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and</c><00:24:14.950><c> he</c><00:24:15.069><c> was</c><00:24:15.250><c> told</c><00:24:15.430><c> it</c><00:24:16.089><c> will</c><00:24:16.250><c> be</c><00:24:16.569><c> sealed</c><00:24:16.890><c> until</c><00:24:17.410><c> the</c> 00:24:17.630 --> 00:24:18.990 one<00:24:17.750><c> who's</c><00:24:18.009><c> worthy</c><00:24:18.269><c> to</c><00:24:18.490><c> loosen</c><00:24:18.710><c> the</c> 00:24:18.990 --> 00:24:24.710 seals<00:24:19.230><c> comes</c><00:24:19.569><c> along.</c><00:24:20.650><c> And</c><00:24:21.170><c> in</c><00:24:21.970><c> 96</c><00:24:22.410><c> when</c><00:24:22.650><c> Christ</c><00:24:22.950><c> appeared</c><00:24:23.450><c> to</c> 00:24:24.710 --> 00:24:28.849 John,<00:24:26.950><c> he</c><00:24:27.150><c> began</c><00:24:27.390><c> to</c><00:24:27.609><c> loosen</c><00:24:27.809><c> the</c><00:24:28.089><c> seals.</c> 00:24:30.089 --> 00:24:33.269 So<00:24:30.329><c> the</c><00:24:30.490><c> progression</c><00:24:30.789><c> of</c><00:24:30.970><c> the</c><00:24:31.130><c> beast</c><00:24:31.490><c> that</c><00:24:32.509><c> we'll</c><00:24:32.829><c> see</c><00:24:32.930><c> in</c><00:24:33.069><c> the</c> 00:24:33.269 --> 00:24:35.130 seals<00:24:33.490><c> here</c><00:24:33.789><c> started</c><00:24:34.029><c> with</c><00:24:34.250><c> the</c><00:24:34.430><c> Babylonian</c> 00:24:35.150 --> 00:24:37.890 lion.<00:24:35.930><c> And</c><00:24:36.089><c> we've</c><00:24:36.329><c> seen</c><00:24:36.430><c> the</c><00:24:36.609><c> same</c><00:24:36.789><c> progression,</c><00:24:37.390><c> the</c><00:24:37.670><c> image</c> 00:24:37.890 --> 00:24:40.710 of<00:24:38.049><c> gold,</c><00:24:38.369><c> you</c><00:24:38.369><c> know,</c><00:24:39.170><c> with</c><00:24:39.170><c> the</c><00:24:39.289><c> head</c><00:24:39.509><c> of</c><00:24:39.690><c> gold,</c> 00:24:41.470 --> 00:24:46.349 shoulders<00:24:41.950><c> of</c><00:24:42.430><c> silver,</c><00:24:43.089><c> belly</c><00:24:43.329><c> and</c><00:24:43.549><c> thighs</c><00:24:43.710><c> of</c><00:24:43.950><c> brass,</c><00:24:44.210><c> and</c><00:24:44.349><c> then</c><00:24:44.509><c> the</c><00:24:44.630><c> two</c><00:24:44.789><c> legs</c><00:24:45.009><c> of</c><00:24:45.230><c> iron,</c><00:24:46.190><c> i</c> 00:24:46.349 --> 00:24:48.849 .e.<00:24:46.809><c> head</c><00:24:47.289><c> Babylon,</c> 00:24:49.069 --> 00:24:52.430 Medes<00:24:49.210><c> and</c><00:24:49.369><c> Persians,</c><00:24:50.609><c> Greek,</c><00:24:51.329><c> Roman</c><00:24:51.609><c> Empire</c><00:24:51.970><c> that</c><00:24:52.210><c> split</c> 00:24:52.430 --> 00:24:55.210 into<00:24:53.470><c> two</c><00:24:54.309><c> branches.</c> 00:24:57.230 --> 00:25:03.190 We<00:24:57.529><c> all</c><00:24:57.769><c> know</c><00:24:57.910><c> that</c><00:24:58.109><c> the</c><00:24:58.269><c> Medes</c><00:24:58.890><c> came</c><00:24:59.130><c> from</c><00:24:59.529><c> Scythia</c><00:24:59.930><c> up</c><00:25:00.190><c> on</c><00:25:00.569><c> the</c><00:25:00.809><c> Black</c><00:25:01.069><c> Sea</c><00:25:01.230><c> area.</c><00:25:02.190><c> And</c><00:25:02.430><c> what</c><00:25:02.750><c> nation</c><00:25:03.009><c> do</c> 00:25:03.190 --> 00:25:03.589 we<00:25:03.329><c> know</c> 00:25:03.589 --> 00:25:06.369 comes<00:25:03.970><c> from</c><00:25:04.210><c> that</c><00:25:04.349><c> area</c><00:25:04.589><c> that</c><00:25:04.809><c> today</c><00:25:05.069><c> has</c><00:25:05.509><c> as</c><00:25:05.730><c> its</c><00:25:05.890><c> symbol</c><00:25:06.150><c> a</c> 00:25:06.369 --> 00:25:10.470 bear?<00:25:08.730><c> Our</c><00:25:08.970><c> buddies,</c><00:25:09.390><c> the</c><00:25:09.569><c> Russians,</c><00:25:09.890><c> we're</c><00:25:10.210><c> good</c> 00:25:10.470 --> 00:25:16.549 friends<00:25:10.710><c> with</c><00:25:10.849><c> them</c><00:25:10.990><c> now,</c><00:25:11.230><c> aren't</c><00:25:11.390><c> we?</c><00:25:12.309><c> We're</c><00:25:12.670><c> close.</c><00:25:15.910><c> 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seven</c><00:25:57.890><c> heads</c><00:25:58.269><c> are</c><00:25:58.710><c> symbolic</c><00:25:59.170><c> of</c><00:25:59.329><c> the</c><00:25:59.549><c> seven</c> 00:25:59.769 --> 00:26:01.490 phases<00:26:00.089><c> of</c><00:26:00.329><c> the</c><00:26:00.410><c> Roman</c><00:26:00.710><c> government.</c><00:26:01.170><c> They</c><00:26:01.309><c> went</c> 00:26:01.490 --> 00:26:05.750 through<00:26:02.109><c> different</c><00:26:02.589><c> phases.</c><00:26:03.250><c> And</c><00:26:03.430><c> the</c><00:26:03.630><c> sixth</c><00:26:04.349><c> phase</c><00:26:04.730><c> was</c><00:26:05.130><c> the</c> 00:26:05.750 --> 00:26:09.849 head<00:26:06.190><c> of</c><00:26:06.309><c> the,</c><00:26:06.789><c> when</c><00:26:06.950><c> he</c><00:26:07.710><c> was</c><00:26:07.950><c> in</c><00:26:08.990><c> existence</c><00:26:09.450><c> at</c><00:26:09.670><c> the</c> 00:26:09.849 --> 00:26:12.990 time<00:26:10.049><c> when</c><00:26:10.230><c> the</c><00:26:10.509><c> emperors</c><00:26:10.789><c> were</c><00:26:11.009><c> ruling</c><00:26:11.230><c> Rome.</c><00:26:12.109><c> The</c><00:26:12.289><c> ten</c><00:26:12.450><c> crowns</c><00:26:12.829><c> are</c> 00:26:12.990 --> 00:26:14.890 symbolic<00:26:13.410><c> of</c><00:26:13.609><c> the</c><00:26:13.769><c> ten,</c><00:26:13.990><c> various</c><00:26:14.289><c> ten</c><00:26:14.509><c> nations</c> 00:26:14.890 --> 00:26:18.170 and<00:26:15.009><c> that</c><00:26:15.210><c> will</c><00:26:15.410><c> appear,</c><00:26:16.069><c> and</c><00:26:16.509><c> that</c><00:26:16.650><c> will</c><00:26:16.890><c> appear</c><00:26:17.230><c> throughout.</c><00:26:17.829><c> So</c><00:26:17.990><c> we're</c> 00:26:18.170 --> 00:26:19.529 learning<00:26:18.430><c> who</c><00:26:18.630><c> the</c><00:26:18.769><c> red</c><00:26:19.009><c> dragon</c><00:26:19.309><c> is.</c> 00:26:19.549 --> 00:26:22.049 That's<00:26:19.769><c> where</c><00:26:19.910><c> we're</c><00:26:20.109><c> at.</c><00:26:20.230><c> So</c><00:26:20.369><c> we</c><00:26:20.430><c> don't</c><00:26:20.549><c> get</c><00:26:20.750><c> lost.</c><00:26:21.150><c> We're</c><00:26:21.250><c> learning</c><00:26:21.569><c> who</c><00:26:21.789><c> is</c> 00:26:22.049 --> 00:26:22.890 the<00:26:22.170><c> great</c><00:26:22.309><c> red</c><00:26:22.549><c> dragon.</c> 00:26:22.890 --> 00:26:27.289 The<00:26:23.630><c> answer</c><00:26:23.910><c> is</c><00:26:24.230><c> the</c><00:26:24.390><c> Roman</c><00:26:24.650><c> Empire.</c><00:26:26.049><c> Babylonians,</c><00:26:27.069><c> Medes</c> 00:26:27.289 --> 00:26:31.329 and<00:26:27.410><c> Persians,</c><00:26:28.089><c> Greeks,</c><00:26:29.190><c> leg</c><00:26:29.329><c> split</c><00:26:29.589><c> off,</c><00:26:30.049><c> Roman</c><00:26:30.329><c> Empire.</c> 00:26:34.650 --> 00:26:37.569 The<00:26:34.829><c> various</c><00:26:35.190><c> phases</c><00:26:35.569><c> that</c><00:26:36.029><c> the</c><00:26:36.529><c> Roman</c><00:26:36.750><c> government</c><00:26:37.150><c> evolved</c> 00:26:37.569 --> 00:26:39.470 through<00:26:37.829><c> from</c><00:26:38.170><c> historically</c><00:26:38.569><c> from</c><00:26:39.130><c> about</c> 00:26:39.470 --> 00:26:44.109 300<00:26:39.750><c> BC</c><00:26:40.150><c> up</c><00:26:40.490><c> till</c><00:26:41.250><c> regal</c><00:26:41.869><c> councilor</c><00:26:42.430><c> dictatorial.</c><00:26:43.509><c> I</c><00:26:43.650><c> can</c><00:26:43.730><c> never</c><00:26:43.910><c> say</c> 00:26:44.109 --> 00:26:47.210 that<00:26:44.269><c> word.</c><00:26:44.970><c> That's</c><00:26:45.190><c> some</c><00:26:45.430><c> virulent</c><00:26:46.390><c> ten</c> 00:26:47.690 --> 00:26:51.750 tribune<00:26:48.329><c> head.</c><00:26:48.789><c> Finally,</c><00:26:49.150><c> the</c><00:26:49.329><c> imperial</c><00:26:49.569><c> head.</c><00:26:49.869><c> And</c><00:26:50.049><c> the</c><00:26:50.170><c> imperial</c><00:26:50.490><c> Roman</c><00:26:51.029><c> government</c><00:26:51.529><c> was</c> 00:26:51.750 --> 00:26:52.369 the<00:26:51.950><c> government</c><00:26:52.210><c> that</c> 00:26:52.369 --> 00:26:55.170 was<00:26:52.549><c> in</c><00:26:52.650><c> existence</c><00:26:53.049><c> at</c><00:26:53.289><c> the</c><00:26:53.410><c> time</c><00:26:53.589><c> that</c><00:26:53.730><c> we're</c><00:26:53.950><c> interested</c><00:26:54.269><c> in</c><00:26:54.470><c> here.</c> 00:26:58.410 --> 00:27:01.529 Wouldn't<00:26:58.549><c> want</c><00:26:58.710><c> to</c><00:26:58.809><c> meet</c><00:26:58.910><c> him</c><00:26:59.130><c> at</c><00:26:59.509><c> night</c><00:26:59.650><c> in</c><00:26:59.809><c> a</c><00:26:59.930><c> dark</c><00:27:00.150><c> alley</c><00:27:00.410><c> or</c> 00:27:01.529 --> 00:27:03.569 crocodile<00:27:01.930><c> dundee</c><00:27:02.450><c> notwithstanding.</c><00:27:03.230><c> I</c><00:27:03.369><c> wouldn't</c> 00:27:03.569 --> 00:27:07.450 want<00:27:03.690><c> to</c><00:27:03.809><c> deal</c><00:27:03.910><c> with</c><00:27:04.069><c> that</c><00:27:04.269><c> guy.</c><00:27:05.950><c> So</c><00:27:06.349><c> we're</c><00:27:06.769><c> now</c><00:27:06.910><c> to</c><00:27:07.049><c> the</c><00:27:07.250><c> phase</c> 00:27:07.450 --> 00:27:09.269 of<00:27:07.630><c> where</c><00:27:07.710><c> we're</c><00:27:07.890><c> going</c><00:27:08.029><c> to</c><00:27:08.269><c> open</c><00:27:08.390><c> the</c><00:27:08.650><c> seven</c><00:27:08.930><c> seals.</c> 00:27:09.470 --> 00:27:19.430 So<00:27:09.809><c> remember,</c><00:27:10.589><c> as</c><00:27:12.890><c> we</c><00:27:13.089><c> do</c><00:27:13.250><c> the</c><00:27:13.430><c> seals,</c><00:27:14.170><c> there</c><00:27:14.170><c> are,</c><00:27:15.450><c> the</c><00:27:15.650><c> six</c><00:27:15.829><c> seals</c><00:27:16.109><c> are</c><00:27:16.369><c> open</c><00:27:16.549><c> and</c><00:27:16.890><c> each</c><00:27:17.289><c> seal</c><00:27:17.730><c> relates</c><00:27:18.150><c> to</c><00:27:18.369><c> a</c><00:27:18.569><c> specific</c> 00:27:19.710 --> 00:27:22.950 event<00:27:20.130><c> that</c><00:27:20.309><c> can</c><00:27:20.529><c> be</c><00:27:20.769><c> tied</c><00:27:20.950><c> to</c><00:27:21.109><c> a</c><00:27:21.289><c> historical</c><00:27:21.630><c> event.</c><00:27:22.569><c> And</c><00:27:22.710><c> the</c> 00:27:22.950 --> 00:27:25.769 seventh<00:27:23.170><c> seal</c><00:27:23.490><c> opens</c><00:27:23.829><c> up</c><00:27:24.069><c> to</c><00:27:24.210><c> seven</c><00:27:24.509><c> trumpets.</c><00:27:24.990><c> Again,</c> 00:27:25.910 --> 00:27:29.349 seven<00:27:26.210><c> trumpets.</c><00:27:26.730><c> The</c><00:27:26.769><c> first</c><00:27:26.970><c> six</c><00:27:27.250><c> trumpets</c><00:27:27.609><c> relate</c><00:27:27.910><c> to</c><00:27:28.109><c> specific</c><00:27:28.549><c> events.</c><00:27:29.130><c> We'll</c><00:27:29.150><c> see.</c> 00:27:29.470 --> 00:27:30.049 And<00:27:29.529><c> then</c><00:27:29.670><c> the</c><00:27:29.869><c> seventh</c> 00:27:30.049 --> 00:27:33.630 trumpet<00:27:30.349><c> opens</c><00:27:30.650><c> up</c><00:27:30.910><c> the</c><00:27:31.069><c> vials</c><00:27:31.390><c> of</c><00:27:31.569><c> wrath.</c><00:27:32.490><c> And</c><00:27:32.609><c> the</c><00:27:32.809><c> seven</c><00:27:33.089><c> vials</c><00:27:33.450><c> of</c> 00:27:33.630 --> 00:27:35.630 wrath,<00:27:33.789><c> same</c><00:27:34.009><c> story.</c><00:27:34.549><c> Each</c><00:27:34.890><c> one</c><00:27:35.130><c> of</c><00:27:35.250><c> the</c><00:27:35.369><c> first</c> 00:27:35.630 --> 00:27:38.210 six<00:27:36.009><c> relates</c><00:27:36.410><c> to</c><00:27:36.690><c> specific</c><00:27:37.130><c> events.</c><00:27:37.470><c> And</c><00:27:37.630><c> the</c><00:27:37.849><c> seventh</c><00:27:38.049><c> one</c> 00:27:38.210 --> 00:27:40.970 opens<00:27:38.490><c> up</c><00:27:38.730><c> the</c><00:27:38.930><c> thunders.</c><00:27:40.029><c> But</c><00:27:40.230><c> the</c><00:27:40.430><c> thunders</c><00:27:40.750><c> is</c> 00:27:40.970 --> 00:27:42.890 the<00:27:41.130><c> time</c><00:27:41.269><c> of</c><00:27:41.430><c> the</c><00:27:41.529><c> great</c><00:27:41.690><c> earthquake</c><00:27:42.069><c> and</c><00:27:42.230><c> the</c><00:27:42.390><c> time</c><00:27:42.549><c> of</c><00:27:42.710><c> the</c> 00:27:42.890 --> 00:27:45.210 end.<00:27:43.490><c> And</c><00:27:43.670><c> God</c><00:27:43.890><c> says,</c><00:27:44.450><c> you</c><00:27:44.509><c> don't</c><00:27:44.670><c> want</c><00:27:44.769><c> to</c><00:27:44.890><c> look</c><00:27:45.029><c> at</c> 00:27:45.210 --> 00:27:48.990 so<00:27:45.829><c> therefore</c><00:27:46.210><c> the</c><00:27:46.769><c> thunders</c><00:27:47.109><c> are</c><00:27:47.309><c> not</c><00:27:47.509><c> shown</c><00:27:47.710><c> to</c><00:27:47.930><c> us</c><00:27:48.089><c> yet,</c><00:27:48.549><c> except</c><00:27:48.769><c> to</c> 00:27:48.990 --> 00:27:51.849 say<00:27:49.309><c> that</c><00:27:49.849><c> it</c><00:27:49.930><c> will</c><00:27:50.130><c> be</c><00:27:50.329><c> significant.</c><00:27:51.849><c> So</c> 00:27:51.849 --> 00:27:57.849 we'll<00:27:52.650><c> look</c><00:27:52.789><c> at</c><00:27:52.970><c> seals,</c><00:27:55.029><c> trumpets,</c><00:27:55.809><c> vials</c><00:27:56.089><c> and</c><00:27:56.670><c> thunders.</c> 00:27:59.670 --> 00:28:04.150 Where<00:28:00.049><c> are</c><00:28:00.390><c> you?</c><00:28:00.769><c> Your</c><00:28:00.990><c> turn.</c><00:28:02.589><c> Oh,</c><00:28:02.970><c> hang</c><00:28:03.130><c> on.</c><00:28:03.690><c> Ahead</c><00:28:03.910><c> of</c><00:28:04.029><c> the</c> 00:28:04.150 --> 00:28:05.049 story<00:28:04.269><c> here.</c> 00:28:08.829 --> 00:28:12.490 The<00:28:09.390><c> first</c><00:28:09.690><c> four</c><00:28:09.950><c> seals</c><00:28:10.309><c> deal</c><00:28:10.769><c> with</c><00:28:10.970><c> the</c><00:28:11.130><c> four</c><00:28:11.950><c> horsemen</c><00:28:12.369><c> and</c> 00:28:12.490 --> 00:28:14.890 each<00:28:12.750><c> horse</c><00:28:12.970><c> represents</c><00:28:13.450><c> a</c><00:28:13.730><c> different</c><00:28:13.910><c> symbol.</c> 00:28:14.950 --> 00:28:20.509 White,<00:28:15.529><c> red,</c><00:28:15.970><c> black</c><00:28:16.309><c> and</c><00:28:16.990><c> pale</c><00:28:17.930><c> are</c><00:28:18.309><c> death.</c><00:28:19.950><c> I</c><00:28:20.029><c> got</c><00:28:20.210><c> ahead</c><00:28:20.390><c> of</c> 00:28:20.509 --> 00:28:23.710 my<00:28:20.690><c> story.</c><00:28:21.529><c> Sorry.</c><00:28:22.710><c> Coins</c><00:28:22.970><c> are</c><00:28:23.190><c> used</c><00:28:23.369><c> a</c><00:28:23.569><c> lot</c> 00:28:23.710 --> 00:28:25.910 because<00:28:24.069><c> they</c><00:28:24.230><c> were</c><00:28:24.369><c> really</c><00:28:24.609><c> good</c><00:28:24.789><c> archaeological</c><00:28:25.410><c> evidence</c> 00:28:25.910 --> 00:28:28.529 of<00:28:26.089><c> when</c><00:28:26.309><c> something</c><00:28:26.630><c> happened.</c><00:28:27.890><c> A</c><00:28:28.089><c> coin</c><00:28:28.150><c> is</c> 00:28:28.529 --> 00:28:32.869 metallic.<00:28:29.609><c> It's</c><00:28:30.029><c> symbolic.</c><00:28:30.509><c> You</c><00:28:30.630><c> can</c><00:28:30.869><c> strike</c><00:28:31.109><c> it.</c><00:28:31.329><c> You</c><00:28:31.410><c> can</c><00:28:31.569><c> dig</c><00:28:31.650><c> it</c><00:28:31.750><c> up</c><00:28:31.890><c> and</c><00:28:32.069><c> find</c><00:28:32.210><c> it</c><00:28:32.730><c> a</c> 00:28:32.869 --> 00:28:34.329 few<00:28:32.970><c> years</c><00:28:33.210><c> later</c><00:28:33.509><c> and</c> 00:28:34.329 --> 00:28:39.150 then<00:28:34.549><c> it'll</c><00:28:35.369><c> tell</c><00:28:35.549><c> you</c><00:28:36.569><c> what</c><00:28:36.809><c> transpired</c><00:28:37.670><c> at</c><00:28:37.809><c> a</c><00:28:37.869><c> certain</c><00:28:38.029><c> time.</c><00:28:38.910><c> All</c> 00:28:39.150 --> 00:28:40.450 the<00:28:39.329><c> emperors,</c><00:28:39.589><c> when</c><00:28:39.690><c> they</c><00:28:39.849><c> got</c><00:28:39.990><c> to</c><00:28:40.109><c> be</c><00:28:40.250><c> emperors,</c> 00:28:40.450 --> 00:28:44.529 had<00:28:40.650><c> a</c><00:28:40.890><c> coin</c><00:28:41.069><c> struck</c><00:28:41.450><c> and</c><00:28:42.190><c> that</c><00:28:43.069><c> was</c><00:28:43.329><c> a</c><00:28:43.430><c> good</c><00:28:43.549><c> way</c><00:28:43.750><c> to</c><00:28:44.250><c> preserve</c> 00:28:44.529 --> 00:28:49.150 history.<00:28:47.690><c> As</c><00:28:47.930><c> you</c><00:28:48.089><c> can</c><00:28:48.250><c> see,</c><00:28:48.490><c> the</c><00:28:48.650><c> Romans</c><00:28:48.869><c> used</c> 00:28:49.150 --> 00:28:52.210 the<00:28:49.369><c> horse</c><00:28:49.650><c> quite</c><00:28:50.210><c> a</c><00:28:50.349><c> bit</c><00:28:50.470><c> because</c><00:28:50.769><c> it</c><00:28:50.869><c> was</c><00:28:51.009><c> their</c><00:28:51.210><c> mode</c><00:28:51.369><c> of</c><00:28:51.650><c> transportation.</c><00:28:52.210><c> It</c> 00:28:52.210 --> 00:28:53.769 was<00:28:52.329><c> how</c><00:28:52.450><c> they</c><00:28:52.589><c> got</c><00:28:52.769><c> from</c><00:28:53.269><c> here</c><00:28:53.609><c> to</c> 00:28:53.769 --> 00:29:00.730 there.<00:28:55.049><c> And</c><00:28:55.150><c> the</c><00:28:56.029><c> coin</c><00:28:56.230><c> showed</c><00:28:56.490><c> that</c><00:28:56.690><c> the</c><00:28:56.869><c> horse</c><00:28:57.109><c> was</c><00:28:58.430><c> identified</c><00:29:00.349><c> very</c> 00:29:00.730 --> 00:29:02.410 much<00:29:00.910><c> with</c><00:29:01.109><c> the</c><00:29:01.250><c> Roman</c><00:29:01.450><c> empire.</c> 00:29:03.130 --> 00:29:06.490 So<00:29:03.509><c> we're</c><00:29:03.910><c> going</c><00:29:03.990><c> to</c><00:29:04.009><c> look</c><00:29:04.170><c> at</c><00:29:04.289><c> the</c><00:29:04.430><c> first</c><00:29:04.670><c> horse</c><00:29:05.049><c> and</c><00:29:06.150><c> now</c><00:29:06.369><c> we</c> 00:29:06.490 --> 00:29:07.950 get<00:29:06.609><c> to</c><00:29:06.789><c> read.</c><00:29:07.150><c> Sorry.</c> 00:29:08.430 --> 00:29:12.190 And<00:29:09.029><c> I</c><00:29:09.329><c> saw</c><00:29:09.630><c> when</c><00:29:09.829><c> the</c><00:29:10.049><c> lamb</c><00:29:10.250><c> opened</c><00:29:10.710><c> one</c><00:29:10.930><c> of</c><00:29:11.109><c> the</c><00:29:11.289><c> seals</c><00:29:11.650><c> and</c><00:29:11.950><c> I</c> 00:29:12.190 --> 00:29:14.809 heard<00:29:12.670><c> the</c><00:29:13.009><c> noise</c><00:29:13.549><c> of</c><00:29:13.869><c> thunder.</c> 00:29:14.990 --> 00:29:19.789 One<00:29:15.170><c> of</c><00:29:15.289><c> the</c><00:29:15.490><c> four</c><00:29:15.730><c> beasts</c><00:29:15.970><c> saying,</c><00:29:16.769><c> come</c><00:29:16.829><c> and</c><00:29:17.130><c> see.</c><00:29:17.950><c> And</c><00:29:18.250><c> I</c><00:29:18.569><c> saw</c><00:29:18.930><c> and</c><00:29:19.230><c> behold</c><00:29:19.609><c> a</c> 00:29:19.789 --> 00:29:22.309 white<00:29:20.089><c> horse</c><00:29:20.589><c> and</c><00:29:21.390><c> he</c><00:29:21.609><c> that</c><00:29:21.890><c> sat</c><00:29:22.049><c> on</c> 00:29:22.309 --> 00:29:26.049 him<00:29:22.490><c> had</c><00:29:22.730><c> a</c><00:29:22.910><c> bow</c><00:29:23.210><c> and</c><00:29:23.589><c> a</c><00:29:23.750><c> crown</c><00:29:23.970><c> was</c><00:29:24.250><c> given</c><00:29:24.470><c> unto</c><00:29:24.769><c> him</c><00:29:25.390><c> and</c><00:29:25.890><c> he</c> 00:29:26.049 --> 00:29:28.869 went<00:29:26.289><c> forth</c><00:29:26.690><c> conquering</c><00:29:27.430><c> and</c><00:29:27.769><c> to</c><00:29:28.029><c> conquer.</c> 00:29:30.829 --> 00:29:33.990 It<00:29:31.430><c> was</c><00:29:31.650><c> a</c><00:29:31.809><c> time</c><00:29:31.970><c> of</c><00:29:32.269><c> relative</c><00:29:32.569><c> political</c><00:29:33.170><c> stability</c><00:29:33.650><c> for</c><00:29:33.849><c> the</c> 00:29:33.990 --> 00:29:34.670 Roman<00:29:34.190><c> empire.</c> 00:29:34.670 --> 00:29:37.569 Remember,<00:29:35.509><c> we're</c><00:29:35.670><c> looking</c><00:29:35.950><c> at</c><00:29:36.109><c> the</c><00:29:36.309><c> period</c><00:29:36.490><c> from</c><00:29:36.710><c> about</c><00:29:37.029><c> 96</c> 00:29:37.569 --> 00:29:40.529 to<00:29:37.789><c> around</c><00:29:38.150><c> 300</c><00:29:38.509><c> AD</c><00:29:38.849><c> right</c><00:29:39.150><c> now</c><00:29:39.430><c> and</c> 00:29:42.569 --> 00:29:45.390 they<00:29:43.109><c> thoughtfully</c><00:29:43.650><c> provided</c><00:29:44.309><c> us</c><00:29:44.529><c> with</c><00:29:44.769><c> coins</c><00:29:45.009><c> so</c><00:29:45.230><c> that</c><00:29:45.329><c> we</c> 00:29:45.390 --> 00:29:47.799 can<00:29:45.589><c> trace</c><00:29:45.829><c> which</c><00:29:46.089><c> emperor</c><00:29:46.430><c> and</c><00:29:46.650><c> when</c><00:29:46.769><c> they</c><00:29:47.029><c> served.</c> 00:29:53.930 --> 00:29:57.549 A<00:29:54.269><c> time</c><00:29:54.549><c> of</c><00:29:55.829><c> quite</c><00:29:56.029><c> signifying</c><00:29:56.650><c> that</c><00:29:56.869><c> things</c><00:29:57.069><c> were</c><00:29:57.269><c> working</c> 00:29:57.549 --> 00:29:59.170 well<00:29:57.829><c> for</c><00:29:57.990><c> the</c><00:29:58.069><c> Roman</c><00:29:58.329><c> empire.</c> 00:29:59.349 --> 00:30:03.490 Their<00:29:59.890><c> economy</c><00:30:00.269><c> was</c><00:30:00.470><c> healthy</c><00:30:00.809><c> and</c><00:30:01.490><c> things</c><00:30:02.670><c> were</c><00:30:02.869><c> going</c><00:30:02.970><c> rather</c><00:30:03.309><c> well</c> 00:30:03.490 --> 00:30:04.630 for<00:30:03.730><c> them.</c> 00:30:06.250 --> 00:30:12.289 The<00:30:07.250><c> second</c><00:30:07.630><c> seals</c><00:30:08.210><c> ushers</c><00:30:10.150><c> in</c><00:30:10.309><c> a</c><00:30:10.430><c> different</c><00:30:10.650><c> period.</c><00:30:11.650><c> Your</c><00:30:11.750><c> turn.</c> 00:30:12.289 --> 00:30:14.970 And<00:30:12.589><c> when</c><00:30:12.769><c> he</c><00:30:12.950><c> had</c><00:30:13.089><c> opened</c><00:30:13.369><c> the</c><00:30:13.630><c> second</c><00:30:13.950><c> seal</c><00:30:14.230><c> I</c><00:30:14.450><c> heard</c><00:30:14.670><c> the</c> 00:30:14.970 --> 00:30:17.269 second<00:30:15.210><c> beast</c><00:30:15.430><c> say,</c><00:30:16.170><c> come</c><00:30:16.269><c> and</c><00:30:16.549><c> see.</c> 00:30:17.289 --> 00:30:21.369 And<00:30:17.470><c> there</c><00:30:17.650><c> went</c><00:30:17.849><c> out</c><00:30:18.349><c> another</c><00:30:19.089><c> horse</c><00:30:19.430><c> that</c><00:30:19.650><c> was</c><00:30:19.950><c> red</c><00:30:20.170><c> and</c><00:30:20.710><c> power</c><00:30:21.089><c> was</c> 00:30:21.369 --> 00:30:23.410 given<00:30:21.549><c> to</c><00:30:21.750><c> him</c><00:30:22.009><c> that</c><00:30:22.309><c> sat</c><00:30:22.549><c> around</c><00:30:22.930><c> to</c><00:30:23.210><c> take</c> 00:30:23.410 --> 00:30:28.910 peace<00:30:23.769><c> from</c><00:30:23.990><c> the</c><00:30:24.230><c> earth</c><00:30:24.509><c> and</c><00:30:25.190><c> that</c><00:30:25.369><c> they</c><00:30:25.609><c> should</c><00:30:25.849><c> kill</c><00:30:26.190><c> one</c><00:30:26.430><c> another</c><00:30:26.829><c> and</c><00:30:27.210><c> they</c><00:30:27.369><c> were</c><00:30:27.609><c> given</c><00:30:27.930><c> unto</c><00:30:28.289><c> him</c><00:30:28.690><c> a</c> 00:30:28.910 --> 00:30:30.210 great<00:30:29.210><c> sword.</c> 00:30:32.130 --> 00:30:35.430 So<00:30:32.650><c> Rome's</c><00:30:33.170><c> political</c><00:30:33.589><c> fortunes</c><00:30:34.089><c> begin</c><00:30:34.349><c> to</c><00:30:34.569><c> be</c><00:30:34.789><c> disrupted</c><00:30:35.130><c> by</c> 00:30:35.430 --> 00:30:36.869 civil<00:30:35.710><c> war</c><00:30:35.930><c> at</c><00:30:36.089><c> this</c><00:30:36.230><c> period</c><00:30:36.470><c> of</c><00:30:36.650><c> time.</c> 00:30:37.170 --> 00:30:40.069 Now<00:30:37.430><c> remember</c><00:30:37.609><c> 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00:33:16.240 date,<00:33:12.779><c> but,</c><00:33:12.980><c> but</c><00:33:13.119><c> this</c><00:33:13.319><c> first</c><00:33:13.579><c> date</c><00:33:13.740><c> is</c><00:33:14.019><c> 325</c><00:33:14.700><c> A</c><00:33:14.960><c>.D.</c><00:33:15.420><c> when</c><00:33:15.859><c> some</c> 00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:20.819 significant<00:33:16.759><c> stuff</c><00:33:17.160><c> took</c><00:33:17.579><c> place.</c><00:33:19.339><c> And</c><00:33:19.599><c> then</c><00:33:19.819><c> finally,</c> 00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:27.819 the<00:33:22.839><c> fourth</c><00:33:23.099><c> seal</c><00:33:23.319><c> period</c><00:33:24.019><c> came,</c><00:33:25.880><c> came</c><00:33:26.400><c> to</c><00:33:26.619><c> be.</c> 00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:59.079 A<00:33:52.140><c> different</c><00:33:52.380><c> sword</c><00:33:53.380><c> from</c><00:33:55.940><c> fire.</c><00:33:58.160><c> You</c><00:33:58.200><c> can</c><00:33:58.420><c> visualize</c><00:33:58.740><c> a</c><00:33:58.900><c> guy</c> 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in</c><00:34:27.119><c> Rome.</c><00:34:27.500><c> Look</c><00:34:27.699><c> here,</c><00:34:28.340><c> between</c><00:34:28.639><c> 235</c><00:34:29.780><c> and</c> 00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:36.880 305.<00:34:34.380><c> Not</c><00:34:34.599><c> a,</c><00:34:35.800><c> you</c><00:34:36.139><c> wouldn't</c><00:34:36.400><c> want</c><00:34:36.500><c> to</c><00:34:36.619><c> be</c><00:34:36.719><c> their</c> 00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:40.800 insurance<00:34:37.360><c> underwriter.</c><00:34:38.039><c> You</c><00:34:38.119><c> wouldn't</c><00:34:38.340><c> want</c><00:34:38.460><c> to</c><00:34:38.579><c> be</c><00:34:38.679><c> the</c><00:34:38.820><c> guy</c><00:34:39.000><c> that</c><00:34:39.139><c> wrote</c><00:34:39.280><c> the</c><00:34:39.500><c> life</c><00:34:39.679><c> insurance</c><00:34:40.079><c> policy</c><00:34:40.460><c> on</c><00:34:40.679><c> a</c> 00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:43.980 emperor.<00:34:41.440><c> Some</c><00:34:41.599><c> of</c><00:34:41.679><c> them</c><00:34:41.739><c> 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he</c><00:34:54.980><c> walked</c><00:34:55.139><c> from</c><00:34:55.320><c> his,</c><00:34:56.019><c> from</c> 00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:58.219 the<00:34:56.539><c> dining</c><00:34:56.780><c> room</c><00:34:57.000><c> to</c><00:34:57.139><c> the</c><00:34:57.340><c> bedroom,</c><00:34:57.840><c> that</c><00:34:57.920><c> if</c><00:34:58.079><c> he</c> 00:34:58.219 --> 00:35:00.079 went<00:34:58.300><c> around</c><00:34:58.539><c> the</c><00:34:58.760><c> corner</c><00:34:58.920><c> in</c><00:34:59.059><c> the</c><00:34:59.239><c> palace,</c><00:34:59.480><c> he</c><00:34:59.619><c> had</c><00:34:59.800><c> a</c><00:34:59.940><c> mirror</c> 00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:01.860 to<00:35:00.280><c> see</c><00:35:00.360><c> if</c><00:35:00.480><c> there's</c><00:35:00.760><c> an</c><00:35:00.940><c> assassin</c><00:35:01.280><c> waiting</c><00:35:01.559><c> for</c> 00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:06.219 him.<00:35:02.500><c> Not</c><00:35:02.840><c> a</c><00:35:02.980><c> good</c><00:35:03.079><c> 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So</c><00:35:16.699><c> at</c><00:35:17.679><c> the</c><00:35:17.820><c> end</c><00:35:17.940><c> of</c><00:35:18.159><c> the</c><00:35:18.780><c> period</c><00:35:19.139><c> of</c><00:35:19.380><c> great</c><00:35:19.780><c> death</c><00:35:20.079><c> and</c> 00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:23.260 privation,<00:35:21.900><c> the,</c><00:35:22.900><c> the</c><00:35:22.900><c> fourth</c><00:35:23.079><c> seal</c> 00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:29.440 period<00:35:23.639><c> came</c><00:35:23.920><c> to</c><00:35:24.159><c> an</c><00:35:24.280><c> end.</c><00:35:26.980><c> This</c><00:35:27.500><c> upstart</c><00:35:27.980><c> little</c><00:35:28.219><c> church,</c><00:35:29.420><c> or</c> 00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:31.559 this,<00:35:29.800><c> this</c><00:35:29.980><c> upstart,</c><00:35:30.820><c> I'll</c><00:35:30.940><c> say</c><00:35:31.119><c> it</c><00:35:31.280><c> another</c><00:35:31.400><c> way,</c> 00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:36.420 this<00:35:31.800><c> church</c><00:35:32.019><c> 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them.</c><00:35:52.360><c> Just</c><00:35:53.000><c> do</c><00:35:53.400><c> away</c><00:35:53.579><c> with</c><00:35:53.760><c> them.</c><00:35:54.820><c> The</c> 00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:58.300 word<00:35:55.159><c> decimate,</c><00:35:57.380><c> who</c><00:35:57.920><c> knows</c><00:35:58.079><c> where</c> 00:35:58.300 --> 00:36:04.940 decimate<00:35:58.659><c> came</c><00:35:58.860><c> from?</c><00:35:59.780><c> Ah,</c><00:36:00.059><c> you're</c><00:36:00.239><c> about</c><00:36:00.400><c> to</c><00:36:00.559><c> learn.</c><00:36:01.039><c> Decimate.</c><00:36:04.820><c> What</c> 00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:06.960 would<00:36:05.179><c> happen</c><00:36:05.440><c> is,</c><00:36:05.920><c> apparently</c><00:36:06.239><c> the,</c> 00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:10.360 one<00:36:07.400><c> of</c><00:36:07.500><c> the</c><00:36:07.639><c> Roman</c><00:36:07.880><c> fighting</c><00:36:08.300><c> units</c><00:36:08.599><c> was</c><00:36:08.980><c> a</c><00:36:09.219><c> group</c><00:36:09.340><c> 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the</c><00:36:18.980><c> least</c><00:36:19.199><c> effective</c><00:36:19.599><c> killing.</c><00:36:21.159><c> Well,</c><00:36:21.900><c> everybody</c><00:36:22.280><c> tried</c><00:36:22.599><c> pretty</c><00:36:22.960><c> hard</c> 00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:23.480 to<00:36:23.320><c> make</c> 00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:26.300 sure<00:36:23.659><c> that</c><00:36:23.840><c> he</c><00:36:24.059><c> wasn't</c><00:36:24.340><c> the</c><00:36:24.519><c> ineffective</c><00:36:25.059><c> one</c><00:36:25.320><c> because</c><00:36:25.760><c> it'd</c> 00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:28.219 be<00:36:26.380><c> a</c><00:36:26.500><c> group</c><00:36:26.639><c> of</c><00:36:26.840><c> ten,</c><00:36:27.019><c> and</c><00:36:27.119><c> they</c><00:36:27.239><c> would</c><00:36:27.460><c> remove</c><00:36:27.800><c> one</c><00:36:28.099><c> of</c> 00:36:28.219 --> 00:36:30.659 ten.<00:36:28.900><c> In</c><00:36:29.099><c> other</c><00:36:29.179><c> words,</c><00:36:29.360><c> they</c><00:36:29.519><c> weeded</c><00:36:29.800><c> out</c><00:36:30.000><c> ten</c><00:36:30.179><c> percent</c><00:36:30.519><c> of</c> 00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:33.360 the<00:36:30.719><c> most</c><00:36:31.019><c> inefficient</c><00:36:31.940><c> fighters</c><00:36:32.739><c> and</c><00:36:33.000><c> soldiers,</c> 00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:35.920 didn't<00:36:33.760><c> have</c><00:36:33.960><c> to</c><00:36:34.119><c> feed</c><00:36:34.239><c> them,</c><00:36:34.840><c> got</c><00:36:35.039><c> to</c><00:36:35.199><c> take</c><00:36:35.340><c> their</c><00:36:35.579><c> clothes</c> 00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:37.920 and<00:36:36.179><c> spread</c><00:36:36.360><c> them</c><00:36:36.579><c> around</c><00:36:36.820><c> and</c><00:36:36.980><c> took</c><00:36:37.079><c> their</c><00:36:37.300><c> weapons</c><00:36:37.659><c> and</c> 00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:41.519 spread<00:36:38.099><c> them</c><00:36:38.300><c> around</c><00:36:38.559><c> so</c><00:36:38.780><c> that</c><00:36:39.099><c> they</c><00:36:39.500><c> basically</c><00:36:40.019><c> just</c><00:36:40.400><c> cut</c><00:36:40.500><c> off</c><00:36:40.800><c> ten</c><00:36:41.059><c> percent</c><00:36:41.400><c> of</c> 00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:42.800 the<00:36:41.619><c> least</c><00:36:41.840><c> effective.</c> 00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:46.500 So<00:36:43.260><c> if</c><00:36:43.400><c> you</c><00:36:43.579><c> take</c><00:36:43.780><c> a</c><00:36:44.500><c> decimal</c><00:36:44.820><c> being</c><00:36:45.159><c> ten,</c><00:36:45.920><c> they</c><00:36:46.099><c> would</c><00:36:46.260><c> take</c> 00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:48.239 one<00:36:46.780><c> of</c><00:36:46.940><c> the</c><00:36:47.099><c> ten,</c><00:36:47.440><c> and</c><00:36:47.559><c> they</c><00:36:47.719><c> would</c><00:36:47.920><c> literally</c> 00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:52.119 reduce<00:36:48.699><c> that</c><00:36:48.980><c> unit</c><00:36:49.139><c> by</c><00:36:49.400><c> ten</c><00:36:49.659><c> percent.</c><00:36:51.059><c> Pretty</c><00:36:51.519><c> harsh</c><00:36:51.800><c> folks,</c> 00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:54.880 those<00:36:52.380><c> Romans.</c><00:36:52.860><c> They</c><00:36:53.059><c> weren't,</c><00:36:53.460><c> they</c><00:36:53.760><c> weren't</c><00:36:54.079><c> exactly</c> 00:36:56.360 --> 00:37:05.260 easy<00:36:56.800><c> guys</c><00:36:57.179><c> to</c><00:36:57.639><c> live</c><00:36:57.880><c> with.</c><00:36:59.880><c> But</c><00:36:59.980><c> when</c><00:37:01.300><c> the</c><00:37:01.440><c> church</c><00:37:01.820><c> was</c><00:37:02.940><c> rearing</c><00:37:03.219><c> its</c><00:37:03.460><c> head</c><00:37:03.599><c> and</c><00:37:03.739><c> becoming</c><00:37:04.059><c> a</c><00:37:04.360><c> problem,</c> 00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:10.099 Diocletian's<00:37:05.860><c> theory</c><00:37:06.039><c> was,</c><00:37:08.619><c> just</c><00:37:08.719><c> persecute</c><00:37:09.179><c> them,</c><00:37:09.300><c> kill</c><00:37:09.500><c> them,</c><00:37:09.739><c> get</c><00:37:09.820><c> rid</c><00:37:10.000><c> of</c> 00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:12.559 them,<00:37:10.880><c> annihilate</c><00:37:11.340><c> them.</c> 00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:17.519 And<00:37:13.119><c> the</c><00:37:13.500><c> persecution</c><00:37:13.980><c> of</c><00:37:14.139><c> the</c><00:37:14.300><c> church</c><00:37:14.539><c> was</c><00:37:16.260><c> formidable</c><00:37:17.260><c> at</c> 00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:19.099 that<00:37:17.639><c> period</c><00:37:17.880><c> of</c><00:37:18.079><c> time.</c><00:37:18.300><c> Remember</c><00:37:18.599><c> now,</c><00:37:18.780><c> we're</c><00:37:18.960><c> at</c> 00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:21.719 the<00:37:19.260><c> sixth</c><00:37:19.460><c> seal.</c><00:37:20.219><c> Now</c><00:37:20.440><c> when</c><00:37:20.539><c> we</c><00:37:20.599><c> go</c><00:37:20.760><c> to</c><00:37:20.880><c> the</c><00:37:21.059><c> seventh</c><00:37:21.360><c> seal,</c> 00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:23.599 it<00:37:21.920><c> will</c><00:37:22.099><c> be</c><00:37:22.300><c> the</c><00:37:22.500><c> opening</c><00:37:22.739><c> of</c><00:37:22.940><c> the</c><00:37:23.139><c> trumpet.</c><00:37:23.420><c> So</c> 00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:27.880 this<00:37:23.780><c> is</c><00:37:24.019><c> the</c><00:37:24.179><c> last</c><00:37:24.360><c> of</c><00:37:24.559><c> the</c><00:37:24.739><c> seals</c><00:37:25.039><c> that</c><00:37:25.960><c> are</c><00:37:26.179><c> tied</c><00:37:26.320><c> to</c><00:37:26.539><c> specific</c><00:37:27.019><c> events.</c><00:37:27.880><c> We</c> 00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:29.320 are,<00:37:28.340><c> your</c><00:37:28.500><c> turn.</c> 00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:07.539 Six<00:38:04.739><c> and</c><00:38:05.219><c> twelve.</c><00:38:05.920><c> Symbolic</c><00:38:06.400><c> language.</c> 00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:14.780 Heavens<00:38:10.840><c> being</c><00:38:11.059><c> the</c><00:38:11.360><c> political</c><00:38:11.840><c> heavens,</c><00:38:12.659><c> not</c><00:38:13.099><c> heavens</c><00:38:13.460><c> where</c><00:38:14.139><c> we've</c><00:38:14.659><c> been</c> 00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:16.480 taught<00:38:14.920><c> to</c><00:38:15.139><c> think</c><00:38:15.340><c> of,</c><00:38:16.159><c> where</c><00:38:16.159><c> people</c> 00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:21.559 go<00:38:16.760><c> sit</c><00:38:16.900><c> in</c><00:38:17.139><c> strong</c><00:38:17.260><c> harps,</c><00:38:17.980><c> but</c><00:38:18.179><c> not</c><00:38:20.599><c> that</c><00:38:20.780><c> we've</c><00:38:21.039><c> been</c><00:38:21.219><c> taught,</c><00:38:21.420><c> but</c> 00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:23.000 what<00:38:21.739><c> the</c><00:38:21.960><c> world</c><00:38:22.159><c> would</c><00:38:22.380><c> teach</c><00:38:22.519><c> us</c><00:38:22.699><c> if</c><00:38:22.840><c> we</c> 00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:47.500 let<00:38:23.300><c> it.</c><00:38:41.679><c> The</c><00:38:42.559><c> symbolism</c><00:38:43.639><c> here</c><00:38:44.320><c> is</c><00:38:44.679><c> that</c><00:38:45.119><c> the</c><00:38:45.380><c> Roman</c><00:38:45.659><c> Empire</c><00:38:46.099><c> is</c><00:38:46.440><c> now</c><00:38:46.880><c> facing</c><00:38:47.280><c> a</c> 00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:49.139 time<00:38:47.719><c> of</c><00:38:48.019><c> upheaval.</c> 00:38:49.880 --> 00:38:53.219 We're<00:38:50.400><c> counting</c><00:38:50.760><c> down</c><00:38:51.079><c> toward</c><00:38:51.260><c> that</c><00:38:51.559><c> 325</c><00:38:52.219><c> date</c><00:38:52.559><c> when</c><00:38:52.780><c> the</c><00:38:52.980><c> man</c> 00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:55.119 -child<00:38:53.440><c> will</c><00:38:53.619><c> be</c><00:38:53.840><c> revealed</c><00:38:54.219><c> to</c><00:38:54.360><c> us.</c> 00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:59.260 The<00:38:56.199><c> earthquake</c><00:38:56.599><c> is</c><00:38:56.940><c> a</c><00:38:57.079><c> political</c><00:38:57.500><c> upheaval,</c><00:38:58.280><c> in</c><00:38:58.739><c> symbolic</c> 00:38:59.260 --> 00:39:00.719 language,<00:38:59.760><c> political</c><00:39:00.119><c> upheaval</c><00:39:00.519><c> of</c><00:39:00.639><c> the</c> 00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:03.699 Roman<00:39:00.960><c> world.</c><00:39:02.099><c> The</c><00:39:02.239><c> sun</c><00:39:02.440><c> is</c><00:39:02.659><c> eclipsed.</c><00:39:03.059><c> It's</c><00:39:03.219><c> the</c><00:39:03.340><c> end</c><00:39:03.420><c> of</c><00:39:03.559><c> the</c> 00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:05.940 pagan<00:39:03.940><c> emperors</c><00:39:04.320><c> of</c><00:39:04.500><c> the</c><00:39:04.599><c> Roman</c><00:39:05.039><c> heavens.</c> 00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:10.860 The<00:39:07.760><c> fall</c><00:39:07.980><c> of</c><00:39:08.159><c> the</c><00:39:08.360><c> stars</c><00:39:08.699><c> meaning</c><00:39:09.039><c> the</c><00:39:09.300><c> pagan</c><00:39:09.519><c> empire</c><00:39:09.900><c> and</c><00:39:10.059><c> the</c><00:39:10.199><c> administration</c><00:39:10.659><c> of</c> 00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:11.719 the<00:39:10.940><c> Roman</c><00:39:11.159><c> empire</c><00:39:11.480><c> is</c> 00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:17.539 coming<00:39:11.920><c> to</c><00:39:12.139><c> an</c><00:39:12.280><c> end.</c><00:39:13.579><c> And</c><00:39:14.099><c> the</c><00:39:14.380><c> death</c><00:39:14.619><c> of</c><00:39:14.900><c> the</c><00:39:15.059><c> pagan</c><00:39:15.360><c> religious</c><00:39:15.820><c> authority</c><00:39:16.300><c> is</c><00:39:17.260><c> being</c> 00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.400 signified<00:39:18.059><c> in</c><00:39:18.219><c> the</c> 00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:21.440 Roman<00:39:18.659><c> political</c><00:39:19.159><c> heavens.</c><00:39:19.539><c> So</c><00:39:19.719><c> we're</c><00:39:19.920><c> approaching</c><00:39:20.340><c> the</c><00:39:20.599><c> time</c><00:39:20.800><c> now</c> 00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:25.739 in<00:39:21.820><c> around</c><00:39:22.179><c> 300</c><00:39:23.179><c> AD.</c> 00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:56.159 One,<00:39:49.539><c> two.</c><00:39:50.780><c> So</c><00:39:51.119><c> the</c><00:39:52.179><c> chased</c><00:39:52.539><c> virgin</c><00:39:52.840><c> that</c><00:39:53.019><c> we</c><00:39:53.179><c> saw</c><00:39:53.340><c> back</c><00:39:53.619><c> in</c><00:39:53.800><c> the</c><00:39:53.900><c> first</c><00:39:54.519><c> century</c><00:39:54.940><c> where</c><00:39:55.219><c> the</c><00:39:55.440><c> doctrine</c><00:39:55.659><c> is</c><00:39:55.940><c> pure</c> 00:39:56.159 --> 00:40:00.380 had<00:39:56.440><c> now</c><00:39:57.119><c> apostatized,</c><00:39:57.960><c> being</c><00:39:58.219><c> symbolized</c><00:39:58.820><c> by</c><00:39:59.079><c> a</c><00:39:59.179><c> woman.</c><00:40:00.039><c> And</c> 00:40:00.380 --> 00:40:02.320 if<00:40:00.579><c> the</c><00:40:00.719><c> woman</c><00:40:00.880><c> is</c><00:40:01.099><c> pregnant,</c><00:40:01.500><c> she</c><00:40:01.619><c> can</c><00:40:01.840><c> know</c><00:40:01.980><c> she's</c> 00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:04.619 no<00:40:02.480><c> longer</c><00:40:02.699><c> chased</c><00:40:03.019><c> and</c><00:40:03.159><c> no</c><00:40:03.420><c> longer</c><00:40:03.679><c> a</c><00:40:03.800><c> virgin.</c><00:40:04.099><c> So</c><00:40:04.300><c> therefore</c> 00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:07.880 she<00:40:04.880><c> is</c><00:40:05.840><c> impregnated</c><00:40:06.500><c> with</c><00:40:06.760><c> the</c><00:40:07.000><c> false</c><00:40:07.280><c> doctrine</c> 00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:11.500 that<00:40:08.679><c> has</c><00:40:09.500><c> begun</c><00:40:10.219><c> to</c><00:40:10.460><c> gather</c><00:40:10.719><c> steam.</c> 00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:22.380 No<00:40:19.179><c> longer</c><00:40:19.500><c> chased,</c><00:40:21.099><c> the</c><00:40:21.239><c> emperor,</c><00:40:21.659><c> the</c><00:40:21.699><c> greatest</c><00:40:21.960><c> power</c><00:40:22.199><c> in</c> 00:40:22.380 --> 00:40:24.360 the<00:40:22.539><c> political</c><00:40:22.840><c> heavens</c><00:40:23.139><c> of</c><00:40:23.300><c> Rome</c><00:40:23.579><c> is</c> 00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:27.900 wrapped<00:40:24.739><c> by</c><00:40:24.920><c> the</c><00:40:25.139><c> authority</c><00:40:25.420><c> of</c><00:40:25.599><c> the</c><00:40:25.719><c> emperor.</c><00:40:26.980><c> The</c><00:40:27.179><c> religious</c><00:40:27.480><c> power</c><00:40:27.760><c> of</c> 00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:28.679 the<00:40:28.000><c> Roman</c><00:40:28.179><c> political</c> 00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:39.119 heavens<00:40:28.980><c> are</c><00:40:29.219><c> underfoot</c><00:40:29.800><c> of</c><00:40:30.000><c> the</c><00:40:30.059><c> woman.</c><00:40:36.480><c> And</c><00:40:37.039><c> we</c><00:40:37.739><c> are</c><00:40:38.000><c> here.</c> 00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:56.760 So<00:40:53.639><c> keep</c><00:40:54.280><c> the</c><00:40:54.500><c> symbology</c><00:40:54.980><c> in</c><00:40:55.159><c> mind</c><00:40:55.340><c> here.</c><00:40:55.659><c> The</c><00:40:55.719><c> dragon</c><00:40:56.059><c> represents</c><00:40:56.579><c> the</c> 00:40:56.760 --> 00:40:58.019 Roman<00:40:57.039><c> empire.</c> 00:40:58.440 --> 00:41:04.079 The<00:40:58.579><c> woman</c><00:40:58.900><c> is</c><00:40:59.199><c> bringing</c><00:40:59.500><c> forth</c><00:41:00.199><c> the</c><00:41:00.599><c> child,</c><00:41:01.179><c> i</c><00:41:01.440><c>.e.</c><00:41:02.460><c> the</c><00:41:02.760><c> Christian</c><00:41:03.260><c> church</c><00:41:03.739><c> or</c> 00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:05.739 the<00:41:04.860><c> church</c><00:41:05.219><c> which</c><00:41:05.440><c> was</c> 00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:11.039 itself<00:41:06.139><c> Christian,</c><00:41:06.679><c> is</c><00:41:06.820><c> now</c><00:41:07.159><c> about</c><00:41:07.539><c> to</c><00:41:08.280><c> appear</c><00:41:08.579><c> on</c><00:41:08.800><c> the</c><00:41:08.980><c> scene.</c><00:41:10.900><c> If</c> 00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:12.539 you<00:41:11.159><c> don't</c><00:41:11.400><c> understand</c><00:41:11.800><c> the</c><00:41:12.000><c> symbology,</c> 00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:15.860 you<00:41:12.699><c> know,</c><00:41:12.780><c> when</c><00:41:12.920><c> you</c><00:41:14.139><c> read</c><00:41:14.360><c> this,</c><00:41:14.659><c> you</c><00:41:14.880><c> know,</c><00:41:14.880><c> you</c><00:41:14.960><c> try</c><00:41:15.159><c> to</c><00:41:15.300><c> visualize</c><00:41:15.659><c> a</c> 00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:16.820 dragon<00:41:16.119><c> standing</c><00:41:16.460><c> on</c><00:41:16.699><c> the</c><00:41:16.719><c> earth</c> 00:41:16.820 --> 00:41:19.619 with<00:41:16.980><c> a</c><00:41:17.099><c> tail</c><00:41:17.280><c> that</c><00:41:17.400><c> can</c><00:41:17.519><c> knock</c><00:41:17.739><c> the</c><00:41:17.940><c> stars</c><00:41:18.119><c> down.</c><00:41:18.559><c> Well,</c><00:41:19.599><c> it</c> 00:41:19.619 --> 00:41:22.340 can't<00:41:19.960><c> happen,</c><00:41:20.360><c> you</c><00:41:20.360><c> know.</c><00:41:20.539><c> So</c><00:41:20.820><c> it</c><00:41:20.980><c> can't</c><00:41:21.300><c> be</c><00:41:21.559><c> literal,</c> 00:41:22.820 --> 00:41:25.119 but<00:41:23.019><c> you</c><00:41:23.260><c> kind</c><00:41:23.599><c> of</c><00:41:23.739><c> shrug</c><00:41:23.880><c> your</c><00:41:24.059><c> shoulders</c><00:41:24.380><c> and</c><00:41:24.579><c> say,</c><00:41:24.820><c> I</c><00:41:24.820><c> don't</c> 00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:26.719 understand.<00:41:25.659><c> And</c><00:41:25.800><c> for</c><00:41:25.940><c> years</c><00:41:26.159><c> and</c><00:41:26.300><c> years</c><00:41:26.559><c> that</c> 00:41:26.719 --> 00:41:30.860 was<00:41:27.099><c> where</c><00:41:27.300><c> many</c><00:41:27.519><c> of</c><00:41:27.659><c> us,</c><00:41:27.920><c> where</c><00:41:28.159><c> I</c><00:41:28.340><c> certainly</c><00:41:28.619><c> went.</c><00:41:29.420><c> But</c><00:41:29.619><c> when</c><00:41:29.820><c> somebody</c><00:41:30.139><c> explains</c><00:41:30.619><c> it</c> 00:41:30.860 --> 00:41:31.460 to<00:41:30.980><c> you,</c><00:41:31.260><c> you</c><00:41:31.260><c> say,</c> 00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:36.639 oh,<00:41:32.079><c> now</c><00:41:32.380><c> I</c><00:41:32.579><c> understand.</c><00:41:34.219><c> So</c><00:41:34.820><c> remember</c><00:41:35.480><c> that</c><00:41:35.739><c> last</c><00:41:36.059><c> coin</c><00:41:36.360><c> down</c> 00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:37.860 on<00:41:36.800><c> the</c><00:41:36.860><c> right?</c> 00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:49.219 We<00:41:39.840><c> meet</c><00:41:40.500><c> Emperor</c><00:41:40.980><c> Diocletian.</c><00:41:43.199><c> And</c><00:41:43.679><c> he</c><00:41:46.059><c> was</c><00:41:46.300><c> the</c><00:41:46.420><c> last</c><00:41:46.619><c> of</c><00:41:46.739><c> the</c><00:41:46.880><c> pagan</c><00:41:47.679><c> emperors.</c><00:41:49.059><c> He</c> 00:41:49.219 --> 00:41:50.179 was<00:41:49.480><c> required</c><00:41:49.739><c> to</c><00:41:49.880><c> be</c> 00:41:50.179 --> 00:41:58.980 recognized<00:41:50.619><c> as</c><00:41:51.480><c> a</c><00:41:51.699><c> god.</c><00:41:53.539><c> The</c><00:41:53.860><c> pagan</c><00:41:54.079><c> religion</c><00:41:54.539><c> fed</c><00:41:54.820><c> off</c><00:41:55.099><c> of</c><00:41:55.280><c> him</c><00:41:55.480><c> and</c><00:41:56.739><c> legitimized</c><00:41:57.480><c> him.</c><00:41:58.440><c> And</c><00:41:58.760><c> he</c> 00:41:58.980 --> 00:41:59.860 issued<00:41:59.159><c> the</c><00:41:59.579><c> decree</c> 00:41:59.860 --> 00:42:02.679 banning<00:42:00.280><c> the</c><00:42:00.420><c> Christian</c><00:42:00.679><c> religion</c><00:42:01.199><c> and</c><00:42:01.460><c> gave</c><00:42:01.679><c> the</c><00:42:01.900><c> various</c> 00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:05.519 prefects<00:42:03.480><c> throughout</c><00:42:03.719><c> the</c><00:42:04.800><c> empire</c><00:42:05.139><c> the</c><00:42:05.300><c> right</c> 00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:07.980 to<00:42:05.800><c> confiscate</c><00:42:06.320><c> their</c><00:42:06.579><c> lands,</c><00:42:07.079><c> to</c><00:42:07.199><c> do</c><00:42:07.320><c> anything</c><00:42:07.539><c> you</c><00:42:07.699><c> want</c><00:42:07.840><c> to</c> 00:42:07.980 --> 00:42:10.400 do<00:42:08.079><c> with</c><00:42:08.239><c> them.</c><00:42:08.679><c> Get</c><00:42:08.860><c> rid</c><00:42:09.039><c> of</c><00:42:09.199><c> them</c><00:42:09.500><c> any</c><00:42:09.800><c> way</c><00:42:09.920><c> you</c><00:42:10.139><c> can.</c> 00:42:10.760 --> 00:42:14.340 Confiscate<00:42:11.239><c> their</c><00:42:11.480><c> property,</c><00:42:11.980><c> kill</c><00:42:12.179><c> them,</c><00:42:13.119><c> send</c><00:42:13.179><c> them</c><00:42:13.340><c> away,</c> 00:42:14.820 --> 00:42:15.860 deal<00:42:14.960><c> with</c><00:42:15.119><c> them.</c> 00:42:19.239 --> 00:42:23.820 So<00:42:19.699><c> the</c><00:42:19.880><c> picture</c><00:42:20.280><c> is</c><00:42:20.639><c> beginning</c><00:42:20.880><c> to</c><00:42:21.159><c> clear.</c><00:42:22.800><c> Where'd</c><00:42:23.000><c> my</c><00:42:23.239><c> pointer</c><00:42:23.440><c> go?</c> 00:42:24.199 --> 00:42:26.480 Pointer,<00:42:25.500><c> pointer,</c><00:42:26.119><c> can't</c><00:42:26.360><c> talk,</c> 00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:31.559 can't<00:42:27.119><c> talk</c><00:42:27.380><c> without</c><00:42:27.619><c> my</c><00:42:27.840><c> pointer.</c><00:42:30.760><c> So</c><00:42:31.039><c> here's</c><00:42:31.199><c> what</c><00:42:31.400><c> the</c> 00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:34.260 Roman<00:42:31.760><c> Empire</c><00:42:32.079><c> looked</c><00:42:32.340><c> like</c><00:42:32.579><c> under</c><00:42:32.820><c> Diocletian.</c> 00:42:35.179 --> 00:42:37.480 Kind<00:42:35.400><c> of</c><00:42:35.539><c> wrapped</c><00:42:35.739><c> right</c><00:42:35.980><c> around</c><00:42:36.199><c> the</c><00:42:36.460><c> Mediterranean.</c> 00:42:39.579 --> 00:42:43.400 It's<00:42:39.760><c> sort</c><00:42:39.960><c> of</c><00:42:40.139><c> interesting</c><00:42:40.480><c> we'll</c><00:42:40.880><c> come</c><00:42:41.099><c> to</c><00:42:41.280><c> that.</c><00:42:42.860><c> But</c><00:42:43.079><c> this</c> 00:42:43.400 --> 00:42:46.659 is,<00:42:43.699><c> this</c><00:42:43.980><c> was</c><00:42:44.239><c> where</c><00:42:45.079><c> he</c><00:42:45.440><c> held</c><00:42:45.619><c> sway.</c> 00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:59.860 There<00:42:54.239><c> were</c><00:42:54.500><c> four</c><00:42:55.719><c> leaders,</c><00:42:56.559><c> if</c><00:42:56.559><c> you</c><00:42:56.760><c> will,</c><00:42:58.659><c> Constantius,</c> 00:43:00.059 --> 00:43:02.820 Licinius,<00:43:00.739><c> Galerius,</c><00:43:01.539><c> and</c><00:43:01.760><c> Maxentius.</c> 00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:05.519 So<00:43:03.340><c> they've</c><00:43:04.019><c> conveniently</c><00:43:04.360><c> shown</c><00:43:04.639><c> where</c><00:43:04.880><c> each</c><00:43:05.159><c> of</c><00:43:05.280><c> their</c> 00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:06.800 turfs<00:43:05.860><c> were.</c> 00:43:11.739 --> 00:43:16.019 Galerius,<00:43:12.659><c> this</c><00:43:12.659><c> area,</c><00:43:13.320><c> Licinius</c><00:43:13.780><c> this</c><00:43:13.920><c> area,</c><00:43:15.559><c> Maxentius</c> 00:43:16.019 --> 00:43:18.019 this<00:43:16.320><c> area,</c><00:43:17.099><c> and</c><00:43:17.340><c> Constantius,</c> 00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:21.880 Constantius<00:43:19.059><c> this</c><00:43:19.280><c> area.</c><00:43:20.579><c> Constantius</c><00:43:21.139><c> is</c><00:43:21.340><c> an</c><00:43:21.559><c> interesting</c> 00:43:21.880 --> 00:43:24.039 person.<00:43:22.440><c> He</c><00:43:22.599><c> was</c><00:43:22.840><c> the</c><00:43:23.000><c> father</c><00:43:23.239><c> of</c> 00:43:24.239 --> 00:43:30.400 Constantine,<00:43:25.840><c> aka</c><00:43:26.119><c> Constantine</c><00:43:26.840><c> the</c><00:43:27.059><c> Great.</c><00:43:29.920><c> I</c><00:43:30.000><c> lost</c><00:43:30.159><c> track.</c> 00:43:30.500 --> 00:43:32.800 Where<00:43:30.599><c> are</c><00:43:30.699><c> we?</c><00:43:31.119><c> Who's</c><00:43:31.420><c> next?</c><00:43:32.019><c> Go.</c> 00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:03.460 We'll<00:44:01.840><c> see</c><00:44:02.219><c> throughout</c> 00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:07.699 the<00:44:03.820><c> next</c><00:44:04.039><c> couple</c><00:44:04.300><c> of</c><00:44:04.480><c> classes</c><00:44:04.780><c> the</c><00:44:05.199><c> man</c><00:44:05.539><c> of</c><00:44:06.219><c> sin.</c><00:44:07.239><c> And</c><00:44:07.400><c> so</c><00:44:07.480><c> now</c> 00:44:07.699 --> 00:44:10.280 we're<00:44:07.860><c> learning</c><00:44:08.239><c> who</c><00:44:08.679><c> is</c><00:44:08.960><c> the</c><00:44:09.139><c> man</c><00:44:09.280><c> of</c><00:44:09.519><c> sin,</c> 00:44:11.239 --> 00:44:13.940 the<00:44:11.420><c> son</c><00:44:11.579><c> of</c><00:44:11.739><c> perdition.</c><00:44:12.619><c> What</c><00:44:12.820><c> we're</c><00:44:12.980><c> being</c><00:44:13.260><c> taught</c><00:44:13.519><c> is</c><00:44:13.760><c> that</c> 00:44:13.940 --> 00:44:16.699 the<00:44:14.099><c> man</c><00:44:14.280><c> of</c><00:44:14.480><c> sin</c><00:44:14.659><c> is</c><00:44:15.260><c> not</c><00:44:15.519><c> a</c><00:44:15.780><c> person</c><00:44:16.039><c> specifically,</c> 00:44:16.760 --> 00:44:22.539 but<00:44:17.019><c> an</c><00:44:17.280><c> office</c><00:44:17.880><c> or</c><00:44:18.920><c> a</c><00:44:19.199><c> function.</c><00:44:20.300><c> And</c><00:44:20.619><c> different</c><00:44:21.179><c> individuals</c><00:44:21.800><c> will</c><00:44:22.079><c> appear</c><00:44:22.360><c> in</c> 00:44:22.539 --> 00:44:23.280 that<00:44:22.739><c> office</c><00:44:23.019><c> from</c> 00:44:23.280 --> 00:44:28.739 time<00:44:23.519><c> to</c><00:44:23.699><c> time</c><00:44:23.920><c> and</c><00:44:24.059><c> they</c><00:44:24.340><c> will</c><00:44:24.519><c> be</c><00:44:24.739><c> the</c><00:44:24.980><c> man</c><00:44:25.139><c> of</c><00:44:25.420><c> sin,</c><00:44:26.059><c> but</c><00:44:26.340><c> only</c><00:44:27.219><c> as</c> 00:44:28.739 --> 00:44:30.320 they're<00:44:29.039><c> functioning</c><00:44:29.400><c> in</c><00:44:29.760><c> that</c><00:44:29.980><c> office</c> 00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:41.380 or<00:44:30.500><c> in</c><00:44:30.559><c> that</c><00:44:30.760><c> position.</c><00:44:32.940><c> So</c><00:44:33.159><c> this</c><00:44:35.960><c> is</c><00:44:36.340><c> the</c><00:44:36.539><c> genealogy</c><00:44:37.119><c> of</c><00:44:37.460><c> Constantine.</c><00:44:39.659><c> Constant,</c><00:44:40.199><c> Constantius,</c><00:44:40.960><c> his</c><00:44:41.159><c> dad,</c> 00:44:41.420 --> 00:44:48.260 if<00:44:41.539><c> you</c><00:44:41.699><c> remember,</c><00:44:42.059><c> was</c><00:44:42.159><c> the</c><00:44:42.380><c> head</c><00:44:42.500><c> of</c><00:44:43.500><c> the</c><00:44:44.880><c> British</c><00:44:45.519><c> or</c><00:44:45.980><c> the</c> 00:44:48.260 --> 00:44:51.619 North,<00:44:49.860><c> Western</c><00:44:50.239><c> and</c><00:44:50.460><c> Northern</c><00:44:50.719><c> European</c><00:44:51.320><c> branch</c> 00:44:51.619 --> 00:45:02.320 of<00:44:51.780><c> the</c><00:44:51.840><c> Roman</c><00:44:52.119><c> Empire.</c><00:44:53.860><c> His</c><00:44:53.860><c> mother</c><00:44:54.260><c> was</c><00:44:55.699><c> Helena</c><00:44:56.119><c> and</c><00:44:57.920><c> Constantine</c><00:44:58.559><c> the</c><00:44:58.780><c> Great</c><00:44:58.920><c> was</c><00:44:59.159><c> his</c><00:44:59.360><c> son.</c><00:45:00.400><c> And</c><00:45:00.739><c> as</c><00:45:01.360><c> was</c> 00:45:02.320 --> 00:45:05.519 often<00:45:02.679><c> done,</c><00:45:02.940><c> they</c><00:45:03.159><c> arranged</c><00:45:03.480><c> to</c><00:45:03.760><c> pass</c><00:45:04.000><c> their</c><00:45:04.880><c> turf</c><00:45:05.059><c> down</c><00:45:05.340><c> to</c> 00:45:05.519 --> 00:45:07.260 their<00:45:06.280><c> son.</c> 00:45:11.139 --> 00:45:13.500 Constantine,<00:45:11.699><c> clever</c><00:45:12.260><c> fellow</c><00:45:12.539><c> that</c><00:45:12.659><c> he</c><00:45:12.800><c> was,</c><00:45:13.079><c> did</c><00:45:13.179><c> two</c><00:45:13.380><c> or</c> 00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:16.639 three<00:45:13.679><c> very,</c><00:45:14.059><c> very</c><00:45:14.780><c> clever</c><00:45:15.039><c> things.</c><00:45:16.059><c> The</c><00:45:16.320><c> first</c><00:45:16.480><c> thing</c> 00:45:16.639 --> 00:45:18.920 he<00:45:16.900><c> did</c><00:45:16.900><c> was</c><00:45:17.079><c> he</c><00:45:17.199><c> realized</c><00:45:17.480><c> he</c><00:45:17.619><c> wasn't</c><00:45:17.900><c> strong</c><00:45:18.179><c> enough</c><00:45:18.420><c> to</c><00:45:18.539><c> take</c><00:45:18.739><c> on</c> 00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:22.639 the<00:45:19.059><c> other</c><00:45:20.420><c> four.</c><00:45:21.679><c> So</c><00:45:22.000><c> he</c><00:45:22.199><c> said,</c><00:45:22.480><c> well,</c> 00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:25.639 I'll<00:45:22.820><c> take</c><00:45:23.059><c> on</c><00:45:23.300><c> one.</c><00:45:23.579><c> And</c><00:45:23.699><c> he</c><00:45:23.780><c> had</c><00:45:23.920><c> his</c><00:45:24.119><c> buddy</c><00:45:24.239><c> take</c><00:45:24.559><c> on</c><00:45:24.699><c> the</c><00:45:24.880><c> other</c><00:45:25.079><c> one.</c><00:45:25.460><c> And</c><00:45:25.460><c> so</c> 00:45:25.639 --> 00:45:28.519 therefore<00:45:27.039><c> he</c><00:45:27.460><c> began</c><00:45:28.260><c> to</c> 00:45:28.519 --> 00:45:33.119 consolidate<00:45:29.000><c> power.</c><00:45:29.440><c> He</c><00:45:29.460><c> was</c><00:45:29.699><c> a</c><00:45:29.840><c> great</c><00:45:30.099><c> consolidator</c><00:45:30.719><c> of</c><00:45:31.000><c> power.</c><00:45:33.119><c> And</c> 00:45:33.119 --> 00:45:38.920 if<00:45:36.059><c> there's</c><00:45:36.320><c> any</c><00:45:36.579><c> doubt,</c><00:45:38.179><c> the</c><00:45:38.320><c> Roman</c><00:45:38.599><c> helmet</c> 00:45:38.920 --> 00:45:43.500 was<00:45:39.179><c> dug</c><00:45:39.400><c> up</c><00:45:39.599><c> in</c><00:45:39.780><c> the</c><00:45:39.920><c> Netherlands</c><00:45:40.320><c> in</c><00:45:40.739><c> 1997.</c><00:45:42.519><c> And</c><00:45:42.519><c> go</c><00:45:42.980><c> back</c><00:45:43.219><c> when</c><00:45:43.320><c> I</c> 00:45:43.500 --> 00:45:46.380 miss<00:45:43.679><c> it.</c><00:45:44.679><c> Before</c><00:45:44.940><c> one</c><00:45:45.539><c> of</c><00:45:45.679><c> his</c><00:45:45.800><c> great</c><00:45:46.059><c> battles,</c> 00:45:46.380 --> 00:45:48.760 he<00:45:46.659><c> claimed</c><00:45:46.840><c> to</c><00:45:47.000><c> have</c><00:45:47.139><c> had</c><00:45:47.260><c> a</c><00:45:47.400><c> vision</c><00:45:47.599><c> where</c><00:45:47.800><c> he</c><00:45:47.920><c> saw</c><00:45:48.199><c> a</c><00:45:48.360><c> cross</c> 00:45:48.760 --> 00:45:53.400 leading<00:45:49.659><c> him</c><00:45:50.099><c> on</c><00:45:50.360><c> to</c><00:45:50.920><c> victory.</c><00:45:52.679><c> And</c><00:45:52.739><c> it</c><00:45:52.960><c> was</c><00:45:53.119><c> told,</c> 00:45:53.460 --> 00:45:58.099 in<00:45:53.699><c> this</c><00:45:54.000><c> sign,</c><00:45:54.340><c> conquer,</c><00:45:54.940><c> in</c><00:45:55.079><c> the</c><00:45:55.219><c> sign</c><00:45:55.420><c> of</c><00:45:55.599><c> the</c><00:45:55.699><c> cross.</c><00:45:58.099><c> And</c> 00:45:58.099 --> 00:46:01.380 remember,<00:45:59.320><c> he</c><00:45:59.400><c> came</c><00:45:59.679><c> from</c><00:45:59.820><c> the</c><00:46:00.000><c> Botranic</c><00:46:00.820><c> branch</c> 00:46:01.380 --> 00:46:05.840 and<00:46:02.139><c> they</c><00:46:02.360><c> found</c><00:46:02.599><c> one</c><00:46:02.800><c> of</c><00:46:02.860><c> these</c><00:46:03.599><c> helmets</c><00:46:04.019><c> in</c><00:46:04.260><c> the</c><00:46:04.400><c> Netherlands</c><00:46:04.820><c> back</c><00:46:05.639><c> in</c> 00:46:05.840 --> 00:46:08.880 97.<00:46:06.880><c> And</c><00:46:07.059><c> there's</c><00:46:07.760><c> that</c><00:46:08.480><c> symbol</c> 00:46:08.880 --> 00:46:13.059 of<00:46:09.059><c> the</c><00:46:09.260><c> cross</c><00:46:09.659><c> that</c><00:46:10.380><c> he</c><00:46:10.539><c> was</c><00:46:11.679><c> using.</c><00:46:12.119><c> So</c><00:46:12.199><c> he</c><00:46:12.320><c> was</c><00:46:12.559><c> using</c><00:46:12.840><c> the</c> 00:46:13.059 --> 00:46:14.219 church,<00:46:13.420><c> the</c><00:46:13.539><c> symbol</c><00:46:13.739><c> of</c><00:46:13.940><c> the</c><00:46:14.019><c> cross,</c> 00:46:14.219 --> 00:46:17.280 to<00:46:14.360><c> his</c><00:46:14.480><c> own</c><00:46:14.780><c> benefit.</c><00:46:15.219><c> It</c><00:46:15.219><c> was</c><00:46:15.760><c> good</c><00:46:16.099><c> for</c><00:46:16.300><c> business.</c> 00:46:46.679 --> 00:46:50.659 The<00:46:47.199><c> man</c><00:46:47.539><c> gile</c><00:46:47.760><c> is</c><00:46:47.940><c> about</c><00:46:48.199><c> to</c><00:46:48.340><c> be</c><00:46:48.539><c> revealed,</c><00:46:49.360><c> the</c><00:46:49.420><c> son</c><00:46:49.500><c> of</c><00:46:50.300><c> man</c> 00:46:50.659 --> 00:46:52.320 of<00:46:50.800><c> sin,</c><00:46:51.079><c> the</c><00:46:51.159><c> son</c><00:46:51.420><c> of</c><00:46:51.480><c> perdition.</c> 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Herzegovina,</c><00:51:20.460><c> etc.</c><00:51:21.059><c> Nonetheless,</c> 00:51:25.760 --> 00:51:29.400 the<00:51:25.880><c> man</c><00:51:26.059><c> of</c><00:51:26.219><c> sin</c><00:51:26.440><c> has</c><00:51:27.320><c> now</c><00:51:27.619><c> been</c><00:51:28.260><c> revealed.</c> 00:51:31.440 --> 00:51:36.260 The<00:51:32.039><c> man</c><00:51:32.639><c> of</c><00:51:32.800><c> sin</c><00:51:33.000><c> revealed,</c><00:51:34.000><c> and</c><00:51:34.219><c> then</c><00:51:34.440><c> shall</c><00:51:34.820><c> it</c><00:51:35.059><c> be</c><00:51:35.300><c> revealed,</c><00:51:36.079><c> whom</c> 00:51:36.260 --> 00:51:38.019 the<00:51:36.420><c> Lord</c><00:51:36.639><c> shall</c><00:51:37.000><c> consume</c><00:51:37.519><c> with</c><00:51:37.739><c> the</c> 00:51:38.019 --> 00:51:42.880 spirit<00:51:38.239><c> of</c><00:51:38.539><c> his</c><00:51:38.860><c> mouth,</c><00:51:39.699><c> and</c><00:51:40.559><c> shall</c><00:51:41.019><c> destroy</c><00:51:41.599><c> 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clarity.</c><00:52:35.539><c> They</c><00:52:35.800><c> believed</c><00:52:36.059><c> not</c><00:52:36.320><c> the</c><00:52:36.460><c> truth.</c><00:52:37.119><c> They</c> 00:52:37.119 --> 00:52:39.300 took<00:52:37.320><c> pleasure</c><00:52:37.679><c> in</c><00:52:37.880><c> unrighteousness.</c> 00:52:39.920 --> 00:52:43.780 So<00:52:40.099><c> the</c><00:52:40.280><c> man</c><00:52:40.440><c> of</c><00:52:40.559><c> sin</c><00:52:40.679><c> has</c><00:52:40.840><c> been</c><00:52:41.099><c> revealed.</c><00:52:42.659><c> The</c><00:52:42.860><c> apostasy</c><00:52:43.519><c> is</c> 00:52:43.780 --> 00:52:47.659 now<00:52:44.300><c> formalized.</c><00:52:46.380><c> The</c><00:52:46.659><c> state</c><00:52:46.960><c> religion</c> 00:52:47.659 --> 00:52:52.119 is<00:52:48.059><c> now</c><00:52:48.400><c> officially,</c><00:52:48.900><c> quote,</c><00:52:49.760><c> Christianity,</c><00:52:50.460><c> unquote.</c><00:52:51.940><c> But</c> 00:52:52.119 --> 00:53:00.920 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you</c><00:53:58.079><c> will</c><00:53:58.360><c> see</c><00:53:58.840><c> that</c><00:54:01.139><c> the</c><00:54:01.699><c> Trinity</c><00:54:01.980><c> is</c><00:54:02.219><c> now</c><00:54:02.480><c> alive</c> 00:54:02.719 --> 00:54:04.699 and<00:54:02.940><c> well.</c><00:54:03.380><c> And</c><00:54:03.539><c> this</c><00:54:03.739><c> is</c><00:54:03.940><c> where</c><00:54:04.079><c> the</c><00:54:04.280><c> Trinity</c> 00:54:04.699 --> 00:54:09.079 first<00:54:05.360><c> reared</c><00:54:05.619><c> its</c><00:54:05.900><c> head.</c><00:54:06.360><c> This</c><00:54:06.579><c> is</c><00:54:06.820><c> where</c><00:54:07.300><c> the</c><00:54:07.699><c> concept</c><00:54:08.159><c> of</c><00:54:08.780><c> a</c> 00:54:09.079 --> 00:54:13.159 triune<00:54:09.380><c> God</c><00:54:10.280><c> reared</c><00:54:12.159><c> its</c><00:54:12.420><c> head.</c> 00:54:13.539 --> 00:54:16.539 We're<00:54:13.739><c> going</c><00:54:13.940><c> to</c><00:54:15.000><c> take</c><00:54:15.280><c> 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they</c><00:54:26.360><c> should</c><00:54:26.539><c> feed</c><00:54:26.780><c> her</c><00:54:26.940><c> there</c><00:54:27.579><c> for</c><00:54:27.880><c> 2</c> 00:54:28.559 --> 00:54:33.239 ,203<00:54:29.380><c> score</c><00:54:29.599><c> days.</c><00:54:30.440><c> That's</c><00:54:30.920><c> 2300</c><00:54:31.599><c> years.</c><00:54:33.000><c> And</c><00:54:33.079><c> when</c> 00:54:33.239 --> 00:54:40.099 the<00:54:33.440><c> dragon</c><00:54:34.139><c> saw</c><00:54:36.579><c> that</c><00:54:37.679><c> he</c><00:54:38.840><c> was</c><00:54:39.099><c> cast</c><00:54:39.320><c> under</c><00:54:39.559><c> the</c><00:54:39.739><c> earth,</c><00:54:40.019><c> he</c> 00:54:40.099 --> 00:54:42.079 persecuted<00:54:40.599><c> the</c><00:54:40.840><c> woman</c><00:54:41.059><c> which</c><00:54:41.360><c> brought</c><00:54:41.579><c> forth</c><00:54:41.880><c> the</c> 00:54:42.079 --> 00:54:49.420 man<00:54:42.300><c>-child.</c><00:54:44.199><c> So</c><00:54:44.199><c> the</c><00:54:47.239><c> woman</c><00:54:47.519><c> was</c><00:54:47.719><c> given</c><00:54:47.960><c> two</c><00:54:48.260><c> wings</c><00:54:48.539><c> of</c><00:54:48.739><c> a</c><00:54:48.900><c> great</c><00:54:49.039><c> eagle</c><00:54:49.239><c> that</c> 00:54:49.420 --> 00:54:50.719 she<00:54:49.579><c> might</c><00:54:49.780><c> fly</c><00:54:50.059><c> into</c><00:54:50.239><c> the</c><00:54:50.440><c> wilderness,</c> 00:54:50.719 --> 00:54:53.199 into<00:54:51.059><c> her</c><00:54:51.340><c> place</c><00:54:51.539><c> where</c><00:54:51.739><c> she</c><00:54:51.940><c> is</c><00:54:52.119><c> nourished</c><00:54:52.360><c> for</c><00:54:52.559><c> a</c><00:54:52.719><c> time</c><00:54:52.980><c> time</c> 00:54:53.199 --> 00:54:56.579 and<00:54:53.460><c> half</c><00:54:53.659><c> a</c><00:54:53.900><c> time,</c><00:54:54.880><c> 1260</c><00:54:55.519><c> years.</c> 00:54:57.880 --> 00:55:05.840 When<00:54:58.000><c> you</c><00:54:58.159><c> see</c><00:54:58.320><c> that</c><00:54:58.559><c> phrase,</c><00:55:03.960><c> can</c><00:55:04.079><c> we</c><00:55:04.179><c> do</c><00:55:04.360><c> the</c><00:55:04.539><c> arithmetic</c><00:55:04.940><c> real</c><00:55:05.280><c> quick</c><00:55:05.480><c> here</c><00:55:05.739><c> as</c> 00:55:05.840 --> 00:55:08.579 to<00:55:05.900><c> how</c><00:55:06.039><c> we</c><00:55:06.199><c> get</c><00:55:06.420><c> to</c><00:55:06.719><c> 1260</c><00:55:07.559><c> years?</c> 00:55:08.719 --> 00:55:13.699 A<00:55:09.000><c> time</c><00:55:09.420><c> being</c><00:55:09.800><c> a</c><00:55:10.019><c> year,</c><00:55:10.639><c> a</c><00:55:10.880><c> times</c><00:55:11.260><c> being</c><00:55:11.739><c> two</c><00:55:12.019><c> years,</c><00:55:12.280><c> and</c><00:55:12.460><c> a</c><00:55:12.539><c> half</c><00:55:12.719><c> time</c><00:55:12.940><c> being</c><00:55:13.199><c> half</c><00:55:13.519><c> a</c> 00:55:13.699 --> 00:55:15.119 year.<00:55:14.619><c> So</c><00:55:14.820><c> that's</c> 00:55:15.119 --> 00:55:17.780 two<00:55:15.460><c> and</c><00:55:15.659><c> a</c><00:55:15.659><c> half</c><00:55:15.820><c> years,</c><00:55:16.860><c> three</c><00:55:17.059><c> and</c><00:55:17.179><c> a</c><00:55:17.239><c> half</c><00:55:17.320><c> years</c><00:55:17.539><c> rather,</c> 00:55:17.840 --> 00:55:18.980 three<00:55:18.039><c> and</c><00:55:18.159><c> a</c><00:55:18.199><c> half</c><00:55:18.340><c> years,</c> 00:55:19.400 --> 00:55:24.699 or<00:55:19.619><c> 42</c><00:55:19.980><c> months.</c><00:55:21.260><c> A</c><00:55:21.460><c> month</c><00:55:21.619><c> has</c><00:55:21.840><c> 30</c><00:55:22.119><c> days,</c><00:55:23.079><c> so</c><00:55:23.239><c> that's</c><00:55:23.480><c> 1260</c><00:55:24.199><c> days.</c><00:55:24.579><c> And</c> 00:55:24.699 --> 00:55:27.800 if<00:55:24.840><c> a</c><00:55:24.900><c> day</c><00:55:25.059><c> equals</c><00:55:25.280><c> a</c><00:55:25.500><c> year,</c><00:55:25.760><c> it's</c><00:55:25.940><c> 1260</c><00:55:26.800><c> years.</c> 00:55:28.159 --> 00:55:30.960 So<00:55:28.380><c> kind</c><00:55:28.519><c> of</c><00:55:28.659><c> write</c><00:55:28.780><c> that</c><00:55:29.059><c> number</c><00:55:29.239><c> down</c><00:55:29.539><c> on</c><00:55:29.699><c> your</c><00:55:30.199><c> margin</c><00:55:30.500><c> there</c><00:55:30.780><c> in</c> 00:55:30.960 --> 00:55:34.119 your<00:55:31.179><c> mind,</c><00:55:32.099><c> because</c><00:55:32.460><c> that</c><00:55:32.739><c> 1260</c><00:55:33.480><c> year</c><00:55:33.719><c> period</c> 00:55:34.119 --> 00:55:38.099 will<00:55:34.380><c> rear</c><00:55:34.500><c> its</c><00:55:35.659><c> head</c><00:55:35.800><c> here</c><00:55:35.980><c> a</c><00:55:36.099><c> little</c><00:55:36.239><c> bit</c><00:55:36.400><c> later.</c><00:55:37.340><c> The</c><00:55:37.539><c> servant</c><00:55:37.800><c> cast</c> 00:55:38.099 --> 00:55:40.619 her<00:55:38.679><c> out</c><00:55:39.019><c> of</c><00:55:39.139><c> his</c><00:55:39.360><c> mouth</c><00:55:39.619><c> 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God</c><00:55:59.079><c> and</c><00:55:59.320><c> have</c><00:55:59.440><c> the</c><00:55:59.699><c> testimony.</c> 00:56:00.159 --> 00:56:05.559 So<00:56:00.380><c> God</c><00:56:00.659><c> provided</c><00:56:02.159><c> a</c><00:56:03.739><c> remnant.</c><00:56:04.559><c> He</c><00:56:04.719><c> wouldn't</c><00:56:04.940><c> let</c><00:56:05.139><c> the</c><00:56:05.380><c> truth</c> 00:56:05.559 --> 00:56:08.980 die.<00:56:07.099><c> The</c><00:56:07.380><c> old</c><00:56:07.639><c> church</c><00:56:07.940><c> over</c><00:56:08.179><c> in</c><00:56:08.380><c> Rome</c><00:56:08.539><c> can</c><00:56:08.739><c> be</c> 00:56:08.980 --> 00:56:15.960 cranked<00:56:09.340><c> out</c><00:56:09.679><c> full</c><00:56:10.340><c> bore,</c><00:56:11.639><c> but</c><00:56:11.980><c> he</c><00:56:12.420><c> has</c><00:56:12.760><c> preserved</c><00:56:13.440><c> the</c><00:56:13.900><c> truth.</c><00:56:15.460><c> So</c><00:56:15.760><c> he</c> 00:56:15.960 --> 00:56:18.000 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lived</c><00:56:32.539><c> during</c><00:56:33.280><c> all</c><00:56:33.579><c> this</c><00:56:33.760><c> period</c><00:56:34.059><c> of</c><00:56:34.280><c> time.</c> 00:56:43.780 --> 00:56:48.840 Again,<00:56:45.019><c> we</c><00:56:45.059><c> just</c><00:56:45.300><c> read</c><00:56:45.460><c> that</c><00:56:45.719><c> one.</c><00:56:47.360><c> It</c><00:56:47.780><c> was</c><00:56:48.000><c> repeated</c><00:56:48.400><c> because</c> 00:56:48.840 --> 00:56:51.679 it<00:56:50.179><c> shows</c><00:56:50.519><c> what</c><00:56:50.780><c> was</c><00:56:50.980><c> happening</c><00:56:51.300><c> while</c><00:56:51.579><c> it</c> 00:56:51.679 --> 00:57:03.079 was<00:56:51.820><c> taking</c><00:56:52.079><c> place.</c><00:56:57.239><c> In</c><00:56:57.360><c> 1</c><00:56:57.619><c>-1</c><00:56:58.079><c> we</c><00:56:58.199><c> were</c><00:56:58.420><c> told</c><00:56:59.159><c> that</c><00:57:00.639><c> Christ</c><00:57:02.860><c> was</c> 00:57:03.079 --> 00:57:04.940 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of<00:57:19.179><c> Macurian</c><00:57:20.000><c> persecution</c><00:57:20.719><c> burst</c><00:57:21.019><c> forth</c> 00:57:21.340 --> 00:57:27.059 from<00:57:21.579><c> the</c><00:57:21.940><c> tyrannical</c><00:57:23.099><c> church</c><00:57:23.639><c> of</c><00:57:24.019><c> King</c><00:57:24.440><c> Constantine,</c><00:57:26.820><c> two</c> 00:57:27.059 --> 00:57:29.559 beasts<00:57:27.260><c> being</c><00:57:27.480><c> sent</c><00:57:27.699><c> to</c><00:57:27.920><c> Africa</c><00:57:28.280><c> and</c><00:57:28.539><c> then</c><00:57:29.019><c> to</c><00:57:29.179><c> wit</c> 00:57:29.559 --> 00:57:34.519 Marquis<00:57:30.420><c> and</c><00:57:30.739><c> Paulus.</c><00:57:31.280><c> A</c><00:57:31.360><c> most</c><00:57:31.619><c> horrible</c><00:57:31.920><c> and</c><00:57:32.159><c> cruel</c><00:57:32.380><c> ecclesiastical</c><00:57:33.300><c> war</c><00:57:33.480><c> proclaimed</c><00:57:33.900><c> that</c><00:57:34.079><c> a</c><00:57:34.199><c> Christian</c> 00:57:34.519 --> 00:57:38.300 people<00:57:34.860><c> should</c><00:57:35.019><c> be</c><00:57:35.260><c> compelled</c><00:57:35.579><c> by</c><00:57:35.800><c> the</c><00:57:35.920><c> naked</c><00:57:36.179><c> swords</c><00:57:36.480><c> of</c><00:57:36.719><c> soldiers,</c><00:57:38.159><c> by</c> 00:57:38.300 --> 00:57:40.599 the<00:57:38.539><c> standards</c><00:57:38.780><c> of</c><00:57:39.039><c> serpents</c><00:57:39.300><c> and</c><00:57:39.519><c> dragons,</c> 00:57:41.559 --> 00:57:44.599 I<00:57:41.739><c> won't</c><00:57:41.840><c> even</c><00:57:42.079><c> try</c><00:57:42.260><c> the</c><00:57:42.460><c> Latin,</c><00:57:43.400><c> and</c><00:57:43.579><c> by</c><00:57:43.800><c> blast</c><00:57:44.019><c> of</c><00:57:44.219><c> trumpets</c> 00:57:44.599 --> 00:57:47.599 to<00:57:44.820><c> unite</c><00:57:45.280><c> with</c><00:57:45.940><c> the</c><00:57:46.659><c> traitors.</c> 00:57:48.539 --> 00:57:53.159 So<00:57:49.059><c> the</c><00:57:49.579><c> apostasy</c><00:57:50.199><c> was</c><00:57:50.460><c> in</c><00:57:50.679><c> full</c><00:57:50.880><c> bloom,</c><00:57:51.880><c> but</c><00:57:51.880><c> the</c><00:57:52.800><c> truth</c><00:57:53.019><c> is</c> 00:57:53.159 --> 00:57:55.139 being<00:57:53.380><c> preserved</c><00:57:53.800><c> in</c><00:57:54.000><c> little</c><00:57:54.159><c> islands.</c> 00:57:57.139 --> 00:58:01.960 Ruben,<00:57:58.019><c> a</c><00:57:58.179><c> little</c><00:57:58.300><c> short</c><00:57:58.500><c> break.</c><00:57:59.320><c> 15</c><00:57:59.679><c> minutes.</c><00:58:00.119><c> 15</c><00:58:00.440><c> minutes,</c><00:58:01.179><c> okay.</c>