Can you believe it?
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Can you build your faith on it?
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The promises of
God's Word are sure.
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They do not fail.
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This book has
stood the test of time.
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Gracious Heavenly Father,
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Tonight as we look at prophecy
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we ask, Lord,
that You'll quicken
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our understanding.
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We pray that the
Holy Spirit may be here.
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That each heart may be open,
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may be soft,
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that the Holy Spirit can
lead and guide and direct us
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into the truths of Your Word.
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We pray, Lord, that we may
keep our hearts surrendered
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and that we might listen
and follow Your direction.
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Bless each one this
evening as we study Your Word.
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We pray in Your name, Amen.
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We use the word Antichrist,
and I think, many times
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we misunderstand it,
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because when the scripture
speaks of the Antichrist
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to you and I the
word anti- means against.
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That's what we normally think
of when we use the word anti
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we think of against.
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But that is not the
way the scripture uses it.
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When the scripture is speaking
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of the Antichrist,
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it uses it in the sense of
"instead of" or "in place of. "
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That's what it's talking about.
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When it speaks of the Antichrist
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it's talking about
something that is in place of
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or instead of. It's
not talking about something
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that is against.
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Now the word
Antichrist is actually only used
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by the apostle John.
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John is the one that uses it,
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and it's used in I and II John.
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And John starts out and says
this about the Antichrist...
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and it's only used four times.
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I want you to listen carefully
as we look at those four times
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because they help you
understand some things
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about the
Antichrist. So please follow
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as we take a look here
at I John the second chapter
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and verse 18:
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So John said you've heard
that the Antichrist is coming.
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That's important. Let's
go on and read another one.
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So if you are
studying that scripture
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all of a sudden you see
that John is talking about
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two different
types of Antichrist.
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He says there's an
Antichrist that is coming
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and there are Antichrists
that are already here.
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Now watch as he continues:
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So John says that if a
person denies the Father,
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he denies the Son,
he's an Antichrist.
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Now that could
be anybody, right?
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Sure, that could be anyone.
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If he denies the
Father, denies the Son,
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that could apply to
anyone who did that.
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So John is saying here
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that you have heard
that the Antichrist is coming
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and he says the
spirit of the Antichrist
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is already in the world.
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So we're beginning to
put some things together
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as we take a look at
what John has to say.
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So when we start
looking at what John had to say
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we find that John talks
about two types of Antichrist.
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Two different
types of Antichrist.
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Those two types
of Antichrist are:
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If a person denies
Christ, denies the Father,
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denies that He
came in the flesh,
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that person is an Antichrist.
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That's what the scripture says.
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But it also talks about
another type of Antichrist
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and it says:
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Now folks, if there's an
Antichrist that is coming
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and he's already in
the world in John's day,
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that can't
refer to a human being
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because people
don't live that long.
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See, he says the spirit of that
Antichrist is already started
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so he says that
Antichrist is coming.
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So that can't be talking
about a person, an individual.
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It has to be talking
about a system or a power
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that the spirit of it was
already starting in John's day
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and would go clear
to the end of time.
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So you find John is talking
about two different types
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of Antichrist.
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1. An individual who denies
God. that's an Antichrist.
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But he's talking
about a power or a system
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that was going to
come into the world.
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And he said the spirit of it's
already developing in my day
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and it's going to go clear down
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to the day when
Jesus comes back.
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OK, Paul... Paul
talks about the Antichrist.
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He doesn't use
the word Antichrist,
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but he talks about it
and you'll recognize it
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as we look at some of the
scriptures which Paul gave
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as he describes what
the Antichrist would do.
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This is referring
to the Antichrist.
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Said until he's revealed -
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the son of sin or
perdition - until he's revealed.
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All right, now watch:
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So it says that this
power... And you remember I said
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that that word Antichrist
doesn't mean opposed to -
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it means in
place of or instead of.
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And Paul is saying that this
Antichrist power is going to
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show himself as
God in place of God.
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That's what Paul is saying.
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That he will oppose that...
that he will presume to be God
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showing himself that he is God.
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Continues in verse 9:
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This is talking
about the Antichrist.
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So it says he will
do a lot of things.
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So it says that the things
are revealed in God's Word.
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God puts them there for
you and I to understand clearly
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that we can see what it says.
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But it says
these people would not
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receive the love of the truth.
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In other words, they weren't
willing to look at God's Word
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and say: "Yes, I'll follow it. "
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And God say because
they would not receive
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the love of the
truth this is what happens.
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So dear friend, it is
absolutely vital tonight
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that you and I be willing
to accept what God's Word says.
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That is essential if a person
is going to grow in grace.
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And if God is going
to lead that person,
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then I have to be
willing to take the Word of God
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and make my stand
on the Word of God
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and stand there and say:
"This is what I believe! "
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If I'm not willing to
do that, God can't lead me.
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That's what the scripture says.
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They would not
receive the love of the truth
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therefore "God sends
them strong delusions
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that they
should believe a lie. "
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So tonight we want
to look very carefully
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as we take a look
at the Antichrist...
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so we're going to go
to the book of Daniel.
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And in the book of Daniel,
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Daniel outlines
this whole thing for us.
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Daniel has been
praying that God will help him
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understand what
the Word is teaching
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and what this
seventh chapter is about.
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Now folks, I want to share
a principle with you tonight.
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Because as we are
studying these prophecies
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you'll find that
God uses a principle.
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And that
principle is simply this:
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like with Daniel here...
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He gave Daniel the
vision that you and I studied
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the other night in
Daniel the second chapter.
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You remember that? OK.
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And he took us
step by step so far.
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Then you'll find that God
will back up and start exactly
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at the same place again...
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and this time He's going
to take us a little farther.
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In other words, God
is going to show us that
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and He's going to
repeat it and enlarge.
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Repeat it and enlarge.
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That is what God
does. That's a principle
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in understanding Bible prophecy.
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So tonight as we
take a look at this
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you're going to see
some of it repeated.
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OK? That we talked
about here on Sunday night.
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You're going to see
some of that repeated
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and then you're
going to see God enlarge it
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so that you and I
will understand more of it.
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So as we go to
Daniel, watch this principle
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as we continue
to study God's Word.
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Because when we studied
Daniel the second chapter
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you remember we
found there to be what?
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Four nations.
Those four nations were
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Those four powers, folks -
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I'm talking about
repeat and enlarge -
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those four power are
mentioned in Daniel 2, Daniel 7,
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Daniel 8, and Daniel 11.
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They are mentioned
in those four chapters.
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So God in each case is
just simply repeating it
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and enlarging it so
that you and I understand
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more and more of
what He's talking about,
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and that's what
we're looking at tonight.
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So, let's go to
Daniel the seventh chapter
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and see what
Daniel saw in this vision.
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So it just simply
says he had a dream
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and Daniel has
written it down, recorded it,
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so that you and I
can see what he dreamed.
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So Daniel is having
a dream. In his dream
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he is seeing the wind
blowing across the water,
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stirring up the water.
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And as the wind
stirs up the water
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watch what happens:
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So as a result, four
beasts rose up out of the water
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out of the sea.
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Now, God simply uses symbolism.
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God uses
symbolism and He tells you
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without any question of a doubt
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exactly what that
symbol is in the Bible
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so you and I don't have
to be in doubt about it.
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God reveals it very clear.
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So we have wind
blowing on the water
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and beasts rising up out of it.
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Let's see what the
scripture tells us about those.
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So the Bible tells
us as clear as it can
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that water represents
people, nations, tongues.
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So when you are studying Bible
prophecy - listen carefully -
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don't apply this
outside of Bible prophecy.
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In other words, you might
be reading when the children
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of Israel crossed the Red Sea.
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Don't take the Red
Sea there to mean people.
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When you're
dealing with prophecy,
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when in prophecy
you come to water,
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water represents
people, nations, tongues.
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OK, let's go on.
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I'm giving you a
text here to illustrate
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how He uses water
to represent people
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and He uses a
definite symbolism for wind.
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So here God is talking
about wind - a whirlwind -
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going through and
it destroyed people.
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In other words,
wind in Bible prophecy
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represents war, represents
strife, represents hard times.
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That's what wind represents.
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So when Daniel had a
vision and he saw the wind
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blowing on the water,
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he's really seeing war
and strife taking place
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among the people.
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As the result of that,
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four beasts
come up from the sea.
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Let's take a look...
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see what these
four beasts look like...
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what they represent.
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The first beast,
scripture says, was like a lion.
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Watch:
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So the scripture
doesn't leave us in any doubt
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as to what beasts represent.
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They represent kings;
they represent nations;
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they represent powers.
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And so, as a result of war
and strife among the people,
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a kingdom rose up.
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This first beast you'll
find the scripture tells us
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represents the
kingdom of Babylon.
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This beast rose up
on its two hind feet.
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It says that a man's
heart was given to it.
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It's the only beast in the Bible
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that you'll find a
man's heart was given to it.
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And the reason a
man's heart was given to it
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was because of the conversion
of King Nebuchadnezzar.
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He accepted the Lord;
gave his heart to Him.
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So a man's heart
was given to that beast.
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But this represents
the kingdom of Babylon.
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Babylon went from 605 BC
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to 539 BC.
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I told you that Nebuchadnezzar,
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the king of Babylon, was
one of the greatest generals
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the world has ever
known. Never lost a battle.
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And he had taken
the city of Babylon
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and lavished everything
that he could upon it.
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It was referred to
as the Golden Kingdom.
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And I read to you on
Sunday night how Nebuchadnezzar
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wanted that
kingdom never to end.
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OK. Never to come to an end.
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But God said that
isn't what would happen.
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Remember,
Nebuchadnezzar's grandson,
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Belshazzar,
didn't follow the Lord.
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One night they were
having a great party
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and they had called
and had the golden vessels
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they had taken from
the temple in Jerusalem...
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They had them brought
it and they were drinking
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out of those. They were
drinking wine out of them
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and celebrating to pagan gods.
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And while they were doing that
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all of a sudden a bloodless
hand began to write on the wall.
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Belshazzar called
in all of his wise men.
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Said: "Tell me
what it's saying. "
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It said, in fact, it
scared him so bad, it says,
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that his "knees knocked"
is what the scripture says.
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But nobody could interpret it.
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Nobody could tell
Belshazzar what it meant
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until the queen,
his mother, said to him:
00:18:38.96\00:18:44.05
"Ah, there's a man in your
kingdom by the name of Daniel
00:18:44.25\00:18:48.89
who can tell
you what it means. "
00:18:49.09\00:18:50.47
They called in
Daniel; he's now 90 years old.
00:18:50.67\00:18:54.10
Asked him what it meant.
00:18:54.40\00:18:58.35
And Daniel interpreted, and
this is what it said, folks:
00:18:58.65\00:19:01.99
The words written
on the wall were Mene,
00:19:11.71\00:19:14.20
Mene, Tekel, Upharsin.
00:19:14.40\00:19:16.90
Mene: your kingdom is
numbered, found wanting.
00:19:17.20\00:19:23.04
Terrible words.
00:19:23.18\00:19:24.55
Tekel: you have been
weighed in the balances
00:19:25.85\00:19:28.17
and found wanting.
00:19:28.38\00:19:29.70
Peres: your
kingdom has been divided
00:19:32.08\00:19:37.09
and given to the
Medes and the Persians.
00:19:37.29\00:19:41.01
And I told you that
Cyrus was right there
00:19:41.21\00:19:44.69
at the command of the Lord.
00:19:44.89\00:19:46.25
So the scripture
made it very clear
00:19:46.45\00:19:48.26
that that kingdom of
Babylon was going to fall
00:19:48.46\00:19:50.72
to the Medes and the Persians.
That's exactly what happened,
00:19:50.92\00:19:53.35
because it goes on the
scripture and says this:
00:19:53.55\00:19:56.96
So now we have a second beast
coming on the scene of action.
00:20:10.54\00:20:13.76
It's represented as a bear.
00:20:13.96\00:20:15.93
And the scripture tells
us clearly that Medo-Persia
00:20:16.13\00:20:19.08
would overthrow Babylon.
00:20:19.28\00:20:21.57
How was the bear represented?
00:20:21.87\00:20:23.95
Well, I told you the other
night that this was a coalition
00:20:24.15\00:20:27.57
of two powers: the Medes
and the Persians came together.
00:20:27.77\00:20:30.43
The Persians were
stronger than the Medes.
00:20:30.63\00:20:32.95
That's why the scripture
says this bear raised itself up
00:20:33.16\00:20:36.74
on one side...
00:20:36.94\00:20:38.30
because the Persians
were stronger than the Medes.
00:20:38.60\00:20:41.29
But also it says this bear
has three ribs in its mouth.
00:20:41.59\00:20:45.31
Those three ribs
represented the three countries
00:20:45.51\00:20:49.31
that Medo-Persia overthrew.
00:20:49.51\00:20:51.46
Those three countries
were Babylon, Egypt, and Libya.
00:20:51.66\00:20:56.55
Those are the ones
that Medo-Persia overthrew.
00:20:56.75\00:20:59.73
Under the leadership of
Cyrus they overthrew Babylon.
00:20:59.93\00:21:04.67
And I told you that
in the book of Isaiah
00:21:04.97\00:21:10.37
it spoke of Cyrus.
00:21:10.67\00:21:13.74
Isaiah the 45th chapter verse 1
00:21:14.04\00:21:17.02
it called Cyrus by name
00:21:17.23\00:21:20.67
150 years before he was born.
00:21:20.87\00:21:25.43
You don't believe
this book is inspired?
00:21:27.84\00:21:30.45
You tell me how that happens
when God will call a person
00:21:30.75\00:21:34.82
by name.
00:21:35.02\00:21:38.21
In fact, I can read you
in scripture where God said
00:21:38.51\00:21:41.19
to Jeremiah, He
said: "I knew you
00:21:41.40\00:21:42.72
while you were
still in the womb. "
00:21:42.82\00:21:44.45
God knows the end
from the beginning.
00:21:46.55\00:21:50.29
Called Cyrus by name.
00:21:50.59\00:21:51.96
Not only called him by name...
00:21:52.06\00:21:53.31
said exactly how he would
overthrow the city of Babylon.
00:21:53.51\00:21:57.27
And he did it just
exactly as God described.
00:21:57.57\00:22:01.15
But it says:
00:22:04.12\00:22:05.27
So all of a sudden
we have the third beast
00:22:10.47\00:22:13.13
coming on the scene of action,
00:22:13.33\00:22:14.40
and this beast represented
the kingdom of Greece.
00:22:14.60\00:22:18.31
Greece. This
beast like a leopard
00:22:18.61\00:22:23.29
had four wings on
its back like a bird.
00:22:23.49\00:22:26.23
Under the leadership
of Alexander the Great
00:22:31.22\00:22:34.57
Greece over threw Medo-Persia
00:22:34.77\00:22:39.23
in 331 BC.
00:22:39.43\00:22:42.96
Alexander the Great
00:22:43.26\00:22:46.32
faced Darius of
the Medes and Persians
00:22:46.52\00:22:49.23
on the plains of Arbela.
00:22:49.43\00:22:50.94
Darius had 1,000,000 men.
00:22:51.45\00:22:55.92
Alexander the Great had 40,000
00:22:56.22\00:22:59.65
and Alexander the
Great overthrew him.
00:22:59.85\00:23:02.68
That's why this beast
has four wings on its back...
00:23:04.22\00:23:08.03
because when he overthrew
Darius of the Medes and Persians
00:23:08.23\00:23:11.71
Alexander the Great took
his army and they began to march
00:23:11.91\00:23:15.05
and they took every
country they came to.
00:23:15.25\00:23:17.71
He marched his army for 7 years
without ever going back home
00:23:17.91\00:23:21.91
and wept because there
was nothing else to conquer.
00:23:22.21\00:23:25.74
Reaching the borders of India
00:23:28.24\00:23:31.26
his men refuse to go any
farther and they head back.
00:23:31.46\00:23:34.35
Alexander the
Great now is suffering.
00:23:34.58\00:23:37.44
He is suffering from epilepsy.
00:23:37.64\00:23:40.02
He is suffering
from drunkenness.
00:23:40.33\00:23:42.54
They have arrived back,
folks, to the city of Babylon.
00:23:42.84\00:23:47.88
Alexander the
Great is lying on a table
00:23:49.20\00:23:52.37
in that very banquet hall
00:23:52.47\00:23:54.95
where the hand had written
Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin.
00:23:55.15\00:23:58.20
Lying on a table
there... dying...
00:23:58.40\00:24:01.17
and he's called in his generals.
00:24:01.47\00:24:05.17
And his generals have asked him
00:24:05.37\00:24:06.76
to whom he's going
to give the kingdom.
00:24:06.96\00:24:09.07
And he said: "When I
die, I'll give my kingdom to
00:24:09.37\00:24:12.82
the strongest. "
00:24:13.02\00:24:14.39
And when he died, his kingdom
was given to his 4 generals.
00:24:14.80\00:24:20.00
That's why that
beast has four heads...
00:24:20.20\00:24:23.35
because it
represented his four generals
00:24:23.65\00:24:27.59
that the kingdom was given to.
00:24:27.89\00:24:29.62
The fourth power that
comes on the scene of action
00:24:48.70\00:24:53.39
is the kingdom of pagan Rome.
00:24:53.59\00:24:55.24
Pagan Rome
overthrew Greece in 168 BC...
00:24:55.54\00:25:00.38
lasting longer
than any other kingdom.
00:25:00.78\00:25:04.22
OK. Pagan Rome went from 168 BC
00:25:13.59\00:25:17.12
to 476 AD.
00:25:17.32\00:25:19.48
As I told you the other night,
00:25:19.78\00:25:21.63
Rome was the one who brought
civilization to the world.
00:25:21.93\00:25:25.35
It opened up the waterways.
It opened up the roadways
00:25:25.85\00:25:29.36
and people could travel
where they had never been
00:25:29.47\00:25:31.00
able to before.
00:25:31.20\00:25:32.52
Rome was the power that was
00:25:32.82\00:25:34.47
ruling at the time Jesus
00:25:34.57\00:25:36.39
was born.
00:25:36.59\00:25:38.39
It was the decree
of Caesar Augustus
00:25:38.49\00:25:41.44
that sent Joseph
and Mary to Bethlehem
00:25:41.64\00:25:43.83
to pay their taxes.
00:25:44.04\00:25:45.28
You remember, Rome was the
one that was ruling at the time
00:25:45.58\00:25:48.61
Jesus died.
00:25:48.82\00:25:50.81
For you remember, He
was tried in a Roman court
00:25:51.12\00:25:56.77
by Pilate.
00:25:57.07\00:25:58.27
Rome ruled to 476 AD.
00:25:59.80\00:26:04.38
Now you were with me the
other night on Sunday night
00:26:04.68\00:26:07.46
as we went through this.
00:26:07.66\00:26:08.70
And this is the part I was
talking to you about repeating.
00:26:08.90\00:26:12.53
You see, God
repeats and enlarges.
00:26:12.83\00:26:15.64
You remember I told you as
we went down through that image
00:26:15.94\00:26:18.77
we came to the ten toes.
00:26:18.98\00:26:20.71
Watch, because this
beast has ten horns.
00:26:21.01\00:26:24.89
All right. Those, you remember
I told you, were the Germanic
00:26:34.15\00:26:38.85
tribes that came
down on the Roman Empire
00:26:39.05\00:26:41.48
and broke it to pieces.
00:26:41.68\00:26:43.09
They were such
tribes as the Anglo-Saxons,
00:26:43.29\00:26:46.21
the Franks, the Heruli,
the Vandals, the Ostrogoths.
00:26:46.41\00:26:49.02
And they broke the Roman
Empire into 10 different parts.
00:26:49.22\00:26:53.78
OK. That is the
same as the ten toes
00:26:54.91\00:26:59.37
on the image of Daniel 2.
00:26:59.57\00:27:01.78
Now we're going
to begin to enlarge.
00:27:02.08\00:27:05.25
OK?
00:27:05.55\00:27:07.07
Those ten tribes became
the nations of western Europe
00:27:07.38\00:27:12.34
such as the Alamanni, the
Franks, the Visigoth, uh...
00:27:12.64\00:27:16.39
The Alamanni became the Germans.
00:27:16.69\00:27:19.52
The Bergundis became the Swiss.
00:27:19.72\00:27:21.45
The Franks became the French.
00:27:21.66\00:27:22.82
The Lombards
became the Italians.
00:27:23.02\00:27:24.52
The Saxons English; the Suevi
Portugal; the Visigoths, Spain.
00:27:24.72\00:27:28.52
The Heruli, the Vandals, and
the Ostrogoths are now extinct,
00:27:28.72\00:27:31.82
and I'll tell you why tonight...
00:27:32.02\00:27:33.59
what happened to them.
00:27:33.79\00:27:35.34
Now folks, the other
night I read you a text
00:27:35.64\00:27:38.06
in Revelation the
17th chapter where it says
00:27:38.26\00:27:40.43
"these ten kings have
received no kingdom as yet
00:27:40.63\00:27:43.74
but they will receive authority
for one hour with the beast. "
00:27:44.86\00:27:47.73
And several of you
have come up and said:
00:27:47.93\00:27:49.46
"You didn't say anything
about that. " No, I didn't...
00:27:49.66\00:27:51.89
because we're coming to that.
00:27:52.19\00:27:54.18
We're going to
trace it right on down,
00:27:54.48\00:27:56.83
and we're going to see
how all that fits together.
00:27:57.03\00:27:59.58
And we'll come to that,
and we'll talk specifically
00:27:59.78\00:28:01.72
how that all fits together.
00:28:01.92\00:28:03.38
OK. But these ten tribes became
the nations of western Europe
00:28:03.58\00:28:08.49
today.
00:28:08.69\00:28:09.77
We're enlarging now, folks.
00:28:18.46\00:28:20.36
All right.
00:28:34.36\00:28:37.22
So tonight we want to
identify this little horn
00:28:38.02\00:28:40.99
that the scripture identifies
as that of the Antichrist.
00:28:41.19\00:28:44.11
Before I go on, I
want to take just a moment
00:28:44.41\00:28:47.82
and tell you that the Bible
and history does certain things.
00:28:48.58\00:28:54.22
One of the things
that's unique about the Bible
00:28:54.52\00:28:57.59
is when the Bible
talks about individuals,
00:28:57.80\00:29:00.72
when it talks
about nations or powers,
00:29:00.92\00:29:03.74
it tells both
the bad and the good.
00:29:03.98\00:29:05.75
You know, sometimes in
history they have tainted
00:29:07.27\00:29:10.66
and told only the good.
00:29:10.87\00:29:12.26
Scripture doesn't do
that. It tells bad and good.
00:29:12.46\00:29:14.42
So tonight as we
identify this little horn,
00:29:15.53\00:29:18.50
you've got to understand that
we are talking about a power.
00:29:18.70\00:29:22.63
We are talking about a system.
00:29:22.93\00:29:25.27
We are not talking about people.
00:29:25.47\00:29:28.24
Please do not take what I say
and apply it to an individual.
00:29:28.45\00:29:33.01
That would be wrong.
00:29:33.31\00:29:34.50
That would be just
as wrong as could be.
00:29:34.80\00:29:37.16
Let me... let me
illustrate what I mean.
00:29:37.46\00:29:39.94
I am a citizen of the
United States of America.
00:29:41.45\00:29:43.94
Glad to be one.
00:29:44.15\00:29:45.44
Sometimes the
United States government
00:29:45.74\00:29:48.84
does some things
that I don't agree with.
00:29:49.04\00:29:51.96
Maybe they never do
anything you don't agree with,
00:29:52.26\00:29:54.89
but sometimes they do
things I don't agree with.
00:29:55.09\00:29:57.43
If they do something that
you or I don't agree with,
00:29:57.73\00:30:01.46
does that make all the people
in the United States bad people?
00:30:01.66\00:30:04.68
Huh? No!
00:30:05.80\00:30:07.72
So when I'm talking
about this system tonight
00:30:08.02\00:30:10.37
don't take it and apply
it to individuals... because
00:30:10.57\00:30:13.74
that isn't the way
it's to be applied.
00:30:13.77\00:30:15.90
We are talking about history.
00:30:16.10\00:30:17.59
We are talking about something
that happened in the past
00:30:17.79\00:30:20.78
as we come on down through time.
00:30:22.24\00:30:24.35
So look at it very clear because
the scripture is very clear.
00:30:24.55\00:30:28.37
I'm going to give you 8 points
00:30:28.57\00:30:31.29
that the scripture
gives to identify this power.
00:30:31.49\00:30:34.73
I want to say
something else about that.
00:30:35.03\00:30:36.92
If you can take these 8 points
00:30:38.53\00:30:41.54
and make them fit any other
power on the face of the earth
00:30:42.74\00:30:47.03
please tell me.
00:30:48.06\00:30:49.91
I'll listen to
everything you have to say.
00:30:50.11\00:30:52.02
I have never been able to
get it to fit any other power.
00:30:53.33\00:30:57.93
What I will tell you is
don't do to me like one man did.
00:30:58.23\00:31:02.16
Came up to me after
the meeting was over
00:31:02.36\00:31:04.21
and said: "Well, I
disagree with you. "
00:31:04.31\00:31:05.87
And I said: "Well, that's OK.
00:31:06.07\00:31:08.85
You can disagree with me. "
00:31:09.15\00:31:10.85
He said: "Well, I just
don't see it that way at all. "
00:31:11.15\00:31:13.07
And I said: "Tell
me... how do you see it? "
00:31:13.27\00:31:16.15
"Oh, " he said, "I
don't know what it means,
00:31:16.45\00:31:17.63
I just disagree with YOU. "
00:31:17.84\00:31:19.02
You know, you
know... I hope that you will
00:31:19.32\00:31:21.64
be open enough that
you'll take God's Word
00:31:21.84\00:31:24.44
and open it up and
look and see and study it.
00:31:24.64\00:31:27.17
If you don't know what it means,
00:31:27.37\00:31:28.61
study it until you do
have some conviction about it.
00:31:28.81\00:31:32.05
That is important.
00:31:32.35\00:31:33.63
OK. Let's see
if it will identify
00:31:33.93\00:31:35.56
this little horn for us.
00:31:35.59\00:31:37.85
That's what we
want to take a look at
00:31:37.88\00:31:40.05
is this little horn that's
coming up among those ten.
00:31:40.25\00:31:44.55
All right.
00:31:44.85\00:31:46.11
Number one, first point:
00:31:46.42\00:31:50.09
That's the first point.
00:31:57.91\00:31:59.06
Second point:
00:31:59.36\00:32:00.45
I'm reading. This
is a scripture, folks.
00:32:04.31\00:32:06.34
This is Daniel 7:24 and 25
and that's what I'm reading.
00:32:06.54\00:32:10.70
I've just broken it up
and given you the points
00:32:10.90\00:32:13.08
that God uses to identify it.
00:32:13.28\00:32:14.97
Three:
00:32:15.27\00:32:16.51
Four:
00:32:20.01\00:32:21.19
Five:
00:32:23.35\00:32:24.76
Six:
00:32:27.56\00:32:28.85
Seven:
00:32:31.47\00:32:32.55
Eight:
00:32:35.69\00:32:36.72
Those are the eight
points that God gives you and me
00:32:40.91\00:32:43.73
to identify with
any question of a doubt
00:32:43.93\00:32:46.28
who this little horn is.
00:32:46.48\00:32:48.83
So now we're going to go
back and take it step by step.
00:32:49.13\00:32:51.89
And watch how
scripture and history bears out
00:32:52.10\00:32:55.67
exactly what God said.
00:32:55.87\00:32:58.91
Rise from what kingdom?
00:33:08.35\00:33:09.93
Well, this
represents the fourth beast.
00:33:10.23\00:33:13.38
This fourth beast.
00:33:13.68\00:33:15.05
The fourth beast was who?
00:33:15.26\00:33:17.81
Pagan Rome.
00:33:18.12\00:33:19.22
So there's no use
you going over into Asia
00:33:19.52\00:33:22.76
and start looking
for the little horn.
00:33:22.96\00:33:25.05
There's no use you
going to the United States
00:33:25.35\00:33:27.44
and start trying to
find the little horn there.
00:33:27.64\00:33:29.73
There's no use you
going over into Africa
00:33:30.03\00:33:32.51
trying to find
the little horn there.
00:33:32.81\00:33:34.48
It had to come out of that
kingdom which was pagan Rome.
00:33:34.78\00:33:39.15
So that little horn has
to arise out of that kingdom.
00:33:39.35\00:33:43.16
You with me?
00:33:43.47\00:33:44.82
That's the first point.
00:33:45.12\00:33:46.51
Second point:
00:33:46.81\00:33:48.69
So the scripture
tells us secondly
00:34:01.24\00:34:03.60
that this little horn
was going to come up what?
00:34:03.81\00:34:07.17
"among them. "
00:34:07.47\00:34:09.61
So it makes it very
clear that it had to rise
00:34:09.91\00:34:11.99
out of pagan Rome
00:34:12.20\00:34:13.34
but it had to come
up among the ten horns.
00:34:13.54\00:34:16.73
That's where it had to come up.
00:34:16.93\00:34:18.95
Had to come up
in western Europe.
00:34:19.25\00:34:21.83
It brings it right
down to the location.
00:34:22.13\00:34:24.37
It tells you it had to
arise in western Europe.
00:34:24.58\00:34:28.45
OK. Let's go to the third point.
00:34:28.75\00:34:31.70
These ten kings
which we just talked about
00:34:32.00\00:34:36.81
and it said those...
it said it came up...
00:34:37.01\00:34:39.96
Let me make one other point:
00:34:40.06\00:34:41.12
it says it came
up "after them. "
00:34:41.32\00:34:44.41
Those ten kings came
into existence in 476 AD.
00:34:44.61\00:34:49.21
When it says the little
horn had to come up after them,
00:34:49.51\00:34:52.80
that means he had to come
into existence after 476 AD.
00:34:52.83\00:34:56.89
And that little horn
came into existence in 538 AD.
00:34:57.09\00:35:03.07
So it fulfills it. It came
up in the pagan Roman Empire,
00:35:03.37\00:35:07.89
it came up among the ten horns,
00:35:08.10\00:35:10.03
and it came up "after them. "
00:35:10.34\00:35:12.59
OK?
00:35:12.89\00:35:14.93
What
happened... what took place?
00:35:16.58\00:35:19.90
As these Germanic tribes
moved down on the Roman Empire
00:35:22.21\00:35:27.85
they broke it apart.
00:35:28.05\00:35:29.15
There's a Roman emperor
00:35:29.35\00:35:32.38
that's trying to hold his
00:35:32.68\00:35:34.84
kingdom together. His name is
00:35:35.05\00:35:36.33
Justinian.
00:35:36.53\00:35:37.68
Justinian is
fighting these Goths
00:35:37.98\00:35:41.80
trying to hold them back.
00:35:42.10\00:35:43.52
His general
Belisarius is fighting them.
00:35:43.82\00:35:46.25
In the city of Rome, folks,
00:35:46.55\00:35:49.52
in the city of Rome
the bishop of Rome...
00:35:49.72\00:35:52.93
The bishop of Rome -
his name is Silverius.
00:35:53.14\00:35:56.60
Silverius is a godly man.
00:35:56.90\00:35:59.97
He's a man that loves the Lord.
00:36:00.17\00:36:02.23
He's a man that
loves the people.
00:36:02.53\00:36:04.24
He tries to serve the people,
00:36:04.54\00:36:06.19
and Silverius has refused to
have anything to do with the war
00:36:06.39\00:36:10.87
between Justinian and the Goths.
00:36:11.07\00:36:13.11
Since he is the bishop of Rome,
00:36:13.41\00:36:16.42
he has control
of the city of Rome.
00:36:16.62\00:36:18.50
And any time the army
of Belisarius got close
00:36:18.70\00:36:22.94
to the city of Rome, he
had all the gates to the city
00:36:23.15\00:36:25.95
of Rome shut and
refused to let them in.
00:36:26.15\00:36:28.63
If the Goths got
close, he shut the gates
00:36:28.94\00:36:31.88
and refused to let them in.
00:36:32.18\00:36:33.53
Well, the Goths had
backed Justinian's army
00:36:35.17\00:36:40.01
clear to the walls
of the city of Rome.
00:36:40.21\00:36:42.87
Silverius has had
all the gates shut.
00:36:43.17\00:36:46.56
It looks like Justinian's
army is going to be wiped out.
00:36:48.59\00:36:52.76
So Belisarius has sent a
note to Justinian saying:
00:36:54.53\00:36:57.71
"Do something for us or
we're going to be wiped out. "
00:36:57.91\00:37:00.11
Justinian went to his wife.
00:37:03.47\00:37:05.68
Justinian's
wife was a Christian.
00:37:05.88\00:37:08.55
She happened to be a
friend of the bishop.
00:37:08.58\00:37:13.01
And he pled with her to ask
the bishop to raise the gates
00:37:13.31\00:37:17.43
to the city of
Rome to let his army in
00:37:17.63\00:37:19.82
and shut the gates and keep
the Goths out to save his army.
00:37:20.02\00:37:23.31
She went to
Silverius and pled with him.
00:37:24.44\00:37:28.72
And out of respect to her
00:37:28.92\00:37:31.18
he raised the gates
to the city of Rome;
00:37:31.48\00:37:34.11
let the army in; shut the
gates and kept the Goths out.
00:37:34.31\00:37:38.55
But... Justinian and
Belisarius had already agreed
00:37:39.15\00:37:45.05
that if they got
inside the city of Rome
00:37:45.25\00:37:48.13
they would banish the bishop.
00:37:48.33\00:37:50.35
Why?
00:37:51.74\00:37:53.49
Justinian sees his
kingdom falling apart
00:37:53.79\00:37:55.97
and he thinks that since he
can't control it politically
00:37:56.17\00:38:02.12
maybe he could
control it religiously.
00:38:02.32\00:38:06.01
And so he banishes Silverius
00:38:06.21\00:38:09.47
and he takes and puts Virgilius
on the seat of the bishop
00:38:09.68\00:38:14.49
as his puppet, and he
thinks that through him
00:38:14.79\00:38:17.86
he can control it.
That's why history says:
00:38:18.06\00:38:20.92
That's from the History of
the Christian Church, volume 3.
00:38:29.73\00:38:32.53
That's exactly what happened.
00:38:32.83\00:38:34.97
Now that had
great, great influence.
00:38:35.27\00:38:40.97
It had great -
should I say - effect
00:38:41.27\00:38:45.08
upon the whole kingdom.
We'll talk about that later on.
00:38:45.28\00:38:48.97
But remember the date: 538 AD.
00:38:49.07\00:38:52.68
All right. Next point:
00:38:52.99\00:38:54.38
Now I told you, Justinian
felt that he couldn't control
00:38:57.75\00:39:02.40
his kingdom any
longer politically
00:39:02.60\00:39:04.25
so he thought maybe he
could control it religiously.
00:39:04.45\00:39:07.37
So with Virgilius
taking the seat of the bishop
00:39:07.57\00:39:10.81
and working under Justinian,
00:39:11.01\00:39:13.04
all of a sudden you
find the kingdom changing
00:39:13.24\00:39:16.01
and you find union
of church and state.
00:39:16.21\00:39:19.61
No longer is it
just a political power...
00:39:19.81\00:39:22.61
it is a religio-political power.
00:39:22.81\00:39:26.30
Church and state
has come together.
00:39:26.60\00:39:29.03
That's why the scripture
says it is "different. "
00:39:29.33\00:39:32.82
Different than it has been.
00:39:33.12\00:39:35.14
This is from the
history book called
00:39:38.31\00:39:39.81
The Rise of The Medieval Church
00:39:40.11\00:39:41.77
by Alexander Flick.
00:39:42.07\00:39:43.77
And listen
carefully. Very, very important
00:39:44.07\00:39:48.93
statement in history.
This tells you what happened:
00:39:49.14\00:39:51.36
Now folks, let me...
let me explain something.
00:39:55.79\00:39:58.86
Justinian, when he put Virgilius
on the seat of the bishop,
00:39:59.83\00:40:05.55
he never intended Virgilius
to be anything other than
00:40:05.75\00:40:09.92
the docile head of the
department of religion.
00:40:10.12\00:40:13.39
That's all he
intended for him to be.
00:40:13.59\00:40:15.33
But history says that the bishop
of Rome seized the scepter
00:40:15.64\00:40:21.28
and stepped to
the seat of Caesar.
00:40:21.48\00:40:24.40
And this is what it
says happened. Watch:
00:40:24.70\00:40:27.56
And I want you to
listen to this word...
00:40:36.74\00:40:38.48
"And was soon" what?
00:40:38.68\00:40:40.88
"Forced. " You need
to keep that very clear.
00:40:41.18\00:40:44.23
This wasn't something
that he just intended to do.
00:40:44.33\00:40:46.80
It was forced upon him...
00:40:47.00\00:40:48.96
All of a sudden he found himself
not just the head of the church.
00:40:54.20\00:40:58.10
He finds himself the
head of the government.
00:40:58.31\00:41:00.83
So all of a sudden you
find the power that has been
00:41:19.18\00:41:22.33
in the state all of a sudden
now the religious head has.
00:41:22.53\00:41:27.23
And so you find union of
church and state taking place.
00:41:27.53\00:41:33.24
It's a different power
than it has been before.
00:41:33.34\00:41:37.69
Thus it changes.
00:41:44.78\00:41:48.50
When these Germanic people
- the Goths, the Anglo-Saxons,
00:41:55.54\00:41:59.22
the Franks, the
Heruli, the Vandals -
00:41:59.42\00:42:00.81
when they moved
down on the Roman Empire,
00:42:01.01\00:42:04.49
moved down and began to
run over the Roman Empire,
00:42:04.79\00:42:07.66
the Christian people
that lived in the Roman Empire
00:42:09.45\00:42:11.87
remembered the
commission that Christ had given
00:42:12.07\00:42:14.78
to the Christians, and He
told them they were to preach
00:42:14.88\00:42:16.57
the gospel in
Jerusalem, Samara, and to where?
00:42:16.77\00:42:19.02
To the ends of the earth.
00:42:19.52\00:42:21.35
So when they went out,
they found these Germanic people
00:42:21.65\00:42:25.83
with open hearts. They
found people who were willing
00:42:26.03\00:42:29.83
to accept the gospel and
they preached Jesus Christ
00:42:30.03\00:42:33.04
to these Anglo-Saxons, these
Franks, the Heruli, the Vandals.
00:42:33.25\00:42:36.42
And these people
accepted Christianity.
00:42:36.62\00:42:40.11
That is the reason, folks,
western Europe is Christian
00:42:40.31\00:42:44.45
to this day. OK?
00:42:44.65\00:42:46.92
But among those powers
that accepted Christianity
00:42:47.02\00:42:51.49
there were three tribes...
00:42:51.79\00:42:54.58
These three
tribes - the Visigoths,
00:42:54.78\00:42:59.19
Heruli, the Vandals...
00:42:59.39\00:43:01.92
When they went in and
preached to these, these people
00:43:02.12\00:43:05.74
taught a belief to these
people that was called Arianism.
00:43:05.95\00:43:10.85
Arianism says that
Jesus Christ was a good man.
00:43:11.15\00:43:14.67
Says He was a prophet,
00:43:14.87\00:43:17.69
but it says He was not divine.
00:43:17.99\00:43:20.90
Teaches that He wasn't divine.
00:43:21.20\00:43:23.26
Those 3 tribes accepted that.
00:43:23.56\00:43:26.57
That was very
offensive to Justinian,
00:43:27.71\00:43:31.71
to Virgilius, and
to those of the church.
00:43:31.91\00:43:35.60
And since it had become a
state as well as just a church
00:43:35.90\00:43:39.03
they sent out their army
and they had those 3 tribes
00:43:39.44\00:43:45.38
wiped out.
00:43:45.59\00:43:47.61
Now folks, if you don't believe
what I'm telling you tonight
00:43:47.91\00:43:51.77
I invite you to go to
the library and check me out.
00:43:51.97\00:43:54.85
Listen, the descendants of
the Alamanni are the Germans.
00:43:55.15\00:43:59.42
The descendants of
the Franks are the French.
00:43:59.72\00:44:02.35
The descendants of the
Anglo- Saxons are the English.
00:44:02.65\00:44:06.54
You cannot find any
descendants to the Visigoths,
00:44:06.84\00:44:11.46
the Heruli, and the Vandals.
00:44:11.66\00:44:13.87
The Bible says that he
would pull them up by the roots,
00:44:14.17\00:44:17.78
and that's
exactly what took place
00:44:18.09\00:44:21.09
just as the
scripture said it would.
00:44:21.29\00:44:23.20
"He shall speak pompous
words against the Most High. "
00:44:23.50\00:44:28.20
Now folks, you remember
as we studied what Paul said
00:44:28.50\00:44:31.95
there in Corinthians, he
said that this power would
00:44:32.15\00:44:35.29
put himself in the place of God.
00:44:35.49\00:44:37.26
That's what it said: "He
would show himself to be God. "
00:44:37.56\00:44:40.42
That's what he said. So
I want to share with you
00:44:40.72\00:44:42.64
just some things. You
have to judge it for yourself.
00:44:42.84\00:44:45.12
Again, I am not
talking about people.
00:44:45.42\00:44:48.18
I'm talking about a power;
I'm talking about a system.
00:44:48.48\00:44:51.35
The papacy claims two
things that belong only to God.
00:44:52.75\00:44:57.89
They don't belong to
anybody else but God.
00:44:58.40\00:45:01.46
It says it would
speak "pompous words. "
00:45:01.66\00:45:04.38
Let's look at what
those two things are.
00:45:04.68\00:45:06.76
It says that the priest
has the power to forgive sins.
00:45:26.54\00:45:30.36
Can you remember the other
night when I studied with you
00:45:30.56\00:45:33.42
and when Jesus
told that paralytic
00:45:33.62\00:45:35.66
"your sins are forgiven, "
00:45:35.86\00:45:37.28
do you remember
what the Pharisees said?
00:45:37.48\00:45:39.37
They said: "Blasphemy! "
00:45:39.67\00:45:42.05
Only God can forgive sins.
00:45:42.35\00:45:45.96
You'll find that
taught in scripture.
00:45:46.26\00:45:48.78
Says here the
priest can forgive sins.
00:45:49.08\00:45:53.56
Secondly,
00:45:53.86\00:45:55.39
Let me read you one other.
00:46:10.33\00:46:11.74
So when it says he would speak
great words or pompous words
00:46:29.39\00:46:33.61
as far as I'm trying
to tell you is history
00:46:33.81\00:46:36.37
has borne that out
that he has done just that.
00:46:36.47\00:46:39.59
Now folks, I want to
try to make something clear,
00:46:42.60\00:46:45.48
because this doesn't
apply just to this power.
00:46:45.68\00:46:48.75
Any time if you want to
go and get your history book,
00:46:49.05\00:46:52.02
you want to go to the
library and you want to read
00:46:52.22\00:46:53.82
and study, you'll find
that any time in history
00:46:54.02\00:46:57.46
that a church - I don't
care what church it is -
00:46:57.66\00:47:01.32
has taken state power...
00:47:01.62\00:47:03.81
Any time a church
has taken on state power
00:47:04.11\00:47:08.63
it's persecuted.
00:47:08.83\00:47:10.15
I don't care whether
you're talking about Lutherans
00:47:10.45\00:47:13.55
or whether you're
talking about Baptists.
00:47:13.65\00:47:14.81
Whether you're
talking about Roman Catholic.
00:47:15.02\00:47:16.32
I don't care what
you're talking about,
00:47:16.52\00:47:18.02
when that church
has assumed state power,
00:47:18.23\00:47:21.74
it has persecuted.
00:47:21.94\00:47:23.14
A church is not
capable of handling state power
00:47:23.34\00:47:27.72
and it should never be
placed in the hands of a church.
00:47:28.02\00:47:31.08
Why?
00:47:31.28\00:47:32.77
Because a church - I
don't care what church it is -
00:47:33.07\00:47:35.89
they believe what they
believe to be the truth.
00:47:36.09\00:47:39.59
And if you don't
believe like they do,
00:47:40.93\00:47:43.54
then they're going to persecute.
00:47:44.89\00:47:47.08
That has always happened.
00:47:47.38\00:47:49.58
So what I'm reading to you
tonight, don't be shocked at.
00:47:49.78\00:47:53.06
If you don't
understand, you want to read it,
00:47:53.27\00:47:55.48
then go to the library.
I'll name some books for you.
00:47:55.68\00:47:58.23
You can read
Fox's Book of Martyrs.
00:47:58.43\00:47:59.83
Or you can Read Short
Stories of the Reformation.
00:48:00.03\00:48:02.68
Or you can read The History
of the Reformation by d'Aubigné.
00:48:02.88\00:48:06.05
Or you can read
Here I Stand by Bainton.
00:48:06.35\00:48:08.54
Or you can read The
History of Europe by Quabbin
00:48:08.84\00:48:10.98
and they will all tell you what
I am sharing with you tonight.
00:48:11.18\00:48:14.73
All you have to do is read about
the Massacre of St. Bartholomew
00:48:14.93\00:48:18.87
where they slew 60,000
Huguenots one Sunday morning.
00:48:19.07\00:48:22.68
Or read about the persecution
of the Waldensian people.
00:48:22.98\00:48:26.09
That's a history book.
00:48:32.50\00:48:33.64
You find that shocking?
00:48:40.50\00:48:42.65
You must understand
she has existed longer
00:48:42.85\00:48:45.63
than any other institution.
00:48:45.83\00:48:47.72
OK?
00:48:47.92\00:48:49.92
So when it says that this
power would persecute the saints
00:48:54.25\00:48:57.37
of the Most High, all I'm trying
to do tonight is to tell you
00:48:57.57\00:49:01.10
that she has fulfilled that.
00:49:01.40\00:49:03.12
Going to be "given
into his hand for a time,
00:49:11.23\00:49:13.52
times, and a half a time. "
00:49:13.72\00:49:15.67
Now God is very, very
accurate in what He does.
00:49:15.97\00:49:20.25
He tells you exactly how
to count time in prophecy.
00:49:20.45\00:49:24.28
Watch carefully as He
tells you how to do this:
00:49:24.59\00:49:27.42
it says that this power
would think to change what?
00:49:27.62\00:49:31.86
Now, if all these other
points we're talking about
00:49:34.19\00:49:36.50
have fallen true,
this should fall true.
00:49:36.70\00:49:38.70
So has it changed that of law?
00:49:38.90\00:49:42.83
OK? Listen. This is a
statement taken from history,
00:49:43.13\00:49:46.96
and it says:
00:49:47.06\00:49:48.10
It's a statement;
that's what they say...
00:49:57.88\00:49:59.45
that they can change it.
00:49:59.65\00:50:01.17
Have they changed it?
00:50:01.38\00:50:02.73
Well let me read to you
from their own Catechism
00:50:02.93\00:50:06.19
because this is what we're
talking about: changing law.
00:50:06.49\00:50:10.29
Listen. This is
what they've done.
00:50:10.59\00:50:11.62
You take the 10 Commandments.
00:50:11.82\00:50:13.04
If you read in the Catechism
you'll find they did away
00:50:13.24\00:50:16.32
with the second commandment.
00:50:16.52\00:50:17.81
You won't find
it in the Catechism.
00:50:18.11\00:50:20.01
You'll find it in the scripture
but not in the Catechism.
00:50:20.21\00:50:22.01
If you take a look
at the 4th Commandment,
00:50:22.31\00:50:25.17
they shortened
the 4th Commandment
00:50:25.37\00:50:27.37
from 94 words to 8 words.
00:50:27.58\00:50:29.93
Literally... just
shortened it that much...
00:50:30.14\00:50:33.66
from 94 words to 8 words.
00:50:33.86\00:50:35.92
Third, they divided
the 10th Commandment
00:50:37.38\00:50:39.91
into two commandments.
00:50:40.01\00:50:41.74
So you find when it talks
about they would change the law
00:50:42.24\00:50:45.76
of God, they have
changed the law of God.
00:50:45.97\00:50:48.44
Now folks, again, I
am talking about a power.
00:50:48.74\00:50:51.75
I'm talking about
a system in the past.
00:50:51.95\00:50:54.06
I am not talking
about individuals.
00:50:54.26\00:50:56.46
There are many, many individuals
within this particular
00:50:56.67\00:51:00.21
fellowship or this particular
belief that are sincere
00:51:00.41\00:51:03.92
Christian people.
00:51:04.13\00:51:05.58
And if you take
what I'm saying tonight
00:51:05.78\00:51:08.00
and you apply it
to an individual,
00:51:08.20\00:51:10.19
you are doing the wrong thing.
00:51:10.39\00:51:12.71
OK? So please
understand what I'm saying.
00:51:13.01\00:51:16.52
Secondly, the
scripture helps you and I
00:51:17.99\00:51:23.11
and from tonight on, folks,
you ought to be able to study
00:51:23.31\00:51:25.90
prophecy and apply time
and see how God uses it.
00:51:26.10\00:51:30.52
For God tells us
exactly how to count time.
00:51:30.82\00:51:33.57
Ezekiel 4 verse 6 says:
00:51:33.87\00:51:35.97
So when you're
studying Bible prophecy
00:51:41.22\00:51:43.53
a day will simply
represent one year.
00:51:43.73\00:51:47.47
That's what a
day will represent.
00:51:47.67\00:51:49.88
Let's look at another text.
00:51:50.08\00:51:51.28
So here again God said:
"I'm going to give you a day
00:52:04.84\00:52:07.64
to represent a year. "
00:52:07.84\00:52:08.97
So when we look at
this particular prophecy
00:52:09.27\00:52:12.49
we find that God talks
about that they would be given
00:52:12.69\00:52:16.41
into his hand for a
time, times, and a half a time.
00:52:16.61\00:52:20.91
Now in the Bible, a
time represents one year.
00:52:21.12\00:52:24.01
OK. Since a day
represents a year,
00:52:24.22\00:52:28.37
if you pick up your
Bible and you begin to study it
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you'll find there are
360 days in a Biblical year.
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If you need help with that,
go to Genesis the 5th chapter
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where it talks
about Noah and the flood.
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It'll tell you very
clear there are 360 days
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in a Biblical year. OK?
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So if I've got one
time, that's 360 days.
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Times means two
years... that's 720.
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And a dividing of
time or a half a time
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represents a half
a year which is 180.
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If you add those together,
that gives you 1,260 days
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and each day
represents one year.
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OK?
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Now let's see what happens.
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I told you the papal
power, this little horn,
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came into being in what year?
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538 AD... that's when
Virgilius ascended the throne.
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538 AD. If I add 1,260 years
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to 538 it takes me to when?
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Takes you to 1798 AD.
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Now folks, something
very, very important happened
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in 1798 AD.
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I mean extremely
important happened in 1798 AD.
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But that's as far as I'm
going to take you tonight.
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If you want to know
what happened in 1798 AD,
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you've got to be
here Friday night.
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OK?
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And I can assure you, it's
very important that you know
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what happened in 1798 AD.
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But I want you to
watch as we put together
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what we've learned. And I want
to take you just a step farther
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because there's some
fantastic things, folks,
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that you need to apply
here as we look at it tonight.
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As we take a look at scripture
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and we're trying
to see where we are,
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God here in the
book of Daniel, folks,
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He is stressing... He
is stressing over and over
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some points that you
and I must understand
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so that we'll be
ready for His coming.
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And He's telling you
"I'm telling you these things
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before it happens. "
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God's saying: "Listen,
I want you to know this
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so you'll believe. " So
watch carefully tonight,
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dear friend, please watch...
because you're going to see
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where we are and
what God has to say.
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Listen:
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We found the head of gold
on the image represented who?
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Babylon.
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The lion tonight represented
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Babylon.
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The arms and breasts of silver
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represented Medo-Persia.
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The bear represented
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Medo-Persia.
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The belly and thighs of bronze
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represented Greece.
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The leopard beast represented
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Greece.
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The legs of iron
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represented pagan Rome.
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The dragon represented
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pagan Rome.
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Then from there you remember
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we went to the ten toes.
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And the ten toes were
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those ten Germanic tribes.
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And in Daniel 7
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the ten horns on that beast
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represented the
ten Germanic tribes.
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All that was repeat for you
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tonight. But then we went
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to this little horn
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which represented
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the papal power
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that came into existence.
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OK, we've enlarged on that.
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So now you've seen another power
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taking us clear down to 1798 AD.
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And it says that his kingdom
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would go to 1798 AD.
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Now watch what the 7th chapter
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of Daniel does
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when it talks
about this little horn.
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OK. We're talking about the
little horn: the papal power.
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You'll find that little horn is
mentioned in Daniel 7 verse 8.
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OK. It's mentioned again
in Daniel 7, verses 20 and 21.
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OK, you with me?
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It's mentioned again in
Daniel 7 verses 24 and 25.
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All those talk
about the little horn.
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Scripture says that when
that little horn comes to an end
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the judgment begins.
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Watch. It talks about the
judgment. And you'll find that
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in Daniel 7 verses 9-12.
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Are you with me?
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You not only find it
in Daniel 7 verse 9-12 but
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Daniel 7 verse 22
talks about the judgment.
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And Daniel 7 verse 26
talks about the judgment.
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So the Bible says that when
this little horn comes to an end
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the judgment is
going to take place.
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And then the Bible says
that when the judgment ends
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do you know what it
says is going to happen?
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Says God's going
to set up His kingdom!
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Watch:
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talks about God
setting up His kingdom.
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Daniel 7:22 talks about
God setting up His kingdom.
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Daniel 7 verse 27 talks about
God setting up His kingdom.
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So when you take a look
at this 7th chapter of Daniel
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it takes all those things
and lines them up for you and I.
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And this is simply
what it's telling us:
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After the little horn,
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the scripture says
you've got the judgment.
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And after the judgment,
you have the kingdom of God.
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Are you getting an idea of where
we are in the stream of time?
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Hmmm? Are you
beginning to get the picture?
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