Have you ever been swindled?
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Most people have at
one time or another.
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In fact Americans
are a nation basically
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of cheats and liars
according to Time Magazine.
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In fact this article
"Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire,"
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big picture of a
long nose Pinocchio,
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Time Magazine says
that's we are, in fact,
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ever since the early
New England settlers in 1626
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traded just $24 worth
of colorful beads and cloth
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to the unsuspecting
Indians for Manhattan Island,
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we've been a
nation of swindlers.
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Just look at Enron,
stock market scandals,
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World Bank, the record
of swindling and fraud seems
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to run throughout
our American history.
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And I'm
embarrassed to admit this,
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especially to all
of our world guests
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listening in by satellite,
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but, folks, con
men in New York City
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still make thousands
of dollars re -selling
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the Empire State Building over
and over to gullible tourists
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and immigrants
on their first trip
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to New York City every day.
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Well, some of us smile.
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We think that's
amusing. Perhaps.
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But it isn't the-- it
isn't only the innocent
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and the naive and the greenhorns
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that are
victimized by con artists.
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The National
Business Bureau says,
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"No matter how
intelligent or careful you are,
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at least once in your
life you will be swindled."
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Unfortunately, it
happens every day.
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But, you know, clever as
these forgeries and con men are,
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they are just babes
in the woods compared
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with the granddaddy of them all
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who stands without peer
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when it comes to swindling,
cheating, and counterfeiting.
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Who would that
be? Satan, of course.
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Only he doesn't work openly,
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he works through
people, other powers,
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agencies, undercover,
sometimes masquerading
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in the very garb of religion,
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ingeniously mixing truth
and error with one purpose,
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just one goal
to draw people away
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from the true worship of God.
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Now that's been
his all-consuming
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passion for thousands of years
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and we find the first
con job recorder records
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way back there in
Genesis Chapter 3,
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under the guise
of a talking snake.
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"Psst, Eve, disobey God's word,
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and ka-ching,
you win, every time.
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Eve, you won't die.
Cash in your chips."
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And it was a
deception. Eve did die.
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Not because she
conscientiously believed a lie,
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but because she didn't believe
the truth about God's warning,
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and obey what He said.
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Which is a
lesson for us, isn't it?
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Folks, our only protection
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against the great pretender
is obedience to God's word.
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Amen.
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I mean, whatever out there
contradicts God's written word,
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we may be sure, it is not true.
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Well, someone says,
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"Lonnie, the devil can't con me.
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I can hold my
own." Don't be too hasty.
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You know, the
devil's been in this business
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for 6,000 years,
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studying men's
and women's weaknesses
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to design the best
strategy to deceive us.
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In fact,
Lucifer, the Bible says,
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deceived one-third
of the heavenly angels,
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Revelation 12, we've studied
this already, verses 7, 9
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"And war broke out
in heaven: Michael,"
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that's Jesus, "and his
angels fought with the dragon,
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and the dragon and
his angels fought,"
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so the great
dragon was cast out,
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that serpent of old,
called the Devil and Satan,
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who deceives the whole world,
he was cast out to the earth
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and his angels
were cast out with him.
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Well, and then we find that
when Jesus came to this world,
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Satan tried to con
Him, too. Remember?
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Christ was
fasting in the wilderness
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there for 40 days.
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Who should happen to drop
by for a friendly little visit?
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Satan, masquerading though
in the guise of a helpful,
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loyal,
supportive, heavenly angel.
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"Hey, Jesus.
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God's word says he'll
give you bread to eat.
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Here, try this
stone-ground variety."
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Same con game.
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Find a way around
God's clear written word.
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Friend, tonight as the
Voice of Prophecy speaks,
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scripture warns us once again,
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Lon, be on your guard because
the great imposter is out there
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with deceptions so overwhelming,
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Jesus said in Matthew
24:24, "If it were possible,
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they shall
deceive the very" who?
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Elect.
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"Elect" and Peter
warns in 1 Peter 5:8,
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"Be sober, be vigilant rather
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because your adversary the devil
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walks about like a roaring lion,
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seeking whom he may devour."
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That could get
scary, but does God leave us
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at the mercy of
the great pretender?
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No.
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In the Voice of Prophecy,
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He has given us
special information
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to recognize this boogey-man.
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And prophecy unmasks
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his greatest
deceptions of all time,
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to uncover the pervert
pretender's profoundest plot,
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and God's strategy to defeat it.
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Are we ready?
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Evil's masterstroke revealed
through the prophet, Daniel.
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God foretold the
devil's master plan
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to deceive the whole
world during earth's last hours
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when Satan would use
this Book, the Bible.
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So don't be
surprised that his strategy
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includes churches,
priests, ministers, rabbis,
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a powerful spiritual Taliban
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movement claiming to follow God,
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claiming to speak for God,
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but surreptitiously and directly
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subverting scripture.
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Daniel called this
power the little horn.
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Now you'll remember in our study
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of the second chapter
of the Book of Daniel,
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we saw how God accurately
outlined world history
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in that great big
metal statue, remember,
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of that metal man
which represented Babylon,
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Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome.
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Well, now this
evening as we look back
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into the history of
the Christian church,
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I want us to remember
something very important.
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This is our church, remember,
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it's my church we're
talking about, your church.
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We're not trying to pick
on anybody's denomination
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as we pointed out last night.
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We're going to be looking
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at ourselves in the mirror here.
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The Bible points
out some serious trends
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to sound an alarm.
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Now if a prophecy does happen
to step in on our toes though,
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whether it points
to me as a Protestant
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or a Catholic or
a Jew specifically,
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what we're gonna do is
do each other the courtesy
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of always quoting from
their own sources to be fair.
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Is that all right?
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So let's
proceed as good students
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looking into church
history as outlined in prophecy.
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If you have your
Bibles in Daniel Chapter 7,
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we're gonna spend
our evening tonight.
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Daniel 7 we find
something brand new.
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We find now four beasts
coming up out of the sea
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or as the Bible describes that
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the populated areas
of the planet earth.
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Daniel 7:17, 23
tells us these four beasts
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represent four world empires
that would arise on earth.
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First, Daniel saw a
lion with eagle's wings,
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and he explains
that this represents
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the ancient world of Babylon.
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Then the next beast is a
very lopsided looking bear.
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That pictures the second
world empire of Medo-Persia.
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Then followed a leopard beast
with four heads and four wings,
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Greece, the Bible tells us
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that's Grecia,
under Alexander the Great.
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And fourth, the most frightening
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of all of the beasts
made its way out of the water.
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I want you to
notice now verse 7.
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"After this I saw
in the night visions,
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and behold a fourth
beast, dreadful, terrible,
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exceedingly strong,
it had huge iron teeth.
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It was devouring,
breaking in pieces,
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trampling the
residue with its feet,
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it was different
from all the beasts
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that were before it,
and it had ten horns."
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Now we have
identified this power already
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as the old Roman Empire,
of course, with its Caesars.
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But Daniel had
never seen an animal
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that even remotely
resembled this fourth beast.
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But as sensational and dramatic
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as its appearance
was one particular
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part of that fourth
beast intrigued Daniel
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more than anything else.
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And He says here in verse 8,
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"I was considering
all of these ten horns,
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and there was another horn,
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a little one,
coming up among them,
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before whom three
of the first horns
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were plucked out by the roots.
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And there, in this horn,
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were eyes like
the eyes of a man,
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and a mouth
speaking pompous words."
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Which translated
really means blasphemy.
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This little
horn troubled Daniel,
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in fact, so much,
notice verse 21, 25,
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"I was watching
and the same horn
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was making war
against the saints,
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and prevailing against them.
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He shall speak pompous
words against the Most High,
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he shall persecute the
saints of the Most High,
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and shall intend to
change times and law.
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Then the saints shall
be given into his hand
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for a time and
times and half a time."
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And that is when
Daniel's heart stopped cold.
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Daniel was stunned.
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He realized that this prophecy
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was more than
just the prediction
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of secular world
history or politics.
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This prophecy now concerned
God's people, His church.
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The little horn
power would make war
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against the saints
and prevail against them
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over a long,
long period of time.
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And as Daniel
realized the persecution
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and hardships that God's people
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would have to
endure for centuries,
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that upset him so
much, he got sick.
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Notice verse 28,
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"...I, Daniel, was
deeply troubled by my thoughts,
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and my face turned pale."
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Gabriel.
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Gabriel, what does this
mean? Who is this little horn?
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Well, as we examine more closely
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the Bible's
description of this little horn,
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we discover that
the New Testament
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characteristics of
antichrist are identical
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to this little
horn power of Daniel 7.
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So this becomes
extremely serious.
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In fact, Paul wrote
to the Thessalonians
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concerning the work of this
power in 2 Thessalonians 2:4.
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It says "He will exalt and"--
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He will oppose
and will exalt himself
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over everything that is
called God or is worshiped,
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so that he sets
himself up in God's temple,
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proclaiming himself to be God."
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In Revelation, John
wrote in Revelation 13:5, 6,
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"And he was
given a mouth speaking
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great things and blasphemies,
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and he was given authority
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to continue for
forty-two months.
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Then he opened his mouth
in blasphemy against God,
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to blaspheme His name..."
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Those of you, who
watched our presentation
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the last time we were together,
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know that 42
months is just another way
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of figuring those
1,260 years or the Dark Ages.
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We discovered in
our last session.
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And John the
Revelator warned that this power
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was already flexing its muscles
back here during his lifetime.
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Notice 1 John 4:3
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"...And this is the
spirit of antichrist,
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whereof ye have
heard that it should come,
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and even now
already is it in the world."
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Daniel says this
power formally rises
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to superior political
influence after the break-up
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of the fourth world empire Rome.
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And then continues
to deceive the world
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until the close of
this world's history.
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Well, who or what was this?
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Well, what did
the reformers believe
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and teach
during the Reformation?
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We studied that the other night.
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Your pastors in any denomination
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will tell you that all
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of the great
Protestant Reformation scholars
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agreed upon one thing,
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they didn't agree
on a lot of things,
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but they agreed on
this, this little horn power.
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In fact, they
believed it so strongly,
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it led them to break
with the medieval church
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and ignite the Reformation,
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willing to die at
the stake if necessary.
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It was all based
on Daniel Chapter 7.
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Take for example, this quotation
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from Professor George Eldon Ladd
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of Pasadena's Fuller
Theological Seminary.
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I'm quoting, "Many of the
great Christians of Reformation
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and post-Reformation
times shared this view
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of prophetic truth
and identified antichrist
00:14:01.92\00:14:05.04
with the Roman Papacy..."
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And He
continues, "Among adherents
00:14:07.66\00:14:09.59
of this interpretation
were the Waldenses,
00:14:09.62\00:14:12.43
the Hussites, Wycliffe,
Luther, Calvin, Zwingli,
00:14:12.46\00:14:15.65
Melanchthon,
Tyndale, Latimer, and Ridley."
00:14:15.68\00:14:19.24
Let me quote
from another scholar,
00:14:19.27\00:14:20.56
Roy Allen Anderson
wrote, I'm quoting,
00:14:20.59\00:14:23.20
"Leaders such as
Luther, Calvin, Knox,
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and Cranmer, pointed to
Daniel 7 and Revelation 17,
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identifying the great apostasy
with headquarters in Rome."
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And it goes on.
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He continues, "The Scriptural
message of Revelation 18:4
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formed the basis of
many of their sermons,
00:14:37.86\00:14:39.96
'Come out of her, my people,
00:14:39.99\00:14:41.48
that ye be not
partakers of her sins.'"
00:14:41.51\00:14:46.01
Remember yesterday we
discovered the whole issue
00:14:46.04\00:14:48.33
of the Reformation
was over the Bible.
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The reformer
shockingly concluded,
00:14:51.30\00:14:53.51
listen, from God's
Word, it's crystal clear.
00:14:53.54\00:14:56.62
The papal power
fulfills Daniel's prophecies.
00:14:56.65\00:14:59.95
In fact, John Wycliffe
who's called by historians,
00:14:59.98\00:15:02.63
the one from England,
00:15:02.66\00:15:04.21
the morning star
of the Reformation,
00:15:04.24\00:15:05.80
John Wycliffe wrote, "The Pope
is antichrist here on earth."
00:15:05.83\00:15:12.25
Now let me remind
you, ladies and gentlemen,
00:15:12.28\00:15:13.81
this was no easy position
for a great reformer to take,
00:15:13.84\00:15:17.13
because it resulted
always in persecution,
00:15:17.16\00:15:19.92
hanging, being
burned at the stake
00:15:19.95\00:15:21.99
or being hunted
down and tortured.
00:15:22.02\00:15:23.98
In fact, Martin
Luther once said himself,
00:15:24.01\00:15:26.60
quoting, "O, how much
pain it has caused me,
00:15:26.63\00:15:31.58
though I had the
Scriptures on my side...
00:15:31.61\00:15:33.95
that I should dare to make a
stand alone against the pope,
00:15:33.98\00:15:37.32
and hold him
forth as antichrist...
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'Twas so I fought
with myself and with Satan,
00:15:39.85\00:15:42.61
till Christ, by his
own infallible word,
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fortified my heart
against these doubts."
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And my question tonight to you,
00:15:50.49\00:15:52.40
ladies and
gentlemen of the jury,
00:15:52.43\00:15:54.90
is, were these
reformers' interpretations
00:15:54.93\00:15:57.37
of Daniel's prophecy
just mere speculation?
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Or does history confirm it?
00:16:01.25\00:16:04.54
I want you to
join me in examining
00:16:04.57\00:16:06.07
the evidence from the scripture,
00:16:06.10\00:16:08.28
'cause there's no
need for question.
00:16:08.31\00:16:10.28
You see, when God outlines
00:16:10.31\00:16:11.64
the unique characteristics
of the little horn power,
00:16:11.67\00:16:15.12
there's only one
logical conclusion,
00:16:15.15\00:16:17.89
unlike the photos that
you see in the post office
00:16:17.92\00:16:20.64
of the most wanted criminals
00:16:20.67\00:16:22.78
or maybe the photos
we've seen of Saddam Hussein
00:16:22.81\00:16:25.06
and all of his doubles.
00:16:25.09\00:16:26.93
When you match all of
the unique characteristics,
00:16:26.96\00:16:29.06
the color of the eyes,
the height, the weight,
00:16:29.09\00:16:31.23
and scars, tattoos, a wart
00:16:31.26\00:16:33.06
or a pimple or
something, a person's thumb,
00:16:33.09\00:16:35.91
and then DNA, bingo,
nobody else can match.
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Well, that is the way
it is with the little horn,
00:16:39.52\00:16:42.01
only one system, one
power on earth can match
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all ten of God's
unique identifying
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characteristics
clearly catalogued
00:16:48.48\00:16:50.54
in the prophetic Book of Daniel.
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So let's take a
look at the Bible
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and what history records
00:16:55.30\00:16:56.63
concerning the
little horn's fulfillment,
00:16:56.66\00:16:58.71
'cause this is
gonna have something to do
00:16:58.74\00:17:00.06
with a couple of
messages a few nights from now,
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very, very critical.
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When Daniel described
the fourth world empire
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of pagan Rome, he
said in verses 7, 8
00:17:07.65\00:17:11.07
that it would be
"...Dreadful and terrible,
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and exceedingly
strong... and it had ten horns."
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Then he says, "I was
considering the horns,
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and there was another horn,
00:17:19.73\00:17:20.95
a little one,
coming up among them..."
00:17:20.98\00:17:24.87
Answer me, what
did the ten horns
00:17:24.90\00:17:26.91
represent that
Daniel saw in vision?
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Well, let's have a text.
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Daniel 7:24, "And the ten horns
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out of this
kingdom are ten" what?
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"Kings that shall arise..."
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But now something new.
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Instead you see of
another fifth world empire
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in world history after Babylon,
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Medo-Persia, Greece,
Rome, a major change.
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Bible prophecy clearly predicted
00:17:50.84\00:17:52.60
there would be a
division of the Roman Empire
00:17:52.63\00:17:55.50
resulting in ten lesser kingdoms
00:17:55.53\00:17:57.64
and we've discovered
already that history confirms
00:17:57.67\00:17:59.95
that the Roman Empire collapsed
through internal strife,
00:17:59.98\00:18:03.26
through moral
decay and prosperity
00:18:03.29\00:18:05.29
and ease Rome just
fell apart at the seams
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under the Barbarian
invasions from the North.
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So that, by about
the year 476 A.D.,
00:18:11.23\00:18:16.16
Rome divided up into
basically our nations
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of modern Europe today
and historian Edward Elliott,
00:18:18.74\00:18:22.21
in his book
"Horae Apocalypticae,"
00:18:22.24\00:18:24.72
reminds us ten barbaric tribes
00:18:24.75\00:18:27.71
over-ran the Roman
Empire from 351 to 476 A.D.
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and he lists each of these
00:18:32.57\00:18:34.22
with their modern
counterparts today.
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You'll see it on the screen.
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The Alamanni are the Germans,
00:18:37.16\00:18:39.53
Burgundians are our
Switzerland friends,
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the Franks, that's
France, Lombards, that's Italy,
00:18:41.82\00:18:45.04
the Saxons,
that's England, right?
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Suevi are the Portuguese,
the Visigoths are the Spanish,
00:18:47.39\00:18:51.86
but there's three
that are now extinct,
00:18:51.89\00:18:53.53
the Heruli, the
Ostrogoths and the Vandals.
00:18:53.56\00:18:56.92
We know that term "vandalism".
00:18:56.95\00:18:59.59
So are we clear?
00:18:59.62\00:19:01.06
These ten horns of
Daniel's fourth beast
00:19:01.09\00:19:04.21
are the ten nations of Europe.
00:19:04.24\00:19:07.05
But now notice,
according to the prophecy,
00:19:07.08\00:19:10.08
the little horn was
to rise to greater power
00:19:10.11\00:19:13.36
after those ten divisions
00:19:13.39\00:19:15.25
of the Roman
Empire were in place.
00:19:15.28\00:19:17.05
In other words, we need to watch
00:19:17.08\00:19:18.99
for the emergence of
the little horn after 476.
00:19:19.02\00:19:24.74
Daniel 7:24 "And the ten horns
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out of this kingdom are
ten kings that shall arise,
00:19:28.37\00:19:31.20
and another shall
rise after them...
00:19:31.23\00:19:34.51
and he shall
subdue three kings."
00:19:34.54\00:19:37.74
All right,
turning again to history.
00:19:37.77\00:19:39.98
We find that three
00:19:40.01\00:19:41.41
of the ten horns
are those kingdoms.
00:19:41.44\00:19:43.73
They proved to be an obstruction
00:19:43.76\00:19:46.36
to the supremacy
of the Roman Church,
00:19:46.39\00:19:49.72
because of their
religious differences.
00:19:49.75\00:19:53.63
Any preacher knows that
these tribes were called Arian,
00:19:53.66\00:19:59.09
because they believed
00:19:59.12\00:20:00.15
in a very strange
form of Christianity,
00:20:00.18\00:20:02.44
taught by a
missionary by the name of Arius,
00:20:02.47\00:20:05.58
who basically did not
believe that Jesus was divine.
00:20:05.61\00:20:10.91
So the bishop of Rome
00:20:10.94\00:20:12.26
declared that the
Arians were heretics
00:20:12.29\00:20:15.17
and he did the
right thing, they were.
00:20:15.20\00:20:18.40
But then history tells us
00:20:18.43\00:20:20.17
that with the help
of the Catholic emperors
00:20:20.20\00:20:22.86
in the eastern empire,
00:20:22.89\00:20:24.46
the church found ways
00:20:24.49\00:20:26.68
to eliminate these
three Arian powers.
00:20:26.71\00:20:28.96
I mean, it is
fascinating history.
00:20:28.99\00:20:30.78
The Heruli kingdom met its fate
00:20:30.81\00:20:33.81
with the help of
the Catholic Emperor,
00:20:33.84\00:20:35.64
Zeno in 493 A.D.
00:20:35.67\00:20:39.70
Then we've talked
about the emperor Justinian
00:20:39.73\00:20:41.73
and his decree last night.
00:20:41.76\00:20:43.67
With his help...
00:20:43.70\00:20:45.08
the bishop exterminated
the Vandals in 534 A.D.
00:20:45.11\00:20:50.47
And then finally broke the power
00:20:50.50\00:20:52.23
of the Ostrogoths in 538 A.D.
00:20:52.26\00:20:56.90
Thus those three
horns of Daniel's prophecy
00:20:56.93\00:20:59.63
were plucked out by the roots
00:20:59.66\00:21:01.47
making the rise of the
Church of Rome a reality.
00:21:01.50\00:21:06.33
Now it was exactly
this same time here
00:21:06.36\00:21:09.60
that the Roman emperor Justinian
00:21:09.63\00:21:11.98
made a remarkable decree
establishing the bishop of Rome
00:21:12.01\00:21:15.86
as the political and religious
leader of Western Rome.
00:21:15.89\00:21:20.35
I want you to notice
this amazing statement
00:21:20.38\00:21:22.41
by historian Thomas
Hobbes about the Vatican.
00:21:22.44\00:21:26.79
"If a man considers
the original of this great,
00:21:26.82\00:21:29.56
ecclesiastical dominion,
he will easily perceive
00:21:29.59\00:21:33.22
that the papacy is
none other than the ghost
00:21:33.25\00:21:36.07
of the deceased Roman Empire
00:21:36.10\00:21:39.08
sitting crowned
upon the grave thereof."
00:21:39.11\00:21:44.34
Are we together? Yes.
00:21:44.37\00:21:46.22
All right, the
power which came up
00:21:46.25\00:21:47.84
after the other
ten kingdoms of Europe
00:21:47.87\00:21:50.60
was none other
than the Roman church
00:21:50.63\00:21:53.39
of the Middle Ages.
00:21:53.42\00:21:55.29
But it was not until 538 A.D.
00:21:55.32\00:21:58.37
that the Emperor
Justinian's decree
00:21:58.40\00:22:00.88
finally gave the
bishop of Rome political,
00:22:00.91\00:22:04.07
as well as ecclesiastical power.
00:22:04.10\00:22:06.19
And that is when
this little horn power
00:22:06.22\00:22:08.36
became as Daniel
predicted in verse 20
00:22:08.39\00:22:11.28
"...More stout
than his fellows."
00:22:11.31\00:22:14.87
More powerful, more influential
00:22:14.90\00:22:16.66
than the other
horns or kingdoms.
00:22:16.69\00:22:19.16
Historian Carl
Conrad Eckhart wrote,
00:22:19.19\00:22:21.82
and I'm quoting,
"Under the Roman Empire
00:22:21.85\00:22:25.28
the popes had no temporal power.
00:22:25.31\00:22:27.20
But when the Roman
Empire had disintegrated
00:22:27.23\00:22:30.61
and its place had been taken
00:22:30.64\00:22:32.57
by a number of
rude barbarous kingdoms,
00:22:32.60\00:22:35.21
the Roman Catholic
Church not only became
00:22:35.24\00:22:37.43
independent of the
states and religious affairs
00:22:37.46\00:22:40.04
but dominated
secular affairs as well."
00:22:40.07\00:22:43.74
Now Daniel wrote
that this power verse 24
00:22:43.77\00:22:46.52
"...shall be
different from the first..."
00:22:46.55\00:22:49.36
those other kingdoms.
00:22:49.39\00:22:50.98
And, folks, indeed it was.
00:22:51.01\00:22:53.59
All previous world empires
00:22:53.62\00:22:55.97
and kingdoms
were political powers.
00:22:56.00\00:22:59.23
But the little
horn power was a church
00:22:59.26\00:23:02.36
that wielded political power.
00:23:02.39\00:23:05.43
Again, Catholic historian,
J. J. Ignatious Von Dollinger
00:23:05.46\00:23:09.47
wrote this and I'm quoting,
00:23:09.50\00:23:11.17
"Out of the ruins
of the Roman Empire
00:23:11.20\00:23:13.56
there gradually
arose a new order of states
00:23:13.59\00:23:16.58
whose central
point was the Papal See.
00:23:16.61\00:23:19.13
Therefore, inevitably resulted
a position, not only new,
00:23:19.16\00:23:23.71
but very
different from the former."
00:23:23.74\00:23:27.85
You see, the
finger of God's prophecy
00:23:27.88\00:23:30.48
seems to point unerringly
already toward the Roman Church
00:23:30.51\00:23:34.25
as the little
horn power of Daniel 7.
00:23:34.28\00:23:37.36
But you say, "Well,
now wait a minute, Lonnie.
00:23:37.39\00:23:38.73
What about all those
other characteristics.
00:23:38.76\00:23:40.27
You said there were ten
of them given in prophecy?
00:23:40.30\00:23:42.27
Do they, too, point
to the papal power?"
00:23:42.30\00:23:45.50
I want you to consider
00:23:45.53\00:23:46.57
what Daniel said next
of this power in verse 25,
00:23:46.60\00:23:50.55
"And he shall speak great
words against the Most High."
00:23:50.58\00:23:55.57
Or blasphemy, in other
words as some translations say,
00:23:55.60\00:23:58.17
maybe you have that tonight.
00:23:58.20\00:23:59.64
What is blasphemy?
00:23:59.67\00:24:01.88
Remember, when
Jesus was here on earth,
00:24:01.91\00:24:03.34
He was accused of
blasphemy, wasn't He?
00:24:03.37\00:24:04.98
Why?
00:24:05.01\00:24:06.99
On two counts,
first they claimed
00:24:07.02\00:24:10.21
that he was claiming
to be equal with God.
00:24:10.24\00:24:14.04
And he also claimed to
have power to forgive sins.
00:24:14.07\00:24:17.84
Well, since Jesus was God,
00:24:17.87\00:24:21.31
He could claim to
be equal with God.
00:24:21.34\00:24:23.96
Therefore, He
could also forgive sins,
00:24:23.99\00:24:25.98
no problem, right?
00:24:26.01\00:24:27.48
But can human
beings claim to be God?
00:24:27.51\00:24:30.72
Can any human forgive sins? No.
00:24:30.75\00:24:34.34
We discover though
from their own teachings,
00:24:34.37\00:24:37.11
the Roman church
makes these very claims,
00:24:37.14\00:24:39.23
they claim to forgive sins
00:24:39.26\00:24:40.98
and also to be
equal with Christ.
00:24:41.01\00:24:44.30
The pope's common title
officially is Vicarius Christi,
00:24:44.33\00:24:51.10
Vicar of Christ, God on earth.
00:24:51.13\00:24:55.95
But Daniel's prophecy detailed
00:24:55.98\00:24:57.74
more identifying
specifics, notice verse 21, 25
00:24:57.77\00:25:01.63
"...the same horn was making war
00:25:01.66\00:25:04.42
against the saints, and
prevailing against them."
00:25:04.45\00:25:06.92
Notice verse 25
says, "it would persecute
00:25:06.95\00:25:10.15
the saints of the Most High."
00:25:10.18\00:25:13.05
Well, after hearing
the presentation yesterday,
00:25:13.08\00:25:16.55
you can answer this,
but unless you were here.
00:25:16.58\00:25:18.53
But has the Roman
church ever persecuted?
00:25:18.56\00:25:21.65
Well, let's read the church's
own writings about this.
00:25:21.68\00:25:24.67
I'm gonna quote
from the Catholic Church,
00:25:24.70\00:25:27.54
"The church has persecuted.
00:25:27.57\00:25:29.65
Only a tyro," meaning novice,
00:25:29.68\00:25:31.93
"in church
history will deny that...
00:25:31.96\00:25:34.25
We have always
defended the persecution
00:25:34.28\00:25:36.07
of the Huguenots and
the Spanish Inquisition...
00:25:36.10\00:25:38.42
when she thinks it
good to use physical force,
00:25:38.45\00:25:40.61
she will use it."
00:25:40.64\00:25:43.19
And we discovered
00:25:43.22\00:25:44.25
that in the St.
Bartholomew's Day Massacre alone
00:25:44.28\00:25:46.86
in August 22,
1572, 50,000 Protestants
00:25:46.89\00:25:51.65
were dragged from their beds
00:25:51.68\00:25:52.71
at the toll of
the bell at midnight
00:25:52.74\00:25:54.02
and they were slaughtered
in the streets of Paris,
00:25:54.05\00:25:56.04
by Catholics trying to destroy
at one stroke the Huguenots.
00:25:56.07\00:26:01.43
We all know from
history about the Inquisition,
00:26:01.46\00:26:04.05
everybody here knows about
the Crusades of the church,
00:26:04.08\00:26:07.21
persecution of the
Waldenses, the Albigenses,
00:26:07.24\00:26:09.56
the 30 years war,
the rack, the dungeon,
00:26:09.59\00:26:11.88
the flames of the
martyrs burned at the stakes,
00:26:11.91\00:26:14.19
all historically
linked to the Roman church
00:26:14.22\00:26:16.68
during the Dark Ages.
00:26:16.71\00:26:17.95
That's why they
are called Dark Ages
00:26:17.98\00:26:20.00
of its years of supremacy.
00:26:20.03\00:26:21.57
But remember, folks,
00:26:21.60\00:26:22.87
let's remember
please, this is our church.
00:26:22.90\00:26:28.21
We believers are looking
00:26:28.24\00:26:29.68
at ourselves here in the mirror.
00:26:29.71\00:26:31.98
The little horn power
of Daniel 7 is none other
00:26:32.01\00:26:34.45
than the Christian
church of the middle ages.
00:26:34.48\00:26:37.12
Our Christian church
committed these crimes.
00:26:37.15\00:26:41.54
But why all of
these wholesale slaughter?
00:26:41.57\00:26:44.56
Friend, the answer
is one of conscience,
00:26:44.59\00:26:47.70
faithfulness to the Bible.
00:26:47.73\00:26:49.99
The martyrs were
willing to stand at the stake.
00:26:50.02\00:26:55.14
They didn't want to compromise
00:26:55.17\00:26:56.33
their belief in God's holy word.
00:26:56.36\00:26:57.95
They refused to follow
any more man-made traditions
00:26:57.98\00:27:01.06
and traditions of
the medieval church.
00:27:01.09\00:27:03.80
And thus, they
were branded heretics,
00:27:03.83\00:27:06.69
torture them,
burn them at the stake,
00:27:06.72\00:27:08.56
guillotine them, massacre them,
00:27:08.59\00:27:10.16
clear up until
this past century, 1999.
00:27:10.19\00:27:15.74
That's why those
Huguenots moved to North America
00:27:18.85\00:27:21.75
to Charleston, South Carolina.
00:27:21.78\00:27:24.47
Folks, listen to me,
this is your history.
00:27:24.50\00:27:28.27
That's why when Y2K
came, brand new millennium.
00:27:28.30\00:27:32.47
Remember the
shocking news of all places
00:27:32.50\00:27:34.60
from the Vatican and apology.
00:27:34.63\00:27:37.68
In the March 20, 2000
issue of Time Magazine, page 23,
00:27:37.71\00:27:42.54
recognize this
person, Pope John Paul the II.
00:27:42.57\00:27:46.84
He apologized to the world
00:27:46.87\00:27:48.82
for the horrors
committed by the Roman church.
00:27:48.85\00:27:52.22
It reads: "Act of contrition,"
an act of contrition,
00:27:52.25\00:27:58.11
"in the jubilee year
and the season of Lent,
00:27:58.14\00:28:00.47
Pope John Paul the II
confronts the Crusades,
00:28:00.50\00:28:03.60
the Inquisition, the Holocaust,
00:28:03.63\00:28:05.69
and other horrors in seeking
to express regret for sins
00:28:05.72\00:28:09.72
committed by Catholics
in the past 2,000 years."
00:28:09.75\00:28:14.93
They admit they were
responsible for those.
00:28:14.96\00:28:18.02
But now, friend, listen, please.
00:28:18.05\00:28:20.23
However
disturbing these revelations
00:28:20.26\00:28:22.06
and statistics
might be, please remember,
00:28:22.09\00:28:24.82
God intended that this prophecy
00:28:24.85\00:28:26.39
would be a kind
appeal and loving warning
00:28:26.42\00:28:30.74
against this
great apostate system.
00:28:30.77\00:28:34.65
But He never intended
that they point fingers
00:28:34.68\00:28:36.74
against any
individuals of that system.
00:28:36.77\00:28:39.59
Never forget,
this was our church
00:28:39.62\00:28:42.62
and that there are
loving and sincere Christians
00:28:42.65\00:28:44.64
in every communion.
00:28:44.67\00:28:47.86
I mean this
with all of my heart.
00:28:47.89\00:28:49.57
Most Catholics put us to shame
00:28:49.60\00:28:53.36
because they are
consistent in what they believe.
00:28:53.39\00:28:57.86
But there are
some more important
00:28:57.89\00:29:00.06
distinguishing characteristics
of this little horn power.
00:29:00.09\00:29:02.32
We are not through yet.
00:29:02.35\00:29:03.51
And they are big, they
affect you, they affect me.
00:29:03.54\00:29:07.85
Today, prophecy
predicted in Daniel 7:25,
00:29:07.88\00:29:11.56
this system would "...think
to change times and laws..."
00:29:11.59\00:29:17.27
Well, does this power
claim to have the ability
00:29:17.30\00:29:19.50
to change God's
times and God's holy law?
00:29:19.53\00:29:22.95
Let's quote again from
official Catholic dogma.
00:29:22.98\00:29:25.88
Some of you've seen a quote
something like this before.
00:29:25.91\00:29:28.34
I'm quoting, "The pope has power
00:29:28.37\00:29:31.59
to change times,
to abrogate laws,
00:29:31.62\00:29:35.60
and to dispense with all things,
00:29:35.63\00:29:37.28
even the precepts of Christ."
00:29:37.31\00:29:41.95
We've discovered
on previous nights
00:29:41.98\00:29:43.98
papal power attempted
to change God's divine law,
00:29:44.01\00:29:48.11
over there in Exodus 20,
and she freely admits it.
00:29:48.14\00:29:51.84
In their
catechisms, right out here
00:29:51.87\00:29:53.62
in the streets of Columbia,
00:29:53.65\00:29:55.35
they openly
admit they have changed
00:29:55.38\00:29:57.49
all the commandments except one.
00:29:57.52\00:30:00.34
But to be fair again,
00:30:00.37\00:30:01.40
let's quote from
the Catholic sources.
00:30:01.43\00:30:04.08
The Catholic
Encyclopedia says, "The Church,
00:30:04.11\00:30:07.99
after changing the day of
rest from the Jewish Sabbath
00:30:08.02\00:30:11.06
of the seventh day of
the week to the first,
00:30:11.09\00:30:13.38
made the third
Commandment refer to Sunday
00:30:13.41\00:30:15.43
as the day to be
kept as the Lord's Day."
00:30:15.46\00:30:18.36
And let's take another quotation
00:30:18.39\00:30:19.67
from the Catholic
journal, Our Sunday Visitor.
00:30:19.70\00:30:22.99
This is what they say,
00:30:23.02\00:30:24.05
"Seventh-day Adventists
still keep the Sabbath,
00:30:24.08\00:30:27.25
and we honor
them... for their logic.
00:30:27.28\00:30:29.72
But it is difficult
to see how," Protestants,
00:30:29.75\00:30:32.30
"the people who proclaim
that they take their religion
00:30:32.33\00:30:35.10
from the Bible
and the Bible only,
00:30:35.13\00:30:37.27
can reconcile their observance
of Sunday as the Lord's Day.
00:30:37.30\00:30:41.00
You can go
through the New Testament
00:30:41.03\00:30:42.40
with the finest of fine combs
and not come out with one verse
00:30:42.43\00:30:45.58
that justifies or
that even mentions
00:30:45.61\00:30:47.59
the changing of the
Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday.
00:30:47.62\00:30:50.78
Catholics take their beliefs
00:30:50.81\00:30:53.05
both from
Scripture and tradition.
00:30:53.08\00:30:55.88
Each is
basically the Word of God.
00:30:55.91\00:30:58.11
The one written, the
other handed down orally
00:30:58.14\00:31:01.10
from generation to generation."
00:31:01.13\00:31:02.49
Now notice, "in
this particular instance,
00:31:02.52\00:31:05.89
it is only
tradition that tells us
00:31:05.92\00:31:08.81
that the infant
Church... buried the Sabbath...
00:31:08.84\00:31:11.97
and chose...
Sunday as the Lord's Day."
00:31:12.00\00:31:16.52
Now God in Malachi
3:6 explicitly says,
00:31:16.55\00:31:20.33
"I am the Lord, I change not."
00:31:20.36\00:31:24.61
Psalm 89:34 "...I
will not break, nor alter
00:31:24.64\00:31:29.33
the Word that has
gone out of My lips."
00:31:29.36\00:31:30.63
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:31:30.66\00:31:31.69
The same
yesterday, today, forever.
00:31:31.72\00:31:34.47
Jesus said heaven and
earth would have to pass away
00:31:34.50\00:31:36.51
before even one jot or tittle
of His holy law is changed,
00:31:36.54\00:31:39.42
Matthew 5:18, Luke 16:17.
00:31:39.45\00:31:42.42
You see, folks, God cannot,
He will not change His law.
00:31:42.45\00:31:47.41
And no one else has the
right to alter God's law ever.
00:31:47.44\00:31:51.47
Forever.
00:31:51.50\00:31:53.59
But there's one
final identifying mark
00:31:53.62\00:31:55.88
of this little horn,
in case there's any shadow
00:31:55.91\00:31:57.91
of a doubt, a
thumbprint identity.
00:31:57.94\00:32:01.07
Daniel specifically
pinpoints when this antichrist,
00:32:01.10\00:32:05.59
this little horn
would reign supreme.
00:32:05.62\00:32:09.10
Even tells the length of time
00:32:09.13\00:32:10.56
that it would
persecute God's saints.
00:32:10.59\00:32:12.23
Watch closely in Daniel 7:25
00:32:12.26\00:32:15.31
"...and they shall
be given into his hand
00:32:15.34\00:32:18.06
until a time and times
and the dividing of time."
00:32:18.09\00:32:23.59
Couple of more
Bible symbols here,
00:32:23.62\00:32:25.09
I hope you have that
glossary we gave you last night.
00:32:25.12\00:32:27.81
But God's word supplies
the key to solve this riddle.
00:32:27.84\00:32:31.04
Time is simply an
Aramaic word "iddan,"
00:32:31.07\00:32:34.26
meaning a year, 360
days in the Jewish calendars.
00:32:34.29\00:32:39.40
Times signifies 2
years or 720 prophetic days.
00:32:39.43\00:32:44.53
Dividing of time
would simply mean
00:32:44.56\00:32:47.82
half of a year or
only 180 prophetic days.
00:32:47.85\00:32:52.25
So when you add
time 360 times 720,
00:32:52.28\00:32:56.08
and the dividing of time, 180,
00:32:56.11\00:32:58.15
you arrive at a total
of 1,260 prophetic days.
00:32:58.18\00:33:03.43
But remember, Ezekiel's formula,
00:33:03.46\00:33:05.10
a prophetic day
signifies a year,
00:33:05.13\00:33:07.27
that's Ezekiel
4:6, Numbers 14:34,
00:33:07.30\00:33:09.81
I have appointed
thee each day for a year,
00:33:09.84\00:33:12.87
and voila, once
again history confirms
00:33:12.90\00:33:16.49
the accuracy of this time period
00:33:16.52\00:33:18.41
because the height
of the Roman church's
00:33:18.44\00:33:20.31
papal supremacy
lasted for 1,260 years.
00:33:20.34\00:33:25.41
We call them the
Dark Ages, 538-1798.
00:33:25.44\00:33:30.28
Now stay with me one last time
00:33:30.31\00:33:32.37
as we go back to history
00:33:32.40\00:33:33.43
because it's
absolutely fascinating
00:33:33.46\00:33:35.27
how accurate your
Bible prophecy is.
00:33:35.30\00:33:38.17
The Ostrogoths, the last
of those three Arian kingdoms
00:33:38.20\00:33:42.35
to oppose the Roman church,
00:33:42.38\00:33:44.02
they were
overthrown in the year 538,
00:33:44.05\00:33:47.32
leaving the
papacy free to develop
00:33:47.35\00:33:49.31
her political and
ecclesiastical power.
00:33:49.34\00:33:52.35
Exactly 1,260 years later,
Napoleon's general, Berthier,
00:33:52.38\00:33:58.75
he broke the Roman church's
political power in that year
00:33:58.78\00:34:02.62
by taking the pope prisoner.
00:34:02.65\00:34:05.04
Pinpoint accuracy
of Bible prophecy.
00:34:05.07\00:34:08.03
Now let me show
you how accurate.
00:34:08.06\00:34:09.65
You go to your history books.
00:34:09.68\00:34:11.16
When France and its
armies under Napoleon
00:34:11.19\00:34:14.26
overthrew the Roman
power of the church in 1798,
00:34:14.29\00:34:18.80
well, Napoleon actually
received explicit instructions
00:34:18.83\00:34:22.38
to take the
pope captive in 1797.
00:34:22.41\00:34:27.23
But for some strange
reason Berthier waited,
00:34:27.26\00:34:31.90
didn't do it in 1797.
00:34:31.93\00:34:34.67
But as soon as
1798 rolled around,
00:34:34.70\00:34:38.53
General Berthier was sent
00:34:38.56\00:34:39.72
to capture the
pope, take him captive.
00:34:39.75\00:34:41.69
He imprisoned him
in Avignon, France
00:34:41.72\00:34:44.91
and it's a very sad
and unfortunate time
00:34:44.94\00:34:46.99
in Catholic history, because,
00:34:47.02\00:34:48.77
well, they didn't
have faxes and newspapers,
00:34:48.80\00:34:51.76
so nobody knew what
had happened to the pope.
00:34:51.79\00:34:54.02
They didn't know
whether he was dead or alive
00:34:54.05\00:34:55.82
there in that
French prison in Avignon.
00:34:55.85\00:34:57.68
So the cardinals back in
Rome elected a new pope in Rome.
00:34:57.71\00:35:01.92
Now you cannot have two
popes in catholic theology.
00:35:01.95\00:35:04.53
It doesn't work.
There's not two gods.
00:35:04.56\00:35:07.19
If He's God on
earth, there's only one.
00:35:07.22\00:35:09.38
But now they had two popes.
00:35:09.41\00:35:11.33
When the pope in France,
00:35:11.36\00:35:13.38
the first one, heard about this,
00:35:13.41\00:35:15.06
he
excommunicated the Roman pope,
00:35:15.09\00:35:17.92
who in turn then
excommunicated the other pope.
00:35:17.95\00:35:21.49
So they elected a new
pope, now they had three popes.
00:35:21.52\00:35:24.92
I mean, folks, it was a mess.
00:35:24.95\00:35:26.98
It is known in Catholic history
00:35:27.01\00:35:28.73
as the "Babylonian
Captivity of the Popes."
00:35:28.76\00:35:31.70
Sad, but listen, the
papacy at that point was crushed
00:35:31.73\00:35:36.32
and received what
Daniel calls its deadly wound,
00:35:36.35\00:35:40.55
specifically
prophesied in Revelation 13:3.
00:35:40.58\00:35:44.73
Not one year too soon,
because the voice of prophecy
00:35:44.76\00:35:48.57
in Daniel 7 said 1798, not 1797.
00:35:48.60\00:35:53.28
Every piece of evidence
falls into place perfectly,
00:35:53.31\00:35:56.96
because, folks,
prophecy doesn't make a mistake.
00:35:56.99\00:36:00.33
Amen.
00:36:00.36\00:36:03.15
But now what I'm about to
say is very, very important.
00:36:03.18\00:36:08.20
I want you to fast
forward to the climax
00:36:08.23\00:36:10.20
of Daniel's great prophecy,
00:36:10.23\00:36:11.98
for it has a very happy
ending for the people of God,
00:36:12.01\00:36:15.62
right here in our day.
00:36:15.65\00:36:18.16
The Daniel 7
isn't about bad news,
00:36:18.19\00:36:21.47
but about good news.
00:36:21.50\00:36:23.49
And the bottom line is
that even though in vision
00:36:23.52\00:36:26.50
Daniel watched
political and religious powers
00:36:26.53\00:36:29.18
struggle for dominance,
even though he saw travesties
00:36:29.21\00:36:32.93
that this little horn would do,
00:36:32.96\00:36:34.23
wearing out the
saints of the Most High,
00:36:34.26\00:36:36.10
changing times,
trying to change God's law,
00:36:36.13\00:36:38.77
yet Daniel saw something else.
00:36:38.80\00:36:40.79
He saw that this power
00:36:40.82\00:36:43.04
would eventually come to an end,
00:36:43.07\00:36:46.58
because Daniel's attention
was suddenly shifted from earth
00:36:46.61\00:36:49.71
and this great pretender power
00:36:49.74\00:36:51.70
and all of its
corruption to heaven.
00:36:51.73\00:36:53.50
Notice verses 26, 27,
"But the judgment shall sit,
00:36:53.53\00:36:58.75
and they shall
take away his dominion,
00:36:58.78\00:37:01.33
to consume and to
destroy it unto the end
00:37:01.36\00:37:03.96
and the kingdom and dominion,
00:37:03.99\00:37:05.65
and the greatness of the kingdom
00:37:05.68\00:37:07.13
under the whole heavens,
00:37:07.16\00:37:08.22
shall be given to the people
of the saints of the Most High,
00:37:08.25\00:37:11.27
whose kingdom is an
everlasting kingdom..."
00:37:11.30\00:37:15.00
Friend, the good news today
is God is still in control.
00:37:15.03\00:37:19.34
Amen. Praise to Lord.
00:37:19.37\00:37:20.76
Prophecy tells us, when you see
00:37:20.79\00:37:22.63
all of these
historical events unfold,
00:37:22.66\00:37:25.71
you can know for
certain, God's eternal kingdom,
00:37:25.74\00:37:29.06
the second coming of
Jesus, is just about to happen.
00:37:29.09\00:37:32.61
Go back to verses
13 and 14 in Daniel 7,
00:37:32.64\00:37:36.62
"I saw in the night
visions, and behold,
00:37:36.65\00:37:39.25
one like the Son of Man
came with the clouds of heaven,
00:37:39.28\00:37:42.51
and came to the ancient of days,
00:37:42.54\00:37:43.98
and they brought
Him near before Him.
00:37:44.01\00:37:47.09
And there was given
Him dominion and glory,
00:37:47.12\00:37:50.25
and a kingdom that
all people, nations,
00:37:50.28\00:37:53.80
and languages should serve Him:
00:37:53.83\00:37:56.22
His dominion is an
everlasting dominion,
00:37:56.25\00:37:59.41
which shall not pass away."
00:37:59.44\00:38:01.54
Can you say Hallelujah? Amen.
00:38:01.57\00:38:04.03
What a contrast
though, Christ's kingdom
00:38:04.06\00:38:06.35
is to all of the kingdoms
this earth has ever known.
00:38:06.38\00:38:09.46
No more armies, no more police,
00:38:09.49\00:38:11.30
no more
prisons, no more poverty,
00:38:11.33\00:38:12.74
no more sickness, no more death.
00:38:12.77\00:38:14.62
Just peace, love,
beauty, pole to pole.
00:38:14.65\00:38:19.76
The good news is
Daniel 7 tells us Jesus wins.
00:38:19.79\00:38:27.34
Amen.
00:38:27.37\00:38:28.67
Folks, world
kingdoms may look like
00:38:28.70\00:38:30.59
the ruins of Afghanistan
00:38:30.62\00:38:32.21
and Saddam
Hussein's banged-out Baghdad
00:38:32.24\00:38:34.97
and the powder keg
of the Middle East.
00:38:35.00\00:38:36.63
The stock market may
plunge society into chaos
00:38:36.66\00:38:39.14
and things look pretty grim.
00:38:39.17\00:38:41.41
But God tells me, "Lonnie,
00:38:41.44\00:38:43.46
hold on tight
because I'm still in control.
00:38:43.49\00:38:46.63
Kings may come, kings may go.
00:38:46.66\00:38:48.55
Empires will rise and fall,
00:38:48.58\00:38:50.10
world trade
centers and Wall Street,
00:38:50.13\00:38:52.41
but I have not forgotten you."
00:38:52.44\00:38:54.34
Amen.
00:38:54.37\00:38:55.41
You know what else
this means to me tonight?
00:38:55.44\00:38:57.75
This is an
invitation from Jesus.
00:38:57.78\00:39:00.40
God's word tells us,
all of the world's kingdoms,
00:39:00.43\00:39:03.46
political and religious,
00:39:03.49\00:39:05.19
have almost reached
their complete fulfillment.
00:39:05.22\00:39:09.37
The only solution to
this planet's global problems
00:39:09.40\00:39:12.85
won't be President Bush.
00:39:12.88\00:39:15.04
It won't be Tony Blair,
it won't be coalition forces,
00:39:15.07\00:39:18.55
neither will it
be Osama bin Laden
00:39:18.58\00:39:20.66
and maybe our Muslim
friends or the Jews or the Arabs
00:39:20.69\00:39:23.12
or North Korea or
Indonesia or Venezuelan oil.
00:39:23.15\00:39:26.41
Friend, no, Jesus is the answer.
00:39:26.44\00:39:27.97
Amen.
00:39:28.00\00:39:29.03
Jesus is the
solution. Praise the Lord.
00:39:29.06\00:39:30.45
The prophecy of Daniel 7
00:39:30.48\00:39:31.90
is all about one thing
for absolutely sure Jesus,
00:39:31.93\00:39:35.86
He's coming soon to
establish His kingdom.
00:39:35.89\00:39:39.36
And right now He invites you
to be a part of that kingdom.
00:39:39.39\00:39:42.72
Matthew 25:34, He says
00:39:42.75\00:39:45.45
"...Come, you
blessed of My Father,
00:39:45.48\00:39:48.90
inherit the
kingdom prepared for you
00:39:48.93\00:39:50.74
from the
foundation of the world."
00:39:50.77\00:39:53.96
Remember, friend,
Jesus is a gentleman.
00:39:53.99\00:39:57.91
Jesus won't force
any person to choose Him.
00:39:57.94\00:40:01.97
The decision is
yours to accept Him.
00:40:02.00\00:40:05.69
Invite Him to take
full control of your life.
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Do it today, we
don't know about tomorrow.
00:40:09.35\00:40:12.44
And that's precisely
why this prophecy is given
00:40:12.47\00:40:14.98
on purpose to help us
realize we can't hesitate.
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We don't know
about tomorrow, we don't.
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Soon Jesus will come. Amen.
00:40:21.99\00:40:25.11
And there's only two
classes of people in that day,
00:40:25.14\00:40:27.47
those who've
chosen to follow Christ
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and His Word, and
those who have not.
00:40:29.43\00:40:32.48
And not to decide is to decide
00:40:32.51\00:40:36.38
to follow the arch
deceiver, the antichrist.
00:40:36.41\00:40:40.54
Won't you just now
make a conscious decision
00:40:40.57\00:40:42.67
and say, "Yes, Jesus."
00:40:42.70\00:40:44.44
Take hold of those
nail-scarred hands and tell Him,
00:40:44.47\00:40:47.22
"Jesus, I want You to be
My Lord, and not a pretender."
00:40:47.25\00:40:53.16
You businessmen out
there, you women discouraged,
00:40:53.19\00:40:55.56
maybe concerned, intoxicated
with getting just too busy
00:40:55.59\00:40:58.43
on the roller
coaster of the stock market,
00:40:58.46\00:41:00.67
you career women,
you have two jobs,
00:41:00.70\00:41:02.56
your marriage is in jeopardy.
00:41:02.59\00:41:04.25
For the young person out there
00:41:04.28\00:41:05.54
who is struggling
with integrity and purity
00:41:05.57\00:41:07.98
in high school or
college, worldliness,
00:41:08.01\00:41:10.27
tempted to get involved in some
relationship that's not right.
00:41:10.30\00:41:13.68
For the person out there
who tonight is discouraged
00:41:13.71\00:41:15.88
and your heart is breaking,
you are about to give up.
00:41:15.91\00:41:17.79
Friend, listen, Jesus is here.
00:41:17.82\00:41:21.17
Jesus is still in control,
Jesus wants to take your life
00:41:21.20\00:41:24.52
and give you His
peace, His forgiveness,
00:41:24.55\00:41:27.51
His promised tomorrow.
00:41:27.54\00:41:30.02
Jesus says to you, "I want
you to be My-- in My Kingdom."
00:41:30.05\00:41:34.68
And I know you'll
decide right now for Jesus
00:41:34.71\00:41:36.77
as you listen to this song.
00:41:36.80\00:41:37.94
Jesus, be the Lord of all
00:41:41.60\00:41:46.93
Jesus, be the Lord of all
00:41:46.96\00:41:52.17
Jesus, be the Lord of all
00:41:52.20\00:41:57.34
The kingdoms of my heart
00:41:57.37\00:42:01.09
In my heart are kingdoms
00:42:05.68\00:42:09.89
Of a world that's all my own
00:42:09.92\00:42:15.24
Kingdoms that are only seen
00:42:15.27\00:42:20.10
By myself and God alone
00:42:20.13\00:42:25.22
In the past when I
tried to rule my world
00:42:25.25\00:42:30.82
It just seemed to fall apart
00:42:30.85\00:42:35.60
So please, Jesus, be the Lord
00:42:35.63\00:42:40.25
Of all the kingdoms of my heart
00:42:40.28\00:42:47.05
Jesus, be the Lord of all
00:42:47.08\00:42:52.29
Jesus, be the Lord of all
00:42:52.32\00:42:57.58
Jesus, be the Lord of all
00:42:57.61\00:43:02.61
The kingdoms of my heart
00:43:02.64\00:43:07.41
For if You're not
Lord of everything
00:43:07.44\00:43:13.13
Then You're not Lord at all
00:43:13.16\00:43:20.02
Let's pray together.
00:43:24.30\00:43:25.72
Lord, what a
prophecy, what amazing insights,
00:43:25.75\00:43:29.31
clear is tomorrow mornings
newspaper and what promises.
00:43:29.34\00:43:33.08
God, You're gonna soon overturn
00:43:33.11\00:43:34.95
all earthly
kingdoms and Jesus will come.
00:43:34.98\00:43:37.73
But tonight You reach out to us
00:43:37.76\00:43:39.27
through this dusty
old prophecy of Daniel 7,
00:43:39.30\00:43:42.96
for the express
purpose of inviting us
00:43:42.99\00:43:44.90
to be part of that kingdom,
00:43:44.93\00:43:46.05
ready for that glorious
moment when Jesus returns.
00:43:46.08\00:43:50.00
Friend, I want to
invite you to make
00:43:50.03\00:43:51.07
an important decision
tonight on those cards
00:43:51.10\00:43:52.93
that should be
in your hands now.
00:43:52.96\00:43:55.57
Number one, I love Jesus
00:43:55.60\00:43:58.05
and want to obey Him
regardless of the cost.
00:43:58.08\00:44:00.37
I hope everyone will check that.
00:44:00.40\00:44:02.71
Number two, perhaps
more than ever before,
00:44:02.74\00:44:04.78
you now see clearly
00:44:04.81\00:44:05.85
that the true
Bible Sabbath is Saturday
00:44:05.88\00:44:07.83
and you want to
choose to keep His day holy.
00:44:07.86\00:44:11.48
Number three, I love Jesus,
desire to be baptized soon.
00:44:11.51\00:44:16.27
Mark that down even if you've
already made that decision,
00:44:16.30\00:44:18.56
we'd like to
have your underscored.
00:44:18.59\00:44:19.81
Number four, maybe you'd like
00:44:19.84\00:44:20.94
additional material
on the Bible Sabbath
00:44:20.97\00:44:22.87
we'll be happy to provide that
00:44:22.90\00:44:24.28
as Joey sings,
make your decision.
00:44:24.31\00:44:27.54
Jesus, be the Lord of all
00:44:27.57\00:44:32.73
Jesus, be the Lord of all
00:44:32.76\00:44:37.91
Jesus, be the Lord of all
00:44:37.94\00:44:42.76
The kingdoms of my heart
00:44:42.79\00:44:47.38
For if You're not
Lord of everything
00:44:47.41\00:44:52.99
Then You're not Lord at all
00:44:53.02\00:44:59.12
And, Lord, bless
each commitment now.
00:45:03.98\00:45:05.69
Give us the strength
to follow our convictions
00:45:05.72\00:45:07.99
and embrace
Your wonderful truth.
00:45:08.02\00:45:09.94
We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
00:45:09.97\00:45:13.97
You'll have a
very special Discover
00:45:14.00\00:45:15.79
Bible lesson given you tonight.
00:45:15.82\00:45:17.32
Be sure to stop
by the Discover desk.
00:45:17.35\00:45:19.70
Wednesday night
"Spiritual Suicide,
00:45:19.73\00:45:23.47
The Unpardonable Sin."
00:45:23.50\00:45:25.65
Again, at all of our
hospitality locations
00:45:25.68\00:45:27.72
we're gonna be meeting you,
00:45:27.75\00:45:28.78
we want to have
you meet our staff
00:45:28.81\00:45:30.54
and your host and hostesses.
00:45:30.57\00:45:32.04
Thank you for coming.
00:45:32.07\00:45:33.10
Remember as we go,
that the Bible says
00:45:33.13\00:45:34.95
and God always
wants to remind us,
00:45:34.98\00:45:37.20
that He really
does, friend, love you.
00:45:37.23\00:45:41.17
God bless you.
00:45:41.20\00:45:42.51