Participants: Chris Shelton (Host), Kenny Shelton
Series Code: BTLP
Program Code: BTLP000041
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00:41 Hello, I am Chris Shelton,
00:43 and welcome to Behold the Lamb presents. 00:46 We're looking forward to spending 00:47 this next hour with you in a special Bible study. 00:51 Today's message is a fourth in a five parts series 00:54 that we have entitled 00:55 "The Mystery of Iniquity, the Antichrist Revealed. 01:00 We're calling this fourth message 01:02 "Mystery Babylon the Great." 01:05 And let's begin our study by reading Revelation 17 01:08 and starting with verse 4. 01:10 We'll read verses 4 through 6 01:12 where the Prophet John was in vision. 01:15 "And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, 01:19 and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, 01:23 having a golden cup in her hand full of abomination 01:27 and filthiness of her fornication. 01:30 And upon her forehead was a name written, 01:33 Mystery, Babylon the Great, 01:35 the Mother of Harlots and Abomination of the Earth. 01:39 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, 01:42 and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. 01:45 And when I saw her, 01:46 I wondered with great admiration." 01:50 Now, some of you maybe wondering, 01:52 just who is this woman with so much power 01:55 and authority and decked with all these riches 01:58 and how off wit is that she is depicted here, 02:02 as being drunk with the blood of saints 02:04 and martyrs for Christ. 02:06 You know, God give us the description of this woman 02:09 in symbolisms for us to study 02:11 and to figure out when the time is right. 02:14 And friends, the time has been right 02:16 for many, many years now. 02:19 So for many, she is no longer a mystery. 02:22 And after today's program, 02:23 she should no longer be a mystery to you either. 02:27 But before we begin today's study 02:28 with Pastor Kenny Shelton, 02:30 let's visit the 3ABN Worship Center 02:32 and listen to a song entitled 02:35 "My Peace" as sung by Stephanie Dawn. 02:57 My peace I give unto you 03:06 It's a peace that the world cannot give 03:16 It's a peace that the world cannot understand 03:26 Peace to know, peace to live 03:34 My peace I give unto you 04:00 My love I give unto you 04:09 It's a love that the world cannot give 04:17 It's a love that the world cannot understand 04:27 Love to know, love to live 04:34 My love I give unto you 04:43 It's a love that the world cannot understand 04:51 My love I give unto you 05:15 Thanks for joining us once again. 05:17 This is part four of a five parts series 05:19 that you've already heard 05:21 that there are some interesting subject matter. 05:23 And today I'll tell you there's no exception, 05:25 you don't want to miss this, 05:27 so I'm gonna encourage you to stay with us today 05:29 as we study about these "Mystery Babylon, the Great". 05:33 Now again, this is something that if you have not studied, 05:37 you need to stay, you need to really study this out. 05:39 And those of you who have bless your heart, 05:42 it might be good to hear it again, 05:43 because I believe the Holy Spirit 05:45 will lead and guide us into-- 05:46 maybe it's opening new avenues of truth. 05:50 But as we're searching for truth 05:51 and we want to know what truth is, 05:53 we need to pray about it, don't we. 05:55 So as always, we're going to go to the Lord in prayer 05:58 and ask for heavenly wisdom. 05:59 And I ask you, maybe where you can, 06:01 would you just kneel with me, 06:02 because I'm going over here to kneel right now 06:04 and if you'll kneel with me, it will be wonderful. 06:05 If you can't, still send up a prayer right now 06:08 that the Holy Spirit will help us 06:10 as we study the word. 06:13 Most gracious heavenly Father, 06:15 we thank you for Your love and Your mercy, 06:17 Your long suffering with us. 06:18 Grant us that peace that passes all understanding 06:21 as the message today is a difficult one. 06:24 It may even offend or hurt someone, 06:26 that's not our thought at all that 06:28 what we want to take place, 06:29 but is a message that God has given to his last day people 06:33 and I pray they will be faithful 06:34 in giving that message. 06:36 We need the unction of the Holy Spirit. 06:37 I pray you'll come near 06:38 and illuminate these beautiful truths 06:40 and help my mind to be clear and that heaven can speak 06:43 and your children can hear 06:45 every word that's spoken will penetrate their life 06:47 and may lives will be changed, 06:49 not only for today but for eternity. 06:52 Fill this place I pray again 06:53 with Holy Spirit power in Jesus precious name, 06:55 as we thank you for every viewer, 06:57 every listener, in Jesus name, amen. 07:02 Again you've got to get your Bible, 07:03 because if you have it handy that way you can follow along. 07:06 Now, I always mention this, we have to move quickly, 07:09 so there will be lot of things 07:11 that will just I pray that you'll go, 07:13 you'll study to show yourself approved. 07:15 It can take time for every, every point 07:17 and go on with it, but sometime I do 07:19 go on and on about some things, 07:20 but I pray that Holy Spirit wants us so 07:23 because maybe someone's asking a question 07:25 or they need to understand some of these things. 07:27 Today we'll talk about "Mystery Babylon the Great" 07:30 and there is a lot of coverage before we even get into that 07:32 and lead over into our next lesson too. 07:36 But last time part three, I like to go, 07:38 you say you missed it, 07:39 then we go over quickly just about, 07:40 oh, I jotted down eight points 07:42 that I'd like share with you that we studied last time. 07:45 So we will help you to gear 07:46 as we study our lesson for today. 07:49 First, last time we discovered this. 07:51 Number one, that these power, 07:53 little horn power, the antichrist, 07:56 the mystery of iniquity need to exposed, 07:58 so that's priority needs to be exposed. 07:59 Point number two, the whole world is bewitched 08:04 by this organization or this power. 08:07 Point number three, 08:09 new truth is never independent of old. 08:14 Fourth point that we looked at 08:15 listen carefully the devil join the church, 08:19 interesting thought isn't it. 08:21 Number five, compromise, compromise between Paganism 08:25 and Christianity resulted in the man of sin. 08:29 Anytime we have any kind of compromise with paganism, 08:32 things of the world and Christianity, 08:33 we're gonna see the devil rear his ugly head. 08:36 Point number six, 08:38 God used the term beast in the Bible, 08:40 we studied Daniel two or Daniel seven 08:43 and then we'll be studying Daniel 13 and 17 08:45 and so on to describe the character of nations 08:49 that's not unusual, 08:50 we see that all the time even today. 08:52 Point number 7, 08:53 the Bible history reveals this world power 08:57 beginning with as we study Babylon, 08:59 Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome and of course Pagan Rome 09:02 and then were going to discover the little horn power 09:05 and so on in our study for today. 09:07 Okay, point number 8, 09:08 our last one, pay special attention to this right here. 09:11 The mark to the beast, 09:13 the image to the beast 666 man of sin, 09:17 the son of perdition, we're looking at the, 09:20 the little horn power, Babylon the great 09:23 and they are talking about 09:24 the harlot in Revelation Chapter 17, 09:27 these all represent the same power. 09:31 Wow! God want us to know about 09:34 this power then, doesn't He. 09:35 It's very important that we do, 09:37 because it's going over and over in scriptures 09:40 as we study Daniel two and Daniel 7, Revelation 13. 09:43 Revelation 17 all these powers 09:45 and God's says, I want you to know this power, 09:47 because it's what, working in apposition 09:49 against God and his last day people. 09:52 Now remember, I've mentioned in the last lesson 09:54 that we have this beautiful book here 09:56 call the Mark of the Beast book. 09:57 Now it has so much information in it, 10:00 and you, listen we only have couple hundred of these 10:02 and we're going to only give out couple of hundred 10:04 to the first people that call. 10:06 So you want to get all he is talking on the back here, 10:08 you say over two hundred historians 10:11 and religious authorities are quoted. 10:13 So things we're talking about here, 10:14 the information is tremendous, 10:16 it will light up your life 10:18 when it comes to Bible prophecy. 10:19 So you want it, be call now. 10:21 You don't wait till the program is over, 10:22 you're gonna call now, so you can get this book. 10:24 And also I want to bring out, 10:27 you know, people are going to say, 10:28 why do you spend time on this subject, 10:30 because it's kind of offensive to some people. 10:34 Now, we've-we have a choice here to make, 10:36 we either offend God, 10:37 or would as it were I might offend people. 10:39 But remember truth should never offend, 10:42 it should never offend us. 10:44 And so as I'm going to read just a quote 10:46 for a little book called Evangelism. 10:48 You see the importance of what I'm talking about here. 10:50 Notice the highest and the greatest work. 10:52 So you understand why we feel compelled 10:55 to present this message, 10:56 because remember we're looking at 10:58 a religious organizations that's fooling world. 11:01 Notice what it says here. 11:03 Page 18, its says the Lord designs 11:05 that the presentation of this messages, 11:08 first, second and third angles message 11:10 shall be the highest, listen 11:12 and the greatest work carried on in the world at this time. 11:17 The greatest work, the highest work, right now 11:21 and then just a couple more line it says. 11:22 If they will talking about people 11:24 who feel the calling of God, to give this message, 11:27 if they will show the energy 11:30 that is necessary in order to gain success, 11:33 and the faith that goes forward unquestioningly 11:37 in obedience to God's command, rich returns will be theirs. 11:42 They must go as far and as fast as possible, 11:46 listen with a determination to do the very things 11:50 that the Lord has said should be done. 11:53 Listen, they must have push 11:56 and earnest, unwavering faith. 12:00 The world must hear the warning message. 12:04 Oh, friends just a couple of little small samples 12:06 of what we're talking about here. 12:08 And the urgency that God would have us to 12:10 as we present this message. 12:11 And so far we've done this, we studied Daniel 7, 12:15 a little different most people do Daniel 2, 12:17 but we did Daniel 7. 12:18 We're just going to touch on some comparisons of Daniel 2 12:21 and show that Daniel 2 and Daniel 7 12:23 and even 8 as we go on in Revelation 13. 12:25 They are talking about the same power here 12:27 and we'll do a little comparison here. 12:29 Let's do that show with Daniel 2 and Daniel 7. 12:31 You remember the first world power was what? 12:34 Under I maen that was Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar, 12:37 that's started in 605 B.C. 12:39 Interesting now what we're studying 12:41 and then you get this squared away 12:43 is that history or historians recorded these things. 12:47 The Bible already said, 12:49 the God wants us to be able to go back even look in history 12:51 and say oh, this excatly the wrold power first world power 12:55 and that was the head of goat, do you remember. 12:57 Well in Daniel Chapter 7 12:59 we'll see a lion and it had wings. 13:02 The second power was the Medes and the Persian, 13:04 the arms and chest of silver. 13:06 But you notice in Daniel 7 it was simply the bear 13:10 with three ribs in its mouth. 13:13 The third world power 13:14 was the Grecian power 331 B.C. until 168 B.C. 13:20 So we have the dates on, 13:21 because, you know, the Bible predicts these 13:23 and historians when they-- and they write these things in 13:26 so we can follow without any mistake 13:29 that was the thighs of brass you remember in Daniel 2. 13:31 Well in Daniel 7 it was the leopard like beast 13:35 you remember, had four wings 13:37 and then it had four heads. 13:39 And so in Daniel 2 13:40 we see there it comes the Roman Empire 13:42 168 to about 476 AD that it was the legs of iron, 13:47 do you remember that legs of iron. 13:49 And then you go to Daniel 7 13:51 and you see the fourth beast, 13:52 it said it was an awful beast, 13:54 it was, it had iron teeth, 13:56 and it had ten horns, awesome looking thing. 14:00 And so we see the comparison God's talking 14:02 about the same power here, 14:03 because He wants us to know exactly, 14:06 so we can understand 14:07 what this little horn power is all about 14:08 and the antichrist revealed. 14:11 Now mostly they allowed, 14:12 its interesting they agree with everything 14:14 that we've been talking about 14:15 mostly it allowed regardless of their-- 14:17 we take their denomination, 14:18 they agree with that what's been said 14:21 about the four beast in Daniel 2 and 7. 14:23 But interesting point here, 14:24 but here is where a very important point 14:27 is missed many times. 14:29 Now you're with me, 14:30 a very important is where it is missed because they, 14:33 they missed important point of the ten horns. 14:36 What about the ten horns? 14:38 It said, out of the fourth beast 14:40 Daniel 7:23 and verse 24, 14:43 the ten horns the Bible said are ten kingdoms, 14:47 so there were ten, what kingdoms 14:49 at the world during that time, 14:51 the history of the world. 14:52 Now if there were ten king, historians wrote them down, 14:55 so we can't make a mistake represented by what, good. 14:58 The ten toes of Daniel Chapter 2. 15:01 So as we look at this world power. 15:03 Now remember if there are just ten 15:05 and something would happen 15:06 to one or two or three of those powers, 15:08 it would be recorded, 15:10 just as we have many nations today. 15:11 But if one of them is uprooted, 15:13 or one is completely destroyed, 15:14 just one of them about two hundred and some odd. 15:16 It will be recorded in history for future generation 15:20 if the world should last. 15:22 The Bible said they would be, 15:23 you know, there will be another power 15:25 that would come up, among the ten. 15:28 Please keep this, keep this in mind 15:29 because it's misconstrued. 15:31 People say oh, then they became eleven, 15:33 the Bible never said eleven horns, 15:35 it said ten which represent what again, 15:37 ten horns, ten powers, ten kingdoms. 15:40 But it said that so there will be a little horn 15:42 that would come up among the ten. 15:44 So very easy for us all to say okay, 15:46 we know the ten toes, 15:47 we know the ten kingdoms came as Rome, 15:50 it was divided and conquered into ten nations. 15:54 But it said, then this little horn power 15:55 we had to be careful about, 15:57 because it comes up among them, interesting. 16:00 And it uproots three of the ten. 16:03 And so history records it, so we have to be on target. 16:06 We have to be right, 16:07 so four all the way down, it has to be right, 16:09 because God has said. 16:11 It has to be right because historians 16:13 had written it down as such through the ages. 16:16 So what about this little horn power? 16:17 Why is it we get off the track. 16:20 First, once again as Hebrew remind us 16:22 as Rome fell what happened. 16:24 Well ten nation rose up, ten toes of Daniel 2. 16:27 Ten horns is symbol of what? 16:29 Ten nations Daniel 7 verse 24. 16:33 History records these ten kingdoms. 16:36 Now it actually, it records them now, 16:38 listen seven already where, 16:40 in existence today, isn't that awesome. 16:43 So we know that we're still on target 16:45 and then if I mention to you these things, 16:47 you will understand history reveals this. 16:50 Now, we can go all through it, 16:51 I can send you a list if you need them, 16:53 you gonna have to do some calling. 16:54 And by the way, 16:55 we so appreciate those who call, 16:57 those who you write in and so and so 16:59 forth with questions or the program so on so, 17:01 you keep those things coming. 17:03 But history reveals this fact of the ten. 17:07 It reveals the fact that three were uprooted 17:10 and if I mention this to you, 17:11 what if I mention to you the Anglo-Saxons, 17:14 what would you say? What would it be today? 17:17 Good, it would be the English, so we would understand that. 17:20 If I said to you the Franks, 17:22 what would you say for today? Now you remember, 17:24 these are nations with is in Europe, 17:26 seven still in existence today. 17:29 Franks would be what? 17:30 The French, good. 17:31 If I say to you, the Alemanni, what would you say. 17:34 Oh those are the Germans and the Lombards, 17:37 oh that's the Italians, and so we go through 17:39 the whole list right there with Spanish, 17:41 and Swiss and so on so forth, 17:43 so if we go down that we see that seven 17:45 of the ten are in existence today, 17:47 we're still on target. 17:48 So something must be going on 17:50 that we need to really look closer at. 17:52 In order to understand this prophecy 17:54 Daniel 7 and 8 becomes very, very important. 17:57 Now if I read that couple of different times, 17:59 but I want you to take note of it, if we miss this, 18:01 we begin to miss the whole point of this prophecy 18:04 and we can start going to all different directions, 18:07 because people do not want 18:08 to really identify the little horn, 18:10 they want to make excuses for Daniel 7 verse 8 18:13 says I consider the horns, you remember the horns. 18:16 He said I look, I saw these horns 18:17 and I begin to consider them in vision. 18:20 He said and there come up among them a little horn, 18:23 you have your Bible, are you looking those up good. 18:26 Before whom three of them were uprooted notice this. 18:29 They were plucked up by the what, by the roots 18:32 behold this little horn had what? 18:34 Eyes like the eyes of a man, 18:36 and it had mouth speaking great things. 18:38 God is identifying this power that came up 18:41 and when they would come up, it uprooted three nations 18:43 and you would have to know what these power is, 18:46 because God is warning us against this power 18:48 with all these chapters that we've been studying, 18:50 its very interesting. 18:52 Lot of people who don't want to woo, 18:53 be careful face reality, 18:55 a lot of people who want, who get off track 18:57 and the devils leads them off track, 18:58 you know, what many of them say about 19:00 the person remember this Daniel 7:24 19:04 a horn listen is a symbol of a kingdom, 19:08 not a, not an individual king that's very interesting. 19:13 People study this prophecy 19:14 and they go right up to the point we're going right now. 19:16 And then the say, yeah, 19:17 but this little horn power many say what? 19:20 They said this little horn power is Titus 19:25 when he destroyed Jerusalem in AD 70. 19:28 Now remember the little horn, the horn is what? 19:33 It's a kingdom isn't, 19:35 not an individual king, it couldn't be Titus. 19:37 Other say that it was Antiochus Epiphanes, 19:41 you remember him, Antiochus you remember him. 19:43 The majority of people who get off track 19:46 and say it's Antiochus Epiphanes. 19:48 Now notice this again an individual king, 19:52 not a kingdom. 19:53 We're gonna study little more about that. 19:54 Other says its Mohammed, 19:57 they said well Mohammed is that little horn power. 19:59 Oh, friend, they cannot be, I say once again why, 20:03 because they were individual kings and not a kingdom, 20:07 that's right truth that strike against them. 20:09 Now many still are confused, 20:11 let me give you especially Antiochus Epiphanes. 20:14 Now let me tell you this. 20:16 There is-- what if I jott it down, 20:17 six different reasons why he doesn't fit the bill here. 20:21 Number one is we said before 20:23 because it could be he was a king, 20:25 an individual king and not a kingdom. 20:28 Now we're again, we're studying Daniel Chapter 8, 20:30 so if you take your Bible you go to Chapter 8, 20:32 it gives some identifying marks of this little horn power 20:35 as it came up and things that it would do 20:36 and so on and so forth. 20:38 But notice number two it did not appear 20:41 because this is a little horn power 20:42 would appear at the later end 20:44 of the Seleucid kingdom not in the middle, 20:47 so that rules Antiochus out, doesn't it. 20:50 He couldn't possible be. 20:51 Number three, he didn't really prosper 20:54 and grow exceedingly great in verse 9 of Daniel 8. 20:57 See it said this little horn power would do what, 20:59 would prosper and would grow, he didn't. 21:02 They didn't as individuals. 21:05 His advance, people say well, he advanced into Egypt 21:07 and when he advanced into Egypt 21:10 history says is very short lived. 21:12 And it says here and it ended in humiliation 21:15 and people say will yeah, 21:16 but he had success in Palestine. 21:18 Oh, friend it was so short just he was there, 21:20 boom it was gone, 21:21 so he is not fitting the bill Antiochus Epiphanes. 21:24 I read this, number 5 Bible says 21:27 that this power little horn power 21:28 he would have craft and policy and it would prosper 21:33 that's interesting these that men 21:34 that we've just talked about here, 21:36 his craft and policy failed 21:38 more history reveals more than it prospered, 21:40 so it couldn't possibly be him. 21:42 Number six, it says, that these power 21:45 would stand against the prince of princes, you remember. 21:49 Well he didn't stand against any of the Jewish prince 21:52 or princesses there in verse 25. 21:55 You just need to take time and read all those things. 21:57 So as we look the weight of evidence 21:59 says that the lack of many of these specifications 22:02 they were not fulfilled in prophecy of the little horn. 22:05 So it rules him out, it rules them out. 22:08 But many I can tell you how many different people 22:10 of different denominations as they study this, 22:13 they use Antiochus Epiphanes 22:16 and say that's the little horn power, 22:17 it cannot possibly be 22:20 and you just seen six seven different reasons 22:22 why he couldn't be. 22:23 So as we go now, we've ten horns, 22:25 ten kingdoms to deal with, the world powers 22:28 and as we see here to this point the Bible 22:31 and history does not disagree at all up to this point, 22:36 we might get off track, but as we got us not, not bible 22:38 and not history something begins to happened 22:41 though I think we need to pay close attention to, 22:44 as we study the scripture so that we can identify 22:47 well this little horn 22:49 you know these power and these kingdom. 22:53 Again Daniel 7 as we're reading verses 8 and 24 and 25 22:58 once again we're reading these again 23:00 I consider the horns now remember 23:02 you saw these always horns I consider it, 23:03 I got to thinking about man 23:04 just doesn't look good something is wrong 23:06 and I am very much interested Daniel said 23:08 in that little horn that come up among the ten. 23:12 As he came up, he uprooted three of the kingdom, 23:14 so I can identify that little horn. 23:18 Now think about it, I can identify, 23:20 you can identify that little horn power, 23:23 the Roman Empire when it failed. 23:25 So this little horn power as we're studying about it 23:28 destroyed by the roots three of the nations ten nations, 23:33 so far what, we still agree with scripture, 23:35 we still agree with history. 23:38 Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece 23:40 and we have Rome and now Pagan Rome 23:42 and now out of Pagan Rome or out of the ten toes when Rome, 23:46 you know, broke into ten kingdoms 23:48 out of that Pagan Rome, 23:49 the ten toes becomes the next world power, 23:53 that God said is a blasphemous power, 23:57 that is going to fight against God's people. 23:59 It's a power that needs to be identified, 24:01 because it's posing as a religious group, 24:05 a religious organization. 24:07 How fitting for the devil since he is what? 24:09 Last lesson, he joined the church. 24:12 And so, well, I just don't want to say anything, 24:15 in fact you know the many of the books 24:16 that exposes these power 24:18 that we're talking about here, 24:20 they're trying, they are passing laws and rules, 24:21 now they call them hate crimes. 24:23 But you're not be able to say anything about 24:24 another religion or anything else 24:26 that might hurt somebody else. 24:28 You don't want people just, 24:29 you know, get with the program here 24:30 as we begin to look around 24:31 and say interesting see the devil 24:33 doesn't want to be exposed, 24:34 so he is encouraging to pass these books, 24:37 you know, laws or his books can't be given out 24:38 that you really can't say 24:40 or preach the truth to expose him. 24:42 That's interesting politicians, they get on the TV 24:44 and they call each other liar all the time. 24:46 They can say what these one did, 24:47 and what that was suppose he didn't 24:48 and then other one gets on to say 24:49 that didn't happened at all. 24:51 Hmm, the devil doesn't care 24:53 but he cares about this prophecy. 24:56 You see about this that it comes 24:57 in the form of this little horn 24:59 that we stouter than the others. 25:01 What does it mean, he was stouter than the other? 25:04 We almost realize he destroyed three nations 25:06 when the little horn came up. 25:08 And as he started, 25:09 we can identify this little horn power. 25:12 History simply tells us this 25:14 that it was a Roman Catholic Church. 25:17 This little power that came up 25:18 that destroyed the three 25:19 and I'll spend a little bit of time of this, 25:20 hope we enough to go. 25:23 These three nations that where the Heruli, 25:26 and the Vandals and the Ostrogoths. 25:29 These three were destroyed. 25:31 Now remember the Ostrogoths was the last one to go down. 25:34 Write this down 530A.D, 25:36 because that is a point that we need not miss. 25:39 And I'll spend some time going over some different things, 25:41 so that you can, 25:42 we can establish beyond a shadow of doubt, 25:44 so we know what we're talking about here. 25:46 History reveals that the Roman Catholic Church 25:48 was the next power and it came up 25:50 in the form of what? 25:52 Good, the little horn power 25:53 that was stouter than the other, 25:54 so it mean a religious power and a what? 25:57 Good, a political power. 25:59 Now we're gonna read, oh all kind of quotes, 26:01 you remember the book here only first 200 callers 26:03 are going to get this book free. 26:04 Mark of the Beast, oh you got to do, 26:07 you just got to call and get it. 26:09 You know it's the 530A, why 530A remember 26:12 that starts or marks the beginning of the middle ages 26:15 or the dark ages or the 1260 years of Papal rule. 26:20 Please do not forget that. 26:22 Now, why did these three powers then go down. 26:25 There's got to be a reason for it. 26:28 The little horn came up among them, 26:29 so why did the three of those have to be destroyed. 26:32 Friends, it's very simple. 26:33 They disagreed with the Roman Church. 26:36 They disagreed with the decree that was past established 26:39 by the Pope that he'll be the head 26:41 of all Christian churches, interesting. 26:44 The Vandals and the Ostrogoths didn't even believed 26:47 or accept the deity of Christ, 26:48 number one, or did they accept the authority of the Pope. 26:52 And so they disagreed, seven were agreeing, 26:54 three weren't agreeing with this power that came up. 26:58 And so what usually happens 26:59 when you disagreeing with the power. 27:02 Remember 5:38 mark the beginning 27:04 of the supreme rule of the Papacy. 27:08 And you know what this is called? 27:09 The corrector of heretics, 27:11 simply mean if you didn't agree with their teaching 27:13 and what they said, dear friend you are heretic. 27:16 Then you could be fined, 27:18 you could be thrown in a prison or you can be killed. 27:20 You had to go along with the, 27:21 what the papacy the Catholic Church 27:23 thought or you would be persecuted. 27:25 This is in history dear friends. 27:27 It's not bashing, there's good people 27:29 everywhere we have all over the place. 27:30 I'm talking about an organization here 27:32 which the devil is using. 27:34 May I just be that blunt with it and playing? 27:37 Not meant to upset you to get you all discourage, 27:40 but listen the Bible has said it, 27:42 God has said over and over and over 27:44 and He said His last day people. 27:46 In Revelation Chapter 14 would be giving 27:48 the Three Angels message 27:49 and that Third Angel's message is warning against 27:51 the Mark of the Beast, 27:52 against the antichrist as it where. 27:54 You know the mystery of inequity, 27:56 the man of sin that has to be exposed, 27:57 because he changed God's laws. 28:00 He ruled what a church has set itself up. 28:02 That everything, most everything 28:03 that they believe in is tradition, 28:05 has nothing to do with scripture 28:06 and yet we call it religious. 28:09 Have we gone so, you know, void of thinking to say well, 28:13 that's a religious organization. 28:16 That's a-- I would base it on, 28:19 what people say you know in the past, it doesn't, 28:21 well we believe in the Bible and the Bible alone. 28:23 Roman church never says that 28:25 they don't believe in the Bible, 28:26 and traditional friend think about this. 28:29 Make sure we understand this most important point. 28:32 I don't want you just presume I want you think, 28:34 I want you to listen very carefully. 28:36 Look at this statement, from history its call 28:39 from the rise of the medieval church from A.C. Flick. 28:42 Now notice real right down 28:44 to the point here's what he says. 28:46 Hour of the ruins of political Rome 28:49 arose the great moral empire 28:52 in the giant form of the Roman Church. 28:55 The Bible has said over and over. 28:57 Historians have written and said that's exactly right, 29:00 so why are we in denial? 29:01 What is the problem with us? 29:03 The giant form of the Roman Church 29:07 in a book called the Papacy 29:10 and World Affairs, it tells us this. 29:13 The Pope at his head was the only independent in what? 29:18 Ecclesiastical affairs or he was the power in religious, 29:21 but also he controlled civil affairs. 29:25 You have church, what? State, political 29:29 and you have religion trying to come together. 29:31 Just exactly what the Bible said, 29:32 when it said this little horn power he was stouter, 29:35 he had eyes like the eyes of a man 29:36 and mouth speaking blasphemy. 29:37 He was stout, the religion and politics. 29:40 You've this religion and politics. 29:42 You've got to separate those things. 29:44 And so we see that it identifies 29:46 this power beyond a shadow of a doubt. 29:48 Remember three of the first, 29:50 they are talking about the first of the ten horns, 29:52 those three were uprooted by the roots. 29:55 They were plucked up, 29:56 that means they were no more to be represents 30:00 the destroying of the three, 30:02 and we call them this barbarian tribes. 30:05 Three of them were destroyed. 30:06 We're going over three nations, 30:08 three nations opposed notice this, the Papacy. 30:12 They opposed the little horn power coming up. 30:15 And because they oppose them, 30:17 all three history says, Heruli, the Vandals 30:21 and the Ostrogoths, notice this. 30:24 These three were supporters of Arianism. 30:28 They would think about it which was listen 30:30 which was a rival to Catholicism. 30:34 So if you were a rival to Catholicism, 30:36 a little horn power came up, 30:37 then you are going to go. 30:39 A history so reveals it. 30:40 God's word said before hand 30:41 that's what is going to happen. 30:44 Now, Ostrogoths was the last 30:46 of the three nations to be defeated. 30:48 Now I've to go over this because 30:49 some people used different they break off 30:51 some of these points and say, 30:53 well yeah but listen in 538 little history 30:56 that we go over here may help us to understand, 30:59 you know, what some have done. 31:01 But lets go back and let's see 31:02 what the Bible teaches 31:03 and what history reveals to us 31:05 You remember the Ostrogoths, 31:07 they were, they were in Italy. 31:09 They were the last power of the Arian tribes. 31:13 The only power getting in the way of the Papacy 31:17 in the west and the effort begin 31:20 actually in 534 A.D it begin. 31:23 And it was just to what, just to wipe them out, 31:26 very, very interesting. 31:28 History says, now listen carefully 31:30 this where people get confused. 31:31 They said as they begin this battle 31:33 the battle actually lasted remember off and on, 31:36 off and on for twenty years. 31:37 Well you would say well it began in 534, 31:39 twenty years now that 538 couldn't be it. 31:42 And so we begin to run in different direction. 31:44 We need not do that because 31:45 history helps us to understand this. 31:48 See, but what happened was the effort 31:50 lasted twenty years to completion, 31:52 but here is the but. 31:54 The decisive outcome occurred earlier. 31:58 Now what do you mean by that? 31:59 What do you mean the decisive outcome 32:01 of this battle occurred earlier? 32:04 The Ostrogoths had been driven out of Rome, 32:07 this Papacy here, that they drove Ostrogoths out 32:10 and then earlier and now they returned back to fight in 537. 32:16 But we notice this battle only lasted 32:17 about one year and they were defeated again 32:20 and thrown out in 538. 32:22 Please keep that in mind. 32:23 Who, well history records Justinian came with His army 32:27 and he rattled them and threw them out. 32:30 Now what happen after that, 32:31 well very interesting because they didn't see 32:33 Ostrogoths were still had a little life left of them 32:35 and in 540 you see, they came back again 32:39 to try to fight again. 32:41 It was a short lived. 32:43 It was quickly squelched and it didn't amount 32:45 to anything and they were actually withdrew 32:47 their power in 538. 32:49 That is the important date there we see from Rome. 32:53 That mart and reach the end of the Ostrogoths power. 32:58 That's why we tends to do some prophecy here. 33:00 In the beginning of the rule of the little horn power, 33:04 538 history says and the Bible says, 33:07 "Beyond the shadow of a doubt." 33:09 See in this victory it was interesting, 33:11 Justinian, He united Italy for a while 33:16 he parts of the west and the eastern half 33:19 that what had been Rome, Roman Empire. 33:22 But not only uniting them together, 33:24 but notice it's interesting. 33:25 Not only he conquered them, 33:26 but he put into effect some law, 33:29 some old laws that had been 33:30 as they were on the books 33:32 and he instituted some new laws. 33:34 Listening carefully, a new one included this. 33:37 It was an official letter. 33:40 He said here, the bishop of Rome 33:42 would be the head of all holy churches. 33:47 Notice, and the head of all holy 33:49 priesthood of God and tells us 33:51 that the Pope has power 33:53 to do away with heretics, interesting. 33:57 You see this actually was done in 533. 33:59 Don't get confused. 34:01 You say, I thought you said 538, 34:03 this was done in 533. 34:04 But notice the Ostrogoths still had power in 533 34:09 and they really couldn't put it in effect until what? 34:12 Until they controlled Rome again, 34:15 until they conquered them and that was in what? 34:18 538, and then they begin to implement 34:21 these rules that would come in by Justinian. 34:24 Now the Papacy was in a position 34:26 to increase its power. 34:29 Stay with me, yes, we're talking history 34:30 and Bible here is very, very important. 34:32 Oh, Friend listen, because this power is identified, 34:37 they were persecute and has and killed God's people. 34:40 Thinking to change times and laws. 34:42 We're going to get into that. 34:44 Now remember that the time that we mark out is 538, 34:48 keep that down in your mind. 34:49 We said this power had eyes like the eyes of what? 34:52 Good, of the man and a mouth speaking great things. 34:55 What does it mean this little horn? 34:57 It had eyes that had intelligence, 34:59 we're looking about, searching about, 35:02 it knew it had intelligence 35:03 and it would speak against the most high, the Bible says. 35:07 It would speak words of what? Blasphemy. 35:11 So this power then well listen 35:12 would claim identifying mark will claim 35:15 to be equal with God, above God. 35:19 Is this true? 35:21 You see all this points we're talking about 35:23 established in the Bible and history so far 35:26 can't be wrong because history so reveals 35:29 in the Bible so reveals. 35:31 Here, here's the quote, this quote was taken from 35:33 the Ecclesiastical dictionary on the Pope. 35:36 Now just listen to this, 35:37 it's shorten lets get to the point. 35:40 The Pope is though so great of dignity 35:42 and so exalted that he is not a mere man 35:46 but as it were God. 35:48 The Vicar of God, that's bold friend, 35:52 the Bible said this power would, what? 35:53 Rise it would use a religious God or organization. 35:58 Man was not talking about people, 35:59 I'm not going to spend all my time apologizing. 36:02 I don't apologize for the truth, 36:04 but I'll tell you this. 36:05 It's not the people that we're talking about, 36:06 it's the organization that the devil has chosen to use. 36:09 Please keep that in mind, the Bible has exposed it 36:12 God's last day people must expose Him. 36:15 It's our job, it's our commission, 36:17 because the world is wondering after the beast, 36:19 we'll see that more as we go. 36:21 Now I don't want you to become confused, 36:23 start to reject these truths. 36:25 But notice let's examine several points 36:29 that will prove beyond a doubt 36:31 that this power is the papacy. 36:33 The Bible states these facts. 36:35 In fact there is nine facts that we need to deal with 36:39 and make sure that we deal correctly. 36:41 And think about these with me. 36:42 Point number one, already discussed 36:45 that this little horn power 36:47 would come up among the ten. 36:48 Is that right? Yeah. 36:50 And uproot three, right. 36:51 Number two, the time of its appearance, it began what? 36:55 As a last of the three tribes went down its in 538. 36:59 We've already discussed it. It would come up what? 37:02 After the ten were already in place 37:03 and so we could, we can put a timeframe on 538. 37:06 Number three, it will destroy three of the kingdoms. 37:09 Already Daniel 7:24, Daniel 7:8 37:12 this power would be different, 37:15 it would be both religious and political. 37:18 We're on target here. 37:19 It'll have eyes like the eyes of man. 37:21 We said while ago what? 37:22 We're talking about intelligence 37:24 that be a man at the head of this organization 37:27 to get things done. 37:29 Six, he would speak great words 37:31 against the most high Daniel 7:25. 37:34 Here's what Pope Leo XIII declared, 37:37 he said, "We hold upon the earth, 37:40 the place of God almighty." 37:43 See somebody a human being 37:45 has audacity to make those kind of statements. 37:48 Friend, we ought to have the pomp, 37:50 we all have the and we're talking about 37:52 here in the name of Jesus 37:54 to stand back up and say what? 37:56 Oh, no, oh, no upon there, 37:59 we hold upon the place of God Almighty is only one God. 38:03 Yet they put themselves in place of God. 38:07 With identifying mark he said, "This power will come up 38:09 and wear out the saints of God." 38:13 Would persecute, it was a killing power 38:16 and we realize in Dark Ages in 538, 38:18 so you know 798 that's 1260 year. 38:22 We'll discuss little more in a moment. 38:23 That at least minimum 38:25 of a 150 million Christians were killed. 38:29 You say well now, we can hardly believe that now. 38:31 We don't want hurt friend. 38:32 You can go to the library, 38:34 you can get the Foxe's Book of Martyrs. 38:37 You can do the History of the Reformation by D'Aubigne. 38:41 You can get those books 38:42 and you can read those and you can see for yourself. 38:46 God is identifying so that we need not make any mistake. 38:49 Eight, point eight, it would think 38:51 to change times and laws. 38:53 Daniel 7:25, papacy even attempted to change the times. 38:58 Remember as God said in creation, 39:00 He said evening and morning were what, 39:02 yeah, the first day. 39:03 Evening from evening, sunset to sunset 39:06 did you get it? 39:07 Genesis 1:5 but what did the papacy do? 39:10 They changed the day, Pope Gregory changed it 39:13 from what midnight to midnight. 39:16 So well we'll say day has been a midnight 39:18 not according to the God's word. 39:20 And we need to get back to God's word 39:21 it does make a different. 39:23 Catholic Church thinks the ten times and what laws. 39:27 Now we see that the papacy attempted 39:30 to change the Laws of God, they changed, what? 39:32 The Ten Commandments, you say well, 39:34 I didn't know that. 39:35 Well the Ten Commandments they changed them, 39:37 they took out remember they took out 39:39 the second commandment not making any, 39:41 you know, idols or bowing down and worshipping these idols. 39:44 And they took it to the tent 39:45 and they split into two and they moved 39:47 all the other ones out of their place. 39:51 A man or an organization to take the Ten Commandment 39:54 Law of God, as God wrote them 39:56 with His own finger and put them in order He wanted to. 40:00 Friend, who are we? Who's man? 40:03 That he had the audacity to take one out completely 40:05 and then move all the other ones on up. 40:08 And the only one that really expose him 40:10 was the very first one and you understand what the first. 40:12 Thou shall have no other gods before me. 40:14 Its interesting how that one left 40:16 in His place and coming back to identify this power. 40:20 Friend, I'm telling you we live in a time 40:22 that's this power has to be exposed, 40:25 because the papacy did what? 40:26 Changed, as they change these things 40:28 they also change, what? 40:29 The Seventh-day Sabbath. 40:31 The Sunday the first day of the week, 40:33 now please keep that in mind. 40:35 They substituted what, Sunday the first day 40:37 of the week, for the true Sabbath day, 40:39 the seventh day of the week. 40:41 I'm just going to read three little small quotes to you, 40:43 so you get what I'm saying. 40:44 This maybe all new, it maybe all hurtful 40:47 you say oh man, I didn't know this. 40:48 Listen, we need to be read using the Bible. 40:52 The Bible is what God wants us to be 40:54 reading here in these last days. 40:56 To find out what truth is 40:58 that we can be established on the solid rock. 41:01 Not man made rules and traditions 41:03 oh friends, we can't do that. 41:05 God wants us to move forward 41:07 as we open the pages of prophecy 41:09 and prophecy begins to identify the powers 41:11 that would come and hurt God's people 41:13 and destroy God's people and what? 41:16 Change times and laws. 41:18 Let me just read these three quotes quickly for you 41:20 so you'll see that the Roman Catholic Church 41:22 is the one that changed the Seventh-day Sabbath, 41:25 thought to change it, you can never change it. 41:27 Man can't change what God has institute you know that. 41:31 But people say well let's I've never heard that before. 41:33 We need to be reading don't we. 41:35 Here's what the new Catholicism 41:37 of Christian doctrines and practices is a question. 41:41 The Catholicism, notice this, what day is the Sabbath 41:44 that's the Catholic Church. 41:45 What day is the Sabbath? 41:46 They say well the Seventh-day is. 41:48 Very interesting you ask most Protestants church 41:50 that what day is the Sabbath and they'll say, 41:51 well I don't know I think Sunday. 41:53 Roman Catholic Church knows because they changed it. 41:56 Think to change times and laws 41:59 and then the question. 42:00 Do you keep the Sabbath? 42:02 Answer, no we keep the Lord's Day. 42:06 Question well, which days is that? 42:08 Answer, well it's the first day it's Sunday. 42:11 Question well who changed it then from the seventh-day 42:13 as the week the Sunday? 42:14 Answer, the Catholic Church did. 42:17 Well that's interesting second quote 42:19 from the Catholic mirror in 1893, 42:22 the Catholic Church listen to this 42:24 for over 1000 years before the existence of a Protestant. 42:28 By the virtue of her divine mission 42:31 changed the day from Saturday to Sunday. 42:33 I'm telling you, dear friends, 42:35 if you were protestant believer today. 42:37 If you were believer in God's word at all 42:39 and somebody has audacity to say that's right, 42:41 we did it for 1000 years before 42:43 there was as Protestant existent we changed the day. 42:46 I'm gonna say what do you mean, 42:47 we changed the day, 42:48 you can't change what God has instituted. 42:50 I'd be checked it out rather some of you hump up 42:53 your children and say well, oh well, 42:54 I don't know about that. 42:56 Listen your eternal destiny depends upon 42:58 you getting into the word of God 43:00 and studying out what the enemy has done. 43:02 He wants us to get away from the Seventh-day Sabbath. 43:04 There what that tells about God is our creator, 43:07 our redeemer, our sustainer. 43:09 There's the only God. 43:12 Devil would say I'm get rid of that memorial 43:14 the creation of this world. 43:17 Friend, notice this, this from the third 43:18 just quickly here from the Catholic World 43:20 in 1894 page 809 says this, 43:23 she roman church took the pagan Sunday 43:28 dedicated to Balder, that was what? 43:29 Pagan God and became 43:31 the Christian Sunday sacred to Jesus. 43:34 How can you take anything this pagan? 43:37 And this is because you say well, 43:38 we're gonna change it now 43:39 and we're gonna make it Christian. 43:40 Now you can't make anything Christian. 43:43 Its something is Christian or Christ 43:44 like it because Christ is in it. 43:46 You've to be what? The truth of God's word. 43:49 Man can't do that, but the Bible said 43:50 the man would have the audacity to do these things. 43:53 Point number nine, the Papacy would rule for 1260 years. 43:59 Daniel 7:25 is that true, well absolutely. 44:03 You say yeah, but 1260 years. 44:05 I don't, listen in the, it's Bible we can go down 44:09 and just we've time to just realize here 44:11 your time in the Jewish year 44:13 that 360 days was what, 360 days to the Jewish year. 44:19 So when you say a times that's 360, 44:22 when you say a times, please keep this mind 44:24 that would be twice that would be 720. 44:27 And you say half a times that would be 44:29 half of 360 is what, good 180. 44:32 And so you add those together is 1260 years. 44:36 Just like the Bible said as this little horn would come up. 44:39 They would identify so last of them 44:40 a power is went down, you remember those. 44:43 Sure 5:38 you had 1260 years you come to 17:98. 44:47 It's say that there will be deadly wound, 44:48 so we need to concentrate on that. 44:51 But you'll say yeah but I'm not sure 44:52 about the day for year. 44:53 In prophecy a day what? 44:55 Good, represents a year, you can find that 44:58 in Ezekiel 4, verse 6. No.14 verse 34. 45:02 See the papal power rule from 5:38 to 17:98. 45:07 The Revelation 13, 3 says this, 45:10 that a deadly wound would be given to this power 45:13 but it would be healed in the world 45:14 but wonder after this beast kingdom power you get it. 45:18 Again, but it says that for those 45:21 whose names are not written in the Lambs Book of Life. 45:25 You see during this time right here 17:98 45:27 the pope was taken in the captivity. 45:30 He died in captivity he was stripped all of his powers 45:33 for over 50 years he was in exile. 45:36 That the Bible says that the deadly wound 45:38 would be healed see the roman papacy 45:41 is the only power that exactly fits 45:44 all of these nine identifying characteristics 45:48 in the Book of Daniel, Chapter 7. 45:51 The only power in the world that fits 45:53 in the exactly and in the timeframe, 45:55 it has to be because God has said that it is. 45:59 In fact, you say, what I need a little bit more, 46:01 I can give you six more identifying marks 46:04 of this papal power, and you see how 46:06 the characteristics go together in Revelation Chapter 13. 46:09 When you read verses 1 through 10, 46:11 let me give you those quick take a quick look of them 46:13 in our time that we have. 46:14 Here's what the, there's what, 46:15 it said about this beast power. 46:17 And the mark of the beast, 46:18 it says here, they would speak blasphemies. 46:22 So the power we'd been talking about 46:24 said it would blasphemy against God. 46:25 Revelation 13, said this power 46:27 that we need to watch would speak blasphemy, 46:30 What is blasphemy? 46:33 Listen, blasphemy is simply this 46:35 and you can look it up and know what is in mark 2:7. 46:39 They talked about Jesus. 46:40 Why there is this man thus speak blasphemy, 46:43 for who can forgive sin but God only. 46:46 So there will be a religious as it were. 46:48 He's someone at the head organization, 46:51 they would claim to be able to forgive sin on earth. 46:55 No one can do that. 46:56 You can go to confession, let us be bold, 46:58 confession oh, you won't bless your hearts. 47:00 You maybe fool. 47:02 But there's only one mediate, you might be praying to Mary, 47:05 she is not the mediator, dear friend. 47:07 There is nothing in scripture that tells us that she is. 47:10 In fact the Bible says, there is one mediator 47:12 between God and man and who is it? 47:14 Jesus, that's exactly right. So we're praying to Mary. 47:17 We're praying someone is dead in the grave. 47:20 Where God telling our sins to individual, 47:22 they can't do anything about it. 47:25 Why? Because the Bible says so? 47:27 Now, if you're not using the Bible, 47:28 you can believe anything that you want. 47:29 But friend, you're going to be in trouble and so am I. 47:32 so we need to get back to the word of God say, 47:34 this is what God says, 47:35 this is what man has said and expose it for such. 47:38 Not to hurt you, but to get this thing plain. 47:41 Six important point and what he would speak blasphemy. 47:44 That's the only religion organization 47:45 I know that what, they've claimed 47:47 to forgive sin on earth. 47:48 Revelation 13:5 and Daniel 7:25. 47:52 Both would be a world power universal, 47:55 Revelation 13:7 and Daniel 7:23. 48:00 Both would be a religious power, 48:03 that mean political power and a religious power. 48:06 Four, both would rule what we're talking about 48:08 what we studied in Daniel 7, Revelation 13 48:10 both the Bible said, would rule for what? 48:12 1260 years or days for year in Bible prophecy. 48:17 That simply means you read and say yeah, 48:18 but I thought it said 42 months, 48:20 look at the day for a year 48:21 and you will stay at 1260 a time, 48:24 times and dividing if times. 48:26 42 months, 1260. They're all the same. 48:29 God is repeating these things for us, 48:31 so that we can understand, 48:32 so that we need not make a mistake. 48:34 Both would rule, both would try listen, 48:36 they would try Daniel 7, Revelation 13, 48:39 try to change times and laws. 48:41 Did the Papacy do that? 48:43 Oh, Revelation 13: 5 was clear and 16 and 17 Daniel 7:25. 48:48 And they also, both would persecute God's people. 48:51 Revelation 13:17 please keep that in mind. 48:53 Daniel 7:25 again, so the Beast of Revelation 13, 48:58 is the same as the little horn power of Daniel Chapter 7. 49:01 Oh, I know, this lot of information. 49:03 But here's the big question. 49:04 No I'm gonna get down to, 49:05 I'm just going to leave some explosive things with you 49:08 in last four five minutes that we have. 49:11 This is, this is we've got qualifier a lot of folks. 49:14 But let me tell you, you know I would be afraid, 49:17 I would fear, what God might do 49:19 for me or you who know what the truth is. 49:21 If we re-hold with hope because 49:23 it might hurt someone's feeling. 49:25 All better to have our feelings hurt now as it were. 49:28 We wounded a little a bit, what, and make it change. 49:31 And be saved in God's kingdom. 49:33 So this is very interesting, 49:35 so the devil then joined the church, 49:36 so he's a power in a kingdom 49:38 and he is setting himself up to rule, 49:42 but he can't do it outside the church, 49:43 so he has in religious organization now so call. 49:47 But notice his so called religious organization, 49:49 doesn't really believe in the Bible. 49:51 And most of the all their beliefs in is traditions of men. 49:56 Can that really be religion? Can that really be a faith? 49:59 Wow, this is how the devil is ruling, 50:02 so the big question is where did the beast, 50:05 and the little horn or the antichrist, 50:09 mystery in it, where did he get this power? 50:11 Where did he get this power? 50:12 How can it come go through all the channel? 50:14 And all of a sudden it's in complete control. 50:17 The world wondered after, yeah in this Revelation 13:2. 50:22 Listen this, Revelation 13:2 says, 50:25 "The dragon gave him his power, 50:29 his seat and his authority," did you get that.? 50:32 The dragon is identified in Revelation 12, 50:35 you can read verses 7 through 9. 50:37 So the dragon there or the devil gave this power 50:39 its seat and its authority, let just be real bold. 50:44 You know what Martin Luther said? 50:45 See somebody will say all right I can't, 50:47 I'm not going to go along with that. 50:48 Listen you're just fighting God 50:49 and you're fighting the word. 50:51 I just want to be plain, I want you to feel conviction. 50:54 You know what this there's something about this here. 50:57 It's part of the man and if you're a commandment keeper 51:01 and you shine away from this today, shame on you. 51:05 God has commissioned you to give the first, 51:06 second and third angel's message 51:08 which is warning against the beast power. 51:10 Nothing is to occupy the mind 51:11 but the giving of the three angels' messages. 51:14 Not worrying about whether you're going to be 51:15 accepted by other religions or not 51:17 or others denominations rather people or not. 51:19 Mind are you gonna be accepted of God. 51:22 Are you going to do what God has asked you to do, 51:23 it's hard to understand. 51:27 Martin Luther said this, 51:28 listen in the book by D'Aubigne in Chapter 9, 51:30 you know what he said. 51:32 Martin Luther quoted he said this, 51:34 for at last I know that the pope is the antichrist. 51:40 Ah and that his throne is that of Satan himself. 51:44 Ooh man heavy duty, it takes your breath. 51:48 Martin Luther said that. 51:54 And the Bible has said that he gave him, 51:56 the devil gave him his power, 51:58 his seat and he has a great authority. 52:00 He would think to rule. 52:01 He be like the most high, 52:02 he would and all these identifying marks 52:05 point to the papers, you know, they are about it. 52:08 So man, what would you say today? 52:12 May I go just a step further, 52:14 I may already try to buried myself already to some. 52:18 So I can say today, and I'm not going to blink 52:21 when I say it that the Vatican today is where Satan sits. 52:27 Not talking about men, not talking about, 52:29 you know, talking about an organization 52:32 who's ruling in the affairs of men. 52:35 That's what the Bible says, 52:36 that's what the history records, 52:38 that's what we're commissioned to give 52:39 and to warn the world here in these last days. 52:42 No, not very tasteful, is it? 52:46 Little horn Daniel 7:25, 52:48 the little Catholic Church is that little horn power. 52:51 It's the beast of Revelation 13:1. 52:53 It's the mother of harlots in Revelation 17:5. 52:56 This and now I'm going to go 52:57 this right before we have prayer 52:58 and before we quit today. 53:01 This includes did you get it, this includes all churches. 53:05 You might call yourself a Protestant Church or whatever. 53:08 I'm gonna throw this out to you. 53:10 All churches include, we said, 53:12 what it's the beast of Revelation 13, 53:14 it's the mother of harlots. 53:16 The world has become drunk 53:17 right my wife had read that in the beginning. 53:19 We're talking about mysterious Babylon the great. 53:25 This includes all churches that unite with her 53:31 and teach her false doctrines. 53:33 You don't have to belong to Roman Church, 53:35 but if you accept her teachings 53:37 and her doctrines as truth 53:39 and you accept those things, 53:40 dear friends, you're in trouble. 53:42 Her doom is foretold in Revelation 18. 53:45 Mystery Babylon the great the mother of harlots 53:49 the Bible says, the abomination of the earth. 53:51 She has a golden cup in her hand. 53:53 She's sitting on scarlet colored beast, 53:55 Revelation 13 to 17 and 3 verses 4 read 5 through 18. 54:00 Read all these not here in fact in 18:25 54:03 Pope Leo XII, you know, what he did? 54:05 He printed a coin on one side of coin he had his image. 54:08 On the other side of the coin he had a woman 54:10 with a cup in her hand sitting on the top of the world. 54:15 May God help us today. 54:16 Listen I'm gonna encourage you the time is running out. 54:18 Look Mark of Beast, we'll send out 200 54:21 first 200 callers give it to you free. 54:23 You need to read this, you need to study it 54:25 and I'm want to pray with you right quick 54:26 before we close today. 54:28 What a powerful message 54:29 and God needs to help us understand. 54:30 Father in heaven, thank you 54:32 for Your precious word today. 54:33 Bless, I pray those who have heard 54:35 that their minds and hearts will be open 54:36 to receive what you have for them 54:37 in Jesus name, amen. 54:41 Thank you for joining us. 54:42 Maybe be little difficult for you today, 54:44 but, you know what? 54:45 Study to show yourself approved. 54:47 You come up with different information 54:48 won't you share that with me. 54:50 And you realize that we continue 54:51 to bring these programs that may not be very popular, 54:53 but they're the truth of God's word 54:55 and what we introduce God's people 54:56 and the only support that we've coming in us 54:58 from the freewill offering of God's people. 55:00 And so please remember us in your prayers 55:02 and this station, God bless you. 55:03 See you next time. 55:06 Hello again, God has left us 55:09 with so much information in His holy word. 55:13 It's always amazing to see 55:15 how well He describes nations and events 55:18 and prophecy for us to pray over 55:20 and to search out while we're fitting 55:22 the pieces together with recorded history. 55:26 In summary of today's message, 55:27 Mystery Babylon the Great, 55:30 allow me to reiterate our study 55:32 by reading just a portion of a paragraph 55:35 found in the book the Great Controversy 55:37 on page 382 we read. 55:40 The power that for so many centuries 55:43 maintained despotic sway over the monarchs 55:47 of Christendom is Rome. 55:50 The purple and scarlet color, 55:52 the gold and precious stones and pearls, 55:55 vividly picture the magnificence 55:57 and more than kingly pomp affected 56:00 by the haughty see of Rome. 56:02 And no other power could be so truly declared" 56:07 drunken with the blood of the saints" 56:09 as that church which has so cruelly persecuted 56:13 the followers of Christ. 56:15 Friends, this marvelous book, 56:17 this marvelous book would be a wonderful thing 56:20 to add to your home library 56:22 for further study if you haven't it done so already. 56:25 And we certainly hope that you'll continue 56:27 to study out all these things 56:30 that we've gone through today. 56:32 And in doing so we would be following instruction 56:35 as we find in the Book Second Timothy 56:37 Chapter 2 and verse 15 where we read, 56:41 "Study to show thyself approved unto God, 56:44 a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, 56:47 rightly dividing the Word of Truth." 56:50 And as always friends, 56:51 this five part series that we've entitled 56:54 "The Mystery of Iniquity, the Antichrist Revealed" 56:57 is available to you for a love gift of just $35 or more. 57:02 The messages you receive in this five part series are. 57:07 "Stirring the Wrath of Satan" "Let No Man Deceive You" 57:11 "Understanding the Prophecy of the Antichrist," 57:14 "Mystery Babylon the Great," 57:16 and finally "Deception Instead of Persecution?" 57:20 So won't you take the time 57:21 to order your very own set today. 57:23 You may call us here Behold the Lamb Ministries 57:26 at area code 618-942-5044, 57:31 that's Central Standard Time here in the United States. 57:34 Or write to Behold the Lamb Ministries 57:36 at P.O. 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