Participants: Chris Shelton (Host), Kenny Shelton
Series Code: BTLP
Program Code: BTLP000040
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00:41 Hello, I'm Chris Shelton
00:43 and welcome to "Behold The Lamb Presents." 00:45 We are so happy that you have chosen to join us today 00:48 for this very important Bible study. 00:51 Today's message is a third in a five-part series 00:54 that we have entitled 00:56 "The Mystery of Inequity, the Antichrist Revealed." 01:00 As we've been covering during these messages 01:02 there are a great number of confusing theories 01:05 concerning the Antichrist 01:07 and how it will affect God's people? 01:10 But if you've been studying along with us, 01:12 we pray that you're getting a much clear vision of who 01:15 and what the mystery of inequity truly is. 01:18 As we have been basing our knowledge 01:21 at our research upon scripture 01:23 and supporting historical records. 01:25 Today's message is entitled 01:28 "Understanding the Prophecy of the Antichrist." 01:31 It is so important that we discover the truth 01:34 that's found in scripture 01:35 and then proclaim it as evidence 01:38 against all the circulating falsehood 01:41 and erroneous teachings 01:43 dealing with the mystery of inequity and the Antichrist. 01:46 So reach for your Bibles and let's begin today's study. 01:50 Once again it is entitled, 01:52 "Understanding the Prophecy of the Antichrist." 01:56 And in preparation for our study today 01:58 we are blessed to first listen to a song entitled, 02:02 "Be Still and Know," as sung by Emma McDonald, 02:05 from the 3ABN Worship Center. 02:28 Be still and know that He is God 02:36 Be still and know that He is holy 02:44 Be still, O restless soul of mine 02:49 Stand before the Prince of peace 02:53 Let the noise and clamor cease 03:00 Be still and know that He is God 03:08 Be still and know that He is faithful 03:16 Be still, O restless soul of mine 03:21 Stand in awe and be amazed 03:25 Know that He will never change 03:31 Be still 03:39 Be still and know that he is God 03:47 Be still and know that he is God 03:55 Be still and know that he is God 04:03 Be still 04:14 Be still and know that He is God 04:22 Be still and know He is our Father 04:30 Come rest your head upon His breast 04:35 Listen to the rhythm of His unfailing heart of love 04:43 Beating for His little ones 04:47 Calling each of us to come 04:55 Be still 05:05 Be still 05:23 Welcome, we're glad you could join us again 05:25 as we study the most important subject 05:28 may be in the entire Bible, why? 05:30 Because it's a warning against, 05:32 we're talking about the beast power. 05:34 Some of you say, I don't know what the beast power, 05:36 mystery of iniquity, the man of sin. 05:40 You know, that's something 05:41 that we need really be digging in the word of God right now, 05:44 because the time of this world is soon to come to an end. 05:48 And we need to be studying because 05:49 the mystery of inequity is going to be, what? 05:51 Is already working in the world, to do what? 05:54 To deceive us, so we need to understand, what is truth? 05:58 But always, before we study the word of God 06:01 and again I'm glad that you joined us 06:03 because this is an exciting study. 06:04 We always ask the Holy Spirit to help 06:07 to lead and guide us into all truth. 06:09 I'm going to kneel, as I kneel to have prayer. 06:11 Some of you who are at home, 06:13 or you might be able to kneel with me. 06:15 Well, I sure appreciate that if you'd pray 06:16 along that the Holy Spirit will guide us 06:19 and give us the truth for this hour in which we live. 06:22 Shall we pray together? 06:26 Kind, loving, heavenly Father, 06:27 we thank You for the privilege of prayer once again. 06:30 Now we ask that You would enlighten us 06:31 through the power of thy Holy Spirit 06:33 as we read from the pages of Your Holy Book, 06:36 we pray as we study prophecy that's man of sin, 06:40 mystery of inequity, the son of perdition. 06:43 We pray will be revealed to each and every one of us. 06:46 It's very important subject and how desperate 06:48 we need the Spirit of the Living God, 06:50 inside of each and everyone of us. 06:52 Thank you for those who hear, 06:54 thank you for those who are tuning in, 06:56 for every person around the world today, 06:58 this desiring truth. 06:59 I pray Your Holy Spirit will lead and guide them. 07:01 Help us here, we pray, forgive me of sin, 07:04 anything in my heart and life that needs not be there. 07:07 So that our prayers maybe heard 07:08 and answered according to thy will. 07:10 In precious name of Jesus 07:12 we pray with thanksgiving, amen. 07:17 Again we're glad you joined us and again, 07:19 get the pencil and paper 07:20 'cause you're gonna jot some things down. 07:22 And as you jot these things down, 07:23 we have to move quickly on the-- 07:26 this is a five-part series as you well know. 07:27 This is our third-part. 07:29 You say I missed the first, I missed the second, whatever. 07:32 Usually what we do, we go over the following week, 07:34 we go over and say on part-one we discussed, 07:37 on part two we discussed, so today no exception. 07:40 We're going to go over the things 07:41 that we learned in part-two before we do the part-three. 07:45 What we learned is truth 07:47 after truth has been given in scripture, 07:49 we've studied that. 07:51 It's given in simplicity, it's given in signs, 07:54 it's given in symbols, and it's given in, what? 07:56 Good, in the illustrations. 07:58 So the Bible is true the Bible is simple, the Bible is plain. 08:02 Point number two, that we went over. 08:04 Only the surface reader, pay close attention to me. 08:08 Only the surface reader. 08:10 Now I'm gonna, I'm gonna label a surface reader. 08:13 If surface reader is one who is void of the Holy Spirit, 08:17 they talk of contradictions of scripture 08:20 and they question the authority of the Bible. 08:24 Wow, that's pretty powerful, 08:25 but we went over some things on that. 08:27 Three Jesus warns us that many was going to be deceived, why? 08:32 Because in the Mark 12, we learned, Jesus said, 08:36 "Because the people know not the scriptures," 08:40 we're gonna to be deceived, why? 08:41 Because we don't know scripture, why? 08:43 Because many of us are not staying in the scripture. 08:46 We're not reading. 08:47 This hour is vital to God's last day people. 08:51 The enemy is going to deceive, the Bible says, 08:54 "The whole world is wondering after the beast." 08:57 As we study the mystery of inequity, 08:59 we're studying the Antichrist revealed. 09:02 We're studying the man of sin, the little horn of power, 09:04 all these things add up to one world power. 09:07 We need to examine this power. 09:10 Fourth-part, time has come 09:13 when the truth must be proclaimed, that means what? 09:16 Pulling all stops, presenting the truth as it is in Jesus. 09:20 And you present truth, what? 09:22 Truth will stand against, what? 09:23 Falsehood, it will stand against error, 09:26 truth will stand on its own merit, won't it? 09:28 So we need to understand what truth is. 09:30 Point number five, that we learned in lesson number two. 09:33 Antichrist, simply what? 09:35 That which is opposed to Christ, 09:38 it's opposed to His followers, it's opposed to what? To truth. 09:42 So we learned these things and we know now that 09:45 this Antichrist is using men, he's using organizations 09:49 and powers of the world to deceive mankind. 09:54 He has a plan, keep this in mind. 09:56 He has a plan to deceive the whole world. 09:59 That's what the Bible says. That's what we're learning. 10:01 Point six, a person who has heard, 10:04 now I'm gonna be real plain, 10:05 a person who has heard the message of Jesus Christ, 10:09 a person who has heard about the divinity of Jesus Christ. 10:13 The humanity, the incarnation of Jesus Christ 10:16 and they reject it, they belong to the enemy. 10:20 He that's not with me, the Bible says, is against me. 10:23 See it's time that we, we come pointed. 10:25 Lot of time preachers they want to get on there, 10:27 and they want to pat this one over here, 10:28 and they want to pat that one over there. 10:30 All I want to know is what is truth, how about you? 10:32 There's no just patting, there's the truth, 10:34 and the truth sometime is difficult for us to accept, 10:38 but God wants us to what? 10:39 In plain, simple, straight down the line. 10:42 Point number seven, 10:43 prophecy is we're studying points out that man of sin, 10:47 that mystery of inequity, that Antichrist, 10:50 you know what the Antichrist? 10:52 He is a representative of Satan. 10:54 Now what I'm saying here, we're just not talking, 10:56 we're bringing some words out here. 10:58 We're saying it here as we get in 11:00 and dig in the word of God 11:01 and we reveal who this power is, 11:03 please remember, he is a representative. 11:06 It is a representative of Satan is the one. 11:09 Now as, what? 11:11 As he places himself in the place of God. 11:15 Now draw us what the Bible said would happen, isn't it? 11:17 And point number eight, as we go on, 11:19 the man of sin would be covered up, 11:22 as he covers himself up, what does he do? 11:24 He covers himself up in a religious garb, 11:28 in other words he disguises himself, 11:31 but the Bible is clear that this man of sin would be, what? 11:34 Would be exposed. 11:36 Who would he be exposed? Who's gonna expose him? 11:39 The last day people of God, 11:41 that's part of our mission that God has given us. 11:44 We don't back away from it, 11:45 we don't turn and run from it. 11:47 Displeasing as it might be to many. 11:50 Opposition that we receive, 11:52 that's still -- the mission that God has given to 11:55 His last day people is to expose this. 11:57 Even if it means persecution. 12:00 Maybe if it means imprisonment and it means death, 12:03 God requires His last day people to expose this power, what? 12:07 Because the world is wondering after them, 12:09 now I'm gonna quote this two or three different times. 12:10 Here is the reason, because the world wonders 12:13 after the beast and they are those 12:15 whose names are not written in the "Lamb's Book of Life." 12:19 Friend, doesn't that cause 12:20 you some kind of pain in your heart? 12:22 Majority of the what? 12:24 People say, oh, no, it can't be that way. 12:25 The Bible says it, God has spoken and God knows. 12:29 Today on part-three, 12:31 understanding the prophecies of the Antichrist, 12:35 we'll be dealing more with these issues. 12:37 And then, remember, there's part-four 12:38 and then there's part-five. 12:40 Just wanna bring to your attention, 12:41 just quickly right now, this little book 12:43 that I'm holding in my hand 12:44 while I'm thinking about it here. 12:46 It's so powerful that almost explodes in my hand. 12:50 There's information in here that everyone of God's people, 12:53 now if you have the, called the Mark of the Beast, 12:54 if you already have it, then that's beautiful. 12:56 Just read it, 'cause you have it doesn't mean anything, 12:59 it's when you read it that you become powerful for God. 13:03 Things that we're discussing here, 13:04 for instance in here, is discussing 13:07 four critical Bible chapters that we need to look at. 13:10 Such as Daniel 7, Daniel 8, Revelation 13, 13:13 we do Revelation 17 and we can go on and on. 13:16 And also in here there's over 200, listen carefully, 13:19 200 historical and religious authorities are quoted. 13:24 These authorities they're quoted on the things 13:26 that we are discussing from the Bible, 13:29 Bible prophecy and then 13:31 there's over 300 Bible passages of that, 13:33 there's lot that's quoted, that's referred to. 13:36 So you don't want, this is a free copy, 13:37 it has 200 of these, so it goes to the first 200 callers. 13:42 So I wouldn't hesitate if I was you, 13:43 get off the couch, do something right now. 13:45 You haven't done anything in a while, 13:46 do something now. 13:48 Your soul could be at stake, friend, please, 13:50 you need that book, it backs up exactly what we're going -- 13:54 because we're using two vital important points 13:57 that will help us in our study. 13:58 We're using the Bible, number one, 14:00 and we're using what? 14:01 Good, history. 14:03 Historical accounts as you add it. 14:05 God intended it to be that way for the skeptical mind 14:08 and for those of us who want to learn. 14:11 Now, notice if this power is so powerful, 14:14 I mean it is just powerful. 14:16 Do you understand why that it must be uncovered? 14:19 Why that it needs to be exposed? 14:21 Because it does say, that they -- that the world 14:24 would wonder after this power. 14:27 I was interested in this, the world would wonder after. 14:30 Some people say, they wonder, 14:31 that means they're scratching their head no, no, no, no. 14:33 In the original language, 14:35 I want you to pay special attention and jot this down. 14:39 When it says that the whole world wondered after it, 14:41 there is a couple of passages 14:43 just jot down quickly as you can. 14:44 Revelation Chapter 13 verse 3 and Revelation 17 verses 8. 14:50 Now we read verse 8 now, when you read these things 14:53 it says that the world, 14:54 all the world wonders after this power. 14:56 That the world is wondering after this power, 14:58 then what kind of power is it? 15:00 Is it a good power, is it a bad power, 15:03 but Bible that goes on to say, 15:04 "That their names are not written 15:05 in the Lamb's Book of Life." 15:06 So this power must be doing 15:08 a good job of deceiving the world. 15:10 So I look that word wonder, 15:12 you can do the very same thing. 15:13 Revelation 13 Verse 3, the word wonder in the Greek says this, 15:18 "That the world would be established," 15:22 they established himself with his power. 15:24 The world would abide by this power. 15:27 The world would be amazed. 15:29 These are all definitions of the word wonder. 15:31 Are you still with me? 15:32 They're going to wonder after they're going to be amazed. 15:35 Now listen to this, the last two is really heavy duty, 15:38 so if you're not ready, 15:40 O dear friends, please get ready. 15:42 It says, "The whole world will be bewitched by this power," 15:47 and the whole world will become, 15:49 listen carefully, will become insane by this power. 15:54 That's what the word means in original Greek, 15:55 I'm not making it up, you can look in your scrolls. 15:58 And then in Revelation 17, verse 8 it talks about 16:02 this that wonder after this power again, 16:06 and similar meanings here, but notice, it says, 16:09 that the people are going to admire this power. 16:12 They're going to marvel at this power. 16:16 They're going to look closely at this power, 16:20 notice and I thought this was interesting. 16:23 After they wonder after they look at it, 16:26 after they look closely at it. 16:28 It says, they -- listen, "They visit this power." 16:33 Wow! Why are people so, it's like amazed, 16:38 they wonder after this power. 16:40 It must be such a deception that we think that 16:43 it's something that maybe that is not. 16:46 Have you ever fell into that trap. 16:49 Millions and millions of people 16:51 they're going to, they're going to be lost 16:53 because they will not hear the word of God. 16:56 Millions are going to be lost 16:57 because they will not see what God is putting clearly 17:00 in front of us to give to the world 17:03 so that we can be warned of this power. 17:06 Millions will be lost because they will not obey. 17:09 Now notice this, obey as they study these prophecies. 17:14 Too many people come around nowadays and say, 17:16 "Well, that's not the way I want it to be." 17:18 Well, may I say nicely 17:19 and with respect to you, that's too bad. 17:22 Since when did God ask you 17:24 or since when did God ever ask me, 17:25 if it's going to be all right with me 17:27 before He put it down in the Bible, He didn't. 17:30 Please think about it. 17:32 Well, I don't want it that way, 17:33 God never asked you if you wanted it that way. 17:36 But, boy, is He revealing some starling facts, 17:39 that as we look and again it was taking lots of time 17:41 to establish these things in the Bible and history to say, 17:45 all of this what we discussed so far is 100% accurate. 17:49 Then why not, the last little bit, 17:50 even though it might be distasteful. 17:52 Even though you say, it's hard to believe. 17:54 You think the devil is not gonna pull 17:56 all stops in the last days. 17:58 Oh he's gonna pull everything he could possibly can and you? 18:01 Now listen, let me just say that. 18:03 Just because you go down, you're driving down the road, 18:05 you're just all bored. 18:07 And you see this people over here, oh, that's a church, 18:09 you know, that's a church, that's Christian people, 18:11 well that may be so, but listen, 18:12 every person, every person 18:14 that goes by they look and they say, 18:15 oh, that's a church right there. 18:17 That doesn't mean God approves of that church. 18:19 Church is people, 18:21 because they have church on the outside, what? 18:23 It doesn't mean He approves of that at all. 18:26 Because if God approves us, there must be, 18:29 there must be something there that identifies it as God's. 18:33 So God's church must have identifying marks 18:36 and they must be met in order to be God's church. 18:39 And let me tell you this, friend, if it's not 18:40 God's church, it is the enemy's church. 18:42 Let's be bold about it, let's not mess around, 18:45 too often we mess around with these things 18:47 and we cannot do that. 18:49 Remember, if you doesn't belong to God, 18:50 who does it belong to? 18:52 It belongs to the enemy. 18:53 And I'll tell you, the enemy has a lot of people, 18:55 I'm telling you to lot of it, oh, be bold now, 18:57 a lot of churches, why? 19:00 Because they won't follow and obey the truth. 19:02 They say, it doesn't really matter, it's okay. 19:04 Oh, friend, we need to -- If the church, 19:07 not talking about church people, 19:09 we're talking groups of -- 19:10 if they're not teaching the truth, now think about it. 19:13 Then the enemy is going to teach them, what? 19:15 A lie. 19:17 Either gonna accept the truth, or they're gonna accept a lie. 19:20 They're gonna accept untruths, they're gonna accept, 19:22 you know, sugarcoated. 19:23 Many church all you hear is just pleasing little fables 19:26 and just sugarcoated messages 19:28 and watered down liberal message you hear all the time. 19:31 Lukewarm messages, you hear of this, 19:33 no self-denial, you hear no preparation, 19:36 you hear no second coming, basically. 19:38 Just kind of go along as you are 19:39 and somehow you're gonna find your way into heaven. 19:43 Somehow the churches are teaching today, 19:45 look as much like. 19:46 Listen, look much like the world 19:47 and dress like the world as you want, 19:49 think like the world, do like the world, 19:51 and heaven is going to be your home. 19:52 Oh friend, you couldn't be into it, it's wrong. 19:56 See many preachers' getting up a television so on, 19:59 I don't mind you get on you, 20:00 you get on to me if you want to. 20:02 Get up there on your t-shirts 20:04 and -- shirts unbuttoned and everything, 20:05 you'll look like the world, what you said an example? 20:08 What should be a Godly man or woman for God, huh? 20:11 Get out there and set an example for the people today. 20:14 Sometime in church we do that. 20:17 We forget to conduct ourselves 20:19 as the one whom we're going to visit. 20:21 See the devil wants us to think along these lines. 20:24 How we'd conduct ourselves in the house of God? 20:27 How do we to dress in the house of God? 20:29 We come into the house of God, 20:31 we have to realize we're meeting right 20:33 with the Ruler of the Universe. 20:36 The Ruler of the Universe, then how our minds, 20:39 then should be cleared with the things of this world? 20:43 We should leave all the sides, I'm meeting with God. 20:47 God that knows everything about me. 20:49 All my needs and what's it gonna take for me, 20:51 you see, to make it to heaven. 20:53 Quickly, I'm saying, what about our appearance? 20:56 Oh friend, we sometime come into church 20:59 and we dress like we're lounging around at home, 21:02 we dress like we're to going to -- on a picnic somewhere. 21:06 Friend, remember you say, it makes a difference, 21:09 it makes a difference when we come in contact with God. 21:11 When we come in the presence of God, 21:13 He expects the very best that we have. 21:18 Nowadays, nowadays, we see people are just, 21:21 oh, it doesn't matter. 21:22 Everything is cool, we just come as you are. 21:24 Let me tell you real quick, I'll got to get over this, 21:27 I'm gonna get out the box. 21:29 But lot of people they talked about, 21:30 you know there are all, oh, just come as you are, 21:32 if you realize that the principle, come as you are, 21:35 Jesus was referring to our spiritual condition 21:39 much more than the physical. 21:41 That's how you come as you are. 21:43 He expects the best that you have and that I have. 21:47 Maybe give you a quick illustration, 21:48 if you're one of those, just giving that. 21:50 Well, you know, this is all I have. 21:52 Listen if you don't have 21:53 the right kind of clothes to wear, 21:54 clean clothes to wear. 21:55 The church's responsibility is to get you something 21:57 that you can wear. 21:59 Clean and nice the best you have. 22:01 When person gave me this illustration. 22:03 Now we're talking about a God now. 22:04 Now we're talking about God. 22:07 God told him to He said, well, you know, 22:09 this is the best I have and I'm just gonna be real plain, 22:11 all I have is just jeans. 22:13 Well, I said, really it's all you have? 22:14 Yeah, that's all I have, so I said, 22:15 best I've got, so I'm gonna, 22:17 I said, you think maybe that's just a choice. 22:20 Well, no, I just, this is the best I have, 22:22 I said really, how much those jeans cost you? 22:25 Oh, that jeans cost me $24. 22:27 I said, I got pair of suit pants on, 22:28 all they cost me $12. 22:29 So I can get two. Do you have one? 22:30 It's a matter of choice. 22:33 Who you're going to spend sometime with, 22:35 principle will always be there, God expects the best, 22:38 He expects the best you have 22:39 when we're studying about prophecy too. 22:44 We're shameful sometimes, God help us. 22:47 We study we got to take the Bible 22:49 and we've got to take like a history 22:51 as it has been revealed through history, 22:54 these movings of nations. 22:57 And so God says that we can trace them right on down 23:00 so that we need not be fooled in the last days. 23:03 This little horn power, if you've never studied this, 23:07 it might be a little difficult for you and you, 23:10 there has to be a good place for us to start. 23:12 And I pray that we're gonna be starting in the right, 23:15 the right point here, 23:16 so that it will help you to understand it. 23:19 So become clearer in your mind as well as in my mind. 23:22 First of all we realize in every, in every age, 23:26 God has some, some truth. 23:28 A developing truth that we need to be studying, 23:30 we need to be focusing on. 23:33 It's a message that He gave to His people. 23:36 A message that we need to hear, 23:37 a message of warning of may be some future things 23:40 that's getting ready to happen. 23:42 You see, new truth is never, some people say, 23:44 oh, this is new, man, 23:45 this is new truth is never independent of the old truth. 23:51 We must understand the old in order to what? 23:54 To comprehend the new. 23:57 Let me give you an illustration, 23:58 you say, well, listen, how did Jesus do it? 24:00 Oh, He's our example, isn't He? 24:02 As we study life of Christ, 24:04 we can understand how to handle this. 24:05 Here's what Jesus said, remember He wanted, 24:08 He wanted His disciples to understand about His death 24:12 and His burial and His resurrection, 24:13 you remember that. 24:14 They couldn't quite comprehend 24:16 that Jesus wanted them to understand it, 24:17 so what did he do? 24:19 Here's where He started His lesson, 24:20 Luke 24:27, the Bible says, 24:23 "He began at Moses and all the prophets." 24:26 Wow! See, the reason I'm bringing all these stuff is 24:30 because we're doing lot of Old Testament study 24:32 and lot of call yourself New Testament Christians 24:34 and you're disregarding the Old Testament. 24:36 Oh, don't be so bold, friend, to do that. 24:38 Don't be so bold that we're bringing 24:40 some more points here in a moment. 24:41 Here's how Jesus did, 24:42 when He wanted the disciples to understand. 24:44 He said, "He began," with what? 24:45 Began at Moses and He said, "And all the prophets." 24:49 And then again in John 5:46, 24:50 Jesus said this, "Had you believed Moses, 24:53 you would have believed me, for he spoke of me." 24:57 Wow! So for what did Jesus teach? 25:02 That's right, from the Old Testament, 25:04 that's all he had. 25:06 So we can't set aside the Old Testament 25:08 when Jesus said in John 5:39, 25:11 "They are they which testify of," what? 25:14 Good, "of me." 25:16 See if we reject the old, we also reject what? 25:20 The new, if we reject, you know, 25:23 apart of this Bible we reject another part, 25:26 it's now what we want it to be. 25:28 So it takes both of them, both part, 25:30 the whole part to make a complete whole. 25:33 In other words, you think about here. 25:35 A person cannot present the law of God 25:39 and talking about here, a law of God without the gospel. 25:43 Or you cannot present the gospel without, what? 25:45 Good, the law of God, absolutely. 25:48 You can attempt it all you want. 25:50 But every attempt that you made will fail. 25:53 God is speaking plainly, keep this in mind. 25:55 You see the enemy could not destroy the church. 26:00 And so, you know this well, 26:01 but since you could not destroy the church 26:03 and you try that during the dark ages. 26:05 We'll learn much more about that, 26:06 but listen in dark ages, so what did he do? 26:08 The enemy decide to join the church. 26:12 I think he might have his name on a role somewhere. 26:15 He's joined the church. 26:18 Sometime when you come to church, 26:19 I tell you, I wonder sometime that he's not showing up, 26:22 how about you? 26:24 Now he decide he's gonna work inside and he works inside, 26:28 he's gonna tear the people of God apart. 26:32 So remember, where he's working? 26:33 In the church. 26:34 So he's gonna deceive the church. 26:36 When everybody is hollering truth, truth, truth. 26:39 Somebody wrote me a letter the other day, on there not. 26:42 Now it's like somebody is banging 26:43 up the side of the head or something, 26:44 I don't know whether they think I believe it 26:45 or whether I don't. 26:47 And some of you be watching you probably will be. 26:49 So I'm talking to you, 26:51 I haven't got chance really order that yet, 26:52 or it look at over and see what kind of order it's in. 26:56 We're kind of quick on there, it just says, 26:57 you cannot possibly understand 26:59 what truth is unless you understand Zechariah 4. 27:03 Well, I'm gonna be just real bold with you, 27:04 how do you know I don't? 27:08 You see, and then he gave me a bunch of passage, 27:10 well praise God, but wouldn't it be better 27:12 to start if you're trying to study 27:13 with somebody and say, what about? 27:15 Or I found this out, then said, 27:17 you don't know what truth is until you? 27:21 Friend, we want to be a part of the family of God here. 27:23 We want to try to get, 27:24 get on to learn these truths, and I do too. 27:28 So how did they -- we're talking about 27:29 as Satan works inside the church, 27:32 then how does he do it? 27:34 Listen very carefully, 27:35 here's what the Great Controversy page 50 says, 27:38 and you know what too. 27:39 You can study in history, the devil came in, 27:42 now notice this, the compromise between, what? 27:45 Come on, paganism and Christianity, good. 27:49 Resulted in the man of sin. This is who we're exposing. 27:54 How did the man of sin develop inside the church? 27:56 He had no business in the church. 27:58 But somehow he ended up in the church, why? 28:00 Because he brought in what? Paganism. 28:04 Think about paganism inside the church, 28:07 it resulted in the man of sin as prophecy has told us, why? 28:11 Because he's opposing and exalting himself, what? 28:14 Above that, that's God, above God it says. 28:18 So we find a gigantic, 28:20 then religious system in the world today. 28:24 It's a master piece of Satan's power. 28:27 It's a monument even to his efforts, 28:29 to see himself on the throne and to rule the world. 28:34 You think that's such a big statement. 28:35 You may be reading that in Isaiah 14:14, 28:38 you remember that? 28:39 Didn't Satan said, I'll be, what? 28:42 Like the Most High. 28:45 And so we find Satan's plan 28:47 and we need to be watching this plan. 28:49 Join the church, sit right in the middle sometime. 28:53 you know, there's too difficult passage, chapters in the Bible. 29:00 And then, oh they're so hard to understand 29:01 and Daniel's hard to understand 29:03 and Revelation is hard to understand. 29:05 These two books tell the history of the world. 29:09 Dear friend, and they told it, what? 29:11 Before it happened, not after the fact, 29:14 but before it happened. 29:15 So that we would know what had happened that it is the truth. 29:19 That's so, so important. 29:21 But mostly of these books, 29:22 these two books deal mostly with what? 29:25 Symbols and types, 29:27 and so we have to be restudies of the word of God. 29:30 And I know only people they're afraid when you say, beast. 29:33 Wow! That's what you afraid about beast for? 29:35 As we study, you're gonna see that there's a very, 29:37 it's important here because we need to understand 29:40 the prophecies of the Antichrist. 29:43 When you understand the language of it 29:44 and how it was written and why. 29:46 And only the true seeker will find out. 29:49 Daniel 2 and Daniel 7 for instance we are --. 29:52 Talks about four world powers. 29:55 All you study them I know many times before, 29:57 but the ruling over, 29:59 what we call then the known civilized world. 30:03 Now, remember, if we believe these things 30:04 and it's coming in line 100%, 30:06 we don't have to add anything at all. 30:09 We just have to say, boy, they harmonize, 30:11 but it's interesting when we get into something 30:12 that's a little touchy after the several world empowers, 30:15 it starts to get a little bit touchy here. 30:17 It starts identifying the man of sin, 30:19 mystery of inequity. 30:20 All of sudden, we -- well, that can't be -- remember, 30:23 the devil has joined the church. 30:26 You keep that in mind, you're gonna find out, 30:28 that's gonna have to be, 30:29 he's gonna be working through what? 30:30 Come on, somebody, help me. 30:32 He's gonna be working through that so called 30:34 religious organization, 30:37 that had to work out in the world, 30:38 he's got the world-lings out there, 30:39 you know that and I know it. 30:42 So we need to -- we know, all we need to know 30:43 is a little bit of history and a whole lot of the Bible. 30:47 And, boy, as we put those things together, 30:48 we find that prophecy is 100% correct. 30:52 Remember these four nations, four nations, 30:55 these four nations worship the Sun and the moon 30:58 and the stars and so we find that 31:00 there are a Baal worship or Satan worship. 31:04 This is all that they, that they knew. 31:06 So they've given themselves over to the enemy. 31:09 And so everything that surrounded them, 31:11 that's all people heard, that's all people seen. 31:14 Man, that's an awful surrounding to be, 31:16 and what does that as a person who's looking for truth. 31:19 Well, see God uses this term, we talked about beast. 31:25 He did it to describe the character of each nation. 31:30 Beast to describe what? The character of nations. 31:34 So don't -- let's say, oh this ugly beast came 31:37 about -- notice what-- here's how it say, 31:40 you say, well, I don't know. 31:41 Look in Daniel 7 verse 17 and we're gonna hit 31:43 this one again, in just a few moments. 31:45 It says here, "The great beast," 31:47 you can't get any clearer than this, 31:49 "The great beast are four kings," 31:51 it's not hard to understand, 31:53 but sometime we just make it hard. 31:55 We don't want to put any effort into it. 31:58 So it may be, be well for us as we study here for -- 32:01 maybe the beginning, rest of you've been through it 32:03 many, many times, you may understand it well. 32:06 But well, there's millions who do not understand this message. 32:09 It might be well in -- I really don't see if happen too often, 32:12 that we begin our study in Daniel Chapter 7, 32:15 rather than Daniel Chapter 2 and then we'll go back 32:18 to identify Daniel Chapter 2 and put it together 32:22 maybe in a little clearer form for us, identification. 32:25 You have your Bible, I want you to read. 32:28 We'll have to take time, we're gonna have 32:29 to take time to read these seven verses 32:31 in Daniel Chapter 7, verses 1 through 7. 32:33 Then we're gonna go back 32:34 and we're going to discuss these things. 32:37 Bible says in Daniel Chapter 7 in verse 1, 32:40 "First year of Belshazzar, 32:41 the King of Babylon Daniel had a dream and a vision," 32:45 is that important, is a vision given to him by God? 32:48 On his head and his bed, he wrote the dream, 32:50 and the sum of the matter. 32:52 Daniel spake and said, he's telling us what he saw, 32:57 "He said, I saw in the vision by night, 32:59 and behold the four winds of heaven 33:02 strove upon the great sea." 33:04 Listen carefully, these words 33:05 because this is what confuses the mind 33:07 and all of a sudden we say, 33:08 I don't know about the four winds, 33:09 I don't know about striving upon the great sea. 33:12 Then he said, "I saw all this turmoil, 33:13 all that stuff going on. 33:15 And I saw, verse 3, "Four great beast coming up 33:18 from the sea, and they were diverse," means what? 33:21 "Different one from another." 33:22 Verse 4, "The first the Bible said was like a good, 33:26 was like a lion, it had eagles' wings on it," 33:29 wow, I've never seen one like that. 33:32 "I beheld to the winds thereof was plucked, 33:34 and it was lifted up in the earth, 33:36 and it made to stand on its feet as a man, 33:38 and a man's heart was given to it." 33:40 Verse 5, "I behold another beast, 33:43 a second beast was like a bear, 33:46 raised itself upon one side," the Bible said, 33:48 "Had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth 33:51 and they said to it, Arise, devour much," what? 33:54 "Much flesh." 33:55 Verse 6, "After this I beheld, 33:57 and lo another, like a leopard," 34:00 all he was seeing all these beast gives, 34:01 oh, I just can't understand, oh, it's gonna be simple watch. 34:06 "A leopard, had upon his back four wings of a fowl, 34:10 that beast had four heads," oh, how scary, 34:13 "Dominion was given to it." 34:15 Verse 7, "And I, after this I saw in the night vision, 34:19 behold the fourth beast," 34:20 listen, "Dreadful, terrible, strong exceedingly, 34:24 it had great iron teeth, 34:26 it devoured and break into pieces, 34:28 stamped with residue the feet of it, 34:30 it was diverse from the other beast," 34:32 notice, "that were before it and it had 10 horns." 34:36 See that's where people, they read it, 34:38 they say, oh, I just can't, can't listen. 34:41 As we read Daniel 7 in verses 1 through 7, 34:45 contemplate now as we back quickly 34:47 and try to go over some of what we can cover today. 34:50 Take a closer look, here's a fact, here's a fact. 34:54 If the countries of the day of the world 34:56 are represented by symbols, 34:58 you've heard this in every study. 35:00 They almost give you too quick once 35:01 and then break it down. 35:03 So, it's not uncommon, even in our world today 35:06 they're represented by symbols, 35:07 United States is represented by what? 35:09 Good "the eagle." 35:11 Russia is what represented by? 35:13 They call "the bear." 35:14 And you can go on, the other countries 35:15 are represented so, when you saw a bear, 35:17 and they saw a leopard, 35:19 they saw it's not uncommon then. 35:21 And in fact if we break it down to our level, 35:24 to our schools, to our sports of the day, 35:29 you ever notice that? 35:30 Have you ever heard -- the rams. 35:34 The bears, the bulls, the redbirds, the hawks, 35:38 the dolphins, the dogs, the tigers, 35:40 are you still with me, the gators and the colts, 35:43 and the list goes on and on, and on, 35:44 so it's not unusual to be represented 35:46 by a symbol of an animal. 35:49 So, these symbols that Daniel saw here is not unusual 35:52 to be identified, because we've already read, 35:55 remember, in verse 2. 35:57 The Lord has what? 35:58 The Lord has four symbols to represent four world empires. 36:04 Four symbols represent what, four world powers. 36:07 In verse 2 of Daniel 7, we we're reading Daniel said, 36:10 "The four winds of heaven," what does that mean? 36:14 You say, what you mean the four winds? 36:15 What happens when you have a nice calm sea, 36:18 then all of a sudden the wind comes up and a storm. 36:21 It gets pretty rough out there, doesn't it? 36:23 It gets stormy up there, there could be disaster, 36:25 there could be death, and in the Bible 36:28 the winds represent strife, war, and commotion. 36:32 You say, yeah, but how do we know? 36:33 Jeremiah Chapter 25 and Jeremiah 49, 36:37 you can read those verses, 31 and 32, 36:40 and Jeremiah 25 and 36 and 37, and Jeremiah 49. 36:45 Anyway, they're there, strife and commotion you say, 36:47 well okay, so something has happened, 36:49 so we saw four what? 36:50 Four powers, four nations rise. 36:53 But there was war and commotion going on. 36:55 Something big was going on. 36:56 Remember I'm talking about the history of the world here. 36:59 We're talking about if we can identify all these things, 37:01 we can get down and identify 37:02 the "Mystery of Iniquity" that man of sin. 37:05 This is what it's all about 37:06 and what he's doing to the world today. 37:09 See, these symbols explain themselves, praise God. 37:12 But we have to keep searching. 37:14 We have to keep digging, digging. 37:16 Also in Daniel 7:2, he uses the term, 37:19 notice this, "The great sea." 37:22 Do you remember how you use that? 37:24 He saw all these beasts coming up, that he wrote, 37:27 he said, "I saw in the night vision, behold, 37:29 four winds of heaven strove upon the great sea." 37:32 Now, what does that mean, the great sea? 37:35 Daniel 7:2, "The great sea," found it, you look up 37:39 Numbers 34 verse 6, you see that the Mediterranean Sea, 37:43 see this gives us a hint of where this was taking place. 37:47 The Mediterranean Sea was called what? 37:49 The--good, the great sea. 37:51 Sea is a symbol of what? Of lots of people, good. 37:56 Isaiah 8 says it, verses 7 and 8. 37:58 Revelation 17:15 says waters, may represents 38:02 multitudes, nations, and tongues. 38:05 So, we say we have four world empires, 38:07 the wind was strive, there's war 38:08 and bloodshed stuff going on among a heavy populated area, 38:12 a lot of people were involved during this time, 38:14 Mediterranean and be the whole world. 38:17 United States wasn't in existence yet? 38:20 So, we're going to identify without mistake. 38:24 So far it's very clear. 38:26 God's work just explains it all to us, 38:28 there's no need for us to guess, you know that. 38:31 Four beasts, four kings, four kingdoms 38:34 will rise out of the what? 38:35 Good, the sea of people, nations, and tongues 38:39 that came from what, the old world or what we call, Europe. 38:43 Let's go quickly over this, now notice what Daniel saw, 38:45 Daniel 7:4, we're gonna read verse 4, 5, 6, and 7 38:49 just to pickup some things quickly. 38:50 Daniel 7:4, he said, 38:52 "The first was like a lion," with what? 38:55 Yeah, "Eagle's wings." 38:57 The second was a bear had three ribs in its mouth. 39:00 The third was a leopard and had what, 39:02 four wings, four heads. 39:04 Wow! That's scary. 39:05 Fourth beast was dreadful and terrible and strong. 39:09 It had ten horns, you remember that, Daniel 7:7. 39:12 Now, help us figure this out 39:14 for those you really want to study. 39:15 Daniel made it clear about the symbolic meaning, 39:18 and we're repeating this, 39:19 of the beast again in Daniel 7:17. 39:22 Here's the key, once again, if you miss the key, 39:26 if you don't have the key you can start the engine, 39:28 the key once again is Daniel 7:17, 39:31 he said that the great beasts, which are four, 39:35 are four kings, which shall arise out of what? 39:38 Out of the earth. Oh, interesting. 39:40 Four kingdoms would rise up out of the old world 39:43 and would become world powers, 39:46 is history verifying this, oh yes 100%, 39:50 let's identify, shall we, the first beast. 39:52 What was the first beast as a lion, 39:54 what did it have? 39:56 It had eagle's wings on. What does it mean? 39:58 And then this first world power we know was Babylon, 40:00 but it said what, wings on his back, meaning what? 40:03 Quickly, quickly devouring, you know, its enemies. 40:07 So the wings represent swiftness in which it did 40:09 it's work, conquering, remember there was wind 40:11 and strife on the sea, war and bloodshed. 40:14 So Babylon then began to reign the first world power there. 40:18 But interesting Isaiah 13:17 through 23 40:22 and also Daniel Chapter 2, said that be another power 40:25 after Babylon and so what do we see. 40:29 Daniel 7:5, another beast second like and to what? 40:32 A bear, the bear raised itself up one side, 40:35 had three ribs you remember in it's mouth, in his teeth, 40:38 and it said arise, devour much flesh. 40:41 What does history tell us? 40:43 The Bible says this and then we go back to history, 40:45 we'll say well Babylon was the first world power, 40:48 but then there was another that conquered it 40:50 and it was Medo Persian, the Grecian empire. 40:54 In 538 B.C, Cyrus the Persian, you remember him? 40:58 Yeah, as you can study your history Cyrus the Persian. 41:01 He took over the city of Babylon 41:03 and it's very interesting. 41:04 All this was recorded in scripture, listen, 41:07 100 years before Cyrus was even born. 41:13 Well, that's a prediction, that's prophecy, isn't it? 41:16 The Bible said, there will be Cyrus that would go 41:18 into Babylon through those lead gates, 41:20 you remember, and destroy, 100 before he's ever born. 41:23 God is right on target, and we're on target as we study. 41:27 You can read that account in Isaiah Chapter 45. 41:30 He said that the bear that would have 41:32 three ribs in his mouth. 41:33 What's it mean three ribs? 41:35 It represents exactly how Babylon 41:37 would be divided when it was conquered. 41:40 How was it divided? 41:42 History says that it divided into 41:43 Babylon and Lydia, and Egypt. 41:46 Just exactly what the word says. 41:49 Wow! Now the third beast, Daniel 7:6 says, 41:53 it was like a leopard it had what? 41:55 On the back of it four wings of a fowl, 41:58 the beast had four heads, Dominion was given unto it. 42:01 What does that mean? Third kingdom. 42:04 Certainly the Bible and history makes it clear 42:06 that Greece, right the Grecian empire. 42:09 Oh, friend, have you ever thought about 42:12 this empire with Alexander the Great. 42:16 Has it ever dawned on your mind 42:17 Alexander the Great, he's written in history. 42:19 I read about him in history, how about you? 42:21 You could study about him today, 42:23 that leopard like beast, notice, 42:26 is a fitting symbol of Greece, but it said, 42:28 he had four wings on its back. 42:31 What does that mean? It means it conquered. 42:34 Alexander conquered twice as fast as Babylon 42:38 or any other powers before that, swiftness, 42:41 swiftness, and it conquered. 42:43 Now what about the four heads, 42:44 just quickly we're talking four heads here, 42:47 four kingdoms, four kingdom was divided 42:50 after his death, and you say, 42:52 yeah, but is that really true? 42:53 Yeah, history even recorded it, 42:55 Lysimachus, Cassander, Ptolemy, and Seleucus. 42:59 That's what we see, those are the four kingdoms 43:01 represented by the four heads that are broken to 43:03 after the demise of Alexander the Great. 43:06 So, what did you have? 43:07 You have Babylon, you've the Medes and the Persians, 43:10 and then you have Greece, and then you have 43:12 the fourth beast, Daniel 7:7, dreadful and terrible. 43:16 We've got go through these things, 43:17 you've got to stay with me. 43:18 Dreadful and terrible destroying what? 43:20 Because we've got to get down to that man of sin. 43:23 We've got to get down that false system in the last days. 43:27 We've got to get down that third angels message. 43:30 We're gonna look at that beast power 43:32 and this right here, if we spend enough time on it, 43:34 we're gonna say okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, 43:36 the Bible said and history has said and it's right, 43:38 it's right, it's right, it's right. 43:40 So, we can't disagree with what's to come. 43:44 The fourth little power is easy 43:47 to identify, you know that? 43:50 I've got 11 things jotted down here 43:52 so you know that it represented what? 43:55 Notice, it said dreadful, terrible, and strong 43:57 exceedingly, it had ten horns. 44:00 So, the fourth power is we identified 44:02 it said it was a kingdom that would be larger 44:04 than all the other kingdoms before it. 44:07 That we know was Rome, don't we, right? 44:09 Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome, Pagan Rome. 44:13 Existed between 168 B.C. and 476 A.D. 44:17 That's what history says, but when it fell, 44:20 when it began and when it fell. 44:22 We know that it persecuted what? 44:24 The Jews, Jesus was crucified under the control of it. 44:29 They destroyed the temple in A.D. 70. 44:32 They fed the children to lions, 44:34 do you remember, as a sport. 44:37 It was a land of mystery as you study it. 44:40 They invented weapons of what? 44:42 Of iron, all the world come under the what, 44:46 iron hand of Roman empire. 44:50 Anything that got in its way was trampled. 44:53 This was a Pagan kingdom, 44:56 but they left with its Pagan kingdom, noticed this, 44:59 the names of the week, and of the month, 45:03 and some titles, and some sayings written in Latin. 45:08 Now, it's interesting. 45:09 Now remember this, we talk about a while ago 45:12 and I'm gonna mention again, 45:13 things that have its root in Paganism 45:15 you need to leave it alone. 45:17 And I found this very interesting 45:19 even as Christians. 45:20 You're talking about present truth Christians. 45:23 We'll find something that it has its roots in Paganism, 45:27 but we like it and we just say, too bad. 45:30 But as God's last day people we have to expose Paganism, 45:34 where it came from? What kind of belief? 45:36 Where did it come from? 45:37 Oh that came from Paganism. 45:39 Oh that came from the Roman church. 45:41 Oh that came from, oh I tell it's were-- 45:44 Interesting when you mention Christmas or Easter 45:46 and all these other things came directly from Paganism, 45:49 we say, oh yeah, but I like it. 45:52 That's right, good, there are some of you out there, 45:53 look some of you up, didn't we? 45:56 How is it then, how is it, 45:57 that we can say all of these are wrong 46:01 and then we like these 46:02 even though we know the roots, 46:04 we know where it came from, 46:07 and we say it's all right. 46:09 But maybe something wrong with us. 46:12 We've got to root out Paganism. 46:16 It's become, what? 46:17 The man of sin was a result of what? 46:19 Paganism coming into the church to Christianity. 46:23 Baptize and whitewash it a little bit 46:24 and say, now it's okay, no, it's not. 46:27 Why? Because the Bible says so. 46:30 As it roots, and so we see this role, 46:36 the titles, the saying, and, you know, 46:39 for instance you take, as you well know, 46:40 you take our dollar bill for instance. 46:43 Well, there is a pyramid on that, you notice it. 46:45 Latin words on it says a new, what? 46:47 A new order for the age. 46:49 Kind of interesting here, it has a eagle on it. 46:51 You know for United States and more Latin words, 46:55 just take your dollar when you have time. 46:56 We don't have time to go through everything. 46:58 But over the top of it, 46:59 more Latin words over the top of the pyramid 47:02 and it says, it means this, 47:04 that God has favored our undertaking. 47:08 And so we've the eagle has a ribbon tien in its mouth. 47:11 And there's more Latin words it says one out of many. 47:16 At the foundation of this pyramid 47:18 you see down there, 47:19 you've Roman numerals and you see that they add up 47:21 to 1776 the year of the Declaration of Independence. 47:26 Roman numerals then are used where? 47:28 In our numbering system even today. 47:31 Interesting and please don't forget, 47:34 the Lord has warned us about "The number 666". 47:39 Many is gone be deceived by that 47:40 by that as it were that what represent a number, 47:43 by that man of sin. 47:45 A religious system and a political system 47:48 coming together, but God said I'm gonna pour out 47:50 my wrath upon that power, 47:53 Revelation 13 verses 17 and 18 47:55 see what God says about this power. 47:57 How it needs to be exposed here in the last days, 47:59 how the world is wondering after this power. 48:01 And that they need to be warned. 48:02 Who's gonna warn them? 48:05 Whose gonna warn them f we're gun shy? 48:08 That's why I think this book is so important 48:10 the first 200 that calls in 48:11 because the information will blow your mind, 48:13 that will blow up in my hand, come on. 48:15 That's information that we all need. 48:18 See all the world then comes under 48:20 the control of this power, listen, 48:22 including the United States of America, what? 48:26 All the power, all the world is gonna come underneath 48:29 the power including United States of America, 48:32 except a very small remnant of God's people. 48:35 That's gonna be made clear in our study as we continue. 48:38 So, we're looking at, now look 666, 48:41 the mark of the beast, the image of the beast, 48:43 the man of sin, the son of prediction, 48:45 notice the little horn power. 48:47 The Antichrist, notice this, 48:49 Babylon the Great, Revelation 17, 48:51 what I'm seeing here, 48:52 they all add up to the same power 48:53 that God is warning us over, over, over, and over again. 48:56 And yet most of us have the courage not to say, 48:58 we don't want to say anything we have no courage. 49:00 We're worried about what people think 49:01 rather than what God says 49:02 that we need to be doing. 49:05 Friend, I tell you again, 49:07 identifying this power we use history and scripture 49:10 makes it simple, there is no guessing. 49:14 If you really want to know what truth is. 49:16 But even a simple as it is made what we talk about-- 49:19 this is simple what we've gone through so far. 49:22 You know what, it's just simple, 49:25 but many people will refuse it, why, why? 49:28 Well, shame, shame on many of the pastors today. 49:32 They tell their people, "Oh, don't worry 49:33 about this beast power, don't worry about 49:36 the worship of the beast or the mark of the beast, 49:38 and then they go tell you a great big old lie." 49:40 They will say, you don't need to worry about 49:41 because you're gonna be raptured away. 49:44 The rapture of the saints won't be here. 49:46 That's a false teaching and that is a lie 49:48 that the devil has invented, it's time to get clear. 49:51 It's past time to get clear. 49:53 In fact many leaders in the church today, 49:56 they really don't even know 49:57 about the "Mystery of Iniquity" 49:58 the man of sin. 50:00 They don't know and when you ask him 50:02 the question about it, you know, what they say? 50:03 Well they'll, well I'm not really sure, 50:05 I know, I'm not really sure about 50:07 that it's all confusing and you discourage 50:09 the seeker for truth. 50:11 And so we begin to, listen. 50:13 So, what does the preacher do? 50:14 He begins to belittle the message 50:16 and he begins to belittle the messenger every time, 50:19 it never fails. 50:21 Those who give this message like Elijah, 50:24 dear friend, will be in the minority. 50:27 Never popular, no one is gonna, 50:29 very few is gonna like it, you've to love the truth. 50:33 And when the truth is told, 50:35 you have the multitude is gonna 50:36 stand in opposition of it. 50:38 They're gonna raise up against it. 50:40 What does truth do? 50:41 Truth rebukes the hearer. 50:45 This brings in a sense of guilt 50:47 and either a change in the heart and life 50:49 must occur or we begin to hate the message, 50:52 our heart hardens. 50:55 Daniel's prophecy, friends, 100% correct, 50:58 revealing the work of the Antichrist. 51:01 There is much more to come that's pertaining to our day. 51:03 You don't miss the next two-parts. 51:06 See these truths have to be revealed 51:08 because many are doing what, 51:10 blindly following after Satan. 51:13 His plan must be exposed to the world 51:15 before Jesus comes, why? 51:17 So that we can give the second angel's message, 51:19 come out of her my people 51:21 that you be not partakers of her sin. 51:23 You read that in Revelation 14, have you? 51:25 God has-- still has a people, 51:27 He has a people in the moment, 51:28 He has people in the world 51:29 that He's calling to come out. 51:31 But how are they gonna come out 51:32 if no one has, you know, 51:33 the courage and the Holy Spirit power 51:35 enough to say, this is dead wrong, 51:37 it may be religious, religious, religious, 51:39 and the garb of religious and fantastic things 51:41 are going on and the world is wondering after 51:44 and millions and billions maybe 51:46 people who believe in it. 51:49 God says, it's false, you identify it as being false. 51:52 It is an opposition to Him, 51:54 the devil is behind the whole thing. 51:57 Wouldn't you want to know now rather than it's too late? 52:01 We need the spirit in the churches today. 52:04 We need that spirit. 52:06 Hear what the spirit says to the churches 52:09 Two things enemy's maybe confused us, he's found a way 52:15 just two little simple ways to coufuse the mind. 52:17 Number one, he's conditioned the world 52:19 to accept apostasy rather than truth. 52:23 Our minds are condition through traditions and Pagan festivals 52:27 and Pagan rights over, over, and over 52:30 that lead us away from God. 52:32 So every time I hear somebody talking about, 52:33 well that's okay if we do this and this-- 52:35 and I know where the roots are at, I'll tell you, 52:37 I rather stand and fight. 52:40 I hope somebody had the courage 52:41 to stand and fight with us. 52:43 If you want to do it, that's your choice, 52:45 but if I know where the roots is at, 52:47 and I dug down deep, I mean I dug down deep 52:50 and I see where those roots are at, 52:51 if it's pagan it's pagan. 52:54 We make these excuses, I like it. 52:55 and well, everybody's doing it. 52:58 Well, that's what makes it wrong right there. 53:01 Number two, enemy has done this 53:05 just a little bit at a time over the centuries. 53:11 And he did, remember, 53:12 we read in the days of the apostles, the disciples. 53:15 And now it's working even more so. 53:18 Read Acts Chapter 20, if you don't believe it 53:20 and Second Thessalonians 2, and he's working even more, 53:24 the spirit of Antichrist is working. 53:26 So much confusion in the religious world, 53:29 today's mind boggling. 53:31 Everybody say we have the truth, 53:33 we have the truth. 53:34 As we understand and we study 53:36 the prophecies of the Bible, 53:38 we're finding out what Jesus said. 53:41 What He said, listen carefully, 53:43 here's what Jesus said 53:44 before there was a Protestant, 53:46 before there was a Catholic church, 53:50 the Bible is the standard 53:52 for the message of what is truth. 53:54 All teachings are to be tested line upon line for us. 53:59 To come to the point of truth as Ephesians 4:5 says, 54:02 what is to lead us, what? 54:03 "One Lord, one faith." 54:07 The Bible was there, the Bible is truth. 54:11 Remember, we've only touched on Daniel 2, 54:13 and our time is running out. 54:14 And so I want to be sure and encourage you, 54:16 we've got a lot we're gonna go over 54:18 and things that may blow your mind 54:20 before it's over, dear friend. 54:21 But this is what we need to do right now 54:22 to wake us up, don't forget, 54:24 the first 200 people to call in, 54:26 Call Mark of the Beast book right here, 54:27 the 200 historian religious authorities, 54:30 this thing is dynamite. 54:32 It's free, you just need to call 54:33 and we'll be glad to send first 200. 54:36 I'm gonna pray with you right now 54:37 the Holy spirit will lead and guide us 54:39 into all truth before our time runs out. 54:41 Would you pray with me one more time 54:43 Loving Father in heaven, we thank You 54:45 for the privilege of prayer, 54:46 we thank You for Your word today, 54:47 pray that it will stir us up. 54:50 And some righteous indignation that we may move forward 54:52 and the truth that You give us from day-to-day. 54:54 Thank You for the precious listeners. 54:55 For those who now are taking a stand 54:57 for what is truth, we give You praise, 54:58 honor and glory in Jesus name, amen 55:03 We want make sure you mark on the calendar, 55:05 you know, when we're on, Behold the Lamb is on, 55:08 because you won't want to miss part-four and part-five, 55:10 of course you can always call in for the whole series. 55:12 And I encourage you to, you know, 55:14 listen carefully here, the only means of support 55:16 that we have is your free will offerings. 55:18 So, we can continue to bring these programs 55:20 that the devil does not want you to hear, 55:23 but we know that God's impressing us 55:25 to give this out to you. 55:26 We love you, we look forward 55:27 to spending time with you, 55:28 we'll see you next time. 55:32 Friends, welcome back, 55:33 you know, truly we're seeing how the enemy of souls, 55:36 the devil himself has been at work for centuries 55:40 promoting his weave of deception. 55:42 He's always wanted to be like the Most High God 55:45 and His agenda really hasn't changed. 55:48 He wants our worship, he wants our legion 55:51 even if it is disguised under the cloak of Christianity. 55:56 All his lies and deceptions are leading up 55:58 ot his crowning act in this drama between good and evil. 56:03 The Bible tells us that He will appear 56:05 before time is finished, 56:06 he will appear as an angel of light 56:09 and with deeper study of the subject 56:12 we believe that he will impersonate Christ 56:14 and His second coming, to gather, to gather, 56:18 an even greater harvest of souls for his destruction. 56:22 So, we hope that you'll continue this study with us, 56:25 so as not to be blinded by Satan's lives. 56:29 Thus far in this five-part series, 56:31 the "Mystery of Iniquity," the Antichrist revealed, 56:35 we've covered, "Stirring the Wrath of Satan," 56:38 "Let No Man Deceive You," 56:40 and today's message 56:41 "Understanding the Prophecy of the Antichrist," 56:44 but still to come friends in this series 56:47 we've "Mystery, Babylon the Great," 56:49 and finally "Deception Instead of Persecution." 56:53 So stay tuned from week-to-week, 56:55 you won't want to miss these messages 56:58 and remember, they are here, 57:00 they're made available to you from us 57:02 here at Behold the Lamb Ministries 57:04 for a love gift of just $35 or more. 57:08 And by ordering you'll be blessed 57:10 because you'll have these studies available 57:12 at any given moment for yourself 57:14 or to share with family and friends, 57:16 and you will also bless this ministry. 57:18 We need your support, friends, 57:20 if we're to continue on, we need it. 57:22 So, we are thankful when you call in 57:25 and you may call in and order. 57:27 Call us at 618-942-5044, 57:31 that's Central Standard Time here, 57:33 in the United States or you may write 57:35 to Behold the Lamb Ministries, 57:37 PO Box 2030, Herrin, Illinois 62948. 57:42 Email us at BeholdTheLamb Ministries@yahoo.com, 57:46 and you may also order on our website 57:48 and that is www.BeholdTheLambMinistries.com. 57:54 Friends, until next time, may our precious Lord 57:57 continue to richly bless you and yours. |
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