Hello, everybody again.
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Welcome back.
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We are on the final stretch.
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The final 100
meters, so to speak.
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We have two more
studies together,
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this evening both of them.
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The first of these presentations
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is titled "Wrong Person,
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Wrong Place, Wrong Time."
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And we are going to discuss
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the devastating
results of futurism
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upon the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Why this is such
a serious matter?
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But before we study this,
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we want to do what we
always do and that is pray,
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to ask the Lord to be with us.
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Let's pray.
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Father in heaven, we
come before Your throne
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to thank You for
such a wonderful day,
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for Your multiple blessings,
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we know, we don't
deserve any of this,
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but it comes
because You are merciful,
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and loving, and
generous, and kind.
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We especially thank You
for giving us Your word,
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which is a sure guide in a world
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that is so confused.
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We know that
trying times are ahead,
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but we have nothing to fear
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because You have revealed
the end from the beginning.
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So as we study
this important subject,
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we ask for the
presence of Your Spirit,
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both in this place and
in our individual lives.
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And we thank You for fulfilling
Your promise of being here,
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where two or three
are gathered together
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in the precious name of Jesus.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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I'd like to begin
by reading a statement
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that is found in
Testimonies for the Church,
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volume 5, page 292.
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You know, some people say,
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"Who cares what you
believe about end time events."
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You know, some
people believe one thing
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and other people
believe another thing,
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isn't enough just to love Jesus?
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You don't have to have
everything exactly right.
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There might be some error
here and some error there.
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In this statement, Ellen White
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speaks about the very
dangerous implications
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of error.
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And that's not a long statement,
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but it's very significant.
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I quote, "Error
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is never harmless.
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It never sanctifies,
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but always brings
confusion and dissension.
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It is always dangerous.
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The enemy has
great power over minds
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that are not
thoroughly fortified by prayer
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and established in Bible truth."
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So she says that
error is never harmless,
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never sanctifies,
always brings confusion
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and is always dangerous.
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And Satan has tremendous power
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to deceive those
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who have not fortified
their minds through prayer,
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and through been
established on Bible truth.
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Now, in this series,
we have been studying
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the great chain
of Bible prophecy.
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We have actually been amplifying
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the meaning of
the historical method
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or the historical flow method,
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better known as historicism.
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And I'd like to
review the chain of events
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that we find in
the historicist method
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of interpreting prophecy.
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And I'm going to
take Daniel Chapter 7,
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and Revelation Chapter 13,
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as the foundational
chapters for this chain
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that I'm gonna review.
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This is gonna be very quick.
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In Daniel Chapter
7, we have a lion,
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that's Babylon, 605 to 539 B.C.
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Then we have a bear,
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which is Medo-Persia
from the year 539 to 331 B.C.
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Then we have a leopard
which represents Greece,
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331 to 168 B.C.
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Then we have a dragon beast
that has no horns for a while,
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and that dragon beast
represents the Roman Empire.
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It ruled from 168 to 476 A.D.,
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168 B.C. to 476 A.D.
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And then we have this
fourth beast sprouting 10 horns.
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These are the
divisions of the Roman Empire,
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and the division was complete
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when the last Roman
emperor was deposed.
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Romulus Augustulus
in the year 476 A.D.
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And then shortly after that,
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the little horn
rose among the 10,
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and by its characteristics,
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we know that the little horn
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represents the
Roman Catholic papacy.
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It began its
dominion in the year 538,
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and continued
ruling until the year 1798.
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It used the
civil powers of Europe
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to accomplish
its religious will.
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And then we noticed
that in the year 1798,
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the papacy
received the deadly wound
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with the sword.
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It means, that the civil powers
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that had supported
the papacy before this,
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now turned against the
papacy, took away the sword
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and gave the
papacy the deadly wound,
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which means that the
papacy was no longer able
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to use the civil
powers of the world
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to accomplish her purposes.
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And we have been in that
period of the deadly wound
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for over 200
years, the last 200 years.
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But we noticed also in
the prophetic chain now
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moving to Revelation 13,
that when the first beast,
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when the papacy
receives its deadly wound,
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at the same time another
beast rose from the earth,
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and that beast
represents the United States.
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At first, this nation,
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the United States
behaved like a lamb
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in the sense that it
had two horns like a lamb.
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Those two horns represent
civil and religious liberty.
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The separation
of church and state,
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probably more exactly
defined as Republicanism
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and Protestantism,
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a church without a pope
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and a state without a king,
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basically
Republicanism and Protestantism.
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And for the last 200 years plus,
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the papacy has not
been able to persecute
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like it did
during the 1260 years.
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But we noticed
that after a while,
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this beast from the
earth in Revelation 13
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is going to change its behavior,
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it is going to end up
speaking like a dragon.
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And Revelation 13 makes it clear
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that the way in which
it will speak as a dragon,
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is that it is going
to restore the sword
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to the first beast,
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it is going to return the power
of the state to the papacy.
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And then the
papacy will be able to do,
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as it did in the past,
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use the civil power
of the United States
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and the other
nations of the world
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to accomplish its purposes.
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And then we noticed
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that the final test
will come upon God's people.
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And that's gonna be
our last subject of study
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in our next
lecture, the final test.
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In the final test
we're going to notice
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before probation closes,
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is the test over
whether we will obey God
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and observe the day
that He has established
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as the day of rest,
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or whether we
will obey the beast
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and keep the day that
the beast has established
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as the day of rest.
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And then,
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after everybody's
made their decision,
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either to
receive the seal of God
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or the mark of the beast,
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probation will close.
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No one will
change sides after that.
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Everybody will be
either with a seal of God
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or with the mark of the beast.
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And then
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those who follow the beast
will persecute God's people.
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It would appear
like God's people
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are going to be
eradicated from the earth.
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In fact, this is
called the time of trouble
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such as never has been seen
in the history of the world,
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it's called the
time of Jacob's trouble.
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And it will
appear that God's people
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are going to be
blotted out from the earth,
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but the Bible
tells us that Michael,
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who is Jesus
Christ will stand up
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and He will defend His people
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and not one of His
children will perish.
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At the end of the tribulation,
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the Lord Jesus will
come in power and glory,
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and He will deliver His saints
from the powers of the earth
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and then He will take
them to heaven for 1000 years,
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where they will sit
on thrones and reign,
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where they will
perform a work of judgment,
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judging Satan and his
angels and the wicked.
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Then after the 1000 years,
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the holy city will
descend from heaven.
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The wicked will be able to
see the record of their lives,
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they also will be
judged after they're resurrect.
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They will pronounce
that God is just and true
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in everything that He has done.
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Fire descends from
heaven and consumes the wicked,
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Satan and his angels.
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And then God
creates a new heavens
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and a new earth
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wherein righteousness dwells.
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That is historicism.
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You know exactly where you are
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in the flow of
prophetic history.
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Now, I would like to invite you
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to go with me to
Daniel Chapter 7,
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and let's read
especially verse 25.
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Daniel 7:25.
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Now, you'll
remember that before this,
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we have four beasts.
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We have a lion,
which is Babylon,
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we have a bear,
which is Medo-Persia,
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we have a
leopard, which is Greece,
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we have a fourth beast,
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which is really a dragon
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even though it's not
called that in Daniel 7,
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which represents
the Roman Empire,
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then that dragon
beast sprouts 10 horns,
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those are the
divisions of the Roman Empire.
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And then you have what
we find in Daniel 7:25.
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We read this verse before.
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Let's read it once again.
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"And he shall speak great
words against the most High,
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and shall wear out the
saints of the Most High,
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and think to change times."
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It says times and laws,
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but in Hebrew, it's singular.
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"Times and laws:
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and they shall be
given into his hand
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until a time and times
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and the dividing of time."
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Now, there are three
things that I want us to notice
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about this verse, as
we study this evening.
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Number one,
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the little horn
represents the papacy.
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Number two, the
papacy rules for time,
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times and the dividing of time,
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which is 1260 days
and days are years.
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And during this period,
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the papacy persecutes
the saints of the Most High.
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So, three things, the
little horn is the papacy.
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Secondly, the
papacy during the time,
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times and dividing of
time, that's the second point,
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persecutes the
saints of the Most High.
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Now, Revelation Chapter 12
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follows the same
basic chronological order
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as Daniel Chapter 7.
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Let's notice Revelation 12:14.
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Revelation 12:14.
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Now, this verse is going...
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Actually 13 and 14,
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these verses are gonna begin
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where Daniel 7:25 begins.
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In other words,
we're gonna skip the lion,
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the bear, the leopard, etcetera.
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And we're just gonna begin
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with where the
little horn began.
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Revelation 12:13.
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"Now, when the dragon saw that
he had been cast to the earth,
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he persecuted the woman
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who gave birth
to the male Child.
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And to the woman were given
two wings of a great eagle,
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that she might fly
into the wilderness
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into her place,
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where she is
nourished for a time
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and times and half a time,
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from the face of the serpent."
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Is that dealing with
the same historical period
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as a little horn?
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Obviously, yes.
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But now I want you to notice
something very interesting.
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Instead of
speaking of the little horn,
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it says that the
persecuting powers the dragon,
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did you notice that?
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Instead of saying that
the saints are persecuted,
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it is the woman
who was persecuted.
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But the time
period is the same, time,
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times and the dividing of time.
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Now what does this mean?
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What it means is
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that behind the
little horn is whom?
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The dragon, Satan.
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Secondly, the
saints of the Most High
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are represented by the woman.
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Now, there's woman,
saints are interchangeable.
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And number three,
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the woman is persecuted
for the same time period
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that the little horn persecuted
the saints of the Most High.
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So let me ask you.
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Is Daniel 7:25
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along with
Revelation 12:13-14, parallel?
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Are they discussing
the same time period?
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Yes, a different
way of expressing it.
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Little horn, 1260 years, time,
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times, the dividing of time,
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persecutes the
saints of the Most High.
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But Revelation Chapter 12, says,
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the dragon persecutes for time,
times, the dividing of time,
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but it speaks of the woman,
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which represents the
saints of the Most High.
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Now, I want you to notice
00:14:15.72\00:14:17.05
what happens after the time,
times, and dividing of time.
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Now Daniel 7 doesn't go beyond
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this period of
dominion of the little horn,
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of the 1260 years directly.
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You know, it does insinuate
00:14:31.37\00:14:32.77
that the little
horn is gonna be around
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because he's gonna be
destroyed when Jesus comes.
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But the prophecy of
Daniel 7 doesn't take us much
00:14:37.61\00:14:40.84
beyond the end
of the 1260 years.
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Right after that it speaks
about a judgment in heaven,
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which is the
investigative judgment.
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However, Revelation Chapter 12
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takes us beyond the 1260 year
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dominion of the little
horn, or of the papacy.
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Notice Revelation 12:16,
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the very next verse
after what we just read
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concerning the dragon
persecuting the woman,
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for time, times,
the dividing of time.
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It says that when
the woman is persecuted,
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something comes to the rescue.
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It says, "But the
earth helped the woman."
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So when the woman
has been persecuted
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by the dragon,
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who is behind the
little horn for 1260 years,
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we find here that "The
earth helped the woman,
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and the earth
opened up its mouth,
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and swallowed up the flood
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which the dragon had
spewed out of his mouth."
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So does persecution cease
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as a result of the
earth helping the woman?
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Absolutely.
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Because waters
represent multitudes of people.
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They're trying
to drown the woman.
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They're persecuting the woman.
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But the earth
comes to the rescue
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and swallows up the
waters and persecution ceases.
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Let me ask you, what does
the earth represent there?
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It represents the United States,
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because we're gonna
notice in Revelation 13,
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that this is amplified,
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and it speaks about a
beast that rises from the earth.
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So the earth represents
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the territory of
the United States,
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the beast in Revelation
13 that rises from the earth
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rises in the territory,
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where the United
States was established.
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Are you with me or not?
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You're aware that the pilgrims
came to the United States,
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fleeing persecution in Europe.
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And this land,
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the United
States gave them refuge,
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particularly on the
East Coast, first of all,
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you know, they
escaped persecution,
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and they came here,
the earth helped the woman.
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In other words, and swallowed up
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the waters of persecution.
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But let me ask you,
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is that
arrangement gonna last forever?
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No. Notice verse 17.
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We're following a
sequence here, folks.
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Notice, first of
all, we have the dragon,
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persecuting the woman,
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time, times, the
dividing of time,
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which is the same
as the little horn,
00:17:07.56\00:17:09.32
persecuting the saints for time,
00:17:09.36\00:17:11.29
times, the dividing of time.
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Daniel 7 doesn't take
us much beyond that point.
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Revelation 12
begins with the time,
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times, dividing of time,
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then it speaks about
the earth helping the woman,
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the territory of
the United States
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provides refuge for those
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who are being
persecuted in Europe.
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And then we noticed
that persecution comes again.
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Because in verse
17 of Chapter 12,
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this is the
climax of Chapter 12,
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it says, "And the dragon..."
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Some version
say "Then the dragon
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was wroth with the woman."
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I'm reading from
the King James Version.
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"The dragon was
wroth with the woman,"
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and what did he do?
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"He went to make war
with the remnant of her seed,
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which keep the
commandments of God,
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and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ."
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Is persecution
going to rise again?
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After the earth helps the woman
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by swallowing up the
waters of persecution?
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Yes.
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That's the period
of the deadly wound.
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The United
States has a lot to do
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with the period
of the deadly wound.
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Because when the United States
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returns the sword to the papacy,
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Ellen White tells us that
every country in the globe
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will follow the
example of the United States.
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So as the United States goes,
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so goes also
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all the other
nations of the world.
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Now, let's go to
Revelation Chapter 13.
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Revelation Chapter 13
follows the same sequence
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that we found in
Daniel Chapter 7.
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And I'm gonna synthesize
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because there's
some other things
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that I wanna get to
which are very, very important.
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In Revelation 13:1-2,
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you have the mention of a lion,
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a bear, a leopard,
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a dragon beast,
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and the dragon beast,
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according to
Chapter 12, has 10 horns.
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Did we find
those characteristics
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in any other place?
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Daniel 7, right?
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So in Revelation 13
begins with the same powers
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that Daniel 7 has.
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But in Revelation 13,
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instead of saying
that among the 10 horns
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of this dragon
beast rises a little horn,
00:19:20.82\00:19:24.13
it tells us
that the dragon beast
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gives his seat, his
power and his authority
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to the beast that
rises from the sea.
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And then the beast from
the sea rules for how long?
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He rules for 42 months.
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Are the 42 months
the same as the time,
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times, and dividing of time?
00:19:42.01\00:19:43.71
Absolutely.
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So is Revelation 13
parallel to Daniel 7,
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and also parallel to
Revelation Chapter 12?
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Absolutely.
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They run the same course.
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Now, in Revelation Chapter 13,
00:19:54.46\00:19:59.56
where it's
speaks about the beast,
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we're told the
following about the beast.
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Number one,
00:20:05.67\00:20:07.40
it persecuted the
saints of the Most High,
00:20:07.44\00:20:10.71
that would be the same
as the woman in Chapter 12.
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Secondly,
00:20:14.04\00:20:15.74
we're told that it
ruled for 42 months,
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which is the same
thing as time, times,
00:20:18.75\00:20:22.48
and the dividing of time.
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And we're gonna notice that
there's a third characteristic,
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in the Old Testament we
have that the little horn
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thought it could
change the times and the law.
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We're gonna find
that characteristic
00:20:32.79\00:20:34.70
in Revelation 13,
00:20:34.73\00:20:36.83
as we go along in our
study, a little bit later.
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Now, Satan's final plan of
attack against God's people,
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involves the change in God's law
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and the change in God's times.
00:20:48.84\00:20:51.85
Now you say, what
are you talking about?
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Well, first of all,
00:20:55.22\00:20:57.12
what is the change in the law?
00:20:57.15\00:20:58.79
What is the law talking about?
00:20:58.82\00:21:00.46
Is this just the ceremonial laws
00:21:00.49\00:21:02.42
or is this the moral law of God?
00:21:02.46\00:21:04.89
This is the moral law.
00:21:04.93\00:21:06.26
It's the Ten
Commandment law of God.
00:21:06.29\00:21:08.26
And the little horn thinks
that it can change God's law.
00:21:08.30\00:21:11.93
Did the papacy
attempt to change God's law
00:21:11.97\00:21:15.57
during its period of dominion?
00:21:15.60\00:21:17.47
It certainly did.
00:21:17.51\00:21:19.14
And now, let me ask you,
in the end time is the papacy
00:21:19.17\00:21:22.28
with the help of
the United States
00:21:22.31\00:21:24.11
going to enforce
the change in the law?
00:21:24.15\00:21:27.35
Yes or no?
00:21:27.38\00:21:28.72
Absolutely.
00:21:28.75\00:21:30.09
So is there
something having to do
00:21:30.12\00:21:31.69
with the change in the
law in the future as well?
00:21:31.72\00:21:34.16
Absolutely.
00:21:34.19\00:21:35.52
Now, did the papacy
00:21:35.56\00:21:37.69
through these
two Jesuit scholars
00:21:37.73\00:21:40.50
attempt to change
God's prophetic times
00:21:40.53\00:21:43.06
during the 1260 years?
00:21:43.10\00:21:44.93
Yes.
00:21:44.97\00:21:46.30
Is it going to use
the change in the times
00:21:46.33\00:21:49.07
to distract people
from the true fulfillment
00:21:49.10\00:21:52.54
of Bible
prophecy in the end time?
00:21:52.57\00:21:54.74
Absolutely.
00:21:54.78\00:21:56.21
Now, what does God
do to counteract this?
00:21:56.24\00:21:59.05
What does God do to
counteract the change,
00:21:59.08\00:22:02.32
the supposed change in the law,
00:22:02.35\00:22:04.75
and the supposed
change in the times?
00:22:04.79\00:22:06.86
Well, Revelation 12:17
tells us what God does.
00:22:06.89\00:22:10.99
He raises up a
remnant, the remnant of a woman,
00:22:11.03\00:22:15.70
and that remnant
has two characteristics.
00:22:15.73\00:22:18.10
What are the
two characteristics?
00:22:18.13\00:22:20.17
They keep what?
00:22:20.20\00:22:21.94
The commandments of God.
00:22:21.97\00:22:23.30
Is that counteracting
the change in the law?
00:22:23.34\00:22:26.57
Absolutely.
00:22:26.61\00:22:27.94
And they also have
something, what do they have?
00:22:27.98\00:22:31.05
The testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:22:31.08\00:22:32.61
What is the
testimony of Jesus Christ?
00:22:32.65\00:22:35.28
It is a Spirit of Prophecy.
00:22:35.32\00:22:38.12
Is there any book
00:22:38.15\00:22:39.49
that was written by Ellen White
00:22:39.52\00:22:41.36
that unmasks this
false prophetic scenario
00:22:41.39\00:22:45.03
that we've been talking about?
00:22:45.06\00:22:47.00
What book would that be?
00:22:47.03\00:22:48.70
The book, the Great Controversy,
00:22:48.73\00:22:50.53
it's the classic historicist
explanation of Bible prophecy.
00:22:50.57\00:22:56.67
God raised up among the remnant
00:22:56.71\00:22:59.94
a prophet to present
the true prophetic scenario
00:22:59.97\00:23:04.48
to counteract the
counterfeit scenario
00:23:04.51\00:23:07.62
that the little
horn sought to change.
00:23:07.65\00:23:10.59
So Revelation 12:17 is speaking
about God's plan to counteract
00:23:10.62\00:23:16.09
what the Roman
Catholic papacy did.
00:23:16.12\00:23:18.73
And then, of course,
00:23:18.76\00:23:20.10
we find in Revelation 13:11-18,
00:23:20.13\00:23:24.97
that this beast that
rises from the earth,
00:23:25.00\00:23:27.10
which represents
the United States,
00:23:27.14\00:23:29.07
at first that's going to
separate church and state,
00:23:29.10\00:23:32.27
it's going to guarantee
civil and religious liberty,
00:23:32.31\00:23:35.08
it's going to stand for
a system of Republicanism
00:23:35.11\00:23:38.38
and Protestantism.
00:23:38.41\00:23:39.75
But then we are told
00:23:39.78\00:23:41.12
that it's gonna
help the first beast
00:23:41.15\00:23:42.48
recover its power,
00:23:42.52\00:23:43.85
and it is going to enforce
the mark of the first beast.
00:23:43.89\00:23:49.29
What is the mark
of the first beast?
00:23:49.32\00:23:52.86
The observance of
Sunday as the day of rest.
00:23:52.89\00:23:56.26
Now, the question is,
00:23:56.30\00:23:59.07
why does Satan hate
00:23:59.10\00:24:02.07
the historicist method so much?
00:24:02.10\00:24:05.81
Well, because the
historicist method tells us
00:24:05.84\00:24:10.88
who the real
Antichrist is, the papacy.
00:24:10.91\00:24:15.12
When He would rise to power
00:24:15.15\00:24:18.12
after the removal
of the Roman Empire?
00:24:18.15\00:24:21.12
Where He would
rise in the church?
00:24:21.16\00:24:25.46
What He would do
persecute God's saints
00:24:25.49\00:24:29.20
through mechanisms
such as the Inquisition,
00:24:29.23\00:24:31.93
through blaspheming God
00:24:31.97\00:24:33.74
by claiming to have
the power to forgive sins,
00:24:33.77\00:24:36.00
and claiming to be
God's representative on earth?
00:24:36.04\00:24:38.81
And by thinking that
he could change God's law
00:24:38.84\00:24:42.31
and change
God's prophetic times.
00:24:42.34\00:24:45.51
Historicism also tells us,
00:24:45.55\00:24:47.52
how long the first stage
of the Antichrist would be.
00:24:47.55\00:24:51.05
It would be 1260 years.
00:24:51.09\00:24:54.12
It also tells us
00:24:54.16\00:24:55.86
how this beast will be
wounded, with the sword,
00:24:55.89\00:24:59.96
which represents the
sword of the civil power.
00:25:00.00\00:25:03.30
It also tells us,
00:25:03.33\00:25:04.67
how the United
States would rise to power
00:25:04.70\00:25:07.60
with these two principles
00:25:07.64\00:25:09.10
of separation of
church and state.
00:25:09.14\00:25:11.47
And how the United States
00:25:11.51\00:25:13.11
would repudiate those principles
00:25:13.14\00:25:15.44
and help the first beast,
00:25:15.48\00:25:16.81
the papacy recover
the power that it lost
00:25:16.85\00:25:19.78
when it received
the deadly wound.
00:25:19.81\00:25:22.32
It also gives us a
clear picture of the issues
00:25:22.35\00:25:25.35
that are involved.
00:25:25.39\00:25:26.76
The issues, folks,
00:25:26.79\00:25:28.12
are not the oil
of the Middle East,
00:25:28.16\00:25:30.66
or hatred for the Jews.
00:25:30.69\00:25:32.66
The issues are whether
you will worship the true God
00:25:32.69\00:25:35.93
and keep His commandments,
00:25:35.96\00:25:37.50
including the
commandment that points to God
00:25:37.53\00:25:40.34
as the Creator of the
heavens and the earth.
00:25:40.37\00:25:43.54
Furthermore,
historicism points out
00:25:43.57\00:25:46.07
when and where the remnant
church was going to rise,
00:25:46.11\00:25:50.45
and what the message and mission
00:25:50.48\00:25:53.72
of the remnant church would be.
00:25:53.75\00:25:56.69
Of course, Satan would
want to eliminate historicism,
00:25:56.72\00:26:00.36
because
historicism clearly portrays
00:26:00.39\00:26:04.43
what is going to
happen in the end-times.
00:26:04.46\00:26:08.66
Satan has done his utmost
00:26:08.70\00:26:11.13
to destroy the historical method
00:26:11.17\00:26:14.74
or the historical flow method.
00:26:14.77\00:26:17.01
I read some statements before
00:26:17.04\00:26:19.61
from some non Adventist scholars
00:26:19.64\00:26:22.41
about the demise of historicism.
00:26:22.44\00:26:25.21
And I wanna read
those statements again,
00:26:25.25\00:26:27.35
because it shows us
00:26:27.38\00:26:28.92
how Satan has been very active
00:26:28.95\00:26:31.02
to destroy the
historical method.
00:26:31.05\00:26:34.19
Notice this
statement from Richard Kyle,
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who used to be a futurist.
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He wrote a book, The
Last Days Are Here Again,
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and he wrote the following.
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"Despite its visibility
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the Millerite
movement had little influence
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on subsequent end-time thinking.
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It did, however, have
three long-term effects."
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Millerism had
three long term effects.
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Number one, millerism spawned
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the Seventh-day
Adventist Church.
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Number two,
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it discredited
historicist premillennialism,
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causing it to fade out
almost entirely after 1844.
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And number three,
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the Millerite fiasco
demonstrated the perils
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of setting definite
dates for Christ's return."
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Did you notice that he said
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that
historicist premillennialism
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almost faded out
entirely after 1844.
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In another statement,
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this is on page 102 of his book,
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he said this,
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"The great
disappointment of 1844
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had decimated
historicist premillennialism,
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but a futurist premillennialism
called dispensationalism
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soon arrived on the scene."
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Thomas Ice, a futurist,
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evangelical, not a
Seventh-day Adventist.
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In his book, The
Great Tribulation:
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Past or Future, page 6,
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he co-wrote this
book with Thomas,
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with actually, Kenneth L.
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Gentry Jr. wrote this.
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"Historicism,
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once the dominant
view of Protestants
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from the Reformation
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until the middle
of the last century,"
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he was writing
in the 20th century.
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So till the middle
of the 19th century.
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He says, "appears to
exert little attraction
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as a system of
prophetic interpretation
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to conservative Christians."
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In other words historicism,
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conservative Christians
not really interested in it.
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He continues writing
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and then he puts in parentheses
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"(outside of
Seventh-day Adventist circles)."
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So, in other words Adventist
are still historicists.
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Then he continues writing,
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"Within evangelicalism
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during the last 150 years,
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futurism has grown to dominate
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and overcome historicism."
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What has futurism done?
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It has grown to dominate
and overcome historicism.
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And all you have to
do, to see if that is true
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is turn on your
television on Sunday morning.
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If you have satellite TV
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and watch the
Protestants evangelists...
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Protestant Evangelist
preach on Sunday morning,
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when they preach on prophecy.
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It is pure,
unadulterated futurism.
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Now, what are the
dangers of futurism?
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First of all,
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futurism changes the time
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for the
appearance of the Antichrist.
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You see, the Bible tells us
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that the Antichrist would appear
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after the disintegration
of the Roman Empire
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shortly after the year 476.
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What does futurism
teach about the Antichrist?
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They say, no, no,
He's not going to appear
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after the disintegration
of the Roman Empire
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way back then.
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No, there's gonna be
a 10 Nation Federation
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in the future after
the rapture of the church,
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and then the
Antichrist is going to appear.
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And so basically
futurism changes the timing
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for the rise of the Antichrist.
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Also, futurism changes the place
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where the Antichrist will rule.
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Futurists say the
Antichrist is going to rule
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in the Middle East,
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in a rebuilt Jewish temple.
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But the Bible tells
us that He is going...
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Yes, He's going to
rule in the temple,
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but it's not the
Jerusalem temple,
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which is no
longer the temple of God.
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He would rule in the
temple, the spiritual temple,
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which yesterday
we noticed was what?
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The Christian church.
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Futurism also hides the manner
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in which
Antichrist would appear.
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You see, futurist,
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they say it's gonna be
a blasphemous individual
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that is gonna raise his
hand in defiance against God
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and he's going to
persecute the Jews,
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perhaps they say an atheist.
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But the Bible tells us
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that the Antichrist
is not an individual,
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it is a system of individuals.
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It is a sequence of popes
in the Roman Catholic papacy.
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And this is not
a single individual
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at the end of time.
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No, this is a
system that has existed
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for 1260 years in the past
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and now is
rising to power again.
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Futurism changes the
parties in the final conflict.
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You know, if you
listen to futurists,
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they say the final
battle is gonna be,
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you know, the Arabs
are gonna join forces
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with the Russians
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and they're gonna
persecute the Jews.
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But the Bible tells
us what the issues are
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in the Great
Controversy at the end.
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It has to do
with who you worship.
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It has to do with
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whether you observe
God's commandments or not.
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Whether you keep
His holy Sabbath,
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to commemorate creation
to remember the Creator,
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that's what the issues
are in the final conflict.
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They are not political issues,
they are not economic issues,
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they are deeply
religious issues.
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But futurism says no,
this is gonna be over oil,
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it's going to be anti-Semitism,
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it's going to be all
of these political issues.
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When the Bible tells us
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then it's gonna be a
deeply spiritual controversy.
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Futurism also
destroys the timing
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of the 2300 day prophecy.
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Is the 2300 day prophecy crucial
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to the Adventist Church?
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It is vitally important.
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Now let me ask you,
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what does that 2300
day prophecy depend on?
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Well, it
depends on the 2300 days
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beginning in the
year 457 B.C., right?
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So the 2300 days
begin in the year 457 B.C.
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And then you
have a first 490 years
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that take you to the year 34.
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Then the
prophecy of the 2300 days
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continues for 1810
years more ending, when?
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In 1844.
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But what does futurism do?
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Futurism says,
that the first 69 weeks
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are fulfilled consecutively.
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Then after the 69
weeks, the 69th week,
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you have a 2000 year gap.
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And then God's plan
begins with the Jews again,
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with the rapture of the church.
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Let me ask you, if
you put a parenthesis
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in this prophecy of 2000 years,
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what does that do to
the 2300 day prophecy?
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It destroys it.
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Because the 2300 day
prophecy depends on 2300 years,
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all consecutive
without any gaps,
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but the minute you
put 2000 year gap in,
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the whole
chronology of the 2300 days
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is thrown out.
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And
incidentally, let me say this,
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1844 is far more than just
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the beginning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary.
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The pioneers of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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when they discovered
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that Jesus entered
the most holy place
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of the heavenly
sanctuary in 1844,
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they discovered all
of the distinctive truths
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Because all of
our distinctive truths
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that which makes us what we are
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in distinction to
every other church
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is found in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
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All of those doctrines
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that the
Christian world despises
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are centered in
the most holy place.
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Let me ask you, is the
law in the most holy place?
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Yeah.
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Our pioneers, you know,
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when they entered
the most holy place,
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they saw the ark, they
said, well, in the ark was...
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were the tables of the
law, the Ten Commandments,
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so they must not have
been nailed to the cross.
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Because Protestants said
they were nailed to the cross.
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What is in the center
of the Ten Commandments?
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The Sabbath Commandment.
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You see, when they went
into the most holy place,
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they said, oh,
the law is binding
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because the law is there
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because the earthly sanctuary
was a shadow of the heavenly
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and the earthly had
the Ten Commandments.
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And let me say it,
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what was in the center
of the Ten Commandments?
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The Sabbath.
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So the Sabbath must
be on the tables of stone
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in the heavenly
sanctuary as well.
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They also
discovered health reform.
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You know, in the
Ark of the Covenant,
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there was a part
of manna, the manna...
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By the way, the manna
has a twofold meaning.
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First of all,
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God gave manna to test Israel
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to see if they
would walk in His law.
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Is the Sabbath at the
end of time gonna be a test
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of whether we will
walk in God's law or not?
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Absolutely.
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Secondly, the manna
God gave to teach Israel
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to live a healthy
life, to have a healthy diet.
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In Numbers 11, it
says when they said,
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oh, we're sick and
tired of this vegan food
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that you have given us,
00:35:56.25\00:35:57.92
you know, they
said we want flesh,
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we want what we used to
eat, when we were not converted,
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when we're in Egypt.
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And God gave
them what they wanted,
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and they got sick.
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So the part of manna
represents health reform.
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By the way, also in
the Ark of the Covenant
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was Aaron's Rod that budded.
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Interesting.
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I wish I had time to
really get into that,
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there's so much to say there.
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But one of the
teachings of the Rod of Aaron
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that budded was that a dead rod,
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sprouted miraculously to life.
00:36:28.22\00:36:31.15
That means that
those who are dead
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by a miracle of
God will live again.
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Amen.
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And so the state of
the dead is involved.
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Incidentally, also,
the state of the dead
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is involved in the
concept of the judgment.
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Let me put it this way.
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What do most Christian churches
believe about the judgment?
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When is a person judged
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according to almost
every single Christian church?
00:36:53.07\00:36:56.58
When you die. Right?
00:36:56.61\00:36:59.51
If when you die,
you were a good person,
00:36:59.55\00:37:02.25
accepted Jesus,
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your soul is
whisked off to heaven.
00:37:03.65\00:37:06.82
If you did not receive
Christ, if you are wicked,
00:37:06.86\00:37:10.66
your soul goes to hell.
00:37:10.69\00:37:13.40
So when is a person
judged in this point of view?
00:37:13.43\00:37:17.13
They judge when they die.
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So if a person is
judged when they die,
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why would God call
a judgment in 1844,
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to examine the cases of the dead
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to see if they're
gonna receive life or death?
00:37:25.91\00:37:29.41
Are you with me or not?
00:37:29.44\00:37:30.95
The state of the dead
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is linked with the
concept of the judgment.
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The reason why
the Christian world
00:37:34.35\00:37:36.05
can't accept the
Adventist view of the judgment
00:37:36.08\00:37:38.32
is because they say,
00:37:38.35\00:37:39.82
why would God judge at a
certain period in history,
00:37:39.85\00:37:42.62
if everybody's
already been judged
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when they died?
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So the investigative
judgment is centered there.
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Every doctrine of the church,
00:37:49.20\00:37:50.90
every distinctive
doctrine of the church
00:37:50.93\00:37:53.07
is centered in
the most holy place,
00:37:53.10\00:37:54.64
and the pioneers
discovered one after another,
00:37:54.67\00:37:57.77
these doctrines
00:37:57.81\00:37:59.14
when they entered
the most holy place
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in the year 1844.
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And you'll notice
that what happened was
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that futurism
attempted to destroy
00:38:05.88\00:38:09.32
the prophecy of the 2300 years.
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Futurism also hides
the un-time appearance
00:38:14.32\00:38:20.06
of the remnant church.
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When was the remnant
church going to appear
00:38:22.50\00:38:25.30
according to
Revelation Chapter 12?
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It was gonna come,
you were gonna have
00:38:28.44\00:38:30.54
the dragon persecuting the woman
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for time, times,
the dividing of time,
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1260 years, which ended 1798.
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And then the very next
verse speaks about the remnant
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who keep the commandments of God
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and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
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So when would the
remnant church appear?
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It would appear
sometime after, what?
00:38:52.06\00:38:55.00
Sometime after 1798.
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But for futurists they say, no,
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the remnant are the
Jews at the end of time,
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after the rapture of the church,
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that's God's remnant.
00:39:06.17\00:39:07.94
So the purpose of the devil
00:39:07.98\00:39:09.34
is to hide the
identity of the remnant.
00:39:09.38\00:39:11.88
And by the way, there
are four characteristics
00:39:11.91\00:39:14.45
of the remnant.
00:39:14.48\00:39:15.82
Number one,
00:39:15.85\00:39:17.39
the remnant appears
after the 1260 years.
00:39:17.42\00:39:21.42
Secondly, it would
appear in the United States
00:39:21.46\00:39:23.93
and you say, where
do you get that from?
00:39:23.96\00:39:26.03
Because Revelation 12:16,
00:39:26.06\00:39:27.96
the very previous verse says
00:39:28.00\00:39:29.43
that the earth helped the woman.
00:39:29.46\00:39:31.00
And then it says
00:39:31.03\00:39:32.37
that the dragon is
in rage with a woman
00:39:32.40\00:39:34.47
and goes to make war
with the remnant of her seed.
00:39:34.50\00:39:37.37
And so the remnant is
gonna rise in the earth.
00:39:37.41\00:39:40.48
And then they keep
the commandments of God,
00:39:40.51\00:39:43.01
and they have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:39:43.04\00:39:47.02
They teach that
we're supposed to keep
00:39:47.05\00:39:48.52
all of God's Ten Commandments
because we love the Lord.
00:39:48.55\00:39:51.62
And they also have in
their midst of prophet
00:39:51.65\00:39:54.49
that presents the
true prophetic scenario
00:39:54.52\00:39:57.29
that the Bible presents.
00:39:57.33\00:39:59.56
Futurism also destroys
00:39:59.59\00:40:01.46
the need to study
the Book of Revelation.
00:40:01.50\00:40:04.70
You say, why is that?
00:40:04.73\00:40:06.80
Well, they might study
it just out of curiosity,
00:40:06.84\00:40:10.47
or are simply because
as an informational item.
00:40:10.51\00:40:14.64
But really,
00:40:14.68\00:40:16.75
futurism destroys the importance
00:40:16.78\00:40:19.08
and need of studying the Book
of Revelation for Christians.
00:40:19.11\00:40:21.45
You say, why is that?
00:40:21.48\00:40:23.18
Because Revelation 4:1,
if you go there with me,
00:40:23.22\00:40:27.46
it says, "After this
I looked, and, behold,
00:40:27.49\00:40:29.26
a door was opened in heaven:
00:40:29.29\00:40:30.79
and the first
voice which I heard
00:40:30.83\00:40:32.33
was as it were of a
trumpet talking with me,
00:40:32.36\00:40:34.83
which said, Come up hither,
00:40:34.86\00:40:36.60
and I will shew thee
things which must be hereafter."
00:40:36.63\00:40:39.57
And so, supposedly,
00:40:39.60\00:40:41.67
when John is told, come up here,
00:40:41.70\00:40:43.77
that's the
rapture of the church.
00:40:43.81\00:40:45.57
And futurists teach
that from Revelation 4,
00:40:45.61\00:40:49.41
all the way through
Revelation Chapter 19,
00:40:49.44\00:40:52.05
this is describing
events that will take place
00:40:52.08\00:40:55.15
after the church
is rapture to heaven.
00:40:55.18\00:40:58.69
So why should the church
study these chapters at all,
00:40:58.72\00:41:02.42
if they're gonna be gone?
00:41:02.46\00:41:04.26
What benefit would
it be to the church
00:41:04.29\00:41:06.46
to study these chapters?
00:41:06.49\00:41:08.46
Incidentally,
00:41:08.50\00:41:10.23
if these chapters
are as futurists say,
00:41:10.27\00:41:15.30
going to take place,
00:41:15.34\00:41:16.67
or being
fulfilled after the church
00:41:16.71\00:41:18.84
goes to heaven.
00:41:18.87\00:41:20.28
What does that do
with the central mission
00:41:20.31\00:41:22.61
and message of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church?
00:41:22.64\00:41:24.48
We believe that
our central message
00:41:24.51\00:41:26.51
and mission is to proclaim
00:41:26.55\00:41:28.28
the three angels'
messages to the world.
00:41:28.32\00:41:31.19
But if Revelation 14 is future
00:41:31.22\00:41:34.96
after the rapture of the church,
00:41:34.99\00:41:37.46
then we're preaching
a message out of time,
00:41:37.49\00:41:40.60
because that
doesn't apply to our time,
00:41:40.63\00:41:42.63
according to futurism.
00:41:42.66\00:41:44.47
Now, two more things
00:41:44.50\00:41:46.63
that I'd like to say
about how futurism destroys
00:41:46.67\00:41:50.81
the Seventh-day
Adventist message.
00:41:50.84\00:41:52.51
Futurism leaves
itself wide open to believe
00:41:52.54\00:41:56.51
the Antichrist counterfeit
Second Coming of Jesus.
00:41:56.54\00:42:01.62
They will be ripe to
receive the counterfeit Christ.
00:42:01.65\00:42:05.72
Notice Matthew 24:26-27.
00:42:05.75\00:42:09.26
We're gonna dedicate a
little bit more time to this.
00:42:09.29\00:42:11.73
Matthew 24:26-27.
00:42:11.76\00:42:15.36
Jesus stated, "Wherefore
if they shall say unto you,
00:42:15.40\00:42:19.00
Behold, he is in the desert,
00:42:19.03\00:42:21.17
go not forth: behold,
00:42:21.20\00:42:23.27
he is in the secret
chambers, believe it not.
00:42:23.30\00:42:26.74
For as the lightning
cometh out of the east,
00:42:26.78\00:42:28.91
and shineth even unto the west,
00:42:28.94\00:42:30.71
so shall also the
coming of the Son of man be."
00:42:30.75\00:42:35.78
So this is speaking about
00:42:35.82\00:42:37.82
the counterfeit
Second Coming of Christ.
00:42:37.85\00:42:40.52
By the way, 2
Thessalonians Chapter 2,
00:42:40.56\00:42:43.16
which we studied very
carefully last evening,
00:42:43.19\00:42:46.90
in our two presentations,
00:42:46.93\00:42:49.00
describes also this counterfeit
Second Coming of Jesus.
00:42:49.03\00:42:52.50
It's not Jesus, it's Satan,
00:42:52.53\00:42:54.37
who is
disguising himself as Jesus.
00:42:54.40\00:42:57.17
Notice 2 Thessalonians 2:8.
00:42:57.21\00:43:00.28
2 Thessalonians 2:8.
00:43:00.31\00:43:03.18
It's speaking about
the lawless one here
00:43:03.21\00:43:05.01
and the devil is
behind the lawless one.
00:43:05.05\00:43:07.18
It says in 2 Thessalonians 2:8,
00:43:07.22\00:43:10.19
"And then the
lawless one will be revealed,
00:43:10.22\00:43:15.12
whom the Lord will consume
with the breath of His mouth
00:43:15.16\00:43:18.29
and destroy with the
brightness of His coming."
00:43:18.33\00:43:22.23
So you'll notice here,
00:43:22.26\00:43:23.60
the lawless one is
going to be revealed
00:43:23.63\00:43:25.20
and Jesus is
going to destroy him
00:43:25.23\00:43:27.67
by the brightness of His coming.
00:43:27.70\00:43:29.54
But before Jesus
destroys this Antichrist,
00:43:29.57\00:43:33.61
this Antichrist is gonna
do something very interesting.
00:43:33.64\00:43:36.18
Notice 2 Thessalonians 2:9,
00:43:36.21\00:43:40.18
"The coming..."
00:43:40.22\00:43:41.55
The word parousia,
00:43:41.58\00:43:42.92
the same word that is
used for the coming of Jesus.
00:43:42.95\00:43:45.55
"The coming of a lawless one
00:43:45.59\00:43:49.09
is according to
the working of Satan,
00:43:49.12\00:43:52.49
with all power,
signs, and lying wonders."
00:43:52.53\00:43:58.03
There's only one
other verse in the Bible
00:43:58.07\00:43:59.97
that uses those three
words power, signs and wonders.
00:44:00.00\00:44:03.91
And that's Acts 2:22.
00:44:03.94\00:44:06.74
Now, the words are not
translated the same in Acts,
00:44:06.78\00:44:09.51
but then the
identical Greek words.
00:44:09.54\00:44:12.51
Notice, who was the one
00:44:12.55\00:44:15.18
in the Book of
Acts that had power,
00:44:15.22\00:44:17.12
signs and wonders?
00:44:17.15\00:44:19.22
Acts 2:22 is
speaking about Jesus.
00:44:19.25\00:44:22.02
And here Peter is
actually preaching his sermon
00:44:22.06\00:44:24.66
on the day of Pentecost.
00:44:24.69\00:44:26.09
And he stated this,
00:44:26.13\00:44:28.16
"Men of Israel,
hear these words,
00:44:28.20\00:44:31.33
Jesus of Nazareth,
00:44:31.37\00:44:33.64
a man attested by God to you
00:44:33.67\00:44:36.44
by miracles, wonders and signs
00:44:36.47\00:44:41.04
which God did
through Him in your midst,
00:44:41.08\00:44:43.45
as you yourselves also know."
00:44:43.48\00:44:46.92
So Jesus did those three things.
00:44:46.95\00:44:49.55
But 2 Thessalonians 2
tells us that the Antichrist,
00:44:49.58\00:44:53.46
that Satan is gonna do
those same three things.
00:44:53.49\00:44:57.73
He is going to imitate
00:44:57.76\00:45:00.16
the Second
Coming of Jesus Christ.
00:45:00.20\00:45:02.46
I wanna read
you, a rather large,
00:45:02.50\00:45:04.43
long passage from
Great Controversy,
00:45:04.47\00:45:07.20
where Ellen White describes
00:45:07.24\00:45:09.47
the counterfeit
coming of Christ,
00:45:09.50\00:45:12.11
which is falsified by Satan.
00:45:12.14\00:45:14.91
Page 624 of Great
Controversy, Ellen White writes,
00:45:14.94\00:45:18.95
"As the crowning act
00:45:18.98\00:45:20.48
in the great drama of deception,
00:45:20.52\00:45:22.65
Satan himself
will personate Christ.
00:45:22.68\00:45:25.99
The church has long professed
to look to the Savior's advent
00:45:26.02\00:45:29.22
as the
consummation of her hopes.
00:45:29.26\00:45:31.46
Now, the great
deceiver will make it appear
00:45:31.49\00:45:35.06
that Christ has come.
00:45:35.10\00:45:37.07
In different parts of the earth,
00:45:37.10\00:45:39.10
Satan will
manifest himself among men
00:45:39.13\00:45:41.37
as a majestic being
of dazzling brightness,
00:45:41.40\00:45:44.84
resembling the
description of the Son of God
00:45:44.87\00:45:47.14
given by John
in the Revelation."
00:45:47.18\00:45:50.31
Revelation 1,
the glorified Christ,
00:45:50.35\00:45:52.68
he's gonna look just like Jesus.
00:45:52.71\00:45:55.28
She continues writing,
00:45:55.32\00:45:56.65
"The glory that
surround him is unsurpassed
00:45:56.69\00:45:59.39
by anything that
mortal eyes have yet beheld.
00:45:59.42\00:46:03.43
The shout of triumph
rings out upon the air"
00:46:03.46\00:46:06.06
'Christ has
come! Christ has come!'
00:46:06.09\00:46:08.43
"What are Christians saying,
00:46:08.46\00:46:11.73
when they see this
counterfeit second coming?
00:46:11.77\00:46:13.87
Christ has come!
00:46:13.90\00:46:15.24
Why would they
say Christ has come?
00:46:15.27\00:46:16.60
Now, listen
carefully, because they believe
00:46:16.64\00:46:18.77
that when Jesus comes
in His glorious coming,
00:46:18.81\00:46:21.14
He's gonna be on this earth
00:46:21.18\00:46:23.18
during the millennium,
00:46:23.21\00:46:24.81
and He's gonna
reign in glory here.
00:46:24.85\00:46:27.32
So if they're expecting Jesus
00:46:27.35\00:46:29.48
to come here for the millennium,
00:46:29.52\00:46:31.92
in His glorious second coming,
00:46:31.95\00:46:33.59
they will accept
this false Christ,
00:46:33.62\00:46:35.79
thinking that it's Jesus.
00:46:35.82\00:46:37.19
Are you with me or not?
00:46:37.23\00:46:38.89
Now, notice when
it continues saying,
00:46:38.93\00:46:40.66
"The glory that
surrounds him is unsurpassed
00:46:40.70\00:46:42.83
by anything that
mortal eyes have yet beheld.
00:46:42.86\00:46:45.57
The shout of triumph
rings out upon the air"
00:46:45.60\00:46:48.50
'Christ has
come! Christ has come!'
00:46:48.54\00:46:51.01
The people prostrate themselves
in adoration before him,
00:46:51.04\00:46:54.61
while he lifts his hands
00:46:54.64\00:46:55.98
and pronounces a
blessing upon them,
00:46:56.01\00:46:58.15
as Christ blessed His disciples
when He was upon the earth.
00:46:58.18\00:47:02.38
His voice is soft and subdued,
00:47:02.42\00:47:06.05
and yet full of melody.
00:47:06.09\00:47:07.96
In gentle, compassionate tones
00:47:07.99\00:47:10.66
he presents some
of the same gracious,
00:47:10.69\00:47:13.19
heavenly truths
that the Savior uttered,
00:47:13.23\00:47:16.30
he heals the
diseases of the people,
00:47:16.33\00:47:19.37
and then, in his
assumed character of Christ,
00:47:19.40\00:47:23.24
he claims to have
change the Sabbath to Sunday,
00:47:23.27\00:47:26.91
and commands all
to hallow the day
00:47:26.94\00:47:29.58
which he has blessed.
00:47:29.61\00:47:31.08
He declares that
those who persist in keeping
00:47:31.11\00:47:33.11
holy the seventh day
are blaspheming his name
00:47:33.15\00:47:36.08
by refusing to
listen to his angels
00:47:36.12\00:47:38.42
sent to them
with light and truth."
00:47:38.45\00:47:40.66
And then Ellen White wrote,
00:47:40.69\00:47:43.16
"This is the strong,
00:47:43.19\00:47:45.23
almost overmastering delusion."
00:47:45.26\00:47:49.56
That's impressive.
00:47:49.60\00:47:51.47
Is most of the
Christian world gonna buy
00:47:51.50\00:47:54.50
that this is Jesus Christ
00:47:54.54\00:47:56.14
coming in the
second coming, why?
00:47:56.17\00:47:58.54
Because they don't
know how Jesus is coming.
00:47:58.57\00:48:01.91
They believe
that Jesus is coming,
00:48:01.94\00:48:03.85
He's going to touch this earth,
00:48:03.88\00:48:05.85
and He's going to
reign here for 1000 years,
00:48:05.88\00:48:08.12
He gonna heal the
diseases of the people,
00:48:08.15\00:48:10.22
He's gonna teach
them in soft tones.
00:48:10.25\00:48:12.22
And if you believe
that Jesus is coming here
00:48:12.25\00:48:13.89
for the millennium
and His second coming?
00:48:13.92\00:48:15.69
Well, you know, when
this majestic being appears,
00:48:15.72\00:48:18.36
you will probably buy into it.
00:48:18.39\00:48:20.66
Is that important to
know how Jesus will come?
00:48:20.70\00:48:24.17
Why will God's
people not be deceived
00:48:24.20\00:48:26.43
by this
counterfeit second coming?
00:48:26.47\00:48:28.00
If their ears are
telling them, it's Jesus,
00:48:28.04\00:48:30.81
their eyes are
telling them that it's Jesus,
00:48:30.84\00:48:33.48
other people are
telling them that it's Jesus,
00:48:33.51\00:48:36.14
why are they not
gonna buy into it?
00:48:36.18\00:48:38.61
Once again, Great
Controversy, page 625,
00:48:38.65\00:48:42.48
"But the people of
God will not be misled.
00:48:42.52\00:48:46.42
The teachings of
this false Christ
00:48:46.45\00:48:49.12
are not in
accordance with the Scriptures.
00:48:49.16\00:48:52.59
His blessing is pronounced
upon the worshipers of the beast
00:48:52.63\00:48:55.50
and His image,
00:48:55.53\00:48:56.90
the very class upon
whom the Bible declares
00:48:56.93\00:48:59.47
that God's unmingled
wrath shall be poured out."
00:48:59.50\00:49:02.90
So the first reason
why God's people will know
00:49:02.94\00:49:05.04
that this is not Christ
00:49:05.07\00:49:06.47
is because He's
teaching people to keep Sunday
00:49:06.51\00:49:08.38
when the Bible
says it's Sabbath,
00:49:08.41\00:49:09.78
and God is not
gonna contradict His word.
00:49:09.81\00:49:12.11
There's a second way.
00:49:12.15\00:49:13.98
"And furthermore,
00:49:14.02\00:49:15.58
Satan is not
permitted to counterfeit
00:49:15.62\00:49:18.05
the manner of Christ advent."
00:49:18.09\00:49:20.12
How He woke up?
00:49:20.16\00:49:22.72
"The Savior has
warned His people
00:49:22.76\00:49:24.53
against
deception upon this point,
00:49:24.56\00:49:26.70
and has clearly foretold
00:49:26.73\00:49:28.76
the manner of
His second coming."
00:49:28.80\00:49:31.50
And then she quotes,
00:49:31.53\00:49:33.17
the passage from
Matthew 24:24-27,
00:49:33.20\00:49:36.27
31, Chapter 25:31,
00:49:36.30\00:49:39.61
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17,
00:49:39.64\00:49:42.48
and then she
ends by stating this.
00:49:42.51\00:49:44.98
"This coming
00:49:45.01\00:49:46.45
there is no
possibility of counterfeiting.
00:49:46.48\00:49:50.09
It will be universally known,
witnessed by the whole world."
00:49:50.12\00:49:55.09
Now, Jesus is not
gonna appear here and there.
00:49:55.12\00:49:58.09
Every eye shall see Him,
00:49:58.13\00:50:00.53
says the Book of Revelation.
00:50:00.56\00:50:02.56
And then Ellen
White makes this comment.
00:50:02.60\00:50:05.03
"Only those who have been
00:50:05.07\00:50:07.57
diligent
students of the Scriptures
00:50:07.60\00:50:10.31
and who have
received the love of the truth
00:50:10.34\00:50:13.27
will be shielded
from the powerful delusion
00:50:13.31\00:50:16.81
that takes the world captive.
00:50:16.85\00:50:19.08
By the Bible testimony
00:50:19.11\00:50:21.02
these will detect the
deceiver in his disguise."
00:50:21.05\00:50:27.02
By the way, 2
Thessalonians 2:11-13,
00:50:27.06\00:50:32.29
tells us the
reason why the wicked buy
00:50:32.33\00:50:35.00
into the
counterfeit second coming,
00:50:35.03\00:50:36.97
and why the righteous will not.
00:50:37.00\00:50:39.03
It says in 2 Thessalonians 2:11,
00:50:39.07\00:50:42.30
speaking about the
wicked, and for this reason,
00:50:42.34\00:50:45.81
God will send them, what?
00:50:45.84\00:50:48.91
Strong delusion.
00:50:48.94\00:50:50.28
Now, God doesn't go
around deluding people.
00:50:50.31\00:50:53.35
What it means is that
these individuals chose Satan,
00:50:53.38\00:50:56.32
so God withdraws His presence.
00:50:56.35\00:50:59.65
He says, you don't want Me?
00:50:59.69\00:51:01.62
I'll step back.
00:51:01.66\00:51:03.16
And God allows
Satan to deceive them.
00:51:03.19\00:51:06.76
If they decided
to accept the truth,
00:51:06.80\00:51:08.70
God would have shielded them.
00:51:08.73\00:51:10.67
So it says, "For this reason,
00:51:10.70\00:51:12.03
God will send
them strong delusion,
00:51:12.07\00:51:13.84
that they should
believe the lie."
00:51:13.87\00:51:16.07
This is not a lie, or lying,
00:51:16.10\00:51:19.91
that they
should believe the lie.
00:51:19.94\00:51:22.24
The definite article is there.
00:51:22.28\00:51:23.61
What is the lie?
00:51:23.65\00:51:24.98
It's the counterfeit
Second Coming of Christ.
00:51:25.01\00:51:27.25
And then she writes,
00:51:27.28\00:51:28.82
"That they all may be condemned
00:51:28.85\00:51:31.09
who did not believe the truth
00:51:31.12\00:51:34.22
but had pleasure
in unrighteousness."
00:51:34.26\00:51:38.03
Incidentally,
those who are unsaved
00:51:38.06\00:51:43.57
will have
absolutely no preparation
00:51:43.60\00:51:47.47
to go through the
worst time of trouble
00:51:47.50\00:51:49.90
in the history of the world.
00:51:49.94\00:51:52.04
Let me ask you,
00:51:52.07\00:51:53.94
if you heard that a hurricane
was coming to California,
00:51:53.98\00:51:57.95
would you prepare in Hawaii?
00:51:57.98\00:52:01.18
No, of course not.
00:52:01.22\00:52:04.35
It's only, if you
believe it's coming here
00:52:04.39\00:52:07.39
that you will prepare for it.
00:52:07.42\00:52:08.76
Does the Christian world
00:52:11.59\00:52:12.93
believe that they're gonna
go through the tribulation,
00:52:12.96\00:52:14.86
that it's gonna hit them?
00:52:14.90\00:52:16.33
There's no.
00:52:16.36\00:52:17.70
You see, we're
gonna go to heaven
00:52:17.73\00:52:19.07
before the hard times come,
00:52:19.10\00:52:21.07
you know, we're
gonna have our cake here,
00:52:21.10\00:52:23.07
and we're gonna eat it too.
00:52:23.10\00:52:25.27
And so when the
time of trouble comes,
00:52:25.31\00:52:26.91
such as never has been seen
in the history of the world,
00:52:26.94\00:52:29.44
they're gonna be unprepared,
00:52:29.48\00:52:30.88
they're not gonna
have the necessary faith
00:52:30.91\00:52:32.75
to go through the Spirit
00:52:32.78\00:52:34.12
because they do not
expect to go through it.
00:52:34.15\00:52:38.09
Finally,
futurism gives Christians
00:52:38.12\00:52:40.32
a false sense of security.
00:52:40.36\00:52:43.83
Because they
say, "Well, you know,
00:52:43.86\00:52:46.39
if I'm not saved in the rapture,
00:52:46.43\00:52:50.23
and I survived
the Second Coming,
00:52:50.27\00:52:51.90
I can still be saved
during the Tribulation.
00:52:51.93\00:52:55.90
And if for some reason
00:52:55.94\00:52:57.37
I'm not saved
during the tribulation,
00:52:57.41\00:52:59.91
when Jesus comes a second
time in His glorious coming,
00:52:59.94\00:53:03.61
well, maybe then I can be
saved during the millennium."
00:53:03.65\00:53:07.55
The Bible doesn't teach that.
00:53:07.58\00:53:09.55
The Bible teaches
that when probation closes,
00:53:09.58\00:53:12.12
it closes for
every single person,
00:53:12.15\00:53:14.06
there is no more
opportunity to be saved.
00:53:14.09\00:53:16.99
You are either saved or lost.
00:53:17.03\00:53:19.46
There is not a second chance,
there's not a third chance.
00:53:19.49\00:53:23.00
But if you believe
00:53:23.03\00:53:24.37
that if you don't
make it in the rapture,
00:53:24.40\00:53:25.73
yeah, you'll be here,
00:53:25.77\00:53:27.14
but you know, you can
be that tribulation force,
00:53:27.17\00:53:30.34
that Left Behind series has,
00:53:30.37\00:53:32.94
and you know, you
can stand for Jesus
00:53:32.97\00:53:34.84
and then when He comes
in His glorious coming,
00:53:34.88\00:53:36.88
then you didn't
make it in the rapture,
00:53:36.91\00:53:38.25
but now you make it.
00:53:38.28\00:53:41.12
By the way, I
watched some of those movies,
00:53:41.15\00:53:42.52
I was interested in seeing
00:53:42.55\00:53:44.59
what futurists are
teaching in practical terms,
00:53:44.62\00:53:46.92
in movie form.
00:53:46.96\00:53:48.29
It's just like their theology.
00:53:48.32\00:53:50.49
And the problem is,
00:53:50.53\00:53:51.86
people are so much in tune
with Hollywood style movies
00:53:51.89\00:53:55.76
that they buy it,
they swallowed hook,
00:53:55.80\00:53:59.03
line and sinker,
folks, don't they?
00:53:59.07\00:54:02.34
They think that
that's gospel truth.
00:54:02.37\00:54:04.17
You know, you take for example,
00:54:04.21\00:54:05.77
that movie on the
flood called Noah.
00:54:05.81\00:54:09.88
Have mercy.
00:54:09.91\00:54:12.08
You know, the
stone like creatures,
00:54:12.11\00:54:15.08
you know, the
watchers, and so on.
00:54:15.12\00:54:17.25
It's nothing
like a biblical story.
00:54:17.29\00:54:19.52
And yet people who
are biblically illiterate,
00:54:19.55\00:54:21.89
they say, wow, I never knew
that the flood was like that.
00:54:21.92\00:54:26.59
They buy it
hook, line and sinker.
00:54:26.63\00:54:28.40
You know, they won't
believe the Bible story.
00:54:28.43\00:54:31.23
But they will
believe the embellishment
00:54:31.27\00:54:33.00
that Hollywood
gives to the Bible story
00:54:33.03\00:54:35.60
because people these
days are basically ignorant
00:54:35.64\00:54:39.31
when it comes to
the Bible and theology.
00:54:39.34\00:54:42.41
And if you don't
have the knowledge,
00:54:42.44\00:54:43.78
you will be deceived
00:54:43.81\00:54:45.15
and you'll be on the wrong side.
00:54:45.18\00:54:46.92
I wanna end by
reading a statement
00:54:46.95\00:54:49.25
from Ellen White
on Protestantism.
00:54:49.28\00:54:53.69
She says, "It is
not without reason
00:54:53.72\00:54:55.72
that the claim
has been put forth
00:54:55.76\00:54:57.36
in Protestant countries
00:54:57.39\00:54:59.53
that Catholicism
differs less widely
00:54:59.56\00:55:02.40
from Protestantism
than in former times.
00:55:02.43\00:55:05.80
There has been a change,
00:55:05.83\00:55:07.77
but the change is
not in the papacy.
00:55:07.80\00:55:10.34
Catholicism indeed
resembles much of Protestantism
00:55:10.37\00:55:13.74
but not exists,
00:55:13.78\00:55:15.48
because Protestantism
has so greatly degenerated
00:55:15.51\00:55:19.15
since the days
of the Reformers."
00:55:19.18\00:55:21.42
Would that be true of
their prophetic concepts
00:55:21.45\00:55:23.52
these days too?
00:55:23.55\00:55:24.89
Totally degenerate.
00:55:24.92\00:55:26.65
She continues writing,
00:55:26.69\00:55:28.59
"As the Protestant churches
00:55:28.62\00:55:30.13
have been seeking
the favor of the world,
00:55:30.16\00:55:32.63
false charity has
blinded their eyes."
00:55:32.66\00:55:35.26
Do you know what
false charity is?
00:55:35.30\00:55:37.27
Political
correctness, we call it today.
00:55:37.30\00:55:40.84
Oh, yeah, let's love everybody.
00:55:40.87\00:55:42.84
False charity.
00:55:42.87\00:55:44.97
Political correctness.
00:55:45.01\00:55:46.34
She says, listen,
00:55:46.37\00:55:47.71
"As the Protestant churches
00:55:47.74\00:55:49.08
have been seeking
the favor of the world,
00:55:49.11\00:55:50.71
false charity has
blinded their eyes.
00:55:50.75\00:55:53.05
They do not see
00:55:53.08\00:55:54.42
that it is right to
believe good of all evil,
00:55:54.45\00:55:57.59
and as the inevitable result
00:55:57.62\00:55:59.59
they will finally
believe evil of all good.
00:55:59.62\00:56:02.79
Instead of standing
in defense of the faith
00:56:02.82\00:56:06.29
once delivered to the saints,
00:56:06.33\00:56:08.26
they are now, as it were,
00:56:08.30\00:56:10.07
apologizing to Rome
00:56:10.10\00:56:12.33
for their
uncharitable opinion of her,
00:56:12.37\00:56:16.44
begging pardon
for their bigotry."
00:56:16.47\00:56:20.91
Do you think that if
the Protestant world today
00:56:20.94\00:56:23.08
understood by what prophecy
that Billy Graham would say
00:56:23.11\00:56:25.55
that the pope John Paul II
00:56:25.58\00:56:27.08
was the greatest
moral leader of the world?
00:56:27.12\00:56:29.55
Do you think
Robert Schuller would say
00:56:29.58\00:56:31.59
that he dreamed
when he was alive,
00:56:31.62\00:56:33.82
he dreamed of the day
00:56:33.86\00:56:35.79
when the entire Christian
world would accept the pope
00:56:35.82\00:56:37.99
as its leader?
00:56:38.03\00:56:39.39
Do you think Paul Crouch of TBN
00:56:39.43\00:56:42.16
would have said that
he's not protesting anything,
00:56:42.20\00:56:44.53
he's deleting
the word Protestant
00:56:44.57\00:56:46.20
from his vocabulary?
00:56:46.23\00:56:48.00
Do you think
Lutherans would have signed
00:56:48.04\00:56:49.54
the Joint
Declaration on righteousness
00:56:49.57\00:56:51.24
by faith with the Catholics?
00:56:51.27\00:56:53.31
Do you think the Protestant
clergy would have signed
00:56:53.34\00:56:55.28
Evangelicals and
Catholics together?
00:56:55.31\00:56:57.81
Do you think Tony
Palmer would have said
00:56:57.85\00:56:59.41
that the protest is over
00:56:59.45\00:57:00.78
and we're all
Catholics now again?
00:57:00.82\00:57:03.18
Do you think Kenneth
Copeland would say to the pope,
00:57:03.22\00:57:05.29
we bless you
with all our hearts,
00:57:05.32\00:57:06.89
we bless you with all our souls,
00:57:06.92\00:57:08.59
we bless you with all our might,
00:57:08.62\00:57:10.26
and we thank you,
sir, we thank God for you,
00:57:10.29\00:57:12.69
and so all of us
declared together be blessed?
00:57:12.73\00:57:15.96
Do you think that
Ralph Reed would have written
00:57:16.00\00:57:18.37
or would have said, the truth,
00:57:18.40\00:57:19.73
my friends is this Catholicism
never has been is not today
00:57:19.77\00:57:23.44
and never will be a
threat to American democracy.
00:57:23.47\00:57:26.27
It was and
remains the most colorful
00:57:26.31\00:57:28.08
and the most
vibrant thread running
00:57:28.11\00:57:29.71
through that tapestry
of American democracy.
00:57:29.74\00:57:32.61
What Rick Warren have said,
00:57:32.65\00:57:35.52
Protestants and
Catholics are on the same team.
00:57:35.55\00:57:38.05
What James
Robinson, the television...
00:57:38.09\00:57:40.56
who has a
television program have said,
00:57:40.59\00:57:42.52
Pope Francis, let
me just say to you,
00:57:42.56\00:57:44.73
that I see Jesus in you,
00:57:44.76\00:57:46.39
and in Christ we are
brothers, we are family.
00:57:46.43\00:57:48.70
They've lost the method.
00:57:48.73\00:57:50.80
And therefore,
00:57:50.83\00:57:52.17
they wander in the
wilderness of false prophecy.
00:57:52.20\00:57:56.44
And the Seventh-day
Adventist Church is the church
00:57:56.47\00:57:58.51
that has the message
to share with the world,
00:57:58.54\00:58:01.18
and woe to us if we don't do it.
00:58:01.21\00:58:03.81