We use the word antichrist
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and I think many
times we misunderstand it.
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'Cause when the Scripture
speaks of the antichrist
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to you and I the
word anti means against.
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That's what we normally
think of when we use the word
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anti we think of against,
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but that is not the
way the Scripture uses it.
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When the Scripture is
speaking of the antichrist
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it uses it in the sense
of instead of or in place of.
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That's what it's talking about.
When it speaks of the antichrist
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it's talking about
something that is in place of
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or instead of. It's
not talking about something
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that is against.
Now the word antichrist
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is actually only
used by the apostle John.
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John is the one that uses it
and it's used in I and II John.
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And John starts out and
says this about the antichrist
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and it's only used four times.
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I want you to listen carefully
as we look at those four times
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because they help you
understand some things
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about the
antichrist. So please follow
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as we take a look here
at I John the second chapter
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and verse 18:
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So John said: "You've heard
that the antichrist is coming. "
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That's important. Let's
go on and read another one.
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So if you are
studying that scripture
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all of a sudden you see
that John is talking about
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two different
types of antichrists.
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He says there's an
antichrist that is coming
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and there are antichrists
that are already here.
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Now watch as he continues:
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So John says that if a
person denies the Father
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he denies the Son
he's an antichrist.
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Now that could
be anybody, right?
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Sure... that could be anyone.
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If he denies the
Father, denies the Son,
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that could apply to
anyone who did that.
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So John is saying
here that you have heard
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that the antichrist is coming
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and he says the
spirit of the antichrist
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is already in the world.
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So we're beginning to
put some things together
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as we take a look at
what John has to say.
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So when we start
looking at what John had to say
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we find that John talks
about two types of antichrist.
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Two different
types of antichrist.
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Those two types
of antichrist are:
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If a person denies Christ,
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denies the Father, denies
that He came in the flesh,
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that person is an antichrist.
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That's what the Scripture says.
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But it also talks about
another type of antichrist.
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Now folks, if there's an
antichrist that is coming
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and He's already in the world
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in John's day, that
can't refer to a human being
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'cause people
don't live that long.
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See, he says the
spirit of that antichrist
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is already started. So
he says that antichrist
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is coming so that
can't be talking about
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a person, an individual.
It has to be talking about
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a system or a power
that the spirit of it was
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already starting in John's day
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and would go clear
to the end of time.
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So you find John is talking
about two different types
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of antichrists. One: an
individual who denies God.
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That's an antichrist. But
he's talking about a power
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or a system that was
going to come into the world
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and he said the spirit of it's
already developing in my day
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and it's going to go
clear down to the day
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when Jesus comes back.
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OK. Paul... Paul
talks about the antichrist.
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He doesn't use
the word antichrist
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but he talks about it
and you'll recognize it
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as we look at some of
the scriptures in which Paul
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gave as he describes
what the antichrist would do.
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This is referring
to the antichrist.
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Said until he's revealed:
the son of sin or perdition.
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Till he's revealed.
All right? Now watch:
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So it says that this power...
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And you remember I said
that that word antichrist
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doesn't mean opposed to
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it means in
place of or instead of.
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And Paul's saying
that this antichrist power
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is going to show himself as God.
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In place of God...
that's what Paul is saying:
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that he will oppose that.
That he will presume to be God.
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"showing himself
that he is God... "
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So it says that the things
are revealed in God's Word.
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God puts them there
for you and I to understand
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clearly... that we
can see what it says.
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But it says these
people would not receive
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the love of the truth.
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In other words, they weren't
willing to look at God's Word
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and say: "Yes, I'll follow it. "
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And God says because
they would not receive
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the love of the
truth this is what happens.
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So dear friends, it is
absolutely vital tonight
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that you and I be willing
to accept what God's Word says.
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That is essential if a
person is going to grow in grace
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and if God is going to lead
that person... then I have to
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be willing to
take the Word of God
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and make my stand
on the Word of God
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and stand there and say:
"This is what I believe. "
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If I'm not willing to
do that, God can't lead me.
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That's what the Scripture says:
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they would not
receive the love of the truth.
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THEREFORE, God sent
them strong delusions
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that they should believe a lie.
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So tonight we want
to look very carefully
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as we take a look
at the antichrist.
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So we're going to go
to the book of Daniel,
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and in the book of Daniel,
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Daniel outlines
this whole thing for us.
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Daniel has been praying
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that God will
help him understand
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what the Word is teaching and
what this 7th chapter is about.
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Now folks, I want to share
a principle with you tonight.
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Because as we are
studying these prophecies
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you'll find that
God uses a principle.
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And that principle is simply
this, like with Daniel here,
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He gave Daniel the
vision that you and I studied
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the other night in Daniel the
2nd chapter. You remember that?
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OK. And He took us step by step
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so far. Then you'll
find that God will back up
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and start exactly
at the same place again
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and this time He's going
to take us a little farther.
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In other words, God
is going to show us that
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and He's going to
repeat it and enlarge.
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Repeat it and enlarge.
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That is what God
does... that's a principle
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in understanding Bible prophecy.
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So tonight as we
take a look at this
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you're going to see
some of it repeated.
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OK? That we talked
about here on Sunday night.
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You're going to see some
of that repeated and then
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you're going to see God
enlarge it so that you and I
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will understand more of it.
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So as we go to
Daniel watch this principle
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as we continue
to study God's Word.
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Because when we studied
Daniel the second chapter
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you remember we
found there to be what?
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Four nations.
Those four nations were?
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Those four powers, folks -
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I'm talking about
repeat and enlarge -
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those four powers are
mentioned in Daniel 2,
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Daniel 7, Daniel
8, and Daniel 11.
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They're mentioned
in those four chapters.
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So God, in each case,
is just simply repeating it
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and enlarging it so
that you and I understand
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more and more of
what He's talking about.
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And that's what
we're looking at tonight.
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So... let's go to
Daniel the 7th chapter
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and see what
Daniel saw in this vision.
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So it just simply
says he had a dream
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and Daniel has written
it down - recorded it -
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so that you and I
can see what he dreamed.
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So Daniel is having
a dream. In his dream
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he is seeing the wind
blowing across the water
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stirring up the water. And
as the wind stirs up the water
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watch what happens:
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So as a result, four
beasts rose up out of the water
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out of the sea.
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Now... God
simply uses symbolism.
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God uses symbolism, and He
tells you without any question
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of a doubt exactly what
that symbol is in the Bible.
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So you and I don't
have to be in doubt about it
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God reveals it very clear.
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So we have wind
blowing on the water
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and beasts rising up out of it.
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Let's see what the
Scripture tells us about those.
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So the Bible tells
us as clear as it can
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that water represents
people, nations, tongues.
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So when you are
studying Bible prophecy...
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Listen carefully: don't apply
this outside of Bible prophecy.
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In other words, you might
be reading when the children of
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Israel crossed the Red Sea.
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Don't take the Red
Sea there to mean people.
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When you're
dealing with prophecy...
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when in prophecy
you come to water,
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water represents
people, nations, tongues.
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OK... let's go on:
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I'm giving you a text here
to illustrate how He uses wind
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or water to represent
people and He uses a definite
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symbolism for wind.
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So here God is
talking about wind,
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a whirlwind, going
through and it destroyed people.
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In other words,
wind in Bible prophecy
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represents war, represents
strife, represents hard times.
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That's what wind represents.
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So when Daniel had a
vision and he saw the wind
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blowing on the water
he's really seeing war
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and strife taking
place among the people.
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As the result of that, four
beasts come up from the sea.
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Let's take a look
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and see what these
four beasts looked like...
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what they represent.
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The first beast
the Scripture says
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was like a lion. Watch:
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So the Scripture
doesn't leave us in any doubt
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as to what beasts
represent. They represent kings.
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They represent
nations; they represent powers.
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And so as a result of war
and strife among the people
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kingdoms rose up.
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This first beast you'll
find the Scripture tells us
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represents the
kingdom of Babylon.
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This beast rose up
on its two hind feet.
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It says that a man's
heart was given to it.
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It's the only beast in
the Bible that you find
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a man's heart was given to it.
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And the reason a
man's heart was given to it
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was because of the conversion
of King Nebuchadnezzar.
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That he accepted the
Lord... gave his heart to Him.
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So a man's heart
was given to that beast.
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But this represents
the kingdom of Babylon.
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I told you that Nebuchadnezzar,
the king of Babylon,
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was one of the greatest generals
the world has ever known.
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Never lost a battle.
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And he had taken the
city of Babylon and lavished
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everything that
he could upon it.
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It was referred to as
"the golden kingdom. "
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And I read to you on
Sunday night how Nebuchadnezzar
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wanted that
kingdom never to end.
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OK... never to come to an end.
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But God said that
isn't what would happen.
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You remember
Nebuchadnezzar's grandson,
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Belshazzar,
didn't follow the Lord.
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One night they were
having a great party
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and they had called
and had the golden vessels
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they had taken from
the temple in Jerusalem
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they had them brought it and
they were drinking out of those.
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They were
drinking wine out of them
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and celebrating to pagan gods.
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And while they were doing that
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all of a sudden a bloodless
hand began to write on the wall.
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Belshazzar called
in all of his wise men.
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Said: "Tell me
what it's saying. "
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As a matter of fact, it
scared him so bad it says
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that his knees "knocked"
is what the Scripture says.
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But nobody could interpret it.
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Nobody could tell
Belshazzar what it meant
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until the queen, his mother,
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said to him: "Oh,
there's a man in your kingdom
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by the name of Daniel who
can tell you what it means. "
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They called in
Daniel. He's now 90 years old.
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They asked him what it meant.
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And Daniel interpreted it,
and this is what it said, folks:
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The words written on the wall
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were MENE,
MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
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Mene: your kingdom is numbered,
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found wanting... terrible words.
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TEKEL:
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Peres: your kingdom has been...
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And I told you that
Cyrus was right there
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at the command of the Lord.
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So the Scripture
made it very clear
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that that kingdom of
Babylon was going to fall to the
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Medes and Persians.
That's exactly what happened
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because it goes on in
Scripture and says this:
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So now we have a second beast
coming on the scene of action.
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It's represented as a bear.
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And the Scripture tells us
clearly that Medo-Persia would
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overthrow Babylon. How
does the bear represent it?
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Well, I told you the other night
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that this was a
coalition of two powers.
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The Medes and the
Persians came together.
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The Persians were
stronger than the Medes.
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That's why the Scripture
says this bear raised itself up
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on one side: because
the Persians were stronger
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than the Medes. But
also it says this bear
00:19:31.20\00:19:34.40
has three ribs in its mouth.
00:19:34.60\00:19:36.64
Those three ribs
represented the three countries
00:19:37.04\00:19:39.91
that Medo-Persia
overthrew. Those three countries
00:19:40.11\00:19:43.35
were Babylon, Egypt, and Lydia.
00:19:43.65\00:19:47.45
Those are the ones
that Medo-Persia overthrew.
00:19:47.65\00:19:50.52
Under the leadership of
Cyrus they overthrew Babylon.
00:19:50.72\00:19:55.56
And I told you that
in the book of Isaiah
00:19:55.76\00:20:01.13
it spoke of Cyrus.
00:20:02.76\00:20:04.90
Isaiah the 45th chapter verse 1
00:20:05.40\00:20:07.84
it called Cyrus by name
00:20:08.34\00:20:11.67
150 years before he was born.
00:20:11.87\00:20:17.11
Now if you don't
believe this Book is inspired
00:20:18.45\00:20:21.18
you tell me how that happens
when God will call a person
00:20:21.58\00:20:25.42
by name. In fact, I
can read from the Scripture
00:20:25.62\00:20:31.13
where God said to
Jeremiah, He said: "I knew you
00:20:31.33\00:20:33.40
while you were
still in the womb. "
00:20:33.60\00:20:35.06
God knows the end
from the beginning.
00:20:37.30\00:20:41.14
Called Cyrus by name. Not
only called him by name...
00:20:41.34\00:20:44.01
said exactly how he would
overthrow the city of Babylon.
00:20:44.21\00:20:47.98
And he did it just
exactly as God described.
00:20:48.38\00:20:51.91
So all of a sudden we have the
3rd beast coming on the scene
00:21:01.19\00:21:04.69
of action. And this beast rep-
resented the kingdom of Greece.
00:21:04.89\00:21:08.86
Greece. This
beast like a leopard
00:21:09.06\00:21:14.07
had four wings on
its back like a bird.
00:21:14.27\00:21:16.97
Under the leadership
of Alexander the Great
00:21:22.04\00:21:25.48
Greece overthrew Medo-Persia
00:21:25.88\00:21:30.15
in 331 BC.
00:21:30.35\00:21:33.96
Alexander the Great faced
Darius of the Medes and Persians
00:21:34.16\00:21:40.06
on the plains of Arbela.
00:21:40.26\00:21:41.86
Darius had one million men.
00:21:44.43\00:21:46.97
Alexander the Great had 40,000
00:21:47.47\00:21:50.37
and Alexander the
Great overthrew them.
00:21:50.57\00:21:54.74
That's why this beast
has four wings on its back.
00:21:55.51\00:21:58.85
Because when he overthrew
Darius, the Medes and Persians,
00:21:59.05\00:22:02.25
Alexander the Great took
his army and they began to march
00:22:02.45\00:22:05.82
and they took every
country they came to.
00:22:06.02\00:22:08.46
He marched his army for 7 years
without ever going back home
00:22:08.66\00:22:12.69
and wept because there
was nothing else to conquer.
00:22:13.23\00:22:16.56
Reaching the borders of India
00:22:19.53\00:22:21.77
his men refuse to go any
farther and they head back.
00:22:22.17\00:22:25.21
Alexander the
Great now is suffering.
00:22:25.41\00:22:28.64
He's suffering from epilepsy.
00:22:28.84\00:22:30.71
He's suffering from drunkenness.
00:22:31.11\00:22:33.21
They have arrived back, folks,
00:22:33.72\00:22:36.52
to the city of Babylon.
00:22:36.72\00:22:39.15
Alexander the Great is
lying on a table in that very
00:22:40.19\00:22:43.96
banquet hall where
the hand had written
00:22:44.16\00:22:47.40
MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
00:22:47.60\00:22:49.13
Lying on a table there dying
00:22:49.33\00:22:51.83
and he called in his generals
00:22:52.93\00:22:55.67
and his generals have asked him
00:22:56.07\00:22:57.51
to who he's going
to give the kingdom.
00:22:57.71\00:22:59.64
And he said: "When I die
00:23:00.14\00:23:02.14
I'll give my
kingdom to the strongest. "
00:23:02.34\00:23:04.91
And when he died his kingdom
was given to his four generals.
00:23:06.08\00:23:10.79
That's why that
beast has four heads:
00:23:11.19\00:23:14.26
'cause it
represented his four generals
00:23:15.26\00:23:18.26
that the kingdom was given to.
00:23:18.46\00:23:20.20
The fourth power that
comes on the scene of action
00:23:39.41\00:23:44.35
is the kingdom of pagan Rome.
00:23:44.55\00:23:46.32
Pagan Rome
overthrew Greece in 168 BC
00:23:46.96\00:23:51.23
lasting longer
than any other kingdom.
00:23:52.19\00:23:55.53
OK. Pagan Rome went
from 168 BC to 476 AD.
00:24:04.54\00:24:10.15
As I told you the other night
00:24:10.55\00:24:12.31
Rome was the one who brought
civilization to the world.
00:24:12.71\00:24:16.12
It opened up the waterways
and opened up the roadways
00:24:17.15\00:24:20.06
and people could travel where
they had never been able to
00:24:20.26\00:24:22.39
before. Rome was the power
that was ruling at the time
00:24:22.59\00:24:26.53
Jesus was born.
00:24:26.73\00:24:28.53
It was the decree of
Caesar Augustus that sent Joseph
00:24:29.43\00:24:33.13
and Mary to
Bethlehem to pay their taxes.
00:24:33.34\00:24:35.90
You remember Rome was
the one that was ruling
00:24:36.30\00:24:38.61
at the time Jesus died.
00:24:38.81\00:24:41.11
For you remember, He
was tried in a Roman court
00:24:41.31\00:24:47.32
by Pilate.
00:24:47.72\00:24:49.32
Rome ruled to 476 AD.
00:24:50.32\00:24:55.16
Now you were with me the
other night on Sunday night
00:24:55.36\00:24:58.19
as we went through this,
and this is the part I was
00:24:58.39\00:25:01.03
talking to you about repeating.
00:25:01.23\00:25:03.13
You see, God
repeats and enlarges.
00:25:03.33\00:25:06.40
You remember I told you
as we went down through that
00:25:06.60\00:25:09.14
image we came to the ten toes.
00:25:09.34\00:25:11.27
Watch because this
beast has ten horns.
00:25:11.47\00:25:15.44
All right, those you remember
I told you were the Germanic
00:25:26.45\00:25:29.66
tribes that came
down on the Roman Empire
00:25:29.86\00:25:32.29
and broke it to pieces.
They were such tribes as
00:25:32.49\00:25:35.86
the Anglo-Saxons,
the Franks, the Heruli,
00:25:36.06\00:25:38.13
the Vandals, the Ostrogoths...
00:25:38.33\00:25:39.77
and they broke the Roman
Empire into ten different parts.
00:25:39.97\00:25:44.64
OK. That is the same
00:25:45.54\00:25:48.38
as the ten toes on
the image of Daniel 2.
00:25:48.58\00:25:52.55
Now we're going to
begin to enlarge, OK?
00:25:53.72\00:25:57.45
Those 10 tribes became
the nations of Western Europe
00:25:58.55\00:26:02.99
such as the Alemanni,
the Franks, the Visigoths...
00:26:03.59\00:26:07.03
The Heruli, the
Vandals, and the Ostrogoths
00:26:19.37\00:26:21.68
are now extinct, and
I'll tell you why tonight.
00:26:21.88\00:26:24.21
What happened to them.
00:26:24.41\00:26:25.91
Now folks, the other
night I read you a text
00:26:26.41\00:26:28.85
in Revelation the 17th chapter
00:26:29.05\00:26:30.72
where it says these ten kings
have received no kingdom as yet.
00:26:30.92\00:26:34.49
But they will receive authority
for one hour with the beast.
00:26:35.72\00:26:38.56
And several of you
have come up and said
00:26:38.76\00:26:40.26
"You didn't say
anything about that. "
00:26:40.46\00:26:41.86
No I didn't...
because we're coming to that.
00:26:42.06\00:26:44.73
We're going to
trace it right on down
00:26:45.63\00:26:47.64
and we're going to see
how all that fits together.
00:26:47.80\00:26:50.37
We'll come to that and
talk specifically how that all
00:26:50.57\00:26:53.17
fits together.
OK... but these ten tribes
00:26:53.38\00:26:56.85
became the nations
of Western Europe today.
00:26:57.05\00:26:59.95
We're enlarging now, folks...
00:27:09.42\00:27:11.19
All right.
00:27:26.04\00:27:27.64
So tonight we want to
identify this little horn
00:27:28.14\00:27:31.81
the Scripture identifies
as that of the antichrist.
00:27:32.01\00:27:34.88
Before I go on I
want to take just a moment
00:27:35.65\00:27:38.59
and tell you that
the Bible and history
00:27:39.55\00:27:43.22
does certain things.
00:27:43.43\00:27:45.23
One of the things
that's unique about the Bible
00:27:45.43\00:27:48.36
is when the Bible
talks about individuals
00:27:48.76\00:27:51.50
or it talks
about nations or powers
00:27:51.70\00:27:54.64
it tells both the bad and good.
00:27:54.84\00:27:56.71
You know, sometimes in history
they have tainted and told only
00:27:57.77\00:28:02.64
the good. Scripture doesn't
do that; it tells bad and good.
00:28:02.84\00:28:05.31
So tonight as we
identify this little horn
00:28:06.25\00:28:09.32
you've got to understand
that we are talking about
00:28:09.52\00:28:12.45
a power; we're
talking about a system;
00:28:12.65\00:28:16.02
we are not talking about people.
00:28:16.22\00:28:19.06
Please do not take
what I say and apply it
00:28:19.26\00:28:22.26
to an individual.
That would be wrong!
00:28:22.46\00:28:25.70
That would be just
as wrong as could be.
00:28:25.90\00:28:27.97
Let me illustrate what I mean.
00:28:28.64\00:28:30.81
I'm a citizen of the
United States of America.
00:28:32.17\00:28:34.64
Glad to be one!
00:28:35.04\00:28:36.38
Sometimes the
United States government
00:28:36.64\00:28:39.65
does some things
that I don't agree with.
00:28:39.95\00:28:42.82
Maybe they never do
anything you don't agree with
00:28:43.59\00:28:45.65
but sometimes they do
things I don't agree with.
00:28:45.85\00:28:48.26
If they do something that
you or I don't agree with,
00:28:48.76\00:28:52.26
does that make all the
people in the US bad people?
00:28:52.46\00:28:55.56
Huh? No.
00:28:55.76\00:28:58.47
So when I'm talking
about this system tonight
00:28:58.67\00:29:01.20
don't take it and
apply it to individuals
00:29:01.40\00:29:04.14
because that isn't the
way it's to be applied.
00:29:04.34\00:29:06.71
We are talking about history;
00:29:06.91\00:29:08.38
we're talking about something
that happened in the past
00:29:08.58\00:29:11.58
as we come on down through time.
00:29:12.98\00:29:14.95
So look at it very
clear because the Scripture is
00:29:15.15\00:29:18.45
very clear. I'm
going to give you 8 points
00:29:18.65\00:29:22.09
that the Scripture
gives to identify this power.
00:29:22.29\00:29:25.49
I want to say
something else about that.
00:29:25.89\00:29:27.66
If you can take these 8 points
00:29:29.80\00:29:32.30
and make them fit any other
power on the face of the earth,
00:29:33.27\00:29:37.91
please tell me. I'll listen
to everything you have to say.
00:29:38.81\00:29:42.61
I have never been able to
get it to fit any other power.
00:29:43.75\00:29:48.75
What I will tell you is
don't do to me like one man did.
00:29:49.25\00:29:53.09
Came up to me after the
meeting was over and he said:
00:29:53.49\00:29:55.19
"Well I disagree with you. "
00:29:55.39\00:29:56.99
And I said: "Well that's OK...
00:29:57.19\00:29:59.76
You can disagree with me. "
00:29:59.96\00:30:01.63
He said: "Well I just
don't see it that way at all. "
00:30:01.83\00:30:03.90
And I said: "Tell
me... how do you see it? "
00:30:04.10\00:30:06.87
"Oh, " he said, "I
don't know what it means.
00:30:07.07\00:30:08.40
I just disagree with you. "
00:30:08.57\00:30:09.94
You know, I hope that
you will be open enough
00:30:10.14\00:30:13.74
that you'll take God's Word
and open it up and look and see
00:30:13.94\00:30:17.21
and study it if you
don't know what it means.
00:30:17.41\00:30:19.61
Study it until you do
have some conviction about it!
00:30:19.81\00:30:22.82
THAT is important.
00:30:23.02\00:30:24.35
OK, let's see if it will iden-
tify this little horn for us
00:30:24.39\00:30:27.82
'cause that's what we
want to take a look at
00:30:28.99\00:30:30.59
is this little horn that's
coming up among those ten.
00:30:30.99\00:30:35.46
All right... number one:
00:30:35.66\00:30:39.77
That's the first point.
00:30:48.61\00:30:49.94
I'm reading... this
is the Scripture, folks.
00:30:55.18\00:30:57.05
This is Daniel 7:24-25
and that's what I'm reading.
00:30:57.25\00:31:01.42
I've just broken it up
and given you the points
00:31:01.62\00:31:03.86
that God uses to identify it.
00:31:04.06\00:31:05.96
Those are the 8 points
that God gives you and me
00:31:31.65\00:31:34.46
to identify without
any question of a doubt
00:31:34.66\00:31:37.26
who this little horn is.
00:31:37.46\00:31:39.29
So now we're going to go
back and take it step by step
00:31:39.69\00:31:42.70
and watch how
Scripture and history bears out
00:31:42.90\00:31:46.53
exactly what God says.
00:31:46.74\00:31:49.57
Rise from what kingdom?
00:31:59.11\00:32:00.78
Well, this
represents the fourth beast.
00:32:01.18\00:32:04.09
This fourth beast.
The fourth beast was who?
00:32:04.49\00:32:08.39
Pagan Rome.
00:32:08.79\00:32:10.13
So there's no use
you going over into Asia
00:32:10.33\00:32:13.56
and start looking
for the little horn.
00:32:13.76\00:32:15.93
There's no use you
going to the United States
00:32:16.13\00:32:18.30
and start trying to
find the little horn there.
00:32:18.50\00:32:20.57
There's no use of you
going over into Africa
00:32:20.77\00:32:23.27
trying to find
the little horn there.
00:32:23.47\00:32:25.34
It had to come out of that
kingdom which was Pagan Rome
00:32:25.54\00:32:29.94
so that little horn has
to arise out of that kingdom.
00:32:30.15\00:32:34.08
You with me?
00:32:34.48\00:32:35.82
That's the first point.
00:32:35.88\00:32:37.35
Second point:
00:32:37.75\00:32:39.39
So the Scripture
tells us secondly
00:32:52.23\00:32:54.47
that this little horn
was going to come up what?
00:32:54.67\00:32:58.17
"Among them. "
00:32:58.37\00:33:00.48
So it makes it very clear that
it had to rise out of Pagan Rome
00:33:00.68\00:33:04.18
but it had to come
up among the ten horns.
00:33:04.38\00:33:07.48
That's where it had to come up.
00:33:07.88\00:33:09.65
Had to come up
in Western Europe.
00:33:09.85\00:33:12.65
It brings it right
down to the location.
00:33:12.85\00:33:15.12
It tells you it had to
arise in Western Europe.
00:33:15.32\00:33:19.33
OK... let's go
to the third point:
00:33:19.53\00:33:22.53
These ten kings
which we just talked about
00:33:24.13\00:33:27.80
and it said it came up...
Let me make one other point:
00:33:28.00\00:33:31.91
It says it
"came up after them. "
00:33:32.11\00:33:35.04
Those ten kings came
into existence in 476 AD.
00:33:35.24\00:33:40.02
When it says the little
horn had to come up after them
00:33:40.42\00:33:43.49
that means he had to come
into existence after 476 AD.
00:33:43.69\00:33:47.69
And that little horn
came into existence in 538 AD.
00:33:48.09\00:33:53.63
So it fulfills it.
00:33:54.03\00:33:55.46
It came up in the
Pagan Rome Empire;
00:33:55.66\00:33:58.63
it came up among the ten horns;
00:33:58.83\00:34:00.90
and it came up
"after them. " OK?
00:34:01.10\00:34:04.97
What happened? What took place?
00:34:07.58\00:34:10.75
As these Germanic tribes
moved down on the Roman Empire
00:34:13.52\00:34:18.62
they broke it apart.
There's a Roman emperor
00:34:18.82\00:34:22.59
that's trying to
hold his kingdom together.
00:34:23.73\00:34:26.46
His name is Justinian.
00:34:26.66\00:34:28.26
Justinian is
fighting these Goths
00:34:29.16\00:34:32.53
trying to hold them back.
00:34:33.03\00:34:34.37
His general
Belisarius is fighting them.
00:34:34.60\00:34:37.21
In the city of Rome, folks,
00:34:37.71\00:34:40.38
in the city of
Rome the Bishop of Rome,
00:34:40.58\00:34:43.61
the Bishop of Rome...
his name is Silverius.
00:34:44.11\00:34:47.35
Silverius is a godly man.
00:34:48.15\00:34:50.82
He's a man that loves the Lord.
00:34:51.02\00:34:52.99
He's a man that
loves the people.
00:34:53.19\00:34:55.02
He tries to serve the people.
00:34:55.22\00:34:57.03
And Silverius has refused
to have anything to do with
00:34:57.23\00:35:01.10
the war between
Justinian and the Goths.
00:35:01.30\00:35:04.10
Since he is the Bishop of Rome
00:35:04.83\00:35:07.10
he has control
of the city of Rome.
00:35:07.30\00:35:09.37
And any time the army of
Belisarius got close to the
00:35:09.57\00:35:14.04
city of Rome he had all the
gates of the city of Rome shut
00:35:14.24\00:35:17.91
and refused to let them in.
00:35:18.11\00:35:19.58
If the Goths got
close, he shut the gates
00:35:19.98\00:35:22.65
and refused to let them in.
00:35:22.85\00:35:24.32
Well, the Goths had
backed Justinian's army
00:35:25.89\00:35:30.76
clear to the walls
of the city of Rome.
00:35:30.96\00:35:33.63
Silverius has had
all the gates shut.
00:35:34.13\00:35:37.17
It looks like Justinian's
army is going to be wiped out.
00:35:39.97\00:35:43.51
So Belisarius has sent
a note to Justinian saying
00:35:45.31\00:35:48.44
"Do something for us or
we're going to be wiped out. "
00:35:48.64\00:35:50.98
Justinian went to his wife.
00:35:54.35\00:35:56.52
Justinian's
wife was a Christian.
00:35:56.92\00:35:59.49
She happened to be a
friend of the Bishop.
00:35:59.99\00:36:03.26
And he pled with
her to ask the Bishop to
00:36:03.46\00:36:07.36
raise the gates
to the city of Rome
00:36:07.56\00:36:09.16
to let his army in
00:36:09.36\00:36:11.00
and shut the gates
and keep the Goths out
00:36:11.20\00:36:13.37
and save his army.
00:36:13.57\00:36:14.90
She went to
Silverius and pled with him
00:36:15.14\00:36:19.47
and out of respect for her
00:36:19.67\00:36:22.01
he raised the gates
of the city of Rome,
00:36:22.41\00:36:24.95
let the army in, shut the gates,
00:36:25.15\00:36:28.02
and kept the Goths out.
00:36:28.22\00:36:29.78
But Justinian and
Belisarius had already agreed
00:36:29.98\00:36:35.86
that if they got
inside the city of Rome
00:36:36.26\00:36:39.09
they would banish the Bishop.
00:36:39.29\00:36:41.40
Why? Justian sees
his kingdom falling apart
00:36:42.43\00:36:46.77
and he thinks that
since he can't control it
00:36:47.77\00:36:51.64
politically maybe he
could control it religiously.
00:36:51.84\00:36:56.61
And so he banishes Silverius
00:36:57.01\00:37:00.25
and he takes and puts Vigilius
on the seat of the Bishop.
00:37:00.45\00:37:05.22
It's his puppet
and he thinks that
00:37:05.62\00:37:07.72
through him he can control it.
00:37:07.92\00:37:10.06
That's why history says:
00:37:10.26\00:37:12.19
That comes from The History
of the Christian Church vol. 3.
00:37:20.37\00:37:23.07
That's exactly what happened.
00:37:23.27\00:37:25.71
Now that had
great great influence.
00:37:26.51\00:37:31.71
It had great should I say effect
00:37:32.11\00:37:35.85
upon the whole kingdom.
And we'll talk about that
00:37:36.05\00:37:38.85
later on, but
remember the date: 538 AD.
00:37:39.05\00:37:43.29
All right... next point:
00:37:43.49\00:37:45.09
Now I told you, Justinian
00:37:48.53\00:37:50.87
felt that he couldn't
control his kingdom any longer
00:37:51.90\00:37:54.37
politically so he thought
maybe he could control it
00:37:54.57\00:37:57.24
religiously. So with
Vigilius taking the seat
00:37:57.44\00:38:00.88
of the Bishop and
working under Justinian
00:38:01.08\00:38:03.61
all of a sudden you
find the kingdom changing
00:38:03.81\00:38:06.82
and you find union
of church and state.
00:38:07.02\00:38:10.32
No longer is it
just a political power;
00:38:10.52\00:38:13.42
it is a religio-political power.
00:38:13.62\00:38:17.06
Church and state
have come together.
00:38:17.26\00:38:19.93
That is why the
Scripture says it is different.
00:38:20.13\00:38:23.77
Different than it has been.
00:38:23.97\00:38:25.93
This is from the history book
called The Rise of the Medieval
00:38:28.67\00:38:31.67
Church by Alexander Fleck.
00:38:31.87\00:38:34.48
And listen carefully.
It's a very very important
00:38:34.68\00:38:39.75
statement in history.
This tells you what happened.
00:38:39.95\00:38:42.18
Now folks, let me
explain something:
00:38:46.52\00:38:49.49
Justianian, when he
put Vigilius on the seat
00:38:49.89\00:38:55.76
of the Bishop...
he never intended
00:38:55.96\00:38:58.23
Vigilius to be
anything other than the docile
00:38:58.63\00:39:01.94
head of the dept. of
religion. That's all he intended
00:39:02.14\00:39:05.41
for him to be. But history says
00:39:05.61\00:39:08.31
that the Bishop of
Rome seized the scepter
00:39:08.51\00:39:11.95
and stepped to
the seat of Caesar.
00:39:12.35\00:39:15.08
And this is what it
says happened. Watch:
00:39:15.48\00:39:18.42
All of a sudden he found himself
00:39:44.88\00:39:46.72
not just the
head of the church...
00:39:46.92\00:39:49.02
he finds himself the
head of the government!
00:39:49.22\00:39:51.62
So all of a sudden you
find the power that had been
00:40:09.90\00:40:13.11
in the state all of a sudden now
00:40:13.31\00:40:15.68
the religious head has.
00:40:15.88\00:40:18.31
And so you find
union of church and state
00:40:18.51\00:40:23.08
taking place.
It's a different power
00:40:23.28\00:40:25.75
than it has been before.
00:40:25.95\00:40:28.42
Thus it changes.
00:40:36.40\00:40:39.03
When these Germanic people -
00:40:46.34\00:40:47.94
the Goths, the Anglo-Saxons,
the Franks, the Heruli,
00:40:48.34\00:40:50.85
the Vandals - when they moved
down on the Roman Empire...
00:40:51.05\00:40:55.22
moved down and began to
run over the Roman Empire,
00:40:55.42\00:40:58.42
the Christian people
that lived in the Roman Empire
00:41:00.16\00:41:02.52
remembered the Commission
that Christ had given to the
00:41:03.02\00:41:05.83
Christians and He told them
they were to preach the gospel
00:41:06.03\00:41:07.86
in Jerusalem,
Samaria, and to where?
00:41:08.06\00:41:09.73
To the ends of the earth.
00:41:10.63\00:41:12.03
So when they went out
00:41:12.43\00:41:14.37
they found these Germanic
people with open hearts.
00:41:14.57\00:41:18.07
They found people who were
willing to accept the gospel
00:41:18.27\00:41:21.74
and they preached Jesus
Christ to these Anglo-Saxons,
00:41:21.94\00:41:25.38
these Franks, the
Heruli, the Vandals
00:41:25.58\00:41:27.28
and these people
accepted Christianity.
00:41:27.48\00:41:31.12
That is the reason, folks,
Western Europe is Christian
00:41:31.32\00:41:35.19
to this day. OK?
00:41:35.39\00:41:37.93
But among those powers
that accepted Christianity
00:41:38.56\00:41:42.00
there were three tribes...
00:41:43.13\00:41:45.47
these three tribes:
the Visigoths, Heruli,
00:41:46.47\00:41:51.57
and Vandals... When they
went in and preached to these
00:41:51.77\00:41:55.74
these people taught a
belief to these people
00:41:55.94\00:42:00.05
that was called Arianism.
00:42:00.25\00:42:02.22
Arianism says that
Jesus Christ was a good man.
00:42:02.82\00:42:05.52
Says He was a prophet,
00:42:05.92\00:42:08.59
but it says He was not divine.
00:42:08.99\00:42:11.79
Teaches that He wasn't divine.
00:42:12.43\00:42:14.20
Those 3 tribes accepted that.
00:42:15.16\00:42:17.47
That was very offense
to Justinian, to Vigilius
00:42:18.60\00:42:24.31
and those of the church.
And since it had become a state
00:42:24.67\00:42:27.94
as well as just a church
00:42:28.14\00:42:30.05
they sent out
their army and they had
00:42:31.15\00:42:34.55
those three tribes wiped out.
00:42:34.75\00:42:38.15
Now folks, if you don't believe
what I'm telling you tonight,
00:42:38.82\00:42:42.52
I invite you to go to
the library and check me out.
00:42:42.72\00:42:45.66
Listen: the descendants of
the Alemanni are the Germans.
00:42:46.06\00:42:50.20
The descendants of
the Franks are the French.
00:42:50.60\00:42:53.47
The descendants of the
Anglo-Saxons are the English.
00:42:53.67\00:42:57.37
You cannot find any
descendant for the Visigoths,
00:42:58.37\00:43:02.34
the Heruli, and the Vandals.
00:43:02.54\00:43:04.48
The Bible says that
he would pull them up
00:43:04.88\00:43:07.48
by the roots, and
that's exactly what took place
00:43:07.68\00:43:11.82
just as the
Scripture said it would.
00:43:12.32\00:43:14.09
"He shall speak pompous
words against the Most High. "
00:43:16.12\00:43:18.96
Now folks, you remember
as we studied what Paul said
00:43:19.16\00:43:22.46
there in Corinthians, he
said that this power would
00:43:22.66\00:43:26.17
put himself in the place of God.
00:43:26.37\00:43:28.07
That's what it said:
he would show himself
00:43:28.47\00:43:30.37
to be God...
that's what he said.
00:43:30.57\00:43:32.14
So I want to share
with you just some things.
00:43:32.54\00:43:34.24
You have to
judge it for yourself.
00:43:34.44\00:43:36.08
Again, I am not
talking about people.
00:43:36.28\00:43:38.98
I'm talking about a power;
I'm talking about a system.
00:43:39.18\00:43:42.08
They don't belong to
anybody else but God,
00:43:49.89\00:43:52.26
and it says it would
"speak pompous words. "
00:43:52.46\00:43:55.16
Let's look at what
those two things are.
00:43:55.36\00:43:57.50
It says that the priest
has the power to forgive sins.
00:44:18.09\00:44:21.06
Do you remember the other night
00:44:21.26\00:44:22.99
when I studied with you and
when Jesus told that paralytic
00:44:23.19\00:44:26.80
"your sins are forgiven.
" Do you remember what the
00:44:27.00\00:44:28.86
Pharisees said?
They said: "Blasphemy!
00:44:29.06\00:44:32.60
Only God can forgive sins. "
00:44:33.00\00:44:36.77
You'll find that
taught in Scripture.
00:44:37.17\00:44:39.37
Says here the
priest can forgive sins.
00:44:40.34\00:44:44.38
Secondly:
00:44:44.58\00:44:46.15
Let me read you one other.
00:45:01.20\00:45:02.56
And so when it says he
would speak great words
00:45:20.85\00:45:23.35
or pompous words, as far
as I'm trying to tell you is
00:45:23.55\00:45:26.39
history has borne that
out that he's done just that.
00:45:26.59\00:45:30.53
Now folks, I want to
try to make something clear
00:45:33.46\00:45:36.33
because this doesn't
apply just to this power.
00:45:36.53\00:45:39.57
Any time... If you want to
go and get your history books,
00:45:39.97\00:45:42.77
you want to go to the library
and you want to read and study
00:45:42.97\00:45:45.17
you'll find that
any time in history
00:45:45.37\00:45:48.18
that a church - I don't
care what church it is -
00:45:48.58\00:45:52.45
has taken state power...
00:45:52.65\00:45:54.75
any time a church
has taken on state power
00:45:55.15\00:45:59.49
it's persecuted. I don't care
whether you're talking about
00:45:59.69\00:46:03.12
Lutherans, whether
you're talking about Baptists,
00:46:03.32\00:46:05.69
whether you're talking
about Roman Catholic...
00:46:05.89\00:46:07.23
I don't care what
you're talking about
00:46:07.36\00:46:08.83
when that church
has assumed state power
00:46:09.03\00:46:12.47
it has persecuted. A
church is not capable
00:46:12.67\00:46:16.40
of handling state power
00:46:16.60\00:46:18.71
and it should never be placed
in the hands of the church.
00:46:18.91\00:46:21.78
Why? Because a church, I
don't care what church it is,
00:46:22.18\00:46:26.72
they believe what they
believe to be the truth.
00:46:26.92\00:46:30.42
And if you don't
believe like they do,
00:46:31.49\00:46:34.26
then they're going to persecute.
00:46:35.79\00:46:37.76
That has always happened.
00:46:38.26\00:46:40.40
So what I'm reading to you
tonight, don't be shocked at.
00:46:40.60\00:46:43.87
You don't
understand, you want to read it,
00:46:44.07\00:46:46.33
then go to the
library. I'll name some books
00:46:46.53\00:46:48.60
for you. You can
read Fox's Book of Martyrs
00:46:48.80\00:46:50.57
or you can read Short Short
Stories of the Reformation.
00:46:50.97\00:46:53.34
Or you can read The History
of the Reformation by d'Aubigné
00:46:53.54\00:46:56.71
or you can read
Here I Stand by Bainton
00:46:56.91\00:46:59.21
or you can read The
History of Europe by Quabbin
00:46:59.41\00:47:01.62
and they will all tell you what
I am sharing with you tonight.
00:47:01.82\00:47:05.59
All you have to do is read about
the Massacre of St. Bartholomew
00:47:06.59\00:47:09.66
where they slew 60,000
Huguenots one Sunday morning.
00:47:09.86\00:47:13.43
Or read about the persecution
of the Waldensian people.
00:47:13.73\00:47:16.90
You find that
shocking? You must understand
00:47:31.31\00:47:34.82
she has existed longer
than any other institution.
00:47:35.02\00:47:38.19
OK?
00:47:38.69\00:47:40.02
So when it says that
this power would persecute
00:47:45.03\00:47:47.66
the saints of the Most High
all I'm trying to do tonight is
00:47:47.86\00:47:51.13
to tell you that
she has fulfilled that.
00:47:51.33\00:47:53.94
Now God is very very
accurate in what He does.
00:48:06.58\00:48:11.05
He tells you exactly how
to count time in prophecy.
00:48:11.25\00:48:15.09
Watch carefully as He
tells you how to do this.
00:48:15.59\00:48:18.19
It say that this power
would think to change what?
00:48:18.39\00:48:21.90
Times and laws.
00:48:22.63\00:48:24.90
Now if all these other
points we're talking about
00:48:25.10\00:48:27.24
have fallen true...
this should fall true.
00:48:27.44\00:48:29.70
So has it changed that of law?
00:48:29.90\00:48:33.58
OK... listen:
this is a statement
00:48:33.78\00:48:36.14
taken from history and it
says the Pope has power...
00:48:36.34\00:48:39.75
That's a statement...
that's what they say:
00:48:48.42\00:48:50.63
that they can change it.
00:48:50.83\00:48:52.16
Have they changed it?
00:48:52.19\00:48:53.93
Well let me read to you
from their own catechism
00:48:54.13\00:48:57.10
'cause this is what we're
talking about: changing law.
00:48:57.30\00:49:01.10
Listen... this is
what they've done.
00:49:01.30\00:49:02.64
You take the 10 Commandments.
If you read in the catechism
00:49:02.67\00:49:06.11
you'll find they did away
with the second commandment.
00:49:06.31\00:49:08.41
You won't find
it in the catechism.
00:49:08.81\00:49:10.78
You find it in the Scripture
but not in the catechism.
00:49:10.98\00:49:12.58
If you take a look at
the fourth commandment
00:49:13.65\00:49:15.88
they shortened the 4th command-
ment from 94 words to 8 words.
00:49:16.08\00:49:20.46
Literally just shortened it
that much: 94 words to 8 words.
00:49:21.86\00:49:26.93
So you find when it talks
about they would change the law
00:49:33.54\00:49:36.64
of God they have
changed the law of God.
00:49:36.84\00:49:39.44
Now folks, again I am
talking about a power,
00:49:39.84\00:49:42.51
I am talking about
a system in the past.
00:49:42.71\00:49:45.08
I am not talking
about individuals.
00:49:45.28\00:49:47.25
There are many many individuals
00:49:47.45\00:49:49.42
within this particular fellow-
ship or this particular belief
00:49:49.62\00:49:53.42
that are sincere
Christian people.
00:49:53.62\00:49:56.22
And if you take
what I'm saying tonight
00:49:56.62\00:49:58.69
and you apply it
to an individual,
00:49:58.89\00:50:01.10
you are doing the wrong thing.
00:50:01.30\00:50:03.57
OK?
00:50:03.77\00:50:05.27
So please
understand what I'm saying.
00:50:05.47\00:50:07.50
Secondly, the
Scripture helps you and I,
00:50:09.40\00:50:13.98
and from tonight on,
folks, you ought to be able to
00:50:14.18\00:50:16.48
study prophecy and apply
time and see how God uses it
00:50:16.68\00:50:21.32
for God tells us
exactly how to count time.
00:50:21.72\00:50:24.32
Ezekiel 4 verse 6 says:
00:50:24.52\00:50:26.96
So when you're
studying Bible prophecy
00:50:31.99\00:50:34.26
a day will simply
represent one year.
00:50:34.46\00:50:38.20
That's what a
day will represent.
00:50:38.40\00:50:40.67
Let's look at another text:
00:50:40.87\00:50:42.20
So here again God
said: "I will give you a day
00:50:55.65\00:50:58.42
to represent a year. "
00:50:58.62\00:50:59.95
So when we look at
this particular prophecy
00:51:00.22\00:51:03.16
we find that God talks
about that they would be given
00:51:03.36\00:51:07.23
into his hand for a
time, times, and a half a time.
00:51:07.43\00:51:11.70
Now in the Bible a
time represents one year.
00:51:11.90\00:51:14.74
OK? Since a day
represents a year
00:51:14.94\00:51:19.17
if you pick up your Bible
and you begin to study it,
00:51:19.37\00:51:22.18
you'll find there are
360 days in a Biblical year.
00:51:22.38\00:51:26.18
If you need help with that,
go to Genesis the 5th chapter
00:51:27.58\00:51:30.39
where it talks
about Noah and the flood.
00:51:30.59\00:51:32.32
It'll tell you very
clear there are 360 days
00:51:32.52\00:51:34.92
in a Biblical year. OK?
00:51:35.12\00:51:37.26
So if I've got one
time that's 360 days.
00:51:37.46\00:51:40.86
Times means two years...
00:51:41.26\00:51:42.96
that's 720.
00:51:43.16\00:51:44.70
And a dividing of
time or a half a time
00:51:44.90\00:51:47.77
represents a half
a year which is 180.
00:51:47.97\00:51:50.57
If you add those together,
that gives you 1,260 days
00:51:50.77\00:51:55.41
and each day
represents one year.
00:51:55.61\00:51:57.81
OK?
00:51:58.41\00:51:59.75
Now let's see what happens.
00:52:00.25\00:52:01.82
I told you the papal
power - this little horn -
00:52:02.02\00:52:05.95
came into being in what year?
00:52:06.15\00:52:08.92
538 AD... that's when
Vigilius ascended the throne.
00:52:10.13\00:52:13.66
538 AD. If I add 1,260 years
00:52:13.96\00:52:19.87
to 538 AD it takes me to when?
00:52:20.07\00:52:23.17
Takes you to 1798 AD.
00:52:25.14\00:52:28.14
Now folks,
something very very important
00:52:28.74\00:52:33.01
happened in 1798 AD.
00:52:33.21\00:52:35.98
I mean extremely
important happened in 1798 AD.
00:52:37.05\00:52:41.09
But that's as far as I'm
going to take you tonight.
00:52:42.02\00:52:44.16
If you want to know
what happened in 1798 AD,
00:52:46.29\00:52:48.43
you've gotta be
here Friday night.
00:52:48.63\00:52:50.20
OK?
00:52:51.23\00:52:52.60
And I can assure
you it's very important
00:52:53.10\00:52:55.24
that you know what
happened in 1798 AD.
00:52:55.44\00:52:57.44
But I want you to
watch as we put together
00:52:57.64\00:53:01.38
what we've learned, and I
want to take you just a step
00:53:01.58\00:53:04.25
farther because there's
some fantastic things, folks,
00:53:04.45\00:53:07.28
that you need to apply
here as we look at it tonight.
00:53:07.48\00:53:10.75
As we take a look at Scripture
00:53:12.12\00:53:14.99
and we're trying
to see where we are,
00:53:16.46\00:53:18.73
God here in the
book of Daniel, folks,
00:53:18.93\00:53:22.40
He is stressing... He
is stressing over and over
00:53:22.60\00:53:26.17
some points that you
and I must understand
00:53:26.57\00:53:29.37
so that we'll be
ready for His coming.
00:53:29.57\00:53:31.91
And He's telling you:
"I'm telling you these things
00:53:32.71\00:53:35.14
before it happens. "
00:53:35.34\00:53:36.68
God's saying: "Listen,
I want you to know this
00:53:44.49\00:53:46.45
so you'll believe. " So
watch carefully tonight,
00:53:46.65\00:53:49.42
dear friend. Please watch
00:53:49.62\00:53:51.29
because you're
going to see where we are
00:53:51.49\00:53:54.00
and what God has to say. Listen:
00:53:54.20\00:53:57.77
We found the head of gold
on the image represented who?
00:53:59.43\00:54:03.51
Babylon. The lion
tonight represented? Babylon.
00:54:04.54\00:54:09.44
The arms and breast of
silver represented Medo-Persia.
00:54:11.11\00:54:16.08
The bear
represented Medo-Persia.
00:54:16.48\00:54:20.02
The belly and thighs of bronze
00:54:21.39\00:54:25.63
represented Greece.
00:54:25.83\00:54:27.46
The leopard beast
represented Greece.
00:54:27.66\00:54:30.87
The legs of iron
represented pagan Rome.
00:54:31.87\00:54:35.47
The dragon
represented pagan Rome.
00:54:35.67\00:54:38.84
Then from there you remember
we went to the ten toes.
00:54:39.24\00:54:42.84
And the ten toes were
those ten Germanic tribes.
00:54:43.24\00:54:46.25
And in Daniel 7 the
ten horns on that beast
00:54:46.45\00:54:49.82
represented the
ten Germanic tribes.
00:54:50.02\00:54:52.22
All that was
repeat for you tonight.
00:54:52.42\00:54:54.79
But then we went
to this little horn
00:54:54.99\00:54:57.69
which
represented the papal power
00:54:58.86\00:55:01.53
that came into existence.
00:55:01.73\00:55:03.37
OK... we enlarged on that.
00:55:03.77\00:55:06.27
So now you've seen
another power taking us
00:55:06.47\00:55:09.40
clear down to 1798 AD.
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And it says that his
kingdom would go to 1798 AD.
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Now watch what the 7th
chapter of Daniel does.
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When it talks about this little
horn, OK? We're talking about
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the little horn
- the papal power -
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you'll find that
little horn is mentioned in:
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All those talk
about the little horn.
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Scripture says that when
that little horn comes to an end
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the judgment begins.
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Watch:
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Talks about the
judgment and you'll find that
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in Daniel 7 verses
9 to 12. You with me?
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So the Bible says
that when this little horn
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comes to an end, the
judgment is going to take place.
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And then the Bible
says that when the judgment
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ends you know what it
says is going to happen?
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Says God's going
to set up His kingdom.
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Watch:
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Daniel 7:13-14 talks about
God setting up His kingdom.
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So when you take a look
at the 7th chapter of Daniel
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it takes all those
things and lines them up
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for you and I, and this is
simply what it's telling us:
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Are you getting an idea of where
we are in the stream of time?
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Hmm? Are you
beginning to get the picture?
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Scripture puts it all together
so that you and I can know
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exactly where we are
in the stream of time.
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We're right down at the end when
Jesus is going to come back.
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