Recently I went
to the World Wide Web
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and typed the word "Antichrist"
into the google search engine.
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In 0.3 seconds, it
shoot, it came back
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with 16,700,000 locations,
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URLs that offered me information
on this provocative topic.
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Now, we could spend years
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considering the opinions
of hundreds and hundreds
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of antichrist commentators
or fictional writers
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or for the truth we
can go to the same source
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that Jesus used,
even recommended,
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and get the truth
straight from this tested
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and proven prophetic
source, the book of Daniel.
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Stay tuned as this
investigation unpacks
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these impending prophesies about
the antichrist that are causing
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thunder everywhere
including the holy land.
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Man of sin, sea
beast, little horn,
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and the son of
perdition, these are all names
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associated with the antichrist
and his identifying number 666.
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Individually these titles
leave us with a sketchy picture
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and many unanswered questions.
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But when we
combine what Daniel taught
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with the writings of
the apocalyptic author
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of Revelation as well
as the Jewish rabbi Paul,
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the questions and
uncertainty evaporate
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like the morning
mist on a sunny day.
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Watch carefully as the prophetic
gift unmasks the antichrist
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and exposes his
plans to usurp the worship
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and allegiance
of God's children.
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I am excited about
this study, Charles,
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because biblical prophesy
is such an unerring guide.
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God clearly knows in
advance what's gonna happen.
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So as we carefully
study this prophesy
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and compare it with history
no one need be left in doubt
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as to the
identity of the antichrist.
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So, let's dig in.
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We've already encountered
the prophesies in Daniel
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in our very first
study called talking stones.
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To date the book of Daniel had
a staggering 100% success rate
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therefore these prophesies have
proven themselves trustworthy.
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So to begin unraveling
this antichrist mystery
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let's open our
bible to Daniel 7.
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In Daniel 7 the
prophet received another vision
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that paralleled Daniel 2.
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And here the prophet enlarges
on the predictions of Daniel 2
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and opens to us
the antichrist power.
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Andrea, why don't
you read that for us?
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Sure. "I saw in my
vision by night, and, behold,
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the four winds of the heaven
strove upon the great sea.
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And four great
beasts came up from the sea,
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diverse one from another."
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In this passage we
see not different metals
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like we did in Daniel
2 but different beasts.
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Now, by letting
scripture interpret--
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scripture we learn
the beasts are kingdoms.
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In fact, these four beasts
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are the same
succession of kingdoms
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we found in Daniel 2 but
with much greater detail.
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The lion, like the head
of gold represents Babylon.
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The bear, like the
chests and arms of silver
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symbolizes Medo-Persia.
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The four winged leopard
like beast represented Greece
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with the swiftly
conquering Alexander the great.
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Now, pay special attention
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because what
we're going to discover
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is the antichrist power
is in fact in the lineage
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of the forth beast power
or kingdom and namely Rome.
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Let's take a look at
this final beast or kingdom
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Daniel
describes here in verse 7.
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"After this I saw
in the night visions,
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and behold a fourth
beast, dreadful and terrible,
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and strong exceedingly.
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And it had great iron teeth.
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It devoured and brake in pieces,
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and stamped the
residue with the feet of it.
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And it was diverse
from all the beasts
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that were before it
and it had ten horns."
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Living on the backside
of this prophesy we know
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that the kingdom
which followed Greece was,
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according to
historian like Edward Gibbon,
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the iron monarchy of Rome.
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Notice, the iron
teeth of this beast
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parallels Daniel 2's image.
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Interestingly enough
the Roman kingdom was noted
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for their usage of iron
weapons and daily utensils.
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In fact, it's
conservatively estimated
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that the Roman
empire was producing
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82,500 tons of iron per year
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while China was
producing only 5,000 tons.
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After Daniel walks
through the timeline
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of hundreds of years and
predicts the ruling kingdoms
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he goes on to
address the antichrist.
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Carl is standing by to
examine the characteristics,
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the identifying marks
inspiration has assigned
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to the arch enemy of God so
that we will not be deceived.
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Thanks Andrea.
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Daniel first mixed mention
of the antichrist figures
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starting in Daniel 7:8 when
he speaks of the little horn.
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"I considered the
horns, and, behold,
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there came up among
them another little horn,
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before whom there were
three of the first horns
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plucked up by the roots.
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And, behold, in this horn
were eyes like the eyes of man,
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and a mouth
speaking great things."
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Now to describe to anyone
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or anything the
title of little horn
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or antichrist is a
very serious accusation.
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So we need to go over
every details Daniel gives
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to make sure we are
making a correct identification.
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Let's began at
Daniel 7:8 as we search out
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the identifying marks god
has given us in Scripture.
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First it tells us
that it was a little horn
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that came up
among the other horns.
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But what do these
horns symbolize or mean?
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Daniel 7:24 tells us
they are the ten kings
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of the divided Roman Empire.
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History records
that the Roman Empire
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and its world dominating state
lasted from 168 BC to 476 AD.
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But just as
portended by the ten horns
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Rome lost its world dominance
to the ten pagan tribes.
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There were the
Alamanni, the Visigoths, Franks,
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Anglo-Saxons, the
Burgundians, Ostrogoths, Suevi,
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the Lombards,
Vandals and the Heruli.
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So somewhere
among these ten kingdoms
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arises another little horn,
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but it will be a
smaller nation or kingdom.
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In addition, the little horn
comes up among the ten horns
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which gives us two more clues.
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One is that the antichrist
power must arise sometime after
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Rome has been
divided into its ten parts.
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The Roman Empire had
lost its supremacy by 476 AD.
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Therefore the antichrist power
must arise sometime after 476.
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Also it must come up in
the midst of the ten divisions.
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Another clue we can
gather from this verse
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is that when the little
horn comes to power it plucks up
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or rather uproots
three horns or kingdoms.
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This characteristic is
seen again in Daniel 7:24
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when it says the
power will subdue
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or conquer three
kings or kingdoms.
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The next identifying mark
of who this antichrist power is
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comes from Daniel 7:21, 25.
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Daniel 7:21
reveals that the same horn
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will make war with the
saints and prevail against them.
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Now, look at
this amazing detail.
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Verse 25 says it
will dominate God's people
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as a persecuting
power for a specific period,
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a time, times,
and dividing of time.
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And time is
prophetic language for 1 year.
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So a time is 1
year, times is 2 years,
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and a dividing
of time is 1/2 year.
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Prediction number 5
of the antichrist power
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makes it clear that
God's true people would be
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under the proverbial
thumb of the little horn
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for a specified amount of time,
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3 1/2 prophetic years
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or 1260 prophetic days
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or 1260 literal years.
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So our fifth sign
is the antichrist power
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will now only be
destructive during its onset,
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its reign or
existence will bring persecution
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against the people
of God for 1,260 years.
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These five clues leave us
with the fairly detailed list
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of the identifying marks
of this antichrist power.
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This would be sufficient,
but God is not finished.
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Indeed there is more, Carl.
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Remember we've
said in this series,
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when it comes to prophesy
the more details you put into it
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the less likely
it is to come true.
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Well, it's also true
that the more details
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you put into
prophesy the easier it is
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to find its
fulfillment if it exists.
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So God in love for His
people gives even more details.
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If we look at
Daniel 7:24 we find
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that the little horn
will not be a typical empire.
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"He shall be
diverse from the first,
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and he shall
subdue three kings."
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So this power will be different
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or diverse from
the other ten kingdoms.
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This distinction
will be so marked,
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so unusual that
it cannot be missed.
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And perhaps part
of that distinction
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is found in Daniel 7:8.
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It says this empire
will have eyes and a mouth
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like a man who
speaks great things.
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This is an important detail
because now the little horn
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or antichrist power
is not only distinguish
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by the time
period in which it rose
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or by being a dominant power,
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its leader or representative
is specifically noted.
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This suggests the
man leading this power,
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or at least this
position of leadership,
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will be of great significance.
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In Daniel 7:25 the
Bible reveals some qualities
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that distinguish
this prominent man.
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"He shall speak great
words against the most High,
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and shall wear out the
saints of the most High,
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and think to
change times and laws."
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The speaking great
word against the most High
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is enlarged in Revelation
13:5 as speaking blasphemies.
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Now the Bible
clearly defines the blasphemy
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as claiming as an earthly being
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the prerogatives
that belong to God alone
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like the right and
ability to forgive sins
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or even calling
oneself God on earth.
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Sign number eight
then is this little horn,
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antichrist power will
be a blasphemous power
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seeking to put
himself in the place of God.
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Notice also that this man
will not only blaspheme God,
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he will also think to
change times and laws.
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What times and laws will this
antichrist power try to change?
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The original
wording here reveals
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that this blaspheming
power will think to change
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the times and laws of God.
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God's law is
the Ten Commandments
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and the only law
that speaks specifically
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about time is the
forth commandment.
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This command talks
about the period of time
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God set apart to rest
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and fellowship
with all of mankind,
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a time that also establishes Him
as the creator of all things.
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He calls it the
Sabbath and tells us
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that it is the
seventh day of the week.
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Could there be--
would there be anyone,
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any government, or
church that would actually think
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they could change
God's immutable law?
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God's prophetic word warns us
there will be just such a power
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and that is the ninth sign
presented in Daniel's prophesy.
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These clues are so
remarkably detailed
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that any
encyclopedia set should have
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this history
recorded, if it exists.
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Well, those are God's clues.
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Its now time to head to
our history books to find out
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if these very
detailed prophesies have
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a singular
counterpart in history.
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With help from the
prophetic book of Daniel
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we're able to make out
the defining characteristics
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of God's enemy
in these last days.
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Though this drama is
played out in human history,
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the real enemy behind
this power is Satan himself.
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A little back story,
when Lucifer was in heaven
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he became jealous of
God's power and throne.
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And he began to
covet the worship
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that was due only to God.
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We see his desire
for worship clearest
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with the insane act of
tempting the creator himself
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to bow down at
his feet in worship.
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"All these
things will I give you,
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if you will fall
down and worship me,"
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Lucifer said to Jesus.
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Satan's greatest desire
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is to have a
world that follows him.
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So let's see if history
proves God's predictions true.
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Does this enemy of God
actually have a movement
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on this earth fulfilling
all of Daniel's predictions?
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Let's use, as a template,
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these identifying
marks foretold by God.
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Let's lay them
over any government,
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church, or organization to see
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if there is a match with
this prophetic description.
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What we quickly discover
is there is only one fit.
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And that
organization boldly calls itself
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the universal mother church.
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That's true, Charles.
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Historically there
is only one government,
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only one church, only
organization that fulfils
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all these divinely
foretold identifying marks.
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Check it out, Daniel
tells us that antichrist
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will be a little kingdom
arising after the fall of Rome
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and amongst the
other horns or kingdoms
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while uprooting three of them.
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Located within the city of
Rome and right at the center
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of the old Roman
Empire is Vatican City,
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the smallest self
governing independent state
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in Europe and in the world.
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A 0.2 square miles
and with the population
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of just over 800 souls,
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and the Vatican is
the world's smallest state
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with its own post office issuing
postage and police force.
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History also records
that in 476 AD, Odoacer,
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king of the Heruli
deposed Romulus Augustulus,
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the last Western Roman Emperor.
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So, by 476 AD the fragmentation
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of the Western Roman Empire
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into the ten
kingdoms was complete.
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During this time the
Roman Catholic Church
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was also becoming established.
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While coming to
power, the Papacy did uproot
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three of the ten
kingdoms, the Heruli,
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the Vandals, and the Ostrogoths.
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These three Arian
kingdoms were a threat
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to the supremacy
of the bishop of Rome,
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later known as the Pope.
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It's of great
significance that in 533 AD
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Byzantine Emperor
Justinian proclaimed a decree
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which recognized
the pope headship
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over all the
churches, east and west.
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With the
overthrow of the Ostrogoths
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the remaining threat to
the supremacy of the Pope
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ended thus bringing into
effect Justinian's decree
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making the
bishop of Rome supreme.
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Indeed.
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History faithfully records
the Papacy directly fulfils
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the first four
identifying marks.
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A small kingdom.
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Coming into power
after the fall of Rome.
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And appearing
among the ten tribes.
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And finally,
uprooting three of them.
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Fascinating, but what
about the other identifiers?
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This antichrist
power would be diverse
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or uniquely different
from the other ten kingdoms.
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It would have a man at its head
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and this man
would speak blasphemies.
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Again, we consult
our history books.
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Is the Papacy a uniquely
different sort of kingdom?
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Absolutely, unlike
the other ten kingdoms
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this little horn kingdom
was and is indeed diverse
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and uniquely different
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in that it is simultaneously
both a diplomatic state
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and a religion or church.
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The bishop of Rome is both
Monarch of a sovereign nation
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and also Pope of
a world wide church.
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Starting with
Ronald Regan in 1984,
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every US president has sent
an ambassador to the Holy See.
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The US has never
assigned an ambassador
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to the Southern
Baptist Convention
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or the Lutheran Senate.
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No ambassadors are assigned
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to the Sikhs or
Hindus or Muslims.
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The little horn
is definitely unique.
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Next, the claim that the pope
or pontiff sits as the successor
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to the Saint Peter
forever establishes
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the little horn power with
the eyes and mouth of a man
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while it is not
necessarily the man himself
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who is the antichrist
but rather the position.
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This position fulfils the
word of God in 1 John 2:18
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which informs us there
would be many antichrist.
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We've already established
that the Bible defines
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blasphemy as claming
the ability to forgive sins
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and also claiming to be God.
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According to the
"Catechism of Trent,"
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page 115, "Sins can be forgiven
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only through the sacraments
when duly administered."
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Or said another
way, this church teaches
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that the only way to
be forgiven of your sins
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is in the confessional by a
priest of a catholic church.
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This concept taken
to its extreme is found
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on page 27 of "The Dignity
and Duties of the Priest."
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"And God Himself
is obliged to abide
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by the judgment of His priest,
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and either not to
pardon or to pardon,
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according as the priests
refuse or give absolution."
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And Pope Leo XII said,
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"We hold upon this earth
the place of God almighty."
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And Innocent III has written,
00:20:16.31\00:20:19.00
"Indeed, it is
not too much to say
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that in view of the
sublimity of their offices
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the priests are so many gods."
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This antichrist power
does indeed speak blasphemies.
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The anti and
antichrists doesn't just mean
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against or in opposition,
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it can also mean
"in the place of."
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God has warned us in
this prophesy of a power
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that would seek to
be in the place of God.
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And that has certainly
come true in the Papacy.
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Two more important signs
that are fulfilled the Papacy.
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"He will think to
change times and laws
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and he will war
against God's people."
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The text is clear, "He shall
think to change times and laws."
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If He thinks he can but
God said through Psalmist,
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"My covenant will I not break,
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nor alter the thing
that is gone out if my lips."
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God spoke the Ten Commandments
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with His own
lips from Mount Sinai.
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He cannot alter it
and be true to Himself.
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Jesus died on cavalry because
God cannot change His law.
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But the antichrist says,
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"The Pope is of so
great authority and power,
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that he is able
to modify, declare,
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or interpret even divine laws.
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The Pope can modify divine law,
since his power is not of man,
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but of God, and he acts as
vicegerent of God on earth"
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Does the Papacy
really mean that?
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Absolutely.
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Listen to this from the
"Roman Catholic confessions
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for Protestant
Oath," Article IV.
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"We confess that whatever
new thing the Pope ordains,
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whether it be in
Scriptures or not in Scripture,
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and whatever he commands
is true, divine and salvific.
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And therefore ought
to be held by Lay People
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in greater esteem
than the living God."
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So it should be
no surprise to us
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that the Catholic Catechism
00:22:34.49\00:22:35.91
removes the third of the
Ten Commandments entirely
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and changes the fourth.
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Reading now directly from the
Convert's Catholic Catechism.
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Question, which
is the Sabbath day?
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Answer, Saturday
is the Sabbath day.
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Then why do we observe
Sunday instead of Saturday?
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We observe Sunday
instead of Saturday
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because the Catholic Church
in the council of Laodicea,
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AD 335,
transferred the solemnity
00:23:03.10\00:23:06.12
from Saturday to Sunday.
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The Papacy takes
full responsibility
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for the change of
the seventh day Sabbath
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to the first say
of the week or Sunday.
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It appears the
Roman Catholic Church
00:23:17.73\00:23:19.88
with the Pope
speaking great words
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against the most high has
most defiantly thought seriously
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of changing God's time and law.
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In fact, the
Reverend Keenan writes,
00:23:29.82\00:23:32.55
"Had the church not such power,
she could not have done that
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in which all modern
religionists agree with her.
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She could not have substituted
the observance of Sunday,
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the first day of the week,
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for the observance of
Saturday, the seventh day.
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A change for which there
is no Scriptural authority."
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So this little horn power has
indeed fulfilled this prophesy
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by thinking to change God's law.
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But there has always
been a group of people
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who worship only the creator
on the day of His choosing,
00:24:03.12\00:24:08.07
who put God first,
who put His commands
00:24:08.10\00:24:10.68
above that of any
church or government.
00:24:10.71\00:24:14.19
Unfortunately that
commitment to say yes to god
00:24:14.22\00:24:16.90
with all their
known choices has put them
00:24:16.93\00:24:19.58
in direct conflict
with the antichrist.
00:24:19.61\00:24:23.20
Prophesy tells us he
would war against those true
00:24:23.23\00:24:27.12
and obedient followers
of God for 1,260 years.
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During the dark ages
the Papal See slaughtered
00:24:32.70\00:24:35.99
between 40 and 80 million people
00:24:36.02\00:24:39.03
simply because they
would not bow in obedience
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to the dictates of
the bishop of Rome.
00:24:42.71\00:24:45.82
This persecution of God's
people went on for 1,260 years,
00:24:45.85\00:24:51.20
from 538 to 1798
when Napoleons general
00:24:51.23\00:24:55.51
gave a deadly
wound to the Papacy.
00:24:55.54\00:24:59.92
So the Roman Catholic
Church does indeed fit
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all the identifying
marks God predicted in advance
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regarding the antichrist power.
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The historian
W.E.H. Lecky writes,
00:25:09.25\00:25:12.28
"That the
Church of Rome has shed
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more innocent blood
than any other institution
00:25:13.98\00:25:16.80
that has ever
existed among mankind,
00:25:16.83\00:25:19.42
will be
questioned by no Protestant
00:25:19.45\00:25:21.52
who has a competent
knowledge of history."
00:25:21.55\00:25:25.07
While most of the
world was drinking
00:25:25.10\00:25:27.07
from fountain of man
made doctrine and dogma,
00:25:27.10\00:25:30.31
God's true believers were
showing their principle love
00:25:30.34\00:25:33.90
by obeying the
doctrine of Jesus.
00:25:33.93\00:25:38.21
"If you love me," Jesus
said, "keep my commandments.
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If ye keep my commandments,
ye shall abide in my love."
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Love is obedience.
00:25:49.48\00:25:52.17
In the Book of
Revelation chapter 13:18
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our savior gave us
one more identifying mark
00:25:55.71\00:25:58.35
of this antichrist
power by telling us
00:25:58.38\00:26:00.80
he has a number, 666.
00:26:00.83\00:26:05.30
The man is not some mystical
figure living in the shadows.
00:26:05.33\00:26:09.17
He is clearly identified
in scripture and history.
00:26:09.20\00:26:13.26
God invites us to
know, "Here is wisdom.
00:26:13.29\00:26:17.44
Let him that have understanding,
00:26:17.47\00:26:19.25
count the number of the beast,
for it is the number of a man.
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And his number is Six
hundred threescore and six."
00:26:23.87\00:26:29.74
In the Roman language certain
letters have numeric value.
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What many people may not know
00:26:33.55\00:26:35.11
is that the antichrist power
has taken on an official title
00:26:35.14\00:26:39.90
and placed it upon the special
00:26:39.93\00:26:42.26
Triple Crown
worn by the pontiff.
00:26:42.29\00:26:45.74
That title is
"Vicarius Filii Dei."
00:26:45.77\00:26:49.73
It is Latin for vicar
00:26:49.76\00:26:52.04
or representative
of the son of God.
00:26:52.07\00:26:55.43
The Roman
numerals of this official
00:26:55.46\00:26:57.53
self anointed title equal 666.
00:26:57.56\00:27:02.99
God doesn't want anyone to
die, to suffer eternal loss.
00:27:03.02\00:27:07.27
In love he has given us a
powerful prophetic warning.
00:27:07.30\00:27:11.41
He is clearly
identified who the beast,
00:27:11.44\00:27:14.30
the little horn,
the antichrist is.
00:27:14.33\00:27:16.63
And now He's asking
each of us to make a choice,
00:27:16.66\00:27:21.41
"And I heard
another voice from heaven,
00:27:21.44\00:27:23.24
saying, 'Come out
of her, my people,
00:27:23.27\00:27:26.82
that ye be not
partakers of her sins,
00:27:26.85\00:27:29.81
and that ye receive
not of her plagues.'"
00:27:29.84\00:27:33.88
Jesus loves you,
loves you enough to warn you
00:27:33.91\00:27:38.09
of the antichrist
and his doctrines.
00:27:38.12\00:27:41.00
Won't you answer
the call of the one
00:27:41.03\00:27:42.90
who gave His all for you?
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