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00:26 I'd like to welcome you all to Focus on God's Word.
00:30 And it's great to see you all here again 00:34 as we plunge into another message in End-Time Apocalypse. 00:40 Today's message of entitled God's Final Call. 00:45 And for those who are here a warm welcome to you 00:47 as well as for those who are watching 00:49 around the world wherever you may be 00:51 glad that you can join us as we open God's Word together. 00:55 And in particular we are going to the Book of Revelation, 00:58 the Apocalypse as it is also known 01:01 that reveals Jesus Christ 01:04 in all His beauty, in all His fullness, 01:06 and reveals the wonderful truth 01:08 that Jesus Christ has especially for those 01:10 that will be living prior to His second coming. 01:13 We have been looking 01:15 at the very heart of the Book of Revelation 01:18 for those that have been here 01:19 or those that have been watching 01:21 during the past three episodes in the six part series 01:23 we have been going to the very heart 01:25 of Revelation to Revelation 12-14 01:28 where God in a very special way 01:30 shares with those at the end of time 01:33 the great issues that will prepare 01:36 the people of God, those who choose Jesus Christ 01:39 to be ready for His soon return. 01:42 So today we want to take a look at 01:44 one more all important message 01:46 in the final message of God's love, 01:49 the three angles messages in Revelation 14. 01:53 Now I don't know about you, 01:54 but I have been to the airport a number of times. 01:58 You have seen this screen at the airport, 02:01 I'm sure final call, final boarding. 02:05 Anyone here missed the plane? Okay. 02:08 You have missed the plane, Will. 02:10 I have almost missed the plane 02:12 on several occasions, but not quite, 02:14 but when you're at the airport you see people scampering 02:17 and running to the gate to get to the plane. 02:20 And the plane generally doesn't wait, does it? 02:22 Unless you're very important, it doesn't wait. 02:24 Those doors shut and if you miss it out on the plane 02:28 for whatever reason, it's just too bad, 02:30 so sad, you have to wait for the next plane. 02:32 However, in Revelation we have God's final call 02:36 and there isn't another plane coming, 02:38 there is only one opportunity to get on board 02:41 to get on board and make it to the New Jerusalem 02:44 with Jesus Christ, our Lord. 02:46 So today we want to take a look at 02:47 Revelation's final call, 02:49 Revelation's last appeal is another way of looking 02:53 at this all important subject. 02:55 And before we begin and before we open up God's Word, 02:57 what do we need to do? 02:59 We need to pray we need to ask God 03:01 to bless our time together in His Word. 03:03 So let's pray. 03:04 Father, in heaven, once again 03:06 it's a privilege for us to open up Your Word. 03:09 And especially to take a look at these all important 03:14 three angles' messages that You have given to the world 03:18 in order to prepare people who are ready for Your coming. 03:22 So Father, as we open Your Word, 03:24 open our hearts and our minds that we may be willing and able 03:27 to understand the message that You have for us 03:30 for this is our earnest pray in Jesus' name we pray. 03:33 Amen, amen. 03:35 Once again, we are going to the Book of Revelation, 03:38 we're going into the very heart of Revelation, 03:40 we're going to the three angels' messages of Revelation. 03:43 And I thank God that He has established, 03:47 He has divinely established 3ABN 03:50 or Three Angels Broadcasting Network, 03:53 that is broadcasting God's final message of love 03:56 to the world around the world. 03:57 And today in these three angles' messages 04:00 we want to go to the second angel's message. 04:04 Before we take a look at the second angel's message, 04:07 you'll notice that 04:08 we have looked at the first angel's message 04:10 that deals with worshipping the creator following God's truth. 04:14 We have also unpacked the third angel's message 04:16 which is all about choosing who we will worship 04:19 whether it's the creator, Jesus Christ, 04:21 so the created one, ultimately Satan, 04:24 the commandments of God and the traditions of man. 04:27 But today in particular 04:28 we're going to take a look at the second angel's message 04:31 where God exposes Satan's deceptions. 04:35 And I've shared with you that God divinely inspired me, 04:39 impressed me some time ago, someone asked me 04:42 where did you come up with a summary 04:44 of the three angels' messages in six words. 04:47 And I shared that God gave that to me. 04:50 So I take no credit for that. 04:51 But here are the three angels' messages 04:53 summed up in six words, easy to remember. 04:56 We have the first angel's message 04:57 where God shares His truth, 04:59 the second angel's message 05:01 where God exposes Satan's lies, 05:03 and in the third angel's message God says it what? 05:06 Your choice either to accept My truth 05:09 or to accept Satan's lies, your choice. 05:12 Today we want to take a look at the second angel's message 05:16 where God in a very special way exposes Satan's lies. 05:21 Notice these words that we find in Revelation 14:8, 05:26 "And another angel followed, saying, 05:28 'Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, 05:32 because she has made all nations drink of the wine 05:35 of the wrath of her fornication." 05:36 This is the second angels' message. 05:39 And God here clearly identifies a system 05:42 that He refers to as Babylon, as what? 05:45 As Babylon and we'll discover what Babylon means 05:48 and what Babylon is the symbol of. 05:51 You remember there are two cities 05:53 in the Book of Revelation 05:54 we looked at that on a previous occasion 05:56 is the New Jerusalem that represents the City of God, 05:59 that the people of God will inherit. 06:01 And then we have Babylon 06:03 that represents the city of Satan 06:05 and sadly those that have chosen 06:07 to align themselves with him 06:09 and the city that they will inherit. 06:12 And so we want to take a look at Babylon. 06:15 In Revelation 18:2, we have a repetition 06:19 of the second angel's message from Revelation 14:8. 06:22 Notice these words, 06:24 "And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, 06:26 'Babylon the great is fallen... is what? 06:28 "Is fallen and has become a dwelling place of demons, 06:31 a prison for every foul spirit, 06:33 and a cage for every unclean and hated bird! 06:36 For all the nations... 06:38 How many of the nations? 06:39 "All the nations have drunk of the wine 06:41 of the wrath of her fornication, 06:42 the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, 06:46 and the merchants of the earth have become rich 06:48 through the abundance of her luxury." 06:51 So notice here in this message we are told very clearly 06:54 that the kings of the earth 06:55 that is the political leaders have been taken in by Babylon, 06:59 not just the political leaders, but the merchants. 07:02 The economy is saturated with the principles of Babylon. 07:05 So but the political 07:07 and the economic system of the world is full 07:12 and because it has taken on board 07:14 the principles of Babylon. 07:16 Let's continue reading. 07:18 "And I heard another voice from heaven saying, 07:20 'Come out of her," what? "My people." 07:23 So God has His people in Babylon. 07:25 Notice, "Lest you share in her sins, 07:28 and lest you receive of her plagues. 07:30 For her sins have reached to," where? 07:33 "To heaven, and God has remembered 07:34 her iniquities or her sins." 07:37 God makes that abundantly clear 07:39 that Babylon is fallen, is fallen, 07:42 and Babylon will ultimately be destroyed. 07:46 In fact, Revelation 19 07:48 describes the second coming of Jesus 07:50 after the destruction and the fall of Babylon 07:53 which we want to take a look at today. 07:56 Now as we continue to take a look at 07:58 this all important subject of Babylon, 08:00 we discover that God says come out of her My people. 08:04 Now when I think of those words that come from heaven, 08:07 I can't help but think of John 10:27, 08:11 where Jesus Himself said, "My sheep hear," what? 08:14 "My voice, and I know them, and they do," what? 08:17 "They follow Me." 08:18 So there is a voice that comes from heaven, John records. 08:22 And that voice is crying out in a mighty loud voice. 08:27 The words there are megaphone in the original Greek. 08:30 So it's a megaphone voice that God is using 08:34 to share a message with His people 08:36 that are currently in Babylon. 08:39 And He says, "Come out of her My people." 08:43 Jesus says, "My sheep hear my voice. 08:46 And they know Me, and they follow Me." 08:49 Could it be that voice that comes directly from heaven, 08:54 we're not told that that voice comes from an angel. 08:56 Could it be that that voice is none other than 08:59 the voice of Jesus Christ? 09:02 Who else let me ask you, 09:04 who else is able to say 09:07 my people more so than Jesus Christ Himself. 09:12 Who is the one? 09:13 Who is the one that purchased us with His blood? 09:16 It's Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ. 09:19 Could it be that He is the one 09:20 crying out with a loud voice from heaven saying, 09:24 "Come out of Babylon, My people, My people." 09:28 So let's ask the question, 09:30 who or what represents Babylon? 09:34 Notice what we discover in Isaiah 14:4 09:38 "Who is at the very heart of Babylon this fallen system. 09:43 Take up this proverb against the king of Babylon and say..." 09:46 This is God speaking now to Isaiah. 09:50 "How the oppressor has ceased, the golden city ceased!" 09:54 The king of Babylon... 09:56 Now, who is God speaking of 09:58 when He speaks of the king of Babylon 10:01 here in Isaiah 14:4. 10:04 As we continue reading in Isaiah, 10:07 notice what we discover in verse 12 10:09 who is this king of Babylon in an ultimate sense. 10:13 Isaiah 14:12 we read these words, 10:16 this is God speaking, 10:17 "How you are fallen from heaven, O who?" 10:20 "O Lucifer, son of the morning! 10:22 How you are cut down to the ground, 10:25 you who weakened the nations!" 10:26 So who is the ultimate king of Babylon? 10:30 It's a Lucifer 10:31 who became the devil and Satan, the Bible says. 10:35 And so here we have the ultimate king of Babylon 10:39 and that is none other than Satan himself. 10:42 However, as we will discover Satan has used 10:47 and is using systems, human systems 10:50 in order to receive worship, in order to receive what? 10:54 Worship, 10:55 for we have discovered over and over again 10:57 that the central issue in the Book of Revelation is worship. 11:00 In fact the central issue in the entire Bible 11:04 from Genesis to Revelation is worship. 11:07 The central issue at the end of time 11:09 will center around worship. 11:11 Who you will worship? 11:13 Whether it will be Jesus Christ, 11:15 our Creator and Savior, 11:16 or whether it will be the enemy of our souls 11:20 and that is the devil and Satan worship. 11:24 So at the end of time 11:26 we'll discover that the enemy uses this system Babylon 11:30 and will discover from the Bible 11:32 what this system Babylon is at the end of time 11:35 in order to deceive the world into worshipping him. 11:40 Let me share this with you. 11:41 Babylon represents rebellion against God, 11:47 persecution against God's people, 11:49 and a counterfeit system of worship 11:52 that Satan has established in order to usurp worship 11:56 that belongs to God alone." 11:58 That is Babylon in a nutshell, 12:01 and Satan has always worked through a front man, 12:05 he has always worked through a system or a power 12:08 in order to deceive right from the very beginning of time. 12:12 Satan used the serpent in order to deceive Eve. 12:15 Isn't that right? 12:16 So he has always used a front man, 12:20 he never comes out in the open. 12:22 In fact the Bible says, Paul writes 12:25 that Satan can appear as an angel of what? 12:28 As an angel of light in order to deceive. 12:31 And that's how deception work, a con man or a con woman 12:35 doesn't come out in the open, do they? 12:38 They look slick, they look lovely, 12:40 they look very fine on the outside, 12:42 but on the inside they are sinister 12:45 and they are deceptive to the very core, 12:47 isn't that right? 12:48 That's exactly how deception works. 12:51 Now let's just take a brief look at 12:53 how Satan has used the system of Babylon, 12:56 the system of confusion, rebellion 13:00 and ultimate persecution against God and His people 13:04 during the past, during the ages 13:08 from the very beginning of time. 13:09 Let me just put up for you a number of points 13:11 Babylon from Genesis to Revelation. 13:13 At the very beginning we've got the Tower of Babel. 13:16 The Tower of Babel. 13:18 That's where the word Babylon comes from, 13:21 from the Tower of Babel immediately after the flood. 13:25 And that's where God confused the languages, 13:27 that's why we have so many languages today in the world, 13:30 it all comes from the Tower of Babel. 13:32 And in fact the word babble or babbling 13:36 comes from Bible and Babylon. 13:38 When you're babbling, you don't know 13:39 what you're saying isn't that right? 13:41 When a baby is babbling, 13:42 no one knows what the baby is saying 13:44 except for the mother, isn't that right? 13:45 That's absolutely right. 13:47 And so, Bible represents confusion. 13:51 And then we have Nebuchadnezzar 13:53 and the ancient city of Babylon. 13:56 And you remember Nebuchadnezzar, 13:58 he is the one who was the brilliant architect 14:01 behind the city of Babylon, 14:03 and he is the one in Daniel 4 who says, 14:06 "Is not this great Babylon that all I have built 14:10 by my mighty hand, for my splendor." 14:12 And so Babylon at the very heart of Babylon is pride, 14:16 is arrogance, it's lifting oneself up, 14:20 that is Babylon. 14:23 We have Pagan Rome as Babylon. 14:25 We have Peter in the Book of 1 Peter 5:13. 14:31 There Peter, he describes 14:34 the saints in Rome as living in Babylon. 14:38 So Pagan Rome was a symbol of Babylon. 14:42 And Pagan Rome persecuted the people of God, 14:44 isn't that right? 14:45 Pagan Rome persecuted the people of God. 14:47 So once again these themes of persecution, 14:50 these themes of deception, these themes of arrogance, 14:54 they all come through 14:56 and they are all describing this fallen system of Babylon 15:00 who has as its ultimate king, who? 15:03 Satan. 15:05 Satan is the ultimate king of Babylon 15:07 that works through these human systems. 15:09 And so we come to Babylon in the end-time, 15:14 Babylon in the end-time. 15:17 Now, do we find a clear description of Babylon 15:20 at the end of time in the Book of Revelation? 15:23 Indeed we do. 15:25 We have this woman 15:26 that is adorned with gold and pearls, 15:29 she has a cup in her hand 15:31 that we discover in Revelation 17, 15:34 a golden cup filled with abominations 15:37 that she shares with the nations, 15:39 she is dressed in purple and scarlet, 15:42 and she is riding this scarlet beast 15:44 that has seven heads and ten horns. 15:47 We have come across this kind of beast before, haven't we? 15:51 In Revelation 12, and Revelation 13, 15:55 and Revelation 17. 15:56 And what encourage you to go home. 15:59 Well, those who are watching, wherever you may be watching, 16:02 open up your Bible to the three descriptions 16:04 of this seven headed beast with ten horns 16:08 in Revelation 12, Revelation 13, 16:10 and Revelation 17. 16:11 And you'll discover that 16:12 there are minor differences between the three, 16:15 minor differences between the three. 16:17 I won't tell you what they are. 16:18 I want you to go home and find that out for yourself. 16:20 But what does that tell me? 16:22 That tells me that this power is essentially the same, 16:25 but works in lightly different ways 16:29 at different periods of earth's history. 16:32 Very, very interesting. 16:34 Now as we take a look at this woman 16:37 that is riding this scarlet beast, 16:39 we have this description 16:41 in Revelation 17:1 and onwards. 16:44 John writes, "Then one of the seven angels 16:47 who had the seven bowls came and talked with me..." 16:50 That is the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues, 16:53 God's wrath. 16:55 "Saying to me, 'Come, I will show you 16:57 the judgment of the great harlot 16:59 who sits on many waters with whom 17:01 the kings of the earth committed fornication, 17:03 and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk 17:05 with the wine of her fornication. 17:08 So he carried me away 17:10 in the Spirit into the wilderness. 17:11 And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast 17:14 which was full of names of blasphemy, 17:16 having seven heads and ten horns. 17:19 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, 17:22 and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, 17:24 having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations 17:27 and the filthiness of her fornication." 17:30 Verse 5, "And on her forehead a name was written: Mystery, 17:34 Babylon the," what? 17:35 "Babylon the great, the mother of Harlots, 17:38 and of the abominations of the earth." 17:41 And verse 6, "I saw the woman, drunk 17:44 with the blood of the saints 17:45 and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. 17:47 And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement." 17:51 So here is John and he sees this vision 17:55 of this woman that is riding this scarlet colored beast. 18:01 And the Bible says, he wonders with great amazement. 18:05 He understands what is taking place 18:08 to a degree at least because he understands 18:11 the symbols that God is employing here 18:15 because those symbols are found in the Old Testament. 18:18 The Old Testament that John is very familiar with. 18:20 And so he is picking up a picture 18:23 of what is taking place. 18:24 And it's not a very pretty picture indeed. 18:28 He discovers that this woman 18:32 that represents the church 18:35 has become corrupt, extremely corrupt 18:38 that now she is described as a harlot. 18:42 But I don't want to get ahead of myself, 18:44 so we want to unpack what these symbols all are 18:47 but before we do that, let's ask another question 18:50 as we seek to understand 18:53 who or what Babylon constitutes at the end of time. 18:56 So let's ask the question, who is the scarlet harlot 18:59 and the scarlet beast? 19:01 Answer. 19:03 In Revelation 17:18, we have the answer. 19:06 "And the woman whom you saw is that," what? 19:10 "That great city, speaking of Babylon, 19:12 which reigns over the kings of the earth." 19:17 Notice, the woman is riding the beast. 19:21 What does that tell us? 19:22 That tells us that the woman is in control. 19:26 The woman is in control. 19:28 So we'll discover that this woman 19:30 represents a church. 19:32 And this church, this religious system 19:34 is in charge of the beast 19:36 and the beast represents the kingdoms of this world, 19:40 seven heads and ten horns, ten being a complete number, 19:45 a number that represents the entire globe, 19:48 all the kings and the kingdoms of this world. 19:51 And so this religious power is in control 19:56 of the political systems of this world. 20:00 Now the truth is at the end of time, 20:05 Satan will seek to receive worship 20:07 from all the inhabitants of the world 20:10 through his end-time system of Babylon, 20:13 that great harlot that receives 20:15 her influence and power from the beast 20:19 or from the nations of this world. 20:23 Now who does the scarlet harlot represent? 20:27 The scarlet harlot represents 20:29 none other than the Roman church-state. 20:33 The Roman church-state 20:35 is a symbol of this scarlet harlot 20:38 in Revelation 17. 20:40 Now we have already looked at this in the past, 20:42 we've discovered that the antichrist 20:45 of Bible prophecy is none other than the Roman church-state. 20:49 This definition or this truth concerning 20:55 the scarlet harlot 20:56 is not new to Christians today or Christian scholars today. 21:00 This is something 21:01 that was believed by the reformers 21:03 for hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years. 21:06 The reformers like Martin Luther, 21:09 and John Hus, and Wycliffe, and Zwingli, 21:13 they all read Revelation 17 21:17 and they all came to the conclusion 21:19 based on the symbolism, based on the evidence, 21:23 Revelation 17 pointed to none other 21:26 than the apostate Christian Church 21:29 of the Dark Ages, 21:30 or the Roman church-state 21:32 as she is now known or the Roman papacy. 21:36 So let's take a look 21:38 if the description here in Revelation 17 21:41 does indeed fit the Roman papacy 21:45 as the final fulfillment of Babylon 21:48 that the enemy will use at the end of time 21:52 in order to receive worship from the entire world. 21:55 That's what we need to know. 21:57 And by the way before we continue, 21:59 there may be some 22:00 that are watching this for the very first time 22:02 and you haven't had a chance to catch up 22:03 on the previous three episodes where we have set a foundation 22:07 for the subject that we're looking at today. 22:10 I want to make it crystal clear that when God, 22:13 when God points the finger 22:16 or when God pinpoints a system, 22:19 He is indeed doing that, a system. 22:22 God is not here speaking against 22:25 Roman Catholic Christians around the world. 22:28 That number over one billion around the world. 22:31 God here is not against, speaking against people, 22:34 but God is against systems, against powers 22:38 that take away from the prerogatives 22:40 that belong to Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ alone. 22:42 Amen? 22:44 And I too, I am not against people, 22:46 I love all people, Christians, Muslims, 22:49 Hindus, Buddhists, atheists, New Ages, agnostics, 22:54 you name them I love them all because Jesus said, 22:58 we ought to love everyone, isn't that right? 23:00 And Jesus loved and loves 23:03 every single person on the planet 23:05 regardless of whether they accept Him 23:07 as Lord and Savior or not, 23:08 that does not change the love that Jesus has 23:11 for every single person on the planet. 23:13 In the same way, 23:14 I love every single person on the planet, 23:17 I have respect for every single person, 23:19 no matter their belief system 23:23 or whether they have a belief system. 23:26 I love every single person 23:27 and respect every single person, 23:29 but one thing above and beyond 23:31 everything else I love and that is God's truth. 23:33 Amen? 23:35 I love God's truth. 23:38 And God's truth for me is paramount. 23:41 God's truth for me trumps everything else in this world 23:45 because God's truth is most important, 23:48 is most important. 23:50 So God here exposes Satan's lies 23:53 in the second angels' message 23:55 in order that you and I may have an opportunity 23:58 to choose to follow what? 24:00 God's truth. 24:02 That is why God goes to such great lengths 24:05 to expose Babylon in the end of time, 24:07 so that you and I will have the opportunity of serving 24:10 and being faithful to Jesus Christ 24:13 and worshipping Him according to His Word 24:16 in spirit and in truth. 24:17 So is that clear, yes or no? 24:19 Yes. I really hope it is. 24:20 Because I don't want anyone thinking, 24:22 oh, this Pastor Danny, 24:25 he's giving the Roman Catholics a good bashing. 24:29 And that's not what it's all about, 24:30 I would never do that, never have done that 24:32 and do not believe 24:33 that is in the Spirit of Christ, 24:35 but I do believe 24:36 that it's important to point out the truth 24:39 in order that the deception may be exposed 24:42 and those who want to follow the truth can do that. 24:45 So let's take a look at end-time Babylon. 24:47 Firstly, it's an unfaithful church, 24:50 an unfaithful church. 24:52 Notice what we read in Revelation 17:1 24:55 And I just want to take a look at that last sentence 24:58 where John is told, 25:00 "Come, I will show you 25:01 the judgment of the great harlot 25:03 who sits on many waters." 25:05 Now in Scripture we have, 25:07 in Revelation we have two women, 25:10 we have the pure woman 25:12 that represents the pure church of Christ 25:14 and she is referred to as a virgin, 25:16 she is found in Revelation 12, 25:18 and we're going to deal with her 25:20 in the next presentation, 25:22 and then we have this false woman 25:23 or this counterfeit church 25:25 that represents the false church, 25:28 and she is the one described here 25:29 in Revelation 17. 25:31 Now a woman is a symbol of the church in Bible, 25:37 in Bible prophecy 25:38 and the woman as a symbol appears over and over again 25:41 in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. 25:43 Let me just give you one scripture. 25:44 Here we find in Jeremiah 6:2 where God says, 25:49 "I have likened the daughter of Zion," 25:51 there he is speaking of His people Israel, 25:54 "To a lovely and delicate," what? 25:56 "Woman." 25:57 So in the Bible, a woman represents, what? 26:00 The church. 26:01 If she is a virgin 26:02 she represents the pure church of God 26:05 that is married to Jesus Christ. 26:07 If she is a harlot, 26:09 well, then she's not married to Jesus Christ, 26:11 she seeks to be married with the nations of this world 26:15 and that is that fornication, and I'm getting ahead of myself 26:17 and we'll get there in just a little bit. 26:20 Let's take a look at point number two. 26:22 Point number two, 26:23 end-time Babylon is described 26:24 as persecuting God's faithful people. 26:26 Notice what we read. 26:28 "I saw the woman, drunk with the, what? 26:30 "The blood of the saints and with the blood, of who? 26:33 "The martyrs of Jesus." 26:36 It's a fact. 26:38 It's a sad fact of history that the apostate church, 26:42 the Church of Rome persecuted 26:45 millions and millions and millions of people 26:48 down through the centuries. 26:51 The Dark Ages are called dark, 26:52 not only because truth was almost extinguished, 26:56 Bible truth 26:57 but those that love the truth, those that were not in harmony 27:00 with the teachings of the church of the day 27:04 suffered horrible persecution. 27:06 In fact, Pope John Paul II in the year 2000 27:09 for the very first time acknowledged the sins 27:13 of persecution that the church had committed 27:16 in the name of God and asked for forgiveness. 27:19 Pope Francis several years ago 27:23 met with the Waldensian leaders 27:26 there in Italy for the very first time 27:28 and apologized and sought forgiveness 27:30 for the persecution the Church of Rome 27:33 inflicted upon the Waldensian Christians. 27:36 So this is a fact of history, up to 50 million people, 27:42 up to 50 million Christians were sadly killed 27:44 because of their faith in Jesus Christ 27:48 and His Word, and His truth, 27:50 and their unwillingness to go along 27:53 with the church of the state. 27:55 Let's go to our third point. 28:00 End-time Babylon would blaspheme against God. 28:04 We've already looked at this in our very first presentation. 28:07 We discovered that this system is described as 28:13 if we take a look full of the names of what? 28:16 Blasphemy. 28:18 It's full of the names of blasphemy. 28:20 Now according to the Bible what is blasphemy? 28:22 We've discovered that according to the Bible, 28:25 blasphemy is making oneself equal to God 28:27 and claiming the power and the authority 28:29 to forgive sins. 28:30 Does the Church of Rome claim that the bishop of Rome 28:34 or the pope as he is known today 28:36 is God's representative on earth 28:39 that he speaks as God on earth? 28:41 Indeed. 28:42 That is why he is referred to as your holiness, 28:45 he's also referred to as the Lord in the church 28:49 and he's referred to as Holy Father. 28:52 And so this is blasphemy for an individual, 28:56 a human being to claim the prerogatives 28:58 that belong to God and God alone 29:00 and that he's claiming to be God on earth, 29:02 that is blasphemy. 29:05 Forgiveness of sin, who alone can forgive sin? 29:08 God. God. 29:09 Jesus Christ is our mediator. God alone can forgive sin. 29:14 No human being has the power 29:16 or the authority given by God to forgive sin. 29:20 To claim the power 29:22 and the prerogatives of forgiveness is to blaspheme. 29:27 The Church of Rome sadly commits these two acts 29:31 of blasphemy even to this very day. 29:34 Point number four, 29:36 End-time Babylon or the Roman papacy 29:40 commits fornication with the nations. 29:44 Is the papacy involved in a very political way 29:50 with the nations of this world? 29:52 Indeed, it is. 29:54 Notice what Revelation 17:2 says, 29:57 "With whom the kings of the earth 29:59 committed fornication, 30:00 and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk 30:02 with the wine of her fornication." 30:05 Now, what is fornication? 30:07 Fornication is an illicit union, 30:10 an illicit union, 30:12 and this term fornication appears not only twice, 30:14 but it appears one other time in Revelation 17:4, 30:18 where it says, "She has in her hand 30:21 a golden cup full of abominations 30:24 and the filthiness of her fornication." 30:26 So this is a big deal as far as God is concerned. 30:29 He mentions this point no less 30:31 than three times here in Revelation 17:1-6. 30:35 Now, what is fornication? 30:38 Fornication is simply this spiritual fornication, 30:42 physical fornication is an illicit relationship 30:45 that ought not to take place. 30:48 Spiritual fornication is when the church 30:51 and the state get into bed together, 30:55 that ought not to be the case 30:57 because as far as Jesus was concerned, 30:59 as far as God was concerned, 31:00 they ought to be a clear separation 31:02 between the church, 31:04 religion, spiritual matters, and political matters, 31:08 and the state, and the government. 31:10 Notice what we read in James 4:4 31:14 on this very point. 31:16 "Adulterers and adulteresses!" 31:19 Here James is speaking of fornication, 31:21 he is speaking of spiritual adultery. 31:24 "Do you not know that friendship with," who? 31:27 "The world is," what? "Enmity with God? 31:30 Whoever therefore wants to be 31:31 a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God." 31:34 So as far as scripture is concerned, 31:36 if you and I want to become a friend of the world, 31:39 want to participate in the things of the world, 31:42 we become an enemy of God. 31:45 Friendship with the world is enmity with God. 31:50 What did Jesus say? 31:52 You cannot serve how many masters? 31:53 You cannot serve two masters. 31:56 Either you will serve Me and be part of My kingdom, 31:59 and live in harmony 32:00 with the principles of My kingdom, 32:02 or you will serve the other master. 32:04 And we know who he is, and be part of his kingdom, 32:07 and adopt the principles of this world. 32:11 The Church of Rome 32:13 has been very, very influential in world politics 32:18 ever since 1929 as we discovered 32:21 in our previous presentation 32:23 when the Church of Rome once again received 32:26 its political authority 32:27 that had been stripped away from it by Napoleon 32:31 and then by the Italian government 32:33 in 1870 32:35 when the final papal state 32:37 that it had in its domain was taken away from it. 32:40 And for over 50 years, 32:42 the Church of Rome was only a spiritual power, 32:46 only a religious power. 32:47 And then in 1929, less than a 100 years ago, 32:51 it received political authority as it was given Vatican City 32:56 and now it's a nation in its own right. 32:59 Has the Church of Rome been busy since 1929, 33:03 snuggling up with the nations of this world? 33:09 Absolutely, yes, is the answer. 33:12 Notice this front cover 33:14 from Time magazine back in 1992, 33:17 24th of February. 33:19 This was the front cover 33:21 of this particular Time magazine. 33:23 How Reagan... 33:24 Sorry, I'll read the main title is Holy Alliance: 33:29 How Reagan and the pope conspired 33:32 to assist Poland's solidarity movement 33:34 and hasten the demise of communism. 33:37 Can you believe it, the United States president 33:41 and Pope John Paul II came together, 33:44 they conspired according to this front page headline 33:48 in Time magazine 33:50 in order to bring down communism. 33:53 Now was that a big deal, yes or no? 33:55 Indeed it was, especially those of you 33:58 who lived in those communist countries, 34:01 you will know what a big deal that was. 34:03 And so here we have these two end-time powers 34:06 that Revelation 13 describes 34:08 and we looked at that in a previous presentation. 34:10 Coming together conspiring and bringing down communism. 34:15 The Bible says that the Church of Rome 34:19 would work together 34:20 with the political nations of this world. 34:22 Let me take you to this front page, 34:25 this time of the Daily Telegraph, 34:27 our own paper here in Australia. 34:28 Friday 8th April, 2005. 34:31 When the pope passed away, 34:33 when Pope John Paul II passed away, 34:36 the United States sent five delegates 34:39 to the funeral that's all they were given, 34:40 they were given just five delegates, 34:43 it was a packed out funeral with kings, and queens, 34:46 and prime ministers, and presidents, 34:48 and celebrities from all around the world, 34:50 the largest funeral in the history of the world. 34:54 And notice 34:55 who the United States chose to send. 34:57 Before I go through those names, 34:59 notice the title, 35:01 "Power and the passion of a moment in history." 35:04 It was a moment in history 35:06 on the front page of The Daily Telegraph. 35:09 We have George Bush Jr., we have his wife Laura, 35:14 they were presidents at the time, 35:16 then we have George Bush Sr., 35:18 we have former President Bill Clinton, 35:21 and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. 35:24 When the United States was given five individuals 35:28 to send to the pontiff's funeral, 35:31 they chose three presidents, 35:35 one first lady and one secretary of state. 35:38 Before this stage, no president of the United States had been 35:43 to the funeral of a pope. 35:45 And here we have three and they are all kneeling. 35:48 What did I say? They are doing what? 35:50 They are all kneeling before 35:53 the pope for five minutes. 35:56 That tells you who is in charge at the end of time, 36:00 a very clear picture, 36:01 talk about a picture sharing a 1000 words. 36:05 Maybe that's about 10,000 words 36:06 or a million. 36:07 Let's go to the next slide. 36:09 When Pope Francis turned up 36:11 to the United States of America back in 2015, 36:17 he was greeted by the president, 36:20 by the then president, President Obama, and his wife, 36:24 and his daughters, and the vice president, 36:25 he was greeted on the tarmac. 36:28 Now the president rarely does this, 36:30 goes to the tarmac to greet a political leader that comes, 36:35 but this time the president did that. 36:37 Notice what also we have there in that picture 36:39 where we've got President Obama and Pope Francis side by side. 36:43 And for the first time in history 36:45 we have Pope Francis addressing both houses of Congress. 36:51 The Bible is very clear, when you read Revelation 13, 36:55 it says, "The United States will give its power 36:58 and authority to the Church of Rome 37:00 in order to fulfill the objectives 37:03 and the aims of the Church of Rome to dominate 37:06 and to rule the entire world at the end of time." 37:09 We are now seeing prophecy being fulfilled 37:12 before our very eyes unlike any other generation. 37:17 Notice, the United Nations was something 37:20 that Pope Francis addressed 37:22 also while he was there on this six day visit 37:26 in the United States of America. 37:28 And I watched the footage. 37:30 The footage was incredible, 37:31 as Pope Francis was making his way 37:34 into the United Nations. 37:35 And this particular United Nations Assembly 37:38 in September was the seventieth anniversary, 37:40 and it was the largest gathering 37:43 of world political leaders 37:45 in the history of the United Nations, 37:47 the largest gathering ever. 37:49 And as Pope Francis made his way down the aisle, 37:52 you can go on YouTube and you can watch it. 37:54 There was enormous celebration, there was clapping, 37:58 there was fanfare like you wouldn't believe, 38:02 it was almost as if the King of kings himself was walking 38:06 through the United Nations, Jesus Christ. 38:08 It was phenomenal, 38:09 I've never seen anything quite like it. 38:12 He had the opening address 38:14 at this very significant United Nations Assembly 38:17 back in 2015, 38:18 which I don't have time to get into right now. 38:22 But this is telling you and I that what the Bible says 38:26 is absolutely true 38:27 that this political religious system 38:30 will be mixing and mingling with the nations of this world 38:35 in order to achieve its aims and objectives. 38:40 Recently, we had Pope Francis meeting 38:44 with the president of the United States, 38:47 President Trump. 38:48 You may or may not know this, but President Trump now holds 38:52 the record 38:54 for visiting the pope 38:59 in the shortest amount of time since ascending 39:02 to the presidency of the United States. 39:05 No other president has gone to visit 39:08 the pope sooner than President Trump. 39:11 And notice what he tweeted after his visit. 39:14 You know that President Trump tweets, 39:16 you're aware of that. 39:19 Notice what President Trump tweeted 39:23 after his visit with Pope Francis, 39:26 "It was an honor of a lifetime 39:28 to meet His Holiness Pope Francis. 39:30 I leave the Vatican more determined 39:32 than ever to pursue," what? 39:34 "Peace in our world." 39:36 And that is indeed how Pope Francis is viewed 39:41 around the world. 39:42 This is the way that he has reshaped 39:45 and remodeled the Church of Rome. 39:48 As the institution in the world at the end of time 39:52 when this world is suffering unprecedented turmoil, 39:56 and trouble, and anxiety, 39:58 here we have a man on the stage of history 40:01 who is now seeking to unite the nations in peace, 40:04 who is seeking to unite the Christian world, 40:07 who is seeking to unite the religious world. 40:10 I could spend the next hour or two sharing 40:12 with you incredible evidence, just in the past five years, 40:16 of how busy Pope Francis has been 40:19 in being all things to all people 40:22 in order to create lasting peace, and safety, 40:28 and security for all people on the planet. 40:30 Is there anything wrong with pursuing peace? 40:33 No. No, there isn't. 40:34 And there would be nothing wrong at all with it, 40:37 we would all enjoy that and live happily ever after 40:40 if Revelation 13 was not there. 40:42 Yeah. 40:43 But because of Revelation 13, 40:44 we know that this will all come to an end, sadly. 40:49 And one day, 40:51 there will not be peace for those 40:52 who choose not to be part 40:54 of this worldwide political religious 40:56 economic system that will be established. 40:59 In fact, "Revelation predicts 41:03 that just before the coming of Jesus, 41:05 all the world's political powers 41:06 will give their "power and authority" 41:08 to the Church of Rome and follow her 41:11 in the establishment of a New World Order. 41:14 However, the Lamb will have the final word 41:17 and God's people will be delivered 41:19 and be" what? 41:20 "Victorious." 41:21 And ultimately, 41:23 the Bible tells us in Revelation, 41:24 "Babylon will be ultimately destroyed 41:27 and be" what? 41:28 "No more." 41:29 Now let me give you some evidence 41:31 for that very, very, very poignant statement. 41:35 Notice these words from Revelation 17:12-14. 41:39 "The ten horns which you saw are ten kings 41:42 who have received no kingdom as yet." 41:43 This is speaking of the New World Order 41:46 that'll be established just before Jesus comes. 41:48 "But they receive authority for..." 41:50 How long? 41:51 "For one hour as kings with the beast." 41:53 Okay, these are the political nations 41:55 of the world that will rule together 41:57 with the Roman church-state. 41:58 "These are of..." 42:00 How many minds? "Of one mind." 42:01 This is speaking of this New World Order, 42:03 this One World Order. 42:05 "And they will give their power and authority to..." 42:07 Who? 42:08 "To the beast." 42:10 Notice what we continue to read. 42:11 "These will make war with the Lamb, 42:13 and the Lamb will overcome them, 42:14 for He is Lord of lords and King of kings." 42:15 And I love this last part. 42:17 "And those who are with Him 42:18 are called chosen, and faithful." 42:21 So who will win at the end of the day? 42:24 It will be Jesus Christ, the Lamb. 42:26 And those who are with Him, 42:28 those who are called chosen and faithful. 42:30 Notice what else we continue to read in Revelation 18:9, 10. 42:35 This is speaking of the demise of Babylon. 42:38 "The kings of the earth who committed fornication 42:40 and lived luxuriously with her will weep 42:43 and lament for her, 42:45 when they see the smoke of her burning, 42:46 standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, 42:49 'Alas, alas, that great city..." 42:51 What? 42:52 "Babylon, that mighty city! 42:54 For in one hour your judgment has..." 42:56 What? 42:57 "Come." 42:58 It's interesting that the kings of the world reign together 43:01 with this political religious system 43:04 for how long? 43:05 For one hour, and their demise comes in what? 43:08 In one hour. 43:09 So what is taking place here, God is describing, 43:12 at the very end of time, there will be a short window 43:16 where the enemy will seek to gain worship, 43:20 to gain allegiance through the political 43:22 and the religious coming together 43:24 and forming this one New World Order 43:27 that will seek at its very heart 43:30 to provide peace, and security, 43:32 and stability for the entire planet. 43:35 It's interesting the Apostle Paul spoke of this, 43:37 I don't have the scripture up on the screen for you, 43:39 it's just come to me now. 43:41 With the Apostle Paul, 43:42 I think it is in 1 Thessalonians 5:3, 43:46 he says, "For when they say 'peace and...'" 43:48 What? 43:49 "Safety! 43:50 Then sudden destruction comes upon them, 43:52 like labor pains upon a pregnant woman. 43:54 And they shall..." 43:55 What? "Not escape." They shall not escape. 43:57 So the Apostle Paul is describing 43:59 what we have just read here in the Book of Revelation. 44:01 Can you see that? Yes or no? 44:02 Yes. It's absolutely crystal clear. 44:04 One more scripture. 44:06 Notice the ultimate demise of Babylon. 44:08 Revelation 18:21, 44:10 "Then a mighty angel took up a stone 44:12 like a great millstone 44:13 and threw it into the sea, saying, 44:15 'Thus with violence the great city Babylon 44:17 shall be thrown down, and shall not be..." 44:18 What? 44:20 "Found anymore." 44:21 So Babylon... 44:22 This system that ultimately... 44:26 This system that the Bible defines us 44:30 as opposition to God, that defines as confusion, 44:35 this system that speaks of rebellion, and persecution, 44:38 and unfaithfulness, 44:40 and everything that we have looked at together 44:41 that will ultimately be destroyed. 44:44 And who is at the very heart of Babylon? 44:46 Who is the king that sits at the very heart of Babylon? 44:49 It's the devil and Satan himself. 44:51 And the Bible says, 44:52 he will be no more, he will be no more. 44:54 So God's truth will triumph. God's truth will triumph. 44:59 And if you and I are on the side of God, 45:02 if you and I are on the side of His Word and His truth, 45:06 we too will triumph with the Lamb. 45:09 That is why this message is so important, 45:11 that is why 45:12 this is God's final message of love to the world 45:16 because the truth is, if you and I remain in Babylon, 45:19 if you and I remain in this system of lies, 45:24 in this system of opposition to God and His truth 45:28 and His Word and His love, 45:29 we will be destroyed with Babylon. 45:33 That is why God says, "Come out of her, My people." 45:36 God is calling out His people. 45:38 And Babylon is worldwide, 45:40 Babylon has infiltrated all of the world religions 45:43 as we'll discover in just a moment. 45:46 Notice what we continue to discover. 45:50 End-time Babylon offers 45:52 the nations her intoxicating abominations. 45:55 Now the question is... 45:58 Well, before we get to the question, 45:59 notice what we read in Revelation 17:4. 46:02 It says, "The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, 46:05 and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, 46:07 having in her hand a golden cup full of..." 46:09 What? 46:10 "Abominations and the filthiness 46:12 of her fornication." 46:13 Now abominations in scripture, 46:14 that word abominations or abomination, 46:18 appears over and over again in Scripture, 46:20 both the Old Testament and the New Testament. 46:21 Now, in a nutshell, 46:23 an abomination is something that, 46:25 as the word suggests, is reprehensible to God, 46:29 something that God detest, something that God hates 46:32 because it goes directly against 46:34 the character of God. 46:35 Abomination is disarray. That is what an abomination is. 46:38 An abomination goes against the very character of God. 46:44 Anything that goes against 46:45 the character of God is an abomination. 46:49 So let's take a look at some of these abominations. 46:52 Well, where are we? 46:54 I think... 46:55 Yeah, here they are. 46:57 End-time Babylon's Abominations and Deceptions. 46:58 These are some that we've looked at, 47:00 some we haven't had an opportunity. 47:01 Tradition instead of truth, we've looked at that. 47:03 Sunday instead of Saturday, we've looked at that. 47:06 The immortality of the soul, the Bible doesn't teach that. 47:09 Eternal hellfire, the Bible doesn't teach that either. 47:12 Infant baptism, the Bible doesn't teach that. 47:14 The Pope as God on earth, 47:16 certainly the Bible doesn't teach that. 47:17 The priest and forgiveness, the Bible doesn't teach that. 47:20 Image worship, part of Babylon. 47:22 And the union of church and state. 47:24 This is just a small selection, 47:28 just a small selection of the abominations 47:32 that are in this cup 47:33 that the woman has that she has passed on 47:37 to the entire world. 47:40 And as we take a look at this list, 47:43 we discover that today, 47:45 the religions of this world, whether they be Muslim, 47:49 Buddhist, Hinduism, 47:52 Paganism, New Age, 47:55 you name the religion, Babylon has infiltrated 47:59 that religion to a lesser or a larger degree. 48:04 You can go and check that out for yourself 48:06 as you take a look at what these different religions 48:09 or Christian denominations teach. 48:12 End-time Babylon. 48:14 "So how can I know if I am currently in Babylon?" 48:19 Is that an important question? Yes, it is. 48:21 Absolutely. 48:22 Because if you're in Babylon, what do you need to do? 48:25 Get out. You need to get out. 48:28 You need to get out 48:29 because if you remain in Babylon, 48:30 what will take place? 48:32 You will be destroyed with Babylon, isn't that right? 48:34 That's right. 48:35 So God is saying, "Get up, get up." 48:37 This is earth's final warning, 48:39 this is God's final message of love, 48:42 His final appeal 48:44 to the inhabitants of the world, 48:45 and as we discovered earlier, that message comes from where? 48:48 It comes from heaven, and the message is, 48:50 "Come out of her, My people." 48:52 And Jesus said, "My people hear My voice. 48:55 My sheep hear My voice. 48:57 They know Me and they follow Me." 48:59 So this message, I believe, 49:01 is coming from the lips of Jesus Himself. 49:04 Now, "How can I know if I'm currently in Babylon?" 49:08 You need to ask yourself this question. 49:10 "Does my church or faith community, 49:13 whatever that may be, that I belong to, 49:15 teach one or more of the false teachings 49:18 of the Church of Rome?" 49:19 That is it. 49:20 That's the only question you need to ask. 49:22 "Does my church or my faith community 49:26 teach one or more of the teachings of Rome?" 49:29 And if the answer is yes, you are now in a system, 49:34 you are now in a church, 49:36 you are now in a faith community 49:38 that has been infiltrated by Babylon, 49:40 and God says what? 49:42 "Come out." Notice what we read. 49:44 Reminded of those words in Revelation 18:4. 49:47 "And I heard another voice from heaven saying, 49:49 'Come out of her..." 49:50 What? 49:52 "My people, lest you share in her sins, 49:53 and lest you receive of her..." 49:54 What? 49:56 "Plagues.'" 49:57 Those who remain in Babylon will, sadly, 49:59 partake of the seven last plagues. 50:03 That's what the Bible teaches very, very clearly. 50:07 Jesus, today, is inviting us to come out of Babylon. 50:12 And you know what? 50:14 The truth is, Babylon has infiltrated 50:17 not just religious systems, the truth is Babylon 50:21 has infiltrated our way of life, 50:25 in every sphere of our life. 50:28 It's one thing to come out of Babylon, 50:31 it's another thing to allow God 50:33 to take Babylon out of our hearts. 50:36 Babylon can be in our hearts, 50:39 and it can be so imperceptive that only by the Word of God 50:44 and only through the Holy Spirit's conviction 50:46 can we truly know 50:48 whether there are Babylonian principles 50:51 in our hearts and in our lives. 50:54 How do I treat my wife? 50:56 How do I treat my children? 50:57 How do I treat my neighbor? 51:00 Is it in a loving godly way 51:02 or is it in a Babylonian way? 51:06 How do I deal with my finances? 51:09 Do I tell the truth always 51:12 or sometimes is it more convenient to tell, 51:15 you know, a little half lie? 51:19 Babylon, it's more than just a religious system, 51:23 it's at the very heart of who we are also. 51:27 Before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, 51:32 He invited Lot and his family 51:34 to come out of Sodom and Gomorrah. 51:37 In the end, before God destroys this world, 51:42 He will invite His people to come out of Babylon. 51:46 I want to finish off with a couple of scriptures. 51:50 In John 10:27, where Jesus says, 51:54 "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they..." 51:57 Do what? 51:58 "They follow Me." 51:59 Jesus says, "My sheep hear My voice, 52:03 they hear My voice and I know them, 52:05 and they follow Me." 52:06 How will you and I hear the voice of Jesus? 52:10 You and I hear the voice of Jesus 52:13 through His Word. 52:14 Jesus says, 52:16 "If you abide in My Word, you will know the truth, 52:20 and the truth will set you free." 52:22 Set you free from what? 52:23 Set you free from the enemy's deceptions, 52:27 isn't that right? 52:29 We hear the voice of Jesus in His Word. 52:33 You and I must base our faith on God's Word 52:38 and God's Word alone. 52:39 There is only one way to remain undeceived, 52:42 only one way to remain undeceived, 52:44 and that is to spend time in the Word of Jesus. 52:47 There is no plan B, there is no plan B. 52:51 If we will spend more time on Facebook 52:55 than having our faces in God's book, 52:57 we're in a bit of trouble. 53:00 If we're spending more time 53:01 with Hollywood rather than in the Holy Word, 53:06 we're in a lot of trouble. 53:08 Are you hearing me? Yes. 53:10 You and I are living at the most serious time 53:14 in earth's history. 53:16 The time in earth's history has never been more serious. 53:19 The devil knows he has a short time, 53:23 he is filled with wrath, the Bible tells us, 53:26 and he goes out to deceive 53:28 as many as are not spending time 53:31 in the Word of God. 53:32 That is why you and I, 53:34 my dear friends, my dear listeners, 53:35 my dear viewers, wherever you may be, 53:38 can I encourage you to spend more time in God's Word 53:41 each and every day? 53:42 Yes. 53:43 The closer we come to the coming of Jesus, 53:45 the more time we need to spend in His Word, 53:48 for man does not live by bread alone, 53:51 man does not live by the work that he does, 53:54 by the education that he has, by the social activities, 53:57 by the hobbies that he has, man lives by what? 54:01 By every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. 54:04 You and I, my friends, must know the Word of God. 54:08 If you do not know the Word of God, 54:10 if you're not spending time in the Word of God, 54:13 you are a sitting duck for the enemy, 54:16 and the enemy knocks off sitting ducks with ease, 54:21 with great ease. 54:23 God is inviting you and I to come out of Babylon 54:28 and to spend time in His Word, 54:31 His Holy Word, His precious Word. 54:33 Jesus says, "My sheep hear My voice from My Word, 54:38 and they know Me and they follow Me." 54:41 Jesus says in John 10. 54:44 Today, Jesus is inviting you and I to follow Him. 54:47 Jesus is inviting you and I to give our hearts 54:50 and our lives to Him. 54:52 That is the final invitation that we have. 54:55 Jesus says, "Come out of her, My people." 54:58 The truth is, Babylon will be destroyed. 55:01 That's what we find in Revelation 18. 55:04 And in Revelation 19, the very next event 55:07 is the second coming of Jesus. 55:09 The second coming of Jesus. 55:11 That's what follows the demise of Babylon, 55:13 where the King of kings 55:15 and the Lord of lords, Jesus Christ, 55:17 establishes His kingdom, His everlasting kingdom 55:21 that will last and remain forever 55:24 and ever and ever and ever. 55:26 Amen. 55:27 I want to be a part of God's everlasting kingdom of love, 55:31 where there will be only truth, where there will only be love, 55:35 where there will only be genuine respect, 55:38 and where there will only truly be peace. 55:41 Babylon. 55:43 No human system will ever provide 55:45 the peace for this world, 55:47 that this world so desperately desires, 55:50 that you and I so desperately desire. 55:52 The only one 55:53 that will truly provide peace is Jesus Christ, 55:56 the Prince of peace. 55:59 That is my invitation to you to invite the Prince of peace 56:02 into your heart and into your life, 56:04 to invite God's Word into your heart 56:06 and into your life, 56:07 to spend more and more time with it each and every day. 56:09 Amen. 56:11 Time for us to pray and thank God 56:13 for His precious Word once again. 56:16 Let's pray. 56:17 Father in heaven, we want to thank You so much 56:19 for Your precious Word. 56:20 We want to thank You so much that You not only share 56:24 Your wonderful truth 56:26 in the first angel's message of Revelation 14, 56:29 but you also expose Satan's lies 56:33 in the second angel's message that we have studied together. 56:36 And I thank You, Father, 56:37 that in the third angel's message, 56:39 You have given us a choice. 56:41 And it is my prayer that those who are here, 56:43 that those who are watching, wherever they may be watching 56:45 or listening from, that each one 56:48 will make a decision today, 56:50 right now to follow the Lamb wherever it goes, 56:53 to heed the voice of the Good Shepherd, 56:56 and to come out of spiritual confusion, 56:59 to come out of the confusion of this world 57:02 that only leads to destruction. 57:04 We thank You, Lord. 57:05 You're establishing a new kingdom 57:07 where there'll only be love, peace, and joy forever 57:10 more for the inhabitants that will be there. 57:12 And we thank You and pray for this in Jesus' name, 57:14 and everybody said... 57:16 Amen. 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