Our message is entitled,
"The Battle of Armageddon,
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The Coming of
the Kings of the East
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and the Final
Gathering of the Nations."
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The first thing I
want us to understand
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is that we don't
have to be afraid.
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Amen?
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We are on the winning team
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when we align our
self with the Lord.
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The second thing I want
us to understand is that,
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this battle and this
fight is not a physical fight.
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If we'd say that
this is a literal battle
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in the Middle East,
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we are inconsistent
with the Bible context.
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And, friends, it's clear.
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Futurism has calls many people
to look in the wrong place.
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Obviously, it's symbolic.
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And so the question is,
what exactly is this battle
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that is called Armageddon,
and what exactly does it mean?
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Well, friends,
in the very context
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God give us a clue as
to how we are to understand
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what the Battle
of Armageddon is.
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Remember and
notice, in verse 16 it says,
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"And he gathered them together
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into a place
called," in the what?
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"Hebrew tongue, the
Battle of Armageddon."
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And so God gives us a
clue right there in the passage
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that we need to
understand Armageddon
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in the context of
the Hebrew language.
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Now, friends, the New
Testament was written in Greek,
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the Old Testament
was written in Hebrew.
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So when it says in the
Hebrew tongue Armageddon,
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what God is doing,
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He's pointing us
back to the Old Testaments
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to understand what exactly
this word Armageddon means.
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And if you are to look up this
word Armageddon in the Hebrew,
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it's the
conjunction of two Hebrew words,
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Har which means mount.
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What is it mean?
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And Magedo which the root
word is the Hebrew word Mo'ed
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which literally
means congregation.
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What is it mean?
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So, friends, in
the Hebrew tongue
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the word
Armageddon, it simply means
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the Mount of the Congregation.
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What is it mean?
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And so this is how we are
to understand this battle.
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God is pointing us right there
in the context of the plague.
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It says it's in
the Hebrew tongue.
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And, friends, the word
Armageddon in the Hebrew
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is the Mount of
the Congregation.
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It's not so much a literal
battle in a literal place,
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but it's a
worldwide spiritual war
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between truth and error,
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Christ and Satan, the
genuine and the counterfeit.
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You see, friends,
the Great Controversy
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between good and evil.
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It, brother and
sisters, was a war
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that began over who would sit
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on the Mount of
the Congregation.
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This is how the
war actually began.
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Satan, who was Lucifer
wanted to sit at Armageddon,
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the Mount of the Congregation.
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We studied this before,
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so we are going to
briefly go through it together.
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Notice in Isaiah 14:12-14.
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This is what began the battle.
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It was over the
Mount of the Congregation.
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Notice what it says.
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Please, write it down,
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"How art thou
fallen from heaven,
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O Lucifer, son of the morning!
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How art thou cut
down to the ground,
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which didst weaken the nations!
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For thou hast said," where?
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So where did the
war actually began?
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It began in the
very heart of Lucifer,
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that first
rebellious angel in heaven.
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"For thou hast
said in thine heart."
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What did he said in his heart?
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It says, "I will
ascend into heaven.
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I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God.
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I will sit also upon the," what?
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"Mount of the--"
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That's the word
Armageddon, friends.
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"I will sit upon the
Mount of the Congregation
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in the sides of the north.
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I will ascended above
the heights of the clouds,
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I will be like," who?
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"The Most High."
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We find that the
origin of the battle,
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the conflict began
in the heart of Lucifer.
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He said, I will, I
will, I will, I will.
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What was the problem?
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Satan had an I problem, friends.
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We called that
myopia. He was short sighted.
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All he was
thinking about is himself
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and his own will,
his how own desire.
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And what was his will?
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He wanted to sit upon
the Mount of the Congregation
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in the sides of the north.
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And as we learned before,
that's where God's throne is.
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Do you remember that?
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Is Mount Zion on
the sides of the north,
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the city of the great king?
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The Bible says in
the Book of Psalms 48.
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In other words, and saying,
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"I will sit upon the
Mount of the Congregation
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in the sides of the north."
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What Lucifer was saying
was, I want to dethrone God.
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Wow. What blasphemy.
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Here's an angel thinking he
can kick God off of His throne.
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But this is what
began the conflict.
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He wanted to dethrone
God and he wanted to be God.
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He said, "I will be
like the Most High."
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And, friends, what
is the Most High like?
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The Most High is holy.
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He is righteous. He is good.
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When Lucifer essentially was
saying is, I want to be holy,
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I am going to be righteous,
I am going to be good,
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and I am going
to do it on my own.
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I will do it myself.
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You see, friends,
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this is the origin
of self-righteousness.
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What Lucifer was saying is,
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we don't need God
in order to be holy.
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We don't need God in
order to be righteous.
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We don't need God
nor His law to be good.
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We are holy angels.
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And so this is what
began the controversy.
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It was the battle of the will.
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It was the battle of the what?
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It was I will versus Thy will.
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And thus because of this,
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the Bible tells
us in Revelation,
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and there was war, where?
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What began the war?
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Is the fact that
Lucifer wanted to be God.
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He wanted to dethrone God.
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He rebelled
against the law of God.
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And, friends, this
was not a physical war,
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it was a spiritual war.
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It was a battle of the will.
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Not so much the
battle of arm forces,
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not so much the battle of fists,
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it was the battle of the will.
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If you were to
look up this word, war,
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in the Greek language the word
war is the Greek word polemos.
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Can you say that?
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And that word
polemos, it means strife,
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quarrel, dispute or argument.
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You know, I used
to think that the war
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that broke loose in
heaven was a clash of arm.
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No, friends, the war
was actually an argument.
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It was a
quarrel. It was a dispute.
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A war of words or
a conflict of ideas.
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A conflict and
a clash of beliefs
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or a conflict and
a clash of the will.
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You see, friends, the nature
of the Battle of Armageddon
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that first began in
the heart of Lucifer,
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the very nature of it is
that it's a spiritual battle.
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It's a battle of the will.
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And, friends,
if that make sense,
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would you please say amen?
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Lucifer sought to
cast down God's truth
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and God's
righteousness to the ground,
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so that he can
set up his own truth,
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his own righteousness
which really was his own will.
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He began an argument
against God in heaven.
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And, friends, the origin
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or the original
Battle of Armageddon,
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we see very clearly is a
spiritual Battle of Beliefs.
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It's a battle of what?
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A Battle of Beliefs, friends.
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You see, God's
government in heaven
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is based upon His
perfect law of love,
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and Lucifer began to propose
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a plan based on self-government.
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We can govern
ourselves, we can be God,
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and we don't need God
to tell us how to do it.
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We don't need God to
be righteous and holy.
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We can do it on our
own by our own beliefs
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and our own works.
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This was the
original Armageddon.
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It was a
spiritual Battle of Belief.
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Now, friends, listen,
the beginning of the battle
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that began in Lucifer's heart
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will help us understand
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the conclusion
of the controversy
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because this final battle
of Armageddon is not different.
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It's not a
physical or literal battle,
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but it too is a
battle of the will.
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God's will versus men's will.
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It's a Battle of Beliefs.
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The final Armageddon,
the Mount of the Congregation
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is the climax of
the spiritual war
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between truth and error
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that first began
in Lucifer's heart.
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Once again, it's
not a physical fight,
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but a spiritual showdown
between truth and error.
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And by the way, this
makes sense, doesn't it?
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Because think about it.
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Does God need to
fight physically?
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Is there anyone in the universe
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that can overpower
God physically, yes or no?
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Absolutely not, friends.
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God does not have
to fight physically.
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He is the
omniscient, omnipotent one.
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Friends, all He has to do is
speak a word and everything is--
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Everything can be
destroyed by just a word.
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And so God does not have
to fight anyone physically,
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but, friends, it's the
will that the human race
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and his intelligent
creation has the power over.
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We find clearly
that this universal war
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is a war that we're
all involved in today.
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You see, each one of us,
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we are all born
on a battlefield.
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And being born on a battlefield,
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we must choose which side of
the war we're going to be on.
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And so today, are
they going to stand
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on the side of the truth
and righteousness or error,
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either we're going to
compromise with the world
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or we're going go
remain faithful to God.
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And, friends, I
don't know about you,
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but I want to remain
faithful to the lord Jesus.
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Can you say amen?
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Because if we align
ourselves on His side,
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we are on the winning team.
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And what enables
us to win this war?
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Notice what it says
in 2 Corinthians 10:3-5.
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The Bible says, "For
though we walk in the flesh,
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we do not war after the--
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In other words, it's
not a physical battle."
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"For the weapons of our warfare
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are not carnal,
not of this world,
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but mighty through God
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to the pulling
down of strongholds."
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But what are these strongholds
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that God wants to
pour down in our lives?
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Notice what it
says, the next verse,
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"Casting down,"
what? "Imaginations.
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And every high thing that
exalt itself against the, what?
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The knowledge of God,
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and bringing into captivity
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every thought to the
obedience of Christ."
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You see, friends, it's
a spiritual war, isn't it?
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It's a battle of the will.
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God's will versus our will.
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And, friends, in
this spiritual battle,
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it's not something physical.
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The things that God wants to,
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all the strongholds
that He wants to cast down
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is every high
thing, every earthy,
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worldly carnal thought
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that will exalt itself
against the knowledge of God
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which is the
truth of God's word.
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You see, God wants to
take every thought captive
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to conquer every
earthly, worldly idea
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and bring it into
obedience to Jesus Christ
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and the Word of
God and the law of God.
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Can you say amen?
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So, friends, what we are
seeing once again is this,
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is that this is
a war of knowledge.
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The knowledge of God
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and the knowledge
that goes against God.
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And, friends, the only way
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we can overcome in this
spiritual supernatural battle
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is to yield our
mind to the Lord Jesus.
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You see, when the Bible tells us
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that God
teaches our hands to war
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and our fingers to fight.
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Do you know how God does this?
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Here is how we
war, friends, by prayer.
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Our hands to war.
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This is how, friends. We pray.
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And our fingers to
fight, use your fingers
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to flip the
pages, isn't that right?
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And so how do you fight
in this spiritual battle?
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Oh, you use the
weapons of prayer
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and the weapon of
the sword of the spirit
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which is the word
of the living God.
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Can you say amen?
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And, friends, what this is doing
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is this is fortifying our minds
with the truths of the Bible
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so that we can stand
in the last great conflict
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between God and evil.
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It's not a literal battle,
the Battle of Armageddon.
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It's a spiritual war
between truth and error.
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And, friends, as we use
our hands to war with prayer
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and our fingers to
fight by flipping the pages
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and putting the finger
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upon the promises
of the Word of God,
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we are bringing every thought
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into captivity to
the obedience of Christ.
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And as our thoughts are
controlled by the Lord Jesus,
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it's then that He
can place the seal
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of the living
God in our foreheads
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so that we will be able to
stand all the way to the end.
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Can you say amen?
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It's yielding
our mind to Christ,
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so that He can give us His seal,
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allowing the Lord to
shape our belief system.
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Because, friends,
remember it is your mind,
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your forehead
that is where your--
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The cerebral cortex of
your brain, the frontal lobe.
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And it's our mind that produces
our thoughts and feelings.
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Our thoughts and feelings
produce words and actions.
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Words and actions,
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when you repeat them
over and over produce habits.
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Habits make up you
character and the Bible teaches
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that character
determines your destiny.
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So we find that, it
all starts with the mind
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and that's why the
Battle of Armageddon
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began in the heart
or the mind of Lucifer.
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It was his will
against the will of God.
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And, friends, by God's grace
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he is going to give
us victory in this battle
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as we make a decision
to yield our mind to Him
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to be molded by His word.
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Can you say amen?
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And so now that we understand
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that this battle
is a spiritual war.
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Let's look into the
symbolic details of the battle.
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Let's go back
now to Revelation 16
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and notice verse 12.
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The Bible tells us that
the Battle of Armageddon
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was placed in the
context of the sixth plague.
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We looked at the
seven, last night.
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Now let's take a
little closer look
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at the sixth plague,
the Battle of Armageddon.
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It says in Revelation 16:12,
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"And the sixth
angel poured out his vial
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upon the great
river," what river?
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"Euphrates, and the water
thereof was dried up," why?
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"That the way of the
kings-- " From which direction?
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"The east might be prepared."
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So we find that the
Battle of Armageddon
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is placed in the
context of the sixth plague,
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and in preparation for this
battle, the supernatural war,
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the Bible says that
the Great River Euphrates
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is going to dry
up to prepare the way
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for the coming of
the kings of the east.
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And the question is this.
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Where do we see
this same thing happening
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in the Old Testament scriptures?
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Where do we see a
river being dried up,
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preparing the way for
the kings of the east?
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Friends, we see it all
the way in the Book of Daniel
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during the kingdom, the
mighty Kingdom of Babylon.
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Do you remember the story?
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Babylon, that mighty
ancient kingdom was built
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right on top of
the River Euphrates.
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And River
Euphrates was the lifeline
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of the Kingdom on Babylon.
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It provided water for
the crops of the Babylonians
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so much so that they--
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History tells us had
a 20-year food supply
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so that they
could outweigh any army
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that will try to besiege them.
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Not only that, but that
river, the River Euphrates.
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If it ever-- If it ever
rose endangering the city,
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they had these massive gates
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that will block
off the excess water,
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diverting the
water around the walls
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creating a modes of protection.
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You see the
mighty River Euphrates
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was the lifeline of the
ancient kingdom of Babylon.
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And the reason why Babylon fell
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is because this water
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of the River
Euphrates was dried up
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to prepare the way
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for the kings of the east to
come to destroy this kingdom.
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You read the story in Daniel 5.
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In fifth chapter of Daniel,
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we find
Nebuchadnezzar's grandson
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Belshazzar throwing a party.
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And, friends,
he's having a good time
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and he is there as the host.
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He has the
thousands of his Lords
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and his wives and kinky wives.
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They are living it
up, having a good time.
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And friends, in the
midst of this drunkenness,
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Belshazzar
makes a fatal mistake.
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He tells his solders,
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his servants to bring
the golden cups, the what?
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The sacred cups that his
grandfather Nebuchadnezzar
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took from the Temple
of the Lord in Jerusalem.
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He said, "Bring
me those golden cups
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that were used in
the Lord's service." Why?
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So that he could
drink his old wine,
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the Wine of Babylon, in
those sacred golden cups.
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Here, we find the king
mixing the holy with the unholy,
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the sacred and the profane,
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and this is what
calls God's judgments
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to fall on
Babylon on that very night
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is because they mix
the sacred and the profane.
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Remember the
handwriting on the wall,
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prophesying about the end
of the kingdom of the Babylon.
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And, friends, while
the party was taking place,
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we find that Cyrus
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who is the king from the east.
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Cyrus and Darius,
the kings of the east
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with the armies of
Medo-Persian Empire
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were on the outside
of the walls of Babylon
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and the only way or the way
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in which they got in
and penetrated Babylon
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was Cyrus march's army one
mile up the River Euphrates
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and ordered his men to divert
the waters into open fields,
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thus causing the
waters of Euphrates to dry up
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so that he can march his
army through the riverbed
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to penetrate the
Kingdom of Babylon.
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And, friends, I
want you to notice
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who these kings of the east were
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and what God
calls them in His word?
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Notice, Isaiah 44:27.
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Please write it down,
"That saith to the deep,
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be dry, and I will
dry up thy rivers."
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What river? The River Euphrates.
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"That says of
Cyrus, He is my," what?
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"shepherd, and shall
perform all my pleasure."
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Then going to
chapter 45:1, it says,
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"Thus saith the Lord
to his anointed, to Cyrus,
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whose right hand I have held,
to subdue nations before him,
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I will loose the loins of kings
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and open before him
the two leaved gates,
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and the gates
shall not be shut."
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Here we find, friends.
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The type of the anti-type
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that we were
reading in Revelation.
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Here is the kings of
the east, Cyrus and Darius
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and the armies of
the Medo-Persian Empire
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on the outside of
the walls of Babylon.
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They cause the
River Euphrates to dry up
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and God calls Cyrus,
the king of the east,
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he calls him the anointed one.
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He calls him the what?
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And, friends, that
word, anointed in the Hebrew,
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it literally means Messiah.
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He said, to my shepherd Cyrus.
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Cyrus, notice is
called the anointed Sheppard.
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He and Darius were
the kings of the east,
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the king to destroy Babylon.
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And so, friends,
what happened back then
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was symbol of how
end-time mystical,
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spiritual Babylon would fall
during the seven last plagues.
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Because remember, we
studied the other night
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that this kingdom called Babylon
also sits upon many waters.
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Do you remember that?
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It was a woman
that was riding a beast
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that was sitting
upon many waters.
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We learned before
that a woman in prophecy
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represents a church,
00:19:02.50\00:19:04.28
but this is a harlot woman
representing an apostate church.
00:19:04.31\00:19:07.48
The beast in prophecy represents
a kingdom or political power
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as the woman who
rides upon the beast
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it's a symbol of a
church, an apostate church
00:19:13.32\00:19:16.06
that dominates political power.
00:19:16.09\00:19:18.68
It's a church
state union together
00:19:18.71\00:19:21.53
and sitting upon many waters.
00:19:21.56\00:19:23.56
What waters? It's
the River Euphrates.
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And so we find who is this woman
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that is sitting
upon many waters?
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But we learned before,
friends, it's not a surprise
00:19:31.72\00:19:34.09
that this woman is
identified in the Bible
00:19:34.12\00:19:36.94
and through history as
the Roman Church State System.
00:19:36.97\00:19:40.07
A church that is
located upon a kingdom,
00:19:40.10\00:19:42.56
the Kingdom of Rome,
00:19:42.59\00:19:44.38
a beast with seven heads
representing seven mountains.
00:19:44.41\00:19:47.61
The Vatican City is
the city of seven hills
00:19:47.64\00:19:50.46
and she is upon many waters
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which represents
multitudes of people.
00:19:52.42\00:19:54.38
It's a worldwide church.
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Friends, remember
00:19:55.76\00:19:56.79
we're not talking about
the people in the system,
00:19:56.82\00:19:59.37
we're talking
about the system itself
00:19:59.40\00:20:00.89
because does God have his people
in this system, yes or no?
00:20:00.92\00:20:04.24
Absolutely yes, and God
loves all people in this system.
00:20:04.27\00:20:07.54
And in every church,
you find the people of God,
00:20:07.57\00:20:09.90
every denomination is going
to be represented in heaven
00:20:09.93\00:20:12.58
and so this is not
talking about individuals,
00:20:12.61\00:20:14.89
it's talking
about the structure,
00:20:14.92\00:20:16.53
the system itself.
00:20:16.56\00:20:18.72
And God pronounces this kingdom
00:20:18.75\00:20:20.58
called Babylon
as a fallen kingdom.
00:20:20.61\00:20:23.73
And I want you to
notice why she's fallen.
00:20:23.76\00:20:25.82
Revelation 14:8 says,
"Babylon is fallen, is fallen,
00:20:25.85\00:20:30.89
that great city because
she made all nations," do what?
00:20:30.92\00:20:34.92
drink of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication."
00:20:34.95\00:20:39.30
Friends, does
that sounds familiar?
00:20:39.33\00:20:41.05
And that's the same reason
00:20:41.08\00:20:42.33
why Old Testament
Babylon fell as well
00:20:42.36\00:20:44.14
because they were drinking
old wine in the sacred cup.
00:20:44.17\00:20:47.39
You see, friends,
this system called Babylon
00:20:47.42\00:20:49.62
is fallen because she has made
the whole world become drunk,
00:20:49.65\00:20:53.71
spiritually confused,
deceit, or intoxicated
00:20:53.74\00:20:58.67
because of the wine
of there false doctrine.
00:20:58.70\00:21:02.12
Friends, we're not
talking about the individuals.
00:21:02.15\00:21:03.71
We're talking about
teaching of the church.
00:21:03.74\00:21:05.15
Jesus said that that you
shall know them by their fruits.
00:21:05.18\00:21:09.18
And, friends, the
fruit is their teachings.
00:21:09.21\00:21:11.78
We don't know the roots so
we're not standing in judgment
00:21:11.81\00:21:13.81
upon any individual person.
00:21:13.84\00:21:15.76
Can you say amen?
00:21:15.79\00:21:16.86
We don't know the
motives of individual's hearts,
00:21:16.89\00:21:19.25
but Jesus made it clear that
we can look up on their fruits,
00:21:19.28\00:21:21.83
and we can judge and
know them by their fruits.
00:21:21.86\00:21:24.41
You see,
friends, end time Babylon,
00:21:24.44\00:21:26.77
just like ancient Babylon
00:21:26.80\00:21:28.51
mixes the sacred
with the profane together.
00:21:28.54\00:21:31.87
And as result, it's a
fallen system in the golden cup,
00:21:31.90\00:21:36.92
is old intoxicating wine,
00:21:36.95\00:21:39.26
not fresh pure grape
juice of the covenant
00:21:39.29\00:21:42.37
that the new covenant
representing the blood of Jesus.
00:21:42.40\00:21:45.24
It represents the
wine of false doctrine
00:21:45.27\00:21:47.71
that she uses to
deceive the world.
00:21:47.74\00:21:50.39
It's the spirit of
Lucifer that first said,
00:21:50.42\00:21:53.51
"We can be holy
without God's law,
00:21:53.54\00:21:56.40
we don't need the law of
God, all we need is the wine."
00:21:56.43\00:21:59.70
And so people think that
if they just drink the wine
00:21:59.73\00:22:01.59
and eat the bread, they can
live however they want to live
00:22:01.62\00:22:04.83
and still they will be
saved in God's kingdom.
00:22:04.86\00:22:07.15
That's what Lucifer
said, "We don't need the law,
00:22:07.18\00:22:09.51
we can do it
ourselves our own way."
00:22:09.54\00:22:12.18
And that's exactly
what the church teaches.
00:22:12.21\00:22:16.27
This is the last abomination
00:22:16.30\00:22:18.66
that brings about
the final desolation
00:22:18.69\00:22:20.85
of the seven last plagues.
00:22:20.88\00:22:22.58
What leads the fall,
to the fall of mystical,
00:22:22.61\00:22:25.99
spiritual end-time Babylon?
00:22:26.02\00:22:27.84
Well, friends, remember
why did ancient Babylon fall?
00:22:27.87\00:22:31.46
Because of the
drying up the waters,
00:22:31.49\00:22:33.54
preparing the away
for the kings of the east.
00:22:33.57\00:22:36.40
And what do these
waters represents?
00:22:36.43\00:22:38.74
Notice, what it
says in Revelation 17:15,
00:22:38.77\00:22:41.20
the Bible says, "And
the water which you saw,
00:22:41.23\00:22:43.00
where whore sits, are what,
00:22:43.03\00:22:45.53
peoples and a multitudes
and nations, and tongues."
00:22:45.56\00:22:49.31
So, friends, the water,
that Babylon is built upon
00:22:49.34\00:22:53.98
represents
multitudes of the people
00:22:54.01\00:22:56.95
that are in the
control of Babylon.
00:22:56.98\00:22:59.31
And the Bible says that the
wind which this end time falls
00:22:59.34\00:23:01.91
apostate church
system is going to fall
00:23:01.94\00:23:04.33
is when the waters, the
people, when it's dried up.
00:23:04.36\00:23:07.45
In other words,
the people will leave,
00:23:07.48\00:23:09.98
and no longer
supports this system.
00:23:10.01\00:23:13.27
And, friends,
there are two main ways
00:23:13.30\00:23:14.89
that the waters
are going to dry up.
00:23:14.92\00:23:16.26
How many ways?
00:23:16.29\00:23:17.79
One of the first ways is
when the gospel is preached.
00:23:17.82\00:23:20.73
When the
everlasting gospel is preached,
00:23:20.76\00:23:22.08
a part of that
gospel is the warning
00:23:22.11\00:23:23.99
against the
system called Babylon
00:23:24.02\00:23:26.38
and God saying in Revolution 18,
00:23:26.41\00:23:28.58
"Come out of
her," what? "My people."
00:23:28.61\00:23:32.57
God is going to
dry up the waters,
00:23:32.60\00:23:34.28
He's going to call many of
His sincere wonderful people
00:23:34.31\00:23:36.75
that are still in this apostate
church system to come out.
00:23:36.78\00:23:40.05
And, friends, whatever
someone response to that call
00:23:40.08\00:23:42.90
and comes out of Babylon
and joins God's movement,
00:23:42.93\00:23:46.20
that's another drop that
has left to support of Babylon.
00:23:46.23\00:23:50.28
You know, sometimes,
I here people saying,
00:23:50.31\00:23:52.94
if my husband
would accept this truth
00:23:52.97\00:23:54.87
then I will accept
and going to be baptized.
00:23:54.90\00:23:56.64
If my spouse would
do, then I will do it.
00:23:56.67\00:23:58.65
If my parents
allowed me then I will do it.
00:23:58.68\00:24:00.33
If my children join me
then I will make a decision.
00:24:00.36\00:24:03.54
And, friends, we're
waiting for others but, friends,
00:24:03.57\00:24:06.82
water does not
evaporate in gallons, does it?
00:24:06.85\00:24:09.71
Water evaporates
one drop at the time.
00:24:09.74\00:24:14.05
And so we can't wait
for others to join us.
00:24:14.08\00:24:16.44
God saves families,
00:24:16.47\00:24:17.93
but He saves them
one by one as individual.
00:24:17.96\00:24:21.95
So we have an
individual choice to make
00:24:21.98\00:24:24.13
and we should not let
anything or anyone hinder us
00:24:24.16\00:24:27.92
or causes to
vacillate in the call of Jesus
00:24:27.95\00:24:30.80
when He says,
"Come out of Babylon,
00:24:30.83\00:24:32.82
these fallen
apostate church systems."
00:24:32.85\00:24:35.44
God wants us to make
decision for ourselves.
00:24:35.47\00:24:37.79
Can you say amen?
00:24:37.82\00:24:38.85
And by the way, friends,
when we make the decision,
00:24:38.88\00:24:40.42
we're setting an
example for others
00:24:40.45\00:24:42.60
that they might be encouraged
00:24:42.63\00:24:44.04
to make the same
decision as well.
00:24:44.07\00:24:46.23
And so that was
one of the first ways
00:24:46.26\00:24:47.35
the water is going to dry up.
00:24:47.38\00:24:48.80
As God's faithful
people that are in the system
00:24:48.83\00:24:51.35
actually leave the system
00:24:51.38\00:24:53.06
and join God's
final end time movement.
00:24:53.09\00:24:55.55
Now the second way, the
water is going to dry up
00:24:55.58\00:24:58.02
is when the seven last
plagues are poured out.
00:24:58.05\00:25:01.13
And when these
plagues affect Babylon,
00:25:01.16\00:25:03.51
affect this
apostate church system
00:25:03.54\00:25:06.01
multitudes of deceive people
who withdraw their support,
00:25:06.04\00:25:09.91
they're gonna-- They're
going to turn on the system
00:25:09.94\00:25:13.70
that they have supported
almost their entire lives.
00:25:13.73\00:25:16.85
And they are
going to leave, friends.
00:25:16.88\00:25:18.76
Bible says they are
going to hate the harlot
00:25:18.79\00:25:21.35
and they are going to come out,
00:25:21.38\00:25:23.27
but they are going to
come out when it's too late.
00:25:23.30\00:25:25.30
And, friends, as
the waters dry up,
00:25:25.33\00:25:27.72
it prepares the way
for the kings of the east.
00:25:27.75\00:25:30.49
Question is this, who
are the kings of the east
00:25:30.52\00:25:33.80
that are going to come
after the waters are dried up?
00:25:33.83\00:25:36.24
Friends, you know,
who the kings of east are?
00:25:36.27\00:25:38.06
It's Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
00:25:38.09\00:25:39.58
Can you say amen?
00:25:39.61\00:25:40.64
Because remember,
the kings of the east
00:25:40.67\00:25:42.57
in ancient Babylon that
destroyed--oh, excuse me,
00:25:42.60\00:25:45.08
the kings of the east
of Medo Persian Empire
00:25:45.11\00:25:46.61
that destroyed
Babylon was Cyrus and Darius.
00:25:46.64\00:25:49.18
And Cyrus was
called-- What was he called?
00:25:49.21\00:25:52.18
The anointed Sheppard.
00:25:52.21\00:25:54.82
But, friends, who's
the real anointed Sheppard?
00:25:54.85\00:25:56.84
Who is the great Sheppard?
And who is the Messiah?
00:25:56.87\00:26:00.37
And so who are
the kings of east?
00:26:00.40\00:26:01.85
It represents
the coming of Christ.
00:26:01.88\00:26:03.92
And why does it
say for the east?
00:26:03.95\00:26:05.51
Because the bible tells us
00:26:05.54\00:26:06.76
as a lightning
comes from the east
00:26:06.79\00:26:10.20
and shines even to the west
00:26:10.23\00:26:12.02
so shall also the
coming of the Son of Man be.
00:26:12.05\00:26:15.38
When the waters dry up,
now the kings of the east,
00:26:15.41\00:26:18.03
the second coming of
Christ would now taken place.
00:26:18.06\00:26:20.62
Can you say amen?
00:26:20.65\00:26:21.77
In fact notice, in
the Book of Ezekiel 43:2
00:26:21.80\00:26:25.22
it tells us that
when Jesus comes,
00:26:25.25\00:26:27.12
He's coming from the east.
00:26:27.15\00:26:28.80
It says, "And, behold,
the glory of the God of Israel
00:26:28.83\00:26:31.81
came from the way of the east,
00:26:31.84\00:26:34.82
and his voice was like
the noise of many waters,
00:26:34.85\00:26:37.48
and the earth
shined with his glory."
00:26:37.51\00:26:41.51
So we find that the
drying up of the waters,
00:26:41.54\00:26:44.25
the withdrawal of the support
of the people towards Babylon
00:26:44.28\00:26:47.66
will prepare the way
00:26:47.69\00:26:48.72
for the kings of
the east to come.
00:26:48.75\00:26:50.44
This is Christ and
the Holy Spirit will come
00:26:50.47\00:26:52.60
with all the angelical armies,
00:26:52.63\00:26:55.25
He will comes to set us free
00:26:55.28\00:26:57.15
from spiritual
Babylon, Babylonian captivity,
00:26:57.18\00:27:01.12
false doctrines
in these last days,
00:27:01.15\00:27:03.81
He will bring us out
of Babylon, this world
00:27:03.84\00:27:05.43
and now he will
bring us back to Jerusalem,
00:27:05.46\00:27:07.45
not a literal city but
the heavenly Jerusalem.
00:27:07.48\00:27:09.88
Can you say amen?
00:27:09.91\00:27:11.01
The New Jerusalem
with reign with Christ
00:27:11.04\00:27:13.60
for the first
1,000 years in heaven.
00:27:13.63\00:27:17.21
And so, friends,
if this makes sense,
00:27:17.24\00:27:19.56
if this is clear,
would you please say amen?
00:27:19.59\00:27:22.63
Those who are trapped
00:27:22.66\00:27:23.69
by the left behind
theology have missed.
00:27:23.72\00:27:26.19
The spiritual significance
of the typology of the Bible.
00:27:26.22\00:27:30.16
You see, the literal mindedness
of the Jews, of Israel
00:27:30.19\00:27:34.06
is what caused them
to reject the Messiah.
00:27:34.09\00:27:36.57
They were looking
for literal kingdom,
00:27:36.60\00:27:38.47
they wanted to fight
literally against Rome
00:27:38.50\00:27:40.94
and because of their
literally mindedness,
00:27:40.97\00:27:42.67
they rejected the Messiah.
00:27:42.70\00:27:44.53
And, friends,
evangelical Christianity today
00:27:44.56\00:27:46.76
are making the
exact same mistake
00:27:46.79\00:27:49.27
when you're
looking to the Middle East
00:27:49.30\00:27:50.72
for the fulfillment of prophecy,
00:27:50.75\00:27:52.07
they are looking
for a literal temple
00:27:52.10\00:27:53.75
and a literal battle
and literal earthly wars.
00:27:53.78\00:27:57.93
They're looking
in the wrong place.
00:27:57.96\00:27:59.85
And what happen to the
Jews is also being repeated
00:27:59.88\00:28:03.37
in the evangelic
Christian world today.
00:28:03.40\00:28:05.42
But, friends, how many of
you thankful for the clarity
00:28:05.45\00:28:07.50
of the truth of God's word?
00:28:07.53\00:28:08.73
Can you say amen?
00:28:08.76\00:28:09.84
Friends, we have to
study the Bible contextually,
00:28:09.87\00:28:12.33
exegetical, making sure
that we have a firm foundation
00:28:12.36\00:28:15.85
on which to built
the house of truth upon.
00:28:15.88\00:28:19.13
Now, friends so we
fond that end time Babylon,
00:28:19.16\00:28:22.97
the apostate churches of
water are going to fall. How?
00:28:23.00\00:28:26.37
As the God's people,
the waters are dried up
00:28:26.40\00:28:30.02
and then Jesus will come
00:28:30.05\00:28:31.77
and to take his people
to the heavenly Jerusalem.
00:28:31.80\00:28:34.29
But before this
grand and glorious climax
00:28:34.32\00:28:37.13
before Jesus comes,
00:28:37.16\00:28:38.77
Satan is going to
launch a threefold attack
00:28:38.80\00:28:42.93
upon God's truth
and God's people.
00:28:42.96\00:28:46.33
And this is not
so much a physical,
00:28:46.36\00:28:48.10
but it's a spiritual attack
00:28:48.13\00:28:50.48
of deception in the last days.
00:28:50.51\00:28:52.84
He uses three powers
00:28:52.87\00:28:55.02
and these three powers are
described in the next versus.
00:28:55.05\00:28:57.50
Notice now with
me, Revolution 16,
00:28:57.53\00:28:59.62
now notice verse 13-14.
00:28:59.65\00:29:01.72
Notice the threefold attack.
00:29:01.75\00:29:03.09
The Bible says, "And I was
three unclean spirits like frogs
00:29:03.12\00:29:07.35
come out of the
mouth of the dragon
00:29:07.38\00:29:10.58
and out of the mouth
of the," what? The beast.
00:29:10.61\00:29:12.78
"And out of the
mouth of the false prophet.
00:29:12.81\00:29:15.22
They are the spirits of
devils working in miracles
00:29:15.25\00:29:17.76
which goes forth to
the kings of the earth
00:29:17.79\00:29:20.02
and of the whole
world to gather them
00:29:20.05\00:29:22.21
to the battle of the
great day of God Almighty."
00:29:22.24\00:29:25.42
Here is Satan's
threefold attack.
00:29:25.45\00:29:27.57
He uses a
counterfeit false trinity.
00:29:27.60\00:29:30.22
The dragon, brother and sisters,
00:29:30.25\00:29:31.65
is a counterfeit
of God the Father.
00:29:31.68\00:29:33.65
The beast, the antichrist.
00:29:33.68\00:29:35.16
Beast is a
counterfeit of Jesus Christ.
00:29:35.19\00:29:37.99
The antichrist
counterfeit of Jesus Christ.
00:29:38.02\00:29:40.34
And the false prophet
00:29:40.37\00:29:41.48
is the counterfeit
of the Holy Spirit.
00:29:41.51\00:29:44.67
And through this
counterfeit trinity,
00:29:44.70\00:29:47.04
we find that Satan
will gather the whole world
00:29:47.07\00:29:50.50
to fight against God's
truth and God's people.
00:29:50.53\00:29:53.07
But I want you to
notice from what we just read
00:29:53.10\00:29:55.27
that there is a
progression of unity.
00:29:55.30\00:29:58.05
There is a what?
00:29:58.08\00:29:59.85
A progression of unity
that leads to an all-out attack
00:29:59.88\00:30:04.85
on God's truth and His people.
00:30:04.88\00:30:06.91
And it comes in three ways.
00:30:06.94\00:30:09.01
Notice with me on the screen,
00:30:09.04\00:30:10.35
I hope you'll write them down.
00:30:10.38\00:30:11.90
Here's the progression of unity.
00:30:11.93\00:30:13.18
First thing that happens
00:30:13.21\00:30:15.13
is the Dragon and the Beast
00:30:15.16\00:30:16.19
and the False
Prophet unite together.
00:30:16.22\00:30:18.44
That's the first unity,
00:30:18.47\00:30:20.19
the unity amongst
this counterfeit trinity.
00:30:20.22\00:30:22.34
And then once the dragon, beast
and false prophet are unified
00:30:22.37\00:30:25.59
then they go to
the kings of the earth
00:30:25.62\00:30:28.85
and they unified
00:30:28.88\00:30:29.98
with the political
powers of the world. Why?
00:30:30.01\00:30:32.09
Because they need
physical, military muscle
00:30:32.12\00:30:35.40
in order to then
take it to the whole world
00:30:35.43\00:30:37.73
and unify the whole
world in false doctrine
00:30:37.76\00:30:41.83
to fight against
the truth of God's word.
00:30:41.86\00:30:44.81
You see, friends, this
is Satan's military strategy
00:30:44.84\00:30:48.36
to battle against God.
00:30:48.39\00:30:50.08
And, friends, listen
only as we know his strategy,
00:30:50.11\00:30:53.11
can we counter his attack.
00:30:53.14\00:30:55.73
Can you say amen?
00:30:55.76\00:30:57.15
And so now the
next question this.
00:30:57.18\00:30:58.76
Who is this
dragon? Who is this beast?
00:30:58.79\00:31:01.78
And who is the False Prophet?
00:31:01.81\00:31:03.88
Let's first
start with the dragon.
00:31:03.91\00:31:04.96
We're going to try and
make this as clear as we can.
00:31:04.99\00:31:07.62
Friends, we learn before
00:31:07.65\00:31:08.70
that the dragon is
non another than Satan.
00:31:08.73\00:31:10.59
Can you say amen?
00:31:10.62\00:31:12.12
In Revelation 12:9,
it's clear that it's Satan,
00:31:12.15\00:31:15.12
but I want you to notice
the dragon power of Satan
00:31:15.15\00:31:18.84
is described as the old serpent.
00:31:18.87\00:31:20.94
Notice,
Revelation 12:9 tells us.
00:31:20.97\00:31:23.26
"And the great
dragon was cast out,
00:31:23.29\00:31:25.31
that old serpent
called the devil and Satan
00:31:25.34\00:31:29.23
which deceives the whole world."
00:31:29.26\00:31:31.68
So we find,
yes, dragon is Satan,
00:31:31.71\00:31:33.41
but most specifically he
is called the old serpent
00:31:33.44\00:31:37.92
who deceived, how
much of the world?
00:31:37.95\00:31:40.73
Friends, question.
00:31:40.76\00:31:42.52
What is this-- Where is
this passage pointing us to?
00:31:42.55\00:31:46.45
Where in the Bible do we find
00:31:46.48\00:31:48.05
the old serpent
deceiving the whole world?
00:31:48.08\00:31:50.26
You see, Revelation,
00:31:50.29\00:31:51.39
this echoing
something in the Old Testament.
00:31:51.42\00:31:53.65
If we want to
understand what it means,
00:31:53.68\00:31:55.13
we have to go back
to the Old Testament.
00:31:55.16\00:31:57.58
And, friends, we realized
00:31:57.61\00:31:58.64
that the serpent
deceived the whole world
00:31:58.67\00:32:01.33
when he deceived Adam and
Eve in the Garden of Eden.
00:32:01.36\00:32:04.32
In deceiving them, he
deceives the whole world.
00:32:04.35\00:32:06.74
And he did it by the
means of the serpent.
00:32:06.77\00:32:09.07
And, friends,
notice how he did it.
00:32:09.10\00:32:10.92
Let's find out
who is this dragon.
00:32:10.95\00:32:13.25
It's Satan, but most
specifically what is the method?
00:32:13.28\00:32:16.32
Genesis 3:1, "The
serpent said to the Lord,
00:32:16.35\00:32:20.09
'Yea, hath God said,
00:32:20.12\00:32:22.49
you shall not eat of
every tree of the garden.'"
00:32:22.52\00:32:25.24
Here, the serpent is
putting a question mark
00:32:25.27\00:32:28.94
where God place the period.
00:32:28.97\00:32:30.63
God said, "You
shall surely die."
00:32:30.66\00:32:32.96
And he made it clear that
the wages of sin is death.
00:32:32.99\00:32:35.86
But now the serpent begins
by planting seeds of doubts.
00:32:35.89\00:32:38.53
He says, "Have God said."
00:32:38.56\00:32:40.18
In another words,
"Did God really say that?"
00:32:40.21\00:32:43.66
Did He mean it when He said it?
00:32:43.69\00:32:45.87
Here, brother and sisters,
00:32:45.90\00:32:46.93
is the origin of
higher criticism,
00:32:46.96\00:32:49.87
doubting the Word of
God that many universities,
00:32:49.90\00:32:53.24
even Christian
universities are teaching today.
00:32:53.27\00:32:55.70
It came from
the serpent himself.
00:32:55.73\00:32:58.03
Yea has God. Did
God really say this?
00:32:58.06\00:33:01.21
And they notice,
he then says to Eve,
00:33:01.24\00:33:04.67
our first mother the
exact opposite of what God said.
00:33:04.70\00:33:07.40
"And the
serpent said unto women,
00:33:07.43\00:33:09.22
'you shall not,'"
what? "Surely die."
00:33:09.25\00:33:12.48
Here's the origin of spirituals.
00:33:12.51\00:33:15.38
The origin of the
doctrine of the immortal soul.
00:33:15.41\00:33:17.39
God said that the
wages of sin is death
00:33:17.42\00:33:19.50
and the day
that you eat thereof,
00:33:19.53\00:33:20.58
you shall surely die.
00:33:20.61\00:33:21.73
But Satan says, "Don't
listen to God, listen to me.
00:33:21.76\00:33:24.42
You shall not surely die."
00:33:24.45\00:33:27.08
Well, what's
going to happen then?
00:33:27.11\00:33:28.54
For God doth know that
in the day you eat thereof,
00:33:28.57\00:33:31.54
then your eyes shall be opened,
00:33:31.57\00:33:34.29
and you shall be as
God's, knowing good and evil."
00:33:34.32\00:33:39.78
In other words,
don't listen to God, Eve,
00:33:39.81\00:33:42.84
He's not telling you the truth.
00:33:42.87\00:33:45.18
Listen to me, when you
eat, you won't surely die,
00:33:45.21\00:33:48.54
there's a life in sin.
00:33:48.57\00:33:50.46
Yes, you might die
physically, but you wont--
00:33:50.49\00:33:52.69
That's not death,
you won't surely die,
00:33:52.72\00:33:55.72
but rather your
eyes are going to be open
00:33:55.75\00:33:57.27
and you will be like God.
00:33:57.30\00:33:58.75
In other words, death is
simply one phase of an existence
00:33:58.78\00:34:02.65
to a much higher
exalted phase of consciousness.
00:34:02.68\00:34:05.95
Your eyes are going to be open.
00:34:05.98\00:34:07.39
You are going to be
conscious of things.
00:34:07.42\00:34:08.55
You are going to see
things you've never seen before.
00:34:08.58\00:34:11.36
And isn't that
what Satan tells us
00:34:11.39\00:34:12.80
when he attempts us to sin.
00:34:12.83\00:34:13.90
"Oh, go ahead and do it.
00:34:13.93\00:34:14.96
You can experience something,
you've never experience before.
00:34:14.99\00:34:17.36
It's going to be so much fun."
00:34:17.39\00:34:19.59
Friends, he was alive.
00:34:19.62\00:34:22.44
What the serpent is
saying here is that,
00:34:22.47\00:34:25.78
you are immortal
and you can be like God.
00:34:25.81\00:34:29.36
This is the origin
of the spiritualism
00:34:29.39\00:34:31.97
which is the
foundation of paganism,
00:34:32.00\00:34:34.38
the very platform of
every pagan false religion
00:34:34.41\00:34:39.87
and this is who the dragon is.
00:34:39.90\00:34:41.84
Friends, the dragon is Satan,
00:34:41.87\00:34:43.32
but most specifically
the dragon Satan's power
00:34:43.35\00:34:46.71
of spiritualism and paganism.
00:34:46.74\00:34:48.90
Friends I want you to
notice what spiritualism says,
00:34:48.93\00:34:50.60
one of the main
beliefs of spiritualism
00:34:50.63\00:34:53.18
is exactly what
the serpent said.
00:34:53.21\00:34:54.95
Here is what one spiritualistic
book had to say in describing
00:34:54.98\00:34:58.15
the history and
doctrine of spiritualism.
00:34:58.18\00:35:00.69
The fundamental
principle of spiritualism
00:35:00.72\00:35:02.91
is that human beings
survive, what, bodily death,"
00:35:02.94\00:35:06.75
In other words, yes.
00:35:06.78\00:35:07.81
Your body dies,
but that's not death
00:35:07.84\00:35:10.10
because your soul lives on
00:35:10.13\00:35:12.59
in the state of consciousness.
00:35:12.62\00:35:13.86
That's the foundational
teaching of spiritualism.
00:35:13.89\00:35:16.61
"And that
occasionally under conditions
00:35:16.64\00:35:18.28
not yet fully understood
00:35:18.31\00:35:19.46
we can communicate with
those who have gone before."
00:35:19.49\00:35:23.15
This is the root
foundational teaching
00:35:23.18\00:35:26.72
of paganism and spiritualism.
00:35:26.75\00:35:28.68
They say, in many
religions that the body dies,
00:35:28.71\00:35:32.24
but you don't really die,
00:35:32.27\00:35:33.30
your soul lives on in
a spirit of consciousness
00:35:33.33\00:35:35.35
and that the spirit
world is the real world.
00:35:35.38\00:35:38.24
And that what we're living
here in the physical world
00:35:38.27\00:35:40.13
is not really the real world.
00:35:40.16\00:35:42.25
And, friends, this is
exactly what Buddhism teaches,
00:35:42.28\00:35:44.78
Confucianism, Hinduism
and Taoism and Shintoism
00:35:44.81\00:35:47.76
and Sikhism and
Rastafarianism and Hari Krishna.
00:35:47.79\00:35:50.95
They believe in reincarnation
which is a doctrine
00:35:50.98\00:35:53.49
that comes from
the serpent himself
00:35:53.52\00:35:55.53
is to believe that when your
body dies, you don't really die,
00:35:56.51\00:36:00.09
you live on in the
stage of consciousness.
00:36:00.12\00:36:02.23
And Islam believes that as well.
00:36:02.26\00:36:04.70
You see, they believe
that those who die in jihad,
00:36:04.73\00:36:08.48
they go directly
into the paradise
00:36:08.51\00:36:11.02
and those you just die
there's consciousness in death.
00:36:11.05\00:36:13.90
That's exactly
what the serpent talk.
00:36:13.93\00:36:16.40
All of these
heathen pagan religions,
00:36:16.43\00:36:19.42
there are many good
people and good teachers.
00:36:19.45\00:36:21.58
Let me just
make that very clear.
00:36:21.61\00:36:22.93
Many good, wonderful
people in these religions
00:36:22.96\00:36:25.26
that they are living up
to all that like they known.
00:36:25.29\00:36:28.31
And, friends, God recognizes
who his sheep really are.
00:36:28.34\00:36:32.01
Can you say amen?
00:36:32.04\00:36:33.11
Because He judges us
00:36:33.14\00:36:34.26
based upon the
light and the opportunity
00:36:34.29\00:36:36.21
that have been given to us.
00:36:36.24\00:36:37.40
But as we look at the
foundational teachings
00:36:37.43\00:36:39.24
of the actual
religious, the actual structures
00:36:39.27\00:36:42.05
we find that it's all founded
upon the self-histories of Satan
00:36:42.08\00:36:45.58
in the belief that
you shall not surely die,
00:36:45.61\00:36:47.90
but you will be as God.
00:36:47.93\00:36:50.01
Friends, this is
a new age movement,
00:36:50.04\00:36:51.67
but the new age
is really the old lie
00:36:51.70\00:36:55.65
of the serpent himself,
00:36:55.68\00:36:57.70
deceiving many people to believe
00:36:57.73\00:36:59.63
that they are God
or that they can be God
00:36:59.66\00:37:03.02
by their own good works.
00:37:03.05\00:37:04.21
And so we find
who the dragon is.
00:37:04.60\00:37:06.78
The dragon we known is
Satan, but most specifically,
00:37:06.81\00:37:09.24
the dragon represents
paganism and spiritualism.
00:37:09.27\00:37:12.83
What is it represents?
00:37:12.86\00:37:13.89
All pagan religions that believe
00:37:14.92\00:37:16.72
in the doctrines of the dragon
00:37:16.75\00:37:18.26
and spiritualism that believes
00:37:18.29\00:37:20.37
that when you die
you do not really die.
00:37:20.40\00:37:23.56
And, friends, we
see that all religions,
00:37:23.59\00:37:26.76
almost all
religions, are already united
00:37:26.79\00:37:29.69
under the dragon's
power in this belief.
00:37:29.72\00:37:32.27
And, friends, the Bible
tells us that this dragon
00:37:32.30\00:37:34.47
representing
paganism and spiritualism
00:37:34.50\00:37:36.80
is what will give power
to the antichrist beast.
00:37:36.83\00:37:41.88
He's going to link
up and empower the beast
00:37:41.91\00:37:44.97
to then make war with
God's truth and God's people.
00:37:45.00\00:37:47.21
Notice,
Revelation 13:2, it says,
00:37:47.24\00:37:49.50
"And the
dragon--" Who's the dragon?
00:37:49.53\00:37:52.06
Satan, but more specifically
it's paganism and spiritualism.
00:37:52.09\00:37:56.07
It says, "And
the dragon gave him,
00:37:56.10\00:37:57.62
talking about the beast,
00:37:57.65\00:37:58.68
his power, seat,
and great authority."
00:37:58.71\00:38:03.03
And so it's the dragon
that empowers this beast.
00:38:03.06\00:38:05.24
Now who is the beast?
00:38:05.27\00:38:07.04
Who is the antichrist beast?
00:38:07.07\00:38:08.18
Friends, we've
studied in this seminar,
00:38:08.21\00:38:09.50
we made it abundantly clear
through the Bible and history
00:38:09.53\00:38:12.19
that the beast is none other
00:38:12.22\00:38:13.44
than the Roman Church
State System, it's the papacy.
00:38:13.47\00:38:17.42
Not the people,
but the system itself.
00:38:17.45\00:38:20.50
And it was the dragon
that empowered the papacy
00:38:20.53\00:38:24.61
to reign for 1,260 years.
00:38:24.64\00:38:27.77
You see, friends, the beast
00:38:27.80\00:38:30.13
is really a
continuation of the dragon
00:38:30.16\00:38:32.91
because the dragon was the
one that empowered the beast.
00:38:32.94\00:38:35.49
In the same way,
Papal Rome is in reality
00:38:35.52\00:38:39.44
a continuation of papacy Rome.
00:38:39.47\00:38:40.98
We saw that in history
how the pagan Roman Empire,
00:38:41.01\00:38:44.34
the dragon empowered the
beast, transferred its authority
00:38:44.37\00:38:48.75
to the Roman
Church State System.
00:38:48.78\00:38:50.81
We find that the
beast and the dragon
00:38:50.84\00:38:54.37
were united from the
very beginning of time.
00:38:54.40\00:38:57.48
You see, paganism is
the foundational teaching
00:38:57.51\00:39:00.34
of the papal church,
00:39:00.37\00:39:03.04
not the people,
but the church itself.
00:39:03.07\00:39:06.02
You see, friends, the
dragon empowered the beast
00:39:06.05\00:39:09.21
and the beast has
always remained faithful
00:39:09.24\00:39:11.26
to the dragon's teachings.
00:39:11.29\00:39:13.10
And, friends, let me just
prove it to you right now.
00:39:13.13\00:39:14.71
Here's the question,
does the papacy believe
00:39:14.74\00:39:18.22
and teach in the
doctrines of the dragon?
00:39:18.25\00:39:21.79
Does he teach the dragon's
doctrines of spiritualism?
00:39:21.82\00:39:25.09
The answer is absolutely yes.
00:39:25.12\00:39:27.45
I want you to
notice, in the praying--
00:39:27.48\00:39:30.09
In praying to saints,
00:39:30.12\00:39:31.36
they believe that
there those who have died
00:39:31.39\00:39:34.06
actually can hear them.
00:39:34.09\00:39:35.18
That's spiritualism, friends.
00:39:35.21\00:39:36.45
The doctrine of purgatory
is the dragon's doctrine
00:39:36.48\00:39:39.11
who believes that
there's consciousness in death.
00:39:39.14\00:39:41.53
This union has remained
strong and these two powers,
00:39:41.56\00:39:45.40
the dragon which
paganism and spiritualism
00:39:45.43\00:39:47.86
and the beast which
represents the papacy
00:39:47.89\00:39:49.77
will then unites their powers
00:39:49.80\00:39:51.48
with the third
part of the trinity
00:39:51.51\00:39:53.89
that kind of trinity
which is the false prophet.
00:39:53.92\00:39:56.72
Now who is the false prophet?
00:39:56.75\00:39:59.62
You see, friends,
this false prophet
00:39:59.65\00:40:00.68
is only mentioned three
times in the Book of Revelation.
00:40:00.71\00:40:03.63
There is very little that is
said about the false prophet,
00:40:03.66\00:40:06.47
but what is said about
the false prophet is enough
00:40:06.50\00:40:09.44
for us to identify who
the false prophet really is.
00:40:09.47\00:40:13.58
And whenever you find
00:40:13.61\00:40:14.68
the false prophet
in the Revelation,
00:40:14.71\00:40:16.55
you always find the
false prophet mentioned
00:40:16.58\00:40:19.32
in connection with the beast.
00:40:19.35\00:40:20.61
In other words, the
false prophet and the beasts
00:40:20.64\00:40:22.46
are really good friends.
00:40:22.49\00:40:24.01
I want you to notice
00:40:24.04\00:40:25.08
the characteristics
of the false prophet.
00:40:25.11\00:40:26.78
In Revelation
19:19-20, the Bible says,
00:40:26.81\00:40:30.17
"And I saw the beast,
and the kings of the earth,
00:40:30.20\00:40:32.07
and their
armies, gathered together
00:40:32.10\00:40:34.28
to make war against him
00:40:34.31\00:40:35.43
that sat on the
horse, and against his army.
00:40:35.46\00:40:37.29
And the beast was taken,
and with him the false prophet."
00:40:38.47\00:40:43.24
Notice what the
false prophet does.
00:40:43.27\00:40:44.38
"The false prophet that
wrought miracles before him,
00:40:45.23\00:40:47.97
before the beast
00:40:48.00\00:40:49.03
with which he deceived them
that had received the, what,
00:40:49.58\00:40:52.49
Mark of the Beast,
00:40:52.52\00:40:54.30
and then that
worshipped his image."
00:40:54.33\00:40:58.04
So, friends, I want you
to notice, write it down.
00:40:58.07\00:40:59.55
There are three
specific characteristics
00:40:59.58\00:41:01.64
of the false
prophet in that passage.
00:41:01.67\00:41:03.53
Number one, he works miracles
00:41:03.56\00:41:05.87
or performs
miracles before the beast.
00:41:05.90\00:41:08.44
Number two, he deceives people
00:41:08.47\00:41:11.69
to receive the
Mark of the Beast.
00:41:11.72\00:41:15.10
And number three, he
makes an image to the beast.
00:41:15.13\00:41:18.95
Friends, these are
the characteristics
00:41:18.98\00:41:20.40
of the false prophet.
00:41:20.43\00:41:21.87
And, friends, these
same characteristics
00:41:21.90\00:41:25.05
we find applied to the
second beast of Revelation 13.
00:41:25.08\00:41:30.52
Notice, Revelation 13:11.
00:41:30.55\00:41:32.90
The Bible says,
"And I saw another beast
00:41:32.93\00:41:34.80
coming up out of the earth.
00:41:34.83\00:41:36.98
He had two horns like a
lamb and it spoke like a dragon.
00:41:37.01\00:41:39.54
And it exercises all the
power of the first beast, what?
00:41:39.57\00:41:42.82
Before him and causes the earth
00:41:43.92\00:41:46.75
and then dwell
there into worship
00:41:46.78\00:41:48.60
the first beast whose
deadly wound was healed.
00:41:48.63\00:41:51.61
And it does great wonder so
that he makes fire come down
00:41:51.64\00:41:54.92
from heaven and sat at
the earth and does." what?
00:41:54.95\00:41:58.93
Verse 14 "Deceives them
that dwell upon the earth
00:41:58.96\00:42:01.93
by the means of those miracles
00:42:01.96\00:42:03.13
which he had power to do
in the sight of the beast,
00:42:03.16\00:42:06.95
saying to them
that dwell on earth
00:42:06.98\00:42:08.12
that they should
make an image to the beast
00:42:08.15\00:42:10.58
which had the wounded by
the sword and yet lived."
00:42:10.61\00:42:12.71
Friends, we find that the
same three characteristics
00:42:12.74\00:42:14.57
of the false prophet are
also applied to the second beast
00:42:14.60\00:42:17.77
of Revelation
13, this earth beast.
00:42:17.80\00:42:20.70
And, friends, do you
know who this earth beast is?
00:42:20.73\00:42:22.83
It's none other than the
United States of America.
00:42:22.86\00:42:25.46
Now, friends, listen,
00:42:25.49\00:42:26.83
the earth beast or the
United States of America
00:42:26.86\00:42:29.49
is not the false prophet
00:42:29.52\00:42:31.91
because the beast, a beast
00:42:31.94\00:42:34.79
is represented as
a political power,
00:42:34.82\00:42:38.31
but a false prophet
is a religious power.
00:42:38.34\00:42:41.24
They are connected, how?
00:42:41.27\00:42:43.04
Because the false prophet
00:42:43.07\00:42:44.51
is the religious
part in the earth beast,
00:42:44.54\00:42:49.29
it's the religious part in
the United States of America
00:42:49.32\00:42:52.89
that does not
prophecy accurately,
00:42:52.92\00:42:54.97
but is a false prophet.
00:42:55.00\00:42:56.30
And, friends, what is the
main religious institution
00:42:56.33\00:42:58.33
in the United States of America?
00:42:58.36\00:42:59.57
It's Protestantism, friends.
00:42:59.60\00:43:00.85
We are a protestant country.
00:43:00.88\00:43:02.36
And so this false
prophet which simply represent
00:43:02.39\00:43:06.43
apostate Protestantism
or false Protestantism
00:43:06.46\00:43:10.75
here located in the earth beast,
the United States of America.
00:43:10.78\00:43:16.65
Protestants who are
no longer protesting.
00:43:16.68\00:43:19.55
And, friends, as you
considered the characteristics
00:43:19.58\00:43:23.12
and the condition of
a protestant America,
00:43:23.15\00:43:25.81
the question we
must ask is this,
00:43:25.84\00:43:28.38
is protestant America united
with the beast and the dragon?
00:43:28.41\00:43:33.77
Does protestant America
00:43:33.80\00:43:35.45
embrace the
teachings of spiritualism,
00:43:35.48\00:43:38.11
the dragon's teachings?
00:43:38.14\00:43:39.17
Do they?
Friends, absolutely yes.
00:43:39.20\00:43:41.26
Many Protestants and
evangelicals here in America
00:43:41.29\00:43:44.64
are embracing the
contemplated prayer movement
00:43:44.67\00:43:47.46
and propagating it to the world,
00:43:47.49\00:43:49.77
calling it the new spirituality.
00:43:49.80\00:43:53.73
The dragon has
infiltrated the false prophet,
00:43:53.76\00:43:55.77
Protestantism today.
00:43:55.80\00:43:57.60
And, friends,
here's the next question.
00:43:57.63\00:43:59.38
I wish I can give you--
00:43:59.41\00:44:00.57
I can spend a
lot of time on that,
00:44:00.60\00:44:01.99
but we're running
out of time this morning.
00:44:02.02\00:44:03.63
Here's the next question.
00:44:03.66\00:44:04.69
Is the beast and the
false prophet united?
00:44:05.25\00:44:07.67
We see that the dragon and
the beast are surely united,
00:44:07.70\00:44:09.88
united from the very beginning.
00:44:09.91\00:44:11.29
We find that the
dragon and the false prophet,
00:44:11.32\00:44:13.35
Protestantism is united already,
00:44:13.38\00:44:15.36
but what about the
beast and the false prophet?
00:44:15.39\00:44:16.98
Are they united?
00:44:17.01\00:44:18.21
Is Catholicism and Protestantism
coming together today?
00:44:18.24\00:44:22.76
Absolutely yes.
00:44:22.79\00:44:23.93
Let me read you few quotes.
00:44:23.96\00:44:25.50
"The situation
of Roman Catholicism
00:44:25.53\00:44:27.55
within American
culture has always been
00:44:27.58\00:44:29.38
a puzzling issue to
scholars and citizens.
00:44:29.41\00:44:31.72
Many Protestants in
early America back in the day
00:44:31.75\00:44:35.82
were sure that
Catholicism was what?
00:44:35.85\00:44:38.25
Antithetical both to genuine
Christianity and democracy.
00:44:38.28\00:44:42.83
A sentiment manifests
that in much of the rhetoric
00:44:42.86\00:44:45.28
inspiring both the
American Revolution
00:44:45.31\00:44:47.10
and the Union cause
during the Civil War."
00:44:47.13\00:44:49.81
You see, when the
country was first founded,
00:44:49.84\00:44:51.38
Protestantism
understood the Catholicism
00:44:51.41\00:44:54.20
was not in harmony
with the true Christianity.
00:44:54.23\00:44:57.29
That's the founding--
00:44:57.32\00:44:58.48
The founding
fathers of the country.
00:44:58.51\00:45:00.40
They understood that--
00:45:00.43\00:45:01.46
You see, the reason why
the pilgrims left Europe
00:45:01.49\00:45:03.57
is because they were
fleeing papal persecution.
00:45:03.60\00:45:06.41
They understood the true
nature of the beast, friends.
00:45:06.44\00:45:09.08
And they realize that this
was not genuine Christianity.
00:45:09.11\00:45:12.53
Now, friends, there might
have been many genuine people
00:45:12.56\00:45:14.85
that were
sincere in their hearts,
00:45:14.88\00:45:16.54
but as far as the doctrine,
the theology, the system,
00:45:16.57\00:45:19.36
it was not
according to God's word.
00:45:19.39\00:45:20.79
And this is how Protestants
at first view the beast,
00:45:20.82\00:45:24.24
but nowadays, not at all.
00:45:24.27\00:45:25.80
Notice, "In the 1850s,
00:45:25.83\00:45:27.45
a Republican orator
and nativist proclaimed,
00:45:27.48\00:45:29.80
'American civilization in
its idea, is historically,
00:45:29.83\00:45:32.96
the political aspect
of the what, reformation.'
00:45:32.99\00:45:37.28
After describing that some
have looked upon Catholicism
00:45:37.31\00:45:40.06
as being fairly
impotent in America,
00:45:40.09\00:45:42.10
the writer argues
that quite to the contrary,
00:45:42.13\00:45:44.87
they have been very active
00:45:44.90\00:45:46.93
'exerting significant
political and social power.'"
00:45:46.96\00:45:50.88
In other words,
the beast is trying
00:45:50.91\00:45:52.21
to make friends
with the false prophet.
00:45:52.24\00:45:55.07
They are trying
to unite together.
00:45:55.10\00:45:56.66
And, friends, notice
what else is taking place.
00:45:56.69\00:45:58.30
Let me give you few more quotes.
00:45:58.33\00:45:59.65
"By 1977, John Stott,
00:45:59.68\00:46:01.69
advisor to the world
council of the churches.
00:46:01.72\00:46:04.53
This is the ecumenical movement.
00:46:04.56\00:46:07.32
He said that, 'The visible unity
00:46:07.35\00:46:09.01
of all professing
Christians should be our goal
00:46:09.04\00:46:12.09
and evangelicals should join
others in the Church of England
00:46:12.12\00:46:16.01
in working toward
full communion with the--"
00:46:16.04\00:46:19.98
The beast and the false
prophet are coming together.
00:46:20.01\00:46:22.49
And I want you to
notice what Rick Warren said.
00:46:22.52\00:46:25.10
The first tweet, he said,
00:46:25.13\00:46:26.22
"Join me today in
fasting and praying
00:46:26.25\00:46:28.16
for the 115 cardinals seeking
God's will in a new leader."
00:46:28.19\00:46:34.56
Friends, listen,
00:46:34.59\00:46:35.62
there's nothing wrong
with fasting and praying.
00:46:35.65\00:46:37.25
Can you say amen?
00:46:37.28\00:46:38.75
But then to make an
assertion that it's God's will
00:46:38.78\00:46:42.85
to have a pope is
deceptive and dangerous.
00:46:42.88\00:46:46.40
And then when Pope
Francis was elected.
00:46:46.43\00:46:49.96
He then tweeted,
"Welcome Pope Francis."
00:46:49.99\00:46:52.57
And then he hashtags the
expression, "Habemus Papam."
00:46:52.60\00:46:57.92
It's the Latin
expression that means,
00:46:57.95\00:46:59.53
"We have a Pope,
you have our prayers."
00:46:59.56\00:47:03.11
And so here's an
evangelical leader,
00:47:03.14\00:47:05.49
a protestant
saying, we have a pope.
00:47:05.52\00:47:10.06
And, friends, this may
sound small to some of us but,
00:47:10.09\00:47:14.15
but friends, when you
hear this type of language,
00:47:14.18\00:47:15.89
this was unheard
of back in the day.
00:47:15.92\00:47:17.86
We find that the
beast and the false prophet
00:47:17.89\00:47:19.95
are coming together
00:47:19.98\00:47:21.23
and the Protestants
are no longer protesting.
00:47:21.26\00:47:23.72
They are seeking for the unity
at the sacrifice of the truth.
00:47:23.75\00:47:27.73
Will you be
praying for the Holy Spirit
00:47:27.76\00:47:29.79
to bring us in
unity not just in spirit,
00:47:29.82\00:47:32.95
but unity in truth as well?
00:47:32.98\00:47:35.85
And so here is
Satan's counterfeit trinity,
00:47:35.88\00:47:38.83
the dragon, the beast
and the false prophet.
00:47:38.86\00:47:42.54
What does it represent?
00:47:42.57\00:47:43.83
It's the symbols of
spiritualism, Catholicism
00:47:43.86\00:47:47.62
and apostate
Protestantism in the world today
00:47:47.65\00:47:50.70
and they are all being unified
and they are coming together.
00:47:50.73\00:47:53.74
And what is the real
basis of their unity?
00:47:53.77\00:47:56.61
Notice what it says now
00:47:56.64\00:47:58.20
as we read again
versus 13-14 of Revelation 16.
00:47:58.23\00:48:01.97
"And I saw three
unclean spirits like, what,
00:48:02.00\00:48:04.94
frogs come out of
the mouth of the dragon,
00:48:04.97\00:48:07.26
and out of the
mouth of the beast,
00:48:07.29\00:48:08.32
and out of the mouth
of the false prophet.
00:48:08.35\00:48:10.31
For they are the spirits
of devils, working, what?"
00:48:10.34\00:48:14.35
So what is the
real basis of the unity?
00:48:14.38\00:48:17.14
What do the beast,
dragon and false prophet
00:48:17.17\00:48:19.62
all have in common?
00:48:19.65\00:48:20.76
They have the exact same
thing coming out of their mouth.
00:48:20.79\00:48:24.38
And, friends, the mouth
is an instrument of speech,
00:48:24.41\00:48:27.96
isn't that right?
00:48:27.99\00:48:29.38
It's an
instrument of communication.
00:48:29.41\00:48:30.87
In other words, they
are saying and teaching
00:48:30.90\00:48:32.25
the exact same things.
00:48:32.28\00:48:34.05
And, friends, when you look
upon the symbol of the frog,
00:48:34.08\00:48:37.28
where does this
imagery come from?
00:48:37.31\00:48:39.06
The only time the frog
is mentioned in the Bible
00:48:39.09\00:48:42.37
is in connection when God
brought the plague of frogs
00:48:42.40\00:48:45.32
upon Egypt in Exodus 8.
00:48:45.35\00:48:48.41
In fact, look up every time
00:48:48.44\00:48:49.72
the word frog is
mentioned in the Bible,
00:48:49.75\00:48:51.75
it's always in
connection with this plague
00:48:51.78\00:48:53.21
that was brought upon Egypt.
00:48:53.24\00:48:55.24
And you remember in response
to the plague of the frogs
00:48:55.27\00:48:58.74
the Egyptian magicians
also called forth frogs,
00:48:58.77\00:49:02.71
but it was a counterfeit frog.
00:49:02.74\00:49:04.63
In other words, it
was a counterfeit miracle
00:49:04.66\00:49:06.50
that they performed that
made Pharos rebel against God.
00:49:06.53\00:49:11.97
And, friends, in the same
way Satan in these last days
00:49:12.00\00:49:15.76
through this counterfeit
trinity will use false miracles
00:49:15.79\00:49:20.45
to cause the world to
believe in the false teachings,
00:49:20.48\00:49:24.09
the false tongues of the beast,
dragon and the false prophet
00:49:24.12\00:49:27.56
to battle against
God and His truth.
00:49:27.59\00:49:31.38
Does that make sense?
00:49:31.41\00:49:33.20
In fact, notice the
Apostle Paul told us that
00:49:33.23\00:49:35.40
this is exactly
what would take place.
00:49:35.43\00:49:37.46
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 says,
00:49:37.49\00:49:40.11
"Even him, whose coming
is after the working of Satan
00:49:40.14\00:49:42.83
with all power
and lying wonders,
00:49:42.86\00:49:46.95
with all deceivableness
of unrighteousness
00:49:46.98\00:49:49.43
in them that perish
00:49:49.46\00:49:51.39
because they received
not the love of the truth,
00:49:51.42\00:49:53.27
that they might be saved.
00:49:53.30\00:49:54.62
For this cause, God
shall send them, what,
00:49:54.65\00:49:57.64
strong delusion that
they should believe a lie.
00:49:57.67\00:50:01.04
That they all might be damned
who believed not the truth,
00:50:01.07\00:50:03.14
but had pleasure
in unrighteousness."
00:50:03.17\00:50:06.73
Here the bible tells us,
00:50:06.76\00:50:08.10
that signs and lying wonders
will be perform miracles,
00:50:08.13\00:50:11.56
false miracles that
will cause individuals
00:50:11.59\00:50:14.36
to reject the
truth of God's word
00:50:14.39\00:50:16.56
and rather to believe a
lie, a strong delusions,
00:50:16.59\00:50:20.17
miracles contrary to truth is
simply a lying wonder of Satan.
00:50:20.20\00:50:25.59
And, friends, listen,
have we seen false miracles
00:50:25.62\00:50:28.89
in the dragon, beast
and the false prophet
00:50:28.92\00:50:31.64
that produces strong delusion
00:50:31.67\00:50:33.34
amongst many
people in the world today?
00:50:33.37\00:50:35.82
Friends, false miracles
are obvious in pagan religious
00:50:35.85\00:50:40.18
but, friends, we also see
false miracles being performed
00:50:40.21\00:50:43.52
amongst those who
claim Christ as their Lord
00:50:43.55\00:50:46.19
and they're doing it
in the name of Jesus.
00:50:46.22\00:50:49.38
And many people are trusting
in these false miracles.
00:50:49.41\00:50:52.45
They're looking
upon these things,
00:50:52.48\00:50:54.25
they see with their eyes
and they feel like it's real,
00:50:54.28\00:50:56.84
they feel like it is the truth.
00:50:56.87\00:50:58.69
But, friends,
Satan have the power
00:50:58.72\00:51:00.02
to perform miracles, too.
00:51:00.05\00:51:01.79
And so we can know
truth by signs and wonders
00:51:01.82\00:51:04.21
because Satan is full
of these exact things.
00:51:04.24\00:51:07.23
And that's the reason
why God will say to many
00:51:07.26\00:51:09.96
amongst those who
claim him as Lord.
00:51:09.99\00:51:12.85
In Matthew 7:22-23, "Many
will say to me in that day
00:51:12.88\00:51:15.51
Lord, Lord, have we
not prophesied in thy name?
00:51:15.54\00:51:18.29
Cast out devils in thy name?
00:51:18.32\00:51:19.84
And done many
wonderful works in thy name?
00:51:19.87\00:51:22.20
And God will say,
'I never knew you,
00:51:22.23\00:51:24.38
depart from me, ye who
practice, what, lawlessness.'"
00:51:24.41\00:51:27.80
Because you see, friends,
they are performing miracles,
00:51:27.83\00:51:30.83
but at the same
time breaking God's law.
00:51:30.86\00:51:33.06
It was a false miracle that
brought about a strong delusion.
00:51:33.09\00:51:37.41
And, friends, that's the
reason why we must sigh and cry
00:51:37.44\00:51:40.19
for the abominations
that are taking place
00:51:40.22\00:51:41.84
in the Christian world today.
00:51:41.87\00:51:43.93
And the next
question people are asking is,
00:51:43.96\00:51:45.46
well, how will atheist
and seculars be convinced
00:51:45.49\00:51:48.78
to join in this final worldwide
false religious moment?
00:51:48.81\00:51:51.84
Because
atheists don't want any--
00:51:51.87\00:51:53.11
have anything to do
with anything religious.
00:51:53.14\00:51:55.04
How are they going to join?
00:51:55.07\00:51:56.10
Well, friends, what
do the atheists say?
00:51:56.13\00:51:58.56
I won't believe until
I see, isn't that right?
00:51:58.59\00:52:01.64
And so all the devil has
to do is perform some miracles
00:52:01.67\00:52:04.25
and they will not be able
to deny the sight of their eyes
00:52:04.28\00:52:07.87
and that's how
seculars, humanists and atheists
00:52:07.90\00:52:10.77
would join in this
final unholy threefold union.
00:52:10.80\00:52:14.80
What about other religions?
00:52:14.83\00:52:16.53
What about the different
religions of the world?
00:52:16.56\00:52:18.10
How will Satan bring
them together in unity?
00:52:18.13\00:52:20.79
All the devil has to do
00:52:20.82\00:52:21.94
is appear to them
and an angel of light.
00:52:21.97\00:52:26.27
2 Corinthians 11:14
tells us that he will come
00:52:26.30\00:52:29.69
and transform as
an angel of light.
00:52:29.72\00:52:31.76
And, friends, did
you noticed that every,
00:52:31.79\00:52:33.63
almost every major
world religion today
00:52:33.66\00:52:35.96
is waiting for the
coming of the next teacher.
00:52:35.99\00:52:40.49
Islam is waiting
for the next Mahdi
00:52:40.52\00:52:43.40
that comes from the lineage of
Mohammed, a spiritual teacher.
00:52:43.43\00:52:46.25
They're waiting for the coming
of another spiritual teacher.
00:52:46.28\00:52:49.08
All Satan has to do
is come in that way.
00:52:49.11\00:52:52.02
What about the Buddhist?
00:52:52.05\00:52:53.08
They are waiting
for the next Buddha.
00:52:53.11\00:52:55.18
What about Judaism?
00:52:55.21\00:52:56.36
They are waiting for
the coming of their Messiah.
00:52:56.39\00:52:58.41
What about Hinduism?
00:52:58.44\00:52:59.66
They are waiting for any
other spiritual teacher to come
00:52:59.69\00:53:02.31
and teach them something new.
00:53:02.34\00:53:03.93
And so all Satan has to do
00:53:03.96\00:53:05.32
is perform signs
and wonders and miracles
00:53:05.35\00:53:08.08
and he will unite the
entire religious world together.
00:53:08.11\00:53:11.52
Lying wonders of Satan,
bringing the religious together.
00:53:11.55\00:53:14.02
Notice who they will go to next.
00:53:14.05\00:53:15.55
The Bible tells us that
00:53:15.58\00:53:16.74
they then go to
the kings of the earth
00:53:16.77\00:53:20.12
and then they will
go to the whole world.
00:53:20.15\00:53:23.90
They will go to
the political powers
00:53:23.93\00:53:25.94
in order to force their agenda.
00:53:25.97\00:53:28.21
And as a result
what's going to happen?
00:53:28.24\00:53:29.84
Notice, Revelation 17:13,
00:53:29.87\00:53:31.63
it says, "These have one mind,
00:53:31.66\00:53:35.90
and shall give their power
and strength to the beast."
00:53:35.93\00:53:38.71
So as the religions of the world
00:53:38.74\00:53:40.08
and secularism and
humanism, all come together,
00:53:40.11\00:53:42.89
they are going to be on
the same page in their mind.
00:53:42.92\00:53:45.17
They are going to
have the same goals,
00:53:45.20\00:53:46.41
the same ideology
00:53:46.44\00:53:47.83
and then they are going to
give their power to the beast.
00:53:47.86\00:53:49.80
What would they
give it to the beast
00:53:49.83\00:53:50.86
and not the dragon
and not the false prophet?
00:53:50.89\00:53:52.75
It's because the papacy
00:53:52.78\00:53:54.10
is the one that has
the most dragon power.
00:53:54.13\00:53:56.97
Do you remember?
00:53:57.00\00:53:58.15
It was the dragon that
actually founded the papacy,
00:53:58.18\00:54:00.59
founded the beast.
00:54:00.62\00:54:02.61
And the beast has
remained faithful to the dragon
00:54:02.64\00:54:05.83
from the very beginning of time.
00:54:05.86\00:54:07.58
So Satan is going
to bless this power
00:54:07.61\00:54:09.73
with the most signs
and wonders and miracles
00:54:09.76\00:54:12.18
and that's why the whole world
is going to look to the papacy
00:54:12.21\00:54:14.41
as the leader in this movement.
00:54:14.44\00:54:16.88
And when they give their
power and strength to the beast,
00:54:16.91\00:54:19.52
it's then the beast is
going to seek to enforce
00:54:19.55\00:54:22.64
the Mark of its authority.
00:54:22.67\00:54:25.36
And as we've
learned in the seminar
00:54:25.39\00:54:26.74
what is the Mark of the beast?
00:54:26.77\00:54:28.16
It's Sunday Worship.
00:54:28.19\00:54:31.43
A national and international
Sunday law will be passed
00:54:31.46\00:54:35.08
and then will be
fulfilled the words of the Bible
00:54:35.11\00:54:37.53
and the deadly wound was healed
00:54:37.56\00:54:39.63
and all the world
wondered after the beast.
00:54:39.66\00:54:44.62
Friends, do we see
this happening right now
00:54:44.65\00:54:46.37
before our very eyes, yes or no?
00:54:46.40\00:54:48.60
Is prophesying being
fulfilled right now, yes or no?
00:54:48.63\00:54:51.50
And do we need to
be afraid, yes or no?
00:54:51.53\00:54:54.23
Absolutely not, friends,
00:54:54.26\00:54:55.93
because God is going
to take care of His own.
00:54:55.96\00:54:58.19
Can you say amen?
00:54:58.22\00:54:59.25
And so there you
have it, friends,
00:54:59.28\00:55:01.23
the Battle of Armageddon.
00:55:01.26\00:55:03.01
Satan is going to
gather all the world,
00:55:03.04\00:55:04.99
all false, pagan religions.
00:55:05.02\00:55:07.62
Counterfeit Christian religions
00:55:07.65\00:55:09.80
and the political
powers of the world,
00:55:09.83\00:55:12.12
secularist,
atheist and humanists
00:55:12.15\00:55:14.61
all are going to unite to
fight against the truth of God.
00:55:14.64\00:55:18.48
This is the battle,
brother and sisters.
00:55:18.51\00:55:20.24
They are going to seek
to attack the people of God,
00:55:20.27\00:55:22.48
but don't be afraid, friends.
00:55:22.51\00:55:23.64
The Bible gives the promise.
00:55:23.67\00:55:24.85
In Isaiah 54:17, "No
weapon that is formed
00:55:24.88\00:55:28.08
against thee shall prosper,
00:55:28.11\00:55:30.38
and every tongue that
shall rise against thee
00:55:30.41\00:55:32.55
in judgment thou shalt condemn.
00:55:32.58\00:55:35.16
This is the heritage of
the servants of the Lord,
00:55:35.19\00:55:37.50
and their righteousness
is of me, says the Lord."
00:55:37.53\00:55:40.99
Can you say amen?
00:55:41.02\00:55:42.24
No weapon formed against
God's peoples going to prosper,
00:55:42.27\00:55:44.63
God is going to
take care of his own.
00:55:44.66\00:55:46.16
And thus the
Battle of Armageddon,
00:55:46.19\00:55:49.15
Jesus is going to foil,
00:55:49.18\00:55:51.10
Satan's plan with
the seven last plagues,
00:55:51.13\00:55:53.18
He's going to say, it is done.
00:55:53.21\00:55:54.73
Jesus will come
to take His people
00:55:54.76\00:55:56.32
to the heavenly Jerusalem,
00:55:56.35\00:55:57.88
the battle is
finished for a time
00:55:57.91\00:55:59.98
as now the saints are in heaven
00:56:00.01\00:56:01.84
for 1,000 years because listen,
00:56:01.87\00:56:03.84
before Jesus puts
an end to the battle,
00:56:03.87\00:56:06.78
He wants every
question to be answered
00:56:06.81\00:56:08.97
in the minds of His saints.
00:56:09.00\00:56:10.56
Therefore, they are
going to judge for 1,000 years,
00:56:10.59\00:56:12.32
we studied that before.
00:56:12.35\00:56:13.78
And during this
time, God is giving Satan
00:56:13.81\00:56:16.04
an opportunity to
stop, think and reflect
00:56:16.07\00:56:20.41
on the battle that he
has begun in the universe.
00:56:20.44\00:56:23.92
And then after
having 1,000 years
00:56:23.95\00:56:25.92
to think about his crimes
00:56:25.95\00:56:27.42
and after every
question is answered
00:56:27.45\00:56:29.38
in the minds of the saints,
00:56:29.41\00:56:31.02
Bible tells us that the
holy city, New Jerusalem
00:56:31.05\00:56:33.10
descends back down
from God in heaven.
00:56:33.13\00:56:36.83
Now the Lord comes to
finish the Battle of Armageddon.
00:56:36.86\00:56:39.55
His character
has been vindicating
00:56:39.58\00:56:41.10
before the whole universe,
00:56:41.13\00:56:42.35
it's time to settle the
controversy for eternity
00:56:42.38\00:56:45.38
and now we find the
climax of the battle.
00:56:45.41\00:56:47.90
In the second resurrection,
Satan deceives the nations
00:56:47.93\00:56:51.36
and he points to the city of God
00:56:51.39\00:56:52.94
and he gathers them
to the final battle.
00:56:52.97\00:56:54.99
Notice, Revelation 20:7-9,
00:56:55.02\00:56:57.90
"When the
thousand years are expired,
00:56:57.93\00:56:59.63
Satan shall be
loosed out of his prison,
00:56:59.66\00:57:01.97
and shall go out
to deceive the nations
00:57:02.00\00:57:03.41
which are in the four
quarters of the earth,
00:57:03.44\00:57:05.24
Gog, and Magog, to
gather them together to battle,
00:57:05.27\00:57:08.70
the number of whom is
as the sand of the sea."
00:57:08.73\00:57:12.97
This is the final
showdown, friends.
00:57:13.00\00:57:14.91
"And they went up on
the breadth of the earth,
00:57:14.94\00:57:16.41
and surrounded
the camp of the saints
00:57:16.44\00:57:19.08
and the beloved city."
00:57:19.11\00:57:20.30
Here we find war
is breaking loose.
00:57:20.33\00:57:22.90
Satan and the world is
going to try to dethrone God.
00:57:22.93\00:57:27.03
It's his last attempt
00:57:27.06\00:57:28.75
to sit upon the
Mount of the Congregation,
00:57:28.78\00:57:31.15
to ascend above the
heights of the clouds.
00:57:31.18\00:57:33.00
It's the climax of the battle
00:57:33.03\00:57:34.54
that began in
the heart of Lucifer
00:57:34.57\00:57:36.30
where the Bible tells us
00:57:36.33\00:57:37.73
that even though they are
going to make war with the lamb,
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it says that the
lamb shall overcome them.
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Can you say amen?
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He's going to win
the victory in this war
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and then the Bible tells
us in Revelation 20:9-10,
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"And fire came down from God
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out of heaven and devoured them.
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And the devil that deceived them
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was cast into the lake of
fire burning and brimstone,
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where the beast and
the false prophet are."
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That counterfeit
trinity is going to be destroyed
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and God's people
are going to be saved.
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God is going to put
an end to the battle
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and then notice what
happens to Satan himself.
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Ezekiel 28:18-19, it says,
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"I will bring forth
a fire from," where?
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"From the midst of thee.
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I will bring thee
to ashes upon the earth
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in the sight of all
them that behold thee
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and never shalt
thou be any more."
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Friends, from the
very heart of Satan,
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he's going to be destroyed. Why?
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Because that's where
the battle first began
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when Satan said in
his heart, I will be God.
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So God is going
to put an end to it.
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It's going to finish, friends.
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And out of the
ashes of the old world,
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God is going to create a
new heavens and a new earth.
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It is done, the battle is finish
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and the Christ
remains victorious.
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I want to be on His
side, how about you?
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