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read</c><00:17:46.960><c> that</c><00:17:47.180><c> from</c><00:17:47.380><c> verse</c><00:17:47.640><c> 4,</c><00:17:48.759><c> he's</c><00:17:49.039><c> an</c><00:17:49.220><c> oppressor.</c> 00:17:50.539 --> 00:17:55.119 In<00:17:50.720><c> verse</c><00:17:51.000><c> 5</c><00:17:51.339><c> we</c><00:17:51.539><c> read</c><00:17:51.779><c> this,</c><00:17:52.559><c> yea</c><00:17:52.720><c> also</c><00:17:53.099><c> because</c><00:17:53.480><c> he</c><00:17:53.779><c> transgresseth</c><00:17:54.359><c> by</c><00:17:54.740><c> wine,</c> 00:17:55.140 --> 00:17:56.400 he<00:17:55.279><c> is</c><00:17:55.480><c> a</c><00:17:55.740><c> proud</c><00:17:56.000><c> man</c> 00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:59.059 so<00:17:56.619><c> he's</c><00:17:56.920><c> noted</c><00:17:57.099><c> for</c><00:17:57.380><c> drunkenness</c><00:17:57.900><c> and</c><00:17:58.180><c> pride.</c> 00:17:59.099 --> 00:18:03.279 We<00:17:59.319><c> read</c><00:17:59.539><c> on</c><00:17:59.720><c> in</c><00:17:59.900><c> that</c><00:18:00.119><c> verse,</c><00:18:00.539><c> neither</c><00:18:00.700><c> keepeth</c><00:18:01.059><c> at</c><00:18:01.339><c> home,</c><00:18:01.900><c> who</c><00:18:02.019><c> enlargeth</c><00:18:02.460><c> his</c><00:18:02.700><c> desire</c><00:18:03.099><c> as</c> 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:03.819 the<00:18:03.559><c> grave</c> 00:18:03.819 --> 00:18:06.299 and<00:18:04.039><c> is</c><00:18:04.180><c> as</c><00:18:04.500><c> death</c><00:18:04.839><c> and</c><00:18:05.259><c> cannot</c><00:18:05.519><c> be</c><00:18:05.920><c> satisfied.</c> 00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:09.839 So<00:18:06.480><c> he's</c><00:18:06.900><c> insatiable</c><00:18:07.720><c> in</c><00:18:08.019><c> his</c><00:18:08.500><c> expansionism.</c> 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:12.980 It<00:18:10.160><c> goes</c><00:18:10.380><c> on</c><00:18:10.559><c> to</c><00:18:10.720><c> say</c><00:18:10.920><c> in</c><00:18:11.039><c> verse</c><00:18:11.299><c> 5,</c><00:18:11.980><c> but</c><00:18:12.140><c> 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actually</c><00:18:48.980><c> describing</c><00:18:50.000><c> exactly</c> 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:55.200 what<00:18:51.559><c> Russia</c><00:18:51.940><c> is</c><00:18:52.380><c> doing</c><00:18:52.740><c> right</c><00:18:53.559><c> now.</c> 00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:59.079 Lating<00:18:55.920><c> himself</c><00:18:56.539><c> with</c><00:18:56.980><c> thick</c><00:18:57.440><c> clay,</c><00:18:58.279><c> we'll</c><00:18:58.519><c> return</c><00:18:58.779><c> to</c><00:18:58.880><c> that</c> 00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:00.000 in<00:18:59.180><c> a</c><00:18:59.279><c> minute.</c> 00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:01.680 Let's<00:19:00.099><c> go</c><00:19:00.380><c> on,</c><00:19:00.920><c> verse</c><00:19:00.920><c> 8.</c> 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:04.319 Because<00:19:02.000><c> thou</c><00:19:02.259><c> hast</c><00:19:02.500><c> spoiled</c><00:19:02.819><c> many</c><00:19:03.119><c> nations,</c><00:19:03.660><c> all</c><00:19:03.819><c> the</c><00:19:03.960><c> random</c><00:19:04.119><c> of</c> 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submariners</c><00:19:35.000><c> for</c><00:19:35.299><c> his</c><00:19:35.500><c> purpose,</c> 00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:39.000 he<00:19:36.319><c> couldn't</c><00:19:36.680><c> care</c><00:19:37.200><c> less</c><00:19:37.740><c> about</c><00:19:38.339><c> human</c><00:19:38.680><c> life.</c> 00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:41.440 You're<00:19:39.420><c> going</c><00:19:39.440><c> to</c><00:19:39.559><c> see</c><00:19:39.640><c> that</c><00:19:39.819><c> tonight</c><00:19:40.079><c> in</c><00:19:40.359><c> the</c><00:19:40.579><c> movie.</c> 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:46.079 Verse<00:19:41.980><c> 9,</c><00:19:42.559><c> we</c><00:19:42.599><c> read</c><00:19:42.859><c> this,</c><00:19:43.359><c> woe</c><00:19:43.680><c> to</c><00:19:43.680><c> him</c><00:19:43.920><c> that</c><00:19:44.180><c> coveteth</c><00:19:44.680><c> an</c><00:19:44.900><c> evil</c><00:19:45.259><c> covetousness</c><00:19:45.900><c> to</c> 00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:47.359 his<00:19:46.400><c> house,</c><00:19:47.099><c> 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religion,</c><00:19:59.200><c> as</c><00:19:59.279><c> we're</c><00:19:59.480><c> going</c><00:19:59.559><c> to</c><00:19:59.759><c> see.</c> 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:03.980 In<00:20:00.500><c> verse</c><00:20:00.779><c> 12,</c><00:20:01.339><c> he</c><00:20:01.480><c> builds</c><00:20:01.859><c> his</c><00:20:02.140><c> empire</c><00:20:02.599><c> by</c><00:20:02.920><c> fire</c><00:20:03.380><c> and</c><00:20:03.660><c> blood.</c> 00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:08.720 Woe<00:20:04.599><c> to</c><00:20:04.640><c> him</c><00:20:04.859><c> that</c><00:20:05.140><c> buildeth</c><00:20:05.460><c> a</c><00:20:05.640><c> town</c><00:20:05.880><c> with</c><00:20:06.180><c> blood</c><00:20:06.519><c> and</c><00:20:07.140><c> established</c><00:20:07.380><c> the</c><00:20:07.579><c> city</c><00:20:07.839><c> by</c><00:20:08.200><c> iniquity.</c> 00:20:09.119 --> 00:20:13.579 In<00:20:09.220><c> verse</c><00:20:09.539><c> 15,</c><00:20:10.420><c> he</c><00:20:10.539><c> uses</c><00:20:11.000><c> base</c><00:20:11.460><c> practices</c><00:20:12.119><c> to</c><00:20:12.720><c> undermine</c><00:20:13.160><c> others.</c> 00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.740 I'm<00:20:13.880><c> going</c><00:20:13.940><c> to</c><00:20:14.019><c> ask</c><00:20:14.200><c> you</c><00:20:14.380><c> a</c><00:20:14.420><c> question.</c> 00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:18.299 Do<00:20:15.319><c> you</c><00:20:15.500><c> know</c><00:20:15.880><c> how</c><00:20:16.220><c> Vladimir</c><00:20:16.619><c> Putin</c><00:20:17.039><c> came</c><00:20:17.359><c> to</c><00:20:17.619><c> power</c><00:20:17.819><c> in</c><00:20:18.000><c> Russia?</c> 00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:22.720 How<00:20:18.680><c> did</c><00:20:18.839><c> this</c><00:20:19.099><c> obscure</c><00:20:19.740><c> KGB</c><00:20:20.579><c> agent</c><00:20:21.220><c> who</c><00:20:21.680><c> spent</c><00:20:21.960><c> 10</c><00:20:22.279><c> years</c><00:20:22.599><c> in</c> 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:25.299 East<00:20:23.019><c> Germany</c><00:20:23.799><c> 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was</c><00:25:10.900><c> put</c><00:25:11.079><c> in</c> 00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:13.019 charge<00:25:11.799><c> of</c><00:25:12.259><c> the</c><00:25:12.400><c> Russian</c><00:25:12.640><c> Orthodox</c> 00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:17.779 Church<00:25:13.380><c> in</c><00:25:13.559><c> the</c><00:25:13.700><c> 1960s</c><00:25:14.779><c> because</c><00:25:15.079><c> he</c><00:25:15.259><c> was</c><00:25:15.400><c> actually</c><00:25:15.740><c> a</c><00:25:16.079><c> KGB</c><00:25:16.579><c> agent,</c><00:25:17.220><c> that's</c><00:25:17.680><c> how</c> 00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:19.119 they<00:25:18.000><c> controlled</c><00:25:18.720><c> the</c> 00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:19.980 Church. 00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:24.799 Now<00:25:20.200><c> here</c><00:25:20.440><c> he</c><00:25:20.519><c> is</c><00:25:20.740><c> with</c><00:25:21.019><c> Putin,</c><00:25:21.599><c> who's</c><00:25:21.779><c> already</c><00:25:22.160><c> got</c><00:25:22.619><c> sore</c><00:25:22.880><c> lips</c><00:25:23.539><c> 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something,</c><00:26:55.440><c> you</c><00:26:55.559><c> say</c> 00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:57.359 I'm<00:26:55.920><c> going</c><00:26:56.140><c> to</c><00:26:56.380><c> do</c><00:26:56.519><c> this,</c><00:26:56.660><c> I'm</c><00:26:56.880><c> committed</c> 00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:58.119 to<00:26:57.640><c> do</c><00:26:57.819><c> this.</c> 00:26:58.480 --> 00:27:01.880 So<00:26:58.640><c> he's</c><00:26:58.900><c> getting</c><00:26:59.299><c> pledges</c><00:27:00.099><c> from</c><00:27:00.500><c> these</c><00:27:00.900><c> nations</c><00:27:01.339><c> that</c><00:27:01.500><c> he's</c> 00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:03.279 gathering<00:27:02.220><c> unto</c><00:27:02.519><c> him,</c><00:27:02.680><c> how's</c><00:27:02.900><c> he</c><00:27:03.079><c> doing</c> 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.579 that? 00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:07.819 Well<00:27:04.019><c> he's</c><00:27:04.299><c> doing</c><00:27:04.460><c> it</c><00:27:04.680><c> by</c><00:27:05.000><c> controlling</c><00:27:05.819><c> resources.</c> 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the</c><00:27:22.140><c> eighth</c> 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:25.420 largest<00:27:22.799><c> oil</c><00:27:23.180><c> reserves,</c><00:27:24.140><c> it's</c><00:27:24.339><c> among</c><00:27:24.559><c> the</c><00:27:24.759><c> world</c><00:27:24.960><c> leaders</c><00:27:25.220><c> in</c> 00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:28.299 the<00:27:25.539><c> deposits</c><00:27:25.940><c> of</c><00:27:26.240><c> iron</c><00:27:26.619><c> ore,</c><00:27:27.480><c> asbestos,</c> 00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:34.779 zinc,<00:27:29.319><c> nickel,</c><00:27:29.880><c> cobalt,</c><00:27:30.559><c> diamonds,</c><00:27:31.200><c> potassium,</c><00:27:32.019><c> lead,</c><00:27:32.599><c> gold,</c><00:27:33.400><c> platinum,</c><00:27:34.180><c> uranium,</c><00:27:34.779><c> I</c> 00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.160 think<00:27:34.960><c> they</c> 00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:36.200 miss<00:27:35.299><c> silver.</c> 00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:39.839 It's<00:27:36.920><c> not</c><00:27:37.099><c> a</c><00:27:37.140><c> bad</c><00:27:37.319><c> list,</c><00:27:37.839><c> is</c><00:27:38.140><c> it,</c><00:27:39.119><c> and</c><00:27:39.299><c> what</c><00:27:39.420><c> are</c><00:27:39.480><c> they</c><00:27:39.599><c> doing</c> 00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.380 with<00:27:40.039><c> that?</c> 00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:43.819 Well<00:27:40.799><c> Russia</c><00:27:41.119><c> currently</c><00:27:41.660><c> supplies</c><00:27:42.059><c> over</c><00:27:42.339><c> 25</c><00:27:42.819><c>%</c><00:27:43.099><c> of</c><00:27:43.259><c> Germany's</c> 00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:46.160 gas<00:27:44.119><c> requirements,</c><00:27:45.220><c> in</c><00:27:45.460><c> a</c><00:27:45.619><c> decade</c><00:27:46.000><c> that</c> 00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:50.380 will<00:27:46.440><c> exceed</c><00:27:46.799><c> 80%,</c><00:27:47.680><c> and</c><00:27:47.859><c> when</c><00:27:48.000><c> they</c><00:27:48.180><c> are</c><00:27:48.380><c> feeding</c><00:27:48.599><c> 80</c><00:27:49.019><c>%</c><00:27:49.480><c> of</c><00:27:49.859><c> Germany's</c><00:27:50.339><c> and</c> 00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:51.579 the<00:27:50.579><c> rest</c><00:27:50.819><c> of</c><00:27:51.079><c> Europe's</c> 00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:55.259 gas<00:27:51.799><c> supplies</c><00:27:52.180><c> in</c><00:27:52.440><c> there,</c><00:27:54.019><c> then</c><00:27:54.119><c> the</c><00:27:54.339><c> European</c><00:27:54.680><c> nations</c><00:27:55.119><c> are</c> 00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:57.119 not<00:27:55.420><c> going</c><00:27:55.539><c> to</c><00:27:55.619><c> be</c><00:27:55.680><c> able</c><00:27:55.779><c> to</c><00:27:55.900><c> say</c><00:27:56.059><c> no.</c> 00:27:57.900 --> 00:28:00.759 I'll<00:27:58.059><c> show</c><00:27:58.279><c> you</c><00:27:58.420><c> in</c><00:27:58.519><c> a</c><00:27:58.619><c> moment,</c><00:27:58.880><c> in</c><00:27:58.960><c> this</c><00:27:59.259><c> film</c><00:27:59.440><c> you</c><00:27:59.700><c> watch</c><00:28:00.019><c> what</c><00:28:00.339><c> happened</c><00:28:00.519><c> to</c> 00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:03.359 Ukraine<00:28:01.339><c> in</c><00:28:01.779><c> 2006,</c><00:28:03.220><c> and</c> 00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:05.279 you'll<00:28:03.579><c> get</c><00:28:03.700><c> an</c><00:28:03.859><c> indication</c><00:28:04.359><c> of</c><00:28:04.559><c> what</c><00:28:04.700><c> Russia</c><00:28:04.960><c> is</c><00:28:05.099><c> going</c><00:28:05.200><c> to</c> 00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:07.119 do<00:28:05.359><c> to</c><00:28:05.519><c> the</c><00:28:05.640><c> rest</c><00:28:05.819><c> of</c><00:28:06.039><c> the</c><00:28:06.160><c> European</c><00:28:06.539><c> nations</c> 00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:08.259 in<00:28:07.720><c> the</c><00:28:07.880><c> future.</c> 00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:10.039 They're<00:28:08.680><c> just</c><00:28:08.779><c> simply</c><00:28:08.940><c> going</c><00:28:09.099><c> to</c><00:28:09.220><c> turn</c><00:28:09.400><c> the</c><00:28:09.619><c> tap</c><00:28:09.779><c> off.</c> 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.259 You<00:28:10.339><c> know</c><00:28:10.420><c> what</c><00:28:10.519><c> they're</c><00:28:10.720><c> going</c><00:28:10.819><c> to</c><00:28:10.960><c> do?</c> 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:13.799 Be<00:28:11.960><c> useless</c><00:28:12.220><c> doing</c><00:28:12.440><c> this</c><00:28:12.599><c> in</c><00:28:12.759><c> Brisbane,</c><00:28:13.039><c> we</c><00:28:13.180><c> don't</c><00:28:13.319><c> have</c><00:28:13.460><c> a</c><00:28:13.599><c> winter.</c> 00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:17.400 But<00:28:14.359><c> here,</c><00:28:14.920><c> in</c><00:28:15.099><c> this</c><00:28:15.319><c> country,</c><00:28:16.359><c> they</c><00:28:16.579><c> wait</c><00:28:16.799><c> till</c><00:28:16.940><c> December</c> 00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:19.460 and<00:28:17.779><c> January,</c><00:28:18.599><c> and</c><00:28:18.759><c> then</c><00:28:18.839><c> they</c><00:28:19.099><c> turn</c><00:28:19.240><c> the</c> 00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:23.619 gas<00:28:19.759><c> tap</c><00:28:19.960><c> off,</c><00:28:20.660><c> where</c><00:28:20.759><c> you've</c><00:28:20.940><c> got</c><00:28:21.099><c> no</c><00:28:21.339><c> house</c><00:28:21.640><c> heating,</c><00:28:23.359><c> and</c> 00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:25.400 people<00:28:23.880><c> freeze,</c><00:28:25.039><c> all</c><00:28:25.279><c> right?</c> 00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:26.220 That's<00:28:25.599><c> what</c><00:28:25.700><c> they</c><00:28:25.960><c> do.</c> 00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:30.099 He's<00:28:27.039><c> going</c><00:28:27.160><c> to</c><00:28:27.400><c> lay</c><00:28:27.579><c> himself</c><00:28:28.200><c> with</c><00:28:28.740><c> thick</c><00:28:29.059><c> clay,</c><00:28:29.619><c> with</c><00:28:29.799><c> the</c> 00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:32.220 weight<00:28:30.420><c> of</c><00:28:30.920><c> pledges,</c><00:28:31.839><c> he's</c><00:28:32.000><c> going</c><00:28:32.140><c> to</c> 00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:34.220 control<00:28:32.720><c> people</c><00:28:33.299><c> like</c><00:28:33.940><c> this.</c> 00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:37.339 You<00:28:34.519><c> know,</c><00:28:34.579><c> he's</c><00:28:34.740><c> going</c><00:28:34.859><c> to</c><00:28:34.940><c> do</c><00:28:35.079><c> that</c><00:28:35.279><c> for</c><00:28:35.480><c> the</c><00:28:35.700><c> European</c><00:28:36.220><c> nations,</c><00:28:37.220><c> but</c> 00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:38.539 there's<00:28:37.539><c> a</c><00:28:37.720><c> different</c><00:28:38.000><c> tactics</c><00:28:38.299><c> we're</c> 00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:41.759 going<00:28:38.599><c> to</c><00:28:38.839><c> see</c><00:28:39.299><c> when</c><00:28:39.539><c> it</c><00:28:39.759><c> comes</c><00:28:39.920><c> to</c><00:28:40.119><c> the</c><00:28:40.240><c> nations</c><00:28:40.500><c> to</c><00:28:40.720><c> the</c><00:28:40.960><c> south,</c><00:28:41.559><c> to</c> 00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:44.079 Persia,<00:28:42.940><c> to</c><00:28:43.059><c> Ethiopia,</c><00:28:43.799><c> Libya,</c> 00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:47.599 etc.,<00:28:44.960><c> and</c><00:28:45.099><c> the</c><00:28:45.259><c> countries</c><00:28:45.799><c> of</c><00:28:46.240><c> Afghanistan</c><00:28:46.759><c> and</c><00:28:47.059><c> Pakistan</c> 00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:49.319 that<00:28:47.759><c> will</c><00:28:47.980><c> become</c><00:28:48.200><c> subject</c><00:28:48.819><c> to</c><00:28:49.059><c> Russian</c> 00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:52.160 control<00:28:49.859><c> before</c><00:28:50.299><c> Armageddon,</c><00:28:50.839><c> as</c><00:28:50.940><c> we</c><00:28:51.079><c> shall</c><00:28:51.319><c> see.</c> 00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:55.279 He'll<00:28:52.539><c> use</c><00:28:52.619><c> a</c><00:28:52.880><c> different</c><00:28:53.079><c> method</c><00:28:53.359><c> there,</c><00:28:54.059><c> it</c><00:28:54.079><c> will</c><00:28:54.119><c> be</c><00:28:54.279><c> the</c><00:28:54.440><c> method</c><00:28:54.740><c> of</c> 00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:57.279 conquest,<00:28:55.920><c> but</c><00:28:56.240><c> here</c><00:28:56.660><c> in</c><00:28:56.859><c> Europe</c> 00:28:57.279 --> 00:29:01.140 it's<00:28:57.759><c> going</c><00:28:57.920><c> to</c><00:28:58.119><c> be</c><00:28:58.359><c> this</c><00:28:58.579><c> kind</c><00:28:58.900><c> of</c><00:28:59.059><c> thing,</c><00:29:00.299><c> binding</c><00:29:00.599><c> nations</c> 00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:02.279 by<00:29:01.619><c> pledges.</c> 00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:05.900 They<00:29:02.599><c> will</c><00:29:03.000><c> have</c><00:29:03.380><c> to</c><00:29:03.619><c> do</c><00:29:03.920><c> what</c><00:29:04.180><c> Russia</c><00:29:04.500><c> requires,</c><00:29:05.299><c> there</c><00:29:05.420><c> won't</c><00:29:05.640><c> be</c> 00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:07.480 any<00:29:06.160><c> questions</c><00:29:06.539><c> asked.</c> 00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:10.440 So<00:29:07.920><c> the</c><00:29:08.059><c> rise</c><00:29:08.299><c> of</c><00:29:08.519><c> this</c><00:29:08.799><c> dictator,</c><00:29:09.359><c> what</c><00:29:09.579><c> drives</c><00:29:09.900><c> this</c><00:29:10.200><c> once</c> 00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:12.819 obscure<00:29:10.900><c> man</c><00:29:11.200><c> from</c><00:29:11.460><c> St.</c><00:29:11.900><c> Petersburg?</c> 00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:16.359 Very<00:29:13.180><c> friendly</c><00:29:13.559><c> face,</c><00:29:14.099><c> sort</c><00:29:14.319><c> of</c><00:29:14.400><c> face</c><00:29:14.599><c> you'd</c><00:29:14.799><c> want</c><00:29:14.920><c> to</c><00:29:15.039><c> meet</c><00:29:15.140><c> on</c><00:29:15.319><c> someone</c><00:29:15.519><c> you're</c><00:29:15.700><c> going</c><00:29:15.740><c> to</c><00:29:15.839><c> buy</c><00:29:16.019><c> a</c><00:29:16.160><c> car</c> 00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:18.279 from,<00:29:17.819><c> okay?</c> 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:20.339 What<00:29:18.880><c> drives</c><00:29:19.220><c> this</c><00:29:19.539><c> man?</c> 00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:23.880 You<00:29:20.500><c> can</c><00:29:20.619><c> notice</c><00:29:20.740><c> he's</c><00:29:20.920><c> from</c><00:29:21.119><c> St.</c><00:29:21.599><c> Petersburg,</c><00:29:22.279><c> just</c><00:29:22.500><c> keep</c><00:29:22.640><c> that</c><00:29:22.859><c> in</c><00:29:22.980><c> mind.</c> 00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:26.900 Well,<00:29:24.319><c> the</c><00:29:24.359><c> Russian</c><00:29:24.700><c> oligarchs</c><00:29:25.380><c> underestimated</c><00:29:26.000><c> him,</c><00:29:26.819><c> the</c> 00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:29.740 internal<00:29:27.259><c> opposition</c><00:29:27.980><c> in</c><00:29:28.319><c> the</c><00:29:28.559><c> CIS</c><00:29:29.019><c> underestimated</c> 00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:32.660 him,<00:29:30.460><c> European</c><00:29:30.759><c> nations</c><00:29:31.180><c> underestimated</c><00:29:31.839><c> him,</c><00:29:32.279><c> and</c><00:29:32.440><c> so</c><00:29:32.539><c> did</c> 00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:34.440 the<00:29:32.720><c> United</c><00:29:33.019><c> States</c><00:29:33.279><c> of</c><00:29:33.400><c> America.</c> 00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.599 What<00:29:34.920><c> drives</c><00:29:35.279><c> him?</c> 00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:37.339 Well,<00:29:36.099><c> this</c><00:29:36.299><c> is</c><00:29:36.480><c> what</c><00:29:36.660><c> drives</c><00:29:36.940><c> him.</c> 00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:41.660 The<00:29:37.920><c> Berlin</c><00:29:38.279><c> Wall</c><00:29:38.539><c> came</c><00:29:38.819><c> down</c><00:29:39.019><c> in</c><00:29:39.220><c> 1989,</c><00:29:40.720><c> it</c><00:29:40.720><c> was</c><00:29:41.039><c> the</c><00:29:41.160><c> beginning</c><00:29:41.359><c> of</c><00:29:41.519><c> the</c> 00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:44.019 fall<00:29:41.819><c> of</c><00:29:42.000><c> the</c><00:29:42.140><c> USSR</c><00:29:42.559><c> and</c><00:29:43.000><c> communism,</c> 00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:50.579 and<00:29:44.259><c> Vladimir</c><00:29:44.619><c> Putin</c><00:29:45.160><c> said</c><00:29:45.559><c> about</c><00:29:45.920><c> that</c><00:29:46.279><c> collapse,</c><00:29:47.380><c> it</c><00:29:47.380><c> is</c><00:29:47.619><c> the</c><00:29:47.859><c> greatest</c><00:29:48.440><c> geopolitical</c><00:29:49.319><c> disaster</c><00:29:50.019><c> in</c> 00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.019 history. 00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:57.099 Now<00:29:51.299><c> that's</c><00:29:51.640><c> a</c><00:29:51.859><c> huge</c><00:29:52.180><c> statement,</c><00:29:53.420><c> the</c><00:29:53.640><c> greatest</c><00:29:54.240><c> geopolitical</c><00:29:55.359><c> disaster</c><00:29:56.019><c> in</c><00:29:56.720><c> history.</c> 00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:59.220 So<00:29:57.500><c> that's</c><00:29:57.859><c> what</c><00:29:58.160><c> motivates</c><00:29:58.720><c> him.</c> 00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:04.200 He<00:30:00.039><c> felt</c><00:30:00.380><c> that</c><00:30:00.680><c> the</c><00:30:01.000><c> fall</c><00:30:01.420><c> of</c><00:30:01.740><c> the</c><00:30:01.920><c> USSR</c><00:30:02.519><c> was</c><00:30:03.059><c> the</c><00:30:03.400><c> worst</c><00:30:03.819><c> thing</c> 00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:06.740 that<00:30:04.579><c> ever</c><00:30:05.079><c> happened</c><00:30:05.900><c> in</c><00:30:06.279><c> history,</c> 00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:09.400 and<00:30:07.059><c> he</c><00:30:07.279><c> determined</c><00:30:07.779><c> way</c><00:30:08.079><c> back</c><00:30:08.440><c> then,</c><00:30:08.680><c> when</c><00:30:08.759><c> he</c><00:30:08.839><c> was</c><00:30:09.039><c> in</c><00:30:09.180><c> East</c> 00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:11.539 Germany,<00:30:09.839><c> because</c><00:30:09.920><c> that's</c><00:30:10.119><c> what</c><00:30:10.380><c> was</c><00:30:11.200><c> happening</c> 00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:14.160 in<00:30:11.859><c> 1989,</c><00:30:12.099><c> he</c><00:30:12.160><c> was</c><00:30:12.339><c> in</c><00:30:12.460><c> East</c><00:30:12.740><c> Germany</c><00:30:13.039><c> as</c><00:30:13.240><c> just</c><00:30:13.400><c> an</c><00:30:13.559><c> ordinary</c> 00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:15.700 KGB<00:30:14.619><c> agent.</c> 00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:19.680 He<00:30:16.680><c> determined</c><00:30:17.240><c> then,</c><00:30:18.380><c> he</c><00:30:18.500><c> was</c><00:30:18.619><c> going</c><00:30:18.759><c> to</c><00:30:18.940><c> reverse</c><00:30:19.200><c> that.</c> 00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:23.480 Well,<00:30:20.619><c> it's</c><00:30:20.720><c> time</c><00:30:21.200><c> to</c><00:30:22.000><c> see</c><00:30:22.079><c> what</c><00:30:22.319><c> happened.</c> 00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:29.099 Just<00:30:23.960><c> give</c><00:30:24.119><c> me</c><00:30:24.660><c> half</c><00:30:24.859><c> a</c><00:30:28.599><c> second.</c> 00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:38.119 Have<00:30:33.660><c> a</c><00:30:33.759><c> look</c><00:30:33.839><c> at</c><00:30:33.839><c> chapter</c><00:30:34.099><c> 2,</c><00:30:36.940><c> look</c><00:30:37.039><c> carefully</c><00:30:37.319><c> enough,</c><00:30:37.819><c> that's</c><00:30:38.019><c> what</c> 00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.660 it<00:30:38.319><c> is.</c> 00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:42.160 But<00:30:39.240><c> you</c><00:30:39.339><c> might</c><00:30:39.559><c> think</c><00:30:39.799><c> now,</c><00:30:40.519><c> I'm</c><00:30:40.740><c> going</c><00:30:40.880><c> to</c><00:30:41.039><c> say</c><00:30:41.259><c> that</c><00:30:41.480><c> Vladimir</c><00:30:41.779><c> Putin</c> 00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:43.119 is<00:30:42.420><c> go.</c> 00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:47.700 I'm<00:30:44.799><c> not,</c><00:30:46.119><c> because</c><00:30:46.480><c> I</c><00:30:46.599><c> don't</c><00:30:46.819><c> believe</c><00:30:47.039><c> he</c><00:30:47.240><c> is.</c> 00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:50.599 There's<00:30:48.720><c> an</c><00:30:48.940><c> important</c><00:30:49.200><c> lesson</c><00:30:49.460><c> to</c><00:30:49.660><c> be</c><00:30:49.839><c> learned</c><00:30:49.980><c> in</c><00:30:50.240><c> what</c><00:30:50.420><c> I'm</c> 00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:51.740 saying<00:30:50.819><c> here</c><00:30:51.059><c> this</c><00:30:51.259><c> evening,</c><00:30:51.660><c> brethren</c> 00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:53.599 and<00:30:51.940><c> sisters,</c><00:30:52.140><c> it</c><00:30:52.279><c> is</c><00:30:52.539><c> this.</c> 00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:56.519 Brother<00:30:54.500><c> Thomas</c><00:30:54.940><c> taught</c><00:30:55.200><c> us</c><00:30:55.400><c> this</c><00:30:55.640><c> lesson.</c> 00:30:57.180 --> 00:31:01.579 He<00:30:57.539><c> interpreted</c><00:30:58.119><c> the</c><00:30:58.440><c> Bible,</c><00:31:00.180><c> he</c><00:31:00.539><c> didn't</c><00:31:00.819><c> look</c><00:31:01.059><c> at</c><00:31:01.180><c> what</c><00:31:01.339><c> was</c> 00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:04.099 happening<00:31:01.880><c> and</c><00:31:02.160><c> say,</c><00:31:02.500><c> well,</c><00:31:03.599><c> I</c><00:31:03.819><c> think</c> 00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:06.759 this<00:31:04.440><c> scripture</c><00:31:04.720><c> is</c><00:31:05.000><c> saying</c><00:31:05.460><c> that.</c> 00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:11.700 He<00:31:08.220><c> interpreted</c><00:31:08.640><c> what</c><00:31:08.960><c> the</c><00:31:09.339><c> scripture</c><00:31:09.640><c> said,</c><00:31:10.119><c> it</c><00:31:10.299><c> didn't</c><00:31:10.619><c> matter</c><00:31:11.039><c> really</c><00:31:11.299><c> what</c><00:31:11.420><c> was</c> 00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.900 happening<00:31:12.380><c> around</c> 00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:13.380 him. 00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:16.039 And<00:31:13.759><c> where</c><00:31:14.019><c> he</c><00:31:14.200><c> saw</c><00:31:14.500><c> evidence</c><00:31:14.980><c> that</c><00:31:15.240><c> that's</c><00:31:15.519><c> the</c><00:31:15.640><c> way</c><00:31:15.759><c> it</c><00:31:15.839><c> was</c> 00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:18.160 going,<00:31:16.279><c> he</c><00:31:16.400><c> would</c><00:31:16.599><c> highlight</c><00:31:17.039><c> that.</c> 00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:22.720 The<00:31:18.640><c> Bible</c><00:31:18.920><c> is</c><00:31:19.079><c> very</c><00:31:19.380><c> clear,</c><00:31:20.519><c> the</c><00:31:20.680><c> scripture</c><00:31:20.940><c> makes</c><00:31:21.180><c> it</c><00:31:21.440><c> very</c><00:31:21.700><c> clear.</c> 00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:24.200 Remember<00:31:23.099><c> this</c><00:31:23.319><c> passage?</c> 00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:29.019 Son<00:31:24.720><c> of</c><00:31:24.880><c> man</c><00:31:25.119><c> set</c><00:31:25.339><c> by</c><00:31:25.640><c> face</c><00:31:25.900><c> against</c><00:31:26.319><c> Gog</c><00:31:26.599><c> of</c><00:31:26.839><c> the</c><00:31:27.059><c> land</c><00:31:27.420><c> of</c><00:31:27.799><c> Magog,</c><00:31:28.400><c> prince</c><00:31:28.740><c> of</c> 00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.920 Rosh,<00:31:29.480><c> Meshach</c><00:31:29.759><c> and</c> 00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:35.579 Tubal<00:31:30.880><c> and</c><00:31:31.299><c> prophesy</c><00:31:31.740><c> concerning</c><00:31:32.180><c> him,</c><00:31:33.140><c> Gog</c><00:31:33.460><c> is</c><00:31:33.839><c> from</c><00:31:34.279><c> the</c><00:31:34.519><c> land</c><00:31:34.700><c> of</c><00:31:35.019><c> Magog.</c> 00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:40.160 Now<00:31:36.140><c> historians</c><00:31:36.779><c> have</c><00:31:37.259><c> argued</c><00:31:37.640><c> about</c><00:31:38.099><c> Magog</c><00:31:38.579><c> for</c><00:31:38.980><c> centuries,</c> 00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:42.380 but<00:31:40.480><c> the</c><00:31:41.119><c> extent</c><00:31:41.440><c> of</c><00:31:41.759><c> the</c><00:31:41.980><c> boundary</c> 00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:47.119 of<00:31:42.680><c> Magog,</c><00:31:43.180><c> the</c><00:31:43.480><c> fullest</c><00:31:43.900><c> extent</c><00:31:44.640><c> doesn't</c><00:31:45.400><c> include</c><00:31:46.019><c> St.</c><00:31:46.559><c> Petersburg</c><00:31:46.880><c> and</c> 00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:48.400 that's<00:31:47.440><c> where</c><00:31:47.700><c> Putin</c><00:31:48.019><c> came</c> 00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:49.380 from. 00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:54.099 So<00:31:50.279><c> whatever</c><00:31:50.519><c> you</c><00:31:50.759><c> think</c><00:31:50.940><c> about</c><00:31:51.339><c> Magog,</c><00:31:52.000><c> we</c><00:31:52.200><c> talk</c><00:31:52.400><c> about</c><00:31:52.619><c> Magog</c><00:31:53.079><c> being</c><00:31:53.359><c> Germany,</c><00:31:53.920><c> well</c> 00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.700 it<00:31:54.220><c> had</c><00:31:54.420><c> other</c> 00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:59.180 boundaries,<00:31:55.619><c> its</c><00:31:55.880><c> boundaries</c><00:31:56.099><c> came</c><00:31:56.400><c> out</c><00:31:56.619><c> to</c><00:31:56.799><c> here,</c><00:31:57.119><c> it</c><00:31:57.240><c> included</c><00:31:57.539><c> Ukraine,</c><00:31:59.019><c> but</c> 00:31:59.180 --> 00:32:00.599 it<00:31:59.599><c> doesn't</c><00:31:59.980><c> include</c> 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:07.220 the<00:32:01.059><c> birthplace</c><00:32:02.380><c> of</c><00:32:02.819><c> Vladimir</c><00:32:03.119><c> Putin</c><00:32:03.460><c> and</c><00:32:03.619><c> that's</c><00:32:03.819><c> why</c><00:32:04.019><c> I</c><00:32:04.220><c> believe</c><00:32:04.539><c> he's</c><00:32:04.880><c> not</c><00:32:05.359><c> Gog.</c> 00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:13.119 What<00:32:07.259><c> he</c><00:32:07.480><c> has</c><00:32:07.700><c> done</c><00:32:08.019><c> however,</c><00:32:09.059><c> he</c><00:32:09.640><c> has</c><00:32:09.900><c> established</c><00:32:10.640><c> the</c><00:32:11.220><c> system,</c><00:32:12.839><c> the</c> 00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:15.960 dictatorship,<00:32:14.779><c> he's</c><00:32:15.039><c> got</c><00:32:15.440><c> vertical</c> 00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:19.019 power<00:32:16.539><c> in</c><00:32:16.759><c> Russia,</c><00:32:17.160><c> he's</c><00:32:17.559><c> still</c><00:32:17.960><c> the</c><00:32:18.099><c> most</c><00:32:18.420><c> powerful</c><00:32:18.740><c> man,</c> 00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:20.359 even<00:32:19.220><c> though</c><00:32:19.420><c> the</c><00:32:19.619><c> constitution</c><00:32:20.059><c> doesn't</c> 00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:23.240 allow<00:32:20.640><c> him</c><00:32:20.799><c> to</c><00:32:20.920><c> be</c><00:32:21.079><c> president,</c><00:32:21.700><c> he's</c><00:32:22.200><c> still</c><00:32:22.579><c> unquestionably</c> 00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:25.859 the<00:32:23.359><c> most</c><00:32:23.720><c> powerful</c><00:32:24.180><c> man</c><00:32:24.640><c> in</c><00:32:25.460><c> Russia.</c> 00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:30.240 He's<00:32:26.220><c> the</c><00:32:26.400><c> prime</c><00:32:26.539><c> minister</c><00:32:26.900><c> of</c><00:32:27.140><c> course,</c><00:32:27.700><c> has</c><00:32:27.859><c> more</c><00:32:28.099><c> power</c><00:32:28.359><c> than</c><00:32:28.579><c> Medvedev,</c><00:32:30.019><c> but</c> 00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:32.279 he<00:32:30.480><c> doesn't</c><00:32:30.819><c> come</c><00:32:31.839><c> from</c> 00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.279 Magog. 00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:38.240 Now<00:32:33.960><c> then,</c><00:32:34.279><c> let's</c><00:32:34.319><c> talk</c><00:32:34.579><c> about</c><00:32:35.900><c> the</c><00:32:36.160><c> Tsars,</c><00:32:37.119><c> because</c><00:32:37.319><c> the</c><00:32:37.619><c> church,</c><00:32:38.119><c> the</c> 00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:39.839 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spent</c><00:32:55.559><c> money</c><00:32:55.920><c> on</c> 00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:59.660 the<00:32:56.880><c> palace</c><00:32:57.339><c> of</c><00:32:57.579><c> the</c><00:32:57.720><c> Tsars,</c><00:32:58.799><c> he</c> 00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:03.740 reinterred<00:33:00.559><c> the</c><00:33:00.759><c> Tsars,</c><00:33:01.900><c> the</c><00:33:02.099><c> last</c><00:33:02.539><c> Tsar,</c><00:33:02.940><c> Nicholas</c><00:33:03.259><c> II</c><00:33:03.599><c> and</c> 00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:05.539 his<00:33:03.900><c> family,</c><00:33:04.299><c> who</c><00:33:04.380><c> were</c><00:33:04.740><c> of</c><00:33:04.740><c> course</c><00:33:05.059><c> executed</c> 00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:08.920 by<00:33:05.759><c> the</c><00:33:05.920><c> Bolsheviks</c><00:33:06.380><c> in</c><00:33:06.619><c> 1917</c><00:33:07.319><c> in</c><00:33:07.599><c> central</c><00:33:08.359><c> Russia.</c> 00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:14.799 They<00:33:09.740><c> dug</c><00:33:10.019><c> them</c><00:33:10.259><c> up,</c><00:33:10.900><c> they</c><00:33:11.359><c> reinterred</c><00:33:11.960><c> them</c><00:33:12.279><c> in</c><00:33:12.940><c> St.</c><00:33:13.359><c> Petersburg,</c><00:33:13.740><c> why</c><00:33:13.940><c> would</c><00:33:14.059><c> they</c><00:33:14.259><c> do</c><00:33:14.559><c> that?</c> 00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.740 What's<00:33:15.460><c> happening?</c> 00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:20.180 Well<00:33:16.000><c> the</c><00:33:16.079><c> church,</c><00:33:16.880><c> of</c><00:33:17.180><c> course,</c><00:33:17.700><c> wants</c><00:33:18.019><c> the</c><00:33:18.240><c> Tsarist</c><00:33:18.759><c> regime</c><00:33:19.180><c> back.</c> 00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:25.339 His<00:33:20.420><c> Vestia</c><00:33:20.880><c> reported</c><00:33:21.339><c> on</c><00:33:21.519><c> the</c><00:33:21.640><c> 14th</c><00:33:22.079><c> of</c><00:33:22.220><c> June</c><00:33:22.480><c> 2007</c><00:33:23.720><c> that</c><00:33:24.740><c> the</c> 00:33:25.339 --> 00:33:28.440 beginning<00:33:25.700><c> of</c><00:33:26.000><c> a</c><00:33:26.380><c> major</c><00:33:26.859><c> campaign</c><00:33:27.779><c> had</c> 00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:32.180 started<00:33:28.859><c> with</c><00:33:29.299><c> the</c><00:33:29.579><c> replacement</c><00:33:30.019><c> of</c><00:33:30.619><c> Soviet</c><00:33:31.000><c>-era</c><00:33:31.420><c> flags</c><00:33:31.900><c> for</c> 00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:35.460 2<00:33:32.819><c>,135</c><00:33:34.059><c> military</c><00:33:34.460><c> units.</c> 00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:38.019 It's<00:33:36.400><c> going</c><00:33:36.519><c> to</c><00:33:36.619><c> take</c><00:33:36.819><c> three</c><00:33:37.140><c> years,</c><00:33:37.480><c> they</c><00:33:37.799><c> said.</c> 00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:41.819 The<00:33:38.539><c> new</c><00:33:38.819><c> enzymes</c><00:33:39.480><c> will</c><00:33:40.319><c> use</c><00:33:40.700><c> Tsarist</c><00:33:41.359><c> symbols.</c> 00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:44.900 The<00:33:42.339><c> double</c><00:33:42.559><c>-headed</c><00:33:42.740><c> eagle,</c><00:33:43.000><c> of</c><00:33:43.240><c> course,</c><00:33:43.519><c> came</c><00:33:43.839><c> from</c><00:33:44.200><c> Constantinople.</c> 00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:49.200 It<00:33:45.099><c> was</c><00:33:45.460><c> the</c><00:33:45.799><c> heraldry</c><00:33:46.339><c> of</c><00:33:46.559><c> the</c><00:33:46.759><c> Eastern</c><00:33:47.579><c> Roman</c><00:33:48.119><c> Empire,</c><00:33:48.960><c> and</c> 00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:50.519 particularly<00:33:49.579><c> of</c><00:33:49.839><c> its</c><00:33:50.019><c> religion.</c> 00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:58.900 And<00:33:51.039><c> when</c><00:33:51.319><c> the</c><00:33:51.599><c> Turks</c><00:33:51.859><c> in</c><00:33:52.039><c> 1453</c><00:33:53.259><c> took</c><00:33:53.900><c> Constantinople,</c><00:33:55.859><c> the</c><00:33:55.940><c> Eastern</c><00:33:56.579><c> Orthodox</c><00:33:57.079><c> Church</c><00:33:57.980><c> had</c><00:33:58.440><c> to</c><00:33:58.619><c> find</c><00:33:58.740><c> a</c> 00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.400 new<00:33:59.059><c> home.</c> 00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:02.119 And<00:33:59.839><c> the</c><00:33:59.980><c> Tsar</c><00:34:00.220><c> of</c><00:34:00.380><c> Russia</c><00:34:00.579><c> says,</c><00:34:01.039><c> I'm</c><00:34:01.240><c> looking</c><00:34:01.460><c> for</c><00:34:01.700><c> a</c><00:34:01.880><c> religion.</c> 00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:05.400 So<00:34:02.640><c> he</c><00:34:02.859><c> took</c><00:34:03.240><c> that</c><00:34:03.779><c> religion</c><00:34:04.299><c> to</c><00:34:04.900><c> Moscow.</c> 00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:08.559 That<00:34:05.740><c> became</c><00:34:06.019><c> its</c><00:34:06.259><c> headquarters,</c><00:34:06.900><c> and</c><00:34:07.000><c> so</c><00:34:07.220><c> Moscow</c><00:34:07.599><c> became</c><00:34:08.019><c> known</c><00:34:08.380><c> as</c> 00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:10.860 the<00:34:08.780><c> third</c><00:34:09.199><c> Rome</c><00:34:09.619><c> in</c><00:34:09.940><c> history.</c> 00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:12.739 Constantinople<00:34:11.320><c> had</c><00:34:11.539><c> been</c><00:34:11.639><c> the</c><00:34:11.900><c> second</c><00:34:12.119><c> Rome,</c><00:34:12.380><c> of</c><00:34:12.519><c> course,</c> 00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:14.860 built<00:34:13.000><c> on</c><00:34:13.280><c> seven</c><00:34:13.480><c> hills,</c><00:34:14.219><c> like</c><00:34:14.420><c> the</c><00:34:14.639><c> first</c> 00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.619 one. 00:34:15.630 --> 00:34:21.159 So<00:34:15.960><c> this</c><00:34:16.679><c> campaign</c><00:34:17.420><c> to</c><00:34:17.800><c> replace</c><00:34:18.320><c> the</c><00:34:18.820><c> old</c><00:34:19.280><c> USSR,</c><00:34:20.780><c> the</c><00:34:20.920><c> hammer</c> 00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:23.800 and<00:34:21.440><c> sickle</c><00:34:21.800><c> type</c><00:34:22.199><c> symbols,</c><00:34:23.360><c> with</c><00:34:23.500><c> the</c> 00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:27.820 Tsarist<00:34:24.300><c> symbol,</c><00:34:25.099><c> double</c><00:34:25.320><c>-headed</c><00:34:25.519><c> eagle,</c><00:34:25.980><c> and</c><00:34:26.159><c> crowns,</c><00:34:26.780><c> etc.,</c><00:34:27.480><c> is</c> 00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:29.099 well<00:34:28.139><c> underway.</c> 00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:31.019 They're<00:34:29.360><c> making</c><00:34:29.679><c> good</c><00:34:29.980><c> progress.</c> 00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:36.820 You<00:34:31.440><c> might</c><00:34:31.679><c> have</c><00:34:31.920><c> noticed</c><00:34:32.659><c> that</c><00:34:33.380><c> Putin</c><00:34:33.679><c> was</c><00:34:34.059><c> standing</c><00:34:34.599><c> in</c><00:34:35.500><c> front</c><00:34:35.820><c> of</c> 00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:39.500 this<00:34:37.599><c> sort</c><00:34:37.940><c> of</c><00:34:38.159><c> imagery</c><00:34:38.519><c> when</c><00:34:39.059><c> he</c><00:34:39.159><c> was</c> 00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:41.860 in<00:34:39.800><c> Ukraine,</c><00:34:40.519><c> and</c><00:34:40.659><c> when</c><00:34:40.719><c> he</c><00:34:40.860><c> was</c><00:34:41.099><c> inaugurated.</c> 00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:43.579 This<00:34:42.559><c> is</c><00:34:42.739><c> the</c><00:34:42.900><c> double</c><00:34:43.099><c>-headed</c><00:34:43.280><c> eagle.</c> 00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:45.340 There<00:34:43.739><c> are</c><00:34:43.920><c> the</c><00:34:44.099><c> two</c><00:34:44.260><c> heads</c><00:34:44.639><c> of</c><00:34:44.920><c> the</c><00:34:45.099><c> eagle.</c> 00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:48.159 As<00:34:45.679><c> I</c><00:34:45.940><c> said,</c><00:34:46.119><c> it's</c><00:34:46.239><c> the</c><00:34:46.400><c> symbol</c><00:34:46.599><c> of</c><00:34:46.760><c> the</c><00:34:46.960><c> Eastern</c><00:34:47.340><c> Roman</c><00:34:47.619><c> Empire,</c><00:34:48.139><c> and</c> 00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:49.960 we<00:34:48.300><c> know</c><00:34:48.599><c> that</c><00:34:49.179><c> Russia,</c><00:34:49.599><c> or</c> 00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:53.260 Gog,<00:34:50.079><c> is</c><00:34:50.260><c> going</c><00:34:50.380><c> to</c><00:34:50.599><c> take</c><00:34:50.780><c> control</c><00:34:51.519><c> of</c><00:34:52.119><c> Constantinople,</c><00:34:52.699><c> become</c><00:34:52.940><c> the</c> 00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:54.980 King<00:34:53.519><c> of</c><00:34:53.719><c> the</c><00:34:53.880><c> North,</c><00:34:54.400><c> and</c><00:34:54.519><c> the</c><00:34:54.719><c> little</c> 00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:57.460 horn<00:34:55.159><c> of</c><00:34:55.320><c> the</c><00:34:55.500><c> goat</c><00:34:55.739><c> of</c><00:34:56.519><c> Daniel.</c> 00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:59.619 So<00:34:57.980><c> that</c><00:34:58.300><c> is</c><00:34:58.519><c> very</c><00:34:58.780><c> interesting</c><00:34:59.239><c> indeed.</c> 00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:05.679 But<00:35:00.179><c> notice</c><00:35:00.460><c> this</c><00:35:00.760><c> here,</c><00:35:01.460><c> this</c><00:35:02.099><c> gentleman</c><00:35:02.659><c> on</c><00:35:02.940><c> the</c><00:35:03.159><c> white</c><00:35:03.440><c> horse,</c><00:35:04.199><c> slaying</c><00:35:04.579><c> a</c><00:35:04.880><c> dragon.</c> 00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:07.880 This<00:35:06.340><c> is</c><00:35:06.519><c> a</c><00:35:06.699><c> representation</c><00:35:07.300><c> of</c><00:35:07.619><c> Russia.</c> 00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:11.900 Russia<00:35:08.340><c> is</c><00:35:08.639><c> the</c><00:35:09.420><c> gentleman</c><00:35:09.800><c> on</c><00:35:10.000><c> the</c><00:35:10.119><c> horse,</c><00:35:11.199><c> depicted</c><00:35:11.280><c> as</c><00:35:11.599><c> the</c> 00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:14.599 man<00:35:12.219><c>-child</c><00:35:12.579><c> Michael</c><00:35:13.219><c> slaying</c><00:35:14.039><c> the</c><00:35:14.340><c> dragon.</c> 00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:17.059 They've<00:35:14.980><c> got</c><00:35:15.119><c> that</c><00:35:15.320><c> from</c><00:35:15.519><c> Revelation</c><00:35:15.940><c> 12,</c><00:35:16.420><c> of</c><00:35:16.579><c> course,</c><00:35:16.900><c> all</c> 00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.739 mixed<00:35:17.380><c> up.</c> 00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:20.440 But<00:35:18.179><c> that's</c><00:35:18.400><c> where</c><00:35:18.599><c> that</c><00:35:18.860><c> imagery</c><00:35:19.139><c> comes</c><00:35:19.519><c> from.</c> 00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:24.519 So<00:35:20.780><c> this</c><00:35:21.019><c> is</c><00:35:21.260><c> about</c><00:35:21.579><c> religion,</c><00:35:23.119><c> religious</c><00:35:23.519><c> control</c><00:35:24.059><c> of</c><00:35:24.219><c> Russia.</c> 00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:29.639 Now<00:35:25.000><c> just</c><00:35:25.960><c> 15</c><00:35:26.900><c> years</c><00:35:27.420><c> ago,</c><00:35:27.840><c> even</c><00:35:28.320><c> 10</c><00:35:28.659><c> years</c><00:35:28.980><c> ago,</c><00:35:29.219><c> if</c><00:35:29.380><c> you'd</c> 00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:33.119 said<00:35:29.840><c> that</c><00:35:30.099><c> the</c><00:35:30.440><c> church</c><00:35:30.940><c> would</c><00:35:31.920><c> come</c><00:35:32.480><c> back</c> 00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:36.559 and<00:35:33.599><c> control</c><00:35:34.380><c> politics</c><00:35:35.239><c> in</c><00:35:35.480><c> Russia,</c><00:35:35.980><c> you</c><00:35:36.039><c> would</c><00:35:36.239><c> have</c><00:35:36.320><c> had</c><00:35:36.420><c> to</c> 00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:38.340 be<00:35:36.719><c> taken</c><00:35:36.900><c> to</c><00:35:37.059><c> a</c><00:35:37.239><c> psychologist.</c> 00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:39.820 But<00:35:39.099><c> it's</c><00:35:39.400><c> happened.</c> 00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:41.539 It's<00:35:40.679><c> happening.</c> 00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:46.440 And<00:35:43.300><c> Yeltsin</c><00:35:43.739><c> and</c><00:35:44.019><c> Putin</c><00:35:44.340><c> couldn't</c><00:35:44.739><c> rule</c><00:35:45.179><c> without</c><00:35:45.579><c> the</c><00:35:45.860><c> backing</c><00:35:46.099><c> of</c> 00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:47.440 the<00:35:46.579><c> church.</c> 00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:50.719 Now<00:35:48.039><c> then,</c><00:35:49.199><c> who</c><00:35:49.360><c> might</c><00:35:49.679><c> Gog</c><00:35:49.920><c> be?</c> 00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:53.780 Well,<00:35:51.420><c> here's</c><00:35:51.619><c> an</c><00:35:51.760><c> obituary</c><00:35:52.159><c> from</c><00:35:52.300><c> the</c><00:35:52.420><c> Duddy</c><00:35:52.659><c> Telegraph,</c><00:35:53.219><c> 23rd</c><00:35:53.659><c> of</c> 00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:54.780 April,<00:35:54.079><c> 1992.</c> 00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:57.380 This<00:35:55.099><c> gentleman</c><00:35:55.500><c> here,</c><00:35:55.900><c> His</c><00:35:56.059><c> Imperial</c><00:35:56.519><c> Highness,</c><00:35:56.960><c> the</c><00:35:57.119><c> Grand</c> 00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:59.260 Duke<00:35:57.519><c> Vladimir</c><00:35:57.980><c> of</c><00:35:58.159><c> Russia,</c><00:35:58.980><c> died</c><00:35:59.039><c> in</c> 00:35:59.260 --> 00:36:00.820 Miami,<00:35:59.719><c> Florida,</c><00:35:59.900><c> aged</c><00:36:00.239><c> 74.</c> 00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:03.219 He<00:36:01.260><c> claimed</c><00:36:01.599><c> to</c><00:36:01.780><c> be</c><00:36:01.860><c> the</c><00:36:02.039><c> head</c><00:36:02.139><c> of</c><00:36:02.300><c> the</c><00:36:02.440><c> House</c><00:36:02.639><c> of</c><00:36:02.900><c> Romanov,</c> 00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:05.840 the<00:36:03.679><c> Russian</c><00:36:04.119><c> royal</c><00:36:04.460><c> family</c><00:36:04.900><c> name.</c> 00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:08.960 And<00:36:05.980><c> so</c><00:36:06.119><c> the</c><00:36:06.300><c> rightful</c><00:36:06.699><c> emperor</c><00:36:07.019><c> and</c><00:36:07.280><c> autocrat</c><00:36:07.679><c> of</c><00:36:07.860><c> all</c><00:36:08.019><c> the</c><00:36:08.179><c> Russians.</c> 00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:12.019 In<00:36:09.159><c> purely</c><00:36:09.400><c> genealogical</c><00:36:09.920><c> terms,</c><00:36:10.460><c> his</c><00:36:10.579><c> claim</c><00:36:10.780><c> seems</c><00:36:11.119><c> straightforward</c><00:36:11.679><c> enough,</c> 00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:13.360 says<00:36:12.219><c> the</c><00:36:12.519><c> article.</c> 00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:15.619 For<00:36:13.579><c> he</c><00:36:13.739><c> was</c><00:36:13.940><c> undoubtedly</c><00:36:14.360><c> the</c><00:36:14.699><c> senior</c><00:36:14.900><c> living</c><00:36:15.139><c> descendant</c> 00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:18.440 of<00:36:15.800><c> Emperor</c><00:36:16.000><c> Alexander</c><00:36:16.539><c> II,</c><00:36:17.119><c> who</c><00:36:17.300><c> ruled</c><00:36:17.460><c> from</c><00:36:17.699><c> 1855</c> 00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:22.000 to<00:36:18.639><c> 1881</c><00:36:19.099><c> when</c><00:36:19.280><c> he</c><00:36:19.400><c> was</c><00:36:19.579><c> blown</c><00:36:19.800><c> up</c><00:36:20.000><c> in</c><00:36:20.179><c> St.</c><00:36:20.500><c> Petersburg</c><00:36:20.780><c> by</c><00:36:21.159><c> a</c><00:36:21.320><c> bomb.</c> 00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:24.440 He<00:36:22.260><c> is</c><00:36:22.420><c> survived</c><00:36:22.780><c> by</c><00:36:23.039><c> his</c><00:36:23.260><c> wife</c><00:36:23.500><c> and</c><00:36:23.659><c> their</c><00:36:23.860><c> daughter</c><00:36:24.059><c> Maria,</c> 00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:27.219 who<00:36:24.599><c> was</c><00:36:24.840><c> born</c><00:36:24.980><c> in</c><00:36:25.159><c> Madrid</c><00:36:25.440><c> in</c><00:36:25.760><c> 1953.</c> 00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:29.639 And<00:36:27.480><c> Mary</c><00:36:27.639><c> is</c><00:36:28.059><c> the</c><00:36:28.280><c> interesting</c><00:36:28.619><c> part.</c> 00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:36.400 Married,<00:36:32.159><c> Prince</c><00:36:32.579><c> Franz</c><00:36:33.300><c> Wilhelm</c><00:36:34.019><c> of</c><00:36:34.699><c> Prussia,</c><00:36:35.460><c> read</c><00:36:35.639><c> Germany.</c> 00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.760 They<00:36:37.019><c> have</c><00:36:37.239><c> a</c><00:36:37.440><c> son.</c> 00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:40.679 But<00:36:38.320><c> you</c><00:36:38.460><c> know</c><00:36:38.639><c> in</c><00:36:38.900><c> history,</c><00:36:39.539><c> brethren</c><00:36:39.639><c> and</c><00:36:39.860><c> sisters,</c><00:36:40.539><c> that</c> 00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:42.820 the<00:36:40.840><c> Russian</c><00:36:41.159><c> royal</c><00:36:41.440><c> family</c><00:36:41.900><c> regularly</c><00:36:42.519><c> married</c> 00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:44.900 into<00:36:43.039><c> the</c><00:36:43.159><c> German</c><00:36:43.480><c> royal</c><00:36:43.780><c> family.</c> 00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:51.119 Catherine<00:36:46.400><c> the</c><00:36:46.659><c> Great,</c><00:36:46.840><c> you'll</c><00:36:47.119><c> recall,</c><00:36:47.420><c> one</c><00:36:47.579><c> of</c><00:36:47.679><c> the</c><00:36:47.860><c> greatest</c><00:36:48.340><c> Russian</c><00:36:49.000><c> empresses,</c><00:36:49.940><c> was</c><00:36:50.039><c> a</c><00:36:50.239><c> German.</c> 00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:54.800 It's<00:36:51.840><c> alleged</c><00:36:52.039><c> she</c><00:36:52.280><c> poisoned</c><00:36:52.619><c> her</c><00:36:52.840><c> husband,</c><00:36:53.300><c> Peter</c><00:36:53.400><c> III,</c><00:36:54.559><c> because</c><00:36:54.699><c> he</c> 00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:56.340 was<00:36:54.960><c> alleged</c><00:36:55.139><c> to</c><00:36:55.340><c> be</c><00:36:55.880><c> stupid.</c> 00:36:56.340 --> 00:37:01.460 So<00:36:56.699><c> she</c><00:36:56.840><c> got</c><00:36:57.019><c> rid</c><00:36:57.219><c> of</c><00:36:57.340><c> him</c><00:36:58.079><c> and</c><00:36:58.940><c> she</c><00:36:59.219><c> became</c><00:36:59.699><c> a</c><00:37:00.260><c> very</c><00:37:00.800><c> powerful</c> 00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:03.119 world<00:37:02.219><c> ruler.</c> 00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:06.139 It<00:37:03.480><c> was</c><00:37:03.780><c> common</c><00:37:04.119><c> practice</c><00:37:04.739><c> for</c><00:37:05.019><c> the</c><00:37:05.179><c> Russian</c><00:37:05.539><c> royal</c><00:37:05.760><c> family</c> 00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:08.000 to<00:37:06.480><c> marry</c><00:37:06.739><c> into</c><00:37:06.980><c> the</c><00:37:07.139><c> German</c><00:37:07.500><c> royal</c><00:37:07.739><c> family.</c> 00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:14.400 So<00:37:08.260><c> by</c><00:37:08.780><c> the</c><00:37:09.079><c> time</c><00:37:09.659><c> of</c><00:37:09.900><c> the</c><00:37:10.019><c> last</c><00:37:10.500><c> Tsar,</c><00:37:11.760><c> Nicholas</c><00:37:12.079><c> II</c><00:37:12.719><c> in</c><00:37:13.019><c> 1917,</c> 00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:18.159 when<00:37:14.619><c> he</c><00:37:14.820><c> was</c><00:37:15.219><c> shot,</c><00:37:17.679><c> the</c><00:37:17.800><c> Russian</c> 00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:25.440 emperors<00:37:18.880><c> were</c><00:37:19.320><c> three</c><00:37:19.960><c>-quarter</c><00:37:20.360><c> German,</c><00:37:22.980><c> three</c><00:37:23.539><c>-quarter</c><00:37:24.219><c> German.</c> 00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:28.960 Grand<00:37:26.239><c> Duke</c><00:37:26.460><c> Vladimir</c><00:37:26.940><c> declared</c><00:37:27.460><c> Grand</c><00:37:27.840><c> Duchess</c><00:37:28.300><c> Maria,</c><00:37:28.860><c> his</c> 00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:30.539 daughter,<00:37:29.340><c> the</c><00:37:29.460><c> sole</c><00:37:29.780><c> heiress</c><00:37:30.159><c> to</c><00:37:30.360><c> the</c> 00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:34.360 throne<00:37:30.739><c> and</c><00:37:31.000><c> caused</c><00:37:31.260><c> further</c><00:37:31.659><c> controversy</c><00:37:32.159><c> in</c><00:37:32.400><c> Russian</c><00:37:32.739><c> royal</c><00:37:33.099><c> circles</c><00:37:33.780><c> by</c> 00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:35.739 proceeding<00:37:34.699><c> to</c><00:37:35.000><c> create,</c><00:37:35.579><c> quite</c> 00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:39.980 unprecedentedly,<00:37:36.760><c> his</c><00:37:36.960><c> German</c><00:37:37.820><c> son</c><00:37:38.340><c>-in</c><00:37:38.599><c>-law,</c><00:37:39.099><c> a</c><00:37:39.300><c> Grand</c><00:37:39.599><c> Duke.</c> 00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:41.139 Now<00:37:40.360><c> this</c><00:37:40.519><c> is</c><00:37:40.800><c> Canada.</c> 00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:42.059 You<00:37:41.480><c> have</c><00:37:41.659><c> a</c><00:37:41.860><c> queen.</c> 00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:43.739 Australia<00:37:42.460><c> has</c><00:37:42.699><c> a</c><00:37:42.920><c> queen.</c> 00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:47.300 Who's<00:37:44.199><c> the</c><00:37:44.579><c> successor</c><00:37:45.059><c> to</c><00:37:46.260><c> the</c><00:37:46.400><c> throne?</c> 00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:49.960 Well<00:37:48.079><c> it's</c><00:37:48.500><c> the</c><00:37:48.800><c> Prince</c><00:37:49.019><c> of</c><00:37:49.199><c> Wales,</c><00:37:49.480><c> isn't</c><00:37:49.719><c> it?</c> 00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:51.420 One<00:37:50.199><c> would</c><00:37:50.360><c> hope</c><00:37:50.539><c> that</c><00:37:50.659><c> he</c><00:37:50.719><c> doesn't</c><00:37:51.000><c> make</c><00:37:51.260><c> it.</c> 00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:53.860 But<00:37:51.619><c> anyway,</c><00:37:52.719><c> it</c><00:37:52.760><c> is</c><00:37:52.960><c> the</c><00:37:53.139><c> Prince</c><00:37:53.320><c> of</c><00:37:53.500><c> Wales.</c> 00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:57.619 Well<00:37:54.280><c> he's</c><00:37:54.639><c> the</c><00:37:54.840><c> equivalent</c><00:37:55.280><c> of</c><00:37:55.760><c> the</c><00:37:55.860><c> Russian</c><00:37:56.380><c> Grand</c><00:37:56.920><c> Duke.</c> 00:37:57.860 --> 00:38:01.619 A<00:37:58.079><c> Grand</c><00:37:58.380><c> Duke</c><00:37:58.599><c> is</c><00:37:58.920><c> next</c><00:37:59.260><c> in</c><00:37:59.539><c> line</c><00:38:00.219><c> to</c><00:38:00.579><c> the</c><00:38:00.800><c> throne.</c> 00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:09.119 So<00:38:02.480><c> this</c><00:38:03.019><c> gentleman</c><00:38:03.500><c> here,</c><00:38:04.039><c> Vladimir,</c><00:38:05.280><c> passed</c><00:38:05.579><c> on</c><00:38:06.059><c> his</c><00:38:07.000><c> heirship</c><00:38:08.780><c> to</c> 00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:11.940 his<00:38:09.780><c> daughter</c><00:38:10.179><c> Maria</c><00:38:10.659><c> but</c><00:38:11.500><c> then</c> 00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:16.239 created<00:38:12.599><c> her</c><00:38:13.400><c> husband,</c><00:38:14.199><c> this</c><00:38:14.400><c> German</c><00:38:14.900><c> fellow,</c><00:38:15.679><c> Prince</c><00:38:15.760><c> Franz</c> 00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:19.760 Wilhelm<00:38:16.699><c> of</c><00:38:17.400><c> Prussia</c><00:38:17.760><c> or</c><00:38:17.960><c> Germany,</c><00:38:19.099><c> the</c><00:38:19.360><c> Grand</c> 00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:22.219 Duke,<00:38:20.199><c> next</c><00:38:20.559><c> in</c><00:38:20.860><c> line</c><00:38:21.019><c> to</c><00:38:21.199><c> the</c><00:38:21.420><c> throne.</c> 00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:26.519 Grand<00:38:23.119><c> Duke</c><00:38:23.320><c> Vladimir</c><00:38:23.820><c> foresaw</c><00:38:24.280><c> the</c><00:38:24.380><c> beginning</c><00:38:24.860><c> of</c><00:38:25.179><c> a</c><00:38:25.300><c> new</c><00:38:25.599><c> dynasty</c><00:38:26.139><c> of</c> 00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:28.000 Hohenzollern<00:38:27.260><c>-Romanov.</c> 00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:31.219 Hohenzollern,<00:38:28.920><c> German</c><00:38:29.360><c> royal</c><00:38:29.800><c> family</c><00:38:30.239><c> name,</c><00:38:30.780><c> Romanov,</c> 00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:33.159 Russian<00:38:31.940><c> royal</c><00:38:32.579><c> family</c><00:38:32.920><c> name.</c> 00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:38.940 He<00:38:33.699><c> foresaw</c><00:38:34.599><c> that</c><00:38:35.079><c> those</c><00:38:35.500><c> two</c><00:38:35.980><c> royal</c><00:38:36.320><c> families</c><00:38:36.840><c> would</c><00:38:37.219><c> be</c><00:38:37.639><c> reunited.</c> 00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:45.639 Son<00:38:40.519><c> of</c><00:38:40.760><c> Man</c><00:38:41.260><c> set</c><00:38:41.639><c> by</c><00:38:41.980><c> face</c><00:38:42.239><c> under</c><00:38:42.519><c> Gogh</c><00:38:42.880><c> of</c><00:38:43.139><c> the</c><00:38:43.159><c> land</c><00:38:43.440><c> of</c><00:38:43.739><c> Magog,</c><00:38:45.059><c> Prince</c><00:38:45.380><c> of</c> 00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:47.619 Roche,<00:38:46.119><c> Mishek</c><00:38:46.539><c> and</c><00:38:46.639><c> Chubal.</c> 00:38:47.719 --> 00:38:51.739 From<00:38:47.960><c> Germany</c><00:38:48.920><c> is</c><00:38:49.619><c> Gogh</c><00:38:50.340><c> but</c><00:38:50.480><c> he</c><00:38:50.699><c> has</c><00:38:50.980><c> a</c><00:38:51.179><c> title</c><00:38:51.400><c> to</c><00:38:51.599><c> the</c> 00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:53.800 Russian<00:38:52.039><c> throne,</c><00:38:52.780><c> Prince.</c> 00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:55.860 His<00:38:54.840><c> royalty.</c> 00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:58.179 Here's<00:38:57.139><c> the</c><00:38:57.300><c> line.</c> 00:38:58.659 --> 00:39:00.699 There's<00:38:58.900><c> Nicholas</c><00:38:59.139><c> I</c><00:38:59.480><c> up</c><00:38:59.780><c> there.</c> 00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:03.340 Here<00:39:00.920><c> is</c><00:39:01.139><c> the</c><00:39:01.280><c> family</c><00:39:01.519><c> that</c><00:39:01.639><c> was</c><00:39:01.860><c> slaughtered</c><00:39:02.340><c> by</c><00:39:02.559><c> the</c><00:39:02.739><c> Bolsheviks.</c> 00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:06.460 Here<00:39:03.699><c> Nicholas</c><00:39:04.039><c> II</c><00:39:04.440><c> and</c><00:39:04.619><c> his</c><00:39:04.820><c> wife</c><00:39:05.260><c> and</c><00:39:05.900><c> their</c><00:39:06.139><c> children,</c> 00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:07.320 five<00:39:06.800><c> children.</c> 00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:10.300 So<00:39:07.900><c> the</c><00:39:08.019><c> line</c><00:39:08.239><c> went</c><00:39:08.400><c> over</c><00:39:08.659><c> here,</c><00:39:09.019><c> it</c><00:39:09.139><c> came</c><00:39:09.280><c> down</c><00:39:09.559><c> through</c><00:39:09.760><c> this</c><00:39:10.000><c> gentleman.</c> 00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:12.679 He<00:39:10.460><c> was</c><00:39:10.619><c> the</c><00:39:10.739><c> guy</c><00:39:10.940><c> who</c><00:39:11.179><c> died</c><00:39:11.320><c> in</c><00:39:11.539><c> 1992.</c> 00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:14.960 Here's<00:39:13.179><c> his</c><00:39:13.280><c> wife</c><00:39:13.599><c> Leonida,</c><00:39:14.139><c> she's</c><00:39:14.360><c> still</c><00:39:14.619><c> alive.</c> 00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:16.880 Here's<00:39:15.440><c> his</c><00:39:15.659><c> daughter</c><00:39:15.920><c> Maria.</c> 00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:20.420 They<00:39:17.119><c> had</c><00:39:17.360><c> a</c><00:39:17.739><c> son,</c><00:39:18.300><c> did</c><00:39:18.440><c> she</c><00:39:18.679><c> and</c><00:39:18.820><c> her</c><00:39:19.019><c> husband,</c><00:39:19.679><c> Prince</c><00:39:20.059><c> Franz</c> 00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:22.860 Wilhelm,<00:39:21.639><c> born</c><00:39:21.880><c> in</c><00:39:22.159><c> 1981.</c> 00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:25.940 His<00:39:23.219><c> name</c><00:39:23.519><c> is</c><00:39:23.800><c> Prince</c><00:39:24.119><c> Georgi</c><00:39:24.800><c> Romanov.</c> 00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:28.619 Mathematicians<00:39:27.420><c> in</c><00:39:27.599><c> the</c><00:39:27.699><c> audience.</c> 00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:30.440 How<00:39:28.940><c> old</c><00:39:29.159><c> is</c><00:39:29.320><c> he?</c> 00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:35.199 28,<00:39:31.659><c> 29</c><00:39:32.119><c> perhaps,</c><00:39:32.900><c> a</c><00:39:32.980><c> bit</c><00:39:33.079><c> later</c><00:39:33.360><c> on,</c><00:39:34.119><c> 28.</c> 00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:40.619 When<00:39:36.139><c> Christ</c><00:39:36.400><c> comes</c><00:39:36.699><c> tomorrow,</c><00:39:38.300><c> it'll</c><00:39:38.480><c> be</c><00:39:38.639><c> 10</c><00:39:38.840><c> years</c><00:39:39.119><c> before</c><00:39:39.460><c> Armageddon,</c> 00:39:40.840 --> 00:39:45.139 which<00:39:41.059><c> means</c><00:39:41.260><c> he</c><00:39:41.380><c> would</c><00:39:41.539><c> be</c><00:39:41.739><c> 38,</c><00:39:42.719><c> 39,</c><00:39:44.179><c> prime</c><00:39:44.340><c> of</c><00:39:44.599><c> life.</c> 00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:48.440 Plenty<00:39:45.860><c> of</c><00:39:46.099><c> time</c><00:39:46.460><c> for</c><00:39:46.699><c> things</c><00:39:46.920><c> to</c><00:39:47.179><c> happen.</c> 00:39:48.860 --> 00:39:50.320 Some<00:39:48.940><c> of</c><00:39:49.059><c> you</c><00:39:49.179><c> will</c><00:39:49.360><c> say,</c><00:39:49.599><c> why</c><00:39:49.780><c> 10</c><00:39:50.019><c> years?</c> 00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:52.320 That's<00:39:50.619><c> another</c><00:39:50.840><c> story,</c><00:39:51.219><c> but</c><00:39:51.360><c> it</c><00:39:51.500><c> will</c><00:39:51.659><c> be</c><00:39:51.820><c> 10</c><00:39:52.059><c> years.</c> 00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:54.780 Let<00:39:52.539><c> me</c><00:39:52.699><c> assure</c><00:39:52.940><c> you</c><00:39:53.159><c> of</c><00:39:53.340><c> that.</c> 00:39:56.420 --> 00:40:01.000 Could<00:39:56.900><c> be</c><00:39:57.380><c> Brother</c><00:39:57.800><c> Thomas</c><00:39:59.079><c> said</c><00:39:59.780><c> this.</c> 00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:06.599 A<00:40:01.980><c> czar</c><00:40:02.320><c> of</c><00:40:02.539><c> Russia</c><00:40:03.219><c> will</c><00:40:03.880><c> be</c><00:40:04.099><c> both</c><00:40:04.440><c> emperor</c><00:40:04.780><c> of</c><00:40:05.039><c> Germany</c><00:40:05.599><c> and</c> 00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:08.780 autocrat<00:40:07.199><c> of</c><00:40:07.380><c> all</c><00:40:07.539><c> the</c><00:40:07.719><c> Russians.</c> 00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:11.599 Help<00:40:09.059><c> us</c><00:40:09.199><c> Israel,</c><00:40:09.699><c> page</c><00:40:09.960><c> 432.</c> 00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:15.960 It's<00:40:13.460><c> heading</c><00:40:13.639><c> in</c><00:40:13.840><c> that</c><00:40:14.019><c> direction,</c><00:40:14.719><c> brethren</c><00:40:14.800><c> and</c><00:40:15.000><c> sisters,</c> 00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:18.659 very,<00:40:16.920><c> very</c><00:40:17.780><c> quickly.</c> 00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:24.659 Now,<00:40:20.760><c> for</c><00:40:20.960><c> our</c><00:40:21.159><c> second</c><00:40:21.440><c> part,</c><00:40:22.739><c> you</c><00:40:22.800><c> need</c><00:40:23.000><c> to</c><00:40:23.159><c> focus</c><00:40:23.420><c> a</c><00:40:23.599><c> bit.</c> 00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:28.019 I<00:40:25.480><c> want</c><00:40:25.599><c> to</c><00:40:25.780><c> talk</c><00:40:25.940><c> quickly,</c><00:40:26.440><c> I</c><00:40:26.539><c> have</c><00:40:26.739><c> to</c><00:40:26.880><c> talk</c><00:40:27.059><c> quickly.</c> 00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:30.139 When<00:40:28.639><c> talking</c><00:40:28.780><c> about</c><00:40:28.960><c> the</c><00:40:29.219><c> troubles</c><00:40:29.460><c> in</c><00:40:29.659><c> the</c><00:40:29.760><c> Middle</c><00:40:30.000><c> East,</c> 00:40:30.260 --> 00:40:33.500 there's<00:40:30.340><c> a</c><00:40:30.500><c> precursor</c><00:40:31.059><c> for</c><00:40:31.199><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:40:32.000><c> image</c><00:40:32.260><c> formation.</c> 00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:36.179 Sudan,<00:40:35.199><c> what's</c><00:40:35.460><c> been</c><00:40:35.599><c> happening</c><00:40:35.860><c> there?</c> 00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:40.820 Well,<00:40:36.659><c> Sudan</c><00:40:37.420><c> occupies</c><00:40:38.219><c> the</c><00:40:38.440><c> ancient</c><00:40:38.739><c> territory</c><00:40:39.219><c> of</c><00:40:39.559><c> Kush</c><00:40:39.760><c> or</c><00:40:40.079><c> Ethiopia.</c> 00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:43.619 So<00:40:41.679><c> Ethiopia</c><00:40:42.199><c> of</c><00:40:42.400><c> the</c><00:40:42.559><c> modern</c><00:40:42.780><c> world</c><00:40:43.019><c> is</c><00:40:43.219><c> down</c><00:40:43.440><c> here.</c> 00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:48.059 Only<00:40:44.000><c> portion</c><00:40:44.500><c> of</c><00:40:45.079><c> modern</c><00:40:45.380><c> Ethiopia</c><00:40:45.940><c> is</c><00:40:46.239><c> part</c><00:40:46.579><c> of</c><00:40:46.780><c> the</c><00:40:46.920><c> original</c><00:40:47.820><c> Kush</c> 00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:49.400 or<00:40:48.320><c> Ethiopia.</c> 00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:53.639 Most<00:40:49.980><c> of</c><00:40:50.559><c> the</c><00:40:50.760><c> original</c><00:40:51.239><c> Kush</c><00:40:51.579><c> is</c><00:40:52.000><c> the</c><00:40:52.119><c> country</c><00:40:52.500><c> of</c><00:40:52.780><c> Sudan</c><00:40:53.159><c> today.</c> 00:40:53.780 --> 00:40:55.079 Now,<00:40:53.920><c> you</c><00:40:54.000><c> know</c><00:40:54.099><c> what's</c><00:40:54.280><c> been</c><00:40:54.480><c> happening</c><00:40:54.699><c> here.</c> 00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:57.800 You've<00:40:55.659><c> got</c><00:40:55.760><c> people</c><00:40:56.239><c> living</c><00:40:56.539><c> in</c><00:40:56.739><c> your</c><00:40:56.960><c> country</c><00:40:57.280><c> as</c><00:40:57.460><c> we</c><00:40:57.619><c> have</c> 00:40:57.800 --> 00:40:59.599 in<00:40:57.940><c> ours</c><00:40:58.099><c> who</c><00:40:58.360><c> come</c><00:40:58.659><c> from</c><00:40:59.019><c> this</c><00:40:59.260><c> region,</c> 00:40:59.820 --> 00:41:02.699 the<00:41:00.019><c> Darfur</c><00:41:00.360><c> region,</c><00:41:00.940><c> Christians</c><00:41:01.360><c> who</c><00:41:01.599><c> have</c><00:41:01.679><c> been</c><00:41:01.940><c> persecuted.</c> 00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:04.860 In<00:41:03.099><c> fact,</c><00:41:03.340><c> there's</c><00:41:03.480><c> a</c><00:41:03.659><c> genocide</c><00:41:04.099><c> going</c><00:41:04.420><c> on</c><00:41:04.719><c> there.</c> 00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:09.300 The<00:41:05.420><c> Muslim</c><00:41:05.820><c> leadership</c><00:41:06.199><c> of</c><00:41:06.360><c> that</c><00:41:06.579><c> country</c><00:41:07.019><c> are</c><00:41:07.380><c> wiping</c><00:41:07.659><c> out</c><00:41:08.099><c> thousands</c> 00:41:09.269 --> 00:41:11.699 of<00:41:09.539><c> people</c><00:41:09.960><c> in</c><00:41:10.179><c> the</c><00:41:10.380><c> Darfur</c><00:41:10.780><c> region.</c> 00:41:13.219 --> 00:41:16.019 And<00:41:13.219><c> of</c><00:41:13.579><c> course,</c><00:41:14.559><c> Sudan</c><00:41:14.760><c> and</c><00:41:15.059><c> its</c><00:41:15.239><c> leader</c><00:41:15.460><c> have</c><00:41:15.719><c> become</c> 00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:17.760 international<00:41:16.719><c> pariah.</c> 00:41:17.860 --> 00:41:20.579 There's<00:41:18.280><c> a</c><00:41:18.480><c> warrant</c><00:41:18.699><c> out</c><00:41:18.960><c> on</c><00:41:19.199><c> the</c><00:41:19.360><c> head</c><00:41:19.559><c> of</c><00:41:19.800><c> the</c><00:41:19.900><c> president</c><00:41:20.219><c> of</c><00:41:20.400><c> Sudan.</c> 00:41:20.659 --> 00:41:23.340 He<00:41:20.760><c> can't</c><00:41:20.960><c> go</c><00:41:21.179><c> anywhere</c><00:41:21.559><c> without</c><00:41:22.079><c> fear</c><00:41:22.480><c> of</c><00:41:22.679><c> being</c><00:41:22.840><c> arrested</c> 00:41:23.340 --> 00:41:25.980 and<00:41:23.500><c> taken</c><00:41:23.760><c> to</c><00:41:23.900><c> the</c><00:41:24.039><c> International</c><00:41:24.500><c> Court</c><00:41:25.059><c> of</c><00:41:25.340><c> Justice</c><00:41:25.780><c> in</c> 00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:26.909 the<00:41:26.139><c> Hague.</c> 00:41:27.300 --> 00:41:28.880 OK,<00:41:27.460><c> so</c><00:41:27.619><c> they've</c><00:41:27.780><c> become</c><00:41:27.940><c> international</c><00:41:28.460><c> pariah.</c> 00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:32.400 Guess<00:41:29.380><c> who</c><00:41:29.880><c> Sudan's</c><00:41:30.559><c> only</c><00:41:30.880><c> friends</c><00:41:31.199><c> are</c><00:41:31.500><c> in</c><00:41:31.699><c> the</c><00:41:31.960><c> world?</c> 00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:35.320 Apart<00:41:33.019><c> from</c><00:41:33.280><c> Yemen,</c><00:41:33.980><c> who's</c><00:41:34.159><c> slipping</c><00:41:34.420><c> away</c><00:41:34.820><c> from</c><00:41:35.019><c> them.</c> 00:41:35.739 --> 00:41:38.380 Their<00:41:35.840><c> only</c><00:41:36.139><c> friends</c><00:41:36.420><c> are</c><00:41:36.599><c> Libya</c><00:41:37.019><c> and</c><00:41:37.940><c> Iran.</c> 00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:42.059 You<00:41:38.420><c> know</c><00:41:38.760><c> what</c><00:41:38.880><c> is</c><00:41:39.000><c> equal</c><00:41:39.139><c> 38</c><00:41:39.579><c> verse</c><00:41:40.699><c> six</c><00:41:41.239><c> said?</c> 00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:49.079 Persia,<00:41:46.360><c> Ethiopia</c><00:41:46.860><c> and</c><00:41:48.239><c> Libya.</c> 00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:56.619 Kush<00:41:52.619><c> is</c><00:41:53.260><c> joined</c><00:41:53.739><c> with</c><00:41:54.199><c> Persia</c><00:41:55.179><c> and</c><00:41:55.519><c> Libya.</c> 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:59.280 See,<00:41:57.780><c> there's</c><00:41:57.860><c> things</c><00:41:58.039><c> happening</c><00:41:58.380><c> there.</c> 00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:02.480 And<00:42:00.000><c> just</c><00:42:00.219><c> recently,</c><00:42:00.679><c> they've</c><00:42:00.980><c> signed</c><00:42:01.139><c> a</c><00:42:01.440><c> memorandum</c><00:42:01.840><c> of</c><00:42:02.119><c> understanding.</c> 00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:05.239 This<00:42:03.039><c> is</c><00:42:03.219><c> the</c><00:42:03.380><c> man</c><00:42:03.519><c> who</c><00:42:03.679><c> is</c><00:42:03.840><c> under</c><00:42:04.280><c> threat</c><00:42:04.480><c> of</c><00:42:04.599><c> being</c><00:42:04.840><c> taken</c><00:42:05.059><c> to</c> 00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:05.619 the<00:42:05.239><c> international</c> 00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:07.340 court<00:42:05.960><c> for</c><00:42:06.179><c> genocide.</c> 00:42:07.760 --> 00:42:11.739 And<00:42:07.760><c> they</c><00:42:08.059><c> signed</c><00:42:08.300><c> that</c><00:42:08.519><c> document</c><00:42:09.079><c> in</c><00:42:09.519><c> Tehran</c><00:42:10.179><c> a</c><00:42:10.280><c> year</c><00:42:10.500><c> or</c><00:42:10.619><c> two</c><00:42:10.760><c> ago.</c> 00:42:11.780 --> 00:42:16.579 Now<00:42:11.860><c> then,</c><00:42:12.840><c> wealth,</c><00:42:13.239><c> well</c><00:42:13.420><c> known</c><00:42:13.719><c> and</c><00:42:14.500><c> very</c><00:42:14.760><c> familiar</c><00:42:15.039><c> territory</c><00:42:15.539><c> to</c><00:42:15.900><c> us.</c> 00:42:16.860 --> 00:42:20.760 Daniel,<00:42:17.059><c> chapter</c><00:42:17.420><c> two,</c><00:42:18.619><c> the</c><00:42:18.920><c> image</c><00:42:19.420><c> of</c><00:42:19.659><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c> 00:42:21.380 --> 00:42:24.300 Daniel<00:42:21.639><c> interprets,</c><00:42:22.300><c> there</c><00:42:22.320><c> is</c><00:42:22.480><c> a</c><00:42:22.639><c> God</c><00:42:22.760><c> in</c><00:42:23.000><c> heaven</c><00:42:23.219><c> who</c><00:42:23.480><c> reveal</c><00:42:23.760><c> the</c><00:42:23.980><c> secrets</c> 00:42:24.300 --> 00:42:26.300 and<00:42:24.559><c> make</c><00:42:24.719><c> it</c><00:42:24.840><c> known</c><00:42:25.019><c> to</c><00:42:25.179><c> the</c><00:42:25.340><c> king</c><00:42:25.460><c> of</c><00:42:25.579><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:42:26.059><c> what</c> 00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:27.579 shall<00:42:26.460><c> be</c><00:42:26.639><c> in</c><00:42:26.840><c> the</c><00:42:26.980><c> latter</c><00:42:27.179><c> days.</c> 00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:31.340 So<00:42:28.119><c> while</c><00:42:28.420><c> we</c><00:42:28.760><c> rightly</c><00:42:29.000><c> and</c><00:42:29.360><c> properly</c><00:42:29.659><c> use</c><00:42:30.019><c> the</c><00:42:30.199><c> image</c><00:42:30.320><c> of</c><00:42:30.500><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c> 00:42:31.340 --> 00:42:34.099 to<00:42:31.559><c> talk</c><00:42:31.699><c> about</c><00:42:32.039><c> four</c><00:42:32.380><c> successive</c><00:42:32.900><c> world</c><00:42:33.139><c> empires</c><00:42:33.679><c> and</c><00:42:33.880><c> the</c> 00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:36.019 fifth<00:42:34.320><c> being</c><00:42:34.559><c> the</c><00:42:34.800><c> kingdom</c><00:42:35.000><c> of</c><00:42:35.280><c> God,</c> 00:42:36.260 --> 00:42:38.260 that's<00:42:36.579><c> quite</c><00:42:36.980><c> appropriate</c><00:42:37.679><c> and</c><00:42:37.960><c> proper.</c> 00:42:38.619 --> 00:42:43.500 That<00:42:38.920><c> was</c><00:42:39.300><c> not</c><00:42:39.780><c> the</c><00:42:39.940><c> purpose</c><00:42:40.519><c> of</c><00:42:41.119><c> this</c><00:42:41.480><c> dream</c><00:42:41.760><c> given</c><00:42:42.079><c> to</c><00:42:42.340><c> King</c><00:42:42.519><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c> 00:42:43.739 --> 00:42:47.340 It<00:42:43.880><c> wasn't</c><00:42:44.239><c> to</c><00:42:44.539><c> talk</c><00:42:44.719><c> about</c><00:42:45.340><c> the</c><00:42:45.659><c> unfolding</c><00:42:46.159><c> of</c><00:42:46.440><c> history.</c> 00:42:47.920 --> 00:42:49.719 It<00:42:48.019><c> was</c><00:42:48.199><c> to</c><00:42:48.400><c> talk</c><00:42:48.519><c> about</c><00:42:48.800><c> the</c><00:42:49.139><c> latter</c><00:42:49.380><c> days.</c> 00:42:49.880 --> 00:42:51.940 What<00:42:50.179><c> shall</c><00:42:50.440><c> be</c><00:42:50.679><c> in</c><00:42:50.900><c> the</c><00:42:51.199><c> latter</c><00:42:51.480><c> days?</c> 00:42:52.260 --> 00:42:55.960 And<00:42:52.440><c> we</c><00:42:52.579><c> know</c><00:42:52.739><c> this</c><00:42:52.960><c> is</c><00:42:53.239><c> true</c><00:42:53.480><c> because</c><00:42:53.760><c> in</c><00:42:53.980><c> verse</c><00:42:54.179><c> 35,</c><00:42:54.760><c> when</c><00:42:54.940><c> this</c><00:42:55.179><c> image</c><00:42:55.400><c> is</c><00:42:55.699><c> toppled</c> 00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:58.980 by<00:42:56.199><c> the</c><00:42:56.480><c> stone</c><00:42:56.760><c> power,</c><00:42:57.099><c> Christ</c><00:42:57.420><c> and</c><00:42:57.599><c> the</c><00:42:57.820><c> saints,</c><00:42:58.559><c> and</c><00:42:58.699><c> then</c> 00:42:58.980 --> 00:43:01.179 ground<00:42:59.320><c> to</c><00:42:59.679><c> powder</c><00:42:59.920><c> over</c><00:43:00.300><c> 40</c><00:43:00.599><c> years,</c> 00:43:01.679 --> 00:43:04.900 we<00:43:01.820><c> are</c><00:43:02.099><c> told</c><00:43:02.340><c> then</c><00:43:02.639><c> was</c><00:43:02.860><c> the</c><00:43:03.159><c> iron,</c><00:43:03.659><c> the</c><00:43:03.900><c> clay,</c><00:43:04.320><c> the</c><00:43:04.480><c> brass,</c> 00:43:05.019 --> 00:43:05.559 the<00:43:05.219><c> silver</c> 00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:08.519 and<00:43:05.820><c> the</c><00:43:06.079><c> gold</c><00:43:06.340><c> broken</c><00:43:06.940><c> to</c><00:43:07.260><c> pieces</c><00:43:07.639><c> together.</c> 00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:11.199 Now,<00:43:09.119><c> if</c><00:43:09.239><c> they're</c><00:43:09.420><c> broken</c><00:43:09.719><c> to</c><00:43:10.019><c> pieces</c><00:43:10.300><c> together,</c><00:43:10.780><c> they</c><00:43:10.940><c> have</c> 00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:12.099 to<00:43:11.320><c> be</c><00:43:11.659><c> together.</c> 00:43:12.380 --> 00:43:13.860 The<00:43:12.619><c> image</c><00:43:12.800><c> has</c><00:43:13.079><c> to</c><00:43:13.280><c> be</c><00:43:13.440><c> complete.</c> 00:43:14.059 --> 00:43:17.639 It<00:43:14.099><c> has</c><00:43:14.340><c> to</c><00:43:14.619><c> stand</c><00:43:14.960><c> up</c><00:43:15.239><c> complete</c><00:43:15.860><c> in</c><00:43:16.320><c> the</c><00:43:16.480><c> latter</c><00:43:16.679><c> days.</c> 00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:19.019 That's<00:43:18.260><c> what</c><00:43:18.380><c> this</c><00:43:18.599><c> was</c><00:43:18.760><c> about.</c> 00:43:19.300 --> 00:43:21.699 This<00:43:19.480><c> is</c><00:43:19.659><c> about</c><00:43:19.800><c> a</c><00:43:20.039><c> great</c><00:43:20.300><c> image</c><00:43:20.619><c> empire.</c> 00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:26.500 And<00:43:22.539><c> it</c><00:43:22.800><c> incorporates</c><00:43:23.380><c> all</c><00:43:23.780><c> the</c><00:43:24.119><c> territories</c><00:43:24.539><c> once</c><00:43:25.019><c> owned</c><00:43:25.179><c> by</c><00:43:25.539><c> Babylon,</c> 00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:29.199 Medo<00:43:27.059><c>-Persia,</c><00:43:27.599><c> Greece</c><00:43:28.039><c> and</c><00:43:28.340><c> Rome.</c> 00:43:29.260 --> 00:43:31.940 All<00:43:29.500><c> of</c><00:43:29.699><c> those</c><00:43:29.960><c> territories</c><00:43:30.380><c> and</c><00:43:30.559><c> the</c><00:43:30.739><c> peoples</c><00:43:30.980><c> who</c><00:43:31.219><c> now</c><00:43:31.460><c> inhabit</c><00:43:31.760><c> them</c> 00:43:31.940 --> 00:43:35.659 have<00:43:32.119><c> to</c><00:43:32.300><c> be</c><00:43:32.500><c> brought</c><00:43:32.699><c> into</c><00:43:33.000><c> the</c><00:43:33.300><c> embrace</c><00:43:33.920><c> of</c><00:43:34.519><c> the</c><00:43:34.679><c> dictator.</c> 00:43:35.820 --> 00:43:38.519 Go<00:43:36.380><c> of</c><00:43:36.679><c> Ezekiel</c><00:43:37.179><c> 38.</c> 00:43:38.739 --> 00:43:42.119 Let's<00:43:38.940><c> have</c><00:43:39.079><c> a</c><00:43:39.139><c> look</c><00:43:39.260><c> at</c><00:43:39.400><c> these</c><00:43:40.880><c> empires</c><00:43:41.440><c> in</c><00:43:41.619><c> their</c><00:43:41.800><c> history.</c> 00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:44.980 606<00:43:42.840><c> to</c><00:43:42.960><c> 539,</c><00:43:43.840><c> the</c><00:43:44.000><c> Assyrian</c><00:43:44.380><c> Babylonian.</c> 00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:46.679 There<00:43:45.139><c> was</c><00:43:45.380><c> its</c><00:43:46.099><c> extent.</c> 00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:48.860 Not<00:43:47.219><c> all</c><00:43:47.440><c> that</c><00:43:47.719><c> big,</c><00:43:47.880><c> really.</c> 00:43:48.900 --> 00:43:52.519 Then<00:43:49.239><c> along</c><00:43:49.420><c> came</c><00:43:49.659><c> the</c><00:43:49.860><c> Medo</c><00:43:50.179><c>-Persian</c><00:43:50.559><c> 539</c><00:43:51.340><c> to</c><00:43:51.659><c> 334.</c> 00:43:52.780 --> 00:43:55.820 It<00:43:52.980><c> went</c><00:43:53.139><c> over</c><00:43:53.440><c> here</c><00:43:53.679><c> into</c><00:43:53.880><c> Macedonia</c><00:43:54.659><c> for</c><00:43:55.039><c> a</c><00:43:55.260><c> short</c><00:43:55.500><c> while.</c> 00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:56.900 It<00:43:56.260><c> had</c><00:43:56.460><c> Egypt.</c> 00:43:57.280 --> 00:43:59.659 It<00:43:57.599><c> controlled,</c><00:43:57.980><c> of</c><00:43:58.179><c> course,</c><00:43:58.420><c> the</c><00:43:58.599><c> territory</c><00:43:58.900><c> right</c><00:43:59.260><c> over</c><00:43:59.500><c> to</c> 00:43:59.659 --> 00:44:00.440 the<00:43:59.860><c> Indus</c><00:44:00.079><c> River</c> 00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:02.079 and<00:44:00.719><c> slightly</c><00:44:01.079><c> beyond.</c> 00:44:02.340 --> 00:44:06.139 I'm<00:44:02.900><c> going</c><00:44:03.039><c> to</c><00:44:03.039><c> talk</c><00:44:03.239><c> about</c><00:44:03.519><c> that</c><00:44:04.099><c> territory</c><00:44:04.539><c> here</c><00:44:05.400><c> in</c><00:44:05.699><c> a</c><00:44:05.860><c> moment.</c> 00:44:06.460 --> 00:44:07.840 The<00:44:06.619><c> Grecian</c><00:44:06.940><c> followed</c><00:44:07.260><c> it.</c> 00:44:08.099 --> 00:44:11.099 Of<00:44:08.199><c> course,</c><00:44:09.159><c> Alexander,</c><00:44:09.420><c> who</c><00:44:09.579><c> came</c><00:44:09.820><c> from</c><00:44:10.019><c> Macedonia,</c> 00:44:11.420 --> 00:44:15.199 took<00:44:11.619><c> his</c><00:44:13.559><c> his</c><00:44:13.599><c> his</c><00:44:13.699><c> triumphs</c><00:44:14.079><c> right</c><00:44:14.260><c> across</c><00:44:14.619><c> here</c><00:44:14.880><c> to</c><00:44:15.039><c> the</c> 00:44:15.199 --> 00:44:15.659 Indus<00:44:15.440><c> River</c> 00:44:15.659 --> 00:44:17.800 when<00:44:15.780><c> his</c><00:44:16.059><c> army</c><00:44:16.239><c> refused</c><00:44:16.719><c> to</c><00:44:16.900><c> go</c><00:44:17.019><c> any</c><00:44:17.260><c> further.</c> 00:44:18.199 --> 00:44:22.480 So<00:44:18.380><c> he</c><00:44:18.639><c> possessed</c><00:44:19.480><c> approximately</c><00:44:20.579><c> the</c><00:44:20.960><c> same</c><00:44:21.260><c> area</c><00:44:21.800><c> as</c><00:44:22.360><c> the</c> 00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:24.420 Medo<00:44:22.820><c>-Persians</c><00:44:23.219><c> before</c><00:44:23.639><c> him.</c> 00:44:24.840 --> 00:44:27.079 But<00:44:25.119><c> the</c><00:44:25.280><c> Roman</c><00:44:25.500><c> Empire</c><00:44:25.860><c> was</c><00:44:26.079><c> different.</c> 00:44:27.099 --> 00:44:29.920 Here's<00:44:27.280><c> the</c><00:44:27.420><c> Roman</c><00:44:27.639><c> Empire</c><00:44:28.099><c> at</c><00:44:28.300><c> its</c><00:44:28.519><c> fullest</c><00:44:28.800><c> extent.</c> 00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:34.500 It<00:44:30.719><c> only</c><00:44:31.199><c> got</c><00:44:31.699><c> a</c><00:44:31.980><c> toehold</c><00:44:32.519><c> on</c><00:44:32.800><c> the</c><00:44:33.000><c> Persian</c><00:44:33.400><c> Gulf</c><00:44:33.760><c> for</c><00:44:34.000><c> a</c><00:44:34.119><c> very</c> 00:44:34.500 --> 00:44:35.760 short<00:44:34.739><c> period.</c> 00:44:36.280 --> 00:44:37.320 Then<00:44:36.340><c> they</c><00:44:36.480><c> were</c><00:44:36.679><c> pushed</c><00:44:36.880><c> back.</c> 00:44:37.460 --> 00:44:38.840 They<00:44:37.519><c> were</c><00:44:37.760><c> pushed</c><00:44:37.960><c> back</c><00:44:38.219><c> to</c><00:44:38.400><c> a</c><00:44:38.579><c> line.</c> 00:44:39.340 --> 00:44:42.260 And<00:44:39.579><c> Trajan's</c><00:44:40.199><c> conquests</c><00:44:40.840><c> east</c><00:44:41.280><c> of</c><00:44:41.460><c> this</c><00:44:41.739><c> line,</c> 00:44:42.679 --> 00:44:46.320 east<00:44:42.920><c> of</c><00:44:43.059><c> the</c><00:44:43.199><c> Euphrates,</c><00:44:44.039><c> were</c><00:44:44.260><c> abandoned</c><00:44:44.739><c> by</c><00:44:45.039><c> his</c><00:44:45.219><c> successor</c><00:44:45.699><c> Hadrian</c> 00:44:46.320 --> 00:44:48.780 in<00:44:46.780><c> AD</c><00:44:47.139><c> 118.</c> 00:44:49.099 --> 00:44:51.739 And<00:44:49.360><c> in</c><00:44:49.559><c> fact,</c><00:44:49.780><c> today</c><00:44:50.039><c> you</c><00:44:50.179><c> can</c><00:44:50.400><c> go</c><00:44:50.679><c> to</c><00:44:51.039><c> modern</c><00:44:51.300><c> Jordan</c> 00:44:51.739 --> 00:44:54.559 and<00:44:51.920><c> you</c><00:44:52.039><c> can</c><00:44:52.239><c> go</c><00:44:52.480><c> to</c><00:44:52.639><c> the</c><00:44:52.820><c> Roman</c><00:44:53.099><c> forts,</c><00:44:53.420><c> or</c><00:44:53.599><c> at</c><00:44:53.659><c> least</c><00:44:53.860><c> the</c><00:44:54.119><c> ruins</c><00:44:54.360><c> of</c> 00:44:54.559 --> 00:44:55.860 it,<00:44:54.739><c> every</c><00:44:55.059><c> Roman</c><00:44:55.400><c> mile.</c> 00:44:56.360 --> 00:44:57.300 And<00:44:56.579><c> there</c><00:44:56.760><c> are</c><00:44:57.000><c> ruins.</c> 00:44:57.420 --> 00:44:59.280 They<00:44:57.659><c> put</c><00:44:57.820><c> a</c><00:44:58.019><c> line</c><00:44:58.199><c> of</c><00:44:58.440><c> forts</c><00:44:58.599><c> along</c><00:44:58.940><c> here.</c> 00:44:59.280 --> 00:45:03.139 To<00:44:59.539><c> keep</c><00:44:59.840><c> these</c><00:45:00.860><c> these</c><00:45:01.119><c> pesky</c><00:45:01.860><c> Parthians</c><00:45:02.619><c> out,</c> 00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:05.960 because<00:45:03.800><c> the</c><00:45:04.039><c> Parthians</c><00:45:04.360><c> were</c><00:45:04.539><c> making</c><00:45:04.780><c> life</c><00:45:05.079><c> difficult</c><00:45:05.480><c> for</c><00:45:05.719><c> them.</c> 00:45:06.179 --> 00:45:08.559 So<00:45:06.260><c> the</c><00:45:06.380><c> point</c><00:45:06.480><c> I</c><00:45:06.599><c> want</c><00:45:06.659><c> to</c><00:45:06.780><c> make</c><00:45:06.920><c> about</c><00:45:07.199><c> this</c><00:45:07.619><c> is</c><00:45:07.880><c> that</c><00:45:08.199><c> Rome</c> 00:45:08.559 --> 00:45:09.659 never<00:45:09.139><c> possessed</c> 00:45:09.659 --> 00:45:12.940 any<00:45:10.059><c> territory</c><00:45:10.920><c> beyond</c><00:45:11.840><c> this</c><00:45:12.199><c> point</c><00:45:12.420><c> here.</c> 00:45:13.360 --> 00:45:15.679 And<00:45:13.579><c> what</c><00:45:13.760><c> they</c><00:45:14.059><c> did</c><00:45:14.280><c> possess,</c><00:45:14.699><c> they</c><00:45:14.860><c> didn't</c><00:45:15.099><c> possess</c><00:45:15.440><c> for</c> 00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:16.900 very<00:45:16.000><c> long.</c> 00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:19.719 Now,<00:45:17.159><c> Daniel</c><00:45:17.440><c> seven,</c><00:45:17.860><c> verse</c><00:45:18.059><c> seven</c><00:45:18.400><c> says</c><00:45:18.659><c> this.</c> 00:45:20.960 --> 00:45:23.639 After<00:45:21.059><c> this,</c><00:45:21.360><c> I</c><00:45:21.539><c> saw</c><00:45:21.820><c> in</c><00:45:22.039><c> the</c><00:45:22.280><c> night</c><00:45:22.500><c> visions</c><00:45:22.800><c> and</c><00:45:23.079><c> behold</c><00:45:23.360><c> a</c> 00:45:23.639 --> 00:45:24.880 fourth<00:45:23.920><c> beast.</c> 00:45:24.900 --> 00:45:26.440 This<00:45:25.079><c> is</c><00:45:25.619><c> Rome.</c> 00:45:26.780 --> 00:45:30.360 This<00:45:27.059><c> is</c><00:45:27.320><c> amplifying</c><00:45:27.960><c> what</c><00:45:28.099><c> we</c><00:45:28.340><c> read</c><00:45:28.559><c> in</c><00:45:28.739><c> Chapter</c><00:45:29.079><c> two</c><00:45:29.380><c> of</c><00:45:29.579><c> Daniel,</c><00:45:30.159><c> the</c> 00:45:30.360 --> 00:45:31.860 legs<00:45:30.719><c> of</c><00:45:31.039><c> iron.</c> 00:45:31.920 --> 00:45:34.219 It<00:45:31.920><c> was</c><00:45:32.139><c> dreadful</c><00:45:32.519><c> and</c><00:45:32.780><c> terrible</c><00:45:33.059><c> and</c><00:45:33.420><c> strong</c><00:45:33.659><c> exceedingly.</c> 00:45:34.320 --> 00:45:35.699 It<00:45:34.320><c> had</c><00:45:34.460><c> great</c><00:45:34.900><c> iron</c><00:45:35.360><c> teeth.</c> 00:45:35.760 --> 00:45:37.460 So<00:45:35.900><c> there's</c><00:45:36.159><c> your</c><00:45:36.340><c> identifier.</c> 00:45:38.179 --> 00:45:41.440 It<00:45:38.280><c> devoured</c><00:45:38.679><c> and</c><00:45:38.980><c> break</c><00:45:39.179><c> in</c><00:45:39.480><c> pieces</c><00:45:39.760><c> and</c><00:45:40.400><c> stamp</c><00:45:40.679><c> the</c><00:45:41.039><c> residue</c> 00:45:41.440 --> 00:45:42.639 with<00:45:41.719><c> the</c><00:45:42.000><c> feet</c><00:45:42.159><c> of</c><00:45:42.400><c> it.</c> 00:45:42.860 --> 00:45:45.579 And<00:45:43.019><c> it</c><00:45:43.099><c> was</c><00:45:43.360><c> diverse</c><00:45:43.860><c> from</c><00:45:44.139><c> all</c><00:45:44.500><c> the</c><00:45:44.659><c> beasts</c><00:45:44.820><c> that</c><00:45:45.000><c> were</c><00:45:45.119><c> before</c><00:45:45.440><c> it.</c> 00:45:45.579 --> 00:45:46.920 And<00:45:45.719><c> it</c><00:45:45.860><c> had</c><00:45:46.039><c> 10</c><00:45:46.440><c> horns.</c> 00:45:47.360 --> 00:45:49.500 Now,<00:45:47.440><c> we</c><00:45:47.579><c> are</c><00:45:47.739><c> told</c><00:45:47.940><c> later</c><00:45:48.219><c> on</c><00:45:48.420><c> in</c><00:45:48.659><c> Daniel,</c><00:45:48.920><c> Chapter</c><00:45:49.219><c> seven,</c> 00:45:49.599 --> 00:45:51.139 that<00:45:49.739><c> this</c><00:45:50.139><c> is</c><00:45:50.460><c> the</c><00:45:50.659><c> beast</c> 00:45:51.139 --> 00:45:52.980 that<00:45:51.760><c> Christ</c><00:45:52.159><c> will</c><00:45:52.380><c> destroy.</c> 00:45:52.980 --> 00:45:57.980 His<00:45:53.599><c> body</c><00:45:54.119><c> is</c><00:45:54.639><c> burnt,</c><00:45:55.059><c> it</c><00:45:55.219><c> says</c><00:45:55.659><c> in</c><00:45:55.860><c> Daniel</c><00:45:56.239><c> seven,</c><00:45:56.739><c> verse</c><00:45:56.920><c> 11.</c> 00:45:58.300 --> 00:46:01.800 So<00:45:58.500><c> this</c><00:45:58.800><c> is</c><00:45:59.079><c> the</c><00:45:59.360><c> power</c><00:45:59.920><c> that</c><00:46:00.380><c> Christ</c><00:46:00.739><c> deals</c><00:46:01.199><c> with</c><00:46:01.480><c> in</c><00:46:01.659><c> the</c> 00:46:01.800 --> 00:46:03.119 Roman<00:46:02.039><c> Empire.</c> 00:46:03.480 --> 00:46:06.559 Doesn't<00:46:03.699><c> exist</c><00:46:04.280><c> today</c><00:46:04.659><c> in</c><00:46:04.880><c> the</c><00:46:05.099><c> form</c><00:46:05.400><c> that</c><00:46:05.739><c> it</c><00:46:05.920><c> once</c><00:46:06.179><c> did.</c> 00:46:06.860 --> 00:46:08.340 But<00:46:06.960><c> you</c><00:46:07.139><c> see,</c><00:46:07.480><c> this</c><00:46:07.539><c> is</c><00:46:07.780><c> the</c><00:46:07.940><c> job.</c> 00:46:08.780 --> 00:46:12.400 This<00:46:08.920><c> is</c><00:46:09.159><c> the</c><00:46:09.380><c> job</c><00:46:09.599><c> of</c><00:46:09.780><c> the</c><00:46:10.019><c> dictator</c><00:46:10.599><c> of</c><00:46:10.840><c> Ezekiel</c><00:46:11.159><c> 38</c><00:46:11.679><c> to</c><00:46:12.099><c> put</c> 00:46:12.400 --> 00:46:13.079 this<00:46:12.800><c> image</c> 00:46:13.079 --> 00:46:17.260 empire<00:46:13.579><c> together,</c><00:46:14.639><c> to</c><00:46:14.960><c> take</c><00:46:15.219><c> all</c><00:46:15.599><c> of</c><00:46:15.780><c> those</c><00:46:15.980><c> countries</c><00:46:16.579><c> where</c> 00:46:17.260 --> 00:46:18.900 the<00:46:17.739><c> four</c><00:46:17.980><c> world</c><00:46:18.239><c> empires</c> 00:46:18.900 --> 00:46:22.440 had<00:46:19.280><c> control</c><00:46:19.900><c> and</c><00:46:20.280><c> to</c><00:46:20.480><c> embrace</c><00:46:20.920><c> all</c><00:46:21.300><c> their</c><00:46:21.539><c> peoples,</c><00:46:22.079><c> to</c><00:46:22.280><c> heap</c> 00:46:22.440 --> 00:46:24.179 unto<00:46:22.679><c> himself</c><00:46:23.199><c> all</c><00:46:23.699><c> peoples.</c> 00:46:24.179 --> 00:46:26.760 It<00:46:24.280><c> says</c><00:46:24.860><c> in</c><00:46:25.039><c> Habakkuk,</c><00:46:25.559><c> Chapter</c><00:46:25.739><c> two.</c> 00:46:27.139 --> 00:46:28.820 But<00:46:27.239><c> I</c><00:46:27.280><c> want</c><00:46:27.380><c> you</c><00:46:27.500><c> to</c><00:46:27.659><c> notice</c><00:46:27.840><c> something.</c> 00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:33.380 It<00:46:29.320><c> says</c><00:46:29.840><c> he</c><00:46:30.820><c> stamped</c><00:46:31.260><c> the</c><00:46:31.719><c> residue</c><00:46:32.199><c> with</c><00:46:32.639><c> the</c><00:46:32.840><c> feet</c><00:46:32.940><c> of</c><00:46:33.119><c> it.</c> 00:46:33.739 --> 00:46:35.639 Residue<00:46:34.380><c> of</c><00:46:34.719><c> what?</c> 00:46:36.219 --> 00:46:37.480 What<00:46:36.500><c> residue?</c> 00:46:38.380 --> 00:46:40.079 We<00:46:38.460><c> need</c><00:46:38.579><c> to</c><00:46:38.739><c> ask</c><00:46:38.880><c> that</c><00:46:39.139><c> question.</c> 00:46:40.500 --> 00:46:43.860 Well,<00:46:41.719><c> this</c><00:46:42.260><c> is</c><00:46:42.760><c> the</c><00:46:42.980><c> portion</c> 00:46:43.960 --> 00:46:48.420 of<00:46:44.340><c> the</c><00:46:44.659><c> three</c><00:46:44.920><c> previous</c><00:46:45.440><c> empires</c><00:46:45.980><c> at</c><00:46:46.280><c> Rome</c><00:46:46.699><c> never</c><00:46:47.539><c> controlled.</c> 00:46:48.900 --> 00:46:51.420 And<00:46:49.119><c> you</c><00:46:49.260><c> can</c><00:46:49.579><c> probably</c><00:46:49.940><c> add</c><00:46:50.300><c> to</c><00:46:50.360><c> that</c><00:46:50.659><c> much</c><00:46:50.960><c> of</c><00:46:51.159><c> this.</c> 00:46:51.539 --> 00:46:52.579 They<00:46:51.679><c> got</c><00:46:51.900><c> down</c><00:46:52.119><c> to</c><00:46:52.280><c> here.</c> 00:46:52.900 --> 00:46:55.219 They<00:46:53.079><c> didn't</c><00:46:53.380><c> have</c><00:46:53.739><c> it</c><00:46:53.940><c> for</c><00:46:54.119><c> very</c><00:46:54.440><c> long.</c> 00:46:55.780 --> 00:46:57.679 So<00:46:55.880><c> this</c><00:46:56.159><c> is</c><00:46:56.380><c> the</c><00:46:56.719><c> residue</c> 00:46:58.300 --> 00:47:02.460 that<00:46:58.900><c> this</c><00:46:59.360><c> fourth</c><00:46:59.719><c> beast</c><00:47:00.280><c> has</c><00:47:00.699><c> to</c><00:47:01.159><c> stand</c><00:47:01.559><c> with</c><00:47:01.940><c> his</c><00:47:02.239><c> feet,</c> 00:47:02.659 --> 00:47:04.059 which<00:47:02.739><c> is</c><00:47:02.960><c> the</c><00:47:03.099><c> language</c><00:47:03.400><c> of</c><00:47:03.719><c> conquest.</c> 00:47:04.300 --> 00:47:05.820 It<00:47:04.300><c> doesn't</c><00:47:04.639><c> say</c><00:47:04.920><c> he's</c><00:47:05.159><c> pussyfooting.</c> 00:47:06.099 --> 00:47:08.960 It<00:47:06.260><c> says</c><00:47:06.380><c> he's</c><00:47:06.900><c> stamping</c><00:47:07.260><c> with</c><00:47:07.719><c> his</c><00:47:08.079><c> feet.</c> 00:47:09.119 --> 00:47:12.559 So<00:47:09.280><c> he's</c><00:47:09.559><c> going</c><00:47:09.739><c> for</c><00:47:10.039><c> conquest,</c><00:47:11.039><c> not</c><00:47:11.179><c> like</c><00:47:11.340><c> the</c><00:47:11.599><c> European</c><00:47:11.980><c> nations</c> 00:47:12.559 --> 00:47:16.280 who<00:47:13.119><c> are</c><00:47:13.380><c> embraced</c><00:47:13.940><c> by</c><00:47:14.400><c> control</c><00:47:14.960><c> and</c><00:47:15.280><c> blackmail.</c> 00:47:16.300 --> 00:47:17.760 This<00:47:16.739><c> is</c><00:47:16.960><c> about</c><00:47:17.199><c> conquest.</c> 00:47:17.760 --> 00:47:20.639 Now,<00:47:18.480><c> you</c><00:47:18.659><c> and</c><00:47:18.820><c> I</c><00:47:19.019><c> know</c><00:47:19.219><c> there's</c><00:47:19.400><c> been</c><00:47:19.559><c> a</c><00:47:19.659><c> lot</c><00:47:19.800><c> of</c><00:47:19.980><c> things</c><00:47:20.139><c> happening</c><00:47:20.480><c> in</c> 00:47:20.639 --> 00:47:21.219 this<00:47:20.880><c> region</c> 00:47:21.219 --> 00:47:24.760 in<00:47:21.440><c> the</c><00:47:21.500><c> last</c><00:47:21.780><c> 10</c><00:47:22.059><c> years</c><00:47:22.340><c> or</c><00:47:22.619><c> so,</c><00:47:22.860><c> a</c><00:47:23.099><c> lot</c><00:47:23.360><c> of</c><00:47:23.500><c> things</c><00:47:23.780><c> going</c><00:47:24.079><c> on</c><00:47:24.340><c> here.</c> 00:47:25.260 --> 00:47:27.559 Iraq,<00:47:25.699><c> of</c><00:47:25.699><c> course,</c><00:47:25.940><c> is</c><00:47:26.139><c> one</c><00:47:26.360><c> of</c><00:47:26.500><c> them.</c> 00:47:27.940 --> 00:47:29.500 Afghanistan<00:47:28.420><c> is</c><00:47:28.760><c> another.</c> 00:47:29.860 --> 00:47:33.659 Canadians<00:47:30.300><c> are</c><00:47:30.480><c> being</c><00:47:30.920><c> killed</c><00:47:31.380><c> in</c><00:47:31.940><c> Afghanistan,</c><00:47:32.679><c> aren't</c><00:47:32.719><c> they?</c> 00:47:33.920 --> 00:47:34.860 Pakistan<00:47:34.400><c> is</c><00:47:34.679><c> another.</c> 00:47:35.219 --> 00:47:37.000 I<00:47:35.420><c> haven't</c><00:47:35.619><c> heard</c><00:47:35.840><c> the</c><00:47:36.039><c> news</c><00:47:36.179><c> for</c><00:47:36.360><c> a</c><00:47:36.420><c> little</c><00:47:36.559><c> while,</c><00:47:36.719><c> but</c><00:47:36.840><c> when</c> 00:47:37.000 --> 00:47:37.659 I<00:47:37.159><c> left</c><00:47:37.380><c> home,</c> 00:47:37.679 --> 00:47:39.480 Pakistan<00:47:38.199><c> was</c><00:47:38.480><c> a</c><00:47:38.639><c> mess.</c> 00:47:39.539 --> 00:47:42.019 It<00:47:39.579><c> was</c><00:47:39.760><c> an</c><00:47:40.000><c> ungovernable</c><00:47:40.539><c> country</c><00:47:40.960><c> almost.</c> 00:47:42.300 --> 00:47:46.000 And<00:47:42.460><c> we</c><00:47:42.579><c> know,</c><00:47:42.820><c> of</c><00:47:43.019><c> course,</c><00:47:44.039><c> that</c><00:47:44.159><c> Russia</c><00:47:44.500><c> is</c><00:47:44.760><c> moving</c><00:47:44.980><c> up</c><00:47:45.260><c> here,</c> 00:47:46.139 --> 00:47:49.880 indicating<00:47:46.840><c> it's</c><00:47:47.880><c> it</c><00:47:48.139><c> means</c><00:47:48.579><c> business.</c> 00:47:50.139 --> 00:47:51.659 Well,<00:47:50.340><c> brothers</c><00:47:50.440><c> and</c><00:47:50.639><c> sisters,</c><00:47:50.940><c> briefly,</c> 00:47:51.900 --> 00:47:55.119 Ezekiel<00:47:52.280><c> 38</c><00:47:52.739><c> verse</c><00:47:53.059><c> six</c><00:47:53.360><c> tells</c><00:47:53.679><c> us</c><00:47:54.059><c> that</c><00:47:54.239><c> there</c><00:47:54.400><c> has</c><00:47:54.639><c> to</c><00:47:54.800><c> be</c><00:47:54.920><c> a</c> 00:47:55.119 --> 00:47:57.000 power<00:47:55.300><c> called</c><00:47:55.659><c> Persia.</c> 00:47:57.320 --> 00:48:01.519 The<00:47:57.539><c> Shah</c><00:47:57.780><c> of</c><00:47:58.019><c> Persia</c><00:47:58.940><c> lost</c><00:47:59.400><c> power</c><00:47:59.980><c> in</c><00:48:00.480><c> 1979.</c> 00:48:01.880 --> 00:48:05.420 He<00:48:02.000><c> was</c><00:48:02.219><c> replaced</c><00:48:02.860><c> by</c><00:48:03.460><c> a</c><00:48:03.760><c> Muslim</c><00:48:04.199><c> government,</c> 00:48:05.860 --> 00:48:08.199 Shiite<00:48:06.500><c> Muslim</c><00:48:07.119><c> government.</c> 00:48:08.900 --> 00:48:13.760 In<00:48:09.099><c> Iraq,</c><00:48:10.800><c> Saddam</c><00:48:11.119><c> Hussein</c><00:48:11.739><c> ruled</c><00:48:12.099><c> for</c><00:48:12.519><c> 30</c><00:48:12.840><c> odd</c><00:48:13.119><c> years.</c> 00:48:13.760 --> 00:48:16.840 He<00:48:14.199><c> was</c><00:48:14.500><c> a</c><00:48:15.000><c> Sunni</c><00:48:15.639><c> Muslim,</c> 00:48:17.059 --> 00:48:21.179 and<00:48:17.079><c> the</c><00:48:17.260><c> Sunnis</c><00:48:17.619><c> and</c><00:48:17.820><c> the</c><00:48:18.079><c> Shiites</c><00:48:18.500><c> hate</c><00:48:19.079><c> each</c><00:48:19.460><c> other</c><00:48:19.659><c> with</c><00:48:19.880><c> a</c><00:48:20.159><c> passion.</c> 00:48:22.300 --> 00:48:23.900 The<00:48:22.460><c> Shiites</c><00:48:22.920><c> are</c><00:48:23.260><c> hardline.</c> 00:48:24.139 --> 00:48:24.840 They<00:48:24.260><c> hate</c><00:48:24.480><c> Israel.</c> 00:48:24.940 --> 00:48:26.840 They<00:48:25.000><c> wanted</c><00:48:25.139><c> to</c><00:48:25.340><c> see</c><00:48:25.440><c> the</c><00:48:25.559><c> destruction</c><00:48:25.980><c> of</c><00:48:26.159><c> Israel,</c><00:48:26.739><c> whereas</c> 00:48:26.840 --> 00:48:28.619 the<00:48:27.719><c> the</c><00:48:27.960><c> Sunnis,</c> 00:48:28.940 --> 00:48:33.280 who<00:48:29.179><c> govern</c><00:48:29.579><c> Saudi</c><00:48:30.119><c> Arabia</c><00:48:30.699><c> and</c><00:48:31.099><c> the</c><00:48:31.300><c> Gulf</c><00:48:31.539><c> States,</c><00:48:32.000><c> by</c><00:48:32.119><c> the</c><00:48:32.340><c> way,</c> 00:48:33.699 --> 00:48:35.940 want<00:48:33.800><c> to</c><00:48:34.000><c> make</c><00:48:34.199><c> peace</c><00:48:34.699><c> with</c><00:48:34.920><c> Israel.</c> 00:48:36.519 --> 00:48:37.900 Now,<00:48:37.079><c> guess</c><00:48:37.219><c> what's</c><00:48:37.460><c> going</c><00:48:37.559><c> to</c><00:48:37.679><c> happen?</c> 00:48:38.079 --> 00:48:41.260 America<00:48:38.539><c> is</c><00:48:38.800><c> going</c><00:48:38.900><c> to</c><00:48:39.039><c> pull</c><00:48:39.239><c> out</c><00:48:39.880><c> of</c><00:48:40.099><c> Iraq</c><00:48:40.460><c> next</c><00:48:40.860><c> year.</c> 00:48:41.739 --> 00:48:43.199 There's<00:48:42.039><c> going</c><00:48:42.119><c> to</c><00:48:42.239><c> be</c><00:48:42.360><c> a</c><00:48:42.519><c> civil</c><00:48:42.780><c> war.</c> 00:48:43.199 --> 00:48:46.199 They<00:48:43.539><c> know</c><00:48:43.840><c> that</c><00:48:44.579><c> they're</c><00:48:45.260><c> making</c><00:48:45.579><c> different</c><00:48:46.019><c> noise.</c> 00:48:46.219 --> 00:48:48.159 But<00:48:46.360><c> there</c><00:48:46.480><c> will</c><00:48:46.579><c> be</c><00:48:46.679><c> a</c><00:48:46.860><c> civil</c><00:48:47.099><c> war.</c> 00:48:48.699 --> 00:48:53.119 And<00:48:48.699><c> the</c><00:48:49.079><c> majority</c><00:48:49.760><c> Shiites</c><00:48:50.599><c> will</c><00:48:51.360><c> not</c><00:48:52.039><c> want</c><00:48:52.300><c> to</c><00:48:52.579><c> give</c><00:48:52.820><c> back</c> 00:48:53.119 --> 00:48:55.679 any<00:48:53.500><c> power</c><00:48:54.019><c> to</c><00:48:54.280><c> the</c><00:48:54.519><c> Sunnis.</c> 00:48:55.940 --> 00:48:59.780 And<00:48:56.099><c> when</c><00:48:56.260><c> that</c><00:48:56.500><c> civil</c><00:48:56.719><c> war</c><00:48:57.019><c> starts</c><00:48:57.400><c> between</c><00:48:57.980><c> Shiites,</c><00:48:58.920><c> Sunnis</c><00:48:59.340><c> and</c> 00:48:59.780 --> 00:49:01.480 Kurds<00:49:00.219><c> to</c><00:49:00.400><c> the</c><00:49:00.559><c> north,</c> 00:49:02.039 --> 00:49:04.980 guess<00:49:02.239><c> what</c><00:49:02.480><c> the</c><00:49:02.820><c> Shiite</c><00:49:03.099><c> leadership</c><00:49:03.559><c> in</c><00:49:03.840><c> Iraq</c><00:49:04.260><c> will</c><00:49:04.579><c> do?</c> 00:49:05.320 --> 00:49:08.420 Now,<00:49:05.500><c> I'm</c><00:49:05.719><c> no</c><00:49:06.019><c> prophet,</c><00:49:06.639><c> but</c><00:49:06.820><c> I</c><00:49:07.059><c> know</c><00:49:07.199><c> if</c><00:49:07.380><c> I</c><00:49:07.599><c> was</c><00:49:07.679><c> in</c><00:49:07.840><c> their</c><00:49:07.960><c> position,</c> 00:49:08.539 --> 00:49:11.260 I<00:49:08.780><c> would</c><00:49:08.940><c> pick</c><00:49:09.139><c> up</c><00:49:09.340><c> the</c><00:49:09.579><c> phone</c><00:49:09.860><c> and</c><00:49:10.199><c> I</c><00:49:10.360><c> would</c><00:49:10.579><c> ring</c><00:49:10.800><c> Mr.</c> 00:49:11.260 --> 00:49:15.860 Menajad<00:49:11.940><c> in</c><00:49:12.119><c> Tehran</c><00:49:12.719><c> just</c><00:49:12.920><c> across</c><00:49:13.360><c> the</c><00:49:13.500><c> border</c><00:49:14.039><c> and</c><00:49:14.679><c> say</c><00:49:14.920><c> to</c><00:49:15.019><c> him,</c> 00:49:15.900 --> 00:49:17.980 can<00:49:15.960><c> you</c><00:49:16.139><c> come</c><00:49:16.340><c> and</c><00:49:16.519><c> help</c><00:49:16.639><c> us?</c> 00:49:18.039 --> 00:49:20.699 The<00:49:18.139><c> Sunnis</c><00:49:18.619><c> want</c><00:49:18.860><c> to</c><00:49:19.039><c> take</c><00:49:19.239><c> that</c><00:49:19.519><c> control.</c> 00:49:21.400 --> 00:49:24.760 And<00:49:21.400><c> the</c><00:49:21.619><c> 100</c><00:49:22.260><c> percent,</c><00:49:23.780><c> because</c><00:49:23.940><c> that's</c><00:49:24.139><c> what</c><00:49:24.280><c> it</c><00:49:24.400><c> is,</c> 00:49:25.019 --> 00:49:28.340 Shiite<00:49:25.320><c> control</c><00:49:25.900><c> of</c><00:49:26.139><c> Iran</c><00:49:26.519><c> will</c><00:49:26.739><c> say,</c><00:49:26.940><c> yes,</c><00:49:27.360><c> our</c><00:49:27.559><c> brothers,</c> 00:49:28.460 --> 00:49:29.840 we<00:49:28.559><c> will</c><00:49:28.719><c> come</c><00:49:28.900><c> and</c><00:49:29.079><c> help</c><00:49:29.239><c> you.</c> 00:49:30.000 --> 00:49:32.980 And<00:49:30.159><c> we</c><00:49:30.280><c> will</c><00:49:30.500><c> have</c><00:49:30.739><c> the</c><00:49:31.000><c> greater</c><00:49:31.260><c> Persia.</c> 00:49:33.360 --> 00:49:37.000 Of<00:49:33.519><c> Ezekiel</c><00:49:33.920><c> 38,</c><00:49:35.400><c> the</c><00:49:35.599><c> old</c><00:49:35.960><c> Persia.</c> 00:49:37.559 --> 00:49:39.320 What<00:49:37.739><c> about</c><00:49:37.940><c> these</c><00:49:38.159><c> other</c><00:49:38.320><c> countries</c><00:49:38.699><c> over</c><00:49:39.019><c> here?</c> 00:49:39.320 --> 00:49:42.679 Well,<00:49:39.860><c> you</c><00:49:39.880><c> know,</c><00:49:41.159><c> Pakistan</c><00:49:41.400><c> has</c><00:49:41.639><c> been</c><00:49:41.840><c> the</c><00:49:42.000><c> source</c><00:49:42.260><c> of</c><00:49:42.420><c> some</c> 00:49:42.679 --> 00:49:44.320 problems<00:49:43.139><c> last</c><00:49:43.900><c> year.</c> 00:49:44.440 --> 00:49:46.300 Mumbai,<00:49:44.960><c> remember</c><00:49:45.219><c> that?</c> 00:49:46.400 --> 00:49:49.320 Wouldn't<00:49:46.500><c> want</c><00:49:46.679><c> to</c><00:49:46.760><c> go</c><00:49:46.880><c> to</c><00:49:46.980><c> the</c><00:49:47.139><c> Taj</c><00:49:47.320><c> Mahal</c><00:49:47.739><c> Hotel,</c><00:49:48.139><c> would</c><00:49:48.300><c> you?</c> 00:49:49.679 --> 00:49:53.199 And<00:49:49.840><c> you've</c><00:49:50.139><c> got</c><00:49:50.460><c> India,</c><00:49:51.360><c> India,</c><00:49:51.840><c> the</c><00:49:52.039><c> eastern</c><00:49:52.280><c> Tarshish.</c> 00:49:53.539 --> 00:49:58.019 Now,<00:49:54.019><c> my</c><00:49:54.039><c> sisters,</c><00:49:54.539><c> let</c><00:49:54.699><c> me</c><00:49:54.860><c> ask</c><00:49:55.159><c> you</c><00:49:55.400><c> a</c><00:49:55.780><c> technical</c><00:49:56.340><c> military</c><00:49:56.980><c> question.</c> 00:49:59.199 --> 00:50:02.059 In<00:49:59.300><c> 1979,</c><00:50:00.400><c> the</c><00:50:00.539><c> Russians</c><00:50:00.840><c> went</c><00:50:01.059><c> into</c><00:50:01.340><c> Afghanistan.</c> 00:50:02.420 --> 00:50:03.579 They<00:50:02.619><c> left</c><00:50:02.920><c> humiliated.</c> 00:50:03.719 --> 00:50:07.900 They<00:50:03.780><c> lost</c><00:50:03.980><c> 50</c><00:50:04.420><c>,000</c><00:50:04.880><c> men</c><00:50:05.380><c> and</c><00:50:05.840><c> squillions</c><00:50:06.380><c> in</c><00:50:07.039><c> military</c><00:50:07.460><c> equipment.</c> 00:50:08.340 --> 00:50:10.340 They<00:50:08.739><c> were</c><00:50:08.980><c> humiliated.</c> 00:50:10.760 --> 00:50:14.639 You're<00:50:10.940><c> a</c><00:50:11.019><c> Russian</c><00:50:11.340><c> general</c><00:50:11.880><c> involved</c><00:50:12.800><c> in</c><00:50:12.920><c> that</c><00:50:13.119><c> as</c><00:50:13.280><c> a</c><00:50:13.360><c> young</c><00:50:13.539><c> man.</c> 00:50:14.780 --> 00:50:17.820 Someone<00:50:14.940><c> in</c><00:50:15.059><c> Russia</c><00:50:15.400><c> says</c><00:50:15.679><c> to</c><00:50:15.880><c> you,</c><00:50:16.139><c> maybe</c><00:50:16.380><c> Putin,</c><00:50:17.320><c> Medvedev</c> 00:50:17.820 --> 00:50:18.519 says<00:50:18.119><c> to</c><00:50:18.340><c> you,</c> 00:50:18.599 --> 00:50:20.980 we<00:50:18.699><c> are</c><00:50:18.880><c> going</c><00:50:19.000><c> to</c><00:50:19.039><c> go</c><00:50:19.320><c> back</c><00:50:19.500><c> into</c><00:50:19.760><c> Afghanistan.</c> 00:50:21.199 --> 00:50:22.179 We're<00:50:21.280><c> going</c><00:50:21.380><c> to</c><00:50:21.480><c> take</c><00:50:21.599><c> control</c><00:50:22.039><c> of</c><00:50:22.139><c> it.</c> 00:50:22.199 --> 00:50:24.320 They've<00:50:22.420><c> always</c><00:50:22.739><c> had</c><00:50:22.880><c> a</c><00:50:23.059><c> desire</c><00:50:23.219><c> to</c><00:50:23.400><c> do</c><00:50:23.539><c> that,</c><00:50:23.860><c> as</c><00:50:24.000><c> have</c><00:50:24.099><c> many</c> 00:50:24.320 --> 00:50:26.800 other<00:50:24.539><c> countries,</c><00:50:25.559><c> England</c><00:50:25.739><c> included.</c> 00:50:27.139 --> 00:50:28.699 And<00:50:27.320><c> all</c><00:50:27.460><c> of</c><00:50:27.539><c> them</c><00:50:27.639><c> have</c><00:50:27.900><c> failed.</c> 00:50:29.599 --> 00:50:30.920 What<00:50:29.739><c> would</c><00:50:29.880><c> you</c><00:50:30.079><c> do?</c> 00:50:31.059 --> 00:50:32.920 You're<00:50:31.239><c> a</c><00:50:31.400><c> general.</c><00:50:32.000><c> I'll</c><00:50:32.179><c> tell</c><00:50:32.219><c> you</c><00:50:32.260><c> what</c><00:50:32.400><c> I'd</c><00:50:32.699><c> do.</c> 00:50:33.239 --> 00:50:36.260 Now,<00:50:33.380><c> I'm</c><00:50:33.619><c> no</c><00:50:33.719><c> military</c><00:50:34.159><c> tactician,</c><00:50:35.019><c> but</c><00:50:35.260><c> I'm</c><00:50:35.440><c> not</c><00:50:35.639><c> silly</c><00:50:35.880><c> either.</c> 00:50:36.260 --> 00:50:38.380 I<00:50:37.219><c> know</c><00:50:37.599><c> what</c><00:50:37.739><c> I</c><00:50:37.920><c> would</c><00:50:38.079><c> do.</c> 00:50:38.659 --> 00:50:41.659 There<00:50:38.699><c> are</c><00:50:38.880><c> two</c><00:50:39.179><c> mountain</c><00:50:39.559><c> ranges,</c><00:50:40.139><c> one</c><00:50:40.300><c> down</c><00:50:40.579><c> here,</c><00:50:40.940><c> Khyber</c><00:50:41.260><c> Pass.</c> 00:50:41.760 --> 00:50:42.980 Remember<00:50:41.960><c> that</c><00:50:42.179><c> one?</c> 00:50:43.079 --> 00:50:45.400 That's<00:50:43.320><c> where</c><00:50:43.659><c> that's</c><00:50:44.539><c> where</c><00:50:44.719><c> Mr.</c> 00:50:45.699 --> 00:50:47.300 Bin<00:50:45.820><c> Laden</c><00:50:46.139><c> is</c><00:50:46.420><c> hanging</c><00:50:46.719><c> out.</c> 00:50:47.460 --> 00:50:49.900 OK,<00:50:48.539><c> they</c><00:50:48.699><c> can't</c><00:50:48.960><c> find</c><00:50:49.179><c> him.</c> 00:50:50.460 --> 00:50:51.500 It's<00:50:50.980><c> impregnable.</c> 00:50:51.860 --> 00:50:54.059 They're<00:50:52.159><c> deep</c><00:50:52.300><c> under</c><00:50:52.579><c> the</c><00:50:52.800><c> earth</c><00:50:53.119><c> in</c><00:50:53.699><c> caves.</c> 00:50:54.559 --> 00:50:55.940 That's<00:50:54.860><c> the</c><00:50:55.039><c> mountain</c><00:50:55.300><c> range</c><00:50:55.539><c> there.</c> 00:50:56.380 --> 00:50:59.219 Another<00:50:56.599><c> one</c><00:50:56.820><c> that</c><00:50:57.000><c> runs</c><00:50:57.219><c> up</c><00:50:57.519><c> the</c><00:50:57.780><c> border</c><00:50:58.059><c> of</c><00:50:58.320><c> Iran.</c> 00:50:59.400 --> 00:51:02.219 And<00:50:59.619><c> this</c><00:50:59.840><c> is</c><00:50:59.980><c> where</c><00:51:00.099><c> the</c><00:51:00.320><c> supplies</c><00:51:00.760><c> came</c><00:51:01.019><c> in</c><00:51:01.179><c> to</c><00:51:01.380><c> defeat</c><00:51:01.639><c> the</c><00:51:01.880><c> Russians.</c> 00:51:02.659 --> 00:51:04.880 This<00:51:02.820><c> is</c><00:51:02.960><c> what</c><00:51:03.119><c> making</c><00:51:03.400><c> life</c><00:51:03.619><c> so</c><00:51:03.960><c> hard</c><00:51:04.179><c> for</c><00:51:04.340><c> the</c><00:51:04.539><c> Americans</c> 00:51:04.880 --> 00:51:05.659 and<00:51:05.079><c> the</c><00:51:05.300><c> Europeans</c> 00:51:05.659 --> 00:51:09.139 and<00:51:05.900><c> the</c><00:51:06.119><c> Australians</c><00:51:06.400><c> and</c><00:51:06.579><c> the</c><00:51:06.800><c> Canadians</c><00:51:07.239><c> in</c><00:51:08.000><c> Afghanistan,</c> 00:51:09.239 --> 00:51:11.260 because<00:51:09.480><c> supplies</c><00:51:09.980><c> and</c><00:51:10.199><c> weapons</c><00:51:10.420><c> can</c><00:51:10.619><c> be</c><00:51:10.820><c> brought</c><00:51:10.920><c> across</c> 00:51:11.260 --> 00:51:11.639 the<00:51:11.460><c> border</c> 00:51:11.639 --> 00:51:13.800 through<00:51:11.860><c> the</c><00:51:12.039><c> mountain</c><00:51:12.340><c> range,</c><00:51:12.519><c> and</c><00:51:12.639><c> you</c><00:51:12.820><c> can't</c><00:51:13.139><c> control</c><00:51:13.519><c> it.</c> 00:51:13.980 --> 00:51:15.940 Send<00:51:14.079><c> as</c><00:51:14.239><c> many</c><00:51:14.460><c> drones</c><00:51:14.719><c> as</c><00:51:14.880><c> you</c><00:51:15.059><c> like.</c> 00:51:17.239 --> 00:51:18.739 So<00:51:17.380><c> what</c><00:51:17.519><c> would</c><00:51:17.619><c> you</c><00:51:17.820><c> do?</c> 00:51:19.159 --> 00:51:20.400 I<00:51:19.380><c> know</c><00:51:19.460><c> what</c><00:51:19.619><c> I'd</c><00:51:19.860><c> do.</c> 00:51:20.840 --> 00:51:25.519 I'd<00:51:21.139><c> take</c><00:51:21.320><c> Iran</c><00:51:21.860><c> and</c><00:51:22.960><c> I'd</c><00:51:23.239><c> take</c><00:51:23.400><c> Pakistan</c><00:51:23.960><c> next</c><00:51:24.380><c> door.</c> 00:51:25.840 --> 00:51:29.239 Say<00:51:26.000><c> to</c><00:51:26.119><c> the</c><00:51:26.280><c> Afghan</c><00:51:26.739><c> Mujahideen,</c><00:51:28.159><c> now,</c><00:51:28.559><c> fellas,</c> 00:51:29.719 --> 00:51:32.539 what<00:51:29.860><c> are</c><00:51:29.940><c> you</c><00:51:30.000><c> going</c><00:51:30.079><c> to</c><00:51:30.159><c> do</c><00:51:30.239><c> now?</c><00:51:31.340><c> Eat</c><00:51:31.559><c> rocks?</c> 00:51:34.059 --> 00:51:36.539 It's<00:51:34.699><c> as</c><00:51:34.880><c> simple</c><00:51:35.179><c> as</c><00:51:35.500><c> that.</c> 00:51:36.920 --> 00:51:38.480 Cut<00:51:37.079><c> off</c><00:51:37.300><c> their</c><00:51:37.500><c> supplies.</c> 00:51:38.880 --> 00:51:42.179 And<00:51:38.980><c> when</c><00:51:39.119><c> the</c><00:51:39.300><c> Russians</c><00:51:39.539><c> come</c><00:51:39.840><c> back</c><00:51:40.019><c> next</c><00:51:40.340><c> time,</c><00:51:40.619><c> they</c><00:51:40.800><c> won't</c><00:51:41.360><c> make</c> 00:51:42.179 --> 00:51:46.139 the<00:51:42.659><c> same</c><00:51:42.940><c> mistake</c><00:51:43.639><c> they</c><00:51:44.219><c> made</c><00:51:44.539><c> in</c><00:51:44.840><c> 1979.</c> 00:51:47.019 --> 00:51:50.619 They<00:51:47.260><c> will</c><00:51:47.539><c> do</c><00:51:47.739><c> what</c><00:51:48.059><c> Daniel</c><00:51:48.440><c> 7,</c><00:51:48.980><c> verse</c><00:51:49.260><c> 7</c><00:51:49.659><c> says</c><00:51:49.900><c> they</c><00:51:50.099><c> have</c><00:51:50.320><c> to</c><00:51:50.480><c> do.</c> 00:51:50.760 --> 00:51:56.340 They<00:51:50.960><c> will</c><00:51:51.559><c> stamp</c><00:51:52.440><c> the</c><00:51:53.440><c> residue</c><00:51:53.860><c> with</c><00:51:54.179><c> the</c><00:51:54.500><c> feet</c><00:51:55.000><c> of</c><00:51:55.320><c> it.</c> 00:51:56.840 --> 00:52:00.559 And<00:51:57.320><c> that</c><00:51:57.699><c> part</c><00:51:58.099><c> of</c><00:51:58.400><c> the</c><00:51:58.539><c> Roman</c><00:51:58.760><c> Empire</c><00:51:59.239><c> will</c><00:51:59.500><c> become</c><00:51:59.840><c> part</c><00:52:00.340><c> of</c> 00:52:00.559 --> 00:52:01.760 the<00:52:00.800><c> image</c><00:52:01.119><c> empire.</c> 00:52:01.760 --> 00:52:05.719 Nebuchadnezzar's<00:52:03.340><c> image</c><00:52:03.920><c> empire.</c> 00:52:06.760 --> 00:52:10.099 That's<00:52:06.920><c> why,</c><00:52:07.400><c> brothers</c><00:52:07.480><c> and</c><00:52:07.519><c> sisters,</c><00:52:08.420><c> your</c><00:52:08.719><c> news</c><00:52:09.139><c> is</c><00:52:09.599><c> full</c> 00:52:10.099 --> 00:52:11.980 of<00:52:10.639><c> stuff</c><00:52:10.960><c> from</c><00:52:11.300><c> Iraq,</c> 00:52:12.400 --> 00:52:17.179 Iran,<00:52:13.280><c> Afghanistan,</c><00:52:14.380><c> Pakistan</c><00:52:14.900><c> and</c><00:52:15.360><c> India,</c><00:52:16.579><c> and</c><00:52:16.659><c> has</c><00:52:16.980><c> been</c> 00:52:17.179 --> 00:52:18.039 for<00:52:17.440><c> years.</c> 00:52:18.539 --> 00:52:20.199 That's<00:52:18.940><c> why</c><00:52:19.059><c> that's</c><00:52:19.420><c> happening.</c> 00:52:20.719 --> 00:52:24.300 It's<00:52:20.940><c> heading</c><00:52:21.199><c> towards</c><00:52:21.579><c> the</c><00:52:21.760><c> fulfilment</c><00:52:22.539><c> of</c><00:52:22.860><c> Bible</c><00:52:23.139><c> prophecy.</c> 00:52:25.639 --> 00:52:27.420 Eastern<00:52:25.860><c> Tarshish,</c><00:52:26.980><c> India.</c> 00:52:27.920 --> 00:52:30.460 India<00:52:28.340><c> has</c><00:52:28.559><c> the</c><00:52:28.800><c> largest</c><00:52:29.179><c> navy</c><00:52:29.500><c> in</c><00:52:29.679><c> the</c><00:52:29.780><c> Indian</c><00:52:29.940><c> Ocean.</c> 00:52:30.460 --> 00:52:32.519 It's<00:52:31.079><c> the</c><00:52:31.260><c> Eastern</c><00:52:31.559><c> Tarshish.</c> 00:52:33.539 --> 00:52:37.119 It<00:52:33.800><c> will</c><00:52:34.000><c> be</c><00:52:34.340><c> forced</c><00:52:34.920><c> into</c><00:52:36.119><c> the</c><00:52:36.480><c> Western</c><00:52:36.780><c> camp.</c> 00:52:37.320 --> 00:52:39.639 What<00:52:37.420><c> would</c><00:52:37.599><c> you</c><00:52:37.760><c> do</c><00:52:37.900><c> if</c><00:52:38.039><c> you're</c><00:52:38.159><c> the</c><00:52:38.260><c> leader</c><00:52:38.400><c> of</c><00:52:38.599><c> India</c><00:52:38.940><c> and</c> 00:52:39.639 --> 00:52:40.039 the<00:52:39.800><c> Russians</c> 00:52:40.039 --> 00:52:41.239 pushed<00:52:40.340><c> up</c><00:52:40.519><c> to</c><00:52:40.659><c> the</c><00:52:40.800><c> Indus</c><00:52:41.039><c> River?</c> 00:52:41.320 --> 00:52:44.139 Would<00:52:41.460><c> you</c><00:52:41.639><c> say</c><00:52:41.800><c> to</c><00:52:41.920><c> the</c><00:52:42.079><c> Russians,</c><00:52:42.559><c> well,</c><00:52:42.960><c> there's</c><00:52:43.519><c> a</c><00:52:43.599><c> bit</c><00:52:43.760><c> more</c><00:52:43.960><c> of</c> 00:52:44.139 --> 00:52:44.760 Pakistan<00:52:44.500><c> there.</c> 00:52:44.760 --> 00:52:47.619 You<00:52:44.860><c> can</c><00:52:45.059><c> have</c><00:52:45.179><c> that</c><00:52:45.440><c> too.</c><00:52:46.679><c> No.</c> 00:52:48.059 --> 00:52:51.579 You'd<00:52:48.300><c> come</c><00:52:48.460><c> up</c><00:52:48.559><c> to</c><00:52:48.679><c> the</c><00:52:48.780><c> Indus</c><00:52:48.980><c> River</c><00:52:49.199><c> and</c><00:52:49.380><c> say</c><00:52:49.599><c> thus</c><00:52:50.019><c> far,</c><00:52:50.440><c> no</c><00:52:50.599><c> further.</c> 00:52:53.119 --> 00:52:55.559 So<00:52:53.340><c> Pakistan</c><00:52:53.980><c> will</c><00:52:54.460><c> disappear.</c> 00:52:56.360 --> 00:53:00.340 Once<00:52:56.820><c> pro</c><00:52:57.159><c>-Russian</c><00:52:57.519><c> was</c><00:52:57.820><c> India,</c><00:52:58.880><c> now</c><00:52:59.119><c> swinging</c><00:52:59.480><c> very</c><00:53:00.059><c> much</c> 00:53:00.340 --> 00:53:01.679 towards<00:53:00.719><c> the</c><00:53:00.900><c> West.</c> 00:53:01.820 --> 00:53:04.019 Now,<00:53:02.119><c> very</c><00:53:02.239><c> briefly,</c><00:53:02.599><c> I'm</c><00:53:02.659><c> going</c><00:53:02.800><c> to</c><00:53:02.880><c> just</c><00:53:03.260><c> finish</c><00:53:03.539><c> this</c><00:53:03.820><c> talk</c> 00:53:04.019 --> 00:53:06.460 tonight<00:53:04.260><c> on</c><00:53:04.500><c> this</c><00:53:05.280><c> financial</c><00:53:05.880><c> crisis,</c> 00:53:06.539 --> 00:53:09.019 which,<00:53:06.800><c> of</c><00:53:06.920><c> course,</c><00:53:07.219><c> is</c><00:53:07.360><c> affecting</c><00:53:07.699><c> most</c><00:53:08.000><c> of</c><00:53:08.139><c> us</c><00:53:08.300><c> in</c><00:53:08.519><c> some</c> 00:53:09.019 --> 00:53:10.599 small<00:53:09.380><c> way.</c> 00:53:12.099 --> 00:53:13.260 Timeline<00:53:12.480><c> of</c><00:53:12.679><c> depressions.</c> 00:53:13.699 --> 00:53:16.980 By<00:53:13.900><c> the</c><00:53:14.059><c> way,</c><00:53:14.320><c> brothers</c><00:53:14.440><c> and</c><00:53:14.599><c> sisters,</c><00:53:15.000><c> there</c><00:53:15.179><c> are</c><00:53:15.260><c> many</c><00:53:15.460><c> books</c><00:53:15.699><c> coming</c><00:53:15.980><c> out</c><00:53:16.619><c> nowadays.</c> 00:53:17.099 --> 00:53:19.179 This<00:53:17.219><c> is</c><00:53:17.400><c> one</c><00:53:17.579><c> of</c><00:53:17.699><c> them,</c><00:53:17.840><c> The</c><00:53:17.980><c> Great</c><00:53:18.280><c> Depression</c><00:53:18.760><c> Ahead.</c> 00:53:19.639 --> 00:53:23.079 This<00:53:19.860><c> gentleman</c><00:53:20.199><c> who</c><00:53:20.420><c> wrote</c><00:53:20.679><c> this</c><00:53:20.960><c> book,</c><00:53:21.260><c> Harry</c><00:53:21.559><c> S.</c><00:53:21.940><c> Dent,</c><00:53:22.079><c> Jr.,</c> 00:53:23.079 --> 00:53:25.579 did<00:53:23.300><c> not</c><00:53:23.719><c> write</c><00:53:24.000><c> it</c><00:53:24.139><c> on</c><00:53:24.260><c> the</c><00:53:24.400><c> basis</c><00:53:24.699><c> of</c><00:53:24.880><c> what</c><00:53:25.059><c> is</c><00:53:25.260><c> happening</c> 00:53:25.579 --> 00:53:26.219 right<00:53:25.960><c> now.</c> 00:53:26.380 --> 00:53:29.280 He<00:53:26.539><c> wrote</c><00:53:26.780><c> that</c><00:53:26.980><c> on</c><00:53:27.079><c> the</c><00:53:27.260><c> basis</c><00:53:27.579><c> of</c><00:53:27.860><c> his</c><00:53:28.199><c> study</c><00:53:28.460><c> of</c><00:53:28.780><c> statistics</c> 00:53:29.280 --> 00:53:33.739 for<00:53:29.579><c> the</c><00:53:29.659><c> last</c><00:53:30.019><c> 80</c><00:53:30.380><c> years</c><00:53:31.099><c> since</c><00:53:32.340><c> the</c><00:53:32.500><c> Great</c><00:53:32.719><c> Depression.</c> 00:53:33.760 --> 00:53:37.000 And<00:53:33.880><c> he</c><00:53:34.000><c> has</c><00:53:34.360><c> found</c><00:53:34.800><c> there's</c><00:53:35.119><c> a</c><00:53:35.340><c> pattern,</c><00:53:35.719><c> a</c><00:53:35.880><c> very</c><00:53:36.159><c> distinct</c><00:53:36.559><c> pattern,</c> 00:53:37.139 --> 00:53:41.139 based<00:53:37.440><c> on</c><00:53:37.739><c> the</c><00:53:38.039><c> lifespan</c><00:53:38.639><c> of</c><00:53:39.360><c> so</c><00:53:39.699><c>-called</c><00:53:39.940><c> baby</c><00:53:40.460><c> boomers,</c> 00:53:41.280 --> 00:53:44.440 people<00:53:41.579><c> born</c><00:53:41.840><c> in</c><00:53:42.000><c> the</c><00:53:42.179><c> 1950s</c><00:53:42.860><c> and</c><00:53:43.039><c> 1960s.</c> 00:53:44.440 --> 00:53:48.320 And<00:53:44.619><c> he</c><00:53:44.880><c> has</c><00:53:45.579><c> found</c><00:53:46.820><c> evidence,</c><00:53:47.679><c> strong</c><00:53:47.900><c> evidence,</c> 00:53:48.400 --> 00:53:51.219 that<00:53:48.539><c> there</c><00:53:48.760><c> will</c><00:53:48.980><c> be</c><00:53:49.199><c> a</c><00:53:49.420><c> depression</c><00:53:49.800><c> in</c><00:53:50.079><c> the</c><00:53:50.159><c> next</c><00:53:50.440><c> few</c><00:53:50.719><c> years</c> 00:53:51.219 --> 00:53:55.320 just<00:53:51.880><c> based</c><00:53:52.460><c> on</c><00:53:52.760><c> the</c><00:53:53.039><c> spending</c><00:53:53.420><c> patterns</c><00:53:53.840><c> of</c><00:53:54.039><c> the</c><00:53:54.280><c> baby</c><00:53:54.659><c> boomers,</c> 00:53:55.579 --> 00:53:57.559 regardless<00:53:56.199><c> of</c><00:53:56.420><c> anything</c><00:53:56.639><c> else.</c> 00:53:57.599 --> 00:54:00.500 And<00:53:57.940><c> what's</c><00:53:58.539><c> happening</c><00:53:58.900><c> in</c><00:53:59.360><c> the</c><00:53:59.539><c> financial</c><00:54:00.059><c> world</c> 00:54:00.500 --> 00:54:03.760 and<00:54:01.099><c> a</c><00:54:01.219><c> depression</c><00:54:01.699><c> is</c><00:54:02.139><c> almost</c><00:54:02.539><c> a</c><00:54:02.840><c> certainty.</c> 00:54:03.900 --> 00:54:08.659 In<00:54:04.079><c> 1929,</c><00:54:05.920><c> there</c><00:54:06.059><c> was</c><00:54:06.239><c> a</c><00:54:06.440><c> stock</c><00:54:06.639><c> market</c><00:54:06.920><c> collapse</c><00:54:07.340><c> in</c><00:54:07.539><c> October,</c> 00:54:08.820 --> 00:54:11.719 just<00:54:09.019><c> like</c><00:54:09.179><c> there</c><00:54:09.340><c> was</c><00:54:09.539><c> in</c><00:54:09.800><c> 2008</c><00:54:10.440><c> in</c><00:54:10.659><c> October,</c> 00:54:12.260 --> 00:54:14.199 and<00:54:12.519><c> 1987</c><00:54:13.119><c> in</c><00:54:13.639><c> October,</c> 00:54:14.400 --> 00:54:15.880 which<00:54:14.539><c> is</c><00:54:14.719><c> an</c><00:54:14.739><c> interesting</c><00:54:15.059><c> month,</c><00:54:15.420><c> by</c><00:54:15.559><c> the</c><00:54:15.719><c> way,</c> 00:54:15.920 --> 00:54:19.159 because<00:54:16.000><c> that's</c><00:54:16.320><c> the</c><00:54:16.460><c> month,</c><00:54:16.659><c> I</c><00:54:16.920><c> believe,</c><00:54:17.840><c> that</c><00:54:17.960><c> the</c><00:54:18.139><c> resurrection</c><00:54:18.579><c> will</c><00:54:18.880><c> occur.</c> 00:54:19.159 --> 00:54:21.699 Anyway,<00:54:20.119><c> that's</c><00:54:20.280><c> another</c><00:54:20.519><c> thing.</c> 00:54:22.059 --> 00:54:23.639 But<00:54:22.260><c> depressions</c><00:54:22.619><c> go</c><00:54:22.800><c> like</c><00:54:23.079><c> this.</c> 00:54:24.039 --> 00:54:25.760 In<00:54:24.519><c> 1929,</c><00:54:25.139><c> all</c><00:54:25.219><c> the</c><00:54:25.360><c> world</c><00:54:25.519><c> leaders,</c> 00:54:26.260 --> 00:54:28.480 people<00:54:26.739><c> were</c><00:54:26.920><c> jumping</c><00:54:27.159><c> out</c><00:54:27.380><c> of</c><00:54:27.480><c> buildings</c><00:54:27.760><c> in</c><00:54:27.880><c> New</c><00:54:28.159><c> York</c> 00:54:28.480 --> 00:54:31.000 selling<00:54:28.980><c> Model</c><00:54:29.300><c> T</c><00:54:29.519><c> Ford's</c><00:54:29.860><c> for</c><00:54:29.960><c> a</c><00:54:30.099><c> dollar.</c> 00:54:31.619 --> 00:54:33.719 They<00:54:31.719><c> said,</c><00:54:32.000><c> we'd</c><00:54:32.139><c> better</c><00:54:32.179><c> get</c><00:54:32.420><c> together,</c><00:54:32.820><c> so</c><00:54:32.940><c> they</c><00:54:33.019><c> got</c><00:54:33.179><c> on</c><00:54:33.460><c> ships,</c> 00:54:33.860 --> 00:54:35.559 didn't<00:54:34.039><c> have</c><00:54:34.400><c> telephones</c><00:54:34.780><c> in</c><00:54:34.960><c> those</c><00:54:35.239><c> days,</c> 00:54:35.840 --> 00:54:38.260 or<00:54:35.980><c> at</c><00:54:36.019><c> least</c><00:54:36.760><c> maybe</c><00:54:37.099><c> not</c><00:54:37.360><c> like</c><00:54:37.519><c> we</c><00:54:37.659><c> have</c><00:54:37.780><c> them</c><00:54:37.920><c> today.</c> 00:54:38.619 --> 00:54:41.300 They<00:54:38.760><c> got</c><00:54:38.920><c> on</c><00:54:39.159><c> ships</c><00:54:39.320><c> and</c><00:54:39.500><c> they</c><00:54:39.719><c> met,</c><00:54:40.139><c> and</c><00:54:40.260><c> they</c><00:54:40.460><c> made</c><00:54:40.619><c> decisions</c> 00:54:41.300 --> 00:54:48.159 which<00:54:41.880><c> guaranteed</c><00:54:42.840><c> the</c><00:54:43.079><c> depression</c><00:54:43.539><c> of</c><00:54:43.800><c> 1931,</c><00:54:45.420><c> 3031,</c><00:54:47.079><c> guaranteed</c><00:54:47.739><c> it.</c> 00:54:48.159 --> 00:54:51.260 The<00:54:48.739><c> world</c><00:54:48.960><c> leaders,</c><00:54:50.300><c> last</c><00:54:50.719><c> year,</c> 00:54:51.699 --> 00:54:54.699 after<00:54:51.960><c> the</c><00:54:52.260><c> collapse</c><00:54:52.440><c> of</c><00:54:52.619><c> the</c><00:54:52.739><c> stock</c><00:54:52.940><c> market,</c><00:54:53.719><c> got</c><00:54:53.880><c> on</c><00:54:54.039><c> the</c><00:54:54.260><c> telephones.</c> 00:54:54.800 --> 00:54:57.460 In<00:54:54.980><c> fact,</c><00:54:55.280><c> they</c><00:54:55.340><c> met</c><00:54:55.599><c> in</c><00:54:55.780><c> New</c><00:54:56.059><c> York,</c><00:54:56.340><c> remember,</c> 00:54:58.039 --> 00:55:01.500 and<00:54:58.300><c> they</c><00:54:58.460><c> made</c><00:54:58.599><c> decisions</c><00:54:59.320><c> about</c><00:54:59.820><c> what</c><00:54:59.940><c> they</c><00:55:00.159><c> would</c><00:55:00.360><c> do.</c> 00:55:01.820 --> 00:55:06.460 And<00:55:01.940><c> the</c><00:55:02.059><c> decisions</c><00:55:02.400><c> they</c><00:55:02.719><c> made</c><00:55:03.099><c> will</c><00:55:03.440><c> guarantee</c><00:55:04.760><c> a</c><00:55:05.440><c> depression.</c> 00:55:07.460 --> 00:55:09.340 Even<00:55:07.880><c> they</c><00:55:08.119><c> know</c><00:55:08.380><c> that.</c> 00:55:10.300 --> 00:55:12.039 Well,<00:55:10.500><c> what</c><00:55:10.679><c> happened?</c><00:55:11.199><c> We</c><00:55:11.380><c> know</c><00:55:11.500><c> what</c><00:55:11.780><c> happened.</c> 00:55:12.400 --> 00:55:15.699 It<00:55:12.639><c> took</c><00:55:12.780><c> them</c><00:55:12.960><c> about</c><00:55:13.280><c> 10</c><00:55:13.619><c> years</c><00:55:13.980><c> to</c><00:55:14.260><c> climb</c><00:55:14.519><c> out</c><00:55:14.800><c> of</c><00:55:14.960><c> this</c><00:55:15.159><c> depression,</c> 00:55:15.699 --> 00:55:18.559 and<00:55:16.199><c> then</c><00:55:16.420><c> only</c><00:55:16.719><c> with</c><00:55:16.920><c> a</c><00:55:17.079><c> war.</c> 00:55:19.719 --> 00:55:24.059 War<00:55:20.099><c> was</c><00:55:20.380><c> required</c><00:55:21.099><c> to</c><00:55:21.599><c> dig</c><00:55:21.880><c> the</c><00:55:22.159><c> world</c><00:55:22.599><c> out</c><00:55:23.480><c> of</c><00:55:23.659><c> depression,</c> 00:55:24.300 --> 00:55:26.760 to<00:55:24.420><c> bring</c><00:55:24.539><c> it</c><00:55:24.739><c> back</c><00:55:24.940><c> to</c><00:55:25.179><c> times</c><00:55:25.440><c> of</c><00:55:25.699><c> prosperity.</c> 00:55:27.000 --> 00:55:29.639 What<00:55:27.139><c> about</c><00:55:27.360><c> our</c><00:55:27.579><c> times?</c><00:55:28.099><c> Well,</c><00:55:28.420><c> 2008.</c> 00:55:30.639 --> 00:55:34.440 Times<00:55:30.840><c> of</c><00:55:31.179><c> prosperity</c><00:55:31.599><c> are</c><00:55:32.519><c> in</c><00:55:32.719><c> jeopardy,</c><00:55:33.139><c> you</c><00:55:33.199><c> might</c><00:55:33.460><c> say.</c> 00:55:35.019 --> 00:55:36.300 Depression's<00:55:35.579><c> coming.</c> 00:55:37.260 --> 00:55:40.840 Well,<00:55:38.340><c> we</c><00:55:38.599><c> could</c><00:55:38.719><c> go</c><00:55:38.900><c> through</c><00:55:39.059><c> the</c><00:55:39.239><c> same</c><00:55:39.460><c> cycle</c><00:55:39.820><c> again.</c> 00:55:41.340 --> 00:55:42.639 Sorry. 00:55:44.639 --> 00:55:49.340 The<00:55:44.739><c> oil</c><00:55:45.000><c> crisis</c><00:55:45.440><c> will</c><00:55:45.719><c> hit</c><00:55:46.179><c> between</c><00:55:46.699><c> 2008</c><00:55:47.440><c> and</c><00:55:47.840><c> 2012.</c> 00:55:49.760 --> 00:55:51.699 Did<00:55:49.880><c> you</c><00:55:50.000><c> know,</c><00:55:50.380><c> brethren</c><00:55:50.460><c> and</c><00:55:50.699><c> sisters</c><00:55:50.820><c> and</c><00:55:51.019><c> young</c><00:55:51.179><c> people,</c> 00:55:52.179 --> 00:55:57.599 that<00:55:52.380><c> China</c><00:55:52.840><c> will</c><00:55:53.820><c> use</c><00:55:54.260><c> as</c><00:55:54.579><c> much</c><00:55:54.860><c> oil</c><00:55:55.559><c> in</c><00:55:56.340><c> 2010,</c> 00:55:57.780 --> 00:56:00.440 which<00:55:57.980><c> happens</c><00:55:58.239><c> to</c><00:55:58.440><c> be</c><00:55:58.679><c> next</c><00:55:59.219><c> year,</c> 00:56:00.900 --> 00:56:04.559 because<00:56:01.239><c> they're</c><00:56:01.519><c> registering</c><00:56:02.059><c> 14</c><00:56:02.820><c>,000</c><00:56:03.480><c> new</c><00:56:03.860><c> motor</c><00:56:04.159><c> vehicles</c> 00:56:04.559 --> 00:56:06.460 every<00:56:05.219><c> day</c><00:56:05.780><c> in</c><00:56:06.039><c> China.</c> 00:56:06.460 --> 00:56:11.519 They<00:56:06.920><c> are</c><00:56:07.119><c> building</c><00:56:07.440><c> five</c><00:56:08.360><c> power</c><00:56:08.820><c> stations</c><00:56:09.300><c> every</c><00:56:09.780><c> week</c><00:56:10.260><c> in</c><00:56:10.539><c> China.</c> 00:56:11.579 --> 00:56:13.820 They<00:56:11.579><c> still</c><00:56:11.780><c> have</c><00:56:11.960><c> a</c><00:56:12.139><c> growth</c><00:56:12.320><c> rate</c><00:56:12.500><c> of</c><00:56:12.739><c> 8%.</c> 00:56:13.820 --> 00:56:16.219 And<00:56:13.980><c> the</c><00:56:14.179><c> experts</c><00:56:14.500><c> say,</c><00:56:14.800><c> by</c><00:56:14.960><c> the</c><00:56:15.079><c> way,</c><00:56:15.179><c> if</c><00:56:15.380><c> it</c><00:56:15.380><c> gets</c><00:56:15.579><c> to</c><00:56:15.840><c> 6%,</c> 00:56:16.219 --> 00:56:18.639 the<00:56:16.320><c> rest</c><00:56:16.539><c> of</c><00:56:16.719><c> the</c><00:56:16.719><c> world</c><00:56:16.860><c> goes</c><00:56:17.139><c> into</c><00:56:17.440><c> depression,</c> 00:56:19.920 --> 00:56:25.739 that<00:56:20.119><c> China</c><00:56:20.440><c> will</c><00:56:20.820><c> use</c><00:56:21.139><c> in</c><00:56:21.579><c> 2010</c><00:56:22.679><c> as</c><00:56:23.519><c> much</c><00:56:24.099><c> oil</c><00:56:24.639><c> as</c><00:56:25.039><c> the</c><00:56:25.360><c> rest</c> 00:56:25.739 --> 00:56:26.800 of<00:56:26.159><c> the</c><00:56:26.420><c> world,</c> 00:56:26.880 --> 00:56:31.920 including<00:56:27.659><c> China,</c><00:56:28.900><c> used</c><00:56:29.019><c> in</c><00:56:29.519><c> 2005.</c> 00:56:32.039 --> 00:56:35.440 And<00:56:32.219><c> at</c><00:56:32.340><c> the</c><00:56:32.639><c> last</c><00:56:33.019><c> discovery</c><00:56:33.599><c> of</c><00:56:33.900><c> any</c><00:56:34.219><c> major</c><00:56:34.539><c> deposit</c><00:56:35.000><c> of</c><00:56:35.219><c> oil</c> 00:56:35.440 --> 00:56:38.079 was<00:56:35.639><c> in</c><00:56:35.780><c> May</c><00:56:36.239><c> 2005.</c> 00:56:38.099 --> 00:56:40.659 But<00:56:38.119><c> the</c><00:56:38.280><c> experts</c><00:56:38.699><c> talk</c><00:56:39.079><c> about</c><00:56:39.559><c> peak</c><00:56:40.059><c> oil.</c> 00:56:40.820 --> 00:56:43.800 Peak<00:56:41.219><c> oil</c><00:56:41.559><c> was</c><00:56:41.840><c> May</c><00:56:42.420><c> 2005.</c> 00:56:44.280 --> 00:56:46.199 And<00:56:44.400><c> we</c><00:56:44.639><c> still</c><00:56:44.960><c> buy</c><00:56:45.219><c> fuel</c><00:56:45.420><c> very</c><00:56:45.840><c> cheaply.</c> 00:56:46.300 --> 00:56:49.519 In<00:56:46.340><c> America,</c><00:56:47.280><c> it</c><00:56:47.360><c> is</c><00:56:47.579><c> $2</c><00:56:48.000><c>.50</c><00:56:48.599><c> a</c><00:56:49.079><c> gallon,</c> 00:56:49.960 --> 00:56:54.699 which<00:56:50.219><c> equates</c><00:56:51.360><c> to</c><00:56:51.639><c> about</c><00:56:52.219><c> 40</c><00:56:52.940><c> cents</c><00:56:53.420><c> a</c><00:56:53.760><c> litre,</c><00:56:54.480><c> something</c> 00:56:54.699 --> 00:56:55.760 like<00:56:54.980><c> that.</c> 00:56:56.440 --> 00:57:00.519 In<00:56:56.619><c> Australia,</c><00:56:57.099><c> we</c><00:56:57.360><c> pay</c><00:56:57.699><c> a</c><00:56:57.900><c> dollar</c><00:56:58.300><c> something</c><00:56:59.179><c> a</c><00:56:59.659><c> litre,</c> 00:57:00.760 --> 00:57:02.300 like<00:57:00.980><c> you</c><00:57:01.159><c> do</c><00:57:01.280><c> in</c><00:57:01.480><c> Canada.</c> 00:57:03.039 --> 00:57:06.920 So<00:57:03.559><c> forget</c><00:57:04.079><c> about</c><00:57:04.719><c> times</c><00:57:05.059><c> of</c><00:57:05.320><c> prosperity</c><00:57:05.820><c> coming</c><00:57:06.179><c> back</c><00:57:06.659><c> like</c> 00:57:06.920 --> 00:57:07.559 they<00:57:07.119><c> did</c><00:57:07.300><c> here.</c> 00:57:07.619 --> 00:57:09.619 You<00:57:07.699><c> know</c><00:57:07.860><c> why</c><00:57:08.019><c> they</c><00:57:08.179><c> came</c><00:57:08.420><c> back</c><00:57:08.659><c> here?</c> 00:57:10.099 --> 00:57:11.400 Cheap<00:57:10.340><c> oil.</c> 00:57:12.440 --> 00:57:13.980 Cheap<00:57:12.960><c> oil.</c> 00:57:14.099 --> 00:57:15.820 Abundance<00:57:14.579><c> of</c><00:57:14.739><c> oil.</c> 00:57:16.960 --> 00:57:18.739 It's<00:57:17.039><c> not</c><00:57:17.179><c> going</c><00:57:17.320><c> to</c><00:57:17.440><c> happen</c><00:57:17.579><c> again.</c> 00:57:19.619 --> 00:57:24.239 But<00:57:19.699><c> there</c><00:57:19.840><c> will</c><00:57:20.019><c> be</c><00:57:20.219><c> a</c><00:57:20.340><c> war,</c><00:57:23.239><c> won't</c><00:57:23.400><c> there?</c> 00:57:25.000 --> 00:57:27.159 There<00:57:25.380><c> will</c><00:57:25.579><c> be</c><00:57:25.800><c> a</c><00:57:25.960><c> war.</c> 00:57:30.059 --> 00:57:33.159 And<00:57:30.460><c> there</c><00:57:30.619><c> has</c><00:57:30.900><c> to</c><00:57:31.039><c> be</c><00:57:31.219><c> prosperity</c><00:57:31.800><c> when</c><00:57:32.079><c> we</c><00:57:32.360><c> go.</c> 00:57:35.679 --> 00:57:39.440 As<00:57:35.679><c> it</c><00:57:35.880><c> was</c><00:57:36.039><c> in</c><00:57:36.199><c> the</c><00:57:36.320><c> days</c><00:57:36.519><c> of</c><00:57:36.760><c> Noah,</c><00:57:36.980><c> says</c><00:57:37.179><c> Christ</c><00:57:37.599><c> in</c><00:57:37.739><c> Luke</c><00:57:37.980><c> 17,</c><00:57:38.539><c> 26</c><00:57:39.039><c>-30,</c> 00:57:39.599 --> 00:57:41.360 well<00:57:39.760><c>-known</c><00:57:39.920><c> words</c><00:57:40.199><c> to</c><00:57:40.460><c> us,</c> 00:57:42.239 --> 00:57:44.420 so<00:57:42.559><c> shall</c><00:57:42.780><c> it</c><00:57:42.920><c> be</c><00:57:43.099><c> in</c><00:57:43.239><c> the</c><00:57:43.380><c> days</c><00:57:43.559><c> of</c><00:57:43.719><c> the</c><00:57:43.780><c> Son</c><00:57:43.980><c> of</c><00:57:44.139><c> Man.</c> 00:57:44.579 --> 00:57:46.619 They<00:57:44.760><c> did</c><00:57:44.980><c> eat,</c><00:57:45.320><c> they</c><00:57:45.519><c> drank,</c><00:57:45.800><c> they</c><00:57:45.980><c> married</c><00:57:46.239><c> wives,</c> 00:57:46.659 --> 00:57:50.099 they<00:57:46.780><c> were</c><00:57:47.000><c> given</c><00:57:47.179><c> in</c><00:57:47.460><c> marriage</c><00:57:47.880><c> until</c><00:57:48.519><c> the</c><00:57:48.800><c> day.</c> 00:57:50.599 --> 00:57:52.559 And<00:57:50.679><c> the</c><00:57:50.820><c> flood</c><00:57:50.940><c> came,</c><00:57:51.699><c> destroyed</c><00:57:52.000><c> them</c><00:57:52.239><c> all.</c> 00:57:52.940 --> 00:57:54.940 Likewise,<00:57:53.500><c> also,</c><00:57:53.659><c> as</c><00:57:53.760><c> it</c><00:57:53.900><c> was</c><00:57:54.000><c> in</c><00:57:54.139><c> the</c><00:57:54.239><c> days</c><00:57:54.420><c> of</c><00:57:54.719><c> Lot,</c> 00:57:54.940 --> 00:57:58.139 they<00:57:55.619><c> did</c><00:57:55.820><c> eat,</c><00:57:56.280><c> they</c><00:57:56.460><c> drank,</c><00:57:57.019><c> they</c><00:57:57.199><c> bought,</c><00:57:57.599><c> they</c><00:57:57.820><c> sold,</c> 00:57:58.420 --> 00:58:01.760 they<00:57:58.599><c> planted,</c><00:57:59.260><c> they</c><00:57:59.360><c> built</c><00:57:59.659><c> it</c><00:58:00.039><c> until</c><00:58:00.380><c> the</c><00:58:00.659><c> day.</c> 00:58:03.099 --> 00:58:04.559 But<00:58:03.340><c> Lot</c><00:58:03.500><c> went</c><00:58:03.659><c> out</c><00:58:03.920><c> of</c><00:58:04.059><c> Sodom,</c> 00:58:04.800 --> 00:58:08.000 and<00:58:04.880><c> it</c><00:58:05.039><c> rained</c><00:58:05.219><c> fire</c><00:58:05.460><c> and</c><00:58:05.619><c> brimstone</c><00:58:06.000><c> from</c><00:58:06.199><c> heaven</c><00:58:06.360><c> and</c><00:58:06.619><c> destroyed</c><00:58:06.860><c> them</c><00:58:07.039><c> all.</c> 00:58:08.360 --> 00:58:10.940 Even<00:58:08.760><c> thus</c><00:58:09.219><c> shall</c><00:58:09.480><c> it</c><00:58:09.619><c> be</c><00:58:09.719><c> in</c><00:58:09.880><c> the</c><00:58:10.019><c> day</c><00:58:10.179><c> when</c><00:58:10.360><c> the</c><00:58:10.519><c> Son</c><00:58:10.659><c> of</c><00:58:10.800><c> Man</c> 00:58:10.940 --> 00:58:11.420 is<00:58:11.099><c> revealed.</c> 00:58:11.860 --> 00:58:12.920 What's<00:58:12.119><c> that</c><00:58:12.400><c> telling</c><00:58:12.559><c> us?</c> 00:58:13.159 --> 00:58:16.820 It's<00:58:13.559><c> telling</c><00:58:13.679><c> us</c><00:58:14.000><c> we</c><00:58:14.179><c> will</c><00:58:14.360><c> be</c><00:58:14.599><c> taken</c><00:58:14.840><c> in</c><00:58:15.199><c> times</c><00:58:15.440><c> of</c><00:58:15.679><c> prosperity.</c> 00:58:17.760 --> 00:58:20.239 People<00:58:17.920><c> say,</c><00:58:18.239><c> oh,</c><00:58:18.300><c> but</c><00:58:18.460><c> prosperity's</c><00:58:19.159><c> gone,</c><00:58:19.900><c> has</c><00:58:20.019><c> it?</c> 00:58:20.380 --> 00:58:22.519 I've<00:58:20.599><c> been</c><00:58:20.739><c> going</c><00:58:20.840><c> to</c><00:58:20.980><c> a</c><00:58:21.099><c> few</c><00:58:21.260><c> restaurants</c><00:58:21.719><c> on</c><00:58:21.960><c> this</c><00:58:22.219><c> trip,</c> 00:58:22.519 --> 00:58:25.300 and<00:58:23.320><c> I've</c><00:58:23.639><c> walked</c><00:58:23.659><c> into</c><00:58:23.900><c> a</c><00:58:23.960><c> few</c><00:58:24.199><c> Walmarts.</c> 00:58:25.639 --> 00:58:27.880 There's<00:58:25.679><c> hardly</c><00:58:25.840><c> any</c><00:58:26.059><c> room</c><00:58:26.500><c> to</c><00:58:26.699><c> walk.</c> 00:58:28.860 --> 00:58:29.480 Restaurants<00:58:29.199><c> are</c><00:58:29.400><c> full.</c> 00:58:29.500 --> 00:58:33.639 We<00:58:29.579><c> had</c><00:58:29.699><c> to</c><00:58:29.820><c> wait</c><00:58:29.940><c> 20</c><00:58:30.239><c> minutes</c><00:58:30.860><c> in</c><00:58:31.239><c> New</c><00:58:31.519><c> Jersey</c><00:58:31.800><c> to</c><00:58:31.900><c> get</c><00:58:32.019><c> into</c><00:58:32.280><c> a</c><00:58:32.420><c> restaurant.</c> 00:58:35.139 --> 00:58:38.539 On<00:58:35.300><c> a</c><00:58:36.059><c> Wednesday,</c><00:58:36.480><c> no,</c><00:58:36.840><c> a</c><00:58:37.039><c> Thursday</c><00:58:37.360><c> night.</c> 00:58:39.480 --> 00:58:40.460 Unbelievable. 00:58:40.980 --> 00:58:43.139 So<00:58:41.139><c> they're</c><00:58:41.300><c> still</c><00:58:41.559><c> eating</c><00:58:41.820><c> and</c><00:58:42.019><c> drinking</c><00:58:42.320><c> and</c><00:58:42.559><c> buying</c><00:58:42.840><c> and</c> 00:58:43.139 --> 00:58:44.860 selling<00:58:43.320><c> and</c><00:58:43.619><c> planting</c><00:58:43.860><c> and</c><00:58:44.099><c> building.</c> 00:58:45.039 --> 00:58:46.159 Some<00:58:45.239><c> people</c><00:58:45.440><c> have</c><00:58:45.619><c> lost</c><00:58:45.739><c> their</c><00:58:45.960><c> jobs.</c> 00:58:46.260 --> 00:58:48.239 There's<00:58:46.440><c> a</c><00:58:46.599><c> tent</c><00:58:46.719><c> city</c><00:58:47.019><c> in</c><00:58:47.219><c> Las</c><00:58:47.500><c> Vegas,</c><00:58:47.860><c> you</c><00:58:48.000><c> know.</c> 00:58:48.440 --> 00:58:50.000 You<00:58:48.619><c> drive</c><00:58:48.820><c> through</c><00:58:49.019><c> North</c><00:58:49.280><c> Las</c><00:58:49.539><c> Vegas,</c> 00:58:50.000 --> 00:58:54.400 you<00:58:50.500><c> see</c><00:58:51.159><c> hundreds</c><00:58:51.780><c> and</c><00:58:52.019><c> hundreds</c><00:58:52.500><c> of</c><00:58:52.860><c> meters</c><00:58:53.460><c> of</c><00:58:54.159><c> tents,</c> 00:58:54.519 --> 00:58:56.900 two<00:58:54.739><c>-</c><00:58:54.800><c> and</c><00:58:54.960><c> three</c><00:58:55.119><c>-man</c><00:58:55.360><c> tents</c><00:58:55.780><c> because</c><00:58:56.119><c> people</c><00:58:56.420><c> in</c><00:58:56.519><c> that</c><00:58:56.739><c> city</c> 00:58:56.900 --> 00:58:57.360 are<00:58:57.139><c> suffering.</c> 00:58:57.440 --> 00:58:59.500 They've<00:58:57.659><c> lost</c><00:58:57.800><c> their</c><00:58:58.000><c> jobs,</c><00:58:58.619><c> had</c><00:58:58.699><c> to</c><00:58:58.860><c> leave</c><00:58:59.000><c> their</c><00:58:59.199><c> houses.</c> 00:58:59.659 --> 00:59:01.400 They're<00:58:59.860><c> well</c><00:59:00.059><c>-dressed</c><00:59:00.260><c> people.</c> 00:59:01.980 --> 00:59:05.340 And<00:59:02.079><c> the</c><00:59:02.519><c> city</c><00:59:02.800><c> had</c><00:59:02.960><c> to</c><00:59:03.119><c> put</c><00:59:03.360><c> toilets</c><00:59:03.760><c> there</c><00:59:04.019><c> on</c><00:59:04.199><c> the</c><00:59:04.420><c> street.</c> 00:59:05.539 --> 00:59:07.280 Not<00:59:05.760><c> quite</c><00:59:06.019><c> sure</c><00:59:06.119><c> where</c><00:59:06.219><c> they</c><00:59:06.440><c> shower.</c> 00:59:08.000 --> 00:59:11.039 But<00:59:08.099><c> you</c><00:59:08.280><c> see,</c><00:59:09.000><c> while</c><00:59:09.099><c> they</c><00:59:09.380><c> might</c><00:59:09.619><c> think</c><00:59:09.860><c> times</c><00:59:10.099><c> of</c><00:59:10.320><c> prosperity</c><00:59:10.679><c> are</c><00:59:10.880><c> gone,</c> 00:59:11.159 --> 00:59:14.400 most<00:59:11.519><c> of</c><00:59:11.699><c> us</c><00:59:12.000><c> are</c><00:59:12.280><c> still</c><00:59:12.460><c> living</c><00:59:12.719><c> in</c><00:59:12.940><c> them,</c><00:59:13.179><c> brothers</c><00:59:13.320><c> and</c><00:59:13.500><c> sisters.</c> 00:59:14.860 --> 00:59:16.920 And<00:59:15.019><c> if</c><00:59:15.099><c> you</c><00:59:15.179><c> want</c><00:59:15.340><c> extra</c><00:59:15.639><c> proof</c><00:59:16.000><c> that</c><00:59:16.099><c> we're</c><00:59:16.239><c> going</c><00:59:16.280><c> to</c><00:59:16.380><c> be</c><00:59:16.500><c> taken</c><00:59:16.699><c> in</c> 00:59:16.920 --> 00:59:18.619 times<00:59:17.119><c> of</c><00:59:17.400><c> prosperity</c><00:59:17.860><c> and</c><00:59:18.079><c> not</c><00:59:18.280><c> hardship,</c> 00:59:18.619 --> 00:59:21.920 remember<00:59:19.360><c> these</c><00:59:19.840><c> words</c><00:59:20.400><c> in</c><00:59:20.639><c> Revelation</c><00:59:21.119><c> chapter</c><00:59:21.539><c> 3.</c> 00:59:22.199 --> 00:59:25.900 In<00:59:22.199><c> the</c><00:59:22.380><c> times</c><00:59:22.760><c> of</c><00:59:23.099><c> Laodicea,</c><00:59:24.119><c> the</c><00:59:24.159><c> only</c><00:59:24.860><c> epistle,</c><00:59:25.440><c> the</c><00:59:25.579><c> only</c> 00:59:25.900 --> 00:59:27.280 letter<00:59:26.139><c> where</c><00:59:26.400><c> the</c><00:59:26.539><c> Lord</c><00:59:26.739><c> says,</c> 00:59:27.739 --> 00:59:30.440 I<00:59:27.739><c> stand</c><00:59:28.300><c> at</c><00:59:28.519><c> the</c><00:59:28.719><c> door</c><00:59:29.119><c> and</c><00:59:29.599><c> knock.</c> 00:59:30.739 --> 00:59:32.559 It's<00:59:30.920><c> the</c><00:59:31.139><c> time</c><00:59:31.460><c> when</c><00:59:31.599><c> he</c><00:59:31.739><c> comes</c><00:59:32.019><c> again.</c> 00:59:32.800 --> 00:59:35.059 The<00:59:33.019><c> times</c><00:59:33.360><c> of</c><00:59:33.679><c> Laodicea</c><00:59:34.199><c> in</c><00:59:34.400><c> the</c><00:59:34.599><c> brotherhood.</c> 00:59:35.280 --> 00:59:36.480 You<00:59:35.340><c> know</c><00:59:35.380><c> what</c><00:59:35.440><c> he</c><00:59:35.599><c> says?</c> 00:59:36.519 --> 00:59:40.820 Their<00:59:36.679><c> problem</c><00:59:37.059><c> was</c><00:59:37.500><c> rich</c><00:59:38.179><c> and</c><00:59:38.760><c> increased</c><00:59:39.119><c> with</c><00:59:39.440><c> goods,</c><00:59:40.300><c> having</c><00:59:40.360><c> need</c> 00:59:40.820 --> 00:59:42.059 of<00:59:41.159><c> nothing.</c> 00:59:42.699 --> 00:59:45.400 Prosperity<00:59:43.380><c> had</c><00:59:43.960><c> killed</c><00:59:44.179><c> them.</c> 00:59:46.519 --> 00:59:50.579 We<00:59:47.119><c> will</c><00:59:47.440><c> be</c><00:59:47.699><c> taken</c><00:59:48.179><c> in</c><00:59:48.599><c> times</c><00:59:49.159><c> of</c><00:59:49.440><c> prosperity.</c> 00:59:51.019 --> 00:59:53.679 And<00:59:51.139><c> the</c><00:59:51.239><c> Great</c><00:59:51.480><c> Depression</c><00:59:52.059><c> is</c><00:59:52.659><c> coming</c><00:59:52.860><c> when</c><00:59:53.099><c> people</c><00:59:53.420><c> will</c> 00:59:53.679 --> 00:59:57.760 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01:00:52.619 She<01:00:50.260><c> couldn't</c><01:00:50.699><c> bear</c><01:00:51.119><c> the</c><01:00:51.380><c> thought</c><01:00:51.679><c> that</c><01:00:51.960><c> she</c><01:00:52.099><c> wouldn't</c><01:00:52.340><c> be</c> 01:00:52.619 --> 01:00:53.460 home<01:00:52.820><c> the</c><01:00:52.960><c> next</c><01:00:53.280><c> night</c> 01:00:53.460 --> 01:00:57.780 to<01:00:53.679><c> watch</c><01:00:53.880><c> the</c><01:00:54.099><c> next</c><01:00:54.619><c> episode</c><01:00:55.139><c> of</c><01:00:55.599><c> her</c><01:00:55.800><c> favorite</c><01:00:56.480><c> soap</c><01:00:56.800><c> opera.</c> 01:00:59.900 --> 01:01:01.920 Couldn't<01:01:00.219><c> bear</c><01:01:00.579><c> that</c><01:01:00.880><c> thought.</c> 01:01:02.900 --> 01:01:04.460 Couldn't<01:01:03.099><c> leave</c><01:01:03.280><c> it</c><01:01:03.500><c> behind.</c> 01:01:04.519 --> 01:01:07.800 The<01:01:04.719><c> implements,</c><01:01:05.920><c> the</c><01:01:06.139><c> equipment,</c><01:01:06.599><c> 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01:01:20.960 This<01:01:19.159><c> is</c><01:01:19.280><c> Robboham's</c><01:01:19.860><c> translation.</c> 01:01:21.099 --> 01:01:24.099 But<01:01:21.139><c> there</c><01:01:21.400><c> is</c><01:01:21.539><c> one</c><01:01:21.820><c> thing</c><01:01:22.039><c> ye</c><01:01:22.300><c> know,</c><01:01:22.780><c> that</c><01:01:22.880><c> if</c><01:01:23.000><c> the</c><01:01:23.239><c> householder</c><01:01:23.760><c> had</c><01:01:23.880><c> known</c> 01:01:24.099 --> 01:01:26.780 in<01:01:24.320><c> what</c><01:01:24.519><c> watch</c><01:01:24.780><c> the</c><01:01:25.059><c> thief</c><01:01:25.199><c> was</c><01:01:25.480><c> coming,</c><01:01:25.719><c> he</c><01:01:25.940><c> would</c><01:01:26.199><c> have</c><01:01:26.420><c> been</c><01:01:26.559><c> on</c> 01:01:26.780 --> 01:01:27.980 the<01:01:27.000><c> alert</c> 01:01:28.559 --> 01:01:31.739 and<01:01:29.000><c> not</c><01:01:29.199><c> have</c><01:01:29.440><c> suffered</c><01:01:29.599><c> his</c><01:01:29.920><c> house</c><01:01:30.139><c> to</c><01:01:30.340><c> be</c><01:01:30.500><c> dug</c><01:01:30.679><c> through.</c> 01:01:31.760 --> 01:01:34.380 Wherefore<01:01:32.199><c> ye</c><01:01:32.460><c> also</c><01:01:32.739><c> be</c><01:01:33.059><c> getting</c><01:01:33.280><c> ready,</c><01:01:33.699><c> because</c><01:01:33.880><c> in</c><01:01:34.139><c> what</c> 01:01:34.380 --> 01:01:35.860 hour<01:01:34.619><c> ye</c><01:01:34.800><c> are</c><01:01:35.000><c> not</c><01:01:35.380><c> thinking,</c> 01:01:35.860 --> 01:01:39.099 the<01:01:36.739><c> son</c><01:01:36.980><c> of</c><01:01:37.159><c> man</c><01:01:37.440><c> doth</c><01:01:37.619><c> come.</c> 01:01:39.159 --> 01:01:43.099 Remember,<01:01:40.360><c> Lot's</c><01:01:40.599><c> wife</c><01:01:41.099><c> was</c><01:01:41.500><c> his</c><01:01:41.760><c> exhortation.</c> 01:01:43.500 --> 01:01:48.260 Five<01:01:43.780><c> times</c><01:01:44.400><c> in</c><01:01:44.619><c> Luke</c><01:01:44.860><c> 17</c><01:01:45.260><c> 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