Class 1 from this series was used in GCT Episode 281.<\/p>\n
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\nBadger, who will give us the his
\nfifth class and the title of the<\/p>\n
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\n5th class is Observations on
\nRevelations Chapter 12 and 17, <\/p>\n
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\nPart 2.
\nMother Badger. <\/p>\n
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\nMorning brothers and sisters and
\nyoung people. <\/p>\n
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\nA little recap from yesterday
\nbefore, we were trying to assess<\/p>\n
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\nthe events in Revelation Chapter<\/p>\n
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\n12.
\nYesterday, we first considered <\/p>\n
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\nRevelation Chapter 11.
\nWe feel that it’s useful to take<\/p>\n
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\na look at that chapter prior to
\nmaking a careful assessment of <\/p>\n
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\nthose events in Revelation 12.
\nWe believe that yesterday in <\/p>\n
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\nRevelation 12, excuse me,
\nRevelation 11, we saw <\/p>\n
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\nindications of a concept that we
\nmet in our earlier studies in <\/p>\n
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\nDaniel that we also met in
\nSecond Thessalonians Chapter 2. <\/p>\n
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\nThe concept of the false being
\nan imitation of the true. <\/p>\n
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\nWe believe that there are hints
\nof that in those early details <\/p>\n
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\nof Revelation Chapter 11.
\nThen we went to the other side <\/p>\n
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\nof Revelation 12.
\nIn Revelation Chapter 13, we met<\/p>\n
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\ntwo beasts, the sea beast and
\nthe Earth beast. <\/p>\n
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\nWith both of these, we found
\nthat there were terms used that <\/p>\n
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\nin scripture have strong
\nassociation with apostasy. <\/p>\n
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\nThe sea beast, for example, is
\nintroduced to us with a banner <\/p>\n
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\nas it were.
\nOver top of that beast the term <\/p>\n
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\nblasphemy.
\nAnd we noted yesterday that the <\/p>\n
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\nterm blasphemy seems to be used
\nin a very specific sense in the <\/p>\n
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\nBook of Revelation.
\nExcept for Revelation chapter 2 <\/p>\n
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\nand verse 9, every reference to
\nblasphemy in the Book of <\/p>\n
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\nRevelation is in relation to the
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\nAnd most significantly, that one
\nexception in Revelation 2 and <\/p>\n
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\nverse 9 refers to blasphemy in
\nconjunction with those who claim<\/p>\n
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\nto be Jews but are not Jews.
\nThey are people who make a <\/p>\n
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\npretense of being Israel, but
\nthey are not Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nThey don’t belong to the
\nEcclesia, they belong to the <\/p>\n
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\nsynagogue of Satan.
\nThen we looked at the Earth <\/p>\n
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\nBeast, and perhaps that’s where
\nwe can see the. <\/p>\n
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\nTruth of this.
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\nwhere following on from the
\ndragon scene of Revelation 12, <\/p>\n
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\nwe noticed that this dragon has
\ncontinuity as it manifests <\/p>\n
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\nitself not only through the sea
\nbeast as John tells us in the <\/p>\n
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\nopening of Revelation 13, where
\nthe dragon gives the sea beast <\/p>\n
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\nits power.
\nWhen we come to the earth beast <\/p>\n
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\nin the second part of Revelation
\n13, John first views a creature <\/p>\n
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\nthat, to all intents and
\npurposes must have reminded him <\/p>\n
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\nof the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nTo start with. <\/p>\n
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\nFor earlier in Revelation, the
\nMaster has been pictured <\/p>\n
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\nsymbolically as the Lamb.
\nSo he sees a lamb. <\/p>\n
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\nBut John tells us it wasn’t
\nuntil this beast opened his <\/p>\n
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\nmouth that he spake as a dragon.
\nThus the dragon of Revelation <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 12 has not disappeared.
\nHe is getting power to the sea <\/p>\n
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\nbeast in its face.
\nHe is furthermore, continuing to<\/p>\n
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\ngive.
\nPower and force. <\/p>\n
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\nTo the Earth beast, the dragon
\nhas not gone. <\/p>\n
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\nHis appearance has changed.
\nHis obviousness has become more <\/p>\n
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\nand more difficult to identify.
\nHe is covert rather than being <\/p>\n
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\napparently a dragon.
\nUpon first picturing concept of <\/p>\n
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\nthe false of the truth, we
\nnotice how the Lord Jesus. <\/p>\n
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\nUsed a similar figure to that of<\/p>\n
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\nRevelation 13 with the Earth
\nbased when he talked about <\/p>\n
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\napostasy being pictured as
\nwolves in sheep’s clothing. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Apostle Paul, when he spoke
\nto the Ephesian elders in the <\/p>\n
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\nActs, warned them that after his
\ndeparture grievous wolves would <\/p>\n
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\nenter in among the flock.
\nThen there are references in <\/p>\n
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\nafter chapter 12, which show <\/p>\n
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\nthat its later development does
\nresult in apostasy associations <\/p>\n
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\nthat prior to chapter 12 there.
\nAre also. <\/p>\n
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\nHints in Revelation 11 of this
\nconcept of the false imitating <\/p>\n
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\nthe truth.
\nThat whole concept surrounds <\/p>\n
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\nmust be borne in mind before we <\/p>\n
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\ncan be sure we’ve got the right
\ninterpretation of the details. <\/p>\n
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\nIn Revelation 12, it issues a
\ncaution that though there may be<\/p>\n
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\ncertain things going on in
\nRevelation 12 that seem to be <\/p>\n
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\nreflections of the truth, there
\nmight also be there too, a <\/p>\n
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\nSimilar to what we see the <\/p>\n
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\nlater phases, such as with the <\/p>\n
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\nLike the true but. <\/p>\n
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\nearlier yesterday that the man <\/p>\n
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\ndetails used to describe the man
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\nEmphasis, especially being <\/p>\n
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\nFor example, when the dragon is <\/p>\n
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\nThe Kingdom of God is believed
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\nNow has come salvation. <\/p>\n
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\nfurther beyond that acclamation,<\/p>\n
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\ndo we see the signs of the
\nKingdom of God being set up? <\/p>\n
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\nIn fact, we don’t, For we read
\nin verse 12 immediately after <\/p>\n
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\nthese events, simultaneous to
\nthe acclamation now has come the<\/p>\n
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\nKingdom of our God.
\nInstead we find woe to the <\/p>\n
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\ninhabitants of the earth and of
\nthe sea, for the devil has come <\/p>\n
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\ndown unto you.
\nThe devil is now released. <\/p>\n
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\nFurthermore, this devilish
\ndragon pursues the woman as we <\/p>\n
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\nread in verse 13 and 14, and he
\ndrives her into the wilderness. <\/p>\n
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\nMore than that, in verse 17 the
\ndragon begins a campaign of <\/p>\n
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\npersecution and he makes war
\nwith the remnant of her seed. <\/p>\n
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\nIs this what we would expect to
\nbe the events after the <\/p>\n
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\nacclamation that now has come?
\nThe Kingdom of God now has come <\/p>\n
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\nsalvation.
\nAre these the events that we <\/p>\n
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\nwould expect to be ushering in
\nthe Millennium? <\/p>\n
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\nHardly.
\nAnd then we discovered that the <\/p>\n
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\nDragon’s life history continues.
\nAs we’ve already noted, he <\/p>\n
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\npower behind the Sea Beast in <\/p>\n
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\nRevelation 13.
\nHe also is the force behind our <\/p>\n
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\nearth beast here on the screen
\nin verse 11. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd as we pursue the rest of the
\nBook of Revelation, we <\/p>\n
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\ndiscovered that the dragon is
\nstill present as far as <\/p>\n
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\nRevelation 20 and verse two.
\nThese are hardly the events that<\/p>\n
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\nwe would expect to be attending,
\nthe ushering in of the Kingdom <\/p>\n
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\nof God, not prior to the Kingdom
\nof God, but in fact after the <\/p>\n
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\nKingdom of God.
\nAfter Michael, whoever he is has<\/p>\n
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\nWhatever that is the false is it<\/p>\n
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\nimitating the truth.
\nMichael is exalted, we notice in<\/p>\n
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\nRevelation 12 and the Saints are
\npersecuted. <\/p>\n
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\nIf Michael represents the Lord
\nJesus Christ is somewhat urge. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s peculiar that upon the
\nelevation of this Michael to a <\/p>\n
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\nthrone of victory, at the time
\nwhen sin and the devil is <\/p>\n
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\nfinally destroyed or is at least
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\none looks at those symbols, not.
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\nand ye holy apostles and
\nprophets, for God hath avenged <\/p>\n
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\nheaven where the dragon draws <\/p>\n
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\n00:21:48,480 –> 00:21:50,680
\nhis tail.
\nIn the third part of the stars. <\/p>\n
341
\n00:21:51,600 –> 00:21:57,040
\nIt’s in heaven where the dragon
\nconfronts Michael in verse 7 and<\/p>\n
342
\n00:21:57,040 –> 00:22:00,360
\nwar breaks out.
\nThis is the heaven. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:22:01,280 –> 00:22:05,440
\nAnd yet it is sometimes urged
\nthat in verse 5, when the man <\/p>\n
344
\n00:22:05,440 –> 00:22:10,400
\nchild is elevated and freed from
\nthe clutches of the dragon, as <\/p>\n
345
\n00:22:10,400 –> 00:22:14,080
\nsoon as he is born and is caught
\nup unto God into his throne, <\/p>\n
346
\n00:22:14,400 –> 00:22:16,800
\nthat this must be none other
\nthan the resurrection of Jesus <\/p>\n
347
\n00:22:16,800 –> 00:22:18,440
\nChrist to the right hand of the
\nFather. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:22:19,720 –> 00:22:24,880
\nBut where is this throne?
\nWhere is this God, this throne? <\/p>\n
349
\n00:22:24,880 –> 00:22:28,560
\nAnd this God is in the position
\nthat Michael finally takes. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:22:29,240 –> 00:22:31,240
\nWhat position does Michael
\nfinally take? <\/p>\n
351
\n00:22:32,080 –> 00:22:34,800
\nHe takes his place in heaven,
\nVerse seven. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:22:35,120 –> 00:22:37,760
\nThat’s the throne.
\nThat’s the destination that he’s<\/p>\n
353
\n00:22:37,760 –> 00:22:41,280
\nbrought to, and that’s the very
\nheaven where the dragon has been<\/p>\n
354
\n00:22:41,280 –> 00:22:44,880
\npreviously.
\nIs this the heaven where the <\/p>\n
355
\n00:22:44,880 –> 00:22:48,360
\nalmighty dwells?
\nDoes he dwell in the place that <\/p>\n
356
\n00:22:48,360 –> 00:22:50,600
\nwas previously occupied by the
\ndragon? <\/p>\n
357
\n00:22:51,040 –> 00:22:52,960
\nThat’s the residence that
\nMichael takes up. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:22:53,440 –> 00:22:57,560
\nThat’s the place of his throne.
\nThat’s where this God is <\/p>\n
359
\n00:22:57,560 –> 00:23:00,800
\npositioned.
\nDo we have any hints in the <\/p>\n
360
\n00:23:00,800 –> 00:23:05,360
\nenvironment of Revelation 1112
\nand 13 that there might be <\/p>\n
361
\n00:23:05,360 –> 00:23:09,040
\nanother God spoken up here?
\nWell, if we go back to <\/p>\n
362
\n00:23:09,040 –> 00:23:17,040
\nRevelation 11, it’s interesting
\nto note in verse 4 in reference <\/p>\n
363
\n00:23:17,160 –> 00:23:21,880
\nto the candlesticks and the
\nwitnesses, these verse four are <\/p>\n
364
\n00:23:21,880 –> 00:23:26,000
\nthe 2 olive trees and the two
\ncandlesticks standing before the<\/p>\n
365
\n00:23:26,000 –> 00:23:29,680
\nGod of the earth, the God of the
\nearth. <\/p>\n
366
\n00:23:31,880 –> 00:23:37,000
\nIs that the true God or is that
\nsomeone else who perhaps poses <\/p>\n
367
\n00:23:37,000 –> 00:23:40,520
\nthis God?
\nIt’s interesting in Revelation <\/p>\n
368
\n00:23:40,520 –> 00:23:45,760
\n11 to read the following.
\nIn verse 13 by way of contrast <\/p>\n
369
\n00:23:45,800 –> 00:23:50,680
\nwe suggest and the same hour
\nthere was a great earthquake, <\/p>\n
370
\n00:23:50,680 –> 00:23:54,240
\nand the 10th part of the city
\nfell, and in the earthquake were<\/p>\n
371
\n00:23:54,240 –> 00:23:58,520
\nslain of men, 7000, and the
\nremnants were affrighted and <\/p>\n
372
\n00:23:58,520 –> 00:24:04,560
\ngave glory to the God of heaven.
\nIs there a distinction intended <\/p>\n
373
\n00:24:04,800 –> 00:24:09,840
\nbetween the God of heaven?
\nAs opposed to the God of the <\/p>\n
374
\n00:24:09,960 –> 00:24:11,760
\nearth.
\nTwo different articles in the <\/p>\n
375
\n00:24:11,760 –> 00:24:15,600
\nGreek in verse four?
\nOr are they two expressions of <\/p>\n
376
\n00:24:15,600 –> 00:24:19,400
\nthe same God?
\nWell, it’s interesting once <\/p>\n
377
\n00:24:19,400 –> 00:24:22,720
\nagain to notice the original,
\nfor we discover when we look at <\/p>\n
378
\n00:24:22,720 –> 00:24:26,480
\nRevelation 11, verse four, that
\nthe Greek word for God is <\/p>\n
379
\n00:24:26,480 –> 00:24:30,680
\ncurious.
\nThey stand before the curious of<\/p>\n
380
\n00:24:30,680 –> 00:24:34,880
\nthe earth.
\nBut significantly, we believe in<\/p>\n
381
\n00:24:34,880 –> 00:24:38,960
\nverse 13.
\nCurious is not repeated to <\/p>\n
382
\n00:24:38,960 –> 00:24:44,240
\ndescribe the God of heaven.
\nIt is the say off of heaven in <\/p>\n
383
\n00:24:44,240 –> 00:24:48,600
\nverse 13.
\nWhy use two distinctive Greek <\/p>\n
384
\n00:24:48,600 –> 00:24:52,120
\nterms if in fact it was intended
\nthat we are to make these two <\/p>\n
385
\n00:24:52,240 –> 00:24:57,000
\ntitles synonymous with one and
\nthe same God, the God of the <\/p>\n
386
\n00:24:57,040 –> 00:25:01,920
\nearth, the curious of the earth,
\nas opposed to the, say, off of <\/p>\n
387
\n00:25:01,920 –> 00:25:04,560
\nheaven?
\nWe suggest there’s a distinction<\/p>\n
388
\n00:25:04,560 –> 00:25:08,520
\nthere.
\nAnd that in turn prepares us, we<\/p>\n
389
\n00:25:08,520 –> 00:25:12,480
\nbelieve, for a correct
\nunderstanding of Revelation 12 <\/p>\n
390
\n00:25:12,480 –> 00:25:18,280
\nand verse 5, where Michael is
\ncaught up unto God and his <\/p>\n
391
\n00:25:18,280 –> 00:25:22,640
\nthrone in a heaven that we can
\ndefine in the context of <\/p>\n
392
\n00:25:22,640 –> 00:25:26,360
\nRevelation 12.
\nThat was a place of warfare, a <\/p>\n
393
\n00:25:26,400 –> 00:25:30,760
\nheaven where a dragon presided
\nbefore Michael got there. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:25:32,320 –> 00:25:37,240
\nA heaven where a woman finally
\nsits, clothed with the sun and <\/p>\n
395
\n00:25:37,240 –> 00:25:43,160
\nthe moon and the 12 stars.
\nIs this the heaven of where our <\/p>\n
396
\n00:25:43,160 –> 00:25:48,520
\nFather truly presides?
\nIs this this presence where a <\/p>\n
397
\n00:25:48,520 –> 00:25:51,120
\ndragon fights and challenges
\nMichael? <\/p>\n
398
\n00:25:51,880 –> 00:25:56,880
\nHardly, brothers and sisters,
\nthe context of Revelation 12 the<\/p>\n
399
\n00:25:56,880 –> 00:25:59,720
\ndestination of where Michael
\nfinally goes when he goes to <\/p>\n
400
\n00:25:59,720 –> 00:26:02,800
\nthis throne, and before this
\nGod, is the heaven where the <\/p>\n
401
\n00:26:02,800 –> 00:26:05,840
\ndragon has presided.
\nAnd therefore there’s good <\/p>\n
402
\n00:26:05,840 –> 00:26:08,960
\nreason to suspect that this is
\nnot the true, but it’s an <\/p>\n
403
\n00:26:08,960 –> 00:26:12,080
\nimitation of the truth.
\nThe language of the true is <\/p>\n
404
\n00:26:12,080 –> 00:26:15,240
\nbeing used to portray a place
\nthat truly is not in the context<\/p>\n
405
\n00:26:15,440 –> 00:26:17,920
\nthat heaven where our Father in
\nHeaven presides. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:26:18,840 –> 00:26:22,320
\nAnd then from the clues in
\nRevelation Chapter 11, that the <\/p>\n
407
\n00:26:22,320 –> 00:26:27,000
\nScriptures distinguish this God
\nwho was called the curious of <\/p>\n
408
\n00:26:27,000 –> 00:26:31,400
\nthe earth as opposed to the true
\none, who is the Phaos of heaven,<\/p>\n
409
\n00:26:32,240 –> 00:26:35,640
\ngives us reinforcement and
\nfurther reason to suspect that <\/p>\n
410
\n00:26:35,640 –> 00:26:39,920
\nwhere Michael goes is not where
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ went when <\/p>\n
411
\n00:26:39,920 –> 00:26:42,040
\nhe went to the right hand of the
\nFather. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:26:43,440 –> 00:26:46,240
\nTherefore, once again, we see
\nhow. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:26:46,520 –> 00:26:49,000
\nA.
\nFurther reading in Revelation 13<\/p>\n
414
\n00:26:49,560 –> 00:26:54,120
\nand asking ourselves how the
\ndragon finally ends up in his <\/p>\n
415
\n00:26:54,120 –> 00:26:58,160
\nlater manifestations associated
\nwith the sea beast and <\/p>\n
416
\n00:26:58,160 –> 00:27:02,120
\nblasphemy, and then finally a
\nfigure who looks like the lamb <\/p>\n
417
\n00:27:02,120 –> 00:27:05,800
\nwith the dragon inside, shows us
\nthat what’s happening in <\/p>\n
418
\n00:27:05,800 –> 00:27:10,200
\nRevelation chapter 12 is the
\ndragon in his first stage. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:27:10,800 –> 00:27:14,640
\nBut there are clues in
\nRevelation 12 before we get to <\/p>\n
420
\n00:27:14,640 –> 00:27:20,120
\n13 that this dragon is going to
\nbe associated with the woman. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:27:21,000 –> 00:27:25,560
\nHe’s going to be associated with
\na place of authority called <\/p>\n
422
\n00:27:25,560 –> 00:27:28,160
\nHeaven.
\nThere is going to be a place <\/p>\n
423
\n00:27:28,160 –> 00:27:30,760
\nthat is something like a.
\nThrone called the Throne of. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:27:30,760 –> 00:27:35,200
\nGod and that this Michael is
\nindeed going to be one who <\/p>\n
425
\n00:27:35,200 –> 00:27:38,240
\nportrays God like features in
\nsome ways. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:27:38,480 –> 00:27:42,480
\nThus his name Michael, like unto
\nGod we might think that. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:27:42,480 –> 00:27:46,120
\nThat’s absurd at first.
\nBut is it so absurd? <\/p>\n
428
\n00:27:46,920 –> 00:27:50,000
\nDo we not have a connection with
\nthis beast system and 2nd <\/p>\n
429
\n00:27:50,000 –> 00:27:53,520
\nThessalonians Chapter 2 In The
\nMan of Sin We do. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:27:54,440 –> 00:27:57,840
\nOur notes show us that by the
\nvery close word associations <\/p>\n
431
\n00:27:57,840 –> 00:28:01,920
\nbetween a man of sin and the
\nbeast system, they are one and <\/p>\n
432
\n00:28:01,920 –> 00:28:05,600
\nthe same.
\nSame terms, same concepts, the <\/p>\n
433
\n00:28:05,600 –> 00:28:10,080
\nvery same Greek words use.
\nThus when we get to Revelation <\/p>\n
434
\n00:28:10,080 –> 00:28:15,320
\nchapter 12, we see one who is
\nlike God, who ascends to a <\/p>\n
435
\n00:28:15,320 –> 00:28:20,920
\nposition that is heaven, Who
\nthen sits in a place or comes to<\/p>\n
436
\n00:28:20,920 –> 00:28:22,800
\na place.
\nThat is called the throne of <\/p>\n
437
\n00:28:22,800 –> 00:28:25,440
\nGod.
\nAnd we know at the same time <\/p>\n
438
\n00:28:25,440 –> 00:28:28,480
\nthat the man of sin, having the
\nconnections he does with this <\/p>\n
439
\n00:28:28,480 –> 00:28:34,720
\nbeast system, also is described
\nas one like God, that he is one <\/p>\n
440
\n00:28:34,720 –> 00:28:39,200
\nwho presides in a place called a
\ntemple, that he has a seat <\/p>\n
441
\n00:28:39,320 –> 00:28:41,240
\naccording to Second
\nThessalonians 2. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:28:42,120 –> 00:28:45,880
\nWe do have good warrant for
\nbelieving from those connections<\/p>\n
443
\n00:28:45,880 –> 00:28:48,680
\nwith Second Thessalonians
\nChapter 2 that this is none <\/p>\n
444
\n00:28:48,680 –> 00:28:52,680
\nother than a further
\namplification of what’s going on<\/p>\n
445
\n00:28:53,240 –> 00:28:57,000
\nin 2nd Thessalonians 2.
\nPerhaps this is a further stage <\/p>\n
446
\n00:28:57,000 –> 00:29:01,000
\nor further information, but the
\nconcept is not out of the <\/p>\n
447
\n00:29:01,000 –> 00:29:05,360
\nballpark as it were.
\nWe do have a person in Scripture<\/p>\n
448
\n00:29:05,680 –> 00:29:08,840
\nin a passage that does connect
\nwith this beast system at other <\/p>\n
449
\n00:29:08,840 –> 00:29:12,640
\npoints after 12 and before 12,
\nWho does? <\/p>\n
450
\n00:29:12,640 –> 00:29:15,600
\nPose as a God.
\nAnd yet he isn’t God who does <\/p>\n
451
\n00:29:15,600 –> 00:29:18,120
\nhave a seat of authority.
\nThat would look like the Temple <\/p>\n
452
\n00:29:18,120 –> 00:29:22,240
\nof God, but it isn’t the Temple
\nof God who claims to be like a <\/p>\n
453
\n00:29:22,240 –> 00:29:25,520
\nMichael one like God.
\nBut in fact, the man of sin is <\/p>\n
454
\n00:29:25,520 –> 00:29:28,960
\nno more than the Son of
\nPerdition, one who is doing a <\/p>\n
455
\n00:29:28,960 –> 00:29:34,800
\nvery careful job of
\ncounterfeiting great value and <\/p>\n
456
\n00:29:34,800 –> 00:29:37,760
\nhaving first seriously
\nconsidered the terms of <\/p>\n
457
\n00:29:37,760 –> 00:29:39,760
\nreference in 2nd Thessalonians
\n2. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:29:39,760 –> 00:29:44,480
\nFirst, before going into
\nRevelation value and seeing 1st <\/p>\n
459
\n00:29:44,560 –> 00:29:49,400
\nthat the man of sin has very
\ncareful associations with the <\/p>\n
460
\n00:29:49,400 –> 00:29:51,640
\nbeast system, and understanding
\nthat first. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:29:52,280 –> 00:29:54,880
\nSo that when we look at these
\ndetails and might really wonder <\/p>\n
462
\n00:29:54,880 –> 00:29:57,080
\nwhether it could possibly be a
\ncounterfeit, there is a <\/p>\n
463
\n00:29:57,080 –> 00:30:00,360
\nprecedent for it already laid
\ndown in Paul’s writings. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:30:00,360 –> 00:30:05,400
\nOf course there must be cues
\nwithin this context itself that <\/p>\n
465
\n00:30:05,400 –> 00:30:08,840
\nwe have something like the man
\nof sin, and we look for those <\/p>\n
466
\n00:30:08,840 –> 00:30:10,640
\ncues.
\nWe believe we have found them <\/p>\n
467
\n00:30:10,920 –> 00:30:14,120
\nnot only in 12 but as we’ve said
\nin Chapter 11 and also in <\/p>\n
468
\n00:30:14,120 –> 00:30:18,920
\nchapter 13, like just now.
\nTo go a little further into 17, <\/p>\n
469
\n00:30:29,960 –> 00:30:34,520
\nwhere does John see this woman
\nsitting on this scarlet colored <\/p>\n
470
\n00:30:34,520 –> 00:30:36,640
\nbeast when he first pictures
\nher? <\/p>\n
471
\n00:30:37,440 –> 00:30:42,760
\nWell, we read in Revelation 17,
\nverse three, that John is <\/p>\n
472
\n00:30:42,760 –> 00:30:45,440
\ncarried away and where does he
\ngo? <\/p>\n
473
\n00:30:46,640 –> 00:30:51,920
\nWell, in Revelation 17, verse 3,
\nJohn says he is carried away in <\/p>\n
474
\n00:30:51,920 –> 00:30:57,240
\nthe Spirit into the wilderness,
\nand I saw a woman sit upon a <\/p>\n
475
\n00:30:57,240 –> 00:31:00,080
\nscarlet colored beast.
\nFull of names of. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:31:00,080 –> 00:31:02,760
\nBlasphemy.
\nHaving seven heads and 10 horns,<\/p>\n
477
\n00:31:03,280 –> 00:31:07,760
\nwe’re reminded of the beasts in
\nDaniel, especially the 4th <\/p>\n
478
\n00:31:07,760 –> 00:31:11,320
\nBeast.
\nWe’re reminded of the beasts in <\/p>\n
479
\n00:31:11,320 –> 00:31:15,280
\nRevelation 13.
\nWe’re reminded of the fact that <\/p>\n
480
\n00:31:15,280 –> 00:31:19,760
\nthe sea Beast is introduced to
\nus with the name Blasphemy, and <\/p>\n
481
\n00:31:19,760 –> 00:31:24,880
\nnow this woman with this beast
\nis associated in the same way <\/p>\n
482
\n00:31:25,120 –> 00:31:30,520
\nwith the term blasphemy.
\nThere is continuity between this<\/p>\n
483
\n00:31:30,520 –> 00:31:35,640
\nbeast, obviously in the beast in
\nRevelation 13 and in Daniel. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:31:36,920 –> 00:31:39,800
\nWe know that the dragon, of
\ncourse, was still present in <\/p>\n
485
\n00:31:39,800 –> 00:31:42,280
\nRevelation 13 in a very covert
\nway. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:31:43,920 –> 00:31:48,120
\nWe know beyond chapter 17 that
\nthe dragon is still present as <\/p>\n
487
\n00:31:48,120 –> 00:31:52,960
\nfar as chapter 20 and verse 2.
\nIt’s not then unlikely that the <\/p>\n
488
\n00:31:52,960 –> 00:31:56,560
\ndragon is doing here underneath
\nthe scene exactly what he was <\/p>\n
489
\n00:31:56,560 –> 00:31:59,840
\ndoing with the sea beast and the
\nearth beast in Revelation 13. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:32:01,560 –> 00:32:06,240
\nFurthermore, in Revelation 13,
\nthe sea beast is described as <\/p>\n
491
\n00:32:06,240 –> 00:32:09,440
\nhaving the mouth of a lion, and
\nwe know that from the <\/p>\n
492
\n00:32:09,440 –> 00:32:12,760
\nconnections in Daniel 7 the lion
\nwas associated with Babylon. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:32:14,120 –> 00:32:18,320
\nLo and behold, we discover in
\nverse five that with this beast <\/p>\n
494
\n00:32:18,320 –> 00:32:20,800
\nand this woman too, there is a
\nconnection with Babylon. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:32:21,520 –> 00:32:25,760
\nFour upon her forehead is a name
\nwritten Mystery, Babylon <\/p>\n
496
\n00:32:26,800 –> 00:32:30,320
\nMystery.
\nMystery was associated with a <\/p>\n
497
\n00:32:30,320 –> 00:32:33,000
\nman of sin in Second
\nThessalonians chapter 2. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:32:34,080 –> 00:32:37,360
\nIn fact, the very same Greek
\nword used here for the mystery <\/p>\n
499
\n00:32:37,480 –> 00:32:40,760
\nassociated with this woman is
\nthe same Greek word used for the<\/p>\n
500
\n00:32:40,760 –> 00:32:44,120
\nterm mystery in Second
\nThessalonians chapter two. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:32:45,720 –> 00:32:49,880
\nWe have here a woman on a beast
\nand she is in the wilderness <\/p>\n
502
\n00:32:50,000 –> 00:32:53,720
\ncoming out of it.
\nAny connection with the woman, <\/p>\n
503
\n00:32:53,720 –> 00:32:58,360
\npossibly that was pursued by the
\ndragon in Revelation chapter 12.<\/p>\n
504
\n00:32:58,560 –> 00:33:01,840
\nWhere did she end up?
\nWell, keep our hand here in <\/p>\n
505
\n00:33:01,840 –> 00:33:06,080
\nRevelation 17 and let’s remind
\nourselves how that scene closed.<\/p>\n
506
\n00:33:07,520 –> 00:33:09,840
\nWe discover in Revelation
\nchapter 12, brothers and <\/p>\n
507
\n00:33:09,840 –> 00:33:17,320
\nsisters, verse 13, that the
\ndragon saw that he was cast unto<\/p>\n
508
\n00:33:17,320 –> 00:33:20,120
\nthe earth.
\nHe persecuted the woman which <\/p>\n
509
\n00:33:20,120 –> 00:33:22,480
\nbrought forth the manchild.
\nSo first he went for the <\/p>\n
510
\n00:33:22,480 –> 00:33:25,880
\nmanchild to devour the child as
\nsoon as he was born. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:33:25,960 –> 00:33:28,600
\nBut he didn’t succeed against
\nthe Manchild and now he turns <\/p>\n
512
\n00:33:28,600 –> 00:33:32,440
\nagainst the woman.
\nBut the woman is taken away into<\/p>\n
513
\n00:33:32,440 –> 00:33:36,560
\nthe wilderness. 2 wings are
\ngiven to her and she flies in <\/p>\n
514
\n00:33:36,560 –> 00:33:41,440
\nthere where she’s nourished.
\nFurthermore, the servant pursues<\/p>\n
515
\n00:33:41,440 –> 00:33:44,160
\nher in verse 15, lets out a
\nflood from his mouth. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:33:44,960 –> 00:33:48,040
\nBut verse 16, the earth gives
\nassistance to the woman. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:33:49,120 –> 00:33:53,000
\nThe earth gives assistance to
\nthe woman and absorbs the shock <\/p>\n
518
\n00:33:53,000 –> 00:33:54,880
\nof this water coming out of the
\nDragon’s mouth. <\/p>\n
519
\n00:33:55,720 –> 00:33:58,800
\nAs a consequence, you notice
\nwhat’s happened in verse 17. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:33:59,800 –> 00:34:03,200
\nHe is wrought with the woman.
\nBut who does he pursue? <\/p>\n
521
\n00:34:04,240 –> 00:34:09,480
\nHe makes war now with the
\nremnant of her seed, not the <\/p>\n
522
\n00:34:09,480 –> 00:34:14,159
\nwoman as such, but he makes war
\nwith the remnant of her. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:34:14,159 –> 00:34:17,280
\nSeed.
\nWe leave, therefore, the woman <\/p>\n
524
\n00:34:17,280 –> 00:34:21,159
\nin the wilderness, having been
\nfirst pursued by the dragon and <\/p>\n
525
\n00:34:21,159 –> 00:34:23,920
\nchased into that wilderness.
\nBut we leave. <\/p>\n
526
\n00:34:23,920 –> 00:34:27,560
\nHer.
\nBeing assisted by the earth in <\/p>\n
527
\n00:34:27,560 –> 00:34:31,320
\nverse 16, and the earth
\nswallowing up the persecuting <\/p>\n
528
\n00:34:31,320 –> 00:34:33,400
\ninfluence of the dragon in verse
\n16. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:34:34,199 –> 00:34:36,840
\nIn other words, the woman and
\nthe earth now seem to have <\/p>\n
530
\n00:34:36,840 –> 00:34:39,760
\nsomething in common.
\nThe inhabitants of the earth are<\/p>\n
531
\n00:34:39,760 –> 00:34:43,080
\ngiving her nourishment and
\nassistance, in other words, this<\/p>\n
532
\n00:34:43,080 –> 00:34:45,679
\ncooperation between the woman
\nand the earth. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:34:46,440 –> 00:34:49,440
\nThe dragon therefore pursues the
\nremnant of her seed. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:34:51,080 –> 00:34:55,480
\nWe leave the woman in the
\nwilderness in cooperation with <\/p>\n
535
\n00:34:55,480 –> 00:35:00,800
\nthe earth.
\nIn Revelation 17 the woman <\/p>\n
536
\n00:35:00,800 –> 00:35:04,960
\nemerges.
\nNow she emerges from the same <\/p>\n
537
\n00:35:04,960 –> 00:35:09,920
\nplace where she was left this
\nwoman, this whore, now <\/p>\n
538
\n00:35:09,960 –> 00:35:15,040
\ncompromised, impregnated with
\nair, having compromised and <\/p>\n
539
\n00:35:15,040 –> 00:35:20,800
\nadulterated, the truth now
\nemerges as a compromised woman. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:35:21,000 –> 00:35:22,480
\nOut of the.
\nWilderness. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:35:22,720 –> 00:35:26,680
\nJohn is taken to the place where
\nwe left the woman in Revelation <\/p>\n
542
\n00:35:26,680 –> 00:35:30,680
\n12.
\nThere she was being pursued by <\/p>\n
543
\n00:35:30,680 –> 00:35:33,560
\nthe dragon and finally given
\nassistance by the earth. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:35:34,680 –> 00:35:38,080
\nThe dragon changed the object of
\nhis persecution. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:35:38,960 –> 00:35:41,440
\nHe pursued the remnant of her
\nseed. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:35:42,360 –> 00:35:47,120
\nBut now the woman emerges at
\nthis latter stage from the <\/p>\n
547
\n00:35:47,120 –> 00:35:51,640
\nwilderness as a whore.
\nHer character has been <\/p>\n
548
\n00:35:51,640 –> 00:35:54,520
\nadulterated.
\nShe is a woman. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:35:54,960 –> 00:35:57,160
\nThat’s what she was when she
\nwent into the wilderness. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:35:57,840 –> 00:36:01,640
\nShe is now a whore.
\nThat’s not what she was at the <\/p>\n
551
\n00:36:01,640 –> 00:36:03,840
\nstart, when she was pursued by
\nthe dragon. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:36:05,160 –> 00:36:07,440
\nShe is no longer pursued by a
\nbeast. <\/p>\n
553
\n00:36:07,480 –> 00:36:15,680
\nShe is riding on a beast and is
\nin collusion with the beast and <\/p>\n
554
\n00:36:15,680 –> 00:36:18,880
\nthose who are persecuted as we
\npursue the rest of this section <\/p>\n
555
\n00:36:18,880 –> 00:36:22,480
\nin Revelation are not the woman
\nor is not the woman herself. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:36:23,040 –> 00:36:25,080
\nShe’s no longer the subject of
\npersecution. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:36:25,240 –> 00:36:29,960
\nShe becomes a persecutor.
\nThose who are persecuted are <\/p>\n
558
\n00:36:29,960 –> 00:36:32,440
\nlike those who are the Remnant.
\nOf her. <\/p>\n
559
\n00:36:32,440 –> 00:36:35,200
\nSeed mentioned incidentally in
\nRevelation 12. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:36:35,200 –> 00:36:39,480
\nAt the end, those who are
\npersecuted are only those left <\/p>\n
561
\n00:36:40,440 –> 00:36:44,720
\nwho resist this woman, who
\nresist the beast system, and <\/p>\n
562
\n00:36:44,720 –> 00:36:50,120
\nwho, according to chapter 17
\nhere in verse 14, these are <\/p>\n
563
\n00:36:50,120 –> 00:36:53,440
\nthose who finally make war with
\nthe Lamb when he’s ready to <\/p>\n
564
\n00:36:53,440 –> 00:36:55,600
\nMarch out in judgment against
\nthis whore. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:36:56,600 –> 00:37:00,480
\nThese are the Saints.
\nThese are those whom we read of <\/p>\n
566
\n00:37:00,480 –> 00:37:03,720
\nearlier in our excitation this
\nmorning in chapter 14, that have<\/p>\n
567
\n00:37:03,720 –> 00:37:08,920
\nnot defiled themselves with
\nwomen they have not adulterated <\/p>\n
568
\n00:37:08,920 –> 00:37:10,240
\nthemselves as.
\nShe. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:37:10,280 –> 00:37:13,960
\nHas adulterated herself.
\nShe’s now a compromised women, a<\/p>\n
570
\n00:37:13,960 –> 00:37:16,160
\nwoman.
\nThe Saints are not to so <\/p>\n
571
\n00:37:16,160 –> 00:37:19,520
\ncompromise themselves.
\nThey are woman like figures. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:37:19,520 –> 00:37:21,560
\nThey are virgins, not to be
\ndefiled. <\/p>\n
573
\n00:37:21,680 –> 00:37:26,520
\nIn contrast to this woman, she
\ndidn’t start off that way when <\/p>\n
574
\n00:37:26,520 –> 00:37:27,760
\nshe first went into the
\nwilderness. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:37:29,040 –> 00:37:33,240
\nBut now the one who persecuted
\nher and chased her into the <\/p>\n
576
\n00:37:33,320 –> 00:37:37,840
\nwilderness is now the means by
\nwhich she is transported. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:37:38,880 –> 00:37:43,040
\nThey are now in collusion.
\nWe might wonder what has taken <\/p>\n
578
\n00:37:43,040 –> 00:37:46,400
\nplace to put this woman in a
\nposition of compromise. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:37:46,680 –> 00:37:49,520
\nWe might wonder how it is that
\nshe goes in one way and comes <\/p>\n
580
\n00:37:49,520 –> 00:37:52,560
\nout the next.
\nBut we have a clue, don’t we? <\/p>\n
581
\n00:37:53,880 –> 00:37:56,840
\nThe woman at the end of
\nRevelation 12 is no longer being<\/p>\n
582
\n00:37:56,840 –> 00:38:01,000
\ndirectly pursued by the dragon.
\nInstead, as we’ve said, he draws<\/p>\n
583
\n00:38:01,000 –> 00:38:04,240
\nhis attention only to the
\nremnant of her seed, not to her <\/p>\n
584
\n00:38:04,240 –> 00:38:07,200
\nas a whole.
\nWe did get a hint, didn’t we, <\/p>\n
585
\n00:38:07,640 –> 00:38:10,080
\nthat she received assistance
\nfrom another party. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:38:11,000 –> 00:38:13,920
\nShe was nourished and helped by
\nthe earth. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:38:14,560 –> 00:38:19,120
\nNow what associations in this
\ncontext are given to the earth? <\/p>\n
588
\n00:38:19,480 –> 00:38:21,080
\nWho is the earth?
\nWhat is the earth? <\/p>\n
589
\n00:38:22,800 –> 00:38:26,960
\nWhat’s this beast called?
\nIt is the earth beast. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:38:28,040 –> 00:38:32,040
\nIt is the beast of the earth.
\nWhat associations, finally in <\/p>\n
591
\n00:38:32,040 –> 00:38:34,120
\nRevelation 12 are given to this
\nearth? <\/p>\n
592
\n00:38:35,120 –> 00:38:38,360
\nThe earth is described as being
\nin need of woe. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:38:38,920 –> 00:38:42,080
\nWell, when the dragon is cast
\ndown in Revelation chapter 12, <\/p>\n
594
\n00:38:42,080 –> 00:38:46,600
\nit specifically says in verse 12
\nwoe to the inhibitors of the <\/p>\n
595
\n00:38:46,680 –> 00:38:49,840
\nearth and of the sea.
\nWoe. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:38:49,840 –> 00:38:55,160
\nTo the earth woe, to the sea?
\nWhy, we might ask, while the <\/p>\n
597
\n00:38:55,160 –> 00:38:58,840
\nearth nourishes the woman.
\nAnd then in chapter 13, there <\/p>\n
598
\n00:38:58,840 –> 00:39:02,680
\nsurely is no coincidence that
\nwhat do we have coming out of <\/p>\n
599
\n00:39:02,680 –> 00:39:07,960
\nthe water is a sea beast and an
\nearth beast. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:39:08,600 –> 00:39:10,680
\nWoe to the inhabitants of the
\nearth. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:39:11,160 –> 00:39:13,200
\nWoe to the inhabitants of the
\nsea. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:39:14,360 –> 00:39:16,920
\nThe scene closes.
\nA new scene begins. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:39:17,280 –> 00:39:19,040
\nOutcomes.
\nA beast from the earth. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:39:19,360 –> 00:39:21,240
\nOutcomes.
\nA beast from the sea. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:39:22,240 –> 00:39:26,480
\nThe sea and the earth are now
\ndominated by this power. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:39:27,120 –> 00:39:30,000
\nThe earth and the sea are now
\nunder the influence. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:39:30,600 –> 00:39:33,480
\nOf.
\nThe Dragon, only it’s covert, <\/p>\n
608
\n00:39:33,920 –> 00:39:36,520
\nfor The Dragon gives us power to
\nthe Sea Beast. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:39:37,480 –> 00:39:39,680
\nThe dragon is underneath the
\nearth. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:39:39,680 –> 00:39:42,600
\nBeast is the inside motive
\nforce. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:39:42,760 –> 00:39:46,560
\nAlthough it’s not apparent, the
\ndragon, although cast down to <\/p>\n
612
\n00:39:46,560 –> 00:39:49,440
\nthe earth now, has dominated the
\nearth. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:39:51,080 –> 00:39:54,560
\nThe dragon isn’t the loser,
\nalthough he’s been thrust out of<\/p>\n
614
\n00:39:54,560 –> 00:39:56,920
\na presiding place in heaven by
\nMichael. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:39:57,160 –> 00:40:00,920
\nIn some symbolic sense, the
\ndragon now dominates the earth. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:40:01,200 –> 00:40:03,040
\nMore than that, he dominates the
\nsea. <\/p>\n
617
\n00:40:03,680 –> 00:40:07,440
\nSo that Earth and sea are now
\npictured in a beast like form, <\/p>\n
618
\n00:40:07,640 –> 00:40:13,360
\ntotally dominated by the covert
\nwork of the dragon, who is the <\/p>\n
619
\n00:40:13,360 –> 00:40:16,400
\nmode of force behind the Earth
\nand the sea. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:40:17,120 –> 00:40:21,560
\nNo wonder then significantly at
\nthe end of 12 there’s a woe that<\/p>\n
621
\n00:40:21,560 –> 00:40:23,960
\nis issued to the Earth and to
\nthe sea. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:40:24,080 –> 00:40:26,640
\nWhy?
\nBecause in 13 we’re going to <\/p>\n
623
\n00:40:26,640 –> 00:40:29,680
\nfind that the Earth and the Sea
\nbecome dominated by the. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:40:29,800 –> 00:40:35,720
\nEarth system, the Earth based.
\nAnd by the sea beast, so then, <\/p>\n
625
\n00:40:36,320 –> 00:40:38,840
\ncompromise has taken place with
\nthe woman. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:40:39,760 –> 00:40:42,200
\nNo wonder at the beginning of
\nRevelation 12, she is. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:40:42,200 –> 00:40:45,400
\nFirst pictured.
\nAs having a picture of <\/p>\n
628
\n00:40:45,400 –> 00:40:48,200
\nauthority.
\nShe doesn’t start that way, <\/p>\n
629
\n00:40:48,920 –> 00:40:51,720
\nalthough that’s the first
\npicture given to us of the woman<\/p>\n
630
\n00:40:52,120 –> 00:40:55,080
\nwith the sun and the moon and
\nthe stars associated with her. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:40:55,280 –> 00:40:58,240
\nWhen we actually read of the
\nwoman in the events of chapter <\/p>\n
632
\n00:40:58,240 –> 00:41:01,040
\n12, it’s not her that was in
\nheaven and is thrust down and <\/p>\n
633
\n00:41:01,040 –> 00:41:05,200
\npersecuted.
\nRather, the woman is chased by <\/p>\n
634
\n00:41:05,200 –> 00:41:08,160
\nthe dragon, but comes out
\nfinally out of the wilderness in<\/p>\n
635
\n00:41:08,160 –> 00:41:12,280
\n17, triumphant.
\nAs she comes out riding on the <\/p>\n
636
\n00:41:12,280 –> 00:41:14,880
\nskullar colored beats, she is in
\ncontrol. <\/p>\n
637
\n00:41:15,680 –> 00:41:18,400
\nShe is elevated.
\nShe is one who has had. <\/p>\n
638
\n00:41:18,400 –> 00:41:22,320
\nControl over the whole earth.
\nNo wonder then, in Chapter 12, <\/p>\n
639
\n00:41:22,320 –> 00:41:26,480
\nthe first snapshot we have of
\nher is what would seem to me to <\/p>\n
640
\n00:41:26,480 –> 00:41:29,880
\nbe her latter end.
\nIt’s not what she actually shows<\/p>\n
641
\n00:41:29,880 –> 00:41:33,600
\nherself to be in the events of
\nChapter 12, but it is what she <\/p>\n
642
\n00:41:33,600 –> 00:41:35,800
\nends up to be.
\nBy the time we get to Revelation<\/p>\n
643
\n00:41:35,800 –> 00:41:40,160
\n17, and certainly before that,
\nshe ends up in a position of <\/p>\n
644
\n00:41:40,160 –> 00:41:43,480
\nexhortation.
\nShe ends up in heaven. <\/p>\n
645
\n00:41:43,680 –> 00:41:46,160
\nBut she’s not in heaven.
\nAs we look at the events of <\/p>\n
646
\n00:41:46,160 –> 00:41:49,040
\nChapter 12, the dragon was in
\nheaven. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:41:49,520 –> 00:41:51,760
\nMichael gets up there and casts
\nout the dragon. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:41:52,000 –> 00:41:55,400
\nThe woman is never described in
\nthe events of Chapter 12 as <\/p>\n
649
\n00:41:55,400 –> 00:41:57,440
\nbeing in heaven.
\nWe might wonder how she ever got<\/p>\n
650
\n00:41:57,440 –> 00:42:01,200
\nthere, because when we see her
\nin chapter 12, she’s on the <\/p>\n
651
\n00:42:01,200 –> 00:42:03,840
\nearth all the time.
\nThere’s no mention of her going <\/p>\n
652
\n00:42:03,840 –> 00:42:05,840
\ndown to heaven like with the
\ndragon. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:42:06,360 –> 00:42:09,480
\nShe’s pursued by the dragon on
\nthe earth, into the wilderness <\/p>\n
654
\n00:42:09,480 –> 00:42:13,240
\nand finding help by the earth.
\nSo she was never in heaven in <\/p>\n
655
\n00:42:13,240 –> 00:42:16,800
\nthe events of chapter 12.
\nHow did she ever get up there <\/p>\n
656
\n00:42:16,800 –> 00:42:18,280
\nthen?
\nHow did she ever get to the <\/p>\n
657
\n00:42:18,280 –> 00:42:20,240
\nposition of verse one of
\nRevelation 12? <\/p>\n
658
\n00:42:20,720 –> 00:42:23,200
\nRevelation 12 doesn’t tell us
\nshe’s always on the earth. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:42:23,200 –> 00:42:27,760
\nIn chapter 12.
\nSomehow, in some way, at some <\/p>\n
660
\n00:42:27,760 –> 00:42:32,640
\nlater stage past Revelation 12,
\nshe gets up to that position of <\/p>\n
661
\n00:42:32,640 –> 00:42:34,920
\nhaving the sun and moon adorning
\nher. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:42:35,240 –> 00:42:37,320
\nShe gets up to a position of
\nbeing in heaven. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:42:37,520 –> 00:42:40,240
\nBut there’s nothing in 12 that
\ntells us how she got into heaven<\/p>\n
664
\n00:42:40,400 –> 00:42:44,480
\nor how she might ever get out.
\nSo we first get a picture, <\/p>\n
665
\n00:42:44,560 –> 00:42:48,080
\ntypical of the pattern of
\nRevelation, of the end with the <\/p>\n
666
\n00:42:48,080 –> 00:42:52,400
\nwoman, and then we go back and
\ntrace the events that lead up to<\/p>\n
667
\n00:42:52,400 –> 00:42:54,560
\nthat end.
\nAnd that takes us all the way <\/p>\n
668
\n00:42:54,560 –> 00:42:57,600
\nthrough 12.
\nIt takes 13 to do that, and it <\/p>\n
669
\n00:42:57,600 –> 00:43:00,560
\ntakes part of 17 to finally
\nalert us to the fact. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:43:00,840 –> 00:43:04,320
\nThis is how the woman gets into
\na triumphant posture. <\/p>\n
671
\n00:43:04,960 –> 00:43:08,040
\nIt’s after the events of chapter
\n12 and not before. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:43:08,800 –> 00:43:11,120
\nSo.
\nJohn has to be taken to the <\/p>\n
673
\n00:43:11,120 –> 00:43:13,760
\nwilderness to go and find the
\nwoman that went into the <\/p>\n
674
\n00:43:13,760 –> 00:43:16,320
\nwilderness, and now she comes
\nout compromised. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:43:16,320 –> 00:43:20,000
\nNow she comes out triumphant, at
\nleast from the point of view of <\/p>\n
676
\n00:43:20,000 –> 00:43:23,800
\nthe flesh.
\nNow, brothers and sisters, what <\/p>\n
677
\n00:43:23,800 –> 00:43:25,240
\nabout the identity of this
\nwoman? <\/p>\n
678
\n00:43:26,560 –> 00:43:30,200
\nShe’s a hard.
\nFigure some have urged that if <\/p>\n
679
\n00:43:30,200 –> 00:43:33,480
\nwe go back into the Old
\nTestament and we ask ourselves <\/p>\n
680
\n00:43:33,480 –> 00:43:36,280
\nwhat is the predominant hard
\nfigure of the Old Testament, we <\/p>\n
681
\n00:43:36,280 –> 00:43:38,520
\nwill be left with concluding it
\nwould be Israel. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:43:39,560 –> 00:43:42,400
\nAnd that’s fair in the sense
\nthat most of the prophecies of <\/p>\n
683
\n00:43:42,400 –> 00:43:45,520
\nscripture deal with Israel and
\npicture her as a whore. <\/p>\n
684
\n00:43:46,360 –> 00:43:49,120
\nCertainly that would be true of
\nIsrael and many, many of the <\/p>\n
685
\n00:43:49,120 –> 00:43:52,000
\nprophets.
\nEzekiel especially betrays her <\/p>\n
686
\n00:43:52,000 –> 00:43:54,960
\nas an unclean woman.
\nHosea portrays her through his <\/p>\n
687
\n00:43:54,960 –> 00:43:58,400
\nexperience with his wife as a
\nhard figure and so on. <\/p>\n
688
\n00:43:59,200 –> 00:44:03,400
\nBut we might ask, is that the
\nonly kind of hard figure in the <\/p>\n
689
\n00:44:03,400 –> 00:44:08,360
\nOld Testament, the idea of it
\nbeing Israel, always really to <\/p>\n
690
\n00:44:08,360 –> 00:44:11,240
\nstart with part of the true.
\nWho then, like the prodigal son,<\/p>\n
691
\n00:44:11,240 –> 00:44:14,720
\nhas left and become apostate?
\nIs that the only kind of hard <\/p>\n
692
\n00:44:14,800 –> 00:44:17,240
\nfigure?
\nIs there another kind of heart <\/p>\n
693
\n00:44:17,240 –> 00:44:19,960
\nof figure we might consider
\nbefore we draw a permanent <\/p>\n
694
\n00:44:19,960 –> 00:44:23,000
\nconclusion?
\nThere’s only really one other <\/p>\n
695
\n00:44:23,000 –> 00:44:27,240
\nwoman in the Old Testament that
\nfigures predominantly as a heart<\/p>\n
696
\n00:44:27,240 –> 00:44:31,560
\nof figure besides Israel, and
\nit’s Jezebel. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:44:32,840 –> 00:44:34,280
\nShe’s a different kind of heart
\nof figure. <\/p>\n
698
\n00:44:35,040 –> 00:44:38,040
\nUnlike Israel, who started off
\non the right foot and then <\/p>\n
699
\n00:44:38,040 –> 00:44:40,680
\napostasized, Jezebel was always
\na Pagan. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:44:41,520 –> 00:44:43,200
\nJezebel was a Pagan right to
\nstart with. <\/p>\n
701
\n00:44:43,880 –> 00:44:46,840
\nThrough her marriage with Ahab,
\nshe adulterated Israel’s <\/p>\n
702
\n00:44:46,840 –> 00:44:50,120
\nreligion.
\nShe posed as a mother of Israel,<\/p>\n
703
\n00:44:50,680 –> 00:44:52,520
\nbut in fact she wasn’t and she
\nnever was. <\/p>\n
704
\n00:44:52,520 –> 00:44:57,320
\nTo start with, she was a Pagan
\nto her very bones, and she put <\/p>\n
705
\n00:44:57,320 –> 00:45:01,400
\non a veneer of Israelitis
\nworship as long as she was in <\/p>\n
706
\n00:45:01,400 –> 00:45:08,520
\ncahoots with Ahab, A Pagan at
\nher heart with a veneer of the <\/p>\n
707
\n00:45:08,520 –> 00:45:11,640
\ntruth.
\nThat’s the figure of a harlot <\/p>\n
708
\n00:45:11,880 –> 00:45:14,440
\nJezebel.
\nBut is this woman Jezebel? <\/p>\n
709
\n00:45:14,440 –> 00:45:19,000
\nIs she a Jezebel like harlots?
\nWell, let’s look at the word <\/p>\n
710
\n00:45:19,000 –> 00:45:21,960
\nassociations and see if we can
\nfind Old Testament leads. <\/p>\n
711
\n00:45:22,560 –> 00:45:26,720
\nVerse five of Revelation 17 says
\nthat upon her forehead was a <\/p>\n
712
\n00:45:26,720 –> 00:45:33,040
\nname written Mystery Babylon.
\nThe great, the mother of. <\/p>\n
713
\n00:45:33,040 –> 00:45:36,760
\nHarlots.
\nIs there a phrase that matches <\/p>\n
714
\n00:45:36,760 –> 00:45:41,040
\nthat somewhere in the old?
\nTestament the mother of Harlots.<\/p>\n
715
\n00:45:42,560 –> 00:45:47,520
\nLet’s turn to 2nd Kings Chapter
\n9, where we believe we find the <\/p>\n
716
\n00:45:47,520 –> 00:45:53,600
\nclosest approximation to that
\nphrase in the Old Testament, and<\/p>\n
717
\n00:45:53,600 –> 00:45:55,760
\nit’s interesting to discover who
\nit’s talking about. <\/p>\n
718
\n00:45:57,000 –> 00:46:03,520
\nFor we find in Second Kings
\nChapter 9 the following verse <\/p>\n
719
\n00:46:03,520 –> 00:46:09,480
\n22.
\nAnd it came to pass when Joram <\/p>\n
720
\n00:46:09,480 –> 00:46:14,040
\nslew or saw Jehu.
\nExcuse me that he saw said, Is <\/p>\n
721
\n00:46:14,040 –> 00:46:17,280
\nit peace, Jehu?
\nAnd he answered, what peace, so <\/p>\n
722
\n00:46:17,280 –> 00:46:22,880
\nlong as the whoredoms of thy
\nmother Jezebel and her <\/p>\n
723
\n00:46:22,880 –> 00:46:28,040
\nwitchcrafts are so many
\nwhoredoms associated with a <\/p>\n
724
\n00:46:28,040 –> 00:46:34,280
\nmother and it’s Jezebel.
\nThe closest approximation to <\/p>\n
725
\n00:46:34,280 –> 00:46:38,960
\nthat phrase in Revelation 17 is
\nhere in Second Kings 9, and <\/p>\n
726
\n00:46:38,960 –> 00:46:43,200
\nArthur Gibson and his series
\nthat he did in the Testimony 701<\/p>\n
727
\n00:46:43,200 –> 00:46:47,000
\nquotations from the Apocalypse
\nshows by looking at the original<\/p>\n
728
\n00:46:47,000 –> 00:46:51,560
\nsources that indeed it’s even
\nmuch closer as an approximation.<\/p>\n
729
\n00:46:51,560 –> 00:46:55,400
\nThe way it appears here in the
\nEnglish and the King James, I’d <\/p>\n
730
\n00:46:55,440 –> 00:46:58,160
\nhave to say that I’m personally
\nindebted to Arthur and his list <\/p>\n
731
\n00:46:58,560 –> 00:47:01,680
\nof allusions and scriptural
\nconnections in the Apocalypse. <\/p>\n
732
\n00:47:01,960 –> 00:47:06,720
\nFor in second in Revelation 17
\nverse five, he was the first to <\/p>\n
733
\n00:47:06,720 –> 00:47:10,800
\nindicate to me anyways, that
\nthis is surely the source in the<\/p>\n
734
\n00:47:10,880 –> 00:47:16,400
\nOld Testament of that phrase, a
\nwoman who’s a harlot and she’s a<\/p>\n
735
\n00:47:16,400 –> 00:47:19,640
\nmother figure and she’s
\nassociated with whoredoms. <\/p>\n
736
\n00:47:21,040 –> 00:47:23,920
\nBut furthermore, brothers and
\nsisters, and we believe this is <\/p>\n
737
\n00:47:24,280 –> 00:47:28,920
\nthe greater proof if we are
\nasking ourselves who this harlot<\/p>\n
738
\n00:47:28,920 –> 00:47:33,280
\nfigure is in Revelation 17.
\nAnd we are debating as to <\/p>\n
739
\n00:47:33,280 –> 00:47:36,240
\nwhether the harlot figure is
\nsomething like Israel as a <\/p>\n
740
\n00:47:36,240 –> 00:47:37,840
\nharlot figure in the Old
\nTestament. <\/p>\n
741
\n00:47:38,360 –> 00:47:40,440
\nOr whether this hearted.
\nFigure would be more like a <\/p>\n
742
\n00:47:40,440 –> 00:47:44,480
\nJezebel who was a Pagan to her
\nheart and only took on a veneer <\/p>\n
743
\n00:47:44,480 –> 00:47:48,720
\nof the truth.
\nMight we not be right in asking <\/p>\n
744
\n00:47:48,720 –> 00:47:52,720
\nourselves where is the first
\nhearted figure mentioned in <\/p>\n
745
\n00:47:52,720 –> 00:47:56,640
\nRevelation?
\nMaybe the first reference to a <\/p>\n
746
\n00:47:56,640 –> 00:48:00,000
\nhearted figure in Revelation
\nwould help to define the terms <\/p>\n
747
\n00:48:00,000 –> 00:48:02,880
\nof reference in Revelation
\nbefore we meet this woman. <\/p>\n
748
\n00:48:02,880 –> 00:48:07,040
\nIn Revelation 17 we did the same
\nthing with the term blasphemy <\/p>\n
749
\n00:48:07,560 –> 00:48:10,880
\nuse only of the beast system,
\nexcept in Revelation chapter 2 <\/p>\n
750
\n00:48:10,880 –> 00:48:12,480
\nand verse nine in the seven
\nletters. <\/p>\n
751
\n00:48:13,040 –> 00:48:15,640
\nAnd there we discovered when we
\nwent to Revelation 2, verse <\/p>\n
752
\n00:48:15,640 –> 00:48:19,120
\nnine, that the first reference
\nto blasphemy in the Book of <\/p>\n
753
\n00:48:19,120 –> 00:48:21,400
\nRevelation.
\nIs to do with those who. <\/p>\n
754
\n00:48:21,400 –> 00:48:24,600
\nSay they are Jews and are not
\nimitators of the truth. <\/p>\n
755
\n00:48:25,520 –> 00:48:29,720
\nSo we asked the question who or
\nwhat is the first reference to a<\/p>\n
756
\n00:48:29,720 –> 00:48:33,000
\nharlot figure in the Book of
\nRevelation, and we discover it <\/p>\n
757
\n00:48:33,000 –> 00:48:35,720
\nvery easily.
\nIt, too is in the seven letters <\/p>\n
758
\n00:48:36,600 –> 00:48:41,600
\nback to Revelation chapter 2, to
\nthe Church of Thyrotyra. <\/p>\n
759
\n00:48:43,240 –> 00:48:45,400
\nThe Spirit says this by way of
\nwarning. <\/p>\n
760
\n00:48:46,160 –> 00:48:53,360
\nVerse 20 notwithstanding, I have
\na few things against. <\/p>\n
761
\n00:48:53,360 –> 00:49:01,720
\nThee, because thou sufferest
\nthat woman Jezebel, which <\/p>\n
762
\n00:49:01,840 –> 00:49:06,040
\ncalleth herself a.
\nProphetess noticed that, like <\/p>\n
763
\n00:49:06,040 –> 00:49:12,680
\nthe man of sin, call it herself
\na prophetess, That’s a title or <\/p>\n
764
\n00:49:12,680 –> 00:49:16,640
\na description.
\nShe ascribes to herself like the<\/p>\n
765
\n00:49:16,640 –> 00:49:20,000
\nman of sin, like the Prince of
\nTyre that we looked at yesterday<\/p>\n
766
\n00:49:20,000 –> 00:49:23,280
\nin Ezekiel 28.
\nLike Lucifer and Isaiah 14, <\/p>\n
767
\n00:49:23,280 –> 00:49:27,720
\nJezebel is of a similar type.
\nShe calls herself to be a <\/p>\n
768
\n00:49:27,720 –> 00:49:32,400
\nspokesman for God.
\nShe claims to be God like, but <\/p>\n
769
\n00:49:32,400 –> 00:49:34,600
\nshe’s not.
\nWhat does she do instead? <\/p>\n
770
\n00:49:35,240 –> 00:49:37,640
\nTo teach and to seduce my
\nservants? <\/p>\n
771
\n00:49:37,640 –> 00:49:43,120
\nTo commit fornication and to eat
\nthings sacrificed unto idols? <\/p>\n
772
\n00:49:43,920 –> 00:49:46,840
\nWhat is the Jezebel figure
\nassociated with here? <\/p>\n
773
\n00:49:46,880 –> 00:49:51,720
\nIn Revelation, she claims to be
\na prophetess. #1 She has the <\/p>\n
774
\n00:49:51,720 –> 00:49:56,240
\nappearance of being God, or at
\nleast God like, or a spokesman <\/p>\n
775
\n00:49:56,240 –> 00:49:58,840
\nfor God.
\nShe appears to have the <\/p>\n
776
\n00:49:58,840 –> 00:50:02,280
\ncredentials of the true.
\nShe’s not, however. <\/p>\n
777
\n00:50:02,320 –> 00:50:06,720
\nShe’s a false prophet.
\nShe actively campaigns for her <\/p>\n
778
\n00:50:06,720 –> 00:50:11,600
\nfalse views because she teaches
\nand she seduces God’s servants. <\/p>\n
779
\n00:50:13,080 –> 00:50:16,200
\nShe is still associated by a
\nfigure as a harnot with <\/p>\n
780
\n00:50:16,200 –> 00:50:18,480
\nFornication Porneia in the
\nGreek. <\/p>\n
781
\n00:50:19,800 –> 00:50:25,760
\nAnd lastly, although she poses
\nas a prophetess, although she <\/p>\n
782
\n00:50:25,760 –> 00:50:31,000
\nseduces her servants and causes
\nthem to commit fornication and <\/p>\n
783
\n00:50:31,000 –> 00:50:37,120
\nhas those religious trappings,
\nnevertheless is a Pagan at <\/p>\n
784
\n00:50:37,120 –> 00:50:39,920
\nheart.
\nBecause what she brings the <\/p>\n
785
\n00:50:39,920 –> 00:50:45,080
\nservants to do is to eat things
\nassociated with idols, just like<\/p>\n
786
\n00:50:45,160 –> 00:50:50,200
\nthe Jezebel harlot of the Old
\nTestament she looked like. <\/p>\n
787
\n00:50:50,320 –> 00:50:54,280
\nAn Israelitis worshipper.
\nIn her marriage with Ahab she <\/p>\n
788
\n00:50:54,280 –> 00:50:57,440
\nlooked perhaps like a mother of
\nIsrael, as a Queen of Israel. <\/p>\n
789
\n00:50:58,280 –> 00:51:02,680
\nBut she was from Tyre.
\nShe was a Pagan to her heart and<\/p>\n
790
\n00:51:02,680 –> 00:51:04,920
\nnever had become like the true
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
791
\n00:51:05,440 –> 00:51:10,240
\nBut for a time she took on the
\nveneer of being a godly woman, <\/p>\n
792
\n00:51:10,800 –> 00:51:14,000
\nof having something to do with
\nthe true, when in fact at the <\/p>\n
793
\n00:51:14,000 –> 00:51:17,760
\nheart she was a Pagan.
\nWhat do we see with this lamb <\/p>\n
794
\n00:51:17,760 –> 00:51:24,160
\nfigure in Revelation 13?
\nThe heart of the animal is a <\/p>\n
795
\n00:51:24,160 –> 00:51:28,520
\nPagan.
\nIt’s the dragon, but outwardly <\/p>\n
796
\n00:51:29,280 –> 00:51:31,680
\nthe sea beast.
\nExcuse me, the earth beast looks<\/p>\n
797
\n00:51:31,680 –> 00:51:33,800
\nlike a lamb.
\nWhat about? <\/p>\n
798
\n00:51:33,800 –> 00:51:36,240
\nJezebel.
\nShe’s a prophetess. <\/p>\n
799
\n00:51:36,680 –> 00:51:39,800
\nShe looks like and poses as
\nthough she’s got the credentials<\/p>\n
800
\n00:51:39,800 –> 00:51:45,240
\nof a spokesman for God.
\nBut her teaching, what comes out<\/p>\n
801
\n00:51:45,240 –> 00:51:48,760
\nof her mouth, That’s the test.
\nWhat does she say? <\/p>\n
802
\n00:51:49,080 –> 00:51:51,840
\nWhat’s her doctrine?
\nIt is seduction. <\/p>\n
803
\n00:51:52,840 –> 00:51:55,720
\nWhat is really her heart’s
\ndesire and ambition? <\/p>\n
804
\n00:51:55,920 –> 00:52:00,800
\nIt is idolatry, you see then.
\nThe descriptions of Jezebel <\/p>\n
805
\n00:52:00,920 –> 00:52:05,840
\nmatch the same kind of
\nscriptural associations given to<\/p>\n
806
\n00:52:05,840 –> 00:52:09,000
\nthe sea beast and the earth
\nbeast, especially the earth <\/p>\n
807
\n00:52:09,000 –> 00:52:12,480
\nbeast.
\nThere is the first reference to <\/p>\n
808
\n00:52:12,480 –> 00:52:16,520
\na harlot figure in the Book of
\nRevelation, and it’s connected <\/p>\n
809
\n00:52:16,520 –> 00:52:21,440
\nwith Tyre and Jezebel, the
\nharlot figure we suggest then in<\/p>\n
810
\n00:52:21,440 –> 00:52:25,640
\nRevelation 17.
\nThis whore isn’t like an <\/p>\n
811
\n00:52:25,640 –> 00:52:28,720
\nIsraelitis whore in the prophets
\nand in the Old Testament. <\/p>\n
812
\n00:52:29,480 –> 00:52:30,440
\nRather.
\nThis. <\/p>\n
813
\n00:52:30,440 –> 00:52:32,320
\nWhore.
\nIs like a Jezebel. <\/p>\n
814
\n00:52:33,800 –> 00:52:39,160
\nAnd the connection in verse five
\nof Revelation 7 and verse 17 and<\/p>\n
815
\n00:52:39,160 –> 00:52:42,320
\nverse five with the reference to
\nJezebel and the kings as the <\/p>\n
816
\n00:52:42,320 –> 00:52:46,720
\nmother of harlots or a mother
\nassociated with harlotry, Then <\/p>\n
817
\n00:52:46,720 –> 00:52:50,040
\nthe first reference in turn to
\nJezebel in the Book of <\/p>\n
818
\n00:52:50,040 –> 00:52:53,760
\nRevelation defining what
\nRevelation associates with that <\/p>\n
819
\n00:52:53,760 –> 00:52:57,280
\nhard figure, we believe, puts us
\non an entirely different <\/p>\n
820
\n00:52:57,280 –> 00:53:01,120
\ndirection than some of our more
\nrecent expositors in their <\/p>\n
821
\n00:53:01,120 –> 00:53:03,720
\nidentification of this harlot
\nand this beast. <\/p>\n
822
\n00:53:05,520 –> 00:53:08,440
\nThis does bring us to
\nconnections with Tyre. <\/p>\n
823
\n00:53:09,880 –> 00:53:11,960
\nNow, upon a little bit of
\nreflection from the work we’ve <\/p>\n
824
\n00:53:11,960 –> 00:53:14,840
\ndone on the man of sin, that’s
\nhighly significant for another <\/p>\n
825
\n00:53:14,840 –> 00:53:17,240
\nreason.
\nDo you remember that shark we <\/p>\n
826
\n00:53:17,240 –> 00:53:20,920
\nhave in your book where we laid
\nout for you the connections in <\/p>\n
827
\n00:53:20,920 –> 00:53:24,080
\nthe man of sin prophecy with
\nIsaiah, with Ezekiel, with <\/p>\n
828
\n00:53:24,080 –> 00:53:27,960
\nDaniel 7 and Daniel 11, where
\nthey were all man figures until <\/p>\n
829
\n00:53:27,960 –> 00:53:30,160
\nwe got to Zechariah 5 with a
\nwoman figure? <\/p>\n
830
\n00:53:30,160 –> 00:53:34,960
\nDo you remember how we pointed
\nout that in the first two <\/p>\n
831
\n00:53:34,960 –> 00:53:39,080
\nreferences, Isaiah 14 and
\nEzekiel 28 were introduced to <\/p>\n
832
\n00:53:39,080 –> 00:53:43,360
\nLucifer of Babylon and to the
\nPrince of Tyre, Tyre and <\/p>\n
833
\n00:53:43,360 –> 00:53:45,160
\nBabylon?
\nAs. <\/p>\n
834
\n00:53:45,160 –> 00:53:48,600
\nOld Testament sources for the
\ndescriptions given to the man of<\/p>\n
835
\n00:53:48,600 –> 00:53:53,360
\nSin, Tyre and Babylon.
\nAnd here we discover in <\/p>\n
836
\n00:53:53,360 –> 00:53:58,120
\nRevelation chapter 17 that this
\nhardest figure is a kind of <\/p>\n
837
\n00:53:58,120 –> 00:54:02,120
\nJezebel, and she’s connected
\nwith Tyre. <\/p>\n
838
\n00:54:02,840 –> 00:54:06,360
\nMore than that, as you go down
\nthrough your marginal references<\/p>\n
839
\n00:54:06,360 –> 00:54:10,080
\nall the way from Revelation 17
\nto 18, you’ll find that the <\/p>\n
840
\n00:54:10,080 –> 00:54:13,520
\ndescriptions of this whore and
\nthe descriptions of the city <\/p>\n
841
\n00:54:13,520 –> 00:54:18,040
\nthat falls are drawn from 2 main
\nscriptural sources. <\/p>\n
842
\n00:54:18,880 –> 00:54:21,920
\nThe prophets that deal with the
\nfall of Babylon and the <\/p>\n
843
\n00:54:21,920 –> 00:54:24,880
\nprophecies that deal with the
\nfall and the pomp of Tyre. <\/p>\n
844
\n00:54:25,360 –> 00:54:29,440
\nIn fact, in pursuing chapter 17
\nand 18 in your margin, if you <\/p>\n
845
\n00:54:29,440 –> 00:54:33,320
\ncolor-coded them, you would
\ndiscover that in the end there’s<\/p>\n
846
\n00:54:33,320 –> 00:54:37,360
\n1 1\/2 times more references to
\nTyre than there is to Babylon. <\/p>\n
847
\n00:54:38,680 –> 00:54:41,920
\nMore references to Ezekiel and
\nIsaiah in their prophecies <\/p>\n
848
\n00:54:41,920 –> 00:54:45,800
\ndealing with Tyre, then those
\nprophecies like Jeremiah 51 that<\/p>\n
849
\n00:54:45,800 –> 00:54:50,240
\nrefer to Babylon of old.
\nThere is in fact a preponderance<\/p>\n
850
\n00:54:50,240 –> 00:54:55,800
\nof references to Tyre, Tyre and
\nBabylon here in the beast <\/p>\n
851
\n00:54:55,800 –> 00:54:58,400
\nsystem.
\nTyre and Babylon with a man of <\/p>\n
852
\n00:54:58,400 –> 00:55:01,000
\nsin.
\nOnce again, the bridges are made<\/p>\n
853
\n00:55:01,000 –> 00:55:03,880
\nback and forth across.
\nFrom those two key scriptural <\/p>\n
854
\n00:55:03,880 –> 00:55:06,960
\nsources as they relate to the
\nBeast. <\/p>\n
855
\n00:55:06,960 –> 00:55:10,520
\nSystem and to the development of
\nthis apostate system and figure.<\/p>\n
856
\n00:55:11,840 –> 00:55:15,240
\nAnd we remind ourselves in
\nRevelation 13 that the mouth of <\/p>\n
857
\n00:55:15,240 –> 00:55:17,040
\nthe sea beast was the mouth of a
\nlion. <\/p>\n
858
\n00:55:18,320 –> 00:55:20,880
\nAnd we know from the connections
\nwith Daniel’s beast that that <\/p>\n
859
\n00:55:20,880 –> 00:55:25,960
\nlion was a babylonious lion, and
\ntherefore the sea beast had a <\/p>\n
860
\n00:55:25,960 –> 00:55:30,040
\nbabylonish mouth.
\nIt has a babylonish mouth. <\/p>\n
861
\n00:55:31,000 –> 00:55:33,600
\nAnd lo and behold, when this
\nwoman comes out on a scarred <\/p>\n
862
\n00:55:33,600 –> 00:55:37,800
\ncolored beast, she too, like the
\nman of sin, is associated with <\/p>\n
863
\n00:55:37,800 –> 00:55:41,080
\nmystery.
\nShe also like the beasts of <\/p>\n
864
\n00:55:41,080 –> 00:55:47,240
\nDaniel and like the sea beast of
\nRevelation 13 and verse one is <\/p>\n
865
\n00:55:47,240 –> 00:55:52,200
\nconnected with Babylon.
\nShe too, like the persecuting <\/p>\n
866
\n00:55:52,200 –> 00:55:55,760
\n4th beast of Daniel 7,
\npersecutes the Saints. <\/p>\n
867
\n00:55:55,760 –> 00:56:01,400
\nIt’s apparent in Revelation 17
\nand verse six she is drunk with <\/p>\n
868
\n00:56:01,400 –> 00:56:04,840
\nthe blood of the Saints.
\nExactly the same thing that was <\/p>\n
869
\n00:56:04,840 –> 00:56:06,560
\ntrue.
\nOf the little horn. <\/p>\n
870
\n00:56:06,760 –> 00:56:10,440
\nWith the Witch with the beast,
\nthe 4th beast of Daniel 7 wears <\/p>\n
871
\n00:56:10,440 –> 00:56:12,040
\nout the Saints and persecutes
\nthem. <\/p>\n
872
\n00:56:13,280 –> 00:56:18,240
\nFinally, I’d like to look in
\nconclusion and another rather <\/p>\n
873
\n00:56:18,320 –> 00:56:24,080
\ninteresting time in with Daniel.
\nIt’s to do with the time period <\/p>\n
874
\n00:56:24,200 –> 00:56:30,400
\nin the Book of Revelation.
\nTime periods, I know, tend to <\/p>\n
875
\n00:56:30,400 –> 00:56:35,880
\nstare us a little bit, but
\nwithout trying to work out <\/p>\n
876
\n00:56:35,880 –> 00:56:38,000
\nwhether it’s days or years right
\nnow. <\/p>\n
877
\n00:56:38,960 –> 00:56:42,480
\nAnd without.
\nTrying to be positive as to all <\/p>\n
878
\n00:56:42,480 –> 00:56:46,120
\nthe associations with these time
\nperiods, let’s just notice the <\/p>\n
879
\n00:56:46,160 –> 00:56:48,160
\nfollowing.
\nI can just get all of this on <\/p>\n
880
\n00:56:48,160 –> 00:56:53,960
\nthe screen.
\nRevelation Chapter 11, verse 2. <\/p>\n
881
\n00:56:54,960 –> 00:56:57,640
\nSays that the.
\nHoly City will be trodden by the<\/p>\n
882
\n00:56:57,640 –> 00:57:02,560
\nGentiles.
\nFor. 42 months, then in <\/p>\n
883
\n00:57:02,560 –> 00:57:06,000
\nRevelation 11 in the very next.
\nVerse verse 3. <\/p>\n
884
\n00:57:06,440 –> 00:57:09,840
\nThe two witnesses are said to be
\nfree to prophecy. <\/p>\n
885
\n00:57:11,480 –> 00:57:16,560
\nFor. 1260 days.
\nThat’s interesting because in <\/p>\n
886
\n00:57:16,560 –> 00:57:21,840
\nfact these two are somewhat
\nrelated. 42 months is 1260 days <\/p>\n
887
\n00:57:22,200 –> 00:57:24,920
\non the basis of a 30 day month
\nwhich was the lunar calendar. <\/p>\n
888
\n00:57:24,920 –> 00:57:33,160
\nUsed by Israel chapter. 12 then
\nand verse 6 and verse 14 gives <\/p>\n
889
\n00:57:33,160 –> 00:57:37,000
\nus two more time periods and
\nthey both refer to the woman as <\/p>\n
890
\n00:57:37,000 –> 00:57:39,760
\nshe is preserved for a period of
\ntime in the wilderness. <\/p>\n
891
\n00:57:40,640 –> 00:57:45,240
\nFirst in Revelation 12 and six,
\nit’s expressed as time times and<\/p>\n
892
\n00:57:45,240 –> 00:57:49,920
\nhalf time times and half a time.
\nThen in verse 14 it’s expressed <\/p>\n
893
\n00:57:49,920 –> 00:57:53,280
\nas 1260.
\nNow there’s the clincher the <\/p>\n
894
\n00:57:53,280 –> 00:57:57,080
\n1260 and the times, times and
\nhalf a time are one in the same <\/p>\n
895
\n00:57:57,080 –> 00:58:03,680
\nperiod. 3 1\/2 years is the same
\nas 42 months, and it’s the same <\/p>\n
896
\n00:58:03,680 –> 00:58:09,440
\nthing as 12160 days.
\nThen in chapter 13 with the <\/p>\n
897
\n00:58:09,440 –> 00:58:11,360
\nBEAST system.
\nThat comes out of the waters. <\/p>\n
898
\n00:58:11,960 –> 00:58:15,520
\nThe power of the sea beast to
\nwage war against the Saints is <\/p>\n
899
\n00:58:15,520 –> 00:58:19,160
\n42 months now.
\nIsn’t that interesting? <\/p>\n
900
\n00:58:20,160 –> 00:58:22,400
\nGo back to Chapter 11 where we
\nhave the. <\/p>\n
901
\n00:58:22,400 –> 00:58:27,200
\nHoly city trodden down by the
\nGentile, persecuted for 42 <\/p>\n
902
\n00:58:27,200 –> 00:58:30,200
\nmonths.
\nIn the Beast system of 13 and <\/p>\n
903
\n00:58:30,200 –> 00:58:35,920
\nfive, the same expression is
\nused 42 months, describing the <\/p>\n
904
\n00:58:35,920 –> 00:58:39,200
\ntime in which the Sea beast can
\nwage war against the Saints. <\/p>\n
905
\n00:58:39,720 –> 00:58:44,080
\nThere’s a link.
\nThe Holy City of Revelation 11 <\/p>\n
906
\n00:58:44,720 –> 00:58:47,720
\nand the Saints are one of the
\nsame in 13 and five. <\/p>\n
907
\n00:58:48,800 –> 00:58:52,040
\nThe Gentiles that trod down the
\nHoly City must in some. <\/p>\n
908
\n00:58:52,040 –> 00:58:56,640
\nWay be linked to the sea beast
\nfurthermore. <\/p>\n
909
\n00:58:56,640 –> 00:59:01,520
\nWithin Chapter 11, verse three
\nsays the witnesses are free to <\/p>\n
910
\n00:59:01,520 –> 00:59:06,840
\nprophecy for 1260 days.
\nAnd isn’t it interesting that <\/p>\n
911
\n00:59:06,840 –> 00:59:11,600
\nthe woman is allowed to have
\nasylum in the wilderness for <\/p>\n
912
\n00:59:11,600 –> 00:59:12,960
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