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say<00:12:53.970><c> in</c><00:12:54.169><c> his</c><00:12:54.529><c> heart?</c><00:12:56.309><c> Verse</c><00:12:56.590><c> 13.</c><00:12:59.950><c> For</c><00:13:00.269><c> thou</c><00:13:00.549><c> hast</c><00:13:00.870><c> said</c><00:13:01.250><c> in</c><00:13:01.610><c> thine</c><00:13:01.889><c> heart,</c><00:13:03.570><c> I</c>

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terrible<00:13:34.149><c> blasphemy</c><00:13:34.750><c> that</c><00:13:35.070><c> are</c><00:13:35.230><c> in</c><00:13:35.429><c> these</c><00:13:35.710><c> words?</c><00:13:37.909><c> Look</c><00:13:38.110><c> again</c><00:13:38.429><c> at</c><00:13:38.649><c> verse</c><00:13:38.909><c> 14.</c><00:13:40.830><c> I</c>

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will<00:13:41.149><c> ascend</c><00:13:41.529><c> above</c><00:13:41.970><c> the</c><00:13:42.470><c> heights</c>

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of<00:13:43.129><c> the</c><00:13:43.190><c> clouds,</c><00:13:45.029><c> I</c><00:13:45.450><c> will</c><00:13:45.789><c> be.</c><00:13:48.529><c> Does</c><00:13:48.750><c> that</c><00:13:49.029><c> phrase</c><00:13:49.330><c> ring</c><00:13:49.590><c> a</c><00:13:49.789><c> bell?</c><00:13:51.669><c> I</c>

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will<00:13:52.549><c> be.</c><00:13:53.889><c> The</c><00:13:54.009><c> very</c><00:13:54.309><c> name</c><00:13:54.990><c> Yahweh</c><00:13:56.049><c> is</c><00:13:57.029><c> used.</c>

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king<00:14:03.990><c> of</c><00:14:04.269><c> Babylon,</c><00:14:05.429><c> I</c><00:14:05.509><c> believe</c><00:14:05.809><c> Belteshazzar,</c>

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was<00:14:06.909><c> in</c><00:14:07.129><c> fact</c><00:14:07.389><c> this</c><00:14:07.610><c> very</c><00:14:08.450><c> king,</c><00:14:09.429><c> addressed</c><00:14:09.889><c> here</c><00:14:10.169><c> as</c><00:14:10.389><c> Lucifer.</c><00:14:11.710><c> And</c><00:14:11.850><c> we</c>

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know<00:14:12.090><c> what</c><00:14:12.330><c> happened.</c><00:14:13.350><c> The</c>

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writing<00:14:13.950><c> came</c><00:14:14.289><c> upon</c><00:14:14.610><c> the</c><00:14:14.870><c> wall</c><00:14:15.250><c> and</c><00:14:15.909><c> he</c><00:14:16.070><c> was</c><00:14:16.330><c> destroyed</c><00:14:16.769><c> that</c>

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night<00:14:17.529><c> by</c><00:14:18.210><c> Cyrus.</c><00:14:20.370><c> A</c><00:14:20.490><c> man's</c><00:14:20.950><c> heart</c><00:14:21.309><c> was</c><00:14:21.629><c> given</c><00:14:21.929><c> to</c><00:14:22.210><c> it.</c>

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in<00:14:28.889><c> verse</c><00:14:29.149><c> 16</c><00:14:29.830><c> of</c><00:14:30.149><c> Isaiah</c><00:14:30.549><c> 14.</c><00:14:31.629><c> They</c><00:14:31.889><c> that</c>

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see<00:14:32.370><c> thee</c><00:14:32.570><c> shall</c><00:14:32.889><c> narrowly</c><00:14:33.350><c> look</c><00:14:33.529><c> upon</c><00:14:33.850><c> thee</c><00:14:34.090><c> and</c><00:14:34.389><c> consider</c>

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the<00:14:38.850><c> earth</c><00:14:39.129><c> to</c><00:14:39.429><c> tremble,</c><00:14:40.409><c> that</c><00:14:40.730><c> did</c><00:14:40.950><c> shake</c><00:14:41.309><c> kingdoms?</c><00:14:43.350><c> And</c><00:14:44.029><c> that</c><00:14:45.009><c> phrase</c><00:14:45.409><c> there,</c><00:14:46.149><c> the</c><00:14:46.470><c> man,</c><00:14:47.549><c> is</c>

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something<00:14:48.149><c> which</c>

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in<00:14:56.370><c> Daniel</c><00:14:56.889><c> chapter</c><00:14:57.429><c> 7.</c><00:14:58.450><c> A</c><00:14:58.470><c> man's</c><00:14:59.090><c> heart</c><00:14:59.450><c> or</c><00:14:59.789><c> the</c><00:15:00.110><c> man's</c><00:15:00.629><c> heart</c>

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was<00:15:01.549><c> given</c><00:15:01.889><c> to</c><00:15:02.190><c> it.</c><00:15:03.649><c> But</c><00:15:03.889><c> you</c><00:15:04.029><c> will</c><00:15:04.269><c> also</c><00:15:04.629><c> notice</c>

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that<00:15:06.769><c> as</c><00:15:07.789><c> we</c><00:15:08.070><c> continue</c><00:15:08.629><c> in</c><00:15:08.870><c> the</c><00:15:09.049><c> vision,</c><00:15:09.669><c> just</c><00:15:09.950><c> passing</c><00:15:10.269><c> over</c>

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that<00:15:14.230><c> fourth</c><00:15:14.629><c> beast,</c><00:15:15.230><c> don't</c><00:15:15.429><c> we?</c><00:15:22.789><c> That</c><00:15:23.250><c> fourth</c><00:15:23.809><c> beast</c><00:15:24.250><c> of</c><00:15:24.549><c> which</c><00:15:25.190><c> there</c><00:15:25.549><c> can</c>

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and<00:15:35.809><c> the</c><00:15:35.990><c> angel</c><00:15:36.289><c> gives</c><00:15:36.590><c> us</c><00:15:36.850><c> the</c><00:15:37.169><c> interpretation,</c>

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possibly<00:15:41.889><c> imagine.</c><00:15:43.009><c> He</c><00:15:43.009><c> says,</c><00:15:43.610><c> thus</c><00:15:43.769><c> he</c><00:15:43.970><c> said,</c>

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earth.<00:15:52.350><c> And</c><00:15:52.809><c> we</c><00:15:52.950><c> all</c><00:15:53.210><c> know</c><00:15:53.450><c> the</c><00:15:54.409><c> structure</c><00:15:54.889><c> of</c>

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Nebuchadnezzar's<00:15:56.289><c> image,</c><00:15:56.470><c> I'm</c><00:15:56.809><c> sure,</c><00:15:57.149><c> with</c><00:15:57.370><c> its</c><00:15:58.110><c> Babylon,</c>

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Medo<00:15:59.950><c>-Persia,</c><00:16:01.090><c> Greece,</c>

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and<00:16:02.909><c> the</c><00:16:03.330><c> fourth</c><00:16:03.669><c> kingdom</c><00:16:04.049><c> upon</c><00:16:04.429><c> the</c><00:16:04.649><c> earth,</c><00:16:05.450><c> Babylon.</c><00:16:06.929><c> Here</c>

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it's<00:16:11.830><c> the</c><00:16:12.029><c> angel</c><00:16:12.289><c> that's</c><00:16:12.649><c> telling</c><00:16:12.769><c> us</c><00:16:13.330><c> the</c><00:16:14.169><c> fourth</c><00:16:14.970><c> beast</c><00:16:15.590><c> shall</c><00:16:15.889><c> be</c>

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has<00:16:18.509><c> to</c><00:16:18.769><c> be</c><00:16:19.169><c> the</c><00:16:19.509><c> Roman</c><00:16:19.830><c> Empire,</c><00:16:20.370><c> does</c><00:16:20.509><c> it</c><00:16:20.730><c> not?</c><00:16:22.350><c> But</c><00:16:22.710><c> in</c><00:16:22.909><c> this</c>

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empire,<00:16:24.250><c> we</c><00:16:24.649><c> see</c><00:16:24.870><c> the</c><00:16:25.210><c> development</c><00:16:25.750><c> of</c><00:16:26.409><c> ten</c><00:16:26.789><c> horns.</c>

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Now,<00:16:36.029><c> as</c><00:16:36.169><c> we</c><00:16:36.330><c> look</c><00:16:36.549><c> at</c><00:16:36.730><c> those</c><00:16:37.049><c> ten</c><00:16:37.370><c> horns,</c><00:16:37.850><c> I</c><00:16:38.110><c> realize,</c><00:16:38.590><c> of</c><00:16:38.830><c> course,</c><00:16:39.129><c> that</c><00:16:39.309><c> it</c>

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has<00:16:39.669><c> been</c><00:16:39.990><c> suggested</c><00:16:40.529><c> that</c>

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think,<00:16:48.450><c> suggests</c><00:16:48.909><c> that</c><00:16:49.049><c> it</c><00:16:49.230><c> might</c><00:16:49.389><c> be</c><00:16:49.590><c> the</c><00:16:49.889><c> Arabs.</c>

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I<00:16:51.750><c> don't</c><00:16:52.070><c> think</c><00:16:52.389><c> so,</c><00:16:52.750><c> brothers</c><00:16:52.970><c> and</c><00:16:53.169><c> sisters.</c><00:16:53.389><c> If</c><00:16:53.549><c> we</c><00:16:53.730><c> look</c><00:16:53.929><c> at</c>

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it<00:16:54.450><c> fairly,</c><00:16:54.769><c> and</c><00:16:54.909><c> that's</c><00:16:55.110><c> all</c><00:16:55.269><c> I'm</c><00:16:55.470><c> asking</c>

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tonight,<00:16:56.309><c> is</c><00:16:56.509><c> that</c><00:16:56.610><c> we</c><00:16:56.730><c> look</c><00:16:56.909><c> at</c><00:16:57.049><c> this</c><00:16:57.269><c> matter</c><00:16:57.649><c> honestly</c><00:16:58.690><c> and</c>

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fairly,<00:17:00.610><c> because</c><00:17:00.870><c> these</c><00:17:01.230><c> horns</c>

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are<00:17:03.289><c> upon</c><00:17:03.629><c> the</c><00:17:04.430><c> Roman</c><00:17:05.009><c> territory.</c><00:17:07.250><c> And</c><00:17:07.430><c> as</c><00:17:07.609><c> we</c><00:17:07.789><c> look</c><00:17:08.109><c> at</c><00:17:08.430><c> the</c>

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there<00:17:13.009><c> really</c><00:17:13.329><c> can</c><00:17:13.509><c> be</c><00:17:13.690><c> no</c><00:17:13.970><c> doubt.</c><00:17:14.549><c> I</c><00:17:14.670><c> know</c><00:17:14.829><c> I've</c><00:17:14.990><c> got</c><00:17:15.230><c> an</c><00:17:16.150><c> atlas</c><00:17:16.470><c> at</c>

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it's<00:17:19.170><c> a</c><00:17:19.289><c> historical</c><00:17:19.869><c> atlas,</c><00:17:20.329><c> you</c><00:17:20.490><c> know,</c><00:17:20.849><c> and</c><00:17:21.049><c> as</c><00:17:21.230><c> you</c><00:17:21.450><c> flick</c>

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you<00:17:24.710><c> almost</c><00:17:25.210><c> see,</c><00:17:27.490><c> whether</c><00:17:28.029><c> you're</c><00:17:28.190><c> looking</c><00:17:28.410><c> at</c><00:17:28.650><c> it</c><00:17:28.809><c> from</c><00:17:29.690><c> the</c>

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point<00:17:30.210><c> of</c><00:17:30.369><c> view</c><00:17:30.569><c> of</c><00:17:30.750><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:17:32.130><c> image</c><00:17:32.309><c> or</c>

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whether<00:17:32.589><c> you're</c><00:17:32.710><c> looking</c><00:17:32.910><c> at</c><00:17:33.089><c> it</c><00:17:33.170><c> from</c><00:17:33.329><c> the</c><00:17:33.529><c> four</c><00:17:33.690><c> beasts,</c>

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doesn't<00:17:34.250><c> make</c><00:17:34.450><c> much</c><00:17:34.630><c> difference.</c><00:17:35.029><c> You</c><00:17:35.269><c> see</c><00:17:35.710><c> the</c><00:17:36.369><c> empires</c>

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there,<00:17:37.349><c> the</c><00:17:37.509><c> one</c><00:17:37.710><c> comes,</c><00:17:38.130><c> the</c><00:17:38.210><c> next</c><00:17:38.390><c> goes,</c><00:17:38.670><c> one</c><00:17:38.869><c> comes,</c><00:17:39.170><c> the</c>

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next<00:17:39.430><c> goes,</c><00:17:40.029><c> until</c><00:17:40.349><c> you</c><00:17:40.470><c> come</c><00:17:40.589><c> to</c><00:17:40.730><c> the</c><00:17:40.829><c> Roman</c><00:17:41.109><c> Empire.</c>

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And<00:17:42.369><c> you</c><00:17:42.490><c> keep</c><00:17:42.730><c> turning</c><00:17:43.089><c> the</c><00:17:43.349><c> pages</c><00:17:43.769><c> and</c><00:17:44.430><c> you</c><00:17:44.769><c> see</c><00:17:45.150><c> in</c><00:17:45.569><c> two</c><00:17:45.829><c> different</c><00:17:46.170><c> colors</c><00:17:46.670><c> the</c>

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division<00:17:47.809><c> of</c><00:17:48.029><c> that</c><00:17:48.329><c> empire</c><00:17:48.789><c> into</c>

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east<00:17:49.509><c> and</c><00:17:49.730><c> west.</c><00:17:50.930><c> And</c><00:17:51.029><c> then</c><00:17:51.470><c> as</c><00:17:52.049><c> you</c><00:17:52.210><c> proceed</c><00:17:52.589><c> to</c><00:17:52.829><c> turn</c><00:17:53.109><c> further,</c><00:17:54.089><c> you</c><00:17:54.170><c> see</c><00:17:54.410><c> it</c>

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breaking<00:17:54.950><c> up</c><00:17:55.210><c> into</c><00:17:55.470><c> all</c><00:17:55.690><c> its</c>

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little<00:17:56.150><c> parts,</c><00:17:57.369><c> which</c><00:17:57.529><c> is</c><00:17:57.710><c> of</c><00:17:57.710><c> course</c><00:17:57.990><c> exactly</c><00:17:58.349><c> what</c><00:17:58.549><c> happened</c><00:17:58.890><c> when</c>

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the<00:17:59.349><c> barbarians</c><00:17:59.970><c> came</c><00:18:00.289><c> along,</c><00:18:00.690><c> didn't</c><00:18:00.990><c> it?</c>

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And<00:18:02.529><c> then</c><00:18:02.650><c> we</c><00:18:02.730><c> get</c><00:18:02.930><c> this</c><00:18:03.369><c> little</c><00:18:03.869><c> horn</c><00:18:04.390><c> arise.</c><00:18:06.130><c> Three</c><00:18:06.430><c> are</c><00:18:06.690><c> taken</c><00:18:07.009><c> out</c>

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of<00:18:07.430><c> the</c><00:18:07.589><c> way</c><00:18:07.750><c> and</c><00:18:07.890><c> this</c><00:18:08.269><c> little</c><00:18:08.869><c> horn</c><00:18:09.170><c> arises.</c>

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Now<00:18:09.809><c> what</c><00:18:09.869><c> I</c><00:18:09.990><c> want</c><00:18:10.170><c> to</c><00:18:10.349><c> look</c><00:18:10.569><c> at</c><00:18:10.809><c> now</c><00:18:11.230><c> with</c><00:18:11.470><c> this</c><00:18:11.690><c> little</c><00:18:12.009><c> horn</c>

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is<00:18:14.049><c> the</c><00:18:15.529><c> features</c><00:18:16.049><c> of</c><00:18:16.349><c> it.</c>

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Behold,<00:18:18.970><c> in</c><00:18:19.170><c> this</c><00:18:19.549><c> horn,</c><00:18:20.130><c> middle</c><00:18:20.509><c> of</c><00:18:20.690><c> verse</c><00:18:20.890><c> eight</c><00:18:21.170><c> there,</c><00:18:22.230><c> behold</c><00:18:22.529><c> in</c>

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this<00:18:23.150><c> horn</c><00:18:23.490><c> were</c><00:18:23.849><c> eyes</c><00:18:24.349><c> like</c><00:18:24.750><c> the</c><00:18:25.029><c> eyes</c><00:18:25.509><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:27.690><c> man</c><00:18:28.369><c> and</c><00:18:30.470><c> a</c><00:18:30.650><c> mouth</c><00:18:31.049><c> speaking</c><00:18:31.569><c> great</c><00:18:32.029><c> things.</c><00:18:34.470><c> And</c><00:18:34.789><c> we</c><00:18:34.910><c> can</c>

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look<00:18:35.529><c> at</c><00:18:35.769><c> the</c><00:18:35.970><c> various</c><00:18:36.329><c> features</c><00:18:36.710><c> of</c><00:18:36.950><c> this</c><00:18:37.170><c> little</c>

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horn.<00:18:38.930><c> There</c><00:18:39.130><c> are</c><00:18:39.390><c> the</c><00:18:39.630><c> eyes</c><00:18:39.970><c> like</c><00:18:40.250><c> the</c><00:18:40.509><c> eyes</c><00:18:40.769><c> of</c><00:18:41.009><c> a</c><00:18:41.190><c> man,</c><00:18:41.869><c> verse</c><00:18:42.109><c> eight,</c><00:18:42.890><c> look</c>

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at,<00:18:43.970><c> mouth</c><00:18:44.269><c> speaking</c><00:18:44.730><c> great</c><00:18:45.130><c> words</c>

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against<00:18:46.150><c> the</c><00:18:46.349><c> most</c><00:18:46.769><c> high.</c><00:18:47.670><c> That</c><00:18:47.849><c> appears</c><00:18:48.269><c> in</c><00:18:48.490><c> verse</c><00:18:48.750><c> eight,</c>

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verse<00:18:49.569><c> eleven</c><00:18:50.009><c> and</c><00:18:50.289><c> verse</c><00:18:50.650><c> twenty</c><00:18:51.150><c>-five</c><00:18:51.490><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:51.869><c> chapter.</c><00:18:53.029><c> No</c><00:18:53.230><c> doubt</c><00:18:53.470><c> that</c><00:18:53.690><c> it</c><00:18:53.890><c> is</c><00:18:54.450><c> blasphemous</c><00:18:55.250><c> words</c>

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against<00:18:56.009><c> the</c><00:18:56.250><c> most</c><00:18:56.630><c> high.</c><00:18:58.690><c> Verse</c><00:18:58.890><c> twenty</c><00:18:59.349><c>-one</c><00:18:59.490><c> and</c><00:18:59.650><c> twenty</c><00:19:00.210><c>-five</c>

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we<00:19:01.109><c> learn</c><00:19:01.450><c> that</c><00:19:01.710><c> he</c><00:19:02.009><c> persecutes</c><00:19:03.329><c> the</c><00:19:03.769><c> saints</c><00:19:04.430><c> or</c><00:19:06.849><c> makes</c><00:19:07.130><c> war</c>

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against<00:19:07.950><c> them.</c><00:19:09.990><c> And</c><00:19:10.390><c> verse</c><00:19:11.410><c> twenty</c><00:19:11.970><c>-five</c><00:19:12.690><c> he</c><00:19:13.289><c> changes</c>

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laws,<00:19:17.029><c> presumably</c><00:19:17.589><c> to</c><00:19:17.890><c> suit</c><00:19:18.049><c> himself.</c><00:19:19.509><c> He</c><00:19:19.730><c> changes</c><00:19:20.329><c> laws.</c>

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Now<00:19:21.490><c> those</c><00:19:21.609><c> are</c><00:19:21.869><c> some</c><00:19:22.069><c> very</c><00:19:22.390><c> definite</c><00:19:22.769><c> features</c>

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that<00:19:23.990><c> we</c><00:19:24.210><c> are</c><00:19:24.509><c> given</c><00:19:24.769><c> about</c><00:19:25.130><c> this</c><00:19:25.410><c> little</c><00:19:25.789><c> horn</c><00:19:26.210><c> power.</c><00:19:27.750><c> Now</c>

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we'll<00:19:28.089><c> leave</c><00:19:28.269><c> it</c><00:19:28.529><c> there</c><00:19:28.829><c> now</c><00:19:29.109><c> just</c><00:19:29.430><c> having</c><00:19:29.750><c> noted</c>

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that.<00:19:30.609><c> We'll</c><00:19:30.710><c> come</c><00:19:30.970><c> back</c><00:19:31.190><c> to</c><00:19:31.289><c> it</c><00:19:31.450><c> in</c><00:19:31.609><c> a</c><00:19:31.750><c> moment.</c><00:19:32.609><c> But</c><00:19:32.849><c> now</c><00:19:33.109><c> what</c>

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I<00:19:33.390><c> want</c><00:19:33.569><c> to</c><00:19:33.829><c> do</c><00:19:34.190><c> is</c><00:19:34.509><c> to</c><00:19:34.710><c> go</c><00:19:34.890><c> and</c><00:19:35.230><c> look</c><00:19:35.470><c> at</c><00:19:35.910><c> the</c>

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features<00:19:37.269><c> of</c><00:19:38.250><c> the</c><00:19:38.470><c> man</c><00:19:38.609><c> of</c><00:19:38.910><c> sin.</c><00:19:39.650><c> The</c><00:19:39.869><c> chapter</c><00:19:40.150><c> that</c><00:19:40.490><c> was</c><00:19:40.690><c> read</c>

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for<00:19:41.250><c> us</c><00:19:41.430><c> by</c><00:19:41.690><c> way</c><00:19:41.869><c> of</c><00:19:42.190><c> introduction</c><00:19:42.670><c> from</c>

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2<00:19:43.269><c> Thessalonians</c><00:19:44.109><c> chapter</c><00:19:44.650><c> two.</c><00:19:46.210><c> And</c><00:19:46.509><c> here</c><00:19:46.950><c> we</c><00:19:47.250><c> find</c><00:19:48.369><c> another</c>

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list<00:19:50.069><c> of</c><00:19:50.349><c> features</c><00:19:50.930><c> and</c><00:19:51.970><c> shortly</c><00:19:52.390><c> what</c><00:19:52.609><c> we</c>

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propose<00:19:53.250><c> to</c><00:19:53.490><c> do</c><00:19:53.630><c> is</c><00:19:53.829><c> to</c><00:19:53.990><c> put</c><00:19:54.130><c> these</c><00:19:55.049><c> features</c><00:19:55.509><c> together.</c><00:19:57.710><c> 2</c>

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Thessalonians<00:19:58.750><c> chapter</c><00:19:59.210><c> two.</c>

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And<00:20:03.210><c> the</c><00:20:03.390><c> first</c><00:20:03.670><c> thing</c><00:20:03.990><c> that</c><00:20:04.329><c> we</c><00:20:05.269><c> learn</c>

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after<00:20:08.349><c> the</c><00:20:08.609><c> introduction</c><00:20:09.130><c> of</c><00:20:09.430><c> the</c><00:20:09.750><c> chapter,</c><00:20:10.470><c> Danny</c><00:20:10.569><c> verse</c>

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three,<00:20:11.609><c> we're</c><00:20:11.910><c> warned,</c>

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let<00:20:13.630><c> no</c><00:20:13.910><c> man</c><00:20:14.089><c> deceive</c><00:20:14.470><c> you</c><00:20:14.849><c> by</c><00:20:15.670><c> any</c><00:20:15.930><c> means</c><00:20:16.190><c> for</c><00:20:16.390><c> that</c><00:20:16.670><c> day</c><00:20:16.849><c> shall</c><00:20:17.089><c> not</c>

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come<00:20:17.930><c> except</c><00:20:18.529><c> there</c><00:20:18.890><c> come</c><00:20:19.049><c> a</c><00:20:19.309><c> falling</c>

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away<00:20:20.089><c> first</c><00:20:20.809><c> and</c><00:20:21.670><c> that</c><00:20:21.869><c> man</c><00:20:22.109><c> of</c><00:20:22.349><c> sin</c><00:20:22.549><c> be</c><00:20:22.829><c> revealed</c><00:20:23.430><c> the</c><00:20:23.710><c> son</c><00:20:23.930><c> of</c>

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perdition.<00:20:27.529><c> Now</c><00:20:28.130><c> the</c><00:20:30.369><c> wording</c><00:20:30.789><c> of</c><00:20:31.069><c> that</c><00:20:31.410><c> verse</c>

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insists,<00:20:33.369><c> doesn't</c><00:20:34.130><c> it,</c><00:20:35.450><c> that</c><00:20:36.829><c> what</c><00:20:37.670><c> happens</c><00:20:38.509><c> is</c><00:20:39.730><c> a</c><00:20:39.990><c> result</c><00:20:40.509><c> of</c>

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a<00:20:42.250><c> falling</c><00:20:42.609><c> away.</c>

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And<00:20:46.150><c> the</c><00:20:46.430><c> New</c><00:20:46.670><c> Testament</c><00:20:47.230><c> epistles</c><00:20:47.990><c> are</c><00:20:48.710><c> just</c><00:20:49.089><c> full</c><00:20:49.349><c> of</c><00:20:49.609><c> warnings</c><00:20:50.269><c> about</c>

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a<00:20:51.509><c> falling</c><00:20:51.849><c> away.</c><00:21:00.529><c> Some</c><00:21:01.670><c> shall</c>

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falling<00:21:02.190><c> away</c><00:21:02.630><c> comes</c><00:21:03.210><c> and</c><00:21:03.529><c> this</c><00:21:04.009><c> man</c><00:21:04.450><c> of</c><00:21:04.869><c> sin</c><00:21:05.309><c> is</c><00:21:05.809><c> revealed.</c>

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Now<00:21:10.569><c> there's</c><00:21:11.250><c> something</c><00:21:11.490><c> very</c><00:21:11.710><c> interesting</c><00:21:12.250><c> happening</c><00:21:12.730><c> in</c><00:21:13.009><c> 2</c><00:21:13.349><c> Thessalonians</c>

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because<00:21:17.309><c> if</c><00:21:17.450><c> we</c><00:21:17.549><c> go</c><00:21:17.750><c> back</c><00:21:17.990><c> to</c><00:21:18.170><c> the</c><00:21:18.289><c> preceding</c><00:21:19.049><c> chapter,</c><00:21:19.990><c> chapter</c><00:21:20.430><c> one,</c>

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we<00:21:21.950><c> read</c><00:21:22.369><c> about</c><00:21:22.950><c> the</c><00:21:23.170><c> Lord</c><00:21:23.430><c> Jesus</c><00:21:23.890><c> Christ</c>

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being<00:21:24.630><c> revealed,</c><00:21:25.170><c> verse</c><00:21:25.349><c> seven.</c><00:21:26.230><c> 2</c><00:21:26.490><c> Thessalonians</c><00:21:27.029><c> chapter</c>

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one,<00:21:27.589><c> verse</c><00:21:27.750><c> seven.</c><00:21:28.450><c> To</c><00:21:28.549><c> you</c><00:21:28.829><c> who</c><00:21:29.049><c> are</c><00:21:29.250><c> troubled,</c>

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rest<00:21:29.849><c> with</c><00:21:30.069><c> us</c><00:21:30.230><c> when</c><00:21:30.470><c> the</c><00:21:30.710><c> Lord</c><00:21:30.970><c> Jesus</c><00:21:31.410><c> shall</c><00:21:31.670><c> be</c><00:21:31.970><c> revealed</c>

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from<00:21:32.769><c> heaven</c><00:21:33.150><c> with</c><00:21:33.670><c> his</c><00:21:33.930><c> mighty</c><00:21:34.369><c> angels.</c>

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And<00:21:35.130><c> in</c><00:21:35.349><c> chapter</c><00:21:35.630><c> two,</c><00:21:36.390><c> it's</c><00:21:36.650><c> the</c><00:21:36.789><c> man</c><00:21:36.930><c> of</c><00:21:37.210><c> sin</c><00:21:37.430><c> that</c><00:21:37.630><c> is</c><00:21:37.950><c> revealed.</c><00:21:38.769><c> And</c>

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the<00:21:39.109><c> word</c><00:21:39.349><c> revealed</c><00:21:39.849><c> there,</c><00:21:40.109><c> of</c><00:21:40.369><c> course,</c>

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is<00:21:41.569><c> that</c><00:21:41.930><c> Greek</c><00:21:42.269><c> word</c><00:21:42.930><c> apocalypse</c><00:21:43.849><c> from</c><00:21:44.569><c> which,</c><00:21:45.329><c> of</c><00:21:45.589><c> course,</c>

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we<00:21:46.190><c> get</c><00:21:46.430><c> the</c><00:21:46.690><c> word</c><00:21:46.869><c> apocalypse.</c>

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And<00:21:49.470><c> it</c><00:21:50.029><c> follows</c><00:21:50.509><c> a</c><00:21:51.170><c> couple</c><00:21:51.329><c> of</c><00:21:51.569><c> times</c><00:21:51.890><c> in</c><00:21:52.490><c> this</c><00:21:52.869><c> chapter</c><00:21:53.329><c> down</c>

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again,<00:21:54.009><c> verse</c><00:21:54.170><c> eight,</c><00:21:54.490><c> for</c><00:21:54.690><c> example,</c>

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then<00:21:55.329><c> shall</c><00:21:55.670><c> that</c><00:21:56.009><c> wicked</c><00:21:56.329><c> be</c><00:21:56.630><c> revealed,</c><00:21:57.690><c> whom</c><00:21:57.789><c> the</c><00:21:58.009><c> Lord</c><00:21:58.190><c> will</c><00:21:58.470><c> consume</c><00:21:59.069><c> with</c><00:21:59.890><c> his</c>

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coming,<00:22:00.769><c> so</c><00:22:01.089><c> on.</c>

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So<00:22:03.269><c> as</c><00:22:03.670><c> we</c><00:22:03.849><c> look</c><00:22:04.049><c> at</c><00:22:04.309><c> it</c><00:22:04.509><c> then,</c><00:22:05.569><c> what</c><00:22:05.930><c> we</c><00:22:06.269><c> see</c><00:22:06.549><c> here</c><00:22:06.890><c> is</c><00:22:07.289><c> something</c><00:22:07.730><c> which</c><00:22:08.009><c> comes</c><00:22:08.309><c> as</c><00:22:08.529><c> a</c>

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result<00:22:09.029><c> of</c><00:22:09.230><c> a</c><00:22:09.470><c> falling</c>

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away,<00:22:10.150><c> which</c><00:22:10.410><c> suggests</c><00:22:11.009><c> to</c><00:22:11.369><c> us,</c><00:22:11.589><c> doesn't</c><00:22:11.829><c> it,</c><00:22:12.390><c> that</c><00:22:12.670><c> what</c><00:22:12.910><c> we</c>

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are<00:22:13.269><c> to</c><00:22:13.470><c> look</c><00:22:13.690><c> at</c><00:22:14.150><c> has</c><00:22:14.609><c> a</c><00:22:14.930><c> religious</c><00:22:15.349><c> character</c><00:22:15.930><c> about</c>

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it,<00:22:16.930><c> has</c><00:22:17.450><c> to</c><00:22:17.710><c> be</c><00:22:18.130><c> seen</c><00:22:18.670><c> in</c><00:22:18.829><c> that</c><00:22:19.089><c> light,</c><00:22:19.289><c> I</c><00:22:19.529><c> think.</c><00:22:20.950><c> He</c><00:22:21.710><c> exalts</c>

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himself<00:22:23.289><c> above</c><00:22:23.789><c> all</c><00:22:24.190><c> that</c><00:22:24.490><c> is</c><00:22:24.750><c> called</c><00:22:25.130><c> God,</c>

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we<00:22:25.970><c> are</c><00:22:26.309><c> told,</c><00:22:27.529><c> verse</c><00:22:27.990><c> four.</c><00:22:29.890><c> And</c><00:22:30.069><c> perhaps</c><00:22:30.609><c> we</c><00:22:31.470><c> recognize</c><00:22:32.369><c> those</c><00:22:32.829><c> thoughts</c><00:22:33.390><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:34.450><c> heart</c><00:22:35.029><c> of</c><00:22:35.450><c> the</c><00:22:35.609><c> King</c><00:22:35.829><c> of</c><00:22:36.089><c> Babylon</c>

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when<00:22:37.390><c> a</c><00:22:37.650><c> man's</c><00:22:38.069><c> heart</c><00:22:38.349><c> was</c><00:22:38.609><c> given</c><00:22:38.849><c> to</c><00:22:39.150><c> it.</c><00:22:40.109><c> And</c><00:22:40.349><c> here</c><00:22:40.549><c> is</c><00:22:41.009><c> a</c><00:22:41.250><c> man,</c><00:22:42.069><c> the</c>

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man<00:22:42.450><c> of</c><00:22:42.769><c> sin,</c><00:22:43.950><c> who</c><00:22:44.069><c> is</c><00:22:44.569><c> exalting</c><00:22:45.049><c> himself</c>

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above<00:22:45.849><c> all.</c><00:22:46.950><c> In</c><00:22:47.109><c> actual</c><00:22:47.410><c> fact,</c><00:22:47.650><c> he's</c><00:22:47.750><c> putting</c><00:22:47.990><c> into</c><00:22:48.329><c> practice</c>

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what<00:22:49.690><c> the</c><00:22:49.869><c> King</c><00:22:50.049><c> of</c><00:22:50.269><c> Babylon</c><00:22:50.569><c> had</c><00:22:50.869><c> in</c><00:22:51.069><c> his</c>

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heart.<00:22:54.470><c> And</c><00:22:54.869><c> we</c><00:22:55.769><c> read</c><00:22:56.049><c> that</c><00:22:56.410><c> he,</c><00:22:56.809><c> as</c><00:22:57.170><c> God,</c><00:22:57.710><c> sitteth</c><00:22:57.890><c> in</c><00:22:58.069><c> the</c><00:22:58.269><c> temple</c><00:22:58.690><c> of</c>

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God.<00:23:00.049><c> And</c><00:23:00.289><c> that</c><00:23:00.970><c> phrase</c><00:23:01.369><c> there,</c>

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he<00:23:02.410><c> as</c><00:23:02.809><c> God,</c><00:23:03.509><c> is</c><00:23:03.750><c> another</c><00:23:04.069><c> interesting</c><00:23:05.410><c> phrase.</c><00:23:07.269><c> Because</c><00:23:07.829><c> if</c>

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your<00:23:09.130><c> mind</c><00:23:09.450><c> would</c><00:23:09.730><c> think</c><00:23:09.950><c> of</c><00:23:10.230><c> Hebrew</c><00:23:10.630><c> names</c><00:23:11.190><c> again,</c>

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you<00:23:13.369><c> have</c><00:23:13.750><c> that</c><00:23:14.250><c> name</c><00:23:14.869><c> Michael</c><00:23:15.690><c> brought</c><00:23:16.430><c> before</c><00:23:16.910><c> you.</c><00:23:17.549><c> Remember,</c><00:23:18.349><c> Michael</c><00:23:18.809><c> means</c>

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he<00:23:20.150><c> as</c><00:23:20.910><c> God,</c><00:23:21.509><c> or</c><00:23:21.569><c> who</c><00:23:21.849><c> like</c>

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that<00:23:22.490><c> power,</c><00:23:22.849><c> some</c><00:23:23.009><c> have</c><00:23:23.210><c> translated</c><00:23:23.809><c> it.</c><00:23:25.529><c> And</c><00:23:25.849><c> you</c><00:23:26.230><c> see</c><00:23:26.450><c> that</c>

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this<00:23:26.950><c> person</c><00:23:27.390><c> seems</c><00:23:27.750><c> to</c><00:23:28.109><c> be,</c>

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just<00:23:29.349><c> from</c><00:23:29.549><c> the</c><00:23:29.670><c> sense</c><00:23:29.809><c> of</c><00:23:30.049><c> the</c><00:23:30.150><c> verse</c><00:23:30.329><c> itself,</c><00:23:30.950><c> he</c><00:23:31.109><c> seems</c><00:23:31.430><c> to</c>

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be<00:23:32.369><c> taking</c><00:23:32.789><c> the</c><00:23:33.170><c> place</c><00:23:33.470><c> of</c><00:23:33.750><c> God.</c>

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A<00:23:38.049><c> man</c><00:23:38.309><c> of</c><00:23:38.690><c> sin,</c><00:23:39.210><c> he's</c><00:23:39.450><c> described</c><00:23:39.990><c> as,</c><00:23:40.930><c> or</c><00:23:41.349><c> if</c><00:23:41.490><c> you</c><00:23:41.690><c> have</c><00:23:41.849><c> a</c><00:23:42.009><c> revised</c><00:23:42.369><c> version,</c><00:23:43.309><c> lawlessness.</c><00:23:45.509><c> He</c>

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changes<00:23:46.349><c> laws.</c>

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One<00:23:48.309><c> who</c><00:23:48.589><c> is</c><00:23:48.970><c> above</c><00:23:49.490><c> law,</c><00:23:50.309><c> considers</c><00:23:50.589><c> himself</c><00:23:51.089><c> to</c><00:23:51.390><c> be</c><00:23:51.670><c> above</c>

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law.<00:23:54.170><c> And</c><00:23:54.470><c> so</c><00:23:54.589><c> there</c><00:23:54.750><c> are</c><00:23:54.869><c> some</c><00:23:55.089><c> of</c><00:23:55.309><c> the</c>

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features<00:23:56.210><c> that</c><00:23:56.509><c> we</c><00:23:56.809><c> see</c><00:23:57.170><c> in</c><00:23:57.809><c> the</c><00:23:58.450><c> second</c><00:23:58.730><c> letter</c><00:23:59.029><c> to</c><00:23:59.269><c> the</c><00:23:59.450><c> Thessalonians.</c><00:24:00.250><c> And</c>

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whatever<00:24:00.930><c> conclusions</c><00:24:01.730><c> we</c><00:24:01.930><c> may</c>

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come<00:24:02.450><c> to</c><00:24:02.890><c> about</c><00:24:03.289><c> them,</c><00:24:04.390><c> can't</c><00:24:04.690><c> we</c><00:24:04.869><c> see</c><00:24:05.210><c> that</c><00:24:06.210><c> they</c><00:24:06.430><c> are</c><00:24:06.829><c> the</c><00:24:07.150><c> same</c><00:24:07.589><c> features,</c><00:24:08.130><c> or</c>

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very<00:24:08.609><c> similar</c><00:24:09.029><c> features,</c>

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to<00:24:10.170><c> what</c><00:24:10.349><c> we</c><00:24:10.650><c> found</c><00:24:11.009><c> in</c><00:24:11.210><c> Daniel</c><00:24:11.549><c> chapter</c><00:24:11.950><c> 7.</c>

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We<00:24:18.069><c> want</c><00:24:18.329><c> to</c><00:24:18.529><c> look</c><00:24:18.849><c> next</c><00:24:19.630><c> at</c><00:24:20.230><c> some</c><00:24:20.490><c> features</c><00:24:20.890><c> that</c><00:24:21.289><c> appear</c><00:24:21.789><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:23.349><c> book</c><00:24:23.509><c> of</c><00:24:23.789><c> Revelation.</c>

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And<00:24:25.569><c> tonight</c><00:24:25.769><c> we're</c><00:24:26.009><c> going</c><00:24:26.190><c> to</c><00:24:26.549><c> particularly</c><00:24:27.069><c> look</c><00:24:27.809><c> at</c><00:24:28.490><c> the</c>

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12th<00:24:29.210><c> and</c><00:24:29.269><c> 13th</c><00:24:30.109><c> chapter.</c>

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Now,<00:24:46.950><c> we</c><00:24:47.910><c> will</c><00:24:48.109><c> all</c><00:24:48.289><c> be</c><00:24:48.549><c> aware</c><00:24:49.369><c> that</c><00:24:51.809><c> there</c><00:24:53.890><c> have</c><00:24:54.130><c> been</c><00:24:54.410><c> some</c>

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different<00:24:55.910><c> views</c><00:24:56.430><c> put</c><00:24:56.769><c> forward</c><00:24:57.170><c> in</c><00:24:57.490><c> recent</c><00:24:57.910><c> years</c>

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on<00:24:58.950><c> this</c><00:24:59.190><c> particular</c><00:24:59.809><c> chapter.</c><00:25:00.430><c> And</c><00:25:00.609><c> I</c><00:25:00.750><c> address</c><00:25:00.990><c> it</c><00:25:01.230><c> now,</c><00:25:01.490><c> not</c>

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as<00:25:01.849><c> in</c><00:25:01.990><c> any</c><00:25:02.529><c> contentious</c><00:25:03.470><c> spirit,</c>

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that's<00:25:04.210><c> not</c><00:25:04.470><c> the</c><00:25:04.710><c> intention</c><00:25:05.170><c> that</c><00:25:05.630><c> we</c><00:25:06.390><c> have,</c><00:25:07.210><c> but</c><00:25:07.470><c> to</c><00:25:07.670><c> look</c><00:25:07.890><c> at</c>

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some<00:25:08.369><c> of</c><00:25:08.569><c> those</c><00:25:08.849><c> things</c><00:25:09.109><c> and</c><00:25:09.269><c> just</c><00:25:09.569><c> explain</c><00:25:10.049><c> to</c><00:25:10.289><c> you</c>

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why,<00:25:11.509><c> for</c><00:25:11.750><c> me,</c><00:25:13.130><c> I</c><00:25:13.369><c> find</c><00:25:13.910><c> the</c><00:25:14.869><c> picture</c><00:25:15.329><c> that</c><00:25:15.529><c> is</c><00:25:15.670><c> being</c><00:25:15.950><c> put</c><00:25:16.250><c> forward</c><00:25:16.630><c> to</c>

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us<00:25:17.089><c> today</c><00:25:17.549><c> to</c><00:25:18.670><c> be</c><00:25:19.470><c> unacceptable</c><00:25:20.390><c> for</c><00:25:20.710><c> myself.</c>

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Now,<00:25:21.950><c> this</c><00:25:22.109><c> is</c><00:25:22.369><c> something,</c><00:25:22.630><c> of</c><00:25:22.890><c> course,</c><00:25:23.650><c> I'm</c><00:25:23.910><c> quite</c><00:25:24.190><c> willing</c>

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to<00:25:24.769><c> discuss</c><00:25:25.089><c> with</c><00:25:25.390><c> anybody,</c>

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and<00:25:26.910><c> to</c><00:25:27.089><c> look</c><00:25:27.230><c> at</c><00:25:27.390><c> the</c><00:25:27.569><c> scriptures</c><00:25:27.970><c> and</c><00:25:28.289><c> consider</c><00:25:28.650><c> it</c><00:25:28.930><c> together</c><00:25:29.569><c> in</c><00:25:30.069><c> a</c><00:25:30.250><c> right</c><00:25:30.589><c> spirit.</c><00:25:31.990><c> But</c><00:25:32.190><c> I</c>

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want<00:25:32.569><c> to</c>

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explain<00:25:33.490><c> to</c><00:25:33.710><c> you</c><00:25:33.970><c> why</c><00:25:34.509><c> I</c><00:25:35.069><c> find</c><00:25:35.549><c> that</c><00:25:36.549><c> the</c><00:25:36.930><c> new</c><00:25:37.130><c> ideas</c><00:25:37.650><c> do</c><00:25:37.930><c> not</c>

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seem<00:25:38.509><c> to</c><00:25:38.869><c> quite</c><00:25:39.410><c> fit</c><00:25:40.049><c> with</c><00:25:40.809><c> the</c><00:25:41.009><c> Word</c><00:25:41.170><c> of</c><00:25:41.369><c> God</c>

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as<00:25:42.410><c> we</c><00:25:42.609><c> see</c><00:25:42.730><c> it</c><00:25:43.049><c> presented</c><00:25:43.410><c> to</c><00:25:43.710><c> us.</c><00:25:43.930><c> You</c><00:25:44.069><c> may</c><00:25:44.369><c> have</c><00:25:45.430><c> ideas</c><00:25:45.829><c> you</c>

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would<00:25:46.170><c> like</c><00:25:46.309><c> to</c><00:25:46.609><c> discuss</c><00:25:46.869><c> afterwards.</c>

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First<00:25:49.309><c> of</c><00:25:49.609><c> all,</c><00:25:51.809><c> I</c><00:25:51.809><c> need</c><00:25:52.250><c> to</c><00:25:52.490><c> just</c><00:25:52.769><c> explain</c><00:25:53.210><c> to</c><00:25:53.390><c> you</c><00:25:53.509><c> what</c><00:25:53.730><c> the</c>

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new<00:25:54.109><c> ideas</c><00:25:54.509><c> are</c><00:25:54.930><c> because</c><00:25:55.470><c> some</c><00:25:56.269><c> perhaps</c><00:25:57.430><c> haven't</c>

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any<00:26:00.710><c> depth,</c><00:26:01.150><c> but</c><00:26:01.349><c> just</c><00:26:01.569><c> to</c><00:26:01.670><c> give</c><00:26:01.809><c> you</c><00:26:02.009><c> a</c><00:26:02.150><c> quick</c>

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picture,<00:26:03.009><c> so</c><00:26:03.170><c> if</c><00:26:03.289><c> you're</c><00:26:03.450><c> not</c><00:26:03.650><c> aware,</c><00:26:04.410><c> you'll</c><00:26:04.809><c> have</c><00:26:04.950><c> the</c><00:26:05.250><c> idea.</c><00:26:05.690><c> And</c>

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so,<00:26:06.470><c> looking</c><00:26:06.569><c> at</c><00:26:06.849><c> Revelation</c><00:26:07.410><c> chapter</c><00:26:07.930><c> 12,</c>

00:26:08.750 --> 00:26:18.549
it<00:26:09.470><c> has</c><00:26:09.789><c> been</c><00:26:10.069><c> suggested</c><00:26:10.930><c> that</c><00:26:13.049><c> the</c><00:26:13.809><c> woman</c><00:26:14.410><c> here</c><00:26:17.390><c> represents</c>

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Israel,<00:26:20.650><c> and</c><00:26:20.789><c> the</c><00:26:20.990><c> reasoning</c><00:26:21.309><c> behind</c>

00:26:21.829 --> 00:26:30.789
that<00:26:22.450><c> has</c><00:26:23.150><c> been</c><00:26:23.569><c> that</c><00:26:24.210><c> the</c><00:26:24.549><c> sun,</c><00:26:25.349><c> moon,</c><00:26:27.750><c> and</c><00:26:27.750><c> stars</c><00:26:28.630><c> take</c><00:26:30.509><c> us</c>

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back<00:26:31.470><c> to</c><00:26:31.910><c> the</c><00:26:33.309><c> dream</c><00:26:33.970><c> that</c><00:26:35.369><c> Joseph</c><00:26:35.910><c> had.</c>

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Remember<00:26:37.230><c> when</c><00:26:37.869><c> Joseph</c><00:26:38.369><c> had</c><00:26:38.630><c> the</c><00:26:38.930><c> dream</c><00:26:39.190><c> of</c><00:26:39.509><c> the</c><00:26:40.089><c> sun,</c><00:26:40.369><c> moon,</c>

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and<00:26:40.930><c> stars,</c><00:26:41.890><c> and</c><00:26:42.690><c> remember</c><00:26:42.950><c> how</c><00:26:43.170><c> it</c><00:26:43.470><c> represented</c>

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his<00:26:45.029><c> father,</c><00:26:46.250><c> and</c><00:26:46.490><c> his</c><00:26:46.710><c> mother,</c><00:26:47.769><c> and</c><00:26:48.069><c> his</c><00:26:48.349><c> brethren,</c><00:26:49.630><c> and</c><00:26:49.970><c> this</c><00:26:50.569><c> therefore</c><00:26:51.329><c> it</c>

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is<00:26:51.769><c> suggested</c>

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gives<00:26:54.250><c> us</c><00:26:54.589><c> the</c><00:26:54.829><c> picture</c><00:26:55.369><c> of</c><00:26:56.369><c> Israel.</c><00:26:58.009><c> The</c><00:26:58.150><c> passage</c><00:26:58.369><c> of</c><00:26:58.630><c> the</c><00:26:58.789><c> dream</c><00:26:58.990><c> is</c>

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there,<00:26:59.970><c> Genesis</c><00:27:00.269><c> 37,</c><00:27:01.170><c> 9</c><00:27:01.410><c> to</c><00:27:01.569><c> 11.</c><00:27:02.470><c> So,</c>

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that<00:27:03.390><c> is</c><00:27:03.849><c> the</c><00:27:04.049><c> picture</c><00:27:04.369><c> that</c><00:27:04.549><c> we</c><00:27:04.769><c> are</c><00:27:04.990><c> given</c><00:27:05.269><c> usually.</c>

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We<00:27:08.269><c> then</c><00:27:08.589><c> come</c><00:27:08.849><c> down</c><00:27:09.210><c> to</c><00:27:09.549><c> the,</c><00:27:10.809><c> she's</c><00:27:11.650><c> with</c><00:27:11.970><c> child,</c><00:27:12.650><c> that's</c><00:27:13.009><c> suggested</c><00:27:13.569><c> Jesus</c><00:27:14.410><c> is</c>

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about<00:27:14.950><c> to</c><00:27:15.190><c> be</c><00:27:15.410><c> born</c>

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because<00:27:16.069><c> the</c><00:27:16.289><c> man</c><00:27:16.529><c>-child</c><00:27:16.849><c> is</c><00:27:17.130><c> seen</c><00:27:17.329><c> as</c><00:27:17.650><c> Jesus,</c><00:27:19.150><c> and</c><00:27:19.450><c> we</c><00:27:19.710><c> find</c>

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that<00:27:20.230><c> the</c><00:27:20.569><c> dragon</c><00:27:21.349><c> therefore</c><00:27:22.329><c> equals</c><00:27:22.829><c> Herod,</c>

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standing<00:27:23.789><c> ready</c><00:27:24.170><c> to</c><00:27:24.450><c> devour</c><00:27:24.990><c> the</c><00:27:25.309><c> child</c><00:27:25.650><c> when</c><00:27:25.809><c> it</c><00:27:26.029><c> is</c><00:27:26.230><c> born.</c>

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That's<00:27:28.049><c> one</c><00:27:28.349><c> of</c><00:27:28.509><c> the</c><00:27:28.609><c> ideas</c><00:27:29.009><c> that</c><00:27:29.390><c> is</c><00:27:29.769><c> put</c><00:27:30.009><c> forward.</c>

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Then,<00:27:35.349><c> the</c><00:27:35.349><c> man</c><00:27:35.690><c>-child</c><00:27:36.069><c> is</c><00:27:36.369><c> to</c><00:27:36.549><c> rule</c><00:27:37.250><c> nations</c><00:27:37.789><c> with</c><00:27:38.089><c> a</c><00:27:38.269><c> rod</c><00:27:38.430><c> of</c>

00:27:38.769 --> 00:27:42.710
iron,<00:27:40.190><c> that</c><00:27:40.369><c> has</c><00:27:40.750><c> to</c><00:27:41.029><c> be,</c><00:27:41.450><c> it</c><00:27:41.670><c> is</c><00:27:41.849><c> said,</c>

00:27:42.930 --> 00:27:48.970
the<00:27:43.069><c> Lord</c><00:27:43.289><c> Jesus</c><00:27:43.750><c> Christ</c><00:27:44.190><c> because</c><00:27:44.569><c> of</c><00:27:44.910><c> Psalm</c><00:27:45.269><c> 2</c><00:27:46.309><c> verse</c><00:27:47.049><c> 9.</c><00:27:48.789><c> The</c>

00:27:48.970 --> 00:27:51.789
man<00:27:49.250><c>-child</c><00:27:49.490><c> to</c><00:27:49.769><c> rule</c><00:27:49.950><c> nations</c><00:27:50.450><c> with</c><00:27:50.730><c> a</c><00:27:50.890><c> rod</c><00:27:51.009><c> of</c><00:27:51.349><c> iron,</c>

00:27:52.049 --> 00:27:58.990
therefore<00:27:52.509><c> it</c><00:27:52.670><c> is</c><00:27:52.890><c> said,</c><00:27:53.490><c> is</c><00:27:53.710><c> Christ.</c><00:27:56.809><c> The</c><00:27:57.490><c> child</c><00:27:57.849><c> is</c><00:27:58.109><c> then</c><00:27:58.390><c> caught</c><00:27:58.670><c> up</c>

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to<00:27:59.470><c> God</c><00:27:59.930><c> and</c><00:28:00.509><c> to</c><00:28:00.750><c> his</c><00:28:01.069><c> throne,</c>

00:28:03.309 --> 00:28:07.230
and<00:28:03.890><c> the</c><00:28:04.470><c> idea</c><00:28:04.869><c> then</c><00:28:05.269><c> is,</c><00:28:05.569><c> of</c><00:28:05.710><c> course,</c><00:28:06.410><c> that,</c><00:28:06.690><c> well,</c><00:28:06.690><c> this</c><00:28:06.970><c> is</c>

00:28:07.230 --> 00:28:09.650
the<00:28:07.390><c> ascension</c><00:28:07.750><c> of</c><00:28:08.210><c> Christ.</c><00:28:08.730><c> This</c><00:28:08.950><c> is</c><00:28:09.349><c> Christ</c>

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ascending<00:28:10.529><c> to</c><00:28:11.549><c> the</c><00:28:11.829><c> heaven.</c><00:28:13.109><c> There</c><00:28:13.230><c> are</c><00:28:13.410><c> slight</c><00:28:13.690><c> variations</c>

00:28:14.490 --> 00:28:17.109
in<00:28:14.809><c> this.</c><00:28:15.029><c> I</c><00:28:15.150><c> have</c><00:28:15.410><c> to</c><00:28:16.210><c> impress</c><00:28:16.470><c> that</c><00:28:16.789><c> upon</c>

00:28:17.109 --> 00:28:22.490
you,<00:28:17.410><c> but</c><00:28:17.670><c> as</c><00:28:18.089><c> a</c><00:28:18.289><c> general</c><00:28:18.710><c> sort</c><00:28:18.950><c> of</c><00:28:19.410><c> quick</c><00:28:19.769><c> look</c><00:28:19.990><c> at</c><00:28:20.289><c> them,</c><00:28:22.390><c> you</c>

00:28:22.490 --> 00:28:29.089
know,<00:28:22.890><c> this</c><00:28:23.150><c> is</c><00:28:23.369><c> what</c><00:28:23.509><c> they</c><00:28:23.789><c> are,</c><00:28:24.529><c> and</c><00:28:24.809><c> then,</c><00:28:26.329><c> of</c>

00:28:29.089 --> 00:28:33.930
point,<00:28:30.009><c> in</c><00:28:30.230><c> verse</c><00:28:30.509><c> 10,</c><00:28:31.329><c> is</c><00:28:31.529><c> that</c><00:28:31.789><c> the</c><00:28:31.990><c> kingdom</c><00:28:32.289><c> is</c><00:28:32.710><c> established.</c><00:28:33.450><c> Revelation</c>

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12<00:28:34.490><c> verse</c><00:28:34.829><c> 10,</c>

00:28:35.950 --> 00:28:38.390
you<00:28:36.130><c> can</c><00:28:36.289><c> read</c><00:28:36.529><c> the</c><00:28:36.710><c> words</c><00:28:36.910><c> there,</c><00:28:37.230><c> now</c><00:28:37.410><c> has</c><00:28:37.609><c> come</c><00:28:37.769><c> salvation</c>

00:28:38.390 --> 00:28:40.670
and<00:28:38.750><c> strength</c><00:28:38.950><c> in</c><00:28:39.130><c> the</c><00:28:39.269><c> kingdom</c><00:28:39.529><c> of</c><00:28:39.769><c> our</c><00:28:39.970><c> God.</c>

00:28:40.789 --> 00:28:46.569
The<00:28:40.970><c> kingdom</c><00:28:41.349><c> is</c><00:28:41.750><c> established.</c><00:28:42.990><c> I</c><00:28:43.109><c> think,</c><00:28:45.130><c> I</c><00:28:45.410><c> hope</c><00:28:46.089><c> that</c><00:28:46.329><c> I'm</c>

00:28:46.569 --> 00:28:49.210
fairly<00:28:47.069><c> sort</c><00:28:47.329><c> of</c><00:28:47.490><c> putting</c><00:28:47.750><c> it</c><00:28:48.170><c> forward</c>

00:28:49.569 --> 00:28:52.950
as<00:28:50.150><c> to</c><00:28:50.309><c> what</c><00:28:50.529><c> those</c><00:28:50.849><c> views</c><00:28:51.150><c> are,</c><00:28:51.470><c> but</c><00:28:51.809><c> that</c><00:28:52.109><c> is</c><00:28:52.349><c> the</c><00:28:52.589><c> general</c>

00:28:52.950 --> 00:28:55.990
picture<00:28:53.569><c> as</c><00:28:54.750><c> we</c><00:28:55.049><c> discuss</c><00:28:55.349><c> it</c><00:28:55.490><c> with</c><00:28:55.650><c> people</c>

00:28:55.990 --> 00:29:02.930
as<00:28:56.130><c> is</c><00:28:56.289><c> presented</c><00:28:56.890><c> in</c><00:28:57.430><c> various</c><00:28:57.970><c> books,</c><00:28:59.109><c> and</c><00:29:00.849><c> I</c><00:29:02.170><c> can</c><00:29:02.410><c> assure</c><00:29:02.650><c> you</c><00:29:02.849><c> I</c>

00:29:02.930 --> 00:29:04.650
don't<00:29:03.150><c> wish</c><00:29:03.349><c> to</c><00:29:03.549><c> be</c><00:29:03.750><c> unfair</c><00:29:04.190><c> to</c><00:29:04.490><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:29:05.569><c> as</c><00:29:06.069><c> I</c><00:29:06.369><c> understand</c><00:29:06.950><c> the</c><00:29:08.390><c> picture</c><00:29:08.730><c> to</c><00:29:09.009><c> be,</c><00:29:10.730><c> but</c><00:29:11.529><c> I</c><00:29:14.490><c> find</c>

00:29:14.789 --> 00:29:17.589
that<00:29:14.990><c> there</c><00:29:15.190><c> are</c><00:29:15.490><c> problems</c><00:29:16.029><c> with</c><00:29:16.430><c> that,</c>

00:29:17.809 --> 00:29:21.529
and<00:29:18.130><c> I'd</c><00:29:18.309><c> like</c><00:29:18.410><c> you</c><00:29:18.609><c> to</c><00:29:18.809><c> take</c><00:29:18.950><c> a</c><00:29:19.089><c> note</c><00:29:19.250><c> of</c><00:29:19.450><c> these</c><00:29:19.730><c> problems.</c><00:29:21.009><c> If</c>

00:29:21.529 --> 00:29:24.910
you<00:29:21.809><c> agree,</c><00:29:23.069><c> then</c><00:29:23.349><c> they</c><00:29:23.690><c> will</c><00:29:23.970><c> help</c><00:29:24.250><c> you,</c><00:29:24.869><c> perhaps,</c>

00:29:24.910 --> 00:29:27.650
when<00:29:25.250><c> discussing</c><00:29:25.809><c> it</c><00:29:26.029><c> with</c><00:29:26.190><c> other</c><00:29:26.450><c> brethren</c><00:29:26.769><c> and</c><00:29:27.029><c> sisters.</c>

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If<00:29:28.410><c> you</c><00:29:28.650><c> disagree,</c><00:29:30.009><c> by</c><00:29:30.250><c> all</c><00:29:30.470><c> means,</c>

00:29:30.869 --> 00:29:36.769
let's<00:29:31.049><c> talk</c><00:29:31.509><c> afterwards</c><00:29:32.170><c> and</c><00:29:32.950><c> look</c><00:29:33.990><c> at</c><00:29:34.250><c> it.</c><00:29:35.329><c> But</c><00:29:35.490><c> the</c><00:29:35.670><c> first</c><00:29:35.910><c> problem</c><00:29:36.250><c> that</c><00:29:36.470><c> I</c>

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find<00:29:37.250><c> with</c><00:29:38.009><c> that</c><00:29:38.829><c> picture</c>

00:29:40.109 --> 00:29:44.670
is<00:29:40.470><c> that</c><00:29:41.410><c> we're</c><00:29:42.309><c> not</c><00:29:42.589><c> really</c><00:29:42.970><c> talking</c><00:29:43.430><c> about</c><00:29:43.970><c> things</c><00:29:44.369><c> which</c>

00:29:44.670 --> 00:29:48.470
must<00:29:45.009><c> shortly</c><00:29:45.410><c> come</c><00:29:45.789><c> to</c><00:29:46.109><c> pass,</c><00:29:46.710><c> it</c><00:29:46.930><c> seems</c><00:29:47.250><c> to</c><00:29:47.509><c> me.</c>

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In<00:29:49.529><c> the</c><00:29:49.970><c> beginning</c><00:29:50.410><c> of</c><00:29:50.690><c> the</c><00:29:50.829><c> book,</c><00:29:51.130><c> we're</c><00:29:51.410><c> told</c><00:29:51.930><c> that</c><00:29:52.509><c> that</c><00:29:52.690><c> is</c>

00:29:52.910 --> 00:29:55.289
the<00:29:53.130><c> content</c><00:29:53.829><c> of</c><00:29:54.589><c> the</c><00:29:54.809><c> Revelation,</c>

00:29:55.410 --> 00:29:57.950
things<00:29:55.670><c> which</c><00:29:55.910><c> must</c><00:29:56.109><c> shortly</c><00:29:56.470><c> come</c><00:29:56.789><c> to</c><00:29:57.069><c> pass,</c><00:29:57.369><c> and</c><00:29:57.589><c> here</c><00:29:57.789><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:29:58.309><c> 12,</c><00:29:58.869><c> we're</c><00:29:59.109><c> really</c><00:29:59.549><c> going</c>

00:30:00.529 --> 00:30:04.470
and<00:30:01.009><c> covering</c><00:30:01.369><c> ground</c><00:30:01.950><c> which</c><00:30:02.250><c> has</c><00:30:02.470><c> already</c><00:30:02.829><c> been</c><00:30:03.210><c> covered</c><00:30:03.630><c> in</c>

00:30:04.470 --> 00:30:06.890
the<00:30:04.650><c> Gospels,</c><00:30:05.869><c> and</c><00:30:06.210><c> it</c><00:30:06.349><c> seems</c><00:30:06.589><c> to</c><00:30:06.769><c> me</c>

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as<00:30:07.049><c> though</c><00:30:07.190><c> we're</c><00:30:07.390><c> sort</c><00:30:07.569><c> of</c><00:30:07.710><c> stepping</c><00:30:08.029><c> back</c><00:30:08.650><c> rather</c><00:30:09.029><c> than</c><00:30:09.329><c> looking</c><00:30:09.650><c> at</c>

00:30:10.049 --> 00:30:12.789
things<00:30:10.750><c> shortly</c><00:30:11.630><c> to</c><00:30:11.890><c> come</c><00:30:12.089><c> to</c><00:30:12.329><c> pass.</c>

00:30:12.789 --> 00:30:20.990
That<00:30:13.329><c> be</c><00:30:13.630><c> as</c><00:30:14.250><c> it</c><00:30:14.269><c> may.</c><00:30:17.509><c> I</c><00:30:17.630><c> find</c><00:30:18.009><c> that</c><00:30:18.690><c> Joseph's</c><00:30:19.390><c> dream</c><00:30:19.890><c> is</c>

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really<00:30:21.289><c> quite</c><00:30:21.650><c> unsatisfactory</c>

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to<00:30:24.549><c> represent</c><00:30:25.650><c> what</c><00:30:27.309><c> is</c><00:30:27.609><c> suggested</c><00:30:28.170><c> here,</c><00:30:29.589><c> and</c><00:30:30.430><c> the</c><00:30:30.609><c> reasons</c>

00:30:30.849 --> 00:30:32.990
for<00:30:31.130><c> that</c><00:30:31.430><c> is,</c><00:30:31.809><c> let's</c><00:30:32.089><c> just</c><00:30:32.390><c> consider</c><00:30:32.789><c> it</c>

00:30:32.990 --> 00:30:40.930
carefully,<00:30:35.789><c> we</c><00:30:36.410><c> find</c><00:30:36.829><c> that</c><00:30:37.029><c> there</c><00:30:37.250><c> is</c><00:30:37.470><c> a</c><00:30:37.789><c> crown</c><00:30:38.309><c> on</c><00:30:40.329><c> the</c><00:30:40.750><c> head</c>

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of<00:30:41.210><c> this</c><00:30:41.490><c> woman</c>

00:30:43.329 --> 00:30:48.069
consisting<00:30:43.930><c> of</c><00:30:44.230><c> 12</c><00:30:44.829><c> stars.</c><00:30:46.589><c> So</c><00:30:46.829><c> that</c><00:30:47.029><c> means</c><00:30:47.309><c> then</c><00:30:47.529><c> we</c><00:30:47.670><c> have</c><00:30:47.890><c> to</c>

00:30:48.069 --> 00:30:50.450
put<00:30:48.210><c> a</c><00:30:48.509><c> crown</c><00:30:48.849><c> upon</c><00:30:49.250><c> Israel</c>

00:30:50.730 --> 00:30:54.769
with<00:30:51.329><c> the</c><00:30:51.589><c> 12</c><00:30:51.890><c> tribes.</c><00:30:53.450><c> The</c><00:30:53.769><c> problem</c><00:30:53.890><c> with</c><00:30:54.089><c> that,</c><00:30:54.289><c> of</c><00:30:54.490><c> course,</c>

00:30:54.769 --> 00:30:57.130
is<00:30:55.349><c> that</c><00:30:55.710><c> the</c><00:30:55.930><c> 12</c><00:30:56.250><c> tribes</c><00:30:56.630><c> have</c><00:30:56.869><c> never</c>

00:30:57.130 --> 00:31:04.470
been<00:30:57.549><c> involved</c><00:30:58.089><c> with</c><00:30:58.809><c> the</c><00:30:59.089><c> rulership</c><00:30:59.930><c> of</c><00:31:00.170><c> Israel.</c><00:31:01.670><c> That</c><00:31:01.930><c> was</c>

00:31:04.470 --> 00:31:08.230
the<00:31:05.769><c> lot</c><00:31:05.990><c> of</c><00:31:06.329><c> Judah,</c><00:31:06.809><c> wasn't</c><00:31:07.009><c> it?</c><00:31:07.970><c> There's</c>

00:31:08.230 --> 00:31:13.329
never<00:31:08.529><c> been</c><00:31:08.730><c> a</c><00:31:09.029><c> 12</c><00:31:10.450><c> tribes.</c><00:31:11.289><c> It's</c><00:31:11.569><c> a</c><00:31:11.730><c> Davidic</c><00:31:12.250><c> throne</c><00:31:12.690><c> that</c><00:31:13.089><c> we</c>

00:31:13.329 --> 00:31:14.789
see<00:31:13.450><c> when</c><00:31:13.650><c> we</c><00:31:13.829><c> look</c><00:31:13.950><c> at</c><00:31:14.190><c> Israel,</c>

00:31:15.150 --> 00:31:20.170
so<00:31:15.509><c> it</c><00:31:15.609><c> doesn't</c><00:31:15.789><c> really</c><00:31:16.210><c> fit,</c><00:31:17.569><c> and</c><00:31:18.529><c> I</c><00:31:18.789><c> think</c><00:31:18.950><c> it</c><00:31:19.170><c> has</c><00:31:19.490><c> to</c><00:31:19.710><c> fit</c>

00:31:20.170 --> 00:31:23.369
if<00:31:20.630><c> it's</c><00:31:20.910><c> going</c><00:31:21.109><c> to</c><00:31:21.410><c> be</c><00:31:22.170><c> accepted.</c>

00:31:26.349 --> 00:31:35.109
The<00:31:26.990><c> son,</c><00:31:27.970><c> we're</c><00:31:28.470><c> told,</c><00:31:29.089><c> represents</c><00:31:29.529><c> the</c><00:31:29.809><c> father,</c><00:31:31.109><c> Jacob.</c><00:31:33.089><c> Now</c><00:31:33.329><c> this</c><00:31:33.509><c> woman,</c><00:31:34.049><c> Israel,</c><00:31:34.910><c> is</c>

00:31:35.109 --> 00:31:36.650
said<00:31:35.230><c> to</c><00:31:35.450><c> be</c><00:31:35.809><c> clothed</c><00:31:36.390><c> with</c>

00:31:36.650 --> 00:31:40.829
the<00:31:36.930><c> son.</c><00:31:38.609><c> Well,</c><00:31:38.789><c> if</c><00:31:38.910><c> the</c><00:31:39.089><c> son</c><00:31:39.250><c> represents</c><00:31:39.829><c> Jacob,</c><00:31:40.509><c> then</c><00:31:40.670><c> we</c>

00:31:40.829 --> 00:31:44.650
have<00:31:41.049><c> to</c><00:31:41.170><c> look</c><00:31:41.349><c> at</c><00:31:41.529><c> Israel</c><00:31:42.009><c> being</c><00:31:42.470><c> clothed</c><00:31:43.250><c> with</c><00:31:43.549><c> Jacob.</c>

00:31:45.369 --> 00:31:51.250
I'm<00:31:45.809><c> not</c><00:31:46.009><c> quite</c><00:31:46.269><c> sure</c><00:31:46.650><c> how</c><00:31:46.869><c> we</c><00:31:47.049><c> can</c><00:31:47.309><c> see</c><00:31:47.910><c> that.</c><00:31:48.970><c> I</c><00:31:49.130><c> can't</c><00:31:50.390><c> really</c><00:31:51.049><c> make</c>

00:31:51.250 --> 00:31:53.349
much<00:31:51.450><c> sense</c><00:31:51.910><c> out</c><00:31:52.130><c> of</c><00:31:52.230><c> that</c><00:31:52.430><c> myself.</c>

00:31:53.829 --> 00:31:58.930
To<00:31:54.230><c> clothe</c><00:31:54.789><c> Israel</c><00:31:55.390><c> with</c><00:31:55.769><c> Jacob,</c><00:31:57.250><c> I</c><00:31:57.450><c> can</c><00:31:57.710><c> see</c><00:31:57.829><c> in</c><00:31:58.049><c> the</c><00:31:58.269><c> future</c>

00:31:58.930 --> 00:32:03.230
maybe<00:32:00.329><c> Israel</c><00:32:01.589><c> is</c><00:32:01.789><c> to</c><00:32:01.930><c> be</c><00:32:02.150><c> clothed</c><00:32:02.470><c> with</c><00:32:02.730><c> Christ</c>

00:32:03.230 --> 00:32:09.930
eventually.<00:32:05.710><c> Perhaps</c><00:32:06.470><c> it</c><00:32:06.589><c> could</c><00:32:06.789><c> be</c><00:32:06.950><c> said</c><00:32:07.069><c> she's</c><00:32:07.450><c> clothed</c><00:32:07.750><c> with</c><00:32:07.990><c> sackcloth</c><00:32:08.529><c> now</c><00:32:09.150><c> in</c>

00:32:09.930 --> 00:32:10.650
her<00:32:10.230><c> mourning</c>

00:32:10.650 --> 00:32:16.809
and<00:32:11.450><c> tribulation.</c><00:32:13.630><c> I</c><00:32:13.829><c> can't</c><00:32:14.349><c> really,</c><00:32:14.690><c> in</c><00:32:14.849><c> my</c><00:32:15.069><c> own</c><00:32:15.329><c> mind</c><00:32:15.710><c> again,</c><00:32:16.190><c> see</c>

00:32:16.809 --> 00:32:20.650
that<00:32:17.250><c> that</c><00:32:17.650><c> really</c><00:32:18.190><c> fits</c><00:32:18.670><c> to</c><00:32:19.029><c> make</c><00:32:19.750><c> this</c>

00:32:22.789 --> 00:32:31.009
what<00:32:23.509><c> is</c><00:32:24.230><c> suggested.</c><00:32:26.410><c> And</c><00:32:26.710><c> the</c><00:32:27.130><c> moon</c><00:32:27.829><c> under</c><00:32:29.690><c> her</c><00:32:30.150><c> feet,</c>

00:32:33.269 --> 00:32:36.009
I'm<00:32:33.609><c> not</c><00:32:33.769><c> quite</c><00:32:34.150><c> sure</c><00:32:34.390><c> whether</c><00:32:34.569><c> we're</c><00:32:34.769><c> talking</c><00:32:35.130><c> about</c><00:32:35.650><c> Leah</c>

00:32:36.009 --> 00:32:39.230
or<00:32:37.150><c> whether</c><00:32:37.329><c> we're</c><00:32:37.630><c> talking</c><00:32:37.789><c> about</c><00:32:38.109><c> Rachel.</c>

00:32:40.269 --> 00:32:47.509
Rachel,<00:32:40.809><c> of</c><00:32:40.910><c> course,</c><00:32:41.250><c> was</c><00:32:42.150><c> no</c><00:32:42.430><c> more</c><00:32:42.730><c> at</c><00:32:42.950><c> this</c><00:32:43.269><c> stage.</c><00:32:45.450><c> And</c><00:32:45.950><c> that</c><00:32:46.630><c> they</c><00:32:47.009><c> should</c><00:32:47.210><c> be</c>

00:32:47.509 --> 00:32:49.630
underfoot.<00:32:48.869><c> The</c><00:32:49.089><c> moon</c><00:32:49.349><c> was</c>

00:32:49.630 --> 00:32:57.970
under<00:32:49.970><c> her</c><00:32:50.390><c> feet.</c><00:32:53.970><c> Again,</c><00:32:54.710><c> I</c><00:32:55.029><c> find</c><00:32:55.549><c> a</c><00:32:56.289><c> problem</c><00:32:56.549><c> with</c><00:32:56.750><c> this.</c><00:32:56.930><c> And</c><00:32:57.109><c> obviously</c><00:32:57.430><c> one</c><00:32:57.730><c> of</c>

00:32:57.970 --> 00:33:01.049
the<00:32:58.710><c> main</c><00:32:59.009><c> expositors</c><00:33:00.109><c> of</c><00:33:00.650><c> this</c>

00:33:01.049 --> 00:33:06.230
idea<00:33:01.349><c> finds</c><00:33:01.630><c> a</c><00:33:01.829><c> problem</c><00:33:02.150><c> too</c><00:33:02.470><c> because</c><00:33:03.150><c> suddenly</c><00:33:03.890><c> we</c><00:33:04.930><c> find</c><00:33:05.349><c> that</c><00:33:06.049><c> the</c>

00:33:06.230 --> 00:33:08.750
moon<00:33:06.430><c> has</c><00:33:06.750><c> to</c><00:33:06.970><c> represent</c><00:33:07.490><c> the</c><00:33:07.789><c> law,</c>

00:33:09.970 --> 00:33:16.769
which<00:33:10.210><c> doesn't</c><00:33:10.509><c> really</c><00:33:10.849><c> fit</c><00:33:11.049><c> in</c><00:33:11.230><c> with</c><00:33:11.450><c> the</c><00:33:11.589><c> dream</c><00:33:11.809><c> at</c><00:33:12.109><c> all.</c><00:33:13.369><c> You</c><00:33:13.589><c> see,</c><00:33:14.009><c> it's</c><00:33:14.410><c> struggling</c><00:33:14.970><c> too</c><00:33:15.609><c> hard</c><00:33:16.109><c> to</c>

00:33:16.769 --> 00:33:17.450
try<00:33:17.069><c> and</c><00:33:17.269><c> make</c>

00:33:17.450 --> 00:33:20.710
these<00:33:17.769><c> things</c><00:33:18.109><c> fit</c><00:33:18.490><c> as</c><00:33:18.730><c> an</c><00:33:19.049><c> interpretation.</c><00:33:20.069><c> And</c><00:33:20.150><c> really</c><00:33:20.390><c> when</c><00:33:20.549><c> you</c>

00:33:20.710 --> 00:33:24.329
look<00:33:20.970><c> at</c><00:33:21.190><c> it</c><00:33:21.450><c> all,</c><00:33:22.269><c> the</c><00:33:22.369><c> sun,</c><00:33:22.710><c> moon</c><00:33:22.829><c> and</c><00:33:23.190><c> stars,</c>

00:33:25.049 --> 00:33:29.450
they<00:33:25.309><c> don't</c><00:33:25.630><c> really</c><00:33:26.150><c> fit.</c><00:33:27.009><c> There</c><00:33:27.309><c> are</c><00:33:27.509><c> problems</c><00:33:28.109><c> with</c><00:33:28.410><c> it.</c>

00:33:30.990 --> 00:33:37.849
We<00:33:31.250><c> come</c><00:33:31.470><c> on</c><00:33:31.849><c> down</c><00:33:32.250><c> and</c><00:33:32.490><c> we</c><00:33:32.809><c> find</c><00:33:33.190><c> that</c><00:33:34.190><c> in</c><00:33:34.630><c> this</c><00:33:35.109><c> heaven</c><00:33:35.849><c> there</c>

00:33:37.849 --> 00:33:40.750
is<00:33:38.210><c> a</c><00:33:38.490><c> dragon,</c><00:33:39.349><c> which</c><00:33:39.349><c> certainly</c><00:33:40.089><c> as</c><00:33:40.410><c> you</c><00:33:40.549><c> look</c>

00:33:40.750 --> 00:33:43.650
at<00:33:40.910><c> the</c><00:33:41.069><c> features</c><00:33:41.450><c> of</c><00:33:41.730><c> this</c><00:33:41.930><c> dragon</c><00:33:42.289><c> with</c><00:33:42.549><c> its</c><00:33:42.750><c> ten</c><00:33:43.049><c> horns</c><00:33:43.470><c> and</c>

00:33:43.650 --> 00:33:47.210
so<00:33:43.849><c> on,</c><00:33:44.910><c> you</c><00:33:45.049><c> link</c><00:33:45.470><c> with</c><00:33:45.769><c> Daniel's</c><00:33:46.430><c> fourth</c><00:33:46.670><c> beast,</c>

00:33:47.210 --> 00:33:49.569
which<00:33:47.529><c> we</c><00:33:47.809><c> are</c><00:33:47.950><c> told</c><00:33:48.170><c> is</c><00:33:48.329><c> the</c><00:33:48.490><c> fourth</c><00:33:48.730><c> kingdom</c><00:33:49.109><c> that</c><00:33:49.289><c> shall</c><00:33:49.430><c> be</c>

00:33:49.569 --> 00:33:51.710
on<00:33:49.769><c> the</c><00:33:49.829><c> earth.</c><00:33:49.950><c> It's</c><00:33:50.130><c> definitely</c><00:33:50.549><c> Roman,</c>

00:33:52.109 --> 00:34:00.509
this<00:33:52.329><c> dragon,</c><00:33:54.089><c> and</c><00:33:54.250><c> yet</c><00:33:54.430><c> it's</c><00:33:54.690><c> in</c><00:33:54.849><c> heaven.</c><00:33:58.410><c> How</c><00:33:58.769><c> can</c><00:33:59.029><c> that</c><00:33:59.289><c> be?</c>

00:34:01.210 --> 00:34:04.269
And<00:34:01.529><c> especially</c><00:34:02.130><c> when</c><00:34:02.650><c> we</c><00:34:02.890><c> come</c><00:34:03.109><c> on</c><00:34:03.349><c> later</c><00:34:03.690><c> on</c><00:34:04.029><c> and</c>

00:34:04.269 --> 00:34:11.610
the<00:34:04.490><c> man</c><00:34:04.769><c>-child</c><00:34:05.069><c> is</c><00:34:05.390><c> caught</c><00:34:05.670><c> up</c><00:34:06.029><c> to</c><00:34:06.250><c> heaven,</c><00:34:09.409><c> it</c><00:34:09.570><c> doesn't</c><00:34:10.849><c> jive,</c><00:34:11.429><c> does</c>

00:34:11.610 --> 00:34:14.489
it?<00:34:11.969><c> There</c><00:34:12.130><c> is</c><00:34:12.349><c> then</c><00:34:12.610><c> war</c><00:34:12.949><c> in</c><00:34:13.230><c> heaven.</c>

00:34:14.670 --> 00:34:18.889
And<00:34:15.309><c> again,</c><00:34:15.889><c> another</c><00:34:16.050><c> expositor</c><00:34:17.630><c> confesses</c><00:34:18.269><c> difficulty</c>

00:34:18.889 --> 00:34:20.230
with<00:34:19.150><c> this,</c><00:34:19.309><c> doesn't</c><00:34:19.590><c> quite</c><00:34:19.909><c> know</c>

00:34:20.730 --> 00:34:25.349
where<00:34:21.070><c> to</c><00:34:21.269><c> go</c><00:34:21.489><c> with</c><00:34:21.710><c> it.</c><00:34:23.190><c> And</c><00:34:23.349><c> so</c><00:34:23.489><c> you</c><00:34:23.570><c> see,</c><00:34:24.110><c> there</c><00:34:24.329><c> are</c><00:34:24.929><c> some</c>

00:34:25.349 --> 00:34:30.949
very<00:34:25.909><c> serious</c><00:34:26.530><c> problems</c><00:34:27.610><c> with</c><00:34:29.349><c> these</c><00:34:29.710><c> ideas.</c>

00:34:34.210 --> 00:34:38.369
There<00:34:34.570><c> is</c><00:34:34.929><c> the</c><00:34:35.309><c> man</c><00:34:35.650><c>-child,</c><00:34:36.750><c> and</c><00:34:37.010><c> I</c><00:34:37.130><c> think</c><00:34:37.449><c> most</c><00:34:37.809><c> people</c><00:34:38.170><c> that</c>

00:34:38.369 --> 00:34:43.869
I<00:34:38.630><c> talk</c><00:34:38.829><c> to</c><00:34:39.030><c> about</c><00:34:39.289><c> this</c><00:34:39.590><c> that</c><00:34:39.750><c> would</c><00:34:39.909><c> be</c>

00:34:44.349 --> 00:34:47.750
aware<00:34:44.929><c> that</c><00:34:44.929><c> this</c><00:34:45.110><c> is</c><00:34:45.210><c> the</c><00:34:45.409><c> really</c><00:34:45.889><c> strong</c><00:34:46.190><c> point,</c><00:34:46.750><c> that</c><00:34:47.409><c> this</c>

00:34:47.750 --> 00:34:49.590
Michael<00:34:48.110><c> who</c><00:34:48.309><c> is</c><00:34:48.550><c> to</c><00:34:48.690><c> rule</c><00:34:48.929><c> all</c><00:34:49.230><c> nations</c>

00:34:49.590 --> 00:34:55.829
with<00:34:49.829><c> a</c><00:34:49.969><c> rod</c><00:34:50.090><c> of</c><00:34:50.409><c> iron</c><00:34:50.690><c> is</c><00:34:51.150><c> the</c><00:34:51.309><c> Lord</c><00:34:51.570><c> Jesus</c><00:34:52.070><c> Christ.</c><00:34:54.250><c> And</c><00:34:54.489><c> yet,</c>

00:34:56.590 --> 00:35:01.949
is<00:34:56.829><c> it?</c><00:34:57.989><c> When</c><00:34:58.230><c> you</c><00:34:58.369><c> look</c><00:34:58.610><c> at</c><00:34:58.829><c> all</c><00:34:59.090><c> the</c><00:35:00.909><c> context</c><00:35:01.630><c> of</c>

00:35:01.949 --> 00:35:07.030
this<00:35:02.530><c> and</c><00:35:03.409><c> see</c><00:35:03.670><c> that</c><00:35:03.909><c> he</c><00:35:04.050><c> is</c><00:35:04.369><c> to</c><00:35:04.630><c> be</c><00:35:05.530><c> taken</c><00:35:06.030><c> up</c><00:35:06.289><c> to</c><00:35:06.469><c> heaven</c><00:35:06.809><c> and</c>

00:35:07.030 --> 00:35:10.369
have<00:35:07.230><c> a</c><00:35:07.449><c> war</c><00:35:07.710><c> in</c><00:35:07.889><c> heaven</c><00:35:08.269><c> there</c><00:35:08.949><c> with</c><00:35:09.329><c> this</c><00:35:09.909><c> dragon</c>

00:35:10.369 --> 00:35:17.369
power,<00:35:13.070><c> one</c><00:35:13.429><c> puts</c><00:35:13.769><c> a</c><00:35:14.010><c> question</c><00:35:14.949><c> mark</c><00:35:15.670><c> and</c><00:35:15.929><c> says,</c><00:35:16.449><c> well,</c><00:35:17.170><c> let's</c>

00:35:17.369 --> 00:35:19.150
just<00:35:17.610><c> have</c><00:35:17.769><c> another</c><00:35:18.070><c> look.</c>

00:35:20.670 --> 00:35:25.929
Now,<00:35:20.889><c> I</c><00:35:21.110><c> believe</c><00:35:21.989><c> that</c><00:35:22.670><c> we</c><00:35:22.869><c> have</c><00:35:23.050><c> an</c><00:35:23.769><c> important</c><00:35:24.369><c> question</c><00:35:24.949><c> here.</c><00:35:25.550><c> It's</c><00:35:25.789><c> a</c>

00:35:25.929 --> 00:35:28.289
question<00:35:26.349><c> which</c><00:35:26.869><c> amongst</c><00:35:27.389><c> ourselves</c><00:35:28.070><c> in</c>

00:35:28.289 --> 00:35:30.789
our<00:35:28.570><c> community,</c><00:35:29.070><c> we</c><00:35:29.269><c> have</c><00:35:29.429><c> been</c><00:35:29.670><c> discussing</c><00:35:30.110><c> for</c><00:35:30.369><c> a</c><00:35:30.530><c> number</c>

00:35:30.789 --> 00:35:33.809
of<00:35:31.070><c> years</c><00:35:31.329><c> now,</c><00:35:31.630><c> and</c><00:35:31.949><c> we</c><00:35:32.309><c> can</c><00:35:32.489><c> say,</c><00:35:32.869><c> is</c><00:35:32.929><c> this</c><00:35:33.230><c> Christ</c>

00:35:33.809 --> 00:35:39.130
or<00:35:34.710><c> Antichrist</c><00:35:36.030><c> representing</c><00:35:37.130><c> the</c><00:35:37.610><c> different</c><00:35:38.010><c> views</c><00:35:38.449><c> that</c>

00:35:39.130 --> 00:35:43.090
are<00:35:39.289><c> put</c><00:35:39.510><c> forward?</c><00:35:40.510><c> Is</c><00:35:40.690><c> it</c><00:35:40.929><c> Christ</c><00:35:41.210><c> or</c><00:35:41.389><c> is</c><00:35:41.610><c> it</c><00:35:41.809><c> Antichrist?</c>

00:35:43.889 --> 00:35:47.630
And<00:35:44.309><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:44.550><c> it</c><00:35:44.829><c> be</c><00:35:45.349><c> perhaps</c><00:35:45.889><c> fitting,</c><00:35:46.809><c> perhaps</c><00:35:46.909><c> you'd</c><00:35:47.150><c> like</c><00:35:47.230><c> to</c>

00:35:47.630 --> 00:35:50.329
consider<00:35:47.889><c> this</c><00:35:48.929><c> quietly,</c><00:35:49.630><c> make</c><00:35:49.869><c> a</c><00:35:50.050><c> note</c><00:35:50.190><c> and</c>

00:35:50.329 --> 00:35:54.949
just<00:35:50.550><c> think</c><00:35:50.789><c> about</c><00:35:51.130><c> it.</c><00:35:52.730><c> Wouldn't</c><00:35:52.989><c> it</c><00:35:53.210><c> be</c><00:35:53.489><c> fitting</c><00:35:53.949><c> if</c><00:35:54.590><c> in</c><00:35:54.809><c> a</c>

00:35:54.949 --> 00:35:59.949
book<00:35:55.130><c> of</c><00:35:55.429><c> symbol,</c><00:35:57.269><c> the</c><00:35:57.650><c> Antichrist</c><00:35:58.889><c> should</c><00:35:59.530><c> be</c>

00:35:59.949 --> 00:36:06.170
depicted<00:36:00.510><c> as</c><00:36:01.030><c> being</c><00:36:01.489><c> like</c><00:36:02.630><c> Christ?</c><00:36:05.329><c> I</c><00:36:05.449><c> think</c><00:36:05.570><c> we'll</c><00:36:05.869><c> see</c><00:36:05.909><c> more</c>

00:36:06.170 --> 00:36:08.150
evidence<00:36:06.550><c> for</c><00:36:06.750><c> that</c><00:36:06.929><c> later</c><00:36:07.309><c> on.</c>

00:36:11.110 --> 00:36:17.070
However,<00:36:13.949><c> there</c><00:36:14.050><c> is</c><00:36:14.409><c> the</c><00:36:15.269><c> war</c><00:36:15.449><c> in</c><00:36:15.710><c> heaven.</c><00:36:16.050><c> And</c><00:36:16.250><c> to</c><00:36:16.349><c> me,</c><00:36:16.789><c> that</c>

00:36:17.070 --> 00:36:20.010
is<00:36:17.369><c> a</c><00:36:17.730><c> major</c><00:36:18.110><c> problem</c><00:36:18.769><c> if</c><00:36:19.110><c> we</c><00:36:19.269><c> are</c><00:36:19.409><c> going</c><00:36:19.650><c> to</c><00:36:19.869><c> see</c>

00:36:20.010 --> 00:36:28.550
this<00:36:20.389><c> as</c><00:36:21.010><c> Christ's</c><00:36:21.670><c> ascension</c><00:36:22.170><c> to</c><00:36:22.409><c> heaven.</c><00:36:24.210><c> How</c><00:36:24.610><c> can</c><00:36:25.010><c> you</c><00:36:25.309><c> have</c><00:36:26.050><c> a</c><00:36:26.429><c> war</c><00:36:26.570><c> in</c><00:36:26.829><c> heaven?</c><00:36:27.110><c> Again,</c><00:36:28.010><c> I</c>

00:36:28.550 --> 00:36:29.329
would<00:36:28.789><c> remind</c><00:36:29.150><c> you</c>

00:36:29.329 --> 00:36:32.750
discussions<00:36:30.010><c> perhaps</c><00:36:30.849><c> with</c><00:36:31.349><c> the</c><00:36:31.610><c> Jehovah's</c><00:36:32.070><c> Witnesses</c><00:36:32.550><c> from</c>

00:36:32.750 --> 00:36:34.750
time<00:36:32.989><c> to</c><00:36:33.170><c> time</c><00:36:33.429><c> when</c><00:36:33.710><c> this</c><00:36:33.949><c> is</c><00:36:34.110><c> the</c><00:36:34.230><c> chapter</c><00:36:34.530><c> they</c>

00:36:34.750 --> 00:36:40.170
come<00:36:35.130><c> to,</c><00:36:35.570><c> to</c><00:36:36.170><c> tell</c><00:36:36.550><c> us</c><00:36:36.809><c> about</c><00:36:37.190><c> the</c><00:36:37.449><c> devil.</c><00:36:38.909><c> And</c><00:36:39.269><c> they</c><00:36:39.849><c> point</c>

00:36:40.170 --> 00:36:43.630
to<00:36:40.449><c> their</c><00:36:40.750><c> war</c><00:36:41.010><c> in</c><00:36:41.269><c> heaven</c><00:36:41.530><c> and</c><00:36:41.909><c> the</c><00:36:42.929><c> fallen</c><00:36:43.230><c> angel</c>

00:36:43.630 --> 00:36:47.610
idea<00:36:44.130><c> that</c><00:36:44.349><c> they</c><00:36:44.630><c> have.</c><00:36:45.510><c> And</c><00:36:45.730><c> our</c><00:36:45.889><c> answer</c><00:36:46.230><c> is,</c><00:36:46.550><c> isn't</c><00:36:46.809><c> it,</c><00:36:47.369><c> how</c>

00:36:47.610 --> 00:36:50.949
can<00:36:47.929><c> you</c><00:36:48.130><c> have</c><00:36:48.329><c> war</c><00:36:48.590><c> in</c><00:36:48.869><c> heaven</c><00:36:49.250><c> when</c><00:36:49.869><c> Jesus</c><00:36:50.309><c> himself</c>

00:36:50.949 --> 00:36:58.349
taught<00:36:51.550><c> us</c><00:36:51.769><c> to</c><00:36:52.010><c> pray,</c><00:36:52.989><c> thy</c><00:36:53.230><c> will</c><00:36:53.570><c> be</c><00:36:53.849><c> done</c><00:36:54.010><c> as</c><00:36:54.250><c> it</c><00:36:54.409><c> is</c><00:36:54.650><c> in</c><00:36:54.929><c> heaven?</c><00:36:57.110><c> Obviously</c><00:36:57.730><c> can't</c>

00:36:58.349 --> 00:37:01.210
be<00:36:58.889><c> the</c><00:36:59.269><c> heaven</c><00:36:59.510><c> in</c><00:36:59.750><c> that</c><00:37:00.070><c> sense.</c>

00:37:02.889 --> 00:37:08.510
And<00:37:03.489><c> another</c><00:37:04.010><c> problem</c><00:37:04.630><c> is</c><00:37:05.150><c> that</c><00:37:05.369><c> after</c><00:37:05.730><c> the</c><00:37:06.510><c> kingdom</c><00:37:07.050><c> is</c><00:37:07.710><c> established,</c><00:37:08.289><c> if</c>

00:37:08.510 --> 00:37:10.409
that's<00:37:08.730><c> what</c><00:37:08.889><c> it</c><00:37:09.210><c> refers</c><00:37:09.510><c> to</c><00:37:09.809><c> in</c><00:37:10.030><c> verse</c>

00:37:10.409 --> 00:37:15.449
10,<00:37:11.429><c> we</c><00:37:11.650><c> read</c><00:37:11.929><c> on</c><00:37:12.110><c> in</c><00:37:12.329><c> the</c><00:37:12.489><c> chapter</c><00:37:13.409><c> and</c><00:37:14.550><c> we</c><00:37:14.730><c> have</c><00:37:14.889><c> the</c><00:37:15.130><c> problem</c>

00:37:15.449 --> 00:37:17.650
that<00:37:15.670><c> the</c><00:37:15.889><c> saints</c><00:37:16.090><c> are</c><00:37:16.309><c> still</c><00:37:16.550><c> being</c><00:37:16.929><c> persecuted</c>

00:37:17.650 --> 00:37:21.710
after<00:37:18.010><c> the</c><00:37:18.230><c> kingdom</c><00:37:18.489><c> is</c><00:37:18.969><c> established.</c><00:37:20.710><c> For</c><00:37:20.829><c> example,</c><00:37:21.429><c> go</c><00:37:21.550><c> to</c>

00:37:21.710 --> 00:37:23.590
the<00:37:21.789><c> last</c><00:37:22.050><c> verse</c><00:37:22.329><c> of</c><00:37:22.530><c> the</c><00:37:22.650><c> chapter,</c>

00:37:23.730 --> 00:37:25.989
the<00:37:23.829><c> dragon</c><00:37:24.210><c> was</c><00:37:24.469><c> wroth</c><00:37:24.670><c> with</c><00:37:24.869><c> the</c><00:37:25.030><c> woman</c><00:37:25.269><c> and</c><00:37:25.449><c> went</c><00:37:25.630><c> to</c><00:37:25.849><c> make</c>

00:37:25.989 --> 00:37:27.610
war<00:37:26.250><c> with</c><00:37:26.449><c> the</c><00:37:26.610><c> remnants</c><00:37:26.869><c> of</c><00:37:27.090><c> her</c><00:37:27.269><c> seed,</c>

00:37:28.010 --> 00:37:30.809
which<00:37:28.170><c> keep</c><00:37:28.369><c> the</c><00:37:28.610><c> commandments</c><00:37:29.030><c> of</c><00:37:29.309><c> God</c><00:37:29.489><c> and</c><00:37:29.710><c> have</c><00:37:29.869><c> the</c><00:37:30.110><c> testimony</c><00:37:30.590><c> of</c>

00:37:30.809 --> 00:37:31.809
Jesus<00:37:31.250><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:32.230 --> 00:37:38.809
That<00:37:32.489><c> can't</c><00:37:32.769><c> be</c><00:37:32.969><c> after</c><00:37:33.230><c> the</c><00:37:33.469><c> kingdom's</c><00:37:34.090><c> established.</c><00:37:35.710><c> It's</c><00:37:35.949><c> impossible.</c><00:37:37.429><c> And</c><00:37:37.570><c> so</c><00:37:37.690><c> there</c><00:37:37.789><c> is</c><00:37:37.989><c> a</c><00:37:38.130><c> chronological</c>

00:37:38.809 --> 00:37:45.389
problem<00:37:39.750><c> as</c><00:37:41.130><c> the</c><00:37:41.369><c> chapter</c><00:37:41.750><c> would</c><00:37:41.969><c> be</c><00:37:42.230><c> read.</c><00:37:43.610><c> Now,</c><00:37:44.530><c> I</c><00:37:44.789><c> just</c><00:37:45.130><c> go</c>

00:37:45.389 --> 00:37:47.570
through<00:37:45.710><c> those,</c><00:37:45.989><c> not</c><00:37:46.190><c> to</c><00:37:46.389><c> be</c><00:37:46.650><c> just</c><00:37:46.969><c> negative</c>

00:37:47.570 --> 00:37:54.150
or<00:37:48.090><c> critical</c><00:37:48.590><c> in</c><00:37:48.829><c> that</c><00:37:49.090><c> sense,</c><00:37:49.429><c> but</c><00:37:49.929><c> just</c><00:37:50.329><c> a</c><00:37:50.489><c> place</c><00:37:50.710><c> before</c><00:37:51.130><c> you,</c><00:37:52.210><c> problems</c><00:37:52.610><c> which</c><00:37:53.369><c> appear</c><00:37:53.769><c> to</c>

00:37:54.150 --> 00:37:57.130
me<00:37:54.530><c> as</c><00:37:54.969><c> I</c><00:37:55.909><c> look</c><00:37:56.369><c> at</c>

00:37:57.869 --> 00:38:01.710
the<00:37:58.150><c> ideas.</c><00:37:59.809><c> Of</c><00:38:00.030><c> course,</c><00:38:00.190><c> the</c><00:38:00.309><c> question</c><00:38:00.670><c> then</c><00:38:00.929><c> is,</c><00:38:01.190><c> all</c><00:38:01.269><c> right,</c><00:38:01.610><c> well,</c>

00:38:01.710 --> 00:38:03.369
if<00:38:01.889><c> that's</c><00:38:02.150><c> how</c><00:38:02.369><c> you</c><00:38:02.610><c> see</c><00:38:02.829><c> it</c><00:38:03.050><c> and</c><00:38:03.170><c> you</c>

00:38:03.369 --> 00:38:06.670
can't<00:38:03.670><c> see</c><00:38:03.929><c> it</c><00:38:04.050><c> that</c><00:38:04.289><c> way,</c><00:38:04.590><c> well</c><00:38:04.710><c> then</c><00:38:04.869><c> how</c><00:38:05.130><c> do</c><00:38:05.449><c> you</c><00:38:05.650><c> see</c><00:38:05.909><c> it?</c>

00:38:20.590 --> 00:38:27.110
First<00:38:21.110><c> of</c><00:38:21.369><c> all,</c><00:38:24.010><c> going</c><00:38:24.250><c> to</c><00:38:24.429><c> Revelation</c><00:38:25.010><c> chapter</c><00:38:25.409><c> 12</c><00:38:25.789><c> and</c><00:38:26.010><c> verse</c><00:38:26.349><c> 1,</c>

00:38:29.929 --> 00:38:34.929
there<00:38:30.409><c> is</c><00:38:30.710><c> a</c><00:38:30.949><c> feature</c><00:38:31.469><c> about</c><00:38:32.269><c> prophetic</c><00:38:32.769><c> writing,</c><00:38:34.190><c> which</c><00:38:34.530><c> we</c>

00:38:34.929 --> 00:38:38.309
need<00:38:35.210><c> to</c><00:38:35.389><c> be</c><00:38:35.550><c> aware</c><00:38:35.869><c> of.</c><00:38:37.429><c> And</c><00:38:37.530><c> I'm</c><00:38:37.710><c> going</c><00:38:37.809><c> to</c><00:38:37.949><c> show</c><00:38:38.150><c> you</c>

00:38:38.309 --> 00:38:43.110
this<00:38:38.750><c> just</c><00:38:39.250><c> in</c><00:38:39.409><c> a</c><00:38:39.550><c> few</c><00:38:39.710><c> moments</c><00:38:40.269><c> on</c><00:38:40.769><c> a</c><00:38:40.949><c> piece</c><00:38:41.150><c> of</c><00:38:41.349><c> paper.</c><00:38:42.769><c> But</c>

00:38:43.110 --> 00:38:46.090
it<00:38:43.349><c> is</c><00:38:43.590><c> so</c><00:38:43.809><c> often</c><00:38:44.050><c> the</c><00:38:44.329><c> case</c><00:38:44.630><c> that</c><00:38:45.150><c> with</c><00:38:45.650><c> prophetic</c>

00:38:46.090 --> 00:38:48.309
writing,<00:38:46.570><c> and</c><00:38:46.710><c> this</c><00:38:46.889><c> is</c><00:38:47.110><c> particularly</c><00:38:47.449><c> so</c><00:38:47.690><c> in</c><00:38:47.809><c> the</c><00:38:47.949><c> book</c><00:38:48.070><c> of</c>

00:38:48.309 --> 00:38:51.389
Revelation,<00:38:49.429><c> we</c><00:38:49.670><c> see</c><00:38:49.989><c> that</c><00:38:50.269><c> the</c><00:38:50.550><c> end</c><00:38:50.789><c> of</c><00:38:51.010><c> the</c><00:38:51.150><c> matter</c>

00:38:51.389 --> 00:38:57.210
is<00:38:51.789><c> stated</c><00:38:52.130><c> first.</c><00:38:53.590><c> It's</c><00:38:53.730><c> a</c><00:38:53.849><c> little</c><00:38:54.050><c> bit</c><00:38:54.369><c> like</c><00:38:55.170><c> the</c><00:38:55.670><c> way</c><00:38:56.010><c> journalists</c><00:38:56.789><c> write</c>

00:38:57.210 --> 00:39:04.969
in<00:38:57.489><c> our</c><00:38:57.789><c> day.</c><00:39:01.070><c> You</c><00:39:01.630><c> have</c><00:39:03.989><c> a</c><00:39:04.530><c> headline</c>

00:39:04.969 --> 00:39:09.650
in<00:39:05.250><c> your</c><00:39:05.489><c> newspaper</c><00:39:06.329><c> sort</c><00:39:07.210><c> of</c><00:39:07.429><c> saying,</c><00:39:08.050><c> flood</c><00:39:08.329><c> disaster.</c><00:39:09.510><c> And</c>

00:39:09.650 --> 00:39:13.090
then<00:39:09.769><c> the</c><00:39:09.949><c> first</c><00:39:10.170><c> paragraph</c><00:39:10.769><c> gives</c><00:39:11.090><c> a</c><00:39:11.289><c> summary</c><00:39:11.829><c> that</c>

00:39:13.349 --> 00:39:15.769
there's<00:39:13.909><c> been</c><00:39:14.110><c> these</c><00:39:14.349><c> terrible</c><00:39:14.789><c> floods</c><00:39:15.110><c> and</c><00:39:15.309><c> one</c><00:39:15.510><c> thing</c><00:39:15.630><c> and</c>

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another.<00:39:16.389><c> And</c><00:39:16.550><c> then</c><00:39:16.650><c> as</c><00:39:16.789><c> you</c><00:39:16.929><c> go</c><00:39:17.070><c> and</c><00:39:17.170><c> read</c><00:39:17.389><c> on</c><00:39:17.590><c> out,</c>

00:39:17.710 --> 00:39:20.650
it<00:39:17.869><c> then</c><00:39:18.110><c> starts</c><00:39:18.469><c> filling</c><00:39:18.730><c> in</c><00:39:18.969><c> all</c><00:39:19.150><c> the</c><00:39:19.409><c> detail</c><00:39:19.769><c> of</c><00:39:20.190><c> how</c><00:39:20.429><c> this</c>

00:39:20.650 --> 00:39:23.469
came<00:39:20.949><c> about</c><00:39:21.389><c> and</c><00:39:22.050><c> what</c><00:39:22.309><c> the</c><00:39:22.590><c> measurements</c><00:39:22.969><c> are</c><00:39:23.329><c> and</c>

00:39:23.469 --> 00:39:27.090
how<00:39:23.650><c> long</c><00:39:23.769><c> it's</c><00:39:24.010><c> been</c><00:39:24.289><c> raining</c><00:39:24.630><c> and</c><00:39:25.130><c> whose</c><00:39:25.389><c> car</c><00:39:25.650><c> got</c><00:39:25.909><c> swept</c><00:39:26.170><c> off</c><00:39:26.409><c> the</c><00:39:26.590><c> road</c><00:39:26.789><c> and</c><00:39:27.010><c> so</c>

00:39:27.090 --> 00:39:28.530
on<00:39:27.250><c> and</c><00:39:27.409><c> so</c><00:39:27.670><c> forth.</c>

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It's<00:39:29.190><c> a</c><00:39:29.329><c> little</c><00:39:29.449><c> bit</c><00:39:29.750><c> like</c><00:39:30.090><c> that</c><00:39:30.650><c> style</c><00:39:31.090><c> of</c><00:39:31.469><c> presentation</c><00:39:32.210><c> when</c><00:39:32.510><c> we</c>

00:39:32.750 --> 00:39:36.309
look<00:39:33.010><c> at</c><00:39:33.889><c> the</c><00:39:34.570><c> prophecies.</c><00:39:35.769><c> And</c><00:39:35.769><c> that,</c>

00:39:36.329 --> 00:39:40.730
I<00:39:36.510><c> believe,</c><00:39:36.849><c> is</c><00:39:37.050><c> the</c><00:39:37.210><c> case</c><00:39:37.449><c> as</c><00:39:37.650><c> we</c><00:39:37.789><c> look</c><00:39:37.969><c> at</c><00:39:38.130><c> Revelation</c><00:39:38.650><c> chapter</c><00:39:39.150><c> 12.</c><00:39:39.610><c> We</c><00:39:39.730><c> see</c><00:39:40.349><c> a</c>

00:39:40.730 --> 00:39:42.190
great<00:39:40.989><c> wonder</c><00:39:41.369><c> in</c><00:39:41.670><c> the</c><00:39:41.869><c> heaven,</c>

00:39:42.190 --> 00:39:50.050
this<00:39:42.610><c> woman</c><00:39:43.070><c> clothed</c><00:39:43.610><c> with</c><00:39:43.809><c> the</c><00:39:43.969><c> sun</c><00:39:44.190><c> and</c><00:39:44.750><c> the</c><00:39:44.849><c> moon</c><00:39:45.010><c> under</c><00:39:45.289><c> her</c><00:39:45.570><c> feet</c><00:39:45.789><c> and</c><00:39:46.949><c> the</c><00:39:47.210><c> crown</c><00:39:47.570><c> around</c><00:39:48.070><c> her</c><00:39:48.329><c> head</c><00:39:48.489><c> and</c><00:39:48.670><c> so</c><00:39:48.989><c> on.</c>

00:39:50.869 --> 00:39:58.369
Now,<00:39:51.489><c> because</c><00:39:52.110><c> the</c><00:39:53.969><c> dragon</c><00:39:54.530><c> is</c><00:39:55.750><c> in</c><00:39:56.010><c> this</c><00:39:56.289><c> heaven</c><00:39:56.630><c> also,</c><00:39:58.150><c> the</c>

00:39:58.369 --> 00:40:00.269
Roman<00:39:58.929><c> dragon,</c>

00:40:01.650 --> 00:40:05.309
for<00:40:01.849><c> me,</c><00:40:02.530><c> I</c><00:40:02.710><c> have</c><00:40:03.150><c> to</c><00:40:03.289><c> see.</c><00:40:03.449><c> I</c><00:40:03.510><c> think</c><00:40:03.650><c> we've</c><00:40:03.869><c> got</c><00:40:04.090><c> problems</c><00:40:04.650><c> if</c>

00:40:05.309 --> 00:40:08.349
we<00:40:05.570><c> can't</c><00:40:05.989><c> see</c><00:40:06.250><c> this</c><00:40:06.510><c> as</c><00:40:06.750><c> being</c><00:40:07.150><c> the</c><00:40:07.550><c> Roman</c><00:40:07.929><c> heaven.</c>

00:40:08.349 --> 00:40:12.070
It<00:40:09.030><c> has</c><00:40:09.510><c> to</c><00:40:09.769><c> be</c><00:40:10.309><c> the</c><00:40:10.489><c> Roman</c><00:40:10.849><c> heaven</c><00:40:11.110><c> because</c><00:40:11.449><c> the</c><00:40:11.710><c> Roman</c>

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dragon's<00:40:12.710><c> there.</c>

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Right?<00:40:16.630><c> You</c><00:40:17.230><c> can't</c><00:40:17.489><c> make</c><00:40:17.690><c> it</c><00:40:17.829><c> any</c><00:40:17.989><c> other</c><00:40:18.269><c> heaven.</c><00:40:18.610><c> You</c><00:40:18.690><c> can't</c>

00:40:18.989 --> 00:40:20.949
make<00:40:19.150><c> it</c><00:40:19.349><c> an</c><00:40:19.550><c> Israelite</c><00:40:20.110><c>-ish</c><00:40:20.630><c> heaven,</c>

00:40:20.949 --> 00:40:28.469
I<00:40:21.150><c> don't</c><00:40:21.530><c> think.</c><00:40:23.030><c> I</c><00:40:23.130><c> don't</c><00:40:23.329><c> think</c><00:40:23.449><c> you</c><00:40:23.610><c> can</c><00:40:24.329><c> put</c><00:40:24.690><c> it</c><00:40:24.849><c> in</c><00:40:25.030><c> any</c><00:40:25.269><c> other</c><00:40:26.070><c> context,</c><00:40:27.710><c> especially</c><00:40:28.030><c> as</c>

00:40:28.469 --> 00:40:29.170
the<00:40:28.769><c> vision</c>

00:40:29.170 --> 00:40:33.550
proceeds,<00:40:30.510><c> other</c><00:40:30.809><c> than</c><00:40:31.030><c> to</c><00:40:31.269><c> say,</c><00:40:31.489><c> well,</c><00:40:31.630><c> this</c><00:40:32.309><c> is</c><00:40:32.889><c> the</c><00:40:33.150><c> Roman</c>

00:40:33.550 --> 00:40:35.110
heaven<00:40:33.949><c> that</c><00:40:34.090><c> we're</c><00:40:34.329><c> talking</c><00:40:34.730><c> about.</c>

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It's<00:40:35.329><c> quite</c><00:40:35.590><c> an</c><00:40:35.949><c> important</c><00:40:37.010><c> definition,</c><00:40:38.030><c> I</c><00:40:38.250><c> think,</c><00:40:38.550><c> before</c>

00:40:38.909 --> 00:40:40.369
we<00:40:39.250><c> start.</c>

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That<00:40:42.230><c> is</c><00:40:42.530><c> the</c><00:40:42.750><c> case</c><00:40:43.030><c> because</c><00:40:43.889><c> a</c><00:40:44.449><c> lot</c><00:40:44.590><c> of</c><00:40:44.809><c> the</c><00:40:45.010><c> other</c><00:40:45.349><c> then</c><00:40:45.750><c> has</c>

00:40:46.050 --> 00:40:47.510
to<00:40:46.250><c> fit</c><00:40:46.389><c> onto</c><00:40:46.690><c> that,</c><00:40:46.949><c> obviously,</c>

00:40:47.610 --> 00:40:56.250
as<00:40:47.929><c> you</c><00:40:48.130><c> would</c><00:40:48.730><c> seek</c><00:40:49.090><c> to</c><00:40:49.469><c> interpret</c><00:40:49.809><c> it.</c><00:40:52.769><c> And</c><00:40:53.409><c> the</c><00:40:53.710><c> woman</c><00:40:54.909><c> herself</c>

00:40:57.429 --> 00:41:06.110
represents<00:40:58.510><c> always</c><00:40:59.269><c> in</c><00:40:59.650><c> scripture</c><00:41:00.289><c> when</c><00:41:01.269><c> you're</c><00:41:02.409><c> speaking</c><00:41:02.409><c> symbolically</c><00:41:03.889><c> of</c><00:41:04.690><c> either</c><00:41:05.690><c> a</c>

00:41:06.110 --> 00:41:07.710
virtuous<00:41:06.650><c> woman</c>

00:41:07.750 --> 00:41:12.070
or<00:41:08.349><c> the</c><00:41:09.030><c> strange</c><00:41:09.469><c> woman,</c><00:41:09.889><c> to</c><00:41:10.150><c> take</c><00:41:10.369><c> up</c><00:41:10.570><c> phrases</c><00:41:10.989><c> from</c><00:41:11.289><c> the</c><00:41:11.449><c> book</c><00:41:11.670><c> of</c>

00:41:12.070 --> 00:41:16.130
Proverbs.<00:41:13.710><c> And</c><00:41:14.170><c> you</c><00:41:14.409><c> have</c><00:41:15.050><c> before</c><00:41:15.710><c> us</c>

00:41:16.130 --> 00:41:25.070
a<00:41:16.550><c> woman</c><00:41:16.710><c> who</c><00:41:16.949><c> is</c><00:41:17.710><c> with</c><00:41:18.130><c> child.</c><00:41:20.150><c> Now,</c><00:41:20.469><c> the</c><00:41:20.570><c> language</c><00:41:21.369><c> isn't</c><00:41:24.050><c> strange</c><00:41:24.789><c> to</c>

00:41:25.070 --> 00:41:27.130
us.<00:41:25.489><c> We</c><00:41:25.929><c> read</c><00:41:26.309><c> it</c><00:41:26.469><c> in</c><00:41:26.710><c> scripture,</c>

00:41:27.190 --> 00:41:33.090
don't<00:41:27.469><c> we?</c><00:41:28.690><c> For</c><00:41:28.909><c> example,</c><00:41:29.769><c> 2</c><00:41:29.909><c> Corinthians</c><00:41:30.530><c> 11,</c><00:41:32.289><c> verses</c><00:41:32.650><c> 2</c><00:41:32.969><c> and</c>

00:41:33.090 --> 00:41:37.130
3,<00:41:33.610><c> the</c><00:41:33.750><c> apostle</c><00:41:34.150><c> Paul</c><00:41:34.670><c> writes</c><00:41:35.469><c> to</c><00:41:36.070><c> the</c><00:41:36.650><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:41:37.150 --> 00:41:40.769
saying<00:41:37.570><c> that</c><00:41:37.730><c> he</c><00:41:37.889><c> has</c><00:41:38.210><c> espoused</c><00:41:38.730><c> them</c><00:41:39.210><c> as</c><00:41:39.610><c> a</c><00:41:39.849><c> chaste</c><00:41:40.250><c> virgin</c>

00:41:40.769 --> 00:41:45.090
to<00:41:41.429><c> Christ,</c><00:41:42.670><c> but</c><00:41:42.869><c> he</c><00:41:43.090><c> is</c><00:41:43.369><c> concerned,</c>

00:41:45.150 --> 00:41:50.389
lest<00:41:45.889><c> their</c><00:41:46.570><c> mind</c><00:41:46.889><c> should</c><00:41:47.250><c> be</c><00:41:47.670><c> corrupted</c><00:41:48.289><c> from</c><00:41:49.030><c> the</c><00:41:49.289><c> simplicity</c><00:41:49.829><c> that</c><00:41:50.210><c> is</c>

00:41:50.389 --> 00:41:51.849
in<00:41:50.630><c> Christ.</c>

00:41:52.369 --> 00:41:56.590
And<00:41:52.489><c> so</c><00:41:52.610><c> you</c><00:41:52.730><c> get</c><00:41:52.949><c> the</c><00:41:53.090><c> idea</c><00:41:53.630><c> of</c><00:41:54.250><c> the</c><00:41:54.510><c> Ecclesia</c><00:41:54.969><c> then</c><00:41:55.650><c> as</c><00:41:56.190><c> being</c>

00:41:56.590 --> 00:42:00.110
a<00:41:56.989><c> chaste</c><00:41:57.369><c> virgin,</c><00:41:58.750><c> but</c><00:41:58.969><c> you</c><00:41:59.130><c> get</c><00:41:59.329><c> the</c><00:41:59.570><c> concern,</c>

00:42:00.150 --> 00:42:06.610
don't<00:42:00.349><c> you,</c><00:42:00.510><c> of</c><00:42:00.670><c> the</c><00:42:00.829><c> apostle</c><00:42:01.309><c> in</c><00:42:01.809><c> case</c><00:42:02.070><c> their</c><00:42:02.389><c> mind</c><00:42:02.610><c> should</c><00:42:02.869><c> be</c><00:42:03.269><c> corrupted.</c><00:42:04.530><c> And</c><00:42:04.789><c> so</c><00:42:05.010><c> the</c><00:42:05.469><c> idea</c><00:42:05.869><c> of</c><00:42:06.150><c> a</c>

00:42:06.610 --> 00:42:11.289
woman<00:42:06.929><c> that</c><00:42:07.190><c> might</c><00:42:07.389><c> be</c><00:42:07.809><c> corrupted.</c><00:42:09.030><c> And</c><00:42:09.230><c> taking</c><00:42:09.449><c> up</c><00:42:09.690><c> some</c><00:42:09.909><c> words</c><00:42:10.250><c> from</c><00:42:10.869><c> the</c>

00:42:11.289 --> 00:42:12.730
apostle<00:42:11.710><c> John</c><00:42:12.110><c> also,</c>

00:42:12.730 --> 00:42:22.670
in<00:42:13.230><c> first</c><00:42:13.869><c> letter</c><00:42:14.309><c> of</c><00:42:14.570><c> John,</c><00:42:16.469><c> chapter</c><00:42:16.969><c> 2,</c><00:42:20.969><c> verse</c><00:42:21.289><c> 26.</c>

00:42:27.699 --> 00:42:32.349
These<00:42:28.210><c> things</c><00:42:28.789><c> have</c><00:42:29.090><c> I</c><00:42:29.309><c> written</c><00:42:29.630><c> unto</c><00:42:29.969><c> you,</c><00:42:30.190><c> he</c><00:42:30.429><c> says,</c><00:42:31.449><c> concerning</c><00:42:31.849><c> them</c>

00:42:32.349 --> 00:42:34.710
that<00:42:33.010><c> seduce</c><00:42:33.690><c> you.</c>

00:42:34.849 --> 00:42:42.429
Notice<00:42:35.369><c> his</c><00:42:35.590><c> language.</c><00:42:38.210><c> He's</c><00:42:38.769><c> talking</c><00:42:39.150><c> about</c><00:42:40.329><c> those</c><00:42:40.849><c> who</c><00:42:41.090><c> would</c><00:42:41.349><c> come</c><00:42:41.909><c> to</c>

00:42:42.429 --> 00:42:44.469
the<00:42:42.730><c> Ecclesia</c><00:42:43.349><c> with</c>

00:42:45.789 --> 00:42:48.750
philosophy<00:42:46.429><c> of</c><00:42:46.710><c> that</c><00:42:47.050><c> time,</c><00:42:47.650><c> I</c><00:42:47.650><c> suppose,</c><00:42:48.070><c> and</c><00:42:48.230><c> we</c><00:42:48.349><c> can</c><00:42:48.590><c> see</c>

00:42:48.750 --> 00:42:51.489
how<00:42:49.010><c> the</c><00:42:49.210><c> various</c><00:42:49.630><c> doctrines</c><00:42:50.230><c> crept</c><00:42:50.570><c> into</c><00:42:50.889><c> the</c><00:42:51.170><c> church,</c>

00:42:51.690 --> 00:42:55.489
heaven<00:42:51.929><c> going</c><00:42:52.289><c> and</c><00:42:52.750><c> the</c><00:42:53.230><c> mystery</c><00:42:53.690><c> that</c><00:42:53.969><c> eventually</c><00:42:54.489><c> developed</c><00:42:54.949><c> into</c><00:42:55.250><c> the</c>

00:42:55.489 --> 00:42:58.489
Trinity<00:42:55.889><c> and</c><00:42:57.070><c> these</c><00:42:58.090><c> things</c>

00:42:58.489 --> 00:43:01.690
that<00:42:58.789><c> came</c><00:42:59.050><c> into</c><00:42:59.409><c> the</c><00:42:59.929><c> church</c><00:43:00.150><c> at</c><00:43:00.349><c> that</c><00:43:00.570><c> time.</c><00:43:01.210><c> And</c><00:43:01.429><c> certainly</c>

00:43:01.690 --> 00:43:03.369
as<00:43:01.929><c> we</c><00:43:02.070><c> look</c><00:43:02.250><c> at</c><00:43:02.489><c> it,</c><00:43:02.750><c> historically,</c>

00:43:03.369 --> 00:43:07.829
we<00:43:03.610><c> can</c><00:43:03.909><c> see,</c><00:43:04.250><c> can</c><00:43:04.429><c> we</c><00:43:04.630><c> not,</c><00:43:05.130><c> as</c><00:43:05.590><c> a</c><00:43:05.730><c> fact</c><00:43:06.110><c> that</c><00:43:06.409><c> the</c><00:43:06.630><c> church</c><00:43:06.989><c> was</c>

00:43:07.829 --> 00:43:12.150
corrupted.<00:43:09.210><c> That's</c><00:43:09.690><c> the</c><00:43:10.309><c> idea</c><00:43:10.710><c> that</c><00:43:10.909><c> we</c><00:43:11.090><c> see</c><00:43:11.730><c> there.</c>

00:43:12.309 --> 00:43:18.369
And<00:43:12.389><c> so</c><00:43:12.889><c> the</c><00:43:13.449><c> suggestion</c><00:43:14.050><c> is</c><00:43:14.849><c> that</c><00:43:15.289><c> as</c><00:43:15.570><c> we</c><00:43:15.769><c> see</c><00:43:15.969><c> this</c><00:43:16.269><c> woman</c><00:43:17.010><c> with</c><00:43:17.610><c> child</c><00:43:18.130><c> in</c>

00:43:18.369 --> 00:43:21.150
Revelation<00:43:19.110><c> chapter</c><00:43:19.849><c> 12,</c>

00:43:21.389 --> 00:43:28.170
that<00:43:21.630><c> she</c><00:43:22.289><c> has</c><00:43:23.230><c> within</c><00:43:23.789><c> her,</c><00:43:24.150><c> as</c><00:43:24.409><c> it</c><00:43:24.630><c> were,</c><00:43:25.690><c> the</c><00:43:26.010><c> apostasy</c><00:43:26.949><c> in</c><00:43:27.570><c> embryo.</c>

00:43:28.170 --> 00:43:39.110
Now,<00:43:29.050><c> I</c><00:43:32.610><c> came</c><00:43:32.969><c> across</c><00:43:33.690><c> an</c><00:43:34.130><c> interesting</c><00:43:35.309><c> engraving</c><00:43:36.369><c> some</c><00:43:37.409><c> years</c><00:43:37.809><c> ago,</c>

00:43:39.510 --> 00:43:41.730
which<00:43:39.710><c> was</c><00:43:40.469><c> put</c><00:43:40.750><c> out</c><00:43:40.929><c> by</c><00:43:41.230><c> the</c><00:43:41.389><c> Roman</c>

00:43:41.730 --> 00:43:46.889
Catholic<00:43:42.230><c> Church</c><00:43:42.610><c> itself,</c><00:43:43.269><c> actually.</c><00:43:44.929><c> And</c><00:43:45.210><c> as</c><00:43:45.369><c> you</c><00:43:45.530><c> can</c><00:43:45.829><c> see,</c>

00:43:47.369 --> 00:43:50.599
the<00:43:47.710><c> engraving</c><00:43:48.309><c> is</c><00:43:48.670><c> actually</c><00:43:49.150><c> based</c><00:43:49.650><c> upon</c>

00:43:50.730 --> 00:43:57.090
Revelation<00:43:51.610><c> chapter</c><00:43:52.090><c> 12.</c><00:43:52.570><c> And</c><00:43:52.809><c> you</c><00:43:52.909><c> can</c><00:43:53.190><c> see</c><00:43:53.389><c> there</c><00:43:53.710><c> the</c><00:43:53.889><c> woman,</c><00:43:54.710><c> which</c><00:43:55.050><c> obviously</c><00:43:55.590><c> represents</c><00:43:56.409><c> the</c>

00:43:57.090 --> 00:44:02.469
Catholic<00:43:57.809><c> Church.</c><00:43:59.570><c> She's</c><00:43:59.670><c> up</c><00:43:59.849><c> in</c><00:44:00.030><c> the</c><00:44:00.190><c> heaven.</c><00:44:01.650><c> She</c><00:44:01.789><c> has</c><00:44:02.090><c> the</c>

00:44:02.469 --> 00:44:06.150
stars<00:44:02.809><c> around</c><00:44:03.269><c> her</c><00:44:03.690><c> head</c><00:44:04.070><c> and</c><00:44:05.269><c> the</c><00:44:05.469><c> moon</c><00:44:05.650><c> is</c><00:44:05.869><c> under</c>

00:44:06.150 --> 00:44:09.949
her<00:44:06.530><c> feet</c><00:44:06.929><c> and</c><00:44:07.869><c> under</c><00:44:08.230><c> her</c><00:44:08.690><c> cloak.</c><00:44:09.030><c> She's</c><00:44:09.309><c> in</c><00:44:09.409><c> the</c><00:44:09.550><c> position</c>

00:44:09.949 --> 00:44:13.050
of<00:44:10.690><c> having</c><00:44:11.170><c> brought</c><00:44:11.650><c> forth</c><00:44:12.090><c> now,</c><00:44:12.409><c> of</c><00:44:12.630><c> course,</c>

00:44:13.429 --> 00:44:21.349
you<00:44:13.570><c> see</c><00:44:13.710><c> all</c><00:44:13.989><c> her</c><00:44:14.269><c> progeny</c><00:44:14.889><c> of</c><00:44:16.090><c> stars.</c><00:44:17.190><c> Interesting</c><00:44:17.750><c> book,</c><00:44:18.489><c> you</c><00:44:18.769><c> may</c><00:44:19.070><c> be</c><00:44:19.369><c> aware</c><00:44:19.630><c> of,</c><00:44:20.489><c> written</c><00:44:20.610><c> by</c><00:44:21.110><c> a</c>

00:44:21.349 --> 00:44:23.230
Roman<00:44:21.650><c> historian</c>

00:44:23.969 --> 00:44:26.909
from,<00:44:24.530><c> forget</c><00:44:24.949><c> now,</c><00:44:25.570><c> second,</c><00:44:25.889><c> third</c><00:44:26.130><c> century,</c><00:44:26.809><c> somewhere</c>

00:44:26.909 --> 00:44:28.570
like<00:44:27.150><c> that,</c><00:44:27.590><c> Seutonius</c><00:44:28.070><c> anyway.</c>

00:44:28.929 --> 00:44:34.570
And<00:44:29.050><c> the</c><00:44:29.210><c> title</c><00:44:29.530><c> of</c><00:44:29.710><c> it</c><00:44:29.949><c> is</c><00:44:30.449><c> The</c><00:44:30.829><c> Twelve</c><00:44:31.570><c> Caesars.</c><00:44:33.190><c> Seutonius's</c><00:44:33.750><c> Twelve</c><00:44:34.090><c> Caesars,</c><00:44:34.409><c> a</c>

00:44:34.570 --> 00:44:35.230
very<00:44:34.829><c> well</c><00:44:35.070><c>-known</c>

00:44:35.230 --> 00:44:39.190
book,<00:44:35.610><c> one</c><00:44:35.750><c> of</c><00:44:35.869><c> the</c><00:44:36.090><c> classics,</c><00:44:37.429><c> which</c><00:44:37.710><c> is</c><00:44:38.409><c> still,</c><00:44:38.849><c> get</c><00:44:38.849><c> it,</c><00:44:38.989><c> I</c>

00:44:39.190 --> 00:44:41.070
believe,<00:44:39.429><c> in</c><00:44:39.550><c> a</c><00:44:39.730><c> penguin</c><00:44:40.050><c> or</c><00:44:40.230><c> something</c><00:44:40.570><c> like</c><00:44:40.869><c> that</c>

00:44:41.070 --> 00:44:47.449
today.<00:44:42.570><c> And</c><00:44:42.789><c> so</c><00:44:43.070><c> you</c><00:44:43.289><c> see</c><00:44:43.550><c> the</c><00:44:43.889><c> idea</c><00:44:44.369><c> of</c><00:44:45.030><c> this</c><00:44:45.550><c> woman</c><00:44:45.909><c> there</c><00:44:46.650><c> in</c>

00:44:47.449 --> 00:44:50.409
the<00:44:47.670><c> heaven.</c><00:44:48.530><c> And</c><00:44:48.769><c> the</c><00:44:48.929><c> Roman</c><00:44:49.190><c> Catholic</c><00:44:49.650><c> Church</c><00:44:50.110><c> has</c>

00:44:50.409 --> 00:45:00.289
taken<00:44:50.670><c> that</c><00:44:50.989><c> very</c><00:44:51.530><c> picture</c><00:44:52.389><c> to</c><00:44:54.170><c> describe</c><00:44:54.789><c> herself.</c><00:44:56.949><c> It</c><00:44:57.170><c> struck</c><00:44:57.309><c> me</c><00:44:57.510><c> most</c><00:44:57.829><c> forcibly</c><00:44:58.289><c> that,</c><00:44:59.130><c> how</c><00:44:59.309><c> it</c><00:44:59.650><c> matches</c>

00:45:00.289 --> 00:45:05.230
with<00:45:00.889><c> what</c><00:45:01.369><c> we</c><00:45:01.710><c> have</c><00:45:01.889><c> in</c><00:45:02.250><c> the</c><00:45:02.530><c> book</c><00:45:02.730><c> of</c><00:45:02.989><c> Revelation</c><00:45:03.469><c> here.</c>

00:45:10.110 --> 00:45:16.150
Verse<00:45:10.710><c> 5,</c><00:45:12.449><c> the</c><00:45:12.690><c> one</c><00:45:12.929><c> about</c><00:45:13.250><c> the</c><00:45:13.530><c> man</c><00:45:13.849><c>-child,</c><00:45:14.510><c> which</c><00:45:14.989><c> we're</c><00:45:15.769><c> going</c><00:45:16.010><c> to</c>

00:45:16.150 --> 00:45:18.869
come<00:45:16.429><c> back</c><00:45:16.750><c> to</c><00:45:17.230><c> shortly,</c>

00:45:20.710 --> 00:45:23.269
should<00:45:20.809><c> really</c><00:45:21.070><c> be</c><00:45:21.309><c> following</c><00:45:21.610><c> some</c><00:45:22.030><c> notes</c><00:45:22.369><c> here,</c><00:45:22.929><c> which</c><00:45:22.929><c> I</c>

00:45:23.269 --> 00:45:25.070
forgot<00:45:23.530><c> to</c><00:45:23.730><c> put</c><00:45:23.829><c> on</c><00:45:24.050><c> the</c><00:45:24.269><c> screen.</c>

00:45:28.510 --> 00:45:32.590
She<00:45:29.130><c> brought</c><00:45:29.429><c> forth</c><00:45:29.769><c> a</c><00:45:29.969><c> man</c><00:45:30.250><c>-child</c><00:45:30.610><c> who</c><00:45:30.849><c> was</c><00:45:31.070><c> to</c><00:45:31.269><c> rule</c><00:45:31.469><c> all</c><00:45:31.750><c> nations</c><00:45:32.130><c> with</c><00:45:32.409><c> a</c>

00:45:32.590 --> 00:45:34.070
rod<00:45:32.730><c> of</c><00:45:33.110><c> iron.</c>

00:45:35.050 --> 00:45:38.329
And<00:45:35.309><c> if</c><00:45:35.630><c> we</c><00:45:35.869><c> can</c><00:45:36.150><c> just</c><00:45:36.550><c> open</c><00:45:36.889><c> our</c><00:45:37.210><c> minds</c><00:45:37.469><c> for</c><00:45:37.710><c> the</c><00:45:37.869><c> moment</c><00:45:38.110><c> to</c>

00:45:38.329 --> 00:45:41.849
just<00:45:38.590><c> consider</c><00:45:39.409><c> the</c><00:45:40.190><c> view</c><00:45:40.429><c> that</c><00:45:40.650><c> I'm</c><00:45:41.070><c> putting</c><00:45:41.329><c> before</c>

00:45:41.849 --> 00:45:49.869
you<00:45:42.130><c> now,</c><00:45:43.389><c> just</c><00:45:43.829><c> to</c><00:45:45.610><c> consider</c><00:45:47.610><c> the</c><00:45:48.070><c> various</c><00:45:48.469><c> aspects</c><00:45:49.130><c> as</c><00:45:49.510><c> they</c>

00:45:49.869 --> 00:45:53.389
come<00:45:50.130><c> to</c><00:45:50.469><c> us.</c><00:45:51.570><c> It</c><00:45:51.969><c> is</c><00:45:52.170><c> remarkable,</c><00:45:52.849><c> isn't</c><00:45:53.090><c> it,</c>

00:45:53.389 --> 00:45:59.309
that<00:45:53.929><c> it</c><00:45:54.170><c> does</c><00:45:54.530><c> fit.</c><00:45:55.909><c> Because</c><00:45:56.469><c> as</c><00:45:56.869><c> you</c><00:45:56.969><c> look</c><00:45:57.250><c> back,</c><00:45:58.949><c> you</c><00:45:58.969><c> see</c>

00:45:59.309 --> 00:46:03.570
that<00:45:59.590><c> apostate</c><00:46:00.289><c> Christendom</c><00:46:02.329><c> did,</c><00:46:03.010><c> in</c><00:46:03.289><c> fact,</c>

00:46:03.849 --> 00:46:08.150
bring<00:46:04.050><c> forth</c><00:46:04.570><c> an</c><00:46:04.929><c> emperor</c><00:46:05.369><c> who</c><00:46:06.170><c> ruled</c><00:46:06.489><c> the</c><00:46:06.769><c> world</c><00:46:07.150><c> with</c><00:46:07.510><c> Roman</c>

00:46:08.150 --> 00:46:11.849
iron.<00:46:09.690><c> See,</c><00:46:10.210><c> the</c><00:46:10.349><c> rod</c><00:46:10.530><c> of</c><00:46:10.829><c> iron,</c><00:46:11.130><c> as</c><00:46:11.289><c> you</c><00:46:11.429><c> look</c><00:46:11.670><c> at</c>

00:46:11.849 --> 00:46:15.510
it<00:46:12.030><c> in</c><00:46:12.269><c> Scripture,</c><00:46:13.469><c> there</c><00:46:13.610><c> are</c><00:46:13.889><c> other</c><00:46:14.130><c> places</c><00:46:14.590><c> where</c><00:46:15.010><c> iron</c><00:46:15.250><c> is</c>

00:46:15.510 --> 00:46:18.369
mentioned<00:46:15.909><c> as</c><00:46:16.170><c> well</c><00:46:16.369><c> as</c><00:46:16.570><c> Psalm</c><00:46:16.849><c> 2,</c><00:46:17.130><c> of</c><00:46:17.389><c> course.</c><00:46:17.849><c> And</c>

00:46:18.369 --> 00:46:21.570
see<00:46:18.630><c> it</c><00:46:18.809><c> back</c><00:46:18.969><c> in</c><00:46:19.150><c> the</c><00:46:19.329><c> law,</c><00:46:19.610><c> don't</c><00:46:19.869><c> we?</c><00:46:20.170><c> And</c><00:46:20.269><c> we</c><00:46:20.889><c> see</c><00:46:21.150><c> it</c><00:46:21.429><c> in</c>

00:46:21.570 --> 00:46:24.030
Nebuchadnezzar's<00:46:22.389><c> image</c><00:46:22.690><c> and</c><00:46:23.309><c> other</c><00:46:23.570><c> places</c>

00:46:24.030 --> 00:46:27.969
where<00:46:24.329><c> we</c><00:46:24.590><c> readily</c><00:46:24.989><c> associate</c><00:46:25.630><c> it</c><00:46:25.849><c> there</c><00:46:26.090><c> with</c><00:46:26.610><c> the</c><00:46:27.269><c> rule</c><00:46:27.570><c> of</c>

00:46:27.969 --> 00:46:31.289
Rome.<00:46:29.550><c> And</c><00:46:29.769><c> it</c><00:46:29.949><c> is</c><00:46:30.250><c> so</c><00:46:30.489><c> that,</c>

00:46:32.630 --> 00:46:37.130
another<00:46:33.230><c> of</c><00:46:33.530><c> those</c><00:46:33.849><c> historical</c><00:46:34.389><c> facts</c><00:46:34.829><c> that</c><00:46:35.690><c> uncannily</c><00:46:36.389><c> fit</c>

00:46:37.130 --> 00:46:39.610
into<00:46:38.010><c> the</c><00:46:38.230><c> vision</c><00:46:38.429><c> that</c><00:46:38.590><c> we're</c><00:46:38.730><c> looking</c><00:46:39.010><c> at</c><00:46:39.250><c> now.</c>

00:46:39.909 --> 00:46:43.690
And<00:46:40.110><c> we</c><00:46:40.250><c> see</c><00:46:40.389><c> that</c><00:46:40.730><c> the</c><00:46:41.349><c> emperor</c><00:46:41.690><c> was</c><00:46:41.969><c> brought</c><00:46:42.210><c> forth</c><00:46:42.670><c> and</c><00:46:43.110><c> ruled</c><00:46:43.429><c> the</c>

00:46:43.690 --> 00:46:46.570
world<00:46:43.929><c> with</c><00:46:44.489><c> this</c><00:46:45.050><c> Roman</c><00:46:45.469><c> iron.</c>

00:46:46.949 --> 00:46:54.670
And<00:46:47.289><c> as</c><00:46:47.769><c> a</c><00:46:47.969><c> result</c><00:46:48.250><c> of</c><00:46:48.489><c> that,</c><00:46:49.369><c> as</c><00:46:49.510><c> we</c><00:46:49.630><c> go</c><00:46:49.829><c> on</c><00:46:50.090><c> to</c><00:46:50.389><c> verse</c><00:46:50.809><c> 7,</c><00:46:52.949><c> there</c><00:46:53.050><c> was</c>

00:46:54.670 --> 00:46:56.889
war<00:46:55.269><c> in</c><00:46:55.590><c> heaven.</c><00:46:55.969><c> If</c><00:46:56.090><c> we've</c><00:46:56.409><c> correctly</c>

00:46:56.889 --> 00:47:01.690
identified<00:46:57.670><c> that</c><00:46:58.050><c> heaven</c><00:46:58.329><c> as</c><00:46:58.570><c> the</c><00:46:58.809><c> Roman</c><00:46:59.190><c> heaven,</c><00:47:00.789><c> there</c><00:47:01.010><c> was</c>

00:47:01.690 --> 00:47:05.369
definitely<00:47:02.829><c> war</c><00:47:03.550><c> in</c><00:47:04.150><c> that</c><00:47:04.530><c> Roman</c><00:47:04.869><c> heaven,</c>

00:47:05.369 --> 00:47:11.809
which,<00:47:06.489><c> if</c><00:47:06.829><c> you</c><00:47:06.929><c> know</c><00:47:07.110><c> the</c><00:47:07.230><c> history</c><00:47:07.590><c> of</c><00:47:07.809><c> it,</c><00:47:08.590><c> AD</c><00:47:08.809><c> 311,</c><00:47:10.769><c> 312,</c>

00:47:11.969 --> 00:47:15.050
thereabouts.<00:47:13.530><c> Constantine,</c><00:47:14.230><c> having</c>

00:47:15.809 --> 00:47:19.889
obtained<00:47:16.449><c> the</c><00:47:16.750><c> favor</c><00:47:17.130><c> of</c><00:47:17.389><c> the</c><00:47:17.570><c> Christians,</c><00:47:18.309><c> who</c><00:47:18.489><c> were</c><00:47:18.929><c> by</c><00:47:19.150><c> this</c><00:47:19.349><c> time</c><00:47:19.510><c> becoming</c><00:47:19.829><c> a</c>

00:47:19.889 --> 00:47:21.610
very<00:47:20.289><c> strong</c><00:47:20.510><c> element,</c>

00:47:22.469 --> 00:47:29.710
there<00:47:22.789><c> was</c><00:47:23.070><c> war</c><00:47:23.389><c> between</c><00:47:23.869><c> him</c><00:47:24.170><c> and</c><00:47:24.369><c> those</c><00:47:24.690><c> who</c><00:47:24.969><c> still</c><00:47:25.369><c> supported</c><00:47:25.829><c> paganism.</c><00:47:27.769><c> And</c><00:47:27.849><c> that</c><00:47:29.130><c> went</c><00:47:29.389><c> on</c>

00:47:29.710 --> 00:47:30.989
with<00:47:29.969><c> victory</c>

00:47:31.039 --> 00:47:39.230
to<00:47:31.469><c> Constantine,</c><00:47:33.670><c> a</c><00:47:33.750><c> war</c><00:47:35.469><c> in</c><00:47:35.789><c> the</c><00:47:35.989><c> Roman</c><00:47:36.389><c> heaven.</c><00:47:38.570><c> And</c><00:47:38.570><c> just</c>

00:47:39.230 --> 00:47:45.630
looking<00:47:39.489><c> at</c><00:47:39.789><c> some</c><00:47:40.250><c> of</c><00:47:40.389><c> the</c>

00:47:45.630 --> 00:47:50.289
coins<00:47:46.269><c> that</c><00:47:46.550><c> were</c><00:47:46.849><c> struck</c><00:47:47.150><c> at</c><00:47:47.369><c> that</c><00:47:47.610><c> particular</c><00:47:48.110><c> time,</c><00:47:50.170><c> we</c>

00:47:50.289 --> 00:47:53.449
see<00:47:51.250><c> one</c><00:47:52.010><c> quite</c><00:47:52.289><c> interesting</c><00:47:52.889><c> one</c><00:47:53.150><c> here.</c>

00:47:53.449 --> 00:47:57.670
This<00:47:53.670><c> is</c><00:47:53.869><c> Constantine,</c><00:47:54.610><c> of</c><00:47:54.849><c> course,</c><00:47:55.250><c> and</c><00:47:55.369><c> you</c><00:47:55.570><c> see</c><00:47:56.349><c> the</c><00:47:57.269><c> sign</c>

00:47:57.670 --> 00:48:04.590
of<00:48:00.989><c> Christianity</c><00:48:01.750><c> as</c><00:48:03.250><c> Constantine</c><00:48:03.929><c> adopted</c><00:48:04.389><c> it</c>

00:48:04.590 --> 00:48:09.030
with<00:48:04.849><c> the</c><00:48:05.250><c> X</c><00:48:05.489><c> and</c><00:48:05.670><c> the</c><00:48:05.809><c> P</c><00:48:06.050><c> there</c><00:48:06.590><c> on</c><00:48:06.869><c> the</c><00:48:07.130><c> standard.</c><00:48:08.110><c> And</c><00:48:08.289><c> underneath</c><00:48:08.690><c> is</c>

00:48:09.030 --> 00:48:11.050
the<00:48:09.349><c> serpent</c><00:48:09.789><c> having</c><00:48:10.190><c> been</c>

00:48:11.050 --> 00:48:14.070
conquered.<00:48:11.690><c> Shows</c><00:48:11.869><c> you</c><00:48:12.070><c> how</c><00:48:12.349><c> people</c><00:48:12.750><c> at</c><00:48:12.929><c> that</c><00:48:13.289><c> time</c><00:48:13.690><c> viewed</c>

00:48:14.070 --> 00:48:18.409
it.<00:48:16.610><c> And</c><00:48:16.650><c> what</c><00:48:16.969><c> do</c><00:48:17.150><c> we</c><00:48:17.309><c> read</c><00:48:17.489><c> of</c><00:48:17.670><c> this</c><00:48:17.989><c> dragon</c>

00:48:18.409 --> 00:48:22.289
Roman<00:48:18.849><c> power?</c><00:48:19.670><c> In</c><00:48:19.869><c> Revelation</c><00:48:20.449><c> 12,</c><00:48:21.050><c> it</c><00:48:21.070><c> says,</c><00:48:21.489><c> verse</c><00:48:21.710><c> 9,</c><00:48:22.110><c> the</c>

00:48:22.289 --> 00:48:26.369
great<00:48:22.730><c> dragon</c><00:48:23.309><c> was</c><00:48:23.929><c> cast</c><00:48:24.289><c> out,</c><00:48:24.710><c> that</c><00:48:24.989><c> old</c><00:48:25.510><c> serpent</c>

00:48:26.369 --> 00:48:29.510
called<00:48:27.230><c> the</c><00:48:27.449><c> devil</c><00:48:27.750><c> and</c><00:48:28.269><c> Satan,</c><00:48:28.550><c> and</c><00:48:28.730><c> so</c><00:48:28.929><c> on.</c><00:48:29.110><c> And</c><00:48:29.250><c> there</c><00:48:29.369><c> you</c>

00:48:29.510 --> 00:48:33.510
see<00:48:29.769><c> the</c><00:48:30.449><c> serpent</c><00:48:31.190><c> trodden</c><00:48:31.769><c> underfoot</c><00:48:32.250><c> in</c><00:48:32.809><c> that</c><00:48:33.170><c> way.</c>

00:48:33.929 --> 00:48:37.909
And<00:48:34.130><c> the</c><00:48:34.349><c> other</c><00:48:34.510><c> things</c><00:48:34.849><c> there</c><00:48:35.230><c> too,</c><00:48:36.210><c> which</c><00:48:36.210><c> you've</c><00:48:37.550><c> got</c><00:48:37.690><c> time</c>

00:48:37.909 --> 00:48:39.530
to<00:48:38.090><c> sort</c><00:48:38.250><c> of</c><00:48:38.309><c> go</c><00:48:38.489><c> into</c><00:48:38.710><c> them</c><00:48:38.909><c> all</c><00:48:39.070><c> just</c><00:48:39.250><c> now,</c>

00:48:39.610 --> 00:48:43.449
but<00:48:39.849><c> the</c><00:48:40.630><c> wreath</c><00:48:40.949><c> of</c><00:48:41.329><c> victory</c><00:48:41.809><c> being</c><00:48:42.070><c> put</c><00:48:42.449><c> on,</c><00:48:42.869><c> standing</c><00:48:43.190><c> on</c>

00:48:43.449 --> 00:48:46.230
the<00:48:43.630><c> dragon</c><00:48:43.909><c> on</c><00:48:44.110><c> that</c><00:48:44.329><c> one,</c><00:48:44.989><c> and</c><00:48:45.190><c> so</c><00:48:45.409><c> on</c><00:48:45.570><c> and</c><00:48:45.730><c> so</c><00:48:46.010><c> forth.</c>

00:48:46.230 --> 00:48:51.550
I<00:48:46.829><c> just</c><00:48:47.389><c> put</c><00:48:47.710><c> those</c><00:48:47.989><c> on</c><00:48:48.269><c> to</c><00:48:48.469><c> show</c><00:48:48.829><c> you</c><00:48:49.309><c> how</c><00:48:49.690><c> that's</c><00:48:50.630><c> how</c><00:48:51.050><c> people</c>

00:48:51.550 --> 00:48:55.150
at<00:48:51.969><c> that</c><00:48:52.429><c> time</c><00:48:52.889><c> understood</c><00:48:53.610><c> it.</c><00:48:54.489><c> Looking</c><00:48:54.809><c> back</c>

00:48:55.150 --> 00:48:59.570
for<00:48:55.389><c> us</c><00:48:55.710><c> now,</c><00:48:56.010><c> we</c><00:48:56.210><c> might</c><00:48:56.530><c> say,</c><00:48:57.030><c> well,</c><00:48:57.230><c> how</c><00:48:57.489><c> can</c><00:48:57.710><c> you</c><00:48:58.010><c> say</c><00:48:59.309><c> that</c>

00:48:59.570 --> 00:49:03.050
that<00:48:59.849><c> refers</c><00:49:00.289><c> to</c><00:49:01.050><c> Constantine</c><00:49:01.869><c> and</c><00:49:02.369><c> things</c><00:49:02.690><c> happening</c>

00:49:03.050 --> 00:49:07.389
about<00:49:03.550><c> 312?</c><00:49:04.929><c> And</c><00:49:05.250><c> perhaps</c><00:49:05.550><c> to</c><00:49:05.789><c> us,</c><00:49:05.949><c> it</c><00:49:06.030><c> looks</c><00:49:06.269><c> a</c><00:49:06.369><c> little</c><00:49:06.590><c> strange</c><00:49:07.050><c> as</c><00:49:07.230><c> we</c>

00:49:07.389 --> 00:49:10.530
look<00:49:07.530><c> from</c><00:49:07.809><c> this</c><00:49:08.670><c> time</c><00:49:09.309><c> backwards.</c>

00:49:10.650 --> 00:49:14.969
But<00:49:10.989><c> to</c><00:49:11.289><c> people</c><00:49:11.590><c> living</c><00:49:11.889><c> at</c><00:49:12.110><c> the</c><00:49:12.389><c> time,</c><00:49:13.710><c> it</c><00:49:13.929><c> very</c><00:49:14.269><c> much</c><00:49:14.610><c> looked</c>

00:49:14.969 --> 00:49:16.190
that<00:49:15.349><c> way.</c>

00:49:17.030 --> 00:49:23.610
And<00:49:17.409><c> they</c><00:49:17.869><c> saw</c><00:49:18.150><c> it</c><00:49:18.489><c> so</c><00:49:18.809><c> much</c><00:49:19.050><c> in</c><00:49:19.289><c> those</c><00:49:19.730><c> terms</c><00:49:20.429><c> that</c><00:49:21.329><c> they</c><00:49:21.610><c> minted</c><00:49:21.989><c> their</c><00:49:22.289><c> coins</c><00:49:22.929><c> in</c>

00:49:23.610 --> 00:49:24.329
that<00:49:23.869><c> way,</c>

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as<00:49:24.969><c> we</c><00:49:25.130><c> see</c><00:49:25.409><c> them.</c><00:49:26.010><c> And</c><00:49:26.210><c> one</c><00:49:26.449><c> could</c><00:49:27.090><c> produce</c><00:49:28.150><c> even</c><00:49:28.829><c> more</c><00:49:29.150><c> coins</c>

00:49:29.570 --> 00:49:33.329
and<00:49:29.929><c> stuff</c><00:49:30.389><c> of</c><00:49:31.070><c> that</c><00:49:31.409><c> period</c><00:49:31.750><c> in</c><00:49:32.050><c> that</c><00:49:32.329><c> way.</c>

00:49:33.550 --> 00:49:42.210
So,<00:49:33.949><c> a</c><00:49:34.150><c> ward</c><00:49:34.289><c> in</c><00:49:34.530><c> heaven.</c><00:49:37.230><c> Verse</c><00:49:37.429><c> 13</c><00:49:38.570><c> brings</c><00:49:40.309><c> out</c><00:49:40.630><c> an</c><00:49:40.889><c> interesting</c><00:49:41.389><c> point.</c>

00:49:49.849 --> 00:49:54.050
The<00:49:49.969><c> dragon</c><00:49:50.510><c> persecuted</c><00:49:51.449><c> the</c><00:49:51.750><c> woman</c><00:49:52.349><c> which</c><00:49:53.050><c> brought</c><00:49:53.489><c> forth</c>

00:49:54.050 --> 00:49:56.530
the<00:49:54.489><c> man.</c><00:49:54.869><c> Now,</c><00:49:55.530><c> I'd</c><00:49:55.710><c> like</c><00:49:55.849><c> to</c><00:49:55.929><c> show</c><00:49:56.110><c> you</c><00:49:56.250><c> something</c>

00:49:56.530 --> 00:50:02.809
that's<00:49:56.789><c> going</c><00:49:57.010><c> on</c><00:49:57.329><c> here.</c><00:49:59.190><c> Just</c><00:49:59.570><c> going</c><00:49:59.889><c> back,</c><00:50:00.909><c> you</c><00:50:01.050><c> see</c><00:50:01.230><c> how</c><00:50:01.610><c> that</c><00:50:01.849><c> in</c>

00:50:02.809 --> 00:50:08.650
verse<00:50:03.929><c> 2,</c><00:50:06.250><c> she</c><00:50:06.510><c> is</c><00:50:07.050><c> with</c><00:50:07.449><c> child.</c>

00:50:09.150 --> 00:50:14.969
You<00:50:09.949><c> come</c><00:50:10.289><c> on</c><00:50:10.670><c> down</c><00:50:11.469><c> until</c><00:50:12.369><c> verse</c><00:50:12.750><c> 5,</c><00:50:13.530><c> and</c><00:50:13.570><c> she</c><00:50:13.789><c> brings</c><00:50:14.230><c> forth</c>

00:50:14.969 --> 00:50:21.289
the<00:50:15.590><c> man</c><00:50:16.110><c>-child.</c><00:50:18.670><c> And</c><00:50:18.889><c> then</c><00:50:19.429><c> as</c><00:50:20.389><c> you</c><00:50:20.570><c> come</c><00:50:20.789><c> on</c><00:50:21.050><c> down</c>

00:50:21.289 --> 00:50:29.289
again,<00:50:21.730><c> when</c><00:50:21.849><c> you</c><00:50:22.010><c> come</c><00:50:22.289><c> to</c><00:50:22.489><c> this</c><00:50:22.809><c> verse</c><00:50:23.110><c> 13,</c><00:50:26.210><c> the</c><00:50:26.469><c> woman</c><00:50:26.849><c> which</c><00:50:27.230><c> brought</c><00:50:27.570><c> forth</c><00:50:28.110><c> the</c><00:50:28.429><c> man,</c>

00:50:29.389 --> 00:50:35.730
notice<00:50:29.849><c> child</c><00:50:30.369><c> now</c><00:50:31.010><c> in</c><00:50:31.630><c> italics,</c><00:50:33.570><c> indicating</c><00:50:34.130><c> that</c><00:50:34.530><c> child</c><00:50:34.889><c> isn't</c><00:50:35.250><c> there</c><00:50:35.530><c> in</c>

00:50:35.730 --> 00:50:36.909
the<00:50:35.969><c> original.</c>

00:50:37.530 --> 00:50:42.230
The<00:50:37.710><c> woman</c><00:50:38.070><c> which</c><00:50:38.409><c> brought</c><00:50:38.670><c> forth</c><00:50:39.090><c> the</c><00:50:39.389><c> man,</c><00:50:41.289><c> he's</c><00:50:41.590><c> matured</c>

00:50:42.230 --> 00:50:45.889
now,<00:50:43.570><c> started</c><00:50:43.809><c> off</c><00:50:44.110><c> as</c><00:50:44.269><c> the</c><00:50:44.489><c> man</c><00:50:44.809><c>-child,</c>

00:50:46.429 --> 00:50:50.409
ascended<00:50:47.190><c> into</c><00:50:47.570><c> the</c><00:50:47.789><c> political</c><00:50:48.389><c> heaven,</c><00:50:48.789><c> as</c><00:50:48.969><c> we</c><00:50:49.210><c> suggest,</c>

00:50:50.750 --> 00:50:54.250
and<00:50:50.929><c> matures</c><00:50:51.530><c> into</c><00:50:52.829><c> the</c><00:50:53.369><c> man.</c>

00:50:54.449 --> 00:51:00.130
Taking<00:50:54.829><c> up</c><00:50:55.170><c> the</c><00:50:55.449><c> theme,</c><00:50:55.690><c> you</c><00:50:55.989><c> see,</c><00:50:57.130><c> right</c><00:50:57.389><c> from</c><00:50:57.750><c> 2</c><00:50:58.010><c> Thessalonians</c><00:50:58.809><c> chapter</c><00:50:59.230><c> 2,</c>

00:51:00.489 --> 00:51:01.650
from<00:51:00.750><c> Daniel</c><00:51:01.210><c> chapter</c>

00:51:01.650 --> 00:51:08.929
7,<00:51:02.829><c> and</c><00:51:03.050><c> even</c><00:51:03.369><c> going</c><00:51:03.650><c> back</c><00:51:03.969><c> into</c><00:51:04.250><c> Isaiah</c><00:51:04.730><c> chapter</c><00:51:05.170><c> 14.</c><00:51:06.909><c> Look</c><00:51:07.090><c> at</c><00:51:07.210><c> that</c><00:51:07.429><c> again</c><00:51:07.849><c> in</c><00:51:08.750><c> a</c>

00:51:08.929 --> 00:51:10.650
moment<00:51:09.210><c> or</c><00:51:09.469><c> two.</c>

00:51:11.530 --> 00:51:16.889
And<00:51:12.090><c> so,</c><00:51:12.550><c> we</c><00:51:12.550><c> come</c><00:51:12.849><c> to</c><00:51:13.570><c> Revelation</c><00:51:14.289><c> chapter</c><00:51:15.349><c> 13.</c><00:51:16.389><c> But</c><00:51:16.630><c> before</c>

00:51:16.889 --> 00:51:21.309
we<00:51:17.110><c> do</c><00:51:17.369><c> that,</c><00:51:18.429><c> I</c><00:51:18.610><c> would</c><00:51:18.809><c> like</c><00:51:18.989><c> to</c><00:51:20.210><c> hand</c><00:51:20.750><c> out</c><00:51:21.010><c> some</c>

00:51:21.309 --> 00:51:27.349
sheets<00:51:21.869><c> now.</c><00:51:25.409><c> If</c><00:51:25.750><c> we</c><00:51:26.050><c> have</c><00:51:26.210><c> those,</c><00:51:26.530><c> if</c><00:51:26.710><c> we</c><00:51:26.789><c> could</c><00:51:26.929><c> put</c><00:51:27.070><c> those</c>

00:51:27.349 --> 00:51:33.130
out,<00:51:27.889><c> Eddie.</c><00:51:30.110><c> And</c><00:51:30.670><c> what</c><00:51:30.829><c> we've</c><00:51:31.090><c> done</c><00:51:31.409><c> here</c><00:51:32.190><c> is</c><00:51:32.909><c> we</c>

00:51:33.130 --> 00:51:38.909
have<00:51:33.590><c> paraphrased</c><00:51:34.510><c> Revelation</c><00:51:35.289><c> chapter</c><00:51:35.849><c> 12</c><00:51:36.929><c> in</c><00:51:37.769><c> the</c><00:51:38.050><c> form</c><00:51:38.469><c> of</c>

00:51:38.909 --> 00:51:41.409
a<00:51:39.250><c> newspaper</c><00:51:39.929><c> article.</c>

00:51:42.630 --> 00:51:46.210
You<00:51:42.789><c> remember</c><00:51:43.070><c> that</c><00:51:43.329><c> I</c><00:51:43.489><c> said</c><00:51:43.789><c> that</c><00:51:44.530><c> that</c><00:51:45.349><c> was</c><00:51:45.550><c> the</c><00:51:45.750><c> pattern</c><00:51:46.010><c> in</c>

00:51:46.210 --> 00:51:47.630
which<00:51:46.409><c> it</c><00:51:46.510><c> was</c><00:51:46.769><c> written.</c>

00:51:48.110 --> 00:51:50.369
And<00:51:48.449><c> I'm</c><00:51:48.630><c> going</c><00:51:48.710><c> to</c><00:51:48.849><c> go</c><00:51:49.130><c> through</c><00:51:49.309><c> it</c><00:51:49.510><c> with</c><00:51:49.730><c> you,</c><00:51:49.929><c> just</c><00:51:50.150><c> little</c>

00:51:50.369 --> 00:51:52.670
bit<00:51:50.550><c> by</c><00:51:50.730><c> little</c><00:51:51.030><c> bit.</c><00:51:51.630><c> And</c><00:51:51.730><c> if</c><00:51:52.030><c> you'd</c><00:51:52.309><c> like</c><00:51:52.389><c> to</c>

00:51:52.670 --> 00:51:55.329
take<00:51:52.789><c> this</c><00:51:53.030><c> away</c><00:51:53.349><c> and</c><00:51:53.630><c> think</c><00:51:53.889><c> about</c><00:51:54.190><c> it</c><00:51:54.409><c> at</c><00:51:54.590><c> home</c><00:51:54.769><c> and</c><00:51:54.889><c> look</c><00:51:55.190><c> at</c>

00:51:55.329 --> 00:51:58.329
it<00:51:55.530><c> yourselves</c><00:51:55.849><c> later</c><00:51:56.289><c> on,</c><00:51:57.050><c> you</c><00:51:57.090><c> might</c><00:51:57.289><c> be</c><00:51:57.389><c> able</c><00:51:57.610><c> to,</c>

00:51:58.329 --> 00:52:02.550
you<00:51:58.449><c> might</c><00:51:58.670><c> like</c><00:51:58.889><c> to</c><00:51:59.090><c> just</c><00:51:59.590><c> make</c><00:51:59.929><c> a</c><00:52:00.110><c> few</c><00:52:00.289><c> notes</c><00:52:00.670><c> or</c><00:52:01.070><c> underlinings</c><00:52:01.710><c> or</c><00:52:01.869><c> whatever</c><00:52:02.190><c> as</c><00:52:02.429><c> I</c>

00:52:02.550 --> 00:52:03.570
read<00:52:02.809><c> through</c><00:52:03.030><c> it.</c>

00:52:03.690 --> 00:52:11.829
And<00:52:04.050><c> you'll</c><00:52:04.269><c> see</c><00:52:04.550><c> how</c><00:52:04.829><c> that</c><00:52:05.110><c> it</c><00:52:05.409><c> matches</c><00:52:06.050><c> some</c><00:52:10.090><c> of</c><00:52:10.309><c> its</c><00:52:10.530><c> quotations</c><00:52:11.250><c> actually</c><00:52:11.650><c> from</c>

00:52:11.829 --> 00:52:12.469
history<00:52:12.230><c> books,</c>

00:52:12.469 --> 00:52:16.190
and<00:52:12.650><c> you'll</c><00:52:12.829><c> see</c><00:52:12.929><c> how</c><00:52:13.150><c> that</c><00:52:13.309><c> it</c><00:52:13.510><c> matches</c><00:52:14.190><c> the</c><00:52:15.329><c> structure</c><00:52:15.789><c> of</c>

00:52:16.190 --> 00:52:18.670
Revelation<00:52:16.690><c> chapter</c><00:52:17.170><c> 12</c><00:52:17.550><c> as</c><00:52:17.889><c> well.</c>

00:52:23.409 --> 00:52:27.409
If<00:52:24.409><c> anybody's</c><00:52:25.409><c> got</c><00:52:26.409><c> that.</c>

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The<00:52:35.130><c> heading</c><00:52:35.570><c> is,</c><00:52:37.030><c> Christianity</c><00:52:37.690><c> Becomes</c><00:52:38.510><c> the</c><00:52:39.070><c> State</c><00:52:39.570><c> Church</c>

00:52:40.190 --> 00:52:44.090
of<00:52:40.449><c> Rome.</c><00:52:42.130><c> And</c><00:52:42.630><c> if</c><00:52:42.929><c> you</c><00:52:43.070><c> can</c><00:52:43.309><c> sort</c><00:52:43.510><c> of</c><00:52:43.570><c> go</c><00:52:43.829><c> back</c>

00:52:44.090 --> 00:52:48.550
to<00:52:44.329><c> those</c><00:52:44.510><c> times,</c><00:52:45.190><c> if</c><00:52:45.469><c> they</c><00:52:45.590><c> had</c><00:52:45.849><c> newspapers,</c><00:52:46.849><c> it</c><00:52:46.849><c> would</c><00:52:47.110><c> have</c>

00:52:48.550 --> 00:52:51.550
been<00:52:48.789><c> something</c><00:52:49.190><c> at</c><00:52:49.530><c> the</c><00:52:49.670><c> headline</c><00:52:49.989><c> of</c><00:52:50.269><c> that</c><00:52:50.630><c> sort.</c>

00:52:53.989 --> 00:52:59.789
And<00:52:53.989><c> as</c><00:52:54.989><c> we</c><00:52:55.250><c> open</c><00:52:55.550><c> in</c><00:52:55.789><c> the</c><00:52:56.010><c> first</c><00:52:56.309><c> paragraph,</c><00:52:58.250><c> you'll</c><00:52:58.610><c> be</c><00:52:58.829><c> able,</c><00:52:59.010><c> I</c><00:52:59.170><c> hope,</c><00:52:59.510><c> to</c>

00:52:59.789 --> 00:53:02.489
pick<00:52:59.989><c> out</c><00:53:00.369><c> the</c><00:53:01.289><c> undertones</c><00:53:01.889><c> here</c>

00:53:02.489 --> 00:53:07.409
of<00:53:02.969><c> what</c><00:53:03.150><c> is</c><00:53:03.409><c> going</c><00:53:03.670><c> on</c><00:53:03.849><c> in</c><00:53:04.010><c> Revelation</c><00:53:04.570><c> chapter</c><00:53:05.030><c> 12.</c><00:53:06.809><c> It</c><00:53:07.190><c> has</c>

00:53:07.409 --> 00:53:10.190
been<00:53:07.670><c> revealed</c><00:53:08.269><c> that</c><00:53:08.610><c> Holy</c><00:53:08.969><c> Catholic</c><00:53:09.449><c> Church</c><00:53:09.929><c> is</c>

00:53:10.190 --> 00:53:16.329
now<00:53:11.030><c> recognized</c><00:53:11.250><c> officially</c><00:53:11.869><c> within</c><00:53:12.289><c> the</c><00:53:12.429><c> Roman</c><00:53:12.809><c> Empire.</c><00:53:14.150><c> The</c><00:53:14.289><c> Church</c><00:53:14.690><c> has</c><00:53:15.010><c> the</c><00:53:15.269><c> full</c><00:53:15.510><c> authority</c><00:53:16.050><c> of</c>

00:53:16.329 --> 00:53:17.570
the<00:53:16.610><c> state.</c>

00:53:17.590 --> 00:53:23.289
She's<00:53:18.010><c> clothed</c><00:53:18.389><c> with</c><00:53:18.630><c> the</c><00:53:18.849><c> sun.</c><00:53:20.050><c> With</c><00:53:20.329><c> Caesar's</c><00:53:20.889><c> house</c><00:53:21.230><c> at</c><00:53:21.469><c> the</c><00:53:21.670><c> head,</c><00:53:22.909><c> 12</c>

00:53:23.289 --> 00:53:25.650
stars,<00:53:24.550><c> 12</c><00:53:24.909><c> Caesars,</c>

00:53:26.130 --> 00:53:33.130
the<00:53:26.289><c> Catholic</c><00:53:26.710><c> Church</c><00:53:27.150><c> will</c><00:53:27.449><c> replace</c><00:53:27.949><c> the</c><00:53:28.250><c> former</c><00:53:28.590><c> ecclesiastical</c><00:53:30.250><c> organization,</c><00:53:31.809><c> the</c><00:53:32.130><c> pagan</c><00:53:32.550><c> one,</c>

00:53:33.130 --> 00:53:38.269
of<00:53:33.829><c> the</c><00:53:33.969><c> Empire.</c><00:53:35.289><c> The</c><00:53:35.429><c> moon</c><00:53:35.889><c> is</c><00:53:36.469><c> under</c><00:53:36.750><c> her</c><00:53:37.110><c> feet,</c><00:53:37.710><c> that</c><00:53:37.989><c> which</c>

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reflects<00:53:38.989><c> the</c><00:53:39.349><c> glory</c>

00:53:39.789 --> 00:53:45.789
of<00:53:40.590><c> the</c><00:53:40.929><c> state</c><00:53:41.170><c> in</c><00:53:41.429><c> the</c><00:53:41.670><c> ecclesiastical</c><00:53:42.489><c> structure.</c><00:53:44.389><c> For</c><00:53:44.650><c> many</c><00:53:44.969><c> years,</c><00:53:45.349><c> there</c><00:53:45.510><c> has</c>

00:53:45.789 --> 00:53:47.150
been<00:53:46.090><c> within</c><00:53:46.449><c> the</c><00:53:46.690><c> Christian</c>

00:53:47.150 --> 00:53:53.510
Church<00:53:47.630><c> a</c><00:53:48.889><c> growing</c><00:53:49.329><c> political</c><00:53:50.469><c> influence.</c><00:53:52.250><c> She</c><00:53:52.590><c> is</c><00:53:53.210><c> with</c>

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child.<00:53:55.349><c> Under</c><00:53:55.730><c> Emperor</c><00:53:56.210><c> Diocletian,</c>

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this<00:53:57.309><c> was</c><00:53:57.550><c> severely</c><00:53:58.110><c> dealt</c><00:53:58.469><c> with</c><00:53:58.849><c> and</c><00:53:59.250><c> much</c><00:53:59.590><c> pain</c><00:54:00.050><c> was</c><00:54:00.349><c> inflicted</c><00:54:00.949><c> upon</c>

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the<00:54:01.409><c> community,</c>

00:54:01.889 --> 00:54:08.570
so<00:54:02.210><c> that</c><00:54:02.289><c> she</c><00:54:02.550><c> cried</c><00:54:02.909><c> out</c><00:54:03.269><c> for</c><00:54:03.590><c> justice.</c><00:54:05.429><c> She</c><00:54:05.690><c> did</c><00:54:05.989><c> so,</c><00:54:07.050><c> and</c><00:54:07.349><c> she</c><00:54:07.610><c> cried</c><00:54:07.849><c> out</c><00:54:08.349><c> to</c>

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be<00:54:08.769><c> delivered.</c>

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Under<00:54:11.530><c> Maxentius,</c><00:54:13.230><c> the</c><00:54:13.449><c> government</c><00:54:14.010><c> was</c><00:54:14.449><c> determined</c><00:54:15.030><c> to</c><00:54:15.409><c> devour</c><00:54:16.349><c> any</c>

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organized<00:54:17.610><c> military</c><00:54:18.150><c> leadership</c>

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that<00:54:19.230><c> might</c><00:54:19.489><c> emerge</c><00:54:19.949><c> as</c><00:54:20.190><c> a</c><00:54:20.389><c> champion</c><00:54:20.769><c> of</c><00:54:20.969><c> the</c><00:54:21.110><c> Christian</c><00:54:21.630><c> cause,</c><00:54:22.730><c> and</c>

00:54:23.570 --> 00:54:26.269
one<00:54:23.889><c> can</c><00:54:24.110><c> read</c><00:54:24.309><c> about</c><00:54:24.570><c> that</c><00:54:24.869><c> in</c><00:54:25.050><c> history.</c>

00:54:26.809 --> 00:54:31.349
However,<00:54:27.989><c> the</c><00:54:28.170><c> swift</c><00:54:28.469><c> manner</c><00:54:28.809><c> in</c><00:54:29.030><c> which</c><00:54:29.329><c> Emperor</c><00:54:29.789><c> Constantine</c><00:54:30.690><c> was</c><00:54:30.989><c> caught</c>

00:54:31.349 --> 00:54:32.710
up<00:54:31.670><c> to</c><00:54:31.889><c> the</c><00:54:32.090><c> throne</c><00:54:32.349><c> of</c>

00:54:32.710 --> 00:54:37.409
Caesar,<00:54:34.130><c> and</c><00:54:34.429><c> his</c><00:54:34.909><c> identification</c><00:54:35.769><c> with</c><00:54:36.130><c> the</c><00:54:36.329><c> Christian</c><00:54:36.730><c> cause</c><00:54:37.110><c> by</c>

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publishing<00:54:37.869><c> the</c><00:54:38.150><c> Edict</c><00:54:38.550><c> of</c><00:54:38.730><c> Milan,</c>

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forestalled<00:54:40.429><c> any</c><00:54:40.869><c> immediate</c><00:54:41.389><c> action.</c><00:54:42.809><c> Some</c><00:54:43.150><c> Christians,</c><00:54:44.090><c> not</c><00:54:44.449><c> in</c>

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agreement<00:54:45.110><c> with</c><00:54:45.349><c> the</c><00:54:45.489><c> newly</c><00:54:45.869><c> formed</c><00:54:46.329><c> state,</c>

00:54:47.309 --> 00:54:51.190
Church<00:54:47.489><c> Alliance,</c><00:54:48.730><c> chose</c><00:54:49.090><c> to</c><00:54:49.409><c> disassociate</c><00:54:50.150><c> themselves</c><00:54:50.670><c> from</c><00:54:50.989><c> the</c>

00:54:51.190 --> 00:54:54.030
deal,<00:54:52.110><c> an</c><00:54:52.349><c> action</c><00:54:52.690><c> which</c><00:54:53.050><c> effectively</c><00:54:53.690><c> puts</c>

00:54:54.030 --> 00:54:59.530
them<00:54:54.269><c> in</c><00:54:54.429><c> the</c><00:54:54.610><c> political</c><00:54:55.190><c> wilderness.</c><00:54:56.630><c> The</c><00:54:56.769><c> woman</c><00:54:57.329><c> fled</c><00:54:57.809><c> to</c><00:54:58.050><c> the</c><00:54:58.190><c> wilderness</c><00:54:58.610><c> where</c><00:54:58.909><c> she</c><00:54:59.090><c> had</c><00:54:59.289><c> a</c>

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place<00:54:59.869><c> prepared</c>

00:55:00.429 --> 00:55:07.510
of<00:55:01.110><c> God.</c><00:55:04.630><c> If</c><00:55:05.190><c> you</c><00:55:05.449><c> were</c><00:55:05.650><c> to</c><00:55:05.869><c> pick</c><00:55:06.050><c> up</c><00:55:06.250><c> a</c><00:55:06.530><c> history</c><00:55:06.769><c> book</c><00:55:06.989><c> such</c><00:55:07.289><c> as</c>

00:55:07.510 --> 00:55:09.429
Gibbon,<00:55:08.190><c> or</c><00:55:08.269><c> any</c><00:55:08.590><c> of</c><00:55:08.750><c> those</c><00:55:09.070><c> there,</c>

00:55:09.449 --> 00:55:14.510
you<00:55:09.630><c> can</c><00:55:09.909><c> see</c><00:55:10.070><c> the</c><00:55:10.230><c> detail</c><00:55:10.690><c> of</c><00:55:10.909><c> this,</c><00:55:11.289><c> how</c><00:55:11.449><c> those</c><00:55:11.989><c> in</c><00:55:13.610><c> that</c><00:55:13.929><c> period</c><00:55:14.269><c> who</c>

00:55:14.510 --> 00:55:16.690
were<00:55:14.710><c> considered</c><00:55:15.210><c> to</c><00:55:15.510><c> be</c><00:55:15.690><c> the</c><00:55:16.010><c> heretics,</c>

00:55:16.690 --> 00:55:21.150
people<00:55:17.429><c> with</c><00:55:17.750><c> beliefs</c><00:55:18.170><c> very</c><00:55:18.590><c> similar</c><00:55:18.929><c> to</c><00:55:19.250><c> ourselves,</c><00:55:20.469><c> and</c><00:55:20.530><c> there</c><00:55:20.590><c> was</c><00:55:20.750><c> quite</c><00:55:20.989><c> a</c>

00:55:21.150 --> 00:55:22.449
few<00:55:21.329><c> of</c><00:55:21.630><c> them.</c>

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The,<00:55:25.289><c> I</c><00:55:25.929><c> forget,</c><00:55:26.630><c> there</c><00:55:26.630><c> was</c><00:55:26.969><c> the</c><00:55:27.150><c> Paulicans,</c><00:55:27.889><c> and</c><00:55:28.070><c> there</c><00:55:28.130><c> was</c>

00:55:28.369 --> 00:55:31.769
another<00:55:28.630><c> one</c><00:55:28.949><c> quite</c><00:55:29.630><c> a</c><00:55:29.869><c> bit</c><00:55:29.989><c> before</c><00:55:30.389><c> that</c><00:55:30.710><c> as</c><00:55:30.949><c> well.</c>

00:55:32.269 --> 00:55:40.449
Very<00:55:32.590><c> remarkable</c><00:55:33.250><c> if</c><00:55:33.469><c> you</c><00:55:33.670><c> study</c><00:55:33.969><c> some</c><00:55:34.289><c> of</c><00:55:34.449><c> that</c><00:55:34.809><c> early</c><00:55:37.030><c> beliefs,</c><00:55:37.809><c> particularly</c><00:55:38.349><c> in</c><00:55:39.150><c> and</c><00:55:39.349><c> around</c><00:55:39.610><c> the</c><00:55:39.769><c> area</c><00:55:40.130><c> of</c>

00:55:40.449 --> 00:55:45.469
Antioch,<00:55:41.590><c> Assyria,</c><00:55:42.750><c> and</c><00:55:43.130><c> so</c><00:55:43.789><c> on,</c><00:55:43.949><c> and</c><00:55:44.090><c> you</c><00:55:44.289><c> see</c><00:55:44.369><c> how</c><00:55:44.570><c> they</c><00:55:44.829><c> fled</c><00:55:45.110><c> to</c>

00:55:45.469 --> 00:55:48.210
Armenia<00:55:45.949><c> at</c><00:55:46.449><c> this</c><00:55:46.630><c> particular</c><00:55:47.150><c> time.</c>

00:55:48.510 --> 00:55:51.750
The<00:55:48.809><c> fierce</c><00:55:49.070><c> battle</c><00:55:49.690><c> was</c><00:55:50.230><c> fought</c><00:55:50.489><c> for</c><00:55:50.809><c> the</c><00:55:50.989><c> mastery</c><00:55:51.329><c> of</c><00:55:51.570><c> the</c>

00:55:51.750 --> 00:55:54.690
empire<00:55:52.130><c> has</c><00:55:52.369><c> resulted</c><00:55:52.869><c> in</c><00:55:53.170><c> the</c><00:55:53.449><c> defeat</c><00:55:53.650><c> of</c><00:55:53.889><c> Licinius,</c>

00:55:54.849 --> 00:55:59.050
and<00:55:55.050><c> the</c><00:55:55.329><c> disestablishment</c><00:55:56.170><c> of</c><00:55:56.329><c> the</c><00:55:56.570><c> old</c><00:55:56.869><c> ecclesiastical</c><00:55:57.829><c> system</c><00:55:58.329><c> which</c><00:55:58.789><c> is</c>

00:55:59.050 --> 00:56:02.150
now<00:55:59.329><c> recognized</c><00:56:00.070><c> as</c><00:56:00.849><c> an</c><00:56:01.409><c> adversary,</c>

00:56:02.150 --> 00:56:08.210
the<00:56:02.809><c> Satan,</c><00:56:04.349><c> a</c><00:56:04.409><c> system</c><00:56:04.769><c> that</c><00:56:05.010><c> has</c><00:56:05.329><c> deceived</c><00:56:05.730><c> the</c><00:56:05.969><c> whole</c><00:56:06.329><c> world,</c><00:56:07.909><c> and</c>

00:56:08.210 --> 00:56:09.570
it<00:56:08.409><c> was</c><00:56:08.710><c> so.</c>

00:56:11.010 --> 00:56:15.070
The<00:56:11.530><c> terrific</c><00:56:12.130><c> change</c><00:56:12.869><c> that</c><00:56:13.150><c> took</c><00:56:13.409><c> place</c><00:56:13.789><c> in</c><00:56:13.969><c> the</c><00:56:14.110><c> Roman</c><00:56:14.409><c> Empire</c><00:56:14.869><c> at</c>

00:56:15.070 --> 00:56:16.469
that<00:56:15.309><c> particular</c><00:56:15.809><c> time,</c>

00:56:16.909 --> 00:56:21.409
it's<00:56:17.469><c> hard</c><00:56:17.670><c> for</c><00:56:17.869><c> us</c><00:56:18.050><c> to</c><00:56:18.329><c> imagine</c><00:56:18.670><c> it,</c><00:56:19.610><c> that</c><00:56:19.909><c> from</c><00:56:20.269><c> a</c><00:56:20.590><c> system</c><00:56:20.929><c> of</c>

00:56:21.409 --> 00:56:26.369
paganism,<00:56:23.610><c> the</c><00:56:24.110><c> whole</c><00:56:24.889><c> system</c><00:56:25.409><c> should</c><00:56:25.670><c> just</c><00:56:25.969><c> be</c>

00:56:26.369 --> 00:56:31.750
changed<00:56:27.010><c> so</c><00:56:27.829><c> that</c><00:56:28.550><c> Christianity,</c><00:56:30.289><c> apostate</c><00:56:31.010><c> form</c><00:56:31.289><c> of</c><00:56:31.429><c> it</c><00:56:31.570><c> of</c>

00:56:31.750 --> 00:56:34.309
course,<00:56:32.530><c> but</c><00:56:32.769><c> Christianity</c><00:56:33.489><c> should</c><00:56:33.849><c> just</c>

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replace<00:56:34.730><c> it</c><00:56:34.929><c> like</c><00:56:35.230><c> that.</c><00:56:35.469><c> It's</c><00:56:35.610><c> really</c><00:56:35.909><c> quite</c><00:56:36.170><c> remarkable</c><00:56:36.889><c> when</c><00:56:37.429><c> you</c><00:56:37.610><c> look</c><00:56:37.829><c> at</c>

00:56:38.110 --> 00:56:40.610
it<00:56:38.670><c> in</c><00:56:39.349><c> perspective</c><00:56:39.969><c> of</c><00:56:40.349><c> that</c>

00:56:40.610 --> 00:56:45.769
particular<00:56:41.070><c> time.</c><00:56:43.130><c> Continuing</c><00:56:43.510><c> reading,</c><00:56:44.469><c> in</c><00:56:44.670><c> government</c><00:56:45.110><c> circles</c><00:56:45.570><c> it</c>

00:56:45.769 --> 00:56:47.909
is<00:56:45.949><c> now</c><00:56:46.150><c> being</c><00:56:46.449><c> openly</c><00:56:46.989><c> stated</c><00:56:47.409><c> that</c><00:56:47.710><c> the</c>

00:56:47.909 --> 00:56:51.170
kingdom<00:56:48.230><c> of</c><00:56:48.510><c> God</c><00:56:48.750><c> and</c><00:56:48.969><c> the</c><00:56:49.170><c> power</c><00:56:49.389><c> of</c><00:56:49.590><c> his</c><00:56:49.809><c> Christ,</c><00:56:50.710><c> as</c><00:56:50.929><c> this</c>

00:56:51.170 --> 00:56:54.010
is<00:56:51.429><c> seen</c><00:56:51.650><c> in</c><00:56:51.869><c> the</c><00:56:52.050><c> emperor,</c><00:56:52.949><c> has</c><00:56:53.230><c> arrived,</c>

00:56:54.010 --> 00:56:57.909
and<00:56:54.809><c> that</c><00:56:55.070><c> was</c><00:56:55.369><c> so.</c><00:56:55.789><c> You</c><00:56:55.869><c> can</c><00:56:56.050><c> look</c><00:56:56.230><c> at</c><00:56:56.530><c> the</c><00:56:56.889><c> church</c><00:56:57.250><c> historian</c>

00:56:57.909 --> 00:57:00.809
Eusebius<00:56:58.849><c> and</c><00:56:59.369><c> you</c><00:56:59.630><c> see</c><00:56:59.769><c> his</c><00:57:00.090><c> comments</c>

00:57:00.809 --> 00:57:05.329
on<00:57:01.550><c> this</c><00:57:01.789><c> particular</c><00:57:02.389><c> time,</c><00:57:03.130><c> and</c><00:57:03.369><c> they</c><00:57:03.650><c> really</c><00:57:04.070><c> believed</c><00:57:04.670><c> that</c><00:57:05.010><c> the</c>

00:57:05.329 --> 00:57:08.309
kingdom<00:57:05.769><c> of</c><00:57:06.170><c> Christ</c><00:57:06.730><c> had</c><00:57:07.269><c> come.</c>

00:57:08.489 --> 00:57:14.690
This<00:57:08.730><c> was</c><00:57:10.190><c> the</c><00:57:10.650><c> establishment</c><00:57:11.449><c> now</c><00:57:12.010><c> of</c><00:57:12.570><c> Christendom,</c><00:57:14.510><c> and</c>

00:57:14.690 --> 00:57:18.070
Christ's<00:57:15.289><c> kingdom</c><00:57:15.909><c> had</c><00:57:16.769><c> been</c><00:57:17.250><c> established.</c>

00:57:18.429 --> 00:57:22.389
That's<00:57:18.789><c> the</c><00:57:18.889><c> way</c><00:57:19.130><c> they</c><00:57:19.429><c> saw</c><00:57:19.690><c> it,</c><00:57:20.070><c> and</c><00:57:20.469><c> one</c><00:57:20.670><c> has</c><00:57:20.949><c> to</c><00:57:21.809><c> read</c><00:57:22.130><c> their</c>

00:57:22.389 --> 00:57:23.949
words<00:57:22.650><c> to</c><00:57:22.849><c> see</c><00:57:23.050><c> that.</c>

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As<00:57:24.409><c> one</c><00:57:24.789><c> source</c><00:57:25.110><c> described</c><00:57:25.670><c> it,</c><00:57:26.510><c> our</c><00:57:26.550><c> Christian</c><00:57:27.050><c> brethren,</c>

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which<00:57:28.170><c> were</c><00:57:28.429><c> accused</c><00:57:28.849><c> before</c><00:57:29.349><c> Caesar</c>

00:57:29.630 --> 00:57:34.710
day<00:57:29.969><c> and</c><00:57:30.170><c> night,</c><00:57:30.670><c> have</c><00:57:30.690><c> been</c><00:57:30.969><c> vindicated</c><00:57:31.730><c> at</c><00:57:32.170><c> last,</c><00:57:32.949><c> paraphrasing</c><00:57:34.010><c> what</c><00:57:34.510><c> you</c>

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have<00:57:34.869><c> there</c><00:57:35.210><c> in</c><00:57:36.349><c> Revelation</c>

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12.<00:57:38.010><c> Three</c><00:57:38.289><c> main</c><00:57:38.550><c> reasons</c><00:57:38.909><c> have</c><00:57:39.130><c> been</c><00:57:39.389><c> given</c><00:57:39.690><c> for</c><00:57:39.969><c> the</c><00:57:40.230><c> success</c><00:57:40.590><c> of</c><00:57:40.809><c> the</c>

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Christian<00:57:41.409><c> cause.</c><00:57:42.369><c> The</c><00:57:42.630><c> example</c><00:57:43.050><c> of</c>

00:57:43.329 --> 00:57:48.389
Christ<00:57:43.650><c> to</c><00:57:43.869><c> his</c><00:57:44.130><c> followers,</c><00:57:44.929><c> which</c><00:57:45.130><c> was</c><00:57:46.010><c> recognized</c><00:57:47.570><c> of</c><00:57:47.769><c> course</c><00:57:48.070><c> by</c>

00:57:48.389 --> 00:57:51.570
even<00:57:49.989><c> the</c><00:57:50.190><c> corrupt</c><00:57:50.449><c> form</c><00:57:50.769><c> of</c><00:57:51.110><c> Christianity.</c>

00:57:51.570 --> 00:57:55.829
The<00:57:52.409><c> sustained</c><00:57:52.989><c> Christian</c><00:57:53.610><c> witness</c><00:57:54.050><c> throughout</c><00:57:54.449><c> the</c><00:57:54.750><c> empire,</c><00:57:55.730><c> and</c>

00:57:55.829 --> 00:57:57.309
the<00:57:55.989><c> fact</c><00:57:56.150><c> that</c><00:57:56.349><c> they</c><00:57:56.610><c> loved</c><00:57:56.789><c> not</c><00:57:57.050><c> their</c>

00:57:57.309 --> 00:58:00.989
lives<00:57:57.670><c> unto</c><00:57:57.989><c> death.</c><00:57:59.050><c> After</c><00:57:59.329><c> such</c><00:57:59.590><c> a</c><00:57:59.809><c> long</c><00:57:59.969><c> struggle,</c><00:58:00.849><c> there</c>

00:58:00.989 --> 00:58:03.349
is<00:58:01.230><c> now</c><00:58:01.489><c> much</c><00:58:01.769><c> rejoicing</c><00:58:02.349><c> in</c><00:58:02.630><c> Rome</c><00:58:02.929><c> following</c>

00:58:03.349 --> 00:58:07.590
the<00:58:03.650><c> official</c><00:58:03.989><c> recognition</c><00:58:04.730><c> of</c><00:58:05.329><c> the</c><00:58:05.530><c> Holy</c><00:58:05.869><c> Catholic</c><00:58:06.369><c> Church.</c>

00:58:08.789 --> 00:58:11.469
On<00:58:08.969><c> the</c><00:58:09.110><c> level</c><00:58:09.369><c> of</c><00:58:09.670><c> local</c><00:58:10.130><c> government,</c>

00:58:11.909 --> 00:58:17.070
as<00:58:12.030><c> we</c><00:58:12.230><c> come</c><00:58:12.570><c> to</c><00:58:14.630><c> Revelation</c><00:58:15.309><c> chapter</c><00:58:15.730><c> 12,</c><00:58:16.269><c> we</c><00:58:16.369><c> see</c><00:58:16.750><c> that</c><00:58:16.849><c> when</c>

00:58:17.070 --> 00:58:19.929
the<00:58:17.349><c> dragon,</c><00:58:17.889><c> verse</c><00:58:18.250><c> 13,</c><00:58:18.869><c> when</c><00:58:18.989><c> the</c><00:58:19.210><c> dragon</c><00:58:19.550><c> saw</c>

00:58:19.929 --> 00:58:30.190
he<00:58:20.230><c> was</c><00:58:20.409><c> cast</c><00:58:20.809><c> out</c><00:58:21.090><c> unto</c><00:58:21.309><c> the</c><00:58:21.630><c> earth,</c><00:58:22.309><c> he</c><00:58:22.469><c> persecuted</c><00:58:23.190><c> the</c><00:58:28.090><c> woman</c><00:58:28.349><c> which</c><00:58:28.650><c> brought</c><00:58:28.849><c> forth</c><00:58:29.150><c> the</c><00:58:29.389><c> man.</c>

00:58:31.670 --> 00:58:34.630
As<00:58:32.230><c> you</c><00:58:32.389><c> look</c><00:58:32.610><c> at</c><00:58:32.650><c> that</c><00:58:32.969><c> historically,</c><00:58:33.710><c> you</c><00:58:33.869><c> see</c><00:58:34.090><c> that</c><00:58:34.250><c> at</c><00:58:34.429><c> the</c>

00:58:34.630 --> 00:58:36.269
level<00:58:34.829><c> of</c><00:58:35.110><c> local</c><00:58:35.530><c> government,</c>

00:58:36.590 --> 00:58:39.530
which<00:58:36.809><c> still</c><00:58:37.150><c> remained</c><00:58:37.610><c> in</c><00:58:37.849><c> the</c><00:58:38.010><c> hands</c><00:58:38.369><c> of</c><00:58:38.710><c> civil</c><00:58:39.030><c> servants</c>

00:58:39.530 --> 00:58:41.969
faithful<00:58:40.010><c> to</c><00:58:40.250><c> the</c><00:58:40.429><c> old</c><00:58:40.710><c> establishment,</c>

00:58:42.230 --> 00:58:45.369
there<00:58:42.349><c> is</c><00:58:42.610><c> reported</c><00:58:42.989><c> to</c><00:58:43.269><c> be</c><00:58:43.449><c> great</c><00:58:43.829><c> anger</c><00:58:44.309><c> over</c><00:58:44.670><c> changes</c><00:58:45.110><c> that</c>

00:58:45.369 --> 00:58:48.289
are<00:58:45.650><c> seen</c><00:58:45.869><c> as</c><00:58:46.150><c> inevitable</c><00:58:46.690><c> within</c><00:58:47.030><c> a</c><00:58:47.309><c> short</c><00:58:47.590><c> time,</c>

00:58:48.289 --> 00:58:51.929
i<00:58:49.150><c>.e.</c><00:58:49.449><c> within</c><00:58:49.670><c> the</c><00:58:49.849><c> next</c><00:58:50.110><c> 20</c><00:58:50.510><c> years,</c><00:58:51.070><c> it</c><00:58:51.090><c> is</c><00:58:51.269><c> believed</c><00:58:51.630><c> that</c>

00:58:51.929 --> 00:58:53.630
Catholic<00:58:52.289><c> officials</c><00:58:52.730><c> will</c><00:58:53.050><c> replace</c>

00:58:53.630 --> 00:58:57.650
present<00:58:54.090><c> ones</c><00:58:54.510><c> at</c><00:58:54.969><c> all</c><00:58:55.210><c> levels</c><00:58:55.630><c> of</c><00:58:55.929><c> government.</c><00:58:56.869><c> I</c><00:58:57.150><c> put</c><00:58:57.369><c> that</c>

00:58:57.650 --> 00:59:01.230
in<00:58:57.889><c> there</c><00:58:58.170><c> because</c><00:58:58.949><c> it</c><00:58:59.769><c> was</c><00:59:00.230><c> 20</c><00:59:00.750><c> years,</c>

00:59:01.250 --> 00:59:05.150
it<00:59:01.570><c> took</c><00:59:01.949><c> about</c><00:59:02.550><c> 20</c><00:59:03.110><c> years.</c><00:59:03.849><c> Remember</c><00:59:04.170><c> you're</c><00:59:04.409><c> talking</c><00:59:04.769><c> about</c>

00:59:05.150 --> 00:59:07.309
the<00:59:05.369><c> days</c><00:59:05.690><c> where</c><00:59:05.869><c> they</c><00:59:05.989><c> didn't</c><00:59:06.190><c> have</c><00:59:06.469><c> jet</c><00:59:06.730><c> aircraft</c>

00:59:07.309 --> 00:59:11.730
and<00:59:07.550><c> so</c><00:59:07.730><c> on</c><00:59:07.889><c> and</c><00:59:07.989><c> so</c><00:59:08.190><c> forth,</c><00:59:08.349><c> people</c><00:59:08.650><c> had</c><00:59:08.929><c> to</c><00:59:09.550><c> travel</c><00:59:09.969><c> by</c><00:59:11.150><c> horse</c>

00:59:11.730 --> 00:59:15.469
and<00:59:12.489><c> they</c><00:59:13.170><c> would</c><00:59:13.650><c> take</c><00:59:14.030><c> the</c><00:59:14.730><c> authority</c><00:59:15.250><c> of</c>

00:59:15.469 --> 00:59:18.869
emperor<00:59:15.929><c> with</c><00:59:16.150><c> them</c><00:59:16.329><c> to</c><00:59:16.489><c> bring</c><00:59:16.710><c> about</c><00:59:16.989><c> the</c><00:59:17.190><c> necessary</c><00:59:17.650><c> changes</c><00:59:18.250><c> and</c><00:59:18.690><c> of</c>

00:59:18.869 --> 00:59:20.230
course<00:59:19.030><c> people</c><00:59:19.349><c> could</c><00:59:19.630><c> read</c><00:59:19.809><c> what</c><00:59:20.010><c> was</c>

00:59:20.230 --> 00:59:23.090
happening,<00:59:20.590><c> they</c><00:59:20.769><c> knew</c><00:59:20.949><c> what</c><00:59:21.150><c> was</c><00:59:21.389><c> going</c><00:59:21.550><c> to</c><00:59:21.869><c> happen</c><00:59:22.130><c> and</c><00:59:22.849><c> the</c>

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old<00:59:23.409><c> regime</c><00:59:23.849><c> as</c><00:59:24.070><c> it</c><00:59:24.309><c> were</c><00:59:24.550><c> would</c><00:59:24.989><c> be</c><00:59:25.269><c> ousted</c><00:59:25.769><c> and</c>

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people<00:59:26.929><c> faithful</c><00:59:27.409><c> to</c><00:59:27.690><c> the</c><00:59:27.849><c> new</c><00:59:28.110><c> regime</c><00:59:28.650><c> would</c><00:59:29.070><c> be</c><00:59:29.329><c> brought</c><00:59:29.550><c> in</c>

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in<00:59:29.949><c> their</c><00:59:30.170><c> place</c><00:59:30.429><c> and</c><00:59:30.650><c> obviously</c><00:59:31.070><c> there</c><00:59:33.349><c> was</c><00:59:33.650><c> anger</c>

00:59:33.969 --> 00:59:37.889
at<00:59:34.210><c> that</c><00:59:34.469><c> and</c><00:59:34.750><c> some</c><00:59:35.050><c> persecution</c><00:59:35.670><c> as</c><00:59:35.969><c> a</c><00:59:36.190><c> result.</c><00:59:37.510><c> There</c><00:59:37.670><c> have</c>

00:59:37.889 --> 00:59:40.710
been<00:59:38.130><c> some</c><00:59:38.449><c> reports</c><00:59:38.949><c> of</c><00:59:39.230><c> persecution</c><00:59:39.869><c> at</c><00:59:40.110><c> this</c><00:59:40.349><c> level</c>

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but<00:59:41.110><c> it</c><00:59:41.429><c> appears</c><00:59:41.710><c> to</c><00:59:41.969><c> be</c><00:59:42.190><c> aimed</c><00:59:42.449><c> mainly</c><00:59:42.869><c> at</c><00:59:43.070><c> those</c><00:59:43.369><c> Christians</c>

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who<00:59:44.190><c> disassociated</c><00:59:45.110><c> themselves</c><00:59:45.610><c> from</c>

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the<00:59:46.030><c> deal</c><00:59:46.210><c> with</c><00:59:46.449><c> the</c><00:59:46.670><c> state.</c><00:59:47.389><c> They</c><00:59:47.510><c> are</c><00:59:47.769><c> therefore</c><00:59:48.150><c> unable</c><00:59:48.550><c> to</c>

00:59:48.829 --> 00:59:51.090
appeal<00:59:49.110><c> to</c><00:59:49.309><c> the</c><00:59:49.510><c> emperor</c><00:59:49.769><c> for</c><00:59:50.070><c> protection.</c>

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Some<00:59:51.349><c> of</c><00:59:51.530><c> these</c><00:59:51.789><c> communities,</c><00:59:53.090><c> sources</c><00:59:53.389><c> name</c><00:59:53.710><c> as</c><00:59:53.969><c> examples</c>

00:59:54.429 --> 00:59:56.090
the<00:59:54.710><c> Novatians,</c><00:59:55.469><c> Donatists,</c>

00:59:56.210 --> 01:00:00.309
Paulicans<00:59:56.730><c> are</c><00:59:57.530><c> reported</c><00:59:57.989><c> to</c><00:59:58.289><c> be</c><00:59:58.570><c> emigrating</c><00:59:59.130><c> to</c><00:59:59.369><c> distant</c><00:59:59.730><c> parts</c><01:00:00.090><c> of</c>

01:00:00.309 --> 01:00:03.269
the<01:00:00.449><c> empire</c><01:00:00.909><c> in</c><01:00:01.369><c> order</c><01:00:01.630><c> to</c><01:00:01.889><c> escape</c><01:00:02.250><c> the</c><01:00:02.630><c> rising</c>

01:00:03.269 --> 01:00:07.730
of<01:00:03.969><c> persecution.</c><01:00:05.210><c> You</c><01:00:05.369><c> see</c><01:00:05.449><c> there</c><01:00:05.590><c> was</c><01:00:05.849><c> a</c><01:00:06.789><c> flood</c><01:00:07.050><c> came</c><01:00:07.369><c> out</c><01:00:07.570><c> of</c>

01:00:07.730 --> 01:00:11.750
the<01:00:07.949><c> dragon's</c><01:00:08.429><c> mouth</c><01:00:08.750><c> to</c><01:00:10.329><c> these</c><01:00:10.630><c> people.</c><01:00:11.530><c> However,</c>

01:00:11.889 --> 01:00:18.429
in<01:00:12.030><c> some</c><01:00:12.309><c> parts</c><01:00:12.610><c> there</c><01:00:12.849><c> is</c><01:00:13.030><c> an</c><01:00:13.269><c> apparent</c><01:00:13.869><c> groundswell</c><01:00:14.869><c> of</c><01:00:15.210><c> public</c><01:00:15.650><c> opinion,</c><01:00:16.570><c> excuse</c><01:00:16.889><c> the</c>

01:00:18.429 --> 01:00:19.269
wording<01:00:18.730><c> here</c><01:00:19.070><c> but</c>

01:00:19.269 --> 01:00:22.010
it's<01:00:19.630><c> just</c><01:00:19.889><c> trying</c><01:00:20.090><c> to</c><01:00:20.329><c> sort</c><01:00:20.449><c> of</c><01:00:20.710><c> paraphrase</c><01:00:21.230><c> it</c><01:00:21.429><c> to</c><01:00:21.630><c> show</c><01:00:21.849><c> you</c>

01:00:22.010 --> 01:00:24.889
how<01:00:22.269><c> that</c><01:00:22.510><c> the</c><01:00:22.750><c> earth</c><01:00:23.250><c> opened</c><01:00:23.769><c> her</c><01:00:24.010><c> mouth,</c>

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swallowed<01:00:25.130><c> the</c><01:00:25.489><c> flood</c><01:00:25.730><c> and</c><01:00:26.670><c> that's</c><01:00:27.110><c> what</c><01:00:27.269><c> it</c><01:00:27.550><c> was</c><01:00:27.730><c> really.</c><01:00:28.750><c> There</c><01:00:28.989><c> was</c><01:00:29.289><c> a</c>

01:00:29.550 --> 01:00:31.469
groundswell<01:00:30.090><c> of</c><01:00:30.349><c> public</c><01:00:30.690><c> opinion</c><01:00:31.150><c> which</c>

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01:02:02.030 --> 01:02:05.210
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01:02:25.929 --> 01:02:30.070
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01:02:45.969 --> 01:02:48.250
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01:03:39.989 --> 01:03:45.349
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And<01:04:06.050><c> we</c><01:04:06.230><c> are</c><01:04:06.530><c> reminded</c><01:04:07.489><c> of</c><01:04:08.349><c> the</c><01:04:08.590><c> words</c><01:04:08.869><c> of</c><01:04:09.130><c> the</c><01:04:09.309><c> beast</c>

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01:04:29.809 --> 01:04:34.269
Genesis,<01:04:31.710><c> the</c><01:04:31.889><c> serpent.</c><01:04:33.469><c> And</c><01:04:33.670><c> you</c><01:04:33.809><c> see</c><01:04:34.010><c> now</c>

01:04:34.269 --> 01:04:38.909
that<01:04:34.489><c> is</c><01:04:34.730><c> what</c><01:04:34.989><c> fills</c><01:04:35.329><c> the</c><01:04:35.650><c> heart</c><01:04:36.429><c> of</c><01:04:37.329><c> the</c><01:04:37.429><c> King</c><01:04:37.630><c> of</c><01:04:37.869><c> Babylon.</c>

01:04:39.570 --> 01:04:41.590
He<01:04:39.650><c> is</c><01:04:39.909><c> going</c><01:04:40.210><c> to</c><01:04:40.929><c> exalt</c><01:04:41.269><c> himself,</c>

01:04:41.670 --> 01:04:49.050
I<01:04:41.949><c> will</c><01:04:42.190><c> be</c><01:04:42.389><c> like</c><01:04:42.750><c> the</c><01:04:42.989><c> most</c><01:04:43.349><c> high</c><01:04:43.670><c> he</c><01:04:43.969><c> says.</c><01:04:46.630><c> And</c><01:04:46.809><c> Daniel</c><01:04:47.090><c> chapter</c><01:04:47.530><c> 7,</c>

01:04:50.070 --> 01:04:52.510
the<01:04:50.130><c> little</c><01:04:50.530><c> horn</c><01:04:50.929><c> has</c><01:04:51.289><c> the</c><01:04:51.690><c> eyes,</c>

01:04:52.869 --> 01:05:00.630
whoops,<01:04:53.690><c> has</c><01:04:53.809><c> the</c><01:04:53.989><c> eyes</c><01:04:54.250><c> of</c><01:04:54.489><c> a</c><01:04:54.670><c> man.</c><01:04:58.309><c> And</c><01:04:58.949><c> I</c><01:05:00.130><c> can't</c><01:05:00.369><c> remember</c>

01:05:00.630 --> 01:05:04.369
where<01:05:00.789><c> the</c><01:05:01.070><c> phrase</c><01:05:01.289><c> is</c><01:05:01.610><c> now</c><01:05:01.989><c> but</c><01:05:02.829><c> in</c><01:05:03.710><c> the</c>

01:05:04.809 --> 01:05:11.769
Old<01:05:05.409><c> Testament,</c><01:05:06.010><c> Samuel</c><01:05:06.570><c> somewhere,</c><01:05:08.150><c> in</c><01:05:08.269><c> old</c><01:05:08.530><c> time</c><01:05:09.250><c> a</c><01:05:10.030><c> prophet</c><01:05:10.469><c> was</c><01:05:11.190><c> called</c><01:05:11.429><c> a</c>

01:05:11.769 --> 01:05:15.090
seer<01:05:12.489><c> because</c><01:05:14.050><c> they</c><01:05:14.369><c> did,</c>

01:05:15.110 --> 01:05:24.550
they<01:05:15.750><c> saw,</c><01:05:16.530><c> they</c><01:05:16.690><c> were</c><01:05:16.909><c> a</c><01:05:17.250><c> seer.</c><01:05:18.610><c> And</c><01:05:18.849><c> the</c><01:05:20.170><c> ancient</c><01:05:20.829><c> idea</c><01:05:21.610><c> of</c><01:05:21.929><c> the</c><01:05:22.250><c> seer</c><01:05:23.110><c> was</c><01:05:23.630><c> that</c><01:05:23.769><c> he</c><01:05:23.909><c> was</c><01:05:24.090><c> a</c><01:05:24.309><c> prophet</c>

01:05:24.550 --> 01:05:27.849
because<01:05:24.849><c> he</c><01:05:25.030><c> had</c><01:05:25.309><c> a</c><01:05:25.449><c> vision</c><01:05:25.750><c> so</c><01:05:26.010><c> he</c><01:05:26.130><c> was</c><01:05:26.349><c> called</c><01:05:26.530><c> a</c><01:05:26.869><c> seer.</c><01:05:27.710><c> And</c>

01:05:27.849 --> 01:05:29.070
you<01:05:27.889><c> get</c><01:05:28.050><c> that</c><01:05:28.289><c> phrase</c><01:05:28.550><c> in</c><01:05:28.849><c> Samuel,</c>

01:05:29.070 --> 01:05:33.269
I<01:05:29.070><c> just</c><01:05:29.329><c> forget</c><01:05:29.610><c> the</c><01:05:29.809><c> reference.</c><01:05:31.809><c> But</c><01:05:31.969><c> now</c><01:05:32.250><c> we</c><01:05:32.429><c> come</c><01:05:32.710><c> to</c><01:05:32.969><c> one</c>

01:05:33.269 --> 01:05:36.590
who<01:05:33.449><c> is</c><01:05:33.690><c> an</c><01:05:33.989><c> overseer,</c><01:05:35.090><c> same</c><01:05:35.349><c> idea,</c>

01:05:36.789 --> 01:05:41.210
and<01:05:36.929><c> it</c><01:05:37.110><c> has</c><01:05:37.309><c> that</c><01:05:37.630><c> religious</c><01:05:38.289><c> sense</c><01:05:38.809><c> to</c><01:05:39.050><c> it.</c><01:05:39.309><c> And</c><01:05:39.429><c> so</c><01:05:39.730><c> in</c><01:05:40.170><c> the</c>

01:05:41.210 --> 01:05:43.269
horn<01:05:41.489><c> we</c><01:05:41.710><c> have</c><01:05:41.889><c> the</c><01:05:42.170><c> eyes</c><01:05:42.489><c> of</c><01:05:42.730><c> a</c><01:05:42.949><c> man,</c>

01:05:43.650 --> 01:05:46.969
a<01:05:43.949><c> religious</c><01:05:44.230><c> element</c><01:05:44.710><c> there,</c><01:05:45.650><c> and</c><01:05:45.849><c> a</c><01:05:46.030><c> mouth</c><01:05:46.250><c> that</c><01:05:46.630><c> speaks</c>

01:05:46.969 --> 01:05:50.070
great<01:05:47.449><c> things</c><01:05:47.969><c> against</c><01:05:48.449><c> the</c><01:05:48.710><c> most</c><01:05:49.090><c> high.</c>

01:05:50.650 --> 01:05:55.650
He<01:05:51.050><c> persecutes</c><01:05:51.769><c> the</c><01:05:52.070><c> saints,</c><01:05:53.010><c> he</c><01:05:53.309><c> changes</c><01:05:53.849><c> times</c><01:05:54.349><c> and</c><01:05:54.690><c> laws,</c>

01:05:55.869 --> 01:05:58.190
and<01:05:56.210><c> in</c><01:05:56.469><c> Thessalonians</c><01:05:57.230><c> those</c><01:05:57.550><c> features,</c>

01:05:58.190 --> 01:06:06.489
there<01:05:58.670><c> again,</c><01:06:01.949><c> the</c><01:06:02.010><c> religious</c><01:06:02.510><c> element,</c><01:06:05.070><c> he</c><01:06:05.090><c> is</c><01:06:05.329><c> the</c><01:06:05.670><c> man</c><01:06:06.070><c> of</c>

01:06:06.489 --> 01:06:10.769
sin,<01:06:08.289><c> he</c><01:06:08.530><c> exalts</c><01:06:08.989><c> himself</c><01:06:09.570><c> above</c><01:06:09.949><c> all</c><01:06:10.289><c> that</c><01:06:10.530><c> is</c>

01:06:10.769 --> 01:06:17.929
called<01:06:11.110><c> God,</c><01:06:12.869><c> he</c><01:06:13.150><c> sits</c><01:06:13.610><c> in</c><01:06:13.909><c> the</c><01:06:14.130><c> temple</c><01:06:14.630><c> of</c><01:06:15.010><c> God,</c><01:06:16.630><c> remember</c><01:06:16.949><c> the</c><01:06:17.289><c> mount</c><01:06:17.670><c> of</c>

01:06:17.929 --> 01:06:20.869
the<01:06:18.329><c> congregation</c><01:06:19.030><c> on</c><01:06:20.090><c> the</c><01:06:20.269><c> sides</c><01:06:20.489><c> of</c><01:06:20.710><c> the</c>

01:06:20.869 --> 01:06:30.090
north,<01:06:23.190><c> he</c><01:06:23.550><c> is</c><01:06:24.050><c> as</c><01:06:24.429><c> God,</c><01:06:26.670><c> is</c><01:06:26.849><c> that</c><01:06:27.070><c> the</c><01:06:27.230><c> name</c><01:06:27.409><c> Michael,</c><01:06:29.710><c> a</c><01:06:29.909><c> man</c>

01:06:30.090 --> 01:06:35.130
of<01:06:30.530><c> sin</c><01:06:30.809><c> or</c><01:06:31.210><c> lawlessness,</c><01:06:33.010><c> changes</c><01:06:33.369><c> times</c><01:06:33.889><c> and</c><01:06:34.170><c> laws,</c>

01:06:36.070 --> 01:06:42.449
and<01:06:36.210><c> we</c><01:06:36.409><c> come</c><01:06:36.550><c> to</c><01:06:36.730><c> the</c><01:06:37.030><c> revelation</c><01:06:37.690><c> and</c><01:06:41.010><c> there</c><01:06:41.349><c> we</c><01:06:41.610><c> have</c><01:06:42.090><c> the</c>

01:06:42.449 --> 01:06:46.090
man<01:06:43.090><c> at</c><01:06:44.409><c> the</c><01:06:44.570><c> time</c><01:06:44.769><c> of</c><01:06:44.969><c> his</c><01:06:45.230><c> birth</c>

01:06:46.750 --> 01:06:50.309
following<01:06:47.389><c> all</c><01:06:47.809><c> the</c><01:06:47.949><c> way</c><01:06:48.190><c> through</c><01:06:48.530><c> now</c><01:06:48.989><c> in</c><01:06:49.590><c> the</c><01:06:49.849><c> Christian</c>

01:06:50.309 --> 01:06:54.150
era,<01:06:51.289><c> his</c><01:06:51.469><c> birth,</c><01:06:52.710><c> his</c><01:06:52.829><c> maturity,</c>

01:06:54.489 --> 01:06:59.090
and<01:06:54.510><c> when</c><01:06:54.650><c> we</c><01:06:54.849><c> come</c><01:06:55.090><c> to</c><01:06:55.269><c> Revelation</c><01:06:55.809><c> chapter</c><01:06:56.369><c> 13,</c><01:06:58.590><c> we</c><01:06:58.690><c> find</c>

01:06:59.090 --> 01:07:04.829
him<01:06:59.389><c> there</c><01:07:00.389><c> speaking</c><01:07:01.070><c> great</c><01:07:01.630><c> things</c><01:07:02.369><c> and</c><01:07:03.170><c> blasphemies.</c>

01:07:05.170 --> 01:07:08.469
He's<01:07:05.389><c> the</c><01:07:05.590><c> same</c><01:07:05.849><c> man</c><01:07:06.130><c> that</c><01:07:06.289><c> we</c><01:07:06.449><c> saw</c><01:07:06.610><c> as</c><01:07:06.789><c> the</c><01:07:06.929><c> little</c><01:07:07.110><c> horn,</c><01:07:07.769><c> but</c>

01:07:08.469 --> 01:07:11.570
now<01:07:08.769><c> he's</c><01:07:09.030><c> shown</c><01:07:09.289><c> to</c><01:07:09.510><c> us</c><01:07:09.730><c> as</c><01:07:09.989><c> this</c><01:07:10.309><c> beast</c><01:07:10.750><c> power.</c>

01:07:12.269 --> 01:07:16.510
He<01:07:12.909><c> makes</c><01:07:13.309><c> war</c><01:07:13.690><c> with</c><01:07:13.929><c> the</c><01:07:14.190><c> saints,</c><01:07:15.329><c> all</c><01:07:15.590><c> the</c><01:07:15.809><c> features</c><01:07:16.210><c> are</c>

01:07:16.510 --> 01:07:21.130
there,<01:07:16.949><c> you</c><01:07:17.030><c> can't</c><01:07:17.349><c> mistake</c><01:07:17.889><c> them,</c><01:07:19.389><c> they're</c><01:07:19.809><c> all</c><01:07:20.110><c> there.</c>

01:07:22.329 --> 01:07:26.610
And<01:07:22.389><c> when</c><01:07:22.610><c> we</c><01:07:22.889><c> come</c><01:07:23.269><c> to</c><01:07:23.530><c> the</c><01:07:23.750><c> end</c><01:07:24.389><c> of</c><01:07:24.670><c> Revelation</c><01:07:25.289><c> chapter</c><01:07:25.829><c> 13,</c>

01:07:26.650 --> 01:07:28.690
well<01:07:26.869><c> first</c><01:07:27.150><c> of</c><01:07:27.309><c> all</c><01:07:27.429><c> we're</c><01:07:27.650><c> introduced</c><01:07:28.050><c> to</c><01:07:28.329><c> another</c>

01:07:28.690 --> 01:07:33.289
beast<01:07:29.269><c> which</c><01:07:29.610><c> is</c><01:07:29.869><c> another</c><01:07:30.230><c> phase</c><01:07:30.949><c> of</c><01:07:31.610><c> this,</c><01:07:32.429><c> he's</c><01:07:32.750><c> seen</c><01:07:32.889><c> to</c><01:07:33.070><c> be</c>

01:07:33.289 --> 01:07:35.889
coming<01:07:33.449><c> out</c><01:07:33.769><c> of</c><01:07:33.909><c> the</c><01:07:34.110><c> earth,</c><01:07:34.829><c> he</c><01:07:34.989><c> has</c><01:07:35.230><c> two</c><01:07:35.570><c> horns</c>

01:07:35.889 --> 01:07:40.769
like<01:07:36.190><c> a</c><01:07:36.489><c> lamb,</c><01:07:36.989><c> what</c><01:07:37.130><c> does</c><01:07:37.349><c> a</c><01:07:37.530><c> lamb</c><01:07:37.710><c> remind</c><01:07:38.170><c> you</c><01:07:38.429><c> of?</c><01:07:40.389><c> It's</c>

01:07:40.769 --> 01:07:46.050
Christ<01:07:41.309><c>-like,</c><01:07:43.210><c> right?</c><01:07:44.610><c> It's</c><01:07:44.909><c> like</c><01:07:45.329><c> Christ,</c>

01:07:46.170 --> 01:07:51.849
not<01:07:46.429><c> really</c><01:07:46.909><c> Christ</c><01:07:47.329><c> of</c><01:07:47.610><c> course,</c><01:07:49.090><c> but</c><01:07:49.269><c> it's</c><01:07:49.590><c> like</c><01:07:50.030><c> Christ.</c><01:07:51.630><c> It</c>

01:07:51.849 --> 01:07:54.150
reminds<01:07:52.230><c> us</c><01:07:52.469><c> doesn't</c><01:07:52.769><c> it</c><01:07:52.929><c> of</c><01:07:53.130><c> the</c><01:07:53.269><c> words</c><01:07:53.570><c> of</c><01:07:53.789><c> Jesus,</c>

01:07:54.329 --> 01:07:58.949
be<01:07:54.489><c> not</c><01:07:54.869><c> deceived</c><01:07:55.849><c> for</c><01:07:56.510><c> many</c><01:07:56.869><c> shall</c><01:07:57.090><c> come</c><01:07:57.369><c> in</c><01:07:57.610><c> my</c><01:07:57.969><c> name</c><01:07:58.510><c> saying</c>

01:07:58.949 --> 01:08:01.809
I<01:07:59.710><c> am</c><01:07:59.929><c> he,</c><01:08:00.150><c> and</c><01:08:00.269><c> so</c><01:08:00.369><c> it's</c><01:08:00.670><c> like</c><01:08:01.070><c> a</c><01:08:01.469><c> lamb,</c>

01:08:01.809 --> 01:08:09.960
but<01:08:02.510><c> as</c><01:08:02.730><c> soon</c><01:08:02.909><c> as</c><01:08:03.030><c> he</c><01:08:03.090><c> opens</c><01:08:03.389><c> his</c><01:08:03.630><c> mouth</c><01:08:04.170><c> you</c><01:08:05.110><c> know</c><01:08:05.269><c> he's</c><01:08:05.489><c> not</c><01:08:05.690><c> Christ</c><01:08:06.050><c> because</c><01:08:06.389><c> he</c><01:08:06.590><c> speaks</c><01:08:06.909><c> like</c><01:08:08.949><c> a</c><01:08:09.210><c> dragon.</c>

01:08:14.130 --> 01:08:18.649
And<01:08:14.150><c> as</c><01:08:14.369><c> we</c><01:08:14.550><c> go</c><01:08:14.809><c> on</c><01:08:15.110><c> down</c><01:08:15.389><c> this</c><01:08:15.690><c> chapter,</c><01:08:16.670><c> can't</c><01:08:18.010><c> do</c><01:08:18.189><c> all</c><01:08:18.430><c> the</c>

01:08:18.649 --> 01:08:20.770
detail<01:08:18.989><c> of</c><01:08:19.130><c> it</c><01:08:19.210><c> and</c><01:08:19.310><c> I'm</c><01:08:19.510><c> sure</c><01:08:19.670><c> you</c><01:08:19.989><c> appreciate</c><01:08:20.489><c> that,</c>

01:08:20.850 --> 01:08:25.529
but<01:08:20.989><c> here's</c><01:08:21.229><c> the</c><01:08:21.470><c> interesting</c><01:08:21.869><c> point</c><01:08:22.250><c> you</c><01:08:22.390><c> see</c><01:08:22.569><c> verse</c><01:08:22.909><c> 18,</c><01:08:24.029><c> here</c><01:08:24.210><c> is</c><01:08:24.449><c> wisdom,</c>

01:08:26.149 --> 01:08:31.989
Let<01:08:26.869><c> him</c><01:08:27.229><c> that</c><01:08:27.390><c> has</c><01:08:27.689><c> understanding</c><01:08:28.310><c> count</c><01:08:28.710><c> the</c><01:08:28.890><c> number</c><01:08:29.170><c> of</c><01:08:29.369><c> the</c><01:08:29.550><c> beast,</c><01:08:31.489><c> for</c><01:08:31.729><c> it</c>

01:08:31.989 --> 01:08:36.109
is<01:08:32.350><c> the</c><01:08:32.489><c> number</c><01:08:33.430><c> of</c><01:08:34.489><c> the</c><01:08:34.989><c> man.</c>

01:08:36.210 --> 01:08:44.090
There<01:08:36.609><c> he</c><01:08:36.810><c> is,</c><01:08:38.390><c> he</c><01:08:38.590><c> is</c><01:08:38.989><c> the</c><01:08:39.210><c> man</c><01:08:39.930><c> in</c><01:08:40.329><c> his</c><01:08:40.670><c> mature</c><01:08:41.529><c> state</c><01:08:42.310><c> and</c>

01:08:44.090 --> 01:08:46.869
he's<01:08:44.350><c> come</c><01:08:44.670><c> through,</c><01:08:45.689><c> all</c><01:08:46.130><c> the</c><01:08:46.229><c> way</c><01:08:46.449><c> through.</c>

01:08:47.310 --> 01:08:50.210
The<01:08:47.409><c> original</c><01:08:47.909><c> king</c><01:08:48.170><c> of</c><01:08:48.430><c> Babylon</c><01:08:48.789><c> had</c><01:08:49.090><c> these</c><01:08:49.369><c> ideas</c><01:08:49.729><c> in</c><01:08:49.909><c> his</c>

01:08:50.210 --> 01:08:53.369
heart,<01:08:51.609><c> it</c><01:08:51.930><c> wasn't</c><01:08:52.350><c> until</c>

01:08:53.750 --> 01:08:59.390
the<01:08:54.630><c> development</c><01:08:55.430><c> of</c><01:08:55.689><c> the</c><01:08:55.850><c> Christian</c><01:08:56.409><c> apostasy</c><01:08:57.630><c> that</c><01:08:58.149><c> it</c><01:08:58.289><c> became</c><01:08:58.670><c> possible</c><01:08:59.189><c> for</c>

01:08:59.390 --> 01:09:02.130
this<01:08:59.670><c> to</c><01:09:00.310><c> come</c><01:09:00.529><c> into</c><01:09:00.850><c> practice.</c>

01:09:02.350 --> 01:09:06.710
There<01:09:02.510><c> was</c><01:09:02.750><c> something</c><01:09:03.149><c> that</c><01:09:03.489><c> withheld</c><01:09:04.250><c> until</c><01:09:05.630><c> it</c><01:09:05.770><c> was</c><01:09:05.989><c> removed</c><01:09:06.289><c> out</c><01:09:06.569><c> of</c>

01:09:06.710 --> 01:09:10.470
the<01:09:06.890><c> way</c><01:09:07.409><c> and</c><01:09:07.850><c> then</c><01:09:08.989><c> that</c><01:09:09.470><c> man</c><01:09:09.689><c> of</c><01:09:10.050><c> sin</c>

01:09:10.470 --> 01:09:17.310
was<01:09:10.949><c> revealed,</c><01:09:12.569><c> or</c><01:09:12.670><c> born</c><01:09:13.109><c> and</c><01:09:13.909><c> caught</c><01:09:14.229><c> up</c><01:09:15.250><c> to</c><01:09:15.770><c> the</c><01:09:16.310><c> throne</c><01:09:16.750><c> of</c>

01:09:17.310 --> 01:09:21.109
the<01:09:17.470><c> Roman</c><01:09:17.909><c> god</c><01:09:18.510><c> and</c><01:09:19.829><c> there's</c><01:09:20.609><c> no</c><01:09:20.850><c> real</c>

01:09:21.109 --> 01:09:25.789
difficulty<01:09:21.729><c> with</c><01:09:22.069><c> that</c><01:09:22.449><c> of</c><01:09:22.649><c> course</c><01:09:22.989><c> because</c><01:09:24.170><c> Caesar</c><01:09:24.649><c> was</c><01:09:25.270><c> looked</c><01:09:25.590><c> at</c>

01:09:25.789 --> 01:09:27.390
in<01:09:26.029><c> that</c><01:09:26.310><c> way.</c>

01:09:28.310 --> 01:09:34.470
And<01:09:28.430><c> so</c><01:09:28.569><c> the</c><01:09:28.770><c> beast</c><01:09:28.989><c> is</c><01:09:29.289><c> the</c><01:09:29.489><c> man</c><01:09:29.729><c> then,</c><01:09:31.409><c> well</c><01:09:31.689><c> my</c><01:09:32.109><c> time</c><01:09:32.350><c> has</c><01:09:32.869><c> more</c><01:09:33.149><c> than</c><01:09:33.390><c> gone</c><01:09:33.710><c> and</c><01:09:34.130><c> I</c>

01:09:34.470 --> 01:09:36.289
thank<01:09:34.630><c> you</c><01:09:34.789><c> for</c><01:09:34.949><c> your</c><01:09:35.189><c> patience,</c>

01:09:38.710 --> 01:09:46.109
but<01:09:39.270><c> as</c><01:09:39.829><c> we</c><01:09:40.050><c> look</c><01:09:40.270><c> at</c><01:09:40.569><c> this,</c><01:09:42.310><c> as</c><01:09:42.489><c> we</c><01:09:42.649><c> look</c><01:09:42.810><c> at</c><01:09:42.949><c> the</c><01:09:43.170><c> whole</c><01:09:44.329><c> sequence</c><01:09:45.109><c> of</c><01:09:45.609><c> things</c><01:09:45.890><c> as</c>

01:09:46.109 --> 01:09:47.909
we've<01:09:46.409><c> tried</c><01:09:46.550><c> to</c><01:09:46.770><c> look</c><01:09:46.949><c> at</c><01:09:47.130><c> it</c>

01:09:48.270 --> 01:09:52.430
we<01:09:48.569><c> see</c><01:09:48.810><c> the</c><01:09:49.029><c> scope</c><01:09:49.329><c> of</c><01:09:49.609><c> it</c><01:09:50.189><c> all</c><01:09:50.630><c> through</c><01:09:50.850><c> history,</c><01:09:51.989><c> you</c><01:09:52.210><c> might</c>

01:09:52.430 --> 01:09:54.350
say<01:09:52.649><c> well</c><01:09:52.890><c> does</c><01:09:53.109><c> it</c><01:09:53.289><c> really</c><01:09:53.630><c> matter</c><01:09:53.970><c> that</c>

01:09:54.350 --> 01:10:01.710
much,<01:09:54.609><c> how</c><01:09:54.829><c> can</c><01:09:55.010><c> that</c><01:09:55.310><c> possibly</c><01:09:55.829><c> help</c><01:09:56.270><c> us?</c><01:09:58.890><c> Well</c><01:09:59.130><c> as</c><01:09:59.270><c> I</c><01:09:59.409><c> said</c><01:09:59.510><c> at</c><01:09:59.729><c> the</c><01:09:59.890><c> beginning</c><01:10:00.310><c> I</c>

01:10:01.710 --> 01:10:02.930
believe<01:10:02.170><c> that</c><01:10:02.569><c> prophecy</c>

01:10:02.930 --> 01:10:11.029
is<01:10:03.430><c> vital,</c><01:10:04.229><c> it's</c><01:10:04.449><c> a</c><01:10:04.590><c> vital</c><01:10:04.890><c> element</c><01:10:05.329><c> of</c><01:10:05.609><c> our</c><01:10:05.930><c> faith</c><01:10:06.369><c> and</c><01:10:07.750><c> if</c><01:10:08.630><c> we're</c><01:10:08.890><c> going</c><01:10:09.189><c> to</c>

01:10:11.029 --> 01:10:14.010
overcome<01:10:11.970><c> the</c><01:10:12.810><c> world</c>

01:10:14.390 --> 01:10:21.090
we<01:10:15.010><c> have</c><01:10:15.270><c> to</c><01:10:15.470><c> recognize</c><01:10:16.470><c> that</c><01:10:17.449><c> world</c><01:10:18.029><c> for</c><01:10:18.550><c> what</c><01:10:18.710><c> it</c><01:10:18.930><c> really</c><01:10:19.250><c> is.</c><01:10:20.869><c> I</c>

01:10:21.090 --> 01:10:23.810
don't<01:10:21.270><c> have</c><01:10:21.569><c> time</c><01:10:22.050><c> to</c><01:10:22.430><c> go</c><01:10:22.689><c> into</c><01:10:23.010><c> all</c><01:10:23.250><c> the</c><01:10:23.510><c> various</c>

01:10:23.810 --> 01:10:30.170
things<01:10:24.189><c> that</c><01:10:24.350><c> are</c><01:10:24.630><c> happening</c><01:10:24.949><c> today</c><01:10:25.590><c> which</c><01:10:26.250><c> do</c><01:10:26.829><c> stem</c><01:10:27.109><c> from</c><01:10:27.550><c> this</c><01:10:27.909><c> system,</c><01:10:29.149><c> you've</c><01:10:29.470><c> only</c><01:10:29.710><c> got</c><01:10:29.909><c> to</c>

01:10:30.170 --> 01:10:31.789
get<01:10:30.369><c> hold</c><01:10:30.630><c> of</c><01:10:30.930><c> the</c>

01:10:31.789 --> 01:10:35.810
encyclicals<01:10:33.010><c> that</c><01:10:33.289><c> have</c><01:10:33.489><c> been</c><01:10:33.729><c> put</c><01:10:34.029><c> out</c><01:10:34.550><c> and</c><01:10:35.130><c> I</c><01:10:35.329><c> did</c><01:10:35.550><c> happen</c>

01:10:35.810 --> 01:10:38.569
to<01:10:36.029><c> notice</c><01:10:36.390><c> in</c><01:10:36.609><c> your</c><01:10:36.989><c> foyer</c><01:10:37.310><c> in</c><01:10:37.569><c> your</c><01:10:38.210><c> collection</c>

01:10:38.569 --> 01:10:42.869
of<01:10:38.750><c> books</c><01:10:39.029><c> library</c><01:10:39.430><c> there</c><01:10:39.810><c> that</c><01:10:40.130><c> somebody</c><01:10:40.510><c> has</c><01:10:41.270><c> very</c><01:10:41.649><c> thoughtfully</c><01:10:42.069><c> put</c><01:10:42.350><c> several</c><01:10:42.750><c> of</c>

01:10:42.869 --> 01:10:44.430
those<01:10:43.229><c> encyclicals,</c>

01:10:45.090 --> 01:10:53.649
look<01:10:45.729><c> at</c><01:10:46.069><c> them,</c><01:10:47.130><c> read</c><01:10:47.489><c> them,</c><01:10:48.590><c> see</c><01:10:48.829><c> what</c><01:10:49.069><c> is</c><01:10:49.369><c> being</c><01:10:49.810><c> done</c><01:10:50.409><c> in</c><01:10:51.270><c> the</c><01:10:51.470><c> earth</c><01:10:51.770><c> today</c><01:10:52.430><c> by</c>

01:10:53.649 --> 01:10:56.510
this<01:10:53.970><c> power</c><01:10:54.569><c> because</c><01:10:56.050><c> don't</c>

01:10:56.510 --> 01:10:59.949
let<01:10:56.670><c> us</c><01:10:56.829><c> think</c><01:10:57.010><c> it</c><01:10:57.229><c> can't</c><01:10:57.670><c> affect</c><01:10:58.029><c> us,</c><01:10:59.069><c> don't</c><01:10:59.350><c> let</c><01:10:59.529><c> us</c><01:10:59.770><c> think</c>

01:10:59.949 --> 01:11:04.130
that<01:11:00.170><c> we're</c><01:11:00.409><c> beyond</c><01:11:00.869><c> it,</c><01:11:02.909><c> it</c><01:11:03.270><c> can</c><01:11:03.529><c> affect</c><01:11:03.949><c> us,</c>

01:11:04.130 --> 01:11:07.930
I<01:11:04.350><c> believe</c><01:11:04.529><c> it</c><01:11:04.750><c> has</c><01:11:05.050><c> affected</c><01:11:05.569><c> us</c><01:11:06.390><c> and</c><01:11:07.310><c> I</c><01:11:07.409><c> think</c><01:11:07.569><c> that</c><01:11:07.729><c> a</c><01:11:07.770><c> lot</c>

01:11:07.930 --> 01:11:11.989
of<01:11:08.109><c> our</c><01:11:08.329><c> troubles</c><01:11:08.689><c> that</c><01:11:08.949><c> we</c><01:11:09.489><c> are</c><01:11:09.930><c> experiencing</c><01:11:10.489><c> today</c>

01:11:12.130 --> 01:11:16.590
come<01:11:12.670><c> because</c><01:11:13.590><c> of</c><01:11:13.850><c> that</c><01:11:14.109><c> influence</c><01:11:14.829><c> and</c><01:11:15.930><c> there's</c><01:11:16.270><c> a</c><01:11:16.390><c> number</c>

01:11:16.590 --> 01:11:19.890
of<01:11:16.770><c> ways</c><01:11:16.989><c> in</c><01:11:17.170><c> which</c><01:11:17.350><c> that</c><01:11:18.029><c> has</c><01:11:18.310><c> been</c><01:11:18.569><c> the</c><01:11:18.789><c> case.</c>

01:11:22.729 --> 01:11:28.689
One<01:11:23.029><c> final</c><01:11:23.430><c> note,</c><01:11:26.029><c> there</c><01:11:26.170><c> are</c><01:11:26.489><c> differences</c><01:11:27.229><c> between</c><01:11:28.250><c> many</c><01:11:28.529><c> of</c>

01:11:28.689 --> 01:11:30.909
us<01:11:29.090><c> on</c><01:11:29.470><c> this</c><01:11:29.710><c> topic</c>

01:11:31.729 --> 01:11:38.390
and<01:11:32.850><c> I</c><01:11:33.130><c> appeal</c><01:11:33.710><c> to</c><01:11:34.630><c> everybody</c><01:11:35.229><c> to</c><01:11:36.149><c> equip</c><01:11:36.670><c> themselves,</c>

01:11:40.010 --> 01:11:47.350
read<01:11:40.229><c> about</c><01:11:40.649><c> it,</c><01:11:41.569><c> study</c><01:11:41.970><c> it</c><01:11:43.149><c> and</c><01:11:44.350><c> being</c><01:11:44.909><c> equipped,</c><01:11:46.810><c> try</c><01:11:47.090><c> to</c>

01:11:47.350 --> 01:11:48.729
help<01:11:47.590><c> your</c><01:11:47.789><c> brethren,</c>

01:11:50.770 --> 01:11:55.869
don't<01:11:51.050><c> just</c><01:11:51.890><c> ignore</c><01:11:52.369><c> them</c><01:11:53.289><c> and</c><01:11:53.970><c> say</c><01:11:54.170><c> they</c><01:11:54.350><c> don't</c><01:11:54.609><c> matter,</c><01:11:55.750><c> let</c>

01:11:55.869 --> 01:11:57.210
them<01:11:56.149><c> perish,</c>

01:11:58.390 --> 01:12:03.289
equip<01:11:59.029><c> yourselves</c><01:11:59.590><c> to</c><01:11:59.949><c> help</c><01:12:00.430><c> the</c><01:12:00.810><c> brethren,</c><01:12:02.770><c> these</c><01:12:02.869><c> things</c>

01:12:03.289 --> 01:12:06.329
can<01:12:03.609><c> be</c><01:12:03.850><c> sorted</c><01:12:04.109><c> out</c><01:12:04.470><c> amongst</c><01:12:04.829><c> us</c><01:12:05.050><c> I'm</c><01:12:05.409><c> sure,</c>

01:12:06.390 --> 01:12:10.430
there<01:12:06.529><c> is</c><01:12:07.090><c> abroad</c><01:12:07.590><c> a</c><01:12:08.350><c> willing</c><01:12:08.649><c> spirit</c><01:12:09.210><c> to</c><01:12:09.489><c> look</c><01:12:09.689><c> into</c><01:12:10.029><c> these</c>

01:12:10.430 --> 01:12:13.789
things<01:12:10.970><c> and</c><01:12:12.130><c> you</c><01:12:12.310><c> know</c><01:12:12.470><c> it</c><01:12:12.649><c> can</c><01:12:12.890><c> only</c><01:12:13.189><c> bind</c><01:12:13.510><c> us</c>

01:12:13.789 --> 01:12:17.470
very<01:12:14.189><c> firmly</c><01:12:14.510><c> together</c><01:12:15.010><c> if</c><01:12:15.229><c> we're</c><01:12:15.409><c> willing</c><01:12:15.649><c> to</c><01:12:15.909><c> do</c><01:12:16.109><c> this</c><01:12:16.590><c> and</c>

01:12:17.470 --> 01:12:20.590
to<01:12:17.850><c> discuss</c><01:12:18.109><c> it</c><01:12:18.369><c> one</c><01:12:18.529><c> with</c><01:12:18.789><c> the</c><01:12:18.970><c> other</c><01:12:19.449><c> and</c><01:12:20.130><c> accept</c>

01:12:20.590 --> 01:12:25.149
it<01:12:20.810><c> if</c><01:12:20.949><c> somebody</c><01:12:21.350><c> has</c><01:12:21.649><c> a</c><01:12:21.909><c> problem,</c><01:12:23.109><c> you</c><01:12:23.289><c> know</c><01:12:23.770><c> there</c><01:12:24.130><c> is</c><01:12:24.350><c> a</c><01:12:24.569><c> problem</c><01:12:24.890><c> why</c>

01:12:25.149 --> 01:12:26.689
I<01:12:25.390><c> can't</c><01:12:25.750><c> see</c><01:12:25.949><c> it</c><01:12:26.189><c> your</c><01:12:26.390><c> way</c><01:12:26.590><c> brother,</c>

01:12:26.689 --> 01:12:32.369
all<01:12:27.310><c> right,</c><01:12:28.470><c> what</c><01:12:28.550><c> is</c><01:12:28.770><c> the</c><01:12:28.949><c> problem,</c><01:12:29.670><c> let's</c><01:12:29.970><c> look</c><01:12:30.210><c> at</c><01:12:30.489><c> it,</c><01:12:30.869><c> let's</c><01:12:31.189><c> talk</c><01:12:31.529><c> about</c><01:12:31.869><c> it</c>

01:12:32.369 --> 01:12:34.390
and<01:12:33.109><c> try</c><01:12:33.409><c> to</c><01:12:33.609><c> come</c><01:12:33.949><c> to</c><01:12:34.109><c> an</c>

01:12:34.390 --> 01:12:37.729
understanding<01:12:34.850><c> and</c><01:12:35.170><c> help</c><01:12:35.489><c> one</c><01:12:35.789><c> another,</c><01:12:36.789><c> surely</c><01:12:36.930><c> that's</c><01:12:37.170><c> what</c><01:12:37.289><c> it's</c><01:12:37.489><c> all</c>

01:12:37.729 --> 01:12:40.829
about<01:12:38.390><c> because</c><01:12:39.710><c> we</c><01:12:39.949><c> all</c><01:12:40.130><c> want</c><01:12:40.289><c> to</c><01:12:40.489><c> be</c><01:12:40.670><c> in</c>

01:12:40.829 --> 01:12:45.149
that<01:12:41.109><c> kingdom</c><01:12:41.609><c> and</c><01:12:43.630><c> so</c><01:12:43.789><c> that</c><01:12:43.930><c> is</c><01:12:44.149><c> my</c><01:12:44.350><c> appeal</c><01:12:44.649><c> brethren</c><01:12:44.909><c> and</c>

01:12:45.149 --> 01:12:49.890
sisters,<01:12:46.270><c> equip</c><01:12:46.489><c> ourselves</c><01:12:47.289><c> with</c><01:12:48.409><c> the</c><01:12:48.710><c> information,</c>

01:12:50.029 --> 01:12:55.409
there<01:12:50.350><c> are</c><01:12:50.430><c> many</c><01:12:50.689><c> books</c><01:12:50.989><c> available</c><01:12:51.550><c> and</c><01:12:51.850><c> so</c><01:12:52.050><c> on</c><01:12:52.869><c> and</c><01:12:54.789><c> discuss</c>

01:12:55.409 --> 01:12:57.250
it<01:12:55.670><c> one</c><01:12:55.850><c> with</c><01:12:56.069><c> the</c><01:12:56.189><c> other</c><01:12:56.569><c> and</c><01:12:56.810><c> one</c><01:12:56.930><c> with</c>

01:12:57.250 --> 01:13:00.189
another<01:12:57.510><c> and</c><01:12:57.930><c> see</c><01:12:58.109><c> if</c><01:12:58.250><c> we</c><01:12:58.550><c> can't</c><01:12:58.829><c> get</c><01:12:59.029><c> a</c><01:12:59.250><c> little</c><01:12:59.449><c> bit</c><01:12:59.829><c> closer</c>

01:13:00.189 --> 01:13:02.430
on<01:13:00.470><c> this</c><01:13:00.729><c> matter</c><01:13:01.109><c> rather</c><01:13:01.689><c> than</c><01:13:01.869><c> it</c><01:13:02.149><c> causing</c>

01:13:02.430 --> 01:13:06.029
division<01:13:03.010><c> and</c><01:13:03.409><c> strife</c><01:13:03.689><c> amongst</c><01:13:04.050><c> us,</c><01:13:04.569><c> I</c><01:13:05.010><c> believe</c><01:13:05.270><c> it</c><01:13:05.550><c> could</c><01:13:05.750><c> be</c>

01:13:06.029 --> 01:13:09.409
done<01:13:06.390><c> with</c><01:13:06.829><c> the</c><01:13:06.970><c> right</c><01:13:07.229><c> spirit,</c><01:13:07.729><c> thank</c><01:13:07.949><c> you</c><01:13:08.029><c> very</c><01:13:08.270><c> much.</c>