John the Baptist, who
was standing on the bank
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or in the water at the
Jordan River, baptizing
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people and he saw a
man, he pointed and said look
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the Lamb of God who takes
away the sins of the world.
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He was stunned at what
he saw next because Jesus
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took off his outer
robe and began to walk down
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into the water and
said John baptize me.
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Jesus was baptized in
the water of the Jordan River
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and when he came up out
of the water his Father spoke
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from heaven saying this is
my son and I'm well pleased
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and he sent the Holy Spirit
which came down in the form
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of a dove resting on Jesus
anointing him, empowering him
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to carryout his
ministry on this Earth as
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the Son of God. A
ministry that came to an abrupt
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end when Jesus
received a deadly wound and died
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on the cross, three
and a half years later.
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But then, three days
later he came up from the grave
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he rose again, he ascended
to heaven to the right hand
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of the Father and then
he sent the Holy Spirit
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to perform signs and wonders
miracles and by the power
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of the Holy Spirit Jesus
gathered the whole world into
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his Church to worship
him, God, the Father, the Son,
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and the Holy
Spirit. What a God we serve!
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But in Revelation Chapter
13 we see a different picture.
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In Revelation Chapter 13,
Verse 1, the dragon stood on
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the shore of the sea
and I saw a beast coming up
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out of the sea. So,
just as Jesus came up out
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of the waters of the baptism
now we see a beast coming up
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out of the sea, and then
the dragon gave the beast
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his power, his throne, and
great authority just as God
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the Father gave his son
his power, his throne, and
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his authority, so the
dragon gives the beast his power
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his throne, and his authority.
Verse 4, men worshiped
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the dragon, that's the
devil because he had given
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his authority to the beast and
they also worshiped the beast.
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Verse 7 says he was
given power to make war against
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the saints and to conquer
them, and to exercise his
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authority for 42 months.
Let's see 42 months divided
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by 12 months in a year that
equals three and a half years
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Just as Jesus Christ came
up out of the water received
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his authority from the Father
and began his ministry for
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three and a half years,
so the beast comes up out of
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the water
receives his authority from
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the dragon that's the devil
for three and one half years
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coincidence?
Absolutely not, that isn't all.
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Verse 3 says one of the
heads of the beast seemed to had
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a fatal wound, but the
fatal wound was healed just as
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Jesus suffered a fatal
wound when he died on the cross.
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The beast has a fatal
wound just as Jesus was raised
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up again, so the
beast, fatal wound is healed,
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that isn't all. In Verse
11, it says another beast came
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up out of the earth, he
had two horns like a lamb, but
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he spoke like a dragon and
he exercised all the authority
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on the first beast on his
behalf and he made the earth
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and its inhabitants worship
the first beast performing
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great signs and wonders,
miracles, that's the false
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prophet, we've already
seen. So, look at it, Jesus came
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came up out of the waters
of baptism, the Father anointed
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him with the Holy
Spirit giving him his authority
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to conduct his ministry
on this Earth for three and
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one half years after
which he died on the cross.
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Three days later he was
raised up again and he sent
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the Holy Spirit to come
into this world to gather
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the world into his
Church to worship the creator of
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the Heavens and the Earth
and so the dragon gives his
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authority to the beast
who comes up out of the water.
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For three and a half
years he performs his Ministry
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and then he receives a
deadly wound. But, the deadly
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wound is healed and he
sends the false prophet
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to perform miracles,
signs and wonders to the whole
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world to gather the
world together to worship him,
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the dragon. You see
the dragon, the beast,
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the false prophet form a
counterfeit to the Father
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his son and the Holy
Spirit. The dragon is no dummy.
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He knows that if he
is ever going to secure
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the elegance of men and
women on this Earth he has
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to appear as though he
were God. He is no dummy
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and in order for it to
work the counterfeit must look
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almost exactly and
precisely the same as the truth
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and it does what he makes,
he is not perfect, he makes
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mistake. Bible says he
was given power to make war
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against the saints and to
conquer them, in other words
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in order to secure his
allegiance he uses deception
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and force. God uses
truth and love. The beast is
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a counterfeit system
of worship designed by
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the dragon to look at it
as though it were the true
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worship of the true God and
practically the entire world
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is going to worship the
beast believing that they are
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following the lamb. Second,
we shouldn't be surprised
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in 2nd
Thessalonians Chapter 2. In 2nd
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Thessalonians Chapter 2,
Verse 3, don't let anyone
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deceive you in anyway
for that day will not come
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until the rebellion occurs
and the man of lawlessness
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is reveled someone
in Thessalonica had been
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teaching and the people
were wondering well has the end
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come, has the Kingdom of
God been established, has Jesus
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come back again and we
missed it. No, that day
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will not come until the
rebellion occurs and the man
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of lawlessness that's
the Antichrist is revealed
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first the man doomed to
destruction. Watch this,
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Verse 4, he will
oppose and exalt himself over
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everything that is called
God or is worshiped, so that
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he sets to himself up in
God's temple, proclaiming
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himself to be God and that's
the secret of the Antichrist.
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He doesn't go around
hollering and complaining
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there is no God, no,
he goes around saying
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I am God, worship me
and almost the whole world
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follows in wonder after
the beast. He sets himself
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up in God's temple
saying I am God. We have learned
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from the scripture,comparing
scripture with scripture
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that the Israel of God today
is the Church of Jesus Christ
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and the Temple that is
being rebuilt now is the Church
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and today practically
the entire Christian world
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following the lead of
the popular writers like left
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behind Tim LaHaye and
Jerry Jenkins are looking for
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the Antichrist to arise
sometime in the future after
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the Church is ruptured out
of the way to rebuild the temple
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in Jerusalem and to
desecrate the temple when the
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Antichrist, one
Nicolae Carpathia from
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Romania comes riding on
the back of a fat pig and
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offers the pig as a bloody
sacrifice on the alter that's
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what everyone is
looking for today, but the Bible
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says no it is going
to happen in the Church
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and it's happening right
now. I'm going to show you
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one Bible text that delivers
the death blow to the idea
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that you've just
heard. One text, First John
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Chapter 2 Verse 18,
First John, the 2nd Chapter
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the 18th Verse, Dear
Children, John writes, this is
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the last hour and as you
have heard that the Antichrist
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is coming even now, many
Antichrists have come, this is
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how we know that it's the
last hour, they went out from
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us now this is a remarkable
Verse. John wrote this almost
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2000 years ago and he
wrote it to a Church that was
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looking for the Antichrist
to come in the future and
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John says just a minute
I'm telling you even now
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many Antichrists have
already come. Now listen to
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me, if John could write 2000
years ago that even now many
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Antichrists have
already come then we had better
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believe that Antichrist is
still at work in this world
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today. Even now they
thought it was going to be in
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the future and John says
no, it's now and then another
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remarkable part of this
Verse, this is how we know
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that it's the last hour
because many Antichrists
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have come and look Verse
19, they went out from us
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in other words they
were once a part of us.
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Antichrist is doing his
dirty work in the Church
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and many are departing
from the Church because of the
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work of Antichrist and today
practically the whole world
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is looking over to the
Middle East wondering when
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is the Antichrist going
to appear when he is already
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doing his dirty work
in the Temple of God.
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Then who is Antichrist, let's
let the Bible answer for us
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back to Revelation Chapter
13, In Revelation, the 13th
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Chapter, Verse 1, the dragon
stood on the shore of the sea
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and I see a beast coming up
out of the sea with 10 horns,
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7 heads, and 10 crowns on
his head. He has 10 horns,
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but only 7 heads. The ten
horns, 7 heads, and 10 crowns
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so why does he have 7 heads
and 10 crowns, where the other
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three heads. Now we'll see
that a little later hang on!
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And this beast goes
off to make war against the
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saints of God. It is no
small matter to look at the end
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of this conflict and
struggle between the beast and
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God's people. In Verse
12, this calls for patient
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endurance on the part of
the saints, who obey God's
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commandments and
have the faith of Jesus.
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In Revelation 14:12 and
Revelation 12:17, the dragon
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was angry at the woman, went
to make war against the remnant
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of her offspring, those
who obey God's commandments and
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remain faithful to
the testimony of Jesus.
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We find two identifying marks
two points of attack, where
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the Antichrist attacks
God's Church, obedience to
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the commandments of God
and the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
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but who is he. Look at
Verse 2, the beast I saw
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resembled a leopard, but he
had feet like those of a bear
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and a mouth like that
of a lion. Now God's using
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three animals to describe
this beast, he look like
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a leopard, but he had
feet like a bear and mouth like
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a lion. Remember that,
leopard, bear, and lion;
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leopard, bear, and lion; I
think at this point John is
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telling us, John wrote the
Book of Revelation, I think
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John is saying stop,
don't read any further until you
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understand the 7th
Chapter of the Book of Daniel.
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Remember the Book of
Revelation quotes to or alludes
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to the book of the Old
Testament how many times
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over 600 times, that's right.
Here is another one of those
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places the leopard, the
bear and the lion. Watch this,
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Daniel Chapter 7, turn with
me in your Bibles to Daniel,
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the 7th Chapter, this
time Daniel has a vision and he
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sees the sea, the waters
of the sea being stirred up
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by a mighty wind and in
Verse 3, four beasts each
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different from the
other came up out of the sea.
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Now what were these four
beasts that Daniel saw in
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Verse 4, the first
one looked like a lion
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in Verse 5, the second one
look like a bear in Verse 6
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the third one look like
a leopard sound familiar
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lion, bear, and leopard,
but John saw in Revelation first
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he mentioned the
leopard, the bear and the lion.
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Daniel says the lion, the
bear, the leopard, what's going
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on here? What are these
four beasts symbolize. Remember
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the secret to understanding
prophecy is to interpret
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the symbols, but not just
to interpret them but to let
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the Bible interpret itself
for you by comparing scripture
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with scripture so what
do these beasts symbolize.
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Verse17 of the same chapter
says the four great beasts
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or four kingdoms that
will rise up on the earth,
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so now we see four beasts
coming up out of the water
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they rise up out of
the earth. Hey we've
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already identified and we
did that on the first night of
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Revelation, now
remember on the very first night
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Nebuchadnezzar saw a dream
and that dream he saw, in his
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in his dream he saw a big
image with a head of gold,
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body, the breast and arms
of silver, body of bronze,
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and legs of iron and then
the toes were iron and clay,
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you remember that the
first night and the head of gold
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symbolize Babylon, then
the breast and arms of sliver
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the Medo-Persian Empire,
and then the body of bronze
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the Greek empire led by its
first king Alexander the Great
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the legs of iron the
mighty Roman Empire with her
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Caesars and so. Daniel sees
it again, Babylon, the lion;
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the bear, Medo-Persia,
even says the bear was lopsided.
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He raised himself up on one
side because the Medo-Persian
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Empire were two empires
together one bigger than the
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other and then the
leopard symbolizing Greece.
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So Daniel lived during
the time of Babylonian Empire.
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Daniel saw
Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece
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and then Rome, but John
was writing during the time of
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the Roman Empire and
that's why he saw the leopard,
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the bear, the lion because
he saw Greece, Medo-Persia and
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then Babylon. In another
words, he was looking backward
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after this had already
unfolded and now he is living
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in the time of the
Roman Empire, the legs of iron
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and that fourth beast
that comes up out of the sea.
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What do we have, this is so
important to recognize is that
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that God is giving us a
road map through history as
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an anchor to help us be
sure that when we interpret the
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rest of his prophecy
that we will be sure we are on
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the right track because we
are moving within the historical
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flow of time Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece and
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then Verse 7, I looked
and there was a fourth beast
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terrifying and frightening,
he could not even name it,
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but we have already identified
it because it was the Pagan
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Roman Empire. By Pagan, I
mean the mighty Roman Empire
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under the leadership of
the Caesars and the people
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were required to worship
their emperor as though he
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were God, they thought
that he was God and this just
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paved the way for what was
to come next and let's take
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a look at it in Verse 8.
This beast was different from
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all the others and he
had ten horns on his head.
00:21:16.17\00:21:20.44
Now Daniel saw in
Nebuchadnezzar's dream
00:21:20.72\00:21:24.51
ten toes on the image.
The beast has 10 horns.
00:21:24.54\00:21:29.10
What does the 10
horns symbolize, Verse 24,
00:21:29.72\00:21:33.22
compare scripture with
scripture, let the Bible
00:21:33.25\00:21:35.39
interpret it for us.
In Verse 24, the ten horns
00:21:35.42\00:21:38.51
are 10 kings who will come
from this kingdom. And so here
00:21:38.54\00:21:43.23
Rome is divided into the
ten nations we saw that already,
00:21:43.26\00:21:47.49
the massive Barbarian
invasions that took place
00:21:47.52\00:21:50.69
across the mighty
Roman Empire. They were
00:21:50.72\00:21:53.25
completed by the year 476
AD and there we stand in time.
00:21:53.28\00:22:00.76
Babylon, Medo-Persia,
Greece, Rome. Rome divided into
00:22:01.24\00:22:06.01
the 10 nations, 7 of which
would become the modern nation
00:22:06.04\00:22:09.24
of Europe today, by the year
476 AD. You see we are moving
00:22:09.27\00:22:15.25
along within the historical
flow of history on this planet.
00:22:15.28\00:22:19.88
Then while I was thinking
about the horns in Verse 8,
00:22:23.96\00:22:29.10
there before me was another
horn, a little one and he came
00:22:29.13\00:22:35.31
up among them, so there he
was looking at the 10 horns
00:22:35.34\00:22:40.17
on that beast and he sees
a little horn coming up among
00:22:40.20\00:22:43.95
them and three of those first
horns were uprooted before it,
00:22:43.98\00:22:49.33
three. Now, you know, why
the beast in Revelation only
00:22:50.54\00:22:55.58
has 7 heads because 3 got
chopped off, uprooted, we are
00:22:55.61\00:23:02.21
gonna comeback to that,
isn't this exciting, we're gonna
00:23:02.24\00:23:05.05
comeback to this in a minute.
This horn had the eyes like
00:23:05.08\00:23:09.79
the eyes of a man, but a
mouth that spoke boastfully
00:23:09.82\00:23:16.59
Revelation says blasphemously.
Eyes like the eyes of
00:23:16.62\00:23:23.32
a man and mouth that
spoke boastfully. He claimed to
00:23:23.35\00:23:27.48
be God. He was only a man.
So far all of the pieces are
00:23:27.51\00:23:36.04
lining up aren't they
and if we can just identify
00:23:36.07\00:23:39.61
who that little horn is that
comes up among the ten uproots
00:23:39.64\00:23:43.56
three speaks boastfully
even though he is just a man.
00:23:43.59\00:23:48.43
If we can identify that
little horn then we'll know who
00:23:49.25\00:23:52.70
the beast and the Antichrist
is because almost every Bible
00:23:52.73\00:23:56.35
scholar agrees that the little
horn in Daniel 7 is the beast
00:23:56.38\00:24:00.66
of Revelation Chapter 13.
So, who is that little horn,
00:24:00.69\00:24:06.72
that's what Daniel wanted
to know. Daniel was looking
00:24:07.57\00:24:11.35
at the little horn and he
said I want to know the truth
00:24:11.38\00:24:14.16
about those horns. I
want to know the truth about
00:24:14.19\00:24:16.31
that little horn that came
up and so the angel appeared
00:24:16.34\00:24:19.00
to interpret the vision for
Daniel and here we read about
00:24:19.03\00:24:22.77
it in Verse 23. He gave me
this explanation, the fourth
00:24:22.80\00:24:28.01
beast is the fourth kingdom
that will appear on the Earth.
00:24:28.04\00:24:31.51
It will be different from
all of the other kingdoms and
00:24:31.54\00:24:34.79
it would devour the whole
earth, that's the Roman Empire
00:24:34.82\00:24:38.37
and remember their emperors
were considered Gods and
00:24:38.77\00:24:42.95
everyone was expected to
worship the emperor to worship
00:24:42.98\00:24:46.87
their God. Verse 24, the
ten horns are 10 kings, who will
00:24:46.90\00:24:56.31
come from this kingdom.
Now I want you to get this
00:24:56.34\00:24:59.50
point, this is so crucial.
The ten horns are ten kings,
00:24:59.53\00:25:06.45
ten nations as he said
that come from this kingdom.
00:25:06.48\00:25:11.78
Now what is this
kingdom, the fourth kingdom,
00:25:11.81\00:25:15.23
the Pagan Roman Empire
with her Caesars, with her
00:25:15.26\00:25:19.05
emperors, with people
who worship their emperors,
00:25:19.08\00:25:21.99
so the ten horns come
from that kingdom. They have to
00:25:22.02\00:25:28.41
come from the Roman
Empire because that's where
00:25:28.44\00:25:31.76
the ten horns arise and he
specifically says they come
00:25:31.79\00:25:37.04
from this kingdom, Rome,
now why is that important
00:25:37.07\00:25:41.36
because almost everybody
today is saying no, no.
00:25:41.39\00:25:45.06
Nicolae Carpathia divides
the world into ten different
00:25:46.44\00:25:50.82
regions and appoints
kings over the those regions
00:25:50.85\00:25:54.29
sometime after the rapture
of the Church, but the bible
00:25:54.32\00:25:59.61
says that those ten
horns come from this kingdom,
00:25:59.64\00:26:03.56
which is the Roman
Empire, so if they come out
00:26:03.59\00:26:06.85
of the Roman Empire then
they can't be ten parcels
00:26:06.88\00:26:10.55
of the land divided up 1000s
of year after the Roman Empire
00:26:10.58\00:26:14.64
fell. Can't be? No, we have
Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece
00:26:14.67\00:26:22.54
and then Rome. Rome itself
was divided into the ten and
00:26:22.57\00:26:27.29
out of those ten come
the little horn. And now
00:26:27.32\00:26:31.88
everything flows in
order, I hope you are with me
00:26:31.91\00:26:34.68
on this tonight, that's
a crucial point. Then he
00:26:34.71\00:26:39.31
identifies, who the little
horn is with nine identifying
00:26:39.34\00:26:43.35
marks. He says after them
another kingdom will arise
00:26:43.38\00:26:46.99
different from the earlier
ones that's Rome, I'm sorry,
00:26:47.02\00:26:50.27
after them another king
will arise different from the
00:26:50.30\00:26:52.62
earlier ones, that's the
little horn that comes up
00:26:52.65\00:26:55.06
among the ten. And he will
subdue three kings and he will
00:26:55.09\00:27:02.61
speak against the Moshi,
that's blasphemy and he will
00:27:02.64\00:27:06.22
appraise and prosecute
the saints of God and he will
00:27:06.25\00:27:11.36
try to change the set times
and the laws, and the saints
00:27:11.39\00:27:15.14
will be handed over to him
for time, times and half a time,
00:27:15.17\00:27:17.93
I found the nine identifying
marks of that little horn.
00:27:17.96\00:27:21.14
We are going to look at
each one of them and when we do
00:27:22.60\00:27:26.01
we are gonna discover
they can only point in one
00:27:26.04\00:27:28.81
direction to one power that
is the Antichrist or the beast
00:27:28.84\00:27:32.71
in Revelation Chapter 13.
So who is that little horn?
00:27:32.74\00:27:38.52
Let's look at the nine
identifying marks; first
00:27:38.55\00:27:41.21
of all he describes
the fourth beast that's
00:27:41.24\00:27:44.17
the Pagan Roman Empire, the
mighty Roman Empire in history
00:27:44.20\00:27:48.87
The ten horns are ten
kings who will come from this
00:27:48.90\00:27:52.12
kingdom, so he arrives
as among the ten that come
00:27:52.15\00:27:56.64
from the Pagan Roman Empire,
so things are flowing along
00:27:56.67\00:28:02.12
here. He has to arise
among the ten, somewhere among
00:28:02.15\00:28:09.90
what we would call the
modern nations of Europe
00:28:09.93\00:28:12.63
because that's what the
ten horns are. And therefore,
00:28:12.66\00:28:18.19
it would have to be sometime
after, sometime after Rome is
00:28:18.22\00:28:24.63
divided by those
Barbarian invasions into those
00:28:24.66\00:28:28.01
ten nations or ten
states. That was completed by
00:28:28.04\00:28:34.12
the year, by the year 476
AD, so what are we looking at?
00:28:34.15\00:28:38.73
We should be looking for the
little horn or the Antichrist
00:28:38.76\00:28:42.68
who arise somewhere
within the confines of Europe
00:28:42.71\00:28:46.72
that comes out of that Roman
Empire. It would be after 476
00:28:46.75\00:28:51.73
when Rome is divided among the
ten horns or the ten nations.
00:28:51.76\00:28:55.96
Sometime after that, sometime
among them, we should be
00:28:55.99\00:28:59.61
looking for the little horn
to appear and then the fourth
00:28:59.64\00:29:04.65
identifying mark. He
would be different from all
00:29:04.68\00:29:11.56
of the other kingdoms.
The other kings, he would be
00:29:11.59\00:29:15.82
a different kind of power,
so this little horn that grows
00:29:15.85\00:29:22.13
up among the ten would
be different, a different
00:29:22.16\00:29:27.06
kind of power. We'll
come back to that in a moment
00:29:27.09\00:29:29.99
and then it says he would
subdue or uproot and destroy
00:29:30.92\00:29:36.74
those three kings. In order
to understand this we have to
00:29:36.77\00:29:42.98
go back into history
because in the fourth century,
00:29:43.01\00:29:48.99
the emperor Constantine
was the emperor of Rome.
00:29:51.00\00:29:55.02
And Constantine recognized
that his empire was rapidly
00:29:56.48\00:30:03.03
weakening and falling apart,
looking like easy prey for
00:30:03.06\00:30:08.81
the Barbarians standing at
the gates, ready to come in,
00:30:08.84\00:30:13.33
so he did two things to
expand his influence and
00:30:14.08\00:30:18.90
strengthen his
empire. Number one, he became
00:30:18.93\00:30:23.46
a Christian
because at the same time,
00:30:23.49\00:30:26.77
the Christian Church was
gathering, gaining momentum
00:30:26.80\00:30:30.68
and growing
across the Roman Empire,
00:30:30.71\00:30:33.19
so in order to expand his
influence with the people,
00:30:33.22\00:30:36.22
Constantine became a Christian
in name and he did something
00:30:36.25\00:30:44.64
else. He moved the capital
from Rome over to the Eastern
00:30:44.67\00:30:50.69
Front in Byzantium thinking
that it would strengthen
00:30:50.72\00:30:54.54
his hand to stand against
the Barbarians, but he realized
00:30:54.57\00:31:01.60
that through the centuries
the world had become accustomed
00:31:01.63\00:31:05.29
to looking to Rome for
guidance and leadership.
00:31:05.32\00:31:08.95
And he knew that as
soon as he left, it would be
00:31:09.79\00:31:13.80
a simple matter for a
political or a military
00:31:13.83\00:31:18.88
man to exert his influence
in Rome and begin to gain
00:31:18.91\00:31:23.64
power and become a threat
to the empire himself because
00:31:23.67\00:31:28.94
he knew that when he moved
he left the political vacuum
00:31:28.97\00:31:32.31
there, so he had to do
something to fill that vacuum
00:31:32.34\00:31:36.18
who could he put in
power. It couldn't be a military
00:31:36.21\00:31:39.41
person, it couldn't be
a political person because
00:31:39.44\00:31:41.89
they would be a threat to
the empire himself, but there
00:31:41.92\00:31:44.45
was another leader beginning
to emerge as a very, very
00:31:44.48\00:31:48.97
powerful leader and that
was the Bishop of the Church
00:31:49.00\00:31:55.79
at Rome. And so Constantine
and the Pagan Roman Empire
00:31:57.40\00:32:04.29
gave his thrown, his
power and his authority to
00:32:05.93\00:32:11.50
the Bishop of the Church
at Rome and now for the first
00:32:11.53\00:32:18.33
time in the history of
God's Church, the Church had
00:32:18.36\00:32:23.88
religious authority
and the political power of
00:32:23.91\00:32:28.73
the state to enforce that
authority. In other words,
00:32:28.76\00:32:33.66
the Church and the state
were joining together to enforce
00:32:33.69\00:32:38.56
the doctrines of the
Church and that's exactly what
00:32:38.59\00:32:42.96
happened because as the
Bishop of Rome began to expand
00:32:42.99\00:32:48.90
his influence over the
empire he found himself bitterly
00:32:48.93\00:32:52.49
opposed by three of those
little horns, the Vandals,
00:32:52.52\00:32:57.66
the Ostrogoths and the
Heruli These were called Arian
00:32:57.69\00:33:02.21
nations because they
accepted the teachings of a man
00:33:02.24\00:33:06.49
named Marcus Arius who taught
that Jesus Christ was a man,
00:33:06.52\00:33:11.95
and Jesus Christ was a
man and not God at all. Now we
00:33:11.98\00:33:20.31
know that Jesus was a
man, but at the same time
00:33:20.34\00:33:25.53
Jesus Christ was God,
Amen. So obviously the Church
00:33:25.56\00:33:31.18
could not accept the teaching
of Arius, but opposition
00:33:31.21\00:33:39.71
between the Church and those
three tribes became so intense
00:33:39.74\00:33:44.55
and so severe that war
broke out and the Bishop of Rome
00:33:45.32\00:33:50.71
summoned the emperor Justinian
who send his troops in and
00:33:50.74\00:33:56.22
by the year 538 uprooted and
destroyed those three nations,
00:33:56.25\00:34:01.95
those three horns, the
Vandals, the Ostrogoths,
00:34:01.98\00:34:05.06
and the Heruli, and
now the Bishop of Rome was
00:34:05.09\00:34:08.07
virtually unopposed in his
quest for power. That's all
00:34:08.10\00:34:13.66
that happened. Now I feel
like it's important to say
00:34:13.69\00:34:18.54
something before we go
any further. Most of you
00:34:18.57\00:34:21.87
I can tell have already
got it and you can see who
00:34:21.90\00:34:27.35
the little horn is.
If you haven't gotten it,
00:34:27.38\00:34:31.56
well let me tell you now
and we'll substantiate it
00:34:31.59\00:34:35.31
a lot more, it was the
Medieval Church in Rome,
00:34:35.34\00:34:40.02
which was a dark, dark
chapter in the history of
00:34:41.77\00:34:46.00
the Church, but having said
that I want to make a couple
00:34:46.03\00:34:49.92
of things crystal clear.
I'm not a Catholic-hater,
00:34:49.95\00:34:55.10
I'm not a
Pope-hater. I don't hate anyone.
00:34:56.37\00:34:59.83
God loves everyone and we
should love everyone, Amen.
00:35:00.76\00:35:04.84
We are looking at a
period of time in the history of
00:35:07.11\00:35:12.25
the Church, where the Church
made some very, very serious
00:35:12.28\00:35:18.05
mistakes. We are
looking at a time that I'm gonna
00:35:18.08\00:35:22.90
show you even John Paul II
himself acknowledged as a dark
00:35:22.93\00:35:27.90
chapter in the history of
the Church and he publicly
00:35:27.93\00:35:31.78
confessed to the world
that the Church made serious
00:35:31.81\00:35:36.51
mistakes during the Dark
Ages. And I think it takes
00:35:36.54\00:35:41.45
mighty big man to admit
that he or his Church has made
00:35:41.48\00:35:48.12
mistakes and I respect him for
that. I respect John Paul II.
00:35:48.15\00:35:53.12
John Paul II has done
wonderful things in trying
00:35:53.15\00:35:58.95
to bring peace to the
world and we should respect him
00:35:58.98\00:36:02.05
for that, but just because
I respect someone doesn't
00:36:02.08\00:36:06.85
mean that I have to
agree with everything that they
00:36:06.88\00:36:10.03
believe and just because I
don't agree with everything
00:36:10.06\00:36:15.07
that he believes,
doesn't mean that I'm being
00:36:15.10\00:36:17.37
disrespectful and
hateful as some would have us
00:36:17.40\00:36:20.83
believe today. You see there
is a new way of thinking out
00:36:20.86\00:36:24.83
there that there is no
such thing as truth or error.
00:36:24.86\00:36:29.16
Everybody is right as long
as they sincerely believe it
00:36:29.19\00:36:32.59
in their heart and someone
who dares to stand up and
00:36:32.62\00:36:36.30
say that something is
wrong is now considered hateful
00:36:36.33\00:36:40.50
and is playing right
into the hands of the devil.
00:36:41.96\00:36:44.66
Jesus said I'm the way,
the truth and the light,
00:36:45.49\00:36:50.26
and anything outside of
Jesus is not truth, Amen.
00:36:50.29\00:36:53.98
That does not mean that we
need to be hateful. We don't
00:36:55.50\00:36:59.73
have to agree on
everything to love one another.
00:36:59.76\00:37:03.04
My wife and I don't even
agree on everything and she
00:37:05.13\00:37:09.63
likes the Dallas Cowboys,
but I still love her and
00:37:09.66\00:37:18.01
so I have no desire and no
intention to be disrespectful
00:37:18.04\00:37:21.42
to John Paul II or anyone
of that faith, but what we're
00:37:21.45\00:37:25.14
doing tonight is looking
back into the flow of history at
00:37:25.17\00:37:28.53
a period which he called
the dark chapter in the history
00:37:28.56\00:37:32.06
of the Church looking at
mistakes that the Church made
00:37:32.09\00:37:34.74
and the only way we can be
sure that we never make those
00:37:35.35\00:37:38.10
mistakes again is to
learn from them. Amen.
00:37:38.13\00:37:40.64
Not to ignore them, and so
let's look in the right light
00:37:41.21\00:37:45.09
with the right mind and
the right heart. It says that
00:37:45.12\00:37:50.94
he would speak against
the most high Revelation
00:37:50.97\00:37:54.12
says it would be a
blaspheming power. So what does
00:37:54.15\00:38:00.81
blaspheming mean? Jesus when
he was on this Earth, healed
00:38:00.84\00:38:10.93
a man, crippled man, but
it was interesting when he
00:38:10.96\00:38:16.35
healed him. He said your
sins are forgiven. Remember the
00:38:16.38\00:38:25.43
story and then the religious
leaders were so incensed that
00:38:25.46\00:38:29.96
they picked up stones to
stone Jesus because they said
00:38:29.99\00:38:34.80
only God can forgive
sins, true. What they didn't
00:38:34.83\00:38:40.37
understand was that
Jesus was God and he has
00:38:40.40\00:38:45.79
the authority to forgive
sins, but they accused him
00:38:45.82\00:38:49.88
of blasphemy, blasphemy is
man putting himself in God's
00:38:49.91\00:38:54.93
place. Man taking to himself
that which can only pertain
00:38:54.96\00:39:00.07
to God, that's blasphemy.
Now what did the Church do?
00:39:00.10\00:39:06.22
That could be considered
blasphemy. It is to be
00:39:06.54\00:39:10.88
observed and I'm reading
from the faith of millions
00:39:10.91\00:39:14.53
written by the Reverend
John O'Brian former Dean of
00:39:14.56\00:39:17.85
Notre Dame University as
the Imprimata of the Pope
00:39:17.88\00:39:21.30
stamped inside the cover
meaning there is no heresy
00:39:21.33\00:39:24.57
in this book according to
what the Church itself teaches
00:39:24.60\00:39:28.06
from Rome. Christ gave
the Church not the power to
00:39:28.09\00:39:36.32
simply announce that sins
are forgiven, but to actually
00:39:36.35\00:39:40.81
forgive them. You see when
a person goes to confession,
00:39:40.84\00:39:47.70
they confess their sins
to the priest and the priest
00:39:47.73\00:39:51.85
raises his hand says
ego te absolvo and instantly
00:39:51.88\00:39:57.50
they claim the priest
has the authority to forgive
00:39:57.53\00:40:00.60
the sins and God has to obey
what the priest says in heaven
00:40:00.63\00:40:04.46
but the Bible says only
God can forgive sins and that's
00:40:04.49\00:40:09.96
man putting himself in God's
place, man can't forgive sins.
00:40:09.99\00:40:17.59
There are other ways
to blaspheme God and again
00:40:21.48\00:40:29.47
I'm reading from the
same book. In the mass, most
00:40:29.50\00:40:34.89
people don't understand what
the mass is. Protestants teach
00:40:34.92\00:40:39.19
that the bread is the symbol
for the body of Christ and
00:40:39.22\00:40:44.69
the wine is the symbol
for the blood of Jesus Christ
00:40:44.72\00:40:48.77
as we celebrate the
Lord Supper, but in the mass,
00:40:49.81\00:40:53.81
the Church says no, the
priest takes the wine and
00:40:53.84\00:40:59.20
the bread and he prays over
it lifting it up to heaven and
00:40:59.23\00:41:04.59
in what is called the
prayer of trans-substantiation,
00:41:04.62\00:41:08.53
the bread they claim actually
becomes the body of Christ
00:41:08.56\00:41:14.17
and the wine becomes
the blood of Christ, so
00:41:14.20\00:41:18.65
that in the mass the
priest is offering the body and
00:41:18.68\00:41:22.61
shedding the blood of
Jesus as a sacrifice again
00:41:22.64\00:41:26.70
for the sins of men, most
people don't understand that.
00:41:27.63\00:41:30.76
Let me read it to you,
the power of the priest
00:41:31.66\00:41:35.28
in conducting the mass is
equal to that of Jesus Christ
00:41:35.31\00:41:40.53
because in this role the
priest speaks with the voice
00:41:41.50\00:41:44.41
and the authority of God
himself. He reaches up into
00:41:44.44\00:41:48.90
heaven brings Christ down
from his thrown and places
00:41:48.93\00:41:53.60
him upon our alter to be
offered again as a victim
00:41:53.63\00:41:58.33
for the sins of man
not once, but a 1000 times.
00:41:58.36\00:42:02.30
The priest speaks and
lo Christ, the eternal and
00:42:02.33\00:42:06.12
omnipotent God bows his
head in humble obedience to
00:42:06.15\00:42:10.21
the priest's command.
No wonder the name which
00:42:10.24\00:42:15.23
spiritual writers are
especially fond of applying to
00:42:15.26\00:42:17.98
the priest is that of
Alter Christus for the priest
00:42:18.01\00:42:21.68
is and should be another
Christ. He would set himself
00:42:21.71\00:42:28.71
up in God's temple and
proclaim himself to be God.
00:42:28.74\00:42:37.17
And that's exactly what
happened in the Medieval Church.
00:42:39.15\00:42:43.35
And then the Bible
says that he would be
00:42:47.30\00:42:51.22
a persecuting power.
Let me back track for just
00:42:51.25\00:42:57.62
a minute, this idea of
forgiving sins, remember
00:42:57.65\00:43:04.05
the two points of
attack by the Antichrist in the
00:43:04.08\00:43:06.99
Book of Revelation with
the Gospel and the law of God.
00:43:07.02\00:43:10.71
And when a man takes the
authority to forgive sins,
00:43:12.10\00:43:16.22
it flies in the face of
the Gospel that teaches us
00:43:17.13\00:43:21.72
we're saved by grace through
faith in Jesus Christ alone.
00:43:21.75\00:43:25.24
And not only that, but it
led to, it led to the Doctrine
00:43:26.41\00:43:32.16
or the teachings of
indulgences where the Church
00:43:32.19\00:43:35.90
was actually selling
forgiveness for sins and if
00:43:35.93\00:43:41.59
you had enough money and
made a large enough donation
00:43:41.62\00:43:45.72
to the Church you could
purchase an indulgence that
00:43:45.75\00:43:48.96
would allow you to continue
sinning without any penalty
00:43:48.99\00:43:53.01
or price. It would be
a blaspheming power and
00:43:53.04\00:43:59.59
he would attack the Gospel
of Jesus Christ, which says
00:43:59.62\00:44:02.58
that we're saved by
grace through faith and not by
00:44:02.61\00:44:05.44
works. And then he would a
persecuting power and oppress
00:44:05.47\00:44:13.63
the saints. I don't need to
go into all the gory details
00:44:13.66\00:44:18.77
of the Dark Ages, the
Saint Bartholomew massacre,
00:44:18.80\00:44:22.47
the Spanish Inquisition,
where millions of Christians
00:44:22.50\00:44:26.88
lost their lives, blood
was flowing through the street
00:44:26.91\00:44:29.46
because they stood on the
scripture and the scripture
00:44:29.49\00:44:32.30
alone. We did a
Revelation Now down in Peru
00:44:32.33\00:44:42.09
and while we were there
we stopped in Lima to do
00:44:42.12\00:44:44.55
a little sight seeing and
the first place we went to
00:44:44.58\00:44:47.63
was called the Church
of the Inquisition and the
00:44:47.66\00:44:51.78
Church of Inquisition
was one of the Churches that
00:44:51.81\00:44:54.15
was build during the time
of the Spanish Inquisition
00:44:54.18\00:44:57.30
where anyone suspected of
teaching anything other than
00:44:57.33\00:45:01.30
what the Church gave
them permission to teach was
00:45:01.33\00:45:03.49
tortured and even put
to death and they took this
00:45:03.52\00:45:06.21
down in the Catacombs,
I have pictures of a large
00:45:06.24\00:45:10.24
room with skulls arranged
in concentric circles like
00:45:10.27\00:45:14.50
a bulls eye and then
bones going out in radiating
00:45:14.53\00:45:20.37
patterns from the
skulls in room after room,
00:45:20.40\00:45:23.78
place after place we saw
bones and skulls and I asked
00:45:23.81\00:45:27.07
the lady that was our
guide there I said how many
00:45:27.10\00:45:30.11
skeletons have they found
here. She said about 75000
00:45:30.14\00:45:35.80
so far and they're
finding more. I said 75000!
00:45:35.83\00:45:40.09
Who are they? She said oh,
those are the priests and nuns
00:45:40.12\00:45:44.15
that worked here. I said
75000 she said well there may be
00:45:44.18\00:45:50.30
a few others in there too,
well there were a few others
00:45:50.33\00:45:54.27
in there because the very
next place they took us was
00:45:54.30\00:45:57.75
to the Wax Museum showing
us the instruments of torture
00:45:57.78\00:46:01.49
that were used to torture
people who decided to stick
00:46:02.09\00:46:06.34
with the scripture and the
scripture alone, against the
00:46:06.37\00:46:09.68
teachings of the
Church. One, I'll just read one
00:46:09.71\00:46:13.61
letter this was written
by Pope Martin V, he wrote
00:46:13.64\00:46:19.07
to the king of Poland,
know and one understand
00:46:19.10\00:46:21.21
the interest of the Holy
See and those of your crown make
00:46:21.24\00:46:23.21
it a duty to exterminate
the Hussites. Hussites were
00:46:23.24\00:46:26.22
those who choose to follow
John Huss who taught that the
00:46:26.25\00:46:28.85
Bible and the Bible alone
is the only rule of faith and
00:46:28.88\00:46:31.44
practice for the Christian.
So, he said while there
00:46:31.47\00:46:33.62
is still time then turn
your forces against Bohemia;
00:46:33.65\00:46:36.25
burn, massacre, make
deserts everywhere for nothing
00:46:36.28\00:46:39.47
could me more agreeable to
God are useful to the cause of
00:46:39.50\00:46:42.08
kings then the
extermination of the Hussites.
00:46:42.11\00:46:44.69
It would be a persecuting
power, the Bible says
00:46:45.93\00:46:48.59
and it was. And then
the next identifying mark
00:46:48.62\00:46:54.46
he would try to change
the set times and the laws,
00:46:54.49\00:47:00.48
he would try to
change the times and the laws
00:47:00.51\00:47:03.28
now this has to be God's laws
because man's laws change all
00:47:03.31\00:47:04.28
the time, he would try to
change God's laws, he would
00:47:06.53\00:47:10.50
try to change the set
times well what gives him the
00:47:10.53\00:47:13.94
authority to change
God's laws and here, and
00:47:13.97\00:47:17.12
this is in John Paul II's
Catechism, just put out a few
00:47:17.15\00:47:19.82
years ago, you can buy
at almost in any bookstore
00:47:19.85\00:47:22.10
and here's what he says in
article 82, the Church does
00:47:22.13\00:47:26.39
not derive all of her certainty
about revealed truth from
00:47:26.42\00:47:29.29
the holy scripture alone, both
scripture and tradition must
00:47:29.32\00:47:34.26
be accepted and honored with
equal sentiments of devotion
00:47:34.29\00:47:37.35
and reverence. He
would change the set times
00:47:37.38\00:47:42.79
and the laws even the
ten Commandments in the
00:47:42.82\00:47:46.33
Catechism, the second
commandment not to worship
00:47:46.36\00:47:48.87
idols has been taken
out of the ten commandments
00:47:48.90\00:47:52.22
and the last one
has been split into two.
00:47:52.25\00:47:54.63
He would try to change
the law, but look I'm going
00:47:54.66\00:47:57.19
to show you something that's
going to make your head spin
00:47:57.22\00:47:59.79
on another night coming.
Man can't change God's laws.
00:47:59.82\00:48:03.86
I believe the truth is
found in the scripture and
00:48:04.72\00:48:07.28
the scripture alone. How
long would he have this power to
00:48:07.31\00:48:13.08
persecute those who
oppose him? We find it in
00:48:13.11\00:48:15.90
25th Verse at the very end
it says that the saints would
00:48:16.66\00:48:20.06
be handed over to him from
time, times and half the time.
00:48:20.09\00:48:23.28
Sounds like a riddle,
it's not really that hard to
00:48:24.29\00:48:26.65
understand when you let
scripture interpret scripture
00:48:26.68\00:48:28.83
remember, back to the Book
of Revelation again this time
00:48:28.86\00:48:31.12
in Revelation Chapter 12
look with me in Revelation the
00:48:31.15\00:48:34.37
12th Chapter in the 14th Verse
the woman was given the great
00:48:34.40\00:48:38.09
wing, the wings of the great
eagle, so that she might fly
00:48:38.12\00:48:40.84
to the place prepared for
her in the desert where she'd
00:48:40.87\00:48:43.14
be taken care of for
time, times and half a time out
00:48:43.17\00:48:46.62
of the serpent's
reach. Woman is God's people,
00:48:46.65\00:48:51.12
the Church and here she
would be protected for time,
00:48:51.15\00:48:54.95
times and half a time out
of the serpent's reach exactly
00:48:54.98\00:48:57.83
the same period of time where
the dragon is persecuting and
00:48:57.86\00:49:01.39
destroying God's Church
through the little horn,
00:49:01.42\00:49:03.55
the Antichrist, the beast
during the same time we find
00:49:03.58\00:49:07.93
God protecting his Church
hiding here in the wilderness
00:49:07.96\00:49:11.00
for time, times and
half a time. Well, how long
00:49:11.03\00:49:14.63
is that? Back to Revelation
Chapter 12 and this time
00:49:14.66\00:49:17.92
we look in the 6th
Verse compare scripture with
00:49:17.95\00:49:20.16
scripture, the woman fled
to the desert or place prepared
00:49:20.19\00:49:22.81
for her by God, where
she would be taken care of
00:49:22.84\00:49:24.91
for 1260 years. So,
time, times and half a time is
00:49:24.94\00:49:29.24
1260 years. But 1260 days
is three and a half years,
00:49:29.27\00:49:39.08
but I was right, just got a
little ahead of myself because
00:49:39.94\00:49:45.93
you see in prophecy a
day is a symbol for one year.
00:49:45.96\00:49:53.47
Now unfortunately I can't
prove that to you tonight,
00:49:54.50\00:49:58.41
I can prove it to you
absolutely without a doubt
00:49:59.68\00:50:02.73
and we're going to do
on that another night. But,
00:50:02.76\00:50:05.50
let's start with a day
being a symbol for year and most
00:50:05.53\00:50:08.71
people agree with that.
A day is a symbol for year
00:50:08.74\00:50:11.27
so 1260 days would be
1260 years. Now remember
00:50:11.30\00:50:16.25
the last of those three horns,
the Vandals, the Ostrogoths,
00:50:16.28\00:50:20.63
and Heruli, the last
traces of those three horns were
00:50:20.66\00:50:23.43
uprooted by the year 538
A.D. So, 1260 years after that
00:50:23.46\00:50:29.73
would be 1798. What happened
in 1798? Amazingly, Napoleon
00:50:29.76\00:50:38.75
sent his General Berthier down
to Rome with orders to capture
00:50:40.51\00:50:46.04
the city, which he did and
brought the Pope back captive
00:50:46.07\00:50:51.80
in Paris, where he died 1260
years after coming into power.
00:50:51.83\00:51:01.50
And that was to be the
end of the Papal domination of
00:51:06.38\00:51:13.86
God's people, the
infliction of the deadly wound.
00:51:13.89\00:51:18.17
But, the prophecy in
Revelation says the deadly wound
00:51:19.78\00:51:22.85
is going to be healed.
So, we should be looking
00:51:22.88\00:51:26.67
for another manifestation,
a church, a movement built
00:51:27.02\00:51:31.72
on the foundation of the
church laid in the Dark Ages
00:51:31.75\00:51:34.88
that's coming up in another
lesson. Tonight I just want
00:51:34.91\00:51:39.70
to make it crystal clear,
the Antichrist Christ would
00:51:39.73\00:51:43.84
arise in the Roman Empire,
somewhere in Europe after
00:51:43.87\00:51:47.97
the year 476 when Rome
was divided by the massive
00:51:48.00\00:51:51.73
Barbarian invasions. It would
be a different kind of power,
00:51:51.76\00:51:57.47
a religious political power.
He would uproot three horns
00:51:57.50\00:52:01.14
and he did. He would
blaspheme God and put himself
00:52:01.17\00:52:04.93
in the place of God. In
fact the book of Revelation says
00:52:04.96\00:52:07.76
his number is 666, six
is man's number because
00:52:07.79\00:52:12.17
man was created on the
6th day. Three is God's number
00:52:12.20\00:52:15.65
for the Father, the
Son and the Holy Spirit,
00:52:15.68\00:52:18.05
666 is man putting
himself in the place with God.
00:52:18.08\00:52:21.27
And it gets even more
detailed in that, but you
00:52:23.12\00:52:25.12
have to study that in
your printed lesson. He would
00:52:25.15\00:52:31.21
be in power for 1260
years and he was. You see there
00:52:31.24\00:52:38.23
is no power, there can be
no power and there has been no
00:52:38.26\00:52:41.83
power on this Earth other
than the Medieval church at Rome
00:52:41.86\00:52:46.15
that fills all the identifying
marks of the little horn.
00:52:46.18\00:52:50.17
But, that isn't what most
people are being taught today.
00:52:52.76\00:52:54.92
Most people are being taught
to look for the little horn
00:52:56.66\00:52:59.98
in the future after
the rapture of the Church,
00:53:00.01\00:53:03.09
where did that come from.
Surprisingly Martin Luther
00:53:04.97\00:53:10.94
was a Roman Catholic priest
teaching at the University of
00:53:11.84\00:53:15.05
Wittenberg a class
on the book of Romans.
00:53:15.08\00:53:17.51
And when he was studying
Romans this Catholic priest
00:53:18.73\00:53:21.71
discovered they were
saved by grace through faith in
00:53:21.74\00:53:24.85
Jesus Christ alone
and he began to teach it.
00:53:24.88\00:53:28.25
The Church said no Luther,
we are saved by faith and
00:53:28.28\00:53:31.67
works, not faith alone.
Luther said but the Bible says
00:53:31.70\00:53:36.44
we are say by grace through
faith. And the church said
00:53:36.47\00:53:40.08
Luther the Bible is not the
final answer. It's the Bible
00:53:40.11\00:53:43.97
plus the traditions of
the church and Luther said not
00:53:44.00\00:53:47.87
for me. For me it's the
scripture and the scripture
00:53:47.90\00:53:52.98
alone. And the battle-line
was drawn in the sand.
00:53:53.01\00:53:58.27
Luther protesting against
Rome saying that all truth
00:53:59.86\00:54:03.87
is found in scripture.
Rome saying no, it's scripture
00:54:03.90\00:54:07.04
plus tradition. Many
people began to follow
00:54:07.07\00:54:10.11
Martin Luther, standing on
the scripture and the scripture
00:54:10.14\00:54:14.65
alone. Luther only
intended to reform the Church.
00:54:14.68\00:54:18.99
He never intended to
leave the church. But in the
00:54:19.02\00:54:22.59
Council of Trent, the church
met for 18 years trying to
00:54:22.62\00:54:26.43
decide what to do
about this massive outflow of
00:54:26.46\00:54:30.09
Protestants protesting Rome's
stand on the scripture alone,
00:54:30.12\00:54:34.79
what can we do about
this massive outflow?
00:54:34.82\00:54:38.16
And they came up with
two approaches one was to
00:54:41.01\00:54:44.52
establish scripture
and tradition equally.
00:54:44.55\00:54:47.66
Luther said, you are the
Antichrist. Are you a Lutheran?
00:54:49.48\00:54:59.69
Your church began with the
interpretation of the prophecy
00:55:01.12\00:55:05.55
that you heard
tonight. It's not new. It's not
00:55:05.58\00:55:08.90
something I made up.
John Calvin followed your
00:55:08.93\00:55:14.96
Presbyterian, your
church began with the prophecy
00:55:14.99\00:55:19.41
that we heard
tonight. The Wesleys followed.
00:55:19.44\00:55:24.25
Are you a Methodist? Your
church began with the prophecy
00:55:24.28\00:55:28.76
you heard tonight, why aren't
they teaching it today because
00:55:28.79\00:55:32.80
at the council of
Trent two scholars Ribera and
00:55:32.83\00:55:35.44
Bellarmine came up with a
new method for interpreting
00:55:35.47\00:55:38.24
prophecy and that was that
the Book of Revelation is all
00:55:38.27\00:55:41.73
future. Everything is in
the future and this church has
00:55:41.76\00:55:47.66
been around for 1500 years
at that time and if we have
00:55:47.69\00:55:52.26
been around for 1500 years
and revelation is all future
00:55:52.29\00:55:55.12
then we can't be the beast.
So, you Protestants get off
00:55:55.15\00:55:57.80
our backs and they
brought it today hook, line, and
00:55:57.83\00:56:01.04
sinker and that's what
you're hearing. But, folks this
00:56:01.07\00:56:07.71
book is too clear to be
misunderstood and the only
00:56:07.74\00:56:12.60
safety we have is to
follow the lamb to stand on the
00:56:12.63\00:56:16.51
solid rock of truth.
Amen. Follow Jesus Christ and
00:56:16.54\00:56:25.74
you'll never have to
worry about the Anti-Christ.
00:56:25.77\00:56:29.19
Pray with me. Dear Lord,
we've opened a lot of scripture
00:56:31.07\00:56:41.94
tonight and we have seen
that, we have seen that there
00:56:41.97\00:56:49.71
are some things being taught
today that just don't measure
00:56:49.74\00:56:53.28
up with what the Bible
teaches. We also know Lord that
00:56:53.31\00:56:58.93
in the end most of the
people are going to be deceived.
00:56:58.96\00:57:01.68
Most people are going
to worship the Anti-Christ.
00:57:03.39\00:57:05.87
Let us worship the
Christ. And tonight Lord I pray,
00:57:08.51\00:57:14.15
because sometimes, I know
that sometimes words can come
00:57:17.08\00:57:21.79
out cold and harsh and
unloving, if my words came
00:57:21.82\00:57:27.80
out that way, Lord I
pray that you forgive me, but
00:57:27.83\00:57:33.84
nevertheless let the
truth be clear. We ask
00:57:33.87\00:57:38.99
in Jesus name, Amen.
00:57:39.02\00:57:41.79