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00:02 THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU
00:03 BY THE FRIENDS OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 00:08 KNOWN AS A BROOD PARASITE, 00:10 THE COMMON CUCKOO BIRD LAYS HER EGGS 00:12 IN THE NEST OF SMALLER BIRD SPECIES 00:14 LIKE A REED WARBLER. 00:16 ONCE A CUCKOO'S EGG HAS BEEN LAID 00:19 WHICH TENDS TO MATCH THE HOST EGG 00:20 IN PATTERN AND COLOR, 00:22 THE UNSUSPECTING LITTLE MOTHERS INCUBATE, 00:24 FEED, AND RAISE THE YOUNG IMPOSTER, 00:26 TYPICALLY AT THE EXPENSE OF THEIR OWN OFFSPRING. 00:29 ONE OF THE TRAGEDIES OF NATURE 00:31 IS TO WATCH A LITTLE REED WARBLER 00:33 AND ITS MATE NEARLY WORK THEMSELVES TO DEATH 00:36 TO SATISFY THE VORACIOUS HUNGER OF A FAT LITTLE CUCKOO CHICK. 00:40 WHILE THEIR OWN STARVING YOUNG ARE CROWDED OUT OF THE NEST. 00:43 MANY DON'T REALIZE 00:45 THAT THE DEVIL HAS LAID A DECEPTIVE EGG 00:47 IN THE CHURCH, THAT'S BEEN HATCHED, 00:49 ADOPTED AND FED 00:51 UNTIL IT'S GROWN BIGGER THAN LIFE. 00:53 JESUS WARNED US ABOUT THIS. 00:55 BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS COUNTERFEIT 00:58 AND HOW DOES IT AFFECT YOU? 01:00 SO JOIN ME NOW AS WE UNRAVEL THIS MYSTERY. 01:07 WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING, TONIGHT, 01:09 ABOUT A VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT. 01:10 THE TITLE OF THE PRESENTATION IS CALLED "THE WOMAN OF LIGHT," 01:15 AND IT'S BASED UPON A WOMAN 01:17 THAT APPEARS IN REVELATION CHAPTER 12. 01:21 AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE TITLE 01:23 A LITTLE BETTER AS WE PROCEED. 01:25 BUT I THOUGHT I'D TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY 01:27 THAT MAY SEGUE WELL WITH THIS STUDY TONIGHT. 01:31 I'VE MADE A FEW TRIPS TO INDIA, PASTOR ROSS HAS BEEN TO INDIA. 01:34 AMAZING FACTS HAS A SCHOOL, 01:35 AN EVANGELISM TRAINING SCHOOL IN INDIA. 01:37 AND I REMEMBER HEARING THE STORY ABOUT A WOMAN, 01:40 37 YEARS OLD, THAT WAS BATHING SOME CLOTHES, 01:45 WASHING SOME CLOTHES AND SOME DISHES THERE 01:47 BY THE RIVER... A LOT OF POOR PEOPLE... 01:49 INDIA HAS BECOME VERY MODERN, 01:51 BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF VERY POOR PEOPLE THERE 01:54 AND THEY'D NEVER KNOWN OF CROCODILES 01:57 ON THIS PARTICULAR RIVER, 01:58 BUT OUT OF NOWHERE 02:00 THIS HUGE SALTWATER CROCODILE LUNGED OUT OF THE RIVER AT HER, 02:04 AS SHE WAS DOING THE WASHING THERE, 02:07 AND GRABBED HER BY THE LEG 02:09 AND STARTED TO DRAG HER OFF INTO THE RIVER. 02:11 AND IT WAS BIG ENOUGH TO EASILY HAVE DEVOURED HER. 02:15 ALL KINDS OF THINGS WERE GOING THROUGH HER MIND 02:17 AND IT'S AMAZING HOW QUICKLY YOUR MIND WORKS 02:19 IN A TERRIFIED MOMENT LIKE THAT, 02:21 JUST FAMILY AND CHILDREN 02:22 AND SHE REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO BE SOME REPTILE'S LUNCH. 02:27 AND THEN, AS HE WAS PULLING HER OFF 02:29 THE BANK INTO THE RIVER, IT OCCURRED TO HER 02:31 SHE HAD NEVER LET GO OF THE ALUMINUM POT 02:33 THAT SHE HAD BEEN WASHING. 02:35 IN HER TERROR SHE JUST GRIPPED IT 02:37 AND SHE TOOK THE THING 02:38 AND BEGAN TO THUMP THE CROCODILE ON THE HEAD 02:41 AND ABOUT THE EYES, 02:43 AND I GUESS SHE WALLOPED HIM PRETTY GOOD, HE LET GO. 02:47 REVELATION CHAPTER 12 TALKS ABOUT A LARGE REPTILE 02:51 THAT IS A MAN-EATER. 02:54 AND IF YOU GO WITH ME IN YOUR BIBLES, 02:55 WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN READING ABOUT THIS, 02:59 AND YOU FIND IT IN CHAPTER 12, VERSE 1. 03:02 AND THIS IS OUR FIRST QUESTION IN OUR STUDY. 03:04 HOW DOES REVELATION PICTURE GOD'S TRUE CHURCH? 03:08 WE TALKED ABOUT THIS COUNTERFEIT CHURCH 03:10 CALLED BABYLON IN CHAPTER 17. 03:13 I KNOW WE'RE DOING THINGS A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER. 03:14 NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT CHAPTER 12, 03:17 AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW IS THE TRUE CHURCH PICTURED? 03:20 YOU READ THERE IN VERSE 1, 03:22 "A WOMAN IS SEEN CLOTHED WITH THE SUN, 03:26 AND THE MOON UNDER HER FEET, 03:27 AND UPON HER HEAD A CROWN OF TWELVE STARS." 03:30 NOW, BEFORE I GO ANY FARTHER, 03:32 THAT'S WHY SHE'S CALLED "CLOTHED WITH LIGHT." 03:35 THERE ARE THREE NATURAL FORMS OF LIGHT 03:37 THAT YOU FIND IN GENESIS. 03:38 GOD MADE THE SUN, AND HE MADE THE MOON, 03:40 AND HE MADE THE STARS, 03:42 AND THEY ILLUMINATE THE EARTH. 03:44 GOD SAID TO THE CHURCH, 03:46 "YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. 03:47 LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN 03:49 THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS 03:51 AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN." 03:53 THAT'S MATTHEW CHAPTER 5, OF COURSE. 03:55 SO THIS IS A WOMAN WHO IS CLOTHED WITH LIGHT 03:57 FROM THE STARS, TO THE SUN, TO THE MOON. 04:01 WHAT DO THEY REPRESENT? 04:02 THE MOON HAS NO LIGHT OF ITS OWN, 04:05 IT REFLECTS THE LIGHT OF THE SUN 04:06 THAT IS GOING TO RISE. 04:09 THE MOON IS LIKE THE OLD TESTAMENT, 04:11 FULL OF LIGHT 04:13 BUT IT'S THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH THE WOMAN STANDS, 04:16 BUT SHE'S ACTUALLY WEARING THE SUN. 04:19 BIBLE TELLS US IN MALACHI CHAPTER 4, 04:22 TALKING ABOUT CHRIST, "THE SON OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 04:25 WHO WILL ARISE WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS." 04:27 IT'S ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE CHRIST 04:28 IS SORT OF COMPARED TO THE SUN, 04:30 THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE SUN. 04:32 WHEN JESUS WAS TRANSFIGURED ON THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION 04:36 IN MARK CHAPTER 9, 04:38 IT SAYS HE WAS SHINING LIKE THE SUN, 04:40 BRIGHTER THAN ANY LAUNDRY SOAP CAN MAKE YOU, 04:43 STARS ABOVE THE HEAD, IT REPRESENTS THE LEADERSHIP, 04:47 THERE'S 12 STARS. 04:49 AND JESUS, OF COURSE, THERE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 04:51 YOU'VE GOT THE 12 PATRIARCHS, INCLUDING SAMUEL. 04:55 MOST PEOPLE COUNT 12 JUDGES. 04:57 MOSES HAD 12 PRINCES, 04:59 AND NEW TESTAMENT YOU'VE GOT 12 WHAT? 05:01 TWELVE APOSTLES THAT JESUS PICKS. 05:04 I TOLD YOU, THAT NUMBER MUST HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT 05:05 BECAUSE THEY REPLACED JUDAS 05:07 AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS POURED OUT. 05:09 AND ABOVE THE HEAD IS SYMBOL OF LEADERSHIP, 05:11 IT'S WHERE THE HEAD IS, IT'S GUIDANCE, 05:13 SO IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE FOUNDATION 05:15 OF THE OLD TESTAMENT SHINING WITH THE REALITY OF CHRIST, 05:18 THE NEW TESTAMENT, 05:19 THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CHURCH AND THROUGH THIS, 05:23 GOD LETS HIS LIGHT SHINE INTO THE WORLD. 05:26 BUT SOMETHING ELSE THAT PEOPLE OFTEN MISS. 05:29 "SHE BEING WITH CHILD CRIED, 05:31 TRAVAILING IN BIRTH, 05:33 AND PAINED TO BE DELIVERED." 05:35 SHE IS PREGNANT AND ABOUT TO HAVE A BABY 05:40 AND GOING THROUGH THE LABOR PAINS, 05:42 AND THIS IS WHEN THE DRAGON IS TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE. 05:45 NOW, AS WE READ ON 05:47 AND THEN I'M GOING TO BACK UP TO THIS VERSE. 05:49 WHAT ABOUT HER CHILD THAT WE LEARN? 05:50 I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WHO THIS CHILD IS. 05:53 "SHE BROUGHT FORTH A MAN CHILD, 05:55 WHO WAS TO RULE ALL NATIONS WITH A ROD OF IRON." 05:58 WHO IS THE MAN CHILD? 06:01 WELL, IT TELLS US HER CHILD 06:03 IS CAUGHT UP UNTO GOD AND HIS THRONE. 06:05 CHRIST ASCENDED UP TO HEAVEN TO GOD ON THE THRONE. 06:07 SO THE MAN CHILD IS GOD. 06:09 SO WHAT DOES A WOMAN REPRESENT? 06:12 CHURCH. 06:13 IT SAYS, "I HAVE LIKENED THE DAUGHTER OF ZION 06:15 TO A DELICATE AND A COMELY WOMAN." 06:17 PAUL SAYS, "HUSBANDS LOVE YOUR WIVES 06:19 AS CHRIST LOVES THE CHURCH." 06:21 A WOMAN IS OFTEN COMPARED TO A CHURCH. 06:23 THIS WOMAN IN CHAPTER 12, SUN, MOON, STARS, 06:26 THE DRAGON HATES HER, SHE MUST BE A GOOD CHURCH. 06:30 THE VERY FACT THAT DRAGON HATES HER 06:32 IS A GOOD SIGN, RIGHT? 06:34 THE WOMAN IN REVELATION 17, 06:36 SHE'S RIDING ALONG WITH THE DRAGON, 06:38 THEY'RE IN COOPERATION. 06:41 AGAIN, ISAIAH 51:16, "SAY UNTO ZION, 06:44 'THOU ART MY PEOPLE.'" 06:46 OFTEN, IN THE BIBLE, 06:47 GOD CALLS HIS CHURCH HIS PEOPLE, HIS BRIDE. 06:50 NOW, JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW, IN CASE YOU EVER SEE THIS, 06:53 SOME PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, THE WOMAN IN REVELATION 12 06:55 WHO BRINGS FORTH THE MAN CHILD, 06:57 WELL, THAT MUST BE MARY, RIGHT?" 06:59 AND YOU'LL OFTEN SEE, IN A NUMBER OF CHURCHES, 07:02 YOU'LL SEE PICTURES OF MARY. 07:03 I'VE GOT A SAMPLE OF ONE RIGHT HERE, 07:05 WHERE SHE'S GOT 12 STARS ABOVE HER HEAD 07:07 AND SHE'S STANDING ON THE MOON. 07:09 HAVE YOU SEEN THAT BEFORE? 07:10 THEY GET THAT IDEA FROM REVELATION 12, 07:13 BUT THE WOMAN IN REVELATION 12 IS NOT MARY. 07:15 IT IS TRUE THAT MARY IS THE MOTHER OF JESUS, 07:20 BUT YOU READ ON IN THE CHAPTER AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE DRAGON 07:23 CHASING THE WOMAN THROUGH THE WILDERNESS. 07:25 WELL, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THE APOSTLE JOHN 07:28 TOOK MARY IN AND SHE STAYED WITH HIM 07:30 AND SHE DIED IN ANTIOCH, 07:31 THAT'S WHAT CHURCH HISTORY SAID. 07:32 THERE WAS JUST NO EFFORT OF THE DEVIL 07:34 CHASING HER THROUGH THE WILDERNESS 07:35 AND THE EARTH OPENING ITS GROUND, 07:37 AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE VISION, 07:39 IT'S OBVIOUSLY A SYMBOL OF A WOMAN, 07:42 THE CHURCH, JUST LIKE REVELATION 17 IS SYMBOLIC. 07:46 WHO IS THE GREAT RED DRAGON 07:48 THAT WANTS TO DESTROY HER AND HER MAN CHILD? 07:51 AND WHAT DOES HE TRY TO DO? 07:53 YOU LOOK IN VERSE 9, 07:54 "AND THE GREAT DRAGON WAS CAST OUT," 07:56 CALLED "THAT OLD SERPENT, THE DEVIL AND SATAN." 07:59 NOW, CAN A FIVE YEAR OLD UNDERSTAND THAT VERSE? 08:04 THAT IS SO SIMPLE. 08:05 I MEAN, THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT WHO THE DRAGON IS, DEVIL, 08:09 SATAN, SERPENT ALL IN ONE VERSE. 08:11 THE BAD GUY, THE ARCHFIEND, THE VILLAIN, THE DEVIL, 08:15 CONSUMMATE EVIL, THE DARK SIDE. 08:18 I MEAN, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF TERMS 08:20 THAT YOU CAN FIND FOR HIM. 08:21 HE IS THE EMBODIMENT OF EVIL, THE FIRST REBEL. 08:25 "AND THE DRAGON STOOD BEFORE THE WOMAN, 08:27 WHICH WAS READY TO BE DELIVERED 08:29 TO DEVOUR HER CHILD AS SOON AS IT WAS BORN." 08:31 I THINK I TOLD YOU EARLIER, 08:33 THREE TIMES IN THE BIBLE 08:35 THE DEVIL HAS MADE AN EFFORT 08:36 TO ANNIHILATE ALL OF THESE CHILDREN 08:42 THAT HE WAS SUSPICIOUS 08:44 THE MESSIAH WAS GOING TO COME THROUGH. 08:45 HE HAD ALL THE BABY BOYS IN ISRAEL THROWN IN THE RIVER, 08:49 NOT THE GIRLS, THE BOYS, 08:50 BECAUSE THEY KNEW THE MESSIAH 08:52 WAS GOING TO BE THE PROMISED SEED. 08:54 THEN, ATHALIAH TRIED TO KILL ALL THE DESCENDENTS OF DAVID, 08:57 BECAUSE THE DEVIL HEARD THE PROPHECY 08:59 THAT THE MESSIAH WOULD COME THROUGH DAVID. 09:01 AND THEN WHEN JESUS WAS A BABY, 09:03 THE DEVIL TRIED TO USE THE ROMAN POWER 09:05 AND KING HEROD KILLED ALL THE BABIES IN BETHLEHEM 09:08 RIGHT AFTER JOSEPH AND MARY FLED. 09:12 THEY JUST ESCAPED INTO EGYPT. 09:14 ALL RIGHT, WHAT HAPPENS, THIRD QUESTION, 09:18 AFTER SATAN FALLS, 09:19 FAILS RATHER TO DESTROY JESUS AS A BABY? 09:22 CHRIST ESCAPES. 09:24 IT SAYS, "HER CHILD WAS CAUGHT UP 09:25 TO GOD AND HIS THRONE." 09:27 THE DEVIL COULD NO LONGER REACH CHRIST 09:29 AFTER JESUS COMPLETED HIS MISSION, 09:32 HE LIVED THIRTY THREE AND A HALF YEARS 09:33 OF PERFECT LIFE. 09:34 HE TAUGHT PUBLICLY FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS 09:37 FROM HIS BAPTISM AT 30 YEARS OF AGE, 09:40 PERFORMED MIRACLES, TAUGHT THE GOSPEL, 09:41 ULTIMATELY DIED FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD, 09:44 ROSE THE THIRD DAY, ASCENDED TO HEAVEN, 09:46 AND HE HAS BEEN OUT OF THE DEVIL'S REACH 09:48 BECAUSE JESUS IS IN HEAVEN, RIGHT? 09:51 SATAN WAS CAST OUT OF HEAVEN, 09:53 HE CAN'T REACH HIM. 09:54 OF COURSE, HE'S GOT HIS DIVINE BODY NOW. 09:56 HE'S NOT VULNERABLE ANYMORE, AS HE WAS WHEN HE WAS A MAN. 10:01 SO, WHEN THE DEVIL CAN'T REACH CHRIST 10:03 AND HE WANTS TO HURT CHRIST, WHAT DOES HE DO? 10:06 GO AFTER WHAT JESUS LOVES. 10:09 DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS. 10:10 WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT 10:12 WITH THE REST OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 10:14 NO, THE BIBLE NEVER SAYS THAT EVE ATE AN APPLE, 10:18 NOR DOES IT SAY THAT THREE WISE MEN 10:20 CAME TO SEE JESUS IN THE MANGER. 10:23 NEITHER DOES THE BIBLE SAY THAT GOD MADE A DEVIL. 10:26 SO HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR BIBLE, 10:29 AND WHAT DOES IT REALLY SAY ABOUT HEAVEN AND HELL, 10:32 THE ORIGIN OF THE DEVIL AND THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. 10:35 THERE ARE SO MANY COMMON MISUNDERSTANDINGS 10:38 ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD. 10:39 THAT'S WHY AMAZING FACTS WANTS TO SEND YOU 10:42 A SPECIAL FREE RESOURCE CALLED THE HIDDEN TRUTH MAGAZINE. 10:46 IT WILL EXPOSE SOME OF THE MOST COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS 10:49 ABOUT THE BIBLE. 10:50 IT'S PACKED WITH COLORFUL GRAPHICS, 10:52 FASCINATING FACTS AND COMPELLING BIBLE TRUTHS 10:55 THAT PRESENT SEVEN 10:56 OF THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD BIBLE SUBJECTS 10:59 IN A DIRECT AND CAPTIVATING WAY. 11:01 I GUARANTEE IT WILL BECOME 11:02 ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE WITNESSING TOOLS. 11:04 TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, 11:06 CALL THE PHONE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN 11:08 AND ASK FOR OFFER NUMBER 832, OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS. 11:12 AND AFTER YOU READ THIS INCREDIBLE RESOURCE, 11:14 BE SURE AND SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. 11:16 LET'S RETURN NOW TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION 11:18 AND LEARN SOME MORE AMAZING FACTS 11:21 FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 11:23 FOURTH QUESTION. 11:24 AFTER JESUS WAS CAUGHT UP TO HEAVEN, 11:27 WHAT DID SATAN DO TO THE CHURCH? 11:30 IT SAYS, "WHEN THE DRAGON SAW THAT HE WAS CAST TO THE EARTH, 11:32 HE PERSECUTED THE WOMAN 11:34 THAT BROUGHT FORTH THE MAN CHILD." 11:36 AGAIN, CAN THAT BE MISUNDERSTOOD? 11:38 THE DEVIL PERSECUTED THE WOMAN. 11:41 AND HAVE WE SEEN THAT THROUGH HISTORY? 11:43 NOT ONLY DO WE KNOW THAT IT HAPPENED IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE 11:46 IN A VERY STRONG SENSE. 11:47 FIRST OF ALL, IT STARTED WITH THE JEWISH CHURCH, 11:51 NOT ALL THE JEWS BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, 11:54 THE EARLY CHURCH WAS ALL JEWISH. 11:56 THE APOSTLES WERE JEWISH, 11:57 THE NEW TESTAMENT WAS WRITTEN LARGELY BY JEWS, 11:59 BUT THERE WERE SOME RELIGIOUS LEADERS 12:01 THAT HATED JESUS. 12:02 SOME LOVED HIM LIKE NICODEMUS, LIKE JOSEPH. 12:04 THERE WERE SOME GOOD RELIGIOUS LEADERS 12:06 AND THERE WERE SOME BAD RELIGIOUS LEADERS. 12:09 UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE IN POWER BEGAN TO REALLY PERSECUTE. 12:12 READ IN ACTS CHAPTER 7, IT SAYS, STEPHEN WAS STONED, 12:17 THE SUPREME COURT OF THE JEWISH NATION 12:19 BASICALLY PLUGGED THEIR EARS 12:20 WHEN STEPHEN PREACHED THE GOSPEL. 12:22 PAUL WAS AN ACCESSORY TO THE MURDER OF STEPHEN. 12:25 PAUL, THEN, WENT BREATHING THREATENINGS AND SLAUGHTER, 12:28 AND HE WENT FROM CHURCH TO CHURCH TAKING MEN AND WOMEN, 12:31 PUTTING THEM IN JAIL AND THEN KILLING. 12:35 SO IT STARTED THERE, 12:36 BUT THEN THE JEWS ENCOURAGED THE ROMANS TO DO IT. 12:39 SAME THING THEY DID WITH JESUS. 12:41 THE JEWS WENT TO PILATE, THE ROMAN GOVERNOR, 12:43 TO GET THE DEATH DECREE. 12:45 AND DO YOU REALIZE 12:46 THAT THERE WERE SOME JEWISH ENEMIES OF PAUL 12:49 THAT WENT ALL THE WAY TO ROME TO ACCUSE PAUL BEFORE NERO. 12:53 I MEAN, THEY WERE REALLY UPSET BECAUSE, YOU KNOW WHY? 12:57 ALL AROUND THE ROMAN EMPIRE 12:59 WHERE THE JEWS HAD CHURCHES AND SYNAGOGUES, 13:01 CHRISTIANS WERE LEARNING 13:03 WHAT THE SCRIPTURES REALLY TAUGHT, 13:04 AND MANY IN THE SYNAGOGUES, 13:05 SOMETIMES WHOLE SYNAGOGUES WERE TURNING TO CHRIST. 13:08 YOU CAN READ ABOUT THAT ALL THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS. 13:10 AND SO, SOME OF THE ONES 13:12 WHO DID NOT WANT TO ACCEPT JESUS, 13:13 THEY BECAME VICIOUS. 13:16 AND SO, WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE JEWS, 13:17 THERE WERE GOOD BELIEVING JEWS, 13:19 AND THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE AMBIVALENT, 13:20 AND SOME THAT WERE VERY UNKIND. 13:23 AND SO, THEN IT WENT, 13:25 IT TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE ROMANS. 13:28 NOW, YOU HAVE TO KNOW A LITTLE HISTORY. 13:31 AT THE SAME TIME THE JEWS 13:32 WERE VERY THREATENED WITH THE CHRISTIANS, 13:33 THEY ALSO WERE VERY ANGRY WITH THE ROMANS 13:35 FOR OCCUPYING THEIR COUNTRY. 13:37 AT ABOUT 68-69 AD, 13:40 THEY REBELLED AGAINST THE ROMANS. 13:42 THERE WAS A BIG REVOLT AND A WAR BROKE OUT 13:45 BETWEEN THE ROMANS AND THE JEWS. 13:47 FINALLY WHEN THEY COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE, 13:49 THE ROMANS ATTACKED JERUSALEM, THEY SLAUGHTERED THE CITY, 13:52 THE JEWISH RELIGION WAS FORBIDDEN. 13:55 AND, BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE JEWS 13:58 AND THE CHRISTIANS, THEY READ THE SAME BIBLE, 14:00 THEY HAD A LOT OF THE SAME PRACTICES 14:02 AND TEACHINGS, 14:03 THEY BELIEVED IN ONE GOD. 14:05 CHRISTIANITY WAS OUTLAWED AT THE SAME TIME. 14:09 SO THE JEWS AND CHRISTIANS 14:10 WERE ALL SORT OF LUMPED TOGETHER. 14:12 AND THEN THE ROMANS BEGAN TO PERSECUTE JEWS 14:15 AND CHRISTIANS TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM. 14:17 AND YOU'VE ALL HEARD THE STORIES 14:18 ABOUT CHRISTIANS THAT WERE TOLD, 14:19 "YOU EITHER PRAY TO THESE IDOLS OR YOU'LL BE KILLED." 14:23 "YOU EITHER SAY THAT CAESAR'S A GOD 14:26 OR YOU'RE GOING TO BE FED TO THE LIONS." 14:27 AND THERE WERE SOME EMPERORS, IN PARTICULAR, 14:30 THAT WERE EXTREMELY VICIOUS. 14:31 YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT NERO FIDDLING WHILE ROME BURNED 14:35 AND THEN HE BLAMED THE CHRISTIANS. 14:37 HE SAID THE CHRISTIANS EAT FLESH AND DRINK BLOOD, 14:41 TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNION SERVICE. 14:43 THEY'RE CANNIBALS, THEY GO INTO THE CATACOMBS 14:45 AND THEY'RE CANNIBALS. 14:46 AND ALL TERRIBLE RUMORS 14:48 THAT WERE NOT TRUE WERE SPREAD AROUND 14:49 AND THERE'S GREAT WRATH. 14:51 FOR THEIR ENTERTAINMENT THEY WOULD SAY, 14:53 "WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? 14:54 THIS WEEKEND, LET'S GO TO THE COLISEUM 14:56 AND WATCH THE CHRISTIANS GET SLAUGHTERED 14:58 BY THE GLADIATORS AND THE LIONS AND BURNT ALIVE." 15:01 AND THERE WERE YEARS 15:02 AND YEARS OF TERRIBLE PERSECUTION. 15:04 DIOCLETIAN WAS ONE EMPEROR THAT WAS EXTREMELY VICIOUS 15:08 AND FOR 10 YEARS, 15:09 IT TALKS ABOUT THIS IN REVELATION, 15:11 GREAT TRIBULATION, FROM 303 TO 313, 15:15 WHERE THEY TRIED TO ANNIHILATE CHRISTIANS. 15:17 BUT TERTULLIAN, THE EARLY CHURCH FATHER, 15:20 HE SAID, "IT SEEMS AS THOUGH 15:23 THE BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS IS SEED." 15:26 THE MORE THEY MOWED DOWN THE CHRISTIANS, 15:28 IT'S LIKE TRYING TO GET RID OF WEEDS BY MOWING THEM, 15:30 JUST SPREADS THE SEED AND THEY GREW. 15:35 WHAT ARE TWO OTHER IDENTIFYING CHARACTERIZING MARKS 15:37 OF GOD'S TRUE CHURCH? 15:40 REVELATION 12:17, "THE DRAGON WAS WROTH WITH THE WOMAN, 15:43 AND WENT TO MAKE WAR WITH THE REMNANT" 15:46 THAT MEANS THE REMAINDER "OF HER SEED." 15:48 HER DESCENDANTS. 15:49 AND ONE OF THE TWO MOST OUTSTANDING CHARACTERISTICS, 15:52 "WHICH KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, 15:54 AND HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS." 15:56 I BELIEVE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, GOD HAD A PEOPLE. 15:59 DID HE HAVE A SPECIFIC PEOPLE? 16:01 WHO WERE THEY? 16:02 ISRAELITES, JEWS. 16:04 WERE THEY ALWAYS FAITHFUL? 16:06 WHAT MADE THEM GOD'S PEOPLE? 16:08 PAUL TELLS US GOD HAS COMMITTED THE ORACLES OF TRUTH 16:13 TO THE JEWS, THE BIBLE, THE SCRIPTURES, 16:15 THEY HAD THE SCRIPTURES. 16:16 JESUS IS TALKING TO THE WOMAN AT THE WELL, SHE'S SAYING, 16:19 "SHOULD WE WORSHIP IN GERIZIM OR SHOULD WE BE IN JERUSALEM? 16:23 IS IT THE SAMARITANS? IS IT THE JEWS?' 16:25 JESUS SAID, "LET ME SETTLE THIS FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. 16:27 "SALVATION IS OF THE JEWS." 16:31 IT IS THE JEWISH BOOK GOD GAVE THEM THE TRUTH. 16:34 IT IS THE BIBLE, THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY, 16:35 IT'S THROUGH THE WORD, IT'S THROUGH CHRIST. 16:38 THERE ARE... 16:39 NOW, GOD'S PEOPLE WERE THE JEWS, 16:41 BUT WERE ONLY JEWS SAVED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT? 16:44 DID GOD HAVE NAAMAN THE LEPER? 16:46 DID GOD HAVE... 16:47 WAS ELIJAH SENT TO A CANAANITE WOMAN? 16:50 GOD HAS PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD, 16:51 BUT HE HAD A SPECIAL GROUP 16:53 THAT HE CHOSE TO BE THE GUARDIANS OF TRUTH. 16:57 IT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYONE IN THE GROUP, 16:58 BECAUSE A LOT OF ISRAELITES WERE UNFAITHFUL, 17:00 A LOT WERE FAITHFUL, 17:02 BUT THEY HAD THE SCRIPTURES. 17:04 HOW ABOUT NEW TESTAMENT TIMES? 17:06 DOES GOD HAVE A GROUP OR IS IT KIND OF JUST, 17:08 YOU KNOW, EENEY, MEENEY, MINEY, MOE? 17:11 DOES HE HAVE A MOVEMENT THAT HE'S WORKING THROUGH? 17:13 HAS HE COMMITTED TRUTH TO ANYBODY 17:15 OR DO WE ALL JUST KIND OF FLIP THROUGH THE YELLOW PAGES? 17:18 ONE OF THE LAST THINGS IT SAYS IN MALACHI, 17:21 "REMEMBER THE LAW OF MOSES... 17:23 BEHOLD, I WILL SEND YOU ELIJAH THE PROPHET." 17:24 THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS. 17:28 AND WHEN YOU READ IN REVELATION CHAPTER 12, IT SAYS, 17:30 "THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS." 17:33 WHAT IS THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS? 17:35 I'VE JUST GIVEN YOU THIS FREE. 17:37 GO TO REVELATION 19:10, THE ANGEL TELLS JOHN, 17:40 THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY, 17:43 THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS. 17:46 "BIND UP THE TESTIMONY, 17:47 SEAL THE LAW AMONG MY DISCIPLES." 17:50 JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD 17:51 AND HE DECLARED UNTO THEM FROM THE LAW 17:53 AND THE PROPHETS THAT HE WAS THE MESSIAH." 17:55 THAT'S THE WORD OF GOD. 17:56 SO ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS 17:58 IS GOD'S PEOPLE IN THE LAST DAYS 17:59 ARE GOING TO BE A BIBLE-BASED PEOPLE. 18:01 THEY'RE GOING TO BE ROOTED IN THE WORD. 18:03 AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO FIND WHERE TO GO. 18:06 SO, NOW, TO ALSO BETTER UNDERSTAND 18:08 WHO THIS GROUP IS, 18:10 IF YOU JUMP TO REVELATION 14, THERE ARE THREE MESSAGES 18:14 THAT GO TO THE WORLD JUST BEFORE JESUS COMES, 18:16 BETTER KNOWN AS THE THREE ANGELS' MESSAGES. 18:18 AND THAT'S OUR NEXT QUESTION. 18:20 IT SAYS, WHAT THREE ANGELIC MESSAGES 18:23 WILL GOD'S END-TIME CHURCH BE PREACHING? 18:25 NOW, WHEN YOU READ IN REVELATION 14, 18:27 IT SAYS THERE'S ANGEL ONE, ANGEL TWO, ANGEL THREE, 18:29 "THEN I LOOKED ON A WHITE CLOUD, 18:31 ONE COMING LIKE THE SON OF MAN." 18:33 THAT'S THE COMING OF JESUS. 18:35 ANGELS, THE WORD 'ANGEL' MEANS MESSENGER. 18:37 THREE POWERFUL MESSAGES GO TO THE WORLD IMMEDIATELY 18:40 PRIOR TO THE LORD'S COMING, 18:42 PRESENTED BY THAT REMNANT OF THE WOMAN 18:45 AT THE END OF TIME. 18:46 LOOK AT THE MESSAGES, 18:47 IT'LL HELP YOU, KIND OF NARROW DOWN, 18:50 WHAT IS THE TRUTH IN THE LAST DAYS? 18:52 FIRST MESSAGE, REVELATION 14:7, 18:55 "FEAR GOD AND GIVE GLORY TO HIM, 18:57 FOR THE HOUR OF HIS JUDGMENT IS COME." 19:00 GREAT JUDGMENT DAY IS COME. 19:02 DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A JUDGMENT 19:03 THAT TAKES PLACE BEFORE JESUS COMES? 19:05 YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNEW THAT 19:07 BECAUSE, DOES THE LORD KNOW WHO IS SAVED 19:09 AND WHO IS LOST WHEN HE COMES? 19:12 ARE SOME GOING TO BE CAUGHT UP AND SOME ARE NOT? 19:15 DOES THAT MEAN 19:16 SOME INVESTIGATION TAKES PLACE BEFORE HE COMES? 19:20 AND SO THERE IS A TIME OF INVESTIGATION 19:22 PRIOR TO THE SECOND COMING THAT TAKES PLACE. 19:25 IT'S A WARNING, GET READY, CHRIST IS COMING. 19:27 THE HOUR OF HIS JUDGMENT IS COME. 19:29 THIS IS THE IMMINENT RETURN OF THE LORD. 19:31 AND THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY, "FEAR GOD, GIVE GLORY TO HIM, 19:34 THE HOUR OF HIS JUDGMENT IS COME. 19:35 AND WORSHIP HIM" 19:37 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WORSHIP "WHO MADE" 19:39 HE IS THE CREATOR 19:41 "THE HEAVEN, AND THE EARTH, AND THE SEA," 19:43 THAT IS AN EXTRACT THERE FROM THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT 19:47 THAT YOU FIND IN EXODUS 20:8 THROUGH 11. 19:52 REMEMBERING TO WORSHIP THE CREATOR, 19:54 AND THIS IS ALMOST WORD FOR WORD 19:55 OUT OF THAT COMMANDMENT. 19:56 THEY'RE PEOPLE WHO HAVE RETURNED TO THIS LAW 19:59 THAT'S BEEN LARGELY FORGOTTEN. 20:00 THEY'VE RESTORED THE BREACH. 20:03 AND THEN YOU READ IN REVELATION 14:8, 20:05 NOW YOU GET TO ANOTHER ANGEL, SECOND ANGEL THAT SAYS, 20:09 "BABYLON IS FALLEN, IS FALLEN, THAT GREAT CITY, 20:15 BECAUSE SHE" THAT'S THAT OTHER WOMAN 20:18 "HAS MADE ALL NATIONS 20:19 DRINK THE WINE OF THE WRATH OF HER FORNICATION." 20:22 IS BABYLON TALKING ABOUT ANCIENT BABYLON BEING REBUILT? 20:26 YOU KNOW, NEBUCHADNEZZAR, NOT NEBUCHADNEZZAR, 20:27 WHAT'S HIS NAME? 20:28 SADDAM HUSSEIN WANTED TO REBUILD ANCIENT BABYLON, 20:30 AND HE FANCIED HIMSELF 20:31 AS THE REINCARNATION OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR. 20:34 BUT THE PROPHECY IN ISAIAH 13 SAYS BABYLON 20:37 WOULD NEVER BE REBUILT, ANCIENT BABYLON. 20:39 YOU CAN READ IT THERE, "BABYLON, 20:40 THE GLORY OF THE KINGDOMS, 20:41 THE BEAUTY OF THE CHALDEANS' PRIDE, 20:43 WILL BE AS WHEN GOD OVERTHREW SODOM AND GOMORRAH. 20:47 IT WILL NEVER BE INHABITED, 20:49 NOR WILL IT BE SETTLED FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION." 20:52 AND IT NEVER HAS BEEN. 20:54 SADDAM TRIED TO REBUILD THE ANCIENT RUINS OF BABYLON 20:57 AND THEN THE TWO IRAQ WARS BROKE OUT 21:00 AND THAT WAS ABANDONED. 21:02 SO WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT BABYLON, 21:03 IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST, 21:05 IT'S TALKING ABOUT SPIRITUAL BABYLON. 21:07 AND EVEN PETER TALKED ABOUT THAT WHEN HE SAID, 21:11 THAT YOUR BRETHREN IN BABYLON GREET YOU. 21:13 HE WASN'T TALKING ABOUT MESOPOTAMIA, 21:14 HE MEANT THE CHRISTIANS IN ROME. 21:17 THEY CALLED ROME BABYLON EVEN IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. 21:20 SO WE SHOULDN'T MISS THAT. 21:22 "THIRD ANGEL FOLLOWED SAYING WITH A LOUD VOICE, 21:24 'IF ANY MAN WORSHIPS THE BEAST AND HIS IMAGE, 21:27 AND RECEIVES OF HIS MARK IN HIS FOREHEAD OR HIS HAND, 21:31 THE SAME WILL DRINK THE WINE OF THE WRATH OF GOD, 21:35 WHICH IS POURED OUT WITHOUT MIXTURE 21:37 INTO THE CUP OF HIS INDIGNATION." 21:39 AND SO, THIS IS A PRETTY FEARFUL WARNING. 21:41 THE THIRD ANGEL IS A WARNING 21:43 NOT TO BE RECEIVING THE MARK OF THE BEAST. 21:47 TO WHOM WILL GOD'S CHURCH PREACH THESE MESSAGES 21:49 IN THE LAST DAYS? 21:50 HOW FAR DOES IT GO? 21:52 IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT, 21:54 "HAVING THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL TO PREACH UNTO THEM 21:56 THAT DWELL ON THE EARTH, 21:58 TO EVERY TRIBE, NATION, TONGUE, AND PEOPLE." 22:01 THIS MESSAGE IS NOT TO JUST GO TO ISRAEL, 22:03 IT'S TO GO GLOBALLY. 22:04 CHRIST SAID, "GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD 22:07 AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE," RIGHT? 22:10 SO THIS IS GOING TO BE AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT. 22:13 NOW MANY DENOMINATIONS CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIAN. 22:15 DOES THAT MAKE THEM GOD'S TRUE CHURCH? 22:18 THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD CHRISTIANS 22:19 IN DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. 22:21 BUT I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS COMMITTED 22:23 THE ORACLES OF TRUTH TO A GROUP THAT IS ORGANIZED, 22:28 THAT GOD IS CALLING PEOPLE INTO AS WE NEAR THE END OF TIME. 22:31 AND YOU MIGHT SAY, "OH, BUT PASTOR DOUG, 22:33 I KNEW SOMEBODY THAT WAS PART OF YOUR CHURCH 22:34 AND THEY WERE KIND OF KOOKY." 22:37 YOU'VE GOT THAT IN EVERY CHURCH, RIGHT? 22:39 SO YOU DON'T LOOK AT THE PEOPLE, 22:42 YOU LOOK AT THE INGREDIENTS. 22:44 I HEARD ABOUT A RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT 22:45 THAT CAME TO NORTH AMERICA AND HE ASKED HIS FRIEND, 22:49 "WHAT DO YOU AMERICANS EAT FOR BREAKFAST?" 22:51 HE SAID, "OH, WE EAT CEREAL." 22:54 "I WANT TO BE LIKE AMERICAN." 22:55 SO HE GOES TO THE LOCAL MEGA SUPERMARKET 22:57 AND THERE HE GOES TO THE CEREAL AISLE. 23:00 YOU EVER BEEN TO THE WALMART CEREAL AISLE? 23:03 IT'S LIKE AN AIRPORT TERMINAL AND, ON BOTH SIDES, 23:07 YOU'VE GOT JUST EVERY STRIPE AND TYPE OF CEREAL. 23:10 THEY'VE GOT CEREAL WITH CARTOONS ON IT 23:12 AND THEY'VE GOT CEREAL WITH ATHLETES ON IT, 23:14 JUST ALL KINDS OF... OH, JUST. 23:16 WHY DO THEY HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS? 23:19 MARKETING FOR EVERYBODY. 23:22 CHURCHES DO THAT. 23:24 THEY SAY, "WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE SHALL WE REACH? 23:25 WHAT ARE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR? 23:27 PEOPLE WANT ENTERTAINMENT, WE'LL MAKE A CHURCH FOR THEM. 23:30 PEOPLE WANT SOCIAL LIFE, WE'LL MAKE A CHURCH FOR THEM." 23:32 YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE PICK CHURCHES? 23:34 LET ME TELL YOU THE MAIN WAYS MOST PEOPLE PICK A CHURCH. 23:38 IS IT CLOSE TO MY HOUSE? 23:41 WHERE DID MY PARENTS GO? 23:43 I WANT TO BE LIKE THEM. 23:45 IS IT A NICE BUILDING? 23:48 DO THEY HAVE A GOOD CHILDREN'S PROGRAM? 23:51 HOW IS THE MUSIC? 23:53 IS THE PASTOR CHARISMATIC, 23:55 AND INTERESTING, AND GOOD LOOKING?' 23:56 I KNOW THAT'S WHY YOU COME. 23:59 SOME PEOPLE, THAT'S HOW THEY PICK THEIR CHURCH. 24:03 DO INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE GO THERE? 24:05 THEY WANT TO GO WHERE THE UPPITY-UP PEOPLE GO, 24:09 YOU KNOW, PRESTIGIOUS CHURCH. 24:14 DO THEY HAVE A GOOD SINGLES PROGRAM? 24:18 AND I CAN'T EVEN NAME ALL THE DIFFERENT REASONS 24:19 PEOPLE PICK A CHURCH. 24:21 THOSE ARE ALL NICE THINGS TO HAVE IN A CHURCH. 24:23 WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO HAVE A CHURCH 24:24 THAT'S CLOSE TO THE HOUSE, 24:25 THAT'S WHERE YOUR FAMILY WENT, 24:26 IT'S GOT A GOOD CHILDREN'S PROGRAM, 24:28 THE PASTOR KEEPS YOU AWAKE, THEY'VE GOT GREAT MUSIC, 24:30 NICE BUILDING, GOOD FACILITY, 24:32 WE ALL WANT THOSE THINGS AND THEY'RE ALL GOOD THINGS, 24:34 BUT NONE OF THOSE ARE THE REASON 24:36 TO PICK A CHURCH. 24:38 YOU KNOW HOW I BUY CEREAL? 24:39 I IGNORE THE PICTURES. 24:42 I TURN THE BOX ON ITS SIDE AND I SAY, "WHAT'S IN IT?" 24:46 WHAT'S IN IT? 24:47 WHAT DO THEY BELIEVE? 24:49 WHAT ARE THEIR FOUNDATIONAL DOCTRINES? 24:51 JESUS WANTS US TO GO BY THE WORD. 24:53 THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE, AMEN? 24:54 AMEN. 24:55 AND SO THAT'S HOW WE MAKE A DECISION 24:57 OF WHERE WE BELONG, 24:58 BECAUSE YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD 25:00 EVERY TIME YOU GIVE YOUR OFFERINGS TO A CHURCH, 25:02 YOU'RE SUPPORTING A MESSAGE. 25:04 WHAT MESSAGE ARE YOU SUPPORTING? 25:06 ARE YOU SUPPORTING A MESSAGE OF OBEDIENCE? 25:08 OF THE SALVATION BY JESUS? 25:10 ARE YOU SUPPORTING A MESSAGE OF LEGALISM? 25:12 ARE YOU SUPPORTING A MESSAGE OF DISOBEDIENCE? 25:14 WHAT ARE YOU SUPPORTING? 25:15 YOU'RE ENDORSING IT BY YOUR ATTENDANCE. 25:18 ISAIAH CHAPTER 4, THERE'S A PROPHECY, IT SAYS, 25:21 "AND IN THAT DAY SEVEN WOMEN WILL TAKE HOLD OF ONE MAN, 25:25 SAYING, 'WE WILL EAT OUR OWN BREAD 25:27 AND WILL WEAR OUR OWN APPAREL, 25:28 BUT LET US BE CALLED BY YOUR NAME, 25:30 TO TAKE AWAY OUR REPROACH.'" 25:32 ALL THESE DIFFERENT CHURCHES LIKE SEVEN WOMEN OUT THERE. 25:34 THEY TAKE HOLD IN THE NAME OF JESUS, 25:36 BUT THEY EAT THEIR OWN BREAD, THEIR OWN BIBLE, 25:39 THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN IDEA OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. 25:41 BUT THEY WANT HIS NAME. 25:42 THEY CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS TO TAKE AWAY THEIR REPROACH. 25:45 IT'S DESCRIBING THE LAST DAYS AND THE DAUGHTERS OF BABYLON. 25:48 BUT THE BIBLE SAYS, "BABYLON IS FALLEN. 25:50 COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE." 25:54 YOU KNOW, GOD'S PEOPLE FOR YEARS 25:55 WERE CAPTURED IN BABYLON. 25:58 AND, FINALLY, WHEN BABYLON FELL 26:01 THEY WERE TOLD, "YOU CAN GO HOME." 26:02 BUT THEY BECAME SO COMFORTABLE IN BABYLON, 26:05 THEY SAID, "I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 70 YEARS, 26:07 I CAN'T LEAVE NOW, ALL MY FRIENDS ARE HERE. 26:08 I'M USED TO IT." THEY SPEAK BABYLONIAN. 26:12 AND IT WAS QUITE A STRUGGLE FOR THEM 26:14 TO COME OUT OF BABYLON. 26:16 BUT THOSE THAT CAME OUT OF BABYLON WERE BLESSED. 26:18 YOU READ THE BOOKS OF EZRA AND NEHEMIAH, 26:21 THE PROPHECIES OF HAGGAI AND MICAH, 26:24 THEY CAME OUT OF BABYLON, GOD BLESSED THEM. 26:27 THOSE WHO STAYED IN BABYLON SUFFERED. 26:30 IT SAYS IN REVELATION CHAPTER 18, 26:31 "THOSE THAT DON'T COME OUT OF BABYLON" 26:34 IT SAYS, "COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE 26:35 OR THE PLAGUES WILL FALL ON YOU." 26:39 AND SO, IN THE LAST DAYS, THERE'S A MESSAGE 26:40 THAT'S TO CALL ALL THE PEOPLE 26:42 THAT GOD HAS MIXED UP IN THESE COUNTERFEIT CONCEPTS, 26:46 BACK TO THE BIBLE, BACK TO THE MOVEMENT. 26:49 THERE'S ONLY GOING TO BE TWO GROUPS IN THE LAST DAYS. 26:51 JESUS SAID, "MANY SHEEP I HAVE THAT 26:52 ARE NOT OF THIS FOLD. 26:53 THEY WILL HEAR MY VOICE, 26:54 THERE WILL BE ONE FOLD AND ONE SHEPHERD. 26:56 AMEN? 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