Welcome again to our program,
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"Revelation of The Coming King."
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Boy, we're already deep
in the Book of Revelation
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dealing with the final events
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and I see in your
reactions on one side
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it's so frightening
about what happened,
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on other side it
telling us praise God,
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we have God who cares about us.
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As you know that
this program is a part
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of a long series in
which we are covering
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22 chapters of the
Book of Revelation.
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And this is one complete series
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that I don't do
very, very often is,
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and I'm so excited about that.
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By the way, I'm
Ranko Stefanovic,
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Professor of New Testament
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at the Seventh-day Adventist
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Theological Seminary
of Andrews University.
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And I'm so glad
to be here at 3ABN.
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And I really
appreciate each one of you
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who are
supporting this broadcasting,
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both with your
prayers and your money.
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Keep in mind, keep in mind
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that money cannot
replace the prayers.
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And the prayer
cannot replace money.
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We have to do
both because in order
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that we are able to
proclaim this everlasting gospel
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to the world before Jesus comes.
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We would like to encourage
you to remind you once again
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that the purpose of this series
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is not to provide the
answers to all the questions
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that you have about
the Book of Revelation.
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As you noticed
already there are some things\
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I'd like to learn
and I'm still studying
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and trying-- and
trying to understand,
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but the purpose of this program
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is to give you
in a nutshell, okay.
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What are the contents of the
Book of Revelation is all about
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and to tell you
about the right way
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how to interpret
the biblical prophecies.
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So once this program is over,
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we would like to
encourage you that you go
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and to find a number
of your fellow Christians
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that you sit together and study
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the Book of Revelation
in much deeper, deeper way.
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If you want to do
it, you need some tools.
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And I would like one
more time to remind you
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that we have a perfect tool.
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I'm holding it in my hand
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because the Bible
itself explain itself.
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And this is what
you shared with me
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how you realized more and more,
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how it's
important to allow the Bible
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to interpret the symbols
of the Book of Revelation.
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But I'm also glad to remind you
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that when the program is over
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that you can
turn to certain pages
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that the entire subject
is actually covered here
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in this commentary that is named
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that's titled
"Revelation of Jesus Christ,"
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which is actually verse-by-verse
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commentary on the Book--
on the Book of Revelation.
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The purpose of this commentary
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actually is to give
you both, the Old Testament
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and the New
Testament, that ground text
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which you can use to unlock
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the symbolic language
of the Book of Revelation.
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So one more time the subject
that we will cover today,
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oh boy, it's
very exciting subject.
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There is no place in this
world under the sun that I went,
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that I had those short
series on the Book of Revelation
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that somebody would
not raise a hand and say,
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"Please, can you take sometime
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and tell us about
the Revelation 17?
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And that's the reason
what we are trying now to do.
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And please, I'd like
to encourage you to study
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more for yourself and the pages
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in the
commentary are from page--
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from 511, and go on, okay.
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From page 511.
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Okay, but the
most important thing
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is what we are supposed to do
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is really to ask
God for the guidance
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as we are studying
this difficult subject.
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So I'd like to ask
you to bow your heads,
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so that we can ask
God for His guidance
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and for His
presence here in our midst.
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Our Heavenly
Father, thank you so much
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for all the promises given to
us that we are not left alone.
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As we think so
much about the future,
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You told us, don't be afraid,
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I will be with you
in the future there.
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But thank you also
for the promise that You--
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that Your Holy Spirit
will help us in understanding.
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Sometimes difficult
to understand for us
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passages of the
Book of Revelation.
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So we're asking You humbly,
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sincerity of our
hearts that Your Holy Spirit
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will come here and
be present in our midst
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and help us to
understand this text.
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Father, and we pray all of this
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in the precious name of the one
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who died on the
cross of Calvary.
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Jesus Christ who
is the main subject
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of the Book of Revelation.
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We pray all of this in
His precious name, amen.
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So I would like to
remind you just in few--
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in few moments
what we talk so far.
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Last time we discussed
about the biblical concept
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that almost every
Christian is familiar with,
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is the concept of
the battle of Armageddon.
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We understood
last time few things.
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Let me just mention them.
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Number one is that
the battle of Armageddon
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is not a literal
military battle in near east,
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for different
reasons including oil
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or to settle Israeli
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and Palestinian relationships
there in Palestine.
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That's not--that's
not about that, okay.
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That's--that's
the first thing, okay.
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Second thing is the
battle of Armageddon
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involves God's people
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who'll be the target
of that battle, okay.
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The outcome of the
battle of Armageddon results
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in the fall of
the end time Babylon.
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Are you still with me?
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Now the fall of the Babylon
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is not because the
judgment of a Babylon,
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just because of the judgment.
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It's like, what happened
with the ancient Babylon,
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you remember that.
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Why the ancient Babylon
had to experience the fall?
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In order to make
possible for God's people
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to go back to their land
and to rebuild Jerusalem,
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to prepare the way for
the coming of the Messiah.
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So the same situation is
with the end time Babylon.
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Why the fall of Babylon?
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What is the outcome
of the fall of Babylon
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that the Michael according
to the Book of Daniel 12:1,
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that the Michael great prince,
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Jesus Christ Himself can come,
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He will defend His people,
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and finally He will establish
His kingdom here on this earth.
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So keep in mind,
what is the outcome
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of the battle of Armageddon
is the fall of Babylon.
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And resulting in
the second coming
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of Jesus Christ one more time,
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it results in the
second coming of Jesus Christ.
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Okay, this
concept is very important
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to keep here, you know.
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Let me--let me
mention few things.
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And please, I will
try to go very slowly
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because I see
that you are writing.
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I'd like you to give
little bit the outline
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of what we have here
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with reference from
the battle of Armageddon.
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Revelation 16, one
more time, Revelation 16.
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What verses? 12-16.
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Those verses they do not portray
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the very battle of Armageddon.
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Are you with me? Yes.
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There is no battle,
portrayal of the battle,
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description of the
battle there in those verses.
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Those verses they only portray
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the preparation for
the battle of Armageddon.
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Now please, I have
to say something to you
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what usually I hate to do,
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but in this case
we have to do it.
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The battle of Armageddon,
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it's in many different
ways, okay, one more time.
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The battle of Armageddon
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is portrayed in
many different ways,
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in different parts of
the Book of Revelation, okay.
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You see, the very outcome
of the battle of Armageddon,
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it's the seventh plague that
we have the fall of Babylon.
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What will happen when
the Babylon is fallen?
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You have to go to Revelation 18.
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Are you still with me?
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We're dealing with the
conclusion of chapter 16,
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Fall of Babylon.
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By chapter 18, we
have the lamentation
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of all those who
cooperated with Babylon.
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Keep in mind, they
invested so much in Babylon.
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They believed Babylon.
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They hoped that Babylon will
provide for them in the future.
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What now the experience
there is the fall of Babylon.
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They understand
finally that they were building
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on the stand-- on the sand.
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So all their
hopes are now crushed.
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That's in chapter 18, okay.
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But what does come between
chapter 16 and the chapter 18?
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Comes chapter 17.
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Chapter 17, the purpose of
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this chapter is a
kind of interlude.
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It wants to tell us actually,
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why Babylon is
judged before God?
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Want to tell us actually
what Babylon is all about.
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And this is the
focus of our study.
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Chapter 19, the
following chapter of chapter 18
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actually
describes the conclusion
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of the battle of Armageddon
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and the fall of Babylon
when Jesus Christ Himself
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will come to defend His people,
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to take them to Himself
and to establish His kingdom.
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Are you still with me?
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But there is also another
place in the Book of Revelation
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that portrays the
battle of Armageddon.
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Probably you haven't
thought too much about that.
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By the way, we
studied about the six trumpet,
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which also describes preparation
for the battle of Armageddon,
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but there is one chapter
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in the Book of Revelation
that really talks about
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the battle of Armageddon
without mentioning it.
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It's actually a
Revelation 13, the last verses.
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Do you remember
the Mark of the Beast?
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Do you remember all
those who don't remember--
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Actually, this is the part
of the battle of Armageddon.
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Just want to
confuse you a little bit.
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So to stimulate
you and motivate you
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to go and to study the subject
for yourself, that's enough.
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Please, I'd like now to
invite you to go to chapter 17.
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Keep in mind, what is
the purpose of chapter 17?
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It's a kind of interlude.
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The purpose of
chapter 17 is to tell us
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who and what Babylon is,
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and why Babylon has
a such dramatic end?
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And then going to chapter 18,
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actually telling us about
the situation of the world.
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All that lamentations that
the fall of Babylon will cause.
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So now, oh boy, we have some--
some very interesting text here.
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I have to write something there
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on the blackboard, okay.
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Are you with me?
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It's green board, okay.
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Chapter 17:1, "Then
one of the seven angels
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who had the seven
bowls came and spoke with me,
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saying, "come
here, and I will show you
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the judgment of the great
harlot who sits on many waters."
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I thought to write
there, but I'll not write.
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Now you have to be with me.
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The angel said to John, I
want to show you the judgment.
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The judgment is described
in chapter 18, and says,
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one great harlot,
the name of that harlot
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is Babylon and
that harlot sits where?
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On many waters. Are
you sure about that?
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Are you--are you
ready for surprises?
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This is what the Book
of Revelation is all about.
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Let's go to verse 2, "With whom
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the kings of the earth
committed acts of immorality."
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Friends, this is not
a literal immorality,
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this is spiritual immoral--
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Symbol for that
illicit relationships,
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when people who
are faithful to God,
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abandoned God.
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Do you remember that 144,000
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will not associate themselves
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with those women,
you remember that?
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This is what we
are talking here about.
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"And those who
dwell on the earth
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were made drunk with
the wine of her immorality."
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Now, are you with me?
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"And he carried me away in
the spirit into a wilderness,
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and I saw a woman
sitting on a scarlet beast,
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full of blasphemous names,
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having seven
heads and ten horns."
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Do you notice anything
interesting in verse 3?
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Okay, let me go back.
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The angel said
to John, "Come here,
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I will show you the
judgment of the great prostitute
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who sits on many waters."
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Where is prostitute sitting on?
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Waters. Waters.
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Let's go to verse 3.
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"And he carried me away in
the spirit into the wilderness,
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and I saw the woman
sitting on many waters."
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Now look into text.
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"The woman sitting
on the scarlet beast."
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Tell me, where is
the woman sitting on?
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Beast.
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Is it on the
waters or on the beast?
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The beast. It's the both.
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Okay.
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Because the waters
they stand for what?
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Verse 15, we read it-we read it.
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Verse 15, "The
waters which you saw
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where the harlot sits,
are peoples and multitudes
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and nations and tongues."
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Secular and
political powers of this world.
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What does the beast stand for?
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Political powers.
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You see, you have
two different symbols.
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Let me remind you something.
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Do you remember when
we talk about 144,000?
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John hears something.
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But when he turns to
see, he sees something else,
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but the something
else is the same thing
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that he heard about.
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So here John hears
that the prostitute
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sits on many waters,
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when he actually
sees the prostitute,
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the prostitute does
not sit on the waters.
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The prostitute is
sitting on the beast.
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You see that that part
in the Book of Revelation?
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If you are shocked now, I
have another surprise for you.
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Viewers, are you ready?
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Let's go there. It's verse 9.
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"Here is the
mind." It's Chapter 17:9.
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"Here is the
mind which has wisdom.
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The seven heads
are seven mountains
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on which the woman sits."
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Where is the woman
sitting on-- up on in verse 9?
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Mountains. It
sits on the mountains.
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Does the woman
Babylon sit on waters
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or on the beast
or on the mountains?
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And the answer is, yes. Yes.
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Why the mountains?
We'll come to that.
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Mountains in the Bible
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stand as a symbol
for the world empires.
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So you see, we
are-- you are dealing
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with the same reality,
but three different symbols
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are used in the
Book of Revelation.
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Just to show you a little bit
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how complex the Book of
Revelation is all about.
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So what about this
woman? Who is this woman?
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Let's go to verse 4,
John sees now the woman.
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She is sitting on
the scarlet beast.
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She said, "She is a
full of blasphemous names."
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Friends, you
now have to help me.
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Have you read somewhere
in the Book of Revelation
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about the blasphemous names?
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The Revelation 13.
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Do you remember,
it's the first beast.
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That has blasphemous names
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and that beast
also speaks blasphemy.
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What is the blasphemy
in the New Testament, okay?
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When the person, when the man
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seeks equality with God
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and claims the
prerogatives of God.
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By the way, evidently the beast
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up on which the
woman is sitting here
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is related to the
beast of chapter what--
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of Revelation 13,
the first beast there.
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How do you know that?
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It says, "It has a
seven heads and ten horns."
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Have you read somewhere
about seven heads and ten horns?
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Yeah, we read in Revelation 12.
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It's the dragon with
seven heads and ten horns,
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but also the first
beast in Revelation 13.
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Are you still with me?
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But keep in mind,
this beast this time
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is not a
religious entity any longer,
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it's certainly
the political entity
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carrying the religious entity
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which is actually the
woman sitting on the beast.
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Are you still with me?
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Like as the Babylon is
right on the River Euphrates,
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so these woman is
laying on the beast.
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It's the beast
that carries this woman.
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Okay, verse 4,
"The woman was closed
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in purple and
scarlet and adorn with gold
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and precious stones and pearls,
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having in her hand a gold
cup full up of abominations
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and of the unclean
things of her immorality."
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How is these women here
portrayed as a prostitute?
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When you go to the ancient
world to the first century,
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you can see the
language that is used here.
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Number one, she is
closed in purple and scarlet.
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Friends, sometimes
I see good Christians,
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they're showing some pictures
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in order to interpret this beast
00:18:25.65\00:18:27.64
of certain church
leaders who are dressed in red.
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This is completely opposite
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to the intention of
the Book of Revelation.
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The Book of Revelation
is not here to tell us,
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look for the people
who are dressed in red
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because sometimes-- look,
I have a shirt almost red.
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Please, this is not
the-- and you have red as well.
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This is not purpose
of the Book of Revelation
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to point to certain
people who are dressed in red.
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Actually because scarlet...
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in the Bible it's
the symbol of blood.
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Talking about
entity that is responsible
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for shedding blood of
many followers of Christ,
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but is dressed in the purple.
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Why the purple?
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Because the purple
is the royal color.
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Are you still with me?
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You're dealing here
with the religious entity
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that claims the
royal prerogatives,
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but it is
responsible for the persecution
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of many God's
people there, etcetera.
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And it's covered with
the golden precious stones.
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By the way, let me
stop here for a while.
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Do you remember
that that these women
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stands as
antithesis of New Jerusalem
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covered with
many precious stones
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and with a lot
of gold here, okay?
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And says, "In her hand
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was the gold cup
full of abominations
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of the unclean
things of her immorality."
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So talking here
about the symbol of
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a prostitute
woman, prostitute woman.
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And her goal is to
go to deceive people
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to side with her immorality.
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It's a symbol of
prostitute, okay.
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Let's move on.
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"And on her forehead a
name was written, a mystery."
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By the way, if you go
to my commentary there,
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you'll find even the text
from the Book of Jeremiah,
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it's telling us that
actually a custom of having
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the name written
there was a custom
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developed in nation
Israel among prostitutes.
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So the people
could easily recognize
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actually who the
woman-- who the woman prostitute
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actually is, and what is
that-- what is that all about.
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Okay, let's go on.
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He said, "And I saw the woman
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drunk with the
blood of the saints."
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It's interesting is.
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Person is drunk of alcohol.
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These woman is
drunk of the blood,
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and that's why the color,
the scarlet color very much
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corresponds to the true
character of this woman,
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and with the blood of
the witnesses of Jesus.
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"When I saw her
I wonder greatly."
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And please, allow me now--
00:20:54.85\00:20:56.22
now I'm tempted now
to talk a lot about that.
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In Greek, it looks like this.
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John said-- are you with me?
00:21:01.64\00:21:03.25
It says, John said,
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"When I saw her I was amazed
with the great amazement."
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Why? That's how literal Greek.
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He put here nice English.
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Actually talks like that.
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When John saw this
woman he-- how did he react?
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Look the next
text-- the next text.
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It's verse 7,
"And the angel told me,
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why are you so much amazed?"
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Why is John amazed
00:21:36.69\00:21:40.92
at seeing this woman?
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Let me ask you,
what will happen to you,
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if you know one person
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and you know
that person is honest,
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that person-- Let's a lady,
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that lady has the family,
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has the children and that lady
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is even in your
church, etcetera.
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And one day you're
walking in the street
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and you see prostitute
sitting there at the corner,
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you look little bit closer into
the face of that prostitute,
00:22:06.88\00:22:10.85
how do you react?
00:22:10.88\00:22:13.85
Is it possible, why?
00:22:13.88\00:22:15.25
Because that prostitute
is exactly that lady that,
00:22:15.28\00:22:17.16
you know, that has a family
00:22:17.19\00:22:18.56
and that she is
there in your church there.
00:22:18.59\00:22:22.80
You know that
person, but in the business
00:22:22.83\00:22:25.40
it's very strange to you.
00:22:25.43\00:22:26.86
Why is John reacting so much?
00:22:26.89\00:22:28.33
Because evidently this
woman looks very familiar
00:22:28.36\00:22:33.53
to him because he saw that
woman earlier in Revelation 12,
00:22:33.56\00:22:38.81
that pure woman that brought
the Messiah to this world.
00:22:38.84\00:22:44.94
It was that
woman that was subject
00:22:44.97\00:22:46.86
of the hatred of Satan Himself,
persecuted by the Satan.
00:22:46.89\00:22:52.46
But then, John
suddenly in the Revelation 12
00:22:52.49\00:22:55.38
changes that at
the time of the end,
00:22:55.41\00:22:58.05
Satan is determined
to go to wage the war,
00:22:58.08\00:23:00.87
not against the
woman any longer.
00:23:00.90\00:23:03.87
Satan suddenly
starts hating the offspring
00:23:03.90\00:23:08.13
of the remnant of the woman,
but not the woman any longer.
00:23:08.16\00:23:12.13
Why not? Because at
the time of the end,
00:23:12.16\00:23:15.56
this woman, pure
woman, the church of Christ
00:23:15.59\00:23:19.27
turns into the prostitute woman.
00:23:19.30\00:23:23.55
That's why
Revelation 17 portrays here
00:23:23.58\00:23:26.46
the apostate Christianity.
00:23:26.49\00:23:28.75
When you say the apostate
Christianity, what does it mean?
00:23:28.78\00:23:31.30
We talk about Christianity that
in the past was faithful to God.
00:23:31.33\00:23:34.64
Thus, when John sees this
woman, he is so much amazed,
00:23:34.67\00:23:38.03
he cannot believe it
that this is the woman
00:23:38.06\00:23:40.09
that he saw earlier.
00:23:40.12\00:23:41.49
Now this woman who
was so faithful to God
00:23:41.52\00:23:43.76
now turns into the prostitute.
00:23:43.79\00:23:46.34
Are you still, friends, with me?
00:23:46.37\00:23:48.98
And the angel is
trying to tell him,
00:23:49.01\00:23:51.13
"John, don't be amazed so much.
00:23:51.16\00:23:54.38
Let me explain to you
the secret of this woman.
00:23:54.41\00:23:58.36
What actually
happened to this woman?"
00:23:58.39\00:24:01.17
Why does she
turn into prostitute?
00:24:01.20\00:24:04.45
And he said, "I will tell
you the mystery of this woman."
00:24:04.48\00:24:08.41
What does it
mean mystery? Secret.
00:24:08.44\00:24:10.33
Why this woman
turned into the prostitute?
00:24:10.36\00:24:13.24
Keep in mind, friends,
at the time of the end,
00:24:13.27\00:24:15.16
God will have His remnants,
00:24:15.19\00:24:16.88
while the
majority of the Christians
00:24:16.91\00:24:18.37
evidently will be
on the wrong side,
00:24:18.40\00:24:20.16
it's very hard for me to say it,
00:24:20.19\00:24:22.29
but this is what
the Book of Revelation
00:24:22.32\00:24:23.90
is trying to tell us.
00:24:23.93\00:24:25.90
And it says, okay.
00:24:25.93\00:24:29.74
"And of the
beast that carries her,
00:24:29.77\00:24:32.23
which has the seven
heads and the ten horns."
00:24:32.26\00:24:37.06
But now where
it's very interesting
00:24:37.09\00:24:38.54
is that the angel says to John,
00:24:38.57\00:24:40.42
"I will show you
the mystery of the woman
00:24:40.45\00:24:42.23
and on the beast."
00:24:42.26\00:24:43.63
But when you read
the rest of the chapter,
00:24:43.66\00:24:45.03
the angel does not talk
about the woman any longer.
00:24:45.06\00:24:48.63
He talks only
about the beast. Why?
00:24:48.66\00:24:51.93
Because the woman and
the beast are inseparable.
00:24:51.96\00:24:55.47
You look the
beast, you see the woman.
00:24:55.50\00:24:57.49
You see the
woman, you see the beast,
00:24:57.52\00:24:59.65
because is this
the beast that carries
00:24:59.68\00:25:02.03
that woman to do her activities.
00:25:02.06\00:25:03.94
Are you still with
me? That's why it's said,
00:25:03.97\00:25:06.59
"And the name of
this woman is Babylon."
00:25:06.62\00:25:08.24
You remember?
00:25:08.27\00:25:09.64
Because the
purpose is here to tell us,
00:25:09.67\00:25:11.78
what and who is Babylon,
00:25:11.81\00:25:13.68
and why Babylon is
to be destroyed? Okay.
00:25:13.71\00:25:17.08
Now we are coming to the
funny section of Revelation 17.
00:25:17.11\00:25:20.73
Are you with me?
00:25:20.76\00:25:22.24
Please, now we
have to sweat, okay.
00:25:22.27\00:25:25.19
Verse 8 says, "The
beast that you saw."
00:25:25.22\00:25:29.10
Which beast?
00:25:29.13\00:25:31.20
"The beast that
carries the prostitute was,
00:25:31.23\00:25:37.86
and is not and is
about to come up out
00:25:37.89\00:25:43.04
of the abyss and go
to the destruction."
00:25:43.07\00:25:47.02
Are you with me?
00:25:47.05\00:25:48.73
It says, "And those
who dwell on the earth,
00:25:48.76\00:25:54.52
whose names had not been
00:25:54.55\00:25:56.07
written in the Book of
Life from the foundation
00:25:56.10\00:25:58.73
of the world will wonder."
00:25:58.76\00:26:01.50
And now we have repetition.
00:26:01.53\00:26:03.64
"When they see the beast
00:26:03.67\00:26:06.88
that he was and is
not and it will come."
00:26:06.91\00:26:13.48
Please, I'd like
you to pay attention
00:26:13.51\00:26:16.76
to one small detail.
00:26:16.79\00:26:18.55
For you maybe it does
not look as a big detail,
00:26:18.58\00:26:21.68
but it's very, very
important for the subject
00:26:21.71\00:26:24.12
that we are studying here.
00:26:24.15\00:26:25.54
It says-- it's
the middle of verse 8.
00:26:25.57\00:26:30.25
"And those who
dwell on the earth,
00:26:30.28\00:26:33.26
whose name has not been written
00:26:33.29\00:26:35.43
in the Book of Life from
the foundation of the world,
00:26:35.46\00:26:38.67
will wonder or worship the beast
00:26:38.70\00:26:42.41
that was is not
and it will come."
00:26:42.44\00:26:44.61
Do these words
look familiar to you?
00:26:44.64\00:26:46.71
Amen. Where did we-
00:26:46.74\00:26:48.31
where did you read those words?
00:26:48.34\00:26:49.74
In Revelation 13:8.
00:26:49.77\00:26:51.84
Do you remember in
the Revelation 13:1-7,
00:26:51.87\00:26:55.14
when John
describes, portrays the beast
00:26:55.17\00:26:57.19
in terms of the past tense.
00:26:57.22\00:26:59.45
Do you remember
that by using the past?
00:26:59.48\00:27:00.91
And then suddenly in verse 8,
00:27:00.94\00:27:02.94
he is switching to what tense?
00:27:02.97\00:27:04.89
The future tense.
00:27:04.92\00:27:06.31
And he stops there.
00:27:06.34\00:27:08.35
Now he repeats the same words
here in Chapter 18 to tell us.
00:27:08.38\00:27:11.63
Now I'm continuing the subject
00:27:11.66\00:27:13.63
that I stopped in chapter 13.
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Because Chapter 13:8,
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he stopped
describing the first beast.
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Now he is continuing to tell us.
00:27:22.87\00:27:24.70
How does he call the beast?
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Two times. He
calls the beast how?
00:27:27.85\00:27:29.92
The beast that was is not--
00:27:30.93\00:27:36.88
I'd like you to pay attention
00:27:36.91\00:27:39.28
here to one very
important thing is.
00:27:39.31\00:27:41.69
When you read this
text, the beast that was,
00:27:41.72\00:27:45.06
the beast that is not,
and the beast will come.
00:27:45.09\00:27:49.58
What does
suddenly come to our mind?
00:27:49.61\00:27:53.92
Several times, it occurs in
00:27:53.95\00:27:55.32
the Book of Revelation,
the one who was, who is,
00:27:55.35\00:28:01.33
and who is to come, who is that?
00:28:01.36\00:28:03.33
It's God Himself,
it's Jesus Christ Himself.
00:28:03.36\00:28:06.37
So what can you
say about this beast?
00:28:06.40\00:28:08.05
Do you remember
that we read already
00:28:08.08\00:28:09.97
that actually
these beasts' functions
00:28:10.00\00:28:11.77
as the
counterfeit of Jesus Christ?
00:28:11.80\00:28:14.31
Okay, that's one thing is.
00:28:14.34\00:28:16.55
But what is the
meaning that the beast was?
00:28:16.58\00:28:20.58
It's not and is to come.
00:28:20.61\00:28:22.06
Please, you have
now to be with me.
00:28:22.09\00:28:25.14
This is a funny.
00:28:25.17\00:28:27.70
Okay, part of the
Book of Revelation.
00:28:27.73\00:28:31.94
You see, this beast thatJohn
00:28:31.97\00:28:35.06
is talk about has three
phases of the existence.
00:28:35.09\00:28:39.94
First, the beast
was when was the beast?
00:28:39.97\00:28:45.87
Revelation 13--13.
00:28:45.90\00:28:49.63
From the year when? 538.
00:28:49.66\00:28:55.76
Okay, you see the
Book of Revelation
00:28:55.79\00:28:57.86
is not as
difficult as it appears.
00:28:57.89\00:29:00.31
Until the year
1798, the beast was.
00:29:00.34\00:29:07.38
Then what happened with
events of French Revolution?
00:29:07.41\00:29:11.38
The beast received the mortal
wound and the beast was killed,
00:29:11.41\00:29:14.79
so the beast is-- this
is not phase of the beast.
00:29:14.82\00:29:22.73
Are you still with me? Amen.
00:29:22.76\00:29:24.65
Then what is the third phase?
00:29:24.68\00:29:27.24
The time is coming.
00:29:27.27\00:29:31.70
When the mortal
wound will be healed,
00:29:31.73\00:29:36.31
so the beast will
come to life again.
00:29:36.34\00:29:40.57
So now we will have
the beast will come.
00:29:40.60\00:29:46.60
Friends, can I ask
you one frank question
00:29:46.63\00:29:49.32
and also our viewers?
00:29:49.35\00:29:50.72
Is the Book of
Revelation indeed so difficult?
00:29:50.75\00:29:54.76
You see, instead of
copying somebody's else ideas,
00:29:54.79\00:29:57.70
if you really go and
study the text for yourself,
00:29:57.73\00:30:00.33
you see that's not as
much as difficult, okay.
00:30:00.36\00:30:04.73
So keep in mind, Revelation 13.
00:30:04.76\00:30:08.03
Let's put Revelation 13,
00:30:08.06\00:30:11.95
portrays this
phase of the beast,
00:30:11.98\00:30:15.47
when the beast was during
00:30:15.50\00:30:16.87
the prophetic
period of 1,260 days.
00:30:16.90\00:30:19.27
Are you with me?
00:30:19.30\00:30:21.09
Now here, Revelation 17
portrays the phase of the beast
00:30:21.12\00:30:27.79
after the healing
of the mortal wound.
00:30:27.82\00:30:30.44
Now, can you help me in
what time period do we live?
00:30:30.47\00:30:35.20
We live today this period
is not phase of the beast.
00:30:35.23\00:30:40.85
Because we are
waiting for the future event
00:30:40.88\00:30:42.59
of the healing
of the mortal wound.
00:30:42.62\00:30:44.70
Are you with me?
00:30:44.73\00:30:46.27
Now so difficult.
00:30:46.30\00:30:48.96
Let's go to little
bit more difficult part.
00:30:48.99\00:30:51.65
And this is what our viewers
would like now to see it.
00:30:51.68\00:30:55.42
Verse 9, it
says, "Here is the mind
00:30:55.45\00:30:59.90
who has the wisdom."
00:30:59.93\00:31:01.46
Are you familiar
with this phrase?
00:31:01.49\00:31:03.96
Where that we find somewhere
else in the Book of Revelation?
00:31:03.99\00:31:07.53
"Here is the mind
who has the wisdom."
00:31:07.56\00:31:09.71
With reference
to the number 666,
00:31:09.74\00:31:12.18
Revelation 13:18. One
more time, this is not the call
00:31:12.21\00:31:16.34
for human wisdom for some mental
and mathematical calculations,
00:31:16.37\00:31:22.14
it's for the
wisdom of the Holy Spirit,
00:31:22.17\00:31:23.99
only those people who fear God,
00:31:24.02\00:31:25.85
who want to find the
truth they will understand it.
00:31:25.88\00:31:28.86
So let's now we'll
head into this text.
00:31:28.89\00:31:32.30
"The seven heads
are seven mountains
00:31:32.33\00:31:35.81
on which the woman sits.
00:31:35.84\00:31:39.28
And there are seven
kings, five have fallen,
00:31:39.31\00:31:43.79
one is, the
other has not yet come
00:31:43.82\00:31:48.42
and when he comes he
must remain a little while."
00:31:48.45\00:31:53.61
And the beast
which was and is not,
00:31:53.64\00:31:58.01
is himself also an
eighth and is one of the seven
00:31:58.04\00:32:02.98
and he goes to the destruction."
00:32:03.01\00:32:06.09
Welcome to the club
00:32:06.12\00:32:08.76
of the great riddles
of the Book of Revelation.
00:32:08.79\00:32:11.28
Are you excited now about this?
00:32:11.31\00:32:13.89
Friends, let me tell you is,
00:32:13.92\00:32:17.36
those apparently problematic
text of the Book of Revelation
00:32:17.39\00:32:22.41
are problematic, not because
00:32:22.44\00:32:24.42
the problem is in
the Book of Revelation,
00:32:24.45\00:32:27.86
it's because give an
opportunity to many people
00:32:27.89\00:32:31.39
to make many
different speculations
00:32:31.42\00:32:34.15
about that to support
their ideas what they have.
00:32:34.18\00:32:36.77
And I just want to tell
you among the Christians,
00:32:36.80\00:32:38.68
even among my
brothers and sisters
00:32:38.71\00:32:40.55
of my own
denominations, there is no text
00:32:40.58\00:32:43.88
of the Book of Revelation
that cause so many speculations
00:32:43.91\00:32:47.02
among people to
support any kind of ideas
00:32:47.05\00:32:49.70
that people can invent.
00:32:49.73\00:32:51.11
But I just want to show
you, not just to interpret this,
00:32:51.14\00:32:55.12
I would like you to
interpret, but just for sure
00:32:55.15\00:32:57.42
how really the difficulty is
not with the Book of Revelation.
00:32:57.45\00:33:01.21
When you with
open mind just read
00:33:01.24\00:33:03.86
what the Book of
Revelation is telling us.
00:33:03.89\00:33:06.34
So I would like
now that we interpret
00:33:06.37\00:33:08.21
these texts together. Amen.
00:33:08.24\00:33:11.06
Okay, are you ready?
00:33:11.10\00:33:12.47
Now let's go here.
00:33:12.50\00:33:13.96
Let's start with verse 9.
00:33:13.99\00:33:16.22
We decided to take enough time
00:33:16.25\00:33:17.94
because I know
how many Christians
00:33:17.97\00:33:19.83
would like really to see
the meaning of these texts.
00:33:19.86\00:33:23.09
It says, "Here is the wisdom."
00:33:23.12\00:33:24.53
Now we saw that the
beasts has seven heads,
00:33:24.56\00:33:29.15
but John is telling us,
actually the angel says to John,
00:33:29.18\00:33:33.39
"Keep in mind, John,
these heads are not literal,
00:33:33.42\00:33:37.69
they stand as symbol for what?
00:33:37.72\00:33:40.25
For mountains."
00:33:40.28\00:33:41.84
Boy, boy, boy, boy.
00:33:41.87\00:33:43.24
But John is
evidently more confused
00:33:43.27\00:33:44.90
and that's why many Christians,
00:33:44.93\00:33:46.30
they're going to certain
city of this world to show
00:33:46.33\00:33:49.74
seven mountains are located at.
00:33:49.77\00:33:51.78
Friends, this is not what
the Revelation is telling us.
00:33:51.81\00:33:53.85
Look, look, look in the text.
00:33:53.88\00:33:55.25
It says, "The seven heads
00:33:55.28\00:33:57.18
are seven mountains
on which the woman sits."
00:33:57.21\00:34:00.26
It's the same symbol as waters,
00:34:00.29\00:34:02.28
but the angel goes
immediately telling them
00:34:02.31\00:34:04.50
that these mountains
are actually seven kings.
00:34:04.53\00:34:09.37
Not literal mountains
supporting the City of Rome.
00:34:09.40\00:34:13.29
Are you still with me?
00:34:13.32\00:34:14.69
It's a symbol of seven kings.
00:34:14.72\00:34:18.28
Before we go
into any discussion,
00:34:18.31\00:34:21.69
we have to understand one thing
00:34:21.72\00:34:23.40
because we would like
now to do something special
00:34:23.43\00:34:26.10
and to keep in mind about
what this vision is all about.
00:34:26.13\00:34:29.33
So please, are you with me?
00:34:29.36\00:34:30.86
Keep in mind.
00:34:30.89\00:34:32.56
John is in the vision.
00:34:32.59\00:34:33.97
It's very, friends, important.
00:34:34.00\00:34:35.71
John is in the vision.
00:34:35.74\00:34:37.99
He sees the
woman, he is amazed there
00:34:38.02\00:34:42.09
and after that
comes a conversation
00:34:42.12\00:34:44.23
between him and the angel.
00:34:44.26\00:34:46.78
And now the angel,
please keep this in mind.
00:34:46.81\00:34:50.04
Now the angel is
explaining the vision to whom?
00:34:50.07\00:34:56.23
To John, because
John was confused.
00:34:56.26\00:35:00.49
So he is trying to make a
sense of this woman to John,
00:35:00.52\00:35:06.42
so when we now
see the interpretation
00:35:06.45\00:35:08.81
that the angel
is making to John,
00:35:08.84\00:35:10.58
we have to keep in mind to
whom the angel was explaining,
00:35:10.61\00:35:15.86
because the
Christians today when they read
00:35:15.89\00:35:18.38
these
interpretation of the angles,
00:35:18.41\00:35:20.12
they put
themselves in the position
00:35:20.15\00:35:21.84
that the angel is
explaining to them.
00:35:21.87\00:35:27.75
And that's why you have
all those different ways
00:35:27.78\00:35:30.93
of interpreting what--
Can you keep this in mind?
00:35:30.96\00:35:35.28
Okay. So now, let us
now try to do something
00:35:35.32\00:35:41.42
and to see what we have here.
00:35:41.45\00:35:44.52
Now you have to be with me.
00:35:44.55\00:35:46.11
Let me first remove
00:35:46.14\00:35:48.69
this from the
blackboard, okay. Okay.
00:35:48.72\00:35:50.91
Let us make it-- let us
make it very, very clear.
00:35:57.02\00:36:00.49
The angel is explaining
to John and telling him,
00:36:00.52\00:36:02.80
"John, let me
talk about the beast
00:36:02.83\00:36:05.76
because the
characteristic of the beast
00:36:05.79\00:36:07.83
is that has seven heads."
00:36:07.86\00:36:10.05
But he is telling
him, "Keep in mind,
00:36:10.08\00:36:11.71
those seven
heads are not literal,
00:36:11.74\00:36:13.65
they stand as
symbol for the mountains.
00:36:13.68\00:36:15.56
Actually even those
mountains are not literal.
00:36:15.59\00:36:17.86
They stand as a
symbol of kings."
00:36:17.89\00:36:21.46
Oh, now this
gives an opportunity,
00:36:21.49\00:36:24.56
chance to many people to
interpret who are those kings.
00:36:24.59\00:36:29.27
Preterist are interpreting
seven Roman emperors.
00:36:29.30\00:36:33.54
Today futurists
Christians are interpreting
00:36:33.57\00:36:35.59
seven different
popes or different leaders
00:36:35.62\00:36:38.65
that fit this picture.
00:36:38.68\00:36:41.85
Friends, this is
contrary to the Bible,
00:36:41.88\00:36:43.86
because you have to understand
something that the Bible--
00:36:43.90\00:36:47.09
Are you with me?
00:36:47.12\00:36:48.49
The Bible, the
Book of Revelation
00:36:48.52\00:36:50.88
never deals with
individual persons.
00:36:50.91\00:36:55.26
It deals either with
the kingdoms or the systems.
00:36:55.29\00:36:59.12
So these kings here
are not individual kings,
00:36:59.16\00:37:03.56
they are kingdoms
or now you'll will say,
00:37:03.59\00:37:09.02
"Brother
Stefanovic, are you using now
00:37:09.05\00:37:10.82
your imagination to
make an impression."
00:37:10.85\00:37:13.04
No, that's biblical.
00:37:13.07\00:37:14.44
Please, would you turn with me?
00:37:14.47\00:37:15.99
Can you turn to
the Book of Daniel 12?
00:37:16.02\00:37:18.42
The Book of Daniel 12.
Friends, we have to understand
00:37:18.45\00:37:24.89
how the Bible
treats the subject,
00:37:24.92\00:37:26.56
not what we would like to
make of the subject, okay.
00:37:26.59\00:37:30.56
It's Daniel 2.
00:37:30.59\00:37:33.43
Do you remember
what we have in Daniel 2?
00:37:33.46\00:37:36.08
Do you remember
what we have there?
00:37:36.11\00:37:39.36
The King of the Nebuchadnezzar.
00:37:39.39\00:37:41.18
Do you remember
the King Nebuchadnezzar
00:37:41.21\00:37:42.72
saw that statue, the
head of gold, do you remember?
00:37:42.75\00:37:46.35
Then it leads to the
silver, then to bronze
00:37:46.38\00:37:50.66
and to the iron there.
00:37:50.69\00:37:52.16
But the King Nebuchadnezzar
did not understand
00:37:52.19\00:37:54.79
what was going on, so
God revealed to Daniel.
00:37:54.82\00:37:57.24
And now Daniel explains
to the King Nebuchadnezzar,
00:37:57.27\00:38:00.12
the meaning of
the statue that dream.
00:38:00.15\00:38:02.63
So please, would go
with me Daniel 2:37.
00:38:02.66\00:38:07.25
So verses 37-39.
00:38:07.28\00:38:10.05
Daniel is explaining
to the King Nebuchadnezzar
00:38:10.08\00:38:12.41
and he said--Let's
read from verse 36 here.
00:38:12.44\00:38:15.69
It says, "This was the dream
00:38:15.72\00:38:18.09
now we will tell the king its
interpretation before the king.
00:38:18.12\00:38:21.78
You, O, king, are
the king of the kings
00:38:21.81\00:38:24.59
to whom the God
of heaven has given
00:38:24.62\00:38:27.27
the kingdom the power,
the strength and the glory.
00:38:27.30\00:38:31.96
And wherever the sons of man
00:38:31.99\00:38:34.50
dwell or the beast of the
field or the birds of the sky,
00:38:34.53\00:38:38.70
he has given
them in to your hand
00:38:38.74\00:38:41.09
and has cause you
to rule over them all,
00:38:41.12\00:38:44.60
you are the head of gold."
00:38:44.63\00:38:47.92
Oh, no, no, you
have to be with me.
00:38:47.95\00:38:51.19
Who is represented by that
head of gold on the statue?
00:38:51.22\00:38:57.74
Babylon, we know that clearly.
00:38:57.77\00:39:00.52
But what is that t
Daniel said to the king?
00:39:00.55\00:39:03.04
You are that head.
00:39:03.07\00:39:04.80
Please, please,
look--look something else.
00:39:04.83\00:39:06.67
Let's go to the following text.
00:39:06.70\00:39:09.01
Verse 39, "After
you there will be--
00:39:09.04\00:39:14.07
there will arise
another kingdom."
00:39:14.10\00:39:16.92
What is that kingdom?
00:39:16.95\00:39:18.52
Medo-Persia. Please, please,
00:39:18.55\00:39:20.56
we also--already mentioned
the fall of ancient Babylon.
00:39:20.59\00:39:24.81
Did Medo-Persia come
after the King Nebuchadnezzar?
00:39:24.84\00:39:28.80
No. No. It came
after the King Belshazzar
00:39:28.83\00:39:34.36
and between the
King Nebuchadnezzar
00:39:34.39\00:39:36.13
and Belshazzar, there
are three other kings.
00:39:36.16\00:39:40.96
So Medo-Persia
really did not come
00:39:40.99\00:39:42.52
after the King Nebuchadnezzar.
00:39:42.55\00:39:46.03
So when Daniel said to the king,
00:39:46.06\00:39:47.88
"You are the head of gold."
00:39:47.91\00:39:49.90
He wanted to tell him actually,
00:39:49.93\00:39:51.47
Babylon because
the King Nebuchadnezzar
00:39:51.51\00:39:54.13
was the ruler of Babylon.
00:39:54.17\00:39:56.18
And keep in mind we're
dealing with ancient concept.
00:39:56.21\00:39:58.26
The king is the kingdom,
the kingdom is the king.
00:39:58.29\00:40:01.80
Don't confuse
with our modern concept
00:40:01.83\00:40:03.28
when president and a
country, they are two completely
00:40:03.31\00:40:05.39
different entities
because the president
00:40:05.42\00:40:07.30
is just for few years.
00:40:07.33\00:40:09.29
We're dealing
with ancient concept.
00:40:09.32\00:40:10.69
Let's see something
else-- let's see something else.
00:40:10.72\00:40:12.96
Daniel 7:17, what do
we have in Chapter 7?
00:40:12.99\00:40:19.29
Do you remember when
Daniel saw the same--
00:40:19.32\00:40:22.23
the same word
empires, but this time
00:40:22.26\00:40:24.60
in terms of four beasts?
00:40:24.63\00:40:27.28
And Daniel was confused.
00:40:27.31\00:40:28.68
He did not know the
meaning of those four beasts.
00:40:28.71\00:40:31.71
Now the angel
explains to John in verse 17.
00:40:31.74\00:40:35.77
So Revelation 7:17 telling
him, "These great beasts,
00:40:35.80\00:40:41.67
which are four in
number, are four kings."
00:40:41.70\00:40:45.77
One more time. "Are four--"
00:40:45.80\00:40:48.60
Kings. "Kings, which
will arise from the earth."
00:40:48.63\00:40:51.58
Which four kings?
00:40:51.61\00:40:58.61
Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome,
00:40:58.64\00:41:03.25
so they're not really
kings, they are kingdoms.
00:41:03.28\00:41:06.43
Are you, friends, with me?
00:41:06.46\00:41:08.63
So when in the Bible
there is a talk about kings,
00:41:08.66\00:41:12.49
it actually means, what?
00:41:12.52\00:41:14.97
Kingdoms. Are you persuaded?
00:41:15.00\00:41:17.15
I can give you
many more evidences.
00:41:17.18\00:41:18.55
You have there in my commentary,
00:41:18.58\00:41:19.96
but just if you see that.
00:41:19.99\00:41:21.72
So when you go to Revelation 17,
00:41:21.75\00:41:25.49
when the angel explains to
John that those seven heads
00:41:25.52\00:41:29.99
are seven mountains that
they are actually seven kings,
00:41:30.02\00:41:33.06
actually means seven kingdoms.
00:41:33.09\00:41:35.98
Keep in mind that
Book of Revelation
00:41:36.01\00:41:37.39
does not deal with individuals.
00:41:37.42\00:41:41.39
It deals with
systems and kingdoms.
00:41:41.42\00:41:44.82
Now John is thinking,
what are those seven kingdoms?
00:41:44.85\00:41:52.32
And the angel is telling him.
00:41:52.35\00:41:53.98
Oh, boy, "There
are seven kingdoms,
00:41:54.01\00:41:57.52
five have fallen, one is
the other has not come yet,
00:41:57.55\00:42:03.22
when he comes he must
remain a little while.
00:42:03.25\00:42:06.69
But the beast which
was and is not is himself
00:42:06.72\00:42:09.91
also the eighth
and is one of the seven
00:42:09.94\00:42:12.59
and goes to destruction."
00:42:12.62\00:42:13.99
Are you confused?
00:42:14.02\00:42:15.39
That's good if you're confused,
then we can now go and talk.
00:42:15.42\00:42:18.15
So please allow me now.
00:42:18.18\00:42:19.81
I will use my artistic skills to
see how I can draw here, okay?
00:42:19.84\00:42:26.41
Am I an artist? Amen.
00:42:42.70\00:42:44.91
Okay. This is the beast.
00:42:44.94\00:42:50.04
How many heads
does the beast have?
00:42:50.07\00:42:54.74
Seven. Is it seven or eight?
00:42:54.77\00:42:56.79
Eight, yeah. Read verse 11.
00:42:56.82\00:43:01.22
I think it has eight.
00:43:01.25\00:43:02.62
Okay, but
originally it has seven.
00:43:02.65\00:43:04.02
Let's put it here.
00:43:04.05\00:43:11.03
Boy, this is terrible beast?
00:43:11.06\00:43:12.45
More terrible than it's
in the Book of Revelation.
00:43:12.48\00:43:14.48
One, two, four, three, okay.
00:43:14.51\00:43:19.63
One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven. Okay.
00:43:19.66\00:43:26.71
Now let's work
together. Keep in mind.
00:43:26.74\00:43:30.02
To whom does is the
angel explaining the vision?
00:43:30.05\00:43:35.33
To John. To John,
not to us, to John.
00:43:35.36\00:43:38.12
And John wrote what
was explained to him.
00:43:38.15\00:43:42.01
So the angel said to John,
00:43:42.04\00:43:44.84
five of these kingdoms
have fallen, they are the past.
00:43:44.87\00:43:51.66
Are you still me?
00:43:51.69\00:43:53.06
So you see, five of
them are fallen, okay.
00:43:53.09\00:43:58.82
What about the sixth one?
00:43:58.85\00:44:01.68
This one is, is.
00:44:01.71\00:44:05.88
They are past.
00:44:05.91\00:44:09.58
And what about the seventh one?
00:44:09.61\00:44:13.48
Will still come.
Now let me ask you.
00:44:13.56\00:44:16.65
I want to do for
yourself and the viewers,
00:44:16.68\00:44:18.78
when you look at these
I have two illustrations.
00:44:18.81\00:44:21.57
Where is the key
to the understanding
00:44:21.60\00:44:23.89
of these seven kingdoms?
00:44:23.92\00:44:29.28
Where would you
start with which head?
00:44:29.31\00:44:36.08
No, the angel doesn't
talk about Babylon here.
00:44:36.11\00:44:39.29
Babylon is not mentioned here.
00:44:39.32\00:44:43.04
Let me ask you, to whom did
the angel explained the vision?
00:44:43.07\00:44:47.75
John. To John.
00:44:47.78\00:44:50.03
So when the angel said to John,
00:44:50.06\00:44:52.84
the sixth one is, is from whose
perspective, time perspective.
00:44:52.87\00:44:58.59
John's. From John.
00:44:58.62\00:45:00.83
Is the Book of
Revelation difficult? No.
00:45:00.86\00:45:02.80
And tell me what was the kingdom
00:45:02.83\00:45:05.33
and the empire
at the time of John?
00:45:05.36\00:45:07.19
Rome. Rome.
00:45:07.22\00:45:08.59
Is it difficult? No, it's not.
00:45:08.62\00:45:10.69
It's the sixth one.
00:45:10.72\00:45:12.09
You see the sixth one.
00:45:12.12\00:45:13.49
One, two, three,
four, five, six, seven.
00:45:13.52\00:45:16.89
So it's Rome. So does it mean?
00:45:16.92\00:45:23.60
What about five others?
00:45:23.63\00:45:26.28
Are the kingdoms
they were in existence
00:45:26.31\00:45:30.46
prior to the time
of John, prior to Rome?
00:45:30.49\00:45:33.64
Now there is question,
what are those kingdoms?
00:45:33.67\00:45:37.30
That's why you have to
go to the Old Testament.
00:45:37.33\00:45:39.68
What is the characteristic
of these kingdoms?
00:45:39.71\00:45:41.48
They all unite the
religion and politics
00:45:41.51\00:45:43.52
and they were involved
in persecuting God's people.
00:45:43.55\00:45:45.82
Tell me in the Old Testament,
what was the first kingdom
00:45:45.85\00:45:50.12
that persecuted
the church of God?
00:45:50.15\00:45:52.53
Babylon. Really?
00:45:52.56\00:45:55.65
Is the beginning with
church of God with Babylon?
00:45:55.68\00:45:58.86
Actually it's
Egypt. Egypt, yeah.
00:45:58.89\00:46:01.37
The first kingdom
that persecuted the church
00:46:01.40\00:46:03.41
of the Old Testament which
was actually Israel was Egypt.
00:46:03.44\00:46:07.46
You see that.
00:46:07.49\00:46:11.63
What was the next kingdom
00:46:11.66\00:46:13.03
that was involved in
persecuting God's people?
00:46:13.06\00:46:15.59
Actually
destroyed the ten tribes,
00:46:15.62\00:46:18.04
removed them from the
world scene completely.
00:46:18.07\00:46:20.14
What was that?
00:46:20.17\00:46:21.86
Assyria. Okay, it's Assyria.
00:46:21.89\00:46:27.25
I put here abbreviation Assyria.
00:46:27.28\00:46:30.21
You remember took ten
tribes, dispersed them there.
00:46:30.24\00:46:33.15
We don't have ten tribes.
00:46:33.18\00:46:34.55
We talk about in
Revelation 7 about that.
00:46:34.58\00:46:36.50
What was the next kingdom
00:46:36.53\00:46:37.90
that was involved in
persecuting God's people?
00:46:37.93\00:46:40.43
It's a Babylon.
00:46:40.46\00:46:43.60
What the next one?
00:46:43.63\00:46:45.00
Now it's easy. It's Medo-Persia.
00:46:45.03\00:46:46.92
What next one? Greece.
00:46:46.95\00:46:48.32
It's Greece.
00:46:48.35\00:46:54.18
See, they were all the
empires that Satan used,
00:46:54.21\00:46:57.15
trying to prevent God's plans
with reference to His people.
00:46:57.18\00:47:01.21
Now Rome was the
empire at the time of John,
00:47:01.24\00:47:07.07
but what do we have next?
00:47:07.10\00:47:09.10
He says, "But the
seventh one is not yet."
00:47:09.13\00:47:16.21
It was supposed to be the
future from John's perspective.
00:47:16.24\00:47:21.83
After--after when?
00:47:21.86\00:47:23.87
After the Roman Empire.
00:47:23.90\00:47:25.43
And what was the power that
ruled for more than 1,000 years
00:47:25.46\00:47:30.33
controlling the people,
persecuting God's people
00:47:30.36\00:47:34.06
during the 1,260
prophetic days or years.
00:47:34.09\00:47:37.86
It's Papal Rome.
00:47:37.89\00:47:39.75
Now you'll see that
very difficult text,
00:47:48.03\00:47:50.13
it's not so difficult.
00:47:50.16\00:47:51.53
Let's go Revelation 1--
Revelation 17:11, it says,
00:47:51.56\00:47:57.56
"The beast
which was and is not."
00:47:57.59\00:48:02.34
This beast that we just talk.
00:48:02.37\00:48:04.75
He says, "Is the eight."
00:48:04.78\00:48:07.48
Did you see that?
00:48:07.51\00:48:09.12
Okay, let's put it here.
00:48:09.15\00:48:12.01
Okay, six, seven.
00:48:12.04\00:48:15.18
Now let me put here
just to distinguish.
00:48:15.21\00:48:18.48
There is the eighth head.
00:48:18.51\00:48:22.77
But the angel said to John,
00:48:22.80\00:48:25.44
"But actually these
eighth is one of the seven."
00:48:25.47\00:48:32.78
Now you have to be with me.
00:48:32.81\00:48:34.18
Let me go here.
00:48:34.21\00:48:36.60
He says that these eight,
the beast has actually seven,
00:48:36.63\00:48:40.52
there is no eighth
head, but he says actually
00:48:40.55\00:48:43.48
if there is the eighth head,
this is not the eighth head,
00:48:43.51\00:48:46.79
it's actually one of the seven.
00:48:46.82\00:48:50.07
Which one of the seven?
00:48:50.10\00:48:55.45
Let me suggest to
you, it's the seventh one.
00:48:55.48\00:49:00.08
Please, I need
your attention now. Why?
00:49:00.11\00:49:02.31
Because the seventh head
received the mortal wound.
00:49:02.34\00:49:08.44
And what will happen to
the mortal wound of that head?
00:49:08.47\00:49:11.12
It'll be healed.
00:49:11.15\00:49:13.66
And this head will
come to the existence
00:49:13.69\00:49:16.51
again and revive the beast.
00:49:16.54\00:49:19.30
It will be new
power, carried by the beast.
00:49:19.33\00:49:23.89
But actually
that's not a new power.
00:49:23.92\00:49:27.32
It's actually this power
that received the mortal wound
00:49:27.35\00:49:30.73
that was killed and comes again.
00:49:30.76\00:49:35.64
So the beast-- the
beast that John saw
00:49:35.67\00:49:39.47
in the vision actually worked
now through this eighth head.
00:49:39.50\00:49:44.75
That's why this beast is
called the beast that was,
00:49:44.78\00:49:49.40
the beast that is not
and the beast to come.
00:49:49.43\00:49:53.29
But please, I'd like you now
to notice something in verse 11.
00:49:53.32\00:49:57.72
It says, "The beast
which was and is not."
00:49:57.75\00:50:00.91
What is lacking here?
00:50:00.94\00:50:04.46
To come is lacking. Why?
00:50:04.49\00:50:06.74
Because the
beast has come already,
00:50:06.77\00:50:10.03
as angel is explaining
to him, because this beast,
00:50:10.06\00:50:12.98
it says, it's the eighth one.
00:50:13.01\00:50:14.74
It's actually-- it's
actually the seventh head
00:50:14.77\00:50:19.73
that received the mortal wound,
00:50:19.76\00:50:21.65
the mortal wound is healed.
00:50:21.68\00:50:24.70
And now the
beast is active again.
00:50:24.73\00:50:27.88
Friends, are you confused?
00:50:27.91\00:50:30.58
You can see the
Book of Revelation
00:50:30.61\00:50:31.98
actually was not--
00:50:32.01\00:50:33.38
You see, when you forget
00:50:33.41\00:50:35.39
that actually the
angel is explaining to John
00:50:35.42\00:50:38.57
to the meaning of the beast,
00:50:38.60\00:50:40.80
then you cannot be
confused with what this six head
00:50:40.83\00:50:46.25
is all about because
there is only one head,
00:50:46.28\00:50:49.72
one empire that was
active and in existence
00:50:49.75\00:50:53.95
at the time of
John, and it was Rome.
00:50:53.98\00:50:56.63
This is the key
to the understanding.
00:50:56.66\00:50:59.15
The power that comes
after Rome was Papal Rome.
00:50:59.18\00:51:02.65
The power that
dominated the Christian world
00:51:02.68\00:51:05.39
for 1,260 years of
the medieval period.
00:51:05.42\00:51:10.59
But this power have
received the mortal wound
00:51:10.62\00:51:12.69
with the French
revolution, you remember that.
00:51:12.72\00:51:15.32
However, the
mortal wound will heal,
00:51:15.35\00:51:17.00
that's why this beast here.
00:51:17.03\00:51:18.65
It's the beast
that was the beast
00:51:18.68\00:51:21.75
that was not it was
killed and actually the beast
00:51:21.78\00:51:24.93
that finally came because
the mortal wound was healed?
00:51:24.96\00:51:28.65
Are you with me? Amen.
00:51:28.68\00:51:30.46
Are you excited about
the Book of Revelation?
00:51:30.49\00:51:32.05
See, it's not as difficult
as many people think that it is.
00:51:32.08\00:51:37.19
The problem is, it's difficult
when we have our own ideas
00:51:37.22\00:51:39.70
and then we have to
dig to justify those ideas.
00:51:39.73\00:51:43.40
Now let's move on, we have
just more than 5 minutes left.
00:51:43.43\00:51:47.19
It says in verse 12.
00:51:47.22\00:51:50.73
"And the ten horns
which you saw are ten kings
00:51:50.76\00:51:54.84
who have not yet
received a kingdom,
00:51:54.87\00:51:57.57
but they receive
authority as kings
00:51:57.60\00:52:00.70
with the beast for one hour.
00:52:00.73\00:52:03.13
These have one purpose,
00:52:03.16\00:52:04.53
and they give their power
and authority to the beast."
00:52:04.56\00:52:08.01
Friends, this is
another very difficult
00:52:08.04\00:52:09.81
text of the Book of Revelation.
00:52:09.84\00:52:12.79
The problem is we do not know
00:52:12.82\00:52:14.97
who and what
these ten kings are.
00:52:15.00\00:52:19.01
Many Christians are trying to go
00:52:19.05\00:52:20.42
and to find solution in
the Book of Daniel Chapter 7
00:52:20.45\00:52:23.65
where we have ten kings.
00:52:23.68\00:52:25.64
Unfortunately, it doesn't help
00:52:25.67\00:52:27.14
because according
to the Book of Daniel,
00:52:27.17\00:52:29.38
three of those ten
kings were exterminated,
00:52:29.41\00:52:33.22
removed from
history, only seven are left.
00:52:33.25\00:52:36.09
So they are not, it
cannot--it cannot be.
00:52:36.12\00:52:38.40
I'd like to suggest to you.
00:52:38.43\00:52:39.80
We are talking
here about number ten,
00:52:39.83\00:52:41.99
is the number of their fullness
of the divided kingdoms.
00:52:42.02\00:52:46.00
That's what
happened in the Daniel,
00:52:46.03\00:52:47.40
that's what we have here.
00:52:47.43\00:52:48.80
Who are they actually?
00:52:48.83\00:52:50.20
Some people
suggest that they are
00:52:50.23\00:52:51.74
economic powers of this world.
00:52:51.77\00:52:53.27
Some people have different.
00:52:53.30\00:52:54.82
I'd like to suggest to
you, let's avoid speculations.
00:52:54.85\00:52:58.97
Let's admit with
humility of our hearts,
00:52:59.00\00:53:00.99
we do not know.
00:53:01.02\00:53:03.30
Let us wait and the
future will reveal to us
00:53:03.33\00:53:06.63
and tell us
exactly who they are.
00:53:06.66\00:53:10.15
If you speculate, it will
not help you spiritually at all.
00:53:10.18\00:53:15.43
Only if you're wrong
00:53:15.46\00:53:17.47
can give wrong
information to other people.
00:53:17.50\00:53:21.31
And your information,
you don't help others
00:53:21.34\00:53:24.10
spiritually either, okay.
00:53:24.13\00:53:26.39
Let us wait.
00:53:26.42\00:53:29.53
But what we're talking
here about that the beast
00:53:29.56\00:53:32.40
will be associated with
the worldwide confederacy
00:53:32.43\00:53:34.90
of political and
secular powers of this world.
00:53:34.93\00:53:39.58
They will unite
themselves together because
00:53:39.61\00:53:42.32
we have here now the climax
of the battle of Armageddon.
00:53:42.35\00:53:45.65
It says, "These
they have one purpose,
00:53:45.68\00:53:49.61
they give the power
and authority to the beast.
00:53:49.64\00:53:53.38
These will wage
war against the Lamb
00:53:53.41\00:53:55.94
and the Lamb will overcome them
because He is the Lord of lords
00:53:55.97\00:53:59.68
and King of kings,
and those who are with Him
00:53:59.71\00:54:03.28
are the called and
chosen and faithful.
00:54:03.31\00:54:05.90
And he said to me,
'The waters which you saw
00:54:05.93\00:54:08.22
where the harlot sits
00:54:08.25\00:54:09.98
are peoples and multitudes
and nations and tongues.
00:54:10.01\00:54:13.07
And the ten horns which you saw,
00:54:13.10\00:54:15.86
and the beast, these
will hate the harlot.'"
00:54:15.89\00:54:19.62
We have now the fall of
Babylon. Are you still with me?
00:54:19.65\00:54:21.53
We have now the fall of Babylon.
00:54:21.56\00:54:22.93
"Harlot will make her desolate."
00:54:22.96\00:54:25.26
That's what
happened to prostitute.
00:54:25.30\00:54:26.81
"And naked, and
will eat her flesh
00:54:26.84\00:54:30.24
and will burn her up with fire."
00:54:30.27\00:54:33.69
All this language is
taken from the Old Testament
00:54:33.72\00:54:35.86
what people did for prostitute
and a faithful women, okay?
00:54:35.89\00:54:39.18
These are the
language of the Old Testament.
00:54:39.21\00:54:41.69
"For God has put it in their
hearts to execute His purpose
00:54:41.72\00:54:46.31
by having a common purpose,
00:54:46.34\00:54:48.34
and by giving their
kingdom to the beast,
00:54:48.37\00:54:50.56
until the words of
God will be fulfilled.
00:54:50.59\00:54:52.95
And the woman who you
saw is the great city,
00:54:52.98\00:54:56.55
which reigns over
the kings of the earth."
00:54:56.58\00:54:58.81
One more time.
00:54:58.84\00:55:00.21
"The woman which you
saw is the great city."
00:55:00.24\00:55:03.95
Preterist, they say,
"This great city was Rome."
00:55:03.98\00:55:05.90
Futurist, they
call it different way.
00:55:05.93\00:55:08.25
In the Book of Revelation,
which entity is the great city?
00:55:08.28\00:55:12.40
It's Babylon.
00:55:12.43\00:55:14.34
So this woman is
equivalent to Babylon.
00:55:14.37\00:55:16.47
Do you see that?
00:55:16.50\00:55:17.87
That's why this
woman is called Babylon.
00:55:17.90\00:55:20.16
Friends, here in Chapter 17,
00:55:20.19\00:55:23.48
we have all the rational
wider destruction of the Babylon
00:55:23.51\00:55:27.09
because the
Babylon, this great city
00:55:27.12\00:55:31.31
has filled the
judgment for herself.
00:55:31.34\00:55:37.01
Let us go and when
you go now to Chapter 18,
00:55:37.04\00:55:40.89
we see the consequences of
destruction of the Babylon.
00:55:40.92\00:55:43.29
This is what we talked
already about before is,
00:55:43.32\00:55:47.07
that the fall of Babylon will
cause a chaos in this world.
00:55:47.10\00:55:53.43
All those people who
believed and trusted Babylon
00:55:53.46\00:55:55.81
so much resided
with the Babylon,
00:55:55.84\00:55:58.03
trusted Babylon, believe
in the promises of Babylon.
00:55:58.06\00:56:01.12
Now with
destruction of the Babylon,
00:56:01.15\00:56:02.55
all their hopes are shattered.
00:56:02.59\00:56:08.58
All their plans
for their better future
00:56:08.61\00:56:11.68
are found on that sinking sand.
00:56:11.71\00:56:15.29
And now those
people see the consequences
00:56:15.32\00:56:19.33
of their choice and the
result of what they have done.
00:56:19.37\00:56:23.75
Unfortunately, this
does not change them,
00:56:23.78\00:56:29.09
because at that
moment as they're trying
00:56:29.12\00:56:30.54
to destroy God's
people, they're faithful.
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You remember, we have
the battle of Armageddon,
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they organize themselves.
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They see what Babylon did,
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but they don't turn
against Babylon now,
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they turn against
God's people blaming them
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and this gives the occasion
for the second coming of Christ.
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This is decisive moment
of the Book of Revelation.
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And please, I'd like
to invite the viewers
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to join us for
my favorite chapter
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which is actually Chapter 19.
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Boy, I cannot wait that
we deal with this chapter.
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This is beautiful.
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Actually it's telling us about
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the very purpose of
the Book of Revelation.
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Yes, this is indeed
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the revelation
of the Jesus Christ.
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It deals with
those terrifying things.
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These are the things that
will happen in the future,
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but you can see what is
there between the lines,
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telling us that
God is warning us,
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telling us about what
the future will bring,
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so that we can be
ready and not to be surprise
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to find ourselves on God's side
and eventually in His kingdom.
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May God bless you. Amen.
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