Participants: Pr. Kenneth Cox
Series Code: GMTB
Program Code: GMTB000025
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00:19 We want to welcome our viewers
00:22 tonight to another special 00:23 presentation with Pastor Kenny Cox, 00:26 Evangelist Kenny Cox. 00:27 It's called Give Me The Bible, 00:29 and he's done a 5-part series this weekend 00:32 Tonight is really special. If you'll look on the screen 00:35 it's called Papal Rome. 00:37 Now, Pastor Kenny has been discussing this week 00:40 five different topics on the rise and fall 00:43 of five different empires. 00:45 And he said he started out with the Babylonian empire. 00:48 Then he went to the Medes and Persians. 00:49 And then it's Greece, pagan Rome, 00:52 but tonight is really special 00:54 So our viewers out there tonight: sit back, 00:58 relax. I want you to enjoy the program. 01:00 And we pray that someone is touched tonight by the 01:02 Holy Spirit. And also my cousin Danny said: 01:06 "Now Donnie, before you go on the air I want you 01:08 to do one thing. Don't you dare forget. 01:09 I want you to thank our viewers for their support 01:13 of the 3ABN ministry. " Amen? 01:15 And it's because of their support - not only financially 01:19 but with their prayers as well - 01:20 that we can have programs such as tonight 01:23 with Pastor Kenny Cox. 01:26 So, before we go any further, 01:28 we have a special tune tonight with Dona. 01:31 And the song is called I've Been Changed. 01:34 Thank you, Dona. 03:34 Thank you, Dona. Appreciate that very much! 03:37 Good evening! 03:38 Very happy to welcome all of you. 03:40 Appreciate you being here. 03:42 Those of you that are watching by television, 03:45 we just want to welcome you tonight. 03:47 If you're listening by radio, 03:49 glad that you're here. 03:50 Appreciate you being here. 03:51 We hope that as we've gone through this series 03:54 on Five Have Fallen, 03:57 we hope that you have seen God's hand 04:00 as He has led people step by step by step 04:03 down through the centuries, nation after nation. 04:06 And so we hope that you are beginning to see 04:09 a little more of God's leading 04:12 and directing in nations and in individuals' lives. 04:16 So we're glad that you're here. 04:18 Tonight we're talking about 04:24 This subject, folks, as far as prophecy is concerned, 04:29 God spends more time on this one 04:33 than He does any other in the entire Bible. 04:37 Spends more time on this particular power 04:41 than He does any other power. 04:44 And therefore it is VITAL that you understand it 04:48 and see what it's talking about. 04:50 So please follow carefully tonight as we take a look at 04:54 papal Rome. 04:55 Now this is where we're ending this series. 04:58 As you know, most of the time we have spent 05:02 in the book of Daniel. 05:04 All right. Our next series is entited: 05:12 And we are moving to the book of Revelation. 05:16 That's where we're headin'. 05:17 And in the book of Revelation there are four beasts 05:22 that we're going to be looking at. 05:24 There's one found in Revelation the 11th chapter. 05:26 We're going to take a look at two of them in 05:29 Revelation the 13th chapter. 05:32 And we're going to take a look at another one 05:33 in the 17th chapter. 05:35 And we're going to be putting that all together. 05:38 And if you have followed in this series, 05:40 then sure don't want to miss the next series 05:43 because that helps bring it all together and helps you 05:46 understand what's taking place. 05:48 So we're glad you're here. 05:50 We hope you have been blessed 05:53 as we have gone through this and you've seen 05:55 the hand of God as He has led down through the years... 05:59 nation after nation. 06:01 But tonight: Papal Rome. 06:03 What the scripture has to say about it. 06:06 How it fits into history. 06:09 And we hope that you will get a glimpse 06:12 of what has happened in the past 06:14 because it's going to help you 06:16 as you understand what's going to happen in the future. 06:18 So, we're glad that each of you are here. 06:21 We hope that you'll continue to stay in the Word of God. 06:25 As we have told you: What says the Bible, 06:27 the blessed Bible? 06:29 This my only question be. 06:33 Search the scripture for the waymarks... 06:35 the great prophetic waymarks. 06:38 What says the Word of God to me? 06:41 That's what we want to know. 06:42 That's what we want to find out. 06:44 So we hope that each of you 06:46 will continue to dig into God's Word. 06:50 I want to say a special thanks to Emily Felts-Jones 06:54 for being here with us during this series. 06:56 She sang for us each night, 06:59 and I personally have been blessed by her music 07:02 and I know that you have been. 07:04 And so we're glad to welcome her back again tonight. 07:06 She's going to sing a song entitled 07:09 There's No Way Around The Cross. 07:25 In the beginning... 07:28 back when it all began, 07:32 there was a cross drawn on the master plan. 07:38 Placed in the front of eternity 07:43 with salvation's symbol for all to see. 07:49 And there's no way around the cross. 07:54 All history hangs on that tree. 08:00 And that shadow falls far and wide 08:05 and covers humanity. 08:10 You can choose to ignore 08:13 but it won't go away, 08:16 it's a part of your past... 08:19 it's your future today... 08:21 'cause there's no way around the cross. 08:32 There is an ending for everything that's done. 08:38 And heaven designed 08:41 Calvary just for one. 08:45 And the fate of this world was decided there. 08:50 The light from the answer shines everywhere. 08:56 'Cause there's no way around the cross. 09:01 All history hangs on that tree. 09:07 And that shadow falls far and wide 09:12 and covers humanity. 09:17 You can choose to ignore 09:20 but it won't go away, 09:22 it's a part of your past... 09:25 it's your future today... 09:28 'cause there's no way around the cross. 09:33 There's no denying the choice we must make. 09:39 But it stands at the end of whichever road 09:45 we take. 09:50 There's no way around the cross. 09:54 All history hangs on that tree. 10:00 And a shadow falls far and wide 10:05 and covers humanity. 10:10 We can choose to ignore 10:13 but it won't go away, 10:16 it's a part of our past... 10:18 it's our future today... 10:21 'cause there's no way around the cross. 10:26 There's no way around the cross. 10:31 There's just no way around 10:35 the cross. 10:55 Our Heavenly Father, we come to You this evening 11:01 first, Lord, just committing our lives to You. 11:06 Asking for Your Spirit. 11:09 Praying that You'll be with us tonight. 11:12 Give us understanding. Open our eyes. 11:17 May we see and may we walk 11:20 as we understand Your Word. 11:23 We are thankful for the blessings You give us 11:27 and for the light that shines upon us from Your Word. 11:31 Grant to us, Lord, the privilege 11:35 of walking with You in all that we do. 11:38 For this we ask in Christ's name, Amen. 11:47 Well, we've been taking a look at Revelation the 17th chapter 11:51 That 17th chapter is the last place in the scripture 11:56 where it talks about a beast or nations or powers. 12:01 And since it's the last place 12:03 it also takes and brings all 12:07 the prophecy together. 12:08 That's what it does, and that's the reason we're looking at it. 12:11 And so it says here in Revelation 17 verse 10 12:24 That's what we've been doing during this series: 12:26 looking at the five that have fallen. 12:30 Those five that have fallen. 12:33 Our next series we're going to take a look at the one 12:36 that is, one is yet to come. 12:38 We're going to put all of that together in the next series. 12:41 So be sure and follow that. 12:44 And as we have studied the scripture, 12:47 we have found that the first power that fell 12:50 was that of Babylon. 12:52 And you remember we looked at 12:53 some scripture like in Daniel 2 12:55 where it had a great image 12:57 there and a head of gold. 12:58 Also it pictures Babylon as a lion. 13:01 And so Babylon existed from 605 BC to 539 BC. 13:08 And we find as we read God's Word 13:11 and as we look at history 13:13 that Babylon fell to who? 13:16 To Medo-Persia. That was our next one. 13:19 And in this image in Daniel 2 13:21 Medo-Persia is pictured as 13:23 chest and arms of silver. 13:27 And also in Daniel 7 it's pictured as the bear. 13:31 And so we have that. 13:33 And we found out that Medo-Persia existed 13:36 539 BC to 331 BC. 13:40 And at that time Medo-Persia fell to... Greece. 13:45 OK. Greece was the next one 13:47 which is pictured as belly and thighs of bronze 13:51 in the image of Daniel 2 13:54 and as a leopard that had 13:55 four wings and four heads. 13:57 And we found out that that 13:59 represented Greece 14:00 that went from 331 BC 14:03 to 168 BC. 14:06 And we found that Greece fell to? 14:09 Yes... fell to pagan Rome. 14:12 And that is pictured in the scripture as the legs of iron. 14:16 Rome was made up of eastern 14:19 and western Rome 14:20 so the image has two legs. 14:22 Also it was pictured as a dragon. 14:25 Represented a dragon that had 14:27 great iron teeth. 14:29 Devoured much. 14:30 Rome existed from 168 BC 14:34 to 476 AD. 14:37 That brings us step by step down to the time 14:40 where we are tonight. 14:42 Now, we talked about it last night. 14:46 We found out that Rome turned her persecution 14:51 against the church. 14:53 And we talked about the catacombs and how she persecuted 14:56 and all she did. That persecution did something, 15:00 and I want you to listen to what the scripture says about it. 15:02 Here in Acts the 8th chapter verse 1 it says: 15:12 Rome turned her power against the church, 15:16 all right? 15:28 OK? 15:36 They went out and they preached to everybody 15:39 and they talked to them about Jesus Christ 15:42 and what Jesus Christ would do for them. 15:45 And the gospel spread across the Roman Empire 15:49 like wildfire. 15:51 Men and women reached out and accepted and believed it. 15:54 And so by the time you reach 300 AD 15:59 almost half of the Roman Empire is Christian. 16:03 So there has been a tremendous change taking place here. 16:07 As far as the Empire is concerned, 16:10 rather than most of it being pagan 16:13 now half of it is Christian. 16:16 And as that began to take place, 16:18 there were centers of Christianity 16:22 that began to develop. 16:23 And one of those centers was in a place called Constantinople. 16:28 And today that is called Istanbul. 16:31 OK? That was a center of Christianity 16:35 because that was strong. Lots of Christians there, 16:39 and it developed. 16:40 And then another place that was a center of Christianity 16:44 was Alexandria, Egypt. 16:46 And that became a center of Christianity, 16:49 and many, many people there believed. 16:52 And the bishop had great power there. 16:55 And then the other place that developed was Rome. 16:58 Those were the three centers of Christianity. 17:02 And as you go back and read the history of the Christian church, 17:06 you find these were very strong centers. 17:09 But in Rome something happened. 17:12 In Rome, since the church 17:18 had so much power, 17:20 it began to look politically advantageous 17:25 to belong to the church. 17:27 And so now the church was accepted in 17:32 as somebody they all wanted to follow. 17:35 And you found that the Roman leaders 17:37 decided that it would be best to become Christians 17:40 like Constantine and others 17:43 decided they wanted to be a Christian. 17:45 And so you have a change taking place, 17:48 and great numbers of people embracing Christianity. 17:51 At this time in history, folks, 17:55 the church has become popular. 17:58 But also at this time in history 18:01 there is a shift taking place, 18:04 and the Goths - or the Germanic people - are coming down 18:09 on the Roman Empire and breaking it up into pieces. 18:13 These were the Germanic people: 18:16 such tribes as the Anglo-Saxons, the Franks, the Herulii, 18:19 the Vandals. They were all coming down on the Roman Empire 18:23 and breaking it to pieces. 18:24 There is an emporer at this time and his name is Justinian. 18:29 And Justinian is fighting the Goths... 18:33 trying to push them back. 18:35 He has a general by the name of Belisarius, 18:40 and Belisarius is fighting these Goths, trying to 18:44 keep them from getting... taking over the kingdom. 18:48 In the city of Rome, 18:54 there is a bishop. 18:56 There were bishops in Constantinople. 18:59 There were bishops at Alexandria. 19:01 There was a bishop in Rome. 19:03 The bishop of Rome was a very, very strong person. 19:06 But this bishop's name was Silverius. 19:11 Silverius was a godly man. 19:14 He loved the Lord; he loved the people. 19:16 He tried to do what he could to support the people. 19:19 But he refused - absolutely refused - to have anything to do 19:25 with the war that was going on between Rome and the Goths. 19:30 Justinian and the Goths. 19:32 And so any time the Goths got close to the city of Rome 19:37 Silverius had them close all the gates 19:40 and wouldn't let them in. 19:41 If the... if Justinian's army got close to the city of Rome, 19:46 the bishop had all the gates shut; wouldn't let them in. 19:51 The Goths and Justinian's army had been fighting 19:55 and they had backed Justinian's army all the way up 20:00 to the walls of the city of Rome. 20:05 Silverius has had all the gates shut. 20:09 Belisarius has sent a note to Justinian saying 20:14 "do something or we're lost. " 20:16 It so happens that Justinian's wife is a Christian. 20:20 She also is a friend of the bishop. 20:24 And so he asked her if she would plead with the bishop 20:28 to open the gates of the city of Rome 20:30 and save his army... 20:32 which out of respect to her 20:36 Silverius raised the gates of the city of Rome, 20:39 let Justinian's army in, 20:42 and closed the gates. 20:43 Justinian and Belisarius, his general, 20:49 had already agreed that if they got inside the city 20:54 they would banish the bishop. 20:57 So in history you have this statement: 21:11 Now watch carefully. 21:28 So they banished Silverius 21:34 and listen to what happened: 21:46 Now Justinian, I am sure, never had in mind 21:51 what took place. 21:53 I'm sure that he saw Vigilius just as a puppet 21:59 that would do his bidding. 22:01 But that isn't what happened. 22:03 When he stepped to the seat of the bishop, 22:07 history says that he stepped to the seat of Caesar 22:12 and siezed the scepter. 22:15 He took over, began to rule. And thus you find 22:20 that he ruled in their place. Excuse me. 22:28 This happened 538 AD. 22:33 Put it down... important date. 22:35 Let's read a couple more historical statements. 23:23 And thus the bishop of Rome became the political head 23:28 as well as the spiritual head. 23:32 And so we have a whole revolution taking place here. 23:37 With that, let's take a look at what the scripture tells us 23:43 here in Daniel the 7th chapter. 23:45 Now you remember when we studied Daniel the 7th chapter 23:48 we had a dragon there that represented... come on... 23:54 represented pagan Rome. 23:57 OK, that's who that great red dragon represented. 24:00 Now watch as it continues: 24:13 And so as he's looking at this dragon 24:16 which represented pagan Rome 24:18 among those ten horns... then, among them comes up 24:23 a little horn which uproots three of them. 24:38 Now it's going to tell us certain things, 24:39 and as I told you... God defines this power clearer... 24:45 clearer than any other power in the scripture. 24:49 Watch: 24:56 Those were the ten Germanic tribes. 25:23 Tells us all this about this power. 25:26 In fact, it gives you eight points 25:29 of identification of this power. 25:32 Now just let me say this to you: 25:34 if you can take these 8 points that I just read to you 25:40 and make them apply to any other power 25:46 on the face of the earth, 25:48 then... tell me about it. 25:52 Now don't... don't just give me four. 25:55 If you can take all eight points 25:58 and make it fit any other power, I want to know what it is. 26:03 See? Let's look at those eight points. 26:25 Those eight points. 26:26 We're going to look at those eight points quickly, 26:29 because we're going to have to go through it quickly 26:31 to cover all of them. 26:32 But it says that it would come up after them. 26:35 Daniel 7 verse 8: 26:44 So dear friend, you don't go off looking in Africa 26:48 for this little horn. Or you don't go to South America 26:51 or you don't go to North America. 26:53 It's clear that it came up among those ten horns... 26:56 which was western Europe. 26:58 OK. So it identifies the location for you. 27:02 Let's go on. 27:06 Those ten Germanic tribes came on the scene of action 27:09 476 AD. 27:12 Therefore, this little horn had to come up 27:16 after that time. And you find the little horn 27:19 came into power as I read to you: 27:28 The papal power came into power 538 AD... 27:33 just exactly as the scripture said. 27:36 And he shall be different from the first. 27:39 Those ten tribes, folks, were Germanic tribes. 27:43 They were just political powers. 27:45 But this power is not that. 27:48 It is a political/religious power. 27:51 Has both. You have uniting of church and state. 27:55 It is definitely different than all the others. 27:59 So it's different as the scripture said it would be. 28:02 OK: 28:06 When these Germanic tribes came down on the Roman Empire, 28:10 the Christian people had been given a commision by Christ 28:15 that they were to take the gospel where? 28:17 To all the world. 28:20 And so when these Germanic people came down there 28:22 they felt it their responsibility 28:25 to take the gospel to them. 28:26 And to their surprise, they found those people 28:30 with open hearts, and they accepted the gospel. 28:33 I mean they accepted it. 28:35 And these Germanic tribes which became the nations of 28:38 western Europe, accepted Jesus Christ. 28:41 And to this day, western Europe is Christian. 28:44 See? That's what happened. 28:47 But among those three... ten tribes 28:51 there was three of them that accepted a belief 28:55 called Arianism. 28:57 Arianism is a belief that says 29:00 that Jesus Christ was a good man. 29:03 That He was a prophet, 29:05 but that He was not divine. 29:07 That He was not the Son of God. 29:09 Justinian and the bishop 29:13 violently opposed that. 29:15 And Justinian sent out his army 29:18 and had those three tribes wiped off the map. 29:24 Herulii, the Vandals, and the Ostrogoths. 29:27 Now, if you don't believe what I'm telling you, 29:29 then go down to the library. 29:32 You won't have any trouble getting in; 29:35 it's not overcrowded. 29:36 You can get into the library, you know. 29:38 And go there and look it up. 29:41 You cannot even find descendants 29:44 from the Herulii, the Vandals, and the Ostrogoths. 29:48 They're not there, folks. 29:50 It said it pulled them up by the roots. 29:53 That's exactly what it did 29:55 just as the scripture said. 30:01 In other words, he's going to speak great words against God. 30:05 I'm going to share just two things that they say. 30:07 This is their words, not mine... papal Rome... 30:10 and what they say. 30:23 That's the question. Does the priest have the power 30:28 to forgive sins? 30:31 This is their answer: 30:41 Now the scripture doesn't say that. 30:43 God is the only one that can forgive sin. 30:46 Not... not the priest. 30:49 One other statement. 30:50 This is from the great Encyclical Letter 30:52 of Pope Leo XIII. 30:54 And it says: 30:59 So when it says he would speak pompous words against 31:02 the Most High, indeed he's done just that. 31:08 It says that he would turn his wrath - if you please - 31:13 against the church and would persecute the saints. 31:16 One historical statement. 31:18 There's many I could read to you tonight, 31:20 but just one: 31:36 I mean that is a heavy, heavy statement. 31:45 And dear friend, all you have to do is go back and read. 31:48 And if you want to read, I'd recommend such books to you 31:51 as Fox's Book of Martyrs, 31:53 or Short Stories of the Reformation by Short, 31:55 or The History of the Reformation by d'Aubigné. 31:58 Or Here I Stand by Peyton. 32:00 All those will tell you of what she did 32:03 during that period of time. 32:09 It says that he would consider himself able to change 32:13 time and laws. This is what they say about that: 32:27 That he has that power to do that. 32:32 He did away... Now if you pick up your Bible and turn to Exodus 32:37 the 20th chapter you'll find the Ten Commandments. 32:39 If you pick up a Catholic version of the Bible 32:43 and turn to Exodus the 20th chapter, 32:45 you will find the Ten Commandments 32:46 just like in your Bible. 32:48 OK. But if you pick up a Catholic Catechism, 32:52 it's different. 32:54 In the Catechism, the second commandment has been taken out. 32:57 Not there at all. 33:00 So they've done away with the second commandment. 33:02 The fourth commandment they've shortened... 33:10 They shortened it down. 33:12 The tenth commandment they divided it into two. 33:16 Because they did away with the second, 33:18 they had to have ten so they divided the tenth one. 33:21 That you have they will "change times and laws, " 33:25 That they have done. 33:32 In the Bible, a time represents one year. 33:36 OK? So when it says a time, 33:39 and in Biblical reckoning of time, there are 360 days 33:44 in a Biblical year. 33:45 If you need proof of that, go read Genesis 6 and 7. 33:50 It will make that clear to you. 33:52 360 days in a Biblical year. 33:54 Times represents two years which will be 720. 33:58 And a half a time would be a half a year 34:01 which would be 180. 34:02 If you add those up, that comes to 1,260 34:08 that it said this power would rule for 1,260 years. 34:14 Ezekiel 4 verse 6 says: 34:21 Giving us a day for a year. 34:24 OK. If a day represents a year 34:27 and I have 1,260 days 34:31 and the papal power came into power in 538 AD, 34:36 and I add 1,260 to it... 34:40 it takes me to 1798 AD. 34:43 So it said it would rule to 1798 AD. 34:47 Just stay with me, we'll come to that 34:49 1798 AD in just a few minutes. 34:52 But I now have taken you through the 7th chapter of Daniel. 34:57 OK. We've looked at those eight points. 34:59 Like I said, if you can make any other power 35:02 fit that, you let me know. 35:04 But let's go to the 11th chapter of Daniel. 35:08 11th chapter of Daniel simply says this. 35:12 And as I did for you last night, 35:14 where it uses pronouns I just put in a name. 35:18 Makes it read a little easier for you. 35:32 Now folks, all you have to do as I read the next few verses 35:35 to you, is just think about what went on 35:40 during what we call the Dark Ages. 35:43 And what history records happened at the time 35:48 when the Reformation was just being started and growing. 35:52 So this is what it says that the papal power did: 36:09 And the people that followed the Lord during the time 36:14 of the Reformation... they were slaughtered. 36:16 Gave their lives. I mean, I'm not talking 36:19 a few, folks, like the massacre of St. Bartholomew 36:22 where they slew 60,000 Huguenots one Sunday morning. 36:25 I'm not talking about a few. 36:28 These people gave their lives. 36:54 I could go into great... Lot to say about this, folks. 36:59 I just want to say this because time won't permit me. 37:02 But, unfortunately, many times it takes persecution 37:08 for you and I to learn to develop character. 37:12 Sadly, but many times that's the case. 37:16 That's why it talks about here being made white and so forth. 37:20 Refined and purified... made white. 37:22 Those people during the time of the Reformation 37:25 certainly went through that. 37:27 That's what Daniel 11 is talking about. 37:30 Well with that we're going to go to 37:32 Revelation the 13th chapter. 37:35 In Revelation the 13th chapter there is a beast 37:40 that has seven heads, ten horns. 37:45 Watch what it has to say about this beast: 38:01 So it's telling us very clearly this beast is not a very 38:04 good one, OK? 38:21 Did that turn the light bulb on? 38:24 Huh? Did anything go on when you read that? 38:28 Because this beast is made up of the ones we just read 38:34 about over in Daniel 7. 38:36 The lion, the bear, the leopard. They're all there. 38:39 So it's taken those in Daniel 7 38:42 and bringing them right on in to Revelation 38:46 and tying this all together. 38:47 And it says the dragon gave him his what? 38:51 His power, his seat, and his authority. 38:54 And we found out the dragon was who? 38:56 Pagan Rome. 38:58 OK. So it says here that it's going to give him 39:01 his power, his seat, and his authority. Let's go on. 39:23 Now folks, I find people that read this 39:25 that take this and try to tie it 39:30 to totally a political power. 39:33 You can't do that 39:35 because worship's involved here. 39:37 They worship the dragon; they worship the beast. 39:40 This is not just a political power. 39:42 You can't take it outside of a religious context. 39:45 OK? Has to tie that together. 39:48 "Who is able to make war with him? " 40:01 So it's talking about this beast in Revelation 13. 40:05 It's telling us different things about him that takes place. 40:37 Do I need to read that again? 40:52 Who's going to worship him? 40:54 All those whose names HAVE NOT BEEN WRITTEN 40:58 in the Book of Life. They're going to worship this beast. 41:03 Scripture is clear. 41:05 And if... we've dealt five nights here on prophecy. 41:11 And as we've studied, we've seen prophecy after prophecy 41:16 after prophecy that God has made about these different nations. 41:20 And every last one of them has taken place just exactly 41:23 as God said. Now, I want to ask you a question. 41:26 If all those have taken place 41:29 like God said they would, 41:30 do you think this will? 41:32 Absolutely! 41:34 Gonna happen just exactly like God said it was gonna happen. 41:38 It will take place. No ifs, ands, buts about it. 41:42 Gonna happen. 41:43 All the world will worship him. 41:51 If you've read God's word, you've seen what it says, 41:55 God says: "then hear... 41:57 Listen to what it's saying. " 41:59 It makes a great difference. 42:01 Now what I'm telling you tonight is this beast 42:05 in Revelation 13, OK? 42:08 and the little horn in Daniel 7 42:12 are exactly the same power. 42:15 OK. Do I need to go with that again? 42:19 The beast of Revelation 13 that I have just read to you 42:23 and the little horn in Daniel 7 42:28 are exactly the same power. 42:30 OK? And we'll just put a few things together so you can see 42:35 what that says. 42:41 That little horn came out of where? 42:44 Out of pagan Rome. 42:47 OK. Revelation 13... 42:52 The dragon there was pagan Rome. 42:56 So both are the same here. 42:58 Let's go on down. 43:02 I read those statements to you. 43:04 Revelation 13 concerning the beast it says: 43:11 Are you seeing the similarity between the two? 43:14 They are the same power. Look at one more. 43:29 So both powers made war with the saints. 43:37 We found out that that was 1,260 years... 43:42 538 AD to 1798 AD. 43:45 And by the way, that is known in history as the time 43:49 of papal supremacy. 43:51 That's when she ruled. 43:53 Revelation 13 it says: 43:59 In Biblical time, there is 30 days in a Biblical month. 44:04 If you multiply 30 times 42, what do you get? 44:09 You get 1,260. Both the same period of time. 44:15 OK. So these are exactly the same power. 44:19 Of Daniel 7, Revelation 13 - all talking about the same power. 44:24 As I told you, God spends more time on the papal power 44:29 identifying it than He does any other power. 44:33 Tries to make that crystal clear. 44:35 OK. 44:42 It said here that he saw one of his heads 44:45 of this beast, and it had been mortally wounded. 44:49 Well, it said that the papal power 44:54 would come into existence 538 AD 44:58 and it would last for 1,260 years. 45:02 which took us to 1798 AD 45:06 Now, if the book's true... 45:09 Is it? Absolutely! 45:13 If the book is true, then something had to happen 45:18 in 1798 AD. 45:20 See? Because God said it would. 45:22 And just exactly as God's Word said, 45:26 Napoleon... Napoleon has come to power. 45:30 And Napoleon wants to rule Europe. 45:34 Wants to bring all of Europe under his control. 45:37 He knows... he knows that he cannot do that 45:42 without breaking the back of the papal power. 45:46 You see the papal power, at this time, folks, 45:51 owned a huge amount of land called papal states. 45:57 They had power with all the kings of Europe. 46:00 They... they were strong. 46:02 And he knew there was no way he was going to get anywhere 46:05 unless he broke the back of the papal power. 46:08 So this is what happened. 46:10 It's recorded in history for you. 46:11 Encyclopedia Americana... it's what it says: 46:31 1798 AD Napoleon's general Berthier went in, 46:35 overthrew the papal power, 46:38 and set up a secular power. 46:41 That is extremely important because out of that 46:46 comes something we're going to be studying in the next series. 46:50 See? Set up a secular power 46:53 and it began to change the face of western Europe. 46:58 And so we find here that this beast 47:02 represented papal Rome. 47:05 Now, we have looked at this. Studied it. 47:10 Become very important. 47:38 Now we have looked at the five that have fallen. 47:42 That says that there's one that is, 47:46 and there's one yet to come 47:48 and he must continue a short time. 47:51 And then the scripture doesn't stop there. 47:54 It goes on and says something else. 47:57 Now the five that have fallen... 47:59 The five that have fallen we've looked at. 48:03 Babylon. Babylon fell to Medo-Persia. 48:08 Medo-Persia fell to Greece. 48:12 Greece fell to Rome. 48:16 And Rome fell to papal Rome. 48:19 Five Have Fallen. 48:22 Those are the five that have fallen. 48:24 "One is..." John is saying. 48:28 "One is yet to come. " 48:30 But listen: 48:48 So we found now that there's a beast 48:53 that is... After the five, there's a beast that is. 48:59 One that is to come. 49:03 And then there's one that is the eighth. 49:07 And that's what we're going to be looking at 49:10 in this next series, folks, 49:12 We're going to be putting those 49:14 together that are mentioned 49:15 in the book of Revelation. 49:17 And as I told you, 49:18 this prophecy in Revelation 17 49:22 takes you right down through history 49:24 and brings you down to our day 49:27 and the time in which you and I are living. 49:30 But identified for you those five kingdoms. 49:36 And the fall of papal Rome in 1798 AD 49:42 and with Napoleon coming in and setting up a secular government 49:48 began to change the face of western Europe. 49:53 And something comes in that changes man's thinking. 49:59 That's what we're going to be looking at as we go into it. 50:03 You see, this book 50:08 lines up history like nothing else. 50:12 And... and what is interesting, folks, is 50:15 God says this is going to happen. 50:18 And then as you can look back, you can see history 50:22 went just exactly that way. 50:24 Because these things that I have read to you 50:27 were written before they ever happened. 50:29 And they happened just like the scripture said. 50:33 So I can tell you tonight, 50:36 you can believe what the Bible says. 50:39 You don't have to be in doubt about it. 50:41 You can believe it. 50:43 You can take God's Word anytime 50:46 and you'll find it will stand firm. 50:48 As we said, just... Give me the Bible. 51:01 Give me the Bible - 51:05 holy message shining, 51:10 Thy light will guide me 51:15 in the narrow way. 51:19 Precept and promise, 51:24 law and love combining, 51:28 'Till light shall guide me 51:33 in eternal day. 51:41 Let us pray. 51:42 Heavenly Father, 51:44 tonight we're standing in awe 51:49 of Your power. 51:51 Of Your wisdom. 51:54 Of Your might. 51:56 How that You have set up kings. 52:01 You've taken them down. 52:03 You've told exactly what they would do. 52:06 How they would go about accomplishing Your will. 52:10 Lord, may we tonight 52:14 realize that You, too, are willing to 52:19 guide and direct in our lives. 52:22 That all You ask is that we just come to You, 52:26 place our lives in Your hands, 52:29 and let You guide and lead us. 52:31 Tonight I'd just like to ask 52:34 those that are watching by television 52:37 or any of you that are here tonight 52:38 or listening on the radio, 52:40 if you have had some doubts 52:44 about God's Word, 52:46 you've been in question about God's Word, 52:48 and tonight by faith you'd just reach out 52:52 and like to say "I'm willing to accept the Bible 52:55 as God's inspired Word 52:58 and let it guide and lead and direct my life, " 53:01 and just take God's Word by faith and walk with Him. 53:07 If you're willing to do that tonight, won't you just commit 53:10 your life to the Lord 53:12 and give Him the opportunity to guide and lead your life 53:15 in a special way. 53:17 Heavenly Father, we thank you for loving us. 53:21 We thank you for being willing 53:24 to give us Your Word that we can know 53:27 because as You said it's a light that shines in a dark place. 53:31 And so Lord, may we be illuminated 53:36 day by day by what Your Word says. 53:39 And may our faith in You be strong in all that we do. 53:44 We thank you for loving us 53:46 and commit our lives to You this night. 53:49 For this we ask in Christ's name, Amen. 53:55 Well our new series next month 53:58 will be entitled Was, Is Not, Yet Is. 54:03 There's a beast that was, is not, yet is. 54:09 And we've got to put that together because that beast 54:13 affects your life. 54:16 It affects your life 54:18 in a very, very definite way. 54:21 So we hope that it will give you some inspiration 54:25 to spend some time in God's Word and study. 54:28 We thank you for being with us during this series. 54:31 We hope that you'll continue to study God's Word 54:35 and to follow Him. And I thank you. 54:38 God bless you. Good night. 54:41 The Bible says in Matthew 13:44 54:58 Every day we pass by ordinary places 55:01 that may be hiding something of incredible value. 55:05 Whether buried in a field or squirreled away in an attic, 55:09 or even an old, fallen-down house. 55:12 But imagine for a moment the thrill of stumbling 55:15 upon a treasure beyond your wildest dreams. 55:19 Will you eagerly sell everything you have 55:21 to gain something of much greater value? 55:24 Will you be willing to endure criticism of friends, 55:28 even family members, in order to obtain it? 55:31 This parable speaks of the most incredible treasure of all, 55:34 and it's hidden in God's Word. 55:37 That treasure is Jesus Christ Himself. 55:42 But sadly, even those who claim Him 55:46 often don't recognize this infinite treasure. 55:49 Just watch how quickly they toss aside what the Bible says 55:53 when it becomes inconvenient. 55:57 Friends, the treasure of the gospel are hidden in God's Word. 56:02 Many of its readers have eyes, but they do not see. 56:06 They have ears, but they don't hear. 56:10 They never find its hidden treasure. 56:13 In fact, they may read it over and over 56:16 and never see it. 56:17 Even worse, many times they do see it 56:20 but think the price is too high. 56:23 Like the Jews of old 56:25 who rejected the Messiah because He was not in harmony 56:28 with their ambitious desires, 56:30 many won't seek heavenly treasure 56:32 because earthly treasure is more alluring. 56:36 They reason that if they could just obtain the things 56:39 they desire they would have peace. 56:41 Sadly, they don't realize that they carry the disturber 56:45 of their own peace inside their hearts. 56:48 They pass by the One who declared: 56:50 "Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. 56:55 Not as the world gives do I give to you. 56:57 Let not your heart be troubled, 57:00 neither let it be afraid. " 57:03 The treasure of the Bible are revealed only to those 57:07 who carefully study its pages 57:09 with a humble and searching heart. 57:11 Our whole ministry is dedicated to helping men and women 57:15 find the priceless treasure hidden in the Bible. 57:18 We pray that you will not be satisfied 57:21 with surface truths 57:23 but instead you'll want to unearth the precious gems 57:27 that others pass by. 57:29 Dig into the Bible as a miner digs into the earth 57:32 to find veins of gold. Don't give up 57:35 until you have found a relationship with God, 57:38 and then join us in spreading the good news to the world. 57:42 Please consider what you can do 57:44 for those who still don't know about Jesus. 57:47 As the Holy Spirit impresses, 57:49 please send your tax-deductible gifts to: 58:04 Your gifts help bring the Blessed Hope of salvation 58:07 to millions all around the world. |
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