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00:03 the return to Manila programs, 00:05 but the teachings of John Carter continue. 00:08 From his Los Angeles studio, 00:10 John Carter takes on the important message 00:12 of the Antichrist in Action. 00:14 What must we understand 00:16 about the Antichrist in today's new world? 00:19 Here is John Carter. 00:22 Hi, friend. I'm John Carter. 00:24 Welcome today. 00:25 This is part two 00:27 of the great Antichrist program. 00:31 Now I'm so glad you joined us today. 00:34 Because this program tells you where you came from, 00:37 why you are here, and where you are going. 00:42 I want to thank you all for joining us, 00:45 especially our viewers on Roku, 00:48 Amazon Fire, and the other great networks 00:51 around the world. 00:53 In the first section, 00:54 we spoke about the grave beasts, 00:57 a Bible prophecy. 00:59 We're not gonna go into that too much now. 01:01 We talked about the lion Babylon, 01:04 the bear which was Medo-Persia, 01:07 then we came down to Greece 01:08 that was likened to the leopard with the four wings, 01:12 then we came to the fourth beast, 01:15 which represents 01:16 the greater iron monarchy of Rome. 01:20 Now listen carefully, 01:22 this is history in advance. 01:26 If this is true, then this is evidence 01:29 that there is a God. 01:31 And if there's a God, I know where I came from, 01:35 and I know where I'm going. 01:37 So please notice this text. 01:39 I talked about this in the first section. 01:41 I'm going to talk about it just for a moment now. 01:43 Daniel 7:7. 01:48 "After this I saw in the night visions, 01:50 and behold, a fourth beast, 01:54 dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. 01:58 It had huge iron teeth, 02:02 it was devouring, breaking in pieces, 02:05 and trampling the residue with its feet. 02:08 It was different from all the beasts 02:11 that were before it, and it had ten horns." 02:14 Now are you listening? 02:16 Now in Bible Prophecy, 02:18 a beast represents 02:21 a kingdom or a power. 02:25 And this is the great power that came after Greece. 02:29 This indeed is the great 02:32 iron monarchy of Rome. 02:36 It came on the scene about 160 BC 02:40 and ruled the world until around 300. 02:44 This was the power that put Christ on the cross. 02:49 It was the power 02:51 that destroyed much of the world. 02:54 It was the power that ravaged 02:57 and destroyed the city of Jerusalem. 03:01 Now I'm not asking you to believe this. 03:04 One day I'd like to show you. 03:06 There's a prophecy in the Bible that actually describes 03:10 the destruction of the city of Jerusalem by Titus. 03:15 You say I can't believe it. 03:17 I don't expect you will believe it. 03:19 But I've been to these places, 03:21 and I've studied the prophecies, 03:23 and I've seen the evidence. 03:25 All of these things, my friend, 03:27 were written down in the prophecies, 03:30 hundreds and hundreds of years 03:33 before they came to pass. 03:36 Now this is my premise today. 03:39 If genuine prophecy exists, 03:42 then the main issues of life are met. 03:45 Because if there is actually genuine prophecy in the Bible, 03:49 then this is evidence for an intelligent, 03:53 personal God and therefore, I know where I came from, 03:56 I know why I am here, and I know where I am going. 04:00 Now that's just a little bit 04:02 of a revision of some of the stuff 04:04 we went through in the first section. 04:07 But I'm going to read now Daniel 7:7 04:09 and we're going to talk now. 04:11 Are you listening? 04:12 We're gonna talk about what comes after Rome, 04:14 and we're going to talk about the coming of the Antichrist. 04:17 But let me tell you something 04:19 before we get too far into this. 04:22 The Roman Empire was destroyed because of internal decay. 04:27 The barbarians came down like a wolf on the fold, 04:31 but the Roman Empire really destroyed itself. 04:35 The Roman Empire was absolutely confident 04:38 that it was going to last forever. 04:41 But the Roman Empire destroyed itself. 04:45 It's very, very interesting 04:47 that Dr. Ben Carson a number of years ago, 04:51 at a prayer breakfast, 04:53 a presidential prayer breakfast said that 04:55 we in the United States are walking in the footsteps 04:59 of the Roman Empire. 05:03 Makes you think, doesn't it? 05:05 Because the Roman Empire thought 05:07 it was going to last forever, 05:09 but the Bible says the Roman Empire 05:12 would be followed by another power and another... 05:18 Well, in fact, not another power, 05:21 but a number of kingdoms. 05:23 And we're gonna notice Daniel 7:7 again. 05:26 "After this I saw in the night visions, behold, 05:29 a fourth beast, Rome, pagan Rome, 05:32 dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. 05:35 It had huge iron teeth." Terrible power. 05:38 "It was devouring, breaking in pieces, 05:43 and trampling the residue with its feet. 05:45 It was different from all the beasts, 05:47 all the kingdoms before and it had ten horns." 05:50 I want you to hear this. 05:51 The Roman beast, 05:53 the Bible tells me has got 10 horns 05:56 and those 10 horns are symbolic of the breakup 06:01 of the Roman Empire into the kingdoms 06:05 in the States of Europe. 06:06 And I'll prove it to you. Daniel 7:24. 06:12 Listen to these words, written 2,500 years ago. 06:18 The ten horns are ten kings 06:23 who shall arise from this kingdom," 06:26 from the Roman kingdom. 06:28 "And another shall rise after them." 06:31 It's the Antichrist. 06:32 "He shall be different from the first ones, 06:35 and shall subdue three kings." 06:38 The Bible says that after the Great Roman Empire 06:43 would come 10 kingdoms 06:47 that was symbolized by the 10 horns 06:51 on the Roman dragon. 06:54 This is the teaching of the Bible. 06:56 Listen. 06:58 The Roman Empire rotting from within 07:02 and destroyed outwardly by the barbarians, 07:06 collapsed not into another empire, 07:09 but into the kingdoms and the states of Europe. 07:15 That is not theology. 07:18 That is not religion. 07:21 That is history. 07:23 And this prophecy was written long 07:25 before it happened. 07:28 Now here is my question. 07:29 Here is my question to, my friend, the atheist. 07:33 Here's my question to, my friend, Richard Dawkins 07:36 and every other atheist in the world. 07:39 How did a Jew in Babylon 2,500 years ago 07:45 know that this would happen? 07:47 How would he know that after the Great Roman Empire 07:51 that was likened unto a dragon, 07:54 there would come not another empire, 07:57 but there would come a division? 08:02 Now this is why I suggest to you today 08:05 that the Bible is completely 08:06 unlike any other book because it contains, 08:09 listen to me, it contains genuine prophecy. 08:14 And if there is genuine prophecy... 08:16 Listen, Brother, listen, Sister, 08:19 if there is genuine prophecy, 08:22 then the main issues of our age, 08:24 the main issues of life are met, 08:27 because there is a God. 08:29 And if there's a God, I know where I came from, 08:32 I know why I'm here, I know where I'm going, 08:37 and life has got meaning, and I know who I am. 08:41 I am not a machine as the communists taught, 08:44 I am not an animal. 08:46 I am a child of God. 08:50 I was speaking in Red Square, outside the tomb of Lenin, 08:55 just as communism was going down. 08:58 And I was asked this question. 09:00 I was asked it on Soviet television. 09:03 "Why is our great empire falling down?" 09:06 I told them this, 09:08 "Because it was based upon a dead man." 09:12 It was based upon Linen. 09:14 But the Christian church survived the Holocaust 09:18 of the communists 09:20 because it wasn't based upon a dead man. 09:22 It was based upon a living Christ. 09:28 And I had the privilege of sharing these things 09:31 with thousands of atheists 09:33 and many professors from Moscow University. 09:37 What I'm saying to you is there is evidence to believe. 09:41 Look at Daniel 7:8, 09:44 "I was considering the horns," this is Daniel 7:8. 09:49 "I was considering the horns," 09:53 or these kings, "and there was another horn, 09:58 a little one, coming up among them, 10:02 before whom three of the first horns 10:04 were plucked up by the roots. 10:07 And there, in this horn, were eyes, 10:10 like the eyes of man, 10:13 and a mouth speaking pompous words." 10:16 Listen to me, 10:21 the 10 horns represent 10:25 the breakup of the Roman Empire 10:28 into the kingdoms and the states of Europe. 10:31 Did that happen? Absolutely. 10:34 Between around 300 and 500 AD, 10:37 the Roman Empire was not followed by another empire. 10:40 It broke up into the kingdoms and the states of Europe. 10:43 That is a fact. 10:44 That is not theology. That is simply history. 10:47 And then the Bible says another king comes up 10:50 because these horns are symbolic of kings. 10:54 Another horn comes up 10:56 and this horn says amazing things, 10:58 pompous words. 11:01 This horn 11:03 is the great Antichrist 11:08 of Bible prophecy. 11:10 Now, we don't have a lot of time, 11:13 but we got enough time. 11:15 I want you to notice his identification marks. 11:18 Are you listening now? 11:20 We're going to give you the identification marks 11:23 of the great Antichrist of Bible prophecy. 11:27 Number one, here it is. 11:30 He is a European king, 11:34 because he comes up 11:35 on the ruins of the Roman Empire. 11:38 He is one of the 10 kings 11:40 that is described in the prophecy of Daniel 7 11:43 as coming up on the ruins of the Roman Empire. 11:46 He's European. Number two. 11:48 I've already said it. I'll say it again. 11:50 He comes up on the ruins 11:53 of the Roman Empire. 11:57 He is not found in America, he is not found in China, 12:01 he is not found in Russia. 12:03 No, he is found on the ruins of the Roman Empire. 12:09 This was written down 12:10 in the prophecies of the Bible 2,500 years ago. 12:14 Number three, the Bible says he is a pseudo religious power. 12:19 2 Thessalonians 2:4. 12:24 I'm going to read it to you. 12:25 It says, "He opposes and exalts himself 12:27 above all that is called God or that is worshiped, 12:32 so that he sits as God," where? 12:35 "In the temple of God, 12:36 showing himself that he is God." 12:38 Are you listening to this? 12:40 Because this is pretty hot stuff. 12:42 The Bible says that 12:44 the Antichrist is a pseudo Christian power, 12:48 and he looks in the church. 12:51 He hides in the very garb of religion. 12:54 Astounding, isn't it? 12:57 That's why so many people 12:58 became atheists back in those days 13:01 because they said, 13:02 "Look at what the church is doing. 13:03 Look at the persecutions of the church." 13:06 The Bible told the story 13:08 thousands and thousands of years ago. 13:12 Point number four. 13:14 The Bible says this king speaks pompous words. 13:19 He even says that he has tremendous power 13:23 and can even forgive people's sins. 13:27 Now the Bible would suggest that this was blasphemy. 13:30 But the Bible says there arose a king on the ruins 13:33 of the Roman Empire would do this very thing. 13:37 Identification mark number five. 13:40 The Bible says he persecutes God's people. 13:44 And the Bible says it in Daniel Chapter 7, 13:48 I think it is verse 21. 13:52 Yes, listen. 13:54 "I was watching, and the same horn 13:57 was making war against the saints, 13:59 and prevailing against them." 14:02 This pseudo Christian power persecutes people. 14:07 Do you want to know what Antichrist really is? 14:10 It is the spirit of intolerance. 14:15 It can be found in any church, 14:17 any system, any ideology 14:21 the desire to persecute 14:23 and to get rid of people who disagree with you. 14:28 This is the very opposite of the Spirit of Christ. 14:33 The spirit of intolerance 14:34 and the spirit of persecution is the spirit of Antichrist. 14:40 And history tells me that 14:42 the great power that arose 14:45 on the ruins of the Roman Empire 14:48 was a persecuting power and gave to the world. 14:52 Check this up on the internet. 14:56 Read it in the encyclopedias. 14:57 It gave to us the bloody inquisition. 15:03 And history tells me thousands and thousands, 15:07 tens of thousands of all religions, 15:12 all beliefs were persecuted by this king 15:16 that arose on the ruins of the Roman Empire. 15:22 The spirit of Antichrist. 15:25 Yes, the identification marks continue. 15:29 The Bible says that 15:30 the Antichrist is a union of church and state. 15:34 This is interesting. 15:36 Because where I live today 15:38 in the United States of America, 15:40 there are many wonderful people 15:42 who want to see 15:43 the church unite with the state, 15:47 and they want America 15:48 to become a great Christian theocracy. 15:52 They want the church and the state to be one, 15:55 and they want the government to represent the church. 16:00 Now I'm going to read you a text that may give you 16:03 a second thought on this. 16:04 Revelation 17:1-2 16:07 which is describing the Antichrist. 16:10 It says, "Then one of the seven angels 16:13 who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, 16:16 saying to me, 'Come, I will show you 16:19 the judgment of the great harlot 16:22 who sits on many waters.'" 16:24 A harlot in the Bible prophecy 16:28 is symbolic of the Antichrist church. 16:32 "With whom the kings of the earth 16:34 committed fornication," 16:35 and unholy alliance, church and state. 16:39 "And the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk 16:42 with the wine of her fornication.'" 16:45 It goes on in Revelation 17. 16:49 "So he carried me away 16:51 in the Spirit into the wilderness. 16:54 And I saw a woman," an apostate church, 16:57 "sitting on a scarlet beast," 16:59 that is state, "which was full of names of blasphemy, 17:04 having seven heads and ten horns." 17:06 There you've got the 10 horns again. 17:08 It's amazing, isn't it? 17:10 And then there's another verse. 17:12 "The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet." 17:17 She has got lots of money. 17:20 "And adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, 17:25 having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations 17:29 and the filthiness of her fornication." 17:33 So the harlot woman is symbolic of a harlot church. 17:38 I want to say to people like Richard Dawkins, 17:41 don't give up on Christ and the Bible 17:45 because of the abominable things 17:47 that people who call themselves Christians have done. 17:53 Yes, of course, 17:55 I know that people claiming to be the church 18:00 have persecuted 18:01 and murdered people by the millions. 18:04 I know this. It was predicted in the Bible. 18:07 But the Bible said, "That doesn't belong to me, 18:11 that is the very spirit, 18:13 that is the very Antichrist itself." 18:17 So the Antichrist is a union of church and state. 18:21 Listen, history tells me, 18:25 history tells me that there was a time 18:27 for more than 1,000 years in Europe 18:31 when church and state church like into a woman 18:36 and the state like into a monster, 18:39 they joined together. 18:42 And what happened when church and state joined together? 18:45 There was persecution. 18:47 Listen, Brother, Sister, 18:52 I'm gonna tell it to you straight, 18:53 only way I know how to say it. 18:57 The union of church and state is Antichrist. 19:03 It was described in the prophecies 19:06 of the Bible 2,500 years ago. 19:09 This is why I believe in the Bible 19:13 not because of blind faith. 19:15 I believe in the Bible 19:17 because of the evidence of Bible prophecy, 19:21 which is shown to be correct through history. 19:26 And so if you think the union of church and state 19:28 would solve all our problems, I've got news for you. 19:32 When church and state come together, my friend, 19:34 then you have Antichrist and the judgments of God. 19:39 Now Daniel 7:25. 19:40 Now here's another identification mark. 19:43 I think it's number seven. 19:46 I'm gonna read it to you. 19:48 "He shall speak pompous words against the Most High." 19:53 He'll say, you know, he can forgive sins. 19:55 "Shall persecute the saints of the Most High." 19:57 That is history. 20:00 The church in the Dark Ages 20:01 put to death hundreds of thousands of people, 20:04 Catholics, Protestants, Jews, and Muslims, 20:09 and dissidents, sort of people like me. 20:13 It says, "The Antichrist shall intend 20:17 to change times and laws. 20:19 Then the saints shall be given into his hand for a time, 20:22 times and half a time." 20:24 I don't have time to talk about that, 20:26 the time times and half a time actually describe the period 20:29 when this Antichrist system would exist. 20:35 Now I want you to know this. 20:37 God has got His people everywhere. 20:39 But we're talking here about a great system of deception 20:44 that is changed the law of God 20:46 because it says he changes the... 20:49 He tries to change the law of God. 20:53 I give this to you. 20:54 Think about it. The Catholic Mirror. 20:57 "The Catholic Church for over 1,000 years 21:00 before the existence of a Protestant 21:03 by virtue of her divine mission changed the day 21:06 from Saturday to Sunday." 21:09 Hey, yes, we changed it. 21:12 We've got another statement here, 21:13 I'm gonna read it to you. 21:14 These are amazing statements. 21:17 Question, which is the Sabbath day? 21:19 Answer, Saturday is the Sabbath day. 21:23 Then I think we've got another thing coming up here. 21:26 Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday? 21:30 Here comes. 21:32 Answer: "We observe Sunday instead of Saturday 21:35 because the Catholic Church, 21:37 in the Council of Laodicea transferred the solemnity 21:40 from Saturday to Sunday." 21:42 The Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine. 21:46 I mean, the Bible says 21:49 this power would change the day, 21:51 this power says. 21:53 Yes, yes, we did it. 21:57 Now, can I have your attention please? 22:02 Would you please indulge me? 22:04 Let's listen to the evidence. 22:07 Two and a half thousand years ago, 22:09 a Jewish prophet in Daniel 22:12 predicted the history of the world 22:15 for the next 2,500 years. 22:19 He predicted, well, the lion was Babylon. 22:23 And then you had, 22:25 the next power would be the bear, 22:28 that would be Medo-Persia. 22:29 I've shown this to you. 22:31 Then he said there would come 22:33 another person like the leopard, 22:34 which was Greece. 22:36 Then he said there would come, and we've shown you 22:39 pictures of these great monsters. 22:42 Then we would have this terrible power, 22:44 which of course is pagan Rome. 22:47 And then this power has got 10 horns. 22:50 And the Bible says the kingdoms 22:53 that come after Rome, Roman Empire broke up 22:56 into the kingdoms and the states of Europe. 22:58 How on earth did Daniel know these things? 23:03 How could he give such a guess? 23:06 You say it's impossible. 23:07 Here is evidence, my friend, 23:09 evidence that demands a verdict. 23:11 Here is evidence, here is proof for God. 23:16 No man could do these things. 23:19 And then after the kingdoms of Europe, 23:22 you have the great Antichrist, 23:24 who is called that little horn of Bible prophecy, 23:30 a pseudo religious power 23:33 that rules the world 23:35 for more than 1,000 years. 23:39 I could say I rest my case. 23:45 Here is the question. 23:48 I say it to the honest in heart, 23:50 the skeptic, the atheist, the unbeliever whom I love. 23:54 How did a Jewish prisoner of war 2,500 years ago 24:00 accurately predict the history of the world for 2,500 years? 24:05 I say, here is the finger 24:10 of Almighty God, 24:14 but we're not through. 24:16 Daniel 7:26-27. 24:20 It talks about the climax of history. 24:24 It says, "But the court shall be seated." 24:26 There's a judgment day. 24:29 "And they shall take away his dominion, 24:31 to consume and destroy it forever. 24:33 Then the kingdom and the dominion, 24:36 and the greatness of the kingdoms 24:38 under the whole heaven, 24:39 shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. 24:43 His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 24:47 all dominions shall serve and obey Him.'" 24:50 Listen, this is not theology. 24:56 Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, Roman Empire, 25:01 breakup of the Roman Empire 25:04 into kingdoms and the states of Europe. 25:06 The rise of the little king, 25:08 the pseudo Christian power 25:11 that rules for more than 1,000 years, 25:15 and then you come down to the very climax of history. 25:20 And the Bible says, 25:22 "God himself will intervene 25:25 in human history and Christ will return." 25:29 That is your glorious destiny. 25:34 Therefore, my friend, 25:36 I don't ask you to believe on the basis of blind faith. 25:40 I ask you to believe on the basis of the evidence. 25:44 And I say this to you, there is a God. 25:49 He loves you. 25:52 You are very, very special. 25:57 He has a home prepared for you. 26:01 Therefore, believe in the God 26:05 who believes in you. 26:10 Amen. 26:16 The Carter Report 26:17 is now streaming on demand for you. 26:20 Now you can have the teachings of John Carter anytime, 26:23 day or night. 26:25 By streaming the Carter Report, 26:28 there is more content for you to choose from, 26:30 and it's easy. 26:33 If you are new to streaming, 26:35 all you need to do is purchase a streaming device. 26:38 It doesn't really matter which one. 26:40 You can buy a Roku, 26:41 Amazon Fire or Apple TV from any major retailer. 26:46 You or a family member 26:48 can plug the device into your TV 26:51 and sign in to your internet connection. 26:53 Do a search for the Carter Report 26:55 and download the app to your device. 26:58 From then on your device 27:00 and the Carter Report app can provide you 27:02 with hundreds of on demand programs. 27:05 You can also take the Carter Report with you 27:08 wherever you go. 27:09 The official free Carter Report mobile app 27:12 can be downloaded to your phone or tablet. 27:15 Go to the App Store 27:16 or Google Play Store and download the app. 27:20 Additionally, you can find Carter Report programs 27:23 on your favorite podcast. 27:25 You can also watch us on Vimeo or YouTube. 27:30 Type the Carter Report in the search box. 27:34 You can watch hundreds 27:35 of uninterrupted John Carter teachings 27:38 whenever you want, for as many hours as you want. 27:42 Travel with John Carter as he circles the globe 27:44 to bring the gospel to millions of people. 27:47 Watch the Carter Classics from over 50 years of ministry 27:50 and gain knowledge 27:52 from stimulating interviews with Christian leaders. 27:56 You now have multiple ways to watch the Carter Report. 27:59 And once you start streaming, you'll find comfort in having 28:02 these teachings readily available to you, 28:04 whenever and wherever you want for free. 28:09 Welcome to the inspirational world 28:12 of John Carter. 28:18 For a copy of today's program, 28:20 please contact us at P.O. 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