A great controversy
rages between good and evil
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and humanity is
caught in the crossfire.
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Satan has crafted his most
cunning end-time deceptions
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but his plans
are doomed to fail.
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Get ready to
anchor your minds in truth
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as the Bible exposes his lies
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and prepares us for
our soon-coming Savior.
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And now live from the
Campus Hill Church of SDA's
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in Loma Linda, California,
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we bring you
this presentation of:
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Hello and welcome to
3ABN Winter Camp Meeting
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2020 in Loma Linda, CA, at
the Campus Hill SDA Church.
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We have a tremendous blessing
in store for us this evening
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and it is the Sabbath. And
so I believe we are going to
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receive an extra-special
blessing this evening. Amen?
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Amen. Amen! Tonight
I'm not even going to
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take a long time to
make this introduction
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because I want to
save the time for the Word.
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All right! Well, we
have Pastor Ivor Myers
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who will be bringing
us the word this evening,
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and I'm going to
read to you his bio.
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Pastor Ivor Myers is pastor
of the Campbell SDA Church
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in San Jose, California,
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founder of Power
of the Lamb Ministries
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and ARME Bible Camp.
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He is an author of several books
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and a co-host on
3ABN's Battles of Faith
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as well as Salvation
in Symbols and Signs.
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After he was introduced to the
three angels' messages in 1994
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he left a lucrative
career in the hip-hop industry
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to preach the Word of God.
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He has been married to
Atonte Myers for 22 years
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and she is the
love of his universe.
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And he told me to say that.
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They have four
wonderful children
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and he's also a
wonderful teacher.
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If you've seen
Salvation in Symbols and Signs,
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you know all I can
do is continue to write.
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I'm just takin' notes.
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So if you have
your pen and your pad
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I encourage you
to take notes tonight
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as he delivers the
Word. But before he does that
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we are going to
be blessed in song
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by Reggie and Ladye Love Smith.
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Reggie right now.
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Oh, loving Father,
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by Your grace
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we gather here
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to seek Your face
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and thank you for this family...
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for hearth and home
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and loyalty.
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Our hearts are full of gratitude
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for work and
rest and daily food.
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For neighbors kind
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and faithful friends...
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the gifts on which
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our lives depend.
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We even thank you for the pain:
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it's through the
losses that we gain
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a clear
perspective... a better view
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of our dependency
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on You.
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We hold all things
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with open hands
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our homes, our lives
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and this great land.
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Our gifts, possessions
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and our days
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we lift to You
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in grateful praise.
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Through good and bad
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we've learned to trust
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that You are loving,
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wise, and just
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So now with childlike
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hearts we raise
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our hymn of deepest,
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highest praise...
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Yes, now with trusting hearts
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we raise
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our hymn of deepest,
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highest praise...
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our hymn of deepest,
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highest
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praise.
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Amen!
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Amen. Happy Sabbath, everyone.
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Happy Sabbath!
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Are you ready to eat?
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Yes!
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Let us pray over the food.
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Heavenly Father, bless this food
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that You have prepared for us.
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May we be filled;
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may we be nourished;
may we be strengthened.
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In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
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Amen.
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Tonight I want to talk to you
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about a message I've
entitled The Image of the Beast.
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How many of you believe that we
are living at the end of time?
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We are living in the last days.
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I want to share something with
you just to set the foundation.
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In the book of
Exodus chapters 1 and 2
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we have the story of Moses who
has been drawn out of waters.
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He has been drawn out of waters.
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In Exodus chapter 3
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Moses goes into the wilderness
where he is there for how long?
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Forty years... so please note:
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he is drawn out of waters and
then goes into the wilderness
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for forty.
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I'm just going to wait.
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I'm just going to wait,
man. He is drawn out of waters.
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He goes into the
wilderness for forty years
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and then he returns to do the
work of delivering his people.
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He performs
miracles. Amen. Amen!
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And when you get to
Exodus 20 what happens is
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he establishes
the covenant. Amen.
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And then something interesting
happens in Exodus chapter 24.
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In Exodus 24 the
Bible says that Moses
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went up into the mount.
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And the Bible says
that a cloud received him
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out of the sight of the people.
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Come on, man... come on.
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Moses goes up into the
mount and so we know that Moses
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leaves behind the
children of Israel.
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So he has gone up
into the mountain.
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Something interesting happens
because the children of Israel
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expected... they
thought that Jesus would...
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they thought that
Moses would return
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sooner than he did.
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And so, you know, time passes
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and they began to
think: "Huh! It looks like
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Moses is not coming back.
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We thought he was coming
back and our parents told us
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he was coming back
and their parents believed
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that he was coming back
but he has not returned. "
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So... check this out:
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while Moses is up in the mount
and the children of Israel are
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below something interesting
happens because the children
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of Israel make
an image to a beast.
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They make an image to a beast
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and they begin to
worship the image of the beast.
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And when Moses returns he
catches everyone off guard.
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And the question is:
"Who is on the Lord's side? "
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Beloved, this is
where we are headed.
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This is the time
we are living in.
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When you go to
the book of Revelation
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you will find in
Revelation chapter 13,
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Revelation chapter 12, you
will find there various beasts
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mentioned.
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And the Bible tells
us that these beasts
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are going to go after
God's people with a vengeance
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and we have to be ready
not to worship the beast.
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Not to worship the image.
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But don't fear
because there is good news.
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And that good news
is what I like to call
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the prophecy of Daniel.
How many of you are aware
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of the prophecy of Daniel?
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OK... you don't even
know what I'm talking about
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but you're raising your hands
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because you're like
the prophecy of Daniel.
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There are many
prophecies in Daniel
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but I'm talking
about how many of you know
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THE prophecy of Daniel?
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OK... now, now you're like:
"Well I don't know the prophecy
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of Daniel. "
OK... listen, listen.
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In order for us to understand
it is the main prophecy
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of the book of Daniel.
Now, you may not have heard it
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like this before, but you
are very familiar with it.
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So in order to understand
THE prophecy of Daniel
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we're going to have to go
thru the whole book of Daniel.
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Are you ready to go through the
whole book of Daniel tonight?
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Yes! Don't worry, it will
only take us a few minutes.
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So... let's begin
with Daniel chapter 1.
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In Daniel chapter 1 we have
the story of these 4 Hebrew boys
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who are faithful to God.
Why? Because they will not eat
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the king's what? The
king's meat or drink his wine.
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Who is the king?
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Nebuchadnezzar.
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He is king of what? Babylon.
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So check this out,
beloved. I'm sharing with you
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the message now, but I've
got to give it to you in pieces.
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It's the prophecy that you're
about to receive in pieces.
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So listen
carefully. In Daniel chapter 1
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we have a group of people
who avoid the wine of Babylon.
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Y'all... Beloved
listen: at the end of time
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there will be a people
who avoid the wine of Babylon.
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Amen. Amen! All
right, Daniel chapter 2.
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What happens in
Daniel chapter 2? Remember
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because these 4 Hebrew
boys were found worthy of...
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avoided the king's
wine... in Daniel chapter 2
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they are given understanding
of end-time prophecy.
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Beloved, at the time of
the end there will be a people
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who avoid the wine of Babylon.
And because they avoid the wine
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of Babylon they will be the only
ones found in all the kingdom
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who are able to
understand the prophecy.
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And what was the prophecy?
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What was the message
they gave Nebuchadnezzar?
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The message was
simple: Babylon will fall.
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So Daniel 1: there will be
a people at the end of time
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who avoid the wine of Babylon.
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As a result, they will be
able... they will be the ones
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who will have an
understanding of the prophecy
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and preach that
Babylon will? Fall.
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Now as a result of that,
Babylon will set up an image.
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Are you catching this? Yes!
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What chapter are we in? Three!
Daniel chapter 3. Very good.
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As a result of this
Babylon will set up an image.
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But when Babylon does
this her sins will have reached
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unto heaven. Do you
remember in Daniel chapter 4
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where that tree representing
the kingdom of Babylon
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reaches unto heaven?
And God says: "Yet your sins
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have gone too far. "
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Check this out, beloved. At
the end of time there will be
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a people who avoid
the wine of Babylon.
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As a result of
avoiding the wine of Babylon
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they will preach the
message that Babylon is fallen.
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Babylon in return
will build an image
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and command all to
bow down and worship.
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And when they do this their sins
will have reached unto heaven.
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And when their
sins reach unto heaven
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Babylon will fall.
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That's Daniel chapter 5.
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You remember what
happened in Daniel 5, yes?
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That's the chapter
that Babylon falls.
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Babylon will be declared fallen.
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Now in Daniel
chapter 6- very interesting -
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you have a death
decree that is issued.
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Because we cannot find
anything wrong with Daniel
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we must find something
regarding the law of God.
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Are you? You know
this prophecy, don't you?
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You've just never
heard it like this, have you?
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You know it. It's
nothing new, beloved.
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You understand it; you
know it, but check this out.
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So let's follow on.
In Daniel 7 guess what?
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The little horn... the little
horn will have his dominion
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taken away because
that's what Daniel 7 says.
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In Daniel 8 the
sanctuary will be? Cleansed.
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Amen! In Daniel chapter 9...
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this is what
happens in Daniel chapter 9.
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Daniel chapter 9 is
about the 70-week prophecy
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which describes the close of
probation on a group of people
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that reject the
Messiah. Are you with me?
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So watch this: in Daniel
chapter 1 there will be a people
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who avoid the wine of
Babylon. As a result...
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as a result they will be
the ones that preach the message
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that Babylon is
fallen. Babylon in return will
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set up an image, demanding
that all bow down and worship.
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When they do this, their
sins will have reached until?
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heaven. And when that happens
Babylon will be declared?
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Fallen. And as a result of
this they are going to set up
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a death decree that
all who will not worship
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the beast should be killed.
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But don't fear... because
the little horn will have it's
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dominion taken away. The
sanctuary will be cleansed.
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Probation will be closed
on those that reject God.
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Daniel 11- listen carefully -
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the king of the
north will come to his end
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and Daniel 12: Michael...
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Yes! Michael will stand up
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and the dead in
Christ shall rise!
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Beloved, listen to me:
the entire book of Daniel
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as it is written
in chronological order
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is a prophecy about
God's end-time people.
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Amen!
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Do not make me get excited
all alone, by myself. OK?
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So beloved, here is the
question: Do you want that
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to be your
story? Amen! Absolutely!
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We want that to be our story.
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But here's the thing: if
you want that to be your story,
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you have to
understand something.
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If you want to avoid worshiping
the beast and his image,
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you've gotta
understand something crucial.
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I'm going to invite you to
come with me to the book of
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Genesis chapter
1... Genesis chapter 1.
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And I want you to
notice with me Genesis 1:26.
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When you're there,
please say "Amen. "
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And so the Bible says:
"And God said: 'Let us make man
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in our image after our likeness
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and let them have
dominion over the... ' " What?
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"fish of the sea
and over the... " What?
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"fowl of the air
and over the cattle
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and over all the... "
What? "earth and over every
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creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth. "
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So there are two
points I want you to get here.
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Number one: man was
made in the likeness
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and the image of God.
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What does that mean?
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What does it mean that
man was "made in the likeness
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and the image of God? "
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Does it mean that
man looked like God?
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Or does it mean that man
acted... had the character...
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had the mind... like God?
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So to be in the
image and likeness of God
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simply means that
man acted like God.
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How many of you
would like to act like God?
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Some of you are looking funny
like: "Wait! What do you mean
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by? " No, no, no...
I don't mean to BE God.
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I simply mean to act,
to behave, to follow God's
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character. Yeah... amen.
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So man was made in the
image and likeness of God
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meaning he had
the character of God
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or let me say it this
way: he had the mind of God.
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His mind was
holy... pure... righteous.
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That's the first
thing I want you to note.
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The second thing
I want you to note
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is that there are two
kingdoms in this verse.
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How many kingdoms, everyone?
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Two. What are those kingdoms?
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The kingdom of men and
the kingdom of animals.
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The animal kingdom.
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So when God
made man in His image
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He said: "You will have dominion
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over the fowl of the
air, over the fish of the sea,
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and over every thing
that creeps upon the earth. "
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But something happened.
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Man sinned, yes?
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In Genesis chapter 3 verse 1
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Genesis chapter 3 verse 1
the Bible says: "Now the serpent
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was more subtle than any
beast of the... " Hold on!
00:19:51.82\00:19:54.82
Wait a minute. What
is the serpent here?
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A... huh... very interesting.
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Satan works through a serpent
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which the Bible says was a beast
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to get Adam and
Eve to disobey God.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah... no, no, no!
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Because you have blank
looks on your faces right now.
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So when God created Adam and Eve
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He had given them
dominion over the beasts.
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Y'all are not feeling it.
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And so what happens is
Satan comes in through a serpent
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to put doubt in the
minds of Adam and Eve.
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Are you with me?
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He puts doubt
in the word of God.
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Now it's very interesting:
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is the dragon in the story?
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Is the dragon in the story? Yes.
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Yes. Does the dragon work
through a beast in this story?
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Yes!
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Do the dragon and the beast
turn Eve into a false messenger?
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Whoo! Ladies, I'm sorry...
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but you get this. Forget
about this... just focus.
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Just focus... just focus.
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And I want you to
watch what's happening here.
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You have this 3-fold union
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that basically comes
to Adam and convinces him
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to turn against God.
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Now... now, what
is the deception over?
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Listen very
carefully: what were they told?
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"You will be like God. "
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So would you say this
would be a counterfeit of God?
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So a counterfeit of God, yes?
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Number one, and number
two: "You will not surely? "
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"die. " So that is the
teaching of the state of the?
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dead. So the
very first deception
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was over a counterfeit God
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and the state of the dead.
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A dragon, a beast,
and a false messenger.
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When the Bible
says that man sinned
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it's very interesting
because the Bible says...
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the Bible says that when God
sees Adam and Eve in the garden
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He says: "Behold,
the man has become as
00:22:51.10\00:22:53.80
one of us. " Now I
have recently discovered
00:22:54.00\00:22:57.17
or come to the
understanding that that verse
00:22:57.37\00:23:00.11
could very well
be a mistranslation.
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Some translations
actually read in the past tense
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meaning: "Behold the
man who was as one of us. "
00:23:06.95\00:23:10.19
Remember: when God
made man He made him
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in His image and in His likeness
00:23:15.32\00:23:17.59
meaning he was like God.
00:23:17.79\00:23:19.73
But now when they have sinned
they no longer have the mind
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of God, and what God
is basically saying here
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is: "Behold, what has become of
the one who was once like us? "
00:23:26.63\00:23:30.61
"He is no longer like us. "
00:23:32.07\00:23:34.44
When man was made
in the image of God
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he had dominion over the beast.
00:23:38.21\00:23:41.45
But now when man is no
longer in the image of God
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he now reflects the image...
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I want you to think with me.
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Cain.
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Did Cain go beast mode?
00:24:04.44\00:24:06.57
Somebody got that
late but they got it.
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Amen.
00:24:12.85\00:24:14.28
Cain went beast mode
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meaning his character
- the character of man -
00:24:16.99\00:24:20.32
who was once in the image of God
00:24:20.52\00:24:21.99
when they stepped out of
the image and likeness of God
00:24:22.19\00:24:24.33
they went beast mode.
00:24:24.53\00:24:25.86
Think about the flood.
00:24:26.26\00:24:27.90
Were men acting
more like beasts? Yes.
00:24:29.36\00:24:32.43
How many of you
remember the story where
00:24:32.63\00:24:34.94
Joseph was sold by his brothers?
00:24:36.27\00:24:39.41
And remember what they did?
00:24:40.51\00:24:42.18
They took his coat and
they dipped it in blood.
00:24:42.58\00:24:45.45
And remember the
excuse they came up with?
00:24:45.85\00:24:47.78
They said: "Come,
let us tell our father
00:24:48.92\00:24:51.45
that some wild
beast has devoured... "
00:24:51.65\00:24:53.49
Now they
thought they were lying.
00:24:53.69\00:24:55.49
They were not lying.
00:25:05.80\00:25:07.24
They were the beast.
00:25:08.24\00:25:09.70
They were the ones that...
00:25:11.57\00:25:14.21
How many follow what I'm saying?
00:25:14.41\00:25:15.74
Amen! They were the
beast. They were not lying.
00:25:15.81\00:25:19.05
So I want you to
begin to get this now.
00:25:19.25\00:25:20.98
Do you remember Nebuchadnezzar?
00:25:21.38\00:25:23.05
You remember
what happened to him?
00:25:23.45\00:25:25.15
He became a beast!
00:25:26.59\00:25:28.16
When man decides to
lift himself against God
00:25:29.66\00:25:32.96
to do his own will
what God is saying is
00:25:33.16\00:25:35.16
"You have gone
into beast mode. "
00:25:35.36\00:25:37.23
Now, now... it
becomes no wonder then
00:25:41.27\00:25:44.01
that when we get
to the book of Daniel
00:25:44.21\00:25:46.37
we see the kingdoms of men
00:25:46.57\00:25:49.08
being described as beasts.
00:25:49.28\00:25:52.05
A lion... a lion
represent ferocity.
00:25:54.22\00:25:58.95
A bear... it devours much flesh.
00:26:00.02\00:26:04.03
A leopard... it's camouflage.
00:26:04.63\00:26:07.50
A dragon... it
bruises and breaks in pieces.
00:26:07.90\00:26:10.77
Beloved, I want
you to understand
00:26:10.97\00:26:12.70
that when man is no longer
reflecting the image of God
00:26:12.90\00:26:16.74
what happens to nations
is that they begin to reflect
00:26:16.94\00:26:20.11
the image of the beasts.
00:26:20.31\00:26:21.64
Understand what I'm
saying, beloved, because
00:26:26.45\00:26:28.38
I'm going to bring this
home a little bit closer to us.
00:26:28.58\00:26:30.89
Do you know any Christians
00:26:31.09\00:26:32.79
that are camouflaged?
00:26:38.86\00:26:40.43
That devour much flesh?
00:26:43.10\00:26:45.13
You know, feed on
people. "Hey, did you hear?
00:26:45.87\00:26:47.80
Sister So-and-So. What?
Really? Yeah, yeah, yeah! "
00:26:48.00\00:26:50.91
Beloved, the
characteristics of these beasts
00:26:52.67\00:26:56.51
are a reflection of the charac-
teristics of the human heart
00:26:56.71\00:27:01.18
that is not
submitted to the will of God.
00:27:01.38\00:27:03.65
Beast mode. Many of us in
here tonight are in beast mode.
00:27:07.16\00:27:12.46
Beloved, I want you to
understand that the end result
00:27:16.50\00:27:19.77
of the kingdoms of men
becoming the kingdoms of beasts,
00:27:19.97\00:27:22.34
the end result of man giving
over dominion to the beast,
00:27:22.54\00:27:25.91
is this: we go to
the book of Revelation
00:27:26.11\00:27:28.68
and guess what we
find? We find three beasts.
00:27:28.88\00:27:32.38
One from the sea...
Y'all are not feeling it.
00:27:33.78\00:27:36.28
No, no, no, no, no... I'm just
going to give you some time.
00:27:37.59\00:27:41.26
one from the earth,
00:27:42.66\00:27:44.86
one from the air.
00:27:46.93\00:27:48.86
The dragon, the
beast, the false prophet.
00:27:50.67\00:27:53.37
Beloved, listen to
me: this is the end result
00:27:53.57\00:27:56.54
of man not reflecting the
image and likeness of God.
00:27:56.74\00:28:01.78
Let me talk to you for a moment
about two beasts in particular
00:28:04.81\00:28:07.48
and I want you to
understand something.
00:28:09.68\00:28:11.15
You see, the Bible says that "by
beholding we become changed. "
00:28:11.35\00:28:16.22
So how do you think the
devil's trying to get you
00:28:17.33\00:28:19.09
into beast mode?
By beholding beasts.
00:28:19.29\00:28:23.63
OK.
00:28:27.10\00:28:28.44
There are two beasts
that are described in the book
00:28:29.17\00:28:30.77
of Revelation
chapter 11 and chapter 13.
00:28:30.97\00:28:33.58
One of those beasts is called
00:28:33.78\00:28:35.11
the beast from
the bottomless pit.
00:28:35.14\00:28:37.61
How many of you are familiar
what that beast represents?
00:28:38.21\00:28:40.62
That beast represents atheism.
00:28:41.18\00:28:43.52
It is from the
French Revolution.
00:28:43.72\00:28:45.05
How many of you are
familiar with that now?
00:28:45.15\00:28:46.49
Yeah. Bible prophecy students.
00:28:46.52\00:28:48.42
French Revolution; late 1700's.
00:28:48.62\00:28:50.99
This is described as the beast
rising out of the bottomless
00:28:51.19\00:28:54.63
pit. Now what was particular
about the French Revolution?
00:28:54.83\00:28:57.27
Well, the French
Revolution very interestingly...
00:28:57.63\00:28:59.50
very interesting. The French
Revolution is where a term was
00:28:59.90\00:29:03.24
first introduced, and that
term - listen carefully - is
00:29:03.44\00:29:06.47
the term left and right.
00:29:06.68\00:29:09.24
Hold on, guys...
listen carefully:
00:29:13.31\00:29:16.12
those who were against the
king and against the church
00:29:16.32\00:29:19.35
sat on the left.
00:29:19.55\00:29:21.59
They were what you
might call progressive.
00:29:24.03\00:29:28.36
They were for all
kinds of different rights
00:29:37.74\00:29:41.11
and different
things of this nature.
00:29:41.31\00:29:42.64
But, but... one
very important thing:
00:29:42.68\00:29:44.78
they rejected
the God of the Bible.
00:29:44.98\00:29:46.98
"We want nothing
to do with God. "
00:29:47.82\00:29:50.02
So that's how the
Reign of Terror came about
00:29:50.52\00:29:52.99
and the whole banishing of
the Bible for a certain period
00:29:53.19\00:29:56.29
of time... all this is what hap-
pened in the French Revolution.
00:29:56.49\00:29:59.19
This is the beast
from the bottomless pit.
00:29:59.59\00:30:02.16
And beloved, let me tell
you: when we in the church
00:30:02.36\00:30:04.67
begin to behold that beast
and the things about that beast
00:30:04.87\00:30:08.27
and we begin to
admire that beast
00:30:08.47\00:30:10.27
what begins to happen is
the church begins to become
00:30:10.47\00:30:13.31
affected... let me say INFECTED.
00:30:13.51\00:30:15.88
But there is another beast.
00:30:19.21\00:30:20.95
This one is
found in Revelation 13.
00:30:21.45\00:30:23.52
This beast has
the horns of a lamb
00:30:23.72\00:30:27.29
but speaks like a dragon.
00:30:27.69\00:30:30.09
That was another
revolution that took place
00:30:31.19\00:30:34.00
just about the same
time. And that revolution was
00:30:34.20\00:30:36.77
called the American Revolution.
We're talking about the U.S.A.
00:30:36.97\00:30:41.60
Horns of a lamb.
"You look like a lamb
00:30:42.77\00:30:45.94
but when you go to be
petted you roar like a dragon. "
00:30:49.54\00:30:52.21
Do you know people
who look like lambs?
00:30:54.88\00:30:56.99
Coming to church: "Happy
Sabbath! " And they roar at you
00:30:59.42\00:31:02.52
"Roar! " And it scares
you to death, doesn't it?
00:31:02.72\00:31:05.83
Because you expect
a lamb to "baa, baa. "
00:31:06.03\00:31:09.23
But they don't
"baa... " they "roar. "
00:31:09.43\00:31:11.17
And you're like: "Whoa! If
that's what a Christian is... "
00:31:11.37\00:31:14.20
What? "I don't want
anything to do with it. "
00:31:14.60\00:31:17.51
Beloved, many of
us are walking around
00:31:17.71\00:31:19.71
with the horns of a lamb
but speaking like a dragon.
00:31:19.91\00:31:22.81
And beloved, listen to
me: in our nation today
00:31:25.38\00:31:28.78
our nation is
reflecting more and more...
00:31:28.98\00:31:31.05
I'm going to say something
that might be... Listen to me:
00:31:31.25\00:31:34.32
do you know that the
reason that our pioneers taught
00:31:34.52\00:31:37.53
that America was the
beast with the horns of a lamb
00:31:37.73\00:31:41.06
and spake as a dragon...
Do you know that the reason
00:31:41.26\00:31:43.30
they taught that was
because of one reason
00:31:43.50\00:31:45.63
and that reason was slavery.
00:31:45.83\00:31:47.37
Absolutely. You go check it out
in the writings of Sr. White.
00:31:50.24\00:31:52.97
You go check it out in
the writings of Bro. White,
00:31:53.17\00:31:55.21
of Uriah Smith.
They all agreed that
00:31:55.41\00:31:57.55
any nation that
could claim Christianity
00:31:57.75\00:32:00.82
and yet sell the souls of men
00:32:01.02\00:32:03.08
was a beast that
looked like a lamb
00:32:03.28\00:32:04.92
but spoke like a dragon.
00:32:05.12\00:32:06.65
Beloved, the point is this:
00:32:09.06\00:32:11.39
that beast is still alive today
00:32:11.59\00:32:14.00
and Christianity in America
is turning many people off
00:32:15.43\00:32:19.73
from God. You see the
devil wears two masks.
00:32:19.93\00:32:23.77
Let me say this: the
devil uses two beasts.
00:32:25.04\00:32:27.71
He doesn't care which
beast you... Choose your beast!
00:32:28.11\00:32:30.68
"Oh, you like this beast
better? Choose your beast. "
00:32:31.08\00:32:33.31
Because what happens is
that by beholding the beast
00:32:34.65\00:32:37.22
we become like the beast.
00:32:37.42\00:32:40.46
And beloved, what I'm
trying to tell you tonight
00:32:41.56\00:32:43.69
is that you and I as God's
people need to stop beholding
00:32:43.89\00:32:47.70
beasts and start
looking to Jesus. Amen!
00:32:47.90\00:32:51.53
Because by beholding,
beloved, we become changed.
00:32:51.73\00:32:57.04
Listen: America is
beautiful and praise God
00:32:57.44\00:33:01.04
but listen carefully guys:
00:33:01.24\00:33:02.98
it was hypernationalism
that put Jesus to death.
00:33:03.95\00:33:07.42
Did you catch what I just said?
00:33:08.42\00:33:09.88
"It is expedient for
us that one man perish
00:33:10.09\00:33:13.09
in order to save our nation. "
00:33:13.29\00:33:15.92
Beloved, listen to me:
Jesus Christ must be our first
00:33:17.36\00:33:21.06
and foremost love. Amen.
00:33:21.26\00:33:23.93
In fact, while there is bad news
that Satan has an image to the
00:33:24.23\00:33:29.24
beast there is good news
that there is an image of God.
00:33:29.44\00:33:32.47
And the image of God
is Jesus Christ. Amen!
00:33:33.07\00:33:36.41
And so, beloved,
listen to me: God sent His Son
00:33:36.61\00:33:39.15
who is His express
image into the world
00:33:39.35\00:33:42.28
so that we could
behold Him and be changed
00:33:42.48\00:33:46.02
from beast back
into the image of God.
00:33:46.22\00:33:48.96
Amen! He knew He was
coming to a world of beasts.
00:33:49.29\00:33:55.23
He was born in a manger
00:33:55.83\00:33:58.47
among animals.
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He was born in a manger.
It's almost as if He was saying
00:34:05.71\00:34:08.81
"Look, I know I'm
coming to a world of beasts
00:34:09.01\00:34:10.98
but I love these beasts. "
00:34:11.18\00:34:12.88
"I came to die for these people
who are acting like animals
00:34:15.02\00:34:18.99
who are acting
out of My character.
00:34:19.19\00:34:21.06
I came to die that they
might have another chance
00:34:21.26\00:34:24.66
to reflect the image of God
not the image of the beast. "
00:34:24.86\00:34:28.73
By beholding,
beloved, we become what?
00:34:28.93\00:34:31.50
Changed. You see, Jesus
Christ was "beast proof. "
00:34:31.70\00:34:34.87
How many of you would
like to be beast proof?
00:34:36.14\00:34:39.11
Beloved, you have to be
beast proof because... Listen:
00:34:40.28\00:34:43.88
Jesus wants you to
master the beast right here.
00:34:44.91\00:34:48.12
If you can't master
the beast right here,
00:34:48.72\00:34:52.55
forget about the
beast of Revelation 13
00:34:52.75\00:34:55.62
because you are
already set up for failure.
00:34:56.96\00:35:01.10
So our main battle right now
00:35:02.20\00:35:05.73
is to slay the beast within.
00:35:05.93\00:35:09.24
The image of the
beast right here.
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And how do we do that?
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How does God move us
from the mind of the beast
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to the mind of Christ? The
Bible says: "Let this... " What?
00:35:23.45\00:35:25.45
"mind be in you which
was also in Christ Jesus. "
00:35:25.95\00:35:29.06
Now, I want you to
check this out, OK?
00:35:29.26\00:35:30.79
We're about to...
Whew! Lord, give me the time.
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Listen: when God made man
00:35:34.56\00:35:39.10
He made him in His
image and in His likeness.
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But He also made him as a
temple. As a what everyone?
00:35:42.40\00:35:45.17
"Know ye not that
you are the... " What?
00:35:45.37\00:35:47.11
"temple of the Holy Ghost
and that the Spirit of God
00:35:47.31\00:35:49.64
dwells in you? " So why was man
reflective of the image of God?
00:35:49.84\00:35:54.15
Because man was made a temple,
00:35:54.55\00:35:58.09
and inside the
temple was the law of God.
00:35:58.49\00:36:03.22
Is that right?
In the Old Testament
00:36:04.43\00:36:07.40
the actual temple that
was built the law of God
00:36:07.76\00:36:10.37
was inside the temple. The law
of God was inside the temple.
00:36:10.57\00:36:14.27
Amen? The law of
God was inside the...
00:36:14.67\00:36:18.91
Whoo... a bright
light! The law of God
00:36:22.21\00:36:24.05
was inside the temple.
00:36:24.85\00:36:28.15
And when the law of
God was inside the temple
00:36:28.65\00:36:31.35
man reflected His image.
00:36:31.55\00:36:32.99
But what happened was
that sin broke the law.
00:36:33.39\00:36:37.13
Sin broke the temple.
00:36:38.19\00:36:39.93
And so Jesus said:
"I'm going to get... "
00:36:40.53\00:36:42.96
When Jesus came to
this world the Bible says
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of Him that He was
the sanctuary. Yes?
00:36:45.90\00:36:49.40
That means that the
temple is a template of Jesus.
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No, no, no, no...
you didn't get that...
00:36:57.68\00:36:59.81
The temple is a
template of Jesus!
00:37:00.22\00:37:03.15
Meaning if the mind
of Christ is to be in us
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then what God is trying
to show us in the temple
00:37:08.22\00:37:10.16
is "this is how you
get the mind of Christ. "
00:37:10.36\00:37:13.70
You know it's so often put out
there: "Let this mind be in you
00:37:15.16\00:37:19.10
which is also in Christ Jesus"
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and we have no
idea what that means
00:37:20.67\00:37:22.10
because we don't
address it practically.
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So beloved, listen
to me. Listen carefully:
00:37:25.31\00:37:27.38
what was in the temple?
00:37:27.58\00:37:29.28
The altar of
sacrifice. What else?
00:37:29.68\00:37:31.68
The laver. What else?
00:37:32.51\00:37:34.08
The candlestick;
the table of shewbread.
00:37:34.28\00:37:36.52
The altar of incense. What else?
00:37:36.72\00:37:38.52
The ark of the
covenant. Listen to me, beloved:
00:37:38.72\00:37:40.62
it is in the sanctuary
that beasts were slain.
00:37:40.82\00:37:43.93
It was in the sanctuary that
beasts were... How many of you
00:37:48.86\00:37:52.03
would like your
beast to be slain?
00:37:52.23\00:37:54.20
Guess where you've gotta go?
00:37:54.60\00:37:56.40
You've gotta go
to the sanctuary.
00:37:56.60\00:37:58.27
Because it's in the
sanctuary, beloved, at the altar
00:37:58.67\00:38:00.61
of sacrifice where the
beast was slain and at the laver
00:38:00.81\00:38:04.78
where your sins are washed away.
00:38:04.98\00:38:07.75
And the table of shewbread
where you begin to focus on
00:38:07.95\00:38:10.65
the Word of God instead
of focusing on your own word
00:38:10.85\00:38:13.89
and your own will.
And the altar of incense
00:38:14.09\00:38:15.76
where you learn how to pray
instead of learning how to prey.
00:38:15.96\00:38:19.13
And the candlestick, where
you begin to have passion for
00:38:24.80\00:38:27.70
the Word of God and you
have vision for God's vision
00:38:27.90\00:38:31.31
and the ark of the
covenant where the law of love
00:38:31.51\00:38:33.81
becomes written on your
mind. And so what God is saying
00:38:34.01\00:38:36.64
is that "As you go
through the sanctuary
00:38:36.85\00:38:39.28
I will remake you into My
image and into My likeness. "
00:38:39.48\00:38:43.72
These articles of furniture rep-
resent the very mind of Christ.
00:38:45.52\00:38:49.72
The altar of sacrifice points
to His humility in His death.
00:38:50.43\00:38:53.90
The laver points
to His forgiveness.
00:38:54.10\00:38:56.56
The table of
shewbread points to His truth.
00:38:56.77\00:38:59.53
The altar of
incense points to His focus.
00:38:59.73\00:39:01.90
"I will keep you in perfect
peace whose mind is... " What?
00:39:02.10\00:39:04.17
"stayed on Thee. "
00:39:04.37\00:39:05.71
The candlestick to His vision
and the law of God to His love.
00:39:05.74\00:39:09.38
In other words, the sanctuary is
a picture of the mind of Christ.
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Amen! And every time you
focus on "Altar of sacrifice.
00:39:15.08\00:39:20.12
Man, someone cursed me out
today and I want to do this
00:39:20.32\00:39:22.76
but, Lord, altar of sacrifice...
altar of sacrifice...
00:39:22.96\00:39:26.59
altar of sacrifice. "
00:39:26.80\00:39:28.46
OK... ah... laughter.
00:39:28.66\00:39:32.10
Yeah! You're learning
how to change your thoughts
00:39:32.30\00:39:35.40
Thy way. Have you ever
heard of neuroplasticity?
00:39:35.60\00:39:41.44
How you can create
new pathways in your mind.
00:39:42.48\00:39:45.81
The sanctuary, beloved, is
God's neuroplasticity program
00:39:46.45\00:39:51.32
where as you learn to
think through these articles
00:39:51.85\00:39:54.32
of furniture it actually
changes the way you think
00:39:54.52\00:39:57.86
and you stop thinking in beast
mode and you start thinking
00:39:58.06\00:40:00.83
in Christ mode. And
beloved, when you do this
00:40:01.03\00:40:05.73
over and over again -
when you do this continually -
00:40:05.93\00:40:08.34
when you do this Tamid...
00:40:08.54\00:40:10.31
Anybody know what
the word Tamid means?
00:40:10.51\00:40:12.51
Yeah, it's that prophetic
word that we use in Daniel
00:40:12.91\00:40:15.84
to talk about the articles
of furniture in the sanctuary.
00:40:16.04\00:40:18.08
How the priest would
operate at these articles daily.
00:40:18.28\00:40:20.75
Listen to me, beloved:
these articles of furniture
00:40:20.95\00:40:23.62
must be operating
daily in our mind.
00:40:23.82\00:40:27.42
Because when we learn
to make them operate daily
00:40:27.82\00:40:30.56
what begins to happen
is it begins to be written.
00:40:30.76\00:40:33.93
Y'all are not feeling me... bad.
00:40:34.13\00:40:35.76
It is now written in your mind.
00:40:36.16\00:40:38.93
and something called
automaticity takes place
00:40:39.13\00:40:41.70
which is when you
do something so much
00:40:41.90\00:40:44.17
it becomes automatic;
it becomes second-nature.
00:40:44.37\00:40:47.11
You don't even
think about it any more.
00:40:47.51\00:40:48.98
It is reflex. How many of
you would like divine reflexes?
00:40:49.18\00:40:52.78
Amen! Beloved, start
thinking through the sanctuary
00:40:52.98\00:40:55.62
because God's
way, beloved, is where?
00:40:55.82\00:40:58.59
In the sanctuary.
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And now, it's time
for me to begin my sermon.
00:41:01.19\00:41:03.83
This is the main part.
00:41:06.36\00:41:08.13
Don't worry...
I'm not keeping you.
00:41:08.80\00:41:10.27
There's 16 minutes left. I think
I can do this in 16 minutes,
00:41:10.47\00:41:12.93
guys. OK... why do we
need the mind of Christ?
00:41:13.13\00:41:15.94
Why do we need
the mind of Christ?
00:41:16.34\00:41:17.81
Because the mind of
Christ is "beast proof. "
00:41:18.01\00:41:20.81
Is what everyone?
Beast proof. Is beast proof.
00:41:21.01\00:41:23.21
Meaning in order for
me to not be deceived
00:41:23.41\00:41:27.12
by these beasts
at the end of time
00:41:27.32\00:41:29.38
I must have the mind of Christ
so... what word can I use?
00:41:29.58\00:41:33.72
Sealed. Is that a good word?
00:41:34.69\00:41:37.13
Sealed - so written
here - that there is no way
00:41:37.63\00:41:42.66
that the devil can
put doubt in my mind.
00:41:42.86\00:41:46.30
Remember what he did with Eve.
00:41:46.50\00:41:47.94
With Adam. He put
doubt in their minds.
00:41:48.14\00:41:51.34
Now... now... come with
me. Revelation chapter 16.
00:41:51.54\00:41:54.81
This is the study
part of our message.
00:41:55.01\00:41:57.58
We will try to complete it
in the remaining 15 minutes.
00:41:57.78\00:42:00.42
Revelation chapter
16... Revelation 16:13.
00:42:00.82\00:42:04.72
Revelation 16 verse 13.
00:42:05.75\00:42:07.99
The Bible says
here, Revelation 16:13:
00:42:08.19\00:42:13.29
"I saw three unclean
spirits like... " What?
00:42:13.50\00:42:17.37
"frogs come out of
the mouth of the... " Who?
00:42:17.77\00:42:20.07
"dragon and out of
the mouth of the... " Who?
00:42:20.27\00:42:22.27
"beast and out of the
mouth of the false prophet.
00:42:22.47\00:42:25.24
For they are the
spirits of... " What? "devils
00:42:25.44\00:42:28.28
working... " What everyone?
"miracles which go forth
00:42:28.48\00:42:31.21
unto the kings of the
earth and of the whole world
00:42:31.41\00:42:33.45
to gather them to the battle of
the great day of God Almighty. "
00:42:33.65\00:42:36.35
So here you have three unclean
spirits coming out of the mouth
00:42:36.55\00:42:39.19
of the beast, the
dragon, and the false messenger.
00:42:39.39\00:42:42.56
Did you hear what I said?
00:42:42.76\00:42:44.09
If you were to translate
this, this would be the beast
00:42:44.29\00:42:47.00
from the sea, the
beast from the earth,
00:42:47.20\00:42:49.60
and the dragon... the
prince of the air. Amen?
00:42:49.80\00:42:52.43
So the question is:
how is it that these beasts
00:42:52.93\00:42:55.80
are going to attempt to
try to deceive God's people?
00:42:56.00\00:43:00.21
Well... let me explain.
00:43:00.41\00:43:01.88
Why does the Bible
use frogs in this verse?
00:43:02.28\00:43:06.78
Three unclean spirits
like frogs. Listen carefully:
00:43:06.98\00:43:10.39
How many of you remember
where else frogs were used
00:43:10.59\00:43:12.72
in the Bible? You know... Egypt!
00:43:12.92\00:43:14.99
Right? It's the story of Egypt.
00:43:15.19\00:43:16.52
And you remember when Moses
is performing these miracles
00:43:16.56\00:43:19.56
he turns water
into what? Into blood.
00:43:19.76\00:43:22.66
And then the
Egyptian magicians did what?
00:43:22.86\00:43:25.97
They counterfeited it.
00:43:26.37\00:43:28.40
And then he threw down his
rod and it turned to a serpent.
00:43:28.80\00:43:31.94
And the Egyptian
magicians... what did they do?
00:43:32.14\00:43:34.14
They counterfeited it.
00:43:34.54\00:43:35.88
And then he brought up
frogs and what did the Egyptian
00:43:35.91\00:43:38.41
magicians do?
They counterfeited it.
00:43:38.61\00:43:40.85
Listen carefully, guys:
00:43:41.05\00:43:42.42
it was the last
counterfeit they could do.
00:43:42.92\00:43:47.69
It was the final counterfeit
that they could pull off.
00:43:51.43\00:43:55.93
So the reason the book
of Revelation is using these
00:43:56.67\00:44:00.54
frogs to represent
these unclean spirits
00:44:00.74\00:44:02.60
that go out to perform miracles
is that it's trying to tell us
00:44:02.80\00:44:05.97
that this is going to
be Satan's final deception.
00:44:06.27\00:44:12.25
And this is the deception that
has to deal with counterfeiting.
00:44:12.45\00:44:18.05
With what,
everyone? Counterfeiting.
00:44:18.25\00:44:21.19
How many of you remember
the parable of the ten virgins?
00:44:22.32\00:44:26.36
Five were wise
and five were foolish.
00:44:26.76\00:44:29.10
They all slept.
00:44:29.50\00:44:31.27
Listen, guys: they all slept
and something woke them up.
00:44:31.47\00:44:35.80
What was it that woke
them up? When did they wake up?
00:44:36.57\00:44:38.31
Let me ask that:
when did they wake up?
00:44:38.51\00:44:39.84
Midnight. Midnight is the
darkest hour of the night.
00:44:40.11\00:44:44.61
So what the Bible is telling us
here is that there is going to
00:44:45.38\00:44:48.28
be an event... an event
that may be described as
00:44:48.48\00:44:53.12
the time of
trouble such as never was.
00:44:53.32\00:44:55.39
It is the darkest
hour of earth's history.
00:44:55.59\00:45:00.03
Something that wakes up both the
wise and the foolish virgins.
00:45:00.43\00:45:05.80
And you've gotta follow this
because I need you to go with me
00:45:06.20\00:45:08.24
to Daniel chapter
12 verses 1 and 2.
00:45:08.44\00:45:10.64
We're going back
to the book of Daniel
00:45:11.14\00:45:12.57
and you guys know
what happens there.
00:45:12.77\00:45:14.64
Daniel 12:1-2, the Bible says:
"And at that time shall... "
00:45:14.84\00:45:17.98
What? "Michael stand up,
the great Prince which standeth
00:45:18.18\00:45:21.15
for the children of His
people and there will be a time
00:45:21.35\00:45:23.08
of... " What?
"trouble such as never was. "
00:45:23.28\00:45:25.19
And then it goes on to
speak about the resurrection.
00:45:25.39\00:45:27.29
Now Michael standing
up. What does that signify?
00:45:27.49\00:45:30.19
What's about to happen?
00:45:30.39\00:45:31.73
Jesus is about to come!
00:45:32.59\00:45:35.00
And when He comes,
what happens to the dead?
00:45:36.00\00:45:38.77
They are raised again to life!
00:45:39.53\00:45:41.37
Amen. So Jesus comes and
the dead are? Raised. Amen!
00:45:41.57\00:45:46.37
So what leads to Daniel 12:1-2?
00:45:46.68\00:45:49.91
Well the answer is
Daniel 11 verse 40.
00:45:51.08\00:45:54.85
Come there with me.
00:45:55.68\00:45:57.02
Daniel 11 verse 40...
Daniel chapter 11 verse 40.
00:45:57.12\00:46:01.32
And I want you to notice
what the Bible says here.
00:46:01.72\00:46:04.46
Daniel chapter 11
verse 40 the Bible says...
00:46:05.79\00:46:09.26
Here we go... the Bible says:
"And at the time of the end
00:46:11.67\00:46:15.87
shall the king of the south
push at him. " Now let me just
00:46:16.07\00:46:19.54
pause right here. I know
I'm juicing a lot of this down
00:46:19.74\00:46:22.21
for you, but just:
Salvation in Signs & Symbols
00:46:22.41\00:46:25.38
is about to release
our Daniel study. Amen!
00:46:25.58\00:46:28.62
So if I'm going too fast here
00:46:28.82\00:46:30.15
just look out for it
in a few weeks and months.
00:46:30.19\00:46:32.05
Amen. Plug, plug,
plugging, see? OK.
00:46:32.25\00:46:35.56
All right. So, the king of the
south in this particular verse
00:46:35.76\00:46:40.46
represents atheism.
00:46:40.66\00:46:42.83
It represents agnosticism
and you know that that is
00:46:43.03\00:46:46.13
very heavy in the
world today, right?
00:46:46.33\00:46:47.87
There are a lot of
people who don't believe in God
00:46:48.07\00:46:49.60
and blah, blah, blah...
right? But notice what happens
00:46:49.80\00:46:51.61
to the king of the
south. The Bible says...
00:46:51.81\00:46:53.34
continues to say in verse 40:
00:46:53.54\00:46:55.34
"At the time of the end the king
of the south shall push at him
00:46:56.38\00:46:59.45
and the king of the
north shall come against him
00:46:59.65\00:47:01.22
like a whirlwind with
chariots and with horsemen
00:47:01.42\00:47:04.15
and with many ships. " So
the Bible is telling us here
00:47:04.35\00:47:07.12
that the king of the north
is going to end up defeating
00:47:07.32\00:47:10.49
the king of the south.
00:47:10.69\00:47:12.56
So the question is: who
is the king of the north?
00:47:13.33\00:47:15.06
And many of us
believe we know who he is.
00:47:15.86\00:47:17.47
It's the same
power as the little horn.
00:47:17.67\00:47:19.57
But beloved, it's a little
bit more complicated than that.
00:47:19.77\00:47:22.20
'Cause I need you
to see something here.
00:47:22.60\00:47:24.31
How did the king of the north
come against the king of the
00:47:25.07\00:47:26.84
south to defeat him?
00:47:27.04\00:47:28.38
With what? Chariots, ships,
whirlwind, horsemen. Right?
00:47:28.41\00:47:34.12
Do you now that there's
another verse in the Bible
00:47:34.95\00:47:36.65
almost identical to this?
00:47:36.85\00:47:38.42
Come. Isaiah chapter 65,
and I'm just going to read it
00:47:39.09\00:47:42.99
in your hearing.
Isaiah 65 verse 15.
00:47:43.19\00:47:45.29
Check this out,
guys: "For behold
00:47:45.49\00:47:47.40
the Lord will come with
fire and with His chariots
00:47:47.60\00:47:51.43
like a
whirlwind... " Stop, stop.
00:47:51.63\00:47:55.10
How is the Lord coming?
00:47:56.67\00:47:58.01
With chariots and
what? Fire and a whirlwind.
00:47:58.87\00:48:03.45
Does that sound similar
to this king of the north
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how he comes?
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Let me ask you a question:
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what do you think is the only
thing that can defeat atheism?
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Like totally just wipe it out?
00:48:16.19\00:48:17.83
For an atheist
seeing is believing.
00:48:18.96\00:48:23.10
Y'all are not catching me now.
00:48:24.27\00:48:26.17
For an atheist,
seeing is believing. Now,
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I want you to notice something
here because in Isaiah ch. 14
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do you remember how Lucifer
wanted to sit on the sides
00:48:32.94\00:48:37.18
of the north?
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Do you know how in the
book of Psalms the Bible says:
00:48:40.75\00:48:42.62
"Beautiful the
situation is Mt. Zion:
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the city of the great King
on the sides of the north. "
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Let me ask you: who is
the true King of the north?
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Jesus! Amen!
00:48:51.36\00:48:53.19
So who is this other king
of the north that comes like
00:48:54.10\00:48:57.57
a whirlwind with
chariots and fire and basically
00:48:57.77\00:49:01.14
wipes out atheism?
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It is the counterfeit
coming of Satan himself.
00:49:05.51\00:49:10.65
Beloved, please listen to me:
00:49:10.85\00:49:12.81
the papacy is to Satan
00:49:16.65\00:49:20.52
what John the
Baptist was to Jesus. Right!
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No, no, no, no...
Ya'll are not feeling... bad.
00:49:25.23\00:49:27.40
See, as Adventists
we look: "Ah, do you see
00:49:27.60\00:49:29.96
what the papacy did
today? They sneezed! "
00:49:30.17\00:49:33.70
"The end is near. "
Beloved, and please... I'm not
00:49:35.40\00:49:37.84
making... I'm just trying
to tell you that for many of us
00:49:38.04\00:49:40.81
our eyes are in the
wrong place. That's right!
00:49:41.01\00:49:44.21
Our eyes are in the
wrong place, beloved.
00:49:44.41\00:49:46.48
The enemy when he comes...
Listen: there is no announcement
00:49:46.68\00:49:49.65
when Satan appears. Amen!
00:49:49.85\00:49:51.39
See, many of us as
Adventists have our own version
00:49:52.45\00:49:54.96
of the rapture. When
I was out in the world
00:49:55.16\00:49:56.52
I used to believe: "Hey!
I heard about this rapture
00:49:56.73\00:49:59.36
thing. If I see the rapture
happen and people disappear
00:49:59.56\00:50:02.06
I know that I have seven years
and I'll get it together then. "
00:50:02.26\00:50:04.50
We have our own version.
00:50:04.70\00:50:06.03
It's Sunday law.
00:50:07.50\00:50:09.10
Yeah, yeah, yeah. "I'm going
to be at the club doing my thing
00:50:09.87\00:50:12.54
and and and... I
know what my parents
00:50:15.04\00:50:17.45
and everyone have said about...
and I don't see a Sunday law
00:50:17.85\00:50:20.52
arising but if I see
Congress... " You know how long
00:50:20.72\00:50:22.95
they take to do
anything. "If I see them
00:50:23.15\00:50:25.35
begin to talk about a Sunday
law then I'll 'praise Him,
00:50:25.55\00:50:28.12
praise Him, Jesus
our blessed Redeemer.
00:50:28.32\00:50:30.73
Sing a... ' "
THEN I'll get ready!
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But beloved, listen to me:
00:50:34.20\00:50:36.16
when Satan comes
there is no announcement.
00:50:36.36\00:50:39.97
And if you read
Great Controversy
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she tells us that it
is in his assumed disguise
00:50:42.54\00:50:45.64
that he commands all to
keep the counterfeit Sabbath.
00:50:45.84\00:50:51.58
Listen to me: noth...
00:50:52.01\00:50:55.48
nothing in this world will
bring the whole world together
00:50:55.68\00:50:59.55
except a miracle.
00:50:59.75\00:51:01.26
It will take a miracle
00:51:03.26\00:51:05.29
for atheists and radical Islam
00:51:05.49\00:51:07.70
and Christians...
It'll take a miracle
00:51:07.90\00:51:09.70
for the whole world to
come together, and that miracle
00:51:09.90\00:51:12.43
is the appearing of
Jesus Christ... a COUNTERFEIT
00:51:12.63\00:51:15.37
appearing of Jesus Christ.
00:51:15.57\00:51:16.91
Now, now, now...
watch this, guys, because
00:51:17.84\00:51:20.11
I know what you are thinking.
00:51:20.31\00:51:23.41
"I'm OK. " Why?
00:51:24.15\00:51:26.88
"Because when Jesus comes His
feet don't touch the ground. "
00:51:27.08\00:51:29.88
Yes!
00:51:30.09\00:51:31.42
"I got it... the
enemy won't catch me! "
00:51:31.72\00:51:36.46
Let me share something with you:
00:51:38.16\00:51:40.00
when Jesus comes
again, what also happens?
00:51:41.00\00:51:43.43
There's a resurrection
of the what? Of the dead.
00:51:45.77\00:51:48.57
I want you to
think about this fact:
00:51:54.51\00:51:56.34
think about Satan appearing.
Not only does he appear
00:51:57.25\00:52:02.15
but he appears with the dead.
00:52:02.35\00:52:05.69
Now you've got
prophets saying: "Yeah,
00:52:11.69\00:52:14.20
Adventists... you
guys were wrong. "
00:52:14.40\00:52:16.06
Oh, by the way, hold on:
remember: when Jesus comes again
00:52:17.30\00:52:20.64
what is He about to set up?
00:52:20.84\00:52:22.54
The millennium, the 1,000 years.
00:52:22.74\00:52:25.44
And in the millennium
judgment is given to the saints.
00:52:26.41\00:52:30.28
Yep... Are you catching this?
00:52:34.55\00:52:37.45
Listen to me.
Please, let me say it again:
00:52:38.55\00:52:40.19
when Jesus comes,
judgment is given to the saints.
00:52:40.59\00:52:45.63
But this happens
where? In heaven.
00:52:46.03\00:52:48.96
So when the counterfeit occurs
00:52:49.36\00:52:51.73
guess what he's going to say?
00:52:51.93\00:52:53.27
"I'm giving
judgment to my saints
00:52:53.40\00:52:55.80
and your job is to
judge the wicked. "
00:52:56.00\00:52:58.81
And guess who the
wicked are going to be?
00:53:00.94\00:53:02.54
"By the way, from
one new moon to another
00:53:05.91\00:53:08.62
and from one Sabbath to another
00:53:08.82\00:53:11.15
all flesh is to come
before me and worship.
00:53:11.35\00:53:13.66
And if you don't you
are being disobedient
00:53:13.86\00:53:16.42
to my
theocracy... to my kingdom. "
00:53:16.62\00:53:20.96
Beloved, listen to me: I know
what you're thinking right now.
00:53:22.03\00:53:24.97
"Hey, if I know the
truth then I'll be OK. "
00:53:25.37\00:53:27.17
Do you know that
John the Revelator...
00:53:27.37\00:53:29.10
how many of you
would like, you know...
00:53:29.30\00:53:30.64
think John the Revelator
was a good Christian character?
00:53:30.84\00:53:32.94
John the Revelator
saw an angel in heaven -
00:53:33.34\00:53:36.11
an ANGEL, an ANGEL -
00:53:36.31\00:53:38.11
not Jesus, an angel -
and John the Revelator
00:53:39.21\00:53:42.95
was so overwhelmed by
the glory of this angel
00:53:44.65\00:53:49.16
and the angel said:
"Stop! What are you doing? "
00:53:55.13\00:53:58.70
Now how many John the Revelators
do we have out here tonight?
00:53:59.10\00:54:01.44
He didn't do it
once... he did it twice!
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Beloved, if you think:
"Oh, Jesus' feet don't touch
00:54:07.78\00:54:10.41
the ground" is going
to be enough to keep you,
00:54:10.61\00:54:12.78
you have to understand:
if the image of the beast
00:54:14.82\00:54:18.35
has any piece of your heart,
00:54:18.55\00:54:21.26
when the beast comes
you will be attracted to it
00:54:21.46\00:54:24.86
because like attracts like.
00:54:26.36\00:54:30.23
Beloved, the 5 foolish virgins
00:54:33.13\00:54:35.77
are unprepared. Why?
Because... listen to me:
00:54:35.97\00:54:38.67
you don't prepare for a marathon
on the day of the marathon.
00:54:38.87\00:54:43.08
And that's what
many of us are doing.
00:54:45.78\00:54:47.92
"Well, when we see
things begin to happen
00:54:48.12\00:54:49.82
THEN we'll get ready,
THEN we'll make it right. "
00:54:50.02\00:54:52.09
No, beloved...
that's the wrong approach.
00:54:52.29\00:54:54.22
You've gotta get ready now.
You need the mind of Christ now.
00:54:54.42\00:54:57.56
You need to start
studying your Bible now.
00:54:57.76\00:54:59.73
You need to start
acting like Jesus now!
00:54:59.93\00:55:02.16
STOP cursing
people out in church.
00:55:02.56\00:55:04.47
Stop! Stop! Don't do it.
00:55:05.77\00:55:08.97
Stop! Don't claim
in the name of Jesus.
00:55:09.17\00:55:11.17
Stop having enemy...
00:55:11.84\00:55:13.71
Stop acting like a
beast, like a dragon,
00:55:14.21\00:55:18.55
that looks like a lamb but
is speaking like the devil.
00:55:18.75\00:55:21.58
Beloved, it is not good
enough to claim that you know
00:55:24.65\00:55:27.52
Bible prophecy and you under-
stand what's going to happen
00:55:27.72\00:55:30.33
and yet your character
has not been transformed.
00:55:30.53\00:55:33.70
Act like Jesus.
00:55:37.17\00:55:38.80
Think like Jesus.
00:55:39.20\00:55:40.74
Talk like Jesus.
00:55:41.14\00:55:42.47
Because, beloved, a time is
coming where he that is filthy
00:55:43.51\00:55:46.57
will have to be filthy still
00:55:46.78\00:55:48.18
and he that is righteous
will be righteous still.
00:55:48.38\00:55:50.05
And if you have not
prepared for the marathon
00:55:50.45\00:55:52.48
before the marathon hits
00:55:52.68\00:55:54.08
you will be like
those five foolish virgins
00:55:54.28\00:55:57.72
who knocked saying: "Open
up to us; open up to us. "
00:55:58.39\00:56:01.72
And Jesus will say:
"I never knew you...
00:56:01.92\00:56:04.79
depart from Me. "
00:56:04.99\00:56:07.86
So I have one
minute to make an appeal.
00:56:10.77\00:56:13.13
My appeal is
very simple tonight:
00:56:15.80\00:56:17.51
"Lord, I need to
slay this beast. "
00:56:18.67\00:56:20.94
"I need to slay this beast. "
00:56:22.28\00:56:24.38
"I need this beast out
of my heart and I need to go
00:56:25.85\00:56:28.88
into Your sanctuary.
It is a changing room.
00:56:29.08\00:56:31.55
So Lord, I'm inviting
You into my heart now. "
00:56:31.75\00:56:35.06
"Slay this beast, because
if I don't beat the beast here
00:56:35.26\00:56:38.36
I will have no chance
against the beast there.
00:56:38.56\00:56:40.76
He will create
enough doubt in my mind
00:56:40.96\00:56:43.37
through what I see
that I will doubt the Word
00:56:43.57\00:56:45.83
just like he was able to create
doubt in the minds of Adam
00:56:46.03\00:56:48.57
and Eve. Help my mind
to be stayed on You. "
00:56:48.77\00:56:52.37
If that's your desire, I'm
going to invite you to just
00:56:52.57\00:56:54.44
come to the front. We're
going to have a special prayer.
00:56:54.64\00:56:56.28
Cameras will roll out
but don't worry about that.
00:56:56.78\00:56:59.35
You're coming to the front
right now and you're saying:
00:56:59.55\00:57:01.05
"Lord, I need to
slay this beast. "
00:57:01.25\00:57:02.58
"I need to slay this beast. "
00:57:02.92\00:57:04.39
"Change my heart, God. "
00:57:07.16\00:57:09.42
"Change my heart. "
00:57:10.03\00:57:12.16
"I don't want to
reflect the image of the beast.
00:57:16.03\00:57:18.23
I want to reflect
the image of God. "
00:57:18.43\00:57:21.77
Beloved, the time
for church games is over.
00:57:27.31\00:57:29.88