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305,</c><00:12:32.460><c> there</c><00:12:32.720><c> were</c> 00:12:33.059 --> 00:12:35.299 six<00:12:33.559><c> emperors</c><00:12:34.159><c> ruling</c><00:12:34.580><c> in</c><00:12:34.940><c> his</c> 00:12:35.299 --> 00:12:39.980 head.<00:12:37.679><c> Now,</c><00:12:37.899><c> here</c><00:12:38.059><c> are</c><00:12:38.279><c> five</c><00:12:38.580><c> of</c><00:12:38.720><c> them</c><00:12:38.840><c> on</c><00:12:39.019><c> the</c><00:12:39.379><c> screen.</c><00:12:39.740><c> The</c> 00:12:39.980 --> 00:12:41.220 first<00:12:40.299><c> one,</c><00:12:40.500><c> of</c><00:12:40.679><c> course,</c><00:12:41.059><c> is</c> 00:12:41.220 --> 00:12:45.659 Constantius.<00:12:42.399><c> He</c><00:12:42.539><c> was</c><00:12:42.759><c> the</c><00:12:43.039><c> Augusti</c><00:12:43.700><c> in</c><00:12:43.919><c> the</c><00:12:44.100><c> West.</c><00:12:45.259><c> He</c><00:12:45.360><c> was</c> 00:12:45.659 --> 00:12:48.019 Constantine's<00:12:46.799><c> father,</c> 00:12:48.419 --> 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work</c><00:15:29.080><c> because</c><00:15:29.419><c> there</c><00:15:29.740><c> must</c><00:15:30.159><c> be</c><00:15:30.559><c> three</c><00:15:31.120><c> emperors</c><00:15:31.820><c> in</c> 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:34.500 the<00:15:32.860><c> Roman</c><00:15:33.179><c> Empire</c><00:15:33.940><c> as</c> 00:15:34.500 --> 00:15:38.779 we<00:15:34.740><c> open</c><00:15:35.080><c> up</c><00:15:35.340><c> Revelation</c><00:15:36.220><c> 12.</c><00:15:37.399><c> Because</c><00:15:37.600><c> in</c><00:15:37.820><c> Revelation</c><00:15:38.200><c> 12</c><00:15:38.580><c> we</c> 00:15:38.779 --> 00:15:44.919 read<00:15:39.320><c> words</c><00:15:39.759><c> like,</c><00:15:40.919><c> and</c><00:15:40.919><c> the</c> 00:15:45.179 --> 00:15:50.580 stars<00:15:45.500><c> of</c><00:15:46.360><c> heaven</c><00:15:46.679><c> and</c><00:15:47.379><c> cast</c><00:15:47.879><c> them</c><00:15:48.100><c> to</c><00:15:48.340><c> the</c><00:15:48.559><c> earth.</c><00:15:49.519><c> 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so</c><00:16:02.480><c> is</c> 00:16:02.700 --> 00:16:08.139 Maximin.<00:16:04.100><c> But</c><00:16:04.440><c> Constantine</c><00:16:05.019><c> now</c><00:16:05.320><c> knew</c><00:16:05.940><c> that</c><00:16:06.940><c> if</c><00:16:07.360><c> he</c><00:16:07.580><c> did</c><00:16:07.799><c> not</c> 00:16:08.139 --> 00:16:11.139 defeat<00:16:08.720><c> Maxentius</c><00:16:09.580><c> in</c><00:16:09.899><c> Rome,</c><00:16:10.820><c> then</c> 00:16:11.139 --> 00:16:16.559 Constantine's<00:16:12.620><c> life</c><00:16:13.120><c> was</c><00:16:13.639><c> in</c><00:16:13.820><c> jeopardy.</c><00:16:15.340><c> So</c><00:16:15.700><c> Constantine</c><00:16:16.039><c> had</c><00:16:16.200><c> to</c> 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:18.779 move<00:16:16.899><c> with</c><00:16:17.480><c> Celerity</c><00:16:18.360><c> and</c> 00:16:18.779 --> 00:16:22.720 he<00:16:18.940><c> had</c><00:16:19.220><c> to</c><00:16:19.580><c> take</c><00:16:19.919><c> Maxentius</c><00:16:20.620><c> out</c><00:16:21.039><c> before</c><00:16:21.700><c> Maxentius</c><00:16:22.379><c> moved</c> 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:25.240 his<00:16:23.100><c> forces</c><00:16:23.659><c> against</c><00:16:24.399><c> him.</c><00:16:25.139><c> And</c> 00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:30.299 so<00:16:25.500><c> down</c><00:16:25.799><c> came</c><00:16:26.059><c> Constantine</c><00:16:26.940><c> into</c><00:16:27.919><c> Rome.</c><00:16:28.960><c> Well,</c><00:16:29.639><c> he</c><00:16:29.840><c> came</c><00:16:30.100><c> to</c> 00:16:30.299 --> 00:16:32.320 the<00:16:30.480><c> Milvian</c><00:16:30.960><c> Bridge</c><00:16:31.399><c> about</c><00:16:31.899><c> eight</c> 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:41.120 miles<00:16:32.899><c> out</c><00:16:33.220><c> of</c><00:16:33.440><c> Rome</c><00:16:33.679><c> and</c><00:16:34.080><c> the</c><00:16:34.419><c> greatest</c><00:16:34.799><c> battle</c><00:16:35.179><c> of</c><00:16:35.519><c> Constantine's</c><00:16:36.480><c> life</c><00:16:36.820><c> where</c><00:16:37.179><c> he</c> 00:16:41.120 --> 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edict</c><00:17:15.619><c> was</c><00:17:16.359><c> put</c><00:17:16.720><c> forth</c><00:17:17.299><c> and</c> 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:21.700 it<00:17:18.019><c> was</c><00:17:18.299><c> between</c><00:17:18.759><c> Constantine</c><00:17:19.480><c> and</c><00:17:19.740><c> Licinius.</c><00:17:20.579><c> Both</c><00:17:20.920><c> came</c><00:17:21.180><c> together</c><00:17:21.539><c> in</c> 00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:22.710 this<00:17:21.880><c> instance</c><00:17:22.319><c> and</c> 00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:28.660 drafted<00:17:23.579><c> the</c><00:17:23.900><c> Edict</c><00:17:24.160><c> of</c><00:17:24.339><c> Milan</c><00:17:24.799><c> which</c><00:17:25.359><c> allowed</c><00:17:25.839><c> religious</c><00:17:26.559><c> toleration</c><00:17:27.339><c> and</c><00:17:27.740><c> freedom</c><00:17:28.039><c> both</c><00:17:28.359><c> to</c> 00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:34.200 Christians<00:17:29.180><c> and</c><00:17:30.039><c> pagans</c><00:17:30.660><c> alike.</c><00:17:32.160><c> How</c><00:17:32.680><c> long,</c><00:17:33.180><c> O</c><00:17:33.180><c> Lord,</c><00:17:33.940><c> holy</c> 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:35.920 and<00:17:34.579><c> true</c><00:17:34.740><c> dost</c><00:17:34.960><c> thou</c><00:17:35.160><c> not</c><00:17:35.420><c> judge</c> 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:42.039 and<00:17:36.400><c> avenge</c><00:17:37.039><c> our</c><00:17:37.359><c> blood</c><00:17:37.859><c> on</c><00:17:38.400><c> them</c><00:17:38.799><c> that</c><00:17:39.140><c> dwell</c><00:17:39.400><c> upon</c><00:17:39.759><c> the</c><00:17:39.980><c> earth?</c><00:17:40.680><c> There</c><00:17:41.220><c> was</c> 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:44.119 in<00:17:42.579><c> measure</c><00:17:43.000><c> a</c> 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:47.599 token<00:17:44.500><c> of</c><00:17:44.799><c> that</c><00:17:45.019><c> fulfillment.</c><00:17:45.779><c> God</c><00:17:46.099><c> had</c><00:17:46.480><c> not</c><00:17:46.740><c> forgotten</c><00:17:47.160><c> them</c> 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:49.799 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think</c><00:19:17.180><c> again.</c><00:19:19.119><c> It</c><00:19:19.240><c> didn't</c><00:19:19.440><c> matter</c><00:19:19.660><c> how</c> 00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:21.720 rock<00:19:20.720><c> solid</c><00:19:20.920><c> you</c><00:19:21.220><c> thought</c><00:19:21.440><c> you</c> 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:25.779 were,<00:19:22.279><c> nothing</c><00:19:23.200><c> would</c><00:19:23.900><c> stand</c><00:19:24.359><c> with</c><00:19:24.559><c> this</c><00:19:24.960><c> great</c><00:19:25.299><c> political</c> 00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:27.359 earthquake<00:19:26.140><c> when</c><00:19:26.740><c> paganism</c><00:19:27.200><c> would</c> 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:30.119 be<00:19:27.539><c> removed.</c><00:19:28.279><c> If</c><00:19:28.380><c> you</c><00:19:28.640><c> thought</c><00:19:28.900><c> you</c><00:19:29.079><c> were</c><00:19:29.319><c> untouched</c><00:19:29.839><c> and</c><00:19:30.000><c> you</c> 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:31.819 were<00:19:30.259><c> an</c><00:19:30.500><c> 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well,</c><00:19:42.200><c> an</c><00:19:42.519><c> earthquake.</c><00:19:43.200><c> We</c><00:19:43.420><c> won't</c><00:19:43.640><c> look</c> 00:19:43.859 --> 00:19:45.819 up<00:19:44.000><c> these</c><00:19:44.299><c> quotations.</c><00:19:45.599><c> I'm</c> 00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:48.180 acutely<00:19:46.160><c> aware</c><00:19:46.519><c> that</c><00:19:46.640><c> there</c><00:19:46.799><c> are</c><00:19:46.980><c> some</c><00:19:47.180><c> brothers</c><00:19:47.400><c> and</c><00:19:47.660><c> sisters</c><00:19:47.920><c> here</c> 00:19:48.180 --> 00:19:48.900 and<00:19:48.339><c> young</c><00:19:48.519><c> people</c> 00:19:48.900 --> 00:19:51.559 that<00:19:49.319><c> are</c><00:19:49.619><c> really,</c><00:19:50.019><c> really</c><00:19:50.240><c> for</c><00:19:50.420><c> the</c><00:19:50.599><c> first</c><00:19:50.880><c> time</c><00:19:51.339><c> dipping</c> 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:53.160 their<00:19:51.859><c> toe</c><00:19:51.960><c> into</c><00:19:52.160><c> this</c><00:19:52.420><c> book.</c><00:19:53.000><c> And</c> 00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:56.940 therefore,<00:19:53.440><c> you</c><00:19:53.539><c> might</c><00:19:53.819><c> like</c><00:19:54.200><c> to</c><00:19:54.440><c> write</c><00:19:54.619><c> down</c><00:19:54.819><c> in</c><00:19:54.920><c> your</c><00:19:55.200><c> margin</c><00:19:55.640><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:19:56.440><c> 32</c> 00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.440 and<00:19:57.119><c> verse</c> 00:19:57.440 --> 00:20:03.299 1<00:19:58.420><c> where</c><00:19:58.960><c> it</c><00:19:59.119><c> talks</c><00:19:59.299><c> about</c><00:19:59.480><c> a</c><00:19:59.819><c> people</c><00:20:00.240><c> quake,</c><00:20:00.779><c> the</c><00:20:00.940><c> earth</c><00:20:01.279><c> being</c><00:20:01.619><c> people.</c><00:20:03.140><c> We</c> 00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:04.000 know<00:20:03.519><c> the</c><00:20:03.740><c> words</c> 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:08.380 I<00:20:04.359><c> think</c><00:20:04.539><c> of</c><00:20:04.740><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:05.140><c> 1</c><00:20:05.559><c> verse</c><00:20:05.859><c> 2</c><00:20:06.259><c> and</c><00:20:06.500><c> verse</c><00:20:06.799><c> 10,</c><00:20:07.920><c> hear</c><00:20:08.019><c> ye,</c><00:20:08.240><c> O</c> 00:20:08.380 --> 00:20:10.339 heavens,<00:20:09.319><c> hear</c><00:20:09.539><c> ye,</c><00:20:09.779><c> O</c><00:20:10.000><c> earth.</c> 00:20:10.579 --> 00:20:13.599 And<00:20:10.759><c> God</c><00:20:10.900><c> is</c><00:20:11.119><c> talking</c><00:20:11.339><c> about</c><00:20:11.559><c> the</c><00:20:11.900><c> rulers</c><00:20:12.220><c> and</c><00:20:12.859><c> the</c><00:20:13.220><c> people</c> 00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:15.200 calling<00:20:14.039><c> the</c><00:20:14.380><c> people</c><00:20:14.680><c> the</c><00:20:15.019><c> earth.</c> 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:18.460 So<00:20:15.579><c> it's</c><00:20:15.680><c> not</c><00:20:15.900><c> a</c><00:20:16.000><c> literal</c><00:20:16.240><c> earthquake.</c><00:20:17.240><c> This</c><00:20:17.400><c> is</c><00:20:17.599><c> a</c><00:20:17.680><c> political</c> 00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:20.920 earthquake<00:20:19.180><c> with</c><00:20:20.200><c> the</c><00:20:20.480><c> removal</c> 00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:25.200 of<00:20:21.500><c> paganism</c><00:20:22.140><c> and</c><00:20:22.539><c> the</c><00:20:22.779><c> entry</c><00:20:23.279><c> of</c><00:20:23.900><c> so</c><00:20:24.200><c>-called</c><00:20:24.500><c> Christianity.</c> 00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:26.720 And<00:20:25.799><c> it</c><00:20:25.940><c> is,</c><00:20:26.299><c> brothers</c><00:20:26.480><c> and</c> 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:32.839 sisters,<00:20:27.099><c> a</c><00:20:27.400><c> great</c><00:20:27.819><c> earthquake.</c><00:20:30.460><c> Now</c><00:20:30.640><c> there</c><00:20:30.779><c> are</c><00:20:31.000><c> three</c><00:20:31.400><c> great</c><00:20:31.759><c> earthquakes</c><00:20:32.319><c> in</c><00:20:32.619><c> the</c> 00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:37.099 apocalypse.<00:20:35.200><c> Now</c><00:20:35.319><c> having</c><00:20:35.519><c> a</c><00:20:35.640><c> look</c><00:20:35.700><c> at</c><00:20:35.819><c> this</c><00:20:36.079><c> chart,</c><00:20:36.599><c> you</c><00:20:36.740><c> will</c> 00:20:37.099 --> 00:20:38.380 see<00:20:37.500><c> the</c><00:20:37.859><c> three</c><00:20:38.099><c> great</c> 00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:44.160 earthquakes.<00:20:38.880><c> Now</c><00:20:39.140><c> look</c><00:20:39.319><c> at</c><00:20:39.559><c> the</c><00:20:39.779><c> way</c><00:20:40.240><c> they</c><00:20:40.539><c> are</c><00:20:40.920><c> strategically,</c><00:20:42.240><c> systematically</c><00:20:42.880><c> placed.</c> 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:49.259 Our<00:20:45.099><c> first</c><00:20:45.559><c> great</c><00:20:45.799><c> earthquake</c><00:20:46.200><c> is</c><00:20:46.519><c> the</c><00:20:46.660><c> removal</c><00:20:47.039><c> of</c><00:20:47.319><c> pagan</c><00:20:47.619><c> Rome.</c><00:20:48.259><c> Notice</c><00:20:48.660><c> that</c><00:20:48.920><c> it</c><00:20:49.059><c> is</c> 00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:55.380 at<00:20:49.400><c> the</c><00:20:49.599><c> end</c><00:20:49.839><c> of</c><00:20:50.339><c> the</c><00:20:50.380><c> sixth</c><00:20:51.200><c> seal.</c><00:20:53.019><c> The</c><00:20:53.319><c> second</c><00:20:53.839><c> great</c><00:20:54.140><c> earthquake</c><00:20:54.539><c> is</c><00:20:54.759><c> in</c><00:20:54.920><c> Revelation</c> 00:20:55.380 --> 00:20:59.400 Chapter<00:20:55.920><c> 11.</c><00:20:56.480><c> This</c><00:20:56.599><c> is</c><00:20:56.819><c> the</c><00:20:56.940><c> French</c><00:20:57.339><c> Revolution.</c><00:20:58.859><c> Notice</c><00:20:59.220><c> it</c> 00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:01.460 is<00:20:59.559><c> at</c><00:20:59.700><c> the</c><00:20:59.940><c> end</c><00:21:00.160><c> of</c><00:21:00.420><c> the</c><00:21:00.839><c> sixth</c> 00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:06.900 trumpet.<00:21:03.099><c> The</c><00:21:03.519><c> third</c><00:21:03.900><c> great</c><00:21:04.279><c> earthquake,</c><00:21:04.740><c> of</c><00:21:05.000><c> course,</c><00:21:05.339><c> is</c><00:21:05.619><c> that</c><00:21:06.400><c> 40</c> 00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:08.200 -year<00:21:07.220><c> period</c><00:21:07.700><c> between</c> 00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:10.700 Armageddon<00:21:09.140><c> and</c><00:21:09.460><c> the</c><00:21:09.619><c> beginning</c><00:21:09.880><c> of</c><00:21:10.099><c> the</c><00:21:10.220><c> millennium.</c><00:21:10.519><c> This</c> 00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:11.599 is<00:21:11.039><c> the</c><00:21:11.180><c> greatest</c> 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:16.019 political<00:21:12.420><c> earthquake</c><00:21:13.119><c> that</c><00:21:13.359><c> would</c><00:21:13.839><c> ever</c><00:21:14.240><c> be</c><00:21:14.539><c> upon</c><00:21:14.779><c> this</c><00:21:15.039><c> earth.</c><00:21:15.640><c> When</c><00:21:15.759><c> the</c> 00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.880 kingdom<00:21:16.400><c> of</c><00:21:16.660><c> men</c> 00:21:16.880 --> 00:21:20.720 in<00:21:17.279><c> 40</c><00:21:17.660><c> years,</c><00:21:18.140><c> you</c><00:21:18.460><c> and</c><00:21:18.619><c> I</c><00:21:18.799><c> involved</c><00:21:19.119><c> in</c><00:21:19.240><c> that</c><00:21:19.480><c> work,</c><00:21:19.960><c> the</c><00:21:20.119><c> kingdom</c><00:21:20.500><c> of</c> 00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.819 men<00:21:20.839><c> would</c><00:21:21.019><c> be</c><00:21:21.200><c> removed</c> 00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:25.980 in<00:21:22.220><c> this</c><00:21:22.539><c> 40</c><00:21:22.940><c>-year</c><00:21:23.200><c> shaking.</c><00:21:23.900><c> Now</c><00:21:24.079><c> look,</c><00:21:24.680><c> the</c><00:21:24.720><c> word</c><00:21:25.039><c> Armageddon</c><00:21:25.599><c> is</c><00:21:25.819><c> there,</c> 00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.539 but<00:21:26.059><c> that's</c><00:21:26.259><c> not</c> 00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:30.720 correct.<00:21:28.039><c> I</c><00:21:28.279><c> pointed</c><00:21:28.420><c> that</c><00:21:28.599><c> out</c><00:21:28.759><c> to</c><00:21:28.900><c> the</c><00:21:29.119><c> artist</c><00:21:29.299><c> of</c><00:21:29.460><c> this</c> 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:32.420 particular<00:21:31.240><c> drawing</c><00:21:31.640><c> here.</c><00:21:32.160><c> That's</c> 00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:35.460 not<00:21:32.619><c> Armageddon.</c><00:21:33.519><c> Armageddon</c><00:21:34.039><c> is</c><00:21:34.220><c> the</c><00:21:34.400><c> last</c><00:21:34.720><c> event</c><00:21:35.000><c> of</c><00:21:35.240><c> the</c> 00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:38.160 sixth<00:21:36.039><c> vial.</c><00:21:37.420><c> When</c><00:21:37.680><c> Armageddon</c> 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:41.559 takes<00:21:38.440><c> place,</c><00:21:38.799><c> yes,</c><00:21:39.039><c> there</c><00:21:39.180><c> will</c><00:21:39.380><c> be</c><00:21:39.500><c> an</c><00:21:39.660><c> earthquake,</c><00:21:40.240><c> a</c><00:21:40.400><c> literal</c><00:21:40.660><c> earthquake,</c><00:21:41.279><c> but</c><00:21:41.380><c> that's</c> 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:44.079 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Revelation</c><00:23:21.640><c> 11</c><00:23:21.960><c> takes</c><00:23:22.180><c> us</c><00:23:22.319><c> through</c><00:23:22.619><c> a</c><00:23:23.000><c> sweep</c><00:23:23.279><c> of</c> 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:24.779 history<00:23:24.180><c> of</c> 00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:28.980 nearly<00:23:25.119><c> 1500</c><00:23:25.940><c> years.</c><00:23:26.839><c> Now</c><00:23:26.880><c> we</c><00:23:27.039><c> get</c><00:23:27.140><c> to</c><00:23:27.240><c> verse</c><00:23:27.400><c> 19,</c><00:23:28.720><c> Revelation</c> 00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:31.500 11.<00:23:30.579><c> And</c><00:23:30.660><c> the</c><00:23:30.819><c> temple</c><00:23:31.140><c> of</c><00:23:31.339><c> God</c> 00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:34.000 was<00:23:31.720><c> opened</c><00:23:31.960><c> in</c><00:23:32.200><c> heaven.</c><00:23:32.619><c> The</c><00:23:32.640><c> temple</c><00:23:32.980><c> of</c><00:23:33.200><c> God,</c><00:23:33.680><c> brothers</c><00:23:33.819><c> and</c> 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:35.500 sisters,<00:23:34.119><c> that's</c><00:23:34.400><c> you</c><00:23:34.519><c> and</c><00:23:34.700><c> me.</c> 00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:40.599 We<00:23:36.279><c> are</c><00:23:36.700><c> the</c><00:23:36.980><c> temple</c><00:23:37.279><c> of</c><00:23:37.480><c> the</c><00:23:37.579><c> living</c><00:23:37.779><c> God.</c><00:23:38.619><c> There</c><00:23:38.960><c> we</c><00:23:39.440><c> are,</c><00:23:39.839><c> you</c><00:23:40.079><c> and</c><00:23:40.299><c> I.</c> 00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:42.380 And<00:23:41.440><c> we're</c><00:23:41.859><c> in</c> 00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:46.420 heaven.<00:23:43.519><c> We're</c><00:23:43.660><c> in</c><00:23:43.759><c> the</c><00:23:44.099><c> ruling</c><00:23:44.619><c> powers</c><00:23:45.140><c> of</c><00:23:45.559><c> the</c><00:23:45.960><c> political</c> 00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:48.740 heavens<00:23:46.759><c> of</c><00:23:46.980><c> the</c><00:23:47.279><c> world.</c><00:23:48.039><c> This</c><00:23:48.339><c> is</c> 00:23:48.740 --> 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look</c><00:24:18.079><c> how</c> 00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:20.099 this<00:24:18.359><c> chapter</c><00:24:18.680><c> opens</c><00:24:19.079><c> up.</c><00:24:19.779><c> In</c><00:24:19.839><c> verse</c> 00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:22.980 1<00:24:20.259><c> of</c><00:24:20.380><c> chapter</c><00:24:20.640><c> 11,</c><00:24:20.940><c> we</c><00:24:21.039><c> read</c><00:24:21.240><c> this.</c><00:24:21.900><c> It</c><00:24:21.940><c> was</c><00:24:22.059><c> given</c><00:24:22.299><c> me</c><00:24:22.519><c> a</c><00:24:22.759><c> reed</c> 00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:24.759 like<00:24:23.160><c> unto</c><00:24:23.420><c> a</c><00:24:23.720><c> rod.</c><00:24:24.359><c> The</c><00:24:24.460><c> angel</c> 00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:28.859 stood<00:24:25.039><c> saying,</c><00:24:25.619><c> rise,</c><00:24:26.299><c> John,</c><00:24:26.799><c> and</c><00:24:27.000><c> measure</c><00:24:27.339><c> the</c><00:24:27.880><c> temple,</c><00:24:28.519><c> the</c> 00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:31.319 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months,</c><00:24:45.859><c> 1260</c><00:24:47.940><c> years</c><00:24:48.759><c> of</c><00:24:49.480><c> persecution.</c><00:24:50.819><c> Our</c><00:24:50.920><c> brothers</c><00:24:51.119><c> and</c><00:24:51.380><c> sisters</c><00:24:51.619><c> are</c><00:24:51.940><c> going</c><00:24:52.079><c> to</c><00:24:52.259><c> suffer.</c> 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:59.240 Note<00:24:53.000><c> this.</c><00:24:54.000><c> When</c><00:24:54.119><c> the</c><00:24:54.380><c> chapter</c><00:24:54.660><c> opens</c><00:24:55.220><c> with</c><00:24:55.680><c> this</c><00:24:56.160><c> awful,</c><00:24:57.079><c> awful</c><00:24:57.640><c> bell</c><00:24:58.039><c> and</c><00:24:58.420><c> alarm</c><00:24:58.740><c> of</c> 00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:01.940 persecution<00:24:59.859><c> on</c><00:25:00.039><c> our</c><00:25:00.200><c> brothers</c><00:25:00.400><c> and</c><00:25:00.619><c> sisters,</c><00:25:01.380><c> the</c><00:25:01.559><c> temple,</c> 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:03.660 notice<00:25:02.319><c> in</c><00:25:02.500><c> verse</c><00:25:02.720><c> 1,</c><00:25:03.440><c> is</c> 00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:09.859 associated<00:25:04.359><c> with</c><00:25:04.640><c> the</c><00:25:04.920><c> altar.</c><00:25:07.660><c> Sacrifice.</c><00:25:09.319><c> So</c><00:25:09.460><c> the</c><00:25:09.619><c> brothers</c> 00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:13.960 and<00:25:10.119><c> sisters</c><00:25:10.359><c> are</c><00:25:10.519><c> going</c><00:25:10.559><c> to</c><00:25:10.700><c> be</c> 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:17.839 in<00:25:14.220><c> life</c><00:25:14.500><c> under</c><00:25:14.920><c> awful</c><00:25:15.339><c> persecution,</c><00:25:16.460><c> trying</c><00:25:16.740><c> to</c><00:25:17.039><c> live</c><00:25:17.400><c> godly</c> 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:19.920 in<00:25:18.059><c> Christ</c><00:25:18.359><c> Jesus.</c><00:25:19.259><c> But</c><00:25:19.519><c> the</c> 00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:23.940 chapter<00:25:20.460><c> ends</c><00:25:21.359><c> not</c><00:25:21.920><c> with</c><00:25:22.119><c> the</c><00:25:22.279><c> brothers</c><00:25:22.460><c> and</c><00:25:22.720><c> sisters</c><00:25:22.940><c> associated</c><00:25:23.519><c> with</c> 00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:25.259 sacrifice.<00:25:25.140><c> The</c> 00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:29.599 chapter<00:25:25.559><c> ends</c><00:25:26.039><c> with</c><00:25:26.420><c> the</c><00:25:26.700><c> temple</c><00:25:27.000><c> or</c><00:25:27.259><c> the</c><00:25:27.440><c> brothers</c><00:25:27.680><c> and</c><00:25:27.980><c> sisters</c><00:25:28.180><c> associated</c><00:25:28.859><c> with</c><00:25:29.160><c> the</c> 00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:34.799 ark.<00:25:31.799><c> Immortality.</c><00:25:32.660><c> Now</c><00:25:33.019><c> there</c><00:25:33.319><c> is</c><00:25:33.559><c> an</c><00:25:33.819><c> encouragement,</c><00:25:34.420><c> brothers</c><00:25:34.539><c> and</c> 00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.880 sisters.<00:25:35.579><c> Don't</c> 00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:41.200 despair.<00:25:37.279><c> We</c><00:25:37.460><c> may</c><00:25:37.720><c> undergo</c><00:25:38.160><c> persecution,</c><00:25:38.819><c> but</c><00:25:38.980><c> don't</c><00:25:39.200><c> despair.</c><00:25:39.980><c> One</c><00:25:40.279><c> day</c><00:25:40.819><c> it</c> 00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:42.019 will<00:25:41.359><c> go</c><00:25:41.519><c> from</c><00:25:41.740><c> the</c> 00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:45.160 altar<00:25:42.339><c> to</c><00:25:43.160><c> the</c><00:25:43.460><c> ark.</c><00:25:43.700><c> What</c><00:25:43.880><c> a</c><00:25:44.140><c> glorious</c><00:25:44.480><c> thing.</c><00:25:44.839><c> Well</c><00:25:44.940><c> here</c><00:25:45.039><c> we</c> 00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:47.079 are<00:25:45.339><c> in</c><00:25:45.460><c> verse</c><00:25:45.680><c> 19</c><00:25:46.359><c> and</c><00:25:46.740><c> here</c><00:25:46.960><c> are</c> 00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:50.619 the<00:25:47.319><c> saints</c><00:25:47.779><c> ruling</c><00:25:48.460><c> in</c><00:25:48.660><c> the</c><00:25:48.839><c> political</c><00:25:49.140><c> heavens</c><00:25:49.500><c> and</c><00:25:50.220><c> then</c> 00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:52.039 we<00:25:51.119><c> read</c><00:25:51.420><c> halfway</c><00:25:51.759><c> through</c> 00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:57.859 the<00:25:52.180><c> verse</c><00:25:52.460><c> and</c><00:25:52.880><c> there</c><00:25:53.019><c> were</c><00:25:53.299><c> lightnings,</c><00:25:54.400><c> voices</c><00:25:54.859><c> and</c><00:25:55.440><c> thunderings</c><00:25:56.720><c> and</c> 00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:59.799 an<00:25:58.859><c> earthquake.</c> 00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:05.779 That<00:26:01.140><c> earthquake</c><00:26:01.559><c> there,</c><00:26:02.619><c> post</c><00:26:02.779><c>-armageddon,</c><00:26:04.039><c> post</c><00:26:04.400><c>-us</c><00:26:04.920><c> ruling</c><00:26:05.339><c> in</c> 00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:07.099 Zion<00:26:06.119><c> with</c><00:26:06.319><c> the</c><00:26:06.460><c> Lord</c><00:26:06.680><c> Jesus</c> 00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:11.160 Christ,<00:26:07.839><c> that</c><00:26:08.200><c> earthquake</c><00:26:08.619><c> there</c><00:26:09.019><c> is</c><00:26:09.640><c> the</c><00:26:10.079><c> same</c><00:26:10.500><c> earthquake</c> 00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:13.119 as<00:26:11.740><c> the</c><00:26:12.039><c> great</c><00:26:12.299><c> earthquake</c><00:26:12.819><c> in</c> 00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:18.920 Revelation<00:26:13.660><c> 16</c><00:26:14.500><c> and</c><00:26:15.039><c> verse</c><00:26:15.440><c> 18.</c><00:26:17.059><c> It</c><00:26:17.160><c> is</c><00:26:17.359><c> the</c><00:26:17.619><c> same</c><00:26:17.859><c> earthquake.</c><00:26:18.640><c> I</c><00:26:18.799><c> want</c><00:26:18.799><c> to</c> 00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.539 make<00:26:19.039><c> a</c><00:26:19.220><c> note</c><00:26:19.319><c> there</c> 00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:24.240 in<00:26:19.619><c> your</c><00:26:19.799><c> margins.</c><00:26:20.819><c> See</c><00:26:20.980><c> Revelation</c><00:26:21.480><c> 16</c><00:26:22.180><c> and</c><00:26:22.339><c> verse</c><00:26:22.579><c> 18.</c><00:26:23.420><c> We're</c><00:26:23.759><c> talking</c><00:26:24.039><c> at</c> 00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:25.119 exactly<00:26:24.859><c> the</c> 00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:29.160 same<00:26:25.440><c> time</c><00:26:25.680><c> period.</c><00:26:26.279><c> But</c><00:26:26.460><c> why</c><00:26:26.700><c> is</c><00:26:26.819><c> it</c><00:26:26.940><c> not</c><00:26:27.099><c> called</c><00:26:27.319><c> great</c><00:26:27.779><c> here?</c><00:26:28.940><c> Why</c> 00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:30.059 is<00:26:29.279><c> it</c><00:26:29.359><c> just</c><00:26:29.519><c> called</c><00:26:29.799><c> an</c> 00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:32.599 earthquake?<00:26:31.160><c> Well</c><00:26:31.299><c> brothers</c><00:26:31.460><c> and</c><00:26:31.640><c> sisters,</c><00:26:31.819><c> one</c><00:26:31.980><c> of</c><00:26:32.079><c> the</c><00:26:32.140><c> reasons</c><00:26:32.420><c> for</c> 00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:34.380 that<00:26:32.740><c> is</c><00:26:32.900><c> this.</c><00:26:34.180><c> From</c> 00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:38.880 verse<00:26:34.700><c> 15</c><00:26:35.420><c> of</c><00:26:35.599><c> chapter</c><00:26:35.920><c> 11</c><00:26:36.259><c> through</c><00:26:36.539><c> to</c><00:26:36.680><c> verse</c><00:26:36.940><c> 19</c><00:26:38.000><c> we're</c><00:26:38.599><c> just</c> 00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:41.480 given<00:26:39.099><c> an</c><00:26:39.819><c> overview</c><00:26:40.460><c> of</c><00:26:40.900><c> the</c> 00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:47.299 seventh<00:26:42.000><c> trumpet.</c><00:26:43.119><c> It's</c><00:26:43.160><c> just</c><00:26:43.519><c> a</c><00:26:44.259><c> brush,</c><00:26:45.319><c> a</c><00:26:45.559><c> broad</c><00:26:45.839><c> brush</c><00:26:46.440><c> overview</c><00:26:46.960><c> you</c> 00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:49.000 see.<00:26:48.420><c> And</c><00:26:48.700><c> that's</c> 00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:53.839 why<00:26:49.359><c> the</c><00:26:49.660><c> detail</c><00:26:50.059><c> does</c><00:26:50.339><c> not</c><00:26:50.519><c> come</c><00:26:50.799><c> out</c><00:26:51.240><c> until</c><00:26:51.720><c> we</c><00:26:51.920><c> go</c><00:26:52.119><c> to</c><00:26:52.319><c> Revelation</c><00:26:52.799><c> 16.</c> 00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:55.480 Hence<00:26:54.500><c> in</c><00:26:54.960><c> this</c> 00:26:55.480 --> 00:27:00.779 broad<00:26:55.920><c> brush</c><00:26:56.400><c> little</c><00:26:56.900><c> synopsis</c><00:26:57.660><c> it</c><00:26:57.960><c> just</c><00:26:58.359><c> mentions</c><00:26:58.720><c> this</c><00:26:59.039><c> earthquake</c><00:26:59.460><c> as</c> 00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:02.579 an<00:27:01.640><c> earthquake.</c> 00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:05.579 All<00:27:03.140><c> right.</c><00:27:03.740><c> Now</c><00:27:03.900><c> let's</c><00:27:04.039><c> tidy</c><00:27:04.299><c> up</c><00:27:04.480><c> the</c><00:27:04.599><c> other</c><00:27:04.759><c> one</c><00:27:04.880><c> just</c><00:27:05.039><c> to</c><00:27:05.160><c> make</c><00:27:05.299><c> sure</c><00:27:05.440><c> we</c> 00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.259 don't<00:27:05.779><c> stumble</c><00:27:06.039><c> over</c> 00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:08.839 that<00:27:06.519><c> other</c><00:27:06.660><c> one</c><00:27:06.819><c> that</c><00:27:06.859><c> we've</c><00:27:07.099><c> got</c><00:27:07.240><c> there,</c><00:27:07.859><c> Revelation</c><00:27:08.180><c> 8</c><00:27:08.599><c> and</c> 00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:12.059 verse<00:27:09.220><c> 5.</c><00:27:11.660><c> We're</c><00:27:11.799><c> going</c><00:27:11.900><c> to</c> 00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:15.440 take<00:27:12.299><c> a</c><00:27:12.559><c> little</c><00:27:12.740><c> more</c><00:27:13.279><c> time</c><00:27:13.640><c> on</c><00:27:13.859><c> this</c><00:27:14.079><c> one,</c><00:27:14.359><c> God</c><00:27:14.480><c> willing,</c><00:27:14.779><c> tomorrow</c><00:27:15.200><c> in</c> 00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:17.519 our<00:27:15.759><c> study,</c><00:27:16.559><c> chapter</c><00:27:16.980><c> 8.</c> 00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:19.680 And<00:27:18.039><c> certainly</c><00:27:18.319><c> we're</c><00:27:18.480><c> going</c><00:27:18.559><c> to</c><00:27:18.619><c> look</c><00:27:18.740><c> at</c><00:27:18.900><c> all</c><00:27:19.079><c> of</c><00:27:19.259><c> chapter</c><00:27:19.460><c> 8</c> 00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:21.039 in<00:27:19.799><c> our</c><00:27:19.960><c> last</c><00:27:20.380><c> two</c><00:27:20.720><c> studies</c> 00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:23.819 together.<00:27:21.940><c> But</c><00:27:22.099><c> let's</c><00:27:22.240><c> just</c><00:27:22.480><c> put</c><00:27:22.619><c> our</c><00:27:22.779><c> little</c><00:27:23.259><c> toe</c><00:27:23.440><c> in</c><00:27:23.519><c> here</c> 00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:25.259 and<00:27:24.259><c> just</c><00:27:24.539><c> make</c><00:27:24.740><c> sure</c><00:27:25.059><c> while</c> 00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:28.079 we're<00:27:25.500><c> thinking</c><00:27:25.740><c> earthquakes</c><00:27:26.200><c> we</c><00:27:26.440><c> don't</c><00:27:26.700><c> stumble</c><00:27:26.960><c> over</c><00:27:27.259><c> this.</c><00:27:27.920><c> All</c> 00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:29.359 right.<00:27:28.680><c> Verse</c><00:27:28.940><c> 5,</c> 00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:33.039 Revelation<00:27:29.819><c> 8.</c><00:27:30.920><c> This</c><00:27:30.940><c> is</c><00:27:30.980><c> the</c><00:27:31.079><c> fifth</c><00:27:31.299><c> occasion,</c><00:27:31.779><c> the</c><00:27:31.900><c> only</c><00:27:32.180><c> other</c><00:27:32.579><c> occasion</c><00:27:32.900><c> of</c> 00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.500 those<00:27:33.259><c> five</c> 00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:38.039 that<00:27:33.660><c> the</c><00:27:33.759><c> word</c><00:27:33.920><c> earthquake</c><00:27:34.279><c> occurs.</c><00:27:35.559><c> Verse</c><00:27:35.720><c> 5.</c><00:27:37.220><c> And</c><00:27:37.259><c> the</c><00:27:37.380><c> angel</c><00:27:37.599><c> took</c><00:27:37.799><c> the</c> 00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:39.599 censer,<00:27:39.359><c> filled</c><00:27:39.480><c> it</c> 00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:42.859 with<00:27:39.700><c> the</c><00:27:39.920><c> fire</c><00:27:40.059><c> of</c><00:27:40.220><c> the</c><00:27:40.380><c> altar,</c><00:27:40.700><c> wonderful</c><00:27:41.019><c> verse,</c><00:27:41.339><c> more</c><00:27:41.519><c> about</c><00:27:41.680><c> that</c><00:27:41.859><c> tomorrow,</c><00:27:42.599><c> and</c> 00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.380 cast<00:27:43.240><c> it</c> 00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:47.779 to<00:27:43.539><c> the</c><00:27:43.700><c> earth.</c><00:27:43.900><c> Now</c><00:27:44.059><c> listen</c><00:27:44.220><c> to</c><00:27:44.359><c> this.</c><00:27:45.500><c> And</c><00:27:45.660><c> there</c><00:27:45.799><c> were</c><00:27:45.940><c> voices</c><00:27:46.599><c> and</c> 00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:49.539 thunderings<00:27:48.759><c> and</c> 00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:53.119 lightnings.<00:27:50.019><c> Now</c><00:27:50.180><c> let's</c><00:27:50.460><c> stop</c><00:27:50.859><c> right</c><00:27:51.259><c> there.</c><00:27:52.759><c> There</c><00:27:52.940><c> were</c> 00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:55.859 voices,<00:27:54.460><c> thunderings</c><00:27:55.099><c> and</c> 00:27:55.980 --> 00:28:05.299 lightnings.<00:27:57.460><c> That</c><00:27:57.779><c> was</c><00:27:58.319><c> the</c><00:27:58.559><c> death</c><00:27:59.099><c> of</c><00:27:59.660><c> Constantine.</c><00:28:01.740><c> AD</c><00:28:02.299><c> 337.</c><00:28:04.680><c> I'll</c><00:28:04.839><c> prove</c><00:28:04.940><c> that</c><00:28:05.140><c> to</c><00:28:05.220><c> you</c> 00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:08.579 tomorrow.<00:28:06.940><c> 337.</c><00:28:07.720><c> You</c><00:28:07.779><c> need,</c><00:28:07.940><c> if</c><00:28:07.940><c> you</c><00:28:08.019><c> want</c><00:28:08.099><c> to</c><00:28:08.240><c> write</c><00:28:08.319><c> on</c><00:28:08.420><c> your</c> 00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:11.079 margin,<00:28:09.220><c> AD</c><00:28:09.519><c> 337.</c><00:28:10.380><c> Be</c><00:28:10.619><c> careful.</c> 00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:14.240 It<00:28:11.579><c> is</c><00:28:11.839><c> only</c><00:28:12.220><c> attributed</c><00:28:12.660><c> to</c><00:28:12.920><c> the</c><00:28:13.099><c> voices,</c><00:28:13.660><c> the</c><00:28:13.859><c> thunderings</c> 00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:15.660 and<00:28:14.380><c> the</c><00:28:14.640><c> lightnings.</c><00:28:15.180><c> The</c><00:28:15.440><c> death</c> 00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:18.619 of<00:28:16.019><c> Constantine.</c><00:28:16.740><c> Through</c><00:28:17.019><c> Constantine's</c><00:28:17.680><c> reign</c><00:28:17.859><c> it</c><00:28:18.059><c> was</c> 00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:24.940 peaceful<00:28:19.299><c> and</c><00:28:19.759><c> tranquil.</c><00:28:24.380><c> When</c> 00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:27.980 sons<00:28:25.420><c> were</c><00:28:25.880><c> bickering</c><00:28:26.339><c> over</c><00:28:26.579><c> this</c><00:28:26.900><c> trying</c><00:28:27.140><c> to</c><00:28:27.440><c> carve</c><00:28:27.579><c> up</c><00:28:27.779><c> the</c> 00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:29.680 land<00:28:28.220><c> and</c><00:28:28.599><c> there</c><00:28:28.720><c> were</c><00:28:29.220><c> debates</c> 00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:32.539 in<00:28:29.880><c> the</c><00:28:30.059><c> Christian</c><00:28:30.460><c> world.</c><00:28:31.039><c> Is</c><00:28:31.119><c> Jesus</c><00:28:31.500><c> Christ</c><00:28:31.839><c> a</c><00:28:32.039><c> man?</c><00:28:32.279><c> Is</c><00:28:32.339><c> he</c> 00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.839 God?<00:28:33.019><c> There</c><00:28:33.119><c> was</c><00:28:33.319><c> all</c><00:28:33.640><c> this</c> 00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:37.019 infighting<00:28:34.319><c> politically</c><00:28:34.740><c> and</c><00:28:35.579><c> religiously.</c><00:28:36.259><c> It</c><00:28:36.400><c> was</c><00:28:36.700><c> chaos</c> 00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:39.220 when<00:28:37.259><c> Constantine</c><00:28:37.779><c> died.</c><00:28:39.000><c> There</c> 00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:45.059 it<00:28:39.380><c> is,</c><00:28:39.859><c> AD</c><00:28:40.180><c> 337.</c><00:28:41.900><c> But</c><00:28:42.500><c> when</c><00:28:43.099><c> it</c><00:28:43.359><c> says</c><00:28:43.579><c> an</c><00:28:43.920><c> earthquake,</c><00:28:44.920><c> that</c> 00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:46.759 was<00:28:45.299><c> the</c><00:28:45.599><c> result</c><00:28:45.920><c> of</c><00:28:46.440><c> years</c> 00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:49.559 and<00:28:46.920><c> years</c><00:28:47.259><c> of</c><00:28:47.440><c> this</c><00:28:47.700><c> infighting,</c><00:28:48.460><c> of</c><00:28:48.599><c> these</c><00:28:48.960><c> lightnings,</c><00:28:49.460><c> of</c> 00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:55.380 these<00:28:49.799><c> voices</c><00:28:50.099><c> and</c><00:28:50.279><c> these</c> 00:28:57.880 --> 00:29:03.619 361<00:28:58.440><c> AD.</c><00:28:59.640><c> 361.</c><00:29:00.380><c> You've</c><00:29:00.599><c> got</c><00:29:00.700><c> two</c><00:29:01.400><c> time</c><00:29:01.720><c> periods</c><00:29:02.059><c> in</c><00:29:02.259><c> this</c><00:29:02.500><c> verse.</c><00:29:03.359><c> The</c> 00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:04.180 lightnings<00:29:04.019><c> and</c> 00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:08.099 thunderings<00:29:04.660><c> was</c><00:29:04.880><c> the</c><00:29:05.140><c> death</c><00:29:05.339><c> of</c><00:29:05.700><c> Constantine</c><00:29:06.119><c> in</c><00:29:06.380><c> AD</c><00:29:06.660><c> 337.</c> 00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:10.440 And<00:29:08.319><c> in</c><00:29:08.680><c> 361</c><00:29:09.759><c> in</c><00:29:10.180><c> comes</c> 00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:15.319 Constantine's<00:29:11.259><c> nephew,</c><00:29:12.220><c> who</c><00:29:12.380><c> was</c><00:29:12.599><c> a</c><00:29:12.799><c> pagan,</c><00:29:13.759><c> Julian,</c><00:29:14.559><c> and</c><00:29:14.839><c> says,</c><00:29:15.180><c> well</c><00:29:15.240><c> if</c> 00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:15.920 that's<00:29:15.559><c> what</c><00:29:15.720><c> you</c> 00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:19.480 call<00:29:16.099><c> Christianity,</c><00:29:16.839><c> well</c><00:29:16.980><c> all</c><00:29:17.319><c> of</c><00:29:17.460><c> this</c><00:29:17.839><c> stuff,</c><00:29:18.500><c> I'm</c><00:29:18.700><c> getting</c><00:29:19.000><c> rid</c><00:29:19.279><c> of</c> 00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:24.200 Christianity.<00:29:20.200><c> And</c><00:29:20.480><c> in</c> 00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:29.900 So<00:29:24.759><c> there</c><00:29:24.759><c> was</c><00:29:25.779><c> a</c><00:29:25.900><c> little</c><00:29:26.400><c> people</c><00:29:26.880><c> shake.</c><00:29:28.180><c> There</c><00:29:28.220><c> was</c><00:29:28.400><c> a</c><00:29:28.519><c> little</c><00:29:28.740><c> earthquake</c><00:29:29.200><c> and</c> 00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:30.380 it<00:29:30.079><c> lasted</c> 00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:35.819 two<00:29:30.720><c> years.</c><00:29:32.380><c> And</c><00:29:32.440><c> then</c><00:29:32.660><c> Julian</c><00:29:32.859><c> was</c><00:29:33.140><c> kicked</c><00:29:33.359><c> out</c><00:29:33.819><c> and</c><00:29:34.140><c> Christianity</c><00:29:34.640><c> came</c><00:29:35.059><c> back.</c><00:29:35.740><c> So</c> 00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:37.400 therefore,<00:29:36.339><c> brothers</c><00:29:36.380><c> and</c><00:29:36.619><c> sisters,</c><00:29:36.859><c> we've</c><00:29:36.960><c> just</c><00:29:37.220><c> covered,</c> 00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:38.759 I<00:29:37.579><c> think,</c><00:29:38.059><c> those</c><00:29:38.440><c> five</c> 00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:44.019 occasions<00:29:39.380><c> where</c><00:29:40.240><c> the</c><00:29:41.200><c> earthquake</c><00:29:41.680><c> occurs.</c><00:29:43.380><c> All</c><00:29:43.559><c> right,</c><00:29:43.819><c> we</c> 00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:46.240 then<00:29:44.339><c> look</c><00:29:44.720><c> now</c><00:29:45.460><c> at</c><00:29:45.759><c> Revelation</c> 00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:51.819 6,<00:29:47.259><c> very</c><00:29:47.799><c> brief</c><00:29:48.200><c> overview</c><00:29:48.640><c> and</c><00:29:49.140><c> we</c><00:29:49.440><c> move</c><00:29:49.700><c> then</c><00:29:49.980><c> into</c><00:29:50.259><c> Revelation</c><00:29:50.839><c> 12</c><00:29:51.480><c> to</c> 00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.599 get<00:29:51.980><c> the</c><00:29:52.200><c> detail.</c> 00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:57.019 Here's<00:29:53.359><c> the</c><00:29:53.619><c> first</c><00:29:54.039><c> great</c><00:29:54.579><c> earthquake,</c><00:29:55.619><c> the</c><00:29:55.759><c> political</c><00:29:56.299><c> upheaval</c><00:29:56.799><c> in</c> 00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:58.000 the<00:29:57.200><c> Roman</c><00:29:57.519><c> world.</c> 00:29:58.299 --> 00:30:01.539 And<00:29:58.400><c> we</c><00:29:58.539><c> read</c><00:29:58.700><c> in</c><00:29:58.880><c> Revelation</c><00:29:59.339><c> 6</c><00:29:59.720><c> that</c><00:29:59.880><c> the</c><00:30:00.160><c> sun</c><00:30:00.420><c> would</c><00:30:00.680><c> be</c><00:30:00.900><c> eclipsed.</c><00:30:01.200><c> Well,</c><00:30:01.400><c> of</c> 00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.440 course,<00:30:02.359><c> this</c> 00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:08.099 was<00:30:02.740><c> the</c><00:30:03.059><c> emperors</c><00:30:03.500><c> of</c><00:30:03.759><c> Rome</c><00:30:03.960><c> who</c><00:30:04.180><c> saw</c><00:30:04.420><c> themselves</c><00:30:04.900><c> as</c><00:30:05.160><c> the</c><00:30:05.779><c> shining</c><00:30:06.240><c> light</c><00:30:06.839><c> in</c><00:30:07.720><c> the</c> 00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:14.880 pagan<00:30:08.519><c> Roman</c><00:30:09.059><c> Empire.</c><00:30:10.140><c> They</c><00:30:10.400><c> would</c><00:30:10.660><c> be</c><00:30:11.079><c> blackened.</c><00:30:13.319><c> The</c><00:30:13.640><c> stars</c><00:30:14.000><c> would</c><00:30:14.359><c> fall</c> 00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.680 from<00:30:15.380><c> the</c> 00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:20.039 pagan<00:30:16.059><c> administration.</c><00:30:17.079><c> So</c><00:30:17.400><c> this</c><00:30:17.779><c> would</c><00:30:18.099><c> be</c><00:30:18.559><c> the</c><00:30:18.920><c> administration,</c><00:30:19.640><c> all</c><00:30:19.880><c> of</c> 00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.980 those<00:30:20.299><c> subsets</c> 00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:25.259 of<00:30:21.319><c> rulers</c><00:30:21.839><c> in</c><00:30:22.259><c> the</c><00:30:22.400><c> pagan</c><00:30:22.819><c> Roman</c><00:30:23.180><c> Empire.</c><00:30:24.579><c> And</c><00:30:24.680><c> then</c><00:30:24.819><c> we</c><00:30:25.019><c> read</c> 00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:26.500 the<00:30:25.460><c> moon</c><00:30:25.859><c> would</c><00:30:26.160><c> become</c> 00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:31.960 blood<00:30:27.039><c> and</c><00:30:27.400><c> this</c><00:30:27.599><c> would</c><00:30:27.740><c> be</c><00:30:27.920><c> the</c><00:30:28.119><c> death</c><00:30:28.420><c> of</c><00:30:28.880><c> the</c><00:30:29.099><c> pagan</c><00:30:29.420><c> religious</c><00:30:30.000><c> authority</c><00:30:30.759><c> in</c><00:30:31.259><c> the</c><00:30:31.500><c> Roman</c> 00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:37.039 political<00:30:32.779><c> heavens.</c><00:30:34.279><c> But</c><00:30:34.420><c> the</c><00:30:35.359><c> sun</c><00:30:35.799><c> is</c><00:30:36.119><c> going</c><00:30:36.240><c> to</c><00:30:36.440><c> come</c><00:30:36.720><c> back</c> 00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:38.660 in<00:30:37.259><c> Revelation</c><00:30:37.640><c> 12</c><00:30:38.180><c> shining</c> 00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:43.440 brilliantly.<00:30:40.119><c> And</c><00:30:40.240><c> the</c><00:30:40.460><c> moon</c><00:30:40.660><c> is</c><00:30:40.900><c> going</c><00:30:41.019><c> to</c><00:30:41.200><c> come</c><00:30:41.440><c> back</c><00:30:41.940><c> in</c><00:30:42.279><c> Revelation</c><00:30:42.759><c> 12</c> 00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:44.079 and<00:30:43.799><c> there</c><00:30:43.980><c> will</c> 00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:48.420 be<00:30:44.240><c> no</c><00:30:44.519><c> blood</c><00:30:44.799><c> on</c><00:30:45.019><c> this</c><00:30:45.279><c> moon.</c><00:30:46.900><c> So</c><00:30:47.140><c> Christianity</c><00:30:47.759><c> is</c><00:30:48.039><c> going</c><00:30:48.180><c> to</c> 00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:49.680 gobble<00:30:48.680><c> all</c><00:30:48.900><c> this</c><00:30:49.039><c> up,</c><00:30:49.440><c> you</c><00:30:49.440><c> see,</c> 00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:52.279 brothers<00:30:49.880><c> and</c><00:30:50.039><c> sisters.</c><00:30:50.359><c> Now</c><00:30:50.500><c> let's</c><00:30:50.660><c> look</c><00:30:50.819><c> at</c><00:30:50.940><c> the</c><00:30:51.079><c> link.</c><00:30:51.720><c> We've</c><00:30:51.940><c> made</c><00:30:52.079><c> a</c> 00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:53.079 comment.<00:30:52.680><c> We've</c><00:30:52.960><c> said</c> 00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:57.539 Revelation<00:30:53.599><c> 6</c><00:30:54.799><c> and</c><00:30:55.019><c> the</c><00:30:55.140><c> last</c><00:30:55.420><c> six</c><00:30:55.680><c> verses,</c><00:30:56.519><c> the</c><00:30:56.740><c> sixth</c><00:30:57.119><c> seal</c> 00:30:57.539 --> 00:31:00.119 needs<00:30:58.359><c> to</c><00:30:58.599><c> be</c><00:30:59.059><c> butted</c><00:30:59.440><c> together</c> 00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:06.539 with<00:31:00.740><c> Revelation</c><00:31:01.380><c> 12.</c><00:31:03.799><c> Now</c><00:31:04.039><c> where's</c><00:31:04.299><c> the</c><00:31:04.500><c> justification?</c><00:31:05.160><c> Where's</c><00:31:05.420><c> the</c><00:31:05.660><c> proof</c><00:31:05.839><c> to</c><00:31:06.339><c> show</c> 00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:08.420 you<00:31:06.660><c> that?</c><00:31:07.039><c> Well,</c><00:31:07.220><c> I</c><00:31:07.299><c> think</c><00:31:07.420><c> we've</c><00:31:07.660><c> got</c><00:31:07.779><c> some</c><00:31:08.039><c> interesting</c> 00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:09.920 little<00:31:08.680><c> connections</c><00:31:09.279><c> between</c> 00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:13.759 the<00:31:10.140><c> last</c><00:31:10.539><c> six</c><00:31:10.960><c> verses</c><00:31:11.359><c> of</c><00:31:11.559><c> Chapter</c><00:31:11.779><c> 6,</c><00:31:12.180><c> the</c><00:31:12.380><c> sixth</c><00:31:12.740><c> seal,</c><00:31:13.440><c> and</c> 00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:16.099 Revelation<00:31:14.200><c> 12.</c><00:31:15.900><c> For</c> 00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:19.980 instance,<00:31:17.359><c> in</c><00:31:17.420><c> Revelation</c><00:31:17.740><c> 6</c><00:31:18.480><c> and</c><00:31:18.720><c> verse</c><00:31:19.019><c> 12</c><00:31:19.480><c> we</c><00:31:19.680><c> read</c><00:31:19.839><c> there</c> 00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:22.819 was<00:31:20.119><c> a</c><00:31:20.299><c> great</c><00:31:20.440><c> earthquake.</c><00:31:22.640><c> In</c> 00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:27.160 verse<00:31:23.119><c> 7</c><00:31:23.500><c> of</c><00:31:23.720><c> Revelation</c><00:31:24.160><c> 12</c><00:31:25.200><c> we</c><00:31:25.740><c> read</c><00:31:26.000><c> that</c><00:31:26.400><c> paganism</c><00:31:26.839><c> has</c> 00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:29.359 cast<00:31:27.440><c> out</c><00:31:28.220><c> the</c><00:31:28.640><c> dragon,</c><00:31:29.140><c> the</c> 00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:33.960 great<00:31:29.579><c> red</c><00:31:29.799><c> dragon,</c><00:31:30.619><c> and</c><00:31:30.740><c> we</c><00:31:30.900><c> read</c><00:31:31.180><c> that</c><00:31:31.500><c> Michael,</c><00:31:33.140><c> Constantine,</c><00:31:33.839><c> and</c><00:31:33.859><c> we're</c> 00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.240 going<00:31:34.099><c> to</c> 00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:38.680 prove<00:31:34.339><c> that</c><00:31:34.599><c> tomorrow,</c><00:31:35.759><c> Constantine,</c><00:31:36.319><c> he</c><00:31:37.099><c> like</c><00:31:37.480><c> God.</c><00:31:38.160><c> So</c><00:31:38.400><c> the</c> 00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:43.500 great<00:31:38.900><c> earthquake</c><00:31:39.319><c> of</c> 00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:50.099 paganism,<00:31:44.359><c> the</c><00:31:44.480><c> great</c><00:31:44.799><c> red</c><00:31:45.200><c> dragon</c><00:31:45.759><c> of</c><00:31:46.460><c> Revelation</c><00:31:47.000><c> 12.</c><00:31:49.900><c> Then</c> 00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:51.940 we<00:31:50.200><c> read</c><00:31:50.440><c> in</c><00:31:51.500><c> Revelation</c> 00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:56.480 6<00:31:52.460><c> and</c><00:31:52.599><c> verse</c><00:31:52.819><c> 13</c><00:31:53.640><c> that</c><00:31:54.200><c> the</c><00:31:54.500><c> stars</c><00:31:54.940><c> of</c><00:31:55.200><c> heaven</c><00:31:55.559><c> fell</c><00:31:56.099><c> to</c><00:31:56.319><c> the</c> 00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:59.759 earth.<00:31:58.519><c> In</c><00:31:58.759><c> Revelation</c><00:31:59.079><c> 12</c><00:31:59.640><c> and</c> 00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:03.500 verse<00:32:00.039><c> 4</c><00:32:00.279><c> we</c><00:32:00.500><c> read</c><00:32:00.819><c> that</c><00:32:01.019><c> the</c><00:32:01.319><c> dragon</c><00:32:01.619><c> drew</c><00:32:01.880><c> the</c><00:32:02.220><c> third</c><00:32:02.819><c> part</c> 00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:05.900 of<00:32:03.920><c> the</c><00:32:04.559><c> stars</c><00:32:05.059><c> of</c><00:32:05.460><c> heaven.</c><00:32:05.640><c> You</c> 00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:08.220 see<00:32:06.000><c> there's</c><00:32:06.559><c> similar</c><00:32:06.960><c> language.</c><00:32:07.480><c> There</c><00:32:07.559><c> are</c><00:32:07.839><c> connections</c> 00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:10.779 here,<00:32:08.539><c> you</c><00:32:08.680><c> see.</c><00:32:10.240><c> We</c><00:32:10.400><c> then</c><00:32:10.559><c> read</c> 00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:15.119 in<00:32:11.000><c> verse</c><00:32:11.180><c> 12</c><00:32:12.000><c> of</c><00:32:12.220><c> Revelation</c><00:32:12.640><c> 6</c><00:32:13.160><c> that</c><00:32:13.279><c> the</c><00:32:13.440><c> sun</c><00:32:13.720><c> would</c><00:32:13.940><c> be</c><00:32:14.160><c> blackened</c><00:32:14.839><c> and</c> 00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:15.740 the<00:32:15.319><c> moon</c><00:32:15.480><c> would</c> 00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:21.759 turn<00:32:15.940><c> to</c><00:32:16.200><c> blood.</c><00:32:17.279><c> But</c><00:32:17.420><c> in</c><00:32:17.579><c> verse</c><00:32:17.819><c> 1</c><00:32:18.599><c> of</c><00:32:18.960><c> Revelation</c><00:32:19.279><c> 12</c><00:32:20.119><c> a</c><00:32:20.500><c> woman</c><00:32:20.779><c> would</c><00:32:21.000><c> be</c><00:32:21.299><c> clothed</c> 00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:26.740 with<00:32:21.960><c> the</c><00:32:22.259><c> sun</c><00:32:22.619><c> and</c><00:32:23.339><c> a</c><00:32:23.519><c> woman</c><00:32:23.759><c> would</c><00:32:23.960><c> have</c><00:32:24.059><c> the</c><00:32:24.359><c> moon</c><00:32:24.740><c> under</c><00:32:25.240><c> her</c><00:32:25.660><c> feet.</c><00:32:26.559><c> So</c> 00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.140 there's<00:32:26.940><c> a</c> 00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:30.799 connection.<00:32:28.480><c> And</c><00:32:28.640><c> then</c><00:32:28.759><c> we</c><00:32:28.980><c> read</c><00:32:29.119><c> these</c><00:32:29.359><c> amazing</c><00:32:29.980><c> words</c><00:32:30.500><c> and</c> 00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.779 more<00:32:31.000><c> about</c><00:32:31.220><c> this</c><00:32:31.460><c> tomorrow</c> 00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:35.920 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the</c><00:32:50.359><c> Lamb.</c><00:32:50.960><c> And</c><00:32:51.200><c> these</c> 00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:52.700 are<00:32:51.640><c> the</c><00:32:51.799><c> pagans,</c><00:32:52.420><c> brothers</c><00:32:52.579><c> and</c> 00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:55.059 sisters,<00:32:52.940><c> as</c><00:32:53.119><c> we</c><00:32:53.259><c> will</c><00:32:53.500><c> find</c><00:32:53.720><c> out</c><00:32:53.880><c> tomorrow.</c><00:32:54.500><c> These</c><00:32:54.720><c> are</c><00:32:54.900><c> the</c> 00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:56.079 pagans<00:32:55.339><c> running</c><00:32:55.619><c> away</c><00:32:55.940><c> and</c> 00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:58.279 saying,<00:32:56.480><c> we've</c><00:32:56.660><c> got</c><00:32:56.700><c> to</c><00:32:56.799><c> get</c><00:32:56.960><c> away</c><00:32:57.259><c> from</c><00:32:57.599><c> Constantine.</c><00:32:58.019><c> He's</c> 00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:59.380 marching<00:32:58.619><c> to</c><00:32:58.900><c> war</c><00:32:59.019><c> with</c><00:32:59.220><c> the</c> 00:32:59.380 --> 00:33:02.619 sign<00:32:59.480><c> of</c><00:32:59.619><c> the</c><00:32:59.859><c> cross.</c><00:33:00.779><c> Nobody</c><00:33:01.019><c> can</c><00:33:01.279><c> defeat</c><00:33:01.539><c> him.</c><00:33:01.720><c> He's</c><00:33:01.900><c> got</c><00:33:02.059><c> Christ</c><00:33:02.460><c> on</c> 00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:04.759 his<00:33:02.980><c> side.</c><00:33:04.299><c> Now</c><00:33:04.500><c> that's</c> 00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:07.299 what<00:33:04.759><c> the</c><00:33:04.839><c> pagans</c><00:33:05.119><c> were</c><00:33:05.299><c> doing.</c><00:33:06.640><c> What</c><00:33:06.660><c> were</c><00:33:06.799><c> the</c><00:33:06.960><c> Christians</c> 00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:09.859 doing?<00:33:09.400><c> Well,</c><00:33:09.539><c> they</c><00:33:09.720><c> were</c> 00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:13.960 saying,<00:33:10.940><c> oh,</c><00:33:11.599><c> the</c><00:33:11.759><c> great</c><00:33:11.980><c> red</c><00:33:12.200><c> dragon</c><00:33:12.480><c> 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in</c><00:34:13.519><c> heaven.</c><00:34:15.119><c> This</c><00:34:15.500><c> is</c><00:34:15.980><c> a</c><00:34:16.239><c> war,</c> 00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:18.639 not<00:34:16.800><c> just</c><00:34:17.000><c> one</c><00:34:17.260><c> battle.</c><00:34:18.300><c> This</c><00:34:18.500><c> would</c> 00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:23.619 be<00:34:18.840><c> a</c><00:34:19.079><c> series</c><00:34:19.460><c> of</c><00:34:19.780><c> battles</c><00:34:19.980><c> that</c><00:34:20.159><c> would</c><00:34:20.420><c> span</c><00:34:20.800><c> 12</c><00:34:21.340><c> years,</c><00:34:23.280><c> as</c> 00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:28.000 one<00:34:24.039><c> after</c><00:34:24.460><c> the</c><00:34:24.739><c> other,</c><00:34:24.980><c> the</c> 00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:31.539 political<00:34:28.460><c> heavens</c><00:34:28.739><c> of</c><00:34:28.980><c> the</c><00:34:29.139><c> Roman</c><00:34:29.500><c> world.</c><00:34:30.840><c> There</c><00:34:30.860><c> was</c><00:34:31.159><c> war</c> 00:34:31.539 --> 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what</c><00:36:19.739><c> I've</c><00:36:19.920><c> got</c><00:36:20.019><c> there</c> 00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:23.119 on<00:36:20.300><c> the</c><00:36:20.539><c> screen</c><00:36:20.840><c> in</c><00:36:21.400><c> red,</c><00:36:22.880><c> we</c> 00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:27.579 have<00:36:23.320><c> got</c><00:36:23.639><c> coloured</c><00:36:23.840><c> in</c><00:36:24.079><c> there,</c><00:36:24.260><c> brothers</c><00:36:24.480><c> and</c><00:36:24.739><c> sisters,</c><00:36:25.860><c> everywhere</c><00:36:26.360><c> where</c><00:36:26.739><c> the</c><00:36:26.980><c> pagan</c> 00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:33.099 Roman<00:36:28.420><c> empire</c><00:36:29.239><c> is</c><00:36:30.739><c> determined.</c><00:36:31.820><c> Now</c><00:36:31.980><c> what</c><00:36:32.159><c> I</c><00:36:32.280><c> want</c><00:36:32.400><c> to</c><00:36:32.539><c> do,</c><00:36:32.820><c> and</c><00:36:32.940><c> I</c> 00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:33.800 want<00:36:33.179><c> to</c><00:36:33.239><c> really</c><00:36:33.460><c> encourage</c> 00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:36.860 you<00:36:33.960><c> to</c><00:36:34.079><c> do</c><00:36:34.239><c> this,</c><00:36:34.739><c> you</c><00:36:34.900><c> don't</c><00:36:35.139><c> have</c><00:36:35.400><c> to,</c><00:36:35.860><c> but</c><00:36:35.980><c> if</c><00:36:36.099><c> you</c><00:36:36.320><c> don't,</c> 00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:40.679 then<00:36:37.119><c> you'll</c><00:36:37.320><c> miss</c><00:36:37.500><c> out</c><00:36:37.639><c> on</c> 00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:47.179 I<00:36:41.639><c> won't</c><00:36:41.960><c> make</c><00:36:42.500><c> you</c><00:36:42.739><c> do</c><00:36:42.840><c> it,</c><00:36:43.460><c> but</c><00:36:43.619><c> I'll</c><00:36:43.800><c> stand</c><00:36:44.099><c> here</c><00:36:44.380><c> and</c><00:36:44.599><c> watch.</c><00:36:46.980><c> I'm</c> 00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:47.760 going<00:36:47.300><c> to</c><00:36:47.380><c> give</c><00:36:47.539><c> you</c> 00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:52.320 30<00:36:48.039><c> seconds,</c><00:36:49.500><c> maybe</c><00:36:49.739><c> 45</c><00:36:50.340><c> seconds,</c><00:36:50.579><c> please,</c><00:36:51.800><c> if</c><00:36:51.900><c> you</c><00:36:52.079><c> haven't</c> 00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:54.219 done<00:36:52.539><c> this,</c><00:36:53.239><c> get</c><00:36:53.360><c> out</c><00:36:53.579><c> a</c><00:36:53.800><c> red</c> 00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:57.340 colouring<00:36:54.619><c> in</c><00:36:54.800><c> pencil</c><00:36:55.199><c> and</c><00:36:55.840><c> colour</c><00:36:56.119><c> that</c><00:36:56.340><c> in.</c><00:36:56.860><c> The</c><00:36:57.039><c> reason</c><00:36:57.280><c> I</c> 00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:58.300 want<00:36:57.480><c> you</c><00:36:57.659><c> to</c><00:36:57.780><c> do</c><00:36:57.880><c> that</c><00:36:58.079><c> is</c> 00:36:58.300 --> 00:37:03.900 because<00:36:58.679><c> of</c><00:36:59.099><c> this.</c><00:37:00.860><c> The</c><00:37:01.280><c> dragon</c><00:37:01.719><c> changes,</c><00:37:03.099><c> 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need,</c><00:37:14.800><c> brothers</c><00:37:14.800><c> and</c> 00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:18.059 sisters,<00:37:15.219><c> to</c><00:37:15.539><c> get</c><00:37:15.719><c> that</c><00:37:16.059><c> coloured</c><00:37:16.239><c> in,</c><00:37:16.920><c> and</c><00:37:17.039><c> I'm</c><00:37:17.159><c> going</c><00:37:17.300><c> to</c><00:37:17.420><c> spend</c><00:37:17.679><c> 30</c> 00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:19.400 seconds,<00:37:18.460><c> I</c><00:37:18.920><c> built</c><00:37:19.159><c> this</c> 00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:22.219 into<00:37:19.579><c> the</c><00:37:19.739><c> program</c><00:37:20.119><c> this</c><00:37:20.460><c> morning,</c><00:37:20.960><c> so</c><00:37:21.059><c> we</c><00:37:21.139><c> do</c><00:37:21.280><c> have</c><00:37:21.480><c> time,</c><00:37:22.079><c> so</c> 00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:23.420 let's<00:37:22.480><c> just</c><00:37:22.619><c> step</c><00:37:23.059><c> back</c><00:37:23.300><c> a</c> 00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:26.300 little<00:37:23.599><c> 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is</c><00:37:37.820><c> paganism,</c><00:37:38.440><c> you</c><00:37:38.440><c> see,</c><00:37:39.340><c> and</c><00:37:39.519><c> the</c><00:37:39.760><c> dragon</c><00:37:40.019><c> there</c><00:37:40.300><c> also</c><00:37:40.840><c> in</c> 00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:47.000 verse<00:37:41.860><c> 4,</c><00:37:44.320><c> and</c><00:37:44.420><c> then</c><00:37:44.480><c> when</c><00:37:44.559><c> you</c><00:37:44.659><c> come</c><00:37:44.840><c> down</c><00:37:44.960><c> to</c><00:37:45.079><c> verse</c><00:37:45.199><c> 7,</c><00:37:46.840><c> you've</c><00:37:46.940><c> got</c> 00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.920 the<00:37:47.239><c> dragon</c><00:37:47.500><c> twice</c> 00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:56.880 used,<00:37:49.559><c> paganism.</c><00:37:52.139><c> Come</c><00:37:52.260><c> down</c><00:37:52.380><c> to</c><00:37:52.480><c> verse</c><00:37:52.639><c> 9,</c><00:37:53.980><c> the</c><00:37:54.099><c> great</c><00:37:54.300><c> dragon,</c><00:37:56.659><c> still</c> 00:37:56.880 --> 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Now</c><00:38:24.699><c> when</c> 00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:35.360 Constantine<00:38:25.579><c> takes</c><00:38:26.280><c> the</c><00:38:26.820><c> whole</c><00:38:27.739><c> world</c><00:38:28.360><c> in</c><00:38:29.820><c> AD</c><00:38:30.199><c> 324,</c><00:38:33.420><c> he</c><00:38:33.500><c> now</c><00:38:33.780><c> becomes</c><00:38:34.460><c> a</c> 00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:37.159 Christian<00:38:35.980><c> dragon,</c> 00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:44.579 the<00:38:37.820><c> man</c><00:38:38.059><c>-child,</c><00:38:40.320><c> Michael,</c><00:38:42.079><c> the</c><00:38:42.400><c> serpent</c><00:38:42.699><c> at</c><00:38:43.039><c> the</c><00:38:43.059><c> end</c><00:38:43.260><c> of</c><00:38:43.300><c> verse</c><00:38:43.500><c> 14,</c> 00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:46.059 the<00:38:45.440><c> serpent</c><00:38:45.719><c> at</c><00:38:46.019><c> the</c> 00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:54.019 beginning<00:38:46.280><c> of</c><00:38:46.559><c> verse</c><00:38:46.760><c> 15,</c><00:38:48.619><c> the</c><00:38:48.820><c> dragon,</c><00:38:51.340><c> verse</c><00:38:51.739><c> 16,</c><00:38:53.440><c> the</c><00:38:53.619><c> dragon</c><00:38:53.840><c> in</c> 00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:56.679 verse<00:38:54.179><c> 17,</c><00:38:56.059><c> and</c><00:38:56.219><c> it</c><00:38:56.380><c> even</c> 00:38:56.679 --> 00:39:02.219 spills<00:38:56.920><c> down</c><00:38:57.280><c> into</c><00:38:57.500><c> chapter</c><00:38:57.840><c> 13</c><00:38:58.840><c> where</c><00:38:59.420><c> the</c><00:38:59.639><c> dragon,</c><00:39:01.000><c> the</c><00:39:01.099><c> Christian</c><00:39:01.559><c> emperors</c><00:39:01.900><c> in</c> 00:39:02.219 --> 00:39:08.179 Constantinople<00:39:03.039><c> would</c><00:39:03.659><c> give</c><00:39:04.719><c> authority</c><00:39:05.639><c> and</c><00:39:06.920><c> power</c><00:39:07.400><c> to</c><00:39:08.039><c> the</c> 00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:10.219 bishop<00:39:08.380><c> in</c><00:39:08.599><c> Rome,</c><00:39:09.340><c> so</c><00:39:09.659><c> the</c><00:39:09.940><c> dragon</c> 00:39:10.219 --> 00:39:17.000 in<00:39:10.360><c> chapter</c><00:39:10.639><c> 13</c><00:39:11.159><c> is</c><00:39:11.440><c> the</c><00:39:11.719><c> Christian</c><00:39:12.739><c> emperor</c><00:39:13.699><c> ruling</c><00:39:14.400><c> in</c><00:39:14.840><c> Constantinople.</c><00:39:16.860><c> So</c> 00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:17.719 that's<00:39:17.420><c> really</c> 00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:20.539 important<00:39:18.119><c> to</c><00:39:18.260><c> get</c><00:39:18.380><c> that</c><00:39:18.599><c> down,</c><00:39:18.960><c> brothers</c><00:39:19.019><c> and</c><00:39:19.239><c> sisters.</c><00:39:19.780><c> I'll</c><00:39:19.800><c> just</c><00:39:19.980><c> give</c><00:39:20.079><c> you</c><00:39:20.320><c> another</c> 00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:24.360 couple<00:39:20.800><c> of</c><00:39:21.039><c> seconds.</c><00:39:23.139><c> I</c><00:39:23.280><c> really</c><00:39:23.420><c> encourage</c><00:39:23.719><c> you</c><00:39:23.860><c> to</c><00:39:23.980><c> do</c><00:39:24.079><c> that.</c> 00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:25.440 It'll<00:39:24.900><c> set</c><00:39:25.039><c> the</c><00:39:25.280><c> scene</c> 00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:33.659 particularly<00:39:26.280><c> for</c><00:39:26.800><c> tomorrow.</c><00:39:31.400><c> All</c><00:39:31.599><c> right,</c><00:39:32.300><c> let's</c><00:39:32.920><c> now</c><00:39:33.420><c> move</c> 00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:34.800 on.<00:39:33.880><c> You'll</c><00:39:34.059><c> get</c><00:39:34.159><c> these</c><00:39:34.380><c> slides,</c> 00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:37.599 but<00:39:35.019><c> if</c><00:39:35.119><c> you've</c><00:39:35.840><c> started</c><00:39:36.019><c> that</c><00:39:36.320><c> colouring</c><00:39:36.599><c> and</c><00:39:36.800><c> exercise,</c><00:39:37.199><c> that'll</c><00:39:37.400><c> be</c> 00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:38.340 great<00:39:37.800><c> for</c><00:39:38.019><c> tomorrow.</c> 00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:44.179 All<00:39:39.280><c> right,</c><00:39:39.519><c> brothers</c><00:39:39.579><c> and</c><00:39:39.840><c> sisters,</c><00:39:40.780><c> Rome.</c><00:39:42.159><c> Is</c><00:39:42.579><c> this</c><00:39:43.300><c> Rome?</c> 00:39:44.820 --> 00:39:47.199 Can<00:39:45.019><c> we</c><00:39:45.239><c> prove</c><00:39:45.420><c> it?</c><00:39:46.940><c> Have</c><00:39:47.059><c> you</c><00:39:47.079><c> ever</c> 00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:51.940 had<00:39:47.360><c> an</c><00:39:47.480><c> interested</c><00:39:47.659><c> friend</c><00:39:47.920><c> ask</c><00:39:48.300><c> you,</c><00:39:49.900><c> prove</c><00:39:50.260><c> that</c><00:39:50.659><c> Revelation</c><00:39:51.159><c> 12</c><00:39:51.760><c> and</c> 00:39:51.940 --> 00:39:53.239 these<00:39:52.260><c> dragons</c><00:39:52.780><c> is</c> 00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:57.300 Rome?<00:39:53.559><c> Prove</c><00:39:53.760><c> it</c><00:39:53.920><c> to</c><00:39:54.039><c> me.</c><00:39:55.059><c> Where</c><00:39:55.199><c> would</c><00:39:55.320><c> you</c><00:39:55.460><c> go</c><00:39:56.000><c> to</c><00:39:56.699><c> prove</c><00:39:56.900><c> that</c><00:39:57.059><c> this</c><00:39:57.159><c> is</c> 00:39:57.300 --> 00:39:58.840 Rome?<00:39:58.159><c> The</c><00:39:58.340><c> seven</c><00:39:58.679><c>-headed</c> 00:39:58.840 --> 00:40:03.519 dragon<00:39:59.659><c> with</c><00:40:00.980><c> ten</c><00:40:01.199><c> horns</c><00:40:01.739><c> is</c><00:40:02.619><c> Rome.</c><00:40:02.900><c> Where</c><00:40:03.019><c> would</c><00:40:03.139><c> you</c><00:40:03.239><c> go</c><00:40:03.400><c> to</c> 00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:10.840 prove<00:40:03.679><c> that?</c><00:40:09.699><c> Any</c><00:40:09.820><c> thoughts?</c> 00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:24.179 Don't<00:40:12.380><c> be</c><00:40:12.539><c> shy.</c><00:40:15.579><c> Where</c><00:40:15.639><c> would</c><00:40:15.760><c> you</c><00:40:15.880><c> go?</c><00:40:18.559><c> Revelation,</c><00:40:20.480><c> who</c><00:40:21.619><c> said</c><00:40:21.920><c> that?</c><00:40:23.820><c> Who</c> 00:40:24.179 --> 00:40:25.079 sung<00:40:24.360><c> that</c><00:40:24.559><c> out?</c> 00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:30.320 It<00:40:25.820><c> was</c><00:40:26.239><c> a</c><00:40:26.300><c> man's</c><00:40:26.619><c> voice.</c><00:40:27.719><c> Back</c><00:40:27.780><c> there.</c><00:40:28.159><c> Was</c><00:40:28.239><c> that</c><00:40:28.380><c> you,</c><00:40:28.679><c> Shannon?</c><00:40:30.119><c> Way</c> 00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:31.099 back<00:40:30.559><c> there.</c><00:40:30.719><c> Was</c><00:40:30.820><c> that</c><00:40:30.980><c> way</c> 00:40:31.099 --> 00:40:39.599 back<00:40:31.320><c> there?</c><00:40:32.440><c> Who?</c><00:40:33.639><c> Who's</c><00:40:34.059><c> that?</c><00:40:35.559><c> Who</c><00:40:35.699><c> is</c><00:40:35.920><c> it?</c><00:40:37.780><c> Rick.</c><00:40:39.300><c> Is</c><00:40:39.420><c> that</c> 00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:43.659 you,<00:40:39.760><c> Rick?</c><00:40:41.119><c> Okay.</c><00:40:42.559><c> Thanks,</c><00:40:42.800><c> Rick.</c> 00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:47.920 You're<00:40:43.960><c> right.</c><00:40:45.260><c> Brothers</c><00:40:45.480><c> and</c><00:40:45.719><c> sisters,</c><00:40:45.920><c> let's</c><00:40:46.239><c> go</c><00:40:46.500><c> to</c><00:40:46.699><c> Revelation</c><00:40:47.139><c> 17</c> 00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:50.059 and<00:40:48.400><c> prove</c><00:40:48.900><c> unequivocally</c> 00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:55.079 that<00:40:50.460><c> this</c><00:40:50.840><c> dragon</c><00:40:51.199><c> in</c><00:40:51.440><c> Revelation</c><00:40:51.860><c> 12</c><00:40:52.480><c> is</c><00:40:53.159><c> Rome.</c><00:40:54.460><c> When</c><00:40:54.679><c> we</c><00:40:54.820><c> come</c><00:40:54.940><c> to</c> 00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:56.820 Revelation<00:40:55.420><c> 17,</c><00:40:56.440><c> we've</c><00:40:56.639><c> got</c> 00:40:56.820 --> 00:41:04.500 the<00:40:57.300><c> scarlet</c><00:40:57.900><c> beast.</c><00:40:58.820><c> Seven</c><00:40:59.119><c> heads,</c><00:41:00.340><c> ten</c><00:41:00.679><c> horns,</c><00:41:01.860><c> same</c><00:41:02.199><c> creature,</c><00:41:03.079><c> but</c><00:41:03.219><c> it's</c><00:41:03.559><c> morphed</c><00:41:03.920><c> into</c><00:41:04.059><c> a</c><00:41:04.260><c> different</c> 00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:07.780 stage<00:41:04.860><c> of</c><00:41:04.980><c> its</c><00:41:05.179><c> development,</c><00:41:05.679><c> you</c><00:41:05.820><c> see.</c><00:41:06.599><c> If</c><00:41:06.760><c> you</c><00:41:06.940><c> wanted</c><00:41:07.079><c> a</c><00:41:07.280><c> caption</c><00:41:07.579><c> of</c> 00:41:07.780 --> 00:41:09.820 Revelation<00:41:08.159><c> 17,</c><00:41:09.179><c> notwithstanding</c> 00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:13.320 all<00:41:10.239><c> the</c><00:41:10.440><c> amazing</c><00:41:10.840><c> detail,</c><00:41:11.320><c> if</c><00:41:11.480><c> you</c><00:41:11.719><c> wanted</c><00:41:11.840><c> a</c><00:41:12.079><c> caption</c><00:41:12.380><c> at</c><00:41:12.539><c> the</c><00:41:12.659><c> top</c><00:41:12.780><c> of</c><00:41:12.980><c> Revelation</c> 00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:16.599 17<00:41:13.880><c> as</c><00:41:14.239><c> to</c><00:41:14.400><c> what</c><00:41:14.579><c> Revelation</c><00:41:14.940><c> 17</c><00:41:15.360><c> was</c><00:41:15.539><c> all</c><00:41:15.780><c> about,</c><00:41:16.199><c> it</c><00:41:16.340><c> could</c> 00:41:16.599 --> 00:41:22.780 read<00:41:16.900><c> this.</c><00:41:18.400><c> The</c><00:41:18.400><c> last</c><00:41:19.440><c> 30</c><00:41:20.699><c> years</c><00:41:21.679><c> of</c><00:41:22.360><c> the</c> 00:41:22.780 --> 00:41:27.760 existence<00:41:23.219><c> of</c><00:41:23.519><c> a</c><00:41:23.860><c> monster</c><00:41:24.400><c> who</c><00:41:25.320><c> has</c><00:41:25.559><c> existed</c><00:41:26.039><c> for</c><00:41:26.320><c> over</c><00:41:26.719><c> 2</c><00:41:27.199><c>,000</c> 00:41:27.760 --> 00:41:31.159 years.<00:41:29.420><c> Revelation</c><00:41:29.679><c> 17</c><00:41:30.619><c> is</c><00:41:30.820><c> all</c><00:41:31.019><c> about</c> 00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:35.199 the<00:41:31.619><c> last</c><00:41:32.019><c> 30</c><00:41:32.340><c> years</c><00:41:32.820><c> of</c><00:41:33.320><c> this</c><00:41:33.559><c> creature.</c><00:41:34.679><c> When</c><00:41:34.780><c> we</c><00:41:34.920><c> come</c><00:41:35.039><c> to</c> 00:41:35.199 --> 00:41:37.960 Revelation<00:41:35.519><c> 17,</c><00:41:36.019><c> we</c><00:41:36.139><c> read</c><00:41:36.300><c> this.</c><00:41:37.760><c> This</c> 00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:40.480 is<00:41:38.260><c> proof</c><00:41:38.539><c> to</c><00:41:38.780><c> me,</c><00:41:39.079><c> brothers</c><00:41:39.159><c> and</c><00:41:39.380><c> sisters,</c><00:41:39.800><c> unequivocally</c> 00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:42.380 that<00:41:40.780><c> we're</c><00:41:40.960><c> dealing</c><00:41:41.159><c> with</c><00:41:41.440><c> Rome.</c><00:41:41.719><c> You</c><00:41:41.900><c> need</c><00:41:42.079><c> to</c> 00:41:42.380 --> 00:41:44.360 understand<00:41:42.420><c> that</c><00:41:42.559><c> if</c><00:41:42.659><c> you're</c><00:41:42.780><c> talking</c><00:41:42.960><c> with</c><00:41:43.159><c> interested</c><00:41:43.400><c> friends</c><00:41:43.840><c> or</c> 00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:45.980 young<00:41:44.599><c> people</c><00:41:45.019><c> or</c><00:41:45.239><c> brother</c><00:41:45.460><c> and</c><00:41:45.719><c> sisters</c> 00:41:45.980 --> 00:41:48.780 who<00:41:46.179><c> may</c><00:41:46.380><c> not</c><00:41:46.579><c> be</c><00:41:46.860><c> aware</c><00:41:47.139><c> of</c><00:41:47.599><c> the</c><00:41:47.820><c> detail</c><00:41:48.159><c> of</c><00:41:48.280><c> this</c><00:41:48.519><c> chapter.</c> 00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:50.920 Now,<00:41:49.159><c> we're</c><00:41:49.320><c> given</c><00:41:49.539><c> two</c><00:41:50.079><c> ways</c><00:41:50.440><c> to</c><00:41:50.699><c> prove</c> 00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:54.860 that<00:41:51.139><c> this</c><00:41:51.420><c> dragon</c><00:41:51.780><c> or</c><00:41:52.219><c> this</c><00:41:52.559><c> beast,</c><00:41:52.760><c> I</c><00:41:52.920><c> should</c><00:41:53.119><c> say,</c><00:41:53.380><c> is</c><00:41:53.659><c> Rome.</c><00:41:54.159><c> We're</c><00:41:54.500><c> given</c><00:41:54.619><c> a</c> 00:41:54.860 --> 00:41:56.219 geographical<00:41:55.460><c> identification</c> 00:41:56.219 --> 00:41:59.340 because<00:41:56.480><c> we</c><00:41:56.679><c> read</c><00:41:56.820><c> in</c><00:41:56.960><c> verse</c><00:41:57.179><c> 9</c><00:41:57.880><c> the</c><00:41:58.260><c> words</c><00:41:58.599><c> that</c><00:41:58.820><c> the</c><00:41:59.059><c> seven</c> 00:41:59.340 --> 00:42:02.179 heads<00:42:00.039><c> represent</c><00:42:01.280><c> seven</c><00:42:01.880><c> mountains.</c> 00:42:02.260 --> 00:42:06.139 Let's<00:42:02.539><c> read</c><00:42:02.719><c> this</c><00:42:02.920><c> together,</c><00:42:03.360><c> shall</c><00:42:03.519><c> we?</c><00:42:04.159><c> Revelation</c><00:42:04.539><c> 17.</c><00:42:06.059><c> I</c> 00:42:06.139 --> 00:42:07.260 want<00:42:06.300><c> to</c><00:42:06.360><c> spend</c><00:42:06.539><c> five</c><00:42:06.840><c> minutes,</c><00:42:07.019><c> and</c><00:42:07.139><c> I've</c> 00:42:07.260 --> 00:42:09.159 got<00:42:07.320><c> five</c><00:42:07.579><c> minutes.</c><00:42:08.179><c> No,</c><00:42:08.320><c> I</c><00:42:08.400><c> haven't</c><00:42:08.460><c> got</c><00:42:08.579><c> three,</c><00:42:08.900><c> but</c><00:42:09.000><c> I'll</c> 00:42:09.159 --> 00:42:12.420 take<00:42:09.360><c> four.</c><00:42:10.139><c> Revelation</c><00:42:10.539><c> 17,</c><00:42:12.079><c> we</c><00:42:12.159><c> read</c> 00:42:12.420 --> 00:42:17.760 this<00:42:12.679><c> with</c><00:42:12.820><c> respect</c><00:42:13.320><c> to</c><00:42:13.880><c> this</c><00:42:15.079><c> beast.</c><00:42:16.420><c> Verse</c><00:42:16.420><c> 9.</c><00:42:17.420><c> Here</c><00:42:17.440><c> is</c><00:42:17.639><c> the</c> 00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:19.579 mime<00:42:17.900><c> which</c><00:42:18.059><c> hath</c><00:42:18.179><c> wisdom.</c><00:42:19.159><c> The</c><00:42:19.340><c> seven</c> 00:42:19.579 --> 00:42:22.440 heads<00:42:19.860><c> are</c><00:42:20.039><c> seven</c><00:42:20.300><c> mountains</c><00:42:20.699><c> on</c><00:42:20.900><c> which</c><00:42:21.059><c> the</c><00:42:21.219><c> woman</c><00:42:21.440><c> sitteth.</c> 00:42:22.599 --> 00:42:24.679 There<00:42:22.820><c> are</c><00:42:22.940><c> seven</c><00:42:23.199><c> kings.</c><00:42:24.159><c> Five</c><00:42:24.440><c> have</c> 00:42:24.679 --> 00:42:28.780 fallen.<00:42:25.119><c> One</c><00:42:25.380><c> is.</c><00:42:25.900><c> The</c><00:42:26.079><c> other</c><00:42:26.219><c> has</c><00:42:26.360><c> not</c><00:42:26.539><c> yet</c><00:42:26.780><c> come.</c><00:42:27.460><c> When</c><00:42:27.659><c> he</c><00:42:27.780><c> comes,</c><00:42:28.019><c> he</c><00:42:28.079><c> must</c><00:42:28.300><c> continue</c><00:42:28.619><c> a</c> 00:42:28.780 --> 00:42:29.420 short<00:42:28.960><c> space.</c> 00:42:29.739 --> 00:42:32.000 The<00:42:29.880><c> beast</c><00:42:30.079><c> that</c><00:42:30.280><c> was</c><00:42:30.619><c> and</c><00:42:30.880><c> is</c><00:42:31.019><c> not,</c><00:42:31.340><c> even</c><00:42:31.460><c> he</c><00:42:31.579><c> is</c><00:42:31.699><c> the</c><00:42:31.860><c> eight</c> 00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:33.559 and<00:42:32.239><c> is</c><00:42:32.400><c> the</c><00:42:32.559><c> seven,</c><00:42:33.059><c> and</c><00:42:33.219><c> goeth</c><00:42:33.360><c> into</c> 00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:36.039 petition.<00:42:34.500><c> When</c><00:42:34.599><c> I</c><00:42:34.739><c> first</c><00:42:35.000><c> read</c><00:42:35.179><c> that,</c><00:42:35.519><c> I</c><00:42:35.559><c> thought,</c><00:42:35.900><c> that's</c> 00:42:36.039 --> 00:42:37.380 it.<00:42:36.199><c> I'm</c><00:42:36.239><c> going</c><00:42:36.460><c> away</c><00:42:36.739><c> from</c><00:42:36.900><c> the</c><00:42:37.059><c> apocalypse.</c> 00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:39.800 I'm<00:42:37.559><c> going</c><00:42:37.739><c> back</c><00:42:37.900><c> to</c><00:42:38.059><c> Genesis.</c><00:42:38.619><c> No</c><00:42:38.920><c> way</c><00:42:39.099><c> will</c><00:42:39.239><c> I</c><00:42:39.420><c> understand</c> 00:42:39.800 --> 00:42:41.780 that.<00:42:40.599><c> But</c><00:42:40.739><c> you</c><00:42:40.840><c> know,</c><00:42:41.139><c> brothers</c><00:42:41.219><c> and</c><00:42:41.460><c> sisters,</c> 00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:44.420 five<00:42:42.460><c> have</c><00:42:42.659><c> fallen.</c><00:42:42.880><c> One</c><00:42:43.119><c> is.</c><00:42:43.260><c> One</c><00:42:43.420><c> is</c><00:42:43.539><c> yet</c><00:42:43.619><c> to</c><00:42:43.800><c> come.</c><00:42:44.139><c> When</c><00:42:44.280><c> he</c> 00:42:44.420 --> 00:42:45.739 comes,<00:42:44.599><c> he</c><00:42:44.659><c> must</c><00:42:44.820><c> continue</c><00:42:45.139><c> a</c><00:42:45.320><c> short</c><00:42:45.440><c> space.</c> 00:42:45.940 --> 00:42:47.739 The<00:42:46.079><c> one</c><00:42:46.219><c> that</c><00:42:46.360><c> was</c><00:42:46.519><c> and</c><00:42:46.639><c> is</c><00:42:46.780><c> not,</c><00:42:47.059><c> even</c><00:42:47.139><c> he</c><00:42:47.260><c> is</c><00:42:47.380><c> the</c><00:42:47.500><c> eight</c><00:42:47.619><c> and</c> 00:42:47.739 --> 00:42:49.500 is<00:42:47.820><c> the</c><00:42:47.900><c> seven,</c><00:42:48.260><c> and</c><00:42:48.380><c> goeth</c><00:42:48.559><c> into</c><00:42:48.679><c> petition.</c> 00:42:49.599 --> 00:42:52.519 When<00:42:49.780><c> you</c><00:42:49.920><c> get</c><00:42:50.099><c> it,</c><00:42:50.320><c> you</c><00:42:50.500><c> get</c><00:42:50.699><c> it.</c><00:42:51.000><c> You</c><00:42:51.320><c> really</c><00:42:51.679><c> get</c><00:42:51.920><c> it.</c><00:42:52.420><c> Now,</c> 00:42:52.519 --> 00:42:53.780 I<00:42:52.579><c> want</c><00:42:52.699><c> to</c><00:42:52.780><c> show</c><00:42:52.920><c> you</c><00:42:53.119><c> a</c><00:42:53.199><c> very</c><00:42:53.539><c> simple</c> 00:42:53.780 --> 00:42:57.019 way<00:42:54.019><c> to</c><00:42:54.239><c> get</c><00:42:54.400><c> that</c><00:42:54.639><c> what</c><00:42:54.920><c> appears</c><00:42:55.320><c> to</c><00:42:55.559><c> be</c><00:42:55.800><c> a</c><00:42:56.099><c> very</c><00:42:56.400><c> complicated</c> 00:42:57.019 --> 00:42:58.880 verse.<00:42:57.679><c> But</c><00:42:57.940><c> first,</c><00:42:58.599><c> we're</c><00:42:58.739><c> given</c> 00:42:58.880 --> 00:43:02.659 a<00:42:59.320><c> political</c><00:42:59.420><c> identification</c><00:43:00.179><c> of</c><00:43:00.559><c> this</c><00:43:00.900><c> creature.</c><00:43:02.219><c> Well,</c> 00:43:02.840 --> 00:43:04.320 the<00:43:03.039><c> seven</c><00:43:03.260><c> heads</c><00:43:03.500><c> are</c><00:43:03.699><c> seven</c><00:43:03.960><c> mountains.</c> 00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:07.860 Now,<00:43:04.760><c> many</c><00:43:04.780><c> of</c><00:43:04.880><c> you</c><00:43:04.980><c> have</c><00:43:05.039><c> seen</c><00:43:05.239><c> this</c><00:43:05.480><c> diagram.</c><00:43:06.800><c> Here</c><00:43:07.079><c> is</c><00:43:07.619><c> a</c> 00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:10.320 Roman<00:43:08.199><c> coin</c><00:43:08.519><c> from</c><00:43:08.719><c> the</c><00:43:08.860><c> British</c><00:43:09.099><c> Museum</c><00:43:09.780><c> minted</c> 00:43:10.320 --> 00:43:15.159 in<00:43:10.579><c> 71</c><00:43:10.980><c> A</c><00:43:11.300><c>.D.</c><00:43:11.960><c> John</c><00:43:12.559><c> could</c><00:43:12.960><c> very</c><00:43:13.300><c> well</c><00:43:13.460><c> have</c><00:43:13.699><c> touched</c><00:43:13.980><c> that</c><00:43:14.280><c> coin</c><00:43:14.599><c> and</c> 00:43:15.159 --> 00:43:17.199 used<00:43:15.380><c> it</c><00:43:15.519><c> to</c><00:43:15.639><c> go</c><00:43:15.760><c> and</c><00:43:15.940><c> purchase</c><00:43:16.199><c> something.</c> 00:43:18.260 --> 00:43:23.599 71<00:43:18.719><c> A</c><00:43:19.000><c>.D.</c><00:43:19.940><c> And</c><00:43:20.119><c> there</c><00:43:20.500><c> is</c><00:43:21.079><c> Roma.</c><00:43:22.039><c> There's</c><00:43:22.400><c> a</c><00:43:22.559><c> woman</c><00:43:22.880><c> sitting</c><00:43:23.219><c> in</c> 00:43:23.599 --> 00:43:26.460 seven<00:43:23.940><c> hills.</c><00:43:25.579><c> Pretty</c><00:43:25.920><c> impressive,</c> 00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:30.219 but<00:43:26.579><c> you</c><00:43:26.719><c> know,</c><00:43:26.900><c> that</c><00:43:27.019><c> doesn't</c><00:43:27.340><c> do</c><00:43:27.639><c> it</c><00:43:27.760><c> for</c><00:43:27.900><c> me</c><00:43:28.139><c> because</c><00:43:28.980><c> Constantinople</c><00:43:29.900><c> sits</c> 00:43:30.219 --> 00:43:32.239 among<00:43:30.760><c> seven</c><00:43:31.219><c> hills.</c> 00:43:32.380 --> 00:43:36.579 Other<00:43:32.679><c> cities</c><00:43:33.099><c> sit</c><00:43:33.440><c> among</c><00:43:33.920><c> seven</c><00:43:34.380><c> hills.</c><00:43:34.820><c> So</c><00:43:34.940><c> that's</c><00:43:35.159><c> not</c><00:43:35.539><c> really</c><00:43:35.900><c> foolproof</c><00:43:36.340><c> for</c> 00:43:36.579 --> 00:43:38.659 me.<00:43:37.300><c> This</c><00:43:37.599><c> is.</c> 00:43:38.860 --> 00:43:44.219 And<00:43:39.079><c> there</c><00:43:39.260><c> are</c><00:43:39.579><c> seven</c><00:43:40.300><c> kings.</c><00:43:41.960><c> Or</c><00:43:42.420><c> there</c><00:43:42.960><c> are</c><00:43:43.260><c> seven</c><00:43:43.699><c> forms</c> 00:43:44.219 --> 00:43:45.559 of<00:43:44.599><c> government.</c> 00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:49.420 John,<00:43:47.000><c> you</c><00:43:47.400><c> know</c><00:43:47.679><c> what</c><00:43:47.820><c> I'm</c><00:43:48.019><c> talking</c><00:43:48.300><c> about.</c><00:43:48.639><c> John's</c><00:43:48.940><c> there</c><00:43:49.159><c> in</c><00:43:49.280><c> A</c> 00:43:49.420 --> 00:43:50.880 .D.<00:43:49.539><c> 96.</c><00:43:50.139><c> Now</c><00:43:50.260><c> listen,</c><00:43:50.599><c> John,</c> 00:43:50.880 --> 00:43:55.179 these<00:43:51.579><c> seven</c><00:43:51.900><c> heads</c><00:43:52.340><c> are</c><00:43:52.920><c> seven</c><00:43:53.219><c> forms</c><00:43:53.559><c> of</c><00:43:53.840><c> government.</c><00:43:54.699><c> Five</c> 00:43:55.179 --> 00:43:59.280 have<00:43:55.519><c> fallen.</c><00:43:56.159><c> One</c><00:43:56.440><c> is,</c><00:43:56.960><c> and</c><00:43:57.159><c> the</c><00:43:57.360><c> other</c><00:43:57.559><c> has</c><00:43:57.760><c> not</c><00:43:57.960><c> yet</c><00:43:58.280><c> come.</c> 00:43:59.780 --> 00:44:02.960 So<00:44:00.059><c> these</c><00:44:00.300><c> brothers</c><00:44:00.559><c> and</c><00:44:00.800><c> sisters</c><00:44:01.000><c> who</c><00:44:01.199><c> have</c><00:44:01.460><c> fallen</c><00:44:01.739><c> were</c><00:44:01.940><c> the</c><00:44:02.099><c> regal</c><00:44:02.460><c> form</c><00:44:02.679><c> of</c> 00:44:02.960 --> 00:44:04.260 government,<00:44:03.619><c> the</c><00:44:03.840><c> consular,</c> 00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:11.099 the<00:44:04.780><c> dictatorial,</c><00:44:05.780><c> the</c><00:44:05.960><c> dessin</c><00:44:06.380><c> viral,</c><00:44:06.679><c> and</c><00:44:06.880><c> the</c><00:44:07.119><c> tribunical.</c><00:44:09.519><c> In</c><00:44:09.840><c> 700</c><00:44:10.500><c> B</c> 00:44:11.099 --> 00:44:13.880 .C.,<00:44:12.059><c> little</c><00:44:12.360><c> Roma</c><00:44:12.699><c> on</c><00:44:13.280><c> the</c><00:44:13.500><c> Italian</c> 00:44:13.880 --> 00:44:22.400 peninsula<00:44:14.400><c> was</c><00:44:14.920><c> ruled</c><00:44:15.139><c> over</c><00:44:15.380><c> by</c><00:44:15.719><c> kings.</c><00:44:17.000><c> Kings.</c><00:44:19.179><c> 7700</c><00:44:19.780><c> B</c><00:44:20.099><c>.C.</c><00:44:21.400><c> When</c><00:44:21.619><c> Rome</c><00:44:21.820><c> became</c><00:44:22.139><c> a</c> 00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:25.599 republic<00:44:23.000><c> in</c><00:44:23.639><c> 500</c><00:44:24.340><c> B</c><00:44:24.760><c>.C.,</c> 00:44:25.599 --> 00:44:30.500 Rome<00:44:25.900><c> was</c><00:44:26.159><c> ruled</c><00:44:26.400><c> over</c><00:44:26.679><c> by</c><00:44:27.099><c> four</c><00:44:27.719><c> different</c><00:44:28.260><c> forms</c><00:44:28.800><c> of</c><00:44:29.639><c> government.</c><00:44:30.119><c> I</c><00:44:30.179><c> won't</c><00:44:30.320><c> go</c> 00:44:30.500 --> 00:44:31.800 through<00:44:30.659><c> the</c><00:44:30.820><c> detail</c><00:44:31.079><c> of</c><00:44:31.260><c> the</c><00:44:31.420><c> consular,</c> 00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:34.579 the<00:44:32.159><c> dictatorial,</c><00:44:32.960><c> the</c><00:44:33.139><c> dessin</c><00:44:33.420><c> viral,</c><00:44:33.840><c> or</c><00:44:34.019><c> the</c><00:44:34.179><c> tribunical.</c> 00:44:34.719 --> 00:44:36.460 Time<00:44:34.940><c> is</c><00:44:35.039><c> getting</c><00:44:35.260><c> away</c><00:44:35.519><c> from</c><00:44:35.659><c> us.</c> 00:44:36.920 --> 00:44:40.659 But<00:44:36.940><c> John</c><00:44:37.340><c> was</c><00:44:37.619><c> told,</c><00:44:37.960><c> John,</c><00:44:38.940><c> there</c><00:44:39.400><c> have</c><00:44:39.699><c> been</c><00:44:39.960><c> five</c><00:44:40.380><c> forms</c> 00:44:40.659 --> 00:44:42.179 of<00:44:40.900><c> government</c><00:44:41.340><c> ruling</c><00:44:41.719><c> over</c><00:44:42.019><c> Rome.</c> 00:44:42.179 --> 00:44:46.019 John<00:44:42.380><c> said,</c><00:44:42.599><c> yes,</c><00:44:42.760><c> I've</c><00:44:42.940><c> got</c><00:44:43.059><c> it.</c><00:44:43.980><c> One</c><00:44:44.179><c> is</c><00:44:44.500><c> John.</c><00:44:45.239><c> So</c><00:44:45.360><c> when</c><00:44:45.559><c> John</c><00:44:45.760><c> was</c> 00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:47.639 alive,<00:44:46.639><c> receiving</c><00:44:46.940><c> the</c><00:44:47.239><c> apocalypse,</c> 00:44:48.019 --> 00:44:52.500 the<00:44:48.039><c> imperial</c><00:44:48.619><c> system,</c><00:44:49.340><c> emperors</c><00:44:49.659><c> ruled,</c><00:44:49.980><c> you</c><00:44:50.260><c> see.</c><00:44:51.219><c> One</c><00:44:51.500><c> is.</c> 00:44:52.719 --> 00:44:54.239 There's<00:44:53.079><c> another</c><00:44:53.460><c> yet</c><00:44:53.739><c> to</c><00:44:54.019><c> come.</c> 00:44:54.480 --> 00:44:59.039 And<00:44:54.639><c> the</c><00:44:55.039><c> seventh</c><00:44:55.480><c> head,</c><00:44:56.380><c> or</c><00:44:56.539><c> the</c><00:44:56.800><c> seventh</c><00:44:57.039><c> form</c><00:44:57.320><c> of</c><00:44:57.659><c> government</c><00:44:58.000><c> over</c><00:44:58.340><c> which</c><00:44:58.559><c> Rome</c><00:44:58.780><c> was</c> 00:44:59.039 --> 00:45:00.800 ruled,<00:44:59.599><c> were</c><00:44:59.699><c> the</c><00:45:00.019><c> Goths.</c> 00:45:01.300 --> 00:45:05.219 In<00:45:01.619><c> came</c><00:45:01.780><c> the</c><00:45:02.039><c> Goths,</c><00:45:02.559><c> and</c><00:45:02.719><c> they</c><00:45:03.059><c> ruled</c><00:45:03.280><c> for</c><00:45:03.500><c> a</c><00:45:03.739><c> short</c><00:45:04.000><c> time.</c> 00:45:05.380 --> 00:45:06.800 Now<00:45:05.539><c> that's</c><00:45:05.739><c> the</c><00:45:05.860><c> easy</c><00:45:06.059><c> bit.</c> 00:45:07.079 --> 00:45:11.719 Five<00:45:07.559><c> have</c><00:45:07.800><c> fallen.</c><00:45:08.699><c> One</c><00:45:08.960><c> is.</c><00:45:09.780><c> The</c><00:45:09.960><c> other</c><00:45:10.139><c> has</c><00:45:10.320><c> not</c><00:45:10.559><c> yet</c><00:45:10.880><c> come.</c> 00:45:11.860 --> 00:45:13.559 But<00:45:11.880><c> with</c><00:45:12.380><c> respect</c><00:45:12.820><c> to</c><00:45:13.000><c> the</c><00:45:13.179><c> Goths,</c> 00:45:13.739 --> 00:45:17.000 the<00:45:13.820><c> record</c><00:45:14.139><c> goes</c><00:45:14.380><c> on</c><00:45:14.579><c> to</c><00:45:14.760><c> say,</c><00:45:15.179><c> when</c><00:45:15.400><c> the</c><00:45:15.760><c> seventh</c><00:45:15.980><c> head</c><00:45:16.300><c> comes,</c><00:45:16.800><c> that</c> 00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:19.300 is,<00:45:17.579><c> the</c><00:45:17.719><c> ruling</c><00:45:18.039><c> Goths</c><00:45:18.480><c> who</c><00:45:18.559><c> would</c><00:45:18.739><c> rule</c><00:45:18.860><c> from</c><00:45:19.139><c> Rome,</c> 00:45:19.519 --> 00:45:22.619 the<00:45:19.619><c> Ostrogoths</c><00:45:20.599><c> under</c><00:45:21.079><c> Theodoric.</c><00:45:21.920><c> We'll</c><00:45:22.079><c> talk</c><00:45:22.199><c> more</c><00:45:22.420><c> about</c> 00:45:22.619 --> 00:45:25.900 that<00:45:22.840><c> in</c><00:45:22.940><c> the</c><00:45:23.179><c> fourth</c><00:45:23.460><c> wind</c><00:45:23.980><c> trumpet</c><00:45:24.599><c> in</c><00:45:25.019><c> our</c><00:45:25.219><c> last</c><00:45:25.599><c> study.</c> 00:45:26.219 --> 00:45:28.900 But<00:45:26.360><c> when</c><00:45:26.519><c> the</c><00:45:26.659><c> Goths</c><00:45:26.940><c> came</c><00:45:27.199><c> in,</c><00:45:27.619><c> he</c><00:45:27.780><c> would</c><00:45:28.039><c> continue</c><00:45:28.440><c> a</c><00:45:28.679><c> short</c> 00:45:28.900 --> 00:45:30.239 space,<00:45:29.320><c> and</c><00:45:29.579><c> the</c><00:45:29.760><c> Goths</c><00:45:30.099><c> did.</c> 00:45:30.239 --> 00:45:36.099 The<00:45:30.659><c> Goths</c><00:45:31.199><c> ruled</c><00:45:31.599><c> in</c><00:45:31.940><c> Rome</c><00:45:32.320><c> for</c><00:45:33.260><c> 60</c><00:45:33.980><c> years,</c><00:45:35.760><c> and</c><00:45:35.760><c> then</c><00:45:35.920><c> they</c> 00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:37.699 were<00:45:36.260><c> turfed</c><00:45:36.480><c> out</c><00:45:36.739><c> by</c><00:45:37.039><c> Justinian,</c> 00:45:37.940 --> 00:45:40.780 who<00:45:37.980><c> was</c><00:45:38.179><c> the</c><00:45:38.360><c> Christian</c><00:45:38.760><c> emperor</c><00:45:39.219><c> in</c><00:45:39.719><c> Constantinople</c><00:45:40.519><c> at</c> 00:45:40.780 --> 00:45:41.820 that<00:45:41.059><c> time.</c> 00:45:42.159 --> 00:45:44.579 Be<00:45:42.239><c> that</c><00:45:42.400><c> as</c><00:45:42.519><c> it</c><00:45:42.679><c> may,</c><00:45:42.840><c> that's</c><00:45:43.139><c> the</c><00:45:43.320><c> simple</c><00:45:43.579><c> bit.</c><00:45:44.119><c> This</c><00:45:44.300><c> is</c><00:45:44.480><c> the</c> 00:45:44.579 --> 00:45:45.840 tricky<00:45:44.860><c> bit.</c> 00:45:47.239 --> 00:45:53.139 When<00:45:47.559><c> he</c><00:45:47.719><c> comes,</c><00:45:48.019><c> he</c><00:45:48.079><c> must</c><00:45:48.280><c> continue</c><00:45:48.619><c> a</c><00:45:48.820><c> short</c><00:45:49.019><c> space.</c><00:45:50.400><c> And</c><00:45:50.539><c> the</c><00:45:50.699><c> beast</c><00:45:50.900><c> that</c><00:45:51.159><c> was</c><00:45:51.880><c> and</c><00:45:52.340><c> is</c><00:45:52.639><c> not,</c> 00:45:53.420 --> 00:45:57.239 even<00:45:53.619><c> he</c><00:45:53.860><c> is</c><00:45:54.000><c> the</c><00:45:54.219><c> eighth</c><00:45:54.539><c> and</c><00:45:55.039><c> is</c><00:45:55.199><c> of</c><00:45:55.320><c> the</c><00:45:55.559><c> seventh,</c><00:45:56.219><c> and</c><00:45:56.420><c> goeth</c><00:45:56.599><c> into</c><00:45:56.840><c> perdition.</c> 00:45:57.239 --> 00:46:02.460 Are<00:45:57.400><c> you</c><00:45:57.539><c> up</c><00:45:57.679><c> for</c><00:45:57.860><c> this?</c><00:45:59.780><c> Yes,</c><00:46:00.059><c> you</c><00:46:00.300><c> are.</c><00:46:01.599><c> Am</c><00:46:01.719><c> I</c><00:46:01.840><c> going</c><00:46:01.980><c> to</c><00:46:02.119><c> force</c><00:46:02.300><c> you</c> 00:46:02.460 --> 00:46:05.019 to<00:46:02.559><c> go</c><00:46:02.699><c> through</c><00:46:02.900><c> this?</c><00:46:03.599><c> Yes,</c><00:46:03.960><c> I</c><00:46:04.179><c> am.</c> 00:46:05.460 --> 00:46:08.559 Am<00:46:05.599><c> I</c><00:46:05.699><c> going</c><00:46:05.840><c> to</c><00:46:06.059><c> pinch</c><00:46:06.159><c> one</c><00:46:06.500><c> minute?</c><00:46:07.000><c> You</c><00:46:07.440><c> bet</c><00:46:07.679><c> your</c><00:46:08.039><c> life</c><00:46:08.320><c> I'm</c> 00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:09.900 going<00:46:08.780><c> to</c><00:46:09.019><c> pinch</c><00:46:09.199><c> an</c><00:46:09.400><c> extra</c><00:46:09.679><c> minute.</c> 00:46:10.079 --> 00:46:12.320 All<00:46:10.179><c> right,</c><00:46:10.480><c> brothers</c><00:46:10.559><c> and</c><00:46:10.820><c> sisters,</c><00:46:11.360><c> now</c><00:46:11.500><c> let's</c><00:46:11.719><c> look</c><00:46:11.920><c> through</c><00:46:12.079><c> the</c> 00:46:12.320 --> 00:46:14.639 tricky<00:46:12.539><c> bit.</c><00:46:13.539><c> Here</c><00:46:13.760><c> we</c><00:46:13.980><c> are.</c> 00:46:14.920 --> 00:46:22.739 Five<00:46:15.099><c> have</c><00:46:15.380><c> fallen.</c><00:46:17.400><c> Regal,</c><00:46:18.420><c> Consular,</c><00:46:19.420><c> Dictatorial,</c><00:46:20.619><c> Decemviral,</c><00:46:21.699><c> Tribunicial.</c><00:46:22.480><c> Five</c> 00:46:22.739 --> 00:46:23.199 have<00:46:22.960><c> fallen.</c> 00:46:23.199 --> 00:46:29.780 One<00:46:23.920><c> is</c><00:46:24.900><c> Imperial.</c><00:46:26.940><c> The</c><00:46:27.039><c> other</c><00:46:27.340><c> has</c><00:46:27.559><c> not</c><00:46:27.820><c> yet</c><00:46:28.079><c> come,</c><00:46:28.579><c> the</c><00:46:28.840><c> Goths.</c><00:46:29.619><c> When</c> 00:46:29.780 --> 00:46:32.500 they<00:46:30.079><c> come,</c><00:46:30.300><c> they</c><00:46:30.400><c> must</c><00:46:30.659><c> continue</c><00:46:31.039><c> a</c><00:46:31.300><c> short</c><00:46:31.579><c> space.</c> 00:46:33.099 --> 00:46:38.699 Did<00:46:33.280><c> you</c><00:46:33.380><c> hear</c><00:46:33.460><c> what</c><00:46:33.619><c> I</c><00:46:33.719><c> last</c><00:46:33.960><c> said?</c><00:46:34.900><c> When</c><00:46:35.139><c> they</c><00:46:35.719><c> come,</c><00:46:36.820><c> they</c><00:46:37.139><c> must</c><00:46:37.639><c> continue</c><00:46:38.280><c> a</c> 00:46:38.699 --> 00:46:40.039 short<00:46:39.219><c> space.</c> 00:46:40.300 --> 00:46:45.079 That's<00:46:40.559><c> the</c><00:46:40.679><c> last</c><00:46:40.960><c> word</c><00:46:41.159><c> I</c><00:46:41.460><c> said.</c><00:46:42.239><c> Therefore,</c><00:46:42.800><c> from</c><00:46:43.179><c> that</c><00:46:43.739><c> springboard,</c><00:46:44.900><c> we</c> 00:46:45.079 --> 00:46:46.500 take<00:46:45.340><c> the</c><00:46:45.559><c> next</c><00:46:46.019><c> verse.</c> 00:46:46.500 --> 00:46:51.659 John,<00:46:47.920><c> move</c><00:46:48.360><c> over</c><00:46:48.659><c> there.</c><00:46:50.000><c> You're</c><00:46:50.159><c> now</c><00:46:50.480><c> in</c><00:46:50.699><c> the</c><00:46:50.900><c> future</c><00:46:51.300><c> with</c> 00:46:51.659 --> 00:46:53.139 the<00:46:51.960><c> seventh</c><00:46:52.179><c> head.</c> 00:46:53.380 --> 00:46:58.780 Now,<00:46:53.719><c> John,</c><00:46:54.880><c> look</c><00:46:55.239><c> back</c><00:46:55.940><c> and</c><00:46:56.619><c> read</c><00:46:56.980><c> the</c><00:46:57.159><c> next</c><00:46:57.440><c> part</c><00:46:57.679><c> of</c><00:46:57.800><c> the</c><00:46:57.940><c> verse.</c> 00:46:59.360 --> 00:47:06.039 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system,</c><00:47:37.420><c> is</c><00:47:37.659><c> coming</c><00:47:38.039><c> back.</c> 00:47:38.760 --> 00:47:40.940 You<00:47:38.820><c> don't</c><00:47:38.940><c> believe</c><00:47:39.199><c> that?</c><00:47:39.780><c> Have</c><00:47:39.980><c> a</c><00:47:40.079><c> look</c><00:47:40.159><c> as</c><00:47:40.300><c> we</c><00:47:40.500><c> finish</c><00:47:40.719><c> our</c> 00:47:40.940 --> 00:47:46.179 study,<00:47:41.199><c> brothers</c><00:47:41.380><c> and</c><00:47:41.619><c> sisters,</c><00:47:42.280><c> at</c><00:47:42.579><c> Revelation</c><00:47:42.960><c> 13</c><00:47:43.760><c> and</c><00:47:44.079><c> verse</c><00:47:44.440><c> 3.</c> 00:47:48.900 --> 00:47:54.920 This<00:47:49.079><c> is</c><00:47:49.380><c> exactly</c><00:47:50.019><c> what</c><00:47:50.300><c> Revelation</c><00:47:50.760><c> 17</c><00:47:51.300><c> is</c><00:47:51.699><c> saying.</c><00:47:53.619><c> Revelation</c><00:47:54.000><c> 13</c><00:47:54.719><c> and</c> 00:47:54.920 --> 00:47:56.280 verse<00:47:55.179><c> 3.</c> 00:47:56.280 --> 00:48:03.579 And<00:47:57.480><c> I</c><00:47:57.699><c> saw</c><00:47:57.980><c> one</c><00:47:58.219><c> of</c><00:47:58.320><c> his</c><00:47:58.539><c> heads</c><00:47:59.440><c> wounded</c><00:48:01.320><c> to</c><00:48:02.059><c> death.</c><00:48:03.179><c> There</c><00:48:03.380><c> it</c> 00:48:03.579 --> 00:48:08.320 is.<00:48:04.659><c> One</c><00:48:04.920><c> of</c><00:48:05.079><c> the</c><00:48:05.360><c> heads</c><00:48:05.960><c> wounded</c><00:48:06.820><c> to</c><00:48:07.320><c> death.</c> 00:48:08.500 --> 00:48:15.539 And<00:48:08.719><c> his</c><00:48:09.059><c> deadly</c><00:48:09.880><c> wound</c><00:48:10.639><c> was</c><00:48:12.480><c> healed.</c><00:48:13.760><c> It's</c><00:48:14.280><c> exactly</c><00:48:14.639><c> the</c><00:48:14.860><c> same.</c><00:48:15.239><c> What</c><00:48:15.360><c> an</c> 00:48:15.539 --> 00:48:16.159 amazing<00:48:15.880><c> thing.</c> 00:48:16.460 --> 00:48:19.500 So<00:48:16.579><c> there,</c><00:48:16.920><c> brothers</c><00:48:17.000><c> and</c><00:48:17.199><c> sisters,</c><00:48:17.519><c> Revelation</c><00:48:17.840><c> 13</c><00:48:18.539><c> and</c><00:48:18.699><c> verse</c><00:48:18.900><c> 3,</c> 00:48:19.659 --> 00:48:23.760 coupled<00:48:20.039><c> with</c><00:48:20.280><c> Revelation</c><00:48:20.739><c> 17,</c><00:48:21.860><c> and</c><00:48:22.179><c> that</c><00:48:22.480><c> all</c><00:48:22.980><c> then</c><00:48:23.400><c> falls</c> 00:48:23.760 --> 00:48:24.440 into<00:48:24.179><c> play.</c> 00:48:24.440 --> 00:48:27.780 What<00:48:24.800><c> an</c><00:48:24.980><c> amazing</c><00:48:25.239><c> thing.</c><00:48:25.639><c> Well,</c><00:48:25.840><c> brothers</c><00:48:25.880><c> and</c><00:48:26.139><c> sisters,</c><00:48:26.719><c> God</c><00:48:26.860><c> willing,</c><00:48:27.239><c> tomorrow</c><00:48:27.539><c> in</c> 00:48:27.780 --> 00:48:28.340 our<00:48:28.039><c> study,</c> 00:48:28.639 --> 00:48:32.480 we're<00:48:29.019><c> going</c><00:48:29.099><c> to</c><00:48:29.239><c> pick</c><00:48:29.320><c> up</c><00:48:29.480><c> the</c><00:48:29.679><c> story</c><00:48:30.019><c> and</c><00:48:30.679><c> plummet</c><00:48:30.960><c> into</c><00:48:31.219><c> Revelation</c><00:48:31.699><c> chapter</c><00:48:32.059><c> 12</c> 00:48:32.480 --> 00:48:35.579 and<00:48:33.280><c> unwrap</c><00:48:34.239><c> all</c><00:48:34.500><c> of</c><00:48:34.619><c> these</c><00:48:34.760><c> amazing</c><00:48:35.260><c> things</c> 00:48:35.579 --> 00:48:39.920 with<00:48:35.780><c> respect</c><00:48:36.280><c> to</c><00:48:36.800><c> the</c><00:48:36.980><c> two</c><00:48:37.400><c> dragons</c><00:48:37.880><c> and</c><00:48:38.880><c> the</c><00:48:39.320><c> three</c><00:48:39.579><c> women,</c> 00:48:40.039 --> 00:48:41.300 and<00:48:40.199><c> our</c><00:48:40.460><c> title</c><00:48:40.679><c> will</c><00:48:40.960><c> be,</c> 00:48:41.300 --> 00:48:45.900 and<00:48:41.880><c> the</c><00:48:42.139><c> woman</c><00:48:42.559><c> fled</c><00:48:43.019><c> into</c><00:48:43.860><c> the</c><00:48:44.139><c> wilderness.</c><00:48:44.880><c> Thank</c><00:48:45.099><c> you.</c>