And good evening. We're very
happy to welcome each of you
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tonight. We hope that
you have had a good day
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and we invite you into our
study of the book of Revelation.
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We hope that it's been
helpful to you as we've been
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going through the
book of Revelation.
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We have come to
the 17th chapter,
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and we're
actually into the last part
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of the 17th chapter tonight.
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And we'll be going through
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taking a look at
what it has to say.
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But the study of
the book of Revelation
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is probably one of the most
important books in the Bible
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for people that are living today
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because it deals with the time
in which you and I are living.
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And it helps us know
exactly what is happening.
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You can understand
what the scripture says.
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And Christ said: "I
have told you these things
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before they happen so
that when it takes place
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you may believe. "
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Well, you and I
can see from scripture
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certain things,
and as you look at news
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and you see events happening
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you can see how that
is fulfilling scripture.
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And so the book of Revelation
is a great, great book
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to study and to
understand what is happening
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and taking place. So
we're glad you're with us.
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We welcome all those of you that
are joining us by television
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or if you're
tuning in on the radio
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or actually
watching through the Internet
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we're very glad that
you're here and we hope that
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the book of Revelation will
become very, very real to you.
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Tonight we're taking
a look at the Ten Kings.
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These ten kings are
consistently mentioned
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throughout the scripture.
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They're... they have a
very definite part to play
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in the last days.
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And so it's important
that you and I understand
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who these ten kings are,
what they're going to do,
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and how it all fits together.
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And that's what we're looking
at tonight is these ten kings.
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Tomorrow night or our
next presentation I should say
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is... we're going to move into
the 18th chapter of Revelation
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on God's Last Call!
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We're down to
the end of the book.
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We're down to the end of
the book of Revelation, folks.
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And there's not
any more after this.
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I don't know if
people understand that,
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but when you get this
far in the book of Revelation
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it's... it's basically over.
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And what... the
powers that are against God -
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that have been
working against God -
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that all pretty much
ends in the 17th chapter.
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The 18th chapter is
God making an appeal
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to people to not be lost...
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to be in His kingdom.
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And that's what we'll be
looking at tomorrow evening
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as we take a look
at God's Last Call.
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But tonight: The Ten Kings.
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So we hope that you
will follow it carefully
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as we take a look
at these Ten Kings.
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Again this evening Dona Klein
is going to be singing for us.
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Going to sing a
song about heaven
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and about being
there. And it's entitled
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Almost Home, and I'm
sure you'll enjoy it.
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It's a song that I
always enjoy very much
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that she wrote. So we
hope it will bless you.
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But before she sings,
Chuck's going to come out
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and read for you the
scripture that we're going to be
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looking at tonight
in the 17th chapter.
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Good evening.
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If you have
your Bibles with you,
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I would invite you to
turn them to Revelation 17
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and we're going to
read Revelation chapter 17
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verses 12 through 18.
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So if you have
your Bibles with you,
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let's read together:
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May God add His
blessing to His Word.
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Sometime life gets so heavy
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and I get so weary
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of fighting the
good fight of faith.
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And the world seems to glitter
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with its fake gold and silver
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tempting me to give up the race.
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Close the door, Lord, behind me
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on these things that bind me
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and then remind me again
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that I am a sinner -
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a wayfaring stranger -
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in search of a
world without end.
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I'm almost home!
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Where Jesus is waiting,
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where angels are singing,
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and where I'll never more roam.
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Hallelujah! I'm almost home.
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All the sickness and dying
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with its sadness and crying
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will all be a thing of the past.
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This old world and its sorrow
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makes me long for tomorrow
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when all things
will be new at last.
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No more heartaches or grieving
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for soon I'll be leaving
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for a land where
I'll never grow old.
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I hear sweet music playing
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and soon I'll be singing
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up there in that city of gold.
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I'm almost home!
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Where Jesus is waiting,
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where angels are singing,
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and where I'll never more roam.
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Hallelujah! I'm almost home.
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Praise God! I'm almost home.
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Hallelujah!
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I'm almost home!
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Amen.
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Father in heaven,
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We come to You this evening
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asking for the
presence of Your Spirit.
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Asking, Lord, that we may see,
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we may understand,
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that we might know where
we are in the stream of time.
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As we look at this
17th chapter, Lord,
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give us wisdom.
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May the Holy Spirit be present.
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May our hearts be open.
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May they be pliable.
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May the Holy Spirit be
able to lead and guide us
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in our understanding.
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Bless us tonight as
we draw close to You
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and realize that
indeed we are almost home.
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For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
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There are five different powers
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that are mentioned
in tonight's study.
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It's very important
that you and I identify
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each of these powers and
see how they are involved
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in the last days particularly.
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Because we can know what is
happening, what's taking place,
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and how this will all fit
together in the last days.
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So we need to identify
these five different powers.
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And of course the one that
we're going to take a look at
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in particular
tonight is the ten kings.
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We need to know who
are those ten kings.
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What they're
doing... what is happening...
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what's taking place with them.
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We need to understand
exactly who the ten kings are.
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Another power
that we talked about
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and we've identified before
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but we need to make sure we
know who we're talking about...
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and that's the beast
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which the scripture identifies
as that of the papal power
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that we'll be looking at
tonight because we've got to see
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what is the beast's
relationship to the ten kings.
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Is there a relationship?
How does this fit together
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with the ten kings? You
need to understand that clearly.
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And so we'll take a
look at the beast...
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identify who the beast is.
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Then we need to
also know and understand
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who is the harlot or Babylon.
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We need to
identify Babylon clearly
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so you and I know when
the scripture's speaking about
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Babylon what's it talking about.
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What's the difference
between Babylon and the beast?
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We need to understand that.
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So we've got the ten
kings, we've got the beast,
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we've got Babylon. Those
are three different powers
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and we need to see how they
interrelate with one another.
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And then we have
the false prophet
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that the scripture identifies
and we find in our study
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that this false
prophet is the United States.
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And so now we've
got to see how the beast
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and the false
prophet fit into all this
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and how it all comes together.
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So these are all different
powers that are involved
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in tonight's presentation.
And then of course last of all
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we've got to take
a look at The Lamb.
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How does that come together?
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So those are the
five different powers
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that we're going to look
at in tonight's presentation
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and see how they
relate to one another
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and what is
happening and taking place.
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So let's take a
look at the ten kings
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and see what it tells
us about these ten kings
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and who they represent
and how it all comes together.
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It says:
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So this beast has ten horns.
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He said "the ten horns
that you saw are ten kings... "
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Very important text.
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It says they've
received no kingdom as yet
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but they receive
authority for one hour
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as kings with the beast.
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That word "one hour... "
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Some people would
like to take that and apply
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the prophetic yardstick to it
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where they say that a
day represents a year...
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which the
scripture does give us.
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And some will take
that and apply that and say
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this represents
basically 15 days.
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I don't really know
that that can be used.
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I do know that from the original
it means a very short time.
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So that I think is more
in thinking or in keeping
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with what we're talking about.
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Also when it
talks about ten kings
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there are some people
that would take and say
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that this
represents ten actual kings.
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The word... the number
ten is used in scripture
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many times to represent a total
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more than an
actual number of ten.
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It represents... the ten
kings could be a number of kings
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all coming together
and working together.
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But it means total more
than it does anything else.
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But those are the ten
kings and they receive
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authority for
one hour with what?
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With the beast.
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So they're going to be
involved here with the beast.
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Says they are "of one mind. "
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That does not mean,
folks, that these ten kings
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are going to come and
there's just going to be one.
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It doesn't mean that.
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It means that there
will be a number of them
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but they will work together.
They will be "of one mind. "
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They'll work together.
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That doesn't mean
there's just one kingdom.
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It means there's many kingdoms
but they're working together.
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They are of "one mind"
and they give their authority
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to the beast. Rather
interesting observation here.
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When it says they give
their authority to the beast
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please notice: they do
not give it to the woman
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who is riding on the beast.
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They give their
authority to the beast.
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We're going to come back
to that and talk about it.
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It's very important
that we understand that.
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So God said: "OK,
here are these nations...
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I'm going to let
them fulfill My purpose. "
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All right.
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Do you
understand what that means?
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"Till the words of
God are fulfilled. "
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It means that those ten kings
are going to go... be involved
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clear up to the end...
to the coming of Christ.
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So these are things that
are happening in the last days.
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That... that's what
they're involved with.
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Now, ten kings has
been used over and over
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and over through scripture
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time and time again.
You go to Daniel 2 verse 44
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and it talks about an
image there that had ten toes.
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And it says clearly in
scripture that those ten toes
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are ten kings.
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So it represents there...
And again, the number ten
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meaning total more
than just the number ten.
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You go to Daniel 7 and
you have a beast that has
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ten horns. And
it says in Daniel 7
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"these ten
horns are ten kings. "
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So you have the ten again.
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You move into the
book of Revelation
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and Revelation the 12th
chapter verse 3 talks about
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the dragon there and
it having ten horns on it
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which it says
represented ten kings.
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Again it's
repeated in Revelation 13
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and again, of course,
here in Revelation 17.
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In all those cases, folks,
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it's talking
about the same power.
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It's talking about
the same ten kings.
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It's consistent all
the way through scripture.
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It's not taking some ten over
here and some ten over here.
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It's the same ten
all the way through.
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And those ten - it makes
very clear - had to be...
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had to be in western Europe.
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It identifies them as
being in western Europe
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and they were made up of the
Germanic tribes that came down
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and overran the Roman Empire.
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And they were such
kingdoms as the Anglo-Saxons,
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the Franks, the Heruli,
the Vandals, the Ostrogoths
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and so forth. And folks, this
will become very, very important
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tonight, so watch
carefully because these
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nations of western
Europe - or these tribes -
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became the
nations of western Europe.
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They became such
countries as Germany
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and Italy and
France and England.
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Anglo-Saxons became the English;
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the Franks became
the French and so forth.
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They became the
nations of western Europe.
00:19:41.93\00:19:44.10
And so when it
talks about ten kings
00:19:44.40\00:19:47.73
it's talking about these
ten kings in western Europe.
00:19:47.93\00:19:52.26
So those are the ones
that are involved here.
00:19:53.22\00:19:56.16
And these ten kings
will play a major role
00:19:56.46\00:20:00.58
in the last days.
00:20:00.78\00:20:02.42
Now back in 1991, the Common
Market as it was referred to
00:20:02.62\00:20:08.55
back then - today it's
known as the European Union -
00:20:08.65\00:20:13.08
was just getting
started... just forming.
00:20:13.28\00:20:16.88
And even though
it was just starting
00:20:17.18\00:20:19.61
the London Telegraph
came out with this statement.
00:20:19.81\00:20:23.02
I want you to listen to it:
00:20:23.22\00:20:24.59
In other words,
they're saying these ten kings
00:20:47.20\00:20:50.09
are going to make up an
empire and it will be very much
00:20:50.29\00:20:55.29
involved with the Pope.
00:20:55.49\00:20:57.61
These ten kings will give
their authority to the beast.
00:20:59.16\00:21:04.64
OK. So begin to put it together
00:21:04.94\00:21:07.93
as to what's going
on. Now watch carefully:
00:21:08.23\00:21:10.47
That means these nations
are going to come together
00:21:17.17\00:21:20.31
and they're
going to work together.
00:21:20.51\00:21:21.88
And we find that's
exactly what's happening.
00:21:21.93\00:21:24.18
You go over there today...
And folks, when you move...
00:21:24.49\00:21:29.02
We don't understand it
because we went through this
00:21:29.32\00:21:32.85
200 years ago,
00:21:33.05\00:21:35.10
where, you know, we
decided that we were all
00:21:35.40\00:21:40.00
going to work together.
00:21:40.10\00:21:41.63
And so we have all of the states
and they all work together.
00:21:41.84\00:21:45.95
But that was not
the case in Europe.
00:21:46.25\00:21:48.32
There was countries...
all different countries...
00:21:48.72\00:21:52.53
little countries. And
so when all of a sudden
00:21:52.63\00:21:55.37
they decided to put
together a European Union
00:21:55.57\00:21:58.55
you've got major problems.
00:21:58.75\00:22:01.11
What would you consider
one of the big problems?
00:22:01.41\00:22:04.82
Well they speak
different languages.
00:22:06.75\00:22:08.81
Major problem.
00:22:09.11\00:22:11.11
Secondly... major problem
on weights and measurements.
00:22:11.42\00:22:15.56
And all that had
to be worked out.
00:22:15.86\00:22:18.94
Money: all had
different currency.
00:22:18.97\00:22:22.10
All those were major problems
that they had to work out.
00:22:22.40\00:22:25.19
But today you go over
there and you can drive across
00:22:25.49\00:22:28.73
England and France and
Germany and all through there
00:22:28.93\00:22:31.56
and it seems to be working.
00:22:31.76\00:22:34.53
They are of one mind.
00:22:34.83\00:22:38.61
OK? Working together.
00:22:38.91\00:22:41.14
This was what was to happen.
00:22:47.94\00:22:49.81
This is the poster
for the European Community
00:22:50.02\00:22:55.34
or European Union.
00:22:55.54\00:22:56.99
And that's the
stars that at that time...
00:22:57.29\00:22:59.54
I don't know exactly
what the number is right now -
00:22:59.74\00:23:02.85
the number of
nations that are together -
00:23:03.06\00:23:04.92
but there's far more than
ten, I'll assure you that.
00:23:05.12\00:23:08.70
But it means - as
I said - more total.
00:23:09.00\00:23:11.49
And you might
notice what it says there:
00:23:11.70\00:23:14.00
Europe: many tongues, one voice.
00:23:14.21\00:23:18.24
See? They're working together.
00:23:18.54\00:23:20.95
Well, I want you to
take a look at this:
00:23:21.25\00:23:24.21
this is the headquarters
for the European Union.
00:23:24.61\00:23:30.61
That's where these ten
kings are all involved:
00:23:30.91\00:23:34.07
the European Union.
00:23:34.27\00:23:36.42
This is what is
outside their headquarters.
00:23:36.72\00:23:40.64
Do you see what's there?
00:23:40.84\00:23:42.91
You have a woman
riding on a beast.
00:23:43.11\00:23:48.61
That's what they
use to represent them
00:23:49.01\00:23:54.03
is this woman...
riding on a beast.
00:23:54.33\00:23:57.08
They even have
it on their money.
00:23:57.29\00:23:58.87
So you have that... exactly what
is taking place there today.
00:24:00.35\00:24:06.28
We must understand
that today this is a major
00:24:06.58\00:24:11.31
player - a major
power - in the world
00:24:11.51\00:24:15.39
because these folks
have the largest army
00:24:16.52\00:24:20.90
in the world.
00:24:21.20\00:24:22.87
The Euro is right there
00:24:24.86\00:24:30.17
as far as the
dollar is concerned.
00:24:30.37\00:24:32.69
In fact, there's some
countries that want to say
00:24:32.99\00:24:35.09
stop taking the dollar and start
transferring it all to Euros.
00:24:35.29\00:24:38.76
You have this. So
these are major factors
00:24:39.06\00:24:42.89
in the world today
in which they are there.
00:24:42.92\00:24:46.50
So these ARE the ten kings.
00:24:46.70\00:24:49.64
All right: the beast.
00:24:49.94\00:24:52.99
Because he's very much playing
here because they give their
00:24:53.29\00:24:55.78
power and
authority to the beast.
00:24:55.98\00:24:57.44
And we have found it says
here in Revelation 13 verse 1:
00:24:57.74\00:25:01.16
Well, we found out that
this represents papal Rome.
00:25:11.47\00:25:16.86
We identified that.
00:25:17.07\00:25:18.89
The scripture gives
eight points of identification,
00:25:18.99\00:25:21.42
and we looked at those.
It identifies it clearly.
00:25:21.72\00:25:24.47
OK. What? What
part is it playing
00:25:24.77\00:25:29.09
with the ten kings?
00:25:29.29\00:25:30.99
Watch:
00:25:31.29\00:25:33.26
Is there
anything happening today
00:25:41.58\00:25:45.17
that begins to show that
things are going that way?
00:25:46.75\00:25:50.95
Now listen to
what he has to say:
00:26:15.71\00:26:17.49
Now you've got to understand
what he's meaning when he says
00:26:26.12\00:26:28.53
originality.
00:26:28.63\00:26:30.00
Now listen:
00:26:43.26\00:26:44.63
So let me assure you,
they very much have a hand
00:27:05.81\00:27:11.23
in what is going
on. So when it says
00:27:11.43\00:27:14.34
they will give their power and
authority to that of the beast
00:27:14.54\00:27:19.94
there is movement
taking place today for that.
00:27:20.14\00:27:25.00
Now you need to understand
the political background
00:27:25.30\00:27:27.96
and what's happening
here to put it together.
00:27:28.16\00:27:30.56
This is a map of
the European Union.
00:27:30.76\00:27:36.16
This is a map of the nations
that we're talking about...
00:27:36.46\00:27:39.75
the ten different
ones. And so here in -
00:27:40.05\00:27:42.97
if you can see the
difference - in the blue...
00:27:43.17\00:27:45.55
All those that are
in blue, the majority
00:27:45.75\00:27:49.75
in those countries
are Roman Catholic.
00:27:49.96\00:27:53.18
OK?
00:27:53.48\00:27:55.90
Those in the purple
which is more towards the top
00:27:56.40\00:28:00.64
those are Protestant, OK?
00:28:00.84\00:28:04.54
Those in the red over there
00:28:04.74\00:28:08.81
are Eastern Orthodox.
00:28:09.01\00:28:11.72
OK?
00:28:12.02\00:28:13.60
And those in the
green... those are Islam.
00:28:13.90\00:28:18.53
OK?
00:28:18.83\00:28:20.81
Can you put those together?
00:28:21.12\00:28:22.49
Because I'm about to read you
a statement that makes a great
00:28:22.69\00:28:26.29
great difference.
00:28:26.32\00:28:27.81
This statement was
given by Charles Malik.
00:28:28.11\00:28:31.36
Charles Malik was the
ambassador to the United States
00:28:32.72\00:28:38.67
from Lebanon. He
taught at Harvard.
00:28:38.87\00:28:42.55
Very much involved in the United
Nations and what went on there.
00:28:42.86\00:28:47.44
I want you to
listen to what he says:
00:28:47.74\00:28:50.51
Now did you catch that?
00:29:11.43\00:29:13.59
All right.
00:29:13.89\00:29:15.54
Rome must unite with
Eastern Orthodoxy. Why?
00:29:35.11\00:29:40.82
Listen:
00:30:03.58\00:30:05.36
Now, you see what
he's saying, folks.
00:30:23.77\00:30:26.85
He's saying that the
Roman Catholic church
00:30:27.15\00:30:30.87
and the Eastern Orthodox
need to unite... come together.
00:30:31.07\00:30:36.41
And the reason, he said, is
because the Eastern Orthodox
00:30:36.71\00:30:40.29
church controls western Europe.
00:30:40.49\00:30:44.10
All right, look at it.
Look at your map again.
00:30:44.60\00:30:48.01
There you have it.
00:30:48.31\00:30:51.28
You see there you
have all the blue.
00:30:51.58\00:30:55.45
The red, folks,
is Eastern Orthodox.
00:30:55.65\00:30:58.43
They control that
whole part of the world.
00:30:58.73\00:31:01.64
Below them is Islam.
00:31:01.95\00:31:05.50
So if Catholicism
and them don't unite
00:31:05.80\00:31:10.09
then Islam can
march across Europe.
00:31:10.39\00:31:12.84
Begins... helps you begin to
see what's happening out there,
00:31:15.15\00:31:20.18
what's going to take place.
00:31:20.48\00:31:22.18
And there are things
that are happening today
00:31:22.48\00:31:24.92
that begin to
bring that together.
00:31:25.12\00:31:28.02
You... just in the last month
00:31:28.32\00:31:31.30
there was news
about the Catholic church,
00:31:31.50\00:31:35.34
the Eastern Orthodox
church coming together.
00:31:35.54\00:31:38.23
Different ones uniting with it.
00:31:38.53\00:31:41.10
You find changes
that are taking place
00:31:41.40\00:31:43.89
that are beginning to
open the door for that.
00:31:44.09\00:31:46.75
OK, let's take
a look at Babylon.
00:31:47.05\00:31:50.10
You must understand
when we talk about Babylon
00:31:52.96\00:31:55.86
that Babylon is a
system - a religious system.
00:31:56.06\00:32:01.68
And it's not just
one... it's uniting of several.
00:32:01.88\00:32:07.05
And that is the
reason it's called Babylon...
00:32:07.25\00:32:09.45
because it is confusion.
00:32:09.66\00:32:12.16
Let's see what it says about it:
00:32:12.26\00:32:14.24
Now this woman riding on
the beast - and as I told you
00:32:24.82\00:32:27.74
last night - when a
woman is sitting on something
00:32:27.95\00:32:30.68
that means she controls it.
00:32:30.88\00:32:32.89
So she is controlling the beast.
00:32:33.29\00:32:35.83
So she is the mother of harlots,
00:32:54.23\00:32:57.98
abominations of the earth.
00:32:58.18\00:33:00.62
So you need to
put it down clearly
00:33:08.11\00:33:10.17
that this woman is not in
accord with the scripture.
00:33:10.37\00:33:15.91
She's not in the same
league as with the Lord.
00:33:16.21\00:33:19.77
She is in opposition to it.
00:33:20.07\00:33:22.95
And you don't have to
be... when I say in opposition
00:33:23.15\00:33:26.46
that doesn't mean you
have to be non-religious.
00:33:26.66\00:33:29.78
You can be religious
and be in opposition.
00:33:31.36\00:33:34.15
You need to understand that.
00:33:34.55\00:33:36.49
And she is: she's religious,
she's a spiritual power
00:33:36.69\00:33:39.67
but she's certainly not in
keeping with the Word of God.
00:33:39.97\00:33:42.82
So if she's
sitting on the waters
00:33:51.13\00:33:53.44
that means she is controlling
the people and the nations,
00:33:53.64\00:33:57.52
tongues.
00:33:57.62\00:33:58.99
Now here you
have these ten horns
00:34:13.46\00:34:16.11
that have given her
their power and authority
00:34:16.31\00:34:19.44
and now the scripture is
saying they turn against her
00:34:19.64\00:34:23.11
and hate her
00:34:23.31\00:34:26.32
and burn her with fire.
00:34:26.62\00:34:28.65
So there's going to be a
total change of mindset here
00:34:28.85\00:34:32.33
about these ten kings and
their attitude to the woman.
00:34:32.53\00:34:37.24
So put it down: when the
scripture speaks of Babylon
00:34:57.35\00:35:01.23
as a city that's
the same as the woman.
00:35:01.43\00:35:05.14
There's no difference between
the woman and the city...
00:35:05.44\00:35:08.15
it's still Babylon. So
she is that great city.
00:35:08.46\00:35:11.67
So you need to have
that clear in your mind.
00:35:11.97\00:35:14.45
OK, watch what happens here.
00:35:14.75\00:35:16.91
So here we have these
frogs coming out of these three
00:35:29.33\00:35:32.83
beasts: the dragon, the
beast, the false prophet.
00:35:33.03\00:35:37.58
So here we have three powers.
00:35:47.39\00:35:50.88
We have the
dragon, we have the beast,
00:35:51.18\00:35:53.80
and we have the false prophet.
00:35:54.00\00:35:55.84
And out of their mouth is
going frogs that are demons
00:35:56.14\00:36:00.38
that are
deceiving the whole world.
00:36:00.58\00:36:04.10
Now watch:
00:36:04.30\00:36:05.83
"Now the great
city" which is who?
00:36:06.13\00:36:09.36
Is Babylon. OK.
"Now the great city
00:36:09.39\00:36:13.22
was divided
into... " How many parts?
00:36:13.42\00:36:16.44
OK. Are you putting it together?
00:36:16.64\00:36:19.06
So you have the city
divided into three parts.
00:36:29.74\00:36:33.45
And the reason it's divided
into three parts is because
00:36:33.65\00:36:36.41
you have the
dragon, you have the beast,
00:36:36.61\00:36:39.66
and you have the false prophet.
00:36:39.86\00:36:41.53
Those are the three parts.
00:36:41.83\00:36:44.25
The dragon represents Paganism.
00:36:44.55\00:36:47.57
Papal power
represents Catholicism.
00:36:47.88\00:36:51.10
And the false prophet
represents Protestantism.
00:36:51.40\00:36:55.70
Protestantism that at one time
00:36:56.00\00:36:58.64
was given the grace of God
and preached the Word of God
00:36:58.84\00:37:03.84
and followed it... in
the last days has given it up
00:37:04.04\00:37:07.43
and no longer stands for what
the original fathers stood for
00:37:07.73\00:37:13.39
and fought for.
They've given it up.
00:37:13.60\00:37:15.56
And so Babylon, which is
a spiritual power, folks,
00:37:15.86\00:37:20.27
not a political power...
00:37:20.47\00:37:22.31
It is a spiritual
power. I told you last night
00:37:22.61\00:37:25.50
that when it talks
about a spiritual power
00:37:25.70\00:37:29.25
or a church it always
uses it in the feminine.
00:37:29.45\00:37:34.33
She... refers to it as she.
00:37:34.57\00:37:37.21
Civil power is
always referred to as he.
00:37:37.51\00:37:40.79
And so you have those two there
00:37:41.09\00:37:43.99
and it's divided the
kingdom into three parts.
00:37:44.19\00:37:47.90
What has happened is she
has taken over civil power.
00:37:58.04\00:38:04.03
That's the reason it says
that she's riding on the beast
00:38:05.72\00:38:09.83
or she's sitting on the waters
00:38:10.13\00:38:12.34
or she's that city. It's saying
00:38:12.54\00:38:15.87
that she as a spiritual power
has taken over civil power.
00:38:16.07\00:38:20.78
But please notice
that these ten kings
00:38:20.81\00:38:24.37
did not give their
authority to the woman.
00:38:24.57\00:38:30.31
They gave their
authority to the beast.
00:38:30.61\00:38:35.88
You see, a church power
00:38:36.19\00:38:39.15
or a spiritual
power has never had
00:38:39.35\00:38:44.67
the power to execute things.
00:38:46.62\00:38:51.61
The church power has
always had to use a civil power.
00:38:51.91\00:38:57.89
And as you read
down through history
00:38:58.13\00:39:00.35
it's always been that
if a church got in control
00:39:00.54\00:39:04.80
they used the civil power
to carry out their operations.
00:39:04.83\00:39:09.44
And even Rome -
the papal power -
00:39:09.73\00:39:14.42
you don't find the
papal power doing any of that.
00:39:14.62\00:39:17.38
You find her using civil
power to accomplish her purpose.
00:39:17.58\00:39:21.10
And so here these ten kings
00:39:21.40\00:39:24.14
have given their
authority to the beast.
00:39:24.35\00:39:26.63
When Babylon
falls... when Babylon is not
00:39:26.93\00:39:32.78
doing what she promised
them that she would do...
00:39:32.99\00:39:36.00
they are finding
themselves deceived...
00:39:36.20\00:39:39.33
they turn against her.
00:39:39.53\00:39:41.69
They turn
against her and hate her.
00:39:42.90\00:39:44.98
Burn her with fire... they
have nothing to do with her
00:39:45.28\00:39:47.60
because all of the things
that she said have not happened,
00:39:47.90\00:39:51.24
have not taken place.
00:39:51.54\00:39:52.91
This is what it's
telling us has happened here.
00:39:53.01\00:39:56.20
She ruled over them but
her rule has come to an end.
00:40:06.21\00:40:10.87
Now watch carefully:
00:40:11.17\00:40:12.68
Now, water represents what?
00:40:29.75\00:40:34.06
People, nations, tongues.
00:40:34.36\00:40:37.37
OK. Says that the
Euphrates was dried up.
00:40:37.67\00:40:42.13
Well, you can make some
comparisons here, folks,
00:40:42.43\00:40:46.30
if you just go back in
your mind to Babylon of old.
00:40:46.50\00:40:49.77
In Babylon of old...
through the river flowed?
00:40:50.68\00:40:54.36
Or through the
city flowed the...
00:40:54.66\00:40:56.26
river Euphrates.
00:40:56.56\00:40:58.72
And then we find that
Cyrus came. You remember?
00:40:59.02\00:41:04.14
And the people had even
crawled upon on the wall
00:41:04.34\00:41:08.35
and threw food to
him... laughed at him.
00:41:08.55\00:41:10.38
Took his army down and they
diverted the river Euphrates
00:41:10.68\00:41:15.39
into canals and they
dried up the Euphrates
00:41:15.59\00:41:20.23
so that they could get
inside the city of Babylon.
00:41:20.43\00:41:23.69
So it's saying
here in the last days
00:41:24.00\00:41:27.56
the waters will be dried
up. What's it talking about?
00:41:27.76\00:41:31.25
It's talking about all the
opposition that has been to God
00:41:31.55\00:41:36.11
and His kingdom...
all that is dried up.
00:41:36.31\00:41:39.40
The waters have
dried up... the people.
00:41:39.61\00:41:41.49
All those that
were in opposition.
00:41:41.69\00:41:43.89
The woman and what she
had done. She is hated.
00:41:44.09\00:41:47.39
She's burned with
fire; she's done away with.
00:41:47.59\00:41:50.52
That's drying up the Euphrates
00:41:50.55\00:41:52.65
that the way of the kings
of the east might be prepared.
00:41:52.95\00:41:58.35
And when it's talking
about the kings of the east
00:41:58.65\00:42:01.31
it's referring to the
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:42:01.51\00:42:04.54
So the river is dried up
00:42:05.69\00:42:07.65
in preparation for the
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:42:07.95\00:42:11.29
So he said clearly... this is
right there in that same chapter
00:42:19.37\00:42:22.59
that this would be the
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:42:22.79\00:42:25.72
The kings... by the way, that
word is kings - it's plural -
00:42:26.02\00:42:30.25
it refers to more than one.
00:42:30.45\00:42:32.66
So why would it
use more than one
00:42:32.86\00:42:35.31
concerning the coming of Christ
00:42:35.52\00:42:37.41
when it says "to prepare the
way of the KINGS of the east? "
00:42:37.71\00:42:42.75
Well very simple.
00:42:43.05\00:42:45.11
Because you and I are kings.
00:42:46.70\00:42:49.12
That's what the scripture says.
00:42:49.53\00:42:51.79
And so when it says it
would prepare the way for the
00:43:01.47\00:43:04.19
kings of the east,
it's referring to the coming
00:43:04.39\00:43:08.04
of Jesus Christ... coming back.
00:43:08.24\00:43:10.99
Well, what about
the false prophet?
00:43:11.29\00:43:15.75
How does the false
prophet fit into all this?
00:43:16.05\00:43:20.06
We've seen the beast. We've
taken a look at the harlot.
00:43:20.36\00:43:24.91
We've looked at the ten kings.
00:43:25.21\00:43:27.02
Now, the false
prophet. What about him?
00:43:27.32\00:43:30.78
Interesting. We
have the ten kings
00:43:50.37\00:43:53.85
giving their power
and authority to the?
00:43:54.05\00:43:57.19
Beast. And now
we have this power -
00:43:57.39\00:44:01.57
the false
prophet, if you please -
00:44:01.77\00:44:04.31
giving his power and
authority to the beast.
00:44:04.51\00:44:09.35
He's given great, great power
00:44:18.92\00:44:22.26
to perform signs. Now
what's he going to do with this?
00:44:22.46\00:44:26.85
So he's been able -
this false prophet -
00:44:34.60\00:44:39.33
to deceive the world.
00:44:39.53\00:44:41.37
Deceive the world
into doing something.
00:44:41.87\00:44:45.74
Now he's going to
make an image to the beast
00:44:55.19\00:44:59.11
that's been wounded
by the sword and lived.
00:45:00.32\00:45:03.62
Now he... he has
done great signs.
00:45:19.65\00:45:24.50
The people have turned to him
00:45:24.63\00:45:27.65
believing, and he's told
them they need to make an image
00:45:27.95\00:45:31.87
to the beast.
00:45:32.07\00:45:33.44
The beast power stands for what?
00:45:33.64\00:45:38.41
Well, the woman's
riding on the beast, isn't she?
00:45:39.87\00:45:44.96
Yeah, she riding on the beast.
00:45:45.26\00:45:47.35
Which means when you have
the woman riding on the beast
00:45:47.66\00:45:51.28
you have
unification of church and state.
00:45:51.48\00:45:55.20
And so if he's going to
make an image to the beast
00:45:55.50\00:45:58.23
you've got to
make it like the beast.
00:45:58.43\00:46:00.67
And so you've got to
have union of church and state
00:46:01.52\00:46:06.63
coming together. And it
says that the false prophet
00:46:06.83\00:46:10.27
is the one that
will give impetus to this
00:46:10.47\00:46:13.02
to bring it about.
00:46:13.22\00:46:14.70
You see it's tying
definitely the false prophet
00:46:29.06\00:46:31.36
to this two-horned beast.
00:46:31.56\00:46:32.93
So it's telling us
clearly that the United States
00:46:40.56\00:46:43.30
would be foremost in
pulling this together.
00:46:43.50\00:46:48.16
Bringing this union
together in which all of it
00:46:48.46\00:46:53.09
is to work together and do
what they think and promised
00:46:53.29\00:46:56.71
that it will do. So we find...
00:46:56.92\00:46:59.51
Are things going that way today?
00:46:59.72\00:47:02.62
Well, we have the Supreme Court.
00:47:02.92\00:47:08.45
Nine justices.
00:47:10.29\00:47:13.30
Tonight five out of the nine
00:47:14.88\00:47:19.88
are Roman Catholic.
00:47:20.19\00:47:22.94
Sad to say, there
is not a Protestant
00:47:24.78\00:47:29.72
in the whole group.
00:47:29.92\00:47:31.86
Roman Catholic.
Do you understand?
00:47:34.98\00:47:38.13
Do you understand the
power that these people have?
00:47:38.43\00:47:41.07
They hold,
folks... they literally hold
00:47:41.77\00:47:46.00
the power of life and death.
00:47:46.20\00:47:49.51
What they hold.
00:47:50.96\00:47:53.59
So we find that one
particular thing after another
00:47:54.85\00:47:58.57
is moving us step by
step closer and closer
00:47:58.77\00:48:03.25
to this whole
thing coming together...
00:48:03.35\00:48:06.69
the time in which
we are living today.
00:48:06.89\00:48:08.90
When it uses the
words speak and cause
00:48:25.85\00:48:30.86
that simply means:
00:48:31.07\00:48:33.65
So it's telling us
that it will be literally
00:48:41.28\00:48:44.28
legislated and will be enforced.
00:48:44.48\00:48:48.84
This is how the image
of the beast is set up.
00:48:50.44\00:48:52.96
And it says that it would give
life to the image of the beast.
00:48:53.16\00:48:56.59
Means it's going to come
to life. It will be enforced.
00:48:56.89\00:48:59.57
It'll actually happen.
00:48:59.77\00:49:01.43
So you and I as time goes by
00:49:01.63\00:49:05.39
we can watch more
and more the encroachment
00:49:05.59\00:49:08.68
of church into political power.
00:49:08.89\00:49:13.13
And we've seen a
great lot of that already
00:49:13.43\00:49:16.73
in our day in the age in
which you and I are living.
00:49:16.93\00:49:20.23
OK. What about The Lamb?
00:49:20.53\00:49:23.27
What's going to happen?
00:49:25.65\00:49:27.13
Because He is the King of
Kings and the Lord of Lords.
00:49:27.63\00:49:33.56
Now, these... these ten kings,
00:49:55.11\00:50:00.24
the beast, the false
prophet... they will make war
00:50:00.84\00:50:06.76
with The Lamb.
00:50:06.96\00:50:08.33
What does that mean?
00:50:08.36\00:50:10.99
Well it doesn't mean they're
going to make physical war.
00:50:12.65\00:50:15.75
It means that they
teach in opposition
00:50:15.95\00:50:20.92
to what God teaches.
00:50:21.12\00:50:22.94
I just cannot emphasize enough
00:50:23.24\00:50:27.24
that you and I must follow
what this book teaches, folks.
00:50:27.74\00:50:32.54
And if you are not
spending time in the Word of God
00:50:34.05\00:50:38.58
you are putting
your soul at jeopardy.
00:50:40.03\00:50:43.58
If you're not spending
time in the Word of God,
00:50:45.06\00:50:47.97
you're putting
your soul at jeopardy.
00:50:48.17\00:50:50.93
Because you and I need to
know what the Word of God says.
00:50:51.23\00:50:57.22
Because that is your only...
that is your only defense.
00:50:57.52\00:51:02.29
That is your only hope.
00:51:02.39\00:51:03.76
And when it says: "They
will make war with The Lamb"
00:51:03.79\00:51:06.47
it makes it clear that
they are drunk with the wine
00:51:06.77\00:51:10.11
of Roman Babylon.
00:51:10.31\00:51:11.74
And therefore
they're going to teach things
00:51:12.04\00:51:13.92
that are contrary
to the Word of God.
00:51:14.12\00:51:17.21
And it may sound to you
as logical as it can be...
00:51:17.42\00:51:21.29
but if it does not
agree with the Word of God
00:51:21.49\00:51:24.25
it is not truth.
00:51:24.45\00:51:26.96
And... and you can
have something, folks,
00:51:28.39\00:51:32.49
that is 95% truth
00:51:32.79\00:51:36.04
and 5% error...
IT'S STILL NOT TRUTH!
00:51:36.34\00:51:40.73
It's got to ring
true to the Word of God.
00:51:40.93\00:51:45.45
And so when it says they
are in opposition to The Lamb
00:51:45.75\00:51:50.26
then that means
they're fighting against Him.
00:51:50.46\00:51:53.36
He will overcome them. OK?
00:51:53.66\00:51:56.62
Christ will overcome
them. He will set up HIS kingdom
00:52:08.90\00:52:11.78
and will reign forever and ever.
00:52:12.08\00:52:14.60
Marvelous!
00:52:22.24\00:52:23.61
That God is going to come
and He's going to live here.
00:52:23.87\00:52:28.85
"The tabernacle
of God is with man. "
00:52:29.15\00:52:34.06
Wonderful!
00:52:34.56\00:52:37.12
Do you understand?
They just here the other day
00:52:37.22\00:52:39.59
said they found out
the universe is much bigger
00:52:39.79\00:52:41.78
than we thought.
00:52:41.88\00:52:43.25
You know... and here - of
all the millions and billions
00:52:44.06\00:52:48.68
and trillions of worlds -
00:52:48.88\00:52:51.77
God's going to
live here with us.
00:52:51.97\00:52:56.05
You see, tonight
00:53:09.77\00:53:11.53
the Lord is making
a covenant with you.
00:53:11.93\00:53:16.45
And God is
saying: "I'll be your God
00:53:18.19\00:53:22.09
if you will be My people. "
00:53:22.39\00:53:26.05
And He gives you
and I the privilege
00:53:26.35\00:53:29.47
of making that decision
whether I want to be His people.
00:53:29.67\00:53:34.45
Whether I want to
say: "Yes, you're my God.
00:53:34.75\00:53:39.24
I will walk with
You; I will follow You.
00:53:40.58\00:53:42.88
I will obey You;
I will do Your will.
00:53:43.08\00:53:45.48
You just be my God. "
00:53:47.34\00:53:49.43
And He says:
"Then you are My child.
00:53:50.03\00:53:55.95
I'll be your God;
you shall be My people. "
00:53:56.25\00:54:01.91
Let's pray.
00:54:02.21\00:54:03.60
Father in heaven, we thank you
00:54:03.90\00:54:07.11
for the marvelous assurance
that Jesus is coming back.
00:54:07.41\00:54:12.79
We ask, Lord,
that each one of us
00:54:12.89\00:54:15.40
may prepare our hearts.
00:54:16.52\00:54:18.32
That we may open Your Word
00:54:18.62\00:54:21.34
and that we might hold to it
tenaciously in all that we do.
00:54:21.54\00:54:26.58
Bless each one and all
that are listening we pray
00:54:26.88\00:54:29.81
in Your name, Amen.
00:54:30.01\00:54:32.61
Tomorrow evening - the next
presentation: God's Last Call.
00:54:34.80\00:54:40.58
In the heart of
southern Illinois
00:54:41.07\00:54:44.06
lies a small town
named after A. J. Nason
00:54:44.26\00:54:48.45
who came in 1923 with
plans for a dream city
00:54:48.65\00:54:52.48
and the largest coal
mine in the United States.
00:54:52.68\00:54:56.27
Surveyors laid out the
streets and the sidewalk
00:54:56.57\00:54:59.37
and workers built the tallest
smokestack in the country
00:54:59.57\00:55:03.16
complete with a Spanish turret
00:55:03.36\00:55:05.41
and decorative
cathedral doors at the top.
00:55:05.61\00:55:09.09
Railroad tracks were laid,
00:55:09.29\00:55:11.23
and as word of
this dream city spread
00:55:11.43\00:55:14.01
people flocked
in by the thousands.
00:55:14.21\00:55:17.05
But as the black coal
came out of those deep tunnels
00:55:17.35\00:55:20.39
miners came closer and
closer to the end of the dream.
00:55:20.59\00:55:25.68
And after just
three years of mining
00:55:25.98\00:55:28.13
an underground
river flooded the shaft.
00:55:28.33\00:55:31.62
Suddenly the
operations became very costly
00:55:31.92\00:55:35.39
and although Mr. Nason
poured millions into his mine
00:55:35.59\00:55:39.84
eventually it was
taken over by the bank.
00:55:40.04\00:55:43.18
People left the city in droves.
00:55:43.48\00:55:45.68
Some didn't even bother
to take their furniture.
00:55:45.98\00:55:48.30
Soon the tracks lay dormant.
00:55:48.60\00:55:50.84
Weeds grew up around
the beautiful train station,
00:55:51.14\00:55:53.73
and abandoned
homes gave way to trees.
00:55:53.93\00:55:57.48
Today locals say that Nason
is the only town in America
00:55:57.78\00:56:02.55
where you can hunt
quail from the sidewalk.
00:56:02.79\00:56:05.88
Although other coal
companies tried to revive it,
00:56:06.18\00:56:09.20
Nason's mine never
again turned a profit
00:56:09.40\00:56:13.55
and today only a few
hundred people are left.
00:56:13.75\00:56:17.17
Mr. Nason's
dream went up in smoke.
00:56:17.47\00:56:21.19
All that remains is
a beautiful smokestack,
00:56:21.49\00:56:24.74
an old train station,
00:56:24.94\00:56:27.29
and miles of deserted tracks.
00:56:27.49\00:56:30.29
The Bible says earthly
treasures are easily stolen
00:56:31.46\00:56:35.31
by thieves and
destroyed by moth and rust.
00:56:35.51\00:56:38.98
But our Heavenly Father
is building a dream city
00:56:39.28\00:56:41.96
with streets of gold and
mansions by a crystal sea.
00:56:42.16\00:56:46.24
He invites us to come
live with Him for eternity
00:56:46.54\00:56:49.48
and never grow old.
00:56:49.68\00:56:51.54
The Bible also says
that where our treasure is
00:56:51.74\00:56:54.57
there our heart will be also.
00:56:54.77\00:56:56.98
And in this day and age
when stocks lose their value
00:56:57.28\00:57:00.89
in minutes and
entire banking systems fail
00:57:01.09\00:57:04.50
God invites us to put
our treasures in things of
00:57:04.60\00:57:08.68
eternal value.
00:57:08.78\00:57:10.15
Friends, nothing is more
valuable than a human soul.
00:57:10.30\00:57:14.84
Won't you help us bring
the good news of salvation
00:57:15.14\00:57:17.97
to those who are lost?
00:57:18.17\00:57:20.33
Please, ask the Holy Spirit
what He would have you do.
00:57:20.63\00:57:25.36
Please consider what
you can do for those who
00:57:26.49\00:57:29.49
still don't know about Jesus.
00:57:29.69\00:57:31.54
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00:57:31.74\00:57:33.37
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