Thank you. Thank you, Arthur.
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Thank you, each one of you.
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We have been studying
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over the last
couple of weeks now
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prophecies in quite,
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in depth study of prophecy.
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And we hope that those
subjects have been a great,
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great help to you.
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And tonight, we
kind of put a cap sheaf
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on the prophecies,
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and we'll start
taking and applying
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a lot of the things
that we have learned
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over the next few nights.
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So you're going to begin to see
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how these
prophecies have helped you
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in other
portions of the Scripture.
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Tomorrow night, we
come to a subject entitled,
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"Why don't they
just tell the truth?"
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"Why don't they
just tell the truth?"
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Have you ever
been in a situation
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where you wish they would
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just tell you the
facts and tell you the truth?
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You know have you
ever been in an airport
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and the plane is
delayed and they say,
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"Well, it's probably
going to be 15 minutes late."
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And two hours
later the plane shows up.
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You know how that goes?
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This subject
tomorrow night is one
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that I consider to be vital.
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I consider it to
be extremely important
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as we take a look
at the Word of God on,
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why don't they
just tell the truth.
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So we hope that you
won't miss tomorrow night.
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It's a very, very vital subject.
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Tonight,
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we're going to
continue to look at prophecy.
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Like I said, we're putting
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kind of a cap
sheaf on it tonight,
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because many of these prophecies
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we've studied in
Daniel 2, Daniel 7,
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Revelation 13, Revelation
11, and Revelation 17,
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all those are going to
begin to come together tonight.
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And as they come together,
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you're going to find yourself
right down in the present day.
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And what is happening today
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and the scriptures even
going to give you kind of a look
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into what will take
place in the future.
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And as I have told
you from night to night,
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you can depend on this book.
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It will not fail.
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It's sure
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and the prophecies
will take place just exactly
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as Scripture says they will.
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Now, you're going to hear things
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on the news, on the radio,
and television, and newspaper
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in which they'll talk about
things that are going to happen
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and it may look certain way
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but I can assure you,
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it will happen just exactly
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as the Scripture
says it will happen
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because the Bible says,
"It's God who sets up kings
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and it's God who
takes them down."
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Okay.
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So we have some
exciting subjects
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over the next few nights, folks.
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The next three weeks
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that will help you understand
God's Word into men and women
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who are living today.
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This day and this age,
I can't think of anything
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that would be of
more value to you,
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and more help to you
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than to understand
what this book says.
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So we hope you'll
continue to be with us
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from night to night.
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I hope you've been enjoying
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the music of Pam
and Jimmy Rhodes.
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They're very, very
dear friends of mine.
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I've appreciated them.
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In fact, when I
was a young pastor,
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Pam was one of my
members in one of my churches.
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She was just a young lady then
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and started singing there
in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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and it's always been a
special blessing to me.
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I've appreciated it very much.
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She's going to sing a
beautiful song tonight
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entitled, "On
the wings of Eagle."
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And He will raise
you up on eagle's wings
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Bear you on the breath of dawn
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Make you to shine like the sun
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And hold you in the palm
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Of His Hand
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You who dwell in
the shelter of the Lord
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Who abide in His shadow for life
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Say to the Lord,
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"My Refuge
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My Rock in Whom I trust."
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And He will raise you up
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On eagle's wings
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Bear you on the breath of dawn
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Make you to shine like the sun
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And hold you in the palm
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Of His Hand
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You need not fear
the terror of the night
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Nor the arrow that flies by day
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Under His Wings your refuge
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His faithfulness your shield
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And He will raise you up
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On eagle's wings
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Bear you on the breath of dawn
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Make you to shine like the sun
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And hold you in the palm
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Of His Hand
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For to His angels
He's given a command
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To guard you in all of your ways
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Upon their hands
they will bear you up
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Lest you dash your
foot against a stone
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And He will raise you up
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On eagle's wings
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Bear you on the breath of dawn
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Make you to shine like the sun
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And hold you in the palm
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Of His Hand
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And He will raise
you up on eagle's wings
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Bear you on the breath of dawn
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Make you to shine like the sun
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And hold you
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And hold you
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And hold you
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In the palm
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Of His Hand
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Our gracious Father,
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tonight we come
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asking that You will
hold us up in Your hands
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that You give to us wisdom.
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Give us, Lord, understanding
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as we look at the
prophecies of Your Word.
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Lord, may our hearts be soft,
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may they be tender.
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May the Holy Spirit
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come in and speak
to each one of us.
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Lead and guide us.
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May we come to know
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what You desire for us
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who are living in these days.
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And we'll give to You the honor,
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and the glory, and the praise,
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for this we ask
in Christ's name,
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amen.
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Amen.
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In this past century,
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there have been
basically three women
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who have been in the
position of rulership
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and those three women
have done an exceptional job.
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Those three women are one
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Golda Meir of Israel.
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Tremendous leader.
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Done a great, great job.
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Queen Elizabeth,
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still continues to work,
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holding the
whole kingdom together.
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Another woman
that was in a position
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of rulership
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that did a tremendous
job was Margaret Thatcher.
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Those three women
in the past century
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will probably go down in history
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as great, great leaders.
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You see, when you
pick up your Bible,
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and you begin to
look at prophecy,
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God does a simple little thing,
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and that is
that he takes a woman
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to represent a church.
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You'll find the Scripture
speaks of it in that way.
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Notice what it has to say here.
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"I have likened
the daughter of Zion
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to a lovely and delicate woman."
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Jeremiah 6:2.
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So here he just simply says,
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and when he speaks,
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he is likened
the daughter to Zion.
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Zions, talking about the church.
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That's what it's referring to.
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You can think of
other texts in the Bible
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where he makes that comparison
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as the one in Ephesians 5:25,
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where he says,
"Husbands, love your wives,
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just as Christ
also loved the church
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and gave Himself for her.
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This is a great mystery,
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but I speak concerning
Christ and the," what?
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"Church."
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So here he's
making that comparison
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between himself and the church.
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You also remember that it speaks
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in the Matthew about
Christ being the bridegroom.
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The church is the bride.
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So God simply uses a woman
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to represent a
church in Bible prophecy.
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So when you get to Revelation,
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Revelation Chapter
12, you'll find a woman.
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It speaks about
her in these terms.
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It says, Revelation 12:1.
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"Now great sign
appeared in heaven:
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a woman clothed with the sun,
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with the moon under her feet,
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and on her head a
garland of twelve stars."
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This is a good woman.
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We'll talk more
about her on another night.
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But she is a good woman.
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She's clothed with the sun.
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The moon is under her feet.
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On her head she has a
garland of twelve stars.
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This represents God's church.
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I'm here in
Revelation Chapter 12.
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But when you go to
Revelation Chapter 17,
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you find there another woman
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who is riding on a
scarlet colored beast.
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It says this about her.
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"Then one of the seven angels
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who have the seven
bowls came and talked with me,
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saying to me, 'Come,
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I will show you the
judgment of the great harlot
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who sits on many waters.'"
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So now, we see immediately
this is not a good woman,
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because it's referring
to her as a harlot, okay?
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She's sitting on a beast
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and we're going to
take a look at all that.
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But watch as it goes on
and describes this woman.
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"With whom the
kings of the earth
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committed fornication,
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and the inhabitants of the earth
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were made drunk with
wine of her fornication.
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So he carried me away
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in the Spirit
into the wilderness.
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I saw a woman
sitting on a scarlet beast
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which was full of
names of blasphemy,
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having seven
heads and ten horns.
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The woman was arrayed
in purple and scarlet,
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and adorned with gold and
precious stones and pearls,
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having in her hand a
golden cup full of abominations
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and the filthiness
of her fornication.
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And on her forehead
a name was written:"
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Now watch very carefully
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because God begins to
identify certain things for us.
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And it says on her forehead
is a name that is written:
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"Mystery, Babylon the Great,
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the mother of harlots
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and of the
abomination of the earth.
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I saw the woman,
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drunk with the
blood of the saints
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and with the blood
of the martyrs of Jesus.
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When I saw her,
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I marveled with
great amazement."
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So here John
has seen this woman,
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she is riding on this
scarlet colored beast,
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and she has been drunk
with the blood of the saints.
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He talks about all the
things that she has done.
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Now, what we need to do
tonight is we've got to identify
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who this woman is.
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That's what we'll have to do.
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We're going to have to
identify who the woman is.
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Also we're going to have
to identify who this beast
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that she's riding on represents.
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We're going to begin
to put all that together
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so that you can take a look
at the Revelation Chapter 17
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and understand
what it's talking about.
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We have studied all
these different powers.
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We have talked about
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how that the church
went into a wilderness
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for 1260 years from 538 to 1798.
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We talked about
that period of time.
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And we talked how the
church fled in the wilderness
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and the great persecution
that she went through.
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So what we want
to do tonight is see
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when it speaks of this woman
who is represented as a harlot.
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We want to see
what the scripture says,
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we will not have
trouble identifying this woman.
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In fact, I will not
even have to say to you
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who she represents.
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All we will have to do is
read the Scripture to you,
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and you will know
who it represents.
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So let's look at the Scripture.
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See what it says about it.
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Four points of identification.
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Has to be a world
power, put it down, one point.
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Has to be a world power.
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"With whom the
kings of the earth
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committed fornication."
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Revelation 17:2.
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So it tells you that it
had to be a world power,
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you can't go looking
for some little church off
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in the corner somewhere, friend.
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You've got to look
for a church that it says
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that she has
committed fornication
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with the kings of the earth.
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It means that she
had to be involved
00:16:15.60\00:16:17.91
with the kings of the earth.
00:16:17.94\00:16:19.27
She has to be a world power.
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One point.
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Second point.
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Leads the world
astray from God's Word.
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Going to lead the world
00:16:27.62\00:16:28.95
astray from the
teachings of Scripture.
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It says here in Revelation 17:2.
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"And the inhabitants of
the earth were made drunk
00:16:33.02\00:16:35.09
with the wine of
her fornication."
00:16:35.12\00:16:37.56
Now it speaks that
she has in her hand a cup
00:16:37.59\00:16:42.86
filled with a wine
of her fornication.
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When the Scripture
speaks of this cup,
00:16:45.63\00:16:47.97
and it speaks of the
wine of her fornication,
00:16:48.00\00:16:50.61
it's meaning teachings
00:16:50.64\00:16:52.37
that are contrary
to the Word of God.
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This is what it's talking about.
00:16:55.68\00:16:57.01
And thus it has to be a church
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that has taken a
stand contrary to Scripture.
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You have to put it down.
00:17:05.35\00:17:06.69
You're going to have to think,
00:17:06.72\00:17:08.06
you're going to have to
look for yourself tonight.
00:17:08.09\00:17:09.52
It has to be a
church that teaches things
00:17:09.56\00:17:12.53
that are contrary
to the Word of God.
00:17:12.56\00:17:16.20
That's what it says, very clear.
00:17:16.23\00:17:18.20
All right.
00:17:18.23\00:17:19.57
Point three.
00:17:19.60\00:17:21.74
Satan deception
regarding Scripture,
00:17:21.77\00:17:24.81
that's what the
wine cup represents.
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Okay.
00:17:27.31\00:17:28.64
Third point says,
00:17:28.68\00:17:30.05
it would be a persecuting power.
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"And I saw the woman drunk
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with the blood of the saints
and with the martyrs of Jesus."
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So you've got to
look for a church
00:17:37.29\00:17:39.75
that has persecuted.
00:17:39.79\00:17:42.16
"When I saw her..."
00:17:42.19\00:17:43.53
John says,
00:17:43.56\00:17:44.89
"I marveled with
great amazement."
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Why?
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Because of the tremendous things
00:17:48.53\00:17:50.17
that she did and the persecution
00:17:50.20\00:17:52.37
that took place.
00:17:52.40\00:17:54.00
So if you're
looking for a church,
00:17:54.04\00:17:56.34
you've got to look for a church
that has been a world power.
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You got to look for a
church that has led people
00:18:01.88\00:18:04.78
contrary to the
teachings of Scripture,
00:18:04.81\00:18:07.22
and they have persecuted,
those are three things.
00:18:07.25\00:18:10.95
You look at it
any way you want to,
00:18:10.99\00:18:12.69
but you're going
to have to sit down
00:18:12.72\00:18:14.06
and make that application.
00:18:14.09\00:18:16.22
The fourth point.
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Unification of church and state.
00:18:19.96\00:18:22.36
"So he carried me
away in the Spirit
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into the wilderness.
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And I saw a woman
sitting on a scarlet beast
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which was full of
names of blasphemy,
00:18:30.67\00:18:32.67
having seven
heads and ten horns."
00:18:32.71\00:18:34.58
So it says this woman
00:18:34.61\00:18:36.54
is sitting on a
scarlet colored beast.
00:18:36.58\00:18:39.41
Now, if you're looking at it,
00:18:39.45\00:18:41.38
you remember that
in Bible prophecy,
00:18:41.42\00:18:43.49
a woman
represents a church, okay?
00:18:43.52\00:18:47.96
So this woman
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riding on this
scarlet colored beast
00:18:49.59\00:18:51.73
represented church.
00:18:51.76\00:18:53.09
It says that she
is riding on a beast.
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Daniel 8:20 helps
you and I understand
00:18:57.77\00:19:02.04
what beast represent?
00:19:02.07\00:19:03.41
It says, "The ram which you saw,
00:19:03.44\00:19:05.51
having two horns,
00:19:05.54\00:19:06.88
they are the
kings of Medo-Persia."
00:19:06.91\00:19:08.78
So a beast in Bible prophecy
00:19:08.81\00:19:11.48
represents a
nation or a civil power,
00:19:11.51\00:19:15.98
okay?
00:19:16.02\00:19:17.35
It represents a civil power.
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So, dear friends,
00:19:18.99\00:19:20.32
if you have a
woman riding on a beast,
00:19:20.36\00:19:25.43
what do you have?
00:19:25.46\00:19:29.36
Well, you have
uniting of church and state.
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You have a church
riding on a beast,
00:19:33.44\00:19:36.00
the church or a
woman riding on a beast,
00:19:36.04\00:19:38.61
the woman represents the church,
00:19:38.64\00:19:40.01
the beast
represents civil power.
00:19:40.04\00:19:41.98
If she's riding on that beast,
00:19:42.01\00:19:43.78
that represents
union of church and state.
00:19:43.81\00:19:47.48
So those four
points you got to put down.
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One, has to be a world power.
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Secondly, she had to lead people
00:19:53.96\00:19:56.52
contrary to the Word of God.
00:19:56.56\00:19:59.79
Three, she had
to persecute people.
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Persecute the
saints of the most high.
00:20:03.20\00:20:05.33
And four, she had to
unite church and state.
00:20:05.37\00:20:10.91
Not hard to identify, is it?
00:20:10.94\00:20:13.44
If you understand
history, if you read history,
00:20:13.48\00:20:16.54
you can identify that
without any trouble tonight.
00:20:16.58\00:20:19.91
Okay,
00:20:19.95\00:20:21.28
let's continue
on with God's Word
00:20:21.32\00:20:22.88
and see what it tells us here
00:20:22.92\00:20:24.49
because it says
here in Revelation 17:3.
00:20:24.52\00:20:29.72
"So he carried me
away in the Spirit
00:20:29.76\00:20:32.29
into the wilderness."
00:20:32.33\00:20:34.56
And I saw a woman.
00:20:34.60\00:20:35.93
Now I want to take a
little bit of time here.
00:20:35.96\00:20:38.73
Who is writing
this Book of Revelation?
00:20:38.77\00:20:41.64
John. John.
00:20:41.67\00:20:44.47
John's writing it.
00:20:44.51\00:20:45.94
Where is John at this time?
00:20:45.97\00:20:50.08
Oh, he's on the
island of Patmos.
00:20:50.11\00:20:53.05
That's where he's
at where he writes
00:20:53.08\00:20:54.68
the Book of Revelation
is on the island of Patmos.
00:20:54.72\00:20:57.35
But here John
says, he's been what?
00:20:57.39\00:21:01.52
"Carried into the wilderness."
00:21:01.56\00:21:05.06
Therefore envision, envision
00:21:05.09\00:21:08.63
John has been
carried into the wilderness.
00:21:08.66\00:21:13.23
And as we look at this prophecy,
00:21:13.27\00:21:15.54
you cannot look at it
00:21:15.57\00:21:17.97
as John being on
the island of Patmos.
00:21:18.01\00:21:22.01
It won't work.
00:21:22.04\00:21:23.81
Or you cannot look at it
from where you and I are today.
00:21:23.85\00:21:28.62
You have to look at it
from John in the wilderness.
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Are you with me?
00:21:33.32\00:21:35.29
It has to be that way,
00:21:35.32\00:21:36.66
or you won't get it
all together tonight.
00:21:36.69\00:21:38.89
So that's the reason
I'm spending some time
00:21:38.93\00:21:40.70
on this third
verse as John says,
00:21:40.73\00:21:43.03
he was carried away
into the wilderness.
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We will establish
where that wilderness is.
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Watch what he
sees in the wilderness.
00:21:50.24\00:21:54.48
"Sitting on a scarlet
beast which was full of names
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of blasphemy,
00:21:57.71\00:21:59.05
having seven
heads and ten horns."
00:21:59.08\00:22:00.42
So he sees this beast
00:22:00.45\00:22:02.58
has seven heads, ten horns,
00:22:02.62\00:22:04.85
scarlet colored beast.
00:22:04.89\00:22:07.99
"The beast that
you saw and is not,
00:22:08.02\00:22:12.59
and will ascend out
of the bottomless pit
00:22:12.63\00:22:14.53
and go to perdition.
00:22:14.56\00:22:16.60
And those who dwell
on the earth will marvel,
00:22:16.63\00:22:18.83
whose names are not
written in the Book of Life
00:22:18.87\00:22:20.90
from the
foundation of the world,
00:22:20.94\00:22:24.14
when they see
the beast that was,
00:22:24.17\00:22:27.94
and is not, and yet is."
00:22:27.98\00:22:32.25
So John here is saying,
00:22:32.28\00:22:33.65
this beast that I saw here
that has these seven heads,
00:22:33.68\00:22:37.09
and it has these ten
horns that beast was,
00:22:37.12\00:22:42.02
is not yet is.
00:22:42.06\00:22:45.49
It's what John is saying.
00:22:45.53\00:22:47.46
So let's take a look and
see if we can put together
00:22:47.50\00:22:50.47
what John is talking about,
00:22:50.50\00:22:52.30
because John is here
on the island of Patmos.
00:22:52.33\00:22:55.50
He's been carried
envision into the wilderness.
00:22:55.54\00:22:58.87
So in the wilderness,
John is in the wilderness now,
00:22:58.91\00:23:02.04
and he sees a beast that what?
00:23:02.08\00:23:06.72
Was.
00:23:06.75\00:23:08.55
Are you with me?
00:23:08.58\00:23:09.92
In the wilderness he
sees a beast that was...?
00:23:09.95\00:23:13.49
Was is what tense?
00:23:13.52\00:23:15.99
Past. Past.
00:23:16.02\00:23:17.36
Okay, keep it clear.
00:23:17.39\00:23:19.69
In the wilderness,
00:23:19.73\00:23:22.13
John is seeing this vision
00:23:22.16\00:23:24.43
and he sees this
beast that is not...
00:23:24.47\00:23:29.80
What tense is that?
00:23:29.84\00:23:32.27
Present. Present.
00:23:32.31\00:23:35.01
He saw a beast that was,
00:23:35.04\00:23:36.98
that past is not,
is present and yet is,
00:23:37.01\00:23:43.95
is what?
00:23:43.99\00:23:45.52
Future. Future.
00:23:45.55\00:23:46.89
Okay.
00:23:46.92\00:23:48.26
Are we beginning to understand?
00:23:48.29\00:23:49.62
It's going to
beginning to help us
00:23:49.66\00:23:50.99
limit exactly where John is.
00:23:51.03\00:23:53.09
He saw this beast
that was in the wilderness,
00:23:53.13\00:23:57.17
that beast is not.
00:23:57.20\00:23:59.60
And yet he says,
it is going to come.
00:23:59.63\00:24:03.07
Yet is.
00:24:03.10\00:24:04.54
That's what John is saying.
00:24:04.57\00:24:05.91
So remember as
we go through this,
00:24:05.94\00:24:08.54
keep John in the right place.
00:24:08.58\00:24:12.58
Keep him
envision in the wilderness
00:24:12.61\00:24:15.08
and this whole
prophecy will begin to clear up
00:24:15.12\00:24:18.55
and you'll see exactly
what it's talking about.
00:24:18.59\00:24:21.76
All right.
00:24:21.79\00:24:23.12
With that, let's
see if we can find out
00:24:23.16\00:24:25.69
who the beast is?
What the beast is?
00:24:25.73\00:24:27.90
It says, "The beast that was,
00:24:27.93\00:24:31.07
and is not, is
himself also the," what?
00:24:31.10\00:24:35.84
The eighth.
00:24:35.87\00:24:37.21
"The eighth,
00:24:37.24\00:24:38.57
and is of the seven and
it's going to perdition.
00:24:38.61\00:24:43.11
They're also seven kings.
00:24:43.14\00:24:46.51
Five have fallen, one is,
the other has not yet come.
00:24:46.55\00:24:50.75
And when he comes, he
must continue a short time."
00:24:50.79\00:24:54.56
Now folks if you had been
with me from night to night,
00:24:54.59\00:24:58.13
we have put all that together.
00:24:58.16\00:25:01.10
We've studied all that.
00:25:01.13\00:25:02.46
We've put that together,
00:25:02.50\00:25:03.83
that should be
very clear to you,
00:25:03.87\00:25:05.20
and I'm going to review
it just a little bit for you,
00:25:05.23\00:25:07.80
in case there's some of you
00:25:07.84\00:25:09.17
that are just tuning in
and getting understanding
00:25:09.20\00:25:11.87
what we're talking about.
00:25:11.91\00:25:13.24
You remember we
studied Daniel 2?
00:25:13.27\00:25:16.28
You remember in
Daniel 2, there was an image,
00:25:16.31\00:25:19.81
it had a head of gold,
arms and breast of silver,
00:25:19.85\00:25:22.18
belly and thighs of bronze,
00:25:22.22\00:25:23.79
legs of iron and feet
part of iron and part of clay.
00:25:23.82\00:25:26.69
And we found out that
00:25:26.72\00:25:28.06
that head of gold
represented Babylon.
00:25:28.09\00:25:30.33
The arm and breast of
silver represented Medo-Persia.
00:25:30.36\00:25:33.76
The belly and thighs of
bronze represented Greece.
00:25:33.80\00:25:37.07
The legs of iron
represented pagan Rome.
00:25:37.10\00:25:40.24
Remember, we took
you through those.
00:25:40.27\00:25:41.80
Okay, now watch
00:25:41.84\00:25:43.47
because God takes and
I told you as we studied
00:25:43.51\00:25:46.47
that God simply takes a prophecy
00:25:46.51\00:25:49.28
and picks it up
like in Daniel 2,
00:25:49.31\00:25:51.51
and He's going to
go this far with it,
00:25:51.55\00:25:53.68
and He's going to stop
00:25:53.72\00:25:55.05
and then He's going to go back
00:25:55.08\00:25:56.42
to the same
starting place in Daniel 7,
00:25:56.45\00:25:58.92
except this time He's
not going to stop here.
00:25:58.95\00:26:01.22
He's going to go farther
that God repeats and enlarges.
00:26:01.26\00:26:05.83
And you remember as
we studied Daniel 7,
00:26:05.86\00:26:08.83
you remember now
00:26:08.86\00:26:10.20
He has given
those nations beast,
00:26:10.23\00:26:13.23
and you remember the
first one was a lion,
00:26:13.27\00:26:17.11
represented Babylon.
00:26:17.14\00:26:19.17
Babylon of old.
00:26:19.21\00:26:20.78
605 to 539, she ruled.
00:26:20.81\00:26:25.15
Pictured as a
Babylon, even as a lion.
00:26:25.18\00:26:27.92
Even the Scripture
refers to Babylon as a lion.
00:26:27.95\00:26:32.99
In fact, in the ruins,
00:26:33.02\00:26:36.89
if you were to go
over to Babylon today
00:26:36.93\00:26:39.43
to where they have
rebuilt the Ishtar gates,
00:26:39.46\00:26:42.86
you will see lions
there with eagle's wings.
00:26:42.90\00:26:46.03
The British museum
00:26:46.07\00:26:47.44
that did much of the
excavation of Babylon
00:26:47.47\00:26:50.14
has statues of
lions with eagle's wings.
00:26:50.17\00:26:53.14
God used that lion
to represent Babylon,
00:26:53.17\00:26:56.48
that is one of those heads,
00:26:56.51\00:26:59.51
this beast in Revelation
17 has how many heads?
00:26:59.55\00:27:03.49
Seven heads.
00:27:03.52\00:27:04.85
Five have fallen, okay?
00:27:04.89\00:27:06.65
All right.
00:27:06.69\00:27:08.02
The second one
was that of a bear
00:27:08.06\00:27:11.03
and that was
pictured as Medo-Persia.
00:27:11.06\00:27:14.36
You remember,
00:27:14.40\00:27:15.73
this bear had
three ribs in its mouth.
00:27:15.76\00:27:18.00
It represented
the three countries
00:27:18.03\00:27:20.17
that Medo-Persia overthrew
00:27:20.20\00:27:21.74
which was
Babylon, Egypt and Libya.
00:27:21.77\00:27:25.24
So Babylon fell to Medo-Persia.
00:27:25.27\00:27:29.41
It's what history
tells us took place.
00:27:29.44\00:27:31.58
That's what
Scripture tells us took place.
00:27:31.61\00:27:33.95
The third beast
00:27:33.98\00:27:35.32
that came on the scene
of action was a leopard.
00:27:35.35\00:27:38.25
Had four wings on
its back, had four heads,
00:27:38.29\00:27:41.69
that leopard represented
the kingdom of Greece.
00:27:41.72\00:27:47.53
The wings on its back
represented the swiftness
00:27:47.56\00:27:50.03
with which Alexander
the Great took everything.
00:27:50.07\00:27:52.97
The foreheads on that beast
00:27:53.00\00:27:54.67
represented that when
Alexander the Great died,
00:27:54.70\00:27:57.51
his kingdom was divided
among his four generals.
00:27:57.54\00:28:00.48
Okay.
00:28:00.51\00:28:02.08
The fourth beast
was that of a dragon
00:28:02.11\00:28:07.08
represented as pagan Rome.
00:28:07.12\00:28:11.69
Pagan Rome
opened up the waterways,
00:28:11.72\00:28:15.76
opened up the
roadways made it possible
00:28:15.79\00:28:19.03
for civilization to
move across the world.
00:28:19.06\00:28:22.83
Rome ruled longer
than any other power
00:28:22.86\00:28:25.13
from 168 BC to 476 AD.
00:28:25.17\00:28:30.14
Thus you have the
fourth kingdom as a dragon.
00:28:30.17\00:28:33.81
Then we came to
the fifth kingdom
00:28:33.84\00:28:36.91
which was that of papal Rome
00:28:36.95\00:28:40.15
that the Bible
presents as a nondescript beast
00:28:40.18\00:28:44.25
in Revelation 13.
00:28:44.29\00:28:46.09
And that beast also had
seven heads and ten horns.
00:28:46.12\00:28:51.33
Now follow me carefully.
00:28:51.36\00:28:54.16
Babylon fell to Medo-Persia,
Medo-Persia fell to Greece,
00:28:54.20\00:28:58.97
Greece fell to pagan Roman,
pagan Rome fell to papal Rome.
00:28:59.00\00:29:04.24
Five have fallen.
00:29:04.27\00:29:09.01
Are you with me?
00:29:09.04\00:29:11.08
Okay. Five have fallen.
00:29:11.11\00:29:14.32
One is,
00:29:14.35\00:29:18.35
the other is yet to come,
00:29:18.39\00:29:21.66
when he comes, he
must continue a short time.
00:29:21.69\00:29:25.99
And so those five have fallen.
00:29:26.03\00:29:28.00
Are you beginning?
00:29:28.03\00:29:29.36
You should be.
00:29:29.40\00:29:30.73
Are you beginning to
find out where John is?
00:29:30.77\00:29:34.97
He is in the
wilderness, envision.
00:29:35.00\00:29:36.84
Where is he?
00:29:36.87\00:29:38.21
Well, he's at the
time of this sixth beast.
00:29:38.24\00:29:41.44
That's where he is.
00:29:41.48\00:29:42.84
The time of atheism.
00:29:42.88\00:29:45.18
That's the reason the Scripture
refers to it as a wilderness.
00:29:45.21\00:29:49.38
John is at that time
00:29:49.42\00:29:51.35
and when he's
talking about and he says,
00:29:51.39\00:29:53.29
"This beast that was,
00:29:53.32\00:29:57.79
is not, yet is."
00:29:57.83\00:30:02.56
Okay.
00:30:02.60\00:30:04.00
So when John says,
00:30:04.03\00:30:05.37
this beast that
was, is not, and yet is,
00:30:05.40\00:30:09.57
he can't be
talking about communism
00:30:09.60\00:30:13.84
because that's the
wilderness where he's at.
00:30:13.88\00:30:16.24
That's exactly what's going on.
00:30:16.28\00:30:19.41
Communism ruled 1798.
00:30:19.45\00:30:23.18
Basically fell in 1991.
00:30:23.22\00:30:26.19
Then it says that
the seventh beast,
00:30:26.22\00:30:28.39
which we studied, was
that of the United States.
00:30:28.42\00:30:32.26
And it says that it
would speak as a dragon.
00:30:32.29\00:30:36.97
And when communism fell,
00:30:39.70\00:30:43.10
this country found itself
00:30:43.14\00:30:45.87
as a superpower unrivaled
00:30:45.91\00:30:50.35
and now it says from that point,
00:30:50.38\00:30:53.18
it would speak as a dragon
00:30:53.21\00:30:55.45
and it says it
would last a short time.
00:30:55.48\00:31:00.26
Now when the
Scripture says a short time,
00:31:00.29\00:31:02.32
that means in relationship
to the other kingdoms.
00:31:02.36\00:31:05.83
It's actually what
it means in relationship
00:31:05.86\00:31:07.76
to the other kingdoms.
00:31:07.80\00:31:09.13
Those are the seven, okay?
00:31:09.16\00:31:12.80
And we've looked at
them very carefully.
00:31:12.83\00:31:14.37
Now let's go a step farther.
00:31:14.40\00:31:16.60
Speaking of the
United States, its position,
00:31:19.94\00:31:23.68
in a article put out
by the Associated Press,
00:31:23.71\00:31:28.08
March 8, 1992.
00:31:28.12\00:31:30.39
"In a broad new policy statement
00:31:30.42\00:31:32.22
that is in the
final drafting state,
00:31:32.25\00:31:33.96
the Defense Department
asserts that America's political
00:31:33.99\00:31:37.19
and military mission
in the post-Cold War era
00:31:37.23\00:31:42.90
will be to ensure
that no rival superpower
00:31:42.93\00:31:45.63
is allowed in Western Europe,
00:31:45.67\00:31:47.67
Asia or the territory of
the former Soviet Union."
00:31:47.70\00:31:50.87
And so it makes it clear
the position the United States
00:31:50.91\00:31:53.71
is taken that she is not
going to let a superpower,
00:31:53.74\00:31:57.78
another superpower arise.
00:31:57.81\00:32:00.45
She's not going to permit
that if she can help it, okay?
00:32:00.48\00:32:03.79
So now she has in
that position and it says
00:32:03.82\00:32:06.55
that she would
speak as a dragon.
00:32:06.59\00:32:10.49
Now the beast that, what?
00:32:10.53\00:32:14.66
Was, and?
00:32:14.70\00:32:17.60
Is not, is himself also the...
00:32:17.63\00:32:21.37
Eighth. Eighth.
00:32:21.40\00:32:23.41
Okay.
00:32:23.44\00:32:24.77
The beast that was.
00:32:24.81\00:32:27.54
Now where's John?
00:32:27.58\00:32:30.01
In the wilderness.
00:32:30.05\00:32:31.38
He can't be talking
about atheistic communism
00:32:31.41\00:32:35.02
because that is present.
00:32:35.05\00:32:37.15
He can't be talking
about the United States
00:32:37.19\00:32:39.79
because that was future.
00:32:39.82\00:32:42.16
So it has to be
one of these five
00:32:42.19\00:32:44.69
that we've studied
00:32:44.73\00:32:46.06
when he said the beast that was,
00:32:46.09\00:32:48.03
and is not, Babylon was, is not,
00:32:48.06\00:32:52.03
Medo-Persia was, is
not, Greece was, is not,
00:32:52.07\00:32:56.74
pagan Rome was, is
not, papal Rome was, is not.
00:32:56.77\00:33:02.24
Are you with me?
00:33:02.28\00:33:03.61
Those are the five.
00:33:03.65\00:33:04.98
It has to be one of those.
00:33:05.01\00:33:06.88
He is himself also the eighth.
00:33:06.92\00:33:09.55
And is of the seven
and is going to perdition.
00:33:09.58\00:33:14.12
So John is telling you,
this one that is the eighth,
00:33:14.16\00:33:17.09
it has to be one of those seven.
00:33:17.13\00:33:19.89
So what I'm trying to tell you,
00:33:19.93\00:33:21.33
don't go running
off some other place
00:33:21.36\00:33:24.00
trying to find another
country and put it in there.
00:33:24.03\00:33:26.67
Because John has
told you clearly,
00:33:26.70\00:33:28.60
it's one of those seven.
00:33:28.64\00:33:31.51
He's made that very, very clear.
00:33:31.54\00:33:34.31
Okay.
00:33:34.34\00:33:35.68
Let's see if we can
identify who this eighth one is.
00:33:35.71\00:33:39.28
All right.
00:33:39.31\00:33:40.65
Points of identification.
00:33:40.68\00:33:43.25
It's one of the seven.
00:33:43.28\00:33:45.42
John tells us that
it's one of the seven.
00:33:45.45\00:33:47.32
So no question about that.
00:33:47.36\00:33:48.92
Secondly, it's the
beast that was, okay?
00:33:48.96\00:33:54.80
Thirdly, it is not at the time
00:33:54.83\00:33:58.33
John is in the wilderness, okay?
00:33:58.37\00:34:02.37
He makes it clear.
00:34:02.40\00:34:03.81
Four, he
himself also the eighth.
00:34:03.84\00:34:09.24
All right.
00:34:09.28\00:34:10.61
He himself also the eighth.
00:34:10.65\00:34:11.98
So it says, he's
going to be the eighth.
00:34:12.01\00:34:13.88
So that means
that particular power
00:34:13.92\00:34:16.05
has to what?
00:34:16.08\00:34:18.72
Come back.
00:34:18.75\00:34:20.66
It has to come back.
00:34:20.69\00:34:22.52
So one of those five,
Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece,
00:34:22.56\00:34:26.93
pagan Rome, papal Rome.
00:34:26.96\00:34:28.46
One of those has to
come back, all right?
00:34:28.50\00:34:33.84
Fifth point, had to make war
00:34:33.87\00:34:36.24
with the saints because it says,
00:34:36.27\00:34:39.47
the woman on his back
made war with the saints,
00:34:39.51\00:34:42.21
all right?
00:34:42.24\00:34:43.58
Six,
00:34:43.61\00:34:45.18
has to be the
uniting of church and state.
00:34:45.21\00:34:48.28
Because she's riding
on the back of the beast,
00:34:48.32\00:34:50.25
right?
00:34:50.29\00:34:52.02
So you've got to have
uniting of church and state.
00:34:52.05\00:34:56.89
Seven, it has to receive
00:34:56.93\00:34:59.53
a deadly wound as
the Scripture says,
00:34:59.56\00:35:03.83
was wounded with
the sword and yet lived.
00:35:03.87\00:35:08.10
And the eighth point,
00:35:08.14\00:35:10.31
the deadly wound
has to be healed.
00:35:10.34\00:35:12.97
All right. Let's take that.
00:35:13.01\00:35:14.51
Let's see those eight points
00:35:14.54\00:35:16.81
and see if there's any one power
00:35:16.85\00:35:19.91
that fits all
those eight points.
00:35:19.95\00:35:24.29
Okay.
00:35:24.32\00:35:26.45
One of the seven.
00:35:26.49\00:35:27.82
Now there's just one
00:35:27.86\00:35:29.19
that will fit all
eight points, okay?
00:35:29.22\00:35:30.99
And I'm going to
put it down here.
00:35:31.03\00:35:32.49
If you can find
00:35:32.53\00:35:33.86
one of the other seven
that will fit all eight points,
00:35:33.90\00:35:37.07
let me know, will you?
00:35:37.10\00:35:39.00
That I can't find but one
that fits all eight points.
00:35:39.03\00:35:42.90
One of the seven, all right?
00:35:42.94\00:35:45.91
Papal Rome.
00:35:45.94\00:35:48.34
One of the seven, okay?
00:35:48.38\00:35:52.15
The beast that was,
00:35:52.18\00:35:53.95
papal Rome was one of
those five that was, is not.
00:35:53.98\00:35:59.92
Napoleon came in,
00:35:59.95\00:36:02.36
overthrew the papal government,
1798, February 15, 1798.
00:36:02.39\00:36:07.66
And established a secular one.
00:36:07.70\00:36:10.67
So during this time,
00:36:10.70\00:36:12.17
it is not the time that
John is in the wilderness.
00:36:12.20\00:36:15.84
It is not.
00:36:15.87\00:36:17.21
Is himself also the eighth.
00:36:17.24\00:36:20.41
Question.
00:36:20.44\00:36:22.01
Does papal Rome exist today?
00:36:22.04\00:36:25.38
Huh?
00:36:25.41\00:36:26.75
Oh, very definitely.
00:36:26.78\00:36:28.58
All right.
00:36:28.62\00:36:29.95
Point five, had to
make war with the saints.
00:36:29.98\00:36:35.02
Has she persecuted?
00:36:35.06\00:36:37.96
Yeah. Papal Rome has persecuted.
00:36:37.99\00:36:40.56
Uniting of church and state.
00:36:40.60\00:36:43.47
Well, that's
what she stands for.
00:36:43.50\00:36:45.50
Uniting of church
and civil government.
00:36:45.53\00:36:49.10
Papal Rome.
00:36:49.14\00:36:51.37
Seven, received a deadly wound.
00:36:51.41\00:36:57.08
February 15, 1798.
00:36:57.11\00:37:00.52
She received a deadly wound.
00:37:00.55\00:37:05.92
Deadly weapon healed, 1929.
00:37:05.95\00:37:12.76
Mussolini
signed the Lateran Pact
00:37:12.79\00:37:16.67
which reinstated the papal power
00:37:16.70\00:37:19.63
as a civil government
00:37:19.67\00:37:21.57
and thus the
deadly wound was healed.
00:37:21.60\00:37:25.57
Only one out of those seven
00:37:25.61\00:37:28.34
that fits all
those eight points.
00:37:28.38\00:37:33.08
Now, what we've got to do
at this point, dear friends,
00:37:33.11\00:37:37.45
is you and I
have to take a look,
00:37:37.49\00:37:40.09
a very clear look
tonight at where we're headed.
00:37:40.12\00:37:44.46
I don't have the
ability to tell the future.
00:37:47.56\00:37:52.63
That is not something that man
of himself has, but God does.
00:37:52.67\00:37:59.24
And God's Word is accurate.
00:37:59.27\00:38:02.08
So I want you to follow
very carefully as the scripture
00:38:02.11\00:38:05.21
tells you and I
where we're headed,
00:38:05.25\00:38:08.25
what's about to take place.
00:38:08.28\00:38:09.65
Revelation 17:9.
00:38:12.99\00:38:15.72
Here's a mind which
has wisdom, Bible saying,
00:38:15.76\00:38:19.56
if you really want to,
you know, kind of be smart.
00:38:19.59\00:38:22.66
If you want to
understand things,
00:38:22.70\00:38:24.03
"Here is the
mind that has wisdom.
00:38:24.07\00:38:25.77
The seven heads
are seven mountains
00:38:25.80\00:38:27.80
on which the woman sits.
00:38:27.84\00:38:30.11
There're also seven kings.
00:38:30.14\00:38:33.11
Five have fallen, one is,
and the other's not yet come.
00:38:33.14\00:38:36.68
And when he comes, he
must continue a short time.
00:38:36.71\00:38:39.18
We've taken a
look at all of those.
00:38:39.21\00:38:41.85
The beast that was, and is
not, is himself also the eighth,
00:38:41.88\00:38:46.69
and is of the seven,
and is going to perdition."
00:38:46.72\00:38:49.36
And you and I have
studied now down to that point,
00:38:49.39\00:38:52.79
we've come that far.
00:38:52.83\00:38:54.20
Watch carefully now.
00:38:54.23\00:38:55.90
"The ten horns which
you saw are ten kings
00:38:55.93\00:39:01.60
who have received
no kingdom as yet."
00:39:01.64\00:39:06.68
Now, we're getting to our day.
00:39:06.71\00:39:10.01
"Ten kings that have
received no kingdom as yet
00:39:10.05\00:39:13.88
but they receive authority
00:39:13.92\00:39:15.58
for one hour as
kings with the...?"
00:39:15.62\00:39:18.92
Beast.
00:39:18.95\00:39:20.29
"With the beast."
00:39:20.32\00:39:22.26
Now you should begin
to put things together.
00:39:22.29\00:39:26.49
Dear friend, please,
I beg of you tonight.
00:39:26.53\00:39:29.93
Understand that
I am talking about
00:39:29.96\00:39:32.77
a civil power.
00:39:32.80\00:39:34.14
I am talking about
00:39:34.17\00:39:35.50
what
governments are going to do?
00:39:35.54\00:39:37.07
Please, I beg of you,
00:39:37.11\00:39:38.87
do not take what I say
and apply it to people.
00:39:38.91\00:39:43.61
Don't do that.
00:39:43.65\00:39:45.55
This is talking
about where we're headed,
00:39:45.58\00:39:48.62
where we're going, okay?
00:39:48.65\00:39:51.15
They receive authority
00:39:51.19\00:39:52.99
for one hour as
kings with the beast.
00:39:53.02\00:39:56.22
"These are of one mind,
00:39:56.26\00:40:00.16
and they will give their power
and authority to the beast."
00:40:00.20\00:40:03.57
Now, when it
says these ten kings
00:40:03.60\00:40:06.33
are of one mind
that tells you clearly
00:40:06.37\00:40:09.80
that they're not all
going to come together
00:40:09.84\00:40:12.27
and just be one kingdom.
00:40:12.31\00:40:15.31
It tells you they
are going to cooperate,
00:40:15.34\00:40:18.21
they're going to work together,
they will be of one mind.
00:40:18.25\00:40:21.88
Are you following me?
00:40:21.92\00:40:23.65
So don't, it doesn't
teach that they're all going
00:40:23.69\00:40:26.19
to come together
and just be one power.
00:40:26.22\00:40:28.62
It teaches they're
going to work together.
00:40:28.66\00:40:30.63
They're going to be of one mind.
00:40:30.66\00:40:34.70
All right.
00:40:34.73\00:40:36.10
As we have studied
God's Word night after night,
00:40:36.13\00:40:40.07
we found that that image
in Daniel 2 had ten toes,
00:40:40.10\00:40:45.37
and it says, those
ten toes were what?
00:40:45.41\00:40:48.31
Ten kings.
00:40:48.34\00:40:49.71
It's what the
scripture says very clearly.
00:40:49.74\00:40:52.11
In Daniel Chapter 7, that beast,
00:40:52.15\00:40:55.12
that dragon had ten horns
00:40:55.15\00:40:57.29
and it tells you those
ten horns were ten kings,
00:40:57.32\00:41:01.66
very, very clear.
00:41:01.69\00:41:04.13
When you get to Revelation 12,
00:41:04.16\00:41:06.33
that beast has ten
horns which are ten kings,
00:41:06.36\00:41:12.37
you get to Revelation 13
that beast has ten horns,
00:41:12.40\00:41:17.44
which represented ten kings
and you get to Revelation 17
00:41:17.47\00:41:21.78
and this beast has
ten horns and it says,
00:41:21.81\00:41:24.85
they are what?
00:41:24.88\00:41:26.78
Ten kings.
00:41:26.82\00:41:28.68
Now as we have
studied the scripture clearly
00:41:28.72\00:41:31.55
in every one of
those prophecies,
00:41:31.59\00:41:33.96
those ten horns represented
00:41:33.99\00:41:37.26
the ten Germanic kingdoms
00:41:37.29\00:41:41.16
that came down and they broke up
00:41:41.20\00:41:43.43
the Roman Empire.
00:41:43.47\00:41:45.17
They were such
tribes as the Anglo-Saxons,
00:41:45.20\00:41:48.00
the Franks, the Heruli,
00:41:48.04\00:41:49.40
the Vandals, the
Burgundians and so forth.
00:41:49.44\00:41:52.17
Those Germanic tribes
00:41:52.21\00:41:55.68
became the
nations of Western Europe.
00:41:55.71\00:41:59.58
The Alemanni became Germany.
00:41:59.61\00:42:03.79
The Franks became the French.
00:42:03.82\00:42:07.56
The Lombards became Italy.
00:42:07.59\00:42:11.43
The Anglo-Saxons
became the English.
00:42:11.46\00:42:14.63
These Germanic tribes
00:42:14.66\00:42:17.27
became the
nations of Western Europe.
00:42:17.30\00:42:22.64
Okay.
00:42:22.67\00:42:24.74
I hope you're
putting some things together.
00:42:24.77\00:42:28.34
These ten kings
have received no kingdom
00:42:28.38\00:42:32.31
as yet, okay?
00:42:32.35\00:42:37.25
But they are of one mind
and they will give their power
00:42:37.29\00:42:42.49
and authority to the beast.
00:42:42.52\00:42:46.09
What do we have
happening in Europe today?
00:42:46.13\00:42:49.73
What is taking place?
00:42:49.76\00:42:51.37
We have these ten kings
00:42:51.40\00:42:56.40
that are bringing together
00:42:56.44\00:42:57.77
what is called
the European Community
00:42:57.81\00:43:00.98
or the Common Market.
00:43:01.01\00:43:04.48
What is their thinking?
00:43:04.51\00:43:08.65
Where are they?
00:43:08.68\00:43:10.02
They have a symbol, you know,
00:43:10.05\00:43:11.39
they used the Tower of Babel
to represent their kingdom.
00:43:11.42\00:43:14.96
It says, one voice,
many languages, one nation.
00:43:14.99\00:43:21.06
They're pictured there.
00:43:21.10\00:43:22.93
All right.
00:43:22.96\00:43:25.30
Let me show you what's
going on in their minds,
00:43:25.33\00:43:29.04
where we're headed, folks,
00:43:29.07\00:43:30.47
I'm talking about
what the scripture says,
00:43:30.51\00:43:32.87
where you and I
are headed tonight.
00:43:32.91\00:43:34.94
Sunday Telegraph,
August 24, 25, 1991, London.
00:43:38.18\00:43:44.32
This is what it says,
00:43:44.35\00:43:45.82
"If European
federalism triumphs, the EC..."
00:43:45.85\00:43:50.79
European Community,
that's what the EC stands for.
00:43:50.83\00:43:54.53
"The EC will
indeed be" and what?
00:43:54.56\00:43:59.67
"An empire."
00:43:59.70\00:44:01.47
Indeed it's coming there.
00:44:01.50\00:44:03.37
They now have the Euro.
00:44:03.41\00:44:05.97
Just this last year,
they united their army,
00:44:06.01\00:44:10.68
and their army today is
the largest in the world.
00:44:10.71\00:44:15.58
Okay?
00:44:15.62\00:44:16.95
So don't think it
isn't coming together.
00:44:16.99\00:44:19.19
There may be a
lot of rough spots.
00:44:19.22\00:44:21.19
There may be a lot of bumps.
00:44:21.22\00:44:22.92
But let me tell you,
00:44:22.96\00:44:24.29
it's happening in step by
step, it's coming together.
00:44:24.33\00:44:27.03
Now listen to what it says here.
00:44:27.06\00:44:28.40
It will lack and yeah, it says,
indeed, it will be an empire,
00:44:31.00\00:44:36.37
but it will lack an emperor,
00:44:36.40\00:44:41.64
but it will have the pope.
00:44:41.68\00:44:45.81
It's not difficult to
think that what we're told,
00:44:45.85\00:44:48.62
that's the pope.
00:44:48.65\00:44:50.05
Recognizes this.
00:44:50.09\00:44:52.42
Yes, that is who
they're looking to.
00:44:52.45\00:44:56.06
That is what
their thinking needs
00:44:56.09\00:44:57.99
to take place.
00:44:58.03\00:45:00.20
I'm trying to share with
you what is happening today
00:45:00.23\00:45:03.60
in the time in which
you and I are living.
00:45:03.63\00:45:07.40
And you need to
watch very carefully
00:45:07.44\00:45:09.30
when you pick up the newspaper.
00:45:09.34\00:45:10.81
When you look at the television
00:45:10.84\00:45:12.51
and you hear these
things are happening, folks.
00:45:12.54\00:45:14.94
Be aware of what
the Word of God says
00:45:14.98\00:45:17.61
because it
won't lead you astray.
00:45:17.65\00:45:20.52
You'll know
exactly where we're going.
00:45:20.55\00:45:22.25
I don't know if
you're acquainted
00:45:25.49\00:45:26.82
with the man by the
name of Charles Malik.
00:45:26.86\00:45:29.76
If you're not, Charles
Malik was the president
00:45:29.79\00:45:32.26
of the assembly of
the United Nations.
00:45:32.29\00:45:35.80
He's the ambassador
00:45:35.83\00:45:37.30
from Lebanon to
the United States.
00:45:37.33\00:45:41.40
He's a guest
lecturer at Harvard.
00:45:41.44\00:45:45.64
This man is in
the thick of this.
00:45:45.67\00:45:49.84
I want you to watch as he,
00:45:49.88\00:45:52.51
what his thinking is regarding
00:45:52.55\00:45:55.12
what is
happening over in Europe.
00:45:55.15\00:45:56.92
Charles Malik,
this is what he says,
00:45:59.95\00:46:03.06
"The only hope
for the Western World
00:46:03.09\00:46:05.99
lies in an alliance
00:46:06.03\00:46:07.66
between the
Roman Catholic Church
00:46:07.70\00:46:10.37
which is the most commonly,
influential, controlling,
00:46:10.40\00:46:14.94
unifying element in Europe."
00:46:14.97\00:46:17.97
Now, I said if there's
anything that is unifying,
00:46:18.01\00:46:22.11
controlling in all of Europe,
it's the Catholic Church,
00:46:22.14\00:46:27.75
and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
00:46:27.78\00:46:32.75
He says those two
churches are the ones,
00:46:32.79\00:46:35.92
are the main ones in Europe.
00:46:35.96\00:46:37.46
"Rome must unite
with Eastern Orthodoxy
00:46:40.66\00:46:45.33
because the
Eastern Orthodox Church
00:46:45.37\00:46:48.30
controls the
Western Middle East,
00:46:48.34\00:46:50.81
the east end of
the Mediterranean."
00:46:50.84\00:46:54.01
That's what she controls.
00:46:54.04\00:46:56.04
So he's saying,
00:46:56.08\00:46:57.55
it is absolutely
imperative that these two unite
00:46:57.58\00:47:01.75
and there are movements
tonight towards that things
00:47:01.78\00:47:06.59
that are happening right now.
00:47:06.62\00:47:08.19
But listen as it goes on.
00:47:08.22\00:47:09.56
"And if they don't
solidify that control..."
00:47:11.99\00:47:16.00
If the Roman Catholic Church
and the Eastern Orthodox Church
00:47:16.03\00:47:19.43
don't solidify that control,
they don't come together.
00:47:19.47\00:47:23.10
"Islam will march across Europe.
00:47:23.14\00:47:26.71
Islam is political."
00:47:26.74\00:47:31.65
Now that's clear.
00:47:31.68\00:47:33.11
That's what he's
saying is going to happen.
00:47:33.15\00:47:34.65
That's what he's
saying is going to happen.
00:47:34.68\00:47:36.65
That is not what
the scripture says
00:47:36.69\00:47:38.92
will happen.
00:47:38.95\00:47:41.76
Scripture does not say that
Islam will march across Europe.
00:47:41.79\00:47:46.86
Therefore,
what's going to happen?
00:47:46.90\00:47:49.63
I don't know
00:47:49.66\00:47:51.00
if you're
putting things together.
00:47:51.03\00:47:53.50
It says, those two
are going to unite,
00:47:53.54\00:47:55.60
that's what's
going to take place.
00:47:55.64\00:47:57.47
Okay?
00:47:57.51\00:47:59.91
"They only hope
for the Western World
00:47:59.94\00:48:03.01
lies in a united Europe
00:48:03.04\00:48:07.62
under the control of the pope.
00:48:07.65\00:48:12.99
Then all Protestant
Christians around the globe
00:48:13.02\00:48:16.83
must come into
submission to the pope,
00:48:16.86\00:48:19.26
so we will have a
unified Christian world."
00:48:19.29\00:48:23.70
Now, I'm just
trying to get across
00:48:23.73\00:48:25.63
when it says these ten kingdoms
00:48:25.67\00:48:28.84
or ten kings have
received no kingdom as yet,
00:48:28.87\00:48:34.11
but they are of one mind
00:48:34.14\00:48:38.85
and they will
give their authority
00:48:38.88\00:48:41.55
to the beast.
00:48:41.58\00:48:45.99
So you ought to be able to begin
00:48:46.02\00:48:48.86
to put things
together and understand
00:48:48.89\00:48:51.83
where we are in
the stream of time.
00:48:51.86\00:48:54.06
You need to see
that and understand it.
00:48:54.10\00:48:56.56
But let's take
it a step farther.
00:48:56.60\00:48:57.93
We've looked at Europe, okay?
00:48:57.97\00:49:00.70
Watch this.
00:49:00.74\00:49:03.91
Revelation 13:2.
00:49:03.94\00:49:06.61
We talked about a
two-horned beast, right?
00:49:06.64\00:49:10.45
And we identified
that two-horned beast
00:49:10.48\00:49:13.01
as that of the United States.
00:49:13.05\00:49:16.89
And let me tell you,
00:49:16.92\00:49:18.25
there is not another
power on the face of the earth
00:49:18.29\00:49:21.52
that will fit
that two-horned beast
00:49:21.56\00:49:23.46
except the United States.
00:49:23.49\00:49:24.83
That's the only one
that fits the time sequence,
00:49:24.86\00:49:26.96
that's the only
one that will fit
00:49:27.00\00:49:28.66
into that prophecy.
00:49:28.70\00:49:30.33
Listen to what it says
the United States will do.
00:49:30.37\00:49:34.47
"And he," United States,
00:49:34.50\00:49:37.87
"exercised all the
authority of the first beast..."
00:49:37.91\00:49:42.98
That's the nondescript
beast that has the seven heads
00:49:43.01\00:49:47.45
and two horns that we identified
00:49:47.48\00:49:49.08
as papal Rome, okay?
00:49:49.12\00:49:53.12
"And he
exercised all the authority
00:49:53.15\00:49:55.36
of the first
beast in his presence
00:49:55.39\00:49:57.46
and caused the earth..."
00:49:57.49\00:49:59.59
Caused what?
00:49:59.63\00:50:01.43
"The earth and
those who dwell in it
00:50:01.46\00:50:05.50
to worship the first beast
whose deadly wound was healed."
00:50:05.53\00:50:11.17
So it says the United States
is going to give its power,
00:50:11.21\00:50:17.08
its authority to the beast.
00:50:17.11\00:50:19.91
It's what it says will happen.
00:50:19.95\00:50:22.08
And, dear friends,
00:50:22.12\00:50:23.45
I plead with you
tonight, watch carefully.
00:50:23.49\00:50:28.42
Watch carefully the
moves that are taking place
00:50:28.46\00:50:32.89
to unite church and
state in this country.
00:50:32.93\00:50:37.83
Let me tell you a basic fact.
00:50:37.87\00:50:41.50
Many of the things
that are said today
00:50:41.54\00:50:46.31
from those that are
interested in bringing church
00:50:46.34\00:50:51.18
and state
together are good things.
00:50:51.21\00:50:54.55
Don't misunderstand me.
00:50:54.58\00:50:56.32
Many of the things
that are proposed are things
00:50:56.35\00:50:58.79
that need to be done.
00:50:58.82\00:51:01.22
Many of those things are
things that we've gotten away
00:51:01.26\00:51:04.59
from that as a
country we need to be doing,
00:51:04.63\00:51:07.70
they're good honorable things.
00:51:07.73\00:51:09.93
Don't misunderstand me.
00:51:09.96\00:51:11.87
But there is a basic fact
00:51:11.90\00:51:14.74
and the basic
fact is simply this
00:51:14.77\00:51:17.54
that the pendulum does not stop.
00:51:17.57\00:51:22.84
You see, it doesn't stop.
00:51:22.88\00:51:24.21
It swings the whole way.
00:51:24.25\00:51:26.95
And so some of these things
that we've gone way up here
00:51:26.98\00:51:30.35
and we do stupid things.
00:51:30.39\00:51:34.16
As a nation,
00:51:34.19\00:51:35.52
we do things that
we shouldn't be doing
00:51:35.56\00:51:37.66
because we've let the
pendulum swing way up here
00:51:37.69\00:51:42.66
and it needs to come back.
00:51:42.70\00:51:45.33
But unfortunately,
00:51:45.37\00:51:46.70
when you take
church and church begins
00:51:46.74\00:51:48.97
to take over civil authority,
00:51:49.00\00:51:51.37
that pendulum's not
going to stop in the middle,
00:51:51.41\00:51:54.04
it's going to swing right on up.
00:51:54.08\00:51:57.65
Like the old saying is,
00:51:57.68\00:52:00.05
let the camel get
his nose in the tent,
00:52:00.08\00:52:02.18
and he will sleep with you.
00:52:02.22\00:52:04.99
And that is very,
very true in this state
00:52:05.02\00:52:08.26
when church gets its
nose in the civil government,
00:52:08.29\00:52:11.99
you better believe we're
headed for some serious times.
00:52:12.03\00:52:16.43
So I want to just give
you a kind of a glimpse
00:52:16.46\00:52:20.14
of what is beginning to
happen, what's taking place?
00:52:20.17\00:52:25.27
Church and state
working together.
00:52:25.31\00:52:29.14
Time Magazine,
February 24, 1992.
00:52:32.08\00:52:36.42
"This was one of the
great secret alliances
00:52:36.45\00:52:38.75
of all time.
00:52:38.79\00:52:40.19
Reagan and the
pope agreed to undertake
00:52:40.22\00:52:42.62
a clandestine campaign
00:52:42.66\00:52:44.73
to hasten the dissolution
of the Communist Empire.
00:52:44.76\00:52:49.70
Step by...
00:52:49.73\00:52:51.07
Reluctant step, the Soviets
and the communist government
00:52:51.10\00:52:54.70
of Poland bowed to
the moral, economical,
00:52:54.74\00:52:58.37
economic and political
pressure imposed by the pope
00:52:58.41\00:53:02.24
and the President."
00:53:02.28\00:53:04.08
All of a sudden,
00:53:04.11\00:53:05.88
we find church and
state working together.
00:53:05.91\00:53:12.42
It's beginning to move
and bring all that together.
00:53:12.45\00:53:17.36
And when we do
that, dear friend,
00:53:17.39\00:53:20.70
let me tell you something,
00:53:20.73\00:53:22.16
we are moving down
a road that history
00:53:22.20\00:53:25.90
has told us will
not work, won't work.
00:53:25.93\00:53:30.71
One other statement.
00:53:30.74\00:53:33.61
"One of the earliest
goals, as President Reagan says,
00:53:33.64\00:53:37.91
was to recognize
the Vatican as a state
00:53:37.95\00:53:41.12
and to make them an ally."
00:53:41.15\00:53:44.52
And thus the two-horned beast
00:53:44.55\00:53:47.52
caused the world to
worship the first beast.
00:53:47.56\00:53:53.60
It's what it says.
00:53:53.63\00:53:55.00
So what am I trying to tell you?
00:53:55.03\00:53:57.60
I'm telling you that
00:53:57.63\00:53:58.97
where we are in
this particular time,
00:53:59.00\00:54:01.90
is that we're
beginning to see things
00:54:01.94\00:54:03.84
developing in Europe.
00:54:03.87\00:54:06.44
It says clearly in God's Word,
00:54:06.47\00:54:08.61
that those powers are
going to work together
00:54:08.64\00:54:11.58
and they're going
to give their authority
00:54:11.61\00:54:13.48
to the beast.
00:54:13.52\00:54:15.32
It says the United
States is also going to give
00:54:15.35\00:54:19.95
its authority to
that of the beast.
00:54:19.99\00:54:22.39
And thus you find that it says
00:54:22.42\00:54:24.66
that all the world
wondered after the beast.
00:54:24.69\00:54:31.00
What it says is going to happen?
00:54:31.03\00:54:34.70
And thus we find that today
you find the world leaders,
00:54:34.74\00:54:39.94
our President
himself, seeking the council,
00:54:39.97\00:54:44.18
going there and
talking, seeking the council,
00:54:44.21\00:54:46.31
hoping to work together.
00:54:46.35\00:54:48.88
And you find that
happening at our present day.
00:54:48.92\00:54:53.86
2 Peter 1:19.
00:54:53.89\00:54:57.39
"And so we have the
prophetic word confirmed,
00:54:57.43\00:55:01.33
which you do well to..."
00:55:01.36\00:55:04.20
What? Heed.
00:55:04.23\00:55:05.57
"Heed as a light that
shines in a dark place."
00:55:05.60\00:55:10.31
Oh, dear friend, the
prophetic word won't fail.
00:55:10.34\00:55:15.08
God is saying pay attention.
00:55:15.11\00:55:18.05
Look at it.
00:55:18.08\00:55:19.41
Give heed to it
00:55:19.45\00:55:20.85
because what God
has said, He said,
00:55:20.88\00:55:23.22
I have told you
before it comes to pass,
00:55:23.25\00:55:27.26
that when it comes to pass,
00:55:27.29\00:55:29.12
you'll recognize it and know it.
00:55:29.16\00:55:31.93
You see, prophecy
is to tell you and I
00:55:31.96\00:55:35.43
where we're going.
00:55:35.46\00:55:37.17
It's what it tells us.
00:55:37.20\00:55:38.53
Where we're going is
to tell us where we are?
00:55:38.57\00:55:42.67
And it's to tell us
what we ought to do?
00:55:42.70\00:55:45.01
That is the purpose of prophecy.
00:55:45.04\00:55:47.24
And I have shared it
with you night after night,
00:55:47.28\00:55:49.81
that you might know it,
because it goes on and says,
00:55:49.84\00:55:54.25
"Until the day dawns..."
00:55:54.28\00:55:55.65
That's referring to
the coming of Jesus Christ,
00:55:55.68\00:55:57.79
"Until the day dawns
00:55:57.82\00:55:59.39
and the morning start
rises in your hearts."
00:55:59.42\00:56:03.16
And so, you have
the prophetic word
00:56:03.19\00:56:07.10
that you and I can understand.
00:56:07.13\00:56:10.17
Revelation 17.
00:56:10.20\00:56:12.40
We've been studying it.
00:56:12.43\00:56:14.67
Now, folks...
00:56:14.70\00:56:16.04
in some ways I wish
there was another beast.
00:56:19.17\00:56:25.45
I wish there was
another one there
00:56:25.48\00:56:26.82
that I could say, well,
00:56:26.85\00:56:28.72
here's another
one, but there isn't.
00:56:28.75\00:56:31.99
I mean, do you know where you go
00:56:32.02\00:56:33.46
after the Revelation Chapter 17?
00:56:33.49\00:56:35.42
It talks about this
woman in the 18th Chapter,
00:56:38.16\00:56:40.80
19th Chapter
00:56:40.83\00:56:42.16
and after that you're in heaven.
00:56:42.20\00:56:45.20
That's where you're at.
00:56:45.23\00:56:47.54
I wished I could say, oh, here,
00:56:47.57\00:56:49.97
here's another
beast but I can't.
00:56:50.01\00:56:52.61
Watch, listen to
what it says here,
00:56:52.64\00:56:54.48
Revelation 17:14, "These..."
00:56:54.51\00:56:58.01
Do you know who these are?
00:56:58.05\00:57:01.05
Huh?
00:57:01.08\00:57:02.42
When it says these, who
we've been talking about?
00:57:02.45\00:57:05.79
Ten kings.
00:57:05.82\00:57:07.46
"These will make
war with the Lamb."
00:57:07.49\00:57:13.83
Are you getting the picture?
00:57:13.86\00:57:15.33
"These will make
war with the Lamb,
00:57:15.36\00:57:17.37
the Lamb will overcome them,
00:57:17.40\00:57:21.44
for He is Lord of
lords and King of kings,
00:57:21.47\00:57:26.04
and those who are with Him
00:57:26.07\00:57:29.38
are called chosen and faithful."
00:57:29.41\00:57:33.28
The Lamb will overcome them.
00:57:35.98\00:57:39.55
What you and I have to make.
00:57:39.59\00:57:40.92
Absolutely sure.
00:57:40.96\00:57:43.06
Has that we're
called, we're faithful.
00:57:43.09\00:57:47.30
We're faithful.
00:57:47.33\00:57:48.70
We follow the Lord.
00:57:48.73\00:57:50.47
We follow what
the Scripture says.
00:57:50.50\00:57:52.47
I build my belief
on the Word of God
00:57:52.50\00:57:56.24
and I stand
solidly on the Word of God.
00:57:56.27\00:57:59.14
And I don't let people
move me off of the Scripture
00:57:59.17\00:58:03.51
because, dear friend,
we're down to the end.
00:58:03.55\00:58:07.68
Jesus is coming back.
00:58:07.72\00:58:09.88
And you and I need to be ready
for the coming of Jesus Christ
00:58:09.92\00:58:15.32
because He's coming.
00:58:15.36\00:58:16.69