Our message tonight is entitled
"Antichrist Greatest Deception."
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I want to begin by
sharing the same quotation
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I shared last night
from Winston Churchill.
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He said something
very, very powerful.
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He said, "Some people,
sometime in their lives,
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stumble across truth.
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Most jump up,
brush themselves off,
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and hurry about their business
as if nothing had happened."
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And so tonight
let's pick up the truth,
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lets' embrace
it, lets' believe it,
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let's follow it
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because the
truth will make us free
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from the confusing
counterfeits of the antichrist.
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Who is the antichrist?
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As the allegory suggests
it's a wolf in sheep's clothing.
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Well, lies in the
garments of truth.
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In fact, I want you notice
the apostle Paul warned us
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that deception would creep
within the Christian church.
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Notice, what it
says in Acts 20:29, 30.
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Please write it down.
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Acts 20:29, 30 the Bible says
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"For I know this,
that after my departing
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shall grievous
wolves enter in" Where?
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"Among you, not
sparing the flock.
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And also of your own selves
shall men arise, speaking"
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What kind of things?
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"Perverse things, to draw
away disciples after them."
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Here the apostle
Paul made it clear
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that deception would
creep within the church.
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That within the
Christian community
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the people would rise up
speaking perverse things.
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They look like disciples
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but really they're
wolves in sheep's clothing.
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They are just lies in
the garments of truth.
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You see, friends,
we have to careful
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of what is been creeping
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within the
Christian world today.
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And friends, this
is the very nature
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of the antichrist.
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I want you notice the definition
of the word antichrist.
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That anti most people
think means against Christ.
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But friends, the real and deeper
definition of the word anti
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is not so much someone that
is opposed or against Christ
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but the word anti means
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instead of or in
the place of Christ.
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You see,
antichrist is not so much
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an open
political opposer of Christ
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but he is a subtle
religious imposter of Christ.
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Wolf in sheep's clothing
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lies clothed with the
garments of the truth.
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This is his essential nature,
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creeping within the
church looking, like a disciple,
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sounding like a disciple
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but not a disciple in the least.
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And friends, when you
think about the antichrist
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tell me who is
the real antichrist
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that wanted to put himself
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instead of or in
the place of Christ?
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Who is the real antichrist?
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We know that it's Satan himself,
we studied that this morning.
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In Isaiah Chapter
14, the Bible tells us
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that Lucifer who became Satan
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want to sit
above the stars of God.
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He wanted to sit at the
mount of the congregation.
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He wanted to be like God.
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He wanted to put himself
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instead of or in
the place of Christ.
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And so he is
the real antichrist.
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But friends, listen
anyone that puts himself
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ahead of God has the
spirit of antichrist.
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Anyone of us can
have that spirit.
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The spirit that
wants to do their thing
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ahead of what God says.
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That is the spirit of
antichrist that John wrote about
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when he said
that many antichrists
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are coming to the world
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people who put themselves
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instead of or
in the place of God
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those who just chose
to do their own thing
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and live their lives
however they want to live
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that's the spirit
of antichrist, friends.
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But tonight,
we're not gonna focus
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on the spirit of antichrist
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we want to study the
system of antichrist.
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The what? System.
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You see, Satan is gonna work
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through an organized
system called the antichrist
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in these last days to deceive
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many of God's
people into believing lies
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that are covered in
the garments of truth.
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In fact, I want you to
notice the antichrist kingdom,
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the system of antichrist
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is spoken of in four
main places in prophecy,
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tonight we're gonna
look at two of the four
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and on future now we're
gonna look at the other two.
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But notice one
of the four places
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that the
antichrist power is described
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in the Book of 2
Thessalonians 2:3, 4.
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Would you please write it down?
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"Let no man
deceive you by any means,
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for that day shall not come,
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except there come" What?
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"A falling away first."
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That expression falling away
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first in the Greek
is the great apostasy.
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In other words
Paul is prophesying
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that a great
apostacy would creep
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within the Christian church.
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And then it says,
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"And that man
of sin be revealed,
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the son of perdition."
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That's the antichrist, friends.
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He has called the what?
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Man of sin and
the son of perdition.
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The man of sin that means
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the lawless one
another version says
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and he is called
the son of perdition.
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And I want you to
notice his characteristics.
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He continues to say
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"Who opposes and exalts himself
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above all that is called
God, or that is worshipped,
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so that he" What? "As God."
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Sits" where?
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"In the temple of God,
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showing himself
that he is" against God,
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is that what it says?
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"Showing
himself that he is God."
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Once again friends, antichrist
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is not an open
political opposer of Christ
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but a subtle religious imposter,
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one that puts himself
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instead of or in
the place of Christ.
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He sits in the temple of God
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showing and
claiming to be God on earth.
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It's lie with the
garments of truth.
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It's a wolf in sheep's clothing.
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This is the very
nature of antichrist
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and the reason
why I am emphasizing
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this is majority
of the Christian world
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because of the false doctrines
of the left behind series
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believe that
antichrist is gonna be
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an open political
secular opposer of Christ.
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Not true, friends.
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Antichrist is a
religious imposter
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one that claims
to be God on earth
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that sits in the temple of God.
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Are you with me, yes or no?
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And when the Bible tells us
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that he sits in
the temple of God
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is that referring
to a literal rebuilt
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temple in Jerusalem?
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Not at all.
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We learned before
that the temple of God
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according to New
Testament theology
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is none other than
the Christian church.
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1 Corinthians
3:16, the apostle wrote,
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"Do you not know that
you are the temple of God,
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and the Spirit of
God dwells in you?"
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According, to New
Testament theology
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the temple of God
is not a literal beauty
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but it's the New
Testament church.
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So in the Bible
says that antichrist
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was sit in the temple
of God, it simply means
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that he would creep
within the Christian church
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bringing his doctrines
and his dogmas and deceptions
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in claiming to be God on earth.
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And the Bible says that
he is called the man of sin
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that means the lawless one.
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And he is also
called the son of perdition.
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The son of what? Perdition.
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Friends, you realize
that there is only one
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at the time in the New Testament
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where it uses that
expression son of perdition
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and guess who it's referring to.
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In John 17:12 Jesus called
Judas the son of perdition.
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In other words, Judas is
a type of the antichrist.
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Now when you look at
the characteristic of Judas
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tell me did Judas vitally
oppose Christ from with out
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or did he subtly
betray Christ from within?
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From within, friends.
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That's the nature of antichrist.
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Not a political opposer
but a religious imposter.
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Now when Judas betrayed Christ
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did he betrayed Christ
with the punch or with a kiss?
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In the same way
the antichrist kingdom
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is one that is just like Judas.
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Outwardly looking and
sounding like a disciple
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but in reality in the
heart betraying Jesus Christ.
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And friends, tonight we
don't have to be deceived
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because, the
Bible makes it clear
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in the Book of Daniel,
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Daniel is going
to unmask antichrist
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and his greatest
deception in these last days.
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And friends, the
greatest deception of antichrist
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is what we read
last night in Daniel 7:25
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that he would
"think to change" what?
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"Times and laws."
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His greatest deception is that
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he would creep within the church
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claiming to change
God's times and God's laws.
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And friends, remind me
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what is the only law
in the Ten Commandments
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that has to do with time?
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The fourth commandment,
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the commandment that says,
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remember the Seventh-day
Sabbath to keep it holy.
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In Exodus 20:8-11
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the Bible says in
the fourth commandment.
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"Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
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Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work,
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But" what?
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"The seventh day is
the Sabbath of" who?
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"The Lord thy God."
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It's not a Jewish day
friends, it's the Lord 's day.
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And it says thus
seven days the Sabbath.
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And so God's said specifically,
remember the special day.
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The only
commandment in the ten that God
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He starts with the word remember
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and friends,
we're gonna see tonight
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that this was the time law
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that the antichrist
kingdom sought to change,
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changing the
Sabbath from Saturday,
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the seventh day
of the week to Sunday
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the first day of the week.
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And almost the
entire Christian world
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has fallen into this deception.
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Oh, friends, we
need to ask the question.
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Did God change His
law and His Sabbath?
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Notice what the
Bible says in Psalms 89:34
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the Bible tells us "My
covenant I will I not break,
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nor alter" no what?
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Alter.
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What is another
word for alter? Change.
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"My covenant I will I not
break, nor alter or change
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the word that has
gone out of My lips."
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God says when
He speaks something
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He is not gonna alter it,
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He is not gonna change it
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because when God's
said at the first time
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He gets it right the first time.
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Can you say, amen?
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Now I want you to notice
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what exactly did God speak.
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Write it down,
Exodus 20:1-3 the Bible says
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"And God spoke all these words,
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saying thou shalt have
no other gods before Me."
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So God speaks his law friends,
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before He writes
it with His finger.
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He speaks it and God
says what I have spoken
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I am not gonna alter it
or I am not gonna change it.
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You see, the law of God
is doesn't need to be changed
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because it's
perfect to begin with.
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Can you say, amen? Amen.
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And so we find that
God did not change the law,
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He did not change the Sabbath.
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He wrote it with His own
finger on tablets of stone
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and when people say
it's written on stone
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what do they mean that?
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They mean its
permanent and it's unchanging
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and so to the
Sabbath it was never changed.
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Some people think that Jesus
came to change the Sabbath.
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But we saw from
Matthew 5:17 Jesus said
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"Think not that I am come
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to destroy the
law, or the prophets.
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I am not come to
destroy, but to fulfil."
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That word fulfill
means to establish,
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to live it out,
to give us an example
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of how to keep the
Sabbath in the right way.
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And so now that we have done
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that quick review,
the question remains
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if it's true
that the Sabbath is on
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the seventh day
of the week Saturday
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then why does
majority of the Christian world
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keeps Sunday the
first day of the week.
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How did this happen?
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Now we see why last nights topic
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is so important in prophecy.
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Because prophecy reveals
that Satan attempted to change
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God's times and laws
through the antichrist power
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here in these last days.
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And friends, remember,
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as we take a look at
the antichrist tonight
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and the change of the
Sabbath I want us to remember
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that as much more
than just choosing a day
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that we want to worship on.
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You see, we should worship God
every single day of the week.
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Can you say, amen?
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But we can't keep everyday
or any day of the week holy
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because not every day
is holy to begin with.
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Only a holy God
can make a holy day
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and He said this seventh day
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is the one that I
sanctified and set apart.
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So why we can't
worship God everyday
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we can't keep everyday holy.
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The only day we can keep holy
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is the one that is
holy to begin with.
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Are you with me, yes or no?
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And so it's much more
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than just
choosing a day of worship
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when you study it deeply
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it's about
choosing who your master is.
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Because, remember the Sabbath
is a sign between us and God.
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A sign to remind us
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that He is the
one that created us.
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That He is the one
that sanctifies us.
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That He is one that redeemed us.
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It's a sign of His
lordship over our lives.
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It's a special sign
of a special relationship
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but friends remember
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for every truth that God
has Satan has a counterfeit.
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You see, if the
Sabbath is a sign
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that God is the true
God that true Creator
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we also see the
Satan wants to be God.
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He wants to be worshipped
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and because God's set aside
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a specific day to
remind us that He is God
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Satan has set aside his own day
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because he wants to be God.
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So as much more
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than just
choosing a day of worship
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it's about choosing who
you're master is friends,
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and that's why
it's so important.
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Now I want you to notice
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in order to distinguish
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between the truth
and the counterfeit
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we have to go
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not by what popular
theologians are saying,
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not by what their popular
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Christian churches
of the day are saying
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but we have to go
straight to the source
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we have to go to the Bible.
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Can you say, amen?
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And friends, in prophecy in
the Book of Daniel Chapter 7,
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God reviewed and
exposed the antichrist kingdom
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and his attempt to
change God's times and laws.
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Now friends, we study
Daniel Chapter 7 before
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I let you return there with me
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beginning with verse 1,
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"In the first year of
Belshazzar king of Babylon
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Daniel had a dream and visions
of his head upon his bed,
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and, he wrote the dream,
and told the sum of the matters.
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Daniel spake and said, I
saw in my vision by night,
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and, behold, the
four winds of the heaven
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strove upon the great sea.
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And four great
beasts came up from the sea,
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diverse one from another."
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We have seen this we
have studied this before
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and so I am just gonna
review it very briefly tonight.
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Daniel sees a windy seascape
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and from the sea that
is being blown by the wind
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he sees four beast raised upon.
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The first was a lion,
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the second a
bear, the third leopard,
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then the fourth a terrible
looking beast with ten horns.
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And through this
prophecy God was revealing
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the history and the future
of the super powers of prophecy.
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You remember we
studied the in Bible prophecy
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a beast
represents a what? A kingdom.
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Do you remember that?
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In fact we can
read it in verse 17.
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Notice verse 17,
"These great beasts,
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which are four, are four kings,
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which shall arise
out of the earth."
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Then notice verse 23
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"He said, the fourth beast
shall be the fourth kingdom."
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So these four beasts
represent four kingdoms
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and these kingdoms are parallel
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with the Medo man
of Daniel Chapter 2.
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Do you remember that?
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Four beasts, four
Medo's four kingdoms.
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The first was the
kingdom of Babylon,
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the lion with eagle's wings.
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It reined from 605 to 539 BC.
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That after that was the bear
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raised upon one
side with three ribs
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in his mouth
that represents what?
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The Medo-Persian Empire
that reign from 539 to 331 BC.
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Then the third beast the
leopard with the four wings
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and the four heads
represents the Grecian empire,
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that reign from 331 to 168
BC and then the fourth beast,
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the terrible
beast with ten horns
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represents the Roman Empire
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that ruled the
longest out the four
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from 168 BC to 476 AD.
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So Daniel sees these four beasts
these four empires of prophecy.
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And then from the fourth beast
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which represents
which kingdom again?
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The Roman.
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Which
represents the Roman Empire
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the pagan Roman Empire,
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Daniel saw that
this beast had ten horns.
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How many horns? Ten.
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And what do
these horns represent.
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We saw in verse 24
that the Bible says
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that "The ten horns
out of this kingdom"
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Out of which kingdom?
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"Out of Rome are ten"
what" "Kings that shall arise."
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So prophecy in
history make it clear
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that Rome was not
conquered by a fifth super power
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or world empire
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but Rome was divided
into ten different kingdoms
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symbolized by ten horns.
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History tell us that barbarians
tribes came from the north
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and begin to conquer
different territories
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of the vast Roman Empire
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and these are the
nations that make up modern day
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Europe today.
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The ten kingdoms
or divisions Rome,
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the Alamanni, who
were the modern Germans.
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The Burgundians were the Swiss.
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The Franks were the French.
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The Lombards were the Italians.
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The Anglo Saxons
were the English.
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The Suevi who are the Portuguese
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and then the
Visigoths were the Spanish
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and then you have on
the bottom here the Heruli,
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Vandals and Ostrogoths
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nations that existed
amongst the original ten
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during the break up of Rome
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but are no longer
in existence today
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and we are gonna find
out why in just a moment.
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And so we find
that these ten horns
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or the divisions
of Rome divided Europe
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is came into
existence in the year 476 AD.
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In what year? 476.
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It was in that year
that history tells us
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that these ten
horns rouse to power.
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Now, after the ten horns
are described in Daniels vision.
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Daniel then sees amongst
the horns the division of Rome.
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He seized a little horn
rising, a little kingdom.
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And friends, this little kingdom
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is the antichrist
kingdom of prophecy.
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I want us to
notice its characteristics
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and through
these ten finger prints
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that we are
gonna look at tonight
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we are gonna know
without a shadow of a doubt
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the unavoidable, unmistakable,
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irrefutable identity of who this
antichrist kingdom really is.
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Are you ready? Yes.
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Some of you are not ready. Yes.
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Are you ready? Yes.
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All right, let's go.
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Daniel Chapter 8,
excuse me Daniel 7:8.
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You can look in your
Bible it's also on the screen.
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Daniel 7:8 describes this
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little horn antichrist
kingdom in these words.
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"I considered the horns,
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and, behold,
there came up" Where?
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"Among them
another" What kind of horn?
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"Little horn,
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before whom there were
three of the first horns
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plucked up by the roots."
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So here we find our
first four characteristics
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of this antichrist kingdom.
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Number one, it comes
up out of pagan Rome.
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The fourth beast is
the pagan Roman Empire.
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This horn comes
up out of that beast
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which shows
that the this kingdom
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comes out a pagan Rome.
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Are you with me, yes or no?
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The second
characteristic Daniel says
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that it came up among them.
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In other words,
among the other ten horns.
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So this gives us a
geographical location
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of where this
kingdom would rise.
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The ten horns
represent divided Europe.
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So this would be a
little horn kingdom
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that would rise up somewhere
there in Western Europe.
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It rises up among
the other ten horns.
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Are you with me, yes or no? Yes.
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And the Bible says
that it came up after them.
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We found through
history that the ten horns
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what came into
existence in 476 AD.
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Therefore, this
kingdom must rise to power
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some time after
that specific year.
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Which shows us very clearly
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the Antiochus Epiphanes cannot
be the antichrist friends,
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because he lived way before
these horns were in existents.
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This little horn
king the antichrist
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must come to
power after the 476 AD
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and as it rises to
power the Bible says
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three of the first horns
were plucked up by the roots.
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In other words, this
kingdom would destroy
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three other kingdoms in
order for it to arise to power.
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So far so good? Yes.
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All right, let's take a look
at more characteristics now.
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The verse-- the verse 8 says,
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"And, behold, in this horn
were eyes like the eyes of man,
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and a mouth
speaking great things."
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Another place it
says, "The mouth speaking
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blasphemy against God."
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And so we find that
this little horn kingdom
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has a man at its head.
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It has the eyes
like the eyes of a man
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and a mouth
speaking great things.
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Well, what does that mean?
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Write it down.
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In 1 Samuel 9:9.
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"In the Bible a
prophets was called a seer."
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A prophet was called what? Seer.
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Because they would see
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with the eyes of God
with heavenly vision.
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But this kingdom does
not see with the eyes of God,
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it has the eyes
like the eyes of man.
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Why because this is a
false prophet kingdom.
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When they
claims to speak for God
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but in reality are speaking
by their own human vision,
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their own human understanding.
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Remember, it was-- they
were called the man of sin,
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the son of perdition.
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And so we find our
next two characteristics,
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write it down
characteristic number five.
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There would be a man at
the head of this kingdom
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that would lead by
his own human vision,
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his own human wisdom.
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Eyes, like the eyes of a man.
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And then he would have a
mouth speaking great things,
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a mouth speaking
blasphemy against God.
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Are you with me, yes or no? Yes.
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Now let's take a look at
some more characteristics,
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verse 24 gives us
some additional details.
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The Bible says,
"Another shall arise after them,
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and he shall be diverse"
or different "from the first,
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and he shall
subdue three kings."
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So this little
horn that Daniel saw
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he said it was a different horn
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compared to the
rest of the ten horns.
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It was diverse from the first.
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And we are gonna see tonight
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that this kingdom
characteristic number seven
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is different in the sense that
its not just a political kingdom
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but it's a religious kingdom.
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It's not just a state
but it's also a church.
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You see, all the
ten horns are states,
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they are political powers
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but this one is more than
just a kingdom it is a church,
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state union together.
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That's how it's different.
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Now, we take a look another
characteristic in verse 25.
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"And he shall speak great
words against the most high,
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and shall wear out the
saints of the most high,
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and think to
change times and laws
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and they shall be
given into his hand
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until a time and
times" in the plural
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"and dividing of time."
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And there we find our
last three characteristics.
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Characteristic number eight,
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it says that it would wear
out the saints of the most high.
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In other words,
it's a kingdom on earth
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that would
persecute God's people.
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It would be a persecuting power.
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Characteristic Number nine,
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it would think to
change God's times and laws
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claiming to have more
authority than God's law
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and God's word,
00:23:35.19\00:23:36.39
saying that we are
gonna change the law of God.
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And then finally
characteristic 10.
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God even tells us just how long
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this kingdom would reign for.
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It said "It
would reign for a time,
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times and the
dividing of the half of time."
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Now friends, how long is
time times and half a time.
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When you study carefully
you will notice in the Bible
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that time represents one year.
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How long? One year.
00:24:01.96\00:24:03.78
And according to
the Hebrew calendar
00:24:03.81\00:24:06.06
there are 360 days
in one Hebrew year.
00:24:06.09\00:24:10.00
Times in the plural would
be two years that 720 days.
00:24:10.03\00:24:14.36
Half a time will be
half a year, that's 180 days.
00:24:14.39\00:24:17.83
If you add all the days up,
00:24:17.86\00:24:19.40
it equals to
1,260 prophetic days
00:24:19.43\00:24:25.14
is how long the
kingdom would reign for.
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Now, these are not literal
days, they are prophetic days
00:24:27.15\00:24:31.21
because it's in
our prophetic context.
00:24:31.24\00:24:33.37
And we learn the other night
00:24:33.40\00:24:34.43
that when we
study Bible prophecy
00:24:34.46\00:24:36.24
one prophetic day equals what?
00:24:36.27\00:24:39.49
One literal year
according to Ezekiel 4:6
00:24:39.52\00:24:44.12
as well as Numbers 14:34.
00:24:44.15\00:24:47.08
And many scholars
of many denominations
00:24:47.11\00:24:48.81
agree that in Bible
prophecy one prophetic day
00:24:48.84\00:24:52.22
represents one literal year.
00:24:52.25\00:24:53.97
In other words
this would be a kingdom
00:24:54.00\00:24:56.12
that would reign
for exactly 1,260 years.
00:24:56.15\00:25:01.72
Prophetic days
but literal years.
00:25:01.75\00:25:03.94
And so we find ten
identifying fingerprints
00:25:03.97\00:25:07.01
of this antichrist
kingdom that changed the Sabbath
00:25:07.04\00:25:10.47
from Saturday to Sunday.
00:25:10.50\00:25:12.52
Let's review together.
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They're on the screen if
you missed it write it down
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very quickly, friends.
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Characteristic number one,
00:25:16.93\00:25:18.12
it comes up out
of the fourth beast.
00:25:18.15\00:25:19.99
And the fourth
beast is the which empire?
00:25:20.02\00:25:22.53
The pagan Roman Empire.
00:25:22.56\00:25:23.79
So this would be a kingdom
00:25:23.82\00:25:25.30
that would be a
continuation of Rome.
00:25:25.33\00:25:27.14
Number two, its a little horn,
00:25:27.17\00:25:28.83
a small kingdom that
rises up among the ten horns
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the geographical location
is somewhere in Western Europe.
00:25:32.67\00:25:36.22
It arises after the ten
horns already in existence
00:25:36.25\00:25:39.80
and they came into
existence in 476 AD.
00:25:39.83\00:25:42.86
So it must come to
power sometime after that.
00:25:42.89\00:25:45.05
As it rises to
power it would destroy
00:25:45.08\00:25:47.08
three other kingdoms.
00:25:47.11\00:25:48.66
Number five, it's led by
the human wisdom and of man.
00:25:48.69\00:25:52.43
Number six, it will
speak blasphemy against God.
00:25:52.46\00:25:55.28
Number seven, it
would be different
00:25:55.31\00:25:56.42
because its not only
political it's also religious.
00:25:56.45\00:26:00.26
Number eight, it would
persecute God's people.
00:26:00.29\00:26:03.03
Number nine, it
would claim to change
00:26:03.06\00:26:04.50
God's times and laws.
00:26:04.53\00:26:05.85
And number ten, it
would reign for exactly
00:26:05.88\00:26:07.69
1,260 years.
00:26:07.72\00:26:10.94
Now tell me friends,
where do we get these
00:26:10.97\00:26:12.81
characteristics from.
00:26:12.84\00:26:14.21
Did I just pull it
out of the air somewhere
00:26:14.24\00:26:16.55
or did we get it
straight from the Bible?
00:26:16.58\00:26:18.61
Friends, all we did
was we let the Bible
00:26:18.64\00:26:22.02
interpret itself.
00:26:22.05\00:26:24.15
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:26:24.18\00:26:25.54
And as we consider
these ten fingerprints,
00:26:25.57\00:26:28.69
it is abundantly
clear who this power is.
00:26:28.72\00:26:33.57
Now friends, if there
is a kingdom that matches
00:26:33.60\00:26:35.90
five of the ten characteristics
could it be the one?
00:26:35.93\00:26:38.51
Yes or no? Absolutely not.
00:26:38.54\00:26:41.54
In order to be the
fulfillment of prophecy
00:26:41.57\00:26:43.41
it has to match how many of
the biblical characteristics?
00:26:43.44\00:26:45.95
All ten of them, friends.
00:26:45.98\00:26:47.92
And as we consider
these characteristics
00:26:47.95\00:26:49.67
there is only
one kingdom on earth
00:26:49.70\00:26:52.29
that fits each
and every one of them
00:26:52.32\00:26:54.61
to the T only one power
00:26:54.64\00:26:57.01
that fits the
characteristics of the Bible.
00:26:57.04\00:26:58.65
And friends, do you want
to know which power this is?
00:26:58.68\00:27:00.56
Some of you don't want to know.
00:27:02.04\00:27:04.02
Do you want to know? Yes.
00:27:04.05\00:27:06.45
Friends, before we
reveal it tonight--
00:27:06.48\00:27:09.00
don't worry, I won't
make you wait till tomorrow.
00:27:10.97\00:27:12.39
First thing I want to say,
is what you're about to hear
00:27:15.11\00:27:18.59
if you've never heard it
before is gonna blow you away.
00:27:18.62\00:27:22.28
It's a shocking message.
It's a starling message.
00:27:22.31\00:27:26.00
But I want us to remember
00:27:26.03\00:27:27.25
and keep in the
forefront of our mind
00:27:27.28\00:27:29.16
that whenever God
reveals truth to us
00:27:29.19\00:27:32.05
He does it because He loves us.
00:27:32.08\00:27:35.21
Amen. Amen.
00:27:35.24\00:27:36.82
You see, there perhaps,
might be people here tonight
00:27:36.85\00:27:39.96
they're gonna
learn that they have been
00:27:39.99\00:27:41.78
a part of this
church, states system
00:27:41.81\00:27:45.37
that is known in the
Bible as the antichrist.
00:27:45.40\00:27:48.74
God send this message not
to condemn but to save us.
00:27:48.77\00:27:52.90
Because friends, let me tell you
00:27:52.93\00:27:54.28
God still has many of His people
00:27:54.31\00:27:56.77
in this system
that love the Lord.
00:27:56.80\00:28:00.29
They're sincere,
they're living up
00:28:00.32\00:28:02.35
the all the light they
know and God looks upon them
00:28:02.38\00:28:05.28
and recognizes
them as His children
00:28:05.31\00:28:08.05
and many of them are gonna
be saved in the Kingdom of God.
00:28:08.08\00:28:10.53
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:28:10.56\00:28:11.65
You see in exposing the
identity of the antichrist
00:28:11.68\00:28:14.12
God is never against
people, He loves all people.
00:28:14.15\00:28:18.41
God so loved the world
00:28:18.44\00:28:20.53
that He gave His
only begotten Son.
00:28:20.56\00:28:23.09
And because He loves
the people in this system
00:28:23.12\00:28:25.47
He exposes the system
because this is a manmade system
00:28:25.50\00:28:29.58
that claims to be God on earth.
00:28:29.61\00:28:33.03
A manmade
system, that mixes truth.
00:28:33.06\00:28:35.68
And ever together and offers us
00:28:35.71\00:28:38.92
a confusing
counterfeit of the truth.
00:28:38.95\00:28:42.65
And so friends, as we
share who this power is,
00:28:42.68\00:28:45.70
no one needs to
be offended tonight.
00:28:45.73\00:28:48.03
We are not talking about people.
00:28:48.06\00:28:49.37
It's the system
itself that God is exposing
00:28:49.40\00:28:52.03
because God loves the
people that are in this system.
00:28:52.06\00:28:54.40
Friends, I have family members
that are part of this system,
00:28:54.43\00:28:57.01
I love them and God loves them
00:28:57.04\00:28:59.37
and so no one
needs feel attacked
00:28:59.40\00:29:01.68
or offended tonight because
God loves everyone of us.
00:29:01.71\00:29:04.43
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:29:04.46\00:29:05.62
Oh, friends, I
don't have the words
00:29:05.65\00:29:06.80
to express this
clearly but God has His people.
00:29:06.83\00:29:11.85
He recognizes
them as His children
00:29:11.88\00:29:14.11
and so none
need to feel offended
00:29:14.14\00:29:16.04
or feel like they've to leave.
00:29:16.07\00:29:17.19
No friends, it not
people it's the system itself.
00:29:17.22\00:29:21.01
If that's clear,
would you please say amen?
00:29:21.04\00:29:22.61
Amen.
00:29:22.64\00:29:23.72
And by the way what you're about
to hear tonight is nothing new.
00:29:23.75\00:29:25.89
Almost every
single church believe
00:29:25.92\00:29:29.74
what you're
about to hear tonight.
00:29:29.77\00:29:31.32
But what
happened through history
00:29:31.35\00:29:32.91
is that antichrist
came into the temple of God
00:29:32.94\00:29:35.20
the New Testament
church and gave a false method
00:29:35.23\00:29:38.57
of
interpretations called futurism
00:29:38.60\00:29:40.72
that majority of
Christian world believes
00:29:40.75\00:29:42.48
and has been deceived by.
00:29:42.51\00:29:44.04
And so now the question is this,
00:29:44.07\00:29:45.68
who is this little horn kingdom
00:29:45.71\00:29:48.14
that arose in Western Europe,
00:29:48.17\00:29:49.96
that it is not only
political but also religious,
00:29:49.99\00:29:52.40
that destroyed all that
opposed to her in history,
00:29:52.43\00:29:55.16
that replaced God's
words with its own traditions,
00:29:55.19\00:29:58.73
who is this little
horn power that sprung up
00:29:58.76\00:30:01.13
out of the fourth
beast the pagan Roman Empire?
00:30:01.16\00:30:04.77
Who is this antichrist kingdom?
00:30:04.80\00:30:06.59
Oh, friends, I am
not gonna give my opinion
00:30:06.62\00:30:08.06
I am gonna let history tell us
00:30:08.09\00:30:10.28
what happened
when the fourth beast
00:30:10.31\00:30:12.90
the pagan Roman
Empire fell apart.
00:30:12.93\00:30:15.23
Notice, what history
says and we're gonna get
00:30:15.26\00:30:16.93
all these historical quotations
00:30:16.96\00:30:18.86
on a hand out on
your way tonight.
00:30:18.89\00:30:21.23
Listen very carefully.
00:30:21.26\00:30:22.64
Out of the ruins
of the Roman Empire
00:30:22.67\00:30:24.30
there gradually arose
a new order of states."
00:30:24.33\00:30:27.09
What were these
new order of states?
00:30:27.12\00:30:28.53
That's the ten
horns, you remember?
00:30:28.56\00:30:30.06
The divided kingdoms of Rome.
00:30:30.09\00:30:31.71
"A new order of
state who is central point
00:30:31.74\00:30:34.51
was the Papal See.
00:30:34.54\00:30:37.17
Therefore
inevitably, resulted a position
00:30:38.40\00:30:41.09
not only new, but very" What?
00:30:41.12\00:30:44.11
"Very different
from the former."
00:30:44.14\00:30:46.66
And the reason why
the papacy was different
00:30:46.69\00:30:48.93
is because there was
not just a political kingdom
00:30:48.96\00:30:51.49
it was also religious kingdom.
00:30:51.52\00:30:53.04
Friends, make no
mistake about it.
00:30:53.07\00:30:54.45
The Roman church
state system is the power
00:30:54.48\00:30:58.49
that prophecy is
revealing tonight.
00:30:58.52\00:31:01.27
The papacy brothers and sisters,
00:31:01.30\00:31:02.74
is a continuation of Rome.
00:31:02.77\00:31:04.76
Right there at
the very headquarters
00:31:04.79\00:31:06.19
the Vatican City
there in the heart
00:31:06.22\00:31:08.58
of the former
pagan Roman Empire.
00:31:08.61\00:31:11.63
Not only that but
it's a small horn.
00:31:11.66\00:31:13.99
If you notice the
papacy the Vatican City
00:31:14.02\00:31:15.80
is the smallest
country in the world.
00:31:15.83\00:31:18.03
It's a little
kingdom located right there
00:31:18.06\00:31:20.58
in Western Europe.
00:31:20.61\00:31:22.89
And friends,
when you study history
00:31:22.92\00:31:24.17
you will discover
that as the papacy
00:31:24.20\00:31:26.30
roused the power it
uprooted three other kingdoms.
00:31:26.33\00:31:29.29
It's different
because its not only
00:31:29.32\00:31:30.70
political it's religious.
00:31:30.73\00:31:32.16
It's led by the human
wisdom of priest and popes
00:31:32.19\00:31:34.74
who speak blasphemy against God.
00:31:34.77\00:31:36.68
It was a
persecuting power in history
00:31:36.71\00:31:38.72
and this kingdom reign
for exactly 1,260 years.
00:31:38.75\00:31:44.44
Well, let's find
out it in Matthews.
00:31:44.47\00:31:46.22
When did the papacy rise
the power and for how long?
00:31:46.25\00:31:49.67
Friends, do you
remember amongst the ten horns
00:31:49.70\00:31:51.45
that came up out
of the Roman Empire,
00:31:51.48\00:31:53.38
three of them the
Heruli, Vandals and Ostrogoths
00:31:53.41\00:31:56.74
no longer exist today.
00:31:56.77\00:31:58.43
Do you know why?
00:31:58.46\00:31:59.53
Because those where the kingdoms
00:31:59.56\00:32:00.95
that resisted and
rejected papal authority.
00:32:00.98\00:32:04.79
And so in order
for the papacy to reign
00:32:04.82\00:32:06.71
they had to totally
uproot these three horns.
00:32:06.74\00:32:09.88
And this is exactly what
history tells us took place.
00:32:09.91\00:32:12.82
The Heruli
kingdom met their faith
00:32:12.85\00:32:15.01
with the Catholic
Emperor Zeno in the year 493 AD.
00:32:15.04\00:32:19.69
And then another
emperor by the name of Justinian
00:32:19.72\00:32:21.82
exterminated the
Vandals in 534 AD
00:32:21.85\00:32:25.08
and then finally broke
the power of Ostrogoths
00:32:25.11\00:32:27.67
in the year 538 AD.
00:32:27.70\00:32:30.63
Now friends, you
will not find traces
00:32:30.66\00:32:32.43
of these three kingdoms
in-- there Western Europe.
00:32:32.46\00:32:35.89
In fact, I was just
there in Western Europe
00:32:35.92\00:32:37.80
just this past
April and I actually
00:32:37.83\00:32:40.33
went on a tour to
see the ancient ruins
00:32:40.36\00:32:43.26
of the Ostrogoths
kingdom and the only thing
00:32:43.29\00:32:46.88
that remains from
the Ostrogoths kingdom
00:32:46.91\00:32:49.09
is this building the
mausoleum of king Theodoric,
00:32:49.12\00:32:52.03
the last king of the Ostrogoths.
00:32:52.06\00:32:54.01
Everything else of the
kingdom and their people
00:32:54.04\00:32:55.68
are totally wiped out,
totally uprooted completely.
00:32:55.71\00:32:59.99
And it happened in the
year-- excuse me, 538 AD.
00:33:00.02\00:33:04.71
And it was in that
year that history tells us
00:33:04.74\00:33:07.37
that Justinian made a decree
00:33:07.40\00:33:09.66
that established
the Bishop of Rome
00:33:09.69\00:33:11.90
as the political
and religious leader
00:33:11.93\00:33:14.94
of Western Rome.
00:33:14.97\00:33:16.69
And so we find history tells us
00:33:16.72\00:33:18.59
that the papacy came
into being in the year 538 AD.
00:33:18.62\00:33:23.53
Then it would reign
for exactly 1,260 years
00:33:23.56\00:33:27.62
culminating in the year 1798.
00:33:27.65\00:33:30.66
And friends,
this period in history
00:33:30.69\00:33:32.86
is known as the dark ages.
00:33:32.89\00:33:35.98
And do you know
why it was so dark?
00:33:36.01\00:33:37.43
Because, during this time period
00:33:37.46\00:33:38.87
the church made it illegal
to read or own the Bible.
00:33:38.90\00:33:43.50
In fact, if you were
found with portions of the Bible
00:33:43.53\00:33:46.77
you could be burnt alive
by the hands of the church.
00:33:46.80\00:33:50.40
And friends, what
happens when you take away
00:33:50.43\00:33:52.08
the light of the word you
have as a result the Dark Ages.
00:33:52.11\00:33:57.18
This was the time
of papal supremacy.
00:33:57.21\00:34:00.05
And friends, let me remind you
00:34:00.08\00:34:01.35
we're not talking
about the people, amen.
00:34:01.38\00:34:03.37
We are not talking
about those who have been
00:34:03.40\00:34:04.67
brought up in this system.
00:34:04.70\00:34:06.01
Many of them are God's
people and they are sincere
00:34:06.04\00:34:07.83
and they are
beautiful people, amen.
00:34:07.86\00:34:09.39
I met many of them,
I have family members,
00:34:09.42\00:34:11.02
beautiful people
it's not the people
00:34:11.05\00:34:13.19
it's the system that God
is talking about tonight.
00:34:13.22\00:34:16.95
What happened in 1798,
notice what history says.
00:34:16.98\00:34:20.62
The Encyclopedia
Americana tells us very clearly
00:34:20.65\00:34:22.99
that "In 1798" that is he
that is the French General
00:34:23.02\00:34:27.59
"Bethier made his
entrance into Rome,
00:34:27.62\00:34:29.78
and abolished
the papal government
00:34:29.81\00:34:31.69
and established a secular one."
00:34:31.72\00:34:33.74
It was in that
year that the papacy
00:34:33.77\00:34:35.80
was stripped from
its political power
00:34:35.83\00:34:37.65
in Western Europe and in fact,
00:34:37.68\00:34:39.23
I was in the Vatican
museum just this past April
00:34:39.26\00:34:42.05
and in the Vatican museum
they actually have a painting
00:34:42.08\00:34:45.29
of this event when Bethier came
to dethrone Pope Pius the VI.
00:34:45.32\00:34:49.46
And under the
painting in roman numerals
00:34:49.49\00:34:51.99
is the year 1798.
00:34:52.02\00:34:55.80
It came to power in 538,
00:34:55.83\00:34:57.82
you count 1,260
years later 1798.
00:34:57.85\00:35:00.83
The exact time the Bible said
that this power would reign.
00:35:00.86\00:35:04.77
Friends, it's
clear that the antichrist
00:35:04.80\00:35:07.08
of Bible
prophecy not the people,
00:35:07.11\00:35:09.55
its the system the
Roman church state system
00:35:09.58\00:35:13.29
here is a
kingdom in Western Europe
00:35:13.32\00:35:15.50
that has set
themselves up as God on earth.
00:35:15.53\00:35:20.37
Anti meaning putting
themselves instead of
00:35:20.40\00:35:23.32
or in the place of Christ
looking like a disciple of Jesus
00:35:23.35\00:35:27.31
but teaching
things that are betraying
00:35:27.34\00:35:29.49
the words of Jesus.
00:35:29.52\00:35:31.20
In fact, if you don't believe
me let me just read to you
00:35:31.23\00:35:33.79
from their very own writings
00:35:33.82\00:35:36.17
and you will see what
they say concerning themselves.
00:35:36.20\00:35:38.66
Pope Leo XIII said
"We hold upon this earth
00:35:38.69\00:35:42.68
the place of God Almighty."
00:35:42.71\00:35:46.26
In fact notice what else,
the Catholic national said.
00:35:46.29\00:35:49.59
"The pope is not only the
representative of Jesus Christ,
00:35:49.62\00:35:52.74
but he is Jesus Christ Himself,
00:35:52.77\00:35:56.48
hidden under the veil of flesh."
00:35:56.51\00:35:58.56
This is an
antichrist statement friend,
00:35:58.59\00:36:00.50
putting yourself instead
of on the place of Christ.
00:36:00.53\00:36:03.94
Notice, another
one Pope Pius V said,
00:36:03.97\00:36:06.48
"The Pope and God are the same,
00:36:06.51\00:36:09.51
so he has all power
in Heaven and earth."
00:36:09.54\00:36:13.37
In fact notice another one.
00:36:13.40\00:36:15.13
I told you it's
gonna be shocking,
00:36:15.16\00:36:16.44
its gonna blow
you away but friends,
00:36:16.47\00:36:17.81
this is what
they themselves say.
00:36:17.84\00:36:20.25
"The Pope is of
so great dignity,
00:36:20.28\00:36:22.83
and so exalted that
he is not a mere man,
00:36:22.86\00:36:26.40
but as it were God,
and the vicar of God."
00:36:26.43\00:36:30.63
This is what they
say concerning themselves
00:36:30.66\00:36:32.82
and no wonder why
the protestant reformers
00:36:32.85\00:36:34.90
claim and looked upon the papacy
00:36:34.93\00:36:37.44
as the
fulfillment of this prophecy.
00:36:37.47\00:36:39.41
I want you to notice
what John Wycliffe said.
00:36:39.44\00:36:41.01
He was the Morning
star of the Reformation.
00:36:41.04\00:36:43.16
John Wycliffe was the first
one that translated the Bible
00:36:43.19\00:36:45.44
into the English
language and he believed
00:36:45.47\00:36:47.81
that the pope was the
antichrist here on earth
00:36:47.84\00:36:50.57
because they
claim to put themselves
00:36:50.60\00:36:53.01
instead of on
the place of Christ.
00:36:53.04\00:36:55.74
Even Martin Luther believed it.
00:36:55.77\00:36:56.88
Notice what the
Lutherans believed
00:36:56.91\00:36:58.55
"O, how much
pain it has caused me,
00:36:58.58\00:37:00.73
though I had the
Scripture on my side
00:37:00.76\00:37:02.66
that I should dare to
make a stand against the pope,
00:37:02.69\00:37:05.11
and hold him
forth as antichrist.
00:37:05.14\00:37:07.44
'Twas so I fought
with myself and with Satan,
00:37:07.47\00:37:10.00
till Christ, by his
own infallible word,
00:37:10.03\00:37:12.02
fortified my heart
against these doubts.'"
00:37:12.05\00:37:14.00
You see, friends,
00:37:14.03\00:37:15.07
all the protestant
reformers of the past
00:37:15.10\00:37:17.25
they started all the
churches we have today.
00:37:17.28\00:37:19.44
They believe that exactly
what we are seeing here tonight
00:37:19.47\00:37:22.22
from the word of God.
00:37:22.25\00:37:23.48
But what happened?
00:37:23.51\00:37:24.63
Antichrist crept within
the Christian church of today
00:37:24.66\00:37:27.70
and gave to the Christian world
00:37:27.73\00:37:29.27
a new method of Biblical
interpretation called futurism
00:37:29.30\00:37:32.30
which is the foundation
of the left behind series.
00:37:32.33\00:37:34.95
It was invented
by a Jesuit priest
00:37:34.98\00:37:38.02
by the name of Francisco Ribera,
00:37:38.05\00:37:39.49
we talked about it
before at the Council of Trent
00:37:39.52\00:37:42.04
he invented this method
of interpreting the Bible
00:37:42.07\00:37:44.87
that steered
attention away from the papacy
00:37:44.90\00:37:47.65
and put everything in the future
00:37:47.68\00:37:49.23
after the rapture.
00:37:49.26\00:37:50.61
That's exactly what the
Christian world believes.
00:37:50.64\00:37:52.95
But it came from
the antichrist himself.
00:37:52.98\00:37:55.81
If I notice another
book by a Baptist professor
00:37:55.84\00:37:58.49
he wrote.
00:37:58.52\00:38:00.32
That "Many of
the great Christians
00:38:00.35\00:38:01.73
of the Reformation
and post-Reformation times
00:38:01.76\00:38:04.16
shared this view
of prophetic truth
00:38:04.19\00:38:05.79
and identified anti-christ
with the Roman Papacy.
00:38:05.82\00:38:08.30
Among adherents of
this interpretation
00:38:08.33\00:38:10.12
were the
Waldenses, The Hussites,
00:38:10.15\00:38:11.83
Wycliffe, Luther,
Calvin, Zwingli, Melanchthon,
00:38:11.86\00:38:14.68
Tyndale, Latimare, and Ridley."
00:38:14.71\00:38:17.05
And so friends,
what you're hearing
00:38:17.08\00:38:18.13
tonight it is nothing new.
00:38:18.16\00:38:20.12
This is always been the belief
00:38:20.15\00:38:21.75
of the protestant
reformers of the past.
00:38:21.78\00:38:24.27
And friends, it was this
kingdom the Roman church kingdom
00:38:24.30\00:38:27.94
and the Bible said
we think to change what?
00:38:27.97\00:38:31.12
God's times and God's laws.
00:38:31.15\00:38:34.58
Well, now the
next question is this.
00:38:34.61\00:38:36.17
Did the papacy
claim to have changed
00:38:36.20\00:38:39.34
God's times and laws?
00:38:39.37\00:38:41.68
Now I want to read
you a few more quotations
00:38:41.71\00:38:43.64
from their own writings.
00:38:43.67\00:38:45.22
Notice what it
said concerning the man
00:38:45.25\00:38:46.88
at his head.
00:38:46.91\00:38:47.97
They say, "That the Pope
has power to change times,
00:38:48.00\00:38:51.97
to abrogate laws, and to
dispense with all things,
00:38:52.00\00:38:55.37
even the precepts of Christ.
00:38:55.40\00:38:57.65
The Pope has the authority
and often exercised it,
00:38:57.68\00:39:00.54
to dispense with the" what?
00:39:00.57\00:39:02.60
"Command of Christ."
00:39:02.97\00:39:04.04
Almost quoting the
exact words of prophecy
00:39:04.07\00:39:06.35
claiming to change
God's times and laws.
00:39:06.38\00:39:09.33
In fact, notice another
one it blows us away even more.
00:39:09.36\00:39:12.31
Notice what they say.
00:39:12.34\00:39:13.43
"To believe that
our Lord God the Pope
00:39:13.46\00:39:16.22
has not the power to
decree as he is decreed
00:39:16.25\00:39:19.80
is to be deemed heretical."
00:39:19.83\00:39:21.25
In other words,
if we say the Pope
00:39:21.28\00:39:22.31
doesn't have the power
to change times and laws
00:39:22.34\00:39:24.77
they call that state heretical.
00:39:24.80\00:39:27.27
In other words, its
heresy that must be uprooted.
00:39:27.30\00:39:30.27
In fact, notice
what else it is said.
00:39:30.30\00:39:32.49
In the Faith of our
Fathers, famous catholic author
00:39:32.52\00:39:34.49
James Cardinal Gibbons.
00:39:34.52\00:39:36.15
"You may read the Bible
from Genesis to Revelation,
00:39:36.18\00:39:38.83
and you will not
find a single line
00:39:38.86\00:39:40.99
authorizing the
sanctification of Sunday."
00:39:41.02\00:39:43.12
And friends, that's true.
00:39:43.15\00:39:44.49
"The scripture enforce
the religious observance
00:39:44.52\00:39:46.16
of Saturday."
00:39:46.19\00:39:47.24
They acknowledge,
that the Bible teaches
00:39:47.27\00:39:48.66
that the seventh
day is the Sabbath.
00:39:48.69\00:39:50.94
Well, why do they
believe that Sunday
00:39:50.97\00:39:52.98
is the day to be worshipped?
00:39:53.01\00:39:54.58
Now I want you to notice
from the Convert's Catechism
00:39:54.61\00:39:56.62
of Catholic
Doctrine and I have this book
00:39:56.65\00:39:58.24
right here in my hand if
you want to see it you may.
00:39:58.27\00:40:00.92
But on page 50 of this
book the question is asked.
00:40:00.95\00:40:03.81
"Which Day is the Sabbath day?"
00:40:03.84\00:40:05.82
Their answer,
"Saturday is the Sabbath Day."
00:40:05.85\00:40:08.70
Question, "Why do we observe
Sunday instead of Saturday?"
00:40:08.73\00:40:12.52
Their answer,
"Because the Catholic Church
00:40:12.55\00:40:14.51
transferred solemnity
from Saturday to Sunday."
00:40:14.54\00:40:18.23
Claiming to change
God's times and God's law.
00:40:18.26\00:40:21.96
The catholic encyclopedia says,
00:40:21.99\00:40:23.97
"The church after
changing the day of rest
00:40:24.00\00:40:26.03
from the Jewish Sabbath or
the Seventh-day of the week
00:40:26.06\00:40:29.34
made the third commandment."
00:40:29.37\00:40:30.99
The what number
commandment? Third.
00:40:31.02\00:40:32.43
"Third
commandment referred to Sunday
00:40:32.46\00:40:34.98
as the day to be
kept as the Lord's day."
00:40:35.01\00:40:36.95
They say we're
the ones that change
00:40:36.98\00:40:38.31
the Sabbath to Sunday.
00:40:38.34\00:40:39.80
But they say it's
the third commandment.
00:40:39.83\00:40:41.45
But friends, in the
Bible what commandment
00:40:41.48\00:40:42.56
is the Sabbath commandment?
00:40:42.59\00:40:44.20
And friends, what did they say
00:40:44.23\00:40:45.26
it's the third commandment
because in the catechism
00:40:45.29\00:40:47.63
the church not
only changes the Sabbath
00:40:47.66\00:40:49.56
but they totally
deleted the second commandment
00:40:49.59\00:40:52.61
that has to do with bowing
down and worshipping idols.
00:40:52.64\00:40:55.73
It totally gone
from the catechism
00:40:55.76\00:40:58.22
that's the only
way they could bring in
00:40:58.25\00:40:59.81
idols into the church.
00:40:59.84\00:41:01.32
And so, what they
did was number one,
00:41:01.35\00:41:03.71
they did away with
the second commandment.
00:41:03.74\00:41:05.26
That's why the
fourth now became the third.
00:41:05.29\00:41:07.91
Not only that but they
shortened the fourth commandment
00:41:07.94\00:41:09.90
from 94 words to eight words.
00:41:09.93\00:41:12.57
And then in order to
still have Ten Commandments
00:41:12.60\00:41:14.90
they split the tenth
commandment into two.
00:41:14.93\00:41:17.57
Commandment number
nine in the catechism says,
00:41:17.60\00:41:20.10
"Thou shall not
covet thy neighbor's wife."
00:41:20.13\00:41:22.37
And commandment 10
"Thou shalt not covet
00:41:22.40\00:41:24.37
thy neighbors goods."
00:41:24.40\00:41:25.89
Claiming to change
Gods times and God's laws.
00:41:25.92\00:41:30.47
Friends, its clear isn't it?
00:41:30.50\00:41:32.36
But let me remind once again
00:41:32.39\00:41:33.45
we are not talking
about people, amen.
00:41:33.48\00:41:35.35
No one needs feel
offended or attacked.
00:41:35.38\00:41:37.65
God loves all the
people in this system.
00:41:37.68\00:41:40.07
God is exposing the system
because He loves the people
00:41:40.10\00:41:43.40
that are in the system
and He does not want us to be
00:41:43.43\00:41:45.98
let strayed by
kingdom that claims to have
00:41:46.01\00:41:48.64
more power than Jesus himself.
00:41:48.67\00:41:52.16
I want to notice
they even make even
00:41:52.19\00:41:53.84
bolder statements than this.
00:41:53.87\00:41:55.32
They challenge Protestants
00:41:55.35\00:41:57.38
who keep Sunday as the Sabbath.
00:41:57.41\00:41:59.06
Notice what Karl
Keating had to say in the book.
00:41:59.09\00:42:01.46
Catholicism and
Fundamentalism, he said,
00:42:01.49\00:42:04.55
"Fundamentalists meet
for worship on Sunday,
00:42:04.58\00:42:07.02
yet there is no
evidence in the Bible
00:42:07.05\00:42:08.57
that corporate worship
was to be made on Sundays."
00:42:08.60\00:42:10.82
And that's true, there is
no evidence not even one verse.
00:42:10.85\00:42:13.65
And then he says,
"The Jewish Sabbath,
00:42:13.68\00:42:16.31
or day of rest,
was of course" what?
00:42:16.34\00:42:19.38
Now he calls it
the Jewish Sabbath
00:42:19.41\00:42:20.83
but we know that
it's not a Jewish day
00:42:20.86\00:42:22.48
it is the Lord's Day.
00:42:22.51\00:42:24.19
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:42:24.22\00:42:25.43
But he says the Jewish Sabbath
00:42:25.46\00:42:26.49
or the day of rest
was of course Saturday,
00:42:26.52\00:42:28.15
it was the Catholic
Church that decided Sunday
00:42:28.18\00:42:30.76
should be the day of
worship for Christians,
00:42:30.79\00:42:32.99
in honor of the" What?
00:42:33.02\00:42:34.41
Resurrection.
00:42:34.44\00:42:35.47
So they say we are the
ones that changed it to Sunday
00:42:35.50\00:42:37.53
because that's
the day that Jesus
00:42:37.56\00:42:39.33
resurrected from the grave.
00:42:39.36\00:42:40.95
And friends, it's a nice thing
00:42:40.98\00:42:42.36
to want to honor the
resurrection of Christ
00:42:42.39\00:42:44.34
but we don't
honor the resurrection
00:42:44.37\00:42:46.30
by dishonoring the law,
00:42:46.33\00:42:48.17
we don't honor His
resurrection by changing
00:42:48.20\00:42:50.80
some thing that God
wrote with His own finger
00:42:50.83\00:42:52.77
on tablets of stone.
00:42:52.80\00:42:54.34
Friends, how do we honor
the resurrection of Christ?
00:42:54.37\00:42:56.80
The Bible tells us
in Romans Chapter 6,
00:42:56.83\00:42:59.43
that it's a honor the
resurrection of Christ
00:42:59.46\00:43:00.95
is to baptized.
00:43:00.98\00:43:02.59
And as they were baptized
were baptized into the death
00:43:02.62\00:43:05.92
burial and resurrection
for Christ, of Christ.
00:43:05.95\00:43:08.55
Friends, I have problem
honoring the resurrection
00:43:08.58\00:43:10.66
but we don't do it by
trying to change God's law,
00:43:10.69\00:43:13.34
we do it like how the
Bible tells us to do it.
00:43:13.37\00:43:15.90
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:43:15.93\00:43:17.31
I want to notice
another catechism,
00:43:17.34\00:43:18.78
Controversial Catechism.
00:43:18.81\00:43:20.72
On page 53, the
question is asked,
00:43:20.75\00:43:22.97
"When Protestants do
profane work upon Saturday,
00:43:23.00\00:43:25.56
or the seventh day of the week,
00:43:25.59\00:43:26.80
do they follow the Scripture
as their only rule of faith?"
00:43:26.83\00:43:30.17
They are challenging Protestants
because as Protestants
00:43:30.20\00:43:33.09
they believe that
the Bible and the Bible
00:43:33.12\00:43:35.53
alone is the sola of faith.
00:43:35.56\00:43:37.67
That was Protestants claim.
00:43:37.70\00:43:39.23
Sola scriptura that's
the Protestant crying.
00:43:39.26\00:43:41.46
Bible and the Babylon
and so they are challenging
00:43:41.49\00:43:43.80
if you keep Sunday do you
really follow the Bible alone.
00:43:43.83\00:43:46.62
Answer, "On the contrary
00:43:46.65\00:43:49.75
they have only the
authority of" what?
00:43:49.78\00:43:52.27
"Tradition for this practice.
00:43:52.30\00:43:54.96
In profaning
Saturday they violate one of
00:43:54.99\00:43:56.99
God's commandments,
which on their principles,
00:43:57.02\00:43:59.02
has never been abrogated.
00:43:59.05\00:44:00.43
'Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy.'"
00:44:00.46\00:44:03.65
And friends, that's true
00:44:03.68\00:44:05.17
the only
authority for Sunday worship
00:44:05.20\00:44:06.70
is the tradition that
comes from the church.
00:44:06.73\00:44:09.14
That the Bible
identifies as antichrist
00:44:09.17\00:44:11.68
the one that has
placed themselves
00:44:11.71\00:44:13.64
instead of or in
the place of Christ.
00:44:13.67\00:44:18.18
Now friends,
here's the next question.
00:44:18.21\00:44:20.02
What is this church?
00:44:20.05\00:44:21.92
What is this kingdom
claim to have the power
00:44:21.95\00:44:24.29
to change God's times and laws?
00:44:24.32\00:44:26.19
Because friends, their
authority is not the Bible.
00:44:26.22\00:44:28.73
Notice what they themselves say.
00:44:28.76\00:44:30.72
"The doctrines of
the Catholic Church
00:44:30.75\00:44:32.61
are entirely
independent of Holy Scripture."
00:44:32.64\00:44:36.60
In other words they will believe
00:44:36.63\00:44:38.15
that the Bible is
the soul of authority.
00:44:38.18\00:44:40.38
Notice another one.
00:44:40.41\00:44:41.56
"The belief in the Bible
as the sole source of faith"
00:44:41.59\00:44:45.15
they say "is
unhistorical, illogical,"
00:44:45.18\00:44:48.66
and "fatal to
the virtue of faith,
00:44:48.69\00:44:50.84
and destructive of unity."
00:44:50.87\00:44:53.78
And so they say
the Bible is not to be
00:44:53.81\00:44:55.71
to be trusted as
the soul of faith.
00:44:55.74\00:44:58.69
And that's the reason
why the church feels like
00:44:58.72\00:45:00.02
it can change things.
00:45:00.05\00:45:01.61
So what there is the authority
00:45:01.64\00:45:04.19
of the faith of their system.
00:45:04.22\00:45:06.33
Notice, what they say
in Catholic Belief page 33.
00:45:06.36\00:45:09.09
"Like two sacred
rivers flowing from paradise,
00:45:09.12\00:45:11.73
the Bible and" What?
00:45:11.76\00:45:14.21
"Divine Tradition
contain the word of God.
00:45:14.24\00:45:18.09
Though these two divine streams
00:45:18.12\00:45:19.61
are of equal
sacredness still, of the two
00:45:19.64\00:45:22.94
Tradition is to us
more clear and safe."
00:45:22.97\00:45:28.56
Now friends, listen there is
nothing wrong with traditions
00:45:28.59\00:45:30.91
as long as
traditions don't violate
00:45:30.94\00:45:33.08
or go against the word of God.
00:45:33.11\00:45:35.03
If any tradition in this world
00:45:35.06\00:45:36.69
if any custom of the world
goes against the word of God
00:45:36.72\00:45:39.08
we need to put God's word first.
00:45:39.11\00:45:41.58
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:45:41.61\00:45:42.87
In fact, Jesus challenges those
00:45:42.90\00:45:45.29
who obey
tradition above His law.
00:45:45.32\00:45:47.69
Jesus asked the question.
00:45:47.72\00:45:49.41
"Why do you also transgress
the commandment of God
00:45:49.44\00:45:51.61
by your tradition?
00:45:51.64\00:45:52.88
Thus you've made
the commandment of God
00:45:52.91\00:45:54.82
of none effect
by your tradition."
00:45:54.85\00:45:57.24
Friends, in keeping
Sunday as the Sabbath
00:45:57.27\00:45:58.98
we are essentially
doing exactly what Jesus said
00:45:59.01\00:46:01.17
that it is not good.
00:46:01.20\00:46:03.12
We are making
God's law of none effect
00:46:03.15\00:46:05.35
by holding to a tradition
that comes from the church.
00:46:05.38\00:46:10.10
And then in verses 8
and 9 Jesus talks says--
00:46:10.13\00:46:13.80
Jesus says, "These people draw
near to Me with their mouth,
00:46:13.83\00:46:17.16
and honor Me with their lips,
00:46:17.19\00:46:18.95
but their heart is far from Me.
00:46:18.98\00:46:21.90
And in vain they worship Me,
00:46:21.93\00:46:24.69
teaching as doctrines
the commandments of men."
00:46:24.72\00:46:29.18
Friends, the Bible Jesus
said that when we teach for
00:46:29.21\00:46:31.02
doctrines the
commandments of men
00:46:31.05\00:46:32.68
instead of commandments of God.
00:46:32.71\00:46:34.52
Then in vain are
we worshipping God.
00:46:34.55\00:46:36.91
Friends, I don't want
to worship God in vain.
00:46:36.94\00:46:39.02
I want to worship God
in spirit and in truth.
00:46:39.05\00:46:41.51
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:46:41.54\00:46:43.06
With their lips
they're saying yes,
00:46:43.09\00:46:44.53
I am disciple
but in their hearts
00:46:44.56\00:46:45.74
their teaching
and practicing things
00:46:45.77\00:46:47.64
that go directly
against the word of God.
00:46:47.67\00:46:50.12
And so the
question comes to us tonight
00:46:50.15\00:46:51.77
who is your master, friends?
00:46:51.80\00:46:54.00
Who you're gonna follow?
00:46:54.03\00:46:55.60
Who is your sole of authority?
00:46:55.63\00:46:57.90
Is it Jesus Christ
or that the antichrist?
00:46:57.93\00:47:00.83
Is it the commandment
of God or tradition of man?
00:47:00.86\00:47:03.38
Tonight friends,
we need to choose
00:47:03.41\00:47:05.23
who we're going to follow.
00:47:05.26\00:47:07.84
Can you say, amen?
00:47:07.87\00:47:09.31
In fact I want you to
notice a few more quotations.
00:47:09.34\00:47:11.55
Canon and Tradition, page 263.
00:47:11.58\00:47:13.84
They say that "The
authority of the church
00:47:13.87\00:47:16.06
could therefore not
be bound to the authority
00:47:16.09\00:47:18.38
of the
Scriptures, because the Church
00:47:18.41\00:47:20.39
had changed the
Sabbath to Sunday,
00:47:20.42\00:47:23.22
not by command of Christ,
but by its own authority."
00:47:23.25\00:47:27.26
Friends, this is an
antichrist way of thinking
00:47:27.29\00:47:29.88
putting themselves instead
of or in the place of God.
00:47:29.91\00:47:33.49
This kingdom
claim to do something
00:47:33.52\00:47:35.12
that not even
God himself would do.
00:47:35.15\00:47:37.58
Bible says in Malachi
3:6 for I am the Lord,
00:47:37.61\00:47:41.04
and I always change.
00:47:41.07\00:47:43.12
Is what God
says? Does God change?
00:47:43.15\00:47:45.84
He said, "I am the
Lord, I change not."
00:47:45.87\00:47:48.18
Friends, God
does not need changing
00:47:48.21\00:47:50.07
because He is perfect.
00:47:50.10\00:47:52.17
He does not need changing,
His law doesn't changing
00:47:52.20\00:47:54.41
we need changing, friends.
00:47:54.44\00:47:57.57
God says, "I am the
Lord, I change not."
00:47:57.60\00:48:01.07
We see that Adam
and Eve kept the Sabbath
00:48:01.10\00:48:03.77
way back there in
the Garden of Eden
00:48:03.80\00:48:05.30
before Jew ever existed,
before sin came into existence.
00:48:05.33\00:48:07.93
We see, that the Sabbath
00:48:07.96\00:48:08.99
is the part of
the Ten Commandments.
00:48:09.02\00:48:10.40
Jesus kept the Sabbath.
00:48:10.43\00:48:12.00
The disciples
after the resurrection
00:48:12.03\00:48:13.10
kept the Sabbath.
00:48:13.13\00:48:14.16
God's end time
people will keep it.
00:48:14.19\00:48:15.64
And we're gonna
continue to keep the Sabbath
00:48:15.67\00:48:17.31
in heaven throughout the
ceaseless age of eternity.
00:48:17.34\00:48:20.04
But here we find
man tried to change it
00:48:20.07\00:48:22.41
and now it's
about time to ask you
00:48:22.44\00:48:24.21
a very important question.
00:48:24.24\00:48:25.27
Tell me friends,
00:48:25.30\00:48:26.34
why the first day of
the week specifically
00:48:26.37\00:48:28.85
and how did the
church get the entire
00:48:28.88\00:48:30.95
Christian world to receive it?
00:48:30.98\00:48:32.90
Let me tell you where
Sunday worship came from.
00:48:32.93\00:48:35.07
It came from the
worship of the sun god.
00:48:35.10\00:48:37.54
You see, ancient pagan religions
00:48:37.57\00:48:39.66
worship the sun the
s-u-n in the heavens.
00:48:39.69\00:48:42.52
The Egyptians, the
Babylonians, the Romans,
00:48:42.55\00:48:44.48
they would bow
down and worship it
00:48:44.51\00:48:46.27
as it rouse from the
east every single day.
00:48:46.30\00:48:48.71
Sun worship is
strictly a pagan practice.
00:48:48.74\00:48:52.16
Now I want you to
notice this Bible Encyclopedia.
00:48:52.19\00:48:54.28
"Sabbath, is Hebrew
word signifying rest.
00:48:54.31\00:48:58.43
But Sunday was a
name given by the heathens
00:48:58.46\00:49:00.94
to the first day of the week,
00:49:00.97\00:49:02.66
because it was the day on
which they worshipped" Who?
00:49:02.69\00:49:05.33
"The sun."
00:49:05.36\00:49:06.39
You see, thus
pagans they worship,
00:49:06.42\00:49:09.49
when they worship
the sun god was Sunday
00:49:09.52\00:49:12.07
that's the
first day of the week.
00:49:12.10\00:49:13.32
This was the pagans
Sabbath in other words,
00:49:13.35\00:49:15.05
when they worship
the false god of the sun.
00:49:15.08\00:49:17.72
And so, we see that
this pagan they worship
00:49:17.75\00:49:20.46
crept within the
Christian church.
00:49:20.49\00:49:23.23
In fact, even the
church acknowledges
00:49:23.26\00:49:24.59
that this is where
Sunday worship came from,
00:49:24.62\00:49:26.94
from the worship of the sun.
00:49:26.97\00:49:28.30
The Catholic World
in 1994, they said,
00:49:28.33\00:49:30.55
"The sun was a
foremost god with heathendom.
00:49:30.58\00:49:33.03
The sun has worshippers at this
hour in Persia and other lands.
00:49:33.06\00:49:36.21
There is, in
truth, something royal,
00:49:36.24\00:49:37.73
kingly about the sun
making it a fit emblem of Jesus,
00:49:37.76\00:49:40.63
the Sun of Justice.
00:49:40.66\00:49:41.83
Hence the Church
in these countries
00:49:41.86\00:49:43.49
would seem to have said,
'Keep that old pagan name.
00:49:43.52\00:49:47.14
It shall remain
consecrated and sanctified.
00:49:47.17\00:49:49.33
And thus the pagan
Sunday dedicated to Balder,
00:49:49.36\00:49:52.80
a pagan God became
the Christian Sunday
00:49:52.83\00:49:55.04
sacred to Jesus.'"
00:49:55.07\00:49:57.57
Oh, friends, how
did this change occur?
00:49:57.60\00:49:59.85
It happened gradually.
00:50:01.43\00:50:04.11
How did it happen?
00:50:04.14\00:50:05.84
You see it happened
not overnight friends,
00:50:05.87\00:50:09.36
but it happened gradually
00:50:09.39\00:50:10.63
over centuries of
compromise and persecution.
00:50:10.66\00:50:15.46
Now let me explain to
you the historical setting
00:50:15.49\00:50:17.86
that called for
this change from Sabbath
00:50:17.89\00:50:20.78
the seventh day
of the week to Sunday
00:50:20.81\00:50:22.37
the first day of the week
the pagans day of worship.
00:50:22.40\00:50:24.72
You see, during
the days of Constantine
00:50:24.75\00:50:26.52
the pagan Roman Empire
that worshipped the sun,
00:50:26.55\00:50:29.80
on the first day of the week
00:50:29.83\00:50:31.06
pagan Rome the fourth
beast was falling apart.
00:50:31.09\00:50:34.67
And there was a major problem
00:50:34.70\00:50:35.99
not only from without the
armies that were invading Rome
00:50:36.02\00:50:39.36
but even within
the Roman Empire itself
00:50:39.39\00:50:41.74
it was
disintegrated and fragmented.
00:50:41.77\00:50:45.01
You see, during
the days of Constantine
00:50:45.04\00:50:46.51
there were two major religions
fighting for supremacy.
00:50:46.54\00:50:49.45
Now, the main
religion of Rome was paganism
00:50:49.48\00:50:52.10
worshipping the sun
on the first of the week.
00:50:52.13\00:50:54.34
And the pagans
hated the Christians
00:50:54.37\00:50:57.14
that worshipped Jesus
the sun on the seventh day
00:50:57.17\00:50:59.90
and so we find
that the Christians
00:50:59.93\00:51:01.53
were being
persecuted by the pagan Romans.
00:51:01.56\00:51:04.91
But the more the pagans
persecuted the Christians
00:51:04.94\00:51:06.64
the more the
Christians grew in number.
00:51:06.67\00:51:08.47
And so Constantine realized,
00:51:08.50\00:51:10.40
that a kingdom divided
against itself cannot stand.
00:51:10.43\00:51:14.40
If you have a divided
kingdom its not gonna last long
00:51:14.43\00:51:17.16
and so in order to
save the Roman Empire
00:51:17.19\00:51:19.43
what he have to do?
00:51:19.46\00:51:21.05
He had to unite the
two fractions of religion.
00:51:21.08\00:51:24.30
Hence he unite paganism
and Christianity together
00:51:24.33\00:51:27.08
because divided we fall but
united we stand was the mindset.
00:51:27.11\00:51:30.47
And so in order
to merge paganism
00:51:30.50\00:51:33.19
and Christianity together
00:51:33.22\00:51:34.62
Constantine
introduced a compromise
00:51:34.65\00:51:38.37
within the church.
00:51:38.40\00:51:39.76
And this is what
the Bible prophesied
00:51:39.79\00:51:41.33
as the great apostasy,
the falling away first.
00:51:41.36\00:51:44.90
What happened was this,
00:51:44.93\00:51:46.06
Constantine made Christianity
00:51:46.09\00:51:48.23
the state religion
of the Roman Empire.
00:51:48.26\00:51:50.91
No longer was it
gonna be pagan Rome
00:51:50.94\00:51:53.25
now it was gonna be papal Rome.
00:51:53.28\00:51:55.49
He said, now we are
all gonna become Christians
00:51:55.52\00:51:57.46
we're no longer
gonna worship the sun god.
00:51:57.49\00:52:00.55
Now we're gonna
worship Jesus the Son of God.
00:52:00.58\00:52:04.12
And friends, the
compromise was made
00:52:04.15\00:52:05.91
but here is the question
how would he get the pagans
00:52:05.94\00:52:08.09
to convert to Christianity?
00:52:08.12\00:52:09.27
Because friends, it's hard to
get somebody convert religions.
00:52:09.30\00:52:12.39
So how would he
convince the pagans
00:52:12.42\00:52:13.87
to embrace Christianities?
00:52:13.90\00:52:15.85
He told the church that
they have to compromise.
00:52:15.88\00:52:18.59
And the pagan converts brought
pagan practices into the church.
00:52:18.62\00:52:23.21
And many of the church leaders
00:52:23.24\00:52:24.73
embraced these pagan practices
00:52:24.76\00:52:27.19
to avoid
persecution from the pagans.
00:52:27.22\00:52:29.85
They said okay, you're
gonna become Christians.
00:52:29.88\00:52:32.24
Okay, so to help be more
comfortable in the transition
00:52:32.27\00:52:36.16
you can bring your
pagan idols into the church.
00:52:36.19\00:52:39.08
And instead of calling it
by the pagan sun god names
00:52:39.11\00:52:42.41
we will call it
instead Peter and Paul
00:52:42.44\00:52:45.23
and the Virgin Mary and Jesus.
00:52:45.26\00:52:47.35
And instead of
worshipping pagan gods
00:52:47.38\00:52:49.36
we're just pray to
these Christian saints,
00:52:49.39\00:52:51.76
that's were
these this came from.
00:52:51.79\00:52:54.96
And not only that but
they also allowed the pagans
00:52:54.99\00:52:58.18
to bring their day of
worship it within the church.
00:52:58.21\00:53:01.28
And at first, they
started keeping both days,
00:53:01.31\00:53:03.54
Sabbath, as well as, Sunday.
00:53:03.57\00:53:06.43
Constantine
introduced this compromise
00:53:06.46\00:53:09.19
to save the Roman Empire
and the Christians accepted it.
00:53:09.22\00:53:12.21
Many of them did
to avoid persecution.
00:53:12.24\00:53:15.30
And then to establish unity
more fully in the year 321 AD.
00:53:15.33\00:53:20.32
What year?
00:53:20.35\00:53:21.60
Friends, write
that year down 3-2-1,
00:53:21.63\00:53:23.82
321 AD Constantine
passed the first Sunday law
00:53:23.85\00:53:28.90
to unite the Roman Empire.
00:53:28.93\00:53:32.05
He basically said
now we have to worship
00:53:32.08\00:53:35.08
on the pagans day Sunday
the first day of the week
00:53:35.11\00:53:37.56
but we're gonna do it in
honor of the resurrection.
00:53:37.59\00:53:40.11
And friends,
here we find paganism
00:53:40.14\00:53:42.05
walked right within the
church wearing a Christian robe
00:53:42.08\00:53:46.35
antichrist sitting
in the temple of God,
00:53:46.38\00:53:49.32
lies with garments to truth,
00:53:49.35\00:53:51.29
a wolf in sheep's
clothing, friends.
00:53:51.32\00:53:54.14
And then finally
in the year 336 AD.
00:53:54.17\00:53:57.29
What year?
00:53:57.32\00:53:58.84
336 AD the church completely
outlaw the Sabbath completely
00:53:58.87\00:54:03.41
in the Council of Laodicea.
00:54:03.44\00:54:05.33
The church said
Christian shall not Judaize
00:54:05.36\00:54:07.82
and be idle on Saturday,
but shall work on that day.
00:54:07.85\00:54:11.04
But the Lord's day" they
are referring to as Sunday.
00:54:11.07\00:54:13.61
"They shall especially honor
00:54:13.64\00:54:15.16
and as being
Christian shall possible
00:54:15.19\00:54:17.18
to do not work on that day.
00:54:17.21\00:54:19.12
If, however,
there're found Juadizing,"
00:54:19.15\00:54:21.04
or keeping the Sabbath,
00:54:21.07\00:54:22.32
"they shall be
shut out from Christ."
00:54:22.35\00:54:24.61
So at first they were
keeping both Sabbath and Sunday
00:54:24.64\00:54:26.87
but finally in the
Council of Laodicea
00:54:26.90\00:54:28.32
they said we can no
longer rest on Sabbath
00:54:28.35\00:54:30.37
you must work on the Sabbath
00:54:30.40\00:54:32.22
and you cannot work on Sunday
00:54:32.25\00:54:34.12
forcing the
conscience of individuals
00:54:34.15\00:54:36.78
and all those who fell in line
00:54:36.81\00:54:38.35
with the
requirements of the church
00:54:38.38\00:54:39.91
had peace and safety.
00:54:39.94\00:54:41.27
But those who stood up for God,
00:54:41.30\00:54:42.97
those who wanted to
remain faithful to Lord Jesus
00:54:43.00\00:54:45.39
were hunted down like animals
and they were persecuted,
00:54:45.42\00:54:48.67
burnt alive at the state.
00:54:48.70\00:54:50.22
And history states
that during the Dark Ages
00:54:50.25\00:54:52.17
not less than 100
million Christians died.
00:54:52.20\00:54:57.97
And their only crime was that
they wanted to remain faithful
00:54:58.00\00:55:01.74
to Bible and faithful
to Jesus and Jesus alone.
00:55:01.77\00:55:07.22
Friends, and after
generations of cruel persecution
00:55:07.25\00:55:12.03
Sabbath gradually was forgotten
00:55:12.06\00:55:15.19
and Sunday became
embraced by the church.
00:55:15.22\00:55:18.32
And then during the
Protestant Reformation
00:55:18.35\00:55:19.90
of the 16th
century the Protestant
00:55:19.93\00:55:21.80
broke away from
the catholic church
00:55:21.83\00:55:23.48
and they protested
against the many of the errors
00:55:23.51\00:55:25.50
the idolatry but
they kept with them
00:55:25.53\00:55:28.73
the pagans they
worshipped Sunday
00:55:28.76\00:55:31.12
the first day of the week.
00:55:31.15\00:55:32.25
And there you have it friends,
00:55:32.28\00:55:33.60
the Bible is laid
aside for tradition,
00:55:33.63\00:55:37.02
a tradition of man antichrist,
sitting in the temple of God.
00:55:37.05\00:55:41.76
Friends, if this makes sense,
00:55:41.79\00:55:43.49
if this is clear would
you please say, amen? Amen.
00:55:43.52\00:55:46.41
Now there's a
lot more we can say
00:55:46.44\00:55:47.69
but we're gonna save
it for another night.
00:55:47.72\00:55:49.72
As we begin to
close we see friends,
00:55:49.75\00:55:51.23
that Satan is a
terrible deceiver.
00:55:51.26\00:55:54.41
He deceived one-third
of the angels in heaven.
00:55:54.44\00:55:57.37
He deceived Adam and
Eve in the Garden of Eden
00:55:57.40\00:56:00.93
and he has been
deceiving men and women
00:56:00.96\00:56:02.75
and boys and girls
through various ways
00:56:02.78\00:56:05.21
down throughout the
centuries but Jesus said
00:56:05.24\00:56:08.40
"You shall know the truth
00:56:08.43\00:56:10.03
and the truth
shall set you free."
00:56:10.06\00:56:14.07
It's a shocking truth,
it's a startling truth.
00:56:14.10\00:56:17.52
But friends, listen
it may sound strange
00:56:17.55\00:56:20.94
but truth always sounds strange.
00:56:20.97\00:56:24.17
In a world of universal
deceit with so many lives
00:56:24.20\00:56:27.94
that are been spread and
so many half truths being told
00:56:27.97\00:56:32.73
when you finally hear the
naked truth it's shocking,
00:56:32.76\00:56:36.23
it's surprising.
00:56:36.26\00:56:37.59
But friends, this
truth will free us
00:56:37.62\00:56:40.39
from the deceptions of the devil
00:56:40.42\00:56:42.86
and the
counterfeits of the antichrist.
00:56:42.89\00:56:45.59
Are you thankful for it tonight?
00:56:45.62\00:56:48.21
But friends, listen, it
is not the knowledge of truth
00:56:49.53\00:56:52.75
that will save,
it's what we do with it.
00:56:52.78\00:56:57.02
Well, friends,
what you're gonna do
00:56:57.05\00:56:59.91
with a truth that
God has revealed to you?
00:56:59.94\00:57:03.02
God has not just
wanting inform our minds,
00:57:03.05\00:57:05.98
He is wanting to
transform our hearts,
00:57:06.01\00:57:09.60
He wants to lead
us into an experience
00:57:09.63\00:57:12.10
with the truth not
just an understanding of it.
00:57:12.13\00:57:15.15
Tonight, friends, we
need to make a decision
00:57:15.18\00:57:19.23
and I believe that
God brought you and I here
00:57:19.26\00:57:21.21
to lead us to a point to decide
where we are going to stand.
00:57:21.24\00:57:25.11
And friends, let
me ask you a question,
00:57:25.14\00:57:26.84
how are you gonna
stand in the judgment,
00:57:26.87\00:57:29.23
when God asks you
00:57:29.26\00:57:31.47
why did you keep
Sunday as the Sabbath?
00:57:31.50\00:57:35.01
What are you gonna say, friends?
00:57:35.04\00:57:37.16
What verse are
you going to point to?
00:57:37.19\00:57:39.42
Let me tell you
what I am gonna ask,
00:57:40.84\00:57:41.99
what I am gonna tell God.
00:57:42.02\00:57:44.17
If God asks me Taj, why
did you keep the Sabbath?
00:57:44.20\00:57:47.26
Here's what I will
say, Lord what do you mean?
00:57:47.29\00:57:50.60
You are the one that made
the Sabbath, it's Your day.
00:57:50.63\00:57:53.96
Adam and Eve kept the Sabbath
right here in the Genesis.
00:57:53.99\00:57:56.97
Lord, the Sabbath is the
part of the Ten Commandments,
00:57:57.00\00:57:58.80
You wrote it
within Your own fingers.
00:57:58.83\00:58:00.88
Lord, your Son
Jesus kept the Sabbath,
00:58:00.91\00:58:03.24
the disciples after
the resurrection kept it.
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We're gonna keeping
the Sabbath in heaven.
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What do You mean
why I kept the Sabbath?
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You see, friends, I
will have a lot of scripture
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and lot of examples of
why I kept the Sabbath.
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But if God asked
you my son, my daughter,
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why did you keep Sunday?
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What do you gonna say, friends?
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There is no verse to point to.
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No biblical example to give.
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Lord, I kept
this-- I kept Sunday
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because that's
what everyone else did.
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But most people
didn't get onboard the Ark.
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You followed the
crowd instead of My word?
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But Lord, I kept Sunday because
my pastor said it was okay.
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So you believed your
pastor above My word?
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But Lord, if I kept
the Sabbath my friends,
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would have thought I was weird?
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You cared more about
what your friends thought
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But Lord, if I kept the Sabbath
I might have lost my job.
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Oh yeah, but My Son
lost his life for you.
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Friends, it's decision time
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what are you gonna do?
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Well, God has revealed to you.
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