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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Heavenly Father,
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Tonight as we take a
look at this country that is
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dear to each of us
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we pray that You will give us
the understanding that we need.
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That we might see Your hand...
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how You have guided and led.
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That we might
understand the blessings
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that You have poured out.
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We pray, Lord, that
each one of us here tonight
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may simply open
our hearts to You...
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follow the
leading of Your Spirit.
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That all of us may rejoice
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in the salvation
we find in Christ.
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For this we pray
in Your name, Amen.
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There has never been a nation
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in the history of mankind
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that's been as blessed
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as the United States of America.
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Actually, this
country has received
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the blessing of God. Even Israel
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in the height of the
reign of David and Solomon
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never saw the blessings
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that you have had
the privilege of seeing.
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God has abundantly, marvelously
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blessed this country.
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God mentions nations
primarily for two reasons.
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He mentions them because
of the influence they have
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upon the world and secondly
because of their effect upon
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the people of God.
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The United
States is no different.
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As we have looked at the
scripture night after night,
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it speaks of
these different nations
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in Revelation 17
verse 10, and it says:
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And so as we have
looked in God's Word
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and we've looked at
these beasts one after another,
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we have found out that they
represent different nations.
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Remember we found
out that Babylon of old
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represented as the image...
the head of the image...
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Also as the lion in the
scripture represented Babylon.
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That's one head of the lion.
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You remember then
we came to Medo-Persia.
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Medo-Persia was the
arms and breasts of silver
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on the image. And you
remember as we studied
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Daniel the 7th chapter
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it was presented as a bear.
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That is the second head.
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And put it together, folks.
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Babylon fell to Medo-Persia.
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Babylon fell to Medo-Persia.
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All right. Then came
the country of Greece
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represented on the image
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as the belly and
thighs of bronze.
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And you remember
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in Daniel the 7th chapter
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it was presented as a leopard
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that has 4 wings and 4 heads.
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Represented the swiftness
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with which Alexander the Great
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took everything
that was before him.
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And then you remember we
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came to the fourth kingdom:
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the legs of iron,
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represented in Daniel 7
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as a dragon.
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Pagan Rome
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ruled that period of time.
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And then you remember we came
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to a fifth beast in
Revelation the 13th chapter
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as a non-descript beast
that I am going to be saying
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a little more about tonight.
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We'll talk about it in reference
to our subject tonight.
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And then you remember if
you were with me the other night
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we talked about the sixth beast.
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And that sixth
beast was that of atheism
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or communism that
rose - you remember -
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and came in when Napoleon
came in and overthrew...
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overthrew the papal power.
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And then you
remember after that we came to
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our subject for tonight.
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That's what we're
looking at tonight.
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Now, as we take a look at that
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it tells us this very clearly
in Revelation 17 and verse 10:
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So it says that this
seventh beast that you and I
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are going to look at tonight
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that when he comes he
must "continue a short time. "
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OK. So we want to put
that together and see exactly
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what the scripture
is saying about it.
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Now you remember when
we studied this beast in
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Revelation the 13th chapter
- this non-descript beast
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that had seven
heads, ten horns -
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we identified that
as the papal power.
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Because it makes it very clear
in scripture and in history
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that the papal power
fell to pagan Rome...
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or pagan Rome fell
to the papal power.
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OK. I want to put
things in a time sequence
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for us tonight so
that you can see exactly
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how this fits together.
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So we're going to
go to Revelation 13
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and let's read a few texts here.
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It says here in Revelation 13:1:
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So this is this
non-descript beast that rose up
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out of the sea
that we identified
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and we gave you eight
points of identification
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that the scripture identifies
without any question of a doubt
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as that of papal Rome.
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And you remember
as we studied that
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we found that papal
Rome got its power, its seat,
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and its authority
from that of pagan Rome.
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OK. That all took
place step by step.
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Now as we continue,
watch what happens here
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because it says in verse 10:
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So the scripture
is saying clearly
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that this beast in Revelation 13
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which was that
of the papal power
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it said that it took
people into captivity,
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it would go into captivity.
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It said that it
killed with the sword
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therefore it would be
killed with the sword.
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And we find out that Napoleon...
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Napoleon is
wanting to control Europe.
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But Napoleon knows that
he cannot control Europe
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unless he can break the
back of the papal power.
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So Napoleon on February the 15th
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1798 sent his general, Berthier,
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into Rome
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in which he overthrew
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the papal power
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and as history says
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he established a secular one.
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OK, you with me?
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Now, I want you to
watch very, very carefully
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because this is the
1st beast of Revelation 13.
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But in that 13th
chapter is a second beast
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that it says this about it.
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Revelation 13 verse what? 11.
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I just read to you
verse 10 that says:
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"He that goeth into captivity
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or leadeth into captivity
shall go into captivity.
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He that kills with the sword
must be killed with the sword. "
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That is verse 10.
Verse 11 reads this way:
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So what it is saying here
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is just as this one
beast in Revelation 13
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is going down...
going into captivity...
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he said: "I saw another beast
coming up out of the earth.
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He had two horns like a
lamb, spake as a dragon. "
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What I am trying to tell
you tonight, dear friend,
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is there is only one power
on the face of the whole earth
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that fits that time
sequence. No other power does.
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I don't care how much
you want to talk about it,
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you can take God's Word
and there is only one nation,
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one power, that will
fit that time sequence...
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and none other.
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You watch very carefully.
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Napoleon sent his
general, Berthier, into Rome
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on February 15, 1798
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and that power,
the non-descript beast,
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the first beast of Revelation 13
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went into captivity.
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Watch what happens now.
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As this beast here... as
this beast in Revelation 13
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is going into captivity
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the scripture says
this beast is coming up.
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"I saw another beast
rising out of the earth. "
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Are you acquainted with a
man by the name of John Wesley?
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Do you know who
I'm talking about?
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You know who I'm talking about
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if I'm talking
about John Wesley?
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John Wesley is basically the one
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that started the
Methodist Church.
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A great preacher.
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A great preacher
of righteousness.
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John Wesley, as he
studied the scripture...
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and he studied
particularly the books of Daniel
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and Revelation... John Wesley
would make notes about it.
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I don't know... just wrote
it on pieces of paper... notes.
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And when John Wesley died
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they gathered all those
notes up and published them.
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And so you can buy a book
called Notes on Revelation
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by John Wesley.
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When you read what John Wesley
has to say about these 2 beasts
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that we're looking at tonight
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I want you to notice
something very interesting
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because this is
what John Wesley says.
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Now John Wesley is saying that
second beast of Revelation 13,
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the two horned
beast, is not yet come...
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He said it can't be very far off
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because he's to appear at
the end of the forty-two months
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of the first beast. The
42 months of the 1st beast
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came to an end when, friends?
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1798 AD.
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Did you notice when
John Wesley wrote this?
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1754 AD.
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1754 AD John Wesley
wrote: "Can't be very far off
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because he's got to come at
the end of the forty-two months
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of the first beast. "
In other words, John Wesley
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understood what God's Word
was saying. He was right there.
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He knew what was taking place.
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So just exactly
as one was going down
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the other one, scripture
says, was going to come up.
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Watch...
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for you remember
trouble has developed
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between the
colonies and England.
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England has not
given to our forefathers
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the right to govern as
they would like to govern.
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And you remember they
decided they wanted to be
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an independent
nation. Do you remember that?
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Huh? And so they
wrote up something called
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the Declaration of Independence.
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Remember that? You
remember our forefathers
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our forefathers came over
to this country looking for
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a place where they could
worship as they pleased...
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where they could
build a new life.
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And those people
were called pilgrims.
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And they came over here and
they landed at a place called
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Plymouth Rock.
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You remember they
moved there on Plymouth Rock.
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Now if you don't think
that God had a hand in this
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let me share something with you.
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If you ever get the
opportunity you should go
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up to Plymouth and go
there and take a look.
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They've rebuilt the village
there where the people lived.
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And when you go
in and talk to them
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you can only talk to
them about things back then
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which is most interesting.
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But by the way, you
remember there was another town
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that was established
here in this country.
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You know what
the name of it was?
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Jamestown.
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Jamestown
completely was wiped out
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three times.
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So how was it that Plymouth
Rock was able to make it
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is because when those
people got off of the ship,
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folks, they found buildings
there with food in them
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and nobody living there.
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Talking about the hand
of God and what He did.
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The Pilgrims landed
at Plymouth Rock when?
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1620 AD.
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1620 they
landed at Plymouth Rock
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and they began to set up their
livelihood; they began to build.
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And then as it developed,
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as I mentioned, England was not
giving them the right to rule
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like they thought
they ought to be able to.
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And so we decided that we wanted
to be an independent nation
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and we drew up the
Declaration of Independence.
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When?
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Are you putting things together?
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1776 you have the
Declaration of Independence.
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1789 you have
the Bill of Rights.
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1791 you have the
Bill of Rights adopted.
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1798 that first
beast goes into captivity
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and you have
another nation rising.
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Dear friend,
there's not another power,
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not another nation on earth
that fits that time sequence.
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Only the United States.
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So as this one is
coming up out of the earth...
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Now this text that we've read
in Revelation the 13th chapter
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and verse 11 is a
very important one
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and it has a lot
of information in it.
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And it says this:
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Had two horns
like a lamb, right?
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Now you see, all the beasts
that we've been studying about
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they came up out of the what?
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Huh? Out of water!
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But this beast is
coming up out of the earth.
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And we read here... in
Revelation the 17th chapter
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and verse 15 it says:
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These... one beast
after another rose up out of
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a revolution or war. That's
the way they came into being.
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Now all of a sudden we
have a beast that is coming up
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out of the earth.
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You see this country...
this country came into existence
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just exactly like it
says on the Statue of Liberty.
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The Statue of Liberty
has this to say about it:
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That's exactly how
this country was settled.
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Your
forefathers, my forefathers...
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they came over to this
country and they settled it.
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That's why it says that it
"rose up out of the earth. "
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It wasn't the result of a
revolution among the people.
00:17:25.79\00:17:28.74
It was because
they came over here
00:17:29.04\00:17:30.70
and they settled
this country. Moved here
00:17:30.90\00:17:33.74
because they wanted
to be able to worship
00:17:33.94\00:17:35.71
and they wanted
to be able to rule
00:17:35.91\00:17:37.51
as they thought
they ought to be able to.
00:17:37.71\00:17:39.74
That's why the scripture says
00:17:39.94\00:17:41.56
that it "rose up
out of the earth. "
00:17:41.76\00:17:43.60
Then again in
Revelation 13 verse 11 it says:
00:17:43.70\00:17:48.53
You see, in the Bible
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horns on a beast
represent the source of power.
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Sometimes those
horns have crowns on them
00:18:07.95\00:18:11.95
meaning that that particular
power would be ruled by
00:18:12.25\00:18:15.05
a monarch. Sometimes
they don't have crowns on them
00:18:15.15\00:18:18.69
and so those horns just
represent the type of power
00:18:18.89\00:18:22.97
that it's based on.
00:18:23.17\00:18:24.56
This country was
established on two principles.
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Two principles.
00:18:28.53\00:18:31.17
Our forefathers came over here
00:18:31.47\00:18:34.05
and they said "we want
government by the people,
00:18:34.26\00:18:38.21
for the people, and
through the people. "
00:18:38.51\00:18:41.84
They said this is the kind
of government that we want.
00:18:42.14\00:18:44.88
That was one principle
00:18:45.18\00:18:46.60
upon which our
country was established.
00:18:46.80\00:18:48.82
The other principle that
our country was established upon
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was that that they would give
to every man and every woman
00:18:52.13\00:18:55.80
the right to worship
00:18:56.00\00:18:57.64
according to the
dictates of their conscience.
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And those were the 2 principles
that this country was built on
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was that was that we
would have a country...
00:19:04.79\00:19:06.88
They said: "We want a
country without a king.
00:19:07.08\00:19:10.35
We want
government by the people. "
00:19:10.65\00:19:13.24
I don't know what you
learned when you went to school,
00:19:13.54\00:19:17.30
but when I was going to school
00:19:17.50\00:19:20.65
they told me that the
reason our forefathers rebelled
00:19:20.85\00:19:25.72
against England
was over taxation.
00:19:25.82\00:19:29.09
Is that what you were told?
00:19:30.45\00:19:31.98
Didn't you read
about the Boston Tea Party?
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Yeah, they said that you
know... the taxation was heavy.
00:19:35.52\00:19:39.24
Have you ever gone
back and read the taxation
00:19:39.54\00:19:41.96
back then? Huh?
00:19:42.17\00:19:44.42
Have you ever done that?
00:19:44.72\00:19:45.77
You ought to.
It's very interesting.
00:19:45.97\00:19:47.37
Man, I would accept
it today with open arms
00:19:47.57\00:19:50.34
I can tell you for sure.
00:19:50.64\00:19:52.33
Gladly. But I
want you to listen.
00:19:52.63\00:19:54.45
This is what our forefathers
tell us was the problem.
00:19:54.65\00:19:57.56
I don't know if you've ever
read about a man by the name
00:19:57.76\00:20:00.12
of Josiah Quincy.
00:20:00.15\00:20:01.77
But Josiah Quincy is
also one of those that signed
00:20:01.97\00:20:04.66
the Declaration of Independence.
00:20:04.86\00:20:06.50
And this is what he had to say:
00:20:06.80\00:20:08.98
Are you seeing
the two principles
00:20:15.61\00:20:17.37
that our country
was established upon?
00:20:17.58\00:20:19.47
Those were the two principles
upon which our country
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was established, and
England was not giving the right
00:20:38.66\00:20:41.80
to govern as they should
00:20:42.00\00:20:43.69
and it was not giving the right
to worship as they wanted to.
00:20:43.89\00:20:46.76
And thus they said: "We
will have our own country. "
00:20:47.06\00:20:49.55
You remember another man
by the name of Patrick Henry?
00:20:49.85\00:20:54.46
You remember him?
00:20:54.76\00:20:56.12
Do you remember what he said?
00:20:56.32\00:20:57.60
"Give me liberty
or give me death. "
00:20:59.25\00:21:02.80
What else did he say?
00:21:03.21\00:21:04.80
Nobody ever knows.
00:21:06.17\00:21:07.78
They know that and that's it.
00:21:08.08\00:21:09.94
I want to read to you
what Patrick Henry had to say.
00:21:10.24\00:21:13.06
You see this is the problem:
00:21:40.05\00:21:41.52
England was not
giving them the right
00:21:41.72\00:21:43.99
to govern as the
felt they wanted to govern
00:21:44.20\00:21:46.55
and England was not
giving them the right to
00:21:46.75\00:21:47.94
worship like they felt
they should be able to worship.
00:21:48.14\00:21:50.53
And they said:
"No, we won't do this.
00:21:50.83\00:21:53.69
We'll have our own nation. "
00:21:53.99\00:21:56.55
Those were the two principles
00:22:04.68\00:22:06.59
upon which this
nation was established.
00:22:06.79\00:22:09.81
Those two
principles, dear friends,
00:22:10.11\00:22:12.31
have held us in good
stead down through the years,
00:22:12.51\00:22:15.24
and God help us
if we give them up.
00:22:15.54\00:22:18.07
Stand on those two principles.
00:22:19.75\00:22:22.22
But it goes on, speaking
of this two-horned beast,
00:22:22.52\00:22:25.47
and it says:
00:22:25.67\00:22:27.28
Now, when you pick up God's Word
00:22:40.79\00:22:43.43
and you begin to study it,
00:22:45.27\00:22:46.74
what does a
lamb represent? Hmmm?
00:22:47.04\00:22:53.02
In the Bible, what
does the lamb represent?
00:22:53.35\00:22:56.35
Well let's look.
00:22:57.16\00:22:58.39
This is kind of what
it tells us it represents.
00:22:58.69\00:23:01.25
I Peter the 1st
chapter verse 19:
00:23:01.45\00:23:03.69
You see, it
represents Jesus Christ.
00:23:15.64\00:23:18.63
Revelation 5 verse 12:
00:23:18.66\00:23:21.28
In the Bible, a
lamb represents Jesus.
00:23:29.23\00:23:32.03
And when it says that this beast
that rose up out of the earth
00:23:32.23\00:23:35.28
had two horns like a lamb
00:23:35.48\00:23:37.50
it meant that it would be young,
00:23:37.70\00:23:39.52
it meant that
it would be gentle,
00:23:39.82\00:23:41.71
but it also meant that
it would be Christ-like.
00:23:41.91\00:23:44.41
You see, our
forefathers that came over here
00:23:44.71\00:23:47.58
were God-fearing men and women.
00:23:47.79\00:23:49.99
They believed
in the Word of God,
00:23:50.29\00:23:52.85
and they built this
nation and established it
00:23:53.16\00:23:55.73
upon Biblical principles.
00:23:55.93\00:23:57.88
And dear friend, tonight
if you go to Washington, DC
00:23:57.99\00:24:00.91
and you walk through
the halls of Congress,
00:24:01.11\00:24:03.08
and you visit the Senate,
and walk through the Capitol,
00:24:03.28\00:24:06.06
you'll find God
written everywhere.
00:24:06.26\00:24:08.86
You can walk through
the park and everywhere
00:24:09.16\00:24:11.67
because our forefathers
were God-fearing men and women
00:24:11.87\00:24:15.79
and they believed in God
00:24:15.99\00:24:17.59
and they took their stand there.
00:24:17.79\00:24:19.51
When the war took place between
the United States and England,
00:24:21.81\00:24:26.56
that revolution was
so hard on the colonies
00:24:29.43\00:24:35.31
that it separated all of them.
00:24:35.61\00:24:38.22
I mean, it
separated the communication
00:24:38.52\00:24:41.26
between the colonies.
00:24:41.46\00:24:42.72
And you may not have
realized it, friends,
00:24:43.02\00:24:45.14
but that war bankrupted
every one of the colonies.
00:24:45.44\00:24:49.28
I mean just
totally bankrupted them.
00:24:49.48\00:24:51.63
And each one of the
colonies felt like that they had
00:24:51.93\00:24:55.71
lost everything and they
had put everything into the war
00:24:55.91\00:24:59.64
and they couldn't communicate
with the other colonies.
00:24:59.84\00:25:02.59
And so they felt
like that they had borne
00:25:02.79\00:25:06.13
the weight of
the war themselves.
00:25:06.33\00:25:09.26
So when the war was over
00:25:09.56\00:25:12.00
and they called a
Constitutional Congress
00:25:12.20\00:25:16.50
and delegates came
from the 13 colonies,
00:25:16.80\00:25:20.38
when they arrived
they were not in any
00:25:20.69\00:25:26.46
frame of mind to get along.
00:25:27.39\00:25:29.44
They got in argument
after argument after argument
00:25:29.74\00:25:32.91
until finally the delegation
from New York went home.
00:25:33.11\00:25:36.43
And it looked like that
whole Constitutional Congress
00:25:36.73\00:25:40.54
was going to fall apart
00:25:40.57\00:25:42.36
when a little
man wearing glasses
00:25:42.66\00:25:47.52
stood up. And
he had this to say:
00:25:47.82\00:25:52.15
I'm talking about these
were God-fearing men and women
00:26:19.22\00:26:22.04
and when they were in
the midst of that conflict
00:26:22.14\00:26:24.87
they had daily prayer...
00:26:25.07\00:26:27.72
And with that
speech, Benjamin Franklin
00:26:52.82\00:26:55.49
was able to congeal
that whole congregational...
00:26:55.79\00:26:59.46
that whole
Constitutional Congress.
00:26:59.66\00:27:01.56
And those men sat
down and they wrote
00:27:01.76\00:27:04.75
one of the greatest documents
that has ever been written
00:27:04.95\00:27:08.03
by man.
00:27:08.23\00:27:09.29
Why? Because they were
God- fearing men and women.
00:27:10.33\00:27:15.83
They believed in the Lord.
00:27:16.03\00:27:18.40
That's why the
beast is lamb-like.
00:27:18.70\00:27:21.62
Even when they came to
electing the first president
00:27:22.67\00:27:26.90
of this country and
George Washington stood
00:27:27.10\00:27:31.15
and gave his inaugural address
00:27:31.35\00:27:34.47
I want you to listen to
a few paragraphs from it.
00:27:34.67\00:27:38.95
So he said if
there's any people on earth
00:28:24.94\00:28:27.60
that ought to be aware
of God and what God has done
00:28:27.80\00:28:32.47
it's the people
of the United States.
00:28:32.67\00:28:34.92
He said: "Every
step that we made
00:28:49.88\00:28:52.33
there was evidence there
always of what God was doing. "
00:28:52.53\00:28:56.37
You see, they were men
and women that believed
00:29:12.19\00:29:18.13
in God. They were men and women
00:29:18.33\00:29:20.07
who believed in the Word of God.
00:29:20.27\00:29:22.12
And they built this
nation on principles - Christian
00:29:22.42\00:29:25.67
principles. That's why it
says that it was lamb-like.
00:29:25.88\00:29:30.79
Unfortunately, it
doesn't stop there.
00:29:31.09\00:29:36.90
I wish tonight that it did.
00:29:37.20\00:29:39.62
I wish that it
just stopped right there
00:29:39.92\00:29:42.25
and I didn't
have to say any more.
00:29:42.45\00:29:43.91
But that text in
Revelation the 13th chapter
00:29:44.31\00:29:47.64
and verse 11 ends
up by saying this:
00:29:47.84\00:29:50.99
Now folks, if the lamb...
If the lamb represents Jesus,
00:30:02.78\00:30:08.49
who does the dragon represent?
00:30:08.79\00:30:11.32
Yeah, just the opposite.
00:30:11.92\00:30:14.24
Just the opposite.
00:30:14.54\00:30:16.66
Now if you... If
you don't understand
00:30:16.77\00:30:19.70
what's been happening
for the last 20-25 years,
00:30:19.90\00:30:24.64
then I would tell you tonight
that we're in the process
00:30:24.84\00:30:29.55
of it changing character.
00:30:29.75\00:30:32.45
That's what's going on.
00:30:32.75\00:30:34.38
That it is moving
from that of a lamb
00:30:34.68\00:30:37.81
to the place that it
will "speak as a dragon. "
00:30:38.02\00:30:42.93
Now, nations are
very much like men.
00:30:43.23\00:30:48.09
You see, nations are built
on the wisdom and the might
00:30:48.39\00:30:52.42
of man. That's
how they're built.
00:30:52.62\00:30:54.71
And because nations are built
on the wisdom and the might
00:30:55.01\00:30:57.87
of men, nations
rise and they go down.
00:30:58.07\00:31:01.40
That's the way all of them do.
00:31:01.80\00:31:04.29
Almost every nation that
has ever come into existence
00:31:04.59\00:31:08.54
has come into
existence out of bondage.
00:31:08.74\00:31:11.97
We were in bondage to England.
00:31:13.31\00:31:15.36
That's where we were.
00:31:15.66\00:31:18.32
You can find that Russia
right tonight is just coming out
00:31:18.62\00:31:23.38
of bondage that she
was in bondage to Communism
00:31:23.58\00:31:26.57
for 70 years.
00:31:26.77\00:31:27.83
But always out of
bondage comes spiritual faith.
00:31:28.62\00:31:34.54
That always comes.
00:31:34.84\00:31:36.62
Our forefathers
felt they were in bondage
00:31:36.92\00:31:39.69
and they began to pray
and they began to seek God.
00:31:39.99\00:31:43.59
That God would hear their prayer
and would open up the way.
00:31:43.89\00:31:47.87
And always, always
out of spiritual faith
00:31:48.07\00:31:52.77
comes, my friends, courage.
00:31:52.97\00:31:55.58
Like Patrick Henry said:
00:31:55.88\00:31:58.43
"Listen, if I can't
worship as I want to worship,
00:31:58.63\00:32:02.56
if I can't follow God,
00:32:02.76\00:32:04.47
if we cannot govern like
we think we ought to govern,
00:32:04.67\00:32:07.84
then give me
liberty or give me death. "
00:32:08.04\00:32:11.43
Great courage, and
they stand up and they say:
00:32:11.73\00:32:15.11
"This is what we
are going to do. "
00:32:15.31\00:32:18.54
You find much of that
happening in Russia today.
00:32:19.62\00:32:22.99
Spiritual faith. There
has been a tremendous revival
00:32:23.29\00:32:28.51
across Russia to God.
00:32:28.71\00:32:31.15
And out of that has
come spiritual faith
00:32:31.35\00:32:34.91
and out of that
has grown courage.
00:32:34.94\00:32:37.73
And out of courage
always comes liberty.
00:32:37.93\00:32:41.87
Dear friend, let
me tell you something.
00:32:43.41\00:32:45.24
There's no place on earth
00:32:45.44\00:32:47.01
where this Word
has been preached...
00:32:47.41\00:32:50.54
where people have gone in
00:32:51.71\00:32:53.83
and they have taught
the people the Word of God
00:32:54.03\00:32:56.32
and people have
accepted the Word of God,
00:32:56.53\00:32:58.93
that there hasn't
developed courage.
00:32:59.14\00:33:01.40
And out of that
has come liberty.
00:33:01.60\00:33:03.87
No place on earth
where that hasn't happened.
00:33:04.17\00:33:06.63
God's Word always,
always brings liberty.
00:33:06.93\00:33:12.39
And out of
liberty... out of liberty always
00:33:13.94\00:33:17.82
comes abundance.
00:33:18.02\00:33:20.13
You have had the privilege
00:33:20.64\00:33:25.09
of living in a society where
there has been an abundance.
00:33:25.29\00:33:28.95
You go down to the store...
00:33:30.20\00:33:31.99
there is an
infinite amount of choices.
00:33:32.29\00:33:36.24
I mean, not just
in different items
00:33:36.54\00:33:39.96
but tremendous amount of choices
concerning one particular item.
00:33:40.16\00:33:44.18
Because there is an
abundance... and you've lived
00:33:45.34\00:33:49.35
in a time of abundance. God
has marvelously blessed you.
00:33:49.55\00:33:54.71
I mean beyond what you
and I can even imagine.
00:33:55.01\00:33:59.26
And if you
don't think He hasn't,
00:34:00.35\00:34:02.46
then you need to
travel a little bit.
00:34:02.76\00:34:05.07
Just need to go in some
other places of the world
00:34:06.60\00:34:09.34
and you'll
understand very clearly
00:34:09.55\00:34:11.79
that God has
blessed you abundantly.
00:34:11.99\00:34:14.65
Unfortunately... you would think
00:34:14.95\00:34:18.80
that when people are blessed
00:34:19.00\00:34:21.25
and people are given
so much that God has given
00:34:21.45\00:34:24.15
you would think that their heart
would overflow with generosity
00:34:24.35\00:34:27.80
and they would give.
00:34:28.00\00:34:29.22
But unfortunately, it
doesn't work that way.
00:34:30.46\00:34:33.86
Out of abundance
comes selfishness.
00:34:34.16\00:34:37.98
Instead of giving... they keep.
00:34:39.05\00:34:44.70
Instead of sharing, they hoard.
00:34:45.00\00:34:48.21
Completely different thing.
00:34:49.50\00:34:51.01
Now dear friends, what I'm
trying to tell you tonight -
00:34:51.21\00:34:53.35
and you be the judge -
00:34:53.55\00:34:55.38
I want to ask you: do you think
00:34:55.48\00:34:57.77
that the United
States is going up this side
00:34:57.98\00:35:03.26
or do you think she's
coming down on the other side?
00:35:03.46\00:35:06.41
You see, out of selfishness...
00:35:08.74\00:35:11.27
because we're selfish and we
don't share and we don't give,
00:35:12.45\00:35:16.05
out of that grows compliance.
00:35:16.35\00:35:18.83
Just... just going to go along.
00:35:19.13\00:35:22.14
Do you ever hear somebody say:
00:35:22.44\00:35:24.57
"Ahh, you can't
beat city hall. "
00:35:24.77\00:35:28.30
"Just go along with it. You're
not going to change anything. "
00:35:29.55\00:35:33.95
Compliance.
00:35:35.66\00:35:37.48
And out of compliance -
just being willing to go along,
00:35:37.78\00:35:41.39
not willing to
stand up and be counted,
00:35:41.59\00:35:43.91
not willing to
make any kind of waves -
00:35:44.11\00:35:46.77
out of that always comes apathy.
00:35:46.97\00:35:49.68
Always.
00:35:51.55\00:35:53.05
Just saying, you
know: "Don't disturb me. "
00:35:53.35\00:35:57.95
"Don't get me out
of my comfort zone. "
00:35:59.79\00:36:02.31
"I want to be right here.
00:36:02.61\00:36:04.58
Leave me alone.
Things are real good;
00:36:04.88\00:36:07.56
I don't want to be bothered. "
00:36:07.86\00:36:09.52
And thus we have apathy.
00:36:09.82\00:36:12.31
And out of apathy
always comes dependence.
00:36:12.62\00:36:17.68
Always comes dependence.
00:36:19.88\00:36:23.17
See, 96%
00:36:23.98\00:36:29.50
of all of you here in this room
00:36:29.70\00:36:32.19
will retire dependent upon
the United States government.
00:36:32.69\00:36:38.63
Dependent.
00:36:39.80\00:36:41.72
And out of dependency
00:36:42.02\00:36:46.09
always comes bondage.
00:36:46.40\00:36:49.48
And so we make a great circle:
00:36:49.78\00:36:54.49
we go from bondage into bondage.
00:36:54.79\00:36:57.94
And when it says that this
beast would speak as a dragon,
00:36:58.24\00:37:03.49
then dear friend,
this is what brings about
00:37:03.59\00:37:06.89
the beast speaking as a dragon.
00:37:07.09\00:37:12.03
There's another
man that signed your
00:37:12.33\00:37:17.68
Declaration of Independence...
00:37:17.88\00:37:19.13
you may not be
acquainted with him.
00:37:19.33\00:37:20.56
His name was Alexander Tyler.
00:37:20.76\00:37:22.78
He made a statement
that's tremendously important.
00:37:23.08\00:37:27.53
I want you to listen to
the statement that he made:
00:37:27.83\00:37:30.07
Why not? Let's see why it can't.
00:37:47.46\00:37:49.63
The moment the people understand
00:38:00.68\00:38:03.54
that they can vote themselves
money from the public treasury
00:38:03.74\00:38:08.97
democracy is headed downhill.
00:38:09.27\00:38:10.99
Listen to this
statement because we're right
00:38:11.19\00:38:13.04
in the middle of an election.
00:38:13.24\00:38:15.77
Right? You want
to see something?
00:38:16.07\00:38:18.33
Watch this carefully:
00:38:18.63\00:38:20.01
So you want to take a
look at the candidates
00:38:31.23\00:38:33.21
and you want to see which
one's going to promise you
00:38:33.41\00:38:34.96
the most and that's the
one you're going to vote for.
00:38:35.16\00:38:36.69
Say: "Oh, he'll give me
more. I'll vote for him. "
00:38:37.89\00:38:42.77
And simply by doing that
00:38:44.33\00:38:47.04
you're sending
your nation downhill.
00:38:47.24\00:38:50.07
The nation, you see,
wrecks itself financially.
00:39:05.43\00:39:08.86
And the only way it
can be brought out of that
00:39:09.06\00:39:12.04
is by dictatorship.
00:39:12.24\00:39:13.67
You and I have had the blessing
of going a little longer
00:39:22.72\00:39:26.08
than 200 years.
00:39:26.28\00:39:27.96
OK? So we find
ourselves with this nation
00:39:28.26\00:39:32.58
that rose... that was lamb-like
00:39:32.78\00:39:35.71
we find it now
speaking as a dragon.
00:39:35.91\00:39:40.40
Watch... watch very carefully
00:39:52.55\00:39:55.32
because God is now going to
show you what's going to happen,
00:39:55.52\00:39:59.68
friends. He's going to show you
exactly what's going to happen.
00:39:59.88\00:40:03.73
And let me tell you something.
00:40:04.03\00:40:05.66
This book hasn't failed
00:40:05.96\00:40:08.39
and it's not going
to fail in the future.
00:40:08.69\00:40:11.27
And when God says:
"This is going to happen, "
00:40:11.48\00:40:14.65
you'd better rest
assured it's going to take place
00:40:14.85\00:40:17.15
just as God said it would.
00:40:17.45\00:40:19.55
You remember a
president called Richard Nixon?
00:40:21.18\00:40:23.59
Huh? You know
who he is, don't you?
00:40:23.89\00:40:26.33
You remember him?
00:40:26.53\00:40:27.63
He wrote a book
called Seize the Moment.
00:40:27.93\00:40:31.22
Not too concerned
about the title...
00:40:31.62\00:40:34.89
it's the subtitle
that I want you to look at.
00:40:35.09\00:40:37.29
The subtitle says this:
00:40:37.59\00:40:39.61
America's Challenge in
a One-Superpower World.
00:40:39.91\00:40:45.91
You see, when Communism fell
00:40:47.63\00:40:50.45
all of a sudden the
United States found itself
00:40:50.75\00:40:53.75
as a superpower unchallenged.
00:40:53.95\00:40:57.77
How are we as a
nation relating to that?
00:40:58.07\00:41:02.62
South Bend Tribune - newspaper
- this is what it reported:
00:41:05.54\00:41:08.96
In other words,
the United States says:
00:41:37.84\00:41:40.37
"We are a superpower
00:41:40.67\00:41:43.49
and we're not going to
let any other nation rise
00:41:43.79\00:41:47.54
to rival us. "
00:41:47.74\00:41:49.45
In other words,
the scripture says
00:41:49.75\00:41:52.66
that she will
speak "as a dragon. "
00:41:52.86\00:41:57.69
She will "speak as a dragon. "
00:41:58.91\00:42:03.04
And that's where
we are... now watch
00:42:03.25\00:42:05.93
because the
scripture's going to help you
00:42:06.23\00:42:08.80
put some things together.
00:42:09.00\00:42:10.35
Revelation... we're
still in the 13th chapter...
00:42:10.55\00:42:13.18
we're looking at verse 14.
00:42:13.38\00:42:15.51
Watch very
carefully what it says:
00:42:15.81\00:42:18.09
Now this is talking
about the two-horned beast,
00:42:29.74\00:42:32.08
and it says that it was
able to do certain things
00:42:32.38\00:42:35.18
in sight of this first beast.
00:42:35.38\00:42:37.96
OK? Which was the non-descript
beast that had seven heads
00:42:38.26\00:42:42.15
and two horns... I mean
seven heads and ten horns.
00:42:42.35\00:42:45.05
Watch:
00:42:45.35\00:42:46.36
Now it says that this first
beast - the one that went down,
00:42:56.17\00:43:00.67
led into captivity - it
was wounded by the sword
00:43:00.87\00:43:04.92
and it what? It lived...
00:43:05.12\00:43:07.32
And therefore it
says this two-horned beast
00:43:07.62\00:43:10.16
is going to make an image to it.
00:43:10.46\00:43:12.57
Well, that first
beast we found out to be
00:43:12.87\00:43:16.15
papal Rome.
00:43:16.46\00:43:18.79
That first beast -
that two-horned beast -
00:43:19.09\00:43:21.33
was papal Rome. Not
the two-horned beast...
00:43:21.54\00:43:24.51
Excuse me... the beast
with seven heads, ten horns.
00:43:24.54\00:43:27.23
The first beast of Revelation 13
00:43:27.43\00:43:29.49
that was papal Rome.
00:43:29.69\00:43:30.84
And it says that this two-horned
beast that we're studying
00:43:31.04\00:43:33.64
tonight is going to
make an image to that beast.
00:43:33.84\00:43:36.91
Now I want to ask you something.
00:43:37.21\00:43:38.70
If it's going
to make an image...
00:43:39.00\00:43:41.06
If you're going to
make an image of a dog,
00:43:42.53\00:43:45.79
you make it look
like a cat, right?
00:43:46.09\00:43:48.74
Huh? If you're going
to make an image of a dog,
00:43:50.35\00:43:53.38
you make it look
like what? A dog!
00:43:53.58\00:43:56.03
OK. So it says that this
beast is going to make an image
00:43:56.33\00:44:00.50
to this other beast. The
papal power stood for what?
00:44:00.70\00:44:05.52
What made it the papal power?
00:44:05.82\00:44:07.45
It made it the papal
power because it was a union
00:44:07.75\00:44:10.81
of church and state.
00:44:11.01\00:44:12.17
It was a
religio-political power.
00:44:12.47\00:44:14.83
So therefore it says that if
this country is going to make
00:44:15.13\00:44:17.94
an image to it,
you've got to have church
00:44:18.14\00:44:20.73
and state coming together.
00:44:20.93\00:44:22.95
Watch...
00:44:23.26\00:44:24.93
because it says
that this beast here
00:44:25.23\00:44:28.23
is going to make an
image to this beast.
00:44:28.43\00:44:31.97
OK?
00:44:32.27\00:44:34.75
Watch what's
beginning to develop.
00:44:38.00\00:44:40.77
This is a statement
taken from the Moral Majority.
00:44:40.97\00:44:43.81
This is what they have to say:
00:44:44.11\00:44:45.77
Separation of church and state
they say is a dangerous concept.
00:44:54.08\00:44:58.95
Well, true enough.
00:45:13.82\00:45:16.30
The words
separation of church and state
00:45:16.50\00:45:18.50
are not in our Constitution.
00:45:18.70\00:45:20.11
But that doesn't mean that
separation of church and state
00:45:20.41\00:45:23.66
is a dangerous concept.
00:45:23.86\00:45:25.46
At least our
forefathers didn't think it was.
00:45:25.66\00:45:28.11
It goes on and says:
00:45:28.42\00:45:29.72
So it says that we, as a nation,
00:45:39.40\00:45:43.59
need to bring
church and state together.
00:45:43.79\00:45:46.70
Let me read you
another one. It says:
00:45:46.90\00:45:49.48
I'm trying to tell you
that there are moves today
00:45:56.53\00:46:00.10
to bring church
and state together.
00:46:00.30\00:46:02.87
Another statement, W.
A. Chriswell. He said:
00:46:03.17\00:46:06.99
And today there are
many things happening
00:46:15.31\00:46:20.26
trying to bring
church and state together.
00:46:20.46\00:46:23.26
I don't know if
you've read this book called
00:46:23.46\00:46:24.87
After the
Revolution by Ralph Reed -
00:46:25.07\00:46:27.37
Ralph Reed was the head
of Christian Coalition -
00:46:27.67\00:46:31.29
in which he said we need to
bring church and state together.
00:46:31.59\00:46:37.55
In fact, this is a
statement that he made:
00:46:37.85\00:46:42.31
In other words, church today
00:46:57.68\00:47:00.99
is becoming more involved.
Now let me explain something.
00:47:01.20\00:47:04.70
This was a problem
with our forefathers.
00:47:05.67\00:47:08.47
Our forefathers came over here.
00:47:08.77\00:47:11.03
They were looking for a place
00:47:11.13\00:47:12.34
where they could
worship as they wanted to.
00:47:12.54\00:47:14.49
They were
God-fearing men and women
00:47:14.80\00:47:16.65
and they came over and
they settled this country.
00:47:16.95\00:47:19.07
And when they
settled it, they built it
00:47:19.27\00:47:20.99
on Christian principles.
00:47:21.19\00:47:22.65
And so when they got to putting
together the Constitution
00:47:22.85\00:47:26.17
there was some
of them that said:
00:47:26.37\00:47:27.88
"If you're not
Christian, you can't vote. "
00:47:28.18\00:47:30.85
And there was a real movement
00:47:31.96\00:47:34.64
in our country to try to exclude
00:47:34.84\00:47:37.49
anybody who was not a
Christian from voting.
00:47:37.70\00:47:41.86
And our president,
James Madison, fought that.
00:47:42.16\00:47:46.01
And I mean he fought it hard.
00:47:46.31\00:47:48.96
And this is what he said. I want
you to listen to what he said:
00:47:49.16\00:47:51.63
Said that was
religious persecution...
00:48:01.40\00:48:03.98
You see, there was a
bill introduced into Congress
00:48:09.49\00:48:12.78
to try to say that
only Christians could vote.
00:48:12.98\00:48:15.35
He said: "We can't do this. "
00:48:33.56\00:48:35.18
And our forefathers
put together a Constitution
00:48:35.48\00:48:39.23
that, folks, had
balances and checks in it.
00:48:39.43\00:48:42.47
They put together a Constitution
00:48:42.77\00:48:44.70
so that you and I
could have religious freedom
00:48:44.90\00:48:47.07
and at the same
time to keep our country
00:48:47.27\00:48:50.30
based on Christian principles.
00:48:50.60\00:48:52.87
This is how they put
together our country.
00:48:52.97\00:48:55.17
And I think they did
a pretty good job of it.
00:48:55.47\00:48:58.30
I think you and I
need to be very careful.
00:48:58.70\00:49:02.38
But listen.
00:49:02.58\00:49:03.55
This is still speaking
of the two-horned beast.
00:49:03.56\00:49:06.05
Listen to what
it says about him:
00:49:06.08\00:49:07.64
I've told you, any time...
00:49:26.27\00:49:29.44
Any time in
history that a church
00:49:29.64\00:49:33.76
has taken over civil power
00:49:33.96\00:49:36.35
it has always persecuted.
00:49:36.55\00:49:38.89
Don't care what
church that is. Always.
00:49:39.09\00:49:41.62
It says that
this two-horned beast
00:49:41.92\00:49:44.22
had power to give what?
00:49:44.42\00:49:47.03
Breath to the image.
00:49:47.33\00:49:49.51
All right? Had breath...
00:49:49.81\00:49:51.91
If you give breath to
something, what does that mean?
00:49:52.11\00:49:55.24
Huh?
00:49:55.54\00:49:57.99
Well, it means it came to life.
00:49:58.29\00:50:01.05
You've read the
story of Pinocchio.
00:50:01.35\00:50:03.45
OK. Came to life!
00:50:04.66\00:50:06.65
Here he made an image of a boy
00:50:06.95\00:50:09.25
and breath was
given and he came to life.
00:50:09.45\00:50:11.87
That's what it's saying
here: that they made an image
00:50:12.17\00:50:14.64
to the beast and he had
power to give breath to it
00:50:14.84\00:50:17.72
and it came to life.
00:50:17.92\00:50:20.03
And it says that he
would cause it to speak -
00:50:20.33\00:50:26.17
all right - speak and cause...
00:50:26.37\00:50:28.41
Any time in God's Word, friend,
00:50:31.46\00:50:33.98
that you come across a beast
00:50:34.18\00:50:36.43
and it says
concerning that particular beast
00:50:36.63\00:50:39.89
that it would speak...
that means legislation.
00:50:40.19\00:50:45.22
That's what it's talking about.
00:50:45.72\00:50:47.44
Beasts
represent powers, nations.
00:50:47.74\00:50:49.51
So when it says it speaks
00:50:49.82\00:50:51.65
that means it's
going to legislate.
00:50:51.85\00:50:53.88
And any time it says cause
00:50:54.08\00:50:56.91
that means enforcement.
00:50:57.11\00:50:59.02
So the Bible is
saying very clearly
00:50:59.12\00:51:01.88
in this dear country in
which you and I live tonight
00:51:02.08\00:51:04.88
the day will come
in which you will find
00:51:06.29\00:51:10.09
church will rule and there
will be religious persecution.
00:51:10.29\00:51:15.81
That's what it's saying.
00:51:16.11\00:51:17.87
It says that we
are approaching that...
00:51:18.17\00:51:21.39
that that day will come.
00:51:21.59\00:51:23.86
It will "speak as a dragon. "
00:51:25.53\00:51:29.03
You will have
unification of church and state.
00:51:29.23\00:51:32.65
It would give life to
the image to the beast.
00:51:33.15\00:51:36.38
That it would do
things for that beast.
00:51:36.68\00:51:38.96
Is there anything
happening that way today?
00:51:39.16\00:51:41.50
I hope dear friend
that you're not just home
00:51:42.73\00:51:46.36
and you're letting
some of these things pass by
00:51:46.56\00:51:49.43
and you're not
understanding what's going on.
00:51:49.63\00:51:51.34
As a church?
00:52:09.39\00:52:12.28
No, as a state.
00:52:12.58\00:52:15.53
If you
recognize them as a state,
00:52:18.99\00:52:20.87
you have unification
of what? Church and state.
00:52:21.07\00:52:25.35
See? Definitely
movements that way.
00:52:27.67\00:52:31.16
The United States...
00:52:31.46\00:52:33.91
probably blessed by God
00:52:35.36\00:52:38.88
like no other country has
ever been blessed by God...
00:52:39.18\00:52:42.57
but it says that it
will "speak as a dragon. "
00:52:42.87\00:52:48.75
In other words, when it speaks
00:53:04.54\00:53:06.95
as a dragon
00:53:07.25\00:53:11.42
it's only going
to last a short time.
00:53:11.72\00:53:15.09
You and I are
living right at the time
00:53:16.11\00:53:19.78
when the scripture says
it's going to speak as a dragon.
00:53:20.08\00:53:24.13
You and I have had the privilege
00:53:24.43\00:53:27.73
of living in a great nation.
00:53:28.03\00:53:30.37
Fortunately, the
wonderful thing about it is
00:53:32.45\00:53:36.21
is it's the seventh one.
00:53:36.52\00:53:39.70
We're going to
look at the eighth one,
00:53:40.00\00:53:42.70
but it's all right
down here at the end.
00:53:43.00\00:53:44.77
And at the end, it says that
Jesus is going to come back.
00:53:44.97\00:53:49.00
It can't be far off.
00:53:49.20\00:53:51.23
Let me tell you, dear friend,
00:53:51.53\00:53:53.36
it won't be long.
00:53:53.46\00:53:55.13
It won't be long,
00:53:57.38\00:54:03.36
and we'll be leaving here.
00:54:03.76\00:54:09.70
It won't be long,
00:54:10.00\00:54:15.91
we'll be going home.
00:54:16.61\00:54:22.57
Count the years
00:54:23.51\00:54:25.96
as months.
00:54:26.16\00:54:30.14
Count the months as weeks.
00:54:30.44\00:54:36.13
Count the weeks as days.
00:54:37.32\00:54:43.30
We'll be going
00:54:44.35\00:54:48.04
home.
00:54:48.34\00:54:54.03
Let us pray.
00:55:01.45\00:55:03.06
Heavenly Father, tonight
00:55:03.36\00:55:04.91
as we've looked at
this great nation...
00:55:06.59\00:55:08.69
one in which You have
blessed in a very special way.
00:55:09.00\00:55:14.27
Lord, tonight we would pray
00:55:15.53\00:55:17.91
for the
president of our country.
00:55:19.03\00:55:20.97
Lord, when he's sitting
there in the Oval Office
00:55:21.47\00:55:26.69
and he has to make a decision
00:55:28.07\00:55:31.06
and he's listened
to all of the counsel
00:55:31.36\00:55:34.39
and doesn't know
what he should do,
00:55:34.69\00:55:38.39
we pray, Lord, that
he might turn to You.
00:55:38.69\00:55:41.95
That he might seek You
00:55:42.25\00:55:46.15
and what You
would have him to do.
00:55:46.45\00:55:47.67
That you'll
remember the Senators,
00:55:47.98\00:55:53.42
legislators, the
governors of our country.
00:55:53.72\00:55:56.03
Give them wisdom;
give them understanding.
00:55:56.33\00:55:59.26
But Lord, we pray that as people
00:56:00.66\00:56:03.29
that each one of us here might
humble ourselves before You.
00:56:03.59\00:56:07.87
That we might seek You.
00:56:09.02\00:56:13.05
That You might heal our land.
00:56:14.36\00:56:16.85
That our lives may be
committed to following You
00:56:17.15\00:56:22.71
in all that we do.
00:56:23.69\00:56:25.47
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