Class 1 from this series was used in GCT Episode 281.
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Class on the theme, the
continuity of Babylon, past and
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Class on the theme, the
continuity of Babylon, past and
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present.
And our third study is
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Revelation.
Links with Daniel and
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Revelation.
Brother Collins and sisters, I
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would like to build a little
further on some of the links
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that we began to see with the
Old Testament and the Man of Sin
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prophecy.
We’ve made so far.
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A basic overview of Second
Thessalonians, Chapter 2.
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Trying to take from that
description in the second
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chapter some of the basic clues
as to the man’s nature and
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identity, or at least the man
and the system he represents.
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We’ve noted the key terms such
as apostasy, terms such as Son
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of Perdition, terms such as lies
and delusion which used
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elsewhere in the New Testament,
linked with a system of
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apostasy, A system that is not
associated with simply an
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autocrat that might be atheistic
or humanistic have, some have
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suggested in our community of
late, but rather an identity
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that is very much linked with a
figure somewhat like a Judas.
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One who had some connection with
the truth, One who had some
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semblance of being a follower of
Christ, but who has finally
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proven to be false, to be a
betrayer.
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But even in the condition of
being a betrayer, still seems to
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have some claim to the truth,
has some appearance of being
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God, like rather than atheistic
or humanistic.
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He sits in what he calls the
temple of God, or what appears
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to be the temple of God.
He sits in that position and he
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presides as though he is God.
In other words, He is the false
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imitating the truth.
There is a temple, There is a
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seat of authority.
There are claims that are made.
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There is an appearance that
seems to be God like and true,
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when in fact He is counterfeit.
We’ve noticed from our overview
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in the last class, the timing in
2nd Thessalonians 2 has some
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very definite clues.
That’s critical to
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identification of who this man
or system is.
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Being restrained at the time of
the Apostle Paul means that
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there at least was something
there in its dormancy in a stage
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of beginning, but it was held
down at the time, the apostle
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writes.
It wasn’t manifested.
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There again is another link with
revelation when it says that the
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Son of Man, the man of sin,
rather must be revealed.
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It’s the word apocalypse.
The man of sin is to be
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apocalypse or revealed
automatically throwing out an
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important word link with the
apocalypse itself.
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No doubt Paul does not give us
all the information about this
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man of sin and therefore it’s
not surprising when we come into
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Revelation and find a number of
links with that man of sin and
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get additional information
therefore about that man of sin
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where there is further
apocalypse, further revelation
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and information.
What we’d like to do now is
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analyze with the help of our
Bible margins, especially the RV
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margin, analyze the links this
man of sin has with the past
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with important Old Testament
figures.
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We haven’t time to explore all
the context of these passages.
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I hope just to whet your
appetite and with your own study
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you can pursue it further and
then to see and build how this
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links in with the New Testament
Book of Revelation.
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So first of all, brothers and
sisters, let us note what is one
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of the major concepts related to
this man of sin.
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On page 15 of your notes, we are
looking for a figure who is an
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imitation of the truth.
He is in fact an imitation of
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Christ.
We should be looking for this
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kind of identity when we go back
into the Old Testament and
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Daniel, and we should be looking
for this kind of characteristic
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when we further go on into
Revelation.
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Notice the word links in our
notes.
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We have the titles The False
Versus the True, The Apocalypse
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of the Men of Sin, a word used
right in Chapter 2 as opposed to
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the Apocalypse of the Son of
Man.
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One of the major purposes of the
Book of Revelation.
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Notice the comparisons and
contrasts.
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In Thessalonians 2 he’s called
the man of sin or the Son of
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perdition.
Christ is termed the Son of Man.
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In Revelation chapter one, he
poses as though he is as God.
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Christ by one of the titles in
Isaiah 9.
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Verse six is called the Mighty
God.
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The man of sin is worshipped in
verse four of Second
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Thessalonians 2 However, by way
of contrast, in Revelation 22
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and verse 9, the inhabitants and
those roundabout are called upon
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to worship God.
Verse four, he sitteth the Greek
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word Kafizo in his temple, Greek
word Naos.
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Now notice in Revelation chapter
4, verse two, a throne was set
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in heaven and one sat on the
throne.
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Jesus Kafizo on the throne sat
on the throne and furthermore
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the Lamb is in the temple.
Revelation 21 verse 22.
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Also Revelation 3.
The Greek word for temple, Naos,
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same word is used for where the
man of sin claims to be sitting,
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he is revealed or apocalypse as
we’ve already pointed out.
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Likewise the word apocalypse is
used of the man Jesus Christ, it
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talks about him being revealed
or apocalypse in his time.
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And Revelation 22 verse 10 words
hold that the time then is at
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hand.
He is associated with mystery.
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It is interesting that Jesus
Christ in his coming the first
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time and the explanations given
to the gospel was an explanation
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of the mystery.
It was revealed.
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It was then manifested verse
seven of Second Thessalonians. 2
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The man of sin is associated
with iniquity.
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Greek word is lawlessness and
nomia.
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Nomia means law and nomia
lawlessness against law.
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But Jesus Christ has nothing to
do with iniquity.
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He’s the exact opposite.
He says in Matthew 5.
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Think not that I am come to
destroy the law that Noma, but
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to fulfill.
He is not lawless, he is the
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fulfiller of the law.
In contrast, the man of sins
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coming is described with the
Greek word perusia.
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It’s interesting, exactly the
same Greek word is used to
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describe the coming of the Lord.
There’s something described as
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the working of Satan.
Whereas in Ephesians other
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places in the New Testament we
have phrases such as the working
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same word, the working of
Christ’s mighty power.
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The man of sin is described with
these credentials.
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Well, they are false.
He has power Dunamis.
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He portrays signs, some a on.
He exercises wonders before
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those who behold Taras.
And you know, every single one
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of those words is used to
describe the work of the master
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during the ministry as part of
his credentials.
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For example, even in Revelation
5 and 12, worthy is the lamb to
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receive power.
Dunamis.
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John, Chapter 2.
These were the beginning of the
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miracles.
Greek word is same on same as
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what is used to describe the
signs of the man of sin.
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The man of sin portrays wonders.
Terrace Same word used in John 4
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and 48, except you see signs and
wonders which Christ did.
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The man of sin is associated
with a line with strong
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delusion.
In contrast, the Son of man,
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when he is apocalypse, will be
one that is called faithful and
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true.
The exact opposite, the man of
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sin is described with the Greek
term Adikia, which means
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unrighteousness.
However, in Revelation 1911, by
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way of contrast, the Son of Man
is in righteousness on the basis
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of his judgment, not
unrighteousness.
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You see that on every turn the
man of sin in some way mimics
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the man Jesus Christ, But in
fact for the true and faithful
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they know that he is not He, in
fact is the exact opposite.
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He is a counterfeit when
correctly understood.
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But the point is the false is
imitating the true although it
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is not the true, and only the
discerning and the wise will
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know how to make the difference
between those two.
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What the man of sin ascribes to
himself is always meant to be an
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imitation of Christ, when in
fact it is the opposite.
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When correctly understood, he
claims to be righteous.
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He claims to be working with
power and signs and wonders, but
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in fact they are descriptions of
activity that is satanic.
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When we take a close look under
the microscope of the word at
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the wording used in verse three
and four of Second Thessalonians
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chapter 2, there are more clues
than just be as to the man’s
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identity and the system he
represents.
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A good Bible margin such as the
RV will point out that many of
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these key phrases here are drawn
from Old Testament contexts.
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I’d like to look at some of
those with you.
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I have blown up for you the
margin of the RV trying to point
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out to you what possible Old
Testament sources we should
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consider when we deal with this
section.
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Here the man of sin be revealed,
the son of tradition that
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opposeth and exalteth himself.
The RV margin says that we
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should take a good look at
Daniel 7 verse 25.
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He points out a link with Daniel
8 verse 25.
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It makes a link with Daniel 11
verse 36, and it also tells us
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to compare Revelation 19, then
further down, sitting setting
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himself forth as God.
That section we are told to look
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at Isaiah 14, verse 11 and
consider Ezekiel 28 verse two.
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Now those are the key links.
You know, I have a pamphlet with
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me written by the Knights of
Columbus on behalf of the
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Catholic Church that deals with
the Book of Revelation, and when
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it deals with the beast system,
it refers to every one of those
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passages that are in the RV
margin.
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In other words, what the
Catholic expositor is saying is
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to correctly understand the
beast system in Revelation, you
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have to be aware of Ezekiel 28.
Take a good look at Isaiah 14.
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Take a good look at Daniel 7 and
Daniel 11.
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All of those are references in
the Catholic Temple.
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Even Roman Catholic expositors
have seen, unwittingly perhaps,
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that there are links with the
beast system in Revelation, and
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these very passages that the man
has been is linked with.
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Of course, as we’ve said, even
those expositors in our
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community today that have begged
to differ with the exposition of
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Brother Thomas and the
continuous historical approach
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have themselves at least agreed
on one point, and that is that
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whoever the man of sin is, he is
undoubtedly linked with the beef
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system in both Revelation and
Damien.
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Once again, we return to our key
point if this is the easiest
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passage to look at.
To start with, if we can
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identify clearly who this man of
sin is, we have automatically
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given for ourselves a master key
in interpretation.
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If you know who he is, and he’s
linked with the B system in
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Daniel, and he’s also linked
with the B system in Revelation,
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then you are working with an
identity that helps to identify
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those 2B systems.
So therefore, starting with the
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easier to know passage, easier
to understand passage, and
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working out from there is a
logical progression.
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And it’s the easiest one to work
with, rather than diving into
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Daniel first or diving into
Revelation.
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And in looking at the modern
interpretations in our
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community, if we beg to differ
with them, the most important
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place to start with surely is
that context which is easiest to
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deal with the man of sin.
It’s much easier to deal with
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that work from there
expositionally rather than
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starting with Revelation or
Daniel in that kind of a
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dialogue.
Now let’s pursue these contexts
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and we can’t do them justice.
Just bring to your attention the
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relevance they have to the man
of sin prophecy.
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First, Isaiah 14.
Let’s go by order.
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Why does the margin suggest in
the RV that we take a look at
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Isaiah 14?
Well, let’s take a look at
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Isaiah 14 very briefly.
I know we’re familiar with this
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passage because it’s one that’s
used by those who believe in the
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fallen devil.
However, the language used to
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describe Lucifer that is
appropriated to part of the man
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of sin prophecy is as follows,
verse 13 of Isaiah 14.
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For thou hast said in thine
heart, Speaking of the king of
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Babylon, I will ascend into
heaven.
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I will exalt my throne above the
stars of God.
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I will sit also upon the mount
of the congregation in the sides
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of the north.
I will ascend above the heights
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of the clouds.
I will be like the Most High,
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exactly the perspective of the
man of sin.
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The man of sin claims to be
sitting.
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He claims to have a throne.
He wishes to be like the Most
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High, as if he is God, as is
God.
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Second, Thessalonians Chapter 2.
Significantly, this is a doubly
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important link because we’ve
already seen that some of the
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language used to describe the
man of sin has a bearing and a
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connection with Daniel and with
Revelation.
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And those two sections of
Scripture, Daniel and
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Revelation, deal with the
subject of Babylon at the same
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time as they deal with the beast
system.
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Here’s the man of sin prophecy,
drawing partly from Isaiah 14 to
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describe the man of sin.
And who’s the subject of Isaiah
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14?
The king of Babylon.
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Interesting.
Highly appropriate given the
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links with Babylon and the beast
system in Daniel.
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Given the links with Babylon and
the beast system in Revelation.
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But more than that, let’s look
at the phrases carefully.
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I will sit also upon the mount
of a congregation in the sides
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of the north.
Where is that?
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Where is in Scripture the mount
of the congregation and
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reference in that, in that
connection with the sides of the
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north?
That’s scriptural language for
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Zion.
That is scriptural language for
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Zion.
Who does Lucifer think he is?
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He is so pompous, so proud and
arrogant that he believes that
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there will come a time when he
will be able to set his feet in
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Jerusalem, that he will be able
to set up his throne, as it
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were, in the very position of
the God of Zion.
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It’s exactly what Babylon wished
to do.
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It’s exactly, in fact, what
Babylon virtually did do
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historically, once they came
down and took Jerusalem.
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Those are key phrases relating
to Zion.
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You see the appropriateness of a
of a man of sin.
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Prophecy drawing from this kind
of a context in the Old
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Testament, A babylonish figure,
a male figure, a man who
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arrogates to himself great pomp
and authority, who claims to sit
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in a certain area that is
designed to be God’s residence.
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He will sit there as if he is
the God of Israel, but of course
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he isn’t.
He will appropriate to himself
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the very throne of God, and he
will pose to be like the Most
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High, like the God of Israel.
But he isn’t the God of Israel,
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the False, the man of sin as it
were, appropriating him to
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himself, things that belong only
to the God of Israel.
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Highly appropriate context.
Another one that the margin
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points out is Ezekiel 28.
This is dealing with the Prince
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of Tyre, and we can see fairly
quickly why the margin would
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suggest that this is one of the
Old Testament sources for the
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language of 2nd Thessalonians. 2
The word of the Lord came unto
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me, saying, Son of man, say unto
the Prince of Tyrus.
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Thus sayeth the Lord God,
because thine heart is lifted
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up, and thou hast said, I am a
God.
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I sit in the seat of God in the
midst of the Seas.
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Yet thou art a man and not God,
though thou set thine heart as
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the heart of God.
What’s that language in 2nd
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Thessalonians 2 I’ll just
overlay this for you.
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You can see where the language
comes from, who opposeth and
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exalteth himself above all that
is called God, or that is
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worship, so that he as God,
sitteth in the temple of God,
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showing himself that he is God.
I sit in the seat of God in the
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midst of the Seas.
Yes, thou art a man, and what’s
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the point of 2nd Thessalonians 2
This is the man of sin, even
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though he poses to be like God
and takes these certain honors
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and privileges to himself.
Now there’s another connection
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that we ought to note here,
brothers and sisters jumping
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ahead.
These first 2 Old Testament
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sources have come from Babylon
and Tyre.
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Now if you were to take a
colored pencil and go through
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Revelation chapter 17 and 18,
going down through your margin
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and color coding, every
reference that takes you back to
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Babylon prophecies like Jeremiah
51, Jeremiah 50, and also color
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code all the references that
would take you back to the tire
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prophecies, do you know what you
would find if you added them up?
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There are more references to
Tire in Revelation 17 and 18
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than there are to Babylon.
There are more references to
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tire more connections than there
are in fact to Babylon between
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Revelation 17 and 18.
Now, one particular work that’s
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very helpful to save you some of
the spade work on this is an
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article that was done in the
Testimony some years ago by
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Arthur Gibson.
He did an article called 701
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Quotations in The Apocalypse,
701 Quotations in the
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Apocalypse.
He went through Revelation verse
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by verse, trying to ferret out
the Old Testament quotations and
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illusions and parallels.
And when you scan down through
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his list in Revelation 17 and
18, you constantly see Tyre
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Babylon.
Tyre Babylon, Tyre Babylon.
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But then, after a certain point,
the number of connections to
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Tyre takes over by far at a
certain breaking point in those
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chapters.
Now it’s highly interesting that
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the man of sin.
Has, as we’ve said, connections
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with Daniel, connections with
Revelation.
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The margin brings us back first
to Isaiah 14, secondly to
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Ezekiel 28, Tyre and Babylon.
The man of sin has connections
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with these two prophecies in
some way.
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Revelation describes the beast
system in the whore in terms of
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Old Testament connections to
Babylon and Tyre.
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Interesting.
Obviously there is a common
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thread running through these
connections.
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The margin also directs our
attention to Daniel 11 Again by
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keeping in mind the language of
Second Thessalonians, Chapter 2.
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You can see why this too would
be pointed to as a source.
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The king shall do according to
his will.
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This is the King of fierce
countenance, and he shall exalt
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himself and magnify himself
above every God, and shall speak
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marvelous things against the God
of gods.
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You take a close look at the
language in 2nd Thessalonians 2,
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verse four, and you can see why
the margin would direct your
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attention to that prophecy.
The context of Daniel 11
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brothers and sisters also helps
to reinforce, as we’ll see very
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shortly, helps to reinforce the
appropriateness of having a
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connection with a man of sin
prophecy.
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Now, would you turn in your
notes and we’ll just explore
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that a little further.
This takes a bit of a digression
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to develop, but it’s well worth
it, I believe.
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I’d like you to take a look at
page 8A in your notes.
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Page 8A In your notes on this
page we have quoted for you some
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important statements made by
Jesus in Matthew, Luke and Mark,
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all from the Olivet prophecy,
but worded slightly different in
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each context.
In dealing with the onslaught of
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the Roman armies coming against
Jerusalem and destroying the
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Temple so that not one stone
would be left upon another.
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The wording of Jesus in Matthew
24 and 15 reads in part the
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abomination of desolation.
When you see the abomination of
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desolation stand in the holy
place, and then he goes on, let
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them which be in Judea and so
on.
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The wording in Luke in Mark.
Let’s skip over to Mark.
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The wording in Mark 13 verse
four is when you see the
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abomination of desolation stand
where it ought not, then let
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them which be in Judea in Luke
21.
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The reference is slightly
different in Luke 21 verse 20,
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just before the section that
says let them which be in Judea,
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flee, he says.
Instead, according to the Luke
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account, or as well as when you
see Jerusalem compassed with
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armies, know that the desolation
thereof is nigh.
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Now, by comparing Matthew and
Luke and Mark with your Bible
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open at each section, and noting
what is said immediately after,
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let them which be in Judea, you
know you’re in exactly the same
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section.
The wording in Luke 21 is
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extremely helpful.
It is telling us that the
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desolator is none other than the
Roman armies.
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The desolator is none other than
the Roman armies.
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The domination of desolation in
Matthew 24, that stands in the
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Holy Place or in Mark standing
where it ought not, is another
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reference to the same identity.
It is the link with Ruke that
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both that best rather helps us
to see who the desolator is.
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It’s Rome now.
There’s more than that in these
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passages.
In Matthew and Mark we’re told
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to go back to Daniel.
Jesus says go back to Daniel and
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read and understand.
Now there’s only three possible
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places he could be quoting from
in Daniel.
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One is from chapter 81, from
Chapter 9 and one from Chapter
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11.
Keep in mind we were just there
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in Daniel Chapter 11.
Now as you analyze the wording
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in the Gospels according to
Jesus reference, you have to
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cancel out Daniel chapter 8 and
you end up by canceling out
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Daniel Chapter 9.
When you look for the closest
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wording, the closest wording to
the Lord’s words as put together
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from Matthew, Mark and Luke is
none other than Daniel 11.
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Daniel Chapter 11, verse 31.
They shall pollute the sanctuary
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of strength, shall take away the
daily sacrifice, and they shall
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place the abomination that
maketh desolate.
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And under that we’ve got a box
with three key points which show
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that this undoubtedly is the
Lord’s source.
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Now So what?
The point is that this section
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that deals with the abomination
of desolation, and then goes on
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to mention the King of Fierce
Countenance in verse 36 here
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it’s all part of the same
prophecy, is telling us, by the
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Lord’s inspired interpretation,
that this section of Daniel 11
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is referring to Rome.
Now, when a Man of sin prophecy
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takes some of its descriptions
from this very context and
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applies it to the man of sin, do
we not have, by the Lord’s own
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use of this context, a very
important interpretive key?
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There is a connection with Rome.
There is a connection with Rome,
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whatever that might be.
Now we know that that’s
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reinforced because the 4th beast
has iron and brass, and he’s
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destroyed when Christ returns,
and he has the little horn that
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speaks great things and sounds
very much like the man of sin,
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as we’ll see shortly.
We know, furthermore, that the
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beasts in Revelation are tied in
with those beasts in Daniel, and
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they too must have some kind of
a link with the Rome and the
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with the iron and the brass that
is present to be destroyed at
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the return of Christ, and that
beast system connected with this
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big mouth that speaks great
things against God.
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But the Luke 11, Excuse me?
The Daniel 11 passage is perhaps
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one of the most fascinating in
the series of connections
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because of what Jesus has drawn
from this context for another
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purpose and tie it down to an
identification with Rome.
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So we’re doing more, I believe,
brothers and sisters, than
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simply second guessing when we
see these connections between
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the Old Testament, especially
Daniel and the man of sin
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prophecy.
Now let’s take a look.
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Brothers and sisters in our
notes start to put some of this
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together.
I’d like to look at page 8.
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We have not looked at every
passage.
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I’m going to just hold back the
last one for final comments at
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the end here before we go on to
another part of our study.
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So far we have seen the
following allusions to Isaiah
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14, which refers to a man,
Ezekiel 28, which refers to a
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man bringing in both Babylon and
Tyre.
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There is a link with Daniel
Chapter 7.
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How do we know there’s a link
with Daniel Chapter 7 and a man
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of sin prophecy?
Well, the RV margin draws it to
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your attention.
But more than that, if you were
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to take a look, if you have an
Oxford AD, you go to Daniel
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Chapter 11 with the King of
Fierce Countenance prophecy and
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it’ll refer you to Daniel 7 as
well as the Man of Sin prophecy.
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That’s in the margin of Daniel
11 in the Oxford King James in
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the area of the King of Fierce
Countenance.
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In that section it’ll refer you
back to Daniel 7 and over to 2nd
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Thessalonians 2, showing that
Daniel 11 is used or is
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described in terms that not only
linked with a man of sin, but
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Daniel 11.
That section about the King of
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Fierce Countenance also is seen
to have links with Daniel 7 as
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well.
So that too has language that
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links with a man of sin, and
it’s a he, the mouth that speaks
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great things.
It’s a he in Daniel Chapter 11.
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So far they’ve been male figures
drawing as they are a kind of a
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common pool of illusions to
describe this man of sin.
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We’ve seen that Daniel Chapter
11 point to a connection with
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Rome.
Possibly.
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Now there is one other
connection and that is Zechariah
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00:29:20,680 –> 00:29:22,880
chapter 5.
We’ve already been there once
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00:29:22,880 –> 00:29:25,240
before.
That was the passage that had
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the last reference to Shinar in
the Old Testament, connected
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00:29:28,960 –> 00:29:31,360
with this woman in this
measuring container.
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The effect I’d like just now for
you to turn your notes.
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This will help to make it a
little speedier.
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00:29:39,720 –> 00:29:45,280
Over to It’s a woman figure, not
a man figure.
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For example, Zechariah chapter
5.
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This is their iniquity in all
the land.
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00:29:55,520 –> 00:29:58,920
The word for iniquity in the
Greek Septuagint, the Greek
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00:29:58,920 –> 00:30:03,120
edition of Zachariah 5, which
was commonly circulated at the
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00:30:03,120 –> 00:30:05,960
time of Paul.
A number of his epistles seem to
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00:30:05,960 –> 00:30:08,920
use the same language as the
Septuagint on many occasions.
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Brother Carter spent a lot of
time drawing connections with
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the Septuagint and many of his
epistle studies.
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00:30:15,560 –> 00:30:19,080
The Greek word iniquity in a
Septuagint is the same Greek
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00:30:19,080 –> 00:30:21,640
word Paul uses in 2nd
Thessalonians 2.
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The mystery of Iniquity doth
already work.
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Furthermore, a woman that
sitteth in the midst of the
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ephah, the man of sin, sitteth
in the temple.
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He cast her down into the midst
of the Ephah, and cast the
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weight of lead upon the mouth
thereof.
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In other words, she was
constrained, the lid is forced
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down, and she’s kept bottled
there and she can’t move.
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And it’s interesting that in the
man of sin prophecy during the
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time of the Apostle Paul, he
says that this iniquitous system
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or this man of sin is now being
restrained using the language of
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the RSB.
He who now lacketh or he who now
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restrains, will continue to let
or restrain until he be taken
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out of the way, says Paul.
Furthermore, the word used to
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describe the woman wickedness is
the same Greek word used also to
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describe the man of sin.
So we conclude in the box at the
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bottom of the page four times in
2nd Thessalonians 2 Paul employs
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the same Greek word to describe
the man of sin as is used in a
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00:31:29,960 –> 00:31:33,720
Septuagint Greek to describe the
wicked woman in the ephah who
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flees to Shinar or Babylon.
Isn’t that interesting?
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And is it not, brothers and
sisters, our most appropriate
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00:31:44,320 –> 00:31:50,000
compliment that thus far the Old
Testament sources has have dwelt
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00:31:50,080 –> 00:31:55,000
upon a man figure?
But Zechariah 5 introduces us to
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a woman figure, a wicked,
iniquitous woman who, after
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00:32:00,240 –> 00:32:03,920
Babylon’s literal fall, is
transported somewhere to set up
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00:32:03,920 –> 00:32:07,480
her base in another place called
Shinar or Babylon.
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Most interesting, we might
wonder why there would be male
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and female figures combined.
Now here, brothers and sisters,
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00:32:16,680 –> 00:32:20,440
I believe is where a concept
we’ve been developing as we’ve
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00:32:20,440 –> 00:32:24,840
gone along is extremely useful.
Here we have said that the false
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imitates the true.
We just went down a whole list
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00:32:28,800 –> 00:32:32,880
in our chart there showing the
extent to which the Man of sin
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appropriates to himself language
that is used for the Man, the
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00:32:37,080 –> 00:32:41,680
Son of Man, and how he is, in
fact not really the Son of Man.
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He is in fact the very opposite,
although he looks like he’s the
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00:32:44,920 –> 00:32:47,760
same.
The false imitates the truth.
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00:32:48,880 –> 00:32:52,880
If these links concerning the
man of sin from the Old
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00:32:52,880 –> 00:32:58,800
Testament are describing, as we
suggested, a false system, a
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00:32:58,800 –> 00:33:02,840
system that appropriates to
itself descriptions that only
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00:33:02,840 –> 00:33:06,440
really belong to God, but they
try nevertheless to imitate that
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00:33:06,440 –> 00:33:10,560
God in a temple that looks like
His sitting, as though he is
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00:33:10,560 –> 00:33:16,640
God, doing miracles, signs and
wonders, just like Christ did,
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00:33:16,640 –> 00:33:21,560
and using the very same Greek
words, One who is nevertheless a
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00:33:21,560 –> 00:33:27,240
son of tradition, A betrayer but
appears to be part of the truth,
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one who nevertheless is apostate
In the language of the Apostle
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00:33:31,520 –> 00:33:37,120
Paul, then it would not seem
unlikely that in this false
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00:33:37,120 –> 00:33:44,360
system we should have a body and
a headship, the body being the
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00:33:44,360 –> 00:33:48,240
individuals that support that
system, and the head being the
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00:33:48,240 –> 00:33:50,720
one who gives it authority and
directs it.
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00:33:51,640 –> 00:33:56,800
In the body of Christ Jesus is
the head and the ecclesia is the
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00:33:56,800 –> 00:34:02,600
woman, and in the false system
there is a man called the man of
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00:34:02,600 –> 00:34:06,760
sin who is the head of that body
or system and the remaining
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00:34:06,760 –> 00:34:10,840
members that support it are the
woman figure of the body.
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00:34:11,920 –> 00:34:16,560
So a male and woman figure
combined to make a false system
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00:34:16,560 –> 00:34:20,320
that imitates the true should be
expected to have those
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00:34:20,320 –> 00:34:23,080
parallels.
Given all the other parallels
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00:34:23,080 –> 00:34:29,000
that we’ve seen so far, here is
a truly devious system with a
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00:34:29,000 –> 00:34:34,480
male head who sits in the temple
is the focal point of power who
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00:34:34,480 –> 00:34:36,679
is like a mouth speaking great
things.
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00:34:36,679 –> 00:34:43,400
And then presiding, presiding
over a body of followers who
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00:34:43,400 –> 00:34:48,679
themselves represent like the
true a woman body like figure.
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00:34:49,960 –> 00:34:52,520
Now more than that, brothers and
sisters, as we see in Daniel
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00:34:52,520 –> 00:34:56,199
Chapter 7 momentarily.
And we analyzed the little horn
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00:34:56,199 –> 00:34:59,720
in Daniel 7, we’ll be amazed to
see how there are even more
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00:34:59,720 –> 00:35:03,600
connections with this figure of
the man of sin.
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There’s a lot more study that
I’m sure you could pursue on
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00:35:07,400 –> 00:35:10,720
that, brothers and sisters.
But perhaps right now we could
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00:35:10,720 –> 00:35:15,120
begin to come to a tentative
conclusion about the identity of
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00:35:15,120 –> 00:35:19,080
the man of sin.
We began with these questions.
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00:35:19,120 –> 00:35:23,560
We now come full circle to them.
What is the nature of this man?
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00:35:24,680 –> 00:35:29,360
Well, from the Old Testament
connections, from the parallels
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00:35:29,360 –> 00:35:34,240
that we’ve seen so far with a
false imitating the true.
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00:35:34,240 –> 00:35:38,240
I think it’s fair to say that
essentially we are dealing with
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00:35:38,240 –> 00:35:41,240
the religious system.
It’s not to say there aren’t
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00:35:41,240 –> 00:35:44,760
political elements that are
associated with the man of sin.
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00:35:45,040 –> 00:35:47,520
There’s no doubt there are
political elements in that
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00:35:47,520 –> 00:35:49,560
system.
We have clues of that from
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00:35:49,560 –> 00:35:53,440
Daniel and Revelation.
But essentially the man of sin
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00:35:53,880 –> 00:35:58,000
is portrayed primarily as a
religious figure, being
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00:35:58,000 –> 00:36:03,520
apostate, being a son of
perdition, imitating Christ in
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00:36:03,520 –> 00:36:07,360
his works and wonders.
Furthermore, what’s the timing?
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00:36:08,040 –> 00:36:12,480
Well, relative to the Apostle
Paul, we couldn’t say that it
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00:36:12,480 –> 00:36:15,200
was just immediate to Paul’s
time because it’s going to be
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00:36:15,200 –> 00:36:18,640
destroyed by Christ.
We couldn’t say that it was just
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00:36:18,640 –> 00:36:21,960
in the future because Paul says
it was then being restrained and
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00:36:21,960 –> 00:36:25,600
held down.
Rather, the most appropriate
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00:36:26,440 –> 00:36:29,640
term to describe the timing of
the man of sin would be
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00:36:29,640 –> 00:36:34,400
continuous, present at the time
of Paul in a germ like form,
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00:36:35,400 –> 00:36:39,480
restrained and held down later
to become full blown, and later
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00:36:39,480 –> 00:36:42,200
to finally be destroyed by the
return of Jesus Christ.
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00:36:43,120 –> 00:36:47,400
Destroyed in terms that are very
similar to the destruction of
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00:36:47,400 –> 00:36:50,520
the little horn and the 4th
beast as we’ll see in Daniel 7.
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00:36:51,040 –> 00:36:54,240
Not only that, but in terms
similar to destruction of the
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00:36:54,240 –> 00:36:57,880
whore and the destruction of
Babylon in Revelation, where
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00:36:57,880 –> 00:37:01,520
they are destroyed with fire and
burning at the judgment of
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00:37:01,520 –> 00:37:03,360
Christ, just like the man of
sin.
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00:37:04,040 –> 00:37:07,000
Just like the little horn and
the 4th beast of Daniel.
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00:37:07,000 –> 00:37:15,520
Seven turn our attention now,
brothers and sisters, to Daniel
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00:37:15,600 –> 00:37:22,440
Chapter 7 in greater detail.
We keep coming back, stepping
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00:37:22,440 –> 00:37:26,040
forward, and then going back
once we have certain concepts
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00:37:26,160 –> 00:37:48,280
laid down.
Daniel chapter seven, Brothers
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00:37:48,280 –> 00:37:51,040
and sisters, let’s have our
Bibles open there first.
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00:38:15,010 –> 00:38:16,330
So many things on the overhead
here.
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00:38:16,330 –> 00:38:19,930
Let’s place their notes I will
pursue.
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00:38:19,930 –> 00:38:27,210
Anyways, Daniel Chapter 7.
Let’s just take a look at how
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00:38:27,210 –> 00:38:31,050
this little horn is presented in
relationship to the 4th beast.
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00:38:33,040 –> 00:38:39,200
What is interesting to notice
first of all is that in verse 8,
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00:38:39,200 –> 00:38:47,400
when Daniel beholds this beast,
this little horn comes up from
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00:38:47,400 –> 00:38:50,400
the 4th beast after the other 10
horns.
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00:38:50,840 –> 00:38:52,600
For he says in verse 8, doesn’t
he?
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00:38:53,000 –> 00:38:56,360
I consider the horns and behold
there came up among them another
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00:38:56,360 –> 00:39:01,440
little horn.
Before whom there were three of
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00:39:01,440 –> 00:39:06,120
the first horns plucked up by
the roots, and behold, in this
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00:39:06,120 –> 00:39:10,400
horn were the eyes, like the
eyes of a man and a mouth
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00:39:10,440 –> 00:39:15,920
speaking great things.
Then the Angel gives further
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00:39:15,920 –> 00:39:19,440
information about this, and
we’ve noticed part of this
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00:39:19,440 –> 00:39:22,280
explanation already.
Let’s go down now to verse 20
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00:39:23,880 –> 00:39:27,680
and the 10 horns that were in
his head, and of the other which
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00:39:27,680 –> 00:39:33,000
came up, and before whom three
fell even of that little horn
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00:39:33,000 –> 00:39:37,560
that had eyes and a mouth that
spake very great things, whose
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00:39:37,560 –> 00:39:41,920
look was more stoked than his
fellows I beheld in the same
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00:39:41,920 –> 00:39:45,560
horn, made war with the Saints,
and prevailed against them.
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00:39:46,880 –> 00:39:50,800
So here’s a little horn.
It has the eyes like the eyes of
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00:39:50,800 –> 00:39:53,720
a man.
Attention is given to its mouth.
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00:39:54,440 –> 00:39:58,600
It speaks great things.
It has eyes.
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00:39:58,720 –> 00:40:01,760
It has a mouth.
It is more stout than its
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00:40:01,760 –> 00:40:06,160
fellows, but you’ll notice when
it comes up in verse 11, Excuse
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00:40:06,160 –> 00:40:10,000
me, verse eight.
It starts off by being a little
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00:40:10,000 –> 00:40:14,240
horn.
A little horn In verse 8, by the
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00:40:14,240 –> 00:40:17,840
time we get down to the angel’s
description of its later stage,
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00:40:18,480 –> 00:40:22,360
it is not a little horn, but it
is a stout horn.
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00:40:22,600 –> 00:40:25,040
In verse 20, it becomes a stout
horn.
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00:40:25,280 –> 00:40:29,440
In other words, it grows, starts
off being very insignificant.
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00:40:30,920 –> 00:40:35,240
It doesn’t catch the eye.
It doesn’t look much like a horn
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00:40:35,240 –> 00:40:39,280
at all, perhaps, but as it
begins to come to Daniel’s
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00:40:39,280 –> 00:40:42,920
attention, he sees it has man
like qualities.
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00:40:43,480 –> 00:40:46,560
He wants us to see This horn,
therefore, as being quite
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00:40:46,560 –> 00:40:50,040
different than the other horns.
They didn’t have eyes in the
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00:40:50,040 –> 00:40:52,920
same way, they didn’t speak with
a great mouth.
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00:40:53,600 –> 00:40:57,640
They aren’t described as having
man like qualities, but this
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00:40:57,720 –> 00:41:02,760
horn that comes up last is
described with these men like
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00:41:02,760 –> 00:41:07,360
qualities.
And it’s a man that speaks great
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00:41:07,360 –> 00:41:12,520
things in fact against God.
And furthermore in verse 20 the
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00:41:12,520 –> 00:41:16,960
eyes are mentioned and finally
it becomes stout and then it
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00:41:16,960 –> 00:41:19,400
prevails and fights against the
Saints.
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00:41:20,360 –> 00:41:25,520
And furthermore, verse 24 And
the 10 horns, Out of this
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00:41:25,520 –> 00:41:30,280
Kingdom are 10 kings that shall
arise, and another shall rise
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00:41:30,280 –> 00:41:33,920
after them.
And he shall be diverse from the
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00:41:33,920 –> 00:41:37,000
1st.
And he shall subdue 3 kings.
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00:41:38,160 –> 00:41:43,200
And he shall speak great words
against the most High, and shall
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00:41:43,200 –> 00:41:47,960
wear out the Saints of the most
High, and sink to change times
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00:41:47,960 –> 00:41:50,920
and laws.
And they shall be given into his
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00:41:50,920 –> 00:41:54,000
hand until a time, times, and
the dividing of time.
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00:41:54,320 –> 00:41:58,240
Now notice his end.
But the judgment shall sit, and
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00:41:58,240 –> 00:42:02,240
they shall take away his
dominion to consume and to
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00:42:02,240 –> 00:42:06,160
destroy it unto the end.
So the little horn is going to
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00:42:06,160 –> 00:42:10,400
be destroyed by Christ.
His Kingdom will be taken away
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00:42:10,400 –> 00:42:14,400
when Christ returns.
Question.
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00:42:16,000 –> 00:42:20,600
The 4th beast is described right
at the very beginning as being
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00:42:20,600 –> 00:42:23,880
diverse.
Verse 7.
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00:42:23,880 –> 00:42:27,760
Soon as the 4th beast emerges to
Daniel’s view out of the water
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00:42:28,160 –> 00:42:31,320
at the end of verse 7, he’s
described as being diverse.
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00:42:32,800 –> 00:42:39,200
Now how is this 4th beast
diverse?
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00:42:39,520 –> 00:42:45,520
Well, Daniel saw first this bear
like figure come out and then he
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00:42:45,520 –> 00:42:48,280
saw, excuse me, the lion come
out first.
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00:42:48,680 –> 00:42:52,600
Then he saw the bear.
Then he saw this leopard divided
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00:42:52,600 –> 00:42:55,880
into 4.
Then he saw the 4th beast.
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00:42:56,880 –> 00:43:00,080
Now, how is this 4th beast
diverse?
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00:43:01,200 –> 00:43:04,520
Well, he’s a beast.
He has vicious teeth.
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00:43:04,520 –> 00:43:07,720
He has vicious claws.
What’s diverse about him?
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00:43:08,360 –> 00:43:10,560
Well, for one thing, we’ve
already noticed he has two
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00:43:10,560 –> 00:43:12,920
metals in his body.
That makes them different.
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00:43:13,280 –> 00:43:18,720
He has iron and he has brass.
The iron is in his mouth, the
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00:43:18,720 –> 00:43:22,880
brass are in his claws.
That beast then seems to be
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00:43:22,880 –> 00:43:25,160
drawing with the link in Daniel
4.
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00:43:25,160 –> 00:43:26,960
The stump.
And of course the link with the
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00:43:26,960 –> 00:43:29,880
image.
It seems to be drawing from the
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00:43:30,720 –> 00:43:37,280
leopard power or the brass, and
from the other figure, partly
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00:43:37,280 –> 00:43:41,200
the lion, but most importantly
the iron that goes to the legs
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00:43:41,240 –> 00:43:45,360
of Daniel’s image.
So it links with the brass, the
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00:43:45,360 –> 00:43:49,240
leopard, and it links with the
iron, which is part of the 4th
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00:43:49,240 –> 00:43:51,920
beast.
But there’s more than that.
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00:43:52,400 –> 00:43:56,720
If we look carefully at the
angel’s words, the Angel gives
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00:43:56,720 –> 00:44:00,640
us a very important clue as to
what makes him mostly diverse.
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00:44:00,760 –> 00:44:07,400
Back to verse 24.
What makes this beast most
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00:44:07,400 –> 00:44:12,200
diverse is the little horn.
Notice how that reads in verse
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00:44:12,200 –> 00:44:16,120
24.
The 10 horns out of this Kingdom
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00:44:16,120 –> 00:44:20,520
are 10 kings that shall arise,
and another shall arise after
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00:44:20,520 –> 00:44:25,720
them, and he shall be diverse
from the first.
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00:44:27,120 –> 00:44:34,760
So the uniqueness of the 4th
beast lies especially in the
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00:44:34,760 –> 00:44:38,880
nature and the behavior of this
little horn.
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00:44:39,360 –> 00:44:42,560
He becomes the focus of the
attention.
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00:44:44,880 –> 00:44:50,320
The Angel tells Daniel it’s him
that is diverse, especially
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00:44:51,440 –> 00:44:55,240
relative to the other ones.
Now the Angel tells Daniel,
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00:44:55,240 –> 00:44:59,680
brothers and sisters, that these
10 kings, these 10 horns, are 10
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00:44:59,680 –> 00:45:03,880
kings.
All right, this is another king,
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00:45:03,880 –> 00:45:06,760
says the Angel.
All right, what makes them so
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00:45:06,760 –> 00:45:10,400
diverse?
It must be in his behavior.
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00:45:10,720 –> 00:45:15,960
It must be in his claims.
He says things and does things
651
00:45:15,960 –> 00:45:21,960
that focus on this idea of him
being a man with eyes, with a
652
00:45:21,960 –> 00:45:25,360
mother, speaking arrogant things
against God.
653
00:45:25,720 –> 00:45:29,480
It’s that which makes this whole
beast so different.
654
00:45:30,400 –> 00:45:34,040
There are elements in this beast
that are not in the other
655
00:45:34,040 –> 00:45:36,240
beasts.
What are the other beasts?
656
00:45:37,000 –> 00:45:38,960
They are essentially political
powers.
657
00:45:39,120 –> 00:45:41,880
That’s true.
What are these other horns?
658
00:45:41,880 –> 00:45:44,400
They are essentially kings that
will arise.
659
00:45:45,480 –> 00:45:48,280
What is there about this horn,
then that is so different?
660
00:45:49,560 –> 00:45:53,280
It must be brothers and sisters
that there’s something about
661
00:45:53,280 –> 00:45:57,880
this horn that is atypical.
These were simply political
662
00:45:57,880 –> 00:46:04,880
powers or kings, but this one is
diverse, so he must not
663
00:46:04,880 –> 00:46:07,680
essentially be a political
entity.
664
00:46:08,240 –> 00:46:12,720
There must be something else
about his characteristics that
665
00:46:12,720 –> 00:46:16,360
is other than just political.
If that’s not so, then he’d be
666
00:46:16,360 –> 00:46:19,600
the same as all the rest.
If he’s just another king, just
667
00:46:19,600 –> 00:46:23,320
another power that has arisen.
All these kings no doubt were
668
00:46:23,320 –> 00:46:26,680
pompous.
All these kings, no doubt, were
669
00:46:26,760 –> 00:46:30,240
men who were ungodly.
They certainly weren’t pictures
670
00:46:30,240 –> 00:46:35,880
of of the kings of Judah.
No doubt, then, this individual
671
00:46:36,240 –> 00:46:39,240
is what makes the unique
characteristic of the four
672
00:46:39,240 –> 00:46:44,040
feasts and gives us a dimension
that is more than just
673
00:46:44,040 –> 00:46:46,880
political.
In other words, there must be
674
00:46:46,880 –> 00:46:50,800
something about this individual
that is more religious, somewhat
675
00:46:50,800 –> 00:46:55,560
perhaps of an apostate figure
that’s really no other choice,
676
00:46:55,560 –> 00:46:59,960
brothers and sisters, If he’s
just another political power,
677
00:46:59,960 –> 00:47:03,360
he’s not diverse.
He has to have characteristics
678
00:47:03,360 –> 00:47:07,280
that are other than the normal
portrayal of power by ungodly
679
00:47:07,280 –> 00:47:11,000
kings.
And when we see the words used
680
00:47:11,000 –> 00:47:16,160
to describe this figure and the
timing, just notice what it
681
00:47:16,160 –> 00:47:21,240
draws our attention to.
He is the eyes of a man, as
682
00:47:21,240 –> 00:47:23,480
we’ve said, mouth speaking great
things.
683
00:47:24,200 –> 00:47:27,040
He plucks up 3 horns, and he
divers from them.
684
00:47:27,920 –> 00:47:29,800
He’s greater than the 10 in the
end.
685
00:47:30,240 –> 00:47:33,680
He comes later than the 10.
He supersedes the 10.
686
00:47:34,320 –> 00:47:38,640
He wars against the Saints.
He prevails until the Kingdom.
687
00:47:39,240 –> 00:47:43,320
He speaks against God.
He thinks to change times and
688
00:47:43,320 –> 00:47:48,640
laws, and the Saints are given
into his hand for times, times
689
00:47:48,800 –> 00:47:51,440
and half a time.
Do you know brothers and
690
00:47:51,440 –> 00:47:55,000
sisters?
The man of sin is described
691
00:47:55,000 –> 00:48:01,960
specifically as being anomia.
That means lawless, very
692
00:48:01,960 –> 00:48:03,920
important link with a little
horn.
693
00:48:04,960 –> 00:48:08,560
He is anomia lawless.
What does that mean?
694
00:48:08,560 –> 00:48:11,240
If he’s lawless, it means he
pays no attention to the
695
00:48:11,240 –> 00:48:14,640
established laws.
If he’s lawless, he ignores
696
00:48:14,640 –> 00:48:17,560
God’s law.
If he ignores God’s law, no
697
00:48:17,560 –> 00:48:20,760
doubt he makes up his own.
That’s a natural crawler for
698
00:48:20,760 –> 00:48:23,000
someone who’s lawless.
He lives by his own laws.
699
00:48:23,400 –> 00:48:26,080
He belonged to himself, we say.
A common expression.
700
00:48:27,000 –> 00:48:29,240
The man of sin is a law to
himself.
701
00:48:29,240 –> 00:48:33,160
He is anomia.
And significantly, this little
702
00:48:33,160 –> 00:48:38,720
horn is described especially as
being one who changes laws and
703
00:48:38,720 –> 00:48:41,080
times.
He is lawless.
704
00:48:41,080 –> 00:48:45,440
He’s a law to himself, totally a
very important and very
705
00:48:45,440 –> 00:48:47,760
appropriate link with the man of
Sin prophecy.
706
00:48:49,040 –> 00:48:52,840
Now, given the fact that our
margin points out to us that
707
00:48:52,840 –> 00:48:57,440
there are links by language with
Daniel Chapter 7 and the Man of
708
00:48:57,440 –> 00:49:01,200
sin prophecy, as well as the
other links with Tyre and Isaiah
709
00:49:01,200 –> 00:49:06,320
14 and Zechariah 5, the link
with lawlessness and the little
710
00:49:06,320 –> 00:49:09,760
horn is therefore even more
reinforced.
711
00:49:10,800 –> 00:49:12,920
Furthermore, he’s a persecuting
power.
712
00:49:13,960 –> 00:49:19,960
Furthermore, he speaks and talks
in a way that is God like, and
713
00:49:19,960 –> 00:49:24,440
yet he’s going to be present to
be destroyed by the fiery
714
00:49:24,440 –> 00:49:26,560
presence of the Lord Jesus
Christ.
715
00:49:27,040 –> 00:49:29,880
How is the Son of?
How is the man of sin destroyed?
716
00:49:30,760 –> 00:49:34,600
He’s destroyed by the return of
Christ, by the brightness of his
717
00:49:34,640 –> 00:49:36,840
coming.
And as we see that links into
718
00:49:36,840 –> 00:49:40,040
Thessalonians chapter one.
By brightness Paul means the
719
00:49:40,040 –> 00:49:42,720
flaming fire of Christ’s
judgment on those who are
720
00:49:42,720 –> 00:49:46,080
wicked.
So the language used to describe
721
00:49:46,080 –> 00:49:50,200
this individual’s demise is the
same as that used to describe
722
00:49:50,200 –> 00:49:56,120
the end of the man of sin and
his characteristics being man
723
00:49:56,120 –> 00:49:59,640
like, that’s the key stress.
He wants us to know that he’s
724
00:49:59,640 –> 00:50:01,760
like a man.
He has the eyes of a man.
725
00:50:02,000 –> 00:50:05,480
He has the most of a man.
He speaks like a man and yet he
726
00:50:05,480 –> 00:50:10,280
acts like God, the man of sin.
He acts like God.
727
00:50:10,720 –> 00:50:14,280
He is a man, but he claims to
have God like qualities.
728
00:50:15,280 –> 00:50:18,440
It’s remarkable to see those
links, brothers and sisters, all
729
00:50:18,440 –> 00:50:23,760
of which reinforce, we believe,
the key concept of the false
730
00:50:23,800 –> 00:50:28,200
imitating the true and the
importance of seeing those links
731
00:50:28,200 –> 00:50:32,040
in Daniel.
Now brothers and sisters in
732
00:50:32,040 –> 00:50:36,400
Daniel itself, if you turn in
your notes, there are other
733
00:50:36,400 –> 00:50:41,000
places in Daniel which
established this concept that
734
00:50:41,000 –> 00:50:45,480
we’ve seen in 2nd Thessalonians
2 that the false is an imitation
735
00:50:45,480 –> 00:50:48,880
of the truth.
Would you turn to page 11 A?
736
00:50:51,800 –> 00:50:56,600
Because when we look at the man,
the little horn in Daniel 7 and
737
00:50:56,600 –> 00:51:01,400
we suggest that he is the false
imitating the truth, we are not
738
00:51:01,400 –> 00:51:03,680
suggesting something about
Daniel seven.
739
00:51:03,680 –> 00:51:08,320
That is in a vacuum.
In Daniel itself, this concept
740
00:51:08,320 –> 00:51:10,440
has been established very
subtly.
741
00:51:11,400 –> 00:51:13,880
We draw your attention to some
of the possible links you might
742
00:51:13,880 –> 00:51:18,760
be able to think of more.
It’s interesting, isn’t it, that
743
00:51:18,960 –> 00:51:23,480
Nebuchadnezzar is described or
describes himself as the King of
744
00:51:23,480 –> 00:51:26,520
Kings.
That phrase occurs only one
745
00:51:26,520 –> 00:51:30,640
other place in the Bible, That’s
of Jesus Christ in Revelation,
746
00:51:31,960 –> 00:51:34,240
and here is the head of that
system.
747
00:51:34,760 –> 00:51:38,440
Here is Nebuchadnezzar.
Thou art this head of gold,
748
00:51:39,480 –> 00:51:42,560
giving himself a description
that is only appropriate to you
749
00:51:42,560 –> 00:51:47,320
use of the Lord Jesus Christ.
In Daniel chapter 2, he’s
750
00:51:47,320 –> 00:51:50,640
described as having power,
glory, strength, and a Kingdom.
751
00:51:51,600 –> 00:51:56,680
In Revelation 5, look at the
links Power, Glory and Strength
752
00:51:57,440 –> 00:51:59,760
and he has a Kingdom.
And 20 beasts around the throne
753
00:51:59,760 –> 00:52:02,160
say.
That Daniel, chapter two, he
754
00:52:02,160 –> 00:52:06,040
breaketh in pieces and subdueth.
That’s.
755
00:52:06,040 –> 00:52:10,040
Speaking of Nebuchadnezzar in
verse. 40 but of Jesus.
756
00:52:10,040 –> 00:52:13,200
Christ the Stone.
In verse 44 it says he will
757
00:52:13,200 –> 00:52:19,600
break in pieces and consume
Jesus Christ the man of Babylon,
758
00:52:20,280 –> 00:52:22,840
both given the same kind of
descriptions.
759
00:52:25,080 –> 00:52:27,160
Daniel, Chapter 4.
The tree grows.
760
00:52:27,160 –> 00:52:30,400
The fowls of heaven dwell in it,
and it speaks of thy dominion.
761
00:52:30,400 –> 00:52:34,360
Speaking of Nebuchadnezzar,
interestingly in the Gospels
762
00:52:34,360 –> 00:52:39,160
some of that language is drawn
from in Luke 13 there is a great
763
00:52:39,160 –> 00:52:43,240
tree says Jesus in the parable
and the fowls of the Air Lodge
764
00:52:43,240 –> 00:52:47,640
in it.
Links are with Jesus.
765
00:52:47,640 –> 00:52:52,320
Descriptions of the Groves of
the Kingdom and Daniel Daniel
766
00:52:52,320 –> 00:52:55,360
Chapter 7.
He thinks to change times and
767
00:52:55,360 –> 00:52:56,760
laws.
The little horn.
768
00:52:57,880 –> 00:53:01,960
Now notice this one our most
remarkable link in Daniel
769
00:53:01,960 –> 00:53:07,920
chapter 2, verse 21.
It specifically says God changes
770
00:53:07,920 –> 00:53:11,440
the times and seasons.
God does that.
771
00:53:12,240 –> 00:53:16,520
No other man can do that.
Only God changes the times and
772
00:53:16,520 –> 00:53:19,880
seasons.
But on the little horn it says
773
00:53:19,880 –> 00:53:22,320
that he changes the times and
seasons.
774
00:53:22,840 –> 00:53:26,160
Who does he think he is?
Who does he think he is?
775
00:53:26,160 –> 00:53:28,880
He thinks he’s God.
That’s who he thinks he is.
776
00:53:29,120 –> 00:53:30,920
Who does the man of sin think he
is?
777
00:53:31,160 –> 00:53:33,960
He thinks he’s God.
Who did the Prince of Tyre think
778
00:53:33,960 –> 00:53:35,720
he was?
He thought he was God.
779
00:53:36,600 –> 00:53:40,360
Who did Lucifer think he is or
think he was?
780
00:53:40,640 –> 00:53:44,000
He thought he was God, and he
even appropriated to himself the
781
00:53:44,000 –> 00:53:47,200
sides of the north with a
congregation presided in Zion.
782
00:53:48,440 –> 00:53:52,600
See Brothers and Sisters, before
you come to Daniel Chapter 7,
783
00:53:53,160 –> 00:53:55,440
and consider the little born
prophecy.
784
00:53:56,040 –> 00:54:01,680
There is laid down in those
passages and Daniel a concept
785
00:54:02,400 –> 00:54:08,240
that the false man imitates the
true man, and it’s centered in
786
00:54:08,240 –> 00:54:12,280
Daniel.
In Nebuchadnezzar in particular,
787
00:54:13,120 –> 00:54:17,800
he is the man that he is
representative of, John Thomas,
788
00:54:17,800 –> 00:54:22,280
said as the kingdoms of men.
He represents as a man the
789
00:54:22,280 –> 00:54:26,040
kingdoms of men with all their
apostasy.
790
00:54:26,040 –> 00:54:29,240
In the words of John Thomas they
are tyranny and idolatry.
791
00:54:30,360 –> 00:54:35,320
And in Daniel you have this
false kind of ascription to a
792
00:54:35,320 –> 00:54:39,680
false figure in a language that
is only appropriate to describe
793
00:54:39,680 –> 00:54:44,440
the king of Kings.
So when we come back to Daniel
794
00:54:44,440 –> 00:54:50,280
7, now once again we can be sure
that the concept of the false as
795
00:54:50,280 –> 00:54:54,760
an imitator of the truth is in
fact well established in Daniel
796
00:54:55,120 –> 00:54:57,720
in the descriptions given to
Nebuchadnezzar or in the
797
00:54:57,720 –> 00:55:02,080
descriptions he gives to himself
the false and imitation of the
798
00:55:02,080 –> 00:55:11,810
truth.
Now, brothers and sisters, would
799
00:55:11,810 –> 00:55:15,410
you turn in your notes?
To page 17.
800
00:55:24,640 –> 00:55:25,880
Just quickly go through this
we’re.
801
00:55:27,400 –> 00:55:30,120
Going to stop at 3:00.
Three o’clock.
802
00:55:30,400 –> 00:55:31,880
OK, just go through this very
quickly.
803
00:55:40,990 –> 00:55:46,070
Once again, we come back.
To the man of sin prophecy we
804
00:55:46,070 –> 00:55:47,950
have been.
In Daniel, we’ve.
805
00:55:47,950 –> 00:55:52,030
Looked at the beast in Daniel 7,
we’ve realized that.
806
00:55:52,030 –> 00:55:54,550
There’s a fourth.
Beast that is diverse and his
807
00:55:54,550 –> 00:55:57,590
diversity is centered especially
in the nature of that little
808
00:55:57,590 –> 00:56:02,120
horn that speaks great things.
We’ve seen the links with him,
809
00:56:02,440 –> 00:56:04,720
the language used to describe
his activity, and his
810
00:56:04,720 –> 00:56:06,800
characteristics.
With a man of sin.
811
00:56:07,920 –> 00:56:15,000
Then it would be a fair question
to ask if the man of sin is
812
00:56:15,000 –> 00:56:18,960
linked that closely with the
beast system and Daniel.
813
00:56:20,160 –> 00:56:23,960
Ought we not to see some links
with the man of sin and the
814
00:56:23,960 –> 00:56:27,600
beast system in Revelation?
That would be a natural
815
00:56:27,600 –> 00:56:32,400
corollary, if our thesis is
correct, that the man of sin is
816
00:56:32,400 –> 00:56:36,000
tightly connected with both
beast systems and the fact that
817
00:56:36,000 –> 00:56:39,560
they are one and the same.
And we do find that, brothers
818
00:56:39,560 –> 00:56:43,760
and sisters, on page 17 we’ve
catalogued for you the many
819
00:56:43,760 –> 00:56:48,160
links that are used to describe
the man of sin and the system
820
00:56:48,160 –> 00:56:53,080
related to the beasts.
In Revelation, for example, the
821
00:56:53,080 –> 00:56:58,840
man of sin emphasis on the word
man in the false system as it’s
822
00:56:58,840 –> 00:57:00,720
unfolded.
In Revelation, beginning at
823
00:57:00,720 –> 00:57:05,280
chapter 12, immediately there is
attention given to the man
824
00:57:05,280 –> 00:57:09,080
figure, the man child of
Revelation 12.
825
00:57:09,080 –> 00:57:12,080
Verse five, we’re told.
The end.
826
00:57:12,080 –> 00:57:17,160
Of Revelation. 13 verse 18 After
being given the number that it
827
00:57:17,160 –> 00:57:21,720
is the number of a man, he wants
us to know that it’s the number
828
00:57:21,760 –> 00:57:23,960
of a man.
What was stressed in the little
829
00:57:23,960 –> 00:57:29,440
horn prophecy?
Eyes of a man, mouth of a man, a
830
00:57:29,440 –> 00:57:33,240
man speaking great things.
That’s what we were supposed to
831
00:57:33,240 –> 00:57:36,480
know about that little horn.
Furthermore, in 2nd
832
00:57:36,520 –> 00:57:39,880
Thessalonians 2 verse three he
has an apocalypse.
833
00:57:40,600 –> 00:57:44,520
Well we noticed in Revelation
one verse one that Jesus is
834
00:57:44,520 –> 00:57:49,040
Apocalypse and he is Apocalypse.
For the purpose of showing how
835
00:57:49,040 –> 00:57:54,400
he is going to come and return
to reveal himself and destroy
836
00:57:54,400 –> 00:57:58,960
the bee system, the man of sin
must be revealed first, says
837
00:57:58,960 –> 00:58:01,880
Paul.
Before obviously the Son of man
838
00:58:01,880 –> 00:58:03,800
can return, Who will destroy
him?
839
00:58:05,080 –> 00:58:10,040
The son of perdition.
Revelation 17 and 11, the only
840
00:58:10,040 –> 00:58:13,000
other place where perdition is
used in the New Testament
841
00:58:13,680 –> 00:58:19,000
pertains to the beast system.
Very significantly, the beast
842
00:58:19,000 –> 00:58:22,640
that goeth into perdition.
Only other New Testament
843
00:58:22,640 –> 00:58:26,280
reference the man of sin is.
Associated with mystery.
844
00:58:26,960 –> 00:58:31,040
In Revelation 17 and five, the
woman comes out on a scarlet
845
00:58:31,040 –> 00:58:35,000
colored beast and across the
word mystery.
846
00:58:35,640 –> 00:58:37,680
Same thing associated with the
man of sin.
847
00:58:38,320 –> 00:58:40,480
The man of sin is described as
being Satan.
848
00:58:40,960 –> 00:58:44,400
Revelation 12 and verse 9 the
dragon is described as Satan.
849
00:58:45,520 –> 00:58:47,400
The man of sin is.
Described as having.
850
00:58:47,400 –> 00:58:49,280
Power.
Greek word dunamis.
851
00:58:49,760 –> 00:58:55,080
The dragon gave his dunamis
David’s power to the sea beast
852
00:58:55,880 –> 00:58:58,200
behind the scenes revelation.
Excuse me.
853
00:58:58,200 –> 00:59:00,440
Second Thessalonians chapter 2,
verse 9.
854
00:59:00,920 –> 00:59:03,880
The man of sin portrays signs
Greek word Saman.
855
00:59:04,600 –> 00:59:09,680
Same word used to describe the
Saman, the wonders of the earth
856
00:59:09,680 –> 00:59:12,320
beast.
The man of sin is.
857
00:59:12,320 –> 00:59:16,200
Described as having a working.
Of Satan the dragon described as
858
00:59:16,200 –> 00:59:20,960
that old serpent Satan.
He works with deceivableness in
859
00:59:20,960 –> 00:59:24,800
verse 10.
The earth beast deceives them
860
00:59:24,880 –> 00:59:28,840
that dwell on the earth.
He works the lies and lying
861
00:59:28,840 –> 00:59:30,280
wonders the man of sin.
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