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tremendously<00:12:04.840><c> long</c><00:12:05.200><c> time</c><00:12:05.419><c> in</c><00:12:05.620><c> Thessalonica</c>

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fit<00:12:10.440><c> in</c><00:12:11.240><c> his</c><00:12:11.639><c> apostolic</c><00:12:12.139><c> discretion.</c><00:12:12.879><c> He</c>

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it's<00:12:20.320><c> only</c><00:12:20.600><c> very</c><00:12:20.940><c> right</c><00:12:21.259><c> that</c><00:12:21.580><c> we</c><00:12:21.799><c> should</c><00:12:22.019><c> see</c><00:12:22.500><c> it</c><00:12:22.799><c> the</c><00:12:23.080><c> same</c>

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way.<00:12:27.059><c> So</c><00:12:27.500><c> he</c><00:12:27.759><c> was</c><00:12:28.039><c> relevant</c><00:12:28.679><c> might</c><00:12:29.159><c> we</c>

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say.<00:12:30.659><c> It</c><00:12:30.659><c> was</c><00:12:32.299><c> a</c><00:12:32.460><c> matter</c><00:12:32.639><c> of</c><00:12:33.340><c> apostolic</c><00:12:33.860><c> Bible</c><00:12:34.240><c> class.</c>

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time.<00:12:46.379><c> He</c><00:12:46.679><c> was</c><00:12:47.000><c> not</c><00:12:47.419><c> there</c><00:12:48.000><c> in</c><00:12:48.399><c> the</c><00:12:48.539><c> days</c><00:12:48.820><c> of</c><00:12:49.039><c> the</c><00:12:49.159><c> apostles.</c>

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then<00:14:06.360><c> says,</c><00:14:07.059><c> For</c><00:14:07.120><c> the</c>

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mystery<00:14:08.000><c> of</c><00:14:08.320><c> iniquity,</c><00:14:09.139><c> which</c><00:14:09.360><c> is</c><00:14:09.700><c> clearly</c><00:14:10.320><c> the</c><00:14:11.059><c> apostasy</c><00:14:11.720><c> that</c><00:14:11.919><c> led</c><00:14:12.059><c> up</c>

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used<00:14:19.659><c> there</c><00:14:19.860><c> isn't</c><00:14:20.019><c> it?</c><00:14:20.500><c> Because</c><00:14:20.759><c> that's</c><00:14:21.080><c> the</c>

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work.<00:14:31.039><c> Right,</c><00:14:31.539><c> that's</c><00:14:31.799><c> important.</c><00:14:35.860><c> The</c><00:14:36.000><c> foundations</c><00:14:36.820><c> being</c>

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point.<00:14:57.200><c> Only</c><00:14:57.879><c> he</c><00:14:58.860><c> who</c><00:14:59.080><c> now</c><00:14:59.659><c> restrains</c><00:15:00.620><c> and</c><00:15:01.019><c> that</c><00:15:01.179><c> word</c><00:15:01.519><c> letteth</c><00:15:02.139><c> is</c><00:15:02.820><c> the</c>

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withhold<00:15:04.759><c> in</c><00:15:05.179><c> verse</c><00:15:05.580><c> 6.</c><00:15:06.539><c> You</c><00:15:06.559><c> may</c><00:15:06.799><c> be</c><00:15:06.960><c> aware</c><00:15:07.200><c> of</c><00:15:07.340><c> that.</c><00:15:08.120><c> That's</c>

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it?<00:15:19.059><c> Alright,</c><00:15:19.860><c> for</c><00:15:20.019><c> the</c><00:15:20.220><c> mystery</c><00:15:20.519><c> of</c><00:15:20.700><c> iniquity</c><00:15:21.080><c> doth</c><00:15:21.320><c> already</c>

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work.<00:15:22.000><c> Only</c><00:15:22.340><c> he</c><00:15:22.779><c> who</c><00:15:22.980><c> now</c><00:15:23.799><c> restrains</c>

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remain<00:16:02.919><c> till?</c><00:16:04.000><c> He</c><00:16:04.639><c> was</c>

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beginning<00:16:05.179><c> to</c><00:16:05.480><c> work</c><00:16:05.740><c> in</c><00:16:06.039><c> the</c><00:16:06.240><c> apostles</c><00:16:06.600><c> days,</c><00:16:07.500><c> how</c><00:16:07.759><c> long</c><00:16:07.919><c> would</c><00:16:08.120><c> he</c>

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remain<00:16:08.720><c> till?</c><00:16:09.679><c> Well</c><00:16:09.940><c> says</c><00:16:10.159><c> Paul</c>

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7<00:16:10.580><c> verse</c><00:16:10.799><c> 8,</c><00:16:13.360><c> 2</c><00:16:13.600><c> Thessalonians</c><00:16:14.840><c> chapter</c><00:16:15.779><c> 2</c><00:16:16.200><c> and</c><00:16:16.399><c> verse</c><00:16:16.639><c> 8.</c><00:16:18.120><c> Then</c><00:16:18.120><c> shall</c><00:16:18.580><c> that</c><00:16:19.019><c> wicked,</c><00:16:20.240><c> which</c><00:16:20.600><c> of</c>

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course<00:16:21.320><c> is</c><00:16:21.919><c> the</c><00:16:22.039><c> one</c><00:16:22.259><c> of</c><00:16:22.440><c> verse</c><00:16:22.879><c> 3,</c><00:16:24.500><c> then</c><00:16:24.799><c> shall</c><00:16:25.159><c> that</c><00:16:25.500><c> wicked</c>

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be<00:16:26.360><c> revealed</c><00:16:27.360><c> whom</c><00:16:28.879><c> the</c><00:16:29.360><c> Lord</c><00:16:30.580><c> shall</c><00:16:31.240><c> consume</c>

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with<00:16:32.259><c> the</c><00:16:32.600><c> spirit</c><00:16:32.899><c> of</c><00:16:33.120><c> his</c><00:16:33.379><c> mouth</c><00:16:33.860><c> and</c><00:16:34.440><c> shall</c><00:16:34.679><c> destroy</c><00:16:35.039><c> with</c>

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the<00:16:35.399><c> brightness</c><00:16:35.740><c> of</c><00:16:36.139><c> his</c><00:16:36.440><c> coming.</c><00:16:37.220><c> So</c><00:16:37.720><c> we</c><00:16:37.960><c> put</c>

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that<00:16:38.279><c> down,</c><00:16:39.500><c> that</c><00:16:39.639><c> he</c><00:16:39.799><c> continues</c><00:16:40.519><c> through,</c><00:16:45.080><c> he</c><00:16:45.259><c> continues</c><00:16:46.100><c> to</c>

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Christ's<00:16:48.539><c> return.</c><00:16:54.220><c> And</c><00:16:54.320><c> some</c><00:16:54.539><c> other</c><00:16:54.759><c> little</c>

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features,<00:16:55.759><c> or</c><00:16:55.879><c> not</c><00:16:56.139><c> little</c><00:16:56.440><c> features,</c><00:16:57.379><c> very</c><00:16:57.659><c> important</c><00:16:58.360><c> features</c><00:16:58.980><c> of</c>

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him<00:16:59.500><c> are</c><00:16:59.700><c> then</c><00:16:59.919><c> given</c><00:17:00.059><c> to</c><00:17:00.320><c> us</c><00:17:00.860><c> in</c><00:17:01.240><c> the</c>

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subsequent<00:17:02.039><c> verses.</c><00:17:03.179><c> He</c><00:17:03.279><c> is</c><00:17:03.519><c> destroyed</c><00:17:03.899><c> by</c><00:17:04.140><c> Christ</c><00:17:04.680><c> at</c><00:17:04.960><c> his</c>

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return<00:17:05.880><c> and</c><00:17:06.680><c> then</c><00:17:06.859><c> it</c><00:17:06.920><c> says</c><00:17:07.180><c> in</c><00:17:07.279><c> verse</c><00:17:07.559><c> 9,</c>

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even<00:17:08.559><c> him</c><00:17:09.579><c> whose</c><00:17:10.420><c> coming</c><00:17:10.940><c> is</c><00:17:11.339><c> after</c><00:17:11.759><c> the</c><00:17:12.119><c> working</c><00:17:12.519><c> of</c><00:17:13.000><c> the</c><00:17:13.240><c> adversary</c><00:17:14.000><c> with</c><00:17:15.859><c> all</c>

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power<00:17:17.079><c> and</c><00:17:18.200><c> signs</c>

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and<00:17:20.500><c> lying</c><00:17:20.779><c> wonders</c><00:17:21.440><c> and</c><00:17:22.460><c> with</c><00:17:22.640><c> all</c><00:17:23.039><c> the</c><00:17:23.200><c> deceit</c><00:17:23.640><c> of</c><00:17:23.819><c> unrighteousness.</c><00:17:24.599><c> Now</c><00:17:24.759><c> put</c>

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those<00:17:25.200><c> four</c><00:17:25.460><c> points</c>

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down.<00:17:26.839><c> With</c><00:17:27.039><c> all</c><00:17:27.440><c> power,</c><00:17:29.200><c> it's</c><00:17:29.339><c> a</c><00:17:29.519><c> powerful</c><00:17:30.079><c> system.</c><00:17:31.220><c> It's</c><00:17:31.680><c> not</c><00:17:32.359><c> a</c>

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failure.<00:17:34.279><c> Humanly</c><00:17:34.740><c> speaking,</c><00:17:35.599><c> it's</c>

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enormous<00:17:36.259><c> success.</c><00:17:37.480><c> With</c><00:17:37.640><c> all</c><00:17:37.940><c> power</c><00:17:38.319><c> and</c><00:17:39.079><c> signs.</c><00:17:40.799><c> See,</c><00:17:41.279><c> like</c>

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it<00:17:41.940><c> showed</c><00:17:42.200><c> that</c><00:17:43.180><c> it</c><00:17:43.339><c> called</c><00:17:43.599><c> itself</c>

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God<00:17:44.240><c> and</c><00:17:44.380><c> was</c><00:17:44.559><c> as</c><00:17:44.839><c> God,</c><00:17:45.319><c> it's</c><00:17:45.619><c> going</c><00:17:45.759><c> to</c><00:17:45.900><c> have</c><00:17:46.059><c> the</c><00:17:46.400><c> signs</c><00:17:46.779><c> as</c>

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it<00:17:47.160><c> were</c><00:17:47.279><c> of</c><00:17:47.480><c> apostleship</c><00:17:48.039><c> about</c><00:17:48.380><c> it.</c>

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All<00:17:49.420><c> power</c><00:17:49.720><c> and</c><00:17:50.039><c> signs,</c><00:17:50.279><c> but</c><00:17:50.400><c> they're</c><00:17:50.619><c> not</c><00:17:50.819><c> true</c><00:17:51.099><c> signs,</c><00:17:52.779><c> says</c>

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the<00:17:53.140><c> Apostle,</c><00:17:54.039><c> they</c><00:17:54.240><c> are</c><00:17:54.480><c> lies.</c><00:17:56.319><c> It's</c>

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lying<00:17:57.259><c> wonders.</c><00:17:59.200><c> Which</c><00:17:59.480><c> means</c><00:17:59.819><c> if</c><00:18:00.039><c> they're</c><00:18:00.299><c> not</c><00:18:00.619><c> really</c><00:18:01.460><c> signs,</c><00:18:02.299><c> works</c><00:18:02.579><c> of</c>

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God,<00:18:03.759><c> and</c><00:18:03.980><c> lying</c><00:18:04.220><c> wonders,</c>

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then<00:18:05.519><c> it's</c><00:18:05.839><c> a</c><00:18:06.000><c> power</c><00:18:06.319><c> of</c><00:18:07.380><c> deceit.</c><00:18:08.539><c> And</c><00:18:08.740><c> that's</c><00:18:09.079><c> a</c><00:18:09.200><c> great</c><00:18:09.480><c> hallmark</c><00:18:10.099><c> of</c><00:18:10.400><c> it.</c><00:18:11.200><c> We've</c><00:18:11.559><c> got</c><00:18:11.660><c> to</c>

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be<00:18:11.940><c> careful</c>

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then,<00:18:12.640><c> says</c><00:18:12.779><c> the</c><00:18:13.000><c> Apostle,</c><00:18:13.940><c> lest</c><00:18:14.279><c> we</c><00:18:14.579><c> be</c><00:18:14.819><c> deceived.</c><00:18:15.579><c> That</c><00:18:15.839><c> right?</c><00:18:17.299><c> So</c>

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one<00:18:17.740><c> thing's</c><00:18:18.019><c> for</c><00:18:18.240><c> sure,</c><00:18:19.099><c> we</c><00:18:19.420><c> must</c>

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know,<00:18:21.059><c> says</c><00:18:21.180><c> the</c><00:18:21.400><c> Apostle</c><00:18:21.779><c> Paul,</c><00:18:22.579><c> what</c><00:18:22.859><c> that</c><00:18:23.079><c> power</c><00:18:23.359><c> is.</c><00:18:23.740><c> Isn't</c><00:18:23.920><c> that</c>

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what<00:18:24.160><c> he'd</c><00:18:24.519><c> say?</c><00:18:25.180><c> If</c><00:18:25.279><c> he</c><00:18:25.420><c> was</c><00:18:25.619><c> standing</c>

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with<00:18:26.039><c> us</c><00:18:26.220><c> here</c><00:18:26.380><c> tonight,</c><00:18:26.920><c> would</c><00:18:27.079><c> he</c><00:18:27.240><c> not</c><00:18:27.440><c> say</c><00:18:27.680><c> that?</c><00:18:28.960><c> Or</c><00:18:29.099><c> would</c>

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he<00:18:29.380><c> say,</c><00:18:29.839><c> well</c><00:18:30.000><c> you</c><00:18:30.079><c> can</c><00:18:30.380><c> discuss</c><00:18:30.799><c> it,</c>

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you<00:18:31.680><c> can</c><00:18:32.099><c> have</c><00:18:32.240><c> your</c><00:18:32.400><c> various</c><00:18:32.720><c> views.</c><00:18:33.240><c> I</c><00:18:33.480><c> ask</c><00:18:33.740><c> you,</c><00:18:33.920><c> what</c><00:18:34.079><c> would</c><00:18:34.220><c> he</c><00:18:34.519><c> say?</c><00:18:36.019><c> I'm</c><00:18:36.359><c> sure</c><00:18:36.539><c> I</c>

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know<00:18:36.720><c> what</c><00:18:36.819><c> he'd</c>

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say.<00:18:38.000><c> He'd</c><00:18:38.519><c> say,</c><00:18:38.640><c> I</c><00:18:38.640><c> want</c><00:18:38.859><c> you</c><00:18:39.000><c> to</c><00:18:39.180><c> know.</c><00:18:39.880><c> Because</c><00:18:40.180><c> you</c><00:18:40.400><c> are</c><00:18:40.660><c> the</c><00:18:40.799><c> saints</c><00:18:41.000><c> of</c>

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God,<00:18:41.920><c> and</c><00:18:42.039><c> I</c><00:18:42.240><c> want</c><00:18:42.460><c> you</c>

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to<00:18:42.819><c> know,</c><00:18:43.500><c> so</c><00:18:43.700><c> that</c><00:18:43.859><c> you</c><00:18:44.359><c> will</c><00:18:44.680><c> not</c><00:18:44.920><c> be</c><00:18:45.160><c> deceived.</c><00:18:46.099><c> Now</c><00:18:46.319><c> is</c><00:18:46.380><c> that</c><00:18:46.579><c> not</c>

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reasonable,<00:18:47.259><c> my</c><00:18:47.339><c> dear</c><00:18:47.500><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:18:47.859><c> sisters?</c><00:18:49.339><c> Look</c><00:18:49.599><c> at</c><00:18:49.720><c> verse</c><00:18:49.940><c> 10.</c><00:18:51.000><c> It</c><00:18:51.099><c> makes</c><00:18:51.380><c> him</c><00:18:51.619><c> even</c><00:18:51.859><c> more</c>

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encumbered<00:18:53.019><c> upon</c><00:18:53.259><c> us</c><00:18:54.200><c> to</c><00:18:55.500><c> indeed</c><00:18:55.839><c> look</c>

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into<00:18:56.400><c> the</c><00:18:56.559><c> matter</c><00:18:56.799><c> and</c><00:18:57.359><c> come</c><00:18:57.720><c> to</c><00:18:57.980><c> conclusion.</c><00:18:59.099><c> Because</c><00:18:59.380><c> he</c>

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then<00:18:59.900><c> says,</c><00:19:00.940><c> and</c><00:19:01.200><c> with</c><00:19:01.460><c> all</c><00:19:01.880><c> the</c><00:19:02.420><c> deceivableness</c>

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of<00:19:03.480><c> unrighteousness,</c><00:19:04.720><c> it's</c><00:19:04.960><c> not</c><00:19:05.259><c> going</c><00:19:05.480><c> to</c><00:19:05.619><c> be</c><00:19:05.779><c> easy</c><00:19:06.319><c> to</c><00:19:06.940><c> know</c>

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the<00:19:07.339><c> rights</c><00:19:07.640><c> and</c><00:19:07.759><c> wrongs</c><00:19:08.059><c> of</c><00:19:08.279><c> it.</c>

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With<00:19:09.420><c> all</c><00:19:10.180><c> the</c><00:19:10.519><c> deceivableness</c><00:19:11.200><c> of</c><00:19:11.500><c> unrighteousness.</c><00:19:13.259><c> That's</c><00:19:13.619><c> a</c><00:19:13.640><c> very</c><00:19:14.140><c> strong</c><00:19:14.400><c> expression.</c><00:19:15.740><c> Deceit</c><00:19:16.079><c> we</c>

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can<00:19:16.619><c> underline.</c><00:19:17.640><c> This</c><00:19:17.880><c> is</c><00:19:18.119><c> going</c><00:19:18.259><c> to</c><00:19:18.420><c> be</c><00:19:18.559><c> the</c><00:19:18.779><c> master</c><00:19:19.240><c> decision.</c><00:19:20.279><c> There</c>

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will<00:19:20.660><c> never</c><00:19:20.859><c> be</c><00:19:21.079><c> anything</c><00:19:21.359><c> else</c>

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like<00:19:21.940><c> it</c><00:19:22.099><c> in</c><00:19:22.279><c> Earth's</c><00:19:22.720><c> history.</c><00:19:23.940><c> See?</c><00:19:24.599><c> Because</c><00:19:24.900><c> this</c><00:19:25.160><c> is</c><00:19:25.559><c> the</c>

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apostasia.<00:19:29.299><c> He</c><00:19:29.579><c> doesn't</c><00:19:29.839><c> talk</c><00:19:30.119><c> about</c><00:19:30.380><c> many,</c>

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but<00:19:31.039><c> this</c><00:19:31.039><c> is</c><00:19:31.220><c> the</c><00:19:31.880><c> apostasia.</c><00:19:33.279><c> So</c><00:19:33.599><c> large</c><00:19:33.960><c> that</c><00:19:34.500><c> between</c><00:19:34.839><c> the</c>

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work<00:19:35.500><c> of</c><00:19:35.680><c> the</c><00:19:35.799><c> apostles</c><00:19:36.180><c> and</c><00:19:36.720><c> the</c><00:19:36.859><c> work</c><00:19:37.140><c> of</c>

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Christ,<00:19:37.779><c> that</c><00:19:38.079><c> is</c><00:19:38.339><c> the</c><00:19:38.539><c> feature.</c><00:19:41.480><c> It's</c><00:19:41.700><c> the</c><00:19:41.859><c> only</c><00:19:42.039><c> thing</c><00:19:42.259><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:19:42.700><c> Paul</c><00:19:42.940><c> tells</c><00:19:43.240><c> them</c><00:19:43.460><c> about.</c><00:19:44.660><c> He</c>

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doesn't<00:19:45.039><c> tell</c><00:19:45.240><c> them</c><00:19:45.380><c> about</c><00:19:45.619><c> everything</c><00:19:45.940><c> else,</c><00:19:46.259><c> but</c><00:19:46.400><c> he</c><00:19:46.480><c> says,</c>

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I<00:19:46.700><c> know</c><00:19:46.940><c> one</c><00:19:47.220><c> thing</c><00:19:47.339><c> that's</c><00:19:47.579><c> going</c><00:19:47.740><c> to</c>

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arise,<00:19:48.579><c> and</c><00:19:48.819><c> Christ</c><00:19:49.119><c> can't</c><00:19:49.480><c> come</c><00:19:49.700><c> until</c><00:19:49.880><c> it</c><00:19:50.059><c> does.</c><00:19:51.880><c> He</c><00:19:52.059><c> says,</c>

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I<00:19:52.400><c> know</c><00:19:52.720><c> that</c><00:19:52.839><c> that's</c><00:19:53.099><c> going</c><00:19:53.240><c> to</c><00:19:53.359><c> arise.</c>

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of<00:20:00.480><c> deceit.</c><00:20:00.779><c> It</c><00:20:00.839><c> will</c><00:20:01.019><c> be</c><00:20:01.220><c> the</c><00:20:01.339><c> deceit</c><00:20:01.819><c> of</c><00:20:01.940><c> ages.</c><00:20:03.099><c> It</c><00:20:03.240><c> will</c><00:20:03.359><c> be</c>

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the<00:20:03.700><c> historic</c><00:20:04.519><c> deceit</c><00:20:05.400><c> that</c><00:20:05.759><c> the</c><00:20:05.980><c> world</c>

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sees.<00:20:06.599><c> Is</c><00:20:06.660><c> that</c><00:20:06.839><c> reasonable?</c><00:20:07.759><c> Everybody</c><00:20:08.180><c> happy?</c><00:20:10.299><c> That's</c><00:20:10.480><c> what</c><00:20:10.599><c> he's</c><00:20:10.799><c> saying,</c><00:20:11.240><c> isn't</c><00:20:11.400><c> it?</c>

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at<00:20:13.079><c> verse</c><00:20:13.299><c> 10</c><00:20:13.460><c> again.</c><00:20:15.279><c> Why</c><00:20:15.700><c> is</c><00:20:16.059><c> it</c><00:20:16.619><c> such</c><00:20:16.819><c> a</c><00:20:16.960><c> powerful</c><00:20:17.740><c> form?</c><00:20:18.700><c> What's</c><00:20:19.039><c> the</c><00:20:19.180><c> danger?</c><00:20:19.900><c> Why</c><00:20:20.119><c> do</c>

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people<00:20:20.519><c> believe</c>

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in<00:20:20.920><c> Earth</c><00:20:21.180><c> because</c><00:20:22.440><c> they</c><00:20:22.720><c> received</c><00:20:23.299><c> not</c><00:20:24.099><c> the</c><00:20:24.480><c> love</c><00:20:25.019><c> of</c><00:20:25.420><c> the</c><00:20:25.759><c> truth</c><00:20:26.440><c> that</c><00:20:27.880><c> they</c><00:20:28.119><c> might</c><00:20:28.339><c> be</c>

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saved?<00:20:30.160><c> Our</c>

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discernment<00:20:31.099><c> and</c><00:20:31.380><c> interpretation</c><00:20:32.079><c> is</c><00:20:33.019><c> not</c><00:20:33.400><c> academic,</c><00:20:35.799><c> though</c><00:20:35.960><c> we</c><00:20:36.160><c> might</c><00:20:36.779><c> like</c><00:20:37.440><c> interest</c><00:20:38.039><c> in</c>

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Bible<00:20:38.599><c> prophecy.</c>

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That's<00:20:40.079><c> not</c><00:20:40.359><c> academic</c><00:20:40.859><c> interest.</c><00:20:41.420><c> That's</c><00:20:41.759><c> life</c><00:20:42.019><c> and</c><00:20:42.220><c> death.</c>

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It<00:20:44.220><c> has</c><00:20:44.480><c> a</c><00:20:44.819><c> practical</c><00:20:45.279><c> outworking,</c>

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does<00:20:46.140><c> it</c><00:20:46.339><c> not?</c><00:20:47.619><c> You</c><00:20:47.740><c> tell</c><00:20:47.859><c> me</c><00:20:48.000><c> if</c><00:20:48.079><c> I'm</c><00:20:48.220><c> not</c><00:20:48.440><c> being</c><00:20:48.680><c> fair.</c><00:20:49.279><c> You're</c><00:20:49.400><c> quite</c>

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welcome<00:20:50.140><c> to</c><00:20:50.400><c> put</c><00:20:50.559><c> your</c><00:20:50.700><c> hand</c>

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up<00:20:50.980><c> if</c><00:20:51.079><c> I'm</c><00:20:51.240><c> not</c><00:20:51.440><c> being</c><00:20:51.660><c> fair.</c><00:20:52.180><c> That's</c><00:20:52.619><c> a</c><00:20:52.819><c> practical</c><00:20:53.380><c> outworking</c><00:20:53.980><c> of</c><00:20:54.180><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:20:55.220><c> life</c><00:20:55.740><c> and</c><00:20:56.640><c> it's</c><00:20:56.880><c> death</c>

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to<00:20:59.000><c> have</c><00:20:59.220><c> a</c><00:20:59.559><c> love</c><00:21:00.000><c> of</c><00:21:00.539><c> the</c><00:21:00.920><c> truth</c><00:21:01.420><c> that</c><00:21:02.279><c> they</c><00:21:02.500><c> might</c><00:21:02.720><c> be</c><00:21:02.980><c> saved.</c>

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the<00:21:05.640><c> apostle</c><00:21:05.900><c> Paul,</c><00:21:06.619><c> because</c><00:21:07.000><c> they</c><00:21:07.279><c> could</c><00:21:07.660><c> not</c><00:21:07.960><c> discern</c><00:21:08.279><c> that</c>

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power<00:21:09.140><c> that</c><00:21:10.279><c> fall</c><00:21:10.440><c> from</c><00:21:10.660><c> the</c><00:21:10.880><c> truth.</c><00:21:15.279><c> They</c>

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were<00:21:16.259><c> caught</c><00:21:16.779><c> in</c><00:21:17.000><c> the</c><00:21:17.119><c> deceit.</c><00:21:19.259><c> And</c><00:21:19.279><c> for</c><00:21:19.500><c> this</c><00:21:19.799><c> cause,</c><00:21:20.200><c> verse</c>

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11,<00:21:22.099><c> God</c><00:21:22.440><c> shall</c><00:21:22.839><c> send</c><00:21:23.339><c> them</c><00:21:23.880><c> strong</c><00:21:24.359><c> delusion</c>

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that<00:21:25.000><c> they</c><00:21:25.240><c> should</c><00:21:25.480><c> believe</c><00:21:25.880><c> a</c><00:21:26.059><c> lie,</c><00:21:27.220><c> which</c><00:21:27.500><c> clearly</c><00:21:27.880><c> says</c><00:21:28.619><c> that</c><00:21:29.240><c> he</c>

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expects<00:21:29.880><c> us</c><00:21:30.240><c> to</c><00:21:30.480><c> know</c><00:21:30.700><c> who</c><00:21:30.900><c> that</c><00:21:31.160><c> system</c>

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is.<00:21:32.900><c> If</c><00:21:33.119><c> you</c><00:21:33.299><c> don't</c><00:21:33.519><c> want</c><00:21:33.740><c> to</c><00:21:33.900><c> know,</c><00:21:35.059><c> well</c><00:21:35.200><c> then</c><00:21:35.660><c> we</c><00:21:36.180><c> may</c><00:21:36.480><c> be</c><00:21:36.660><c> part</c><00:21:36.859><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:37.200><c> delusion</c><00:21:37.759><c> and</c><00:21:38.440><c> we</c><00:21:38.579><c> may</c><00:21:38.799><c> lose</c>

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our<00:21:39.259><c> eternal</c><00:21:39.559><c> life.</c><00:21:40.119><c> Or</c><00:21:40.740><c> we</c><00:21:41.480><c> may,</c><00:21:42.599><c> not</c><00:21:43.240><c> seeing</c><00:21:43.500><c> who</c><00:21:43.720><c> the</c><00:21:43.859><c> system</c><00:21:44.200><c> is,</c>

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allow<00:21:45.339><c> others</c><00:21:45.920><c> to</c><00:21:47.059><c> go</c><00:21:47.279><c> in</c><00:21:47.420><c> that</c>

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way.<00:21:48.319><c> Is</c><00:21:48.480><c> that</c><00:21:48.640><c> reasonable?</c><00:21:50.039><c> Isn't</c><00:21:50.180><c> that</c><00:21:50.339><c> what</c><00:21:50.420><c> he's</c><00:21:50.640><c> saying?</c>

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I'm<00:21:53.519><c> sure</c><00:21:53.680><c> it's</c><00:21:53.799><c> what</c><00:21:53.920><c> he's</c><00:21:54.220><c> saying.</c><00:21:55.660><c> Why</c>

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were<00:21:56.480><c> they</c><00:21:56.660><c> deceived?</c><00:21:57.480><c> Because</c><00:21:57.799><c> they</c><00:21:58.160><c> received</c><00:21:58.579><c> not</c><00:21:58.900><c> the</c><00:21:59.319><c> love</c><00:21:59.660><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:00.299><c> truth</c><00:22:00.539><c> that</c><00:22:00.700><c> they</c><00:22:01.019><c> might</c><00:22:01.279><c> be</c><00:22:01.599><c> saved.</c>

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And<00:22:02.859><c> for</c><00:22:03.059><c> this</c><00:22:03.380><c> cause,</c><00:22:04.599><c> God</c><00:22:04.819><c> shall</c><00:22:05.079><c> send</c><00:22:05.319><c> them</c><00:22:05.599><c> strong</c><00:22:05.859><c> delusion</c><00:22:06.440><c> that</c><00:22:06.859><c> they</c><00:22:07.119><c> all</c><00:22:07.359><c> might</c><00:22:07.759><c> believe</c><00:22:08.339><c> a</c><00:22:08.519><c> lie.</c>

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not<00:22:13.900><c> the</c><00:22:14.160><c> truth</c><00:22:14.700><c> but</c><00:22:15.359><c> have</c><00:22:15.619><c> pleasure</c><00:22:16.259><c> in</c>

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unrighteousness.<00:22:18.339><c> And</c><00:22:18.519><c> that</c><00:22:18.740><c> unrighteousness</c><00:22:19.400><c> is</c><00:22:19.640><c> clearly,</c>

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verse<00:22:20.319><c> 10,</c><00:22:21.660><c> the</c><00:22:21.900><c> unrighteousness</c><00:22:22.740><c> of</c>

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that<00:22:23.160><c> deceitful</c><00:22:23.720><c> system</c><00:22:24.259><c> that</c><00:22:25.059><c> with</c><00:22:25.319><c> all</c><00:22:25.740><c> deceivableness</c><00:22:26.700><c> of</c>

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unrighteousness<00:22:28.500><c> causes</c><00:22:29.119><c> the</c><00:22:29.579><c> perishing</c><00:22:30.039><c> of</c>

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many.<00:22:31.779><c> Now</c><00:22:32.000><c> I've</c><00:22:32.279><c> put</c><00:22:32.359><c> that</c><00:22:32.599><c> forward</c><00:22:32.940><c> too</c><00:22:33.180><c> as</c><00:22:33.359><c> one</c><00:22:33.500><c> of</c><00:22:33.619><c> the</c>

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most<00:22:34.680><c> reasonable</c><00:22:35.559><c> arguments</c><00:22:36.240><c> I've</c><00:22:36.599><c> ever</c>

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found<00:22:36.980><c> on</c><00:22:37.200><c> this</c><00:22:37.380><c> subject.</c><00:22:38.900><c> You</c><00:22:38.980><c> see</c><00:22:39.039><c> what</c><00:22:39.240><c> the</c><00:22:39.380><c> apostle</c><00:22:39.759><c> says</c>

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in<00:22:40.180><c> verse</c><00:22:40.400><c> 13,</c><00:22:41.000><c> as</c><00:22:41.099><c> he</c><00:22:41.319><c> addresses</c><00:22:41.619><c> them</c><00:22:41.920><c> the</c>

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disciples,<00:22:42.539><c> he</c><00:22:42.640><c> says,</c><00:22:43.460><c> but</c><00:22:43.460><c> we</c><00:22:43.980><c> are</c><00:22:44.400><c> bound</c><00:22:44.619><c> to</c><00:22:44.880><c> give</c><00:22:45.119><c> thanks</c>

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of<00:22:48.339><c> the</c><00:22:48.500><c> Lord.</c><00:22:49.019><c> And</c><00:22:49.220><c> that</c><00:22:49.519><c> stirs</c><00:22:49.859><c> me,</c><00:22:50.160><c> my</c><00:22:50.200><c> dear</c><00:22:50.359><c> brethren,</c><00:22:50.539><c> I</c>

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can't<00:22:51.119><c> help</c><00:22:51.359><c> it.</c><00:22:51.920><c> That</c><00:22:52.279><c> absolutely</c><00:22:52.920><c> stirs</c><00:22:53.240><c> me</c>

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this,<00:22:57.500><c> that</c><00:22:57.599><c> he's</c><00:22:58.000><c> telling</c><00:22:58.160><c> the</c>

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disciples<00:22:58.779><c> that</c><00:22:59.200><c> they</c><00:22:59.599><c> might</c><00:22:59.960><c> know</c><00:23:00.599><c> and</c><00:23:01.440><c> because</c><00:23:01.779><c> he</c><00:23:01.940><c> loves</c>

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them.<00:23:03.180><c> And</c><00:23:03.240><c> he</c><00:23:03.400><c> says</c><00:23:03.519><c> we</c><00:23:03.680><c> are</c><00:23:04.240><c> bound</c><00:23:04.539><c> to</c>

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give<00:23:05.119><c> thanks</c><00:23:05.500><c> always</c><00:23:06.259><c> to</c><00:23:06.500><c> God</c><00:23:06.700><c> for</c><00:23:06.920><c> you,</c><00:23:07.319><c> brethren</c><00:23:07.460><c> beloved</c>

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of<00:23:08.000><c> the</c><00:23:08.160><c> Lord.</c><00:23:09.859><c> Because</c><00:23:10.140><c> God</c><00:23:10.380><c> has</c><00:23:10.579><c> done</c>

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a<00:23:10.900><c> work</c><00:23:11.059><c> with</c><00:23:11.339><c> you.</c><00:23:12.279><c> God</c><00:23:12.519><c> has</c><00:23:12.779><c> from</c><00:23:13.240><c> the</c><00:23:13.559><c> beginning</c><00:23:13.819><c> chosen</c><00:23:14.380><c> you</c><00:23:14.559><c> to</c>

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salvation.<00:23:16.559><c> And</c><00:23:16.720><c> if</c><00:23:16.880><c> I</c><00:23:17.119><c> think</c><00:23:17.259><c> I</c>

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know<00:23:17.819><c> who</c><00:23:17.980><c> that</c><00:23:18.220><c> system</c><00:23:18.500><c> is,</c><00:23:18.779><c> my</c><00:23:18.880><c> dear</c><00:23:19.000><c> brethren,</c><00:23:19.279><c> I'm</c><00:23:19.920><c> going</c>

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not<00:23:28.200><c> be</c><00:23:28.279><c> drastically</c><00:23:29.039><c> failing?</c><00:23:29.519><c> And</c><00:23:29.519><c> you</c><00:23:29.819><c> all,</c><00:23:30.980><c> if</c><00:23:31.200><c> seen</c><00:23:31.420><c> that</c>

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so<00:23:32.039><c> clearly,</c><00:23:32.579><c> we</c><00:23:32.859><c> said</c><00:23:33.119><c> not</c><00:23:33.500><c> or</c><00:23:33.660><c> we</c>

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hesitated<00:23:34.680><c> to</c><00:23:34.960><c> say</c><00:23:35.200><c> what</c><00:23:36.240><c> that</c><00:23:36.480><c> system</c><00:23:36.819><c> was.</c><00:23:38.680><c> Because</c><00:23:39.000><c> what</c><00:23:39.220><c> we're</c><00:23:39.380><c> about</c><00:23:39.660><c> is</c><00:23:39.859><c> a</c>

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work<00:23:40.140><c> of</c><00:23:40.319><c> God.</c><00:23:41.319><c> And</c><00:23:41.460><c> what</c>

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the<00:23:50.720><c> work</c><00:23:50.859><c> of</c><00:23:51.099><c> accident.</c><00:23:52.599><c> They</c><00:23:52.859><c> are</c><00:23:53.099><c> there</c><00:23:53.279><c> because</c><00:23:53.539><c> our</c><00:23:53.720><c> Heavenly</c><00:23:54.039><c> Father</c><00:23:54.359><c> has</c>

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called<00:23:54.900><c> them,</c><00:23:55.180><c> chosen</c>

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of<00:23:55.720><c> God</c><00:23:55.940><c> from</c><00:23:56.119><c> the</c><00:23:56.259><c> beginning.</c><00:23:57.039><c> We're</c><00:23:57.079><c> in</c><00:23:57.220><c> a</c><00:23:57.380><c> holy</c><00:23:57.640><c> situation.</c>

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And<00:23:59.339><c> I</c><00:23:59.460><c> can't</c><00:23:59.740><c> help</c><00:23:59.900><c> but</c><00:24:00.059><c> move</c><00:24:00.359><c> by</c><00:24:00.579><c> that.</c>

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You<00:24:01.240><c> know,</c><00:24:01.380><c> one</c><00:24:01.599><c> night</c><00:24:01.940><c> Brother</c><00:24:02.240><c> Ron</c><00:24:02.480><c> Abel</c><00:24:02.720><c> was</c><00:24:02.960><c> dealing</c><00:24:03.259><c> with</c>

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an<00:24:04.180><c> interested</c><00:24:04.619><c> friend</c><00:24:05.119><c> and</c><00:24:05.680><c> she</c><00:24:05.839><c> was</c><00:24:06.180><c> a</c><00:24:06.380><c> Roman</c>

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Catholic<00:24:07.460><c> persuasion.</c><00:24:09.779><c> And</c><00:24:10.079><c> having</c><00:24:10.420><c> had</c><00:24:10.660><c> many</c><00:24:10.920><c> nights</c><00:24:11.200><c> with</c>

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her<00:24:11.759><c> and</c><00:24:12.180><c> daring</c><00:24:12.519><c> to</c><00:24:13.099><c> bring</c><00:24:13.920><c> her</c><00:24:14.140><c> to</c><00:24:14.299><c> a</c><00:24:14.359><c> knowledge</c>

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of<00:24:14.740><c> the</c><00:24:14.900><c> truth</c><00:24:15.039><c> when</c><00:24:15.200><c> he</c><00:24:15.319><c> was</c><00:24:15.460><c> staying</c><00:24:15.720><c> in</c><00:24:15.940><c> Adelaide,</c><00:24:16.980><c> he</c><00:24:17.359><c> was</c>

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not<00:24:18.660><c> getting</c><00:24:18.839><c> along</c><00:24:19.180><c> well.</c><00:24:19.940><c> And</c><00:24:20.279><c> he</c><00:24:20.380><c> felt</c>

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really<00:24:20.980><c> that</c><00:24:21.099><c> the</c><00:24:21.680><c> time</c><00:24:21.839><c> had</c><00:24:22.059><c> come</c><00:24:22.279><c> to</c><00:24:23.240><c> reveal</c><00:24:23.779><c> things</c><00:24:24.140><c> as</c><00:24:24.259><c> they</c><00:24:24.500><c> really</c><00:24:24.859><c> were</c><00:24:25.119><c> about</c><00:24:25.460><c> her</c>

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own<00:24:26.640><c> religion.</c>

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And<00:24:27.859><c> so</c><00:24:28.000><c> he</c><00:24:28.119><c> asked</c><00:24:28.460><c> if</c><00:24:28.640><c> I</c><00:24:28.759><c> would</c><00:24:28.880><c> go</c><00:24:29.140><c> along</c><00:24:29.519><c> and</c><00:24:30.099><c> present</c><00:24:30.440><c> this</c>

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situation<00:24:31.380><c> of</c><00:24:31.579><c> the</c><00:24:31.720><c> second</c><00:24:31.960><c> Thessalonians</c>

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too,<00:24:33.539><c> or</c><00:24:33.680><c> present</c><00:24:33.980><c> just</c><00:24:34.420><c> generally</c><00:24:34.759><c> the</c><00:24:35.099><c> argument</c><00:24:35.440><c> of</c><00:24:35.660><c> it.</c><00:24:36.380><c> And</c><00:24:36.599><c> I</c>

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I<00:24:38.019><c> mean,</c><00:24:38.240><c> it</c><00:24:38.240><c> was</c><00:24:38.440><c> a</c><00:24:38.519><c> woman</c><00:24:38.660><c> that</c><00:24:38.839><c> had</c><00:24:38.960><c> come</c><00:24:39.119><c> along</c><00:24:39.319><c> for</c><00:24:39.539><c> quite</c>

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a<00:24:39.859><c> long</c><00:24:40.079><c> time.</c><00:24:40.519><c> She</c><00:24:40.700><c> was</c><00:24:40.940><c> interested</c>

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in<00:24:41.480><c> her</c><00:24:41.700><c> Bible.</c><00:24:42.339><c> And</c><00:24:42.519><c> I</c><00:24:42.579><c> thought,</c><00:24:42.740><c> what</c><00:24:42.819><c> is</c><00:24:43.000><c> the</c><00:24:43.079><c> most</c><00:24:43.480><c> reasonable</c><00:24:43.960><c> thing?</c>

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What<00:24:44.900><c> could</c><00:24:45.039><c> I</c><00:24:45.319><c> appeal</c><00:24:45.539><c> to</c><00:24:45.680><c> her</c>

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in<00:24:46.119><c> a</c><00:24:46.200><c> sort</c><00:24:46.319><c> of</c><00:24:46.480><c> impersonal</c><00:24:47.339><c> way</c><00:24:47.759><c> that</c><00:24:48.279><c> might</c><00:24:48.539><c> appeal</c><00:24:48.960><c> to</c><00:24:49.119><c> her</c>

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to<00:24:49.859><c> see</c><00:24:50.079><c> the</c><00:24:50.400><c> logic</c><00:24:50.859><c> of</c><00:24:51.500><c> that</c><00:24:51.720><c> situation?</c>

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just<00:24:56.720><c> the</c><00:24:57.019><c> same</c><00:24:57.240><c> way</c><00:24:57.500><c> that</c><00:24:57.680><c> we've</c><00:24:58.019><c> done</c><00:24:58.079><c> tonight.</c>

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I<00:24:58.819><c> had</c><00:24:58.960><c> a</c><00:24:59.140><c> blackboard.</c><00:24:59.579><c> I</c><00:24:59.700><c> remember</c><00:24:59.960><c> very</c><00:25:00.299><c> vividly</c><00:25:01.059><c> Brother</c>

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said<00:25:02.880><c> nothing</c><00:25:03.200><c> or</c><00:25:03.500><c> none.</c><00:25:04.680><c> And</c><00:25:04.859><c> all</c><00:25:05.039><c> I</c><00:25:05.220><c> said</c><00:25:05.380><c> was,</c><00:25:06.180><c> there</c><00:25:06.299><c> are</c>

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all<00:25:06.700><c> those</c><00:25:06.920><c> points.</c><00:25:08.279><c> You</c><00:25:08.599><c> tell</c><00:25:08.759><c> me</c><00:25:08.900><c> who</c>

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that<00:25:09.279><c> is.</c><00:25:10.000><c> I</c><00:25:10.259><c> didn't</c><00:25:10.500><c> say</c><00:25:10.720><c> a</c><00:25:10.839><c> word.</c><00:25:11.059><c> I</c><00:25:11.279><c> said</c><00:25:11.539><c> from</c><00:25:11.740><c> the</c><00:25:11.880><c> start,</c>

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I<00:25:12.240><c> was</c><00:25:12.420><c> not</c><00:25:12.619><c> going</c><00:25:12.779><c> to</c><00:25:12.960><c> say</c><00:25:13.359><c> that</c><00:25:14.119><c> it's</c>

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because<00:25:16.299><c> you</c><00:25:16.440><c> don't</c><00:25:16.740><c> need</c><00:25:17.000><c> to.</c><00:25:17.900><c> There</c><00:25:18.099><c> are</c><00:25:18.359><c> no</c><00:25:18.960><c> other</c><00:25:20.019><c> alternatives.</c><00:25:22.599><c> Can</c><00:25:22.819><c> you</c>

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tell<00:25:23.119><c> me</c><00:25:23.279><c> another</c>

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alternative?<00:25:29.480><c> You</c><00:25:29.880><c> think</c><00:25:30.019><c> that</c><00:25:30.259><c> out.</c><00:25:30.460><c> Is</c><00:25:30.619><c> there</c><00:25:30.779><c> another</c><00:25:31.059><c> alternative?</c><00:25:35.160><c> And</c>

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I<00:25:35.839><c> have</c><00:25:36.059><c> said</c><00:25:36.240><c> that</c>

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to<00:25:37.000><c> a</c><00:25:37.019><c> lot</c><00:25:37.220><c> of</c><00:25:37.460><c> Reverend</c><00:25:37.599><c> Sisters</c><00:25:38.039><c> in</c><00:25:38.420><c> many</c><00:25:38.680><c> different</c><00:25:38.980><c> places.</c><00:25:40.099><c> You</c><00:25:40.380><c> tell</c><00:25:40.500><c> me</c>

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another<00:25:40.960><c> alternative</c><00:25:41.539><c> that</c>

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fits<00:25:42.240><c> the</c><00:25:42.779><c> simple</c><00:25:43.119><c> points</c><00:25:43.500><c> that</c><00:25:43.779><c> you</c><00:25:43.900><c> and</c><00:25:44.059><c> I</c><00:25:44.259><c> together</c><00:25:44.779><c> have</c>

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put<00:25:45.420><c> an</c><00:25:45.559><c> on</c><00:25:45.680><c> each</c><00:25:45.880><c> other.</c><00:25:46.079><c> There's</c><00:25:46.240><c> no</c><00:25:46.460><c> other</c>

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alternative.<00:25:48.019><c> The</c><00:25:48.180><c> Roman</c><00:25:48.400><c> Catholic</c><00:25:48.759><c> system</c><00:25:49.640><c> fits</c><00:25:49.940><c> that</c><00:25:50.200><c> down</c>

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to<00:25:50.859><c> a</c><00:25:51.000><c> T.</c><00:25:52.079><c> And</c><00:25:52.240><c> if</c><00:25:52.359><c> that</c><00:25:52.599><c> be</c><00:25:52.779><c> the</c><00:25:52.920><c> case,</c>

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then<00:25:54.079><c> the</c><00:25:54.359><c> conclusion</c><00:25:54.839><c> is</c><00:25:55.240><c> that</c><00:25:55.400><c> we've</c><00:25:55.680><c> got</c><00:25:55.839><c> to</c><00:25:56.099><c> stand</c><00:25:56.299><c> up.</c><00:25:57.519><c> And</c><00:25:57.660><c> we</c>

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did<00:25:58.079><c> stand</c><00:25:58.400><c> up.</c><00:25:59.480><c> Unitedly</c><00:25:59.920><c> as</c><00:26:00.099><c> a</c><00:26:00.240><c> body,</c>

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we<00:26:00.640><c> stood</c><00:26:00.839><c> up</c><00:26:01.059><c> for</c><00:26:01.240><c> that.</c><00:26:02.380><c> Now</c><00:26:02.680><c> I'm</c><00:26:02.799><c> not</c><00:26:02.940><c> saying</c><00:26:03.180><c> that</c><00:26:03.339><c> it's</c>

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that<00:26:03.720><c> perhaps</c><00:26:03.920><c> somebody</c><00:26:04.380><c> doesn't</c><00:26:04.819><c> feel</c>

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that's<00:26:05.160><c> quite</c><00:26:05.559><c> right,</c><00:26:06.140><c> that</c><00:26:06.279><c> we</c><00:26:06.500><c> chase</c><00:26:06.880><c> them</c><00:26:07.420><c> as</c><00:26:07.920><c> though</c><00:26:08.359><c> we</c>

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can't<00:26:09.619><c> tolerate</c><00:26:10.059><c> that</c><00:26:10.359><c> person.</c><00:26:10.940><c> But</c>

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I<00:26:11.339><c> am</c><00:26:11.660><c> saying</c><00:26:11.980><c> that</c><00:26:12.960><c> if</c><00:26:13.220><c> somebody</c><00:26:13.460><c> came</c><00:26:13.700><c> along</c><00:26:13.940><c> and</c><00:26:14.180><c> said</c><00:26:14.480><c> that</c>

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that's<00:26:15.460><c> some</c><00:26:15.759><c> other</c><00:26:16.019><c> system,</c><00:26:17.539><c> and</c><00:26:17.779><c> they</c>

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started<00:26:18.279><c> to</c><00:26:18.559><c> preach</c><00:26:18.759><c> that</c><00:26:18.960><c> and</c><00:26:19.099><c> to</c><00:26:19.259><c> teach</c><00:26:19.460><c> that</c><00:26:19.920><c> so</c><00:26:20.200><c> that</c><00:26:20.420><c> the</c>

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eyes<00:26:20.720><c> of</c><00:26:20.900><c> the</c><00:26:21.099><c> disciples</c><00:26:21.440><c> no</c><00:26:21.759><c> longer</c><00:26:22.039><c> could</c>

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see<00:26:22.779><c> what</c><00:26:23.240><c> God</c><00:26:23.579><c> describes</c><00:26:24.279><c> as</c><00:26:25.160><c> the</c><00:26:25.720><c> apostasy,</c><00:26:29.559><c> the</c><00:26:30.059><c> imperception</c><00:26:30.680><c> of</c><00:26:30.940><c> which</c>

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the<00:26:32.240><c> being</c><00:26:32.680><c> deceived</c><00:26:33.299><c> by</c>

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might<00:26:34.720><c> cost</c><00:26:35.000><c> them</c><00:26:35.259><c> salvation,</c><00:26:37.119><c> it</c><00:26:37.380><c> logically</c><00:26:37.940><c> is</c><00:26:38.299><c> upon</c><00:26:38.539><c> not</c>

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that<00:26:51.279><c> we</c><00:26:51.420><c> do</c><00:26:51.579><c> what</c><00:26:51.759><c> we</c><00:26:52.000><c> can</c><00:26:52.400><c> to</c><00:26:52.779><c> make</c><00:26:52.980><c> that</c><00:26:53.259><c> position</c><00:26:53.579><c> clear.</c><00:26:54.420><c> Look</c><00:26:54.700><c> what</c><00:26:54.859><c> we've</c><00:26:55.099><c> got</c><00:26:55.279><c> there.</c><00:26:56.000><c> A</c>

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sin.<00:26:57.740><c> Goodness</c><00:26:58.039><c> me.</c><00:26:59.299><c> What</c><00:26:59.940><c> system</c><00:27:00.359><c> ever</c><00:27:00.759><c> was</c><00:27:01.059><c> headed</c><00:27:01.339><c> up</c><00:27:01.579><c> by</c>

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an<00:27:01.960><c> individual?</c><00:27:02.619><c> What</c><00:27:02.819><c> is</c><00:27:03.000><c> the</c><00:27:03.259><c> autocratic</c>

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system<00:27:04.200><c> of</c><00:27:04.640><c> history?</c><00:27:05.779><c> It's</c><00:27:05.859><c> never</c><00:27:06.059><c> been</c><00:27:06.359><c> anything</c><00:27:06.700><c> like</c><00:27:07.019><c> the</c>

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papacy<00:27:07.519><c> for</c><00:27:07.759><c> an</c><00:27:07.960><c> autocrat.</c><00:27:09.039><c> You</c><00:27:09.119><c> know,</c>

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the<00:27:09.579><c> papacy</c><00:27:09.960><c> didn't</c><00:27:10.200><c> just</c><00:27:10.579><c> claim</c><00:27:10.819><c> that</c><00:27:11.019><c> it</c><00:27:11.059><c> was</c><00:27:11.339><c> a</c><00:27:11.799><c> king</c><00:27:11.799><c> and</c><00:27:12.579><c> sit</c><00:27:12.700><c> in</c><00:27:12.900><c> a</c>

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basilica,<00:27:14.039><c> basilica</c><00:27:14.640><c> coming</c>

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from<00:27:15.180><c> the</c><00:27:15.299><c> word</c><00:27:15.559><c> basilio</c><00:27:16.460><c> which</c><00:27:16.799><c> means</c><00:27:17.119><c> Greek</c><00:27:17.440><c> king.</c><00:27:18.259><c> It</c><00:27:18.380><c> doesn't</c><00:27:18.640><c> just</c>

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sit<00:27:19.119><c> in</c><00:27:20.799><c> a</c><00:27:20.980><c> palace.</c><00:27:23.940><c> It</c><00:27:24.539><c> doesn't</c>

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just<00:27:25.140><c> claim</c><00:27:25.259><c> to</c><00:27:25.400><c> be</c><00:27:25.539><c> a</c><00:27:25.720><c> king.</c><00:27:26.420><c> It</c><00:27:26.700><c> can't</c><00:27:27.000><c> speak</c><00:27:27.140><c> king</c><00:27:27.599><c> of</c><00:27:27.980><c> kings.</c><00:27:29.059><c> Lord</c>

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of<00:27:29.799><c> lords.</c><00:27:31.119><c> Sovereign</c><00:27:31.640><c> ruler</c><00:27:32.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:33.259><c> earth.</c><00:27:33.940><c> Not</c><00:27:34.160><c> just</c><00:27:34.519><c> the</c><00:27:34.660><c> earth.</c><00:27:35.740><c> But</c><00:27:35.960><c> things</c><00:27:36.299><c> other</c><00:27:36.460><c> than</c>

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the<00:27:36.740><c> earth</c><00:27:36.880><c> and</c><00:27:37.019><c> things</c><00:27:37.299><c> in</c><00:27:37.519><c> heaven.</c>

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It's<00:27:39.700><c> absolutely</c><00:27:40.079><c> astounding</c><00:27:41.019><c> what</c><00:27:41.579><c> this</c><00:27:41.799><c> system</c><00:27:42.140><c> has</c><00:27:42.420><c> said.</c>

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There's<00:27:43.059><c> never</c><00:27:43.359><c> been</c><00:27:43.619><c> anything</c><00:27:43.819><c> like</c>

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that<00:27:44.339><c> in</c><00:27:44.480><c> earth's</c><00:27:44.880><c> history.</c><00:27:45.819><c> Look</c><00:27:45.940><c> at</c><00:27:46.099><c> this.</c><00:27:47.019><c> Calling</c><00:27:47.279><c> itself</c>

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God.<00:27:50.559><c> This</c><00:27:50.740><c> is</c><00:27:50.960><c> Pope</c><00:27:51.180><c> Leo</c><00:27:51.460><c> X</c><00:27:51.900><c> and</c><00:27:52.160><c> his</c><00:27:52.339><c> coronation</c>

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The<00:27:53.640><c> date?</c><00:27:54.960><c> 1512</c><00:27:55.519><c> AD.</c><00:27:56.700><c> These</c><00:27:56.980><c> large</c><00:27:57.400><c> placards</c><00:27:57.900><c> beautifully,</c>

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what's<00:28:00.599><c> that</c><00:28:00.799><c> word</c><00:28:00.960><c> when</c><00:28:01.140><c> you</c><00:28:01.279><c> put</c><00:28:01.480><c> the</c><00:28:01.619><c> needle</c>

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through?<00:28:03.339><c> Embroidered.</c><00:28:04.140><c> Beautifully</c><00:28:04.660><c> embroidered</c><00:28:05.240><c> were</c><00:28:05.440><c> set</c><00:28:05.660><c> through</c><00:28:05.940><c> the</c><00:28:06.200><c> streets</c><00:28:06.700><c> of</c>

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Rome<00:28:07.559><c> on</c><00:28:07.839><c> the</c>

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day<00:28:08.279><c> of</c><00:28:08.480><c> his</c><00:28:08.740><c> coronation.</c><00:28:09.859><c> This</c><00:28:10.079><c> is</c><00:28:10.319><c> a</c><00:28:10.460><c> crown</c><00:28:10.740><c> note.</c><00:28:11.619><c> This</c><00:28:11.799><c> is</c>

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a<00:28:12.039><c> crown</c><00:28:12.119><c> with</c><00:28:12.339><c> three</c><00:28:12.700><c> tiers.</c><00:28:15.140><c> This</c><00:28:15.319><c> is</c>

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an<00:28:23.960><c> inscription</c><00:28:23.960><c> at</c><00:28:24.140><c> the</c><00:28:24.240><c> bottom</c><00:28:24.619><c> that</c><00:28:24.880><c> says</c><00:28:24.880><c> this.</c><00:28:25.839><c> Here's</c>

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St.<00:28:26.339><c> Peter's</c><00:28:26.640><c> in</c><00:28:26.759><c> Stadley.</c><00:28:27.720><c> Here's</c><00:28:27.900><c> his</c>

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personal<00:28:28.460><c> home.</c><00:28:29.400><c> The</c><00:28:29.579><c> castle</c><00:28:29.900><c> of</c><00:28:30.440><c> St.</c><00:28:31.039><c> Angelo.</c><00:28:32.420><c> He's</c><00:28:32.599><c> got</c><00:28:32.759><c> a</c>

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foot<00:28:32.980><c> in</c><00:28:33.240><c> the</c><00:28:33.420><c> sea.</c><00:28:34.160><c> He's</c><00:28:34.380><c> got</c><00:28:34.519><c> one</c><00:28:34.759><c> on</c><00:28:35.759><c> the</c>

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land<00:28:36.400><c> and</c><00:28:36.880><c> he's</c><00:28:37.099><c> got</c><00:28:37.279><c> the</c><00:28:37.440><c> keys</c><00:28:37.599><c> of</c><00:28:37.839><c> heaven,</c><00:28:38.519><c> mind</c><00:28:38.700><c> you,</c><00:28:39.440><c> in</c><00:28:39.539><c> his</c><00:28:39.819><c> hand.</c><00:28:40.859><c> That's</c><00:28:41.420><c> a</c>

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man.<00:28:42.880><c> Going</c><00:28:43.240><c> to</c><00:28:53.200><c> be</c>

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God<00:28:53.359><c> himself.</c><00:28:54.460><c> And</c><00:28:54.680><c> that</c><00:28:54.839><c> inscription</c><00:28:55.319><c> says,</c><00:28:56.420><c> in</c><00:28:56.440><c> thy</c><00:28:57.000><c> hand</c><00:28:57.700><c> I</c>

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behold<00:28:58.839><c> the</c><00:28:59.200><c> empire</c><00:29:00.119><c> of</c><00:29:00.599><c> earth</c><00:29:01.259><c> and</c>

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sea<00:29:02.599><c> and</c><00:29:03.299><c> heaven.</c><00:29:04.759><c> It's</c><00:29:04.940><c> just</c><00:29:05.160><c> astonishing.</c><00:29:06.299><c> You</c><00:29:06.420><c> can</c><00:29:06.599><c> only</c>

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believe<00:29:07.099><c> it's</c><00:29:07.440><c> ever</c><00:29:07.700><c> true.</c><00:29:08.160><c> That's</c><00:29:08.259><c> the</c>

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facts.<00:29:09.779><c> That</c><00:29:10.039><c> system</c><00:29:10.579><c> paraded</c><00:29:11.380><c> like</c><00:29:11.680><c> that</c><00:29:11.839><c> for</c><00:29:12.420><c> hundreds</c><00:29:12.880><c> of</c>

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years.<00:29:14.839><c> Is</c><00:29:15.019><c> that</c><00:29:15.259><c> not</c><00:29:15.460><c> going</c><00:29:15.599><c> to</c><00:29:15.740><c> be</c><00:29:15.920><c> found</c><00:29:16.119><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:16.880><c> Bible?</c><00:29:17.579><c> Is</c><00:29:17.880><c> there</c><00:29:18.000><c> not</c><00:29:18.160><c> going</c><00:29:18.359><c> to</c><00:29:18.559><c> be</c><00:29:19.319><c> a</c><00:29:19.720><c> description</c><00:29:20.079><c> of</c>

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that<00:29:20.460><c> system</c><00:29:20.779><c> in</c><00:29:20.980><c> the</c><00:29:21.079><c> Bible?</c><00:29:23.819><c> I</c><00:29:24.240><c> don't</c><00:29:24.420><c> answer</c>

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that.<00:29:25.940><c> Of</c><00:29:26.200><c> course</c><00:29:26.359><c> there's</c><00:29:26.519><c> going</c><00:29:26.720><c> to</c><00:29:26.819><c> be</c><00:29:26.940><c> a</c><00:29:27.059><c> description</c><00:29:27.420><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:27.660><c> Bible.</c><00:29:28.380><c> If</c><00:29:28.579><c> that's</c><00:29:28.900><c> an</c><00:29:29.059><c> apostasy,</c><00:29:30.000><c> tell</c>

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me<00:29:30.240><c> what</c><00:29:30.519><c> the</c><00:29:30.859><c> apostasy</c><00:29:31.420><c> group</c><00:29:31.559><c> is.</c><00:29:32.420><c> Could</c><00:29:32.619><c> you</c><00:29:32.779><c> get</c><00:29:32.980><c> anything</c>

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more<00:29:33.740><c> assumptive</c><00:29:34.240><c> than</c><00:29:34.480><c> that?</c><00:29:35.559><c> Could</c>

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there<00:29:35.900><c> be</c><00:29:36.059><c> any</c><00:29:36.400><c> other</c><00:29:36.660><c> description</c><00:29:37.279><c> that</c><00:29:37.700><c> could</c><00:29:38.000><c> more</c><00:29:38.559><c> appropriately</c><00:29:39.660><c> fulfil</c>

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the<00:29:42.000><c> terms</c><00:29:42.240><c> of</c><00:29:42.440><c> our</c>

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Bible?<00:29:42.680><c> Is</c><00:29:42.680><c> it</c><00:29:42.680><c> in</c><00:29:42.779><c> the</c><00:29:42.960><c> Thessalonians</c><00:29:43.599><c> 2?</c><00:29:44.700><c> Called</c><00:29:45.160><c> God?</c><00:29:47.579><c> As</c>

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God?<00:29:49.740><c> Sitteth</c><00:29:50.039><c> in</c><00:29:50.160><c> the</c><00:29:50.400><c> temple</c><00:29:50.799><c> of</c><00:29:51.000><c> God?</c>

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It's<00:29:53.900><c> absolutely</c><00:29:54.279><c> remarkable.</c><00:29:55.680><c> And</c><00:29:55.779><c> the</c><00:29:55.859><c> thing</c><00:29:56.039><c> that</c><00:29:56.799><c> so</c><00:29:57.140><c> amazes</c><00:29:57.660><c> me</c>

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when<00:29:58.519><c> I</c><00:29:58.720><c> read</c><00:29:58.839><c> about</c><00:29:59.160><c> the</c><00:29:59.460><c> papacy</c>

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today<00:30:00.180><c> and</c><00:30:00.440><c> papacy</c><00:30:00.819><c> in</c><00:30:01.119><c> history</c><00:30:01.359><c> is</c><00:30:02.019><c> the</c><00:30:02.339><c> incredible</c><00:30:02.819><c> accuracy</c><00:30:03.339><c> of</c><00:30:03.759><c> the</c>

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Bible.<00:30:04.859><c> I</c><00:30:05.079><c> just</c><00:30:05.380><c> feel</c><00:30:05.680><c> spellbound</c>

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by<00:30:06.579><c> it.</c><00:30:07.140><c> And</c><00:30:07.319><c> all</c><00:30:07.460><c> I</c><00:30:07.519><c> want</c><00:30:07.680><c> to</c><00:30:07.759><c> do,</c><00:30:08.019><c> my</c><00:30:08.099><c> dear</c><00:30:08.240><c> brothers</c><00:30:08.480><c> and</c><00:30:08.720><c> sisters,</c><00:30:08.779><c> is</c>

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rise<00:30:09.440><c> up</c><00:30:09.759><c> and</c><00:30:09.960><c> proclaim</c><00:30:10.579><c> that</c>

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my<00:30:11.400><c> brothers</c><00:30:11.819><c> and</c><00:30:11.819><c> sisters</c><00:30:12.180><c> might</c><00:30:12.480><c> see</c><00:30:12.799><c> in</c><00:30:13.160><c> clear</c><00:30:13.660><c> vision</c><00:30:14.299><c> what</c><00:30:15.059><c> an</c>

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enormous<00:30:16.180><c> system</c><00:30:16.700><c> it</c><00:30:16.880><c> has</c><00:30:17.099><c> been.</c>

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A<00:30:18.480><c> matter</c><00:30:18.799><c> of</c><00:30:19.200><c> apostolic</c><00:30:19.700><c> Bible</c><00:30:20.119><c> class?</c><00:30:20.779><c> Why?</c><00:30:22.660><c> What</c><00:30:22.900><c> did</c><00:30:23.000><c> we</c>

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look<00:30:23.240><c> at</c><00:30:23.359><c> this</c><00:30:23.599><c> morning?</c><00:30:24.420><c> We</c><00:30:24.599><c> just</c><00:30:24.859><c> wrote</c>

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those<00:30:25.259><c> 11</c><00:30:25.519><c> points</c><00:30:25.880><c> down,</c><00:30:26.119><c> didn't</c><00:30:26.319><c> we?</c><00:30:26.759><c> Let's</c><00:30:26.980><c> have</c><00:30:27.140><c> a</c><00:30:27.180><c> quick</c>

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look<00:30:27.559><c> at</c><00:30:27.579><c> those</c><00:30:27.839><c> again.</c><00:30:28.160><c> Have</c><00:30:28.220><c> you</c><00:30:28.359><c> got</c>

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them?<00:30:32.359><c> The</c><00:30:32.940><c> simple</c><00:30:33.400><c> logic</c><00:30:34.039><c> that</c><00:30:35.380><c> we</c><00:30:35.660><c> presented</c><00:30:36.000><c> this</c><00:30:36.259><c> morning</c>

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in<00:30:37.400><c> Daniel</c><00:30:37.779><c> 7.</c><00:30:40.960><c> You</c><00:30:40.960><c> see,</c><00:30:41.539><c> it's</c><00:30:41.640><c> not</c>

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just<00:30:42.279><c> an</c><00:30:42.500><c> academic</c><00:30:42.960><c> thought.</c><00:30:43.839><c> I</c><00:30:44.039><c> know</c><00:30:44.339><c> that</c><00:30:44.539><c> it</c><00:30:44.599><c> can</c><00:30:44.859><c> sometimes</c><00:30:45.420><c> be</c><00:30:45.599><c> viewed</c><00:30:45.759><c> that</c>

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way,<00:30:46.440><c> but</c><00:30:46.619><c> I</c><00:30:46.880><c> ask</c><00:30:47.240><c> you</c>

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sincerely,<00:30:48.240><c> is</c><00:30:48.460><c> it</c><00:30:48.599><c> really</c><00:30:49.099><c> a</c><00:30:49.319><c> matter</c><00:30:49.500><c> of</c><00:30:49.740><c> academic</c><00:30:50.059><c> thought</c>

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in<00:30:50.839><c> the</c><00:30:50.980><c> light</c><00:30:51.140><c> of</c><00:30:51.359><c> 2</c><00:30:51.460><c> Thessalonians</c><00:30:52.180><c> 2?</c>

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It's<00:30:52.640><c> not,</c><00:30:53.039><c> is</c><00:30:53.039><c> it?</c><00:30:53.819><c> It's</c><00:30:54.140><c> a</c><00:30:54.180><c> matter</c><00:30:54.400><c> of</c><00:30:54.559><c> which</c><00:30:54.720><c> we're</c><00:30:55.240><c> expected</c><00:30:55.599><c> to</c><00:30:56.579><c> take</c>

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the<00:30:57.039><c> Apostles'</c><00:30:58.539><c> clear</c><00:30:58.539><c> leads</c>

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and<00:30:59.819><c> come</c><00:31:00.079><c> to</c><00:31:00.279><c> conclusions</c><00:31:00.819><c> that</c><00:31:00.960><c> they</c><00:31:01.180><c> might</c><00:31:01.339><c> be</c><00:31:01.599><c> of</c><00:31:01.880><c> practical</c><00:31:02.319><c> benefit</c>

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:04.900
to<00:31:03.460><c> our</c><00:31:03.640><c> beloved</c><00:31:04.119><c> brotherhood</c>

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:11.599
in<00:31:05.279><c> times</c><00:31:05.839><c> of</c><00:31:06.420><c> urgency.</c><00:31:07.859><c> Now</c><00:31:07.940><c> in</c><00:31:08.200><c> Daniel</c><00:31:08.759><c> 7,</c><00:31:10.980><c> these</c><00:31:11.279><c> were</c><00:31:11.480><c> the</c>

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:13.880
points<00:31:11.779><c> that</c><00:31:11.960><c> we</c><00:31:12.140><c> wrote</c><00:31:12.319><c> down</c><00:31:12.599><c> this</c><00:31:12.920><c> morning.</c>

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:17.680
It<00:31:14.640><c> was</c><00:31:14.920><c> Roman,</c><00:31:15.319><c> wasn't</c><00:31:15.599><c> it?</c><00:31:15.960><c> Because</c><00:31:16.240><c> there</c><00:31:16.400><c> were</c><00:31:16.559><c> four</c><00:31:16.799><c> beasts.</c><00:31:17.539><c> The</c>

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:21.700
four<00:31:17.960><c> beasts</c><00:31:18.180><c> went</c><00:31:18.660><c> from</c><00:31:19.059><c> the</c>

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:25.660
time<00:31:22.259><c> of</c><00:31:22.819><c> the</c><00:31:23.019><c> taking</c><00:31:23.259><c> of</c><00:31:23.480><c> the</c><00:31:23.599><c> kingdom.</c><00:31:24.839><c> How</c><00:31:25.039><c> many</c><00:31:25.299><c> kingdoms</c>

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:27.920
were<00:31:25.980><c> there</c><00:31:26.579><c> in</c><00:31:26.779><c> Daniel</c><00:31:27.119><c> chapter</c><00:31:27.440><c> 2</c><00:31:27.640><c> during</c>

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:30.859
that<00:31:28.099><c> period</c><00:31:28.339><c> of</c><00:31:28.539><c> time?</c><00:31:29.039><c> There</c><00:31:29.119><c> were</c><00:31:29.319><c> four</c><00:31:29.579><c> kingdoms.</c><00:31:30.599><c> Four</c>

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:33.680
medals,<00:31:31.680><c> four</c><00:31:31.960><c> beasts.</c><00:31:32.980><c> What</c><00:31:33.200><c> happens</c><00:31:33.500><c> in</c>

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:36.779
Daniel<00:31:33.980><c> chapter</c><00:31:34.279><c> 7?</c><00:31:34.900><c> It</c><00:31:35.019><c> goes</c><00:31:35.299><c> straight</c><00:31:35.700><c> through</c><00:31:35.900><c> to</c><00:31:36.000><c> the</c><00:31:36.140><c> kingdom.</c><00:31:36.660><c> The</c>

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:38.039
saints<00:31:37.059><c> possessed</c><00:31:37.579><c> the</c><00:31:37.779><c> kingdom.</c>

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:47.980
Remember<00:31:38.440><c> that?</c><00:31:39.359><c> In</c><00:31:39.380><c> verse</c><00:31:42.079><c> 14</c><00:31:42.799><c> and</c><00:31:43.640><c> again</c><00:31:44.079><c> in</c><00:31:44.400><c> verse</c><00:31:45.160><c> 27.</c><00:31:47.799><c> The</c>

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:51.099
saints<00:31:48.299><c> possessed</c><00:31:48.740><c> the</c><00:31:48.960><c> kingdom.</c><00:31:50.259><c> So</c><00:31:50.819><c> whatever</c>

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:55.380
we've<00:31:51.319><c> got</c><00:31:51.480><c> in</c><00:31:51.619><c> Daniel</c><00:31:51.859><c> 7</c><00:31:52.359><c> encompasses</c><00:31:53.220><c> the</c><00:31:53.700><c> whole</c><00:31:54.059><c> period</c><00:31:54.539><c> of</c>

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:58.740
the<00:31:55.599><c> time</c><00:31:55.819><c> before</c><00:31:56.200><c> the</c><00:31:56.359><c> kingdom.</c><00:31:58.599><c> It's</c>

00:31:58.740 --> 00:32:04.200
not<00:31:58.859><c> as</c><00:31:59.099><c> though</c><00:31:59.380><c> it's</c><00:31:59.559><c> part</c><00:31:59.779><c> of</c><00:31:59.980><c> the</c><00:32:00.099><c> story.</c><00:32:00.519><c> It</c><00:32:00.759><c> possesses</c><00:32:01.140><c> the</c><00:32:01.220><c> whole</c><00:32:02.180><c> scene.</c><00:32:03.940><c> So</c>

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:05.339
the<00:32:04.460><c> fourth</c><00:32:04.740><c> beast</c><00:32:04.980><c> must</c>

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:07.799
therefore<00:32:05.660><c> be</c><00:32:05.900><c> Roman,</c><00:32:06.339><c> because</c><00:32:06.519><c> that</c><00:32:06.740><c> was</c><00:32:06.940><c> the</c><00:32:07.059><c> fourth</c><00:32:07.339><c> great</c>

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:10.160
world<00:32:08.000><c> empire.</c><00:32:08.920><c> Its</c><00:32:09.039><c> effects</c><00:32:09.380><c> are</c><00:32:09.700><c> still</c>

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:14.319
around<00:32:10.500><c> about</c><00:32:10.779><c> us</c><00:32:11.220><c> everywhere</c><00:32:11.599><c> today.</c><00:32:13.000><c> And</c><00:32:13.119><c> so</c><00:32:13.319><c> in</c><00:32:13.539><c> verse</c><00:32:13.700><c> 8,</c>

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:16.839
where<00:32:14.759><c> we</c><00:32:14.940><c> have</c><00:32:15.059><c> that</c><00:32:15.400><c> little</c><00:32:15.759><c> horn</c><00:32:16.259><c> of</c>

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:20.160
that<00:32:17.160><c> fourth</c><00:32:17.539><c> beast,</c><00:32:18.279><c> in</c><00:32:18.579><c> Daniel</c><00:32:18.819><c> chapter</c><00:32:19.099><c> 7</c><00:32:19.420><c> and</c><00:32:19.579><c> verse</c><00:32:19.759><c> 8,</c>

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:23.740
it's<00:32:20.720><c> got</c><00:32:20.920><c> to</c><00:32:21.119><c> spring</c><00:32:21.319><c> up</c><00:32:21.740><c> in</c><00:32:22.319><c> Roman</c><00:32:22.740><c> times.</c>

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:27.480
Does<00:32:24.700><c> anybody</c><00:32:25.079><c> have</c><00:32:25.339><c> difficulty</c><00:32:25.779><c> with</c><00:32:25.980><c> that?</c><00:32:26.160><c> I</c><00:32:26.259><c> haven't</c><00:32:26.460><c> heard</c><00:32:26.619><c> anyone</c><00:32:26.940><c> that</c><00:32:27.160><c> does,</c><00:32:27.380><c> but</c>

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:27.799
if<00:32:27.619><c> you</c>

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:32.359
do,<00:32:28.440><c> say</c><00:32:28.779><c> now</c><00:32:29.180><c> or</c><00:32:29.279><c> say</c><00:32:29.579><c> later,</c><00:32:30.740><c> because</c><00:32:31.000><c> I</c><00:32:31.180><c> can't</c><00:32:31.480><c> see</c><00:32:31.720><c> any</c><00:32:32.019><c> other</c><00:32:32.200><c> way</c>

00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:33.240
out<00:32:32.480><c> of</c><00:32:32.539><c> that.</c><00:32:32.660><c> I'd</c><00:32:32.859><c> be</c><00:32:32.980><c> interested</c>

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:35.900
if<00:32:33.380><c> somebody</c><00:32:33.640><c> thinks</c><00:32:33.920><c> there</c><00:32:34.079><c> is.</c><00:32:34.200><c> I</c><00:32:34.420><c> can't</c><00:32:34.640><c> see</c><00:32:34.779><c> any</c><00:32:34.920><c> other</c><00:32:35.079><c> way</c><00:32:35.220><c> out.</c><00:32:35.400><c> It's</c><00:32:35.700><c> got</c><00:32:35.799><c> to</c>

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.920
be<00:32:36.019><c> Roman.</c><00:32:36.640><c> It's</c>

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:39.880
got<00:32:37.019><c> to</c><00:32:37.259><c> spring</c><00:32:37.420><c> up</c><00:32:37.720><c> in</c><00:32:37.940><c> Roman</c><00:32:38.279><c> times.</c><00:32:39.339><c> I'll</c><00:32:39.640><c> show</c><00:32:39.680><c> you</c><00:32:39.799><c> an</c>

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:41.079
interesting<00:32:40.200><c> little</c><00:32:40.500><c> point</c><00:32:40.640><c> about</c><00:32:40.859><c> that</c>

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:48.420
later.<00:32:43.539><c> It</c><00:32:43.819><c> arose,</c><00:32:44.539><c> we</c><00:32:44.980><c> may</c><00:32:45.299><c> point</c><00:32:45.660><c> to,</c><00:32:46.140><c> after</c><00:32:46.859><c> the</c><00:32:47.380><c> others.</c>

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:51.980
Verse<00:32:50.220><c> 20</c><00:32:50.660><c> it</c><00:32:50.839><c> says,</c><00:32:51.140><c> and</c><00:32:51.140><c> of</c><00:32:51.259><c> the</c><00:32:51.440><c> ten</c><00:32:51.660><c> horns</c>

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:57.839
that<00:32:52.160><c> were</c><00:32:52.359><c> in</c><00:32:52.539><c> his</c><00:32:52.839><c> head,</c><00:32:53.519><c> and</c><00:32:53.660><c> of</c><00:32:53.759><c> the</c><00:32:53.920><c> other</c><00:32:54.160><c> which</c><00:32:54.400><c> came</c><00:32:54.700><c> up,</c><00:32:55.279><c> and</c><00:32:55.420><c> before</c><00:32:55.880><c> whom</c><00:32:56.279><c> three</c><00:32:56.660><c> fell.</c><00:32:57.420><c> So</c><00:32:57.700><c> the</c>

00:32:57.839 --> 00:33:11.059
Roman<00:32:58.220><c> empire</c><00:32:58.700><c> has</c><00:32:58.980><c> to</c><00:32:59.299><c> break</c><00:32:59.539><c> up</c><00:33:00.039><c> under</c><00:33:00.539><c> the,</c><00:33:01.099><c> as</c><00:33:01.500><c> history</c><00:33:01.720><c> tells</c><00:33:02.039><c> us,</c><00:33:02.819><c> under</c><00:33:02.980><c> the</c><00:33:03.240><c> effects</c><00:33:03.779><c> of</c><00:33:05.119><c> the</c>

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:14.900
They<00:33:11.059><c> have</c><00:33:11.319><c> come</c><00:33:11.559><c> in.</c><00:33:12.480><c> Then</c><00:33:12.940><c> the</c><00:33:13.220><c> papacy</c><00:33:13.799><c> and</c><00:33:14.480><c> the</c><00:33:14.640><c> little</c>

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:17.019
horn<00:33:15.099><c> that</c><00:33:15.359><c> spoke</c><00:33:15.619><c> great</c><00:33:15.940><c> things</c><00:33:16.579><c> will</c>

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:21.319
set<00:33:17.180><c> itself</c><00:33:17.500><c> up.</c><00:33:17.900><c> So</c><00:33:18.059><c> it</c><00:33:18.140><c> tells</c><00:33:18.400><c> us</c><00:33:18.660><c> the</c><00:33:18.880><c> time</c><00:33:19.079><c> period.</c><00:33:20.700><c> It</c><00:33:20.920><c> also,</c><00:33:21.119><c> of</c>

00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:24.000
course,<00:33:22.400><c> confirms</c><00:33:22.799><c> what</c><00:33:23.200><c> 2</c><00:33:23.339><c> Thessalonians</c>

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:27.160
do,<00:33:24.599><c> that</c><00:33:24.799><c> there</c><00:33:24.980><c> was</c><00:33:25.220><c> a</c><00:33:25.380><c> restraining</c><00:33:26.059><c> force</c><00:33:26.539><c> first.</c><00:33:26.980><c> What</c>

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:29.180
was<00:33:27.339><c> that</c><00:33:27.519><c> restraining</c><00:33:27.980><c> force?</c><00:33:28.799><c> It's</c><00:33:29.000><c> not</c>

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:32.700
hard<00:33:29.380><c> to</c><00:33:29.579><c> deduce</c><00:33:29.799><c> that,</c><00:33:30.180><c> is</c><00:33:30.200><c> it?</c><00:33:31.099><c> Everybody</c><00:33:31.559><c> will</c><00:33:31.819><c> tell</c><00:33:32.000><c> you.</c>

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:35.019
It<00:33:33.160><c> was</c><00:33:33.380><c> the</c><00:33:33.519><c> pagan</c><00:33:33.839><c> power,</c><00:33:34.480><c> the</c><00:33:34.619><c> Roman</c>

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:41.079
pagan<00:33:35.619><c> power,</c><00:33:36.700><c> which</c><00:33:37.000><c> fought</c><00:33:37.279><c> desperately</c><00:33:37.900><c> with</c><00:33:38.240><c> Christianity</c><00:33:38.960><c> in</c><00:33:39.539><c> the</c><00:33:39.579><c> days</c><00:33:39.920><c> of</c><00:33:40.319><c> Constantine.</c>

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:44.319
And<00:33:41.579><c> there</c><00:33:41.660><c> was</c><00:33:42.019><c> a</c><00:33:42.160><c> vicious</c><00:33:42.720><c> interaction</c><00:33:43.500><c> of</c><00:33:43.720><c> forces,</c><00:33:44.079><c> wasn't</c>

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:46.700
there?<00:33:44.839><c> As</c><00:33:45.039><c> one</c><00:33:45.480><c> vied</c><00:33:45.819><c> with</c><00:33:46.039><c> the</c><00:33:46.180><c> other,</c>

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:50.700
until<00:33:47.160><c> eventually,</c><00:33:47.779><c> over</c><00:33:48.039><c> a</c><00:33:48.039><c> period</c><00:33:48.319><c> of</c><00:33:48.500><c> 12</c><00:33:48.799><c> years,</c><00:33:49.759><c> Constantine</c><00:33:50.319><c> caused</c>

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:52.339
paganism<00:33:51.319><c> to</c><00:33:51.559><c> flee.</c><00:33:52.299><c> There</c>

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:55.400
was<00:33:52.559><c> only</c><00:33:52.839><c> one</c><00:33:53.160><c> flick</c><00:33:53.279><c> of</c><00:33:53.460><c> the</c><00:33:53.619><c> tail</c><00:33:53.839><c> later</c><00:33:54.119><c> on,</c><00:33:54.720><c> so</c><00:33:54.920><c> to</c><00:33:55.140><c> speak,</c>

00:33:55.440 --> 00:34:05.000
in<00:33:55.500><c> the</c><00:33:55.660><c> days</c><00:33:55.980><c> of</c><00:33:56.539><c> one</c><00:33:56.839><c> called,</c><00:33:58.619><c> was</c><00:34:00.660><c> it</c>

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:09.159
later<00:34:05.180><c> on.</c><00:34:06.119><c> But</c><00:34:06.240><c> apart</c><00:34:06.559><c> from</c><00:34:06.759><c> that,</c><00:34:07.940><c> paganism</c><00:34:08.360><c> was</c><00:34:08.639><c> eclipsed</c>

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:13.820
from<00:34:09.440><c> then</c><00:34:09.639><c> on.</c><00:34:12.920><c> Point</c><00:34:13.139><c> number</c><00:34:13.500><c> three,</c>

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:18.039
it<00:34:14.199><c> conquered</c><00:34:14.639><c> three</c><00:34:15.400><c> others</c><00:34:15.840><c> of</c><00:34:16.300><c> those</c><00:34:16.980><c> that</c><00:34:17.340><c> had</c><00:34:17.559><c> come</c><00:34:17.780><c> in</c>

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:20.340
and<00:34:18.280><c> settled</c><00:34:18.519><c> in</c><00:34:19.119><c> the</c><00:34:19.340><c> Roman</c><00:34:19.619><c> empire.</c><00:34:20.059><c> Three</c>

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:24.119
of<00:34:20.500><c> the</c><00:34:20.820><c> horns.</c><00:34:21.500><c> That's</c><00:34:21.780><c> told</c><00:34:21.980><c> us</c><00:34:22.119><c> in</c><00:34:22.239><c> verse</c><00:34:22.440><c> 20</c><00:34:22.980><c> and</c><00:34:23.599><c> in</c><00:34:23.860><c> verse</c>

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:34.980
8.<00:34:26.199><c> Point</c><00:34:26.559><c> number</c><00:34:26.880><c> four,</c><00:34:27.300><c> of</c><00:34:34.980><c> the</c><00:34:34.980><c> fourth</c>

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:43.119
It<00:34:35.880><c> had</c><00:34:36.079><c> eyes</c><00:34:36.780><c> and</c><00:34:37.099><c> a</c><00:34:37.400><c> mouth.</c><00:34:38.619><c> It</c><00:34:38.719><c> was</c><00:34:39.059><c> perceptive.</c><00:34:40.579><c> There's</c><00:34:40.719><c> never,</c><00:34:40.980><c> in</c><00:34:41.079><c> my</c><00:34:41.360><c> opinion,</c><00:34:42.119><c> been</c><00:34:42.320><c> a</c><00:34:42.739><c> diplomacy</c>

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:46.900
in<00:34:43.340><c> the</c><00:34:43.519><c> world</c><00:34:43.940><c> like</c><00:34:44.739><c> the,</c><00:34:44.960><c> like</c><00:34:45.639><c> the</c><00:34:45.860><c> Vatican's.</c><00:34:46.559><c> It</c><00:34:46.699><c> would</c>

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:51.880
outstrip<00:34:47.420><c> any</c><00:34:47.820><c> other</c><00:34:48.179><c> system</c><00:34:48.659><c> in</c><00:34:50.059><c> historical,</c>

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:57.219
relayed<00:34:53.300><c> diplomacy.</c><00:34:54.079><c> It</c><00:34:54.300><c> still</c><00:34:54.460><c> has</c><00:34:54.699><c> that</c><00:34:54.920><c> today.</c><00:34:56.579><c> It</c><00:34:56.760><c> has</c><00:34:56.980><c> a</c>

00:34:57.219 --> 00:35:01.079
mouth.<00:34:58.099><c> Has</c><00:34:58.320><c> it</c><00:34:58.480><c> a</c><00:34:58.599><c> mouth?</c><00:34:59.440><c> That's</c><00:34:59.940><c> also</c>

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:05.619
what<00:35:01.579><c> Paul</c><00:35:01.940><c> noted</c><00:35:02.260><c> in</c><00:35:02.480><c> this</c><00:35:02.719><c> passage.</c><00:35:04.980><c> Here's</c><00:35:05.159><c> the</c><00:35:05.239><c> sort</c><00:35:05.400><c> of</c>

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:08.679
things,<00:35:06.820><c> he</c><00:35:06.960><c> says,</c><00:35:07.400><c> not</c><00:35:07.619><c> only</c><00:35:07.820><c> what</c><00:35:08.260><c> we</c>

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:12.239
just<00:35:08.920><c> had</c><00:35:09.019><c> over</c><00:35:09.179><c> in</c><00:35:09.780><c> that</c><00:35:10.079><c> inscription</c><00:35:10.519><c> before,</c><00:35:11.739><c> but</c><00:35:11.880><c> look</c><00:35:12.079><c> at</c>

00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:16.079
that<00:35:12.539><c> from</c><00:35:12.840><c> now.</c><00:35:14.579><c> That's</c><00:35:15.059><c> the</c><00:35:15.280><c> titles,</c>

00:35:16.219 --> 00:35:21.320
the<00:35:16.460><c> exact</c><00:35:16.719><c> titles</c><00:35:17.139><c> of</c><00:35:17.380><c> the</c><00:35:17.519><c> papacy</c><00:35:17.900><c> today.</c><00:35:20.159><c> But</c><00:35:20.239><c> the</c><00:35:20.480><c> title.</c>

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:24.940
He's<00:35:22.659><c> called</c><00:35:22.900><c> Papa.</c><00:35:24.559><c> And</c><00:35:24.760><c> the</c><00:35:24.820><c> brother</c>

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:29.340
was<00:35:25.179><c> telling</c><00:35:25.360><c> me</c><00:35:25.579><c> the</c><00:35:25.659><c> other</c><00:35:25.860><c> day,</c><00:35:26.380><c> and</c><00:35:26.539><c> they</c><00:35:26.699><c> were</c><00:35:26.960><c> in</c><00:35:27.260><c> Rome</c><00:35:27.579><c> some</c><00:35:28.500><c> little</c><00:35:28.699><c> while</c><00:35:28.900><c> ago,</c><00:35:29.260><c> a</c>

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.699
year<00:35:29.480><c> or</c><00:35:29.579><c> two</c>

00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:34.699
ago,<00:35:30.960><c> they</c><00:35:30.960><c> heard</c><00:35:31.159><c> the</c><00:35:31.340><c> crowd</c><00:35:31.619><c> crying</c><00:35:32.059><c> out,</c><00:35:32.539><c> El</c><00:35:32.900><c> Papa,</c><00:35:34.460><c> the</c>

00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:36.400
father,<00:35:35.420><c> the</c><00:35:35.639><c> father.</c><00:35:36.019><c> That's</c><00:35:36.239><c> what</c>

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:41.320
that<00:35:36.619><c> means.</c><00:35:37.780><c> As</c><00:35:37.940><c> though</c><00:35:38.099><c> Jesus</c><00:35:38.460><c> never</c><00:35:38.960><c> said,</c><00:35:39.860><c> call</c><00:35:40.480><c> no</c><00:35:40.920><c> man</c>

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:43.300
father.<00:35:42.400><c> That's</c><00:35:42.579><c> what</c><00:35:42.699><c> he's</c><00:35:42.900><c> been</c><00:35:43.099><c> doing</c>

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:47.739
for<00:35:43.619><c> centuries</c><00:35:44.079><c> of</c><00:35:44.380><c> time.</c><00:35:44.960><c> El</c><00:35:45.360><c> Papa,</c><00:35:46.239><c> the</c><00:35:46.380><c> Pope,</c><00:35:47.139><c> the</c><00:35:47.300><c> father,</c>

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:50.920
the<00:35:48.440><c> father.</c><00:35:49.619><c> A</c><00:35:49.880><c> childlike</c><00:35:50.400><c> name</c><00:35:50.659><c> for</c>

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:55.500
father.<00:35:52.380><c> So</c><00:35:52.639><c> they,</c><00:35:53.079><c> like</c><00:35:53.280><c> young</c><00:35:53.519><c> children,</c><00:35:54.400><c> are</c><00:35:54.739><c> crying</c><00:35:55.059><c> unto</c>

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:59.679
him<00:35:55.840><c> as</c><00:35:56.059><c> their</c><00:35:56.260><c> father.</c><00:35:59.039><c> That's</c><00:35:59.679><c> some</c>

00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:04.360
of<00:35:59.679><c> what</c><00:35:59.679><c> the</c><00:35:59.679><c> Master</c><00:36:00.019><c> said.</c><00:36:01.300><c> He's</c><00:36:01.420><c> also</c><00:36:01.800><c> called</c><00:36:02.260><c> His</c><00:36:03.179><c> Holiness.</c><00:36:04.179><c> Would</c>

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:05.260
you<00:36:04.480><c> like</c><00:36:04.659><c> to</c><00:36:04.800><c> walk</c><00:36:05.019><c> around</c>

00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:09.719
with<00:36:05.460><c> a</c><00:36:05.599><c> title</c><00:36:05.800><c> like</c><00:36:06.059><c> that?</c><00:36:07.559><c> What</c><00:36:07.800><c> sort</c><00:36:08.039><c> of</c><00:36:08.199><c> an</c><00:36:08.440><c> intellect</c><00:36:08.920><c> has</c>

00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:13.579
that<00:36:10.019><c> system</c><00:36:10.380><c> got?</c><00:36:12.000><c> What</c><00:36:12.260><c> sort</c><00:36:12.519><c> of</c><00:36:12.679><c> sense</c><00:36:13.019><c> of</c>

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:18.420
God<00:36:13.880><c> have</c><00:36:14.099><c> they</c><00:36:14.340><c> had?</c><00:36:14.719><c> He's</c><00:36:15.099><c> also</c><00:36:15.500><c> called</c><00:36:16.079><c> the</c><00:36:16.679><c> Holy</c><00:36:17.320><c> Father.</c>

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:20.380
A<00:36:18.699><c> term</c><00:36:18.820><c> which</c><00:36:19.099><c> is</c><00:36:19.219><c> only</c><00:36:19.480><c> found</c><00:36:19.719><c> in</c><00:36:19.880><c> Scripture,</c>

00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:23.659
as<00:36:20.940><c> far</c><00:36:21.119><c> as</c><00:36:21.280><c> I</c><00:36:21.440><c> can</c><00:36:21.659><c> remember,</c><00:36:22.440><c> in</c><00:36:22.559><c> the</c><00:36:22.840><c> prayer</c><00:36:23.079><c> of</c><00:36:23.320><c> our</c><00:36:23.480><c> Lord</c>

00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:27.159
Jesus<00:36:24.099><c> Christ</c><00:36:24.739><c> to</c><00:36:25.340><c> His</c><00:36:25.679><c> Father.</c><00:36:26.739><c> Holy</c>

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:32.840
Father,<00:36:27.699><c> He</c><00:36:27.699><c> said.</c><00:36:28.940><c> This</c><00:36:29.260><c> man</c><00:36:29.800><c> walks</c><00:36:30.619><c> around</c><00:36:30.980><c> with</c><00:36:31.179><c> people</c><00:36:31.519><c> addressing</c><00:36:32.019><c> him</c><00:36:32.519><c> as</c>

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:33.579
that.<00:36:33.179><c> It's</c><00:36:33.340><c> one</c><00:36:33.559><c> of</c>

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:36.900
his<00:36:33.820><c> official</c><00:36:34.219><c> titles</c><00:36:34.559><c> as</c><00:36:34.820><c> all</c><00:36:35.000><c> these</c><00:36:35.199><c> are.</c><00:36:36.079><c> The</c><00:36:36.280><c> Bishop</c><00:36:36.599><c> of</c>

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:40.960
Rome.<00:36:38.179><c> Vicar</c><00:36:38.639><c> of</c><00:36:39.059><c> Jesus</c><00:36:39.559><c> Christ.</c><00:36:40.579><c> In</c>

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:47.519
Christ's<00:36:41.900><c> place.</c><00:36:43.539><c> Successor</c><00:36:44.159><c> of</c><00:36:44.320><c> Saint</c><00:36:44.579><c> Peter.</c><00:36:46.739><c> The</c><00:36:47.059><c> Prince</c>

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:51.179
of<00:36:47.860><c> the</c><00:36:48.099><c> Apostles.</c><00:36:49.280><c> Prince.</c><00:36:50.900><c> He</c><00:36:51.059><c> that</c>

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:56.420
is<00:36:51.420><c> greatest</c><00:36:51.659><c> among</c><00:36:52.079><c> you.</c><00:36:52.719><c> Let</c><00:36:52.760><c> him</c><00:36:52.960><c> be</c><00:36:53.179><c> servant</c><00:36:53.420><c> of</c><00:36:53.679><c> all.</c><00:36:54.659><c> Supreme</c><00:36:55.340><c> Pontiff</c><00:36:56.119><c> of</c>

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:59.139
the<00:36:56.739><c> Universal</c><00:36:57.539><c> Church.</c>

00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:04.119
Patriarch<00:37:00.260><c> of</c><00:37:00.500><c> the</c><00:37:00.679><c> West.</c><00:37:02.059><c> Primate</c><00:37:02.260><c> of</c><00:37:02.539><c> Italy.</c><00:37:03.500><c> Archbishop</c>

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:05.880
and<00:37:04.420><c> Metropolitan</c><00:37:05.159><c> of</c><00:37:05.400><c> the</c><00:37:05.559><c> Roman</c>

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:11.760
Province.<00:37:06.760><c> You</c><00:37:06.820><c> notice</c><00:37:07.159><c> that?</c><00:37:08.880><c> He's</c><00:37:09.099><c> Archbishop</c><00:37:09.800><c> and</c><00:37:10.239><c> Metropolitan.</c><00:37:11.440><c> He</c><00:37:11.480><c> has</c>

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:13.219
temporal<00:37:12.159><c> power,</c><00:37:12.880><c> by</c>

00:37:13.219 --> 00:37:17.340
his<00:37:13.400><c> own</c><00:37:13.619><c> assessment,</c><00:37:14.440><c> of</c><00:37:14.659><c> the</c><00:37:14.880><c> Roman</c><00:37:15.199><c> Province.</c><00:37:16.659><c> Sovereign</c>

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:19.579
of<00:37:17.840><c> temporal</c><00:37:18.340><c> dominions</c><00:37:18.960><c> of</c><00:37:19.179><c> the</c><00:37:19.280><c> Holy</c>

00:37:19.579 --> 00:37:24.920
Roman<00:37:19.940><c> Church.</c><00:37:21.559><c> Sovereign</c><00:37:22.139><c> of</c><00:37:22.400><c> the</c><00:37:22.559><c> Vatican</c><00:37:22.880><c> City.</c><00:37:24.179><c> He's</c><00:37:24.280><c> a</c>

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:28.599
king<00:37:25.300><c> and</c><00:37:26.900><c> he's</c><00:37:27.340><c> in</c><00:37:27.500><c> Christ's</c><00:37:27.960><c> stead.</c>

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:32.900
I<00:37:29.559><c> mean,</c><00:37:29.699><c> there</c><00:37:29.739><c> just</c><00:37:30.059><c> isn't</c><00:37:30.619><c> anything</c><00:37:31.039><c> in</c><00:37:31.320><c> history</c><00:37:31.559><c> like</c><00:37:31.860><c> that.</c><00:37:32.619><c> Is</c>

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:35.059
that<00:37:33.300><c> unmentioned</c><00:37:33.880><c> in</c><00:37:34.119><c> the</c><00:37:34.260><c> Bible?</c>

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:42.780
I<00:37:35.579><c> just,</c><00:37:36.360><c> sorry,</c><00:37:37.400><c> put</c><00:37:37.500><c> it</c><00:37:37.820><c> back.</c><00:37:41.300><c> It's</c><00:37:41.880><c> a</c><00:37:42.000><c> pity</c><00:37:42.179><c> that</c><00:37:42.340><c> they</c><00:37:42.460><c> have</c><00:37:42.619><c> to</c>

00:37:42.780 --> 00:37:43.880
write<00:37:42.920><c> things</c><00:37:43.199><c> like</c><00:37:43.440><c> that</c><00:37:43.639><c> down,</c>

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:46.880
really,<00:37:44.039><c> in</c><00:37:44.300><c> a</c><00:37:44.420><c> sense.</c><00:37:45.059><c> But</c><00:37:45.260><c> I</c><00:37:45.559><c> agree.</c><00:37:46.320><c> If</c><00:37:46.480><c> you're</c><00:37:46.719><c> going</c><00:37:46.719><c> to</c>

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:50.079
be<00:37:47.039><c> able</c><00:37:47.300><c> to</c><00:37:47.579><c> bring</c><00:37:48.099><c> the</c><00:37:48.679><c> argument</c><00:37:49.179><c> to</c>

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:52.239
there,<00:37:50.260><c> to</c><00:37:50.380><c> be</c><00:37:50.579><c> helpful,</c><00:37:51.019><c> then</c><00:37:51.119><c> we've</c><00:37:51.340><c> got</c><00:37:51.380><c> to</c><00:37:51.460><c> have</c><00:37:51.639><c> light</c><00:37:51.900><c> on</c>

00:37:52.239 --> 00:37:54.659
the<00:37:52.380><c> subject.</c><00:37:53.260><c> We've</c><00:37:53.719><c> got</c><00:37:53.860><c> to</c><00:37:53.980><c> know</c><00:37:54.340><c> what</c>

00:37:54.659 --> 00:38:13.440
it's<00:37:54.820><c> really</c><00:37:55.219><c> saying.</c><00:38:04.800><c> Is</c><00:38:05.000><c> everybody</c><00:38:05.380><c> happy</c><00:38:05.719><c> with</c><00:38:05.920><c> that?</c><00:38:12.760><c> Is</c>

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:17.659
the<00:38:13.599><c> way</c><00:38:13.860><c> that</c><00:38:14.099><c> he</c><00:38:14.260><c> has</c><00:38:14.599><c> lived</c><00:38:15.159><c> the</c><00:38:17.239><c> magnificence</c>

00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:27.059
of<00:38:18.599><c> the</c><00:38:18.860><c> Pope.</c><00:38:24.719><c> In</c><00:38:24.900><c> the</c><00:38:25.099><c> reign</c><00:38:25.280><c> of</c><00:38:25.519><c> Constantine's</c><00:38:26.400><c> son,</c><00:38:26.559><c> that's,</c><00:38:26.920><c> you</c>

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:28.199
know,<00:38:27.380><c> got</c><00:38:27.460><c> worse</c><00:38:27.760><c> as</c><00:38:27.940><c> time</c>

00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:33.920
went<00:38:28.340><c> on.</c><00:38:29.380><c> It</c><00:38:29.460><c> was</c><00:38:29.760><c> really</c><00:38:30.139><c> a</c><00:38:30.440><c> very,</c><00:38:31.199><c> just</c><00:38:32.019><c> a</c><00:38:32.219><c> fine</c><00:38:32.619><c> fraction</c>

00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:35.280
of<00:38:34.119><c> what</c><00:38:34.260><c> it</c><00:38:34.380><c> was</c><00:38:34.579><c> going</c><00:38:34.719><c> to</c><00:38:34.860><c> be</c><00:38:34.940><c> later</c>

00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:39.179
on.<00:38:35.539><c> In</c><00:38:35.699><c> the</c><00:38:35.820><c> reign</c><00:38:36.019><c> of</c><00:38:36.280><c> Constantine's</c><00:38:37.039><c> son</c><00:38:37.300><c> and</c><00:38:38.019><c> successor,</c>

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:41.059
Rome<00:38:39.480><c> had</c><00:38:39.679><c> become</c><00:38:39.940><c> a</c><00:38:40.159><c> most</c><00:38:40.360><c> seducing</c>

00:38:41.059 --> 00:38:45.179
object<00:38:41.659><c> of</c><00:38:42.219><c> sacerdotal</c><00:38:43.059><c> ambition.</c><00:38:43.860><c> That</c><00:38:43.860><c> means</c><00:38:44.500><c> priestly,</c>

00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:48.480
priestly<00:38:46.260><c> ambition.</c><00:38:47.440><c> In</c><00:38:47.559><c> the</c><00:38:47.820><c> Episcopal</c>

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:51.880
order,<00:38:49.400><c> the</c><00:38:49.480><c> Bishop</c><00:38:49.800><c> of</c><00:38:50.059><c> Rome</c><00:38:50.219><c> was</c><00:38:50.440><c> the</c><00:38:50.679><c> first</c><00:38:50.960><c> in</c><00:38:51.260><c> rank</c><00:38:51.480><c> among</c>

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:54.460
the<00:38:52.119><c> gods</c><00:38:52.539><c> and</c><00:38:53.400><c> distinguished</c><00:38:53.940><c> by</c><00:38:54.340><c> a</c>

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:58.619
sort<00:38:54.739><c> of</c><00:38:55.000><c> preeminence</c><00:38:55.880><c> over</c><00:38:56.440><c> all</c><00:38:56.760><c> the</c><00:38:56.900><c> others.</c><00:38:57.760><c> He</c><00:38:57.980><c> surpassed</c>

00:38:58.619 --> 00:39:00.940
all<00:38:58.900><c> his</c><00:38:59.179><c> companion</c><00:38:59.739><c> deities,</c><00:39:00.760><c> says</c>

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:03.820
Dr.<00:39:01.500><c> Thomas,</c><00:39:01.900><c> using</c><00:39:02.059><c> the</c><00:39:02.340><c> terms</c><00:39:02.519><c> of</c><00:39:02.800><c> scripture</c><00:39:03.159><c> because</c><00:39:03.599><c> he</c>

00:39:03.820 --> 00:39:06.519
called<00:39:04.019><c> himself</c><00:39:04.420><c> God,</c><00:39:05.340><c> in</c><00:39:05.480><c> the</c><00:39:05.800><c> magnificence</c>

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:09.340
and<00:39:07.099><c> splendour</c><00:39:07.219><c> of</c><00:39:07.360><c> the</c><00:39:07.539><c> temple</c><00:39:07.860><c> over</c><00:39:08.179><c> which</c><00:39:08.400><c> he</c><00:39:08.579><c> presided,</c>

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in<00:39:09.820><c> the</c><00:39:10.000><c> extent</c><00:39:10.400><c> of</c><00:39:10.579><c> his</c><00:39:10.820><c> revenues</c><00:39:11.300><c> and</c>

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possessions,<00:39:12.760><c> in</c><00:39:12.900><c> the</c><00:39:13.079><c> number</c><00:39:13.360><c> and</c><00:39:13.599><c> variety</c><00:39:14.159><c> of</c><00:39:14.480><c> his</c><00:39:14.800><c> ministers,</c><00:39:16.380><c> servants,</c><00:39:17.900><c> in</c><00:39:18.039><c> his</c><00:39:18.340><c> influence</c>

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over<00:39:19.280><c> the</c><00:39:19.480><c> deluded</c><00:39:19.900><c> people,</c><00:39:20.920><c> and</c><00:39:21.059><c> in</c><00:39:21.239><c> his</c><00:39:21.579><c> sumptuous</c><00:39:22.199><c> and</c><00:39:22.599><c> splendid</c><00:39:23.019><c> manner</c><00:39:23.460><c> of</c>

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living.<00:39:24.420><c> And</c><00:39:24.780><c> their</c><00:39:24.920><c> brother</c>

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Thomas<00:39:25.780><c> is</c><00:39:26.820><c> borrowing</c><00:39:27.320><c> from</c><00:39:27.659><c> a</c><00:39:27.719><c> lot</c><00:39:27.960><c> of</c><00:39:28.219><c> historical</c><00:39:28.920><c> work,</c><00:39:29.699><c> but</c><00:39:29.719><c> by</c>

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Gibbon<00:39:30.579><c> and</c><00:39:30.800><c> others,</c><00:39:31.480><c> which</c><00:39:31.940><c> you</c>

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will<00:39:32.519><c> read</c><00:39:32.960><c> of</c><00:39:33.820><c> in</c><00:39:33.980><c> the</c><00:39:34.179><c> reading.</c><00:39:38.460><c> All</c><00:39:38.579><c> right,</c><00:39:38.719><c> we</c><00:39:38.920><c> come</c><00:39:39.059><c> back</c>

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to<00:39:39.780><c> our</c><00:39:40.039><c> list</c><00:39:40.300><c> in</c><00:39:40.599><c> Daniel.</c><00:39:42.179><c> The</c><00:39:42.380><c> next</c>

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point<00:39:43.079><c> is</c><00:39:44.079><c> that</c><00:39:44.219><c> we</c><00:39:44.400><c> notice</c><00:39:44.699><c> he</c><00:39:44.960><c> was</c><00:39:45.360><c> blasphemous,</c><00:39:47.300><c> as</c><00:39:47.559><c> in</c><00:39:47.699><c> verse</c><00:39:47.940><c> 8,</c>

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verse<00:39:49.039><c> 11,</c><00:39:49.400><c> and</c><00:39:49.539><c> verse</c><00:39:50.019><c> 25</c><00:39:50.659><c> in</c><00:39:51.059><c> particular,</c>

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where<00:39:52.079><c> he</c><00:39:52.340><c> spoke</c><00:39:52.619><c> great</c><00:39:53.059><c> words</c><00:39:53.380><c> against</c><00:39:53.719><c> the</c><00:39:53.940><c> Most</c><00:39:54.340><c> High.</c><00:39:56.579><c> He</c>

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was<00:39:57.579><c> lawless</c><00:39:58.320><c> in</c><00:39:58.619><c> verse</c><00:39:58.900><c> 25.</c><00:40:00.440><c> He</c><00:40:00.960><c> changed</c>

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times<00:40:02.519><c> and</c><00:40:02.780><c> laws.</c><00:40:04.679><c> He</c><00:40:04.920><c> would</c><00:40:05.539><c> refashion</c><00:40:06.039><c> the</c><00:40:06.320><c> world</c><00:40:06.519><c> in</c><00:40:06.679><c> his</c>

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:09.500
own<00:40:07.019><c> image.</c><00:40:08.260><c> Never</c><00:40:08.619><c> has</c><00:40:08.840><c> there</c><00:40:08.980><c> been</c><00:40:09.179><c> such</c>

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a<00:40:09.619><c> man</c><00:40:10.059><c> as</c><00:40:10.800><c> the</c><00:40:13.400><c> man</c><00:40:13.639><c> in</c><00:40:13.820><c> the</c><00:40:13.980><c> papal</c><00:40:14.360><c> chair</c><00:40:14.760><c> to</c><00:40:15.039><c> do</c><00:40:15.199><c> things</c><00:40:15.480><c> like</c>

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that.<00:40:17.679><c> It</c><00:40:17.880><c> says</c><00:40:18.199><c> that</c><00:40:18.480><c> he</c><00:40:18.579><c> was</c><00:40:18.900><c> a</c><00:40:19.320><c> persecutor</c>

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of<00:40:20.320><c> saints.</c><00:40:21.500><c> Verse</c><00:40:21.679><c> 21,</c><00:40:23.000><c> I</c><00:40:23.139><c> beheld</c><00:40:23.539><c> in</c><00:40:23.699><c> the</c><00:40:23.900><c> same</c><00:40:24.199><c> horn</c><00:40:24.539><c> made</c>

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war<00:40:25.659><c> with</c><00:40:26.000><c> the</c><00:40:26.320><c> saints</c><00:40:26.639><c> and</c><00:40:27.019><c> prevailed</c>

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against<00:40:28.139><c> them.</c><00:40:29.059><c> And</c><00:40:29.139><c> again</c><00:40:29.360><c> in</c><00:40:29.519><c> verse</c><00:40:29.679><c> 25,</c><00:40:30.480><c> he</c><00:40:30.619><c> shall</c><00:40:30.820><c> speak</c>

00:40:31.099 --> 00:40:33.320
great<00:40:31.440><c> words</c><00:40:31.739><c> against</c><00:40:32.179><c> the</c><00:40:32.360><c> Most</c><00:40:32.719><c> High</c><00:40:32.940><c> and</c>

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shall<00:40:33.659><c> wear</c><00:40:34.000><c> out</c><00:40:34.320><c> the</c><00:40:34.599><c> saints.</c><00:40:35.400><c> I</c><00:40:35.500><c> don't</c><00:40:35.619><c> know</c><00:40:35.719><c> what</c><00:40:35.880><c> that</c><00:40:36.059><c> does</c><00:40:36.320><c> to</c>

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you,<00:40:36.679><c> my</c><00:40:36.800><c> dear</c><00:40:36.940><c> friends,</c><00:40:37.260><c> but</c><00:40:37.440><c> that</c>

00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:42.900
moves<00:40:38.239><c> me.</c><00:40:40.099><c> As</c><00:40:40.460><c> much</c><00:40:40.699><c> as</c><00:40:40.900><c> if</c><00:40:41.099><c> I</c><00:40:41.360><c> saw</c><00:40:41.599><c> a</c><00:40:41.820><c> system</c><00:40:42.139><c> coming</c><00:40:42.480><c> against</c>

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:46.400
you<00:40:43.820><c> today,</c><00:40:44.980><c> or</c><00:40:45.179><c> you</c><00:40:45.380><c> saw</c><00:40:45.559><c> it</c><00:40:45.820><c> coming</c><00:40:46.000><c> against</c>

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us<00:40:47.059><c> as</c><00:40:47.320><c> brethren</c><00:40:47.599><c> in</c><00:40:47.840><c> Australia,</c><00:40:48.880><c> what</c><00:40:49.119><c> would</c><00:40:49.320><c> be</c><00:40:49.480><c> your</c><00:40:49.719><c> reaction?</c><00:40:51.460><c> Tremendous</c><00:40:51.980><c> feelings.</c><00:40:52.820><c> Would</c>

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:58.800
you<00:40:53.280><c> be</c><00:40:53.559><c> impassioned</c><00:40:54.500><c> about</c><00:40:54.820><c> that?</c><00:40:56.239><c> Would</c><00:40:56.480><c> our</c><00:40:56.639><c> Master</c><00:40:56.980><c> in</c><00:40:57.179><c> Heaven</c><00:40:58.119><c> be</c>

00:40:58.800 --> 00:41:01.099
in<00:40:59.780><c> a</c><00:41:00.199><c> state</c><00:41:00.400><c> of</c><00:41:00.699><c> question</c>

00:41:01.099 --> 00:41:04.900
about<00:41:01.380><c> that</c><00:41:01.619><c> system?</c><00:41:02.780><c> That</c><00:41:03.000><c> did</c><00:41:03.280><c> that,</c><00:41:03.599><c> not</c><00:41:03.800><c> for</c><00:41:04.119><c> five</c><00:41:04.460><c> years</c>

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:07.019
or<00:41:05.119><c> for</c><00:41:05.340><c> ten,</c><00:41:05.960><c> but</c><00:41:06.119><c> for</c><00:41:06.400><c> hundreds</c><00:41:06.780><c> of</c>

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years,<00:41:07.239><c> my</c><00:41:07.340><c> dear</c><00:41:07.500><c> brethren,</c><00:41:07.800><c> says,</c><00:41:08.099><c> don't</c><00:41:08.380><c> we</c><00:41:08.599><c> appreciate</c><00:41:09.159><c> that?</c><00:41:09.900><c> Aren't</c><00:41:10.119><c> we</c>

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in<00:41:10.860><c> fellowship</c><00:41:11.239><c> yet</c><00:41:11.659><c> with</c><00:41:11.820><c> those</c>

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who<00:41:12.380><c> perished?</c><00:41:13.840><c> Are</c><00:41:14.039><c> we</c><00:41:14.159><c> going</c><00:41:14.300><c> to</c><00:41:14.420><c> stand</c><00:41:14.619><c> beside</c><00:41:15.000><c> them</c><00:41:15.300><c> and</c>

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not<00:41:15.860><c> really</c><00:41:16.139><c> be</c><00:41:16.239><c> able</c><00:41:16.460><c> to</c><00:41:16.659><c> identify</c><00:41:17.139><c> with</c>

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their<00:41:17.699><c> experiences</c><00:41:18.099><c> because</c><00:41:18.400><c> we</c><00:41:18.559><c> never</c><00:41:18.820><c> really</c><00:41:19.159><c> saw</c><00:41:19.420><c> that</c><00:41:19.619><c> system</c><00:41:20.199><c> for</c><00:41:20.619><c> what</c><00:41:20.780><c> it</c>

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was?<00:41:22.900><c> No,</c><00:41:23.039><c> they're</c>

00:41:23.300 --> 00:41:27.719
serious<00:41:23.699><c> questions.</c><00:41:25.679><c> Very</c><00:41:26.019><c> serious</c><00:41:26.480><c> questions</c><00:41:26.980><c> because</c><00:41:27.460><c> the</c>

00:41:27.719 --> 00:41:29.139
ramification<00:41:28.460><c> of</c><00:41:28.639><c> them,</c><00:41:28.800><c> tell</c><00:41:28.980><c> me</c>

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if<00:41:29.260><c> this</c><00:41:29.480><c> is</c><00:41:29.639><c> wrong,</c><00:41:29.980><c> the</c><00:41:30.179><c> ramification</c><00:41:31.079><c> of</c><00:41:31.539><c> those</c><00:41:32.000><c> is</c><00:41:32.820><c> that</c>

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when<00:41:33.159><c> it</c><00:41:33.320><c> comes</c><00:41:33.579><c> to</c><00:41:33.800><c> matters</c><00:41:34.059><c> of</c><00:41:34.380><c> truth</c>

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:39.940
and<00:41:34.840><c> error</c><00:41:35.039><c> today,</c><00:41:37.500><c> I'm</c><00:41:37.800><c> not</c><00:41:38.000><c> going</c><00:41:38.139><c> to</c><00:41:38.300><c> feel</c><00:41:38.420><c> so</c><00:41:38.840><c> strongly</c><00:41:39.119><c> about</c><00:41:39.400><c> them</c><00:41:39.699><c> if</c>

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I<00:41:40.119><c> don't</c><00:41:40.440><c> see</c><00:41:40.840><c> what</c><00:41:41.039><c> my</c>

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:45.920
Master<00:41:41.920><c> feels</c><00:41:42.199><c> about</c><00:41:42.579><c> them.</c><00:41:43.800><c> True?</c><00:41:44.699><c> Because</c><00:41:44.960><c> he's</c><00:41:45.219><c> our</c><00:41:45.400><c> leader,</c><00:41:45.780><c> he's</c>

00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:48.719
our<00:41:46.119><c> example.</c><00:41:47.280><c> But</c><00:41:47.460><c> if</c><00:41:47.719><c> I</c><00:41:47.980><c> see</c>

00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:52.920
him<00:41:49.360><c> feel</c><00:41:49.719><c> very,</c><00:41:50.139><c> very</c><00:41:50.639><c> strongly</c><00:41:51.139><c> about</c><00:41:51.500><c> a</c><00:41:51.739><c> system,</c><00:41:52.619><c> and</c><00:41:52.780><c> if</c>

00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:55.880
he<00:41:53.119><c> says</c><00:41:53.320><c> to</c><00:41:53.420><c> me</c><00:41:53.760><c> it's</c><00:41:54.280><c> with</c><00:41:54.559><c> power</c><00:41:55.179><c> and</c>

00:41:55.880 --> 00:41:59.559
science<00:41:56.320><c> and</c><00:41:57.119><c> lying</c><00:41:57.539><c> wonders</c><00:41:57.880><c> and</c><00:41:58.199><c> all</c><00:41:58.420><c> deceivableness</c><00:41:59.260><c> of</c>

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:03.019
righteousness,<00:42:01.360><c> the</c><00:42:01.539><c> very</c><00:42:02.179><c> workings</c><00:42:02.659><c> of</c><00:42:02.840><c> the</c>

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flesh,<00:42:04.739><c> then</c><00:42:04.900><c> I</c><00:42:05.000><c> know</c><00:42:05.139><c> what</c><00:42:05.260><c> he</c><00:42:05.380><c> means</c><00:42:05.820><c> and</c><00:42:06.360><c> I</c><00:42:06.480><c> know</c><00:42:06.619><c> what</c><00:42:06.699><c> he</c>

00:42:06.820 --> 00:42:08.800
wants<00:42:07.059><c> me</c><00:42:07.260><c> to</c><00:42:07.420><c> think</c><00:42:07.539><c> about</c><00:42:07.760><c> that</c><00:42:08.019><c> system.</c>

00:42:09.139 --> 00:42:14.099
I<00:42:09.539><c> know</c><00:42:09.860><c> that,</c><00:42:10.320><c> and</c><00:42:10.460><c> so</c><00:42:10.599><c> do</c><00:42:10.760><c> we</c><00:42:10.880><c> all.</c><00:42:11.840><c> We're</c><00:42:11.980><c> just</c><00:42:12.239><c> playing</c><00:42:12.440><c> around</c><00:42:12.679><c> with</c><00:42:12.920><c> words</c><00:42:13.340><c> if</c>

00:42:14.099 --> 00:42:14.820
we<00:42:14.280><c> imagine</c><00:42:14.619><c> that</c>

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he's<00:42:15.000><c> not</c><00:42:15.159><c> on</c><00:42:15.340><c> one</c><00:42:15.559><c> side</c><00:42:15.760><c> of</c><00:42:15.900><c> that</c><00:42:16.039><c> issue.</c><00:42:16.860><c> He's</c><00:42:17.139><c> absolutely</c>

00:42:17.579 --> 00:42:19.380
on<00:42:17.760><c> one</c><00:42:17.980><c> side</c><00:42:18.159><c> of</c><00:42:18.260><c> that</c><00:42:18.400><c> issue.</c><00:42:18.860><c> He</c><00:42:19.039><c> never</c>

00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:24.059
named<00:42:19.699><c> a</c><00:42:19.920><c> system</c><00:42:20.219><c> anything</c><00:42:20.780><c> like</c><00:42:21.119><c> that.</c><00:42:23.119><c> And</c><00:42:23.300><c> that</c><00:42:23.480><c> means</c><00:42:23.719><c> that</c><00:42:23.920><c> you</c>

00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:25.920
and<00:42:24.239><c> I</c><00:42:24.960><c> have</c><00:42:25.400><c> got</c><00:42:25.500><c> to</c><00:42:25.619><c> get</c><00:42:25.719><c> in</c><00:42:25.820><c> the</c>

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:29.179
right<00:42:26.199><c> side</c><00:42:26.380><c> of</c><00:42:26.519><c> that</c><00:42:26.659><c> situation.</c><00:42:28.179><c> And</c><00:42:28.380><c> if</c><00:42:28.559><c> by</c><00:42:28.679><c> chance</c><00:42:28.920><c> some</c>

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:30.920
of<00:42:29.300><c> our</c><00:42:29.400><c> brethren</c><00:42:29.639><c> and</c><00:42:29.820><c> sisters</c><00:42:30.039><c> can't</c><00:42:30.639><c> quite</c>

00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:33.860
see<00:42:31.179><c> it,</c><00:42:31.860><c> we've</c><00:42:32.059><c> got</c><00:42:32.099><c> to</c><00:42:32.219><c> help</c><00:42:32.400><c> them,</c><00:42:33.119><c> but</c><00:42:33.360><c> we've</c><00:42:33.579><c> got</c><00:42:33.659><c> to</c><00:42:33.760><c> be</c>

00:42:33.860 --> 00:42:35.840
very<00:42:34.260><c> firm</c><00:42:34.559><c> to</c><00:42:34.860><c> know</c><00:42:35.000><c> what</c><00:42:35.219><c> is</c><00:42:35.440><c> the</c><00:42:35.559><c> right</c>

00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:39.320
side<00:42:36.039><c> of</c><00:42:36.119><c> the</c><00:42:36.300><c> issue.</c><00:42:37.699><c> Now</c><00:42:37.820><c> that's</c><00:42:38.000><c> the</c><00:42:38.159><c> balance</c><00:42:38.380><c> of</c><00:42:38.579><c> the</c><00:42:38.679><c> subject</c><00:42:38.940><c> as</c><00:42:39.179><c> I</c>

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see<00:42:39.519><c> it.</c><00:42:39.980><c> We</c><00:42:40.280><c> must</c><00:42:40.619><c> be</c><00:42:40.860><c> on</c>

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the<00:42:41.099><c> right</c><00:42:41.360><c> side</c><00:42:41.599><c> of</c><00:42:41.679><c> that</c><00:42:41.840><c> where</c><00:42:42.019><c> our</c><00:42:42.219><c> Master</c><00:42:42.500><c> is.</c><00:42:43.579><c> We</c><00:42:43.760><c> will</c>

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endeavour<00:42:44.320><c> to</c><00:42:44.559><c> pull</c><00:42:44.960><c> anyone</c><00:42:45.380><c> out</c><00:42:45.679><c> of</c><00:42:45.840><c> that,</c>

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:51.599
but<00:42:46.639><c> it</c><00:42:46.940><c> must</c><00:42:47.300><c> be</c><00:42:47.639><c> seen.</c><00:42:49.840><c> The</c><00:42:50.079><c> ramifications</c><00:42:50.739><c> too</c><00:42:51.119><c> surely</c><00:42:51.380><c> run</c>

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this<00:42:51.920><c> way.</c><00:42:52.659><c> That</c><00:42:52.800><c> if</c><00:42:52.940><c> we</c><00:42:53.059><c> do</c><00:42:53.219><c> not</c><00:42:53.380><c> see</c>

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what<00:42:53.719><c> is</c><00:42:53.940><c> error,</c><00:42:54.699><c> what</c><00:42:54.900><c> is</c><00:42:55.039><c> our</c><00:42:55.219><c> feelings</c><00:42:55.599><c> about</c><00:42:55.940><c> truth?</c><00:42:59.420><c> I</c>

00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:01.820
can't<00:43:00.320><c> divorce</c><00:43:00.820><c> the</c><00:43:01.059><c> one</c><00:43:01.199><c> from</c><00:43:01.380><c> the</c><00:43:01.519><c> other</c>

00:43:01.820 --> 00:43:04.099
side.<00:43:02.280><c> Because</c><00:43:02.280><c> you</c><00:43:02.400><c> know</c><00:43:02.599><c> I'm</c><00:43:02.860><c> only</c><00:43:03.099><c> a</c><00:43:03.239><c> human</c><00:43:03.440><c> being,</c><00:43:03.739><c> but</c><00:43:03.820><c> this</c><00:43:03.980><c> is</c>

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:06.780
how<00:43:04.219><c> I</c><00:43:04.420><c> think.</c><00:43:05.519><c> I</c><00:43:05.840><c> go</c><00:43:06.019><c> to</c><00:43:06.179><c> bed</c><00:43:06.280><c> sometimes</c>

00:43:06.780 --> 00:43:12.239
and<00:43:07.019><c> I'm</c><00:43:07.639><c> tired</c><00:43:07.860><c> out.</c><00:43:09.300><c> And</c><00:43:09.500><c> I</c><00:43:09.559><c> go</c><00:43:09.760><c> to</c><00:43:09.900><c> bed</c><00:43:10.019><c> and</c><00:43:10.179><c> I</c><00:43:10.239><c> think</c><00:43:10.440><c> sometimes</c><00:43:11.300><c> to</c><00:43:11.460><c> myself,</c><00:43:12.079><c> why</c>

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am<00:43:12.460><c> I</c><00:43:12.539><c> working</c><00:43:12.900><c> like</c>

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that?<00:43:13.260><c> Don't</c><00:43:13.460><c> you</c><00:43:13.639><c> think</c><00:43:13.840><c> like</c><00:43:14.079><c> that?</c><00:43:16.380><c> There's</c><00:43:16.639><c> a</c><00:43:16.840><c> meeting</c><00:43:17.099><c> on</c>

00:43:17.300 --> 00:43:18.960
and<00:43:17.599><c> it</c><00:43:17.940><c> requires</c><00:43:18.260><c> effort</c><00:43:18.500><c> to</c><00:43:18.699><c> get</c><00:43:18.840><c> there</c>

00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:21.599
and<00:43:19.059><c> you're</c><00:43:19.500><c> tired</c><00:43:19.699><c> out</c><00:43:19.960><c> already</c><00:43:20.340><c> and</c><00:43:20.679><c> you've</c><00:43:20.860><c> got</c><00:43:20.960><c> seven</c><00:43:21.239><c> kids</c><00:43:21.420><c> to</c>

00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:24.059
get<00:43:21.719><c> ready.</c><00:43:22.980><c> That</c><00:43:23.159><c> might</c><00:43:23.420><c> be</c><00:43:23.840><c> our</c>

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:30.300
fault.<00:43:26.519><c> But</c><00:43:26.920><c> it's</c><00:43:27.139><c> a</c><00:43:27.239><c> lot</c><00:43:27.420><c> of</c><00:43:27.599><c> effort</c><00:43:27.800><c> isn't</c><00:43:28.059><c> it?</c><00:43:29.019><c> Sunday</c><00:43:29.420><c> school</c><00:43:29.639><c> comes</c><00:43:29.900><c> along</c><00:43:30.119><c> in</c>

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the<00:43:30.420><c> afternoon</c>

00:43:30.739 --> 00:43:33.820
then<00:43:30.980><c> there's</c><00:43:31.179><c> a</c><00:43:31.340><c> lecture</c><00:43:31.579><c> at</c><00:43:31.800><c> night</c><00:43:32.219><c> and</c><00:43:32.920><c> really</c><00:43:33.300><c> I'm</c><00:43:33.559><c> ready</c>

00:43:33.820 --> 00:43:36.800
for<00:43:34.019><c> sleep.</c><00:43:35.340><c> And</c><00:43:35.420><c> in</c><00:43:35.519><c> all</c><00:43:35.739><c> of</c><00:43:35.900><c> those</c><00:43:36.139><c> circumstances</c>

00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:40.639
every<00:43:37.579><c> day</c><00:43:37.840><c> of</c><00:43:38.079><c> my</c><00:43:38.340><c> life</c><00:43:38.559><c> I'm</c><00:43:38.900><c> asking</c><00:43:39.320><c> myself,</c><00:43:40.199><c> what</c><00:43:40.320><c> is</c><00:43:40.500><c> the</c>

00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:42.219
value<00:43:40.860><c> of</c><00:43:41.039><c> the</c><00:43:41.179><c> work</c><00:43:41.320><c> I'm</c><00:43:41.599><c> in?</c><00:43:41.840><c> And</c><00:43:42.019><c> don't</c>

00:43:42.219 --> 00:43:45.719
tell<00:43:42.420><c> me</c><00:43:42.539><c> you're</c><00:43:42.760><c> not</c><00:43:42.900><c> the</c><00:43:43.059><c> same</c><00:43:43.219><c> because</c><00:43:43.420><c> we're</c><00:43:43.719><c> all</c><00:43:43.940><c> the</c><00:43:44.139><c> same.</c><00:43:45.039><c> Every</c><00:43:45.480><c> one</c>

00:43:45.719 --> 00:43:46.400
of<00:43:45.719><c> us</c><00:43:45.940><c> are</c><00:43:46.079><c> the</c><00:43:46.239><c> same</c>

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:54.059
in<00:43:46.539><c> that.</c><00:43:47.079><c> That's</c><00:43:47.519><c> living</c><00:43:47.840><c> in</c><00:43:48.199><c> the</c><00:43:48.460><c> truth.</c><00:43:48.760><c> It's</c><00:43:49.000><c> the</c><00:43:49.239><c> issue</c><00:43:49.659><c> of</c><00:43:50.239><c> daily</c><00:43:50.639><c> faith.</c><00:43:53.619><c> If</c><00:43:53.880><c> I</c>

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can<00:43:54.219><c> see</c><00:43:54.380><c> how</c>

00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:08.420
was<00:44:01.639><c> brought</c><00:44:02.139><c> in</c><00:44:02.500><c> by</c><00:44:02.820><c> Constantine</c><00:44:03.659><c> as</c><00:44:04.079><c> the</c><00:44:04.420><c> papacy</c><00:44:04.860><c> was</c><00:44:05.119><c> on</c><00:44:05.460><c> the</c><00:44:05.639><c> ascent.</c><00:44:07.639><c> Then</c><00:44:07.860><c> I'm</c><00:44:08.139><c> going</c><00:44:08.280><c> to</c>

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go<00:44:08.579><c> to</c>

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that<00:44:08.900><c> lecture</c><00:44:09.119><c> which</c><00:44:09.320><c> is</c><00:44:09.480><c> on</c><00:44:09.619><c> the</c><00:44:09.800><c> Trinity</c><00:44:10.079><c> and</c><00:44:10.440><c> I'm</c><00:44:10.619><c> going</c><00:44:10.800><c> to</c>

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cheer<00:44:11.260><c> for</c><00:44:11.500><c> my</c><00:44:11.679><c> brother</c><00:44:11.820><c> that's</c><00:44:12.179><c> lecturing</c>

00:44:12.500 --> 00:44:15.059
and<00:44:12.840><c> I'm</c><00:44:13.059><c> going</c><00:44:13.159><c> to</c><00:44:13.239><c> do</c><00:44:13.360><c> all</c><00:44:13.659><c> I</c><00:44:13.880><c> can</c><00:44:13.980><c> with</c><00:44:14.199><c> anyone</c><00:44:14.440><c> I</c><00:44:14.699><c> come</c><00:44:14.820><c> in</c>

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contact<00:44:15.360><c> that</c><00:44:15.639><c> they</c><00:44:15.900><c> might</c><00:44:16.139><c> see</c><00:44:16.360><c> that</c>

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God<00:44:16.840><c> is</c><00:44:17.139><c> one</c><00:44:17.300><c> because</c><00:44:17.940><c> I</c><00:44:18.579><c> know</c><00:44:18.800><c> that</c><00:44:19.019><c> my</c><00:44:19.199><c> master</c><00:44:19.559><c> feels</c><00:44:19.840><c> that</c>

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way<00:44:20.360><c> too.</c><00:44:21.699><c> Because</c><00:44:22.019><c> he</c><00:44:22.280><c> hates</c><00:44:23.360><c> the</c><00:44:23.780><c> civil</c>

00:44:23.980 --> 00:44:28.059
illness<00:44:24.219><c> of</c><00:44:24.440><c> unrighteous.</c><00:44:25.139><c> I</c><00:44:25.159><c> appeal</c><00:44:25.840><c> to</c><00:44:26.099><c> you</c><00:44:26.820><c> not</c><00:44:27.360><c> divorce</c>

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this<00:44:28.239><c> from</c><00:44:28.659><c> people.</c><00:44:30.239><c> That</c><00:44:30.360><c> might</c><00:44:30.579><c> be</c><00:44:30.780><c> our</c>

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problem.<00:44:32.739><c> We'll</c><00:44:32.840><c> think</c><00:44:33.000><c> of</c><00:44:33.159><c> people</c><00:44:33.519><c> perhaps</c><00:44:34.099><c> later</c><00:44:34.420><c> on</c><00:44:34.659><c> we've</c>

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cleared<00:44:35.059><c> up</c><00:44:35.280><c> the</c><00:44:35.480><c> issue.</c><00:44:37.559><c> We</c><00:44:37.679><c> know</c><00:44:37.860><c> how</c>

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to<00:44:38.199><c> deal</c><00:44:38.380><c> with</c><00:44:38.559><c> our</c><00:44:38.719><c> brethren.</c><00:44:40.059><c> That's</c><00:44:40.320><c> not</c><00:44:40.500><c> in</c><00:44:40.739><c> question.</c><00:44:42.340><c> But</c><00:44:42.500><c> firstly</c><00:44:42.820><c> we</c>

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must<00:44:43.380><c> see</c><00:44:43.639><c> the</c><00:44:44.000><c> issue</c><00:44:44.360><c> for</c><00:44:45.300><c> what</c>

00:44:45.460 --> 00:44:48.139
it<00:44:45.659><c> is</c><00:44:45.820><c> my</c><00:44:46.039><c> dear</c><00:44:46.159><c> brethren</c><00:44:46.500><c> and</c><00:44:46.679><c> sisters.</c><00:44:47.179><c> It's</c><00:44:47.500><c> a</c><00:44:47.599><c> profoundly</c>

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important<00:44:48.760><c> issue.</c><00:44:49.800><c> When</c><00:44:49.980><c> Paul</c><00:44:50.400><c> scouted</c>

00:44:50.980 --> 00:44:54.079
the<00:44:51.699><c> Old</c><00:44:52.079><c> Testament</c><00:44:52.500><c> scriptures</c><00:44:52.960><c> to</c><00:44:53.300><c> know</c><00:44:53.500><c> whether</c><00:44:53.780><c> Christ</c>

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could<00:44:54.340><c> come</c><00:44:54.579><c> or</c><00:44:54.760><c> not</c><00:44:54.940><c> he</c><00:44:55.119><c> said</c><00:44:55.320><c> no</c><00:44:55.639><c> he</c><00:44:55.860><c> can't.</c>

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Why<00:44:56.360><c> not?</c><00:44:56.739><c> Because</c><00:44:56.820><c> it's</c><00:44:56.960><c> got</c><00:44:57.019><c> to</c><00:44:57.119><c> be</c><00:44:57.239><c> a</c><00:44:57.260><c> deposit.</c><00:44:57.579><c> Where</c><00:44:57.780><c> does</c>

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he<00:44:57.980><c> get</c><00:44:58.059><c> that</c><00:44:58.219><c> from?</c><00:44:58.760><c> Daniel</c><00:44:59.000><c> chapter</c>

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seven.<00:45:00.760><c> Where</c><00:45:00.840><c> else?</c><00:45:02.840><c> It's</c><00:45:03.099><c> just</c><00:45:03.440><c> glowing</c><00:45:03.840><c> out</c><00:45:04.059><c> of</c><00:45:04.219><c> the</c><00:45:04.340><c> chapter</c><00:45:04.619><c> that</c>

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there<00:45:05.440><c> had</c><00:45:05.579><c> to</c><00:45:05.739><c> be</c><00:45:05.900><c> one</c><00:45:06.099><c> who</c><00:45:06.340><c> would</c>

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speak<00:45:06.780><c> stout</c><00:45:07.260><c> bold</c><00:45:07.599><c> things</c><00:45:07.960><c> and</c><00:45:08.239><c> wear</c><00:45:08.380><c> out</c><00:45:08.559><c> the</c><00:45:08.800><c> saints.</c><00:45:10.059><c> Things</c><00:45:10.300><c> against</c><00:45:10.739><c> God.</c>

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Not<00:45:11.639><c> stout</c><00:45:12.019><c> things</c><00:45:12.340><c> and</c><00:45:12.500><c> that</c>

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he<00:45:12.719><c> would</c><00:45:12.940><c> be</c><00:45:13.480><c> a</c><00:45:13.880><c> kind</c><00:45:14.280><c> of</c><00:45:15.460><c> ruler</c><00:45:15.679><c> that</c><00:45:15.920><c> might</c><00:45:16.159><c> stand</c><00:45:16.420><c> up</c><00:45:16.599><c> like</c>

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Alexander<00:45:17.380><c> the</c><00:45:17.639><c> Great</c><00:45:17.760><c> and</c><00:45:17.960><c> make</c><00:45:18.079><c> a</c><00:45:18.260><c> few</c>

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boastful<00:45:19.340><c> statements</c><00:45:19.739><c> and</c><00:45:19.900><c> be</c><00:45:20.099><c> passed</c><00:45:20.340><c> off</c><00:45:20.559><c> the</c><00:45:20.760><c> scene.</c><00:45:21.659><c> This</c>

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one<00:45:22.099><c> is</c><00:45:22.579><c> wearing</c><00:45:22.940><c> out</c><00:45:23.239><c> the</c><00:45:23.420><c> saints</c>

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for<00:45:30.579><c> a</c><00:45:30.659><c> year</c><00:45:30.739><c> for</c><00:45:31.039><c> 1260</c><00:45:32.480><c> years.</c><00:45:34.480><c> Is</c><00:45:34.559><c> there</c><00:45:34.639><c> any</c><00:45:34.820><c> wonder</c><00:45:35.039><c> that</c>

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he<00:45:35.300><c> wanted</c><00:45:35.559><c> to</c><00:45:35.880><c> know</c><00:45:36.079><c> more</c><00:45:36.360><c> about</c><00:45:36.679><c> that?</c><00:45:38.539><c> And</c>

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that<00:45:38.920><c> makes</c><00:45:39.139><c> it</c><00:45:39.380><c> terribly</c><00:45:39.780><c> important</c><00:45:40.159><c> to</c><00:45:40.340><c> us.</c><00:45:41.480><c> And</c><00:45:41.599><c> the</c><00:45:41.800><c> truth</c>

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has<00:45:42.260><c> grown</c><00:45:42.480><c> up</c><00:45:42.739><c> like</c><00:45:42.920><c> that</c><00:45:43.119><c> I</c><00:45:43.239><c> might</c><00:45:43.480><c> say.</c>

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Is<00:45:43.840><c> that</c><00:45:44.019><c> of</c><00:45:44.199><c> God?</c><00:45:45.239><c> Is</c><00:45:45.340><c> that</c><00:45:45.559><c> accident?</c><00:45:46.980><c> The</c><00:45:47.239><c> truth</c><00:45:47.400><c> grew</c><00:45:47.639><c> up</c><00:45:47.840><c> with</c><00:45:48.000><c> that</c><00:45:48.320><c> as</c><00:45:48.659><c> a</c>

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solid<00:45:49.400><c> plank.</c><00:45:51.579><c> No</c><00:45:51.780><c> doubt</c>

00:45:51.960 --> 00:45:54.340
about<00:45:52.219><c> it.</c><00:45:52.400><c> You</c><00:45:52.500><c> read</c><00:45:52.719><c> of</c><00:45:52.840><c> the</c><00:45:53.000><c> brethren</c><00:45:53.260><c> too</c><00:45:53.539><c> in</c><00:45:53.699><c> other</c><00:45:53.980><c> ages.</c>

00:45:54.460 --> 00:45:56.019
Have<00:45:54.500><c> you</c><00:45:54.599><c> read</c><00:45:54.739><c> the</c><00:45:54.900><c> books</c><00:45:55.320><c> by</c><00:45:55.699><c> Brother</c>

00:45:56.019 --> 00:46:00.360
Alan<00:45:56.320><c> Eyre?</c><00:45:57.639><c> What</c><00:45:57.880><c> did</c><00:45:58.000><c> they</c><00:45:58.239><c> grow</c><00:45:58.420><c> up</c><00:45:58.599><c> to</c><00:45:58.739><c> understand?</c><00:46:00.079><c> Those</c>

00:46:00.360 --> 00:46:02.159
little<00:46:00.800><c> groups</c><00:46:01.039><c> and</c><00:46:01.280><c> communities</c><00:46:01.719><c> that</c><00:46:01.980><c> had</c>

00:46:02.159 --> 00:46:05.039
to<00:46:02.320><c> huddle</c><00:46:02.480><c> up</c><00:46:02.659><c> into</c><00:46:02.900><c> some</c><00:46:03.579><c> valley</c><00:46:04.019><c> in</c><00:46:04.219><c> Switzerland</c><00:46:04.519><c> or</c><00:46:04.739><c> into</c>

00:46:05.039 --> 00:46:13.639
a<00:46:05.400><c> forest</c><00:46:06.019><c> in</c><00:46:06.360><c> an</c><00:46:06.719><c> untamed</c><00:46:08.440><c> section</c><00:46:08.880><c> of</c>

00:46:13.639 --> 00:46:23.679
the<00:46:14.420><c> country.</c><00:46:20.699><c> You</c><00:46:21.300><c> read</c><00:46:22.179><c> what</c><00:46:22.380><c> they</c><00:46:22.559><c> had</c><00:46:22.900><c> to</c><00:46:23.039><c> say</c><00:46:23.239><c> about</c><00:46:23.519><c> the</c>

00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:26.239
system.<00:46:25.179><c> They</c><00:46:25.480><c> have</c><00:46:25.480><c> any</c><00:46:25.659><c> doubts</c><00:46:25.940><c> about</c>

00:46:26.239 --> 00:46:33.000
that?<00:46:26.460><c> No.</c><00:46:27.679><c> They</c><00:46:27.920><c> grew</c><00:46:28.159><c> up</c><00:46:28.820><c> with</c><00:46:28.980><c> their</c><00:46:29.219><c> knowledge</c><00:46:29.519><c> of</c><00:46:30.239><c> the</c><00:46:30.559><c> truth,</c><00:46:31.360><c> with</c><00:46:31.539><c> the</c><00:46:31.960><c> understanding</c><00:46:32.460><c> of</c><00:46:32.940><c> the</c>

00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:38.000
basic<00:46:33.400><c> understanding.</c><00:46:34.119><c> Because</c><00:46:34.340><c> I'm</c><00:46:34.440><c> not</c><00:46:34.679><c> talking</c><00:46:34.920><c> about</c><00:46:35.300><c> some</c><00:46:36.480><c> few</c><00:46:37.059><c> symbols</c><00:46:37.500><c> here</c><00:46:37.780><c> or</c>

00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:43.619
there.<00:46:43.019><c> I'm</c>

00:46:43.619 --> 00:46:46.280
talking<00:46:44.219><c> about</c><00:46:44.219><c> little</c><00:46:44.219><c> features</c><00:46:44.659><c> of</c><00:46:44.920><c> the</c><00:46:45.099><c> prophecy.</c><00:46:46.059><c> I'm</c>

00:46:46.280 --> 00:46:48.659
talking<00:46:46.559><c> about</c><00:46:46.780><c> the</c><00:46:47.099><c> basic</c><00:46:47.579><c> picture.</c><00:46:48.380><c> They</c>

00:46:48.659 --> 00:46:52.059
grew<00:46:48.880><c> up</c><00:46:49.059><c> with</c><00:46:49.219><c> that</c><00:46:49.420><c> as</c><00:46:49.800><c> a</c><00:46:49.860><c> solid</c><00:46:50.360><c> plank</c><00:46:50.719><c> right</c><00:46:51.320><c> under</c><00:46:51.739><c> their</c>

00:46:52.059 --> 00:46:54.119
feet<00:46:52.260><c> exactly</c><00:46:52.860><c> like</c><00:46:53.159><c> Christa</c><00:46:53.500><c> Delphi</c><00:46:53.719><c> did.</c>

00:46:54.460 --> 00:46:59.239
I<00:46:54.659><c> ask</c><00:46:54.900><c> you</c><00:46:55.119><c> again,</c><00:46:56.219><c> was</c><00:46:56.460><c> it</c><00:46:56.699><c> perchance</c><00:46:58.099><c> that</c><00:46:58.639><c> Brother</c><00:46:58.980><c> Thomas</c>

00:46:59.239 --> 00:47:02.460
with<00:46:59.579><c> all</c><00:46:59.940><c> the</c><00:47:00.079><c> books</c><00:47:00.239><c> of</c><00:47:00.420><c> the</c><00:47:00.579><c> Bible</c><00:47:00.800><c> there?</c>

00:47:02.699 --> 00:47:06.579
Wise<00:47:02.980><c> man?</c><00:47:03.519><c> He</c><00:47:03.639><c> was</c><00:47:03.900><c> a</c><00:47:04.099><c> wise</c><00:47:04.300><c> man</c><00:47:04.519><c> wasn't</c><00:47:04.760><c> he?</c><00:47:05.400><c> We'd</c><00:47:05.659><c> all</c><00:47:05.820><c> concede</c><00:47:06.179><c> that.</c>

00:47:06.940 --> 00:47:08.800
Was<00:47:07.099><c> that</c><00:47:07.280><c> a</c><00:47:07.420><c> work</c><00:47:07.539><c> of</c><00:47:07.760><c> God?</c>

00:47:09.460 --> 00:47:13.159
To<00:47:09.960><c> ask</c><00:47:10.320><c> it</c><00:47:10.460><c> is</c><00:47:10.579><c> to</c><00:47:10.739><c> answer</c><00:47:11.000><c> it.</c><00:47:12.099><c> As</c><00:47:12.260><c> much</c><00:47:12.500><c> as</c><00:47:12.659><c> it's</c><00:47:12.820><c> the</c><00:47:13.000><c> truth,</c>

00:47:13.239 --> 00:47:16.119
it<00:47:13.239><c> was</c><00:47:13.460><c> a</c><00:47:13.579><c> work</c><00:47:13.739><c> of</c><00:47:13.960><c> God.</c><00:47:14.440><c> Was</c><00:47:14.699><c> it</c><00:47:14.940><c> therefore</c>

00:47:16.260 --> 00:47:19.980
perchance<00:47:16.760><c> that</c><00:47:17.260><c> he</c><00:47:17.420><c> happened</c><00:47:17.639><c> to</c><00:47:17.900><c> write</c><00:47:18.360><c> a</c><00:47:18.940><c> monumental</c><00:47:19.500><c> work</c>

00:47:19.980 --> 00:47:25.340
on<00:47:20.719><c> that</c><00:47:21.000><c> book?</c><00:47:22.360><c> I</c><00:47:22.659><c> don't</c><00:47:22.800><c> think</c><00:47:22.920><c> it</c><00:47:23.099><c> was.</c><00:47:25.179><c> I</c>

00:47:25.340 --> 00:47:28.519
don't<00:47:25.559><c> think</c><00:47:25.719><c> anybody</c><00:47:26.139><c> who</c><00:47:26.380><c> really</c><00:47:26.659><c> thinks</c><00:47:26.920><c> about</c><00:47:27.219><c> that</c><00:47:27.639><c> would</c><00:47:27.900><c> suggest</c><00:47:28.340><c> that</c>

00:47:28.519 --> 00:47:30.719
it<00:47:28.699><c> was.</c><00:47:30.239><c> My</c><00:47:30.340><c> dear</c><00:47:30.500><c> brethren</c>

00:47:30.719 --> 00:47:33.579
and<00:47:30.820><c> sisters,</c><00:47:31.019><c> doesn't</c><00:47:31.260><c> it</c><00:47:31.460><c> almost</c><00:47:31.780><c> make</c><00:47:32.019><c> you</c><00:47:32.300><c> tremble</c><00:47:32.559><c> to</c><00:47:32.760><c> think</c><00:47:33.159><c> that</c><00:47:33.400><c> we</c>

00:47:33.579 --> 00:47:36.360
might<00:47:33.860><c> now</c><00:47:34.480><c> drift</c><00:47:34.900><c> into</c><00:47:35.139><c> a</c><00:47:35.440><c> time</c>

00:47:37.400 --> 00:47:41.360
like<00:47:37.860><c> Protestantism</c><00:47:38.320><c> has</c><00:47:38.920><c> in</c><00:47:39.579><c> which</c><00:47:39.800><c> we</c><00:47:39.940><c> could</c><00:47:40.159><c> put</c><00:47:40.900><c> Eureka</c>

00:47:41.360 --> 00:47:46.699
away<00:47:42.139><c> and</c><00:47:43.280><c> if</c><00:47:44.280><c> the</c><00:47:44.940><c> new</c><00:47:45.139><c> view</c><00:47:45.380><c> was</c><00:47:45.659><c> right,</c>

00:47:46.880 --> 00:47:50.940
which<00:47:47.039><c> is</c><00:47:47.260><c> really</c><00:47:47.579><c> an</c><00:47:47.800><c> old</c><00:47:48.119><c> view</c><00:47:48.440><c> from</c><00:47:48.739><c> the</c><00:47:48.960><c> Jesuits,</c><00:47:50.739><c> that's</c>

00:47:50.940 --> 00:47:52.780
where<00:47:51.099><c> its</c><00:47:51.460><c> origins</c><00:47:51.760><c> are.</c><00:47:52.280><c> I'm</c><00:47:52.360><c> not</c><00:47:52.599><c> saying</c>

00:47:52.780 --> 00:47:55.639
the<00:47:52.980><c> people</c><00:47:53.159><c> who</c><00:47:53.440><c> put</c><00:47:53.760><c> it</c><00:47:53.860><c> out</c><00:47:54.059><c> today</c><00:47:54.440><c> are</c><00:47:54.659><c> saying</c><00:47:54.920><c> that,</c><00:47:55.519><c> but</c>

00:47:55.639 --> 00:47:56.860
that's<00:47:55.900><c> really</c><00:47:56.219><c> where</c><00:47:56.380><c> the</c><00:47:56.599><c> origins</c>

00:47:56.860 --> 00:48:00.179
of<00:47:57.059><c> the</c><00:47:57.199><c> thought</c><00:47:57.360><c> is.</c><00:47:58.840><c> If</c><00:47:59.059><c> they</c><00:47:59.280><c> were</c><00:47:59.480><c> right,</c><00:47:59.679><c> do</c><00:47:59.840><c> you</c><00:47:59.840><c> know</c><00:47:59.920><c> what</c><00:48:00.039><c> we</c>

00:48:00.179 --> 00:48:05.039
could<00:48:00.300><c> do</c><00:48:00.420><c> with</c><00:48:00.619><c> Eureka?</c><00:48:04.579><c> We</c>

00:48:05.039 --> 00:48:11.300
could<00:48:05.159><c> put</c><00:48:05.380><c> it</c><00:48:05.639><c> aside</c><00:48:05.860><c> altogether.</c><00:48:06.679><c> We</c><00:48:06.800><c> could</c><00:48:07.019><c> use</c><00:48:07.239><c> it.</c><00:48:10.260><c> It</c><00:48:10.739><c> would</c><00:48:11.019><c> be</c>

00:48:11.300 --> 00:48:14.619
completely<00:48:12.099><c> irrelevant.</c><00:48:14.480><c> Now</c>

00:48:14.619 --> 00:48:17.340
I<00:48:14.719><c> wouldn't</c><00:48:14.960><c> like</c><00:48:15.139><c> to</c><00:48:15.340><c> suggest</c><00:48:15.639><c> that,</c><00:48:16.400><c> but</c><00:48:16.579><c> make</c><00:48:16.820><c> no</c><00:48:17.000><c> mistake,</c>

00:48:17.559 --> 00:48:19.719
that<00:48:17.840><c> is</c><00:48:18.119><c> what</c><00:48:18.280><c> is</c><00:48:18.539><c> saying</c><00:48:18.860><c> if</c><00:48:19.199><c> we</c><00:48:19.440><c> say</c>

00:48:19.719 --> 00:48:22.260
that<00:48:20.179><c> all</c><00:48:20.320><c> the</c><00:48:20.480><c> revelation</c><00:48:20.840><c> goes</c><00:48:21.099><c> into</c><00:48:21.340><c> the</c><00:48:21.480><c> future.</c><00:48:21.760><c> I</c><00:48:21.980><c> just</c>

00:48:22.260 --> 00:48:24.440
fear<00:48:22.440><c> to</c><00:48:22.639><c> do</c><00:48:22.719><c> that.</c><00:48:23.579><c> I</c><00:48:23.780><c> just</c><00:48:24.000><c> couldn't</c><00:48:24.159><c> believe</c>

00:48:24.440 --> 00:48:30.420
that<00:48:24.679><c> people</c><00:48:24.980><c> seeing</c><00:48:25.400><c> that</c><00:48:26.300><c> could</c><00:48:26.800><c> really,</c><00:48:27.500><c> really</c><00:48:28.320><c> truly</c><00:48:28.519><c> believe</c><00:48:28.940><c> that.</c><00:48:30.159><c> Is</c>

00:48:30.420 --> 00:48:31.420
it<00:48:30.559><c> of</c><00:48:30.760><c> God</c><00:48:31.019><c> that</c><00:48:31.179><c> the</c>

00:48:31.420 --> 00:48:34.380
truth<00:48:31.579><c> came?</c><00:48:32.440><c> We're</c><00:48:32.639><c> not</c><00:48:32.900><c> saying</c><00:48:33.059><c> Dr</c><00:48:33.420><c> Thomas</c><00:48:33.659><c> is</c><00:48:33.880><c> inspired.</c>

00:48:34.760 --> 00:48:37.099
I'm<00:48:35.019><c> not</c><00:48:35.340><c> saying</c><00:48:35.739><c> that</c><00:48:36.179><c> everything</c><00:48:36.639><c> that</c>

00:48:37.099 --> 00:48:40.820
he's<00:48:37.360><c> written</c><00:48:37.559><c> about</c><00:48:37.880><c> revelation</c><00:48:38.460><c> is</c><00:48:39.059><c> right</c><00:48:39.320><c> in</c><00:48:39.500><c> every</c><00:48:39.739><c> symbol.</c><00:48:40.539><c> We're</c>

00:48:40.820 --> 00:48:41.539
prepared<00:48:41.079><c> to</c><00:48:41.239><c> live</c><00:48:41.360><c> with</c>

00:48:41.539 --> 00:48:45.579
each<00:48:41.800><c> other</c><00:48:42.300><c> in</c><00:48:42.699><c> some</c><00:48:42.920><c> little</c><00:48:43.219><c> pieces</c><00:48:43.519><c> here</c><00:48:43.820><c> and</c><00:48:44.019><c> there,</c><00:48:44.920><c> where</c><00:48:45.059><c> brethren</c><00:48:45.360><c> and</c>

00:48:45.579 --> 00:48:46.380
sisters<00:48:45.719><c> feel</c><00:48:46.000><c> that</c>

00:48:46.380 --> 00:48:52.239
perhaps<00:48:46.900><c> the</c><00:48:47.880><c> kings</c><00:48:48.579><c> of</c><00:48:48.739><c> a</c><00:48:48.900><c> sun</c><00:48:49.119><c> rising</c><00:48:49.739><c> might</c><00:48:50.199><c> perhaps</c><00:48:50.599><c> be</c><00:48:50.739><c> the</c><00:48:50.940><c> Turks</c><00:48:51.280><c> and</c><00:48:51.699><c> may</c><00:48:51.860><c> not</c><00:48:52.039><c> be</c>

00:48:52.239 --> 00:48:52.840
the<00:48:52.400><c> saints.</c><00:48:52.639><c> I</c>

00:48:52.840 --> 00:48:58.880
can<00:48:53.039><c> live</c><00:48:53.179><c> with</c><00:48:53.380><c> that.</c><00:48:55.599><c> There's</c><00:48:55.800><c> a</c><00:48:55.880><c> lot</c><00:48:56.039><c> of</c><00:48:56.179><c> good</c><00:48:56.380><c> reason</c><00:48:56.619><c> perhaps</c><00:48:57.000><c> in</c><00:48:57.239><c> saying</c><00:48:57.500><c> that,</c><00:48:58.179><c> even</c><00:48:58.420><c> if</c><00:48:58.599><c> I</c><00:48:58.699><c> think</c>

00:48:58.880 --> 00:49:01.880
that<00:48:59.059><c> it</c><00:48:59.139><c> still</c><00:48:59.360><c> might</c><00:48:59.579><c> yet</c><00:48:59.860><c> be,</c><00:49:00.460><c> as</c><00:49:00.739><c> Dr</c><00:49:01.059><c> Thomas</c><00:49:01.360><c> said.</c><00:49:01.739><c> We're</c>

00:49:01.880 --> 00:49:04.139
not<00:49:02.039><c> talking</c><00:49:02.280><c> about</c><00:49:02.619><c> that.</c><00:49:03.579><c> I'm</c><00:49:03.820><c> saying</c>

00:49:04.139 --> 00:49:10.239
the<00:49:04.500><c> basic</c><00:49:05.199><c> identifications</c><00:49:06.539><c> of</c><00:49:07.719><c> those</c><00:49:08.019><c> systems,</c><00:49:09.760><c> the</c><00:49:10.019><c> bear,</c>

00:49:10.420 --> 00:49:12.739
the<00:49:10.639><c> seven</c><00:49:10.900><c> heads</c><00:49:11.159><c> and</c><00:49:11.320><c> the</c><00:49:11.500><c> ten</c><00:49:11.699><c> horns,</c>

00:49:12.800 --> 00:49:17.119
and<00:49:12.920><c> of</c><00:49:13.000><c> which</c><00:49:13.159><c> the</c><00:49:13.360><c> Lord</c><00:49:13.559><c> speaks</c><00:49:13.940><c> so</c><00:49:14.480><c> profoundly,</c><00:49:16.079><c> that's</c><00:49:16.619><c> what</c><00:49:16.800><c> we</c>

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cannot<00:49:17.340><c> be,</c><00:49:17.699><c> in</c><00:49:18.000><c> my</c><00:49:18.119><c> estimation,</c>

00:49:19.300 --> 00:49:22.579
in<00:49:19.440><c> conjecture</c><00:49:20.000><c> about.</c><00:49:20.840><c> I</c><00:49:21.000><c> think</c><00:49:21.199><c> as</c><00:49:21.380><c> much</c><00:49:21.579><c> as</c><00:49:21.719><c> we</c><00:49:21.940><c> like</c><00:49:22.139><c> to</c><00:49:22.320><c> be</c>

00:49:22.579 --> 00:49:25.980
charitable,<00:49:24.079><c> charity</c><00:49:24.460><c> stops</c><00:49:25.059><c> at</c><00:49:25.519><c> honesty.</c>

00:49:25.980 --> 00:49:31.119
We<00:49:26.980><c> can</c><00:49:27.360><c> still,</c><00:49:28.039><c> having</c><00:49:28.420><c> stood</c><00:49:28.679><c> up</c><00:49:28.820><c> for</c><00:49:28.920><c> that,</c><00:49:29.219><c> which</c><00:49:29.219><c> is</c><00:49:29.519><c> clearly</c><00:49:29.739><c> right,</c><00:49:30.659><c> learn</c><00:49:30.920><c> how</c>

00:49:31.119 --> 00:49:32.219
to<00:49:31.280><c> deal</c><00:49:31.599><c> with</c><00:49:32.000><c> the</c>

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issue<00:49:32.440><c> within</c><00:49:32.679><c> our</c><00:49:32.940><c> brotherhood.</c><00:49:33.780><c> But</c><00:49:33.920><c> firstly,</c><00:49:34.639><c> we've</c><00:49:34.880><c> got</c>

00:49:35.019 --> 00:49:36.500
to<00:49:35.159><c> be</c><00:49:35.320><c> prepared</c><00:49:35.539><c> to</c><00:49:35.659><c> look</c><00:49:35.820><c> at</c><00:49:35.960><c> the</c><00:49:36.119><c> thing</c>

00:49:36.500 --> 00:49:41.159
as<00:49:36.840><c> it</c><00:49:37.019><c> really</c><00:49:37.400><c> is.</c><00:49:39.179><c> So,</c><00:49:39.719><c> point</c><00:49:39.900><c> seven,</c><00:49:40.199><c> it</c><00:49:40.300><c> was</c><00:49:40.539><c> a</c><00:49:40.699><c> persecutor</c>

00:49:41.159 --> 00:49:43.079
of<00:49:41.320><c> the</c><00:49:41.500><c> saints.</c><00:49:42.159><c> Its</c><00:49:42.320><c> duration</c><00:49:42.780><c> was</c>

00:49:43.079 --> 00:49:47.500
given.<00:49:43.480><c> It</c><00:49:43.480><c> went</c><00:49:43.619><c> right</c><00:49:44.099><c> through</c><00:49:45.079><c> to</c><00:49:45.519><c> the</c><00:49:46.260><c> period</c><00:49:46.579><c> of</c><00:49:46.880><c> the</c><00:49:47.079><c> coming</c><00:49:47.280><c> of</c>

00:49:47.500 --> 00:49:49.539
Christ<00:49:47.920><c> until</c><00:49:48.559><c> it</c><00:49:48.800><c> went</c><00:49:49.099><c> into</c>

00:49:49.539 --> 00:49:57.320
judgment.<00:49:50.699><c> And</c><00:49:50.900><c> that's</c><00:49:51.159><c> why</c><00:49:51.639><c> in</c><00:49:51.840><c> the</c><00:49:51.980><c> 2</c><00:49:52.199><c> Thessalonians</c><00:49:52.920><c> 2,</c><00:49:54.000><c> the</c><00:49:54.099><c> Apostle</c><00:49:54.480><c> Paul</c><00:49:54.760><c> said</c><00:49:55.239><c> that</c><00:49:57.219><c> it</c>

00:49:57.320 --> 00:49:57.920
was<00:49:57.619><c> a</c><00:49:57.780><c> son</c>

00:49:57.920 --> 00:50:02.900
of<00:49:58.059><c> tradition</c><00:49:58.579><c> because</c><00:49:59.179><c> it</c><00:49:59.320><c> goes</c><00:49:59.659><c> through</c><00:50:00.320><c> into</c><00:50:00.699><c> the</c><00:50:00.860><c> judgment</c><00:50:01.179><c> seat</c><00:50:01.579><c> of</c><00:50:02.039><c> Christ.</c>

00:50:11.000 --> 00:50:15.639
Now,<00:50:11.760><c> these</c><00:50:12.519><c> are</c><00:50:12.639><c> just</c><00:50:12.840><c> large</c><00:50:13.139><c> arguments.</c><00:50:15.019><c> They're</c><00:50:15.400><c> just</c>

00:50:15.639 --> 00:50:18.840
general<00:50:16.039><c> things.</c><00:50:17.599><c> We've</c><00:50:18.039><c> perhaps</c><00:50:18.500><c> covered</c>

00:50:18.840 --> 00:50:23.039
a<00:50:18.960><c> lot</c><00:50:19.079><c> of</c><00:50:19.199><c> them.</c><00:50:20.340><c> But</c><00:50:20.480><c> coming</c><00:50:20.659><c> through</c><00:50:20.900><c> now</c><00:50:21.119><c> to</c><00:50:21.239><c> the</c><00:50:21.280><c> book</c><00:50:21.480><c> of</c><00:50:21.639><c> Revelation.</c>

00:50:31.099 --> 00:50:38.519
When<00:50:31.539><c> in</c><00:50:31.980><c> our</c><00:50:32.500><c> Bible</c><00:50:32.880><c> class,</c><00:50:33.940><c> several</c><00:50:34.239><c> years</c><00:50:34.500><c> ago,</c><00:50:35.860><c> it</c><00:50:36.079><c> fell</c><00:50:36.199><c> my</c><00:50:36.420><c> lot</c><00:50:36.539><c> to</c><00:50:36.739><c> do</c><00:50:36.840><c> Revelation</c><00:50:37.340><c> 12,</c><00:50:37.940><c> I</c><00:50:38.139><c> realised</c>

00:50:38.519 --> 00:50:42.860
that<00:50:38.639><c> I</c><00:50:38.800><c> had</c><00:50:39.019><c> a</c><00:50:39.179><c> chapter</c><00:50:39.420><c> there</c><00:50:39.739><c> that</c><00:50:39.940><c> was</c><00:50:40.320><c> the</c><00:50:40.440><c> subject</c><00:50:40.800><c> of</c><00:50:41.019><c> some</c><00:50:41.239><c> difficulties.</c><00:50:42.619><c> We</c>

00:50:42.860 --> 00:50:44.219
can<00:50:43.059><c> all</c><00:50:43.280><c> be</c><00:50:43.559><c> charitable</c>

00:50:44.219 --> 00:50:48.199
in<00:50:45.039><c> dealing</c><00:50:45.320><c> with</c><00:50:45.579><c> chapter</c><00:50:45.920><c> 12,</c><00:50:46.780><c> in</c><00:50:46.880><c> recognising</c><00:50:47.639><c> that</c><00:50:47.800><c> there's</c><00:50:48.000><c> some</c>

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language<00:50:48.500><c> there</c><00:50:48.820><c> that's</c><00:50:49.019><c> hard</c>

00:50:49.280 --> 00:50:53.780
to<00:50:49.440><c> fit</c><00:50:49.619><c> in.</c><00:50:51.519><c> It</c><00:50:51.599><c> would</c><00:50:51.699><c> be</c><00:50:51.820><c> a</c><00:50:51.940><c> very</c><00:50:52.239><c> unreasonable</c><00:50:52.719><c> person</c><00:50:53.300><c> who</c>

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wouldn't<00:50:54.179><c> agree</c><00:50:54.559><c> with</c><00:50:54.800><c> that.</c><00:50:55.760><c> It</c><00:50:55.920><c> is</c>

00:50:56.260 --> 00:51:01.659
difficult<00:50:56.719><c> language</c><00:50:57.179><c> to</c><00:50:57.480><c> fit</c><00:50:57.760><c> in</c><00:50:57.960><c> with</c><00:50:58.159><c> the</c><00:50:58.360><c> times.</c><00:51:01.300><c> How</c><00:51:01.519><c> were</c>

00:51:01.659 --> 00:51:04.059
we<00:51:01.880><c> to</c><00:51:02.099><c> treat</c><00:51:02.320><c> that</c><00:51:02.659><c> subject</c><00:51:03.099><c> in</c><00:51:03.659><c> a</c><00:51:03.860><c> way</c>

00:51:04.059 --> 00:51:06.659
that<00:51:04.360><c> really</c><00:51:04.800><c> helped,</c><00:51:05.159><c> brethren</c><00:51:05.420><c> and</c><00:51:05.619><c> sisters,</c><00:51:06.159><c> to</c><00:51:06.340><c> see</c><00:51:06.519><c> that</c>

00:51:06.659 --> 00:51:08.519
it<00:51:06.820><c> was</c><00:51:07.199><c> historical,</c><00:51:07.780><c> as</c><00:51:08.039><c> I'm</c><00:51:08.300><c> sure</c>

00:51:08.519 --> 00:51:14.599
it<00:51:08.599><c> is,</c><00:51:09.400><c> and</c><00:51:09.719><c> not</c><00:51:10.059><c> actually</c><00:51:10.880><c> the</c><00:51:11.400><c> coming</c><00:51:11.679><c> of</c><00:51:11.860><c> Christ?</c><00:51:13.619><c> Well,</c><00:51:14.320><c> have</c><00:51:14.480><c> a</c>

00:51:14.599 --> 00:51:17.400
look<00:51:14.679><c> in</c><00:51:14.800><c> chapter</c><00:51:15.639><c> 12</c><00:51:16.280><c> and</c><00:51:16.559><c> verse</c>

00:51:17.920 --> 00:51:22.599
3.<00:51:19.159><c> There</c><00:51:19.300><c> appeared</c><00:51:19.619><c> another</c><00:51:20.119><c> wonder</c><00:51:20.400><c> in</c><00:51:20.679><c> heaven,</c><00:51:21.039><c> and</c><00:51:21.099><c> behold,</c><00:51:21.940><c> a</c><00:51:22.059><c> great</c><00:51:22.320><c> red</c>

00:51:22.599 --> 00:51:25.000
dragon<00:51:23.199><c> having</c><00:51:24.619><c> seven</c>

00:51:25.000 --> 00:51:30.219
heads<00:51:25.500><c> and</c><00:51:25.900><c> ten</c><00:51:26.219><c> horns</c><00:51:26.860><c> and</c><00:51:27.860><c> seven</c><00:51:28.300><c> crowns</c><00:51:28.760><c> upon</c><00:51:28.980><c> his</c><00:51:29.300><c> head.</c>

00:51:30.980 --> 00:51:33.900
Now,<00:51:31.300><c> that's</c><00:51:32.300><c> immediately</c><00:51:32.900><c> arresting</c>

00:51:33.900 --> 00:51:37.639
us,<00:51:34.699><c> because</c><00:51:34.699><c> as</c><00:51:36.019><c> soon</c><00:51:36.159><c> as</c><00:51:36.300><c> we</c><00:51:36.380><c> read</c><00:51:36.599><c> that,</c><00:51:37.079><c> what</c><00:51:37.260><c> do</c><00:51:37.380><c> we</c><00:51:37.440><c> think</c>

00:51:37.639 --> 00:51:42.039
of<00:51:37.800><c> that?</c><00:51:39.800><c> Daniel</c><00:51:40.099><c> chapter</c><00:51:40.420><c> 7.</c><00:51:41.699><c> That's</c>

00:51:42.039 --> 00:51:44.920
the<00:51:42.219><c> only</c><00:51:42.440><c> passage</c><00:51:42.760><c> in</c><00:51:42.920><c> the</c><00:51:43.059><c> Bible</c><00:51:43.320><c> that</c><00:51:43.699><c> ever</c><00:51:43.960><c> sees</c><00:51:44.179><c> a</c><00:51:44.340><c> creature</c><00:51:44.579><c> like</c>

00:51:44.920 --> 00:51:47.719
that.<00:51:45.659><c> Clearly,</c><00:51:46.340><c> it's</c><00:51:46.760><c> related.</c>

00:51:48.079 --> 00:51:50.820
So<00:51:48.300><c> we</c><00:51:48.519><c> hold</c><00:51:48.739><c> our</c><00:51:48.960><c> hand</c><00:51:49.079><c> there,</c><00:51:49.800><c> and</c><00:51:49.960><c> we</c><00:51:50.079><c> go</c><00:51:50.260><c> back</c><00:51:50.440><c> to</c><00:51:50.579><c> Daniel</c>

00:51:50.820 --> 00:51:52.559
7.<00:51:51.300><c> We</c><00:51:51.500><c> don't</c><00:51:51.739><c> need</c><00:51:51.940><c> to</c><00:51:52.079><c> do</c><00:51:52.179><c> that</c><00:51:52.360><c> because</c>

00:51:52.559 --> 00:51:55.980
we've<00:51:52.800><c> been</c><00:51:52.980><c> in</c><00:51:53.059><c> it</c><00:51:53.239><c> all</c><00:51:53.460><c> day.</c><00:51:54.260><c> But</c><00:51:54.500><c> Daniel</c><00:51:54.780><c> chapter</c><00:51:55.099><c> 7</c><00:51:55.579><c> says</c>

00:51:55.980 --> 00:51:58.219
that,<00:51:56.780><c> right?</c><00:51:57.119><c> So</c><00:51:57.320><c> we've</c><00:51:57.420><c> got</c><00:51:57.559><c> the</c><00:51:57.719><c> two</c><00:51:57.900><c> chapters</c>

00:51:58.219 --> 00:52:02.980
there<00:51:58.440><c> together,</c><00:51:59.159><c> and</c><00:51:59.500><c> just</c><00:51:59.800><c> like</c><00:52:00.000><c> we</c><00:52:00.139><c> found</c><00:52:00.360><c> the</c><00:52:00.519><c> other</c><00:52:00.739><c> night,</c><00:52:02.019><c> Revelation</c><00:52:02.559><c> just</c>

00:52:02.980 --> 00:52:03.880
swings<00:52:03.239><c> straight</c>

00:52:03.880 --> 00:52:07.360
on<00:52:04.099><c> from</c><00:52:04.239><c> Daniel,</c><00:52:04.619><c> didn't</c><00:52:04.820><c> it?</c><00:52:05.940><c> The</c><00:52:06.099><c> book</c><00:52:06.280><c> was</c><00:52:06.579><c> sealed,</c><00:52:07.179><c> the</c>

00:52:07.360 --> 00:52:10.599
book<00:52:07.519><c> was</c><00:52:07.800><c> opened.</c><00:52:09.079><c> The</c><00:52:09.219><c> same</c><00:52:09.539><c> features</c><00:52:10.340><c> are</c>

00:52:10.599 --> 00:52:13.519
found<00:52:10.739><c> in</c><00:52:10.900><c> one</c><00:52:11.079><c> book</c><00:52:11.340><c> as</c><00:52:11.619><c> are</c><00:52:11.820><c> found</c><00:52:11.980><c> in</c><00:52:12.139><c> the</c><00:52:12.300><c> other.</c><00:52:12.900><c> But</c><00:52:13.159><c> my</c>

00:52:13.519 --> 00:52:15.980
word,<00:52:14.059><c> there's</c><00:52:14.340><c> nothing</c><00:52:14.639><c> that</c><00:52:15.119><c> really</c><00:52:15.480><c> answers</c>

00:52:15.980 --> 00:52:20.619
quite<00:52:16.599><c> as</c><00:52:17.420><c> deliberately</c><00:52:17.880><c> to</c><00:52:18.179><c> each</c><00:52:18.420><c> other</c><00:52:18.739><c> as</c><00:52:19.139><c> the</c><00:52:19.360><c> Daniel</c><00:52:19.719><c> chapter</c><00:52:20.059><c> 7's</c>

00:52:20.619 --> 00:52:22.519
description<00:52:20.940><c> of</c><00:52:21.139><c> that</c><00:52:22.219><c> fourth</c>

00:52:22.519 --> 00:52:27.340
beast<00:52:22.960><c> and</c><00:52:23.420><c> what</c><00:52:23.619><c> we</c><00:52:23.920><c> find</c><00:52:24.179><c> in</c><00:52:24.480><c> Revelation</c><00:52:24.960><c> 13.</c><00:52:26.880><c> Because</c><00:52:27.139><c> when</c>

00:52:27.340 --> 00:52:31.019
we<00:52:27.500><c> go</c><00:52:27.599><c> over</c><00:52:27.719><c> to</c><00:52:27.880><c> Revelation</c><00:52:28.300><c> 13,</c><00:52:30.360><c> again</c><00:52:30.699><c> we</c>

00:52:31.019 --> 00:52:37.340
have<00:52:31.519><c> this</c><00:52:32.900><c> creature</c><00:52:33.719><c> still</c><00:52:34.599><c> on</c><00:52:35.159><c> the</c><00:52:35.380><c> scene</c><00:52:35.699><c> in</c><00:52:36.860><c> a</c><00:52:37.099><c> different</c>

00:52:37.340 --> 00:52:39.420
phase<00:52:37.860><c> with</c><00:52:38.360><c> some</c><00:52:38.619><c> extra</c><00:52:38.920><c> features,</c>

00:52:39.780 --> 00:52:44.260
but<00:52:40.039><c> very</c><00:52:40.480><c> clearly</c><00:52:40.820><c> on</c><00:52:41.079><c> the</c><00:52:41.320><c> scene.</c><00:52:42.320><c> Look</c><00:52:42.480><c> at</c><00:52:42.559><c> him</c><00:52:42.739><c> here</c><00:52:43.059><c> in</c><00:52:43.260><c> verse</c><00:52:43.480><c> 1.</c>

00:52:44.579 --> 00:52:45.679
I<00:52:44.579><c> stood</c><00:52:44.820><c> upon</c><00:52:45.139><c> the</c><00:52:45.360><c> sand</c><00:52:45.480><c> of</c>

00:52:45.679 --> 00:52:50.280
the<00:52:45.860><c> sea</c><00:52:46.139><c> and</c><00:52:46.360><c> saw</c><00:52:46.599><c> a</c><00:52:46.820><c> beast</c><00:52:47.139><c> rise</c><00:52:47.900><c> up</c><00:52:48.219><c> out</c><00:52:48.420><c> of</c><00:52:48.559><c> the</c><00:52:48.739><c> sea.</c><00:52:50.079><c> There</c>

00:52:50.280 --> 00:52:53.199
it<00:52:50.460><c> is,</c><00:52:51.119><c> seven</c><00:52:51.400><c> heads,</c><00:52:52.340><c> ten</c><00:52:52.639><c> horns,</c>

00:52:53.639 --> 00:52:57.219
and<00:52:53.800><c> upon</c><00:52:53.960><c> his</c><00:52:54.219><c> horns</c><00:52:54.460><c> ten</c><00:52:54.800><c> crowns,</c><00:52:55.699><c> and</c><00:52:55.860><c> upon</c><00:52:56.059><c> his</c><00:52:56.320><c> heads</c><00:52:56.699><c> the</c>

00:52:57.219 --> 00:53:00.480
names<00:52:57.679><c> of</c><00:52:58.079><c> blasphemy.</c><00:52:59.179><c> All</c><00:52:59.719><c> the</c><00:52:59.960><c> features</c>

00:53:00.480 --> 00:53:07.380
of<00:53:01.099><c> the</c><00:53:01.300><c> creature</c><00:53:01.820><c> that</c><00:53:02.739><c> Daniel</c><00:53:03.039><c> saw</c><00:53:05.340><c> as</c><00:53:05.960><c> his</c><00:53:06.179><c> fourth</c><00:53:06.500><c> beast.</c>

00:53:07.420 --> 00:53:10.320
Then<00:53:07.619><c> it</c><00:53:07.940><c> says,</c><00:53:08.639><c> because</c><00:53:09.059><c> there</c><00:53:09.500><c> was</c><00:53:09.820><c> a</c>

00:53:10.320 --> 00:53:15.659
lion,<00:53:11.179><c> there</c><00:53:11.260><c> was</c><00:53:11.519><c> a</c><00:53:11.679><c> bear,</c><00:53:12.300><c> there</c><00:53:12.380><c> was</c><00:53:12.639><c> a</c><00:53:12.820><c> leopard</c><00:53:13.079><c> as</c><00:53:14.619><c> well,</c>

00:53:15.699 --> 00:53:17.440
they<00:53:15.900><c> have</c><00:53:16.139><c> been</c><00:53:16.400><c> altogether</c><00:53:16.820><c> forgotten.</c>

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Features<00:53:18.239><c> of</c><00:53:18.440><c> those</c><00:53:18.679><c> have</c><00:53:18.920><c> come</c><00:53:19.219><c> through</c><00:53:19.579><c> into</c><00:53:19.820><c> this</c><00:53:20.280><c> historic</c><00:53:20.860><c> creature.</c><00:53:21.599><c> Verse</c>

00:53:21.880 --> 00:53:23.420
2,<00:53:22.659><c> the</c><00:53:22.860><c> beast</c><00:53:23.159><c> which</c>

00:53:23.420 --> 00:53:26.599
I<00:53:23.679><c> saw</c><00:53:23.860><c> was</c><00:53:24.039><c> like</c><00:53:24.340><c> a</c><00:53:24.480><c> leopard.</c><00:53:25.340><c> His</c><00:53:25.619><c> feet</c><00:53:25.780><c> were</c><00:53:25.920><c> as</c><00:53:26.059><c> the</c><00:53:26.179><c> feet</c><00:53:26.280><c> of</c><00:53:26.440><c> a</c>

00:53:26.599 --> 00:53:28.340
bear,<00:53:27.300><c> and</c><00:53:27.440><c> his</c><00:53:27.619><c> mouth</c><00:53:27.880><c> as</c><00:53:28.039><c> the</c><00:53:28.119><c> mouth</c>

00:53:28.340 --> 00:53:32.059
of<00:53:28.500><c> a</c><00:53:28.679><c> lion,</c><00:53:29.739><c> and</c><00:53:29.820><c> the</c><00:53:30.059><c> dragon</c><00:53:30.260><c> gave</c><00:53:30.579><c> him</c><00:53:30.780><c> his</c><00:53:31.019><c> power</c><00:53:31.420><c> and</c><00:53:31.860><c> his</c>

00:53:32.059 --> 00:53:34.219
seat<00:53:32.239><c> and</c><00:53:32.480><c> great</c><00:53:32.699><c> authority.</c><00:53:33.860><c> Clearly,</c>

00:53:34.340 --> 00:53:37.400
my<00:53:34.460><c> dear</c><00:53:34.599><c> brothers</c><00:53:34.860><c> and</c><00:53:35.119><c> sisters,</c><00:53:35.460><c> these</c><00:53:35.820><c> are</c><00:53:36.039><c> related.</c><00:53:37.179><c> What</c>

00:53:37.400 --> 00:53:40.380
were<00:53:37.599><c> some</c><00:53:37.800><c> of</c><00:53:37.980><c> the</c><00:53:38.079><c> other</c><00:53:38.300><c> features</c><00:53:39.019><c> of</c><00:53:40.099><c> that</c>

00:53:40.380 --> 00:53:47.340
fourth<00:53:40.639><c> beast?</c><00:53:42.519><c> Well,</c><00:53:44.179><c> look</c><00:53:44.360><c> at</c><00:53:44.500><c> verse</c><00:53:44.900><c> 5.</c><00:53:46.699><c> There</c><00:53:46.840><c> was</c><00:53:47.139><c> given</c>

00:53:47.340 --> 00:53:51.440
unto<00:53:47.679><c> him</c><00:53:48.440><c> a</c><00:53:48.940><c> mouth</c><00:53:49.440><c> speaking</c><00:53:50.599><c> great</c>

00:53:51.440 --> 00:53:57.119
things<00:53:52.000><c> and</c><00:53:52.820><c> blasphemies,</c><00:53:55.300><c> and</c><00:53:55.440><c> power</c><00:53:55.800><c> was</c><00:53:56.079><c> given</c><00:53:56.260><c> unto</c><00:53:56.619><c> him</c>

00:53:57.119 --> 00:54:00.619
to<00:53:57.500><c> continue</c><00:53:58.039><c> forty</c><00:53:58.659><c> and</c><00:53:59.260><c> two</c><00:53:59.460><c> months,</c>

00:54:00.659 --> 00:54:08.639
which<00:54:00.900><c> comes</c><00:54:01.199><c> out</c><00:54:01.440><c> again</c><00:54:01.780><c> to</c><00:54:01.980><c> our</c><00:54:02.219><c> 1260</c><00:54:03.960><c> days.</c><00:54:06.260><c> It's</c><00:54:06.699><c> all</c><00:54:06.980><c> identical.</c><00:54:08.519><c> And</c>

00:54:08.639 --> 00:54:09.900
he<00:54:08.760><c> opened</c><00:54:09.099><c> his</c><00:54:09.320><c> mouth,</c><00:54:09.659><c> verse</c>

00:54:09.900 --> 00:54:14.219
6,<00:54:10.679><c> in</c><00:54:11.000><c> blasphemy</c><00:54:11.559><c> against</c><00:54:12.019><c> God</c><00:54:12.420><c> to</c><00:54:12.820><c> blaspheme</c><00:54:13.440><c> his</c><00:54:13.760><c> name</c><00:54:13.960><c> and</c>

00:54:14.219 --> 00:54:15.980
his<00:54:14.480><c> tabernacle,</c><00:54:15.280><c> and</c><00:54:15.460><c> them</c><00:54:15.579><c> that</c><00:54:15.860><c> dwell</c>

00:54:15.980 --> 00:54:20.659
in<00:54:16.119><c> heaven.</c><00:54:17.500><c> And</c><00:54:17.679><c> verse</c><00:54:17.860><c> 7,</c><00:54:18.800><c> it</c><00:54:18.900><c> was</c><00:54:19.179><c> given</c><00:54:19.440><c> unto</c><00:54:19.760><c> him</c><00:54:20.119><c> to</c><00:54:20.380><c> make</c>

00:54:20.659 --> 00:54:23.199
war<00:54:21.340><c> with</c><00:54:21.880><c> the</c><00:54:22.119><c> saints,</c><00:54:22.920><c> straight</c>

00:54:23.199 --> 00:54:27.380
out<00:54:23.420><c> of</c><00:54:23.480><c> Daniel</c><00:54:23.739><c> chapter</c><00:54:24.019><c> 7,</c><00:54:24.420><c> verse</c><00:54:24.480><c> 21.</c><00:54:25.719><c> And</c><00:54:25.739><c> to</c><00:54:26.079><c> overcome</c><00:54:26.500><c> them,</c><00:54:27.179><c> he</c>

00:54:27.380 --> 00:54:28.340
shall<00:54:27.539><c> wear</c><00:54:27.760><c> out</c><00:54:27.920><c> the</c><00:54:28.139><c> saints</c>

00:54:28.340 --> 00:54:32.139
of<00:54:28.500><c> the</c><00:54:28.579><c> Most</c><00:54:28.980><c> High,</c><00:54:29.480><c> Daniel</c><00:54:29.820><c> 7</c><00:54:30.139><c> and</c><00:54:30.300><c> verse</c><00:54:30.460><c> 25.</c><00:54:31.500><c> And</c><00:54:31.860><c> power</c>

00:54:32.139 --> 00:54:34.579
was<00:54:32.440><c> given</c><00:54:32.619><c> him</c><00:54:32.880><c> over</c><00:54:33.239><c> all</c><00:54:33.599><c> kingdoms</c><00:54:34.019><c> and</c>

00:54:34.579 --> 00:54:37.519
tongues<00:54:34.960><c> and</c><00:54:35.340><c> nations,</c><00:54:35.619><c> which</c><00:54:35.800><c> is</c><00:54:36.000><c> the</c><00:54:36.159><c> sense</c><00:54:36.380><c> of</c><00:54:36.559><c> Daniel</c><00:54:36.860><c> chapter</c><00:54:37.139><c> 7,</c>

00:54:37.699 --> 00:54:39.280
in<00:54:37.840><c> which</c><00:54:38.000><c> he</c><00:54:38.179><c> had</c><00:54:38.340><c> power</c><00:54:38.900><c> and</c>

00:54:39.280 --> 00:54:41.539
then<00:54:39.519><c> dominion</c><00:54:39.780><c> was</c><00:54:39.960><c> taken</c><00:54:40.199><c> away</c><00:54:40.559><c> and</c><00:54:40.840><c> given</c><00:54:41.019><c> to</c><00:54:41.219><c> the</c><00:54:41.380><c> saints</c>

00:54:41.539 --> 00:54:43.239
of<00:54:41.679><c> the</c><00:54:41.699><c> Most</c><00:54:42.039><c> High</c><00:54:42.199><c> God.</c><00:54:42.780><c> So</c><00:54:42.980><c> he</c><00:54:43.059><c> had</c>

00:54:43.239 --> 00:54:46.960
dominion<00:54:43.639><c> before,</c><00:54:44.039><c> and</c><00:54:44.119><c> that's</c><00:54:44.420><c> exactly</c><00:54:44.800><c> how</c><00:54:44.960><c> it's</c><00:54:45.219><c> expressed</c><00:54:45.519><c> here.</c><00:54:46.780><c> So</c>

00:54:46.960 --> 00:54:47.980
I<00:54:47.099><c> said</c><00:54:47.260><c> that</c><00:54:47.460><c> to</c><00:54:47.599><c> the</c><00:54:47.780><c> class.</c>

00:54:47.980 --> 00:54:53.300
I<00:54:48.099><c> said,</c><00:54:49.199><c> is</c><00:54:49.300><c> there</c><00:54:49.480><c> a</c><00:54:49.639><c> correlation?</c><00:54:50.420><c> And</c><00:54:50.599><c> they</c><00:54:50.679><c> all</c><00:54:50.840><c> said,</c><00:54:50.920><c> well,</c><00:54:51.480><c> obviously</c><00:54:51.900><c> there</c><00:54:52.079><c> is.</c><00:54:52.739><c> One</c><00:54:53.000><c> is</c><00:54:53.199><c> the</c>

00:54:53.300 --> 00:54:56.980
same<00:54:53.519><c> beast</c><00:54:53.760><c> as</c><00:54:53.980><c> the</c><00:54:54.119><c> other,</c><00:54:54.659><c> all</c><00:54:54.920><c> the</c><00:54:55.059><c> same</c><00:54:55.280><c> features</c><00:54:55.679><c> together.</c><00:54:56.579><c> So</c><00:54:56.840><c> I</c>

00:54:56.980 --> 00:54:58.500
said,<00:54:57.199><c> well,</c><00:54:57.639><c> if</c><00:54:57.800><c> that's</c><00:54:58.500><c> Revelation</c>

00:54:58.500 --> 00:55:02.420
chapter<00:54:58.800><c> 13,</c><00:54:59.619><c> and</c><00:54:59.780><c> we</c><00:54:59.920><c> come</c><00:55:00.139><c> back</c><00:55:00.360><c> to</c><00:55:00.519><c> Revelation</c><00:55:00.960><c> chapter</c><00:55:01.360><c> 12,</c><00:55:01.960><c> and</c><00:55:02.179><c> we</c>

00:55:02.420 --> 00:55:04.079
find<00:55:02.699><c> that</c><00:55:02.940><c> that</c><00:55:03.300><c> same</c><00:55:03.639><c> beast</c>

00:55:04.079 --> 00:55:08.320
in<00:55:04.440><c> a</c><00:55:04.619><c> different</c><00:55:04.820><c> form</c><00:55:05.179><c> or</c><00:55:05.440><c> a</c><00:55:05.500><c> different</c><00:55:05.800><c> stage,</c><00:55:07.800><c> with</c><00:55:07.860><c> some</c>

00:55:08.320 --> 00:55:10.199
slight<00:55:08.619><c> changes</c><00:55:09.000><c> of</c><00:55:09.300><c> character,</c><00:55:09.960><c> is</c>

00:55:10.199 --> 00:55:14.719
in<00:55:10.400><c> chapter</c><00:55:10.780><c> 12,</c><00:55:11.699><c> then</c><00:55:12.039><c> clearly</c><00:55:13.099><c> this</c><00:55:13.800><c> is</c><00:55:14.000><c> not</c><00:55:14.199><c> the</c><00:55:14.320><c> coming</c><00:55:14.519><c> of</c>

00:55:14.719 --> 00:55:17.719
Christ.<00:55:16.659><c> The</c><00:55:16.780><c> language,</c><00:55:17.519><c> therefore,</c>

00:55:17.820 --> 00:55:22.500
in<00:55:17.920><c> verses</c><00:55:18.179><c> 10</c><00:55:18.460><c> and</c><00:55:18.639><c> 11,</c><00:55:19.579><c> if</c><00:55:19.800><c> it</c><00:55:20.019><c> is</c><00:55:20.360><c> not</c><00:55:20.699><c> the</c><00:55:20.900><c> coming</c><00:55:21.179><c> of</c><00:55:21.380><c> Christ,</c><00:55:22.340><c> and</c>

00:55:22.500 --> 00:55:24.039
the<00:55:22.619><c> chronology</c><00:55:23.119><c> of</c><00:55:23.260><c> things</c><00:55:23.599><c> shows</c>

00:55:24.039 --> 00:55:29.159
that<00:55:24.260><c> it</c><00:55:24.460><c> isn't,</c><00:55:26.480><c> and</c><00:55:26.840><c> might</c><00:55:27.000><c> I</c><00:55:27.159><c> add</c><00:55:27.320><c> there,</c><00:55:27.719><c> of</c><00:55:27.800><c> course,</c><00:55:28.960><c> that</c>

00:55:29.159 --> 00:55:32.460
as<00:55:29.340><c> far</c><00:55:29.539><c> as</c><00:55:29.760><c> that</c><00:55:30.400><c> beast</c><00:55:30.659><c> of</c><00:55:30.880><c> the</c><00:55:31.099><c> sea</c><00:55:31.380><c> in</c><00:55:32.059><c> Revelation</c>

00:55:32.460 --> 00:55:40.260
13<00:55:33.500><c> is</c><00:55:34.179><c> concerned,</c><00:55:35.099><c> it</c><00:55:35.280><c> itself</c><00:55:35.780><c> was</c><00:55:36.099><c> eclipsed</c><00:55:36.500><c> by</c><00:55:36.679><c> one</c><00:55:36.920><c> that</c><00:55:37.019><c> came</c><00:55:37.320><c> after.</c><00:55:38.320><c> See</c><00:55:38.599><c> verse</c><00:55:38.860><c> 11,</c><00:55:39.860><c> I</c><00:55:40.059><c> have</c>

00:55:40.260 --> 00:55:44.400
held<00:55:40.380><c> another</c><00:55:40.760><c> beast</c><00:55:41.000><c> coming</c><00:55:41.320><c> up</c><00:55:41.500><c> out</c><00:55:41.639><c> of</c><00:55:41.739><c> the</c><00:55:41.920><c> earth.</c><00:55:43.199><c> So</c><00:55:43.360><c> that</c><00:55:43.500><c> came</c><00:55:43.800><c> after</c><00:55:44.179><c> the</c>

00:55:44.400 --> 00:55:46.380
beast<00:55:44.639><c> from</c><00:55:45.260><c> the</c><00:55:45.519><c> sea.</c>

00:55:46.920 --> 00:55:54.900
So<00:55:47.159><c> it's</c><00:55:47.400><c> at</c><00:55:47.500><c> least</c><00:55:47.840><c> two</c><00:55:48.219><c> stages,</c><00:55:48.760><c> well</c><00:55:49.139><c> clear,</c><00:55:50.599><c> of</c><00:55:50.840><c> the</c><00:55:51.000><c> coming</c><00:55:51.199><c> of</c><00:55:51.400><c> Christ.</c><00:55:54.659><c> So</c>

00:55:54.900 --> 00:55:56.039
Revelation<00:55:55.239><c> 12,</c><00:55:55.639><c> then,</c>

00:55:56.039 --> 00:56:02.159
is<00:55:56.440><c> to</c><00:55:56.599><c> be</c><00:55:56.880><c> understood</c><00:55:57.420><c> clearly</c><00:55:58.000><c> in</c><00:55:58.599><c> a</c><00:55:58.719><c> way</c><00:55:58.960><c> that</c><00:55:59.260><c> is</c><00:56:00.019><c> in</c><00:56:00.300><c> historic</c><00:56:00.840><c> times.</c><00:56:01.920><c> Now</c><00:56:02.079><c> I</c>

00:56:02.159 --> 00:56:03.199
think<00:56:02.360><c> that's</c>

00:56:03.500 --> 00:56:07.000
just<00:56:04.059><c> a</c><00:56:04.340><c> very</c><00:56:04.679><c> sensible</c><00:56:05.039><c> deduction.</c><00:56:05.579><c> I</c><00:56:05.699><c> don't</c><00:56:05.920><c> find</c><00:56:06.079><c> any</c><00:56:06.320><c> difficulty</c><00:56:06.780><c> in</c>

00:56:07.000 --> 00:56:08.960
that.<00:56:07.860><c> What</c><00:56:08.019><c> it</c><00:56:08.239><c> means</c><00:56:08.619><c> is</c><00:56:08.860><c> that</c>

00:56:08.960 --> 00:56:11.980
we've<00:56:09.139><c> got</c><00:56:09.280><c> to</c><00:56:09.539><c> look</c><00:56:09.719><c> at</c><00:56:09.880><c> verses</c><00:56:10.099><c> 10</c><00:56:10.380><c> and</c><00:56:10.460><c> 11</c><00:56:10.719><c> and</c><00:56:10.880><c> ask</c><00:56:11.139><c> ourselves,</c><00:56:11.980><c> well,</c>

00:56:12.119 --> 00:56:14.400
if<00:56:12.280><c> that's</c><00:56:12.619><c> the</c><00:56:12.800><c> case,</c><00:56:14.320><c> the</c>

00:56:14.400 --> 00:56:21.420
only<00:56:14.639><c> way</c><00:56:14.860><c> I</c><00:56:15.619><c> can</c><00:56:15.860><c> see</c><00:56:16.800><c> verses</c><00:56:17.360><c> 10</c><00:56:18.059><c> and</c><00:56:18.340><c> 11</c><00:56:18.760><c> fitting,</c><00:56:20.039><c> or</c><00:56:20.340><c> the</c><00:56:20.539><c> use</c><00:56:20.719><c> of</c><00:56:20.960><c> Psalm</c><00:56:21.159><c> 2</c>

00:56:21.420 --> 00:56:24.800
and<00:56:21.579><c> verse</c><00:56:21.860><c> 5</c><00:56:22.800><c> as</c><00:56:23.460><c> being</c>

00:56:24.800 --> 00:56:29.619
understandable,<00:56:26.340><c> is</c><00:56:26.420><c> if</c><00:56:26.800><c> perhaps</c><00:56:27.579><c> the</c><00:56:27.940><c> Revelator</c><00:56:28.940><c> is</c><00:56:29.340><c> giving</c>

00:56:29.619 --> 00:56:31.659
us<00:56:30.000><c> a</c><00:56:30.119><c> picture</c><00:56:30.539><c> of</c><00:56:30.900><c> something</c><00:56:31.360><c> which</c>

00:56:31.659 --> 00:56:36.039
is<00:56:31.960><c> going</c><00:56:32.139><c> to</c><00:56:32.400><c> appear</c><00:56:33.019><c> as</c><00:56:33.860><c> the</c><00:56:34.039><c> coming</c><00:56:34.239><c> of</c><00:56:34.420><c> Christ.</c><00:56:35.840><c> And</c><00:56:35.920><c> the</c>

00:56:36.039 --> 00:56:37.400
natural<00:56:36.320><c> thing,</c><00:56:36.639><c> therefore,</c><00:56:36.980><c> would</c><00:56:37.219><c> be</c>

00:56:37.400 --> 00:56:40.639
to<00:56:37.619><c> say,</c><00:56:38.239><c> well,</c><00:56:38.380><c> is</c><00:56:38.579><c> there</c><00:56:38.800><c> some</c><00:56:39.099><c> time</c><00:56:39.300><c> in</c><00:56:39.579><c> history</c><00:56:40.019><c> when</c><00:56:40.460><c> that</c>

00:56:40.639 --> 00:56:45.239
was<00:56:40.840><c> the</c><00:56:40.980><c> case?</c><00:56:42.059><c> And</c><00:56:42.320><c> there</c><00:56:42.420><c> was.</c><00:56:44.760><c> And</c>

00:56:45.239 --> 00:56:47.300
you<00:56:45.659><c> know,</c><00:56:45.880><c> there</c><00:56:45.980><c> was</c><00:56:46.139><c> those</c><00:56:46.400><c> quotations</c><00:56:46.880><c> that</c><00:56:47.000><c> we</c><00:56:47.159><c> looked</c>

00:56:47.300 --> 00:56:49.079
at<00:56:47.480><c> the</c><00:56:47.619><c> other</c><00:56:47.840><c> night,</c><00:56:48.280><c> where</c><00:56:48.400><c> Eusebius,</c>

00:56:49.079 --> 00:56:52.039
for<00:56:49.380><c> example,</c><00:56:50.199><c> who</c><00:56:50.320><c> was</c><00:56:50.500><c> a</c><00:56:50.679><c> clergyman</c><00:56:51.099><c> of</c><00:56:51.300><c> great</c><00:56:51.500><c> prominence</c>

00:56:52.039 --> 00:56:54.000
during<00:56:52.440><c> the</c><00:56:52.539><c> very</c><00:56:52.940><c> time</c><00:56:53.239><c> of</c><00:56:53.539><c> Constantine,</c>

00:56:54.000 --> 00:56:58.820
of<00:56:54.420><c> which</c><00:56:54.619><c> we</c><00:56:54.800><c> believe</c><00:56:55.079><c> Revelation</c><00:56:55.559><c> 12</c><00:56:56.139><c> speaks.</c><00:56:57.320><c> The</c><00:56:57.460><c> features</c><00:56:57.760><c> of</c><00:56:58.000><c> Revelation</c><00:56:58.500><c> 12,</c>

00:56:58.820 --> 00:56:59.340
Chapter<00:56:59.000><c> 12,</c>

00:56:59.480 --> 00:57:03.500
in<00:56:59.480><c> my</c><00:56:59.800><c> opinion,</c><00:57:00.539><c> fit</c><00:57:00.639><c> very</c><00:57:01.159><c> wonderfully.</c><00:57:02.460><c> The</c><00:57:02.539><c> rising</c><00:57:02.980><c> up</c><00:57:03.239><c> of</c>

00:57:03.500 --> 00:57:05.719
Constantine<00:57:03.900><c> at</c><00:57:04.079><c> that</c><00:57:04.300><c> time,</c><00:57:05.099><c> when</c><00:57:05.239><c> the</c><00:57:05.380><c> whole</c>

00:57:05.719 --> 00:57:09.039
world<00:57:06.000><c> was</c><00:57:06.300><c> changed</c><00:57:06.639><c> upside</c><00:57:07.099><c> down,</c><00:57:07.300><c> all</c><00:57:07.519><c> the</c><00:57:07.780><c> historians</c><00:57:08.019><c> acknowledge</c><00:57:08.599><c> the</c>

00:57:09.039 --> 00:57:10.440
great<00:57:09.400><c> turning</c><00:57:09.679><c> point</c><00:57:09.920><c> of</c><00:57:10.139><c> all</c>

00:57:10.440 --> 00:57:12.639
the<00:57:10.639><c> times</c><00:57:10.800><c> of</c><00:57:11.019><c> the</c><00:57:11.119><c> Gentiles,</c><00:57:11.579><c> the</c><00:57:11.820><c> great</c><00:57:12.139><c> turning</c><00:57:12.420><c> point,</c>

00:57:12.639 --> 00:57:14.079
even<00:57:12.880><c> more</c><00:57:13.079><c> than</c><00:57:13.199><c> the</c><00:57:13.360><c> French</c><00:57:13.559><c> Revolution,</c>

00:57:14.519 --> 00:57:18.159
was<00:57:14.659><c> the</c><00:57:14.860><c> coming</c><00:57:15.059><c> of</c><00:57:15.440><c> Constantine.</c><00:57:16.300><c> Out</c><00:57:16.619><c> with</c><00:57:16.719><c> the</c><00:57:16.960><c> pagan</c><00:57:17.219><c> world,</c><00:57:17.940><c> in</c>

00:57:18.159 --> 00:57:19.679
came<00:57:18.360><c> Christianity,</c><00:57:19.260><c> and</c><00:57:19.500><c> would</c>

00:57:19.679 --> 00:57:22.360
you<00:57:19.840><c> believe</c><00:57:20.079><c> it,</c><00:57:20.539><c> took</c><00:57:20.719><c> hold</c><00:57:21.019><c> of</c><00:57:21.199><c> the</c><00:57:21.420><c> reigns</c><00:57:21.880><c> of</c><00:57:22.000><c> government</c>

00:57:22.360 --> 00:57:24.099
and<00:57:22.519><c> has</c><00:57:22.639><c> held</c><00:57:22.780><c> them</c><00:57:22.940><c> ever</c><00:57:23.199><c> since.</c><00:57:24.000><c> So</c>

00:57:24.099 --> 00:57:29.840
we've<00:57:24.219><c> got</c><00:57:24.420><c> the</c><00:57:24.539><c> Church</c><00:57:24.900><c> of</c><00:57:25.239><c> England,</c><00:57:26.139><c> the</c><00:57:26.300><c> Church</c><00:57:26.599><c> of</c><00:57:27.099><c> Scotland,</c><00:57:27.940><c> the</c><00:57:28.079><c> Church</c><00:57:28.500><c> of</c>

00:57:29.840 --> 00:57:31.360
Rome.<00:57:30.860><c> They've</c><00:57:31.159><c> been</c>

00:57:31.360 --> 00:57:36.119
married<00:57:31.940><c> with</c><00:57:33.179><c> the</c><00:57:33.400><c> powers</c><00:57:33.739><c> that</c><00:57:34.119><c> be,</c><00:57:34.679><c> and</c><00:57:34.719><c> they've</c><00:57:35.059><c> cooperated</c><00:57:35.619><c> hand</c><00:57:35.920><c> in</c>

00:57:36.119 --> 00:57:38.659
hand<00:57:36.480><c> ever</c><00:57:37.119><c> since</c><00:57:37.420><c> that</c><00:57:37.699><c> time.</c>

00:57:39.400 --> 00:57:44.059
Christianity<00:57:39.699><c> had</c><00:57:40.300><c> been</c><00:57:40.800><c> adulterated</c><00:57:41.960><c> from</c><00:57:42.380><c> the</c><00:57:42.599><c> lowly</c><00:57:42.900><c> Nazarene</c><00:57:43.619><c> that</c>

00:57:44.059 --> 00:57:45.519
had<00:57:44.280><c> not</c><00:57:44.579><c> had</c><00:57:44.820><c> any</c><00:57:45.219><c> temporal</c>

00:57:45.519 --> 00:57:49.539
power<00:57:45.900><c> and</c><00:57:46.219><c> who</c><00:57:46.480><c> advised</c><00:57:46.800><c> his</c><00:57:47.059><c> saints</c><00:57:47.500><c> to</c><00:57:48.019><c> be</c><00:57:48.260><c> in</c><00:57:48.400><c> the</c><00:57:48.599><c> same</c><00:57:48.880><c> way.</c><00:57:49.340><c> He</c>

00:57:49.539 --> 00:57:51.559
that<00:57:49.699><c> is</c><00:57:49.980><c> greatest</c><00:57:50.760><c> among</c><00:57:51.119><c> you,</c>

00:57:51.719 --> 00:57:54.699
let<00:57:51.800><c> him</c><00:57:52.000><c> be</c><00:57:52.260><c> servant</c><00:57:52.440><c> of</c><00:57:52.639><c> all.</c><00:57:53.280><c> Well,</c><00:57:53.739><c> that</c><00:57:53.739><c> great</c><00:57:54.099><c> adultery</c>

00:57:54.699 --> 00:57:56.500
just<00:57:54.920><c> completely</c><00:57:55.400><c> changed</c><00:57:55.900><c> the</c><00:57:56.139><c> world</c>

00:57:56.500 --> 00:58:01.780
and<00:57:57.019><c> allowed</c><00:57:57.380><c> a</c><00:57:57.679><c> Christian,</c><00:57:58.659><c> a</c><00:57:59.840><c> Christian</c><00:58:00.400><c> person,</c><00:58:01.460><c> to</c><00:58:01.539><c> then</c>

00:58:01.780 --> 00:58:05.159
have<00:58:02.039><c> temporal</c><00:58:02.460><c> power.</c><00:58:03.599><c> And</c><00:58:03.820><c> so</c><00:58:04.239><c> the</c><00:58:04.659><c> features</c>

00:58:05.159 --> 00:58:08.860
of<00:58:05.699><c> this</c><00:58:05.960><c> great</c><00:58:06.199><c> power</c><00:58:06.500><c> were</c><00:58:06.679><c> then</c><00:58:06.940><c> possible,</c><00:58:07.400><c> and</c><00:58:07.519><c> not</c><00:58:07.699><c> possible</c><00:58:08.039><c> before</c><00:58:08.400><c> that,</c>

00:58:09.039 --> 00:58:10.239
until<00:58:09.380><c> it</c><00:58:09.639><c> obtained</c>

00:58:10.239 --> 00:58:13.380
temporal<00:58:10.880><c> power.</c><00:58:11.659><c> Now</c><00:58:11.760><c> you</c><00:58:11.940><c> remember</c><00:58:12.340><c> those</c><00:58:12.760><c> passages</c><00:58:13.119><c> from</c>

00:58:13.380 --> 00:58:15.780
Eusebius<00:58:13.880><c> and</c><00:58:14.059><c> others?</c><00:58:15.059><c> In</c><00:58:15.139><c> which</c><00:58:15.380><c> they</c><00:58:15.539><c> looked</c>

00:58:15.780 --> 00:58:19.980
upon<00:58:16.239><c> the</c><00:58:16.460><c> coming</c><00:58:16.719><c> of</c><00:58:17.039><c> Constantine,</c><00:58:17.860><c> they</c><00:58:18.039><c> used</c><00:58:18.260><c> the</c><00:58:18.539><c> prophets,</c><00:58:19.239><c> they</c><00:58:19.380><c> went</c><00:58:19.559><c> back</c><00:58:19.820><c> to</c>

00:58:19.980 --> 00:58:20.559
Isaiah<00:58:20.380><c> and</c>

00:58:20.559 --> 00:58:22.599
the<00:58:20.760><c> Psalms</c><00:58:21.019><c> and</c><00:58:21.199><c> other</c><00:58:21.360><c> passages,</c><00:58:21.860><c> and</c><00:58:21.920><c> they</c><00:58:22.119><c> quoted</c><00:58:22.360><c> them</c>

00:58:22.599 --> 00:58:25.159
freely.<00:58:23.519><c> Eusebius</c><00:58:24.039><c> used</c><00:58:24.239><c> to</c><00:58:24.420><c> speak</c><00:58:24.579><c> on</c><00:58:24.840><c> cupids</c>

00:58:25.159 --> 00:58:29.920
on<00:58:25.440><c> Sundays.</c><00:58:27.280><c> He</c><00:58:27.420><c> was</c><00:58:27.579><c> only</c><00:58:27.940><c> one</c><00:58:28.340><c> of</c><00:58:28.719><c> many</c><00:58:29.019><c> regiments,</c><00:58:29.639><c> but</c><00:58:29.820><c> a</c>

00:58:29.920 --> 00:58:32.119
very<00:58:30.320><c> prominent</c><00:58:30.639><c> one.</c><00:58:31.219><c> No</c><00:58:31.440><c> doubt</c><00:58:31.639><c> all</c><00:58:32.000><c> of</c>

00:58:32.119 --> 00:58:35.920
them<00:58:32.239><c> were</c><00:58:32.460><c> doing</c><00:58:32.619><c> what</c><00:58:32.820><c> he</c><00:58:33.019><c> was</c><00:58:33.260><c> doing,</c><00:58:34.099><c> preaching</c><00:58:34.760><c> that</c><00:58:35.400><c> in</c>

00:58:35.920 --> 00:58:38.500
Constantine<00:58:36.559><c> the</c><00:58:36.880><c> Kingdom</c><00:58:37.219><c> of</c><00:58:37.380><c> God</c><00:58:37.760><c> had</c>

00:58:38.889 --> 00:58:42.820
given,<00:58:40.639><c> records</c><00:58:40.639><c> it</c><00:58:40.880><c> the</c><00:58:41.019><c> same</c><00:58:41.260><c> way,</c><00:58:41.699><c> that</c><00:58:42.059><c> famous</c><00:58:42.460><c> passage</c>

00:58:42.820 --> 00:58:45.480
that<00:58:43.019><c> we</c><00:58:43.199><c> often</c><00:58:43.440><c> quote,</c><00:58:44.360><c> to</c><00:58:44.380><c> show</c><00:58:44.619><c> the</c><00:58:45.019><c> importance</c>

00:58:45.480 --> 00:58:48.820
of<00:58:45.679><c> the</c><00:58:45.860><c> gospel</c><00:58:46.199><c> of</c><00:58:46.420><c> the</c><00:58:46.579><c> kingdom,</c><00:58:47.519><c> of</c><00:58:47.699><c> the</c><00:58:47.920><c> millennial</c><00:58:48.539><c> reign</c>

00:58:48.820 --> 00:58:51.079
of<00:58:49.059><c> Christ.</c><00:58:49.840><c> He</c><00:58:49.940><c> says</c><00:58:50.179><c> the</c><00:58:50.320><c> millennial</c><00:58:50.860><c> reign</c>

00:58:51.079 --> 00:58:54.679
of<00:58:51.280><c> Christ</c><00:58:51.760><c> was</c><00:58:52.099><c> at</c><00:58:52.400><c> first</c><00:58:52.719><c> the</c><00:58:53.480><c> heartthrob,</c><00:58:54.159><c> I</c><00:58:54.260><c> can't</c><00:58:54.539><c> think</c>

00:58:54.679 --> 00:58:57.099
of<00:58:54.820><c> the</c><00:58:54.980><c> actual</c><00:58:55.280><c> word,</c><00:58:55.699><c> but</c><00:58:55.699><c> that's</c><00:58:56.820><c> it</c><00:58:56.960><c> in</c>

00:58:57.099 --> 00:59:02.099
Australian,<00:58:58.119><c> the</c><00:58:58.519><c> heartthrob</c><00:58:59.300><c> of</c><00:59:00.280><c> the</c><00:59:00.619><c> early</c><00:59:01.000><c> Christians.</c>

00:59:02.260 --> 00:59:05.599
But<00:59:02.699><c> when</c><00:59:03.219><c> Constantine</c><00:59:03.860><c> came</c><00:59:04.300><c> and</c><00:59:04.739><c> when</c><00:59:04.920><c> he</c><00:59:05.219><c> obtained</c>

00:59:05.599 --> 00:59:07.739
temporal<00:59:05.599><c> power,</c><00:59:06.300><c> well</c><00:59:06.380><c> why</c><00:59:06.599><c> was</c><00:59:06.840><c> there</c><00:59:07.059><c> any</c><00:59:07.219><c> need</c><00:59:07.360><c> to</c><00:59:07.519><c> be</c>

00:59:07.739 --> 00:59:10.119
persecuted<00:59:08.199><c> anymore?</c><00:59:09.320><c> Christianity</c><00:59:09.800><c> that</c>

00:59:10.119 --> 00:59:13.019
had<00:59:10.239><c> before</c><00:59:10.619><c> been</c><00:59:10.900><c> trodden</c><00:59:11.199><c> down</c><00:59:11.440><c> in</c><00:59:11.579><c> the</c><00:59:11.719><c> dust,</c><00:59:12.360><c> now</c><00:59:12.579><c> in</c><00:59:12.800><c> fact</c>

00:59:13.019 --> 00:59:16.820
had<00:59:13.440><c> occupancy</c><00:59:14.179><c> of</c><00:59:14.579><c> the</c><00:59:14.780><c> throne.</c><00:59:16.639><c> And</c>

00:59:16.820 --> 00:59:20.159
so<00:59:16.940><c> they</c><00:59:17.119><c> all</c><00:59:17.340><c> rejoiced,</c><00:59:18.300><c> they</c><00:59:18.460><c> said</c><00:59:18.599><c> the</c><00:59:18.780><c> coming</c><00:59:19.039><c> of</c><00:59:19.159><c> Christ,</c>

00:59:20.219 --> 00:59:21.639
the<00:59:20.340><c> coming</c><00:59:20.579><c> of</c><00:59:20.760><c> the</c><00:59:20.940><c> Kingdom</c><00:59:21.219><c> of</c><00:59:21.380><c> God</c>

00:59:21.639 --> 00:59:24.980
has<00:59:21.980><c> come,</c><00:59:22.780><c> and</c><00:59:22.920><c> they've</c><00:59:23.179><c> seen</c><00:59:23.380><c> it</c><00:59:23.780><c> ever</c><00:59:24.079><c> since</c><00:59:24.360><c> that</c><00:59:24.659><c> time.</c>

00:59:25.320 --> 00:59:26.599
Do<00:59:25.500><c> you</c><00:59:25.500><c> remember</c><00:59:25.659><c> that</c><00:59:25.980><c> passage</c><00:59:26.239><c> even</c><00:59:26.400><c> of</c>

00:59:26.599 --> 00:59:30.800
the<00:59:26.659><c> Pope</c><00:59:27.139><c> that</c><00:59:27.440><c> I</c><00:59:27.840><c> presented</c><00:59:28.480><c> the</c><00:59:28.659><c> other</c><00:59:28.880><c> night,</c><00:59:30.340><c> where</c><00:59:30.480><c> the</c>

00:59:30.800 --> 00:59:35.460
recent<00:59:31.260><c> Pope,</c><00:59:33.219><c> here</c><00:59:33.380><c> we</c><00:59:33.539><c> are,</c><00:59:35.179><c> he</c><00:59:35.300><c> thinks</c>

00:59:35.460 --> 00:59:40.559
the<00:59:35.619><c> Kingdom</c><00:59:35.920><c> of</c><00:59:36.099><c> God</c><00:59:36.280><c> has</c><00:59:36.420><c> come</c><00:59:37.099><c> years</c><00:59:37.800><c> and</c><00:59:37.840><c> years</c><00:59:38.119><c> ago.</c><00:59:40.380><c> Pope</c>

00:59:40.559 --> 00:59:42.460
John<00:59:40.880><c> Paul</c><00:59:41.079><c> II</c><00:59:41.460><c> prayed</c><00:59:41.780><c> for</c><00:59:42.039><c> all</c><00:59:42.320><c> the</c>

00:59:42.460 --> 00:59:45.659
Christians<00:59:42.780><c> of</c><00:59:43.039><c> East</c><00:59:43.260><c> and</c><00:59:43.420><c> West</c><00:59:43.719><c> that</c><00:59:44.119><c> they</c><00:59:44.320><c> might</c><00:59:44.579><c> become</c><00:59:44.940><c> united</c><00:59:45.400><c> in</c>

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Christ<00:59:46.179><c> and</c><00:59:46.980><c> expand,</c><00:59:47.519><c> expand</c>

00:59:48.539 --> 00:59:51.760
the<00:59:49.119><c> Kingdom</c><00:59:49.539><c> of</c><00:59:49.780><c> Christ</c><00:59:50.019><c> throughout</c><00:59:50.400><c> the</c><00:59:50.679><c> world,</c><00:59:51.380><c> like</c><00:59:51.579><c> they</c>

00:59:51.760 --> 00:59:53.460
used<00:59:51.980><c> to</c><00:59:52.119><c> have</c><00:59:52.239><c> it</c><00:59:52.360><c> in</c><00:59:52.460><c> the</c><00:59:52.599><c> medieval</c>

00:59:53.980 --> 00:59:57.239
years.<00:59:54.699><c> You've</c><00:59:54.880><c> read</c><00:59:55.000><c> of</c><00:59:55.139><c> those</c><00:59:55.360><c> times,</c><00:59:55.659><c> that's</c><00:59:55.840><c> how</c><00:59:55.980><c> they</c><00:59:56.179><c> saw</c><00:59:56.420><c> it,</c><00:59:56.679><c> the</c><00:59:56.800><c> Kingdom</c><00:59:56.960><c> of</c>

00:59:57.239 --> 00:59:58.699
God.<00:59:58.300><c> He</c><00:59:58.340><c> was</c>

00:59:58.699 --> 01:00:01.440
King,<00:59:59.579><c> universal</c><00:59:59.579><c> King,</c><00:59:59.900><c> King</c><01:00:00.079><c> of</c><01:00:00.280><c> Kings,</c><01:00:00.719><c> Lord</c><01:00:00.900><c> of</c><01:00:01.119><c> Lords,</c>

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over<01:00:02.199><c> all</c><01:00:02.500><c> the</c><01:00:02.659><c> world.</c><01:00:03.139><c> You</c><01:00:03.219><c> ought</c><01:00:03.380><c> to</c>

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see<01:00:04.119><c> the</c><01:00:04.400><c> statements</c><01:00:04.679><c> that</c><01:00:04.920><c> they</c><01:00:05.099><c> used</c><01:00:05.320><c> to</c><01:00:05.519><c> make.</c><01:00:06.099><c> When</c><01:00:06.300><c> those</c>

01:00:06.619 --> 01:00:08.300
explorers<01:00:07.059><c> went</c><01:00:07.280><c> out</c><01:00:07.440><c> in</c><01:00:07.619><c> earlier</c><01:00:07.920><c> times,</c>

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they<01:00:08.699><c> made</c><01:00:08.940><c> an</c><01:00:09.159><c> agreement</c><01:00:09.480><c> with</c><01:00:09.719><c> him.</c><01:00:10.639><c> The</c><01:00:10.820><c> Pope</c><01:00:10.980><c> said</c><01:00:11.260><c> that</c>

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those<01:00:11.719><c> countries</c><01:00:12.139><c> that</c><01:00:13.440><c> have</c><01:00:13.699><c> found</c>

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West<01:00:15.500><c> of</c><01:00:15.940><c> the</c><01:00:16.219><c> Straits</c><01:00:16.480><c> of</c><01:00:16.659><c> Gibraltar,</c><01:00:17.440><c> they</c><01:00:17.619><c> will</c><01:00:17.820><c> be</c><01:00:18.000><c> given</c>

01:00:18.219 --> 01:00:20.119
to,<01:00:18.460><c> I</c><01:00:18.539><c> think</c><01:00:18.719><c> it</c><01:00:18.800><c> was</c><01:00:19.019><c> Spain,</c><01:00:19.500><c> those</c><01:00:19.800><c> that</c>

01:00:20.119 --> 01:00:22.619
are<01:00:20.340><c> now</c><01:00:20.340><c> in</c><01:00:20.400><c> the</c><01:00:20.440><c> East</c><01:00:20.719><c> will</c><01:00:20.900><c> be</c><01:00:21.019><c> given</c><01:00:21.139><c> to</c><01:00:21.320><c> Portugal.</c><01:00:22.079><c> So</c><01:00:22.280><c> here</c><01:00:22.500><c> he</c>

01:00:22.619 --> 01:00:25.139
was<01:00:22.900><c> cutting</c><01:00:23.159><c> up</c><01:00:23.400><c> the</c><01:00:23.559><c> earth</c><01:00:23.980><c> and</c><01:00:24.619><c> allocating</c>

01:00:25.139 --> 01:00:28.760
it<01:00:25.320><c> to</c><01:00:25.380><c> whomever</c><01:00:25.840><c> he</c><01:00:26.039><c> willed.</c><01:00:27.039><c> What</c><01:00:27.480><c> incredible</c><01:00:28.039><c> work,</c><01:00:28.679><c> poor</c>

01:00:28.760 --> 01:00:30.300
Dassin.<01:00:29.440><c> But</c><01:00:29.579><c> that's</c><01:00:29.820><c> how</c><01:00:30.000><c> he</c><01:00:30.099><c> saw</c>

01:00:30.300 --> 01:00:34.219
himself,<01:00:31.059><c> because</c><01:00:31.179><c> he</c><01:00:31.360><c> was,</c><01:00:32.099><c> in</c><01:00:32.579><c> Christ's</c><01:00:33.460><c> stead,</c><01:00:33.940><c> universal</c>

01:00:34.219 --> 01:00:36.659
monarch.<01:00:35.440><c> That</c><01:00:35.619><c> all</c><01:00:35.840><c> came</c><01:00:36.099><c> at</c><01:00:36.300><c> the</c><01:00:36.460><c> time</c>

01:00:36.659 --> 01:00:41.960
of<01:00:37.099><c> God's</c><01:00:37.480><c> time.</c><01:00:39.519><c> Is</c><01:00:39.960><c> that</c><01:00:40.219><c> not</c><01:00:40.380><c> going</c><01:00:40.559><c> to</c><01:00:40.719><c> be</c><01:00:40.980><c> commented?</c><01:00:41.579><c> This</c><01:00:41.780><c> is</c>

01:00:41.960 --> 01:00:43.460
the<01:00:42.019><c> next</c><01:00:42.260><c> point,</c><01:00:42.659><c> so</c><01:00:42.860><c> you</c><01:00:43.019><c> sort</c><01:00:43.159><c> of</c><01:00:43.219><c> come</c>

01:00:43.460 --> 01:00:45.960
around<01:00:43.719><c> to</c><01:00:44.440><c> looking</c><01:00:44.699><c> at</c><01:00:44.860><c> it</c><01:00:44.980><c> now</c><01:00:45.159><c> from</c><01:00:45.340><c> a</c><01:00:45.440><c> different</c><01:00:45.619><c> point</c><01:00:45.860><c> of</c>

01:00:45.960 --> 01:00:47.559
view.<01:00:46.239><c> We</c><01:00:46.400><c> ask</c><01:00:46.659><c> ourselves</c><01:00:47.059><c> the</c><01:00:47.219><c> question,</c>

01:00:47.559 --> 01:00:52.260
is<01:00:48.000><c> such</c><01:00:48.539><c> an</c><01:00:48.880><c> event</c><01:00:49.380><c> not</c><01:00:50.320><c> going</c><01:00:50.619><c> to</c><01:00:50.739><c> be</c><01:00:50.940><c> found</c><01:00:51.159><c> in</c><01:00:51.320><c> the</c><01:00:51.460><c> Bible?</c>

01:00:53.179 --> 01:00:54.719
Who'd<01:00:53.599><c> like</c><01:00:53.739><c> to</c><01:00:53.880><c> answer</c><01:00:54.059><c> that</c><01:00:54.420><c> to</c><01:00:54.579><c> the</c>

01:00:54.719 --> 01:01:00.260
negative?<01:00:55.860><c> The</c><01:00:56.019><c> most</c><01:00:56.579><c> monumental</c><01:00:58.059><c> development</c><01:00:59.079><c> in</c><01:00:59.500><c> the</c><01:00:59.780><c> times</c><01:01:00.039><c> of</c>

01:01:00.260 --> 01:01:01.980
the<01:01:00.380><c> Gentiles,</c><01:01:01.260><c> would</c><01:01:01.380><c> anybody</c>

01:01:01.980 --> 01:01:05.820
dare<01:01:02.380><c> say</c><01:01:02.940><c> that</c><01:01:03.599><c> there</c><01:01:03.860><c> is</c><01:01:04.219><c> not</c><01:01:04.500><c> going</c><01:01:04.780><c> to</c><01:01:04.960><c> be</c><01:01:05.219><c> found</c><01:01:05.440><c> in</c><01:01:05.619><c> the</c>

01:01:05.820 --> 01:01:10.739
Bible?<01:01:08.059><c> Symbols</c><01:01:08.619><c> that</c><01:01:08.900><c> describe</c><01:01:09.440><c> that</c><01:01:09.800><c> time?</c>

01:01:11.639 --> 01:01:16.199
Of<01:01:11.860><c> course</c><01:01:12.099><c> we</c><01:01:12.320><c> would.</c><01:01:13.420><c> Surely</c><01:01:13.760><c> the</c><01:01:13.920><c> Lord</c><01:01:14.159><c> God</c><01:01:14.440><c> doeth</c><01:01:14.699><c> nothing,</c><01:01:15.659><c> but</c><01:01:15.820><c> that</c><01:01:15.980><c> he</c>

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revealeth<01:01:16.659><c> his</c><01:01:16.880><c> servants</c>

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his<01:01:17.519><c> secret</c><01:01:17.880><c> unto</c><01:01:18.159><c> his</c><01:01:18.400><c> servants</c><01:01:18.639><c> the</c><01:01:18.900><c> prophets.</c><01:01:19.539><c> Well</c><01:01:19.679><c> if</c>

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that's<01:01:20.019><c> the</c><01:01:20.079><c> most</c><01:01:20.360><c> significant</c><01:01:21.019><c> event</c>

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in<01:01:21.940><c> the</c><01:01:22.119><c> times</c><01:01:22.300><c> of</c><01:01:22.500><c> the</c><01:01:22.619><c> Gentiles,</c><01:01:23.119><c> I</c><01:01:23.260><c> then</c><01:01:23.480><c> say,</c><01:01:24.420><c> tell</c><01:01:24.519><c> me</c><01:01:24.679><c> where</c><01:01:24.900><c> it</c>

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is.<01:01:27.079><c> You</c><01:01:27.199><c> know,</c><01:01:27.559><c> a</c><01:01:27.760><c> question</c>

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very<01:01:28.739><c> reasonable,</c><01:01:29.380><c> isn't</c><01:01:29.380><c> it?</c><01:01:29.500><c> And</c><01:01:29.679><c> it</c><01:01:29.820><c> will</c><01:01:30.000><c> be</c><01:01:30.320><c> reasonable.</c>

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If<01:01:31.699><c> it</c><01:01:32.280><c> is</c><01:01:32.480><c> of</c><01:01:32.639><c> God,</c><01:01:33.579><c> and</c><01:01:33.780><c> I</c><01:01:33.980><c> believe</c>

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that<01:01:34.559><c> in</c><01:01:35.000><c> looking</c><01:01:35.179><c> at</c><01:01:35.380><c> it</c><01:01:35.539><c> in</c><01:01:35.719><c> the</c><01:01:35.980><c> large,</c><01:01:36.619><c> it</c><01:01:36.760><c> does</c><01:01:37.019><c> become</c><01:01:37.480><c> reasonable.</c><01:01:38.460><c> And</c><01:01:38.619><c> we're</c><01:01:38.820><c> able</c><01:01:38.980><c> to</c><01:01:39.179><c> say,</c>

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well<01:01:39.599><c> fair</c><01:01:39.800><c> enough,</c><01:01:40.380><c> I</c><01:01:40.599><c> can</c><01:01:40.800><c> see</c><01:01:40.920><c> there's</c><01:01:41.139><c> a</c><01:01:41.300><c> basic</c><01:01:41.599><c> truth</c><01:01:41.880><c> and</c>

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logic<01:01:42.360><c> to</c><01:01:42.579><c> that.</c><01:01:43.039><c> It</c><01:01:43.179><c> must</c><01:01:43.440><c> be</c><01:01:43.599><c> in</c><01:01:47.239><c> the</c>

01:01:47.239 --> 01:01:50.079
Bible.<01:01:47.239><c> I'm</c><01:01:47.239><c> very</c><01:01:47.420><c> comfortable</c><01:01:48.000><c> with</c><01:01:48.559><c> Revelation</c><01:01:49.019><c> 12</c><01:01:49.579><c> when</c><01:01:49.880><c> I</c>

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consider<01:01:50.400><c> it</c><01:01:50.579><c> from</c><01:01:50.619><c> that</c><01:01:50.800><c> point</c><01:01:51.019><c> of</c><01:01:51.119><c> view.</c>

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Why<01:01:51.599><c> is</c><01:01:51.800><c> the</c><01:01:51.900><c> book</c><01:01:52.039><c> of</c><01:01:52.199><c> Revelation</c><01:01:52.579><c> given</c><01:01:52.860><c> then?</c><01:01:53.900><c> Because</c><01:01:54.360><c> how</c>

01:01:54.780 --> 01:01:57.119
many<01:01:55.400><c> were</c><01:01:55.900><c> deceived</c><01:01:56.559><c> in</c><01:01:56.800><c> the</c><01:01:56.880><c> days</c>

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of<01:01:57.440><c> Constantine?</c><01:01:58.599><c> Thousands.</c><01:02:00.219><c> Virtually</c><01:02:00.739><c> all</c><01:02:01.460><c> the</c><01:02:01.699><c> churches</c>

01:02:01.980 --> 01:02:04.360
at<01:02:02.159><c> that</c><01:02:02.400><c> time</c><01:02:02.940><c> ran</c><01:02:03.400><c> to</c><01:02:03.659><c> join</c><01:02:03.840><c> the</c><01:02:04.079><c> legions</c>

01:02:04.360 --> 01:02:08.780
of<01:02:04.639><c> Constantine.</c><01:02:06.079><c> Isn't</c><01:02:06.219><c> it</c><01:02:06.420><c> amazing?</c><01:02:07.460><c> Conscientious</c><01:02:07.980><c> objectors</c><01:02:08.519><c> once</c>

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that<01:02:08.960><c> would</c><01:02:09.199><c> not</c><01:02:09.400><c> take</c><01:02:09.679><c> the</c><01:02:09.940><c> sword</c>

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that<01:02:10.699><c> heard</c><01:02:10.900><c> the</c><01:02:11.099><c> words</c><01:02:11.280><c> of</c><01:02:11.460><c> the</c><01:02:11.599><c> Lord</c><01:02:11.780><c> hear</c><01:02:12.159><c> as</c><01:02:12.579><c> it</c><01:02:12.719><c> is</c><01:02:12.860><c> in</c><01:02:13.039><c> Revelation</c><01:02:13.440><c> 13</c>

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when<01:02:14.159><c> it</c><01:02:14.320><c> says,</c><01:02:14.860><c> he</c><01:02:14.900><c> that</c>

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leadeth<01:02:15.699><c> into</c><01:02:15.880><c> captivity</c><01:02:16.440><c> shall</c><01:02:16.739><c> go</c><01:02:17.039><c> into</c><01:02:17.340><c> captivity.</c><01:02:18.260><c> He</c><01:02:18.380><c> that</c><01:02:18.659><c> killeth</c><01:02:18.940><c> with</c><01:02:19.119><c> the</c><01:02:19.300><c> sword</c><01:02:19.559><c> must</c><01:02:19.940><c> be</c><01:02:20.239><c> killed</c>

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with<01:02:20.699><c> the</c><01:02:20.840><c> sword.</c><01:02:21.219><c> Here</c><01:02:21.440><c> is</c><01:02:21.679><c> the</c><01:02:21.900><c> faith</c><01:02:22.099><c> and</c><01:02:22.380><c> patience</c><01:02:22.679><c> of</c><01:02:22.900><c> the</c>

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saints.<01:02:24.519><c> But</c><01:02:25.039><c> when</c><01:02:25.699><c> Constantine</c><01:02:26.579><c> with</c><01:02:27.179><c> the</c>

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banner<01:02:27.659><c> of</c><01:02:27.940><c> what</c><01:02:28.139><c> looked</c><01:02:28.380><c> to</c><01:02:28.559><c> be</c><01:02:28.780><c> a</c><01:02:28.880><c> cross</c><01:02:29.320><c> called</c><01:02:29.980><c> them</c><01:02:30.159><c> to</c>

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his<01:02:30.619><c> legions</c><01:02:30.940><c> and</c><01:02:31.159><c> said</c><01:02:31.380><c> that</c><01:02:31.619><c> Christ</c><01:02:31.960><c> had</c>

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asked<01:02:32.440><c> him</c><01:02:32.599><c> to</c><01:02:32.860><c> fight</c><01:02:33.159><c> and</c><01:02:33.519><c> said</c><01:02:33.699><c> that</c><01:02:33.920><c> in</c><01:02:34.139><c> this</c><01:02:34.480><c> banner</c><01:02:34.820><c> conquer,</c><01:02:36.199><c> they</c>

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rushed<01:02:36.760><c> into</c><01:02:37.039><c> his</c><01:02:37.320><c> legions</c><01:02:37.760><c> and</c>

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they<01:02:38.559><c> lost</c><01:02:39.039><c> their</c><01:02:40.000><c> virgin</c><01:02:40.360><c> quality.</c><01:02:41.679><c> They</c><01:02:41.699><c> were</c><01:02:41.940><c> then</c><01:02:42.400><c> married</c><01:02:42.980><c> with</c>

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the<01:02:43.619><c> world</c><01:02:44.019><c> and</c><01:02:45.320><c> the</c><01:02:45.440><c> kingdom</c>

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of<01:02:45.860><c> God</c><01:02:46.440><c> promised</c><01:02:47.079><c> to</c><01:02:47.300><c> be</c><01:02:47.460><c> on</c><01:02:47.739><c> Zion's</c><01:02:48.260><c> peak</c><01:02:48.380><c> in</c><01:02:48.579><c> the</c><01:02:48.699><c> future</c><01:02:49.179><c> was</c><01:02:49.659><c> no</c>

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longer<01:02:50.519><c> their</c><01:02:51.000><c> heartthrob</c><01:02:51.639><c> as</c><01:02:52.000><c> it</c>

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practical<01:02:58.119><c> outworkings</c><01:02:59.559><c> to</c><01:02:59.739><c> what</c><01:02:59.880><c> we're</c>

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looking<01:03:00.239><c> at.</c><01:03:00.420><c> I</c><01:03:00.719><c> appeal</c><01:03:00.900><c> to</c><01:03:00.940><c> you</c><01:03:01.119><c> all</c><01:03:01.300><c> to</c><01:03:01.440><c> see</c><01:03:01.619><c> that.</c><01:03:02.840><c> We're</c><01:03:03.000><c> not</c><01:03:03.199><c> talking</c><01:03:03.460><c> about</c><01:03:03.719><c> something</c><01:03:04.059><c> which</c><01:03:04.280><c> is</c>

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personal<01:03:05.400><c> debate.</c><01:03:05.780><c> I'm</c><01:03:05.860><c> not</c><01:03:06.059><c> interested</c><01:03:06.460><c> in</c><01:03:06.659><c> that.</c><01:03:07.280><c> I</c><01:03:07.480><c> am</c><01:03:07.699><c> very</c><01:03:08.059><c> much</c><01:03:08.280><c> interested</c><01:03:08.800><c> in</c>

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us<01:03:09.599><c> seeing</c><01:03:09.960><c> the</c>

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01:03:31.340 --> 01:03:33.480
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01:03:33.480 --> 01:03:37.659
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very,<01:03:41.960><c> very</c><01:03:42.440><c> common</c><01:03:42.840><c> to</c><01:03:42.940><c> find</c><01:03:43.099><c> people</c>

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who<01:03:43.539><c> say,</c><01:03:43.960><c> I</c><01:03:44.199><c> don't</c><01:03:44.519><c> get</c><01:03:44.760><c> anything.</c><01:03:45.780><c> The</c><01:03:46.000><c> minister</c><01:03:46.280><c> just</c><01:03:46.860><c> tramples</c><01:03:47.139><c> around</c><01:03:47.440><c> with</c>

01:03:47.599 --> 01:03:48.199
a<01:03:47.719><c> little</c><01:03:47.900><c> passage</c>

01:03:48.199 --> 01:03:55.380
or<01:03:48.480><c> two</c><01:03:48.780><c> or</c><01:03:49.039><c> perhaps</c><01:03:50.000><c> a</c><01:03:52.019><c> sermon</c><01:03:52.380><c> on</c><01:03:53.800><c> social</c><01:03:54.320><c> issues.</c><01:03:55.039><c> Why</c><01:03:55.260><c> have</c>

01:03:55.380 --> 01:03:57.340
they<01:03:55.500><c> gone</c><01:03:55.699><c> like</c><01:03:56.059><c> that?</c><01:03:56.679><c> They</c><01:03:56.960><c> used</c><01:03:57.219><c> to</c>

01:03:57.340 --> 01:04:00.300
have<01:03:57.519><c> a</c><01:03:57.760><c> cause</c><01:03:57.940><c> before.</c><01:03:58.840><c> They</c><01:03:59.019><c> used</c><01:03:59.300><c> to</c><01:03:59.659><c> bring</c><01:03:59.880><c> their</c><01:04:00.119><c> flock</c>

01:04:00.300 --> 01:04:02.920
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01:04:02.920 --> 01:04:10.300
longer<01:04:03.119><c> any</c><01:04:03.659><c> need</c><01:04:04.039><c> because,</c><01:04:04.960><c> well,</c><01:04:05.599><c> we're</c><01:04:05.679><c> all</c><01:04:05.880><c> just</c><01:04:06.119><c> one</c><01:04:06.300><c> nice</c><01:04:06.639><c> bunch</c><01:04:07.000><c> together.</c><01:04:09.079><c> What</c><01:04:09.559><c> staves</c><01:04:10.079><c> us</c>

01:04:10.300 --> 01:04:14.239
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01:04:14.239 --> 01:04:15.639
a<01:04:14.460><c> feeling</c><01:04:14.719><c> of</c><01:04:15.079><c> faithfulness</c>

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01:04:18.440 --> 01:04:20.019
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01:04:20.019 --> 01:04:22.280
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01:04:22.280 --> 01:04:25.079
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01:04:25.079 --> 01:04:29.900
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01:04:29.900 --> 01:04:31.260
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01:04:31.260 --> 01:04:35.179
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01:04:35.179 --> 01:04:42.880
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01:04:42.880 --> 01:04:43.920
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01:04:43.920 --> 01:04:48.260
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01:04:48.260 --> 01:04:49.320
truth<01:04:48.380><c> has</c><01:04:48.599><c> risen</c><01:04:48.760><c> up</c><01:04:49.099><c> and</c>

01:04:49.320 --> 01:04:53.059
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01:04:53.059 --> 01:04:53.760
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01:04:53.760 --> 01:04:58.280
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01:04:58.280 --> 01:05:01.099
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01:05:01.099 --> 01:05:04.860
think,<01:05:01.099><c> from</c><01:05:01.099><c> the</c><01:05:01.099><c> perspective</c><01:05:01.460><c> of</c><01:05:01.800><c> personalities,</c><01:05:02.780><c> to</c><01:05:02.900><c> do</c><01:05:03.099><c> that</c><01:05:03.420><c> and</c><01:05:03.539><c> to</c><01:05:03.659><c> come</c><01:05:03.820><c> back</c><01:05:04.059><c> and</c><01:05:04.159><c> have</c><01:05:04.320><c> a</c><01:05:04.480><c> good</c>

01:05:04.860 --> 01:05:09.920
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01:05:09.920 --> 01:05:10.940
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01:05:10.940 --> 01:05:18.559
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01:05:18.559 --> 01:05:19.239
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01:05:19.239 --> 01:05:26.340
statement<01:05:19.539><c> like</c><01:05:19.860><c> this?</c><01:05:23.019><c> The</c><01:05:23.079><c> third</c><01:05:23.400><c> angel</c><01:05:23.679><c> followed,</c><01:05:24.400><c> Revelation</c><01:05:25.139><c> 14</c><01:05:26.119><c> and</c>

01:05:26.340 --> 01:05:31.079
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01:05:31.079 --> 01:05:35.139
says,<01:05:31.380><c> if</c><01:05:31.380><c> any</c><01:05:31.840><c> man</c><01:05:32.079><c> worship</c><01:05:32.440><c> the</c><01:05:32.659><c> beast</c><01:05:33.199><c> and</c><01:05:33.880><c> his</c><01:05:34.179><c> image</c><01:05:34.579><c> and</c>

01:05:35.139 --> 01:05:37.139
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01:05:37.139 --> 01:05:41.840
or<01:05:38.039><c> in</c><01:05:38.340><c> his</c><01:05:38.599><c> hand,</c><01:05:39.400><c> the</c><01:05:39.599><c> same</c><01:05:39.920><c> shall</c><01:05:40.179><c> drink</c><01:05:40.559><c> of</c><01:05:40.760><c> the</c><01:05:40.980><c> wine</c><01:05:41.380><c> of</c>

01:05:41.840 --> 01:05:44.199
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01:05:44.199 --> 01:05:47.059
out<01:05:44.460><c> without</c><01:05:44.760><c> mixture</c><01:05:45.179><c> into</c><01:05:45.500><c> the</c><01:05:45.699><c> cup</c><01:05:45.860><c> of</c><01:05:46.039><c> his</c><01:05:46.320><c> indignation.</c>

01:05:47.280 --> 01:05:51.820
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01:05:51.820 --> 01:05:55.019
we<01:05:52.019><c> in</c><01:05:52.159><c> the</c><01:05:52.320><c> light</c><01:05:52.460><c> of</c><01:05:52.719><c> that?</c><01:05:53.639><c> And</c><01:05:53.960><c> he</c><01:05:54.139><c> gave</c><01:05:54.380><c> them</c><01:05:54.639><c> how</c><01:05:54.860><c> many</c>

01:05:55.019 --> 01:05:57.519
years<01:05:55.219><c> ago?</c><01:05:56.340><c> Nineteen</c><01:05:56.739><c> hundred</c><01:05:56.940><c> years.</c>

01:05:57.519 --> 01:06:06.559
Tell<01:05:58.480><c> me,</c><01:05:59.380><c> is</c><01:05:59.559><c> it</c><01:05:59.860><c> reasonable</c><01:06:00.440><c> that</c><01:06:03.780><c> we</c><01:06:03.940><c> could</c><01:06:04.139><c> come</c><01:06:04.380><c> along</c><01:06:04.639><c> today</c><01:06:05.099><c> and</c><01:06:05.320><c> say,</c><01:06:06.539><c> we</c>

01:06:06.559 --> 01:06:07.579
still<01:06:06.960><c> don't</c><01:06:07.159><c> really</c>

01:06:07.579 --> 01:06:12.119
know<01:06:07.840><c> what</c><01:06:08.099><c> the</c><01:06:08.300><c> beast</c><01:06:08.440><c> is?</c><01:06:09.420><c> I</c><01:06:09.619><c> say,</c><01:06:09.920><c> is</c><01:06:10.019><c> that</c><01:06:10.260><c> reasonable?</c><01:06:11.820><c> Look</c><01:06:12.000><c> at</c>

01:06:12.119 --> 01:06:15.519
the<01:06:12.320><c> issues.</c><01:06:14.599><c> Look</c><01:06:14.880><c> at</c><01:06:14.980><c> the</c><01:06:15.139><c> issues</c><01:06:15.340><c> that</c>

01:06:15.519 --> 01:06:19.079
are<01:06:15.679><c> at</c><01:06:15.800><c> stake.</c><01:06:16.739><c> If</c><01:06:16.920><c> any</c><01:06:17.320><c> man</c><01:06:17.659><c> shall</c><01:06:17.980><c> worship</c><01:06:18.360><c> the</c><01:06:18.619><c> beast</c><01:06:18.880><c> and</c>

01:06:19.079 --> 01:06:21.679
his<01:06:19.260><c> image,</c><01:06:20.699><c> the</c><01:06:20.920><c> same</c><01:06:21.079><c> shall</c><01:06:21.340><c> drink</c>

01:06:21.679 --> 01:06:28.159
of<01:06:21.820><c> the</c><01:06:22.019><c> wine</c><01:06:22.219><c> of</c><01:06:22.380><c> the</c><01:06:22.500><c> wrath</c><01:06:22.639><c> of</c><01:06:22.880><c> God.</c><01:06:26.280><c> Is</c><01:06:26.900><c> it</c><01:06:27.119><c> reasonable?</c>

01:06:29.599 --> 01:06:32.519
The<01:06:29.800><c> basis</c><01:06:30.099><c> upon</c><01:06:30.460><c> which</c><01:06:30.699><c> Jesus</c><01:06:31.099><c> has</c><01:06:31.519><c> designated</c>

01:06:33.179 --> 01:06:41.599
that<01:06:33.800><c> beast</c><01:06:34.320><c> is</c><01:06:35.260><c> not</c><01:06:35.559><c> in</c><01:06:35.800><c> this</c><01:06:36.119><c> book</c><01:06:36.579><c> because</c><01:06:37.880><c> of</c><01:06:39.119><c> the</c><01:06:39.260><c> Birmingham</c><01:06:39.659><c> Amendment</c><01:06:40.019><c> statement</c><01:06:40.400><c> of</c><01:06:40.699><c> faith,</c>

01:06:44.239 --> 01:06:46.699
even<01:06:44.599><c> though</c><01:06:44.780><c> that</c><01:06:44.940><c> might</c><01:06:45.159><c> list</c><01:06:45.440><c> beautifully</c><01:06:45.920><c> the</c><01:06:46.260><c> truths</c><01:06:46.519><c> of</c>

01:06:46.699 --> 01:06:49.199
God.<01:06:47.380><c> It's</c><01:06:47.699><c> not</c><01:06:47.860><c> the</c><01:06:48.000><c> reason</c><01:06:48.219><c> here</c><01:06:48.480><c> though,</c>

01:06:49.400 --> 01:06:53.679
some<01:06:49.840><c> might</c><01:06:50.059><c> say</c><01:06:50.659><c> that,</c><01:06:52.519><c> well,</c><01:06:52.559><c> I</c><01:06:52.599><c> can</c><01:06:52.920><c> accept</c><01:06:53.119><c> the</c><01:06:53.340><c> truth</c><01:06:53.519><c> of</c>

01:06:53.679 --> 01:06:55.880
God,<01:06:54.840><c> therefore</c><01:06:55.000><c> not</c><01:06:55.199><c> receive</c><01:06:55.539><c> the</c><01:06:55.719><c> mark</c>

01:06:55.880 --> 01:06:58.039
of<01:06:56.039><c> the</c><01:06:56.139><c> beast</c><01:06:56.300><c> in</c><01:06:56.460><c> the</c><01:06:56.579><c> forehead,</c><01:06:57.539><c> and</c><01:06:57.679><c> therefore</c><01:06:57.860><c> I</c><01:06:57.980><c> don't</c>

01:06:58.039 --> 01:07:00.400
need<01:06:58.559><c> to</c><01:06:58.699><c> know</c><01:06:58.780><c> who</c><01:06:58.940><c> the</c><01:06:59.079><c> beast</c><01:06:59.280><c> is.</c><01:07:00.280><c> You</c>

01:07:00.400 --> 01:07:04.440
think<01:07:00.539><c> about</c><01:07:00.739><c> that</c><01:07:00.920><c> again.</c><01:07:02.260><c> Is</c><01:07:02.340><c> that</c><01:07:02.559><c> the</c><01:07:02.780><c> position</c><01:07:03.019><c> in</c><01:07:03.239><c> Revelation</c><01:07:03.639><c> 14</c><01:07:04.119><c> or</c>

01:07:04.440 --> 01:07:05.980
in<01:07:04.599><c> the</c><01:07:04.699><c> book</c><01:07:04.820><c> of</c><01:07:05.059><c> Revelation?</c>

01:07:06.260 --> 01:07:11.019
The<01:07:06.579><c> identity</c><01:07:07.079><c> in</c><01:07:07.539><c> the</c><01:07:07.659><c> book</c><01:07:07.800><c> of</c><01:07:08.119><c> Revelation</c><01:07:08.559><c> is</c><01:07:10.079><c> in</c><01:07:10.239><c> a</c><01:07:10.360><c> different</c><01:07:10.539><c> way.</c>

01:07:11.340 --> 01:07:13.079
It's<01:07:11.780><c> designated</c><01:07:12.280><c> in</c><01:07:12.519><c> political</c>

01:07:13.079 --> 01:07:16.420
terms,<01:07:13.599><c> features</c><01:07:14.000><c> of</c><01:07:14.199><c> the</c><01:07:14.340><c> system</c><01:07:14.699><c> by</c><01:07:15.059><c> which</c><01:07:15.280><c> you</c><01:07:15.380><c> can</c><01:07:15.719><c> clearly</c><01:07:16.139><c> see</c>

01:07:16.420 --> 01:07:18.599
who<01:07:16.599><c> that</c><01:07:16.840><c> is.</c><01:07:17.980><c> The</c><01:07:18.139><c> Lord</c><01:07:18.340><c> didn't</c>

01:07:18.599 --> 01:07:23.179
write<01:07:18.880><c> that</c><01:07:19.500><c> with</c><01:07:19.860><c> its</c><01:07:20.099><c> tremendous</c><01:07:20.860><c> implications</c><01:07:21.679><c> and</c><01:07:22.500><c> expect</c><01:07:22.940><c> that</c>

01:07:23.179 --> 01:07:24.719
here,<01:07:24.019><c> nineteen</c><01:07:24.119><c> hundred</c><01:07:24.440><c> years</c>

01:07:24.719 --> 01:07:28.199
later,<01:07:25.380><c> we'd</c><01:07:25.659><c> still</c><01:07:25.860><c> be</c><01:07:26.079><c> saying,</c><01:07:26.800><c> well,</c><01:07:27.119><c> it</c><01:07:27.360><c> might</c><01:07:27.599><c> be</c><01:07:27.800><c> this</c>

01:07:28.199 --> 01:07:30.500
or<01:07:28.619><c> it</c><01:07:28.739><c> could</c><01:07:28.940><c> be</c><01:07:29.159><c> that.</c><01:07:29.920><c> I'm</c><01:07:30.119><c> not</c><01:07:30.340><c> sure</c>

01:07:30.500 --> 01:07:34.059
who<01:07:30.699><c> it</c><01:07:30.860><c> is.</c><01:07:31.420><c> It</c><01:07:31.599><c> might</c><01:07:31.780><c> yet</c><01:07:31.940><c> be</c><01:07:32.099><c> in</c><01:07:32.199><c> the</c><01:07:32.360><c> future.</c><01:07:33.460><c> He</c><01:07:33.659><c> did</c><01:07:33.860><c> not</c>

01:07:34.059 --> 01:07:36.280
say<01:07:34.320><c> that.</c><01:07:35.260><c> This</c><01:07:35.460><c> is</c><01:07:35.719><c> given</c><01:07:35.900><c> to</c><01:07:36.119><c> the</c>

01:07:36.280 --> 01:07:38.940
saints<01:07:36.460><c> of</c><01:07:36.760><c> all</c><01:07:36.980><c> ages</c><01:07:37.219><c> that</c><01:07:37.380><c> might</c><01:07:37.619><c> be</c><01:07:37.780><c> able</c><01:07:37.900><c> to</c><01:07:38.099><c> see</c><01:07:38.280><c> that.</c><01:07:38.780><c> Is</c>

01:07:38.940 --> 01:07:41.199
that<01:07:39.139><c> not</c><01:07:39.300><c> the</c><01:07:39.440><c> logic</c><01:07:39.719><c> of</c><01:07:39.920><c> it?</c><01:07:40.920><c> Chapter</c>

01:07:41.199 --> 01:07:49.420
15<01:07:41.739><c> and</c><01:07:42.659><c> verse</c><01:07:43.039><c> two.</c><01:07:47.980><c> You</c><01:07:48.039><c> see,</c><01:07:48.400><c> it's</c><01:07:48.500><c> not</c><01:07:48.679><c> as</c><01:07:48.820><c> though</c><01:07:48.900><c> the</c><01:07:49.059><c> Lord</c><01:07:49.199><c> can</c>

01:07:49.420 --> 01:07:51.139
just<01:07:49.639><c> allow</c><01:07:49.860><c> us</c><01:07:50.539><c> to</c><01:07:50.679><c> feel</c><01:07:50.840><c> that</c><01:07:51.019><c> we</c>

01:07:51.139 --> 01:07:58.380
can<01:07:51.280><c> be</c><01:07:52.360><c> sort</c><01:07:52.780><c> of</c><01:07:52.980><c> neutral</c><01:07:53.420><c> or</c><01:07:53.840><c> unrelated</c><01:07:54.420><c> even</c><01:07:55.159><c> to</c><01:07:55.659><c> the</c><01:07:55.900><c> issues</c><01:07:56.219><c> of</c><01:07:56.599><c> the</c><01:07:56.860><c> apostasia.</c><01:07:57.840><c> Look</c><01:07:58.039><c> at</c><01:07:58.179><c> verse</c>

01:07:58.380 --> 01:08:03.159
two.<01:07:59.519><c> I</c><01:07:59.519><c> saw</c><01:07:59.840><c> as</c><01:08:00.039><c> it</c><01:08:00.199><c> were</c><01:08:00.380><c> a</c><01:08:00.639><c> sea</c><01:08:00.739><c> of</c><01:08:01.000><c> glass</c><01:08:01.300><c> mingled</c><01:08:01.860><c> with</c><01:08:02.139><c> fire</c><01:08:02.420><c> and</c>

01:08:03.159 --> 01:08:04.800
them<01:08:03.420><c> that</c><01:08:03.659><c> had</c><01:08:03.900><c> gotten</c><01:08:04.099><c> the</c><01:08:04.440><c> victory</c>

01:08:04.800 --> 01:08:07.239
over<01:08:05.079><c> the</c><01:08:05.340><c> beast</c><01:08:05.619><c> and</c><01:08:05.820><c> over</c><01:08:05.940><c> his</c><01:08:06.139><c> image</c><01:08:06.400><c> and</c><01:08:06.579><c> over</c><01:08:06.760><c> the</c><01:08:06.980><c> mark</c>

01:08:07.239 --> 01:08:10.119
and<01:08:07.659><c> over</c><01:08:08.420><c> the</c><01:08:08.820><c> number</c><01:08:09.380><c> of</c><01:08:09.599><c> his</c><01:08:09.780><c> names</c>

01:08:10.119 --> 01:08:12.239
standing<01:08:10.599><c> on</c><01:08:10.780><c> the</c><01:08:10.880><c> sea</c><01:08:11.079><c> of</c><01:08:11.239><c> glass,</c><01:08:11.500><c> having</c><01:08:11.739><c> the</c><01:08:11.960><c> hearts</c><01:08:12.139><c> of</c>

01:08:12.239 --> 01:08:15.780
God.<01:08:13.260><c> Their</c><01:08:13.780><c> contention</c><01:08:14.340><c> was,</c><01:08:15.340><c> their</c>

01:08:15.780 --> 01:08:21.539
contention<01:08:16.380><c> was</c><01:08:16.699><c> with</c><01:08:16.880><c> that</c><01:08:17.079><c> system.</c><01:08:19.680><c> They</c><01:08:19.960><c> were</c><01:08:20.239><c> not</c><01:08:20.579><c> unrelated</c><01:08:21.159><c> to</c><01:08:21.399><c> the</c>

01:08:21.539 --> 01:08:23.000
issues<01:08:21.800><c> of</c><01:08:22.020><c> it.</c><01:08:22.560><c> They</c><01:08:22.739><c> were</c>

01:08:23.000 --> 01:08:28.079
not<01:08:23.319><c> neutral</c><01:08:23.760><c> to</c><01:08:24.000><c> it.</c><01:08:24.840><c> Their</c><01:08:25.100><c> contention</c><01:08:25.739><c> was</c><01:08:26.180><c> with</c><01:08:26.739><c> that</c><01:08:27.140><c> system</c><01:08:27.680><c> and</c>

01:08:28.079 --> 01:08:29.140
had<01:08:28.319><c> been</c><01:08:28.460><c> for</c><01:08:28.659><c> a</c><01:08:28.760><c> long</c><01:08:28.960><c> period</c>

01:08:29.140 --> 01:08:31.899
of<01:08:29.340><c> time</c><01:08:29.619><c> and</c><01:08:29.899><c> in</c><01:08:30.039><c> the</c><01:08:30.180><c> beautiful</c><01:08:30.659><c> reassurance</c><01:08:31.300><c> of</c><01:08:31.420><c> God,</c><01:08:31.659><c> they</c>

01:08:31.899 --> 01:08:33.520
stand<01:08:32.140><c> on</c><01:08:32.279><c> that</c><01:08:32.560><c> sea</c><01:08:32.699><c> of</c><01:08:32.899><c> glass</c><01:08:33.140><c> because</c>

01:08:33.520 --> 01:08:36.020
God<01:08:33.800><c> in</c><01:08:33.899><c> his</c><01:08:34.180><c> good</c><01:08:34.500><c> kindness</c><01:08:34.840><c> has</c><01:08:35.079><c> come</c><01:08:35.279><c> to</c><01:08:35.399><c> them</c><01:08:35.579><c> and</c><01:08:35.880><c> given</c>

01:08:36.020 --> 01:08:38.199
them<01:08:36.279><c> victory.</c><01:08:37.239><c> They</c><01:08:37.619><c> struggled</c><01:08:37.979><c> all</c>

01:08:38.199 --> 01:08:41.659
those<01:08:38.340><c> years</c><01:08:39.020><c> in</c><01:08:39.840><c> desperation</c><01:08:40.520><c> to</c><01:08:40.699><c> keep</c><01:08:40.899><c> their</c><01:08:41.180><c> ecclesias</c>

01:08:41.659 --> 01:08:43.199
and<01:08:41.800><c> their</c><01:08:42.020><c> family</c><01:08:42.399><c> and</c><01:08:42.680><c> their</c><01:08:42.960><c> loved</c>

01:08:43.199 --> 01:08:46.659
ones<01:08:43.420><c> together,</c><01:08:44.340><c> giving</c><01:08:44.640><c> and</c><01:08:44.819><c> taking</c><01:08:45.079><c> cases,</c><01:08:45.619><c> their</c><01:08:45.699><c> own</c><01:08:46.079><c> selves</c><01:08:46.460><c> for</c>

01:08:46.659 --> 01:08:49.359
that<01:08:46.939><c> cause.</c><01:08:48.079><c> And</c><01:08:48.359><c> now</c><01:08:48.619><c> they</c><01:08:48.899><c> see</c>

01:08:49.359 --> 01:08:54.319
that<01:08:49.840><c> their</c><01:08:50.140><c> cause</c><01:08:50.359><c> has</c><01:08:50.539><c> been</c><01:08:50.779><c> right</c><01:08:50.960><c> and</c><01:08:51.079><c> they've</c><01:08:51.340><c> been</c><01:08:51.539><c> vindicated.</c><01:08:53.399><c> Anyone</c><01:08:53.760><c> suggest</c><01:08:54.180><c> in</c>

01:08:54.319 --> 01:08:54.579
the<01:08:54.460><c> light</c>

01:08:54.579 --> 01:08:57.619
of<01:08:54.800><c> that,</c><01:08:55.399><c> that</c><01:08:55.520><c> it's</c><01:08:55.859><c> reasonable</c><01:08:56.260><c> that</c><01:08:56.779><c> we</c><01:08:57.020><c> still</c><01:08:57.260><c> do</c><01:08:57.420><c> not</c>

01:08:57.619 --> 01:09:01.579
even<01:08:58.039><c> know</c><01:08:58.640><c> what</c><01:08:59.000><c> that</c><01:08:59.239><c> system</c><01:08:59.539><c> is?</c>

01:09:05.359 --> 01:09:17.939
Revelation<01:09:06.520><c> Chapter</c><01:09:06.979><c> 17.</c><01:09:14.180><c> In</c><01:09:14.319><c> Revelation</c><01:09:14.779><c> Chapter</c><01:09:15.159><c> 17,</c><01:09:17.500><c> there</c><01:09:17.659><c> is</c>

01:09:17.939 --> 01:09:23.239
that<01:09:18.579><c> harlot</c><01:09:19.199><c> system</c><01:09:19.939><c> who</c><01:09:21.039><c> is</c><01:09:22.359><c> described</c>

01:09:23.239 --> 01:09:29.560
for<01:09:23.460><c> us</c><01:09:23.739><c> in</c><01:09:24.699><c> the</c><01:09:24.880><c> most</c><01:09:25.220><c> graphic</c><01:09:25.819><c> and</c><01:09:26.699><c> remarkable</c><01:09:27.359><c> expressions.</c><01:09:28.600><c> I</c><01:09:28.979><c> cannot</c><01:09:29.300><c> go</c>

01:09:29.560 --> 01:09:30.020
through<01:09:29.739><c> them</c><01:09:29.899><c> all.</c>

01:09:30.020 --> 01:09:33.380
I<01:09:30.359><c> don't</c><01:09:30.380><c> intend</c><01:09:30.739><c> to</c><01:09:30.859><c> because</c><01:09:31.020><c> I</c><01:09:31.159><c> think</c><01:09:31.300><c> we</c><01:09:31.520><c> basically</c><01:09:32.020><c> know</c><01:09:32.420><c> she's</c><01:09:33.100><c> a</c>

01:09:33.380 --> 01:09:35.939
loud<01:09:33.659><c> woman.</c><01:09:34.539><c> She's</c><01:09:35.000><c> gaudily</c><01:09:35.439><c> dressed.</c>

01:09:36.340 --> 01:09:41.460
She's<01:09:36.600><c> on</c><01:09:36.739><c> a</c><01:09:36.920><c> beast,</c><01:09:37.159><c> verse</c><01:09:37.439><c> 3.</c><01:09:38.380><c> Yes,</c><01:09:38.760><c> it's</c><01:09:39.060><c> the</c><01:09:39.319><c> same</c><01:09:39.579><c> creature</c><01:09:40.020><c> in</c><01:09:40.579><c> another</c><01:09:40.899><c> stage</c><01:09:41.300><c> of</c>

01:09:41.460 --> 01:09:42.880
its<01:09:41.699><c> manifestation.</c>

01:09:43.060 --> 01:09:46.720
It's<01:09:43.359><c> got</c><01:09:43.819><c> seven</c><01:09:44.359><c> heads</c><01:09:44.619><c> and</c><01:09:44.880><c> ten</c><01:09:45.060><c> horns,</c><01:09:46.180><c> clearly</c><01:09:46.359><c> related</c>

01:09:46.720 --> 01:09:49.039
to<01:09:46.920><c> Chapter</c><01:09:47.119><c> 13</c><01:09:47.479><c> and</c><01:09:47.640><c> Chapter</c><01:09:47.899><c> 12</c><01:09:48.500><c> and</c><01:09:48.800><c> thus</c>

01:09:49.039 --> 01:09:53.739
back<01:09:49.260><c> to</c><01:09:49.479><c> Daniel.</c><01:09:50.500><c> And</c><01:09:50.699><c> here</c><01:09:50.819><c> it</c><01:09:50.920><c> is</c><01:09:51.079><c> in</c><01:09:51.279><c> a</c><01:09:51.359><c> later</c><01:09:51.920><c> stage</c><01:09:52.680><c> because,</c><01:09:53.539><c> verse</c>

01:09:53.739 --> 01:09:55.840
14,<01:09:54.619><c> this</c><01:09:54.880><c> time</c><01:09:55.119><c> it's</c><01:09:55.500><c> overcome</c>

01:09:55.840 --> 01:09:59.119
by<01:09:56.100><c> the</c><01:09:56.319><c> lamb,</c><01:09:56.880><c> which</c><01:09:57.140><c> there</c><01:09:57.399><c> again</c><01:09:57.819><c> in</c><01:09:58.340><c> the</c><01:09:58.600><c> reasonableness</c>

01:09:59.119 --> 01:10:01.819
of<01:09:59.319><c> the</c><01:09:59.560><c> apocalypse</c><01:10:00.100><c> means</c><01:10:00.720><c> that</c><01:10:00.979><c> before</c><01:10:01.460><c> when</c><01:10:01.680><c> we</c>

01:10:01.819 --> 01:10:05.460
saw<01:10:02.020><c> it,</c><01:10:02.399><c> it</c><01:10:02.539><c> was</c><01:10:02.840><c> not</c><01:10:03.340><c> in</c><01:10:03.520><c> its</c><01:10:03.720><c> final</c><01:10:04.100><c> stage.</c><01:10:04.899><c> Therefore,</c><01:10:05.399><c> the</c>

01:10:05.460 --> 01:10:08.899
kingdom<01:10:05.739><c> of</c><01:10:05.939><c> God</c><01:10:06.359><c> was</c><01:10:06.760><c> not</c><01:10:07.239><c> in</c><01:10:07.399><c> an</c><01:10:07.640><c> earlier</c><01:10:07.960><c> time.</c>

01:10:09.140 --> 01:10:14.659
So<01:10:09.659><c> we</c><01:10:10.100><c> have</c><01:10:10.380><c> in</c><01:10:10.439><c> Revelation</c><01:10:10.960><c> Chapter</c><01:10:11.359><c> 17,</c><01:10:12.060><c> this</c><01:10:12.060><c> woman</c><01:10:12.560><c> abreast</c><01:10:13.119><c> of</c><01:10:13.279><c> this</c><01:10:13.539><c> power.</c><01:10:14.119><c> Look</c><01:10:14.279><c> at</c><01:10:14.380><c> what's</c>

01:10:14.659 --> 01:10:18.180
said<01:10:14.819><c> of</c><01:10:14.960><c> her</c><01:10:15.180><c> in</c><01:10:15.340><c> verse</c><01:10:15.560><c> 5.</c><01:10:16.659><c> Mystery,</c><01:10:17.420><c> Babylon</c><01:10:17.659><c> the</c><01:10:18.000><c> great,</c>

01:10:18.319 --> 01:10:20.000
the<01:10:18.479><c> mother</c><01:10:18.680><c> of</c><01:10:18.920><c> harlots</c><01:10:19.180><c> and</c><01:10:19.380><c> abominations</c>

01:10:20.000 --> 01:10:24.260
of<01:10:20.220><c> the</c><01:10:20.399><c> earth.</c><01:10:21.039><c> I</c><01:10:21.260><c> saw</c><01:10:21.479><c> the</c><01:10:21.659><c> woman</c><01:10:21.899><c> drunken</c><01:10:22.319><c> with</c><01:10:22.560><c> our</c><01:10:22.720><c> brethren,</c><01:10:23.760><c> drunken</c><01:10:24.039><c> with</c>

01:10:24.260 --> 01:10:25.180
the<01:10:24.479><c> blood</c><01:10:24.699><c> of</c><01:10:24.939><c> the</c>

01:10:25.180 --> 01:10:28.460
saints<01:10:25.500><c> and</c><01:10:25.659><c> with</c><01:10:25.859><c> the</c><01:10:25.979><c> blood</c><01:10:26.159><c> of</c><01:10:26.359><c> the</c><01:10:26.520><c> martyrs</c><01:10:26.880><c> of</c><01:10:26.939><c> Jesus.</c><01:10:27.960><c> That's</c><01:10:28.300><c> an</c>

01:10:28.460 --> 01:10:31.380
emotional<01:10:28.880><c> issue,</c><01:10:30.420><c> a</c><01:10:30.560><c> very</c><01:10:30.979><c> grave</c>

01:10:31.380 --> 01:10:35.760
emotional<01:10:31.920><c> issue.</c><01:10:32.880><c> I</c><01:10:33.020><c> love</c><01:10:33.239><c> those</c><01:10:33.520><c> people</c><01:10:33.939><c> and</c><01:10:34.399><c> so</c><01:10:34.640><c> do</c><01:10:34.779><c> we</c><01:10:34.939><c> all.</c><01:10:35.279><c> They're</c><01:10:35.520><c> our</c>

01:10:35.760 --> 01:10:37.699
brethren.<01:10:37.020><c> And</c><01:10:37.100><c> it's</c><01:10:37.220><c> not</c><01:10:37.399><c> going</c><01:10:37.500><c> to</c><01:10:37.600><c> be</c>

01:10:37.699 --> 01:10:41.239
any<01:10:37.920><c> good,</c><01:10:38.079><c> my</c><01:10:38.239><c> dear</c><01:10:38.359><c> brethren</c><01:10:38.619><c> and</c><01:10:38.819><c> sisters,</c><01:10:39.180><c> if</c><01:10:39.340><c> they</c><01:10:39.600><c> contend</c><01:10:40.000><c> it</c><01:10:40.159><c> against</c><01:10:40.399><c> that</c><01:10:40.640><c> system</c><01:10:40.920><c> and</c><01:10:41.079><c> we</c>

01:10:41.239 --> 01:10:42.220
come<01:10:41.460><c> along</c><01:10:41.640><c> and</c><01:10:41.800><c> we</c><01:10:41.979><c> say</c>

01:10:42.220 --> 01:10:47.560
never<01:10:43.000><c> really</c><01:10:43.279><c> knew</c><01:10:43.420><c> who</c><01:10:43.619><c> it</c><01:10:43.760><c> was.</c><01:10:44.479><c> It's</c><01:10:44.659><c> just</c><01:10:45.420><c> an</c><01:10:45.619><c> unthinkable</c><01:10:46.340><c> situation.</c>

01:10:48.079 --> 01:10:49.640
Clearly<01:10:48.500><c> we</c><01:10:48.760><c> are</c><01:10:49.119><c> identified</c>

01:10:49.640 --> 01:10:55.100
as<01:10:49.960><c> people</c><01:10:50.420><c> who</c><01:10:50.899><c> have</c><01:10:51.100><c> seen</c><01:10:51.359><c> the</c><01:10:51.520><c> things</c><01:10:51.680><c> of</c><01:10:51.859><c> God</c><01:10:52.020><c> together.</c><01:10:53.619><c> And</c><01:10:53.619><c> so</c><01:10:54.319><c> verse</c><01:10:54.699><c> 8</c>

01:10:55.100 --> 01:10:56.119
it<01:10:55.319><c> says,</c><01:10:55.619><c> the</c><01:10:55.619><c> beast</c><01:10:55.899><c> that</c>

01:10:56.119 --> 01:11:00.220
thou<01:10:56.300><c> sawest</c><01:10:56.680><c> was</c><01:10:57.039><c> and</c><01:10:57.239><c> is</c><01:10:57.420><c> not</c><01:10:57.640><c> and</c><01:10:57.880><c> shall</c><01:10:58.000><c> ascend</c><01:10:58.319><c> out</c><01:10:58.500><c> of</c><01:10:58.600><c> the</c><01:10:58.819><c> bottomless</c><01:10:59.140><c> pit</c><01:10:59.319><c> and</c><01:10:59.880><c> go</c>

01:11:00.220 --> 01:11:00.859
into<01:11:00.439><c> perdition.</c>

01:11:00.920 --> 01:11:03.880
That's<01:11:01.140><c> why</c><01:11:01.300><c> it's</c><01:11:01.520><c> the</c><01:11:01.640><c> son</c><01:11:01.859><c> of</c><01:11:02.020><c> perdition,</c><01:11:02.579><c> see.</c><01:11:03.359><c> And</c><01:11:03.579><c> they</c>

01:11:03.880 --> 01:11:06.460
that<01:11:04.119><c> dwell</c><01:11:04.359><c> on</c><01:11:04.520><c> the</c><01:11:04.699><c> earth</c><01:11:04.920><c> shall</c><01:11:05.300><c> wonder</c>

01:11:06.539 --> 01:11:09.840
whose<01:11:06.979><c> names</c><01:11:07.399><c> were</c><01:11:07.680><c> not</c><01:11:07.979><c> written</c><01:11:08.199><c> in</c><01:11:08.399><c> the</c><01:11:08.539><c> book</c><01:11:08.680><c> of</c><01:11:08.939><c> life</c><01:11:09.520><c> from</c>

01:11:09.840 --> 01:11:12.260
the<01:11:10.020><c> foundation</c><01:11:10.500><c> of</c><01:11:10.699><c> the</c><01:11:10.859><c> world.</c><01:11:11.579><c> That</c><01:11:11.760><c> is</c><01:11:11.960><c> to</c><01:11:12.100><c> say</c>

01:11:12.260 --> 01:11:15.520
when<01:11:12.439><c> that</c><01:11:12.739><c> system</c><01:11:13.039><c> is</c><01:11:13.380><c> eclipsed</c><01:11:14.000><c> and</c><01:11:14.180><c> judged</c><01:11:14.380><c> by</c><01:11:14.659><c> God,</c><01:11:15.199><c> there'll</c><01:11:15.359><c> be</c>

01:11:15.520 --> 01:11:17.439
many<01:11:15.739><c> people</c><01:11:16.020><c> around</c><01:11:16.359><c> the</c><01:11:16.619><c> world</c><01:11:16.859><c> that</c><01:11:17.000><c> will</c><01:11:17.140><c> say</c>

01:11:17.439 --> 01:11:24.000
goodness<01:11:17.979><c> me,</c><01:11:18.220><c> I</c><01:11:18.399><c> never</c><01:11:18.619><c> thought</c><01:11:18.840><c> that</c><01:11:19.020><c> would</c><01:11:19.199><c> happen.</c><01:11:20.279><c> I'm</c><01:11:20.680><c> astounded</c><01:11:21.380><c> to</c><01:11:21.640><c> see</c><01:11:21.819><c> that.</c><01:11:23.899><c> I</c>

01:11:24.000 --> 01:11:24.859
did<01:11:24.180><c> have</c><01:11:24.340><c> some</c><01:11:24.579><c> slides</c>

01:11:24.859 --> 01:11:26.560
tonight.<01:11:25.199><c> I'm</c><01:11:25.300><c> not</c><01:11:25.420><c> going</c><01:11:25.579><c> to</c><01:11:25.680><c> deal</c><01:11:25.800><c> with</c><01:11:25.840><c> them</c><01:11:26.020><c> just</c><01:11:26.260><c> now.</c><01:11:26.439><c> We</c>

01:11:26.560 --> 01:11:29.260
might<01:11:26.760><c> do</c><01:11:26.899><c> them</c><01:11:27.039><c> later</c><01:11:27.319><c> on</c><01:11:27.560><c> perhaps.</c><01:11:28.560><c> But</c><01:11:28.899><c> you</c><01:11:29.039><c> know,</c>

01:11:29.300 --> 01:11:32.020
when<01:11:29.479><c> you</c><01:11:29.659><c> see</c><01:11:29.819><c> the</c><01:11:30.020><c> devotion</c><01:11:30.460><c> that</c><01:11:30.819><c> is</c><01:11:31.060><c> going</c><01:11:31.300><c> to</c><01:11:31.539><c> John</c><01:11:31.800><c> Paul</c>

01:11:32.020 --> 01:11:35.760
2<01:11:32.279><c> today,</c><01:11:32.960><c> you</c><01:11:33.119><c> can</c><01:11:33.380><c> understand</c><01:11:33.819><c> that</c><01:11:34.140><c> verse</c><01:11:34.420><c> remarkably.</c>

01:11:35.800 --> 01:11:39.180
The<01:11:36.279><c> world</c><01:11:36.760><c> is</c><01:11:37.039><c> going</c><01:11:37.300><c> up.</c><01:11:37.739><c> That's</c><01:11:38.020><c> what</c><01:11:38.220><c> the</c><01:11:38.439><c> Bible</c><01:11:38.699><c> said</c><01:11:38.939><c> it</c>

01:11:39.180 --> 01:11:42.439
would.<01:11:39.899><c> Who</c><01:11:40.119><c> are</c><01:11:40.220><c> those</c><01:11:40.500><c> people</c><01:11:40.960><c> who</c><01:11:41.319><c> are</c><01:11:41.560><c> going</c><01:11:41.779><c> after</c><01:11:42.140><c> him,</c>

01:11:42.439 --> 01:11:46.260
who<01:11:42.699><c> are</c><01:11:43.079><c> seeing</c><01:11:43.220><c> him</c><01:11:43.460><c> as</c><01:11:43.640><c> the</c><01:11:43.880><c> epitome</c><01:11:44.380><c> of</c><01:11:44.960><c> grace</c><01:11:45.460><c> and</c><01:11:45.880><c> truth</c>

01:11:46.260 --> 01:11:49.579
and<01:11:46.520><c> peace?</c><01:11:47.760><c> They</c><01:11:47.760><c> are,</c><01:11:48.239><c> says</c><01:11:48.359><c> the</c><01:11:48.520><c> Lord</c><01:11:48.699><c> Jesus</c><01:11:49.100><c> Christ,</c>

01:11:49.840 --> 01:11:53.239
those<01:11:50.100><c> whose</c><01:11:50.380><c> names</c><01:11:50.680><c> were</c><01:11:51.039><c> not</c><01:11:51.340><c> written</c><01:11:51.600><c> in</c><01:11:51.779><c> the</c><01:11:51.880><c> book</c><01:11:52.079><c> of</c><01:11:52.300><c> life</c><01:11:52.659><c> from</c><01:11:53.039><c> the</c>

01:11:53.239 --> 01:11:54.300
foundation<01:11:53.739><c> of</c><01:11:53.920><c> the</c><01:11:54.079><c> world.</c>

01:11:54.739 --> 01:11:58.319
Saints<01:11:55.060><c> are</c><01:11:55.420><c> not</c><01:11:55.659><c> deceived.</c><01:11:56.739><c> So</c><01:11:57.020><c> the</c><01:11:57.199><c> issue</c><01:11:57.520><c> is</c><01:11:57.720><c> right</c><01:11:57.979><c> up</c><01:11:58.180><c> to</c>

01:11:58.319 --> 01:12:00.000
date,<01:11:58.579><c> isn't</c><01:11:58.699><c> it?</c><01:11:59.119><c> It's</c><01:11:59.279><c> not</c><01:11:59.460><c> a</c><01:11:59.539><c> matter</c><01:11:59.699><c> as</c><01:11:59.880><c> though</c>

01:12:00.000 --> 01:12:03.920
it<01:12:00.020><c> might</c><01:12:00.260><c> relate</c><01:12:00.779><c> to</c><01:12:01.060><c> some</c><01:12:01.300><c> earlier</c><01:12:01.600><c> time</c><01:12:02.000><c> and</c><01:12:02.439><c> be</c><01:12:02.619><c> of</c><01:12:02.859><c> irrelevance</c><01:12:03.359><c> to</c><01:12:03.560><c> us.</c>

01:12:04.119 --> 01:12:06.060
It's<01:12:04.579><c> very</c><01:12:04.960><c> relevant</c><01:12:05.260><c> to</c><01:12:05.420><c> us</c><01:12:05.659><c> because</c>

01:12:06.060 --> 01:12:09.399
verse<01:12:06.319><c> 14,</c><01:12:07.100><c> these</c><01:12:07.460><c> shall</c><01:12:07.699><c> make</c><01:12:07.960><c> war</c><01:12:08.220><c> with</c><01:12:08.420><c> the</c><01:12:08.600><c> lamb</c><01:12:08.840><c> and</c><01:12:09.199><c> the</c>

01:12:09.399 --> 01:12:11.220
lamb<01:12:09.600><c> shall</c><01:12:09.859><c> overcome</c><01:12:10.260><c> them</c><01:12:10.460><c> for</c><01:12:10.619><c> he</c><01:12:10.840><c> is</c>

01:12:11.220 --> 01:12:13.920
the<01:12:11.220><c> Lord</c><01:12:11.500><c> of</c><01:12:11.699><c> lords</c><01:12:11.960><c> and</c><01:12:12.100><c> king</c><01:12:12.340><c> of</c><01:12:12.539><c> kings</c><01:12:12.899><c> and</c><01:12:13.340><c> they</c><01:12:13.619><c> that</c><01:12:13.760><c> are</c>

01:12:13.920 --> 01:12:17.920
with<01:12:14.100><c> him</c><01:12:14.659><c> are</c><01:12:15.159><c> called</c><01:12:15.420><c> and</c><01:12:16.060><c> chosen</c><01:12:16.520><c> and</c><01:12:17.039><c> faithful.</c>

01:12:18.000 --> 01:12:21.600
It<01:12:18.100><c> is</c><01:12:18.579><c> those</c><01:12:18.960><c> who</c><01:12:19.079><c> are</c><01:12:19.239><c> with</c><01:12:19.439><c> Christ,</c><01:12:20.159><c> the</c><01:12:20.319><c> saints,</c><01:12:21.180><c> called,</c>

01:12:21.659 --> 01:12:24.260
chosen<01:12:22.100><c> and</c><01:12:22.560><c> faithful</c><01:12:23.020><c> who</c><01:12:23.420><c> go</c><01:12:23.680><c> forward</c><01:12:24.000><c> to</c>

01:12:24.260 --> 01:12:29.479
destroy<01:12:24.619><c> that</c><01:12:24.899><c> system.</c><01:12:25.779><c> Are</c><01:12:25.960><c> we</c><01:12:26.140><c> going</c><01:12:26.279><c> to</c><01:12:26.539><c> destroy</c><01:12:26.779><c> it</c><01:12:27.279><c> if</c><01:12:27.460><c> we've</c><01:12:27.779><c> never</c><01:12:28.119><c> had</c><01:12:28.319><c> any</c><01:12:28.619><c> recollection</c><01:12:29.039><c> as</c>

01:12:29.479 --> 01:12:30.159
to<01:12:29.560><c> who</c><01:12:29.779><c> it</c><01:12:29.840><c> is</c>

01:12:30.159 --> 01:12:33.659
or<01:12:30.439><c> any</c><01:12:30.760><c> convictions</c><01:12:31.399><c> about</c><01:12:31.979><c> what</c><01:12:32.199><c> God</c><01:12:32.739><c> thinks</c><01:12:33.100><c> about</c><01:12:33.399><c> that</c>

01:12:33.659 --> 01:12:37.659
system?<01:12:34.859><c> It's</c><01:12:35.039><c> plain</c><01:12:35.159><c> illogical.</c>

01:12:37.819 --> 01:12:40.659
Saints<01:12:38.300><c> are</c><01:12:38.579><c> on</c><01:12:38.779><c> the</c><01:12:39.039><c> side</c><01:12:39.239><c> of</c><01:12:39.420><c> Christ,</c><01:12:39.859><c> on</c><01:12:39.979><c> the</c><01:12:40.140><c> side</c><01:12:40.380><c> of</c><01:12:40.560><c> the</c>

01:12:40.659 --> 01:12:43.119
lamb<01:12:40.800><c> and</c><01:12:40.920><c> when</c><01:12:41.039><c> they</c><01:12:41.199><c> go</c><01:12:41.460><c> forth</c><01:12:41.840><c> against</c><01:12:42.460><c> that</c><01:12:42.760><c> system</c>

01:12:43.119 --> 01:12:49.539
they<01:12:43.640><c> will</c><01:12:43.880><c> do</c><01:12:44.100><c> so</c><01:12:44.739><c> meaningfully.</c><01:12:47.300><c> Who</c><01:12:47.380><c> is</c><01:12:47.619><c> the</c><01:12:47.739><c> system?</c><01:12:49.079><c> Where</c><01:12:49.319><c> does</c>

01:12:49.539 --> 01:12:52.220
it<01:12:49.640><c> come</c><01:12:49.899><c> from?</c><01:12:50.560><c> Look</c><01:12:50.699><c> at</c><01:12:50.819><c> verse</c><01:12:51.060><c> 18.</c>

01:12:52.420 --> 01:12:54.800
I'm<01:12:52.659><c> sure</c><01:12:52.880><c> that</c><01:12:53.100><c> that</c><01:12:53.279><c> verse</c><01:12:53.439><c> is</c><01:12:53.619><c> put</c><01:12:53.840><c> there</c><01:12:54.239><c> so</c><01:12:54.579><c> that</c><01:12:54.720><c> there</c>

01:12:54.800 --> 01:12:57.960
could<01:12:55.039><c> never</c><01:12:55.300><c> be</c><01:12:55.579><c> any</c><01:12:56.260><c> possible</c><01:12:56.779><c> doubt</c><01:12:57.039><c> about</c><01:12:57.399><c> the</c><01:12:57.659><c> issue.</c>

01:12:58.460 --> 01:13:01.279
The<01:12:58.479><c> woman</c><01:12:58.779><c> which</c><01:12:59.020><c> thou</c><01:12:59.199><c> sawest</c><01:12:59.659><c> is</c><01:12:59.800><c> the</c><01:13:00.000><c> great</c><01:13:00.300><c> city</c><01:13:00.699><c> which</c>

01:13:01.279 --> 01:13:02.779
reigneth<01:13:01.619><c> over</c><01:13:01.819><c> the</c><01:13:02.000><c> kings</c><01:13:02.199><c> of</c><01:13:02.380><c> the</c><01:13:02.560><c> earth.</c>

01:13:02.779 --> 01:13:06.619
In<01:13:03.180><c> the</c><01:13:03.279><c> days</c><01:13:03.479><c> of</c><01:13:03.640><c> the</c><01:13:03.760><c> apostle</c><01:13:04.020><c> John,</c><01:13:05.060><c> for</c><01:13:05.640><c> 100</c><01:13:05.979><c> or</c><01:13:06.140><c> so</c><01:13:06.340><c> years</c>

01:13:06.619 --> 01:13:09.659
before<01:13:06.960><c> that,</c><01:13:07.579><c> or</c><01:13:07.720><c> for</c><01:13:07.920><c> 300</c><01:13:08.220><c> years</c><01:13:08.539><c> or</c><01:13:08.720><c> so</c><01:13:08.939><c> after</c><01:13:09.300><c> that,</c>

01:13:09.779 --> 01:13:12.760
there<01:13:09.779><c> was</c><01:13:09.939><c> only</c><01:13:10.319><c> one</c><01:13:10.619><c> city</c><01:13:11.060><c> that</c><01:13:11.460><c> fulfilled</c><01:13:11.880><c> that</c><01:13:12.260><c> and</c><01:13:12.579><c> that</c>

01:13:12.760 --> 01:13:14.579
was<01:13:13.079><c> the</c><01:13:13.119><c> city</c><01:13:13.500><c> of</c><01:13:13.840><c> Rome.</c>

01:13:14.739 --> 01:13:17.500
So<01:13:15.039><c> I</c><01:13:15.460><c> suggest,</c><01:13:15.939><c> my</c><01:13:16.000><c> dear</c><01:13:16.180><c> brethren</c><01:13:16.399><c> and</c><01:13:16.600><c> sisters,</c><01:13:17.100><c> that</c><01:13:17.319><c> the</c>

01:13:17.500 --> 01:13:19.560
matter<01:13:17.720><c> is</c><01:13:18.079><c> beyond</c><01:13:18.500><c> dispute.</c>

01:13:19.979 --> 01:13:25.500
I<01:13:20.020><c> want</c><01:13:20.199><c> to</c><01:13:20.340><c> read</c><01:13:20.520><c> to</c><01:13:20.640><c> you,</c><01:13:23.199><c> just</c><01:13:23.760><c> by</c><01:13:24.000><c> way</c><01:13:24.180><c> of</c><01:13:24.460><c> conclusion,</c><01:13:25.359><c> a</c>

01:13:25.500 --> 01:13:28.760
passage<01:13:26.079><c> from</c><01:13:26.380><c> one</c><01:13:26.539><c> of</c><01:13:26.699><c> our</c><01:13:27.199><c> pioneering</c><01:13:27.800><c> brethren.</c>

01:13:29.819 --> 01:13:36.720
Not<01:13:30.579><c> because</c><01:13:31.340><c> it's</c><01:13:31.920><c> a</c><01:13:31.920><c> final</c><01:13:32.300><c> authority,</c><01:13:33.579><c> because</c><01:13:33.939><c> it</c><01:13:34.399><c> indicates</c><01:13:35.060><c> how</c><01:13:36.000><c> a</c>

01:13:36.720 --> 01:13:38.039
very<01:13:37.020><c> revered</c><01:13:37.560><c> mind</c>

01:13:38.039 --> 01:13:41.140
that<01:13:38.920><c> was</c><01:13:39.140><c> only</c><01:13:39.420><c> typical</c><01:13:39.819><c> really</c><01:13:40.199><c> of</c><01:13:40.399><c> all</c><01:13:40.659><c> of</c><01:13:40.779><c> our</c><01:13:40.939><c> brethren</c>

01:13:41.140 --> 01:13:44.460
until<01:13:41.539><c> very</c><01:13:41.920><c> recent</c><01:13:42.279><c> times</c><01:13:42.960><c> felt</c><01:13:43.500><c> about</c><01:13:43.800><c> the</c><01:13:44.079><c> issue.</c>

01:13:44.960 --> 01:13:49.100
He<01:13:45.060><c> says,</c><01:13:45.800><c> Thus</c><01:13:46.100><c> the</c><01:13:46.439><c> end,</c><01:13:47.359><c> first</c><01:13:47.680><c> in</c><01:13:47.960><c> purpose,</c><01:13:48.460><c> is</c><01:13:48.619><c> the</c><01:13:48.819><c> last</c>

01:13:49.100 --> 01:13:51.880
developed,<01:13:49.899><c> but</c><01:13:50.159><c> first</c><01:13:50.579><c> revealed</c><01:13:50.960><c> in</c><01:13:51.260><c> the</c><01:13:51.500><c> prophecy.</c>

01:13:51.880 --> 01:13:57.880
Not<01:13:53.020><c> attending</c><01:13:53.600><c> to,</c><01:13:54.380><c> nor</c><01:13:54.699><c> ignorant</c><01:13:55.140><c> of</c><01:13:55.479><c> this</c><01:13:55.960><c> structural</c><01:13:56.800><c> peculiarity,</c>

01:13:58.220 --> 01:14:00.779
some<01:13:58.420><c> have</c><01:13:58.619><c> committed</c><01:13:59.000><c> grievous</c><01:13:59.539><c> errors</c><01:14:00.060><c> in</c><01:14:00.279><c> their</c><01:14:00.579><c> efforts</c>

01:14:00.779 --> 01:14:03.380
at<01:14:01.079><c> interpretation</c><01:14:01.819><c> and</c><01:14:02.220><c> exposition.</c>

01:14:03.560 --> 01:14:06.600
It<01:14:03.699><c> has</c><01:14:03.939><c> led</c><01:14:04.119><c> them</c><01:14:04.319><c> to</c><01:14:04.600><c> affirm</c><01:14:05.039><c> that</c><01:14:05.560><c> the</c><01:14:05.819><c> apocalypse</c><01:14:06.260><c> is</c><01:14:06.500><c> all</c>

01:14:06.600 --> 01:14:09.039
to<01:14:06.760><c> be</c><01:14:06.939><c> fulfilled</c><01:14:07.340><c> after</c><01:14:07.800><c> the</c><01:14:08.060><c> advent</c><01:14:08.319><c> of</c><01:14:08.500><c> Christ,</c>

01:14:09.460 --> 01:14:11.619
while<01:14:09.640><c> others</c><01:14:09.920><c> that</c><01:14:10.159><c> care</c><01:14:10.300><c> that</c><01:14:10.500><c> its</c><01:14:10.720><c> revelation</c><01:14:11.119><c> has</c><01:14:11.380><c> been</c>

01:14:11.619 --> 01:14:13.680
fulfilled<01:14:12.199><c> long</c><01:14:12.699><c> ago.</c>

01:14:13.880 --> 01:14:18.859
Both<01:14:14.220><c> of</c><01:14:14.420><c> these</c><01:14:14.739><c> extremes,</c><01:14:15.300><c> says</c><01:14:15.460><c> the</c><01:14:15.699><c> doctor,</c><01:14:16.439><c> meet</c><01:14:16.680><c> in</c><01:14:17.100><c> absurdity,</c><01:14:18.399><c> where</c><01:14:18.579><c> they</c>

01:14:18.859 --> 01:14:21.079
embrace<01:14:19.479><c> and</c><01:14:19.880><c> kiss</c><01:14:20.220><c> each</c><01:14:20.619><c> other.</c>

01:14:21.079 --> 01:14:24.579
They<01:14:21.779><c> are</c><01:14:22.000><c> mere</c><01:14:22.260><c> assumptions</c><01:14:22.979><c> and</c><01:14:23.479><c> too</c><01:14:23.739><c> ridiculous</c><01:14:24.260><c> for</c><01:14:24.479><c> a</c>

01:14:24.579 --> 01:14:26.300
serious<01:14:25.100><c> reputation.</c>

01:14:26.800 --> 01:14:29.199
The<01:14:26.960><c> former</c><01:14:27.199><c> theory</c><01:14:27.560><c> is</c><01:14:27.819><c> very</c><01:14:28.159><c> convenient</c><01:14:28.640><c> for</c><01:14:28.880><c> the</c><01:14:29.039><c> ignorant</c>

01:14:29.199 --> 01:14:31.439
and<01:14:29.520><c> the</c><01:14:29.880><c> indolent,</c><01:14:30.359><c> which</c><01:14:30.600><c> means</c><01:14:30.859><c> the</c><01:14:31.119><c> lazy.</c>

01:14:31.899 --> 01:14:36.380
For<01:14:32.000><c> if</c><01:14:32.260><c> the</c><01:14:32.520><c> apocalypse,</c><01:14:33.020><c> as</c><01:14:33.399><c> yet,</c><01:14:33.979><c> is</c><01:14:34.159><c> none</c><01:14:34.420><c> of</c><01:14:34.600><c> it</c><01:14:34.819><c> fulfilled,</c><01:14:35.800><c> nor</c><01:14:35.979><c> even</c>

01:14:36.380 --> 01:14:37.439
begin<01:14:36.640><c> to</c><01:14:36.880><c> be</c><01:14:37.060><c> fulfilled</c>

01:14:37.439 --> 01:14:43.340
till<01:14:37.600><c> after</c><01:14:37.960><c> the</c><01:14:38.159><c> advent</c><01:14:38.439><c> of</c><01:14:38.619><c> Christ,</c><01:14:39.539><c> all</c><01:14:39.920><c> are</c><01:14:40.220><c> upon</c><01:14:40.479><c> one</c><01:14:40.960><c> low,</c><01:14:41.539><c> common</c><01:14:41.920><c> level</c><01:14:42.359><c> respecting</c><01:14:42.920><c> it.</c>

01:14:43.539 --> 01:14:46.739
In<01:14:43.760><c> other</c><01:14:43.979><c> words,</c><01:14:44.180><c> he's</c><01:14:44.340><c> saying,</c><01:14:44.939><c> how</c><01:14:45.100><c> can</c><01:14:45.260><c> you</c><01:14:45.460><c> possibly</c><01:14:45.840><c> understand</c><01:14:46.420><c> it?</c>

01:14:46.739 --> 01:14:48.880
It<01:14:47.239><c> doesn't</c><01:14:47.340><c> matter</c><01:14:47.579><c> whether</c><01:14:47.760><c> you're</c><01:14:48.060><c> wise,</c><01:14:48.640><c> it</c><01:14:48.640><c> doesn't</c>

01:14:48.880 --> 01:14:49.680
matter<01:14:49.100><c> whether</c><01:14:49.279><c> you're</c><01:14:49.500><c> not,</c>

01:14:49.739 --> 01:14:51.420
whether<01:14:49.859><c> you're</c><01:14:50.140><c> a</c><01:14:50.180><c> Bible</c><01:14:50.300><c> student</c><01:14:50.619><c> or</c><01:14:50.819><c> whether</c><01:14:51.020><c> you're</c><01:14:51.199><c> not.</c>

01:14:51.659 --> 01:14:55.520
If<01:14:51.819><c> I</c><01:14:52.039><c> lump</c><01:14:52.180><c> together</c><01:14:52.640><c> 250</c><01:14:53.380><c> or</c><01:14:53.560><c> 200</c><01:14:54.039><c> symbols</c><01:14:54.479><c> and</c><01:14:54.880><c> I</c><01:14:55.140><c> say</c><01:14:55.300><c> that</c>

01:14:55.520 --> 01:14:56.619
all<01:14:55.739><c> of</c><01:14:55.880><c> those</c><01:14:56.020><c> are</c><01:14:56.079><c> in</c><01:14:56.239><c> the</c><01:14:56.399><c> future</c>

01:14:56.619 --> 01:14:58.539
and<01:14:56.779><c> going</c><01:14:56.880><c> to</c><01:14:57.079><c> be</c><01:14:57.199><c> fulfilled</c><01:14:57.500><c> in</c><01:14:57.680><c> three</c><01:14:57.840><c> and</c><01:14:57.979><c> a</c><01:14:58.020><c> half</c><01:14:58.159><c> years,</c>

01:14:58.880 --> 01:15:00.060
as<01:14:59.100><c> I</c><01:14:59.239><c> said</c><01:14:59.399><c> the</c><01:14:59.560><c> other</c><01:14:59.720><c> night,</c>

01:15:00.460 --> 01:15:03.239
I<01:15:00.739><c> can't</c><01:15:01.060><c> criticise</c><01:15:01.560><c> your</c><01:15:01.800><c> interpretation</c><01:15:02.380><c> of</c><01:15:02.539><c> that.</c>

01:15:03.539 --> 01:15:05.560
But<01:15:03.720><c> I</c><01:15:03.800><c> know</c><01:15:03.979><c> this,</c><01:15:04.260><c> that</c><01:15:04.359><c> when</c><01:15:04.539><c> you</c><01:15:04.760><c> write</c><01:15:04.859><c> it</c><01:15:05.000><c> up,</c><01:15:05.119><c> you're</c><01:15:05.319><c> going</c><01:15:05.439><c> to</c>

01:15:05.560 --> 01:15:08.939
say,<01:15:06.060><c> this</c><01:15:06.220><c> may</c><01:15:06.479><c> be,</c><01:15:06.720><c> this</c><01:15:06.960><c> could</c><01:15:07.159><c> be,</c><01:15:07.439><c> this</c><01:15:07.699><c> may</c><01:15:07.920><c> be,</c><01:15:08.140><c> may</c><01:15:08.380><c> not</c><01:15:08.619><c> be,</c>

01:15:09.180 --> 01:15:11.899
because<01:15:09.539><c> you</c><01:15:09.659><c> couldn't</c><01:15:09.880><c> write</c><01:15:10.119><c> anything</c><01:15:10.420><c> differently,</c><01:15:11.020><c> could</c><01:15:11.199><c> you?</c>

01:15:12.140 --> 01:15:17.260
You've<01:15:12.579><c> got</c><01:15:12.659><c> two</c><01:15:12.880><c> or</c><01:15:13.020><c> 250</c><01:15:13.720><c> of</c><01:15:13.939><c> them,</c><01:15:14.960><c> all</c><01:15:15.119><c> to</c><01:15:15.260><c> be</c><01:15:15.420><c> fulfilled</c><01:15:15.659><c> one</c><01:15:15.920><c> after</c><01:15:16.039><c> the</c><01:15:16.279><c> other</c><01:15:16.920><c> in</c>

01:15:17.260 --> 01:15:18.600
a<01:15:17.380><c> period</c><01:15:17.619><c> of</c><01:15:17.699><c> three</c><01:15:17.920><c> and</c><01:15:18.039><c> a</c><01:15:18.060><c> half</c><01:15:18.220><c> years.</c>

01:15:18.979 --> 01:15:20.880
And<01:15:19.079><c> tell</c><01:15:19.239><c> me,</c><01:15:19.500><c> what</c><01:15:19.539><c> good</c><01:15:19.779><c> would</c><01:15:19.979><c> be</c><01:15:20.119><c> the</c><01:15:20.279><c> revelation,</c><01:15:20.739><c> if</c>

01:15:20.880 --> 01:15:22.279
that<01:15:21.039><c> were</c><01:15:21.220><c> the</c><01:15:21.319><c> case,</c>

01:15:22.680 --> 01:15:25.880
to<01:15:22.819><c> see</c><01:15:23.439><c> that</c><01:15:23.939><c> just</c><01:15:24.119><c> that</c><01:15:24.359><c> particular</c><01:15:24.840><c> generation</c><01:15:25.359><c> that</c><01:15:25.560><c> happened</c><01:15:25.760><c> to</c>

01:15:25.880 --> 01:15:26.420
be<01:15:25.979><c> in</c><01:15:26.100><c> the</c><01:15:26.220><c> earth</c>

01:15:26.420 --> 01:15:30.899
just<01:15:26.739><c> at</c><01:15:26.979><c> that</c><01:15:27.140><c> little</c><01:15:27.420><c> three</c><01:15:27.619><c> and</c><01:15:27.760><c> a</c><01:15:27.840><c> half</c><01:15:27.979><c> years,</c><01:15:28.979><c> with</c><01:15:29.180><c> nothing</c><01:15:29.520><c> in</c><01:15:29.819><c> between,</c>

01:15:31.119 --> 01:15:35.279
surely<01:15:31.439><c> the</c><01:15:31.539><c> Lord</c><01:15:31.899><c> God</c><01:15:32.159><c> doeth</c><01:15:32.500><c> nothing,</c><01:15:34.279><c> but</c><01:15:34.520><c> no</c><01:15:34.779><c> revelation</c>

01:15:35.279 --> 01:15:36.180
until<01:15:35.560><c> that</c><01:15:35.819><c> time,</c>

01:15:36.180 --> 01:15:39.399
that<01:15:36.560><c> three</c><01:15:36.880><c> and</c><01:15:37.060><c> a</c><01:15:37.060><c> half</c><01:15:37.239><c> years</c><01:15:38.039><c> and</c><01:15:38.520><c> the</c><01:15:38.619><c> whole</c><01:15:38.840><c> thing</c><01:15:39.039><c> goes</c>

01:15:39.399 --> 01:15:42.439
past<01:15:39.720><c> our</c><01:15:40.159><c> eyes</c><01:15:40.539><c> with</c><01:15:41.079><c> flashing</c><01:15:41.439><c> rapidity.</c>

01:15:42.819 --> 01:15:45.439
As<01:15:42.960><c> symbol</c><01:15:43.039><c> upon</c><01:15:43.220><c> symbol</c><01:15:43.439><c> upon</c><01:15:43.640><c> symbol</c><01:15:43.859><c> upon</c><01:15:44.039><c> symbol</c><01:15:44.279><c> are</c><01:15:44.460><c> fulfilled.</c>

01:15:45.520 --> 01:15:47.079
Just<01:15:45.840><c> like</c><01:15:46.180><c> that.</c>

01:15:47.399 --> 01:15:49.680
Now<01:15:47.560><c> I</c><01:15:47.720><c> ask</c><01:15:48.039><c> you</c><01:15:48.180><c> in</c><01:15:48.319><c> all</c><01:15:48.619><c> seriousness,</c><01:15:49.060><c> I</c><01:15:49.220><c> don't</c><01:15:49.439><c> want</c><01:15:49.600><c> there</c>

01:15:49.680 --> 01:15:51.979
to<01:15:49.819><c> be</c><01:15:49.920><c> a</c><01:15:50.039><c> laughing</c><01:15:50.220><c> matter,</c><01:15:50.680><c> even</c><01:15:50.899><c> if</c><01:15:51.060><c> it</c><01:15:51.220><c> appears</c><01:15:51.500><c> like</c><01:15:51.779><c> that.</c>

01:15:52.199 --> 01:15:53.659
Is<01:15:52.380><c> that</c><01:15:52.619><c> reasonable?</c>

01:15:55.420 --> 01:15:57.060
Of<01:15:55.680><c> course</c><01:15:55.760><c> it's</c><01:15:56.060><c> not</c><01:15:56.199><c> reasonable.</c>

01:15:57.460 --> 01:16:00.279
That<01:15:57.680><c> all</c><01:15:57.840><c> of</c><01:15:57.979><c> those</c><01:15:58.180><c> things</c><01:15:58.399><c> should</c><01:15:58.600><c> suddenly</c><01:15:58.960><c> like</c><01:15:59.239><c> a</c><01:15:59.659><c> rush</c>

01:16:00.279 --> 01:16:01.939
of<01:16:00.420><c> events</c><01:16:00.619><c> just</c><01:16:00.880><c> tear</c><01:16:01.000><c> past</c><01:16:01.260><c> our</c><01:16:01.560><c> eyes.</c>

01:16:01.939 --> 01:16:06.300
That<01:16:02.800><c> would</c><01:16:03.039><c> make</c><01:16:03.699><c> three</c><01:16:04.000><c> quarters</c><01:16:04.239><c> of</c><01:16:04.420><c> the</c><01:16:04.600><c> apocalypse</c><01:16:05.100><c> virtuous</c><01:16:05.920><c> only</c>

01:16:06.300 --> 01:16:07.079
for<01:16:06.479><c> that</c><01:16:06.659><c> generation</c>

01:16:07.079 --> 01:16:09.380
who<01:16:07.279><c> just</c><01:16:07.500><c> happened</c><01:16:07.640><c> to</c><01:16:07.760><c> be</c><01:16:07.880><c> living,</c><01:16:08.420><c> but</c><01:16:08.520><c> not</c><01:16:08.760><c> even</c><01:16:09.020><c> for</c><01:16:09.180><c> them.</c>

01:16:09.500 --> 01:16:11.420
Well,<01:16:09.640><c> what</c><01:16:09.779><c> could</c><01:16:09.960><c> you</c><01:16:10.100><c> do</c><01:16:10.220><c> about</c><01:16:10.479><c> it?</c>

01:16:12.279 --> 01:16:14.239
You<01:16:12.500><c> couldn't</c><01:16:12.720><c> even</c><01:16:12.899><c> have</c><01:16:13.000><c> a</c><01:16:13.159><c> Bible</c><01:16:13.399><c> class,</c><01:16:13.779><c> hardly</c><01:16:13.939><c> to</c><01:16:14.119><c> get</c>

01:16:14.239 --> 01:16:15.680
together<01:16:14.500><c> to</c><01:16:14.659><c> make</c><01:16:14.800><c> sure</c><01:16:14.939><c> what</c><01:16:15.119><c> was</c><01:16:15.319><c> right,</c>

01:16:15.979 --> 01:16:18.380
before<01:16:16.260><c> another</c><01:16:16.479><c> whole</c><01:16:16.760><c> bundle</c><01:16:16.979><c> had</c><01:16:17.140><c> gone</c><01:16:17.279><c> past</c><01:16:17.560><c> your</c><01:16:17.779><c> eyes</c><01:16:17.979><c> anyway.</c>

01:16:18.880 --> 01:16:23.579
And<01:16:19.100><c> I</c><01:16:19.300><c> say</c><01:16:19.439><c> that</c><01:16:19.619><c> that</c><01:16:19.800><c> really</c><01:16:20.380><c> makes</c><01:16:20.739><c> the</c><01:16:21.020><c> prophecy</c><01:16:21.420><c> of</c><01:16:22.100><c> no</c><01:16:22.439><c> consequence.</c>

01:16:23.699 --> 01:16:28.779
And<01:16:24.039><c> it</c><01:16:24.199><c> brings</c><01:16:24.899><c> to</c><01:16:25.380><c> a</c><01:16:25.579><c> state</c><01:16:25.859><c> of</c><01:16:26.420><c> irrelevance</c><01:16:27.619><c> the</c><01:16:28.119><c> apostasy,</c>

01:16:28.979 --> 01:16:30.180
the<01:16:29.560><c> apocalypse,</c>

01:16:30.180 --> 01:16:34.220
as<01:16:30.479><c> far</c><01:16:30.760><c> as</c><01:16:31.000><c> it</c><01:16:31.119><c> being</c><01:16:31.500><c> a</c><01:16:31.859><c> meaningful</c><01:16:32.380><c> help</c><01:16:32.800><c> through</c><01:16:33.340><c> the</c><01:16:33.579><c> centuries</c><01:16:33.939><c> of</c>

01:16:34.220 --> 01:16:36.140
time<01:16:34.600><c> when</c><01:16:34.939><c> people</c><01:16:35.300><c> needed</c><01:16:35.600><c> it.</c>

01:16:36.439 --> 01:16:39.399
And<01:16:36.579><c> besides,</c><01:16:37.760><c> think</c><01:16:37.939><c> about</c><01:16:38.180><c> it</c><01:16:38.300><c> this</c><01:16:38.500><c> way.</c>

01:16:39.699 --> 01:16:42.760
Is<01:16:39.779><c> that</c><01:16:40.020><c> going</c><01:16:40.180><c> to</c><01:16:40.340><c> be</c><01:16:40.539><c> given</c><01:16:40.880><c> to</c><01:16:41.380><c> the</c><01:16:41.539><c> generation</c><01:16:42.119><c> who</c><01:16:42.420><c> just</c>

01:16:42.760 --> 01:16:47.239
for<01:16:43.199><c> three</c><01:16:43.560><c> and</c><01:16:43.760><c> a</c><01:16:43.819><c> half</c><01:16:44.000><c> years</c><01:16:45.439><c> endured</c><01:16:46.039><c> persecution</c>

01:16:47.619 --> 01:16:52.859
and<01:16:48.300><c> not</c><01:16:48.560><c> to</c><01:16:48.779><c> all</c><01:16:49.020><c> those</c><01:16:49.300><c> others</c><01:16:49.819><c> who</c><01:16:50.399><c> for</c><01:16:50.899><c> hundreds</c><01:16:51.619><c> of</c><01:16:51.939><c> years</c>

01:16:52.859 --> 01:16:54.720
endured<01:16:53.600><c> persecution?</c>

01:16:56.779 --> 01:16:59.399
It's<01:16:57.180><c> entirely</c><01:16:57.520><c> ridiculous,</c><01:16:58.520><c> in</c><01:16:58.659><c> my</c><01:16:58.939><c> opinion.</c>

01:16:59.680 --> 01:17:01.359
I'm<01:16:59.779><c> sorry,</c><01:17:00.079><c> but</c><01:17:00.180><c> I</c><01:17:00.359><c> do</c><01:17:00.500><c> see</c><01:17:00.640><c> it</c><01:17:00.720><c> that</c><01:17:00.939><c> way.</c>

01:17:01.699 --> 01:17:04.420
It's<01:17:01.859><c> just</c><01:17:02.100><c> fundamentally</c><01:17:02.640><c> unreasonable</c><01:17:03.300><c> to</c><01:17:03.960><c> say</c><01:17:04.159><c> that</c><01:17:04.340><c> it's</c>

01:17:04.420 --> 01:17:07.460
going<01:17:04.560><c> to</c><01:17:04.680><c> be</c><01:17:04.840><c> just</c><01:17:05.020><c> for</c><01:17:05.199><c> them</c><01:17:05.460><c> and</c><01:17:05.840><c> nothing</c><01:17:06.140><c> for</c><01:17:06.319><c> all</c><01:17:06.520><c> of</c><01:17:06.699><c> these.</c>

01:17:07.619 --> 01:17:09.140
When<01:17:07.800><c> they</c><01:17:08.020><c> desperately</c><01:17:08.359><c> need</c><01:17:08.500><c> it,</c><01:17:08.619><c> they</c><01:17:08.760><c> didn't</c><01:17:08.979><c> have.</c>

01:17:09.159 --> 01:17:10.939
When<01:17:09.239><c> they're</c><01:17:09.399><c> on</c><01:17:09.579><c> the</c><01:17:09.659><c> edge</c><01:17:09.800><c> of</c><01:17:09.920><c> the</c><01:17:10.060><c> kingdom,</c><01:17:10.460><c> they</c><01:17:10.640><c> get</c><01:17:10.800><c> all</c>

01:17:10.939 --> 01:17:12.039
the<01:17:11.119><c> revelation.</c>

01:17:12.359 --> 01:17:14.199
It<01:17:12.579><c> just</c><01:17:12.720><c> doesn't</c><01:17:13.000><c> make</c><01:17:13.260><c> sense.</c>

01:17:14.640 --> 01:17:18.239
Clearly,<01:17:15.579><c> the</c><01:17:15.680><c> Lord</c><01:17:15.939><c> God</c><01:17:16.180><c> doeth</c><01:17:16.500><c> nothing</c><01:17:16.859><c> but</c><01:17:17.079><c> that</c><01:17:17.180><c> he</c><01:17:17.359><c> revealeth</c><01:17:17.840><c> it,</c>

01:17:18.239 --> 01:17:19.420
and<01:17:18.420><c> he</c><01:17:18.600><c> hath</c><01:17:18.760><c> done</c><01:17:19.039><c> that.</c>

01:17:19.420 --> 01:17:21.560
So<01:17:20.340><c> the</c><01:17:20.460><c> doctor</c><01:17:20.739><c> says,</c>

01:17:22.520 --> 01:17:25.479
He<01:17:22.680><c> then</c><01:17:22.979><c> who</c><01:17:23.100><c> knows</c><01:17:23.420><c> much</c><01:17:23.739><c> of</c><01:17:23.960><c> doctrine</c><01:17:24.220><c> and</c><01:17:24.460><c> history</c><01:17:24.840><c> is</c><01:17:25.340><c> at</c>

01:17:25.479 --> 01:17:28.159
an<01:17:25.720><c> equal</c><01:17:25.960><c> disadvantage</c><01:17:26.579><c> with</c><01:17:26.800><c> him</c><01:17:26.960><c> who</c><01:17:27.079><c> knows</c><01:17:27.319><c> nothing</c><01:17:27.619><c> of</c><01:17:27.859><c> either.</c>

01:17:28.640 --> 01:17:32.039
And<01:17:28.840><c> this</c><01:17:29.020><c> ignorance</c><01:17:29.439><c> is</c><01:17:29.960><c> strengthened</c><01:17:30.399><c> and</c><01:17:31.220><c> consoled.</c>

01:17:32.479 --> 01:17:35.460
I<01:17:32.659><c> don't</c><01:17:32.819><c> put</c><01:17:33.000><c> that</c><01:17:33.319><c> forward</c><01:17:33.699><c> as</c><01:17:33.939><c> an</c><01:17:34.119><c> authority,</c><01:17:34.539><c> but</c><01:17:34.680><c> my</c><01:17:34.960><c> word,</c><01:17:35.199><c> there's</c><01:17:35.340><c> some</c>

01:17:35.460 --> 01:17:37.439
weight<01:17:35.579><c> in</c><01:17:35.720><c> those</c><01:17:35.960><c> words,</c><01:17:36.479><c> isn't</c><01:17:36.939><c> there?</c>

01:17:37.520 --> 01:17:40.380
So,<01:17:38.079><c> might</c><01:17:38.159><c> I</c><01:17:38.359><c> say</c><01:17:38.560><c> again,</c><01:17:39.119><c> I'm</c><01:17:39.340><c> not</c><01:17:39.579><c> interested</c><01:17:39.960><c> in</c><01:17:40.159><c> any</c>

01:17:40.380 --> 01:17:41.359
personal<01:17:40.779><c> discussion,</c>

01:17:41.359 --> 01:17:46.520
but<01:17:41.960><c> I'm</c><01:17:42.199><c> very</c><01:17:42.659><c> interested</c><01:17:43.159><c> indeed</c><01:17:43.800><c> in</c><01:17:45.100><c> the</c><01:17:45.399><c> awesome</c><01:17:45.880><c> issues,</c>

01:17:46.600 --> 01:17:50.079
the<01:17:46.920><c> grave</c><01:17:47.239><c> issues</c><01:17:47.859><c> that</c><01:17:48.560><c> bear</c><01:17:48.699><c> upon</c><01:17:48.960><c> the</c><01:17:49.199><c> subject.</c>

01:17:50.159 --> 01:17:54.140
And<01:17:50.300><c> I</c><01:17:50.420><c> ask</c><01:17:50.619><c> us</c><01:17:50.899><c> all</c><01:17:51.359><c> to</c><01:17:51.720><c> look</c><01:17:51.920><c> at</c><01:17:52.079><c> the</c><01:17:52.239><c> subject</c><01:17:52.539><c> from</c><01:17:52.720><c> that</c><01:17:52.939><c> point</c><01:17:53.199><c> of</c><01:17:53.359><c> view.</c>

01:17:54.960 --> 01:17:59.079
We<01:17:54.960><c> can</c><01:17:55.260><c> bear</c><01:17:55.659><c> as</c><01:17:56.380><c> we</c><01:17:56.560><c> know</c><01:17:56.840><c> how</c><01:17:57.140><c> to</c><01:17:57.359><c> deal</c><01:17:57.659><c> among</c><01:17:58.279><c> brethren,</c><01:17:58.579><c> how</c><01:17:58.779><c> we</c>

01:17:59.079 --> 01:18:00.180
should<01:17:59.260><c> deal.</c>

01:18:00.579 --> 01:18:03.920
We<01:18:00.760><c> don't</c><01:18:00.819><c> always</c><01:18:01.199><c> do</c><01:18:01.560><c> that,</c><01:18:01.779><c> but</c><01:18:01.939><c> we</c><01:18:02.159><c> know</c><01:18:02.420><c> what</c><01:18:02.560><c> we</c><01:18:02.840><c> should</c><01:18:03.039><c> do.</c>

01:18:04.100 --> 01:18:07.479
Let<01:18:04.300><c> us</c><01:18:04.539><c> do</c><01:18:04.739><c> that</c><01:18:05.060><c> indeed,</c><01:18:06.300><c> but</c><01:18:06.399><c> let</c><01:18:06.560><c> us</c><01:18:06.739><c> nevertheless</c><01:18:07.159><c> be</c>

01:18:07.479 --> 01:18:08.239
honest<01:18:07.819><c>-hearted</c>

01:18:08.239 --> 01:18:12.300
and<01:18:08.899><c> of</c><01:18:09.180><c> true</c><01:18:09.500><c> intent</c><01:18:10.260><c> to</c><01:18:10.800><c> find</c><01:18:11.020><c> out</c><01:18:11.260><c> the</c><01:18:11.500><c> truth</c><01:18:11.840><c> of</c><01:18:12.119><c> the</c>

01:18:12.300 --> 01:18:13.439
forced<01:18:12.560><c> beast,</c>

01:18:13.600 --> 01:18:17.220
and<01:18:13.659><c> that</c><01:18:13.859><c> we</c><01:18:14.159><c> too</c><01:18:14.680><c> may</c><01:18:15.020><c> not</c><01:18:15.260><c> have</c><01:18:15.479><c> the</c><01:18:15.760><c> image</c><01:18:16.140><c> of</c><01:18:16.760><c> the</c><01:18:16.939><c> beast</c>

01:18:17.220 --> 01:18:20.100
in<01:18:17.539><c> our</c><01:18:17.760><c> forehead</c><01:18:18.100><c> when</c><01:18:18.600><c> our</c><01:18:18.800><c> Master</c><01:18:19.060><c> returns,</c>

01:18:20.119 --> 01:18:22.579
nor<01:18:20.300><c> any</c><01:18:20.720><c> other</c><01:18:21.000><c> of</c><01:18:21.560><c> our</c><01:18:21.779><c> brethren.</c>

01:18:39.779 --> 01:18:40.380
Thank<01:18:39.859><c> you.</c>