Participants: Pr. Louis Torres
Series Code: OTR
Program Code: OTR000720
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01:00 Welcome to Digging Up
01:01 the Future Bible prophecy exposed. 01:03 We've had an exciting time together, 01:05 haven't we? 01:06 And it's been a blessing hearing about the fact 01:09 that Jesus didn't just come once 01:10 he's coming again. 01:12 Amen. Amen. 01:14 And that's not something that is 01:17 something that we can really even question 01:19 because one in every eight verses 01:21 in the New Testament tells us that. 01:23 It's almost says if Jesus is saying, 01:25 let me remind you again I'm coming again 01:28 and He wants us to be ready 01:30 and He's also promised to help us be ready. 01:33 That's the good news. 01:34 Well, tonight's topic is one 01:36 that many people have discussed it through the years 01:40 and it is "The Mark of the Beast" 01:43 and found there in the heart of the Book of Revelation, 01:46 Revelation 13, 01:47 we're gonna be looking at that tonight. 01:49 And I think we should ask the Lord's presence 01:51 before we look at something like that, shouldn't we? 01:53 Let's bow our heads. 01:54 Father in heaven we are thankful today 01:57 that you have promised to come again 02:00 and we are thankful that we can sing about that 02:05 and we can look forward to that 02:07 but we want to be ready, 02:10 we don't want in anyway do anything 02:14 that would not have that be a happy day. 02:17 So we ask that you will prepare our hearts tonight 02:20 to learn what we need to learn to be ready for that day 02:23 and we thank you and we come in Christ name. 02:26 Amen. 02:27 Well, let's stand together sing our song again, 02:30 Jesus is coming again. 02:38 Marvelous message we bring 02:42 Wonderful carol we sing, 02:45 Wonderful word of the King 02:49 Jesus is coming again! 02:53 Coming again, coming again 03:00 May be morning, may be noon 03:03 May be evening but surely soon 03:07 Coming again, coming again 03:14 O what a wonderful day that will be 03:20 Jesus is coming again! 03:28 You could be seated. 03:30 I think, how many of you have been singing that at home, 03:32 you've memorized that so much. 03:34 Comes up in your minds some of you are doing that yes. 03:36 It's a wonderful chorus. 03:38 Well, we want to talk about that 03:42 little bit more in song this evening 03:44 Marion Peppers will be singing for us, 03:46 "I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold," 03:51 We make that decision 03:52 that it's exciting to think about 03:54 Jesus coming again, isn't it? 04:13 I'd rather have Jesus 04:19 Than silver or gold 04:24 I'd rather have Jesus 04:30 Than have riches untold 04:36 I'd rather have Jesus 04:41 Than houses or lands 04:46 I'd rather be led 04:52 By His nail pierced hand 04:57 Than to be the king 05:02 Of a vast domain 05:07 Or be held in sin's 05:11 Dread sway 05:17 I'd rather have Jesus 05:22 Than anything 05:27 This world affords today 05:57 I'd rather have Jesus 06:02 Than men's applause 06:06 I'd rather be faithful 06:12 To His dear cause 06:16 I'd rather have Jesus 06:22 Than world-wide fame 06:27 I'd rather be true 06:32 To His holy name 06:38 Than to be the king 06:43 Of a vast domain 06:48 Or be held in sin's 06:53 Dread sway 06:59 I'd rather have Jesus 07:05 Than anything 07:10 This world affords today 07:39 He's fairer than lilies 07:45 Of rarest bloom 07:50 He's sweeter than honey 07:55 From out of the comb 08:00 He's all that my hungering 08:06 Spirit needs 08:11 I'd rather have Jesus 08:16 And let Him lead 08:22 Than to be the king 08:26 Of a vast domain 08:31 Or be held in sin's 08:36 Dread sway 08:42 I'd rather have Jesus 08:48 Than anything 08:53 This world affords today 09:05 I'd rather have Jesus 09:11 Than anything 09:16 This world affords today. 09:37 Then the people said, amen. 09:41 Tonight we have a very, very heavy subject 09:43 and I'm going to speak a little faster 09:45 than I'm normally give 09:47 because I have to cover a lot of round. 09:49 So would you pray with me as we begin our father 09:52 as we study your word 09:53 we pray your spirit to guide 09:55 and help us to understand 09:56 this marvelous and wonderful Revelation 09:59 that you gave us concerning the Beast and its Mark. 10:03 Bless us now we pray in Jesus name, amen. 10:07 We've already discovered atheist 10:09 and now study about the Beast, 10:11 remember Revelation 13, verses 1-8 10:16 where the Bible reveals that there's a leopard like beast 10:18 that comes up other the sea, 10:20 the sea representing malteds of the people 10:23 and then it says that this particular beast 10:25 is a composite beast made up of different beasts 10:28 from Daniel Chapter 7 you remember 10:31 where there's a three beasts in Daniel Chapter 7, 10:34 the lion, the bear, the leopard 10:37 and then the indescribable of beasts 10:39 and so we have identify that 10:41 and just a review on that 10:45 we'd may remember down that 10:46 there is a little horn that rises up 10:48 from the midst of the 10 horns. 10:50 Remember the last beast has 10 horns 10:52 and other that 10 horn comes up on a little horn 10:55 that removes three of those horns 10:57 and it says it plucks up three of those horns 11:00 which represent three kings and then it says that 11:02 it would rule the European nations 11:05 then also that this rule will take 11:08 a 1260 days or years, prefer the years. 11:13 It would be different that other powers, 11:15 military powers, political power 11:17 this particular power would be different 11:19 in as much as it was 11:21 a mixture of religion and politics 11:24 and then a man would be at the head, 11:27 this man would speak Blasphemy 11:29 which means taking the prerogatives of God. 11:32 It would be a persecuting power to 1260 years, 11:35 it would rule Europe and persecute people in Europe 11:38 who did not go allow with His teachings 11:40 it would change God's time and laws, 11:42 it would receive a deadly wound 11:44 and that deadly wound of course, would have to occur 11:47 at the end of the 1260 years 11:49 it makes the drunk with her wine 11:51 which are false teachings 11:52 and the wound becomes heal after receives the wound 11:56 and this particular power has a number 11:59 and that number is considered to be a Mark. 12:03 So, we have a very quicker review here, 12:07 it is a woman, 12:08 well, it is a church, represents the church. 12:10 It sits on seven mountains 12:12 and it a call Babylon the Great 12:14 according to Revelation 17:5. 12:16 And finally it has a number and a Mark 12:19 and God calls His people out of Her. 12:22 Of course, if you recall 12:24 as we studied this you remember that 12:27 it is speaking about a church 12:29 that's a city that sits on seven mountains in Europe, 12:32 who is that? 12:33 Rome. Rome. 12:35 So, you say that, I didn't, you did all right. 12:38 So, Rome, well, if it's true then 12:42 according to the scriptures 12:43 then all the identified Mark should fit. 12:45 So let's consider the identified marks down. 12:48 Let me consider who the antichrist is, 12:50 remember that this is not a roofless 12:53 He then that comes up 12:54 but rather it is someone that comes from within, 12:57 the word antichrist means in the place of Christ. 13:00 As you remember that desire that Satan always had 13:03 was to take the place of God, isn't that true? 13:05 And so this is an attempt to displace God 13:09 and place in the place of God something else 13:12 that's men made rather than divinely made. 13:15 The scripture says then that it is 13:19 The Papal Empire that arose in the Europe. 13:24 If you recall then them 13:25 according to Daniel 7 and verse 21, 25 13:29 "He shall speak great verse against the most High, 13:30 and shall wear out the saint of the most High, 13:33 and think to change times and laws: 13:35 and they shall be given into his hand 13:36 until a time and times and the dividing of times." 13:40 Now, there's a group of text that give us all of these 13:43 different time and times and the dividing of time, 13:46 here's the copy of it Daniel 7:25, 13:48 it uses the phrase, Daniel 12:7 uses the same time, 13:52 Revelation 12:6 uses 1260 days 13:55 and time and times and the dividing of times 13:58 again is used in Revelation 12:14 14:00 and in Revelation 13:5 it uses "forty-two months". 14:04 Well, if you take a Hebrew calendar, 14:06 Hebrew calendar month has 30 days, 14:08 you multiply 30 days by 42 months 14:11 you come up with 1260 years, same time period, okay? 14:15 So, if it's true then 14:17 that this power would rule for 1260 years 14:20 than we must be able to conclude that at 1798 14:24 which is the end of 1260 years beginning of 538 14:28 you would have to then have the church have alone. 14:31 The question is, did that happen? 14:34 Well, let's consider several statements here 14:37 concerning this origin 14:38 "The Papacy's power became supreme 14:40 in Christendom in 538 A.D. 14:42 Due to a letter from the Roman emperor Justinian, 14:45 known as Justinian's decree, which set up 14:48 and acknowledged the bishop of Rome 14:49 as the head of what, all churches. 14:52 So, when did that began? 14:54 538 and then it says, 14:58 "It gave the papacy political power, 15:00 civil power as well as ecclesiastical power. 15:03 This letter became part of Justinian's code, 15:05 the fundamental law of the empire 15:07 and that year Pope Vigilius ascended the throne 15:10 under the military protection of Belasarius." 15:12 So, here say in authentic steep in a historical statement 15:15 from the book History of the Christian Church 15:18 volume three, page 327. 15:20 Now, if it started in 538 then you have 1260 years 15:25 that comes up to what? 15:26 1798, and if the prophecy is true 15:30 then in 1798 this power would receive a wound. 15:33 So, let's look and see if history basses out. 15:36 In Revelation 13 and verse 3 and 10 it says, 15:39 "And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death, 15:41 and his deadly wound be healed, 15:42 and all the world would what? 15:44 Would wonder after the beast. 15:46 He that leadeth into captivity shall what? 15:49 Go into captivity, 15:50 he that killeth with the sword 15:51 must be killed with the sword. 15:54 Here is the patience and the faith of the saints." 15:55 So a power that responsible for taking peoples captive 16:00 will itself be taken captive, it's what it says. 16:03 So, we should then look into the future from 538 16:06 as we are Digging up the Future, right? 16:08 From 538 we come down 1260 years 16:11 and the question is 16:12 did the Papacy get taking captive in 1798? 16:15 And the answer, of course, is yes. 16:17 February 15, 1798 it's when it happened. 16:20 February 15, 1798, 16:23 the General Berthier, Napoleon sent, 16:26 General went to the Vatican took the book prisoner, 16:29 he was taken into exile and the Pope died in exile. 16:33 And so perfectly according to the prophecy 16:37 that God has given it so happened. 16:39 What do you say? 16:40 All right. 16:41 Now, I want you to notice something, 16:44 remember it says that the wound would be what? 16:46 Healed. 16:48 So the Papacy did receive a wound 16:50 and was the wound heal? 16:51 Well, here it say, San Francisco Chronicle, 16:53 of course, you recognize San Francisco Chronicle 16:56 as a news paper from where? 16:57 San Francisco. 16:59 Notice it says, Mussolini and Gasparri 17:01 sign historic Roman pact. 17:03 I want you to notice what it says in that article. 17:06 "The Roman question tonight was a theme of the past 17:09 with the Vatican at peace with what? 17:12 With Italy." 17:13 Notice what it says and it's interesting 17:15 what the reporter wrote, 17:16 "In affixing the autographs 17:18 on the memorable document healing the what? 17:21 The wound, extreme cordiality was displayed on both sides." 17:25 Isn't that amazing? 17:26 The very verse that the Bible uses, 17:28 the very verse that the reporter uses 17:30 in demonstrated and that the wound was what? 17:33 Healed. 17:34 And so we can see then, 17:35 very plainly that the scripture is clear on this. 17:39 Now, if you study, for example Daniel 7, 17:47 you'll discover as I said that, 17:49 in Daniel 7 there are seven, pardon me, 17:53 three beasts the lion, the bear and the leopard. 17:56 How many of you remember that in the Revelation 7? 17:59 Okay. 18:00 And then you remember that the beast that comes up 18:02 after that an indescribable beast 18:04 that has 10 horns, you remember that? 18:06 And then the 10 horns has a little horn that comes up 18:09 and this is where the focus of attention is, 18:11 it's on that little horn. 18:13 And just to refresh your memory, 18:15 let's go back to Chapter 7 18:16 so you can see what we're talking about. 18:19 Daniel 7, let's look at that very quickly. 18:23 Notice then the first beast is in Daniel 7 18:27 and verse 4 a lion, verse 5 a bear, 18:32 verse 6 a leopard 18:34 and verse 7 the indescribable of beast with the 10 horns. 18:37 Can you see that? 18:38 And of course, the scripture says 18:40 that these beasts verse 17, 18:43 are four kingdoms which shall arise of the earth 18:48 and then when it speaks about the little horn 18:50 it says that the verse 20, the 10 horns 18:54 that were in this stand of the other which came up 18:57 and before three found 18:58 even of that horn that had eyes 19:00 and a mouth that's fake great things 19:04 then it says then that these horns of course, 19:07 make war that there also 10 kingdoms. 19:11 And so, you have the kingdom that rises the Roman Empire, 19:15 out of the Roman Empire divides into 10 kings 19:18 and out of those kings another little horn comes up 19:20 and takes out three out of the way 19:22 and then when it takes out those three 19:24 then that little horn becomes predominant 19:27 over all the other kings 19:29 and so that's why in the Book of Revelation 19:32 you have a beast with seven heads and 10 horns 19:36 and the reason why it's seven heads and 10 horns 19:38 is because it retains the power of all the 10 19:42 but only with seven heads remained in. 19:46 Is that clear? All right. 19:48 So, now notice it says that wound was healed in 1798 19:55 as the scripture reveals and of course, 19:57 the Bible said the world would then wonder after what? 20:01 After the beast. 20:02 Let me ask you of something, a question. 20:04 Is it true that during the time that John Paul was alive 20:08 that the world was indeed wondering after the Papacy? 20:12 Yes or no? 20:14 Yes, of course. 20:15 I remember going to Cuba 20:16 just after the Pope had landed in Cuba. 20:19 You remember when that the Pope was in Cuba 20:21 any of you remember that? 20:22 Well, we happen to go right on the hill 20:25 so the Pope and cast 20:26 to allow us to preach the gospel there 20:28 and to God's glory we are able to baptize 3,000 souls 20:32 of people who responded to the message, 20:34 it was wonderful to see some people who were communist 20:37 and who heard the gospel for the first time 20:39 rejoice in the new found faith that found in Christ. 20:42 Well, when the Pope died of course, 20:46 it is the first time that we see all heads of states 20:50 from allover the world came to the funeral. 20:53 "Presidents, Prime Ministers 20:54 and the Kings from around the world 20:55 joined hundreds of thousands of pilgrims 20:57 paying their respects to Pope John Paul II 21:01 in St. Peter's Square." 21:03 So, there's no question then that this popular Pope 21:07 got the attention of the world 21:09 and the world seem to be wondering after it, 21:13 now of course, 21:14 people are wondering what will take place 21:15 but, my friends, the Bible reveals 21:17 that it is not yet dead. 21:20 Just because the leader passes away 21:23 this institution continues. 21:26 Now, I was teaching this at another seminar 21:30 and there's a man who questioned 21:32 that this was in history 21:35 and I so happened to see a Bible in his book case 21:39 and the spirit of God just impressed me 21:40 to get that Bible out 21:41 so I took the Bible out and I said whose is this Bible? 21:45 And he said, that's my Bible. 21:47 It is "A Bible given to a Presbyterian young man 21:50 in 1935 at the time living in Vancouver, Washington" 21:53 when I met him. 21:54 Now, I want you to notice inside 21:57 since you then believe it, I took up the Bible 22:00 and the Bible was dedicated to him 22:02 because he was faithful in attending classes 22:05 and excellent attendance in Sunday school. 22:07 Can you see that? 22:08 And then it has the superintendent 22:09 and then it has the Pastor, all right? 22:12 Now what's interesting is 22:13 I then went to the back of the Bible 22:15 and this what I found on the back of the Bible, 22:17 this is the Presbyterian Bible, 22:19 it's hard for you to read right now 22:21 because it's not blown up 22:23 but I'll show you in just a minute. 22:25 Over here is Revelation 13-18, 22:28 here's a closed up view 22:30 and I want you to notice what it says, 22:31 Revelation 13, you see that? 22:33 To what, to 17, pardon me 22:36 and I want you to notice what it says 22:37 "The rise and power and fury of the mystical Babylon 22:40 are here set forth, 22:41 and Rome built on seven hills 22:44 is pointed out as the seat of this tyranny." 22:49 Can you see that? 22:50 This is a Presbyterian Bible, okay? 22:54 Well, the sad thing is that this was common knowledge 22:57 in the 1500's or 1600's or 1700's 23:02 but Americans became Biblical illiterate. 23:08 And so that which we've just common knowledge of people 23:11 who studied the Bible before 23:13 as we had children and grandchildren 23:16 and now we got away from the scriptures 23:18 then a lot of people forgot all about this 23:20 and very few people are preaching it 23:22 when the Bible uses it as a warning 23:25 that we are heading for troubles times ahead 23:28 and in order for us to know 23:29 how to avoid it God reveals 23:31 what the beast and what is mark is. 23:33 What do you say? 23:35 And so is it important them 23:36 to understand it, yes or no? 23:39 All right, now, 23:40 I'll give you some historical background here, 23:42 the Bible says that this power was big blasphemy 23:45 and the question is does the Papacy 23:48 actually speak Blasphemy? 23:50 Notice that Jesus said that He could forgive sins 23:55 and I want you to notice 23:56 then that when He said it to forgive sins 23:58 the people around Him said, 24:00 "Who can forgive sins but who, God only?" 24:04 And what did they say He was doing? 24:06 Speaking Blasphemy. 24:07 So in other words, anyone who seek to take 24:09 the peerages of God is speaking blasphemy. 24:14 So if I say that I can forgive your sins 24:17 as sincerious I may be the Bible calls that what? 24:23 Blasphemy, okay. 24:25 In John 10:33 it says, "You are speaking Blasphemy 24:31 because you are being a man makest thyself" what? 24:34 "God." 24:35 Now the question is, is Jesus God, yes or no? 24:38 The Bible declares them to be God, 24:40 what do you say? 24:41 In fact, the Bible says, the almighty God, 24:44 the everlasting Father the prince of peace 24:46 and so Christ is God according to the scriptures. 24:51 And so can Jesus forgive sins then? 24:54 Of course, He can. 24:56 And therefore when the woman came 24:59 and was brought to Him in adultery 25:01 and they says, shall we stone her 25:03 and Jesus finally said to the people 25:06 he who has the no sin cast the first stone. 25:09 They all left and then He asked the woman 25:12 where are those that condemned? 25:13 And then she said, no man condemns, 25:15 Jesus says then go and sin no more 25:19 because I also don't condemn you. 25:21 Okay. 25:22 The Lord forgave her, what do you say? 25:25 All right, so the scripture then reveals that 25:28 but notice what some literature says 25:32 concerning the position of the priest. 25:35 The priest holds the place of the Savior himself, 25:38 when they say 'Ego te absolvo', 25:39 He absolves from" what? "From sin." 25:42 This comes from the Dignity and Duties 25:44 of the Priest pay study for Liguori. 25:47 Now, notice it says 25:48 "Where the redeemer to descend into a church, 25:50 and sit in a confessional 25:52 to administer the sacrament of penance, 25:54 and a priest to sit in a confessional, 25:57 Jesus would say over each penitent, 'Ego te absolve', 26:02 which means I absolve you. 26:05 The priest would likewise say 26:07 over each of his penitents, 'Ego te absolve,' 26:11 and the penitents" of each would be what? 26:15 Equally what, absolved." 26:16 Now, friends, do you believe that? 26:18 No. 26:20 There's no man that could be equal with Christ 26:22 but this is what they change and this is what they hold. 26:25 Now, if we can see them that 1798, 26:29 it was true the 1,260 day prophecy. 26:31 Yes or no? 26:32 We can see that there is blasphemy. 26:33 Yes or no? 26:35 Now the question is this, 26:36 what about the Mark of the Beast? 26:38 And this is something that we need to study. 26:41 To understand the Mark of the Beast 26:42 then we must first understand God's seal, or mark. 26:45 You remember that the Bible reveals 26:49 that God has a sign and it says, 26:51 I have given you the Sabbath 26:52 and it is a sign between me and you 26:55 that I'm the Lord that God does sanctify you. 26:58 So God has given Himself that which is a sign. 27:01 It's a what? 27:03 It's a sign between us and Him 27:06 that He is the one who sanctifies us. 27:08 The word sanctify means to make Holy. 27:10 So God is the one that alone that can make us Holy. 27:13 What do you say? 27:14 And because He's the one who could make us Holy 27:16 He has given us a seal 27:18 which has all of the particular aspects of a seal. 27:22 A seal of the President of United States 27:24 must have the name, the title and the territory 27:26 and only the fourth commandment has those. 27:29 In other words you can take 27:30 all the commandments of the Bible, 27:32 I'm talking about the 10 commandments 27:33 and not one of them has 27:35 who to yield your allegiance 27:37 to except the fourth commandment. 27:39 All the other commandments 27:41 that shall have another God before me, 27:42 that shall not bow to statues and worship them, 27:45 that shall not take the name of the Lord that God in vein, 27:48 that shall honor your father and your mother, 27:50 that shall not kill us and not feel us 27:51 and not commit adultery, 27:52 that shall not bare fault witness, 27:54 that shall not cover none of those tell you 27:56 who to yield your origins to. 27:58 It is only the fourth commandment 28:00 does that and the fourth commandment says 28:02 that we are to 28:03 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 28:04 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work. 28:06 But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord 28:08 thy Lord in it thou shalt do no any work, 28:11 thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, 28:12 thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, 28:13 nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger 28:15 that is within thy gates. 28:16 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, 28:20 and rested on the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed 28:24 the Sabbath day and made it holy." 28:26 So the fourth commandment tells us them 28:28 that He is the Lord, the creator, correct? 28:32 So He is the creator of Lord God 28:34 and of course He is of heaven and what, and earth. 28:38 So there you have the seal with the living God, 28:40 what do you say? 28:41 Is that clear, yes or no? 28:43 Now, since this is a seal of God 28:45 and since you have a Mark of the Beast 28:48 and the Mark of the Beast must be counterfeit 28:50 or a substitution of the seal of God. 28:55 If you're going to replace somebody 28:57 you're gonna have to replace whatever had His name on it. 29:00 For example, if you took somebody's position, correct. 29:04 Let's suppose that you went to get a job 29:08 and it so happened that the last person was fired 29:11 or left the job for some reason 29:13 and you're taking his position, guess what, 29:15 his name comes off and whose name goes on? 29:18 Your name goes on, you understand? 29:21 And then you are there 29:23 and then titled to have that room, is that true? 29:26 No, the office or the desk or whatever it is that position 29:29 so you takeover the spot that somebody else has. 29:32 Well, the same thing happens with the scriptures. 29:35 The Bible says that God has a seal 29:38 and in order to replace them 29:40 then you have to replace also the seal. 29:43 So if you're replacing the seal what you'd replace it with? 29:46 With some other seal, correct? So let's study that and see. 29:51 According to Exodus I just quoted Exodus 20:8-11, 29:55 and may be well for you to go to your homes 29:58 and read these particular chapters 30:00 so you can see what that fourth commandment says. 30:03 And by the way most people do not know 30:05 what the fourth commandment says. 30:06 I remember as when I was a catholic 30:09 all I remember was "Remember 30:11 the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." 30:14 That's all I remembered. How many of you remember that? 30:17 Just remember the Sabbath day 30:18 to keep it Holy. 30:19 But it didn't give you 30:20 the whole of the fourth commandment. 30:22 It just told you to remember Sabbath day, 30:24 which means then that anyone 30:26 can come up with any Sabbath day. 30:28 So no wonder people can worship on any day 30:31 because they feel it's unimportant 30:33 which day as long as you give the Lord a day. 30:37 But the Lord doesn't say, it's unimportant which said, 30:39 the Lord says six days shalt thy labor 30:42 and do all thy work 30:43 but the seventh day, the what, the seventh day, 30:47 it's a Sabbath for the Lord thy God. 30:49 And that's why in Revelation Chapter 1, 30:51 it says, that John was in the spirit 30:54 on the Lord's Day. 30:56 On which day? 30:57 The Lord's Day, but here's what happens. 31:00 Today, what day the people call a Lord's Day? 31:03 Sunday. 31:04 But what day does the Bible call a Lord's Day? 31:07 Saturday. 31:09 So let me ask you a question, who is right? 31:12 The Lord or mankind, which one? 31:16 So God has a seal. 31:18 Now, notice it says in Isaiah 8:16, 31:22 "Bind up the testimony" in the what? 31:25 "And seal the law among my disciples." 31:29 Can you see that? 31:30 So the law then is that which helps us 31:33 to understand our relationship 31:35 between God and man and between man and man 31:38 what do you say? 31:39 The first four help us to understand 31:41 our relationship between God 31:42 and the first six help us to understand 31:44 how we are to relate to mankind. 31:47 And the whole law is summed up in simply in the saying, 31:50 thou shall love the Lord they God, 31:51 with all you heart and all your strength, 31:53 all your mind and thou shall love 31:54 that neighbor as yourself. 31:56 What do you say? 31:57 And of course, if you love somebody would you kill them? 32:01 Yes or no? 32:02 If you love somebody we seal from them. 32:03 If you love somebody 32:05 will you commit adultery against them? 32:06 If you love somebody would you lie against them? 32:08 They understand. 32:09 If you love somebody will you want what they have? 32:11 The answer is no. 32:13 So, if you love you will then keep what? 32:15 The commandments. 32:16 But if you don't love then what will you do? 32:18 You'll break that commandments. 32:19 And so it is matter of love. 32:22 And so Ezekiel 20:12 says 32:24 "Moreover I also gave them also My Sabbaths, 32:26 to be of" what? 32:27 "A sign between Me and them." 32:29 So we see them that God's law 32:32 is a sign and a Sabbath in particular, 32:35 went back to it 'cause I saw some of you writing 32:37 and thought I was going too fast. 32:39 But I warned you, didn't I? 32:41 Well, I had a lot to cover 32:42 so I'm trying to speak as fastest as I can. 32:44 All right, now, "The central issue we got 32:47 in the Mark of the Beast then is" what? 32:49 "Worship." 32:50 Who you yield obedience to? 32:52 And whoever you yield obedience to 32:54 those are it is what you worship, all right. 32:58 So "The Mark of the Beast 33:00 must be then the mark of the" what? 33:02 "The Roman Church." 33:03 In other words, if the church is the beast 33:06 and the beast has the mark 33:07 then mark must be the mark of the Roman Church 33:11 which then means say 33:12 it must be a substitute of the seal of God. 33:16 So let's look at it then and see what history reveals. 33:21 The Bible says if you'll intend to change 33:22 the times and what, the law. 33:25 What law has times involve in it? 33:28 The fourth commandment. 33:29 And so which law do you think would be changed? 33:31 The fourth commandment. 33:33 And so no wonder history reveals. 33:36 Notice Lucius Ferraris Prompta Bibliotheca, 33:40 article "Papa" volume two-- volume four pardon me, page 29. 33:46 "The Pope is of so great authority and power 33:48 that he can modify, explain, or interpret" what? 33:52 "Even divine law. 33:54 The Pope can modify divine law, 33:55 since his power is not of man, but of God, 33:58 and he acts as a vicegerent of God upon earth." 34:02 This is not a Protestant reference 34:05 this is a Catholic reference and I'm giving to you, okay. 34:08 Notice then it's ask the question 34:11 in a catechism I have one at home, 34:14 which is the Sabbath day? 34:15 What's the answer? Saturday is the Sabbath Day. 34:18 Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday? 34:21 What's the answer? 34:22 We observe Sunday instead of Saturday 34:24 because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity 34:26 from Saturday to Sunday. 34:28 There you have a historical 34:30 and a present document that tells you the reality 34:34 that the day was changed by the Catholic Church. 34:38 How many of you knew that before? 34:40 How many of you did not know that before? 34:42 Now you know it. 34:45 But listen, let's continue, 34:47 "What does the Roman Catholic Church 34:48 claim it's sign of authority?" 34:51 I want you to know from their own document 34:54 it says, "Of course the Catholic Church claims 34:57 that the change was her act and the act is a" what? 35:01 "Mark of her" what? 35:02 "Ecclesiastical power 35:04 and the authority in religious matters." 35:06 C.F. Thomas, Letter, October 20, 1895. 35:11 So the change is a what? It's a mark. 35:15 The change is a what? A mark. 35:17 So if then the change is a mark 35:20 then Sunday is substituting what day? 35:23 Sabbath or man's law is replacing God's law. 35:34 Can you see that? 35:35 I know there are sincere ministries you're ask them 35:37 which day is the Sabbath day, they say Sunday is 35:39 and but when you press hard on this, 35:42 yeah, I know Saturday is the Sabbath day. 35:45 And then when you ask them why we're keeping Sunday 35:47 well, because the Lord resurrect on Sunday. 35:51 But friends, the scripture says that God commands us 35:56 to rest on which day? 35:59 The seventh. 36:00 Let me ask you a question quickly here, 36:03 if you commit adultery, is that a sin? 36:06 If you steal, is that a sin? 36:08 If you kill, is that a sin? 36:11 If you bare false witness, is that a sin? All right. 36:14 If you take another God before God, is that a sin? 36:17 If you take God's name in vein is that a sin? 36:20 If you bow before statues, is that a sin? 36:23 Then what about if you break the Sabbath without a sin? 36:28 You see, because sin is a transgression of what? 36:32 Of the law of God, okay. 36:34 So we consider then 36:36 that history and the Bible both concur. 36:39 "Sunday is our mark of authority." 36:41 This is the catholic record, a catholic resource. 36:45 "The church is above the Bible, 36:47 and this transference of Sabbath observance 36:48 is proof of that fact." 36:51 Then of course Priest Thomas Enright, 36:55 I have a letter from him 36:56 and he used to be a Jesuit pries 36:59 in Kansas city, Missouri in a Jesuit College there 37:03 and he offers by the way, he offers a $1,000 used to, 37:07 he's passed away but he offers a $1,000 for anyone 37:10 who could find a text in the Bible 37:12 that proves that Sunday is the Sabbath day. 37:16 And you know what all these years 37:19 it hasn't been one taker. 37:22 Notice it says, "Prove me to me from the Bible alone 37:24 that I am bound to keep Sunday holy. 37:26 There is no such law in the Bible. 37:28 It is a law of the holy Catholic Church alone. 37:30 The Bible says 'Remember the Sabbath day 37:32 to keep it holy.' 37:33 The Catholic Church says," what? "No." 37:36 And then he says, "By my divine power 37:39 I abolish the Sabbath day 37:41 and command you to keep the holy 37:42 the first day of the week. 37:43 And lo, the entire civilized world 37:45 bows down in reverent obedience to" whom? 37:48 "To the command of" what? "The Holy Catholic Church." 37:50 So here you have a controversy, here you have a contest, okay. 37:55 One says, I want you to do this 37:57 and God says I want you to do that. 37:59 Now, let me ask you a question, who should you obey then? 38:02 Did not Peter say is that not right for us 38:05 to obey God rather than man 38:09 and so you see than the issues that are involved here? 38:13 Here's the Saint Catholic, the Church Sentinel, 38:17 "Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change 38:20 the church ever did happened in the first century. 38:23 The Holy day, the Sabbath, 38:25 was changed from Saturday to Sunday 38:26 not from any directions noted in scriptures, 38:30 but from the church's" what, "sense of its own power, 38:35 people who think the scriptures should be the sole authority," 38:39 listen to what it they say, "should logically become" what? 38:44 "Seventh-day Adventists," and keep what? 38:45 Saturday Holy. 38:48 Isn't that interesting? Who is saying that? 38:54 Saint Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21, what year is that? 38:58 1995. 39:01 That a long time ago. No. 39:04 Very recent, isn't it? 39:06 All right, so the argument is which day should we keep, 39:10 they say, if you're gonna be true to the Bible 39:12 you should keep which day? 39:14 Saturday. 39:15 But if you keep Sunday you're only doing it 39:17 because you are obeying who? 39:19 Us. 39:20 And unfortunately the Protestant world 39:22 is doing that today. 39:24 "Reason and sense demand the acceptance of one 39:27 or the other of these alternatives 39:30 either Protestantism and the keeping of Saturday, 39:33 or catholicity and the keeping of holy of Sunday. 39:37 Compromise is" what? "Impossible." 39:39 This comes from The Catholic Mirror, 1893. 39:43 Not long ago when John Paul was here 39:47 he issued something that was actually quoted, 39:52 you remember when he came to United States 39:53 and he came to Detroit. 39:55 I want you to know this what they quoted in the newspaper, 39:59 "John Paul II is issuing a stern warning to Catholics 40:04 that they should set" what day? 40:07 "Set aside Sunday" for what? "Worship." 40:10 Then notice what he says, 40:11 "He went on to say a violator should be punished as a" what? 40:16 "As a heretic." 40:21 Now let me ask you a question, 40:23 are you a heretic if you keep Sabbath 40:25 or you're heretic if you keep Sunday, which one? 40:30 Yeah, if you keep Sunday 40:31 they would be speaking you're the heretic 40:34 but what they are saying is 40:35 if you keep Saturday you're heretic, why? 40:37 Because the Catholic Church teaches 40:39 that Sunday is a day of worship 40:41 and it you don't follow what the church says 40:43 then of course, you are a heretic, okay. 40:48 Now, let's consider the number 40:49 because we now have seen the Mark, 40:51 now we must do the what? 40:53 The number. 40:54 So let's look at the number of the Beast's 40:56 and see if the beast has a number. 40:59 The point to the scripture says, 41:00 "Here is wisdom. 41:01 Let him who has understanding 41:02 calculate the number of the beast, 41:04 for it is the number of a man and His number" is what? 41:08 "Six hundred and sixty-six." 41:09 So, let's look at this and see if the pope 41:13 actually has something that in the case 41:16 that he has a number 666. 41:18 This is an article 41:19 that my friend gave my from Australia, 41:22 he dug it out of his archives Pastor Bruce Prise, E.B. Prise, 41:27 a well-known authority 41:30 specially on the Jehovah's Witness religion 41:34 but notice he sent me this 41:36 'cause I asked him if he had any documents 41:38 and sure enough he did. 41:40 This is "Our Sunday Visitor" 41:42 which is a Roman Catholic magazine, 41:45 on "November 15, 1914 41:47 edition of the Roman Catholic Publication." 41:49 Now, if we notice there's a circle here, 41:51 you see that, this is what 41:53 I want to bring your attention to 41:54 because in this particular document 41:57 people would ask questions 41:58 and of course the priest would respond with answers, okay. 42:01 And so here's what interesting. 42:04 This particular article the responding to Protestants 42:09 who are charging that the Pope has a number 666 42:12 and here's what they say. 42:14 "The title of the Pope of Rome is Vicarvis Filii Dei. 42:18 This is inscribed on the mightier 42:20 and if you take the letters of his title 42:23 which represent Latin numbers, numerals 42:27 and add them together, they come to what? 42:31 666 and here is this. 42:33 Vicarivs Filii, what, Dei and if you notice 42:37 5, 1, 100, 1, 5, 1, 50, 11 42:41 I mean 1, 1, 500 and 1, you see that. 42:44 Then it says add these together and the result is what? 42:48 Will be 666. 42:51 This is right from their own literature. 42:58 I wanted you to see that 42:59 because sometimes people think that our burden 43:03 is to bash this or bash that. 43:05 It's not that. 43:06 If God reveals something that we need to be concerned about 43:09 and I think we need to understand it, 43:10 what do you say? 43:12 And it's beholds us to understand it 43:15 because according to the scriptures it says, 43:17 if you receive the Mark of the Beast or its image 43:20 you will not be found in the Book of Life. 43:24 Which means that if you worship man 43:26 rather than worshipping God 43:29 then man cannot save you, only God can. 43:34 And that's why we need to render our origins to who? 43:38 To the Lord Jesus Christ. 43:39 What do you say? Do you agree with that? 43:42 All right, now, I want you to look at it in a chart here, 43:49 notice then that, by the way it's interesting 43:51 since it is the name and the name equals 666 43:56 because it says it is the number 43:57 with man's name is equals 666. 44:00 What numbers were you taught in school 44:02 that had numerical value? 44:05 Roman what? Numerals. 44:08 And what are Roman Numerals? 44:09 Nothing but letters that have numerical value 44:13 and where there are Roman numerals come from? 44:16 From Rome, of course. 44:19 So, if you take the name 44:22 and put it in Roman Numerals VI et cetera, 44:25 here you have what they equal 44:29 and here you have the total, 666. 44:31 So the Papacy has the mark 44:34 and it also has the number what, 666. 44:39 Can you see that, is that clear? 44:41 Yes or no? 44:46 Now, friends, listen, I have many friends 44:53 whether Jewish, Catholics et cetera. 45:00 When I have no burden to make my friends feel mad. 45:09 But when I became Christian, I began with Christian 45:11 because I wanted to find out what was true. 45:15 And Jesus says, you shall know the truth 45:17 and the truth shall set you what, free. 45:22 And I think most of us have wondered 45:25 why is that we do this, why is that we do that? 45:28 I don't know about you but as a child 45:30 I had lot of questions but I had no answers for 45:34 and no one could answer it for me 45:35 because obviously the people 45:38 that I was associated with were Catholics 45:40 and they did know anything else than the Catholic ideologies. 45:44 You understand what I'm saying. 45:45 So if I'm asking them why do we keep Sunday, 45:47 what did they tell us? 45:50 Because we're supposed to. 45:53 I didn't know there was a Bible 45:55 and if I did I will remember every seen 45:57 that Bible at my home or reading the Bible. 46:00 So I remember going to catechism 46:02 and nuns giving us instructions 46:05 and since I was not a good boy I remember them telling me 46:09 that they will have a place for me. 46:12 Do you understand? 46:15 Well... 46:19 I remember when I became a protestant Christian 46:23 and I went to my friend who was a Catholic young man 46:29 and he and I used to go to night clubs together 46:34 and then when I found a joy of salvation, 46:38 when I found that God can forgive my sins, 46:42 when I discovered that I could play the records of heaven 46:45 then do not have to go through a mediator, a human being. 46:49 When I discovered that I didn't have to go 46:50 and confess my sins to a man anymore. 46:54 I rejoice that I was last set for you. 46:58 Do you understand what I'm saying? 47:00 No longer was I held in bondage to somebody 47:03 who knew all the dirty things 47:04 that I did and go hold that against me. 47:07 Now, I could just tell the one up above 47:11 and He could feel me and answer my prayers. 47:16 And then I discovered that the Bible 47:17 it says there's only one mediator. 47:18 How many? 47:20 There's only one mediator which mean God and man 47:23 and He is that one, Jesus Christ. 47:28 And I discovered that this an advocate in heaven. 47:32 So I went to share with my friend a good news, 47:36 how the Lord had deliver me from smoke and from drink 47:38 and from immorality and from all those things. 47:41 And when I went to his home and revealed to him 47:44 that I had become a Christian, 47:46 I'll never forget, he got so angry. 47:49 He used to have a habit if biting his finger. 47:52 I mean literally biting his finger 47:54 and his finger had huge calluses, 47:57 'cause he grew up just biting. 47:58 Whenever he got angry he would just bite his finger 48:01 and this particular time he got so angry 48:03 that he bit his finger 48:05 and then he punched his dining room table 48:08 and broke it in half. 48:10 And then he said to me, I was born a Catholic 48:13 and I would die a Catholic, get out of my house. 48:17 I was shocked. 48:19 I went there simply to tell him 48:22 what the Lord had done for me. 48:25 I did not know that there would be such animosity. 48:29 But I should have remembered that 48:31 because I remember as a little boy 48:33 coming from Puerto Rico 48:35 that I was reminded in those days Protestants 48:39 were children of the devil, did you know that? 48:43 Any of you remember that? 48:45 You don't remember that. 48:47 Any of you remember that or am I the only one? 48:49 Sure, there are several of you. 48:50 Protestants are children of the devil. 48:52 And so I remember that I was supposed to stay from them. 48:55 Well, I got told a lot of things 48:57 that finally made me turn completely away from religion 49:00 and I saw that people are hypocritical and everything 49:03 and turned away from God. 49:06 It is the bad thing that I did because I suffered greatly. 49:09 My friends, when you turn your back on God you suffer. 49:13 You may think you're having a good time, 49:15 you may think you are living a high life 49:18 but then your life apart from God, 49:20 finally will end up in defeat. 49:24 If it's not in this life 49:26 you will be in the life hereafter. 49:29 The only safety and hope that you and I have 49:32 is in our Lord Jesus Christ, what do you say? 49:35 The Lord is the one who died for us, 49:38 He is the one who has divine power to change us 49:42 and to give us the ability 49:44 to live in harmony with His will. 49:46 But here's the problem, friends, 49:48 according to what we understand, 49:50 "In the future, the final issue of loyalty 49:53 will center around" what? 49:55 "Around" what? "Around worship." 49:59 And let me say this, 50:01 how you worship determines who you worship. 50:04 What did I say? 50:05 How you worship determines who you worship. 50:08 And, friends, you may be innocently 50:12 and honestly doing the best you can 50:16 but I think, friends, that sometimes people think, 50:19 look, if we don't know it, it doesn't hurt you. 50:23 Have you heard that? 50:24 What you don't know doesn't hurt you. 50:26 Is that true? Is that really true? 50:29 Well, if you are walking barefoot 50:31 and there were some glass in the grass stuck in there 50:33 and you didn't know it. 50:35 You think that you won't get hurt 50:36 because you didn't know it. 50:38 Yes or no? 50:40 You step on it, doesn't matter 50:42 if you did know or not you're gonna get hurt. 50:45 Is that true? 50:46 I remember that happened 50:47 to my brother, my brother Freddy. 50:51 We were playing and he hadn't noticed 50:53 that there was in the ground a bottle, 50:56 half of the bottle and he stepped on it. 51:00 He didn't know it, but he stepped on it. 51:03 You think it didn't hurt him because he didn't know it? 51:06 No, he cut his foot in half 51:08 and my stepfather had a rush him to the hospital, 51:11 I mean the glass actually went all over through and a round 51:16 because the bottle was half, do you understand? 51:19 It all the way up to in his foot 51:21 and I was just dreading 51:24 that my brother would lose his foot 51:26 because he stepped on this bottle 51:28 and it was dangling. 51:31 Fortunately by God's grace we got to the hospital 51:34 and they sew him up. 51:36 Just because you don't know it 51:38 doesn't mean it won't hurt you. 51:40 But I take, my friends, it's important for us to know, 51:42 what do you say? 51:43 Jesus wants us to know the truth. 51:45 Is that true, yes or no? 51:47 Jesus says, you shall know the truth 51:49 and the truth shall what, shall set you free. 51:52 Listen, "In the days of Noah, 51:55 God inviting His people to do" what? 51:57 "To take a stand." 51:59 Is that true, yes or no? 52:01 Then, of course, "In the days of Daniel, 52:04 God invited His people to do what? 52:06 To take a stand. 52:08 The king said you need to bow down to the statue, 52:11 when you hear the music you bow down 52:13 and you'll be okay. 52:15 And the three words He said, 52:16 we will not bow down to your idol. 52:20 God will deliver us, but if He doesn't 52:24 "Be it know it unto you king that we shall not bow down." 52:27 They took a what? A stand. 52:31 Did God deliver them? Absolutely. 52:35 The Lord delivered those people 52:37 and they are written in the holy writ 52:40 to as a witness to those who also will be challenged 52:44 as to their loyalty between God and man. 52:48 Several years ago the Cubans began to leave Cuba. 52:55 You remember that? 52:56 They came by a boat loads to United States 52:59 and I remember about 25,000 were sent 53:03 to a place called Fort Chaffee Arkansas 53:07 and I was asked because I speak Spanish 53:09 to go and translate to help some of the process. 53:13 When I got there I heard that among them 53:16 were a 50 Adventists believers 53:20 but how do you find 50 Adventist believers 53:23 in a midst of 25,000 Cubans. 53:26 That's like finding a near haystack right? 53:30 All Cubans look alike, right? 53:31 So, how do you find them? 53:33 And so we were praying and looking at praying 53:36 I asked to sergeant to help us 53:38 and all of that, he scratched his head, 53:40 how do you expect me to find 50 Cubans 53:43 in the midst of 25,000 Cubans. 53:46 I said I don't know but I thought 53:48 may be you can help us. 53:49 So my wife and I were in the car 53:50 we are praying together 53:51 "Oh, Lord, help us to find that group." 53:54 And there was a group walking behind the fence 53:58 and I was impressed to go and ask them 54:00 and so I went up there and said, 54:02 hey, folks, just a minute. 54:04 So a lady turned around and stopped cautiously 54:06 and I said, are you folk Adventist? 54:09 And she turned around to the others and said, 54:14 hey, folks, wait a minute. 54:15 And so she said, why are you asking? 54:18 And I said, because I've been looking for them. 54:20 And she said, we're them. 54:23 And I said, do you have a Bible? 54:26 Oh, we haven't had a Bible for years. 54:28 Some of them had been in prison for 10 years 54:30 because they read the Bible. 54:33 And so, I said, well I got a Spanish Bible 54:35 so I ran and got a Spanish Bible from the car 54:38 and said, honey, I fond them 54:39 and so, or better yet, the Lord found them. 54:42 And so I handed the Bible over the fence. 54:46 And you know what happened, 54:47 the oldest gentlemen he was about 82 years old, 54:50 I thought that kids would jump up and get it 54:52 but you know who did it, the old man. 54:54 He jumped up and grab the Bible press it to his chest 54:57 and tears began to flow down his face 55:00 as he rock the Bible. 55:03 How he loved the word and how much he missed it? 55:09 Even though he was incarcerated he was free. 55:14 He was what? He was free. 55:17 And I asked him 55:18 I said how long have you been suffering like this? 55:22 I met with him turned out 55:24 that they were gonna have a service at Wednesday night 55:27 so I went to talk with him 55:29 and when I did I discovered that some of them 55:32 had been in prison for years 55:34 and the only thing they had what they memorize 55:37 that the Word of God. 55:38 When they were put on the boats 55:41 they opened up their mouths 55:42 to see if they had any gold 55:43 and if they had gold they would yank it out 55:46 right there on the dock. 55:47 They wanted to make sure that they're left with nothing 55:49 except what they had on their backs. 55:52 My friends, those people stood. 55:55 They what? They stood for the truth. 55:57 Listen, "In the days of Jesus, 55:59 God invited His people to stand, 56:01 in the days of early Christianity, 56:03 God invited His people to stand, 56:05 in the dark ages, God invited people to stand 56:08 and in the last days, 56:09 what do you suppose will happen? 56:12 God invites you to stand. 56:13 And I wonder tonight 56:16 how many of you would like to stand 56:19 in the allegiance to Jesus Christ? 56:22 Would you stand here tonight and say yes? 56:25 I want to stand on the side of Jesus. 56:28 I believe that He's the only mediator, 56:30 the only one who should be worshipped 56:32 and I want to be faithful and truth to Him. 56:35 God Bless you. 56:37 Let us pray together. 56:38 Our holy Father, how grateful we are 56:42 that we can have a direct communication with heaven 56:46 and we don't have to have a man stand between us 56:49 to talk to You. 56:51 We can stand before the very throne of the universe 56:54 and have the certainty that You hear us. 56:57 Oh, God, we see that we're living in the last days, 57:00 we see that the world has wondered after the beast, 57:04 we see that all the teachings 57:05 that have come has the usurp Your teachings and Your word 57:09 and man is following man's word, 57:11 forgive us and You see us stand 57:14 bless and us and help us to be faithful in Jesus name, amen. |
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