Participants: Pr. David Klinedinst
Series Code: DPR
Program Code: DPR000013A
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00:07 Today there are a lot of people
00:11 who are very confused when it comes to Bible prophecy 00:15 and one of the reasons is because the books of Daniel and Revelation 00:19 are different from other books of the Bible. Theyre filled with all 00:23 sorts of strange beasts and symbolisms 00:27 and people don't always know what to do with them and as a result 00:31 over the centuries people have come up with some very strange 00:35 and some very interesting interpretations 00:39 and because of that there are many people today who will tell you oh 00:43 well you shouldn't study the book of Revelation you can't understand it 00:47 and there will even be churches who will tell you don't read that book 00:51 because it will just make a religious fanatic out of you 00:55 but friends God has put revelation in the Bible for a reason can 01:00 you say amen? And He Himself pronounces 01:04 a blessing on those who study it. Notice what it says 01:08 in revelation1 and verse 3. The Bible says, 01:24 See God 01:28 pronounces a threefold blessings ont hose who study revelation 01:32 he blesses those who read it, those who hear it, 01:36 and he blesses those who keep 01:40 or obey the things that are written in it so that 01:44 tells us that even with the subject of antichrist 01:48 God has a special blessing instore. Now as we journey into this subject 01:52 there is something we need to understand about the 01:56 word antichrist itself. Notice the prefix, anti 02:00 traditionally we think 02:03 that prefix anti refers to being against something 02:07 but the word anti can also mean 02:11 in place of or in the stead of something 02:15 so when we are talking about antichrist we're not 02:19 neccesarily looking for an atheistic power 02:23 that denies the existence of God altogether. What we are looking 02:27 for is something seeking to take God's place on this earth 02:31 or something seeking to usurp his divine authority 02:35 in other words something claiming to have power 02:39 that is only available to God and God alone 02:43 antichrist in the stead of or place of Christ 02:47 so that itself gives us a big clue as to what 02:51 we're looking for and so people ask the question 02:55 is the beast a person. Some people thought that when 02:59 Adolf Hitler was around in world war IIthat maybe he was the beast 03:03 because he murdered 6 million Jews and brought 03:07 many of the world powers into conflict but that didnt work out 03:11 some thought Suddam Hussein might be the beast 03:15 was becasue he was powerful leader in the middle east 03:19 others have conjectured that certain presidents 03:23 of the United States from the past might be the beast 03:27 because apparently their names equaled 666 but that 03:31 didnt happen either. Some wonder well is the beast 03:35 an organization is it a political kingdom 03:39 is it a religious kingdom maybe it is the United Nations 03:43 or maybe it is the Illuminati is it an organization 03:47 and then some people wonder what does 666 means 03:51 some people become very wery of anything that is even 03:55 closely resembling that number. Well I got good news for you tonight 03:59 did you know that based on the clues that both Daniel 04:03 and Revelation give us the Bible answers every one of those 04:07 questions in a very clear and understandable way 04:11 so lets begin with the most significant chapter 04:15 about the beast in the book of Revelation. Revelation chapter 04:19 13 you want to take your bibles and were are going 04:23 Revelation and we are going to start in chapter 13 04:27 This is the chapter in the apocalyptic book that 04:31 tells us the most about the beast. 04:35 The Bible says, Then I stood on the sand 04:39 of the sea. And I saw a (what?) 04:43 a beast rising up out of the sea, having 04:47 seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns 04:51 ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name. 04:55 Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet 04:59 were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth 05:03 of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, 05:07 his throne, and great authority. And I saw 05:11 one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, 05:15 and his deadly wound was healed. 05:19 And all the world marvelled and followed the beast. 05:23 verse 4 So they worshiped 05:27 the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped 05:31 the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast? Who 05:35 is able to make war with him?" 05:39 And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and 05:43 he was given authority to continue (for how long?) 05:47 for forty-two months.Then he opened his mouth 05:51 in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, 05:55 His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. 05:59 It was granted to him to make war with the saints 06:03 and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, 06:07 tongue, and nation. 06:11 Now I'm going to stop there that is quite a description don't you think? 06:15 and right there within the passage John gives us many 06:19 different clues about the beast that 06:23 we need to be able to look at so lets look with the first. The first 06:27 question is this beast that John is describing 06:31 would you say it is a frightening looking beast, yes or no? 06:35 it is make of all these parts it's got body of a leopard, the of 06:39 a bear the mouth of a lion now is that meant to be 06:43 literal or symbolic? What do you think? sure it is that meant to be 06:47 something it doesn't mean the antichrist is literally going to be this 06:51 conglomeration of different animals so the question is 06:55 what does a beast symbolize in Bible prophecy 06:59 and you will find that Daniel gives us the answer. In Daniel 7:23 07:03 which we're gonna study in a few minutes Daniel tells 07:07 us what a beast represents in Bible prophecy notice what it says 07:18 so right here from the Bible and the Bible alone it's already 07:23 it is telling us the beast represents a kingdom 07:27 or a power so from the beginning it is telling us 07:31 antichrist cannot be simply one man 07:35 who only rises at the end of time 07:39 because the Bible just told us a beast represents 07:43 a kingdom so we know that much so far 07:47 well lets keep going on it says that this beast 07:51 rises from where? in verse one and two 07:55 from the sea so the beast rises up out of the waters 07:59 is that significant? and you find that it is because 08:03 in the book of revelation the seas or 08:07 the waters are meant to symbolize something 08:11 you says what does it represent? well instad of guessing or taking our own 08:15 opinion lets allow the Bible to give us the interpretation 08:19 so we're go to have to go to Revelation 17:15 08:23 which I'm putting on the screen now this is a different vision we are going to study 08:27 this vision tonight but the angel does say soemthing to John 08:31 and tells him what waters represent in Bible prophecy 08:35 Revelation 17:15 the bible says 08:51 in other words water or seas in prophecy is meant 08:55 to represent multitudes of people of different languages 08:59 so just those clues tell us 09:03 that antichrist is a kingdom that is going to 09:07 rise in a populated area of the world where there 09:11 are multitudes of people now that is not based on what I think 09:15 that is based on the bible and the Bible alone says 09:19 so those are our first two clues but lets keep 09:23 going because Revelation 13 says more 09:27 Revelation 13 says that the dragon gives 09:31 it is power now in Revelation who is the dragon we have already study 09:35 that, that is Satan so the devil has 09:39 something to do with working behind the scenes 09:43 to make sure this kingdom rises to power 09:47 or dominance we're told that this beast 09:51 has a deadly wound that eventually will be what? 09:55 healed so somehow this kingdom loses power 09:59 for a short time but then quickly regains it 10:03 John also told us that people worship 10:07 the beast now that gives us a clue that it 10:11 is not only political but it must be 10:15 religious in some way because people worship it 10:19 it says that this kingdom this 10:23 beast blasphemes God or seeks to cover up his word 10:27 or speak against God, it has power 10:31 for how long now ew got to do a little calculation 10:35 there. Remember the prophetic principle of interruption 10:39 we learn a few nights ago that in bible prophecy 10:43 1 day symbolizes what? one year 10:47 so we got to some calculation here if I want to know 10:51 how many days are in a 42 month period then I go 10:55 42x30 because the bible calendar 10:59 upon which this is based alway had 30 day in a month 11:03 so 42x30 comes to what number you tell me 11:07 1260 days 11:11 apply the day for year princple and what it saying is 11:15 the beast, this antichrist kindgome 11:19 rules for 1260 years 11:23 again that tells us it can't be one man 11:27 because one man does not live that long and then lastly 11:31 Revelation 13 tells us it persecutes 11:35 God's saints so it is going to be 11:39 a persecuting power now right there in 11:43 Revelation 13 we might even be able to figure out who 11:47 or what it is just based on that chapter alone 11:51 because it gave us some very significant clues 11:55 however does Revelation 13 11:59 come right out and tells us who or what it is yes or no 12:03 it doesnt so guess what we have to do we have 12:07 to go to another part of the bible that is going to 12:11 fill in the blank so we can keep our finger 12:15 in Revelation 13 but now we going to take look at 12:19 Danielchapter 7 so I want yout to turn there in your bibles 12:23 Daniel 7 verse 1 12:27 The bible says, In the first year 12:31 of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had 12:35 a dream and visions of his head while on his bed. 12:39 Then he wrote the dream telling the main facts. 12:43 Daniel spoke saying I saw 12:47 in my vision by night and behold the 12:51 four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea 12:55 and four great beasts came up 12:59 from the sea each different from the other. 13:03 So here is what Daniel sees. 4 beasts rise. 4 nations 13:07 that would have world wide dominance from the time of Daniel 13:11 onward so lets briefly take a look at each of these 13:15 beasts let start with the first beast which is discirbed in 13:19 verse 4. If you are in daniel 7 verse 4 13:23 with me let me here you say amen alright Daniel 7 verse 4 13:27 The bible says, The first 13:31 was like a lion, and had eagle's wings. 13:35 I watched till its wings were plucked off; 13:39 and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand 13:43 on two feet like a man, and a man's heart. 13:47 was given to it. So here we see a picture of a 13:51 winged Lion and the question is who is that supposed 13:55 to repersent? You will find the Bible and archeology 13:59 make this very clear and understandable. What was the 14:03 nation dominating the world in Daniel's day remember? 14:07 It was Babylon also represented by the head of gold in 14:11 Daniel chapter 2. You say how that's Babylon? 14:15 First of all in the old testament God 14:20 represented babylon as alion. Did you know that? 14:24 Read Jeremiah 4:7 because God told Israel that 14:28 if they don't stop being unfaithful to him and worshipping other Gods 14:32 he said the lion will come out of the thicket and 14:36 destroy you. What nation was it 14:40 that conquered Jerusalem and took the Jews into captivity. 14:44 Nebuchadnezzar and the nation of Babylon. 14:48 Secondly archeologists have discovered 14:52 that when they have unearthed the ruins of Babylon guess what symbol they found? 14:56 all over the palace and the walls of that city. Winged 15:00 lions there is no doubt the winged lion repersents 15:04 babylon but lets go to the second beast 15:08 Now in verse 5 The Bible says, 15:12 "And suddenly another beast, 15:16 a second, like a bear. It was raised up 15:20 on one side, and had three (what?) ribs 15:24 in its mouth between its teeth. And they 15:28 said thus to it: 'Arise, devour much flesh!' 15:32 You say well who is this who is this bear three ribs 15:36 in its mouth? Well the simple question is what nation 15:40 conquered babylon and chronologically became the next world 15:44 wide power and the answer? And the answer is Medo Persia 15:48 it is doing the same thing as the vision of Daniel 15:52 chapter 2. Now the Medes and Persians was made of two 15:56 people groups the persians and the Persians were stronger 16:00 that is why some history books just call it the Persian empire. 16:04 This is probably why the bear is raised up on one side 16:08 you say what about the ribs? The empire of 16:12 Babylon was divided into three provinces. Babylonia, 16:16 Egypt, and Lydia so when Persia conquered them, 16:20 they had to conquer all three of those provinces 16:24 so the bear is MedoPersia. 16:28 lets go to the third beast. The third is in mention 16:32 verse 6 Daniel continue to says. 16:36 "After this I looked, 16:40 and there was another, like a leopard, which 16:44 had on its back four wings of a bird. The beast 16:48 also had four heads, (how many heads?) 16:52 four and dominion was given to it. 16:56 So what is this leopard with wings in its back 17:00 and its got four heads, well the logical question is 17:04 what nation conquered MedoPersia and became the next 17:08 dominant power in the world and the answer is Greece 17:12 see the problem is when we try to take these symbols 17:16 and compare them to nations today it does not work in its context 17:20 it is very clear that daniel 7 17:25 is following the same pattern as the statue of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 2 17:29 but when he get to the fourth beast Daniel 7 17:33 is going to give a lot more detail aboput things. 17:37 So clearly this leopard with four heads and wings 17:41 is Greece and it is interesting that they are represented 17:45 by one of the fastest animals on land becasue Alexander 17:49 the Great conquered the world quicker than anybody, you now how old he. 17:53 was when he dominating the then known world in his early 17:57 30s and and no doubt the wings on the back represent 18:01 speed.You say, what about those 4 heads? 18:05 When alexander the great died, history tells us 18:09 his Grecian empire was divided guess how many parts? 18:13 4 parts were divided among his four main generals 18:17 Cassander, Lysimachus, 18:21 Ptolemy and seleucus all documented in 18:25 history.But now we 18:29 go to the fourth beast because the fourth beast is where 18:33 our focus is tonight lets pick it up 18:37 in verse 7 listen very carefully 18:41 to what daniel describes Daniel 7 verse 7 18:45 The Bible says 18:49 "After this I saw in the night visions, and 18:53 behold, a fourth beast, dreadful 18:57 and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had 19:01 huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking 19:05 in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet 19:09 It was different from all the beasts that were before it, 19:13 and it had ten horns. 19:17 Let's pause there. Daniel see a fourth 19:21 beast he describes it as terrible, 19:25 dreadful, exceedingly strong it has iron 19:29 teeth, and it devours everything 19:33 in its path. So the question is 19:37 what nation is that repsenting? Well 19:41 What would be the power that defeated Greece and became 19:45 the next worldwide dominant supepower 19:49 and the answer is Rome. it is interesting 19:53 that this beast has What hind of teeth did Danile says? 19:57 iron and history calls Rome the iron kingdom they ruled 20:01 for nearly 600 years and truly they conquered and 20:05 crushed everyone that was in their path 20:09 so you can see clearly it was the same four empires 20:13 Babylon, MedoPersia, Greece, and Rome. 20:17 But now in verse 8 20:21 is where we kick it into slow gear. 20:25 because a little horn start to come out of the fourth beast 20:29 a power starts rising out of pagan 20:33 Rome empire and notice that as Daniel 20:37 describes it this little horn gets his attention 20:41 immediately verse 8. 20:45 I was considering the horns, and 20:49 there was another horn, a little one, 20:53 coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns 20:57 were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this horn, 21:01 were eyes like the eyes of a man, 21:05 and a mouth speaking pompous or some version say 21:09 blasphemy words. We gotta stop there. 21:13 whatever this little horn was it got Daniel's attention 21:17 because he specifically says I was considering the horns 21:21 I was think about this I was focused on this 21:25 and one horn rises out of the fourth beast when it does 21:29 it plucks out three of the ten horns on this beast head 21:33 and this little horn develops eyes 21:37 and mouth like a man and it starts speaking arrogant 21:41 popmous words against God. Can you 21:45 imagine how easily that got Daniel's attention Yes or NO 21:49 the question is what 21:53 is that little horn so here is what we need to do 21:57 a little later in this chapter the angel 22:01 of the vision comes to Daniel and gives him the interpretation 22:06 of many of these things we dont even have to guess I dont have 22:10 to speculate we dont have to take amajority vote because the 22:15 angel is going to tell us the interpretation of many of these things 22:19 so lets skip over to verse 23 22:23 we are still in Daniel 7 and in verse 23 22:27 Now the angels begins to speak to Daniel 22:31 Daniel 7 verse 23 The Bible Says 22:35 Thus he said, The fourth beast 22:39 shall be a fourth kingdom upon earth, (well we already knew that) 22:43 Which shall be different from all other kingdoms, 22:47 And shall devour the whole earth, Trample it and break it 22:51 in pieces, (now we already know that to be Rome verse 24) 22:55 The ten horns are ten kings 22:59 (or it can also be translated kingdoms because 23:03 every king has a what? a kingdom so these 10 horns 23:07 coming out of the fourth beast are 10 kingdoms that will 23:11 rise when Rome falls verse 24) The ten horns 23:15 are ten kings Who shall arise from this kingdom 23:19 and another shall rise after them; He shall be different 23:23 from the first ones, And shall subdue three kings. 23:27 He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, 23:31 Shall persecute the saints of the Most High, 23:35 And shall intend to change times and 23:39 law. Then the saints shall be given into his hand 23:43 For a time and times and half a time. 23:47 Now we got to pause 23:51 I want to but a summarize on the screen of what the angle has just said 23:55 The angel in verse 23 said the fourth beast is kingdom 23:59 we already know that's Rome. The ten horns 24:03 coming out of Rome the fourth beast represent 24:07 ten kingdoms that will come out of the Rome empire 24:11 when it falls. Do we keep going on? 24:15 this is a list of some of the people groups that can out of the Rome empire 24:19 when it fell. Notice that there are 10 for them, but you notice what's 24:23 interesting three of them the 24:27 Heruli, Vandals, and Ostrogoths are extinct 24:31 the were exterminated 24:35 what did Daniel say happened when a little horn rose 24:39 three of the ten horns 24:43 were plucked out. That going to become 24:47 interesting in a few minutes. It wwhen on to say 24:51 The little horn whould speak words against God, The little 24:55 horn would persecute God's people (the saints), the Little horn think 24:59 to change God's times and God's Law and it would 25:03 rule for time, times, and half a time. Now 25:07 we got talk about that time period before we go any farther that's a new one 25:11 that phrase is new for us. What is time, times, and half of time? 25:15 youknow when you do the calculation from the Bible 25:19 it is 1260 Days. all you have to do 25:23 is take a note in your Bible here, we're not going to look it up now but when you have 25:27 a chance later look up revelation 12 verses 6 and 14 25:31 and it clearly tells you that time times and half a time 25:35 is 1260 days in fact lets do the calculation 25:39 time in the bible that term symbolically 25:43 represents one year, times guess what 25:47 2 years so half time is what? 25:52 1/2 a year you add all them because again the Bible calendar 25:56 30 days to a month, 360 days to a year 26:00 it equals out to 1260 days 26:04 you apply the day for a year principle 26:08 1260 years the little horn rules the same time period 26:12 that revelation 13 said the beast would rule 26:16 the beast and the little horn are the same 26:20 power. Now here is what we have to do 26:24 between revelation and daniel we have just been given 26:28 13 points from the Bible, now I'm very quickly 26:32 review those 13 pionts becasue I want us to be absoluetly sure 26:36 that we got every one from the Bible 26:40 and from the Bible alone so point number 1, 26:44 This kingdom rises out of the fourth beast which is Rome 26:48 so antichrist is going to arise out 26:52 of Rome somwhere in Western Europe that is where Rome is 26:56 Point number 2 Daniel 27:00 said this kingdom out of the ruins of the Pagan Roman empire 27:04 Rome did not fall until 476 A.D. 27:09 according to the history books, so the anichrist kingdom 27:13 did not rise to world wide dominance until some time after 27:17 476 A.D. Point number 3 27:21 Daniel said this kindgom is represented by 27:25 little horn in other words this kingdom will be little kingdom 27:29 Not large in size geographically 27:34 Point number 4 Daniel said the little hour would 27:38 uproot 3 ofo the 10 horns. This little kingdom 27:42 would conquer 3 of the kingdoms which came out of Rome. 27:46 that was the Heruli, Vandals, and Ostrogoths 27:50 Point number 5 Daniel said the little havee eyses 27:55 and like mouth like a manwhich would speake for it. So this kingdom 27:59 would have man at its head who would represent it to the world. 28:03 Point number 6 Daniel said the little horn 28:08 different from the other horns. So there is somthing about this kingdom 28:12 that is different from other kingdoms some unique 28:16 Point number 7 The little horn 28:21 would speak great words against the Most High. In othe words this kingdom 28:25 would speak blasphemy against God. You say what does that mean? 28:29 You got to let the bible define it, the Bible defines blasphemy 28:33 as assuming any rights or power 28:38 that belongs to God and God alone. There two examples 28:42 at least in scripture. One when a man on earth 28:46 claims to be God, in John chapter 10 Jesus 28:50 He told the jews that He is God he claimed equality with the Father 28:54 The wanted to stone him for that, they said your're saying blashemy 28:58 now Jesus can say that because He is God. Can you say amen? 29:02 They didnt believe that. The other example is Luke chapter 5 29:06 When a man claims to forgive sin, remember Jesus told the paralytic 29:10 your sins are forgiven and the pharisees had a fit 29:14 they said that is blasphemy only God can for give sin 29:18 but Jesus is God so He could for gice sins, amen? 29:22 but they didn't believe that. So those are two examples of blasphemy in 29:26 the Bible when someone or something assumes power or authority 29:30 that belongs only to God so whatever 29:34 this kingdom is it would do that. Point number 8 29:38 this kingdom would make war against the saints 29:42 so it would be a persecuting power. Piont 9 29:46 Dainiel said this kingom would try to change 29:50 God's times and God's Law. 29:54 Point number 10. The little horn would rule for time 29:58 times, and half of time, 1260 years 30:02 Point number number 11. Revelation said 30:06 This kingdom would recieve a deadly wound and would be healed. 30:10 Point number 12. Revelation said people follow 30:14 and worhip the beast, so it isn only a political kingdom 30:18 it is a religious power, and point number 13 30:22 finally This kingdom will be represented 30:26 by the number 666. It will be number of a man 30:30 and it will be the number of his name 30:34 Now before we say who or what it is Im gonna ask an honest question 30:38 how many are willing to say yes 30:42 we got all thirteen points from the Bible and the Bible alone 30:46 if we agree on that can I see your hands. Did I make any of those points 30:50 up from other places other than the Bible none they 30:54 all came from scripture. And the truth is 30:58 there is only one power 31:02 in all of human history that has fulfilled 31:06 all thirteen points in absolte detail 31:10 some probably put the clues together and know what it is 31:14 but before I say it is is very imortant 31:18 that you hear what I say after I say it did you catch that, 31:22 that is coming going to become important. The only power 31:26 that has fulfilled all thirteen points is 31:30 the power known as the papacy 31:34 the Vatican City or Papal Rome 31:38 you say woah. Understand this now 31:42 God does not bring this out to hurt or offend 31:46 anybody and neither do I God is 31:50 warning his people of a persecuting power 31:54 that would rise in the middle ages and unfortunately do 31:58 some nasty things as history tells us 32:02 he is warning his people about a power that would take the word of God away 32:06 from the people a power that would cover up Jesus Christ and 32:10 the cross and he wanted his people to be aware of what 32:14 would happen it is important to know God is not 32:18 talking about individual Catholic people today. 32:22 Can you say amen? He is talking about a system 32:26 a kingdom that neither you or I have any control over 32:30 that would do some unfortunate things in the middle ages 32:34 Catholic people who are alive today now there are many how that love God with all their 32:38 hearts, they seek to serve God and their fellow man 32:42 they weren't alive back then, they have nothing to do with the things 32:46 that occured in the middle ages. Can somebody say amen to that? 32:50 this is not meant to be turned into a protestant versus catholic thing 32:54 God is warning about how church and state would unite 32:58 in the Middle ages would become a persecuting power and take 33:04 the bible away from the people. Now having said that since 33:08 I understand this is very sensitive and emotional 33:12 it is important that we be sure 33:16 that the papacy fits all 13 of these points 33:20 because the truth is what I am saying up here is not 33:24 my opinion. Nor the interpretation of a church 33:28 this is what has been taught from the begining the reformers knew 33:32 who antichrist was. Paul knew 33:36 that antichrist was starting to form in the early centuries 33:40 Pagan Rome persecuted God's people, in the middle ages, Papal Rome 33:44 persecuted God's people the problem 33:48 is it has only been in the last 200 years 33:52 that we veered to some other theory saying antichrist is one man that only rises 33:56 at the end of time and the truth is 34:00 that actually comes from Rome in the Middle ages they had 34:04 commisioned someone to come up with a different interpretation of 34:08 antichrist to take the heat off of what was happening in the middle ages 34:12 and they invented what was called futurism I talked about that 34:16 a few nights ago the idea that antichrist is one man 34:20 now before I go back to these points there is 34:24 one question I must clarify that I for got. In parts of Daniel 34:28 the Bible uses the word he to describe the little horn 34:32 and sometimes that make us think see its one man 34:36 but you have to understand the bible uses the personal pronoun 34:40 he and she to describe nations many times 34:44 in scripture I'll give an example. In the old testamnet 34:48 numerous times God referred to the nation of Israel as 34:52 the woman and he would use the term she or 34:56 her when Isreal was faithful He represented 35:00 as a pure woman when Israel was unfaithful to Him 35:04 He respresented her as a prostitute so don't let he 35:08 fool you in Bible prophecy he does not mean one man 35:12 when it comes to Daniel because it rules for 1260 years 35:16 God uses he and she to also represent nations 35:20 so now lets go back over all 13 of these points 35:24 make sure that it represents Papal Rome 35:28 now as I do this I'm just going to tell you we're going to uncover 35:32 some very sensitive things but we have to go over 35:36 it simply to show how Bible prophecy has been fulfilled 35:40 and then at the end we need to ask ourselves the most 35:44 important question what does this mean for 35:48 me today how do I apply it to my life 35:52 in the 21st century that by far is the mst important question 35:56 so lets go throught these points again and see if Papal Rome 36:00 fulfilled them. Point # 1 36:04 Daniel said the little arises from the 10 36:08 dividions of the Pagan Roman Empire. Histroy tells us 36:12 that the papacy came out of Pagan Rome and still resides 36:16 in Western Europe today. Point # 2 36:20 The little rises after the fourth beast 36:24 Rome falls, Rome didn't fall till 476 A.D. 36:28 History tells us that the papacy rose 36:32 to worldwide dominance in 538 36:36 that's when the Emperor Justinian gave political 36:40 to the Pope, so from that moment on 36:44 church and state were united in a persecuting 36:48 power. Point # 3 36:52 Daniel said the little horn is Like a little kingdom 36:56 the papacy is the smallest kingdom in western Europe it 37:00 encompasses only 109 arcers but today it is 37:04 probably the most powerly and riches kingdom 37:08 in th world, Point # 4. Daniel Said 37:12 The little horn conquers 3 of the kingdoms that came out of Rome 37:16 History tell us that the Papal armies 37:20 eradicated the Ostrigoths, the Vandals, 37:24 and the Heruli kingdoms because of doctrinal 37:28 difference, the last to be eliminated was the Ostrigoths 37:32 In 538. Point # 5 37:36 Daniel said the liitle horn would have a man at its head who speaks for it. 37:41 The Papacy has the office of Pope at its head 37:45 who speaks for it and respresents it to the world. That doesn't mean the Pope 37:49 is the antichrist. There are many different pope's. It is the system 37:53 that arose in the middle ages the Bible is speaking of. 37:57 Point # 6. Daniel said the horn is different 38:01 from the other kingdoms the papacy is 38:05 different because it is not simply a politically kingdom 38:09 ruled by you know presidents and prime ministers it's a religious 38:13 system that rules with bishop and cardinal ect. 38:17 That's unique church and state togeather. 38:21 Point # 7. this is were it gets sensitive 38:25 Dainiel said the little horn would speake words of blasphemy 38:29 Please understand what I share next I do it 38:33 in love only to show how bible prophecy was fulfilled 38:37 did papal rome do that in the middle ages? 38:41 remember the definition of what blashphemy is 38:45 assuming any rights or power belonging to God alone 38:49 what were the 2 illustrations in scripture 38:53 a man claiming to be God and one claiming to forgive sin 38:57 that is why the Jews accused Jesus blashphemy did that happen in 39:01 the middle ages? unfortunately, yes. 39:05 From the papal document claiming to be 39:09 God under Fourier Excelastic Dictionary it has this quote 40:10 who is king of kings in the Bible. Jesus 40:14 remember what antichrist means in the place of 40:18 instand of Christ 40:22 see this is were the things happening in the middle ages 40:26 you and I can't relate because we never lived in a situation 40:30 or circumstance like that in the book popular 40:34 catholic theology it says this of the forgiveness of sins 40:38 quoting from valume 6 41:22 These are coming from papal documents this was 41:26 going on in the middle ages unfortunately 41:30 Rome fulfills that point of assuming rights blonging 41:34 only to God. Point # 8 41:38 Daniel said the little horn would make war against 41:42 the saints. If you have ever read History it tells us how 41:47 Papal army's martyred millions of people during the Dark Ages 41:51 and during the reformation. Now I want 41:55 pause here for a second you know somtimes 41:59 as protestants we're temped to get a little bit of a superiority 42:03 holier than thou attitude. Some mistakes were 42:07 made in the Middle Ages that is obvious can we say 42:11 that our churches have never made mistakes 42:15 or as individuals we never made mistakes 42:19 it was only 50 60 years ago that protestant 42:23 churches turned away black men away at the door simply because 42:27 he was black or made him 42:31 sit on the floor like a lesser child of God 42:35 today we would say that was a mistake 42:39 you have to remember all of us have make mistakes 42:43 and it is by the grace of God we turn around 42:47 understand that all religious establishments make mistakes too 42:51 Point # 9 Daniel said 42:55 the little horn would thinks to change God's times and 42:59 law. Now here is where it gets really 43:03 really serious. Did Papal Rome 43:07 do that in the middle ages 43:11 from the document Prompta 43:15 Bibliotheca it says 43:27 and in the Encyciical Letters of Leo XIII 43:31 Pope Leo the thirteenth is says 43:39 Let me give you an ilustration of this, you 43:43 remember how we learned the other night Rome's version of the ten commandment 43:47 is different than what is recored in the Bible 43:51 you say how can that be? if you look at Rome version 43:55 in the catechism, the second commandment is completely blotted out, 43:59 you know the one about forbidding graven images 44:03 you know that images ant statues were used in Rome 44:07 for convenience sake that that on was completed bloted out of the bible 44:11 and the tenth commandment about that thoushall not covet, it was just broken into two 44:15 separate commandment so you still could keep 10 commandments 44:19 You see God's law was has been changed 44:24 and tampered with but what 44:28 about God's times? 44:32 and here is where the sabbath comes back to us in a 44:36 completely new light 44:40 from the book Faith of Our Fathers one of the most popular Papal books 44:44 in recent times Cardinal James Gibbons says 45:04 Now he is speaking truth there, you say 45:08 why is he saying that? Tthe Seventh-day Sabbath in the Bible 45:12 is the true Sabbath. Why he is saying that?H he is challenging the 45:16 protestants, protestants are saying we broke away from you 45:20 because you don't go by the bible and the bible alone yor are putting your 45:24 tradition above the word of God and so Rome is coming back and saying 45:28 wait a minute you say you go by the Bible but yet 45:32 you keep the sunday that came striaght from us 45:36 you ignore the Bible Sabbath and you keep the day we 45:40 sanctified by putting the church laws above God's law 45:44 He is using that to challenge them and is saying 45:48 see you're still following Rome as the mother church come back 45:52 to us he's challenging them with that and in sense 45:56 if you want to summarize this in plain language here is what its saying 46:12 and see this were you begin to realize the deeper issue 46:16 about Sabbath and Sunday it not about 46:20 about two different days now we 46:24 understand about do I follow tradition 46:28 or do I follow what the word of God says 46:32 Do I follow the commandments of men 46:36 or do I fllow the commandments of God 46:40 do we follow human authority 46:44 or God's divine authority, because 46:48 I can tell you for me when I understand that the Seventh-day Sabbath 46:52 is taught thorughout scripture, that it points to God as my 46:56 creator and savior and I understand that 47:00 Sunday comes from the very power that the 47:04 Bible calls antichrist 47:08 causes me to stop in my tracks and think about that very 47:12 very seriously 47:16 do I follow something that comes from antichrist 47:20 or do I follow that witch come from the Bible 47:24 the Bible alone. You see why this tough 47:28 subject to preach and study sometimes 47:32 # 10 The little would have power for 47:36 1260 years. The Papacy ruled, Church 47:40 and Stated were united from 538 47:44 all the way until 1798, because in 1798 47:48 Napoleon and the French Revolution abolished 47:52 the Papal gevorment for a time and if you the addition 47:56 from 538 to 1798 exactly how 48:00 long? 1260 years 48:04 The bible exact was in its prophecy 48:08 Piont # 11 Revelation said the Beast 48:12 would receive a deadly wound, that deadly was 1798 48:16 When Napoleon abolished the Papal government, the Pope at that 48:21 time died in exile but they didn't lose thier power 48:25 for long because in 1929 the Italian 48:29 dictator Mussonlini restored power to the Papacy 48:34 the Lateran Treaty and the deadly wound was healed 48:38 got to show this, I found this, I want the newspaper 48:42 article that come out in 1929 48:46 describing as when the papal power got its authority back I want you 48:50 to notice the wording used in all the way back in the 1929 48:54 San Francicso Chrnicle notice 49:18 Isn't it interesting when Italy give Vatican City there power 49:22 back again the secular newspaper uses 49:26 the very phrase that revelation talks about 49:30 healing the wound that not by change 49:34 or coincidence that is Bible prophecy being gulfilled 49:38 and the last 2 points Revlation sais the beast would be a religious power 49:42 that would be worhiped. Rome is a religious power 49:46 with great political influence. and 49:50 lastly point # 13 49:54 Revelation said the beast would have the number 666 49:58 It would be the number of a man and number 50:02 of his name. Did you the official 50:06 title of the Pope has been "Vicarius Filii Dei" 50:10 in Latin it means "instead 50:14 of Christ" and when you add the Roman numerals up 50:18 of that title it equals 50:22 666 the number of a man 50:26 the number of his name. 50:30 WOW 50:36 There is no doubt that this is what Bible prophecy is 50:40 pointing towards. Again understand God is not seeking 50:44 to condemn dear catholic people today, there are people of all faiths 50:48 living up to all the light they know and they love Jesus can you say amen 50:52 but God is telling us about a power 50:56 that would rise when chruch and state would unite it would be a persecuting 51:00 power it would be a power that would the Bible away 51:04 from the people. but what does that mean 51:08 for me today? This is a question I need to ask 51:12 these are the principles of the beast 51:16 these are the principles that came from Rome in the middle ages 51:20 look at them carefully the principles that were taught 51:24 and espoused throughout the world was this the commandments of 51:29 men are above those of God 51:33 tradition is placed above Bible truth 51:37 and human authority or religulous 51:41 authority is more important than God's authority 51:45 those were the principles that came out of the beast in the Middle Ages 51:49 and so the question you and I must ask ourselves tonight 51:53 is this am I following those 51:57 principles in my life today. 52:01 when you apply it don't make no difference if you catholic, protestant, muslim 52:05 adventis, buddhist whatever the point 52:09 is, it my life when I look at the Bible 52:13 and I says I see what the Bible says, but 52:17 this pearson says it not important, Lord 52:21 I see what Your truth declares, but this church says something 52:25 else. God I know want I'm reading in the scirpture's 52:29 but Lord this pastor says it not important 52:33 when I look at the word of God, but purposely 52:37 choose to put something else or someone else's authority 52:41 above it, I am following the principles 52:45 of the beast, no matter what denomination 52:49 I may be from. 52:53 That's how I need to apply this to my life today. 52:57 See what God is telling us Revelation 13 53:01 what happened in the middle ages 53:05 where church and state unite 53:09 where people were forced to choose between man's law and 53:13 God's law they were forced to choose upon penalty of death 53:17 God is using that as an illustration 53:21 to show me what is going to happen again 53:25 at the end of time because Revelation tells 53:29 me there is going to another great crisis at the end and 53:33 history will repeat itself. The beast will rise 53:37 church and state will again unite and 53:41 people will be forced and coerced to choose 53:45 whether they will follow man or they will follow God 53:49 whether they follow humans commandments 53:53 or whether they follow God's commandments 53:57 we are going talk about that sunday night and so knowing that is 54:01 coming the question we need to ask ourself 54:05 when we go home tonight is this, if you forget anything tonight if 54:09 go home and say I can't remember all those 13 pionts that ok, beacuse the 54:13 whole piont of the message it in the next 3 question 54:38 Am I following Christ and and His Word no excuses 54:42 no straddling the fence with all my heart 54:46 all my soul and all my mind, because 54:50 I plan to follow Him in the end time by His grace 54:54 I need to choose to follow Him today. 54:58 Now we could stop here 55:03 but I'm not going to stop here because of Daniel 55:07 7 does not end with antichrist, there is one 55:12 part of this vision we got to take the last few minutes for 55:16 because I want you to see this, it is awesome in Daniel 55:20 chapter 7 atfer God talks about 55:25 the little horn, about antichrist notice what Daniel 55:29 see next, do not miss this 55:33 Daniel 7 verse 9 Daniel said 56:15 what is happen here? It gives us a picture 56:19 God the father call the Ancient of Days is seated on His throne 56:23 a fiery thorne, thousands upon thousands 56:27 of angelic being are surrounding Him. Then it says something interesting 56:32 The court was seated, and and books were opened. 56:36 This is a judgment seen 56:40 God is about to judge the world, infact God is about to judge 56:45 the little horn for what happen in the middle ages, 56:49 but before I worry about the little horn I better worry about myself 56:53 because when it says books are opened those are the books 56:57 that record the record of our life, every deed every acted 57:01 and so the question is am I 57:05 going to be able to make it through the judgment when God looks my 57:09 book of record and 57:13 notice what Daniel see next 57:17 verse 13 57:30 Who is the Son of man 57:34 in the Bible can you tell me? this Jesus 57:39 Jesus is entering the court room. Jesus is entering the judgment 57:43 seen, Jesus appearing before the Father as our 57:47 mediator, as our advocate, as our defender. 57:51 so when God looks over the record of your life or mine 57:55 Jesus steps in and Jesus say I know that child 57:59 I know David, I know Sues, I know Ellaine, I know Bob, 58:03 I know Perry, yes they have made mistakes but they have accept me as savior 58:07 Therefore I have forgiven them, I have wiped their 58:11 slate clean I have allowed my rightness 58:15 rightness to cover them so in the eyes of the Father when 58:19 He looks at your life He see you as absolutely perfect 58:23 Not because of the life you lived but because of life of 58:27 Jesus counts for you |
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