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Imitation of
the miracles of God.
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It says even there will be
something at the time of the end
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that will imitate and to
remind the Day of Pentecost.
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Okay, according to Apostle Paul,
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it will lack the real godliness.
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And, friends, we are not talking
here about sincere Christians
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who are looking for God.
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We're talking about something
that will happen in the future.
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I'm not even referring now
what's taking place around us.
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There is something that
will happen in the future.
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How it would be realized?
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Please, I would like
to advise you to wait,
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but to study for our
self, to fall in love with God.
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Amen. To come unto the Christ.
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Don't point to other
people around you and say,
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"This is what they're doing."
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This is not the
purpose of Revelation.
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The purpose of
the Book of Revelation
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is not to point to other people,
00:19:27.86\00:19:29.58
is to point to
ourselves and say,
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"This is what will
happen in the future."
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Now it's the time for me
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to settle my
relationship with God.
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See, when your friends
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are talking about
these final events,
00:19:40.19\00:19:41.79
we already
mentioned that the key word
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for Satan's end time
activities it's counterfeit.
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What is counterfeit?
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Just look in Revelation 13,
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everything that is
said. Are you with me?
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Everything that was
said about the earth beast
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could be said
about Jesus Christ.
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What the language that
describes the first beast?
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Is the language of Jesus Christ?
00:20:08.75\00:20:10.52
What about the second beast?
00:20:10.55\00:20:12.88
Is the language
of the Holy Spirit?
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It's the same language?
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Do you know what counterfeit is?
00:20:17.55\00:20:19.16
Counterfeit
something that looks like real.
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And you can hardly recognize
that it is not the real.
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But I'd like to invite
the viewers and all of us.
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If you want really to
understand what counterfeit is,
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what are you supposed to do?
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To study the original.
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You know the stories.
I read about the person
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who brought that
genuine picture of Picasso,
00:20:47.74\00:20:51.91
and he was so
proud of that he invested
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a lot of money
and after he died,
00:20:53.68\00:20:55.80
his son wanted to
sell that picture.
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Finally, they
discovered it was counterfeit.
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How did they
discover it was counterfeit?
00:21:00.15\00:21:02.22
Because an artist came
00:21:02.25\00:21:03.76
who really new the
original picture of Picasso.
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Friends, I see Christians today
who are trying to study Satan,
00:21:08.01\00:21:10.86
everything about
Satan, what he will be doing?
00:21:10.89\00:21:13.44
Everything they're doing
writing books about Satan,
00:21:13.47\00:21:15.91
about history, etcetera.
00:21:15.94\00:21:17.33
Friends, this is not
what you're supposed to do.
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Remember the
reference to Revelation 12,
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we have to study the original.
We have to study the truth.
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Amen. Amen.
00:21:25.68\00:21:27.80
So when the counterfeit comes,
00:21:27.83\00:21:29.78
we will know that
this is counterfeit.
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But according to
the Book of Revelation
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something strange
will happen in the world.
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Please, you can
put me in the spot
00:21:37.18\00:21:39.04
and ask me to go
into more details.
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I can simply tell
you, I don't know.
00:21:40.82\00:21:44.14
I know what will happen.
00:21:44.17\00:21:45.60
I know that the Day of
Pentecost will be repeated.
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The entire
world will be deceived
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and go there and shout to God,
00:21:50.73\00:21:53.28
there will be many
miracles that were taking place
00:21:53.31\00:21:55.47
like in the Book of Acts.
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And believe me your and my faith
will be tested at that time.
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I do study about this,
00:22:02.86\00:22:04.73
not to point
fingers to other people.
00:22:04.76\00:22:08.17
But to spend
more time in prayer--
00:22:08.20\00:22:09.98
Amen. Study of the Bible.
00:22:10.01\00:22:12.71
To come much closer to Christ
that I know that original.
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Amen.
00:22:16.01\00:22:17.38
So when the counterfeit comes,
00:22:17.41\00:22:20.70
I'll be stable,
00:22:20.73\00:22:24.11
I will remain in
my royalty to God,
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but the time is coming
according to the Book of Rev--
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When? I don't know.
00:22:29.46\00:22:31.95
But it will happen prior to
the second coming of Christ.
00:22:31.98\00:22:34.42
So now the Book of
Revelation is more specific.
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What is that that will happen?
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Do you want to read with me?
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It says, "What will
this second beast do?"
00:22:41.95\00:22:46.42
It says, "That the
beast will tell to the people
00:22:46.45\00:22:49.67
to make an image to the beast."
00:22:49.70\00:22:52.80
Which beast?
00:22:52.83\00:22:54.21
It says, "The beast that
received the mortal wound."
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Are you still with me?
00:22:57.89\00:22:59.55
Now, when I go among Christians,
00:22:59.58\00:23:02.97
I hear big discussions
about the image of the beast.
00:23:03.00\00:23:05.17
What is the image of the beast?
00:23:05.20\00:23:08.49
Okay. Let's do
something very practical.
00:23:08.52\00:23:10.81
This is my driver's license.
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Did you see here picture?
00:23:18.09\00:23:19.90
What is this picture?
00:23:19.93\00:23:22.18
I remember
several times it happened
00:23:22.21\00:23:24.62
in my travel experience.
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For instance in New
Zealand few years ago
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I went there.
They did not know me,
00:23:28.34\00:23:30.50
but they wanted to
wait for me at the airport.
00:23:30.53\00:23:32.86
So they went there to
Google, they found my picture.
00:23:32.89\00:23:35.53
And I saw people are--
several people walking around.
00:23:35.56\00:23:39.33
I don't know
what they were doing
00:23:39.36\00:23:40.99
because I didn't see
that was actually my picture.
00:23:41.02\00:23:42.81
They tried to see the picture
00:23:42.84\00:23:44.21
and recognized the
person who is there.
00:23:44.24\00:23:46.32
Of course, the picture
that they found in Google
00:23:46.35\00:23:49.36
was completely different
00:23:49.39\00:23:50.76
and how I looked
today in the reality.
00:23:50.79\00:23:53.02
So finally but they found
me. See, this is the image.
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So we'll say
that the second beast
00:23:56.45\00:23:59.49
will impose the
people of the world
00:23:59.52\00:24:03.02
to make the image of the beast.
00:24:03.05\00:24:05.25
What does it mean?
00:24:05.28\00:24:08.12
You see, what is the
image? This is the image.
00:24:08.15\00:24:10.35
Is the image of the reality?
00:24:10.38\00:24:11.91
So it means there
is something at the end
00:24:11.94\00:24:13.77
that these beasts
will make the image of this
00:24:13.80\00:24:19.94
that happened
during the medieval period.
00:24:19.97\00:24:21.60
Are you still
with me? What is that?
00:24:21.63\00:24:25.87
By the way, I meet
many good Christians.
00:24:25.90\00:24:29.38
They say, "Boy, do you
remember those old times
00:24:29.41\00:24:32.69
when everybody
went to the church.
00:24:32.72\00:24:36.28
Do you remember those times
when we all believed in God,
00:24:36.31\00:24:40.54
on certain day of the
week when we all have the rest.
00:24:40.57\00:24:44.67
Enjoy the blessing of
the Lord. But do you see now?
00:24:44.70\00:24:47.64
Do you see now in this word?
00:24:47.67\00:24:49.04
Do you see now in
United States of America?
00:24:49.07\00:24:50.71
We need to save
America and bring back to God.
00:24:50.74\00:24:53.77
Do you see what's taking--
If all people believe in God,
00:24:53.80\00:24:56.49
we will not see
all those wickedness
00:24:56.52\00:24:58.48
and bare things around
us. It will be sincere desire.
00:24:58.51\00:25:02.63
The religious people
would like to do something.
00:25:02.66\00:25:04.82
The desire we want
to come back to God,
00:25:04.85\00:25:06.78
but they will do
it in their own way.
00:25:06.81\00:25:09.14
Friends, you
cannot impose our religion
00:25:09.17\00:25:10.58
to anybody because he said,
00:25:10.61\00:25:14.09
that the second beast
will create, what will do?
00:25:14.12\00:25:16.94
Create the image.
We saw what image is.
00:25:16.97\00:25:19.97
But tell me, what is
the characteristic of image?
00:25:20.00\00:25:23.30
Hey, I'm sorry.
00:25:23.33\00:25:24.74
You can take this
image, you can spit on it.
00:25:24.77\00:25:28.39
You can do it. No harm done.
00:25:28.42\00:25:32.24
Why? Because this image
according to the Old Testament,
00:25:32.27\00:25:34.90
the image of those
gods. They don't hear.
00:25:34.93\00:25:37.60
They don't see--
they don't see anything.
00:25:37.63\00:25:39.78
But these beasts will ask
people to create the image.
00:25:39.81\00:25:43.73
The image will be created.
Institution will be created,
00:25:43.76\00:25:46.60
but what is the problem that
this institution does not work?
00:25:46.63\00:25:49.61
And then we read in verse 15,
00:25:49.64\00:25:51.95
"And it was given
to Him to this beast,
00:25:51.98\00:25:55.66
to give the breath to
the image of the beast,
00:25:55.69\00:25:58.87
so that the image of
the beast would even speak
00:25:58.90\00:26:01.72
and cause as
many as do not worship
00:26:01.75\00:26:04.55
the image of the
beast and be killed."
00:26:04.58\00:26:06.19
Are you still with
me? What do we have here?
00:26:06.22\00:26:08.18
What is the image here?
00:26:08.21\00:26:09.58
Remember when God
created Adam in His image.
00:26:09.61\00:26:13.32
Adam was there. He had
mouth, could not speak.
00:26:13.35\00:26:16.18
He had eyes, he could not see.
00:26:16.21\00:26:17.89
He had ears,
could not hear anything.
00:26:17.92\00:26:19.67
And God did, He put
the breath of life in Adam.
00:26:19.70\00:26:23.30
And Adam, that image
suddenly started talking.
00:26:23.33\00:26:26.27
This is what we have here is.
00:26:26.30\00:26:28.35
This image of the
beast that we created
00:26:28.38\00:26:30.43
of this institution
of the medieval period,
00:26:30.46\00:26:32.79
the time of the
end will be repeated,
00:26:32.82\00:26:35.04
but this time the second beast
00:26:35.07\00:26:37.27
will make that
institution works,
00:26:37.30\00:26:39.77
the system works at
the time of the end.
00:26:39.80\00:26:41.56
Are you still with me?
00:26:41.59\00:26:42.96
In which way? In which way?
00:26:42.99\00:26:45.66
First, it will be
done with persuasiveness,
00:26:45.69\00:26:50.70
but if
persuasiveness does not work,
00:26:50.73\00:26:52.81
what is the next one?
00:26:52.84\00:26:54.21
Let's read it. Let's read it.
00:26:54.24\00:26:56.46
It says, "It was
given to him to give
00:26:56.49\00:26:58.58
the breath to the
image of the beast.
00:26:58.61\00:27:00.76
So that the image of
the beast would even speak
00:27:00.79\00:27:03.73
and cause as
many as do not worship
00:27:03.76\00:27:06.23
the image of the
beast to be killed."
00:27:06.26\00:27:08.73
Now again comes to the force.
00:27:08.76\00:27:10.93
But friends, we're
dealing here with the time
00:27:10.96\00:27:12.88
strictly prior to the
second coming of Christ.
00:27:12.91\00:27:15.45
Short time, prior to the
second coming of Christ, okay.
00:27:15.48\00:27:19.30
There will be again corrosion.
00:27:19.33\00:27:21.54
There will be again
force. In verse 16 it says,
00:27:21.57\00:27:24.56
"And He causes all
the small and the great,
00:27:24.59\00:27:27.65
and the rich and the poor,
and the free man and the slaves,
00:27:27.68\00:27:33.00
to be given a mark on their
right hand or on their forehead,
00:27:33.03\00:27:37.69
and he makes that no one
will be able to buy or to sell,
00:27:37.72\00:27:42.58
except the one who has the mark,
00:27:42.61\00:27:45.10
either the name of the beast
or the number of his name."
00:27:45.13\00:27:51.84
Okay. What do you have here
00:27:51.87\00:27:54.27
that happens in
the final scenario?
00:27:54.30\00:27:58.24
According to the
Book of Revelation,
00:27:58.27\00:27:59.68
the system will be created
that will repeat the history
00:27:59.71\00:28:03.12
what happened
during the medieval period.
00:28:03.15\00:28:05.96
And the inhabitants of this
world will have only one option
00:28:05.99\00:28:10.21
and what is the option?
00:28:10.24\00:28:13.16
Either to accept the system
00:28:13.19\00:28:16.64
or reject it and
remain faithful to the Bible.
00:28:16.67\00:28:19.76
What will happen to
those who reject that system?
00:28:19.79\00:28:24.44
The same. You remember
00:28:24.47\00:28:25.84
what the image of the beast is?
What that system is all about?
00:28:25.87\00:28:28.41
They will be subject
to the same treatment
00:28:28.44\00:28:31.55
as the followers of
Christ are subjected
00:28:31.58\00:28:35.02
during the
medieval period. Okay.
00:28:35.05\00:28:39.28
Friends, you saw what we
know from the prophecies.
00:28:39.31\00:28:43.15
How it will realize
let us just to wait,
00:28:43.18\00:28:45.70
but I'd like to
urge our viewers,
00:28:45.73\00:28:48.17
if you want to
see more in details
00:28:48.20\00:28:49.63
more explanation on that,
00:28:49.66\00:28:51.15
to read few last
chapters of the book called
00:28:51.18\00:28:54.46
"The Great Controversy."
00:28:54.49\00:28:56.38
It's fantastic description
of this end time scenario.
00:28:56.41\00:28:59.96
I'm here sticking to
the Book of Revelation,
00:28:59.99\00:29:03.13
but I don't
want to say something
00:29:03.16\00:29:05.33
that you can read for yourself.
00:29:05.36\00:29:06.91
It's the last few
chapters. It's a fantastic book.
00:29:06.94\00:29:09.92
The author is Ellen White.
00:29:09.95\00:29:11.59
The title of the book
is the "Great Controversy."
00:29:11.62\00:29:13.66
The last few chapters.
00:29:13.69\00:29:15.06
By the way, please
read the entire book.
00:29:15.09\00:29:18.16
It's a great book.
00:29:18.19\00:29:20.98
But there is one entity
here that is very important
00:29:21.01\00:29:23.21
that we have to
explain and what is notice.
00:29:23.24\00:29:25.33
It's the Mark of the Beast.
00:29:25.36\00:29:28.94
All those who
side with that system
00:29:28.97\00:29:31.28
will receive the
Mark of the Beast.
00:29:31.31\00:29:33.10
We already
explained that actually
00:29:33.13\00:29:35.64
the Mark of the Beast is
antithesis of the seal of God.
00:29:35.67\00:29:41.05
You see, as God is
marking His people,
00:29:41.08\00:29:44.66
so the beast is
marking his followers.
00:29:44.69\00:29:49.16
As God is putting the seal,
00:29:49.19\00:29:52.88
His seal, the seal of
God on His worshippers.
00:29:52.91\00:29:57.11
Now the beast is putting
the mark on His worshippers.
00:29:57.14\00:30:03.29
By the way, the key issue
in the final crisis is worship.
00:30:03.32\00:30:11.28
So, friends, we are
not dealing here simply
00:30:11.31\00:30:14.80
with the political issues.
00:30:14.83\00:30:17.78
In the Bible-- and sometimes
00:30:17.81\00:30:19.83
I see very good Christians.
00:30:19.86\00:30:22.34
Everything that they
read the Book of Revelation
00:30:22.37\00:30:24.36
is about political issues.
00:30:24.39\00:30:26.64
Everything that we read.
00:30:26.67\00:30:28.04
Friends, the Book of Revelation
00:30:28.07\00:30:29.48
is not interested in politics.
00:30:29.51\00:30:34.07
If politics is refer to
in the Book of Revelation
00:30:34.10\00:30:37.16
is only in the
context of the conclusion
00:30:37.19\00:30:39.64
of the Plan of Salvation.
00:30:39.67\00:30:42.30
The politics that Satan
will use at the time of the end
00:30:42.33\00:30:45.87
to prevent the
accomplishments of God's plan
00:30:45.90\00:30:50.30
to establish His
kingdom on this earth.
00:30:50.33\00:30:52.23
Are you still with me?
00:30:52.26\00:30:54.00
This is so far I
can go interpretation
00:30:54.03\00:30:56.20
of the biblical prophecies.
00:30:56.23\00:30:58.50
But Mark of the Beast,
what is Mark of the Beast?
00:30:58.53\00:31:02.07
It's related to worship.
00:31:02.10\00:31:04.00
The worshippers of God,
they receive the seal of God.
00:31:04.03\00:31:08.61
The worshippers of the beast,
00:31:08.64\00:31:10.23
they receive the
Mark of the Beast.
00:31:10.26\00:31:12.57
Please, I'd like
now that you help me.
00:31:12.60\00:31:14.34
You will need to wonder around
00:31:18.19\00:31:21.20
because the Bible is telling us
00:31:21.23\00:31:22.74
exactly what the
Mark of the Beast is.
00:31:22.77\00:31:26.89
And maybe some viewers they hear
00:31:26.92\00:31:28.29
about this for the first time.
00:31:28.32\00:31:30.69
And I just want to tell you
00:31:30.72\00:31:32.09
when you take the
Bible to interpret itself.
00:31:32.12\00:31:34.48
You don't need to be far away.
00:31:34.51\00:31:36.21
Please, would you go
with me one more time?
00:31:36.24\00:31:39.50
Are you there?
00:31:39.53\00:31:42.28
As we read this text,
can you do me a favor?
00:31:42.31\00:31:46.01
Viewers, you are included here.
00:31:46.04\00:31:48.53
Can you put
yourself in the position
00:31:48.56\00:31:52.30
of the Christians who
lived in the first century?
00:31:52.33\00:31:54.71
What was the
Bible that they read?
00:31:54.74\00:31:58.79
The Old Testament, they
did not have New Testament.
00:31:58.82\00:32:02.08
For Jewish Christians,
00:32:02.11\00:32:03.65
what was the most important
part of the Old Testament?
00:32:03.68\00:32:08.29
The Torah, the
five books of Moses.
00:32:08.32\00:32:11.89
What was the most
important part of the Torah?
00:32:11.92\00:32:16.06
Actually it's the Book of
the Deuteronomy Chapter 6.
00:32:16.09\00:32:20.26
So called Shema.
00:32:20.29\00:32:22.81
When God instructed the people,
00:32:22.84\00:32:24.34
we will read this
text in few more minutes,
00:32:24.37\00:32:26.96
to take the law of God
and what to do with it,
00:32:26.99\00:32:32.55
to bind on their
forehead, to put on their arms,
00:32:32.58\00:32:38.22
to put even on the
doorpost of their house,
00:32:38.25\00:32:41.86
to be a constant reminder
to them they belong to God.
00:32:41.89\00:32:45.01
Can you keep that in mind?
00:32:45.04\00:32:46.41
Can you put
yourself in the position
00:32:46.44\00:32:47.89
of those people who
lived in the first century?
00:32:47.92\00:32:50.32
And ask yourself how could
they understand these texts?
00:32:50.35\00:32:53.31
Are you with me? Let's go there.
00:32:53.34\00:32:55.90
It says one more time,
one more time, verse 16.
00:32:55.93\00:32:59.78
"And he, the
earth beast causes all,
00:32:59.81\00:33:04.37
the small and the great,
and the rich and the poor,
00:33:04.40\00:33:08.80
and the free
man and the slaves."
00:33:08.83\00:33:11.50
Are you with me?
00:33:11.53\00:33:12.98
"To be given a
mark on their right hand
00:33:13.01\00:33:17.82
or on their forehead."
00:33:17.85\00:33:20.04
If you're the
first century reader,
00:33:20.07\00:33:22.86
when you read that the mark
00:33:22.89\00:33:24.44
had to be put on their
forehead or right hand,
00:33:24.47\00:33:27.27
what would
suddenly come to our mind?
00:33:27.30\00:33:30.81
The instruction
that God gave for Moses
00:33:30.84\00:33:32.94
to the people of Israel
in Deuteronomy Chapter 6.
00:33:32.97\00:33:36.01
I'd like you to turn
here to this passage.
00:33:36.04\00:33:41.27
Deuteronomy Chapter 6.
00:33:41.30\00:33:44.32
I'd like that we
read, for instance verse 8
00:33:52.71\00:33:56.29
and maybe--maybe
let's read from verse 4.
00:33:56.32\00:33:59.96
Let's read from
verse 4, okay, to verse 8.
00:33:59.99\00:34:05.27
Are you there?
00:34:05.30\00:34:07.53
"Hear, O Israel,
the Lord is our God,
00:34:07.56\00:34:10.62
the Lord is one." This is Shema.
00:34:10.65\00:34:13.53
Hebrew means
here, okay, here Israel.
00:34:13.56\00:34:16.49
"You shall love the Lord
your God with all your heart
00:34:16.52\00:34:21.09
and with all your
soul with all your might.
00:34:21.12\00:34:25.15
These words, which
I am commanding to you
00:34:25.18\00:34:27.21
shall be on your heart.
00:34:27.24\00:34:29.27
You shall teach them
diligently to your sons
00:34:29.30\00:34:32.34
and shall talk of them
when you sit in your house,
00:34:32.37\00:34:35.68
when you walk by the way,
00:34:35.71\00:34:37.50
when you lay down
and when you rise up."
00:34:37.53\00:34:40.20
Now please, pay
attention to verse 8.
00:34:40.23\00:34:42.82
"You shall bind them
as a sign on your hand
00:34:42.85\00:34:47.28
and they shall be as frontals
on your forehead." Amen.
00:34:47.31\00:34:51.89
If you are the
first century Christians
00:34:51.92\00:34:54.33
knowing the Old
Testament very well.
00:34:54.36\00:34:56.94
When you read Revelation
13 that this beast will force
00:34:56.97\00:34:59.58
people to receive
the Mark of the Beast
00:34:59.61\00:35:01.92
on their
foreheads or the right hand,
00:35:01.95\00:35:03.42
what will
suddenly come to our mind?
00:35:03.45\00:35:05.84
What is this beast trying to do?
00:35:05.87\00:35:09.67
Trying to counterfeit
the clear instruction of God,
00:35:09.70\00:35:13.27
what to do with his law. Amen.
00:35:13.30\00:35:15.88
As you said, amen, we
can conclude the section
00:35:19.38\00:35:23.87
because this is very, very clear
00:35:23.90\00:35:25.96
what will actually
happen at the time of the end.
00:35:25.99\00:35:29.43
Because the Mark of
the Beast that is actually
00:35:29.46\00:35:31.69
the counterfeit
of the seal of God.
00:35:31.72\00:35:34.25
It's related somehow
to the obedience to God
00:35:34.28\00:35:37.31
in keeping His commandments.
00:35:37.34\00:35:41.07
God's faithful
people, of course--
00:35:41.10\00:35:43.26
of course, you will understand.
00:35:43.29\00:35:45.59
When Moses said to
the people of Israel,
00:35:45.62\00:35:47.90
you shall write God's
law, okay, on your hand,
00:35:47.93\00:35:53.89
put on your hand and
put on your forehead,
00:35:53.92\00:35:57.22
Moses did not mean it literally.
00:35:57.25\00:35:59.04
Actually the Jews
during medieval period
00:35:59.07\00:36:02.57
they put it in the form of
filacterias and put it there.
00:36:02.60\00:36:05.32
Even-even today all
those Jews are doing that,
00:36:05.35\00:36:08.01
but Moses never
intended to tell people
00:36:08.04\00:36:10.04
they have to do
it in literal way.
00:36:10.07\00:36:11.73
It is very
symbolic telling people
00:36:11.76\00:36:13.92
that they
accepted the law of God
00:36:13.95\00:36:15.37
with their mind and right hand
00:36:15.40\00:36:18.83
is the-- actually right hand
00:36:18.86\00:36:21.19
is the symbol of
an action of works.
00:36:21.22\00:36:23.48
So it means, believe and do it.
00:36:23.51\00:36:27.18
This is actually
what Moses meant, okay.
00:36:27.21\00:36:31.07
But what do we
have in Revelation 13
00:36:31.10\00:36:34.29
that actually this
beast at the time of the end
00:36:34.32\00:36:37.19
will try to do away
with God's commandments.
00:36:37.22\00:36:42.05
And to enforce
the human institutions
00:36:42.08\00:36:46.69
and the human commandments
00:36:46.72\00:36:48.09
as the substitute
for God's commandment.
00:36:48.12\00:36:51.05
Are you still with me?
00:36:51.08\00:36:52.45
Because the Mark of
the Beast is a counterfeit
00:36:52.48\00:36:54.28
to the seal of God and we saw
00:36:54.31\00:36:55.86
that the seal of God is
related to the obedience of God.
00:36:55.89\00:36:59.37
Actually substitute
for the obedience of God,
00:36:59.40\00:37:05.01
forcing people to
obey the human institutions
00:37:05.04\00:37:08.56
and the human laws
instead of God laws
00:37:08.59\00:37:12.50
and show true obedience to Him.
00:37:12.53\00:37:13.91
Are you still me? This
is the best explanation.
00:37:13.94\00:37:17.19
And, friends,
this suggested to us
00:37:17.22\00:37:22.40
that at the time of the
end, at the time of the end,
00:37:22.43\00:37:26.81
the key issue
in the final crisis
00:37:26.84\00:37:30.86
will be obedience to God
00:37:30.89\00:37:33.14
or obedience to
human institution.
00:37:33.17\00:37:36.70
By the way, do
you remember that?
00:37:36.73\00:37:39.04
I told you we'll come to that.
We read in Revelation 12:17.
00:37:39.07\00:37:46.36
That though the Satan wants
to destroy the time of the end
00:37:46.39\00:37:49.46
are characterized by, what?
00:37:49.49\00:37:51.51
Those who keep the
Commandments of God.
00:37:51.54\00:37:54.74
Now we'll listened
why. What is the issue?
00:37:54.77\00:37:58.00
Also, if you go
to Revelation 14:12,
00:37:58.03\00:38:02.19
we'll come to that text.
00:38:02.22\00:38:03.59
It says, "Here is the
perseverance of the saints
00:38:03.62\00:38:07.24
who keep the Commandments
of God and they have--
00:38:07.27\00:38:10.62
they have the faith of Jesus."
00:38:10.65\00:38:13.91
What is the issue--what is
the issue in the final crisis?
00:38:13.94\00:38:18.87
It's worship, but keep in mind,
00:38:18.90\00:38:21.20
when Christians are
talking about worship,
00:38:21.23\00:38:22.85
we always have our
idea what worship is.
00:38:22.88\00:38:26.95
According to the Bible,
00:38:26.98\00:38:28.93
the people who
worship God they obey God.
00:38:28.96\00:38:32.38
You remember in the
gospels, the Pharisees,
00:38:32.41\00:38:35.65
they worship God,
but they did not obey God
00:38:35.68\00:38:38.50
and that's why
Jesus criticized them,
00:38:38.53\00:38:41.59
telling them of
the consequences,
00:38:41.62\00:38:43.08
we'll come to that.
00:38:43.11\00:38:44.48
Friends, the issue
in the final crisis
00:38:44.51\00:38:46.94
are God's Commandments.
00:38:46.97\00:38:48.34
But let me tell
you something else.
00:38:48.37\00:38:51.26
Not any commandment,
00:38:51.29\00:38:53.74
it appears that when you
read the Book of Revelation
00:38:53.77\00:38:57.68
very clearly that the
first four commandments
00:38:57.71\00:39:03.53
are the test of the loyalty
to God in the final crisis.
00:39:03.56\00:39:07.62
What are you talking about?
00:39:07.65\00:39:09.02
First four commandments
are the commandments
00:39:09.05\00:39:10.79
that are talking about
our relationship with God.
00:39:10.82\00:39:13.25
Note those six commandments
00:39:13.28\00:39:14.65
they're talking
about our relationship
00:39:14.68\00:39:16.05
with fellow human beings.
00:39:16.08\00:39:18.87
Keep in mind.
00:39:18.90\00:39:20.27
The six commandments are the
test of loyalty to God today.
00:39:20.30\00:39:24.81
We have to be loving Christians,
00:39:24.84\00:39:26.83
but we're talking here
about this final moments
00:39:26.86\00:39:29.01
of this earth history and
the test of our loyalty to God
00:39:29.04\00:39:32.24
and faithfulness to God
00:39:32.27\00:39:33.64
will be the first
four commandments.
00:39:33.67\00:39:35.04
By the way, if you go
to my commentary page 453,
00:39:35.07\00:39:40.24
I put here that appears
00:39:40.27\00:39:41.83
that the first four commandments
of Decalogue in particular.
00:39:41.86\00:39:45.72
"You shall not have
other gods before Me.
00:39:45.75\00:39:48.52
You shall not make
for yourself idol."
00:39:48.55\00:39:50.14
Do you remember the
image of the beast--
00:39:50.17\00:39:51.87
the image of the
beast? Okay, okay.
00:39:51.90\00:39:56.79
"Or any likeness
or what is in heaven
00:39:56.82\00:39:58.75
above or the earth
beneath or in the water
00:39:58.78\00:40:01.73
under the earth in
order to wash it them.
00:40:01.76\00:40:04.34
You shall not take
the name of the Lord,
00:40:04.37\00:40:06.05
your God in vain."
00:40:06.08\00:40:07.45
Do you remember
what the beast is doing?
00:40:07.48\00:40:08.96
Blasphemy against God's name.
00:40:08.99\00:40:11.86
Do you remember that?
00:40:11.89\00:40:13.26
And finally they said, it says,
00:40:13.29\00:40:16.67
"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy."
00:40:16.70\00:40:20.67
See, these four commandments,
they'll be the test
00:40:20.70\00:40:23.27
of our loyalty to
God in the final crisis.
00:40:23.30\00:40:26.13
And it appears that
Sabbath in particular
00:40:26.16\00:40:29.03
will be the test
of our loyalty to God.
00:40:29.06\00:40:31.31
We dealt with that subject
in the Revelation Chapter 7
00:40:31.34\00:40:35.23
with reference
to the seal of God.
00:40:35.26\00:40:37.31
Is the seal of God is related
to our test of loyalty to God
00:40:37.34\00:40:40.74
in the final
crisis with reference
00:40:40.77\00:40:42.59
to the Seventh-day Sabbath
00:40:42.62\00:40:44.72
than really the
Mark of the Beast?
00:40:44.75\00:40:48.02
Okay, characterizes the
worshippers of the beast
00:40:48.05\00:40:51.30
in obeying today and
institution in the final crisis
00:40:51.33\00:40:55.24
that the beast will actually
establish in this world, okay.
00:40:55.27\00:41:01.36
So you can see we can
talk so much about this,
00:41:01.39\00:41:05.48
but I know that my
viewers are very impatient,
00:41:05.51\00:41:11.40
and I did it
intentionally I reserved
00:41:11.43\00:41:12.95
only the last 15
minutes for that.
00:41:12.98\00:41:16.84
We really need 3-4
hours to talk about that.
00:41:16.87\00:41:20.37
It's Revelation 13:18.
00:41:20.40\00:41:22.54
And I know some of
you are so eager to hear
00:41:22.57\00:41:24.48
what I will say.
00:41:24.51\00:41:26.19
But I have to say
what is in the Bible, okay.
00:41:26.22\00:41:29.53
Let's go--let's
go here to this text.
00:41:29.56\00:41:31.74
Chapter 13 verse 18.
00:41:31.77\00:41:35.02
Now this is the conclusion
of the entire section.
00:41:35.05\00:41:39.89
It says, "Here is the wisdom."
00:41:39.92\00:41:42.72
Let me stop here for a while.
00:41:42.75\00:41:45.35
I meet many good Christians
and they come here to this text
00:41:45.38\00:41:49.79
and they think
that these it's call
00:41:49.82\00:41:51.19
for a wisdom of
mathematical calculations.
00:41:51.22\00:41:55.17
Better mathematician you
are, better you can understand
00:41:55.20\00:41:58.12
what is in chapter 13:18.
00:41:58.15\00:42:00.63
Friends, this is
not a call for human,
00:42:00.66\00:42:03.03
artistic wisdom or skills.
00:42:03.06\00:42:08.16
If you go to the
Bible, we have even
00:42:08.19\00:42:10.01
so called wisdom literature.
00:42:10.04\00:42:12.99
In the Book of Psalms,
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes,
00:42:13.02\00:42:18.37
it says, "That the
beginning of the wisdom
00:42:18.40\00:42:21.09
is actually the
fear of the Lord."
00:42:21.12\00:42:24.50
In the Book of James,
letter of James in Chapter 1,
00:42:24.53\00:42:29.19
he's telling us, "If
anyone of us lacks the wisdom."
00:42:29.22\00:42:33.92
James does not say,
go and study mathematics.
00:42:33.95\00:42:37.53
He is telling us ask
God and He will give you
00:42:37.56\00:42:42.08
the insight and that wisdom
00:42:42.11\00:42:44.23
because God will not
discriminate anybody.
00:42:44.26\00:42:47.37
So when we have
here a call for wisdom,
00:42:47.40\00:42:50.20
what kind of wisdom is here?
00:42:50.23\00:42:52.37
It's the wisdom
that only the Holy Spirit
00:42:52.40\00:42:55.91
can impart to their
faithful at the time of the end,
00:42:55.94\00:42:59.55
to really have discernment
of the true nature of the beast.
00:42:59.58\00:43:02.85
Are you still with me?
00:43:02.88\00:43:04.70
So here is the call for wisdom.
00:43:04.73\00:43:07.89
"Let him who had understanding
00:43:07.92\00:43:10.65
calculate the
number of the beast,
00:43:10.68\00:43:15.40
for the number
is that of a man."
00:43:15.43\00:43:18.98
In my translation that says.
00:43:19.01\00:43:22.01
"And his number is six
hundred and sixty-six."
00:43:22.04\00:43:25.16
By the way, if you want
to study more on this subject
00:43:25.19\00:43:27.61
I have a lot, just to read
it we need one good hour, okay.
00:43:27.64\00:43:31.75
It's found from
page 425 and on, okay.
00:43:31.78\00:43:35.83
You have about 4-5
pages here in the commentary,
00:43:35.86\00:43:39.32
from page 425, okay.
00:43:39.35\00:43:44.52
So what is a great enigma here?
00:43:44.55\00:43:47.14
What is the
great enigma is here?
00:43:47.17\00:43:49.61
It's the number that
is expressed here at 666.
00:43:49.64\00:43:57.08
Friends, in the
history of the interpretation
00:43:57.11\00:43:58.61
of the Book of
Revelation literally,
00:43:58.64\00:44:00.52
thousand and
thousand names were calculated
00:44:00.55\00:44:06.76
and people try to find
the meaning of number 666.
00:44:06.79\00:44:11.94
And the normal
method that people
00:44:11.97\00:44:14.47
are using is the
so called Gematria.
00:44:14.50\00:44:18.66
I don't know if
you're familiar with the--
00:44:18.69\00:44:20.06
with the word Gematria,
but Gematria is the word
00:44:20.09\00:44:23.29
from which the
word geometry comes.
00:44:23.32\00:44:26.56
Gematria is the
Greek expression.
00:44:26.59\00:44:29.05
If you want to
translate into English,
00:44:29.08\00:44:30.83
it simply means
playing with the numbers.
00:44:30.86\00:44:34.62
By the way, after the
time of the Book of Revelation,
00:44:34.65\00:44:37.91
you know, today
how do we have numbers?
00:44:37.94\00:44:39.89
We express them
with Arabic signs.
00:44:39.92\00:44:43.11
That's how we have the numbers.
00:44:43.14\00:44:45.42
But in ancient
world and in the time
00:44:45.45\00:44:46.98
when the New
Testament was written
00:44:47.01\00:44:48.53
whether in Hebrew
or Greek or Latin,
00:44:48.56\00:44:52.83
people wrote number in terms
of the letters of the alphabet.
00:44:52.86\00:44:58.32
Let's put it in
English to be very practical.
00:44:58.35\00:45:00.90
It means--it means, using
our alphabet to do it if we can.
00:45:00.93\00:45:06.25
A would be number 1,
okay. B would be number 2.
00:45:06.28\00:45:13.91
C, number 3.
00:45:13.94\00:45:16.20
So the 11 letter you
would make it to be 100,
00:45:16.23\00:45:20.24
the 12 letter
would be 500, et cetera.
00:45:20.27\00:45:22.60
Are you still with me?
00:45:22.63\00:45:24.00
So it means that the
numbers were expressed
00:45:24.03\00:45:26.22
by means of Gematria
00:45:26.25\00:45:27.93
and we have in the 2nd century,
00:45:27.96\00:45:30.30
the person would
go for a long trip
00:45:30.33\00:45:32.72
and after that he will send
a letter to his wife and say,
00:45:32.75\00:45:35.53
"I'm writing this
letter to my dear one
00:45:35.56\00:45:37.92
whose name is 52,857."
00:45:37.95\00:45:42.04
What did he do?
00:45:42.07\00:45:43.44
By playing Gematria, he
would replace the letters
00:45:43.47\00:45:47.65
of her name into
the number, okay.
00:45:47.68\00:45:51.50
Unfortunately, many Christians
00:45:51.53\00:45:55.03
and this is the
majority of usage of this.
00:45:55.06\00:45:57.74
They're using Gematria in
order to find different names,
00:45:57.77\00:46:04.15
in order to
calculate the number 666.
00:46:04.18\00:46:07.22
Please, I don't
want here to refer
00:46:07.25\00:46:09.96
to any particular practice.
00:46:09.99\00:46:14.01
I don't want to offend anybody,
but I'd like to stimulate
00:46:14.04\00:46:17.52
your passion for study
with the Book of Revelation
00:46:17.55\00:46:19.46
and do it for our self.
00:46:19.49\00:46:21.52
And I would like to ask
you several questions, please.
00:46:21.55\00:46:26.28
I'm talking about
very good Christians
00:46:26.31\00:46:30.29
who are really using Gematria
00:46:30.32\00:46:31.79
and they don't
know what they're doing.
00:46:31.82\00:46:34.27
Number 1, it says for wisdom.
00:46:34.30\00:46:38.42
People who practice Gematria,
they think they must be
00:46:38.45\00:46:40.81
a good
mathematician in order to do it.
00:46:40.84\00:46:44.35
This is not what
the text talks about.
00:46:44.38\00:46:46.53
Second thing is it says,
00:46:46.56\00:46:47.93
"Let him who has understanding
00:46:47.96\00:46:49.81
calculate the
number of the beast."
00:46:49.84\00:46:53.77
Calculate, and
that's how people think
00:46:53.80\00:46:55.86
that Gematria should be put
00:46:55.89\00:46:57.26
because we have to
calculate the number.
00:46:57.29\00:46:58.89
Unfortunately the
word calculate here
00:46:58.92\00:47:01.76
is very, very confusing.
00:47:01.79\00:47:03.39
Since I see that I have only
00:47:03.42\00:47:04.79
10 minutes to
finish today's lecture.
00:47:04.82\00:47:08.17
Please, you
have in my commentary
00:47:08.20\00:47:09.85
all the information is there.
00:47:09.88\00:47:11.46
The word calculate
that is used here is used
00:47:11.49\00:47:13.87
only several times
in the New Testament.
00:47:13.90\00:47:16.47
Actually it does
not mean calculate.
00:47:16.50\00:47:18.34
It means, figure out.
00:47:18.37\00:47:21.20
Actually, Jesus used
that word when He said,
00:47:21.23\00:47:24.92
"When the person
decides to build a city
00:47:24.95\00:47:27.52
or decide to go to the war,
00:47:27.55\00:47:29.50
he first have to
figure out the cause.
00:47:29.53\00:47:33.71
It's not about calculation
to figure out the cause.
00:47:33.74\00:47:37.26
And after that to
decide whether he will go
00:47:37.29\00:47:39.82
to the war or decide to
build the city or the house."
00:47:39.85\00:47:42.98
Are you still with me?
00:47:43.01\00:47:44.38
This is not
really about calculation.
00:47:44.41\00:47:46.44
It means about to decide,
00:47:46.47\00:47:48.68
to find out
what comes out there.
00:47:48.71\00:47:51.41
The proper word in
English is to figure out.
00:47:51.44\00:47:55.36
Let him who has understanding
00:47:55.39\00:47:57.48
empowered by the Holy Spirit
00:47:57.51\00:47:59.38
figure out the
number of the beast.
00:47:59.41\00:48:02.54
And John mentions here
that this is the number
00:48:02.57\00:48:06.93
of a man according to New
American Standard Version.
00:48:06.96\00:48:10.72
By the way, let me put
here on the blackboard.
00:48:10.75\00:48:14.25
And please, I don't
want to put in Greek now,
00:48:14.28\00:48:17.21
let me put in Latin alphabet,
00:48:17.24\00:48:19.57
that we know what
we're talking about.
00:48:19.60\00:48:21.47
It's the Greek word, Anthropos,
00:48:21.50\00:48:28.33
which is used here.
00:48:28.36\00:48:29.81
Sometimes--sometimes
in Greek language,
00:48:29.84\00:48:32.88
it can refer to particular man
as we're doing that in English.
00:48:32.91\00:48:37.12
But the word Anthropos,
the true meaning of this word,
00:48:37.15\00:48:40.30
it means a humanity
or a human being, okay.
00:48:40.33\00:48:45.34
Actually the Greek word Aner,
00:48:45.37\00:48:47.87
means a man as
distinguished from a woman.
00:48:47.90\00:48:51.94
Like in Hebrew
you have Ish and Isha.
00:48:51.97\00:48:56.48
Ish means man. Isha means woman.
00:48:56.51\00:48:59.91
But the first man that
God created was not Ish.
00:48:59.94\00:49:02.49
It was Adam,
00:49:02.52\00:49:03.94
which actually is equivalent
to the Greek, Anthropos.
00:49:03.97\00:49:07.21
Are you still with
me? It means humanity.
00:49:07.24\00:49:10.73
And Anthropos can be
either man or a woman.
00:49:10.76\00:49:15.09
You see many good
Protestant Christians,
00:49:15.12\00:49:17.62
they like this expression
man and many translation
00:49:17.65\00:49:20.40
of the Bible
are misleading. Why?
00:49:20.43\00:49:22.67
Because they're
translated by the people
00:49:22.70\00:49:24.42
who believe that
antichrist, this power is a man
00:49:24.45\00:49:27.95
one single person who'll
appear in Europe as antichrist,
00:49:27.98\00:49:31.83
that's why they
put the word a man.
00:49:31.86\00:49:34.93
But this is not
about one particular man.
00:49:34.96\00:49:36.73
Keep in mind, that
the Book of Revelation
00:49:36.76\00:49:38.52
does not deal with individuals.
00:49:38.55\00:49:41.61
The Book of Revelation
deals with the systems,
00:49:41.64\00:49:46.60
with the human beings.
00:49:46.63\00:49:48.39
So the
antichrist of Revelation 17
00:49:48.42\00:49:50.57
is not one
particular individual.
00:49:50.60\00:49:52.63
Are you still with me?
00:49:52.66\00:49:55.10
It's with the system, of course,
00:49:55.13\00:49:56.96
that will
involve the human beings.
00:49:56.99\00:49:59.05
So let's make right translation.
00:49:59.08\00:50:01.32
"For this is the
number of the humanity."
00:50:01.35\00:50:04.77
And what is the
number of the humanity?
00:50:04.80\00:50:08.02
In Hebrew mind-- in Hebrew mind,
00:50:08.05\00:50:11.65
number 7 is the number of God.
00:50:11.68\00:50:16.06
It's a number of
perfection, okay.
00:50:16.09\00:50:18.70
The number of completeness.
00:50:18.73\00:50:21.15
But in Hebrew mind,
00:50:21.18\00:50:22.94
the human beings were
created on the sixth day, okay.
00:50:22.97\00:50:28.15
But if human
beings want to enter
00:50:28.18\00:50:30.23
into fellowship with divine,
00:50:30.26\00:50:31.74
they have to
enter into the number 7,
00:50:31.77\00:50:33.76
that's the significance
of the 7 in the Bible.
00:50:33.79\00:50:37.30
So the number of 6 is
the number of the humanity,
00:50:37.33\00:50:41.37
but not here any
humanity is the humanity
00:50:41.40\00:50:44.87
that wants to
become equal to God.
00:50:44.90\00:50:47.20
But the message is
here that this power,
00:50:47.23\00:50:50.02
the system that wants,
00:50:50.05\00:50:52.39
that claims the
prerogatives of God.
00:50:52.42\00:50:53.88
Do you remember we saw it?
00:50:53.91\00:50:55.68
This power that
claim equality to God.
00:50:55.71\00:50:58.87
Actually the
message to this power
00:50:58.90\00:51:00.56
that this is just
a fallen humanity.
00:51:00.59\00:51:04.38
This power cannot be divine.
00:51:04.41\00:51:06.59
This power cannot
claim equality with God.
00:51:06.62\00:51:10.90
And now John concludes and says,
00:51:10.93\00:51:13.88
"That the number of this
humanity is the number 666."
00:51:13.91\00:51:21.88
Oh, boy, what is this now?
00:51:21.91\00:51:24.94
6 number and 66. Okay.
00:51:24.97\00:51:32.24
I hear many people are providing
00:51:32.27\00:51:35.58
different
interpretation of this text.
00:51:35.61\00:51:39.64
And please, oh,
boy, I don't have here
00:51:39.67\00:51:42.50
now eraser and we
have only five minutes.
00:51:42.53\00:51:44.59
Please, I will use this
blackboard as much as I can.
00:51:44.62\00:51:47.53
I'd like that
you see how define--
00:51:47.56\00:51:50.56
that's okay now.
I will use it here.
00:51:50.59\00:51:52.84
I hope even our
viewers will be able to see
00:51:52.87\00:51:55.60
what we have here.
00:51:55.63\00:51:57.83
Actually in Greek,
it looks like this.
00:51:57.86\00:52:02.56
I'm putting in Latin alphabet.
00:52:02.59\00:52:06.37
Okay, accessory is.
00:52:10.60\00:52:13.04
Okay.
00:52:24.21\00:52:26.90
I know it's
foreign language to you,
00:52:26.93\00:52:29.69
but try to notice something.
00:52:29.72\00:52:31.47
How is John writing this number?
00:52:31.50\00:52:34.19
You see, hexacosi, it means 600,
00:52:34.22\00:52:41.58
hexaconta, it means
60, and hex, it means 6.
00:52:41.61\00:52:48.66
This is not normal
way of writing in Greek.
00:52:48.69\00:52:53.09
If you want to
write 666, what do you do?
00:52:53.12\00:52:56.91
You write the three
letters of the alphabet.
00:52:56.94\00:52:58.69
Do you remember what I told you?
00:52:58.72\00:53:01.60
A means 1, B means 2,
00:53:01.63\00:53:04.57
the 11th number
actually means 100
00:53:04.60\00:53:08.81
and you have 500.
00:53:08.84\00:53:11.72
So this is not the way.
00:53:11.75\00:53:13.55
In Greek, if you
want to write 666,
00:53:13.58\00:53:15.94
you'll put simply three
letters of the alphabet.
00:53:15.97\00:53:19.19
But then, John is doing
completely is the same today.
00:53:19.22\00:53:22.81
Instead of writing
666, you put in a sentence
00:53:22.84\00:53:27.36
six hundred and sixty-six.
00:53:27.39\00:53:29.38
This is what he is doing?
00:53:29.41\00:53:30.78
This is not a
normal to writing. Why?
00:53:30.81\00:53:34.00
Because he wanted
to tell us something.
00:53:34.03\00:53:36.36
What is hex? It's a 6.
00:53:41.66\00:53:45.89
To point clearly to the
readers about three sixes.
00:53:45.92\00:53:49.33
Why three sixes?
00:53:49.36\00:53:52.68
I know I have to bring my
lecture to the conclusions.
00:53:52.71\00:53:56.78
Actually, it's to
telling us, we're dealing
00:53:56.81\00:53:58.48
with the humanity that
claimed to be equal to God.
00:53:58.51\00:54:01.75
Do you remember
the parody of God?
00:54:01.78\00:54:04.14
The parody of the trinity?
00:54:04.17\00:54:06.10
You're talking about
three persons of the unholy,
00:54:06.13\00:54:10.35
the trinity that
counterfeits God.
00:54:10.38\00:54:13.58
They take--they tried
to take the place of God.
00:54:13.61\00:54:17.55
We're talking about
counterfeit trinity.
00:54:17.58\00:54:19.26
That's why we
have here three hexes.
00:54:19.29\00:54:23.87
One hex one 6 for each member
00:54:23.90\00:54:28.34
of the counter-- of
the counterfeit trinity.
00:54:28.37\00:54:31.16
I know it means
something to you.
00:54:31.19\00:54:36.76
We are dealing
here with a number
00:54:36.79\00:54:38.92
that really pertains
to the end time power.
00:54:38.95\00:54:42.87
Please, keep in mind.
00:54:42.90\00:54:45.02
I know my,
friends and Christians,
00:54:45.05\00:54:48.61
even my own denominations
that I belong to I--
00:54:48.64\00:54:52.15
we love each other
so much, but many people
00:54:52.18\00:54:57.25
try to apply the
number 666 to the papacy.
00:54:57.28\00:55:01.53
And, friends,
papacy is included there.
00:55:01.56\00:55:04.31
This is not
denial of the papacy.
00:55:04.34\00:55:05.71
Are you still with me?
00:55:05.74\00:55:07.11
It's there, but when they
try to calculate number 666,
00:55:07.14\00:55:10.30
they try to take
one certain title
00:55:10.33\00:55:13.14
that will several
times use to papacy
00:55:13.17\00:55:15.45
during the medieval period.
00:55:15.48\00:55:18.16
But keep in
mind, Revelation 11--
00:55:18.19\00:55:21.60
13:18 is not about
the medieval period,
00:55:21.63\00:55:24.34
it's about the time of the end.
00:55:24.37\00:55:25.74
What time of the end?
00:55:25.77\00:55:27.14
When Satan, the first beast
00:55:27.17\00:55:30.28
and the second
beast will work together,
00:55:30.31\00:55:32.53
the second beast will make the
Mark of the Beast and enforce.
00:55:32.56\00:55:35.60
Are you still with me?
00:55:35.63\00:55:37.00
We're dealing with
the time of the end.
00:55:37.03\00:55:38.67
Not about the medieval period?
00:55:38.70\00:55:40.91
So the number of
666 has to be applied
00:55:40.94\00:55:44.55
to the time of the end
00:55:44.58\00:55:45.95
when we have the
collision of Babylon
00:55:45.98\00:55:49.42
of this anti divine
power at the time of the end.
00:55:49.45\00:55:55.01
They will draw all the
people into the final deception.
00:55:55.04\00:55:58.63
And by the way, why Babylon?
00:55:58.66\00:56:01.48
Because the number of
6 was the basic number
00:56:01.51\00:56:06.92
and the measuring
system in ancient Babylon.
00:56:06.95\00:56:11.96
By the way,
everything in ancient Babylon
00:56:11.99\00:56:14.08
was about number 6.
00:56:14.11\00:56:16.86
However that
measuring system was lost.
00:56:16.89\00:56:19.76
By the way, you
have in my commentary.
00:56:19.79\00:56:21.16
You have all
those information there.
00:56:21.19\00:56:23.33
The only thing that we got
00:56:23.36\00:56:24.73
from ancient
Babylon that measures 6.
00:56:24.76\00:56:26.97
Any idea what is that?
00:56:27.00\00:56:28.41
Is the measure
for time? 60 seconds?
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3600--okay. What else?
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And the measure for the angle.
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That's the only
time that we got from up.
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Everything was about 6.
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We call, so called
hexadecimal system.
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By the way, do you remember
about the measure of the statue
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that the King Nebuchadnezzar
created in Daniel Chapter 6?
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What was the
height of that statue?
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It was 60 cubic.
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How wide was
the statue? 6 cubic.
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Because number 6
was the sacred number
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of ancient Babylon.
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That's why John is
using number 6 to tell us
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that this is number
of the fallen humanity
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of the enemy power that
want to be equal to God, okay.
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But God's people do
not need to be deceived.
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That's why we need
the divine understanding.
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We need that wisdom.
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And praise God, we
have the Holy Spirit
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who can really enable us to
understand the truth forever.
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