Heavenly Father, tonight
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we ask that You will
touch Your people once again.
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Give us the Holy Spirit, Lord.
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May we see Your love;
may we understand Your care
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for the church.
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May we purpose in
our hearts to follow You.
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May the Holy
Spirit be present tonight.
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Take this stammering tongue
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and may it be made clear
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that each of us may
have a place in Your kingdom
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because we've
given our hearts to You.
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We pray in Christ's name, Amen.
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The most beautiful creature
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that God ever made on this world
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was a woman.
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When God created
Eve she was perfect.
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She was perfect in beauty;
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she was perfect in figure;
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she was perfect in temperament.
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She was perfect in
every way without question.
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The crowning act of
God's creation was the creation
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of a woman. And it
says this about her:
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Without question
when He made Eve -
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made her to be a
companion to Adam -
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God, in His love and
His mercy and His kindness,
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created a very
very beautiful creature.
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And then the Scripture simply
tells us that sin came in.
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But when sin
came in and death...
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death passed
upon the human race,
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even then
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women retained
their beauty for years.
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I mean not just a little
time but for a long, long time.
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Listen to me:
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I'm coming now 2,000 years
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from Eve... 2,000 years from Eve
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and I want you to
listen to what it has to say
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because it says this:
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that Abraham and Sarah
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are on their way
to the land of Canaan.
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Abraham is greatly concerned
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and he's talking to his wife
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Sarah. This is
what he says to her...
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Now Abraham's
talking to his wife;
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they're getting close to
coming to Egypt. He's worried.
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You know what
he's worried about?
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Huh? Do you know
what he's worried about?
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He's worried about his
wife because she is? Beautiful.
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"Indeed I know that you
are a woman of beautiful
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countenance. "
And so he told her:
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"Tell them that
you're my sister. "
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Do you know how old she is?
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Do you have any idea how
old she is when he's concerned?
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Sixty-five years old!
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Sixty-five years
old and he's concerned.
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Not like this woman
in this picture, folks.
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Sixty-five years
old... probably no wrinkles!
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Absolutely gorgeous!
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Said: "Tell them
you're my sister. "
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Without question
Esther was gorgeous.
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Rebekah was beautiful.
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God created women
very very beautiful.
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And so when God got ready
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to give us the Scripture,
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when He got ready
to give us the Bible,
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and He said: "I need something,
I need something in Scripture
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to represent My church"
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God reached out and took
the crowning act of His creation
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and said: "I'll use a
woman to represent My church. "
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"I'll use her to
represent My church. "
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And thus you find
the Scripture saying:
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"And I have likened the daughter
of Zion... " That's the church!
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And so you find that
God speaks of His church
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as His bride.
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Talks about her
as His bride. Says:
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Oh! That's how He
presents His church.
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And men: if you
didn't catch on tonight,
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you should have just caught on
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'cause God just told
you how to love your wife.
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If you didn't catch it,
then you need to look carefully
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because it says He
presents His church how?
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Without spot or without
wrinkle or any such thing.
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I'll guarantee you if
you can convince your wife
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that she doesn't have a wrinkle
or a spot or any such thing
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she'll love you
the rest of her life!
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So that's how He
presents the church:
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beautiful, glorious!
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So God just simply said:
"I'm going to take a woman
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and this woman is
going to represent My church.
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And I'm going to come
back after My bride. "
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"And at midnight a cry was heard
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'Behold, the
Bridegroom is coming;
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go out to meet Him. ' "
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So as you pick up God's Word
and you're studying prophecy
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you're going to find
that God uses a woman
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to represent a church.
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That will be all the way through
the Scripture in prophecy.
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So... as God does that it says:
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Now I want you to remember that
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'cause we're going
to come back to that.
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Watch as he goes on:
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So the church is
the apple of God's eye.
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And he said to her: "Escape,
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you who dwell with the
daughters of Babylon. "
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We're going to be
looking at that comparison
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in Scripture tonight because
that is extremely important
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that you and I understand what
it's talking about when it says:
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"Escape, you who dwell
with the daughters of Babylon. "
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Unfortunately as we
went down through time
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Israel wasn't
altogether faithful to the Lord.
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Many many times they went
running off after other gods
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and they went
worshiping other gods.
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And so you get to books
in the Bible where God makes
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this comparison. If you never
understood the Song of Solomon,
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well read it and understand
it's talking about His love
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for the church.
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But when you get
to the book of Hosea
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all of a sudden you get
a strange combination there
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because God tells the prophet
Hosea: "I want you to go out
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and marry a prostitute. "
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What He told him...
to go marry a prostitute.
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And Hosea went and married
a woman by the name of Gomer.
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Listen... this is
what he says about it:
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He said: "Go out and marry
this harlot, this prostitute. "
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And so he went
out and married Gomer
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but Gomer wouldn't be faithful.
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She went running off.
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And God would tell Hosea:
"Go get her and bring her back
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home. " And Hosea would go
get her and bring her back home.
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But she wouldn't stay at home.
She'd go running off again.
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So He's making a
comparison. He's using Hosea
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saying: "This is the way
the children of Israel were.
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They went running
off after other lovers. "
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Hosea 3:1: "Then the
Lord said to me: 'Go again.
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Love a woman who
is loved by a lover
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and is committing adultery. ' "
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He said: "She's run
off, Hosea. Go get her.
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Bring her back home.
Care for her... love her. "
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Said: "This is
the love of the Lord
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for the children of Israel. "
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Over and over
Israel went running off.
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When you get to
the New Testament
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and into the
books of like Revelation
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God pictures a woman -
a very beautiful woman -
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standing on the earth.
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This is what it has to say about
this woman in Revelation 12:
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So here she is.
She's clothed with the sun;
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moon under her feet.
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So it says that this woman
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is pregnant. She's
about ready to deliver.
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About ready to
give birth to the baby.
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So it says that
this great red dragon
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standing before that
woman ready to devour that Child
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just as soon as it was born.
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Let's see what this Child is
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that she's going
to give birth to.
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So it says she
gives birth to a boy.
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Says He was to rule all
nations with a rod of iron
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and was caught up to
God and to His throne.
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Speaking of this woman it says:
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"Then the woman
fled into the wilderness
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where she hath a
place prepared of God
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that they should feed
her there 1,260 days. "
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So tonight we
want to take a look.
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We want to
identify who is this woman.
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We want to
identify who the Child is.
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We want to
identify who the dragon is.
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We want to put
all that together.
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This woman is
clothed with the sun.
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She has the moon under her feet.
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On her head she has
a crown or a garland
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of twelve stars. This
represents the church.
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That's what it stands
for: it represents the church.
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The sun that she's clothed with
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represents the
gospel in all of its purity.
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The moon that is under her feet
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represents the Old Testament
period that she's coming out of.
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And the garland or
crown of twelve stars
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represents the 12 apostles
that Christ has given the
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commission to take the
gospel to all the world.
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There's a
dragon... great red dragon.
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That dragon is
standing before that woman
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ready to devour the
Child as soon as it is born.
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Let's see what
it says about him.
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So that dragon
represents who? The devil.
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What it represents here. It says
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"the old serpent, the devil"
standing before this woman
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ready to devour the
Child as soon as it was born.
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Now folks, there has only
been one Child that has ever
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been born that was to rule
all nations with a rod of iron
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and that Child was
Jesus Christ. Amen!
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Only One that's ever
been born that was caught up
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to God and to His
throne - OK? was Jesus Christ.
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So this prophecy is
concerning Jesus Christ.
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Now, I'm sure
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all of you here have
read or someone has told you
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the Christmas story.
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You've heard it enough
to make the application
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because you
remember those wise men.
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They followed a star,
and they followed that star
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all the way to Jerusalem.
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They have inquired all
over the city for the Child.
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It has upset the whole
city so much so that Herod
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has called them in and said...
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asked them who
they're looking for.
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And they said: "Well,
we're looking for this Child
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that's to be born a King. "
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And Herod has called in
the scribes and asked them
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where the Child was to
be born. And they said:
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"Oh, He's to be
born down in Bethlehem. "
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Herod told those wise
men to go on to Bethlehem
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and when they had found
the Child to come and tell him
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that he might go
and worship Him also.
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Those wise men followed
that star on down to Bethlehem
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and there they found the
Child and they worshiped Him.
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They gave Him their
gold, myrrh, frankincense.
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Why? Why did they
give Him those three gifts?
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Do you know?
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Why did they give Him gold
and frankincense and myrrh?
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Well, they gave Him gold
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because gold is the
gift you give to a King.
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They gave Him frankincense
because that's an incense
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that the priest uses,
and Jesus Christ was Priest.
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And they gave Him myrrh because
that's what's used in burial
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and they gave Him
that for His death.
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They gave Him gold,
myrrh, and frankincense.
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But an angel told those
wise men to go back another way
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because Herod sought
the life of the Child.
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That same angel
told Joseph and Mary
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"Take the Child
and flee to Egypt. "
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And you remember
when Herod found out
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that he had not been told
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you remember it
says he sent his army
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and had all the male children
two years of age and under
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slain. That's what it's talking
about when it talks about
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that great red
dragon. Understand something:
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in the first sense... in the
1st sense this great red dragon
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always represents the devil.
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But the devil never comes out
and does anything in the open.
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He always uses a
power or a system.
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So in the second sense
it represents the power
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that the devil used...
and that was pagan Rome.
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Pagan Rome is the one that tried
to take the life of the Child.
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Watch as the
Scripture continues on:
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So he turned his
wrath upon the church.
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So it says this woman
fled into the wilderness...
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like fleeing away
from the persecution.
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He poured out such
a flood of persecution
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that it looked like the church
was going to be carried away.
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OK. If you've
ever gone over to Rome,
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I would advise
you to go... take time
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to go down and
walk in the catacombs.
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You can get a
little bit of a sense
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of the tremendous
persecution that went on.
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Let me tell you how it went.
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Rome... pagan Rome...
didn't care who you worshiped.
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Pagan Rome was polytheistic.
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They had many many gods so they
didn't care who you worshiped.
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You could worship
any god you wanted to.
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What Rome was concerned
about was your allegiance.
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They wanted to know
that you were loyal to Rome.
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So what did they do?
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They took and made a goddess.
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They called her Roma Dia.
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And all that they
asked of you to do
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was once a year you had to come
in before this Roman goddess,
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pick up some incense,
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and sprinkle it in the
fire before the goddess
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and say: "Roma Dia. "
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That was a sign
of your allegiance.
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The magistrate gave
you a certificate of it
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and you were free to go
worship any god you wanted to.
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But the
Christians wouldn't do that.
00:20:25.62\00:20:27.86
They said: "No, we
won't worship any other God. "
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And because they
refused to do that
00:20:34.63\00:20:37.73
they were taken to arenas:
00:20:38.23\00:20:40.54
women, children, men.
00:20:42.17\00:20:46.11
And they were
put in those arenas
00:20:46.51\00:20:48.81
and lions that
hadn't eaten in days...
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The crowd stood there and
turned thumbs down on them
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and they became food for lions.
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The next time you
say "I'm a Christian"
00:21:06.43\00:21:10.97
then I would just ask
you to remember your heritage
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'cause that's
where it came from.
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They said: "No, we will
have no other god before us. "
00:21:17.24\00:21:21.84
Because of that
tremendous persecution
00:21:22.04\00:21:24.31
they had to flee. And
they went into the catacombs
00:21:24.51\00:21:26.65
and hid under the city.
00:21:26.85\00:21:28.48
And some of those people
were born in those caves,
00:21:28.68\00:21:31.45
lived, and died. And
I've walked into rooms
00:21:31.65\00:21:34.52
in those caves - HUGE
rooms - that were full of skulls
00:21:34.72\00:21:38.83
where those
people lived and died.
00:21:39.76\00:21:42.00
But because of that she
had to flee to the wilderness.
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These Christians
fled, and they fled up into
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southern Italy
and northern France
00:22:04.59\00:22:08.22
into a place that you and
I know that we call the Alps.
00:22:08.42\00:22:12.69
And they moved into that
area and they settled there.
00:22:12.89\00:22:16.40
And they began to worship...
worship as they believed
00:22:16.60\00:22:20.17
that they could as they read
the Word of God and studied it.
00:22:20.37\00:22:23.37
Says she was given 2 wings and
she flew into the wilderness.
00:22:36.48\00:22:39.72
There was a country
music singer years ago
00:22:41.02\00:22:44.56
by the name of Roy Acuff.
00:22:45.33\00:22:48.76
You remember him? Huh? You
know who I'm talking about?
00:22:48.96\00:22:51.70
He used to sing a song.
00:22:52.67\00:22:54.54
Sang it, and people liked it
00:22:55.14\00:22:58.34
but they didn't
know anything about it.
00:22:58.54\00:22:59.87
You may have heard him sing it.
00:23:00.74\00:23:02.91
It was called The
Great Speckled Bird.
00:23:03.31\00:23:06.82
That's what it's
dealing with, folks.
00:23:07.02\00:23:09.18
That's what that song was about.
00:23:09.48\00:23:10.99
She fled into the wilderness
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where she was cared for by God.
00:23:13.92\00:23:17.09
She fled there... up
into these mountains.
00:23:17.59\00:23:20.50
These people became
known as Albigenses.
00:23:20.70\00:23:24.03
Waldensian people.
00:23:24.43\00:23:26.33
Huguenots.
00:23:27.07\00:23:28.40
They were people that took
their stand on the Word of God
00:23:28.80\00:23:31.81
and they said: "We
will worship the Lord
00:23:32.01\00:23:34.08
and we will
follow Him and Him only
00:23:34.28\00:23:36.71
and we will follow the
dictates of our conscience
00:23:36.91\00:23:39.35
and we will
follow the Word of God. "
00:23:39.55\00:23:41.65
And they stood on that.
00:23:42.42\00:23:44.42
And because they stood on that
00:23:44.82\00:23:47.32
they received great persecution.
00:23:47.52\00:23:50.59
Because down in the city of Rome
certain things were happening.
00:23:50.99\00:23:56.16
The church was receiving favor.
00:23:57.37\00:24:01.67
You remember certain
things happened at this time.
00:24:02.97\00:24:05.91
All of a sudden
the bishop of Rome
00:24:14.98\00:24:18.69
has stepped to
the seat of Caesar
00:24:19.09\00:24:21.46
and he has seized the scepter.
00:24:21.66\00:24:23.46
And all of a sudden anybody
who didn't agree with him
00:24:23.86\00:24:27.10
was a heretic
and was persecuted.
00:24:27.30\00:24:30.53
This is what is happening there.
00:24:31.93\00:24:33.70
That happened in 538 AD.
00:24:34.10\00:24:36.94
You remember it says
she's going to flee into the
00:24:37.34\00:24:39.54
wilderness for how long? Huh?
00:24:39.74\00:24:42.34
1,260 years...
00:24:43.04\00:24:45.55
you've seen
that over and over...
00:24:45.75\00:24:47.45
to 1798 AD.
00:24:47.65\00:24:50.59
This is what is happening
to the church at Rome, folks.
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Listen:
00:24:54.86\00:24:56.19
Now folks, I'm talking about
what is happening in the cities
00:25:01.30\00:25:03.43
like Rome and
Alexandria and Constantinople.
00:25:03.63\00:25:06.70
All of a sudden the
church received favor,
00:25:06.90\00:25:09.27
was accepted by the government.
00:25:09.47\00:25:11.27
Actually they became the
head; they were in favor.
00:25:11.47\00:25:14.01
I'm not talking about these
people up in the mountains.
00:25:14.21\00:25:16.95
They're receiving persecution.
00:25:18.11\00:25:20.32
"It became the established
religion in the Roman Empire.
00:25:21.15\00:25:24.72
Took the place of
paganism. " Listen carefully:
00:25:24.92\00:25:30.23
Because the Christian church
took in all the pagan customs.
00:25:40.17\00:25:44.57
They just took them all in.
00:25:44.97\00:25:46.31
The things that the
pagans did they took in.
00:25:46.37\00:25:48.18
Not these people
up in the mountains.
00:25:48.38\00:25:50.48
They said: "No way!
00:25:50.88\00:25:52.65
We will follow the Word of
God; we will worship the Lord;
00:25:52.85\00:25:55.68
we will not accept that. "
00:25:55.88\00:25:57.62
But the church had
received the favor of state.
00:25:57.82\00:26:00.86
Up here in the mountains
these people are worshiping God.
00:26:01.86\00:26:06.16
They're hunted...
greatly persecuted.
00:26:09.43\00:26:13.44
They had a great burden on their
00:26:16.10\00:26:17.84
heart to spread the gospel.
00:26:18.04\00:26:19.91
So back then the only way you
00:26:20.51\00:26:22.81
got Scripture was to write it
00:26:23.01\00:26:24.35
by hand. And they would write
00:26:24.38\00:26:26.31
Scripture and they
would take and they would slit
00:26:26.51\00:26:28.55
their clothes and slide the
Scripture inside their clothes
00:26:28.75\00:26:33.29
and sew it back. And then
they would go into the towns
00:26:33.49\00:26:36.16
as traders or
people that sold things
00:26:36.36\00:26:39.46
and if they found
somebody that was interested
00:26:39.66\00:26:41.70
in the Word of God they
would open up their clothes
00:26:41.90\00:26:44.37
and take it out
and share it with them.
00:26:44.57\00:26:46.13
If they were
caught, they were killed.
00:26:46.63\00:26:48.20
If you go up there and
walk into those mountains
00:26:50.84\00:26:53.24
and visit their places, you'll
see places they worshiped.
00:26:53.44\00:26:55.81
This is a room where they
hand copied the Scripture.
00:26:56.01\00:26:59.61
If you go to
their little churches,
00:27:00.68\00:27:02.78
go in, the pulpit...
if you go around and look
00:27:03.59\00:27:06.79
at the front of the pulpit,
it said this on the front of it:
00:27:06.99\00:27:10.16
"If you be no missionary,
you be nothing at all. "
00:27:10.56\00:27:13.26
That's what it says.
00:27:13.90\00:27:15.73
"If you be no missionary,
you be nothing at all. "
00:27:15.93\00:27:18.53
They went out and they
preached the Word of God.
00:27:19.67\00:27:22.70
But the church had to
go into the wilderness.
00:27:22.90\00:27:25.07
It had to go into hiding.
00:27:25.27\00:27:26.64
Had to be there just to exist.
00:27:27.04\00:27:28.81
But it says: "the
earth helped the woman. "
00:27:29.01\00:27:31.91
Hmm... "the earth
helped the woman... "
00:27:32.81\00:27:35.28
This dragon cast out
such a flood of persecution
00:27:42.02\00:27:44.36
looked like it was going to
wipe the church off the earth.
00:27:44.56\00:27:47.50
But it says it
opened up its mouth...
00:27:47.70\00:27:50.00
Well, how did the
earth help the woman?
00:27:56.10\00:27:58.87
Great persecution
during this time, folks.
00:28:00.78\00:28:03.01
You can go back
and read it in history.
00:28:03.21\00:28:04.98
But all of a sudden you
have developing what was called
00:28:05.18\00:28:09.08
The Reformation.
00:28:09.28\00:28:10.62
And men like Hus, Jerome,
00:28:11.05\00:28:15.59
Bohemians, who stood up and
they preached the Word of God.
00:28:15.79\00:28:21.16
They said: "This
is what we believe.
00:28:21.80\00:28:24.00
This is what we'll preach. "
00:28:24.40\00:28:25.93
And they stood
on the Word of God
00:28:26.13\00:28:27.80
and for that they
were burned at the stake.
00:28:28.00\00:28:30.84
Wycliffe took the Word
of God and translated it
00:28:31.97\00:28:36.28
so the people could read it.
00:28:36.58\00:28:37.98
And because of his
preaching of the Word of God
00:28:38.45\00:28:40.82
they sent a
delegation down and arrested him
00:28:41.02\00:28:43.59
and was going to
burn him at the stake
00:28:43.79\00:28:45.32
but he died before
they got him to the stake.
00:28:45.52\00:28:48.59
And then along came men like
00:28:49.39\00:28:51.69
Luther, Knox, Zwingli, Calvin:
00:28:51.89\00:28:56.87
all these great
reformers. And they stood up
00:28:57.07\00:29:00.04
and they preached the
Word of God and they said:
00:29:00.24\00:29:02.20
"This is what we need to follow
and our conscience will not be
00:29:02.40\00:29:05.24
dictated to. " And as a
result of their preaching
00:29:05.44\00:29:08.44
some of the princes of Europe
00:29:09.11\00:29:10.95
began to stand up and they
said: "Well will be free. "
00:29:11.11\00:29:13.55
"We will believe what
we understand God's Word
00:29:13.75\00:29:17.09
to be teaching and
we will stand on that
00:29:17.29\00:29:19.39
and this is what
we will believe. "
00:29:19.59\00:29:21.26
And they stood up, and the
persecution began to let up.
00:29:21.46\00:29:25.19
And things became
easier and easier.
00:29:26.19\00:29:28.76
But it says: "The
earth opened its mouth
00:29:30.73\00:29:36.24
and swallowed up the flood.
" Something else happened,
00:29:36.44\00:29:40.14
and that was the
discovery of the New World
00:29:40.34\00:29:43.21
that you and I live in.
00:29:43.41\00:29:45.65
For you remember, our
fore- fathers who came over here
00:29:45.85\00:29:48.95
they were fleeing persecution.
00:29:49.15\00:29:52.05
They were called what?
00:29:52.25\00:29:53.62
Pilgrims.
00:29:54.12\00:29:55.66
They were coming over to a
land where they could worship
00:29:55.86\00:29:58.69
as they believed they should.
00:29:58.89\00:30:00.90
And so the earth
opened up its mouth
00:30:01.06\00:30:03.30
and they could get
away from the persecution.
00:30:03.50\00:30:05.23
They could come to this country
and they could worship God
00:30:05.43\00:30:08.04
without persecution!
00:30:08.44\00:30:10.41
Swallowed up the
flood of persecution
00:30:11.31\00:30:14.58
that was taking place.
00:30:14.78\00:30:16.51
But it goes on in
the book of Revelation.
00:30:17.38\00:30:20.52
Now you need to
follow me carefully.
00:30:20.72\00:30:22.48
Follow me carefully.
00:30:23.55\00:30:24.95
Revelation 2 verse 20.
00:30:26.15\00:30:29.02
Said: "I have a little bit
against you because you allow
00:30:46.78\00:30:50.31
this woman Jezebel to
teach and seduce My servants. "
00:30:50.51\00:30:53.65
Now folks, this can't
be talking about Jezebel
00:31:00.56\00:31:04.93
in flesh and blood.
00:31:05.13\00:31:06.46
Do you know when the book
of Revelation was written?
00:31:07.30\00:31:09.50
Written in 90 AD.
00:31:10.40\00:31:12.57
Do you know when Jezebel lived?
00:31:13.47\00:31:15.44
Oh, back around 500 BC.
00:31:16.60\00:31:21.58
Jezebel would be 600 years old!
00:31:22.54\00:31:24.98
No, this is not talking about
Jezebel in flesh and blood.
00:31:25.48\00:31:28.75
I've told you
that in Bible prophecy
00:31:28.95\00:31:31.35
a woman represented what?
00:31:31.55\00:31:33.25
What? A church!
00:31:33.76\00:31:35.82
A good woman
represents a? Good church.
00:31:36.22\00:31:40.43
A bad woman
represents a? Bad church.
00:31:40.63\00:31:44.20
OK, He said: "I have
something against you. "
00:31:45.20\00:31:47.24
This woman Jezebel...
00:31:47.44\00:31:49.17
Do you remember the story?
00:31:58.45\00:31:59.85
God sent Elijah, and
he told Ahab and Jezebel
00:32:01.18\00:32:04.59
"If you don't change your ways,
00:32:04.79\00:32:07.32
if you don't repent, it
won't rain for 3-1/2 years. "
00:32:07.52\00:32:11.76
Well they didn't repent.
00:32:12.76\00:32:14.46
And God told Ahab
00:32:15.13\00:32:17.30
"You're going to
be shot in battle. "
00:32:17.50\00:32:20.04
And that's exactly
what happened to him.
00:32:20.24\00:32:21.67
And he told Jezebel, he said:
"You'll be eaten by the dogs. "
00:32:21.87\00:32:25.47
You remember
what happened to her?
00:32:26.47\00:32:28.44
Jehu came riding
up in his chariot
00:32:29.34\00:32:31.41
and she was sitting in
the window, the palace window,
00:32:31.61\00:32:33.78
putting on her make-up.
00:32:34.18\00:32:35.52
And Jehu drove up,
00:32:36.32\00:32:38.02
told the
servants "throw her out. "
00:32:38.22\00:32:40.16
And they threw
her out the window
00:32:40.56\00:32:42.32
and he ran over her with
his chariot and killed her.
00:32:42.52\00:32:45.46
I've never
understood the next part because
00:32:45.86\00:32:47.83
it said he went in and
ate. I don't understand that.
00:32:48.03\00:32:50.27
But after he had eaten
00:32:52.63\00:32:54.27
he turned to the servants and
said: "Go out and bury her. "
00:32:54.47\00:32:57.14
And they went out, and
the dogs had eaten all of her
00:32:57.54\00:32:59.77
but a little bit of
the palm of her hand
00:32:59.97\00:33:01.44
and a little bit of
the scalp of her head.
00:33:01.64\00:33:02.98
It's not talking about
Jezebel in flesh and blood.
00:33:03.41\00:33:06.11
It's talking about at the
end of time, and it's using
00:33:07.15\00:33:09.68
Jezebel to represent a church.
00:33:09.88\00:33:11.69
OK, let's see how
long... How long did God
00:33:12.49\00:33:16.83
give Jezebel and Ahab to repent?
00:33:17.03\00:33:19.16
Come on. Three and a half
years He gave them to repent.
00:33:20.13\00:33:23.97
I told you that
in Bible prophecy
00:33:24.17\00:33:26.30
a day represents how much?
00:33:26.50\00:33:28.50
One year.
00:33:28.90\00:33:30.24
In Bible reckoning of
time there are 360 days
00:33:30.31\00:33:33.98
in a Biblical year.
00:33:34.18\00:33:35.51
So if I multiply 360
00:33:35.54\00:33:39.01
by 3-1/2 it gives me 1,260.
00:33:40.78\00:33:45.95
1,260 years.
00:33:46.72\00:33:49.06
Talking about
from 538 AD to 1798 AD.
00:33:49.26\00:33:52.59
OK... so there you have it.
00:34:05.84\00:34:07.78
That's the time
that God gave the church
00:34:13.05\00:34:16.28
to repent.
00:34:16.48\00:34:18.95
Are you with me?
00:34:19.35\00:34:20.69
He gave them
1,260 years to repent.
00:34:21.12\00:34:23.76
And it says:
"She repented not. "
00:34:23.96\00:34:26.59
Now if I could
take you with me tonight
00:34:28.20\00:34:30.43
I'd take you over
to Geneva, Switzerland,
00:34:32.10\00:34:34.14
which you're looking at.
00:34:34.34\00:34:35.67
There in Geneva, Switzerland,
they have what is called
00:34:36.07\00:34:38.51
the Reformation Wall.
00:34:38.71\00:34:40.58
That's a picture of it.
00:34:42.28\00:34:43.61
I don't know... it's
probably two blocks long.
00:34:43.68\00:34:45.91
On that wall as
you can see along here
00:34:46.31\00:34:48.88
they have all the
different reformers.
00:34:49.08\00:34:51.69
Now you can't see that
one very well right there.
00:34:51.89\00:34:54.22
That's the only
American that's on there...
00:34:54.62\00:34:56.86
on the wall. Do
you know who that was?
00:34:57.36\00:34:59.29
Roger Williams.
00:35:00.36\00:35:02.00
That's who's
there. But it's a big wall
00:35:02.20\00:35:05.07
and here are the
statues and all on it.
00:35:05.27\00:35:07.14
Luther, Knox, and
Zwingli and all these great men.
00:35:07.34\00:35:09.94
Now let me make
something clear, folks.
00:35:10.34\00:35:12.31
These reformers were
great men of God's Word.
00:35:12.71\00:35:16.81
You go back and
read their lives.
00:35:17.48\00:35:19.75
I mean, they didn't
always agree with one another
00:35:20.15\00:35:23.62
but they always
agreed on one thing:
00:35:23.82\00:35:26.29
they agreed on the Word of God.
00:35:26.49\00:35:29.26
They agreed and they said:
"Everybody should have the right
00:35:30.06\00:35:34.20
to read the
Scripture for themselves
00:35:34.40\00:35:36.20
and to stand on
the Word of God. "
00:35:36.40\00:35:38.70
They were God-fearing men
that stood up and preached
00:35:38.90\00:35:42.94
the Word of God for
all they were worth.
00:35:43.14\00:35:44.81
And they said: "Here we stand
and this is what we believe. "
00:35:45.01\00:35:48.08
And they were great
great students of God's Word.
00:35:48.28\00:35:51.71
And they tried
to the best of them
00:35:52.11\00:35:54.68
as they understood
God's Word to walk in it.
00:35:54.88\00:35:58.65
Unfortunately,
something happened.
00:36:02.12\00:36:06.23
When Luther died
00:36:08.60\00:36:10.27
they built a fence
00:36:11.60\00:36:13.70
and they said: "All
that Luther believed
00:36:14.10\00:36:17.81
that's what we'll
believe and nothing more. "
00:36:18.01\00:36:20.61
They built a fence
and they drew up a creed
00:36:23.24\00:36:26.75
and they said: "This
is what we believe...
00:36:26.95\00:36:29.72
nothing more. "
00:36:29.92\00:36:31.25
And when Knox died
they built a fence.
00:36:31.29\00:36:36.09
And they said: "What Knox be-
lieved, that's what we believe,
00:36:36.49\00:36:39.83
nothing more. " And
they drew up a creed.
00:36:40.03\00:36:42.33
And when Calvin
died they built a fence.
00:36:42.53\00:36:45.93
And they said: "Oh,
what Calvin believed
00:36:46.13\00:36:48.10
that's what we'll
believe and nothing more. "
00:36:48.30\00:36:49.97
Dear friend, those men
would have never accepted that.
00:36:50.37\00:36:53.91
They would have never
in this world accepted that
00:36:54.91\00:36:57.58
because they were men
that believed in God's Word
00:36:57.98\00:37:01.18
and they believed that as an
individual understood the Word
00:37:01.38\00:37:04.69
of God they needed to walk
in the light of God's Word.
00:37:04.89\00:37:07.72
Every one of them believed that.
00:37:07.92\00:37:09.26
They would have
never accepted the fence.
00:37:09.66\00:37:11.43
They would have
never accepted a creed.
00:37:11.63\00:37:13.33
And as time went on
00:37:15.10\00:37:16.93
they lost... they lost
what those reformers had
00:37:19.20\00:37:24.74
and what they believed.
00:37:24.94\00:37:26.27
Now watch carefully
00:37:27.28\00:37:29.91
because it
talks about this woman
00:37:30.11\00:37:32.55
on this scarlet-colored beast.
00:37:32.75\00:37:34.88
Who commits
fornication with her?
00:37:53.87\00:37:55.70
Huh? Kings of the earth.
00:37:55.90\00:37:58.57
How many were made drunk?
00:38:05.01\00:38:07.02
The inhabitants of the earth
00:38:07.52\00:38:10.09
made drunk with the
wine of her fornication.
00:38:10.92\00:38:12.85
Sees this woman riding on
this scarlet-colored beast.
00:39:04.47\00:39:09.08
Now folks, are you
understanding me tonight?
00:39:10.05\00:39:12.41
This is Revelation 17.
00:39:12.61\00:39:14.55
Do you understand where
the book of Revelation ends?
00:39:15.98\00:39:18.65
With what chapter?
00:39:18.85\00:39:20.19
Huh? Do you understand?
00:39:20.39\00:39:22.32
It ends with what chapter?
00:39:22.72\00:39:24.26
Twenty-two.
00:39:24.66\00:39:26.06
Twenty-one and
twenty-two talk about heaven.
00:39:26.46\00:39:29.93
You understand that?
00:39:30.13\00:39:31.50
Twentieth chapter
talks about the millennium.
00:39:33.54\00:39:36.47
Seventeen, eighteen, and
nineteen talk about this woman.
00:39:38.37\00:39:43.11
I hope you're understanding
00:39:43.51\00:39:45.35
this is down at the end.
00:39:45.55\00:39:48.05
This is at the close of time
00:39:49.08\00:39:51.45
it's talking about this woman.
00:39:51.95\00:39:53.46
You and I need to
identify this woman.
00:39:53.66\00:39:56.02
Not hard to identify who she is.
00:39:56.76\00:39:59.13
You've gotta look
for a power, a church -
00:40:04.77\00:40:07.74
woman represents a church -
00:40:08.14\00:40:10.14
that has committed fornication
with the kings of the earth.
00:40:10.34\00:40:13.14
It had to be a world power.
00:40:13.34\00:40:15.64
OK? You can't go
looking for some little church
00:40:16.61\00:40:18.91
over in the
corner. That won't work.
00:40:19.11\00:40:21.48
Has to be a church
that's had world power.
00:40:21.68\00:40:24.29
When it speaks of "drunk with
the wine of her fornication"
00:40:28.49\00:40:32.09
that is false teachings.
00:40:32.29\00:40:35.13
That's what it's drunk with,
the teachings of the church:
00:40:35.33\00:40:38.53
the wine of her
fornication. Listen:
00:40:38.73\00:40:40.67
Let me share with
you what's involved here.
00:40:43.84\00:40:46.14
These are some
great great issues.
00:40:52.78\00:40:56.38
I mean, these are
issues, folks, tonight
00:40:56.58\00:40:58.49
that you need to
be crystal clear on.
00:40:58.69\00:41:00.79
Let me share
some of them with you:
00:41:00.99\00:41:02.42
OK? You've got
to make a decision.
00:41:08.76\00:41:11.10
What is the authority?
00:41:11.30\00:41:12.87
Is the Word of
God the authority?
00:41:13.07\00:41:15.00
I talk to people and they say:
00:41:26.01\00:41:28.52
"Oh, my preacher says... "
00:41:28.72\00:41:30.59
Is the preacher the authority?
00:41:30.99\00:41:32.62
No. The Word of
God is the authority.
00:41:33.62\00:41:37.13
God's truth... God's
Word: THAT's the authority.
00:41:37.86\00:41:41.46
That's where you
must build your faith.
00:41:41.66\00:41:43.47
Let me share another
great issue with you.
00:41:43.87\00:41:46.50
Prayer. Satan's counterfeit?
00:41:46.70\00:41:50.14
Tells you you
can pray to an image.
00:41:52.01\00:41:54.88
Image is not going
to do you any good.
00:41:55.28\00:41:57.05
Has nothing to offer in any way.
00:41:58.95\00:42:01.92
That's Satan's counterfeit.
00:42:02.68\00:42:04.62
Scripture tells you
it's the Holy Spirit
00:42:05.39\00:42:08.39
that takes your prayers and
makes them viable before God.
00:42:08.59\00:42:13.83
Another great issue:
00:42:14.03\00:42:16.00
You can get there by your
good deeds and what you do.
00:42:24.97\00:42:27.78
You know? As
people tell me they say:
00:42:28.28\00:42:31.08
"Well, it really
doesn't matter. "
00:42:31.28\00:42:33.38
"God's not particular. "
00:42:33.78\00:42:36.32
"I can do it my way
whatever day I want to. "
00:42:36.52\00:42:39.35
No... that's not God's way.
00:42:39.85\00:42:42.52
God's truth is Christ's grace.
00:42:42.72\00:42:45.29
That's the only way
you're going to be saved
00:42:45.49\00:42:47.46
is by the grace of
Jesus Christ. No other way.
00:42:47.66\00:42:50.37
Another great
issue: intercession.
00:42:50.57\00:42:54.64
Do you understand
who's your Intercessor?
00:42:55.04\00:42:58.21
Satan's counterfeit tells you
00:42:59.87\00:43:01.41
the priest can
intercede for you.
00:43:01.61\00:43:04.71
No! The Word of God says
that Jesus is the ONLY Advocate.
00:43:05.58\00:43:09.58
What the Scripture says:
"There is only one Advocate
00:43:10.19\00:43:12.59
between God and man:
the Lord Jesus Christ. "
00:43:12.79\00:43:15.92
That's what
Scripture says. Amen!
00:43:16.12\00:43:18.09
Another great issue is worship.
00:43:19.06\00:43:21.20
Satan's counterfeit says: "Oh,
you don't have to worry about
00:43:22.30\00:43:25.73
the Sabbath...
we can change it. "
00:43:25.93\00:43:29.80
So you have Sunday.
00:43:30.31\00:43:33.21
God's Word? Going to
teach nothing but the Sabbath.
00:43:33.41\00:43:36.54
That's all it will teach.
00:43:37.61\00:43:39.01
I'm talking about the wine cup.
00:43:39.41\00:43:42.25
The wine that's
offered to the whole world.
00:43:42.55\00:43:44.55
And it says the
inhabitants of the earth
00:43:44.75\00:43:46.89
have been made drunk with
the wine of her fornication.
00:43:47.09\00:43:49.62
Death: counterfeit says
that your soul is immortal.
00:43:50.66\00:43:56.36
That you really
don't die when you die.
00:43:56.56\00:43:59.27
That's not what the Scripture
says. It says "the dead
00:44:01.34\00:44:03.71
know not anything. "
00:44:03.91\00:44:06.11
God's truth: Scripture
says that when a person dies
00:44:06.31\00:44:09.54
they're asleep and will
remain so until Jesus comes.
00:44:09.74\00:44:14.22
These are great issues...
00:44:15.25\00:44:17.22
issues that you and I
need to look at and understand.
00:44:17.42\00:44:21.12
That's the wine cup. So
it's not hard to identify
00:44:21.32\00:44:24.06
who this woman is.
00:44:24.26\00:44:25.76
Health: Satan's counterfeit says
00:44:26.56\00:44:31.13
all that's been abolished.
00:44:31.33\00:44:33.20
Don't have to worry about
what you eat or how you live
00:44:34.24\00:44:37.31
healthy. That's not
something that God requires.
00:44:37.51\00:44:40.18
I'm sorry. God's Word
says those laws are eternal.
00:44:40.38\00:44:43.85
They'll always be there.
00:44:44.51\00:44:46.15
Also, she's riding on
a beast... this woman is.
00:44:50.39\00:44:54.06
As we studied Bible prophecy
we found out that a beast
00:44:55.06\00:44:58.06
represents a nation or a power.
00:44:58.26\00:45:00.00
So the Scripture says that
a beast represents a power,
00:45:09.20\00:45:11.77
a nation. So if I have
a woman riding on a beast,
00:45:11.97\00:45:17.41
what do I have?
00:45:17.61\00:45:18.95
I have union of
church and state.
00:45:19.61\00:45:23.59
That's what I've got.
So if you're gonna identify
00:45:24.39\00:45:27.09
this woman, you've
gotta look for a woman
00:45:27.29\00:45:29.39
that's involved
with civil government.
00:45:29.59\00:45:32.46
OK? Not hard to identify.
00:45:33.36\00:45:36.33
Gotta find one
that has persecuted.
00:45:41.90\00:45:44.21
That's necessary.
00:45:44.51\00:45:45.91
I have mentioned
to you many times now
00:45:46.11\00:45:49.21
all you have to do is go
back and read history, folks.
00:45:49.61\00:45:52.41
If you'll read history,
00:45:52.61\00:45:54.02
you can understand
clearly that she has persecuted.
00:45:54.22\00:45:57.72
I mean, you shouldn't have
any trouble identifying that.
00:46:13.50\00:46:16.00
Do you think they
have any intentions today?
00:46:18.31\00:46:21.68
This is taken from a book
called The Keys of This Blood
00:46:22.68\00:46:26.65
by Malachi
Martin who is a priest.
00:46:26.85\00:46:29.98
This is what he says
00:46:30.39\00:46:31.72
speaking of Pope John Paul II:
00:46:31.89\00:46:34.62
You'd better believe they
know exactly where they're going
00:47:01.78\00:47:06.15
and where they're headed.
Don't think they don't, folks.
00:47:06.55\00:47:09.82
Now I want to ask you a
simple question tonight:
00:47:21.47\00:47:23.84
if she is the mother of harlots
00:47:25.84\00:47:28.44
then what does that mean?
00:47:28.84\00:47:30.91
If she's the mother of
harlots, what does that mean?
00:47:33.42\00:47:35.48
Well it means she has
daughters, doesn't it?
00:47:37.22\00:47:41.29
If she's the mother of
harlots, she has daughters.
00:47:41.69\00:47:44.36
What are daughters?
00:47:45.16\00:47:46.56
Daughters are people
that follow her teachings.
00:47:48.40\00:47:53.84
Churches that
follow her teachings.
00:47:54.24\00:47:57.67
That is daughters.
00:47:58.07\00:48:00.28
I mean, the Scripture
is very clear on that.
00:48:02.04\00:48:04.28
You and I need to understand.
00:48:04.68\00:48:06.41
Now just kind of
get hold of your chair
00:48:06.61\00:48:09.18
'cause we're fixing to
move into something that
00:48:09.38\00:48:11.79
may be a little shocking to you.
00:48:11.99\00:48:14.19
Now when John saw this woman
00:48:28.17\00:48:30.31
riding on this
scarlet-colored beast
00:48:31.67\00:48:33.64
he said: "I marveled
with great amazement! "
00:48:33.84\00:48:37.11
What's so amazing to John?
00:48:37.31\00:48:39.35
I mean, he's seen
all these other beasts.
00:48:39.75\00:48:42.58
I mean, he's seen a
whole bunch of them.
00:48:42.98\00:48:45.65
Why all of a sudden because
she's riding on this beast
00:48:45.85\00:48:48.42
is this so amazing to him?
00:48:48.62\00:48:51.19
Let me tell you
why it's amazing.
00:48:53.50\00:48:55.46
This woman in Revelation 12,
00:48:56.36\00:49:00.60
white, clothed with the
sun, moon under her feet,
00:49:01.07\00:49:05.97
a crown of 12 stars on her head,
00:49:06.17\00:49:08.68
where did she go?
00:49:09.08\00:49:10.68
Where did she go?
00:49:11.85\00:49:13.52
Into the wilderness.
00:49:14.58\00:49:16.15
She went into the wilderness.
She went into those mountains.
00:49:17.79\00:49:20.36
You go back and
read the history.
00:49:20.76\00:49:22.59
She went back there, and
when the Reformation took place,
00:49:23.63\00:49:27.00
folks, she was thrilled.
00:49:27.20\00:49:30.00
The Waldensian
people, the Albigenses,
00:49:30.20\00:49:33.07
the Huguenots: they
opened up their arms
00:49:33.27\00:49:35.90
and they
accepted the Reformation.
00:49:36.10\00:49:37.74
And it was marvelous.
00:49:37.94\00:49:39.51
And then all of a sudden
they found the Reformation
00:49:42.54\00:49:46.72
they had accepted
was not really willing
00:49:46.92\00:49:50.45
to continue to
follow God's Word.
00:49:51.69\00:49:53.79
They found those churches
00:49:54.39\00:49:56.79
built fences
and drew up a creed.
00:49:57.59\00:50:01.10
And you go back and read the
story of the Waldensian people
00:50:01.56\00:50:04.63
and the Huguenots
and the Albigenses
00:50:04.83\00:50:07.50
and you find they
completely fell apart
00:50:07.70\00:50:11.54
because the Reformation
they had accepted with open arms
00:50:11.74\00:50:14.88
and the woman that
went into the wilderness
00:50:15.74\00:50:19.05
white, beautiful,
00:50:20.72\00:50:23.02
John sees her coming
out - the same woman -
00:50:24.05\00:50:26.92
riding on a
scarlet-colored beast.
00:50:27.32\00:50:30.93
That's what's amazing to him.
00:50:33.06\00:50:35.53
The woman that was white
00:50:36.03\00:50:38.43
coming out of the wilderness
00:50:38.63\00:50:40.97
riding on a
scarlet-colored beast.
00:50:41.17\00:50:44.51
She's given up... she's
given up the Word of God.
00:50:44.71\00:50:48.14
She's given up the
beliefs that she stood for!
00:50:48.34\00:50:50.85
John said: "I was
amazed! I marveled
00:50:53.35\00:50:56.35
that this could happen. That
the church that was in white
00:50:57.12\00:51:00.09
coming out riding on a
scarlet-colored beast! "
00:51:00.29\00:51:03.02
That's the way the
New King James reads.
00:51:17.94\00:51:20.28
I like the Old King
James much better here.
00:51:20.68\00:51:22.64
It says: "He went
to make war with the
00:51:23.04\00:51:25.51
remnant of her seed. "
00:51:25.71\00:51:28.32
Now folks, if
you've got it in your mind
00:51:28.72\00:51:32.05
that Christianity as a whole
00:51:33.05\00:51:35.49
is going to embrace
the teachings of God's Word
00:51:35.69\00:51:39.33
and go marching gloriously
into the second coming,
00:51:39.53\00:51:42.70
I'm sorry. That's not
what the Bible teaches.
00:51:42.90\00:51:46.60
The Bible teaches
that when Jesus comes
00:51:47.24\00:51:50.11
there will just be a remnant.
00:51:50.31\00:51:52.31
The Bible says: "Broad is the
way that leads to destruction
00:51:53.51\00:51:57.31
and many there be
that go in thereat.
00:51:57.51\00:52:00.85
Narrow is the way
that leads to salvation
00:52:01.25\00:52:04.02
and few there be that find it. "
00:52:04.22\00:52:06.55
No. Christianity - when they
built a fence and the put up
00:52:07.92\00:52:11.93
a creed - and they said:
"This is what we'll believe
00:52:12.13\00:52:13.73
and nothing more"
they closed the door
00:52:13.93\00:52:17.77
to the work of the Holy
Spirit upon their hearts
00:52:17.97\00:52:21.00
and understanding the
rest of the Scripture.
00:52:21.20\00:52:23.71
And they continue to follow
00:52:24.47\00:52:27.14
the woman that's riding on
that scarlet-colored beast.
00:52:27.94\00:52:30.71
"Went to make war with
the remnant of her seed
00:52:31.58\00:52:35.68
who... " What? Come on.
00:52:35.88\00:52:38.79
"Who keep the
commandments of God
00:52:39.19\00:52:41.82
and have the
testimony of Jesus. "
00:52:42.02\00:52:43.89
It identifies the remnant.
00:52:44.09\00:52:45.43
It says these are people that
keep the commandments of God;
00:52:45.56\00:52:48.46
they have the faith of Jesus.
00:52:48.66\00:52:51.23
That's the remnant.
00:52:51.43\00:52:52.97
That's what God is calling
people today is to the remnant.
00:52:53.47\00:52:57.77
Listen to what his message is.
00:53:15.36\00:53:17.36
We're going to be talking about
it a little bit tomorrow night
00:53:17.56\00:53:19.86
in The Loud
Cry, Did You Hear It?
00:53:20.06\00:53:22.43
Listen to what it says:
00:53:23.03\00:53:24.37
God says Babylon has fallen! OK?
00:53:36.08\00:53:40.58
He said: "She has fallen! "
00:53:48.72\00:53:51.26
That means Babylon AND
her daughters have fallen.
00:53:51.46\00:53:57.30
All nations have.
00:54:07.31\00:54:08.98
Now how does that relate to you?
00:54:21.39\00:54:24.06
How does that relate to me?
00:54:25.16\00:54:26.73
John... John is having a real
rough time right now, folks.
00:54:26.93\00:54:31.23
He's having a hard
time in this vision
00:54:32.03\00:54:35.00
'cause he sees this and he's
seeing the call and it says:
00:54:36.81\00:54:39.77
In all the churches
00:54:48.28\00:54:50.12
God has His people.
00:54:50.32\00:54:52.65
In ALL
churches. Did you hear me?
00:54:52.85\00:54:55.62
Not just one but
in all the churches
00:54:56.12\00:54:59.76
God has His people that love Him
00:54:59.96\00:55:02.66
and they love the Word of God
00:55:02.86\00:55:04.33
and they are saying: "I'm going
to follow the Word of God. "
00:55:04.53\00:55:07.40
And today God is saying to them:
00:55:07.60\00:55:09.64
"Come out! Come out
of her, My people. "
00:55:09.84\00:55:13.21
And that's the way it
relates to you tonight.
00:55:17.91\00:55:20.42
God is saying to you: "Come out!
00:55:20.62\00:55:23.12
Follow Me...
prepare for My coming. "
00:55:23.32\00:55:26.92
That's what God is
saying, dear friends.
00:55:27.32\00:55:29.89
God is calling them.
00:55:30.53\00:55:31.93
Like I said, John
is having a hard time
00:55:32.13\00:55:34.56
'cause this woman in white
00:55:34.96\00:55:36.90
that he saw go in the wilderness
00:55:37.10\00:55:39.53
comes out riding on this beast.
00:55:40.87\00:55:43.24
And so you find John is saying:
00:55:43.64\00:55:45.97
"Where's the bride? "
00:55:46.17\00:55:47.54
"Where's the bride? "
00:55:48.38\00:55:50.41
"What happened to
her? Where's the bride? "
00:55:51.35\00:55:54.18
Watch:
00:55:54.38\00:55:55.75
He said: "Come, John. You
want to know where the bride is?
00:56:08.76\00:56:11.00
Come with me. I'm going to show
you the bride the Lamb's wife. "
00:56:11.20\00:56:14.64
Took him up there. He
showed him the New Jerusalem.
00:56:26.31\00:56:29.18
Why would he show
him the New Jerusalem?
00:56:29.38\00:56:31.82
Shows him. Says:
"Having the glory of God... "
00:56:33.96\00:56:36.32
the city does.
00:56:36.52\00:56:37.86
The reason he's
showing him the Holy City
00:56:46.00\00:56:47.94
is because inside the Holy
City are all of God's people.
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Here's all the people
from down through time.
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Back in the days of Noah
coming on down through time.
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All the prophets and all the
people that followed the Lord
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all the way down
through the Old Testament
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into the New Testament. During
the time of the Reformation.
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Here all those people
have been gathered from
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every tribe, every
tongue, every nation.
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Of every culture across
the earth they've been gathered
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and there they are in
God's City ALL of God's people.
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And he can say:
"John, there's the bride. "
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But to you and to me
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God is saying: "Come
out of her My people. "
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"Don't receive her plagues. "
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"Don't partake of her sins. "
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God is calling you saying:
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"Won't be anything but a
remnant down here at the end. "
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But He's saying: "Come
out! Be part of the remnant. "
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He's asking you -
asking me - to follow Him.
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To walk with Him and
to follow Him by faith.
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