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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Tonight we're going to continue
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to look at prophecy.
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Like I said, we're
putting kind of a capsheaf
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on it tonight because many of
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these prophecies
we've studied in Daniel 2,
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Daniel 7, Revelation 13,
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Revelation 11,
and Revelation 17.
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All those are going to
begin to come together tonight.
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And as they come together,
you're going to find yourself
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right down in the present day
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and what is happening today.
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And the scripture's even
going to give you kind of a look
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into what will take
place in the future.
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And as I have told
you from night to night,
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you can depend on this book.
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It will not fail.
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It's sure, and the
prophecies will take place
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just exactly as
scripture says they will.
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Now you're going to hear things
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on the radio and
television and newspaper
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in which they'll talk about
things that are going to happen
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and it may look a certain way,
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but I can assure you it
will happen just exactly
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as the scripture
says it will happen.
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Because the Bible says
it's God who sets up kings
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and it's God
who takes them down.
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OK. So we have
some exciting subjects
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over the next few nights,
folks, the next three weeks
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that will help you
understand God's Word.
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And to men and women
who are living today -
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this day and this age -
I can't think of anything
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that would be of
more value to you
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and more help to you than to
understand what this book says.
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So we hope you'll continue to
be with us from night to night.
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I hope you've been enjoying the
music of Pam and Jimmy Rhodes.
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They're very, very
dear friends of mine.
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I've appreciated them. In
fact, when I was a young pastor
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Pam was one of my
members of one of my churches.
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She was just a young lady
then and started singing there
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in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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And she's always been
a special blessing to me.
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I've appreciated her very much.
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She's going to sing a
beautiful song tonight
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entitled On The Wings of Eagles.
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And He will raise you up
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on eagle's wings,
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bear you on the breath of dawn.
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Make you to shine like the sun
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and hold you in the palm
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of His hand.
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You who dwell in the shelter
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of the Lord.
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You'll abide in
His shadow for life.
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Say to the Lord: "My Refuge...
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My Rock, in whom I trust. "
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And He will
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raise you up on eagle's wings,
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bear you on the breath of dawn.
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Make you to shine like the sun
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and hold you in the palm
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of His hand.
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You need not fear
the terror of the night
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nor the arrow that flies by day.
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Under His wings... your refuge.
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His faithfulness... your shield.
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And He will raise you up
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on eagle's wings,
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bear you on the breath of dawn.
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Make you to shine like the sun.
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And hold you in the palm
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of His hand.
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For to His angels
He's given a command
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to guard you in
all of your ways.
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Upon their hands
they will bear you up
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lest you dash your
foot against a stone.
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And He will raise you up
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on eagle's wings,
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bear you on the breath of dawn.
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Make you to shine like the sun.
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And hold you in the palm
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of His hand.
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And He will raise you up
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on eagle's wings,
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bear you on the breath of dawn.
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Make you to shine like the sun.
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And hold you...
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and hold you...
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and hold you
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in the palm
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of His
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hand.
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Our Gracious Father,
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tonight we come
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asking that You will hold us up
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in Your hands.
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That You'll give to us wisdom.
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Give us, Lord, understanding.
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As we look at the
prophecies of Your Word,
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Lord, may our hearts be soft.
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May they be tender.
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May the Holy
Spirit come in and speak
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to each one of us.
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Lead, guide us.
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May we come to
know what You desire
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for us who are
living in these days.
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We'll give to You the honor,
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the glory, and the praise.
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For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
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In this past century
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there have been
basically three women
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who have been in the
position of rulership.
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And those three women
have done an exceptional job.
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Those three women
are: Golda Meir of Israel.
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Tremendous leader.
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Done a great, great job.
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Queen Elizabeth
still continues to work
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holding the
whole kingdom together.
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Another woman that was
in a position of rulership
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that did a tremendous
job was Margaret Thatcher.
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Those three women in the past
century will probably go down
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in history as
great, great leaders.
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You see, when you
pick up your Bible
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and you begin to
look at prophecy,
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God does a simple little thing
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and that is
that He takes a woman
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to represent a church.
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You'll find the scripture
speaks of it in that way.
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Notice what it has to say here.
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So here He just simply says,
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and when He speaks He has
likened the daughter to Zion.
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Zion's talking about the church.
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That's what it's referring to.
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You can think of
other texts in the Bible
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where He makes that comparison
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as the one in Ephesians
the 5th chapter and verse 25
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where He says:
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So here He's
making that comparison
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between Himself and the church.
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You also remember that it speaks
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in Matthew about
Christ being the...
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Bridegroom.
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The church is the... bride.
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So God simply uses a woman
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to represent a
church in Bible prophecy.
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So when you get to Revelation -
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Revelation the 12th chapter -
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you find a woman.
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It speaks about her
in these terms... It says
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Revelation 12 verse 1:
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This is a good woman.
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We'll talk more
about her on another night.
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But she is a good woman.
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She is clothed with the sun,
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the moon is under her feet,
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on her head she has a
garland of twelve stars.
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This represents God's church
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here in
Revelation the 12th chapter.
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But when you go to
Revelation the 17th chapter
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you find there another woman
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who is riding on a
scarlet- colored beast.
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It says this about her:
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So now we see immediately
this is NOT a good woman
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because it's
referring to her as a harlot.
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OK. She's sitting on a beast...
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and we're to take
a look at all that.
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But watch as it goes on
and describes this woman.
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Now watch very carefully
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because God begins to
identify certain things for us.
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It says on her forehead
is a name that is written...
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So here John
has seen this woman.
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She is riding on
this scarlet-colored beast
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and she has been drunk
with the blood of the saints.
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Talks about all the
things that she has done.
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Now what we need to do tonight
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is we've got to
identify who this woman is.
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That's what we'll have to do.
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We're going to have to
identify who the woman is.
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Also, we're going to have
to identify who this beast
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that she's riding on represents.
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We're going to begin
to put all that together
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so that you can take a look at
the 17th chapter of Revelation
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and understand
what it's talking about.
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We have studied all
these different powers.
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We have talked
about how that the church
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went into a
wilderness for 1,260 years
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from 538 AD to 1798 AD.
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We talked about
that period of time
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and we talked how the
church fled into the wilderness
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and the great persecution
that she went through.
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So what we want to do tonight
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is see when it
speaks of this woman
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who is
represented as a harlot...
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we want to see
what the scripture says.
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We will not have
trouble identifying this woman.
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In fact, I will not
even have to say to you
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who she represents.
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All we will have to do
is read the scripture to you
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and you will know
who it represents.
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So let's look at the scripture,
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see what it says about it.
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Four points of identification.
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Has to be a world power.
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Put it down. One point:
has to be a world power.
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So it tells you that it
had to be a world power.
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You can't go looking for some
little church off in the corner
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somewhere, friend.
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You've got to look
for a church that it says
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that she has committed
fornication with the kings
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of the earth. It
means that she had to be
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involved with the
kings of the earth.
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She has to be a world power.
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One point.
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Second point:
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Going to lead the world astray
from the teachings of scripture.
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It says here in Revelation 17:2:
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Now it speaks that
she has in her hand a cup
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filled with the
wine of her fornication.
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When the
scripture speaks of this cup
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and it speaks of the
wine of her fornication,
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it's meaning teachings that
are contrary to the Word of God.
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That's what it's talking about.
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And thus it has to be a
church that has taken a stand
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contrary to scripture.
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You have to put it down.
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You're going to have to think.
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You're going to have to
look for yourself tonight.
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It has to be a
church that teaches things
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that are contrary
to the Word of God.
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That's what it says very clear.
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All right. Point three:
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Satan's deception
regarding scripture...
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that's what the
wine cup represents.
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OK. Third point says it
would be a persecuting power.
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So you've got to look for
a church that has persecuted.
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"When I saw her, " John says,
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"I marveled with
great amazement. "
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Why? Because of the
tremendous things that she did
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and the
persecution that took place.
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So if you're
looking for a church,
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you've got to look for a church
that has been a world power.
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You've got to look for a
church that has led people
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contrary to the
teaching of scripture
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and they have persecuted.
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Those are three things.
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You can look at it
any way you want to,
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but you're going to
have to sit down and make
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that application.
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The fourth point:
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unification of church and state.
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So it says this woman is sitting
on a scarlet-colored beast.
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Now, if you're
looking at it you'll remember
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that in Bible prophecy a
woman represents a church.
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OK? So this woman
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riding on this scarlet-colored
beast represents a church.
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It says that she
is riding on a beast.
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Daniel the 8th chapter verse 20
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helps you and I understand
what beasts represent.
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It says: "The ram which
you saw having two horns
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they are the
kings of Medo-Persia. "
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So a beast in Bible
prophecy represents a nation
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or a civil power.
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OK. Represents a civil power.
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So, dear friends,
if you have a woman
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riding on a
beast, what do you have?
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Well you have
uniting of church and state.
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You have a church
riding on a beast.
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The church... or a
woman riding on a beast.
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The woman represents a church;
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the beast
represents civil power.
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If she's riding on that
beast, that represents union
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of church and state.
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So those four points
you've got to put down.
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1. Has to be a world power.
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Secondly, she had to lead people
contrary to the Word of God.
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3. She had to persecute people;
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persecute the
saints of the Most High.
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And... 4. She had to
unite church and state.
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Not hard to identify, is it?
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If you understand
history, if you read history,
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you can identify that
without any trouble tonight.
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OK. Let's
continue on with God's Word
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and see what it tells us here.
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Because it says
here in Revelation 3...
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17 and verse 3:
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Now I want to take a
little bit of time here.
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Who is writing
this book of Revelation?
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John. John's writing it.
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Where is John at this time?
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Oh, he's on the
island of Patmos.
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That's where he's at...
where he writes the book
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of Revelation is on
the island of Patmos.
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But here John
says he's been what?
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Carried into the wilderness.
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Therefore, in vision -
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in vision -
John has been carried
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into the wilderness.
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And as we look at this prophecy
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you cannot look at it
00:20:02.07\00:20:03.81
as John being on
the island of Patmos.
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It won't work.
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Or you cannot look at it
from where you and I are today.
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You have to look at it
from John in the wilderness.
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Are you with me?
00:20:18.91\00:20:20.90
Has to be that way, or you won't
get it all together tonight.
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So that's the reason I'm
spending some time on this
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third verse is John
says he was carried away
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into the wilderness.
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We will establish
where that wilderness is.
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Watch what he
sees in the wilderness:
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So he sees this
beast that has seven heads,
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ten horns...
scarlet-colored beast.
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So John here is saying
this beast that I saw out here
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that has these seven heads
and it has these ten horns...
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that beast was,
is not, yet is...
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what John is saying.
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So let's take a look and
see if we can put together
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what John is talking about
00:21:36.84\00:21:38.71
because John is here
on the island of Patmos.
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He's been carried in
vision into the wilderness.
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So in the wilderness...
John is in the wilderness now
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and he sees a beast that what?
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You with me?
00:21:54.81\00:21:55.91
In the wilderness he
sees a beast that WAS.
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Was is what tense?
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Past.
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OK, keep it clear.
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In the wilderness
John is seeing this vision
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and he sees this
beast that IS NOT.
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What tense is that?
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Present.
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Present.
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Saw a beast that
WAS... that's past.
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IS NOT is present.
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And YET IS is what?
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Future.
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OK, are we
beginning to understand?
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Beginning to help us
limit exactly where John is.
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He saw this beast that WAS.
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In the
wilderness the beast IS NOT,
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and yet he says
it is going to come.
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YET IS... that's what
John is saying. So remember
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as we go through this
keep John in the right place.
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Keep him in
vision in the wilderness
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and this whole
prophecy will begin to clear up
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and you'll see exactly
what it's talking about.
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All right. With that,
let's see if we can find out
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who the beast
is... what the beast is.
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It says the beast...
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Now folks, if you have
been with me from night to night
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we have put all that together.
00:23:44.46\00:23:47.10
We've studied all that;
we've put that together.
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That should be
very clear to you.
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And I'm going to review
it just a little bit for you
00:23:51.82\00:23:54.08
in case there's some of
you that are just tuning in
00:23:54.38\00:23:56.77
and getting... understanding
what we're talking about.
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Remember we studied Daniel 2.
00:23:59.60\00:24:01.76
You remember in
Daniel 2 there was an image?
00:24:02.06\00:24:05.33
Had head of gold,
arms and breasts of silver,
00:24:05.63\00:24:08.57
belly and thighs of bronze,
00:24:08.77\00:24:10.21
legs of iron, feet part
of iron and part of clay.
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And we found out that that head
of gold represented Babylon.
00:24:13.22\00:24:16.25
The arms and breasts of
silver represented Medo-Persia.
00:24:16.46\00:24:19.35
The belly and thighs of
bronze represented Greece.
00:24:19.65\00:24:23.22
The legs of iron
represented pagan Rome.
00:24:23.52\00:24:26.45
Remember? We took
you through those.
00:24:26.75\00:24:28.30
OK, now watch...
because God takes...
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And I told you as we studied
00:24:31.28\00:24:32.87
that God simply takes a prophecy
00:24:33.07\00:24:35.50
and picks it up like in Daniel 2
00:24:35.71\00:24:37.84
and He's going to
go this far with it
00:24:37.94\00:24:39.71
and He's going to stop.
00:24:39.91\00:24:41.23
And then He's going to go
back to the same starting place
00:24:41.43\00:24:43.98
in Daniel 7, except this
time He's not going to stop
00:24:44.18\00:24:47.21
here, He's going to go farther.
00:24:47.41\00:24:48.78
That God repeats and enlarges.
00:24:48.98\00:24:52.06
And you remember
as we studied Daniel 7
00:24:52.36\00:24:54.77
you remember now He has
given those nations beasts.
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And you remember the
first one was a lion.
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Represented
Babylon... Babylon of old.
00:25:03.66\00:25:06.82
605 BC to 539 BC she ruled.
00:25:07.12\00:25:11.12
Pictured as a
lion. Even the scripture
00:25:11.42\00:25:15.60
refers to Babylon as a lion.
00:25:15.80\00:25:19.20
In fact, in the ruins, if
you were to go over to Babylon
00:25:19.50\00:25:24.92
today to where they
have rebuilt the Ishtar Gate
00:25:25.12\00:25:28.67
you will see lions
there with eagles' wings.
00:25:28.97\00:25:32.20
The British Museum that
did much of the excavation
00:25:32.50\00:25:35.76
of Babylon has statues
of lions with eagles' wings.
00:25:35.97\00:25:39.12
God used that lion
to represent Babylon.
00:25:39.42\00:25:42.78
That is one of those heads.
00:25:43.08\00:25:45.15
This beast in Revelation
17 has how many heads?
00:25:45.25\00:25:48.88
Seven heads. Five have fallen.
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OK? All right. The second one
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was that of a bear, and that
was pictured as Medo-Persia.
00:25:55.30\00:25:59.74
You remember, this bear
had three ribs in its mouth.
00:26:00.04\00:26:04.33
It represented
the three countries
00:26:04.53\00:26:06.29
that Medo-Persia overthrew
00:26:06.49\00:26:08.13
which was
Babylon, Egypt, and Libya.
00:26:08.33\00:26:11.58
So Babylon fell to Medo-Persia.
00:26:11.88\00:26:15.02
What history
tells us took place.
00:26:15.32\00:26:17.87
That's what
scripture tells us took place.
00:26:18.17\00:26:20.15
The third beast that
came on the scene of action
00:26:20.45\00:26:22.84
was a leopard. Had
four wings on its back,
00:26:23.15\00:26:26.37
had four heads. That leopard
represented the kingdom of...
00:26:26.57\00:26:31.40
Greece.
00:26:31.70\00:26:33.93
Wings on its back represented
the swiftness with which
00:26:34.23\00:26:36.86
Alexander the
Great took everything.
00:26:37.06\00:26:39.17
The four heads on that
beast represented that when
00:26:39.37\00:26:42.05
Alexander the Great died,
00:26:42.26\00:26:43.71
his kingdom was divided
among his four generals.
00:26:43.92\00:26:46.93
OK. The fourth beast
was that of a dragon...
00:26:47.23\00:26:51.98
represented as pagan Rome.
00:26:52.28\00:26:57.21
Pagan Rome
opened up the waterways,
00:26:58.01\00:27:02.03
opened up the roadways,
00:27:02.33\00:27:03.74
made it possible for
civilization to move across
00:27:04.04\00:27:07.17
the world. Rome ruled
longer than any other power
00:27:07.37\00:27:11.57
from 168 BC to 476 AD.
00:27:11.87\00:27:15.94
Thus you have the
fourth kingdom as a dragon.
00:27:16.24\00:27:20.08
Then we came to
the fifth kingdom
00:27:20.38\00:27:22.59
which was that of papal Rome
00:27:22.90\00:27:26.42
that the Bible
presents as a non-descript beast
00:27:26.62\00:27:30.41
in Revelation 13.
00:27:30.61\00:27:32.31
And that beast also had
seven heads and ten horns.
00:27:32.61\00:27:37.25
Now follow me carefully:
00:27:37.55\00:27:39.37
Babylon fell to Medo-Persia;
Medo-Persia fell to Greece;
00:27:39.67\00:27:44.56
Greece fell to pagan Rome;
00:27:44.96\00:27:47.14
pagan Rome fell to papal Rome.
00:27:47.44\00:27:50.08
Five have fallen.
00:27:50.18\00:27:54.57
You with me?
00:27:54.87\00:27:56.44
OK. "Five have fallen,
00:27:56.74\00:27:59.44
one is,
00:27:59.74\00:28:04.16
the other is yet to come.
00:28:04.46\00:28:07.73
When he comes, he must
continue a short time. "
00:28:08.03\00:28:11.72
And so those five have fallen.
00:28:12.02\00:28:14.34
Are you
beginning... you should be...
00:28:14.55\00:28:16.79
are you beginning to
find out where John is?
00:28:16.99\00:28:19.68
He's in the wilderness
in vision... where is he?
00:28:21.33\00:28:24.08
Well, he's at the
time of this sixth beast.
00:28:24.38\00:28:27.13
That's where he is.
00:28:27.43\00:28:29.18
The time of atheism.
00:28:29.48\00:28:31.15
That's the reason the scripture
refers to it as a wilderness.
00:28:31.35\00:28:34.93
John is at that time, and
when he is talking about it
00:28:35.23\00:28:39.19
and he says this beast that WAS,
00:28:39.39\00:28:42.96
IS NOT,
00:28:43.87\00:28:45.54
YET IS.
00:28:45.84\00:28:47.89
OK? So when John
says this beast that WAS,
00:28:48.19\00:28:53.11
IS NOT, and YET IS,
00:28:53.41\00:28:55.87
he can't be
talking about communism
00:28:56.17\00:28:58.53
because that's the
wilderness where he's at.
00:28:59.96\00:29:02.43
That's exactly what's going on.
00:29:02.63\00:29:04.51
Communism ruled 1798 AD...
00:29:04.81\00:29:09.24
basically fell in 1991 AD.
00:29:09.44\00:29:12.17
Then it says that the seventh
beast - which we studied -
00:29:12.47\00:29:15.85
was that of the United States.
00:29:16.05\00:29:18.15
And it says that it
would speak as a dragon.
00:29:18.45\00:29:23.75
And when communism fell
00:29:24.05\00:29:28.84
this country found
itself as a superpower,
00:29:29.14\00:29:35.05
unrivaled.
00:29:35.35\00:29:36.79
And now it says from that point
00:29:37.09\00:29:39.50
it would speak as a dragon
00:29:39.70\00:29:41.87
and it says it would
last a "short time. "
00:29:42.07\00:29:46.50
Now when the
scripture says a "short time, "
00:29:46.80\00:29:48.81
that means in relationship
to the other kingdoms.
00:29:49.01\00:29:51.94
That's actually what it means:
00:29:52.24\00:29:53.41
in relationship to
the other kingdoms.
00:29:53.44\00:29:55.23
Those are the seven, OK?
00:29:55.54\00:29:58.60
We've looked at
them very carefully.
00:29:58.90\00:30:00.79
Now, let's go a step farther.
00:30:01.09\00:30:03.30
Speaking of the United States...
00:30:05.81\00:30:08.18
its position in an article
put out by the Associated Press
00:30:08.48\00:30:14.01
March 8, 1992:
00:30:14.31\00:30:16.46
And so it makes it clear the
position of the United States
00:30:37.23\00:30:40.08
is taking... that she is
NOT going to let a superpower -
00:30:40.28\00:30:44.21
another superpower - arise.
00:30:44.41\00:30:47.00
She's not going to permit
that if she can help it. OK?
00:30:47.31\00:30:49.95
So now she has... In
that position, it says
00:30:50.19\00:30:53.11
that she would
speak "as a dragon. "
00:30:53.31\00:30:56.81
Now the beast that... what?
00:30:57.11\00:31:00.73
OK, the beast that
was. Now, where's John?
00:31:09.31\00:31:15.09
In the wilderness.
00:31:15.39\00:31:17.40
He can't be talking
about atheistic communism
00:31:17.70\00:31:21.07
because that is present.
00:31:21.37\00:31:23.27
He can't be talking
about the United States
00:31:23.57\00:31:26.14
because that was future.
00:31:26.44\00:31:27.72
So it has to be one of
these five that we've studied
00:31:28.02\00:31:31.80
when he said the
beast that WAS and IS NOT.
00:31:32.01\00:31:35.78
Babylon was, is not.
00:31:35.98\00:31:38.25
Medo-Persia was, is not.
00:31:38.55\00:31:40.74
Greece was, is not.
00:31:41.04\00:31:43.07
Pagan Rome was, is not.
00:31:43.37\00:31:45.47
Papal Rome was, is not.
00:31:45.77\00:31:48.11
Are you with me?
00:31:48.41\00:31:49.73
Those are the five. It
has to be one of those.
00:31:50.03\00:31:52.86
"He is himself
also the eighth... "
00:31:53.16\00:31:55.63
So John is telling you
this one that is the eighth
00:32:00.50\00:32:03.35
it has to be one of those seven.
00:32:03.55\00:32:05.48
So what I'm trying to tell you:
00:32:05.78\00:32:07.85
don't go running
off some other place
00:32:08.15\00:32:10.40
trying to find another
country to put it in there
00:32:10.61\00:32:12.94
because John
has told you clearly
00:32:13.24\00:32:14.90
it's one of those seven.
00:32:15.10\00:32:17.74
Made that very, very clear.
00:32:17.84\00:32:20.60
OK. Let's see if we can
identify who this eighth one is.
00:32:20.90\00:32:24.95
All right? Points
of identification:
00:32:25.26\00:32:28.35
John tells us that:
it's one of the seven.
00:32:31.51\00:32:33.74
No question about that.
00:32:34.04\00:32:35.16
OK?
00:32:39.22\00:32:40.62
Thirdly, it is not at the
time John is in the wilderness.
00:32:40.92\00:32:46.40
OK?
00:32:46.70\00:32:48.68
Makes it clear.
00:32:48.88\00:32:49.91
All right. "Is
himself also the eighth. "
00:32:55.95\00:32:58.17
So it says he's
going to be the eighth.
00:32:58.37\00:33:00.28
So that means that
that particular power
00:33:00.59\00:33:02.46
has to what? Come back.
00:33:02.66\00:33:05.98
Has to come back.
00:33:06.28\00:33:08.18
So one of those five -
00:33:08.48\00:33:10.90
Babylon, Medo-Persia,
Greece, pagan Rome, papal Rome -
00:33:11.10\00:33:14.60
one of those has to come back.
00:33:14.90\00:33:17.62
All right?
00:33:17.92\00:33:19.46
Fifth point:
00:33:19.76\00:33:21.33
Because it says
the woman on its back
00:33:25.14\00:33:26.93
made war with the saints.
00:33:27.13\00:33:28.51
All right?
00:33:28.71\00:33:29.72
Six: has to be the
uniting of church and state
00:33:30.02\00:33:33.86
because she's riding on
the back of the beast, right?
00:33:34.16\00:33:37.26
So you've got to have
uniting of church and state.
00:33:37.56\00:33:40.75
As the scripture says:
"Was wounded with the sword
00:33:48.42\00:33:52.02
and yet lived. "
00:33:52.22\00:33:54.32
All right, let's take that.
00:33:59.12\00:34:00.74
Let's see those eight points
00:34:01.04\00:34:02.94
and see if there's any one power
00:34:03.15\00:34:06.10
that fits all
those eight points.
00:34:06.40\00:34:09.82
OK?
00:34:10.12\00:34:12.13
One of the seven.
00:34:12.43\00:34:13.74
Now there's just one that
will fit all eight points.
00:34:14.04\00:34:16.37
OK? And I'm going
to put it down here...
00:34:16.68\00:34:18.98
If you can find
one of the other seven
00:34:19.08\00:34:21.65
that will fit all eight
points, let me know, will you?
00:34:21.85\00:34:24.54
But I can't find but one
that fits all eight points.
00:34:24.84\00:34:28.81
One of the seven, all right?
00:34:29.11\00:34:31.92
Papal Rome... one of the seven.
00:34:32.23\00:34:35.92
OK. The beast that WAS.
00:34:36.22\00:34:40.16
Papal Rome was one
of those five that WAS.
00:34:40.47\00:34:43.52
IS NOT.
00:34:43.82\00:34:46.18
Napoleon came in...
overthrew the papal government
00:34:46.49\00:34:50.53
1798... February 15, 1798,
00:34:50.83\00:34:53.82
and established a secular one.
00:34:54.12\00:34:56.83
So during this time it IS NOT.
00:34:57.13\00:35:00.27
The time that John is in
the wilderness it IS NOT.
00:35:00.57\00:35:03.14
"Is himself also the eighth. "
00:35:03.44\00:35:06.17
Question: Does
papal Rome exist today?
00:35:06.47\00:35:10.50
Huh? Oh, very definitely!
00:35:11.89\00:35:14.21
All right. Point five:
00:35:14.52\00:35:17.14
Has she persecuted?
00:35:21.23\00:35:23.02
Yeah, papal Rome has persecuted.
00:35:24.56\00:35:26.63
That's what she stands for:
00:35:29.68\00:35:31.72
uniting of church
and civil government.
00:35:32.02\00:35:35.00
Seven:
00:35:37.05\00:35:39.22
February 15, 1798
00:35:41.81\00:35:46.72
she received a deadly wound.
00:35:47.03\00:35:50.59
Deadly wound healed... 1929.
00:35:52.13\00:35:58.13
Mussolini
signed the Lateran Pact
00:35:58.43\00:36:02.52
which reinstated the papal
power as a civil government
00:36:02.72\00:36:07.71
and thus the deadly
wounding was healed.
00:36:07.91\00:36:11.23
Only one out of
those seven that fits
00:36:11.53\00:36:15.67
all those eight points.
00:36:15.87\00:36:18.95
Now, what we've got
to do at this point,
00:36:19.25\00:36:22.22
dear friends, is you
and I have to take a look -
00:36:22.52\00:36:25.59
a very clear look tonight -
00:36:25.79\00:36:29.03
at where we're headed.
00:36:29.34\00:36:31.38
I don't have the
ability to tell the future.
00:36:32.59\00:36:37.30
That is not something
that man of himself has.
00:36:39.01\00:36:42.97
But God does, and
God's Word is accurate.
00:36:43.27\00:36:47.92
So I want you to
follow very carefully
00:36:48.22\00:36:50.69
as the scripture tells you and I
00:36:50.99\00:36:52.86
where we're headed,
what's about to take place.
00:36:53.16\00:36:56.14
Revelation 17 verse 9:
00:36:59.42\00:37:01.89
"Here is a mind
which has wisdom. "
00:37:02.20\00:37:05.44
The Bible's saying if you
really want to... you know,
00:37:05.64\00:37:07.59
kind of be smart, if you
want to understand things...
00:37:07.89\00:37:10.34
"Here's a mind
that has wisdom. "
00:37:10.64\00:37:11.95
We've taken a look at all those.
00:37:25.59\00:37:27.92
And you and I have
studied now down to that point.
00:37:35.53\00:37:38.87
We've come that far.
00:37:39.17\00:37:40.54
Watch carefully
now. "The ten horns...
00:37:40.84\00:37:44.07
Now we're getting to our day.
00:37:53.07\00:37:55.74
Now you should begin
to put things together.
00:38:07.87\00:38:11.58
Dear friend, please,
I beg of you tonight,
00:38:11.88\00:38:15.68
understand that I am
talking about a civil power.
00:38:15.98\00:38:20.39
I am talking about what
governments are going to do.
00:38:20.59\00:38:23.18
Please, I beg of you,
00:38:23.48\00:38:25.29
do not take what I say
and apply it to people.
00:38:25.59\00:38:29.07
Don't do that!
00:38:29.37\00:38:31.25
This is talking
about where we're headed...
00:38:31.55\00:38:34.49
where we're going. OK?
00:38:34.79\00:38:37.12
"They receive
authority for one hour
00:38:37.42\00:38:40.33
as kings with the beast. "
00:38:40.53\00:38:42.41
Now when it says these
ten kings are of one mind,
00:38:50.10\00:38:54.63
that tells your
clearly that they're not all
00:38:54.86\00:38:57.58
going to come together
and just be one kingdom.
00:38:57.78\00:39:00.75
It tells you they
are going to cooperate.
00:39:01.05\00:39:04.40
They're going to work together;
they will be of one mind.
00:39:04.60\00:39:08.17
Are you following me?
00:39:08.47\00:39:09.51
So don't... doesn't
teach that they're all going to
00:39:09.81\00:39:12.75
come together and
just be one power.
00:39:12.95\00:39:14.92
It teaches they're
going to work together...
00:39:15.23\00:39:16.89
they're going to be of one mind.
00:39:17.19\00:39:19.16
All right. As we
have studied God's Word
00:39:21.06\00:39:24.77
night after night,
we found that that image
00:39:25.07\00:39:29.41
in Daniel 2 had ten toes.
And it says those ten toes
00:39:29.61\00:39:33.29
were what? Ten kings.
00:39:33.49\00:39:35.85
What the
scripture says very clearly.
00:39:35.95\00:39:37.85
In Daniel the 7th chapter
00:39:38.15\00:39:40.32
that beast - that
dragon - had ten horns
00:39:40.62\00:39:43.85
and it tells you those
ten horns were? Ten kings.
00:39:44.05\00:39:47.83
Very, very clear.
00:39:48.13\00:39:49.56
When you get to
Revelation 12, that beast has...
00:39:49.86\00:39:54.17
ten horns which are ten kings.
00:39:54.47\00:39:58.66
You get to Revelation 13
00:39:58.96\00:40:01.06
that beast has ten horns
which represented ten kings.
00:40:01.36\00:40:05.77
And you get to Revelation
17 and this beast has...
00:40:06.08\00:40:09.68
ten horns and it says
they are what? Ten kings.
00:40:09.98\00:40:14.21
Now as we have
studied, the scripture clearly
00:40:14.52\00:40:17.80
in every one of those prophecies
00:40:18.10\00:40:20.29
those ten horns represented
the 10 Germanic kingdoms
00:40:20.59\00:40:26.58
that came down and they
broke up the Roman Empire.
00:40:26.88\00:40:31.18
They were such
tribes as the Anglo-Saxons,
00:40:31.48\00:40:34.50
the Franks, the Heruli,
the Vandals, the Burgundis
00:40:34.80\00:40:37.21
and so forth.
Those Germanic tribes
00:40:37.51\00:40:41.74
became the
nations of western Europe.
00:40:42.04\00:40:45.61
The Alamanni became Germany.
00:40:45.92\00:40:48.89
The Franks became the French.
00:40:49.19\00:40:52.16
The Lombards became Italy.
00:40:52.86\00:40:57.09
The Anglo-Saxons
became the English.
00:40:57.40\00:41:00.05
These Germanic tribes
00:41:01.29\00:41:03.41
became the
nations of western Europe.
00:41:03.71\00:41:08.06
OK?
00:41:08.36\00:41:10.53
I hope you're
putting some things together.
00:41:10.83\00:41:13.10
These ten kings have
received no kingdom as yet.
00:41:14.98\00:41:20.97
OK?
00:41:21.17\00:41:22.71
But they are of one mind
00:41:23.01\00:41:26.17
and they will give their power
and authority to the beast.
00:41:26.47\00:41:31.68
What do we have
happening in Europe today?
00:41:31.98\00:41:36.14
What is taking place?
00:41:36.34\00:41:37.65
We have these ten kings
00:41:37.75\00:41:41.69
that are bringing
together what is called
00:41:41.89\00:41:44.91
the European Community
00:41:45.11\00:41:47.45
or the Common Market.
00:41:47.75\00:41:48.93
What is their thinking?
00:41:49.23\00:41:52.98
Where... where are they?
They have a symbol, you know.
00:41:54.48\00:41:57.28
They use the Tower of Babel
to represent their kingdom.
00:41:57.58\00:42:01.31
It says: One
Voice, Many Languages.
00:42:01.61\00:42:05.52
One nation pictured there.
00:42:05.82\00:42:08.89
All right.
00:42:09.20\00:42:10.35
Let me show you what's
going on in their minds.
00:42:11.58\00:42:15.09
Where we're headed, folks.
00:42:15.40\00:42:16.97
I'm talking about
what the scripture says
00:42:17.17\00:42:18.97
where you and I
are headed tonight.
00:42:19.17\00:42:21.50
This is what it says:
00:42:30.45\00:42:31.97
European Community...
00:42:36.63\00:42:39.03
that's what the EC stands for.
00:42:39.33\00:42:40.57
Indeed it's coming to that.
00:42:47.57\00:42:49.63
They now have the Euro.
00:42:49.93\00:42:51.45
Just this last year
they united their army,
00:42:51.75\00:42:56.88
and their army today is
the largest in the world.
00:42:57.18\00:43:01.31
OK? So don't think it
isn't coming together.
00:43:01.61\00:43:05.39
There may be a
lot of rough spots.
00:43:05.69\00:43:07.62
There may be a lot of bumps,
00:43:07.82\00:43:09.10
but let me tell
you, it's happening
00:43:09.30\00:43:11.33
and step by step
it's coming together.
00:43:11.63\00:43:13.45
Now listen to what it says here:
00:43:13.75\00:43:14.89
It will lack an...
00:43:16.73\00:43:19.42
Yeah, it says
indeed it will be an empire
00:43:19.73\00:43:22.51
but it will "lack an emperor. "
00:43:22.81\00:43:26.37
Yes, that is who
they're looking to.
00:43:38.32\00:43:42.27
That is what they're
thinking needs to take place.
00:43:42.58\00:43:45.34
I'm trying to share with
you what is happening today
00:43:45.64\00:43:50.16
in the time in which
you and I are living.
00:43:50.46\00:43:52.15
And you need to
watch very carefully
00:43:53.59\00:43:55.81
when you pick up the newspaper,
when you look at the television
00:43:55.84\00:43:58.90
and you hear these things
that are happening, folks.
00:43:59.20\00:44:01.05
Be aware of what
the Word of God says
00:44:01.35\00:44:03.93
because it
won't lead you astray.
00:44:04.23\00:44:06.35
You'll know
exactly where we're going.
00:44:06.65\00:44:08.88
I don't know if
you're acquainted with a man
00:44:11.84\00:44:13.56
by the name of Charles Malik.
00:44:13.76\00:44:15.82
If you're not, Charles
Malik was the president
00:44:16.13\00:44:18.83
of the Assembly of
the United Nations.
00:44:19.03\00:44:21.44
He's the ambassador from
Lebanon to the United Nations...
00:44:21.74\00:44:25.53
to the United States.
00:44:25.83\00:44:27.19
He's a guest
lecturer at Harvard.
00:44:27.49\00:44:30.12
This man is in
the thick of this.
00:44:31.73\00:44:35.68
I want you to watch as
he... what his thinking is
00:44:35.98\00:44:40.37
regarding what is
happening over in Europe.
00:44:40.67\00:44:43.50
Now he says if there's
anything that is unifying,
00:45:03.66\00:45:07.65
controlling, in all of Europe
00:45:07.95\00:45:10.34
it's the Catholic church.
00:45:10.54\00:45:11.90
He said those two
churches are the ones...
00:45:19.04\00:45:22.42
are the main ones in Europe.
00:45:22.62\00:45:24.47
That's what she controls.
00:45:40.14\00:45:42.10
So he's saying it is
absolutely imperative
00:45:42.40\00:45:45.93
that these two unite.
And there are movements
00:45:46.23\00:45:49.66
tonight towards that.
00:45:49.86\00:45:51.96
Things that are
happening right now.
00:45:52.26\00:45:54.46
But listen as he goes on:
00:45:54.76\00:45:56.17
Now that's clear. That's what
it's saying is going to happen.
00:46:16.43\00:46:20.98
That's what he's
saying is going to happen.
00:46:21.28\00:46:22.53
That is NOT what the
scripture says will happen.
00:46:22.83\00:46:25.90
The scripture
does not say that Islam
00:46:27.25\00:46:30.55
will march across Europe.
00:46:30.86\00:46:32.23
Therefore,
what's going to happen?
00:46:33.30\00:46:35.02
I don't know if you're
putting things together.
00:46:35.32\00:46:38.23
It says those two
are going to unite.
00:46:40.10\00:46:42.00
That's what's
going to take place.
00:46:42.30\00:46:43.58
OK?
00:46:43.88\00:46:45.34
Now I... I'm just
trying to get across...
00:47:09.06\00:47:12.03
when it says these ten kingdoms
00:47:12.13\00:47:15.10
or ten kings have
received no kingdom as yet
00:47:15.40\00:47:19.50
but they are of one mind,
00:47:19.80\00:47:24.97
and they will give
their authority to the beast.
00:47:25.27\00:47:30.35
So you ought to be able to
begin to put things together
00:47:32.23\00:47:37.15
and understand where we
are in the stream of time.
00:47:37.35\00:47:40.43
You need to see
that and understand it.
00:47:40.57\00:47:42.37
But let's take
it a step farther.
00:47:42.67\00:47:44.40
We've looked at Europe, OK?
00:47:44.60\00:47:47.08
Watch this:
00:47:47.38\00:47:49.05
Revelation 13:2. We talked
about a two-horned beast, right?
00:47:50.16\00:47:56.01
And we identified that
two- horned beast as that of
00:47:56.31\00:48:00.64
the United States.
00:48:00.84\00:48:03.09
And let me tell you,
there is not another power
00:48:03.40\00:48:06.27
on the face of the earth that
will fit that two-horned beast
00:48:06.47\00:48:09.95
except the United States.
00:48:10.15\00:48:11.23
That's the only one
that fits the time sequence.
00:48:11.43\00:48:13.45
That's the only one that
will fit into that prophecy.
00:48:13.66\00:48:16.17
Listen to what it says
the United States will do.
00:48:16.47\00:48:19.36
"And he... "
The United States...
00:48:19.66\00:48:23.66
That's the non-descript
beast that has the seven heads
00:48:29.48\00:48:33.85
and ten horns that we
identified as papal Rome.
00:48:34.05\00:48:36.80
OK?
00:48:37.10\00:48:38.33
Caused what?
00:48:45.69\00:48:47.24
So it says the United States
00:48:57.26\00:48:59.88
is going to give its power,
00:49:00.19\00:49:03.12
its authority, to the beast.
00:49:03.42\00:49:06.14
That's what it says will happen.
00:49:06.45\00:49:07.66
And dear friends, I
plead with you tonight
00:49:07.97\00:49:11.03
watch carefully...
watch carefully the moves
00:49:11.33\00:49:17.08
that are taking place
to unite church and state
00:49:17.38\00:49:21.62
in this country.
00:49:21.82\00:49:23.00
Let me tell you a basic fact.
00:49:23.30\00:49:25.96
Many of the things
that are said today
00:49:27.34\00:49:31.79
from those that are interested
in bringing church and state
00:49:32.20\00:49:38.12
together are good things.
00:49:38.32\00:49:40.57
Don't misunderstand me.
00:49:40.87\00:49:42.44
Many of the things
that are proposed are things
00:49:42.54\00:49:45.24
that need to be done.
00:49:45.44\00:49:47.11
Many of those things are things
that we've gotten away from
00:49:47.41\00:49:51.33
that as a country
we need to be doing.
00:49:51.53\00:49:53.89
They're good, honorable
things. Don't misunderstand me.
00:49:54.19\00:49:57.39
But there is a basic fact,
00:49:57.69\00:50:00.56
and the basic
fact is simply this:
00:50:00.76\00:50:03.49
that the pendulum does not stop.
00:50:03.79\00:50:07.41
You see it doesn't
stop; it swings the whole way.
00:50:09.03\00:50:12.76
And so some of these things
that we've gone way up here
00:50:13.06\00:50:16.57
and we do stupid
things as a nation.
00:50:16.87\00:50:21.43
We do things that
we shouldn't be doing
00:50:21.73\00:50:24.10
because we've let the
pendulum swing way up here...
00:50:24.30\00:50:28.22
and it needs to come back.
00:50:29.12\00:50:31.20
But unfortunately,
when you take church
00:50:31.50\00:50:34.11
and church begins to
take over civil authority,
00:50:34.41\00:50:37.64
that pendulum's not
going to stop in the middle.
00:50:37.94\00:50:40.27
It's going to swing right on up.
00:50:40.57\00:50:42.83
Like the old saying is:
00:50:44.15\00:50:46.39
let the camel get
his nose in the tent
00:50:46.59\00:50:48.60
and he'll sleep with you.
00:50:48.80\00:50:50.51
That is very, very
true in this state.
00:50:50.81\00:50:54.72
When church gets its
nose into civil government,
00:50:55.02\00:50:58.18
you'd better believe we're
headed for some serious times.
00:50:58.48\00:51:02.42
So I want to just
give you kind of a glimpse
00:51:02.72\00:51:06.19
of what is beginning to happen,
00:51:06.39\00:51:08.39
what's taking place.
00:51:08.69\00:51:09.80
Church and state
working together.
00:51:10.10\00:51:15.88
All of a sudden we
find church and state
00:51:50.03\00:51:54.58
working together.
00:51:56.44\00:51:58.73
Beginning to move and
bring all that together.
00:51:59.03\00:52:02.61
And when we do
that, dear friend,
00:52:03.83\00:52:07.10
let me tell you something.
00:52:07.30\00:52:08.64
We are moving down
a road that history
00:52:08.94\00:52:11.75
has told us will not work.
00:52:11.95\00:52:15.33
Won't work.
00:52:15.43\00:52:16.82
One other statement.
00:52:17.12\00:52:18.68
And thus the two-horned
beast caused the world
00:52:30.90\00:52:35.41
to worship the first beast.
00:52:35.61\00:52:39.35
That's what it says.
00:52:39.65\00:52:41.36
So what am I trying to tell you?
00:52:41.66\00:52:43.05
I'm telling you that where
we are in this particular time
00:52:43.35\00:52:47.92
is that we're beginning to
see things developing in Europe.
00:52:48.22\00:52:51.70
It says clearly in God's Word
00:52:52.01\00:52:54.96
that those powers are
going to work together
00:52:55.26\00:52:57.98
and they're going to give
their authority to the beast.
00:52:58.28\00:53:00.61
It says the United
States is also going to give
00:53:01.75\00:53:06.39
its authority to
that of the beast.
00:53:06.70\00:53:08.66
And thus you find that
it says that "all the world
00:53:08.96\00:53:12.96
wondered after the beast. "
00:53:13.26\00:53:16.42
What is says is going to happen.
00:53:16.72\00:53:18.64
Thus we find that today
00:53:20.73\00:53:24.60
we find the world
leaders, our president himself,
00:53:24.90\00:53:27.95
seeking the counsel.
Going there and talking,
00:53:28.15\00:53:31.89
seeking the counsel.
Hoping to work together.
00:53:32.09\00:53:35.04
We find that
happening at our present day.
00:53:35.35\00:53:38.42
II Peter, 1st chapter verse 19:
00:53:39.73\00:53:43.44
Oh dear friend, the
prophetic word won't fail.
00:53:56.77\00:54:00.93
God is saying: "Pay attention!
00:54:01.23\00:54:04.20
Look at it. Give HEED to it. "
00:54:04.50\00:54:07.13
Because what God has said...
He said: "I have told you
00:54:07.43\00:54:10.70
before it comes to pass
00:54:10.90\00:54:12.87
that when it comes to
pass you'll recognize it
00:54:13.17\00:54:16.79
and know it. "
00:54:16.99\00:54:18.06
You see, prophecy
is to tell you and I
00:54:18.36\00:54:21.56
where we're going.
00:54:21.86\00:54:23.45
That's what it tells
us: where we're going.
00:54:23.75\00:54:25.31
It's to tell us where we are
00:54:25.62\00:54:28.49
and it's to tell us
what we ought to do.
00:54:28.79\00:54:31.24
That is the purpose of prophecy.
00:54:31.54\00:54:33.53
And I have shared it
with you night after night
00:54:33.83\00:54:36.03
that you might know it
00:54:36.13\00:54:38.15
because it goes on and says:
00:54:38.45\00:54:40.63
That's referring to
the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:54:42.12\00:54:44.24
So, we have the prophetic word
00:54:48.95\00:54:52.98
that you and I can understand.
00:54:53.28\00:54:56.45
Revelation 17...
we've been studying it.
00:54:56.75\00:55:00.04
Now folks,
00:55:01.09\00:55:03.75
in some ways I wish
there was another beast.
00:55:05.64\00:55:10.04
I wish there was another
one there that I could say:
00:55:11.35\00:55:13.91
"Well, here's another one. "
00:55:14.11\00:55:16.25
But there isn't.
00:55:16.55\00:55:17.88
I mean, do you know
where you'd go after the
00:55:18.18\00:55:20.39
17th chapter of Revelation?
00:55:20.59\00:55:22.21
Huh? It talks about this
women in the 18th chapter
00:55:23.28\00:55:27.19
and the 19th chapter and
after that you're in heaven.
00:55:27.39\00:55:29.49
That's where you're at.
00:55:30.78\00:55:32.87
I wished I could
say: "Oh here... here's
00:55:33.17\00:55:36.56
another beast... " but I CAN'T!
00:55:36.76\00:55:38.46
Watch! Listen to
what it says here...
00:55:38.76\00:55:41.03
Revelation 17 verse 14:
00:55:41.23\00:55:43.36
Do you know who these are?
00:55:44.45\00:55:45.92
Huh? When it says these?
00:55:46.22\00:55:49.61
Who we've been talking about.
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Ten kings.
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You getting the picture?
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Oh! The Lamb will overcome them.
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What you and I have
to make absolutely sure
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is that we're
called, we're faithful.
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We're faithful!
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We follow the Lord.
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We follow what
the scripture says.
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I build my belief
on the Word of God
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and I stand
solidly on the Word of God.
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And I don't let people
move me off of the scripture
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because, dear
friends, we're down to the end.
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Jesus is coming back,
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and you and I need to be ready
for the coming of Jesus Christ.
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Because He's coming...
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He's coming,
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coming,
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coming soon I know.
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Coming back
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to this earth again.
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And the weary
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pilgrim
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will to glory go
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when the Savior comes
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again.
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Let us pray.
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Heavenly Father,
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as we see clearly from Your Word
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where we stand today,
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we understand all the movements
that Your Word has told us about
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are taking place.
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That soon You'll be coming.
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We ask that each
one of us here tonight
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may make our
calling and election sure.
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please write to:
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