Participants: Kenneth Cox
Series Code: AOT
Program Code: AOT000096
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00:12 Welcome to Anchors Of Truth from the 3ABN Worship Center.
00:17 Rise Of The Antichrist, with Kenneth Cox 00:27 We are so very, very pleased and happy to have you with us for 00:31 the beginning of what we suspect will be a very powerful 00:35 series of meetings. 00:37 Our speaker is no stranger to the 3ABN audience. 00:41 He is a preacher of long standing. 00:43 A preacher of righteousness, dare I say. 00:46 One who has spent many, many years in the service 00:50 of the Lord. 00:51 We are very, very please to have Ken Cox back with us. 00:55 And we know that we're going to get messages that have been 00:59 prayed over and have been studied, and that will be 01:04 a blessing to us. 01:07 Over the last several years he has been a featured 01:09 speaker here on 3ABN. 01:10 And when we travel the country, we always here that 01:14 there are so many who are blessed by Pastor Cox 01:18 and by his presentations as he took us through 01:21 the book of Revelation. 01:23 During this series, we go to another very prophetic book; 01:26 the book of Daniel. 01:27 And so we know that God is going to bless us in a 01:30 very, very special way. 01:31 I'm going to ask you now to bow your heads with me 01:34 as we pray, and as we prepare for the music, 01:37 and the message which is to follow. 01:40 Gracious Father, we just praise You and thank You so very much 01:44 for the privilege of serving You. 01:48 We thank You for the Word and for the power of the Word, 01:53 and for what we learn when we study the Word, 01:57 and how it impacts our lives and makes us stronger 02:00 in Christ Jesus. 02:02 And so this night, Father, we ask that You would 02:05 be with Pastor Cox. 02:07 Touch his mind as You have so many times in the past. 02:09 Touch his lips. 02:10 May the words that he brings to us be meat in due season. 02:15 But more than that, prepare our hearts; 02:18 those here in this place and those who are listening 02:22 and watching around the world. 02:25 Lord, may we receive, not only a blessing, 02:29 but many we receive information and inspiration. 02:34 And may we draw a little closer to Jesus. 02:37 May we be doers of the Word, not just hearers. 02:42 And we thank You in advance for the move of the Holy Spirit 02:46 that will be in this place this night. 02:48 In Jesus name, amen. 03:03 I lay my sins on Jesus, 03:09 the spotless Lamb of God; 03:17 He bears them all and frees us 03:25 from the accursed load, 03:32 from the accursed load. 03:39 I bring my guilt to Jesus 03:46 to wash my crimson stains 03:53 white in His blood most precious 04:00 till not a stain remains, 04:08 till not a stain remains. 04:23 I lay my wants on Jesus, 04:29 all fullness dwells in Him; 04:36 He healeth my diseases, 04:44 He doth my soul redeem, 04:51 He doth my soul redeem. 05:13 I long to be with Jesus 05:19 amid the heavenly throng 05:27 to sing with them His praises 05:34 and learn the angels' song, 05:42 and learn the angels' song. 05:50 I lay my sins on Jesus. 06:12 Amen, thank you very much brother C.A. Murray. 06:16 And welcome to Anchors Of Truth. 06:21 And I have looked forward to this tonight. 06:27 Pastor Kenneth Cox is a Bible student, 06:31 an evangelist, a pastor, a man who loves God. 06:36 I've known him for very many years. 06:39 I've had the pleasure of serving on the board of directors of 06:43 Kenneth Cox Ministries for years. 06:45 Along with Danny Shelton, who's also a member of that board. 06:48 I had the privilege of chairing the board for five years. 06:52 And I believe in the ministry of Elder Cox. 06:58 He has been all over the world. 07:00 If not physically, he has been through television and by video. 07:06 His videos preceded his use of television. 07:11 I remember years ago when Carl Branstert came from Australia 07:18 and he taped the Kenneth Cox crusade at that time. 07:24 And it was distributed all over the world. 07:29 We have seen so many tremendous results 07:34 from that ministry and from the videos that have 07:39 gone around the world. 07:41 In addition to that, Kenneth, of course, has held 07:44 hundreds literally of crusades. 07:47 There is probably not another minister in this denomination 07:53 who has held as many full-fledged evangelistic 07:56 crusades as Pastor Cox. 08:00 I remember John Carter and I talking about this one time. 08:04 And he told me, he said, "Kenneth Cox 08:08 is an evangelist's evangelist." 08:12 He is a man who loves the Lord, 08:14 who loves the message of Jesus Christ, 08:17 loves the prophecies that God has given to us. 08:21 And so tonight, he is going to be sharing with us 08:26 on a very important doctrine. 08:29 One that we've asked him to talk about; 08:31 the little horn of Daniel the seventh chapter. 08:36 We feel that this is very timely. 08:39 It's important in this time, in the history of this world, 08:43 for us to be looking at what the Bible says about this prophecy. 08:49 It's little known by many people, but those who are 08:53 Bible students know that the little horn 08:58 is a very big subject. 09:02 And so tonight we welcome to this pulpit 09:06 and to 3ABN Pastor Kenneth Cox. 09:13 Thank you, Jim. I appreciate that. 09:15 Good evening. 09:17 I'm very happy to welcome each of you back again this evening 09:22 for a series. 09:25 This series is entitled, Anchors Of Truth. 09:28 But it's a series about, The Rise of the Antichrist. 09:33 And so those of you who are watching by television, 09:38 or listening on the radio, or here with us tonight, 09:41 whichever way it is, we hope that this will bless you 09:44 in a special way. 09:45 Now when I say, this series is on the rise of the antichrist, 09:50 we're going to be spending five subjects on the antichrist. 09:54 That's what we're going to be looking at. 09:56 And so we're going to be taking you through the Bible 09:59 and what it has to say about the antichrist. 10:02 It's a very, very important subject. 10:04 One that you and I need to understand, 10:07 as God has revealed much in the Scripture concerning this. 10:13 In fact, our subject this evening is entitled, 10:17 The Little Horn of Daniel 7. 10:20 The Little Horn of Daniel 7. 10:23 God uses many different types of symbolism 10:30 to identify the little horn, not just one. 10:35 And therefore, it's necessary that you and I understand 10:38 what the little horn is, who it is, where it comes from, 10:42 and the symbolism that represents it. 10:44 And tonight, the little horn represents the antichrist. 10:49 That's what we're talking about and we're 10:50 going to be looking at. 10:52 But as we take a look at this subject 10:56 in Daniel, it makes a statement and it says this. 11:01 It says... 11:05 Just a minute, let me get where I can read it. 11:21 It says, "Those who are wise..." 11:25 Now you'll find when it says, "Those who are wise," 11:28 it's talking about a group of people. 11:32 A special group of people. 11:34 And these people are mentioned several places, 11:37 not just here in Daniel. 11:39 But it's mentioned in the book of Revelation. 11:42 It continues in Daniel saying... 11:52 Alright, Daniel 12:9, it says, shut up the book or seal it, 11:56 for the words are sealed "until the time of the end." 12:00 It has to be talking about at the end of time 12:03 before Jesus comes. 12:05 Listen to what he says here, verse 10. 12:22 See, it's referring back to that same word, "wise." 12:26 "The wise shall understand." 12:27 In Hebrew, that word "wise" is a word called, "maskilim." 12:33 This is the word for "wise." 12:35 And when it's talking about the maskilim, 12:37 these are a group of people. 12:40 People that are not only wise concerning the Scripture, 12:44 but they're wise in their conduct and how they 12:46 conduct themselves. 12:48 And so this is a special group of people. 12:51 And the Bible is very clear that you and I 12:55 want to be among these. 12:58 This group of people are talked about over in Revelation. 13:02 Revelation 14 verse 12. 13:13 John takes this group of people and puts them among 13:18 these that are of the maskilim. 13:20 Because when you read Revelation 13:18, 13:25 it says this, "Here is..." What? 13:29 Okay. 13:30 Wise, here are those that are wise. 13:33 "Here is wisdom." 13:34 What about them? 13:45 So when it talks about the beast here... 13:48 And we'll be studying that in another night or two. 13:51 ...that the beast is also that of the antichrist. 13:54 Another symbolism that's used for the antichrist 13:58 is the beast. 14:00 And so it says, "Here is wisdom." 14:02 Here's the person that's wise, that understands; 14:06 the maskilim. 14:08 Again, Revelation 17 verses 9 and 10, it says... 14:19 And so we find that the Scripture refers to this 14:22 group of people who are wise. 14:26 And what you and I need to be tonight is, we need to be wise. 14:31 We need to be among the maskilim 14:35 and understand what it has to say particularly 14:38 about the antichrist. 14:40 And so tonight, we're going to Daniel the seventh chapter. 14:46 We're going to take a look at the little horn. 14:49 Because the Scripture identifies the little horn 14:52 as the antichrist. 14:55 Now this is important, folks, because the Scripture says 15:00 more about this power, about the antichrist, 15:05 than it does any other power in all of the Scripture. 15:10 So it's very important that you and I 15:13 understand what it's saying. 15:15 So let's go to Daniel 7 verse 3. 15:19 And it says... 15:25 So we have four beasts coming up out of the sea. 15:28 And again, you're going to see as we continue through 15:32 the series, these four beasts are important 15:37 because they set an order that's necessary that 15:41 you and I understand. 15:43 Four beasts came up out of the sea. 15:45 And it says, "Those great beasts, which are four..." 15:54 But Scripture doesn't leave us an any doubt 15:56 as to who these four beasts are. 16:00 And it tells us, "The first one was like a lion..." 16:17 So this first one is a lion. 16:21 It has eagle's wings. 16:24 It has a man's heart. 16:26 And it stood up on two feet. 16:30 Now if you went over to the ruins of Babylon of old, 16:36 you would find that this lion is not something that wasn't 16:40 pictured there. 16:41 It was. 16:42 In fact, Scripture refers to Babylon as the lion. 16:47 Listen to what is says in Jeremiah 4 verse 7. 17:02 So this lion which was Babylon, was going to come in and 17:08 destroy many of the nations. 17:10 Now what you're looking at there on the screen 17:14 is a picture of the Ishtar Gate. 17:17 Part of it, I should say. 17:19 And you'll notice there the lion. 17:20 And if you look carefully, you can see the eagle's wings 17:25 as they're painted on the lion there. 17:28 This was pictured... 17:30 The British museum, who came in and did excavation on the ruins 17:35 of Babylon, found statues of lions with eagle's wings 17:39 that pictured Babylon of old. 17:43 Daniel, as he explained this vision, talked about 17:49 this lion being Babylon. 17:53 Babylon overthrew the kingdom of Syria in 605 BC. 18:01 Nebuchadnezzar had taken everything that he could take 18:05 and had literally lavished it upon the city of Babylon. 18:08 And it was a marvelous, wonderful kingdom 18:12 that he had built. 18:14 And Babylon lasted for a total of 70 years. 18:19 That's all, 70 years. 18:21 Nebuchadnezzar ruled 40 of those 70 years. 18:27 But we continue on and it talks about another beast. 18:31 Daniel 7 verse 5. 18:46 So now we have a bear coming up out of the sea. 18:52 This bear raises himself up on one side. 18:56 It has three ribs in its mouth. 18:59 And this represented the country of Medo-Persia. 19:04 Darius the Mede and Cyrus the Persian 19:11 went together and formed a coalition to overthrow 19:15 the city of Babylon. 19:18 And thus they went up, Cyrus particularly as the general, 19:21 went up and surrounded the city of Babylon 19:24 and overthrew it. 19:27 The Medes and Persians took everything that was before them. 19:31 Kind of like a bear, slow and cumbersome. 19:34 But they moved in and they took one territory after another. 19:38 The three ribs and the mouth of this bear 19:42 represented the three countries that they overthrew; 19:45 which was Egypt in 535 BC, Babylon in 539 BC, 19:51 Lydia in 546 BC. 19:54 They took one country after another and ruled 19:58 the whole country. 20:00 Marvelous what God did for the country of Medo-Persia. 20:05 We'll talk about it. 20:06 A lot of great people, and I'm talking about God's people, 20:10 that lived during the time of the Medes and Persians. 20:14 They served the Lord, they were great witnesses for God. 20:18 And the country of Medo-Persia had an opportunity to see God, 20:22 like very few others had an opportunity. 20:26 But after the bear it says that there was another. 20:30 And by the way, Medo-Persia overthrew Babylon in 539 BC. 20:38 The next one, Daniel 7 verse 6... 20:52 So now we have a beast, it's like a leopard. 20:57 Instead of having two wings, it has four wings. 21:01 And it also has four heads. 21:04 This represented the country of Greece. 21:08 History tells us clearly, and so does the Scripture 21:10 tell us clearly, that Greece overthrew Medo-Persia 21:16 under the leadership of Alexander the Great. 21:20 Alexander the Great met Darius and the Medes and Persians 21:25 on the plains of Arbela in 331 BC. 21:32 Darius had over one million men. 21:37 Alexander the Great had 40,000. 21:42 And by implementing a new type of warfare, 21:46 Alexander the Great overthrew him. 21:50 Alexander the Great took everything that was before him. 21:53 And by the way, it's interesting that it makes the statement 21:57 in Scripture here that he would rule the world. 21:59 And he did, basically. 22:01 Taking his army, marched it clear to the borders of the 22:04 country of India. 22:05 And to the place that his soldiers refused 22:07 to go any farther. 22:10 And they're headed back home. 22:14 Alexander the Great, 32 years of age, suffering from 22:23 drunkenness, from malaria, he's laying on a table 22:31 in the city of Babylon, dying. 22:36 And as he lays there, his four generals come in. 22:40 And they said to him, "To whom will you give the kingdom?" 22:43 And he said, "I'll give my kingdom to the strongest." 22:48 Those four wings on that leopard represented the swiftness 22:53 with which he took every country that was before him. 22:56 And the four heads represented Alexander the Great's 23:00 four generals that the kingdom was divided among them. 23:05 Cassander was divided and he was given Macedonia and Greece. 23:18 They divided up Alexander the Great's kingdom, 23:23 just exactly as the Scripture said they would. 23:27 Now you need to follow, folks, and put it down in your memory 23:31 because it'll become very important. 23:33 And we've looked at Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece. 23:39 Three nations. 23:40 Now we come to the fourth one. 23:44 And by the way, Greece overthrew Medo-Persia in 331 BC. 23:50 The fourth one, it says, "After this I saw 23:53 in the night vision..." 24:16 This beast, different than all the others. 24:22 It says that it devoured everything that was before it. 24:25 Stamped the residue with its feet. 24:27 It overthrew everything. 24:29 And this was the kingdom of pagan Rome. 24:34 Pagan Rome used a different philosophy. 24:39 Whereas Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, Alexander, 24:47 they came in and overthrew one country after another, 24:50 cities one after another, but Rome didn't do that. 24:56 Rome gave them a choice. 24:59 They told them, "Join us and we'll give you protection. 25:07 We'll look after you, care for you, 25:09 give you protection. 25:13 We'll make sure that everything is alright. 25:16 And some of your men will have to go with us as soldiers. 25:20 But we'll give you part of the spoils. 25:23 And we'll care for you." 25:24 And many of them joined pagan Rome because of that philosophy. 25:30 If they didn't, they just trampled right over them. 25:34 Overthrew them. 25:35 One after another, they took the whole country. 25:39 And as you remember, pagan Rome is pictured in Scripture 25:44 as having great iron teeth as it devoured one thing. 25:50 And you remember, it was under pagan Rome 25:53 that the children in Bethlehem were slain. 25:58 You also remember, it was under pagan Rome 26:01 that Jesus was born. 26:04 And Jesus was born at that time for a definite reason 26:10 and purpose, folks. 26:12 You see, Rome was not only... 26:15 How should I put it? 26:18 It would devour everything before it, was cruel. 26:20 It did a lot of things it shouldn't. 26:23 But it also did something else. 26:25 It made the highways, the waterways and all, safe. 26:31 It basically, even as bad as Rome was, she brought 26:36 civilization to the world. 26:38 Because all of a sudden, people could travel where they 26:40 never could before. 26:42 And Jesus Christ was born at this particular time in history 26:48 because it opened up the way for the gospel to be 26:51 taken to the world. 26:53 Where before it could not be done, now it was possible. 26:58 And it spread throughout the world and a 27:00 crucified risen Savior was preached. 27:03 And the church literally multiplied by the thousands, 27:08 because the gospel was made possible. 27:12 Rome overthrew Greece in 168 BC. 27:20 Now we come to the next part. 27:25 "And it was different..." This beast was different. 27:34 So this particular beast is different in the fact 27:36 that it has ten horns. 27:41 You see, at this time in history, 457 BC, 27:47 Rome has grown... 27:48 How should I put it? 27:50 Maybe I should say, old. 27:52 She's having trouble holding her kingdom together. 27:54 She has ruled longer than any other kingdom. 27:57 But she's just struggling. 28:01 And they've taken the capital and moved it from 28:05 Rome to Constantinople. 28:07 And all of a sudden, north, the Germanic tribes 28:14 that lived in the north, they were people called the Goths. 28:18 They begin to move down on the Roman Empire. 28:22 And as they moved down on the Roman Empire, 28:25 they broke it to pieces. 28:27 They were such people as the Anglo-Saxons, and the Franks, 28:31 and the Heruli, and the Vandals, and the Ostrogoths. 28:34 And they broke up the Roman Empire. 28:38 These ten nations, tribes... 28:43 Whatever you want to call them. 28:44 ...became the nations of Western Europe. 28:58 The Scripture is very clear exactly where it's 29:01 going to arise from. 29:03 They were the Alamanni, the Ostrogoths, the Visigoths, 29:06 the Franks, and so forth. 29:08 And these, as I mentioned, became the nations of 29:11 Western Europe. 29:13 Now follow me carefully, because all of a sudden 29:17 there's a metamorphosis that begins to take place here 29:20 that you need to understand. 29:23 Daniel 7 verse 8. 29:47 So now all of a sudden among those ten, 29:49 a little horn is coming up. 29:54 Now listen to all that the Scripture says about 29:56 this little horn. 29:57 Because it says more about this power than it does 30:00 any other power in Scripture. 30:11 Let's clarify when it says, "shall arise from this kingdom," 30:15 what kingdom is it talking about? 30:17 Pagan Rome. 30:18 So it says it shall arise from pagan Rome. 30:46 So this little horn is going to do definite things. 30:49 And the Scripture gives you eight points of identifying 30:53 this little horn. 30:54 And this little horn, as far as the Scripture is concerned, 30:58 is the antichrist. 31:00 So listen to them. 31:02 Make sure you understand what they are. 31:04 One, it says it would rise among them. 31:07 Two, it says it would be after them. 31:10 Three, it says it would be different. 31:25 We're going to look at those eight points rather quickly. 31:28 But they're important that you understand what they are. 31:35 Okay, Daniel 7 verse 8. 31:44 Now where is that little horn coming up? 31:49 It's coming up among them, among the ten. 31:52 Folks, those Germanic tribes; Anglo-Saxons, the Franks, 31:57 and all those, those are the countries of Western Europe. 32:01 So you and I don't need to go looking over in Africa 32:04 for the little horn. 32:06 Or we don't need to go looking to India. 32:08 But it says it would come up among those ten horns. 32:13 So it tells us where it's going to come up. 32:15 So it has located the place for us. 32:18 Two, "Another shall rise after them." 32:25 History says here... 32:37 Okay be real clear that Vigilus, who was the Bishop of Rome, 32:43 ascended to the papal chair when? 32:46 538 AD. Important date. 32:51 Okay, this is what history says about it. 32:58 These ten Germanic tribes that came down on pagan Rome 33:04 were strictly political powers. 33:07 They were just pagan powers. 33:09 They didn't have anything else. 33:12 But now, all of a sudden, there is a power 33:15 that is rising that's different. 33:18 It's not like the others. 33:21 There has been a change taking place. 33:24 And this is what we're told in history took place. 33:28 It says... 34:11 So what it says now is the Bishop of Rome 34:16 has taken the seat of Caesar. 34:19 History says that the Bishop of Rome stepped 34:23 to the seat of Caesar and grasped the scepter in 538 AD. 34:30 Now there's a real difference here, folks, that takes place. 34:34 All these others were civil powers. 34:38 A church... 34:40 A church has no power. 34:44 A church has no power to enforce its beliefs. 34:52 Do you understand what I'm saying? 34:53 A church has no power. 34:55 It can preach it. 34:57 It can do all that kind of thing, but it cannot force it. 35:01 The only way it can force it is by accepting civil power. 35:08 And that's what it says happened here 35:10 when papal Rome accepted civil power. 35:18 And that's how that particular horn was different 35:22 from all the rest. 35:24 "He shall subdue three kings." 35:28 Of these Germanic tribes that came down on the Roman Empire, 35:32 three of them; the Ostrogoths, the Heruli, and the Vandals, 35:38 accept the belief called Arianism. 35:42 And they believed that Jesus Christ was a good man, 35:48 but they did not believe that He was divine. 35:51 And Justinian, who was the Emperor, had committed himself 35:57 to defend the church. 36:01 And so under Justinian and the papal power, 36:05 they went in and wiped out the Heruli, the Vandals, 36:10 and the Ostrogoths. 36:13 Now, it says it would uproot them. 36:17 That means, pull them out by the roots. 36:19 There will be nothing left. 36:21 That's what that means. 36:23 And you can find descendents for all these others. 36:25 The Alamanni are the Germans, the Franks are the French, 36:28 and so forth. 36:29 But there are no descendents to the Ostrogoths, 36:32 the Heruli, and the Vandals. 36:35 They pulled them up, literally, by the roots. 36:44 He's going to go a step farther and he's going to speak words 36:48 against God. 36:49 That's what it's saying, "pompous words against 36:54 the Most High." 36:58 The Fifth Lateran Council, this is what it says. 37:20 In other words, they're taking the place of God. 37:27 It says, "Thou art another God on earth." 37:29 This is not just one statement. There's lots of them. 37:43 Crowned as the king of heaven, 37:48 of earth, and underneath the earth. 37:51 One more. 37:54 Encyclical Letter of Pope Leo XIII. 38:04 Now folks, what we're doing is we're just looking at 38:07 the points the Scripture gives to identify the antichrist. 38:11 And I hope you understand, that word, "antichrist," 38:16 does not mean, "against." 38:19 Because we, many times, take the word "anti" 38:22 to mean "against." 38:24 That's not what it means. 38:25 It means, in place of. 38:28 That's where the antichrist in that particular point 38:31 means, in place of. 38:33 Just exactly what's being said here; 38:35 placing themselves in the place of God. 38:46 This power would persecute God's people. 38:54 Much, much has been written about this 38:58 down through the years 39:02 showing that great persecution has taken place 39:05 against God's people. 39:08 Here's a historical statement that says... 39:12 I don't know how many of you have ever read about John Huss. 39:14 A great preacher, a great man of God. 39:26 Burned him at the stake because of his preaching 39:31 of righteousness by faith. 39:53 Persecution. 39:55 Historians tell us that they have slain millions 39:59 upon millions of people. 40:02 In fact, so much was done, so many people lost their lives, 40:07 and such cruelty against those that followed the Lord, 40:11 and particularly in the time of the Reformation, 40:14 that Pope John Paul, on May 24th, 1995, 40:21 made a public apology to the world for what they had done. 40:28 Just as the Scripture says they would wear out the saints 40:33 of the Most High. 40:34 And they have literally done that. 40:36 So what I'm trying to get across to you this evening 40:39 is history bears out, as well as the Scripture, 40:42 that this particular little horn meets all of the qualifications 40:47 of that of the antichrist. 40:49 It meets those. 40:52 Okay, Daniel 7:25. 41:02 I want to make a distinction between "times" and "laws". 41:09 You see, God is the only one who has the prerogative, 41:15 who has the power to change times. 41:21 God is the only one that can do that. 41:25 No one else. 41:26 That is part of His divinity. 41:30 Part of Him being God is the power to change times. 41:35 When the Pope comes in and says that he has the right 41:44 to set up kings and to take them down, 41:48 he is usurping that right of time. 41:54 God is the only one that sets them up, the Scripture says. 41:56 It says that God is the one that sets up kings 41:59 and takes them down. 42:00 Not the Pope. 42:03 So that right does not belong to him at all. 42:10 It also says not only would he do that, 42:13 but he would change the law. 42:16 "Intend to change the times and laws." 42:18 Listen to this statement. 42:33 He has the power to do this. 42:36 Just as the Scripture said, he would think to change times. 42:40 And he has done that. 42:42 But it also says, he would make an effort to change law. 42:47 The greatest law that has ever been given to mankind 42:54 is that of the moral law, the Ten Commandments. 42:58 Any nation who has upheld those ten principles 43:05 and taught them to their people has been a great nation. 43:10 God help us when we turn our back on them. 43:14 But the power... 43:15 And there's a difference here, folks. 43:17 If you pick up an American Catholic Revised Version 43:23 of the Bible, or you pick up a Douay version of the Bible, 43:27 it will read, when it comes to Exodus 20 where the 43:30 Ten Commandments are, it will read almost word for word 43:34 what your Bible says. 43:37 Very little difference. 43:40 When you pick up a Catechism, that changes. 43:46 They have done away with the second commandment. 43:51 "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven images," 43:53 or carved images. 43:55 They've taken that out of the Bible. 43:58 Or out of the Catechism. 44:02 They not only did that, but they took the fourth commandment 44:07 and moved it up so that it now became the third commandment. 44:12 And they shortened it from 94 words to 8 words. 44:19 They changed it completely. 44:23 Made a change there. 44:25 And then because now they where one commandment short, 44:29 they only had nine, they went and they took the 44:32 tenth commandment and divided it into two 44:36 to give them ten commandments. 44:39 And thus, they have changed the law of God. 44:43 They've changed times as God said they would. 44:49 Not only have they done this, but it says... 45:01 Going to be given into the hand of who, now? 45:03 Get this clear. 45:05 The saints shall be given into his hand. 45:09 Who is, "his hand?" 45:12 It's talking about the little horn. 45:14 "...given into his hand." The antichrist. 45:16 "...shall be given into his hand for a time, times, 45:20 and a half of time." 45:25 Well in the Bible, the word, "time," is a Hebrew word 45:33 that means one year. 45:34 That's what it means, one year. 45:37 And in the biblical reckoning of time, there are 360 days 45:42 in a biblical year. 45:43 And if you want to go to Genesis the 11th chapter, 45:47 right there, it will make it very clear that there are 45:52 360 days in a biblical year. 45:56 So if I've got "time," that means I have one year. 46:01 If I have "times," I've got two years. 46:04 Which now is 720 days. 46:08 And if I have a half a year, that's a half of 360, 46:13 which is 180. 46:15 If I add those together, it gives me 1260. 46:20 So it says, it would be given into his hand for 1260. 46:27 That's what it says. 46:29 Well we find that in the Bible, one day represents a year. 46:34 Ezekiel 4:6 says, "I have laid on you a day for each year." 46:41 Also Numbers 14:34, it tell you, "I have given you 46:45 a day for a year." 46:47 So if I have a day for a year, and I've got 1260 days, 46:52 that gives me how much? 46:55 1260 years. 46:57 Now folks, if this book is true, which I believe it is 47:03 with all my heart, then when God says it's going to be 47:08 given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time, 47:13 then it has to work out. 47:17 I mean, God doesn't make those statements and it not work. 47:22 Well, let's see what happened. 47:23 What did I tell you? 47:25 When did the papal power come into rule? 47:31 Yeah, 538 AD. 47:35 Vigilus, under the military of protection of Belisarius, 47:43 stepped to the throne in 538 AD. 47:49 If I add 1260 years to 538 AD, that takes me to where? 47:58 1798 AD. 48:02 So it's saying that it would be given into his hand 48:06 for 1260 years. 48:09 Then something had to happen, something had to take place 48:15 in 1798. 48:18 And history tells us this is what happened, 48:21 this is what took place. 48:24 Napoleon Bonaparte is ruling. 48:30 Napoleon wants to rule all of Europe. 48:36 In fact, Napoleon said Europe was soon to become one nation. 48:43 That was his wish, that was his desire. 48:46 That's what he wanted to do. 48:48 But Napoleon realized that he could not do that. 48:53 Could not accomplish it unless he broke the back 48:56 of the papal power. 48:59 Because the papal power held tremendous control 49:03 and sway in all of Europe. 49:05 They owned papal states, many papal states, 49:10 that were as large as some of our states 49:13 here in the United States. 49:14 They owned them. 49:15 And therefore, Napoleon realized he had to do something. 49:19 So in 1798, Napoleon sent his general, Berthier, into Italy. 49:28 He made his entrance into Rome, abolished the papal government, 49:33 and established a secular one. 49:35 Exactly as the Scripture said, at the end of 1260 years, 49:39 there the papal power came to its close. 49:46 Just as the Scripture said. 49:47 Now folks, what you've got to understand here 49:50 is this isn't the end. 49:52 This is the end right here, but the Bible picks it up 49:56 and continues on talking about the antichrist 50:00 and carries it clear down to the coming of Christ. 50:04 So what you and I have to understand is 50:06 what's involved here. 50:07 But he established a secular government in place of it. 50:11 I want you to see, far as I'm concerned, 50:14 Daniel the 7th chapter is one of the clearest chapters 50:17 there is in the Bible that tells you exactly what is 50:21 to happen and take place. 50:24 Watch this carefully. 50:28 If you look at Daniel the 7th chapter, 50:32 it talks about three things. 50:33 It talks about the little horn, it talks about judgment 50:37 beginning, and it talks about the coming of Jesus Christ. 50:43 Watch how Daniel puts all that together, folks. 50:47 Daniel 7 verse 8... 50:53 So he's talking specifically about the little horn. 50:56 Now as we move to verse 9, watch what he says. 51:06 So all of a sudden Daniel is saying, here the little horn is. 51:12 We find the little horn goes down in 1798. 51:18 And then it says what was to happen? 51:21 He says the judgment was seated. 51:24 The judgment started. 51:25 The Ancient of Days was seated. 51:28 That's what it says happened. 51:29 If you took a line and drew it right from where the 51:35 end of the little horn is straight down, 51:38 and took everything on that side of it, the Scripture classifies 51:43 that period of time as the time of the end. 51:50 That's where you and I are living; 51:53 in the time of the end. 51:56 The little horn came to an end when? 52:00 1798 AD. 52:01 And Scripture is saying clearly, after 1798 52:05 the judgment would begin. 52:08 That's what it's saying. 52:10 And then Daniel 7:14, and it says... 52:21 So it says, after the judgment what's going to happen? 52:26 Come on, are you afraid to say? 52:29 It says, after the judgment what's going to happen? 52:33 God is going to set up His kingdom. 52:36 That's what it's saying. 52:37 "Then to Him..." 52:39 That word, "Him," there is capitalized. 52:41 "To Him was given dominion, glory, and a kingdom." 52:44 Let's go on down to verse 21. 52:48 Watch Daniel do the same thing again. 52:55 This is the little horn. 52:57 It's making war with the saints. 53:00 It came to its end in 1798. 53:04 Watch what happens, verse 22. 53:06 This is verse 21, now we're going to verse 22. 53:15 So it's saying, as soon as the papal power went down, 53:19 the judgment was going to start. 53:24 And then it says, after the judgment, verse 22... 53:33 What's in front of you, folks? 53:36 The kingdom. 53:38 That's what it's saying. 53:40 After that is the kingdom. 53:42 Now let's go on, one more. 53:47 Daniel 7:24... 53:52 That's the little horn. 53:56 And we found out the little horn rose after them 53:59 who was definitely different than the first. 54:02 Okay, in 1798 it came to an end. 54:07 And then something was to happen. 54:09 Listen to verse 26. 54:19 When we his dominion taken away? 54:22 1798 AD. 54:23 And then the court shall be seated. 54:26 The judgment begins, that's what it's telling you. 54:28 So what I'm trying to get across to you tonight 54:31 is understanding the order of events. 54:34 Because there's going to be that of the antichrist, 54:37 then you're going to have the time that the Scripture 54:39 refers to as the time of the end, in which you and I 54:43 are living in tonight. 54:45 That's where we are. 54:46 And during that time, the judgment is going to take place. 54:50 And after that's over, Jesus is going to come. 54:54 Verse 27... 55:03 So God is going to come and set up His kingdom. 55:06 That's where we are. 55:07 So this is the order I want you to see, because 55:11 Scripture repeats this over and over. 55:13 And if you keep this order clear in your mind, 55:16 you will not be led astray. 55:20 Okay, one, you have the kingdom of Babylon. 55:25 After Babylon, you have Medo-Persia. 55:29 After Medo-Persia, you have Greece. 55:33 After pagan Rome, you have papal Rome. 55:39 After papal Rome went down, you have the judgment. 55:44 And after the judgment is over, Jesus is coming back. 55:50 That's the order of events that the Scripture gives. 55:54 And you and I must be among this special group of people. 56:17 So I hope tonight that you will be among the wise 56:23 and understand. 56:25 Because our next presentation, we're going to take a look 56:29 at the beast in Revelation 13. 56:39 The beast of Revelation 13 because it picks up, 56:44 it picks up where we left off tonight. 56:48 And it tells you things that are going to happen. 56:50 And you and I need to understand that, because it tells us about 56:54 the work of the antichrist right down here at the end of time. 56:58 So we hope you'll follow each evening as we take a look 57:02 at God's Word and what it says about the antichrist. 57:05 Let's pray. 57:08 Father in heaven, we thank You. 57:13 Thank You for Your Word. 57:16 Thank You that we can understand where we are 57:21 in the stream of time, understand what's taking place. 57:26 Give us wisdom, give us understanding, 57:29 that we may be among the wise. 57:32 Amen. |
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