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Jesus<00:17:30.529><c> Christ</c><00:17:30.970><c> in</c><00:17:31.369><c> Revelation</c><00:17:31.789><c> one</c><00:17:32.130><c> verses</c><00:17:32.470><c> 10</c><00:17:32.750><c> to</c><00:17:32.890><c> 18.</c>

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Jesus<00:17:35.450><c> told</c><00:17:35.650><c> him</c><00:17:35.809><c> about</c><00:17:36.049><c> to</c><00:17:36.210><c> write</c><00:17:36.789><c> about</c><00:17:37.829><c> the</c><00:17:38.109><c> things</c><00:17:38.430><c> that</c>

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are<00:17:39.369><c> the</c><00:17:39.569><c> things</c><00:17:39.809><c> which</c><00:17:40.109><c> are</c><00:17:40.490><c> and</c><00:17:41.009><c> in</c><00:17:41.210><c> Revelation</c><00:17:41.569><c> chapters</c>

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two<00:17:42.289><c> and</c><00:17:42.589><c> three.</c>

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He<00:17:43.869><c> writes</c><00:17:44.069><c> about</c><00:17:44.690><c> the</c><00:17:45.349><c> letters</c><00:17:45.589><c> to</c><00:17:45.809><c> the</c><00:17:46.230><c> seven</c><00:17:46.549><c> ecclesias</c><00:17:47.009><c> in</c>

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Asia<00:17:47.349><c> in</c><00:17:47.569><c> Asia</c><00:17:47.869><c> the</c><00:17:48.269><c> things</c><00:17:48.509><c> which</c><00:17:48.789><c> are</c><00:17:49.089><c> and</c><00:17:50.029><c> then</c><00:17:50.190><c> just</c><00:17:50.390><c> turn</c>

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to<00:17:50.710><c> Revelation</c><00:17:51.170><c> chapter</c><00:17:51.609><c> four</c><00:17:51.930><c> verse</c><00:17:52.170><c> one.</c>

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And<00:17:58.890><c> John</c><00:17:59.130><c> says</c><00:17:59.509><c> after</c><00:17:59.930><c> this</c><00:18:00.230><c> meaning</c><00:18:00.470><c> after</c><00:18:00.910><c> the</c><00:18:02.970><c> end</c><00:18:03.809><c> of</c><00:18:04.009><c> chapter</c><00:18:04.230><c> three</c><00:18:04.529><c> which</c><00:18:04.769><c> speaks</c><00:18:05.089><c> about</c><00:18:06.109><c> the</c>

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letters<00:18:06.869><c> to</c><00:18:07.069><c> the</c><00:18:07.210><c> ecclesiast.</c>

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After<00:18:09.670><c> this</c><00:18:09.890><c> I</c><00:18:10.109><c> looked</c><00:18:10.250><c> and</c><00:18:10.490><c> behold</c><00:18:10.769><c> a</c><00:18:11.089><c> door</c><00:18:11.410><c> was</c><00:18:11.730><c> opened</c><00:18:12.009><c> in</c><00:18:12.289><c> heaven</c><00:18:12.589><c> and</c><00:18:13.230><c> the</c><00:18:13.430><c> first</c><00:18:13.690><c> voice</c><00:18:14.009><c> which</c><00:18:14.250><c> I</c>

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heard<00:18:14.690><c> was</c><00:18:14.930><c> as</c><00:18:15.109><c> it</c><00:18:15.210><c> were</c><00:18:15.309><c> of</c><00:18:15.490><c> a</c><00:18:15.690><c> trumpet</c><00:18:15.950><c> talking</c><00:18:16.329><c> with</c><00:18:16.609><c> me</c><00:18:16.950><c> which</c><00:18:17.369><c> said</c><00:18:17.809><c> come</c><00:18:18.289><c> up</c><00:18:18.549><c> hither.</c>

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And<00:18:20.170><c> I</c><00:18:20.529><c> will</c><00:18:20.849><c> show</c><00:18:21.089><c> thee</c><00:18:21.390><c> things</c><00:18:21.730><c> which</c><00:18:22.089><c> must</c><00:18:22.490><c> be</c><00:18:22.869><c> hereafter.</c>

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See<00:18:23.650><c> this</c><00:18:23.789><c> is</c><00:18:24.049><c> the</c><00:18:24.150><c> beginning</c><00:18:24.650><c> of</c><00:18:25.509><c> the</c><00:18:25.710><c> things</c><00:18:25.930><c> which</c><00:18:26.190><c> must</c><00:18:26.430><c> be</c><00:18:26.650><c> hereafter.</c>

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Now<00:18:27.369><c> this</c><00:18:27.650><c> sounds</c><00:18:28.009><c> painfully</c><00:18:28.549><c> simple</c><00:18:28.890><c> right.</c>

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OK<00:18:30.130><c> we've</c><00:18:30.369><c> got</c><00:18:30.470><c> the</c><00:18:30.690><c> threefold</c><00:18:31.029><c> structure</c><00:18:31.670><c> of</c><00:18:31.910><c> Revelation.</c>

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But<00:18:32.789><c> what's</c><00:18:33.069><c> interesting</c><00:18:33.509><c> is</c><00:18:34.369><c> that</c><00:18:35.509><c> Revelation</c><00:18:35.990><c> chapter</c><00:18:36.369><c> four</c><00:18:37.089><c> through</c><00:18:37.670><c> Revelation</c><00:18:38.269><c> 22</c>

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are<00:18:40.009><c> things</c><00:18:40.309><c> that</c><00:18:40.529><c> were</c><00:18:40.650><c> to</c><00:18:40.910><c> happen</c><00:18:41.490><c> after</c><00:18:42.690><c> this</c><00:18:43.009><c> point.</c>

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It's<00:18:43.690><c> after</c><00:18:43.950><c> the</c><00:18:44.130><c> Lord</c><00:18:44.289><c> Jesus</c><00:18:44.609><c> Christ</c><00:18:44.930><c> walked</c><00:18:45.150><c> on</c><00:18:45.289><c> the</c><00:18:45.410><c> earth.</c>

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We<00:18:45.769><c> know</c><00:18:45.990><c> that</c><00:18:46.549><c> because</c><00:18:47.170><c> he's</c><00:18:47.450><c> already</c><00:18:47.690><c> been</c><00:18:47.930><c> glorified.</c>

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He<00:18:48.549><c> appeared</c><00:18:48.769><c> to</c><00:18:48.970><c> John</c><00:18:49.190><c> in</c><00:18:49.369><c> glory.</c>

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He's<00:18:49.710><c> been</c><00:18:49.950><c> resurrected.</c>

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It's<00:18:51.730><c> also</c><00:18:52.029><c> after</c><00:18:52.390><c> the</c><00:18:52.630><c> fall</c><00:18:52.849><c> of</c><00:18:53.069><c> the</c><00:18:53.190><c> nation</c><00:18:53.430><c> of</c><00:18:53.609><c> Israel.</c>

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So<00:18:56.109><c> the</c><00:18:56.349><c> book</c><00:18:56.529><c> of</c><00:18:56.730><c> Revelation</c><00:18:57.089><c> cannot</c><00:18:57.549><c> be</c><00:18:57.890><c> speaking</c><00:18:58.130><c> about</c><00:18:58.589><c> the</c><00:18:59.009><c> fall</c><00:18:59.190><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:59.470><c> nation</c><00:18:59.690><c> of</c><00:18:59.970><c> Israel</c><00:19:00.430><c> in</c><00:19:01.230><c> any</c><00:19:01.470><c> kind</c><00:19:01.650><c> of</c><00:19:01.869><c> prophecy.</c>

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It<00:19:02.349><c> doesn't</c><00:19:02.490><c> work</c><00:19:02.750><c> like</c><00:19:03.009><c> that.</c>

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And<00:19:03.829><c> even</c><00:19:03.990><c> when</c><00:19:04.130><c> we</c><00:19:04.269><c> look</c><00:19:04.410><c> at</c><00:19:04.630><c> passages</c><00:19:04.930><c> like</c><00:19:05.250><c> Revelation</c><00:19:05.710><c> 12</c>

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which<00:19:07.029><c> is</c><00:19:07.529><c> certainly</c><00:19:08.369><c> a</c><00:19:09.150><c> difficult</c><00:19:09.589><c> chapter</c><00:19:09.910><c> to</c><00:19:10.109><c> look</c><00:19:10.269><c> at.</c>

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It<00:19:11.089><c> sounds</c><00:19:11.450><c> like</c><00:19:11.690><c> it's</c><00:19:11.849><c> talking</c><00:19:12.170><c> about</c><00:19:12.509><c> the</c><00:19:12.650><c> nation</c><00:19:12.890><c> of</c><00:19:13.109><c> Israel</c><00:19:13.430><c> in</c>

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certain<00:19:14.150><c> aspects</c><00:19:14.890><c> but</c><00:19:15.430><c> it's</c><00:19:15.789><c> not</c><00:19:16.109><c> because</c><00:19:16.849><c> Israel</c><00:19:17.210><c> had</c><00:19:17.509><c> fallen</c><00:19:17.750><c> before</c><00:19:18.150><c> them.</c>

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The<00:19:19.430><c> man</c><00:19:19.650><c> child</c><00:19:19.890><c> who</c><00:19:20.069><c> comes</c><00:19:20.269><c> forth</c><00:19:20.569><c> cannot</c><00:19:20.890><c> be</c><00:19:21.109><c> Christ.</c>

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Even<00:19:22.910><c> though</c><00:19:23.109><c> it</c><00:19:23.410><c> has</c><00:19:23.710><c> the</c><00:19:24.009><c> shadows</c><00:19:24.410><c> of</c><00:19:25.009><c> sounding</c><00:19:25.250><c> like</c><00:19:25.529><c> Christ</c><00:19:26.130><c> because</c><00:19:28.190><c> the</c>

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resurrection<00:19:29.170><c> of</c><00:19:29.349><c> Jesus</c><00:19:29.630><c> the</c><00:19:29.769><c> birth</c><00:19:30.029><c> of</c><00:19:30.289><c> Jesus</c><00:19:30.490><c> is</c><00:19:30.750><c> not</c><00:19:31.069><c> part</c>

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of<00:19:32.190><c> the</c><00:19:32.369><c> things</c><00:19:32.549><c> which</c><00:19:32.750><c> will</c><00:19:32.950><c> come</c><00:19:33.109><c> to</c><00:19:33.269><c> pass</c><00:19:33.470><c> hereafter.</c>

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It<00:19:34.329><c> was</c><00:19:34.569><c> before</c><00:19:35.250><c> Revelation</c><00:19:35.890><c> was</c><00:19:36.150><c> ever</c><00:19:36.369><c> written.</c>

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So<00:19:37.410><c> very</c><00:19:38.130><c> important</c><00:19:38.529><c> principle</c><00:19:38.890><c> of</c><00:19:39.170><c> interpretation.</c>

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And<00:19:40.990><c> please</c><00:19:41.230><c> don't</c><00:19:41.569><c> think</c><00:19:41.769><c> that</c><00:19:41.990><c> the</c><00:19:42.329><c> complexity</c><00:19:42.750><c> of</c><00:19:42.930><c> this</c>

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chart<00:19:43.309><c> before</c><00:19:43.569><c> you.</c>

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I<00:19:45.890><c> do</c><00:19:46.069><c> it</c><00:19:46.210><c> just</c><00:19:46.369><c> to</c><00:19:46.589><c> demonstrate</c><00:19:46.990><c> one</c><00:19:47.289><c> simple</c><00:19:47.569><c> truth</c><00:19:47.809><c> as</c><00:19:47.970><c> I</c><00:19:48.170><c> stand</c><00:19:48.329><c> in</c>

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front<00:19:48.589><c> of</c><00:19:48.670><c> it</c><00:19:48.829><c> for</c><00:19:49.029><c> a</c><00:19:49.109><c> good</c><00:19:49.230><c> majority</c><00:19:49.529><c> of</c><00:19:49.710><c> you.</c>

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The<00:19:52.069><c> seven</c><00:19:52.410><c> seals.</c>

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It<00:19:53.789><c> is</c><00:19:53.970><c> the</c><00:19:54.230><c> structure</c><00:19:54.450><c> of</c><00:19:54.650><c> this</c><00:19:54.829><c> book</c><00:19:54.970><c> that</c><00:19:55.109><c> we'll</c><00:19:55.250><c> be</c><00:19:55.410><c> looking</c><00:19:55.650><c> at.</c>

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And<00:19:57.089><c> when</c><00:19:57.230><c> the</c><00:19:57.549><c> seventh</c><00:19:57.809><c> seal</c><00:19:58.069><c> is</c><00:19:58.329><c> open</c><00:19:58.730><c> we</c><00:19:59.390><c> have</c><00:19:59.690><c> seven</c><00:20:00.029><c> trumpets</c><00:20:00.690><c> and</c><00:20:01.210><c> a</c>

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brother<00:20:01.470><c> Matthew</c><00:20:01.789><c> will</c><00:20:01.930><c> be</c><00:20:02.109><c> talking</c><00:20:02.309><c> about</c><00:20:02.609><c> that.</c>

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And<00:20:03.490><c> then</c><00:20:03.630><c> in</c><00:20:03.890><c> the</c><00:20:04.049><c> seventh</c><00:20:04.329><c> trumpet</c><00:20:04.769><c> there</c><00:20:05.710><c> are</c><00:20:05.910><c> seven</c><00:20:06.190><c> vials.</c>

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Our<00:20:08.509><c> brother</c><00:20:08.710><c> Frank</c><00:20:08.950><c> will</c><00:20:09.089><c> be</c><00:20:09.250><c> talking</c><00:20:09.470><c> about</c><00:20:09.769><c> that.</c>

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And<00:20:10.210><c> then</c><00:20:10.470><c> in</c><00:20:10.849><c> the</c><00:20:11.029><c> seventh</c><00:20:11.309><c> vial</c><00:20:11.630><c> we</c><00:20:11.849><c> have</c><00:20:12.069><c> contained</c><00:20:12.470><c> the</c>

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seven<00:20:13.210><c> thunders.</c>

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And<00:20:14.650><c> our</c><00:20:15.069><c> brother</c><00:20:15.289><c> Peter</c><00:20:15.549><c> will</c><00:20:15.730><c> be</c><00:20:15.910><c> speaking</c><00:20:16.130><c> about</c><00:20:16.430><c> that.</c>

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So<00:20:16.769><c> that's</c><00:20:16.970><c> just</c><00:20:17.250><c> the</c><00:20:17.490><c> overall</c><00:20:17.869><c> structure</c><00:20:18.369><c> of</c><00:20:18.549><c> the</c><00:20:18.670><c> book</c><00:20:18.829><c> of</c><00:20:19.009><c> Revelation.</c>

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Seals,<00:20:20.549><c> trumpets,</c><00:20:21.730><c> vials</c><00:20:22.190><c> and</c><00:20:23.049><c> thunders.</c>

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So<00:20:29.329><c> what</c><00:20:29.529><c> about</c><00:20:29.710><c> this</c><00:20:30.029><c> horse</c><00:20:30.470><c> that</c><00:20:31.130><c> we</c><00:20:31.269><c> have</c><00:20:31.390><c> in</c><00:20:31.529><c> Revelation</c>

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chapter<00:20:32.230><c> six.</c>

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The<00:20:36.289><c> preeminent</c><00:20:36.730><c> symbol</c><00:20:37.109><c> in</c><00:20:37.309><c> the</c><00:20:37.450><c> first</c><00:20:38.269><c> four</c><00:20:38.630><c> seals</c><00:20:38.930><c> is</c><00:20:39.269><c> this</c><00:20:39.670><c> horse.</c>

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And<00:20:41.609><c> the</c><00:20:41.809><c> horse</c><00:20:42.190><c> looks</c><00:20:43.410><c> different</c><00:20:43.730><c> in</c><00:20:43.890><c> each</c><00:20:44.089><c> of</c><00:20:44.309><c> the</c><00:20:44.369><c> seals.</c>

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First<00:20:45.109><c> the</c><00:20:45.890><c> horse</c><00:20:46.109><c> is</c><00:20:46.289><c> white,</c><00:20:46.750><c> then</c><00:20:46.829><c> he's</c><00:20:47.029><c> red,</c><00:20:47.369><c> then</c><00:20:47.509><c> he's</c>

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black<00:20:48.029><c> and</c><00:20:48.170><c> then</c><00:20:48.369><c> he's</c><00:20:48.829><c> pale.</c>

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It's<00:20:51.450><c> actually</c><00:20:51.630><c> a</c><00:20:51.769><c> certain</c><00:20:51.950><c> kind</c><00:20:52.250><c> of</c><00:20:52.509><c> paleness</c><00:20:52.650><c> which</c><00:20:52.890><c> we'll</c>

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explain<00:20:53.849><c> when</c><00:20:53.990><c> we</c><00:20:54.150><c> come</c><00:20:54.329><c> to</c><00:20:54.509><c> it.</c>

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But<00:20:55.470><c> when</c><00:20:55.589><c> we</c><00:20:55.710><c> look</c><00:20:55.869><c> through</c><00:20:56.069><c> the</c><00:20:56.250><c> history</c><00:20:56.630><c> of</c><00:20:57.849><c> scripture</c><00:20:58.250><c> and</c>

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we<00:20:59.609><c> look</c><00:20:59.750><c> at</c><00:20:59.970><c> what</c><00:21:00.170><c> the</c><00:21:00.470><c> horse</c><00:21:00.769><c> could</c><00:21:01.049><c> represent.</c>

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We<00:21:01.710><c> have</c><00:21:01.869><c> the</c><00:21:02.150><c> horse</c><00:21:02.349><c> representing</c><00:21:02.990><c> Egypt</c><00:21:03.829><c> in</c><00:21:04.869><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:05.170><c> 31</c>

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verse<00:21:05.950><c> one.</c>

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And<00:21:07.130><c> the</c><00:21:07.230><c> horse</c><00:21:07.369><c> also</c><00:21:07.769><c> represents</c><00:21:08.230><c> Judah.</c>

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And<00:21:09.809><c> if</c><00:21:09.930><c> we</c><00:21:10.029><c> look</c><00:21:10.130><c> at</c><00:21:10.250><c> all</c><00:21:10.369><c> these</c><00:21:10.569><c> other</c><00:21:11.329><c> animals</c><00:21:11.829><c> up</c><00:21:12.089><c> here</c><00:21:12.190><c> which</c><00:21:12.329><c> we're</c><00:21:12.490><c> not</c>

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going<00:21:12.769><c> to</c><00:21:12.910><c> go</c><00:21:13.089><c> through.</c>

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It's<00:21:15.170><c> just</c><00:21:15.809><c> to</c><00:21:16.049><c> show</c><00:21:16.230><c> that</c><00:21:16.390><c> it's</c><00:21:16.609><c> a</c><00:21:16.730><c> very</c><00:21:16.990><c> common</c><00:21:17.390><c> scriptural</c>

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theme<00:21:18.269><c> to</c><00:21:19.009><c> have</c><00:21:19.250><c> nations</c><00:21:19.789><c> represented</c><00:21:20.569><c> by</c><00:21:21.109><c> symbols</c><00:21:21.630><c> with</c>

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which<00:21:22.509><c> they</c><00:21:22.789><c> identify</c><00:21:23.230><c> themselves.</c>

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It's<00:21:25.230><c> a</c><00:21:25.450><c> common</c><00:21:25.630><c> theme</c><00:21:25.849><c> running</c><00:21:26.109><c> throughout</c><00:21:26.450><c> scripture.</c>

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We<00:21:26.970><c> can't</c><00:21:27.269><c> miss</c><00:21:27.430><c> it</c><00:21:28.130><c> even</c><00:21:28.349><c> with</c><00:21:28.549><c> just</c><00:21:28.750><c> the</c><00:21:28.910><c> reading</c><00:21:29.069><c> of</c><00:21:29.809><c> a</c><00:21:29.970><c> single</c><00:21:30.269><c> book</c><00:21:30.490><c> sometimes.</c>

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But<00:21:33.190><c> I'd</c><00:21:33.849><c> like</c><00:21:33.910><c> to</c><00:21:34.089><c> turn</c><00:21:34.190><c> to</c><00:21:34.369><c> Genesis</c><00:21:34.670><c> chapter</c><00:21:35.069><c> 41</c><00:21:35.470><c> for</c><00:21:35.789><c> a</c><00:21:35.930><c> second.</c>

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When<00:21:39.470><c> a</c><00:21:39.650><c> horse</c><00:21:39.849><c> is</c><00:21:40.069><c> said</c><00:21:40.170><c> to</c><00:21:40.390><c> be</c><00:21:40.670><c> white</c><00:21:41.009><c> or</c><00:21:41.529><c> red</c><00:21:41.849><c> or</c><00:21:42.049><c> black</c><00:21:42.369><c> or</c><00:21:42.630><c> pale,</c><00:21:43.470><c> what</c><00:21:43.630><c> is</c><00:21:43.769><c> that</c><00:21:44.029><c> supposed</c><00:21:44.309><c> to</c><00:21:44.450><c> be</c><00:21:44.609><c> saying</c><00:21:44.809><c> if</c><00:21:45.009><c> we</c><00:21:45.289><c> consider</c><00:21:45.509><c> this</c><00:21:45.769><c> from</c><00:21:46.170><c> a</c>

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national<00:21:46.950><c> perspective?</c>

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We<00:21:48.809><c> know</c><00:21:49.009><c> Revelation</c><00:21:49.450><c> is</c><00:21:49.710><c> certainly</c><00:21:49.910><c> a</c><00:21:50.089><c> book</c><00:21:50.190><c> of</c><00:21:50.450><c> symbols.</c>

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I'd<00:21:53.029><c> just</c><00:21:53.029><c> like</c><00:21:53.130><c> to</c><00:21:53.230><c> look</c><00:21:53.349><c> at</c><00:21:53.630><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:21:54.029><c> dream</c><00:21:54.289><c> for</c><00:21:54.569><c> a</c><00:21:54.710><c> second</c>

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in<00:21:55.349><c> Genesis</c><00:21:55.670><c> chapter</c><00:21:56.150><c> 41</c><00:21:56.869><c> verses</c><00:21:57.369><c> two</c><00:21:57.829><c> through</c><00:21:58.069><c> four.</c>

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This<00:22:02.369><c> is</c><00:22:02.569><c> another</c><00:22:02.710><c> important</c><00:22:03.190><c> Bible</c><00:22:03.549><c> principle</c><00:22:04.109><c> even</c><00:22:05.170><c> though</c>

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it's<00:22:05.490><c> not</c><00:22:05.589><c> one</c><00:22:05.710><c> of</c><00:22:05.769><c> the</c><00:22:05.910><c> major</c><00:22:06.069><c> ones</c><00:22:06.349><c> that</c><00:22:06.710><c> I've</c><00:22:07.289><c> had</c><00:22:07.549><c> for</c><00:22:07.670><c> us</c>

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to<00:22:08.069><c> consider</c><00:22:08.289><c> today.</c>

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Genesis<00:22:10.470><c> 41</c><00:22:11.130><c> speaking</c><00:22:11.869><c> at</c><00:22:12.089><c> verse</c><00:22:12.329><c> two.</c>

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This<00:22:13.490><c> is</c><00:22:13.750><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:22:14.089><c> dream.</c><00:22:14.410><c> He</c><00:22:14.569><c> stands</c><00:22:14.869><c> by</c><00:22:15.069><c> the</c><00:22:15.230><c> river</c><00:22:15.490><c> and</c><00:22:15.710><c> behold</c><00:22:16.250><c> there</c><00:22:17.089><c> came</c><00:22:17.369><c> up</c><00:22:17.630><c> out</c><00:22:17.809><c> of</c><00:22:17.930><c> the</c><00:22:18.089><c> river</c><00:22:18.589><c> seven</c><00:22:19.869><c> well</c><00:22:20.410><c> favored</c><00:22:20.690><c> kind</c><00:22:21.029><c> and</c><00:22:21.450><c> fat</c><00:22:21.690><c> fleshed</c><00:22:22.130><c> and</c><00:22:22.170><c> they</c><00:22:22.410><c> fed</c><00:22:22.470><c> in</c><00:22:22.650><c> a</c><00:22:22.769><c> meadow.</c>

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And<00:22:23.829><c> behold</c><00:22:24.150><c> seven</c><00:22:24.529><c> other</c><00:22:24.910><c> kind</c><00:22:25.130><c> came</c><00:22:25.349><c> up</c><00:22:25.549><c> after</c><00:22:25.869><c> them</c><00:22:26.049><c> out</c><00:22:26.150><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:26.630><c> river</c><00:22:26.970><c> ill</c><00:22:27.549><c> favored</c><00:22:27.869><c> and</c><00:22:28.130><c> lean</c><00:22:28.410><c> fleshed</c><00:22:29.210><c> and</c><00:22:29.650><c> stood</c><00:22:29.970><c> by</c>

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the<00:22:30.670><c> other</c><00:22:30.910><c> kind</c><00:22:31.150><c> upon</c><00:22:31.470><c> the</c><00:22:31.670><c> brink</c><00:22:31.789><c> of</c><00:22:31.970><c> the</c><00:22:32.089><c> river.</c>

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And<00:22:33.369><c> the</c><00:22:33.529><c> ill</c><00:22:33.769><c> favored</c><00:22:34.069><c> and</c><00:22:34.269><c> the</c><00:22:34.470><c> lean</c><00:22:34.710><c> fleshed</c><00:22:35.210><c> kind</c><00:22:35.650><c> did</c><00:22:36.549><c> eat</c>

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up<00:22:36.990><c> the</c><00:22:37.250><c> seven</c><00:22:37.470><c> well</c><00:22:37.789><c> favored</c><00:22:38.170><c> and</c><00:22:38.769><c> fat</c><00:22:38.990><c> kind.</c>

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So<00:22:39.750><c> Pharaoh</c><00:22:39.950><c> awoke.</c>

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The<00:22:43.809><c> prophecy</c><00:22:44.250><c> here,</c><00:22:44.509><c> this</c><00:22:44.690><c> dream</c><00:22:44.970><c> that</c><00:22:45.230><c> Pharaoh</c><00:22:45.410><c> had</c><00:22:45.690><c> was</c><00:22:45.869><c> not</c><00:22:46.130><c> to</c>

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signify<00:22:47.009><c> that</c><00:22:47.410><c> the</c><00:22:47.670><c> Egyptians</c><00:22:48.170><c> were</c><00:22:48.990><c> to</c><00:22:49.150><c> be</c><00:22:49.329><c> missing</c><00:22:49.690><c> state</c><00:22:50.089><c> for</c><00:22:50.430><c> a</c>

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long<00:22:50.589><c> period</c><00:22:50.890><c> of</c><00:22:51.069><c> time.</c>

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That's<00:22:52.630><c> not</c><00:22:52.750><c> what</c><00:22:52.769><c> this</c><00:22:52.990><c> is</c><00:22:53.130><c> saying</c><00:22:53.269><c> at</c><00:22:53.450><c> all</c><00:22:53.589><c> because</c><00:22:54.170><c> the</c><00:22:55.049><c> cow</c>

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that's<00:22:55.470><c> being</c><00:22:55.750><c> spoken</c><00:22:56.109><c> about</c><00:22:56.369><c> here,</c><00:22:56.789><c> the</c><00:22:56.789><c> kind,</c><00:22:57.509><c> these</c><00:22:57.750><c> are</c>

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female<00:22:58.430><c> cows.</c>

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And<00:23:00.829><c> does</c><00:23:01.009><c> anyone</c><00:23:01.230><c> know</c><00:23:01.710><c> what</c><00:23:02.009><c> female</c><00:23:02.890><c> cows,</c><00:23:03.910><c> how</c><00:23:04.210><c> they</c><00:23:04.369><c> were</c>

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esteemed<00:23:04.970><c> by</c><00:23:05.190><c> the</c><00:23:05.369><c> Egyptians?</c>

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They<00:23:08.029><c> were</c><00:23:08.210><c> sacred.</c><00:23:09.690><c> They</c><00:23:09.930><c> didn't</c><00:23:10.130><c> eat</c><00:23:10.250><c> them</c><00:23:10.410><c> at</c><00:23:10.529><c> all.</c>

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But<00:23:12.130><c> the</c><00:23:12.650><c> reason</c><00:23:12.950><c> that</c><00:23:13.170><c> this</c><00:23:13.430><c> symbol</c><00:23:13.609><c> was</c><00:23:13.930><c> given</c><00:23:14.309><c> was</c><00:23:14.789><c> that</c><00:23:15.289><c> the</c><00:23:15.549><c> female</c><00:23:15.890><c> cow</c><00:23:16.150><c> was</c><00:23:16.470><c> a</c>

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symbol<00:23:17.170><c> of</c><00:23:17.829><c> Egypt</c><00:23:18.150><c> herself.</c>

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And<00:23:19.930><c> so</c><00:23:20.049><c> when</c><00:23:20.210><c> we</c><00:23:20.470><c> have</c><00:23:21.150><c> a</c><00:23:21.589><c> cow</c><00:23:22.309><c> pictured</c><00:23:22.930><c> in</c><00:23:23.109><c> this</c><00:23:23.390><c> dream</c><00:23:23.789><c> as</c><00:23:24.589><c> well</c><00:23:24.869><c> as</c><00:23:25.130><c> the</c><00:23:25.609><c> ears</c><00:23:25.849><c> of</c><00:23:26.130><c> wheat</c><00:23:26.250><c> that</c><00:23:26.410><c> would</c><00:23:26.609><c> come</c><00:23:26.750><c> later</c><00:23:27.289><c> in</c><00:23:27.789><c> his</c><00:23:27.990><c> dream,</c><00:23:28.529><c> it's</c><00:23:28.829><c> a</c>

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picture<00:23:29.250><c> of</c><00:23:29.470><c> the</c><00:23:29.730><c> nation.</c>

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And<00:23:31.309><c> what</c><00:23:31.430><c> was</c><00:23:31.549><c> the</c><00:23:31.730><c> nation</c><00:23:31.930><c> going</c><00:23:32.109><c> to</c><00:23:32.309><c> be</c><00:23:32.410><c> like?</c>

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The<00:23:32.990><c> nation</c><00:23:33.269><c> was</c><00:23:33.490><c> going</c><00:23:33.690><c> to</c><00:23:33.890><c> be</c><00:23:34.029><c> first</c><00:23:34.369><c> very</c><00:23:34.990><c> fat</c><00:23:35.390><c> and</c><00:23:35.710><c> full</c>

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and<00:23:37.369><c> secondly</c><00:23:37.730><c> very</c><00:23:38.509><c> gaunt</c><00:23:38.970><c> and</c><00:23:39.170><c> ill</c><00:23:39.450><c> fleshed.</c>

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That's<00:23:41.670><c> the</c><00:23:41.829><c> pattern</c><00:23:42.109><c> here.</c>

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So<00:23:43.230><c> whatever</c><00:23:43.970><c> is</c><00:23:45.809><c> going</c><00:23:46.089><c> on</c><00:23:46.410><c> in</c><00:23:46.609><c> the</c><00:23:46.809><c> nation</c><00:23:47.210><c> is</c><00:23:48.089><c> represented</c>

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by<00:23:50.130><c> its</c><00:23:50.630><c> animal.</c>

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That's<00:23:51.950><c> the</c><00:23:52.150><c> pattern</c><00:23:52.450><c> that's</c><00:23:52.670><c> set</c><00:23:52.789><c> here</c><00:23:52.950><c> in</c><00:23:53.069><c> the</c><00:23:53.150><c> book</c><00:23:53.269><c> of</c><00:23:53.450><c> Genesis.</c>

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So<00:23:53.970><c> when</c><00:23:54.069><c> we</c><00:23:54.309><c> come</c><00:23:54.549><c> to</c><00:23:55.150><c> look</c><00:23:55.329><c> at</c><00:23:55.430><c> the</c><00:23:55.529><c> book</c><00:23:55.630><c> of</c><00:23:55.849><c> Revelation,</c>

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it's<00:23:56.470><c> really</c><00:23:56.750><c> very</c><00:23:57.009><c> simple.</c>

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We<00:23:57.750><c> have</c><00:23:57.890><c> a</c><00:23:58.049><c> white</c><00:23:58.230><c> horse.</c><00:23:58.950><c> We'll</c><00:23:59.150><c> talk</c><00:23:59.369><c> about</c><00:23:59.549><c> what</c><00:23:59.710><c> white</c><00:23:59.990><c> represents.</c>

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Red<00:24:01.269><c> horse.</c><00:24:02.390><c> We'll</c><00:24:02.450><c> see</c><00:24:02.569><c> what</c><00:24:02.750><c> happens</c><00:24:03.069><c> and</c><00:24:03.269><c> so</c><00:24:03.470><c> on.</c>

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So<00:24:04.490><c> this</c><00:24:04.690><c> is</c><00:24:04.950><c> the</c><00:24:06.089><c> pattern</c><00:24:06.430><c> that</c><00:24:06.569><c> we</c><00:24:06.750><c> have</c><00:24:06.970><c> set</c><00:24:07.210><c> for</c><00:24:07.390><c> us.</c>

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And<00:24:08.589><c> so</c><00:24:08.710><c> who's</c><00:24:08.910><c> the</c><00:24:09.130><c> horse</c><00:24:09.650><c> in</c><00:24:10.329><c> Revelation</c><00:24:10.730><c> chapter</c><00:24:11.109><c> 6?</c>

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Well,<00:24:12.190><c> in</c><00:24:12.309><c> this</c><00:24:12.569><c> context,</c><00:24:14.049><c> it's</c><00:24:14.269><c> the</c><00:24:14.450><c> Roman</c><00:24:14.630><c> Empire.</c>

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It's<00:24:15.769><c> doubtless</c><00:24:16.089><c> the</c><00:24:16.269><c> Roman</c><00:24:16.509><c> Empire,</c><00:24:17.089><c> but</c><00:24:17.230><c> it's</c><00:24:17.410><c> the</c><00:24:17.549><c> Roman</c>

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Empire<00:24:18.130><c> in</c><00:24:18.329><c> its</c><00:24:19.109><c> pagan</c><00:24:19.450><c> manifestation.</c>

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And<00:24:20.329><c> that's</c><00:24:20.569><c> important</c><00:24:20.970><c> to</c><00:24:21.269><c> make</c><00:24:21.470><c> that</c><00:24:21.730><c> distinction</c><00:24:22.029><c> because</c>

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we'll<00:24:23.430><c> see</c><00:24:23.549><c> at</c><00:24:23.710><c> the</c><00:24:23.789><c> end</c><00:24:23.930><c> of</c><00:24:24.049><c> this</c><00:24:24.250><c> class</c><00:24:24.450><c> today</c><00:24:24.750><c> that</c><00:24:25.150><c> Rome</c><00:24:25.730><c> is</c>

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transformed<00:24:27.210><c> at</c><00:24:28.970><c> the</c><00:24:29.069><c> end</c><00:24:29.190><c> of</c><00:24:29.349><c> the</c><00:24:29.430><c> sixth</c><00:24:29.609><c> seal.</c>

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It's<00:24:30.630><c> the</c><00:24:30.630><c> transformation</c><00:24:30.829><c> that</c><00:24:31.069><c> occurs.</c>

00:24:32.470 --> 00:24:35.630
So<00:24:32.589><c> we</c><00:24:32.690><c> have</c><00:24:32.849><c> many</c><00:24:33.089><c> Roman</c><00:24:33.549><c> coins</c><00:24:33.869><c> up</c><00:24:34.069><c> here</c><00:24:34.289><c> depicting</c><00:24:34.650><c> the</c><00:24:34.890><c> horse.</c>

00:24:35.950 --> 00:24:39.509
And<00:24:36.130><c> I'd</c><00:24:36.230><c> just</c><00:24:36.390><c> like</c><00:24:36.589><c> you</c><00:24:36.829><c> to</c><00:24:37.329><c> pay</c><00:24:37.529><c> particular</c><00:24:38.049><c> attention</c><00:24:38.589><c> to</c>

00:24:39.509 --> 00:24:40.269
the<00:24:39.750><c> last</c><00:24:40.009><c> one.</c>

00:24:40.369 --> 00:24:46.210
It<00:24:40.609><c> says</c><00:24:40.829><c> that</c><00:24:41.490><c> Castor</c><00:24:42.250><c> and</c><00:24:42.589><c> Pollux,</c><00:24:43.769><c> the</c><00:24:43.950><c> mythical</c><00:24:44.369><c> protectors</c><00:24:45.049><c> of</c><00:24:45.289><c> Rome.</c>

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Castor<00:24:47.029><c> and</c><00:24:47.210><c> Pollux.</c>

00:24:48.829 --> 00:24:50.910
And<00:24:49.269><c> they're</c><00:24:49.490><c> depicted</c><00:24:49.849><c> as</c><00:24:50.109><c> riding</c><00:24:50.269><c> on</c><00:24:50.549><c> horseback.</c>

00:24:51.009 --> 00:24:54.049
Well,<00:24:51.150><c> these</c><00:24:51.309><c> actually</c><00:24:51.730><c> occur</c><00:24:52.369><c> in</c><00:24:52.950><c> Scripture.</c>

00:24:55.930 --> 00:24:59.490
As<00:24:56.450><c> we</c><00:24:56.609><c> look</c><00:24:56.730><c> at</c><00:24:56.930><c> Acts</c><00:24:57.150><c> chapter</c><00:24:57.490><c> 28</c><00:24:58.029><c> verse</c><00:24:58.309><c> 11,</c><00:24:58.630><c> which</c><00:24:58.829><c> you</c><00:24:58.970><c> don't</c><00:24:59.130><c> have</c><00:24:59.309><c> to</c>

00:24:59.490 --> 00:25:03.849
turn<00:24:59.630><c> up,</c><00:25:00.829><c> it</c><00:25:01.089><c> talks</c><00:25:01.309><c> about</c><00:25:01.609><c> a</c><00:25:01.930><c> ship</c><00:25:02.069><c> that</c><00:25:02.349><c> Paul</c><00:25:02.589><c> entered</c><00:25:03.170><c> in</c>

00:25:03.849 --> 00:25:05.690
one<00:25:04.009><c> of</c><00:25:04.150><c> his</c><00:25:04.410><c> last</c><00:25:04.869><c> missionary</c><00:25:05.289><c> journeys.</c>

00:25:05.849 --> 00:25:08.450
And<00:25:05.990><c> he's</c><00:25:06.089><c> on</c><00:25:06.250><c> this</c><00:25:06.490><c> ship,</c><00:25:07.170><c> and</c><00:25:07.329><c> it</c><00:25:07.490><c> says</c><00:25:07.589><c> that</c><00:25:07.809><c> the</c><00:25:08.049><c> sign</c><00:25:08.250><c> of</c>

00:25:08.450 --> 00:25:10.529
that<00:25:08.690><c> ship</c><00:25:08.990><c> was</c><00:25:09.410><c> Castor</c><00:25:09.970><c> and</c><00:25:10.269><c> Pollux.</c>

00:25:10.589 --> 00:25:15.490
These<00:25:11.049><c> were</c><00:25:11.309><c> twin</c><00:25:11.710><c> sons</c><00:25:12.230><c> of</c><00:25:12.730><c> Jupiter</c><00:25:13.190><c> in</c><00:25:14.190><c> the</c><00:25:14.670><c> pagan</c><00:25:14.950><c> pantheon</c>

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of<00:25:15.690><c> gods.</c>

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And<00:25:17.009><c> they</c><00:25:17.130><c> were</c><00:25:17.289><c> considered</c><00:25:17.690><c> protectors</c><00:25:18.250><c> of</c><00:25:18.470><c> Rome.</c>

00:25:18.690 --> 00:25:21.730
They<00:25:18.809><c> actually</c><00:25:19.029><c> had</c><00:25:19.210><c> two</c><00:25:19.529><c> stars,</c><00:25:20.589><c> which</c><00:25:20.809><c> were</c><00:25:21.130><c> named</c><00:25:21.450><c> after</c>

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these<00:25:22.069><c> two</c><00:25:22.230><c> mythical</c><00:25:22.609><c> characters.</c>

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But<00:25:23.970><c> they're</c><00:25:24.190><c> depicted</c><00:25:24.549><c> here</c><00:25:24.910><c> on</c><00:25:25.289><c> horseback</c><00:25:26.029><c> because</c><00:25:26.670><c> they</c>

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are<00:25:27.089><c> protectors</c><00:25:28.170><c> of</c><00:25:28.670><c> Rome.</c>

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It's<00:25:29.849><c> just</c><00:25:30.069><c> interesting</c><00:25:30.369><c> that</c><00:25:30.589><c> Scripture</c><00:25:31.009><c> actually</c><00:25:31.589><c> refers</c>

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to<00:25:32.069><c> these</c><00:25:32.289><c> two</c><00:25:34.009><c> mythical</c><00:25:34.750><c> figures</c><00:25:35.109><c> that</c><00:25:35.250><c> were</c><00:25:35.369><c> depicted</c><00:25:36.210><c> in</c>

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Acts<00:25:38.630><c> chapter</c><00:25:38.950><c> 28.</c>

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And<00:25:41.450><c> so</c><00:25:41.589><c> let's</c><00:25:41.750><c> begin</c><00:25:41.950><c> our</c><00:25:42.190><c> work</c><00:25:42.329><c> at</c><00:25:42.509><c> the</c><00:25:42.710><c> seals</c><00:25:42.910><c> now</c><00:25:43.210><c> that</c>

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we've<00:25:43.829><c> established</c><00:25:44.109><c> this</c><00:25:44.390><c> background.</c>

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We<00:25:44.930><c> understand</c><00:25:45.369><c> that</c><00:25:45.930><c> we're</c><00:25:46.470><c> talking</c><00:25:46.730><c> about</c><00:25:47.029><c> things</c><00:25:47.349><c> that</c><00:25:47.529><c> are</c><00:25:47.630><c> to</c>

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befall<00:25:48.069><c> the</c><00:25:48.349><c> pagan</c><00:25:48.890><c> Roman</c><00:25:49.349><c> Empire</c><00:25:49.789><c> here.</c>

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So<00:25:51.029><c> we'll</c><00:25:51.470><c> begin</c><00:25:51.730><c> with</c><00:25:51.910><c> the</c><00:25:52.109><c> sixth</c><00:25:52.329><c> seal,</c><00:25:52.589><c> and</c><00:25:52.670><c> we're</c><00:25:52.789><c> going</c>

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to<00:25:53.430><c> basically</c><00:25:53.789><c> reread</c><00:25:54.150><c> the</c><00:25:54.349><c> chapter</c><00:25:54.569><c> as</c><00:25:54.809><c> we</c><00:25:55.009><c> go.</c>

00:25:58.309 --> 00:26:02.630
So<00:25:58.450><c> let's</c><00:25:58.750><c> turn</c><00:25:59.289><c> to</c><00:25:59.529><c> Revelation</c><00:25:59.970><c> chapter</c><00:26:00.349><c> 6.</c>

00:26:06.309 --> 00:26:10.890
And<00:26:06.869><c> we</c><00:26:07.029><c> will</c><00:26:07.150><c> read</c><00:26:07.349><c> verses</c><00:26:08.289><c> 1</c><00:26:09.789><c> and</c><00:26:10.089><c> 2.</c>

00:26:13.250 --> 00:26:18.390
And<00:26:13.829><c> finally,</c><00:26:14.349><c> remember,</c><00:26:14.750><c> John</c><00:26:15.089><c> had</c><00:26:15.450><c> wept</c><00:26:15.890><c> because</c><00:26:16.329><c> he</c><00:26:16.549><c> wanted</c><00:26:16.730><c> to</c><00:26:16.910><c> know</c><00:26:17.049><c> about</c><00:26:17.269><c> these</c><00:26:17.569><c> things</c><00:26:17.769><c> so</c><00:26:18.049><c> desperately.</c>

00:26:18.390 --> 00:26:22.430
He<00:26:18.569><c> wanted</c><00:26:18.789><c> to</c><00:26:18.990><c> learn</c><00:26:19.170><c> about</c><00:26:19.490><c> the</c><00:26:19.730><c> things</c><00:26:20.230><c> that</c><00:26:20.789><c> would</c><00:26:21.130><c> culminate</c><00:26:21.829><c> in</c><00:26:22.150><c> the</c>

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return<00:26:22.750><c> of</c><00:26:23.029><c> his</c><00:26:23.230><c> Lord</c><00:26:23.430><c> to</c><00:26:23.630><c> the</c><00:26:23.789><c> earth,</c>

00:26:24.049 --> 00:26:26.390
and<00:26:24.130><c> the</c><00:26:24.309><c> resurrection</c><00:26:24.690><c> of</c><00:26:24.890><c> the</c><00:26:25.069><c> dead,</c><00:26:25.230><c> and</c><00:26:25.349><c> the</c><00:26:25.630><c> reward</c><00:26:25.950><c> of</c>

00:26:26.390 --> 00:26:27.769
all<00:26:26.609><c> of</c><00:26:26.730><c> those</c><00:26:26.869><c> who</c><00:26:27.029><c> have</c><00:26:27.230><c> gone</c><00:26:27.390><c> before.</c>

00:26:28.069 --> 00:26:30.470
He<00:26:28.509><c> wept</c><00:26:28.829><c> about</c><00:26:29.150><c> these</c><00:26:29.450><c> things.</c>

00:26:31.769 --> 00:26:38.710
So<00:26:31.930><c> in</c><00:26:32.089><c> Revelation</c><00:26:32.430><c> chapter</c><00:26:32.890><c> 6,</c><00:26:34.589><c> now</c><00:26:34.789><c> that</c><00:26:34.950><c> the</c><00:26:35.150><c> lamb</c><00:26:35.329><c> has</c><00:26:36.670><c> stood</c><00:26:37.769><c> poised,</c><00:26:38.269><c> ready</c><00:26:38.490><c> to</c>

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open<00:26:38.890><c> the</c><00:26:39.130><c> book,</c><00:26:39.410><c> it</c><00:26:39.490><c> says,</c>

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And<00:26:39.849><c> I</c><00:26:39.970><c> saw</c><00:26:40.509><c> when</c><00:26:41.589><c> the</c><00:26:41.809><c> lamb</c><00:26:41.970><c> opened</c><00:26:42.369><c> one</c><00:26:42.609><c> of</c><00:26:42.750><c> the</c><00:26:42.950><c> seals,</c><00:26:43.289><c> and</c>

00:26:43.410 --> 00:26:47.549
I<00:26:43.630><c> heard,</c><00:26:43.950><c> as</c><00:26:44.170><c> it</c><00:26:44.349><c> were,</c><00:26:45.509><c> the</c><00:26:45.589><c> noise</c><00:26:45.950><c> of</c><00:26:46.269><c> thunder,</c><00:26:47.130><c> one</c><00:26:47.250><c> of</c><00:26:47.349><c> the</c>

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four<00:26:47.750><c> beasts</c><00:26:48.049><c> saying,</c><00:26:48.569><c> Come</c><00:26:48.910><c> and</c><00:26:49.309><c> see.</c>

00:26:50.670 --> 00:26:55.170
And<00:26:51.150><c> I</c><00:26:51.410><c> saw,</c><00:26:52.210><c> and</c><00:26:52.349><c> behold,</c><00:26:52.750><c> a</c><00:26:52.890><c> white</c><00:26:53.150><c> horse,</c><00:26:54.349><c> and</c><00:26:54.569><c> he</c><00:26:54.730><c> that</c><00:26:54.970><c> sat</c>

00:26:55.170 --> 00:26:59.690
on<00:26:55.369><c> him</c><00:26:55.529><c> had</c><00:26:55.769><c> a</c><00:26:55.910><c> bow,</c><00:26:57.109><c> and</c><00:26:57.289><c> a</c><00:26:57.549><c> crown</c><00:26:57.829><c> was</c><00:26:58.150><c> given</c><00:26:58.349><c> unto</c><00:26:58.569><c> him,</c><00:26:59.410><c> and</c>

00:26:59.690 --> 00:27:03.150
he<00:26:59.869><c> went</c><00:27:00.049><c> forth</c><00:27:00.450><c> conquering</c><00:27:01.410><c> and</c><00:27:02.069><c> to</c><00:27:02.309><c> conquer.</c>

00:27:03.210 --> 00:27:05.470
So<00:27:03.470><c> this</c><00:27:03.569><c> is</c><00:27:03.750><c> the</c><00:27:03.869><c> first</c><00:27:04.089><c> seal.</c><00:27:04.250><c> We</c><00:27:04.410><c> have</c><00:27:04.569><c> a</c><00:27:04.829><c> white</c><00:27:05.069><c> horse.</c>

00:27:05.470 --> 00:27:09.130
So<00:27:06.049><c> when</c><00:27:06.150><c> you</c><00:27:06.170><c> think</c><00:27:06.289><c> about</c><00:27:06.589><c> white,</c><00:27:08.569><c> what</c><00:27:08.670><c> do</c><00:27:08.769><c> you</c><00:27:08.829><c> think</c><00:27:08.990><c> about?</c>

00:27:09.190 --> 00:27:11.890
We<00:27:09.450><c> have</c><00:27:09.450><c> already</c><00:27:09.690><c> established</c><00:27:10.109><c> that</c><00:27:10.329><c> the</c><00:27:10.490><c> horse</c><00:27:10.650><c> here</c><00:27:10.849><c> in</c><00:27:10.950><c> this</c><00:27:11.170><c> context</c><00:27:11.609><c> is</c>

00:27:11.890 --> 00:27:12.690
the<00:27:12.049><c> Roman</c><00:27:12.250><c> Empire.</c>

00:27:13.170 --> 00:27:15.730
Well,<00:27:13.670><c> if</c><00:27:13.910><c> you</c><00:27:14.049><c> look</c><00:27:14.150><c> at</c><00:27:14.289><c> the</c><00:27:14.470><c> history</c><00:27:14.750><c> of</c><00:27:14.970><c> Rome</c><00:27:15.150><c> during</c><00:27:15.470><c> this</c>

00:27:15.730 --> 00:27:20.529
period,<00:27:17.829><c> beginning</c><00:27:18.130><c> in</c><00:27:18.349><c> 8096,</c><00:27:19.230><c> which</c><00:27:19.369><c> is</c><00:27:19.569><c> after</c><00:27:19.829><c> Domitian,</c>

00:27:20.690 --> 00:27:23.509
who<00:27:20.890><c> sent</c><00:27:21.069><c> John</c><00:27:21.329><c> on</c><00:27:21.569><c> exile,</c><00:27:22.009><c> passed</c><00:27:22.269><c> off</c><00:27:22.470><c> the</c><00:27:22.710><c> scene,</c>

00:27:23.950 --> 00:27:29.890
right<00:27:24.170><c> away</c><00:27:24.470><c> the</c><00:27:24.730><c> first</c><00:27:25.029><c> seal</c><00:27:25.190><c> is</c><00:27:25.470><c> opened,</c><00:27:26.369><c> and</c><00:27:26.490><c> we</c><00:27:26.690><c> have</c><00:27:26.849><c> Nerva,</c><00:27:27.309><c> Trajan,</c><00:27:27.970><c> Hadrian,</c><00:27:28.630><c> Antonius</c><00:27:29.109><c> Pius,</c><00:27:29.650><c> and</c>

00:27:29.890 --> 00:27:31.230
Marcus<00:27:30.089><c> Aurelius.</c>

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And<00:27:31.970><c> these</c><00:27:32.170><c> were</c><00:27:32.390><c> considered</c><00:27:32.710><c> from</c><00:27:32.970><c> history</c><00:27:33.569><c> the</c><00:27:34.289><c> five</c><00:27:34.809><c> good</c><00:27:35.109><c> emperors.</c>

00:27:36.970 --> 00:27:40.609
Now,<00:27:37.250><c> this</c><00:27:37.509><c> word</c><00:27:37.690><c> good</c><00:27:37.910><c> is</c><00:27:38.130><c> used</c><00:27:38.369><c> in</c><00:27:38.549><c> a</c><00:27:38.670><c> greater</c><00:27:38.869><c> latitude</c><00:27:39.329><c> than</c><00:27:40.289><c> we</c>

00:27:40.609 --> 00:27:42.289
in<00:27:40.710><c> the</c><00:27:40.910><c> truth</c><00:27:41.069><c> would</c><00:27:41.269><c> use</c><00:27:41.430><c> it.</c>

00:27:42.630 --> 00:27:46.910
There<00:27:42.950><c> were</c><00:27:43.230><c> emperors</c><00:27:43.569><c> who</c><00:27:43.730><c> were,</c><00:27:44.869><c> believe</c><00:27:44.990><c> it</c><00:27:45.130><c> or</c><00:27:45.210><c> not,</c><00:27:46.029><c> devoted</c><00:27:46.349><c> to</c>

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bettering<00:27:47.609><c> their</c><00:27:47.910><c> empire</c><00:27:48.369><c> and</c><00:27:49.289><c> to</c><00:27:49.509><c> helping</c><00:27:49.710><c> the</c><00:27:50.009><c> people</c><00:27:50.190><c> of</c>

00:27:50.349 --> 00:27:51.569
their<00:27:50.549><c> empire.</c>

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Given<00:27:52.289><c> calls</c><00:27:52.650><c> this</c><00:27:53.170><c> the</c><00:27:53.589><c> happiest</c><00:27:54.009><c> time</c><00:27:54.569><c> in</c><00:27:55.250><c> history.</c><00:27:55.549><c> It</c><00:27:55.609><c> was</c>

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one<00:27:55.910><c> of</c><00:27:55.970><c> the</c><00:27:56.170><c> golden</c><00:27:56.410><c> ages</c><00:27:56.650><c> in</c><00:27:56.910><c> history.</c>

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And<00:27:58.089><c> there</c><00:27:58.230><c> was</c><00:27:58.430><c> general</c><00:27:58.849><c> peace</c><00:27:59.230><c> that</c><00:27:59.529><c> prevailed</c><00:28:00.329><c> in</c><00:28:00.789><c> the</c><00:28:00.990><c> empire</c><00:28:01.269><c> at</c>

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this<00:28:01.650><c> time.</c>

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So<00:28:01.970><c> what</c><00:28:02.150><c> was</c><00:28:02.390><c> happening</c><00:28:02.930><c> during</c><00:28:03.470><c> this</c><00:28:03.789><c> time</c><00:28:03.970><c> in</c><00:28:04.109><c> the</c><00:28:04.230><c> Roman</c><00:28:04.430><c> Empire?</c>

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Well,<00:28:06.710><c> we're</c><00:28:07.150><c> told</c><00:28:07.369><c> about</c><00:28:07.630><c> that.</c><00:28:09.930><c> We're</c><00:28:10.190><c> told</c><00:28:10.309><c> about</c><00:28:10.490><c> a</c><00:28:10.690><c> white</c>

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horse,<00:28:14.049><c> and</c><00:28:14.150><c> we're</c><00:28:14.309><c> told</c><00:28:14.430><c> about</c><00:28:14.589><c> the</c><00:28:14.809><c> one</c><00:28:14.970><c> who</c><00:28:15.210><c> sits</c><00:28:15.349><c> on</c><00:28:15.529><c> it</c><00:28:15.609><c> with</c><00:28:15.829><c> a</c>

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bow,<00:28:16.470><c> and</c><00:28:16.609><c> he</c><00:28:16.769><c> had</c><00:28:16.930><c> a</c><00:28:17.210><c> crown,</c><00:28:17.430><c> and</c><00:28:17.609><c> he</c><00:28:17.750><c> went</c><00:28:18.009><c> forth</c><00:28:18.890><c> conquering.</c>

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Well,<00:28:19.869><c> white</c><00:28:19.950><c> we</c><00:28:20.269><c> know</c><00:28:20.690><c> to</c><00:28:21.369><c> be</c><00:28:21.490><c> the</c><00:28:21.670><c> number,</c><00:28:22.049><c> or</c><00:28:22.289><c> excuse</c><00:28:22.490><c> me,</c>

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white<00:28:23.529><c> is</c><00:28:23.690><c> the</c><00:28:23.789><c> color.</c><00:28:24.349><c> White</c><00:28:24.569><c> we</c><00:28:24.789><c> know</c><00:28:24.910><c> to</c><00:28:25.089><c> be</c><00:28:25.230><c> the</c><00:28:25.670><c> color</c><00:28:26.150><c> of</c><00:28:26.869><c> righteousness.</c>

00:28:28.549 --> 00:28:32.710
And<00:28:28.930><c> I</c><00:28:29.230><c> just</c><00:28:29.390><c> have</c><00:28:29.490><c> a</c><00:28:29.690><c> passage</c><00:28:29.930><c> there,</c><00:28:30.130><c> Revelation</c><00:28:30.569><c> 19,</c><00:28:31.150><c> 8,</c><00:28:31.809><c> and</c><00:28:31.970><c> 11.</c><00:28:32.210><c> We're</c><00:28:32.329><c> not</c><00:28:32.470><c> going</c><00:28:32.589><c> to</c>

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turn<00:28:32.789><c> it</c><00:28:32.970><c> up.</c>

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White<00:28:33.549><c> is</c><00:28:33.789><c> a</c><00:28:33.869><c> symbol</c><00:28:34.029><c> of</c><00:28:34.250><c> righteousness.</c><00:28:34.690><c> That's</c><00:28:34.970><c> really</c><00:28:35.130><c> not</c>

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a<00:28:35.450><c> hard</c><00:28:35.589><c> one</c><00:28:35.670><c> at</c><00:28:35.890><c> all.</c>

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And<00:28:39.170><c> the</c><00:28:39.609><c> one</c><00:28:39.750><c> who</c><00:28:40.029><c> sits</c><00:28:40.250><c> on</c><00:28:40.470><c> this</c><00:28:40.710><c> horse</c><00:28:40.890><c> is</c><00:28:41.150><c> given</c><00:28:41.430><c> a</c><00:28:41.750><c> bow,</c><00:28:41.950><c> and</c><00:28:42.069><c> the</c><00:28:42.289><c> bow</c><00:28:42.670><c> in</c>

00:28:43.490 --> 00:28:47.609
Psalm<00:28:43.789><c> 64</c><00:28:44.369><c> verse</c><00:28:44.690><c> 3</c><00:28:45.009><c> and</c><00:28:45.250><c> other</c><00:28:45.549><c> places</c><00:28:45.890><c> is</c><00:28:46.089><c> actually</c><00:28:46.450><c> a</c><00:28:46.690><c> symbol</c><00:28:47.069><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:47.890><c> mouth.</c>

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And<00:28:49.869><c> notice</c><00:28:50.069><c> that</c><00:28:50.250><c> the</c><00:28:50.410><c> bow</c><00:28:50.529><c> has</c><00:28:50.789><c> no</c><00:28:51.109><c> arrows.</c><00:28:52.109><c> This</c><00:28:52.529><c> isn't</c><00:28:52.950><c> a</c>

00:28:53.569 --> 00:28:57.349
conqueror<00:28:53.970><c> who</c><00:28:54.069><c> is</c><00:28:54.230><c> going</c><00:28:54.509><c> forth</c><00:28:55.069><c> to</c><00:28:55.869><c> wage</c><00:28:56.150><c> carnal</c><00:28:56.849><c> warfare</c>

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or<00:28:57.670><c> warfare</c><00:28:58.089><c> after</c><00:28:58.390><c> the</c><00:28:58.630><c> flesh.</c><00:28:58.869><c> That's</c><00:28:59.130><c> not</c><00:28:59.549><c> what's</c><00:28:59.829><c> happening.</c>

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In<00:29:00.910><c> Rome,</c><00:29:01.869><c> at</c><00:29:01.869><c> this</c><00:29:02.849><c> period,</c><00:29:03.130><c> that's</c><00:29:03.410><c> not</c><00:29:03.609><c> what</c><00:29:03.750><c> was</c><00:29:03.950><c> happening.</c><00:29:04.250><c> It</c><00:29:04.349><c> was</c><00:29:04.509><c> a</c>

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period<00:29:04.829><c> of</c><00:29:05.049><c> peace.</c>

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So<00:29:06.069><c> what</c><00:29:06.329><c> kind</c><00:29:06.650><c> of</c><00:29:06.970><c> conquering</c><00:29:07.509><c> is</c><00:29:08.009><c> going</c><00:29:08.309><c> on</c><00:29:08.529><c> here?</c>

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What<00:29:10.529><c> kind</c><00:29:10.809><c> of</c><00:29:11.089><c> conqueror</c><00:29:12.049><c> receives</c><00:29:12.609><c> a</c><00:29:12.930><c> crown</c><00:29:13.509><c> that's</c><00:29:16.670><c> a</c>

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coronal<00:29:17.930><c> wreath?</c>

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Those<00:29:19.609><c> leaves</c><00:29:19.970><c> that</c><00:29:20.190><c> the</c><00:29:20.349><c> victors</c><00:29:20.710><c> in</c><00:29:20.890><c> Rome</c><00:29:21.210><c> would</c><00:29:21.650><c> wear.</c>

00:29:23.430 --> 00:29:34.630
And<00:29:23.549><c> so</c><00:29:23.650><c> all</c><00:29:23.829><c> of</c><00:29:23.970><c> these</c><00:29:24.089><c> ideas</c><00:29:24.450><c> are</c><00:29:24.809><c> converging</c><00:29:25.309><c> to</c><00:29:25.609><c> tell</c><00:29:25.769><c> us</c><00:29:25.950><c> that</c><00:29:26.089><c> this</c><00:29:26.289><c> is</c><00:29:26.730><c> the</c><00:29:27.009><c> period</c><00:29:27.250><c> that</c><00:29:27.630><c> the</c><00:29:27.950><c> gospel</c><00:29:28.309><c> message</c><00:29:29.009><c> would</c><00:29:30.430><c> be</c><00:29:31.130><c> disseminated</c><00:29:31.809><c> throughout</c><00:29:32.210><c> the</c><00:29:32.430><c> Roman</c><00:29:32.630><c> Empire</c><00:29:33.210><c> during</c><00:29:34.390><c> a</c>

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time<00:29:34.769><c> of</c><00:29:34.990><c> peace.</c>

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They<00:29:35.329><c> went</c><00:29:35.490><c> forth</c><00:29:35.809><c> conquering</c><00:29:36.390><c> and</c><00:29:36.710><c> to</c><00:29:36.890><c> conquer.</c><00:29:37.230><c> We</c><00:29:37.269><c> know</c><00:29:37.470><c> in</c>

00:29:37.569 --> 00:29:41.329
the<00:29:37.690><c> verse</c><00:29:37.849><c> we</c><00:29:38.029><c> are</c><00:29:38.210><c> more</c><00:29:38.490><c> than</c><00:29:38.710><c> conquerors</c><00:29:39.569><c> through</c><00:29:40.009><c> him</c><00:29:40.549><c> that</c><00:29:41.009><c> loved</c><00:29:41.190><c> us.</c>

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Even<00:29:41.589><c> all</c><00:29:41.849><c> the</c><00:29:41.970><c> way</c><00:29:42.109><c> through</c><00:29:42.309><c> the</c><00:29:42.390><c> book</c><00:29:42.569><c> of</c><00:29:42.750><c> Revelation</c><00:29:43.109><c> it</c><00:29:43.289><c> talks</c><00:29:43.529><c> about</c><00:29:43.829><c> he</c>

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that<00:29:44.410><c> overcomes</c><00:29:45.029><c> and</c><00:29:45.730><c> the</c><00:29:45.890><c> Greek</c><00:29:46.009><c> is</c><00:29:46.250><c> the</c><00:29:46.369><c> same.</c>

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He<00:29:47.869><c> who</c><00:29:48.150><c> conquers</c><00:29:48.730><c> will</c><00:29:49.150><c> inherit</c><00:29:49.470><c> all</c><00:29:49.789><c> things.</c>

00:29:50.049 --> 00:29:53.430
Well<00:29:50.190><c> this</c><00:29:50.289><c> is</c><00:29:50.369><c> what</c><00:29:50.549><c> the</c><00:29:50.730><c> white</c><00:29:50.930><c> horse</c><00:29:51.210><c> was</c><00:29:51.450><c> doing</c><00:29:51.869><c> during</c><00:29:52.549><c> this</c><00:29:52.789><c> period.</c><00:29:53.130><c> This</c><00:29:53.269><c> is</c>

00:29:53.430 --> 00:29:55.109
what<00:29:53.509><c> was</c><00:29:53.730><c> happening</c><00:29:54.049><c> in</c><00:29:54.369><c> the</c><00:29:54.509><c> Roman</c><00:29:54.710><c> Empire.</c>

00:29:55.589 --> 00:29:59.309
It<00:29:55.630><c> was</c><00:29:55.809><c> a</c><00:29:55.990><c> period</c><00:29:56.170><c> of</c><00:29:56.450><c> relative</c><00:29:56.690><c> peace</c><00:29:57.150><c> and</c><00:29:57.670><c> the</c><00:29:57.809><c> gospel</c><00:29:58.130><c> message</c><00:29:58.529><c> continued</c><00:29:58.990><c> to</c>

00:29:59.309 --> 00:30:03.670
infiltrate<00:29:59.809><c> every</c><00:30:00.269><c> social</c><00:30:00.690><c> class</c><00:30:01.269><c> sowing</c><00:30:02.309><c> the</c><00:30:02.630><c> seeds</c><00:30:03.089><c> of</c>

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paganism's<00:30:04.930><c> destruction.</c>

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And<00:30:06.230><c> that's</c><00:30:06.490><c> what's</c><00:30:06.789><c> happening</c><00:30:06.950><c> because</c><00:30:07.410><c> we</c><00:30:08.029><c> alluded</c><00:30:08.230><c> to</c><00:30:08.490><c> before</c><00:30:08.829><c> that</c><00:30:09.329><c> the</c>

00:30:10.109 --> 00:30:15.690
Roman<00:30:10.369><c> Empire</c><00:30:10.809><c> in</c><00:30:10.970><c> its</c><00:30:11.190><c> pagan</c><00:30:11.569><c> state</c><00:30:12.109><c> would</c><00:30:13.609><c> fall</c><00:30:13.970><c> by</c><00:30:14.210><c> the</c><00:30:14.390><c> time</c><00:30:14.549><c> that</c><00:30:15.170><c> our</c>

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class<00:30:15.930><c> ends</c><00:30:16.190><c> this</c><00:30:16.430><c> morning.</c>

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And<00:30:19.529><c> so</c><00:30:19.630><c> this</c><00:30:19.769><c> is</c><00:30:19.910><c> just</c><00:30:20.109><c> one</c><00:30:20.210><c> of</c><00:30:20.329><c> the</c><00:30:20.490><c> quotes</c><00:30:20.730><c> here</c><00:30:21.069><c> from</c>

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Michael<00:30:23.869><c> Grant.</c>

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And<00:30:26.009><c> speaking</c><00:30:26.529><c> of</c><00:30:26.829><c> Trajan</c><00:30:27.089><c> he</c><00:30:27.329><c> says</c><00:30:27.569><c> that</c><00:30:29.470><c> this</c><00:30:31.690><c> man</c><00:30:31.970><c> desired</c>

00:30:32.630 --> 00:30:36.690
to<00:30:32.890><c> be</c><00:30:33.029><c> the</c><00:30:33.349><c> servant</c><00:30:33.690><c> and</c><00:30:34.349><c> benefactor</c><00:30:34.990><c> of</c><00:30:35.589><c> humankind.</c>

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The<00:30:37.109><c> earthly</c><00:30:37.490><c> vice</c><00:30:37.890><c> regent</c><00:30:38.190><c> of</c><00:30:38.390><c> heaven.</c><00:30:38.750><c> His</c><00:30:38.829><c> aim</c><00:30:39.089><c> was</c><00:30:39.390><c> to</c><00:30:39.529><c> rule</c><00:30:39.789><c> not</c>

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as<00:30:40.450><c> dominus</c><00:30:41.329><c> or</c><00:30:41.750><c> lord</c><00:30:42.069><c> but</c><00:30:42.569><c> as</c><00:30:42.950><c> princeps.</c>

00:30:44.450 --> 00:30:49.109
So<00:30:45.049><c> he</c><00:30:45.650><c> didn't</c><00:30:46.230><c> have</c><00:30:46.450><c> it</c><00:30:46.630><c> in</c><00:30:46.750><c> mind</c><00:30:46.950><c> to</c><00:30:47.170><c> be</c><00:30:47.349><c> an</c><00:30:48.410><c> authoritarian</c>

00:30:49.109 --> 00:30:52.009
dictator.<00:30:50.130><c> He</c><00:30:50.289><c> actually</c><00:30:50.670><c> wanted</c><00:30:50.910><c> to</c><00:30:51.210><c> minister</c><00:30:51.509><c> and</c><00:30:51.690><c> to</c><00:30:51.849><c> help</c>

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the<00:30:52.250><c> period.</c>

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And<00:30:53.329><c> if</c><00:30:53.470><c> you</c><00:30:53.549><c> know</c><00:30:53.670><c> anything</c><00:30:53.930><c> about</c><00:30:54.150><c> the</c><00:30:54.309><c> Roman</c><00:30:54.509><c> empires</c><00:30:54.890><c> at</c>

00:30:55.109 --> 00:30:58.190
all<00:30:55.190><c> you'll</c><00:30:55.490><c> know,</c><00:30:55.990><c> the</c><00:30:56.289><c> Roman</c><00:30:56.589><c> emperors</c><00:30:56.890><c> at</c><00:30:57.049><c> all,</c><00:30:57.210><c> you'll</c><00:30:57.430><c> know</c><00:30:57.609><c> that</c><00:30:57.789><c> many</c><00:30:58.029><c> of</c>

00:30:58.190 --> 00:31:01.130
them<00:30:58.950><c> couldn't</c><00:30:59.529><c> care</c><00:30:59.730><c> less</c><00:30:59.910><c> about</c><00:31:00.109><c> the</c><00:31:00.329><c> people.</c>

00:31:01.349 --> 00:31:04.309
And<00:31:01.490><c> we'll</c><00:31:01.670><c> consider</c><00:31:01.930><c> those</c><00:31:02.190><c> men</c><00:31:02.349><c> as</c><00:31:02.529><c> we</c><00:31:02.730><c> come.</c>

00:31:07.269 --> 00:31:10.950
And<00:31:07.349><c> so</c><00:31:07.450><c> we</c><00:31:07.529><c> go</c><00:31:07.670><c> back</c><00:31:07.890><c> to</c><00:31:08.150><c> the</c><00:31:09.210><c> second</c><00:31:09.609><c> seal.</c><00:31:10.089><c> There's</c><00:31:10.450><c> going</c><00:31:10.549><c> to</c><00:31:10.630><c> be</c><00:31:10.769><c> a</c>

00:31:10.950 --> 00:31:12.470
dramatic<00:31:11.430><c> change</c><00:31:11.910><c> that</c><00:31:12.190><c> happens.</c>

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And<00:31:12.650><c> if</c><00:31:12.730><c> we</c><00:31:12.809><c> look</c><00:31:12.930><c> at</c><00:31:13.069><c> Revelation</c><00:31:13.450><c> chapter</c><00:31:13.890><c> 6</c><00:31:15.789><c> and</c><00:31:17.210><c> we'll</c><00:31:17.369><c> begin</c><00:31:17.549><c> at</c><00:31:17.730><c> verse</c><00:31:17.910><c> 3</c>

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it<00:31:18.369><c> says,</c>

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When<00:31:19.069><c> he</c><00:31:19.230><c> had</c><00:31:19.430><c> opened</c><00:31:19.569><c> the</c><00:31:19.849><c> second</c><00:31:20.130><c> seal,</c><00:31:20.950><c> I</c><00:31:21.029><c> heard</c><00:31:21.250><c> the</c><00:31:21.589><c> second</c><00:31:21.809><c> beast</c>

00:31:22.130 --> 00:31:26.130
say,<00:31:22.829><c> Come</c><00:31:22.950><c> and</c><00:31:23.369><c> see.</c><00:31:24.450><c> And</c><00:31:24.630><c> there</c><00:31:24.730><c> went</c><00:31:24.930><c> out</c><00:31:25.390><c> another</c><00:31:25.829><c> horse</c>

00:31:26.130 --> 00:31:27.490
that<00:31:26.309><c> was</c><00:31:26.609><c> red.</c>

00:31:27.789 --> 00:31:30.630
And<00:31:28.029><c> power</c><00:31:28.309><c> was</c><00:31:28.569><c> given</c><00:31:28.750><c> to</c><00:31:28.970><c> him</c><00:31:29.210><c> that</c><00:31:29.450><c> sat</c><00:31:29.710><c> thereon</c><00:31:30.170><c> to</c><00:31:30.369><c> take</c>

00:31:30.630 --> 00:31:34.730
peace<00:31:30.970><c> from</c><00:31:31.190><c> the</c><00:31:31.369><c> earth</c><00:31:31.670><c> and</c><00:31:32.609><c> that</c><00:31:32.750><c> they</c><00:31:32.970><c> should</c><00:31:33.250><c> kill</c><00:31:33.630><c> one</c><00:31:33.869><c> another.</c>

00:31:34.849 --> 00:31:41.750
And<00:31:35.170><c> there</c><00:31:35.250><c> was</c><00:31:35.430><c> given</c><00:31:35.549><c> unto</c><00:31:35.750><c> him</c><00:31:35.910><c> a</c><00:31:36.190><c> great</c><00:31:36.549><c> sword.</c><00:31:37.630><c> So</c><00:31:37.910><c> just</c><00:31:38.750><c> first</c><00:31:38.990><c> when</c><00:31:39.150><c> we</c><00:31:39.289><c> consider</c><00:31:39.630><c> this</c><00:31:39.849><c> we</c><00:31:39.990><c> know</c><00:31:40.269><c> that</c><00:31:40.450><c> the</c><00:31:40.670><c> previous</c><00:31:41.049><c> period</c><00:31:41.390><c> was</c><00:31:41.609><c> a</c>

00:31:41.750 --> 00:31:42.549
period<00:31:41.890><c> of</c><00:31:42.109><c> what?</c>

00:31:42.549 --> 00:31:45.589
It<00:31:42.549><c> was</c><00:31:43.250><c> a</c><00:31:43.329><c> period</c><00:31:43.490><c> of</c><00:31:43.630><c> peace.</c><00:31:44.430><c> Because</c><00:31:44.589><c> this</c><00:31:44.890><c> horse</c><00:31:45.049><c> comes</c><00:31:45.329><c> to</c>

00:31:45.589 --> 00:31:46.890
take<00:31:45.789><c> the</c><00:31:46.029><c> peace</c><00:31:46.210><c> from</c><00:31:46.430><c> the</c><00:31:46.609><c> earth.</c>

00:31:47.250 --> 00:31:50.690
And<00:31:47.349><c> when</c><00:31:47.410><c> we</c><00:31:47.509><c> go</c><00:31:47.710><c> back</c><00:31:47.910><c> into</c><00:31:48.089><c> Roman</c><00:31:48.369><c> history</c><00:31:48.890><c> we</c><00:31:50.109><c> will</c><00:31:50.390><c> find</c>

00:31:50.690 --> 00:31:53.349
that<00:31:50.890><c> that's</c><00:31:51.230><c> exactly</c><00:31:51.650><c> what</c><00:31:51.890><c> happened</c><00:31:52.109><c> during</c><00:31:52.269><c> this</c><00:31:52.470><c> period.</c>

00:31:54.269 --> 00:31:56.529
God<00:31:54.490><c> couldn't</c><00:31:54.750><c> have</c><00:31:54.970><c> chosen</c><00:31:55.150><c> a</c><00:31:55.390><c> better</c><00:31:55.630><c> symbol</c><00:31:55.950><c> to</c><00:31:56.210><c> fit</c><00:31:56.349><c> what</c>

00:31:56.529 --> 00:31:58.410
was<00:31:56.730><c> happening</c><00:31:56.970><c> in</c><00:31:57.150><c> the</c><00:31:57.289><c> Roman</c><00:31:57.470><c> empire</c><00:31:57.789><c> at</c><00:31:57.990><c> this</c><00:31:58.190><c> time.</c>

00:31:58.690 --> 00:32:01.349
When<00:31:58.809><c> we</c><00:31:58.950><c> think</c><00:31:59.089><c> about</c><00:31:59.430><c> red</c><00:31:59.769><c> and</c><00:32:00.410><c> taking</c><00:32:00.690><c> peace</c><00:32:00.950><c> from</c><00:32:01.170><c> the</c>

00:32:01.349 --> 00:32:04.109
earth,<00:32:01.589><c> obviously</c><00:32:01.910><c> we're</c><00:32:02.130><c> talking</c><00:32:02.430><c> about</c><00:32:02.769><c> blood</c><00:32:03.109><c> here.</c>

00:32:05.769 --> 00:32:09.329
Peace<00:32:05.990><c> disappeared</c><00:32:06.569><c> in</c><00:32:06.710><c> this</c><00:32:06.950><c> period.</c><00:32:07.970><c> And</c><00:32:08.289><c> here's</c><00:32:08.470><c> an</c><00:32:08.650><c> interesting</c><00:32:08.970><c> fact.</c>

00:32:09.390 --> 00:32:12.309
If<00:32:09.609><c> you</c><00:32:09.750><c> look</c><00:32:09.869><c> at</c><00:32:10.009><c> the</c><00:32:10.150><c> reigns</c><00:32:10.410><c> of</c><00:32:10.509><c> the</c><00:32:10.650><c> emperors</c><00:32:10.890><c> it</c><00:32:11.049><c> is</c><00:32:11.170><c> significant.</c>

00:32:12.549 --> 00:32:21.289
Now<00:32:12.630><c> that</c><00:32:12.769><c> from</c><00:32:13.029><c> the</c><00:32:13.230><c> first</c><00:32:13.470><c> to</c><00:32:13.670><c> the</c><00:32:13.890><c> second</c><00:32:14.210><c> seal</c><00:32:14.410><c> periods,</c><00:32:15.690><c> the</c><00:32:15.809><c> average</c><00:32:16.210><c> reign</c><00:32:16.470><c> of</c><00:32:16.650><c> an</c><00:32:16.890><c> emperor</c><00:32:17.089><c> dropped</c><00:32:17.490><c> from</c><00:32:17.769><c> 12</c><00:32:18.410><c> to</c><00:32:19.529><c> 3</c><00:32:19.950><c> years.</c>

00:32:21.930 --> 00:32:26.029
During<00:32:22.089><c> a</c><00:32:22.309><c> 107</c><00:32:23.029><c> year</c><00:32:23.190><c> period</c><00:32:23.609><c> between</c><00:32:24.009><c> seals</c><00:32:24.269><c> 2</c><00:32:24.609><c> and</c><00:32:24.750><c> 4,</c><00:32:25.930><c> the</c>

00:32:26.029 --> 00:32:30.269
Roman<00:32:26.289><c> empire</c><00:32:26.750><c> had</c><00:32:27.170><c> 33</c><00:32:28.130><c> different</c><00:32:29.509><c> emperors.</c>

00:32:30.789 --> 00:32:34.250
33.<00:32:31.529><c> You</c><00:32:31.589><c> know</c><00:32:31.690><c> why?</c><00:32:33.349><c> Because</c><00:32:33.509><c> they</c><00:32:33.670><c> were</c><00:32:33.750><c> all</c><00:32:33.849><c> killing</c><00:32:34.029><c> each</c>

00:32:34.250 --> 00:32:37.609
other.<00:32:35.470><c> Poisonings</c><00:32:35.990><c> and</c><00:32:36.509><c> stranglings.</c><00:32:37.009><c> This</c><00:32:37.170><c> is</c><00:32:37.309><c> what</c><00:32:37.410><c> was</c>

00:32:37.609 --> 00:32:40.190
happening<00:32:38.089><c> in</c><00:32:38.690><c> Rome</c><00:32:38.970><c> at</c><00:32:39.170><c> the</c><00:32:39.329><c> time.</c>

00:32:40.230 --> 00:32:48.950
And<00:32:40.750><c> the</c><00:32:41.130><c> sword</c><00:32:41.390><c> that's</c><00:32:42.049><c> spoken</c><00:32:42.309><c> of</c><00:32:42.529><c> here</c><00:32:43.670><c> is</c><00:32:44.329><c> not</c><00:32:44.690><c> a</c><00:32:46.990><c> great</c><00:32:47.309><c> medieval</c><00:32:48.390><c> sword</c><00:32:48.670><c> that</c><00:32:48.829><c> we</c>

00:32:48.950 --> 00:32:49.829
think<00:32:49.150><c> about.</c>

00:32:50.049 --> 00:32:53.509
The<00:32:50.349><c> Greek</c><00:32:50.549><c> word</c><00:32:50.769><c> is</c><00:32:50.910><c> machira.</c><00:32:52.049><c> And</c><00:32:52.130><c> what</c><00:32:52.269><c> it</c><00:32:52.410><c> was,</c><00:32:52.769><c> it</c><00:32:52.890><c> was</c><00:32:53.069><c> like</c><00:32:53.230><c> a</c>

00:32:53.509 --> 00:32:57.470
shorter<00:32:54.170><c> dagger.</c><00:32:55.269><c> Here</c><00:32:55.430><c> it's</c><00:32:55.650><c> called</c><00:32:55.809><c> the</c><00:32:56.069><c> assassin's</c><00:32:56.710><c> dagger.</c>

00:32:57.869 --> 00:33:01.250
It's<00:32:58.390><c> the</c><00:32:58.549><c> same</c><00:32:58.769><c> word</c><00:32:58.930><c> that's</c><00:32:59.190><c> used</c><00:32:59.369><c> for</c><00:32:59.569><c> the</c><00:32:59.769><c> two</c><00:33:00.009><c>-edged</c><00:33:00.309><c> sword</c><00:33:00.789><c> of</c>

00:33:01.250 --> 00:33:02.750
the<00:33:01.430><c> word</c><00:33:01.569><c> of</c><00:33:01.849><c> God.</c>

00:33:03.569 --> 00:33:05.730
Because<00:33:03.809><c> it's</c><00:33:04.130><c> something</c><00:33:04.329><c> that</c><00:33:04.490><c> you</c><00:33:04.630><c> need</c><00:33:04.769><c> to</c><00:33:04.990><c> use</c><00:33:05.130><c> in</c><00:33:05.470><c> close</c>

00:33:05.730 --> 00:33:06.990
combat<00:33:06.170><c> with</c><00:33:06.369><c> somebody</c><00:33:06.670><c> else.</c>

00:33:06.990 --> 00:33:11.309
And<00:33:07.369><c> that's</c><00:33:07.609><c> what's</c><00:33:09.170><c> being</c><00:33:09.410><c> depicted</c><00:33:09.829><c> here</c><00:33:10.190><c> in</c><00:33:10.390><c> this</c><00:33:10.609><c> seal.</c>

00:33:11.410 --> 00:33:13.450
And<00:33:11.630><c> just</c><00:33:11.869><c> consider</c><00:33:12.230><c> this</c><00:33:12.529><c> quote.</c>

00:33:14.690 --> 00:33:17.470
On<00:33:14.789><c> the</c><00:33:15.049><c> emperor</c><00:33:15.329><c> Commodus</c><00:33:15.789><c> who</c><00:33:16.109><c> reigned</c><00:33:16.549><c> during</c><00:33:16.890><c> this</c><00:33:17.109><c> period.</c><00:33:17.329><c> This</c>

00:33:17.470 --> 00:33:20.150
is<00:33:17.710><c> absolutely</c><00:33:18.009><c> fascinating.</c><00:33:18.470><c> You</c><00:33:18.549><c> see</c><00:33:18.609><c> this</c><00:33:18.769><c> guy's</c><00:33:19.650><c> outfit?</c>

00:33:24.789 --> 00:33:26.910
He's<00:33:25.309><c> dressed</c><00:33:25.410><c> up</c><00:33:25.609><c> as</c><00:33:25.789><c> a</c><00:33:25.990><c> lion.</c>

00:33:28.869 --> 00:33:34.910
Because<00:33:29.509><c> he</c><00:33:29.710><c> liked</c><00:33:29.849><c> to</c><00:33:30.009><c> go</c><00:33:30.109><c> into</c><00:33:30.329><c> the</c><00:33:30.569><c> stadiums</c><00:33:32.170><c> and</c><00:33:32.349><c> fight</c><00:33:32.650><c> wild</c><00:33:32.970><c> beasts</c><00:33:33.589><c> so</c>

00:33:34.910 --> 00:33:38.849
that<00:33:35.089><c> his</c><00:33:35.329><c> senators</c><00:33:35.670><c> could</c><00:33:35.990><c> sit</c><00:33:36.190><c> and</c><00:33:36.490><c> watch</c><00:33:36.769><c> and</c><00:33:37.210><c> applaud</c><00:33:37.549><c> him.</c>

00:33:40.690 --> 00:33:45.950
These<00:33:41.329><c> are</c><00:33:41.549><c> the</c><00:33:41.690><c> kinds</c><00:33:41.849><c> of</c><00:33:42.089><c> men</c><00:33:42.630><c> that</c><00:33:43.750><c> were</c><00:33:44.630><c> running</c><00:33:45.369><c> Rome</c><00:33:45.710><c> at</c>

00:33:45.950 --> 00:33:48.910
the<00:33:46.150><c> time.</c><00:33:47.049><c> And</c><00:33:47.089><c> just</c><00:33:47.569><c> consider</c><00:33:47.970><c> this.</c>

00:33:49.789 --> 00:33:55.430
Commodus<00:33:50.450><c> promoted</c><00:33:51.109><c> one</c><00:33:51.730><c> of</c><00:33:51.950><c> his</c><00:33:53.390><c> juniors.</c><00:33:54.789><c> And</c><00:33:54.869><c> it</c><00:33:54.970><c> says</c><00:33:55.130><c> that</c><00:33:55.390><c> the</c>

00:33:55.430 --> 00:34:00.829
emperor<00:33:55.829><c> bestowed</c><00:33:56.470><c> upon</c><00:33:56.869><c> him</c><00:33:57.430><c> the</c><00:33:58.009><c> unprecedented</c><00:33:58.829><c> title</c><00:33:59.490><c> of</c>

00:34:00.829 --> 00:34:01.849
the<00:34:01.109><c> dagger.</c>

00:34:02.710 --> 00:34:07.250
So<00:34:02.950><c> he</c><00:34:03.710><c> promoted</c><00:34:04.069><c> this</c><00:34:04.390><c> man</c><00:34:04.549><c> to</c><00:34:04.809><c> protect</c><00:34:05.170><c> him</c><00:34:05.589><c> and</c><00:34:06.569><c> called</c><00:34:06.829><c> him</c>

00:34:07.250 --> 00:34:07.789
the<00:34:07.490><c> dagger.</c>

00:34:08.210 --> 00:34:11.769
Now<00:34:08.590><c> if</c><00:34:08.929><c> God</c><00:34:09.230><c> were</c><00:34:09.449><c> to</c><00:34:09.590><c> symbolize</c><00:34:10.170><c> a</c><00:34:10.369><c> period</c><00:34:10.670><c> to</c><00:34:10.909><c> us</c><00:34:11.389><c> through</c>

00:34:11.769 --> 00:34:14.530
scripture<00:34:12.170><c> prophecy,</c><00:34:13.110><c> could</c><00:34:13.230><c> he</c><00:34:13.389><c> have</c><00:34:13.530><c> picked</c><00:34:13.630><c> better</c><00:34:13.949><c> symbols</c><00:34:14.329><c> than</c>

00:34:14.530 --> 00:34:17.010
the<00:34:14.690><c> ones</c><00:34:14.869><c> that</c><00:34:15.050><c> we</c><00:34:15.210><c> have</c><00:34:15.349><c> in</c><00:34:15.510><c> Revelation</c><00:34:15.929><c> chapter</c><00:34:16.469><c> 6?</c>

00:34:17.010 --> 00:34:22.829
A<00:34:17.710><c> time</c><00:34:17.949><c> of</c><00:34:18.150><c> peace</c><00:34:18.630><c> to</c><00:34:19.030><c> a</c><00:34:19.210><c> time</c><00:34:19.349><c> of</c><00:34:19.710><c> war</c><00:34:20.030><c> and</c><00:34:20.329><c> assassination</c><00:34:21.050><c> with</c><00:34:22.590><c> a</c>

00:34:22.829 --> 00:34:24.730
dagger,<00:34:23.630><c> with</c><00:34:23.789><c> a</c><00:34:23.929><c> machiavelli.</c>

00:34:25.989 --> 00:34:29.170
This<00:34:26.349><c> is</c><00:34:26.510><c> what</c><00:34:26.710><c> Rome</c><00:34:27.070><c> was</c><00:34:27.449><c> beginning</c><00:34:27.750><c> to</c><00:34:28.170><c> experience</c><00:34:28.570><c> in</c><00:34:28.969><c> the</c>

00:34:29.170 --> 00:34:31.289
days<00:34:29.449><c> of</c><00:34:29.889><c> the</c><00:34:30.150><c> second</c><00:34:30.449><c> seal.</c>

00:34:32.210 --> 00:34:34.329
And<00:34:32.449><c> here</c><00:34:32.550><c> we</c><00:34:32.730><c> have</c><00:34:32.849><c> the</c><00:34:33.030><c> emperor</c><00:34:33.269><c> promoting</c><00:34:33.690><c> somebody</c><00:34:34.090><c> who</c>

00:34:34.329 --> 00:34:35.789
he<00:34:34.670><c> calls</c><00:34:34.989><c> the</c><00:34:35.550><c> dagger.</c>

00:34:36.010 --> 00:34:39.610
It's<00:34:36.289><c> not</c><00:34:36.530><c> the</c><00:34:36.949><c> last</c><00:34:37.289><c> time</c><00:34:37.489><c> that</c><00:34:37.610><c> we'll</c><00:34:37.869><c> see</c><00:34:38.309><c> a</c><00:34:38.710><c> direct</c><00:34:38.969><c> connection</c><00:34:39.409><c> into</c>

00:34:39.610 --> 00:34:41.710
the<00:34:39.789><c> history</c><00:34:40.070><c> from</c><00:34:40.250><c> the</c><00:34:40.429><c> apocalypse</c><00:34:40.829><c> here.</c>

00:34:43.409 --> 00:34:51.210
So<00:34:43.929><c> just</c><00:34:44.190><c> moving</c><00:34:44.349><c> into</c><00:34:44.630><c> the</c><00:34:44.809><c> third</c><00:34:45.110><c> seal,</c><00:34:47.789><c> Revelation</c><00:34:48.409><c> chapter</c><00:34:48.929><c> 6,</c><00:34:50.789><c> beginning</c><00:34:50.989><c> at</c>

00:34:51.210 --> 00:34:51.730
verse<00:34:51.389><c> 5.</c>

00:34:51.889 --> 00:34:54.409
It<00:34:51.889><c> says,</c><00:34:52.170><c> When</c><00:34:52.170><c> he</c><00:34:52.309><c> had</c><00:34:52.489><c> opened</c><00:34:52.650><c> the</c><00:34:52.929><c> third</c><00:34:53.190><c> seal,</c><00:34:54.170><c> I</c><00:34:54.210><c> heard</c>

00:34:54.409 --> 00:34:56.909
the<00:34:54.730><c> third</c><00:34:54.929><c> beast</c><00:34:55.170><c> say,</c><00:34:55.750><c> Come</c><00:34:55.769><c> and</c><00:34:56.050><c> see.</c>

00:34:57.389 --> 00:35:01.429
And<00:34:57.670><c> I</c><00:34:57.769><c> beheld</c><00:34:58.210><c> in</c><00:34:58.489><c> low</c><00:34:58.650><c> a</c><00:34:59.030><c> black</c><00:34:59.409><c> horse,</c><00:35:00.449><c> and</c><00:35:00.650><c> he</c><00:35:00.809><c> that</c><00:35:00.989><c> sat</c><00:35:01.190><c> on</c>

00:35:01.429 --> 00:35:04.670
him<00:35:01.570><c> had</c><00:35:01.769><c> a</c><00:35:01.989><c> pair</c><00:35:02.150><c> of</c><00:35:02.489><c> balances</c><00:35:02.829><c> in</c><00:35:03.010><c> his</c><00:35:03.309><c> hand.</c>

00:35:05.070 --> 00:35:08.849
And<00:35:05.550><c> I</c><00:35:06.030><c> heard</c><00:35:06.150><c> a</c><00:35:06.389><c> voice</c><00:35:06.630><c> in</c><00:35:06.849><c> the</c><00:35:06.969><c> midst</c><00:35:07.190><c> of</c><00:35:07.389><c> the</c><00:35:07.570><c> four</c><00:35:07.730><c> beasts</c><00:35:08.110><c> say,</c><00:35:08.789><c> A</c>

00:35:08.849 --> 00:35:12.730
measure<00:35:09.090><c> of</c><00:35:09.389><c> wheat</c><00:35:09.590><c> for</c><00:35:09.889><c> a</c><00:35:10.030><c> penny,</c><00:35:10.849><c> and</c><00:35:11.110><c> three</c><00:35:11.349><c> measures</c><00:35:11.670><c> of</c><00:35:11.949><c> barley</c><00:35:12.150><c> for</c><00:35:12.469><c> a</c><00:35:12.590><c> penny.</c>

00:35:12.929 --> 00:35:16.690
And<00:35:13.130><c> see,</c><00:35:13.809><c> thou</c><00:35:13.949><c> hurt</c><00:35:14.190><c> not</c><00:35:14.489><c> the</c><00:35:14.750><c> oil</c><00:35:15.150><c> and</c><00:35:15.730><c> the</c><00:35:15.949><c> wine.</c>

00:35:17.409 --> 00:35:28.469
Now<00:35:17.889><c> if</c><00:35:18.289><c> you</c><00:35:18.449><c> do</c><00:35:18.590><c> a</c><00:35:18.630><c> little</c><00:35:18.829><c> bit</c><00:35:19.010><c> of</c><00:35:19.150><c> work</c><00:35:19.369><c> into</c><00:35:20.050><c> exactly</c><00:35:20.530><c> how</c><00:35:20.989><c> bad</c><00:35:21.650><c> the</c><00:35:22.730><c> economy</c><00:35:23.070><c> is</c><00:35:23.329><c> becoming</c><00:35:23.590><c> at</c><00:35:23.829><c> this</c><00:35:24.030><c> time,</c><00:35:26.150><c> we'll</c><00:35:27.170><c> just</c><00:35:27.409><c> draw</c><00:35:27.610><c> a</c><00:35:27.769><c> parallel.</c>

00:35:28.849 --> 00:35:34.630
A<00:35:29.389><c> penny</c><00:35:29.809><c> was</c><00:35:30.690><c> about</c><00:35:31.050><c> what</c><00:35:31.809><c> a</c><00:35:31.989><c> day</c><00:35:32.289><c> laborer</c><00:35:33.389><c> was</c><00:35:33.650><c> paid</c><00:35:33.989><c> in</c>

00:35:34.630 --> 00:35:35.750
these<00:35:34.909><c> days.</c>

00:35:35.869 --> 00:35:38.210
You'd<00:35:36.150><c> work</c><00:35:36.429><c> a</c><00:35:36.630><c> day,</c><00:35:36.969><c> you'd</c><00:35:37.250><c> get</c><00:35:37.389><c> a</c><00:35:37.510><c> penny.</c>

00:35:38.550 --> 00:35:40.969
Now<00:35:38.829><c> here,</c><00:35:39.030><c> what</c><00:35:39.170><c> would</c><00:35:39.289><c> that</c><00:35:39.530><c> penny</c><00:35:39.889><c> buy?</c>

00:35:42.610 --> 00:35:44.309
A<00:35:42.730><c> loaf</c><00:35:42.730><c> of</c><00:35:42.949><c> bread.</c>

00:35:45.489 --> 00:35:49.070
So<00:35:45.570><c> if</c><00:35:45.670><c> the</c><00:35:45.789><c> minimum</c><00:35:45.989><c> wage</c><00:35:46.269><c> in</c><00:35:46.550><c> Canada,</c><00:35:47.670><c> not</c><00:35:48.449><c> minimum</c><00:35:48.769><c> wage,</c>

00:35:49.130 --> 00:35:50.730
excuse<00:35:49.429><c> me,</c><00:35:49.510><c> we'll</c><00:35:49.690><c> even</c><00:35:49.849><c> go</c><00:35:50.170><c> further</c><00:35:50.429><c> than</c><00:35:50.630><c> that.</c>

00:35:50.809 --> 00:35:54.010
We'll<00:35:50.989><c> say,</c><00:35:51.349><c> let's</c><00:35:51.590><c> say</c><00:35:51.750><c> you're</c><00:35:51.969><c> making</c><00:35:51.989><c> $40</c><00:35:52.389><c>,000</c><00:35:52.730><c> a</c><00:35:52.889><c> year,</c><00:35:53.849><c> a</c>

00:35:54.010 --> 00:35:55.530
little<00:35:54.130><c> past</c><00:35:54.389><c> minimum</c><00:35:54.650><c> wage.</c>

00:35:56.210 --> 00:36:00.130
You<00:35:56.710><c> work</c><00:35:56.949><c> a</c><00:35:57.150><c> day,</c><00:35:58.170><c> maybe</c><00:35:58.409><c> you</c><00:35:58.530><c> make</c><00:35:58.650><c> $150,</c><00:35:59.150><c> $200.</c>

00:36:01.590 --> 00:36:02.949
That's<00:36:02.030><c> your</c><00:36:02.250><c> meal.</c>

00:36:03.449 --> 00:36:06.190
That's<00:36:03.829><c> how</c><00:36:04.010><c> bad</c><00:36:04.190><c> it</c><00:36:04.349><c> was</c><00:36:04.610><c> during</c><00:36:04.909><c> this</c><00:36:05.170><c> time,</c><00:36:05.650><c> as</c><00:36:05.769><c> signified</c>

00:36:06.190 --> 00:36:07.050
by<00:36:06.429><c> the</c><00:36:06.630><c> apocalypse.</c>

00:36:07.489 --> 00:36:11.130
And<00:36:07.590><c> the</c><00:36:07.809><c> emperors</c><00:36:08.090><c> of</c><00:36:08.289><c> the</c><00:36:08.510><c> third</c><00:36:08.769><c> seal</c><00:36:09.170><c> were</c><00:36:10.210><c> horrible</c><00:36:10.809><c> to</c>

00:36:11.130 --> 00:36:14.530
the<00:36:11.329><c> people</c><00:36:11.530><c> in</c><00:36:11.730><c> their</c><00:36:11.929><c> policy</c><00:36:12.349><c> and</c><00:36:12.590><c> in</c><00:36:12.710><c> their</c><00:36:12.909><c> judicial</c><00:36:13.650><c> administration.</c>

00:36:14.750 --> 00:36:19.289
The<00:36:14.889><c> balances,</c><00:36:16.150><c> it's</c><00:36:16.670><c> a</c><00:36:16.789><c> symbol</c><00:36:17.070><c> of</c><00:36:17.690><c> the</c><00:36:18.309><c> economy</c><00:36:18.769><c> of</c><00:36:18.969><c> the</c><00:36:19.090><c> nation.</c>

00:36:19.289 --> 00:36:22.090
Remember<00:36:19.630><c> when</c><00:36:19.769><c> we</c><00:36:19.909><c> look</c><00:36:20.030><c> back</c><00:36:20.289><c> into</c><00:36:20.469><c> the</c><00:36:20.630><c> history</c><00:36:20.849><c> of</c><00:36:21.050><c> Israel,</c><00:36:21.849><c> one</c><00:36:21.969><c> of</c>

00:36:22.090 --> 00:36:28.190
the<00:36:22.269><c> things</c><00:36:22.409><c> that</c><00:36:22.630><c> God</c><00:36:23.789><c> condemns</c><00:36:24.429><c> the</c><00:36:24.650><c> people</c><00:36:24.889><c> for</c><00:36:25.230><c> is</c><00:36:25.570><c> that</c><00:36:25.710><c> they</c><00:36:25.829><c> didn't</c><00:36:26.090><c> have</c><00:36:26.530><c> just</c><00:36:26.889><c> weights</c><00:36:27.269><c> and</c><00:36:27.510><c> they</c><00:36:27.610><c> didn't</c><00:36:27.789><c> have</c><00:36:28.030><c> a</c>

00:36:28.190 --> 00:36:29.309
just<00:36:28.429><c> ether.</c>

00:36:29.889 --> 00:36:31.469
They<00:36:30.230><c> were</c><00:36:30.429><c> selling</c><00:36:30.690><c> people</c><00:36:31.110><c> short.</c>

00:36:31.750 --> 00:36:35.969
Well<00:36:31.909><c> here,</c><00:36:32.809><c> because</c><00:36:33.070><c> of</c><00:36:33.309><c> taxation,</c><00:36:34.530><c> the</c><00:36:34.610><c> Roman</c><00:36:34.889><c> Empire</c><00:36:35.510><c> was</c>

00:36:35.969 --> 00:36:38.369
doing<00:36:36.150><c> the</c><00:36:36.349><c> same</c><00:36:36.590><c> thing</c><00:36:36.849><c> to</c><00:36:37.090><c> their</c><00:36:37.389><c> subjects.</c>

00:36:39.130 --> 00:36:41.070
So<00:36:39.389><c> we</c><00:36:39.530><c> think</c><00:36:39.690><c> about</c><00:36:40.050><c> black.</c>

00:36:41.409 --> 00:36:44.730
Black<00:36:41.750><c> is</c><00:36:42.090><c> one</c><00:36:42.329><c> of</c><00:36:42.429><c> those</c><00:36:42.690><c> colors</c><00:36:42.969><c> in</c><00:36:43.210><c> scripture</c><00:36:43.449><c> that's</c><00:36:43.929><c> associated</c><00:36:44.429><c> with</c>

00:36:44.730 --> 00:36:48.969
the<00:36:45.030><c> effects</c><00:36:45.429><c> of</c><00:36:45.929><c> famine</c><00:36:46.309><c> and</c><00:36:46.769><c> it's</c><00:36:47.289><c> associated</c><00:36:47.670><c> with</c><00:36:48.050><c> mourning.</c>

00:36:49.289 --> 00:36:51.289
And<00:36:49.429><c> that's</c><00:36:49.710><c> exactly</c><00:36:50.030><c> what</c><00:36:50.269><c> happened</c><00:36:50.429><c> to</c><00:36:50.610><c> the</c><00:36:50.789><c> people</c><00:36:50.989><c> of</c>

00:36:51.289 --> 00:36:52.329
Rome<00:36:51.489><c> during</c><00:36:51.809><c> this</c><00:36:52.050><c> period.</c>

00:36:52.369 --> 00:36:54.349
This<00:36:52.510><c> is</c><00:36:52.789><c> exactly</c><00:36:53.190><c> what</c><00:36:53.449><c> happened.</c>

00:36:55.010 --> 00:36:58.230
A<00:36:55.269><c> measure</c><00:36:55.570><c> of</c><00:36:55.969><c> wheat,</c><00:36:56.170><c> that's</c><00:36:56.409><c> about</c><00:36:56.630><c> a</c><00:36:56.849><c> quart</c><00:36:57.010><c> of</c><00:36:57.210><c> wheat,</c><00:36:57.309><c> that's</c><00:36:57.570><c> even</c><00:36:57.769><c> less</c><00:36:57.949><c> than</c><00:36:58.130><c> a</c>

00:36:58.230 --> 00:37:01.269
loaf<00:36:58.349><c> of</c><00:36:58.610><c> bread</c><00:36:58.730><c> and</c><00:36:58.829><c> that</c><00:36:58.969><c> would</c><00:36:59.190><c> cost</c><00:36:59.369><c> about</c><00:36:59.590><c> a</c><00:36:59.769><c> day's</c><00:37:00.369><c> wage.</c>

00:37:02.889 --> 00:37:06.469
And<00:37:03.030><c> so</c><00:37:03.210><c> this</c><00:37:03.789><c> was</c><00:37:04.070><c> a</c><00:37:04.230><c> period</c><00:37:04.409><c> of</c><00:37:04.710><c> intense</c><00:37:04.969><c> taxation</c><00:37:05.550><c> that</c><00:37:06.269><c> the</c>

00:37:06.469 --> 00:37:09.369
Roman<00:37:06.650><c> people</c><00:37:06.989><c> suffered</c><00:37:07.329><c> at</c><00:37:07.489><c> their</c><00:37:07.769><c> emperors'</c><00:37:08.590><c> indifference.</c>

00:37:09.530 --> 00:37:12.289
The<00:37:09.750><c> more</c><00:37:10.050><c> favorable</c><00:37:10.489><c> times</c><00:37:10.929><c> of</c><00:37:11.110><c> the</c><00:37:11.329><c> first</c><00:37:11.610><c> seal</c><00:37:11.849><c> emperors,</c>

00:37:12.409 --> 00:37:15.489
remember<00:37:12.570><c> the</c><00:37:12.809><c> happy</c><00:37:13.070><c> time</c><00:37:13.269><c> in</c><00:37:13.489><c> Rome,</c><00:37:14.570><c> were</c><00:37:14.769><c> distant</c><00:37:15.150><c> and</c>

00:37:15.489 --> 00:37:16.750
fading<00:37:15.750><c> memories.</c>

00:37:21.869 --> 00:37:25.070
The<00:37:22.250><c> emperors</c><00:37:22.610><c> had</c><00:37:22.889><c> lost</c><00:37:23.210><c> care</c><00:37:23.510><c> for</c><00:37:23.690><c> their</c><00:37:23.909><c> people.</c>

00:37:26.949 --> 00:37:29.010
And<00:37:27.150><c> just</c><00:37:27.590><c> get</c><00:37:27.769><c> a</c><00:37:27.869><c> picture</c><00:37:28.010><c> of</c><00:37:28.130><c> this</c><00:37:28.309><c> guy.</c>

00:37:31.489 --> 00:37:33.949
When<00:37:31.869><c> I</c><00:37:32.030><c> first</c><00:37:32.250><c> saw</c><00:37:32.389><c> a</c><00:37:32.510><c> picture</c><00:37:32.610><c> of</c><00:37:32.730><c> that</c><00:37:32.849><c> guy,</c><00:37:33.110><c> I</c><00:37:33.110><c> was</c><00:37:33.449><c> kind</c><00:37:33.630><c> of</c><00:37:33.809><c> scared.</c>

00:37:34.030 --> 00:37:39.409
I<00:37:34.030><c> mean,</c><00:37:34.469><c> Commodus</c><00:37:34.650><c> is</c><00:37:34.829><c> kind</c><00:37:34.969><c> of</c><00:37:35.150><c> scary</c><00:37:35.329><c> with</c><00:37:35.550><c> his</c><00:37:36.030><c> garb</c><00:37:36.530><c> as</c><00:37:36.829><c> the</c><00:37:37.030><c> line</c><00:37:37.170><c> and</c><00:37:37.369><c> everything,</c><00:37:38.130><c> but</c><00:37:38.329><c> this</c><00:37:38.570><c> guy</c><00:37:38.710><c> does</c><00:37:38.849><c> not</c><00:37:38.989><c> look</c><00:37:39.090><c> like</c><00:37:39.289><c> a</c>

00:37:39.409 --> 00:37:40.630
happy<00:37:39.590><c> guy</c><00:37:39.789><c> at</c><00:37:39.949><c> all.</c>

00:37:41.670 --> 00:37:44.090
He<00:37:41.809><c> was</c><00:37:41.969><c> one</c><00:37:42.110><c> of</c><00:37:42.210><c> the</c><00:37:42.329><c> men</c><00:37:42.449><c> that</c><00:37:42.730><c> raised</c><00:37:43.110><c> the</c><00:37:43.389><c> taxes</c><00:37:43.670><c> in</c><00:37:43.929><c> Rome</c>

00:37:44.090 --> 00:37:44.730
at<00:37:44.289><c> that</c><00:37:44.489><c> time.</c>

00:37:44.730 --> 00:37:46.849
And<00:37:45.030><c> it</c><00:37:45.070><c> said,</c><00:37:45.570><c> Michael</c><00:37:45.570><c> Grant,</c><00:37:45.929><c> excuse</c><00:37:46.130><c> me,</c><00:37:46.230><c> this</c><00:37:46.409><c> is</c><00:37:46.630><c> John</c>

00:37:46.849 --> 00:37:50.329
Thomas,<00:37:47.530><c> and</c><00:37:47.650><c> he's</c><00:37:48.130><c> referring</c><00:37:48.489><c> to</c><00:37:48.730><c> Gibbon</c><00:37:48.929><c> here</c><00:37:49.170><c> where</c><00:37:49.329><c> he</c><00:37:49.590><c> says,</c>

00:37:50.510 --> 00:37:54.949
This<00:37:50.510><c> was</c><00:37:50.630><c> an</c><00:37:50.929><c> intolerable</c><00:37:51.570><c> grievance,</c><00:37:52.570><c> this</c><00:37:52.769><c> taxation,</c><00:37:53.789><c> which</c><00:37:54.070><c> found</c><00:37:54.349><c> only</c><00:37:54.710><c> a</c>

00:37:54.949 --> 00:37:57.630
temporary<00:37:55.429><c> remission</c><00:37:55.949><c> in</c><00:37:56.170><c> the</c><00:37:56.309><c> reign</c><00:37:56.449><c> of</c><00:37:56.690><c> Alexander</c><00:37:57.030><c> Severus.</c>

00:37:58.030 --> 00:38:03.690
And<00:37:58.349><c> he</c><00:37:58.750><c> reduced</c><00:37:59.070><c> taxes</c><00:37:59.630><c> to</c><00:38:01.090><c> a</c><00:38:01.469><c> 30th</c><00:38:02.010><c> part</c><00:38:02.210><c> of</c><00:38:02.409><c> the</c><00:38:02.590><c> sum</c><00:38:02.829><c> exacted</c><00:38:03.369><c> at</c><00:38:03.550><c> the</c>

00:38:03.690 --> 00:38:06.369
time<00:38:03.869><c> of</c><00:38:04.070><c> his</c><00:38:04.969><c> accession.</c>

00:38:07.210 --> 00:38:08.289
A<00:38:07.750><c> 30th.</c>

00:38:08.429 --> 00:38:11.210
I<00:38:08.769><c> think</c><00:38:08.949><c> here</c><00:38:09.150><c> in</c><00:38:09.329><c> Ontario</c><00:38:09.670><c> recently</c><00:38:10.030><c> taxes</c><00:38:10.369><c> have</c><00:38:10.550><c> been</c><00:38:10.690><c> lowered</c><00:38:10.869><c> from</c>

00:38:11.210 --> 00:38:14.050
15<00:38:11.829><c> to</c><00:38:12.250><c> 14</c><00:38:12.730><c> percent.</c>

00:38:14.250 --> 00:38:17.570
And<00:38:14.730><c> the</c><00:38:15.210><c> governments</c><00:38:15.510><c> were</c><00:38:15.849><c> claiming</c><00:38:16.130><c> victory</c><00:38:16.829><c> here.</c>

00:38:17.929 --> 00:38:19.050
One<00:38:18.269><c> 30th.</c>

00:38:19.670 --> 00:38:21.429
That's<00:38:20.030><c> how</c><00:38:20.269><c> badly</c><00:38:20.469><c> they</c><00:38:20.630><c> were</c><00:38:20.730><c> being</c><00:38:21.030><c> taxed.</c>

00:38:21.849 --> 00:38:25.389
This<00:38:22.090><c> is</c><00:38:22.309><c> what</c><00:38:22.690><c> the</c><00:38:23.550><c> Roman</c><00:38:23.829><c> Empire</c><00:38:24.250><c> was</c><00:38:24.510><c> suffering</c><00:38:24.789><c> at</c><00:38:24.989><c> the</c><00:38:25.150><c> time.</c>

00:38:25.690 --> 00:38:30.030
These<00:38:26.030><c> were</c><00:38:26.750><c> the</c><00:38:27.329><c> things</c><00:38:27.510><c> which</c><00:38:28.130><c> the</c><00:38:28.630><c> people</c><00:38:28.809><c> of</c><00:38:29.030><c> God</c><00:38:29.269><c> were</c><00:38:29.510><c> suffering</c><00:38:29.809><c> at</c>

00:38:30.030 --> 00:38:30.769
this<00:38:30.230><c> time</c><00:38:30.389><c> as</c><00:38:30.630><c> well.</c>

00:38:30.789 --> 00:38:34.010
And<00:38:30.949><c> that's</c><00:38:31.150><c> why</c><00:38:31.530><c> the</c><00:38:31.789><c> book</c><00:38:31.909><c> of</c><00:38:32.110><c> Revelation</c><00:38:32.429><c> was</c><00:38:32.670><c> given</c><00:38:32.909><c> to</c><00:38:33.150><c> them.</c>

00:38:34.550 --> 00:38:36.070
And<00:38:34.769><c> when</c><00:38:34.869><c> they'd</c><00:38:35.090><c> be</c><00:38:35.170><c> able</c><00:38:35.289><c> to</c><00:38:35.309><c> look</c><00:38:35.469><c> through</c><00:38:35.670><c> their</c><00:38:35.849><c> pages</c>

00:38:36.070 --> 00:38:38.829
of<00:38:36.349><c> Revelation,</c><00:38:37.369><c> they'd</c><00:38:37.630><c> be</c><00:38:37.730><c> able</c><00:38:37.869><c> to</c><00:38:38.070><c> say,</c>

00:38:39.190 --> 00:38:41.789
We're<00:38:39.289><c> living</c><00:38:39.510><c> in</c><00:38:39.670><c> a</c><00:38:39.809><c> period</c><00:38:40.050><c> now</c><00:38:40.309><c> where</c><00:38:40.429><c> there's</c><00:38:40.670><c> peace.</c>

00:38:42.469 --> 00:38:46.590
But<00:38:42.909><c> God</c><00:38:43.190><c> says</c><00:38:43.489><c> there's</c><00:38:43.690><c> going</c><00:38:43.889><c> to</c><00:38:44.150><c> be</c><00:38:45.010><c> judgment</c><00:38:45.369><c> that's</c><00:38:45.690><c> coming</c><00:38:45.889><c> against</c><00:38:46.369><c> the</c>

00:38:46.590 --> 00:38:47.170
Roman<00:38:46.789><c> Empire.</c>

00:38:47.630 --> 00:38:49.170
And<00:38:47.769><c> things</c><00:38:47.889><c> are</c><00:38:48.070><c> only</c><00:38:48.250><c> going</c><00:38:48.369><c> to</c><00:38:48.489><c> get</c><00:38:48.610><c> worse</c><00:38:48.769><c> before</c><00:38:49.030><c> they</c>

00:38:49.170 --> 00:38:49.630
get<00:38:49.329><c> better.</c>

00:38:49.949 --> 00:38:51.570
And<00:38:50.070><c> they</c><00:38:50.170><c> would</c><00:38:50.269><c> have</c><00:38:50.389><c> been</c><00:38:50.630><c> prepared</c><00:38:51.010><c> for</c><00:38:51.250><c> that.</c>

00:38:51.849 --> 00:38:53.650
Just<00:38:52.070><c> as</c><00:38:52.250><c> we're</c><00:38:52.530><c> prepared</c><00:38:52.829><c> for</c><00:38:52.989><c> that</c><00:38:53.210><c> in</c><00:38:53.349><c> our</c><00:38:53.489><c> day.</c>

00:38:53.909 --> 00:38:57.130
They<00:38:54.030><c> would</c><00:38:54.170><c> have</c><00:38:54.289><c> seen</c><00:38:54.510><c> these</c><00:38:54.849><c> things</c><00:38:55.809><c> throughout</c><00:38:56.429><c> the</c><00:38:56.670><c> apocalypse.</c>

00:38:57.630 --> 00:38:59.329
Especially<00:38:58.050><c> here</c><00:38:58.289><c> in</c><00:38:58.449><c> the</c><00:38:58.610><c> seals.</c>

00:39:00.690 --> 00:39:01.969
And<00:39:00.829><c> so</c><00:39:00.929><c> we</c><00:39:01.030><c> come</c><00:39:01.170><c> to</c><00:39:01.309><c> the</c><00:39:01.469><c> fourth</c><00:39:01.730><c> seal.</c>

00:39:02.449 --> 00:39:05.150
You'll<00:39:02.750><c> notice</c><00:39:02.949><c> right</c><00:39:03.190><c> away</c><00:39:03.449><c> that</c><00:39:03.590><c> we</c><00:39:03.789><c> have,</c><00:39:03.969><c> look</c><00:39:04.090><c> at</c><00:39:04.170><c> all</c><00:39:04.289><c> these</c><00:39:04.449><c> emperors</c><00:39:04.789><c> that</c><00:39:04.969><c> we</c>

00:39:05.150 --> 00:39:06.329
have<00:39:05.429><c> during</c><00:39:05.829><c> this</c><00:39:06.070><c> period.</c>

00:39:06.829 --> 00:39:08.210
235<00:39:07.269><c> to</c><00:39:07.489><c> 305.</c>

00:39:08.530 --> 00:39:09.550
70<00:39:08.849><c> year</c><00:39:09.090><c> period.</c>

00:39:09.550 --> 00:39:14.139
And<00:39:10.130><c> we've</c><00:39:10.429><c> got</c><00:39:10.590><c> 3,</c><00:39:11.030><c> 6,</c><00:39:12.070><c> 8</c><00:39:12.289><c> times</c><00:39:12.590><c> 3,</c><00:39:12.869><c> 24</c><00:39:13.349><c> emperors.</c>

00:39:14.929 --> 00:39:17.750
Rome<00:39:14.929><c> was</c><00:39:15.590><c> coming</c><00:39:15.809><c> apart</c><00:39:16.329><c> at</c><00:39:16.690><c> the</c><00:39:16.869><c> seams</c><00:39:17.070><c> at</c><00:39:17.269><c> this</c><00:39:17.489><c> time.</c>

00:39:18.110 --> 00:39:21.949
It<00:39:18.210><c> was</c><00:39:18.510><c> a</c><00:39:18.650><c> period</c><00:39:18.869><c> of</c><00:39:19.190><c> increasing</c><00:39:19.730><c> tribulation</c><00:39:20.409><c> for</c><00:39:20.610><c> the</c><00:39:20.889><c> populace</c><00:39:21.550><c> and</c>

00:39:21.949 --> 00:39:23.889
for<00:39:22.110><c> the</c><00:39:22.369><c> politicians</c><00:39:22.769><c> themselves.</c>

00:39:24.889 --> 00:39:28.530
And<00:39:25.110><c> let's</c><00:39:25.429><c> just</c><00:39:25.690><c> go</c><00:39:25.829><c> into</c><00:39:26.090><c> Revelation</c><00:39:27.070><c> chapter</c><00:39:27.769><c> 6</c><00:39:28.030><c> again</c><00:39:28.349><c> and</c>

00:39:28.530 --> 00:39:31.280
read<00:39:28.769><c> about</c><00:39:29.010><c> the</c><00:39:29.269><c> fourth</c><00:39:29.489><c> seal</c><00:39:29.710><c> starting</c><00:39:30.030><c> at</c><00:39:30.269><c> verse</c><00:39:30.489><c> 7.</c>

00:39:33.190 --> 00:39:34.409
Revelation<00:39:33.530><c> 6</c><00:39:33.949><c> and</c><00:39:34.130><c> 7.</c>

00:39:34.409 --> 00:39:37.190
And<00:39:34.550><c> when</c><00:39:34.590><c> he</c><00:39:34.730><c> had</c><00:39:34.909><c> opened</c><00:39:35.030><c> the</c><00:39:35.349><c> fourth</c><00:39:35.610><c> seal,</c><00:39:36.570><c> I</c><00:39:36.710><c> heard</c><00:39:36.929><c> the</c>

00:39:37.190 --> 00:39:39.849
voice<00:39:37.389><c> of</c><00:39:37.590><c> the</c><00:39:37.789><c> fourth</c><00:39:38.010><c> beast</c><00:39:38.289><c> say,</c><00:39:38.750><c> come</c><00:39:38.789><c> and</c><00:39:39.070><c> see.</c>

00:39:40.409 --> 00:39:43.969
And<00:39:40.750><c> I</c><00:39:40.949><c> looked,</c><00:39:41.389><c> and</c><00:39:41.550><c> behold,</c><00:39:42.250><c> a</c><00:39:42.650><c> pale</c><00:39:42.969><c> horse.</c>

00:39:44.329 --> 00:39:48.510
And<00:39:44.590><c> his</c><00:39:44.789><c> name</c><00:39:44.989><c> that</c><00:39:45.309><c> sat</c><00:39:45.690><c> on</c><00:39:45.889><c> him</c><00:39:46.050><c> was</c><00:39:46.349><c> Death,</c><00:39:47.429><c> and</c><00:39:47.650><c> hell</c><00:39:47.869><c> followed</c><00:39:48.230><c> with</c>

00:39:48.510 --> 00:39:50.690
him,<00:39:48.789><c> or</c><00:39:48.949><c> hell</c><00:39:49.070><c> in</c><00:39:49.210><c> the</c><00:39:49.409><c> grave</c><00:39:49.849><c> followed</c><00:39:50.230><c> with</c><00:39:50.489><c> him.</c>

00:39:50.969 --> 00:39:53.929
And<00:39:51.349><c> power</c><00:39:51.610><c> was</c><00:39:51.949><c> given</c><00:39:52.150><c> unto</c><00:39:52.389><c> them</c><00:39:52.590><c> over</c><00:39:52.809><c> the</c><00:39:53.150><c> fourth</c><00:39:53.409><c> part</c><00:39:53.730><c> of</c>

00:39:53.929 --> 00:39:58.230
the<00:39:54.090><c> earth,</c><00:39:54.789><c> to</c><00:39:54.949><c> kill</c><00:39:55.130><c> with</c><00:39:55.449><c> sword,</c><00:39:56.610><c> and</c><00:39:56.750><c> with</c><00:39:56.989><c> hunger,</c><00:39:58.090><c> and</c>

00:39:58.230 --> 00:40:01.329
with<00:39:58.449><c> death,</c><00:39:59.429><c> and</c><00:39:59.610><c> with</c><00:39:59.809><c> the</c><00:40:00.030><c> beasts</c><00:40:00.510><c> of</c><00:40:00.869><c> the</c><00:40:01.050><c> earth.</c>

00:40:01.329 --> 00:40:06.369
And<00:40:02.070><c> isn't</c><00:40:02.369><c> that</c><00:40:02.650><c> just</c><00:40:03.050><c> a</c><00:40:03.610><c> very</c><00:40:05.309><c> reasonable</c><00:40:05.849><c> succession?</c>

00:40:06.869 --> 00:40:09.369
Because<00:40:07.070><c> we</c><00:40:07.250><c> have</c><00:40:07.429><c> a</c><00:40:07.570><c> period</c><00:40:07.789><c> of</c><00:40:08.130><c> famine</c><00:40:08.389><c> prophesied</c><00:40:09.050><c> in</c><00:40:09.210><c> the</c>

00:40:09.369 --> 00:40:09.730
third<00:40:09.590><c> seal.</c>

00:40:09.809 --> 00:40:11.170
Now<00:40:09.929><c> the</c><00:40:10.090><c> fourth</c><00:40:10.369><c> seal,</c><00:40:10.610><c> what</c><00:40:10.789><c> happens?</c>

00:40:11.530 --> 00:40:16.309
We<00:40:11.690><c> have</c><00:40:11.929><c> death,</c><00:40:12.710><c> and</c><00:40:12.789><c> the</c><00:40:12.989><c> grave</c><00:40:13.309><c> coming,</c><00:40:14.030><c> and</c><00:40:15.289><c> hunger.</c>

00:40:18.409 --> 00:40:21.389
We<00:40:18.670><c> have</c><00:40:18.789><c> all</c><00:40:18.969><c> these</c><00:40:19.170><c> judgments</c><00:40:19.550><c> coming</c><00:40:19.849><c> against</c><00:40:20.349><c> the</c><00:40:21.050><c> people</c>

00:40:21.389 --> 00:40:22.969
of<00:40:21.630><c> Rome</c><00:40:21.769><c> at</c><00:40:21.949><c> this</c><00:40:22.170><c> time.</c>

00:40:23.769 --> 00:40:26.130
And<00:40:23.849><c> what's</c><00:40:24.070><c> interesting,</c><00:40:24.369><c> it</c><00:40:24.469><c> talks</c><00:40:24.670><c> about</c><00:40:24.829><c> the</c><00:40:25.150><c> fourth</c><00:40:25.550><c> part</c><00:40:25.909><c> of</c>

00:40:26.130 --> 00:40:26.769
the<00:40:26.250><c> earth.</c>

00:40:27.230 --> 00:40:28.889
Fourth<00:40:27.590><c> part</c><00:40:27.809><c> of</c><00:40:27.929><c> the</c><00:40:28.050><c> earth.</c>

00:40:29.190 --> 00:40:31.630
It's<00:40:29.670><c> interesting</c><00:40:29.989><c> because</c><00:40:30.269><c> if</c><00:40:30.409><c> you</c><00:40:30.469><c> go</c><00:40:30.710><c> back</c><00:40:30.929><c> into</c><00:40:31.090><c> history,</c>

00:40:32.090 --> 00:40:35.449
during<00:40:32.130><c> this</c><00:40:32.409><c> same</c><00:40:32.750><c> time,</c><00:40:33.670><c> Rome</c><00:40:33.750><c> was</c><00:40:34.030><c> divided</c><00:40:34.730><c> into,</c><00:40:35.349><c> guess</c>

00:40:35.449 --> 00:40:36.750
how<00:40:35.610><c> many</c><00:40:35.809><c> parts?</c>

00:40:37.170 --> 00:40:39.130
Four<00:40:37.650><c> parts</c><00:40:38.130><c> Rome</c><00:40:38.389><c> was</c><00:40:38.610><c> divided</c><00:40:38.869><c> into.</c>

00:40:39.190 --> 00:40:41.710
And<00:40:39.269><c> it</c><00:40:39.309><c> was</c><00:40:39.489><c> done</c><00:40:39.630><c> by</c><00:40:39.889><c> this</c><00:40:40.110><c> man</c><00:40:40.309><c> whose</c><00:40:40.530><c> name</c><00:40:40.710><c> was</c><00:40:41.030><c> Diocletian.</c>

00:40:42.110 --> 00:40:44.710
It's<00:40:42.190><c> not</c><00:40:42.269><c> to</c><00:40:42.449><c> be</c><00:40:42.590><c> confused</c><00:40:42.809><c> with</c><00:40:42.989><c> the</c><00:40:43.170><c> mission,</c><00:40:44.329><c> who</c><00:40:44.369><c> was</c><00:40:44.570><c> the</c>

00:40:44.710 --> 00:40:47.130
emperor<00:40:45.250><c> under</c><00:40:45.710><c> whose</c><00:40:45.889><c> rule</c><00:40:46.130><c> John</c><00:40:46.409><c> went</c><00:40:46.590><c> into</c><00:40:46.829><c> exile.</c>

00:40:47.170 --> 00:40:54.829
This<00:40:47.369><c> is</c><00:40:47.590><c> Diocletian,</c><00:40:48.989><c> and</c><00:40:49.309><c> he</c><00:40:49.550><c> divided</c><00:40:49.849><c> the</c><00:40:50.110><c> empire</c><00:40:50.489><c> into</c><00:40:51.530><c> something</c><00:40:53.550><c> called</c><00:40:53.769><c> the</c><00:40:54.070><c> Tetrarchy,</c><00:40:54.670><c> or</c>

00:40:54.829 --> 00:40:55.730
a<00:40:54.969><c> rule</c><00:40:55.090><c> by</c><00:40:55.449><c> four.</c>

00:40:55.730 --> 00:40:59.530
And<00:40:56.750><c> it</c><00:40:56.829><c> was</c><00:40:57.070><c> founded</c><00:40:57.289><c> on</c><00:40:57.630><c> rule</c><00:40:57.809><c> by</c><00:40:58.110><c> merit,</c><00:40:58.730><c> Michael</c><00:40:58.949><c> Grant</c><00:40:59.210><c> says.</c>

00:40:59.730 --> 00:41:04.429
And<00:40:59.809><c> it</c><00:40:59.849><c> was</c><00:41:00.090><c> a</c><00:41:00.210><c> system</c><00:41:00.789><c> envisaging</c><00:41:01.469><c> the</c><00:41:01.789><c> joint</c><00:41:02.070><c> rule</c><00:41:02.429><c> of</c><00:41:04.050><c> two</c>

00:41:04.429 --> 00:41:10.150
Augusti,<00:41:05.989><c> which</c><00:41:06.130><c> was</c><00:41:06.309><c> himself</c><00:41:06.710><c> a</c><00:41:06.909><c> Maximum,</c><00:41:08.610><c> and</c><00:41:08.610><c> two</c><00:41:09.050><c> Caesars.</c>

00:41:10.690 --> 00:41:16.010
The<00:41:10.929><c> empire</c><00:41:11.329><c> had</c><00:41:11.530><c> been</c><00:41:11.769><c> divided</c><00:41:12.130><c> between</c><00:41:12.530><c> rulers</c><00:41:12.809><c> before,</c><00:41:13.710><c> but</c><00:41:13.909><c> this</c><00:41:14.230><c> new</c><00:41:14.489><c> arrangement</c><00:41:14.929><c> possessed</c><00:41:15.469><c> a</c>

00:41:16.010 --> 00:41:18.349
more<00:41:16.489><c> systematic</c><00:41:17.050><c> and</c><00:41:17.309><c> far</c><00:41:17.550><c>-reaching</c><00:41:17.849><c> character.</c>

00:41:18.769 --> 00:41:20.849
And<00:41:18.989><c> Diocletian</c><00:41:19.590><c> intended</c><00:41:20.050><c> it</c><00:41:20.250><c> to</c><00:41:20.349><c> be</c><00:41:20.550><c> permanent.</c>

00:41:20.849 --> 00:41:23.570
And<00:41:21.230><c> when</c><00:41:21.409><c> brothers</c><00:41:21.670><c> and</c><00:41:21.909><c> sisters</c><00:41:22.150><c> read</c><00:41:22.389><c> their</c><00:41:22.610><c> Bibles,</c><00:41:23.409><c> in</c>

00:41:23.570 --> 00:41:25.730
Revelation<00:41:23.969><c> chapter</c><00:41:24.349><c> six,</c><00:41:24.750><c> understanding</c><00:41:25.250><c> that</c><00:41:25.389><c> this</c><00:41:25.550><c> was</c>

00:41:25.730 --> 00:41:26.289
about<00:41:25.989><c> Rome,</c>

00:41:26.630 --> 00:41:29.670
and<00:41:26.730><c> they</c><00:41:26.909><c> saw</c><00:41:27.289><c> Rome</c><00:41:27.789><c> divided</c><00:41:28.190><c> into</c><00:41:28.469><c> four</c><00:41:28.730><c> parts,</c><00:41:29.429><c> what</c><00:41:29.570><c> do</c>

00:41:29.670 --> 00:41:30.909
you<00:41:29.670><c> think</c><00:41:29.809><c> they</c><00:41:29.989><c> thought</c><00:41:30.150><c> about?</c>

00:41:31.369 --> 00:41:34.110
I<00:41:31.869><c> think</c><00:41:32.030><c> they</c><00:41:32.170><c> thought</c><00:41:32.309><c> about</c><00:41:32.550><c> Revelation</c><00:41:33.030><c> chapter</c><00:41:33.389><c> six,</c><00:41:33.969><c> as</c>

00:41:34.110 --> 00:41:38.389
they<00:41:34.349><c> saw</c><00:41:34.550><c> these</c><00:41:34.869><c> fulfillments</c><00:41:35.630><c> coming</c><00:41:36.150><c> on</c><00:41:36.369><c> the</c><00:41:36.590><c> scene,</c><00:41:38.010><c> straight</c><00:41:38.150><c> from</c>

00:41:38.389 --> 00:41:39.789
the<00:41:38.550><c> scriptural</c><00:41:38.949><c> record.</c>

00:41:41.469 --> 00:41:44.570
And<00:41:41.610><c> this</c><00:41:41.769><c> is</c><00:41:41.949><c> just</c><00:41:42.269><c> a</c><00:41:42.650><c> map</c><00:41:42.849><c> of</c><00:41:43.030><c> the</c><00:41:43.269><c> division</c><00:41:43.590><c> under</c><00:41:43.989><c> Diocletian.</c>

00:41:44.570 --> 00:41:48.449
We<00:41:44.730><c> have</c><00:41:45.389><c> Constantius</c><00:41:46.110><c> here</c><00:41:46.610><c> in</c><00:41:47.369><c> the</c><00:41:47.530><c> northeast.</c>

00:41:48.570 --> 00:41:51.329
That's<00:41:48.929><c> the</c><00:41:49.130><c> father</c><00:41:49.349><c> of</c><00:41:49.750><c> Constantine,</c><00:41:50.210><c> the</c><00:41:50.309><c> man</c><00:41:50.409><c> we'll</c><00:41:50.570><c> be</c><00:41:50.849><c> considering</c><00:41:51.130><c> in</c>

00:41:51.329 --> 00:41:52.329
a<00:41:51.449><c> second.</c>

00:41:53.269 --> 00:41:58.670
Maxentius<00:41:53.670><c> in</c><00:41:53.809><c> the</c><00:41:54.010><c> south,</c><00:41:54.429><c> Licinius</c><00:41:55.610><c> in</c><00:41:56.809><c> the</c><00:41:56.949><c> north,</c><00:41:57.250><c> in</c><00:41:57.369><c> Moesia,</c><00:41:58.349><c> and</c>

00:41:58.670 --> 00:42:00.650
Galerius<00:41:59.250><c> over</c><00:41:59.610><c> Palestine.</c>

00:42:01.130 --> 00:42:03.550
Now,<00:42:01.849><c> if</c><00:42:01.969><c> you</c><00:42:02.050><c> thought</c><00:42:02.190><c> some</c><00:42:02.389><c> of</c><00:42:02.489><c> the</c><00:42:02.610><c> pictures</c><00:42:02.809><c> of</c><00:42:02.969><c> the</c><00:42:03.110><c> emperors</c><00:42:03.309><c> were</c>

00:42:03.550 --> 00:42:06.909
troubling,<00:42:04.329><c> wait</c><00:42:04.429><c> until</c><00:42:04.610><c> we</c><00:42:04.829><c> come</c><00:42:05.070><c> to</c><00:42:05.670><c> Galerius.</c>

00:42:07.610 --> 00:42:10.329
And<00:42:07.849><c> wait</c><00:42:07.929><c> until</c><00:42:08.030><c> you</c><00:42:08.170><c> hear</c><00:42:08.329><c> about</c><00:42:08.469><c> what</c><00:42:08.590><c> he</c><00:42:08.769><c> did.</c><00:42:10.110><c> Wait</c><00:42:10.269><c> until</c>

00:42:10.329 --> 00:42:12.230
you<00:42:10.429><c> hear</c><00:42:10.590><c> about</c><00:42:10.750><c> the</c><00:42:10.909><c> things</c><00:42:11.070><c> that</c><00:42:11.230><c> he</c><00:42:11.369><c> suffered.</c>

00:42:12.389 --> 00:42:15.809
Just<00:42:12.909><c> as</c><00:42:13.130><c> God</c><00:42:13.409><c> had</c><00:42:13.929><c> prophesied</c><00:42:14.449><c> the</c><00:42:14.610><c> nation</c><00:42:14.909><c> would.</c>

00:42:16.650 --> 00:42:18.750
So<00:42:16.730><c> that's</c><00:42:16.909><c> the</c><00:42:17.110><c> division</c><00:42:17.369><c> under</c><00:42:17.809><c> Diocletian.</c>

00:42:19.190 --> 00:42:24.809
Galerius<00:42:19.469><c> was</c><00:42:19.710><c> a</c><00:42:19.929><c> pagan</c><00:42:20.230><c> devotee,</c><00:42:21.090><c> and</c><00:42:21.090><c> he</c><00:42:23.309><c> hated</c><00:42:23.730><c> Christians.</c><00:42:24.369><c> Absolutely</c>

00:42:24.809 --> 00:42:25.929
hated<00:42:25.090><c> them.</c>

00:42:27.489 --> 00:42:31.230
And<00:42:27.670><c> so,</c><00:42:28.070><c> in</c><00:42:28.210><c> this</c><00:42:28.469><c> period,</c><00:42:29.690><c> the</c><00:42:29.829><c> Roman</c><00:42:30.090><c> Empire</c><00:42:30.550><c> was</c><00:42:30.869><c> said</c><00:42:31.030><c> to</c>

00:42:31.230 --> 00:42:32.349
be<00:42:31.590><c> pale.</c>

00:42:32.829 --> 00:42:35.090
And<00:42:33.190><c> you'll</c><00:42:33.489><c> notice</c><00:42:33.670><c> that</c><00:42:33.829><c> the</c><00:42:33.989><c> color</c><00:42:34.150><c> that</c><00:42:34.309><c> I</c><00:42:34.469><c> have</c><00:42:34.570><c> up</c><00:42:34.730><c> there,</c><00:42:34.929><c> both</c>

00:42:35.090 --> 00:42:38.170
in<00:42:35.250><c> the</c><00:42:35.409><c> picture</c><00:42:35.809><c> and</c><00:42:36.190><c> in</c><00:42:36.289><c> the</c><00:42:36.469><c> background,</c><00:42:36.889><c> is</c><00:42:37.090><c> this</c><00:42:37.469><c> greenish</c><00:42:37.869><c> hue.</c>

00:42:38.170 --> 00:42:42.530
And<00:42:39.429><c> if</c><00:42:39.550><c> you</c><00:42:39.650><c> look</c><00:42:39.769><c> at</c><00:42:39.929><c> Revelation</c><00:42:40.349><c> 9,</c><00:42:41.449><c> which</c><00:42:41.750><c> we'll</c><00:42:41.989><c> have</c><00:42:42.150><c> leisure</c><00:42:42.329><c> to</c>

00:42:42.530 --> 00:42:43.769
do<00:42:42.630><c> later</c><00:42:42.909><c> on</c><00:42:43.110><c> this</c><00:42:43.329><c> afternoon,</c>

00:42:44.250 --> 00:42:47.130
that's<00:42:44.650><c> the</c><00:42:44.730><c> verse</c><00:42:44.869><c> that</c><00:42:45.110><c> speaks</c><00:42:45.309><c> about</c><00:42:45.690><c> green</c><00:42:46.190><c> grass.</c>

00:42:48.050 --> 00:42:52.030
This<00:42:48.690><c> is</c><00:42:48.989><c> paleness</c><00:42:49.510><c> in</c><00:42:50.130><c> a</c><00:42:50.449><c> green</c><00:42:50.949><c> shade</c><00:42:51.409><c> here.</c>

00:42:52.130 --> 00:42:54.710
And<00:42:52.369><c> the</c><00:42:52.489><c> reason</c><00:42:52.750><c> for</c><00:42:53.070><c> that</c><00:42:53.230><c> was</c><00:42:53.429><c> because</c><00:42:53.690><c> the</c><00:42:53.889><c> Roman</c><00:42:54.130><c> Empire</c>

00:42:54.710 --> 00:42:57.590
was<00:42:55.250><c> beginning</c><00:42:55.809><c> to</c><00:42:56.750><c> die.</c>

00:42:58.389 --> 00:43:03.409
The<00:42:58.550><c> Roman</c><00:42:58.809><c> Empire</c><00:42:59.150><c> was</c><00:42:59.610><c> experiencing</c><00:43:00.369><c> the</c><00:43:01.349><c> effects</c><00:43:01.750><c> of</c><00:43:02.389><c> the</c><00:43:02.610><c> seal.</c>

00:43:03.469 --> 00:43:05.489
Death<00:43:03.969><c> and</c><00:43:04.610><c> the</c><00:43:04.809><c> grave</c><00:43:05.070><c> followed.</c>

00:43:05.489 --> 00:43:09.429
And<00:43:05.789><c> so</c><00:43:06.570><c> the</c><00:43:06.750><c> Empire</c><00:43:07.050><c> was</c><00:43:08.050><c> on</c><00:43:08.690><c> its</c><00:43:08.949><c> way</c><00:43:09.170><c> out.</c>

00:43:09.530 --> 00:43:13.329
And<00:43:09.769><c> it's</c><00:43:09.929><c> not</c><00:43:10.030><c> until</c><00:43:10.230><c> the</c><00:43:10.530><c> sixth</c><00:43:10.809><c> seal</c><00:43:11.289><c> that</c><00:43:11.929><c> the</c><00:43:12.170><c> pagan</c><00:43:12.409><c> Roman</c><00:43:12.730><c> Empire</c><00:43:13.130><c> is</c>

00:43:13.329 --> 00:43:15.929
about<00:43:13.510><c> to</c><00:43:13.809><c> disappear</c><00:43:14.369><c> off</c><00:43:14.929><c> the</c><00:43:15.150><c> scene.</c>

00:43:16.250 --> 00:43:19.550
It<00:43:16.489><c> says</c><00:43:16.730><c> that</c><00:43:17.190><c> this</c><00:43:17.590><c> was</c><00:43:17.730><c> to</c><00:43:17.949><c> inflict</c><00:43:18.269><c> the</c><00:43:18.710><c> fourth</c><00:43:18.989><c> part</c><00:43:19.329><c> of</c>

00:43:19.550 --> 00:43:19.989
the<00:43:19.730><c> earth.</c>

00:43:20.409 --> 00:43:23.909
Well,<00:43:21.170><c> the</c><00:43:21.369><c> part</c><00:43:21.510><c> that</c><00:43:21.650><c> was</c><00:43:21.889><c> most</c><00:43:22.190><c> affected</c><00:43:22.530><c> by</c><00:43:22.769><c> all</c><00:43:22.949><c> these</c><00:43:23.130><c> things,</c><00:43:23.469><c> according</c><00:43:23.710><c> to</c>

00:43:23.909 --> 00:43:27.510
the<00:43:24.110><c> historian,</c><00:43:24.809><c> was</c><00:43:24.989><c> the</c><00:43:25.269><c> province</c><00:43:26.070><c> of</c><00:43:26.510><c> Rome,</c>

00:43:27.530 --> 00:43:33.889
which<00:43:27.769><c> would</c><00:43:27.929><c> have</c><00:43:28.050><c> been</c><00:43:28.170><c> the</c><00:43:28.349><c> one</c><00:43:30.010><c> over</c><00:43:30.730><c> which</c><00:43:31.690><c> Maxentius</c><00:43:32.769><c> presided.</c>

00:43:35.110 --> 00:43:37.449
And<00:43:35.590><c> so</c><00:43:36.070><c> what</c><00:43:36.190><c> about</c><00:43:36.409><c> the</c><00:43:36.670><c> sword?</c>

00:43:38.070 --> 00:43:42.110
Because<00:43:38.469><c> the</c><00:43:38.809><c> Greek</c><00:43:38.989><c> word</c><00:43:39.269><c> for</c><00:43:39.590><c> sword</c><00:43:40.230><c> in</c><00:43:41.409><c> the</c><00:43:41.630><c> fourth</c><00:43:41.869><c> seal</c>

00:43:42.110 --> 00:43:44.070
is<00:43:42.369><c> different</c><00:43:42.710><c> than</c><00:43:42.849><c> the</c><00:43:43.050><c> one</c><00:43:43.150><c> in</c><00:43:43.349><c> the</c><00:43:43.530><c> second</c><00:43:43.730><c> seal.</c>

00:43:44.289 --> 00:43:47.010
And<00:43:44.469><c> it's</c><00:43:44.730><c> the</c><00:43:44.869><c> word</c><00:43:45.429><c> rhomphaia.</c>

00:43:48.909 --> 00:43:52.329
Now,<00:43:49.090><c> the</c><00:43:49.210><c> rhomphaia</c><00:43:50.230><c> was</c><00:43:50.510><c> almost</c><00:43:50.989><c> like</c><00:43:51.230><c> a</c><00:43:51.610><c> spear.</c>

00:43:52.469 --> 00:43:56.829
And<00:43:52.610><c> if</c><00:43:52.769><c> you</c><00:43:52.889><c> look</c><00:43:53.070><c> at</c><00:43:53.309><c> Vine's</c><00:43:53.730><c> Expository</c><00:43:54.250><c> Dictionary,</c><00:43:55.130><c> rhomphaia</c><00:43:55.690><c> says,</c><00:43:56.190><c> it</c><00:43:56.469><c> says</c><00:43:56.690><c> a</c>

00:43:56.829 --> 00:43:59.250
rhomphaia,<00:43:57.369><c> it's</c><00:43:57.610><c> a</c><00:43:57.730><c> word</c><00:43:57.909><c> of</c><00:43:58.150><c> somewhat</c><00:43:58.389><c> doubtful</c><00:43:58.889><c> origin.</c>

00:43:59.250 --> 00:44:03.829
It's<00:44:00.230><c> denoted</c><00:44:00.829><c> a</c><00:44:01.230><c> phration</c><00:44:01.610><c> weapon</c><00:44:02.289><c> of</c><00:44:02.690><c> large</c><00:44:03.030><c> side,</c><00:44:03.550><c> whether</c>

00:44:03.829 --> 00:44:06.789
a<00:44:04.130><c> sword</c><00:44:04.329><c> or</c><00:44:04.590><c> spear,</c><00:44:05.489><c> is</c><00:44:05.690><c> not</c><00:44:05.989><c> certain.</c>

00:44:06.829 --> 00:44:09.269
So<00:44:06.989><c> it's</c><00:44:07.210><c> a</c><00:44:07.449><c> phration</c><00:44:08.150><c> weapon.</c>

00:44:10.929 --> 00:44:12.989
Just<00:44:11.190><c> keep</c><00:44:11.329><c> that</c><00:44:11.489><c> in</c><00:44:11.570><c> the</c><00:44:11.670><c> back</c><00:44:11.789><c> of</c><00:44:11.929><c> your</c><00:44:12.110><c> minds.</c>

00:44:15.510 --> 00:44:20.710
But<00:44:15.650><c> Rome</c><00:44:15.829><c> during</c><00:44:16.110><c> this</c><00:44:16.409><c> time,</c><00:44:17.590><c> if</c><00:44:17.789><c> you</c><00:44:17.789><c> look</c><00:44:17.909><c> at</c><00:44:18.010><c> the</c><00:44:18.190><c> history,</c><00:44:18.429><c> the</c><00:44:18.550><c> pagan</c><00:44:18.869><c> Roman</c><00:44:19.170><c> Empire</c><00:44:19.670><c> approached</c><00:44:20.389><c> its</c>

00:44:20.710 --> 00:44:22.630
demise<00:44:21.150><c> during</c><00:44:21.949><c> the</c><00:44:22.210><c> fourth</c><00:44:22.429><c> seal.</c>

00:44:22.630 --> 00:44:25.869
The<00:44:22.809><c> Roman</c><00:44:23.130><c> fourth</c><00:44:23.550><c> of</c><00:44:23.710><c> the</c><00:44:23.889><c> empire</c><00:44:24.230><c> suffered</c><00:44:24.670><c> plagues</c><00:44:25.429><c> and</c>

00:44:25.869 --> 00:44:29.130
disease,<00:44:26.849><c> plagues</c><00:44:27.130><c> of</c><00:44:27.309><c> disease</c><00:44:27.630><c> and</c><00:44:27.949><c> barbarian</c><00:44:28.610><c> incursions.</c>

00:44:29.170 --> 00:44:32.050
And<00:44:29.269><c> we</c><00:44:29.349><c> read</c><00:44:29.510><c> about</c><00:44:29.730><c> the</c><00:44:29.929><c> Huns</c><00:44:30.650><c> and</c><00:44:30.909><c> the</c><00:44:31.090><c> Goths</c><00:44:31.309><c> and</c><00:44:31.409><c> the</c><00:44:31.570><c> Visigoths.</c>

00:44:32.389 --> 00:44:35.690
It's<00:44:32.630><c> during</c><00:44:32.929><c> this</c><00:44:33.309><c> time</c><00:44:33.769><c> that</c><00:44:34.250><c> those</c><00:44:34.590><c> people</c><00:44:34.869><c> begin</c><00:44:35.170><c> to</c><00:44:35.409><c> make</c>

00:44:35.690 --> 00:44:38.110
inroads<00:44:36.230><c> into</c><00:44:37.289><c> the</c><00:44:37.489><c> Roman</c><00:44:37.690><c> Empire.</c>

00:44:38.590 --> 00:44:41.510
The<00:44:38.789><c> prophecy</c><00:44:39.090><c> actually</c><00:44:39.449><c> says</c><00:44:39.650><c> that</c><00:44:39.849><c> the</c><00:44:40.070><c> beasts</c><00:44:40.409><c> of</c><00:44:40.650><c> the</c><00:44:40.829><c> earth</c><00:44:40.989><c> will</c><00:44:41.190><c> come</c><00:44:41.369><c> in</c>

00:44:41.510 --> 00:44:42.630
on<00:44:41.690><c> the</c><00:44:41.809><c> fourth</c><00:44:41.929><c> part</c><00:44:42.130><c> of</c><00:44:42.289><c> the</c><00:44:42.389><c> earth.</c>

00:44:42.889 --> 00:44:44.150
It's<00:44:43.190><c> exactly</c><00:44:43.409><c> what</c><00:44:43.550><c> was</c><00:44:43.750><c> happening.</c>

00:44:44.309 --> 00:44:47.030
It's<00:44:44.730><c> exactly</c><00:44:45.090><c> what</c><00:44:45.230><c> was</c><00:44:45.489><c> happening,</c><00:44:45.929><c> just</c><00:44:46.070><c> as</c><00:44:46.250><c> the</c><00:44:46.389><c> prophet</c>

00:44:47.030 --> 00:44:48.530
had<00:44:47.630><c> spoken.</c>

00:44:50.550 --> 00:44:52.130
And<00:44:51.030><c> just</c><00:44:51.210><c> one</c><00:44:51.329><c> more</c><00:44:51.510><c> thing</c><00:44:51.650><c> to</c><00:44:51.929><c> consider.</c>

00:44:52.230 --> 00:44:54.389
This<00:44:52.329><c> is</c><00:44:52.489><c> just</c><00:44:52.730><c> a</c><00:44:52.949><c> little</c><00:44:53.130><c> bit</c><00:44:53.309><c> of</c><00:44:53.409><c> an</c><00:44:53.550><c> aside.</c>

00:44:57.190 --> 00:45:01.969
When<00:44:57.349><c> it</c><00:44:57.650><c> speaks</c><00:44:57.889><c> of</c><00:44:59.510><c> the</c><00:44:59.909><c> young</c><00:45:00.150><c> family,</c><00:45:00.630><c> Mary,</c><00:45:01.030><c> Joseph</c><00:45:01.389><c> and</c>

00:45:01.969 --> 00:45:06.289
the<00:45:02.210><c> Lord</c><00:45:02.369><c> Jesus,</c><00:45:03.909><c> entering</c><00:45:04.150><c> into</c><00:45:04.429><c> the</c><00:45:04.610><c> temple</c><00:45:05.289><c> when</c><00:45:06.070><c> he</c><00:45:06.210><c> was</c>

00:45:06.289 --> 00:45:10.929
to<00:45:06.429><c> be</c><00:45:06.690><c> presented</c><00:45:06.889><c> before</c><00:45:09.110><c> the</c><00:45:09.269><c> Lord,</c>

00:45:12.250 --> 00:45:16.230
Simeon<00:45:12.590><c> says</c><00:45:12.949><c> that</c><00:45:13.289><c> Mary,</c><00:45:14.110><c> a</c><00:45:14.130><c> sword,</c><00:45:15.349><c> is</c><00:45:15.570><c> going</c><00:45:15.789><c> to</c><00:45:16.030><c> pierce</c>

00:45:16.230 --> 00:45:17.369
your<00:45:16.449><c> soul.</c>

00:45:18.550 --> 00:45:21.230
And<00:45:19.070><c> what's</c><00:45:19.449><c> amazing</c><00:45:19.809><c> about</c><00:45:20.150><c> that</c><00:45:20.409><c> is</c><00:45:20.570><c> that</c><00:45:20.710><c> the</c><00:45:20.869><c> word</c><00:45:21.010><c> that</c>

00:45:21.230 --> 00:45:24.869
he<00:45:21.489><c> used</c><00:45:21.710><c> was</c><00:45:22.030><c> not</c><00:45:22.570><c> machaira,</c><00:45:23.309><c> which</c><00:45:23.449><c> was</c><00:45:23.650><c> the</c><00:45:23.829><c> short</c><00:45:24.010><c> dagger.</c>

00:45:25.289 --> 00:45:29.070
He<00:45:25.530><c> said</c><00:45:25.670><c> arum</c><00:45:26.170><c> fai</c><00:45:27.030><c> will</c><00:45:27.690><c> pierce</c><00:45:28.050><c> your</c><00:45:28.269><c> soul.</c>

00:45:29.829 --> 00:45:33.309
Just<00:45:30.130><c> think</c><00:45:30.489><c> about</c><00:45:30.829><c> what</c><00:45:31.969><c> effect</c><00:45:32.349><c> that</c><00:45:32.510><c> must</c><00:45:32.750><c> have</c><00:45:32.929><c> had</c><00:45:33.050><c> on</c>

00:45:33.309 --> 00:45:35.190
Mary<00:45:33.510><c> and</c><00:45:33.849><c> how</c><00:45:34.170><c> true</c><00:45:34.409><c> that</c><00:45:34.690><c> was</c><00:45:34.889><c> for</c><00:45:35.050><c> her.</c>

00:45:35.269 --> 00:45:37.829
That<00:45:35.329><c> it</c><00:45:35.429><c> was</c><00:45:35.590><c> not</c><00:45:35.769><c> just</c><00:45:35.989><c> simply</c><00:45:36.269><c> a</c><00:45:36.769><c> dagger</c><00:45:37.010><c> that</c><00:45:37.289><c> pierced</c><00:45:37.550><c> her.</c>

00:45:38.070 --> 00:45:44.150
It<00:45:38.250><c> was</c><00:45:38.530><c> a</c><00:45:38.690><c> full</c><00:45:38.849><c> out</c><00:45:39.150><c> spear</c><00:45:39.530><c> that</c><00:45:39.909><c> went</c><00:45:40.090><c> through</c><00:45:40.309><c> her</c><00:45:41.409><c> in</c><00:45:43.730><c> the</c>

00:45:44.150 --> 00:45:46.230
suffering<00:45:44.429><c> she</c><00:45:44.690><c> witnessed</c><00:45:45.010><c> of</c><00:45:45.190><c> her</c><00:45:45.429><c> son.</c>

00:45:46.309 --> 00:45:48.869
But<00:45:46.789><c> the</c><00:45:46.989><c> glory</c><00:45:47.210><c> she</c><00:45:47.369><c> would</c><00:45:47.489><c> experience</c><00:45:47.909><c> would</c><00:45:48.110><c> be</c><00:45:48.230><c> far</c><00:45:48.449><c> greater</c><00:45:48.710><c> than</c>

00:45:48.869 --> 00:45:50.190
that<00:45:49.070><c> suffering.</c>

00:45:53.130 --> 00:46:00.349
So<00:45:53.610><c> Maximinus</c><00:45:54.090><c> was</c><00:45:57.449><c> one</c><00:45:57.670><c> of</c><00:45:57.750><c> those</c><00:45:57.989><c> emperors</c><00:45:59.210><c> during</c><00:45:59.710><c> this</c><00:45:59.989><c> period.</c>

00:46:00.630 --> 00:46:03.289
And<00:46:00.769><c> look</c><00:46:00.889><c> what</c><00:46:00.989><c> his</c><00:46:01.130><c> nickname</c><00:46:01.449><c> is,</c><00:46:02.070><c> according</c><00:46:02.090><c> to</c><00:46:02.250><c> Michael</c><00:46:02.469><c> Graham.</c>

00:46:04.429 --> 00:46:05.690
The<00:46:04.590><c> Thracian.</c>

00:46:06.250 --> 00:46:09.469
You<00:46:06.309><c> see</c><00:46:06.750><c> all</c><00:46:06.809><c> these</c><00:46:07.010><c> connections</c><00:46:07.510><c> that</c><00:46:07.869><c> bring</c><00:46:08.010><c> us</c><00:46:08.289><c> back</c><00:46:08.829><c> time</c>

00:46:09.469 --> 00:46:12.369
and<00:46:09.670><c> time</c><00:46:09.849><c> again</c><00:46:10.170><c> into</c><00:46:10.630><c> one</c><00:46:11.010><c> historical</c><00:46:11.550><c> period,</c><00:46:11.929><c> which</c><00:46:12.110><c> we</c>

00:46:12.369 --> 00:46:12.889
call<00:46:12.469><c> the</c><00:46:12.710><c> seals.</c>

00:46:12.889 --> 00:46:14.170
He<00:46:13.030><c> was</c><00:46:13.269><c> called</c><00:46:13.510><c> the</c><00:46:13.750><c> Thracian.</c>

00:46:14.610 --> 00:46:20.789
At<00:46:14.809><c> this</c><00:46:15.130><c> time,</c><00:46:17.230><c> the</c><00:46:17.349><c> rider</c><00:46:17.510><c> of</c><00:46:17.650><c> the</c><00:46:17.769><c> horse</c><00:46:17.929><c> is</c><00:46:18.130><c> given</c><00:46:18.309><c> permission</c><00:46:19.030><c> over</c><00:46:20.050><c> the</c><00:46:20.250><c> fourth</c><00:46:20.409><c> part</c><00:46:20.630><c> of</c>

00:46:20.789 --> 00:46:24.389
the<00:46:20.929><c> earth</c><00:46:21.070><c> to</c><00:46:21.269><c> kill</c><00:46:21.489><c> with</c><00:46:21.670><c> the</c><00:46:21.909><c> sword</c><00:46:22.429><c> the</c><00:46:23.389><c> rum</c><00:46:23.670><c> fai,</c>

00:46:24.650 --> 00:46:27.190
and<00:46:25.130><c> with</c><00:46:25.389><c> death</c><00:46:25.670><c> and</c><00:46:25.829><c> with</c><00:46:25.969><c> the</c><00:46:26.150><c> beasts</c><00:46:26.510><c> of</c><00:46:26.789><c> the</c><00:46:26.949><c> earth.</c>

00:46:27.389 --> 00:46:30.550
And<00:46:27.650><c> here's</c><00:46:27.829><c> an</c><00:46:28.010><c> emperor</c><00:46:28.250><c> whose</c><00:46:28.750><c> nickname</c><00:46:29.210><c> was</c><00:46:29.670><c> the</c><00:46:29.849><c> Thracian,</c><00:46:30.289><c> because</c>

00:46:30.550 --> 00:46:32.690
that's<00:46:30.949><c> the</c><00:46:31.110><c> area</c><00:46:31.329><c> that</c><00:46:31.469><c> he</c><00:46:31.630><c> came</c><00:46:31.809><c> from.</c>

00:46:33.050 --> 00:46:36.210
And<00:46:33.530><c> there</c><00:46:33.969><c> was</c><00:46:34.469><c> an</c><00:46:34.690><c> assassination</c><00:46:35.289><c> attempt</c><00:46:35.670><c> on</c><00:46:35.829><c> this</c><00:46:36.050><c> man.</c>

00:46:36.210 --> 00:46:39.489
It<00:46:36.329><c> says,</c><00:46:36.730><c> but</c><00:46:36.730><c> the</c><00:46:36.969><c> word</c><00:46:37.349><c> of</c><00:46:37.809><c> the</c><00:46:38.110><c> controversy</c><00:46:38.489><c> leaked</c><00:46:38.849><c> out</c>

00:46:39.489 --> 00:46:42.570
and<00:46:39.829><c> Maximinus</c><00:46:40.349><c> put</c><00:46:40.650><c> to</c><00:46:40.909><c> death</c><00:46:41.170><c> all</c><00:46:41.409><c> the</c><00:46:41.610><c> suspects.</c>

00:46:42.849 --> 00:46:45.929
Maximinus<00:46:43.329><c> remained</c><00:46:43.730><c> suspicious</c><00:46:44.489><c> and</c><00:46:45.110><c> embittered.</c>

00:46:46.389 --> 00:46:49.210
All<00:46:46.670><c> officers</c><00:46:47.110><c> of</c><00:46:47.409><c> senatorial</c><00:46:47.969><c> rank</c><00:46:48.190><c> were</c><00:46:48.429><c> removed</c><00:46:48.789><c> from</c><00:46:48.989><c> the</c>

00:46:49.210 --> 00:46:52.670
army<00:46:49.510><c> and</c><00:46:50.010><c> replaced</c><00:46:50.389><c> by</c><00:46:50.690><c> professional</c><00:46:51.250><c> soldiers</c><00:46:51.969><c> whom</c><00:46:52.349><c> he</c>

00:46:52.670 --> 00:46:55.230
himself<00:46:53.389><c> had</c><00:46:54.349><c> promoted.</c>

00:46:55.769 --> 00:46:59.969
This<00:46:55.969><c> is</c><00:46:56.130><c> what</c><00:46:56.210><c> was</c><00:46:56.429><c> happening</c><00:46:56.730><c> during</c><00:46:57.090><c> this</c><00:46:58.030><c> fourth</c><00:46:58.429><c> seal</c><00:46:58.809><c> period.</c>

00:47:03.889 --> 00:47:05.150
Now<00:47:04.030><c> we</c><00:47:04.150><c> come</c><00:47:04.309><c> to</c><00:47:04.469><c> the</c><00:47:04.590><c> fifth</c><00:47:04.849><c> seal.</c>

00:47:05.150 --> 00:47:08.730
Let's<00:47:05.809><c> just</c><00:47:06.110><c> read</c><00:47:06.449><c> Revelation</c><00:47:07.090><c> chapter</c><00:47:07.469><c> six,</c><00:47:08.309><c> beginning</c><00:47:08.510><c> at</c>

00:47:08.730 --> 00:47:09.670
verse<00:47:08.949><c> nine.</c>

00:47:16.590 --> 00:47:19.210
It<00:47:16.690><c> says,</c><00:47:16.949><c> When</c><00:47:16.949><c> he</c><00:47:17.070><c> had</c><00:47:17.230><c> opened</c><00:47:17.409><c> the</c><00:47:17.650><c> fifth</c><00:47:17.869><c> seal,</c><00:47:18.349><c> I</c><00:47:18.369><c> saw</c><00:47:18.650><c> under</c><00:47:19.010><c> the</c>

00:47:19.210 --> 00:47:22.510
altar<00:47:19.389><c> the</c><00:47:19.690><c> souls</c><00:47:20.070><c> of</c><00:47:20.550><c> them</c><00:47:20.849><c> that</c><00:47:21.510><c> were</c><00:47:21.789><c> slain</c><00:47:22.090><c> for</c><00:47:22.250><c> the</c><00:47:22.409><c> word</c>

00:47:22.510 --> 00:47:24.570
of<00:47:22.730><c> God</c><00:47:22.889><c> and</c><00:47:23.030><c> for</c><00:47:23.190><c> the</c><00:47:23.449><c> testimony</c><00:47:23.769><c> which</c><00:47:24.010><c> they</c><00:47:24.269><c> held.</c>

00:47:25.030 --> 00:47:28.429
And<00:47:25.250><c> they</c><00:47:25.510><c> cried</c><00:47:25.690><c> with</c><00:47:25.909><c> a</c><00:47:25.989><c> loud</c><00:47:26.190><c> voice,</c><00:47:26.750><c> saying,</c><00:47:27.530><c> How</c><00:47:27.769><c> long,</c><00:47:28.150><c> O</c>

00:47:28.429 --> 00:47:32.289
Lord,<00:47:29.269><c> holy</c><00:47:29.449><c> and</c><00:47:29.809><c> true</c><00:47:29.929><c> dost</c><00:47:30.190><c> thou</c><00:47:30.389><c> not</c><00:47:30.730><c> judge</c><00:47:31.030><c> and</c><00:47:31.250><c> avenge</c><00:47:31.650><c> our</c><00:47:31.829><c> blood</c><00:47:32.030><c> on</c>

00:47:32.289 --> 00:47:33.750
them<00:47:32.409><c> that</c><00:47:32.630><c> dwell</c><00:47:32.730><c> on</c><00:47:32.909><c> the</c><00:47:33.030><c> earth?</c>

00:47:33.969 --> 00:47:36.590
And<00:47:34.369><c> white</c><00:47:34.550><c> robes</c><00:47:34.809><c> were</c><00:47:35.010><c> given</c><00:47:35.190><c> unto</c><00:47:35.389><c> every</c><00:47:35.630><c> one</c><00:47:35.750><c> of</c><00:47:35.869><c> them,</c><00:47:36.389><c> and</c><00:47:36.489><c> it</c>

00:47:36.590 --> 00:47:43.230
was<00:47:36.750><c> said</c><00:47:36.869><c> unto</c><00:47:37.090><c> them</c><00:47:37.590><c> that</c><00:47:38.150><c> they</c><00:47:38.329><c> should</c><00:47:38.550><c> rest</c><00:47:38.869><c> yet</c><00:47:39.070><c> for</c><00:47:39.329><c> a</c><00:47:39.409><c> little</c><00:47:39.570><c> season</c><00:47:39.889><c> until</c><00:47:40.190><c> their</c><00:47:40.469><c> fellow</c><00:47:40.789><c> servants</c><00:47:41.090><c> also,</c><00:47:41.530><c> and</c><00:47:41.710><c> their</c><00:47:41.909><c> brethren,</c><00:47:42.610><c> that</c><00:47:42.829><c> should</c><00:47:43.030><c> be</c>

00:47:43.230 --> 00:47:45.869
killed<00:47:43.369><c> as</c><00:47:43.570><c> they</c><00:47:43.750><c> were,</c><00:47:44.469><c> should</c><00:47:44.690><c> be</c><00:47:44.929><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:47:46.469 --> 00:47:49.409
So<00:47:46.849><c> just</c><00:47:47.030><c> a</c><00:47:47.090><c> little</c><00:47:47.269><c> bit</c><00:47:47.389><c> of</c><00:47:47.550><c> a</c><00:47:47.650><c> first</c><00:47:47.829><c> principle</c><00:47:48.170><c> lesson</c><00:47:48.449><c> here.</c>

00:47:50.130 --> 00:47:53.110
How<00:47:50.329><c> is</c><00:47:50.510><c> it</c><00:47:50.670><c> that</c><00:47:50.969><c> dead</c><00:47:51.190><c> souls</c><00:47:51.489><c> can</c><00:47:51.769><c> cry</c><00:47:51.989><c> out?</c>

00:47:54.130 --> 00:47:56.150
This<00:47:54.250><c> is</c><00:47:54.530><c> one</c><00:47:54.710><c> of</c><00:47:54.789><c> the</c><00:47:54.989><c> passages</c><00:47:55.250><c> that</c><00:47:55.429><c> would</c><00:47:55.489><c> be</c><00:47:55.650><c> taken</c><00:47:55.829><c> to</c><00:47:56.010><c> by</c>

00:47:56.150 --> 00:47:57.610
those<00:47:56.409><c> who</c><00:47:56.630><c> believe</c><00:47:56.789><c> in</c><00:47:56.929><c> an</c><00:47:57.030><c> immortal</c><00:47:57.289><c> soul.</c>

00:47:57.610 --> 00:48:01.210
Well,<00:47:58.909><c> the</c><00:47:59.030><c> reason</c><00:47:59.210><c> I've</c><00:47:59.409><c> put</c><00:47:59.530><c> the</c><00:47:59.710><c> quotation</c><00:48:00.250><c> on</c><00:48:00.769><c> the</c><00:48:00.949><c> bottom</c>

00:48:01.210 --> 00:48:04.489
is<00:48:01.550><c> because</c><00:48:01.809><c> Adam</c><00:48:02.090><c> Clarke</c><00:48:02.329><c> was</c><00:48:02.530><c> a</c><00:48:02.690><c> man</c><00:48:03.170><c> that</c><00:48:03.590><c> believed</c><00:48:03.849><c> in</c><00:48:04.289><c> the</c>

00:48:04.489 --> 00:48:05.610
immortal<00:48:04.730><c> soul.</c>

00:48:05.829 --> 00:48:08.110
And<00:48:06.010><c> even</c><00:48:06.130><c> in</c><00:48:06.289><c> this</c><00:48:06.489><c> passage,</c><00:48:06.869><c> he</c><00:48:07.050><c> didn't</c><00:48:07.289><c> see</c><00:48:07.530><c> that</c><00:48:07.809><c> doctrine</c>

00:48:08.110 --> 00:48:11.090
being<00:48:08.929><c> spelled</c><00:48:09.269><c> out,</c><00:48:09.690><c> but</c><00:48:09.949><c> he</c><00:48:10.190><c> would</c><00:48:10.389><c> understand</c><00:48:10.690><c> it</c><00:48:10.809><c> as</c><00:48:10.929><c> we</c>

00:48:11.090 --> 00:48:11.869
would<00:48:11.289><c> understand</c><00:48:11.650><c> it.</c>

00:48:12.210 --> 00:48:17.289
We<00:48:12.369><c> know</c><00:48:12.510><c> that</c><00:48:12.610><c> when</c><00:48:12.769><c> the</c><00:48:13.030><c> sacrifices</c><00:48:13.469><c> were</c><00:48:13.750><c> offered</c><00:48:14.409><c> and</c><00:48:15.630><c> the</c>

00:48:17.289 --> 00:48:20.429
throat<00:48:17.429><c> was</c><00:48:17.750><c> slit</c><00:48:17.909><c> on</c><00:48:18.449><c> the</c><00:48:18.630><c> sacrifice,</c><00:48:19.469><c> that</c><00:48:19.590><c> the</c><00:48:19.789><c> blood</c><00:48:20.030><c> ran</c>

00:48:20.429 --> 00:48:22.269
into<00:48:20.829><c> the</c><00:48:21.070><c> basin</c><00:48:21.449><c> of</c><00:48:21.809><c> the</c><00:48:22.030><c> altar.</c>

00:48:22.269 --> 00:48:29.070
And<00:48:22.869><c> that's</c><00:48:23.070><c> why</c><00:48:23.250><c> we</c><00:48:23.429><c> have</c><00:48:23.610><c> the</c><00:48:23.949><c> souls</c><00:48:24.650><c> underneath</c><00:48:27.409><c> the</c><00:48:27.710><c> altar</c><00:48:27.909><c> here.</c>

00:48:30.289 --> 00:48:32.829
Under<00:48:30.389><c> the</c><00:48:30.889><c> altar,</c><00:48:31.190><c> it</c><00:48:31.230><c> says,</c><00:48:31.510><c> the</c><00:48:31.570><c> souls</c><00:48:31.909><c> of</c><00:48:32.110><c> them</c><00:48:32.210><c> that</c><00:48:32.349><c> were</c><00:48:32.570><c> slain.</c>

00:48:32.909 --> 00:48:35.929
And<00:48:33.110><c> because</c><00:48:33.230><c> we</c><00:48:33.409><c> know</c><00:48:33.530><c> that</c><00:48:33.750><c> in</c><00:48:34.170><c> the</c><00:48:34.309><c> blood</c><00:48:34.610><c> is</c><00:48:34.849><c> the</c><00:48:35.050><c> life,</c><00:48:35.789><c> we</c>

00:48:35.929 --> 00:48:38.190
have<00:48:36.110><c> the</c><00:48:36.369><c> souls</c><00:48:36.590><c> being</c><00:48:36.869><c> represented</c><00:48:37.369><c> here</c><00:48:37.610><c> by</c><00:48:37.789><c> that</c><00:48:38.010><c> blood</c>

00:48:38.190 --> 00:48:39.210
in<00:48:38.349><c> the</c><00:48:38.510><c> altar.</c>

00:48:39.429 --> 00:48:42.510
So<00:48:39.570><c> just</c><00:48:39.829><c> as</c><00:48:39.989><c> the</c><00:48:40.230><c> blood</c><00:48:40.469><c> from</c><00:48:40.769><c> sacrificial</c><00:48:41.389><c> animals</c><00:48:41.809><c> was</c><00:48:42.090><c> poured</c><00:48:42.269><c> out</c>

00:48:42.510 --> 00:48:45.250
beneath<00:48:42.750><c> the</c><00:48:42.969><c> altar,</c><00:48:43.789><c> and</c><00:48:43.909><c> the</c><00:48:44.090><c> blood</c><00:48:44.210><c> of</c><00:48:44.369><c> Abel</c><00:48:44.590><c> cried</c><00:48:44.849><c> out</c><00:48:45.050><c> to</c>

00:48:45.250 --> 00:48:47.650
God<00:48:45.510><c> from</c><00:48:45.730><c> the</c><00:48:45.929><c> earth,</c><00:48:46.349><c> remember</c><00:48:46.610><c> that</c><00:48:46.949><c> in</c><00:48:47.050><c> Genesis</c><00:48:47.329><c> 4?</c>

00:48:47.650 --> 00:48:51.809
That<00:48:48.670><c> brother's</c><00:48:49.210><c> blood</c><00:48:49.510><c> cryeth</c><00:48:49.929><c> unto</c><00:48:50.110><c> me</c><00:48:50.570><c> from</c><00:48:50.909><c> the</c><00:48:51.090><c> earth?</c>

00:48:51.929 --> 00:48:54.630
So<00:48:52.289><c> did</c><00:48:52.429><c> the</c><00:48:52.590><c> blood</c><00:48:52.769><c> of</c><00:48:52.949><c> those</c><00:48:53.250><c> who</c><00:48:53.409><c> had</c><00:48:53.570><c> been</c><00:48:53.829><c> slain</c><00:48:54.210><c> for</c><00:48:54.389><c> the</c>

00:48:54.630 --> 00:48:56.510
testimony<00:48:54.949><c> of</c><00:48:55.130><c> Jesus</c><00:48:55.489><c> cry</c><00:48:55.769><c> out</c><00:48:55.929><c> for</c><00:48:56.170><c> vengeance.</c>

00:48:56.869 --> 00:49:00.969
And<00:48:57.070><c> it</c><00:48:57.130><c> was</c><00:48:57.289><c> during</c><00:48:57.590><c> this</c><00:48:57.849><c> period</c><00:48:58.190><c> that</c><00:48:58.369><c> there</c><00:48:58.610><c> was</c><00:48:58.809><c> a</c><00:48:59.230><c> horrible</c><00:48:59.949><c> persecution</c><00:49:00.730><c> for</c>

00:49:00.969 --> 00:49:02.070
the<00:49:01.130><c> Christians.</c>

00:49:02.269 --> 00:49:05.210
Diocletian<00:49:02.829><c> and</c><00:49:03.269><c> Galerius,</c><00:49:04.170><c> whose</c><00:49:04.269><c> picture</c><00:49:04.530><c> you</c><00:49:04.690><c> can</c><00:49:04.909><c> see</c><00:49:05.010><c> up</c>

00:49:05.210 --> 00:49:12.010
here,<00:49:06.989><c> for</c><00:49:07.250><c> a</c><00:49:07.489><c> period</c><00:49:07.889><c> of</c><00:49:08.309><c> just</c><00:49:08.550><c> under</c><00:49:08.869><c> 10</c><00:49:09.190><c> years,</c><00:49:11.309><c> inflicted</c>

00:49:12.010 --> 00:49:14.150
serious,<00:49:12.550><c> serious</c><00:49:12.969><c> persecution</c><00:49:13.550><c> on</c><00:49:13.730><c> the</c><00:49:13.889><c> church.</c>

00:49:14.150 --> 00:49:19.329
Burning<00:49:14.630><c> the</c><00:49:14.869><c> churches,</c><00:49:15.909><c> burning</c><00:49:16.030><c> the</c><00:49:16.269><c> scriptures,</c><00:49:18.329><c> torturing</c><00:49:18.690><c> the</c><00:49:18.909><c> Christians.</c>

00:49:19.690 --> 00:49:21.590
There<00:49:19.849><c> were</c><00:49:20.050><c> so</c><00:49:20.230><c> many</c><00:49:20.389><c> things</c><00:49:20.630><c> that</c><00:49:20.769><c> were</c><00:49:20.949><c> going</c><00:49:21.130><c> on</c><00:49:21.349><c> during</c>

00:49:21.590 --> 00:49:22.170
this<00:49:21.809><c> period.</c>

00:49:22.449 --> 00:49:25.110
And<00:49:22.670><c> it</c><00:49:22.889><c> fits</c><00:49:23.110><c> perfectly</c><00:49:23.610><c> well</c><00:49:23.929><c> into</c><00:49:24.170><c> the</c><00:49:24.449><c> seal.</c><00:49:24.789><c> It</c><00:49:24.929><c> happened</c>

00:49:25.110 --> 00:49:27.849
right<00:49:25.489><c> after</c><00:49:26.130><c> the</c><00:49:26.550><c> events</c><00:49:26.750><c> that</c><00:49:26.929><c> we</c><00:49:27.070><c> are</c><00:49:27.230><c> talking</c><00:49:27.489><c> about.</c>

00:49:28.329 --> 00:49:30.389
But<00:49:28.469><c> there's</c><00:49:28.650><c> something</c><00:49:28.829><c> interesting</c><00:49:29.489><c> that</c><00:49:29.949><c> happened</c><00:49:30.210><c> to</c>

00:49:30.389 --> 00:49:31.849
Galerius<00:49:30.670><c> after</c><00:49:30.949><c> this.</c>

00:49:32.469 --> 00:49:34.230
Just<00:49:32.650><c> look</c><00:49:32.769><c> up</c><00:49:32.969><c> here</c><00:49:33.070><c> on</c><00:49:33.250><c> the</c><00:49:33.369><c> screen.</c>

00:49:35.809 --> 00:49:38.849
Suddenly<00:49:36.309><c> he</c><00:49:36.489><c> was</c><00:49:36.789><c> attacked</c><00:49:37.090><c> by</c><00:49:37.329><c> a</c><00:49:37.590><c> serious</c><00:49:37.889><c> illness.</c>

00:49:39.409 --> 00:49:41.849
Perhaps<00:49:39.789><c> cancer</c><00:49:40.250><c> of</c><00:49:40.530><c> the</c><00:49:40.610><c> groin.</c>

00:49:42.110 --> 00:49:45.610
It<00:49:42.670><c> says</c><00:49:42.909><c> that</c><00:49:43.130><c> while</c><00:49:43.389><c> on</c><00:49:43.650><c> his</c><00:49:43.909><c> sickbed,</c><00:49:44.690><c> he</c><00:49:44.829><c> and</c><00:49:45.030><c> his</c><00:49:45.309><c> fellow</c>

00:49:45.610 --> 00:49:50.710
emperors<00:49:46.070><c> issued</c><00:49:46.389><c> an</c><00:49:46.710><c> edict</c><00:49:48.070><c> canceling</c><00:49:49.510><c> the</c><00:49:49.730><c> persecution</c><00:49:50.329><c> of</c>

00:49:50.710 --> 00:49:53.989
the<00:49:50.909><c> Christians</c><00:49:51.409><c> for</c><00:49:51.949><c> which</c><00:49:52.130><c> he</c><00:49:52.309><c> had</c><00:49:52.429><c> been</c><00:49:52.610><c> so</c><00:49:52.889><c> largely</c><00:49:53.210><c> responsible.</c>

00:49:54.809 --> 00:49:57.530
Under<00:49:55.050><c> specific</c><00:49:55.489><c> conditions,</c><00:49:56.190><c> notably</c><00:49:56.469><c> that</c><00:49:56.929><c> they</c><00:49:57.090><c> will</c><00:49:57.269><c> be</c>

00:49:57.530 --> 00:50:00.449
bound<00:49:57.750><c> to</c><00:49:57.969><c> entreat</c><00:49:58.269><c> their</c><00:49:58.550><c> God</c><00:49:58.869><c> for</c><00:49:59.329><c> our</c><00:49:59.590><c> well</c><00:49:59.789><c>-being</c><00:50:00.030><c> and</c><00:50:00.289><c> for</c>

00:50:00.449 --> 00:50:02.889
that<00:50:00.510><c> of</c><00:50:00.809><c> the</c><00:50:00.869><c> state</c><00:50:01.210><c> and</c><00:50:01.730><c> for</c><00:50:01.929><c> their</c><00:50:02.090><c> own.</c>

00:50:03.630 --> 00:50:06.869
Galerius<00:50:04.289><c> and</c><00:50:04.409><c> his</c><00:50:04.570><c> colleagues</c><00:50:04.909><c> instructed</c><00:50:05.409><c> their</c><00:50:05.690><c> provincial</c><00:50:06.050><c> governors</c><00:50:06.389><c> to</c><00:50:06.710><c> grant</c>

00:50:06.869 --> 00:50:13.150
members<00:50:07.269><c> of</c><00:50:07.469><c> the</c><00:50:07.630><c> church</c><00:50:07.929><c> freedom</c><00:50:08.369><c> of</c><00:50:08.670><c> worship</c><00:50:09.070><c> and</c><00:50:09.869><c> legal</c><00:50:10.590><c> toleration,</c><00:50:12.210><c> including</c><00:50:12.429><c> the</c><00:50:12.690><c> right</c><00:50:12.869><c> to</c>

00:50:13.150 --> 00:50:14.769
assemble<00:50:13.510><c> together</c><00:50:13.909><c> for</c><00:50:14.170><c> common</c><00:50:14.389><c> worship.</c>

00:50:15.010 --> 00:50:20.150
Which<00:50:15.150><c> had</c><00:50:15.389><c> been</c><00:50:16.690><c> taken</c><00:50:17.130><c> away</c><00:50:17.449><c> from</c><00:50:17.630><c> them</c><00:50:18.489><c> in</c><00:50:18.789><c> the</c><00:50:18.969><c> persecution</c><00:50:19.489><c> that</c><00:50:19.949><c> he</c>

00:50:20.150 --> 00:50:21.989
himself<00:50:20.630><c> instituted.</c>

00:50:23.309 --> 00:50:24.849
Excuse<00:50:23.829><c> me.</c>

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Let's<00:50:27.869><c> just</c><00:50:28.090><c> turn</c><00:50:28.230><c> back</c><00:50:28.429><c> into</c><00:50:28.630><c> Revelation</c><00:50:29.050><c> Chapter</c><00:50:29.489><c> 6.</c>

00:50:30.010 --> 00:50:32.090
And<00:50:30.110><c> we're</c><00:50:30.210><c> not</c><00:50:30.329><c> going</c><00:50:30.429><c> to</c><00:50:30.530><c> read</c><00:50:30.630><c> all</c><00:50:30.809><c> of</c><00:50:30.909><c> these</c><00:50:31.030><c> verses</c><00:50:31.349><c> because</c><00:50:31.690><c> we're</c>

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becoming<00:50:32.409><c> pressed</c><00:50:32.710><c> for</c><00:50:32.949><c> time.</c>

00:50:34.289 --> 00:50:37.190
But<00:50:34.289><c> if</c><00:50:34.429><c> you</c><00:50:34.730><c> just</c><00:50:35.110><c> give</c><00:50:35.230><c> me</c><00:50:35.389><c> another</c><00:50:35.690><c> 10</c><00:50:35.989><c> minutes,</c><00:50:36.829><c> we'll</c><00:50:37.070><c> be</c>

00:50:37.190 --> 00:50:37.909
able<00:50:37.289><c> to</c><00:50:37.469><c> finish</c><00:50:37.650><c> up.</c>

00:50:38.070 --> 00:50:42.230
And<00:50:38.110><c> we're</c><00:50:38.210><c> coming</c><00:50:38.429><c> to</c><00:50:38.630><c> the</c><00:50:38.769><c> part,</c><00:50:40.389><c> we've</c><00:50:40.730><c> done</c><00:50:40.849><c> the</c><00:50:41.030><c> easy</c><00:50:41.269><c> part.</c>

00:50:42.309 --> 00:50:48.489
We've<00:50:42.690><c> seen</c><00:50:43.030><c> how</c><00:50:43.650><c> very</c><00:50:44.070><c> well</c><00:50:44.650><c> the</c><00:50:45.769><c> seals</c><00:50:45.989><c> correspond</c><00:50:46.829><c> to</c><00:50:47.130><c> specific</c><00:50:47.650><c> periods</c><00:50:48.170><c> in</c>

00:50:48.489 --> 00:50:49.070
Roman<00:50:48.730><c> history.</c>

00:50:49.070 --> 00:50:52.730
And<00:50:49.250><c> we</c><00:50:49.409><c> see</c><00:50:50.030><c> how</c><00:50:50.949><c> those</c><00:50:51.389><c> who</c><00:50:51.610><c> had</c><00:50:51.730><c> the</c><00:50:51.969><c> truth</c><00:50:52.130><c> and</c><00:50:52.329><c> had</c><00:50:52.489><c> this</c>

00:50:52.730 --> 00:50:56.030
prophecy<00:50:53.090><c> would</c><00:50:53.389><c> be</c><00:50:53.710><c> able</c><00:50:54.010><c> to</c><00:50:54.369><c> discern</c><00:50:54.789><c> what</c><00:50:55.469><c> was</c><00:50:55.710><c> happening</c>

00:50:56.030 --> 00:50:58.409
in<00:50:56.230><c> their</c><00:50:56.429><c> day</c><00:50:56.889><c> by</c><00:50:57.250><c> the</c><00:50:57.530><c> prophecy.</c>

00:50:58.949 --> 00:51:01.590
And<00:50:59.150><c> now</c><00:50:59.309><c> we</c><00:50:59.469><c> come</c><00:50:59.650><c> to</c><00:50:59.869><c> the</c><00:51:00.170><c> sixth</c><00:51:00.750><c> seal.</c>

00:51:02.110 --> 00:51:04.329
And<00:51:02.389><c> we</c><00:51:02.550><c> have</c><00:51:02.710><c> interesting</c><00:51:03.510><c> words</c><00:51:04.170><c> here.</c>

00:51:04.389 --> 00:51:05.789
We're<00:51:04.469><c> not</c><00:51:04.590><c> going</c><00:51:04.710><c> to</c><00:51:04.829><c> read</c><00:51:04.969><c> 12</c><00:51:05.230><c> to</c><00:51:05.329><c> 17.</c>

00:51:06.110 --> 00:51:08.530
Our<00:51:06.190><c> brother</c><00:51:06.429><c> Jeremy</c><00:51:06.690><c> read</c><00:51:06.869><c> that</c><00:51:07.309><c> for</c><00:51:07.510><c> us.</c>

00:51:09.570 --> 00:51:13.710
But<00:51:10.090><c> we</c><00:51:10.610><c> hear</c><00:51:10.750><c> about</c><00:51:10.889><c> the</c><00:51:11.110><c> sun</c><00:51:11.429><c> and</c><00:51:11.590><c> the</c><00:51:11.769><c> moon</c><00:51:12.210><c> and</c><00:51:13.030><c> the</c><00:51:13.369><c> stars</c>

00:51:13.710 --> 00:51:23.449
of<00:51:13.989><c> heaven</c><00:51:14.489><c> and</c><00:51:15.230><c> a</c><00:51:15.429><c> fig</c><00:51:15.570><c> tree</c><00:51:16.570><c> and</c><00:51:19.130><c> heaven</c><00:51:19.389><c> departing</c><00:51:19.849><c> as</c><00:51:20.030><c> a</c><00:51:20.289><c> scroll</c><00:51:20.730><c> and</c><00:51:22.170><c> about</c><00:51:22.369><c> the</c><00:51:22.630><c> great</c><00:51:22.829><c> day</c><00:51:23.210><c> of</c>

00:51:23.449 --> 00:51:25.150
the<00:51:23.650><c> wrath</c><00:51:23.969><c> of</c><00:51:24.269><c> the</c><00:51:24.369><c> Lamb.</c>

00:51:25.349 --> 00:51:27.989
Now,<00:51:26.070><c> it</c><00:51:26.170><c> sounds</c><00:51:26.250><c> like</c><00:51:26.369><c> a</c><00:51:26.510><c> couple</c><00:51:26.690><c> of</c><00:51:26.869><c> things</c><00:51:27.510><c> to</c><00:51:27.869><c> me.</c>

00:51:28.050 --> 00:51:32.969
Number<00:51:28.349><c> one,</c><00:51:28.670><c> all</c><00:51:28.949><c> of</c><00:51:29.130><c> those</c><00:51:29.329><c> symbols</c><00:51:29.829><c> that</c><00:51:30.289><c> I</c><00:51:30.429><c> just</c><00:51:30.590><c> mentioned</c><00:51:30.849><c> right</c><00:51:31.070><c> there</c><00:51:31.610><c> are</c><00:51:32.489><c> symbols</c><00:51:32.809><c> of</c>

00:51:32.969 --> 00:51:33.710
the<00:51:33.110><c> nation</c><00:51:33.289><c> of</c><00:51:33.510><c> Israel.</c>

00:51:33.710 --> 00:51:35.550
Aren't<00:51:33.969><c> they</c><00:51:34.829><c> all</c><00:51:35.289><c> symbols?</c>

00:51:35.730 --> 00:51:40.809
Sun,<00:51:36.090><c> moon,</c><00:51:36.670><c> stars,</c><00:51:38.309><c> fig</c><00:51:38.510><c> tree,</c><00:51:39.630><c> heavens</c><00:51:39.789><c> and</c><00:51:39.969><c> earth.</c>

00:51:41.570 --> 00:51:43.309
Is<00:51:41.730><c> that</c><00:51:41.829><c> what</c><00:51:41.909><c> we're</c><00:51:42.110><c> talking</c><00:51:42.269><c> about</c><00:51:42.469><c> here?</c>

00:51:43.789 --> 00:51:47.409
When<00:51:44.250><c> we</c><00:51:44.510><c> set</c><00:51:44.610><c> our</c><00:51:44.869><c> principles</c><00:51:45.190><c> at</c><00:51:45.389><c> the</c><00:51:45.510><c> very</c><00:51:45.710><c> beginning,</c><00:51:47.369><c> we</c>

00:51:47.409 --> 00:51:50.750
know<00:51:47.590><c> that</c><00:51:47.769><c> Revelation</c><00:51:48.150><c> was</c><00:51:48.389><c> written</c><00:51:48.630><c> after</c><00:51:49.110><c> the</c><00:51:49.369><c> fall</c><00:51:49.690><c> of</c><00:51:50.010><c> the</c><00:51:50.150><c> nation</c><00:51:50.369><c> of</c><00:51:50.530><c> Israel.</c>

00:51:50.829 --> 00:51:53.369
And<00:51:50.969><c> we'll</c><00:51:51.210><c> actually</c><00:51:51.489><c> see</c><00:51:51.710><c> on</c><00:51:51.809><c> this</c><00:51:52.050><c> next</c><00:51:52.289><c> slide,</c><00:51:52.690><c> if</c><00:51:52.849><c> we</c><00:51:53.090><c> read</c>

00:51:53.369 --> 00:51:58.090
carefully,<00:51:55.630><c> we'll</c><00:51:55.849><c> find</c><00:51:56.090><c> out</c><00:51:56.389><c> that</c><00:51:56.889><c> we're</c><00:51:57.170><c> not</c><00:51:57.469><c> talking</c><00:51:57.630><c> about</c><00:51:57.869><c> the</c>

00:51:58.090 --> 00:51:59.610
destruction<00:51:58.409><c> of</c><00:51:58.590><c> the</c><00:51:58.690><c> nation</c><00:51:58.889><c> of</c><00:51:59.130><c> Israel</c><00:51:59.309><c> here.</c>

00:52:00.090 --> 00:52:02.909
This<00:52:00.409><c> was</c><00:52:00.630><c> a</c><00:52:00.829><c> great</c><00:52:01.010><c> day</c><00:52:01.329><c> of</c><00:52:01.570><c> the</c><00:52:01.750><c> wrath</c><00:52:01.909><c> of</c><00:52:02.110><c> the</c><00:52:02.230><c> Lamb,</c><00:52:02.469><c> was</c><00:52:02.550><c> it?</c>

00:52:02.909 --> 00:52:06.210
Yes.<00:52:04.349><c> Yes,</c><00:52:04.530><c> it</c><00:52:04.670><c> was</c><00:52:04.909><c> a</c><00:52:05.070><c> great</c><00:52:05.230><c> day</c><00:52:05.409><c> of</c><00:52:05.530><c> the</c><00:52:05.650><c> wrath</c><00:52:05.809><c> of</c><00:52:06.110><c> the</c><00:52:06.110><c> Lamb.</c>

00:52:06.329 --> 00:52:11.130
But<00:52:06.469><c> it</c><00:52:06.630><c> was</c><00:52:07.369><c> the</c><00:52:08.030><c> great</c><00:52:08.269><c> day</c><00:52:08.429><c> of</c><00:52:08.590><c> the</c><00:52:08.750><c> Lamb's</c><00:52:09.130><c> wrath</c><00:52:09.389><c> against</c><00:52:10.130><c> whom?</c>

00:52:11.530 --> 00:52:13.190
It<00:52:11.690><c> was</c><00:52:11.929><c> against</c><00:52:12.309><c> pagan</c><00:52:12.710><c> Rome.</c>

00:52:13.530 --> 00:52:15.789
Because<00:52:13.789><c> this</c><00:52:13.969><c> is</c><00:52:14.150><c> the</c><00:52:14.250><c> time</c><00:52:14.389><c> where</c><00:52:14.550><c> the</c><00:52:14.789><c> Empire</c><00:52:15.130><c> is</c><00:52:15.409><c> about</c><00:52:15.590><c> to</c>

00:52:15.789 --> 00:52:16.369
be<00:52:15.909><c> destroyed.</c>

00:52:16.610 --> 00:52:17.869
The<00:52:16.869><c> pagan</c><00:52:17.150><c> Roman</c><00:52:17.429><c> Empire.</c>

00:52:18.050 --> 00:52:20.409
And<00:52:18.210><c> it</c><00:52:18.289><c> was</c><00:52:18.449><c> about</c><00:52:18.630><c> to</c><00:52:18.809><c> be</c><00:52:19.010><c> eclipsed</c><00:52:19.409><c> by</c><00:52:19.610><c> something</c><00:52:19.969><c> else.</c>

00:52:20.889 --> 00:52:25.309
Something<00:52:21.250><c> else</c><00:52:21.510><c> was</c><00:52:21.670><c> to</c><00:52:21.909><c> come</c><00:52:22.230><c> into</c><00:52:22.769><c> power</c><00:52:23.489><c> in</c><00:52:24.510><c> the</c><00:52:24.670><c> Roman</c><00:52:24.869><c> Empire.</c>

00:52:25.550 --> 00:52:27.489
And<00:52:25.769><c> that's</c><00:52:25.889><c> what</c><00:52:26.010><c> the</c><00:52:26.230><c> sixth</c><00:52:26.429><c> seal</c><00:52:26.630><c> is</c><00:52:26.889><c> talking</c><00:52:27.070><c> about</c><00:52:27.289><c> here.</c>

00:52:27.489 --> 00:52:28.389
So<00:52:27.650><c> just</c><00:52:27.829><c> consider</c><00:52:28.110><c> this.</c>

00:52:28.389 --> 00:52:31.530
The<00:52:28.789><c> sun</c><00:52:29.110><c> became</c><00:52:29.469><c> black</c><00:52:29.829><c> as</c><00:52:30.090><c> sackcloth</c><00:52:30.449><c> of</c><00:52:30.650><c> hair.</c>

00:52:33.769 --> 00:52:37.070
Well,<00:52:34.170><c> if</c><00:52:34.269><c> you</c><00:52:34.269><c> look</c><00:52:34.429><c> at</c><00:52:34.610><c> sackcloth,</c><00:52:36.010><c> it</c><00:52:36.269><c> represents</c><00:52:36.590><c> Babylon</c>

00:52:37.070 --> 00:52:39.449
sometimes,<00:52:37.730><c> talking</c><00:52:37.929><c> about</c><00:52:38.090><c> the</c><00:52:38.230><c> fall</c><00:52:38.389><c> of</c><00:52:38.610><c> Babylon.</c>

00:52:39.989 --> 00:52:42.929
Twice<00:52:40.289><c> it</c><00:52:40.429><c> talks</c><00:52:40.710><c> about</c><00:52:41.010><c> the</c><00:52:41.829><c> fall</c><00:52:41.989><c> of</c><00:52:42.230><c> Judah.</c>

00:52:43.730 --> 00:52:45.670
The<00:52:43.909><c> moon</c><00:52:44.170><c> becoming</c><00:52:44.469><c> as</c><00:52:44.750><c> blood.</c>

00:52:45.730 --> 00:52:48.389
That's<00:52:46.090><c> Joel</c><00:52:46.329><c> 2</c><00:52:46.610><c>.31,</c><00:52:47.150><c> that's</c><00:52:47.389><c> one</c><00:52:47.510><c> of</c><00:52:47.610><c> the</c><00:52:47.769><c> passages</c><00:52:48.030><c> talking</c>

00:52:48.389 --> 00:52:48.969
about<00:52:48.650><c> Judah.</c>

00:52:49.349 --> 00:52:51.909
What<00:52:49.530><c> about</c><00:52:49.690><c> the</c><00:52:49.989><c> stars</c><00:52:50.250><c> from</c><00:52:50.530><c> heaven</c><00:52:50.869><c> falling</c><00:52:51.230><c> to</c><00:52:51.530><c> earth</c><00:52:51.710><c> as</c>

00:52:51.909 --> 00:52:52.449
a<00:52:52.130><c> fig</c><00:52:52.250><c> tree?</c>

00:52:52.590 --> 00:52:54.769
Isn't<00:52:52.789><c> the</c><00:52:53.010><c> fig</c><00:52:53.210><c> tree</c><00:52:53.409><c> always</c><00:52:53.829><c> a</c><00:52:54.010><c> symbol</c><00:52:54.170><c> of</c><00:52:54.289><c> the</c><00:52:54.469><c> nation</c><00:52:54.610><c> of</c>

00:52:54.769 --> 00:52:56.489
Israel<00:52:55.090><c> in</c><00:52:55.730><c> Scripture?</c>

00:52:57.329 --> 00:52:58.630
The<00:52:57.449><c> answer</c><00:52:57.630><c> is</c><00:52:57.829><c> no.</c>

00:52:59.570 --> 00:53:02.210
And<00:53:00.190><c> we'll</c><00:53:00.809><c> see</c><00:53:00.969><c> that.</c>

00:53:02.829 --> 00:53:05.510
Let's<00:53:02.989><c> just</c><00:53:03.210><c> turn</c><00:53:03.409><c> to</c><00:53:03.750><c> Isaiah</c><00:53:04.110><c> chapter</c><00:53:04.570><c> 34.</c>

00:53:05.789 --> 00:53:07.949
It's<00:53:06.090><c> very</c><00:53:06.289><c> important</c><00:53:06.650><c> to</c><00:53:06.869><c> actually</c><00:53:07.190><c> see</c><00:53:07.469><c> this</c><00:53:07.650><c> Scripture.</c>

00:53:08.110 --> 00:53:12.110
Because<00:53:08.369><c> there's</c><00:53:08.670><c> so</c><00:53:08.889><c> many</c><00:53:09.050><c> times</c><00:53:09.389><c> when</c><00:53:09.610><c> we</c><00:53:10.130><c> try</c><00:53:10.449><c> and</c><00:53:10.690><c> understand</c><00:53:11.070><c> the</c><00:53:11.269><c> Scriptures,</c>

00:53:12.789 --> 00:53:18.130
that<00:53:12.909><c> we</c><00:53:13.369><c> reflexively</c><00:53:14.650><c> default</c><00:53:15.389><c> to</c><00:53:16.889><c> an</c><00:53:17.130><c> interpretation.</c>

00:53:18.269 --> 00:53:19.090
It's<00:53:18.610><c> reflexive.</c>

00:53:19.150 --> 00:53:21.250
We<00:53:19.230><c> think</c><00:53:19.349><c> about</c><00:53:19.570><c> the</c><00:53:19.710><c> fig</c><00:53:19.829><c> tree,</c><00:53:20.610><c> immediately</c><00:53:20.949><c> we</c><00:53:21.130><c> think</c>

00:53:21.250 --> 00:53:22.269
about<00:53:21.429><c> Israel.</c>

00:53:22.769 --> 00:53:25.630
But<00:53:23.050><c> unless</c><00:53:23.369><c> we</c><00:53:23.550><c> know</c><00:53:23.789><c> our</c><00:53:23.969><c> Bibles</c><00:53:24.309><c> really</c><00:53:24.869><c> well,</c>

00:53:25.869 --> 00:53:29.849
and<00:53:26.349><c> we're</c><00:53:26.690><c> at</c><00:53:26.869><c> the</c><00:53:27.070><c> very</c><00:53:27.309><c> least</c><00:53:27.889><c> have</c><00:53:28.190><c> a</c><00:53:28.250><c> good</c><00:53:28.449><c> set</c><00:53:28.630><c> of</c><00:53:28.769><c> cross</c><00:53:28.929><c> references,</c>

00:53:29.909 --> 00:53:34.110
which<00:53:30.050><c> helps</c><00:53:30.289><c> to</c><00:53:30.469><c> that</c><00:53:30.610><c> end,</c><00:53:33.070><c> it'll</c><00:53:33.329><c> help</c><00:53:33.469><c> our</c><00:53:33.690><c> understanding.</c>

00:53:34.349 --> 00:53:36.409
Isaiah<00:53:34.590><c> chapter</c><00:53:35.030><c> 34</c><00:53:35.530><c> verse</c><00:53:35.849><c> 4,</c><00:53:36.269><c> it</c><00:53:36.269><c> says,</c>

00:53:36.610 --> 00:53:38.230
All<00:53:36.610><c> the</c><00:53:36.849><c> hosts</c><00:53:37.050><c> of</c><00:53:37.250><c> heaven</c><00:53:37.489><c> shall</c><00:53:37.670><c> be</c><00:53:37.929><c> dissolved,</c>

00:53:38.670 --> 00:53:40.909
and<00:53:38.769><c> the</c><00:53:38.929><c> heavens</c><00:53:39.130><c> shall</c><00:53:39.369><c> be</c><00:53:39.570><c> rolled</c><00:53:39.750><c> together</c><00:53:40.170><c> as</c><00:53:40.449><c> a</c><00:53:40.710><c> scroll,</c>

00:53:40.969 --> 00:53:42.630
and<00:53:41.150><c> all</c><00:53:41.309><c> their</c><00:53:41.469><c> hosts</c><00:53:41.730><c> shall</c><00:53:41.949><c> fall</c><00:53:42.230><c> down,</c>

00:53:43.090 --> 00:53:45.030
as<00:53:43.289><c> the</c><00:53:43.530><c> leaf</c><00:53:43.829><c> falleth</c><00:53:44.190><c> from</c><00:53:44.429><c> the</c><00:53:44.650><c> vine,</c>

00:53:45.449 --> 00:53:48.110
it's<00:53:45.789><c> another</c><00:53:45.989><c> symbol</c><00:53:46.250><c> of</c><00:53:46.389><c> Israel</c><00:53:46.570><c> by</c><00:53:46.750><c> the</c><00:53:46.869><c> way,</c><00:53:46.989><c> the</c><00:53:47.170><c> vine,</c>

00:53:48.230 --> 00:53:52.530
and<00:53:48.429><c> as</c><00:53:48.750><c> a</c><00:53:48.889><c> falling</c><00:53:49.309><c> fig</c><00:53:49.909><c> from</c><00:53:51.929><c> the</c><00:53:52.150><c> fig</c><00:53:52.349><c> tree.</c>

00:53:52.530 --> 00:53:54.750
So<00:53:52.989><c> are</c><00:53:53.090><c> we</c><00:53:53.130><c> talking</c><00:53:53.329><c> about</c><00:53:53.550><c> Israel</c><00:53:53.869><c> here?</c>

00:53:54.929 --> 00:53:56.429
Look<00:53:55.070><c> at</c><00:53:55.150><c> the</c><00:53:55.250><c> next</c><00:53:55.429><c> verse.</c>

00:53:56.670 --> 00:53:58.710
For<00:53:56.690><c> my</c><00:53:57.110><c> sword</c><00:53:57.409><c> shall</c><00:53:57.630><c> be</c><00:53:57.869><c> bathed</c><00:53:58.110><c> in</c><00:53:58.289><c> heaven,</c>

00:53:59.090 --> 00:54:03.030
behold<00:53:59.349><c> it</c><00:53:59.570><c> shall</c><00:53:59.750><c> come</c><00:54:00.090><c> down</c><00:54:00.530><c> upon</c><00:54:01.230><c> Idumea,</c>

00:54:04.630 --> 00:54:07.849
upon<00:54:04.849><c> the</c><00:54:05.090><c> people</c><00:54:05.349><c> of</c><00:54:05.550><c> my</c><00:54:05.809><c> curse,</c><00:54:06.929><c> to</c><00:54:06.989><c> judgment.</c>

00:54:08.010 --> 00:54:11.429
See,<00:54:08.329><c> these</c><00:54:08.630><c> symbols</c><00:54:09.090><c> are</c><00:54:09.590><c> actually</c><00:54:09.889><c> applied</c><00:54:10.230><c> here</c><00:54:10.690><c> to</c><00:54:11.170><c> Edom,</c>

00:54:11.610 --> 00:54:14.750
that's<00:54:11.969><c> Idumea,</c><00:54:12.909><c> the</c><00:54:13.210><c> destruction</c><00:54:13.690><c> of</c><00:54:14.389><c> Edom.</c>

00:54:14.949 --> 00:54:17.550
So<00:54:15.110><c> the</c><00:54:15.429><c> fig</c><00:54:15.449><c> tree</c><00:54:15.610><c> is</c><00:54:15.769><c> not</c><00:54:15.989><c> always</c><00:54:16.389><c> representative</c><00:54:16.989><c> of</c><00:54:17.429><c> the</c>

00:54:17.550 --> 00:54:18.869
nation<00:54:17.789><c> of</c><00:54:18.050><c> Israel.</c>

00:54:19.070 --> 00:54:24.869
It<00:54:19.510><c> is</c><00:54:19.949><c> sometimes,</c><00:54:20.570><c> sometimes</c><00:54:21.130><c> it's</c><00:54:21.329><c> a</c><00:54:21.469><c> representative</c><00:54:22.030><c> of</c><00:54:24.130><c> Idumea,</c>

00:54:25.269 --> 00:54:29.750
and<00:54:25.550><c> here</c><00:54:25.929><c> the</c><00:54:26.429><c> same</c><00:54:26.730><c> image</c><00:54:26.989><c> is</c><00:54:27.250><c> adopted</c><00:54:27.590><c> to</c><00:54:27.889><c> explain</c><00:54:28.530><c> the</c><00:54:29.010><c> falling</c><00:54:29.170><c> apart</c><00:54:29.510><c> of</c>

00:54:29.750 --> 00:54:31.250
the<00:54:29.909><c> Roman</c><00:54:30.250><c> Empire.</c>

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I<00:54:31.590><c> just</c><00:54:31.730><c> have</c><00:54:31.869><c> a</c><00:54:31.969><c> couple</c><00:54:32.130><c> of</c><00:54:32.269><c> other</c><00:54:32.389><c> references</c><00:54:32.690><c> up</c><00:54:32.969><c> here</c><00:54:33.050><c> if</c>

00:54:33.150 --> 00:54:33.610
you'd<00:54:33.369><c> like</c><00:54:33.469><c> them,</c>

00:54:33.750 --> 00:54:35.809
we<00:54:33.750><c> don't</c><00:54:34.590><c> have</c><00:54:34.750><c> the</c><00:54:34.889><c> time</c><00:54:35.010><c> to</c><00:54:35.130><c> go</c><00:54:35.210><c> over</c><00:54:35.309><c> them</c><00:54:35.429><c> right</c><00:54:35.650><c> now,</c>

00:54:35.849 --> 00:54:38.829
but<00:54:35.949><c> you</c><00:54:36.010><c> can</c><00:54:36.190><c> come</c><00:54:36.670><c> and</c><00:54:37.469><c> see</c><00:54:37.670><c> me</c><00:54:37.869><c> if</c><00:54:38.010><c> you</c><00:54:38.150><c> like.</c>

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So<00:54:39.750><c> this</c><00:54:40.030><c> goes</c><00:54:40.250><c> back</c><00:54:40.510><c> to</c><00:54:40.690><c> the</c><00:54:40.889><c> third</c><00:54:41.130><c> principle</c><00:54:41.610><c> of</c><00:54:41.949><c> interpretation</c><00:54:42.449><c> which</c><00:54:42.670><c> we</c>

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talked<00:54:43.090><c> about,</c>

00:54:43.590 --> 00:54:46.369
and<00:54:43.730><c> here's</c><00:54:43.949><c> that</c><00:54:44.190><c> principle</c><00:54:44.489><c> just</c><00:54:45.030><c> spelled</c><00:54:45.230><c> out.</c>

00:54:47.730 --> 00:54:51.769
Bible<00:54:48.329><c> echoes</c><00:54:48.789><c> in</c><00:54:49.070><c> the</c><00:54:49.250><c> apocalypse</c><00:54:49.789><c> have</c><00:54:50.389><c> to</c><00:54:50.630><c> do</c><00:54:50.809><c> with</c><00:54:51.769><c> events</c>

00:54:51.769 --> 00:54:54.110
similar<00:54:52.409><c> to</c>

00:54:54.110 --> 00:54:57.489
those<00:54:54.750><c> events</c><00:54:55.150><c> which</c><00:54:55.449><c> they</c><00:54:55.750><c> initially</c><00:54:56.030><c> described.</c>

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Often<00:55:01.090><c> times</c><00:55:01.409><c> they</c><00:55:01.650><c> refer</c><00:55:01.929><c> to</c><00:55:02.130><c> events</c><00:55:02.389><c> that</c><00:55:02.570><c> are</c><00:55:02.909><c> similar</c><00:55:03.210><c> to</c>

00:55:04.150 --> 00:55:06.289
the<00:55:04.349><c> judgments</c><00:55:04.630><c> they</c><00:55:04.969><c> initially</c><00:55:05.289><c> described.</c>

00:55:06.329 --> 00:55:09.449
The<00:55:06.530><c> judgments</c><00:55:06.849><c> of</c><00:55:07.090><c> the</c><00:55:07.289><c> sixth</c><00:55:07.530><c> seal</c><00:55:08.050><c> draw</c><00:55:08.570><c> from</c><00:55:08.789><c> the</c><00:55:09.030><c> language</c>

00:55:09.449 --> 00:55:11.650
of<00:55:10.050><c> other</c><00:55:10.289><c> days</c><00:55:10.550><c> of</c><00:55:10.750><c> the</c><00:55:10.869><c> Lord</c><00:55:11.010><c> in</c><00:55:11.170><c> the</c><00:55:11.309><c> Bible.</c>

00:55:11.650 --> 00:55:17.269
From<00:55:12.530><c> judgments</c><00:55:13.010><c> against</c><00:55:13.449><c> Judah,</c><00:55:14.150><c> Israel,</c><00:55:14.630><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:55:15.329><c> Babylon,</c><00:55:16.449><c> and</c><00:55:16.650><c> Idumea.</c>

00:55:17.769 --> 00:55:20.510
The<00:55:17.949><c> sixth</c><00:55:18.210><c> seal</c><00:55:18.469><c> draws</c><00:55:18.809><c> from</c><00:55:19.150><c> all</c><00:55:19.389><c> of</c><00:55:19.530><c> those</c><00:55:19.769><c> destructions,</c>

00:55:20.769 --> 00:55:23.170
and<00:55:20.829><c> they're</c><00:55:21.090><c> combined</c><00:55:21.690><c> in</c><00:55:21.989><c> this</c><00:55:22.250><c> seal</c><00:55:22.489><c> to</c><00:55:22.829><c> show</c>

00:55:23.170 --> 00:55:28.329
that<00:55:23.849><c> the</c><00:55:24.090><c> pagan</c><00:55:24.369><c> Roman</c><00:55:24.670><c> Empire</c><00:55:25.309><c> would</c><00:55:25.769><c> experience</c><00:55:26.469><c> judgments</c><00:55:26.989><c> similar</c><00:55:27.550><c> to</c>

00:55:28.829 --> 00:55:31.289
those<00:55:29.389><c> which</c><00:55:29.630><c> other</c><00:55:29.889><c> nations</c><00:55:30.250><c> had</c><00:55:30.469><c> already</c><00:55:30.789><c> suffered</c><00:55:31.090><c> for</c>

00:55:31.289 --> 00:55:31.650
their<00:55:31.489><c> sins.</c>

00:55:31.690 --> 00:55:33.449
Do<00:55:31.869><c> you</c><00:55:31.869><c> see</c><00:55:32.010><c> that?</c><00:55:32.630><c> So</c><00:55:32.769><c> the</c><00:55:32.909><c> Bible</c><00:55:33.170><c> echoes,</c>

00:55:33.510 --> 00:55:36.309
we<00:55:33.590><c> don't</c><00:55:33.789><c> say</c><00:55:33.969><c> okay</c><00:55:34.250><c> the</c><00:55:34.329><c> Bible</c><00:55:34.610><c> echoes</c><00:55:34.889><c> talking</c><00:55:35.230><c> about</c><00:55:35.530><c> Idumea,</c>

00:55:36.469 --> 00:55:38.050
obviously<00:55:36.750><c> we're</c><00:55:37.030><c> talking</c><00:55:37.110><c> about</c><00:55:37.309><c> Idumea</c><00:55:37.750><c> here.</c>

00:55:38.050 --> 00:55:42.409
Idumea<00:55:38.570><c> was</c><00:55:38.789><c> gone</c><00:55:39.409><c> by</c><00:55:40.409><c> the</c><00:55:40.590><c> time</c><00:55:40.909><c> that</c><00:55:41.469><c> the</c><00:55:41.670><c> apocalypse</c><00:55:42.010><c> was</c><00:55:42.269><c> written.</c>

00:55:42.530 --> 00:55:45.030
There's<00:55:42.670><c> a</c><00:55:42.829><c> latter</c><00:55:42.969><c> day</c><00:55:43.130><c> one</c><00:55:43.309><c> no</c><00:55:43.449><c> doubt,</c><00:55:44.230><c> but</c><00:55:44.369><c> it's</c><00:55:44.630><c> gone</c><00:55:44.789><c> by</c>

00:55:45.030 --> 00:55:46.170
this<00:55:45.250><c> point.</c>

00:55:47.230 --> 00:55:48.949
Very<00:55:47.389><c> important</c><00:55:47.769><c> principle</c><00:55:48.150><c> of</c><00:55:48.429><c> interpretation.</c>

00:55:49.150 --> 00:55:52.929
And<00:55:49.429><c> here</c><00:55:49.570><c> we</c><00:55:49.750><c> come</c><00:55:49.949><c> to</c><00:55:50.429><c> an</c><00:55:50.809><c> absolute</c><00:55:51.409><c> climax</c><00:55:51.989><c> in</c><00:55:52.570><c> history.</c>

00:55:53.210 --> 00:55:55.650
This<00:55:53.349><c> is</c><00:55:53.889><c> huge.</c><00:55:54.429><c> You</c><00:55:54.469><c> can</c><00:55:54.610><c> read</c><00:55:54.769><c> any</c><00:55:55.110><c> history</c><00:55:55.409><c> book,</c>

00:55:55.809 --> 00:55:57.590
and<00:55:55.949><c> if</c><00:55:56.070><c> you</c><00:55:56.170><c> go</c><00:55:56.389><c> back</c><00:55:56.570><c> to</c><00:55:56.690><c> this</c><00:55:56.849><c> period</c><00:55:57.050><c> in</c><00:55:57.349><c> history,</c>

00:55:57.929 --> 00:55:59.349
the<00:55:58.150><c> historians</c><00:55:58.449><c> are</c><00:55:58.670><c> just</c><00:55:58.889><c> flipping</c><00:55:59.110><c> out.</c>

00:55:59.449 --> 00:56:01.909
They're<00:55:59.489><c> like</c><00:55:59.610><c> this</c><00:55:59.730><c> has</c><00:55:59.989><c> ramifications</c><00:56:00.690><c> for</c><00:56:00.989><c> western</c><00:56:01.289><c> society.</c>

00:56:02.289 --> 00:56:04.650
This<00:56:02.469><c> is</c><00:56:02.630><c> one</c><00:56:02.750><c> of</c><00:56:02.809><c> the</c><00:56:02.969><c> biggest</c><00:56:03.110><c> things</c><00:56:03.389><c> that</c><00:56:03.550><c> ever</c><00:56:03.730><c> happened.</c>

00:56:04.690 --> 00:56:06.150
This<00:56:04.909><c> is</c><00:56:05.230><c> huge.</c>

00:56:06.349 --> 00:56:12.170
And<00:56:06.949><c> it</c><00:56:07.250><c> all</c><00:56:07.449><c> took</c><00:56:07.670><c> place</c><00:56:08.510><c> in</c><00:56:09.349><c> Italy</c><00:56:09.789><c> at</c><00:56:11.010><c> the</c><00:56:11.250><c> Milvian</c><00:56:11.630><c> Bridge</c>

00:56:12.170 --> 00:56:14.150
in<00:56:12.829><c> AD</c><00:56:13.210><c> 312.</c>

00:56:15.230 --> 00:56:17.510
All<00:56:15.530><c> took</c><00:56:15.710><c> place</c><00:56:15.989><c> at</c><00:56:16.530><c> this</c><00:56:16.829><c> very</c><00:56:17.250><c> moment.</c>

00:56:17.969 --> 00:56:20.510
There's<00:56:18.429><c> a</c><00:56:18.670><c> man</c><00:56:18.829><c> called</c><00:56:19.210><c> Constantine,</c>

00:56:20.809 --> 00:56:24.570
and<00:56:21.070><c> Constantine</c><00:56:22.449><c> claimed</c><00:56:23.610><c> to</c><00:56:23.809><c> have</c><00:56:23.949><c> seen</c><00:56:24.130><c> a</c><00:56:24.309><c> vision,</c>

00:56:24.809 --> 00:56:29.570
and<00:56:24.949><c> his</c><00:56:25.170><c> vision</c><00:56:25.469><c> was</c><00:56:27.690><c> of</c><00:56:27.869><c> something</c><00:56:28.130><c> like</c><00:56:28.449><c> this.</c>

00:56:29.650 --> 00:56:32.929
And<00:56:29.750><c> what</c><00:56:29.869><c> this</c><00:56:30.110><c> is,</c><00:56:30.929><c> if</c><00:56:31.010><c> you</c><00:56:31.190><c> look</c><00:56:31.349><c> at</c><00:56:31.750><c> what</c><00:56:31.869><c> looks</c><00:56:32.110><c> like</c><00:56:32.269><c> an</c><00:56:32.510><c> X,</c>

00:56:32.929 --> 00:56:34.769
that's<00:56:33.789><c> the</c><00:56:34.010><c> Greek</c><00:56:34.130><c> letter</c><00:56:34.369><c> chi,</c>

00:56:35.230 --> 00:56:36.650
and<00:56:35.369><c> if</c><00:56:35.489><c> you</c><00:56:35.610><c> look</c><00:56:35.769><c> at</c><00:56:35.849><c> what</c><00:56:35.949><c> looks</c><00:56:36.170><c> like</c><00:56:36.369><c> a</c><00:56:36.510><c> P,</c>

00:56:36.670 --> 00:56:37.929
that's<00:56:36.929><c> the</c><00:56:37.090><c> Greek</c><00:56:37.309><c> letter</c><00:56:37.610><c> rho.</c>

00:56:38.090 --> 00:56:43.730
It's<00:56:38.329><c> the</c><00:56:38.449><c> first</c><00:56:38.889><c> two</c><00:56:40.030><c> letters</c><00:56:40.469><c> of</c><00:56:41.829><c> Christ</c><00:56:42.449><c> in</c><00:56:42.929><c> Greek.</c>

00:56:43.809 --> 00:56:46.010
Christu,<00:56:44.590><c> chi,</c><00:56:45.190><c> rho.</c>

00:56:46.230 --> 00:56:48.230
It's<00:56:46.710><c> like</c><00:56:46.949><c> initials</c><00:56:47.309><c> on</c><00:56:47.469><c> this.</c>

00:56:48.369 --> 00:56:50.429
And<00:56:48.530><c> if</c><00:56:48.630><c> you</c><00:56:48.710><c> look</c><00:56:48.809><c> at</c><00:56:48.929><c> the</c><00:56:49.130><c> alpha</c><00:56:49.429><c> and</c><00:56:49.710><c> the</c><00:56:49.889><c> omega</c><00:56:50.170><c> there,</c>

00:56:50.530 --> 00:56:51.710
this<00:56:50.750><c> is</c><00:56:50.989><c> a</c><00:56:51.050><c> symbol</c><00:56:51.250><c> of</c><00:56:51.469><c> Christ.</c>

00:56:51.789 --> 00:56:53.130
You<00:56:51.849><c> know</c><00:56:51.929><c> where</c><00:56:51.989><c> I</c><00:56:52.070><c> found</c><00:56:52.269><c> that?</c>

00:56:53.449 --> 00:56:54.769
The<00:56:53.630><c> Vatican</c><00:56:53.889><c> website.</c>

00:56:56.809 --> 00:57:00.989
But<00:56:57.289><c> Constantine</c><00:56:57.769><c> claimed</c><00:56:58.389><c> to</c><00:56:59.489><c> see</c><00:57:00.230><c> that,</c>

00:57:00.989 --> 00:57:04.750
or<00:57:01.250><c> something</c><00:57:01.610><c> like</c><00:57:01.929><c> that,</c><00:57:02.110><c> in</c><00:57:02.309><c> the</c><00:57:02.449><c> heavens,</c><00:57:03.469><c> in</c><00:57:03.610><c> the</c><00:57:03.849><c> sun.</c>

00:57:05.710 --> 00:57:07.650
And<00:57:05.889><c> by</c><00:57:06.190><c> that</c><00:57:06.530><c> standard</c><00:57:06.809><c> he</c><00:57:06.969><c> was</c><00:57:07.190><c> to</c><00:57:07.369><c> conquer.</c>

00:57:07.750 --> 00:57:08.909
So<00:57:07.889><c> you</c><00:57:07.949><c> know</c><00:57:08.010><c> what</c><00:57:08.070><c> he</c><00:57:08.190><c> did?</c>

00:57:09.230 --> 00:57:10.150
He<00:57:09.369><c> got</c><00:57:09.489><c> all</c><00:57:09.590><c> his</c><00:57:09.670><c> men</c><00:57:09.829><c> together.</c>

00:57:10.269 --> 00:57:11.809
This<00:57:10.389><c> is</c><00:57:10.610><c> a</c><00:57:10.710><c> coin</c><00:57:10.849><c> of</c><00:57:11.170><c> Constantine's.</c>

00:57:11.889 --> 00:57:13.510
Look<00:57:12.010><c> what's</c><00:57:12.230><c> up</c><00:57:12.289><c> at</c><00:57:12.449><c> the</c><00:57:12.610><c> top.</c>

00:57:14.429 --> 00:57:16.789
Chi,<00:57:14.809><c> rho.</c><00:57:15.769><c> Christu.</c>

00:57:16.869 --> 00:57:21.050
He<00:57:17.030><c> was</c><00:57:17.309><c> about</c><00:57:17.610><c> to</c><00:57:17.969><c> Christianize</c><00:57:19.349><c> the</c><00:57:19.710><c> Roman</c><00:57:19.989><c> Empire.</c>

00:57:21.909 --> 00:57:24.289
And<00:57:22.090><c> at</c><00:57:22.389><c> the</c><00:57:22.590><c> Battle</c><00:57:22.889><c> of</c><00:57:23.070><c> Milvian</c><00:57:23.429><c> Bridge,</c>

00:57:24.570 --> 00:57:28.550
Constantine<00:57:25.090><c> won,</c><00:57:26.429><c> and</c><00:57:26.710><c> effectually,</c><00:57:27.449><c> through</c><00:57:27.690><c> paganism,</c>

00:57:28.989 --> 00:57:29.809
out<00:57:29.230><c> of</c><00:57:29.429><c> power.</c>

00:57:29.809 --> 00:57:32.550
Because<00:57:30.349><c> once</c><00:57:30.730><c> Constantine</c><00:57:31.190><c> came</c><00:57:31.449><c> into</c><00:57:31.590><c> power,</c><00:57:32.070><c> guess</c><00:57:32.230><c> what?</c>

00:57:32.889 --> 00:57:36.269
All<00:57:33.110><c> the</c><00:57:33.289><c> edicts</c><00:57:33.630><c> against</c><00:57:33.809><c> the</c><00:57:34.010><c> Christian,</c><00:57:35.469><c> cancelled.</c>

00:57:36.329 --> 00:57:39.650
And<00:57:36.570><c> he</c><00:57:36.909><c> restored</c><00:57:37.309><c> to</c><00:57:37.449><c> the</c><00:57:37.610><c> Christians</c><00:57:37.909><c> all</c><00:57:38.389><c> power</c><00:57:39.210><c> and</c><00:57:39.429><c> the</c>

00:57:39.650 --> 00:57:40.829
authority<00:57:39.929><c> that</c><00:57:40.090><c> they</c><00:57:40.230><c> had</c><00:57:40.389><c> held</c><00:57:40.530><c> before.</c>

00:57:41.190 --> 00:57:43.570
Because<00:57:41.309><c> the</c><00:57:41.469><c> Christians</c><00:57:41.670><c> were</c><00:57:41.909><c> a</c><00:57:42.030><c> growing</c><00:57:42.250><c> political</c><00:57:42.730><c> group.</c>

00:57:43.889 --> 00:57:47.289
They<00:57:43.989><c> were</c><00:57:44.369><c> very,</c><00:57:44.690><c> very</c><00:57:46.269><c> savvy</c><00:57:46.489><c> on</c><00:57:46.650><c> the</c><00:57:46.829><c> political</c><00:57:47.090><c> scene.</c>

00:57:47.329 --> 00:57:49.309
Very<00:57:47.610><c> opulent</c><00:57:48.070><c> in</c><00:57:48.269><c> many</c><00:57:48.469><c> cases.</c>

00:57:50.929 --> 00:57:53.070
And<00:57:51.230><c> here,</c><00:57:51.409><c> this</c><00:57:51.590><c> is</c><00:57:51.730><c> just</c><00:57:51.929><c> a</c><00:57:52.050><c> couple</c><00:57:52.230><c> quotes</c><00:57:52.570><c> from</c><00:57:52.869><c> Grant.</c>

00:57:53.130 --> 00:57:56.010
You<00:57:53.230><c> could</c><00:57:53.489><c> find</c><00:57:53.750><c> many,</c><00:57:54.090><c> many</c><00:57:54.250><c> quotes</c><00:57:54.630><c> about</c><00:57:55.170><c> these.</c>

00:57:56.230 --> 00:57:57.409
Constantine<00:57:56.630><c> in</c><00:57:56.809><c> the</c><00:57:56.949><c> sixth</c><00:57:57.170><c> seal.</c>

00:57:57.409 --> 00:58:01.869
It<00:57:57.510><c> says,</c><00:57:58.329><c> yet</c><00:57:58.449><c> he</c><00:57:58.769><c> himself,</c><00:57:59.349><c> like</c><00:57:59.570><c> so</c><00:57:59.849><c> many</c><00:58:00.309><c> other</c><00:58:00.630><c> of</c><00:58:00.769><c> his</c><00:58:00.949><c> co</c><00:58:01.210><c>-religionists,</c>

00:58:02.130 --> 00:58:05.570
was<00:58:02.250><c> only</c><00:58:02.510><c> baptized</c><00:58:03.010><c> at</c><00:58:03.190><c> the</c><00:58:03.309><c> very</c><00:58:03.449><c> end</c><00:58:03.610><c> of</c><00:58:03.730><c> his</c><00:58:03.909><c> life,</c><00:58:05.429><c> when</c>

00:58:05.570 --> 00:58:07.070
he<00:58:05.710><c> could</c><00:58:05.909><c> sin</c><00:58:06.090><c> no</c><00:58:06.329><c> more.</c>

00:58:07.429 --> 00:58:10.489
This<00:58:07.769><c> was</c><00:58:07.949><c> after</c><00:58:08.210><c> he</c><00:58:08.369><c> had</c><00:58:08.570><c> initiated</c><00:58:08.949><c> the</c><00:58:09.489><c> Council</c><00:58:09.829><c> of</c><00:58:10.070><c> Nicaea,</c>

00:58:10.610 --> 00:58:12.989
which<00:58:10.769><c> decided</c><00:58:11.030><c> the</c><00:58:11.289><c> Trinity</c><00:58:11.550><c> and</c><00:58:11.750><c> some</c><00:58:11.969><c> other</c><00:58:12.110><c> ones.</c>

00:58:13.690 --> 00:58:15.469
But<00:58:13.929><c> look</c><00:58:14.329><c> at</c><00:58:14.429><c> what</c><00:58:14.530><c> he</c><00:58:14.750><c> says</c><00:58:15.010><c> beneath.</c>

00:58:15.610 --> 00:58:18.090
The<00:58:15.750><c> two</c><00:58:16.090><c> greatest</c><00:58:16.429><c> decisions</c><00:58:16.849><c> of</c><00:58:17.030><c> his</c><00:58:17.250><c> life,</c>

00:58:18.170 --> 00:58:21.650
to<00:58:18.269><c> found</c><00:58:18.469><c> Constantinople,</c><00:58:19.829><c> which</c><00:58:20.070><c> became</c><00:58:20.389><c> the</c><00:58:20.710><c> base</c><00:58:21.130><c> of</c><00:58:21.449><c> the</c>

00:58:21.650 --> 00:58:23.250
Eastern<00:58:21.929><c> Roman</c><00:58:22.210><c> Empire,</c>

00:58:23.969 --> 00:58:27.030
and<00:58:24.309><c> to</c><00:58:24.530><c> base</c><00:58:24.730><c> his</c><00:58:24.989><c> policy</c><00:58:25.489><c> on</c><00:58:25.750><c> Christianity,</c>

00:58:27.530 --> 00:58:29.510
reverberated<00:58:28.010><c> through</c><00:58:28.250><c> the</c><00:58:28.449><c> centuries</c><00:58:28.750><c> that</c><00:58:29.010><c> lay</c><00:58:29.170><c> ahead,</c>

00:58:29.610 --> 00:58:32.510
so<00:58:29.710><c> that</c><00:58:29.869><c> his</c><00:58:30.090><c> reign</c><00:58:30.269><c> was</c><00:58:30.610><c> of</c><00:58:30.889><c> supreme</c><00:58:31.570><c> importance</c><00:58:32.150><c> for</c><00:58:32.369><c> the</c>

00:58:32.510 --> 00:58:33.429
future<00:58:32.710><c> of</c><00:58:32.889><c> the</c><00:58:33.010><c> Empire,</c>

00:58:33.789 --> 00:58:36.170
the<00:58:33.949><c> Church,</c><00:58:35.010><c> and</c><00:58:35.230><c> Western</c><00:58:35.469><c> civilization.</c>

00:58:36.650 --> 00:58:38.949
And<00:58:36.789><c> to</c><00:58:36.889><c> that</c><00:58:37.090><c> we</c><00:58:37.230><c> should</c><00:58:37.469><c> say,</c><00:58:38.070><c> Amen.</c>

00:58:39.349 --> 00:58:41.750
Because<00:58:39.829><c> when</c><00:58:40.309><c> we</c><00:58:40.510><c> read</c><00:58:40.690><c> the</c><00:58:40.809><c> rest</c><00:58:40.989><c> of</c><00:58:41.170><c> the</c><00:58:41.369><c> apocalypse,</c>

00:58:41.769 --> 00:58:47.550
we<00:58:42.070><c> see</c><00:58:42.349><c> how</c><00:58:43.110><c> terribly</c><00:58:43.570><c> important</c><00:58:44.010><c> this</c><00:58:44.210><c> is</c><00:58:44.489><c> to</c><00:58:44.949><c> our</c><00:58:45.210><c> understanding</c><00:58:45.710><c> of</c><00:58:46.969><c> Revelation,</c>

00:58:47.769 --> 00:58:52.789
and<00:58:47.909><c> to</c><00:58:48.030><c> the</c><00:58:48.210><c> history</c><00:58:48.809><c> of</c><00:58:49.030><c> how</c><00:58:49.650><c> the</c><00:58:50.010><c> world</c><00:58:50.190><c> has</c><00:58:50.429><c> unfolded</c><00:58:51.030><c> since</c><00:58:51.489><c> that</c><00:58:51.909><c> time.</c>

00:58:53.789 --> 00:58:57.130
And<00:58:54.030><c> I</c><00:58:54.070><c> think</c><00:58:54.230><c> I'm</c><00:58:54.369><c> coming</c><00:58:54.610><c> up</c><00:58:54.869><c> on</c><00:58:55.050><c> my</c><00:58:56.010><c> hour</c><00:58:56.230><c> here.</c>

00:59:00.050 --> 00:59:00.989
I'm...

00:59:04.550 --> 00:59:05.989
But<00:59:04.989><c> I'm</c><00:59:05.070><c> not</c><00:59:05.250><c> done.</c>

00:59:06.309 --> 00:59:07.889
But<00:59:06.469><c> I</c><00:59:06.550><c> will</c><00:59:06.690><c> be</c><00:59:06.829><c> soon,</c><00:59:07.150><c> I</c><00:59:07.170><c> promise.</c>

00:59:10.750 --> 00:59:13.070
What<00:59:11.050><c> I</c><00:59:11.150><c> think</c><00:59:11.289><c> I'm</c><00:59:11.469><c> going</c><00:59:11.550><c> to</c><00:59:11.690><c> do</c><00:59:11.889><c> is</c><00:59:12.190><c> because,</c>

00:59:13.150 --> 00:59:16.869
very<00:59:13.309><c> briefly</c><00:59:13.610><c> I'm</c><00:59:13.769><c> going</c><00:59:13.869><c> to</c><00:59:14.010><c> summarize</c><00:59:14.349><c> this</c><00:59:15.130><c> slide</c><00:59:15.429><c> right</c><00:59:15.710><c> here.</c>

00:59:18.530 --> 00:59:20.909
Just<00:59:18.969><c> turn</c><00:59:19.110><c> to</c><00:59:19.269><c> Revelation</c><00:59:19.690><c> chapter</c><00:59:20.070><c> 8.</c>

00:59:35.050 --> 00:59:38.530
Revelation<00:59:35.409><c> chapter</c><00:59:35.769><c> 8</c><00:59:36.070><c> says</c><00:59:36.590><c> that,</c>

00:59:38.530 --> 00:59:40.610
verse<00:59:38.929><c> 1,</c><00:59:39.309><c> that</c><00:59:39.409><c> he</c><00:59:39.530><c> had</c><00:59:39.690><c> opened</c><00:59:39.869><c> the</c><00:59:40.070><c> seventh</c><00:59:40.329><c> seal,</c>

00:59:40.750 --> 00:59:42.829
and<00:59:40.750><c> there</c><00:59:40.869><c> was</c><00:59:41.110><c> silence</c><00:59:41.469><c> in</c><00:59:41.670><c> heaven</c><00:59:41.849><c> about</c><00:59:42.130><c> the</c><00:59:42.369><c> space</c><00:59:42.530><c> of</c><00:59:42.670><c> a</c>

00:59:42.829 --> 00:59:43.750
half<00:59:43.070><c>-hour.</c>

00:59:44.289 --> 00:59:46.030
So,<00:59:44.889><c> when</c><00:59:44.989><c> you</c><00:59:45.030><c> think</c><00:59:45.170><c> about</c><00:59:45.409><c> silence</c><00:59:45.750><c> in</c><00:59:45.929><c> heaven,</c>

00:59:46.150 --> 00:59:48.130
in<00:59:46.190><c> Bible</c><00:59:46.409><c> expositors,</c><00:59:47.150><c> if</c><00:59:47.230><c> you</c><00:59:47.309><c> look</c><00:59:47.449><c> outside</c><00:59:47.769><c> the</c><00:59:47.989><c> truth,</c>

00:59:48.210 --> 00:59:50.329
they've<00:59:48.309><c> had</c><00:59:48.389><c> a</c><00:59:48.409><c> real</c><00:59:48.630><c> hard</c><00:59:48.829><c> time,</c><00:59:49.110><c> like</c><00:59:49.349><c> what's</c><00:59:49.730><c> silence</c><00:59:49.849><c> in</c><00:59:50.090><c> heaven?</c>

00:59:50.750 --> 00:59:52.809
What<00:59:51.090><c> on</c><00:59:51.289><c> earth</c><00:59:51.289><c> is</c><00:59:51.469><c> that</c><00:59:51.550><c> you're</c><00:59:51.690><c> talking</c><00:59:51.929><c> about?</c>

00:59:53.190 --> 00:59:54.969
But,<00:59:53.989><c> when</c><00:59:54.130><c> you</c><00:59:54.230><c> really</c><00:59:54.409><c> think</c><00:59:54.570><c> about</c><00:59:54.789><c> it,</c>

00:59:54.989 --> 00:59:56.650
if<00:59:55.130><c> you</c><00:59:55.210><c> look</c><00:59:55.309><c> at</c><00:59:55.429><c> the</c><00:59:55.590><c> sixth</c><00:59:55.829><c> seal,</c>

00:59:56.750 --> 00:59:57.389
there<00:59:56.909><c> was</c><00:59:57.070><c> not</c><00:59:57.289><c> silence</c><00:59:57.389><c> in</c><00:59:57.389><c> heaven.</c>

00:59:57.389 --> 01:00:00.309
I<00:59:57.949><c> mean,</c><00:59:58.909><c> we</c><00:59:58.929><c> looked</c><00:59:59.130><c> at</c><00:59:59.269><c> what</c><00:59:59.429><c> was</c><00:59:59.590><c> happening</c><00:59:59.750><c> in</c><00:59:59.929><c> the</c><01:00:00.070><c> sun</c>

01:00:00.309 --> 01:00:01.329
and<01:00:00.469><c> the</c><01:00:00.570><c> moon</c><01:00:00.750><c> and</c><01:00:00.889><c> the</c><01:00:01.070><c> stars,</c>

01:00:01.489 --> 01:00:02.650
not<01:00:01.730><c> silence.</c>

01:00:03.090 --> 01:00:04.550
So,<01:00:03.429><c> it</c><01:00:03.429><c> was</c><01:00:03.670><c> political</c><01:00:04.110><c> unrest.</c>

01:00:04.690 --> 01:00:06.690
So,<01:00:04.909><c> when</c><01:00:05.050><c> there</c><01:00:05.150><c> does</c><01:00:05.349><c> come</c><01:00:05.610><c> silence,</c>

01:00:07.210 --> 01:00:08.690
what<01:00:07.289><c> do</c><01:00:07.389><c> you</c><01:00:07.389><c> think</c><01:00:07.469><c> it</c><01:00:07.670><c> symbolizes?</c>

01:00:09.190 --> 01:00:11.590
I<01:00:09.309><c> would</c><01:00:09.469><c> say</c><01:00:09.630><c> it</c><01:00:09.809><c> probably</c><01:00:10.110><c> represents</c><01:00:10.590><c> peace</c><01:00:10.889><c> or</c><01:00:11.110><c> stability</c>

01:00:11.590 --> 01:00:12.570
in<01:00:11.809><c> the</c><01:00:11.949><c> empire,</c><01:00:12.230><c> right?</c>

01:00:12.869 --> 01:00:16.429
And<01:00:13.190><c> after</c><01:00:13.650><c> Constantine</c><01:00:14.230><c> ascended,</c><01:00:14.789><c> that's</c><01:00:14.969><c> exactly</c><01:00:15.269><c> what</c><01:00:15.489><c> happened.</c>

01:00:17.309 --> 01:00:19.610
And<01:00:17.550><c> for</c><01:00:17.889><c> how</c><01:00:18.170><c> long</c><01:00:18.389><c> was</c><01:00:18.570><c> that</c><01:00:18.809><c> period?</c>

01:00:19.969 --> 01:00:21.969
The<01:00:20.130><c> Bible</c><01:00:20.309><c> says</c><01:00:20.590><c> here</c><01:00:20.869><c> it</c><01:00:20.969><c> was</c><01:00:21.269><c> a</c><01:00:21.510><c> half</c><01:00:21.750><c>-hour.</c>

01:00:22.110 --> 01:00:25.889
It<01:00:22.190><c> was</c><01:00:22.210><c> literally</c><01:00:22.530><c> a</c><01:00:22.809><c> half</c><01:00:23.130><c>-hour</c><01:00:23.610><c> of</c><01:00:25.030><c> unrest</c><01:00:25.510><c> in</c><01:00:25.710><c> the</c>

01:00:25.889 --> 01:00:26.409
political<01:00:26.130><c> heavens.</c>

01:00:26.409 --> 01:00:29.769
Now,<01:00:26.610><c> we</c><01:00:26.869><c> know</c><01:00:27.070><c> that</c><01:00:27.250><c> this</c><01:00:27.869><c> is</c><01:00:28.030><c> certainly</c><01:00:28.329><c> a</c><01:00:28.530><c> symbol</c><01:00:28.769><c> of</c><01:00:29.530><c> a</c>

01:00:29.769 --> 01:00:30.170
time<01:00:29.949><c> period,</c>

01:00:30.210 --> 01:00:32.269
as<01:00:30.409><c> occurs</c><01:00:30.650><c> many</c><01:00:30.949><c> times</c><01:00:31.269><c> in</c><01:00:31.489><c> Scripture.</c>

01:00:32.610 --> 01:00:36.130
And<01:00:32.849><c> it</c><01:00:32.949><c> turns</c><01:00:33.190><c> out</c><01:00:33.409><c> that</c><01:00:33.570><c> there</c><01:00:33.829><c> was</c><01:00:34.010><c> a</c><01:00:34.250><c> period</c><01:00:34.550><c> that</c><01:00:35.090><c> was</c><01:00:35.250><c> about</c><01:00:35.590><c> 15</c>

01:00:36.130 --> 01:00:37.590
years<01:00:36.570><c> in</c><01:00:36.849><c> length,</c><01:00:37.030><c> just</c><01:00:37.329><c> under.</c>

01:00:37.730 --> 01:00:41.130
That's<01:00:37.949><c> why</c><01:00:38.110><c> Scripture</c><01:00:38.409><c> says</c><01:00:38.630><c> it's</c><01:00:38.849><c> about</c><01:00:39.070><c> a</c><01:00:39.230><c> half</c><01:00:39.409><c>-hour</c><01:00:39.809><c> in</c>

01:00:41.130 --> 01:00:41.769
which<01:00:41.309><c> this</c><01:00:41.550><c> occurred.</c>

01:00:41.889 --> 01:00:44.170
I<01:00:41.949><c> just</c><01:00:42.110><c> want</c><01:00:42.170><c> you</c><01:00:42.289><c> to</c><01:00:42.329><c> look</c><01:00:42.429><c> at</c><01:00:42.550><c> this</c><01:00:42.750><c> chart</c><01:00:42.949><c> up</c><01:00:43.130><c> here.</c>

01:00:45.329 --> 01:00:48.829
In<01:00:45.449><c> a</c><01:00:45.630><c> Jewish</c><01:00:45.829><c> day,</c><01:00:46.170><c> we</c><01:00:46.409><c> have</c><01:00:46.949><c> 12</c><01:00:47.530><c> hours.</c>

01:00:50.070 --> 01:00:52.050
So,<01:00:50.349><c> we</c><01:00:50.429><c> can</c><01:00:50.570><c> look</c><01:00:50.730><c> at</c><01:00:50.829><c> the</c><01:00:50.989><c> day</c><01:00:51.190><c>-for</c><01:00:51.369><c>-a</c><01:00:51.530><c>-year</c><01:00:51.630><c> principle.</c>

01:00:52.150 --> 01:00:55.070
It's<01:00:52.309><c> actually</c><01:00:52.670><c> not</c><01:00:52.969><c> a</c><01:00:53.050><c> day</c><01:00:53.250><c>-for</c><01:00:53.409><c>-a</c><01:00:53.489><c>-year</c><01:00:53.570><c> principle</c><01:00:53.949><c> in</c><01:00:54.110><c> all</c><01:00:54.369><c> contexts,</c>

01:00:55.550 --> 01:00:57.389
but<01:00:55.989><c> it</c><01:00:56.429><c> is</c><01:00:56.610><c> in</c><01:00:56.710><c> one</c><01:00:56.969><c> context.</c>

01:00:57.530 --> 01:01:02.570
We<01:00:57.550><c> know</c><01:00:57.750><c> that</c><01:00:57.889><c> from</c><01:00:58.110><c> Scripture,</c><01:00:59.590><c> there</c><01:00:59.650><c> are</c><01:00:59.949><c> instances</c><01:01:00.369><c> where</c><01:01:01.050><c> a</c><01:01:01.210><c> day</c><01:01:01.349><c> represents</c><01:01:01.909><c> a</c>

01:01:02.570 --> 01:01:04.469
year<01:01:02.969><c> in</c><01:01:04.130><c> prophecy.</c>

01:01:04.570 --> 01:01:08.750
We<01:01:04.670><c> think</c><01:01:04.809><c> about</c><01:01:05.170><c> the</c><01:01:06.510><c> faithfulness</c><01:01:07.090><c> of</c><01:01:07.210><c> the</c><01:01:07.429><c> scribes,</c><01:01:08.130><c> or</c><01:01:08.289><c> excuse</c><01:01:08.510><c> me,</c><01:01:08.670><c> of</c>

01:01:08.750 --> 01:01:09.269
the<01:01:08.969><c> spies,</c>

01:01:09.769 --> 01:01:12.670
that<01:01:10.010><c> went</c><01:01:10.550><c> into</c><01:01:10.789><c> the</c><01:01:11.010><c> land</c><01:01:11.170><c> and</c><01:01:11.289><c> they</c><01:01:11.510><c> said,</c><01:01:11.690><c> we</c><01:01:11.710><c> can't</c><01:01:12.030><c> overcome</c><01:01:12.309><c> it.</c>

01:01:12.789 --> 01:01:14.750
They<01:01:13.010><c> wandered</c><01:01:13.329><c> 40</c><01:01:13.610><c> years</c><01:01:13.889><c> for</c><01:01:14.070><c> 40</c><01:01:14.289><c> days.</c>

01:01:15.190 --> 01:01:19.510
And<01:01:15.349><c> so,</c><01:01:15.489><c> a</c><01:01:15.550><c> day</c><01:01:15.730><c>-for</c><01:01:15.869><c>-a</c><01:01:15.949><c>-year,</c><01:01:16.250><c> 1260</c><01:01:16.969><c> days</c><01:01:17.329><c> equals</c><01:01:17.570><c> 1260</c><01:01:18.309><c> years,</c><01:01:19.210><c> 42</c>

01:01:19.510 --> 01:01:21.230
months<01:01:20.070><c> equals</c><01:01:20.769><c> the</c><01:01:21.030><c> same.</c>

01:01:21.230 --> 01:01:26.909
But<01:01:22.030><c> a</c><01:01:22.409><c> day</c><01:01:22.989><c> or</c><01:01:23.329><c> 12</c><01:01:23.670><c> hours</c><01:01:24.050><c> can</c><01:01:24.349><c> also</c><01:01:24.809><c> equal</c><01:01:25.550><c> 360</c><01:01:26.389><c> years.</c>

01:01:27.250 --> 01:01:28.469
And<01:01:27.329><c> it's</c><01:01:27.429><c> like,</c><01:01:27.690><c> all</c><01:01:27.690><c> right,</c><01:01:27.690><c> where</c><01:01:27.869><c> in</c><01:01:27.969><c> the</c><01:01:28.110><c> world</c><01:01:28.250><c> did</c><01:01:28.369><c> you</c>

01:01:28.469 --> 01:01:29.090
get<01:01:28.630><c> that?</c>

01:01:29.469 --> 01:01:31.030
Am<01:01:29.909><c> I</c><01:01:30.030><c> just</c><01:01:30.230><c> playing</c><01:01:30.309><c> with</c><01:01:30.489><c> numbers</c><01:01:30.750><c> here?</c>

01:01:31.269 --> 01:01:36.869
Well,<01:01:32.170><c> if</c><01:01:32.449><c> 15</c><01:01:33.090><c> equals</c><01:01:33.550><c> a</c><01:01:33.769><c> half</c><01:01:33.949><c>-hour,</c><01:01:35.210><c> just</c><01:01:35.389><c> consider</c><01:01:35.710><c> this.</c>

01:01:41.150 --> 01:01:42.449
You<01:01:41.349><c> see</c><01:01:41.429><c> this</c><01:01:41.610><c> chart?</c>

01:01:42.469 --> 01:01:45.610
If<01:01:42.750><c> 15</c><01:01:43.329><c> years</c><01:01:43.690><c> equals</c><01:01:43.949><c> a</c><01:01:44.170><c> half</c><01:01:44.389><c>-hour,</c><01:01:44.849><c> we</c><01:01:45.030><c> look</c><01:01:45.150><c> at</c><01:01:45.289><c> that</c><01:01:45.429><c> from</c>

01:01:45.610 --> 01:01:46.889
Revelation<01:01:45.989><c> chapter</c><01:01:46.389><c> 8,</c>

01:01:46.889 --> 01:01:54.210
then<01:01:46.889><c> 30</c><01:01:47.809><c> years</c><01:01:48.590><c> equals</c><01:01:49.630><c> an</c><01:01:49.849><c> hour,</c><01:01:50.969><c> and</c><01:01:51.269><c> 360</c><01:01:51.949><c> years</c><01:01:52.309><c> equals</c><01:01:52.610><c> two</c><01:01:52.889><c> hours,</c><01:01:53.809><c> which</c><01:01:54.010><c> is</c>

01:01:54.210 --> 01:01:55.269
a<01:01:54.329><c> day.</c>

01:01:59.730 --> 01:02:00.769
Excuse<01:01:59.730><c> me,</c><01:02:00.510><c> Brother</c><01:02:00.650><c> Blake?</c>

01:02:00.849 --> 01:02:02.409
Did<01:02:00.849><c> you</c><01:02:01.070><c> say</c><01:02:01.210><c> two</c><01:02:01.550><c> hours?</c>

01:02:02.530 --> 01:02:03.650
I<01:02:02.650><c> hope</c><01:02:02.849><c> not.</c>

01:02:05.489 --> 01:02:07.110
Well,<01:02:05.590><c> if</c><01:02:05.710><c> not,</c><01:02:05.849><c> it's</c><01:02:05.929><c> written</c><01:02:06.090><c> up</c><01:02:06.289><c> there.</c>

01:02:07.510 --> 01:02:09.469
So,<01:02:07.929><c> 12</c><01:02:08.150><c> hours,</c><01:02:08.469><c> a</c><01:02:08.590><c> Jewish</c><01:02:08.769><c> day,</c><01:02:09.010><c> 12</c><01:02:09.269><c> hours.</c>

01:02:09.510 --> 01:02:11.989
This<01:02:09.730><c> seems</c><01:02:10.090><c> to</c><01:02:10.230><c> be</c><01:02:10.369><c> the</c><01:02:10.469><c> way</c><01:02:10.630><c> that</c><01:02:10.829><c> it</c><01:02:11.070><c> fits</c><01:02:11.289><c> when</c><01:02:11.510><c> we</c><01:02:11.670><c> look</c><01:02:11.829><c> at</c>

01:02:11.989 --> 01:02:12.949
scriptural<01:02:12.429><c> chronology.</c>

01:02:13.210 --> 01:02:16.590
And<01:02:13.489><c> this</c><01:02:13.710><c> is</c><01:02:13.909><c> the</c><01:02:14.130><c> example,</c><01:02:14.849><c> Revelation</c><01:02:15.309><c> chapter</c><01:02:15.769><c> 8.</c>

01:02:16.889 --> 01:02:17.949
It's<01:02:17.309><c> about</c><01:02:17.309><c> Constantine.</c>

01:02:18.349 --> 01:02:21.250
And<01:02:18.389><c> just</c><01:02:18.610><c> very</c><01:02:18.909><c> briefly,</c><01:02:19.230><c> we</c><01:02:19.250><c> don't</c><01:02:19.429><c> have</c><01:02:19.630><c> time</c><01:02:19.829><c> to</c><01:02:19.929><c> go</c><01:02:20.090><c> over</c><01:02:20.250><c> that,</c>

01:02:21.550 --> 01:02:23.170
but<01:02:21.989><c> we're</c><01:02:22.130><c> going</c><01:02:22.230><c> to</c><01:02:22.329><c> have</c><01:02:22.469><c> to</c><01:02:22.630><c> sum</c><01:02:22.769><c> up.</c>

01:02:23.409 --> 01:02:25.429
Because<01:02:23.570><c> right</c><01:02:23.809><c> after</c><01:02:24.070><c> the</c><01:02:24.309><c> silence</c><01:02:24.590><c> of</c><01:02:24.769><c> the</c><01:02:24.929><c> seventh</c><01:02:25.190><c> seal,</c>

01:02:25.449 --> 01:02:27.610
what<01:02:25.630><c> we</c><01:02:25.869><c> had</c><01:02:26.170><c> was</c><01:02:26.570><c> another</c><01:02:27.070><c> earthquake,</c>

01:02:27.989 --> 01:02:31.210
just<01:02:28.190><c> like</c><01:02:28.329><c> we</c><01:02:28.469><c> had</c><01:02:28.630><c> a</c><01:02:28.909><c> great</c><01:02:29.190><c> earthquake</c><01:02:29.590><c> described</c><01:02:30.090><c> in</c><01:02:30.289><c> Revelation</c><01:02:30.670><c> 6.</c>

01:02:31.489 --> 01:02:33.849
And<01:02:31.590><c> there</c><01:02:31.769><c> was</c><01:02:31.989><c> an</c><01:02:32.250><c> emperor</c><01:02:32.630><c> who</c><01:02:33.070><c> basically</c><01:02:33.389><c> said,</c><01:02:33.610><c> you</c><01:02:33.710><c> know</c>

01:02:33.849 --> 01:02:34.849
what,<01:02:34.050><c> forget</c><01:02:34.289><c> Christianity.</c>

01:02:35.309 --> 01:02:37.269
We're<01:02:35.409><c> going</c><01:02:35.510><c> back</c><01:02:35.769><c> to</c><01:02:35.949><c> paganism.</c>

01:02:37.309 --> 01:02:39.550
And<01:02:37.469><c> there</c><01:02:37.590><c> was</c><01:02:37.789><c> civil</c><01:02:38.090><c> war</c><01:02:38.309><c> for</c><01:02:38.550><c> a</c><01:02:38.650><c> time,</c><01:02:38.989><c> and</c><01:02:39.170><c> he</c><01:02:39.349><c> enacted</c>

01:02:39.550 --> 01:02:41.030
policies<01:02:40.030><c> against</c><01:02:40.349><c> the</c><01:02:40.590><c> Christians,</c>

01:02:41.329 --> 01:02:43.269
but<01:02:41.489><c> it</c><01:02:41.670><c> didn't</c><01:02:41.909><c> stand</c><01:02:42.230><c> at</c><01:02:42.449><c> all.</c>

01:02:43.510 --> 01:02:45.889
And<01:02:43.909><c> what</c><01:02:44.309><c> we</c><01:02:44.489><c> were</c><01:02:44.550><c> going</c><01:02:44.670><c> to</c><01:02:44.769><c> find</c><01:02:44.949><c> was</c><01:02:45.150><c> that</c><01:02:45.329><c> after</c><01:02:45.590><c> that</c>

01:02:45.889 --> 01:02:47.329
point,<01:02:46.090><c> when</c><01:02:46.250><c> the</c><01:02:46.429><c> trumpets</c><01:02:46.690><c> came</c><01:02:46.969><c> along,</c>

01:02:47.610 --> 01:02:50.909
the<01:02:47.769><c> Roman</c><01:02:48.070><c> Empire,</c><01:02:48.489><c> not</c><01:02:48.690><c> just</c><01:02:48.969><c> the</c><01:02:49.130><c> pagan</c><01:02:49.329><c> Roman</c><01:02:49.610><c> Empire,</c><01:02:49.989><c> which</c><01:02:50.210><c> passed</c><01:02:50.530><c> away</c><01:02:50.710><c> in</c>

01:02:50.909 --> 01:02:51.469
the<01:02:51.030><c> sixth</c><01:02:51.230><c> seal,</c>

01:02:51.769 --> 01:02:55.210
but<01:02:51.949><c> the</c><01:02:52.110><c> Roman</c><01:02:52.349><c> Empire</c><01:02:52.710><c> itself</c><01:02:53.349><c> was</c><01:02:54.449><c> about</c><01:02:54.710><c> to</c><01:02:54.969><c> collapse.</c>

01:02:55.250 --> 01:02:56.889
And<01:02:55.369><c> that's</c><01:02:55.550><c> what</c><01:02:55.630><c> the</c><01:02:55.929><c> trumpets</c><01:02:56.409><c> talk</c><01:02:56.690><c> about.</c>

01:02:56.909 --> 01:02:58.110
That's<01:02:57.150><c> what</c><01:02:57.309><c> Matt</c><01:02:57.489><c> will</c><01:02:57.690><c> talk</c><01:02:57.889><c> about.</c>

01:02:58.309 --> 01:03:01.550
So<01:02:58.389><c> just</c><01:02:59.050><c> real</c><01:02:59.389><c> quick,</c><01:03:00.449><c> principles</c><01:03:00.650><c> of</c><01:03:00.949><c> interpretation,</c><01:03:01.429><c> if</c>

01:03:01.550 --> 01:03:03.050
you<01:03:01.690><c> didn't</c><01:03:01.789><c> get</c><01:03:01.949><c> them</c><01:03:02.110><c> already,</c>

01:03:03.210 --> 01:03:04.429
are<01:03:03.610><c> up</c><01:03:03.829><c> here</c><01:03:03.929><c> on</c><01:03:04.070><c> the</c><01:03:04.250><c> screen.</c>

01:03:04.590 --> 01:03:07.150
It's<01:03:04.730><c> a</c><01:03:04.949><c> continuous</c><01:03:05.250><c> history</c><01:03:05.909><c> of</c><01:03:06.250><c> Revelation.</c>

01:03:07.510 --> 01:03:09.710
We<01:03:07.730><c> have</c><01:03:07.849><c> the</c><01:03:08.010><c> other</c><01:03:08.190><c> four</c><01:03:08.349><c> that</c><01:03:08.469><c> we</c><01:03:08.670><c> talked</c><01:03:08.869><c> about.</c>

01:03:09.829 --> 01:03:11.889
I'll<01:03:10.210><c> leave</c><01:03:10.369><c> those</c><01:03:10.590><c> up</c><01:03:10.769><c> there</c><01:03:10.909><c> for</c><01:03:11.010><c> you</c><01:03:11.150><c> to</c><01:03:11.329><c> copy</c><01:03:11.510><c> them</c><01:03:11.670><c> if</c><01:03:11.769><c> you</c>

01:03:11.889 --> 01:03:12.429
didn't<01:03:12.070><c> get</c><01:03:12.269><c> them.</c>

01:03:12.829 --> 01:03:15.349
We're<01:03:13.230><c> still</c><01:03:13.469><c> living</c><01:03:13.710><c> under</c><01:03:13.969><c> the</c><01:03:14.210><c> seventh</c><01:03:14.409><c> seal,</c><01:03:15.190><c> because</c><01:03:15.250><c> we</c>

01:03:15.349 --> 01:03:16.349
have<01:03:15.429><c> the</c><01:03:15.630><c> seven</c><01:03:15.869><c> seals,</c>

01:03:16.849 --> 01:03:19.849
and<01:03:16.909><c> then</c><01:03:17.050><c> the</c><01:03:17.150><c> seven</c><01:03:17.349><c> trumpets,</c><01:03:18.710><c> and</c><01:03:18.809><c> then</c><01:03:18.989><c> the</c><01:03:19.110><c> seven</c><01:03:19.289><c> vials,</c><01:03:19.710><c> and</c>

01:03:19.849 --> 01:03:20.670
then<01:03:19.989><c> the</c><01:03:20.170><c> seven</c><01:03:20.369><c> thunders.</c>

01:03:20.710 --> 01:03:23.190
And<01:03:20.849><c> we're</c><01:03:21.050><c> still</c><01:03:21.269><c> living</c><01:03:21.489><c> under</c><01:03:21.750><c> that</c><01:03:22.150><c> seventh</c><01:03:22.489><c> seal</c><01:03:22.789><c> period,</c>

01:03:23.409 --> 01:03:26.789
because<01:03:23.769><c> contained</c><01:03:24.170><c> in</c><01:03:24.510><c> are</c><01:03:24.929><c> the</c><01:03:25.150><c> trumpets,</c><01:03:25.769><c> vials,</c><01:03:26.389><c> and</c><01:03:26.510><c> then</c><01:03:26.650><c> the</c>

01:03:26.789 --> 01:03:28.510
thunders<01:03:27.110><c> after</c><01:03:27.329><c> the</c><01:03:27.489><c> word</c><01:03:27.610><c> of</c><01:03:27.710><c> Jesus</c><01:03:27.929><c> Christ</c><01:03:28.190><c> returns.</c>

01:03:28.730 --> 01:03:30.909
Brothers<01:03:28.929><c> and</c><01:03:29.130><c> sisters,</c><01:03:29.349><c> thank</c><01:03:29.590><c> you</c><01:03:29.690><c> for</c><01:03:29.789><c> your</c><01:03:29.969><c> time,</c>

01:03:30.949 --> 01:03:33.150
and<01:03:31.349><c> we</c><01:03:31.510><c> look</c><01:03:31.670><c> forward</c><01:03:31.809><c> to</c><01:03:31.929><c> the</c><01:03:32.010><c> rest</c><01:03:32.170><c> of</c><01:03:32.250><c> this</c><01:03:32.369><c> morning.</c>