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00:14 It's a real privilege for me tonight
00:16 to have my son-in-law with me. 00:19 Larry Becker, married to my daughter. 00:23 They have two grand children, Roger and Erika, 00:29 that I didn't realize this until 00:32 they came along. But you know, 00:35 my children weren't perfect but my grandchildren are. 00:38 You know? I'm delighted that Larry's here because 00:43 they've always been a great great blessing to me, 00:46 and I've appreciated their ministry. He's going to bring 00:50 to you a very beautiful song entitled Feel The Nails. 01:34 They tell me Jesus died 01:38 for my transgressions 01:43 and that He paid the price 01:47 a long long time ago 01:51 when He gave His life for me 01:56 on a hill called Calvary. 02:01 But there's something else I really want 02:05 to know: 02:09 does He still feel the nails 02:14 every time I fail? 02:18 Can He hear the crowd cry "Crucify! " 02:24 again? 02:27 Am I causing Him pain? 02:32 I know I've got to change... 02:37 I just can't bear the thought 02:41 of hurting Him. 02:50 It seems that I'm so good 02:54 at breaking promises 02:58 and I treat His precious grace 03:02 so carelessly. 03:07 But each time He forgives 03:11 what if He relives 03:16 the agony He felt 03:20 on that tree? 03:24 Does He still feel the nails 03:29 every time I fail? 03:32 Can He hear the crowd cry 03:36 "Crucify! " again? 03:41 Am I causing Him pain? 03:45 I know I've got to change... 03:50 I just can't bear the thought 03:54 of hurting Him. 03:59 Holy, 04:03 holy, 04:08 holy is 04:12 the Lord! 04:16 Holy, 04:21 holy, 04:25 holy is 04:29 the Lord! 04:34 Do You still feel the nails 04:38 every time I fail? 04:42 Have I crucified You, Jesus, 04:47 with my sin? 04:51 Oh, I'm tired of playing games; 04:56 I really want to change. 05:00 I never want to hurt 05:05 You again. 05:10 Holy, 05:15 holy, 05:20 holy is 05:25 the Lord! 05:30 Holy, 05:35 holy, 05:41 holy is 05:46 the Lord! 06:00 Tonight we're going to continue our study of prophecy. 06:04 Our subject tonight is the beast with the number 666. 06:10 Now let me mention 06:13 that I told you the other night that the Bible repeats 06:17 and enlarges... repeats and enlarges. 06:21 And that's what it's going to do tonight 06:23 except we've been studying out of the book of Daniel. 06:28 Tonight we move to the book of Revelation. 06:31 So God, you're going to find, 06:33 takes certain things from the book of Daniel 06:35 and brings it into the book of Revelation 06:38 so you can continue through. And you'll see that 06:41 tonight as we look at this very important subject 06:44 about the beast with the number 666. 06:48 You're going to begin to see how the prophecy is 06:51 fulfilled in your day... the time in which you and I 06:55 are living. We're very happy tonight 06:58 to have with us this weekend Joe Pearles. 07:02 Joe has been singing with us for probably 7-8 years. 07:08 Comes in and does a weekend for us 07:10 and we're always blessed when he comes. 07:13 We know that you'll be blessed this evening. 07:15 He's going to sing a beautiful song entitled 07:17 Call My Name Again. 07:29 Lord, I want to do right 07:33 though You know I've done wrong. 07:37 I've been in places 07:41 I did not belong. 07:47 With promises broken 07:51 and secrets I've kept 07:54 I don't want to live 07:58 with fear and regret. 08:04 Whisper to me... 08:08 call my name again 08:12 back to the place 08:15 where I should have been. 08:21 Take my hand and guide me 08:25 away from my sin. 08:29 Have Your own way, Lord, 08:32 call my name again. 08:47 Lord, I want that sweet peace 08:51 I had as a child. 08:55 I paid a high price 08:59 for my choice to be wild. 09:05 The lights and the glamour... 09:08 they blinded my eyes 09:12 Lord, please forgive 09:16 this fool and his pride. 09:22 Whisper to me... 09:25 call my name again 09:29 back to the place 09:33 where I should have been. 09:39 Take my hand and guide me 09:43 away from my sin. 09:47 Have Your own way, Lord, 09:50 call my name again. 09:56 Have Your own way, Lord, 10:00 call my name again. 10:22 Father in heaven, 10:25 tonight we just want to come to You, 10:30 open up our lives, open up our hearts, 10:34 invite the Holy Spirit in. 10:38 Lord, as we look at prophecy 10:41 we pray that You will help us to have clearness of mind. 10:47 We ask, Lord, that we might each 10:50 understand where we are, where we're headed, 10:55 and by faith we might take hold of Your hand 11:00 and walk with You all the way into the kingdom of heaven. 11:04 For this we ask in Christ's name, Amen. 11:14 In Revelation the 14th chapter 11:17 there are three angels. 11:20 One of those angels has a very special message 11:24 concerning the beast. 11:26 And I want you to listen to what that message is: 11:56 So it says very clearly 11:58 that that individual that receives the mark of the beast 12:02 will receive the wrath of God. 12:04 So it becomes extremely important tonight 12:08 that you and I identify this beast. 12:12 Now I know we live in an age and a time 12:14 in which a lot of people are saying 12:17 "Well, you don't really need to know who the beast is. " 12:19 And "You don't really need to be concerned about the beast. " 12:23 But dear friends, it says those that got victory 12:27 over the beast and over its image 12:30 and over its mark are those that stood on the sea of glass. 12:34 Therefore, it IS important 12:36 that you and I understand it and know who it is. 12:40 God has given us prophecy so that we can understand it. 12:45 It says here, II Peter the first chapter and verse 19: 13:03 So God said if there's anything that's sure, 13:07 if there's anything that you can count on, 13:09 if there's anything that you can build your faith on, 13:14 it's prophecy. I have people that say to me: 13:16 "Well Bro. Cox, how can I know that God is real? " 13:21 One way that you can know that God is real 13:23 is He has foretold it thousands of years before it happened 13:28 with absolute accuracy. 13:30 That takes more than human; that takes something divine. 13:35 But some people say: "Well it just all depends on 13:37 how you interpret it. 13:39 One person may interpret it one way; 13:41 somebody else may interpret it another way. 13:44 Just all depends on how you interpret it. " 13:46 No it does not! 13:48 No it does not 13:50 because the Scripture says this: 14:03 The Bible says: "No, it's not! " 14:07 "No prophecy is of any private interpretation... " 14:19 No! The Bible will interpret itself 14:23 if you and I will let it. That's what we've got to do 14:25 is we've got to take God's Word, open it up, 14:28 get into it, and find out what it has to say. 14:32 Only that way can you understand God's Word. 14:36 You can't be like the folks I was studying God's Word with. 14:40 And this fellow knocked on the door, 14:43 and they went to the door and they invited him in 14:45 as we were having the Bible study together. 14:47 And we continued to have the Bible study 14:51 and in the course of the study he said "I don't believe that. " 14:54 And I said: "Well that's OK. You don't have to believe that. " 14:59 And he said: "Well, I just don't believe that's in Scripture. " 15:02 And I said: "Now, sir, I hope by the grace of God 15:05 I'm not showing these people something 15:07 that's not in the Word of God. " 15:08 And he said: "Well, show me! " 15:10 And I said: "OK, let's take our Bible and turn over here 15:13 to the book of Isaiah. " And he said: "Just a minute. " 15:15 He said: "I don't take anything out of the Old Testament. " 15:19 He said: "I only go by the New Testament. " 15:21 Said: "I don't go by the Old Testament. " 15:23 And I said: "Well, that's fair enough. 15:24 Let's turn over here to the gospel of Luke. " 15:26 He said: "Just a minute. " 15:28 He said: "Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John... they were 15:31 all written about Jesus up until the time He died. " 15:35 And he said: "All I go by is is what was written after 15:38 Jesus died. " 15:40 I said: "Well, that's OK. " I said: "Let's turn over here 15:43 to the book of Revelation. " He said: 15:45 "Just a minute. " He said: "That book of Revelation... " 15:48 he said, "that's full of symbols and all that kind of thing. " 15:51 Said: "Nobody understands the book of Revelation! " 15:54 Then I said: "OK... let's turn over here to the book 15:56 of Hebrews. " He said: "Just a minute. " 15:58 Said: "That book of Hebrews was written for the Hebrews. " 16:01 And he said: "I'm a Gentile; I'm not a Hebrew. " 16:04 When he got through with me that's all I had left! 16:08 You can't understand God's Word that way, folks. 16:11 You've got to look at the whole thing. 16:13 In fact, the Scripture says this: 16:32 The WHOLE THING is given by the inspiration of God... 16:36 not just part of it. 16:38 And so you and I must look at the whole Scripture 16:42 if we're going to understand what it's talking about. 16:44 You can't look at just one little part of it. 16:47 So tonight we're going to go to Revelation 16:50 the 13th chapter and we're going to take a look 16:54 at this particular beast, but we're going to see 16:57 how God reaches over here in one part of Scripture 17:00 and pulls things out of it and puts it here in another 17:03 so that you will understand it. 17:06 That's what God does for us. 17:08 Now in Bible prophecy, folks, 17:10 a beast... We sent out this brochure 17:14 and I had some people come and say: "Oh, 17:16 those beasts scare me. 17:18 They look so bad... so ferocious. " 17:21 I have a hard time understanding that 17:24 because they watch all this stuff like Jurassic Park 17:28 and all that. And they watch that 17:30 and it doesn't seem to scare them. 17:32 And then you put something on a handbill and it scares them. 17:34 I have a hard time putting that together. 17:36 But what I'm here to tell you tonight 17:39 is God simply uses a beast to represent a nation. 17:44 That's all. God just uses a beast to represent a nation. 17:48 Look at what it says here in Daniel: 18:05 So here God used a goat and a ram 18:08 to represent the kings of Media and Persia. 18:10 We do the same thing, don't we? 18:13 Huh? We use an eagle to represent the United States. 18:17 We use a lion to represent England. 18:21 We use a bear to represent Russia. 18:24 We do that very same thing. That's all God is doing, folks. 18:28 So when we get to this beast in Revelation 18:30 it just represents a power... that's all. 18:33 So let's go to Revelation the 13th chapter 18:36 and let's take a look at a beast. 18:39 Different kind of beast because it has seven heads 18:42 and it has ten horns. 18:45 So let's see what the Scripture says about it. 18:47 God gives you eight points to identify this beast 18:52 so you and I don't have to be in any doubt. 18:55 When we're through here tonight 18:57 you don't have to be in any doubt whatsoever 19:00 as to who this beast is. 19:03 Again, I want to just simply tell you 19:06 when God gives you eight points 19:08 all eight points must fit. 19:12 If four points fit some nation and four don't, 19:17 then you can rest assured you haven't found the right power. 19:20 OK... all eight points must fit. 19:39 Now the other night I told you that water represents what? 19:44 People, nations, tongues. 19:47 See? God will keep that symbolism the same 19:50 and out of the water comes this great beast. 19:54 All right? What it tells us. 19:55 Now watch carefully... we're to the first clue. 19:59 First point that God's going to help you understand. 20:17 Does that ring any bells with you tonight? 20:21 Yes, if you were here Wednesday night 20:23 that should ring some bells with you 20:26 because all God has done is He has gone back to the book 20:30 of Daniel and took those beasts that we studied 20:33 in the book of Daniel and brought them over here 20:35 to the book of Revelation. 20:37 And you remember we had the lion there that represented? 20:41 Babylon. We had the bear there that represented? 20:45 Medo-Persia. 20:46 We had the leopard that represented Greece 20:49 and we had the dragon that represented pagan Rome. 20:53 So God has taken those powers, 20:56 put it all in one beast here 20:59 to bring it down into the book of Revelation 21:01 so you and I will know what it's talking about. 21:04 That's the first clue. 21:05 Watch as we continue on: 21:10 That's that fourth beast; that was pagan Rome. 21:21 So the Scripture says here that pagan Rome 21:25 is going to give to this beast 21:27 its power, its seat, and its authority. 21:32 So we're beginning to find out what the Scripture's telling us. 21:35 It says that this beast got its power from the dragon. 21:40 Let's go on and see what it says about it: 21:43 Pagan Rome if you remember went from 168 BC to 476 AD. 21:49 Pagan Rome came to an end. Watch what history tells us 21:54 happened because pagan Rome is going to have to give its 21:57 power, its seat, and its authority 22:00 to a particular power. So let's see what it does: 22:21 So he's saying that this passed from the Caesars 22:25 to the Pontiff. All right? 22:33 That's exactly what history has to say about it. 22:36 So we find in fulfillment of God's Word 22:39 we find that pagan Rome passed to papal Rome 22:45 its power, its seat, its authority. 22:48 OK? All right. Third clue: 23:01 So it says that this beast that we're looking at tonight 23:05 that he's going to last for 42 months. 23:09 OK? Now I gave you Biblical principles 23:14 when you come to Bible prophecy and you come to time 23:18 I gave you a principle that lets you tell what that represents. 23:22 You remember that? 23:23 Told you that in Bible prophecy a day represented? One year. 23:27 All right. Let's watch and see what it has to tell us: 23:31 Prophetic Faith of our Fathers, Le Roy Froom. 23:34 This is what he has to say: 23:51 So you find that one went down. 23:54 Silverius did, and Justinian - who was the emperor - 23:57 put Vigilius in his place. 24:12 Now I read you a statement on Wednesday night 24:14 that said that it was forced upon them 24:18 because the Roman Empire was falling apart 24:21 and the only thing that the people could turn to 24:24 that had stability and that was there was the church. 24:28 And so it was forced upon him 24:31 and that's why it says they moved more and more 24:34 in worldly events. 24:44 And thus you find that Rome - pagan Rome - 24:48 passed, not necessarily voluntarily 24:51 but because of the circumstances - it passed 24:54 to papal Rome its power, its seat, and its authority. 24:59 And it says that it was going to last for 42 months. 25:05 Now folks, I told you the other night 25:07 and I'll repeat this a number of times 25:09 God is consistent. I mean, He is consistent 25:14 all the way through. 25:16 And you'll see this over and over and over. 25:20 Watch. It says here: 25:31 So the papal power came into power 25:34 538 AD. 25:38 So if we take that 538 AD 25:42 and we learned on Wednesday night that it lasted 25:45 for 1,260 years. 25:50 Let's see if Revelation 13 will back that up. 25:55 Well, if I add 1,260 years 25:58 to 538 we learned on Wednesday it took me 26:01 to where? Takes me to 1798 AD. 26:05 Now we've got 42 months. 26:07 In Biblical reckoning of time there are 30 days 26:11 in a Biblical month. 26:13 So if you multiply 30 times 42 what do you get? 26:19 You get 1,260. 26:22 30 times 42 is 1,260. 26:27 That gives me 1,260 26:30 and a day represents a year. 26:36 So if I simply take that 26:38 it takes me to 1798 AD. 26:41 And you remember on Wednesday night 26:43 that is as far as I took you. Do you remember that? 26:46 And I told you if you wanted to know what happened 26:49 in 1798 AD you had to come back tonight... 26:51 and I see you did. OK? 26:53 So we're going to find out what happened in 1798 AD now. 26:57 Let's watch. 27:00 Fourth clue: Revelation 13:3. 27:08 This beast had seven heads! 27:11 And as the apostle John is looking at that beast 27:14 he sees that one of his heads receives a mortal wound. 27:20 Been mortally wounded. 27:22 OK? Well let's see what happened. 27:26 At this time in history, folks, 27:28 at this time in history a man has come to power. 27:32 I'm talking about 1798 AD. 27:35 This man's name is Napoleon. 27:39 Napoleon wants to rule all of Europe 27:43 but he knows... he knows that he cannot rule Europe 27:47 unless he can break the back of the papal power. 27:52 OK? So what happened? 27:55 Napoleon sent his general Berthier 28:00 into Rome on February 15, 1798, 28:07 and overthrew the papal power. 28:09 Listen... this is what history says about it. 28:25 And if you go to Rome today, 28:27 you can go downtown and here is a facade 28:31 probably as long as this whole hall - 28:34 huge one - of that very event that took place. 28:37 You can see it there. February 15, 1798, 28:41 when the papal power came to an end. Folks, 28:45 just exactly as God's Word said. 28:48 Said it would last for forty-two months. 28:51 When those 42 months came to an end 28:54 exactly that power came to an end. 28:57 Now I don't know... What do you do with that, folks? 29:01 Do you just pass that by? 29:03 Do you just say: "Well, so? " 29:07 I mean, John... John's writing this. 29:12 You know when John lived? 29:14 90 AD. 29:16 We're talking about something happening in 1798 AD. 29:21 John saw that vividly! 29:23 Said exactly what would happen. 29:27 What I'm trying to get across to you tonight, dear friends: 29:29 you can build your faith on this Book... it won't fail! 29:34 It'll never let you down. 29:36 Never! It's absolute. 29:40 It will not let you down. 29:43 So the papal power came to an end, 1798 AD. 29:50 This began something that is called in history 29:56 the Roman Question. 29:57 Now watch the Scripture very carefully. 29:59 Revelation 13 verse 5: 30:07 Says that this power is going to speak great things 30:10 and blasphemies. Wednesday night when we studied about this power 30:14 you remember it said that he would "speak great words 30:17 against the Most High. " You remember that. 30:19 OK... See, it's the same power. 30:22 God's just moving you 30:23 from Daniel to the book of Revelation. 30:26 Now when it says he would speak "great things and blasphemies" 30:30 the Bible... the Bible identifies blasphemy 30:34 as claiming to be God and claiming power to forgive sins. 30:38 That's what the Bible classifies as blasphemy: 30:42 when a person claims to be God 30:44 or he claims he has the power to forgive sins. 30:49 Let me give you a couple of Biblical examples of that. 30:52 Both of them happened with Jesus. 30:54 Watch what the Scripture has to say about this. 31:06 They said: "For good works we're not stoning You. " 31:17 They tried to stone Him because He claimed to be God. 31:21 Of course, He had every right in the world 31:23 to claim to be God 'cause He IS God. 31:26 But they didn't want to recognize that. 31:29 They said: "We're not stoning You because You do good works; 31:31 we're stoning You 'cause you claim to be God. " 31:33 That's blasphemy 31:34 in the Scripture definition. Listen to one more: 31:39 Well let me read you some statements 31:41 'cause it says they would speak great words and blasphemy. 31:57 So they say all the names in the Scripture 32:00 that apply to Jesus they apply to the pope. 32:11 So when it says blasphemy is when they claim to be God. 32:15 Let's look at one more in the Scripture, though. 32:26 They said: "Who is this that's speaking blasphemies? " 32:30 Now watch carefully: 32:37 Said: "Nobody else can forgive sins except God! " 32:40 God alone. So the Scripture identifies blasphemy 32:44 when a person - an individual - claims that he has the power 32:48 to forgive sin. Well, does the papal power claim that? 32:52 That's what we've got to ask, and again, folks, 32:55 let me clarify something. 32:58 I am not talking about people. 33:02 Please do not take what I say and apply it to individuals. 33:07 If you do that, you're not making the right application 33:10 because that beast represents a power. 33:13 It represents a system. It does not represent individuals. 33:18 And I told you there are a lot of people within this 33:21 particular religious persuasion 33:23 that are beautiful Christian people. 33:26 And when you and I apply it outside of this 33:29 we are doing jeopardy to the Word of God. 33:32 So don't do that. OK? 33:35 But does that power claim that they have the power 33:39 to forgive sins? 34:01 Says he has the power to forgive that person his sins. 34:07 One more. 34:09 Revelation 13 verse 7... this is the sixth clue: 34:19 So it says that this power would actually make war 34:23 against the saints of God. 34:25 Now, I said this before and I want to repeat it again tonight. 34:29 Never... never in history - 34:33 I don't know of one case in history, folks - 34:36 where a church has taken over state power 34:41 that it hasn't persecuted. 34:43 I don't care what church that is. 34:46 If you go over to Israel today, 34:49 which is a church power, 34:51 you will find they will not let you preach. 34:54 There's persecution there because a church controls it. 35:00 So I don't care what church it is 35:01 any time a church has taken state power 35:07 it has persecuted. 35:08 This, back in the Dark Ages, they had supreme power 35:12 and they persecuted. 35:14 And I'll read you a statement why... why they did it. 35:38 Now get the picture: 35:39 morally they believe that they were saving thousands of souls. 35:45 Listen: 36:03 They believed that these people were wrong. 36:05 They believed that they were teaching them wrong. 36:07 They believed they were leading them wrong 36:09 and therefore they believed that if they persecuted 36:12 or burned a heretic then people would not be deceived. 36:15 And so they persecuted. And as I mentioned 36:18 all you have to do is read. Read such books as 36:23 Fox's Book of Martyrs. 36:25 Or Short Short Stories of the Reformation, 36:28 or The History of Europe by Quabbin. 36:30 Here I Stand by Bainton. 36:33 History of the Reformation by d'Aubigne. 36:36 And you can read about some of the persecution 36:38 of the Spanish people. 36:40 Or you can read about the persecution of the Waldensian 36:43 people or you can read about the persecution of 36:46 the Huguenots. 36:48 History is full of it. 36:51 It'll tell you what happened. Let's go on. 36:54 Revelation 13:3. 37:02 Now listen carefully: 37:04 he received a mortal wound 37:05 on February 15, 1798. 37:11 Watch: 37:23 So it says his deadly wound was healed. 37:25 As I told you, this began in history what was called 37:29 The Roman Question. 37:32 You see, the pope was taken prisoner. 37:37 Taken to France and he died in prison. 37:40 They elected another one and he moved back to the Vatican. 37:43 Moved in... didn't show his face for 50 years. 37:47 There were many many efforts to settle The Roman Question. 37:51 Let me explain what happened. 37:53 When Napoleon came in and he took over 37:56 and did away with the papal power 37:58 he took from them what was called papal states. 38:03 Now folks, papal states were like our states. 38:06 I'm not talking about a little piece of ground. 38:08 I'm talking about pieces of land as large as our state. 38:12 He had papal states throughout Europe. 38:15 That was all taken away from him by Napoleon. 38:19 So there were many many efforts made 38:22 to try to settle The Roman Question. 38:24 Every time they tried to settle it 38:27 it was always dependent upon the Italian Parliament 38:31 and the papal power would not accept that. 38:34 That went back and forth, back and forth 38:37 for over 100 years 38:40 until we reached the 1900's. 38:43 And in the 1900's along comes a man 38:47 who is not controlled by the Italian Parliament. 38:50 He is a dictator... his name is Mussolini. 38:55 And Mussolini decides that he will settle The Roman Question. 39:00 He sets up conferences with the papal power 39:04 and finally in 1929 39:10 they signed what was known as the Lateran Pact. 39:14 I want you to listen as the newspaper in the United States 39:17 reports that very event. 39:27 Signed it. Watch... this is what it said: 40:03 Signed the Lateran Pact. Let me explain what it did. 40:07 The Lateran Pact paid to the papal power 40:11 $21,000,000 40:14 for the spoilation of the papal states. 40:17 That was in 1929. 40:20 It gave them the right... 40:24 gave them the right to send ambassadors 40:29 to every country of the world. 40:31 It gave them the right - listen to me - 40:34 to be a sovereign power. 40:38 It gave them the right to receive ambassadors 40:42 from every country of the world. 40:46 If you listen to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, 40:50 which a lot of you do, 40:53 one of the questions that came up on there 40:56 is if you wanted to find 40:58 more ambassadors in one local area, 41:03 where would you go? 41:06 Rome! They're all in one building: the Vatican. 41:11 See? People have a hard time understanding this. 41:15 This is a sovereign government. I'm not talking about 41:18 a church, folks... don't misunderstand me. 41:20 I'm not talking about church tonight; 41:23 I'm talking about a government. 41:25 There's a great great difference. 41:27 I have people say to me 41:29 for instance, when the pope came over, 41:32 he addressed the United Nations. 41:36 Why would the pope have the right to address the UN? 41:41 Have you thought about that? 41:45 I mean has any other religious leader 41:49 addressed the United Nations? 41:51 Has any other religious leader done that? Yes. 41:53 One other... do you know who? 41:56 The Dalai Lama. 41:59 Both of them are heads of governments. 42:03 They have a right to address the United Nations 42:07 as heads of government. 42:09 People say: "Oh, it's not right for the pope to come over here 42:13 to the United States and go across our country 42:16 and we spend millions of dollars protecting him. " 42:19 Yes it is right... it IS right 42:23 because our Constitution says that we have to protect 42:28 heads of state, and he's the head of a state. 42:33 That is what the Lateran Pact gave him back 42:37 the right to be a sovereign government. 42:40 And thus you find the deadly wound was healed. 42:44 And the Scripture says that all the world will wonder 42:47 and follow after the beast. 42:49 Look what's happening: 42:53 Rome has come front and center today. 42:58 Gorbachev had this to say: 43:45 So just exactly as the Scripture has said 43:50 it's happening. It's being fulfilled exactly 43:53 as God's Word says. 43:58 Eight: 44:16 All right. You're going to have to follow me carefully now 44:20 because you need to begin to see some things that are happening. 44:26 We in our study... as we have studied God's Word together 44:30 we found out that that image that we studied the other night 44:34 had how many toes? Ten toes. 44:37 Those ten toes represented ten kings. 44:42 OK? We found out 44:45 that that dragon in Daniel 7... 44:49 dragon in Daniel 7... 44:51 had ten horns. Those ten horns represented? 44:55 Ten kings or toes. OK? 44:59 We found out tonight that this beast in Revelation 13 45:04 had ten horns. Those ten horns represent 45:09 ten kings. We're going to be taking a look 45:13 at a beast in Revelation 17 45:17 that also has seven heads and ten horns. 45:21 And it says that this particular power 45:24 had received no kingdom as yet. 45:37 OK? 45:46 Uh! We're beginning to put some things together. 45:49 And folks, in the coming nights we're going to put more of it 45:52 together. It says that these ten kings 45:55 which were the nations of Western Europe, 45:59 the Anglo-Saxons, the Franks, the Heruli, 46:01 the Vandals, the Ostrogoths, they became the nations 46:04 of Western Europe. They became Germany and England 46:07 and France and Portugal and those nations. 46:09 It says that they will come to power 46:13 and they'll give their power and authority to the beast. 46:20 So now, folks, you need to be able to look at it, 46:24 open your eyes, and you ought to be able to know 46:27 what's going on over in Europe and what's going to take place. 46:32 Now let me tell you: are you going to sit there and tell me 46:36 that if God with absolute accuracy 46:40 lined all this up step by step 46:43 and we've gone through it and every piece has fit 46:46 the puzzle... I mean, every piece has fit the puzzle 46:49 and we get down here where two pieces haven't been put in yet 46:53 and you're going to tell me they're not going to be put in? 46:56 Is that what you're going to tell me? 46:58 Not hardly. 47:01 If all those pieces have been put in the puzzle 47:03 and they have fit perfectly, 47:05 you'd better believe the last 2 pieces are going to go in there 47:09 perfectly. And the Scripture tells you and I 47:13 exactly where we're headed. 47:15 We don't have to be in any doubt about it at all. 47:18 OK. 47:22 As we study God's Word 47:24 we're going to take a look at a great red dragon 47:28 in Revelation 12. 47:31 This great red dragon in Revelation 12 47:34 has seven heads, ten horns. 47:38 OK? That's what it says: 47:55 So this beast has seven heads, ten horns. Now, 47:58 rest assured that every time you come across those ten horns 48:01 in Scripture they represent the same ten kings. 48:05 God is consistent. 48:07 But this beast has seven heads. We have studied tonight here 48:11 in Revelation 13 a beast that has how many heads? 48:17 Seven heads, right? 48:31 So this beast also has ten horns 48:35 and he has seven heads. 48:39 When we go to Revelation 17 48:44 it says this: 48:59 So now we have found there are 3 beasts that we've looked at - 49:03 Revelation 12, Revelation 13, Revelation 17- 49:08 and all of them have seven heads. 49:12 OK? Now I'm going to begin to move you 49:18 down through time. You'll see with absolute clarity 49:23 how wonderful God reveals things. Listen: 49:54 Now folks, if you want to have wisdom 50:00 then listen carefully to what God has to say. 50:04 He says: "If you want to be smart, 50:06 if you want to have wisdom, 50:08 listen carefully. " 50:12 "The seven heads are 7 mountains on which the woman sits. " 50:24 So it tells us that those 7 heads represent seven kingdoms 50:28 or seven kings. OK? Now, 50:31 you're going to see something here that will help you 50:33 put all this together. 50:45 So when he talks about those seven heads 50:47 that represent seven kings, seven kingdoms 50:49 he says: "Five of those have fallen; 50:54 One is; one is yet to come. " 50:58 Watch: 51:07 Oh, you have no idea 51:10 how meaningful that word is. "When he comes 51:14 he will continue a short time. " You don't know 51:18 how much that affects you. 51:21 All right. 51:24 This is what we have found out: 51:26 the Bible starts and it talks about these different kingdoms. 51:30 And you remember we studied this particular image in Daniel. 51:34 And as we studied it we found that that head of gold 51:36 represented Babylon. 51:39 And we find that in the Scripture in the 7th chapter 51:42 it was represented as a lion. 51:46 One head... head of a lion. 51:50 OK? The second power that's coming on the scene of action 51:53 was that of Medo-Persia. 51:56 539 BC to 331 BC. 52:00 Arms and breast of silver. 52:02 And we found that God used a beast there to represent 52:05 Medo-Persia which was a bear. 52:09 Head of a bear. OK? 52:11 And then we found that we came down that image 52:14 and we got to that belly and thighs of bronze. 52:17 And we found that that rep- resented the nation of Greece. 52:22 331 BC to 168 BC. 52:25 And in Daniel 7 it was pictured as a leopard. 52:30 OK? Pictured as a leopard. 52:33 And as we came down that image step by step 52:36 we came to the legs of iron. 52:39 And we found that the legs of iron represented Rome. 52:43 Pagan Rome, going from 168 BC to 476 AD. 52:48 And God used a dragon to represent pagan Rome. 52:54 And then we looked at the little horn on that dragon 53:00 in Daniel 7, and tonight we studied a beast 53:04 in Revelation 13, right? that represented papal Rome. 53:11 538 AD to 1798 AD. 53:16 Did you catch on? 53:19 "Five have fallen... " 53:24 Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, 53:28 pagan Rome, papal Rome. "Five have fallen. " 53:34 There they are. 53:53 So we have how many beasts left? 53:56 Two. Now as I told you 54:02 prophecy can get heavy 54:05 so tomorrow night we're going to ease up a little bit. 54:09 But on Sunday night we're going to look at the one 54:13 that is... 54:16 a beast that you seldom hear anything about. 54:22 You hardly ever hear anybody say anything about it. 54:25 In fact, most people read the Scripture in the book 54:28 of Revelation and never know that there's a beast there. 54:32 It's found in the 11th chapter of Revelation. 54:37 In the 11th chapter of Revelation is the beast that is. 54:43 The other has not yet come. 54:46 When he comes he must continue a short time. 54:51 So folks, what I'm trying to take you step by step 54:54 is I'm trying to take you down through time. 54:58 I'm trying to show you any way you want to look at it, 55:02 folks: we're down at the end. 55:06 You have to recognize that we're at the end. 55:10 There's not a lot of time left. 55:13 I can tell you tonight: God's Word has not failed. 55:20 It's been fulfilled with absolute accuracy. 55:24 It won't fail tonight. 55:27 And as we study God's Word from night to night 55:30 we're going to move right on down and we're going to see 55:33 exactly where we are in history 55:36 and what's happening and what's taking place. 55:41 The thing that you and I want to make sure is 55:46 that our eyes are open. That we aren't shutting our eyes. 55:52 We aren't saying: "Oh, I don't want to know that. " 55:55 'I don't want to see that. " 55:57 We want to say: "Lord, open my eyes 56:01 that I may see. " 56:07 Open my eyes 56:11 that I may see 56:17 glimpses of truth 56:21 Thou hast for me. 56:28 Place in my hand 56:32 the wonderful key 56:38 that shall unclasp 56:43 and set me free. 56:50 Silently now 56:54 I wait for Thee; 57:01 ready, my God, 57:05 Thy will to see. 57:11 Open my eyes, 57:17 illumine me... 57:24 Spirit 57:29 Divine. 57:38 Let us pray: Father, tonight 57:43 as we have moved into the book of Revelation 57:48 Lord, help us that we may understand where we are. 57:54 But, Lord, it's not enough. 57:58 We may know where we are 58:01 but if we don't know Jesus 58:04 we've missed everything. 58:07 May each of us not just understand the Scripture 58:12 and understand what's taking place 58:16 but may we take hold of Jesus Christ 58:19 and in Him find life eternal. |
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