Class 1 from this series was used in GCT Episode 281.<\/p>\n
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\nChapters 12 and 17.
\nTerminated our last class. <\/p>\n
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\nWe were analyzing the links
\nbetween the man of sin prophecy <\/p>\n
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\nand the Old Testament
\nconnections which are rightly <\/p>\n
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\nsuggested to us in the margin of
\nthe RV. <\/p>\n
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\nWe say rightly because when we
\nexamine each of those contexts, <\/p>\n
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\nwe do see in fact a great deal
\nof appropriateness in linking <\/p>\n
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\nwith the kind of figure
\ndescribed in the man of sin <\/p>\n
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\nprophecy.
\nThe wording is virtually exact <\/p>\n
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\nin some cases.
\nWe explored, especially in our <\/p>\n
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\nlast class, the links with
\nDaniel, especially Daniel <\/p>\n
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\nChapter 7.
\nGiven the fact that the beast <\/p>\n
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\nsystem in Revelation has
\ninevitably those kind of links <\/p>\n
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\nback into the Daniel prophecies,
\nwe shouldn’t be surprised to <\/p>\n
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\nfind that as we explore the
\nbeast system in Revelation, we <\/p>\n
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\nwill be continually reminded of
\nsome of the characteristics of <\/p>\n
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\nthe man of Sin.
\nI’d like in this class, brothers<\/p>\n
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\nand sisters, to consider what is
\nperhaps one of the most <\/p>\n
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\ntroublesome passages that deals
\nwith the Beast system, <\/p>\n
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\nRevelation Chapter 12.
\nAnd from the point of view of <\/p>\n
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\nmore recent interpretations of
\nRevelation in the community, <\/p>\n
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\nRevelation chapter 12 has
\nperhaps been one of the major <\/p>\n
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\ncontroversial areas.
\nI’d like to suggest that before <\/p>\n
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\nwe look at chapter 12 in any
\ndetail, that we look at the <\/p>\n
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\nenvironment in Revelation in
\nwhich it’s set. <\/p>\n
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\nBy environment, I mean that we
\ntake a good look at Revelation <\/p>\n
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\nChapter 11 that’s on one side of
\nit and we take a close look at <\/p>\n
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\nRevelation Chapter 13 on the
\nother side of it. <\/p>\n
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\nI believe there are some
\nimportant leads in Revelation 11<\/p>\n
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\nprior to us meeting the vision
\nof Chapter 12, and that some of <\/p>\n
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\nthe follow up details in
\nRevelation 13 give important <\/p>\n
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\ninformation before we draw final
\nconclusions as to what’s going <\/p>\n
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\non in Chapter 12.
\nTherefore, we’re just going to <\/p>\n
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\nback up a little bit and take a
\nlook at Revelation Chapter 11 <\/p>\n
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\nfor the purpose of giving us
\nsome preparation for chapter 12 <\/p>\n
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\nand then chapter 13.
\nFirst of all, in Revelation <\/p>\n
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\nChapter 11, John tells us in
\nverse. <\/p>\n
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\nOne that was given me I read
\nlike unto a rod. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the Angel stood, saying,
\nRise and measure the temple of <\/p>\n
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\nGod, and the altar and them that
\nworship therein, rise and <\/p>\n
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\nmeasure the temple of God.
\nAnd the altar and them that <\/p>\n
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\nworship therein.
\nBut the court, which is without <\/p>\n
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\nthe temple, leave out and
\nmeasure it not, for it is given <\/p>\n
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\nunto the Gentiles and the holy
\ncity, shall they tread under <\/p>\n
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\nfoot, 40 and two months.
\nNow, first of all, there is a <\/p>\n
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\nvery important introduction, I
\nbelieve, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
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\nin these few verses of
\nRevelation 11. <\/p>\n
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\nIt reinforces a concept that
\nwe’ve already mentioned a number<\/p>\n
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\nof times in our studies.
\nThus far we have talked about <\/p>\n
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\nthe false being an imitator of
\nthe true. <\/p>\n
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\nHow much the false imitates the
\ntrue we can see from the <\/p>\n
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\ndescriptions that we have of the
\nman of sin compared to the <\/p>\n
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\ndescriptions of the Son of Man.
\nHere in Revelation Chapter 11, <\/p>\n
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\nit’s helpful to have a visual
\npicture of what is being <\/p>\n
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\nmeasured at the time of Christ.
\nOf course, Herod’s temple had <\/p>\n
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\nbuilt an enormous court
\nsurrounding the main temple <\/p>\n
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\narea.
\nThe court of the Gentiles it was<\/p>\n
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\ncalled.
\nThat was a feature that was <\/p>\n
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\npeculiar really to Herod’s
\ntemple and the time of John. <\/p>\n
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\nIt wasn’t something that was
\ntrue of Solomon’s Temple or the <\/p>\n
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\nTemple.
\nThe time was erubbable. <\/p>\n
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\nHere is the temple of God, a
\nplace of worship. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s an altar there and there
\nare worshippers. <\/p>\n
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\nBut the court which is without
\nthe temple, Greek word means <\/p>\n
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\nexcommunicate.
\nTo leave out in Greek is the <\/p>\n
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\nGreek word meaning
\nexcommunicate. <\/p>\n
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\nNow why would the court have to
\nbe excommunicated from the <\/p>\n
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\ntemple?
\nAfter all, the court was a place<\/p>\n
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\nfor Gentiles to worship.
\nSomebody looking at the temple <\/p>\n
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\nas an overview would see the
\ncourse, the main precincts of <\/p>\n
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\nthe temple and the main court,
\nthe gentiles surrounding it. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then of course, there was
\nthe court of women, and then <\/p>\n
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\nthere was what was called the
\ncourt of Israel as well. <\/p>\n
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\nThere was a succession of
\ncourts, but this court is <\/p>\n
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\nundoubtedly according to verse
\n2, the court of the Gentiles. <\/p>\n
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\nBut it seems to have been
\nattached to the temple. <\/p>\n
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\nThey were worshippers that were
\nin that court. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was provided for worshippers,
\nthe gentiles that wanted to come<\/p>\n
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\nand could not go past that
\nguarding sign that warned any <\/p>\n
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\ngentile that he who crossed that
\nthreshold would be doing so upon<\/p>\n
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\npain of death.
\nSo here we have a picture of a <\/p>\n
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\nBut part of that place of <\/p>\n
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\nworship is to be excommunicated
\nbecause it’s given to the <\/p>\n
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\nGentiles.
\nNow right away, I believe, <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters, we are
\ngiven an important perspective <\/p>\n
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\nhere at the beginning of Chapter
\n11, a place of worship, but it <\/p>\n
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\nis to be divided into two parts.
\nThose who are worshipping in <\/p>\n
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\nthis place are attached, some of
\nthem to the true temple of God <\/p>\n
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\nand to what’s called the Holy
\nCity. <\/p>\n
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\nBut some part of this place that
\nhas worshippers is to now be <\/p>\n
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\nseparated at this point in time,
\nbecause those who worship in <\/p>\n
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\nthat section are called
\nGentiles. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat is being said and done
\nthere? <\/p>\n
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\nSurely, brothers and sisters,
\nthere is something similar to <\/p>\n
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\nwhat we’ve seen already in our
\nstudies thus far. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat seemed to be worshippers
\ncan sometimes be false <\/p>\n
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\nimitators, deluded, not
\nfollowing the truth. <\/p>\n
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\nWe then proceed further into the
\npicture in verse three and four <\/p>\n
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\nof the witnesses and the two
\nlamp stands. <\/p>\n
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\nWe read that these lamp stands
\nhave a common point where they <\/p>\n
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\nfeed into verse four.
\nThere are two olive trees, the <\/p>\n
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\ntwo candlesticks standing before
\nthe God of the earth, and if any<\/p>\n
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\nman will hurt them, fire
\nproceedeth out of their mouth <\/p>\n
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\nand devoureth their enemies.
\nNow, brothers and sisters, there<\/p>\n
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\nare two trees and two olive
\nsticks. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s clearly an allusion to
\nZechariah’s prophecy of the <\/p>\n
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\nolive tree, or the olive trees
\nand the Candlestick. <\/p>\n
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\nBut when we go back to
\nZechariah, we find that there is<\/p>\n
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\na connection here with this
\nprophecy. <\/p>\n
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\nBut there’s something different
\nabout it. <\/p>\n
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\nIn Zechariah, there were two
\nolive trees and one Candlestick.<\/p>\n
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\nHere there are two olive trees
\nand two candlesticks, two <\/p>\n
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\nsources of light.
\nAre there really two sources of <\/p>\n
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\nlight?
\nThat is, are there two true <\/p>\n
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\nsources of light?
\nIt has connections with <\/p>\n
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\nZachariah.
\nSome things are the same and <\/p>\n
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\nlook like the true, but in fact
\nthere is something very <\/p>\n
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\ndifferent about the setting
\nhere. <\/p>\n
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\nIt seems to complement what we
\nsee in the opening part of the <\/p>\n
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\nvision.
\nI’d suggest that there is a <\/p>\n
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\nplace with worshippers, but one
\npart of it in fact is identified<\/p>\n
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\nas being the true temple, the
\ntrue altar, the true city. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd part of it which seems also
\nto have worshippers, is <\/p>\n
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\ndescribed as being in need of
\nbeing excommunicated and <\/p>\n
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\nseparated, even though it would
\nall look to the human eye to be <\/p>\n
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\na mutual place of worshipper.
\nAnd all of them would seem to be<\/p>\n
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\nvery sincere as they were going
\nabout their devotions. <\/p>\n
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\nOne group or one section was
\nrecognized by God and the other <\/p>\n
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\ngroup was to be excommunicated
\nfrom and it’s associated with <\/p>\n
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\nGentiles.
\nNow that is what happens in <\/p>\n
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\nRevelation Chapter 11.
\nBefore we get to chapter 12, we <\/p>\n
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\ngo over to chapter 13 to the
\nother side. <\/p>\n
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\nMake a few more observations
\nthere. <\/p>\n
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\nIn chapter 13 we see this sea
\nbeast coming up out of the water<\/p>\n
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\nin verse one, as they do in
\nDaniel Chapter 7. <\/p>\n
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\nAttention is given to the kind
\nof conglomerate animal that we <\/p>\n
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\nhave here, drawing from the
\nvarious beasts and kind of <\/p>\n
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\npasting them together, as it
\nwere. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd in verse two of chapter 13,
\nattention is drawn to the mouth <\/p>\n
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\nof this animal, his mouth as the
\nmouth of a lion, and the dragon <\/p>\n
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\ngave him his power, his seat and
\ngreat authority, power, great <\/p>\n
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\nauthority, and a seat given to
\nthis beast that is a <\/p>\n
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\nconglomerate of the beasts of
\nDaniel 7. <\/p>\n
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\nIn Daniel seven we have those
\nbeasts except for the dragon. <\/p>\n
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\nIn Daniel chapter seven, we do
\nhave a reference to a mouse in <\/p>\n
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\nconjunction with those beasts.
\nIn Daniel Chapter 7, in <\/p>\n
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\nconjunction with that mouse and
\nthe beast that is attached to <\/p>\n
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\nit, or to which it is attached,
\nthere is reference to an <\/p>\n
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\nindividual who claims to have
\ngreat power and authority, and <\/p>\n
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\nexercises that authority as
\nthough he was God himself. <\/p>\n
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\nInterestingly, there are
\nconnections then with Daniel <\/p>\n
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\nChapter 7.
\nThen we proceed further to verse<\/p>\n
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\nfive.
\nThere was given unto him a mouth<\/p>\n
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\nonce again back to the mouth,
\nspeaking great things and <\/p>\n
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\nblasphemies.
\nNow remind ourselves of that <\/p>\n
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\nlanguage of Daniel Chapter 7,
\nwhere we have the beasts, and <\/p>\n
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\nfinally the 4th beast, and the
\nlittle mouth that becomes stout.<\/p>\n
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\nWhat was said there?
\nA little horn. <\/p>\n
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\nBefore whom were three of the
\nfirst horns plucked up? <\/p>\n
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\nHe had the eyes of a man and a
\nmouth speaking great things, And<\/p>\n
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\nhear of the sea beast, it is
\nsaid there was given unto him a <\/p>\n
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\nmouth speaking great things, and
\nhe’s blasphemous. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat about the little horn?
\nHe too is blasphemous, although <\/p>\n
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\nthe word is not exactly used,
\nbecause he speaks great words. <\/p>\n
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\nVerse 25 of Daniel Seven Against
\nthe Most High. <\/p>\n
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\nInteresting.
\nFurthermore, the time period <\/p>\n
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\nassociated with this BEAST
\nsystem is 40 and two months. <\/p>\n
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\nNow 40 and two months is the
\nsame thing as of course 3 1\/2 <\/p>\n
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\ndays or years.
\nHowever one wants to put it to <\/p>\n
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\nstart with 3 1\/2 years is the
\nsame amount of days as 42 months<\/p>\n
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\non the basis of the month being
\n30 days, which was standard for <\/p>\n
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\nAnd of course in Daniel Chapter <\/p>\n
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\n7 there is a time period given
\nand it’s given as being time <\/p>\n
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\ntimes and dividing time which is
\nunderstood to be by all <\/p>\n
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\ncommentators 3 1\/2 * 3 1\/2 * 42
\nthree and a half. <\/p>\n
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\nVery close connection between
\nthose. <\/p>\n
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\nIf we were to go back to
\nRevelation Chapter 11, where we <\/p>\n
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\njust came from, we would
\ndiscover that 42 months occurs <\/p>\n
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\nthere as well.
\nIn verse two, it’s the time <\/p>\n
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\nperiod during which the Holy
\nCity is trodden under foot 40 <\/p>\n
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\nand two months the Holy City,
\nthe true believers trodden down <\/p>\n
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\nfor a period of 42 months, 42
\nmonths there, 42 months. <\/p>\n
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\nHere In Revelation 13, during
\nwhich time this mouth speaks <\/p>\n
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\ngreat things, blasphemy is
\nallowed to be spoken, and he <\/p>\n
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\nopened his mouth in blasphemy
\nagainst God to blasphemy His <\/p>\n
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\nInterestingly, not just against <\/p>\n
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\nGod, but he blasphemes the
\ntemple of God. <\/p>\n
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\nNow how could He blasphemy the
\nTemple of God? <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s a curious expression.
\nIt’s not so curious, of course, <\/p>\n
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\nwhen we see the links, as we’ve
\nalready noticed with a man of <\/p>\n
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\nsin who claims to have as his
\nseat of authority the Temple of <\/p>\n
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\nGod, and treats that place as if
\nit was God’s temple, and treats <\/p>\n
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\nAnd likewise the man of sin is a<\/p>\n
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\nblasphemous in what he speaks.
\nBut what about this term <\/p>\n
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\nblasphemy?
\nWhat are its associations in the<\/p>\n
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\nBook of Revelation?
\nEspecially blasphemy? <\/p>\n
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\nCould it be spoken of in the
\nBook of Revelation? <\/p>\n
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\nI mean by someone who might be
\nan atheistic figure? <\/p>\n
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\nBecause that’s how some brethren
\nunderstand Revelation 13 to be <\/p>\n
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\nessentially A humanistic or an
\natheistic figure. <\/p>\n
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\nNot an apostate figure, not a
\nchurch figure. <\/p>\n
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\nCould that be?
\nWell, blasphemy is first <\/p>\n
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\nmentioned in Revelation chapter
\n2. <\/p>\n
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\nLet’s go there, please.
\nIt’s the first reference. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s always useful, brothers and
\nsisters, to look up a word as <\/p>\n
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\nit’s first used in Scripture and
\nto see whether or not after the <\/p>\n
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\nwhether the other occurrences in<\/p>\n
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\nsome way build upon that first
\nplace. <\/p>\n
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\nThe first time seed is mentioned
\nin Genesis has important <\/p>\n
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\nconnotations for the other
\nreferences. <\/p>\n
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\nTo see the first places we’ve
\nseen where Kingdom is mentioned,<\/p>\n
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\nSpeaking of Babylon, the first
\nplace where Shinar is mentioned <\/p>\n
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\nfirst occurrences of a word, an
\nimportant word in scripture, are<\/p>\n
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\nalways worth noting carefully,
\nbecause often there the <\/p>\n
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\nscripture will define its terms
\nand its connotations. <\/p>\n
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\nHere is the first reference then
\nto blasphemy. <\/p>\n
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\nVerse nine of Revelation 2.
\nWhat’s it to do with I know thy <\/p>\n
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\nworks and tribulation and
\npoverty, but thou art rich, and <\/p>\n
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\nI know the blasphemy of them,
\nwhich say they are Jews and are <\/p>\n
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\nnot, but are of the not
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\nSatan.
\nNow isn’t that interesting? <\/p>\n
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\nThe very first reference to
\nblasphemy in the Book of <\/p>\n
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\nRevelation is in the context of
\napostasy. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s in the context of an
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\nmuch, but as an Ecclesia next to
\na group close to a group that <\/p>\n
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\nare blasphemous Because they say
\nthey are Jews, they got the <\/p>\n
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\nbut in fact they are not true <\/p>\n
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\nJews and that the Spirit chooses
\nnot even to use the word the <\/p>\n
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\nword Ecclesia to describe their
\ngathering place. <\/p>\n
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\nInstead it refers to the
\nSynagogue of Satan. <\/p>\n
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\nNow where else is blasphemy used
\nin Revelation? <\/p>\n
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\nDo you know that after
\nRevelation 2 and verse 9 is only<\/p>\n
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\nused in conjunction with the
\nBeast system? <\/p>\n
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\nOnly used in conjunction with
\nthe B system? <\/p>\n
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\nThe next occurrence is in
\nRevelation chapter 13, which <\/p>\n
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\nwe’ve just been looking at, then
\nin chapter 16, then in 17, and <\/p>\n
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\nthen again in 18.
\nNow if Scripture is allowed to <\/p>\n
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\ndefine its own terms, brothers
\nand sisters, and if first <\/p>\n
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\noccurrences often give the vital
\nclue for the meaning that’s <\/p>\n
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\nattached to that term,
\nRevelation 2 and verse 9 is <\/p>\n
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\nhighly significant.
\nIt is not something that is in <\/p>\n
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\nRevelation spoken of by an
\nautocratic, gentile, atheistic, <\/p>\n
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\nhumanistic type, autocrat, or
\npower. <\/p>\n
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\nIn Revelation, the blasphemy
\nspoken of is in conjunction with<\/p>\n
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\nthose who claim they are the
\ntrue Israel, but in fact they <\/p>\n
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\nare not.
\nThey have the appearance, but in<\/p>\n
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\nfact they’re an imitation of the
\ntrue, but they’re not the true. <\/p>\n
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\nBack to the same concept.
\nSee how that concept brothers <\/p>\n
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\nand sisters, ever so vital to
\ngrasp all the way through in <\/p>\n
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\nthose sections in Daniel and
\nright through of course, the man<\/p>\n
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\nof sin prophecy.
\nWe’ve seen this concept come up <\/p>\n
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\nagain and again, the imitation
\nof the false concerning the true<\/p>\n
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\nand how closely it manages to
\nmimic the truth. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that Jesus could say that
\nthat we are not to be deceived <\/p>\n
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\nand if we aren’t careful even
\nthe very elect will be deceived.<\/p>\n
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\nTake that very seriously.
\nHe opened his mouth and he spoke<\/p>\n
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\nblasphemy against God to
\nblasphemy his name and His <\/p>\n
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\ndwelling place and them that
\ndwell in heaven. <\/p>\n
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\nThen we meet an Earth beast.
\nChapter 11, Excuse me, Chapter <\/p>\n
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\n13, verse 11.
\nChapter 13, verse 11. <\/p>\n
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\nI beheld another beast coming up
\nout of the earth and he had two <\/p>\n
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\nhorns like a lamb.
\nI think it’s helpful to perhaps <\/p>\n
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\nvisualize some of this.
\nHe had two horns like a lamb and<\/p>\n
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\nhe speak as a dragon.
\nNow that’s interesting isn’t it?<\/p>\n
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\nThis earth beast we are told is
\nconnected with the sea beast. <\/p>\n
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\nWe are told that the sea beast
\ngets his power from the dragon. <\/p>\n
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\nWe are introduced to the dragon
\nin chapter 12. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that’s why we have sort of
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\nsides.
\nTake a look at certain concepts <\/p>\n
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\nand clues that might be given
\nthat have to be borne in mind <\/p>\n
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\nbefore we look closely at the
\ndetails of chapter 12. <\/p>\n
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\nThe dragon is introduced in 12.
\nHe is behind the scenes in <\/p>\n
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\ngiving the sea beast his power
\nas 13 opens up. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what they see is not the
\ndragon, They see the sea beast. <\/p>\n
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\nBut he gets his power from the
\ndragon. <\/p>\n
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\nThe dragon is kind of the unseen
\nforce behind the scenes. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s never disappeared.
\nHe’s never gone. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s still there.
\nAnd then emerges the Earth <\/p>\n
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\nBeast.
\nAnd we’re told that he is <\/p>\n
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\nconnected closely with the sea
\nbeast. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if he is, he too must in
\nsome way get his power from the <\/p>\n
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\ndragon.
\nOr we might say that’s perhaps <\/p>\n
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\nquite a conjecture.
\nYou know, maybe the dragon was <\/p>\n
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\nindeed behind the sea beast, but
\ncan we be sure he’s behind the <\/p>\n
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\nEarth Beast too?
\nHow do we know? <\/p>\n
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\nAfter all, he looks very good,
\ndoesn’t he? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat does he look like?
\nHe looks like a lamb. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat book of the Bible spends
\nthe greatest amount of detail <\/p>\n
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\nconcerning that figure of the
\nlamb? <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s the Book of Revelation.
\nMore is said about the lamb in <\/p>\n
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\nRevelation than anywhere else in
\nscripture as it relates to <\/p>\n
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\nJesus.
\nThe Lamb in Revelation all the <\/p>\n
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\nway through pretty well is
\nJesus. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s associated, of course,
\nwith Messiah. <\/p>\n
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\nHowever, as John looks, he must
\nhave thought, oh, it’s a picture<\/p>\n
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\nof the Master.
\nHe’s already seen a picture of <\/p>\n
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\nthe Lamb several times in
\nRevelation prior to this vision.<\/p>\n
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\nJohn could have very easily been
\ndeceived. <\/p>\n
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\nBut then the Lamb opens his
\nmouth, his mouth, He opens his <\/p>\n
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\nmouth.
\nAnd from his mouth John then <\/p>\n
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\nknows is true identity and
\ncharacter. <\/p>\n
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\nAs Jesus said, out of the
\nabundance of the heart the mouth<\/p>\n
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\nspeaketh.
\nWhat is spoken is a true <\/p>\n
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\nindication of the real character
\ninside. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when he speaks, he’s a
\ndragon. <\/p>\n
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\nJohn thinks my could have been
\ndeceived. <\/p>\n
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\nHow good was that deception?
\nBrothers and sisters? <\/p>\n
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\nHe, to all outward appearances,
\nwas a Lamb, could easily have <\/p>\n
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\nbeen mistaken as a symbol of the
\nMaster. <\/p>\n
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\nSince in this very book Jesus is
\npictured as a Lamb more than <\/p>\n
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\nonce.
\nJohn has seen that Lamb more <\/p>\n
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\nthan once, and he sees it again
\nlater on. <\/p>\n
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\nNow he sees a Lamb in
\nconjunction with this vision, <\/p>\n
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\nand no joke, no doubt John must
\nhave thought it first. <\/p>\n
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\nAh, it’s another picture of the
\nLord. <\/p>\n
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\nBut it wasn’t.
\nHow did he know? <\/p>\n
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\nOnly when he opened his mouth
\nand then when he opened his <\/p>\n
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\nmouth the dragon is still there.
\nHe speaks like a dragon. <\/p>\n
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\nThe dragon of Daniel chapter 12
\nhasn’t gone at all. <\/p>\n
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\nHe is working behind the scenes
\nin the sea based manifestation <\/p>\n
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\nand in the next phase the dragon
\nis working behind the scenes and<\/p>\n
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\ngiving the power and the bite to
\nthe lamb’s work which is really <\/p>\n
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\nno lamb.
\nAnd once again you notice the <\/p>\n
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\nattention now given to the
\nmouth. <\/p>\n
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\nYou see, brothers and sisters,
\nthere are very close connections<\/p>\n
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\nwith that little horn in Daniel
\n7. <\/p>\n
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\nThe time period of Daniel 7 is
\nthe same kind of time period as <\/p>\n
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\nis used here for the sea beast.
\nTime, times and a half a time or<\/p>\n
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\n42 months, 3 1\/2 Like the little
\nhorn that becomes stout, It <\/p>\n
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\nspeaks blasphemies, it says
\nthings against the temple of <\/p>\n
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\nGod, it speaks great things, and
\nattention is given to the mouth.<\/p>\n
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\nNow let’s go back to the mouth
\nof the sea beast. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat kind of mouth did the sea
\nbeast have? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, in verse 2, just to read
\nit again, the beast which I saw <\/p>\n
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\nwas like unto a leopard, and his
\nfeet were as the feet of a bear <\/p>\n
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\nand his mouth as the mouth of a
\nlion. <\/p>\n
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\nNow you see with this beast, he
\nhas all the appearances, <\/p>\n
340
\n00:23:16,240 –> 00:23:18,760
\nbrothers and sisters, of being a
\nleopard. <\/p>\n
341
\n00:23:20,200 –> 00:23:22,600
\nBut again, we’ve got to be
\ncautious. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:23:24,720 –> 00:23:26,760
\nThe body is essentially a
\nleopard. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:23:27,400 –> 00:23:32,000
\nHowever, his feet have certain
\ndistinctions, His head has <\/p>\n
344
\n00:23:32,000 –> 00:23:37,880
\ncertain distinctions or his
\nhead, and when he speaks, the <\/p>\n
345
\n00:23:37,880 –> 00:23:42,600
\nmouth that he’s got is the mouth
\nof a lion in the first stage. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:23:43,040 –> 00:23:46,720
\nNow of the beasts in Daniel,
\nwhich beast was associated with <\/p>\n
347
\n00:23:46,720 –> 00:23:49,440
\nthe lion, or what power was
\nassociated with the lion, <\/p>\n
348
\n00:23:50,440 –> 00:23:52,760
\nBabylon was associated with the
\nlion. <\/p>\n
349
\n00:23:53,320 –> 00:23:56,600
\nThe first beast that comes out
\nof the watery condition in <\/p>\n
350
\n00:23:56,600 –> 00:24:01,200
\nDaniel 7 is of course the lion,
\nwhich lines up with the head of <\/p>\n
351
\n00:24:01,200 –> 00:24:04,680
\ngold in Daniel’s image.
\nThe next one, of course, is we <\/p>\n
352
\n00:24:04,680 –> 00:24:08,000
\nknew was the bear, which lines
\nup with the silver in the image.<\/p>\n
353
\n00:24:08,640 –> 00:24:13,040
\nAnd the third one was the
\nleopard, which lines up of <\/p>\n
354
\n00:24:13,040 –> 00:24:17,760
\ncourse with the brass.
\nThe last one was the 4th beast, <\/p>\n
355
\n00:24:17,760 –> 00:24:22,000
\nwhich had iron in it.
\nThis beast has the leopard, in <\/p>\n
356
\n00:24:22,000 –> 00:24:25,400
\nother words, he’s got some brass
\nlined up with grease. <\/p>\n
357
\n00:24:25,400 –> 00:24:29,560
\nThere’s something Grecian, some
\nelements still going through in <\/p>\n
358
\n00:24:29,560 –> 00:24:33,400
\ncontinuity with these latter
\nbeasts, latter phases. <\/p>\n
359
\n00:24:34,200 –> 00:24:37,080
\nSo automatically by drawing in
\nthe Leopard, there is a <\/p>\n
360
\n00:24:37,080 –> 00:24:41,680
\nconnection with the brass power.
\nThat shouldn’t be surprising <\/p>\n
361
\n00:24:42,080 –> 00:24:46,240
\nbecause in the 4th feast of
\nDaniel 7 there’s brass in it, as<\/p>\n
362
\n00:24:46,240 –> 00:24:48,800
\nwell as iron.
\nThere is that metal which is <\/p>\n
363
\n00:24:48,800 –> 00:24:51,840
\nreally lined up of course with
\nthe leopard power with Greece, <\/p>\n
364
\n00:24:52,400 –> 00:24:56,320
\nso that shouldn’t be surprising.
\nBut when it speaks, it speaks <\/p>\n
365
\n00:24:56,320 –> 00:24:59,600
\nlike a lion that go back to
\nDaniel, and that’s connected <\/p>\n
366
\n00:24:59,600 –> 00:25:02,160
\nwith Babylon.
\nOf course. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:25:02,240 –> 00:25:05,680
\nIt was in fact a royal symbol
\nfor the power of Babylon. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:25:07,160 –> 00:25:10,440
\nYou see brothers and sisters in
\nthe environment of chapter 12, <\/p>\n
369
\n00:25:12,200 –> 00:25:17,960
\nthese beasts that continue on
\nafter the events of chapter 12 <\/p>\n
370
\n00:25:17,960 –> 00:25:20,880
\nand the man child who confronts
\nthe dragon. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:25:21,840 –> 00:25:27,360
\nThe dragon lives on and the
\ndragon manifests himself 1st <\/p>\n
372
\n00:25:27,480 –> 00:25:30,840
\nthrough the sea beast and
\nsecondly through the earth <\/p>\n
373
\n00:25:30,840 –> 00:25:34,520
\nbeast.
\nThe dragon is associated with <\/p>\n
374
\n00:25:34,520 –> 00:25:39,400
\napostasy, not just with raw
\npolitical power. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:25:40,520 –> 00:25:46,320
\nRevelation chapter 12 is one
\nstage, the sea beast is another <\/p>\n
376
\n00:25:46,320 –> 00:25:49,840
\nstage, and the Earth beast is
\nanother stage. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:25:50,040 –> 00:25:54,200
\nYou go from a dragon that makes
\nno pretense to be anything other<\/p>\n
378
\n00:25:54,200 –> 00:26:01,240
\nthan a dragon, to a sea beast
\nthat is only a dragon inside. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:26:01,240 –> 00:26:05,600
\nBecause it says the dragon gave
\nhim his power, it is covert. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:26:06,040 –> 00:26:09,400
\nThe dragon like power is not
\nobvious, but it’s the dragon <\/p>\n
381
\n00:26:09,400 –> 00:26:12,000
\nwho’s pulling the strings and
\ngiving him his power. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:26:12,320 –> 00:26:15,320
\nSo the dragon in the second
\nphase is not obvious. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:26:15,320 –> 00:26:18,880
\nHis presence just isn’t obvious
\nat all, but it certainly is a <\/p>\n
384
\n00:26:18,880 –> 00:26:23,680
\nferocious looking beast.
\nThe next stage, when you get to <\/p>\n
385
\n00:26:23,680 –> 00:26:29,800
\nthis one, is the most beguiling
\nof all, because unlike this sea <\/p>\n
386
\n00:26:29,800 –> 00:26:33,440
\nbeast, the Earth Beast doesn’t
\neven look ferocious to start <\/p>\n
387
\n00:26:33,520 –> 00:26:36,440
\nwith.
\nJohn says he sees a lamb. <\/p>\n
388
\n00:26:37,080 –> 00:26:39,320
\nThat’s all he sees.
\nNothing like the sea beast, <\/p>\n
389
\n00:26:39,480 –> 00:26:42,480
\nnothing like the dragon.
\nBut when he opens his mouth, the<\/p>\n
390
\n00:26:42,480 –> 00:26:47,000
\ndragon is still there.
\nIn other words, from the dragon <\/p>\n
391
\n00:26:47,000 –> 00:26:52,880
\nstage to the Earth Beast stage,
\nthe identity of the dragon has <\/p>\n
392
\n00:26:52,880 –> 00:26:57,880
\nbecome less and less obvious.
\nHis constituent influence and <\/p>\n
393
\n00:26:57,880 –> 00:27:02,200
\npower has become more and more
\ndeceiving and subtle, less and <\/p>\n
394
\n00:27:02,200 –> 00:27:04,720
\nless obvious to appearance and
\nto the eye. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:27:05,000 –> 00:27:08,600
\nHe’s still there, but he’s
\nburied even more so in his <\/p>\n
396
\n00:27:08,600 –> 00:27:11,440
\ninfluence.
\nYou see, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
397
\n00:27:11,440 –> 00:27:15,560
\nwe must be getting a progression
\nas we move from 12 into 13 <\/p>\n
398
\n00:27:16,000 –> 00:27:19,720
\nthrough the two beasts.
\nFinally, as we follow through <\/p>\n
399
\n00:27:19,720 –> 00:27:23,040
\nthe beast system, we find it in
\nconjunction with a false prophet<\/p>\n
400
\n00:27:23,880 –> 00:27:27,240
\nwith a false prophet.
\nNow, a false prophet in <\/p>\n
401
\n00:27:27,240 –> 00:27:30,840
\nscripture is never associated
\nwith a atheistic or a humanistic<\/p>\n
402
\n00:27:30,840 –> 00:27:33,800
\nfigure, and it’s only someone
\nwho makes the pretense of <\/p>\n
403
\n00:27:33,800 –> 00:27:35,800
\nspeaking for God.
\nBut in fact it’s not. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:27:36,240 –> 00:27:41,760
\nBut makes the pretense is false,
\nbut really pretends to be the <\/p>\n
405
\n00:27:41,760 –> 00:27:44,360
\ntruth.
\nSee brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
406
\n00:27:44,560 –> 00:27:47,880
\nwhatever we make of the dragon
\nand whatever he’s doing and <\/p>\n
407
\n00:27:47,880 –> 00:27:51,360
\nwhatever influence he’s wielding
\nin chapter 12, we’ve got to bear<\/p>\n
408
\n00:27:51,360 –> 00:27:55,920
\nin mind how he ends up.
\nHe ends up as looking like <\/p>\n
409
\n00:27:55,920 –> 00:27:59,800
\nChrist.
\nHe ends up as being underneath <\/p>\n
410
\n00:27:59,800 –> 00:28:04,080
\nthat lamb like beast.
\nHe is very similar to the kind <\/p>\n
411
\n00:28:04,080 –> 00:28:09,520
\nof metaphor Jesus used when he
\nsaid that they will be wolves in<\/p>\n
412
\n00:28:09,520 –> 00:28:12,320
\nsheep’s clothing.
\nSpeaking of the rise of <\/p>\n
413
\n00:28:12,320 –> 00:28:17,120
\napostasy, Paul said in the Acts
\nthat he feared when he spoke to <\/p>\n
414
\n00:28:17,120 –> 00:28:21,440
\nthe Ephesian elders that when he
\ndeparts grievious wolves were <\/p>\n
415
\n00:28:21,440 –> 00:28:24,360
\ninter in among the fly grievious
\nwolves. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:28:24,400 –> 00:28:27,120
\nUsing the language of the master
\nearlier on that there will be <\/p>\n
417
\n00:28:27,120 –> 00:28:30,680
\nwolves in sheep’s clothing.
\nHow do you know the wolves? <\/p>\n
418
\n00:28:31,600 –> 00:28:33,160
\nHow do you know that there’s a
\ndragon there? <\/p>\n
419
\n00:28:33,160 –> 00:28:36,680
\nWhen he speaks, what he says,
\nhow he behaves? <\/p>\n
420
\n00:28:36,960 –> 00:28:39,360
\nIt’s from his mouth that you
\nwill determine. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:28:39,840 –> 00:28:41,640
\nAnd that’s exactly what
\nDeuteronomy said. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:28:41,960 –> 00:28:45,640
\nHow do you know a false prophet,
\nSaid Moses, On God’s behalf, you<\/p>\n
423
\n00:28:45,640 –> 00:28:47,720
\nwill listen to what he says, you
\nknow, weigh it up with the <\/p>\n
424
\n00:28:47,720 –> 00:28:50,800
\ncommandments of Yahweh.
\nIt’s on the basis not of what he<\/p>\n
425
\n00:28:50,840 –> 00:28:54,480
\ndoes, but on the basis of what
\nhe says and whether it winds up <\/p>\n
426
\n00:28:54,480 –> 00:28:58,480
\nwith revelation, with true
\nrevelation, the ultimate measure<\/p>\n
427
\n00:28:58,480 –> 00:29:00,760
\nof what the character is like
\ninside. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:29:01,640 –> 00:29:05,440
\nSo out of the abundance of the
\nheart, the mouth speaketh truly <\/p>\n
429
\n00:29:06,000 –> 00:29:08,480
\nnot only of the good man, but
\nalso of the bad. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:29:09,520 –> 00:29:13,960
\nWhatever we make, therefore, of
\nthe scene in Revelation 12, what<\/p>\n
431
\n00:29:13,960 –> 00:29:19,280
\nwe have got is the first stage
\nof a development that is going <\/p>\n
432
\n00:29:19,280 –> 00:29:21,520
\nto end up with something like
\nthis. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:29:22,640 –> 00:29:27,280
\nIt’s the beginning of apostasy,
\nnot the beginning of an <\/p>\n
434
\n00:29:27,280 –> 00:29:30,520
\natheistic, humanistic figure.
\nIn its final stage is when <\/p>\n
435
\n00:29:30,520 –> 00:29:33,680
\nChrist returns, but the
\nbeginning of a system that is <\/p>\n
436
\n00:29:33,680 –> 00:29:36,680
\nfinally going to have a false
\nprophet associated with it. <\/p>\n
437
\n00:29:37,520 –> 00:29:40,640
\nThat to all intents and
\npurposes, the dragon is going to<\/p>\n
438
\n00:29:40,640 –> 00:29:43,960
\nbe so well buried in the last
\nstage that he’s going to look <\/p>\n
439
\n00:29:43,960 –> 00:29:46,520
\nlike a religious figure.
\nHe’s going to look like the <\/p>\n
440
\n00:29:46,520 –> 00:29:50,200
\nmaster himself, as described
\nelsewhere in Revelation. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:29:51,400 –> 00:29:53,360
\nSee how helpful it is, I
\nbelieve. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:29:54,000 –> 00:29:58,720
\nLook at Revelation 13 very
\ncarefully, first reminding <\/p>\n
443
\n00:29:58,720 –> 00:30:00,720
\nourselves of what we saw in
\nRevelation 11. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:30:01,440 –> 00:30:07,120
\nHe sees the temple an overview,
\nand then he’s told to <\/p>\n
445
\n00:30:07,160 –> 00:30:12,240
\nexcommunicate one part of those
\nworshippers because they don’t <\/p>\n
446
\n00:30:12,240 –> 00:30:15,320
\nbelong to the true temple and
\nthe true holy city. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:30:16,000 –> 00:30:19,320
\nExcommunicate them.
\nTells, tells the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
448
\n00:30:19,320 –> 00:30:22,080
\nChrist to John.
\nKeep them separate. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:30:23,120 –> 00:30:25,000
\nThey are the court of the
\nGentiles. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:30:25,200 –> 00:30:26,520
\nIndeed.
\nThey look like fellow <\/p>\n
451
\n00:30:26,520 –> 00:30:29,640
\nworshippers, but he’s told
\nseparate them. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:30:30,400 –> 00:30:33,840
\nWe see two lampstands.
\nWe’re reminded of Zachariah. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:30:34,200 –> 00:30:36,600
\nThere are similarities, but
\nthere are differences. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:30:37,160 –> 00:30:40,880
\nThere are two sources of light.
\nCan there truly be two sources <\/p>\n
455
\n00:30:40,880 –> 00:30:43,440
\nof light?
\nThe force of the Tabernacle, <\/p>\n
456
\n00:30:43,440 –> 00:30:46,360
\nsymbol of the Menorah and in
\nZechariah likewise, is that <\/p>\n
457
\n00:30:46,360 –> 00:30:47,960
\nthere’s one source of light, not
\ntwo. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:30:49,000 –> 00:30:53,240
\nBut they look both the same, and
\nthey both seem to be lampstands <\/p>\n
459
\n00:30:53,800 –> 00:30:56,160
\nand they both seem to be burning
\nand they both seem to be <\/p>\n
460
\n00:30:56,160 –> 00:30:59,760
\nshedding light.
\nThere’s very, very similar <\/p>\n
461
\n00:31:00,240 –> 00:31:03,360
\nprophets that had the powers
\nlike Moses did, to send plagues <\/p>\n
462
\n00:31:03,360 –> 00:31:07,280
\nand that sort of thing.
\nAre they truly pictures of all <\/p>\n
463
\n00:31:07,280 –> 00:31:12,480
\nthe Saints or just some?
\nWell, in case we’re not sure, <\/p>\n
464
\n00:31:12,640 –> 00:31:15,880
\nthe warnings in Revelation
\nchapter 13 have to be born in <\/p>\n
465
\n00:31:15,880 –> 00:31:18,560
\nmind.
\nThe dragon goes through various <\/p>\n
466
\n00:31:18,560 –> 00:31:21,680
\nstages.
\nFirst he’s obvious as to what he<\/p>\n
467
\n00:31:21,680 –> 00:31:26,720
\nis, and then he becomes less
\nobvious as he manifests himself <\/p>\n
468
\n00:31:27,080 –> 00:31:30,680
\nthrough figures that become more
\nand more having a religious <\/p>\n
469
\n00:31:30,680 –> 00:31:33,560
\ngarb.
\nTill finally, the final stage is<\/p>\n
470
\n00:31:33,560 –> 00:31:35,880
\nthat the dragon is behind a
\npower that looks almost like <\/p>\n
471
\n00:31:35,880 –> 00:31:38,600
\nChrist, exactly like Christ
\nuntil he speaks. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:31:39,360 –> 00:31:42,000
\nAnd when he does speak, he
\nsounds like the little horn of <\/p>\n
473
\n00:31:42,000 –> 00:31:45,360
\nDaniel 7 and he looks like the
\nlittle horn of Daniel 7. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:31:45,800 –> 00:31:50,080
\nMoreover, he speaks and he looks
\nsomewhat like, of course, the <\/p>\n
475
\n00:31:50,080 –> 00:31:52,320
\nman of sin.
\nAnd what else does he do? <\/p>\n
476
\n00:31:52,720 –> 00:31:55,200
\nDoes he persecute the Saints?
\nDoes he bother them? <\/p>\n
477
\n00:31:55,320 –> 00:31:58,320
\nWell, let’s notice again
\nRevelation 13. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:32:04,080 –> 00:32:09,040
\nAs we continue through here, we
\nsee that he becomes an <\/p>\n
479
\n00:32:09,040 –> 00:32:13,840
\nantagonistic power.
\nLet’s go down to, well, verse <\/p>\n
480
\n00:32:13,840 –> 00:32:18,080
\n12, Speaking of the earth beast.
\nThen he exercises all the power <\/p>\n
481
\n00:32:18,080 –> 00:32:22,040
\nof the first beast before him
\nand causes the earth, causes the<\/p>\n
482
\n00:32:22,120 –> 00:32:25,600
\nearth and then the dwell therein
\nto worship the first beast. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:32:26,680 –> 00:32:30,680
\nThen he does wonders like the
\nman of sin and like Jesus Christ<\/p>\n
484
\n00:32:30,680 –> 00:32:34,240
\nof course And that word wonder.
\nThere is the Greek word Semaeon <\/p>\n
485
\n00:32:34,240 –> 00:32:36,760
\nused in second Second
\nThessalonians chapter 2. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:32:36,760 –> 00:32:39,760
\nAs we’ve seen before, look at
\nverse 14. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:32:40,440 –> 00:32:44,920
\nThe dragon now working through
\nthis lamb like figure deceives <\/p>\n
488
\n00:32:44,920 –> 00:32:48,720
\nthem that dwell on the earth by
\nmeans of miracles which he had <\/p>\n
489
\n00:32:48,720 –> 00:32:52,080
\npower to do in the sight of the
\nbeast, saying to them that dwell<\/p>\n
490
\n00:32:52,080 –> 00:32:54,280
\non the earth that they should
\nmake an image to the beast. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:32:55,520 –> 00:32:59,680
\nThen in verse 15 he had power to
\ngive life unto the image of the <\/p>\n
492
\n00:32:59,680 –> 00:33:03,000
\nbeast, that the image of the
\nbeast should both speak and <\/p>\n
493
\n00:33:03,000 –> 00:33:06,320
\n’cause that as many as would not
\nworship the image of the beast. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:33:06,800 –> 00:33:11,520
\nHere’s the point, as many as
\nwould not worship the image of <\/p>\n
495
\n00:33:11,520 –> 00:33:15,600
\nthe beast should be killed.
\nWhat does the little horn do in <\/p>\n
496
\n00:33:15,600 –> 00:33:20,040
\nDaniel Chapter 7 to those that
\nare antagonistic or resist him? <\/p>\n
497
\n00:33:20,080 –> 00:33:23,000
\nWell, we remember what it says
\nthere in Daniel Seven. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:33:23,640 –> 00:33:25,840
\nHe thinks to change times and
\nlaws. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:33:26,520 –> 00:33:30,880
\nAnd before that Daniel is told
\nhe shall speak great words <\/p>\n
500
\n00:33:30,880 –> 00:33:36,240
\nagainst the Most High and shall
\nwear out the Saints of the Most <\/p>\n
501
\n00:33:36,240 –> 00:33:39,240
\nHigh.
\nExactly what this beast system <\/p>\n
502
\n00:33:39,240 –> 00:33:42,040
\ndoes here at this one particular
\nstage. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:33:44,480 –> 00:33:48,200
\nThen, as we come to an end of
\nRevelation 13, we’re drawn back <\/p>\n
504
\n00:33:48,800 –> 00:33:52,240
\nto stress on the man.
\nThe man. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:33:53,240 –> 00:33:58,880
\nChapter 18 here is wisdom.
\nExcuse me, Chapter 13, verse 18 <\/p>\n
506
\n00:33:59,400 –> 00:34:02,760
\nhere is wisdom.
\nLet him that hath understanding <\/p>\n
507
\n00:34:02,760 –> 00:34:06,800
\ncount the number of the beast,
\nfor it is the number of a man. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:34:08,239 –> 00:34:15,560
\nHis number is 603 score and six.
\nIt is the number of a man. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:34:16,000 –> 00:34:22,159
\nWhy put the stress on him being
\na man unless there’s a link, as <\/p>\n
510
\n00:34:22,159 –> 00:34:25,840
\nthere is with the sea beast in
\nverse 5 and as there is with the<\/p>\n
511
\n00:34:25,880 –> 00:34:29,800
\nearth beast in verse 12.
\nUnless there’s a link back again<\/p>\n
512
\n00:34:29,800 –> 00:34:34,560
\nto Daniel 7 where the little
\nhorn that speaks great things <\/p>\n
513
\n00:34:34,880 –> 00:34:40,120
\nfor the same time period, who
\nalso wears out the Saints, who <\/p>\n
514
\n00:34:40,120 –> 00:34:45,199
\nalso is blasphemous.
\nIt is an individual who is <\/p>\n
515
\n00:34:45,199 –> 00:34:50,880
\ndescribed as a man, a man who
\nhas the eyes of a man, the mouth<\/p>\n
516
\n00:34:50,920 –> 00:34:54,560
\nof a man.
\nAnd therefore, once again, the <\/p>\n
517
\n00:34:54,560 –> 00:34:57,800
\nemphasis goes back to 2nd
\nThessalonians 2 because it’s the<\/p>\n
518
\n00:34:57,800 –> 00:35:02,000
\nman of sin, even though he
\nrepresents a system in a body <\/p>\n
519
\n00:35:02,320 –> 00:35:06,960
\nthat supports his convictions
\nand whom he deludes back to <\/p>\n
520
\n00:35:06,960 –> 00:35:11,640
\nRevelation 12.
\nNow with that in mind, keeping <\/p>\n
521
\n00:35:11,640 –> 00:35:17,120
\nin mind what is really the
\nlatter development in chapter <\/p>\n
522
\n00:35:17,120 –> 00:35:27,540
\n13, is there any mention in
\nRevelation chapter 12 of <\/p>\n
523
\n00:35:27,540 –> 00:35:30,620
\nDeception?
\nBefore we look at some of the <\/p>\n
524
\n00:35:30,620 –> 00:35:32,820
\nspecific details, well it’s
\ninteresting. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:35:32,820 –> 00:35:38,140
\nIn verse nine there is this
\ndragon that we know in the end <\/p>\n
526
\n00:35:38,140 –> 00:35:41,540
\nis going to be manifested
\nthrough the sea beast phase <\/p>\n
527
\n00:35:43,440 –> 00:35:46,200
\nassociated with blasphemy, which
\nwe know is connected with <\/p>\n
528
\n00:35:46,200 –> 00:35:50,120
\napostasy.
\nThis dragon that is then going <\/p>\n
529
\n00:35:50,120 –> 00:35:52,560
\nto go through the phase of being
\nan earth piece that’s going to <\/p>\n
530
\n00:35:52,560 –> 00:35:55,960
\nlook like a lamb and be
\nconnected with a false prophet <\/p>\n
531
\n00:35:55,960 –> 00:35:58,520
\nand deceive the earth and do
\ngreat signs and wonders like <\/p>\n
532
\n00:35:58,520 –> 00:36:01,720
\nChrist.
\nThis dragon is connected in <\/p>\n
533
\n00:36:01,720 –> 00:36:07,000
\nverse nine with deception,
\ndeceiving the whole world before<\/p>\n
534
\n00:36:07,000 –> 00:36:12,480
\nhe is thrust down at that point.
\nThat’s interesting that there is<\/p>\n
535
\n00:36:12,480 –> 00:36:16,160
\nthat connection with the dragon
\nimmediately in chapter 12 and <\/p>\n
536
\n00:36:16,160 –> 00:36:20,720
\nwith deception.
\nAre there other details in this <\/p>\n
537
\n00:36:20,720 –> 00:36:23,600
\nchapter that would lead us to
\nthe notion of the false <\/p>\n
538
\n00:36:23,600 –> 00:36:28,120
\nrepresenting the true?
\nWell, really, there are some <\/p>\n
539
\n00:36:28,120 –> 00:36:32,000
\nvery significant signs of it.
\nFor what happens when the dragon<\/p>\n
540
\n00:36:32,000 –> 00:36:36,640
\nis thrust out of this heaven.
\nWe read that as soon as he is <\/p>\n
541
\n00:36:36,640 –> 00:36:43,240
\nthrust out verse 10, along comes
\na great acclamation, says John. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:36:43,240 –> 00:36:49,240
\nI heard a loud voice saying, In
\nheaven now has come salvation <\/p>\n
543
\n00:36:49,240 –> 00:36:53,040
\nand strength in the Kingdom of
\nour God and the power of his <\/p>\n
544
\n00:36:53,040 –> 00:36:55,920
\nChrist.
\nFor the accuser of our brethren <\/p>\n
545
\n00:36:55,920 –> 00:36:59,400
\nis cast down which accused them
\nbefore our God. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:36:59,400 –> 00:37:03,080
\nDay and night a voice comes from
\nheaven. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:37:03,240 –> 00:37:06,680
\nAh, some brethren will say, this
\nhas got to be the setting up of <\/p>\n
548
\n00:37:06,680 –> 00:37:09,240
\nthe Kingdom.
\nThis can’t possibly be some <\/p>\n
549
\n00:37:09,240 –> 00:37:12,600
\nearlier stage of apostasy
\ndeveloping, let’s say before the<\/p>\n
550
\n00:37:12,600 –> 00:37:15,400
\nMiddle Ages even.
\nWhy can’t it be? <\/p>\n
551
\n00:37:15,680 –> 00:37:19,240
\nBecause this voice comes from
\nheaven, and because it says that<\/p>\n
552
\n00:37:19,240 –> 00:37:22,720
\nnow with salvation, now with
\nsalvation, and strengthen the <\/p>\n
553
\n00:37:22,720 –> 00:37:28,160
\nKingdom of our God, the voice
\ncomes from where the voice comes<\/p>\n
554
\n00:37:28,160 –> 00:37:31,000
\nfrom heaven.
\nNow if Scripture is allowed to <\/p>\n
555
\n00:37:31,000 –> 00:37:34,920
\ninterpret its own terms of
\nreference, where is heaven in <\/p>\n
556
\n00:37:34,920 –> 00:37:38,520
\nthis context?
\nWhere is the heaven in this <\/p>\n
557
\n00:37:38,520 –> 00:37:42,840
\nimmediate context?
\nWell, the heaven is where the <\/p>\n
558
\n00:37:42,840 –> 00:37:46,320
\ndragon was verse seven.
\nThere was a war in heaven. <\/p>\n
559
\n00:37:46,760 –> 00:37:49,160
\nMichael and his angels fought
\nagainst the dragon, and the <\/p>\n
560
\n00:37:49,160 –> 00:37:52,960
\ndragon was thrust out.
\nIt’s the place where the stars <\/p>\n
561
\n00:37:52,960 –> 00:37:57,120
\nof heaven were in verse four
\nthat were finally thrust to the <\/p>\n
562
\n00:37:57,160 –> 00:38:01,200
\nearth.
\nIt’s where Michael went up to in<\/p>\n
563
\n00:38:01,200 –> 00:38:04,840
\nverse 5 where there was a throne
\nprepared for him called the <\/p>\n
564
\n00:38:04,840 –> 00:38:08,800
\nThrone of God.
\nIt’s where the woman was in <\/p>\n
565
\n00:38:08,800 –> 00:38:12,040
\nverse one who was clothed with
\nthe sun and the moon under her <\/p>\n
566
\n00:38:12,040 –> 00:38:15,800
\nfeet and a crown of 12 stars
\nwhere she travails being <\/p>\n
567
\n00:38:15,800 –> 00:38:19,720
\npregnant with child.
\nThat’s where the heaven is. <\/p>\n
568
\n00:38:21,480 –> 00:38:23,800
\nWhen we’re speaking to Jehovah’s
\nWitnesses and to our friends <\/p>\n
569
\n00:38:23,800 –> 00:38:26,680
\nlike that, we insist that we let
\nScripture interpret Scripture. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:38:26,920 –> 00:38:30,360
\nWe let the context interpret its
\nown frames of reference. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:38:31,080 –> 00:38:35,440
\nThe heaven here, in context is
\nthe heaven from which the dragon<\/p>\n
572
\n00:38:35,440 –> 00:38:41,080
\nhas been fallen and to which
\nMichael has now ascended, and in<\/p>\n
573
\n00:38:41,080 –> 00:38:45,120
\nwhich the woman finally sits in
\nall her great supposed glory <\/p>\n
574
\n00:38:45,120 –> 00:38:48,240
\nwith apostate symbols in verse
\none. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:38:49,800 –> 00:38:53,720
\nSo perhaps this heaven isn’t
\nwhat it’s cracked up to be. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:38:54,880 –> 00:38:57,160
\nPerhaps this heaven isn’t what
\nit appears to be. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:38:57,160 –> 00:39:00,760
\nPerhaps it’s not really heaven,
\nbut it’s an imitation, or it’s <\/p>\n
578
\n00:39:00,760 –> 00:39:03,800
\nat least a parallel to heaven.
\nLet’s explore it further. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:39:04,480 –> 00:39:07,240
\nNow has come salvation and
\nstrengthen the Kingdom of our <\/p>\n
580
\n00:39:07,240 –> 00:39:09,760
\nGod.
\nAll right, let’s take that <\/p>\n
581
\n00:39:09,760 –> 00:39:13,360
\nnotion.
\nIf that is the establishment, at<\/p>\n
582
\n00:39:13,360 –> 00:39:16,680
\nthat point of the Kingdom of
\nGod, we have had a war in <\/p>\n
583
\n00:39:16,680 –> 00:39:19,520
\nheaven.
\nMichael has gone to heaven. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:39:19,680 –> 00:39:23,280
\nThe dragon is thrust out and now
\ncomes the Kingdom. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:39:23,280 –> 00:39:25,080
\nSo it’s apparently a future
\nvision. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:39:25,120 –> 00:39:28,240
\nSay something.
\nNow comes the Kingdom of our God<\/p>\n
587
\n00:39:28,640 –> 00:39:30,840
\nand the power of his Christ.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
588
\n00:39:31,480 –> 00:39:35,800
\nFor the accuser of our brethren
\nis cast down, which accused them<\/p>\n
589
\n00:39:35,800 –> 00:39:37,680
\nbefore God day and night.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
590
\n00:39:37,680 –> 00:39:39,920
\nBecause the accuser is now
\ndefeated, right. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:39:40,600 –> 00:39:43,600
\nThe accuser is now defeated.
\nHe’s now been cast out. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:39:43,600 –> 00:39:46,480
\nHe’s been dethroned.
\nMichael has taken his place. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:39:46,720 –> 00:39:49,120
\nGreat day of rejoicing.
\nDown goes the dragon. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:39:49,280 –> 00:39:52,960
\nUp goes Michael.
\nSo there’s cause for rejoicing. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:39:52,960 –> 00:39:54,840
\nThe Kingdom of God is now
\nestablished. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:39:55,440 –> 00:39:58,080
\nBut what do we read?
\nVerse 12. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:39:58,320 –> 00:40:01,680
\nTherefore rejoice, ye heavens,
\nand ye that dwell in them. <\/p>\n
598
\n00:40:02,240 –> 00:40:06,440
\nWoe to the inhabitants of the
\nearth and of the sea, For the <\/p>\n
599
\n00:40:06,440 –> 00:40:11,760
\ndevil has come down unto what
\nthe devil has come down unto <\/p>\n
600
\n00:40:12,280 –> 00:40:13,800
\nyou.
\nHaving great wrath because he <\/p>\n
601
\n00:40:13,800 –> 00:40:15,720
\nknoweth that he hath but a short
\ntime. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:40:16,840 –> 00:40:20,840
\nWell then what happens?
\nThe dragon then is cast to the <\/p>\n
603
\n00:40:20,840 –> 00:40:22,520
\nearth and he persecutes the
\nwoman. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:40:23,640 –> 00:40:27,200
\nThen we read that he continues
\nto persecute for a period of <\/p>\n
605
\n00:40:27,200 –> 00:40:30,880
\ntime, times a half a time more
\nthan that. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:40:30,880 –> 00:40:35,240
\nVerse 17 The dragon is wrath
\nwith the woman and he goes to <\/p>\n
607
\n00:40:35,240 –> 00:40:40,000
\nmake war with the remnant of her
\nseed which keep the commandments<\/p>\n
608
\n00:40:40,000 –> 00:40:42,760
\nof God and have the testimony of
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:40:44,120 –> 00:40:46,680
\nIs the Kingdom set up?
\nWhat kind of a Kingdom is That <\/p>\n
610
\n00:40:48,360 –> 00:40:52,920
\nemphasis is placed by some of
\nour expositors on that word Now <\/p>\n
611
\n00:40:53,040 –> 00:40:56,280
\nin verse 10.
\nNow has come salvation, strength<\/p>\n
612
\n00:40:56,280 –> 00:40:58,600
\nand the Kingdom?
\nIs that how we understand the <\/p>\n
613
\n00:40:58,600 –> 00:41:02,200
\nKingdom to be set up?
\nThat once the Kingdom is set up <\/p>\n
614
\n00:41:02,560 –> 00:41:05,880
\nafter that the Saints are to be
\npersecuted in verse 17. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:41:06,760 –> 00:41:10,920
\nMoreover, chapter 13 continues
\nthe story of the dragon in the <\/p>\n
616
\n00:41:10,920 –> 00:41:13,920
\nsea beast phase.
\nThe sea beast goes through a <\/p>\n
617
\n00:41:13,920 –> 00:41:18,240
\ncertain period of time that must
\nbe elapsed and he becomes a <\/p>\n
618
\n00:41:18,240 –> 00:41:20,840
\nblastemer.
\nHe needs time to grow and <\/p>\n
619
\n00:41:20,840 –> 00:41:24,760
\ndevelop and become what he does.
\nThen we go through the Earth <\/p>\n
620
\n00:41:24,760 –> 00:41:29,400
\nBeast phase of chapter of verse
\n11 where it looks like the lamb <\/p>\n
621
\n00:41:29,520 –> 00:41:31,000
\nalthough it speaks like a
\ndragon. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:41:31,720 –> 00:41:34,600
\nThen we meet the dragon later on
\nin Revelation. <\/p>\n
623
\n00:41:35,000 –> 00:41:38,600
\nA number of times beyond this
\nthe dragon is alive according to<\/p>\n
624
\n00:41:38,600 –> 00:41:43,120
\nchapter 16 and verse 13.
\nNot only that, the dragon is <\/p>\n
625
\n00:41:43,120 –> 00:41:47,320
\naround as late as Revelation
\nchapter 20 and verse 2. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:41:49,040 –> 00:41:52,120
\nThe dragon is there in
\nRevelation 20 and verse two. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:41:53,960 –> 00:41:56,760
\nLook at how much time, and look
\nat the number of events that <\/p>\n
628
\n00:41:56,760 –> 00:42:00,040
\nhave transpired after the
\nexpelling of the dragon from <\/p>\n
629
\n00:42:00,040 –> 00:42:04,360
\nthis so-called heaven.
\nWell then, why does Revelation <\/p>\n
630
\n00:42:04,360 –> 00:42:06,840
\n12 use that kind of language?
\nWho says it? <\/p>\n
631
\n00:42:06,840 –> 00:42:14,040
\nAfter all, it’s those who are
\nassociated with this heaven, the<\/p>\n
632
\n00:42:14,040 –> 00:42:16,760
\nvoice that comes from heaven
\nthat says it comes from the same<\/p>\n
633
\n00:42:16,760 –> 00:42:20,200
\nplace where the dragon once had
\nhis throne and his own seat of <\/p>\n
634
\n00:42:20,200 –> 00:42:22,560
\nauthority before he was deposed
\nby Michael. <\/p>\n
635
\n00:42:23,760 –> 00:42:27,280
\nThe voice comes from that
\nheaven, from those authorities, <\/p>\n
636
\n00:42:27,440 –> 00:42:31,120
\nfrom that source of power and
\ninfluence, from the heavenly <\/p>\n
637
\n00:42:31,360 –> 00:42:35,240
\nlocation where that dragon once
\nresided and where Michael now <\/p>\n
638
\n00:42:35,240 –> 00:42:37,800
\nis.
\nIf that’s a picture of Christ <\/p>\n
639
\n00:42:37,800 –> 00:42:40,840
\ndescending his throne of power
\nand authority and ready to <\/p>\n
640
\n00:42:40,840 –> 00:42:44,120
\nassume control over the world,
\nand if that’s the beginning of <\/p>\n
641
\n00:42:44,120 –> 00:42:48,360
\nthe true Kingdom of heaven, why
\nis it that as a result of that <\/p>\n
642
\n00:42:48,400 –> 00:42:51,720
\nthe Saints are persecuted and
\ncontinue to be persecuted then <\/p>\n
643
\n00:42:51,720 –> 00:42:55,280
\nby the sea beast after the
\ndragon phase and continue to be <\/p>\n
644
\n00:42:55,280 –> 00:42:59,960
\npersecuted after that by the
\nlamb face of the earth beast? <\/p>\n
645
\n00:43:00,520 –> 00:43:03,160
\nAnd how is it the dragon is
\nstill present by revelation <\/p>\n
646
\n00:43:03,160 –> 00:43:06,480
\nChapter 20?
\nWas the Kingdom of God set up, <\/p>\n
647
\n00:43:07,760 –> 00:43:11,840
\nor was it something that looked
\nlike the Kingdom of God at that <\/p>\n
648
\n00:43:11,840 –> 00:43:14,800
\ntime?
\nWas it something that was maybe <\/p>\n
649
\n00:43:14,800 –> 00:43:17,280
\na false hope?
\nWas it something that was a <\/p>\n
650
\n00:43:17,280 –> 00:43:20,800
\nhollow pretense?
\nSomething that had certain <\/p>\n
651
\n00:43:20,800 –> 00:43:23,440
\naspects about it that looked
\nlike it was the beginning of the<\/p>\n
652
\n00:43:23,440 –> 00:43:25,800
\nKingdom?
\nBut as time went along, it <\/p>\n
653
\n00:43:25,800 –> 00:43:28,360
\nbecame apparent that it wasn’t
\nthe beginning of the Kingdom. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:43:29,640 –> 00:43:33,760
\nWhat about Michael?
\nHow could this possibly be other<\/p>\n
655
\n00:43:33,760 –> 00:43:35,800
\nthan Jesus Christ?
\nIt is urged. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:43:36,240 –> 00:43:38,800
\nAfter all, his name is Michael,
\none like God. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:43:40,080 –> 00:43:46,080
\nYes, his name is 1 like God, but
\nthe man of sin sits in a place <\/p>\n
658
\n00:43:46,080 –> 00:43:50,080
\nthat he claims is the temple of
\nGod and the man of sin. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:43:50,080 –> 00:43:55,160
\nWe remind ourselves cautiously
\nspoke as though he was God and <\/p>\n
660
\n00:43:55,160 –> 00:44:01,320
\nas if he was in fact God.
\nSo the man of sin portrays <\/p>\n
661
\n00:44:01,320 –> 00:44:06,800
\nhimself to be very God, and this
\nindividual claims to be or has <\/p>\n
662
\n00:44:06,800 –> 00:44:12,960
\nthe title Michael, one like God.
\nIt’s not an impossible position <\/p>\n
663
\n00:44:13,560 –> 00:44:16,600
\nto suggest that although this
\nindividual is called Michael, <\/p>\n
664
\n00:44:16,800 –> 00:44:20,200
\nhe’s called Michael because he
\nis one who claims to be like <\/p>\n
665
\n00:44:20,200 –> 00:44:23,800
\nGod, but the behavior and the
\ncircumstances surrounding his <\/p>\n
666
\n00:44:23,800 –> 00:44:28,040
\nascendancy show otherwise.
\nIt’s only by the details that <\/p>\n
667
\n00:44:28,040 –> 00:44:31,640
\nfollow Michael’s reign that we
\ncan see that something peculiar <\/p>\n
668
\n00:44:31,640 –> 00:44:35,200
\nis happening here.
\nYou notice that when Michael <\/p>\n
669
\n00:44:35,200 –> 00:44:38,160
\nascends the throne, the Saints
\nare persecuted. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:44:39,080 –> 00:44:44,520
\nWhen Michael ascends the throne,
\nthe devil is released on the <\/p>\n
671
\n00:44:44,560 –> 00:44:48,040
\nearth.
\nWhen Jesus ascends his throne <\/p>\n
672
\n00:44:48,480 –> 00:44:52,960
\nand exercises his power, the
\ndevil will be bound, we’re told <\/p>\n
673
\n00:44:52,960 –> 00:44:56,520
\nin Scripture.
\nAnd when Jesus reigns and the <\/p>\n
674
\n00:44:56,520 –> 00:44:58,840
\nKingdom begins, the Saints won’t
\nbe persecuted. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:44:58,840 –> 00:45:01,960
\nThey will rejoice.
\nYou see, what happens here is <\/p>\n
676
\n00:45:01,960 –> 00:45:07,880
\nthe very opposite of the truth.
\nMichael ascends and the devil is<\/p>\n
677
\n00:45:07,880 –> 00:45:10,880
\nreleased.
\nWhen Jesus exercises full <\/p>\n
678
\n00:45:10,880 –> 00:45:14,200
\nauthority on the earth.
\nSatan is not released on the <\/p>\n
679
\n00:45:14,240 –> 00:45:16,720
\nearth.
\nSatan is bound for 1000 years. <\/p>\n
680
\n00:45:17,280 –> 00:45:20,080
\nThe very opposite of what
\nhappens here, in fact, is true <\/p>\n
681
\n00:45:20,560 –> 00:45:23,400
\nof Jesus when he does exercise
\nthat authority. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:45:24,160 –> 00:45:27,600
\nWhen Jesus comes to that
\nposition of power and authority,<\/p>\n
683
\n00:45:27,920 –> 00:45:31,080
\nthe Saints aren’t persecuted.
\nThey’re preserved and blessed <\/p>\n
684
\n00:45:31,280 –> 00:45:35,320
\nand inherit immortality.
\nToo many things happening here <\/p>\n
685
\n00:45:35,360 –> 00:45:39,520
\nwhich contradict the truth,
\nalthough it’s very close to the <\/p>\n
686
\n00:45:39,520 –> 00:45:41,320
\ntruth.
\nThere are certain things here <\/p>\n
687
\n00:45:41,320 –> 00:45:45,400
\nthat are a semblance of the
\ntruth, but without that concept <\/p>\n
688
\n00:45:45,920 –> 00:45:48,640
\nin mind that we’ve drawn some
\nother parts of Scripture, we <\/p>\n
689
\n00:45:48,640 –> 00:45:53,680
\ncould very easily misinterpret
\nthese events without remembering<\/p>\n
690
\n00:45:53,680 –> 00:45:57,240
\nwhat finally the dragon does.
\nHe manifests himself through the<\/p>\n
691
\n00:45:57,240 –> 00:45:59,920
\nsea beast, and he’s associated
\nwith blasphemy. <\/p>\n
692
\n00:46:00,600 –> 00:46:03,560
\nThe dragon then goes through the
\nphases, we said of the earth <\/p>\n
693
\n00:46:03,560 –> 00:46:07,160
\nbeast, where he looks very much
\nlike Christ, very much like <\/p>\n
694
\n00:46:07,160 –> 00:46:10,800
\nChrist, so much that he’s a
\nlamb, and until he speaks, no <\/p>\n
695
\n00:46:10,800 –> 00:46:12,160
\none would have known he was a
\ndragon. <\/p>\n
696
\n00:46:12,880 –> 00:46:16,640
\nSo within the environment of
\nchapter 12 in Revelation, there <\/p>\n
697
\n00:46:16,640 –> 00:46:22,440
\nare figures that show the false
\nimitates the true very, very <\/p>\n
698
\n00:46:22,440 –> 00:46:27,520
\nwell, and there’s a need for
\ncaution against deception. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:46:29,640 –> 00:46:33,360
\nTime doesn’t allow brothers and
\nsisters to go through chapter 12<\/p>\n
700
\n00:46:34,200 –> 00:46:37,760
\nin detail, considering whether
\nor not it could refer to Israel.<\/p>\n
701
\n00:46:37,920 –> 00:46:40,280
\nPerhaps we can do that tomorrow
\nmorning in the Sunday School <\/p>\n
702
\n00:46:40,280 –> 00:46:44,360
\nclass.
\nMany people do believe that this<\/p>\n
703
\n00:46:44,360 –> 00:46:47,560
\nfigure must refer to Israel in
\nsome way, or the woman must <\/p>\n
704
\n00:46:47,560 –> 00:46:50,960
\nrefer to Israel in some way.
\nBut a careful look at the <\/p>\n
705
\n00:46:50,960 –> 00:46:53,360
\ndetails of this chapter prove
\notherwise. <\/p>\n
706
\n00:46:54,080 –> 00:46:57,760
\nThings that are said here in
\nthis chapter do not fit that <\/p>\n
707
\n00:46:57,760 –> 00:47:01,960
\nentity.
\nFurthermore, we find that when <\/p>\n
708
\n00:47:01,960 –> 00:47:05,560
\nBabylon falls, who is connected
\nwith this beast? <\/p>\n
709
\n00:47:05,920 –> 00:47:09,240
\nThe Saints are told to rejoice
\nover her demise. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:47:10,120 –> 00:47:12,840
\nAnd the Saints are never
\nexhorted to rejoice over the <\/p>\n
711
\n00:47:12,840 –> 00:47:16,760
\ndemise of Israel or Jerusalem.
\nBut when that other great city <\/p>\n
712
\n00:47:16,760 –> 00:47:20,360
\nfalls, the Saints are exhorted
\nto rejoice and to be thankful <\/p>\n
713
\n00:47:20,360 –> 00:47:21,960
\nthat she’s gone and been
\ndestroyed. <\/p>\n
714
\n00:47:22,760 –> 00:47:25,920
\nThat doesn’t fit as an
\nexhortation to the Saints when <\/p>\n
715
\n00:47:25,920 –> 00:47:29,680
\nthey see Israel falling into the
\nhands of our enemies or whenever<\/p>\n
716
\n00:47:29,680 –> 00:47:33,680
\nIsrael or Jerusalem has fallen.
\nWe are to pray for the peace of <\/p>\n
717
\n00:47:33,680 –> 00:47:37,400
\nJerusalem, not to rejoice over
\nher destruction in her burning. <\/p>\n
718
\n00:47:38,520 –> 00:47:43,360
\nSo, brothers and sisters, in
\nsummary, let us take heed to <\/p>\n
719
\n00:47:43,360 –> 00:47:46,920
\nwhat perhaps are the most
\nimportant concepts we’ve studied<\/p>\n
720
\n00:47:46,920 –> 00:47:52,560
\ntoday, Looking for the big
\npicture, the main ideas 1st, and<\/p>\n
721
\n00:47:52,560 –> 00:47:55,920
\nhaving confidence that if we at
\nleast get the main part of the <\/p>\n
722
\n00:47:55,920 –> 00:48:00,840
\nplot, such as the B system.
\nSo supporting details will at <\/p>\n
723
\n00:48:00,840 –> 00:48:04,160
\nleast fit into a basic pattern
\nthat we understand, although we <\/p>\n
724
\n00:48:04,160 –> 00:48:07,760
\nnot may not be able to
\ncompletely identify every aspect<\/p>\n
725
\n00:48:07,760 –> 00:48:12,520
\nAbout all the small details, we
\nlook for important supporting <\/p>\n
726
\n00:48:12,520 –> 00:48:16,160
\nconcepts, the most important
\nbeing that we’ve stressed today.<\/p>\n
727
\n00:48:16,920 –> 00:48:21,120
\nThe concept of the false
\nimitating the true, the concept <\/p>\n
728
\n00:48:21,120 –> 00:48:26,320
\nof continuity from Genesis to
\nDaniel to Revelation. <\/p>\n
729
\n00:48:27,120 –> 00:48:31,960
\nThe concept that Babylon
\ncontinues in the earth has begun<\/p>\n
730
\n00:48:31,960 –> 00:48:35,120
\nfrom the time of Genesis and is
\nstill present in some form or <\/p>\n
731
\n00:48:35,120 –> 00:48:37,000
\nanother in the Book of
\nRevelation. <\/p>\n
732
\n00:48:38,040 –> 00:48:41,560
\nThe realization that those
\npowers, Babylon especially, <\/p>\n
733
\n00:48:41,920 –> 00:48:45,960
\ncontinue in the earth and are
\nmanifested in the earth informs <\/p>\n
734
\n00:48:45,960 –> 00:48:51,640
\nnot so much as the old political
\npowers, so much as how they are <\/p>\n
735
\n00:48:51,640 –> 00:48:56,200
\nmanifested through deceiving
\nideas and teachings of men. <\/p>\n
736
\n00:48:56,880 –> 00:49:01,440
\nHow they form finally are gelled
\ninto a giant, great, colossal <\/p>\n
737
\n00:49:01,440 –> 00:49:05,280
\napostate system that is so
\ndeceiving that it looks very <\/p>\n
738
\n00:49:05,280 –> 00:49:08,440
\nmuch like a lamb, although in
\nfact it’s a dragon inside.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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