Participants: Pr. Kenneth Cox
Series Code: GMTB
Program Code: GMTB000029
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00:20 In the country of Israel
00:22 interestingly enough, 00:24 even as we speak 00:25 men are standing with their 00:28 rifles and their uzies 00:30 ready and cocked. 00:32 They have been given orders 00:33 to arrest, jail, or even shoot 00:37 violators and trespassers. 00:39 They are under strict orders not to let anyone pass. 00:43 Now what is the reason for this heightened state of alert? 00:47 Are they guarding a government official 00:51 or a president of a foreign country? No. 00:52 Are they protecting some landmark? 00:55 Or are they preparing for a suicide bomber? 00:58 None of the above. 00:59 These men stand with their guns ready... 01:02 they are actually guarding the city dump. 01:06 They are guarding a refuse heap. 01:09 Now why are they doing that? 01:11 Here's the story. 01:13 Some two weeks ago a daughter decided that 01:16 she wanted to surprise her mother. 01:18 She had noticed that her mother had been sleeping 01:21 on the same old lumpy mattress 01:23 not for years - but for decades! 01:26 And so she decided to get rid of that mattress 01:29 and surprise her mother by giving her a brand new mattress. 01:33 And so unbeknownst to her mom 01:35 she went to a store, bought an expensive mattress, 01:39 had it installed, and tossed out the old, lumpy mattress 01:43 and waited for the surprise. 01:45 But the truth was: the surprise was on her. 01:49 And surprise turned to shock 01:52 because the daughter was soon to learn that her mother 01:55 had a little quirk. 01:57 She didn't trust banks. 01:59 And so all of her life savings 02:03 were hidden in that lumpy old mattress. 02:07 How much was in there? 02:09 1.2 million dollars. 02:14 And so tonight even as I stand here 02:17 the family is combing through the city dump 02:20 trying to find that tossed-out mattress... 02:23 and to date they have not found it. 02:26 They are being guarded by police and armed individuals 02:29 trying to find a mattress 02:31 stuffed with 1.2 million dollars. 02:36 The fear is that one of the homeless men who often 02:41 comb through the city dump 02:42 has gotten that mattress and is using now 02:46 the world's most expensive pillow: 02:49 1.2 million dollars. 02:53 Or worse... many times these mattresses are burned 02:59 to give heat on the cold Israeli nights. 03:02 Can you imagine someone is warming their hands 03:06 with 1.2 million dollars worth of kindling? 03:11 How sad! 03:12 How very, very sad. 03:14 And so I join Elder Cox this evening 03:18 in a prayer that we will realize the gold 03:23 that God is giving us. 03:25 That we will not hide the Word of God in a mattress 03:28 or under our beds or in any secret place. 03:31 There is really only one place worthy 03:34 of hiding the Word of God. 03:35 David said it in Psalm 119:11. He said: 03:39 "Thy Word have I hid in my" mattress... 03:42 No! "Thy Word have I hid in my heart. " 03:48 That is the only place that the Word of God can and should 03:52 be hidden. My name is C.A. Murray. 03:55 And I welcome you once again to what has been 03:59 an exciting trip through the Word of God... 04:01 through the prophetic Word of God under the title 04:05 Give Me The Bible. 04:06 Subheading: Was, Is Not, and Yet Is. 04:11 Tonight we hear the message The Eighth Beast. 04:14 And I know God has a word for us. 04:16 And I would ask you to value the Word. 04:20 To hold on to the Word. 04:24 To prize the Word. 04:26 Is your life worth 1.2 million dollars? 04:31 I suggest to you it is worth so much more. 04:34 It is worth the blood of Jesus 04:38 and is worth surrender to Jesus Christ. 04:42 Before Elder Cox comes and speaks to us, 04:45 Larry Blackwell is here and is going to be ministering to us. 04:49 His Eye Is On The Sparrow. 05:04 I sing because I'm happy. 05:07 I sing because I'm free. 05:11 For His eye is on the sparrow, 05:15 And I know He watches me. 05:19 Why should I feel discouraged, 05:23 Why should the shadows come, 05:27 Why should my heart be weary 05:31 and long for heaven and home 05:34 When Jesus is my portion? 05:38 My constant friend is He: 05:42 His eye is on the sparrow, 05:46 And I know He watches me; 05:50 His eye is on the sparrow, 05:56 And I know He watches me. 06:06 Whenever I am tempted, 06:10 Whenever clouds arise, 06:15 When faith gives way to sighing, 06:19 And hope within me dies, 06:24 I draw the closer to Him, 06:28 From sin He sets me free; 06:32 His eye is on the sparrow, 06:37 And I know He watches me; 06:42 His eye is on the sparrow, 06:48 And I know 06:50 He watches me. 06:55 I sing because I'm happy. 06:59 I sing because I'm free, 07:03 For His eye is on 07:07 the sparrow, 07:12 And I know 07:16 He watches 07:19 me. 07:25 Yes I know 07:29 He watches 07:32 over 07:36 me. 07:49 Thank you Larry Blackwell. 07:52 And good evening to each of you. 07:55 Very happy to see you again tonight. Welcome you. 07:59 Those that are watching by television we welcome you back. 08:02 Those that are listening by radio... hope that you are 08:06 finding these subjects to be helpful to you 08:09 as we go through the Word of God and this particular time 08:14 are looking at prophecy and how it fits together 08:18 at the time in which we are living today. 08:21 This evening we're looking at The Eighth Beast. 08:27 And this is very, very important because it's the last one. 08:32 The last one of all of them that are mentioned in the scripture. 08:36 And in others words, it's the one that exists 08:40 just at the end of time. 08:42 So we want you to follow carefully as we look at it. 08:46 Because of the things that you're going to see tonight 08:49 that this particular beast does, 08:51 that is the reason for our subject for tomorrow. 08:56 And our subject in our next presentation is entitled: 09:02 The Mark of the Beast. 09:04 And the reason we're looking at that is because 09:07 as you'll see tonight, it says that this particular beast 09:11 will bring people together and all to accomplish something 09:15 And so we want to take a look and see what the mark of the 09:18 beast is. This is a subject that lots of people have 09:22 questions about. They want to know what is the mark. 09:25 Uh, you see, you can't know what the mark of the beast is, 09:31 folks, unless you know who the beast is. 09:35 And so we've been studying that, 09:37 so those of you that have been following 09:39 you shouldn't have any trouble knowing who the beast is 09:42 and what's involved there. 09:43 And so it's very important that you put that together 09:46 so that as we look at the mark of the beast 09:49 you can establish what happens and what takes place. 09:52 So tonight as we take a look at The Eighth Beast... 09:56 this particular beast - the scarlet-colored beast that 10:00 this woman is riding on. Who it represents. 10:03 How it fits into the whole picture. 10:06 What is it going to do in the last days? 10:09 That's what we're going to be looking at tonight. 10:11 So we hope you're blessed as we study God's Word together. 10:16 Tonight we're going to be blessed by Dona Klein. 10:20 She's going to sing for us That's What Jesus Means To Me. 10:42 You can take all my possessions, 10:47 All the things that men hold dear, 10:53 All the precious gifts 10:56 that this old world can hold, 11:05 But the love I found at Calv'ry 11:11 Far exceeds my fondest dreams; 11:17 It's a love that can't be bought 11:22 by this world's gold. 11:28 Then you ask me why I love Him, 11:34 Why I choose to walk this way; 11:40 Though I find His service sweeter 11:45 every day; 11:52 It's the only life worth living. 11:57 He has made my life complete; 12:02 Oh, that's 12:06 what Jesus means 12:09 to me. 12:17 Then every night around sundown 12:20 my children gather round, 12:26 When the clouds of gloom and doubt 12:32 would hover low; 12:38 And then they whisper, "Mom, 12:42 we really love you, " 12:43 And my doubts just seem so small, 12:50 He has made our home a heaven 12:55 here below. 13:01 Then you ask me why I love Him, 13:07 Why I choose to walk this way; 13:13 Well I find His service sweeter 13:19 every day; 13:25 It's the only life worth living, 13:30 He has made my life complete; 13:35 Oh, that's 13:39 what Jesus means 13:42 to me. 13:46 Yes, that's 13:51 what Jesus means 13:54 to me. 14:20 Heavenly Father, 14:22 certainly the Lord Jesus Christ 14:25 means everything to us. 14:29 We look at Your sacrifice 14:33 in our behalf and the promises that You've given 14:38 that You're coming back. 14:42 Lord may we be aware 14:45 of the times that we are living in. 14:48 Give us the insight that we need 14:51 to lay hold of the promises of God. 14:54 To walk with You by faith. 14:57 To prepare our hearts for the soon return of our Lord. 15:02 For this we ask in Christ's name, Amen. 15:11 Well during this presentation... 15:13 this series and the one before this... 15:17 we have been looking at 15:19 Revelation the 17th chapter. 15:22 That's what we've been looking at: 15:24 the 17th chapter of Revelation. 15:26 A very, very important one 15:29 because as I mentioned this is the last one 15:33 in which God pictures the different nations 15:36 as beasts and He says what's going to happen, 15:39 what's going to take place. 15:41 And so this is going to be the final conflict that takes place 15:45 and you and I need to be aware of it. 15:48 If you study prophecy as we should, 15:53 then you ought to be like someone who is watching a play. 15:58 And you should know every actor 16:01 and you should know exactly what's going to take place. 16:03 Because God has revealed that in His Word. 16:06 That's what He's given you. 16:08 So you and I need to study prophecy because it reveals 16:12 to us what's coming... what's going to take place. 16:15 So when we look at Revelation the 17th chapter 16:18 verse 9 says: 16:41 And systematically the last presentations... 16:45 in these we went through these kings. 16:48 Five Have Fallen: we've looked at each one of those. 16:52 Talked about them, and then we've come down 16:55 and established who the one is 16:57 and we looked at the one who was to come. 17:00 So we've established those seven. 17:02 And it says that when this seventh one comes along 17:06 he will continue what? A short time. 17:10 So you and I need to understand 17:13 that this is not long compared to the others. 17:16 It's going to be a short time. 17:30 So now we come to this eighth beast. 17:33 The beast that was, OK? 17:37 "Is not, is also himself the eighth 17:41 and is of the seven. " 17:45 OK. So he's given you clues 17:48 as to who this beast is so that you begin to understand 17:52 exactly who he represents. 17:54 Now in the Bible, God simply uses 17:58 a woman to represent a church. 18:01 That's what God uses all the way through scripture: 18:05 a woman is used to represent a church. 18:08 In fact, it says that when Jesus comes back 18:10 He's coming back after His bride. 18:14 And in Revelation the 12th chapter... 18:16 Or excuse me, in Jeremiah here the 6th chapter it says: 18:26 When it's talking about the daughter of Zion 18:28 it's talking about the church. 18:30 He's comparing her to that. 18:32 And in Revelation 12 you have a woman 18:36 that is a good woman that we'll look at. 18:39 God uses her to represent a church. 18:42 And He gives this comparison here in Ephesians to you and me. 18:46 He says: 18:55 So he's telling you this is an illustration that He's using 19:00 because the next verse says: 19:08 So He just simply takes a woman 19:11 and says: "I'm going to use a woman to represent My church. " 19:16 When He talks about nations what does He use? 19:20 Beasts. 19:22 Quite a difference, isn't there? 19:23 Uses a beast to represent nations. 19:27 When it comes to His church He said: 19:29 "I'm going to use a woman to represent My church. " 19:31 And so in Revelation 12 you have this woman. 19:44 This represented God's church. 19:47 The woman... says that she was standing on the moon 19:52 representing the Old Testament period 19:55 that she was coming out of. 19:56 It says that she was clothed with the sun 19:59 representing the gospel in all of its glory 20:02 as it was coming out. 20:03 And it says that she had on her head a garland of 12 stars 20:06 which represented the 12 apostles 20:08 that the gospel went out from. 20:11 So here is His church, and He's using that 20:14 to represent God's people... the church in the last days. 20:20 Now, in Revelation the 17th chapter you have another woman. 20:25 OK. So if you have a woman representing a church, 20:33 a good woman would represent a what? 20:35 A good church. 20:37 A bad woman would represent a bad church. 20:42 OK? Well, let's see what it says about this woman here 20:46 in Revelation the 17th chapter: 21:02 OK. So this woman's not a good woman 21:06 because it says that she's a great harlot. 21:09 OK. 21:18 So this woman - harlot - wine of her fornication... 21:23 Goes on and says: 21:37 So notice: this woman who is a harlot 21:41 and full of blasphemy, 21:44 is sitting on this beast. 21:46 OK. Which has seven heads and ten horns. 22:06 So it's not describing a pure woman here. 22:10 It's describing someone that's very, very bad. 22:26 Now I just want to give you something to think about. 22:28 This woman who's sitting on this beast 22:30 is full of abominations. 22:32 That as it says here is the great harlot. 22:35 It says that she is the mother of harlots. 22:41 Now if she's the mother of harlots, what does that mean? 22:44 Well it means she has daughters. 22:48 OK. That's simply what it means. 22:50 She has daughters. 22:52 OK. You need to think about that a little bit 22:55 'cause we'll touch it just in a little bit as we go on. 22:57 "Mother of harlots and of the abomination of the earth. " 23:13 John saw her riding on this scarlet-colored beast 23:17 and he couldn't believe what he was seeing. 23:20 Said: "I marveled with great amazement. " 23:23 Now in these texts that we have just read 23:26 God gives you four points of identification 23:30 so that you don't have to be in any doubt 23:33 as to who this woman represents. 23:35 You don't have to say: "Well, I wonder who it's 23:38 talking about? " It's very, very clear as you 23:40 look at these four points of identification. 23:43 So let's take a look at them and see what it says about them. 23:55 So dear friend, you can't say this woman in Revelation 17 23:59 represents some little church off over here by itself. 24:04 I mean, there's no way it can be that. 24:06 It has to be a church that has been involved in... 24:11 yeah, with the whole world. 24:13 "With the kings of the earth. " 24:14 So you've got to look at a power that has had 24:18 dealings, has worked with 24:22 all the major powers. 24:24 And of course when you take a 24:25 look at that, there's no other power that has done that 24:30 other than the papal power. 24:33 She has had dealings with the kings all across the earth. 24:39 One point. All right, let's go on. 24:46 Well, I don't know... OK, second point: 24:53 In other words, it's got to be a church 24:58 that has led people away from a clear 25:02 "Thus saith the Lord" because it says: 25:09 Now when it's talking about the wine of her fornication 25:12 it's talking about teaching contrary to God's Word. 25:16 In fact, it says that she leads them into fornication... 25:21 into adultery. 25:24 How do you commit spiritual adultery? 25:29 How do you do that? 25:31 Because it says this is what she does. 25:34 Well you commit spiritual adultery by 25:38 adulterating this Word. 25:40 In other words, when I teach 25:44 something that is contrary to the Word of God 25:49 I am adulterating the Word of God. 25:52 That is spiritual fornication, spiritual adultery. 25:56 And that's what this woman has done. 25:59 She has led them contrary to the Word of God 26:02 and for the last few nights I have taken you step by step 26:06 down through history and I have showed you case after case 26:09 where she was leading the people contrary 26:12 to what God's Word... and such men as Hus, 26:16 Jerome, Wyclif, Zwingli, Luther, Knox, 26:23 all these men standing up and saying "No, this is NOT 26:27 what God's Word says" calling the people back. 26:29 So it's clear what she's done. 26:34 Let's go on to the third point. 26:46 This had to be a power that persecuted. 26:50 And I have shared with you 26:53 the last couple nights how indeed she has done this. 26:57 If you have questions about this, folks, 27:00 then I invite you to go to the library. 27:03 Check out such books as Fox's Book of Martyrs. 27:08 Or check out The History of the Reformation by D'Aubigne. 27:14 Or The History of Europe by Quabbin. 27:18 Or Here I Stand by Bainton. 27:21 Check out some of those books and read them. 27:24 They will tell you exactly what happened, what took place. 27:27 History tells us that this power killed somewhere between 27:31 100 and 150 million people. 27:35 So when we're talking about persecution of the saints 27:39 indeed it has done that. 27:42 OK... the fourth point. 27:44 Not only would it persecute, burning people at the stake 27:49 and so forth but it says it would unite church and state 27:53 because it says: 28:01 Now in scripture, a woman represents what? 28:05 Represents a church. 28:07 OK. In scripture a beast represents what? 28:21 So when you pick up the Word of God 28:23 and here a woman is riding on a beast, 28:27 what do you have? 28:28 Well you have uniting of church and state 28:32 because you have church and you have state 28:35 coming together. 28:36 And so this is a uniting of church and state. 28:39 Very, very important that you and I understand that 28:45 because that figures in very strongly to the last days. 28:49 Because you have a power now that is the unification 28:54 of church and state coming together. 28:58 All right, let's continue on and see. 29:01 The eighth beast... we're going to take a look now 29:03 at this eighth beast. Identify it. 29:06 What the scripture has to say about it. 29:25 Again, I want to tell you when you read this 29:29 about these seven kings, five have fallen, one is, 29:31 one is yet to come, 29:33 you have to look at it from John's perspective. 29:37 You cannot look at it from here. 29:40 And you, I'll just say this to you right now 29:44 because we'll come to it in a moment, 29:46 you can't look at it, folks, 29:48 from John on the island of Patmos. 29:54 If you try to understand this prophecy 29:57 looking at it from John on the island of Patmos, 30:00 you won't understand it. 30:02 OK? You've got to look at it 30:05 from John's point of view. 30:08 OK? And John is saying "five have fallen, 30:12 one is, one is yet to come. " 30:16 That was his point of view. 30:19 The beast that was... now please don't take this text 30:25 and try to think that he's explaining the seven. 30:29 He's not. He's talking about the eighth. 30:43 So now he's given us ideas or clues 30:46 concerning who this one is. 30:49 Something very important here. 30:50 If you look at the beast 30:54 in Revelation the 13th chapter, 30:57 in verse 18 it makes this statement. It says: 31:05 OK. When you get to the beast in Revelation the 17th chapter 31:10 and verse 9 it says: "Here is a mind that has wisdom. " 31:14 It uses that term for both those beasts. 31:18 Please understand there is a connection between these beasts. 31:22 There's a connection between what the beast described 31:26 in Revelation 13 and the beast being described 31:30 in Revelation 17. 31:31 Those two kind of go together. 31:34 All right. So... 31:44 Did you catch that? 31:46 Huh? Did you get it? 31:55 Where is John? 31:57 In the wilderness. 31:59 See? Not on the island of Patmos. 32:02 He has been carried in the Spirit into the wilderness. 32:07 What does he see in the wilderness? 32:16 So he is carried in the Spirit, in vision if you please, 32:20 into the wilderness. 32:22 And when he's there in the wilderness 32:24 he sees these beasts and he says: 32:27 "Five have fallen, one is, one is yet to come. " 32:31 See, you have to look at it from his view. 32:34 Where he's at... and he is in the wilderness. 32:37 That's where he's looking at it from. 32:39 OK. "Five have fallen... " 32:42 We looked at those five that have fallen. 32:44 "One is... " So if John is there 32:49 at the time where "One is... " 32:53 then where is he? 32:55 Well, he's at the time of atheistic Communism. 33:00 That's where he's seeing everything from. 33:03 He's seeing "five have fallen, one is, 33:06 one is yet to come. " 33:08 That's what he's talking about. All right, let's look at this: 33:15 Still yet John's point of view. He said: 33:22 Where was it during the time of atheistic Communism? 33:28 Napoleon sent his general in, overthrew the papal power. 33:33 Was not... OK? 33:58 OK, so let's take a look... see what that is. 34:02 When he said the "beast that was, " 34:05 what tense is that? 34:06 That's past tense. 34:08 All right: is not would be what? 34:14 Be present. 34:17 Yet is would be? 34:19 Would be future. 34:21 Those are the three. 34:23 OK. So John is talking about this beast. 34:26 All right, now let's see what is involved here. 35:03 Now folks, not hard to arrive at who this beast is. 35:09 You can do it very simply 35:12 by the process of elimination. 35:15 And just by eliminating things 35:17 you can find out exactly who it's talking about 35:20 without any trouble at all. 35:22 And that's what we're going to do here this evening. 35:25 We're just going to do a process of elimination 35:28 and find out. Because it says: 35:31 "Five have... " what? "fallen," and as we have 35:35 studied God's Word, looked at it, we looked at those five. 35:39 And by the way, these beasts have how many heads on them? 35:44 Seven heads. 35:46 And those seven heads are seven heads of different beasts. 35:50 And one of the beasts that we looked at was a lion. 35:53 And we found out that that represented Babylon 35:57 in Daniel the 7th chapter. 35:59 Represented Babylon. 36:00 And Babylon existed from 609 BC to 539 BC. 36:06 And it was overthrown by Medo-Persia. 36:10 Medo-Persia came in, overthrew Babylon. 36:13 Took over. Also described in Daniel the 7th chapter 36:17 as a bear. 36:20 Remember? Had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth 36:24 which represented the countries that it overthrew. 36:27 Medo-Persia was overthrown by Greece. 36:31 Find that also in Daniel 7. 36:34 And in Greece... we find it ruled 36:38 from 331 BC to 168 BC. 36:43 This power is pictured as a leopard 36:47 which had four wings which represented the swiftness 36:51 with which Alexander the Great took everything. 36:53 And it had four heads which represented the four generals 36:56 of Alexander who took over the kingdom when he died. 37:00 OK. But... Greece fell to pagan Rome. 37:08 Still in Daniel the 7th chapter. 37:10 And pagan Rome ruled from 168 BC 37:14 to 476 AD. 37:17 She ruled during that period of time. 37:20 And then we find that papal Rome 37:25 overthrew pagan Rome 37:28 in 538 AD 37:32 and she ruled to 1798 AD. 37:35 "Five have fallen. " 37:39 That's the five that have fallen. 37:41 All those are in John's point of view what? 37:45 Past. 37:46 All those are past. 37:49 OK. Let's continue on. 37:51 Papal Rome fell to atheistic Communism. 37:56 Napoleon sent his general Berthier into Rome, 37:59 overthrew the papal power, 38:01 established a secular one... 38:03 and out of that came atheistic Communism. 38:08 Listed... that was the sixth one. 38:10 And it ruled until basically 1991 AD 38:14 at which time through the work of Reagan and the Pope 38:20 they overthrew Communism... and thus we have the beast 38:25 which was to come... which was that of the United States 38:28 pictured here in Revelation the 13th chapter. 38:32 Those are the seven. 38:34 OK. So you have them lined up, the seven different beasts. 38:38 Now, as I mentioned, we can do this simply by the process 38:43 of elimination. 38:55 OK. So let's look at points of identification. 39:00 Eight points the scriptures gives you to identify exactly 39:04 who this power is. 39:05 1. It says this beast would... 39:11 So we don't need to go looking anywhere else, do we? 39:15 No, we don't have to go looking at some other place. 39:18 It's identified that this beast, the eighth, 39:21 is one of the seven. 39:23 And it could certainly be any of the seven 39:25 because they're there. 39:27 OK? But... let's go on. 39:30 Tells us that it was the beast that what? 39:34 "Was. " 39:36 Now, if it says that it's a beast that was, 39:41 then what does that do? 39:44 Now you've got to think. 39:47 You know, I had a professor in school that said 39:49 it was neither harmful nor fatal to think. 39:52 And so you've got to turn the wheels a little bit. 39:55 If it says this eighth beast 39:59 was, what does that do? 40:02 That eliminates two of these beasts. 40:06 It eliminates atheistic Communism, 40:09 and eliminates the United States. 40:11 Why? Because John is seeing this. 40:14 This is from his point of view. 40:16 Therefore those two beasts disappear. 40:18 And it's left... it has to be one of those five 40:21 because as far as John was concerned 40:25 "One is, the other was yet to come. " 40:28 Those were not past. 40:29 So when he says this beast was 40:32 meant that it was in the past. 40:34 All right, let's go on. 40:35 "Is not. " 40:37 OK, had to be... had to be one of those five 40:41 that there was a time in which is "was not. " 40:44 Well, there's a time when all five of them "is not. " 40:48 So, you know, that's not enough yet. 40:50 We've got to keep adding things to it. 40:52 "Is himself also the eighth. " 40:57 So he's telling us clearly, one of these five 41:00 is going to be the eighth one. 41:03 One of those five is the eighth one. 41:07 "Had to make war with the saints. " 41:11 Well, in some degree, 41:15 most all five of those made war with the saints. 41:19 I mean, Nebuchadnezzar wasn't too great on the Hebrew people. 41:23 And you come right on down there. All of them had some 41:27 part to play concerning God's people, so 41:30 that in itself is not enough. 41:32 "Uniting of church and state. " 41:37 Bringing church and state together. 41:40 What did that just do? 41:42 Huh? 41:45 Well that eliminated four of them just like that. 41:49 Because you have to find a power 41:52 that has all these characteristics that we're 41:55 talking about tonight 41:56 and also have church and state coming together. 42:01 That it did. All right. 42:04 "Had to receive a deadly wound, " 42:07 and that "deadly wound had to be healed. " 42:10 Only one power fits all those points, 42:15 and the only power that fits that is papal Rome. 42:20 Nobody else. 42:23 Dear friend, you can take it, look at it any way you want to, 42:26 but that's the one that fits it. 42:28 No other one fits it. 42:30 OK, now... it's papal Rome. 42:34 What is she going to do? 42:42 What does the scripture say is going to happen? 42:46 Now folks, I don't know about you, 42:48 but I'll tell you where I stand. 42:55 I've looked at prophecy after prophecy after prophecy 43:00 in this book, and every last one of them 43:04 have been fulfilled as God said. 43:09 If all of them have been 43:11 fulfilled as God said, 43:13 you'd better believe I'm going to take my stand 43:17 that these in the very last days are going to be fulfilled 43:20 just exactly like the scripture says. 43:23 You can stake your life on it. 43:26 It will happen just as God said it would. 43:31 All right. Revelation 17:12: 43:50 Pick up your Bible. 43:54 Go and take a look. 43:56 Daniel the 2nd chapter 43:58 talks about the image having ten toes. 44:02 And it says clearly those ten toes are ten kings. 44:07 That's what it tells you. 44:08 Go to Daniel the 7th chapter 44:10 and the beast there has ten horns. 44:14 And it tells you that those ten horns are ten kings. 44:18 Go to Revelation the 12th chapter 44:22 and you have a beast there and it has ten horns 44:25 that represent ten kings. 44:28 Go to Revelation the 13th chapter 44:31 and the first beast, and that beast has ten horns 44:35 which represent ten kings. 44:38 Go to Revelation the 17th chapter 44:40 and that beast has ten horns which it tells you are... 44:44 ten kings. 44:46 What I'm trying to get across to you 44:48 is those ten kings in each case is the same. 44:52 They represent the nations of western Europe. 44:59 Now what becomes extremely interesting if you're 45:03 looking at it, folks... It says these ten kings - 45:08 ten horns - these ten kings that have received no authority 45:14 as yet, OK, they will receive authority for one hour 45:19 as kings with the what? 45:21 OK. So it says that these nations of western Europe 45:26 are going to be in league - if you please - 45:29 with the papal power. 45:32 So if you're looking for what's going to happen, 45:36 if you're looking for where we're headed, 45:39 then keep your eyes open because it makes it very clear 45:43 that western Europe is going to be in league 45:46 with the papal power. 45:48 OK. Let's take it a step farther. 46:03 Folks, these are of one mind. 46:07 It does not say that these ten kings 46:11 are all the same. 46:14 It says they're of one mind. 46:18 Have you ever heard of European Community? 46:23 In fact they have, you know, their poster 46:28 and they talk about how it is one voice. 46:31 They speak... one mind working together. 46:34 This is exactly what it's talking about. 46:36 The time in which you and I are living today 46:39 you are seeing it with your own eyes. 46:43 It's in formation. 46:45 And we can't just sit there and not realize where we are. 46:49 What's happening today. 46:52 This is what is taking place there. 46:55 Let's go on. 46:57 We talked in our last presentation 47:03 about the United States 47:05 and we found out that this beast - the two horned beast - 47:09 what it would do. 47:11 Listen to what it says about the two horned beast 47:15 and what it's going to do: 47:28 Who is the first beast? 47:30 Yeah, it's papal Rome. the beast that "was. " 47:34 OK? 47:47 So now you're beginning to get a picture that you've got 47:51 western Europe giving their power and authority to 47:54 papal Rome. And now the scripture tells us 47:57 that the U.S. is going to come along and she, too, 48:00 is going to support it. 48:02 So you've got two major factors, 48:06 two major powers, 48:08 that are putting their power and authority into papal Rome. 48:31 Saying that this beast - this two horned beast, 48:33 the United States - is going to make an image 48:37 to the beast. 48:39 And we found out that the beast was the woman riding 48:42 on the scarlet-colored beast 48:44 which represented unification of church and state. 48:47 And so when it says the U.S. will make an image 48:51 it's saying the United States is going to bring together 48:55 church and state. 48:58 That is coming together. 49:01 And it says that... asked the world to follow it. 49:07 Says this about it: 49:12 What does that mean 49:15 when it says he was given power 49:18 to give breath to the image to the beast? 49:20 Huh? 49:22 Well, haven't you? Haven't you ever read the story 49:26 of Pinocchio? 49:30 They made it come to life. 49:31 That's what it's saying. He gave breath to make it live. 49:35 Made an image to the beast 49:37 to make it... give it life, to make it live. 49:39 Listen to what he does to it. 49:55 Well you remember... you remember Shadrach, Meshach, 50:00 and Abednego. 50:02 In which they were told 50:05 that they had to worship that statue 50:08 out on the plains of Dura. 50:10 And they told Nebuchadnezzar 50:12 "We're not going to bow down 50:15 to your image, Nebuchadnezzar. 50:16 We're not going to do that. " 50:18 And he said: "If you don't, I'm going to throw you 50:19 in the fiery furnace. " 50:20 And they said: "Well, God can deliver us 50:26 from the fiery furnace... but IF HE DOESN'T, 50:30 we're still not going to worship your image. " 50:33 Now listen folks, it says here the image of the beast 50:39 "should both speak and cause 50:43 as many as would not worship the image to the beast 50:45 should be killed. " When it uses those words speak 50:48 and cause - and we're talking about a nation, 50:51 we're talking about a power, 50:53 we're talking about a government - 50:55 and it uses the word speak, 50:57 that word speak means legislation. 50:59 It means they will legislate it. 51:02 They will force it; it will take place. 51:05 And then it says "that cause" means enforcement. 51:11 And so it's telling you clearly 51:13 that as we approach the last days 51:15 you're going to see church and state come together 51:18 and you're going to see religious laws go into effect. 51:23 I told you earlier, never - write it down, 51:26 go back and check now - 51:28 never in the history of this world 51:30 has church ever got involved in government 51:34 that she hasn't persecuted. 51:36 Never has failed, 51:37 and it won't fail this time. 52:05 It says that they're going to make war with Christ. 52:11 He's going to come back. 52:13 It says that God has a controversy with the nations. 52:17 He's going to come back, and it says they're going to make war 52:21 with Him. But they won't overcome Him, friends. 52:25 He is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. 52:31 He's coming soon. 52:38 'Tis almost time 52:42 for the Lord to come, 52:47 I hear the people say; 52:54 The stars of heaven are 52:58 growing dim, 53:02 It must be the breaking 53:06 of the day. 53:10 O it must be 53:15 the breaking of the day! 53:19 O it must be 53:21 the breaking of the day! 53:26 The night is almost gone, 53:30 The day is coming on; 53:35 O it must be 53:39 the breaking of 53:42 the day! 53:45 Let us pray. 53:47 Heavenly Father, 53:50 We come to you tonight 53:52 as we realize where we are in the stream of time. 53:57 We realize it won't be long till Jesus will be coming. 54:03 We pray, Lord, that each of us may be faithful. 54:08 That we may stand on Your Word. 54:12 That we may have faith in what You say. 54:15 That we may realize that no matter what people have to say 54:20 it's what does the Word of God say that counts. 54:25 Give to us wisdom. 54:28 Give to us understanding. 54:30 Give to us faith that we may be faithful 54:34 and that we might follow You each day. 54:38 For this we ask in Christ's name, Amen. 54:43 Tomorrow our next presentation 54:47 will be on the mark of the beast. 54:50 See what's taking place. Good night; God bless you. 54:56 A coal miner of old 54:57 would leave his family every day 54:59 and descend into the depths of the earth 55:01 with the certain knowledge that the smallest mistake 55:05 could keep him and others from ever seeing daylight again. 55:08 Walking along in the dark, 55:10 he could only rely upon his feeble oil lamp 55:14 to keep him alive. 55:16 He faced many dangers down there. 55:18 Rockfalls, flooding, fires. 55:21 But perhaps the danger he feared the most 55:24 was the one that he could not see. 55:27 They called it chokedamp or blackdamp: 55:30 an unbreathable mixture of gases 55:33 that could quickly snuff out his life. 55:35 Imagine for a moment the terror he felt when he realized 55:39 he had hit a pocket of blackdamp. 55:41 The sudden drop in oxygen would put out his lamp 55:45 leaving him in terrifying darkness, fumbling in vain 55:49 to relight it before he lost consciousness. 55:53 Then in the late 1800's, 55:56 a bright new light began to shine in the dark world. 56:00 Using marble-sized pellets of calcium carbide 56:04 and a few drops of water, 56:05 this new lamp produced a gas which burned six times brighter. 56:10 Not only did it make his job a whole lot easier 56:13 but it also saved lives. 56:16 You can see this tiny reflector 56:18 could focus that beam of light 56:20 on the roof of a mine so that he could detect dangerous cracks. 56:24 The lamp was also easy to re-light. 56:27 And since it required far less oxygen, 56:30 it could illuminate the way out 56:32 should they encounter the chokedamp. 56:35 What an incredible illustration this is 56:38 of the condition of fallen man. 56:40 After struggling to survive the pitfalls of life, 56:44 he suddenly realizes the danger he could not see 56:47 had left him without hope and gasping for his last breath 56:52 in utter spiritual darkness. 56:54 For him there is no eternal life through Jesus. 56:58 In fact, he may not have ever heard about Him. 57:03 But friends, just as that bright light 57:06 of the carbide lamp saved lives, 57:09 so does the light of the Bible. 57:11 We need the light of God's Word to illuminate the dark corners 57:15 of our hearts. It focuses our attention on Jesus Christ... 57:19 our only hope for salvation. 57:21 And all who read and study it 57:23 are warned about the rockfalls of life. 57:27 That's why we call this series Give Me The Bible. 57:30 We're trying our best to bring the light of God's truth 57:33 to those who are living and dying in despair. 57:37 It's our mission. It's our passion. 57:39 Won't you join us? 57:42 Please consider what you can do 57:44 for those who still don't know about Jesus. 57:47 As the Holy Spirit impresses, 57:49 you may send your tax-deductible gifts to: 58:03 Thank you for helping us to bring the Blessed Hope 58:06 to millions all around the world. |
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