Good evening and
welcome to a continuation
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of The
Revelation of Jesus Christ
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as we're going
through the book of Revelation
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chapter by chapter.
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So those of you that have
been joining us by television
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we'd like to take
this time to welcome you.
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If you're just tuning in,
well, welcome... and we hope
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that as we continue
through the book of Revelation
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it will be a help to you.
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Those of you that may
be listening over the radio
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or joining us by the Internet
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we welcome you also.
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The book of Revelation
is indeed what it says:
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it's a
revelation of Jesus Christ.
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But there's no book in the Bible
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that is as important
as the book of Revelation
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for people that
are living today.
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That... this is a
book that you and I
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definitely need to
understand and know what God
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is telling us so that
our hearts might be in tune
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and we might be
prepared... because
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I don't know how
you feel but I believe
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that He's coming back.
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And that's what it's
to do is to help you and I
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be prepared for
the coming of the Lord.
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So we hope that the studies
on the book of Revelation
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will bless you as we
continue through them.
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Tonight we're
looking at the United States
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in Bible prophecy.
That's what we're talking about
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is the United
States in Bible prophecy.
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God has a lot
to say here, folks,
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and I hope that you will be able
to get your pencil and paper
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and your Bible and sit
down and just follow us
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as we go through and
look at the scripture
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as God opens it
up one after another.
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Tomorrow night...
tomorrow night we move
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from the 13th chapter.
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Tonight we're finishing up
the 13th chapter of Revelation
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and we move into
the 14th chapter.
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And in the 14th
chapter there are three angels.
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Those three angels
have special messages
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for the people
that are living today.
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And so we're going to
take a look tomorrow night
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at the first one: The
First Angel's Message.
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Very, very important.
As far as I'm concerned,
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something that everybody
needs to know and understand
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is these three angels' messages.
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And so we hope that it
will bless you as we look
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at that tomorrow night.
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But tonight we're
looking at the United States
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and what the Bible has to say.
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Many, many great nations
are mentioned in the Word of God
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and the United
States is no exception.
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And it's mentioned in
there because of the influence
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it has on the whole
world and because of the way it
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relates itself to
the people of God.
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That's the reason it's mentioned
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and the other nations
that are mentioned in scripture
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are for the same reason:
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because they had a worldwide
influence and they had definite
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effect upon the people of God.
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So the United States is
mentioned for those same reasons
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and we're going to
look at that tonight
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and see what the scripture
tells us, what's happening...
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what's going on.
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So we hope that it will bless
you as we take a look at it
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this evening.
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I hope you were
as delighted with the
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His Voice male quartet
that we had with us last night.
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They're going to be
with us this week, and
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we're going to ask
them to come on out and all.
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I guess all of them
here - all four of them -
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come from basically
the Boise, Idaho, area.
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And so we're
happy that you're here.
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Appreciate you being
here, and I know that
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you're going to be blessed
again tonight as they sing.
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They're going to sing a song:
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Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior.
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But before they do,
Chuck Allgaier is going to come
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and he's going to read the
scriptures that we're going to
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be looking at tonight with you.
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So if you have your Bible,
you'll want to follow along
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as Chuck reads them, and
then they'll sing for us.
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Good evening. If you
have your Bibles again tonight
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if you turn to the book
of Revelation chapter 13
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we're going to
continue on from last night...
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Revelation
chapter 13, 11 through 18.
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Revelation 13, 11 through 18.
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Let's read together:
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May the Lord add His
blessing to His Word.
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Pass me not, O gentle Savior -
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Hear my humble cry!
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While on others
Thou art calling,
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Do not pass me by.
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Savior, Savior,
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Hear my humble
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cry!
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While on others
Thou art calling,
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Do not pass me by.
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Thou the spring
of all my comfort,
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More than life to me!
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Whom have I on
earth beside Thee?
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Whom in heav'n but Thee?
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Savior,
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Savior,
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Hear my humble
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cry!
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While on others
Thou art calling,
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Do not pass me by.
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Savior,
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Savior,
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Hear my humble
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cry!
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While on others
Thou art calling,
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Do not pass me by.
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Do not pass
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me
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by.
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Our Father in heaven,
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we come to You tonight, Lord,
asking that You would give us
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an insight into what's happening
and what's taking place.
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So we ask, Lord, for wisdom.
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We ask for understanding
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that as we read Your Word
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that we might see
clearly what is happening.
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That our hearts might
be in tune with Your Word.
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Give us the faith to
hold on tightly to You.
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Bless each one tonight:
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each one here... those
that are watching by television
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or listening on the radio
or following on the Internet.
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We ask, Lord, that you
draw close to each one.
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Bless them.
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May they see and
begin to understand
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the times in
which we are living in.
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That Jesus is coming...
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and that each one of us may
get our hearts open and ready
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for the indwelling of
Your Spirit into our lives.
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For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
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Abraham Lincoln,
when he gave his famous
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Cooper Union address on the
eve of the Civil War said this:
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said: "If we
could know where we are
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and where we are tending,
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we would know better what to do
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and how to go about doing it. "
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That is pretty much
the purpose of prophecy.
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Prophecy is to help you
and I understand where we are
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and where we're headed.
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And that's what this subject
tonight I hope will do for you:
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it will help you
understand where we are headed.
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Some of the things
that are taking place...
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it'll begin to put all
that into place for you
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and you'll begin to see what
God has revealed in His Word.
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Before we get into it
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there are three characters
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that I feel it's
important that we identify
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and say who they
are because these play
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in this whole thing.
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And I'd like for you
to look at them with me.
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The first one I'd like for
you to look at is the dragon.
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The Bible says
clearly that this dragon
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which is pictured in
Revelation the 12th chapter
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is the devil.
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So you need to understand
that's who it's referring to
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when it talks about
the dragon: the devil.
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Revelation 12 verse 9
makes that very, very clear.
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The other one is
what is called the beast.
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OK, the beast. And that we found
out in our study last night
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is papal Rome.
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And the scripture also
refers to it as the antichrist.
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So you've got the
dragon which is the devil.
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You've got the beast
which is the antichrist.
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And then the other
is one that is called
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the false prophet.
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And you'll need to
watch tonight as we study this
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because the false prophet
is part of this whole scenario
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that takes place.
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So these are the characters
that you need to watch.
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By the way, these
three figure prominently
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in the rest of the
book of Revelation.
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As we study through, you're
going to find them coming up
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over and over and over again.
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So it's very important that
you put in place who these are.
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It says:
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So here you have those three.
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And it speaks of these spirits
coming out of their mouths.
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They say... it says they
are the spirits of demons.
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They go out to gather
the whole world together.
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We'll talk more about
that, but what I want you to see
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is here you have a trinity...
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Follow me?
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You've got a trinity
made up of the dragon,
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the beast, and the false prophet
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just in opposition to God.
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These three are
opposed to God and His people.
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And the Bible speaks that
these three are the ones who
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are going to make
war with the Lamb.
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OK. They're the ones
that are in opposition to Him.
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So these are the three that
you need to watch as we study
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the Word of God
here this evening.
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We're going to go to
Revelation the 13th chapter
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I studied with you last night,
but I want you to see something
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because it's very
important that you see that.
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And we'll go
there in just a moment,
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but listen carefully
to what it says here.
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This is Revelation 19:20.
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Follow me?
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Now when it talks about
that, talks about the...
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what he's doing here... that
he deceived those - the false
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prophet did - this is
identifying this beast for us.
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So you can see those three
play into the whole picture
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and they are in
opposition to God.
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Please remember that text there
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in Revelation 19 because we're
going to look at some things
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and see how it applies.
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All right.
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We found out last night
that this beast - this is the
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first beast in Revelation 13-
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we found out that it was
made up of those beasts in
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Daniel the 7th chapter
which was the lion, the bear,
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and the leopard. And the
dragon which is pagan Rome
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would give to papal Rome
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its power, its
seat, and its authority.
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And I shared
with you from history
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where it says that's exactly
what happened and took place.
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All right.
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We found out that it
received a deadly wound.
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And you remember I
shared this with you
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where out of the
Encyclopedia Americana
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where it says:
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Now folks, please
watch carefully here
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because this is
taking place when?
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1798 AD.
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Becomes very important.
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All right.
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That... so this is
talking about papal Rome
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and when it received
a mortal wound: 1798 AD.
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Please notice as we're coming
down here to the 10th verse
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it says:
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This power - the papal power -
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had led people into captivity.
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It said it was going
to go into captivity.
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It had killed
people with the sword.
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It says it would be
killed with the sword.
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And so we find here in 1798 AD
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it was taken into captivity
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just as the scripture said.
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Are you with me?
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Now watch because it says:
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The time sequence here
is very, very important
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because it puts
all this into place.
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And what the scripture is saying
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that just as this first beast -
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the sea beast that
came up out of the sea -
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just as that beast is going
down, is going into captivity,
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it says he saw
another beast rising in power.
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Got me? That's what it's saying.
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Just as one goes down
the other is coming up.
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1798 AD one is
taken into captivity.
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It said on the horizon
would be rising another power.
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Watch:
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Pilgrims... pilgrims
landed at Plymouth Rock.
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Oh yes, there was
people that landed in Jamestown
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and all before the pilgrims
landed in Plymouth Rock.
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But Jamestown never...
never really got off the ground.
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In fact, it was
destroyed three times.
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It just...
nothing ever seemed...
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They were kind of a
godless group of people
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and so there wasn't anything
very religious about them.
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But the pilgrims... they were
people that followed the Lord.
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They came over here trying
to get away from religious
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persecution, and they
landed at Plymouth Rock when?
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See if you remember
your history very well.
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Well they landed at
Plymouth Rock in 1620 AD.
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Is when they landed there.
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And they began to
set up livelihood there.
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And by the way, I don't know how
many of you have ever gone...
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Any of you ever
gone to Plymouth Rock?
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OK. Well if you go there,
they've rebuilt this whole
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city, you know. And
I've studied a good deal of
00:21:27.75\00:21:33.35
American history because I think
it fits into prophecy so well
00:21:33.55\00:21:37.14
so when I went there it
was most interesting to me.
00:21:37.34\00:21:40.03
And I thought: "These
people put this on, but they
00:21:40.33\00:21:43.53
really don't know what they're
- you know - what all the
00:21:43.74\00:21:46.70
ancestry and everything was. "
00:21:46.90\00:21:48.52
So when I walked in...
and by the way, when you
00:21:48.72\00:21:51.78
walk into it, none of the
people there will talk to you
00:21:51.99\00:21:55.22
about present-day things.
00:21:55.43\00:21:56.89
If you talk about cars,
they don't know what you're
00:21:57.19\00:21:58.97
talking about. See?
00:21:59.18\00:22:00.55
And so they only talk
to you in relationship
00:22:00.72\00:22:03.23
to what was back then.
00:22:03.43\00:22:04.82
So I got in, you
know, and I had read enough
00:22:05.13\00:22:07.79
of this background and
all that I knew a few things.
00:22:07.99\00:22:11.18
And I said: "Where
could I find Elder Brewster? "
00:22:11.38\00:22:14.91
And boy, just like that
00:22:15.11\00:22:17.57
said "right down the street
here, such and such a house,
00:22:17.77\00:22:20.60
knock on the door...
you'll find Elder Brewster. "
00:22:20.80\00:22:22.72
And I went down there
and knocked on the door.
00:22:22.82\00:22:26.59
They invited me in and sure
enough there was a fellow there
00:22:26.89\00:22:29.24
who was this man. And
we had a nice conversation.
00:22:29.44\00:22:33.15
Boy, they knew that
whole history that took place
00:22:33.45\00:22:37.26
as those pilgrims landed
there and what took place.
00:22:37.46\00:22:39.73
If you've never been
there, it's a delightful place
00:22:39.83\00:22:41.96
for you to go and
great to help you understand
00:22:42.16\00:22:45.46
the background and the history.
00:22:45.66\00:22:47.03
But they set up their
colonies and they began to grow.
00:22:47.13\00:22:51.54
And as they began to grow
00:22:51.84\00:22:53.96
they really didn't
care too much for the -
00:22:54.26\00:22:58.48
how should I put it? -
00:22:58.78\00:23:00.87
the things that
England was doing.
00:23:01.07\00:23:03.61
they... they really
didn't like this very much,
00:23:03.92\00:23:08.69
and so they began to
say "we'd like to have
00:23:08.90\00:23:12.36
our own freedom, " you know.
00:23:12.56\00:23:14.48
Do you know what
they were rebelling over?
00:23:14.78\00:23:17.08
I know what you
were taught in school.
00:23:18.65\00:23:21.02
You were taught that
they rebelled over taxes.
00:23:21.32\00:23:25.01
Have you ever gone back
and read the taxes back then
00:23:25.51\00:23:29.73
that was placed on them?
00:23:29.93\00:23:31.30
Man, I would accept
it today with open arms.
00:23:31.33\00:23:34.67
Huh... that'd be wonderful.
00:23:34.97\00:23:37.62
But they... that wasn't
what they were rebelling over.
00:23:37.92\00:23:42.57
I'll tell you in a
minute what they really...
00:23:42.77\00:23:44.47
the problem they were faced with
that they weren't happy about.
00:23:44.67\00:23:48.54
But anyhow, they
said "we'd like to set up
00:23:48.84\00:23:51.44
our own nation, " and
so we have them beginning
00:23:51.64\00:23:55.55
to ask for freedom
00:23:55.75\00:23:58.15
and you have them trying
to find a way to be free.
00:23:58.45\00:24:03.61
The man you're looking at there
00:24:03.91\00:24:06.43
is the name... his
name is John Wesley.
00:24:06.63\00:24:10.40
John Wesley was the
founder basically of the
00:24:10.80\00:24:16.76
Methodist Church. Yes.
00:24:16.96\00:24:18.84
And a great, great man.
00:24:19.14\00:24:21.94
A great teacher of God's Word.
00:24:22.14\00:24:24.40
And John Wesley
when he was studying
00:24:24.70\00:24:28.42
I don't know what
system he had, but
00:24:28.62\00:24:31.42
when he was studying and
particularly when he studied
00:24:31.62\00:24:34.52
the book of Revelation
and he read certain things
00:24:34.72\00:24:37.34
he made notes.
00:24:37.37\00:24:38.92
And he just took those
notes and threw them in a file.
00:24:39.22\00:24:42.45
And so when he died
00:24:42.75\00:24:45.78
they found this
file full of notes
00:24:46.08\00:24:48.48
on the book of Revelation
that John Wesley had written.
00:24:48.68\00:24:52.32
And they took it
and put it in a book.
00:24:52.62\00:24:54.73
You can buy a book
called Notes on Revelation
00:24:54.94\00:24:57.22
by John Wesley
00:24:57.42\00:24:58.79
in which he just made notes.
00:24:58.98\00:25:01.27
But John Wesley was
talking about this beast -
00:25:01.57\00:25:04.93
about both these
beasts: this two-horned beast
00:25:05.13\00:25:08.61
and the first beast. I want you
00:25:08.81\00:25:10.90
to listen to what
he has to say about it.
00:25:11.10\00:25:13.55
Now when he says that
00:25:17.26\00:25:18.85
he's talking about
the two-horned beast:
00:25:19.05\00:25:21.82
the second beast
of Revelation 13.
00:25:22.02\00:25:25.08
Now John Wesley
understood that, folks.
00:25:37.53\00:25:40.44
Amazing! He said:
"Can't be very far off
00:25:40.64\00:25:44.43
'cause he's to appear
at the end of the 42 months
00:25:44.63\00:25:49.28
of the first beast. " He
said: "That's got to be coming.
00:25:49.49\00:25:52.64
That's got to be
fulfilled soon. "
00:25:52.84\00:25:54.68
Did you notice
when he wrote that?
00:25:54.98\00:25:57.09
1752 AD.
00:25:57.39\00:26:01.11
So he said: "It
can't be very far off. "
00:26:01.41\00:26:04.98
Watch:
00:26:05.28\00:26:07.37
The pilgrims
declared independence.
00:26:09.10\00:26:14.36
They said "We want
to be independent. "
00:26:19.62\00:26:22.06
I'm talking about a
nation rising, folks.
00:26:22.36\00:26:25.06
As one goes down
the other is rising.
00:26:25.36\00:26:28.73
And when was the first
beast to go into captivity?
00:26:42.86\00:26:46.30
1798 AD.
00:26:46.60\00:26:50.17
Just as one was
going into captivity
00:26:50.47\00:26:53.63
the other was rising.
There's not another power,
00:26:53.83\00:26:57.47
there's not another
thing in all of scripture
00:26:57.67\00:27:01.81
that fits that time sequence...
00:27:02.01\00:27:04.50
only the United States.
00:27:04.70\00:27:07.24
Only the United States
fits that time sequence.
00:27:07.64\00:27:11.54
Therefore it's most important
that you and I understand that.
00:27:11.84\00:27:15.92
So it identifies
this beast for us.
00:27:16.22\00:27:20.00
So it says: "Saw another beast
coming up out of the earth. "
00:27:29.63\00:27:35.00
Now all the beasts
that we have studied so far
00:27:35.30\00:27:40.25
came up out of
what? Out of the water!
00:27:40.45\00:27:44.13
But this one is
coming up out of the earth.
00:27:44.43\00:27:48.74
The Bible says here in
Revelation 17 verse 15...
00:27:49.04\00:27:52.42
it says:
00:27:52.63\00:27:54.00
In other words,
in Bible prophecy
00:28:00.39\00:28:03.24
water represents
people, nations, tongues.
00:28:03.54\00:28:06.86
And these nations that
we have studied that rose up
00:28:07.07\00:28:09.89
out of the sea came
about as the result of
00:28:10.09\00:28:13.45
a war and so
forth among the people.
00:28:13.65\00:28:16.39
But not this country.
00:28:16.69\00:28:19.72
That's not the way this
country came into existence.
00:28:20.22\00:28:23.03
It came into existence
just exactly as it says
00:28:23.33\00:28:27.32
on the Statue of Liberty.
00:28:27.52\00:28:30.21
When you come into the
harbor in New York City
00:28:30.51\00:28:33.49
there on the Statue of
Liberty are these words:
00:28:33.79\00:28:38.24
They came into
existence like your forefathers
00:28:58.58\00:29:02.84
and my forefathers...
they came to this country.
00:29:03.14\00:29:07.18
Came here seeking a better life.
00:29:07.48\00:29:11.38
Maybe trying to
find freedom of worship
00:29:11.68\00:29:15.56
or maybe just trying to
find a way to make a livelihood
00:29:15.86\00:29:20.39
and not be interfered
with what they believed.
00:29:20.69\00:29:23.51
That's how it came, and that's
why it rose up out of the earth
00:29:23.81\00:29:28.52
not out of the sea.
00:29:28.72\00:29:31.70
That's why it refers to
that beast in those respects.
00:29:32.00\00:29:35.81
So it speaks of this
beast having two horns.
00:29:47.60\00:29:51.66
Now horns on
beasts represent power.
00:29:51.96\00:29:55.30
That's what they stand
for... they represent power.
00:29:55.60\00:29:58.74
And some of these
beasts had ten horns
00:29:59.04\00:30:03.09
and some of them had crowns
on them... meaning that they
00:30:03.39\00:30:06.43
were going to be controlled
by a monarch and so forth.
00:30:06.63\00:30:09.65
This beast has two horns...
doesn't have crowns on it,
00:30:09.95\00:30:13.80
but it represents power.
00:30:14.10\00:30:17.12
What do those
two horns stand for?
00:30:17.42\00:30:20.78
Well they stand for what
this country was established on.
00:30:21.08\00:30:24.86
You see, our forefathers
didn't have trouble with
00:30:25.07\00:30:29.40
England so much
over the taxation
00:30:29.60\00:30:32.65
as they did over the
question of rulership.
00:30:32.95\00:30:38.37
How they were governed...
that's what they did not like
00:30:38.67\00:30:43.58
and what was happening. If
you've ever been to Boston,
00:30:43.78\00:30:47.00
you can go to Quincy's Market.
00:30:47.30\00:30:51.35
If you've never been
there, you ought to go.
00:30:51.65\00:30:54.22
Quite an interesting place.
00:30:54.52\00:30:56.64
But anyhow, it's a
large market there.
00:30:56.94\00:30:59.06
That comes from this
fellow: Josiah Quincy.
00:30:59.26\00:31:01.27
He was... lived back then.
00:31:01.47\00:31:02.91
And this is what
Josiah Quincy had to say:
00:31:03.21\00:31:07.63
Those are the two horns.
00:31:15.58\00:31:18.85
They came over here
and they said: "Listen,
00:31:19.15\00:31:23.25
we want government by
the people, for the people,
00:31:23.55\00:31:27.42
and through the people.
00:31:27.62\00:31:28.99
We do not want a king...
00:31:29.23\00:31:32.58
we want
government by the people.
00:31:32.88\00:31:35.51
Secondly, we want to have the
right to worship as we please.
00:31:35.91\00:31:41.89
As our conscience dictates to
us, we want a right to worship
00:31:42.29\00:31:46.52
that way. " And
those are the two horns
00:31:46.72\00:31:49.61
that this country was built on.
00:31:49.81\00:31:52.13
Gives everybody the right
00:31:52.43\00:31:54.53
to worship as they
believe they should worship.
00:31:54.73\00:31:57.84
And it also gives them the right
to be having representation
00:31:58.14\00:32:03.26
when it comes to government.
00:32:03.46\00:32:04.83
You remember a fellow in history
by the name of Patrick Henry?
00:32:21.85\00:32:26.63
Huh?
00:32:26.93\00:32:29.10
Yeah. You remember
what he had to say?
00:32:29.40\00:32:31.63
What'd he say?
00:32:31.83\00:32:34.43
Yeah. "Give me
liberty or give me death. "
00:32:34.73\00:32:36.62
What did he say other than that?
00:32:36.82\00:32:38.23
Well, I'm going to read to you
what he said leading up to that
00:32:40.46\00:32:44.67
because it's
important that you understand
00:32:44.97\00:32:46.98
what he was
talking about. He said:
00:32:47.18\00:32:49.16
See, he's talking about
how they were being governed
00:33:18.57\00:33:21.02
and what England was doing.
00:33:21.22\00:33:22.79
This was the
conflict that was going on,
00:33:27.28\00:33:29.99
and those two principles
00:33:30.19\00:33:33.51
was how the, how
we came into existence
00:33:33.71\00:33:36.85
and how our
government was based.
00:33:37.06\00:33:39.01
And dear friend, those
two principles have held us
00:33:39.31\00:33:42.42
in good stead now
for 2... over 200 years,
00:33:42.62\00:33:46.77
and God help us
if we give them up.
00:33:46.97\00:33:50.44
But we are very,
very... we're playing around
00:33:51.51\00:33:54.97
in areas that we
shouldn't be playing around in
00:33:55.17\00:33:58.02
when it comes
to our Constitution
00:33:58.32\00:34:00.65
and what we
believe and where we stand
00:34:00.85\00:34:03.16
and what... how God
has blessed us as a nation.
00:34:03.36\00:34:06.49
I hope... I hope by the
grace of God we won't forget
00:34:06.79\00:34:12.09
where we've been.
00:34:12.29\00:34:14.10
You know, look back
and see the hand of God
00:34:14.40\00:34:18.06
and how He's led in such a
wonderful and marvelous way.
00:34:18.26\00:34:22.02
"Had two horns like a lamb. "
00:34:34.60\00:34:37.81
Lamb means what?
00:34:38.12\00:34:40.41
Well, young... right? Yes.
00:34:42.35\00:34:45.27
Young, gentle...
what it represents.
00:34:45.37\00:34:49.41
What else does it represent?
00:34:49.61\00:34:50.98
Yeah, it represents Christ-like.
00:34:52.63\00:34:54.91
It was gentle,
Christ-like in what it did.
00:34:55.22\00:34:59.25
And today, dear friends,
you can go to Washington, D.C.
00:34:59.55\00:35:05.32
and you can walk
down through the park
00:35:05.62\00:35:08.75
or go to the House
of Representatives,
00:35:09.06\00:35:13.27
go into the Senate,
00:35:14.60\00:35:16.35
visit all those places,
and you'll find God is written
00:35:17.58\00:35:21.72
all over that city.
00:35:21.92\00:35:23.80
I mean statement after
statement after statement
00:35:24.10\00:35:27.67
in which they said
something about God and all.
00:35:27.87\00:35:31.68
These were
God-fearing men and women
00:35:31.89\00:35:36.08
that laid down the
principles of this country.
00:35:36.38\00:35:39.88
And they were based on...
sorry, but they were based
00:35:40.08\00:35:44.46
on Christian principles.
00:35:44.66\00:35:46.75
That's what they were based on,
00:35:47.05\00:35:48.78
and they have been
what has guided and led us
00:35:49.09\00:35:52.39
over the years.
00:35:52.59\00:35:53.96
Conflict broke
out between England
00:35:56.38\00:36:01.09
and the United States.
00:36:01.49\00:36:04.35
The war took place.
00:36:04.55\00:36:06.62
That war was unbelievably hard.
00:36:06.77\00:36:12.88
That war was so hard
00:36:13.02\00:36:16.62
that it bankrupted every colony.
00:36:16.82\00:36:20.31
The 13 colonies... it
totally bankrupted all of them.
00:36:20.51\00:36:24.76
I mean it took all their
finances, everything they had.
00:36:25.06\00:36:28.34
They had nothing left,
00:36:28.54\00:36:29.91
and it also was so severe
00:36:30.07\00:36:32.51
that it severed all
the lines of communication
00:36:32.72\00:36:36.96
between the colonies. So
there was no communication
00:36:37.16\00:36:40.40
going on between
one colony and another.
00:36:40.60\00:36:43.79
And because there was
no communication there
00:36:47.03\00:36:50.03
each one of those
colonies believed that they bore
00:36:50.43\00:36:53.62
the brunt of the war.
They thought they were the ones
00:36:53.82\00:36:57.21
that had it the hardest and all,
00:36:57.31\00:36:59.87
and so they all felt that way.
00:37:00.07\00:37:02.27
And when the war was over, they
called a Constitutional Congress
00:37:02.57\00:37:07.63
and they went there.
But man, they went there
00:37:07.83\00:37:12.74
with so much
baggage and so out of sorts
00:37:12.94\00:37:18.11
with one another that
they wound up in arguments.
00:37:18.31\00:37:21.56
I mean, just one
argument after another went on
00:37:21.86\00:37:24.29
until finally the delegation
from New York went home
00:37:24.49\00:37:28.13
and it looked like that
whole Constitutional Congress
00:37:28.53\00:37:32.23
was going to fall apart
00:37:32.43\00:37:34.24
when a little man stood up
00:37:34.74\00:37:39.54
and he gave a speech.
00:37:39.74\00:37:41.93
And he said this:
00:37:42.23\00:37:44.52
Excuse me, this... talking
about it represents Christ...
00:37:44.82\00:37:49.03
I'm ahead of
myself a little bit.
00:37:49.33\00:37:50.70
So I'm just trying to get
across to you that this also
00:37:57.61\00:38:00.31
represents Jesus.
00:38:00.51\00:38:02.19
So it represented a
Christ-like or a gentle spirit.
00:38:10.08\00:38:13.67
All right, let's
take a look at this.
00:38:13.97\00:38:16.24
He stood up and he said:
00:38:16.44\00:38:17.94
This whole delegation's there...
00:38:27.80\00:38:30.21
He's talking about
when they were into this
00:38:44.59\00:38:46.82
they had daily prayer.
00:38:47.02\00:38:48.98
And with that speech
he was able to pull that
00:39:19.28\00:39:25.26
Constitutional
Congress together.
00:39:25.46\00:39:27.94
And they sat down and they wrote
one of the greatest documents
00:39:28.34\00:39:32.21
that's ever been written:
00:39:32.41\00:39:35.13
the Constitution
of the United States.
00:39:35.33\00:39:38.64
You see, all I'm
trying to get across is
00:39:38.94\00:39:42.41
this was what motivated
them, this is what moved them.
00:39:42.61\00:39:46.19
They were men and
women that believed...
00:39:46.49\00:39:48.85
believed in the Word of
God. They believed in God,
00:39:49.15\00:39:51.76
and they based their
lives and their souls
00:39:52.06\00:39:54.93
upon Christian
principles and teachings.
00:39:55.13\00:39:58.02
When it came to electing
the first president of the
00:39:58.32\00:40:02.99
United States -
George Washington -
00:40:03.02\00:40:05.25
in his inaugural
address he said these words:
00:40:05.55\00:40:10.75
Now folks, if you'll
listen this man is making it
00:40:32.88\00:40:36.23
very clear...
dependence upon God.
00:40:36.43\00:40:39.07
Oh that we would not
forget where we have been
00:40:58.62\00:41:04.32
and how God has led and directed
in a very, very special way.
00:41:04.62\00:41:10.10
He said that nobody
should understand that better
00:41:10.30\00:41:13.82
than the people
of the United States.
00:41:14.02\00:41:15.89
He said: "Don't
go contrary to this.
00:41:47.48\00:41:51.10
Walk with Him, follow Him. "
00:41:51.40\00:41:53.45
This was our heritage;
this was what God gave.
00:41:53.75\00:41:58.13
And so that's why it
says it had two horns
00:41:58.43\00:42:01.23
like a lamb: because it
was Christ-like; it was gentle.
00:42:01.53\00:42:05.29
It was young in character.
00:42:05.49\00:42:07.57
I wish... I wish very
much that it ended there.
00:42:07.87\00:42:12.72
I wish that it
didn't say any more.
00:42:13.02\00:42:15.80
But God doesn't work that way...
00:42:16.11\00:42:20.13
God gives you the whole story.
00:42:20.43\00:42:23.69
And so it goes on and says:
00:42:23.99\00:42:26.03
Now if a lamb is Christ-like
00:42:37.36\00:42:42.62
and gentle, what's a dragon?
00:42:42.82\00:42:46.74
Just the opposite. Represents?
00:42:48.08\00:42:53.04
Satan.
00:42:53.35\00:42:55.57
So it's talking
about this power -
00:42:55.87\00:42:58.61
this two-horned beast
that had two horns like a lamb
00:42:58.91\00:43:03.84
that was
Christ-like, that was gentle -
00:43:04.05\00:43:05.76
it's talking about that beast
completely changing character.
00:43:05.96\00:43:11.19
That's what it's saying.
00:43:12.53\00:43:13.90
So that it's going to come
to the place that it's going to
00:43:13.93\00:43:16.32
speak as a dragon.
00:43:16.43\00:43:18.68
As I told you, the
dragon is the devil...
00:43:22.09\00:43:27.20
Satan. And
therefore it says that
00:43:27.80\00:43:31.88
this nation is going to exercise
00:43:31.99\00:43:37.17
not gentleness... but force.
00:43:37.37\00:43:42.59
What it's going to do.
00:43:42.79\00:43:44.41
It's going to
change its character.
00:43:44.51\00:43:47.69
So this power is exercising
00:44:02.35\00:44:08.02
the power and the
authority of the dragon.
00:44:08.89\00:44:14.70
All right,
what's he going to do?
00:44:14.91\00:44:17.13
Let's take a look at
what he's going to do.
00:44:17.33\00:44:19.02
So it's telling you clearly
what this beast is going to do.
00:44:39.90\00:44:43.79
It's going to exercise
all the power and authority
00:44:44.39\00:44:48.07
of that first beast. And
we found that first beast
00:44:48.27\00:44:51.08
persecuted the saints.
00:44:51.28\00:44:54.75
That he did a lot of things.
00:44:54.95\00:44:56.42
That you have uniting of
church and state. All that
00:44:56.62\00:44:59.43
was wrapped up
in that first beast.
00:44:59.63\00:45:01.59
This two-horned beast is
going to have great power,
00:45:11.59\00:45:15.14
going to perform signs.
00:45:15.45\00:45:17.35
And if you remember what I
read to you in Revelation 19
00:45:17.55\00:45:21.12
it's quoting some of this.
00:45:21.42\00:45:24.26
Telling you what this
beast - this two-horned beast
00:45:42.96\00:45:45.58
that's going to
speak as a dragon -
00:45:45.78\00:45:47.99
this is how he is
speaking: as a dragon.
00:45:48.19\00:45:52.32
Those are the
words of the dragon
00:46:03.45\00:46:08.65
or the words of the two-horned
beast that is speaking
00:46:08.85\00:46:11.93
as a dragon. Please notice
00:46:12.13\00:46:14.78
it says that he had
power "to give breath"
00:46:14.98\00:46:17.75
to the image of the beast.
00:46:17.95\00:46:19.56
What does that mean?
00:46:19.87\00:46:21.91
If he gives breath to
it, what does that mean?
00:46:24.02\00:46:27.58
Yeah, it means he makes it live.
00:46:29.58\00:46:31.71
I mean, you remember
the story of Pinocchio.
00:46:32.01\00:46:35.47
OK? It made it come to life.
00:46:35.77\00:46:38.96
It lived. It made
an image to the beast.
00:46:39.16\00:46:41.73
Gave breath to it; it lived.
00:46:41.93\00:46:44.30
And it says that he
would both "speak and cause. "
00:46:44.60\00:46:49.51
When the
scripture speaks of a beast
00:46:49.81\00:46:52.89
speaking and causing,
that means legislation
00:46:53.19\00:46:58.03
and that means enforcement.
00:46:58.23\00:47:00.28
Speak means legislation;
00:47:00.58\00:47:02.75
cause means enforcement.
00:47:02.95\00:47:04.63
And so it says that this beast
is going to speak and cause
00:47:04.83\00:47:09.41
this to take place.
00:47:09.51\00:47:11.61
All right.
00:47:12.11\00:47:15.78
If we could tell where we are
00:47:15.98\00:47:18.80
and where we are tending,
00:47:19.00\00:47:21.38
then we would know
what we ought to do
00:47:21.68\00:47:24.74
and how we ought to do it.
00:47:25.04\00:47:26.88
OK, so where are we headed?
00:47:27.18\00:47:29.69
What's taking place?
00:47:29.99\00:47:32.39
I told you last night at
the signing of the Lateran Pact
00:47:32.69\00:47:37.39
the Pope when he gave his speech
00:47:37.69\00:47:40.93
ended it by saying:
00:47:41.14\00:47:42.51
OK.
00:47:44.84\00:47:48.18
Let's watch what's happened.
00:47:48.48\00:47:49.96
I shared with you how
that has grown today...
00:47:50.16\00:47:52.08
where there is a million...
one billion four hundred...
00:47:52.28\00:47:57.15
four hundred million Catholics.
00:47:57.35\00:48:01.07
All right.
00:48:01.37\00:48:04.34
You get that?
00:48:28.96\00:48:31.61
What a jump you
have from 1990 to 2008?
00:48:31.91\00:48:36.46
OK.
00:48:36.96\00:48:38.86
Now all I'm trying to... I'm not
00:49:23.32\00:49:27.94
talking about whether a person
has a right to immigrate here
00:49:28.14\00:49:31.25
or not. That's not
what I'm into here tonight.
00:49:31.45\00:49:33.40
What I'm talking about is you
need to see where we're tending.
00:49:35.21\00:49:39.97
And dear friend, whether
you like it or whether you don't
00:49:40.17\00:49:44.40
we live in a democracy.
00:49:44.60\00:49:47.51
That... you need to
have that very clear.
00:49:49.24\00:49:51.13
We live in a democracy...
00:49:51.33\00:49:52.87
and therefore
the majority rules.
00:49:53.17\00:49:56.95
OK, so the population is
swinging folks, very much,
00:50:13.10\00:50:17.18
and the Catholic vote is
becoming stronger all the time.
00:50:17.38\00:50:21.87
Well, President
Obama just put in
00:50:22.07\00:50:26.11
Elena Kagan as one of
the Supreme Court justices.
00:50:26.32\00:50:31.25
What's happening here?
00:50:31.55\00:50:35.30
On the Supreme Court now
00:50:35.60\00:50:39.42
six out of the nine
Supreme Court justices
00:50:39.72\00:50:43.85
are Roman Catholic.
00:50:44.05\00:50:46.00
OK? There's not a
Protestant in the group.
00:50:46.10\00:50:50.00
OK? No Protestant
in the group at all.
00:50:50.30\00:50:53.21
They're either Roman
Catholic, Jewish, or so forth.
00:50:53.41\00:50:56.39
What does that mean?
00:50:56.69\00:50:58.53
So they have tremendous power.
00:51:25.43\00:51:28.57
I'm trying to get you to
understand where we're tending.
00:51:28.77\00:51:32.69
In other words, they say
the time has come for us to
00:52:01.10\00:52:03.77
exercise our power...
and that's where we live.
00:52:03.97\00:52:08.14
Now, listen:
00:52:15.72\00:52:19.21
This is the way the
13th chapter comes to an end.
00:52:53.32\00:52:57.43
We will move
into the 14th chapter
00:52:59.26\00:53:01.68
and we're going to take
a look at what it's saying
00:53:01.88\00:53:04.69
when it talks about
this beast and the mark...
00:53:04.89\00:53:08.05
what's all going to be
happening and taking place.
00:53:08.25\00:53:11.09
So it's very important that you
understand where we're headed,
00:53:11.39\00:53:14.39
what's happening today,
00:53:14.59\00:53:16.39
and how it's going to
play on out as we take a look
00:53:16.59\00:53:21.27
at Bible prophecy.
00:53:21.47\00:53:22.90
So let us pray together.
00:53:23.21\00:53:24.71
Heavenly Father,
00:53:25.01\00:53:26.51
we come to You
tonight... thankful, Lord,
00:53:28.26\00:53:32.41
for the blessings
that You have given us.
00:53:32.71\00:53:36.16
For the privilege we have
had to live in this country;
00:53:37.15\00:53:42.77
for the freedom
that we have enjoyed.
00:53:43.07\00:53:45.18
We pray, Lord, that
You will intervene...
00:53:46.64\00:53:49.82
that You will
move upon the hearts
00:53:50.12\00:53:53.97
of our President, on our
Senators, our Representatives
00:53:54.87\00:54:00.84
that they may sense
the hour that we're in
00:54:01.14\00:54:06.34
and that they may hold firm
to the principles upon which
00:54:06.54\00:54:10.74
this country was established.
00:54:10.95\00:54:12.81
We pray that You'll
bless our President.
00:54:13.11\00:54:15.29
Give him wisdom, give
him understanding, Lord.
00:54:15.59\00:54:18.59
Help him. When he's in
the Oval Office, Lord, he
00:54:18.89\00:54:22.97
says that he prays daily.
00:54:23.17\00:54:24.61
Impress his heart.
00:54:24.71\00:54:26.88
Be with the Representatives.
00:54:27.18\00:54:30.76
Speak to each one of them.
00:54:30.96\00:54:32.43
Also our Senators
and our governors.
00:54:32.73\00:54:37.59
May this be a country,
as we have said, that's
00:54:37.90\00:54:40.91
a nation under God.
00:54:41.11\00:54:43.68
That we might look
to You and follow You
00:54:43.89\00:54:46.72
and walk with You
in all that we do.
00:54:46.83\00:54:48.80
Bless us. May we
hold on tightly to You
00:54:49.10\00:54:53.78
that we might each have
a place in Your kingdom.
00:54:54.08\00:54:57.69
We pray in Christ's name, Amen.
00:54:57.89\00:55:01.29
Well, tomorrow evening:
The First Angel's Message.
00:55:03.71\00:55:08.29
A very, very important subject,
00:55:08.60\00:55:11.92
so we hope that all of
you will be able to join us
00:55:12.12\00:55:14.55
as we talk
about the first angel.
00:55:14.75\00:55:17.40
And it says these
angels shout with a loud voice,
00:55:17.60\00:55:20.18
so it's important that you and
I hear what they have to say.
00:55:20.38\00:55:23.45
Good night; God
bless each one of you.
00:55:23.75\00:55:26.35
All around us we
see want and suffering.
00:55:33.81\00:55:36.57
In large cities,
millions of human beings
00:55:36.67\00:55:39.67
do not receive as
much care and consideration
00:55:39.87\00:55:42.38
as we give beasts of the field.
00:55:42.58\00:55:45.13
Families are herded
together in miserable projects.
00:55:45.43\00:55:48.37
Children are born
into these terrible places.
00:55:48.67\00:55:51.85
They see nothing of
the beauty God has created
00:55:52.15\00:55:54.95
to delight their senses.
00:55:55.15\00:55:56.73
They are left to grow
up molded and fashioned by
00:55:57.03\00:55:59.62
wretched and wicked
examples all around them.
00:55:59.82\00:56:02.98
They hear the name of
God only in profanity.
00:56:03.28\00:56:06.00
Impure words and
fumes of liquor and tobacco
00:56:06.20\00:56:09.65
and immoral
behavior of every kind
00:56:09.85\00:56:12.56
pervert their tender senses.
00:56:12.76\00:56:15.28
Wretched and pitiful cries
for food and clothing are heard
00:56:15.58\00:56:19.36
by parents who know nothing
about prayer or a loving Savior.
00:56:19.39\00:56:23.74
But these cries do
not go unheard in heaven.
00:56:24.04\00:56:27.22
God sees... God hears.
00:56:27.52\00:56:30.70
Friends, our loving
Father has entrusted us
00:56:31.20\00:56:34.60
with abundance to
supply the necessities of all.
00:56:34.80\00:56:37.62
But sadly, we're not
always faithful stewards.
00:56:37.92\00:56:41.64
Many who have taken
on the name of Christ
00:56:41.94\00:56:44.25
spend His money
for selfish pleasure,
00:56:44.45\00:56:47.04
extravagant homes and clothing.
00:56:47.24\00:56:49.46
They hardly give a
suffering human a look of pity
00:56:49.76\00:56:53.53
or a word of sympathy.
00:56:53.63\00:56:55.41
We are to show the
kindness of the Samaritan
00:56:55.71\00:56:58.33
in food, clothing,
and shelter for the poor.
00:56:58.53\00:57:01.72
As Christians, our work
is to reach the people who
00:57:02.02\00:57:05.10
are neglected and
win them to Christ.
00:57:05.30\00:57:07.50
That's the goal
of this ministry.
00:57:07.80\00:57:10.46
We want them to know that He
is able to save to the uttermost
00:57:10.76\00:57:14.36
and restore them to His image.
00:57:14.56\00:57:16.61
But in order to do
this, we need your help.
00:57:16.91\00:57:20.26
Please consider
what you can do for those
00:57:20.56\00:57:23.14
who still don't
know about Jesus.
00:57:23.34\00:57:25.28
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00:57:25.58\00:57:27.02
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