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don't</c><00:15:40.320><c> they?</c><00:15:40.480><c> They've</c><00:15:40.740><c> got</c><00:15:40.860><c> to</c><00:15:41.299><c> continue.</c> 00:15:42.059 --> 00:15:46.179 And<00:15:42.240><c> so</c><00:15:42.399><c> we</c><00:15:42.659><c> see</c><00:15:42.919><c> an</c><00:15:43.299><c> image</c><00:15:43.759><c> in</c><00:15:44.539><c> fact</c><00:15:44.820><c> that</c><00:15:45.120><c> has</c><00:15:45.320><c> been</c><00:15:45.679><c> building</c> 00:15:46.179 --> 00:15:48.500 up<00:15:46.740><c> over</c><00:15:47.320><c> many</c><00:15:47.820><c> centuries</c> 00:15:48.500 --> 00:15:51.080 until<00:15:49.120><c> we</c><00:15:49.379><c> get</c><00:15:49.600><c> to</c><00:15:49.879><c> the</c><00:15:50.419><c> time</c><00:15:50.639><c> where</c><00:15:50.879><c> we</c><00:15:51.000><c> are.</c> 00:15:51.080 --> 00:15:56.019 And<00:15:51.139><c> that's</c><00:15:51.279><c> why</c><00:15:51.480><c> we</c><00:15:51.720><c> call</c><00:15:51.899><c> it</c><00:15:52.460><c> 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start</c><00:16:09.059><c> with</c><00:16:09.580><c> which</c><00:16:10.059><c> was</c> 00:16:10.299 --> 00:16:13.679 Nebuchadnezzar's<00:16:12.779><c> kingdom.</c> 00:16:13.740 --> 00:16:16.779 But<00:16:13.960><c> if</c><00:16:14.460><c> you</c><00:16:14.600><c> come</c><00:16:14.879><c> through</c><00:16:15.299><c> and</c><00:16:15.559><c> just</c><00:16:15.860><c> look</c><00:16:16.019><c> at</c><00:16:16.200><c> the</c><00:16:16.419><c> passages</c> 00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:17.860 with<00:16:17.080><c> me</c><00:16:17.340><c> now</c> 00:16:17.860 --> 00:16:22.360 Ezra<00:16:18.419><c> chapter</c><00:16:18.940><c> 5</c><00:16:19.919><c> and</c><00:16:20.399><c> verse</c><00:16:20.799><c> 13</c> 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:49.899 Ezra<00:16:48.200><c> chapter</c><00:16:48.500><c> 5</c><00:16:48.940><c> and</c><00:16:49.120><c> verse</c><00:16:49.440><c> 13</c> 00:16:49.899 --> 00:16:52.440 Notice<00:16:50.299><c> this</c><00:16:50.639><c> interesting</c><00:16:51.240><c> point.</c> 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that</c><00:17:07.140><c> he's</c><00:17:07.359><c> the</c><00:17:07.579><c> king</c><00:17:07.839><c> of</c><00:17:08.579><c> Babylon.</c> 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:13.400 So<00:17:09.700><c> you</c><00:17:09.880><c> see</c><00:17:10.119><c> Babylon</c><00:17:10.759><c> has</c><00:17:11.180><c> continued</c><00:17:11.859><c> to</c><00:17:12.200><c> count</c><00:17:12.579><c> as</c><00:17:12.839><c> it</c><00:17:13.079><c> were</c> 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:16.599 in<00:17:14.220><c> this</c><00:17:16.000><c> development.</c> 00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:21.619 And<00:17:17.680><c> then</c><00:17:18.079><c> Ezra</c><00:17:18.460><c> chapter</c><00:17:18.799><c> 6</c><00:17:19.299><c> and</c><00:17:19.640><c> verse</c><00:17:19.980><c> 22</c> 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:26.359 They're<00:17:22.519><c> talking</c><00:17:22.859><c> about</c><00:17:23.559><c> the</c><00:17:24.740><c> king</c><00:17:25.720><c> of</c><00:17:25.920><c> Assyria.</c> 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:27.920 See<00:17:26.539><c> halfway</c><00:17:26.819><c> through</c><00:17:27.079><c> the</c><00:17:27.240><c> verse</c><00:17:27.500><c> there.</c> 00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:31.539 The<00:17:28.380><c> king</c><00:17:28.680><c> of</c><00:17:28.880><c> Assyria</c><00:17:30.099><c> said</c><00:17:30.579><c> unto</c><00:17:30.779><c> them</c><00:17:30.980><c> to</c><00:17:31.200><c> strengthen</c> 00:17:31.539 --> 00:17:31.980 their<00:17:31.779><c> hands.</c> 00:17:31.980 --> 00:17:33.660 Well<00:17:32.160><c> who's</c><00:17:32.359><c> it</c><00:17:32.559><c> talking</c><00:17:32.839><c> about?</c> 00:17:34.859 --> 00:17:36.880 This<00:17:35.460><c> is</c><00:17:36.059><c> verse</c><00:17:36.299><c> 22.</c> 00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:39.539 Chapter<00:17:37.220><c> 6</c><00:17:37.700><c> of</c><00:17:37.839><c> Ezra</c><00:17:38.359><c> verse</c><00:17:38.759><c> 22.</c> 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:42.700 The<00:17:40.099><c> king</c><00:17:40.400><c> of</c><00:17:40.619><c> Assyria</c><00:17:41.200><c> that</c><00:17:41.500><c> it</c><00:17:41.680><c> talks</c><00:17:41.940><c> about</c><00:17:42.240><c> there.</c> 00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:46.819 And<00:17:43.000><c> if</c><00:17:43.200><c> you</c><00:17:43.420><c> move</c><00:17:43.660><c> on</c><00:17:44.019><c> again</c><00:17:44.519><c> to</c><00:17:44.900><c> Nehemiah</c><00:17:45.599><c> the</c><00:17:45.700><c> next</c><00:17:46.079><c> book</c> 00:17:46.819 --> 00:17:54.839 Nehemiah<00:17:48.059><c> chapter</c><00:17:48.720><c> 13</c><00:17:50.099><c> verse</c><00:17:52.960><c> 6</c> 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:58.799 But<00:17:55.920><c> in</c><00:17:56.099><c> all</c><00:17:56.400><c> this</c><00:17:56.700><c> time</c><00:17:57.220><c> was</c><00:17:57.640><c> not</c><00:17:57.859><c> I</c><00:17:58.140><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:03.519 for<00:17:59.319><c> in</c><00:17:59.720><c> the</c><00:18:00.079><c> two</c><00:18:00.359><c> and</c><00:18:00.740><c> thirtieth</c><00:18:01.180><c> year</c><00:18:01.660><c> 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interpreters</c><00:25:48.900><c> take</c><00:25:49.339><c> the</c><00:25:49.539><c> word</c><00:25:49.839><c> rosh,</c> 00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:52.980 commonly<00:25:51.180><c> translated</c><00:25:51.940><c> chief,</c> 00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:55.420 for<00:25:54.240><c> a</c><00:25:54.519><c> proper</c><00:25:54.839><c> name.</c> 00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:59.599 So<00:25:56.059><c> they</c><00:25:56.359><c> render</c><00:25:57.900><c> the</c><00:25:58.579><c> sentence</c><00:25:59.220><c> thus,</c> 00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:02.359 the<00:25:59.819><c> Prince</c><00:26:00.119><c> of</c><00:26:00.460><c> Rosh,</c><00:26:01.180><c> Meshach,</c><00:26:01.640><c> and</c><00:26:01.859><c> Tubal.</c> 00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:05.180 Rosh<00:26:03.160><c> taken</c><00:26:03.539><c> as</c><00:26:03.819><c> a</c><00:26:04.059><c> proper</c><00:26:04.359><c> name</c> 00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:08.460 signifies<00:26:06.119><c> those</c><00:26:06.619><c> inhabitants</c><00:26:07.299><c> of</c><00:26:07.759><c> Scythia</c> 00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:12.079 from<00:26:08.880><c> whence</c><00:26:09.460><c> the</c><00:26:09.640><c> Russians</c><00:26:10.059><c> derive</c><00:26:10.720><c> their</c><00:26:11.099><c> name</c><00:26:11.420><c> and</c><00:26:11.740><c> original.</c> 00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:14.220 So<00:26:12.599><c> here</c><00:26:12.799><c> is</c><00:26:13.039><c> a</c><00:26:13.319><c> commentator,</c> 00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:17.680 not<00:26:14.819><c> impressed</c><00:26:15.400><c> with</c><00:26:15.680><c> the</c><00:26:15.940><c> grandeur</c><00:26:16.339><c> and</c><00:26:16.539><c> the</c><00:26:16.759><c> greatness</c><00:26:17.039><c> of</c> 00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.759 the<00:26:17.900><c> Soviet</c><00:26:18.339><c> Union</c> 00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:20.960 or<00:26:18.980><c> anything</c><00:26:19.279><c> like</c><00:26:19.660><c> that,</c><00:26:20.200><c> not</c><00:26:20.480><c> at</c><00:26:20.720><c> all.</c> 00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:24.160 Here<00:26:21.480><c> is</c><00:26:21.779><c> a</c><00:26:22.059><c> commentator</c><00:26:22.500><c> back</c><00:26:22.740><c> in</c><00:26:22.940><c> 1739</c> 00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:26.519 and<00:26:24.660><c> says</c><00:26:24.880><c> that</c><00:26:25.339><c> refers</c><00:26:25.819><c> to</c><00:26:26.119><c> Russia.</c> 00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:29.299 In<00:26:27.039><c> fact,</c><00:26:27.339><c> you</c><00:26:27.400><c> can</c><00:26:27.599><c> go</c><00:26:28.240><c> further</c><00:26:28.680><c> back</c><00:26:28.940><c> than</c><00:26:29.160><c> him.</c> 00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:32.380 You<00:26:29.420><c> can</c><00:26:29.619><c> go</c><00:26:29.839><c> to</c><00:26:30.079><c> the</c><00:26:30.279><c> Septuagint</c><00:26:31.259><c> translators</c> 00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:35.420 who<00:26:33.039><c> rendered</c><00:26:33.440><c> it</c><00:26:33.799><c> as</c><00:26:34.099><c> a</c><00:26:34.480><c> proper</c><00:26:34.980><c> name.</c> 00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:36.920 Why<00:26:35.660><c> did</c><00:26:35.839><c> they</c><00:26:36.039><c> do</c><00:26:36.359><c> that?</c> 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:39.480 Because<00:26:37.720><c> they</c><00:26:37.980><c> wrote</c><00:26:38.160><c> in</c><00:26:38.539><c> Greek,</c> 00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:44.119 and<00:26:39.960><c> in</c><00:26:40.220><c> the</c><00:26:40.480><c> Greek</c><00:26:40.700><c> world</c><00:26:41.099><c> there</c><00:26:41.380><c> was</c><00:26:41.720><c> such</c><00:26:42.000><c> a</c><00:26:42.220><c> place</c><00:26:42.460><c> called</c><00:26:42.940><c> Rosh,</c> 00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:47.079 and<00:26:44.380><c> that</c><00:26:44.579><c> was</c><00:26:44.799><c> the</c><00:26:44.960><c> name</c><00:26:45.180><c> that</c><00:26:45.380><c> they</c><00:26:45.640><c> gave</c><00:26:46.000><c> to</c><00:26:46.539><c> Russia,</c> 00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:49.880 originally<00:26:47.839><c> in</c><00:26:48.220><c> Kiev,</c><00:26:48.759><c> and</c><00:26:49.000><c> then,</c><00:26:49.240><c> as</c><00:26:49.440><c> you</c><00:26:49.559><c> know,</c> 00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:52.640 it<00:26:50.180><c> came</c><00:26:50.559><c> further</c><00:26:51.019><c> north</c><00:26:51.359><c> afterwards.</c> 00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:56.799 We<00:26:52.720><c> can</c><00:26:52.980><c> look</c><00:26:53.240><c> also</c><00:26:53.740><c> at</c><00:26:54.039><c> some</c><00:26:54.259><c> of</c><00:26:54.500><c> the</c><00:26:54.740><c> other</c><00:26:55.160><c> information</c><00:26:55.740><c> that</c><00:26:55.920><c> we</c><00:26:56.240><c> have,</c> 00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:58.859 which<00:26:57.500><c> is</c><00:26:57.819><c> helpful.</c> 00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:02.539 For<00:26:59.700><c> example,</c><00:27:00.599><c> Josephus</c><00:27:01.599><c> tells</c><00:27:02.200><c> us</c> 00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:10.359 how<00:27:03.400><c> that</c><00:27:03.799><c> Magog</c><00:27:04.380><c> founded</c><00:27:05.460><c> those</c> 00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:13.299 that<00:27:10.900><c> are</c><00:27:11.160><c> from</c><00:27:11.299><c> him</c><00:27:11.579><c> were</c><00:27:12.119><c> named</c><00:27:12.359><c> the</c><00:27:12.700><c> Magogites,</c> 00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:16.220 but<00:27:13.559><c> who</c><00:27:13.940><c> are</c><00:27:14.240><c> by</c><00:27:14.500><c> the</c><00:27:14.740><c> Greeks</c><00:27:14.980><c> called</c><00:27:15.519><c> Scythians.</c> 00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:20.579 So<00:27:16.839><c> Josephus,</c><00:27:17.940><c> a</c><00:27:18.380><c> historian</c><00:27:18.759><c> who</c><00:27:19.680><c> lived</c><00:27:19.980><c> and</c><00:27:20.240><c> wrote</c> 00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:22.460 just<00:27:20.940><c> about</c><00:27:21.339><c> the</c><00:27:21.819><c> first</c><00:27:22.019><c> century,</c> 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:25.880 the<00:27:23.259><c> time</c><00:27:23.519><c> of</c><00:27:23.740><c> Christ</c><00:27:24.059><c> thereabouts,</c><00:27:25.059><c> as</c><00:27:25.380><c> a</c><00:27:25.599><c> Jew,</c> 00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:28.059 he<00:27:26.480><c> was</c><00:27:26.599><c> a</c><00:27:26.779><c> Hebrew,</c><00:27:27.299><c> he</c><00:27:27.400><c> was</c><00:27:27.640><c> a</c><00:27:27.779><c> Jew,</c> 00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:30.599 and<00:27:28.640><c> he</c><00:27:28.839><c> said,</c><00:27:29.119><c> you</c><00:27:29.160><c> know,</c><00:27:29.359><c> when</c><00:27:29.559><c> we</c><00:27:29.799><c> read</c><00:27:29.980><c> in</c><00:27:30.180><c> the</c><00:27:30.339><c> Bible</c> 00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:33.220 about<00:27:30.980><c> this</c><00:27:31.319><c> Magog</c><00:27:31.759><c> in</c><00:27:31.940><c> Genesis</c><00:27:32.319><c> chapter</c><00:27:32.720><c> 10,</c> 00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:37.359 what<00:27:33.599><c> they're</c><00:27:33.839><c> talking</c><00:27:34.259><c> about</c><00:27:34.619><c> is</c><00:27:34.759><c> what</c><00:27:34.920><c> we</c><00:27:35.200><c> now</c><00:27:35.480><c> call</c><00:27:35.740><c> the</c><00:27:36.039><c> Scythians.</c> 00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.859 You<00:27:37.839><c> might</c><00:27:38.059><c> scratch</c><00:27:38.380><c> your</c><00:27:38.519><c> head</c><00:27:38.619><c> and</c><00:27:38.700><c> say,</c> 00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:40.440 well,<00:27:39.059><c> where</c><00:27:39.240><c> are</c><00:27:39.359><c> the</c><00:27:39.500><c> Scythians</c><00:27:40.099><c> then?</c> 00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:43.039 Well,<00:27:40.839><c> that's</c><00:27:41.019><c> all</c><00:27:41.119><c> right</c><00:27:41.359><c> because</c><00:27:41.640><c> we</c><00:27:41.859><c> have</c><00:27:42.039><c> another</c><00:27:42.400><c> historian</c> 00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:44.160 that<00:27:43.319><c> tells</c><00:27:43.500><c> us</c><00:27:43.779><c> that,</c> 00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:48.400 and<00:27:44.599><c> his</c><00:27:44.839><c> name</c><00:27:45.359><c> is</c><00:27:46.920><c> Herodotus,</c> 00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:50.460 the<00:27:48.700><c> guy</c><00:27:48.900><c> down</c><00:27:49.160><c> the</c><00:27:49.240><c> bottom</c><00:27:49.539><c> there,</c> 00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:53.680 and<00:27:50.519><c> Herodotus</c><00:27:51.200><c> tells</c><00:27:51.539><c> us</c><00:27:52.380><c> that</c><00:27:53.240><c> Scythia,</c> 00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:55.319 well,<00:27:54.000><c> the</c><00:27:54.140><c> western</c><00:27:54.500><c> borders,</c> 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:58.539 the<00:27:55.880><c> western</c><00:27:56.180><c> border</c><00:27:56.519><c> of</c><00:27:56.740><c> Scythia</c><00:27:57.099><c> is</c><00:27:57.319><c> the</c><00:27:57.480><c> River</c><00:27:57.759><c> Danube</c> 00:27:58.539 --> 00:28:02.559 and<00:27:59.299><c> the</c><00:27:59.599><c> eastern</c><00:27:59.960><c> border,</c><00:28:00.920><c> the</c><00:28:01.019><c> River</c><00:28:01.579><c> Don.</c> 00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:07.380 Now,<00:28:04.079><c> the</c><00:28:04.400><c> River</c><00:28:05.279><c> Danube,</c><00:28:06.200><c> as</c><00:28:06.440><c> you</c><00:28:06.619><c> may</c><00:28:06.920><c> know,</c> 00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:09.339 and<00:28:07.819><c> if</c><00:28:07.940><c> you</c><00:28:08.140><c> don't,</c><00:28:08.359><c> I'll</c><00:28:08.559><c> show</c><00:28:08.880><c> you,</c> 00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:12.119 comes<00:28:09.779><c> out</c><00:28:10.160><c> of</c><00:28:10.359><c> the,</c><00:28:10.700><c> can</c><00:28:10.880><c> you</c><00:28:11.059><c> see</c><00:28:11.259><c> what</c><00:28:11.440><c> my</c><00:28:11.720><c> finger</c><00:28:11.960><c> is?</c> 00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:14.880 The<00:28:13.019><c> Black</c><00:28:13.680><c> Sea</c><00:28:13.920><c> comes</c><00:28:14.180><c> out</c><00:28:14.400><c> there,</c> 00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:16.700 winds<00:28:15.319><c> its</c><00:28:15.599><c> way</c><00:28:15.839><c> through</c><00:28:16.180><c> Europe,</c> 00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:20.779 goes<00:28:17.440><c> right</c><00:28:17.960><c> through</c><00:28:18.259><c> into</c><00:28:18.500><c> the</c><00:28:18.700><c> Black</c><00:28:18.960><c> Mountains</c><00:28:19.460><c> of</c><00:28:19.720><c> Germany.</c> 00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:23.980 That's<00:28:21.880><c> where</c><00:28:22.160><c> the</c><00:28:22.599><c> River</c><00:28:23.079><c> Danube</c><00:28:23.519><c> goes.</c> 00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:27.039 The<00:28:24.599><c> River</c><00:28:24.920><c> Don,</c><00:28:25.819><c> which</c><00:28:26.039><c> is</c><00:28:26.220><c> the</c><00:28:26.380><c> other</c><00:28:26.599><c> one,</c> 00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:29.339 comes<00:28:27.799><c> out</c><00:28:28.000><c> of</c><00:28:28.140><c> the</c><00:28:28.319><c> north</c><00:28:28.519><c> of</c><00:28:28.740><c> the</c><00:28:28.839><c> Black</c><00:28:29.119><c> Sea</c> 00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:32.779 and<00:28:29.619><c> winds</c><00:28:29.819><c> its</c><00:28:30.240><c> way</c><00:28:30.480><c> up</c><00:28:30.759><c> there</c><00:28:31.380><c> towards</c><00:28:32.019><c> Moscow.</c> 00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:37.319 So<00:28:33.420><c> between</c><00:28:33.900><c> those</c><00:28:34.339><c> two,</c><00:28:35.759><c> says</c><00:28:36.059><c> Herodotus,</c> 00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:42.519 who<00:28:37.859><c> lived</c><00:28:38.259><c> within</c><00:28:38.640><c> a</c><00:28:38.980><c> century</c><00:28:39.660><c> of</c><00:28:40.460><c> Ezekiel</c><00:28:41.000><c> the</c><00:28:41.220><c> prophet,</c> 00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:46.019 Scythia,<00:28:43.059><c> he</c><00:28:43.279><c> says,</c><00:28:44.539><c> lies</c><00:28:44.720><c> between</c><00:28:45.119><c> these</c><00:28:45.400><c> two</c><00:28:45.599><c> rivers.</c> 00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:49.319 So<00:28:46.720><c> look</c><00:28:46.900><c> at</c><00:28:47.019><c> it</c><00:28:47.140><c> on</c><00:28:47.339><c> a</c><00:28:47.440><c> modern</c><00:28:47.680><c> map,</c><00:28:48.019><c> what</c><00:28:48.180><c> have</c><00:28:48.299><c> you</c><00:28:48.500><c> got?</c> 00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:51.680 Well,<00:28:50.039><c> you've</c><00:28:50.220><c> got</c><00:28:50.339><c> part</c><00:28:50.559><c> of</c><00:28:50.740><c> Russia,</c> 00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:53.599 you've<00:28:52.180><c> got</c><00:28:52.339><c> the</c><00:28:52.599><c> Ukraine,</c> 00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:55.599 you've<00:28:54.359><c> got</c><00:28:54.539><c> Poland,</c> 00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:57.619 you've<00:28:56.319><c> got</c><00:28:56.480><c> Germany.</c> 00:28:58.000 --> 00:29:00.859 That's<00:28:58.640><c> the</c><00:28:59.059><c> expanse</c><00:28:59.839><c> of</c><00:29:00.380><c> Magog,</c> 00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:06.400 as<00:29:01.299><c> it</c><00:29:01.500><c> is</c><00:29:01.819><c> described</c><00:29:02.240><c> to</c><00:29:02.519><c> us</c><00:29:03.039><c> by</c><00:29:03.759><c> Herodotus</c><00:29:04.779><c> through</c><00:29:06.079><c> Josephus.</c> 00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:09.759 So<00:29:07.380><c> you</c><00:29:07.700><c> can</c><00:29:07.960><c> see</c><00:29:08.259><c> how</c><00:29:08.640><c> we</c><00:29:08.819><c> can</c><00:29:09.099><c> come</c><00:29:09.259><c> to</c><00:29:09.400><c> these</c><00:29:09.619><c> things.</c> 00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:12.299 When<00:29:09.880><c> it</c><00:29:10.039><c> comes</c><00:29:10.359><c> to</c><00:29:11.420><c> Goma,</c> 00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:16.599 which<00:29:12.559><c> is</c><00:29:13.819><c> next</c><00:29:14.299><c> in</c><00:29:14.579><c> line</c><00:29:14.740><c> for</c><00:29:15.140><c> identification</c><00:29:15.940><c> here,</c> 00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:19.259 again<00:29:17.160><c> we</c><00:29:17.359><c> look</c><00:29:17.680><c> at</c><00:29:18.299><c> Josephus,</c> 00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:27.279 and<00:29:19.880><c> Josephus</c><00:29:20.700><c> tells</c><00:29:21.079><c> us</c><00:29:21.799><c> how</c><00:29:22.180><c> that</c><00:29:23.420><c> Goma</c><00:29:25.660><c> inhabited</c> 00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:32.500 Taurus<00:29:31.319><c> and</c><00:29:31.579><c> Amarnus,</c><00:29:32.079><c> the</c><00:29:32.200><c> mountains,</c> 00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:41.400 that's<00:29:33.240><c> between</c><00:29:35.859><c> the</c><00:29:36.420><c> Caspian</c><00:29:36.859><c> and</c><00:29:38.119><c> the</c><00:29:40.319><c> Black</c><00:29:40.599><c> Sea</c><00:29:40.839><c> there.</c> 00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:43.279 They<00:29:41.579><c> proceeded</c><00:29:42.200><c> along</c><00:29:42.799><c> Asia,</c> 00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:45.980 so<00:29:43.680><c> far</c><00:29:43.900><c> as</c><00:29:44.160><c> the</c><00:29:44.279><c> River</c><00:29:44.660><c> Tanai,</c><00:29:45.259><c> so</c><00:29:45.359><c> that's</c><00:29:45.720><c> Don,</c> 00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:49.259 and<00:29:46.700><c> along</c><00:29:47.000><c> Europe</c><00:29:47.519><c> to</c><00:29:48.000><c> Cadiz,</c> 00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:53.519 for<00:29:49.720><c> Goma</c><00:29:50.160><c> founded</c><00:29:50.680><c> those</c><00:29:51.140><c> whom</c><00:29:51.380><c> the</c><00:29:51.640><c> Greeks</c><00:29:51.859><c> now</c><00:29:52.279><c> called</c><00:29:52.500><c> Galatians,</c> 00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:57.200 or<00:29:54.079><c> Gauls,</c><00:29:55.140><c> but</c><00:29:55.400><c> were</c><00:29:55.660><c> then</c><00:29:55.980><c> called</c><00:29:56.480><c> Gomorites.</c> 00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:59.779 So<00:29:57.839><c> when</c><00:29:58.119><c> you</c><00:29:58.259><c> look</c><00:29:58.480><c> at</c><00:29:58.720><c> your</c><00:29:59.200><c> New</c><00:29:59.400><c> Testament</c> 00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:01.880 and<00:29:59.980><c> you're</c><00:30:00.019><c> reading</c><00:30:00.319><c> about</c><00:30:00.680><c> Galatia,</c> 00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:04.740 that's<00:30:02.599><c> come</c><00:30:02.880><c> through</c><00:30:03.160><c> from</c><00:30:03.859><c> Goma,</c> 00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:06.700 but<00:30:05.119><c> he</c><00:30:05.319><c> says</c><00:30:05.579><c> they</c><00:30:05.920><c> migrated,</c> 00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:08.720 like<00:30:07.019><c> I</c><00:30:07.319><c> was</c><00:30:07.519><c> telling</c><00:30:07.720><c> you</c><00:30:07.920><c> that</c><00:30:08.039><c> they</c><00:30:08.259><c> did</c><00:30:08.559><c> do,</c> 00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:11.359 and<00:30:08.960><c> they</c><00:30:09.180><c> migrated</c><00:30:10.220><c> westward,</c> 00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:13.920 right<00:30:11.940><c> through</c><00:30:12.299><c> Europe</c><00:30:12.740><c> as</c><00:30:13.000><c> far</c><00:30:13.299><c> as</c><00:30:13.539><c> Cadiz.</c> 00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:15.920 Now<00:30:14.160><c> if</c><00:30:14.240><c> you</c><00:30:14.400><c> know</c><00:30:14.839><c> Cadiz,</c><00:30:15.480><c> of</c><00:30:15.720><c> course,</c> 00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:17.900 is<00:30:16.059><c> on</c><00:30:16.259><c> the</c><00:30:16.420><c> Atlantic</c><00:30:16.819><c> Ocean.</c> 00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:20.579 So<00:30:18.220><c> they</c><00:30:18.339><c> went</c><00:30:18.559><c> right</c><00:30:18.900><c> across</c><00:30:19.440><c> Western</c><00:30:20.039><c> Europe,</c> 00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:24.660 and<00:30:21.019><c> you</c><00:30:21.900><c> may</c><00:30:22.119><c> recognise</c><00:30:22.740><c> the</c><00:30:22.920><c> name</c><00:30:23.299><c> Gauls.</c> 00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:27.900 It's<00:30:25.279><c> the</c><00:30:25.440><c> name</c><00:30:25.660><c> that</c><00:30:25.819><c> was</c><00:30:26.019><c> given</c><00:30:26.259><c> to</c><00:30:26.579><c> France,</c><00:30:27.059><c> wasn't</c><00:30:27.400><c> it?</c> 00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:32.700 The<00:30:28.380><c> Gauls,</c><00:30:29.619><c> the</c><00:30:29.839><c> Golic</c><00:30:30.359><c> communities</c><00:30:31.160><c> they</c><00:30:31.460><c> still</c><00:30:31.700><c> refer</c><00:30:32.119><c> to.</c> 00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:38.240 And<00:30:33.259><c> so</c><00:30:33.859><c> I</c><00:30:35.400><c> just</c><00:30:35.720><c> took</c><00:30:35.900><c> this</c><00:30:36.160><c> out</c><00:30:36.400><c> of</c><00:30:36.640><c> Hammond's</c> 00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:41.319 historical<00:30:39.059><c> pictorial</c><00:30:40.220><c> atlas</c><00:30:40.519><c> of</c><00:30:40.740><c> the</c><00:30:40.900><c> Bible.</c> 00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:43.059 It's<00:30:42.039><c> very</c><00:30:42.259><c> small</c><00:30:42.619><c> writing,</c> 00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:45.420 but<00:30:43.539><c> he</c><00:30:43.839><c> has</c><00:30:44.059><c> it</c><00:30:44.299><c> written</c><00:30:44.500><c> across</c><00:30:44.940><c> there,</c> 00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:50.240 descendants<00:30:46.319><c> of</c><00:30:46.839><c> Goma</c><00:30:47.180><c> and</c><00:30:47.619><c> Javan</c><00:30:48.019><c> later</c><00:30:48.500><c> inhabited</c><00:30:49.079><c> this</c><00:30:49.440><c> area.</c> 00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:53.180 So<00:30:50.400><c> Western</c><00:30:50.740><c> Europe</c><00:30:51.200><c> is</c><00:30:51.380><c> what</c><00:30:51.519><c> he's</c><00:30:51.700><c> talking</c><00:30:52.059><c> about,</c><00:30:52.819><c> right?</c> 00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:55.079 That's<00:30:53.900><c> what</c><00:30:54.019><c> he's</c><00:30:54.259><c> talking</c><00:30:54.559><c> about.</c> 00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:59.980 And<00:30:55.680><c> that</c><00:30:56.599><c> is</c><00:30:58.079><c> substantiated</c> 00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:05.579 by<00:31:00.819><c> what</c><00:31:01.079><c> we</c><00:31:01.440><c> read</c><00:31:01.940><c> in</c><00:31:02.220><c> Young's</c><00:31:02.700><c> Concordance.</c> 00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:09.579 Young's<00:31:06.640><c> Concordance,</c><00:31:07.380><c> not</c><00:31:07.759><c> Strong's</c><00:31:08.400><c> Concordance.</c> 00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:11.720 Young's<00:31:10.400><c> Concordance.</c> 00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:15.700 It<00:31:12.720><c> tells</c><00:31:13.099><c> you</c><00:31:13.740><c> of</c><00:31:14.460><c> this,</c><00:31:15.160><c> how</c><00:31:15.240><c> Goma,</c> 00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:18.859 he<00:31:16.059><c> was</c><00:31:16.359><c> progenitor</c><00:31:17.220><c> of</c><00:31:17.740><c> the</c><00:31:17.920><c> Sumerians,</c> 00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:21.980 Cimbri<00:31:19.460><c> and</c><00:31:19.660><c> other</c><00:31:20.039><c> branches</c><00:31:20.480><c> of</c><00:31:20.799><c> the</c><00:31:20.960><c> Celtic</c><00:31:21.400><c> family,</c> 00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:25.539 as<00:31:22.480><c> well</c><00:31:22.799><c> as</c><00:31:23.099><c> the</c><00:31:23.180><c> modern</c><00:31:23.660><c> Gael</c><00:31:24.279><c> and</c><00:31:24.700><c> Cymru.</c> 00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:27.559 And<00:31:26.059><c> having</c><00:31:26.279><c> been</c><00:31:26.539><c> brought</c><00:31:26.779><c> up</c><00:31:26.980><c> in</c><00:31:27.200><c> Wales,</c> 00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:29.900 I<00:31:27.740><c> can</c><00:31:28.000><c> tell</c><00:31:28.200><c> you,</c><00:31:28.339><c> you</c><00:31:28.460><c> do</c><00:31:28.680><c> not</c><00:31:28.880><c> pronounce</c><00:31:29.240><c> it</c><00:31:29.519><c> Cymru,</c> 00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:31.460 you<00:31:30.180><c> pronounce</c><00:31:30.640><c> it</c><00:31:30.980><c> Gumri.</c> 00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:33.819 It's<00:31:32.119><c> a</c><00:31:32.339><c> G,</c><00:31:32.759><c> right?</c> 00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:37.559 So<00:31:34.299><c> the</c><00:31:35.900><c> descendants</c><00:31:36.400><c> of</c><00:31:36.740><c> Goma</c><00:31:37.039><c> then</c> 00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:39.859 settled<00:31:37.960><c> on</c><00:31:38.240><c> the</c><00:31:38.480><c> north</c><00:31:38.759><c> of</c><00:31:39.019><c> the</c><00:31:39.119><c> Black</c><00:31:39.440><c> Sea</c> 00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:43.099 and<00:31:40.480><c> then</c><00:31:40.799><c> spread</c><00:31:41.079><c> themselves</c><00:31:41.680><c> southward</c><00:31:42.259><c> and</c><00:31:42.539><c> westward</c> 00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:45.099 to<00:31:43.480><c> the</c><00:31:43.740><c> extremities</c><00:31:44.380><c> of</c><00:31:44.640><c> Europe.</c> 00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:50.220 So<00:31:46.039><c> that's</c><00:31:46.779><c> confirmed</c><00:31:47.240><c> then</c><00:31:47.900><c> by</c><00:31:49.279><c> Young's</c><00:31:49.880><c> Concordance</c> 00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:52.539 and<00:31:50.220><c> by</c><00:31:51.559><c> Paul</c><00:31:51.900><c> Billington,</c> 00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:55.259 who<00:31:53.079><c> was</c><00:31:53.779><c> brought</c><00:31:54.079><c> up</c><00:31:54.339><c> in</c><00:31:54.640><c> North</c><00:31:54.900><c> Wales</c> 00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:57.079 and<00:31:55.480><c> knows</c><00:31:55.720><c> that</c><00:31:55.920><c> it</c><00:31:56.000><c> was</c><00:31:56.259><c> Gumri.</c> 00:31:57.559 --> 00:32:00.079 And<00:31:57.619><c> if</c><00:31:57.740><c> you</c><00:31:57.900><c> don't</c><00:31:58.180><c> believe</c><00:31:58.460><c> me,</c><00:31:59.000><c> well,</c> 00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:02.980 I'll<00:32:00.640><c> have</c><00:32:00.759><c> to</c><00:32:00.920><c> prove</c><00:32:01.079><c> it</c><00:32:01.299><c> to</c><00:32:01.400><c> you.</c> 00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:08.259 By<00:32:05.299><c> pronouncing</c><00:32:05.900><c> a</c><00:32:06.119><c> name</c><00:32:06.380><c> that</c><00:32:06.599><c> none</c><00:32:06.799><c> of</c><00:32:06.960><c> you</c><00:32:07.160><c> could.</c> 00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.559 Llanfair<00:32:10.039><c> Pwllgwyngigog,</c> 00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.460 Eir<00:32:10.839><c> Eichwyn</c><00:32:11.039><c> Drobbyll,</c> 00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:13.400 Llan<00:32:11.619><c> Tysillio</c><00:32:12.099><c> Ogogoch.</c> 00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:17.480 The<00:32:14.900><c> longest</c><00:32:15.240><c> name,</c><00:32:15.559><c> I</c><00:32:15.700><c> think,</c><00:32:15.940><c> of</c><00:32:16.119><c> a</c><00:32:16.259><c> place</c><00:32:16.640><c> in</c><00:32:17.200><c> Wales.</c> 00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:18.460 But<00:32:17.720><c> anyway,</c><00:32:17.900><c> there</c><00:32:18.059><c> you</c><00:32:18.259><c> go.</c> 00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:24.440 So,<00:32:20.039><c> Elpis</c><00:32:20.200><c> Israel,</c><00:32:21.660><c> 1849,</c><00:32:23.099><c> of</c><00:32:23.099><c> course.</c> 00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:30.160 Brother<00:32:24.839><c> Thomas</c><00:32:25.220><c> there</c><00:32:26.220><c> identifies</c><00:32:27.819><c> it</c><00:32:28.140><c> as</c><00:32:28.299><c> the</c><00:32:28.519><c> west</c><00:32:28.859><c> of</c><00:32:29.140><c> Europe,</c> 00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:32.319 comprehending<00:32:30.779><c> ancient</c><00:32:31.359><c> Gaul.</c> 00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:37.660 And<00:32:32.960><c> so</c><00:32:33.140><c> he</c><00:32:33.299><c> says</c><00:32:33.700><c> that</c><00:32:34.099><c> Goma</c><00:32:34.460><c> then</c><00:32:35.119><c> points</c><00:32:35.380><c> immediately</c><00:32:35.980><c> to</c><00:32:36.380><c> France,</c> 00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:40.279 friends<00:32:38.279><c> of</c><00:32:38.460><c> the</c><00:32:38.619><c> United</c><00:32:38.980><c> States.</c> 00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:44.380 And<00:32:42.740><c> Christendom</c><00:32:43.259><c> Estre.</c> 00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:48.200 Interesting<00:32:45.519><c> quote</c><00:32:45.920><c> from</c><00:32:46.119><c> Brother</c><00:32:46.559><c> Roberts</c><00:32:47.019><c> in</c><00:32:47.279><c> Christendom</c><00:32:47.759><c> Estre.</c> 00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:51.740 The<00:32:48.759><c> supremacy</c><00:32:49.460><c> of</c><00:32:49.819><c> Russia</c><00:32:50.119><c> is</c><00:32:50.500><c> foretold,</c><00:32:51.099><c> he</c><00:32:51.359><c> says.</c> 00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:54.940 She<00:32:52.319><c> is</c><00:32:52.599><c> to</c><00:32:52.740><c> vanquish</c><00:32:53.259><c> many</c><00:32:54.460><c> countries</c> 00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:57.039 and<00:32:55.279><c> hold</c><00:32:55.539><c> a</c><00:32:55.900><c> protectorate</c><00:32:56.460><c> over</c><00:32:56.720><c> them,</c> 00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:58.920 as<00:32:57.680><c> indicated</c><00:32:58.200><c> by</c><00:32:58.500><c> the</c><00:32:58.660><c> words,</c> 00:32:59.079 --> 00:33:01.460 Be<00:32:59.200><c> thou</c><00:32:59.480><c> a</c><00:32:59.819><c> guard</c><00:33:00.220><c> unto</c><00:33:00.579><c> them.</c> 00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:05.819 Those<00:33:01.960><c> countries</c><00:33:02.559><c> include</c><00:33:03.180><c> all</c><00:33:03.619><c> the</c><00:33:03.839><c> nations</c><00:33:04.259><c> of</c><00:33:04.539><c> the</c><00:33:04.740><c> continent.</c> 00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:07.319 Goma<00:33:06.279><c> and</c><00:33:06.559><c> all</c><00:33:06.859><c> his</c><00:33:07.039><c> bands,</c> 00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:09.720 the<00:33:07.579><c> House</c><00:33:07.819><c> of</c><00:33:08.019><c> Togamah</c><00:33:08.519><c> of</c><00:33:08.660><c> the</c><00:33:08.880><c> North</c><00:33:09.140><c> Quarters,</c> 00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:12.660 will<00:33:10.160><c> be</c><00:33:10.420><c> found</c><00:33:10.660><c> on</c><00:33:10.980><c> reference</c><00:33:11.359><c> to</c><00:33:11.680><c> ancient</c><00:33:12.039><c> geography</c> 00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:17.279 to<00:33:13.200><c> embrace</c><00:33:14.259><c> nearly</c><00:33:14.960><c> every</c><00:33:15.720><c> country</c><00:33:16.319><c> of</c><00:33:16.740><c> Europe.</c> 00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:22.299 So<00:33:17.960><c> we</c><00:33:18.279><c> have</c><00:33:18.559><c> a</c><00:33:18.819><c> map</c><00:33:19.180><c> then</c><00:33:20.119><c> of</c><00:33:20.359><c> Ezekiel</c><00:33:20.900><c> chapter</c><00:33:21.400><c> 38</c> 00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:27.359 that<00:33:23.420><c> looks</c><00:33:24.319><c> very</c><00:33:25.259><c> much</c><00:33:25.819><c> like</c><00:33:26.519><c> that.</c> 00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:30.160 With<00:33:28.119><c> Magog</c><00:33:28.700><c> identified</c><00:33:29.579><c> there,</c> 00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:32.220 the<00:33:30.859><c> tribes</c><00:33:31.420><c> of</c><00:33:31.859><c> Goma,</c> 00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:34.940 and<00:33:32.579><c> that's</c><00:33:32.859><c> something</c><00:33:33.119><c> to</c><00:33:33.359><c> notice</c><00:33:33.660><c> when</c><00:33:33.859><c> you</c><00:33:34.019><c> read</c><00:33:34.200><c> about</c><00:33:34.500><c> Goma</c> 00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:36.680 in<00:33:35.140><c> Ezekiel</c><00:33:35.619><c> chapter</c><00:33:36.019><c> 38,</c> 00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:39.720 it<00:33:37.240><c> says</c><00:33:37.460><c> Goma</c><00:33:38.039><c> and</c><00:33:38.359><c> all</c><00:33:38.700><c> his</c><00:33:39.059><c> bands,</c> 00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:42.259 or<00:33:40.460><c> Goma</c><00:33:40.759><c> and</c><00:33:41.039><c> all</c><00:33:41.259><c> his</c><00:33:41.599><c> tribes.</c> 00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:45.359 So<00:33:42.880><c> you're</c><00:33:43.099><c> not</c><00:33:43.359><c> just</c><00:33:43.599><c> looking</c><00:33:43.859><c> at</c><00:33:44.079><c> the</c><00:33:44.299><c> original</c><00:33:44.700><c> little</c><00:33:45.059><c> bit,</c> 00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:48.259 it's<00:33:45.980><c> all</c><00:33:46.200><c> the</c><00:33:46.519><c> development</c><00:33:46.960><c> that</c><00:33:47.380><c> came</c><00:33:47.599><c> out</c><00:33:47.880><c> from</c><00:33:48.099><c> him,</c> 00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:50.339 as<00:33:48.339><c> I</c><00:33:48.579><c> said,</c><00:33:48.799><c> the</c><00:33:48.940><c> migrations.</c> 00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:51.599 You've<00:33:50.559><c> got</c><00:33:50.700><c> Togamah</c><00:33:51.240><c> there,</c> 00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:56.299 you've<00:33:51.880><c> got</c><00:33:52.279><c> the</c><00:33:52.759><c> other</c><00:33:53.200><c> Islamic</c><00:33:54.059><c> nations</c><00:33:54.619><c> that</c><00:33:55.059><c> will</c><00:33:55.319><c> be</c><00:33:55.759><c> allied.</c> 00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:58.660 Notice<00:33:56.920><c> this,</c><00:33:57.700><c> people</c><00:33:57.960><c> often</c><00:33:58.299><c> ask,</c> 00:33:58.819 --> 00:34:01.039 well<00:33:58.900><c> what</c><00:33:59.019><c> about</c><00:33:59.380><c> the</c><00:33:59.779><c> Islamic</c><00:34:00.220><c> religions</c><00:34:00.759><c> then?</c> 00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:03.980 Well<00:34:01.240><c> here</c><00:34:01.359><c> they</c><00:34:01.619><c> are</c><00:34:01.759><c> in</c><00:34:01.940><c> Ezekiel</c><00:34:02.319><c> chapter</c><00:34:02.740><c> 38.</c> 00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:06.980 Persia,<00:34:04.740><c> what</c><00:34:04.880><c> we</c><00:34:05.119><c> call</c><00:34:05.299><c> Iran</c><00:34:05.900><c> today.</c> 00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:08.639 Egypt,<00:34:08.199><c> Libya,</c> 00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:15.559 they're<00:34:09.099><c> going</c><00:34:09.300><c> to</c><00:34:09.579><c> be</c><00:34:09.940><c> part</c><00:34:10.619><c> of</c><00:34:11.000><c> this</c><00:34:12.199><c> alliance</c><00:34:13.179><c> in</c><00:34:14.599><c> Ezekiel</c><00:34:14.980><c> 38.</c> 00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:20.239 Egypt<00:34:16.000><c> of</c><00:34:16.159><c> course</c><00:34:16.460><c> joins,</c><00:34:16.880><c> we</c><00:34:17.000><c> know</c><00:34:17.199><c> that</c><00:34:17.440><c> from</c><00:34:18.280><c> Daniel</c><00:34:18.760><c> chapter</c><00:34:19.179><c> 11.</c> 00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:23.380 So<00:34:20.739><c> that</c><00:34:21.159><c> is</c><00:34:21.539><c> the</c><00:34:21.920><c> picture</c><00:34:22.300><c> that</c><00:34:22.539><c> we</c><00:34:22.840><c> get</c><00:34:23.079><c> then</c> 00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:29.500 of<00:34:23.679><c> a</c><00:34:24.300><c> combined</c><00:34:25.440><c> empire,</c><00:34:27.659><c> alliance,</c><00:34:28.679><c> confederacy</c> 00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:33.000 that<00:34:30.119><c> our</c><00:34:30.440><c> brethren</c><00:34:30.780><c> have</c><00:34:31.099><c> spoken</c><00:34:31.480><c> about</c><00:34:31.880><c> all</c><00:34:32.260><c> down</c><00:34:32.559><c> the</c><00:34:32.840><c> time,</c> 00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:36.780 and<00:34:33.199><c> it</c><00:34:33.380><c> is</c><00:34:34.300><c> quite</c><00:34:34.900><c> accurate,</c><00:34:35.780><c> brothers</c><00:34:36.079><c> and</c><00:34:36.380><c> sisters,</c> 00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:39.679 to<00:34:37.380><c> see</c><00:34:37.619><c> that</c><00:34:37.840><c> this</c><00:34:38.079><c> is</c><00:34:38.380><c> what</c><00:34:38.579><c> takes</c><00:34:38.960><c> place.</c> 00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:45.659 But<00:34:40.179><c> most</c><00:34:40.480><c> of</c><00:34:40.760><c> us</c><00:34:41.559><c> have</c><00:34:41.960><c> known</c><00:34:42.260><c> a</c><00:34:42.519><c> Europe</c><00:34:42.900><c> that</c><00:34:43.920><c> looks</c><00:34:44.179><c> like</c><00:34:44.579><c> that.</c> 00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:51.280 We<00:34:46.260><c> have</c><00:34:46.539><c> known</c><00:34:46.940><c> a</c><00:34:47.559><c> divided</c><00:34:48.280><c> Europe</c><00:34:48.980><c> between</c><00:34:49.539><c> East</c><00:34:50.019><c> and</c><00:34:50.260><c> West.</c> 00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:54.880 Most<00:34:51.699><c> of</c><00:34:51.960><c> us</c><00:34:52.840><c> find</c><00:34:53.159><c> it</c><00:34:53.440><c> hard</c><00:34:53.679><c> to</c><00:34:53.940><c> come</c><00:34:54.119><c> to</c><00:34:54.420><c> terms</c> 00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:57.659 with<00:34:55.199><c> 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when</c><00:35:06.380><c> it</c><00:35:06.559><c> is</c><00:35:06.760><c> past.</c> 00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:10.480 It's<00:35:08.880><c> not</c><00:35:09.440><c> very</c><00:35:09.699><c> long</c><00:35:09.940><c> at</c><00:35:10.159><c> all.</c> 00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:13.119 It's<00:35:10.960><c> only</c><00:35:11.199><c> ten</c><00:35:11.500><c> years,</c><00:35:11.679><c> well</c><00:35:11.820><c> just</c><00:35:12.019><c> over</c><00:35:12.239><c> ten</c><00:35:12.460><c> years</c><00:35:12.760><c> now,</c> 00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:16.380 since<00:35:13.900><c> that</c><00:35:14.800><c> came</c><00:35:15.179><c> apart.</c> 00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:18.699 But<00:35:16.719><c> for</c><00:35:17.039><c> years</c><00:35:17.360><c> as</c><00:35:17.619><c> we</c><00:35:17.860><c> went</c><00:35:18.039><c> to</c><00:35:18.380><c> school,</c> 00:35:18.760 --> 00:35:22.480 and<00:35:18.960><c> as</c><00:35:19.139><c> we</c><00:35:19.380><c> talked</c><00:35:19.619><c> and</c><00:35:19.840><c> heard</c><00:35:20.239><c> talks</c><00:35:20.699><c> on</c><00:35:21.000><c> Bible</c><00:35:21.440><c> prophecy,</c> 00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:25.420 and<00:35:22.900><c> I</c><00:35:23.300><c> remember</c><00:35:23.739><c> listening</c><00:35:24.119><c> to</c><00:35:24.380><c> brethren</c><00:35:24.719><c> pounding</c><00:35:25.159><c> from</c> 00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:25.980 the<00:35:25.599><c> platform</c> 00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:29.780 about<00:35:26.260><c> the</c><00:35:26.400><c> Soviet</c><00:35:26.840><c> Union</c><00:35:27.280><c> and</c><00:35:27.599><c> communism</c><00:35:28.059><c> and</c><00:35:28.320><c> so</c><00:35:28.460><c> on</c><00:35:28.639><c> and</c><00:35:28.739><c> so</c><00:35:28.940><c> forth,</c> 00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:31.260 where's<00:35:30.159><c> it</c><00:35:30.320><c> all</c><00:35:30.480><c> gone?</c> 00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:34.300 It<00:35:32.239><c> isn't</c><00:35:32.579><c> there</c><00:35:32.920><c> anymore.</c> 00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:41.219 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00:35:57.119 This<00:35:50.380><c> is</c><00:35:50.679><c> a</c><00:35:50.780><c> quotation</c><00:35:51.780><c> coming</c><00:35:53.380><c> to</c><00:35:53.679><c> you</c><00:35:54.099><c> from</c><00:35:55.079><c> 1970.</c> 00:35:58.760 --> 00:36:02.079 So<00:35:59.280><c> that's</c><00:35:59.559><c> when</c><00:35:59.719><c> we</c><00:35:59.900><c> were</c><00:36:00.039><c> looking</c><00:36:00.360><c> at</c><00:36:00.579><c> all</c><00:36:00.800><c> this.</c> 00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:03.360 1970. 00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:07.079 And<00:36:04.480><c> it's</c><00:36:04.679><c> a</c><00:36:04.800><c> brother,</c><00:36:05.340><c> Graham</c><00:36:05.579><c> Pearce.</c> 00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:11.760 He's<00:36:07.840><c> passed</c><00:36:08.079><c> away</c><00:36:08.360><c> now,</c><00:36:08.920><c> but</c><00:36:09.159><c> he</c><00:36:10.699><c> wrote,</c> 00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:15.940 he<00:36:13.380><c> didn't</c><00:36:13.639><c> travel</c><00:36:13.980><c> at</c><00:36:14.260><c> all,</c><00:36:14.480><c> he</c><00:36:14.719><c> would</c><00:36:14.940><c> not</c><00:36:15.099><c> have</c><00:36:15.239><c> been</c><00:36:15.360><c> over</c><00:36:15.659><c> here,</c> 00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:18.099 but<00:36:16.340><c> this</c><00:36:17.260><c> is</c><00:36:17.420><c> what</c><00:36:17.519><c> he</c><00:36:17.780><c> wrote.</c> 00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:21.440 This<00:36:19.000><c> traditional</c><00:36:19.739><c> understanding,</c><00:36:20.800><c> the</c><00:36:20.980><c> one</c><00:36:21.119><c> that</c><00:36:21.239><c> we've</c> 00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:22.280 been<00:36:21.579><c> looking</c><00:36:21.860><c> at,</c> 00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:25.900 was<00:36:22.679><c> first</c><00:36:23.139><c> set</c><00:36:23.519><c> out</c><00:36:23.699><c> by</c><00:36:23.960><c> Brother</c><00:36:24.340><c> Thomas</c><00:36:24.659><c> in</c><00:36:25.000><c> exposition</c><00:36:25.659><c> of</c> 00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:27.599 Daniel<00:36:26.460><c> and</c><00:36:27.219><c> 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a</c><00:36:44.219><c> binding</c><00:36:44.599><c> together</c><00:36:45.179><c> of</c><00:36:45.519><c> Western</c><00:36:45.940><c> Europe,</c><00:36:47.079><c> Eastern</c><00:36:47.519><c> Europe,</c><00:36:48.699><c> and</c> 00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.559 much<00:36:49.000><c> of</c><00:36:49.280><c> Asia.</c> 00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:53.579 The<00:36:50.539><c> situation</c><00:36:51.260><c> will</c><00:36:51.500><c> be</c><00:36:51.659><c> roughly</c><00:36:51.960><c> like</c><00:36:52.280><c> the</c><00:36:52.519><c> old</c><00:36:52.760><c> Roman</c><00:36:53.139><c> Empire</c> 00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:56.719 in<00:36:53.840><c> the</c><00:36:53.900><c> time</c><00:36:54.179><c> of</c><00:36:54.440><c> Justinian</c><00:36:54.980><c> in</c><00:36:55.139><c> the</c><00:36:55.260><c> 6th</c><00:36:55.619><c> century.</c> 00:36:57.380 --> 00:37:01.239 If<00:36:57.760><c> this</c><00:36:58.420><c> sequence</c><00:36:58.940><c> is</c><00:36:59.380><c> correct,</c><00:36:59.920><c> he</c><00:37:00.079><c> says,</c> 00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:04.900 there<00:37:01.539><c> are</c><00:37:01.860><c> two</c><00:37:02.239><c> important</c><00:37:02.880><c> consequences</c><00:37:03.679><c> for</c><00:37:04.039><c> us.</c> 00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:10.980 First,<00:37:06.739><c> East</c><00:37:06.960><c> and</c><00:37:07.219><c> West</c><00:37:07.699><c> Europe</c><00:37:08.360><c> are</c><00:37:08.920><c> soon</c><00:37:09.219><c> to</c><00:37:09.539><c> be</c><00:37:09.840><c> united.</c> 00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:17.260 That<00:37:11.599><c> was</c><00:37:11.880><c> written</c><00:37:12.480><c> in</c><00:37:13.280><c> 1970,</c><00:37:14.420><c> February</c><00:37:15.000><c> of</c><00:37:15.199><c> 1970,</c><00:37:16.400><c> in</c><00:37:16.420><c> fact.</c> 00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:22.360 Now,<00:37:18.039><c> again,</c><00:37:18.659><c> it</c><00:37:18.739><c> just</c><00:37:19.099><c> shows</c><00:37:19.340><c> you</c><00:37:19.559><c> that</c><00:37:19.760><c> the</c><00:37:19.980><c> study</c><00:37:20.260><c> of</c><00:37:20.679><c> prophecy</c><00:37:21.199><c> can</c> 00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:23.440 enlighten<00:37:22.980><c> us.</c> 00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:26.320 Not<00:37:24.000><c> many</c><00:37:24.300><c> people</c><00:37:24.659><c> would</c><00:37:24.880><c> listen</c><00:37:25.159><c> to</c><00:37:25.380><c> him,</c><00:37:25.659><c> unfortunately,</c> 00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:27.119 in<00:37:26.619><c> those</c><00:37:26.860><c> days,</c> 00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:31.340 but<00:37:27.300><c> I</c><00:37:27.420><c> know</c><00:37:27.679><c> myself</c><00:37:28.219><c> and</c><00:37:28.440><c> Sister</c><00:37:28.739><c> Sally</c><00:37:29.119><c> heard</c><00:37:29.679><c> him</c><00:37:30.119><c> give</c><00:37:30.460><c> lectures</c><00:37:30.860><c> on</c><00:37:31.139><c> this</c> 00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:34.780 or<00:37:31.639><c> Bible</c><00:37:32.119><c> talks</c><00:37:32.440><c> on</c><00:37:32.659><c> this</c><00:37:33.059><c> many,</c><00:37:33.539><c> many</c><00:37:33.820><c> times.</c> 00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:38.820 And<00:37:35.079><c> believe</c><00:37:35.320><c> me,</c><00:37:36.099><c> when</c><00:37:36.460><c> we</c><00:37:37.119><c> looked</c><00:37:37.360><c> at</c><00:37:37.559><c> the</c><00:37:37.739><c> situation</c><00:37:38.420><c> then,</c> 00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:40.039 it<00:37:39.039><c> looked</c><00:37:39.280><c> impossible.</c> 00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:41.199 It's<00:37:40.460><c> like</c><00:37:40.599><c> somebody</c><00:37:40.960><c> saying,</c> 00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:42.960 how<00:37:41.420><c> on</c><00:37:41.579><c> earth</c><00:37:41.659><c> are</c><00:37:41.800><c> you</c><00:37:41.800><c> going</c><00:37:41.920><c> to</c><00:37:42.000><c> get</c><00:37:42.159><c> peace</c><00:37:42.460><c> in</c><00:37:42.639><c> the</c><00:37:42.739><c> Middle</c> 00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.460 East<00:37:43.139><c> today?</c> 00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:46.199 It's<00:37:43.960><c> impossible.</c><00:37:44.900><c> God's</c><00:37:45.400><c> Word</c><00:37:45.639><c> says</c><00:37:45.920><c> it.</c> 00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:50.139 So<00:37:46.760><c> it</c><00:37:46.900><c> will</c><00:37:47.139><c> happen.</c><00:37:48.059><c> And</c><00:37:48.460><c> so</c><00:37:48.639><c> it</c><00:37:48.880><c> was</c><00:37:49.099><c> with</c><00:37:49.380><c> Eastern</c><00:37:49.820><c> and</c> 00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:51.320 Western<00:37:50.480><c> Europe.</c> 00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:56.039 God's<00:37:52.099><c> Word,</c><00:37:52.860><c> correctly</c><00:37:53.420><c> understood,</c><00:37:54.679><c> said</c><00:37:54.820><c> it</c><00:37:55.039><c> would</c><00:37:55.239><c> come</c><00:37:55.519><c> together.</c> 00:37:56.440 --> 00:38:02.840 So<00:37:56.659><c> when</c><00:37:56.860><c> all</c><00:37:57.099><c> this</c><00:37:57.280><c> happened,</c><00:37:58.960><c> 1989,</c><00:38:00.480><c> 1991,</c><00:38:01.260><c> you</c><00:38:02.079><c> can</c><00:38:02.300><c> imagine</c><00:38:02.639><c> what</c> 00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:04.320 we<00:38:03.099><c> felt</c><00:38:03.300><c> like.</c> 00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:08.360 It<00:38:04.679><c> felt</c><00:38:04.920><c> as</c><00:38:05.219><c> though</c><00:38:05.820><c> this</c><00:38:06.860><c> was</c><00:38:07.139><c> it.</c> 00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:10.400 Nebuchadnezzar's<00:38:09.179><c> image</c><00:38:09.400><c> was</c><00:38:09.679><c> building</c><00:38:10.059><c> up.</c> 00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:13.639 Europe<00:38:10.960><c> was</c><00:38:11.239><c> coming</c><00:38:11.559><c> together.</c><00:38:12.119><c> The</c><00:38:12.360><c> wall</c><00:38:12.639><c> came</c><00:38:13.000><c> down.</c> 00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:16.099 Communism<00:38:14.639><c> disappeared.</c> 00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:22.699 And<00:38:17.320><c> we</c><00:38:17.500><c> come</c><00:38:17.780><c> forward</c><00:38:18.679><c> some</c><00:38:19.739><c> years,</c><00:38:21.079><c> and</c><00:38:21.139><c> what</c><00:38:21.400><c> do</c><00:38:21.599><c> we</c><00:38:21.840><c> see?</c> 00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:25.900 We<00:38:22.980><c> see</c><00:38:23.260><c> photographs</c><00:38:23.960><c> like</c><00:38:24.340><c> this</c><00:38:24.619><c> one,</c> 00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:31.480 where<00:38:26.719><c> Vladimir</c><00:38:27.340><c> Putin</c><00:38:28.159><c> and</c><00:38:29.139><c> Gerhard</c><00:38:29.619><c> Schröder</c> 00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:34.940 looks<00:38:31.760><c> as</c><00:38:31.960><c> though</c><00:38:32.099><c> they're</c><00:38:32.199><c> having</c><00:38:32.380><c> a</c><00:38:32.679><c> marriage</c><00:38:33.000><c> or</c><00:38:33.199><c> something,</c><00:38:33.719><c> doesn't</c><00:38:33.940><c> they?</c> 00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:39.519 Well,<00:38:37.199><c> you</c><00:38:37.300><c> know,</c><00:38:38.019><c> in</c><00:38:38.219><c> political</c><00:38:38.639><c> terms,</c><00:38:39.019><c> that's</c><00:38:39.239><c> exactly</c> 00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:41.039 what<00:38:39.679><c> they</c><00:38:39.840><c> are</c><00:38:40.139><c> doing.</c> 00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:45.300 That's<00:38:41.860><c> exactly</c><00:38:42.199><c> what</c><00:38:42.400><c> they</c><00:38:42.619><c> are</c><00:38:42.980><c> doing</c><00:38:43.239><c> in</c><00:38:43.559><c> political</c><00:38:44.119><c> terms.</c> 00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:48.900 It<00:38:45.440><c> is</c><00:38:45.780><c> a</c><00:38:45.940><c> coming</c><00:38:46.199><c> together,</c><00:38:47.019><c> whoever</c><00:38:47.340><c> would</c><00:38:47.619><c> have</c><00:38:47.820><c> thought</c><00:38:48.119><c> it,</c> 00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:52.480 Germany<00:38:49.820><c> and</c><00:38:51.460><c> Russia.</c> 00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:56.420 You<00:38:53.500><c> know,</c><00:38:53.780><c> brothers</c><00:38:53.880><c> and</c><00:38:54.139><c> sisters,</c><00:38:54.420><c> as</c><00:38:54.619><c> I</c><00:38:54.780><c> look</c><00:38:54.920><c> at</c><00:38:55.119><c> these</c><00:38:55.380><c> things,</c> 00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:58.820 it<00:38:56.780><c> makes</c><00:38:57.119><c> my</c><00:38:57.559><c> spine</c><00:38:57.900><c> tingle</c> 00:38:58.820 --> 00:39:03.239 to<00:38:59.679><c> realize</c><00:39:00.420><c> just</c><00:39:01.119><c> what</c><00:39:01.460><c> we</c><00:39:01.699><c> are</c><00:39:01.960><c> seeing</c><00:39:02.300><c> happen</c><00:39:02.679><c> on</c><00:39:02.980><c> the</c> 00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:05.059 world<00:39:03.539><c> stage</c><00:39:04.000><c> today.</c> 00:39:05.510 --> 00:39:10.800 In<00:39:05.860><c> 1849,</c><00:39:08.460><c> when</c><00:39:08.559><c> Brother</c><00:39:08.940><c> Thomas</c><00:39:09.340><c> wrote</c><00:39:09.699><c> his</c><00:39:09.980><c> Elpis</c><00:39:10.340><c> Israel,</c> 00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:15.000 he<00:39:11.079><c> wrote</c><00:39:11.320><c> a</c><00:39:11.539><c> preface</c><00:39:11.980><c> to</c><00:39:12.239><c> it,</c><00:39:13.219><c> and</c><00:39:13.420><c> what</c><00:39:13.699><c> he</c><00:39:13.880><c> said</c><00:39:14.179><c> was</c> 00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:19.500 that<00:39:15.480><c> the</c><00:39:15.760><c> future</c><00:39:16.239><c> movements</c><00:39:16.760><c> of</c><00:39:17.039><c> Russia</c><00:39:17.539><c> are</c><00:39:18.380><c> notable</c><00:39:18.920><c> signs</c> 00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:21.099 of<00:39:19.739><c> the</c><00:39:19.940><c> times</c> 00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:25.260 because<00:39:22.000><c> they</c><00:39:22.219><c> are</c><00:39:22.539><c> predicted</c><00:39:23.079><c> in</c><00:39:23.360><c> the</c><00:39:23.579><c> scriptures</c><00:39:23.940><c> of</c><00:39:24.360><c> truth.</c> 00:39:25.579 --> 00:39:29.960 The<00:39:25.780><c> Russian</c><00:39:26.219><c> autocracy</c><00:39:26.980><c> in</c><00:39:27.280><c> its</c><00:39:27.599><c> plenitude</c><00:39:28.219><c> and</c><00:39:28.440><c> on</c><00:39:28.639><c> the</c><00:39:28.800><c> verge</c><00:39:29.039><c> of</c><00:39:29.300><c> dissolution</c> 00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:34.260 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know</c><00:39:44.579><c> that</c><00:39:44.800><c> the</c><00:39:45.019><c> end</c><00:39:45.360><c> of</c><00:39:45.599><c> all</c><00:39:45.860><c> things</c> 00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:49.139 as<00:39:46.420><c> at</c><00:39:46.659><c> present</c><00:39:46.940><c> constituted</c><00:39:47.800><c> is</c><00:39:48.019><c> at</c><00:39:48.280><c> hand.</c> 00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:53.019 The<00:39:49.440><c> long</c><00:39:49.679><c>-expected</c><00:39:50.440><c> but</c><00:39:50.800><c> stealthy</c><00:39:51.420><c> advent</c><00:39:51.719><c> of</c><00:39:51.940><c> the</c><00:39:52.079><c> King</c><00:39:52.280><c> of</c><00:39:52.440><c> Israel</c> 00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:55.400 will<00:39:53.400><c> be</c><00:39:53.579><c> on</c><00:39:53.719><c> the</c><00:39:53.920><c> eve</c><00:39:54.139><c> of</c><00:39:54.420><c> becoming</c><00:39:54.719><c> a</c><00:39:55.019><c> fact,</c> 00:39:55.900 --> 00:39:59.059 and<00:39:56.119><c> salvation</c><00:39:56.639><c> will</c><00:39:56.860><c> be</c><00:39:57.059><c> to</c><00:39:57.199><c> those</c><00:39:57.519><c> who</c><00:39:57.739><c> not</c><00:39:57.900><c> only</c><00:39:58.199><c> look</c><00:39:58.420><c> for</c><00:39:58.719><c> it</c> 00:39:59.059 --> 00:40:02.139 but<00:39:59.440><c> have</c><00:39:59.760><c> trimmed</c><00:40:00.039><c> their</c><00:40:00.340><c> lamps</c><00:40:00.699><c> by</c><00:40:01.059><c> believing</c><00:40:01.519><c> the</c><00:40:01.760><c> Gospel</c> 00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:03.000 of<00:40:02.360><c> the</c><00:40:02.519><c> Kingdom</c> 00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:07.300 until<00:40:03.519><c> the</c><00:40:03.860><c> obedience</c><00:40:04.239><c> of</c><00:40:04.599><c> faith</c><00:40:04.960><c> and</c><00:40:05.480><c> the</c><00:40:05.760><c> perfection</c><00:40:06.159><c> thereof</c><00:40:06.780><c> in</c> 00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:10.099 fruits<00:40:07.780><c> meet</c><00:40:08.320><c> for</c><00:40:08.820><c> repentance.</c> 00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:17.380 That<00:40:10.599><c> just</c><00:40:11.159><c> shows</c><00:40:11.539><c> you,</c><00:40:12.400><c> 1849,</c><00:40:14.280><c> when</c><00:40:14.539><c> you</c><00:40:14.880><c> see</c><00:40:15.119><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:40:16.159><c> image</c><00:40:16.460><c> coming</c><00:40:16.800><c> together,</c> 00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:20.800 standing<00:40:17.880><c> up,</c><00:40:18.380><c> when</c><00:40:18.579><c> you</c><00:40:18.840><c> see</c><00:40:18.960><c> these</c><00:40:19.239><c> things</c><00:40:19.460><c> happen,</c><00:40:20.019><c> brothers</c><00:40:20.139><c> and</c><00:40:20.420><c> sisters,</c> 00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:26.360 then<00:40:21.519><c> know</c><00:40:22.280><c> that</c><00:40:23.199><c> the</c><00:40:23.500><c> advent</c><00:40:23.900><c> of</c><00:40:24.119><c> the</c><00:40:24.300><c> King</c><00:40:24.480><c> of</c><00:40:24.800><c> Israel</c><00:40:25.239><c> is</c> 00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:28.599 very,<00:40:27.079><c> very</c><00:40:27.500><c> near</c><00:40:27.940><c> indeed.</c> 00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:35.460 There<00:40:29.059><c> is</c><00:40:30.320><c> another</c><00:40:31.019><c> aspect</c><00:40:32.239><c> that</c><00:40:33.300><c> we</c><00:40:33.480><c> must</c><00:40:33.900><c> touch</c><00:40:34.260><c> upon</c> 00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:39.559 because<00:40:36.539><c> there</c><00:40:36.699><c> is</c><00:40:36.980><c> another</c><00:40:37.280><c> actor</c><00:40:37.719><c> on</c><00:40:38.059><c> the</c><00:40:38.280><c> scene.</c> 00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:47.519 And<00:40:41.079><c> I</c><00:40:41.280><c> say</c><00:40:41.719><c> actor</c><00:40:42.480><c> because</c><00:40:44.260><c> that's</c><00:40:45.079><c> indeed</c><00:40:45.719><c> what</c><00:40:46.079><c> he</c><00:40:46.280><c> is.</c> 00:40:48.380 --> 00:40:53.519 And<00:40:48.699><c> it</c><00:40:49.260><c> is</c><00:40:49.519><c> the</c><00:40:49.760><c> bringing</c><00:40:50.179><c> together</c><00:40:50.920><c> of</c><00:40:51.400><c> East</c><00:40:51.820><c> and</c><00:40:52.179><c> West</c><00:40:52.619><c> in</c><00:40:52.960><c> a</c> 00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:54.659 spiritual<00:40:54.079><c> sense,</c> 00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:57.139 if<00:40:55.099><c> spiritual</c><00:40:55.539><c> is</c><00:40:55.699><c> the</c><00:40:55.880><c> right</c><00:40:56.119><c> word,</c> 00:40:57.380 --> 00:41:01.159 and<00:40:57.960><c> as</c><00:40:58.440><c> he</c><00:40:58.679><c> has</c><00:40:59.000><c> said</c><00:40:59.239><c> in</c><00:40:59.440><c> one</c><00:40:59.639><c> of</c><00:40:59.800><c> his</c><00:41:00.019><c> encyclicals,</c><00:41:01.000><c> John</c> 00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:01.900 Paul<00:41:01.500><c> II,</c> 00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:06.219 the<00:41:02.380><c> Catholic</c><00:41:02.880><c> Church</c><00:41:03.380><c> desires</c><00:41:03.960><c> nothing</c><00:41:04.559><c> less</c><00:41:05.239><c> than</c><00:41:05.800><c> full</c> 00:41:06.219 --> 00:41:09.039 communion<00:41:06.860><c> between</c><00:41:07.340><c> East</c><00:41:07.780><c> and</c><00:41:08.039><c> West.</c> 00:41:09.199 --> 00:41:13.400 And<00:41:09.380><c> what</c><00:41:09.579><c> he</c><00:41:09.820><c> means</c><00:41:10.059><c> by</c><00:41:10.340><c> that</c><00:41:10.579><c> is</c><00:41:10.800><c> they'll</c><00:41:11.119><c> put</c><00:41:11.320><c> up</c><00:41:11.500><c> with</c><00:41:11.800><c> nothing</c><00:41:12.079><c> less</c> 00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:17.199 than<00:41:14.260><c> communion</c><00:41:14.780><c> between</c><00:41:15.360><c> the</c><00:41:15.619><c> two</c><00:41:16.000><c> halves</c><00:41:16.420><c> of</c><00:41:16.840><c> Europe.</c> 00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:19.719 So<00:41:17.579><c> again,</c><00:41:18.559><c> we've</c><00:41:18.719><c> seen</c><00:41:18.840><c> it</c><00:41:19.079><c> coming</c><00:41:19.340><c> together,</c> 00:41:19.739 --> 00:41:23.480 and<00:41:19.920><c> if</c><00:41:20.119><c> you</c><00:41:20.380><c> notice,</c><00:41:21.099><c> and</c><00:41:21.179><c> maybe</c><00:41:21.760><c> you</c><00:41:21.960><c> don't</c><00:41:22.300><c> take</c><00:41:22.539><c> much</c><00:41:22.820><c> notice</c><00:41:23.199><c> of,</c> 00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:27.639 but<00:41:23.639><c> if</c><00:41:23.880><c> you</c><00:41:24.119><c> do,</c><00:41:24.920><c> you</c><00:41:24.960><c> will</c><00:41:25.179><c> see</c><00:41:25.360><c> the</c><00:41:25.579><c> Pope</c><00:41:25.840><c> doing</c><00:41:26.219><c> his</c><00:41:26.599><c> rounds,</c> 00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:31.599 frail<00:41:28.239><c> though</c><00:41:28.559><c> he</c><00:41:28.639><c> is,</c><00:41:29.699><c> and</c><00:41:29.880><c> he</c><00:41:29.960><c> will</c><00:41:30.260><c> visit</c><00:41:30.480><c> Constantinople,</c> 00:41:31.739 --> 00:41:34.619 he<00:41:31.800><c> will</c><00:41:32.079><c> visit</c><00:41:32.400><c> Romania,</c><00:41:33.260><c> he</c><00:41:33.300><c> will</c><00:41:33.579><c> visit</c><00:41:33.980><c> Ukraine,</c> 00:41:34.760 --> 00:41:37.599 he<00:41:34.820><c> will</c><00:41:35.079><c> visit</c><00:41:35.400><c> Armenia,</c><00:41:36.400><c> he</c><00:41:36.500><c> will</c><00:41:36.800><c> visit</c><00:41:37.159><c> everywhere,</c> 00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:40.119 but<00:41:37.780><c> he</c><00:41:37.860><c> hasn't</c><00:41:38.019><c> been</c><00:41:38.219><c> to</c><00:41:38.440><c> Russia</c><00:41:38.679><c> yet.</c> 00:41:41.099 --> 00:41:42.719 Watch<00:41:41.340><c> that</c><00:41:41.679><c> space.</c> 00:41:44.340 --> 00:41:47.179 He<00:41:44.559><c> won't</c><00:41:44.800><c> be</c><00:41:45.019><c> long</c><00:41:45.159><c> before</c><00:41:45.559><c> he's</c><00:41:45.860><c> going</c><00:41:46.059><c> to</c><00:41:46.239><c> Russia.</c> 00:41:47.760 --> 00:41:51.639 There's<00:41:48.000><c> been</c><00:41:48.219><c> some</c><00:41:48.579><c> difficulties,</c><00:41:49.960><c> but</c><00:41:50.619><c> there</c><00:41:50.980><c> it</c><00:41:51.239><c> is.</c> 00:41:51.639 --> 00:41:59.579 So<00:41:52.719><c> the</c><00:41:53.019><c> Roman</c><00:41:53.519><c> power,</c><00:41:54.840><c> as</c><00:41:55.079><c> it</c><00:41:55.320><c> now</c><00:41:55.579><c> comes</c><00:41:55.920><c> to</c><00:41:56.179><c> us</c><00:41:56.320><c> in</c><00:41:56.500><c> its</c><00:41:56.900><c> spiritual</c><00:41:58.219><c> side</c> 00:41:59.579 --> 00:42:00.920 of<00:41:59.860><c> things,</c> 00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:03.559 is<00:42:01.579><c> there</c><00:42:01.880><c> right</c><00:42:02.179><c> at</c><00:42:02.360><c> the</c><00:42:02.539><c> end.</c> 00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:06.559 Don't<00:42:03.980><c> forget,</c><00:42:04.739><c> it</c><00:42:04.820><c> was</c><00:42:05.039><c> the</c><00:42:05.239><c> Roman</c><00:42:05.639><c> power,</c> 00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:11.019 Daniel<00:42:07.360><c> chapter</c><00:42:07.800><c> 8,</c><00:42:08.219><c> that</c><00:42:08.460><c> took</c><00:42:08.679><c> away</c><00:42:09.059><c> the</c><00:42:09.320><c> daily</c><00:42:09.639><c> sacrifice,</c> 00:42:11.300 --> 00:42:14.300 that<00:42:11.619><c> cast</c><00:42:11.960><c> the</c><00:42:12.219><c> temple</c><00:42:12.559><c> down</c><00:42:12.900><c> to</c><00:42:13.099><c> the</c><00:42:13.320><c> ground.</c> 00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:17.219 It<00:42:14.679><c> developed</c><00:42:15.320><c> through</c><00:42:15.760><c> the</c><00:42:16.019><c> years,</c> 00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:25.159 and<00:42:18.239><c> it</c><00:42:18.820><c> finally</c><00:42:19.380><c> will</c><00:42:19.860><c> stand</c><00:42:20.539><c> again</c><00:42:22.019><c> to</c><00:42:23.980><c> come</c><00:42:24.460><c> against</c><00:42:24.920><c> the</c> 00:42:25.159 --> 00:42:26.659 Prince<00:42:25.460><c> of</c><00:42:25.739><c> Princes.</c> 00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:29.900 And<00:42:27.039><c> in</c><00:42:27.300><c> Daniel</c><00:42:27.559><c> chapter</c><00:42:27.920><c> 8,</c><00:42:28.880><c> verse</c><00:42:29.039><c> 25,</c> 00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:32.860 you<00:42:30.219><c> notice</c><00:42:30.599><c> that</c><00:42:31.019><c> through</c><00:42:31.420><c> his</c><00:42:31.739><c> policy,</c> 00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:37.900 he<00:42:33.000><c> will</c><00:42:34.219><c> cause</c><00:42:34.659><c> craft</c><00:42:35.739><c> to</c><00:42:36.320><c> prosper</c><00:42:36.800><c> in</c><00:42:37.059><c> his</c><00:42:37.400><c> hand,</c> 00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:40.679 and<00:42:38.340><c> he</c><00:42:38.519><c> shall</c><00:42:38.800><c> magnify</c><00:42:39.440><c> himself</c><00:42:39.940><c> in</c><00:42:40.119><c> his</c><00:42:40.420><c> heart,</c> 00:42:40.699 --> 00:42:43.079 and<00:42:40.900><c> by</c><00:42:41.179><c> peace</c><00:42:41.679><c> shall</c><00:42:42.059><c> destroy</c><00:42:42.639><c> many.</c> 00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:46.539 He<00:42:43.659><c> shall</c><00:42:43.820><c> also</c><00:42:44.219><c> stand</c><00:42:44.599><c> up</c><00:42:44.880><c> against</c><00:42:45.159><c> the</c><00:42:45.440><c> Prince</c><00:42:45.699><c> of</c><00:42:45.960><c> Princes,</c> 00:42:46.659 --> 00:42:50.719 but<00:42:46.920><c> it</c><00:42:47.119><c> goes</c><00:42:47.340><c> on</c><00:42:47.559><c> to</c><00:42:47.760><c> say</c><00:42:47.900><c> that</c><00:42:48.059><c> he</c><00:42:48.199><c> will</c><00:42:48.380><c> be</c><00:42:48.679><c> broken</c><00:42:49.119><c> without</c><00:42:49.940><c> hand,</c> 00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:53.619 or<00:42:51.199><c> by</c><00:42:51.480><c> miraculous</c><00:42:52.199><c> power,</c><00:42:52.760><c> in</c><00:42:52.940><c> other</c><00:42:53.159><c> words.</c> 00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:56.579 So<00:42:54.380><c> the</c><00:42:54.559><c> power</c><00:42:54.940><c> that</c><00:42:55.280><c> stood</c><00:42:55.440><c> against</c><00:42:55.920><c> Christ,</c> 00:42:56.920 --> 00:42:59.440 the<00:42:57.139><c> power</c><00:42:57.519><c> that</c><00:42:57.800><c> took</c><00:42:57.980><c> away</c><00:42:58.239><c> the</c><00:42:58.500><c> daily</c><00:42:58.780><c> sacrifice,</c> 00:42:59.579 --> 00:43:00.900 that<00:42:59.800><c> cast</c><00:43:00.039><c> down</c><00:43:00.340><c> the</c><00:43:00.539><c> temple,</c> 00:43:01.179 --> 00:43:04.579 that<00:43:01.440><c> stood</c><00:43:01.639><c> against</c><00:43:02.059><c> Christ</c><00:43:02.619><c> when</c><00:43:02.820><c> he</c><00:43:03.000><c> came</c><00:43:03.260><c> the</c><00:43:03.480><c> first</c><00:43:03.800><c> time,</c> 00:43:06.400 --> 00:43:11.139 that<00:43:06.960><c> power</c><00:43:07.519><c> is</c><00:43:08.300><c> going</c><00:43:08.559><c> to</c><00:43:08.980><c> stand</c><00:43:09.239><c> against</c><00:43:09.579><c> the</c><00:43:09.840><c> Prince</c><00:43:10.059><c> of</c><00:43:10.320><c> Princes</c> 00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:13.099 at<00:43:11.619><c> the</c><00:43:11.760><c> very</c><00:43:12.099><c> last,</c><00:43:12.539><c> once</c><00:43:12.840><c> again,</c> 00:43:13.219 --> 00:43:18.300 and<00:43:13.300><c> it</c><00:43:13.440><c> is</c><00:43:13.639><c> the</c><00:43:13.900><c> Roman</c><00:43:14.320><c> power</c><00:43:14.860><c> in</c><00:43:15.340><c> its</c><00:43:15.619><c> latter</c><00:43:16.000><c>-day</c><00:43:16.780><c> phase.</c> 00:43:18.639 --> 00:43:22.460 And<00:43:18.800><c> so</c><00:43:19.000><c> that</c><00:43:19.219><c> power</c><00:43:19.599><c> today</c><00:43:20.000><c> that</c><00:43:20.380><c> claims</c><00:43:20.719><c> infallible</c><00:43:21.659><c> authority,</c> 00:43:22.860 --> 00:43:27.380 you<00:43:23.019><c> will</c><00:43:23.300><c> see</c><00:43:23.539><c> more</c><00:43:24.079><c> and</c><00:43:24.360><c> more</c><00:43:24.800><c> challenging</c><00:43:25.820><c> Israel's</c><00:43:26.920><c> claim</c> 00:43:27.380 --> 00:43:29.699 to<00:43:28.440><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:43:30.219 --> 00:43:36.019 You<00:43:30.320><c> know,</c><00:43:30.960><c> in</c><00:43:31.400><c> 1948,</c><00:43:33.179><c> when</c><00:43:33.599><c> the</c><00:43:34.079><c> State</c><00:43:34.300><c> of</c><00:43:34.460><c> Israel</c><00:43:34.980><c> was</c><00:43:35.360><c> proclaimed,</c> 00:43:36.019 --> 00:43:41.860 in<00:43:36.019><c> May</c><00:43:36.360><c> 1948,</c><00:43:38.039><c> there</c><00:43:38.260><c> was</c><00:43:38.440><c> an</c><00:43:38.739><c> issue</c><00:43:39.099><c> of</c><00:43:39.820><c> L</c><00:43:39.880><c>'Osservatore</c><00:43:40.699><c> Romano.</c> 00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:46.300 That's<00:43:42.860><c> the</c><00:43:43.360><c> semi</c><00:43:43.719><c>-official</c><00:43:44.460><c> Vatican</c><00:43:45.039><c> newspaper.</c> 00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:48.599 And<00:43:46.739><c> what</c><00:43:46.880><c> it</c><00:43:47.119><c> said</c><00:43:47.320><c> was</c><00:43:47.559><c> that,</c> 00:43:48.820 --> 00:43:52.679 modern<00:43:49.260><c> Zionism</c><00:43:50.039><c> is</c><00:43:50.239><c> not</c><00:43:50.519><c> the</c><00:43:50.780><c> true</c><00:43:51.079><c> heir</c><00:43:51.380><c> of</c><00:43:51.559><c> biblical</c><00:43:52.039><c> Israel,</c> 00:43:53.039 --> 00:43:55.059 but<00:43:53.199><c> a</c><00:43:53.500><c> secular</c><00:43:53.920><c> state.</c> 00:43:55.179 --> 00:43:58.980 Therefore,<00:43:55.840><c> the</c><00:43:56.039><c> Holy</c><00:43:56.320><c> Land</c><00:43:56.639><c> and</c><00:43:56.920><c> its</c><00:43:57.199><c> sacred</c><00:43:57.619><c> sites</c><00:43:58.420><c> belong</c> 00:43:58.980 --> 00:44:00.039 to<00:43:59.320><c> Christianity.</c> 00:44:00.139 --> 00:44:04.719 He<00:44:00.340><c> means,</c><00:44:00.619><c> of</c><00:44:00.780><c> course,</c><00:44:01.239><c> Catholicism,</c><00:44:02.719><c> the</c><00:44:03.019><c> true</c><00:44:03.539><c> Israel.</c> 00:44:04.820 --> 00:44:09.639 So<00:44:05.340><c> they</c><00:44:05.719><c> deny</c><00:44:06.219><c> any</c><00:44:06.719><c> rights</c><00:44:07.179><c> for</c><00:44:07.599><c> Israel</c><00:44:08.360><c> to</c><00:44:09.099><c> have</c> 00:44:09.639 --> 00:44:14.219 at<00:44:10.300><c> that</c><00:44:10.559><c> particular</c><00:44:11.280><c> place</c><00:44:12.519><c> of</c><00:44:13.019><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:44:15.099 --> 00:44:16.679 There<00:44:15.099><c> was</c><00:44:15.300><c> a</c><00:44:15.440><c> book</c><00:44:15.599><c> written</c><00:44:15.860><c> some</c><00:44:16.139><c> years</c><00:44:16.380><c> ago</c> 00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:20.039 by<00:44:17.340><c> a</c><00:44:17.480><c> man</c><00:44:17.679><c> by</c><00:44:17.880><c> the</c><00:44:17.920><c> name</c><00:44:18.179><c> of</c><00:44:18.539><c> Avro</c><00:44:18.860><c> Manhattan,</c> 00:44:20.199 --> 00:44:21.519 and<00:44:20.360><c> he</c><00:44:20.539><c> wrote</c><00:44:20.699><c> a</c><00:44:20.880><c> book</c><00:44:21.159><c> called</c> 00:44:21.519 --> 00:44:24.500 The<00:44:21.679><c> Washington</c><00:44:22.199><c>-Moscow</c><00:44:22.820><c>-Vatican</c><00:44:23.340><c> Alliance.</c> 00:44:24.559 --> 00:44:27.519 And<00:44:24.679><c> in</c><00:44:24.840><c> that</c><00:44:25.099><c> book,</c><00:44:26.039><c> this</c><00:44:26.219><c> is</c><00:44:26.480><c> what</c><00:44:26.719><c> he</c><00:44:27.139><c> said,</c> 00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:29.119 and<00:44:27.719><c> this</c><00:44:27.900><c> is</c><00:44:28.059><c> going</c><00:44:28.179><c> back</c><00:44:28.420><c> quite</c><00:44:28.639><c> some</c><00:44:28.900><c> years,</c> 00:44:29.179 --> 00:44:31.860 I<00:44:29.280><c> forget</c><00:44:29.559><c> now</c><00:44:29.820><c> when</c><00:44:29.920><c> it</c><00:44:30.119><c> was,</c><00:44:30.260><c> in</c><00:44:30.440><c> the</c><00:44:30.559><c> 70s,</c><00:44:31.079><c> I</c><00:44:31.139><c> think,</c><00:44:31.659><c> it</c> 00:44:31.860 --> 00:44:33.119 came<00:44:32.199><c> out.</c> 00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:36.800 He<00:44:33.820><c> says,</c><00:44:34.260><c> there's</c><00:44:34.260><c> two</c><00:44:34.559><c> opposing</c><00:44:34.980><c> authorities,</c><00:44:35.559><c> he</c><00:44:35.820><c> says,</c> 00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:39.519 and<00:44:37.440><c> we've</c><00:44:38.019><c> got</c><00:44:38.059><c> to</c><00:44:38.179><c> come</c><00:44:38.300><c> to</c><00:44:38.519><c> terms</c><00:44:38.780><c> with</c><00:44:39.000><c> it.</c> 00:44:39.860 --> 00:44:42.099 Behind<00:44:40.340><c> the</c><00:44:40.679><c> Zionist</c><00:44:41.179><c> banner,</c> 00:44:42.519 --> 00:44:46.000 there<00:44:42.599><c> was</c><00:44:42.960><c> to</c><00:44:43.260><c> be</c><00:44:43.659><c> found</c><00:44:44.059><c> the</c><00:44:44.420><c> ancient</c><00:44:44.900><c> messianic</c><00:44:45.619><c> hope</c> 00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:48.599 for<00:44:46.519><c> the</c><00:44:46.719><c> coming</c><00:44:46.960><c> of</c><00:44:47.179><c> a</c><00:44:47.420><c> global</c><00:44:47.800><c> theocracy</c> 00:44:48.599 --> 00:44:52.900 as<00:44:49.420><c> predicted</c><00:44:49.880><c> by</c><00:44:50.179><c> all</c><00:44:50.480><c> the</c><00:44:50.739><c> seers</c><00:44:51.059><c> and</c><00:44:51.400><c> prophets</c><00:44:51.739><c> of</c><00:44:52.059><c> Zion.</c> 00:44:53.639 --> 00:44:55.099 In<00:44:53.900><c> Vatican</c><00:44:54.239><c> eyes,</c><00:44:54.699><c> therefore,</c> 00:44:55.219 --> 00:44:59.880 the<00:44:55.460><c> millenarian</c><00:44:56.239><c> yearning</c><00:44:56.880><c> for</c><00:44:57.159><c> a</c><00:44:57.460><c> global</c><00:44:57.860><c> Hebrew</c><00:44:58.360><c> theocracy</c> 00:45:06.099 --> 00:45:11.019 ...up<00:45:06.679><c> to</c><00:45:06.980><c> further</c><00:45:07.260><c> the</c><00:45:07.579><c> expansion</c><00:45:08.239><c> of</c><00:45:08.800><c> the</c><00:45:08.960><c> Catholic</c><00:45:09.360><c> Church,</c><00:45:09.820><c> he</c><00:45:10.079><c> says.</c> 00:45:11.099 --> 00:45:15.719 And<00:45:11.260><c> so</c><00:45:11.380><c> when</c><00:45:11.579><c> we</c><00:45:11.719><c> look</c><00:45:11.900><c> at</c><00:45:12.139><c> the</c><00:45:12.559><c> attitude</c><00:45:13.340><c> of</c><00:45:14.559><c> the</c><00:45:15.159><c> Vatican,</c> 00:45:15.820 --> 00:45:18.920 and<00:45:16.039><c> not</c><00:45:16.260><c> just</c><00:45:16.539><c> the</c><00:45:16.780><c> Vatican,</c><00:45:17.260><c> it</c><00:45:17.340><c> has</c><00:45:17.559><c> to</c><00:45:17.739><c> be</c><00:45:17.940><c> said,</c> 00:45:19.199 --> 00:45:22.440 since<00:45:19.440><c> the</c><00:45:19.639><c> ecumenical</c><00:45:20.219><c> movement</c><00:45:20.599><c> is</c><00:45:20.860><c> so</c><00:45:21.059><c> successful,</c> 00:45:22.940 --> 00:45:25.199 Christians<00:45:23.239><c> generally,</c><00:45:24.099><c> the</c><00:45:24.219><c> Christian</c><00:45:24.559><c> world,</c> 00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:27.659 Christendom,<00:45:25.940><c> I</c><00:45:26.139><c> call</c><00:45:26.360><c> it,</c> 00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:30.079 this<00:45:28.400><c> is</c><00:45:28.539><c> what</c><00:45:28.719><c> we</c><00:45:29.000><c> find.</c> 00:45:31.440 --> 00:45:34.260 The<00:45:31.440><c> pro</c><00:45:31.940><c>-Arab</c><00:45:32.440><c> bloc</c><00:45:33.119><c> of</c><00:45:33.340><c> Western</c><00:45:33.900><c> missionaries</c> 00:45:34.760 --> 00:45:37.260 at<00:45:35.059><c> the</c><00:45:35.239><c> World</c><00:45:35.480><c> Council</c><00:45:35.900><c> of</c><00:45:36.159><c> Churches</c> 00:45:37.260 --> 00:45:41.019 echoed<00:45:37.900><c> the</c><00:45:38.219><c> anti</c><00:45:38.579><c>-Zionism</c><00:45:39.340><c> that</c><00:45:39.539><c> has</c><00:45:39.840><c> always</c><00:45:40.400><c> characterized</c> 00:45:41.019 --> 00:45:43.079 those<00:45:41.420><c> churches</c><00:45:41.800><c> which</c><00:45:42.119><c> today</c><00:45:42.440><c> constitute</c> 00:45:43.079 --> 00:45:45.360 the<00:45:43.320><c> Middle</c><00:45:43.579><c> East</c><00:45:43.780><c> Council</c><00:45:44.179><c> of</c><00:45:44.420><c> Churches.</c> 00:45:45.519 --> 00:45:49.300 While<00:45:45.739><c> the</c><00:45:45.920><c> Roman</c><00:45:46.300><c> Catholic</c><00:45:46.760><c> Church,</c><00:45:47.260><c> never</c><00:45:47.619><c> friendly</c><00:45:48.119><c> to</c><00:45:48.460><c> Zionism,</c> 00:45:49.639 --> 00:45:53.119 advocated<00:45:50.179><c> the</c><00:45:50.619><c> internationalization</c><00:45:51.820><c> of</c><00:45:52.059><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:45:52.860 --> 00:45:55.980 to<00:45:53.219><c> diminish</c><00:45:53.780><c> the</c><00:45:54.099><c> Jewish</c><00:45:54.480><c> presence</c><00:45:55.000><c> in</c><00:45:55.239><c> the</c><00:45:55.420><c> heart</c><00:45:55.619><c> of</c><00:45:55.840><c> the</c> 00:45:55.980 --> 00:45:56.539 Holy<00:45:56.219><c> Land.</c> 00:45:56.539 --> 00:45:59.119 Do<00:45:56.960><c> you</c><00:45:56.960><c> get</c><00:45:57.099><c> what</c><00:45:57.619><c> he's</c><00:45:57.780><c> saying</c><00:45:58.119><c> there?</c> 00:45:59.440 --> 00:46:03.199 They<00:45:59.659><c> call</c><00:46:00.059><c> for</c><00:46:00.360><c> the</c><00:46:00.820><c> internationalization</c><00:46:02.139><c> of</c><00:46:02.460><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:46:03.519 --> 00:46:04.679 Why? 00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:11.659 This<00:46:06.380><c> writer</c><00:46:06.719><c> says</c><00:46:07.500><c> to</c><00:46:09.360><c> diminish</c><00:46:10.300><c> the</c><00:46:10.960><c> influence</c> 00:46:11.659 --> 00:46:16.800 of<00:46:12.699><c> Israel</c><00:46:13.400><c> Zionism</c><00:46:14.199><c> in</c><00:46:15.619><c> that</c><00:46:15.900><c> city.</c> 00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:18.980 They<00:46:17.219><c> do</c><00:46:17.480><c> that</c><00:46:17.719><c> because,</c><00:46:18.280><c> of</c><00:46:18.639><c> course,</c> 00:46:19.300 --> 00:46:22.119 they<00:46:19.559><c> believe</c><00:46:19.920><c> that</c><00:46:20.179><c> they</c><00:46:20.380><c> are</c><00:46:20.639><c> the</c><00:46:20.920><c> true</c><00:46:21.159><c> heirs</c><00:46:21.539><c> of</c><00:46:21.840><c> it.</c> 00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:27.119 They<00:46:22.860><c> will</c><00:46:23.239><c> want</c><00:46:23.500><c> to</c><00:46:23.920><c> establish</c><00:46:24.300><c> their</c><00:46:24.780><c> power</c><00:46:25.260><c> in</c><00:46:25.639><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:46:27.519 --> 00:46:32.239 This<00:46:27.619><c> same</c><00:46:27.960><c> book,</c><00:46:28.780><c> quoting</c><00:46:29.480><c> a</c><00:46:30.000><c> Monsignor</c><00:46:30.880><c> Mohon,</c> 00:46:32.420 --> 00:46:34.519 sounds<00:46:32.599><c> like</c><00:46:32.780><c> he</c><00:46:32.840><c> comes</c><00:46:32.980><c> from</c><00:46:33.179><c> Ireland</c><00:46:33.500><c> or</c><00:46:33.699><c> somewhere,</c> 00:46:34.880 --> 00:46:37.940 the<00:46:35.320><c> Catholic</c><00:46:35.880><c> body</c><00:46:36.539><c> throughout</c><00:46:37.179><c> the</c><00:46:37.519><c> world,</c> 00:46:38.219 --> 00:46:41.639 as<00:46:38.420><c> evinced</c><00:46:39.000><c> by</c><00:46:39.300><c> the</c><00:46:39.679><c> repeated</c><00:46:40.139><c> statements</c><00:46:40.699><c> of</c><00:46:41.000><c> their</c><00:46:41.199><c> leader,</c> 00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:45.260 Pope<00:46:42.039><c> Pius</c><00:46:42.380><c> XII,</c><00:46:43.500><c> will</c><00:46:43.800><c> not</c><00:46:44.099><c> be</c><00:46:44.440><c> contented</c> 00:46:45.260 --> 00:46:48.840 with<00:46:45.519><c> a</c><00:46:45.840><c> mere</c><00:46:46.320><c> internationalization</c><00:46:47.579><c> of</c><00:46:47.800><c> the</c><00:46:47.980><c> holy</c><00:46:48.260><c> places.</c> 00:46:48.840 --> 00:46:52.480 They<00:46:49.739><c> will</c><00:46:50.139><c> not</c><00:46:50.440><c> be</c><00:46:50.739><c> contented,</c><00:46:51.380><c> brothers</c><00:46:51.619><c> and</c><00:46:51.940><c> sisters,</c> 00:46:52.980 --> 00:46:58.219 until<00:46:53.440><c> they</c><00:46:53.900><c> have</c><00:46:54.659><c> got</c><00:46:55.219><c> rid</c><00:46:55.639><c> of</c><00:46:56.059><c> this</c><00:46:56.579><c> nation</c><00:46:57.260><c> of</c><00:46:57.760><c> Israel.</c> 00:46:58.639 --> 00:47:02.360 That<00:46:58.840><c> is</c><00:46:59.159><c> what</c><00:46:59.440><c> he</c><00:46:59.699><c> is</c><00:46:59.900><c> saying</c><00:47:00.239><c> in</c><00:47:00.519><c> that</c><00:47:01.320><c> book.</c> 00:47:02.599 --> 00:47:03.820 Interesting<00:47:03.139><c> book.</c> 00:47:04.280 --> 00:47:06.239 Christian<00:47:04.699><c> Attitudes</c><00:47:05.300><c> Towards</c><00:47:05.760><c> Israel</c> 00:47:06.239 --> 00:47:10.280 by<00:47:06.619><c> Paul</c><00:47:08.519><c> Charles</c><00:47:09.000><c> Merkley.</c> 00:47:12.900 --> 00:47:15.380 So<00:47:13.099><c> is</c><00:47:13.239><c> it</c><00:47:13.400><c> any</c><00:47:13.599><c> surprise,</c><00:47:15.019><c> then,</c> 00:47:15.380 --> 00:47:22.880 that<00:47:16.400><c> you</c><00:47:16.760><c> see</c><00:47:17.940><c> the</c><00:47:18.679><c> Vatican</c><00:47:19.179><c> siding</c><00:47:20.159><c> with</c><00:47:21.179><c> the</c><00:47:21.559><c> PLO?</c> 00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:26.019 To<00:47:23.699><c> my</c><00:47:23.940><c> mind,</c><00:47:24.159><c> this</c><00:47:24.320><c> is</c><00:47:24.460><c> just</c><00:47:24.699><c> incredible.</c> 00:47:26.099 --> 00:47:28.199 When<00:47:26.260><c> you</c><00:47:26.460><c> look</c><00:47:26.739><c> at</c><00:47:27.039><c> the</c><00:47:27.219><c> Vatican,</c> 00:47:28.219 --> 00:47:30.679 supposedly<00:47:28.579><c> a</c><00:47:29.019><c> Christian</c><00:47:29.519><c> organization,</c> 00:47:31.179 --> 00:47:32.699 siding<00:47:31.679><c> with</c><00:47:31.960><c> an</c><00:47:32.260><c> organization</c> 00:47:32.960 --> 00:47:37.579 such<00:47:33.380><c> as</c><00:47:33.820><c> the</c><00:47:34.360><c> Palestine</c><00:47:35.039><c> Liberation</c><00:47:36.099><c> Organization.</c> 00:47:38.059 --> 00:47:41.099 And<00:47:38.219><c> so</c><00:47:38.400><c> we</c><00:47:38.579><c> see</c><00:47:38.820><c> him</c><00:47:39.059><c> there</c><00:47:39.320><c> with</c><00:47:39.699><c> Arafat.</c> 00:47:41.659 --> 00:47:45.880 Pope<00:47:42.619><c> John</c><00:47:43.019><c> Paul,</c><00:47:43.619><c> too,</c><00:47:43.960><c> has</c><00:47:44.159><c> had</c><00:47:44.440><c> more</c><00:47:45.079><c> meetings</c> 00:47:45.880 --> 00:47:50.340 with<00:47:46.679><c> Arafat</c><00:47:47.199><c> than</c><00:47:47.559><c> any</c><00:47:48.059><c> other</c><00:47:48.579><c> world</c><00:47:49.099><c> statesman.</c> 00:47:51.480 --> 00:47:52.980 I<00:47:51.639><c> repeat</c><00:47:52.000><c> that.</c> 00:47:53.579 --> 00:47:57.699 He<00:47:53.800><c> has</c><00:47:54.079><c> had</c><00:47:54.380><c> more</c><00:47:55.199><c> meetings</c><00:47:55.980><c> with</c><00:47:57.159><c> Arafat</c> 00:47:57.699 --> 00:48:00.579 than<00:47:57.980><c> any</c><00:47:58.380><c> other</c><00:47:58.880><c> world</c><00:47:59.360><c> statesman.</c> 00:48:00.940 --> 00:48:02.699 That<00:48:01.079><c> is</c><00:48:01.320><c> just</c><00:48:01.579><c> incredible.</c> 00:48:03.079 --> 00:48:08.159 They<00:48:03.320><c> signed</c><00:48:03.920><c> an</c><00:48:06.380><c> agreement</c><00:48:06.980><c> between</c><00:48:07.420><c> the</c><00:48:07.699><c> Holy</c><00:48:07.880><c> See</c> 00:48:08.159 --> 00:48:10.619 and<00:48:08.340><c> the</c><00:48:08.539><c> Palestine</c><00:48:09.019><c> Liberation</c><00:48:09.860><c> Organization.</c> 00:48:10.940 --> 00:48:11.420 See<00:48:10.940><c> up</c><00:48:11.119><c> there.</c> 00:48:11.639 --> 00:48:14.019 That<00:48:11.840><c> was</c><00:48:12.039><c> February</c><00:48:12.639><c> 2000.</c> 00:48:14.079 --> 00:48:15.599 We<00:48:14.260><c> have</c><00:48:14.519><c> seen</c><00:48:14.820><c> them.</c> 00:48:15.699 --> 00:48:17.380 This<00:48:15.920><c> was</c><00:48:16.119><c> the</c><00:48:16.320><c> Guardian</c><00:48:16.760><c> newspaper</c> 00:48:17.380 --> 00:48:18.739 that<00:48:18.000><c> had</c><00:48:18.179><c> the</c><00:48:18.380><c> headline</c> 00:48:18.739 --> 00:48:21.860 The<00:48:18.960><c> Pope</c><00:48:19.320><c> fans</c><00:48:19.739><c> the</c><00:48:20.079><c> flames</c><00:48:20.400><c> of</c><00:48:20.719><c> Palestinian</c><00:48:21.300><c> resentment.</c> 00:48:22.219 --> 00:48:24.880 You<00:48:22.360><c> might</c><00:48:22.579><c> remember</c><00:48:22.980><c> he</c><00:48:23.119><c> did</c><00:48:23.320><c> a</c><00:48:23.539><c> tour</c><00:48:23.679><c> of</c><00:48:23.880><c> the</c><00:48:24.039><c> Holy</c><00:48:24.239><c> Land</c> 00:48:24.880 --> 00:48:26.800 a<00:48:25.440><c> few</c><00:48:25.539><c> years</c><00:48:25.860><c> ago.</c> 00:48:26.820 --> 00:48:30.679 And<00:48:27.099><c> we</c><00:48:27.300><c> have</c><00:48:27.500><c> seen</c><00:48:27.820><c> the</c><00:48:28.340><c> Catholic</c><00:48:28.739><c> dignitaries</c> 00:48:32.920 --> 00:48:38.599 with<00:48:33.719><c> Arafat</c><00:48:34.519><c> there</c><00:48:35.139><c> in</c><00:48:36.900><c> the</c><00:48:37.019><c> other</c><00:48:37.280><c> photograph.</c> 00:48:39.019 --> 00:48:40.179 And<00:48:39.039><c> so,</c><00:48:39.360><c> brothers</c><00:48:39.460><c> and</c><00:48:39.760><c> sisters,</c> 00:48:40.320 --> 00:48:44.579 what<00:48:40.599><c> we</c><00:48:41.059><c> see</c><00:48:41.340><c> then</c><00:48:43.360><c> coming</c><00:48:43.860><c> to</c><00:48:44.179><c> pass,</c> 00:48:44.719 --> 00:48:46.920 not<00:48:45.000><c> a</c><00:48:45.119><c> surprise,</c><00:48:45.699><c> I</c><00:48:45.900><c> guess,</c> 00:48:47.059 --> 00:48:49.980 is<00:48:47.260><c> that</c><00:48:47.480><c> around</c><00:48:47.900><c> the</c><00:48:48.139><c> city</c><00:48:48.440><c> of</c><00:48:48.780><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:48:50.300 --> 00:48:55.099 are<00:48:51.099><c> coming</c><00:48:51.340><c> all</c><00:48:52.039><c> the</c><00:48:52.300><c> various</c><00:48:52.679><c> religious</c><00:48:53.199><c> powers</c><00:48:53.699><c> together,</c> 00:48:55.219 --> 00:48:59.059 all<00:48:55.679><c> combining</c><00:48:56.280><c> and</c><00:48:56.659><c> coming</c><00:48:56.960><c> against</c><00:48:57.679><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:48:59.559 --> 00:49:03.099 Now,<00:48:59.960><c> isn't</c><00:49:00.219><c> that</c><00:49:00.460><c> what</c><00:49:00.659><c> the</c><00:49:00.920><c> Scriptures</c><00:49:01.239><c> tell</c><00:49:01.559><c> us</c><00:49:01.820><c> is</c><00:49:01.980><c> to</c><00:49:02.139><c> happen?</c> 00:49:03.659 --> 00:49:08.079 All<00:49:04.099><c> nations</c><00:49:04.780><c> shall</c><00:49:05.059><c> be</c><00:49:05.300><c> gathered</c><00:49:05.579><c> against</c><00:49:06.139><c> Jerusalem</c><00:49:06.860><c> to</c><00:49:07.199><c> battle.</c> 00:49:08.099 --> 00:49:10.239 That's<00:49:08.519><c> exactly</c><00:49:09.219><c> the</c><00:49:09.519><c> situation</c> 00:49:10.239 --> 00:49:15.139 that<00:49:10.980><c> we</c><00:49:11.239><c> have</c><00:49:11.460><c> been</c><00:49:11.699><c> looking</c><00:49:12.079><c> for</c><00:49:12.699><c> all</c><00:49:13.239><c> along,</c><00:49:13.679><c> isn't</c><00:49:13.900><c> it?</c> 00:49:15.619 --> 00:49:19.519 Meanwhile,<00:49:17.679><c> brothers</c><00:49:17.860><c> and</c><00:49:18.139><c> sisters,</c> 00:49:21.960 --> 00:49:25.519 meanwhile,<00:49:22.900><c> as</c><00:49:23.840><c> the</c><00:49:24.000><c> newspaper</c><00:49:24.380><c> says,</c> 00:49:29.300 --> 00:49:31.000 beware<00:49:29.659><c> of</c><00:49:29.860><c> the</c><00:49:30.079><c> bear.</c> 00:49:32.940 --> 00:49:35.219 Thank<00:49:33.880><c> you</c><00:49:33.940><c> very</c><00:49:34.199><c> much.</c> 00:49:54.500 --> 00:49:57.659 We'll<00:49:54.980><c> now</c><00:49:55.179><c> take</c><00:49:55.380><c> a</c><00:49:55.559><c> break</c><00:49:55.800><c> until</c><00:49:56.239><c> 4</c><00:49:56.619><c>.45.</c> 00:49:57.800 --> 00:50:01.079 If<00:49:58.019><c> everyone</c><00:49:58.260><c> could</c><00:49:58.420><c> be</c><00:49:58.579><c> ready</c><00:49:58.760><c> at</c><00:49:58.940><c> 4</c><00:49:59.179><c>.45</c><00:49:59.639><c> for</c><00:49:59.820><c> the</c><00:49:59.980><c> next</c><00:50:00.199><c> class.</c> 00:50:01.500 --> 00:50:02.639 Thank<00:50:01.760><c> you.</c> 00:50:21.960 --> 00:50:23.860 Thank<00:50:23.360><c> you.</c>