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00:02 I'm John Carter in Moscow.
00:04 In Havana, Cuba. 00:07 Now in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. 00:10 I'm John Carter in Petra. 00:13 Right here in Communist China. 00:16 Reporting from India. 00:18 Hi, I'm John Carter in the Solomon Islands. 00:21 I'm John Carter in Soweto. 00:24 From El Salvador. 00:26 I'm John Carter in Sydney, Australia. 00:29 The Coming Dictatorship. 00:31 Are you a marked man? 00:33 Welcome to the Carter Report. 00:35 Here's John Carter. 00:38 We're talking today 00:39 about the coming world dictatorship. 00:43 We're going to answer the question 00:44 and ask it, of course, 00:46 are you and I marked men and women? 00:51 I must warn you, 00:52 this talk is totally 00:54 politically incorrect. 00:59 So maybe you're going to hear some things today, 01:01 you're not going to like, 01:02 but I can promise you one thing, 01:04 by the grace of God, you're going to hear the truth. 01:10 We're going to go to a prophecy in the Bible 01:12 that most people totally ignore 01:16 is Revelation Chapter 13 01:19 that talks about the lamb 01:22 that becomes a dragon. 01:25 Totally politically incorrect. 01:30 But after all is said and done, what really matters, 01:33 what really matters, my friend, is the truth. 01:38 Now some would say 01:39 that this talk today is heresy. 01:44 They'd say, "Why didn't you let 01:46 sleeping dogs sleep on." 01:50 But I would suggest to you today 01:52 that those dogs are well and truly awake 01:57 and they're snarling at our heels. 02:02 And so today the question is, 02:05 are you a marked man. 02:09 Now we're going to come in the scriptures 02:12 to Revelation Chapter 13, 02:16 and we're going to read verse 11. 02:20 "Then I saw, I saw another beast," 02:24 another nation, another power. 02:26 A beast represents a nation or a power. 02:29 "Another beast coming up out of the earth, 02:33 he had two horns like a lamb 02:36 and spoke like a dragon." 02:39 Now he doesn't start out by speaking as a dragon. 02:44 He starts out speaking like a lamb 02:48 which, of course, represents Christ, 02:51 but he ends up speaking like the devil. 02:56 Years ago when I was working 02:58 over in the great city of Dallas 03:00 in the great state of Texas, 03:03 I would walk down to the Trinity River. 03:06 We were doing some television work, 03:08 and I'd go down to the Trinity River, 03:11 and I would gaze down into the waters. 03:15 And there I saw a little turtle, 03:18 the Texas turtle. 03:22 He was a great little Texan, 03:23 he was swimming against the current. 03:26 And he was doing great. 03:28 He was swimming against the current. 03:30 But the trouble is, 03:32 the current was going faster than he was swimming, 03:35 and therefore, 03:36 he was swimming backwards, like some of us. 03:39 Now you and I need to learn to swim against the current, 03:43 but we need to go faster than the current. 03:45 Now he hadn't... 03:47 Notice he had an outboard motor strapped on, 03:48 it's only 50 horsepower. 03:51 He needed 250 horsepower, 03:53 and then he could go faster than the current. 03:57 I want to tell you today we're living in times 03:59 when you and I have to swim against the current. 04:04 And there's something that we need desperately 04:07 here in this great United States of America 04:12 and that is knowledge, the knowledge of the truth, 04:16 not just a lot of raw emotionalism 04:20 and a lot of religious talk, 04:22 what you and I need is the truth, 04:25 even though the truth 04:27 is politically incorrect. 04:32 Now, in Revelation Chapter 13, you've got two beasts. 04:36 And these beasts represent two great powers, 04:40 and two great kingdoms, 04:42 or two great forces in the world. 04:44 Now the first one is found 04:46 in Revelation 13:1, 04:51 notice this. 04:53 "Then I stood on the sand of the sea, 04:55 and I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, 04:58 having seven heads and ten horns," 05:01 this is the dragon, "and on his horns ten crowns," 05:04 representing the kingdoms of Europe, 05:07 "and on his heads a blasphemous name." 05:10 Now what does this represent? 05:13 Well, if you notice, if you don't mind, 05:15 verse 5 of the same chapter. 05:20 Verse 5 of the same chapter, it says, 05:25 "He was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies. 05:29 He was given authority 05:30 to continue for forty-two months." 05:32 And every person knows in Bible prophecy, 05:35 the forty-two months represent 1260 days, 05:38 which was symbolic of the Dark Ages, 05:42 when the great Antichrist Church 05:46 ruled the world. 05:49 And may I remind you of the words 05:52 of the great, great professor 05:54 and church historian, Dr. Wylie. 05:58 He said these words, 06:00 "The noonday of the papacy 06:05 was the midnight of the world." 06:11 This was a time of prelates, 06:14 popes, priests, paganism 06:17 and persecution of the people of God. 06:21 And this is symbolized by the first beast. 06:24 Who teaches these things today? 06:26 Oh, not many. 06:28 But this is completely un-American. 06:29 No, no, no, very American, 06:31 because this is what America was based on and found. 06:35 You say, I can't, well you, this is just the facts. 06:38 This is what was taught by the Pilgrim Fathers 06:41 who came to this country. 06:42 This is the truth. 06:44 The Dark Ages turned to superstition. 06:47 A time of man-made religion. 06:50 There's nothing worse than man-made religion. 06:52 A time of persecution. 06:55 Many thousands, even millions were tortured and killed 06:59 during the time of the beast. 07:01 The beast is not a derogatory term. 07:04 It simply means a power in Bible prophecy. 07:08 Revelation 13:7 says. 07:13 Revelation 13:7 says, 07:17 "It was granted to him to make war 07:19 against the saints and to overcome them. 07:22 All authority was given him over every tribe, 07:25 tongue and nation." 07:27 And this is a correct description of the Dark Ages 07:33 when the church ruled the world. 07:36 Thousands, tens of thousands, 07:40 millions of people who were dissidents 07:43 who thought for themselves 07:46 were taken into these terrible places, 07:49 the places of the bloody inquisition 07:53 and tortured and put to death 07:55 because of their faith in Christ 07:58 and because they believed the Holy Scriptures. 08:01 And the sad thing is this 08:03 that most folks went along to get along as it is today. 08:08 You've got to go along to get along, 08:11 but where you're going to get along to. 08:13 Conformity, I would remind you, my friend, 08:16 is the pathway to mediocrity, 08:19 also the pathway to apostasy 08:22 and the easy road always leads down to hell. 08:27 Now here's a statement from Newman 08:29 out of a manual of church history. 08:32 This is a profound statement, 08:35 I will try to get through but it has so much in it. 08:39 "The points in which Constantine and his followers 08:42 favored Christianity 08:43 may also be regarded as involving evils. 08:49 When he put restrictions on idolatry, 08:53 he fostered a spirit of intolerance in Christians, 08:57 and let them to trust in physical power 09:00 rather than in the power of the truth." 09:01 The same as today. 09:03 "When he enjoined 09:05 the universal observance of Sunday, 09:07 it ceased to be a spiritual, and became a legal festival. 09:13 When he offered temporal inducements 09:15 to the profession of Christianity, 09:18 he not only brought multitudes of unregenerate people 09:21 into the churches, 09:23 but he also aided in making it a part of public opinion 09:28 to regard the profession of Christianity 09:31 as a mere form," as it is today. 09:35 "And to attach a magical significance 09:38 to the ordinances," as it is today. 09:41 "The church became a persecuting power, 09:45 making use of the civil authority 09:47 for the suppression of dissent." 09:50 Now Constantine lived about 300 years after Christ. 09:54 And he was the Roman Emperor, 09:57 who became "a Christian" 10:01 but he was pagan to his black soul. 10:06 But he joined, my friend, with the church. 10:10 Here's another statement from Newman. 10:13 Newman is great church historian. 10:16 He's not a part of my church. 10:18 He says this, "The church has persecuted Christians 10:23 far more cruelly, 10:24 and has destroyed vastly more Christians 10:27 than pagans have done. 10:29 The Diocletian persecution is as nothing 10:32 when compared with the work of the 'Holy office.'" 10:36 And the holy office is talking about the office of the papacy. 10:41 Now, we're not talking about the present pope, 10:43 we're not talking about this. 10:44 We're talking about history. 10:47 Nobody has persecuted more Christians 10:50 than the great church of the Dark Ages. 10:55 So, listen, the first church of Revelation 13 11:00 is the Church of the Dark Ages. 11:02 This is what was taught by the Puritans, 11:03 the Pilgrim Fathers, all the early Americans. 11:06 They don't know it today, they're not teaching it today, 11:09 not because it's not American, 11:11 but simply because they don't know it. 11:15 So the first beast of Revelation 13 11:17 is the Church of the Dark Ages, 11:19 reborn, vigorous, deceptive, 11:22 active, and here now. 11:25 Hey, is this too strong for you? 11:28 Well, there's strongest stuff to come, 11:30 so you better stay tuned. 11:35 says this. 11:37 "All who dwell on the earth will worship him, 11:40 whose names have not been written 11:41 in the Book of Life of the Lamb 11:43 slain from the foundation of the world." 11:47 The Bible teaches that the first beast 11:50 that ruled the world in the Dark Ages 11:52 is going to come back with tremendous power. 11:56 And the Bible says the whole wide world 11:59 is going to fall down and worship. 12:02 The question is, are you? 12:04 Am I? 12:05 Are you, my friend, 12:08 a marked man? 12:12 How is this going to be accomplished? 12:14 Well, it's going to be accomplished, my friend, 12:17 through the second beast. 12:20 Now, I know that some of you who are listening to this, 12:22 you're absolutely stunned and you're blown away, 12:24 you say, I just can't believe this. 12:26 This is what was taught by all of the great churches 12:29 in America, 12:31 by all of the great churches in Great Britain. 12:34 In fact, when I was just a boy growing up in Australia, 12:37 this was taught in virtually all of the churches, 12:41 it was bread and butter religion, 12:43 but we have come to dark times as far as truth is concerned. 12:47 But Jesus said, you will know the truth 12:50 and the truth will make you free. 12:52 Are you ready for it, my friend? 12:54 Can you take this? 12:56 Am I being too politically incorrect? 12:59 Who is sufficient for these things? 13:02 Now we come to the second beast of Bible prophecy. 13:05 The first beast is the Church of the Dark Ages. 13:13 down to 13 13:15 and notice it, if you will. 13:18 "Then I saw another beast," another nation, 13:22 "coming up out of the earth, 13:25 and he had two horns like a lamb." 13:28 Hey, he acts like Jesus. 13:31 He talks like Jesus. 13:33 He is a Christian power. 13:36 "Two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon." 13:42 Verse 12, "And he exercises all the authority 13:45 of the first beast in his presence." 13:48 He gets all the authority of the Church of the Dark Ages. 13:52 "And causes the earth 13:53 and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast," 13:57 he leads the world back to the church 13:59 of the Dark Ages, it's happening today. 14:03 "The first beast, whose deadly wound was healed." 14:05 Verse 13, 14:06 "He performs great signs, 14:09 so that he even makes fire come down from heaven 14:12 on the earth in the sight of men." 14:15 And so here is another power 14:16 that comes up on the world scene. 14:19 This is a power, my friend, that comes up like a lamb, 14:25 has two horns like a lamb, 14:27 and the lamb is the symbol of Christ. 14:30 The lamb is the symbol of the gospel. 14:35 And even though this power comes up like a lamb, 14:37 this power ends up 14:39 speaking like a dragon. 14:43 And it is his work to lead the whole world 14:46 back to the worship of the Church of the Dark Ages. 14:51 Let me tell it to you as plain as I can. 14:53 Are you still listening to me? 14:56 You're saying, I do not, 14:58 I just don't want to take any... 14:59 Well, I want you to listen, my friend, 15:01 because your soul salvation may depend upon hearing 15:05 and understanding this truth today. 15:07 This power that comes up like a lamb 15:10 with lamb like horns is a fake Christian power. 15:15 The lamb is the symbol of Christ. 15:18 He has a worldwide influence. 15:21 In fact, this power that comes up like a lamb 15:26 becomes the greatest power in the world. 15:31 And it is this power 15:33 all through this false religious system 15:36 in the last days 15:38 that the whole world is forced 15:43 with the exception of a little remnant, foster, 15:47 coerced to get the mark of the beast. 15:51 So the question is directed as plain, 15:53 it is powerful, it is poignant. 15:55 The question is, are you, my friend, 16:00 a marked man? 16:02 This power not only has a worldwide influence, 16:05 but this power does miracles. 16:08 is significant. 16:13 Revelation 19:20 says, 16:18 "Then the beast was captured." 16:20 Ah, that's the first beast of Revelation 13. 16:24 "The beast was captured," who captures him? 16:27 God does. 16:28 "And with him, the false prophet," 16:30 that's the pseudo Christian power, 16:33 the one like a lamb. 16:34 "The false prophet 16:36 who worked signs in his presence." 16:38 Oh, he's a miracle worker. 16:41 He's a miracle worker. 16:43 "By which he deceived those 16:44 who received the mark of the beast 16:47 and those who worshiped his image. 16:49 These two were cast alive 16:52 into the lake of fire burning with brimstone." 16:56 Listen, this pseudo Christian power 17:00 that arises in the last days 17:03 that has a worldwide influence is... 17:08 Let me say it again. It's fake man-made religion. 17:12 But this is a power, my friend, that works miracles. 17:18 And because the multitudes are so ignorant 17:21 of the truth of the Bible, they will be deceived, 17:25 diluted and damned into getting the mark of the beast. 17:30 Therefore, I ask you the pertinent soul 17:33 searching question today, my friend, my brother, 17:36 my sister, are you a marked man? 17:41 I would remind you of this that religious deception, 17:44 religious deception is the biggest game in town. 17:49 Remember, Satan was once in God's inner circle. 17:53 Satan knows everything about religion. 17:58 The false prophet is a great liar. 18:02 When I was in Russia some time back, 18:04 I've been there 49 times. 18:07 But some folks were making, some crooks were making bogus, 18:12 counterfeit $100 bills. 18:15 It was mighty hard to tell the difference. 18:18 You had to be an expert. 18:19 I want you to become an expert in telling the truth, 18:24 in unmasking deception. 18:26 But this power, my friend, is the great counterfeiter. 18:32 Satan was the first liar. 18:34 He is the master of deception. 18:37 I've told you the story from the Kremlin. 18:41 This happened in the days of the Soviet Union. 18:45 There was a new member of the governing council. 18:48 And the Communist had put up this bogus lying plan. 18:54 And this young man said, comrade, comrade, 18:59 but it isn't the truth. 19:03 And then there was a stunned silence. 19:07 And then they started laughing. 19:09 They laughed and they laughed. 19:12 They laughed. 19:13 They laughed 19:15 until they fell off their chairs. 19:21 And then in the end the chairman said, comrade. 19:27 What we say, whatever we say, it is the truth. 19:31 And if you don't understand that comrade, 19:34 you will be on your way to Siberia. 19:37 You see, the Communists were liars. 19:41 They did not understand the truth. 19:44 But Jesus said, "You will know the truth 19:49 and the truth will make you free." 19:52 Look at John 8:32. 19:55 Jesus said, "You will know the truth 19:58 and the truth will set you free." 20:01 If you want to be free, then you got to know the truth. 20:04 People say, what I believe is the truth. 20:08 No, it's not, my friend. 20:10 The Word of God is the truth. 20:14 You will know the truth 20:15 and the truth will set you free. 20:19 Facts and opinions are different. 20:21 You can have your opinion, I can have my opinion. 20:24 We can all have different opinions, 20:25 but we, but we all can have different truths. 20:28 You can't say, hey, I've got my truth 20:30 and you got your truth. 20:31 No, my friend, there's only one truth. 20:33 And I need to bring my opinion into humble conformity 20:38 to the truth of God. 20:39 Now today in the world, in America, 20:42 millions of people are being deceived. 20:46 Look at John 17:17. 20:50 And notice John 17:17, 20:54 "Sanctify them by Your truth. 20:56 Your word is truth." 20:58 Ultimate truth is found in the Holy Word of God. 21:03 The truth that you need to be saved, 21:06 the truth that you need to get home 21:08 to the kingdom of God. 21:09 That truth, my friend, is found in the Word of God. 21:13 Now look at John 8:43-48. 21:16 These are the words of our blessed Lord. 21:20 "Why don't you understand My speech? 21:24 Because you are not able to listen to My word." 21:27 Same as today. 21:29 "You are of your father the devil, 21:32 and the desires of your father you want to do. 21:35 He was a murderer from the beginning, 21:37 and does not stand in the truth, 21:39 because there is no truth in him. 21:42 When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, 21:47 for he is a liar and the father of it." 21:52 Lying comes from the devil. 21:56 If you and I tell lies, 21:58 it's because we are not children of God, 22:00 it's because we are sons of the devil. 22:04 And this power, my friend, that comes up is a liar. 22:09 So the second beast we're talking about today 22:12 is a religious power 22:14 that is filled with lies while talking about Jesus. 22:17 It is fake Christianity. 22:20 But it is not the same 22:21 as the Church of the Inquisition, 22:24 the old church from Europe that followed the Roman Empire. 22:27 No, it is found in the new world 22:31 that starts out good like a lamb, 22:33 but it ends up speaking as a dragon. 22:36 And some would say, 22:38 it is happening today in America. 22:43 And Satan is winning a great victory. 22:46 I asked you the question, are you a marked man? 22:50 He has stopped the people from reading the Holy Bible. 22:53 Most people today are completely ignorant 22:55 of the truths of the Bible. 22:59 He's got the people so bamboozled, 23:02 they've stopped thinking for themselves, 23:04 and they get all of their information from television. 23:10 And thus they're deceived 23:12 like the Dallas turtle 23:16 out of the Trinity River, 23:18 who thought he was doing great 23:20 and he was doing great swimming against the current. 23:24 But the current was going faster 23:25 than he could swim. 23:28 I want you to notice now, I mean, 23:30 this is pretty heavy stuff I know, but this is, 23:32 this is the stuff that America was based on. 23:35 This is what made America great. 23:38 I want you to notice, my dear friends, 23:39 the amazing work of the Lamb. 23:43 This pseudo Christian power 23:45 that ends up talking like a dragon. 23:48 Revelation 13:14, 23:52 here is the text. 23:55 "And he deceives those that dwell on the earth 24:00 by the signs which he was granted 24:02 to do in the sight of the beast," 24:05 that's the Church of the Dark Ages, 24:07 "telling those who dwell on the earth 24:09 to make an image to the beast 24:10 which was wounded by the sword and lived." 24:14 And so, the pseudo Christian power 24:17 makes an image to the Church of the Dark Ages. 24:23 When I was a boy going through college, 24:25 I used to raise my fees 24:27 by selling Christian books from door-to-door. 24:31 Sometimes, young mother would come out 24:33 with a little girl. 24:35 I'd learned by then a few psychology tricks. 24:40 And so, I would say to the mother, if I could say, 24:43 truthfully, your little girl 24:46 is the spit image of you. 24:51 That's how I sold so many books. 24:53 What am I talking about? 24:54 I'm saying the little girl looks like her mommy. 24:59 The image of the beast 25:02 that is set up by the lamb like beast 25:05 is a copy of the Church 25:09 of the Dark Ages 25:12 which was a union of church 25:14 and state which is called a theocracy. 25:18 Are you still listening to me? 25:23 Let me say it again. What was the first beast? 25:24 The union of church and state persecuting dissidents. 25:29 Revelation Chapter 17. 25:31 Oh, I think I'll deal with that 25:33 in the second part of the program. 25:36 But Revelation 17 talks about a woman 25:42 seated on a beast. 25:44 She's dressed down in gorgeous robes, 25:48 and she's got a big cup in her hand 25:51 and is filled with wine. 25:55 And she's persecuting the people of God. 26:00 That's the Church of the Dark Ages. 26:02 And the Bible says, listen to me. 26:06 It's going to happen again in America. 26:10 More amazing truths, don't go away, we'll be back. 26:14 We're talking about the mark of the beast. 26:28 The Carter Report 26:29 is now streaming on demand for you. 26:32 Now you can have the teachings of John Carter anytime, 26:35 day or night. 26:37 By streaming the Carter Report, 26:40 there is more content for you to choose from, and it's easy. 26:45 If you are new to streaming, 26:46 all you need to do is purchase a streaming device. 26:49 It doesn't really matter which one, you can buy a Roku, 26:53 Amazon Fire or Apple TV from any major retailer. 26:58 You or a family member 27:00 can plug the device into your TV 27:03 and sign in to your internet connection. 27:05 Do a search for the Carter Report 27:07 and download the app to your device. 27:10 From then on, your device and the Carter Report app 27:13 can provide you with hundreds of on demand programs. 27:17 You can also take the Carter Report with you 27:20 wherever you go. 27:21 The official free Carter Report mobile app 27:24 can be downloaded to your phone or tablet. 27:27 Go to the App Store or Google Play Store 27:30 and download the app. 27:32 Additionally, you can find Carter Report programs 27:35 on your favorite podcast. 27:37 You can also watch us on Vimeo or YouTube. 27:41 Type the Carter Report in the search box. 27:45 You can watch 27:47 hundreds of uninterrupted John Carter teachings 27:49 whenever you want, for as many hours as you want. 27:53 Travel with John Carter as he circles the globe 27:56 to bring the gospel to millions of people. 27:59 Watch the Carter Classics from over 50 years of ministry 28:02 and gain knowledge from stimulating interviews 28:05 with Christian leaders. 28:08 You now have multiple ways to watch the Carter Report. 28:11 And once you start streaming, 28:12 you'll find comfort in having these teachings 28:14 readily available to you 28:16 whenever and wherever you want for free. 28:21 Welcome to the inspirational world of John Carter. 28:30 For a copy of today's program, 28:32 please contact us at P.O. 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