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,
00:23:35.14\00:23:36.48
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.
00:24:01.94\00:24:03.77
And according to
the Hebrew calendar
00:24:03.81\00:24:06.04
there are 360 days
in one Hebrew year.
00:24:06.07\00:24:09.98
Times in the plural would
be two years that 720 days.
00:24:10.01\00:24:14.35
Half a time will be
half a year, that's 180 days.
00:24:14.38\00:24:17.82
If you add all the days up,
00:24:17.85\00:24:19.39
it equals to
1,260 prophetic days
00:24:19.42\00:24:25.13
is how long the
kingdom would reign for.
00:24:25.16\00:24:27.10
Now, these are not literal
days, they are prophetic days
00:24:27.13\00:24:31.17
because it's in
our prophetic context.
00:24:31.20\00:24:33.30
And we learn the other night
00:24:33.34\00:24:34.67
that when we
study Bible prophecy
00:24:34.70\00:24:36.17
one prophetic day equals what?
00:24:36.20\00:24:39.44
One literal year
according to Ezekiel 4:6
00:24:39.47\00:24:44.08
as well as Numbers 14:34.
00:24:44.11\00:24:47.02
And many scholars
of many denominations
00:24:47.05\00:24:48.75
agree that in Bible
prophecy one prophetic day
00:24:48.78\00:24:52.15
represents one literal year.
00:24:52.19\00:24:53.92
In other words
this would be a kingdom
00:24:53.96\00:24:56.06
that would reign
for exactly 1,260 years.
00:24:56.09\00:25:01.70
Prophetic days
but literal years.
00:25:01.73\00:25:03.93
And so we find ten
identifying fingerprints
00:25:03.97\00:25:07.00
of this antichrist
kingdom that changed the Sabbath
00:25:07.04\00:25:10.44
from Saturday to Sunday.
00:25:10.47\00:25:12.51
Let's review together.
00:25:12.54\00:25:13.88
They're on the screen if
you missed it write it down
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very quickly, friends.
00:25:15.51\00:25:16.88
Characteristic number one,
00:25:16.91\00:25:18.25
it comes up out
of the fourth beast.
00:25:18.28\00:25:19.98
And the fourth
beast is the which empire?
00:25:20.02\00:25:22.52
The pagan Roman Empire.
00:25:22.55\00:25:23.89
So this would be a kingdom
00:25:23.92\00:25:25.29
that would be a
continuation of Rome.
00:25:25.32\00:25:27.12
Number two, its a little horn,
00:25:27.16\00:25:28.82
a small kingdom that
rises up among the ten horns
00:25:28.86\00:25:32.63
the geographical location
is somewhere in Western Europe.
00:25:32.66\00:25:36.16
It arises after the ten
horns already in existence
00:25:36.20\00:25:39.73
and they came into
existence in 476 AD.
00:25:39.77\00:25:42.80
So it must come to
power sometime after that.
00:25:42.84\00:25:45.01
As it rises to
power it would destroy
00:25:45.04\00:25:47.04
three other kingdoms.
00:25:47.08\00:25:48.61
Number five, it's led by
the human wisdom and of man.
00:25:48.64\00:25:52.38
Number six, it will
speak blasphemy against God.
00:25:52.41\00:25:55.22
Number seven, it
would be different
00:25:55.25\00:25:56.58
because its not only
political it's also religious.
00:25:56.62\00:26:00.29
Number eight, it would
persecute God's people.
00:26:00.32\00:26:03.06
Number nine, it
would claim to change
00:26:03.09\00:26:04.53
God's times and laws.
00:26:04.56\00:26:05.89
And number ten, it
would reign for exactly
00:26:05.93\00:26:07.66
1,260 years.
00:26:07.73\00:26:10.93
Now tell me friends,
where do we get these
00:26:10.97\00:26:12.80
characteristics from.
00:26:12.83\00:26:14.20
Did I just pull it
out of the air somewhere
00:26:14.24\00:26:16.54
or did we get it
straight from the Bible?
00:26:16.57\00:26:18.57
Friends, all we did
was we let the Bible
00:26:18.61\00:26:22.01
interpret itself.
00:26:22.04\00:26:24.15
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:26:24.18\00:26:25.51
And as we consider
these ten fingerprints,
00:26:25.55\00:26:28.68
it is abundantly
clear who this power is.
00:26:28.72\00:26:33.56
Now friends, if there
is a kingdom that matches
00:26:33.59\00:26:35.89
five of the ten characteristics
could it be the one?
00:26:35.92\00:26:38.49
Yes or no? Absolutely not.
00:26:38.53\00:26:41.50
In order to be the
fulfillment of prophecy
00:26:41.53\00:26:43.37
it has to match how many of
the biblical characteristics?
00:26:43.40\00:26:45.90
All ten of them, friends.
00:26:45.93\00:26:47.87
And as we consider
these characteristics
00:26:47.90\00:26:49.60
there is only
one kingdom on earth
00:26:49.64\00:26:52.24
that fits each
and every one of them
00:26:52.27\00:26:54.54
to the T only one power
00:26:54.58\00:26:56.95
that fits the
characteristics of the Bible.
00:26:56.98\00:26:58.58
And friends, do you want
to know which power this is?
00:26:58.61\00:27:00.58
Some of you don't want to know.
00:27:02.05\00:27:04.02
Do you want to know? Yes.
00:27:04.05\00:27:06.45
Friends, before we
reveal it tonight--
00:27:06.49\00:27:09.02
don't worry, I won't
make you wait till tomorrow.
00:27:10.99\00:27:12.39
First thing I want to say,
is what you're about to hear
00:27:15.10\00:27:18.57
if you've never heard it
before is gonna blow you away.
00:27:18.60\00:27:22.27
It's a shocking message.
It's a starling message.
00:27:22.30\00:27:25.97
But I want us to remember
00:27:26.01\00:27:27.34
and keep in the
forefront of our mind
00:27:27.38\00:27:29.14
that whenever God
reveals truth to us
00:27:29.18\00:27:32.01
He does it because He loves us.
00:27:32.05\00:27:35.18
Amen. Amen.
00:27:35.22\00:27:36.79
You see, there perhaps,
might be people here tonight
00:27:36.82\00:27:39.95
they're gonna
learn that they have been
00:27:39.99\00:27:41.76
a part of this
church, states system
00:27:41.79\00:27:45.36
that is known in the
Bible as the antichrist.
00:27:45.39\00:27:48.70
God send this message not
to condemn but to save us.
00:27:48.73\00:27:52.83
Because friends, let me tell you
00:27:52.87\00:27:54.24
God still has many of His people
00:27:54.27\00:27:56.71
in this system
that love the Lord.
00:27:56.74\00:28:00.31
They're sincere,
they're living up
00:28:00.34\00:28:02.38
the all the light they
know and God looks upon them
00:28:02.41\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\00:28:10.55
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:28:10.59\00:28:11.92
You see in exposing the
identity of the antichrist
00:28:11.95\00:28:14.12
God is never against
people, He loves all people.
00:28:14.16\00:28:18.43
God so loved the world
00:28:18.46\00:28:20.53
that He gave His
only begotten Son.
00:28:20.56\00:28:23.06
And because He loves
the people in this system
00:28:23.10\00:28:25.43
He exposes the system
because this is a manmade system
00:28:25.47\00:28:29.57
that claims to be God on earth.
00:28:29.60\00:28:33.01
A manmade
system, that mixes truth.
00:28:33.04\00:28:35.64
And ever together and offers us
00:28:35.68\00:28:38.91
a confusing
counterfeit of the truth.
00:28:38.95\00:28:42.62
And so friends, as we
share who this power is,
00:28:42.65\00:28:45.69
no one needs to
be offended tonight.
00:28:45.72\00:28:48.02
We are not talking about people.
00:28:48.06\00:28:49.39
It's the system
itself that God is exposing
00:28:49.42\00:28:51.99
because God loves the
people that are in this system.
00:28:52.03\00:28:54.36
Friends, I have family members
that are part of this system,
00:28:54.36\00:28:56.97
I love them and God loves them
00:28:57.00\00:28:59.30
and so no one
needs feel attacked
00:28:59.33\00:29:01.70
or offended tonight because
God loves everyone of us.
00:29:01.74\00:29:04.44
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:29:04.47\00:29:05.81
Oh, friends, I
don't have the words
00:29:05.84\00:29:07.18
to express this
clearly but God has His people.
00:29:07.21\00:29:11.85
He recognizes
them as His children
00:29:11.88\00:29:14.12
and so none
need to feel offended
00:29:14.15\00:29:16.05
or feel like they've to leave.
00:29:16.08\00:29:17.42
No friends, it not
people it's the system itself.
00:29:17.45\00:29:21.02
If that's clear,
would you please say amen?
00:29:21.06\00:29:22.62
Amen.
00:29:22.66\00:29:23.99
And by the way what you're about
to hear tonight is nothing new.
00:29:24.03\00:29:25.89
Almost every
single church believe
00:29:25.93\00:29:29.73
what you're
about to hear tonight.
00:29:29.76\00:29:31.30
But what
happened through history
00:29:31.33\00:29:32.90
is that antichrist
came into the temple of God
00:29:32.93\00:29:35.17
the New Testament
church and gave a false method
00:29:35.20\00:29:38.54
of
interpretations called futurism
00:29:38.57\00:29:40.71
that majority of
Christian world believes
00:29:40.74\00:29:42.44
and has been deceived by.
00:29:42.48\00:29:44.01
And so now the question is this,
00:29:44.05\00:29:45.65
who is this little horn kingdom
00:29:45.68\00:29:48.12
that arose in Western Europe,
00:29:48.15\00:29:49.95
that it is not only
political but also religious,
00:29:49.98\00:29:52.39
that destroyed all that
opposed to her in history,
00:29:52.42\00:29:55.12
that replaced God's
words with its own traditions,
00:29:55.16\00:29:58.69
who is this little
horn power that sprung up
00:29:58.73\00:30:01.06
out of the fourth
beast the pagan Roman Empire?
00:30:01.10\00:30:04.70
Who is this antichrist kingdom?
00:30:04.73\00:30:06.53
Oh, friends, I am
not gonna give my opinion
00:30:06.57\00:30:08.00
I am gonna let history tell us
00:30:08.04\00:30:10.24
what happened
when the fourth beast
00:30:10.27\00:30:12.84
the pagan Roman
Empire fell apart.
00:30:12.87\00:30:15.18
Notice, what history
says and we're gonna get
00:30:15.21\00:30:16.88
all these historical quotations
00:30:16.91\00:30:18.81
on a hand out on
your way tonight.
00:30:18.85\00:30:21.18
Listen very carefully.
00:30:21.22\00:30:22.58
Out of the ruins
of the Roman Empire
00:30:22.62\00:30:24.25
there gradually arose
a new order of states."
00:30:24.29\00:30:27.02
What were these
new order of states?
00:30:27.06\00:30:28.49
That's the ten
horns, you remember?
00:30:28.52\00:30:29.99
The divided kingdoms of Rome.
00:30:30.03\00:30:31.66
"A new order of
state who is central point
00:30:31.69\00:30:34.46
was the Papal See.
00:30:34.46\00:30:37.10
Therefore
inevitably, resulted a position
00:30:38.30\00:30:41.00
not only new, but very" What?
00:30:41.04\00:30:44.04
"Very different
from the former."
00:30:44.07\00:30:46.57
And the reason why
the papacy was different
00:30:46.61\00:30:48.84
is because there was
not just a political kingdom
00:30:48.88\00:30:51.41
it was also religious kingdom.
00:30:51.45\00:30:52.95
Friends, make no
mistake about it.
00:30:52.98\00:30:54.35
The Roman church
state system is the power
00:30:54.38\00:30:58.39
that prophecy is
revealing tonight.
00:30:58.42\00:31:01.26
The papacy brothers and sisters,
00:31:01.29\00:31:02.72
is a continuation of Rome.
00:31:02.76\00:31:04.73
Right there at
the very headquarters
00:31:04.76\00:31:06.16
the Vatican City
there in the heart
00:31:06.19\00:31:08.53
of the former
pagan Roman Empire.
00:31:08.56\00:31:11.57
Not only that but
it's a small horn.
00:31:11.60\00:31:13.94
If you notice the
papacy the Vatican City
00:31:13.97\00:31:15.74
is the smallest
country in the world.
00:31:15.77\00:31:17.97
It's a little
kingdom located right there
00:31:18.01\00:31:20.54
in Western Europe.
00:31:20.58\00:31:22.84
And friends,
when you study history
00:31:22.88\00:31:24.21
you will discover
that as the papacy
00:31:24.25\00:31:26.25
roused the power it
uprooted three other kingdoms.
00:31:26.28\00:31:29.25
It's different
because its not only
00:31:29.28\00:31:30.65
political it's religious.
00:31:30.69\00:31:32.12
It's led by the human
wisdom of priest and popes
00:31:32.15\00:31:34.69
who speak blasphemy against God.
00:31:34.72\00:31:36.62
It was a
persecuting power in history
00:31:36.66\00:31:38.66
and this kingdom reign
for exactly 1,260 years.
00:31:38.69\00:31:44.37
Well, let's find
out it in Matthews.
00:31:44.40\00:31:46.13
When did the papacy rise
the power and for how long?
00:31:46.17\00:31:49.57
Friends, do you
remember amongst the ten horns
00:31:49.60\00:31:51.37
that came up out
of the Roman Empire,
00:31:51.41\00:31:53.31
three of them the
Heruli, Vandals and Ostrogoths
00:31:53.34\00:31:56.64
no longer exist today.
00:31:56.68\00:31:58.35
Do you know why?
00:31:58.38\00:31:59.71
Because those where the kingdoms
00:31:59.75\00:32:01.15
that resisted and
rejected papal authority.
00:32:01.18\00:32:04.75
And so in order
for the papacy to reign
00:32:04.79\00:32:06.69
they had to totally
uproot these three horns.
00:32:06.72\00:32:09.86
And this is exactly what
history tells us took place.
00:32:09.89\00:32:12.79
The Heruli
kingdom met their faith
00:32:12.83\00:32:14.96
with the Catholic
Emperor Zeno in the year 493 AD.
00:32:15.00\00:32:19.63
And then another
emperor by the name of Justinian
00:32:19.67\00:32:21.77
exterminated the
Vandals in 534 AD
00:32:21.80\00:32:25.04
and then finally broke
the power of Ostrogoths
00:32:25.07\00:32:27.61
in the year 538 AD.
00:32:27.64\00:32:30.58
Now friends, you
will not find traces
00:32:30.61\00:32:32.38
of these three kingdoms
in-- there Western Europe.
00:32:32.41\00:32:35.85
In fact, I was just
there in Western Europe
00:32:35.88\00:32:37.75
just this past
April and I actually
00:32:37.79\00:32:40.29
went on a tour to
see the ancient ruins
00:32:40.32\00:32:43.19
of the Ostrogoths
kingdom and the only thing
00:32:43.22\00:32:46.83
that remains from
the Ostrogoths kingdom
00:32:46.86\00:32:49.00
is this building the
mausoleum of king Theodoric,
00:32:49.03\00:32:51.93
the last king of the Ostrogoths.
00:32:51.97\00:32:53.94
Everything else of the
kingdom and their people
00:32:53.97\00:32:55.60
are totally wiped out,
totally uprooted completely.
00:32:55.64\00:32:59.91
And it happened in the
year-- excuse me, 538 AD.
00:32:59.94\00:33:04.68
And it was in that
year that history tells us
00:33:04.71\00:33:07.35
that Justinian made a decree
00:33:07.38\00:33:09.65
that established
the Bishop of Rome
00:33:09.68\00:33:11.89
as the political
and religious leader
00:33:11.92\00:33:14.92
of Western Rome.
00:33:14.96\00:33:16.66
And so we find history tells us
00:33:16.69\00:33:18.56
that the papacy came
into being in the year 538 AD.
00:33:18.59\00:33:23.47
Then it would reign
for exactly 1,260 years
00:33:23.50\00:33:27.57
culminating in the year 1798.
00:33:27.60\00:33:30.61
And friends,
this period in history
00:33:30.64\00:33:32.81
is known as the dark ages.
00:33:32.84\00:33:35.91
And do you know
why it was so dark?
00:33:35.94\00:33:37.38
Because, during this time period
00:33:37.41\00:33:38.81
the church made it illegal
to read or own the Bible.
00:33:38.85\00:33:43.45
In fact, if you were
found with portions of the Bible
00:33:43.49\00:33:46.72
you could be burnt alive
by the hands of the church.
00:33:46.76\00:33:50.36
And friends, what
happens when you take away
00:33:50.39\00:33:52.03
the light of the word you
have as a result the Dark Ages.
00:33:52.06\00:33:57.10
This was the time
of papal supremacy.
00:33:57.13\00:34:00.04
And friends, let me remind you
00:34:00.07\00:34:01.40
we're not talking
about the people, amen.
00:34:01.44\00:34:03.34
We are not talking
about those who have been
00:34:03.37\00:34:04.71
brought up in this system.
00:34:04.74\00:34:06.07
Many of them are God's
people and they are sincere
00:34:06.11\00:34:07.81
and they are
beautiful people, amen.
00:34:07.84\00:34:09.38
I met many of them,
I have family members,
00:34:09.41\00:34:11.01
beautiful people
it's not the people
00:34:11.05\00:34:13.18
it's the system that God
is talking about tonight.
00:34:13.21\00:34:16.92
What happened in 1798,
notice what history says.
00:34:16.95\00:34:20.59
The Encyclopedia
Americana tells us very clearly
00:34:20.62\00:34:22.96
that "In 1798" that is he
that is the French General
00:34:22.99\00:34:27.56
"Bethier made his
entrance into Rome,
00:34:27.60\00:34:29.73
and abolished
the papal government
00:34:29.76\00:34:31.63
and established a secular one."
00:34:31.67\00:34:33.70
It was in that
year that the papacy
00:34:33.74\00:34:35.74
was stripped from
its political power
00:34:35.77\00:34:37.61
in Western Europe and in fact,
00:34:37.64\00:34:39.17
I was in the Vatican
museum just this past April
00:34:39.21\00:34:42.01
and in the Vatican museum
they actually have a painting
00:34:42.04\00:34:45.25
of this event when Bethier came
to dethrone Pope Pius the VI.
00:34:45.28\00:34:49.42
And under the
painting in roman numerals
00:34:49.45\00:34:51.92
is the year 1798.
00:34:51.95\00:34:55.76
It came to power in 538,
00:34:55.79\00:34:57.76
you count 1,260
years later 1798.
00:34:57.79\00:35:00.83
The exact time the Bible said
that this power would reign.
00:35:00.86\00:35:04.73
Friends, it's
clear that the antichrist
00:35:04.77\00:35:07.07
of Bible
prophecy not the people,
00:35:07.10\00:35:09.54
its the system the
Roman church state system
00:35:09.57\00:35:13.27
here is a
kingdom in Western Europe
00:35:13.31\00:35:15.48
that has set
themselves up as God on earth.
00:35:15.51\00:35:20.35
Anti meaning putting
themselves instead of
00:35:20.38\00:35:23.28
or in the place of Christ
looking like a disciple of Jesus
00:35:23.32\00:35:27.29
but teaching
things that are betraying
00:35:27.32\00:35:29.46
the words of Jesus.
00:35:29.49\00:35:31.19
In fact, if you don't believe
me let me just read to you
00:35:31.23\00:35:33.76
from their very own writings
00:35:33.80\00:35:36.13
and you will see what
they say concerning themselves.
00:35:36.16\00:35:38.60
Pope Leo XIII said
"We hold upon this earth
00:35:38.63\00:35:42.64
the place of God Almighty."
00:35:42.67\00:35:46.21
In fact notice what else,
the Catholic national said.
00:35:46.24\00:35:49.54
"The pope is not only the
representative of Jesus Christ,
00:35:49.58\00:35:52.68
but he is Jesus Christ Himself,
00:35:52.71\00:35:56.42
hidden under the veil of flesh."
00:35:56.45\00:35:58.52
This is an
antichrist statement friend,
00:35:58.55\00:36:00.52
putting yourself instead
of on the place of Christ.
00:36:00.56\00:36:03.96
Notice, another
one Pope Pius V said,
00:36:03.99\00:36:06.49
"The Pope and God are the same,
00:36:06.53\00:36:09.50
so he has all power
in Heaven and earth."
00:36:09.53\00:36:13.34
In fact notice another one.
00:36:13.37\00:36:15.10
I told you it's
gonna be shocking,
00:36:15.14\00:36:16.47
its gonna blow
you away but friends,
00:36:16.50\00:36:17.84
this is what
they themselves say.
00:36:17.87\00:36:20.24
"The Pope is of
so great dignity,
00:36:20.28\00:36:22.81
and so exalted that
he is not a mere man,
00:36:22.84\00:36:26.38
but as it were God,
and the vicar of God."
00:36:26.41\00:36:30.62
This is what they
say concerning themselves
00:36:30.65\00:36:32.79
and no wonder why
the protestant reformers
00:36:32.82\00:36:34.89
claim and looked upon the papacy
00:36:34.92\00:36:37.43
as the
fulfillment of this prophecy.
00:36:37.46\00:36:39.39
I want you to notice
what John Wycliffe said.
00:36:39.43\00:36:40.96
He was the Morning
star of the Reformation.
00:36:41.00\00:36:43.10
John Wycliffe was the first
one that translated the Bible
00:36:43.13\00:36:45.40
into the English
language and he believed
00:36:45.43\00:36:47.77
that the pope was the
antichrist here on earth
00:36:47.80\00:36:50.51
because they
claim to put themselves
00:36:50.54\00:36:52.94
instead of on
the place of Christ.
00:36:52.97\00:36:55.68
Even Martin Luther believed it.
00:36:55.71\00:36:57.05
Notice what the
Lutherans believed
00:36:57.08\00:36:58.48
"O, how much
pain it has caused me,
00:36:58.51\00:37:00.75
though I had the
Scripture on my side
00:37:00.78\00:37:02.68
that I should dare to
make a stand against the pope,
00:37:02.72\00:37:05.12
and hold him
forth as antichrist.
00:37:05.15\00:37:07.46
'Twas so I fought
with myself and with Satan,
00:37:07.49\00:37:10.03
till Christ, by his
own infallible word,
00:37:10.06\00:37:12.03
fortified my heart
against these doubts.'"
00:37:12.06\00:37:14.00
You see, friends,
00:37:14.03\00:37:15.36
all the protestant
reformers of the past
00:37:15.40\00:37:17.23
they started all the
churches we have today.
00:37:17.27\00:37:19.43
They believe that exactly
what we are seeing here tonight
00:37:19.47\00:37:22.20
from the word of God.
00:37:22.24\00:37:23.57
But what happened?
00:37:23.61\00:37:24.94
Antichrist crept within
the Christian church of today
00:37:24.97\00:37:27.68
and gave to the Christian world
00:37:27.71\00:37:29.24
a new method of Biblical
interpretation called futurism
00:37:29.28\00:37:32.28
which is the foundation
of the left behind series.
00:37:32.31\00:37:34.92
It was invented
by a Jesuit priest
00:37:34.95\00:37:37.99
by the name of Francisco Ribera,
00:37:38.02\00:37:39.45
we talked about it
before at the Council of Trent
00:37:39.49\00:37:42.02
he invented this method
of interpreting the Bible
00:37:42.06\00:37:44.86
that steered
attention away from the papacy
00:37:44.89\00:37:47.60
and put everything in the future
00:37:47.66\00:37:49.16
after the rapture.
00:37:49.20\00:37:50.57
That's exactly what the
Christian world believes.
00:37:50.60\00:37:52.90
But it came from
the antichrist himself.
00:37:52.93\00:37:55.77
If I notice another
book by a Baptist professor
00:37:55.80\00:37:58.44
he wrote.
00:37:58.47\00:38:00.34
That "Many of
the great Christians
00:38:00.38\00:38:01.74
of the Reformation
and post-Reformation times
00:38:01.78\00:38:04.18
shared this view
of prophetic truth
00:38:04.21\00:38:05.81
and identified anti-christ
with the Roman Papacy.
00:38:05.85\00:38:08.32
Among adherents of
this interpretation
00:38:08.35\00:38:10.12
were the
Waldenses, The Hussites,
00:38:10.15\00:38:11.85
Wycliffe, Luther,
Calvin, Zwingli, Melanchthon,
00:38:11.89\00:38:14.69
Tyndale, Latimare, and Ridley."
00:38:14.72\00:38:17.06
And so friends,
what you're hearing
00:38:17.09\00:38:18.43
tonight it is nothing new.
00:38:18.46\00:38:20.13
This is always been the belief
00:38:20.16\00:38:21.73
of the protestant
reformers of the past.
00:38:21.76\00:38:24.27
And friends, it was this
kingdom the Roman church kingdom
00:38:24.30\00:38:27.90
and the Bible said
we think to change what?
00:38:27.94\00:38:31.11
God's times and God's laws.
00:38:31.14\00:38:34.54
Well, now the
next question is this.
00:38:34.58\00:38:36.14
Did the papacy
claim to have changed
00:38:36.18\00:38:39.31
God's times and laws?
00:38:39.35\00:38:41.65
Now I want to read
you a few more quotations
00:38:41.68\00:38:43.62
from their own writings.
00:38:43.65\00:38:45.19
Notice what it
said concerning the man
00:38:45.22\00:38:46.86
at his head.
00:38:46.89\00:38:48.22
They say, "That the Pope
has power to change times,
00:38:48.26\00:38:51.96
to abrogate laws, and to
dispense with all things,
00:38:51.99\00:38:55.33
even the precepts of Christ.
00:38:55.36\00:38:57.60
The Pope has the authority
and often exercised it,
00:38:57.63\00:39:00.57
to dispense with the" what?
00:39:00.60\00:39:02.60
"Command of Christ."
00:39:02.97\00:39:04.31
Almost quoting the
exact words of prophecy
00:39:04.34\00:39:06.37
claiming to change
God's times and laws.
00:39:06.41\00:39:09.34
In fact, notice another
one it blows us away even more.
00:39:09.38\00:39:12.31
Notice what they say.
00:39:12.35\00:39:13.68
"To believe that
our Lord God the Pope
00:39:13.72\00:39:16.22
has not the power to
decree as he is decreed
00:39:16.25\00:39:19.82
is to be deemed heretical."
00:39:19.85\00:39:21.26
In other words,
if we say the Pope
00:39:21.29\00:39:22.62
doesn't have the power
to change times and laws
00:39:22.66\00:39:24.79
they call that state heretical.
00:39:24.83\00:39:27.30
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\00:39:32.47
In the Faith of our
Fathers, famous catholic author
00:39:32.50\00:39:34.47
James Cardinal Gibbons.
00:39:34.50\00:39:36.14
"You may read the Bible
from Genesis to Revelation,
00:39:36.17\00:39:38.81
and you will not
find a single line
00:39:38.84\00:39:40.98
authorizing the
sanctification of Sunday."
00:39:41.01\00:39:43.11
And friends, that's true.
00:39:43.14\00:39:44.48
"The scripture enforce
the religious observance
00:39:44.51\00:39:46.15
of Saturday."
00:39:46.18\00:39:47.52
They acknowledge,
that the Bible teaches
00:39:47.55\00:39:48.88
that the seventh
day is the Sabbath.
00:39:48.92\00:39:50.92
Well, why do they
believe that Sunday
00:39:50.95\00:39:52.95
is the day to be worshipped?
00:39:52.99\00:39:54.56
Now I want you to notice
from the Convert's Catechism
00:39:54.59\00:39:56.59
of Catholic
Doctrine and I have this book
00:39:56.62\00:39:58.23
right here in my hand if
you want to see it you may.
00:39:58.26\00:40:00.90
But on page 50 of this
book the question is asked.
00:40:00.93\00:40:03.77
"Which Day is the Sabbath day?"
00:40:03.80\00:40:05.77
Their answer,
"Saturday is the Sabbath Day."
00:40:05.80\00:40:08.64
Question, "Why do we observe
Sunday instead of Saturday?"
00:40:08.67\00:40:12.47
Their answer,
"Because the Catholic Church
00:40:12.51\00:40:14.44
transferred solemnity
from Saturday to Sunday."
00:40:14.48\00:40:18.18
Claiming to change
God's times and God's law.
00:40:18.21\00:40:21.92
The catholic encyclopedia says,
00:40:21.95\00:40:23.92
"The church after
changing the day of rest
00:40:23.95\00:40:25.99
from the Jewish Sabbath or
the Seventh-day of the week
00:40:26.02\00:40:29.29
made the third commandment."
00:40:29.32\00:40:30.93
The what number
commandment? Third.
00:40:30.96\00:40:32.36
"Third
commandment referred to Sunday
00:40:32.39\00:40:34.93
as the day to be
kept as the Lord's day."
00:40:34.93\00:40:36.87
They say we're
the ones that change
00:40:36.90\00:40:38.23
the Sabbath to Sunday.
00:40:38.27\00:40:39.70
But they say it's
the third commandment.
00:40:39.73\00:40:41.37
But friends, in the
Bible what commandment
00:40:41.40\00:40:42.74
is the Sabbath commandment?
00:40:42.77\00:40:44.11
And friends, what did they say
00:40:44.14\00:40:45.47
it's the third commandment
because in the catechism
00:40:45.51\00:40:47.54
the church not
only changes the Sabbath
00:40:47.58\00:40:49.48
but they totally
deleted the second commandment
00:40:49.51\00:40:52.51
that has to do with bowing
down and worshipping idols.
00:40:52.55\00:40:55.65
It totally gone
from the catechism
00:40:55.68\00:40:58.12
that's the only
way they could bring in
00:40:58.15\00:40:59.72
idols into the church.
00:40:59.75\00:41:01.29
And so, what they
did was number one,
00:41:01.32\00:41:03.69
they did away with
the second commandment.
00:41:03.73\00:41:05.23
That's why the
fourth now became the third.
00:41:05.26\00:41:07.86
Not only that but they
shortened the fourth commandment
00:41:07.93\00:41:09.83
from 94 words to eight words.
00:41:09.86\00:41:12.50
And then in order to
still have Ten Commandments
00:41:12.53\00:41:14.84
they split the tenth
commandment into two.
00:41:14.87\00:41:17.51
Commandment number
nine in the catechism says,
00:41:17.54\00:41:20.04
"Thou shall not
covet thy neighbor's wife."
00:41:20.08\00:41:22.31
And commandment 10
"Thou shalt not covet
00:41:22.34\00:41:24.31
thy neighbors goods."
00:41:24.35\00:41:25.85
Claiming to change
Gods times and God's laws.
00:41:25.88\00:41:30.42
Friends, its clear isn't it?
00:41:30.45\00:41:32.32
But let me remind once again
00:41:32.35\00:41:33.69
we are not talking
about people, amen.
00:41:33.72\00:41:35.29
No one needs feel
offended or attacked.
00:41:35.32\00:41:37.59
God loves all the
people in this system.
00:41:37.63\00:41:40.03
God is exposing the system
because He loves the people
00:41:40.06\00:41:43.30
that are in the system
and He does not want us to be
00:41:43.33\00:41:45.90
let strayed by
kingdom that claims to have
00:41:45.93\00:41:48.54
more power than Jesus himself.
00:41:48.57\00:41:52.07
I want to notice
they even make even
00:41:52.11\00:41:53.74
bolder statements than this.
00:41:53.78\00:41:55.24
They challenge Protestants
00:41:55.28\00:41:57.28
who keep Sunday as the Sabbath.
00:41:57.31\00:41:58.98
Notice what Karl
Keating had to say in the book.
00:41:59.01\00:42:01.45
Catholicism and
Fundamentalism, he said,
00:42:01.48\00:42:04.52
"Fundamentalists meet
for worship on Sunday,
00:42:04.55\00:42:06.99
yet there is no
evidence in the Bible
00:42:07.02\00:42:08.56
that corporate worship
was to be made on Sundays."
00:42:08.59\00:42:10.79
And that's true, there is
no evidence not even one verse.
00:42:10.83\00:42:13.63
And then he says,
"The Jewish Sabbath,
00:42:13.66\00:42:16.26
or day of rest,
was of course" what?
00:42:16.30\00:42:19.33
Now he calls it
the Jewish Sabbath
00:42:19.37\00:42:20.77
but we know that
it's not a Jewish day
00:42:20.80\00:42:22.44
it is the Lord's Day.
00:42:22.47\00:42:24.14
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:42:24.17\00:42:25.51
But he says the Jewish Sabbath
00:42:25.54\00:42:26.88
or the day of rest
was of course Saturday,
00:42:26.91\00:42:28.24
it was the Catholic
Church that decided Sunday
00:42:28.28\00:42:30.71
should be the day of
worship for Christians,
00:42:30.75\00:42:32.95
in honor of the" What?
00:42:32.98\00:42:34.35
Resurrection.
00:42:34.38\00:42:35.72
So they say we are the
ones that changed it to Sunday
00:42:35.75\00:42:37.49
because that's
the day that Jesus
00:42:37.52\00:42:39.29
resurrected from the grave.
00:42:39.32\00:42:40.89
And friends, it's a nice thing
00:42:40.92\00:42:42.29
to want to honor the
resurrection of Christ
00:42:42.32\00:42:44.29
but we don't
honor the resurrection
00:42:44.33\00:42:46.26
by dishonoring the law,
00:42:46.29\00:42:48.10
we don't honor His
resurrection by changing
00:42:48.13\00:42:50.70
some thing that God
wrote with His own finger
00:42:50.73\00:42:52.67
on tablets of stone.
00:42:52.70\00:42:54.24
Friends, how do we honor
the resurrection of Christ?
00:42:54.27\00:42:56.71
The Bible tells us
in Romans Chapter 6,
00:42:56.74\00:42:59.34
that it's a honor the
resurrection of Christ
00:42:59.37\00:43:00.94
is to baptized.
00:43:00.98\00:43:02.58
And as they were baptized
were baptized into the death
00:43:02.61\00:43:05.91
burial and resurrection
for Christ, of Christ.
00:43:05.95\00:43:08.52
Friends, I have problem
honoring the resurrection
00:43:08.55\00:43:10.65
but we don't do it by
trying to change God's law,
00:43:10.69\00:43:13.32
we do it like how the
Bible tells us to do it.
00:43:13.36\00:43:15.89
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:43:15.92\00:43:17.29
I want to notice
another catechism,
00:43:17.33\00:43:18.76
Controversial Catechism.
00:43:18.79\00:43:20.70
On page 53, the
question is asked,
00:43:20.73\00:43:22.93
"When Protestants do
profane work upon Saturday,
00:43:22.96\00:43:25.50
or the seventh day of the week,
00:43:25.53\00:43:26.87
do they follow the Scripture
as their only rule of faith?"
00:43:26.90\00:43:30.11
They are challenging Protestants
because as Protestants
00:43:30.14\00:43:33.04
they believe that
the Bible and the Bible
00:43:33.07\00:43:35.48
alone is the sola of faith.
00:43:35.51\00:43:37.61
That was Protestants claim.
00:43:37.65\00:43:39.18
Sola scriptura that's
the Protestant crying.
00:43:39.21\00:43:41.42
Bible and the Babylon
and so they are challenging
00:43:41.45\00:43:43.75
if you keep Sunday do you
really follow the Bible alone.
00:43:43.79\00:43:46.55
Answer, "On the contrary
00:43:46.59\00:43:49.69
they have only the
authority of" what?
00:43:49.72\00:43:52.23
"Tradition for this practice.
00:43:52.26\00:43:54.86
In profaning
Saturday they violate one of
00:43:54.93\00:43:56.90
God's commandments,
which on their principles,
00:43:56.93\00:43:58.93
has never been abrogated.
00:43:58.97\00:44:00.40
'Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy.'"
00:44:00.44\00:44:03.64
And friends, that's true
00:44:03.67\00:44:05.14
the only
authority for Sunday worship
00:44:05.17\00:44:06.68
is the tradition that
comes from the church.
00:44:06.71\00:44:09.11
That the Bible
identifies as antichrist
00:44:09.14\00:44:11.65
the one that has
placed themselves
00:44:11.68\00:44:13.62
instead of or in
the place of Christ.
00:44:13.65\00:44:18.15
Now friends,
here's the next question.
00:44:18.19\00:44:19.99
What is this church?
00:44:20.02\00:44:21.89
What is this kingdom
claim to have the power
00:44:21.92\00:44:24.26
to change God's times and laws?
00:44:24.29\00:44:26.16
Because friends, their
authority is not the Bible.
00:44:26.19\00:44:28.66
Notice what they themselves say.
00:44:28.70\00:44:30.67
"The doctrines of
the Catholic Church
00:44:30.70\00:44:32.57
are entirely
independent of Holy Scripture."
00:44:32.60\00:44:36.54
In other words they will believe
00:44:36.57\00:44:38.11
that the Bible is
the soul of authority.
00:44:38.14\00:44:40.34
Notice another one.
00:44:40.38\00:44:41.71
"The belief in the Bible
as the sole source of faith"
00:44:41.74\00:44:45.08
they say "is
unhistorical, illogical,"
00:44:45.11\00:44:48.62
and "fatal to
the virtue of faith,
00:44:48.65\00:44:50.79
and destructive of unity."
00:44:50.82\00:44:53.72
And so they say
the Bible is not to be
00:44:53.76\00:44:55.66
to be trusted as
the soul of faith.
00:44:55.69\00:44:58.63
And that's the reason
why the church feels like
00:44:58.66\00:45:00.06
it can change things.
00:45:00.10\00:45:01.60
So what there is the authority
00:45:01.63\00:45:04.17
of the faith of their system.
00:45:04.20\00:45:06.30
Notice, what they say
in Catholic Belief page 33.
00:45:06.33\00:45:09.07
"Like two sacred
rivers flowing from paradise,
00:45:09.10\00:45:11.71
the Bible and" What?
00:45:11.74\00:45:14.18
"Divine Tradition
contain the word of God.
00:45:14.21\00:45:18.08
Though these two divine streams
00:45:18.11\00:45:19.58
are of equal
sacredness still, of the two
00:45:19.61\00:45:22.92
Tradition is to us
more clear and safe."
00:45:22.95\00:45:28.52
Now friends, listen there is
nothing wrong with traditions
00:45:28.56\00:45:30.89
as long as
traditions don't violate
00:45:30.93\00:45:33.06
or go against the word of God.
00:45:33.09\00:45:34.96
If any tradition in this world
00:45:35.00\00:45:36.63
if any custom of the world
goes against the word of God
00:45:36.67\00:45:39.03
we need to put God's word first.
00:45:39.07\00:45:41.54
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:45:41.57\00:45:42.90
In fact, Jesus challenges those
00:45:42.94\00:45:45.24
who obey
tradition above His law.
00:45:45.27\00:45:47.64
Jesus asked the question.
00:45:47.68\00:45:49.34
"Why do you also transgress
the commandment of God
00:45:49.38\00:45:51.55
by your tradition?
00:45:51.58\00:45:52.91
Thus you've made
the commandment of God
00:45:52.95\00:45:54.75
of none effect
by your tradition."
00:45:54.78\00:45:57.19
Friends, in keeping
Sunday as the Sabbath
00:45:57.22\00:45:58.92
we are essentially
doing exactly what Jesus said
00:45:58.95\00:46:01.19
that it is not good.
00:46:01.22\00:46:03.12
We are making
God's law of none effect
00:46:03.16\00:46:05.36
by holding to a tradition
that comes from the church.
00:46:05.39\00:46:10.07
And then in verses 8
and 9 Jesus talks says--
00:46:10.10\00:46:13.77
Jesus says, "These people draw
near to Me with their mouth,
00:46:13.80\00:46:17.14
and honor Me with their lips,
00:46:17.17\00:46:18.94
but their heart is far from Me.
00:46:18.97\00:46:21.88
And in vain they worship Me,
00:46:21.91\00:46:24.68
teaching as doctrines
the commandments of men."
00:46:24.71\00:46:29.15
Friends, the Bible Jesus
said that when we teach for
00:46:29.18\00:46:30.99
doctrines the
commandments of men
00:46:31.02\00:46:32.65
instead of commandments of God.
00:46:32.69\00:46:34.49
Then in vain are
we worshipping God.
00:46:34.52\00:46:36.89
Friends, I don't want
to worship God in vain.
00:46:36.93\00:46:38.99
I want to worship God
in spirit and in truth.
00:46:39.03\00:46:41.46
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:46:41.50\00:46:43.00
With their lips
they're saying yes,
00:46:43.03\00:46:44.47
I am disciple
but in their hearts
00:46:44.50\00:46:45.83
their teaching
and practicing things
00:46:45.87\00:46:47.60
that go directly
against the word of God.
00:46:47.64\00:46:50.07
And so the
question comes to us tonight
00:46:50.11\00:46:51.71
who is your master, friends?
00:46:51.74\00:46:53.94
Who you're gonna follow?
00:46:53.98\00:46:55.54
Who is your sole of authority?
00:46:55.58\00:46:57.85
Is it Jesus Christ
or that the antichrist?
00:46:57.88\00:47:00.85
Is it the commandment
of God or tradition of man?
00:47:00.88\00:47:03.39
Tonight friends,
we need to choose
00:47:03.42\00:47:05.25
who we're going to follow.
00:47:05.29\00:47:07.86
Can you say, amen?
00:47:07.89\00:47:09.32
In fact I want you to
notice a few more quotations.
00:47:09.36\00:47:11.56
Canon and Tradition, page 263.
00:47:11.59\00:47:13.86
They say that "The
authority of the church
00:47:13.90\00:47:16.03
could therefore not
be bound to the authority
00:47:16.06\00:47:18.37
of the
Scriptures, because the Church
00:47:18.40\00:47:20.37
had changed the
Sabbath to Sunday,
00:47:20.40\00:47:23.20
not by command of Christ,
but by its own authority."
00:47:23.24\00:47:27.24
Friends, this is an
antichrist way of thinking
00:47:27.28\00:47:29.84
putting themselves instead
of or in the place of God.
00:47:29.88\00:47:33.48
This kingdom
claim to do something
00:47:33.52\00:47:35.08
that not even
God himself would do.
00:47:35.12\00:47:37.55
Bible says in Malachi
3:6 for I am the Lord,
00:47:37.59\00:47:41.02
and I always change.
00:47:41.06\00:47:43.09
Is what God
says? Does God change?
00:47:43.12\00:47:45.83
He said, "I am the
Lord, I change not."
00:47:45.86\00:47:48.13
Friends, God
does not need changing
00:47:48.16\00:47:50.03
because He is perfect.
00:47:50.07\00:47:52.10
He does not need changing,
His law doesn't changing
00:47:52.13\00:47:54.37
we need changing, friends.
00:47:54.40\00:47:57.51
God says, "I am the
Lord, I change not."
00:47:57.54\00:48:01.08
We see that Adam
and Eve kept the Sabbath
00:48:01.11\00:48:03.78
way back there in
the Garden of Eden
00:48:03.81\00:48:05.31
before Jew ever existed,
before sin came into existence.
00:48:05.35\00:48:07.95
We see, that the Sabbath
00:48:07.98\00:48:09.32
is the part of
the Ten Commandments.
00:48:09.35\00:48:10.69
Jesus kept the Sabbath.
00:48:10.72\00:48:12.05
The disciples
after the resurrection
00:48:12.09\00:48:13.42
kept the Sabbath.
00:48:13.46\00:48:14.79
God's end time
people will keep it.
00:48:14.82\00:48:16.16
And we're gonna
continue to keep the Sabbath
00:48:16.19\00:48:17.53
in heaven throughout the
ceaseless age of eternity.
00:48:17.56\00:48:20.06
But here we find
man tried to change it
00:48:20.10\00:48:22.40
and now it's
about time to ask you
00:48:22.43\00:48:24.20
a very important question.
00:48:24.23\00:48:25.57
Tell me friends,
00:48:25.60\00:48:26.94
why the first day of
the week specifically
00:48:26.97\00:48:28.84
and how did the
church get the entire
00:48:28.87\00:48:30.94
Christian world to receive it?
00:48:30.97\00:48:32.87
Let me tell you where
Sunday worship came from.
00:48:32.91\00:48:35.04
It came from the
worship of the sun god.
00:48:35.08\00:48:37.51
You see, ancient pagan religions
00:48:37.55\00:48:39.65
worship the sun the
s-u-n in the heavens.
00:48:39.68\00:48:42.48
The Egyptians, the
Babylonians, the Romans,
00:48:42.52\00:48:44.45
they would bow
down and worship it
00:48:44.49\00:48:46.25
as it rouse from the
east every single day.
00:48:46.29\00:48:48.69
Sun worship is
strictly a pagan practice.
00:48:48.72\00:48:52.13
Now I want you to
notice this Bible Encyclopedia.
00:48:52.16\00:48:54.23
"Sabbath, is Hebrew
word signifying rest.
00:48:54.30\00:48:58.37
But Sunday was a
name given by the heathens
00:48:58.40\00:49:00.97
to the first day of the week,
00:49:01.00\00:49:02.67
because it was the day on
which they worshipped" Who?
00:49:02.70\00:49:05.34
"The sun."
00:49:05.37\00:49:06.71
You see, thus
pagans they worship,
00:49:06.74\00:49:09.51
when they worship
the sun god was Sunday
00:49:09.54\00:49:12.08
that's the
first day of the week.
00:49:12.11\00:49:13.45
This was the pagans
Sabbath in other words,
00:49:13.48\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\00:49:20.49
crept within the
Christian church.
00:49:20.52\00:49:23.26
In fact, even the
church acknowledges
00:49:23.29\00:49:24.63
that this is where
Sunday worship came from,
00:49:24.66\00:49:26.96
from the worship of the sun.
00:49:27.00\00:49:28.30
The Catholic World
in 1994, they said,
00:49:28.33\00:49:30.53
"The sun was a
foremost god with heathendom.
00:49:30.57\00:49:33.00
The sun has worshippers at this
hour in Persia and other lands.
00:49:33.03\00:49:36.20
There is, in
truth, something royal,
00:49:36.24\00:49:37.71
kingly about the sun
making it a fit emblem of Jesus,
00:49:37.74\00:49:40.61
the Sun of Justice.
00:49:40.64\00:49:41.98
Hence the Church
in these countries
00:49:42.01\00:49:43.48
would seem to have said,
'Keep that old pagan name.
00:49:43.51\00:49:47.12
It shall remain
consecrated and sanctified.
00:49:47.15\00:49:49.32
And thus the pagan
Sunday dedicated to Balder,
00:49:49.35\00:49:52.79
a pagan God became
the Christian Sunday
00:49:52.82\00:49:55.02
sacred to Jesus.'"
00:49:55.06\00:49:57.56
Oh, friends, how
did this change occur?
00:49:57.59\00:49:59.83
It happened gradually.
00:50:01.36\00:50:04.07
How did it happen?
00:50:04.10\00:50:05.80
You see it happened
not overnight friends,
00:50:05.83\00:50:09.30
but it happened gradually
00:50:09.34\00:50:10.67
over centuries of
compromise and persecution.
00:50:10.71\00:50:15.41
Now let me explain to
you the historical setting
00:50:15.44\00:50:17.81
that called for
this change from Sabbath
00:50:17.85\00:50:20.72
the seventh day
of the week to Sunday
00:50:20.75\00:50:22.32
the first day of the week
the pagans day of worship.
00:50:22.35\00:50:24.65
You see, during
the days of Constantine
00:50:24.69\00:50:26.45
the pagan Roman Empire
that worshipped the sun,
00:50:26.49\00:50:29.76
on the first day of the week
00:50:29.79\00:50:31.13
pagan Rome the fourth
beast was falling apart.
00:50:31.16\00:50:34.60
And there was a major problem
00:50:34.63\00:50:35.96
not only from without the
armies that were invading Rome
00:50:36.00\00:50:39.27
but even within
the Roman Empire itself
00:50:39.30\00:50:41.64
it was
disintegrated and fragmented.
00:50:41.67\00:50:44.91
You see, during
the days of Constantine
00:50:44.94\00:50:46.41
there were two major religions
fighting for supremacy.
00:50:46.44\00:50:49.38
Now, the main
religion of Rome was paganism
00:50:49.41\00:50:52.01
worshipping the sun
on the first of the week.
00:50:52.05\00:50:54.25
And the pagans
hated the Christians
00:50:54.28\00:50:57.05
that worshipped Jesus
the sun on the seventh day
00:50:57.09\00:50:59.82
and so we find
that the Christians
00:50:59.85\00:51:01.52
were being
persecuted by the pagan Romans.
00:51:01.56\00:51:04.89
But the more the pagans
persecuted the Christians
00:51:04.93\00:51:06.63
the more the
Christians grew in number.
00:51:06.66\00:51:08.43
And so Constantine realized,
00:51:08.46\00:51:10.33
that a kingdom divided
against itself cannot stand.
00:51:10.37\00:51:14.34
If you have a divided
kingdom its not gonna last long
00:51:14.37\00:51:17.11
and so in order to
save the Roman Empire
00:51:17.14\00:51:19.37
what he have to do?
00:51:19.41\00:51:21.01
He had to unite the
two fractions of religion.
00:51:21.04\00:51:24.25
Hence he unite paganism
and Christianity together
00:51:24.28\00:51:27.02
because divided we fall but
united we stand was the mindset.
00:51:27.05\00:51:30.42
And so in order
to merge paganism
00:51:30.45\00:51:33.12
and Christianity together
00:51:33.15\00:51:34.56
Constantine
introduced a compromise
00:51:34.59\00:51:38.33
within the church.
00:51:38.36\00:51:39.69
And this is what
the Bible prophesied
00:51:39.73\00:51:41.23
as the great apostasy,
the falling away first.
00:51:41.26\00:51:44.80
What happened was this,
00:51:44.83\00:51:46.17
Constantine made Christianity
00:51:46.20\00:51:48.14
the state religion
of the Roman Empire.
00:51:48.17\00:51:50.84
No longer was it
gonna be pagan Rome
00:51:50.87\00:51:53.17
now it was gonna be papal Rome.
00:51:53.21\00:51:55.41
He said, now we are
all gonna become Christians
00:51:55.44\00:51:57.38
we're no longer
gonna worship the sun god.
00:51:57.41\00:52:00.52
Now we're gonna
worship Jesus the Son of God.
00:52:00.55\00:52:04.09
And friends, the
compromise was made
00:52:04.12\00:52:05.89
but here is the question
how would he get the pagans
00:52:05.92\00:52:08.06
to convert to Christianity?
00:52:08.09\00:52:09.42
Because friends, it's hard to
get somebody convert religions.
00:52:09.46\00:52:12.36
So how would he
convince the pagans
00:52:12.39\00:52:13.86
to embrace Christianities?
00:52:13.90\00:52:15.80
He told the church that
they have to compromise.
00:52:15.83\00:52:18.53
And the pagan converts brought
pagan practices into the church.
00:52:18.57\00:52:23.17
And many of the church leaders
00:52:23.20\00:52:24.67
embraced these pagan practices
00:52:24.71\00:52:27.14
to avoid
persecution from the pagans.
00:52:27.18\00:52:29.81
They said okay, you're
gonna become Christians.
00:52:29.84\00:52:32.18
Okay, so to help be more
comfortable in the transition
00:52:32.21\00:52:36.12
you can bring your
pagan idols into the church.
00:52:36.15\00:52:39.02
And instead of calling it
by the pagan sun god names
00:52:39.05\00:52:42.36
we will call it
instead Peter and Paul
00:52:42.39\00:52:45.16
and the Virgin Mary and Jesus.
00:52:45.19\00:52:47.30
And instead of
worshipping pagan gods
00:52:47.30\00:52:49.26
we're just pray to
these Christian saints,
00:52:49.30\00:52:51.67
that's were
these this came from.
00:52:51.70\00:52:54.87
And not only that but
they also allowed the pagans
00:52:54.90\00:52:58.11
to bring their day of
worship it within the church.
00:52:58.14\00:53:01.24
And at first, they
started keeping both days,
00:53:01.28\00:53:03.51
Sabbath, as well as, Sunday.
00:53:03.55\00:53:06.41
Constantine
introduced this compromise
00:53:06.45\00:53:09.18
to save the Roman Empire
and the Christians accepted it.
00:53:09.22\00:53:12.19
Many of them did
to avoid persecution.
00:53:12.22\00:53:15.29
And then to establish unity
more fully in the year 321 AD.
00:53:15.32\00:53:20.30
What year?
00:53:20.33\00:53:21.63
Friends, write
that year down 3-2-1,
00:53:21.66\00:53:23.77
321 AD Constantine
passed the first Sunday law
00:53:23.80\00:53:28.84
to unite the Roman Empire.
00:53:28.87\00:53:32.01
He basically said
now we have to worship
00:53:32.04\00:53:35.01
on the pagans day Sunday
the first day of the week
00:53:35.04\00:53:37.51
but we're gonna do it in
honor of the resurrection.
00:53:37.55\00:53:40.05
And friends,
here we find paganism
00:53:40.08\00:53:41.98
walked right within the
church wearing a Christian robe
00:53:42.02\00:53:46.29
antichrist sitting
in the temple of God,
00:53:46.32\00:53:49.26
lies with garments to truth,
00:53:49.29\00:53:51.23
a wolf in sheep's
clothing, friends.
00:53:51.26\00:53:54.10
And then finally
in the year 336 AD.
00:53:54.10\00:53:57.20
What year?
00:53:57.23\00:53:58.77
336 AD the church completely
outlaw the Sabbath completely
00:53:58.80\00:54:03.41
in the Council of Laodicea.
00:54:03.44\00:54:05.31
The church said
Christian shall not Judaize
00:54:05.34\00:54:07.81
and be idle on Saturday,
but shall work on that day.
00:54:07.84\00:54:11.01
But the Lord's day" they
are referring to as Sunday.
00:54:11.05\00:54:13.58
"They shall especially honor
00:54:13.62\00:54:15.15
and as being
Christian shall possible
00:54:15.18\00:54:17.15
to do not work on that day.
00:54:17.19\00:54:19.09
If, however,
there're found Juadizing,"
00:54:19.12\00:54:21.02
or keeping the Sabbath,
00:54:21.06\00:54:22.39
"they shall be
shut out from Christ."
00:54:22.42\00:54:24.59
So at first they were
keeping both Sabbath and Sunday
00:54:24.63\00:54:26.86
but finally in the
Council of Laodicea
00:54:26.90\00:54:28.26
they said we can no
longer rest on Sabbath
00:54:28.30\00:54:30.33
you must work on the Sabbath
00:54:30.37\00:54:32.17
and you cannot work on Sunday
00:54:32.20\00:54:34.07
forcing the
conscience of individuals
00:54:34.10\00:54:36.74
and all those who fell in line
00:54:36.77\00:54:38.31
with the
requirements of the church
00:54:38.34\00:54:39.84
had peace and safety.
00:54:39.87\00:54:41.21
But those who stood up for God,
00:54:41.24\00:54:42.91
those who wanted to
remain faithful to Lord Jesus
00:54:42.94\00:54:45.35
were hunted down like animals
and they were persecuted,
00:54:45.38\00:54:48.62
burnt alive at the state.
00:54:48.65\00:54:50.15
And history states
that during the Dark Ages
00:54:50.19\00:54:52.12
not less than 100
million Christians died.
00:54:52.15\00:54:57.93
And their only crime was that
they wanted to remain faithful
00:54:57.96\00:55:01.73
to Bible and faithful
to Jesus and Jesus alone.
00:55:01.76\00:55:07.20
Friends, and after
generations of cruel persecution
00:55:07.24\00:55:12.01
Sabbath gradually was forgotten
00:55:12.04\00:55:15.18
and Sunday became
embraced by the church.
00:55:15.21\00:55:18.31
And then during the
Protestant Reformation
00:55:18.35\00:55:19.88
of the 16th
century the Protestant
00:55:19.91\00:55:21.78
broke away from
the catholic church
00:55:21.82\00:55:23.45
and they protested
against the many of the errors
00:55:23.49\00:55:25.49
the idolatry but
they kept with them
00:55:25.52\00:55:28.72
the pagans they
worshipped Sunday
00:55:28.76\00:55:31.09
the first day of the week.
00:55:31.13\00:55:32.46
And there you have it friends,
00:55:32.49\00:55:33.83
the Bible is laid
aside for tradition,
00:55:33.86\00:55:36.97
a tradition of man antichrist,
sitting in the temple of God.
00:55:37.00\00:55:41.70
Friends, if this makes sense,
00:55:41.74\00:55:43.44
if this is clear would
you please say, amen? Amen.
00:55:43.47\00:55:46.34
Now there's a
lot more we can say
00:55:46.37\00:55:47.71
but we're gonna save
it for another night.
00:55:47.74\00:55:49.68
As we begin to
close we see friends,
00:55:49.71\00:55:51.18
that Satan is a
terrible deceiver.
00:55:51.21\00:55:54.35
He deceived one-third
of the angels in heaven.
00:55:54.38\00:55:57.32
He deceived Adam and
Eve in the Garden of Eden
00:55:57.35\00:56:00.96
and he has been
deceiving men and women
00:56:00.99\00:56:02.76
and boys and girls
through various ways
00:56:02.79\00:56:05.23
down throughout the
centuries but Jesus said
00:56:05.26\00:56:08.36
"You shall know the truth
00:56:08.40\00:56:10.00
and the truth
shall set you free."
00:56:10.03\00:56:14.04
It's a shocking truth,
it's a startling truth.
00:56:14.07\00:56:17.51
But friends, listen
it may sound strange
00:56:17.54\00:56:20.91
but truth always sounds strange.
00:56:20.94\00:56:24.15
In a world of universal
deceit with so many lives
00:56:24.18\00:56:27.92
that are been spread and
so many half truths being told
00:56:27.95\00:56:32.72
when you finally hear the
naked truth it's shocking,
00:56:32.75\00:56:36.22
it's surprising.
00:56:36.26\00:56:37.59
But friends, this
truth will free us
00:56:37.63\00:56:40.36
from the deceptions of the devil
00:56:40.40\00:56:42.80
and the
counterfeits of the antichrist.
00:56:42.83\00:56:45.53
Are you thankful for it tonight?
00:56:45.57\00:56:48.17
But friends, listen, it
is not the knowledge of truth
00:56:49.47\00:56:52.71
that will save,
it's what we do with it.
00:56:52.74\00:56:56.98
Well, friends,
what you're gonna do
00:56:57.01\00:56:59.85
with a truth that
God has revealed to you?
00:56:59.88\00:57:03.02
God has not just
wanting inform our minds,
00:57:03.05\00:57:05.99
He is wanting to
transform our hearts,
00:57:06.02\00:57:09.62
He wants to lead
us into an experience
00:57:09.66\00:57:12.13
with the truth not
just an understanding of it.
00:57:12.16\00:57:15.13
Tonight, friends, we
need to make a decision
00:57:15.16\00:57:19.20
and I believe that
God brought you and I here
00:57:19.23\00:57:21.20
to lead us to a point to decide
where we are going to stand.
00:57:21.24\00:57:25.07
And friends, let
me ask you a question,
00:57:25.11\00:57:26.81
how are you gonna
stand in the judgment,
00:57:26.84\00:57:29.21
when God asks you
00:57:29.24\00:57:31.45
why did you keep
Sunday as the Sabbath?
00:57:31.48\00:57:34.98
What are you gonna say, friends?
00:57:35.02\00:57:37.15
What verse are
you going to point to?
00:57:37.19\00:57:39.39
Let me tell you
what I am gonna ask,
00:57:40.82\00:57:42.16
what I am gonna tell God.
00:57:42.19\00:57:44.16
If God asks me Taj, why
did you keep the Sabbath?
00:57:44.19\00:57:47.23
Here's what I will
say, Lord what do you mean?
00:57:47.23\00:57:50.53
You are the one that made
the Sabbath, it's Your day.
00:57:50.57\00:57:53.90
Adam and Eve kept the Sabbath
right here in the Genesis.
00:57:53.94\00:57:56.91
Lord, the Sabbath is the
part of the Ten Commandments,
00:57:56.94\00:57:58.74
You wrote it
within Your own fingers.
00:57:58.77\00:58:00.91
Lord, your Son
Jesus kept the Sabbath,
00:58:00.94\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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