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that<00:11:06.279><c> it's</c><00:11:06.620><c> a</c><00:11:06.700><c> great</c><00:11:07.000><c> sinner</c>

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to<00:11:08.200><c> make</c><00:11:08.440><c> the</c><00:11:08.639><c> earth</c><00:11:08.799><c> a</c><00:11:08.980><c> desolate</c>

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and<00:11:10.019><c> destroy</c><00:11:10.639><c> its</c><00:11:11.159><c> sinners</c><00:11:11.500><c> from</c><00:11:11.840><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:11:12.379><c> speaking</c><00:11:12.600><c> about</c><00:11:13.379><c> the</c><00:11:13.740><c> Medes</c>

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being<00:11:15.179><c> stirred</c><00:11:15.559><c> up</c><00:11:15.840><c> against</c><00:11:16.139><c> the</c><00:11:16.440><c> Babylonian</c><00:11:16.899><c> power</c>

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and<00:11:17.460><c> to</c><00:11:17.740><c> destroy</c><00:11:18.039><c> its</c><00:11:18.399><c> sinners</c><00:11:18.700><c> from</c><00:11:19.000><c> it.</c>

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with<00:11:25.320><c> Babylon</c><00:11:25.779><c> there</c><00:11:26.000><c> is</c><00:11:26.139><c> the</c><00:11:26.360><c> association</c>

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of<00:11:27.320><c> glory,</c><00:11:28.519><c> of</c><00:11:28.799><c> pomp,</c>

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of<00:11:29.899><c> splendor,</c>

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we<00:11:34.500><c> have</c><00:11:34.700><c> a</c><00:11:34.919><c> proverb</c><00:11:35.220><c> that's</c><00:11:35.539><c> taken</c><00:11:35.820><c> against</c>

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the<00:11:40.840><c> insolent</c><00:11:41.559><c> fury</c><00:11:41.980><c> ceased.</c>

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who<00:11:52.259><c> laid</c><00:11:52.519><c> the</c><00:11:52.720><c> nations</c><00:11:53.059><c> low?</c>

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You<00:11:54.539><c> said</c><00:11:54.700><c> in</c><00:11:54.899><c> your</c><00:11:55.200><c> heart,</c>

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I<00:11:56.159><c> will</c><00:11:56.379><c> ascend</c><00:11:56.679><c> to</c><00:11:56.899><c> heaven</c><00:11:57.159><c> above</c><00:11:57.419><c> the</c><00:11:57.659><c> stars</c><00:11:57.860><c> of</c><00:11:58.100><c> God.</c>

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I<00:12:00.419><c> will</c><00:12:00.679><c> ascend</c><00:12:01.019><c> above</c><00:12:01.259><c> the</c><00:12:01.480><c> heights</c><00:12:01.639><c> of</c><00:12:01.820><c> the</c><00:12:02.019><c> cloud.</c>

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I<00:12:02.879><c> will</c><00:12:03.080><c> make</c><00:12:03.299><c> myself</c><00:12:03.899><c> like</c><00:12:04.120><c> the</c><00:12:04.299><c> most</c><00:12:04.620><c> high.</c>

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is<00:12:08.200><c> likened</c><00:12:08.600><c> to</c><00:12:08.879><c> the</c><00:12:09.159><c> day</c><00:12:09.480><c> star,</c>

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Venus,

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above<00:12:20.899><c> the</c><00:12:21.120><c> stars</c><00:12:21.340><c> of</c><00:12:21.600><c> God.</c>

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foundation<00:12:34.000><c> passage,</c>

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which<00:12:40.159><c> speaks</c><00:12:40.419><c> of</c><00:12:40.580><c> the</c><00:12:40.799><c> man</c><00:12:40.980><c> of</c><00:12:41.279><c> sin,</c>

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exalting<00:12:45.460><c> himself</c><00:12:45.940><c> above</c><00:12:46.240><c> every</c>

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so<00:12:47.320><c>-called</c><00:12:47.320><c> God</c><00:12:47.320><c> or</c><00:12:47.639><c> so</c><00:12:47.879><c>-called</c><00:12:48.159><c> object</c><00:12:48.539><c> of</c><00:12:48.720><c> worship</c>

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with<00:12:51.600><c> this</c><00:12:52.220><c> Babylonian</c><00:12:52.919><c> figure</c>

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like<00:12:55.860><c> the</c><00:12:56.039><c> most</c><00:12:56.379><c> high,</c>

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yet<00:12:56.919><c> he</c><00:12:57.399><c> is</c><00:12:57.779><c> a</c><00:12:58.000><c> man.</c>

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despite<00:13:06.000><c> his</c><00:13:06.679><c> pompous</c><00:13:07.200><c> proclamation,</c>

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his<00:13:08.519><c> great</c><00:13:08.840><c> aspirations</c><00:13:09.480><c> and</c><00:13:09.740><c> ambitions,</c>

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it's<00:13:10.980><c> the</c><00:13:11.179><c> man,</c>

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albeit<00:13:12.379><c> he</c><00:13:12.620><c> made</c><00:13:12.779><c> the</c><00:13:12.960><c> earth</c><00:13:13.139><c> to</c><00:13:13.419><c> tremble,</c>

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who<00:13:14.419><c> shook</c><00:13:14.679><c> kingdoms.</c>

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we<00:13:32.379><c> read</c><00:13:32.620><c> of</c><00:13:32.840><c> how</c><00:13:33.039><c> God</c><00:13:33.340><c> would</c>

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Babylonian<00:13:36.960><c> power</c><00:13:37.340><c> to</c><00:13:37.700><c> Cyrus.</c>

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in<00:13:40.440><c> passing</c><00:13:40.740><c> because</c><00:13:41.019><c> we</c><00:13:41.179><c> will</c><00:13:41.320><c> return</c><00:13:41.600><c> to</c><00:13:41.759><c> it</c><00:13:41.940><c> later.</c>

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whose<00:13:47.720><c> right</c><00:13:48.080><c> hand</c><00:13:48.279><c> I</c><00:13:48.519><c> have</c><00:13:48.740><c> grasped</c>

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ungird<00:13:52.019><c> the</c><00:13:52.240><c> loins</c><00:13:52.480><c> of</c><00:13:52.759><c> kings</c>

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and<00:13:53.740><c> to</c><00:13:54.159><c> open</c><00:13:54.639><c> doors</c><00:13:55.080><c> before</c><00:13:55.559><c> him</c>

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the<00:14:02.799><c> treasures</c><00:14:03.120><c> of</c><00:14:03.399><c> darkness</c><00:14:03.820><c> and</c><00:14:04.080><c> the</c><00:14:04.299><c> hoards</c>

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and<00:14:04.799><c> secret</c><00:14:05.059><c> places</c><00:14:05.519><c> in</c><00:14:06.000><c> Babylon</c>

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when<00:14:07.440><c> Cyrus,</c><00:14:08.139><c> by</c><00:14:08.539><c> diverting</c>

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according<00:14:10.840><c> to</c><00:14:11.039><c> the</c><00:14:11.240><c> historical</c><00:14:11.580><c> records,</c>

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he<00:14:12.700><c> gained</c><00:14:13.120><c> access</c><00:14:13.700><c> up</c><00:14:13.899><c> the</c><00:14:14.120><c> riverbed</c>

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who<00:14:18.980><c> gives</c><00:14:19.200><c> him</c><00:14:19.419><c> this</c><00:14:19.620><c> city,</c>

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Cyrus<00:14:20.919><c> the</c><00:14:21.279><c> anointed</c><00:14:21.639><c> one,</c>

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Strip<00:15:26.039><c> off</c><00:15:26.299><c> your</c><00:15:26.559><c> robe.</c><00:15:26.879><c> Uncover</c><00:15:27.320><c> your</c><00:15:27.620><c> legs.</c>

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Pass<00:15:28.720><c> through</c><00:15:28.940><c> the</c><00:15:29.100><c> rivers.</c>

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chapter<00:17:21.420><c> 51,</c><00:17:22.160><c> for</c><00:17:22.420><c> example,</c>

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high,<00:17:36.799><c> walls</c><00:17:37.160><c> that</c><00:17:37.359><c> were</c>

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and<00:17:46.000><c> her</c><00:17:46.180><c> high</c><00:17:46.460><c> gates</c><00:17:46.720><c> shall</c><00:17:46.940><c> be</c><00:17:47.140><c> burned</c>

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fortified<00:18:05.099><c> in</c><00:18:05.259><c> her</c><00:18:05.500><c> strong</c>

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height.<00:18:06.559><c> And</c><00:18:06.759><c> as</c><00:18:06.900><c> we</c><00:18:07.099><c> read</c><00:18:07.299><c> also</c>

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would<00:18:10.099><c> punish</c><00:18:10.480><c> the</c><00:18:10.900><c> images</c><00:18:11.240><c> of</c><00:18:11.539><c> Babylon.</c>

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God<00:18:19.839><c> speaks</c><00:18:20.279><c> of</c><00:18:20.599><c> the</c><00:18:20.859><c> Babylonian</c><00:18:21.299><c> power</c>

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as<00:18:22.039><c> being</c><00:18:22.319><c> the</c><00:18:22.640><c> hammerer</c><00:18:23.259><c> of</c><00:18:23.420><c> the</c><00:18:23.559><c> whole</c>

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earth,<00:18:24.759><c> and</c><00:18:24.839><c> God</c><00:18:25.119><c> makes</c><00:18:25.400><c> an</c><00:18:25.660><c> appeal</c>

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to<00:18:26.200><c> his</c><00:18:26.400><c> people</c><00:18:26.700><c> in</c><00:18:26.859><c> verse</c><00:18:27.160><c> 8.</c>

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Flee<00:18:28.559><c> from</c><00:18:28.839><c> the</c><00:18:28.940><c> midst</c><00:18:29.099><c> of</c><00:18:29.380><c> Babylon,</c>

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and<00:18:30.559><c> go</c><00:18:30.720><c> to</c><00:18:30.900><c> the</c><00:18:31.059><c> land</c><00:18:31.240><c> of</c><00:18:31.440><c> the</c><00:18:31.640><c> Chaldeans,</c>

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and<00:18:32.339><c> be</c><00:18:32.420><c> as</c><00:18:32.559><c> he</c><00:18:32.759><c> goes</c><00:18:32.980><c> before</c><00:18:33.339><c> the</c><00:18:33.579><c> flock.</c>

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The<00:18:34.539><c> appeal</c><00:18:34.839><c> of</c><00:18:35.059><c> Revelation,</c>

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come<00:18:36.000><c> out</c><00:18:36.279><c> of</c><00:18:36.339><c> her,</c><00:18:36.680><c> ye</c><00:18:36.819><c> my</c><00:18:37.079><c> people,</c>

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and<00:18:38.160><c> be</c><00:18:38.359><c> not</c><00:18:38.539><c> a</c><00:18:38.720><c> partaker</c><00:18:39.119><c> of</c><00:18:39.339><c> her</c><00:18:39.539><c> sins.</c>

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We<00:18:41.759><c> find</c>

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that<00:18:42.339><c> God</c><00:18:42.619><c> speaks</c><00:18:43.039><c> of</c><00:18:43.359><c> the</c><00:18:43.619><c> iniquity</c>

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of<00:18:45.039><c> this</c><00:18:45.299><c> power</c>

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through<00:18:45.980><c> chapter</c><00:18:46.400><c> 50.</c>

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He<00:18:47.980><c> speaks</c><00:18:48.319><c> about</c><00:18:48.819><c> their</c><00:18:49.460><c> idol</c>

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worshiping<00:18:50.839><c> in</c><00:18:51.279><c> verse</c><00:18:51.539><c> 27.</c>

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He<00:18:53.259><c> speaks</c><00:18:53.559><c> about</c><00:18:53.839><c> this</c><00:18:54.019><c> again</c>

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in<00:18:54.640><c> verse</c><00:18:54.839><c> 28.</c>

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Verse<00:18:56.539><c> 33.</c>

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A<00:18:58.180><c> drought</c><00:18:58.539><c> shall</c><00:18:58.819><c> be</c><00:18:59.059><c> upon</c><00:18:59.299><c> her</c><00:18:59.619><c> waters,</c>

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that<00:19:00.180><c> they</c><00:19:00.380><c> may</c><00:19:00.559><c> be</c><00:19:00.799><c> dried</c><00:19:00.940><c> up</c><00:19:01.180><c> in</c><00:19:01.319><c> verse</c><00:19:01.599><c> 38.</c>

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For<00:19:02.940><c> it</c><00:19:03.359><c> is</c><00:19:03.660><c> a</c><00:19:03.839><c> land</c>

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of<00:19:04.359><c> images,</c><00:19:05.519><c> and</c><00:19:05.759><c> they</c>

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are<00:19:06.319><c> mad</c><00:19:06.680><c> over</c><00:19:07.359><c> idols.</c>

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What<00:19:07.980><c> a</c><00:19:08.259><c> powerful</c><00:19:08.539><c> association.</c>

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We<00:19:10.180><c> only</c><00:19:10.460><c> have</c><00:19:10.640><c> to</c><00:19:10.880><c> think</c><00:19:11.059><c> of</c><00:19:11.299><c> how</c><00:19:11.759><c> images</c>

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relic<00:19:13.160><c> veneration</c>

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is<00:19:14.519><c> such</c><00:19:14.740><c> an</c><00:19:15.000><c> aspect</c><00:19:15.440><c> of</c><00:19:15.819><c> the</c>

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apostasy<00:19:16.660><c> today,</c><00:19:17.539><c> to</c><00:19:17.740><c> see</c>

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how<00:19:18.279><c> Babylon</c><00:19:18.720><c> ancient</c><00:19:19.299><c> could</c><00:19:19.500><c> be</c><00:19:19.720><c> a</c><00:19:19.839><c> fitting</c>

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mirror<00:19:20.559><c> of</c><00:19:21.059><c> what</c><00:19:21.240><c> we</c><00:19:21.460><c> see</c><00:19:21.619><c> in</c><00:19:21.759><c> the</c><00:19:21.920><c> great</c><00:19:22.099><c> apostasy</c>

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today.

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It<00:19:24.259><c> is</c><00:19:24.579><c> a</c><00:19:24.859><c> land</c><00:19:25.099><c> of</c><00:19:25.380><c> images,</c>

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and<00:19:26.539><c> they</c><00:19:26.740><c> are</c><00:19:27.039><c> mad</c><00:19:27.460><c> over</c>

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idols.<00:19:29.440><c> And</c><00:19:29.599><c> we</c><00:19:29.740><c> see</c><00:19:29.859><c> that</c><00:19:30.039><c> God</c>

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continually<00:19:30.859><c> speaks</c><00:19:31.180><c> of</c><00:19:31.380><c> this</c><00:19:31.680><c> aspect</c>

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of<00:19:32.220><c> it</c><00:19:32.619><c> through</c><00:19:33.359><c> Jeremiah</c>

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chapter<00:19:34.500><c> 50</c><00:19:34.960><c> and</c><00:19:35.140><c> 51.</c>

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Like<00:19:36.539><c> verse</c><00:19:36.980><c> 17.</c>

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Every<00:19:38.359><c> man</c><00:19:38.660><c> is</c><00:19:38.940><c> stupid</c><00:19:39.220><c> and</c><00:19:39.420><c> without</c><00:19:39.640><c> knowledge.</c>

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Every<00:19:40.880><c> goldsmith</c><00:19:41.400><c> is</c><00:19:41.579><c> put</c><00:19:41.799><c> to</c><00:19:41.980><c> shame</c>

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by<00:19:42.579><c> his</c><00:19:42.880><c> idols,</c><00:19:43.660><c> for</c><00:19:43.779><c> his</c>

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images<00:19:44.500><c> are</c><00:19:44.920><c> false.</c>

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When<00:19:46.140><c> God</c><00:19:46.440><c> judges</c><00:19:46.819><c> Babylon,</c><00:19:47.339><c> he</c><00:19:47.500><c> doesn't</c><00:19:47.759><c> only</c>

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judge<00:19:48.400><c> a</c><00:19:48.500><c> political</c><00:19:48.980><c> system,</c><00:19:50.019><c> he</c><00:19:50.160><c> judges</c>

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Bel<00:19:50.980><c> and</c><00:19:51.259><c> Nebo.</c>

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He<00:19:52.180><c> judges</c><00:19:52.559><c> the</c><00:19:52.900><c> idols</c><00:19:53.279><c> and</c><00:19:53.779><c> the</c><00:19:54.059><c> religious</c>

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life<00:19:54.880><c> of</c><00:19:55.240><c> that</c><00:19:55.500><c> apostate</c><00:19:56.079><c> and</c>

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terrible<00:19:56.559><c> system.</c>

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wine<00:20:02.140><c> cup</c>

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depicted.

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In<00:20:03.940><c> verse</c><00:20:04.160><c> 7.</c><00:20:05.500><c> Babylon</c>

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was<00:20:06.259><c> a</c><00:20:06.539><c> golden</c><00:20:06.900><c> cup</c><00:20:07.259><c> in</c><00:20:07.539><c> the</c><00:20:07.700><c> Lord's</c><00:20:08.079><c> hand,</c>

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making<00:20:09.240><c> all</c><00:20:09.579><c> the</c><00:20:09.720><c> earth</c>

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drunken.<00:20:10.920><c> The</c><00:20:11.160><c> nations</c><00:20:11.599><c> drank</c>

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of<00:20:12.240><c> her</c><00:20:12.480><c> wine,</c><00:20:13.500><c> therefore</c>

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the<00:20:14.220><c> nations</c><00:20:14.579><c> went</c><00:20:14.900><c> mad.</c>

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has<00:20:18.259><c> fallen</c><00:20:18.579><c> and</c><00:20:18.759><c> been</c><00:20:19.000><c> broken.</c>

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And<00:20:21.619><c> so</c><00:20:21.740><c> we</c><00:20:21.900><c> see</c><00:20:22.059><c> this</c><00:20:22.339><c> power</c><00:20:22.660><c> who</c><00:20:22.859><c> in</c><00:20:23.000><c> verse</c><00:20:23.279><c> 13</c>

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we<00:20:24.000><c> are</c><00:20:24.240><c> told,</c><00:20:25.240><c> dwell</c>

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by<00:20:25.799><c> many</c><00:20:26.079><c> waters</c><00:20:26.500><c> as</c><00:20:26.799><c> we</c><00:20:27.039><c> have</c><00:20:27.240><c> seen</c>

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through<00:20:29.700><c> it</c><00:20:29.839><c> and</c><00:20:29.940><c> its</c><00:20:30.099><c> system</c><00:20:30.400><c> of</c><00:20:30.680><c> moats.</c>

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rich<00:20:33.960><c> in</c><00:20:34.240><c> treasures,</c><00:20:35.259><c> your</c>

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end<00:20:35.599><c> is</c><00:20:35.900><c> come.</c><00:20:36.480><c> The</c><00:20:36.759><c> threat</c><00:20:36.920><c> of</c><00:20:37.079><c> your</c><00:20:37.240><c> life</c>

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is<00:20:37.700><c> cut.</c><00:20:38.720><c> In</c><00:20:38.859><c> this</c><00:20:39.140><c> very</c>

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cursory<00:20:39.980><c> examination,</c><00:20:40.759><c> brothers</c><00:20:40.839><c> and</c><00:20:41.019><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:20:41.460><c> can</c><00:20:41.839><c> see</c><00:20:42.440><c> that</c><00:20:43.220><c> Babylon</c>

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ancient<00:20:44.519><c> is</c><00:20:45.299><c> sort</c><00:20:45.640><c> of</c><00:20:45.759><c> the</c>

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actual<00:20:46.799><c> background</c><00:20:47.460><c> for</c><00:20:47.839><c> so</c>

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much<00:20:48.339><c> of</c><00:20:48.480><c> the</c><00:20:48.680><c> imagery,</c><00:20:49.720><c> so</c>

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much<00:20:50.160><c> of</c><00:20:50.279><c> the</c><00:20:50.519><c> content</c><00:20:50.940><c> of</c><00:20:51.140><c> the</c><00:20:51.359><c> revelation.</c>

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revelation<00:20:54.380><c> is</c><00:20:54.640><c> so</c><00:20:54.859><c> similar</c><00:20:55.140><c> to</c><00:20:55.299><c> the</c><00:20:55.619><c> aspects</c>

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and<00:20:58.839><c> the</c><00:20:59.140><c> little</c><00:20:59.440><c> horn</c><00:20:59.700><c> of</c>

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Daniel<00:21:00.559><c> chapter</c><00:21:01.079><c> 7</c>

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because<00:21:02.299><c> the</c><00:21:02.640><c> Babylonian</c><00:21:03.160><c> figure</c><00:21:03.400><c> would</c><00:21:03.720><c> exalt</c>

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himself<00:21:04.599><c> to</c><00:21:04.859><c> heaven,</c><00:21:05.759><c> exalted</c>

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above<00:21:06.440><c> all</c><00:21:07.079><c> gods,</c>

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also<00:21:08.500><c> called</c><00:21:08.880><c> objects</c><00:21:09.220><c> of</c><00:21:09.480><c> worship.</c>

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And<00:21:10.839><c> similarly</c><00:21:11.140><c> we</c><00:21:11.359><c> find</c><00:21:11.539><c> this</c><00:21:11.700><c> in</c>

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and<00:21:14.059><c> we</c><00:21:14.180><c> find</c><00:21:14.400><c> it</c><00:21:14.539><c> in</c><00:21:14.599><c> Daniel</c><00:21:14.960><c> chapter</c><00:21:15.380><c> 7.</c>

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Now<00:21:17.019><c> when</c><00:21:17.140><c> we</c><00:21:17.339><c> come</c><00:21:17.519><c> to</c><00:21:17.700><c> the</c>

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revelation,<00:21:18.839><c> there</c><00:21:19.039><c> is</c><00:21:19.359><c> really</c><00:21:19.640><c> a</c>

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remarkable<00:21:20.299><c> sequence.</c>

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prophecy.

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Really<00:24:44.200><c> the</c><00:24:44.440><c> revelation</c><00:24:44.920><c> is</c><00:24:45.220><c> like</c><00:24:45.519><c> a</c>

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telescopic<00:24:46.759><c> view</c>

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of<00:24:48.440><c> the</c><00:24:48.700><c> sequence</c><00:24:49.079><c> of</c><00:24:49.359><c> events</c><00:24:49.599><c> that</c><00:24:49.819><c> would</c>

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happen<00:24:50.319><c> in</c><00:24:50.539><c> history</c><00:24:51.160><c> that</c>

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are<00:24:52.140><c> relevant</c><00:24:52.480><c> to</c><00:24:52.660><c> the</c><00:24:52.839><c> people</c><00:24:52.960><c> of</c><00:24:53.240><c> God.</c>

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It<00:24:54.619><c> doesn't</c><00:24:54.880><c> tell</c><00:24:55.099><c> us</c><00:24:55.240><c> about</c><00:24:55.400><c> everything</c><00:24:55.759><c> that</c>

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happened<00:24:56.200><c> in</c><00:24:56.319><c> the</c><00:24:56.480><c> world.</c><00:24:56.720><c> Obviously</c><00:24:57.220><c> it</c><00:24:57.359><c> doesn't.</c>

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But<00:24:58.420><c> they</c><00:24:58.599><c> are</c><00:24:58.779><c> things</c><00:24:59.039><c> that</c><00:24:59.240><c> are</c><00:24:59.400><c> relevant</c><00:24:59.599><c> to</c><00:24:59.779><c> the</c><00:24:59.940><c> people</c>

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of<00:25:00.299><c> God</c><00:25:00.619><c> and</c><00:25:01.099><c> it's</c><00:25:01.480><c> interspersed</c>

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with<00:25:02.380><c> messages</c><00:25:02.900><c> of</c><00:25:03.319><c> encouragement.</c>

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Be<00:25:05.000><c> thou</c><00:25:05.339><c> faithful</c><00:25:05.819><c> unto</c>

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death<00:25:06.440><c> and</c><00:25:06.599><c> I</c><00:25:06.700><c> will</c><00:25:06.900><c> give</c><00:25:07.059><c> you</c><00:25:07.240><c> the</c><00:25:07.420><c> crown</c><00:25:07.579><c> of</c><00:25:07.799><c> life.</c>

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It's<00:25:08.980><c> sent</c><00:25:09.220><c> to</c><00:25:09.440><c> an</c><00:25:09.640><c> ecclesia</c>

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of<00:25:10.559><c> conquerors.</c>

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It's<00:25:12.440><c> given</c><00:25:12.599><c> to</c><00:25:12.819><c> those</c><00:25:13.119><c> who</c><00:25:13.539><c> overcome.</c>

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I<00:25:14.880><c> will</c><00:25:15.180><c> give</c><00:25:15.319><c> him</c><00:25:15.680><c> power</c>

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over<00:25:16.319><c> the</c><00:25:16.500><c> nations</c><00:25:17.000><c> and</c><00:25:17.400><c> he</c><00:25:17.619><c> shall</c><00:25:17.759><c> rule</c>

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them<00:25:18.240><c> with</c><00:25:18.440><c> the</c><00:25:18.619><c> rod</c><00:25:18.700><c> of</c><00:25:18.960><c> iron.</c><00:25:19.799><c> So</c>

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this<00:25:20.319><c> last</c><00:25:20.680><c> book</c><00:25:20.839><c> of</c><00:25:20.980><c> the</c><00:25:21.099><c> Bible</c><00:25:21.400><c> is</c>

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really<00:25:22.420><c> given</c><00:25:22.779><c> to</c><00:25:23.119><c> the</c><00:25:23.539><c> ecclesias</c>

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of<00:25:24.380><c> the</c><00:25:24.519><c> overcomers,</c><00:25:25.859><c> not</c><00:25:26.160><c> the</c><00:25:26.460><c> quitters</c>

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but<00:25:27.000><c> the</c><00:25:27.299><c> overcomers.</c>

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Those<00:25:28.980><c> who</c><00:25:29.180><c> would</c><00:25:29.359><c> be</c><00:25:29.640><c> faithful</c>

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in<00:25:30.660><c> keeping</c><00:25:30.940><c> their</c><00:25:31.279><c> garments</c><00:25:31.680><c> unsoiled</c>

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would<00:25:33.359><c> walk</c><00:25:33.619><c> with</c><00:25:33.799><c> him</c><00:25:33.960><c> in</c><00:25:34.200><c> white.</c>

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And<00:25:35.079><c> so</c><00:25:35.240><c> we</c><00:25:35.400><c> have</c><00:25:35.579><c> the</c>

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seal<00:25:41.599><c> period</c>

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which<00:25:42.799><c> opened</c><00:25:43.119><c> into</c><00:25:43.319><c> the</c><00:25:43.519><c> trumpet</c><00:25:43.859><c> period</c>

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which<00:25:44.759><c> was</c><00:25:45.019><c> followed</c><00:25:45.259><c> by</c><00:25:45.519><c> the</c><00:25:45.740><c> vial</c><00:25:46.039><c> period</c>

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or<00:25:46.579><c> the</c><00:25:46.799><c> bowl</c><00:25:46.960><c> period</c><00:25:47.279><c> that</c><00:25:47.440><c> we're</c><00:25:47.539><c> reading</c><00:25:47.799><c> of</c><00:25:48.000><c> now</c>

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that<00:25:49.039><c> would</c><00:25:49.299><c> culminate</c><00:25:49.720><c> in</c><00:25:49.880><c> the</c><00:25:50.079><c> thunders</c>

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and<00:25:51.000><c> the</c><00:25:51.240><c> majestic</c><00:25:51.660><c> vision</c>

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of<00:25:52.559><c> the</c><00:25:52.700><c> new</c><00:25:52.859><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:25:53.920><c> the</c><00:25:54.019><c> millennial</c>

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reign<00:25:54.619><c> of</c><00:25:54.799><c> Christ,</c><00:25:55.480><c> and</c><00:25:55.619><c> the</c><00:25:55.819><c> peace</c>

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and<00:25:56.319><c> the</c><00:25:56.519><c> joy</c><00:25:57.119><c> which</c><00:25:57.460><c> it</c><00:25:57.839><c> would</c><00:25:57.960><c> usher</c><00:25:58.279><c> in.</c>

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In<00:25:59.859><c> chapter</c>

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16,<00:26:01.900><c> we</c><00:26:02.039><c> have</c>

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here<00:26:03.299><c> a</c><00:26:03.740><c> description</c>

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of<00:26:06.220><c> the</c><00:26:06.339><c> Euphrates</c>

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River.

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In<00:26:09.579><c> Revelation</c>

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chapter<00:26:10.640><c> 16,</c><00:26:11.460><c> prior</c><00:26:11.799><c> to</c><00:26:12.000><c> this</c>

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description<00:26:12.779><c> of</c><00:26:12.980><c> chapter</c><00:26:13.259><c> 17,</c><00:26:13.920><c> we</c><00:26:14.019><c> read</c>

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in<00:26:14.400><c> verse</c><00:26:14.619><c> 12,</c><00:26:15.859><c> the</c><00:26:16.000><c> sixth</c>

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angel<00:26:17.039><c> poured</c><00:26:17.460><c> his</c><00:26:17.839><c> bowl</c>

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or<00:26:18.359><c> his</c><00:26:18.680><c> vial</c><00:26:19.140><c> on</c><00:26:19.599><c> the</c><00:26:19.980><c> great</c>

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river<00:26:20.799><c> Euphrates.</c>

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And<00:26:22.640><c> its</c><00:26:22.799><c> water</c><00:26:23.200><c> was</c><00:26:23.519><c> dried</c><00:26:23.740><c> up</c><00:26:23.980><c> to</c><00:26:24.200><c> prepare</c>

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the<00:26:24.819><c> way</c><00:26:25.039><c> for</c><00:26:25.259><c> the</c><00:26:25.440><c> kings</c><00:26:25.660><c> from</c><00:26:25.920><c> the</c><00:26:26.099><c> east.</c>

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Now<00:26:27.579><c> in</c><00:26:27.839><c> prophecy,</c>

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sometimes<00:26:29.059><c> the</c><00:26:29.299><c> river</c>

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that<00:26:30.619><c> flows</c><00:26:30.880><c> through</c><00:26:31.099><c> a</c><00:26:31.359><c> territory</c><00:26:31.799><c> will</c><00:26:32.160><c> stand</c>

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for<00:26:32.740><c> the</c><00:26:32.980><c> territory</c><00:26:33.619><c> that</c><00:26:34.099><c> possesses</c>

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the<00:26:34.759><c> river.</c><00:26:35.500><c> For</c><00:26:35.720><c> example,</c><00:26:36.180><c> the</c><00:26:36.339><c> Nile</c>

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represent<00:26:37.200><c> Egypt.</c>

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In<00:26:39.200><c> chapter</c><00:26:39.539><c> 8,</c><00:26:39.920><c> we</c><00:26:39.980><c> read</c><00:26:40.160><c> of</c><00:26:40.319><c> Assyria.</c>

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The<00:26:41.960><c> king</c><00:26:42.279><c> of</c><00:26:42.420><c> Assyria</c>

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and<00:26:43.220><c> all</c><00:26:43.480><c> his</c><00:26:43.680><c> glory</c>

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and<00:26:44.640><c> it</c><00:26:44.799><c> will</c><00:26:45.099><c> rise</c><00:26:45.440><c> over</c><00:26:45.779><c> all</c><00:26:45.940><c> its</c><00:26:46.220><c> channels</c>

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and<00:26:47.180><c> go</c><00:26:47.380><c> over</c><00:26:47.579><c> all</c><00:26:47.819><c> its</c><00:26:48.099><c> banks</c>

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and<00:26:49.000><c> it</c><00:26:49.079><c> will</c><00:26:49.400><c> sweep</c><00:26:49.619><c> on</c><00:26:50.000><c> into</c><00:26:50.299><c> Judah.</c>

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There<00:26:51.640><c> you</c><00:26:51.859><c> find</c><00:26:52.119><c> a</c><00:26:52.319><c> river</c>

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the<00:26:53.920><c> mighty</c><00:26:54.359><c> river</c>

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representing<00:26:56.279><c> the</c><00:26:56.599><c> Assyrian</c>

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power.

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In<00:26:58.500><c> Revelation</c><00:26:58.980><c> chapter</c><00:26:59.380><c> 16,</c><00:26:59.839><c> we</c><00:27:00.039><c> have</c>

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depicted<00:27:00.640><c> how</c><00:27:00.960><c> the</c><00:27:01.180><c> river</c><00:27:01.359><c> Euphrates</c>

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would<00:27:03.119><c> there</c><00:27:03.380><c> be</c><00:27:03.700><c> represented</c>

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representing<00:27:05.220><c> a</c><00:27:05.539><c> political</c><00:27:05.960><c> power</c>

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that<00:27:06.559><c> would</c><00:27:07.079><c> possess</c><00:27:07.440><c> the</c><00:27:07.779><c> territory</c>

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that<00:27:08.339><c> would</c><00:27:08.480><c> be</c><00:27:08.680><c> bounding</c>

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would<00:27:10.319><c> be</c><00:27:10.480><c> on</c><00:27:10.619><c> the</c><00:27:10.779><c> boundary</c><00:27:11.059><c> of</c><00:27:11.220><c> the</c><00:27:11.319><c> river</c><00:27:11.460><c> Euphrates</c>

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and<00:27:12.200><c> it</c><00:27:12.319><c> would</c><00:27:12.519><c> be</c><00:27:12.680><c> dried</c><00:27:12.859><c> up</c><00:27:13.099><c> to</c><00:27:13.339><c> prepare</c><00:27:13.519><c> the</c><00:27:13.740><c> way</c><00:27:13.880><c> for</c><00:27:14.059><c> the</c><00:27:14.200><c> kings</c>

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of<00:27:14.539><c> the</c><00:27:14.660><c> east.</c><00:27:15.640><c> Now</c><00:27:15.779><c> look</c><00:27:15.839><c> how</c><00:27:16.039><c> remarkable</c>

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this<00:27:16.700><c> prophecy</c><00:27:17.140><c> is.</c>

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The<00:27:19.259><c> Turkish</c><00:27:19.619><c> power</c><00:27:20.200><c> is</c>

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the<00:27:20.720><c> power</c><00:27:21.160><c> which</c>

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for<00:27:22.720><c> many</c><00:27:23.039><c> centuries</c><00:27:23.559><c> has</c><00:27:24.019><c> occupied</c>

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the<00:27:24.880><c> territory</c><00:27:25.259><c> around</c><00:27:25.660><c> the</c><00:27:25.940><c> Tigris</c><00:27:26.339><c> and</c>

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Euphrates<00:27:26.980><c> rivers.</c>

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Historically<00:27:28.900><c> we</c><00:27:29.039><c> can</c><00:27:29.319><c> see</c><00:27:29.460><c> in</c><00:27:29.619><c> 1566</c>

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this<00:27:30.880><c> is</c><00:27:31.099><c> the</c><00:27:31.680><c> territory</c><00:27:32.240><c> that</c><00:27:32.400><c> was</c>

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occupied<00:27:33.500><c> by</c><00:27:34.220><c> Turkey.</c>

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However,<00:27:36.440><c> with</c>

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the<00:27:36.740><c> passage</c><00:27:37.039><c> of</c><00:27:37.339><c> time,</c><00:27:37.680><c> we</c><00:27:37.839><c> have</c><00:27:38.119><c> witnessed</c>

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the<00:27:38.940><c> drying</c><00:27:39.220><c> up</c><00:27:39.480><c> of</c><00:27:39.640><c> the</c><00:27:39.799><c> Turkish</c><00:27:40.079><c> power.</c>

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Now<00:27:41.220><c> that's</c><00:27:41.500><c> assuming</c><00:27:41.759><c> that</c><00:27:41.960><c> our</c><00:27:42.200><c> interpretation</c>

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is<00:27:43.039><c> correct,</c><00:27:43.700><c> that</c><00:27:43.900><c> the</c><00:27:44.119><c> river</c><00:27:44.319><c> really</c>

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stands<00:27:44.960><c> for</c><00:27:45.119><c> the</c><00:27:45.339><c> power</c><00:27:45.579><c> that</c><00:27:45.779><c> occupies</c><00:27:46.319><c> the</c><00:27:46.539><c> territory</c>

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around<00:27:47.200><c> it.</c>

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So<00:27:48.799><c> we</c><00:27:48.980><c> have</c><00:27:49.220><c> not</c><00:27:49.460><c> only</c><00:27:50.200><c> the</c><00:27:50.619><c> Assyrian</c>

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power<00:27:51.460><c> referred</c><00:27:51.819><c> to</c><00:27:51.980><c> by</c><00:27:52.160><c> a</c><00:27:52.299><c> river,</c>

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here<00:27:53.079><c> we</c><00:27:53.259><c> have</c><00:27:53.400><c> the</c><00:27:53.559><c> power</c><00:27:53.859><c> of</c><00:27:54.099><c> Turkey</c>

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being<00:27:55.579><c> dried</c><00:27:55.880><c> up</c><00:27:56.099><c> so</c><00:27:56.279><c> that</c><00:27:56.440><c> now</c><00:27:56.579><c> we</c><00:27:56.759><c> have</c>

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Iran,<00:27:57.799><c> Iraq,</c><00:27:58.440><c> Saudi</c><00:27:58.680><c> Arabia,</c>

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part<00:27:59.460><c> of</c><00:27:59.660><c> Egypt,</c><00:28:00.500><c> Syria,</c>

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and<00:28:01.319><c> the</c><00:28:01.579><c> small</c><00:28:01.799><c> countries</c><00:28:02.180><c> of</c><00:28:02.359><c> this</c><00:28:02.500><c> area</c>

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of<00:28:02.859><c> the</c><00:28:02.980><c> world</c><00:28:03.299><c> all</c><00:28:04.000><c> coming</c><00:28:04.279><c> into</c><00:28:04.500><c> their</c>

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own<00:28:05.099><c> territorial</c><00:28:05.559><c> right</c><00:28:05.900><c> and</c><00:28:06.440><c> we</c><00:28:06.680><c> see</c>

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Turkey<00:28:07.400><c> in</c><00:28:07.619><c> the</c><00:28:07.900><c> gradual</c><00:28:08.420><c> process</c>

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of<00:28:09.240><c> being</c><00:28:09.519><c> dried</c><00:28:09.839><c> up</c>

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in<00:28:10.680><c> a</c><00:28:10.819><c> way</c><00:28:10.940><c> that</c><00:28:11.059><c> we're</c><00:28:11.259><c> told</c><00:28:11.519><c> here</c><00:28:11.859><c> to</c><00:28:12.099><c> make</c><00:28:12.440><c> way</c>

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for<00:28:12.799><c> the</c><00:28:12.880><c> kings</c><00:28:13.099><c> of</c><00:28:13.279><c> the</c><00:28:13.400><c> east.</c>

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And<00:28:14.400><c> then</c><00:28:14.559><c> we're</c><00:28:14.740><c> introduced</c><00:28:15.200><c> into</c><00:28:15.440><c> the</c><00:28:15.740><c> Babylon</c><00:28:16.039><c> figure.</c>

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judgment<00:28:18.980><c> upon</c><00:28:19.599><c> great</c><00:28:20.039><c> Babylon</c>

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and<00:28:20.920><c> God</c><00:28:21.279><c> remembered</c><00:28:21.960><c> great</c><00:28:22.539><c> Babylon</c>

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to<00:28:23.519><c> make</c><00:28:23.680><c> her</c><00:28:23.940><c> drain</c><00:28:24.259><c> the</c><00:28:24.539><c> cup</c>

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of<00:28:25.019><c> the</c><00:28:25.180><c> fury</c><00:28:25.380><c> of</c><00:28:25.519><c> his</c><00:28:25.680><c> wrath.</c>

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Now<00:28:27.339><c> it's</c><00:28:27.559><c> a</c><00:28:27.660><c> matter</c><00:28:27.900><c> of</c><00:28:28.099><c> Sunday</c><00:28:28.319><c> school</c><00:28:28.519><c> knowledge</c>

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how<00:28:29.460><c> in</c><00:28:29.599><c> fact</c><00:28:30.059><c> Babylon</c>

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fell.<00:28:31.559><c> We</c><00:28:31.819><c> remember</c><00:28:32.259><c> how</c><00:28:32.500><c> the</c>

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handwriting<00:28:33.039><c> was</c><00:28:33.299><c> on</c><00:28:33.539><c> the</c><00:28:33.700><c> wall</c>

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and<00:28:34.819><c> the</c><00:28:35.019><c> writing</c><00:28:35.220><c> being</c><00:28:35.480><c> interpreted</c>

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and<00:28:37.160><c> that</c><00:28:37.500><c> very</c><00:28:37.880><c> night</c><00:28:38.200><c> Belshazzar</c>

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the<00:28:39.220><c> Chaldean</c><00:28:39.680><c> king</c><00:28:39.960><c> was</c><00:28:40.299><c> slain</c>

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and<00:28:41.359><c> Darius</c><00:28:41.839><c> the</c><00:28:42.059><c> Mede</c><00:28:42.279><c> received</c><00:28:42.579><c> the</c><00:28:42.779><c> kingdom</c>

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being<00:28:43.359><c> about</c><00:28:43.660><c> 62</c><00:28:44.099><c> years</c><00:28:44.539><c> old</c><00:28:44.779><c> and</c>

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got<00:28:45.279><c> open</c><00:28:45.700><c> virtually</c><00:28:46.059><c> the</c><00:28:46.319><c> gates</c>

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of<00:28:47.160><c> that</c><00:28:47.559><c> huge</c><00:28:48.099><c> power</c>

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that<00:28:49.660><c> great</c><00:28:50.079><c> metropolis</c><00:28:50.640><c> of</c><00:28:50.940><c> Babylon</c>

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because<00:28:51.599><c> in</c><00:28:51.799><c> the</c><00:28:51.960><c> drunken</c><00:28:52.279><c> feast</c>

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they<00:28:53.299><c> had</c><00:28:53.519><c> only</c><00:28:53.900><c> token</c><00:28:54.380><c> resistance</c>

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to<00:28:55.599><c> face</c><00:28:55.819><c> at</c><00:28:56.079><c> the</c><00:28:56.299><c> entry</c><00:28:56.500><c> points</c>

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on<00:28:57.380><c> the</c><00:28:57.519><c> river</c><00:28:57.920><c> and</c><00:28:58.759><c> the</c>

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forces<00:29:00.119><c> of</c><00:29:00.460><c> Cyrus</c><00:29:00.799><c> moved</c>

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up<00:29:01.359><c> the</c><00:29:01.539><c> riverbed,</c><00:29:02.079><c> gained</c><00:29:02.400><c> access</c><00:29:02.839><c> to</c>

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the<00:29:03.180><c> city,</c><00:29:03.779><c> and</c><00:29:03.940><c> took</c><00:29:04.400><c> Babylon</c>

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ancient.<00:29:06.119><c> And</c><00:29:06.339><c> so</c><00:29:06.500><c> here</c><00:29:06.740><c> we</c><00:29:06.940><c> have</c>

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the<00:29:07.359><c> drying</c><00:29:07.619><c> up</c><00:29:07.839><c> of</c><00:29:08.019><c> the</c><00:29:08.160><c> Euphrates</c><00:29:08.460><c> power</c>

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as<00:29:09.900><c> it</c><00:29:10.019><c> was</c><00:29:10.299><c> for</c><00:29:10.619><c> Cyrus</c><00:29:10.859><c> to</c><00:29:11.119><c> make</c>

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entry<00:29:11.619><c> when</c><00:29:11.819><c> God</c><00:29:12.059><c> opened</c><00:29:12.339><c> the</c><00:29:12.519><c> gates</c><00:29:12.660><c> of</c><00:29:12.819><c> the</c><00:29:12.920><c> city</c>

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in<00:29:15.299><c> chapter</c><00:29:15.599><c> 16</c><00:29:16.099><c> God</c><00:29:16.400><c> remembering</c>

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great<00:29:17.539><c> Babylon</c><00:29:18.019><c> to</c><00:29:18.599><c> make</c><00:29:18.779><c> her</c><00:29:19.039><c> drain</c>

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and<00:29:21.480><c> chapter</c><00:29:21.720><c> 17</c><00:29:22.220><c> introduces</c><00:29:22.720><c> us</c><00:29:23.000><c> into</c>

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this<00:29:23.559><c> consideration</c><00:29:24.319><c> of</c><00:29:25.039><c> Babylon</c>

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the<00:29:25.599><c> Great.</c><00:29:26.759><c> So</c><00:29:26.920><c> you</c><00:29:26.940><c> can</c><00:29:27.200><c> see</c>

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brothers<00:29:27.599><c> and</c><00:29:27.819><c> sisters</c><00:29:28.079><c> how</c><00:29:28.359><c> important</c><00:29:28.799><c> it</c><00:29:29.019><c> seems</c>

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to<00:29:29.420><c> be</c><00:29:29.519><c> that</c><00:29:29.660><c> we</c><00:29:29.859><c> do</c><00:29:30.000><c> our</c><00:29:30.180><c> readings</c>

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because<00:29:31.819><c> the</c><00:29:32.160><c> kind</c><00:29:32.380><c> of</c><00:29:32.680><c> images</c>

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that<00:29:33.339><c> God</c><00:29:33.559><c> draws</c><00:29:33.900><c> in</c><00:29:34.119><c> Revelation</c>

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really<00:29:35.500><c> come</c><00:29:35.720><c> from</c><00:29:35.920><c> those</c><00:29:36.240><c> Old</c><00:29:36.460><c> Testament</c><00:29:36.859><c> narratives</c>

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back<00:29:37.720><c> there</c><00:29:38.000><c> in</c><00:29:38.180><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:38.720><c> and</c><00:29:39.019><c> Jeremiah</c>

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Ezekiel<00:29:39.980><c> and</c><00:29:40.160><c> Daniel</c><00:29:40.599><c> and</c><00:29:41.259><c> unless</c>

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we're<00:29:41.900><c> sensitive</c><00:29:42.200><c> readers</c><00:29:42.559><c> perhaps</c><00:29:43.000><c> we'll</c><00:29:43.319><c> miss</c>

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the<00:29:43.859><c> force</c><00:29:44.019><c> of</c><00:29:44.220><c> the</c><00:29:44.359><c> exhortation</c><00:29:45.039><c> of</c><00:29:45.359><c> these</c>

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passages<00:29:46.019><c> as</c><00:29:46.259><c> we</c><00:29:46.420><c> go</c><00:29:46.640><c> through.</c>

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And<00:29:48.339><c> so</c><00:29:48.579><c> chapter</c><00:29:48.920><c> 17</c>

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introduces<00:29:50.140><c> us</c><00:29:50.500><c> to</c><00:29:50.700><c> this</c><00:29:50.940><c> great</c>

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harlot<00:29:51.819><c> figure</c><00:29:52.279><c> that</c><00:29:53.059><c> is</c><00:29:53.319><c> sitting</c>

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upon<00:29:54.200><c> many</c><00:29:54.599><c> waters.</c>

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It's<00:29:56.900><c> based</c><00:29:57.119><c> upon</c><00:29:57.400><c> the</c>

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image<00:29:57.980><c> as</c><00:29:58.299><c> we've</c><00:29:58.579><c> seen</c><00:29:58.799><c> of</c><00:29:59.059><c> ancient</c>

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Babylon.<00:30:00.920><c> There</c><00:30:01.160><c> is</c><00:30:01.359><c> a</c>

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wine<00:30:01.859><c> cup</c><00:30:02.119><c> that</c><00:30:02.539><c> we</c><00:30:02.700><c> are</c><00:30:02.880><c> told</c><00:30:03.119><c> that</c><00:30:03.339><c> she</c>

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possesses<00:30:04.099><c> as</c><00:30:04.299><c> illustrated</c><00:30:04.660><c> here</c><00:30:04.920><c> in</c><00:30:05.059><c> the</c><00:30:05.259><c> chart</c>

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but<00:30:06.259><c> even</c><00:30:06.559><c> the</c><00:30:06.819><c> wine</c><00:30:07.160><c> cup</c>

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this<00:30:08.099><c> wine</c><00:30:08.500><c> cup</c><00:30:08.740><c> full</c><00:30:09.019><c> of</c><00:30:09.279><c> abominations</c>

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and<00:30:10.400><c> filthiness</c><00:30:11.019><c> of</c><00:30:11.380><c> her</c>

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fornication<00:30:12.559><c> is</c><00:30:13.240><c> a</c><00:30:13.480><c> wine</c>

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cup<00:30:13.980><c> which</c><00:30:14.180><c> is</c><00:30:14.420><c> not</c><00:30:14.640><c> new</c><00:30:14.819><c> to</c><00:30:15.000><c> Revelation</c><00:30:15.380><c> 17</c>

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and<00:30:16.900><c> it's</c><00:30:17.099><c> almost</c><00:30:17.380><c> ironical.</c>

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The<00:30:19.319><c> harlot</c>

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figure,<00:30:20.279><c> the</c><00:30:20.359><c> great</c><00:30:20.539><c> apostasy</c><00:30:21.180><c> has</c><00:30:21.400><c> a</c><00:30:21.680><c> wine</c>

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cup<00:30:22.440><c> that</c><00:30:23.019><c> all</c><00:30:23.500><c> of</c><00:30:23.640><c> the</c>

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Protestant<00:30:24.200><c> daughters</c><00:30:24.640><c> have</c><00:30:24.819><c> been</c><00:30:25.059><c> drinking,</c><00:30:25.500><c> the</c>

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kings<00:30:25.819><c> of</c><00:30:26.039><c> the</c><00:30:26.180><c> earth,</c><00:30:26.500><c> theirs</c><00:30:26.759><c> are</c><00:30:27.039><c> doctrines</c>

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and<00:30:28.579><c> we</c><00:30:28.720><c> might</c><00:30:28.900><c> add</c><00:30:29.160><c> to</c><00:30:29.299><c> that</c><00:30:29.480><c> the</c>

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future<00:30:30.180><c> Fuhrer,</c><00:30:31.039><c> the</c><00:30:31.240><c> great</c>

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Antichrist<00:30:32.000><c> theory</c><00:30:32.380><c> and</c><00:30:32.819><c> they've</c><00:30:33.059><c> been</c><00:30:33.259><c> drinking</c>

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from<00:30:33.920><c> this</c><00:30:34.400><c> intoxicating</c>

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inebriating<00:30:36.740><c> doctrine</c><00:30:37.299><c> from</c><00:30:37.539><c> the</c>

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Roman<00:30:37.900><c> church.</c>

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But<00:30:40.220><c> God</c><00:30:40.440><c> is</c><00:30:40.619><c> going</c><00:30:40.720><c> to</c><00:30:40.859><c> give</c><00:30:40.920><c> that</c><00:30:41.259><c> system</c>

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a<00:30:41.980><c> cup</c><00:30:42.119><c> to</c><00:30:42.359><c> drink.</c><00:30:43.319><c> God</c><00:30:43.500><c> is</c>

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going<00:30:43.880><c> to</c><00:30:44.099><c> give</c><00:30:44.259><c> her</c><00:30:44.779><c> the</c><00:30:45.359><c> cup</c>

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of<00:30:45.960><c> the</c><00:30:46.339><c> wine</c><00:30:46.700><c> of</c><00:30:47.099><c> the</c><00:30:47.579><c> fierceness</c>

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of<00:30:48.680><c> his</c><00:30:49.039><c> wrath.</c>

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You<00:30:50.160><c> can</c><00:30:50.380><c> see</c><00:30:50.500><c> brothers</c><00:30:50.740><c> and</c><00:30:50.940><c> sisters</c><00:30:51.119><c> how</c><00:30:51.460><c> important</c>

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it<00:30:52.039><c> is</c><00:30:52.400><c> that</c><00:30:52.700><c> we</c><00:30:52.940><c> think</c><00:30:53.160><c> like</c><00:30:53.380><c> God</c>

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does<00:30:53.920><c> about</c><00:30:54.200><c> this</c><00:30:54.460><c> system.</c>

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When<00:30:56.019><c> the</c><00:30:56.339><c> apostles</c><00:30:56.920><c> and</c><00:30:57.279><c> the</c><00:30:57.559><c> saints</c>

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and<00:30:58.099><c> the</c><00:30:58.279><c> martyrs</c><00:30:58.619><c> of</c><00:30:58.759><c> Jesus</c><00:30:59.180><c> all</c><00:30:59.539><c> rejoice</c>

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in<00:31:00.339><c> heaven,</c><00:31:01.759><c> fall</c>

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in<00:31:02.619><c> his</c><00:31:02.619><c> Babylon,</c><00:31:04.119><c> and</c>

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if<00:31:04.380><c> we're</c><00:31:04.559><c> going</c><00:31:04.720><c> to</c><00:31:04.819><c> be</c><00:31:04.960><c> among</c><00:31:05.240><c> that</c><00:31:05.640><c> great</c>

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throng,<00:31:06.440><c> that</c><00:31:06.740><c> great</c><00:31:06.980><c> multitude</c><00:31:07.380><c> which</c><00:31:07.640><c> no</c><00:31:07.880><c> man</c>

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could<00:31:08.319><c> number,</c><00:31:09.180><c> then</c><00:31:09.400><c> we</c><00:31:09.579><c> will</c><00:31:09.819><c> sing</c>

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the<00:31:10.380><c> songs.</c><00:31:11.299><c> We</c><00:31:11.460><c> will</c><00:31:11.740><c> rejoice</c>

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with<00:31:12.519><c> hallelujahs</c><00:31:13.500><c> at</c><00:31:13.640><c> the</c><00:31:14.039><c> falling</c>

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of<00:31:14.460><c> this</c><00:31:14.740><c> great</c><00:31:15.019><c> apostate</c><00:31:15.599><c> system</c>

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:18.099
when<00:31:16.920><c> God</c><00:31:17.339><c> gives</c><00:31:17.619><c> unto</c><00:31:17.859><c> her</c>

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:20.259
the<00:31:18.440><c> cup</c><00:31:18.700><c> of</c><00:31:19.099><c> the</c><00:31:19.359><c> wine</c><00:31:19.579><c> of</c><00:31:19.740><c> the</c><00:31:19.880><c> fierceness</c>

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:21.559
of<00:31:20.400><c> his</c><00:31:20.599><c> wrath.</c>

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:24.180
And<00:31:22.579><c> the</c><00:31:22.740><c> cup</c><00:31:22.980><c> that</c><00:31:23.180><c> we</c><00:31:23.380><c> read</c><00:31:23.559><c> of</c><00:31:23.799><c> in</c>

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:25.960
Revelation<00:31:24.819><c> chapter</c><00:31:25.220><c> 17</c>

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:28.059
is<00:31:26.799><c> the</c><00:31:26.940><c> cup</c><00:31:27.160><c> that</c><00:31:27.319><c> we</c><00:31:27.519><c> saw</c><00:31:27.720><c> was</c><00:31:27.880><c> in</c>

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:29.700
Jeremiah<00:31:28.500><c> 51</c><00:31:28.980><c>-7</c>

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:31.920
or<00:31:30.079><c> the</c><00:31:30.259><c> cup</c><00:31:30.759><c> of</c><00:31:30.960><c> Edom</c><00:31:31.359><c> in</c><00:31:31.640><c> Lamentations</c>

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:34.440
or<00:31:32.660><c> to</c><00:31:32.920><c> Israel</c><00:31:33.200><c> in</c><00:31:33.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:33.660><c> 51.</c>

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.880
And<00:31:34.900><c> we</c><00:31:35.059><c> see</c><00:31:35.279><c> how</c><00:31:35.619><c> time</c>

00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:37.680
and<00:31:36.000><c> time</c><00:31:36.200><c> again</c><00:31:36.740><c> God</c><00:31:37.160><c> is</c><00:31:37.480><c> drawing</c>

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:39.960
here<00:31:38.039><c> in</c><00:31:38.259><c> his</c><00:31:38.500><c> last</c><00:31:39.359><c> vision</c>

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:41.660
communicated<00:31:40.940><c> to</c><00:31:41.180><c> the</c><00:31:41.400><c> believers</c>

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:43.819
of<00:31:41.900><c> the</c><00:31:42.079><c> apostate</c><00:31:42.559><c> system.</c><00:31:43.319><c> He's</c><00:31:43.619><c> bringing</c>

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:46.259
it<00:31:44.039><c> right</c><00:31:44.240><c> from</c><00:31:44.440><c> his</c><00:31:44.619><c> Old</c><00:31:44.839><c> Testament</c><00:31:45.180><c> Scriptures.</c>

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:50.259
The<00:31:48.039><c> identification</c><00:31:48.799><c> of</c><00:31:49.180><c> this</c><00:31:49.380><c> figure.</c>

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:52.339
It's<00:31:51.559><c> remarkable,</c>

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.440
brothers<00:31:52.859><c> and</c><00:31:52.980><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:55.920
in<00:31:54.059><c> Revelation</c><00:31:54.680><c> chapter</c><00:31:55.099><c> 17</c>

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:58.099
that<00:31:56.660><c> we</c><00:31:56.900><c> have</c><00:31:57.059><c> such</c><00:31:57.339><c> an</c><00:31:57.579><c> identification.</c>

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:59.799
And<00:31:58.200><c> if</c><00:31:58.380><c> we</c><00:31:58.539><c> had</c><00:31:58.640><c> the</c><00:31:58.819><c> lights</c><00:31:59.019><c> we</c><00:31:59.140><c> could</c><00:31:59.339><c> see</c><00:31:59.519><c> this</c>

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:02.059
transparency,<00:32:01.039><c> which</c><00:32:01.220><c> is</c><00:32:01.480><c> really</c><00:32:01.799><c> quite</c>

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:03.140
remarkable.

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:07.019
In<00:32:05.319><c> Revelation</c><00:32:05.900><c> chapter</c><00:32:06.380><c> 17</c>

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:08.019
the<00:32:07.279><c> figure</c><00:32:07.559><c> that</c><00:32:07.799><c> we</c>

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:10.000
depicted<00:32:08.559><c> sits</c><00:32:09.339><c> on</c><00:32:09.759><c> seven</c>

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:11.460
hills,<00:32:10.380><c> as</c><00:32:10.579><c> we</c><00:32:10.740><c> know.</c>

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:14.460
Now<00:32:12.859><c> recently</c><00:32:13.339><c> this</c><00:32:13.740><c> identification</c>

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:16.099
has<00:32:14.740><c> been</c><00:32:15.019><c> called</c><00:32:15.240><c> in</c><00:32:15.519><c> question</c><00:32:15.779><c> because</c>

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:18.380
it<00:32:16.400><c> said</c><00:32:16.519><c> there</c><00:32:16.720><c> aren't</c><00:32:17.000><c> really</c><00:32:17.400><c> seven</c><00:32:17.759><c> mountains</c>

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:20.200
in<00:32:18.779><c> Rome</c><00:32:19.180><c> on</c><00:32:19.680><c> which</c><00:32:19.859><c> the</c><00:32:20.000><c> woman</c>

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:22.119
is<00:32:20.460><c> seated.</c><00:32:21.720><c> But</c><00:32:21.900><c> a</c><00:32:22.000><c> little</c>

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:23.859
research<00:32:22.599><c> will</c><00:32:22.900><c> show</c><00:32:23.160><c> that</c><00:32:23.380><c> the</c><00:32:23.519><c> word</c>

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:26.019
O<00:32:24.299><c>-R</c><00:32:25.000><c>-O</c><00:32:25.440><c>-S,</c><00:32:25.680><c> the</c><00:32:25.819><c> word</c>

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:28.460
for<00:32:26.279><c> hills</c><00:32:26.559><c> in</c><00:32:26.799><c> the</c><00:32:26.940><c> Greek</c><00:32:27.160><c> text</c><00:32:27.500><c> here,</c>

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.960
is<00:32:28.799><c> used</c><00:32:29.299><c> for</c><00:32:29.559><c> the</c><00:32:29.779><c> hill</c>

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:32.240
at<00:32:30.180><c> Nazareth</c><00:32:30.740><c> in</c><00:32:31.000><c> the</c><00:32:31.140><c> Gospels</c>

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:34.240
in<00:32:32.420><c> Luke</c><00:32:32.680><c> chapter</c><00:32:33.019><c> 4</c><00:32:33.339><c> and</c><00:32:33.460><c> verse</c><00:32:33.660><c> 29</c>

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:36.140
when<00:32:34.619><c> they</c><00:32:34.819><c> were</c><00:32:34.900><c> going</c><00:32:35.059><c> to</c><00:32:35.240><c> throw</c><00:32:35.339><c> Jesus</c><00:32:35.740><c> over</c><00:32:35.980><c> the</c>

00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:38.200
brow<00:32:36.319><c> of</c><00:32:36.460><c> the</c><00:32:36.579><c> hill.</c><00:32:37.279><c> And</c><00:32:37.400><c> that</c><00:32:37.579><c> hill</c><00:32:37.720><c> was</c><00:32:37.920><c> only</c>

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:40.039
40<00:32:38.460><c> or</c><00:32:38.519><c> 50</c><00:32:38.799><c> feet</c><00:32:39.019><c> high.</c>

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:41.940
So<00:32:41.019><c> the</c><00:32:41.299><c> identification</c>

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:44.039
here<00:32:42.359><c> still</c><00:32:42.740><c> stands,</c><00:32:43.740><c> Rome</c>

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:46.119
on<00:32:44.519><c> seven</c><00:32:44.799><c> hills.</c><00:32:45.859><c> In</c>

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:48.599
fact<00:32:46.480><c> there</c><00:32:46.980><c> is</c><00:32:47.240><c> so</c><00:32:47.519><c> much</c><00:32:47.819><c> information</c>

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:50.480
that<00:32:49.500><c> is</c><00:32:49.799><c> available</c>

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:52.380
indicating<00:32:51.220><c> how</c>

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:54.099
Rome<00:32:52.720><c> really</c><00:32:53.059><c> was</c><00:32:53.279><c> built</c><00:32:53.539><c> on</c><00:32:53.819><c> seven</c>

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:56.170
hills,<00:32:54.400><c> how</c><00:32:54.720><c> the</c><00:32:55.000><c> poets</c><00:32:55.380><c> of</c><00:32:55.619><c> Rome</c><00:32:55.900><c> celebrated</c>

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:58.259
the<00:32:56.920><c> seven</c><00:32:57.079><c> hills,</c><00:32:57.880><c> how</c><00:32:58.000><c> they</c>

00:32:58.259 --> 00:33:00.119
perpetuated<00:32:58.859><c> this</c><00:32:59.140><c> identity</c><00:32:59.640><c> in</c>

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:01.579
their<00:33:00.400><c> coinage,</c>

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:04.039
that<00:33:02.380><c> it</c><00:33:02.579><c> seems</c><00:33:02.880><c> almost</c><00:33:03.359><c> so</c><00:33:03.759><c> apparent</c>

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:06.039
to<00:33:04.200><c> be</c><00:33:04.420><c> called</c><00:33:04.559><c> in</c><00:33:04.839><c> question</c><00:33:05.099><c> today</c><00:33:05.559><c> that</c>

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:08.480
Rome<00:33:06.339><c> was</c><00:33:06.660><c> built</c><00:33:06.940><c> on</c><00:33:07.319><c> seven</c><00:33:07.519><c> hills.</c>

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:10.160
Now<00:33:08.759><c> we've</c><00:33:09.059><c> noted</c><00:33:09.299><c> these</c><00:33:09.640><c> seven</c><00:33:09.880><c> hills</c>

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:11.819
for<00:33:10.400><c> you.</c><00:33:10.539><c> We</c><00:33:10.619><c> won't</c><00:33:10.799><c> go</c><00:33:10.960><c> through</c><00:33:11.140><c> and</c><00:33:11.259><c> name</c><00:33:11.380><c> them</c><00:33:11.519><c> all</c><00:33:11.640><c> now,</c>

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.140
but<00:33:11.980><c> you</c>

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:14.279
can<00:33:12.339><c> see</c><00:33:12.500><c> the</c><00:33:12.700><c> seven</c><00:33:12.900><c> hills</c><00:33:13.480><c> of</c><00:33:13.839><c> Rome</c>

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:16.240
built<00:33:15.319><c> by</c><00:33:15.599><c> many</c><00:33:15.839><c> waters.</c>

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:18.279
You<00:33:16.460><c> see</c><00:33:16.579><c> the</c><00:33:16.900><c> Tiber</c><00:33:17.140><c> River</c><00:33:17.400><c> flowing</c><00:33:17.660><c> through</c><00:33:18.000><c> here</c>

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:20.220
and<00:33:18.440><c> the</c><00:33:18.619><c> Vatican</c><00:33:18.900><c> on</c><00:33:19.119><c> this</c><00:33:19.319><c> side.</c>

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.980
Italy<00:33:20.799><c> itself</c><00:33:21.240><c> is</c><00:33:21.440><c> a</c><00:33:21.559><c> peninsula</c>

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:23.759
surrounded<00:33:22.500><c> by</c><00:33:22.839><c> waters.</c>

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:25.940
And<00:33:24.140><c> so</c><00:33:24.220><c> you</c><00:33:24.319><c> can</c><00:33:24.519><c> see</c><00:33:24.619><c> the</c><00:33:24.880><c> comparison</c><00:33:25.220><c> right</c><00:33:25.460><c> away</c><00:33:25.700><c> with</c>

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:28.019
ancient<00:33:26.339><c> Babylon.</c><00:33:27.579><c> And</c><00:33:27.779><c> look</c><00:33:27.880><c> at</c>

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:30.099
the<00:33:28.240><c> coinage.</c><00:33:29.299><c> We</c><00:33:29.500><c> had</c><00:33:29.759><c> here</c>

00:33:30.099 --> 00:33:32.099
a<00:33:30.359><c> Roman</c><00:33:30.720><c> coin</c><00:33:31.059><c> in</c><00:33:31.259><c> the</c><00:33:31.380><c> British</c><00:33:31.680><c> Museum</c>

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:34.240
struck<00:33:32.420><c> in</c><00:33:32.700><c> AD</c><00:33:33.019><c> 69.</c>

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:36.099
Here<00:33:34.759><c> you</c><00:33:35.019><c> see</c><00:33:35.200><c> Vespasian,</c>

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:38.380
the<00:33:36.740><c> Roman</c><00:33:37.059><c> emperor</c><00:33:37.400><c> who</c><00:33:37.599><c> with</c><00:33:37.900><c> Titus</c>

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:40.019
conquered<00:33:38.900><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:41.740
Here<00:33:40.759><c> is</c><00:33:41.180><c> Rome,</c>

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:44.299
a<00:33:42.279><c> figure</c><00:33:42.480><c> depicted</c><00:33:43.220><c> by</c>

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:46.160
the<00:33:45.500><c> outstretched</c>

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:48.019
person<00:33:46.599><c> here</c><00:33:47.180><c> leaning</c><00:33:47.660><c> on</c>

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:50.480
the<00:33:48.259><c> seven</c><00:33:48.500><c> hills</c>

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:52.079
or<00:33:51.200><c> the</c><00:33:51.440><c> seven</c>

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:54.079
protrusions<00:33:53.039><c> here</c><00:33:53.279><c> from</c><00:33:53.460><c> the</c><00:33:53.660><c> ground</c>

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:56.220
indicating<00:33:54.920><c> Rome.</c><00:33:55.640><c> Roma.</c>

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:59.000
Rome<00:33:56.900><c> seated</c><00:33:57.319><c> on</c><00:33:57.720><c> seven</c><00:33:57.980><c> mountains.</c>

00:33:59.299 --> 00:34:00.700
So<00:33:59.420><c> the</c><00:33:59.660><c> identification</c><00:34:00.259><c> here</c>

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:02.259
seems<00:34:01.059><c> very,</c><00:34:01.940><c> very</c><00:34:01.940><c> clear</c>

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:04.220
that<00:34:02.859><c> there</c><00:34:03.019><c> was</c><00:34:03.220><c> only</c><00:34:03.579><c> one</c>

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:06.119
great<00:34:05.019><c> city</c>

00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:08.000
which<00:34:06.700><c> had</c><00:34:07.000><c> dominion</c>

00:34:08.260 --> 00:34:09.659
over<00:34:08.579><c> the</c><00:34:08.780><c> kings</c><00:34:09.099><c> of</c><00:34:09.280><c> the</c><00:34:09.440><c> earth.</c>

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:13.059
This<00:34:10.320><c> could</c><00:34:10.539><c> have</c><00:34:10.739><c> been</c><00:34:11.059><c> none</c><00:34:11.440><c> other</c><00:34:11.820><c> than</c><00:34:12.159><c> Rome.</c>

00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:14.800
Now<00:34:13.519><c> brothers</c><00:34:13.679><c> and</c><00:34:13.840><c> sisters,</c><00:34:14.239><c> let</c><00:34:14.300><c> us</c><00:34:14.519><c> not</c>

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:16.500
think<00:34:14.940><c> that</c><00:34:15.099><c> this</c><00:34:15.340><c> refers</c><00:34:15.639><c> only</c><00:34:16.000><c> to</c><00:34:16.280><c> pagan</c>

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:18.559
Rome<00:34:17.059><c> because</c><00:34:17.960><c> we</c><00:34:18.280><c> know</c>

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:20.300
that<00:34:18.780><c> in</c><00:34:19.000><c> the</c><00:34:19.320><c> prophecy</c><00:34:19.699><c> of</c><00:34:19.980><c> Daniel,</c>

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:22.380
the<00:34:20.559><c> beast</c><00:34:20.820><c> gives</c><00:34:21.119><c> rise</c><00:34:21.480><c> to</c><00:34:21.659><c> the</c><00:34:21.840><c> ten</c><00:34:22.059><c> horns</c>

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:24.059
which<00:34:22.579><c> is</c><00:34:22.820><c> followed</c><00:34:22.980><c> by</c><00:34:23.179><c> the</c><00:34:23.360><c> little</c><00:34:23.579><c> horn</c>

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:26.639
with<00:34:24.519><c> the</c><00:34:24.679><c> mouth</c><00:34:25.000><c> speaking</c><00:34:25.320><c> great</c><00:34:25.639><c> things.</c>

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:29.059
And<00:34:26.960><c> because</c><00:34:27.480><c> the</c><00:34:27.760><c> Rome</c><00:34:27.920><c> of</c><00:34:28.119><c> the</c><00:34:28.219><c> Caesars</c>

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:30.699
becomes<00:34:29.920><c> the</c><00:34:30.179><c> Rome</c><00:34:30.360><c> of</c><00:34:30.539><c> the</c>

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:33.300
popes,<00:34:31.840><c> the</c><00:34:31.960><c> Pontifex</c><00:34:32.519><c> Maximus,</c>

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:34.559
we<00:34:33.619><c> see</c><00:34:33.840><c> how</c><00:34:34.059><c> there</c><00:34:34.300><c> is</c>

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:36.480
a<00:34:34.800><c> blending</c><00:34:35.099><c> really</c><00:34:35.780><c> of</c><00:34:36.159><c> features</c>

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:39.380
that<00:34:36.699><c> are</c><00:34:36.900><c> political</c><00:34:37.440><c> and</c><00:34:38.000><c> ecclesiastical.</c>

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:40.559
So<00:34:39.960><c> in</c><00:34:40.099><c> Revelation</c>

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:42.460
chapter<00:34:41.000><c> 17</c><00:34:41.440><c> we</c><00:34:41.639><c> have</c><00:34:41.820><c> a</c><00:34:41.940><c> woman</c>

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:44.679
arrayed<00:34:43.440><c> in</c><00:34:43.639><c> purple</c><00:34:44.059><c> and</c><00:34:44.400><c> scarlet</c>

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:46.679
bedecked<00:34:45.739><c> with</c><00:34:46.019><c> gold</c><00:34:46.440><c> and</c>

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:49.000
pearls<00:34:47.039><c> and</c><00:34:47.860><c> holding</c><00:34:48.099><c> in</c><00:34:48.260><c> her</c><00:34:48.500><c> hand</c><00:34:48.699><c> a</c>

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:50.280
golden<00:34:49.380><c> wine</c><00:34:49.860><c> cup</c>

00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:52.699
full<00:34:51.000><c> of</c><00:34:51.219><c> abominations</c><00:34:51.860><c> and</c><00:34:52.119><c> the</c><00:34:52.340><c> impurity</c>

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:54.780
of<00:34:52.920><c> her</c><00:34:53.019><c> fornication.</c><00:34:54.300><c> And</c><00:34:54.460><c> on</c><00:34:54.539><c> her</c>

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:57.059
forehead<00:34:55.139><c> was</c><00:34:55.420><c> written</c><00:34:55.579><c> a</c><00:34:55.780><c> name</c><00:34:55.960><c> of</c><00:34:56.219><c> Nistre.</c>

00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:58.940
We<00:34:57.739><c> noted</c><00:34:58.000><c> how</c><00:34:58.300><c> in</c><00:34:58.400><c> the</c><00:34:58.579><c> papal</c>

00:34:58.940 --> 00:35:00.599
tiara<00:34:59.480><c> the</c><00:34:59.940><c> word</c><00:35:00.199><c> Nistre</c>

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:02.019
used<00:35:00.860><c> to</c><00:35:01.079><c> occur.</c>

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:05.000
Until<00:35:03.559><c> the</c><00:35:03.860><c> Protestants</c><00:35:04.280><c> drew</c><00:35:04.500><c> attention</c>

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:07.579
to<00:35:05.199><c> this</c><00:35:05.559><c> and</c><00:35:05.940><c> Pope</c><00:35:06.159><c> Julius</c><00:35:06.519><c> III</c>

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:08.639
removed<00:35:08.280><c> this</c>

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:11.460
inscription<00:35:09.179><c> from</c><00:35:09.800><c> the</c><00:35:10.000><c> papal</c><00:35:10.340><c> tiara.</c>

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:12.619
Now<00:35:12.019><c> if</c><00:35:12.079><c> we</c><00:35:12.199><c> can</c><00:35:12.340><c> have</c><00:35:12.500><c> the</c>

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:14.719
lights,<00:35:13.639><c> brothers</c><00:35:13.739><c> and</c><00:35:13.860><c> sisters,</c><00:35:14.159><c> we'd</c><00:35:14.420><c> like</c><00:35:14.480><c> to</c>

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:16.940
start<00:35:14.719><c> off</c><00:35:15.119><c> one</c>

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:18.840
basic<00:35:18.260><c> lesson</c>

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:20.659
from<00:35:19.179><c> this</c><00:35:20.000><c> consideration</c>

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:22.820
of<00:35:20.900><c> the</c><00:35:21.079><c> apostate</c><00:35:21.579><c> figure</c><00:35:21.980><c> in</c><00:35:22.219><c> Revelation</c>

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:24.400
chapter<00:35:23.219><c> 17.</c>

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.840
We<00:35:26.079><c> need</c><00:35:26.300><c> to</c><00:35:26.440><c> do</c><00:35:26.539><c> a</c><00:35:26.639><c> little</c>

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:28.699
study<00:35:27.119><c> here</c><00:35:27.699><c> to</c><00:35:28.079><c> bring</c><00:35:28.260><c> this</c><00:35:28.539><c> matter</c>

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:30.059
into<00:35:28.940><c> focus.</c>

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:32.920
The<00:35:31.300><c> Roman</c><00:35:31.659><c> Catholic</c><00:35:32.159><c> Church</c>

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:34.920
as<00:35:33.340><c> we</c><00:35:33.539><c> know</c><00:35:33.719><c> put</c><00:35:33.940><c> the</c><00:35:34.159><c> Bible</c><00:35:34.440><c> on</c><00:35:34.699><c> the</c>

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:37.119
index<00:35:35.360><c> of</c><00:35:35.679><c> forbidden</c><00:35:35.980><c> books.</c>

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:38.940
Because<00:35:37.760><c> once</c><00:35:38.139><c> those</c><00:35:38.380><c> people</c><00:35:38.679><c> like</c>

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:40.760
the<00:35:39.219><c> Huguenots</c><00:35:39.659><c> and</c><00:35:39.880><c> the</c><00:35:40.079><c> Walbenses</c>

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:42.800
and<00:35:41.019><c> many</c><00:35:41.280><c> others</c><00:35:41.599><c> began</c><00:35:41.900><c> to</c><00:35:42.159><c> read</c><00:35:42.340><c> the</c><00:35:42.539><c> Bible</c>

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:45.159
in<00:35:42.960><c> their</c><00:35:43.139><c> native</c><00:35:43.460><c> tongue,</c><00:35:44.539><c> they</c><00:35:44.840><c> began</c>

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:46.880
to<00:35:45.539><c> see</c><00:35:45.900><c> that</c><00:35:46.400><c> the</c><00:35:46.619><c> figure</c>

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:48.900
of<00:35:47.139><c> Revelation</c><00:35:47.599><c> 17</c><00:35:48.219><c> couldn't</c><00:35:48.559><c> apply</c>

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:51.059
to<00:35:49.139><c> anything</c><00:35:49.460><c> else</c><00:35:50.000><c> but</c><00:35:50.699><c> this</c>

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:52.800
great<00:35:51.659><c> Roman</c><00:35:52.000><c> apostasy.</c>

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:55.260
And<00:35:53.320><c> many</c><00:35:53.480><c> of</c><00:35:53.579><c> them</c><00:35:53.639><c> were</c><00:35:53.840><c> members</c><00:35:54.119><c> of</c><00:35:54.300><c> the</c><00:35:54.500><c> apostasy</c>

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:57.280
and<00:35:55.619><c> so</c><00:35:55.780><c> they</c><00:35:55.960><c> left</c><00:35:56.159><c> the</c><00:35:56.360><c> Church.</c>

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:59.019
And<00:35:58.099><c> as</c><00:35:58.320><c> Bible</c><00:35:58.699><c> reading</c>

00:35:59.019 --> 00:36:00.980
was<00:35:59.639><c> encouraged</c><00:36:00.219><c> and</c><00:36:00.420><c> Bible</c><00:36:00.739><c> reading</c>

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:02.940
increased,<00:36:02.039><c> the</c><00:36:02.219><c> Protestant</c><00:36:02.599><c> Reformation</c>

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:05.480
came<00:36:03.820><c> into</c><00:36:04.480><c> focus.</c>

00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:07.119
And<00:36:05.960><c> people</c><00:36:06.179><c> began</c><00:36:06.539><c> to</c><00:36:06.820><c> rebel</c>

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:09.300
against<00:36:07.460><c> these</c><00:36:07.760><c> tremendous</c><00:36:08.420><c> atrocities</c>

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:11.239
of<00:36:09.960><c> auricular</c><00:36:10.480><c> confessions,</c>

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:13.619
of<00:36:11.579><c> indulgences</c><00:36:12.320><c> and</c><00:36:12.420><c> so</c><00:36:12.659><c> on.</c>

00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:15.400
But<00:36:14.500><c> the</c><00:36:14.699><c> Catholic</c><00:36:15.019><c> Church</c>

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:17.980
did<00:36:15.639><c> not</c><00:36:15.900><c> take</c><00:36:16.119><c> this</c><00:36:16.440><c> movement</c><00:36:16.820><c> lying</c><00:36:17.159><c> down.</c>

00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:19.360
The<00:36:18.860><c> Catholic</c>

00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:21.219
Church<00:36:19.739><c> then</c><00:36:20.099><c> set</c><00:36:20.260><c> about</c><00:36:20.619><c> to</c><00:36:20.940><c> find</c>

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:23.380
the<00:36:21.380><c> most</c><00:36:21.880><c> clever</c><00:36:22.340><c> people</c><00:36:22.719><c> they</c><00:36:22.880><c> could</c><00:36:23.079><c> find</c>

00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:25.039
in<00:36:23.519><c> their</c><00:36:23.739><c> whole</c><00:36:24.159><c> organization</c>

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:27.099
that<00:36:25.840><c> could</c><00:36:26.179><c> expound</c><00:36:26.639><c> Scripture</c>

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:29.320
in<00:36:27.400><c> such</c><00:36:27.639><c> a</c><00:36:27.800><c> way</c><00:36:27.960><c> as</c><00:36:28.199><c> to</c><00:36:28.480><c> answer</c>

00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:31.300
the<00:36:30.159><c> clear</c><00:36:30.440><c> identification</c>

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:33.179
of<00:36:31.739><c> the</c><00:36:31.900><c> apostasy</c><00:36:32.639><c> with</c><00:36:33.059><c> the</c>

00:36:33.179 --> 00:36:35.559
Roman<00:36:33.420><c> Church.</c><00:36:34.420><c> And</c><00:36:34.659><c> so</c><00:36:34.780><c> they</c><00:36:34.920><c> found</c><00:36:35.139><c> a</c><00:36:35.300><c> man.</c>

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:37.519
They<00:36:36.199><c> found</c><00:36:36.519><c> a</c><00:36:36.679><c> man</c><00:36:36.820><c> first</c><00:36:37.139><c> of</c><00:36:37.340><c> all</c>

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:39.519
in<00:36:37.800><c> Ribera</c><00:36:38.380><c> who</c><00:36:38.980><c> propounded</c>

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:41.579
Confucian<00:36:39.900><c> futurism,</c><00:36:40.599><c> but</c><00:36:40.780><c> it</c><00:36:40.840><c> was</c><00:36:41.079><c> taken</c><00:36:41.340><c> up</c>

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:43.739
by<00:36:41.800><c> a</c><00:36:42.019><c> very</c><00:36:42.539><c> clever</c><00:36:42.820><c> Jesuit</c><00:36:43.320><c> called</c>

00:36:43.739 --> 00:36:45.179
Lekunza.

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:47.280
And<00:36:45.519><c> Lekunza</c><00:36:46.039><c> was</c><00:36:46.280><c> a</c><00:36:46.599><c> hand</c><00:36:47.000><c>-picked</c>

00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:48.960
man<00:36:47.619><c> of</c><00:36:47.800><c> the</c><00:36:47.940><c> papacy.</c>

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:51.360
He<00:36:49.119><c> was</c><00:36:49.320><c> a</c><00:36:49.519><c> clever</c><00:36:49.760><c> Jesuit</c><00:36:50.179><c> in</c><00:36:50.400><c> South</c><00:36:50.619><c> America</c><00:36:51.000><c> who</c><00:36:51.199><c> in</c>

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:53.300
Chile<00:36:51.800><c> grew</c><00:36:52.260><c> to</c><00:36:52.460><c> be</c><00:36:52.659><c> superintendent</c>

00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:54.860
of<00:36:53.500><c> the</c><00:36:53.599><c> novitiates.</c>

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:57.920
And<00:36:55.800><c> this</c><00:36:56.079><c> man,</c><00:36:56.239><c> Lekunza,</c><00:36:57.139><c> wrote</c><00:36:57.179><c> a</c><00:36:57.920><c> book.</c>

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:59.699
He<00:36:58.599><c> wrote</c><00:36:58.760><c> a</c><00:36:58.900><c> book</c><00:36:59.199><c> called</c>

00:36:59.699 --> 00:37:01.599
Coming<00:37:00.099><c> of</c><00:37:00.340><c> the</c><00:37:00.500><c> Messiah</c><00:37:00.900><c> in</c><00:37:01.219><c> Glory</c>

00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:03.619
and<00:37:01.900><c> Majesty</c><00:37:02.440><c> in</c><00:37:03.300><c> which</c>

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:05.659
he<00:37:04.000><c> sought</c><00:37:04.219><c> to</c><00:37:04.679><c> explain</c><00:37:04.900><c> away</c>

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:07.340
Daniel<00:37:06.360><c> chapter</c><00:37:06.820><c> 7,</c>

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:09.260
2<00:37:07.780><c> Thessalonians</c><00:37:08.420><c> chapter</c><00:37:08.780><c> 2,</c>

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:12.199
and<00:37:09.579><c> Revelation</c><00:37:10.079><c> chapter</c><00:37:10.460><c> 17</c><00:37:10.960><c> to</c><00:37:11.119><c> 19.</c>

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:13.539
And<00:37:12.539><c> he</c><00:37:12.760><c> did</c><00:37:13.019><c> a</c><00:37:13.239><c> tremendous</c>

00:37:13.860 --> 00:37:15.179
job<00:37:14.219><c> of</c><00:37:14.360><c> doing</c><00:37:14.579><c> it</c>

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:17.480
by<00:37:15.559><c> drawing</c><00:37:15.940><c> people's</c><00:37:16.480><c> attention</c><00:37:16.880><c> to</c><00:37:17.099><c> this</c>

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:19.739
future<00:37:18.159><c> Antichrist,</c><00:37:18.980><c> this</c><00:37:19.199><c> future</c>

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:21.340
Fuhrer<00:37:20.380><c> that</c><00:37:20.559><c> would</c><00:37:20.780><c> arise</c><00:37:21.119><c> in</c>

00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:22.880
Jerusalem<00:37:21.739><c> in</c><00:37:21.940><c> the</c><00:37:22.019><c> future.</c>

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:25.460
And<00:37:23.340><c> it</c><00:37:23.420><c> was</c><00:37:23.619><c> a</c><00:37:23.920><c> clever</c><00:37:24.239><c> lap</c><00:37:24.579><c> wing</c><00:37:24.820><c> design</c><00:37:25.159><c> of</c><00:37:25.340><c> the</c>

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:27.480
papacy.<00:37:26.539><c> You</c><00:37:26.619><c> know</c><00:37:26.719><c> the</c><00:37:26.820><c> lap</c><00:37:27.019><c> wing</c><00:37:27.199><c> is</c><00:37:27.340><c> a</c>

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:29.380
bird<00:37:27.860><c> that</c><00:37:28.219><c> makes</c><00:37:28.440><c> all</c><00:37:28.860><c> kinds</c><00:37:29.119><c> of</c>

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:31.340
noises,<00:37:30.239><c> pretends</c><00:37:30.619><c> it's</c><00:37:30.800><c> got</c><00:37:30.920><c> a</c><00:37:31.079><c> broken</c>

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:33.380
wing<00:37:31.820><c> in</c><00:37:32.400><c> any</c><00:37:32.619><c> place</c><00:37:32.920><c> except</c><00:37:33.199><c> where</c>

00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:35.480
the<00:37:33.519><c> nest</c><00:37:33.659><c> is.</c><00:37:34.900><c> And</c><00:37:35.179><c> the</c>

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:37.980
Catholic<00:37:35.739><c> Church,</c><00:37:36.139><c> just</c><00:37:36.400><c> like</c><00:37:36.679><c> the</c><00:37:36.940><c> lap</c><00:37:37.139><c> wing,</c>

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:39.440
drew<00:37:38.480><c> people's</c><00:37:39.059><c> attention</c>

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:41.300
to<00:37:39.639><c> this</c><00:37:40.039><c> future</c><00:37:40.699><c> Fuhrer,</c><00:37:41.000><c> this</c>

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:43.239
great<00:37:41.719><c> Antichrist</c><00:37:42.239><c> that's</c><00:37:42.420><c> going</c><00:37:42.539><c> to</c><00:37:42.699><c> arise</c>

00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:45.500
to<00:37:44.280><c> remove</c><00:37:44.679><c> any</c><00:37:45.079><c> kind</c><00:37:45.260><c> of</c>

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:47.380
application<00:37:46.059><c> of</c><00:37:46.699><c> the</c><00:37:46.880><c> papacy</c><00:37:47.199><c> to</c>

00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:49.239
those<00:37:47.639><c> passages</c><00:37:48.000><c> in</c><00:37:48.260><c> Daniel,</c><00:37:48.699><c> Thessalonians,</c>

00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:51.760
and<00:37:49.420><c> Revelation.</c><00:37:50.480><c> And</c><00:37:50.739><c> so</c><00:37:50.900><c> they</c><00:37:51.179><c> proposed</c>

00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:53.480
this<00:37:52.039><c> great,</c><00:37:53.119><c> fanciful</c>

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:55.300
explanation<00:37:54.280><c> of</c><00:37:54.800><c> the</c><00:37:54.980><c> future</c>

00:37:55.300 --> 00:37:57.320
Fuhrer.<00:37:56.579><c> Now</c><00:37:56.800><c> the</c><00:37:56.920><c> Catholic</c>

00:37:57.320 --> 00:37:59.239
Church<00:37:57.739><c> is</c><00:37:58.059><c> very</c><00:37:58.420><c> subtle.</c>

00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:01.340
They<00:37:59.639><c> didn't</c><00:37:59.860><c> just</c><00:38:00.179><c> put</c><00:38:00.380><c> the</c><00:38:00.559><c> book</c><00:38:00.739><c> on</c><00:38:00.940><c> the</c><00:38:01.079><c> market</c>

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:03.360
and<00:38:01.539><c> say,</c><00:38:01.739><c> here</c><00:38:01.900><c> it</c><00:38:02.059><c> is,</c><00:38:02.179><c> read</c><00:38:02.400><c> it</c><00:38:02.559><c> and</c><00:38:02.639><c> believe</c><00:38:02.940><c> it.</c>

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:05.960
They<00:38:03.780><c> put</c><00:38:03.960><c> it</c><00:38:04.119><c> on</c><00:38:05.659><c> the</c><00:38:05.800><c> list</c>

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:07.719
of<00:38:06.260><c> prescribed</c><00:38:06.719><c> books.</c>

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:10.320
It<00:38:08.099><c> was</c><00:38:08.280><c> on</c><00:38:08.460><c> the</c><00:38:08.599><c> list</c><00:38:08.800><c> of</c><00:38:09.000><c> forbidden</c><00:38:09.300><c> books.</c>

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:11.579
This<00:38:10.639><c> publication</c><00:38:11.320><c> in</c>

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:13.519
four<00:38:11.840><c> volumes,</c><00:38:12.280><c> The</c><00:38:12.460><c> Coming</c><00:38:12.780><c> of</c><00:38:12.980><c> the</c><00:38:13.139><c> Messiah</c>

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:15.739
in<00:38:13.800><c> Glory</c><00:38:14.019><c> and</c><00:38:14.159><c> Majesty.</c><00:38:15.059><c> And</c><00:38:15.280><c> they</c><00:38:15.460><c> never</c>

00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:17.940
said<00:38:15.920><c> it</c><00:38:16.099><c> was</c><00:38:16.260><c> the</c><00:38:16.400><c> work</c><00:38:16.539><c> of</c><00:38:16.719><c> a</c><00:38:16.860><c> Jesuit.</c>

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:20.300
Rather,<00:38:18.539><c> the</c><00:38:18.639><c> book</c><00:38:18.840><c> went</c><00:38:19.039><c> under</c><00:38:19.300><c> the</c><00:38:19.500><c> pseudonym</c>

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:21.699
of<00:38:20.780><c> Ben</c><00:38:21.159><c> Ezra,</c>

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a<00:38:22.179><c> converted</c><00:38:22.500><c> Jew.</c>

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:25.500
And<00:38:24.840><c> so</c><00:38:24.980><c> the</c><00:38:25.159><c> Catholic</c>

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:27.900
Church<00:38:25.860><c> then</c><00:38:26.179><c> managed,</c><00:38:26.860><c> by</c><00:38:27.159><c> intrigue,</c>

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:29.519
to<00:38:28.500><c> get</c><00:38:28.679><c> the</c><00:38:28.880><c> book</c><00:38:29.099><c> into</c><00:38:29.300><c> the</c>

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:31.500
Protestant<00:38:29.960><c> Library</c><00:38:30.820><c> of</c><00:38:31.260><c> the</c>

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:33.760
Archbishop<00:38:32.139><c> of</c><00:38:32.400><c> Canterbury.</c>

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And<00:38:34.199><c> there</c><00:38:34.420><c> the</c><00:38:34.719><c> librarian,</c>

00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:37.360
Samuel<00:38:36.019><c> Maitland,</c><00:38:37.059><c> read</c>

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:39.420
this<00:38:37.639><c> book</c><00:38:37.820><c> that</c><00:38:38.000><c> was</c><00:38:38.260><c> on</c><00:38:38.519><c> the</c><00:38:38.760><c> banned</c>

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:41.579
list<00:38:39.840><c> of</c><00:38:40.039><c> books</c><00:38:40.260><c> of</c><00:38:40.420><c> the</c><00:38:40.500><c> Roman</c><00:38:40.800><c> Catholic</c><00:38:41.179><c> Church</c>

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:43.340
under<00:38:41.760><c> the</c><00:38:41.960><c> pseudonym</c><00:38:42.320><c> Ben</c><00:38:42.579><c> Ezra,</c><00:38:42.900><c> converted</c>

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:45.739
Jew.<00:38:44.360><c> And</c><00:38:44.579><c> he</c><00:38:44.699><c> thought,</c><00:38:45.000><c> this</c><00:38:45.039><c> really</c><00:38:45.360><c> sounds</c>

00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:47.239
great.<00:38:46.579><c> A</c><00:38:46.920><c> future</c>

00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:49.719
Antichrist.<00:38:48.480><c> This</c><00:38:48.699><c> European</c><00:38:49.320><c> Fuhrer</c>

00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:51.480
who's<00:38:49.920><c> going</c><00:38:50.039><c> to</c><00:38:50.139><c> rise</c><00:38:50.380><c> in</c><00:38:50.539><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:53.500
With<00:38:52.519><c> a</c><00:38:52.739><c> passage</c><00:38:53.039><c> of</c><00:38:53.300><c> time</c>

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:55.500
about<00:38:53.780><c> ten</c><00:38:54.059><c> years,</c><00:38:55.340><c> tracks</c>

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:57.219
began<00:38:55.880><c> to</c><00:38:56.159><c> circulate</c><00:38:56.460><c> out</c><00:38:56.599><c> of</c><00:38:56.760><c> England</c>

00:38:57.219 --> 00:38:59.639
propounding<00:38:58.239><c> this</c><00:38:58.559><c> futurist</c><00:38:59.159><c> theory</c>

00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:02.519
from<00:39:00.340><c> the</c><00:39:00.579><c> Protestant</c><00:39:01.000><c> point</c><00:39:01.360><c> of</c><00:39:01.539><c> view.</c>

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:03.860
And<00:39:02.699><c> so</c><00:39:02.800><c> the</c><00:39:03.059><c> futurism</c><00:39:03.500><c> of</c><00:39:03.659><c> the</c>

00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:06.139
Catholic<00:39:04.119><c> Church</c><00:39:04.380><c> was</c><00:39:04.579><c> now</c><00:39:04.780><c> being</c><00:39:05.079><c> promulgated</c>

00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:08.619
by<00:39:06.619><c> Protestants</c><00:39:07.059><c> in</c><00:39:07.239><c> the</c><00:39:07.360><c> Church</c><00:39:07.519><c> of</c><00:39:07.699><c> England.</c>

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:10.059
With<00:39:09.519><c> a</c><00:39:09.820><c> passage</c>

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:11.699
of<00:39:10.360><c> time</c><00:39:10.539><c> that</c><00:39:10.820><c> moved</c><00:39:11.019><c> from</c><00:39:11.260><c> the</c><00:39:11.460><c> Plymouth</c>

00:39:11.699 --> 00:39:13.719
Brethren,<00:39:12.860><c> who</c><00:39:12.980><c> really</c><00:39:13.320><c> introduced</c>

00:39:13.719 --> 00:39:15.280
it<00:39:13.920><c> into</c><00:39:14.159><c> America,</c>

00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:17.860
and<00:39:16.119><c> then</c><00:39:16.380><c> became</c><00:39:16.820><c> espoused</c><00:39:17.320><c> by</c><00:39:17.619><c> such</c>

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:19.420
great<00:39:18.199><c> men</c><00:39:18.519><c> as</c><00:39:19.019><c> Newman,</c>

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:21.780
who,<00:39:20.099><c> as</c><00:39:20.300><c> you</c><00:39:20.420><c> know,</c><00:39:20.679><c> became</c><00:39:20.960><c> a</c><00:39:21.440><c> Cardinal</c>

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:23.659
in<00:39:21.980><c> the</c><00:39:22.059><c> Roman</c><00:39:22.400><c> Catholic</c><00:39:22.760><c> Church,</c><00:39:23.400><c> converted</c>

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:25.519
from<00:39:23.900><c> the</c><00:39:24.079><c> Anglican</c><00:39:24.400><c> Church,</c>

00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:27.599
and<00:39:26.139><c> then</c><00:39:26.300><c> was</c><00:39:26.559><c> publicized</c><00:39:27.199><c> in</c><00:39:27.380><c> the</c>

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:29.400
Schofield<00:39:28.079><c> Bible</c><00:39:28.980><c> by</c>

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:31.460
Oral<00:39:29.800><c> Roberts,</c><00:39:30.300><c> Billy</c><00:39:30.599><c> Graham,</c><00:39:31.199><c> Carl</c>

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:33.079
McIntyre,<00:39:32.280><c> Herbert</c><00:39:32.480><c> Armstrong,</c>

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:35.599
Dohaun,<00:39:34.380><c> and</c><00:39:34.559><c> a</c><00:39:34.719><c> whole</c><00:39:35.179><c> list</c><00:39:35.380><c> of</c>

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:37.800
others.<00:39:36.659><c> And</c><00:39:36.920><c> it</c><00:39:37.000><c> was</c><00:39:37.239><c> a</c><00:39:37.380><c> tremendous</c>

00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:39.619
theory.<00:39:39.039><c> Because</c><00:39:39.280><c> now</c>

00:39:39.619 --> 00:39:41.139
the<00:39:39.719><c> Catholics</c><00:39:40.139><c> could</c><00:39:40.460><c> speak</c><00:39:40.820><c> of,</c>

00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:43.619
and<00:39:41.659><c> the</c><00:39:41.840><c> Protestants</c><00:39:42.199><c> could</c><00:39:42.420><c> speak</c><00:39:42.619><c> of</c><00:39:42.739><c> the</c><00:39:42.920><c> Roman</c><00:39:43.199><c> Catholics</c>

00:39:43.619 --> 00:39:46.280
as<00:39:43.920><c> being</c><00:39:44.519><c> their</c><00:39:44.980><c> separated</c><00:39:45.360><c> brethren.</c>

00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:47.719
No<00:39:46.860><c> longer</c><00:39:47.099><c> were</c><00:39:47.280><c> they</c>

00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:49.840
idol<00:39:48.019><c>-worshipping</c><00:39:48.559><c> papists,</c>

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:51.440
they<00:39:50.239><c> were</c><00:39:50.539><c> our</c><00:39:50.980><c> separated</c>

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:53.519
brethren.<00:39:52.679><c> And</c><00:39:52.860><c> the</c><00:39:53.139><c> sting</c><00:39:53.280><c> of</c>

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:55.960
Daniel<00:39:53.880><c> chapter</c><00:39:54.320><c> 7,</c><00:39:55.119><c> the</c><00:39:55.320><c> retribution</c>

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:58.239
of<00:39:56.300><c> Revelation</c><00:39:56.599><c> chapter</c><00:39:57.059><c> 17,</c><00:39:57.820><c> had</c><00:39:57.820><c> nothing</c>

00:39:58.239 --> 00:40:00.039
to<00:39:58.420><c> do</c><00:39:58.460><c> with</c><00:39:58.619><c> the</c><00:39:58.800><c> Catholic</c><00:39:59.059><c> Church.</c>

00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:02.000
It<00:40:00.460><c> all</c><00:40:00.679><c> related</c><00:40:00.980><c> to</c><00:40:01.159><c> this</c><00:40:01.539><c> future</c>

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:04.300
Antichrist<00:40:02.559><c> that</c><00:40:02.699><c> would</c><00:40:02.860><c> arise</c><00:40:03.139><c> on</c><00:40:03.320><c> the</c><00:40:03.420><c> earth.</c>

00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:06.260
And<00:40:04.800><c> so</c><00:40:04.900><c> you</c><00:40:04.980><c> could</c><00:40:05.159><c> see</c><00:40:05.300><c> the</c><00:40:05.539><c> Catholic</c><00:40:05.880><c> Church</c>

00:40:06.260 --> 00:40:08.739
in<00:40:06.460><c> her</c><00:40:06.699><c> great</c><00:40:06.960><c> maternal</c><00:40:07.579><c> embrace,</c>

00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:10.199
with<00:40:09.059><c> her</c><00:40:09.519><c> spirit</c><00:40:09.960><c> of</c>

00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:12.199
ecumenism,<00:40:11.460><c> with</c><00:40:11.679><c> her</c>

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peace<00:40:12.639><c>-loving</c><00:40:12.960><c> attitude,</c>

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with<00:40:14.360><c> her</c><00:40:14.920><c> attacks</c><00:40:15.320><c> on</c><00:40:15.719><c> poverty</c>

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and<00:40:16.579><c> atheism,</c><00:40:17.760><c> welcoming</c>

00:40:18.219 --> 00:40:20.000
back<00:40:18.679><c> into</c><00:40:18.840><c> the</c><00:40:19.099><c> fold</c><00:40:19.260><c> all</c><00:40:19.719><c> these</c>

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:22.320
future<00:40:20.400><c>-oriented</c><00:40:20.940><c> Protestants,</c>

00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:24.320
and<00:40:22.619><c> they</c><00:40:22.780><c> were</c><00:40:23.019><c> delighted</c><00:40:23.280><c> to</c><00:40:23.559><c> go.</c>

00:40:24.780 --> 00:40:26.480
And<00:40:25.260><c> so</c><00:40:25.460><c> what</c><00:40:25.639><c> do</c><00:40:25.739><c> we</c><00:40:25.900><c> find</c><00:40:26.039><c> in</c><00:40:26.199><c> the</c><00:40:26.300><c> world</c>

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:28.420
today?<00:40:27.380><c> We</c><00:40:27.500><c> find</c><00:40:27.800><c> books</c><00:40:28.119><c> like</c>

00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:30.360
Hal<00:40:28.760><c> Lindsay</c><00:40:29.199><c> setting</c><00:40:29.800><c> out</c><00:40:30.059><c> this</c>

00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:32.239
view<00:40:30.519><c> of</c><00:40:30.780><c> prophecy</c><00:40:31.019><c> read</c><00:40:31.340><c> by</c><00:40:31.639><c> millions</c><00:40:32.000><c> of</c>

00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:33.559
people<00:40:32.460><c> in</c><00:40:32.639><c> America</c><00:40:33.039><c> and</c><00:40:33.219><c> Canada.</c>

00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:36.179
And<00:40:34.260><c> people</c><00:40:34.559><c> have</c><00:40:35.340><c> taken</c><00:40:35.539><c> up</c><00:40:35.780><c> the</c><00:40:35.880><c> idea</c>

00:40:36.179 --> 00:40:38.159
of<00:40:36.300><c> the</c><00:40:36.460><c> Rapture,</c><00:40:37.320><c> taken</c><00:40:37.500><c> up</c><00:40:37.719><c> the</c><00:40:37.840><c> idea</c>

00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:39.880
of<00:40:38.340><c> the</c><00:40:38.420><c> future</c><00:40:38.659><c> Antichrist.</c>

00:40:40.719 --> 00:40:42.119
Now<00:40:40.880><c> brothers</c><00:40:41.079><c> and</c><00:40:41.280><c> sisters,</c><00:40:41.619><c> what</c><00:40:41.800><c> are</c><00:40:41.940><c> you</c>

00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:44.440
going<00:40:42.280><c> to</c><00:40:42.460><c> do</c><00:40:42.599><c> about</c><00:40:42.840><c> it</c><00:40:42.940><c> as</c><00:40:43.139><c> a</c><00:40:43.239><c> Christadelphian?</c>

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:46.039
You<00:40:45.659><c> know,</c><00:40:45.820><c> if</c>

00:40:46.039 --> 00:40:47.920
God<00:40:46.300><c> takes</c><00:40:46.579><c> the</c><00:40:46.900><c> time</c><00:40:47.119><c> to</c><00:40:47.400><c> appeal</c>

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:49.880
to<00:40:48.199><c> this</c><00:40:48.440><c> figure</c><00:40:48.699><c> in</c><00:40:48.920><c> Revelation,</c>

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:51.920
and<00:40:50.300><c> pleads,</c><00:40:51.260><c> come</c><00:40:51.340><c> out</c><00:40:51.559><c> of</c><00:40:51.679><c> her,</c>

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:54.159
ye<00:40:52.280><c> my</c><00:40:52.699><c> people,</c><00:40:53.820><c> lest</c><00:40:53.920><c> you</c>

00:40:54.159 --> 00:40:56.079
take<00:40:54.460><c> part</c><00:40:54.719><c> in</c><00:40:54.840><c> her</c><00:40:55.079><c> sins,</c><00:40:55.840><c> lest</c>

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:57.519
you<00:40:56.300><c> share</c><00:40:56.539><c> in</c><00:40:56.679><c> her</c><00:40:56.860><c> plagues,</c>

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:59.900
there<00:40:58.300><c> is</c><00:40:58.539><c> this</c><00:40:58.840><c> little</c><00:40:59.340><c> community</c>

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:02.619
of<00:41:00.179><c> believers</c><00:41:00.480><c> of</c><00:41:00.679><c> the</c><00:41:00.860><c> truth,</c><00:41:01.119><c> the</c><00:41:01.239><c> Christadelphians,</c>

00:41:02.699 --> 00:41:04.059
who<00:41:02.880><c> see</c><00:41:03.239><c> through</c><00:41:03.679><c> this</c>

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:06.039
Protestantism,<00:41:05.519><c> who</c><00:41:05.820><c> see</c>

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:08.099
this<00:41:06.460><c> big</c><00:41:06.900><c> boom,</c><00:41:07.300><c> this</c><00:41:07.539><c> big</c><00:41:07.820><c> noise</c>

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:09.860
in<00:41:08.400><c> Protestantism</c><00:41:08.920><c> calling</c><00:41:09.219><c> them</c><00:41:09.440><c> all</c><00:41:09.619><c> back</c>

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:11.519
to<00:41:10.000><c> the</c><00:41:10.119><c> Mother</c><00:41:10.300><c> Church.</c>

00:41:12.360 --> 00:41:14.019
Surely,<00:41:12.800><c> brothers</c><00:41:12.880><c> and</c><00:41:13.119><c> sisters,</c><00:41:13.420><c> we</c><00:41:13.639><c> must</c>

00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:15.920
cry<00:41:14.440><c> aloud</c><00:41:14.980><c> and</c><00:41:15.679><c> spare</c>

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:18.019
not.<00:41:17.239><c> And</c><00:41:17.400><c> if</c><00:41:17.519><c> it's</c><00:41:17.760><c> true</c>

00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:19.960
that<00:41:18.280><c> John</c><00:41:18.659><c> suffered</c><00:41:19.039><c> tribulation</c>

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:22.400
at<00:41:20.940><c> the</c><00:41:21.199><c> hands</c><00:41:21.480><c> of</c><00:41:21.679><c> the</c><00:41:21.820><c> people</c><00:41:22.000><c> of</c><00:41:22.099><c> his</c>

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:24.539
day,<00:41:23.480><c> it</c><00:41:23.639><c> might</c><00:41:23.880><c> be</c><00:41:24.139><c> a</c><00:41:24.280><c> worthy</c>

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:26.159
thought,<00:41:24.960><c> brothers</c><00:41:25.099><c> and</c><00:41:25.300><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:28.139
whether<00:41:26.639><c> or</c><00:41:26.920><c> not</c><00:41:27.119><c> we</c><00:41:27.300><c> could</c><00:41:27.699><c> stand</c>

00:41:28.139 --> 00:41:30.280
a<00:41:28.320><c> period</c><00:41:28.659><c> of</c><00:41:28.980><c> testing</c><00:41:29.500><c> if</c>

00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:32.139
we<00:41:30.579><c> ever</c><00:41:30.920><c> witnessed</c><00:41:31.380><c> against</c><00:41:31.800><c> this</c>

00:41:32.139 --> 00:41:34.239
Antichrist<00:41:32.760><c> theory</c><00:41:33.219><c> as</c><00:41:33.860><c> God</c>

00:41:34.239 --> 00:41:36.340
does<00:41:34.719><c> against</c><00:41:35.300><c> ancient</c><00:41:35.780><c> and</c><00:41:36.059><c> modern</c>

00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:38.139
Babylon<00:41:36.820><c> in</c><00:41:37.480><c> the</c><00:41:37.659><c> pages</c><00:41:37.820><c> of</c><00:41:38.000><c> his</c>

00:41:38.139 --> 00:41:40.219
holy<00:41:38.420><c> word.</c><00:41:39.360><c> If</c><00:41:39.659><c> we</c><00:41:39.920><c> ever</c>

00:41:40.219 --> 00:41:42.039
mounted<00:41:40.599><c> the</c><00:41:40.900><c> kind</c><00:41:41.099><c> of</c><00:41:41.320><c> witness</c><00:41:41.579><c> of</c><00:41:41.780><c> this</c>

00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:44.219
book,<00:41:43.059><c> there</c><00:41:43.219><c> may</c><00:41:43.340><c> be</c><00:41:43.539><c> some</c><00:41:43.780><c> of</c><00:41:43.940><c> us</c>

00:41:44.539 --> 00:41:46.980
who<00:41:44.760><c> would</c><00:41:44.900><c> find</c><00:41:45.099><c> embarrassment</c><00:41:45.699><c> in</c><00:41:45.980><c> business,</c>

00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:48.400
find<00:41:47.440><c> difficulty</c><00:41:48.000><c> in</c><00:41:48.199><c> our</c>

00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:50.559
social<00:41:48.739><c> movements</c><00:41:49.239><c> in</c><00:41:49.500><c> life</c><00:41:49.980><c> because</c>

00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:52.400
of<00:41:50.739><c> our</c><00:41:50.880><c> witness.</c><00:41:52.039><c> And</c><00:41:52.280><c> yet</c>

00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:54.320
we<00:41:52.659><c> of</c><00:41:52.940><c> all</c><00:41:53.239><c> people</c><00:41:53.500><c> on</c><00:41:53.719><c> the</c><00:41:53.739><c> earth,</c><00:41:54.099><c> brothers</c><00:41:54.179><c> and</c>

00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:56.420
sisters,<00:41:55.159><c> are</c><00:41:55.300><c> the</c><00:41:55.480><c> recipients</c><00:41:55.960><c> of</c>

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:57.480
the<00:41:56.659><c> truth.</c>

00:41:58.760 --> 00:42:00.480
The<00:41:59.079><c> lap</c><00:41:59.340><c>-wing</c><00:41:59.679><c> design</c><00:42:00.119><c> of</c><00:42:00.320><c> the</c>

00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:02.519
Catholic<00:42:00.820><c> Church,</c><00:42:01.980><c> this</c><00:42:02.239><c> move</c>

00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:04.639
to<00:42:02.780><c> rally</c><00:42:02.980><c> everyone</c><00:42:03.619><c> toward</c><00:42:04.239><c> the</c>

00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:06.320
Antichrist<00:42:05.239><c> theory</c><00:42:05.659><c> and</c><00:42:05.900><c> the</c><00:42:06.119><c> great</c>

00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:08.619
rapture<00:42:06.699><c> of</c><00:42:06.820><c> the</c><00:42:06.920><c> truth,</c><00:42:08.019><c> will</c><00:42:08.219><c> result</c>

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:10.500
brothers<00:42:08.940><c> and</c><00:42:09.119><c> sisters</c><00:42:09.500><c> in</c><00:42:09.960><c> millions,</c>

00:42:10.900 --> 00:42:12.840
not<00:42:11.039><c> just</c><00:42:11.320><c> hundreds</c><00:42:11.599><c> or</c><00:42:11.860><c> thousands,</c>

00:42:12.860 --> 00:42:15.079
millions<00:42:13.420><c> of</c><00:42:13.739><c> sincere</c><00:42:14.260><c> evangelicals</c>

00:42:15.139 --> 00:42:16.400
and<00:42:15.320><c> Protestants</c><00:42:15.880><c> who</c>

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:18.539
read<00:42:16.679><c> their</c><00:42:16.800><c> Bible,</c><00:42:17.539><c> who</c><00:42:17.679><c> go</c><00:42:17.900><c> to</c><00:42:18.099><c> church,</c>

00:42:18.820 --> 00:42:20.980
sometimes<00:42:19.340><c> six</c><00:42:19.619><c> days</c><00:42:19.900><c> of</c><00:42:20.059><c> the</c><00:42:20.119><c> week,</c>

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:22.619
who<00:42:21.679><c> are</c><00:42:21.820><c> some</c><00:42:22.039><c> of</c><00:42:22.139><c> the</c><00:42:22.159><c> most</c>

00:42:22.619 --> 00:42:24.840
Jesus<00:42:23.099><c>-centric,</c><00:42:24.480><c> loving,</c>

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:26.500
and<00:42:25.360><c> friendly</c><00:42:25.679><c> people</c><00:42:26.039><c> that</c><00:42:26.219><c> you</c><00:42:26.320><c> could</c>

00:42:26.500 --> 00:42:28.519
wish<00:42:26.719><c> to</c><00:42:26.920><c> meet</c><00:42:27.019><c> on</c><00:42:27.139><c> the</c><00:42:27.280><c> face</c><00:42:27.440><c> of</c><00:42:27.579><c> the</c><00:42:27.659><c> earth.</c>

00:42:28.980 --> 00:42:30.579
And<00:42:29.119><c> yet,</c><00:42:29.400><c> brothers</c><00:42:29.519><c> and</c><00:42:29.719><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:32.599
when<00:42:31.019><c> the</c><00:42:31.199><c> Lord</c><00:42:31.480><c> Jesus</c><00:42:31.960><c> Christ</c><00:42:32.300><c> comes</c>

00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:34.579
back<00:42:33.039><c> and</c><00:42:33.199><c> sets</c><00:42:33.460><c> his</c><00:42:33.780><c> feet</c><00:42:33.960><c> upon</c><00:42:34.260><c> the</c><00:42:34.420><c> Mount</c>

00:42:34.579 --> 00:42:36.820
of<00:42:34.840><c> Olives</c><00:42:35.519><c> and</c><00:42:36.239><c> commences</c>

00:42:36.820 --> 00:42:38.420
to<00:42:37.099><c> do</c><00:42:37.219><c> the</c><00:42:37.380><c> work</c><00:42:37.559><c> in</c><00:42:37.800><c> Jerusalem</c><00:42:38.079><c> that</c><00:42:38.239><c> we</c>

00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:39.960
read<00:42:38.599><c> about</c><00:42:38.780><c> in</c><00:42:38.960><c> Zechariah</c><00:42:39.420><c> 14,</c>

00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:42.440
he's<00:42:40.800><c> going</c><00:42:40.940><c> to</c><00:42:41.039><c> be</c><00:42:41.219><c> rejected</c><00:42:41.679><c> by</c><00:42:41.940><c> these</c><00:42:42.199><c> people</c>

00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:44.079
as<00:42:42.679><c> the</c><00:42:42.860><c> Antichrist.</c>

00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:47.300
Now,<00:42:46.099><c> don't</c><00:42:46.320><c> we</c><00:42:46.460><c> have</c><00:42:46.599><c> a</c><00:42:46.860><c> responsibility</c>

00:42:47.300 --> 00:42:50.239
as<00:42:48.039><c> a</c><00:42:48.300><c> community</c><00:42:48.639><c> to</c><00:42:48.880><c> point</c><00:42:49.039><c> this</c><00:42:49.300><c> out?</c>

00:42:51.139 --> 00:42:53.760
Here<00:42:51.340><c> we</c><00:42:51.519><c> have</c><00:42:51.679><c> all</c><00:42:52.039><c> these</c><00:42:52.460><c> saved,</c>

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:55.500
experience<00:42:54.420><c>-oriented</c><00:42:55.000><c> people</c>

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:57.619
in<00:42:55.659><c> the</c><00:42:55.760><c> religious</c><00:42:56.139><c> world</c><00:42:56.460><c> around</c><00:42:56.800><c> us</c>

00:42:57.619 --> 00:42:59.380
that<00:42:58.000><c> are</c><00:42:58.119><c> going</c><00:42:58.300><c> to</c><00:42:58.400><c> reject</c><00:42:58.739><c> Jesus</c><00:42:59.119><c> when</c><00:42:59.280><c> he</c>

00:42:59.380 --> 00:43:01.159
comes<00:42:59.659><c> back</c><00:42:59.900><c> because</c><00:43:00.179><c> the</c><00:43:00.380><c> very</c><00:43:00.639><c> work</c><00:43:00.840><c> assigned</c>

00:43:01.159 --> 00:43:02.980
to<00:43:01.300><c> him</c><00:43:01.420><c> in</c><00:43:01.619><c> Scripture</c><00:43:01.980><c> has</c><00:43:02.519><c> been</c><00:43:02.699><c> assigned</c>

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:04.800
by<00:43:03.159><c> the</c><00:43:03.300><c> Catholic</c><00:43:03.659><c> Church</c><00:43:04.039><c> and</c><00:43:04.380><c> Protestant</c>

00:43:04.800 --> 00:43:07.440
daughters<00:43:05.159><c> to</c><00:43:05.340><c> the</c><00:43:05.400><c> work</c><00:43:05.559><c> of</c><00:43:05.719><c> the</c><00:43:05.880><c> Antichrist.</c>

00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:09.039
Surely,<00:43:08.500><c> brothers</c><00:43:08.599><c> and</c><00:43:08.739><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:11.099
it's<00:43:09.380><c> a</c><00:43:09.599><c> time</c><00:43:09.820><c> for</c><00:43:10.119><c> us</c><00:43:10.320><c> to</c><00:43:10.780><c> cry</c>

00:43:11.099 --> 00:43:13.460
aloud<00:43:11.539><c> and</c><00:43:12.139><c> to</c><00:43:12.719><c> spare</c>

00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:15.420
because<00:43:14.280><c> the</c><00:43:14.659><c> judgments</c><00:43:15.099><c> of</c>

00:43:15.420 --> 00:43:17.420
God<00:43:15.739><c> Almighty</c><00:43:16.139><c> are</c><00:43:16.599><c> soon</c><00:43:16.880><c> to</c><00:43:17.199><c> fall</c>

00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:18.820
upon<00:43:17.699><c> that</c><00:43:18.059><c> great</c><00:43:18.340><c> system</c>

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:21.099
and<00:43:19.539><c> all</c><00:43:19.860><c> of</c><00:43:20.039><c> those</c><00:43:20.219><c> who</c><00:43:20.340><c> have</c><00:43:20.579><c> drunk</c><00:43:20.739><c> from</c><00:43:20.940><c> a</c>

00:43:21.099 --> 00:43:23.400
wine<00:43:21.400><c> cup.</c><00:43:22.340><c> We</c><00:43:22.440><c> have</c><00:43:22.639><c> a</c><00:43:22.900><c> responsibility</c>

00:43:23.400 --> 00:43:24.500
here.

00:43:25.260 --> 00:43:27.400
And<00:43:25.400><c> there's</c><00:43:25.559><c> something</c><00:43:25.820><c> else,</c><00:43:26.260><c> brothers</c><00:43:26.320><c> and</c><00:43:26.539><c> sisters.</c>

00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:29.159
As<00:43:28.400><c> we</c><00:43:28.719><c> witness</c>

00:43:29.159 --> 00:43:31.800
this<00:43:30.280><c> pathetic,</c>

00:43:31.860 --> 00:43:33.199
almost<00:43:32.280><c> tragic</c>

00:43:33.199 --> 00:43:35.139
slide<00:43:33.960><c> of</c><00:43:34.920><c> the</c>

00:43:35.139 --> 00:43:37.239
Protestant<00:43:35.559><c> world</c><00:43:36.219><c> into</c><00:43:36.639><c> the</c><00:43:36.860><c> Roman</c>

00:43:37.239 --> 00:43:38.699
Catholic<00:43:37.659><c> arms,</c>

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:41.099
think<00:43:39.440><c> of</c><00:43:39.679><c> the</c><00:43:39.900><c> theory</c><00:43:40.119><c> of</c><00:43:40.420><c> reductionism.</c>

00:43:41.099 --> 00:43:43.659
The<00:43:42.239><c> Baptist</c><00:43:42.719><c> Church,</c><00:43:43.099><c> who</c><00:43:43.280><c> once</c>

00:43:43.659 --> 00:43:45.159
taught<00:43:43.900><c> that</c><00:43:44.139><c> immersion</c><00:43:44.519><c> is</c><00:43:44.780><c> essential</c>

00:43:45.159 --> 00:43:47.340
for<00:43:45.420><c> salvation</c><00:43:46.019><c> and</c><00:43:46.420><c> that</c><00:43:46.579><c> it's</c><00:43:46.840><c> by</c><00:43:47.039><c> complete</c>

00:43:47.699 --> 00:43:49.360
burial<00:43:48.059><c> in</c><00:43:48.300><c> water,</c>

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:51.380
now<00:43:49.760><c> accepts</c><00:43:50.320><c> people</c><00:43:50.699><c> from</c><00:43:50.980><c> the</c><00:43:51.139><c> United</c>

00:43:51.380 --> 00:43:52.679
Church<00:43:51.719><c> Communion</c><00:43:52.079><c> in</c><00:43:52.219><c> Toronto</c>

00:43:52.679 --> 00:43:55.440
if<00:43:53.280><c> they're</c><00:43:53.639><c> sprinkled,</c><00:43:54.800><c> as</c><00:43:55.079><c> long</c>

00:43:55.440 --> 00:43:57.199
as<00:43:55.599><c> they've</c><00:43:55.800><c> had</c><00:43:55.880><c> an</c><00:43:56.039><c> experience</c><00:43:56.440><c> with</c><00:43:56.619><c> Jesus</c>

00:43:57.199 --> 00:43:59.380
and<00:43:57.659><c> as</c><00:43:57.840><c> long</c><00:43:58.019><c> as</c><00:43:58.099><c> they're</c><00:43:58.300><c> born</c><00:43:58.480><c> again.</c>

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:01.300
And<00:44:00.099><c> so</c><00:44:00.219><c> we</c><00:44:00.420><c> see</c><00:44:00.679><c> the</c><00:44:01.000><c> reductionism</c>

00:44:01.739 --> 00:44:03.099
in<00:44:02.079><c> the</c><00:44:02.239><c> world.</c>

00:44:03.360 --> 00:44:05.260
In<00:44:03.500><c> the</c><00:44:03.679><c> religious</c><00:44:04.039><c> world,</c><00:44:04.539><c> it's</c><00:44:04.940><c> an</c>

00:44:05.260 --> 00:44:07.340
accommodation<00:44:05.920><c> by</c><00:44:06.699><c> reducing</c>

00:44:07.340 --> 00:44:09.400
the<00:44:07.599><c> number</c><00:44:07.820><c> of</c><00:44:08.079><c> things</c><00:44:08.280><c> to</c><00:44:08.480><c> be</c><00:44:08.780><c> believed</c>

00:44:09.400 --> 00:44:11.539
so<00:44:09.840><c> that</c><00:44:10.039><c> you</c><00:44:10.280><c> accommodate</c><00:44:10.860><c> all</c><00:44:11.219><c> of</c><00:44:11.360><c> those</c>

00:44:11.539 --> 00:44:13.420
who<00:44:11.699><c> have</c><00:44:11.980><c> divergences.</c>

00:44:13.679 --> 00:44:15.539
And<00:44:13.940><c> so</c><00:44:14.099><c> we</c><00:44:14.239><c> see</c><00:44:14.420><c> movement</c><00:44:14.840><c> now</c><00:44:15.239><c> between</c>

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:17.760
the<00:44:15.780><c> Baptist</c><00:44:16.099><c> and</c><00:44:16.320><c> the</c><00:44:16.380><c> United</c><00:44:16.639><c> Church.</c>

00:44:18.320 --> 00:44:19.619
And<00:44:18.440><c> the</c><00:44:18.599><c> United</c><00:44:18.800><c> Church</c><00:44:19.039><c> speaking</c><00:44:19.360><c> of</c>

00:44:19.619 --> 00:44:21.940
reunion<00:44:19.940><c> with</c><00:44:20.119><c> the</c><00:44:20.320><c> Mother</c><00:44:20.559><c> Church,</c><00:44:21.059><c> Rome.</c>

00:44:22.599 --> 00:44:23.820
That's<00:44:22.840><c> been</c><00:44:23.039><c> the</c><00:44:23.360><c> tragic</c>

00:44:23.820 --> 00:44:25.510
heir<00:44:24.139><c> of</c><00:44:24.500><c> 200</c><00:44:25.239><c> years</c>

00:44:25.960 --> 00:44:27.699
of<00:44:26.500><c> sleepy</c><00:44:26.920><c> Protestantism</c>

00:44:27.699 --> 00:44:29.519
in<00:44:27.880><c> this</c><00:44:28.059><c> country.</c><00:44:29.079><c> And</c><00:44:29.280><c> it's</c>

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:31.320
the<00:44:29.739><c> heir</c><00:44:29.920><c> of</c><00:44:30.119><c> reductionism.</c>

00:44:31.880 --> 00:44:33.619
Now,<00:44:32.139><c> brothers</c><00:44:32.179><c> and</c><00:44:32.340><c> sisters,</c><00:44:33.300><c> we</c>

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rejoice<00:44:43.340><c> in</c><00:44:43.539><c> the</c><00:44:43.719><c> truth.</c>

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sanctification<00:44:51.199><c> of</c><00:44:51.360><c> the</c><00:44:51.559><c> Spirit.</c>

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heir<00:45:10.739><c> of</c><00:45:11.059><c> reductionism,</c><00:45:12.440><c> the</c>

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spiritual<00:45:13.340><c> whittling</c><00:45:13.960><c> of</c><00:45:14.460><c> the</c>

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which<00:45:17.760><c> include</c><00:45:18.159><c> great</c><00:45:18.519><c> numbers</c>

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00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:25.500
our<00:45:23.139><c> doctrine</c><00:45:23.639><c> is</c><00:45:23.980><c> not</c><00:45:24.460><c> ours.</c>

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00:45:28.739 --> 00:45:30.659
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We<00:45:33.679><c> have</c><00:45:34.000><c> a</c><00:45:34.380><c> gracious</c><00:45:34.699><c> heritage</c>

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People<00:46:02.840><c> marvel</c><00:46:03.340><c> when</c><00:46:03.559><c> they</c><00:46:03.820><c> see</c>

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young,<00:46:04.619><c> enthusiastic</c><00:46:05.500><c> Mormons</c>

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who<00:46:06.239><c> give</c><00:46:06.360><c> up</c><00:46:06.579><c> their</c><00:46:06.820><c> time.</c>

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There<00:46:08.059><c> are</c><00:46:08.199><c> opportunities</c><00:46:08.619><c> to</c><00:46:08.880><c> make</c><00:46:09.099><c> money,</c>

00:46:09.480 --> 00:46:11.300
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for<00:46:11.519><c> their</c><00:46:11.840><c> faith.</c>

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have<00:46:17.440><c> the</c><00:46:17.659><c> truth?</c>

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00:46:40.780 --> 00:46:42.860
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of<00:46:45.079><c> Christadelphians</c><00:46:45.760><c> to</c><00:46:46.079><c> arise</c>

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thinking<00:46:46.880><c> that</c><00:46:47.099><c> we</c><00:46:47.380><c> really</c><00:46:47.820><c> believe</c><00:46:48.179><c> the</c><00:46:48.440><c> truth,</c>

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obey<00:46:49.440><c> the</c><00:46:49.739><c> truth?</c>

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onus<00:46:58.840><c> of</c><00:46:59.119><c> responsibility</c><00:46:59.840><c> on</c><00:47:00.400><c> those</c>

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00:47:02.460 --> 00:47:04.519
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elders<00:47:04.780><c> in</c><00:47:04.980><c> the</c><00:47:05.179><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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May<00:47:07.000><c> our</c><00:47:07.400><c> study</c><00:47:07.760><c> on</c><00:47:08.119><c> this</c>

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great<00:47:08.960><c> apostate</c><00:47:09.619><c> system,</c><00:47:10.119><c> the</c>

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great<00:47:10.699><c> false</c><00:47:11.000><c> church</c><00:47:11.619><c> that</c><00:47:12.139><c> has</c>

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might<00:47:19.019><c> walk</c><00:47:19.500><c> worthy</c>

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of<00:47:21.119><c> the</c><00:47:21.400><c> great</c><00:47:21.619><c> vocation</c>

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wherewith<00:47:23.260><c> we</c><00:47:23.420><c> have</c><00:47:23.579><c> been</c><00:47:23.860><c> called.</c>

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Thank<00:47:39.980><c> you.</c>