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00:01 >> AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, WE ARE LIVING IN UNPRECEDENTED
00:03 TIMES. JOIN US NOW FOR TODAY'S 00:06 SPECIAL PROGRAM. 01:15 >> HELLO, FRIENDS. WELCOME TO 3ABN LIVE. 01:23 WE THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO JOIN US. 01:27 YOU NEED TO HIT THE RECORD BUTTON RITE ILLINOIS. 01:29 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ONLY RELEVANT, UP 01:33 TO DATE AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING BUT FORWARD LOOKING. 01:36 WE HAVE IN THE STUDIO A VERY GOOD FRIENDS OF OURS OF NOT 01:40 ONLY OF MINE BUT THE MINISTER. PASTOR JAMES RAFFERTY. 01:45 GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. >> ALWAYS A PLEASURE. 01:47 >> WHEN YOU HAVE THAT BIBLE. I'M LOOKING AT THE PAGES, THEY 01:51 ARE YELLOWED. YOU HAVE HAD THAT FOR A WHILE. 01:54 >> A LONG TIME. >> THE TOPIC, THE MASK OF THE 01:58 BEAST. THE MASK OF THE BEAST. 02:03 I'LL LET YOU TAKE THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. 02:05 OUR VIEWERS ARE THANKFUL TO TAKE THE TIME TO JOIN US. 02:11 WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRAYERS AND THE SUPPORT FINANCIAL OR 02:14 WHETHER YOU COME TO VOLUNTEER, OR WHETHER YOU PRAY FOR US AT 02:18 A DISTANCE OR UP CLOSE. WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO 02:21 TO KEEP THE NETWORK GROWING AS WE READY FOR THE COMING OF THE 02:25 LORD. TONIGHT WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS. 02:27 WE'VE BEEN TEXTING QUESTIONS IN. 02:30 WE LIVE IN A DAY AND AGE WE HAVE THESE NEW DEVICES. 02:36 YOU DON'T JUST MAKE PHONE CALLS. 02:38 IF YOU WANT TO TEXT YOUR QUESTIONS IN THAT WE'LL TAKE 02:40 IN THE SECOND HOUR. SEND UG 618-228-3975. 02:50 618-228-3975. IF YOU WAT TO CALL THEM IN. 02:57 618-627-4651. OR E-MAIL. 03:03 LIVE @3ABN.ORG. LIVE @3ABN. 03:14 I GUARANTEES YOU THIS WILL BE A THOUGHT HAD BEEN PROVOKING 03:18 TOPIC. BEFORE WE GO TO OR MUSIC, 03:20 PASTOR RAFFERTY, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. 03:23 HEY, HE WAS MY PASTOR. SOMEBODY MIGHT BE SAYING, WHO 03:28 IS PASTOR JAMES RAFFERTY? TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE RIGHT 03:31 NOW. >> THOSE WHO HAVE KNOWN ME, 03:33 I'VE BEEN IN MINISTER 35, 36 YEARS. 03:36 I STARTED WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID. 03:39 NOW HERE I AM. 39.95. 03:46 >> PLUS SHIPPING AND HANDLING. >> I WORK IN FORTRESS NOR 03:51 CALIFORNIA WITH PASTOR STEVEN BOHR. 03:53 PIE WIFE AND I MOVED THERE, STILL IN THE PROCESS OF 03:57 SETTLING IN. LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING SOME 04:00 WORK, OUTREACH, EVANGELISM MINISTRY. 04:06 ALWAYS OPEN AND READY TO SHARE WITH OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY 04:09 HERE. ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. 04:11 >> YOU HAVE BEEN HERE QUITE A FEW YEARS. 04:13 HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE? >> PROBABLY 25 -- BETWEEN 25 04:21 AND 30 YEARS. A LONG TIME. 04:23 >> YOU HAVE SEEN THE STUDIOS GROW. 04:26 YOU HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE PROGRAMMING, PREACHING FOR 04:30 CAMP MEETINGS. YOU ARE AN AUTHOR. 04:33 YOU HAVE HAD YOUR HANDS IN THE LORD'S BOOK A LONG TIME. 04:36 EVEN MORE THAN THAT, THE LORD HAS HAD HIS HANDS IN YOU FOR A 04:40 LONG TIME. >> AMEN. 04:42 >> LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. WHY DID YOU COME UP WITH THE 04:45 TITLE, HOW OR WHY, WHAT IS BEHIND "MASK OF THE BEAST?" 04:49 TEASE US A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE GO TO THE MUSIC. 04:52 >> FOR YEARS WE'VE BEEN PREACHING AND TEACHING OF THE 04:55 MARK OF THE BEAST, AS WE START GETTING INTO THE COVID-19 04:59 VIRUS AND IT BECAME CLASSIFIED AS A PANDEMIC ALL OVER THE 05:03 WORLD. I STARTED SEEING SOME OF THE 05:06 PRINCIPLES RELATED TO THAT, LEADING INTO BIBLE PROPHECY. 05:13 SPECIFICALLY REVELATION CHAPTER 13. 05:14 I FELT THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO 05:18 EXAMINE THE PLAUSIBILITY OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT 05:20 COULD NEVER HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTRY AND NEVER HAPPEN IN 05:23 THE WORLD, BUT IT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. 05:25 SO WE COULD SEE HOW VIABLE BIBLE PROPHECY IS. 05:29 >> WE ARE IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WORLD IN LESS THAN A 05:34 WORLD. OUR WORLD HAS TURNED 05:37 TOPSY-TURVY. THINGS ARE HAPPENING AT AN 05:39 ALARMING RATE. I DEAL WITH THAT OWE A WEEKLY 05:43 BASIS. IT'S EXCITING TO KNOW WHAT 05:45 WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS COMING TOGETHER IN RAPID PACE 05:50 BEFORE OUR EYES. I KNOW YOU ARE PERCOLATING, 05:53 YOU ARE ON THE EDGE THERE READY TO TALK ABOUT THE MASK 05:56 OF THE BEAST. YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT MUCH THE 06:00 MASK OF THE BEAST. IT'S NOT A TYPO. 06:02 WHAT RELEVANCE DOES THAT HAVE TO BIBLE PROPHECY. 06:08 RIGHT IN THE GROOVE OF THAT PARTICULAR CHAPTER. 06:10 YOU DON'T WANT TO TURN AWAY. IF YOU HAVEN'T HIT RECORD YET, 06:14 DO THAT RIGHT NOW. YOU WILL SAY, I MISSED THAT 06:17 POINT. I WISH COY LOOK IT OVER. 06:19 IF YOU DON'T IS AN ABILITY TO RECORD, BECAUSE THIS IS LIVE. 06:23 IT SHOWS ON SUNDAY. THEN AGAIN ON TUESDAY. 06:25 YOU CAN GO TO OUR 3ABN.TV AND FIND TIMES AND LISTINGS. 06:32 ANOTHER GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, STEPHANIE DAWN, WILL SING A 06:36 SONG QUIUTLED "IN THIS OLD TROUBLED WORLD." 06:40 AFTER THAT, THE MASK OF THE BEAST. 10:16 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, STEPHANIE, FOR THAT SONG, IN 10:18 THIS OLD TROUBLED WORLD. THAT IS AN AMAZING SEGUE. 10:22 WE ARE LIVING IN THIS OLD TROUBLED WORLD. 10:25 AS MY GOOD FRIEND PASTOR T.D. BROOKS SAYS, THE WORLD IS LIKE 10:30 AN OLD PAIR OF JEANS. THEY KEEP ON RIPPING. 10:33 AFTER A WHILE YOU CANNOT SEW IT UP. 10:35 YOU HAVE TO DISCARD IT. THE LORD IS ABOUT TO DISCARD 10:41 IS AS HE RIGHT SIDE ANOTHER WORLD. 10:45 THIS OLD WORLD. DIVE WHEREVER YOU WANT TO 10:49 BEGIN ON THIS TOPIC, THE MASK OF THE BEAST. 10:52 I'M SALIVATING OVER WHAT YOU WILL SAY. 10:54 I KNOW IT WILL BE GOOD. >> I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD 10:58 TO START WITH THE WORDS OF CHRIST. 11:01 MATTHEW CHAPTER 24. THAT PARALLELS MARK 31, LUKE 11:05 21. THREE CHAPTER IN THE GOSPEL 11:07 THAT ARE PROPHETIC. I THINK THE ONLY REASON WHY 11:10 JOHN DIDN'T HAVE ONE IN HIS GOSPEL IS BECAUSE GOD GAVE HIM 11:13 THE ENTIRE BOOK OF REVELATION. RELEVANTATION IS JOHN MATTHEW 11:20 24. THIS IS WHERE JESUS IS MAKING 11:22 SOME PREDICTIONS, NOT JUST ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF 11:25 JERUSALEM BUT HIS SECOND COMING AND THE END OF THE 11:28 WORLD. THE PREDICTIONS THAT HE MAKES 11:30 ARE JUST LIKE YOU READ IN THE NEWSPAPER TODAY. 11:34 IN A VERY REAL SENSE. WE WANT TO IS THAT RIGHT IN 11:37 MATTHEW 4. LOOK AT THE VERY FIRST WARNING 11:40 THAT HE GIVES US. I DON'T CALL IT A WARNING. 11:43 THE INDICATION HIS COMING IS GETTING CLOSER. 11:47 >> OKAY. >> MATTHEW CHAPTER 24. 11:49 THE SIGN SAYS TELL US WHEN SHALL THESE THINGS BE? 11:54 VERSE 3. WHAT SHALL BE THE SIGN OF THE 11:56 COMING OF THE END OF THE WORLD. 11:58 >> JESUS SAYS ANSWERS, TAKE HEED THAT NO MAN IS SAVED. 12:03 DECEPTION IS NUMBER ONE ON CHRIST'S LIST. 12:07 DECEPTION IS REPEATED TWO MORE TIMES IN THAT MATTHEW 24. 12:11 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THAT MEANS IT'S REALLY 12:13 SIGNIFICANT. IT'S AS IF CHRIST IS SAYING 12:15 THERE BlackBerry A LOT OF DECEPTION. 12:20 JOHN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN RELATE TO THIS. 12:22 I CANNOT WATCH HARDLY ANY HE NEWS, LOOK AT HARDLY ANY MEDIA 12:27 REPORTS WITHOUT ASKING THE QUESTION "IS THAT RIGHT OR IS 12:30 THAT WRONG? IS THAT TRUE OR FALSE? 12:32 CAN I BELIEVE THAT OR NOT BELIEVE IT? 12:36 SOMETIMES YOU HEAR SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE BELIEVES AND 12:40 IT'S COMPLETELY THE OPPOSITE TOP ME WHAT JESUS IS SAYING 12:44 HERE MAKES -- APPLIES TO OUR TIME MORE THAN IT EVER HAS. 12:49 >> I'M AMAZED YOU WOULD SAY THAT. 12:50 WE ARE LIVING IN A MEDIA-SATURATED AGE. 12:53 IT'S LIKE A TENNIS MATCH. ONE SIDE OF THE COURT SENDS 12:56 THE BALL BACK TO THE OTHER. BOTH WANT TO WIN, BUT THEY ARE 13:00 ON OPPOSITE SIDES. STATEMENTS IN MANY CASES, 13:05 PEOPLE ARE JUST SWALLOWING WHAT THEY ARE HEARING WIHOUT 13:09 ANY VALIDATION. PEOPLE ARE FALLING INTO THE 13:13 CATEGORY OF BEING DECEIVED. >> I BELIEVE THAT'S WHY THE 13:15 BIBLE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. 13:18 IT'S WORDS WE CAN TRUST. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 13:21 >> THERE IS TRUTH IN THE WORD OF GOD. 13:23 SATAN WANTS TO UNDERMINE CREDIBILITY IN THE WORD OF GOD 13:26 MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. IF WE CAN SEE THE WORD OF GOD 13:29 AS SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP US NAVIGATE WHAT IS GOING ON. 13:33 AND I FEET LIKE AS TO HELPED -- I FEEL LIKE THAT'S 13:36 HELPED ME THE LAST 37 YEARS I'VE BEEN A CHRISTIAN. 13:39 IT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON. 13:42 THERE ARE MANY TIMES I LOOK AT CURRENT EVENTS, I SAY THAT 13:46 DOES NOT JIVE WITH WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE TO BE 13:49 TEACHING. IT'S DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHAT TO 13:52 BIBLE. SHOULD I BELIEVE THE BIBLE OR 13:55 NOT. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, BOOM. 13:57 THE BIBLE GAINS CREDIBILITY BECAUSE THE EVENT THEY DON'T 14:02 MATERIALIZE. THE THINGS THAT EVERYONE IS 14:05 FOCUSING ON NEVER HAPPEN. SURE ENOUGH BECAUSE THEY ARE 14:08 NOT IN THE TIME LINE IN THE WORD OF GOD. 14:10 THEY ARE NOT THE PROPHETIC MARK OF THE WORD OF GOD. 14:14 SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEED THE WORD OF JESUS MORE 14:17 THAN EVER. I DON'T THINK HE HAS BEEN 14:19 WRONG ABOUT ANY OF THIS. I THINK HE IS RIGHT ON TARGET. 14:23 >> I HAVE TO SAY, IT'S A CERTAINTY HE IS NEVER OFF 14:27 TARGET. BUT I LIKE THE WORD YOU USE 14:30 "MASK." A LOT OF WHAT THE BIBLE 14:32 TEACHES IS BEING MASKED BY THESE INTENSE EVENTS TAKING 14:36 PLACE AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE AT A TENNIS MATCH. 14:40 LOOKING LET AND RIGHT. DON'T FORGET CENTER COURT. 14:44 LIKE I SAID NOT TOO LONG AGO. I USED THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE 14:49 AS ANALOGY. WE HAVE THIS EXOABT NOW, THE 14:54 LEFT AND THE RIGHT. WHAT ABOUT THE MAN IN THE 14:56 MIDDLE. HE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN 15:00 BRING SALVATION. >> THAT'S THE REALITY WHEN IT 15:04 COMES TO THE CROSS. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING BACK AND 15:07 FORTH. THE ISSUES AS I AM FOLLOWING 15:10 ALONG, A LOT OF THINGS ARE MASKED. 15:13 WHAT IS HAPPENING BEFORE US. THE DEVIL IS USING IT TO 15:17 DISTRACT. >> A LOT OF DECEPTION. 15:19 REVELATION BRINGS THIS OUT, ALSO. 15:21 WE COMPARE MATTHEW 24 WITH REVELATION, CHAPTER 13. 15:25 WE PICK UP THIS WORD, IF YOU WILL ON THE MARK OF THE BEAST. 15:30 I GET DOWN TO VERSE 6. YOU SHALL HEAR OF WARS AND 15:35 RUMORS OF WARS. BE THEE HE NOT TROUBLED. 15:39 ALL OF THESE THINGS MUST COME TO PAST BUT THE END IS NOT 15:43 YET. ONE NATION WILL RISE AGAINST 15:45 NATION AND KINGDOM AND THERE WILL BE FAMINE AND PEST LENS 15:50 AND EARTHQUAKES IN DIFFERENT PLACES. 15:53 I THINK IT IS SIGNIFICANT THAT JESUS TELLS US ABOUT THESE 15:56 SIGNS. HE SAYS DON'T LET THEM TROUBLE 15:58 YOU. I THINK THE REASON HE SAYS 16:00 THAT IS BECAUSE THEY WOULD TEND TO TROUBLE US. 16:03 THAT WOULD BE THE NATURAL TENDENCY WHEN YOU SEE WARS AND 16:07 RUMORS OF WARS AND PEST LENS. YOU TEND TO BE TROUBLED. 16:12 HE SAYS DON'T BE TROUBLED. ALL OF THESE THINGS WILL TAKE 16:15 PLACE. THEY HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE. 16:17 HE SAYS IN VERSE 8, THAT THESE ARE THE BEGINNING OF SOREOS, 16:25 OR BIRTH PAINS. BIRTH PAINS ARE THE THINGS 16:27 THAT HAPPEN WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT, AS SHE IS ABOUT TO 16:31 DELIVER THE BIRTH PAINS COL. THEY START SLOWLY. 16:34 THEN BECOME MORE INTENSE AND MORE FREQUENT AND MORE INTENSE 16:38 AND MORE FREQUENT. UNTIL A BABY IS BORN. 16:41 JESUS IS PREDICTING THE BIRTH OUT OF THESE BIRTH PAINS. 16:45 HE IS PREDICTING THE BIRTH OF ALL OF THE NATIONS OF THE 16:49 WORLD JOINING TOGETHER TO -- LET'S READ IT IN VERSE 9. 16:54 THEN IN THE CONTEXT OF ALL OF THESE NATURAL DISASTERS AND 16:56 WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS AND PEST LENSES, INCREASING IN 17:01 INTENSITY AND FREQUENCY. SHALL DELIVER YOU UP AND THEY 17:06 SHALL KILL YOU AND YOU WILL BE HATED OF ALL NATIONS FOR MY 17:13 NAMESAKE. HERE IS THE UNITY OF ALL 17:19 NATIONS. A UNITY OF ALL NATIONS AND 17:23 HATRED TOWARD A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE. 17:25 WHAT I THINK IS SIGNIFICANT HERE. 17:27 WE HAVE MANY TIMES I WILL SAY THIS AS AN EVANGELIST. 17:33 WE HAVE SAID MANY TIMES THE HE WANTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND 17:39 PESTILENCE, WHICH IS CONTAGIOUS AND INFECTIOUS 17:41 DISEASE AND PANDEMIC, EARTHQUAKES, NATURAL 17:44 DISASTERS. THESE INCREASE WITH INTENSITY 17:46 AND FREQUENCY LEADING TO THE ALL NATION TO SEE HATE GOD'S 17:50 PEOPLE. I WANT TO THROW SOMETHING ELSE 17:52 IN HERE THAT I THINK APPLY. COULD IT ALSO BE, NOT THE 17:56 EVENT ITSELF, BUT THE RESPONSE TO THE EVENT, THAT INCREASES 18:00 WITH INTENSITY AND FREQUENCY. LET ME GIVE TWOW TWO EXAMPLES. 18:08 9/11 WAS A WAR ON TERROR. IGNITED A WAR ON TERROR. 18:13 IT WASN'T SO MUCH THE EVENT ITSELF, THE DOWNING OF THE TWO 18:18 BUILDINGS, PEOPLE DYING, THE WAR TO IRAQ, ETC., BAGHDAD. 18:23 THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT DIED THERE. 18:25 IT WAS THE IMPACT IT HAD ON OUR LIFE. 18:30 >> PARADIGM SHIFT. >> THE IMPACT IT IS HAVING TO 18:32 THIS DAY. SO THE INCREASE IS NOT JUST IN 18:36 THE EVENT ITSELF. WE COULD SAY THERE HAVE BEEN 18:38 WORSE WARS. WORLD WAR II WAS WORSE THAN 18:42 THAT. THIS ARE WORST WARS THAN THAT. 18:44 BUT THE IMPACT OF THAT WAR. WHEW. 18:48 WE LOST LIBERTIES WE'LL NEVER GET BACK. 18:50 WE ARE STILL GOING THROUGH SECURITY AT AIRPORTS. 18:53 THIS IS, WHAT, 20 YEARS LATER? >> 20 YEARS LATER. 18:56 I REMEMBER THAT EVENT SO WELL. PASTOR DOUG AND I WENT TO NEW 19:01 YORK AFTER THAT OCCURRED. TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 19:05 PASTOR DOUG, MAYBE LISTENERS KNOW WHO HE HE IS VERY WELL 19:10 KNOWN HERE. WE LIKE TO HAVE FUN TOGETHER. 19:13 I WAS WALKING THROUGH THE TERMINAL. 19:14 WE HAD DONE A MEMORIAL SERVICE IN NEW YORK. 19:17 I HAD ON MY BLACK LEATHER COAT. IT WAS A COLD PART OF 19:21 THE YEAR. BLACK TURTLENECK. 19:24 WE WERE WAITING TO GET SOMETHING HOT TO DRINK. 19:29 COFFEE, OBVIOUSLY. ON THE WAY COMING BACK IN, HE 19:32 WENT THROUGH FIRST, HE SAID HURRY UP, MUHAMMAD. 19:36 JUST JOKING. HEY, STOP. 19:41 I SAID YOU JUST SEARCHED ME. I JUST WENT TOE GET SOMETHING 19:44 TO DRINK. HE WAS DEAD SERIOUS. 19:47 HE WAS NOTE EVEN FLINCHING WITH A SMILE. 19:56 THAT PARE DIME SHIFT IMMEDIATELY, PEOPLE BECAME THE 20:01 FOCAL PART OF THE WORLD. THAT SHIFT WAS SO IMMEDIATE. 20:05 SO STARK IN CONTRAST. LIKE SEPTEMBER 10 TO SEPTEMBER 11. 20:10 I GOT ON THE PLANE IN LONDON IN THE MORNING AND GOT OFF THE 20:16 PLANE IN CANADA THAT EVENING. IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 20:20 WORLD. THAT SHIFT WAS SO STARK. 20:22 THE SHIFT AND LIKE YOU SAID TOWARD A CERTAIN PEOPLE GROUP. 20:26 THE SHIFT BASED ON WHAT JESUS SAYS, DON'T BE TROUBLED. 20:29 IN OTHER WORDS, DON'T FEAR THESE THINGS. 20:33 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE FEAR IS WE GIVE UP LIBERTY AND GIVE UP 20:38 FREEDOM. WHEN WE ARE AFRAID OF THINGS, 20:40 WE MAKE CONFESSIONS WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY MAKE. 20:43 JESUS IS TRYING TO WARN US, AS A RACE, HUMAN BEINGS, AND THE 20:48 CHURCH IN PARTICULAR, DON'T LET THESE EVENTS CAUSE YOU TO 20:52 FEAR BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME IN TO FEAR, YOU WILL CONCEDE 20:56 LIBERTIES, FREEDOMS. WILL YOU CONCEDE YOUR WAY OF 20:59 LIFE. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE. 21:01 SINCE 9/11, IN A SENSE, THIS WHOLE ATTITUDE TOWARD MUSLIMS 21:07 HAVE KIND OF GONE AWAY. BUT, THE FREEDOMS AND 21:11 LIBERTIES W ONCE HAD BEFORE 9/11. 21:14 THEY ARE NOT COMING BACK. THESE ARE THE IMPLICATIONS 21:17 THAT I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVEN'T READ INTO THESE TEXTS. 21:20 NOW WE'LL TAKE IT TO TODAY. >> OKAY. 21:23 >> WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE INFECTIOUS, CONTAGIOUS 21:28 DISEASES. JESUS TELLS US. 21:29 WE GO BACK TO THE SPANISH FLU WHICH KILLED MILLIONS AND 21:32 MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORLDWIDE. 21:34 THEY CAN'T COMPUTE HOW MANY PEOPLE. 21:38 THEN YOU HAVE IS, OF COURSE, ALL OF THE N1 AND ALL OF THOSE 21:46 SINCE THEN. THERE ARE ALL OF THESE 21:49 INFECTIOUS, CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. 21:51 NOW WE COME TO COVID-19. NEVER HAS THERE BEEN A 21:56 REACTION -- WHAT I'M SAYING? THE REACTION IS MORE INTENSE. 22:00 RIGHT? THAN WE'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE. 22:03 I THINK THAT IS PART OF WHAT THE TEXT IS TRYING TO TELL US. 22:06 THE HIDDEN MEANING OF THE TEXT. 22:09 IT'S THE REACTION THAT CAUSES NATION TO SEE COME TOGETHER. 22:12 GUESS WHAT. IF YOU ARE NOT COMPLYING, YOU 22:17 WILL BE HATED. YOU WILL BE HATED. 22:20 THE VERSE SAYS YOU WILL BE HATED FOR MY NAMESAKE. 22:23 I WANT TO NAIL THIS DOWN. GOD IS LOVE. 22:28 THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS IS. GOD IS LOVE. 22:30 HIS NAME IS SYNONYMOUS WITH HIS CHARACTER. 22:33 HIS CHARACTER IS LOVE. THE LAW IS A TRANSCRIPT OF 22:36 THAT CHARACTER. JESUS SUMMARIZES THE LAW IN 22:41 MATTHEW 22. HE SAYS, THE LW IS SUMMARIZED 22:44 IN LOVING GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR 22:47 AS YOURSELF. PAUL SAYS THE SAME THING IN 22:50 OBLIGATIONS AND ROMAN -- GALATIANS AND ROMANS. 22:55 LOVE IN PRINCIPLE ABSOLUTELY MUST ALLOW FOR FREEDOM. 23:01 JOHN, TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME. 23:03 TELL ME THAT YOU'RE MY BROTHER AND YOU LOVE ME. 23:08 IT NECESSITATES FREEDOM. PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE NAME OF 23:13 GOD, THE CHARACTER OF GOD, THE LOVE OF GOD, WHO ARE 23:17 SYNONYMOUS WITH KEEPING THE LAW OF GOD, THESE PEOPLE WILL 23:20 BE HATED. WHY BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN 23:23 FREEDOM. GOD BELIEVES IN FREEDOM TO 23:25 SUCH A DEGREE THAT SCE IS GOING TO HONOR PEOPLE WHO 23:29 CHOOSE TO TURN AWAY FROM HIM. CHOOSE TO REJECT HIM. 23:34 WHO CHOOSE NOT TO ACCEPT CHRIST AND LOST FOR ALL 23:38 ETERNITY. GOD WILL HONOR THAT FREEDOM. 23:40 WE AS CHRISTIANS BELIEVE THAT 100%. 23:44 WE DO NOT BELIEVE IN MAKING PEOPLE CONFORM TO ANYTHING 23:48 WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PARTICULAR CONSCIOUS, AND THIS 23:53 PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP TO GOD, RIGHT? 23:56 >> RIGHT. >> THIS IS PART OF WHAT I 23:57 THINK WE'LL LOSE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FULFILLMENT OF 24:02 MATTHEW 24. WE WILL SEE GOD'S PEOPLE HATED 24:05 BECAUSE GOD'S PEOPLE HONOR FREEDOM ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE. 24:09 IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. WHY. 24:13 >> BECAUSE IT IS FROM THE LORD. 24:14 >> IT'S A PRINCIPLE OF LOVE. IT'S A PRINCIPLE OF LOVE. 24:18 GOD IS LOVE. WE ARE FOLLOWERS OF THE LORD. 24:20 WE ARE CHRISTIANS. SO WE BELIEVE THAT FREEDOM IS 24:24 PAIR MT. TO EVERYTHING ELSE. NOW WE WANT TO MOVE TO 24:29 REVELATION CHAPTER 13. >> REVELATION 13. 24:31 >> I WANT TO DO THIS CAREFULLY. 24:33 I KNOW THERE CAN BE MISUNDERSTANDING OUT THERE 24:36 BECAUSE OUR TITLE IS "THE MASK OF THE BEAST." 24:40 I'M NOT DISCUSSING WEARING A MASK OR NOT WEARING A MASK 24:44 TONIGHT. NOT MY POINT. 24:46 MY POINT TONIGHT IS -- LET ME ILLUSTRATE THIS WAY. 24:50 I'LL TELL YOU A STORY. THIS IS A TRUE STORY. 24:53 MANY, MANY YEARS AGO -- THIS WAS PROBABLY 1987, I WILL SAY. 24:59 I LIVED IN SPOKANE WASHINGTON. I WAS A NEW ADVENTIST AND 25:06 EAGER TO DO EVANGELISM. WE DECIDED THE WAY TO ATTEMPT 25:09 THE EVANGELISM, WE WOULD EVERY SUNDAY GO TO A SUNDAY KEEPING 25:16 CHURCH. I WAS CATHOLIC. 25:17 I HAD BEEN CONVERTED. I WAS GOING TO PENTECOSTAL 25:22 CHURCH FOR A WHILE. I WASN'T TOTALLY DISCONNECTED 25:26 FROM MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN OTHER CHURCHES. 25:29 THE WAY WE WOULD CHOOSE A CHURCH, WE WOULD OPEN THE 25:32 PHONE BOOK TO THE YELLOW PAGES AND CLOSE OUR EYES AND PUT OUR 25:36 FINGER DOWN AND THAT'S THE FINGER WE WENT TO. 25:39 WE WENT TO CHURCH OF NAZARENE, MORMONS, CHURCH OF CHRIST. 25:46 THAT WAS THE MOST INTERESTING EXPERIENCE. 25:48 WE WOULD BE IN THEIR SUNDAY SCHOOL. 25:50 WE WOULD ASK THE QUESTION, WE ARE PRETTY NEW CHRISTIANS. 25:55 I'D SAY THEE YEARS IN CHRISTIANITY. 25:59 WE ARE WANTING TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE BIBLE 26:02 TEACHES CONCERNING SUNDAY. WE'RE HERE ON SUNDAY. 26:05 WE'RE AT SUNDAY SCHOOL. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO US THAT THE 26:09 BIBLE TEACHES WE SHOULD GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY. 26:11 IT SEEMS IT TEACHES TO YOU GO TO CHURCH ON SATURDAY. 26:15 THAT WAS THE QUESTION TO THEM. THAT WOULD PROMINENT A 26:19 RESPONSE FROM THE TEACHER OR THE PASTOR. 26:23 WE CAN EDUCATE YOU ON THAT. WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT IN 26:27 CLASS. LET'S SET UP A TIME TO MEET. 26:30 WE WOULD MEET WITH THE PASTOR, IN THIS CASE IT WAS TWO 26:34 PASTORS IN THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. 26:36 WE WOULD START BIBLE STUDIES AND GET INTO THE MARK OF THE 26:42 BEAST. THE BIBLE STUDIES WOULDN'T 26:45 LAST LONGER THAN THAT. ONCE YOU ARE AT THE MARK OF 26:47 THE BEAST, YOU IDENTIFY THE WORSHIP ON SUNDAY IS CONTRARY 26:50 TO WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES. GOD CALLS US TO WORSHIP ON THE 26:55 SECOND DAY, CREATION, SABBATH IN HARMONY WITH THE EXODUS AND 27:01 ALL WHAT JESUS DID BY EXAMPLE. HE WENT TO CHURCH ON THE 27:06 SABBATH DAY. WE GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE 27:10 BIBLE. THE SEVENTH DAY IS DECIDED BY 27:13 GOD. THEN WE HIT THE MARK OF THE 27:17 BEAST. LITERALLY WHEN WE HIT THE MARK 27:20 OF THE BEAST, THESE PASTORS LAUGH AT US. 27:24 THEY SAID, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. 27:27 NOT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE BIBLICAL EVIDENCE ESTABLISHED 27:31 FOR SUNDAY. BUT THE UNITED STATES OF 27:34 AMERICA WOULD EVER ENFORCE SUNDAY. 27:39 BY LAW. ON PEOPLE. 27:42 >> THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS A TRAVESTY. 27:45 >> SO LAUGHABLE. IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. 27:47 WE SAID, WELL, IF IT DOES HAPPEN, WOULD YOU BE WILLING 27:50 TO RECONSIDER. THEY SAID, YEAH, WE'LL BE 27:54 WILLING TO RECONSIDER. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SHARE, 27:59 BECAUSE I THINK IT'S TIME FOR THE PASTORS TO RECONSIDER. 28:02 I THINK IT'S TIME FOR ALL OF US TO RECONSIDER. 28:05 THE REASON I SAY THAT, WE ARE NOT AT THE MARK OF THE BEAST 28:09 YET. WE'RE AT THE MASK OF THE 28:13 BEAST. DANIEL 7, 17 AND 23, 28:17 REPRESENTS THE KINGDOM OF POWER. 28:18 IT'S NOT SOME TERRIBLE THING LOCKED UP IN A ZOO, ON A 28:22 CHAIN. IT'S A POWER. 28:23 WE USE THAT TERMINOLOGY TODAY, WHEN WE THINK OF COUNTRIES 28:28 LIKE AMERICA AS AN EAGLE AND RUSSIA IS A BEAR AND CHINA IS 28:31 A DIAGONAL ON, ENGLAND IS A LION. 28:33 WE USE THE SAME TERMINOLOGY. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE MARK 28:39 OF THE BEAST, IT'S THE MARK OF A KINGLY AUTHORITY OR KINGLY 28:43 POWER, OR EARTHLY AUTHORITY OR EARTHLY POWER. 28:47 THOSE WHO MAY BE NOVICES, THIS IS LOOK AT DANIEL 7:17. 28:58 17 TO 23. IT SAYS HERE, DANIEL 7 VERSE 29:02 17, THOSE GREAT BEASTS WHICH ARE FOUR KINGS WHICH ARISE OUT 29:07 OF THE EARTH. 23 SAYS, THE FOURTH BEAST 29:11 SHALL BE THE FOURTH KINGDOM ON THE EARTH WHICH SHALL BE 29:15 DIFFERENT FROM ALL OTHER KINGDOMS AND SHALL DEVOUR THE 29:19 HOLDER, TRAMPLE IT AND BREAK IT IN PIECES. 29:23 SOMEONE MAY NOT MAKE THAT CONNECTION AND THESE FOUR 29:30 KINGDOMS BEING THE FOUR BEASTS IN SYMBOLS AND SIGNS. 29:34 WE SEE HERE IN DANIEL, THE BASIC FOUNDATION FOR 29:38 UNDERSTANDING THE BEAST REPRESENTS AN EARTHLY KINGDOM. 29:44 THE MASK OF AN EARTHLY GOVERNMENT OR EARTHLY KINGDOM. 29:49 WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- 29:52 BEFORE WE GET THERE. IN REVELATION 13, IT GOES ON 29:58 TO DESCRIBE HOW WHEN THIS MARK IS ENFORCED. 30:00 I WANT TO READ THE VERSES. WE'LL GO TO REVELATION 13, 30:07 BEGINNING VERSE 15, HE HAD POWER TO GIVE LIFE UNDER THE 30:10 IMAGE OF THE BEAST. THE IMAGE SHOULD BOTH SPEAK 30:12 AND CAUSE AS MANY WOULD NOT WORSHIP THE NEW JERSEY IMAGE 30:16 OF THE BEAST SHOULD BE KILLED. HE CALLED ATAL SMALL AND 30:20 GREAT, RICH AND POOR, FREE AND BORN TO RECEIVE A MARK THAT NO 30:27 MAN MIGHT BUY OR SELL, THAT HE WOULD HAVE THE MARK OR THE 30:30 NAME OF THE BEAST OR THE NUMBER OF HIS NAME. 30:34 WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE WITH THE MARK OF THE BEAST IS THE 30:39 TIME WHEN NO ONE CAN BUY OR SELL WITHOUT THE MARK OF THE 30:43 BEAST. ALL I WANT TO COMMUNICATE IN 30:46 RELATIONSHIP TO EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS 30:49 PRESENTATION, WE HAVE COME TO A TIME IN AMERICA WHERE NO ONE 30:52 CAN BUY OR SELL UNLESS THEY HAVE THE MARK, THE MASK OF THE 30:56 BEAST. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, THE MASK 30:59 THAT IS REQUIRED BY EARTHLY GOVERNMENTS. 31:03 NOT ONLY UNITED STATES BUT THE WORLD IN ORDER TO GO INTO 31:07 STORES TO PURCHASE, GO INTO RESTAURANTS TO EAT, ETC., ETC. 31:15 I'M NOT DISMISSING WEARING A MASK. 31:17 THE POINTS IS WE HAVE COME TO A PLACE WHERE BIBLE PROPHECY, 31:23 AS WE UNDERSTOOD IS INDICATED. WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS 31:28 RIDICULOUS, PEOPLE WON'T BE ABLE TO BUY OR SELL UNLESS 31:30 THEY HAVE THE MARK OF THE BEAST? 31:32 WE ARE SEEING THAT WITH THE MASK. 31:35 >> PASTOR RAFFERTY, THAT'S POWERFUL WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT 31:37 THAT. WE HAVE SEEN ON STORES "MASKS 31:41 REQUIRED TO ENTER." YOU'RE RIGHT. 31:43 IT'S A PREREQUISITE. IF YOU WANT SOMETHING IN 31:46 THERE, HERE ARE THE REQUIREMENTS YOU NEED TO 31:49 MEASURE UP TO. NO MASK, NO SERVICE. 31:54 ALL I WANT IS WATER. YOU NEED A MASK FIRST. 31:57 VERY GOOD CONNECTION. >> IN PRINCIPLE, WE ARE READY, 32:03 IN PRINCIPLE WE ARE READY TO TRANSITION TO NOT BUY OR SELL 32:08 IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MARK OF THE BEAST. 32:11 THIS ISN'T THE MARK OF THE BEAST. 32:14 WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED THE MARK OF THE BEAST. 32:16 HERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS INTERESTING. 32:19 THE MARK OF THE BEAST CAN BE RECEIVED -- VERSE 16 -- IN THE 32:23 RIGHT HAND OR IN THE FOREHAND. WE HAVE ALWAYS TAUGHT THAT AS 32:28 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST THAT THE RIGHT HAND AND THE FOREHAND IS 32:32 A DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT YOU BELIEVE. 32:37 IN CONTRAST, THE SEAL OF GOD CAN ONLY BE RECEIVED IN THE 32:43 FOREHEAD. IT HAS TO BE IN YOUR HEART. 32:45 YOU HAVE TO TAKE A HOLD OF THE SEAL OF GOD. 32:48 YOU CAN'T HAVE IT IN YOUR HAND AND GO ALONG WITH TEN THE MARK 32:51 OF THE BEAST IS SOMETHING YOU CAN BELIEVE OR NOT BELIEVE. 32:54 SOME PEOPLE RECEIVE IT IN THE FOREHEAD, OR IN THE HAND, JUST 32:58 GO ALONG WITH IT. WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, WE LOOK 33:01 AT OUR COUNTRY AND REALIZE PEOPLE PUT ON A MASK BECAUSE 33:06 THEY GENUINELY BELIEVE THIS IS PROTECTING THEM FROM VIRUSES. 33:10 OR PROTECTING OTHER PEOPLE FROM BEING INFECTED IF THEY 33:13 HAVE THE VIRUS. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO 33:15 DON'T BELIEVE THAT ONE IOTA. THEY WOULDN'T PUT ON A MASK 33:20 UNLESS THEY HAD TO TO GO TO THE STORE. 33:23 BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PUT ON THE MASK, THEY PUT ON A MASK. 33:26 THEY WOULD BE RECEIVING THE MASK OF THE BEAST IN THE 33:29 HANDS. THE OTHERS RECEIVE IT IN THE 33:32 FOREHEAD, SO TO SPEAK. >> THE ONES COMMYING BECAUSE 33:36 THEY HAVE TO. >> I WANT TO EMPHASIZE. 33:41 THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE MASK OF THE BEAST. 33:43 THE MASK IS NOT THE MARK OF THE BEAST. 33:46 WHAT I REALLY FEEL IS SIGNIFICANT HERE, IS THAT WE 33:50 ARE SEEING THE STAGE SET. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 33:52 >> WE ARE READY RIGHT NOW IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE 33:56 FULFILLMENT OF BIBLE PROPHECY. AMERICANS -- I'M POINTING OUT 34:00 THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE WE ARE THE LIBERTY-LOVING COUNTRY OF 34:03 THE WORLD. WE ARE THE EPITOME OF FREEDOM 34:06 AND LIBERTY. WE ARE OVERNIGHT, WITHIN A 34:12 YEAR, TRANSITIONED COMPLETELY. 97 TRANSITIONED US TO SOME 34:16 DEGREE. WE LOST FREEDOM. 34:17 NOW WE IS COVID-19 TRANSITIONING US AGAIN. 34:20 LOSING FREEDOMS. SOME PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT 34:23 DOUBLE MASKING IS COMING. SOME PEOPLE SAY THIS WILL 34:25 NEVER GO AWAY. WE ARE BEING CONDITIONED TO, 34:28 WHAT I SEE AS BEING READY TO SEE BIBLE PROPHECY IN THIS 34:36 COUNTRY AND OVER THE WORLD. >> IT'S AMAZING, I KNOW MY 34:40 SISTER WORKS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 34:44 SHE'S RETIRED. EVEN IF YOU GET THE VACCINE, 34:46 YOU STILL HAVE TO GET THE COVID-19 TEST. 34:48 YOU STILL HAVE TO WEAR THE MASK. 34:53 NOTHING IS ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR THE OTHER. 34:55 THEY ALL HAVE TO GO TOGETHER. IF I TAKE BOTH SHOTS DOES THAT 35:01 REMOVE ME? NO, YOU COULD BE A CARRIER. 35:04 >> YES. >> I COULD SEE -- IT'S NOT 35:07 GOING AWAY. THE WORD MASK, I SEE WHAT YOU 35:10 ARE SAYING, WE ARE TAKING STEPS THAT MAY BE RELUCTANT 35:15 BUT ARE REQUIRED. SO YOU ASKED, DO I WANT TO 35:19 EAT, DO I WANT TO TRAVEL, DO I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BUY 35:23 SOMETHING, DO I WANT TO WORK, DO I WANTS TO BE IN A CROWDED 35:27 ENVIRONMENT. DO I WANT TO BE AROUND OTHER 35:29 PEOPLE. IN SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD, WE 35:31 HAVE A GOOD FRIENDS IN OR COUNTRY. 35:34 IN NEW ZEALAND. HE IS A CITIZEN OF THE COUNTRY 35:42 WITH NO VIRUS, BUT HE WAS PUT IN A HOTEL FOR TWO WEEKS. 35:46 NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE. >> STANDARD. 35:49 >> THAT'S STANDARD. THEN YOU STAY FO TWO WEEKS. 35:52 THEN AFTER THAT TIME, IF YOU ARE CHECKED AGAIN, THEN YOU 35:56 ARE ALLOWED IN GENERAL POPULATION. 35:59 BUT, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO COMPLY, THEY SAY WE'LL KEEP 36:04 YOU THERE UNTIL YOU DECIDE TO COMPLY WITH REGULATIONS. 36:10 YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO COMPLY, FINE. 36:13 IF YOU DON'T, YOU HAVE TWO MORE WEEKS UNTIL YOU DECIDE TO 36:18 COMPLY. IT'S NOT EVEN A CHOICE. 36:20 THIS IS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD. 36:24 WE MAY SAY SOCIETY, THE MARK OF THE BEAST IS RIDICULOUS. 36:28 WHO IS GOING TO FORCE PEOPLE TO DO ANYTHING. 36:31 WHO WILL GO ALONG WITH IT. WHAT ARE WE SEEING NOW. 36:35 BABY STEPS. >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR 36:37 TO US REALIZE, TOO, THAT WE ARE -- A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK 36:42 ABOUT THE MARK OF THE BEAST IS IS A MICROCHIP OR TATTOO, EVEN 36:48 IF THEY FORCE IT IN. I DON'T THINK SO. 36:50 THE THINK THE MARK OF THE BEAST COMES WITH PRESSURE. 36:54 THAT WORK AFFLICTED MEANS PRESSURE, TO PRESSURE YOU. 36:58 THERE IS A LOT OF PEER PRESSURE. 37:00 I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I WORE A MASK, WE LIVED, 50% IT 37:07 WEABTSD MANDATORY AT FIRST. I REMEMBER FEELING THE 37:09 PRESSURE, NOT WEARING THE MASK, FEELING PRESSURE FROM 37:12 OTHER POOM. ESPECIALLY AROUND OLDER 37:14 PEOPLE, I COULD TELL SOMETIMES I WOULD SEE PEOPLE, THEIR EYES 37:18 WERE FILLED WITH FEAR. THEY WANTED TO AVOID ME. 37:24 BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL. THEY ARE FEARFUL OF THE IDEA 37:29 THIS COVID-19 VIRUS COULD KILL THEM. 37:30 I'M NOT SAYING IT COULDN'T. WE HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT 37:36 ARE DYING FROM COVID. AT LEAST ONE. 37:38 WE HAVE SEEN AND EXPERIENCED PEOPLE, FRIENDS AND CLOSE 37:43 RELATIVES, AFFLICTED, HEAVILY AFFLICTED BY THE VIRUS. 37:48 THE QUESTION I'M SUGGESTING HERE TONIGHT IS NOT SO MUCH 37:52 ABOUT THE COVID VIRUS OR THE MASK, BUT HOW IT RELATES TO 37:56 BIBLE PROPHECY AND SETS THE STAGE. 37:58 >> CONDITIONING. CONDITIONING, CONDITIONING. 38:00 I'M GLAD YOU POINT IT OUT. PRESSURE, THE WORD YOU READ IN 38:05 VERSE 16 OF RELEVANTATION 13, HE CAUSES. 38:07 THERE IS A CAUSE BEHIND WHAT THEY ARE ABOUT TO DO. 38:10 HE CAUSES ALL. THAT CAUSE IS WHAT MIGHT BE 38:15 REFERRED TO AS THE LEGITIMATE MIEDS PRESSURE. 38:20 WHY WOULD YOU NOT GO ALONG WITH. IT SMALL OR GREAT, RICH 38:24 OR POOR, WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM. THAT CAUSE AND EFFECT. 38:31 THIS CAUSE IS NOW FOLLOWED BY THIS EFFECT. 38:35 PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BUY 38:38 SOMETHING OR TRAVEL OR GORE TO THE STORE. 38:41 -- OR GO TO THE STORE. I'LL WEAR A MASK. 38:46 I THINK WE'LL SEE, THERE WILL BE THOSE WHO WILL BE PROBABLY 38:51 BLAMED, IF THEY ARE NOT COMPLYING. 38:54 LET'S SAY WITH VACCINATIONS. WE ARE NOT THERE YET. 38:57 WE CAN EXPOSE SUPPOSE ABOUT THAT. LET'S SAY VACCINATIONS, YOU 39:03 DON'T WANT TO GET VACCINATED. YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT. 39:08 THERE WILL BE PRESSURE AND BLAME TOWARD PEOPLE LIKE THAT. 39:12 SOME PEOPLE WILL ACQUIESCE TO THE PRESSURE AND TO THE BLAME. 39:17 THIS IS WHERE WE ARE IN BIBLE PROPHECY. 39:21 NOTICE THIS. IN MATTHEW 24, THE SAME BASIC 39:26 SCENARIO. JESUS IS TELLING US THAT WARS 39:30 AND RUMORS OF WAR. 9/11 WAS A WAR. 39:36 PESTILENCE. INFECTIOUS, CONTAGIOUS 39:39 DISEASE, COVID-19. AND EARTHQUAKES OR NATURAL 39:42 DISASTERS THAT LEAD INTO THIS UNITED OF ALL NATIONS TO HATE. 39:46 WE ARE RIGHT THERE. THE INTENSITY OF THESE EVENTS 39:49 IS ONE THING. WE'VE SEEN THAT. 39:52 THE INTENSITY OF THE REACTION. THE THING THAT I THINK IS 39:57 REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET BACK TO THIS PART. 40:01 DECEPTION, DECEPTION, DECEPTION. 40:04 FOR SOME REASON WE ARE NEGLECTING THE IMPACT, THE 40:14 INCREASE IN SUICIDE, THE SOCIAL NEGLECT, LEADING PEOPLE 40:18 IN DIRECTIONS. >> MORE INTROVERTED. 40:22 >> THEY MAY NOT RECOVER FROM, THE LOSS OF JOB, ECONOMIC 40:26 IMPACT. WE ARE NOT EVEN ANALYZING 40:28 THAT. THAT IS NOT EVEN IN THE 40:30 PICTURE. WE ARE OVERREACTING IN A 40:32 SENSE. THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION. 40:35 I DON'T WANT TO MIC MAKE THIS ABOUT WEARING A MASK. 40:39 I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REASSESS THE SCHOOLS, THE 40:43 OPENING OF SCHOOLS. THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND HOW THEY 40:46 ARE IMPACTED BY THIS. LOOK AT THE SCIENCE. 40:49 SCIENCE CAN BE DIFFERENT DEPENDING HOW YOU INTERPRET 40:52 IT. BUT THE BIBLE CAN BE TRUSTED. 40:55 THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, FOR ME. 40:57 IF I HAVE NOTHING TO GUIDE ME AND NAVIGATE PLEA THROUGH, I 41:03 WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE TO START OR FINISH. 41:05 I WOULD BE HOOKING FOR ORTSZ AND -- LOOKING FOR REPORTS, 41:10 BUT I HAVE THE WORD OF GOD. >> THAT IS POWERFUL. 41:15 IF I DIDN'T HAVE A GPS, GOD'S VISION OF THE SCRIPTURES, IF I 41:23 DIDN'T HAVE THAT, THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 41:27 SOMETHING THAT'S RELIABLE. TRUE. 41:31 IT WILL BE A TRAVESTY. IF YOU WAKE UP TRYING TO 41:34 GATHER INFORMATION TO LEARN SOMETHING TO CAUSE YOU TO BE 41:40 COMFORTABLE. RELAX, YOU CAN GO OUTSIDE NOW. 41:43 HONESTLY, I TRAVEL, MY WIFE AND I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO 41:48 TRAVEL, JUST THE CARIBBEAN, WHICH IS STILL THE UNITED 41:50 STATES. I WENT TO VISIT FAMILY. 41:54 WE HAVEN'T GONE OUTSIDE SINCE MARCH, WE WON'T LET YOU IN. 41:59 AUNTIE, UNCLE, I'M FINE. THEY RELAX AND LET ME IN. 42:04 I'M FINE. I COULDN'T TRAVEL IF I WASN'T 42:07 CLEARED FROM COVID. OKAY. 42:09 THERE IS AN ANXIETY, BECAUSE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE GOD'S WORD 42:15 IT WOULD BE VERY STRESSFUL. I WANT TO REMIND OUR AWED JENS 42:18 EMPLOY THE FACT THAT WHILE YOU ARE STIRRING AND LAYING 42:23 FOUNDATION TO SHOW US WHERE YOU ARE HEADED. 42:26 TEXT YOUR QUESTIONS TO 618-228-3975. 42:32 CALL THE 618-674651. OR E-MAIL LIVE @3ABN T.V. 42:46 PASTOR RAFFERTY, WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT SOCIETY TODAY. 42:48 AS YOU SAID, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE BIBLE. 42:51 LOOKING AT PROPHECY. LOOKING AT DANIEL AND 42:55 REVELATION. I SAID IF DANIEL OR JOHN WERE 42:59 ALIVE TODAY, THEY WOULD BE SHOUTING FROM THE MOUNTAIN 43:06 TOPS. GOD'S WORD CAN BE TRUSTED. 43:08 IT'S GOOD WE HAVE GOD'S WORD. >> AMEN. 43:14 >> CONTINUE. >> IF YOU CAN PUT YOUR MIND 43:16 AROUND THIS. SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL SAY, YOU 43:20 GUYS HAVE BEEN PREACHING THIS 170 YEARS. 43:25 EVERY GENERATION. I NEVER THOUGHT -- MY DAD 43:29 NEVER THOUGHT THEY WOULD GET ME THROUGH COLLEGE. 43:31 MY DRAND PARENTS NEVER THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE HERE. 43:35 THE QUESTION ARISES, WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT THAN ALL 43:40 THESE OTHER TIMES, ALL THESE OTHER CRISES. 43:44 THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT. BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN CHANGES IN 43:47 THIS COUNTRY. WHICH IS A BEACON OF FREEDOM. 43:51 WE HAVE SEEN CHANGES THAT ARE UNPRECEDENTED. 43:54 IF WE WOULD HAVE SHARED WITH CHUN OF CHRIST PASTORS WHAT WE 43:59 CHAIRED 30 YEARS AGO TODAY. I WOULD POINT TO. 44:05 >> THE EXAMPLE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO BUY WITHOUT A MASK ON. 44:10 THE MASK IS NOT THE MARK. BUT IN PRINCIPLE WE ARE THERE. 44:14 I HOPE THEY ARE LISTENING. I HOPE THEY LISTEN TO THIS 44:20 BROADCAST. THEY COULD REASSESS. 44:22 I WISH PEOPLE WOULD REASSESS WHAT I'VE BEEN SHARING ABOUT 44:27 THE MARK OF THE BEAST. I THINK NOW MORE THAN EVER WE 44:30 ARE AT A PLACE WHERE THAT APPLICATION, THAT 44:33 INTERPRETATION OF PROPHECY IS VIABLE. 44:36 WE ARE SEEING IT IN OUR WORLD TODAY. 44:42 THE COMPLICIT NATURE, ALSO. THERE ARE THOSE WHO WOULD SAY 44:45 I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT IS TAKING PLACE. 44:49 I'M JUST SUPPORTING FROM A LEGISLATIVE PERSPECTIVE. 44:53 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. MEDICAL PERSPECTIVE. 44:56 PEOPLE MAY SAY, I'M JUST DOING THIS BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE IS 44:59 DOING IT. LIKE THE MARCH OF THE WOODEN 45:04 SOLDIERS. WE DON'T WANT TO BE PEOPLE 45:09 NATURALLY -- REBELLIOUS AGAINST AUTHORITIES AND 45:14 CALLING EVERYTHING FROM BEHIND THE TREE. 45:16 BUT WE DON'T WANT TO IGNORE WHAT GOD HAS SAID TO US. 45:21 WE HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION. DO WE SEE INDICATORS THAT THIS 45:25 COULD HAPPEN? YOU KNOW THE PHRASE. 45:30 IF IT WALKS LIKE A DUCK AND QUAKS LIKE A DUCK, IT'S A 45:35 DUCK. WE CAN HEAR DUCKS AQUATICKING QUACKING AL 45:41 AROUND US. GOD IS SAYING OPEN YOUR EYES. 45:45 HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING TO THE CHURCHES. 45:49 ANOTHER IMPORTANT QUESTION WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, IS IT 45:51 POSSIBLE FOR US TO CRY WOLF ONE TOO MANY TIMES. 45:56 >> VERY GOOD ONE. >> I SAY THAT BECAUSE THE OLD 46:01 STORY, WOLF. >> THE SKY IS FALLING. 46:04 >> NO ONE IS LISTENING BECAUSE THEY HAVE HEARD THIS OVER AND 46:07 OVER AGAIN. I THINK THE REASON FOR THAT IS 46:12 BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE CRY WOLF. 46:14 THE NATURE OF OUR CRY. THE FOCUS OF OUR CRY. 46:18 I'LL SEE IN I SEE IF I CAN DISSECT THIS. 46:24 IF OUR ALARM IS ABOUT THE EVENT AND FEAR IS IMPOSED UPON 46:29 THE EARS BECAUSE OF THE EVENT. TO THAT MOTIVATION THEY 46:33 PREPARE FOR THIS EVENT. THE EVENT DOESN'T HAPPEN. 46:38 AGAIN THAT CYCLE TAKES PLACE. DOESN'T HAPPEN, DOESN'T 46:41 HAPPEN, DOESN'T HAPPEN. THAT CAN TURN PEOPLE OFF. 46:44 >> TRUE. >> BUT, IF WHEN WE ARE CRYING 46:47 OUT A WARNING, IF WE LOOK AT BIBLE POFFCY, GET READY WITH 46:54 YOUR SPIRITUAL CHARACTERS. GET READY TO MEET THE LORD. 46:58 BE PREPARED TO BE LIKE CHRIST. STOP MESSING AROUND WITH THE 47:03 WORLD AND ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO COME IN YOUR LIFE 47:07 AND TRANSFORM YOU. THAT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 47:11 PREPARATION. THAT PREPARATION NEVER GOES 47:12 OUT OF DATE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 47:14 YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL LIVE TO SEE ALL OF THIS COME 47:18 TO PASS. AS JESUS SAID, I TOLD YOU 47:22 BEFOREHAND SO WHEN IT COMES TO PASS, YOU WILL BELIEVE. 47:25 THERE ARE PEOPLE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LIVING IN THE 47:29 EGG CRACKING STAGES. THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS IN 47:32 THE EGG, NOW THE SEG CRACKED. -- NOW THE EGG IS CRACKED. 47:38 WAIT A MINUTE, IN LIGHT OF THIS, WHAT KIND OF PERSON 47:42 SHOULD YOU BE. WHAT PREPARATION SHOULD YOU 47:44 MAKE SPIRITUALLY. IF YOU DON'T LIVE TO SEE IT 47:47 ALL HAPPEN, YOU NEED TO BE PERSONALLY READY FOR THE 47:50 EVENTS WHEN THEY TRANSPIRE. YOU MAY BE LAID TO REST AND 47:56 YOU COULD BYPASS ALL OF THESE CRITICAL ASPECTS OF THIS 47:59 EVENT. YOU ARE CONNECTING THIS, NOT 48:03 TO SAY BUY FOUR YEARS' SUPPLY OF CANNED FOODS, BUY A BUNKER 48:09 UNDER GROUND. >> I HAD GASOLINE, I HAD ALL 48:13 OF THIS FOOD, Y 2K CAME AND WENT. 48:17 WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT? WHENEVER SOMEONE CALLS AN 48:22 ALARM FOR THAT PREPARATION, I NEVER BUY INTO IT. 48:24 HERE IS WHY. ONE REASON WHY. 48:27 THE EARLY CHURCH WAS ALL ABOUT CHARACTER. 48:31 THEY WERE BEATEN, THY WERE STONED, THEY WENT HUNGRY, THEY 48:34 WENT NAKED, THEY WERE PERSECUTED WITH THE SWORD. 48:38 BECAUSE THEY WERE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, WATER OFF THE 48:42 DUCK'S BACK. THAT'S THE KIND OF PREPARATION 48:45 THAT NEVER GOES OUT OF DATE. LET'S SAY THE MASK OF THE 48:48 BEAST FADES AWAY. WE GET OVER THE PANDEMIC. 48:50 PEOPLE CALM DOWN. EVERYONE IS HEALTHY. 48:53 WE CAN GO INTO STORES. WHAT ABOUT THAT ADVENTIST GUY 49:01 TALKED ABOUT THE MASK OF THE BEAST. 49:04 THE FOCUS WE NEED IN RELATIONSHIP TO THIS IS NOT SO 49:06 MUCH THAT WE COMMY OR DON'T COMPLY. 49:11 THE FOCUS HOW DID WE BE CHRIST-LIKE IN RELATION TO THE 49:15 EVENTS TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW. HOW CAN WE KNOW, BIBLE 49:21 PROPHECY CAN BE FULFILLED ANY TIME. 49:23 IT'S TIME TO STOP MESSING AROUND. 49:26 WHEN THESE CRISIS COMES, EVEN IF IT'S A FOCUS THAT IS WRONG, 49:30 THERE ARE PEOPLE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE WORK OF THE HOLY 49:33 SPIRIT. THEY START GETTING RIGHT WITH 49:35 JESUS. THEY START DEVELOPING THEIR 49:38 CHARACTERS. WELL THAT NEVER HAPPENED, I 49:40 GUESS I WILL BE A WICKED, BAD PERSON AGAIN. 49:44 HOPEFULLY YOU MAINTAINED THAT COURSE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. 49:48 REGARDLESS OF WHETHER PROPHECY IS FULFILLED. 49:52 >> WHEN THE LORD TALKS ABOUT SEEING THAT THE HELPS WILL BE 49:56 DISSOLVED, BAG FIRE. HE ASKED, WHAT MANNER OF 49:59 PERSON SHOULD YOU BE. SEEING THAT ALL OF THESE 50:03 THINGS WILL BE DISSOLVED. WHAT KIND OF PERSON DO YOU 50:06 NEED TO BE. WE ARE ASKING OUR AUDIENCE 50:10 WHAT KIND OF PERSON SHOULD THEY BE. 50:12 PEOPLE ARE EVENT-DRIVEN. BUT THE BIBLE, AS YOU WERE 50:17 SAYING, THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT BEING CHARACTER-DRIVEN. 50:21 WHAT PERSON SHOULD YOU BE IN LIGHT OF WHAT YOU ARE SEEING 50:24 AROUND YOU. IF THEY CAN'T FIND PEACE IN 50:26 THE HEART OF THOSE WHO ARE ADHERING TO WHAT THE BIBLE 50:32 REVEALED, WHERE WILL THEY FIND STABILITY. 50:35 SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE STABLE AND SAY LET NOT YOUR HEART BE 50:39 TROUBLED. THERE IS A LOT OF HEART 50:42 TROUBLE. HE SAYS PEACE I LEAVE WITH 50:44 YOU. DON'T LET YOUR HEART BE 50:47 TROUBLED. NEITHER LET IT BE AFRAID. 50:50 WHAT FEAR DO YOU SEE IN OUR WORLD TODAY. 50:52 WHAT LEVEL OF INTENSITY? >> INTERESTING YOU ASK THAT 50:58 QUESTION. I WAS GOING TO OPEN TO 1 JOHN 51:02 4. I WANTED TO LOOK AT VERSE 18. 51:08 FIRST JOHN 4-18. THIS IS ABOUT GOD BEING LOVE. 51:14 WE UNDERSTAND GOD AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, LOVE. 51:16 IN THE PREVIOUS VERSE, 16, GOD IS LOVE. 51:22 VERSE 18 IT SAYS, THERE IS NO LOVE IN FEAR. 51:26 >> NO FEAR IN LOVE. >> EXCUSE ME. 51:28 THANK YOU. PERFECT LOVE KAFTSZ OUT FEAR. 51:32 FEAR HAS TORMENT. HE THAT FEARS IS NOT PERFECT 51:36 IN LOVE. WHAT KIND OF FEAR DO YOU SEE 51:38 IN THE WORLD. I SAY A GODLESS FEAR. 51:42 WHAT I MEAN, WE BELIEVE AS SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST THAT IT 51:45 THE TIME IS COMING WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BE WITHDRAWN 51:48 FROM THE EARTH. HOW CAN WE KNOW IF THE HOLY 51:54 SPIRIT IS WITHDRAWN. THIS IS HAPPENING, THAT'S 51:58 HAPPENING, BUT WHAT I SAY, BASED ON THIS VERSE THAT THE 52:01 NUMBER ONE INDICATOR OF THE WITHDRAWING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 52:04 IS FEAR. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD. 52:08 GOD IS LOVE. WHERE LOVE IS, IT KAFTSZ OUT 52:13 FEAR. WHERE FEAR IS, LOVE ISN'T. 52:15 THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THERE, FEAR IS BEING CAST OUT. 52:19 IF HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT THERE, THERE IS FEAR. 52:22 THE MORE FEAR WE SEE AMONG PEOPLE TODAY, THE MORE 52:25 INDICATION WE HAVE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS BEING 52:30 WITHDRAWN. >> PASTOR RAFFERTY, IN CHAPTER 52:36 21 -- A LOT OF THE TEMPERATURE IN OUR WORLD TODAY. 52:39 WHAT DO WE DO NOW, DO WE BUY, DO WE SELL, DO WE MOVE, DO WE 52:45 STOCK UP. PEOPLE ARE MAKING PHYSICAL 52:49 PREPARATION RATHER THAN SPIRITUAL PREPARATION. 52:51 >> THIS IS KEY BACK TO THE EARLY CHURCH. 52:54 THE EARLY CHURCH WITNESSED SOMETHING. 52:58 BELIEVED SOMETHING THAT TURNED THEIR WORLD UPSIDE DOWN. 53:00 OUTSIDE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WHICH TOOK ALL OF THEIR FEAR 53:04 AWAY. THE EARLY CHURCH WITNESSED THE 53:07 RESURRECTION FROM THE DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST. 53:11 THEY REALIZED IN THAT REVELATION, THAT DEATH HAD 53:15 JUST BEEN CONQUERED. THE GREATEST FEAR HUMANKIND 53:20 HAS HAS JUST BEEN CONQUERED. THERE IS LIFION THE GRAVE. 53:24 THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR, CRUCIFIED AND DIED AND PUT IN 53:29 THE TOMB. HUNG OUT WITH THEM FOR 40 53:33 DAYS. HE WALKED ON THE ROAD TO HE 53:39 MAYIUS. HE TOLD THOMAS TO TOUCH MY 53:41 HANDS AND FEET. PUT YOUR HAND INTO MY WOUND. 53:44 JESUS CHRIST WAS MANIFEST AMONG THEM. 53:49 THEY WERE BRACED TO FACE ANYTHING. 53:51 PAUL EVEN SAYS, HE SAYS I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO DIE 53:56 AND BE WITH THE LORD OR IF I WANT TO CONTINUE TO LIVE IN 54:00 THIS BODY AND PREACH THE GOSPEL. 54:03 I'M TORN BETWEEN THESE THINGSEN HE UNDERSTOOD DEATH 54:07 TO BE A REST. IT WAS AN UNCONSCIOUS SLEEP. 54:11 THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TOLD IN JOHN 11. 54:14 JESUS TURNS DEATH INTO A SLEEP. 54:16 YOU BELIEVE IN ME? YOU WILL NEVER DIE. 54:19 HE ASKED THE QUESTION, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT? 54:22 PAUL BELIEVED THAT. HE DIDN'T BELIEVE HE WAS GOING 54:25 TO DIE. HE BELIEVED HE WOULD REST IN 54:27 THE GRAVE. THE NEXT THING HE WOULD KNOW 54:31 AFTER BEING THAT, THE NEXT THING PAUL KNOWS IS THE SECOND 54:35 COMING OF JESUS CHRIST. WITH THAT MINDSET, YOU HAVE A 54:42 WHOLE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. THIS WORLD, EVEN AT THE BEST 54:44 OF TIMES, THIS WORLD IS WORRISOME. 54:48 IT'S TIRING. GETTING OLD IS NOTE FOR 54:53 SISSIES. THE WHOLE PERSPECTIVE THAT 54:55 PAUL HAD DROVER HIM TO THE POINT -- DROVE HIM TO THE 54:59 POINT WHERE IT WAS THE GATEWAY TO ETERNAL LIFE. 55:03 THAT SHORT REST IN THE GRAVE. THE LORD HENCEFORTH THAT YOU 55:11 MAY REST AFTER LABORS. >> MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN 55:16 READING ACTS 4 AND 5. THEY TALK ABOUT THE ONE THAT 55:20 YOU KILLED, THE ONE THAT YOU CRUCIFIED, WE SAW HIM. 55:24 WE ARE WITNESSES OF THESE THINGS. 55:27 WHEN YOU HAVE A WITNESS. YOU HAVE A CONNECTION WITH 55:30 CHRIST. THE THINGS HAPPENING AROUND 55:32 YOU, AS THEY DID WITH PAUL AND PETER AND JOHN, THEY SAID WE 55:37 COMMAND YOU NOT TO PREACH IN HIS NAME. 55:39 BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO THEM. 55:43 WE WILL BE GLAD TO TAKE THE STRIPES OF CHRIST. 55:47 WE'LL KEEP PREACHING FOR CHRIST. 55:49 THEY WERE NOT FEARING THE MEN. THEY HAD AN AWESOME TRANSFER 55:54 FROM FEARING MAN TO THIS CONVICTION THAT I NEED TO BE 55:58 LIKE CHRIST, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS TO ME. 56:01 THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. YOU COME TO TH CLOSING OF THE 56:06 FIRST HOUR. TELL US ABOUT THE SECOND HOUR. 56:09 >> YOU HAVE THE WAKEUP CALL. LOOKING AT BIBLE PROPHECY. 56:13 WE DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE FULFILLED. 56:16 WE KNOW IT'S VIABLE IS. ALL RIGHT? 56:18 NOW WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS INFORMATION? 56:21 OUR FOCUS NEEDS TOBACCO A CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- NEEDS 56:24 TO BE ON CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. 56:26 I WANT TO LOOK AT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BEAST, 56:30 THE POWER BEHIND THE BAST. SEE IF THOSE AREN'T 56:33 CHARACTERISTICS WE ARE SEEING IN HUMAN BEINGS IN THE WORLD 56:37 TODAY. SEE IF THOSE AREN'T 56:39 CHARACTERISTICS WE HAVE IN OUR HEART AS WE THINK EMPLOY THE 56:42 WAY WE REACT TO THE PANDEMIC OR OUR INTERACTION |
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