Warning: chmod(): Operation not permitted in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[0] in function chmod in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[1] in function include_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-settings.php on line 560
[2] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-config.php on line 85
[3] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-load.php on line 50
[4] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-blog-header.php on line 13
[5] in function require in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/index.php on line 17

WEBVTT
Kind: captions
Language: en

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.580
My<00:00:01.260><c> dear</c><00:00:01.459><c> brothers</c><00:00:01.760><c> and</c><00:00:02.000><c> sisters</c><00:00:02.700><c> in</c><00:00:04.000><c> Christ,</c><00:00:08.919><c> when</c><00:00:09.179><c> I</c><00:00:09.960><c> was</c><00:00:10.320><c> in</c>

00:00:10.580 --> 00:00:14.660
the<00:00:10.939><c> fourth</c><00:00:11.320><c> grade,</c><00:00:12.980><c> the</c><00:00:13.140><c> longest</c><00:00:13.560><c> word</c>

00:00:14.919 --> 00:00:19.179
in<00:00:15.279><c> the</c><00:00:15.500><c> world</c><00:00:15.919><c> at</c><00:00:16.199><c> the</c><00:00:16.420><c> time,</c><00:00:16.760><c> I</c><00:00:16.940><c> think,</c><00:00:18.120><c> although</c><00:00:18.339><c> I</c><00:00:18.519><c> didn't</c>

00:00:19.179 --> 00:00:22.660
take<00:00:20.019><c> much</c><00:00:20.219><c> effort</c><00:00:20.559><c> to</c><00:00:20.800><c> confirm</c><00:00:21.239><c> it,</c><00:00:22.339><c> was</c>

00:00:22.660 --> 00:00:24.059
anti<00:00:23.100><c>-disestablishmentarianism.</c>

00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:26.899
Do<00:00:25.519><c> you</c><00:00:25.519><c> remember</c><00:00:25.719><c> that?</c>

00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:32.060
A<00:00:28.339><c> few</c><00:00:28.500><c> years</c><00:00:28.800><c> later,</c><00:00:29.559><c> it</c><00:00:29.739><c> got</c><00:00:30.039><c> replaced</c><00:00:30.559><c> by</c><00:00:31.160><c> new</c><00:00:31.440><c> mono</c><00:00:31.660><c>-ultra</c>

00:00:32.060 --> 00:00:35.380
-microscopic<00:00:32.880><c> silico</c><00:00:33.420><c>-volcaniconeosis,</c>

00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:37.060
which<00:00:35.679><c> I</c><00:00:35.859><c> was</c><00:00:35.979><c> very</c><00:00:36.380><c> pleased</c><00:00:36.679><c> to</c><00:00:36.920><c> learn.</c>

00:00:37.100 --> 00:00:40.359
You<00:00:37.200><c> may</c><00:00:37.380><c> remember</c><00:00:37.659><c> that</c><00:00:37.920><c> one,</c><00:00:38.380><c> too,</c><00:00:39.159><c> in</c><00:00:39.520><c> the</c><00:00:39.700><c> fifth</c><00:00:39.920><c> grade,</c><00:00:40.259><c> I</c>

00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:41.939
think,<00:00:40.539><c> or</c><00:00:40.700><c> the</c><00:00:40.939><c> sixth.</c>

00:00:43.500 --> 00:00:49.340
Now<00:00:44.079><c> it's</c><00:00:44.659><c> a</c><00:00:44.979><c> synthase</c><00:00:46.179><c> protein</c><00:00:46.960><c> that</c><00:00:47.520><c> has</c><00:00:48.000><c> over</c><00:00:48.299><c> a</c><00:00:48.399><c> thousand</c>

00:00:49.340 --> 00:00:50.479
letters<00:00:49.939><c> in</c><00:00:50.200><c> the</c><00:00:50.359><c> name.</c>

00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:53.240
The<00:00:50.659><c> name</c><00:00:50.780><c> is</c><00:00:50.979><c> too</c><00:00:51.219><c> long</c><00:00:51.659><c> to</c><00:00:52.280><c> read.</c>

00:00:54.240 --> 00:00:58.780
But<00:00:54.899><c> anyway,</c><00:00:55.159><c> getting</c><00:00:55.359><c> back</c><00:00:55.740><c> to</c><00:00:55.880><c> the</c><00:00:56.039><c> longest</c><00:00:56.280><c> word</c><00:00:56.640><c> in</c><00:00:56.820><c> the</c><00:00:56.979><c> world,</c><00:00:57.520><c> as</c><00:00:57.619><c> it</c><00:00:57.840><c> was</c><00:00:58.259><c> when</c><00:00:58.619><c> I</c>

00:00:58.780 --> 00:00:59.179
was<00:00:58.920><c> in</c><00:00:59.020><c> the</c>

00:00:59.179 --> 00:01:03.619
fourth<00:00:59.399><c> grade,</c><00:01:00.179><c> anti</c><00:01:00.240><c>-disestablishmentarianism,</c><00:01:02.039><c> meant</c><00:01:02.259><c> absolutely</c><00:01:03.020><c> nothing</c><00:01:03.420><c> to</c>

00:01:03.619 --> 00:01:04.299
me<00:01:03.840><c> other</c><00:01:04.099><c> than</c>

00:01:04.299 --> 00:01:06.400
its<00:01:04.500><c> length</c><00:01:04.920><c> at</c><00:01:05.319><c> that</c><00:01:05.519><c> time.</c>

00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:09.939
Since<00:01:06.819><c> then,</c><00:01:07.180><c> it's</c><00:01:07.519><c> meant</c><00:01:07.840><c> still</c><00:01:08.239><c> less</c><00:01:08.680><c> because</c><00:01:09.200><c> we</c><00:01:09.480><c> have</c><00:01:09.700><c> not</c>

00:01:09.939 --> 00:01:12.299
much<00:01:10.340><c> involvement</c><00:01:11.159><c> with</c><00:01:11.599><c> politics,</c>

00:01:12.739 --> 00:01:14.799
and<00:01:12.920><c> it's</c><00:01:13.140><c> a</c><00:01:13.299><c> political</c><00:01:13.780><c> term.</c>

00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:18.719
It<00:01:15.560><c> comes</c><00:01:15.920><c> from</c><00:01:16.280><c> three</c><00:01:16.879><c> frames</c><00:01:17.420><c> of</c><00:01:18.260><c> mind.</c>

00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:21.500
The<00:01:19.019><c> first</c><00:01:19.400><c> is</c><00:01:19.859><c> the</c><00:01:20.219><c> establishment.</c>

00:01:22.260 --> 00:01:26.120
The<00:01:22.540><c> establishment</c><00:01:23.120><c> is</c><00:01:23.599><c> what</c><00:01:23.959><c> we</c><00:01:24.219><c> all</c><00:01:24.780><c> have</c><00:01:25.239><c> done.</c>

00:01:27.140 --> 00:01:32.140
And<00:01:27.260><c> then,</c><00:01:27.379><c> of</c><00:01:27.519><c> course,</c><00:01:27.760><c> there's</c><00:01:28.200><c> the</c><00:01:28.659><c> anti,</c><00:01:30.000><c> or</c><00:01:30.420><c> the</c><00:01:30.780><c> disestablishment,</c><00:01:31.959><c> which</c>

00:01:32.140 --> 00:01:33.000
is<00:01:32.400><c> the</c><00:01:32.540><c> next</c><00:01:32.780><c> frame</c>

00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:35.680
of<00:01:33.260><c> mind,</c><00:01:33.459><c> which</c><00:01:33.700><c> says,</c><00:01:34.620><c> you</c><00:01:34.760><c> know,</c><00:01:34.879><c> I'm</c><00:01:34.920><c> kind</c><00:01:35.120><c> of</c><00:01:35.319><c> familiar</c>

00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:36.680
with<00:01:35.900><c> the</c><00:01:36.219><c> establishment.</c>

00:01:36.739 --> 00:01:38.439
I<00:01:36.879><c> think</c><00:01:37.079><c> we</c><00:01:37.280><c> need</c><00:01:37.459><c> something</c><00:01:37.920><c> new.</c>

00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:40.319
It's<00:01:39.260><c> time</c><00:01:39.519><c> to</c><00:01:39.859><c> change.</c>

00:01:40.379 --> 00:01:44.500
And<00:01:40.560><c> that's,</c><00:01:40.799><c> of</c><00:01:40.939><c> course,</c><00:01:41.459><c> the</c><00:01:41.700><c> banner</c><00:01:42.019><c> in</c><00:01:42.879><c> the</c><00:01:43.260><c> new</c><00:01:43.480><c> election,</c><00:01:44.019><c> as</c><00:01:44.099><c> it</c><00:01:44.219><c> will</c><00:01:44.359><c> be</c>

00:01:44.500 --> 00:01:45.680
this<00:01:44.739><c> year.</c>

00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:51.280
So,<00:01:48.480><c> disestablishment</c><00:01:49.200><c> says</c><00:01:49.760><c> there's</c><00:01:50.019><c> something</c><00:01:50.400><c> wrong</c><00:01:50.780><c> with</c><00:01:51.000><c> the</c>

00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:52.700
establishment,<00:01:52.340><c> pretty</c><00:01:52.480><c> much</c>

00:01:52.700 --> 00:01:54.760
because<00:01:53.000><c> it's</c><00:01:53.280><c> the</c><00:01:53.579><c> establishment.</c>

00:01:55.459 --> 00:01:58.579
And<00:01:55.700><c> so,</c><00:01:56.060><c> politically,</c><00:01:56.560><c> we</c><00:01:56.859><c> would</c><00:01:57.040><c> go</c><00:01:57.260><c> in</c><00:01:57.400><c> another</c><00:01:57.560><c> direction.</c>

00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:04.719
Well,<00:01:59.680><c> anti</c><00:01:59.900><c>-disestablishment</c><00:02:01.099><c> is</c><00:02:01.799><c> the</c><00:02:02.219><c> opposition</c><00:02:02.879><c> to</c><00:02:03.560><c> disestablishment</c><00:02:04.540><c> for</c>

00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:06.799
the<00:02:04.920><c> sake</c><00:02:05.099><c> of</c><00:02:05.340><c> disestablishment.</c>

00:02:06.859 --> 00:02:13.400
And<00:02:07.040><c> I</c><00:02:07.200><c> think</c><00:02:07.939><c> that's</c><00:02:08.680><c> where</c><00:02:08.819><c> those</c><00:02:09.080><c> of</c><00:02:09.240><c> us</c><00:02:09.439><c> who</c><00:02:09.819><c> value</c><00:02:10.360><c> the</c><00:02:10.719><c> landmarks</c><00:02:11.340><c> that</c><00:02:11.439><c> were</c><00:02:11.699><c> set</c><00:02:12.419><c> by</c>

00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:14.659
our<00:02:14.000><c> forerunners</c>

00:02:14.659 --> 00:02:18.759
in<00:02:14.819><c> the</c><00:02:15.099><c> truth,</c><00:02:15.400><c> as</c><00:02:15.479><c> it</c><00:02:15.699><c> emerged</c><00:02:16.139><c> in</c><00:02:16.340><c> the</c><00:02:16.539><c> 1800s,</c><00:02:18.039><c> that's</c><00:02:18.659><c> the</c>

00:02:18.759 --> 00:02:20.939
way<00:02:18.900><c> we</c><00:02:19.240><c> feel</c><00:02:19.639><c> about</c><00:02:20.120><c> some</c><00:02:20.319><c> of</c><00:02:20.500><c> the</c><00:02:20.680><c> things</c>

00:02:20.939 --> 00:02:24.340
that<00:02:21.219><c> we</c><00:02:21.439><c> have</c><00:02:21.699><c> understood</c><00:02:22.159><c> from</c><00:02:22.479><c> scriptures,</c><00:02:23.680><c> that</c><00:02:23.800><c> it</c><00:02:24.039><c> can</c>

00:02:24.340 --> 00:02:28.860
be<00:02:24.659><c> a</c><00:02:24.939><c> mistake</c><00:02:25.580><c> to</c><00:02:26.800><c> look</c><00:02:27.620><c> at</c><00:02:27.800><c> what</c><00:02:28.020><c> the</c><00:02:28.300><c> establishment</c>

00:02:28.860 --> 00:02:32.599
established<00:02:29.560><c> for</c><00:02:29.840><c> us</c><00:02:30.060><c> now</c><00:02:30.300><c> in</c><00:02:30.500><c> another</c><00:02:30.740><c> context,</c><00:02:31.419><c> and</c><00:02:31.620><c> then</c>

00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:34.560
think<00:02:33.300><c> in</c><00:02:33.400><c> terms</c><00:02:33.659><c> of</c><00:02:33.900><c> disestablishment</c>

00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:37.280
just<00:02:34.740><c> because</c><00:02:35.060><c> we're</c><00:02:35.639><c> interested</c><00:02:36.099><c> in</c><00:02:36.340><c> something</c><00:02:36.659><c> new,</c><00:02:36.979><c> a</c><00:02:37.120><c> new</c>

00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:38.699
idea<00:02:37.680><c> or</c><00:02:37.900><c> a</c><00:02:37.979><c> new</c><00:02:38.139><c> wrinkle.</c>

00:02:38.699 --> 00:02:45.139
And<00:02:39.419><c> so,</c><00:02:39.960><c> we</c><00:02:40.080><c> sort</c><00:02:40.300><c> of</c><00:02:40.520><c> have,</c><00:02:41.680><c> in</c><00:02:42.159><c> the</c><00:02:42.219><c> most</c><00:02:42.560><c> gentle</c><00:02:43.020><c> of</c><00:02:44.159><c> ways,</c>

00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:48.840
a<00:02:45.659><c> desire</c><00:02:46.120><c> to</c><00:02:46.599><c> oppose</c><00:02:47.379><c> disestablishment</c>

00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:51.599
just<00:02:49.240><c> because</c><00:02:49.699><c> for</c><00:02:49.879><c> the</c><00:02:50.060><c> sake</c><00:02:50.199><c> of</c><00:02:50.539><c> change.</c>

00:02:51.740 --> 00:02:55.939
Sometimes<00:02:52.319><c> change</c><00:02:52.800><c> is</c><00:02:53.020><c> not</c><00:02:53.159><c> all</c><00:02:53.360><c> that</c><00:02:53.620><c> good</c><00:02:53.900><c> when</c><00:02:55.199><c> what</c><00:02:55.599><c> has</c>

00:02:55.939 --> 00:02:58.379
been<00:02:56.219><c> established</c><00:02:57.020><c> has</c><00:02:57.479><c> been</c><00:02:57.819><c> established</c>

00:02:58.379 --> 00:03:02.439
with<00:02:58.680><c> good</c><00:02:58.900><c> merit</c><00:02:59.240><c> and</c><00:02:59.479><c> for</c><00:02:59.659><c> good</c><00:02:59.840><c> reason,</c><00:03:01.400><c> very</c><00:03:01.780><c> much</c><00:03:02.039><c> like</c>

00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:06.879
the<00:03:02.840><c> quality</c><00:03:03.539><c> of</c><00:03:04.620><c> the</c><00:03:04.939><c> exposition</c><00:03:05.780><c> that</c>

00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:12.060
led<00:03:07.379><c> us</c><00:03:07.680><c> to</c><00:03:07.860><c> the</c><00:03:08.099><c> truth</c><00:03:08.699><c> and</c><00:03:09.900><c> was</c><00:03:10.280><c> the</c><00:03:10.599><c> hallmark</c><00:03:11.120><c> of</c><00:03:11.400><c> our</c><00:03:11.680><c> faith</c>

00:03:12.060 --> 00:03:15.139
a<00:03:13.159><c> century</c><00:03:13.460><c> and</c><00:03:13.659><c> a</c><00:03:13.699><c> half</c><00:03:13.919><c> ago,</c>

00:03:15.819 --> 00:03:19.479
largely<00:03:16.120><c> through</c><00:03:16.659><c> the</c><00:03:16.960><c> work</c><00:03:17.300><c> of</c><00:03:17.580><c> our</c><00:03:17.759><c> beloved</c><00:03:18.099><c> brother</c><00:03:18.879><c> John</c>

00:03:19.479 --> 00:03:23.039
Thomas<00:03:20.020><c> and</c><00:03:20.919><c> Robert</c><00:03:21.300><c> Roberts</c><00:03:21.680><c> after</c><00:03:22.120><c> him.</c>

00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:26.680
The<00:03:24.000><c> thing</c><00:03:24.159><c> I</c><00:03:24.400><c> think</c><00:03:24.639><c> that</c><00:03:24.819><c> is</c><00:03:25.000><c> the</c><00:03:25.180><c> most</c><00:03:25.460><c> remarkable</c><00:03:26.280><c> thing</c>

00:03:26.680 --> 00:03:32.240
about<00:03:27.120><c> John</c><00:03:27.500><c> Thomas</c><00:03:27.979><c> was</c><00:03:28.539><c> he</c><00:03:28.919><c> was</c><00:03:29.419><c> so</c><00:03:30.240><c> out</c><00:03:30.919><c> of</c><00:03:31.060><c> the</c><00:03:31.219><c> box.</c>

00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:35.639
There<00:03:33.240><c> was</c><00:03:33.580><c> nothing</c><00:03:34.020><c> constraining</c><00:03:34.819><c> him</c><00:03:35.080><c> at</c><00:03:35.259><c> the</c><00:03:35.439><c> time,</c>

00:03:35.900 --> 00:03:36.819
interestingly<00:03:36.240><c> enough,</c>

00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:41.259
to<00:03:37.520><c> the</c><00:03:37.680><c> established</c><00:03:38.419><c> church,</c><00:03:39.039><c> which</c><00:03:39.219><c> in</c><00:03:39.379><c> his</c><00:03:39.699><c> case</c><00:03:40.240><c> wasn't</c>

00:03:41.259 --> 00:03:42.780
change<00:03:41.580><c> for</c><00:03:41.780><c> the</c><00:03:41.919><c> sake</c><00:03:42.080><c> of</c><00:03:42.360><c> change.</c>

00:03:42.979 --> 00:03:47.840
It<00:03:43.039><c> was</c><00:03:43.300><c> change</c><00:03:43.699><c> out</c><00:03:43.939><c> of</c><00:03:44.159><c> necessity</c><00:03:44.800><c> because</c><00:03:45.599><c> the</c><00:03:45.960><c> establishment</c><00:03:46.520><c> had</c><00:03:47.039><c> gone</c><00:03:47.360><c> awry,</c>

00:03:48.240 --> 00:03:53.460
which<00:03:48.439><c> is</c><00:03:48.719><c> the</c><00:03:48.919><c> specific</c><00:03:49.379><c> subject</c><00:03:49.979><c> that</c><00:03:51.000><c> we</c><00:03:51.259><c> will</c><00:03:51.439><c> be</c><00:03:51.659><c> addressing</c><00:03:52.120><c> this</c><00:03:52.560><c> morning.</c>

00:03:53.939 --> 00:03:59.280
So<00:03:54.120><c> that</c><00:03:54.300><c> being</c><00:03:54.520><c> said,</c><00:03:54.819><c> what</c><00:03:55.020><c> we</c><00:03:55.219><c> would</c><00:03:55.419><c> like</c><00:03:55.580><c> to</c><00:03:55.840><c> do</c><00:03:56.259><c> is</c><00:03:57.000><c> put</c><00:03:57.280><c> the</c><00:03:57.560><c> focus,</c><00:03:58.199><c> I</c><00:03:59.039><c> think,</c>

00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:05.120
where<00:03:59.439><c> it</c><00:03:59.680><c> needs</c><00:03:59.960><c> to</c><00:04:00.240><c> be</c><00:04:00.460><c> on</c><00:04:00.840><c> prophecy,</c><00:04:03.360><c> that</c><00:04:03.520><c> the</c><00:04:04.060><c> purpose</c><00:04:04.580><c> of</c>

00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:07.259
prophecy,<00:04:05.800><c> especially</c><00:04:06.500><c> as</c><00:04:06.840><c> the</c><00:04:07.039><c> days</c>

00:04:07.259 --> 00:04:10.240
darken<00:04:07.699><c> and</c><00:04:07.780><c> we</c><00:04:07.900><c> get</c><00:04:08.120><c> closer</c><00:04:08.419><c> and</c><00:04:08.659><c> closer</c><00:04:09.080><c> to</c><00:04:09.659><c> the</c><00:04:09.800><c> coming</c><00:04:09.960><c> of</c>

00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:13.860
our<00:04:10.400><c> Lord,</c><00:04:11.080><c> that</c><00:04:11.319><c> purpose</c><00:04:11.719><c> is</c><00:04:11.960><c> to</c><00:04:12.180><c> excite</c><00:04:12.580><c> our</c><00:04:12.900><c> faith.</c>

00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:18.660
It<00:04:14.539><c> gives</c><00:04:14.800><c> us</c><00:04:15.419><c> a</c><00:04:16.360><c> principle</c><00:04:16.920><c> tool</c><00:04:17.480><c> in</c><00:04:18.319><c> preaching.</c>

00:04:18.800 --> 00:04:22.399
When<00:04:18.920><c> we</c><00:04:19.000><c> go</c><00:04:19.160><c> out</c><00:04:19.279><c> to</c><00:04:19.480><c> tell</c><00:04:19.639><c> people</c><00:04:19.939><c> about</c><00:04:20.220><c> the</c><00:04:20.459><c> kingdom,</c><00:04:21.939><c> we</c>

00:04:22.399 --> 00:04:24.420
can't<00:04:22.779><c> be</c><00:04:23.120><c> dreary</c><00:04:23.540><c> about</c><00:04:23.879><c> prophecy.</c>

00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:27.420
We<00:04:24.720><c> can't</c><00:04:25.019><c> be</c><00:04:25.240><c> doubtful</c><00:04:25.839><c> about</c><00:04:26.199><c> its</c><00:04:26.920><c> meaning.</c>

00:04:27.420 --> 00:04:33.120
It's<00:04:28.019><c> a</c><00:04:28.079><c> sure</c><00:04:28.620><c> word</c><00:04:29.139><c> and</c><00:04:29.500><c> we</c><00:04:29.699><c> have</c><00:04:29.899><c> to</c><00:04:30.120><c> be</c><00:04:30.740><c> infallibly</c><00:04:31.399><c> convinced</c><00:04:32.160><c> about</c>

00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:34.079
its<00:04:33.360><c> message</c>

00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:36.439
when<00:04:34.779><c> we</c><00:04:35.040><c> tell</c><00:04:35.220><c> people</c><00:04:35.660><c> about</c><00:04:36.019><c> the</c><00:04:36.240><c> kingdom.</c>

00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:38.959
And<00:04:36.620><c> the</c><00:04:36.800><c> reason,</c><00:04:37.220><c> the</c><00:04:37.379><c> practical</c><00:04:37.740><c> application,</c><00:04:38.459><c> the</c><00:04:38.600><c> reason</c>

00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:41.519
for<00:04:39.180><c> that</c><00:04:39.399><c> is</c><00:04:39.939><c> if</c><00:04:40.620><c> you</c><00:04:40.899><c> tell</c><00:04:41.160><c> someone</c>

00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:47.100
about<00:04:41.819><c> the</c><00:04:42.100><c> kingdom</c><00:04:42.560><c> and</c><00:04:43.399><c> they</c><00:04:43.959><c> recognize</c><00:04:44.600><c> in</c><00:04:45.279><c> short</c><00:04:45.519><c> order</c><00:04:45.939><c> that</c><00:04:46.500><c> this</c><00:04:46.740><c> is</c><00:04:46.899><c> a</c>

00:04:47.100 --> 00:04:48.040
different<00:04:47.379><c> message</c><00:04:47.839><c> than</c>

00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:52.199
the<00:04:48.220><c> one</c><00:04:48.339><c> they're</c><00:04:48.660><c> familiar</c><00:04:49.100><c> with,</c><00:04:51.120><c> you</c><00:04:51.360><c> will</c><00:04:51.579><c> be</c><00:04:51.819><c> challenged</c>

00:04:52.199 --> 00:04:52.879
with<00:04:52.420><c> the</c><00:04:52.579><c> question,</c>

00:04:53.019 --> 00:04:55.160
but<00:04:53.079><c> what</c><00:04:53.339><c> about</c><00:04:53.500><c> all</c><00:04:53.699><c> those</c><00:04:53.899><c> other</c><00:04:54.079><c> churches?</c>

00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:58.639
Who<00:04:56.160><c> in</c><00:04:56.720><c> the</c><00:04:56.920><c> world</c><00:04:57.160><c> do</c><00:04:57.319><c> you</c><00:04:57.500><c> think</c><00:04:57.680><c> you</c><00:04:57.980><c> are</c><00:04:58.139><c> to</c><00:04:58.240><c> be</c><00:04:58.439><c> bringing</c>

00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:00.439
such<00:04:58.899><c> a</c><00:04:59.100><c> message</c><00:04:59.399><c> to</c><00:04:59.660><c> me?</c>

00:05:00.939 --> 00:05:05.379
You<00:05:01.220><c> seem</c><00:05:01.480><c> to</c><00:05:01.680><c> think</c><00:05:01.839><c> like</c><00:05:02.339><c> you're</c><00:05:02.860><c> it</c><00:05:03.160><c> and</c><00:05:04.240><c> everyone</c><00:05:04.480><c> else</c><00:05:04.800><c> is</c><00:05:05.079><c> wrong.</c>

00:05:05.399 --> 00:05:12.100
All<00:05:05.639><c> these</c><00:05:06.060><c> centuries</c><00:05:06.779><c> of</c><00:05:07.740><c> understanding</c><00:05:08.560><c> and</c><00:05:08.860><c> tradition</c><00:05:09.459><c> and</c><00:05:10.500><c> deep</c><00:05:11.220><c> study</c><00:05:11.839><c> in</c>

00:05:12.100 --> 00:05:12.639
the<00:05:12.279><c> Bible.</c>

00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:15.740
Now<00:05:12.980><c> you're</c><00:05:13.180><c> just</c><00:05:13.560><c> writing</c><00:05:13.860><c> off</c><00:05:14.220><c> as</c><00:05:14.459><c> being</c><00:05:14.759><c> wrong.</c>

00:05:15.899 --> 00:05:19.379
Well,<00:05:16.139><c> I</c><00:05:16.180><c> don't</c><00:05:16.459><c> think</c><00:05:16.600><c> that</c><00:05:16.879><c> sounds</c><00:05:17.220><c> very</c><00:05:18.279><c> humble.</c>

00:05:19.980 --> 00:05:23.759
You<00:05:20.060><c> know,</c><00:05:20.100><c> this</c><00:05:20.259><c> is</c><00:05:20.839><c> the</c><00:05:21.360><c> main</c><00:05:21.980><c> objection</c><00:05:22.600><c> to</c><00:05:22.980><c> the</c><00:05:23.160><c> things</c><00:05:23.339><c> that</c><00:05:23.560><c> we</c>

00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:24.639
preach<00:05:23.959><c> when</c><00:05:24.139><c> we</c><00:05:24.240><c> go</c><00:05:24.339><c> out</c>

00:05:24.660 --> 00:05:27.779
to<00:05:25.180><c> preach</c><00:05:25.439><c> the</c><00:05:25.720><c> good</c><00:05:25.879><c> news</c><00:05:26.240><c> concerning</c><00:05:26.779><c> the</c><00:05:27.100><c> kingdom</c><00:05:27.339><c> of</c><00:05:27.600><c> God</c>

00:05:27.779 --> 00:05:29.620
in<00:05:27.959><c> the</c><00:05:28.000><c> name</c><00:05:28.160><c> of</c><00:05:28.360><c> Jesus</c><00:05:28.639><c> Christ.</c>

00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:31.959
So<00:05:29.920><c> there's</c><00:05:30.139><c> a</c><00:05:30.339><c> paradox,</c><00:05:30.959><c> isn't</c><00:05:31.040><c> there?</c>

00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:35.939
We<00:05:32.560><c> come</c><00:05:32.759><c> out</c><00:05:32.980><c> of</c><00:05:33.100><c> this</c><00:05:33.360><c> world</c><00:05:33.680><c> and</c><00:05:33.959><c> out</c><00:05:34.079><c> of</c><00:05:34.220><c> a</c><00:05:34.439><c> false</c><00:05:34.720><c> system</c>

00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:42.439
with<00:05:37.360><c> a</c><00:05:37.819><c> sort</c><00:05:37.939><c> of</c><00:05:38.319><c> a</c><00:05:38.439><c> disestablishment</c><00:05:40.279><c> position,</c>

00:05:43.519 --> 00:05:46.480
rejecting<00:05:44.079><c> the</c><00:05:44.420><c> teachings</c><00:05:44.740><c> of</c><00:05:44.959><c> a</c><00:05:45.100><c> false</c><00:05:45.339><c> church,</c><00:05:45.639><c> which</c><00:05:45.860><c> happens</c><00:05:46.279><c> to</c>

00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:48.339
be<00:05:46.639><c> the</c><00:05:46.860><c> established</c><00:05:47.240><c> church.</c>

00:05:48.579 --> 00:05:50.759
And<00:05:48.899><c> now</c><00:05:49.300><c> a</c><00:05:49.339><c> century</c><00:05:49.660><c> and</c><00:05:49.860><c> a</c><00:05:49.879><c> half</c><00:05:50.060><c> later,</c>

00:05:50.759 --> 00:05:56.259
we<00:05:51.279><c> the</c><00:05:52.500><c> very</c><00:05:52.980><c> things</c><00:05:53.319><c> that</c><00:05:53.540><c> took</c><00:05:53.699><c> us</c><00:05:54.000><c> out</c><00:05:54.699><c> are</c><00:05:55.079><c> questioned</c><00:05:55.560><c> and</c><00:05:55.920><c> we</c><00:05:56.139><c> say,</c>

00:05:56.399 --> 00:05:58.740
well,<00:05:56.399><c> what's</c><00:05:56.699><c> the</c><00:05:56.860><c> validity</c><00:05:57.180><c> of</c><00:05:57.800><c> what</c><00:05:58.040><c> brought</c><00:05:58.300><c> us</c><00:05:58.500><c> out</c><00:05:58.620><c> in</c>

00:05:58.740 --> 00:05:59.360
the<00:05:58.899><c> first</c><00:05:59.120><c> place?</c>

00:05:59.420 --> 00:06:03.819
Maybe<00:05:59.600><c> there's</c><00:05:59.819><c> a</c><00:06:00.040><c> new</c><00:06:00.259><c> idea</c><00:06:00.759><c> that</c><00:06:00.980><c> we</c><00:06:01.699><c> can</c><00:06:01.800><c> bring</c><00:06:02.199><c> and</c><00:06:03.540><c> maybe</c>

00:06:03.819 --> 00:06:04.639
they<00:06:04.060><c> were</c><00:06:04.160><c> in</c><00:06:04.279><c> a</c><00:06:04.420><c> box</c>

00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:07.740
when<00:06:04.800><c> they</c><00:06:05.000><c> came</c><00:06:05.240><c> out</c><00:06:05.480><c> of</c><00:06:05.620><c> that</c><00:06:05.819><c> box</c><00:06:06.220><c> and</c><00:06:06.800><c> things</c><00:06:07.079><c> get</c><00:06:07.360><c> confused.</c>

00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:09.439
You<00:06:07.839><c> go</c><00:06:07.959><c> out</c><00:06:08.120><c> to</c><00:06:08.339><c> preach,</c><00:06:08.579><c> you</c><00:06:08.639><c> don't</c><00:06:08.740><c> know</c><00:06:08.860><c> what</c><00:06:09.000><c> to</c><00:06:09.220><c> say.</c>

00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:11.399
We<00:06:09.819><c> get</c><00:06:10.040><c> together</c><00:06:10.319><c> to</c><00:06:10.560><c> speak</c><00:06:10.680><c> about</c><00:06:10.920><c> the</c><00:06:11.120><c> Bible.</c>

00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:15.220
We<00:06:12.240><c> try</c><00:06:12.420><c> to</c><00:06:12.579><c> talk</c><00:06:12.720><c> about</c><00:06:13.040><c> prophecy</c><00:06:13.500><c> and</c><00:06:14.060><c> it's</c><00:06:14.459><c> uncomfortable</c>

00:06:15.220 --> 00:06:16.560
for<00:06:15.639><c> us.</c>

00:06:16.660 --> 00:06:19.500
We<00:06:16.839><c> go,</c><00:06:16.939><c> oh,</c><00:06:17.240><c> no,</c><00:06:17.579><c> I've</c><00:06:17.939><c> actually</c><00:06:18.180><c> been</c><00:06:18.379><c> in</c><00:06:18.579><c> Ecclesias</c><00:06:19.079><c> where</c>

00:06:19.500 --> 00:06:20.339
it<00:06:19.759><c> was</c><00:06:20.040><c> taboo</c>

00:06:20.339 --> 00:06:23.860
to<00:06:20.519><c> talk</c><00:06:20.699><c> about</c><00:06:21.300><c> anything</c><00:06:21.740><c> concerning</c><00:06:22.680><c> revelation.</c>

00:06:24.620 --> 00:06:30.920
What<00:06:25.240><c> in</c><00:06:25.420><c> the</c><00:06:25.639><c> world</c><00:06:26.220><c> would</c><00:06:26.699><c> has</c><00:06:26.879><c> happened</c><00:06:27.339><c> if</c><00:06:28.680><c> the</c><00:06:29.319><c> cherished,</c><00:06:30.319><c> treasured</c>

00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:33.060
blessing<00:06:31.339><c> of</c><00:06:31.680><c> this</c><00:06:31.959><c> prophecy</c>

00:06:33.069 --> 00:06:37.459
that<00:06:33.500><c> enables</c><00:06:34.000><c> us</c><00:06:34.300><c> to</c><00:06:34.540><c> be</c><00:06:34.980><c> sure</c><00:06:35.579><c> that</c><00:06:36.240><c> what</c><00:06:36.480><c> we</c><00:06:36.759><c> came</c><00:06:36.959><c> out</c><00:06:37.259><c> of</c>

00:06:37.459 --> 00:06:39.259
is<00:06:37.660><c> something</c><00:06:38.019><c> the</c><00:06:38.199><c> Lord</c><00:06:38.360><c> Jesus</c><00:06:38.839><c> Christ</c>

00:06:39.259 --> 00:06:45.259
wanted<00:06:39.639><c> us</c><00:06:39.920><c> to</c><00:06:40.220><c> understand</c><00:06:40.899><c> we</c><00:06:41.579><c> needed</c><00:06:41.819><c> to</c><00:06:42.120><c> be</c><00:06:43.360><c> separate</c><00:06:44.180><c> from.</c>

00:06:45.329 --> 00:06:50.980
If<00:06:45.660><c> that</c><00:06:45.959><c> becomes</c><00:06:46.459><c> too</c><00:06:46.899><c> uncomfortable,</c><00:06:48.540><c> even</c><00:06:49.060><c> to</c><00:06:49.480><c> inspire</c><00:06:50.000><c> hope,</c>

00:06:51.379 --> 00:06:56.439
right<00:06:51.500><c> at</c><00:06:51.660><c> the</c><00:06:51.860><c> time</c><00:06:52.519><c> when</c><00:06:53.180><c> hope</c><00:06:53.660><c> is</c><00:06:54.540><c> more</c><00:06:54.860><c> desperately</c><00:06:55.399><c> needed</c>

00:06:56.519 --> 00:06:58.420
than<00:06:56.920><c> any</c><00:06:57.220><c> other</c><00:06:57.500><c> time</c><00:06:57.759><c> preceding</c><00:06:58.199><c> us.</c>

00:06:58.500 --> 00:07:03.019
These<00:06:58.819><c> times</c><00:06:59.420><c> being</c><00:06:59.759><c> the</c><00:07:00.000><c> darkest</c><00:07:00.660><c> in</c><00:07:01.860><c> the</c><00:07:02.040><c> history</c><00:07:02.279><c> of</c><00:07:02.620><c> mankind</c>

00:07:03.019 --> 00:07:06.500
and<00:07:03.339><c> we're</c><00:07:03.560><c> facing</c><00:07:03.939><c> now</c><00:07:04.220><c> a</c><00:07:04.420><c> time</c><00:07:04.579><c> of</c><00:07:04.860><c> trouble</c><00:07:05.480><c> such</c><00:07:05.959><c> as</c><00:07:06.199><c> never</c>

00:07:06.500 --> 00:07:08.019
was<00:07:06.839><c> on</c><00:07:07.100><c> the</c><00:07:07.240><c> face</c><00:07:07.439><c> of</c><00:07:07.680><c> the</c><00:07:07.800><c> earth</c>

00:07:08.019 --> 00:07:11.399
and<00:07:08.259><c> never</c><00:07:08.560><c> will</c><00:07:08.839><c> be</c><00:07:09.819><c> afterwards.</c>

00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:15.379
So<00:07:12.139><c> that</c><00:07:12.459><c> brings</c><00:07:12.779><c> us</c><00:07:13.139><c> directly</c><00:07:13.579><c> to</c><00:07:14.000><c> the</c><00:07:14.360><c> importance</c><00:07:14.819><c> of</c><00:07:15.220><c> this</c>

00:07:15.379 --> 00:07:17.540
particular<00:07:15.959><c> subject,</c><00:07:16.680><c> Revelation</c><00:07:16.860><c> 17.</c>

00:07:17.980 --> 00:07:24.639
What<00:07:18.120><c> I</c><00:07:18.300><c> would</c><00:07:18.480><c> like</c><00:07:18.639><c> to</c><00:07:18.899><c> do</c><00:07:19.139><c> in</c><00:07:19.399><c> the</c><00:07:19.519><c> next</c><00:07:20.160><c> 40</c><00:07:20.579><c> minutes</c><00:07:21.259><c> is</c><00:07:22.680><c> give</c><00:07:23.600><c> you</c><00:07:23.899><c> information</c>

00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:31.879
that<00:07:25.379><c> should</c><00:07:25.740><c> supply</c><00:07:26.300><c> you</c><00:07:26.600><c> with</c><00:07:27.019><c> enough</c><00:07:27.420><c> evidence</c><00:07:28.060><c> to</c><00:07:28.839><c> be</c><00:07:29.220><c> sure</c><00:07:29.759><c> that</c><00:07:30.519><c> what</c><00:07:30.779><c> we</c><00:07:31.199><c> understand</c>

00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:37.860
from<00:07:32.899><c> this</c><00:07:33.399><c> message</c><00:07:33.980><c> in</c><00:07:34.660><c> Revelation</c><00:07:35.199><c> is</c><00:07:36.100><c> an</c><00:07:36.899><c> infallible</c><00:07:37.579><c> word.</c>

00:07:37.860 --> 00:07:41.819
It's<00:07:38.060><c> not</c><00:07:38.240><c> just</c><00:07:38.600><c> a</c><00:07:38.879><c> more</c><00:07:39.240><c> sure</c><00:07:39.519><c> word,</c><00:07:40.379><c> but</c><00:07:40.560><c> it</c><00:07:40.759><c> is</c><00:07:41.060><c> infallible.</c>

00:07:41.899 --> 00:07:43.279
I<00:07:42.079><c> think</c><00:07:42.279><c> you</c><00:07:42.439><c> will</c><00:07:42.639><c> agree</c><00:07:42.879><c> with</c><00:07:43.100><c> me.</c>

00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:45.259
I<00:07:43.399><c> hope</c><00:07:43.620><c> that</c><00:07:43.819><c> you</c><00:07:44.000><c> do</c><00:07:44.220><c> from</c><00:07:44.439><c> the</c><00:07:44.740><c> information.</c>

00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:51.079
It's<00:07:45.579><c> your</c><00:07:45.759><c> decision</c><00:07:46.199><c> to</c><00:07:46.459><c> make</c><00:07:47.259><c> that</c><00:07:47.819><c> is</c><00:07:48.180><c> presented</c><00:07:48.560><c> here</c><00:07:48.980><c> that</c><00:07:49.180><c> this</c><00:07:49.819><c> is</c><00:07:50.339><c> infallible.</c>

00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:54.079
Now,<00:07:51.800><c> what</c><00:07:52.040><c> does</c><00:07:52.240><c> that</c><00:07:52.480><c> do</c><00:07:52.660><c> for</c><00:07:52.879><c> you</c><00:07:53.060><c> and</c><00:07:53.240><c> me?</c>

00:07:55.339 --> 00:07:58.939
When<00:07:55.579><c> we</c><00:07:55.839><c> go</c><00:07:56.100><c> into</c><00:07:56.600><c> the</c><00:07:56.860><c> business</c><00:07:57.259><c> of</c><00:07:57.639><c> preaching,</c><00:07:58.259><c> which</c><00:07:58.480><c> is</c>

00:07:58.939 --> 00:08:00.040
more<00:07:59.199><c> and</c><00:07:59.259><c> more</c><00:07:59.519><c> urgent</c>

00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:03.120
as<00:08:00.620><c> the</c><00:08:00.839><c> gospel</c><00:08:01.160><c> is</c><00:08:01.399><c> to</c><00:08:01.540><c> be</c><00:08:01.759><c> preached</c><00:08:02.000><c> throughout</c><00:08:02.319><c> all</c><00:08:02.560><c> the</c><00:08:02.740><c> world</c>

00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:06.319
just<00:08:03.740><c> prior</c><00:08:04.160><c> to</c><00:08:04.639><c> the</c><00:08:04.860><c> coming</c><00:08:05.019><c> of</c><00:08:05.279><c> our</c><00:08:05.459><c> Lord,</c>

00:08:06.620 --> 00:08:10.519
we<00:08:07.000><c> need</c><00:08:07.339><c> to</c><00:08:07.579><c> be</c><00:08:08.000><c> sure</c><00:08:08.500><c> everything</c><00:08:09.660><c> we're</c><00:08:09.980><c> speaking</c><00:08:10.240><c> about</c>

00:08:10.519 --> 00:08:11.180
this<00:08:10.819><c> week</c>

00:08:11.180 --> 00:08:14.620
is<00:08:11.819><c> about</c><00:08:12.139><c> being</c><00:08:12.779><c> sure</c><00:08:13.220><c> about</c><00:08:13.639><c> this</c><00:08:13.980><c> prophecy.</c>

00:08:14.660 --> 00:08:18.560
And<00:08:15.360><c> I've</c><00:08:15.540><c> used</c><00:08:15.819><c> I've</c><00:08:16.300><c> gone</c><00:08:16.480><c> to</c><00:08:16.720><c> great</c><00:08:16.920><c> lengths</c><00:08:17.300><c> to</c><00:08:17.579><c> develop</c><00:08:17.920><c> imagery</c>

00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:22.860
that<00:08:19.319><c> will</c><00:08:19.540><c> enable</c><00:08:19.800><c> us</c><00:08:20.180><c> through</c><00:08:20.860><c> the</c><00:08:21.279><c> medium</c><00:08:21.579><c> of</c><00:08:22.060><c> our</c><00:08:22.379><c> eyes</c>

00:08:22.860 --> 00:08:26.259
where<00:08:23.120><c> we</c><00:08:23.379><c> take</c><00:08:23.639><c> information</c><00:08:24.259><c> in</c><00:08:24.839><c> to</c><00:08:25.319><c> be</c><00:08:25.740><c> sure</c>

00:08:26.259 --> 00:08:31.160
because<00:08:27.100><c> if</c><00:08:27.399><c> we're</c><00:08:27.560><c> not</c><00:08:27.920><c> sure</c><00:08:28.579><c> from</c><00:08:29.720><c> what</c><00:08:29.980><c> we</c><00:08:30.339><c> understand,</c>

00:08:31.220 --> 00:08:33.960
there's<00:08:31.720><c> nothing</c><00:08:32.120><c> like</c><00:08:32.799><c> seeing</c>

00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:38.639
because<00:08:35.240><c> seeing</c><00:08:35.980><c> is</c><00:08:38.059><c> believing.</c>

00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:43.500
We<00:08:39.360><c> all</c><00:08:39.639><c> believe</c><00:08:39.919><c> anyway,</c><00:08:40.840><c> and</c><00:08:41.059><c> we've</c><00:08:41.399><c> seen</c><00:08:41.620><c> many</c><00:08:41.940><c> images</c><00:08:42.320><c> already.</c>

00:08:43.820 --> 00:08:46.899
But<00:08:44.279><c> let's</c><00:08:44.840><c> take</c><00:08:45.100><c> a</c><00:08:45.220><c> look</c><00:08:45.500><c> at</c><00:08:45.740><c> this</c><00:08:45.960><c> particular</c><00:08:46.519><c> series</c>

00:08:46.899 --> 00:08:51.639
and<00:08:47.139><c> see</c><00:08:47.399><c> what</c><00:08:47.740><c> prophetic</c><00:08:48.159><c> images</c><00:08:48.840><c> can</c><00:08:49.379><c> do</c><00:08:49.899><c> in</c><00:08:50.820><c> the</c><00:08:51.080><c> sense</c><00:08:51.340><c> of</c>

00:08:51.639 --> 00:08:54.320
making<00:08:51.879><c> us</c><00:08:52.320><c> infallibly</c><00:08:53.259><c> sure</c>

00:08:54.659 --> 00:09:01.220
that<00:08:55.299><c> what</c><00:08:56.659><c> we</c><00:08:57.039><c> have</c><00:08:57.399><c> believed</c><00:08:58.039><c> is</c><00:08:59.259><c> not</c><00:08:59.399><c> only</c><00:08:59.620><c> good</c><00:08:59.879><c> and</c><00:09:00.259><c> true,</c>

00:09:01.220 --> 00:09:05.159
but<00:09:01.539><c> it's</c><00:09:01.860><c> a</c><00:09:02.019><c> blessing</c><00:09:02.659><c> and</c><00:09:03.799><c> it's</c><00:09:04.259><c> profitable.</c>

00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:11.059
So<00:09:08.120><c> that</c><00:09:08.659><c> brings</c><00:09:09.039><c> us</c><00:09:09.279><c> to</c><00:09:09.419><c> the</c><00:09:09.559><c> subject</c><00:09:09.860><c> today,</c><00:09:10.419><c> infallible</c><00:09:10.820><c> proof</c>

00:09:11.059 --> 00:09:14.379
about<00:09:11.340><c> the</c><00:09:11.580><c> second</c><00:09:11.759><c> coming</c><00:09:11.980><c> of</c><00:09:12.179><c> Christ</c><00:09:12.559><c> in</c><00:09:12.799><c> a</c><00:09:13.120><c> religion</c><00:09:13.580><c> that</c>

00:09:14.379 --> 00:09:16.399
went<00:09:14.639><c> terribly</c><00:09:15.179><c> wrong.</c>

00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:19.159
The<00:09:16.879><c> word</c><00:09:17.120><c> infallible</c><00:09:17.639><c> actually</c><00:09:18.000><c> is</c><00:09:18.440><c> a</c><00:09:18.559><c> Bible</c><00:09:18.879><c> word.</c>

00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:22.759
You<00:09:19.299><c> may</c><00:09:19.500><c> remember</c><00:09:19.799><c> it</c><00:09:19.980><c> from</c><00:09:20.159><c> Acts</c><00:09:20.500><c> 1</c><00:09:20.759><c> where</c><00:09:21.700><c> he</c><00:09:21.919><c> came,</c>

00:09:22.940 --> 00:09:26.379
he<00:09:23.440><c> presented</c><00:09:23.720><c> himself</c><00:09:24.200><c> alive</c><00:09:24.700><c> after</c><00:09:25.240><c> his</c><00:09:25.539><c> crucifixion</c><00:09:26.179><c> for</c>

00:09:26.379 --> 00:09:27.000
40<00:09:26.639><c> days</c>

00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:30.179
speaking<00:09:27.299><c> about</c><00:09:27.740><c> the</c><00:09:28.700><c> things</c><00:09:29.039><c> concerning</c><00:09:29.500><c> the</c><00:09:29.720><c> kingdom</c><00:09:29.940><c> of</c>

00:09:30.179 --> 00:09:31.940
God<00:09:30.419><c> and</c><00:09:30.580><c> the</c><00:09:30.659><c> name</c><00:09:30.860><c> of</c><00:09:31.120><c> Jesus</c><00:09:31.440><c> Christ</c>

00:09:31.940 --> 00:09:36.799
and<00:09:32.320><c> they</c><00:09:32.639><c> said,</c><00:09:33.039><c> will</c><00:09:33.039><c> you</c><00:09:33.179><c> at</c><00:09:33.279><c> this</c><00:09:33.500><c> time</c><00:09:34.059><c> restore</c><00:09:34.820><c> the</c><00:09:35.240><c> kingdom</c><00:09:35.559><c> to</c><00:09:35.799><c> Israel?</c>

00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:41.659
And<00:09:37.759><c> the</c><00:09:37.940><c> conversation</c><00:09:38.620><c> proceeds</c><00:09:39.139><c> to</c><00:09:39.379><c> this</c><00:09:40.139><c> point</c><00:09:40.480><c> that</c><00:09:40.940><c> says,</c>

00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:46.159
and<00:09:41.720><c> until</c><00:09:41.940><c> the</c><00:09:42.179><c> day</c><00:09:42.419><c> in</c><00:09:42.600><c> which</c><00:09:42.720><c> he</c><00:09:42.879><c> was</c><00:09:43.120><c> taken</c><00:09:43.379><c> up,</c><00:09:45.679><c> that</c><00:09:45.679><c> is</c><00:09:45.860><c> Jesus,</c>

00:09:46.220 --> 00:09:50.059
and<00:09:46.379><c> he</c><00:09:46.580><c> showed</c><00:09:46.720><c> himself</c><00:09:47.159><c> alive</c><00:09:47.639><c> after</c><00:09:48.179><c> his</c><00:09:48.460><c> crucifixion</c><00:09:49.419><c> by</c>

00:09:50.059 --> 00:09:53.419
many<00:09:51.159><c> infallible</c><00:09:52.480><c> proofs.</c>

00:09:53.639 --> 00:09:57.639
Well,<00:09:54.379><c> I</c><00:09:54.460><c> would</c><00:09:54.740><c> suppose</c><00:09:55.200><c> that's</c><00:09:55.639><c> because</c><00:09:56.120><c> the</c><00:09:56.759><c> Lord</c><00:09:57.000><c> knew</c>

00:09:57.639 --> 00:10:01.259
that<00:09:58.220><c> in</c><00:09:58.379><c> order</c><00:09:58.620><c> for</c><00:09:59.240><c> his</c><00:09:59.539><c> disciples</c><00:10:00.080><c> and</c><00:10:00.600><c> the</c><00:10:00.820><c> apostles</c>

00:10:01.259 --> 00:10:03.460
and<00:10:01.539><c> all</c><00:10:01.779><c> the</c><00:10:02.000><c> preachers</c><00:10:02.299><c> and</c><00:10:02.480><c> teachers</c><00:10:02.740><c> that</c><00:10:02.940><c> would</c><00:10:03.139><c> follow</c>

00:10:03.460 --> 00:10:07.620
and<00:10:03.740><c> produce</c><00:10:04.120><c> the</c><00:10:04.320><c> spread</c><00:10:04.519><c> of</c><00:10:04.820><c> Christianity</c><00:10:05.360><c> in</c><00:10:05.940><c> a</c><00:10:06.179><c> pagan</c><00:10:06.440><c> empire,</c>

00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:10.379
that<00:10:08.000><c> they</c><00:10:08.259><c> would</c><00:10:08.580><c> need</c><00:10:08.879><c> infallible</c><00:10:09.480><c> proof.</c>

00:10:10.519 --> 00:10:13.460
Do<00:10:10.740><c> you</c><00:10:10.879><c> think</c><00:10:11.019><c> it's</c><00:10:11.259><c> any</c><00:10:11.519><c> less</c><00:10:11.860><c> necessary</c><00:10:12.460><c> today?</c>

00:10:13.620 --> 00:10:15.879
Do<00:10:13.799><c> you</c><00:10:13.840><c> think</c><00:10:13.980><c> God</c><00:10:14.240><c> would</c><00:10:14.440><c> expect</c><00:10:14.799><c> us</c><00:10:15.039><c> to</c><00:10:15.159><c> go</c><00:10:15.259><c> out</c><00:10:15.460><c> and</c><00:10:15.679><c> preach</c>

00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:17.139
the<00:10:16.120><c> gospel</c>

00:10:17.100 --> 00:10:20.320
in<00:10:17.360><c> the</c><00:10:17.659><c> face</c><00:10:17.940><c> of</c><00:10:18.179><c> the</c><00:10:18.340><c> kind</c><00:10:18.580><c> of</c><00:10:18.820><c> opposition</c><00:10:19.220><c> we</c><00:10:19.659><c> receive</c><00:10:20.139><c> when</c>

00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:21.379
we<00:10:20.500><c> preach</c><00:10:20.740><c> it</c>

00:10:21.379 --> 00:10:23.940
without<00:10:21.820><c> infallible</c><00:10:22.960><c> proof?</c>

00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:26.820
Well,<00:10:24.360><c> we</c><00:10:24.539><c> have</c><00:10:24.740><c> the</c><00:10:24.940><c> resurrection,</c><00:10:25.539><c> you</c><00:10:25.720><c> say.</c>

00:10:26.940 --> 00:10:28.980
Resurrection<00:10:27.320><c> is</c><00:10:27.639><c> infallible</c><00:10:28.059><c> enough.</c>

00:10:30.100 --> 00:10:31.299
But<00:10:30.259><c> do</c><00:10:30.419><c> we</c><00:10:30.580><c> have</c><00:10:30.740><c> anything</c><00:10:31.000><c> else?</c>

00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:32.759
And<00:10:31.580><c> that's</c><00:10:31.879><c> the</c><00:10:32.080><c> premise</c><00:10:32.379><c> today.</c>

00:10:32.820 --> 00:10:35.679
I<00:10:32.940><c> think</c><00:10:33.159><c> at</c><00:10:33.360><c> the</c><00:10:33.460><c> end</c><00:10:33.639><c> of</c><00:10:33.799><c> this</c><00:10:34.019><c> series,</c><00:10:34.600><c> you'll</c><00:10:34.799><c> agree</c><00:10:35.059><c> with</c><00:10:35.320><c> me</c>

00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:38.980
that<00:10:36.080><c> we've</c><00:10:36.440><c> been</c><00:10:36.639><c> given</c><00:10:36.940><c> a</c><00:10:37.299><c> remarkable</c><00:10:38.139><c> proof</c>

00:10:38.980 --> 00:10:44.740
which<00:10:39.279><c> is</c><00:10:40.059><c> obviously</c><00:10:40.980><c> visually</c><00:10:42.240><c> infallible.</c>

00:10:44.779 --> 00:10:46.240
Let's<00:10:45.000><c> have</c><00:10:45.179><c> a</c><00:10:45.299><c> look.</c>

00:10:46.340 --> 00:10:48.580
To<00:10:46.559><c> begin</c><00:10:46.940><c> our</c><00:10:47.639><c> ideas</c><00:10:48.019><c> this</c><00:10:48.320><c> morning,</c>

00:10:48.580 --> 00:10:52.340
let's<00:10:49.000><c> go</c><00:10:49.259><c> back</c><00:10:49.620><c> in</c><00:10:49.960><c> time</c><00:10:50.360><c> to</c><00:10:50.740><c> the</c><00:10:50.960><c> first</c><00:10:51.139><c> world</c><00:10:51.360><c> empire.</c>

00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:55.740
That<00:10:52.659><c> begins</c><00:10:53.080><c> a</c><00:10:53.320><c> look</c><00:10:53.480><c> at</c><00:10:53.740><c> this</c><00:10:54.320><c> infallible</c><00:10:54.820><c> proof.</c>

00:10:55.940 --> 00:10:57.960
Daniel's<00:10:56.440><c> prophecy,</c><00:10:57.139><c> as</c><00:10:57.440><c> you</c><00:10:57.659><c> know,</c>

00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:03.019
is<00:10:58.200><c> the</c><00:10:58.500><c> story</c><00:10:58.940><c> of</c><00:11:00.279><c> King</c><00:11:00.519><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:11:01.419><c> terrifying</c><00:11:01.960><c> dream.</c>

00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:05.539
And<00:11:03.320><c> it</c><00:11:03.620><c> speaks</c><00:11:03.879><c> essentially,</c><00:11:04.940><c> intrinsically,</c>

00:11:05.620 --> 00:11:07.480
and<00:11:05.820><c> we</c><00:11:05.960><c> all</c><00:11:06.179><c> know</c><00:11:06.340><c> from</c><00:11:06.559><c> our</c><00:11:06.820><c> youth,</c><00:11:07.120><c> don't</c><00:11:07.299><c> we?</c>

00:11:07.500 --> 00:11:09.879
Those<00:11:07.679><c> of</c><00:11:07.779><c> us</c><00:11:07.940><c> who</c><00:11:08.120><c> grew</c><00:11:08.220><c> up</c><00:11:08.399><c> as</c><00:11:08.620><c> Christadelphians.</c>

00:11:10.019 --> 00:11:12.379
It<00:11:10.220><c> speaks</c><00:11:10.419><c> about</c><00:11:10.700><c> kings</c><00:11:11.000><c> who</c><00:11:11.259><c> make</c><00:11:11.419><c> war</c><00:11:11.659><c> with</c><00:11:11.899><c> Christ</c><00:11:12.220><c> when</c>

00:11:12.379 --> 00:11:13.480
he<00:11:12.600><c> comes.</c>

00:11:14.220 --> 00:11:15.559
In<00:11:14.440><c> the</c><00:11:14.620><c> seventh</c><00:11:14.919><c> chapter,</c>

00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:19.220
it<00:11:16.179><c> speaks</c><00:11:16.519><c> about</c><00:11:16.919><c> ten</c><00:11:17.360><c> horns</c><00:11:17.799><c> that</c><00:11:18.059><c> are</c><00:11:18.259><c> kings.</c>

00:11:19.580 --> 00:11:22.480
I<00:11:19.899><c> suppose</c><00:11:20.240><c> you</c><00:11:20.419><c> could</c><00:11:20.580><c> say</c><00:11:20.779><c> it's</c><00:11:21.120><c> ten</c><00:11:21.419><c> or</c><00:11:21.679><c> twelve</c><00:11:22.080><c> toes</c>

00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:24.480
at<00:11:22.980><c> the</c><00:11:23.080><c> bottom</c><00:11:23.379><c> of</c><00:11:23.559><c> this</c><00:11:23.740><c> giant</c><00:11:24.019><c> image,</c>

00:11:24.980 --> 00:11:26.600
we<00:11:25.340><c> think</c><00:11:25.559><c> in</c><00:11:25.779><c> terms</c><00:11:26.059><c> of</c><00:11:26.320><c> ten,</c>

00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:28.559
because<00:11:26.879><c> it</c><00:11:27.159><c> agrees</c><00:11:27.460><c> with</c><00:11:27.740><c> the</c><00:11:27.960><c> seventh</c><00:11:28.179><c> chapter</c>

00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:31.220
where<00:11:28.779><c> ten</c><00:11:29.039><c> horns</c><00:11:29.340><c> now</c><00:11:29.759><c> are</c><00:11:30.379><c> kings.</c>

00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:33.100
There<00:11:31.759><c> are</c><00:11:32.019><c> ten</c><00:11:32.620><c> strengths</c>

00:11:33.100 --> 00:11:36.379
because<00:11:33.500><c> the</c><00:11:33.799><c> horn</c><00:11:33.940><c> is</c><00:11:34.240><c> a</c><00:11:34.340><c> symbol</c><00:11:34.539><c> of</c><00:11:34.740><c> the</c><00:11:34.980><c> strength</c><00:11:35.240><c> of</c><00:11:35.440><c> a</c><00:11:35.539><c> beast.</c>

00:11:36.519 --> 00:11:39.720
And<00:11:36.740><c> so</c><00:11:37.000><c> it's</c><00:11:37.299><c> fitting</c><00:11:37.600><c> that</c><00:11:38.299><c> these</c><00:11:38.659><c> kings</c><00:11:38.940><c> are</c><00:11:39.259><c> represented</c>

00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:41.120
by<00:11:40.120><c> horns.</c>

00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:43.139
And<00:11:41.240><c> the</c><00:11:41.379><c> ten</c><00:11:41.580><c> horns</c><00:11:41.840><c> out</c><00:11:42.059><c> of</c><00:11:42.179><c> this</c><00:11:42.340><c> kingdom,</c><00:11:42.659><c> it</c><00:11:42.940><c> says,</c>

00:11:43.139 --> 00:11:46.000
in<00:11:43.200><c> the</c><00:11:43.340><c> seventh</c><00:11:43.639><c> chapter,</c><00:11:44.220><c> in</c><00:11:44.220><c> the</c><00:11:44.320><c> 24th</c><00:11:44.919><c> verse,</c>

00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:49.259
are<00:11:46.899><c> ten</c><00:11:47.179><c> kings</c><00:11:47.840><c> that</c><00:11:48.419><c> shall</c><00:11:48.639><c> arise.</c>

00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:51.580
And<00:11:49.960><c> then</c><00:11:50.200><c> just</c><00:11:50.720><c> moving</c><00:11:51.059><c> along,</c>

00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:52.980
but<00:11:51.860><c> the</c><00:11:52.059><c> judgment</c><00:11:52.360><c> shall</c><00:11:52.620><c> sit</c>

00:11:52.980 --> 00:11:55.559
and<00:11:53.379><c> they</c><00:11:53.580><c> shall</c><00:11:53.759><c> take</c><00:11:54.080><c> away</c><00:11:54.360><c> their</c><00:11:54.620><c> dominion</c>

00:11:55.559 --> 00:11:57.779
and<00:11:55.919><c> destroy</c><00:11:56.299><c> it</c><00:11:56.519><c> unto</c><00:11:56.639><c> the</c><00:11:56.879><c> end.</c>

00:11:58.940 --> 00:12:01.779
And<00:11:59.120><c> then</c><00:11:59.340><c> in</c><00:11:59.480><c> the</c><00:11:59.639><c> 27th</c><00:12:00.320><c> verse</c><00:12:00.519><c> it</c><00:12:00.740><c> says</c>

00:12:01.899 --> 00:12:04.759
that<00:12:02.419><c> these</c><00:12:02.620><c> kingdoms</c><00:12:02.940><c> are</c><00:12:03.279><c> overthrown</c><00:12:03.879><c> and</c><00:12:04.139><c> replaced</c>

00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:06.460
and<00:12:05.019><c> the</c><00:12:05.179><c> kingdom</c><00:12:05.460><c> shall</c><00:12:05.620><c> be</c><00:12:05.799><c> given</c><00:12:05.940><c> to</c><00:12:06.139><c> the</c><00:12:06.259><c> people</c>

00:12:06.460 --> 00:12:07.960
of<00:12:06.639><c> the</c><00:12:06.779><c> saints</c><00:12:06.980><c> of</c><00:12:07.100><c> the</c><00:12:07.220><c> Most</c><00:12:07.500><c> High</c>

00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:09.720
whose<00:12:08.259><c> kingdom</c><00:12:08.580><c> is</c><00:12:08.759><c> an</c><00:12:08.879><c> everlasting</c><00:12:09.340><c> kingdom</c>

00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:11.860
and<00:12:09.960><c> all</c><00:12:10.220><c> dominions</c><00:12:10.580><c> shall</c><00:12:10.799><c> serve</c><00:12:11.080><c> and</c><00:12:11.259><c> obey</c><00:12:11.480><c> him.</c>

00:12:11.860 --> 00:12:13.700
Well,<00:12:12.840><c> you</c><00:12:12.860><c> might</c><00:12:13.059><c> have</c><00:12:13.220><c> asked</c><00:12:13.460><c> now,</c>

00:12:13.740 --> 00:12:14.919
if<00:12:13.820><c> you're</c><00:12:13.940><c> thinking</c><00:12:14.179><c> about</c><00:12:14.440><c> the</c><00:12:14.620><c> subject,</c>

00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:18.700
what<00:12:15.200><c> does</c><00:12:15.379><c> this</c><00:12:15.600><c> have</c><00:12:15.899><c> to</c><00:12:16.179><c> do</c><00:12:16.600><c> with</c><00:12:17.820><c> a</c><00:12:18.340><c> religion</c>

00:12:18.700 --> 00:12:21.500
that<00:12:19.379><c> went</c><00:12:19.820><c> terribly</c><00:12:20.399><c> wrong?</c>

00:12:22.179 --> 00:12:25.080
Well,<00:12:23.259><c> Daniel,</c><00:12:23.580><c> this</c><00:12:23.779><c> is</c><00:12:23.879><c> what</c><00:12:24.000><c> it</c><00:12:24.179><c> has</c><00:12:24.360><c> to</c><00:12:24.519><c> do</c><00:12:24.600><c> with</c><00:12:24.759><c> it.</c>

00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:29.159
Daniel<00:12:25.759><c> prophesied</c><00:12:27.279><c> about</c><00:12:27.940><c> the</c><00:12:28.240><c> same</c><00:12:28.620><c> message</c>

00:12:29.159 --> 00:12:31.200
that<00:12:29.360><c> is</c><00:12:29.580><c> described</c><00:12:30.100><c> in</c><00:12:30.240><c> the</c><00:12:30.360><c> book</c><00:12:30.480><c> of</c><00:12:30.759><c> Revelation,</c>

00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:36.159
which<00:12:31.659><c> was,</c><00:12:32.580><c> we</c><00:12:33.139><c> understand</c><00:12:33.899><c> to</c><00:12:34.120><c> have</c><00:12:34.279><c> been</c><00:12:34.539><c> written</c><00:12:34.879><c> in</c><00:12:35.220><c> 96</c><00:12:35.720><c> AD.</c>

00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:39.539
So<00:12:36.820><c> here's</c><00:12:37.139><c> Daniel</c><00:12:37.600><c> now,</c><00:12:38.159><c> 600</c><00:12:38.379><c> years</c><00:12:38.720><c> before</c><00:12:39.120><c> Christ,</c>

00:12:39.539 --> 00:12:41.759
speaking<00:12:40.000><c> about</c><00:12:40.980><c> something</c>

00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:44.779
that<00:12:42.159><c> was</c><00:12:42.399><c> revealed</c><00:12:42.720><c> to</c><00:12:42.940><c> John</c><00:12:43.200><c> 100</c><00:12:43.460><c> years</c><00:12:43.720><c> after</c><00:12:44.220><c> Christ</c>

00:12:44.779 --> 00:12:47.480
and<00:12:45.279><c> it's</c><00:12:45.480><c> pretty</c><00:12:45.759><c> much</c><00:12:46.019><c> the</c><00:12:46.259><c> same</c><00:12:46.500><c> idea.</c>

00:12:47.539 --> 00:12:50.799
There<00:12:47.639><c> are</c><00:12:47.899><c> many,</c><00:12:48.139><c> many</c><00:12:48.820><c> other</c><00:12:49.200><c> details</c><00:12:49.779><c> added</c><00:12:50.240><c> in</c>

00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:51.980
in<00:12:51.059><c> the</c><00:12:51.220><c> message</c><00:12:51.440><c> of</c><00:12:51.659><c> Revelation,</c>

00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:56.320
but<00:12:52.480><c> essentially</c><00:12:53.480><c> they're</c><00:12:54.360><c> speaking</c><00:12:54.659><c> about</c><00:12:54.940><c> the</c><00:12:55.179><c> same</c><00:12:55.440><c> thing.</c>

00:12:56.379 --> 00:12:58.480
What<00:12:56.960><c> same</c><00:12:57.399><c> thing,</c><00:12:57.659><c> you</c><00:12:57.820><c> may</c><00:12:58.059><c> ask?</c>

00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:01.779
They're<00:12:59.179><c> speaking</c><00:12:59.440><c> about</c><00:12:59.740><c> the</c><00:13:00.059><c> collapse</c><00:13:00.419><c> of</c><00:13:00.879><c> human</c><00:13:01.159><c> governments</c>

00:13:01.779 --> 00:13:05.259
in<00:13:02.600><c> the</c><00:13:02.799><c> last</c><00:13:03.159><c> days</c><00:13:03.580><c> because</c><00:13:03.899><c> of</c><00:13:04.139><c> a</c><00:13:04.320><c> great</c><00:13:04.600><c> religion</c>

00:13:05.259 --> 00:13:08.519
that<00:13:06.120><c> dupes</c><00:13:06.639><c> the</c><00:13:06.879><c> ten</c><00:13:07.100><c> nations</c><00:13:07.580><c> or</c><00:13:07.779><c> ten</c><00:13:08.080><c> kings</c>

00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:11.960
into<00:13:09.179><c> attacking</c><00:13:09.779><c> Christ</c><00:13:10.220><c> at</c><00:13:10.419><c> the</c><00:13:10.580><c> time</c><00:13:10.759><c> of</c><00:13:10.940><c> the</c><00:13:11.080><c> end.</c>

00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:13.840
The<00:13:12.480><c> great</c><00:13:12.840><c> irony</c><00:13:13.320><c> of</c><00:13:13.500><c> it</c><00:13:13.659><c> all</c>

00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:16.799
is<00:13:14.000><c> that</c><00:13:14.220><c> great</c><00:13:14.500><c> religion</c><00:13:14.899><c> proposes</c><00:13:15.460><c> to</c><00:13:15.700><c> be</c><00:13:15.860><c> Christian.</c>

00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:21.179
So<00:13:18.080><c> if</c><00:13:18.559><c> you</c><00:13:18.700><c> go</c><00:13:18.899><c> back</c><00:13:19.120><c> to</c><00:13:19.299><c> the</c><00:13:19.480><c> first</c><00:13:19.720><c> chapter</c><00:13:20.299><c> of</c><00:13:20.779><c> Revelation,</c>

00:13:21.220 --> 00:13:22.940
and<00:13:21.360><c> this</c><00:13:21.539><c> again</c><00:13:21.779><c> is</c><00:13:22.039><c> some</c><00:13:22.240><c> of</c><00:13:22.419><c> the</c><00:13:22.639><c> imagery</c>

00:13:22.940 --> 00:13:24.539
that<00:13:23.279><c> is</c><00:13:23.659><c> available</c><00:13:24.019><c> to</c><00:13:24.320><c> us.</c>

00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:28.039
And<00:13:24.779><c> like</c><00:13:24.899><c> I</c><00:13:25.139><c> said,</c><00:13:25.399><c> we're</c><00:13:25.940><c> depicting</c><00:13:26.799><c> literal</c><00:13:27.559><c> things</c>

00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:30.139
with<00:13:28.639><c> highly</c><00:13:29.100><c> figurative</c><00:13:29.740><c> images</c>

00:13:30.139 --> 00:13:32.759
because<00:13:30.500><c> that's</c><00:13:30.820><c> all</c><00:13:31.259><c> we</c><00:13:31.580><c> can</c><00:13:31.840><c> in</c><00:13:31.919><c> the</c><00:13:32.100><c> visions</c><00:13:32.340><c> of,</c>

00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:34.679
we<00:13:33.080><c> can</c><00:13:33.299><c> use</c><00:13:33.500><c> in</c><00:13:33.679><c> the</c><00:13:33.820><c> visions</c><00:13:34.000><c> of</c><00:13:34.220><c> the</c><00:13:34.379><c> prophets.</c>

00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:39.840
But<00:13:35.279><c> you</c><00:13:35.620><c> may</c><00:13:35.840><c> recognize</c><00:13:36.480><c> that</c><00:13:36.720><c> this</c><00:13:36.980><c> is</c><00:13:37.460><c> the</c><00:13:38.820><c> Lord</c><00:13:39.019><c> Jesus</c><00:13:39.379><c> Christ</c>

00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:43.259
whose<00:13:40.080><c> eyes</c><00:13:40.460><c> were</c><00:13:40.679><c> burning</c><00:13:41.059><c> coals</c><00:13:41.559><c> and</c><00:13:41.779><c> face</c><00:13:42.019><c> was</c><00:13:42.659><c> brass</c>

00:13:43.259 --> 00:13:44.620
and<00:13:43.419><c> his</c><00:13:43.679><c> feet</c><00:13:43.840><c> were</c><00:13:44.039><c> like</c><00:13:44.240><c> brass</c>

00:13:44.620 --> 00:13:47.960
and<00:13:45.019><c> he</c><00:13:45.279><c> has</c><00:13:45.879><c> seven</c><00:13:46.559><c> stars</c><00:13:47.059><c> in</c><00:13:47.340><c> his</c><00:13:47.620><c> hand,</c>

00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:49.360
which<00:13:48.240><c> are</c><00:13:48.480><c> the</c><00:13:48.659><c> seven</c><00:13:48.899><c> churches</c>

00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:53.100
also<00:13:49.860><c> represented</c><00:13:50.460><c> by</c><00:13:51.279><c> seven</c><00:13:51.879><c> lampstands.</c>

00:13:55.220 --> 00:13:56.940
So<00:13:55.820><c> here's</c><00:13:56.039><c> what</c><00:13:56.220><c> the</c><00:13:56.419><c> message</c><00:13:56.659><c> is.</c>

00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:59.320
The<00:13:57.059><c> book</c><00:13:57.279><c> of</c><00:13:57.659><c> Revelation</c><00:13:58.120><c> is</c><00:13:58.480><c> about</c><00:13:58.720><c> a</c><00:13:59.019><c> religion</c>

00:13:59.320 --> 00:14:02.039
so<00:13:59.860><c> corrupt</c><00:14:00.259><c> and</c><00:14:00.580><c> powerful</c><00:14:00.960><c> that</c><00:14:01.159><c> it</c><00:14:01.360><c> isn't</c><00:14:01.600><c> destroyed</c>

00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:03.659
until<00:14:02.279><c> it</c><00:14:02.480><c> makes</c><00:14:02.679><c> war</c><00:14:03.039><c> against</c><00:14:03.340><c> Christ</c>

00:14:03.659 --> 00:14:04.700
at<00:14:03.759><c> the</c><00:14:03.960><c> time</c><00:14:04.139><c> of</c><00:14:04.279><c> his</c><00:14:04.399><c> coming.</c>

00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:07.899
That<00:14:05.240><c> would</c><00:14:05.460><c> be,</c><00:14:05.720><c> as</c><00:14:05.860><c> you</c><00:14:06.080><c> know,</c><00:14:06.480><c> chapter</c><00:14:06.779><c> 17.</c>

00:14:08.460 --> 00:14:10.559
So<00:14:08.820><c> Revelation</c><00:14:09.159><c> describes</c><00:14:09.620><c> all</c><00:14:09.840><c> that</c><00:14:09.960><c> like</c><00:14:10.220><c> this.</c>

00:14:10.700 --> 00:14:11.679
There's<00:14:10.940><c> a</c><00:14:11.059><c> woman</c><00:14:11.279><c> and</c><00:14:11.539><c> this,</c>

00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:13.200
we're<00:14:11.820><c> just</c><00:14:12.000><c> going</c><00:14:12.159><c> to</c><00:14:12.360><c> make</c><00:14:12.500><c> a</c><00:14:12.740><c> brief</c><00:14:12.940><c> list,</c>

00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:16.220
a<00:14:13.480><c> short</c><00:14:13.700><c> list</c><00:14:13.960><c> of</c><00:14:14.440><c> things</c><00:14:14.779><c> that</c><00:14:14.980><c> we</c><00:14:15.179><c> can</c><00:14:15.519><c> understand</c>

00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:19.179
through<00:14:16.779><c> visual</c><00:14:17.320><c> imagery</c><00:14:17.879><c> in</c><00:14:18.299><c> prophecy.</c>

00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:22.840
There's<00:14:19.480><c> a</c><00:14:19.659><c> woman</c><00:14:19.919><c> with</c><00:14:20.139><c> a</c><00:14:20.279><c> crown</c><00:14:20.460><c> of</c><00:14:20.700><c> 12</c><00:14:21.019><c> stars</c><00:14:21.480><c> in</c><00:14:21.919><c> chapter</c><00:14:22.220><c> 12.</c>

00:14:23.340 --> 00:14:27.679
In<00:14:23.500><c> chapter</c><00:14:23.840><c> 17,</c><00:14:24.740><c> there's</c><00:14:24.980><c> a</c><00:14:25.120><c> woman</c><00:14:25.379><c> who</c><00:14:25.559><c> is</c><00:14:26.220><c> riding</c><00:14:26.480><c> a</c><00:14:26.740><c> beast.</c>

00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:31.179
Her<00:14:28.620><c> colors</c><00:14:29.080><c> are</c><00:14:29.419><c> purple</c><00:14:29.820><c> and</c><00:14:30.120><c> scarlet</c><00:14:30.539><c> and</c><00:14:30.779><c> gold.</c>

00:14:31.179 --> 00:14:33.740
Mystery<00:14:32.120><c> is</c><00:14:32.440><c> on</c><00:14:32.600><c> her</c><00:14:32.940><c> forehead.</c>

00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:37.059
She's<00:14:34.500><c> drunk</c><00:14:34.820><c> with</c><00:14:35.139><c> the</c><00:14:35.360><c> blood</c><00:14:35.460><c> of</c><00:14:35.679><c> the</c><00:14:35.879><c> saints.</c>

00:14:38.659 --> 00:14:42.480
She<00:14:38.860><c> symbolizes</c><00:14:39.539><c> a</c><00:14:39.820><c> great</c><00:14:40.039><c> city</c><00:14:40.379><c> that</c><00:14:40.659><c> rules</c><00:14:41.000><c> over</c><00:14:41.399><c> kings.</c>

00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:45.799
The<00:14:43.340><c> city</c><00:14:43.639><c> sits</c><00:14:43.960><c> on</c><00:14:44.299><c> seven</c><00:14:44.620><c> mountains.</c>

00:14:46.340 --> 00:14:49.899
She<00:14:46.559><c> makes</c><00:14:46.879><c> war</c><00:14:47.240><c> against</c><00:14:47.600><c> Christ</c><00:14:48.059><c> at</c><00:14:48.299><c> the</c><00:14:48.500><c> time</c><00:14:48.720><c> of</c><00:14:48.899><c> his</c><00:14:49.080><c> coming.</c>

00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:53.659
She<00:14:50.580><c> actually</c><00:14:50.980><c> convinces</c><00:14:51.820><c> those</c><00:14:52.299><c> kings</c><00:14:52.679><c> to</c><00:14:53.019><c> make</c><00:14:53.360><c> war.</c>

00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:57.220
There's<00:14:54.120><c> one</c><00:14:54.340><c> question</c><00:14:54.779><c> that</c><00:14:54.960><c> I've</c><00:14:55.120><c> never</c><00:14:55.399><c> had</c><00:14:55.659><c> anyone</c><00:14:55.879><c> answer</c><00:14:56.279><c> me.</c>

00:14:57.399 --> 00:14:58.399
You<00:14:57.600><c> hear</c><00:14:57.779><c> things</c><00:14:58.100><c> like,</c>

00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:01.659
Jerusalem<00:14:58.980><c> is</c><00:14:59.279><c> set</c><00:14:59.539><c> on</c><00:15:00.340><c> seven</c><00:15:00.639><c> hills.</c>

00:15:02.340 --> 00:15:04.559
Actually,<00:15:03.139><c> if</c><00:15:03.139><c> you</c><00:15:03.620><c> look</c><00:15:03.820><c> at</c><00:15:03.980><c> the</c><00:15:04.179><c> world,</c>

00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:08.139
there<00:15:04.840><c> are</c><00:15:05.039><c> at</c><00:15:05.179><c> least</c><00:15:06.159><c> seven</c><00:15:07.220><c> great</c><00:15:07.639><c> cities</c>

00:15:08.139 --> 00:15:10.779
that<00:15:08.940><c> are</c><00:15:09.080><c> set</c><00:15:09.179><c> on</c><00:15:09.360><c> seven</c><00:15:09.639><c> hills.</c>

00:15:10.980 --> 00:15:13.639
So<00:15:11.220><c> how</c><00:15:11.480><c> do</c><00:15:11.659><c> we</c><00:15:11.779><c> know</c><00:15:12.000><c> which</c><00:15:12.580><c> city</c><00:15:12.879><c> to</c><00:15:13.159><c> identify</c>

00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:16.539
as<00:15:13.860><c> the</c><00:15:14.000><c> one</c><00:15:14.379><c> about</c><00:15:14.679><c> which</c><00:15:14.919><c> this</c><00:15:15.179><c> chapter</c><00:15:15.480><c> speaks?</c>

00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:19.620
Well,<00:15:17.620><c> I've</c><00:15:17.799><c> never</c><00:15:18.039><c> heard</c><00:15:18.259><c> anyone</c><00:15:18.679><c> answer</c><00:15:19.039><c> the</c><00:15:19.259><c> question.</c>

00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:25.320
How<00:15:19.940><c> is</c><00:15:20.240><c> it</c><00:15:20.519><c> that</c><00:15:22.080><c> Israel</c><00:15:22.820><c> convinces</c><00:15:23.600><c> 10</c><00:15:24.080><c> kings</c>

00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:29.259
to<00:15:25.700><c> make</c><00:15:25.960><c> war</c><00:15:26.240><c> against</c><00:15:26.559><c> the</c><00:15:26.759><c> Messiah</c><00:15:27.100><c> when</c><00:15:27.340><c> he</c><00:15:27.500><c> comes</c><00:15:27.779><c> to</c><00:15:28.019><c> deliver</c><00:15:28.279><c> her?</c>

00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:32.659
I<00:15:30.980><c> would</c><00:15:31.159><c> really</c><00:15:31.419><c> like</c><00:15:31.600><c> an</c><00:15:31.779><c> answer</c><00:15:31.980><c> to</c><00:15:32.179><c> that</c><00:15:32.340><c> question.</c>

00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:34.940
I<00:15:32.899><c> can't</c><00:15:33.120><c> understand</c><00:15:33.580><c> how</c><00:15:33.799><c> Jerusalem</c><00:15:34.220><c> could</c><00:15:34.419><c> be</c><00:15:34.600><c> a</c><00:15:34.740><c> city</c>

00:15:34.940 --> 00:15:36.700
in<00:15:35.179><c> which</c><00:15:35.639><c> the</c><00:15:35.960><c> state</c><00:15:36.139><c> of</c><00:15:36.419><c> Israel</c>

00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:39.759
actually<00:15:37.120><c> convinces</c><00:15:37.559><c> a</c><00:15:37.759><c> consortium</c><00:15:38.379><c> of</c><00:15:38.600><c> secular</c><00:15:39.299><c> kings</c>

00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:41.460
as<00:15:39.940><c> they</c><00:15:40.120><c> are</c><00:15:40.279><c> at</c><00:15:40.399><c> the</c><00:15:40.480><c> bottom</c><00:15:40.740><c> of</c><00:15:40.980><c> the</c><00:15:41.120><c> image</c>

00:15:41.460 --> 00:15:44.360
to<00:15:42.059><c> make</c><00:15:42.279><c> war</c><00:15:42.659><c> against</c><00:15:43.200><c> the</c><00:15:43.539><c> lamb</c>

00:15:44.419 --> 00:15:48.159
when<00:15:44.759><c> the</c><00:15:45.200><c> object</c><00:15:45.759><c> of</c><00:15:46.120><c> the</c><00:15:46.320><c> lamb</c><00:15:46.539><c> is</c><00:15:46.960><c> to</c><00:15:47.159><c> come</c><00:15:47.299><c> and</c><00:15:47.620><c> deliver</c><00:15:47.860><c> them</c>

00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:51.480
from<00:15:48.440><c> the</c><00:15:48.679><c> war</c><00:15:48.840><c> that</c><00:15:48.980><c> is</c><00:15:49.240><c> perpetrated</c><00:15:49.720><c> by</c><00:15:49.980><c> those</c><00:15:50.200><c> 10</c><00:15:50.460><c> kings.</c>

00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:55.299
It's<00:15:52.679><c> just,</c><00:15:52.940><c> it's</c><00:15:53.179><c> a</c><00:15:53.299><c> question</c><00:15:53.639><c> that</c><00:15:53.820><c> I</c><00:15:53.980><c> think</c><00:15:54.139><c> needs</c><00:15:54.399><c> an</c><00:15:54.620><c> answer,</c><00:15:54.919><c> don't</c><00:15:55.100><c> you?</c>

00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:58.559
If<00:15:55.759><c> that</c><00:15:56.059><c> great</c><00:15:56.259><c> city</c><00:15:56.620><c> is</c><00:15:57.299><c> the</c><00:15:57.500><c> city</c><00:15:57.879><c> in</c><00:15:58.179><c> Revelation</c>

00:15:58.559 --> 00:16:03.259
where<00:15:58.799><c> our</c><00:15:58.919><c> Lord</c><00:15:59.019><c> was</c><00:15:59.240><c> crucified,</c><00:16:00.620><c> namely</c><00:16:01.080><c> the</c><00:16:01.860><c> city</c><00:16:02.080><c> of</c><00:16:02.320><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:16:03.940 --> 00:16:06.440
I<00:16:04.419><c> also</c><00:16:04.700><c> would</c><00:16:04.879><c> need</c><00:16:05.019><c> an</c><00:16:05.299><c> answer</c><00:16:05.580><c> to</c><00:16:05.799><c> another</c><00:16:06.019><c> question.</c>

00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:10.320
How<00:16:06.700><c> is</c><00:16:06.919><c> it</c><00:16:07.080><c> that</c><00:16:07.259><c> Jerusalem</c><00:16:07.899><c> has</c><00:16:09.559><c> been</c><00:16:09.759><c> a</c><00:16:09.940><c> great</c><00:16:10.080><c> city</c>

00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:14.440
that<00:16:10.580><c> rules</c><00:16:11.200><c> over</c><00:16:12.159><c> the</c><00:16:12.500><c> kings</c><00:16:12.879><c> of</c><00:16:13.379><c> the</c><00:16:13.580><c> earth?</c>

00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:18.000
When<00:16:16.740><c> was</c><00:16:16.980><c> that?</c>

00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:20.779
So<00:16:18.940><c> just</c><00:16:19.159><c> two</c><00:16:19.340><c> questions</c><00:16:19.700><c> in</c><00:16:19.980><c> passing.</c>

00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:24.019
At<00:16:21.919><c> the</c><00:16:22.159><c> end</c><00:16:22.379><c> of</c><00:16:22.559><c> this</c><00:16:22.820><c> sequence,</c>

00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:26.340
these<00:16:24.679><c> nations</c><00:16:25.059><c> are</c><00:16:25.340><c> conquered</c><00:16:25.659><c> by</c><00:16:25.960><c> Christ</c>

00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:28.019
and<00:16:26.580><c> that</c><00:16:26.860><c> begins</c><00:16:27.139><c> the</c><00:16:27.340><c> kingdom</c><00:16:27.559><c> of</c><00:16:27.820><c> God.</c>

00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:30.860
So<00:16:28.539><c> this,</c><00:16:29.139><c> as</c><00:16:29.320><c> again,</c><00:16:29.899><c> as</c><00:16:30.159><c> I</c><00:16:30.360><c> said</c><00:16:30.480><c> before,</c>

00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:33.940
is<00:16:31.379><c> a</c><00:16:31.639><c> short</c><00:16:31.960><c> list</c><00:16:32.279><c> of</c><00:16:32.899><c> the</c><00:16:33.200><c> principal</c><00:16:33.559><c> events</c>

00:16:33.940 --> 00:16:35.620
that<00:16:34.240><c> show</c><00:16:34.399><c> the</c><00:16:34.659><c> collapse</c><00:16:34.879><c> of</c><00:16:35.100><c> the</c><00:16:35.279><c> governments</c>

00:16:35.620 --> 00:16:38.419
to<00:16:36.080><c> be</c><00:16:36.279><c> replaced</c><00:16:36.659><c> by</c><00:16:36.860><c> the</c><00:16:37.059><c> government</c><00:16:37.299><c> of</c><00:16:37.539><c> Christ</c>

00:16:38.419 --> 00:16:44.460
in<00:16:38.740><c> which</c><00:16:39.039><c> he</c><00:16:39.360><c> becomes</c><00:16:39.919><c> king</c><00:16:40.539><c> of</c><00:16:40.879><c> kings</c><00:16:41.340><c> and</c><00:16:42.259><c> lord</c><00:16:42.740><c> of</c><00:16:43.379><c> lords.</c>

00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:47.679
Well,<00:16:45.679><c> the</c><00:16:45.840><c> religion</c><00:16:46.100><c> is</c><00:16:46.320><c> described</c><00:16:46.659><c> as</c><00:16:46.840><c> a</c><00:16:46.960><c> great</c><00:16:47.220><c> harlot.</c>

00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:49.080
This<00:16:48.320><c> is</c><00:16:48.519><c> the</c><00:16:48.759><c> story.</c>

00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:50.659
And<00:16:49.340><c> there</c><00:16:49.480><c> appeared</c><00:16:49.720><c> a</c><00:16:49.919><c> great</c><00:16:50.100><c> wonder</c><00:16:50.299><c> in</c><00:16:50.519><c> heaven,</c>

00:16:50.659 --> 00:16:53.080
a<00:16:50.759><c> woman</c><00:16:51.019><c> clothed</c><00:16:51.460><c> with</c><00:16:51.639><c> the</c><00:16:51.720><c> sun</c><00:16:52.039><c> and</c><00:16:52.220><c> the</c><00:16:52.320><c> moon</c><00:16:52.500><c> under</c><00:16:52.700><c> her</c><00:16:52.940><c> feet</c>

00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:56.120
and<00:16:53.259><c> upon</c><00:16:53.399><c> her</c><00:16:54.340><c> head,</c><00:16:55.000><c> a</c><00:16:55.120><c> crown</c><00:16:55.279><c> of</c><00:16:55.500><c> 12</c><00:16:55.779><c> stars.</c>

00:16:56.179 --> 00:16:58.519
Now,<00:16:56.399><c> for</c><00:16:56.539><c> those</c><00:16:56.740><c> of</c><00:16:56.960><c> you</c><00:16:57.139><c> who</c><00:16:57.340><c> have</c><00:16:57.580><c> not</c><00:16:57.820><c> yet</c><00:16:58.080><c> endeavored</c>

00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:00.700
to<00:16:58.879><c> go</c><00:16:59.120><c> deeply</c><00:16:59.500><c> into</c><00:16:59.820><c> the</c><00:16:59.940><c> book</c><00:17:00.100><c> of</c><00:17:00.360><c> Revelation</c>

00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:02.759
and<00:17:01.059><c> you</c><00:17:01.299><c> start</c><00:17:01.539><c> reading</c><00:17:01.860><c> these</c><00:17:02.179><c> parables,</c>

00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:05.900
the<00:17:03.519><c> symbolic</c><00:17:04.059><c> language,</c><00:17:04.660><c> highly</c><00:17:05.140><c> figurative</c>

00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:08.599
and<00:17:06.420><c> even</c><00:17:06.839><c> could</c><00:17:07.059><c> be</c><00:17:07.339><c> described</c><00:17:07.619><c> as</c><00:17:07.839><c> being</c><00:17:08.119><c> cryptic,</c>

00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:11.759
you<00:17:08.759><c> may</c><00:17:09.000><c> say,</c><00:17:09.440><c> I</c><00:17:09.480><c> just</c><00:17:09.779><c> don't</c><00:17:10.059><c> understand</c><00:17:10.500><c> all</c><00:17:10.779><c> that.</c>

00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:13.319
It's<00:17:11.940><c> a</c><00:17:12.079><c> feeling</c><00:17:12.240><c> I</c><00:17:12.480><c> had</c><00:17:12.640><c> for</c><00:17:13.000><c> years</c>

00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:15.579
before<00:17:13.599><c> I</c><00:17:13.880><c> finally</c><00:17:14.119><c> got</c><00:17:14.319><c> into</c><00:17:14.559><c> this</c><00:17:14.839><c> book.</c>

00:17:15.859 --> 00:17:17.740
I<00:17:16.099><c> can</c><00:17:16.319><c> tell</c><00:17:16.500><c> you</c><00:17:16.660><c> one</c><00:17:16.960><c> thing.</c>

00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:20.740
You'll<00:17:18.259><c> go</c><00:17:18.440><c> a</c><00:17:18.640><c> long</c><00:17:18.920><c> way</c><00:17:19.400><c> in</c><00:17:19.640><c> understanding</c><00:17:20.160><c> the</c><00:17:20.420><c> message</c>

00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:23.000
of<00:17:21.019><c> this</c><00:17:21.319><c> parable</c><00:17:21.740><c> in</c><00:17:21.980><c> the</c><00:17:22.099><c> book</c><00:17:22.240><c> of</c><00:17:22.480><c> Revelation</c>

00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:25.599
by<00:17:23.960><c> saying,</c><00:17:24.539><c> what</c><00:17:24.539><c> can</c><00:17:24.839><c> I</c><00:17:25.119><c> understand?</c>

00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:26.900
This<00:17:25.819><c> will</c><00:17:25.960><c> be</c><00:17:26.039><c> an</c><00:17:26.200><c> approach</c><00:17:26.380><c> that</c><00:17:26.559><c> we</c><00:17:26.720><c> take</c>

00:17:26.900 --> 00:17:28.200
in<00:17:27.079><c> several</c><00:17:27.279><c> places</c><00:17:27.660><c> this</c><00:17:27.960><c> week.</c>

00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:30.160
What<00:17:28.920><c> can</c><00:17:29.180><c> I</c><00:17:29.480><c> understand?</c>

00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:32.819
Can<00:17:30.640><c> I</c><00:17:30.859><c> understand</c><00:17:31.259><c> nations</c><00:17:31.619><c> that</c><00:17:31.859><c> make</c><00:17:32.000><c> war</c><00:17:32.180><c> against</c><00:17:32.480><c> the</c><00:17:32.680><c> Lamb</c>

00:17:32.819 --> 00:17:35.359
and<00:17:32.960><c> he</c><00:17:33.119><c> wins</c><00:17:33.420><c> and</c><00:17:33.819><c> that</c><00:17:34.119><c> begins</c><00:17:34.339><c> the</c><00:17:34.559><c> kingdom?</c>

00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:37.920
Well,<00:17:35.619><c> we</c><00:17:35.680><c> know</c><00:17:35.779><c> what's</c><00:17:36.000><c> talking</c><00:17:36.200><c> about</c><00:17:36.420><c> that</c><00:17:36.680><c> then,</c><00:17:36.900><c> don't</c><00:17:37.119><c> we?</c>

00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:40.680
Well,<00:17:38.359><c> that's</c><00:17:38.839><c> a</c><00:17:38.920><c> very</c><00:17:39.539><c> solid</c><00:17:40.039><c> approach</c>

00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:42.099
to<00:17:41.140><c> understanding</c><00:17:41.640><c> this</c><00:17:41.960><c> book.</c>

00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:44.779
So<00:17:42.680><c> we're</c><00:17:42.880><c> not</c><00:17:43.099><c> going</c><00:17:43.240><c> to</c><00:17:43.359><c> so</c><00:17:43.519><c> much</c><00:17:43.700><c> go</c><00:17:43.960><c> into</c><00:17:44.380><c> areas</c>

00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:47.339
that<00:17:44.940><c> we</c><00:17:45.099><c> may</c><00:17:45.299><c> not</c><00:17:45.440><c> be</c><00:17:45.619><c> able</c><00:17:45.839><c> to</c><00:17:46.539><c> understand</c><00:17:47.039><c> yet</c>

00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:51.000
or<00:17:47.599><c> have</c><00:17:47.880><c> time</c><00:17:48.220><c> to</c><00:17:48.660><c> explain</c><00:17:48.960><c> in</c><00:17:49.460><c> the</c><00:17:49.680><c> short</c><00:17:49.880><c> time</c><00:17:50.140><c> of</c><00:17:50.299><c> our</c><00:17:50.519><c> time</c><00:17:50.700><c> today,</c>

00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:54.319
but<00:17:51.720><c> let's</c><00:17:52.500><c> look</c><00:17:52.700><c> at</c><00:17:52.759><c> what</c><00:17:52.920><c> we</c><00:17:53.240><c> can</c><00:17:53.700><c> understand.</c>

00:17:54.380 --> 00:17:56.640
That's<00:17:54.640><c> the</c><00:17:54.779><c> approach</c><00:17:54.920><c> we're</c><00:17:55.140><c> taking</c><00:17:55.440><c> and</c><00:17:55.779><c> simplify</c><00:17:56.279><c> things.</c>

00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:58.440
In<00:17:56.980><c> the</c><00:17:57.160><c> 17th</c><00:17:57.599><c> chapter,</c><00:17:57.839><c> it</c><00:17:57.940><c> says</c><00:17:58.079><c> this,</c>

00:17:58.880 --> 00:18:00.740
I<00:17:59.019><c> will</c><00:17:59.220><c> show</c><00:17:59.400><c> you</c><00:17:59.559><c> the</c><00:17:59.700><c> judgment</c><00:17:59.940><c> of</c><00:18:00.140><c> the</c><00:18:00.319><c> great</c><00:18:00.519><c> whore</c>

00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:02.680
that<00:18:01.000><c> sits</c><00:18:01.160><c> upon</c><00:18:01.480><c> many</c><00:18:01.779><c> waters.</c>

00:18:03.420 --> 00:18:04.859
Well,<00:18:03.579><c> that</c><00:18:03.700><c> sounds</c><00:18:03.920><c> strange,</c><00:18:04.680><c> doesn't</c><00:18:04.680><c> it?</c>

00:18:04.900 --> 00:18:06.240
We<00:18:05.059><c> know</c><00:18:05.119><c> it</c><00:18:05.259><c> can't</c><00:18:05.480><c> be</c><00:18:05.700><c> literal</c>

00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:10.319
unless<00:18:06.819><c> she's</c><00:18:07.059><c> in</c><00:18:07.200><c> a</c><00:18:07.519><c> boat</c><00:18:08.059><c> out</c><00:18:08.519><c> there</c><00:18:08.779><c> in</c><00:18:08.900><c> the</c><00:18:08.960><c> middle</c><00:18:09.079><c> of</c><00:18:09.279><c> the</c><00:18:09.380><c> ocean.</c>

00:18:11.420 --> 00:18:14.200
You<00:18:11.859><c> just</c><00:18:12.119><c> can't</c><00:18:12.440><c> read</c><00:18:13.099><c> these</c><00:18:13.539><c> kind</c><00:18:13.720><c> of</c><00:18:13.980><c> parables</c>

00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:14.920
as<00:18:14.299><c> being</c><00:18:14.579><c> literal.</c>

00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:17.460
I<00:18:15.160><c> saw</c><00:18:15.380><c> a</c><00:18:15.539><c> woman</c><00:18:15.819><c> sit</c><00:18:16.119><c> upon</c><00:18:16.400><c> a</c><00:18:16.599><c> scarlet</c><00:18:16.940><c> colored</c><00:18:17.140><c> beast</c>

00:18:17.460 --> 00:18:19.400
having<00:18:18.079><c> seven</c><00:18:18.480><c> heads</c><00:18:18.700><c> and</c><00:18:18.900><c> 10</c><00:18:19.119><c> horns</c>

00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:21.119
and<00:18:19.559><c> the</c><00:18:19.680><c> woman</c><00:18:19.859><c> you</c><00:18:20.099><c> saw</c><00:18:20.220><c> is</c><00:18:20.380><c> a</c><00:18:20.519><c> great</c><00:18:20.779><c> city</c>

00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:24.019
which<00:18:21.900><c> reigns</c><00:18:22.279><c> over</c><00:18:22.460><c> the</c><00:18:22.640><c> kings</c><00:18:22.819><c> of</c><00:18:23.039><c> the</c><00:18:23.180><c> earth.</c>

00:18:24.099 --> 00:18:26.500
The<00:18:24.240><c> beast</c><00:18:24.480><c> that</c><00:18:24.680><c> you</c><00:18:24.880><c> saw</c><00:18:25.039><c> was</c><00:18:25.279><c> full</c><00:18:25.500><c> of</c><00:18:25.759><c> blasphemy.</c>

00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:29.079
Seven<00:18:27.180><c> heads</c><00:18:27.619><c> are</c><00:18:28.200><c> seven</c><00:18:28.559><c> mountains.</c>

00:18:29.460 --> 00:18:31.700
And<00:18:29.599><c> now</c><00:18:29.759><c> you</c><00:18:29.980><c> see</c><00:18:30.240><c> that</c><00:18:30.880><c> this</c><00:18:31.259><c> prophecy</c>

00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:33.980
is<00:18:31.980><c> beginning</c><00:18:32.259><c> to</c><00:18:32.599><c> interpret</c><00:18:32.940><c> itself,</c><00:18:33.539><c> isn't</c><00:18:33.640><c> it?</c>

00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:37.859
What<00:18:34.599><c> I've</c><00:18:34.779><c> done</c><00:18:34.940><c> is</c><00:18:35.200><c> correlate</c><00:18:35.740><c> things</c><00:18:36.259><c> with</c><00:18:37.160><c> color</c><00:18:37.559><c> coding.</c>

00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:40.599
So<00:18:38.579><c> you</c><00:18:38.740><c> can</c><00:18:38.980><c> see</c><00:18:39.200><c> that</c><00:18:39.380><c> she</c><00:18:39.559><c> sits</c><00:18:39.720><c> upon</c><00:18:40.000><c> many</c><00:18:40.299><c> waters</c>

00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:41.640
and<00:18:40.839><c> then</c><00:18:41.019><c> down</c><00:18:41.119><c> at</c><00:18:41.279><c> the</c><00:18:41.440><c> bottom,</c>

00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:45.220
you<00:18:41.779><c> can</c><00:18:42.079><c> see</c><00:18:42.259><c> that</c><00:18:42.779><c> I've</c><00:18:43.299><c> identified</c><00:18:43.799><c> the</c><00:18:44.519><c> interpretation</c>

00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:47.700
that<00:18:45.559><c> is</c><00:18:45.960><c> inside</c><00:18:46.539><c> the</c><00:18:46.799><c> text.</c>

00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:49.079
So<00:18:47.799><c> now</c><00:18:47.880><c> you're</c><00:18:48.019><c> continuing</c><00:18:48.339><c> with</c><00:18:48.559><c> the</c><00:18:48.779><c> text.</c>

00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:51.220
The<00:18:49.539><c> woman</c><00:18:49.880><c> that</c><00:18:50.099><c> you</c><00:18:50.319><c> saw</c><00:18:50.460><c> is</c><00:18:50.640><c> a</c><00:18:50.819><c> great</c><00:18:51.000><c> city.</c>

00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:52.440
So<00:18:51.400><c> it's</c><00:18:51.539><c> not</c><00:18:51.740><c> talking</c><00:18:51.940><c> about</c><00:18:52.099><c> a</c><00:18:52.279><c> woman,</c>

00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:53.740
it's<00:18:52.660><c> talking</c><00:18:52.859><c> about</c><00:18:53.059><c> a</c><00:18:53.299><c> city</c>

00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:55.619
which<00:18:54.319><c> reigns</c><00:18:54.640><c> over</c><00:18:54.799><c> the</c><00:18:55.000><c> kings</c><00:18:55.160><c> of</c><00:18:55.359><c> the</c><00:18:55.480><c> earth.</c>

00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:58.019
The<00:18:55.880><c> beast</c><00:18:56.119><c> that</c><00:18:56.319><c> you</c><00:18:56.559><c> saw</c><00:18:56.680><c> was</c><00:18:56.839><c> full</c><00:18:57.039><c> of</c><00:18:57.359><c> blasphemy</c>

00:18:58.019 --> 00:18:59.980
and<00:18:58.480><c> we're</c><00:18:58.680><c> skipping</c><00:18:58.960><c> over</c><00:18:59.380><c> a</c><00:18:59.519><c> few</c><00:18:59.619><c> things</c>

00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:02.200
just<00:19:00.339><c> to</c><00:19:00.880><c> get</c><00:19:01.140><c> the</c><00:19:01.500><c> essence</c><00:19:01.819><c> here.</c>

00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:04.420
The<00:19:02.819><c> seven</c><00:19:03.079><c> heads</c><00:19:03.279><c> are</c><00:19:03.500><c> seven</c><00:19:03.839><c> mountains.</c>

00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:06.099
All<00:19:04.720><c> right,</c><00:19:04.819><c> so</c><00:19:05.059><c> we've</c><00:19:05.420><c> got</c><00:19:05.640><c> that.</c>

00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:08.619
It's<00:19:06.720><c> speaking</c><00:19:06.839><c> about</c><00:19:07.000><c> a</c><00:19:07.220><c> city</c><00:19:07.400><c> that</c><00:19:07.640><c> sits</c><00:19:07.779><c> on</c><00:19:08.119><c> mountains</c>

00:19:08.619 --> 00:19:12.140
and<00:19:09.359><c> ten</c><00:19:09.740><c> horns,</c><00:19:10.079><c> which</c><00:19:10.220><c> you</c><00:19:10.400><c> saw</c><00:19:10.539><c> are</c><00:19:10.759><c> ten</c><00:19:11.079><c> kings.</c>

00:19:12.339 --> 00:19:14.240
So<00:19:12.720><c> right</c><00:19:13.140><c> there</c><00:19:13.420><c> we</c><00:19:13.579><c> have</c><00:19:13.799><c> a</c><00:19:13.980><c> cue</c>

00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:15.640
that<00:19:14.500><c> what</c><00:19:14.700><c> we're</c><00:19:14.900><c> speaking</c><00:19:15.160><c> about</c><00:19:15.460><c> here</c>

00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:19.039
is<00:19:15.819><c> the</c><00:19:15.980><c> same</c><00:19:16.200><c> thing</c><00:19:16.480><c> Daniel</c><00:19:16.920><c> was</c><00:19:17.180><c> talking</c><00:19:17.420><c> about</c><00:19:17.640><c> in</c><00:19:17.819><c> chapter</c><00:19:18.099><c> seven.</c>

00:19:19.140 --> 00:19:21.420
These<00:19:19.259><c> have</c><00:19:19.519><c> one</c><00:19:19.799><c> mind</c><00:19:20.099><c> or</c><00:19:20.400><c> council</c><00:19:20.900><c> together</c>

00:19:21.420 --> 00:19:24.880
and<00:19:21.700><c> they</c><00:19:21.900><c> give</c><00:19:22.019><c> their</c><00:19:22.220><c> power</c><00:19:22.519><c> and</c><00:19:22.819><c> strength</c><00:19:23.099><c> to</c><00:19:23.640><c> the</c><00:19:23.880><c> beast.</c>

00:19:25.140 --> 00:19:27.460
And<00:19:25.359><c> that</c><00:19:25.400><c> is</c><00:19:25.559><c> this</c><00:19:25.859><c> council</c><00:19:26.259><c> or</c><00:19:26.440><c> this</c><00:19:26.680><c> consortium</c>

00:19:27.460 --> 00:19:29.880
and<00:19:27.700><c> the</c><00:19:27.940><c> waters</c><00:19:28.299><c> which</c><00:19:28.599><c> you</c><00:19:28.900><c> saw</c><00:19:29.119><c> where</c><00:19:29.319><c> the</c><00:19:29.519><c> horse</c><00:19:29.740><c> sits</c>

00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:34.720
are<00:19:30.500><c> peoples</c><00:19:30.980><c> and</c><00:19:31.339><c> multitudes</c><00:19:31.980><c> and</c><00:19:32.339><c> nations</c><00:19:33.039><c> and</c><00:19:33.619><c> tongues.</c>

00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:36.460
All<00:19:35.119><c> right,</c><00:19:35.119><c> so</c><00:19:35.420><c> what</c><00:19:35.619><c> I'd</c><00:19:35.839><c> like</c><00:19:35.920><c> to</c><00:19:36.119><c> do</c><00:19:36.240><c> now</c>

00:19:36.460 --> 00:19:40.619
is<00:19:36.619><c> make</c><00:19:36.920><c> sense</c><00:19:37.279><c> out</c><00:19:37.440><c> of</c><00:19:37.819><c> this</c><00:19:38.160><c> with</c><00:19:38.539><c> prophetic</c><00:19:39.420><c> images.</c>

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:43.960
There's<00:19:41.680><c> a</c><00:19:41.900><c> crown</c><00:19:42.119><c> with</c><00:19:42.380><c> 12</c><00:19:42.740><c> stars.</c>

00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:48.279
In<00:19:45.839><c> the</c><00:19:46.099><c> first</c><00:19:46.319><c> chapter</c><00:19:46.779><c> she's</c><00:19:47.460><c> identified</c>

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:49.299
as<00:19:48.599><c> being</c><00:19:48.819><c> a</c><00:19:48.960><c> crown</c><00:19:49.099><c> of</c><00:19:49.200><c> 12.</c>

00:19:49.339 --> 00:19:52.380
If<00:19:49.759><c> you</c><00:19:49.920><c> were</c><00:19:50.039><c> reading</c><00:19:50.319><c> this</c><00:19:50.599><c> and</c><00:19:50.759><c> you</c><00:19:50.859><c> were</c><00:19:51.059><c> saying</c><00:19:51.599><c> to</c><00:19:52.119><c> yourself,</c>

00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:54.559
well,<00:19:52.640><c> where</c><00:19:52.980><c> in</c><00:19:53.160><c> the</c><00:19:53.359><c> world</c><00:19:53.680><c> can</c><00:19:53.900><c> I</c><00:19:54.140><c> see</c><00:19:54.319><c> that?</c>

00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:57.039
If<00:19:54.759><c> I</c><00:19:55.059><c> look</c><00:19:55.200><c> at</c><00:19:55.359><c> the</c><00:19:55.539><c> world</c><00:19:55.740><c> I</c><00:19:56.059><c> live</c><00:19:56.259><c> in,</c>

00:19:57.339 --> 00:20:00.720
a<00:19:57.539><c> world</c><00:19:57.880><c> that</c><00:19:58.799><c> John</c><00:19:59.079><c> Thomas</c><00:19:59.599><c> never</c><00:20:00.180><c> saw,</c>

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:04.059
he<00:20:01.259><c> only</c><00:20:01.660><c> saw</c><00:20:02.019><c> through</c><00:20:02.660><c> the</c><00:20:03.079><c> acute</c><00:20:03.480><c> perception</c>

00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:06.920
that<00:20:04.220><c> comes</c><00:20:04.579><c> from</c><00:20:05.339><c> understanding</c><00:20:06.359><c> the</c><00:20:06.660><c> scriptures.</c>

00:20:07.140 --> 00:20:08.940
But<00:20:07.259><c> we</c><00:20:07.579><c> live</c><00:20:07.740><c> in</c><00:20:07.859><c> a</c><00:20:08.059><c> different</c><00:20:08.259><c> time</c><00:20:08.559><c> now.</c>

00:20:09.299 --> 00:20:11.140
We<00:20:09.539><c> live</c><00:20:09.720><c> in</c><00:20:09.839><c> a</c><00:20:10.019><c> world</c><00:20:10.240><c> where</c><00:20:10.480><c> we</c><00:20:10.640><c> can</c><00:20:10.880><c> look</c>

00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:14.279
at<00:20:11.319><c> just</c><00:20:11.500><c> about</c><00:20:11.839><c> everything</c><00:20:12.339><c> that</c><00:20:13.200><c> is</c><00:20:13.440><c> happening</c><00:20:13.779><c> in</c><00:20:13.960><c> the</c><00:20:14.119><c> world.</c>

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:16.079
When<00:20:14.400><c> there</c><00:20:14.599><c> are</c><00:20:14.720><c> fearful</c><00:20:15.059><c> sights,</c><00:20:15.539><c> we</c><00:20:15.700><c> see</c><00:20:15.940><c> them.</c>

00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:17.559
Everybody<00:20:16.539><c> in</c><00:20:16.660><c> the</c><00:20:16.779><c> world</c><00:20:16.940><c> sees</c><00:20:17.180><c> them</c>

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:21.140
because<00:20:18.160><c> of</c><00:20:18.480><c> mass</c><00:20:18.779><c> communication</c><00:20:19.599><c> and</c><00:20:20.180><c> media.</c>

00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:24.299
Reporters<00:20:22.759><c> are</c><00:20:22.960><c> on</c><00:20:23.240><c> the</c><00:20:23.460><c> spot.</c>

00:20:24.380 --> 00:20:25.539
Katrina<00:20:24.660><c> hits</c><00:20:24.920><c> New</c><00:20:25.160><c> Orleans</c>

00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:28.579
and<00:20:26.059><c> everybody</c><00:20:26.480><c> in</c><00:20:26.619><c> the</c><00:20:26.799><c> world</c><00:20:27.019><c> sees</c><00:20:27.220><c> a</c><00:20:27.440><c> fearful</c><00:20:27.720><c> sight.</c>

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:32.660
So<00:20:29.039><c> now</c><00:20:29.380><c> the</c><00:20:29.900><c> term</c><00:20:30.200><c> fearful</c><00:20:30.619><c> sight</c><00:20:31.039><c> as</c><00:20:31.660><c> evidence</c><00:20:32.000><c> of</c><00:20:32.160><c> his</c><00:20:32.339><c> coming</c>

00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:34.559
takes<00:20:33.259><c> on</c><00:20:33.500><c> a</c><00:20:33.619><c> different</c><00:20:33.819><c> meaning,</c><00:20:34.359><c> doesn't</c><00:20:34.380><c> it?</c>

00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:38.299
Because<00:20:34.839><c> everybody</c><00:20:35.119><c> in</c><00:20:35.200><c> the</c><00:20:35.319><c> world</c><00:20:35.480><c> shares</c><00:20:36.180><c> those</c><00:20:36.900><c> fearful</c><00:20:37.319><c> sights.</c>

00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:40.420
Well,<00:20:38.579><c> let's</c><00:20:38.819><c> take</c><00:20:39.019><c> the</c><00:20:39.240><c> same</c><00:20:39.400><c> approach</c><00:20:39.759><c> to</c><00:20:39.940><c> this</c><00:20:40.079><c> chapter.</c>

00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:43.140
There's<00:20:40.799><c> a</c><00:20:40.920><c> woman</c><00:20:41.099><c> with</c><00:20:41.279><c> a</c><00:20:41.400><c> crown</c><00:20:41.619><c> of</c><00:20:41.819><c> 12</c><00:20:42.099><c> stars.</c>

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:45.380
Well,<00:20:44.559><c> I</c><00:20:44.680><c> did</c><00:20:44.819><c> some</c><00:20:45.039><c> collecting.</c>

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:47.880
You<00:20:45.559><c> may</c><00:20:45.720><c> have</c><00:20:45.859><c> seen</c><00:20:45.980><c> some</c><00:20:46.200><c> of</c><00:20:46.339><c> these</c><00:20:46.480><c> things</c><00:20:46.779><c> before.</c>

00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:51.380
From<00:20:48.579><c> 20</c><00:20:49.000><c> AD</c><00:20:49.319><c> there's</c><00:20:49.640><c> a</c><00:20:49.740><c> woman</c><00:20:49.960><c> riding</c><00:20:50.200><c> a</c><00:20:50.440><c> beast.</c>

00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:53.759
No<00:20:52.940><c> stars</c><00:20:53.240><c> there.</c>

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:57.079
But<00:20:54.480><c> something</c><00:20:54.720><c> interesting</c><00:20:55.119><c> happened</c><00:20:55.480><c> in</c><00:20:55.799><c> 1973.</c>

00:20:57.299 --> 00:21:00.079
There<00:20:57.539><c> were</c><00:20:57.759><c> 12</c><00:20:58.220><c> stars</c><00:20:58.720><c> in</c><00:20:59.019><c> the</c><00:20:59.200><c> form</c><00:20:59.319><c> of</c><00:20:59.539><c> a</c><00:20:59.740><c> garland</c>

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:01.680
being<00:21:00.380><c> held</c><00:21:00.660><c> by</c><00:21:00.900><c> a</c><00:21:00.980><c> woman</c><00:21:01.119><c> on</c><00:21:01.259><c> a</c><00:21:01.420><c> beast.</c>

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:05.000
So<00:21:02.279><c> now</c><00:21:02.680><c> you</c><00:21:02.940><c> may</c><00:21:03.200><c> not</c><00:21:03.440><c> understand</c><00:21:03.940><c> anything</c><00:21:04.480><c> at</c><00:21:04.680><c> this</c><00:21:04.880><c> point,</c>

00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:08.119
especially<00:21:05.400><c> if</c><00:21:05.559><c> you're</c><00:21:06.099><c> coming</c><00:21:06.380><c> into</c><00:21:06.640><c> all</c><00:21:07.160><c> this</c><00:21:07.440><c> from</c><00:21:07.640><c> the</c><00:21:07.839><c> world</c>

00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:09.940
and<00:21:08.680><c> you're</c><00:21:08.859><c> speaking</c><00:21:09.079><c> to</c><00:21:09.299><c> a</c><00:21:09.380><c> Christadelphian.</c>

00:21:10.140 --> 00:21:11.960
He's<00:21:10.519><c> trying</c><00:21:10.720><c> to</c><00:21:10.819><c> get</c><00:21:10.920><c> you</c><00:21:11.099><c> to</c><00:21:11.299><c> understand</c><00:21:11.619><c> something</c>

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:15.000
about<00:21:12.819><c> the</c><00:21:13.240><c> second</c><00:21:13.420><c> coming</c><00:21:13.579><c> of</c><00:21:13.759><c> Christ</c><00:21:14.019><c> and</c><00:21:14.200><c> Bible</c><00:21:14.460><c> prophecy.</c>

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:17.519
It<00:21:15.759><c> would</c><00:21:15.940><c> be</c><00:21:16.099><c> a</c><00:21:16.299><c> remarkable</c><00:21:16.619><c> thing</c><00:21:16.900><c> to</c><00:21:17.200><c> discover</c>

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:20.319
that<00:21:17.759><c> on</c><00:21:18.019><c> a</c><00:21:18.140><c> coin</c><00:21:18.359><c> representing</c><00:21:18.880><c> a</c><00:21:19.099><c> consortium</c><00:21:19.660><c> of</c><00:21:19.920><c> nations</c>

00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:23.640
in<00:21:20.819><c> an</c><00:21:20.960><c> economic</c><00:21:22.019><c> community,</c>

00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:26.819
there's<00:21:23.920><c> a</c><00:21:24.039><c> woman</c><00:21:24.220><c> and</c><00:21:24.380><c> a</c><00:21:24.519><c> beast</c><00:21:24.740><c> and</c><00:21:24.920><c> 12</c><00:21:25.660><c> stars.</c>

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:29.220
But<00:21:27.259><c> you</c><00:21:27.420><c> might</c><00:21:27.619><c> argue</c><00:21:27.960><c> that</c><00:21:28.140><c> doesn't</c><00:21:28.440><c> look</c><00:21:28.660><c> like</c><00:21:28.900><c> a</c><00:21:29.079><c> crown</c>

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:31.339
and<00:21:29.420><c> actually</c><00:21:29.740><c> you're</c><00:21:30.000><c> stretching</c><00:21:30.279><c> it</c><00:21:30.460><c> to</c><00:21:30.640><c> say</c><00:21:30.759><c> they're</c><00:21:30.960><c> stars</c>

00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:33.359
because<00:21:31.539><c> it's</c><00:21:31.779><c> just</c><00:21:31.859><c> knots</c><00:21:32.000><c> on</c><00:21:32.220><c> a</c><00:21:32.319><c> rope.</c>

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:34.680
Okay.

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:38.180
So<00:21:35.220><c> we</c><00:21:35.480><c> haven't</c><00:21:35.819><c> proven</c><00:21:36.079><c> anything</c><00:21:36.480><c> infallibly</c><00:21:37.319><c> yet,</c><00:21:37.819><c> have</c><00:21:38.019><c> we?</c>

00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:39.940
The<00:21:38.359><c> case</c><00:21:38.559><c> is</c><00:21:38.759><c> not</c><00:21:38.980><c> made.</c>

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:41.220
Well,<00:21:40.119><c> that's</c><00:21:40.240><c> just</c><00:21:40.380><c> because</c><00:21:40.660><c> we're</c><00:21:40.779><c> at</c><00:21:40.859><c> the</c><00:21:41.039><c> beginning.</c>

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:44.240
If<00:21:41.420><c> you</c><00:21:41.539><c> look</c><00:21:41.700><c> at</c><00:21:41.779><c> what</c><00:21:42.039><c> happened</c><00:21:42.279><c> between</c><00:21:42.579><c> 1973</c><00:21:43.400><c> and</c><00:21:43.619><c> 2000,</c>

00:21:44.619 --> 00:21:47.839
this<00:21:44.839><c> was</c><00:21:45.079><c> the</c><00:21:45.440><c> design</c><00:21:45.960><c> of</c><00:21:47.000><c> the</c><00:21:47.299><c> Greek</c><00:21:47.519><c> Euro</c>

00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:50.619
that<00:21:48.140><c> shows</c><00:21:48.380><c> a</c><00:21:48.579><c> woman</c><00:21:48.740><c> on</c><00:21:48.940><c> a</c><00:21:49.119><c> beast</c><00:21:49.299><c> and</c><00:21:49.460><c> now</c><00:21:49.660><c> we</c><00:21:49.799><c> have</c><00:21:49.960><c> 12</c><00:21:50.319><c> stars.</c>

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:54.440
So<00:21:50.859><c> we're</c><00:21:50.980><c> one</c><00:21:51.240><c> step</c><00:21:51.579><c> closer</c><00:21:52.160><c> and</c><00:21:52.619><c> it's</c><00:21:52.940><c> still</c><00:21:53.519><c> interesting,</c>

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:55.000
isn't<00:21:54.680><c> it?</c>

00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:56.960
That<00:21:55.359><c> what</c><00:21:55.500><c> you're</c><00:21:55.759><c> looking</c><00:21:56.039><c> at</c><00:21:56.299><c> on</c><00:21:56.460><c> a</c><00:21:56.720><c> coin</c>

00:21:56.960 --> 00:22:00.279
representing<00:21:57.460><c> a</c><00:21:57.740><c> consortium</c><00:21:58.619><c> of</c><00:21:59.000><c> kings</c>

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:06.019
happens<00:22:01.700><c> to</c><00:22:01.980><c> be</c><00:22:02.220><c> imagery</c><00:22:02.579><c> that</c><00:22:02.880><c> was</c><00:22:03.160><c> written</c><00:22:03.539><c> in</c><00:22:04.200><c> 96</c><00:22:04.640><c> AD,</c><00:22:05.480><c> 2000</c>

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.740
years<00:22:06.460><c> ago.</c>

00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:09.920
How<00:22:07.279><c> is</c><00:22:07.539><c> it</c><00:22:07.759><c> that</c><00:22:08.039><c> someone</c><00:22:08.500><c> 2000</c><00:22:09.180><c> years</c><00:22:09.579><c> ago</c>

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:13.180
wrote<00:22:10.680><c> prophetic</c><00:22:11.220><c> imagery</c><00:22:11.720><c> about</c><00:22:12.240><c> the</c><00:22:12.480><c> times</c><00:22:12.660><c> of</c><00:22:12.880><c> the</c><00:22:13.019><c> end</c>

00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:16.839
when<00:22:13.559><c> Christ</c><00:22:13.880><c> would</c><00:22:14.140><c> return</c><00:22:14.640><c> and</c><00:22:15.240><c> was</c><00:22:15.480><c> using</c><00:22:15.920><c> images</c>

00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:19.940
that<00:22:17.480><c> we</c><00:22:17.759><c> didn't</c><00:22:18.039><c> begin</c><00:22:18.339><c> to</c><00:22:18.680><c> see</c><00:22:18.920><c> emerge</c><00:22:19.420><c> in</c><00:22:19.720><c> things</c>

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:24.579
that<00:22:20.160><c> we</c><00:22:20.319><c> could</c><00:22:20.480><c> depict</c><00:22:20.839><c> in</c><00:22:21.119><c> pictures</c><00:22:21.559><c> until,</c><00:22:22.440><c> really,</c><00:22:23.279><c> until</c><00:22:23.839><c> 2000.</c>

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:27.819
This<00:22:25.259><c> is</c><00:22:25.420><c> in</c><00:22:25.559><c> our</c><00:22:25.799><c> time,</c><00:22:26.200><c> just</c><00:22:26.339><c> recent</c><00:22:26.660><c> years.</c>

00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:30.519
What's<00:22:29.279><c> going</c><00:22:29.579><c> on</c><00:22:29.839><c> there?</c>

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:34.839
This<00:22:31.460><c> begins,</c><00:22:32.039><c> for</c><00:22:32.259><c> me,</c><00:22:33.039><c> to</c><00:22:33.160><c> be</c><00:22:33.319><c> part</c><00:22:33.519><c> of</c><00:22:33.660><c> what</c><00:22:33.779><c> is</c><00:22:34.059><c> infallible</c>

00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:38.420
because<00:22:35.380><c> it</c><00:22:35.920><c> has</c><00:22:36.180><c> no</c><00:22:36.400><c> counterpart</c><00:22:37.000><c> in</c><00:22:37.259><c> the</c><00:22:37.440><c> world.</c>

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:41.720
These<00:22:38.779><c> images</c><00:22:39.119><c> are</c><00:22:39.519><c> visible</c><00:22:40.000><c> and</c><00:22:40.420><c> they</c><00:22:40.839><c> correspond.</c>

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:44.140
Whether<00:22:42.400><c> or</c><00:22:42.579><c> not</c><00:22:42.700><c> we</c><00:22:42.880><c> understand</c><00:22:43.299><c> what</c><00:22:43.480><c> they</c><00:22:43.759><c> mean,</c>

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.700
there's<00:22:44.740><c> a</c><00:22:44.980><c> direct</c><00:22:45.180><c> correlation</c>

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:50.660
in<00:22:45.880><c> at</c><00:22:45.980><c> least</c><00:22:46.279><c> three</c><00:22:46.759><c> of</c><00:22:47.059><c> the</c><00:22:47.460><c> specific</c><00:22:48.079><c> details</c><00:22:49.119><c> of</c><00:22:49.480><c> those</c><00:22:49.660><c> images.</c>

00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:53.220
And<00:22:51.000><c> so</c><00:22:51.119><c> then</c><00:22:51.259><c> we</c><00:22:51.460><c> have</c><00:22:51.559><c> the</c><00:22:51.779><c> actual</c><00:22:52.140><c> coin</c><00:22:52.359><c> in</c><00:22:52.579><c> 2002.</c>

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:54.819
Some<00:22:53.519><c> of</c><00:22:53.640><c> you</c><00:22:53.720><c> may</c><00:22:53.880><c> have</c><00:22:53.980><c> seen</c><00:22:54.200><c> this</c><00:22:54.500><c> coin.</c>

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:58.019
And<00:22:55.200><c> curiously</c><00:22:56.000><c> enough,</c><00:22:56.460><c> on</c><00:22:56.740><c> the</c><00:22:57.000><c> European</c><00:22:57.420><c> Union</c><00:22:57.740><c> flag,</c>

00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:59.000
we<00:22:58.160><c> have</c><00:22:58.359><c> 12</c><00:22:58.680><c> stars.</c>

00:22:59.059 --> 00:23:03.000
But<00:22:59.220><c> so</c><00:22:59.519><c> far,</c><00:23:00.440><c> we</c><00:23:00.519><c> don't</c><00:23:00.799><c> know</c><00:23:01.079><c> that</c><00:23:01.240><c> those</c><00:23:01.500><c> 12</c><00:23:01.799><c> stars</c><00:23:02.099><c> are</c><00:23:02.480><c> crowned</c>

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:04.279
and<00:23:03.039><c> we</c><00:23:03.220><c> don't</c><00:23:03.519><c> know,</c><00:23:03.799><c> really</c><00:23:04.039><c> know,</c>

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:09.180
if<00:23:04.440><c> they</c><00:23:04.599><c> have</c><00:23:04.779><c> any</c><00:23:05.059><c> relationship</c><00:23:05.839><c> to</c><00:23:07.640><c> this</c><00:23:08.339><c> woman</c><00:23:08.579><c> on</c><00:23:08.779><c> the</c><00:23:08.940><c> beast</c>

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:11.180
other<00:23:09.579><c> than</c><00:23:10.299><c> maybe</c><00:23:10.700><c> history.</c>

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:13.220
So<00:23:11.440><c> let's</c><00:23:11.940><c> look</c><00:23:12.180><c> at</c><00:23:12.339><c> that.</c>

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:15.440
The<00:23:13.940><c> city</c><00:23:14.180><c> is</c><00:23:14.359><c> writing</c><00:23:14.539><c> a</c><00:23:14.779><c> council</c><00:23:15.000><c> of</c><00:23:15.240><c> kings</c>

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:17.599
and<00:23:15.579><c> their</c><00:23:15.779><c> philosophical</c><00:23:16.440><c> allies</c>

00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:20.660
is<00:23:17.940><c> basically</c><00:23:18.519><c> what</c><00:23:18.819><c> we</c><00:23:19.119><c> understand</c><00:23:19.980><c> that</c><00:23:20.339><c> to</c><00:23:20.519><c> mean</c>

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:22.799
in<00:23:21.180><c> the</c><00:23:21.299><c> most</c><00:23:21.599><c> basic</c><00:23:22.420><c> way.</c>

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:26.240
So<00:23:23.619><c> if</c><00:23:23.880><c> you</c><00:23:23.940><c> go</c><00:23:24.119><c> back</c><00:23:24.339><c> to</c><00:23:24.539><c> the</c><00:23:24.680><c> 12th</c><00:23:25.019><c> chapter</c><00:23:25.380><c> and</c><00:23:25.619><c> just</c><00:23:25.819><c> read</c><00:23:25.960><c> again,</c>

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:28.079
there's<00:23:26.539><c> a</c><00:23:26.640><c> woman</c><00:23:26.940><c> appeared</c>

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:31.740
and<00:23:28.779><c> upon</c><00:23:29.039><c> her</c><00:23:29.339><c> head</c><00:23:29.440><c> there</c><00:23:29.579><c> was</c><00:23:29.740><c> a</c><00:23:29.900><c> crown</c><00:23:30.059><c> of</c><00:23:30.259><c> 12</c><00:23:30.599><c> stars.</c>

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:34.980
And<00:23:32.259><c> I</c><00:23:32.480><c> saw</c><00:23:32.660><c> the</c><00:23:32.859><c> woman</c><00:23:33.119><c> sit</c><00:23:33.299><c> upon</c><00:23:33.559><c> a</c><00:23:33.839><c> scarlet</c><00:23:34.259><c>-colored</c><00:23:34.539><c> beast.</c>

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:37.559
And<00:23:35.240><c> so</c><00:23:35.339><c> we</c><00:23:35.559><c> have</c><00:23:35.799><c> many</c><00:23:36.200><c> depictions</c><00:23:36.740><c> in</c><00:23:37.039><c> politics</c>

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:41.779
and<00:23:38.460><c> in</c><00:23:38.799><c> paintings</c><00:23:39.319><c> and</c><00:23:40.160><c> images</c><00:23:40.759><c> everywhere,</c>

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:44.839
not<00:23:42.099><c> just</c><00:23:42.339><c> Christadelphians,</c><00:23:43.759><c> with</c><00:23:44.160><c> this</c><00:23:44.500><c> imagery,</c>

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:48.039
this<00:23:45.220><c> imagery</c><00:23:45.539><c> that</c><00:23:45.900><c> comes</c><00:23:46.299><c> from</c><00:23:46.900><c> the</c><00:23:47.140><c> book</c><00:23:47.299><c> of</c><00:23:47.539><c> Revelation.</c>

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.880
So<00:23:48.720><c> you</c><00:23:48.900><c> may</c><00:23:49.099><c> not</c><00:23:49.319><c> understand</c><00:23:49.759><c> it.</c>

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:52.440
If<00:23:49.960><c> you're</c><00:23:50.160><c> a</c><00:23:50.259><c> newcomer,</c><00:23:50.640><c> you</c><00:23:50.740><c> may</c><00:23:50.980><c> not</c><00:23:51.180><c> be</c><00:23:51.720><c> sold</c><00:23:52.160><c> yet.</c>

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:55.420
But<00:23:53.079><c> you'll</c><00:23:53.400><c> be</c><00:23:53.599><c> interested</c><00:23:54.160><c> because</c><00:23:54.700><c> how</c><00:23:54.980><c> is</c><00:23:55.220><c> it</c>

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:57.799
that<00:23:55.839><c> something</c><00:23:56.180><c> that</c><00:23:56.319><c> was</c><00:23:56.500><c> written</c><00:23:56.720><c> 2</c><00:23:57.039><c>,000</c><00:23:57.319><c> years</c><00:23:57.519><c> ago</c>

00:23:57.799 --> 00:24:00.579
is<00:23:58.019><c> depicting</c><00:23:58.420><c> something</c><00:23:58.839><c> we're</c><00:23:59.339><c> now</c><00:23:59.599><c> seeing</c><00:23:59.779><c> all</c><00:24:00.000><c> over</c><00:24:00.160><c> the</c><00:24:00.359><c> place</c>

00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:03.019
in<00:24:00.900><c> pictures</c><00:24:01.220><c> and</c><00:24:01.440><c> politics,</c><00:24:02.460><c> especially.</c>

00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:05.519
Well,<00:24:03.500><c> it</c><00:24:03.599><c> says</c><00:24:03.759><c> the</c><00:24:03.920><c> woman</c><00:24:04.099><c> is</c><00:24:04.259><c> a</c><00:24:04.420><c> great</c><00:24:04.619><c> city.</c>

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.640
Let's<00:24:05.960><c> read</c><00:24:06.140><c> the</c><00:24:06.319><c> verse.</c>

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:09.660
And<00:24:06.859><c> the</c><00:24:06.980><c> woman</c><00:24:07.319><c> which</c><00:24:07.539><c> you</c><00:24:07.819><c> saw</c><00:24:08.059><c> is</c><00:24:08.279><c> a</c><00:24:08.480><c> great</c><00:24:08.720><c> city</c>

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:12.920
which<00:24:10.200><c> reigns</c><00:24:10.519><c> over</c><00:24:10.740><c> the</c><00:24:10.940><c> kings</c><00:24:11.180><c> and</c><00:24:11.359><c> nations</c><00:24:11.680><c> of</c><00:24:11.880><c> the</c><00:24:12.059><c> earth.</c>

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:16.099
In<00:24:13.519><c> the</c><00:24:13.680><c> ninth</c><00:24:13.960><c> verse,</c><00:24:14.400><c> and</c><00:24:14.539><c> here's</c><00:24:14.819><c> the</c><00:24:15.000><c> mind</c><00:24:15.160><c> which</c><00:24:15.380><c> has</c><00:24:15.640><c> wisdom.</c>

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:18.359
The<00:24:16.700><c> seven</c><00:24:16.880><c> heads</c><00:24:17.079><c> are</c><00:24:17.319><c> seven</c><00:24:17.680><c> mountains</c>

00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:19.720
on<00:24:18.940><c> which</c><00:24:19.099><c> the</c><00:24:19.279><c> woman</c><00:24:19.480><c> sits.</c>

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:21.559
Well,<00:24:19.960><c> when</c><00:24:20.039><c> I</c><00:24:20.220><c> first</c><00:24:20.480><c> started</c><00:24:20.680><c> to</c><00:24:20.759><c> think</c><00:24:20.920><c> about</c><00:24:21.140><c> this,</c>

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:23.660
I<00:24:22.119><c> didn't</c><00:24:22.500><c> start</c><00:24:22.819><c> reading</c><00:24:23.119><c> history</c><00:24:23.460><c> books</c>

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:26.259
to<00:24:23.859><c> see</c><00:24:23.920><c> what</c><00:24:24.099><c> other</c><00:24:24.319><c> people</c><00:24:24.559><c> felt</c><00:24:24.960><c> this</c><00:24:25.900><c> meant.</c>

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:29.119
I<00:24:27.039><c> went</c><00:24:27.319><c> into</c><00:24:27.599><c> my</c><00:24:27.880><c> own</c><00:24:28.079><c> research</c><00:24:28.519><c> in</c><00:24:28.799><c> the</c><00:24:28.960><c> world</c>

00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:32.140
to<00:24:29.339><c> find</c><00:24:29.579><c> out</c><00:24:30.039><c> if</c><00:24:30.960><c> this</c><00:24:31.180><c> is</c><00:24:31.259><c> what</c><00:24:31.400><c> the</c><00:24:31.599><c> Bible</c><00:24:31.839><c> said,</c>

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:34.859
what<00:24:32.559><c> city</c><00:24:32.940><c> is</c><00:24:33.240><c> there</c><00:24:33.460><c> that</c><00:24:33.680><c> sits</c><00:24:33.859><c> on</c><00:24:34.140><c> seven</c><00:24:34.440><c> mountains?</c>

00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:37.819
And<00:24:35.079><c> I</c><00:24:35.180><c> know</c><00:24:35.319><c> what</c><00:24:35.559><c> Christadelphians</c><00:24:36.119><c> had</c><00:24:36.940><c> thought</c><00:24:37.380><c> and</c><00:24:37.619><c> taught.</c>

00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:39.160
And<00:24:38.000><c> I</c><00:24:38.079><c> know</c><00:24:38.259><c> there</c><00:24:38.440><c> are</c><00:24:38.640><c> two</c><00:24:38.859><c> views.</c>

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:40.460
And<00:24:39.319><c> I</c><00:24:39.400><c> know</c><00:24:39.579><c> there</c><00:24:39.720><c> are</c><00:24:39.839><c> people</c><00:24:40.000><c> who</c><00:24:40.259><c> say</c>

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:44.680
there<00:24:40.740><c> are</c><00:24:41.359><c> lots</c><00:24:41.640><c> of</c><00:24:41.839><c> cities</c><00:24:42.059><c> that</c><00:24:43.140><c> sit</c><00:24:43.400><c> on</c><00:24:43.660><c> seven</c><00:24:43.900><c> hills.</c>

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:47.119
So<00:24:44.900><c> you</c><00:24:46.160><c> can't</c><00:24:46.480><c> know</c><00:24:46.720><c> anymore.</c>

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:49.880
You<00:24:47.259><c> can't</c><00:24:47.500><c> be</c><00:24:47.700><c> sure,</c><00:24:47.940><c> in</c><00:24:48.079><c> other</c><00:24:48.240><c> words,</c><00:24:48.980><c> about</c><00:24:49.259><c> this</c><00:24:49.500><c> prophecy.</c>

00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:51.859
Well,<00:24:50.680><c> you</c><00:24:50.880><c> know,</c><00:24:50.880><c> I</c><00:24:50.940><c> didn't</c><00:24:51.160><c> take</c><00:24:51.400><c> that</c><00:24:51.619><c> approach.</c>

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:53.519
I<00:24:52.039><c> wanted</c><00:24:52.240><c> to</c><00:24:52.400><c> be</c><00:24:52.619><c> sure.</c>

00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:55.940
So<00:24:54.240><c> I</c><00:24:54.420><c> did</c><00:24:54.660><c> my</c><00:24:54.960><c> own</c><00:24:55.380><c> research.</c>

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:58.880
And<00:24:56.619><c> I</c><00:24:57.380><c> concluded</c><00:24:57.799><c> that</c><00:24:58.099><c> that</c><00:24:58.299><c> city</c><00:24:58.500><c> is</c><00:24:58.740><c> Rome.</c>

00:24:58.880 --> 00:24:59.980
And<00:24:59.000><c> I'll</c><00:24:59.160><c> tell</c><00:24:59.319><c> you</c><00:24:59.460><c> why.</c>

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:02.720
Because<00:25:00.660><c> if</c><00:25:01.259><c> I</c><00:25:01.319><c> went</c><00:25:01.500><c> looking</c><00:25:01.880><c> on</c><00:25:02.259><c> the</c><00:25:02.440><c> internet</c>

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:05.519
for<00:25:03.019><c> the</c><00:25:03.240><c> oldest</c><00:25:03.579><c> map</c><00:25:03.960><c> that</c><00:25:04.380><c> this</c><00:25:04.799><c> is,</c>

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:07.180
I'm<00:25:05.980><c> not</c><00:25:06.200><c> seeing</c><00:25:06.380><c> my</c><00:25:06.700><c> effects</c><00:25:06.900><c> here</c>

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:08.960
and<00:25:07.319><c> I'm</c><00:25:07.539><c> switching</c><00:25:07.859><c> too</c><00:25:08.599><c> quickly.</c>

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:11.380
I<00:25:09.180><c> went,</c><00:25:09.900><c> let's</c><00:25:10.180><c> do</c><00:25:10.339><c> this</c><00:25:10.519><c> again.</c>

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.440
All<00:25:12.200><c> right.</c>

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:14.319
That's<00:25:12.759><c> the</c><00:25:12.839><c> way</c><00:25:12.980><c> it's</c><00:25:13.240><c> supposed</c><00:25:13.420><c> to</c><00:25:13.680><c> do.</c>

00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:17.039
I'm<00:25:14.799><c> just</c><00:25:14.900><c> going</c><00:25:15.019><c> to</c><00:25:15.099><c> have</c><00:25:15.299><c> to</c><00:25:16.000><c> go</c><00:25:16.200><c> a</c><00:25:16.259><c> little</c><00:25:16.420><c> bit</c><00:25:16.519><c> more</c><00:25:16.779><c> slowly.</c>

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:20.039
I<00:25:17.619><c> went</c><00:25:17.759><c> looking</c><00:25:18.019><c> for</c><00:25:18.180><c> an</c><00:25:18.319><c> old</c><00:25:18.480><c> map</c><00:25:18.680><c> and</c><00:25:18.819><c> I</c><00:25:19.000><c> found</c><00:25:19.140><c> this</c><00:25:19.400><c> one.</c>

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:24.960
And<00:25:20.559><c> as</c><00:25:20.759><c> you</c><00:25:20.880><c> can</c><00:25:21.140><c> see,</c><00:25:21.380><c> the</c><00:25:21.559><c> seven</c><00:25:21.759><c> hills</c><00:25:22.099><c> are</c><00:25:23.259><c> totally</c><00:25:23.720><c> not</c><00:25:24.099><c> apparent.</c>

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.680
You<00:25:25.680><c> can't</c><00:25:25.920><c> see</c><00:25:26.079><c> seven</c><00:25:26.299><c> hills</c><00:25:26.519><c> at</c><00:25:26.660><c> all.</c>

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:28.460
This<00:25:26.819><c> is</c><00:25:26.960><c> the</c><00:25:27.059><c> oldest</c><00:25:27.299><c> map</c><00:25:27.559><c> of</c><00:25:27.740><c> Rome</c><00:25:27.920><c> I</c><00:25:28.019><c> could</c><00:25:28.279><c> find.</c>

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:30.339
It's<00:25:29.019><c> identified</c><00:25:29.460><c> by</c><00:25:29.640><c> the</c><00:25:29.819><c> city</c><00:25:30.079><c> Tiber.</c>

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:33.000
It<00:25:30.460><c> has</c><00:25:30.680><c> this</c><00:25:31.000><c> interesting</c><00:25:31.980><c> section</c><00:25:32.720><c> in</c><00:25:32.839><c> it</c>

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:35.339
where<00:25:33.140><c> you</c><00:25:33.220><c> can</c><00:25:33.440><c> see</c><00:25:33.539><c> there's</c><00:25:33.759><c> a</c><00:25:33.880><c> little</c><00:25:34.119><c> island</c>

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:37.720
right<00:25:35.980><c> in</c><00:25:36.180><c> the</c><00:25:36.259><c> middle</c><00:25:36.519><c> of</c><00:25:36.720><c> the</c><00:25:36.859><c> river.</c>

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:40.960
And<00:25:39.759><c> I</c><00:25:39.900><c> just</c><00:25:40.140><c> couldn't</c><00:25:40.400><c> see</c><00:25:40.619><c> anything</c>

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:45.200
until<00:25:41.319><c> I</c><00:25:41.599><c> found</c><00:25:41.759><c> a</c><00:25:41.960><c> tourist</c><00:25:42.339><c> map,</c><00:25:43.079><c> a</c><00:25:43.359><c> contemporary</c><00:25:43.900><c> tourist</c><00:25:44.319><c> map,</c>

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:49.140
that<00:25:45.400><c> shows,</c><00:25:47.440><c> identifies</c><00:25:48.059><c> the</c><00:25:48.380><c> seven</c><00:25:48.660><c> hills</c>

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:51.400
and<00:25:49.480><c> sort</c><00:25:50.000><c> of</c><00:25:50.400><c> advertised</c><00:25:50.960><c> Rome</c>

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:53.339
as<00:25:52.019><c> the</c><00:25:52.160><c> city</c><00:25:52.400><c> that's</c><00:25:52.740><c> set</c><00:25:52.779><c> on</c><00:25:53.019><c> seven</c><00:25:53.180><c> hills.</c>

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:54.319
I<00:25:53.460><c> couldn't</c><00:25:53.619><c> really</c><00:25:53.900><c> find</c><00:25:54.059><c> anything</c>

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:56.299
that<00:25:54.460><c> advertised</c><00:25:54.819><c> any</c><00:25:55.039><c> other</c><00:25:55.240><c> city</c><00:25:55.579><c> like</c><00:25:56.160><c> that.</c>

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:57.660
But<00:25:56.420><c> I</c><00:25:56.539><c> found</c><00:25:56.740><c> this</c><00:25:57.119><c> tourist</c><00:25:57.400><c> map.</c>

00:25:57.759 --> 00:26:00.200
And<00:25:57.799><c> as</c><00:25:57.880><c> a</c><00:25:57.900><c> matter</c><00:25:58.019><c> of</c><00:25:58.140><c> fact,</c><00:25:58.319><c> I</c><00:25:58.420><c> found</c><00:25:58.680><c> all</c><00:25:58.920><c> over</c><00:25:59.140><c> the</c><00:25:59.319><c> place</c>

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:02.839
in<00:26:00.779><c> secular</c><00:26:01.259><c> and</c><00:26:01.579><c> religious</c><00:26:01.920><c> sites</c><00:26:02.319><c> and</c><00:26:02.519><c> things,</c>

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:05.279
Rome<00:26:03.380><c> is</c><00:26:03.559><c> being</c><00:26:03.779><c> identified</c><00:26:04.440><c> as</c><00:26:04.819><c> the</c><00:26:05.000><c> city</c>

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:06.559
that<00:26:05.539><c> sets</c><00:26:05.720><c> on</c><00:26:06.019><c> seven</c><00:26:06.180><c> mountains.</c>

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:09.980
But<00:26:07.220><c> I</c><00:26:07.539><c> still</c><00:26:07.740><c> wasn't</c><00:26:08.619><c> satisfied</c>

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:13.720
that<00:26:10.559><c> I</c><00:26:10.759><c> had</c><00:26:11.019><c> really</c><00:26:11.940><c> identified</c><00:26:12.960><c> this</c><00:26:13.420><c> city</c>

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:15.720
and<00:26:13.960><c> why</c><00:26:14.440><c> it</c><00:26:14.640><c> would</c><00:26:14.819><c> be</c><00:26:15.039><c> called</c><00:26:15.359><c> great</c>

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:17.339
and<00:26:15.960><c> so</c><00:26:16.140><c> on</c><00:26:16.279><c> and</c><00:26:16.440><c> so</c><00:26:16.660><c> forth.</c>

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:19.279
Of<00:26:17.920><c> course,</c><00:26:18.299><c> then</c><00:26:18.660><c> I</c><00:26:18.779><c> found</c><00:26:19.039><c> this.</c>

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:21.359
I'm<00:26:19.500><c> sure</c><00:26:19.779><c> most</c><00:26:20.119><c> of</c><00:26:20.240><c> you</c><00:26:20.359><c> have</c><00:26:20.519><c> seen</c><00:26:20.740><c> this</c><00:26:21.039><c> coin.</c>

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:23.240
I<00:26:21.799><c> know</c><00:26:21.980><c> Brother</c><00:26:22.220><c> Billington</c><00:26:22.619><c> has</c><00:26:22.839><c> been</c><00:26:23.019><c> here</c>

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:26.599
and<00:26:23.319><c> this</c><00:26:23.480><c> is</c><00:26:23.599><c> one</c><00:26:23.680><c> of</c><00:26:23.799><c> the</c><00:26:23.920><c> pictures</c><00:26:24.160><c> he</c><00:26:24.359><c> uses</c><00:26:24.700><c> in</c><00:26:25.140><c> the</c><00:26:25.339><c> same</c><00:26:25.599><c> subject.</c>

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:30.319
This<00:26:27.980><c> is</c><00:26:28.519><c> Caesar,</c><00:26:28.900><c> of</c><00:26:29.079><c> course,</c><00:26:29.299><c> on</c><00:26:29.420><c> one</c><00:26:29.660><c> side</c><00:26:29.799><c> of</c><00:26:29.980><c> the</c><00:26:30.140><c> coin.</c>

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.480
And<00:26:30.579><c> then</c><00:26:30.660><c> on</c><00:26:30.799><c> the</c><00:26:30.960><c> other</c><00:26:31.240><c> side,</c>

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:33.099
there's<00:26:31.680><c> a</c><00:26:31.759><c> woman</c><00:26:32.019><c> sitting</c><00:26:32.279><c> on</c><00:26:32.559><c> seven</c><00:26:32.819><c> hills</c>

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:36.539
with<00:26:33.359><c> the</c><00:26:33.740><c> Italian</c><00:26:34.039><c> or</c><00:26:34.200><c> Latin</c><00:26:34.539><c> word</c><00:26:34.900><c> for</c><00:26:35.240><c> Roma.</c>

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:41.160
And<00:26:37.319><c> so</c><00:26:37.920><c> that</c><00:26:38.359><c> shows</c><00:26:38.799><c> that</c><00:26:39.079><c> when</c><00:26:39.500><c> this</c><00:26:39.880><c> message</c><00:26:40.279><c> was</c><00:26:40.640><c> given</c>

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:44.559
during<00:26:41.819><c> the</c><00:26:42.359><c> earliest</c><00:26:42.819><c> years</c><00:26:43.200><c> of</c><00:26:43.400><c> the</c><00:26:43.480><c> spread</c><00:26:43.680><c> of</c><00:26:44.000><c> Christianity,</c>

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:47.700
people<00:26:45.400><c> were</c><00:26:45.720><c> carrying</c><00:26:46.099><c> coins</c><00:26:46.599><c> in</c><00:26:46.880><c> their</c><00:26:47.099><c> purses</c><00:26:47.460><c> and</c><00:26:47.660><c> in</c>

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.240
their<00:26:47.960><c> pockets,</c>

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:50.539
if<00:26:48.420><c> they</c><00:26:48.579><c> had</c><00:26:48.839><c> pockets</c><00:26:49.220><c> in</c><00:26:49.400><c> those</c><00:26:49.619><c> days,</c>

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:53.420
that<00:26:50.880><c> would</c><00:26:51.059><c> have</c><00:26:51.240><c> identified</c><00:26:51.859><c> a</c><00:26:52.059><c> woman</c><00:26:52.319><c> sitting</c><00:26:52.579><c> on</c><00:26:52.880><c> seven</c><00:26:53.099><c> hills</c>

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:56.880
so<00:26:53.619><c> that</c><00:26:53.740><c> when</c><00:26:53.880><c> they</c><00:26:54.160><c> read</c><00:26:54.400><c> John's</c><00:26:55.420><c> message</c><00:26:55.900><c> to</c><00:26:56.099><c> the</c><00:26:56.279><c> churches,</c>

00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:58.859
they<00:26:57.380><c> would</c><00:26:57.539><c> have</c><00:26:57.740><c> pulled</c><00:26:57.859><c> these</c><00:26:58.140><c> coins</c><00:26:58.400><c> out</c><00:26:58.619><c> and</c><00:26:58.740><c> went,</c>

00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.940
well,<00:26:59.000><c> that</c><00:26:59.140><c> must</c><00:26:59.339><c> be</c><00:26:59.579><c> Rome.</c>

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:02.140
Well,<00:27:00.579><c> there's</c><00:27:00.779><c> more</c><00:27:01.079><c> still</c><00:27:01.460><c> about</c><00:27:01.880><c> that,</c>

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:03.380
which<00:27:02.279><c> we'll</c><00:27:02.440><c> get</c><00:27:02.660><c> to</c><00:27:02.819><c> in</c><00:27:02.960><c> a</c><00:27:03.099><c> minute.</c>

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:05.000
But<00:27:04.000><c> before</c><00:27:04.279><c> we</c><00:27:04.460><c> go</c><00:27:04.680><c> there,</c>

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:08.480
let<00:27:05.259><c> me</c><00:27:05.380><c> show</c><00:27:05.519><c> you</c><00:27:05.660><c> something</c><00:27:06.000><c> very</c><00:27:06.619><c> interesting</c><00:27:07.160><c> that</c><00:27:07.339><c> I</c><00:27:07.599><c> found.</c>

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:11.819
I<00:27:08.819><c> found</c><00:27:09.039><c> a</c><00:27:09.460><c> study</c><00:27:09.740><c> of</c><00:27:09.920><c> the</c><00:27:10.200><c> aquifer</c><00:27:10.680><c> system</c>

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:15.039
done<00:27:12.339><c> at</c><00:27:12.640><c> the</c><00:27:12.720><c> University</c><00:27:13.119><c> of</c><00:27:13.339><c> Virginia</c><00:27:13.619><c> in</c><00:27:13.880><c> Charlottesville.</c>

00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:19.680
On<00:27:15.559><c> this</c><00:27:17.000><c> seven</c><00:27:18.119><c> hills</c><00:27:18.539><c> of</c><00:27:18.819><c> Rome.</c>

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:24.140
And<00:27:20.279><c> because</c><00:27:20.579><c> the</c><00:27:20.920><c> aquifer</c><00:27:21.180><c> system</c><00:27:21.539><c> had</c><00:27:21.839><c> to</c><00:27:22.099><c> deal</c><00:27:22.440><c> with</c><00:27:23.200><c> moving</c><00:27:23.660><c> water</c>

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:27.180
through<00:27:24.599><c> a</c><00:27:24.799><c> topography</c><00:27:25.400><c> that</c><00:27:25.680><c> involved</c><00:27:26.259><c> elevations</c>

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:29.359
that<00:27:27.400><c> would</c><00:27:27.559><c> have</c><00:27:27.740><c> resisted</c><00:27:28.259><c> the</c><00:27:28.380><c> construction</c><00:27:28.940><c> of</c><00:27:29.160><c> the</c>

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:30.640
aquifer<00:27:29.700><c> system.</c>

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:32.900
So<00:27:31.380><c> in</c><00:27:31.460><c> order</c><00:27:31.720><c> to</c><00:27:32.039><c> make</c><00:27:32.380><c> this</c><00:27:32.660><c> study,</c>

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:35.859
they<00:27:33.160><c> did</c><00:27:33.339><c> a</c><00:27:33.559><c> 3D</c><00:27:34.059><c> drawing</c><00:27:34.500><c> of</c><00:27:34.799><c> the</c><00:27:34.920><c> topography</c><00:27:35.519><c> of</c><00:27:35.700><c> Rome</c>

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:38.299
as<00:27:36.019><c> it</c><00:27:36.299><c> was</c><00:27:36.619><c> in</c><00:27:37.539><c> those</c><00:27:37.980><c> times,</c>

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:39.839
or<00:27:38.500><c> at</c><00:27:38.539><c> least</c><00:27:38.740><c> as</c><00:27:38.880><c> best</c><00:27:39.059><c> they</c><00:27:39.220><c> could</c><00:27:39.480><c> tell.</c>

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:43.039
And<00:27:40.579><c> to</c><00:27:41.339><c> me,</c><00:27:41.759><c> the</c><00:27:41.920><c> bonanza</c><00:27:42.400><c> was,</c>

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:47.720
they<00:27:43.819><c> allowed</c><00:27:44.140><c> us</c><00:27:44.400><c> to</c><00:27:44.619><c> download</c><00:27:45.140><c> the</c><00:27:45.940><c> 3D</c><00:27:46.599><c> topographic</c><00:27:47.380><c> studies</c>

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:50.579
they<00:27:47.900><c> had</c><00:27:48.119><c> done</c><00:27:48.380><c> showing</c><00:27:49.200><c> the</c><00:27:49.480><c> topography</c><00:27:50.119><c> underneath.</c>

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:52.920
There's<00:27:50.940><c> a</c><00:27:51.039><c> city</c><00:27:51.240><c> of</c><00:27:52.000><c> the</c><00:27:52.319><c> River</c><00:27:52.579><c> Tiber</c>

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:54.859
and<00:27:53.140><c> that</c><00:27:53.299><c> little</c><00:27:53.539><c> island</c><00:27:53.940><c> in</c><00:27:54.140><c> the</c><00:27:54.339><c> crook.</c>

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:59.140
And<00:27:55.259><c> these</c><00:27:55.500><c> are</c><00:27:55.900><c> actually</c><00:27:56.420><c> the</c><00:27:56.759><c> seven</c><00:27:57.579><c> hills</c><00:27:58.420><c> or</c><00:27:58.660><c> mountains.</c>

00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:01.420
And<00:27:59.400><c> the</c><00:28:00.140><c> elevation</c><00:28:00.480><c> doesn't</c><00:28:00.720><c> look</c><00:28:00.960><c> like</c><00:28:01.180><c> much</c>

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:05.559
because<00:28:01.720><c> this</c><00:28:01.940><c> would</c><00:28:02.039><c> be</c><00:28:02.200><c> a</c><00:28:02.380><c> satellite</c><00:28:02.759><c> photo</c><00:28:03.759><c> view</c><00:28:04.359><c> of</c><00:28:04.700><c> Rome.</c>

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:09.339
But<00:28:06.380><c> these</c><00:28:07.039><c> are</c><00:28:07.440><c> the</c><00:28:07.680><c> names</c><00:28:08.059><c> of</c><00:28:08.440><c> those</c><00:28:08.779><c> seven</c><00:28:09.059><c> hills.</c>

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:14.960
It's<00:28:09.660><c> Quirinal,</c><00:28:10.240><c> House</c><00:28:10.500><c> of</c><00:28:10.680><c> Livia,</c><00:28:12.099><c> Esquiline,</c><00:28:13.779><c> Circus</c><00:28:14.140><c> Maximus.</c>

00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:18.000
And<00:28:15.359><c> these</c><00:28:15.440><c> have</c><00:28:15.599><c> been</c><00:28:15.700><c> the</c><00:28:15.839><c> names</c><00:28:16.079><c> since</c><00:28:16.559><c> the</c><00:28:17.240><c> Roman</c><00:28:17.539><c> Empire</c>

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.660
in<00:28:18.140><c> the</c><00:28:18.279><c> times</c><00:28:18.480><c> of</c><00:28:18.720><c> Christ.</c>

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:22.880
So<00:28:20.460><c> not</c><00:28:21.299><c> only</c><00:28:21.500><c> are</c><00:28:21.619><c> they</c><00:28:21.900><c> identifiable</c><00:28:22.440><c> today</c>

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:26.180
in<00:28:23.220><c> studies</c><00:28:23.500><c> in</c><00:28:23.640><c> the</c><00:28:23.819><c> University</c><00:28:24.380><c> of</c><00:28:25.640><c> Virginia</c>

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:28.440
on<00:28:26.720><c> the</c><00:28:27.019><c> aquifer</c><00:28:27.440><c> system,</c>

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:31.359
everybody<00:28:29.119><c> knew</c><00:28:29.339><c> the</c><00:28:29.579><c> names</c><00:28:29.759><c> of</c><00:28:30.000><c> these</c><00:28:30.839><c> hills</c>

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:34.900
in<00:28:31.700><c> the</c><00:28:31.880><c> times</c><00:28:32.180><c> of</c><00:28:32.660><c> when</c><00:28:32.960><c> this</c><00:28:33.319><c> message</c><00:28:33.640><c> was</c><00:28:33.900><c> given</c><00:28:34.119><c> to</c><00:28:34.319><c> the</c><00:28:34.480><c> churches.</c>

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:37.859
So<00:28:35.660><c> Christians</c><00:28:36.059><c> would</c><00:28:36.339><c> have</c><00:28:36.460><c> made</c><00:28:36.619><c> no</c><00:28:36.900><c> mistake</c><00:28:37.279><c> back</c><00:28:37.599><c> then</c>

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:42.740
as<00:28:38.039><c> they</c><00:28:38.279><c> have</c><00:28:38.920><c> been</c><00:28:40.099><c> enabled</c><00:28:40.599><c> to</c><00:28:41.319><c> have</c><00:28:41.619><c> a</c><00:28:41.960><c> sure</c><00:28:42.240><c> feeling</c>

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:44.000
about<00:28:43.019><c> this</c><00:28:43.319><c> great</c><00:28:43.599><c> city.</c>

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:45.660
And<00:28:44.500><c> great</c><00:28:44.660><c> city</c><00:28:44.880><c> it</c><00:28:45.119><c> was,</c><00:28:45.380><c> wasn't</c><00:28:45.500><c> it?</c>

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:48.640
It<00:28:45.859><c> ruled</c><00:28:45.980><c> over</c><00:28:46.299><c> all</c><00:28:46.539><c> the</c><00:28:46.660><c> nations</c><00:28:46.920><c> of</c><00:28:47.079><c> the</c><00:28:47.180><c> earth</c><00:28:47.339><c> in</c><00:28:47.500><c> its</c><00:28:47.700><c> time.</c>

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.680
Then<00:28:48.920><c> it</c><00:28:49.099><c> didn't.</c>

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:51.140
And<00:28:50.339><c> now</c><00:28:50.519><c> is</c><00:28:50.720><c> again.</c>

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:53.460
Those<00:28:51.799><c> nations</c><00:28:52.160><c> have</c><00:28:52.440><c> formed</c><00:28:52.720><c> a</c><00:28:52.940><c> consortium</c>

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:56.000
which<00:28:53.920><c> currently</c><00:28:54.420><c> has</c><00:28:54.839><c> a</c><00:28:55.359><c> better</c><00:28:55.539><c> economy</c>

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:58.700
than<00:28:56.380><c> the</c><00:28:56.599><c> great</c><00:28:56.779><c> United</c><00:28:57.200><c> States</c><00:28:57.539><c> of</c><00:28:57.740><c> America.</c>

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.819
That's<00:28:59.059><c> the</c><00:28:59.200><c> European</c><00:28:59.519><c> Union.</c>

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:02.119
The<00:29:00.339><c> last</c><00:29:00.579><c> one</c><00:29:00.740><c> is</c><00:29:01.059><c> Capitoline.</c>

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:04.240
And<00:29:02.359><c> the</c><00:29:02.539><c> interesting</c><00:29:02.819><c> thing</c><00:29:03.039><c> about</c><00:29:03.299><c> Capitoline</c><00:29:03.960><c> is</c>

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:08.319
on<00:29:04.500><c> that</c><00:29:05.279><c> hill</c><00:29:05.960><c> happens</c><00:29:06.660><c> to</c><00:29:06.960><c> be</c><00:29:07.220><c> a</c><00:29:07.500><c> place</c><00:29:07.819><c> where</c>

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:13.279
in<00:29:08.759><c> the</c><00:29:09.059><c> worst</c><00:29:09.440><c> of</c><00:29:09.839><c> ways</c><00:29:10.420><c> the</c><00:29:11.380><c> Christians</c><00:29:11.880><c> of</c><00:29:12.519><c> the</c><00:29:12.839><c> time</c>

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:17.640
would<00:29:14.440><c> have</c><00:29:15.420><c> gotten</c><00:29:15.859><c> to</c><00:29:16.200><c> know</c><00:29:16.599><c> that</c><00:29:16.920><c> great</c><00:29:17.200><c> city</c>

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:20.240
but<00:29:18.240><c> in</c><00:29:18.480><c> a</c><00:29:18.660><c> horrible</c><00:29:19.019><c> way.</c>

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:22.240
Which<00:29:20.519><c> brings</c><00:29:20.839><c> us</c><00:29:21.299><c> to</c><00:29:21.640><c> the</c><00:29:21.779><c> description</c>

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:25.720
that<00:29:22.720><c> this</c><00:29:23.339><c> woman</c><00:29:23.619><c> is</c><00:29:23.980><c> riding</c><00:29:24.259><c> a</c><00:29:24.740><c> beast.</c>

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:30.920
Well,<00:29:27.660><c> this</c><00:29:28.339><c> has</c><00:29:28.539><c> been</c><00:29:28.759><c> recognized</c><00:29:29.359><c> for</c><00:29:30.099><c> millennia</c>

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:33.380
even<00:29:31.480><c> since</c><00:29:31.740><c> the</c><00:29:31.900><c> times</c><00:29:32.099><c> of</c><00:29:32.420><c> Greece</c>

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:35.240
as<00:29:33.960><c> Europe.</c>

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:37.279
And<00:29:35.480><c> I'll</c><00:29:35.720><c> show</c><00:29:35.960><c> you</c><00:29:36.160><c> why.</c>

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:40.700
Because<00:29:38.059><c> even</c><00:29:38.339><c> going</c><00:29:38.619><c> from</c><00:29:39.119><c> 200</c><00:29:39.539><c> BC,</c>

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:45.160
this<00:29:42.420><c> fable,</c><00:29:42.960><c> this</c><00:29:43.240><c> mythological</c><00:29:43.980><c> tale</c>

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:48.119
was<00:29:45.599><c> spoken</c><00:29:46.000><c> of</c><00:29:46.359><c> about</c><00:29:46.559><c> a</c><00:29:46.700><c> woman</c><00:29:46.980><c> by</c><00:29:47.279><c> the</c><00:29:47.339><c> name</c><00:29:47.579><c> of</c><00:29:47.859><c> Europa</c>

00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:52.279
who<00:29:48.359><c> was</c><00:29:48.700><c> seduced</c><00:29:49.259><c> by</c><00:29:50.299><c> the</c><00:29:50.599><c> Greek</c><00:29:51.279><c> god</c><00:29:51.680><c> Zeus</c>

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:54.799
who<00:29:52.839><c> disguised</c><00:29:53.400><c> himself</c><00:29:53.940><c> as</c><00:29:54.220><c> a</c><00:29:54.480><c> bull</c>

00:29:54.799 --> 00:30:01.200
and<00:29:55.480><c> came</c><00:29:55.799><c> down</c><00:29:56.240><c> and</c><00:29:56.819><c> got</c><00:29:57.099><c> her</c><00:29:57.480><c> to</c><00:29:59.160><c> accept</c><00:30:00.019><c> him,</c><00:30:00.420><c> it</c><00:30:00.640><c> appears.</c>

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:03.819
So<00:30:01.660><c> she</c><00:30:01.900><c> got</c><00:30:02.119><c> on</c><00:30:02.339><c> him</c><00:30:02.619><c> and</c><00:30:02.920><c> began</c><00:30:03.180><c> to</c><00:30:03.500><c> ride</c>

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:06.039
and<00:30:04.579><c> I</c><00:30:04.839><c> don't</c><00:30:05.019><c> know</c><00:30:05.200><c> the</c><00:30:05.299><c> end</c><00:30:05.460><c> of</c><00:30:05.720><c> the</c><00:30:05.799><c> story.</c>

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:09.680
I<00:30:06.180><c> guess</c><00:30:06.380><c> they</c><00:30:06.700><c> rode</c><00:30:06.900><c> off</c><00:30:07.299><c> into</c><00:30:07.579><c> the</c><00:30:07.819><c> sunset</c><00:30:08.380><c> of</c><00:30:09.259><c> Europe</c>

00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:13.079
as<00:30:10.200><c> it</c><00:30:10.380><c> will</c><00:30:10.579><c> turn</c><00:30:10.799><c> out</c><00:30:11.019><c> to</c><00:30:11.220><c> be</c><00:30:11.440><c> in</c><00:30:11.599><c> the</c><00:30:11.720><c> very</c><00:30:11.940><c> near</c><00:30:12.119><c> future.</c>

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:15.500
But<00:30:13.460><c> anyway,</c><00:30:14.460><c> her</c><00:30:14.640><c> name</c><00:30:14.819><c> was</c><00:30:15.079><c> Europa</c>

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:18.720
and<00:30:15.700><c> of</c><00:30:15.900><c> course</c><00:30:16.059><c> that's</c><00:30:16.440><c> where</c><00:30:16.859><c> Europe</c><00:30:17.259><c> gets</c><00:30:17.579><c> its</c><00:30:17.900><c> name.</c>

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:20.079
So<00:30:19.240><c> everywhere</c><00:30:19.660><c> present,</c>

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:23.500
not<00:30:20.359><c> just</c><00:30:20.579><c> on</c><00:30:20.779><c> the</c><00:30:21.039><c> coins</c><00:30:21.279><c> of</c><00:30:21.460><c> a</c><00:30:21.559><c> woman</c><00:30:21.700><c> sitting</c><00:30:21.940><c> on</c><00:30:22.220><c> seven</c><00:30:22.460><c> hills,</c>

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:27.420
there<00:30:23.700><c> were</c><00:30:23.900><c> also</c><00:30:24.259><c> on</c><00:30:24.779><c> vases</c><00:30:25.160><c> and</c><00:30:25.500><c> statues</c><00:30:25.960><c> and</c><00:30:26.279><c> paintings</c>

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:29.799
and<00:30:28.099><c> art</c><00:30:28.579><c> all</c><00:30:28.980><c> over</c><00:30:29.240><c> the</c><00:30:29.460><c> place.</c>

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:34.279
I<00:30:29.880><c> think</c><00:30:30.539><c> this</c><00:30:30.859><c> caught</c><00:30:31.119><c> on</c><00:30:31.500><c> kind</c><00:30:31.779><c> of</c><00:30:31.980><c> like</c><00:30:32.380><c> Star</c><00:30:32.779><c> Wars</c><00:30:33.200><c> or</c><00:30:33.420><c> something,</c>

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:36.720
this<00:30:34.400><c> idea</c><00:30:34.740><c> of</c><00:30:34.900><c> this</c><00:30:35.039><c> woman</c><00:30:35.200><c> and</c><00:30:35.339><c> the</c><00:30:35.500><c> beast</c><00:30:35.740><c> and</c><00:30:36.400><c> Zeus</c>

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:39.720
and<00:30:36.960><c> who</c><00:30:37.559><c> knows</c><00:30:37.960><c> how</c><00:30:38.500><c> it</c><00:30:38.680><c> got</c><00:30:38.880><c> so</c><00:30:39.220><c> pervasive</c>

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:41.460
in<00:30:39.940><c> the</c><00:30:40.119><c> culture</c><00:30:40.359><c> of</c><00:30:40.519><c> its</c><00:30:40.740><c> time.</c>

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:45.859
But<00:30:41.660><c> you</c><00:30:43.140><c> could</c><00:30:43.420><c> see</c><00:30:43.660><c> everywhere</c><00:30:44.440><c> a</c><00:30:44.859><c> woman</c><00:30:45.079><c> riding</c><00:30:45.380><c> a</c><00:30:45.619><c> beast</c>

00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:49.720
and<00:30:46.059><c> of</c><00:30:46.220><c> course</c><00:30:46.420><c> that</c><00:30:46.740><c> too</c><00:30:47.220><c> got</c><00:30:47.440><c> identified</c><00:30:48.059><c> with</c><00:30:48.660><c> the</c><00:30:49.480><c> Greek</c>

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:54.000
and<00:30:49.920><c> the</c><00:30:50.119><c> Roman</c><00:30:50.440><c> empires</c><00:30:51.059><c> as</c><00:30:51.339><c> one</c><00:30:52.039><c> morphed</c><00:30:52.579><c> into</c><00:30:52.900><c> the</c><00:30:53.140><c> next.</c>

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:57.839
So<00:30:55.279><c> there</c><00:30:55.779><c> would</c><00:30:55.960><c> have</c><00:30:56.059><c> been</c><00:30:56.200><c> no</c><00:30:56.380><c> mistaking</c><00:30:57.119><c> this</c><00:30:57.460><c> woman</c>

00:30:57.839 --> 00:31:00.420
and<00:30:58.099><c> her</c><00:30:58.819><c> relationship</c><00:30:59.519><c> to</c><00:30:59.799><c> a</c><00:31:00.019><c> beast,</c>

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:03.339
at<00:31:00.920><c> least</c><00:31:01.119><c> as</c><00:31:01.279><c> it</c><00:31:01.559><c> related</c><00:31:01.819><c> to</c><00:31:02.079><c> the</c><00:31:02.259><c> formation</c>

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:08.079
of<00:31:04.599><c> what</c><00:31:05.119><c> has</c><00:31:05.779><c> become</c><00:31:06.039><c> Europe</c><00:31:06.380><c> or</c><00:31:06.740><c> was</c><00:31:07.000><c> then</c><00:31:07.279><c> the</c><00:31:07.420><c> Roman</c><00:31:07.660><c> empire.</c>

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:10.779
But<00:31:08.559><c> there's</c><00:31:08.960><c> another</c><00:31:09.319><c> more</c><00:31:09.660><c> horrible</c><00:31:10.380><c> meaning</c>

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:13.359
and<00:31:10.960><c> that</c><00:31:11.140><c> is</c><00:31:11.319><c> how</c><00:31:11.500><c> Christians</c><00:31:11.880><c> would</c><00:31:12.059><c> have</c><00:31:12.200><c> understood</c>

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:16.259
the<00:31:13.900><c> meaning</c><00:31:14.079><c> of</c><00:31:14.299><c> a</c><00:31:14.400><c> woman</c><00:31:14.740><c> riding</c><00:31:15.160><c> a</c><00:31:15.440><c> beast.</c>

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:20.579
It's<00:31:17.119><c> no</c><00:31:17.319><c> wonder</c><00:31:17.839><c> that</c><00:31:18.680><c> Revelation</c><00:31:19.220><c> 17</c><00:31:19.839><c> 6</c><00:31:20.279><c> says,</c>

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:23.140
and<00:31:20.779><c> I</c><00:31:20.920><c> saw</c><00:31:21.160><c> the</c><00:31:21.359><c> woman</c><00:31:21.619><c> drunk</c><00:31:21.980><c> with</c><00:31:22.240><c> the</c><00:31:22.440><c> blood</c><00:31:22.519><c> of</c><00:31:22.740><c> the</c><00:31:22.920><c> saints</c>

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:25.579
and<00:31:23.339><c> the</c><00:31:23.500><c> blood</c><00:31:23.579><c> of</c><00:31:23.779><c> the</c><00:31:23.920><c> martyrs</c><00:31:24.299><c> of</c><00:31:24.420><c> Jesus.</c>

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:28.180
When<00:31:25.940><c> I</c><00:31:26.180><c> saw</c><00:31:26.440><c> her,</c><00:31:27.119><c> I</c><00:31:27.400><c> marveled</c><00:31:27.900><c> greatly</c>

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:31.359
because<00:31:28.619><c> if</c><00:31:28.819><c> you</c><00:31:28.960><c> were</c><00:31:29.099><c> a</c><00:31:29.240><c> Christian</c><00:31:29.519><c> and</c><00:31:29.759><c> you</c><00:31:29.920><c> knew</c><00:31:30.420><c> John's</c><00:31:31.079><c> letter</c>

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:35.500
and<00:31:31.640><c> you</c><00:31:31.839><c> knew</c><00:31:32.000><c> that</c><00:31:32.200><c> this</c><00:31:32.460><c> woman</c><00:31:32.839><c> was</c><00:31:33.700><c> identified</c><00:31:34.480><c> by</c><00:31:34.920><c> Christ</c>

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:37.160
as<00:31:35.960><c> a</c><00:31:36.200><c> beast</c>

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:40.279
and<00:31:37.619><c> you</c><00:31:37.839><c> were</c><00:31:38.220><c> taken</c><00:31:38.660><c> to</c><00:31:39.319><c> one</c><00:31:39.460><c> of</c><00:31:39.640><c> those</c><00:31:39.819><c> hills</c>

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:42.380
on<00:31:40.619><c> which</c><00:31:40.799><c> that</c><00:31:41.019><c> woman</c><00:31:41.339><c> sits,</c>

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:45.579
you<00:31:43.079><c> would</c><00:31:43.279><c> have</c><00:31:43.420><c> been</c><00:31:43.619><c> devoured</c><00:31:44.099><c> by</c><00:31:44.440><c> a</c><00:31:44.640><c> beast</c>

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:51.960
for<00:31:46.240><c> the</c><00:31:46.539><c> entertainment</c><00:31:47.180><c> of</c><00:31:48.019><c> the</c><00:31:48.240><c> citizens</c><00:31:48.960><c> of</c><00:31:50.640><c> that</c><00:31:50.819><c> great</c><00:31:51.059><c> city.</c>

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:55.119
Do<00:31:52.720><c> you</c><00:31:52.960><c> see</c><00:31:53.160><c> how</c><00:31:53.440><c> literal</c><00:31:53.779><c> and</c><00:31:54.099><c> vivid</c><00:31:54.319><c> this</c><00:31:54.599><c> would</c><00:31:54.740><c> have</c><00:31:54.940><c> been</c>

00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:57.640
in<00:31:55.319><c> your</c><00:31:55.500><c> mind</c><00:31:55.819><c> if</c><00:31:56.000><c> you</c><00:31:56.160><c> lived</c><00:31:56.299><c> in</c><00:31:56.500><c> those</c><00:31:56.700><c> days?</c>

00:31:58.200 --> 00:32:00.900
And<00:31:58.359><c> it</c><00:31:58.519><c> says</c><00:31:58.700><c> of</c><00:31:58.980><c> her</c><00:31:59.259><c> that</c><00:31:59.480><c> she</c><00:31:59.720><c> glorified</c><00:32:00.279><c> herself</c>

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:03.539
and<00:32:01.460><c> lived</c><00:32:01.799><c> luxuriously.</c>

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:06.519
So<00:32:04.539><c> in</c><00:32:04.700><c> the</c><00:32:04.880><c> fourth</c><00:32:05.119><c> verse,</c><00:32:05.779><c> it</c><00:32:05.980><c> says</c><00:32:06.200><c> this,</c>

00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:09.660
and<00:32:06.680><c> the</c><00:32:06.759><c> woman</c><00:32:06.960><c> was</c><00:32:07.259><c> arrayed</c><00:32:07.779><c> in</c><00:32:08.039><c> purple</c><00:32:08.440><c> and</c><00:32:08.880><c> scarlet</c><00:32:09.339><c> color</c>

00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:15.440
and<00:32:09.940><c> decked</c><00:32:10.240><c> with</c><00:32:10.400><c> gold</c><00:32:10.720><c> and</c><00:32:11.119><c> precious</c><00:32:12.059><c> stones</c><00:32:12.980><c> and</c><00:32:13.880><c> pearls.</c>

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:19.279
I'd<00:32:17.619><c> like</c><00:32:17.740><c> to</c><00:32:17.900><c> ask</c><00:32:18.039><c> you</c><00:32:18.200><c> a</c><00:32:18.240><c> question.</c>

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:23.289
What<00:32:21.720><c> colors</c><00:32:22.000><c> do</c><00:32:22.200><c> you</c><00:32:22.420><c> see?</c>

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:29.039
Where<00:32:25.500><c> else</c><00:32:26.460><c> associated</c><00:32:27.779><c> with</c><00:32:27.980><c> a</c><00:32:28.119><c> great</c><00:32:28.539><c> city</c>

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:33.039
that<00:32:29.359><c> sits</c><00:32:29.519><c> on</c><00:32:30.019><c> seven</c><00:32:30.319><c> hills</c><00:32:31.039><c> that</c><00:32:32.059><c> rides</c><00:32:32.420><c> a</c><00:32:32.720><c> beast</c>

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:36.420
depicted<00:32:33.599><c> by</c><00:32:33.960><c> its</c><00:32:34.240><c> origin</c><00:32:34.660><c> in</c><00:32:34.900><c> a</c><00:32:34.980><c> mythological</c><00:32:35.660><c> fable,</c>

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:40.240
where<00:32:37.099><c> else</c><00:32:37.859><c> do</c><00:32:38.720><c> you</c><00:32:38.859><c> see</c><00:32:39.039><c> these</c><00:32:39.299><c> colors?</c>

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:43.819
I<00:32:42.039><c> went</c><00:32:42.180><c> looking</c><00:32:42.619><c> for</c><00:32:43.180><c> these</c><00:32:43.440><c> colors</c>

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:48.220
as<00:32:44.160><c> they</c><00:32:44.359><c> would</c><00:32:44.599><c> nationally</c><00:32:45.240><c> represent</c><00:32:46.000><c> or</c><00:32:46.880><c> politically</c>

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:53.180
or<00:32:48.720><c> in</c><00:32:49.160><c> terms</c><00:32:49.700><c> of</c><00:32:50.380><c> identity</c><00:32:51.160><c> as</c><00:32:51.920><c> they</c><00:32:52.079><c> would</c><00:32:52.440><c> identify</c>

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:56.259
some<00:32:53.539><c> other</c><00:32:53.759><c> entity</c><00:32:54.160><c> in</c><00:32:54.299><c> this</c><00:32:54.539><c> world</c><00:32:54.720><c> that</c><00:32:54.920><c> would</c><00:32:55.119><c> qualify.</c>

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:59.839
And<00:32:56.599><c> the</c><00:32:58.240><c> only</c><00:32:58.559><c> other</c><00:32:58.880><c> entity</c><00:32:59.180><c> I</c><00:32:59.359><c> could</c><00:32:59.579><c> find,</c>

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:02.480
and<00:33:00.039><c> maybe</c><00:33:00.319><c> I</c><00:33:00.619><c> wasn't</c><00:33:00.920><c> so</c><00:33:01.339><c> comprehensive</c><00:33:01.859><c> in</c><00:33:02.099><c> my</c><00:33:02.299><c> search,</c>

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:04.140
was<00:33:02.720><c> the</c><00:33:02.859><c> Red</c><00:33:03.099><c> Hat</c><00:33:03.299><c> Brigade.</c>

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:09.460
Have<00:33:05.599><c> you</c><00:33:05.640><c> ever</c><00:33:05.779><c> been</c><00:33:05.880><c> on</c><00:33:06.019><c> a</c><00:33:06.200><c> bus</c><00:33:06.640><c> with</c><00:33:07.559><c> the</c><00:33:07.700><c> Red</c><00:33:07.980><c> Hat</c><00:33:08.240><c> Brigade?</c>

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:12.599
Well,<00:33:10.099><c> I</c><00:33:10.200><c> got</c><00:33:10.400><c> on</c><00:33:10.579><c> one</c><00:33:10.680><c> and</c><00:33:10.759><c> I</c><00:33:10.880><c> was</c><00:33:11.019><c> the</c><00:33:11.180><c> only</c><00:33:11.519><c> man.</c>

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:15.019
Well,<00:33:13.819><c> this</c><00:33:13.960><c> was</c><00:33:14.180><c> a</c><00:33:14.400><c> scary</c><00:33:14.700><c> thing.</c>

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:16.559
So<00:33:15.259><c> I</c><00:33:15.339><c> thought,</c><00:33:15.619><c> what</c><00:33:15.759><c> am</c><00:33:15.980><c> I</c><00:33:15.980><c> going</c><00:33:16.099><c> to</c><00:33:16.259><c> do?</c>

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:20.960
And<00:33:17.519><c> so</c><00:33:17.759><c> I</c><00:33:17.880><c> said,</c><00:33:18.839><c> I'm</c><00:33:19.140><c> right</c><00:33:19.660><c> with</c><00:33:19.920><c> you.</c>

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:25.500
And<00:33:22.460><c> we</c><00:33:22.859><c> got</c><00:33:23.059><c> to</c><00:33:23.259><c> talking</c><00:33:23.559><c> all</c><00:33:23.920><c> about</c><00:33:24.160><c> how</c><00:33:24.380><c> they</c><00:33:24.539><c> were</c><00:33:24.779><c> oppressed</c><00:33:25.099><c> at</c><00:33:25.339><c> home</c>

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:29.640
and<00:33:25.599><c> they</c><00:33:25.759><c> did</c><00:33:25.960><c> so</c><00:33:26.160><c> many</c><00:33:26.359><c> years</c><00:33:26.700><c> of</c><00:33:27.700><c> wash</c><00:33:28.099><c> and</c><00:33:28.460><c> dishes</c><00:33:28.900><c> and</c><00:33:29.119><c> all</c><00:33:29.400><c> this,</c>

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:32.460
and<00:33:29.839><c> now</c><00:33:30.039><c> they're</c><00:33:30.680><c> out</c><00:33:31.000><c> there</c><00:33:31.160><c> and</c><00:33:31.299><c> the</c><00:33:31.460><c> rule</c><00:33:31.740><c> is</c><00:33:32.019><c> there</c><00:33:32.180><c> are</c>

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.579
no<00:33:32.660><c> rules.</c>

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:35.759
And<00:33:33.980><c> I</c><00:33:34.119><c> said,</c><00:33:34.519><c> well,</c><00:33:34.819><c> good</c><00:33:35.160><c> for</c><00:33:35.539><c> you.</c>

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.960
I<00:33:35.940><c> hope</c><00:33:36.119><c> you</c><00:33:36.279><c> have</c><00:33:36.400><c> a</c><00:33:36.559><c> good</c><00:33:36.700><c> time.</c>

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:38.339
By<00:33:37.140><c> the</c><00:33:37.259><c> time</c><00:33:37.359><c> I</c><00:33:37.460><c> got</c><00:33:37.599><c> off</c><00:33:37.880><c> the</c><00:33:38.079><c> bus,</c>

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:41.799
I<00:33:38.900><c> had</c><00:33:39.220><c> found</c><00:33:39.519><c> grace</c><00:33:40.099><c> with</c><00:33:40.900><c> the</c><00:33:41.079><c> Red</c><00:33:41.259><c> Hat</c><00:33:41.480><c> Brigade.</c>

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:45.279
But<00:33:41.940><c> I</c><00:33:42.019><c> can</c><00:33:42.200><c> tell</c><00:33:42.339><c> you</c><00:33:42.480><c> this,</c><00:33:43.019><c> they</c><00:33:43.299><c> have</c><00:33:43.559><c> no</c><00:33:43.900><c> qualification,</c><00:33:44.740><c> whatever,</c>

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:49.859
in<00:33:45.700><c> any</c><00:33:46.059><c> context</c><00:33:46.559><c> relating</c><00:33:47.099><c> to</c><00:33:47.819><c> these</c><00:33:48.079><c> colors</c><00:33:48.500><c> and</c><00:33:48.740><c> a</c><00:33:48.859><c> great</c><00:33:49.019><c> city.</c>

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:53.680
So<00:33:51.339><c> that</c><00:33:51.720><c> leaves</c><00:33:52.039><c> us</c><00:33:52.380><c> again</c><00:33:52.759><c> with</c><00:33:53.059><c> what</c><00:33:53.259><c> you</c><00:33:53.519><c> see.</c>

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:55.759
What<00:33:54.000><c> colors</c><00:33:54.380><c> do</c><00:33:54.559><c> you</c><00:33:54.759><c> see</c><00:33:55.019><c> there?</c>

00:33:56.119 --> 00:33:58.900
When<00:33:56.700><c> I</c><00:33:56.920><c> was</c><00:33:57.099><c> watching</c><00:33:57.400><c> the</c><00:33:57.599><c> funeral</c><00:33:57.980><c> of</c><00:33:58.200><c> Pope</c><00:33:58.380><c> John</c><00:33:58.700><c> Paul,</c>

00:33:58.940 --> 00:34:02.279
I<00:33:59.059><c> thought</c><00:33:59.259><c> to</c><00:33:59.440><c> myself,</c><00:34:00.259><c> did</c><00:34:00.440><c> John</c><00:34:00.839><c> see</c><00:34:01.220><c> this?</c>

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:05.980
Did<00:34:02.579><c> he</c><00:34:02.940><c> see</c><00:34:03.220><c> the</c><00:34:03.619><c> proceedings</c><00:34:04.099><c> as</c><00:34:04.940><c> they</c><00:34:05.220><c> were</c><00:34:05.440><c> in</c><00:34:05.660><c> public</c>

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:08.880
with<00:34:06.279><c> people</c><00:34:06.640><c> from</c><00:34:06.960><c> all</c><00:34:07.240><c> over</c><00:34:07.420><c> the</c><00:34:07.619><c> world</c><00:34:07.940><c> and</c><00:34:08.340><c> those</c><00:34:08.619><c> colors?</c>

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:11.300
And<00:34:09.099><c> did</c><00:34:09.219><c> he</c><00:34:09.500><c> write</c><00:34:09.699><c> that</c><00:34:09.980><c> because</c><00:34:10.320><c> of</c><00:34:10.500><c> what</c><00:34:10.679><c> he</c><00:34:11.000><c> saw</c>

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:13.340
that<00:34:11.679><c> we</c><00:34:11.980><c> now</c><00:34:12.280><c> see</c><00:34:12.539><c> on</c><00:34:12.860><c> television?</c>

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:16.800
We<00:34:14.039><c> may</c><00:34:14.300><c> be</c><00:34:14.480><c> looking</c><00:34:14.900><c> at</c><00:34:15.199><c> the</c><00:34:15.320><c> very</c><00:34:15.599><c> things</c><00:34:15.960><c> which</c><00:34:16.260><c> John</c><00:34:16.519><c> saw,</c>

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:19.940
either<00:34:17.139><c> by</c><00:34:17.420><c> vision</c><00:34:17.699><c> or</c><00:34:18.219><c> somehow</c><00:34:18.699><c> in</c><00:34:19.039><c> symbol</c>

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:22.920
in<00:34:20.639><c> the</c><00:34:20.920><c> times</c><00:34:21.139><c> when</c><00:34:21.300><c> he</c><00:34:21.500><c> wrote</c><00:34:21.679><c> this</c><00:34:21.980><c> message.</c>

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:26.599
There<00:34:23.440><c> it</c><00:34:23.579><c> is</c><00:34:23.739><c> again,</c><00:34:24.139><c> and</c><00:34:25.400><c> I</c><00:34:25.880><c> don't</c><00:34:26.000><c> know</c><00:34:26.099><c> about</c><00:34:26.300><c> you,</c>

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:30.980
but<00:34:27.400><c> I</c><00:34:28.239><c> do</c><00:34:28.579><c> not</c><00:34:28.920><c> trust</c><00:34:29.559><c> that</c><00:34:30.019><c> face.</c>

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:36.199
There's<00:34:32.159><c> something,</c><00:34:33.099><c> maybe</c><00:34:33.699><c> I'm</c><00:34:34.679><c> not</c><00:34:35.019><c> a</c><00:34:35.099><c> good</c><00:34:35.320><c> judge</c><00:34:35.539><c> of</c><00:34:35.860><c> character,</c>

00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:40.340
but<00:34:36.980><c> I</c><00:34:37.420><c> look</c><00:34:37.539><c> at</c><00:34:37.780><c> that</c><00:34:37.940><c> and</c><00:34:38.079><c> I</c><00:34:38.300><c> see</c><00:34:38.559><c> evil</c><00:34:39.079><c> there.</c>

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:45.519
There's<00:34:40.820><c> a</c><00:34:41.099><c> mischief</c><00:34:41.860><c> in</c><00:34:43.579><c> those</c><00:34:44.260><c> eyes</c><00:34:44.840><c> that's</c><00:34:45.139><c> like,</c>

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:49.320
ah,<00:34:46.019><c> I'm</c><00:34:46.440><c> finally</c><00:34:46.840><c> here,</c><00:34:47.320><c> I</c><00:34:47.480><c> can</c><00:34:47.820><c> now</c><00:34:48.320><c> do</c><00:34:48.539><c> it,</c>

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:52.219
whatever<00:34:49.599><c> it</c><00:34:50.019><c> may</c><00:34:50.360><c> be</c><00:34:50.760><c> in</c><00:34:50.960><c> the</c><00:34:51.079><c> near</c><00:34:51.280><c> future.</c>

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:55.239
And<00:34:52.519><c> busy</c><00:34:52.780><c> he's</c><00:34:53.079><c> been,</c><00:34:53.480><c> hasn't</c><00:34:53.639><c> he,</c><00:34:54.239><c> since</c><00:34:54.500><c> he</c><00:34:54.639><c> took</c><00:34:54.840><c> office.</c>

00:34:55.340 --> 00:34:57.460
But<00:34:55.539><c> anyway,</c><00:34:56.000><c> the</c><00:34:56.119><c> colors</c><00:34:56.320><c> are</c><00:34:56.599><c> obvious.</c>

00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:59.380
Then<00:34:57.960><c> in</c><00:34:58.079><c> the</c><00:34:58.239><c> seventh</c><00:34:58.519><c> verse,</c><00:34:59.019><c> it</c><00:34:59.139><c> says,</c>

00:34:59.539 --> 00:35:02.500
how<00:34:59.559><c> much</c><00:35:00.019><c> she</c><00:35:00.360><c> glorified</c><00:35:00.820><c> herself</c><00:35:01.219><c> and</c><00:35:01.440><c> lived</c><00:35:01.599><c> luxuriously,</c>

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:05.579
so<00:35:03.059><c> much</c><00:35:03.300><c> torment</c><00:35:03.800><c> and</c><00:35:04.380><c> sorrow</c><00:35:04.739><c> give</c><00:35:05.000><c> her.</c>

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:09.900
For<00:35:06.079><c> she</c><00:35:06.420><c> said</c><00:35:06.599><c> in</c><00:35:06.780><c> her</c><00:35:07.119><c> heart,</c><00:35:08.260><c> I</c><00:35:08.519><c> sit</c><00:35:08.679><c> a</c><00:35:08.960><c> queen.</c>

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:12.960
I<00:35:10.880><c> am</c><00:35:11.059><c> no</c><00:35:11.320><c> widow</c><00:35:11.599><c> and</c><00:35:11.900><c> shall</c><00:35:12.099><c> see</c><00:35:12.340><c> no</c><00:35:12.679><c> sorrow.</c>

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:19.239
Look<00:35:13.300><c> at</c><00:35:13.539><c> the</c><00:35:13.900><c> opulence</c><00:35:14.980><c> of</c><00:35:16.019><c> this</c><00:35:17.039><c> coronation</c><00:35:17.820><c> of</c><00:35:18.139><c> cardinals.</c>

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:21.099
I<00:35:19.519><c> think</c><00:35:19.780><c> coronation</c><00:35:20.300><c> is</c><00:35:20.480><c> the</c><00:35:20.599><c> right</c><00:35:20.820><c> word.</c>

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:24.179
Correct<00:35:21.360><c> me</c><00:35:21.539><c> if</c><00:35:21.619><c> I'm</c><00:35:21.800><c> wrong</c><00:35:22.039><c> later,</c><00:35:22.519><c> but</c><00:35:22.760><c> here's</c><00:35:23.280><c> the</c><00:35:23.440><c> pope</c><00:35:23.639><c> up</c><00:35:23.860><c> here.</c>

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:27.980
And<00:35:24.840><c> look</c><00:35:25.039><c> at</c><00:35:25.260><c> this,</c><00:35:25.639><c> and</c><00:35:25.719><c> I</c><00:35:25.940><c> know</c><00:35:26.239><c> from</c><00:35:26.719><c> having</c><00:35:27.039><c> been</c><00:35:27.179><c> in</c><00:35:27.340><c> the</c><00:35:27.599><c> field</c>

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:30.659
of<00:35:28.300><c> design</c><00:35:28.639><c> and</c><00:35:28.920><c> architecture</c><00:35:29.460><c> in</c><00:35:30.079><c> the</c><00:35:30.280><c> past</c>

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:33.900
that<00:35:31.679><c> the</c><00:35:32.440><c> designers</c><00:35:32.960><c> of</c><00:35:33.199><c> these</c><00:35:33.440><c> buildings</c>

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:36.480
designed<00:35:34.400><c> them</c><00:35:34.559><c> with</c><00:35:34.880><c> one</c><00:35:35.119><c> intent</c><00:35:35.559><c> in</c><00:35:36.300><c> mind</c>

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:38.219
as<00:35:36.679><c> a</c><00:35:36.860><c> result</c><00:35:37.039><c> of</c><00:35:37.219><c> the</c><00:35:37.380><c> Council</c><00:35:37.639><c> of</c><00:35:37.860><c> Trent.</c>

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:43.119
And<00:35:38.760><c> that</c><00:35:38.960><c> was</c><00:35:39.179><c> to</c><00:35:39.460><c> convince,</c><00:35:40.559><c> to</c><00:35:41.000><c> cure</c><00:35:41.500><c> the</c><00:35:41.960><c> issue</c><00:35:42.219><c> of</c><00:35:42.420><c> the</c><00:35:42.559><c> Reformation</c>

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:46.420
by<00:35:43.820><c> convincing</c><00:35:44.400><c> people</c><00:35:44.800><c> that</c><00:35:45.059><c> came</c><00:35:45.300><c> into</c><00:35:45.500><c> these</c><00:35:45.820><c> cathedrals</c>

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:48.800
that<00:35:46.840><c> they</c><00:35:47.119><c> had</c><00:35:47.440><c> gone</c><00:35:47.719><c> to</c><00:35:48.000><c> heaven.</c>

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:52.820
And<00:35:49.840><c> so</c><00:35:50.159><c> to</c><00:35:50.380><c> convince</c><00:35:50.800><c> them</c><00:35:50.980><c> of</c><00:35:51.179><c> this,</c><00:35:51.800><c> they</c><00:35:51.960><c> put</c><00:35:52.280><c> naked</c>

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:54.119
statues<00:35:53.480><c> everywhere</c>

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:56.260
because<00:35:54.539><c> they</c><00:35:54.739><c> would</c><00:35:54.920><c> have</c><00:35:55.059><c> a</c><00:35:55.380><c> universal</c><00:35:55.780><c> appeal,</c>

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:58.000
a<00:35:56.579><c> very</c><00:35:56.920><c> good</c><00:35:57.139><c> appeal</c><00:35:57.420><c> to</c><00:35:57.639><c> people,</c>

00:35:58.219 --> 00:36:01.619
and<00:35:58.420><c> they</c><00:35:58.639><c> put</c><00:35:58.840><c> paintings</c><00:35:59.500><c> and</c><00:36:00.280><c> gold</c><00:36:00.800><c> everywhere</c>

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:05.239
and<00:36:02.019><c> opulence</c><00:36:02.960><c> beyond</c><00:36:03.920><c> anyone's</c><00:36:04.760><c> imagination</c>

00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:07.960
in<00:36:05.420><c> the</c><00:36:06.099><c> poorest</c><00:36:06.639><c> of</c><00:36:07.420><c> times.</c>

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:10.559
This<00:36:08.699><c> was</c><00:36:08.940><c> heaven</c><00:36:09.559><c> on</c><00:36:10.280><c> earth.</c>

00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:13.980
And<00:36:10.880><c> so</c><00:36:11.039><c> it's</c><00:36:11.380><c> called</c><00:36:11.639><c> spiritual</c><00:36:12.480><c> hosts</c><00:36:13.079><c> of</c><00:36:13.380><c> wickedness</c>

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:15.679
in<00:36:14.579><c> heavenly</c><00:36:15.059><c> places.</c>

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:19.880
It's<00:36:16.000><c> no</c><00:36:16.219><c> wonder</c><00:36:16.699><c> that</c><00:36:17.099><c> Paul</c><00:36:17.699><c> sort</c><00:36:18.199><c> of</c><00:36:18.900><c> pinned</c><00:36:19.159><c> this</c><00:36:19.460><c> when</c><00:36:19.579><c> he</c><00:36:19.780><c> said,</c>

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:22.179
for<00:36:20.039><c> such</c><00:36:20.280><c> men</c><00:36:20.460><c> are</c><00:36:20.719><c> false</c><00:36:21.019><c> apostles,</c>

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:25.380
deceitful<00:36:22.800><c> workmen</c><00:36:23.260><c> disguising</c><00:36:23.880><c> themselves</c><00:36:24.440><c> as</c><00:36:24.960><c> apostles</c>

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:25.880
of<00:36:25.619><c> Christ,</c>

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:28.739
and<00:36:26.340><c> no</c><00:36:26.539><c> wonder</c><00:36:26.760><c> for</c><00:36:26.980><c> even</c><00:36:27.400><c> Satan</c><00:36:27.619><c> disguises</c><00:36:28.239><c> himself</c>

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:30.340
as<00:36:29.219><c> an</c><00:36:29.440><c> angel</c><00:36:29.800><c> of</c><00:36:30.119><c> light.</c>

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:32.800
And<00:36:30.940><c> there</c><00:36:31.239><c> is</c><00:36:31.500><c> your</c><00:36:31.739><c> answer</c><00:36:32.059><c> to</c><00:36:32.239><c> the</c><00:36:32.460><c> question,</c>

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:34.900
what<00:36:33.059><c> did</c><00:36:33.360><c> Paul</c><00:36:33.679><c> mean</c><00:36:34.079><c> when</c><00:36:34.519><c> he</c><00:36:34.739><c> said,</c>

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:39.000
if<00:36:35.139><c> I</c><00:36:35.519><c> or</c><00:36:35.679><c> an</c><00:36:36.000><c> angel</c><00:36:36.320><c> of</c><00:36:36.539><c> heaven</c><00:36:36.780><c> preached</c><00:36:37.219><c> to</c><00:36:37.460><c> you</c><00:36:37.679><c> any</c><00:36:38.219><c> other</c><00:36:38.539><c> gospel</c>

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:42.440
than<00:36:39.260><c> that</c><00:36:39.599><c> which</c><00:36:39.880><c> we</c><00:36:40.400><c> have</c><00:36:40.679><c> preached,</c><00:36:41.119><c> let</c><00:36:41.260><c> him</c><00:36:41.539><c> be</c><00:36:41.920><c> accursed.</c>

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:45.619
He<00:36:42.880><c> was</c><00:36:43.219><c> not</c><00:36:43.500><c> speaking</c><00:36:43.780><c> about</c><00:36:44.119><c> the</c><00:36:44.400><c> angels</c><00:36:44.619><c> of</c><00:36:44.900><c> God's</c><00:36:45.280><c> heavens,</c>

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.900
God's<00:36:46.500><c> messengers.</c>

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:50.659
He<00:36:47.340><c> was</c><00:36:47.579><c> speaking</c><00:36:47.880><c> about</c><00:36:48.579><c> the</c><00:36:49.139><c> false</c><00:36:49.719><c> bishops</c>

00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:52.920
of<00:36:51.079><c> the</c><00:36:51.440><c> spiritual</c><00:36:51.860><c> hosts</c><00:36:52.159><c> of</c><00:36:52.420><c> wickedness</c>

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:54.820
in<00:36:53.239><c> heavenly</c><00:36:53.639><c> places</c><00:36:54.059><c> in</c><00:36:54.280><c> this</c><00:36:54.500><c> world</c>

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:57.480
who<00:36:55.199><c> he</c><00:36:55.539><c> knew</c><00:36:55.719><c> would</c><00:36:55.920><c> be</c><00:36:56.119><c> preaching</c><00:36:56.559><c> another</c><00:36:57.119><c> gospel.</c>

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.679
The<00:36:57.840><c> Spirit</c><00:36:58.019><c> told</c><00:36:58.280><c> him</c><00:36:58.519><c> that,</c>

00:36:58.679 --> 00:37:01.119
and<00:36:58.840><c> that</c><00:36:59.019><c> would</c><00:36:59.239><c> have</c><00:36:59.420><c> to</c><00:36:59.619><c> be</c><00:37:00.000><c> a</c><00:37:00.199><c> more</c><00:37:00.460><c> clear</c><00:37:00.699><c> meaning</c>

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:03.960
of<00:37:01.619><c> what</c><00:37:01.820><c> he</c><00:37:02.099><c> says</c><00:37:02.320><c> concerning</c><00:37:02.820><c> the</c><00:37:03.059><c> gospel</c>

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:07.320
that<00:37:04.179><c> we</c><00:37:04.500><c> preach</c><00:37:04.840><c> against</c><00:37:05.360><c> when</c><00:37:05.539><c> we</c><00:37:05.800><c> preach</c><00:37:06.000><c> the</c><00:37:06.539><c> true</c><00:37:06.820><c> gospel</c>

00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:10.679
of<00:37:07.980><c> the</c><00:37:08.159><c> kingdom</c><00:37:08.400><c> of</c><00:37:08.639><c> God</c><00:37:08.800><c> in</c><00:37:08.960><c> the</c><00:37:09.000><c> name</c><00:37:09.159><c> of</c><00:37:09.380><c> Jesus</c><00:37:09.659><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:12.960
But<00:37:11.320><c> then</c><00:37:11.440><c> there's</c><00:37:11.599><c> another</c><00:37:11.860><c> problem.</c>

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:17.360
Doesn't<00:37:13.360><c> the</c><00:37:13.659><c> Bible</c><00:37:14.019><c> describe</c><00:37:15.059><c> the</c><00:37:15.599><c> harlot</c><00:37:16.019><c> as</c><00:37:16.400><c> being</c><00:37:16.699><c> Israel</c>

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:21.980
everywhere<00:37:18.480><c> where</c><00:37:19.179><c> God</c><00:37:19.639><c> makes</c><00:37:20.059><c> his</c><00:37:20.539><c> scathing</c><00:37:21.280><c> indictments</c>

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:23.780
against<00:37:23.019><c> Israel.</c>

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:25.599
He<00:37:24.079><c> refers</c><00:37:24.539><c> to</c><00:37:24.860><c> her</c><00:37:25.000><c> as</c><00:37:25.219><c> a</c><00:37:25.400><c> harlot.</c>

00:37:25.699 --> 00:37:27.320
How<00:37:25.940><c> is</c><00:37:26.119><c> that</c><00:37:26.420><c> resolved</c><00:37:26.900><c> now</c>

00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:29.760
with<00:37:27.760><c> respect</c><00:37:28.260><c> to</c><00:37:28.559><c> the</c><00:37:28.739><c> spread</c><00:37:28.880><c> of</c><00:37:29.239><c> Christianity</c>

00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:33.239
and<00:37:30.300><c> the</c><00:37:30.480><c> message</c><00:37:30.780><c> given</c><00:37:31.059><c> to</c><00:37:31.300><c> John</c><00:37:31.579><c> concerning</c><00:37:32.159><c> the</c><00:37:32.420><c> seven</c><00:37:32.679><c> churches</c>

00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:35.860
in<00:37:33.760><c> the</c><00:37:33.980><c> Gentile</c><00:37:34.619><c> context?</c>

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:41.059
Well,<00:37:36.659><c> we</c><00:37:36.820><c> can</c><00:37:37.119><c> see</c><00:37:37.400><c> that</c><00:37:38.300><c> this</c><00:37:39.420><c> relationship</c><00:37:40.440><c> now</c>

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:45.980
between<00:37:41.980><c> the</c><00:37:43.000><c> church</c><00:37:43.539><c> and</c><00:37:44.460><c> the</c><00:37:44.940><c> state,</c>

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:49.820
which<00:37:47.820><c> began</c><00:37:48.579><c> as</c><00:37:48.800><c> a</c><00:37:48.900><c> body</c><00:37:49.079><c> of</c><00:37:49.219><c> Christ,</c><00:37:49.719><c> didn't</c><00:37:49.719><c> it?</c>

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:52.539
There<00:37:50.059><c> were</c><00:37:50.219><c> those</c><00:37:50.940><c> that</c><00:37:51.199><c> John</c><00:37:51.480><c> called</c><00:37:51.880><c> antichrists</c>

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:54.940
that<00:37:52.800><c> separated</c><00:37:53.219><c> themselves</c><00:37:53.780><c> because</c><00:37:54.139><c> of</c><00:37:54.300><c> Gnosticism</c>

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:57.679
and<00:37:55.119><c> started</c><00:37:55.699><c> spiritualizing</c><00:37:56.639><c> who</c><00:37:56.860><c> Jesus</c><00:37:57.219><c> was</c>

00:37:57.679 --> 00:38:00.340
and<00:37:58.239><c> spoke</c><00:37:58.800><c> about</c><00:37:59.039><c> an</c><00:37:59.199><c> angry</c><00:37:59.460><c> God</c><00:37:59.639><c> in</c><00:37:59.780><c> the</c><00:37:59.880><c> Old</c><00:38:00.059><c> Testament</c>

00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:01.900
and<00:38:00.500><c> a</c><00:38:00.679><c> loving</c><00:38:00.840><c> God</c><00:38:01.079><c> in</c><00:38:01.219><c> the</c><00:38:01.260><c> New</c><00:38:01.460><c> Testament</c>

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:04.400
and<00:38:02.460><c> started</c><00:38:02.760><c> to</c><00:38:03.320><c> the</c><00:38:03.440><c> early</c><00:38:04.059><c> days</c>

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:07.420
of<00:38:04.599><c> the</c><00:38:04.739><c> formation</c><00:38:05.059><c> of</c><00:38:05.239><c> this</c><00:38:05.380><c> idea</c><00:38:05.760><c> of</c><00:38:06.000><c> the</c><00:38:06.500><c> Trinity.</c>

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:10.500
We<00:38:08.119><c> see,</c><00:38:08.699><c> let</c><00:38:09.099><c> me</c><00:38:09.159><c> just</c><00:38:09.219><c> go</c><00:38:09.360><c> back</c><00:38:09.579><c> to</c><00:38:09.739><c> this,</c>

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:13.860
this<00:38:10.599><c> interesting</c><00:38:11.079><c> relationship</c><00:38:11.960><c> between</c><00:38:12.420><c> church</c><00:38:12.980><c> and</c><00:38:13.480><c> state.</c>

00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:18.239
And<00:38:14.320><c> that's</c><00:38:14.960><c> the</c><00:38:15.199><c> beginning</c><00:38:15.679><c> of</c><00:38:16.480><c> this</c><00:38:17.019><c> harlotry.</c>

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:20.519
The<00:38:19.039><c> Old</c><00:38:19.219><c> Testament</c><00:38:19.599><c> characterization</c>

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:23.239
of<00:38:20.940><c> a</c><00:38:21.119><c> spiritual</c><00:38:21.500><c> harlot</c><00:38:22.099><c> is</c><00:38:22.980><c> this,</c>

00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:25.219
essentially<00:38:23.619><c> sold</c><00:38:23.920><c> out</c><00:38:24.139><c> to</c><00:38:24.320><c> mercantile</c><00:38:24.840><c> wealth,</c>

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:28.940
strange<00:38:25.820><c> nations,</c><00:38:27.139><c> their</c><00:38:27.280><c> rulers</c><00:38:27.559><c> and</c><00:38:27.860><c> their</c><00:38:28.079><c> idols.</c>

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:30.559
Just<00:38:29.820><c> going</c><00:38:30.000><c> over</c><00:38:30.159><c> this</c><00:38:30.300><c> quickly,</c>

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:31.960
I<00:38:30.760><c> see</c><00:38:30.880><c> I</c><00:38:30.960><c> have</c><00:38:31.079><c> five</c><00:38:31.320><c> minutes</c><00:38:31.619><c> left.</c>

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:34.699
How<00:38:32.219><c> has</c><00:38:32.420><c> the</c><00:38:32.599><c> faithful</c><00:38:32.840><c> city</c><00:38:33.159><c> become</c><00:38:33.500><c> a</c><00:38:33.719><c> harlot?</c>

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:39.300
Your<00:38:36.179><c> princes</c><00:38:36.500><c> are</c><00:38:36.760><c> rebellious</c><00:38:37.360><c> and</c><00:38:37.639><c> companions</c><00:38:38.059><c> of</c><00:38:38.360><c> thieves.</c>

00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:40.760
I'm<00:38:39.960><c> not</c><00:38:40.159><c> going</c><00:38:40.300><c> to</c><00:38:40.400><c> read</c><00:38:40.539><c> these</c>

00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:41.679
because<00:38:40.980><c> I'm</c><00:38:41.139><c> going</c><00:38:41.199><c> to</c><00:38:41.300><c> do</c><00:38:41.400><c> something</c>

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:43.739
in<00:38:41.820><c> the</c><00:38:41.940><c> next</c><00:38:42.159><c> slide</c><00:38:42.400><c> that</c><00:38:42.679><c> simplifies</c><00:38:43.139><c> all</c><00:38:43.460><c> this.</c>

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:46.940
Once<00:38:44.300><c> again,</c><00:38:44.619><c> in</c><00:38:44.679><c> Ezekiel</c><00:38:45.019><c> 16,</c><00:38:45.699><c> it</c><00:38:45.739><c> says,</c><00:38:46.059><c> speaking</c><00:38:46.380><c> of</c><00:38:46.599><c> Israel,</c>

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:48.420
you<00:38:47.159><c> were</c><00:38:47.340><c> adorned</c><00:38:47.579><c> with</c><00:38:47.699><c> gold</c><00:38:47.940><c> and</c><00:38:48.139><c> silver</c>

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:50.940
and<00:38:48.559><c> you</c><00:38:48.699><c> were</c><00:38:49.260><c> basically</c><00:38:49.880><c> fit</c><00:38:50.159><c> to</c><00:38:50.380><c> be</c><00:38:50.519><c> a</c><00:38:50.719><c> queen.</c>

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:52.980
And<00:38:51.260><c> there's</c><00:38:51.519><c> the</c><00:38:51.760><c> queen</c><00:38:52.199><c> idea</c><00:38:52.659><c> there.</c>

00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:54.760
And<00:38:53.420><c> you</c><00:38:53.760><c> lavished</c><00:38:54.119><c> your</c><00:38:54.380><c> whorings</c>

00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:57.679
and<00:38:55.320><c> just</c><00:38:55.880><c> skimming</c><00:38:56.219><c> now</c><00:38:56.639><c> in</c><00:38:56.840><c> Ezekiel</c><00:38:57.199><c> 16,</c>

00:38:57.860 --> 00:38:59.840
you<00:38:57.860><c> played</c><00:38:58.199><c> the</c><00:38:58.800><c> whore</c><00:38:58.900><c> with</c><00:38:59.119><c> the</c><00:38:59.320><c> Assyrians</c>

00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:02.280
and<00:39:00.119><c> multiplied</c><00:39:00.579><c> your</c><00:39:00.840><c> whoring</c><00:39:01.000><c> with</c><00:39:01.280><c> Babylonia.</c>

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:06.739
And<00:39:02.820><c> you</c><00:39:03.300><c> received</c><00:39:03.699><c> strangers</c><00:39:04.340><c> instead</c><00:39:04.920><c> of</c><00:39:05.179><c> your</c><00:39:05.460><c> husband,</c>

00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:10.000
much<00:39:07.300><c> like</c><00:39:07.639><c> the</c><00:39:07.860><c> church</c><00:39:08.139><c> did</c><00:39:08.440><c> when</c><00:39:08.880><c> it</c><00:39:09.079><c> left</c><00:39:09.420><c> Christ</c>

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:13.780
and<00:39:10.880><c> married</c><00:39:11.340><c> Caesar</c><00:39:11.840><c> and</c><00:39:12.239><c> received</c><00:39:13.039><c> strangers</c>

00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:14.940
in<00:39:14.019><c> the</c><00:39:14.159><c> Roman</c><00:39:14.380><c> Empire.</c>

00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:17.460
Because<00:39:15.559><c> of</c><00:39:15.739><c> the</c><00:39:15.880><c> multitude</c><00:39:16.280><c> of</c><00:39:16.519><c> your</c><00:39:16.960><c> whoredoms,</c>

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:20.380
well<00:39:17.920><c>-favored</c><00:39:18.280><c> harlot,</c><00:39:18.980><c> you've</c><00:39:19.260><c> multiplied</c><00:39:19.699><c> your</c><00:39:19.960><c> merchants.</c>

00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:22.519
Well,<00:39:20.860><c> if</c><00:39:20.980><c> you</c><00:39:21.340><c> remove</c><00:39:21.539><c> all</c><00:39:21.780><c> the</c><00:39:22.039><c> details</c>

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:24.880
and<00:39:22.960><c> just</c><00:39:23.340><c> look</c><00:39:23.539><c> at</c><00:39:23.699><c> the</c><00:39:23.840><c> description</c><00:39:24.320><c> of</c><00:39:24.539><c> a</c><00:39:24.679><c> harlot,</c>

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:27.239
you<00:39:25.099><c> understand</c><00:39:26.019><c> what</c><00:39:26.519><c> the</c><00:39:26.760><c> church</c><00:39:27.019><c> did</c>

00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:30.280
and<00:39:27.400><c> why</c><00:39:27.619><c> it</c><00:39:27.840><c> was</c><00:39:28.119><c> that</c><00:39:28.679><c> Jesus</c><00:39:29.079><c> described</c><00:39:29.579><c> her</c><00:39:29.780><c> as</c><00:39:29.940><c> a</c><00:39:30.119><c> harlot,</c>

00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:33.579
this<00:39:30.980><c> bride</c><00:39:31.360><c> of</c><00:39:31.579><c> Christ</c><00:39:31.920><c>-to</c><00:39:32.179><c>-be.</c>

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:35.619
A<00:39:34.099><c> harlot</c><00:39:34.400><c> is</c><00:39:34.619><c> everyone</c><00:39:34.860><c> who</c><00:39:35.079><c> loves</c><00:39:35.320><c> gifts,</c>

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:39.139
follows<00:39:35.980><c> after</c><00:39:36.380><c> rewards,</c><00:39:37.260><c> adorned</c><00:39:37.619><c> with</c><00:39:37.719><c> gold</c><00:39:37.980><c> and</c><00:39:38.199><c> silver,</c>

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:40.219
grew<00:39:39.280><c> exceedingly</c><00:39:39.800><c> beautiful</c>

00:39:40.219 --> 00:39:42.000
and<00:39:40.559><c> fame</c><00:39:40.840><c> has</c><00:39:41.079><c> spread</c><00:39:41.179><c> among</c><00:39:41.460><c> the</c><00:39:41.619><c> nations,</c>

00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:45.679
lavished,<00:39:43.500><c> multiplied</c><00:39:43.920><c> whorings</c><00:39:44.380><c> with</c><00:39:45.099><c> Babylon,</c>

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:47.579
essentially<00:39:46.519><c> the</c><00:39:46.719><c> land</c><00:39:46.980><c> of</c><00:39:47.219><c> merchants,</c>

00:39:47.659 --> 00:39:50.780
building<00:39:47.960><c> your</c><00:39:48.260><c> eminent</c><00:39:48.599><c> place</c><00:39:48.980><c> in</c><00:39:49.500><c> every</c><00:39:49.920><c> square,</c>

00:39:51.219 --> 00:39:52.760
cathedrals<00:39:51.860><c> and</c><00:39:52.019><c> churches</c><00:39:52.400><c> everywhere,</c>

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:53.860
receiving<00:39:53.300><c> strangers</c>

00:39:53.860 --> 00:39:59.000
and<00:39:54.539><c> multiplying</c><00:39:55.320><c> this</c><00:39:56.199><c> mercantile</c><00:39:57.119><c> basis</c><00:39:57.619><c> for</c><00:39:58.059><c> religion.</c>

00:39:59.159 --> 00:40:02.579
So<00:39:59.340><c> we</c><00:39:59.460><c> can</c><00:39:59.699><c> understand</c><00:40:00.539><c> that</c><00:40:01.699><c> that</c><00:40:01.880><c> is</c><00:40:02.019><c> a</c><00:40:02.219><c> description</c>

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:04.900
that<00:40:03.039><c> rightly</c><00:40:03.460><c> describes</c><00:40:04.260><c> the</c><00:40:04.539><c> church.</c>

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:07.719
Because<00:40:05.360><c> like</c><00:40:05.659><c> Israel,</c><00:40:06.639><c> the</c><00:40:06.760><c> church</c><00:40:06.980><c> became</c><00:40:07.340><c> a</c><00:40:07.539><c> harlot</c>

00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:10.380
when<00:40:07.860><c> it</c><00:40:08.000><c> got</c><00:40:08.139><c> all</c><00:40:08.380><c> dressed</c><00:40:08.619><c> up</c><00:40:08.860><c> to</c><00:40:09.079><c> flirt</c><00:40:09.280><c> with</c><00:40:09.500><c> the</c><00:40:09.639><c> Roman</c><00:40:09.960><c> state,</c>

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:13.500
mixing<00:40:11.139><c> religion</c><00:40:11.579><c> with</c><00:40:11.840><c> politics</c><00:40:12.260><c> to</c><00:40:12.480><c> get</c><00:40:12.659><c> money,</c><00:40:13.079><c> fame,</c>

00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:17.099
beauty,<00:40:14.380><c> influence,</c><00:40:14.880><c> power</c><00:40:15.320><c> and</c><00:40:15.900><c> control.</c>

00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:20.000
In<00:40:17.579><c> effect,</c><00:40:18.500><c> the</c><00:40:18.599><c> church</c><00:40:18.900><c> sold</c><00:40:19.280><c> its</c><00:40:19.619><c> body.</c>

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:23.139
This<00:40:20.380><c> body</c><00:40:20.820><c> of</c><00:40:21.039><c> Christ</c><00:40:21.559><c> prepared</c><00:40:22.199><c> to</c><00:40:22.420><c> be</c><00:40:22.559><c> his</c><00:40:22.820><c> bride</c>

00:40:23.139 --> 00:40:25.760
to<00:40:23.599><c> the</c><00:40:23.960><c> state</c><00:40:24.239><c> for</c><00:40:24.480><c> money</c><00:40:24.840><c> and</c><00:40:25.260><c> protection</c>

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:28.280
and<00:40:26.159><c> freedom</c><00:40:26.440><c> and</c><00:40:26.900><c> power</c><00:40:27.239><c> and</c><00:40:27.519><c> wealth.</c>

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:31.559
But<00:40:29.780><c> mystery</c><00:40:30.119><c> is</c><00:40:30.360><c> on</c><00:40:30.539><c> her</c><00:40:30.760><c> forehead.</c>

00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:35.980
It<00:40:32.619><c> says,</c><00:40:33.119><c> and</c><00:40:33.119><c> upon</c><00:40:33.300><c> her</c><00:40:33.579><c> forehead</c><00:40:33.820><c> was</c><00:40:34.079><c> a</c><00:40:34.239><c> name</c><00:40:34.440><c> written,</c><00:40:34.920><c> mystery.</c>

00:40:36.199 --> 00:40:38.739
Well,<00:40:36.420><c> I</c><00:40:36.539><c> want</c><00:40:36.679><c> to</c><00:40:36.860><c> show</c><00:40:37.059><c> you</c><00:40:37.599><c> in</c><00:40:38.119><c> short</c><00:40:38.360><c> order</c>

00:40:38.739 --> 00:40:42.699
the<00:40:39.400><c> speech</c><00:40:39.960><c> that</c><00:40:40.480><c> Pope</c><00:40:40.719><c> John</c><00:40:41.139><c> Paul</c><00:40:41.360><c> gave</c><00:40:41.679><c> in</c><00:40:41.860><c> the</c><00:40:41.940><c> year</c><00:40:42.139><c> 2000</c>

00:40:42.699 --> 00:40:45.400
when<00:40:42.900><c> now</c><00:40:43.099><c> we</c><00:40:43.239><c> were</c><00:40:43.460><c> entering</c><00:40:43.880><c> the</c><00:40:44.059><c> next</c><00:40:44.840><c> millennium.</c>

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:47.300
You<00:40:46.179><c> can</c><00:40:46.380><c> see</c><00:40:46.460><c> this</c><00:40:46.619><c> is</c><00:40:46.739><c> to</c><00:40:46.880><c> the</c><00:40:47.019><c> bishops,</c>

00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:49.300
priests,<00:40:47.820><c> deacons</c><00:40:48.039><c> and</c><00:40:48.199><c> so</c><00:40:48.460><c> on.</c>

00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:51.500
Let's<00:40:49.920><c> read</c><00:40:50.079><c> this</c><00:40:50.300><c> together.</c>

00:40:52.840 --> 00:40:53.619
Oh,<00:40:52.940><c> no,</c><00:40:53.139><c> no,</c><00:40:53.280><c> no,</c><00:40:53.420><c> no,</c><00:40:53.519><c> no.</c>

00:40:53.619 --> 00:40:55.460
I<00:40:53.760><c> know</c><00:40:53.900><c> better</c><00:40:54.139><c> than</c><00:40:54.320><c> that</c><00:40:54.480><c> in</c><00:40:54.659><c> PowerPoint.</c>

00:40:56.179 --> 00:40:58.340
How<00:40:56.380><c> many</c><00:40:56.659><c> times</c><00:40:56.980><c> do</c><00:40:57.119><c> you</c><00:40:57.260><c> see</c><00:40:57.420><c> the</c><00:40:57.579><c> word</c><00:40:57.739><c> mystery</c><00:40:58.139><c> there?</c>

00:40:58.360 --> 00:40:59.840
Can<00:40:58.500><c> you</c><00:40:58.659><c> read</c><00:40:58.860><c> that?</c>

00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:01.679
Do<00:41:00.639><c> you</c><00:41:00.840><c> see?</c>

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:04.380
They<00:41:01.980><c> can't</c><00:41:02.539><c> think</c><00:41:02.800><c> about</c><00:41:03.280><c> what</c><00:41:03.659><c> they</c><00:41:03.920><c> are</c><00:41:04.119><c> doing</c>

00:41:04.380 --> 00:41:07.440
or<00:41:04.599><c> the</c><00:41:04.840><c> meaning</c><00:41:05.099><c> of</c><00:41:05.340><c> this</c><00:41:05.539><c> religion</c><00:41:06.059><c> or</c><00:41:06.559><c> its</c><00:41:06.820><c> body</c>

00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:11.119
without<00:41:07.820><c> using</c><00:41:08.360><c> the</c><00:41:08.559><c> word</c><00:41:08.800><c> mystery</c><00:41:09.400><c> profusely.</c>

00:41:11.380 --> 00:41:12.760
It's<00:41:11.679><c> the</c><00:41:11.780><c> mystery</c><00:41:12.039><c> of</c><00:41:12.179><c> the</c><00:41:12.280><c> incarnation,</c>

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:14.179
the<00:41:13.139><c> mystery</c><00:41:13.400><c> of</c><00:41:13.639><c> the</c><00:41:13.880><c> Trinity,</c>

00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:16.119
the<00:41:14.440><c> mystery</c><00:41:14.719><c> of</c><00:41:14.900><c> the</c><00:41:15.019><c> redemption</c><00:41:15.280><c> of</c><00:41:15.460><c> the</c><00:41:15.699><c> world,</c>

00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:18.679
the<00:41:16.639><c> mystery</c><00:41:17.119><c> of</c><00:41:17.480><c> Christ</c><00:41:17.840><c> and</c><00:41:18.019><c> his</c><00:41:18.239><c> church.</c>

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:23.179
The<00:41:19.159><c> mystery</c><00:41:19.460><c> as</c><00:41:19.980><c> body</c><00:41:20.360><c> and</c><00:41:20.760><c> as</c><00:41:21.000><c> the</c><00:41:21.340><c> bride</c><00:41:21.659><c> of</c><00:41:22.820><c> Christ,</c>

00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:25.739
the<00:41:23.460><c> mystery</c><00:41:23.699><c> of</c><00:41:23.840><c> Christ</c><00:41:24.079><c> and</c><00:41:24.219><c> his</c><00:41:24.320><c> church</c><00:41:24.559><c> and</c><00:41:24.800><c> so</c><00:41:24.940><c> on</c><00:41:25.139><c> and</c><00:41:25.280><c> so</c><00:41:25.500><c> forth</c>

00:41:25.739 --> 00:41:26.920
over<00:41:26.280><c> and</c><00:41:26.480><c> over</c><00:41:26.619><c> and</c><00:41:26.679><c> over</c><00:41:26.800><c> again.</c>

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:29.440
And<00:41:27.019><c> this</c><00:41:27.159><c> is</c><00:41:27.340><c> just</c><00:41:27.559><c> the</c><00:41:27.760><c> first</c><00:41:28.000><c> part</c><00:41:28.460><c> of</c><00:41:29.039><c> his</c><00:41:29.239><c> speech.</c>

00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:31.820
There's<00:41:29.739><c> no</c><00:41:29.940><c> question</c><00:41:30.500><c> that</c><00:41:31.019><c> she</c><00:41:31.199><c> can't</c><00:41:31.619><c> think</c>

00:41:31.820 --> 00:41:33.059
without<00:41:32.139><c> the</c><00:41:32.320><c> term</c><00:41:32.519><c> mystery.</c>

00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:36.639
Then<00:41:33.619><c> she's</c><00:41:34.000><c> identified</c><00:41:34.599><c> as</c><00:41:35.179><c> Babylon</c><00:41:35.539><c> the</c><00:41:35.840><c> Great.</c>

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:40.179
And<00:41:36.880><c> upon</c><00:41:37.059><c> her</c><00:41:37.420><c> forehead</c><00:41:37.659><c> was</c><00:41:37.920><c> a</c><00:41:38.059><c> name</c><00:41:38.460><c> written</c><00:41:38.880><c> Babylon</c><00:41:39.420><c> the</c><00:41:39.860><c> Great.</c>

00:41:40.659 --> 00:41:43.059
Well,<00:41:40.800><c> this</c><00:41:41.059><c> is</c><00:41:41.380><c> a</c><00:41:41.519><c> throwback</c><00:41:42.039><c> to</c><00:41:42.179><c> what</c><00:41:42.300><c> we</c><00:41:42.599><c> understand</c>

00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:46.940
from<00:41:43.380><c> the</c><00:41:43.579><c> days</c><00:41:43.840><c> when</c><00:41:44.360><c> there</c><00:41:44.619><c> was</c><00:41:44.860><c> another</c><00:41:45.199><c> great</c><00:41:45.679><c> city</c><00:41:46.039><c> of</c><00:41:46.280><c> Nineveh</c>

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:50.059
where<00:41:47.179><c> they</c><00:41:47.480><c> decided</c><00:41:47.920><c> to</c><00:41:48.380><c> become</c><00:41:48.900><c> the</c><00:41:49.260><c> kingdom</c><00:41:49.519><c> of</c><00:41:49.800><c> God,</c>

00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:52.900
the<00:41:50.619><c> kingdom</c><00:41:50.880><c> of</c><00:41:51.159><c> men</c><00:41:51.440><c> instead</c><00:41:51.820><c> of</c><00:41:51.960><c> the</c><00:41:52.039><c> kingdom</c><00:41:52.300><c> of</c><00:41:52.599><c> God.</c>

00:41:53.260 --> 00:41:54.599
And<00:41:53.400><c> its</c><00:41:53.539><c> name</c><00:41:53.739><c> was</c><00:41:54.119><c> Babel</c>

00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:57.099
because<00:41:55.139><c> there</c><00:41:55.400><c> the</c><00:41:55.559><c> Lord</c><00:41:55.699><c> confused</c><00:41:56.219><c> the</c><00:41:56.440><c> language</c><00:41:56.760><c> of</c><00:41:56.940><c> all</c>

00:41:57.099 --> 00:41:57.500
the<00:41:57.300><c> earth</c>

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:59.400
and<00:41:57.659><c> from</c><00:41:57.840><c> there</c><00:41:58.019><c> the</c><00:41:58.159><c> Lord</c><00:41:58.320><c> scattered</c><00:41:58.679><c> them</c><00:41:58.940><c> abroad</c>

00:41:59.400 --> 00:42:01.920
and<00:41:59.840><c> the</c><00:42:00.019><c> face</c><00:42:00.320><c> of</c><00:42:00.599><c> all</c><00:42:00.820><c> the</c><00:42:01.059><c> earth.</c>

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:03.800
And<00:42:02.500><c> so</c><00:42:02.900><c> we</c><00:42:03.219><c> now</c><00:42:03.559><c> see,</c>

00:42:03.860 --> 00:42:05.480
and<00:42:03.960><c> I</c><00:42:04.059><c> know</c><00:42:04.159><c> you've</c><00:42:04.360><c> seen</c><00:42:04.539><c> this</c><00:42:04.760><c> picture</c><00:42:05.079><c> before,</c>

00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:07.460
this<00:42:06.159><c> fascinating</c><00:42:06.880><c> picture</c>

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:10.079
of<00:42:08.340><c> the</c><00:42:08.539><c> European</c><00:42:08.760><c> Union</c><00:42:09.059><c> Parliament</c><00:42:09.679><c> Building</c>

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:12.719
just<00:42:11.039><c> recently</c><00:42:11.840><c> constructed</c>

00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:15.239
as<00:42:13.300><c> the</c><00:42:13.579><c> capital</c><00:42:14.039><c> of</c><00:42:14.340><c> the</c><00:42:14.539><c> European</c><00:42:14.960><c> Union</c>

00:42:15.239 --> 00:42:17.400
in<00:42:15.420><c> Strasbourg,</c><00:42:16.039><c> France,</c>

00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:19.699
modeled<00:42:18.320><c> after</c><00:42:18.880><c> the</c><00:42:19.119><c> Tower</c><00:42:19.380><c> of</c><00:42:19.559><c> Babel</c>

00:42:19.699 --> 00:42:21.679
because<00:42:20.079><c> their</c><00:42:20.420><c> theme</c><00:42:20.679><c> is</c><00:42:21.019><c> for</c><00:42:21.300><c> Europe</c>

00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:24.519
where<00:42:22.119><c> all</c><00:42:22.400><c> those</c><00:42:22.679><c> languages</c><00:42:23.199><c> that</c><00:42:23.579><c> originated</c><00:42:24.019><c> in</c><00:42:24.219><c> the</c><00:42:24.360><c> time</c>

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:27.260
when<00:42:24.699><c> God</c><00:42:25.000><c> confused</c><00:42:25.880><c> their</c><00:42:26.139><c> tongues</c><00:42:26.380><c> and</c><00:42:26.739><c> scattered</c><00:42:27.019><c> them,</c>

00:42:27.260 --> 00:42:31.440
that's<00:42:27.800><c> French</c><00:42:28.179><c> and</c><00:42:28.420><c> Spanish</c><00:42:28.860><c> and</c><00:42:29.139><c> Italian</c><00:42:29.599><c> and</c><00:42:30.860><c> Belgique</c>

00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:33.260
and<00:42:31.659><c> all</c><00:42:31.880><c> these</c><00:42:32.079><c> other</c><00:42:32.280><c> languages,</c>

00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:36.219
their<00:42:33.800><c> theme</c><00:42:34.119><c> now</c><00:42:34.440><c> is</c><00:42:34.659><c> many</c><00:42:34.980><c> tongues</c><00:42:35.320><c> but</c><00:42:35.579><c> one</c><00:42:35.880><c> voice.</c>

00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:38.940
They're<00:42:36.940><c> saying</c><00:42:37.260><c> we're</c><00:42:37.500><c> going</c><00:42:37.599><c> to</c><00:42:37.780><c> reverse</c><00:42:38.119><c> what</c><00:42:38.400><c> God</c><00:42:38.679><c> did.</c>

00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:42.260
We<00:42:39.460><c> were</c><00:42:40.179><c> a</c><00:42:40.380><c> Roman</c><00:42:40.599><c> Empire</c><00:42:41.039><c> and</c><00:42:41.280><c> then</c><00:42:41.500><c> we</c><00:42:41.719><c> were</c><00:42:42.000><c> not</c>

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:45.239
but<00:42:42.400><c> now</c><00:42:42.880><c> we</c><00:42:43.320><c> are,</c><00:42:43.639><c> we</c><00:42:43.820><c> are</c><00:42:44.219><c> united</c><00:42:44.659><c> together</c>

00:42:45.239 --> 00:42:47.199
and<00:42:45.699><c> we</c><00:42:45.940><c> have</c><00:42:46.260><c> one</c><00:42:46.699><c> voice,</c>

00:42:47.619 --> 00:42:50.000
never<00:42:47.860><c> mind</c><00:42:48.519><c> the</c><00:42:49.079><c> scattering</c><00:42:49.400><c> of</c><00:42:49.579><c> the</c><00:42:49.719><c> Lord</c>

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:52.980
and<00:42:50.800><c> scatter</c><00:42:51.179><c> them</c><00:42:51.420><c> again</c><00:42:51.760><c> he</c><00:42:52.119><c> will.</c>

00:42:53.260 --> 00:42:58.360
So<00:42:53.559><c> she's</c><00:42:53.800><c> also</c><00:42:54.159><c> described</c><00:42:55.139><c> as</c><00:42:55.920><c> the</c><00:42:56.679><c> mother</c><00:42:56.960><c> of</c><00:42:57.400><c> harlots.</c>

00:42:58.960 --> 00:43:01.380
If<00:42:59.179><c> you</c><00:42:59.460><c> look</c><00:42:59.659><c> at</c><00:42:59.780><c> this</c><00:43:00.039><c> interesting</c><00:43:00.619><c> relationship</c>

00:43:01.380 --> 00:43:05.539
between<00:43:02.179><c> Protestantism</c><00:43:03.579><c> and</c><00:43:04.019><c> Catholicism,</c>

00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:11.639
you<00:43:05.800><c> see</c><00:43:06.139><c> that</c><00:43:07.099><c> these</c><00:43:08.960><c> main</c><00:43:09.860><c> branches</c><00:43:10.440><c> of</c><00:43:10.800><c> Protestantism</c>

00:43:11.639 --> 00:43:13.579
have<00:43:11.940><c> all</c><00:43:12.280><c> come</c><00:43:12.559><c> from</c><00:43:12.780><c> the</c><00:43:12.920><c> Catholic</c><00:43:13.260><c> Church</c>

00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:14.519
and<00:43:13.719><c> as</c><00:43:13.840><c> we</c><00:43:14.039><c> well</c><00:43:14.300><c> know,</c>

00:43:14.719 --> 00:43:17.659
all<00:43:14.760><c> believe</c><00:43:15.019><c> the</c><00:43:15.239><c> same</c><00:43:15.519><c> things</c><00:43:16.159><c> that</c><00:43:16.940><c> are</c><00:43:17.320><c> taught.</c>

00:43:17.860 --> 00:43:19.440
They<00:43:17.860><c> had</c><00:43:18.119><c> political,</c>

00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:21.340
they<00:43:20.159><c> were</c><00:43:20.340><c> at</c><00:43:20.440><c> variance</c><00:43:20.739><c> politically</c>

00:43:21.340 --> 00:43:25.000
but<00:43:21.800><c> doctrinally</c><00:43:22.579><c> all</c><00:43:22.940><c> the</c><00:43:23.179><c> same</c><00:43:23.440><c> things</c><00:43:23.820><c> got</c><00:43:24.239><c> transferred.</c>

00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:28.719
So<00:43:25.679><c> it's</c><00:43:26.019><c> no</c><00:43:26.260><c> wonder</c><00:43:26.820><c> that</c><00:43:27.679><c> the</c><00:43:27.840><c> now</c><00:43:28.300><c> Pope,</c>

00:43:28.820 --> 00:43:30.400
Cardinal<00:43:29.219><c> Joseph</c><00:43:29.579><c> Ratzinger</c><00:43:30.159><c> said</c>

00:43:30.400 --> 00:43:32.519
it's<00:43:30.619><c> wrong</c><00:43:30.880><c> to</c><00:43:31.139><c> call</c><00:43:31.320><c> other</c><00:43:31.579><c> Christian</c><00:43:32.039><c> churches</c>

00:43:32.519 --> 00:43:34.920
the<00:43:33.059><c> sisters</c><00:43:33.420><c> of</c><00:43:33.659><c> Roman</c><00:43:33.960><c> Catholicism,</c>

00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:36.360
rather<00:43:35.219><c> it's</c><00:43:35.440><c> only</c><00:43:35.719><c> correct</c><00:43:35.960><c> to</c><00:43:36.239><c> say</c>

00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:38.360
that<00:43:36.599><c> she</c><00:43:36.840><c> is</c><00:43:37.099><c> the</c><00:43:37.320><c> mother</c><00:43:37.579><c> church</c>

00:43:38.619 --> 00:43:40.860
proving<00:43:39.179><c> in</c><00:43:39.500><c> his</c><00:43:39.840><c> words</c><00:43:40.159><c> the</c><00:43:40.380><c> validity</c>

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:43.539
of<00:43:41.300><c> her</c><00:43:41.500><c> being</c><00:43:41.719><c> described</c><00:43:42.199><c> as</c><00:43:42.380><c> the</c><00:43:42.539><c> mother</c><00:43:42.820><c> of</c><00:43:43.260><c> harlots</c>

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:46.920
because<00:43:43.920><c> they</c><00:43:44.380><c> too</c><00:43:45.099><c> have</c><00:43:45.960><c> left</c><00:43:46.320><c> Christ</c>

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:50.179
for<00:43:47.619><c> the</c><00:43:47.840><c> world</c><00:43:48.099><c> in</c><00:43:48.320><c> one</c><00:43:48.619><c> form</c><00:43:49.000><c> or</c><00:43:49.340><c> another.</c>

00:43:50.340 --> 00:43:54.239
She's<00:43:50.659><c> referred</c><00:43:50.980><c> to</c><00:43:51.260><c> as</c><00:43:51.460><c> being</c><00:43:51.920><c> the</c><00:43:52.380><c> abominations</c><00:43:53.280><c> of</c><00:43:53.780><c> her</c><00:43:54.059><c> earth,</c>

00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:55.920
another<00:43:54.579><c> one</c><00:43:54.739><c> of</c><00:43:54.880><c> her</c><00:43:55.099><c> titles.</c>

00:43:56.300 --> 00:43:57.900
There<00:43:56.480><c> was</c><00:43:56.659><c> a</c><00:43:56.840><c> John</c><00:43:57.400><c> Cornwell</c>

00:43:57.900 --> 00:43:59.360
who<00:43:58.119><c> wrote</c><00:43:58.300><c> this</c><00:43:58.539><c> book</c><00:43:58.739><c> Hitler's</c><00:43:59.219><c> Pope</c>

00:43:59.360 --> 00:44:00.860
which<00:43:59.559><c> many</c><00:43:59.780><c> of</c><00:43:59.960><c> you</c><00:44:00.179><c> have</c><00:44:00.400><c> seen</c>

00:44:00.860 --> 00:44:05.099
in<00:44:01.480><c> which</c><00:44:01.739><c> he</c><00:44:02.179><c> identified</c><00:44:02.940><c> the</c><00:44:04.159><c> non</c><00:44:04.539><c>-involvement</c>

00:44:05.099 --> 00:44:07.039
of<00:44:05.239><c> the</c><00:44:05.400><c> Catholic</c><00:44:05.699><c> Church</c><00:44:06.119><c> as</c><00:44:06.480><c> resulting</c>

00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:09.880
in<00:44:07.400><c> what</c><00:44:07.920><c> amounted</c><00:44:08.539><c> to</c><00:44:08.719><c> be</c>

00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:13.840
the<00:44:10.679><c> completion</c><00:44:11.239><c> of</c><00:44:11.500><c> the</c><00:44:11.679><c> Holocaust</c><00:44:12.139><c> as</c><00:44:12.320><c> it</c><00:44:12.539><c> was</c><00:44:12.760><c> by</c><00:44:13.000><c> Hitler.</c>

00:44:14.320 --> 00:44:17.159
Did<00:44:14.460><c> you</c><00:44:14.599><c> know</c><00:44:14.920><c> that</c><00:44:15.559><c> Martin</c><00:44:15.820><c> Luther</c><00:44:16.099><c> was</c><00:44:16.320><c> excommunicated</c>

00:44:17.159 --> 00:44:18.880
from<00:44:17.800><c> the</c><00:44:18.260><c> Catholic</c><00:44:18.579><c> Church</c>

00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:20.280
for<00:44:19.079><c> printing</c><00:44:19.320><c> the</c><00:44:19.500><c> Bible</c><00:44:19.760><c> in</c><00:44:19.980><c> German</c>

00:44:20.280 --> 00:44:24.099
but<00:44:20.639><c> that</c><00:44:21.119><c> Hitler</c><00:44:21.420><c> has</c><00:44:21.739><c> to</c><00:44:21.900><c> this</c><00:44:22.139><c> day</c><00:44:22.320><c> never</c><00:44:22.599><c> been</c><00:44:22.820><c> excommunicated?</c>

00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:27.539
There's<00:44:25.519><c> an</c><00:44:25.900><c> underlying</c><00:44:26.360><c> relationship</c><00:44:27.119><c> there</c>

00:44:27.539 --> 00:44:29.960
but<00:44:28.059><c> the</c><00:44:28.340><c> abominations</c><00:44:29.219><c> historically</c>

00:44:29.960 --> 00:44:31.139
are<00:44:30.239><c> what</c><00:44:30.380><c> we</c><00:44:30.579><c> want</c><00:44:30.679><c> to</c><00:44:30.800><c> look</c><00:44:30.980><c> at,</c>

00:44:31.179 --> 00:44:32.960
just<00:44:31.320><c> going</c><00:44:31.599><c> quickly</c><00:44:32.000><c> now.</c>

00:44:33.239 --> 00:44:35.119
Christians<00:44:33.579><c> slaughtered</c><00:44:34.059><c> in</c><00:44:34.159><c> the</c><00:44:34.380><c> Coliseum</c><00:44:34.780><c> at</c><00:44:34.960><c> Rome,</c>

00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:36.519
700<00:44:35.480><c>,000.</c>

00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:38.800
In<00:44:36.880><c> the</c><00:44:37.079><c> Crusades,</c><00:44:37.599><c> 9</c><00:44:37.840><c> million.</c>

00:44:38.880 --> 00:44:40.260
During<00:44:39.159><c> the</c><00:44:39.420><c> pogroms,</c>

00:44:40.940 --> 00:44:42.539
Jews<00:44:41.219><c> were</c><00:44:41.500><c> identified</c><00:44:41.900><c> as</c><00:44:42.119><c> Christ</c><00:44:42.360><c> killers</c>

00:44:42.539 --> 00:44:44.980
and<00:44:42.820><c> thousands</c><00:44:43.260><c> were</c><00:44:43.539><c> killed</c><00:44:43.780><c> in</c><00:44:44.000><c> Christians.</c>

00:44:45.139 --> 00:44:47.400
And<00:44:45.320><c> the</c><00:44:45.440><c> Pope</c><00:44:45.619><c> ordered</c><00:44:45.900><c> 150</c><00:44:46.400><c>,000</c><00:44:46.940><c> heretics</c>

00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:48.960
to<00:44:47.619><c> be</c><00:44:47.780><c> burned</c><00:44:48.019><c> alive,</c>

00:44:49.340 --> 00:44:51.400
people<00:44:49.579><c> that</c><00:44:49.760><c> we've</c><00:44:50.000><c> read</c><00:44:50.199><c> about</c><00:44:50.440><c> in</c><00:44:50.559><c> some</c><00:44:50.719><c> of</c><00:44:50.900><c> our</c><00:44:51.059><c> books.</c>

00:44:51.900 --> 00:44:55.579
The<00:44:52.099><c> Spanish</c><00:44:52.420><c> Inquisition,</c><00:44:53.679><c> 30</c><00:44:54.000><c> to</c><00:44:54.159><c> 150</c><00:44:54.719><c>,000</c><00:44:55.300><c> killed.</c>

00:44:55.659 --> 00:44:56.780
The<00:44:55.860><c> church</c><00:44:56.019><c> ordered</c><00:44:56.199><c> the</c><00:44:56.360><c> execution</c>

00:44:56.780 --> 00:45:01.860
of<00:44:57.019><c> 168</c><00:44:57.679><c>,000</c><00:44:58.360><c> Protestants</c><00:44:58.860><c> in</c><00:44:59.119><c> the</c><00:44:59.139><c> Netherlands</c><00:44:59.639><c> in</c><00:44:59.960><c> 1562.</c>

00:45:01.980 --> 00:45:04.699
And<00:45:02.239><c> then</c><00:45:02.559><c> the</c><00:45:02.679><c> siege</c><00:45:02.820><c> of</c><00:45:03.119><c> Paris</c><00:45:03.460><c> in</c><00:45:03.860><c> 10</c><00:45:04.159><c>,000,</c>

00:45:04.699 --> 00:45:07.659
10<00:45:05.280><c>,000</c><00:45:05.840><c> and</c><00:45:06.099><c> then</c><00:45:06.480><c> 70</c><00:45:06.880><c>,000.</c>

00:45:07.800 --> 00:45:10.639
And<00:45:07.960><c> in</c><00:45:08.119><c> 1821</c><00:45:08.679><c> to</c><00:45:08.940><c> 1951,</c><00:45:09.579><c> Russian</c><00:45:09.900><c> pogroms,</c>

00:45:10.699 --> 00:45:11.639
a<00:45:10.840><c> quarter</c><00:45:11.019><c> of</c><00:45:11.199><c> a</c><00:45:11.300><c> million</c>

00:45:11.639 --> 00:45:14.760
and<00:45:12.039><c> 300</c><00:45:12.559><c>,000</c><00:45:13.400><c> children</c><00:45:13.840><c> orphaned.</c>

00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:16.199
And<00:45:14.920><c> then</c><00:45:15.059><c> of</c><00:45:15.159><c> course</c><00:45:15.280><c> the</c><00:45:15.480><c> final</c><00:45:15.760><c> solution</c>

00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:17.300
perpetrated<00:45:16.739><c> by</c><00:45:17.000><c> Hitler</c>

00:45:17.300 --> 00:45:21.400
and<00:45:17.599><c> then</c><00:45:18.559><c> tacitly</c><00:45:19.480><c> endorsed</c><00:45:19.860><c> by</c><00:45:20.099><c> the</c><00:45:20.239><c> Catholic</c><00:45:20.559><c> Church,</c>

00:45:21.639 --> 00:45:23.619
6<00:45:21.940><c> million</c><00:45:22.340><c> exterminated</c><00:45:22.980><c> in</c><00:45:23.179><c> the</c><00:45:23.340><c> Holocaust.</c>

00:45:23.739 --> 00:45:24.320
And<00:45:23.800><c> if</c><00:45:23.840><c> that</c><00:45:24.019><c> weren't</c><00:45:24.119><c> enough,</c>

00:45:24.380 --> 00:45:26.039
in<00:45:24.480><c> our</c><00:45:24.659><c> own</c><00:45:24.940><c> time</c><00:45:25.119><c> we</c><00:45:25.340><c> recognize</c>

00:45:26.039 --> 00:45:30.139
40<00:45:26.920><c>,000</c><00:45:27.760><c> priests</c><00:45:28.320><c> involved</c><00:45:29.099><c> in</c><00:45:29.440><c> pedophilia.</c>

00:45:30.500 --> 00:45:31.679
Do<00:45:30.619><c> you</c><00:45:30.840><c> think</c><00:45:31.019><c> this</c><00:45:31.380><c> list,</c>

00:45:31.820 --> 00:45:33.780
and<00:45:32.000><c> it's</c><00:45:32.219><c> a</c><00:45:32.539><c> short</c><00:45:32.820><c> list,</c>

00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:36.280
qualifies<00:45:35.139><c> this</c><00:45:35.719><c> system</c>

00:45:36.280 --> 00:45:39.300
as<00:45:37.000><c> committing</c><00:45:37.300><c> the</c><00:45:37.780><c> abominations</c><00:45:38.579><c> of</c><00:45:38.820><c> the</c><00:45:39.000><c> earth?</c>

00:45:39.659 --> 00:45:41.400
I<00:45:39.940><c> do,</c><00:45:40.699><c> that's</c><00:45:40.880><c> what</c><00:45:41.019><c> I</c><00:45:41.280><c> think</c>

00:45:41.400 --> 00:45:43.639
when<00:45:41.539><c> I</c><00:45:41.739><c> read</c><00:45:41.940><c> the</c><00:45:42.219><c> historical</c><00:45:42.579><c> facts.</c>

00:45:44.099 --> 00:45:46.019
It's<00:45:44.500><c> estimated,</c><00:45:44.960><c> that's</c><00:45:45.340><c> 16</c><00:45:45.579><c>.5,</c>

00:45:46.139 --> 00:45:48.400
of<00:45:46.179><c> an</c><00:45:46.320><c> estimated</c><00:45:46.719><c> 50</c><00:45:47.280><c> million</c><00:45:47.760><c> victims</c>

00:45:48.400 --> 00:45:50.880
that<00:45:49.079><c> would</c><00:45:49.300><c> then</c><00:45:49.679><c> identify</c><00:45:50.320><c> her</c>

00:45:50.880 --> 00:45:53.440
by<00:45:51.260><c> the</c><00:45:51.519><c> title</c><00:45:51.840><c> abominations</c><00:45:52.800><c> of</c><00:45:53.039><c> the</c><00:45:53.199><c> earth.</c>

00:45:53.599 --> 00:45:54.380
And<00:45:53.719><c> now</c><00:45:54.000><c> lastly,</c>

00:45:54.440 --> 00:45:57.739
and<00:45:54.579><c> we</c><00:45:54.739><c> have</c><00:45:54.900><c> just</c><00:45:55.119><c> a</c><00:45:55.260><c> couple</c><00:45:55.420><c> minutes</c><00:45:55.719><c> to</c><00:45:55.980><c> finish,</c><00:45:56.860><c> okay?</c>

00:45:58.219 --> 00:46:00.139
When<00:45:58.420><c> Rome</c><00:45:58.639><c> became</c><00:45:58.980><c> a</c><00:45:59.219><c> woman.</c>

00:46:00.940 --> 00:46:02.460
I'm<00:46:01.519><c> not</c><00:46:01.699><c> going</c><00:46:01.840><c> to</c><00:46:02.000><c> read</c><00:46:02.159><c> this,</c>

00:46:02.460 --> 00:46:04.960
but<00:46:02.559><c> it's</c><00:46:02.860><c> a</c><00:46:02.960><c> tribute</c><00:46:03.420><c> of</c><00:46:04.000><c> Saint</c><00:46:04.260><c> Gertrude</c>

00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:08.219
referring<00:46:05.400><c> to</c><00:46:05.719><c> Rome</c><00:46:05.900><c> as</c><00:46:06.139><c> my</c><00:46:06.380><c> queen,</c><00:46:06.820><c> my</c><00:46:07.300><c> mother.</c>

00:46:08.340 --> 00:46:10.940
You<00:46:08.679><c> can</c><00:46:08.960><c> see</c><00:46:09.119><c> that</c><00:46:09.400><c> she</c><00:46:09.679><c> appears</c><00:46:10.239><c> to</c><00:46:10.579><c> have</c>

00:46:10.940 --> 00:46:13.579
this<00:46:11.599><c> woman</c><00:46:12.079><c> in</c><00:46:12.400><c> the</c><00:46:12.659><c> imagery,</c>

00:46:13.639 --> 00:46:15.480
you<00:46:13.760><c> might</c><00:46:13.900><c> say</c><00:46:14.079><c> the</c><00:46:14.300><c> prophetic</c><00:46:14.820><c> imagery</c>

00:46:15.480 --> 00:46:17.420
of<00:46:15.880><c> the</c><00:46:16.039><c> Catholic</c><00:46:16.360><c> Church.</c>

00:46:17.579 --> 00:46:21.219
The<00:46:17.800><c> woman</c><00:46:18.119><c> takes</c><00:46:18.579><c> a</c><00:46:19.219><c> larger</c><00:46:19.599><c> role</c><00:46:20.139><c> than</c><00:46:20.460><c> the</c><00:46:20.719><c> child.</c>

00:46:21.579 --> 00:46:24.300
The<00:46:21.760><c> child</c><00:46:22.079><c> is</c><00:46:22.280><c> Christ</c><00:46:22.599><c> and</c><00:46:22.780><c> the</c><00:46:22.940><c> woman</c><00:46:23.340><c> is</c><00:46:24.019><c> Mary.</c>

00:46:24.460 --> 00:46:25.539
The<00:46:24.760><c> study</c><00:46:24.940><c> of</c><00:46:25.179><c> her,</c>

00:46:25.619 --> 00:46:27.719
the<00:46:25.800><c> worship</c><00:46:26.139><c> of</c><00:46:26.360><c> her</c><00:46:26.480><c> is</c><00:46:26.639><c> called</c><00:46:26.820><c> Mariolatry</c>

00:46:27.719 --> 00:46:29.960
and<00:46:28.219><c> she's</c><00:46:28.599><c> depicted</c><00:46:29.039><c> throughout</c><00:46:29.460><c> history</c>

00:46:29.960 --> 00:46:32.480
in<00:46:30.119><c> the</c><00:46:30.599><c> strangest</c><00:46:31.739><c> of</c><00:46:32.199><c> ways.</c>

00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:34.500
Here<00:46:32.719><c> she</c><00:46:32.860><c> is</c><00:46:33.039><c> with</c><00:46:33.219><c> her</c><00:46:33.460><c> heart</c><00:46:33.699><c> pierced,</c>

00:46:34.639 --> 00:46:35.880
what<00:46:34.760><c> Jesus</c><00:46:35.260><c> said,</c>

00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:38.760
a<00:46:36.000><c> sword</c><00:46:36.280><c> shall</c><00:46:36.519><c> pierce</c><00:46:36.900><c> thine</c><00:46:37.119><c> own</c><00:46:37.380><c> soul</c><00:46:37.619><c> also.</c>

00:46:39.300 --> 00:46:42.460
And<00:46:39.340><c> Mary</c><00:46:39.599><c> as</c><00:46:40.260><c> a</c><00:46:41.380><c> strange</c><00:46:41.840><c> statue</c><00:46:42.219><c> showing</c>

00:46:42.460 --> 00:46:44.420
Mary<00:46:42.780><c> the</c><00:46:42.960><c> mother,</c><00:46:43.619><c> God</c><00:46:43.920><c> the</c><00:46:44.119><c> father</c>

00:46:44.420 --> 00:46:45.880
and<00:46:44.659><c> then</c><00:46:44.800><c> of</c><00:46:44.940><c> course</c><00:46:45.340><c> Jesus</c>

00:46:45.880 --> 00:46:48.780
and<00:46:46.039><c> some</c><00:46:46.219><c> other</c><00:46:46.500><c> kind</c><00:46:46.780><c> of</c><00:46:47.019><c> morphed</c><00:46:47.860><c> trinitarian</c><00:46:48.400><c> idea.</c>

00:46:48.840 --> 00:46:51.400
Here's<00:46:49.199><c> Mary</c><00:46:49.800><c> standing</c><00:46:50.440><c> on</c><00:46:50.679><c> the</c><00:46:50.920><c> world,</c>

00:46:51.760 --> 00:46:53.739
where<00:46:52.099><c> did</c><00:46:52.280><c> Jesus</c><00:46:52.639><c> go</c><00:46:53.039><c> in</c><00:46:53.219><c> this</c><00:46:53.420><c> picture?</c>

00:46:54.119 --> 00:46:55.980
How<00:46:54.340><c> is</c><00:46:54.480><c> it</c><00:46:54.579><c> that</c><00:46:54.719><c> Mary</c><00:46:55.039><c> is</c><00:46:55.199><c> on</c><00:46:55.420><c> the</c><00:46:55.639><c> cross?</c>

00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:58.380
Here<00:46:56.619><c> she's</c><00:46:56.900><c> the</c><00:46:57.039><c> predominant</c><00:46:57.659><c> central</c><00:46:58.039><c> figure</c>

00:46:58.380 --> 00:46:59.159
in<00:46:58.599><c> the</c><00:46:58.800><c> Trinity,</c>

00:46:59.159 --> 00:47:01.739
the<00:46:59.559><c> Holy</c><00:46:59.800><c> Spirit</c><00:47:00.139><c> now</c><00:47:00.440><c> is</c><00:47:00.559><c> just</c><00:47:00.820><c> a</c><00:47:01.019><c> feather</c><00:47:01.199><c> in</c><00:47:01.360><c> her</c><00:47:01.539><c> cap,</c>

00:47:01.820 --> 00:47:02.420
so<00:47:01.920><c> to</c><00:47:02.159><c> speak,</c>

00:47:02.920 --> 00:47:05.280
with<00:47:03.260><c> God</c><00:47:03.639><c> and</c><00:47:03.820><c> Jesus</c><00:47:04.139><c> in</c><00:47:04.380><c> the</c><00:47:04.659><c> background.</c>

00:47:05.760 --> 00:47:07.340
Here<00:47:05.900><c> in</c><00:47:06.019><c> the</c><00:47:06.219><c> Pieta</c><00:47:06.480><c> is</c><00:47:06.519><c> something</c><00:47:06.800><c> fascinating</c>

00:47:07.340 --> 00:47:08.119
about<00:47:07.599><c> this</c><00:47:07.820><c> picture</c>

00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:09.920
because<00:47:08.760><c> the</c><00:47:09.000><c> Lord</c><00:47:09.139><c> Jesus</c><00:47:09.500><c> Christ</c>

00:47:09.920 --> 00:47:11.019
is<00:47:10.119><c> a</c><00:47:10.300><c> full</c><00:47:10.480><c> grown</c><00:47:10.699><c> man,</c>

00:47:11.239 --> 00:47:12.920
33<00:47:11.480><c> years</c><00:47:11.760><c> old</c><00:47:11.980><c> at</c><00:47:12.159><c> the</c><00:47:12.199><c> time</c><00:47:12.360><c> of</c><00:47:12.539><c> his</c><00:47:12.659><c> death.</c>

00:47:13.179 --> 00:47:14.800
How<00:47:13.340><c> old</c><00:47:13.480><c> would</c><00:47:13.639><c> you</c><00:47:13.780><c> say</c><00:47:13.920><c> this</c><00:47:14.139><c> young</c><00:47:14.320><c> girl</c><00:47:14.539><c> is?</c>

00:47:15.059 --> 00:47:16.539
18,<00:47:15.719><c> max?</c>

00:47:18.179 --> 00:47:18.760
She's<00:47:18.460><c> immortal.</c>

00:47:18.880 --> 00:47:20.659
Do<00:47:18.980><c> you</c><00:47:19.119><c> see</c><00:47:19.719><c> the</c><00:47:19.940><c> subtleties</c>

00:47:20.659 --> 00:47:22.639
in<00:47:20.980><c> the</c><00:47:21.099><c> way</c><00:47:21.199><c> the</c><00:47:21.400><c> Church</c><00:47:21.619><c> has</c><00:47:21.960><c> perpetrated</c>

00:47:22.639 --> 00:47:25.440
this<00:47:23.079><c> concept</c><00:47:23.579><c> of</c><00:47:23.760><c> an</c><00:47:24.019><c> immaculately</c><00:47:24.539><c> conceived</c><00:47:25.059><c> woman</c>

00:47:25.440 --> 00:47:26.880
who<00:47:25.800><c> is</c><00:47:26.019><c> now</c><00:47:26.199><c> the</c><00:47:26.380><c> Queen</c><00:47:26.519><c> of</c><00:47:26.739><c> Heaven</c>

00:47:26.880 --> 00:47:28.199
and<00:47:27.000><c> she's</c><00:47:27.300><c> all</c><00:47:27.559><c> over</c><00:47:27.739><c> history</c>

00:47:28.199 --> 00:47:29.719
as<00:47:28.579><c> a</c><00:47:28.780><c> predominant</c><00:47:29.380><c> figure</c>

00:47:29.719 --> 00:47:32.019
and<00:47:30.219><c> then</c><00:47:30.460><c> she</c><00:47:30.760><c> appears</c><00:47:31.000><c> all</c><00:47:31.239><c> over</c><00:47:31.460><c> history</c>

00:47:32.019 --> 00:47:35.300
with<00:47:32.380><c> this</c><00:47:32.719><c> interesting</c><00:47:33.519><c> circle</c><00:47:34.019><c> of</c><00:47:34.320><c> 12</c><00:47:34.760><c> stars</c>

00:47:35.300 --> 00:47:38.659
now<00:47:35.940><c> in</c><00:47:36.119><c> the</c><00:47:36.300><c> position</c><00:47:36.699><c> of</c><00:47:37.179><c> the</c><00:47:37.480><c> crown</c><00:47:37.860><c> of</c><00:47:38.300><c> Mary</c>

00:47:38.659 --> 00:47:40.480
and<00:47:39.199><c> of</c><00:47:39.400><c> course</c><00:47:39.539><c> you</c><00:47:39.719><c> may</c><00:47:39.840><c> have</c><00:47:40.000><c> seen</c><00:47:40.199><c> this</c>

00:47:40.480 --> 00:47:42.059
I'm<00:47:40.699><c> sure</c><00:47:40.900><c> from</c><00:47:41.139><c> brother</c><00:47:41.300><c> Billington's</c><00:47:41.920><c> work</c>

00:47:42.059 --> 00:47:42.840
in<00:47:42.199><c> his</c><00:47:42.400><c> magazine</c>

00:47:42.840 --> 00:47:45.219
and<00:47:43.320><c> when</c><00:47:43.480><c> he</c><00:47:43.659><c> was</c><00:47:43.840><c> here</c><00:47:44.019><c> no</c><00:47:44.239><c> doubt</c>

00:47:45.659 --> 00:47:46.639
over<00:47:46.139><c> her</c><00:47:46.440><c> head</c>

00:47:46.639 --> 00:47:49.679
in<00:47:46.920><c> this</c><00:47:47.500><c> commemorative</c><00:47:48.480><c> stained</c><00:47:48.840><c> glass</c><00:47:49.119><c> window</c>

00:47:49.679 --> 00:47:50.719
appears<00:47:50.219><c> her</c><00:47:50.519><c> crown</c>

00:47:50.719 --> 00:47:52.019
and<00:47:50.900><c> of</c><00:47:51.019><c> course</c><00:47:51.199><c> another</c><00:47:51.500><c> statue</c>

00:47:52.019 --> 00:47:54.159
with<00:47:52.579><c> the</c><00:47:52.739><c> moon</c><00:47:52.860><c> under</c><00:47:53.099><c> her</c><00:47:53.380><c> feet.</c>

00:47:54.199 --> 00:47:54.900
So<00:47:54.340><c> then</c><00:47:54.480><c> you</c><00:47:54.619><c> would</c><00:47:54.760><c> ask,</c>

00:47:54.980 --> 00:47:56.179
well<00:47:55.039><c> what</c><00:47:55.099><c> is</c><00:47:55.260><c> the</c><00:47:55.400><c> crown</c><00:47:55.579><c> of</c><00:47:55.800><c> Mary</c><00:47:55.980><c> doing</c>

00:47:56.179 --> 00:47:57.619
on<00:47:56.360><c> the</c><00:47:56.539><c> flag</c><00:47:56.699><c> of</c><00:47:56.920><c> the</c><00:47:57.019><c> European</c><00:47:57.320><c> Union?</c>

00:47:57.619 --> 00:48:00.480
And<00:47:57.739><c> it's</c><00:47:58.360><c> because</c><00:47:59.039><c> the</c><00:47:59.320><c> heads</c><00:47:59.539><c> of</c><00:47:59.900><c> state</c><00:48:00.119><c> there</c>

00:48:00.480 --> 00:48:03.460
all<00:48:00.980><c> believe</c><00:48:01.559><c> that</c><00:48:02.000><c> the</c><00:48:02.179><c> Pope</c><00:48:02.380><c> rules</c><00:48:02.719><c> from</c><00:48:03.000><c> the</c><00:48:03.239><c> chair.</c>

00:48:03.519 --> 00:48:05.500
He's<00:48:03.820><c> infallible,</c><00:48:04.739><c> ex</c><00:48:04.980><c>-cathedra,</c>

00:48:05.539 --> 00:48:06.639
what<00:48:05.739><c> he</c><00:48:06.019><c> says</c><00:48:06.179><c> will</c><00:48:06.440><c> go</c>

00:48:06.639 --> 00:48:08.400
and<00:48:06.940><c> when</c><00:48:07.079><c> he</c><00:48:07.219><c> gives</c><00:48:07.460><c> the</c><00:48:07.659><c> order</c><00:48:07.820><c> to</c><00:48:08.039><c> march</c>

00:48:08.400 --> 00:48:09.920
and<00:48:08.840><c> attack</c><00:48:09.199><c> they</c><00:48:09.639><c> will</c>

00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:11.980
because<00:48:10.420><c> they</c><00:48:10.780><c> think</c><00:48:10.900><c> his</c><00:48:11.079><c> words</c><00:48:11.320><c> are</c><00:48:11.579><c> infallible.</c>

00:48:12.159 --> 00:48:14.059
They<00:48:12.380><c> think</c><00:48:12.519><c> he's</c><00:48:12.780><c> got</c><00:48:12.900><c> a</c><00:48:13.059><c> hotline</c><00:48:13.519><c> to</c><00:48:13.719><c> God.</c>

00:48:14.320 --> 00:48:15.900
They're<00:48:14.539><c> all</c><00:48:14.860><c> Catholics</c>

00:48:16.900 --> 00:48:18.300
and<00:48:17.420><c> if</c><00:48:17.539><c> they're</c><00:48:17.739><c> not</c><00:48:17.960><c> Catholics</c>

00:48:18.300 --> 00:48:19.639
they<00:48:18.579><c> still</c><00:48:18.820><c> respect</c><00:48:19.239><c> him</c><00:48:19.420><c> enough</c>

00:48:19.639 --> 00:48:21.440
to<00:48:19.780><c> go</c><00:48:19.940><c> from</c><00:48:20.199><c> all</c><00:48:20.500><c> parts</c><00:48:20.739><c> of</c><00:48:20.920><c> the</c><00:48:21.079><c> world</c>

00:48:21.440 --> 00:48:23.739
to<00:48:21.920><c> worship</c><00:48:22.219><c> him</c><00:48:22.420><c> at</c><00:48:22.619><c> his</c><00:48:22.820><c> funeral</c>

00:48:23.780 --> 00:48:25.599
and<00:48:24.139><c> so</c><00:48:24.679><c> the</c><00:48:24.920><c> European</c><00:48:25.239><c> nations</c>

00:48:25.599 --> 00:48:29.179
are<00:48:25.739><c> symbolized</c><00:48:26.360><c> by</c><00:48:27.280><c> a</c><00:48:27.559><c> flag</c><00:48:27.739><c> with</c><00:48:28.280><c> 12</c><00:48:28.659><c> stars.</c>

00:48:29.599 --> 00:48:30.940
So<00:48:29.599><c> just</c><00:48:30.059><c> to</c><00:48:30.260><c> conclude</c><00:48:30.639><c> now</c>

00:48:30.940 --> 00:48:32.739
one<00:48:31.139><c> note</c><00:48:31.420><c> of</c><00:48:31.739><c> conclusion</c>

00:48:32.800 --> 00:48:34.619
you<00:48:33.280><c> look</c><00:48:33.440><c> at</c><00:48:33.599><c> this</c><00:48:33.780><c> picture</c><00:48:34.099><c> of</c><00:48:34.360><c> Europe</c>

00:48:34.619 --> 00:48:36.380
and<00:48:34.820><c> you</c><00:48:35.019><c> see</c><00:48:35.179><c> a</c><00:48:35.380><c> leg</c>

00:48:36.679 --> 00:48:38.420
right<00:48:37.159><c> in</c><00:48:37.320><c> the</c><00:48:37.400><c> middle</c><00:48:37.539><c> of</c><00:48:37.760><c> that</c><00:48:38.039><c> leg</c>

00:48:38.420 --> 00:48:40.320
is<00:48:38.920><c> that</c><00:48:39.159><c> great</c><00:48:39.440><c> city.</c>

00:48:40.780 --> 00:48:42.400
It<00:48:41.000><c> says</c><00:48:41.179><c> the</c><00:48:41.360><c> ten</c><00:48:41.599><c> horns</c><00:48:41.900><c> that</c><00:48:42.079><c> you</c><00:48:42.280><c> saw</c>

00:48:42.400 --> 00:48:43.099
are<00:48:42.559><c> ten</c><00:48:42.840><c> kings</c>

00:48:43.099 --> 00:48:44.679
who<00:48:43.280><c> have</c><00:48:43.420><c> not</c><00:48:43.599><c> yet</c><00:48:43.820><c> received</c><00:48:44.099><c> royal</c><00:48:44.440><c> power</c>

00:48:44.679 --> 00:48:46.380
but<00:48:44.880><c> they</c><00:48:44.980><c> are</c><00:48:45.039><c> to</c><00:48:45.280><c> receive</c><00:48:45.539><c> authority</c><00:48:45.980><c> as</c><00:48:46.199><c> kings</c>

00:48:46.380 --> 00:48:47.860
for<00:48:46.639><c> one</c><00:48:46.880><c> hour.</c>

00:48:47.920 --> 00:48:48.960
They're<00:48:48.260><c> of</c><00:48:48.519><c> one</c><00:48:48.760><c> mind</c>

00:48:48.960 --> 00:48:49.880
and<00:48:49.119><c> they</c><00:48:49.260><c> give</c><00:48:49.360><c> their</c><00:48:49.619><c> power</c>

00:48:49.880 --> 00:48:50.820
and<00:48:50.059><c> authority</c><00:48:50.260><c> to</c><00:48:50.480><c> the</c><00:48:50.599><c> beast</c>

00:48:50.820 --> 00:48:51.940
and<00:48:50.980><c> here's</c><00:48:51.179><c> what</c><00:48:51.340><c> they</c><00:48:51.639><c> do</c>

00:48:51.940 --> 00:48:53.619
they<00:48:52.460><c> make</c><00:48:52.780><c> war</c><00:48:53.099><c> with</c><00:48:53.340><c> the</c><00:48:53.500><c> land</c>

00:48:53.619 --> 00:48:55.420
that's<00:48:54.039><c> the</c><00:48:54.239><c> significance</c><00:48:54.659><c> of</c><00:48:54.860><c> this</c><00:48:55.019><c> chapter.</c>

00:48:55.420 --> 00:48:56.679
If<00:48:55.840><c> what</c><00:48:56.059><c> you've</c><00:48:56.400><c> seen</c>

00:48:56.679 --> 00:48:59.139
positively<00:48:57.280><c> identifies</c><00:48:57.920><c> Revelation</c><00:48:58.400><c> 17</c>

00:48:59.139 --> 00:49:01.119
as<00:48:59.579><c> having</c><00:48:59.760><c> been</c><00:49:00.159><c> foreseen</c>

00:49:01.559 --> 00:49:03.440
foreknown<00:49:02.139><c> 2000</c><00:49:02.719><c> years</c><00:49:03.099><c> ago</c>

00:49:03.440 --> 00:49:05.159
our<00:49:04.000><c> proof</c><00:49:04.199><c> is</c><00:49:04.519><c> infallible</c>

00:49:05.159 --> 00:49:07.179
that<00:49:05.559><c> this</c><00:49:05.860><c> is</c><00:49:06.059><c> the</c><00:49:06.199><c> next</c><00:49:06.400><c> thing</c><00:49:06.579><c> that</c><00:49:06.860><c> happens.</c>

00:49:07.280 --> 00:49:09.420
They<00:49:07.480><c> make</c><00:49:07.699><c> war</c><00:49:07.960><c> with</c><00:49:08.199><c> the</c><00:49:08.360><c> lamb.</c>

00:49:11.000 --> 00:49:12.820
So<00:49:11.260><c> we</c><00:49:11.559><c> have</c><00:49:11.840><c> the</c><00:49:12.079><c> 12</c><00:49:12.360><c> stars</c>

00:49:12.820 --> 00:49:13.920
we<00:49:13.119><c> have</c><00:49:13.440><c> the</c><00:49:13.639><c> nations</c>

00:49:13.920 --> 00:49:15.139
that<00:49:14.219><c> turn</c><00:49:14.340><c> their</c><00:49:14.559><c> authority</c><00:49:14.920><c> over</c>

00:49:15.139 --> 00:49:16.619
to<00:49:15.280><c> the</c><00:49:15.400><c> great</c><00:49:15.619><c> city.</c>

00:49:17.360 --> 00:49:19.099
We<00:49:17.800><c> have</c><00:49:18.000><c> a</c><00:49:18.119><c> leg</c><00:49:18.320><c> don't</c><00:49:18.559><c> we</c>

00:49:19.099 --> 00:49:20.440
and<00:49:19.579><c> interestingly</c><00:49:20.019><c> enough</c>

00:49:20.440 --> 00:49:22.039
if<00:49:20.619><c> you</c><00:49:20.780><c> look</c><00:49:20.940><c> at</c><00:49:21.159><c> it</c>

00:49:22.039 --> 00:49:23.780
we<00:49:22.400><c> have</c><00:49:22.539><c> a</c><00:49:22.780><c> stone</c>

00:49:25.420 --> 00:49:27.340
well<00:49:25.920><c> I'm</c><00:49:26.019><c> not</c><00:49:26.320><c> saying</c><00:49:26.559><c> much</c><00:49:26.860><c> by</c><00:49:27.139><c> that</c>

00:49:27.340 --> 00:49:29.260
but<00:49:27.500><c> it's</c><00:49:27.800><c> just</c><00:49:28.099><c> too</c><00:49:28.380><c> curious</c>

00:49:29.260 --> 00:49:31.400
having<00:49:30.019><c> maybe</c><00:49:30.360><c> come</c><00:49:30.639><c> from</c><00:49:30.860><c> the</c><00:49:31.119><c> hand</c>

00:49:31.400 --> 00:49:34.400
that<00:49:31.760><c> shaped</c><00:49:32.059><c> the</c><00:49:32.420><c> continents</c><00:49:32.920><c> as</c><00:49:33.400><c> well</c>

00:49:34.539 --> 00:49:37.400
and<00:49:35.019><c> don't</c><00:49:35.320><c> put</c><00:49:35.500><c> it</c><00:49:35.820><c> past</c><00:49:36.300><c> the</c><00:49:36.639><c> mind</c><00:49:36.900><c> of</c><00:49:37.179><c> God</c>

00:49:37.400 --> 00:49:39.519
to<00:49:37.840><c> write</c><00:49:38.000><c> it</c><00:49:38.420><c> in</c><00:49:38.820><c> the</c><00:49:39.039><c> geography</c>

00:49:39.519 --> 00:49:41.019
of<00:49:39.800><c> this</c><00:49:40.000><c> world.</c>

00:49:41.500 --> 00:49:42.579
The<00:49:41.619><c> next</c><00:49:41.860><c> thing</c><00:49:42.039><c> that</c><00:49:42.300><c> happens</c>

00:49:42.579 --> 00:49:43.400
brothers<00:49:42.880><c> and</c><00:49:43.139><c> sisters</c>

00:49:43.400 --> 00:49:46.280
is<00:49:43.619><c> the</c><00:49:43.820><c> nations</c><00:49:44.139><c> declare</c><00:49:44.639><c> war</c><00:49:44.960><c> against</c><00:49:45.260><c> Christ.</c>

00:49:46.639 --> 00:49:48.179
That<00:49:46.960><c> system</c><00:49:47.300><c> is</c><00:49:47.539><c> set</c><00:49:47.699><c> up</c>

00:49:48.179 --> 00:49:49.980
the<00:49:48.880><c> order</c><00:49:49.099><c> is</c><00:49:49.300><c> ready</c><00:49:49.420><c> to</c><00:49:49.599><c> be</c><00:49:49.719><c> given</c>

00:49:49.980 --> 00:49:51.420
the<00:49:50.760><c> stage</c><00:49:51.039><c> is</c><00:49:51.300><c> set</c>

00:49:51.420 --> 00:49:52.619
and<00:49:51.619><c> the</c><00:49:51.800><c> players</c><00:49:51.980><c> are</c><00:49:52.219><c> on</c><00:49:52.340><c> it.</c>

00:49:53.039 --> 00:49:54.980
How<00:49:53.480><c> near</c><00:49:53.880><c> must</c><00:49:54.139><c> we</c><00:49:54.480><c> be</c>

00:49:54.980 --> 00:49:56.760
to<00:49:55.500><c> the</c><00:49:55.739><c> coming</c><00:49:55.900><c> of</c><00:49:56.199><c> our</c><00:49:56.360><c> Lord.</c>

00:49:57.159 --> 00:49:59.179
This<00:49:57.480><c> is</c><00:49:57.960><c> positively</c><00:49:58.579><c> exciting</c>

00:49:59.179 --> 00:50:00.679
and<00:49:59.699><c> what</c><00:49:59.900><c> we</c><00:50:00.079><c> are</c><00:50:00.199><c> left</c><00:50:00.440><c> with</c>

00:50:00.679 --> 00:50:02.699
is<00:50:01.079><c> the</c><00:50:01.360><c> end</c><00:50:01.619><c> of</c><00:50:01.760><c> the</c><00:50:01.920><c> kingdoms</c><00:50:02.199><c> of</c><00:50:02.460><c> men</c>

00:50:02.699 --> 00:50:04.079
and<00:50:03.119><c> the</c><00:50:03.380><c> beginning</c><00:50:03.599><c> of</c><00:50:03.880><c> God</c>

00:50:04.079 --> 00:50:05.519
and<00:50:04.420><c> that</c><00:50:04.659><c> brothers</c><00:50:04.940><c> and</c><00:50:05.219><c> sisters</c>

00:50:05.519 --> 00:50:08.420
to<00:50:05.840><c> me</c><00:50:06.320><c> is</c><00:50:06.900><c> infallible</c><00:50:07.480><c> evidence.</c>