Our message tonight,
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the Mark of the
Beast and the Seal of God.
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This topic, my friends,
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is one of the most shocking
topics all of the Bible.
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And friends, I
believe that the reason
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why God has this
particular message in His word
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even thought it's a
strolling and shocking message.
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It's because He realizes
that sometimes the only way
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He could get our attention
is to shock us into reality
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and so this is
one of those messages.
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I'm just saying that to
warn you to prepare you tonight
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but I want us to be
very clear that this message
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about the mark of the beast
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is given by a God who
is so gracious and kind.
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His heart is filled with love
with for all of His children.
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Can you say, amen?
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I want us to
notice how the love of God
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is demonstrated towards us.
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In the Book of Revelation 3:19
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Jesus said, "As many
as I love, I" do what?
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"Rebuke and chasten,
be zealous therefore"
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and do what? "Repent."
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So here we find
that the love of Jesus
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is not only
demonstrated in His compassion,
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in His pity and His
kindness and His patience
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but according to the passage
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it's also demonstrated in
strong rebuke and chastening.
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And friends,
rebuke means correction.
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It's to correct us from
our erring way of thinking.
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And so friends
without foundation
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I want you to consider with me
what is the mark of the beast.
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Many people have
fancified years and opinions
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and speculations
about what it could be.
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Most people think
that mark of the beast
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is some type of
micro computer chip
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implanted in the
forehead or some people say
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it's some type
of biometrics devise
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or barcode with the number 666
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or some type of
universal identification number
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or smart card or some type
of tattoo with the number 666.
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Well, friends, you need to
know that those ideas are false.
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The mark of the beast
is not a computer chip.
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The mark of the
beast has nothing to do
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with technology, friends.
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Satan is a lot more
crafty and subtle than that.
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We are gonna
see tonight friends,
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that the mark of the
beast is a moral issue
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that has to do with the
frontal lobe of your brain
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which is the seat of your
reason and your conscience
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and your morality
you see the forehead
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the frontal lobe
the cerebral cortex
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that's where you
make your decisions.
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That's where your
belief system is stored.
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And that's what
it's all about, friends.
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It's about your belief system
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it's about the
decisions that you make.
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And friends I want us to
be clear on something tonight
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and that is that, what
the mark of the beast is,
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is a totally separate issue
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from how the mark is going
to be enforced upon the world.
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Friends, the Bible
doesn't leave us to guess.
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God makes it abundantly clear
what the mark of the beast is.
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And so now--why don't you
turn with me in your Bible
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to the Book of Revelation 14: 6
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"And I saw another angel
fly in the midst of heaven,
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having the everlasting"
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what is that word? "Gospel."
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And friends, that word
gospel means? Good news.
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So keep that in mind friends,
even though it's a shocking
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starling rebuke
and cutting message
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it's a good news message, Amen.
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It says, "Having the everlasting
gospel to preach unto them
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that dwell on the
earth, and to every nation,
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and kindred, and
tongue, and people."
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So how much of the
world is gonna have
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an opportunity to
hear this message?
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The whole world
friends, and the reason why
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its because God
so loved the world
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He is not willing that any
should perish in these last days
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before He comes the second time
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everyone is gonna
have an opportunity to hear
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what you are
about the hear tonight,
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the everlasting gospel.
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And it says in verse 7,
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"Saying with a"
what kind of voice?
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"A loud voice," a
shouting a strong voice
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"fear God and give glory to him,
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for the hour of his
judgment is come, and" do what?
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"Worship Him that
made heaven, and earth,
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and the fountains of waters."
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So we find that apart of
this worldwide everlasting
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gospel message is a
call to worship the Creator,
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worship the one that made heaven
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and earth the sea and
all that in the midst.
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But not only is there an
invitation to true worship
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apart of the same everlasting
gospel is a strong warning
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against false worship
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the warning
against the mark of beast.
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Notice now, in verse 9, it says,
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"And the third angel
followed them, saying with a"
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what kind of
voice? "a loud voice."
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And by the way in
the Greek the word--
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the expression loud
voice it means megaphone.
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A very strong shout
to get out attention.
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"Saying with a loud
voice, if any man do" what?
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"Worship the
beast and his image,
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and receive his mark in
his forehead, or in his hand,
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the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of God,
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which is poured
out without mixture
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into the cup of his indignation,
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and he shall be tormented
with fire and brimstone
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in the presence
of the holy angels,
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and in the presence of the Lamb.
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And the smoke of their torment
ascended up for ever and ever
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and they have no" what
is the next word? "Rest."
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Friends, I want you
to notice very carefully
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that those who
receive the mark of the beast
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the Bible says,
they have no rest.
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And friends we are gonna
see the reason why tonight.
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These who receive the
mark of the beast have no rest
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because they have
rejected the rest of God.
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We are gonna come
back to that, notice,
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"They have no
rest day nor night,
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who worship the
beast and his image,
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and whosoever
receives the mark of his name."
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Here we find friends
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God gives His most strongest
warning in all of scripture.
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He reserves it for the
mark of the beast issue.
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Friends, what we just
read is the most solemn
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and serious warning from God
to His children in this world.
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The most urgent warning friends,
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is about worshipping the beast
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and receive the
mark of that beast.
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And friends, if God
gives such a strong warning
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against it surly
He would make it clear
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what it is so that
we can know for sure
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what we need to
avoid, isn't that right?
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Tonight, we are going to
discover four characteristics.
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How many?
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Four characteristics
of the mark of the beast
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and we are also gonna
look at eight characteristics
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of the beast itself.
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And friends, by God's grace
tonight it will be so clear
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that even a little child
will be able to understand it.
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But I want us to
notice one of the first things
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we see in this
worldwide everlasting
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gospel message
is a contrast in --
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of two distinct
types of worshippers.
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Worshippers of the true creator
God that was found in verse 7,
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but then we find
worshippers of the counterfeit
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antichrist beast
system in verse 9 through 11.
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And friends, the reason why
the word worship is mentioned
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in three times in this passage
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is because the central issue
regarding the mark of the beast
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is the issue of
worship that is false worship.
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So here we find our
first characteristic
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about what the
mark of the beast is.
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I want you to
notice write it down,
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number one, the mark
of the beast involves
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counterfeit
worship or false worship.
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And if that's clear
would you please say, amen?
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I want you notice
another characteristic.
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Notice we just read
from Revelation 14:9-11
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that the mark of
the beast is placed
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on either one of two places.
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Either in the
hand or in the, what?
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In the forehead.
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Now friends,
whenever the Bible tells us
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that the mark of the
beast is placed on the--
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either the
forehead or in the hand,
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what Satan is
doing he is basically
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counterfeiting something else
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that God wants to
put in the forehead
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or in the hand of His people.
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And friends, do you know
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what God wants to
place in the forehead
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or in the hand of His people?
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Notice what is says in
the Book of Exodus 13:9
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because the mark of the
beast is simply a counterfeit
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of what God is wanting to
put in our forehead or hand.
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And so in Exodus
13:9 it tells us,
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"And it shall be for a
sign unto thee upon thine"
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what? "Hand, and for a
memorial between thine eyes,"
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what is between your eyes?
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Your mind, your
forehead, friends.
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And it says,
"that the Lord's" what?
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"Law may be in thy mouth."
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So what is God want
to place in the hand
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and in the minds of His people?
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Bible says His law.
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Now friends, that doesn't
mean that we literally attach
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that the write the
law of God on our forehead
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or right it on our hand,
its not our literally friends,
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because you see the
forehead is where you believe.
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That's your
mind where you think,
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where you make decisions.
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And in the
Bible, a person's hand
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is a symbol of their
works or their actions.
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And so when God says He wants
to put His law between our eyes
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and in our hand it simply means
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that God desires
our thoughts our mind
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and our actions or
a hand to be governed
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and guided by
His holy law of love.
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Could you say, amen?
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And so we find our
second characteristic
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of what the mark of the beast is
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because the mark of
the beast is also placed
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either in the forehead or hand
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because the mark of the
beast is a counterfeit law
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that actually opposes God's law.
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Are you with me, yes or no?
Some of you are not with me?
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Because the mark
of the beast is placed
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in the forehead or in the hand
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and because
that's what God's law
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what God wants to
put His law that shows
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that the mark of the beast
has to be a counterfeit law
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that apposes the law of God.
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Now, notice the
next characteristic.
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The Bible says in
Revelation 13:16, 17
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it talks about this
earth beast and it says,
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"And he causes all,
both small and great,
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rich and poor, free and bond,
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to receive a mark in their right
hand, or in their foreheads."
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And so we find that
the mark of the beast
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whatever it is
it must be enforced
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by the beast the
earth beast specifically.
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And we learn before
that in Bible prophecy
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a beast represents a, what?
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A kingdom or a political power
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or a form of
government, secular government.
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And so we find that
it's this beast that causes--
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another word for
cause is to force.
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It's this kingdom this
beast is political power
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that forces people
to receive the mark
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because friends,
the mark of the beast
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must be enforced
by a political power.
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With out
political power behind it,
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it has no power at all.
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Which gives us our third
identifying characteristic
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of what the mark of the beast is
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and that is number three,
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it requires
government enforcement.
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And if that makes sense
would you please say, amen?
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Now, I want you
notice another characteristic
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of the mark of the beast.
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The mark of the beast,
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is simply the
counterfeit of the Seal of God.
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You see friends, for
every truth there is a, what?
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There is a counterfeit.
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And so whatever
this mark is we know that
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it's just a counterfeit
of something that is real,
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something that is genuine,
something that God wants to put
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in the forehead in
the minds of His people.
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And so friends, before we
identify what the counterfeit is
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let's first
understand what the genuine is.
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What is the seal
of the living God.
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We talked little
about it last night
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and how we needed that seal.
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And noted that make it
through the tribulation.
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Now, let's find
out what exactly it is.
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Revelation 7:2, 3 tells us
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about the seal
of the living God.
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Notice what it
says, Revelation 7:2, 3
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"I saw another angel ascending
from the east, having the" what?
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"Seal of the living God,
and he cried with a loud voice
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to the four angels, to
whom it was given to hurt
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the earth and the sea,
saying, hurt not the earth,
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neither the sea, nor the trees,
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till we have sealed the
servants of our God" where?
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"In their
foreheads of His people."
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Now friends, I want
you to remember notice
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where was the mark
of the beast placed?
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The mark of the beast
could either be placed
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in the forehead or in the hand.
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You know why?
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Because friends, listen,
they are gonna be many people
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who are going to believe in the
mark of the beast in their mind.
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They are gonna believe that this
is right the right thing to do.
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They are going to be
deceived in their mind thinking
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that this is something
that they should be a part of
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they are gonna
receive it in their foreheads.
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Others may not
believe it in their minds,
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other may know that
this is not God's will
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but because of convince,
because they want to maintain
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their right to buy or sell
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they are gonna
accept it in their hand.
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In other words, their
works or their actions
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are gonna support whatever
the mark of the beast is
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because they know that
if they don't receive it
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they are gonna be cut off they
will not be able to buy or sell.
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And so because
they want to maintain
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their right to buy and sell
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they may not
believe it in their minds
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but because of
convince they will say
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oh, just give it to me and they
will receive it in their hands.
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But friends, when it
comes to the Seal of God
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you can't
receive it in the hand.
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You can only receive
it, where? In the forehead.
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You know why?
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Because friends, we
by the works of our hands
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can never work
our way to heaven.
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We cannot save ourselves friends
we can only believe in God
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by faith in our mind.
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Can you say, amen?
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We must believe the
truth in our mind friends,
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it's by faith in
Gods grace and truth
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that we are saved
and so we can't receive
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this seal in our-- in ours hand.
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We must believe it in
our hearts and in our minds.
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And so now what
exactly is this seal
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that God places in the mind
or in the forehead of His people
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that preserves
them during trouble?
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Oh, friends, we
don't have to guess
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all we need to do is
compare scripture with scripture
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and we discover that
the Bible interprets itself.
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Notice what else God
wants to place in the forehead
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or in the mind of His people.
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In Hebrews 8:10 write it down,
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this is the new
covenant promise where God says,
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"I will put my" what?
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"Laws into their mind,
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and I will write
them in their hearts,
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and I will be to them a God, and
they shall be to me a people."
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So God says, He
wants to write His law
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in our foreheads in our minds
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and in our hearts so
that we won't forget His law.
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Because friends, when
you write something down--
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why do you write things down?
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So that you do not
forget in the same way
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God doesn't want
us to forget His law.
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So His new covenant promise
doesn't do away with the law
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but rather puts it in
our minds and in our hearts
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so that we do not forget it
so that we remember His law.
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So here we find the
both God's seal and God's law
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are placed in the
minds of His people
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which shows us
friends, that the Seal of God
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and the law of God
are connected somehow.
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Are you with me, yes or no?
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And that's exactly
what the Bible tells us
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in Isaiah 8:16 write it down.
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The bible says,
"Bind up the testimony
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and seal the law
among my disciples."
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So we see very
clearly friends comparing
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scripture with
scripture that God's seal
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and God's law are both
placed in the forehead.
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They are both
connected together.
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The reason why is
because God's seal
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is actually in the
heart of God's holy law.
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Now friends, what
exactly is the Seal of God
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and which law contains it?
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Well, friends, I want
you to notice that the--
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a seal is not
only a preserving agent
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but a seal is also a
sign of authenticity,
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it's a stamp of approval
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and every official
government on the earth
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has an official seal
including the government of God.
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For example, if you see the seal
of the United States of America.
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You can see it right
there on the screen and friends,
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every official
seal if it's legit
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it will have
three main components.
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How many components?
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An official seal that
is on an official document
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will have the name
of the governing power,
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the title of the governing
power and the territory.
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So the name would be
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the name of whoever
is ruling, Barack Obama.
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The title, president.
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The territory
over which they govern
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the United States of America.
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And so these three
things are contained
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in an official government seal
so to in the Seal of Gods law.
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And so here is
the next question.
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What commandment in
the Ten Commandments
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contains those three components?
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What commandment
contains God's name,
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God's title and God's territory?
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Friends, its none other
than the forth commandment
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the one that says remember
the Seventh-day Sabbath.
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I want to notice with
me, in Exodus 20:8-11,
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notice if we
can find God's name,
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title and territory in
the fourth commandment.
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The Bible says, "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 the seventh day
is the Sabbath of" who?
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"The Lord thy God."
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That's His name,
brothers and sisters.
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The Lord,
Jehovah, thy God Eloheenu
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there His name right
there in the commandment.
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"In it thou shalt not do
any work" and then it says,
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"for in six days
the Lord" did what?
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That's His title
friends, He made.
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He is the maker or the
creator that's His title
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and what is His territory
"He made heaven and earth,
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the sea, and all
that in them is."
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So there we find in the
fourth commandment God seal,
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His name the Lord thy God.
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the title He is the
maker or the creator
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and His territory
the heavens and the earth
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and the sea and
all that in them is.
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And so it's very
clear friends, that God seal
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is none other than
the seventh day Sabbath.
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And friends, when you
think about it, it makes sense.
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It's in the fourth
commandment that God shows us
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by what authority He has to even
give us any commandment at all.
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He is worthy to
give us commandments
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because He is
the one that made us.
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He is our maker and our creator
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and because He gave us life
He is worthy of our worship,
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our trust and our
obedience to His law.
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And friends, if that make senses
would you please say, amen?
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Thus we see that
the Seal of God's law
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is the seventh day Sabbath.
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But friends, God
makes it even clearer.
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I want you notice why
did God give the Sabbath.
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Ezekiel 20:12 the Bible says,
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"Moreover also I gave them
my Sabbaths, to be a" what?
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To be a what?
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"A sign between Me and
them, that they might know
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that I am the
Lord that" does what?
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So the Bible tells us
that God gave the Sabbath
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to be a sign to be a what?
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A sign of what though?
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A sign for us to
know that the Lord
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is the one that sanctifies us.
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You see when we rest
on the seventh day Sabbath
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we are acknowledging
to God that we believe
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that Lord you are the
only one that can sanctify.
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That word sanctify
means set apart for holiness.
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God, I can't make myself
holy with my own good works.
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I can work seven days a week but
I can't work my way to heaven.
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All my righteousness
are like filthy rags
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and so because of that I'm going
to rest in your completed work
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resting on the seventh
day Sabbath as an outward sign
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acknowledging that
the Lord is the one
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that does the work
in us and through us
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and for us thus
the seventh day Sabbath
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is a sing of the true
experience of salvation,
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salvation by grace and the
work that God is doing for us
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not the work that we do for God.
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Can you say, amen?
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And friends, I want you to
notice the Sabbath is a sign
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but I want you notice
another word for sign is seal.
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Notice what it
says in Romans 4:11
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"And he received the
sign of circumcision, a" what?
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"Seal of the
righteousness of the faith."
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And just as
circumcision was an outward sign
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of the inward experience
of righteousness by faith,
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so to the seventh
day Sabbath friends,
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is an outward
sign of the inward seal
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of being sanctified
by the Lord our God.
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The Sabbath is a
sign of God's authority
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and the seal of God's law.
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And friends if that is clear
would you please say, amen?
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Now friends, this truth
gives us our next characteristic
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of what the mark of the
beast is because remember
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the mark of the beast
is just the counterfeit.
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It is the what?
00:20:28.13\00:20:29.48
The counterfeit
of the Seal of God.
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So this shows us
characteristic number four,
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that whatever the
mark of the beast is,
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it is a
counterfeit to God's sign,
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God's seal or God's Sabbath.
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Now, friends with this
just these four characteristics
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we can partly already guess
what the mark of the beast is.
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But we are not
gonna guess friends,
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we want to know without a shot
of a doubt what exactly it is.
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And so let's continue, let's
go a little bit deeper tonight
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because here is
the thing friends,
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is it possible to
keep every single Sabbath
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and still be lost?
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The answer is yes, because
Sabbath keeping doesn't save us.
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Nothing that we do by
our own work saves us.
00:21:05.13\00:21:07.64
It's the work of God in
our lives that saves us.
00:21:07.67\00:21:10.31
Could you say, amen?
00:21:10.34\00:21:11.81
So we can keep every
Sabbath and still be lost,
00:21:11.84\00:21:14.19
you know why because the
Sabbath is just the outward sign
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of the inward
experience, the inward seal.
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And so here is the next question
as we go a little bit deeper
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about what the Seal of God is.
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The question is how does
the Lord seal His people?
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We know that the
Sabbath is connected to it,
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the Sabbath is the outward sign
00:21:32.01\00:21:33.58
but what is the
inward experience?
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How does God seal us?
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Notice what it says,
Ephesians 4:30 the Bible says,
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"And grieve not the" who?
00:21:39.91\00:21:42.11
"The Holy Spirit of God,
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by whom you were sealed
unto the day of redemption."
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So tell me friends, who seals
us according to this passage?
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You don't seal yourself
friends, you can't save yourself
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by your Sabbath
keeping or your good works.
00:21:53.64\00:21:56.36
The Sabbath is
just an outward sign
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of what the Holy
Spirit is doing in our hearts.
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It's the Holy
Spirits job to seal us
00:22:02.08\00:22:05.20
but the question is how does
the Holy Spirit seal a person?
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Notice what it says
in 2 Thessalonians 2:13
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we simply let the
Bible answer the question.
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It says, "God from the beginning
chose you for salvation"
00:22:16.39\00:22:20.37
but how does He choose
us how does He save us?
00:22:20.40\00:22:22.92
"Through what is that
word? Sanctification by" who?
00:22:22.95\00:22:27.41
"The Spirit and
belief in the truth."
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So friends, how
does the Holy Spirit
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seal us or save us?
00:22:33.27\00:22:36.12
It says by sanctification.
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And friends, the sanctification
comes as result of believing
00:22:38.35\00:22:41.68
in the truth not in
traditions or opinions
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or in what a man says
or what a church teaches.
00:22:45.27\00:22:49.08
You see the Holy
Spirits job is to lead us
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and guide us into all truth.
00:22:51.47\00:22:53.65
And friends when we understand
that truth in our minds
00:22:53.68\00:22:56.90
that truth begins to
sanctify the forehead
00:22:56.93\00:23:00.91
and the
sanctifying the whole life.
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In other words, the
same God that sanctified
00:23:03.12\00:23:04.99
the seventh day of
the week begins to do
00:23:05.02\00:23:06.66
that same work in
our hearts making us holy
00:23:06.69\00:23:10.19
and making us just like Jesus.
00:23:10.22\00:23:12.47
You see brothers and
sisters, to believe in the truth
00:23:12.50\00:23:14.05
is much more than intellectual.
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It's experiential as
our head knowledge of truth
00:23:16.14\00:23:20.36
becomes a heart experience.
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Becomes a what?
00:23:22.81\00:23:24.48
When the head knowledge
becomes a heart experience
00:23:24.51\00:23:27.16
by personal application we
then become sanctified change
00:23:27.19\00:23:31.76
and transformed by the truth
00:23:31.79\00:23:33.43
that we know in our
foreheads in our minds
00:23:33.46\00:23:36.20
and so then it becomes
more than head knowledge
00:23:36.23\00:23:38.34
it becomes more
than just lip service
00:23:38.37\00:23:40.29
we are now serving God
both in spirit and in truth.
00:23:40.32\00:23:44.86
And friends, when we worship
the Lord in spirit and in truth
00:23:44.89\00:23:47.12
we become a true worshipper.
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And friends, when we
are a true worshipper
00:23:49.15\00:23:51.20
it's then the God can
place His seal upon us
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because the seal is
the sign of authenticity.
00:23:53.69\00:23:57.80
It shows that we
have a real experience.
00:23:57.83\00:23:59.93
Its not just head knowledge,
its not just lip service
00:23:59.96\00:24:02.96
that not the truth
we believe in our mind
00:24:02.99\00:24:05.37
has worked about a
change in our lives.
00:24:05.40\00:24:07.47
We have the real deal friends,
Jesus is living in our hearts
00:24:07.50\00:24:11.64
and thus God places
His stamp of approval,
00:24:11.67\00:24:13.98
the sign of authenticity,
the seal of the living God.
00:24:14.01\00:24:18.59
That's what it is friends,
it's the sanctifying experience
00:24:18.62\00:24:21.55
that comes from the Holy Spirit.
00:24:21.58\00:24:23.89
The Sabbath is
simply the outward sign
00:24:23.92\00:24:26.01
of the inward
sanctifying experience.
00:24:26.04\00:24:29.81
We rest on the Sabbath
acknowledging outwardly,
00:24:29.84\00:24:32.07
God, you are the
one that sanctifying me.
00:24:32.10\00:24:34.52
I'm not saving myself I can't
change my heart it's impossible.
00:24:34.55\00:24:37.86
I'm resting in Your
work and not my own.
00:24:37.89\00:24:41.40
And Satan hates the
Sabbath for that reason
00:24:41.43\00:24:43.65
because Satan
knows that the Sabbath
00:24:43.68\00:24:45.40
is the seal of God's law, it's
the basis of all true worship
00:24:45.43\00:24:50.17
and it's the outward sign
00:24:50.20\00:24:51.77
of the true
experience of salivation
00:24:51.80\00:24:54.14
the sanctifying life that
comes through the Holy Spirit.
00:24:54.17\00:24:57.35
This is the reason why the
Sabbath has been so attacked.
00:24:57.38\00:25:00.12
You thought that
the Sabbath was attacked
00:25:00.15\00:25:01.98
just because-- just because.
00:25:02.01\00:25:04.11
Well, friends,
here is the reason
00:25:04.14\00:25:05.54
because of what it
represents that shows us
00:25:05.57\00:25:08.37
that friends its much
more than just choosing
00:25:08.40\00:25:10.78
which day we want to worship.
00:25:10.81\00:25:12.81
When you understand
the significance of it
00:25:12.84\00:25:15.14
and then you
realize that Sunday worship
00:25:15.17\00:25:17.41
is the counterfeit of it then
you are not gonna want to try
00:25:17.44\00:25:20.71
and do both because you
are not gonna want to try
00:25:20.74\00:25:22.93
and serve two maters.
00:25:22.96\00:25:25.75
It's either one or the other.
00:25:25.78\00:25:27.56
You see brother and sisters,
the mark of the beast issue
00:25:27.59\00:25:29.60
is not a technological issue.
00:25:29.63\00:25:31.32
Friends, its all about the
forehead the belief system,
00:25:31.35\00:25:34.29
wherever you have your mind,
00:25:34.32\00:25:35.66
has your actions
will make your habits
00:25:35.69\00:25:37.83
or form your character
will determine your density
00:25:37.86\00:25:40.51
and that's why Satan wants to
put something in your forehead
00:25:40.54\00:25:43.04
that will cause you to be
lost where as God wants to put
00:25:43.07\00:25:45.54
His seal in our
foreheads in our believe system
00:25:45.57\00:25:48.18
that will bring about an eternal
destiny with Jesus Christ.
00:25:48.21\00:25:51.86
Could you say, amen?
00:25:51.89\00:25:53.23
And so what else Satan
does in these last days?
00:25:53.26\00:25:56.73
He has invented a
system of counterfeit believes
00:25:56.76\00:26:02.29
that has been
propagated preached and pushed
00:26:02.32\00:26:04.84
by the antichrist kingdom.
00:26:04.87\00:26:07.12
Believes that will
prepare individuals minds
00:26:07.15\00:26:09.93
and hands for the
mark of the beast.
00:26:09.96\00:26:12.90
And so now with this
foundation we proceed
00:26:12.93\00:26:14.79
to answer the question
00:26:14.82\00:26:16.13
what exactly is
the mark of the beast?
00:26:16.16\00:26:20.69
And friends in
order for us to find out
00:26:20.72\00:26:21.98
what it is specifically,
what the mark of the beast is
00:26:22.01\00:26:24.94
we first have to
ask, who is the beast?
00:26:24.97\00:26:28.13
Many people are trying
to find out what the mark is
00:26:28.16\00:26:30.87
when they don't even
have a clue who the beast is.
00:26:30.90\00:26:33.89
Well, friends,
its impossible to know
00:26:33.92\00:26:35.18
what the mark of the beast is
00:26:35.21\00:26:37.50
without knowing first
who the beast is. Why?
00:26:37.53\00:26:41.33
Because the mark of the
beast is the mark of the beast.
00:26:41.36\00:26:46.15
Are you with me, yes or no?
00:26:46.18\00:26:48.01
And so once we can find out the
identity of who the beast is--
00:26:48.04\00:26:52.89
when we know who the beast
is then all we have to do is ask
00:26:52.92\00:26:55.58
the beast, hey
beast, what's your mark?
00:26:55.61\00:26:58.31
And the beast will
tell us what his mark is.
00:26:58.34\00:27:02.06
That's very simple, isn't it?
00:27:02.09\00:27:03.88
And no one needs to be
offended by the word beast
00:27:03.91\00:27:06.01
its not meant to
be the derogatory term
00:27:06.04\00:27:08.21
because we understand
that in prophecy of beast
00:27:08.24\00:27:10.05
represents a, what? A kingdom.
00:27:10.08\00:27:12.13
So this is the
antichrist beast kingdom.
00:27:12.16\00:27:14.64
Who is this beast and then
after that we will find out
00:27:14.67\00:27:18.00
we will ask him what's your mark
and they will tell us clearly.
00:27:18.03\00:27:20.31
So notice with me
00:27:20.34\00:27:22.90
if you are there
would you please say amen?
00:27:22.93\00:27:24.72
The Bible says, "And I
stood upon the sand of the sea,
00:27:24.75\00:27:27.24
and saw a beast
rise up out of the sea,
00:27:27.27\00:27:29.19
having seven
heads and ten horns,
00:27:29.22\00:27:30.79
and upon his horns ten crowns,
00:27:30.82\00:27:32.64
and upon his heads
the name of blasphemy.
00:27:32.67\00:27:34.75
And the beast which I
saw was like unto a" what?
00:27:34.78\00:27:37.32
"A leopard, the feet
was the feet of a bear,
00:27:37.35\00:27:39.86
the mouth as a mouth of a
lion and the dragon gave him
00:27:39.89\00:27:43.28
his power, and his
seat, and great authority."
00:27:43.31\00:27:46.00
Friends, if you ever
see something like this
00:27:46.03\00:27:47.43
don't run just pray, amen.
00:27:47.46\00:27:49.73
Obviously this is symbolic.
Well, what does it mean?
00:27:49.76\00:27:52.97
Write it down very quickly.
00:27:53.00\00:27:54.58
This is review, we have
gone through this before
00:27:54.61\00:27:56.35
and so we are not
gonna spend lot of time
00:27:56.38\00:27:57.52
going through it again.
00:27:57.55\00:27:58.91
We learn that a beast represents
a kingdom according Daniel 7:23
00:27:58.94\00:28:03.01
this beast comes up out
of the water representing
00:28:03.04\00:28:04.25
a populated area of people,
people who speak many languages.
00:28:04.28\00:28:07.97
In Revelation 17:15 this beast
has seven heads representing
00:28:08.00\00:28:11.76
seven mountains
according to Revelation 17:9
00:28:11.79\00:28:14.83
and it has ten horns
representing ten kings
00:28:14.86\00:28:16.76
according to Daniel 7:24.
00:28:16.79\00:28:18.85
In other words, it's a
beast kingdom that overrules
00:28:18.88\00:28:22.38
and its above ten divided
kingdoms there in the earth.
00:28:22.41\00:28:28.94
And friends, the Bible tells us
00:28:28.97\00:28:30.72
that this beast had
specific characteristics.
00:28:30.75\00:28:33.53
It have the mouth of
a lion, feet of a bear
00:28:33.56\00:28:36.46
and the body of a
leopard and it had ten horns.
00:28:36.49\00:28:39.53
And friends, we have seen
these characteristics before,
00:28:39.56\00:28:41.84
haven't we? We have, haven't we?
00:28:41.87\00:28:44.50
Ten horns, body of a leopard,
feet of a bear, mouth of lion.
00:28:44.53\00:28:49.09
Where have we seen this
before, in Daniel Chapter 7,
00:28:49.12\00:28:52.62
we find the lion,
the bear the leopard
00:28:52.65\00:28:54.61
and the terrible
beast with ten horns
00:28:54.64\00:28:56.41
we remember
that these four beast
00:28:56.44\00:28:58.57
represent the four kingdoms
00:28:58.60\00:29:00.53
Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome.
00:29:00.56\00:29:03.80
And friends, this antichrist
piece in Revelation 13
00:29:03.83\00:29:06.71
has the same characteristics
of those kingdoms
00:29:06.74\00:29:09.43
Babylon, Medo-Persia,
Greece and Rome, how so?
00:29:09.46\00:29:12.05
Let's review.
00:29:12.08\00:29:13.25
This antichrist beast
demonstrates the emperor worship
00:29:13.28\00:29:17.25
of the terrible
beast which is Rome.
00:29:17.28\00:29:19.37
It demonstrates
the pagan philosophies
00:29:19.40\00:29:21.82
of the leopard beast Greece.
00:29:21.85\00:29:23.85
It also demonstrates
the persecuting laws
00:29:23.88\00:29:25.83
of the bear the
Medo-Persian Empire
00:29:25.86\00:29:28.19
and it also demonstrates
the pride and riches
00:29:28.22\00:29:31.24
of the lion which is Babylon.
00:29:31.27\00:29:33.61
And so, in other
words, here is the kingdom
00:29:33.64\00:29:35.96
that the man at
the head is worshipped,
00:29:35.99\00:29:39.00
it is lead by
pagan philosophies,
00:29:39.03\00:29:41.60
it has persecuting
laws and it's a very proud
00:29:41.63\00:29:44.82
and a very rich kingdom indeed.
00:29:44.85\00:29:47.80
And friends, if that make sense
would you please say, amen?
00:29:47.83\00:29:50.73
Now, the next question is this,
00:29:50.76\00:29:52.63
who gave the beast its
power, seat and great authority?
00:29:52.66\00:29:57.91
In other words, who is the one
that was backing this kingdom?
00:29:57.94\00:30:01.47
Oh, friends, the Bible tells us
that it was the dragon that did.
00:30:01.50\00:30:03.91
In fact, notice the
last part of verse 2,
00:30:03.94\00:30:06.20
the last part of verse 2
of Revelation 13 it says,
00:30:06.23\00:30:08.32
"And the dragon
gave him his power,
00:30:08.35\00:30:10.69
and his seat,
and great authority."
00:30:10.72\00:30:12.47
And friends, who is the dragon
00:30:12.50\00:30:14.12
based on what we learned before?
00:30:14.15\00:30:15.24
The dragon is none
other than Satan, right.
00:30:15.27\00:30:18.51
But notice Satan always
works through human instruments.
00:30:18.54\00:30:23.44
Notice how the dragon is
described in Revelation 12:4.
00:30:23.47\00:30:27.20
It says, "And the
dragon stood before the woman
00:30:27.23\00:30:28.92
which was ready to be delivered,
00:30:28.95\00:30:30.10
for to devour her child
as soon as it was born."
00:30:30.13\00:30:33.54
Remember this prophecy
we studied the other night,
00:30:33.57\00:30:35.60
how Satan the dragon
tried to destroy baby Jesus
00:30:35.63\00:30:38.26
as soon as Jesus was
to come into the world.
00:30:38.29\00:30:39.97
You remember that, yes or no?
00:30:40.00\00:30:41.50
But who did Satan the dragon use
00:30:41.53\00:30:44.31
to try to destroy baby Jesus?
00:30:44.34\00:30:46.09
He used Herod of
the pagan Roman Empire.
00:30:46.12\00:30:51.09
Herod issued decree
to kill all male children
00:30:51.12\00:30:53.68
under the age of two in
the little town of Bethlehem.
00:30:53.71\00:30:56.36
You can find
that in Matthew 2:16.
00:30:56.39\00:30:58.48
And so the dragon,
brother and sisters,
00:30:58.51\00:31:00.84
does represent Satan
but more specifically
00:31:00.87\00:31:03.23
it represents Satan working
through the pagan Roman Empire.
00:31:03.26\00:31:07.89
You see friends, it
was a Roman official
00:31:07.92\00:31:09.46
that tried to
killed Jesus, baby Jesus.
00:31:09.49\00:31:11.79
It was a Roman governor
Pilate that condemned Him.
00:31:11.82\00:31:13.94
A Roman
executioner crucified Him.
00:31:13.97\00:31:15.94
A Roman emblem
sealed the tomb of Jesus
00:31:15.97\00:31:17.92
and it was Roman
guards that watched His tomb.
00:31:17.95\00:31:20.37
And so we find
according to the Bible
00:31:20.40\00:31:22.34
that the dragon is
Satan but more specifically
00:31:22.37\00:31:24.93
it Satan working through
who, the pagan Roman Empire.
00:31:24.96\00:31:31.52
It was the pagan Roman Empire
that transferred His power,
00:31:31.55\00:31:34.84
seat and authority to
this antichrist beast system
00:31:34.87\00:31:37.32
that we are studying tonight.
00:31:37.35\00:31:38.77
And so, here is
the question then.
00:31:38.80\00:31:40.18
What happened when the
pagan Roman Empire fell apart?
00:31:40.21\00:31:43.99
And to whom did they give their
power, seat and authority to?
00:31:44.02\00:31:48.51
Because friends,
listen whoever Rome,
00:31:48.54\00:31:50.30
pagan Rome gave their power to
00:31:50.33\00:31:51.99
is this beast of Revelation 13.
00:31:52.02\00:31:54.20
And who is it, friends?
00:31:54.23\00:31:55.64
I'm not going to give my opinion
lets allow history to tell us.
00:31:55.67\00:31:58.13
Notice what history says,
00:31:58.16\00:31:59.74
"To the
succession of the Caesar's
00:31:59.77\00:32:01.99
came the succession
of the Pontiffs in Rome.
00:32:02.02\00:32:05.59
When Constantine left
Rome he gave his seat to" Who?
00:32:05.62\00:32:10.49
"To the Pontiff."
The bishop of Rome.
00:32:10.52\00:32:12.97
And so friends, the
exact word the Bible uses
00:32:13.00\00:32:15.60
when the pagan Roman Empire
gave their seat to the papacy.
00:32:15.63\00:32:18.69
In fact, notice Stanley's
History it makes it clear that,
00:32:18.72\00:32:21.23
"The popes filled the place
of the vacant emperors at Rome,
00:32:21.26\00:32:24.82
inheriting their power, prestige
and titles from Paganism.
00:32:24.85\00:32:29.56
The papacy is but the ghost
of the deceased Roman Empire,
00:32:29.59\00:32:32.78
sitting crowned upon its grave."
00:32:32.81\00:32:36.19
When the Pagan
Roman Empire fell apart
00:32:36.22\00:32:38.10
it transferred its
power to Papal Rome.
00:32:38.13\00:32:40.96
And friends, by the way no
one is to be offended tonight
00:32:40.99\00:32:43.06
this is the matter of history,
00:32:43.09\00:32:44.69
history that the Bible said
was gonna happen before it did.
00:32:44.72\00:32:48.22
We are not talking about
the members of the church,
00:32:48.25\00:32:50.20
it's the system we
are talking about itself.
00:32:50.23\00:32:52.78
In fact, notice another
one, history makes it clear
00:32:52.81\00:32:55.46
that she talking
about the Vatican City.
00:32:55.49\00:32:58.17
"She received her capital
city and power from" where?
00:32:58.20\00:33:02.41
"From pagan Rome."
00:33:02.44\00:33:03.88
The dragon, pagan Rome
gave its power, his seat
00:33:03.91\00:33:07.38
and great authority which
shows characteristic number one
00:33:07.41\00:33:09.98
that this beast
would be a Roman power.
00:33:10.01\00:33:13.54
Write it down,
it's a continuation
00:33:13.57\00:33:16.10
of the roman the
pagan Roman Empire.
00:33:16.13\00:33:19.18
Now, notice a few more
characteristics Revelation 13:8
00:33:19.21\00:33:23.16
"And all that dwell upon
the earth shall worship him,
00:33:23.19\00:33:25.83
whose names are not
written in the book of life
00:33:25.86\00:33:28.21
of the Lamb slain from" where?
00:33:28.24\00:33:31.00
The foundation of the world."
00:33:31.03\00:33:32.31
And so here we
find this beast kingdom
00:33:32.34\00:33:34.80
receives
worship which shows that
00:33:34.83\00:33:36.24
it's not just a
political kingdom
00:33:36.27\00:33:38.48
but it's also a
church, it's a religious power.
00:33:38.51\00:33:40.43
And friends, the
papacy is just that.
00:33:40.46\00:33:43.03
It's a universal
system of worship.
00:33:43.06\00:33:45.34
It's not only a state
but it's also a church.
00:33:45.37\00:33:48.14
Characteristic number two,
00:33:48.17\00:33:49.43
it would be a
worldwide religious power.
00:33:49.46\00:33:53.83
Now notice some of the
characteristic in verse 7,
00:33:53.86\00:33:56.16
it says, "The
power was given him
00:33:56.19\00:33:58.14
over all kindreds,
and tongues, and nations."
00:33:58.17\00:34:01.92
In other words,
the papacy would rule
00:34:01.95\00:34:03.35
over all the different
nations there in Europe.
00:34:03.38\00:34:06.24
Remember those ten
horns that the beast had that
00:34:06.27\00:34:08.30
represents divided
Europe and during the time that
00:34:08.33\00:34:10.91
Europe was divided the ruler
over them all was the papacy.
00:34:10.94\00:34:15.43
In fact notice
history tells it very clearly,
00:34:15.46\00:34:18.05
notice what the
history says, "Under him"
00:34:18.08\00:34:19.55
talking about the pope
"was very nearly made good
00:34:19.58\00:34:21.82
the papal claim that
all earthly sovereigns
00:34:21.85\00:34:24.32
were merely vassals
of the Roman pontiff.
00:34:24.35\00:34:27.56
Almost all the kings
and princesses of Europe
00:34:27.59\00:34:30.03
swore fealty to him as
their" what? "Overlord.
00:34:30.06\00:34:33.28
Rome was once more the
mistress of the world."
00:34:33.31\00:34:36.06
The pope was the over
load of all the kings of Europe
00:34:36.09\00:34:40.42
during this time period.
00:34:40.45\00:34:41.59
Whatever he said they would do
00:34:41.62\00:34:43.88
in faithful obedience
which shows us friends,
00:34:43.91\00:34:46.93
that the beast is not
so much one single person
00:34:46.96\00:34:50.93
but rather a
succession of persons. A what?
00:34:50.96\00:34:55.69
Not one person but most
so an office you can say.
00:34:55.72\00:34:58.62
A secession of persons a
religious political system
00:34:58.65\00:35:02.18
that is ruled by
man and not by God.
00:35:02.21\00:35:05.54
Now let's take a look
00:35:05.57\00:35:06.60
characteristic
number three, write it down.
00:35:06.63\00:35:08.26
It would be a religious
power that would dominate
00:35:08.29\00:35:11.50
and control other civil powers.
00:35:11.53\00:35:15.26
Now, notice
another characteristic.
00:35:15.29\00:35:16.66
Friends, it gets
even more serious.
00:35:16.69\00:35:18.76
Bible tells us that
this beast the antichrist,
00:35:18.79\00:35:21.71
"He opened his mouth
in blasphemy against God,
00:35:21.74\00:35:24.54
to blaspheme his
name, and his tabernacle,
00:35:24.57\00:35:26.37
and then that dwell in heaven."
00:35:26.40\00:35:27.82
So this power would
speak blasphemy against God.
00:35:27.85\00:35:30.33
But the question
is what's blasphemy?
00:35:30.36\00:35:32.60
How does the
Bible define blasphemy?
00:35:32.63\00:35:35.59
It gives us two
definitions. How many?
00:35:35.62\00:35:38.62
Notice the first
one in John 10:33,
00:35:38.65\00:35:41.47
the Bible tells us
that "The Jews answered him
00:35:41.50\00:35:43.37
talking about Christ, saying for
a good work we stone thee not,
00:35:43.40\00:35:46.69
but for blasphemy,
and because that thou,
00:35:46.72\00:35:50.23
being a man, makest thyself."
00:35:50.26\00:35:53.94
Here the Jews were
accusing Christ for blasphemy
00:35:53.97\00:35:55.97
because as a man He
was claiming to be God.
00:35:56.00\00:35:58.14
But was Jesus guilty
of blasphemy, yes or no?
00:35:58.17\00:36:00.84
No, why because he is God.
00:36:00.87\00:36:02.86
Could you say, amen?
00:36:02.89\00:36:03.92
But none the less the first
definition of the word blasphemy
00:36:03.95\00:36:06.34
is when a man
claims to be God on earth.
00:36:06.37\00:36:09.89
Does this power
claim to have that right?
00:36:09.92\00:36:12.08
Notice what Pope
Leo XIII said, he said,
00:36:12.11\00:36:14.77
"We hold upon this earth
the place of God Almighty."
00:36:14.80\00:36:19.85
The Bible defines
that as blasphemy.
00:36:19.88\00:36:21.53
Catholic national says,
"The Pope is not only the
00:36:21.56\00:36:24.06
representative of Jesus Christ,
but He is Jesus Christ himself,
00:36:24.09\00:36:28.17
hidden under the
veil of the flesh."
00:36:28.20\00:36:30.31
Claiming to be God on earth.
00:36:30.34\00:36:31.86
Notice another one, "The
Pope and God are the same,
00:36:31.89\00:36:35.04
so he has all power
in Heaven and earth."
00:36:35.07\00:36:37.94
Friends, the Bible
calls that blasphemy
00:36:37.97\00:36:39.57
when a man claims
to be God on earth.
00:36:39.60\00:36:41.67
Now, notice the second
definition of blasphemy.
00:36:41.70\00:36:44.02
I told you it's
gonna be shocking didn't I?
00:36:44.05\00:36:46.42
Notice the second definition
of blasphemy in Luke 5:21
00:36:46.45\00:36:49.77
"And the scribes and the
Pharisees began to reason,
00:36:49.80\00:36:51.65
saying, who is this
which speaks blasphemies?
00:36:51.68\00:36:54.30
Who can forgive
sins, but God alone?"
00:36:54.33\00:36:56.92
Here the Pharisees were
accusing Christ of blasphemy
00:36:56.95\00:36:59.32
because as a man He was
claming to forgive sins.
00:36:59.35\00:37:02.06
But was He guilty, yes or no?
00:37:02.09\00:37:04.97
No, why because he
is God and He does have
00:37:05.00\00:37:07.01
the power to forgive sins.
00:37:07.04\00:37:08.17
Can you say, amen?
00:37:08.20\00:37:09.43
Notice what the church
claims to have the power to do.
00:37:09.46\00:37:12.45
"There is a man on the
earth who can forgive sins,
00:37:12.48\00:37:14.97
and that man is
the catholic priest.
00:37:15.00\00:37:17.00
Yes, beloved brethren,
the priest not only declares
00:37:17.03\00:37:19.16
that the sinner is forgiven,
but he really forgives him."
00:37:19.19\00:37:21.86
And then other one, the
Dignity and Duty of the Priest,
00:37:21.89\00:37:23.86
volume 12 page 2
this is a book that priest
00:37:23.89\00:37:26.97
are still being trained
up for the priesthood today
00:37:27.00\00:37:29.41
and notice what it says,
"God Himself is obliged to abide
00:37:29.44\00:37:32.89
by the judgment of His
priest, and either not to pardon
00:37:32.92\00:37:35.64
or to pardon, according as they
refuse or give absolution...
00:37:35.67\00:37:39.07
The sentence of
the priest precedes,
00:37:39.10\00:37:41.53
and God subscribes to it."
00:37:41.56\00:37:43.76
But here's a good question
friends, how can a sinner
00:37:43.79\00:37:46.57
forgive another sinner of sin?
00:37:46.60\00:37:50.71
Right, I mean the Bible
says that we have all sin
00:37:50.74\00:37:53.90
and fallen
short of glory of God.
00:37:53.93\00:37:56.12
Only the sinless God
can forgive us of sin.
00:37:56.15\00:37:59.08
Can you say, amen?
00:37:59.11\00:38:00.14
And that's why we should
00:38:00.17\00:38:01.20
confess our sins
to God and God alone.
00:38:01.23\00:38:03.51
We can confess our
faults one to another
00:38:03.54\00:38:06.19
but our sins we confess to God.
00:38:06.22\00:38:08.00
In fact, I want you to
notice Pope John Paul II said.
00:38:08.03\00:38:11.12
"Don't go to God
for forgiveness of sins"
00:38:11.15\00:38:13.75
he said "come to me."
00:38:13.78\00:38:15.33
And friends, the Bible
says that this is blasphemy.
00:38:15.36\00:38:17.89
And why is it blasphemy?
00:38:17.92\00:38:19.83
Because 1 Timothy 2:5
that, "There is one God
00:38:19.86\00:38:23.92
and one mediator
between God and men,
00:38:23.95\00:38:26.84
the man Christ Jesus."
00:38:26.87\00:38:28.96
Could you say, amen?
00:38:28.99\00:38:30.03
So we find
characteristic number four
00:38:30.06\00:38:32.07
about this antichrist beast.
00:38:32.10\00:38:33.96
It would speak
blasphemy against God.
00:38:33.99\00:38:36.28
In that he will
claim to be God on earth
00:38:36.31\00:38:38.20
and claim to have the
power to forgive sins.
00:38:38.23\00:38:40.66
And then the Bible
even tells us how long
00:38:40.69\00:38:42.45
the power would reign for.
00:38:42.48\00:38:43.68
Notice in verse 5, it
says, "And he was given a mouth
00:38:43.71\00:38:47.39
speaking great
things and blasphemies,
00:38:47.42\00:38:49.56
and he was given authority
to continue" for how long?
00:38:49.59\00:38:52.44
"Forty-two months."
00:38:52.47\00:38:53.61
But these are prophetic months
00:38:53.64\00:38:55.25
because it's in a
prophetic context.
00:38:55.28\00:38:57.20
And friends, 42 prophetic months
00:38:57.23\00:38:59.48
is the same as three
and half prophetic years,
00:38:59.51\00:39:02.69
is the same as
1,260 prophetic days.
00:39:02.72\00:39:06.43
This time period is mentioned
seven times in the Bible.
00:39:06.46\00:39:09.53
It talking about the
same time period 42 months,
00:39:09.56\00:39:11.42
three and half prophetic
years, 1,260 prophetic days.
00:39:11.45\00:39:14.81
We learn that in prophecy
00:39:14.84\00:39:16.12
one prophetic day
equal one literal year.
00:39:16.15\00:39:19.83
According to Ezekiel 4:6
00:39:19.86\00:39:22.89
which basically is saying that,
that antichrist beast power
00:39:22.92\00:39:26.83
would reign for a total of 1,260
prophetic days or literal years.
00:39:26.86\00:39:33.16
Was this how long
the power reign for?
00:39:33.19\00:39:35.24
Let's notice what history says.
00:39:35.27\00:39:37.52
History tells us
that, "Vigilius ascended the
00:39:37.55\00:39:40.01
papal chair" in
what year? "538 A.D.
00:39:40.04\00:39:44.17
under the military
protection of Belisarius."
00:39:44.20\00:39:46.90
That's the beginning
of the papal supremacy
00:39:46.93\00:39:49.61
when they had authority
over the kings of Europe.
00:39:49.64\00:39:52.36
It began in 538 AD
according to history
00:39:52.39\00:39:55.47
and then you just add
42 prophetic months or
00:39:55.50\00:39:58.42
1,260 years later and it
brings us to the year 1798
00:39:58.45\00:40:03.09
when the power would
receive a deadly wound
00:40:03.12\00:40:06.52
or it's a secular authority
would be strip from here.
00:40:06.55\00:40:10.01
Friends, this
period is known in history
00:40:10.04\00:40:12.20
as the dark ages.
00:40:12.23\00:40:14.56
It was the reign of the
medieval church and notice
00:40:14.59\00:40:17.62
what the church would
do during this time period.
00:40:17.65\00:40:19.76
It says in verse 7
"And it was given unto him
00:40:19.79\00:40:22.37
to make war with" who?
00:40:22.40\00:40:24.38
"The saints, and
to overcome them."
00:40:24.41\00:40:26.29
So during this 1,260
years reign they would prosecute
00:40:26.32\00:40:30.16
the people of God.
00:40:30.19\00:40:31.56
And notice what Public
Ecclesiastical Law had to say.
00:40:31.59\00:40:34.15
This was church law.
00:40:34.18\00:40:36.33
They said, "The church
may by divine right confiscate
00:40:36.36\00:40:39.26
the property of
heretics, imprison their person,
00:40:39.29\00:40:41.93
and condemn them to flames.
00:40:41.96\00:40:43.79
In our age, the right to
inflict the severest penalties,
00:40:43.82\00:40:46.46
even death,
belongs to the church.
00:40:46.49\00:40:49.05
There is no graver
offense than heresy,
00:40:49.08\00:40:51.71
therefore it
must be rooted out."
00:40:51.74\00:40:54.27
But friends the
way they define heresy
00:40:54.30\00:40:56.35
was believing in the Bible.
00:40:56.38\00:40:59.08
And so those who believe
in the Bible were hunted down
00:40:59.11\00:41:00.93
they made war with the saints.
00:41:00.96\00:41:02.59
This is a matter
of history friends,
00:41:02.62\00:41:03.98
no one needs to
be offended by this.
00:41:04.01\00:41:05.91
And so we find our next
characteristic number five,
00:41:05.94\00:41:08.17
it would be a persecuting power
00:41:08.20\00:41:10.14
which would
reign for 1,260 years.
00:41:10.17\00:41:14.39
If that's clear
would you please say, amen?
00:41:14.42\00:41:16.60
Now, notice the next
characteristic it says,
00:41:16.63\00:41:18.95
"And I saw one of its heads
00:41:18.98\00:41:21.02
as it had been
wounded to death."
00:41:21.05\00:41:22.91
That's verse 3.
00:41:22.94\00:41:24.28
So this beast the antichrist
would receive a deadly wound.
00:41:24.31\00:41:27.77
In another words its power
would be stripped from him.
00:41:27.80\00:41:31.05
Oh, when did this happen?
00:41:31.08\00:41:32.65
The Encyclopedia Americana
tells us, that "In 1798
00:41:32.68\00:41:37.69
he" that is the
French general" Berthier
00:41:37.72\00:41:39.74
made his entrance into Rome,
abolishing the Papal government
00:41:39.77\00:41:42.69
and established a secular one."
00:41:42.72\00:41:45.22
Exactly 1,260 years is
how long the papacy reign
00:41:45.25\00:41:51.39
until it
received a deadly would.
00:41:51.42\00:41:53.58
And so characteristic
number six, it would be
00:41:53.61\00:41:55.92
stripped from its power
after its 1,260 years reign.
00:41:55.95\00:42:00.75
Now notice would this
be the end of the papacy?
00:42:00.78\00:42:03.04
Not at all.
00:42:03.07\00:42:04.10
The bible
prophecies that that wound
00:42:04.13\00:42:06.75
that was inflicted in
1798 one day would be healed.
00:42:06.78\00:42:10.73
Notice what it
says, the rest of verse 3,
00:42:10.76\00:42:12.73
"And I saw one of his heads
as it had been wounded to death
00:42:12.76\00:42:15.85
and his deadly wound was healed"
00:42:15.88\00:42:18.64
and then what will
happen when the wound is healed?
00:42:18.67\00:42:20.86
"And all the world
wondered after the beast."
00:42:20.89\00:42:26.76
In other words, the papacy the
Bible is saying that the papacy
00:42:26.79\00:42:29.88
would regain worldwide influence
prestige and prominence.
00:42:29.91\00:42:34.86
And friends, this coming
Saturday when we talk about
00:42:34.89\00:42:36.78
United States and prophecy
we will give some more concrete
00:42:36.81\00:42:39.86
evidence on how we are
seeing prophecy being fulfilled.
00:42:39.89\00:42:43.60
But I want you notice friends,
characteristic number seven,
00:42:43.63\00:42:46.16
it would regain
worldwide prominence
00:42:46.19\00:42:48.65
at the very end of time.
00:42:48.68\00:42:50.25
Now friends, let me make
something clear at this point.
00:42:50.28\00:42:52.62
We don't know
people's hearts only God does,
00:42:52.65\00:42:54.69
only God can judge the heart.
00:42:54.72\00:42:56.99
The only thing we
can judge is the fruit.
00:42:57.02\00:42:58.64
Jesus said you
shall know them by their--
00:42:58.67\00:43:01.31
so we are not looking at
the root friends the heart
00:43:01.34\00:43:03.29
we are looking at the fruit.
00:43:03.32\00:43:05.01
The outward evidence
what they say themselves
00:43:05.04\00:43:07.67
we can judge theology, friends.
00:43:07.70\00:43:09.71
God wants us to do this
00:43:09.74\00:43:11.55
because He has
reviewed it to us in His word.
00:43:11.58\00:43:14.11
So no one needs to
be offended tonight.
00:43:14.14\00:43:15.54
We are not talking about people.
00:43:15.57\00:43:16.91
It's the system that the
Bible is exposing to night.
00:43:16.94\00:43:20.28
Can you say, amen?
00:43:20.31\00:43:21.66
Now friends, some people
ask what about the number 666.
00:43:21.69\00:43:26.15
Is this the mark of the beast?
00:43:26.18\00:43:28.54
Many people think that
666 is the mark of the beast
00:43:28.57\00:43:30.37
but friends, 666 is
not the mark of the beast.
00:43:30.40\00:43:33.96
666 is just another
identifying characteristic
00:43:33.99\00:43:38.58
of who the beast is and
it's the eight identifying
00:43:38.61\00:43:41.96
characteristic
we look at tonight.
00:43:41.99\00:43:43.64
Notice what it
says in Revelation 13:18
00:43:43.67\00:43:46.62
about the number 666.
00:43:46.65\00:43:49.67
The Bible says, "Here is wisdom.
00:43:49.70\00:43:52.36
Let him that hath
understanding" do what?
00:43:52.39\00:43:55.37
"Count" another word
for count is calculate
00:43:55.40\00:43:58.31
"count the number of the beast,
for it is the number of a man
00:43:58.34\00:44:03.63
and his number is Six
hundred threescore and six."
00:44:03.66\00:44:08.32
Friends, listen, 666 is not 666
its six hundred and sixty six.
00:44:08.35\00:44:15.07
And the Bible says
that this number 666
00:44:15.10\00:44:18.21
is the number of the
beast or the number of a man
00:44:18.24\00:44:22.34
and we need to count
or calculate the number.
00:44:22.37\00:44:26.96
And so friends,
here is the question.
00:44:26.99\00:44:29.04
What is the
official title of the man
00:44:29.07\00:44:32.33
at the head of
this beast system?
00:44:32.36\00:44:34.37
What is the
official title of the papacy?
00:44:34.40\00:44:37.10
Notice what they themselves say,
00:44:37.13\00:44:38.88
"The official title of the
papacy is Vicarius Fili Dei"
00:44:38.91\00:44:43.14
which is Latin and it means
is "Vicar of the Son of God."
00:44:43.17\00:44:47.81
And friends, if you are to take
this title Vicarius Filii Dei
00:44:47.84\00:44:51.35
and translate it to
a Roman numerical value
00:44:51.38\00:44:55.38
and you add up all the numbers
guess how much it adds up to.
00:44:55.41\00:45:00.45
Vicarius Filii Dei equals 666.
00:45:00.48\00:45:07.64
The Bible tells us,
count the number of the beast.
00:45:07.67\00:45:10.44
It is the number of a
man, his number is 666.
00:45:10.47\00:45:14.06
So friends, God
didn't want us to guess.
00:45:14.09\00:45:15.76
Could you say, amen?
00:45:15.79\00:45:16.89
He made it
absolutely abundantly clear
00:45:16.92\00:45:19.64
who this beast is.
00:45:19.67\00:45:21.92
And so now we
know who the beast is.
00:45:21.95\00:45:24.03
It's the Roman
church state system
00:45:24.06\00:45:26.37
it's the papacy not the people.
00:45:26.40\00:45:28.18
God has many people
in this system, amen?
00:45:28.21\00:45:30.23
I have family member
I love with all my heart
00:45:30.26\00:45:32.17
friends in this system.
00:45:32.20\00:45:34.33
God loves everyone in
every system in the world.
00:45:34.36\00:45:36.92
God loves individuals who
are worshipping Satan right now.
00:45:36.95\00:45:39.56
He loves the whole world
friends, He died for all.
00:45:39.59\00:45:42.59
So no one is
been attacked tonight.
00:45:42.62\00:45:45.38
Can you say,
amen? It's the system.
00:45:45.41\00:45:47.22
So we know that the
beast is none other than
00:45:47.25\00:45:49.68
the Roman church state system.
00:45:49.71\00:45:51.77
Now we have to ask them
what is your mark of authority?
00:45:51.80\00:45:55.09
And friends, many people
think it's a literal marker
00:45:55.12\00:45:57.56
number of 666 or
some type of outward sign
00:45:57.59\00:46:01.07
but friends, it can't be
a literal mark you know why
00:46:01.10\00:46:03.47
because everything else
in the passage was symbolic.
00:46:03.50\00:46:06.28
It's a symbolic
beast, image, name,
00:46:06.31\00:46:08.15
number, seal it's all symbolic.
00:46:08.18\00:46:09.70
And so to the mark of
the beast is symbolic as what
00:46:09.73\00:46:13.59
not so much an outward
sign it's a symbolic mark.
00:46:13.62\00:46:17.28
And so what exactly
is the mark of the beast?
00:46:17.31\00:46:20.30
Well, let's review the four
characteristics of the beast.
00:46:20.33\00:46:23.98
Remember, the mark of the beast
00:46:24.01\00:46:26.88
involves
counterfeit what? Worship.
00:46:26.91\00:46:30.73
So whatever the
mark is it involves
00:46:30.76\00:46:31.90
false counterfeit worship.
00:46:31.93\00:46:33.23
Number two, the mark of
the beast is a counterfeit law
00:46:33.26\00:46:37.08
that will actually
oppose who's law? God's law.
00:46:37.11\00:46:40.47
Number three, the mark
of the beast whatever it is
00:46:40.50\00:46:42.94
this law it will require
government to enforce this law.
00:46:42.97\00:46:48.13
And number five,
the mark of the beast
00:46:48.16\00:46:49.70
is the counterfeit to God's
seal which is God's special sign
00:46:49.73\00:46:53.27
which is none other than
God's seventh day Sabbath.
00:46:53.30\00:46:56.93
Friends, what is
the mark of the beast?
00:46:56.96\00:46:58.25
Well, friends, I
want you to notice
00:46:58.28\00:47:00.45
when you look at
the Ten Commandments,
00:47:00.48\00:47:02.39
which commandment would match
00:47:02.42\00:47:04.91
Satan's mark of
the beast counterfeit.
00:47:04.94\00:47:07.17
Which of the Ten
Commandments would match
00:47:07.20\00:47:09.88
the counterfeit
mark of the beast?
00:47:09.91\00:47:12.34
Friends, the only
one that could match
00:47:12.37\00:47:14.09
is the fourth commandment.
00:47:14.12\00:47:15.77
The Sabbath commandment
is the only law that Satan
00:47:15.80\00:47:19.55
could counterfeit that would
require government enforcement
00:47:19.58\00:47:24.08
and that involves
false counterfeit worship.
00:47:24.11\00:47:27.89
Is the fourth commandment
friends, that's the genuine
00:47:27.92\00:47:31.04
and the mark is the
counterfeit of this.
00:47:31.07\00:47:33.39
And so friends,
what exactly is it then?
00:47:33.42\00:47:36.06
If the Roman Catholic
Church the Roman papacy
00:47:36.09\00:47:38.87
is the beast
then the question is
00:47:38.90\00:47:40.79
what does the
Roman Catholic Church
00:47:40.82\00:47:42.29
claim is their
mark of authority?
00:47:42.32\00:47:46.15
What is their mark?
00:47:46.18\00:47:48.39
Well, friends, you want to know?
00:47:48.42\00:47:50.88
This is heavy
folks, its shocking.
00:47:50.91\00:47:54.12
Do you want to know
this? Are you ready for this?
00:47:54.15\00:47:56.86
If you want to know,
let me hear you say amen.
00:47:56.89\00:47:58.35
Amen.
00:47:58.38\00:47:59.75
Well, let us pray, friends.
00:47:59.78\00:48:01.25
Father in heaven, please
fill this room with Your spirit.
00:48:01.28\00:48:05.45
Remove every
distracting demonic spirits
00:48:05.48\00:48:08.95
and we ask Lord, that You please
00:48:08.98\00:48:11.23
give us an open
mind and as we hear this
00:48:11.26\00:48:14.66
very starling and shocking truth
00:48:14.69\00:48:17.17
I pray that your
spirit will help us
00:48:17.20\00:48:19.80
to think clearly tonight.
00:48:19.83\00:48:22.26
That we will put us our own
personal opinions and feelings
00:48:22.29\00:48:26.28
and that we would see what
you are saying in your word.
00:48:26.31\00:48:30.06
Bless us now Lord, as we revile
what the mark of the beast is.
00:48:30.09\00:48:34.14
In Christ name we pray, amen.
00:48:34.17\00:48:36.99
If the beast is the
Roman papacy then we ask them
00:48:37.02\00:48:40.61
what is your mark of authority?
00:48:40.64\00:48:44.29
And here is their
answer, this is what they say,
00:48:44.32\00:48:48.65
"The Church is above the Bible,
00:48:48.68\00:48:51.38
and this transference
of the Sabbath observance
00:48:51.41\00:48:54.54
is proof of that fact."
00:48:54.57\00:48:57.12
You see the church claims have
more authority than God's word
00:48:57.15\00:49:00.29
and the mark that
they have that authority
00:49:00.32\00:49:02.20
is the fact that
they change the Sabbath
00:49:02.23\00:49:04.39
from Saturday the
seventh day of the week
00:49:04.42\00:49:06.67
to Sunday the
first day of the week.
00:49:06.70\00:49:08.84
They say we changed
our Sabbath to Sunday
00:49:08.87\00:49:11.01
and all the world accepts
our change and that is proof
00:49:11.04\00:49:14.64
that we have more
authority than the Bible.
00:49:14.67\00:49:17.12
In other words, that
is our mark of authority.
00:49:17.15\00:49:20.13
Notice another one,
00:49:20.16\00:49:21.22
from a letter from
a catholic official
00:49:21.25\00:49:23.67
the Chancellor
of Cardinal Gibbons
00:49:23.70\00:49:25.44
''Of course the
Catholic Church claims that
00:49:25.47\00:49:27.31
the change was her act."
00:49:27.34\00:49:28.98
The change from
Saturday to Sunday.
00:49:29.01\00:49:30.92
"And the act is a mark
of her ecclesiastical power
00:49:30.95\00:49:36.32
and authority in
religious matters.'
00:49:36.35\00:49:39.32
'They say we change
to Saturday to Sunday
00:49:39.35\00:49:40.81
that's the mark of our authority
that's the mark of the beast.
00:49:40.84\00:49:43.73
In fact notice
another one, protestant they
00:49:43.76\00:49:46.05
challenge those who claim
to believe in the Bible alone
00:49:46.08\00:49:48.67
and they say,
"Protestants accept Sunday
00:49:48.70\00:49:51.02
rather than Saturday as
the day for public worship
00:49:51.05\00:49:53.17
after the Catholic
Church made the change.
00:49:53.20\00:49:56.19
But the Protestants
mind doesn't seem to realize
00:49:56.22\00:49:58.94
that in observing
Sunday, they are accepting the
00:49:58.97\00:50:03.17
authority of the spokesman
for the church, the Pope."
00:50:03.20\00:50:06.68
Friends, what is
the mark of the beast?
00:50:06.71\00:50:09.52
Is the fact that they
change the Sabbath to Sunday
00:50:09.55\00:50:12.34
and all the world has
accepted this unbiblical change.
00:50:12.37\00:50:16.75
Notice another one, I can read
you quote after quote tonight.
00:50:16.78\00:50:19.53
"The observance of
Sunday by the Protestants
00:50:19.56\00:50:22.69
is homage they pay,
in spite of themselves,
00:50:22.72\00:50:26.58
to the authority of
the Catholic Church."
00:50:26.61\00:50:30.21
In fact, notice one
more, Rome's challenge.
00:50:30.24\00:50:32.77
"Most Christians
assume that Sunday is
00:50:32.80\00:50:35.40
the biblically
approved day of worship.
00:50:35.43\00:50:38.86
The Catholic Church protests
00:50:38.89\00:50:41.30
that it transferred Christian
worship from the biblical
00:50:41.33\00:50:43.98
Sabbath Saturday to Sunday.
00:50:44.01\00:50:47.36
And that to try to argue that
the change was made in the Bible
00:50:47.39\00:50:51.83
is both dishonest and a
denial of Catholic authority.
00:50:51.86\00:50:57.10
If Protestantism wants to base
its teachings only on the Bible,
00:50:57.13\00:51:01.17
it should worship
on Saturday." Why?
00:51:01.20\00:51:04.39
Friends, in case you missed it
00:51:04.42\00:51:05.52
what we don't
know who the beast is,
00:51:05.55\00:51:07.62
and we ask the
beast what is your mark?
00:51:07.65\00:51:09.50
And friends, in case you
missed it, let me just say
00:51:09.53\00:51:11.49
it very clearly the mark of
the beast is Sunday worship.
00:51:11.52\00:51:16.24
And friends, I know that,
that sounds completely shocking
00:51:16.27\00:51:19.14
but friends, listen
truth sounds strange
00:51:19.17\00:51:22.89
in a world of universal deceit.
00:51:22.92\00:51:25.62
It does, doesn't it?
00:51:25.65\00:51:26.99
When we hear so many
lies and so many opinions
00:51:27.02\00:51:29.42
when you finally hear the
truth it sounds so strange
00:51:29.45\00:51:32.58
but friends, let's put aside
our personal feelings tonight
00:51:32.61\00:51:35.42
and think clearly
it makes logical sense
00:51:35.45\00:51:40.12
because what is the seal of
God its the Sabbath, friends.
00:51:40.15\00:51:44.41
It's been
sanctified by the Lord,
00:51:44.44\00:51:46.31
the mark of the
beast is just the opposite
00:51:46.34\00:51:48.26
its Sunday worship and
trying to save yourself
00:51:48.29\00:51:51.09
by your own good works.
00:51:51.12\00:51:52.73
Friends, let's go a
little deeper tonight because
00:51:52.76\00:51:54.97
"If the Sabbath is the
outward sing of the inward seal,
00:51:55.00\00:52:00.48
then Sunday would
just be the outward sign
00:52:00.51\00:52:03.77
of the inward," what?
00:52:03.80\00:52:06.32
"Inward
deception." What deception?
00:52:06.35\00:52:08.27
The deception thinking that you
can make any day your Sabbath.
00:52:08.30\00:52:11.69
The deception
thinking that you can choose
00:52:11.72\00:52:13.22
whatever is convenient
for you despite what God says.
00:52:13.25\00:52:16.56
The deception
thinking that you can follow
00:52:16.59\00:52:18.22
the majority of the
Christian world and think that
00:52:18.25\00:52:20.67
that's going to be
okay in the eyes of God.
00:52:20.70\00:52:23.25
The deception thinking
that God doesn't really care,
00:52:23.28\00:52:26.28
that He doesn't mind just
choose one day out of seven.
00:52:26.31\00:52:28.77
Thinking that you can break
God's law and still be saved.
00:52:28.80\00:52:32.32
Remember last night, we
talked about the abomination
00:52:32.35\00:52:34.12
of desolation those who
committed the abomination
00:52:34.15\00:52:36.77
had that mind set.
00:52:36.81\00:52:38.09
God doesn't care,
God doesn't see us,
00:52:38.12\00:52:40.60
we are not doing evil.
00:52:40.63\00:52:41.84
But friends, it was
evil in the eyes of God.
00:52:41.87\00:52:44.37
And so remember the
days are simply a sign,
00:52:44.40\00:52:47.49
an outward sign of
the inward experience.
00:52:47.52\00:52:49.99
So what is the sign of
specifically, I want you notice.
00:52:50.02\00:52:52.62
Let's think for a moment.
00:52:52.65\00:52:54.43
The Sabbath is an outward
sign of God's finished work.
00:52:54.46\00:52:59.34
Isn't that right?
00:52:59.37\00:53:00.52
God created the
world in six days.
00:53:00.55\00:53:02.18
He finished it and then
the seventh day He rested
00:53:02.21\00:53:04.64
so the Sabbath is a
sign of God's finished work.
00:53:04.67\00:53:08.60
Sunday the
first day of the week,
00:53:08.63\00:53:10.40
is the sign of the beginning
of man's incomplete work
00:53:10.43\00:53:14.00
because on the
first day of the week
00:53:14.03\00:53:15.47
that was the day in which
man was to begin the work week.
00:53:15.50\00:53:18.97
So, the Sabbath a sign
of God's finished work,
00:53:19.00\00:53:21.30
Sunday the
opposite is the sign of the
00:53:21.33\00:53:23.39
beginning of
man's incomplete work.
00:53:23.42\00:53:25.64
A work that is not finished.
00:53:25.67\00:53:27.75
And so friends
the seal of God then
00:53:27.78\00:53:29.95
would represent
salvation by grace
00:53:29.98\00:53:32.97
resting in the work
that God is doing in us.
00:53:33.00\00:53:37.46
And the mark of the
beast is the opposite,
00:53:37.49\00:53:39.22
its salvation by works
thinking that we can work
00:53:39.25\00:53:42.78
all way to heaven, just
choose your own work day
00:53:42.81\00:53:45.77
and that's based
upon the authority of man
00:53:45.80\00:53:48.70
and not the authority of God.
00:53:48.73\00:53:49.87
You see friends,
this is why the Sabbath
00:53:49.90\00:53:51.63
is such a big deal to God.
00:53:51.66\00:53:53.73
Its more than
just a day of worship.
00:53:53.76\00:53:56.16
It's about who your master
is, who in your authority to
00:53:56.19\00:54:00.44
and your obedience to
and this is the reason
00:54:00.47\00:54:02.40
why we can't keep
both days friends.
00:54:02.43\00:54:04.87
Somebody will think
I just keep both days.
00:54:04.90\00:54:06.35
Well friends, you are not
gonna do that when you recognize
00:54:06.38\00:54:08.40
what the day
represents because Jesus said,
00:54:08.43\00:54:10.58
no man serve two masters.
00:54:10.61\00:54:12.80
The Sabbath is a sign
that God is our God our creator
00:54:12.83\00:54:15.96
but Satan wants to be
God so he set up his own sing
00:54:15.99\00:54:18.96
his own counterfeit
belief system and Sunday
00:54:18.99\00:54:21.49
is an outward
sign of that system.
00:54:21.52\00:54:24.15
So we are not gonna say
I'm just gonna keep both days.
00:54:24.18\00:54:25.97
No, no man can
serve two masters.
00:54:26.00\00:54:29.27
Either you love the
one or hate the other.
00:54:29.30\00:54:31.37
Be loyal to the one
or despise the other
00:54:31.40\00:54:33.14
there is no
neutral grounds, friends.
00:54:33.17\00:54:34.69
God is calling us to take
a stand on the side of truth.
00:54:34.72\00:54:37.76
And friends, I
want to take my stand
00:54:37.79\00:54:39.32
on the side of
truth, how about you?
00:54:39.35\00:54:41.37
Therefore we must
make a decision tonight.
00:54:41.40\00:54:43.51
I want you to notice
a few more quotations
00:54:43.54\00:54:45.78
and I want to clarify few
more things before we close.
00:54:45.81\00:54:48.64
I want you notice
what the church says,
00:54:48.67\00:54:50.72
"Perhaps the boldest thing,
the most revolutionary change
00:54:50.75\00:54:53.39
the Church ever did,
happened in the first century.
00:54:53.42\00:54:56.38
The holy day, the
Sabbath was changed
00:54:56.41\00:54:58.91
from Saturday to Sunday.
00:54:58.94\00:55:01.10
Not from any directions
noted in the Scriptures,
00:55:01.13\00:55:03.26
but from the Church's
sense of its own power."
00:55:03.29\00:55:06.61
We have the power to do it.
00:55:06.64\00:55:08.07
This is our mark of authority.
00:55:08.10\00:55:09.74
And then notice what they say,
00:55:09.77\00:55:11.93
"People who think
that the Scriptures
00:55:11.96\00:55:13.61
should be the sole
rule of authority."
00:55:13.64\00:55:15.47
Friends, how many
believe that the scriptures
00:55:15.50\00:55:17.11
should be sole of authority?
00:55:17.14\00:55:18.50
Do you believe that the
Bible is the sole of authority?
00:55:18.53\00:55:20.64
If so let me hear you say, amen.
00:55:20.67\00:55:22.28
Well, the church says
that people just like you
00:55:22.31\00:55:24.81
who think that the scriptures
should be the sole of authority
00:55:24.84\00:55:27.66
they say "should logically
become 7th Day Adventists,
00:55:27.69\00:55:31.66
and keep Saturday holy."
00:55:31.69\00:55:33.89
And friends, that's true.
00:55:33.92\00:55:35.54
If we want to be
consisted by living
00:55:35.57\00:55:38.38
by every word that
proceeds from the mouth of God
00:55:38.41\00:55:40.76
this is what the
church recommends for us to do
00:55:40.79\00:55:44.08
if we really want
to live by the Bible.
00:55:44.11\00:55:46.52
In fact, I want
you to notice what else
00:55:46.55\00:55:47.82
they said, even more above.
00:55:47.85\00:55:50.13
"We also say that
of all Protestants,
00:55:50.16\00:55:52.18
the Seventh-day Adventists
are the only group that reason
00:55:52.21\00:55:55.67
correctly and are
consistent with their teachings.
00:55:55.70\00:55:58.37
It is always somewhat laughable
to see the Protestant Churches,
00:55:58.40\00:56:01.59
in pulpit and legislature,
demand the observance of Sunday,
00:56:01.62\00:56:05.69
of which there is
nothing in the Bible."
00:56:05.72\00:56:09.00
And so friends, I
know you have heard
00:56:09.03\00:56:10.94
some shocking things tonight.
00:56:10.97\00:56:12.70
And I know that there
are perhaps still some
00:56:12.73\00:56:13.85
questions in your
minds and so let me answer
00:56:13.88\00:56:15.11
those questions right now.
00:56:15.14\00:56:16.17
One last question
needs to be answered
00:56:16.20\00:56:17.96
and that is this,
00:56:17.99\00:56:19.16
"Does anyone have the
mark of the beast today?"
00:56:19.19\00:56:22.11
Friends, we are gonna
study in detail another night
00:56:22.14\00:56:24.19
but let me give you
the short answer tonight
00:56:24.22\00:56:25.84
before we close.
00:56:25.87\00:56:27.05
Here it is.
00:56:27.08\00:56:28.11
"Only when political
legislation is passed
00:56:28.14\00:56:31.69
enforcing Sunday
worship as a law of the state
00:56:31.72\00:56:36.52
will individuals
receive the mark of the beast."
00:56:36.55\00:56:39.47
And the fact is, that political
legislation has not yet passed
00:56:39.50\00:56:43.31
and Sunday worship is not
a law yet here in the world.
00:56:43.34\00:56:47.36
But once it becomes a law its
then the people had to decide
00:56:47.39\00:56:50.82
whether they are gonna
receive the mark of the beast
00:56:50.85\00:56:52.26
or the Seal of God, whether
they want to follow Jesus
00:56:52.29\00:56:54.80
and the word of
God or a tradition
00:56:54.83\00:56:56.67
that is based
upon the mother church.
00:56:56.70\00:56:59.45
So no one has the
mark of the beast now.
00:56:59.48\00:57:01.13
Many people who are
worshiping on Sunday are sincere
00:57:01.16\00:57:03.49
wonderful loving Christians,
many of them are gonna be saved
00:57:03.52\00:57:06.32
but at the last days they are
gonna have to make their choice
00:57:06.35\00:57:08.79
just as tonight we are about
face to face with the choice.
00:57:08.82\00:57:12.71
Now, the next question is this,
00:57:12.74\00:57:15.07
how will the state be
able to enforce a Sunday law?
00:57:15.10\00:57:18.60
How could this be--
how could this happen?
00:57:18.63\00:57:21.00
Because we have
religious freedom and so
00:57:21.03\00:57:22.54
how can a political government
power enforce a Sunday law?
00:57:22.57\00:57:26.87
This is how they can do it.
00:57:26.90\00:57:27.93
Notice it says
in Revelation 13:17
00:57:27.96\00:57:30.58
"And that no one may" do what?
00:57:30.61\00:57:33.51
"Buy or sell, except
one who has the mark,
00:57:33.54\00:57:36.78
or the name of the beast,
or the number of his name."
00:57:36.81\00:57:38.39
In other words, those
refuse the mark of the beast,
00:57:38.42\00:57:41.28
those who refuse to go along
with the national Sunday law
00:57:41.31\00:57:43.59
will be cut off economically.
00:57:43.62\00:57:45.51
They will not be
able to buy or sell.
00:57:45.54\00:57:47.82
And friends, we all
want to buy and sell, right.
00:57:47.85\00:57:49.93
We all want to have
the privilege of going
00:57:49.96\00:57:51.61
to the grocery
store and buying food
00:57:51.64\00:57:53.55
and selling and making a living.
00:57:53.58\00:57:54.69
And so most of the
world they're gonna say,
00:57:54.72\00:57:56.07
oh, no problem I
want to keep Sunday
00:57:56.10\00:57:57.73
I will go along
with the Sunday law
00:57:57.76\00:57:59.27
so that I can maintain
my right to buy and sell.
00:57:59.30\00:58:02.84
But friends the only way
a government could regulate
00:58:02.87\00:58:05.91
the buying and selling
is if they have the power
00:58:05.94\00:58:08.39
over large
financial institutions.
00:58:08.42\00:58:10.51
Isn't that right?
00:58:10.54\00:58:11.62
And friends, you realized
in this recent economic crises
00:58:11.65\00:58:14.79
around the world
that what happen was this.
00:58:14.82\00:58:18.61
"The recent financial
crisis around the world
00:58:18.64\00:58:21.00
are giving
political power more authority
00:58:21.03\00:58:24.94
to actually regulate
the buying and selling."
00:58:24.97\00:58:28.60
When the government bails out
large financial institutions,
00:58:28.63\00:58:31.55
who has the power now?
00:58:31.58\00:58:33.47
And friends, when
Sunday worship becomes law
00:58:33.50\00:58:36.35
and is enforced
by government power
00:58:36.38\00:58:38.52
its then that the
world will have to decide
00:58:38.55\00:58:41.10
who they are gonna follow,
Jesus Christ or the antichrist?
00:58:41.13\00:58:45.28
They gonna have to choose
whether they are gonna receive
00:58:45.31\00:58:46.53
the seal of God or
the mark of the beast,
00:58:46.56\00:58:48.12
Sabbath or Sunday,
traditions of the word of God,
00:58:48.15\00:58:50.66
obedience or compromise,
truth or error, Christ or Satan.
00:58:50.69\00:58:54.39
And friends, listen
while no one tonight
00:58:54.42\00:58:56.26
has the mark of the beast yet
00:58:56.29\00:58:58.03
by our daily choices
each and everyone of us
00:58:58.06\00:59:00.77
are preparing to receive either
the mark or the Seal of God.
00:59:00.80\00:59:04.73
If we are allowing the Lord
to put His love in our hearts
00:59:04.76\00:59:06.67
that enables us to
trust Him right now
00:59:06.70\00:59:08.90
then we are gonna trust
Him when man cuts us off
00:59:08.93\00:59:11.42
and we are not
able to buy or sell
00:59:11.45\00:59:12.97
and prosecution as we can do it
00:59:13.00\00:59:14.50
and a great time
of trouble ensues
00:59:14.53\00:59:16.23
we are gonna
trust God as long as
00:59:16.38\00:59:19.93
we are learning
to trust Him now.
00:59:19.96\00:59:20.99
So, right now
it's preparation time.
00:59:21.02\00:59:22.28
No one has the mark yet
but we are preparing for
00:59:22.31\00:59:24.42
either the mark
or the Seal of God.
00:59:24.45\00:59:26.39
And friends, if we are
faithful to the Lord Jesus
00:59:26.42\00:59:29.00
we may be cut off from man
00:59:29.03\00:59:31.24
but we will not
be cut off from God.
00:59:31.27\00:59:33.83