We are moving right along, 00:00:30.53\00:00:31.86 Revelation chapter 13 is coming alive, 00:00:31.89\00:00:34.36 we've connected it with Matthew chapter 24, 00:00:34.40\00:00:36.70 we talked about all of the counterfeits 00:00:36.73\00:00:39.60 and how these counterfeits of Satan 00:00:39.63\00:00:41.77 and the human instrumentalities that he works through 00:00:41.80\00:00:44.64 are the "abomination of desolation" 00:00:44.67\00:00:46.51 putting man... 00:00:46.54\00:00:47.91 putting his counterfeits in the place of God 00:00:47.94\00:00:49.98 is an abomination that makes us desolate. 00:00:50.01\00:00:52.01 It takes away our salvation 00:00:52.05\00:00:53.85 and Jesus wanted us to watch out for this 00:00:53.88\00:00:56.18 and the final one of course, 00:00:56.22\00:00:57.79 putting Satan in the place of Christ 00:00:57.82\00:01:00.76 that counterfeit... coming... impersonating Christ 00:01:00.79\00:01:03.89 performing miracles... 00:01:03.93\00:01:05.26 deceiving, if possible, the elect... 00:01:05.29\00:01:06.93 the whole world "wondering after the beast" 00:01:06.96\00:01:09.30 pointing to that image... pointing to that false worship 00:01:09.33\00:01:12.27 and saying, "This is the genuine... " 00:01:12.30\00:01:14.84 that's the final abomination. 00:01:14.87\00:01:16.34 And it's going to be important for us to understand 00:01:16.37\00:01:18.91 the point you just mentioned James, 00:01:18.94\00:01:20.38 because... as we get into the Mark of the Beast, 00:01:20.44\00:01:23.41 that's going to lay for us a very good foundation 00:01:23.45\00:01:26.38 to understand, "Ah, that's what the 'Mark' is... " 00:01:26.41\00:01:29.28 James: So close to the truth. 00:01:29.32\00:01:30.65 Ivor: Absolutely. 00:01:30.69\00:01:32.02 James: The counterfeit is so close to the truth. 00:01:32.05\00:01:33.39 Ivor: Absolutely. 00:01:33.42\00:01:34.76 Yvonne: A question just dawned on me, 00:01:34.79\00:01:36.12 I'll ask it after the prayer. 00:01:36.16\00:01:37.49 I'll ask it after... 00:01:37.53\00:01:38.86 James: Good, good, so we're going to have prayer, 00:01:38.89\00:01:41.10 we're not going to do a question this time 00:01:41.13\00:01:42.46 just because we've got some material we want to cover 00:01:42.50\00:01:44.43 in this Section, 00:01:44.47\00:01:45.80 so, we'll have prayer and then we'll jump right in. 00:01:45.83\00:01:47.44 Jason, pray for us. 00:01:47.47\00:01:48.80 Jason: Sure, "Dear Heavenly Father, 00:01:48.84\00:01:50.84 we thank you for another chance, 00:01:50.87\00:01:52.87 another opportunity that we have to study your Word 00:01:52.91\00:01:55.04 we ask that as we cover these deep subjects... 00:01:55.08\00:01:58.21 this deep topic that you would please be with us 00:01:58.25\00:02:01.28 and that you would please help us to fully comprehend 00:02:01.35\00:02:04.95 and retain this information 00:02:04.99\00:02:06.45 and send your Holy Spirit 00:02:06.49\00:02:07.86 to lead and guide us into all truth, 00:02:07.89\00:02:09.59 in Jesus' name we pray, amen. " All: "Amen. " 00:02:09.62\00:02:11.23 James: All right, Yvonne. 00:02:11.26\00:02:12.99 Yvonne: So, Satan is going to impersonate the return of Jesus, 00:02:13.03\00:02:19.63 and the dead... and he will... one of the miracles... 00:02:19.67\00:02:26.64 James: Deception... 00:02:26.68\00:02:28.01 Yvonne: is the dead... resurrecting... 00:02:28.04\00:02:30.28 except, I think we should clarify 00:02:30.35\00:02:32.28 that it's really not the dead. 00:02:32.31\00:02:34.22 James: Yes, good point... it's really not the dead, 00:02:34.25\00:02:36.72 he cannot raise the dead, he can't bring to life, 00:02:36.75\00:02:39.19 he doesn't have the power. 00:02:39.22\00:02:40.92 Yvonne: So it's going to... 00:02:40.96\00:02:42.56 that would be another impersonation 00:02:42.59\00:02:44.69 so your dear Aunt Sally or your mother or your father 00:02:44.73\00:02:50.07 or whoever... you might think that you're talking to them 00:02:50.10\00:02:55.40 but you're actually talking to a demon. 00:02:55.44\00:02:57.21 James: Let's give a Bible verse on this, 00:02:57.24\00:02:58.97 Jason, can you find us 2nd Corinthians chapter 11 00:02:59.01\00:03:02.18 verses 13, 14 and 15. 00:03:02.24\00:03:05.48 I think... I think it's really important 00:03:05.51\00:03:07.95 for us to look at the Bible verses 00:03:07.98\00:03:09.52 when we talk about these kinds of things 00:03:09.55\00:03:11.65 so that people have references that they can go to 00:03:11.72\00:03:14.99 and we're talking right now about Satan personating 00:03:15.02\00:03:19.03 human beings coming as Christ, personating Christ, 00:03:19.09\00:03:23.03 personating human beings so 2nd Corinthians chapter 11 00:03:23.06\00:03:26.13 Ivor: It would be an evil angel that would be Counterfeiting, 00:03:26.17\00:03:28.80 basically real people. 00:03:28.84\00:03:31.47 James: Yes, can he do this? 00:03:31.51\00:03:32.84 Begin at verse 13 and read all the way to 15. 00:03:32.87\00:03:36.08 Okay, "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, 00:03:36.11\00:03:39.51 transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 00:03:39.58\00:03:42.88 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed 00:03:42.92\00:03:46.09 into an angel of light. " 00:03:46.15\00:03:47.49 James: Okay, that's 13, 14, 15? 00:03:47.52\00:03:50.13 Jason: All right, 15... "Therefore it is no great thing 00:03:50.16\00:03:52.89 if his ministers also be transformed 00:03:52.93\00:03:54.76 as the ministers of righteousness; 00:03:54.80\00:03:56.60 whose end shall be according to their works. " 00:03:56.63\00:03:58.87 James: All right, so these verses are telling us... 00:03:58.90\00:04:01.10 and in the context, it's talking about 00:04:01.14\00:04:03.77 Satan actually preaching another gospel... verse 2... 00:04:03.81\00:04:06.34 another "Jesus... " another spirit... 00:04:06.37\00:04:09.08 coming in another spirit 00:04:09.11\00:04:10.48 so you've got the gospel of Jesus and the Holy Spirit 00:04:10.51\00:04:13.05 being counterfeited by Satan 00:04:13.08\00:04:14.95 in verse 2 of 2nd Corinthians 11 00:04:14.98\00:04:16.79 and then his ministers... who are his ministers? 00:04:16.82\00:04:18.99 The demons... they're coming as ministers of righteousness? 00:04:19.02\00:04:22.66 Whoa... and Satan is coming as an angel of light. 00:04:22.69\00:04:25.63 So these verses tell us exactly what's taking place here. 00:04:25.66\00:04:29.50 Jason: You know, I heard something interesting, 00:04:29.53\00:04:31.47 and I don't remember who said it or where I heard it, 00:04:31.50\00:04:34.47 I don't know if it was a preacher or whoever... but... 00:04:34.50\00:04:37.44 they was talking about how these bank tellers... 00:04:37.51\00:04:40.18 when they're being trained... 00:04:40.21\00:04:41.84 they don't take a look at every counterfeit that's out there, 00:04:41.88\00:04:45.85 they get to know the true... the real... 00:04:45.88\00:04:49.85 the real deal... the genuine... through and through 00:04:49.88\00:04:54.32 so anything else that they see that is not the real deal, 00:04:54.36\00:04:58.29 they recognize as counterfeit. 00:04:58.33\00:05:01.16 James: Because there are so many variations of the counterfeit, 00:05:01.20\00:05:03.37 people are out there counterfeiting, 00:05:03.43\00:05:05.23 they can come up with these different variations 00:05:05.27\00:05:06.87 and if you're studying the counterfeit... 00:05:06.94\00:05:08.27 well, maybe a counterfeit comes along 00:05:08.30\00:05:09.64 you haven't heard of before... it's a brand-new one, 00:05:09.67\00:05:11.41 if you're studying the genuine, I like that, 00:05:11.44\00:05:13.84 if you're studying the genuine... 00:05:13.88\00:05:15.21 then, you could tell the counterfeit right away 00:05:15.24\00:05:16.88 because it doesn't match up with the real thing 00:05:16.91\00:05:18.65 and that's why we need to be in the Bible. 00:05:18.68\00:05:21.08 Ivor: Yeah, yeah, I want to just add something here 00:05:21.12\00:05:23.35 that is... because with that question... 00:05:23.39\00:05:25.05 the question you asked was from... 00:05:25.09\00:05:28.02 the verse we use is Revelation 16 00:05:28.06\00:05:30.99 with these three unclean spirits 00:05:31.03\00:05:33.86 that go out like frogs but it's interesting because 00:05:33.90\00:05:37.53 if you look at the verse 00:05:37.57\00:05:39.27 that is right before Revelation 16 verse 13... 00:05:39.33\00:05:42.80 it says in verse 12 00:05:42.84\00:05:46.21 "And the sixth angel poured out his vial 00:05:46.24\00:05:48.11 upon the great river Euphrates; 00:05:48.14\00:05:49.54 that the water thereof was dried up, 00:05:49.58\00:05:51.88 that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. " 00:05:51.91\00:05:54.48 River Euphrates was the river that supported Babylon. 00:05:54.52\00:05:57.45 When the river was dried up in the Old Testament, 00:05:57.49\00:06:00.36 it was because a guy by the name of Cyrus 00:06:00.39\00:06:03.93 was coming to deliver God's people who were... 00:06:03.96\00:06:07.80 he was known as God's anointed 00:06:07.86\00:06:09.53 which is a type of the Messiah, 00:06:09.56\00:06:12.73 he dried up the deep in order to 00:06:12.77\00:06:15.90 set the captives free from Babylon, 00:06:15.97\00:06:19.04 okay, when Jesus comes again, is He going to dry up the deep? 00:06:19.07\00:06:24.38 In a sense, "Yes. " 00:06:24.41\00:06:25.88 Where are the captives? 00:06:25.91\00:06:27.28 Yeah, they are going to be those who captives... 00:06:27.32\00:06:29.32 captive... alive when He comes 00:06:29.35\00:06:31.35 but there are also those that are captive to the grave. 00:06:31.39\00:06:33.19 So when He comes again, He's drying up the deep 00:06:33.22\00:06:36.52 and all His people who are captive to death, 00:06:36.59\00:06:39.43 or in persecution are going to be free 00:06:39.46\00:06:42.33 so, it's not by coincidence 00:06:42.36\00:06:44.73 that right after this mention of... 00:06:44.77\00:06:47.10 "Hey, this is what Jesus is going to do when He comes" 00:06:47.14\00:06:49.00 you have these three unclean spirits 00:06:49.07\00:06:51.07 going out to counterfeit that very miracle... 00:06:51.14\00:06:56.54 and then the very next verse after that, Jesus says, 00:06:56.58\00:06:59.41 "Hey, I just want you to remember 00:06:59.45\00:07:01.32 I come as a thief in the night, 00:07:01.35\00:07:03.18 remember how I come, 00:07:03.22\00:07:05.15 I'm not coming like how I told you... I've warned you 00:07:05.19\00:07:08.42 so watch lest your shame be... your nakedness be revealed... " 00:07:08.46\00:07:13.90 He's telling you, "Hold on to those garments... " 00:07:13.93\00:07:15.86 He's saying, 00:07:15.93\00:07:17.27 "Listen, this is what's going to happen when I come 00:07:17.30\00:07:18.93 but Satan's going to try to do it before me... 00:07:19.00\00:07:20.74 he's going to try to counterfeit... " 00:07:20.77\00:07:22.20 so it's a counterfeit... 00:07:22.24\00:07:23.57 it's not the dead really being raised... 00:07:23.61\00:07:25.91 it is a counterfeit, it's spiritualism, right, 00:07:25.94\00:07:29.21 and so, when you have apostles now appearing 00:07:29.24\00:07:32.25 and saying, "Yeah, this is really the messiah 00:07:32.28\00:07:35.25 and he is... listen to what he's saying. " 00:07:35.28\00:07:38.15 These things again, 00:07:38.19\00:07:39.62 this understanding is going to help us 00:07:39.65\00:07:40.99 when we get back to Revelation 13 00:07:41.02\00:07:42.39 to look at what the Mark of the Beast actually is. 00:07:42.42\00:07:44.96 James: Hmmm... let's get back to Revelation 13, 00:07:44.99\00:07:46.93 we've got a few characteristics here, 00:07:46.96\00:07:48.36 we've kind of thrown out some names here... 00:07:48.40\00:07:50.57 identifications in relation to these powers, 00:07:50.60\00:07:53.34 we've talked about the Papacy, 00:07:53.37\00:07:54.70 we've talked about the United States 00:07:54.74\00:07:56.07 but I think we should get into the meat of these verses 00:07:56.10\00:07:58.51 and make the connections historically 00:07:58.54\00:08:01.08 so that people can really understand 00:08:01.14\00:08:03.61 how it is that we come to these conclusions. 00:08:03.65\00:08:05.11 The first verse we want to look at again 00:08:05.15\00:08:07.88 is Revelation 13 verse 2, actually verse 1... 00:08:07.92\00:08:10.92 John is standing on the sand of the sea, 00:08:10.95\00:08:13.42 Revelation 17:15 tells us that seas and waters represent 00:08:13.46\00:08:17.56 peoples, nations, multitudes and tongues... 00:08:17.63\00:08:19.86 now what we're looking at here is a connection 00:08:19.89\00:08:23.10 this sea beast... the leopard-like sea beast 00:08:23.13\00:08:26.30 has connected us not just to the dragon 00:08:26.33\00:08:30.81 but all the way back to the book of Daniel... 00:08:30.84\00:08:32.64 how do we know that? 00:08:32.67\00:08:34.14 Why do we make that connection? 00:08:34.18\00:08:35.51 Because, first of all, 00:08:35.54\00:08:36.88 the seas represent peoples, nations, multitudes and tongues, 00:08:36.91\00:08:39.05 so we're not talking about 00:08:39.08\00:08:40.82 a desolate place of the earth here... or a wilderness, 00:08:40.85\00:08:42.45 we're talking about populated place of the earth 00:08:42.48\00:08:44.29 and that's what Daniel leaves us, 00:08:44.32\00:08:46.09 in Daniel's prophetic book, you have these four nations 00:08:46.12\00:08:49.96 Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome, 00:08:49.99\00:08:52.59 and these four nations populate the European and the Middle East 00:08:52.63\00:08:57.83 all of the populated areas of the world 00:08:57.87\00:08:59.90 are populated by these powers... these kingdoms... 00:08:59.93\00:09:02.20 okay, so when Revelation opens up the sea 00:09:02.27\00:09:05.91 and out of the sea came a beast 00:09:05.97\00:09:07.98 having seven heads and ten horns, 00:09:08.01\00:09:09.98 those ten horns represent those ten nations of Europe. 00:09:10.01\00:09:13.28 The seven heads, of course, 00:09:13.31\00:09:14.98 the different heads that were on the nations of 00:09:15.02\00:09:17.15 Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome. 00:09:17.19\00:09:18.92 Ivor: Let's just amplify that a little bit, 00:09:18.95\00:09:22.16 so, in Daniel chapter 7, 00:09:22.19\00:09:23.83 and by God's grace, 00:09:23.89\00:09:26.70 we'll be going through that book as well, 00:09:26.73\00:09:28.06 but in Daniel chapter 7, 00:09:28.10\00:09:29.43 right now, just a short picture of that is 00:09:29.46\00:09:32.13 four beasts rise up, the first is a lion, 00:09:32.20\00:09:35.00 the second is a bear, 00:09:35.04\00:09:37.14 the third is a four-headed leopard 00:09:37.17\00:09:39.91 and the fourth is a dragon, 00:09:39.94\00:09:43.24 so you count all those heads together, 00:09:43.28\00:09:46.28 you have seven heads... Babylon... one... 00:09:46.31\00:09:49.32 Medo-Persia... two... Greece... four... 00:09:49.35\00:09:52.72 okay, and then Rome... the seventh head... 00:09:52.75\00:09:56.06 so you've got these seven heads 00:09:56.09\00:09:58.03 and then on Rome... the seventh head... 00:09:58.06\00:10:00.60 you have these ten horns which represent the nations 00:10:00.63\00:10:03.80 or the countries out of... well, the European nations, 00:10:03.87\00:10:09.40 so these are the seven... ten... 00:10:09.44\00:10:10.94 when you look at Revelation 13 verse 1, 00:10:10.97\00:10:13.17 it's basically a composite... one beast... 00:10:13.21\00:10:15.38 having all these characteristics, 00:10:15.41\00:10:18.28 John sees them as one... 00:10:18.31\00:10:19.65 Daniel sees them as four different beasts. 00:10:19.68\00:10:22.08 Yvonne: Hmmm... All: Hmmm. 00:10:22.12\00:10:23.45 James: And they're one in Revelation... because 00:10:23.49\00:10:25.29 it's a composite or a consummation of 00:10:25.32\00:10:30.03 all those kingdoms coming together into this next kingdom 00:10:30.06\00:10:32.26 which rises up out of the sea... 00:10:32.29\00:10:33.80 and this next kingdom that followed the succession, 00:10:33.83\00:10:36.06 historically would be Papal Rome, 00:10:36.10\00:10:39.23 so when Babylon fell, it fell to Medo-Persia... 00:10:39.27\00:10:41.37 when Medo-Persia fell, it fell to Greece... 00:10:41.40\00:10:43.17 when Greece fell, it fell to Pagan Rome... 00:10:43.20\00:10:45.17 and Pagan Rome went down into the sea... 00:10:45.21\00:10:47.18 we studied this in the trumpets, 00:10:47.21\00:10:48.54 he went down into the waters of Europe, 00:10:48.58\00:10:50.98 the ten nations came up... 00:10:51.01\00:10:52.48 and then another little power came up... 00:10:52.51\00:10:54.32 and plucked up three of those nations 00:10:54.35\00:10:56.08 and that Little Power became the Papacy... 00:10:56.12\00:10:59.52 Papal Rome... it stood up in Rome's place 00:10:59.55\00:11:02.89 and that's where you get the connection... historically. 00:11:02.92\00:11:05.33 Revelation is showing us that connection 00:11:05.39\00:11:07.86 in this composite beast... 00:11:07.90\00:11:09.33 this composite beast is now Papal Rome, 00:11:09.36\00:11:11.83 it comes up in the place of these other nations 00:11:11.87\00:11:13.80 that's why it has all the characteristics... 00:11:13.84\00:11:15.77 feet as a bear... body as a leopard... 00:11:15.80\00:11:18.51 mouth as a lion... 00:11:18.54\00:11:19.87 dragon gives him his power, seat and great authority 00:11:19.91\00:11:21.91 he's got the same configurations of the dragon over here 00:11:21.94\00:11:24.15 and then it goes on to tell us 00:11:24.18\00:11:26.28 that this power... it says... 00:11:26.31\00:11:27.98 was going to have a deadly wound inflicted 00:11:28.02\00:11:31.25 and we looked at that... we looked at the history of that 00:11:31.29\00:11:34.02 and then we saw the wound being healed 00:11:34.06\00:11:35.86 but the thing that we want to make sure that we do now 00:11:35.89\00:11:38.26 is we want to connect all these characteristics 00:11:38.29\00:11:41.20 in Revelation chapter 13 with the book of Daniel. 00:11:41.23\00:11:43.83 So we're going to go back to the book of Daniel, 00:11:43.87\00:11:46.40 chapter 7, we're just going to look at 00:11:46.43\00:11:47.77 some of the characteristics 00:11:47.80\00:11:49.14 and make that connection to Revelation chapter 13. 00:11:49.17\00:11:51.51 So Daniel chapter 7 and let's just start here 00:11:51.54\00:11:56.38 if we will... in verse 8... 00:11:56.44\00:11:59.88 Daniel chapter 7 and verse 8 00:11:59.91\00:12:03.32 Jason, can you read for us verse 8... just verse 8? 00:12:03.35\00:12:07.32 Sure, "I considered the horns, and, behold, 00:12:07.36\00:12:10.06 there came up among them another little horn, 00:12:10.09\00:12:13.06 before whom there were three of the first horns 00:12:13.09\00:12:16.06 plucked up by the roots 00:12:16.10\00:12:17.57 and behold, in this horn were eyes 00:12:17.60\00:12:19.93 like the eyes of man, 00:12:20.00\00:12:21.34 and a mouth speaking great things. " 00:12:21.37\00:12:23.20 Okay, so you notice, the Little Horn comes up among them... 00:12:23.24\00:12:26.07 that's the first characteristic, 00:12:26.11\00:12:27.44 the Little Horn Power would rise up in Europe 00:12:27.48\00:12:29.98 among the European Nations. 00:12:30.01\00:12:31.35 The next characteristic that we see here in this verse is... 00:12:31.38\00:12:35.38 it says that the Little Horn plucked up three by the roots, 00:12:35.42\00:12:39.42 three of the other horns were plucked up... 00:12:39.45\00:12:40.79 when the Papacy came into power, 00:12:40.82\00:12:42.16 it eradicated... or plucked up three of those ten horns... 00:12:42.19\00:12:46.29 or those ten nations in its rise to power, 00:12:46.33\00:12:48.66 the Heruli... the Ostrogoth's and the Visigoths 00:12:48.70\00:12:50.97 and then it says... it had eyes as the eyes of a man 00:12:51.00\00:12:54.37 and so you have a man at the head of this power, 00:12:54.40\00:12:57.74 and then it goes on to say, 00:12:57.77\00:12:59.47 "it has a mouth speaking great things. " 00:12:59.51\00:13:00.84 Ivor: Blasphemous things. 00:13:00.88\00:13:02.21 James: Yes, and what we're going to see here 00:13:02.24\00:13:03.85 is the very same characteristics that are revealed in Daniel 7 00:13:03.88\00:13:08.02 are also paralleled in Revelation. 00:13:08.05\00:13:10.52 For example, in Revelation chapter 13 00:13:10.55\00:13:12.99 it says here in verse 2, 00:13:13.02\00:13:15.02 "and the beast which I saw was like a leopard... " 00:13:15.09\00:13:17.83 and he says, "his feet as the feet of a bear, 00:13:17.86\00:13:20.90 and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: 00:13:20.93\00:13:22.56 and the dragon gave him his seat, 00:13:22.60\00:13:24.17 and his power, and great authority. 00:13:24.20\00:13:25.90 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death: 00:13:25.93\00:13:28.34 and his deadly wound was healed: 00:13:28.37\00:13:29.70 and all the world wondered after the beast. 00:13:29.74\00:13:31.07 They worshipped the beast... 00:13:31.11\00:13:32.44 and the dragon which gave power unto the beast: 00:13:32.47\00:13:34.68 and they worshipped the beast, saying, 00:13:34.74\00:13:36.08 Who is like unto the beast? 00:13:36.11\00:13:37.45 who is able to make war with him? 00:13:37.48\00:13:38.81 And there was given unto him 00:13:38.85\00:13:40.18 a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies... " 00:13:40.22\00:13:42.05 so you have that same characteristic in verse 5 00:13:42.08\00:13:44.59 that we read about here in Daniel chapter 7 and verse 8 00:13:44.62\00:13:48.19 and then you go on... now... 00:13:48.22\00:13:49.99 what's really interesting is... 00:13:50.03\00:13:51.73 and we don't want to go into all the details of Daniel 7... 00:13:51.79\00:13:53.66 we're just going to hit the highlights... 00:13:53.70\00:13:55.03 Daniel wants to know more... 00:13:55.06\00:13:57.83 "I want to know more about this Little Horn Power... 00:13:57.87\00:13:59.20 tell me more about this guy" 00:13:59.23\00:14:00.57 okay, so the angel comes back and says, 00:14:00.60\00:14:02.34 "Okay, I'm going to tell you a couple of things, 00:14:02.37\00:14:03.81 first I'm going to tell you" verse 17... 00:14:03.87\00:14:05.87 that these beasts that you're looking at 00:14:05.91\00:14:07.88 are actually four kings that will arise out of the earth. 00:14:07.91\00:14:11.58 So sometimes when we talk about a beast, 00:14:11.61\00:14:14.02 "What's the beast? What's the Mark of the Beast?" 00:14:14.08\00:14:16.72 We're just... "oooh! look at this... " 00:14:16.75\00:14:19.12 this is an earthly kingdom, this is an earthly kingdom 00:14:19.15\00:14:22.06 so we can drop the symbolism, we can get real now, 00:14:22.09\00:14:25.13 we're talking about an earthly power, 00:14:25.16\00:14:27.46 okay, what earthly power followed 00:14:27.50\00:14:28.83 Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome? 00:14:28.86\00:14:30.80 What earthly power came up among them? 00:14:30.83\00:14:32.60 What earthly power plucked down three horns 00:14:32.63\00:14:34.27 as it rose to power? 00:14:34.30\00:14:35.64 What earthly powers speaks great things 00:14:35.67\00:14:38.14 claiming for example to be God on earth... 00:14:38.17\00:14:40.11 claiming, for example, the power to forgive sins... 00:14:40.14\00:14:42.64 these are the characteristics that are identified 00:14:42.71\00:14:45.18 in Daniel 7 and in Revelation chapter 13, 00:14:45.21\00:14:48.12 what great power has the whole world wondering after it 00:14:48.15\00:14:51.55 and saying, "Who's like him? 00:14:51.59\00:14:52.92 Who can make war with him?" All: Hmmm... Hmmm. 00:14:52.95\00:14:54.49 It's got to be a religions power, 00:14:54.52\00:14:56.19 see, it's got to be a... yeah... because... 00:14:56.22\00:14:58.33 because people look at that power and they go, 00:14:58.36\00:15:00.60 "Oh! this is a good guy, this is a nice guy, 00:15:00.63\00:15:02.56 this is a peace-loving guy, 00:15:02.60\00:15:03.93 this is the kind of person... this is the kind of power... 00:15:03.97\00:15:06.53 this is the kind of System that would be good for us to have" 00:15:06.60\00:15:09.24 and that's where we're moving, now, during the Dark Ages, 00:15:09.30\00:15:12.47 and leading up through all of the atrocities 00:15:12.51\00:15:16.28 that were taking place in the church 00:15:16.31\00:15:17.68 they lost that because people knew what was going on there 00:15:17.71\00:15:21.12 and it was exposed for what it was... 00:15:21.15\00:15:23.05 and some of that exposure still come down to us in our time 00:15:23.08\00:15:26.09 but we're turning another leaf, we're forgiving the past... 00:15:26.12\00:15:29.09 we're forgetting the past 00:15:29.12\00:15:30.66 and we are now looking at this Papal Power 00:15:30.69\00:15:33.53 in a different light... a peace-loving power... 00:15:33.60\00:15:35.83 a man that can lead us into a new era of enlightenment 00:15:35.86\00:15:39.63 and peace and love and forgiveness, 00:15:39.67\00:15:41.67 however, the doctrines and the teachings 00:15:41.70\00:15:44.41 of this particular religious power have not changed 00:15:44.47\00:15:47.41 and that's where we need to be careful 00:15:47.48\00:15:49.24 because Revelation 13 is telling us 00:15:49.28\00:15:51.11 "this wound is going to be healed" 00:15:51.18\00:15:53.01 but nothing has changed 00:15:53.05\00:15:54.75 when it comes to what it actually teaches and believes. 00:15:54.78\00:15:56.62 Ivor: I was going to say this 00:15:56.65\00:15:59.32 but I can't because of what you just said, 00:15:59.35\00:16:02.12 so, you know... you look at this beast 00:16:02.16\00:16:04.86 it's coming up out of the water, 00:16:04.89\00:16:07.93 and... when you think of... as a Christian 00:16:07.96\00:16:11.03 when you think of... some living thing 00:16:11.07\00:16:13.44 or something coming up out of the water, 00:16:13.47\00:16:15.74 like, what comes to your mind as a Christian? 00:16:15.80\00:16:17.34 You think... baptism... yeah... 00:16:17.37\00:16:20.48 and what is baptism... baptism is 00:16:20.51\00:16:23.58 "the old man has changed and I'm a new creature now, 00:16:23.61\00:16:27.02 hey... that 'me... ' that was the old me... 00:16:27.05\00:16:29.82 I used to be a beast, Man! you know... " 00:16:29.85\00:16:32.55 laughter... 00:16:32.62\00:16:35.72 "I used to be a beast but now... 00:16:35.76\00:16:38.39 I've been baptized... I've been changed. " 00:16:38.43\00:16:40.50 Right, and the reason... one of the reasons why 00:16:40.53\00:16:43.80 the world grows in "wondering after the beast" 00:16:43.83\00:16:47.04 and all, it is because we look at 00:16:47.07\00:16:49.40 what the Papacy was in the Dark Ages, 00:16:49.44\00:16:51.71 and what it is now, we're like, "Oh, they've changed... 00:16:51.74\00:16:54.84 it's new... " the problem is 00:16:54.88\00:16:58.95 that the beast in... this beast did not die 00:16:59.01\00:17:03.05 it was only wounded... James: Hmmm... 00:17:03.08\00:17:05.42 Ivor: See... baptism... you die... 00:17:05.45\00:17:07.69 you go down in the water and you're not really dead, 00:17:07.72\00:17:11.69 you come up... you might look different, 00:17:11.73\00:17:13.50 you might be able to fool people, 00:17:13.53\00:17:15.83 but if you never really died, there's no real change 00:17:15.86\00:17:19.33 and so, this is what's going on here, 00:17:19.37\00:17:21.60 this beast ends up deceiving many because 00:17:21.64\00:17:24.01 "Yeah, ah Man! you've changed... " 00:17:24.04\00:17:26.94 "Yeah that was old... the old man... 00:17:26.98\00:17:29.84 this is... this is new" 00:17:29.88\00:17:32.21 and that's what we're seeing. 00:17:32.25\00:17:33.58 Jason: What was that sermon you preached 00:17:33.62\00:17:34.95 on Death, Burial, Resurrection?" 00:17:34.98\00:17:36.48 Ivor: Yes, hmmm... hmmm... I don't remember but yes... 00:17:36.52\00:17:38.89 yes... the battle is... you've got to learn how to die daily, 00:17:38.92\00:17:44.46 every day you die, you're buried... 00:17:44.49\00:17:46.06 you're resurrected, you come up... 00:17:46.09\00:17:47.96 you overcome sin in that process... you die... 00:17:48.00\00:17:50.37 temptation comes to you... "What am I going to do? 00:17:50.40\00:17:52.50 Am I going to live or am I going to die?" 00:17:52.53\00:17:53.87 You die to self... 00:17:53.90\00:17:55.24 God says, "Okay, when you die, I'll raise you back up. " 00:17:55.27\00:17:57.11 Right, and that's the process, so... but... 00:17:57.14\00:18:00.24 if you haven't really died, then, you're only fooling people 00:18:00.28\00:18:03.71 you know that you've changed 00:18:03.75\00:18:05.91 and that's what's happening with this beast. 00:18:05.98\00:18:07.55 James: Hmmm... hmmm... all right, I'm just going to... 00:18:07.58\00:18:10.09 we're just going to look at two more verses in Daniel 7... 00:18:10.15\00:18:12.19 just to make the connection, 00:18:12.22\00:18:13.56 the two verses are: verses 24 and 25... 00:18:13.59\00:18:17.29 Yvonne, if you could read those for us, 24 and 25. 00:18:17.33\00:18:20.10 Yvonne: Sure, "The ten horns are ten kings 00:18:20.13\00:18:22.90 who shall arise from this kingdom, 00:18:22.93\00:18:25.03 and another shall arise after them; 00:18:25.07\00:18:27.10 and he shall be different from the first ones, 00:18:27.14\00:18:29.14 and shall subdue three kings. 00:18:29.20\00:18:31.47 He shall speak pompous words against the most High, 00:18:31.51\00:18:34.51 shall persecute the saints of the most High, 00:18:34.54\00:18:37.61 and shall intend to change times and laws: 00:18:37.65\00:18:40.42 then the same shall be given into his hand 00:18:40.45\00:18:43.02 for a time and times and half a time. " 00:18:43.08\00:18:45.39 Ivor: Hmmm... 00:18:45.42\00:18:46.76 James: Okay now, there are a number of characteristics here 00:18:46.79\00:18:49.72 that parallel Revelation 13... time, times and half a time... 00:18:49.79\00:18:52.89 42 months... 00:18:52.93\00:18:54.26 "it was given unto him a mouth speaking great things 00:18:54.30\00:18:55.93 and blasphemies; and power was given unto him 00:18:55.96\00:18:58.47 to continue forty and two months. " 00:18:58.53\00:19:00.50 In verse 7, 00:19:00.54\00:19:01.87 "And it was given unto him to make war with the saints... " 00:19:01.90\00:19:03.47 and you see that over here in Daniel chapter 7, 00:19:03.51\00:19:06.27 "he will wear out the saints of the most High" 00:19:06.31\00:19:09.31 and then the one that's really interesting 00:19:09.34\00:19:12.31 verse 8 of Revelation 13... 00:19:12.35\00:19:14.72 "And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, 00:19:14.78\00:19:16.62 whose names are not written in the book of life... " 00:19:16.65\00:19:18.45 Daniel 7:25... "he shall change times and laws" 00:19:18.49\00:19:22.49 and there's only one place in the law of God 00:19:22.52\00:19:26.29 that deals with "time" and that is... the Sabbath. 00:19:26.33\00:19:30.03 Yvonne: Yes. 00:19:30.07\00:19:31.40 James: That "time" has been changed. 00:19:31.43\00:19:32.93 Worship in this world comes down to one of two days: 00:19:32.97\00:19:36.84 Saturday or Sunday... 00:19:36.87\00:19:39.61 and the Bible says, Saturday is the seventh day... 00:19:39.64\00:19:42.84 "the seventh is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God" 00:19:42.88\00:19:46.01 so this power is seeking to change the time of worship 00:19:46.05\00:19:49.25 so that everyone worships him instead of worshipping God. 00:19:49.28\00:19:51.75 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:19:51.79\00:19:53.22 James: So, Daniel and Revelation are twin prophetic books 00:19:53.25\00:19:56.16 and they're connecting together right here 00:19:56.19\00:19:57.56 in Daniel 7 and Revelation 13. 00:19:57.59\00:19:59.19 All these characteristics that we see in Revelation 13 00:19:59.23\00:20:01.63 are all coming from the book of Daniel, 00:20:01.66\00:20:03.16 we see them one after another where he raises up... 00:20:03.20\00:20:05.77 how he's different... he's a religious power... 00:20:05.80\00:20:08.30 and no one can make war against him... 00:20:08.34\00:20:09.67 how he reigns for 42 months... how he says blasphemous things 00:20:09.70\00:20:12.14 and says things against the most High, 00:20:12.17\00:20:13.74 how he changes the day of worship... 00:20:13.78\00:20:15.24 the times and laws and he persecutes God's people 00:20:15.31\00:20:17.91 how he continues for this designated amount of time... 00:20:17.95\00:20:21.22 all of that is being brought into Revelation chapter 13 00:20:21.25\00:20:24.49 so we can make the connection as Ivor said, 00:20:24.55\00:20:26.65 I just love that whole idea... that homiletic insight 00:20:26.69\00:20:30.86 as Ivor said, 00:20:30.89\00:20:32.46 "you have this power that rises up out of the water 00:20:32.49\00:20:36.20 acting like it's been changed, acting like it's... 00:20:36.23\00:20:39.90 the old man is dead... 00:20:39.93\00:20:41.27 but really it received a deadly wound 00:20:41.30\00:20:43.41 and it's going to return to what it once was... 00:20:43.44\00:20:47.48 once it gets in its place 00:20:47.51\00:20:48.84 and there's another power that's going to help it 00:20:48.88\00:20:51.05 to get to that place 00:20:51.11\00:20:53.15 of power and authority 00:20:53.18\00:20:55.15 that it once had in the Old Testament... 00:20:55.18\00:20:57.79 not in the Old Testament... in the Dark Ages. 00:20:57.85\00:21:00.39 So that's what we're going to see... 00:21:00.42\00:21:01.82 we're going to see the parallel between these two powers. 00:21:01.86\00:21:03.76 Revelation chapter 13... Revelation chapter... 00:21:03.79\00:21:07.36 and Daniel chapter 7 connecting together 00:21:07.40\00:21:09.63 and bringing us this insight... 00:21:09.66\00:21:12.20 this prophetic insight into the future 00:21:12.23\00:21:13.64 so, here's the key verse... and the transitions for us... 00:21:13.67\00:21:18.21 Revelation 13 verse 10... 00:21:18.24\00:21:19.57 "He that leads into captivity shall go into captivity: 00:21:19.61\00:21:23.75 he that kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. 00:21:23.78\00:21:26.38 Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. 00:21:26.41\00:21:28.75 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; 00:21:28.78\00:21:31.35 he had two horns like a lamb and he spake as a dragon. " 00:21:31.39\00:21:33.89 What happened in 1798 was that the Papacy was taken captive 00:21:33.92\00:21:38.96 we read about it... we talked about that... 00:21:38.99\00:21:40.90 Berthier... Napoleon... he is going down in 1798 00:21:40.93\00:21:44.37 and at that same time, prophetically speaking, 00:21:44.43\00:21:47.64 another power is rising up out of the earth, 00:21:47.67\00:21:50.94 this power came out of the sea, 00:21:50.97\00:21:52.37 this... another power is coming up out of the earth, 00:21:52.41\00:21:53.88 it's an earthly kingdom... it's coming up out of the earth, 00:21:53.91\00:21:56.18 it's coming up in a less-populated place 00:21:56.21\00:21:59.01 of planet earth... okay... 00:21:59.08\00:22:01.28 a less populated place of... that the... 00:22:01.32\00:22:04.15 so, this power comes up out of the sea... 00:22:04.19\00:22:06.02 peoples, nations, multitudes and tongues... Europe... 00:22:06.05\00:22:08.59 this other power comes up in a less-populated area... 00:22:08.62\00:22:11.46 the earth... because the "earth" is opposite of the "sea" 00:22:11.49\00:22:14.80 earth... waters... desolate... not as many... population... 00:22:14.83\00:22:18.10 so, what you see here is sometime... 00:22:18.13\00:22:21.17 first characteristic when this beast is going down, 00:22:21.20\00:22:24.81 when this power is being inflicted, 00:22:24.87\00:22:26.21 sometime around the 1700s... the 18th century... 00:22:26.24\00:22:29.71 another power is going to rise on the scene of action 00:22:29.74\00:22:32.75 in a less-populated place in the earth. 00:22:32.78\00:22:34.98 What power arose in the 1700s 00:22:35.02\00:22:38.02 in an unpopulated place on Planet Earth? 00:22:38.05\00:22:40.89 Ivor: Not only that, before you answer the question 00:22:40.92\00:22:43.43 that has... 00:22:43.49\00:22:46.33 what does a "lamb" represent in the Bible? 00:22:46.36\00:22:48.40 The Lamb represents Jesus, 00:22:48.43\00:22:49.76 so we're looking for a nation, right, 00:22:49.80\00:22:52.33 that would be rising up around the late 1700s 00:22:52.40\00:22:54.70 that would be... at least professedly 00:22:54.74\00:22:57.51 what kind of a nation? A Christian nation 00:22:57.57\00:22:59.71 and there really only one nation that fits the bill 00:22:59.74\00:23:02.74 that's United States of America. 00:23:02.78\00:23:04.45 James: The other thing here that want to get into with this 00:23:04.48\00:23:07.68 is that it's another beast, 00:23:07.75\00:23:09.08 now we already talked about this as a composite beast 00:23:09.12\00:23:11.95 so it's connected to the dragon, 00:23:12.02\00:23:13.72 it's connected to the Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome. 00:23:13.76\00:23:15.69 It's the same thing... just being continued... 00:23:15.72\00:23:18.23 but this is another one, this is a new one... 00:23:18.26\00:23:20.73 It's got to be a new nation, it's not... in fact... 00:23:20.76\00:23:23.97 it may come out of Europe 00:23:24.00\00:23:25.33 but it severs its connection with Europe. 00:23:25.40\00:23:26.84 Okay, fourth characteristic, the two horns have no crowns 00:23:26.87\00:23:31.87 now notice how all these horns have crowns... 00:23:31.91\00:23:34.91 that designates monarchies... kings... queens... 00:23:34.94\00:23:37.88 this other beast... this new nation rising up in the 1700s 00:23:37.91\00:23:42.38 and having these lamb-like horns with no crowns 00:23:42.42\00:23:45.49 which means that it's going to be a Republic... 00:23:45.52\00:23:48.56 it's going to be a Democracy, it's not going to be a Monarchy 00:23:48.59\00:23:51.96 like we've seen in the past, 00:23:51.99\00:23:53.33 so we've got four characteristics now, 00:23:53.36\00:23:54.70 you got them so far... the time that it rises... 00:23:54.73\00:23:57.80 okay, 18th century... 1700s... 00:23:57.83\00:24:00.00 that place that it rises... 00:24:00.04\00:24:02.10 in the earth... in a more desolate place... 00:24:02.14\00:24:04.31 the type of nation it is, lamb-like... Christian... 00:24:04.34\00:24:08.04 and the fact that it has no crowns on its horns... 00:24:08.08\00:24:11.51 it's not a monarchy... it's a Republic... 00:24:11.55\00:24:13.55 so, all of these characteristics are pointing us to 00:24:13.58\00:24:18.12 the United States of America, 00:24:18.15\00:24:21.56 I mean... go head... 00:24:21.59\00:24:23.49 Ivor: I was going to look at something else here, 00:24:23.53\00:24:26.49 Revelation 13:11... right... 00:24:26.53\00:24:27.86 there's actually another characteristic is that... 00:24:27.90\00:24:29.70 while it had the horns of a lamb it says, "He spake as a dragon" 00:24:29.73\00:24:35.74 and this is very interesting because 00:24:35.77\00:24:38.24 you look at the founding of the nation of 00:24:38.27\00:24:42.48 the United States of America... founding of America 00:24:42.54\00:24:44.91 and you look at how these Christians were leaving Europe 00:24:44.95\00:24:50.29 because of Religious persecution and when they got here, 00:24:50.32\00:24:55.62 to set up here, guess what they did? 00:24:55.66\00:24:58.29 They persecuted... they set up their... 00:24:58.33\00:25:00.93 okay... "Massachusetts is going to be this only... " 00:25:00.96\00:25:04.57 whether you're Catholic or Protestant 00:25:04.60\00:25:06.43 and they did not allow religious freedom 00:25:06.47\00:25:08.20 for others who didn't believe as they believed 00:25:08.24\00:25:11.87 or if you were Catholic... "No, you can't come here... " 00:25:11.91\00:25:13.94 Some places were set up, 00:25:13.98\00:25:16.61 "if you were Protestant... you can't come here" 00:25:16.64\00:25:18.01 so the same persecution they were trying to escape from, 00:25:18.08\00:25:20.92 they put upon others... 00:25:20.95\00:25:23.69 and, of course, you look at what happened with the Indians, 00:25:23.75\00:25:25.95 what happened with slavery 00:25:25.99\00:25:27.32 and you just look at a nation that appears to... 00:25:27.36\00:25:29.39 has the attributes of Christianity, 00:25:29.42\00:25:32.06 but at the same time you see this 00:25:32.09\00:25:34.66 undertone of... "of, wait a minute... " 00:25:34.70\00:25:37.37 James: The dragon. Ivor: The dragon. 00:25:37.40\00:25:40.04 Is just... what is this? 00:25:40.07\00:25:41.40 I mean, horns of a lamb... it looks like a lamb... 00:25:41.44\00:25:43.67 but Man! when it open its mouth... 00:25:43.71\00:25:46.54 you know... so you have this parallel... 00:25:46.57\00:25:49.28 you look again... this is like a perfect description 00:25:49.34\00:25:52.31 of the founding of America 00:25:52.35\00:25:54.65 and again, there were people who came in 00:25:54.68\00:25:56.38 who were true, genuine Christians 00:25:56.42\00:25:57.95 but Revelation 13... while it's pointing out America 00:25:57.99\00:26:01.42 as a nation... 00:26:01.46\00:26:03.12 it's actually more specifically pointing out 00:26:03.16\00:26:06.63 what we would call, "Apostate Protestantism" 00:26:06.66\00:26:09.96 right, in other words, Protestantism that... 00:26:10.00\00:26:13.20 people that profess Christianity but have apostatized 00:26:13.23\00:26:20.28 are not following... 00:26:20.34\00:26:21.78 actually reflecting the characteristics of the Lamb 00:26:21.81\00:26:24.25 so, as you read further down, you see, 00:26:24.28\00:26:25.95 "Wait a minute... this nation... " 00:26:25.98\00:26:27.35 and that's why people can't... 00:26:27.38\00:26:28.72 when we read... go further... people are like, 00:26:28.75\00:26:30.25 "that's not going to happen here in America... 00:26:30.29\00:26:32.22 no, this is America... land of... " 00:26:32.25\00:26:34.69 they can't even fathom 00:26:34.72\00:26:36.22 some of the things that we're about to say 00:26:36.26\00:26:37.59 because they're like, "Naw ah... this is America... " 00:26:37.63\00:26:39.96 Yvonne: Yeah... yeah... 00:26:40.00\00:26:41.33 James: But as you brought out these principles have 00:26:41.36\00:26:43.20 have actually been underlined... 00:26:43.23\00:26:45.10 a lot of what we've done in our history 00:26:45.13\00:26:46.80 it's just that we're coming to a place where it's going to be 00:26:46.84\00:26:49.37 manifested in a big way... huge way... 00:26:49.40\00:26:52.21 so, and then the two horns, of course, 00:26:52.24\00:26:54.84 religious liberty and political freedoms, 00:26:54.88\00:26:57.45 so you've got the religious and political freedoms 00:26:57.48\00:26:59.55 that we stand for, 00:26:59.58\00:27:00.92 how can this happen in America? 00:27:00.95\00:27:02.28 Well, God is so gracious, 00:27:02.32\00:27:04.92 we have defects in our characters 00:27:04.95\00:27:07.59 and as God re-births us and as God renews us, we grow... 00:27:07.62\00:27:10.89 but if we come to a place where we stop growing... 00:27:10.93\00:27:12.99 we stop accepting truth, we stop walking in the light, 00:27:13.03\00:27:15.03 we can retrograde and go backwards... 00:27:15.06\00:27:17.07 and so, this power that Ivor brought out... 00:27:17.10\00:27:19.67 some characteristics that are there that aren't good... 00:27:19.70\00:27:21.37 but we've grown through some of that... 00:27:21.40\00:27:22.90 America has made changes and they've given freedom 00:27:22.94\00:27:25.47 to... got rid of slavery... et cetera, et cetera 00:27:25.51\00:27:27.94 and tried to give back to the Native Americans, et cetera 00:27:27.98\00:27:31.21 but you can also retrograde 00:27:31.25\00:27:33.21 if you don't continue on in that forward motion... 00:27:33.25\00:27:35.15 you can also go backwards, 00:27:35.18\00:27:36.55 and that appears to be 00:27:36.58\00:27:37.92 what's going to happen with this power, 00:27:37.95\00:27:39.82 why? we're going to look at that more 00:27:39.85\00:27:41.69 as we get into a few more verses 00:27:41.72\00:27:43.06 and study this prophecy 00:27:43.09\00:27:45.56 in more detail in our next program 00:27:45.59\00:27:47.30 but right now we're out of time almost... 00:27:47.33\00:27:48.80 how can they get ahold of us? 00:27:48.83\00:27:50.20 They need to send their questions to: sss@3abn. org 00:27:50.27\00:27:54.40 Okay, you heard that Friends, 00:27:54.44\00:27:56.57 let us know about your questions, 00:27:56.60\00:27:58.67 let us... give us your input, we'd love to hear from you. 00:27:58.71\00:28:00.64