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 Good morning. It's good to be with you and worship with you. It's great to see some new faces in the audience, but also some old faces I haven't seen in a while.

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 And it's good to always to see my church family every week. So it's good to worship with you guys.

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 Please turn with me to Revelation chapter 13.

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 If you don't have a Bible, please raise your hand. We'd love to bring you a copy that you can have.

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 Revelation chapter 13. It's the last book in the Bible for those of you who are new to the Bible and familiar with it.

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 Revelation chapter 13. I'm going to cover the first 10 verses today, chapter 13, but let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Heavenly Father, you sent your only son to bear witness to you and to the kingdom of God

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 and to the good news of salvation that he accomplished through his death on the cross and his resurrection from the dead.

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 And Lord, you have taught us in your word that just as Jesus suffered, just as he was persecuted,

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 that those who follow him too will face tribulations.

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 As we look at the bare reality of that this morning in Revelation 13,

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 won't you feel your precious people,

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 my brothers and sisters in Christ,

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 won't you fill us all with hope,

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 with faith,

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 which remind us of your sovereignty,

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 of your care,

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 of your love,

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 that we might endure faithfully till the end.

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 Amen.

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 Grant us endurance as we hear your word.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 If you are able, please stand for the reading of God's word from Revelation 13.

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 And I saw a beast rising out of the sea,

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 with ten horns and seven heads,

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 with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.

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 And the beast that I saw was like a leopard,

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 its feet were like a bear's,

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 and its mouth was like a lion's mouth.

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 And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority.

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 One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound,

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 but its mortal wound was healed,

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 and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast.

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 And they worshipped the dragon,

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 for he had given his authority to the beast.

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 And they worshipped the beast,

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 saying,

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 Who is like the beast?

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 And who can fight against it?

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 And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words.

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 And it was allowed to exercise authority for 42 months.

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 It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God,

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 blaspheming his name and his dwelling,

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 that is, those who dwell in heaven.

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 And it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them.

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 And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation.

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 And all who dwell on earth will worship it.

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 Everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world

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 in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.

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 If anyone has an ear, let him hear.

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 If anyone is to be taken captive to captivity, he goes.

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 If anyone is to be slain with the sword,

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 with the sword must he be slain.

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 Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 prophesies about the Antichrist,

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 saying that before Christ's second coming,

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 the man of lawlessness will be revealed,

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 the son of destruction who opposes and exalts himself

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 against every so-called God or object of worship,

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 so that he takes his seat in the temple of God,

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 proclaiming himself to be God.

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 But that same passage,

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 which teaches about that Antichrist that is coming,

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 also teaches us that the mystery of lawlessness is already at work.

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 The Antichrist is not here yet in his fully-fledged form,

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 but his rebellion, the mystery of lawlessness,

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 is already at work.

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 This is confirmed by 2 John 7, which says,

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 Many deceivers have gone out into the world.

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 Those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh,

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 such a one is the deceiver and the Antichrist.

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 Already many deceivers and many Antichrists have gone out into the world.

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 Revelation 13 is John's prophetic vision about the Antichrist,

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 and I do think it predicts in the end,

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 at the climactic end,

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 a single individual Antichrist will appear at the end.

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 I think Revelation 17 is a little clearer on that front.

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 But I think for the main application,

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 it's inclusive.

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 While it's inclusive of that end-time Antichrist,

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 I think in the same way that the woman that we saw in chapter 12

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 was a corporate representative

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 and a symbol for the people of God,

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 I think this beast is also a corporate representative,

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 a composite picture of the worldly kingdoms and kings

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 that are in rebellion against God

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 and persecute God's people.

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 And this happens during the entire church age

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 between Christ's first coming and his second coming.

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 And why does Scripture contain warnings about these Antichrists?

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 Because God doesn't want us to be caught unawares.

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 He wants us to be aware and prepared and equipped.

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 He doesn't want us to be blindsided by fierce persecution.

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 He wants us to endure with faith till the end.

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 In the game of American football,

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 I would just call it football,

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 but we've got some British people here.

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 And in the game of American football,

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 quarterbacks and running backs and wide receivers

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 seem to get the most attention

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 and appear to be the most important players in the game.

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 But if you look at the average salary,

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 not the individual salaries,

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 but the average salary across the board for each position,

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 it's the left tackle that actually gets paid more

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 than any other position,

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 including the quarterback.

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 The unnoticed job of the left tackle

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 is to protect the quarterback's blind side.

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 Because most quarterbacks are right-handed.

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 They turn this way,

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 square up this way,

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 and throw the football this way.

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 And so they can't see anything on their left side.

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 And so the teams usually put their best blockers

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 on that left side

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 because it doesn't matter how good your quarterback is.

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 If he's not protecting his blind side,

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 he can get crushed underneath these,

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 I don't know,

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 three,

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 four hundred pound behemoths

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 and get injured,

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 which has happened many times before.

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 And they can't do anything.

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 And so what Revelation 13 is doing this morning

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 is it's playing left tackle for us.

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 It's protecting our blind side

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 and warning us against what is coming.

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 Because if you can see this

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 three, four hundred pound man

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 running after you,

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 trying to tackle you,

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 you can do something about it.

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 You could try to run away

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 or you could at least brace yourself for impact.

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 But if you're blindsided,

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 then you're totally defenseless

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 and vulnerable to injury.

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 And here God teaches us

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 to brace for and endure

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 the persecution of the worldly kingdoms,

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 trusting that God is sovereign overall.

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 There are three, I think,

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 main exhortations for us here.

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 First, we are to repudiate

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 the blasphemous beast.

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 Second, we are to worship

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 the sovereign lamb.

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 And third, we are to endure

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 even unto death.

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 At the end of chapter 12,

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 we saw that the great red dragon

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 had emerged from his bottomless abyss,

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 the sea,

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 and stood on the sand of the sea.

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 And now this beast

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 also rises up out of that same sea.

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 And as I mentioned last week,

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 the sea is often in scripture

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 a symbol of chaos and disorder.

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 And that's why at the end of Revelation 21,

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 after Christ comes

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 and consummates his kingdom,

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 the sea is no more.

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 Jesus is the prince of peace.

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 They came to give us peace,

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 as we talked about

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 in the assurance of pardon,

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 Romans 5.

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 But this beast

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 comes to make war on the saints.

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 He's the prince of chaos.

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 And we know that this beast

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 is cut from the same cloth

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 as the dragon

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 that we looked at last week,

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 because like the dragon

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 of chapter 12,

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 this beast has 10 horns

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 and seven heads.

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 Jesus is the image

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 of the invisible God.

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 And we can say that this beast

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 is the image

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 of the invisible dragon.

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 Just as the lamb of God

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 representing Jesus

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 in Revelation 5, 6

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 had horns symbolizing

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 his authority and power,

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 likewise this beast

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 also has horns.

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 Just as Jesus

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 in Revelation 19, 12

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 is described as having

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 many diadems,

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 this beast has diadems

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 on his head.

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 But this beast

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 is just a cheap imitation

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 of Jesus.

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 We're told in verse 17,

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 we were told in chapter 12,

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 verse 17,

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 that the dragon makes war

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 on the rest of the woman's offspring,

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 on those who keep

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 the commandments of God

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 and the testimony of Jesus.

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 The dragon makes war

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 on the saints.

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 Now we see exactly

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 how Satan makes war

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 against the saints

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 by using these proxies.

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 Including this beast.

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 He says in verses 5-7

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 of our chapter

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 that he was allowed

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 to exercise authority

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 for 42 months

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 and make war on the saints

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 and to conquer them.

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 Remember the 42 months,

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 if you don't know

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 what I'm talking about,

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 you can listen to

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 the previous messages.

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 The 42 months

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 is the 1,260 days

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 and that is

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 the three and a half years

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 prophesied of

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 in Daniel 12, 7.

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 And it's the period

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 of the church's witness

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 to Jesus

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 where they are

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 spiritually protected by God,

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 but it's also the period

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 of intense persecution

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 by the beast

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 of the saints

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 where they are

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 physically vulnerable

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 and sometimes even killed.

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 And so we see here

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 the dragon last year,

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 I mean last chapter,

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 and then we see here

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 the beast

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 and then in the rest

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 of chapter 13

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 which we'll cover next week,

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 we'll see the false prophet,

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 the second beast.

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 And these three form

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 an unholy triad

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 in mockery

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 of our triune God.

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 The beast

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 as we have seen

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 and we'll see some more

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 is the image

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 of the dragon

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 and just as Jesus'

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 image of the father

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 and the false prophet,

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 the second beast

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 we'll look at next week,

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 bears witness

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 to the beast

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 in the same way

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 the spirit bears witness

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 to Jesus,

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 God's son.

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 In the same way

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 that the Holy Spirit

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 seals God's people

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 with the name of God,

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 this false prophet

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 seals the followers

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 of the beast

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 with the name

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 of the beast.

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 in the same way

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 the Holy Spirit

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 performs signs

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 and wonders

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 to verify

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 the proclamation

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 of the gospel

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 by his servants.

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 Likewise,

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 this false prophet

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 will perform

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 signs and wonders.

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 So the dragon,

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 the beast,

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 and the false prophet

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 are very intentionally

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 parodying

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 the triune God.

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 And this is

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 the very nature

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 of evil.

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 Satan is incapable

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 of being original

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 because he is not

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 the creator.

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 He is only

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 an imitator.

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 He can only produce

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 cheap knockoffs

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 of the real thing.

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 His kingdom

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 is a bootleg kingdom.

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 His glory

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 is a bogus glory.

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 And his name

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 is a phony name.

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 Theologian

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 Cornelius Plantinga Jr.

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 explains this

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 imitative nature

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 of evil

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 this way in his book,

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 not the way

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 it's supposed to be.

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 To do its worst,

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 evil needs to look

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 its best.

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 Evil has to spend

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 a lot on makeup.

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 Hypocrites

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 have to spend time

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 polishing their act

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 and polishing

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 their image.

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 Hypocrisy

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 is an homage

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 that vice

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 pays to virtue.

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 Vices

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 have to masquerade

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 as virtues,

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 lust as love,

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 thinly veiled sadism

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 as military discipline,

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 envy as

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 righteous indignation,

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 domestic tyranny

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 as parental

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 concern.

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 even Satan

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 who looks heroic

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 to rebels

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 must masquerade

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 as an angel

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 of light

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 in order to look

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 merely plausible.

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 This infernal

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 embarrassment,

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 Satan must appeal

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 to our God-given

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 appetite for goodness

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 in order to win

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 his way,

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 suggests a significant

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 feature of evil.

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 To prevail,

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 evil must leech

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 not only power

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 and intelligence

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 from goodness,

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 but also

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 its credibility.

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 We can see now

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 why

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 the very identity

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 of this beast

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 and what he says

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 and does

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 are all

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 blasphemous.

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 There are blasphemous

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 names on its head,

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 verse 1 says.

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 His mouth utters

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 haughty and blasphemous

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 words,

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 verse 5 says.

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 It opened its mouth

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 to utter blasphemies

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 against God,

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 blaspheming his name

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 and his dwelling,

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 says in verse 6.

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 To blaspheme

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 is to slander someone,

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 to speak against someone

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 in a way that damages

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 that person's name

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 and reputation.

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 It means to revile

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 a person

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 or defame a person.

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 You know,

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 Titus 3, 2

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 commends us

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 not to slander

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 anyone.

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 That word slander

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 is the exact same word

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 as the word blaspheme

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 here.

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 But usually

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 in our English

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 Bible translations

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 when it says blaspheme

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 it refers

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 to speaking against God

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 or something

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 that is sacred

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 and holy.

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 In Matthew 26,

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 64 to 66

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 we see an example

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 of this.

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 Jesus

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 claims to be

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 the son of man

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 prophesied of

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 in Daniel 7

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 that we read

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 in the cult worship

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 who receives authority

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 from the ancient

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 of days

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 and sits on his throne

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 and reigns over

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 all the nations

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 and then after hearing

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 that the high priest

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 tears his robes

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 and says

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 he has uttered

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 blasphemy.

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 What testimony

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 do we need?

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 We should

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 kill him.

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 He deserves death

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 and condemnation

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 because he's blasphemed.

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 Well,

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 Jesus wasn't blaspheming

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 because he actually

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 is the son of God.

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 But if anyone

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 who is not worthy

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 of that title

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 and anyone

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 who is not befitting

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 of that glory

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 claims to be that

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 that is blasphemy

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 because it's injurious

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 to God's name

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 and reputation

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 to be compared to

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 or to be likened

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 to such inferior beings.

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 No matter how great

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 this red dragon is

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 we saw in the last chapter

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 no matter how many

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 diatems are on its head

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 no matter how powerful

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 or how much authority

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 it has upon the earth.

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 This beast

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 is just a flea

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 compared to

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 the glory

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 and authority of Christ.

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 That's why it's blasphemous

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 for him to claim

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 such things.

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 There's an Aesop's fable

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 entitled

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 The Donkey

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 and the Lion's Skin.

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 I'm sure many of you

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 have heard of this

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 growing up as a child.

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 It goes like this.

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 A donkey found

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 a lion's skin

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 left in the forest

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 by a hunter.

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 He dressed himself

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 in it

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 and amused himself

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 by hiding in a thicket

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 and rushing out

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 suddenly at the animals

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 who passed that way.

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 All took to their heels

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 the moment they saw him.

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 The donkey was so pleased

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 to see the animals

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 running away from him

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 just as if he were

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 King Lion himself

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 that he could not

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 keep from expressing

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 his delight

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 by a loud

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 harsh

00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:11.740
 bray.

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 I wish I could

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 sound a bray for you

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 but I can't.

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 A fox

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 who ran with the rest

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 stopped short

00:17:20.620 --> 00:17:21.340
 as soon as he heard

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 the voice.

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 Approaching the donkey

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 he said with a laugh

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 if you had kept

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 your mouth shut

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 you might have

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 frightened me too

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 but you gave yourself

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 away with that

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 silly bray.

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 This is the story

00:17:34.080 --> 00:17:34.880
 that C.S. Lewis

00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:36.039
 takes in the last battle

00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:37.539
 and uses.

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 The moral of the story

00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:39.640
 is this.

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 A fool

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 may deceive

00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:43.200
 by his dress

00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:43.820
 and appearance

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 but his words

00:17:44.800 --> 00:17:45.900
 will soon show

00:17:45.900 --> 00:17:46.860
 what he really is.

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 This is exactly

00:17:49.900 --> 00:17:51.320
 what the Bible teaches.

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 How do we

00:17:53.520 --> 00:17:54.680
 identify

00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.600
 and expose

00:17:55.600 --> 00:17:56.520
 antichrists

00:17:56.520 --> 00:17:57.820
 for what they are?

00:17:58.480 --> 00:18:00.480
 By their words.

00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:03.980
 1 John 2.22

00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:05.040
 says this is

00:18:05.040 --> 00:18:06.160
 the antichrist

00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:07.320
 he who denies

00:18:07.320 --> 00:18:07.960
 the father

00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:08.520
 and the son.

00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:10.160
 1 John 4.3

00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:11.000
 every spirit

00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.440
 that does not

00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:12.119
 confess Jesus

00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:13.259
 is not from God

00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:14.559
 this is the spirit

00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:16.220
 of the antichrist

00:18:16.220 --> 00:18:17.359
 which you heard

00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:17.940
 was coming

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 and now is

00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:19.160
 in the world

00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:19.779
 already.

00:18:21.259 --> 00:18:22.519
 2 John 1.7

00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:23.680
 says that many deceivers

00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:24.240
 have gone out

00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:24.819
 into the world

00:18:24.819 --> 00:18:25.400
 those who do not

00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:26.500
 confess the coming

00:18:26.500 --> 00:18:27.240
 of Jesus Christ

00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:27.859
 in the flesh.

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 Such a one

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 is the deceiver

00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:30.779
 and the antichrist.

00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:32.299
 Anyone who refuses

00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:33.180
 to confess

00:18:33.180 --> 00:18:34.440
 Jesus Christ

00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:35.160
 as Lord

00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:37.680
 as the one

00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:38.500
 who came in the flesh

00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:39.400
 the son of God

00:18:39.400 --> 00:18:40.420
 to redeem us

00:18:40.420 --> 00:18:43.099
 is the antichrist

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 and like the donkey

00:18:45.180 --> 00:18:46.039
 spray antichrist

00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:46.640
 reveal themselves

00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:47.640
 by their words

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 for no good tree

00:18:48.619 --> 00:18:49.480
 bears bad fruit

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 and no bad tree

00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:50.859
 bears good fruit

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 for each tree

00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:52.099
 is known

00:18:52.099 --> 00:18:53.359
 by its own fruit.

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 Those who are evil

00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:56.859
 cannot speak good

00:18:56.859 --> 00:18:58.180
 because out of the

00:18:58.180 --> 00:18:59.059
 out of the abundance

00:18:59.059 --> 00:18:59.740
 of the heart

00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:01.519
 the mouth speaks.

00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:02.380
 That's what Jesus

00:19:02.380 --> 00:19:03.500
 taught in Matthew 12

00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:04.660
 and the beast

00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:05.539
 is no exception.

00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:07.200
 like the harsh

00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:08.139
 praying of

00:19:08.139 --> 00:19:09.039
 the donkey

00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:09.839
 he utters

00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:11.299
 blasphemous words

00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:14.099
 because that's

00:19:14.099 --> 00:19:14.619
 what he is

00:19:14.619 --> 00:19:15.420
 he's a counterfeit

00:19:15.420 --> 00:19:15.779
 Christ.

00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:18.559
 Don't be deceived

00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:19.579
 by the counterfeit

00:19:19.579 --> 00:19:20.879
 Christ in this world.

00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:22.819
 Jesus told us

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 in Matthew 24

00:19:23.639 --> 00:19:24.559
 if anyone says

00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:24.839
 to you

00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:25.579
 look here's

00:19:25.579 --> 00:19:26.079
 the Christ

00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:28.000
 or there he is

00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:29.700
 do not believe it

00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:31.299
 for false

00:19:31.299 --> 00:19:31.759
 Christ

00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.359
 and false

00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:32.700
 prophets

00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:33.379
 will arise

00:19:33.380 --> 00:19:33.960
 and perform

00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:34.820
 great signs

00:19:34.820 --> 00:19:35.360
 and wonders

00:19:35.360 --> 00:19:35.980
 so as to lead

00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:36.320
 astray

00:19:36.320 --> 00:19:36.780
 if possible

00:19:36.780 --> 00:19:37.580
 even the elect.

00:19:38.080 --> 00:19:38.500
 See I have

00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:39.320
 told you beforehand

00:19:39.320 --> 00:19:41.640
 so if they say

00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:41.860
 to you

00:19:41.860 --> 00:19:42.360
 look he is

00:19:42.360 --> 00:19:42.900
 in the wilderness

00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:43.880
 do not go out

00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:44.260
 if they say

00:19:44.260 --> 00:19:44.760
 look he is

00:19:44.760 --> 00:19:45.560
 in the inner rooms

00:19:45.560 --> 00:19:46.320
 do not believe it

00:19:46.320 --> 00:19:46.700
 for as the

00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:47.680
 lightning comes

00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:48.380
 from the east

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 and shines

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 as far as the west

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 so will be

00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:51.380
 the coming

00:19:51.380 --> 00:19:52.420
 of the son of man.

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 Wherever the

00:19:54.280 --> 00:19:54.820
 course is

00:19:54.820 --> 00:19:55.140
 there the

00:19:55.140 --> 00:19:55.560
 vultures

00:19:55.560 --> 00:19:56.380
 will gather.

00:19:59.200 --> 00:19:59.560
 Jesus'

00:19:59.800 --> 00:20:00.360
 second coming

00:20:00.360 --> 00:20:01.040
 is going to be

00:20:01.040 --> 00:20:01.840
 unmissable

00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:03.079
 like a lining

00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:03.859
 that shines

00:20:03.859 --> 00:20:04.399
 in the lights

00:20:04.399 --> 00:20:05.500
 of the entire sky

00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:06.179
 it's going to be

00:20:06.179 --> 00:20:06.740
 unmissable

00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.259
 from the east

00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:07.839
 to the west

00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:10.000
 that prophecy

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.679
 seems to get

00:20:10.679 --> 00:20:11.659
 twisted by every

00:20:11.659 --> 00:20:12.379
 like Messiah

00:20:12.379 --> 00:20:13.179
 false Messiah

00:20:13.179 --> 00:20:13.679
 claiming

00:20:13.679 --> 00:20:14.619
 especially the ones

00:20:14.619 --> 00:20:15.119
 from Asia

00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:15.819
 they're like

00:20:15.819 --> 00:20:16.359
 look it comes

00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:16.939
 from the east

00:20:16.939 --> 00:20:18.139
 I'm the true Messiah

00:20:18.139 --> 00:20:18.819
 I'm the Christ

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 no

00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:20.359
 that's not

00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:21.119
 it's not about you

00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:22.480
 that's not what

00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:22.939
 they're saying

00:20:22.939 --> 00:20:26.299
 Jesus' coming

00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:26.899
 is going to be

00:20:26.899 --> 00:20:27.519
 unmissable

00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:28.259
 if you missed it

00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:28.480
 already

00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:29.439
 that's not the Messiah

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 where the body

00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.080
 is

00:20:33.080 --> 00:20:33.920
 the vultures

00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.299
 gather

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:36.799
 when Jesus

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 comes

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 he says

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 in Matthew

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 24

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 30 to 31

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 he will gather

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 all of his

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 elect

00:20:41.100 --> 00:20:42.000
 to himself

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:44.039
 if that hasn't

00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.360
 happened

00:20:44.360 --> 00:20:45.180
 then he has

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.779
 not yet come

00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:49.180
 I think this

00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:49.740
 beast

00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.440
 as I mentioned

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:50.799
 earlier

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 is primarily

00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:53.120
 a composite

00:20:53.120 --> 00:20:53.620
 symbol

00:20:53.620 --> 00:20:54.259
 and a corporate

00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:54.799
 representative

00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:55.360
 of all the

00:20:55.360 --> 00:20:55.799
 worldly

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.420
 kingdoms

00:20:56.420 --> 00:20:56.940
 that oppose

00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.220
 God

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:57.820
 and persecute

00:20:57.820 --> 00:20:58.180
 people

00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:59.440
 and here's

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 why I think

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 that

00:21:00.060 --> 00:21:00.340
 look at

00:21:00.340 --> 00:21:00.860
 verse 2

00:21:00.860 --> 00:21:01.680
 it says

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.220
 the beast

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:02.920
 that I saw

00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:03.380
 was like

00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:04.000
 a leopard

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:05.160
 his feet

00:21:05.160 --> 00:21:05.600
 were like

00:21:05.600 --> 00:21:06.380
 a bear's

00:21:06.380 --> 00:21:07.140
 and his mouth

00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:07.539
 was like

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.360
 a lion's mouth

00:21:08.360 --> 00:21:09.279
 and to it

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:09.740
 the dragon

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.660
 gave his power

00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:11.220
 and his throne

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.740
 and great

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 authority

00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:13.680
 note that

00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:15.140
 all the animals

00:21:15.140 --> 00:21:16.039
 that this beast

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.480
 resembles

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:17.080
 the leopard

00:21:17.080 --> 00:21:17.460
 bear

00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:18.000
 and lion

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.519
 are all

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.340
 ravenous

00:21:19.340 --> 00:21:20.980
 and ferocious

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.740
 wild beasts

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:23.120
 it characterizes

00:21:23.120 --> 00:21:23.880
 the way the beast

00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:24.440
 makes war

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:24.920
 on the saints

00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:27.140
 the beast

00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:27.940
 is an allusion

00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:28.840
 to Daniel 7

00:21:28.840 --> 00:21:29.860
 where

00:21:29.860 --> 00:21:31.160
 Daniel sees

00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:31.560
 a vision

00:21:31.560 --> 00:21:32.539
 of four

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.279
 great beasts

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:33.920
 that rise

00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.860
 out of the sea

00:21:34.860 --> 00:21:35.519
 like this beast

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:35.960
 that rises

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:36.460
 out of the sea

00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:37.019
 in Revelation

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:38.420
 the first beast

00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:39.320
 looks like a lion

00:21:39.320 --> 00:21:40.060
 second looks

00:21:40.060 --> 00:21:40.800
 like a bear

00:21:40.800 --> 00:21:41.519
 the third

00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:42.539
 looks like a leopard

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.740
 but then there's

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.740
 a fourth beast

00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:46.500
 which is terrifying

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.080
 and dreadful

00:21:47.080 --> 00:21:48.019
 and exceedingly

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.460
 strong

00:21:48.460 --> 00:21:49.060
 that's how Daniel

00:21:49.060 --> 00:21:49.600
 describes it

00:21:49.600 --> 00:21:50.140
 that is different

00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:50.940
 from all the beasts

00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:51.800
 that were before it

00:21:51.800 --> 00:21:52.800
 and it had

00:21:52.800 --> 00:21:54.180
 ten horns

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:55.700
 so notice

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.100
 that this

00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:56.960
 Revelation 13

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.259
 beast

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:58.259
 has ten horns

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:59.660
 and it looks

00:21:59.660 --> 00:22:00.660
 like a leopard

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:01.600
 and a lion

00:22:01.600 --> 00:22:02.560
 and a bear

00:22:02.560 --> 00:22:05.259
 if Daniel 7's

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:05.640
 vision

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.640
 matches

00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:07.460
 Nebuchadnezzar's

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:08.160
 dream in Daniel

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.720
 chapter 2

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.120
 which is what

00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:09.940
 most people think

00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:10.840
 then the lion

00:22:10.840 --> 00:22:11.360
 like beast

00:22:11.360 --> 00:22:11.960
 represents the

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:12.880
 Babylonian empire

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.460
 the bear

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:13.980
 like beast

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.560
 represents the

00:22:14.560 --> 00:22:15.799
 Medo-Persian empire

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.539
 and then the

00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:17.340
 leopard like beast

00:22:17.340 --> 00:22:18.480
 represents the

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.480
 Macedonian empire

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:20.759
 and then the

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.600
 final beast

00:22:21.600 --> 00:22:22.240
 the fourth beast

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.900
 terrifying beast

00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:23.660
 represents the

00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:24.160
 Roman empire

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:24.320
 empire

00:22:24.320 --> 00:22:26.060
 and so this

00:22:26.060 --> 00:22:26.440
 beast

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:27.259
 in Revelation 13

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:28.460
 is not one

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:29.340
 of those beasts

00:22:29.340 --> 00:22:31.180
 but a composite

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:32.240
 picture of all

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:34.120
 four of Daniel's

00:22:34.120 --> 00:22:34.460
 beasts

00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:35.800
 it looks like

00:22:35.800 --> 00:22:36.420
 all of them

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:38.340
 and this is why

00:22:38.340 --> 00:22:38.779
 I think

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.740
 he has

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:41.060
 also seven

00:22:41.060 --> 00:22:41.560
 heads

00:22:41.560 --> 00:22:42.600
 if you add up

00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:43.080
 the number

00:22:43.080 --> 00:22:44.320
 of all the heads

00:22:44.320 --> 00:22:44.900
 of the beasts

00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:45.740
 in Daniel's vision

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.160
 they have

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:47.240
 seven heads

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:47.600
 total

00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:48.880
 so it's a composite

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:49.480
 picture

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.560
 also because seven

00:22:50.560 --> 00:22:51.120
 symbolizes

00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:51.880
 completeness

00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:52.040
 beasts

00:22:52.040 --> 00:22:53.160
 it represents

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.820
 all the

00:22:53.820 --> 00:22:54.600
 worldly kingdoms

00:22:54.600 --> 00:22:55.220
 and kings

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.900
 that oppose

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.220
 God

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:57.560
 the ultimate

00:22:57.560 --> 00:22:58.760
 hybrid beast

00:22:58.760 --> 00:23:00.300
 the sum

00:23:00.300 --> 00:23:00.860
 of all

00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:01.260
 beasts

00:23:01.260 --> 00:23:03.460
 later in

00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:04.220
 Revelation 17

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:04.660
 we're told

00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:05.200
 explicitly

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.640
 that the

00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:06.440
 seven heads

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:07.200
 represent both

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:08.080
 seven mountains

00:23:08.080 --> 00:23:09.180
 and seven

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.820
 kings

00:23:09.820 --> 00:23:11.140
 which shows

00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:11.520
 that these

00:23:11.520 --> 00:23:11.920
 symbolic

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.600
 pictures

00:23:12.600 --> 00:23:13.300
 can have

00:23:13.300 --> 00:23:14.140
 multi-layered

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:14.520
 meanings

00:23:14.520 --> 00:23:15.300
 multiple meanings

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:16.359
 and one of

00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:16.899
 the nicknames

00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:17.299
 for Rome

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:17.839
 was a city

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.539
 on seven

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:18.899
 hills

00:23:18.899 --> 00:23:19.339
 or a city

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:20.099
 of seven

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.519
 mountains

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:21.519
 so I think

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:21.859
 the Roman

00:23:21.859 --> 00:23:22.299
 empire

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:22.799
 is clearly

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.220
 included

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.480
 in this

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:23.819
 composite

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.220
 picture

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.659
 of the

00:23:24.659 --> 00:23:24.899
 beast

00:23:24.899 --> 00:23:25.839
 we're also

00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:26.720
 told that

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.379
 the ten

00:23:27.379 --> 00:23:27.819
 horns

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.299
 on the

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:28.659
 beast's

00:23:28.659 --> 00:23:29.220
 seven heads

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:30.159
 are ten

00:23:30.159 --> 00:23:30.619
 kings

00:23:30.619 --> 00:23:30.919
 who have

00:23:30.919 --> 00:23:31.440
 not yet

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:31.819
 received

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.519
 royal power

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.759
 in later

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.740
 Revelation 17

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:36.139
 and that's

00:23:36.139 --> 00:23:37.200
 where it wears

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.740
 diamonds on

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.960
 those ten

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.319
 heads

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:40.559
 the number

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.319
 ten signifies

00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:42.000
 completeness

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.839
 and so

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.599
 and later

00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:44.099
 at the

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:45.319
 end of

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:45.719
 the end

00:23:45.719 --> 00:23:45.980
 times

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.480
 we're currently

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:46.919
 in the end

00:23:46.919 --> 00:23:47.139
 times

00:23:47.139 --> 00:23:47.579
 since the

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:47.939
 coming of

00:23:47.939 --> 00:23:48.199
 Christ

00:23:48.199 --> 00:23:48.759
 but at the

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.179
 end of

00:23:49.179 --> 00:23:49.459
 the end

00:23:49.459 --> 00:23:49.839
 times

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.619
 these ten

00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:50.919
 kings

00:23:50.919 --> 00:23:51.279
 who will

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:51.559
 later

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:51.959
 receive

00:23:51.959 --> 00:23:52.699
 royal power

00:23:52.699 --> 00:23:53.399
 will hand

00:23:53.399 --> 00:23:53.879
 over all

00:23:53.879 --> 00:23:54.459
 their authority

00:23:54.459 --> 00:23:55.199
 to this

00:23:55.199 --> 00:23:55.719
 beast

00:23:55.719 --> 00:23:56.579
 that in

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:57.439
 Revelation 17

00:23:57.439 --> 00:23:58.079
 is described

00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:58.579
 as the

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:58.939
 eighth

00:23:58.939 --> 00:24:00.219
 because it's

00:24:00.219 --> 00:24:00.399
 the one

00:24:00.399 --> 00:24:00.659
 that comes

00:24:00.659 --> 00:24:01.240
 after the

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.559
 seven

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.159
 that represents

00:24:02.159 --> 00:24:02.559
 all the

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:02.779
 worldly

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.240
 powers

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:04.659
 I think

00:24:04.659 --> 00:24:05.000
 that will

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.319
 be the

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:05.639
 most

00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:06.799
 devilish

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.539
 antichrist

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.059
 that ever

00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:08.480
 comes

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.219
 and nothing

00:24:09.219 --> 00:24:09.899
 will be

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:10.480
 like it

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:13.539
 but even

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:13.939
 now

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.460
 that this

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:14.680
 beast

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.259
 is active

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:17.779
 and if

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.360
 Satan's

00:24:18.360 --> 00:24:18.960
 authority

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.660
 the dragon's

00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:19.900
 authority

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.500
 is behind

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.000
 this

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.580
 beast

00:24:21.580 --> 00:24:22.000
 which

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.500
 represents

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.059
 world's

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.500
 governments

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.160
 and powers

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:25.480
 then we

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.559
 should not

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.240
 be surprised

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:28.100
 when God's

00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:28.580
 people are

00:24:28.580 --> 00:24:29.200
 marginalized

00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:31.019
 and persecuted

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:32.400
 by nation

00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:32.799
 states

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:37.000
 the beast's

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.400
 crude

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:37.940
 imitation

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:38.799
 of Jesus

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.400
 the true

00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:39.779
 king of

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.120
 kings

00:24:40.120 --> 00:24:40.820
 continues

00:24:40.820 --> 00:24:41.200
 in verse

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.480
 three

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.539
 one

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:42.559
 one

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:42.839
 of its

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.259
 heads

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.559
 seemed

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:43.960
 to have

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.220
 a

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.640
 mortal

00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.480
 wound

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.339
 but

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:46.500
 its

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:46.720
 mortal

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.000
 wound

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.220
 was

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.680
 healed

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.380
 and the

00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:48.579
 whole

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:48.860
 earth

00:24:48.860 --> 00:24:49.319
 marveled

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:49.539
 as they

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:49.799
 followed

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.200
 the beast

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:51.059
 one

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:51.339
 of its

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:51.700
 heads

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.099
 means

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:52.460
 one

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:52.740
 of the

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.099
 kings

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.819
 John is

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.160
 likely

00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:55.000
 making

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.880
 imaginative

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.839
 creative use

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.279
 of the

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.019
 Nero legends

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.380
 that were

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:58.819
 popular

00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.720
 in his

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.019
 day

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.740
 Nero

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.019
 Caesar

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.279
 was

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.680
 emperor

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.279
 of the

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.460
 Roman

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:02.940
 empire

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.599
 during

00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:04.299
 54 to

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.839
 68

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:05.140
 80

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.440
 during

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:05.640
 which

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:05.880
 he was

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.400
 notorious

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:07.019
 for his

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.380
 vicious

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:07.960
 persecution

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.420
 of the

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:08.740
 Christians

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.580
 but when

00:25:09.580 --> 00:25:09.860
 he was

00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:10.320
 eventually

00:25:10.320 --> 00:25:10.840
 deposed

00:25:10.840 --> 00:25:11.259
 by the

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.500
 Roman

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:11.940
 senate

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.600
 and declared

00:25:12.600 --> 00:25:12.960
 a public

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.300
 enemy

00:25:13.300 --> 00:25:14.500
 he committed

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.060
 suicide

00:25:15.060 --> 00:25:15.420
 the next

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:15.660
 day

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.340
 by falling

00:25:16.340 --> 00:25:16.880
 upon a

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.200
 sword

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:19.560
 and later

00:25:19.560 --> 00:25:20.000
 in verse

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.700
 14

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.480
 we're told

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:21.779
 that this

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.220
 beast was

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.800
 wounded by

00:25:22.800 --> 00:25:23.360
 the sword

00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:23.840
 and yet

00:25:23.840 --> 00:25:24.240
 lived

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:26.039
 but because

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:26.980
 Nero's death

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.680
 was shrouded

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.160
 in mystery

00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:28.500
 and there

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:28.820
 were very

00:25:28.820 --> 00:25:29.580
 few witnesses

00:25:29.580 --> 00:25:31.300
 popular legends

00:25:31.300 --> 00:25:32.240
 were built up

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:33.180
 around Nero

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:34.340
 and many

00:25:34.340 --> 00:25:35.000
 people in

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.380
 those days

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:35.900
 believed that

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:36.420
 Nero would

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:36.840
 return

00:25:36.840 --> 00:25:37.279
 so this is

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.580
 called the

00:25:37.580 --> 00:25:37.900
 Nero

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.380
 return

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.300
 legend

00:25:39.300 --> 00:25:39.740
 or the

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.080
 Nero

00:25:40.080 --> 00:25:41.259
 living again

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:41.660
 legend

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:41.900
 Nero

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.240
 kind of

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.680
 resurrected

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.380
 legend

00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:44.800
 and

00:25:44.800 --> 00:25:46.000
 this is

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.860
 there were

00:25:46.860 --> 00:25:47.400
 sibling

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:47.960
 oracles

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.680
 like Oracle

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.160
 of Dolphin

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.519
 you've probably

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:49.940
 heard of it

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:51.000
 they wrote down

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.440
 oracles

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.940
 and one of the

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.259
 oracles

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.860
 did say

00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:53.300
 that Nero

00:25:53.300 --> 00:25:53.840
 would return

00:25:53.840 --> 00:25:54.320
 to life

00:25:54.320 --> 00:25:54.980
 to take

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.340
 vengeance

00:25:55.340 --> 00:25:55.920
 on those

00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:56.500
 who deposed

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:56.700
 him

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.279
 and retake

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.660
 the kingdom

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.620
 and so

00:25:58.620 --> 00:25:59.000
 I think

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.600
 John is

00:25:59.600 --> 00:25:59.900
 making

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.779
 creative use

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.300
 of that

00:26:01.300 --> 00:26:01.720
 legend

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.580
 to show

00:26:02.580 --> 00:26:03.759
 what basically

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.400
 the end

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:04.779
 time

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.320
 Antichrist

00:26:05.320 --> 00:26:05.640
 is going

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:05.960
 to be

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.340
 like

00:26:06.340 --> 00:26:07.440
 and what

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:07.940
 the beast

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.519
 is like

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.039
 throughout

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.519
 the age

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:11.559
 this legend

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:12.440
 was so popular

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:13.140
 that Dio

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.700
 Chrysostom

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.320
 a first century

00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:15.000
 Greek historian

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.400
 says

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:15.860
 quote

00:26:15.860 --> 00:26:16.539
 even now

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.360
 everyone wishes

00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:17.759
 that Nero

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.279
 were alive

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:18.820
 and most people

00:26:18.820 --> 00:26:19.559
 actually believe

00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:19.840
 in it

00:26:19.840 --> 00:26:21.799
 even by the

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.519
 fourth century

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.120
 Augustine

00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:23.600
 the Christian

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:23.920
 pastor

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.240
 writes

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.539
 that some

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.160
 people believe

00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:25.640
 still

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.420
 that Nero

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:27.420
 now lives

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:28.400
 in concealment

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:28.900
 in the vigor

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.759
 of that same age

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.200
 which he had

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.799
 reached when he

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.360
 was believed

00:26:31.360 --> 00:26:32.000
 to have perished

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.880
 and will live

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.860
 until he is revealed

00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.640
 in his own time

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:35.160
 and restored

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:35.840
 to his kingdom

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:37.839
 so Nero

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.699
 was popular

00:26:38.699 --> 00:26:39.379
 with the Romans

00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:40.019
 but not

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.899
 with the Christians

00:26:40.899 --> 00:26:42.179
 for understandable

00:26:42.179 --> 00:26:42.679
 reasons

00:26:42.679 --> 00:26:43.959
 Roman historians

00:26:43.959 --> 00:26:44.980
 like Tacitus

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.839
 note that

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.899
 Nero

00:26:46.899 --> 00:26:47.599
 most likely

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.439
 instigated

00:26:48.439 --> 00:26:49.359
 the great fire

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:49.759
 of Rome

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.500
 so that he can

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:51.379
 clear the grounds

00:26:51.379 --> 00:26:51.980
 to create

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.799
 so that he can

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.759
 build the golden

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.419
 house that he

00:26:54.419 --> 00:26:55.099
 had been dreaming

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.439
 about

00:26:55.439 --> 00:26:56.119
 dreaming about

00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:56.439
 the golden

00:26:56.439 --> 00:26:57.819
 house

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.799
 but then

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.539
 afterwards

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.199
 he blamed

00:27:00.199 --> 00:27:00.839
 the Christians

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.939
 as scapegoats

00:27:01.939 --> 00:27:02.480
 oh they're the

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.319
 ones who did it

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:04.579
 and burned him

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:04.939
 alive

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:07.500
 several

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.600
 ancient writers

00:27:08.600 --> 00:27:09.600
 including

00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:10.259
 Tertullian

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.620
 described Nero

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:12.759
 as the first

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.860
 that persecuted

00:27:13.860 --> 00:27:14.860
 Christians

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:16.779
 and the Christian

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.160
 doctrine

00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:18.100
 and so

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:19.340
 Nero is a very

00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:20.140
 fitting

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:20.700
 kind of a

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.480
 ready-made

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.240
 type

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:23.340
 of figure

00:27:23.340 --> 00:27:24.340
 of the Antichrist

00:27:24.340 --> 00:27:25.320
 and John

00:27:25.320 --> 00:27:26.220
 uses him

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:27.160
 and the

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:27.420
 narrow

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:28.500
 returned legend

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.340
 as a literary

00:27:29.340 --> 00:27:30.500
 foil to Christ

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.559
 to show how

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.080
 this beast

00:27:32.080 --> 00:27:32.660
 is just a

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.420
 crude imitation

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:33.920
 of Jesus

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:35.220
 the beast

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.620
 is said to

00:27:35.620 --> 00:27:35.940
 have a

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.840
 mortal wound

00:27:36.840 --> 00:27:37.400
 and that

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:37.980
 word

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.480
 in verse 3

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:38.940
 the word

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.400
 wound

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:40.320
 is the exact

00:27:40.320 --> 00:27:40.900
 same word

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.320
 that's used

00:27:41.320 --> 00:27:41.800
 to describe

00:27:41.800 --> 00:27:42.460
 how the lamb

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.600
 was slain

00:27:43.600 --> 00:27:44.640
 later in

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.180
 verse 8

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:46.960
 and just as

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.560
 the lamb

00:27:47.560 --> 00:27:48.160
 earlier in

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:48.560
 chapter 5

00:27:48.560 --> 00:27:48.880
 verse 6

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:49.580
 was slain

00:27:49.580 --> 00:27:50.100
 but nevertheless

00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:50.900
 standing

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:52.200
 referring to

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.800
 his resurrection

00:27:52.800 --> 00:27:53.460
 of Jesus

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:54.519
 so now

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.060
 this hideous

00:27:55.060 --> 00:27:55.360
 beast

00:27:55.360 --> 00:27:55.779
 imitates

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.259
 the lamb

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:57.200
 who had

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:57.539
 a mortal

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:57.779
 wound

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.019
 that was

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.560
 healed

00:27:58.560 --> 00:27:59.380
 and later

00:27:59.380 --> 00:27:59.700
 in verse

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.240
 14

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.740
 it was said

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.019
 that he

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.440
 was wounded

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.299
 but yet

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:03.059
 lived

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.500
 which is

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:03.900
 resurrection

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.420
 language

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:06.200
 just as

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.539
 in chapter

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:06.980
 5

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.559
 after the

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:07.840
 lamb

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:08.420
 is seen

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:11.200
 the heavenly

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.580
 host

00:28:11.580 --> 00:28:12.019
 fall down

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.440
 before him

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:12.880
 and worship

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.180
 him

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:13.700
 and they

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.220
 praise him

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.559
 for how

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.240
 he ransomed

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.820
 people for

00:28:15.820 --> 00:28:16.019
 God

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.539
 from every

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.140
 tribe and

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.660
 language and

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.080
 people and

00:28:18.080 --> 00:28:18.420
 nation

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.620
 but now

00:28:19.620 --> 00:28:20.120
 here

00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:20.900
 after this

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.559
 mortal wound

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.000
 of the beast

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.500
 is healed

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.220
 he says

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.620
 the whole

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:24.400
 earth marveled

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:24.580
 as they

00:28:24.580 --> 00:28:25.019
 followed the

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.279
 beast

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.880
 and they

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:25.980
 said

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.299
 authority

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:26.660
 was given

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:26.900
 to go

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.279
 for every

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:28.100
 tribe and

00:28:28.100 --> 00:28:28.799
 people and

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.440
 language and

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:29.779
 nation

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.720
 and all

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.139
 who dwell

00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:31.480
 on earth

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.059
 will worship

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.420
 him

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:34.639
 the beast

00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:35.519
 is imitating

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.019
 Christ

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:37.119
 in order to

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:37.920
 rob him

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.339
 of his

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:38.779
 worship

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:41.460
 Jesus

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:43.279
 was afflicted

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:43.579
 with the

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.079
 mortal wound

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.599
 so that

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:45.619
 he died

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:45.859
 on the

00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:46.200
 cross

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:46.619
 so that

00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:47.000
 he might

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.619
 make atonement

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:48.000
 for our

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.119
 sins

00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:48.339
 so he

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:48.980
 might bear

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.819
 our

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.619
 punishment

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.279
 to bear

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.720
 the wrath

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.059
 of God

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.339
 and

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:54.240
 extend to

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.399
 us

00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:54.859
 forgiveness

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:55.440
 and freedom

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:57.099
 he was

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:57.500
 pierced

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:57.819
 for our

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.619
 transgressions

00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.220
 he was

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.740
 crushed

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.380
 for our

00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:01.000
 iniquities

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.799
 the

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:02.440
 chastisement

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.920
 that brought

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.099
 us

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.480
 peace

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:06.599
 was upon

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:07.279
 him

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:08.559
 with his

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.120
 wounds

00:29:09.120 --> 00:29:09.460
 we are

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:09.759
 healed

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:11.259
 but in

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.640
 contrast

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:12.120
 this

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:12.599
 beast

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.660
 this

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.039
 beast

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.460
 mortal

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:14.920
 wound

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.400
 serves

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:15.900
 no

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.599
 salvific

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:17.200
 purpose

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:19.160
 it's

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:19.720
 like a

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.700
 it's an

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.099
 entirely

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:21.880
 self-serving

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:22.120
 trick

00:29:22.120 --> 00:29:22.440
 like a

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:22.759
 magician

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.240
 who

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:24.579
 creates

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:25.059
 an illusion

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.839
 a death

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.400
 defying

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:26.779
 illusion

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.559
 to get

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:28.160
 applause

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:28.740
 from people

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.120
 and get

00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:29.440
 people

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:29.940
 to follow

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.240
 him

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:32.120
 this

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.660
 beast

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:37.380
 his

00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:37.920
 wound

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.400
 is just

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:38.740
 a crude

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.180
 imitation

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:47.339
 I do

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:47.700
 think that

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.059
 at the end

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.420
 of the end

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:48.740
 times

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.059
 as I

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.339
 mentioned

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:50.180
 that there

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.500
 will be

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.079
 a singular

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:51.740
 antichrist

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.000
 who will

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.400
 conquer the

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:52.740
 people of

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:52.900
 God

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.319
 like never

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.740
 before

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:57.019
 I

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.500
 explain that

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:57.799
 more when

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:57.940
 we get

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.039
 to

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.319
 Revelation

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:58.839
 17

00:29:58.839 --> 00:30:00.660
 but

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:02.079
 this

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.559
 beast

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.299
 I think

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:04.059
 it's

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.980
 resuscitation

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.819
 coming back

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.319
 from healing

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:06.720
 from the

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.259
 mortal wound

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.880
 I think

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.220
 it's probably

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:09.059
 best understood

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.660
 in the main

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.140
 application

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:10.519
 as the

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:10.960
 repeated

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.859
 rise and

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.299
 fall

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:13.160
 of states

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:13.859
 and kingdoms

00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:14.660
 that oppose

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.120
 God and

00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:15.420
 oppress

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:15.740
 God's

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.019
 people

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:18.640
 because they

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:19.140
 keep coming

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.440
 back

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:19.799
 don't they

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:21.539
 first was

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:22.000
 the Egyptians

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:23.680
 and then it

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:23.960
 was the

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.440
 Persians

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:26.099
 then it

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:26.299
 was the

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.980
 Babylonians

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:28.220
 then it

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.460
 was the

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:29.180
 Macedonians

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:30.680
 I think I

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:30.960
 flipped you

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:31.299
 over there

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.740
 a little bit

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:33.019
 the Genghis Khan

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.639
 and the

00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:34.919
 Mongol Empire

00:30:34.919 --> 00:30:35.659
 massacred

00:30:35.659 --> 00:30:36.159
 4 million

00:30:36.159 --> 00:30:36.659
 Christians

00:30:36.659 --> 00:30:38.079
 12-14 AD

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:39.099
 Tamerlan

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.339
 and his

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:40.039
 Timurid Empire

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.519
 killed about

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.039
 4 million

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.419
 Christians

00:30:41.419 --> 00:30:42.460
 in 1358

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:44.220
 late 1800s

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.460
 and early

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:45.059
 1900s

00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:45.720
 1.2

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.059
 million

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.680
 Armenians

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.059
 Muslim

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.500
 Christians

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:48.019
 killed by

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.460
 the Ottoman

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.019
 Empire

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:50.660
 about 12

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:50.960
 million

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.379
 Christians

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:51.779
 killed

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.279
 under the

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.559
 Soviet

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.059
 Union

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:55.639
 among the

00:30:55.639 --> 00:30:56.139
 6 million

00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:56.519
 Jews

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:56.839
 that the

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.259
 Nazis

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:58.139
 killed

00:30:58.139 --> 00:30:58.920
 1 million

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.539
 Christians

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.019
 were also

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.420
 killed in

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:01.000
 death camps

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:03.279
 according to

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.960
 Open Doors

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.379
 a ministry

00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:04.720
 that keeps

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.099
 track of

00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:05.500
 persecuted

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.019
 Christians

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.460
 and tries

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:06.839
 to help

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.019
 them

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:08.720
 360 million

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.139
 Christians

00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:09.559
 throughout the

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:09.740
 world

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.400
 face high

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:10.799
 levels of

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.279
 persecution

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:14.019
 hundreds of

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.319
 millions

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:14.920
 of Christians

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.980
 face extreme

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.599
 persecution

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.339
 in countries

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:18.299
 like North

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:18.619
 Korea

00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:19.240
 Somalia

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.740
 Yemen

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.500
 Eritrea

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:20.940
 Libya

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:21.539
 Nigeria

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:22.099
 Pakistan

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:22.779
 Iran

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.799
 Afghanistan

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.480
 Sudan

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:25.240
 and India

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:29.919
 again and

00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:30.659
 again this

00:31:30.659 --> 00:31:31.279
 beast seems

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.740
 to rise

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.079
 again

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:35.379
 and it's

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:36.279
 this seeming

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:37.279
 indestructibility

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.819
 of the beast

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.379
 that leads people

00:31:38.379 --> 00:31:38.980
 to worship

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.819
 the dragon

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.480
 and the beast

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:40.899
 saying in

00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.339
 verse 4

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:42.659
 who is like

00:31:42.659 --> 00:31:43.180
 the beast

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:44.200
 and who can

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.879
 fight against

00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:45.139
 it

00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:46.360
 this too

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:46.680
 is a

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.180
 parody

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:48.120
 of the

00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:48.480
 worship

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:48.960
 of the

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.360
 saints

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:50.540
 because

00:31:50.540 --> 00:31:51.140
 repeatedly

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:51.720
 throughout

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.280
 the scriptures

00:31:52.280 --> 00:31:52.720
 we see

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.200
 the people

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.640
 of God

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:54.480
 marveling at

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:54.980
 who God

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.360
 is in

00:31:55.360 --> 00:31:55.820
 this manner

00:31:55.820 --> 00:31:56.280
 in Exodus

00:31:56.280 --> 00:31:56.660
 15

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.040
 11

00:31:57.040 --> 00:31:58.259
 who is

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:59.020
 like you

00:31:59.020 --> 00:31:59.600
 oh Lord

00:31:59.600 --> 00:32:00.460
 among the

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.860
 gods

00:32:00.860 --> 00:32:02.259
 who is

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:03.040
 like you

00:32:03.040 --> 00:32:03.680
 majestic

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:04.360
 in holiness

00:32:04.360 --> 00:32:05.200
 awesome

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.820
 and glorious

00:32:05.820 --> 00:32:06.180
 thief

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:07.140
 doing wonders

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:09.180
 only God

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:10.500
 is incomparable

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:12.000
 only God

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:13.259
 has no equal

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:14.120
 only God

00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:15.320
 is transcendent

00:32:15.320 --> 00:32:16.220
 and sovereign

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.660
 overall

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.280
 but this

00:32:17.280 --> 00:32:18.280
 donkey

00:32:18.280 --> 00:32:20.200
 in a lion

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.660
 skin

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:23.300
 the pretender

00:32:23.300 --> 00:32:25.340
 the imposter

00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:26.540
 the fraud

00:32:26.540 --> 00:32:27.680
 dares

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.700
 to receive

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.320
 the worship

00:32:29.320 --> 00:32:30.060
 that belongs

00:32:30.060 --> 00:32:30.759
 to Yahweh

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:34.960
 it's blasphemy

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:36.900
 it's a

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:38.380
 travesty

00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:40.360
 does it

00:32:40.360 --> 00:32:40.940
 grieve you

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:42.079
 brothers and

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.380
 sisters

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:43.660
 that God

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.240
 is not

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.059
 given the

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.519
 worship

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.180
 that is

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.680
 due to

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:47.279
 his name

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:52.700
 does it

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.340
 grieve you

00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:53.759
 that the

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.539
 whole earth

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.779
 marvels

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.059
 as they

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.759
 follow the

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.279
 beast

00:32:57.279 --> 00:33:00.860
 that's

00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:01.360
 why we

00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:01.720
 have our

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:01.980
 mission

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.559
 to go

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:04.960
 to our

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.599
 neighborhoods

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:06.500
 to the

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.059
 nations

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:08.099
 with the

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.539
 gospel of

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:08.740
 Jesus

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.179
 Christ

00:33:09.179 --> 00:33:13.639
 this

00:33:13.639 --> 00:33:14.059
 worship

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:14.359
 of the

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:14.579
 beast

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:14.980
 is also

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.639
 a mockery

00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:16.419
 of the

00:33:16.419 --> 00:33:16.980
 church

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:18.179
 who worship

00:33:18.179 --> 00:33:18.579
 the true

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.000
 Christ

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.539
 Deuteronomy

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:19.899
 33

00:33:19.899 --> 00:33:20.339
 29

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:20.619
 says

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:21.599
 who is

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:22.379
 like you

00:33:22.379 --> 00:33:23.619
 and this

00:33:23.619 --> 00:33:23.859
 time it's

00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:24.240
 not referring

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.619
 to God

00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:24.879
 it's

00:33:24.879 --> 00:33:25.240
 referring to

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.519
 God's

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:25.819
 people

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.819
 who is

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.399
 like you

00:33:27.399 --> 00:33:28.339
 a people

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:29.419
 saved

00:33:29.419 --> 00:33:29.980
 by the

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.279
 Lord

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:31.299
 the shield

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:32.240
 of your

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.639
 help

00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:33.339
 and the

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:33.799
 sword

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.559
 of your

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:35.319
 triumph

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:37.019
 I don't

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.259
 know if

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:37.460
 Chris

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:38.000
 Tomlin knew

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.559
 about this

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:39.240
 first when he

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.579
 wrote that

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:39.960
 song that

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.119
 we were

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:40.339
 singing

00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:40.680
 we talked

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.079
 about God

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:41.339
 is our

00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:41.720
 shield

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.419
 and sword

00:33:42.419 --> 00:33:43.619
 there is

00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:44.200
 no one

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.779
 like the

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.299
 people of

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:45.539
 God

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.119
 on earth

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:47.299
 no one

00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:48.019
 as precious

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.680
 as the

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.119
 saints

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:50.180
 on earth

00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:50.599
 who have

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:51.240
 been saved

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.599
 by the

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:51.720
 Lord

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.000
 there's

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.359
 no one

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:52.819
 like us

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:53.279
 for whom

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:53.740
 God

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.240
 himself

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.659
 is our

00:33:54.659 --> 00:33:55.139
 shield

00:33:55.139 --> 00:33:55.700
 and God

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:56.099
 himself

00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:56.480
 is our

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.019
 sword

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.859
 but the

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.779
 beast

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.279
 and its

00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.879
 worshippers

00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:00.599
 mock us

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.779
 that's why

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.000
 it says

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:02.379
 in verse

00:34:02.379 --> 00:34:02.639
 6

00:34:02.639 --> 00:34:02.939
 he not

00:34:02.939 --> 00:34:03.099
 only

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.539
 blasphemes

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:03.859
 God's

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.079
 name

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:04.399
 he also

00:34:04.399 --> 00:34:04.939
 blasphemes

00:34:04.939 --> 00:34:05.259
 God's

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.799
 dwelling

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.619
 that is a

00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:07.059
 reference to

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.480
 those who

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.079
 dwell in

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.460
 heaven

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.199
 meaning the

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:09.900
 heaven dwellers

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.239
 those who

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:10.839
 have their

00:34:10.839 --> 00:34:11.339
 citizenship

00:34:11.339 --> 00:34:11.880
 heaven

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.480
 in heaven

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:13.139
 those who

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:13.559
 are right

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:13.759
 now

00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:14.239
 spiritually

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:14.659
 seated

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.259
 with Christ

00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:15.759
 at the

00:34:15.759 --> 00:34:16.079
 right hand

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.420
 of God

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:17.099
 in heaven

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.639
 as it

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:17.960
 says in

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.659
 Ephesians 2

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.380
 that's us

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:20.420
 the dwelling

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:21.039
 place of God

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.559
 the temple

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:21.940
 of God

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.480
 1 Corinthians

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:23.139
 3 16

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.559
 says

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:25.460
 the beast

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.159
 slanders

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:26.799
 God's

00:34:26.799 --> 00:34:27.219
 people

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:28.299
 speaks against

00:34:28.299 --> 00:34:28.779
 God's

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:29.400
 people saying

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:30.139
 you will be

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.759
 destroyed

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:31.960
 not saved

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:33.579
 you are not

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.179
 the chosen

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:34.559
 people

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.199
 you are not

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.759
 the favorite

00:34:35.759 --> 00:34:36.239
 people of

00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:36.519
 God

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.719
 but these

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:38.339
 are lies

00:34:38.339 --> 00:34:40.299
 and we

00:34:40.299 --> 00:34:40.980
 must repudiate

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.440
 the beast

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:44.559
 verse 8

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.099
 reminds us

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:45.480
 of who we

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.099
 really are

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.900
 it says

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.719
 and all

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:48.299
 who dwell

00:34:48.299 --> 00:34:48.719
 on earth

00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:49.440
 will worship

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.099
 the beast

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:52.500
 everyone

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:52.940
 whose name

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.739
 has not

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:54.639
 been written

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:55.420
 before the

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:55.900
 foundation

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.539
 of the world

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.379
 in the book

00:34:57.379 --> 00:34:58.039
 of life

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.719
 of the lamb

00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:59.139
 who was

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.739
 slain

00:34:59.739 --> 00:35:02.299
 the book

00:35:02.299 --> 00:35:02.759
 of life

00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:03.299
 is mentioned

00:35:03.299 --> 00:35:03.759
 a total

00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:04.079
 of six

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.439
 times

00:35:04.439 --> 00:35:04.939
 in revelation

00:35:04.939 --> 00:35:05.980
 it's the

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:07.739
 census book

00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:08.619
 of the new

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.119
 heavenly

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.939
 Jerusalem

00:35:09.939 --> 00:35:10.739
 it's the

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:11.779
 invited guest

00:35:11.779 --> 00:35:12.139
 list

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.759
 of the

00:35:12.759 --> 00:35:13.159
 eternal

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:14.099
 wedding feast

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.699
 of the lamb

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.799
 and if you

00:35:15.799 --> 00:35:16.319
 are a

00:35:16.319 --> 00:35:16.699
 Christian

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:18.079
 then your

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:18.739
 name has

00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:19.359
 been written

00:35:19.359 --> 00:35:20.480
 in that

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:20.819
 book

00:35:20.819 --> 00:35:21.859
 before the

00:35:21.859 --> 00:35:22.519
 foundation

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:22.980
 of the

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.399
 world

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:28.099
 it's an

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.420
 amazing

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:28.860
 thought

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:31.119
 before

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:31.800
 there's a

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:31.960
 lot of

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:32.180
 people

00:35:32.180 --> 00:35:32.960
 pregnant in

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.280
 our church

00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:33.599
 were having

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:33.960
 babies

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.420
 before

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:36.440
 their first

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:36.960
 child is

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.320
 born

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:39.180
 expecting

00:35:39.180 --> 00:35:40.000
 father and

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.400
 mother will

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:40.960
 often take

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.420
 weeks

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:42.660
 and months

00:35:42.660 --> 00:35:43.700
 and maybe

00:35:43.700 --> 00:35:44.240
 before some

00:35:44.240 --> 00:35:44.780
 people have

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.500
 trouble conceiving

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.240
 even years

00:35:46.240 --> 00:35:48.099
 to prepare

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:49.400
 their house

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:49.920
 for the baby

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.559
 to prepare

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.059
 the baby

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:52.299
 they start

00:35:52.299 --> 00:35:53.119
 purchasing

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:53.920
 furniture

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:54.779
 get the

00:35:54.779 --> 00:35:55.139
 crib

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:55.860
 get the

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.719
 changing

00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:57.119
 table

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:58.860
 they

00:35:58.860 --> 00:36:00.179
 might even

00:36:00.179 --> 00:36:00.699
 paint

00:36:00.699 --> 00:36:01.779
 the room

00:36:01.779 --> 00:36:02.820
 and in this

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.179
 day and age

00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:03.519
 of course

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.320
 with non-toxic

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:04.639
 paint

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:05.019
 that's safe

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.539
 for the baby

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:07.059
 and

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:09.159
 they'll buy

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:09.559
 diapers

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.019
 and other

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.500
 supplies

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.420
 like onesies

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:12.059
 and swatting

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.659
 cloths

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:13.079
 and of course

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:13.900
 a car seat

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:16.159
 and when that

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:17.019
 child is born

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.980
 she's welcomed

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:19.119
 into a world

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:19.659
 that has been

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.059
 waiting

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.880
 for her

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:23.440
 and she's

00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:24.079
 already well

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:24.699
 loved

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:26.000
 the parents

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.299
 have been

00:36:26.299 --> 00:36:26.679
 waiting

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:27.539
 and expecting

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.259
 and preparing

00:36:28.259 --> 00:36:29.679
 for all those

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:30.360
 many months

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:32.320
 but that is

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:32.960
 nothing

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:34.739
 compared to

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.519
 how long

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.500
 God has been

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:36.920
 preparing

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.519
 for his

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:38.000
 children

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:43.559
 Christian brothers

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:43.920
 and sisters

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.699
 your name

00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:45.639
 has been

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:45.980
 written

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:47.099
 in the book

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.820
 of life

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.920
 of the lamb

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.880
 before

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:51.200
 the foundation

00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:52.140
 of the world

00:36:52.140 --> 00:36:56.740
 before the heavens

00:36:56.740 --> 00:36:57.360
 and the earth

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:58.019
 were created

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:59.519
 before the sun

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.200
 and moon

00:37:00.200 --> 00:37:00.800
 and the stars

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:01.300
 were put in

00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:01.700
 their place

00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:02.880
 before time

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:03.380
 began

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:04.579
 in the eternal

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:05.619
 past

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:06.760
 God planned

00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:07.500
 that he would

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.400
 create you

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:09.119
 by name

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:09.860
 and that he

00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:10.680
 would save

00:37:10.680 --> 00:37:11.200
 you

00:37:11.200 --> 00:37:12.119
 and adopt

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:12.900
 you as

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:14.099
 his own

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.960
 child

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:19.320
 in the eternal

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:19.780
 past

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:20.500
 God chose

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:20.860
 you

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:21.619
 and wrote

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:22.240
 your name

00:37:22.240 --> 00:37:23.579
 in the book

00:37:23.579 --> 00:37:24.519
 of life

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:27.260
 so that you

00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:27.559
 might share

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:28.360
 eternity with

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:28.659
 him

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:31.840
 that's who

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:32.539
 we are

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:34.960
 we're so

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.340
 loved

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:39.480
 and it's

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:40.320
 this sovereignty

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:40.760
 of God

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:41.120
 that gives

00:37:41.120 --> 00:37:41.840
 us hope

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:42.320
 and enables

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:42.620
 us to

00:37:42.620 --> 00:37:43.079
 endure

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.579
 despite

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:44.180
 intense

00:37:44.180 --> 00:37:45.059
 persecution

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.860
 from the

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.120
 worldly

00:37:46.120 --> 00:37:46.720
 powers

00:37:46.720 --> 00:37:51.480
 look at

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:52.059
 verses 5

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:52.519
 to 7

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:54.920
 the beast

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:56.019
 was given

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.660
 a mouth

00:37:56.660 --> 00:37:57.079
 uttering

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:57.440
 haughty

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:58.079
 and blasphemous

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.460
 words

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:58.700
 and it

00:37:58.700 --> 00:37:59.820
 was allowed

00:37:59.820 --> 00:38:00.840
 to exercise

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.320
 authority

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:01.920
 for 42

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:02.380
 months

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:03.640
 verse 7

00:38:03.640 --> 00:38:03.980
 it says

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.559
 it was

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.840
 also

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.079
 it was

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.559
 allowed

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:06.420
 to make

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:06.840
 war

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:07.240
 on the

00:38:07.240 --> 00:38:07.539
 saints

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:07.840
 and to

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.079
 conquer

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.640
 and authority

00:38:08.640 --> 00:38:09.240
 was

00:38:09.240 --> 00:38:09.960
 given

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.460
 it

00:38:10.460 --> 00:38:11.619
 this is

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.140
 what we've

00:38:12.140 --> 00:38:12.380
 seen

00:38:12.380 --> 00:38:12.640
 throughout

00:38:12.640 --> 00:38:13.059
 revelation

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:13.680
 and throughout

00:38:13.680 --> 00:38:14.099
 much of

00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:14.380
 scripture

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:15.360
 what we know

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:15.599
 as the

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:16.059
 divine

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:16.860
 passives

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:19.119
 instead of

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:19.700
 attributing

00:38:19.700 --> 00:38:20.320
 the direct

00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:20.880
 action to

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.140
 God

00:38:21.140 --> 00:38:22.619
 it implicitly

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:23.260
 attributes

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:23.980
 this to

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.260
 God

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:24.800
 by using

00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:25.380
 the passive

00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:25.760
 tense

00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:26.539
 to show

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:26.980
 God's

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:27.579
 ultimate

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:28.320
 sovereignty

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:28.860
 even

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:29.380
 over

00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:29.920
 evil

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:34.500
 even

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.780
 the

00:38:34.780 --> 00:38:35.119
 beast

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:36.079
 blasphemy

00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:36.420
 against

00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:36.820
 God

00:38:36.820 --> 00:38:37.320
 even

00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:37.579
 the

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:37.860
 beast

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:38.400
 war

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:38.760
 against

00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:38.940
 the

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.119
 saints

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.340
 even

00:38:39.340 --> 00:38:39.539
 the

00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:39.720
 beast

00:38:39.720 --> 00:38:40.280
 authority

00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:40.579
 over

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:40.760
 the

00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:41.059
 world

00:38:41.059 --> 00:38:41.559
 they're

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:42.000
 all

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:42.780
 given

00:38:42.780 --> 00:38:44.579
 in an

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:44.900
 ultimate

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.460
 sense

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:47.440
 from the

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:47.680
 sovereign

00:38:47.680 --> 00:38:47.920
 hand

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.380
 of God

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:49.579
 this is

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:49.980
 why the

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:50.440
 beast's

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:50.900
 time is

00:38:50.900 --> 00:38:51.280
 limited

00:38:51.280 --> 00:38:51.940
 and it's

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.300
 short

00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:52.559
 he's

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:52.800
 allowed

00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:53.159
 to exercise

00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:53.500
 authority

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:54.119
 for 42

00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:54.619
 months

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:54.980
 that's a

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.440
 defined

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:55.860
 period of

00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:56.099
 time

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.780
 that will

00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:57.220
 surely

00:38:57.220 --> 00:38:57.740
 come to

00:38:57.740 --> 00:38:58.159
 an end

00:38:58.159 --> 00:38:59.099
 neither

00:38:59.099 --> 00:38:59.300
 the

00:38:59.300 --> 00:38:59.680
 dragon

00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:00.299
 nor

00:39:00.299 --> 00:39:00.519
 the

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:00.799
 beast

00:39:00.799 --> 00:39:01.099
 can

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:01.359
 take

00:39:01.359 --> 00:39:01.679
 even

00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:01.980
 an

00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:02.480
 inch

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:03.119
 more

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:03.419
 than

00:39:03.419 --> 00:39:03.739
 what

00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:04.299
 God

00:39:04.299 --> 00:39:04.940
 gives

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:07.759
 and

00:39:07.759 --> 00:39:08.039
 this is

00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:08.399
 wonderful

00:39:08.399 --> 00:39:09.039
 assurance

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.559
 for us

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:09.759
 even

00:39:09.759 --> 00:39:10.000
 when

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.179
 the

00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:10.419
 world

00:39:10.419 --> 00:39:10.799
 seems

00:39:10.799 --> 00:39:11.199
 upside

00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:11.699
 down

00:39:11.699 --> 00:39:11.940
 even

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:12.179
 when

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:12.539
 we

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:12.659
 can

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:13.000
 remember

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:13.199
 that

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:13.440
 God

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:13.579
 is

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:13.799
 still

00:39:13.799 --> 00:39:14.259
 seated

00:39:14.259 --> 00:39:14.759
 on

00:39:14.759 --> 00:39:14.940
 his

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:15.259
 throne

00:39:15.259 --> 00:39:15.519
 even

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:15.799
 when

00:39:15.799 --> 00:39:15.980
 we

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.119
 are

00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:16.559
 tempted

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:17.119
 we

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.259
 can

00:39:17.259 --> 00:39:17.500
 remember

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:17.659
 that

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:17.819
 God

00:39:17.819 --> 00:39:17.940
 will

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:18.159
 not

00:39:18.159 --> 00:39:18.359
 let

00:39:18.359 --> 00:39:18.460
 us

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:18.619
 be

00:39:18.619 --> 00:39:19.000
 tempted

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.440
 beyond

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:19.659
 our

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:20.000
 ability

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.199
 but

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:20.339
 will

00:39:20.339 --> 00:39:20.899
 provide

00:39:20.899 --> 00:39:21.460
 a

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:21.799
 way

00:39:21.799 --> 00:39:22.000
 of

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.500
 escape

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:22.739
 so

00:39:22.739 --> 00:39:22.839
 that

00:39:22.839 --> 00:39:22.940
 we

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.099
 might

00:39:23.099 --> 00:39:23.659
 endure

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:24.119
 it

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:26.159
 our

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:26.739
 destiny

00:39:26.739 --> 00:39:27.119
 has

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:27.659
 already

00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:27.880
 been

00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:28.380
 decided

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:29.099
 our

00:39:29.099 --> 00:39:29.599
 names

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:29.859
 have

00:39:29.859 --> 00:39:30.420
 already

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:30.759
 been

00:39:30.759 --> 00:39:31.319
 recorded

00:39:31.319 --> 00:39:31.679
 in the

00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:31.819
 book

00:39:31.819 --> 00:39:31.980
 of

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.279
 life

00:39:32.279 --> 00:39:32.639
 the

00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:33.000
 end

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:33.159
 of

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:33.319
 the

00:39:33.319 --> 00:39:33.719
 story

00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:34.019
 has

00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:34.460
 already

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:34.739
 been

00:39:34.739 --> 00:39:35.179
 written

00:39:35.179 --> 00:39:38.119
 and

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:38.259
 it's

00:39:38.259 --> 00:39:38.380
 a

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:38.659
 happy

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:38.960
 ending

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:42.239
 if

00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:42.319
 you

00:39:42.319 --> 00:39:42.400
 are

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:42.579
 not

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:42.759
 yet

00:39:42.759 --> 00:39:42.900
 a

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:43.119
 follower

00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:43.279
 of

00:39:43.279 --> 00:39:43.500
 Christ

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:43.739
 do

00:39:43.739 --> 00:39:43.900
 you

00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:44.199
 want

00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:44.339
 to

00:39:44.339 --> 00:39:44.480
 know

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:44.619
 if

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:44.900
 your

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.199
 name

00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:45.480
 has

00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:45.659
 been

00:39:45.659 --> 00:39:45.980
 written

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:46.759
 in

00:39:46.759 --> 00:39:46.940
 the

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:47.139
 book

00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:47.299
 of

00:39:47.299 --> 00:39:47.539
 life

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:47.679
 of

00:39:47.679 --> 00:39:47.799
 the

00:39:47.799 --> 00:39:48.039
 land

00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:48.259
 who

00:39:48.259 --> 00:39:48.279
 was

00:39:48.279 --> 00:39:48.539
 slain

00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:51.839
 there's

00:39:51.839 --> 00:39:52.019
 only

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:52.279
 one

00:39:52.279 --> 00:39:52.420
 way

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:52.539
 to

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:52.779
 find

00:39:52.779 --> 00:39:53.019
 out

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:54.319
 put

00:39:54.319 --> 00:39:54.819
 your

00:39:54.819 --> 00:39:55.380
 faith

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:56.000
 in

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.239
 the

00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:56.559
 lamb

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:56.739
 who

00:39:56.739 --> 00:39:56.899
 was

00:39:56.899 --> 00:39:57.259
 slain

00:39:57.259 --> 00:39:57.659
 so

00:39:57.659 --> 00:39:57.859
 that

00:39:57.859 --> 00:39:58.119
 you

00:39:58.119 --> 00:39:58.519
 might

00:39:58.519 --> 00:39:59.019
 live

00:39:59.019 --> 00:40:01.519
 confess

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:01.879
 that

00:40:01.879 --> 00:40:02.139
 Jesus

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:02.579
 Christ

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:02.779
 is

00:40:02.779 --> 00:40:03.000
 Lord

00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:03.179
 and

00:40:03.179 --> 00:40:03.479
 believe

00:40:03.479 --> 00:40:03.619
 in

00:40:03.619 --> 00:40:03.779
 your

00:40:03.779 --> 00:40:04.099
 heart

00:40:04.099 --> 00:40:04.299
 that

00:40:04.299 --> 00:40:04.599
 he

00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:04.879
 died

00:40:04.879 --> 00:40:05.039
 for

00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:05.179
 your

00:40:05.179 --> 00:40:05.379
 sins

00:40:05.379 --> 00:40:05.519
 and

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:05.679
 was

00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:06.039
 raised

00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:06.259
 from

00:40:06.259 --> 00:40:06.419
 the

00:40:06.419 --> 00:40:06.699
 dead

00:40:06.699 --> 00:40:07.259
 and

00:40:07.259 --> 00:40:07.579
 then

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:07.859
 you

00:40:07.859 --> 00:40:08.199
 will

00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:08.419
 be

00:40:08.419 --> 00:40:08.739
 saved

00:40:08.739 --> 00:40:08.919
 and

00:40:08.919 --> 00:40:09.139
 then

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:09.339
 you

00:40:09.339 --> 00:40:09.599
 will

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:09.899
 know

00:40:09.899 --> 00:40:10.079
 that

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:10.239
 your

00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:10.539
 name

00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:11.019
 has

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:11.379
 been

00:40:11.379 --> 00:40:11.719
 written

00:40:11.719 --> 00:40:12.159
 it

00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:12.439
 had

00:40:12.439 --> 00:40:12.659
 been

00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:12.919
 written

00:40:12.919 --> 00:40:13.159
 in

00:40:13.159 --> 00:40:13.479
 eternity

00:40:13.479 --> 00:40:13.879
 past

00:40:13.879 --> 00:40:15.199
 in

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:15.379
 that

00:40:15.379 --> 00:40:15.539
 book

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:15.679
 of

00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:15.959
 life

00:40:15.959 --> 00:40:17.559
 it

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:17.699
 says

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:17.839
 in

00:40:17.839 --> 00:40:18.000
 verse

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.259
 9

00:40:18.259 --> 00:40:18.419
 if

00:40:18.419 --> 00:40:18.719
 anyone

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:19.119
 has

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:19.299
 an

00:40:19.299 --> 00:40:19.679
 ear

00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:20.119
 let

00:40:20.119 --> 00:40:20.500
 him

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:21.059
 hear

00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:21.980
 this

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.099
 is

00:40:22.099 --> 00:40:22.199
 the

00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:22.659
 invitation

00:40:22.659 --> 00:40:22.860
 that

00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:22.960
 was

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:23.320
 affixed

00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:23.480
 to

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:23.579
 the

00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:23.800
 end

00:40:23.800 --> 00:40:23.980
 of

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.360
 all

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:24.739
 seven

00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:25.079
 letters

00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:25.320
 that

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:25.599
 Jesus

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:25.960
 writes

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:26.099
 to

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:26.219
 the

00:40:26.219 --> 00:40:26.440
 seven

00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:26.760
 churches

00:40:26.760 --> 00:40:26.940
 in

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:27.199
 chapters

00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:27.500
 2

00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:27.639
 and

00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:27.960
 3

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:28.400
 it's

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:28.659
 a reference

00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:28.820
 to

00:40:28.820 --> 00:40:29.079
 Isaiah

00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:29.440
 6

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:29.719
 9

00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:29.860
 to

00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:30.179
 10

00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:31.199
 simultaneously

00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:31.820
 a warning

00:40:31.820 --> 00:40:32.239
 and an

00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:32.739
 invitation

00:40:32.739 --> 00:40:33.399
 those

00:40:33.399 --> 00:40:33.539
 who

00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:33.919
 reject

00:40:33.919 --> 00:40:34.319
 God's

00:40:34.319 --> 00:40:34.619
 message

00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:35.019
 prove

00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:35.459
 themselves

00:40:35.459 --> 00:40:35.659
 to

00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:35.939
 not

00:40:35.939 --> 00:40:36.259
 have

00:40:36.259 --> 00:40:36.399
 the

00:40:36.399 --> 00:40:36.639
 ear

00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:36.819
 to

00:40:36.819 --> 00:40:37.099
 hear

00:40:37.099 --> 00:40:37.699
 but

00:40:37.699 --> 00:40:37.919
 those

00:40:37.919 --> 00:40:38.079
 who

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.579
 receive

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:38.919
 God's

00:40:38.919 --> 00:40:39.179
 message

00:40:39.179 --> 00:40:39.359
 and

00:40:39.359 --> 00:40:39.919
 believe

00:40:39.919 --> 00:40:40.359
 show

00:40:40.359 --> 00:40:40.519
 that

00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:40.699
 they

00:40:40.699 --> 00:40:40.959
 do

00:40:40.959 --> 00:40:41.239
 have

00:40:41.239 --> 00:40:41.379
 a

00:40:41.379 --> 00:40:41.619
 year

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:41.819
 to

00:40:41.819 --> 00:40:42.079
 hear

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:42.539
 that

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:42.779
 God

00:40:42.779 --> 00:40:42.979
 has

00:40:42.979 --> 00:40:43.279
 given

00:40:43.279 --> 00:40:45.299
 when

00:40:45.299 --> 00:40:45.419
 you

00:40:45.419 --> 00:40:45.699
 hear

00:40:45.699 --> 00:40:45.839
 the

00:40:45.839 --> 00:40:45.979
 word

00:40:45.979 --> 00:40:46.119
 of

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:46.459
 Christ

00:40:46.459 --> 00:40:47.000
 and

00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:47.419
 believe

00:40:47.419 --> 00:40:48.119
 that's

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:48.279
 when

00:40:48.279 --> 00:40:48.399
 you

00:40:48.399 --> 00:40:48.639
 find

00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:48.799
 out

00:40:48.799 --> 00:40:48.919
 that

00:40:48.919 --> 00:40:49.059
 your

00:40:49.059 --> 00:40:49.319
 name

00:40:49.319 --> 00:40:49.559
 has

00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:49.719
 been

00:40:49.719 --> 00:40:50.019
 written

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:50.419
 in

00:40:50.419 --> 00:40:50.559
 the

00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:50.759
 book

00:40:50.759 --> 00:40:50.919
 of

00:40:50.919 --> 00:40:51.219
 life

00:40:51.219 --> 00:40:53.000
 divine

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:53.559
 election

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:54.099
 is

00:40:54.099 --> 00:40:54.399
 best

00:40:54.399 --> 00:40:55.139
 understood

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:55.779
 in

00:40:55.779 --> 00:40:56.259
 hindsight

00:40:56.259 --> 00:41:00.179
 and

00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:00.359
 note

00:41:00.359 --> 00:41:00.500
 that

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:00.619
 there

00:41:00.619 --> 00:41:00.899
 are only

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:01.200
 two

00:41:01.200 --> 00:41:01.680
 sides

00:41:01.680 --> 00:41:02.440
 in

00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:02.579
 the

00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:02.860
 spiritual

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:03.200
 war

00:41:03.200 --> 00:41:04.559
 all

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:04.840
 who

00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:05.280
 dwell

00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:05.680
 on

00:41:05.680 --> 00:41:05.860
 the

00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:06.119
 earth

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:06.599
 will

00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:07.039
 worship

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:07.260
 the

00:41:07.260 --> 00:41:07.599
 beast

00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:08.880
 everyone

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:09.099
 who

00:41:09.099 --> 00:41:09.240
 says

00:41:09.240 --> 00:41:09.400
 whose

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:09.639
 name

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:09.760
 has

00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:09.960
 not

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:10.119
 been

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:10.360
 written

00:41:10.360 --> 00:41:10.619
 before

00:41:10.619 --> 00:41:10.760
 the

00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:11.059
 foundation

00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:11.240
 of

00:41:11.240 --> 00:41:11.280
 the

00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:11.420
 world

00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:11.559
 the

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:11.720
 book

00:41:11.720 --> 00:41:11.840
 of

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.079
 life

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:12.260
 the

00:41:12.260 --> 00:41:12.480
 lamb

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:12.680
 will

00:41:12.680 --> 00:41:13.019
 slain

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:13.599
 you're

00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:13.900
 either

00:41:13.900 --> 00:41:14.400
 worshipping

00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:14.760
 Jesus

00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:15.240
 or

00:41:15.240 --> 00:41:15.539
 you're

00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:16.019
 worshipping

00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:16.200
 the

00:41:16.200 --> 00:41:16.500
 beast

00:41:16.500 --> 00:41:17.260
 to

00:41:17.260 --> 00:41:17.700
 remain

00:41:17.700 --> 00:41:18.500
 undecided

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:18.700
 is

00:41:18.700 --> 00:41:18.820
 to

00:41:18.820 --> 00:41:19.059
 have

00:41:19.059 --> 00:41:19.380
 already

00:41:19.380 --> 00:41:19.860
 chosen

00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:20.380
 the

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:20.720
 beast

00:41:20.720 --> 00:41:21.260
 because

00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:21.559
 that's

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:21.740
 the

00:41:21.740 --> 00:41:22.220
 default

00:41:22.220 --> 00:41:22.639
 mode

00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:22.820
 of

00:41:22.820 --> 00:41:23.099
 sinful

00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:23.539
 humanity

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:23.780
 in

00:41:23.780 --> 00:41:23.940
 which

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.139
 you

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.660
 start

00:41:24.660 --> 00:41:29.340
 human

00:41:29.340 --> 00:41:29.660
 beings

00:41:29.660 --> 00:41:29.820
 are

00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:30.160
 hard

00:41:30.160 --> 00:41:30.600
 wired

00:41:30.600 --> 00:41:30.940
 for

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:31.380
 worship

00:41:31.380 --> 00:41:31.620
 and

00:41:31.620 --> 00:41:31.760
 you

00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:31.860
 will

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:31.980
 in

00:41:31.980 --> 00:41:32.100
 the

00:41:32.100 --> 00:41:32.360
 end

00:41:32.360 --> 00:41:32.720
 all

00:41:32.720 --> 00:41:32.980
 be

00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:33.519
 worshipping

00:41:33.519 --> 00:41:34.120
 something

00:41:34.120 --> 00:41:34.400
 either

00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:34.600
 the

00:41:34.600 --> 00:41:34.880
 real

00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:35.300
 Christ

00:41:35.300 --> 00:41:35.880
 or

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:36.079
 the

00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:36.620
 counterfeit

00:41:36.620 --> 00:41:37.000
 Christ

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:38.740
 there's

00:41:38.740 --> 00:41:39.059
 no

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:39.780
 neutral

00:41:39.780 --> 00:41:40.500
 zone

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:40.920
 no

00:41:40.920 --> 00:41:41.460
 Switzerland

00:41:41.460 --> 00:41:41.920
 in

00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:42.180
 this

00:41:42.180 --> 00:41:42.820
 spiritual

00:41:42.820 --> 00:41:43.240
 war

00:41:43.240 --> 00:41:47.920
 and

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:48.039
 if

00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:48.180
 you're

00:41:48.180 --> 00:41:48.440
 already

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:48.800
 a follower

00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:48.980
 of

00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:49.180
 Christ

00:41:49.180 --> 00:41:49.340
 the

00:41:49.340 --> 00:41:49.519
 fact

00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:49.660
 that

00:41:49.660 --> 00:41:49.840
 God

00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:50.019
 is

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.420
 sovereign

00:41:50.420 --> 00:41:50.840
 over

00:41:50.840 --> 00:41:51.059
 our

00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:51.420
 lives

00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:51.620
 and

00:41:51.620 --> 00:41:51.780
 that

00:41:51.780 --> 00:41:51.940
 our

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:52.180
 names

00:41:52.180 --> 00:41:52.320
 are

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:52.559
 written

00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:52.700
 in

00:41:52.700 --> 00:41:52.800
 the

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:53.000
 book

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:53.320
 doesn't

00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:53.519
 mean

00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:53.640
 that

00:41:53.640 --> 00:41:53.720
 we

00:41:53.720 --> 00:41:53.840
 don't

00:41:53.840 --> 00:41:54.019
 have

00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:54.200
 any

00:41:54.200 --> 00:41:54.360
 more

00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:55.039
 responsibility

00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:56.780
 verse

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:57.059
 10

00:41:57.059 --> 00:41:57.420
 tells

00:41:57.420 --> 00:41:57.780
 the

00:41:57.780 --> 00:41:58.000
 part

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:58.139
 we

00:41:58.139 --> 00:41:58.300
 must

00:41:58.300 --> 00:41:58.579
 play

00:41:58.579 --> 00:41:59.480
 if

00:41:59.480 --> 00:41:59.840
 anyone

00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:00.079
 is

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:00.320
 to be

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:00.700
 taken

00:42:00.700 --> 00:42:01.340
 captive

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:01.619
 to

00:42:01.619 --> 00:42:02.220
 captivity

00:42:02.220 --> 00:42:02.519
 he

00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:02.820
 goes

00:42:02.820 --> 00:42:03.680
 if

00:42:03.680 --> 00:42:04.019
 anyone

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:04.280
 is

00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:04.519
 to be

00:42:04.519 --> 00:42:04.980
 slain

00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:05.220
 with

00:42:05.220 --> 00:42:05.420
 the

00:42:05.420 --> 00:42:05.720
 sword

00:42:05.720 --> 00:42:05.900
 with

00:42:05.900 --> 00:42:06.119
 the

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:06.480
 sword

00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:06.880
 must

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:07.119
 he

00:42:07.119 --> 00:42:07.300
 be

00:42:07.300 --> 00:42:07.900
 slain

00:42:07.900 --> 00:42:08.519
 here

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:08.780
 is

00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:08.900
 a

00:42:08.900 --> 00:42:09.180
 call

00:42:09.180 --> 00:42:09.380
 for

00:42:09.380 --> 00:42:09.539
 the

00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:09.980
 endurance

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:10.360
 and

00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:10.920
 faith

00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:11.280
 of

00:42:11.280 --> 00:42:11.480
 the

00:42:11.480 --> 00:42:11.800
 saints

00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:13.139
 this is a

00:42:13.139 --> 00:42:13.619
 paraphrase

00:42:13.619 --> 00:42:13.800
 of

00:42:13.800 --> 00:42:14.139
 Jeremiah

00:42:14.139 --> 00:42:14.659
 15

00:42:14.659 --> 00:42:15.079
 2

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.539
 where

00:42:15.539 --> 00:42:16.099
 the

00:42:16.099 --> 00:42:16.500
 prophet

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:17.119
 prophesied

00:42:17.119 --> 00:42:17.280
 of

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:17.720
 Judah's

00:42:17.720 --> 00:42:18.079
 coming

00:42:18.079 --> 00:42:18.639
 exile

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:19.559
 and

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:19.740
 this

00:42:19.740 --> 00:42:20.300
 confirms

00:42:20.300 --> 00:42:20.539
 that

00:42:20.539 --> 00:42:20.780
 in

00:42:20.780 --> 00:42:21.059
 this

00:42:21.059 --> 00:42:21.400
 world

00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:21.599
 that

00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:21.720
 is

00:42:21.720 --> 00:42:21.840
 in

00:42:21.840 --> 00:42:22.099
 rebellion

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:22.460
 against

00:42:22.460 --> 00:42:22.880
 God

00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:23.280
 we

00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:23.680
 are

00:42:23.680 --> 00:42:24.420
 spiritual

00:42:24.420 --> 00:42:25.160
 exiles

00:42:25.160 --> 00:42:26.400
 and

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:26.900
 persecution

00:42:26.900 --> 00:42:27.360
 will not

00:42:27.360 --> 00:42:27.780
 be foreign

00:42:27.780 --> 00:42:28.360
 to us

00:42:28.360 --> 00:42:30.300
 verse 10

00:42:30.300 --> 00:42:30.800
 pulls no

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:31.160
 punches

00:42:31.160 --> 00:42:31.580
 this is

00:42:31.580 --> 00:42:31.920
 about as

00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:32.380
 matter of

00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:32.760
 fact as

00:42:32.760 --> 00:42:33.160
 it gets

00:42:33.160 --> 00:42:33.660
 some of

00:42:33.660 --> 00:42:33.940
 us will

00:42:33.940 --> 00:42:34.360
 be taken

00:42:34.360 --> 00:42:34.780
 captive

00:42:34.780 --> 00:42:35.860
 for our

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:36.200
 faith in

00:42:36.200 --> 00:42:36.640
 Jesus

00:42:36.640 --> 00:42:38.820
 open

00:42:38.820 --> 00:42:39.080
 doors

00:42:39.080 --> 00:42:39.400
 says

00:42:39.400 --> 00:42:39.940
 last year

00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:40.200
 alone

00:42:40.200 --> 00:42:41.800
 4542

00:42:41.800 --> 00:42:42.360
 Christians

00:42:42.360 --> 00:42:43.000
 were arrested

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.420
 for their

00:42:43.420 --> 00:42:43.660
 faith

00:42:43.660 --> 00:42:46.120
 do you

00:42:46.120 --> 00:42:46.640
 love Jesus

00:42:46.640 --> 00:42:47.019
 more than

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:47.320
 you love

00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:47.440
 your

00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:47.740
 freedom

00:42:47.740 --> 00:42:51.080
 last year

00:42:51.080 --> 00:42:51.320
 alone

00:42:51.320 --> 00:42:51.500
 they

00:42:51.500 --> 00:42:51.820
 estimate

00:42:51.820 --> 00:42:52.019
 that

00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:53.360
 5621

00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:53.719
 Christians

00:42:53.719 --> 00:42:54.340
 were murdered

00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:54.780
 for their

00:42:54.780 --> 00:42:55.099
 faith

00:42:55.099 --> 00:42:55.699
 throughout

00:42:55.699 --> 00:42:55.900
 the

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:56.219
 world

00:42:56.219 --> 00:42:57.059
 and he

00:42:57.059 --> 00:42:57.199
 says

00:42:57.199 --> 00:42:57.340
 we

00:42:57.340 --> 00:42:57.539
 will

00:42:57.539 --> 00:42:57.719
 be

00:42:57.719 --> 00:42:58.139
 slain

00:42:58.139 --> 00:42:58.320
 with

00:42:58.320 --> 00:42:58.460
 the

00:42:58.460 --> 00:42:58.759
 sword

00:42:58.759 --> 00:43:00.420
 do you

00:43:00.420 --> 00:43:00.599
 love

00:43:00.599 --> 00:43:01.039
 Jesus

00:43:01.039 --> 00:43:01.500
 more than

00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:01.820
 you love

00:43:01.820 --> 00:43:02.119
 your own

00:43:02.119 --> 00:43:02.519
 life

00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:06.360
 verse 10

00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:06.860
 calls for

00:43:06.860 --> 00:43:07.460
 endurance

00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:08.619
 and faith

00:43:08.619 --> 00:43:09.000
 of the

00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:09.300
 saints

00:43:09.300 --> 00:43:11.239
 endurance

00:43:11.239 --> 00:43:11.699
 is the

00:43:11.699 --> 00:43:12.119
 capacity

00:43:12.119 --> 00:43:12.639
 to bear

00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:12.940
 up

00:43:12.940 --> 00:43:13.199
 under

00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:13.679
 suffering

00:43:13.679 --> 00:43:14.320
 and

00:43:14.320 --> 00:43:14.780
 hardship

00:43:14.780 --> 00:43:15.259
 and

00:43:15.259 --> 00:43:15.820
 persecution

00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:17.480
 athletes

00:43:17.480 --> 00:43:18.239
 that do

00:43:18.239 --> 00:43:18.820
 sports

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:19.539
 that

00:43:19.539 --> 00:43:20.199
 require

00:43:20.199 --> 00:43:20.960
 you know

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:21.740
 bursts

00:43:21.740 --> 00:43:22.019
 of

00:43:22.019 --> 00:43:22.579
 explosive

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:23.079
 strength

00:43:23.079 --> 00:43:23.699
 you know

00:43:23.699 --> 00:43:23.900
 like

00:43:23.900 --> 00:43:24.559
 power lifting

00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:25.340
 or that

00:43:25.340 --> 00:43:25.820
 they focus

00:43:25.820 --> 00:43:26.679
 on muscle

00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:27.199
 building

00:43:27.199 --> 00:43:27.840
 for strength

00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:28.840
 so they

00:43:28.840 --> 00:43:29.260
 can lift

00:43:29.260 --> 00:43:29.740
 as much

00:43:29.740 --> 00:43:30.119
 weight as

00:43:30.119 --> 00:43:30.519
 possible

00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:31.039
 in that

00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:32.220
 short

00:43:32.220 --> 00:43:32.679
 moment

00:43:32.679 --> 00:43:33.420
 of exertion

00:43:33.420 --> 00:43:34.440
 but

00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:34.880
 athletes

00:43:34.880 --> 00:43:35.340
 engaged

00:43:35.340 --> 00:43:35.539
 in

00:43:35.539 --> 00:43:36.300
 endurance

00:43:36.300 --> 00:43:36.780
 sports

00:43:36.780 --> 00:43:38.360
 long

00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:38.800
 distance

00:43:38.800 --> 00:43:39.139
 running

00:43:39.139 --> 00:43:39.699
 cycling

00:43:39.699 --> 00:43:40.139
 cross

00:43:40.139 --> 00:43:40.440
 country

00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:40.820
 skiing

00:43:40.820 --> 00:43:41.420
 rowing

00:43:41.420 --> 00:43:42.460
 they focus

00:43:42.460 --> 00:43:43.440
 on sustained

00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:44.559
 repeated

00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:45.720
 movements

00:43:45.720 --> 00:43:46.420
 over an

00:43:46.420 --> 00:43:47.099
 extended period

00:43:47.099 --> 00:43:47.500
 of time

00:43:47.500 --> 00:43:47.980
 without

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:48.800
 giving up

00:43:48.800 --> 00:43:52.240
 right

00:43:52.240 --> 00:43:52.400
 the

00:43:52.400 --> 00:43:52.860
 100 meter

00:43:52.860 --> 00:43:53.200
 dash

00:43:53.200 --> 00:43:53.620
 record

00:43:53.620 --> 00:43:53.900
 right

00:43:53.900 --> 00:43:54.080
 you

00:43:54.080 --> 00:43:54.280
 saying

00:43:54.280 --> 00:43:54.580
 bolt

00:43:54.580 --> 00:43:55.560
 9.58

00:43:55.560 --> 00:43:56.060
 seconds

00:43:56.060 --> 00:43:56.980
 just under

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.260
 10

00:43:57.260 --> 00:43:57.640
 seconds

00:43:57.640 --> 00:43:58.380
 the

00:43:58.380 --> 00:43:58.800
 world's

00:43:58.800 --> 00:43:59.060
 best

00:43:59.060 --> 00:43:59.800
 marathoners

00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:00.220
 run

00:44:00.220 --> 00:44:00.440
 the

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:00.700
 100

00:44:00.700 --> 00:44:00.960
 meter

00:44:00.960 --> 00:44:01.400
 dash

00:44:01.400 --> 00:44:02.019
 in

00:44:02.019 --> 00:44:02.260
 just

00:44:02.260 --> 00:44:02.480
 over

00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:03.019
 17

00:44:03.019 --> 00:44:03.600
 seconds

00:44:03.600 --> 00:44:04.800
 but

00:44:04.800 --> 00:44:04.960
 they

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:05.140
 do

00:44:05.140 --> 00:44:05.420
 that

00:44:05.420 --> 00:44:07.060
 422

00:44:07.060 --> 00:44:07.700
 times

00:44:07.700 --> 00:44:07.960
 in a

00:44:07.960 --> 00:44:08.220
 row

00:44:08.220 --> 00:44:12.680
 that's

00:44:12.680 --> 00:44:13.080
 endurance

00:44:13.080 --> 00:44:16.000
 we must

00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:16.400
 not be

00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:16.800
 like a

00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:17.260
 kindling

00:44:17.260 --> 00:44:17.720
 that just

00:44:17.720 --> 00:44:18.120
 bursts

00:44:18.120 --> 00:44:18.340
 into

00:44:18.340 --> 00:44:18.740
 flame

00:44:18.739 --> 00:44:19.159
 and then

00:44:19.159 --> 00:44:20.119
 dies

00:44:20.119 --> 00:44:20.439
 in a

00:44:20.439 --> 00:44:20.599
 few

00:44:20.599 --> 00:44:21.139
 seconds

00:44:21.139 --> 00:44:22.039
 it must

00:44:22.039 --> 00:44:22.339
 be like

00:44:22.339 --> 00:44:22.519
 the

00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:22.939
 coal

00:44:22.939 --> 00:44:23.199
 that

00:44:23.199 --> 00:44:23.679
 burns

00:44:23.679 --> 00:44:23.939
 for

00:44:23.939 --> 00:44:24.439
 hours

00:44:24.439 --> 00:44:24.859
 and

00:44:24.859 --> 00:44:25.299
 hours

00:44:25.299 --> 00:44:25.739
 and

00:44:25.739 --> 00:44:26.099
 hours

00:44:26.099 --> 00:44:26.319
 with

00:44:26.319 --> 00:44:26.500
 that

00:44:26.500 --> 00:44:26.819
 steady

00:44:26.819 --> 00:44:27.199
 amber

00:44:27.199 --> 00:44:32.599
 and in

00:44:32.599 --> 00:44:33.000
 order to do that

00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:33.419
 we also need

00:44:33.419 --> 00:44:34.059
 faith

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:35.419
 we are people

00:44:35.419 --> 00:44:36.000
 who walk by

00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:36.500
 faith

00:44:36.500 --> 00:44:37.079
 and not by

00:44:37.079 --> 00:44:37.659
 sight

00:44:37.659 --> 00:44:38.500
 faith is

00:44:38.500 --> 00:44:39.019
 the assurance

00:44:39.019 --> 00:44:39.459
 of things

00:44:39.459 --> 00:44:40.000
 hoped for

00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:40.539
 the conviction

00:44:40.539 --> 00:44:40.979
 of things

00:44:40.979 --> 00:44:41.859
 not seen

00:44:41.859 --> 00:44:43.059
 but we do

00:44:43.059 --> 00:44:43.899
 not yet see

00:44:43.899 --> 00:44:44.479
 the resurrected

00:44:44.479 --> 00:44:44.819
 Christ

00:44:44.819 --> 00:44:45.539
 we believe

00:44:45.539 --> 00:44:46.019
 in him

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:47.059
 and wait

00:44:47.059 --> 00:44:47.759
 patiently for

00:44:47.759 --> 00:44:48.279
 his return

00:44:48.280 --> 00:44:49.120
 that we do

00:44:49.120 --> 00:44:49.860
 not yet see

00:44:49.860 --> 00:44:50.480
 our eternal

00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:51.060
 rewards

00:44:51.060 --> 00:44:51.740
 we believe

00:44:51.740 --> 00:44:52.480
 the promises

00:44:52.480 --> 00:44:53.060
 of God

00:44:53.060 --> 00:44:54.080
 and live

00:44:54.080 --> 00:44:54.620
 with that

00:44:54.620 --> 00:44:55.160
 in you

00:44:55.160 --> 00:45:00.900
 I haven't

00:45:00.900 --> 00:45:01.340
 mentioned this

00:45:01.340 --> 00:45:01.740
 book in a

00:45:01.740 --> 00:45:01.920
 while

00:45:01.920 --> 00:45:02.340
 you guys

00:45:02.340 --> 00:45:02.680
 used to

00:45:02.680 --> 00:45:03.180
 make fun of me

00:45:03.180 --> 00:45:03.420
 because I

00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:03.820
 mentioned it

00:45:03.820 --> 00:45:04.420
 so many weeks

00:45:04.420 --> 00:45:04.820
 in a row

00:45:04.820 --> 00:45:05.800
 in the book

00:45:05.800 --> 00:45:06.820
 Insanity of

00:45:06.820 --> 00:45:07.120
 God

00:45:07.120 --> 00:45:09.300
 the author

00:45:09.300 --> 00:45:09.960
 Nick Ripken

00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:10.519
 becomes the

00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:10.920
 story of

00:45:10.920 --> 00:45:11.340
 Dmitri

00:45:11.340 --> 00:45:12.700
 the Christian

00:45:12.700 --> 00:45:13.320
 pastor who

00:45:13.320 --> 00:45:13.900
 was in

00:45:13.900 --> 00:45:15.360
 Soviet Union

00:45:15.360 --> 00:45:15.800
 was an

00:45:15.800 --> 00:45:16.320
 inspiring

00:45:16.320 --> 00:45:17.000
 example of

00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:17.599
 both endurance

00:45:17.599 --> 00:45:18.860
 and faith

00:45:18.860 --> 00:45:19.900
 during the

00:45:19.900 --> 00:45:20.579
 persecution of

00:45:20.579 --> 00:45:21.200
 Christians under

00:45:21.200 --> 00:45:21.579
 the Soviet

00:45:21.579 --> 00:45:22.320
 Union

00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:23.300
 when his

00:45:23.300 --> 00:45:23.639
 small

00:45:23.639 --> 00:45:23.940
 church

00:45:23.940 --> 00:45:25.119
 founded a

00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:25.599
 small house

00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:25.840
 church

00:45:25.840 --> 00:45:26.039
 and they

00:45:26.039 --> 00:45:26.300
 were meeting

00:45:26.300 --> 00:45:26.740
 for worship

00:45:26.740 --> 00:45:28.920
 and they

00:45:28.920 --> 00:45:29.500
 were warned

00:45:29.500 --> 00:45:30.039
 you need to

00:45:30.039 --> 00:45:30.539
 stop meeting

00:45:30.539 --> 00:45:30.960
 if you keep

00:45:30.960 --> 00:45:31.420
 doing this

00:45:31.420 --> 00:45:31.920
 bad things are

00:45:31.920 --> 00:45:32.240
 going to happen

00:45:32.240 --> 00:45:32.559
 to you

00:45:32.559 --> 00:45:32.880
 well they

00:45:32.880 --> 00:45:33.559
 keep worshiping

00:45:33.559 --> 00:45:34.160
 because God

00:45:34.160 --> 00:45:34.800
 commands it

00:45:34.800 --> 00:45:35.920
 and they do

00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:36.539
 it discreetly

00:45:36.539 --> 00:45:37.480
 but they get

00:45:37.480 --> 00:45:38.220
 caught and

00:45:38.220 --> 00:45:39.160
 they and

00:45:39.159 --> 00:45:39.899
 and then

00:45:39.899 --> 00:45:40.719
 pastor

00:45:40.719 --> 00:45:41.219
 Dmitri

00:45:41.219 --> 00:45:42.199
 is jailed

00:45:42.199 --> 00:45:43.119
 he is

00:45:43.119 --> 00:45:44.019
 carted away

00:45:44.019 --> 00:45:45.519
 600 miles

00:45:45.519 --> 00:45:46.099
 away from

00:45:46.099 --> 00:45:46.539
 his family

00:45:46.539 --> 00:45:46.940
 so he can

00:45:46.940 --> 00:45:47.279
 have no

00:45:47.279 --> 00:45:47.659
 visitors

00:45:47.659 --> 00:45:49.279
 and he is

00:45:49.279 --> 00:45:49.980
 placed with

00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:50.319
 around

00:45:50.319 --> 00:45:51.159
 1,500

00:45:51.159 --> 00:45:51.779
 hardened

00:45:51.779 --> 00:45:52.359
 criminals

00:45:52.359 --> 00:45:53.899
 it's a

00:45:53.899 --> 00:45:54.339
 squalid

00:45:54.339 --> 00:45:54.779
 prison

00:45:54.779 --> 00:45:55.639
 which is

00:45:55.639 --> 00:45:56.059
 literally

00:45:56.059 --> 00:45:56.500
 the size

00:45:56.500 --> 00:45:56.980
 of probably

00:45:56.980 --> 00:45:57.699
 our closets

00:45:57.699 --> 00:45:58.799
 everything

00:45:58.799 --> 00:45:59.279
 toilet

00:45:59.279 --> 00:45:59.819
 you know

00:45:59.819 --> 00:46:00.420
 little sink

00:46:00.420 --> 00:46:01.119
 door

00:46:01.119 --> 00:46:02.440
 little cot

00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:02.960
 all right

00:46:02.960 --> 00:46:03.199
 there

00:46:03.199 --> 00:46:04.599
 and

00:46:04.599 --> 00:46:05.639
 there are

00:46:05.639 --> 00:46:06.099
 two things

00:46:06.099 --> 00:46:06.460
 he says

00:46:06.460 --> 00:46:06.940
 that kept

00:46:06.940 --> 00:46:07.259
 him

00:46:07.259 --> 00:46:08.659
 faithful

00:46:08.659 --> 00:46:09.899
 during his

00:46:09.899 --> 00:46:10.339
 time in

00:46:10.339 --> 00:46:10.519
 prison

00:46:10.519 --> 00:46:11.119
 two spiritual

00:46:11.119 --> 00:46:11.599
 disciplines

00:46:11.599 --> 00:46:11.779
 that he

00:46:11.779 --> 00:46:12.039
 had learned

00:46:12.039 --> 00:46:12.319
 from his

00:46:12.319 --> 00:46:12.599
 father

00:46:12.599 --> 00:46:12.859
 and his

00:46:12.859 --> 00:46:13.199
 grandfather

00:46:13.199 --> 00:46:14.759
 the first

00:46:14.759 --> 00:46:14.980
 thing he

00:46:14.980 --> 00:46:15.279
 would do

00:46:15.279 --> 00:46:15.779
 is that

00:46:15.779 --> 00:46:16.839
 every time

00:46:16.839 --> 00:46:17.359
 he could

00:46:17.359 --> 00:46:17.940
 he came

00:46:17.940 --> 00:46:19.019
 across a

00:46:19.019 --> 00:46:19.519
 scrap of

00:46:19.519 --> 00:46:19.859
 paper

00:46:19.859 --> 00:46:20.960
 as he's

00:46:20.960 --> 00:46:21.259
 wandering

00:46:21.259 --> 00:46:22.039
 the prison

00:46:22.039 --> 00:46:22.519
 compounds

00:46:22.519 --> 00:46:23.179
 he'd pick

00:46:23.179 --> 00:46:23.559
 it up

00:46:23.559 --> 00:46:24.440
 and then

00:46:24.440 --> 00:46:24.940
 he'd go to

00:46:24.940 --> 00:46:25.420
 his cell

00:46:25.420 --> 00:46:26.139
 and find

00:46:26.139 --> 00:46:26.859
 the stub

00:46:26.859 --> 00:46:27.259
 of pencil

00:46:27.259 --> 00:46:27.619
 that he

00:46:27.619 --> 00:46:27.759
 had

00:46:27.759 --> 00:46:28.259
 stowed away

00:46:28.259 --> 00:46:28.559
 or the

00:46:28.559 --> 00:46:29.500
 little piece

00:46:29.500 --> 00:46:30.000
 of charcoal

00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:30.599
 and he

00:46:30.599 --> 00:46:31.019
 would write

00:46:31.019 --> 00:46:31.779
 as small

00:46:31.779 --> 00:46:32.359
 print as he

00:46:32.359 --> 00:46:33.099
 possibly can

00:46:33.099 --> 00:46:33.960
 all the

00:46:33.960 --> 00:46:34.559
 bible verses

00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:34.940
 that he

00:46:34.940 --> 00:46:35.339
 remembered

00:46:35.339 --> 00:46:35.899
 all the

00:46:35.899 --> 00:46:36.539
 bible stories

00:46:36.539 --> 00:46:36.859
 that he

00:46:36.859 --> 00:46:37.179
 remembered

00:46:37.179 --> 00:46:38.019
 and all the

00:46:38.019 --> 00:46:38.619
 songs of

00:46:38.619 --> 00:46:38.840
 worship

00:46:38.840 --> 00:46:39.119
 that he

00:46:39.119 --> 00:46:39.519
 remembered

00:46:39.519 --> 00:46:40.320
 and then

00:46:40.320 --> 00:46:40.759
 he would

00:46:40.759 --> 00:46:44.480
 put it

00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:44.820
 on the

00:46:44.820 --> 00:46:45.239
 column

00:46:45.239 --> 00:46:46.460
 the stone

00:46:46.460 --> 00:46:46.900
 column

00:46:46.900 --> 00:46:47.559
 the pillar

00:46:47.559 --> 00:46:47.920
 that was

00:46:47.920 --> 00:46:48.320
 in the

00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:49.159
 cell

00:46:49.159 --> 00:46:49.820
 and it

00:46:49.820 --> 00:46:50.239
 would stick

00:46:50.239 --> 00:46:50.900
 because it

00:46:50.900 --> 00:46:51.179
 was a

00:46:51.179 --> 00:46:51.440
 leaky

00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:51.960
 cell

00:46:51.960 --> 00:46:52.360
 and the

00:46:52.360 --> 00:46:52.719
 water would

00:46:52.719 --> 00:46:53.079
 drip down

00:46:53.079 --> 00:46:53.400
 the column

00:46:53.400 --> 00:46:53.860
 all the time

00:46:53.860 --> 00:46:54.159
 and he'd just

00:46:54.159 --> 00:46:54.480
 stick the

00:46:54.480 --> 00:46:55.059
 paper on there

00:46:55.059 --> 00:46:56.639
 every time

00:46:56.639 --> 00:46:57.420
 he'd do it

00:46:57.420 --> 00:46:58.199
 he'd find

00:46:58.199 --> 00:46:58.599
 a scrap of

00:46:58.599 --> 00:46:58.800
 paper

00:46:58.800 --> 00:46:59.119
 do it

00:46:59.119 --> 00:46:59.500
 the guards

00:46:59.500 --> 00:46:59.940
 would come

00:46:59.940 --> 00:47:00.539
 and see

00:47:00.539 --> 00:47:01.360
 what he

00:47:01.360 --> 00:47:01.840
 has written

00:47:01.840 --> 00:47:02.880
 because he

00:47:02.880 --> 00:47:03.259
 was arrested

00:47:03.259 --> 00:47:03.759
 for being

00:47:03.759 --> 00:47:04.219
 a Christian

00:47:04.219 --> 00:47:05.099
 obviously he

00:47:05.099 --> 00:47:05.380
 would be

00:47:05.380 --> 00:47:05.759
 punished

00:47:05.759 --> 00:47:06.619
 for worshipping

00:47:06.619 --> 00:47:07.539
 God in the

00:47:07.539 --> 00:47:07.839
 prison

00:47:07.839 --> 00:47:08.319
 he'd get

00:47:08.319 --> 00:47:08.679
 beaten

00:47:08.679 --> 00:47:10.659
 but he'd do

00:47:10.659 --> 00:47:11.119
 it again

00:47:11.119 --> 00:47:13.259
 and one day

00:47:13.259 --> 00:47:13.759
 he says he

00:47:13.759 --> 00:47:14.519
 received a

00:47:14.519 --> 00:47:15.139
 special gift

00:47:15.139 --> 00:47:15.719
 from God

00:47:15.719 --> 00:47:17.319
 he found

00:47:17.319 --> 00:47:18.059
 an entire

00:47:18.059 --> 00:47:19.000
 sheet of

00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:19.380
 paper

00:47:19.380 --> 00:47:20.159
 with a

00:47:20.159 --> 00:47:20.480
 pencil

00:47:20.480 --> 00:47:21.079
 laid next

00:47:21.079 --> 00:47:21.440
 to it

00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:22.119
 and he

00:47:22.119 --> 00:47:22.839
 grabs it

00:47:22.839 --> 00:47:23.719
 he takes

00:47:23.719 --> 00:47:24.000
 it to

00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:24.500
 his cell

00:47:24.500 --> 00:47:25.639
 fills it

00:47:25.639 --> 00:47:26.519
 top to

00:47:26.519 --> 00:47:26.880
 bottom

00:47:26.880 --> 00:47:27.679
 front and

00:47:27.679 --> 00:47:28.019
 back

00:47:28.019 --> 00:47:28.920
 and puts

00:47:28.920 --> 00:47:29.219
 it on

00:47:29.219 --> 00:47:29.440
 his

00:47:29.440 --> 00:47:30.279
 pillar

00:47:30.280 --> 00:47:33.400
 gets

00:47:33.400 --> 00:47:33.680
 beaten

00:47:33.680 --> 00:47:34.060
 for it

00:47:34.060 --> 00:47:34.380
 again

00:47:34.380 --> 00:47:37.060
 the second

00:47:37.060 --> 00:47:37.580
 practice

00:47:37.580 --> 00:47:38.060
 that he

00:47:38.060 --> 00:47:38.360
 did

00:47:38.360 --> 00:47:38.940
 was that

00:47:38.940 --> 00:47:39.900
 every time

00:47:39.900 --> 00:47:40.460
 he woke

00:47:40.460 --> 00:47:40.720
 up

00:47:40.720 --> 00:47:41.120
 when the

00:47:41.120 --> 00:47:41.360
 sun

00:47:41.360 --> 00:47:41.560
 was

00:47:41.560 --> 00:47:41.960
 rising

00:47:41.960 --> 00:47:43.120
 he would

00:47:43.120 --> 00:47:43.720
 go to

00:47:43.720 --> 00:47:44.620
 the edge

00:47:44.620 --> 00:47:44.900
 of his

00:47:44.900 --> 00:47:45.200
 cell

00:47:45.200 --> 00:47:45.640
 where the

00:47:45.640 --> 00:47:46.160
 bars are

00:47:46.160 --> 00:47:46.680
 and he

00:47:46.680 --> 00:47:47.019
 would look

00:47:47.019 --> 00:47:47.320
 to the

00:47:47.320 --> 00:47:47.640
 east

00:47:47.640 --> 00:47:48.820
 and he

00:47:48.820 --> 00:47:49.400
 would stand

00:47:49.400 --> 00:47:49.900
 attention

00:47:49.900 --> 00:47:51.040
 and lift

00:47:51.040 --> 00:47:51.460
 up his

00:47:51.460 --> 00:47:52.120
 two arms

00:47:52.120 --> 00:47:52.620
 raise his

00:47:52.620 --> 00:47:53.000
 arms to

00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:53.380
 the heavens

00:47:53.380 --> 00:47:54.019
 and he

00:47:54.019 --> 00:47:54.480
 would sing

00:47:54.480 --> 00:47:54.820
 what he

00:47:54.820 --> 00:47:55.260
 calls his

00:47:55.260 --> 00:47:56.040
 heart song

00:47:56.040 --> 00:47:57.700
 a song

00:47:57.700 --> 00:47:58.760
 that resonates

00:47:58.760 --> 00:47:59.320
 in his

00:47:59.320 --> 00:47:59.540
 heart

00:47:59.539 --> 00:48:00.360
 worship song

00:48:00.360 --> 00:48:00.820
 that he

00:48:00.820 --> 00:48:01.920
 has made

00:48:01.920 --> 00:48:02.460
 his personal

00:48:02.460 --> 00:48:03.259
 life anthem

00:48:03.259 --> 00:48:04.300
 he'd sing

00:48:04.300 --> 00:48:04.940
 that every

00:48:04.940 --> 00:48:05.619
 morning

00:48:05.619 --> 00:48:07.059
 at sunrise

00:48:07.059 --> 00:48:07.900
 and as he

00:48:07.900 --> 00:48:08.539
 does that

00:48:08.539 --> 00:48:09.000
 he would be

00:48:09.000 --> 00:48:09.519
 mocked

00:48:09.519 --> 00:48:10.239
 and jeered

00:48:10.239 --> 00:48:10.880
 by the

00:48:10.880 --> 00:48:11.539
 fellow prisoners

00:48:11.539 --> 00:48:12.539
 saying you're

00:48:12.539 --> 00:48:12.840
 knowing

00:48:12.840 --> 00:48:13.219
 go back

00:48:13.219 --> 00:48:13.739
 to sleep

00:48:13.739 --> 00:48:14.219
 they'll

00:48:14.219 --> 00:48:14.519
 sometimes

00:48:14.519 --> 00:48:15.159
 throw things

00:48:15.159 --> 00:48:15.440
 at him

00:48:15.440 --> 00:48:15.599
 throw

00:48:15.599 --> 00:48:15.980
 leftover

00:48:15.980 --> 00:48:16.420
 food

00:48:16.420 --> 00:48:16.739
 sometimes

00:48:16.739 --> 00:48:17.000
 they'll

00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:17.480
 grab

00:48:17.480 --> 00:48:17.940
 feces

00:48:17.940 --> 00:48:18.300
 from their

00:48:18.300 --> 00:48:18.460
 own

00:48:18.460 --> 00:48:18.779
 toilets

00:48:18.779 --> 00:48:19.400
 and throw

00:48:19.400 --> 00:48:19.659
 it at

00:48:19.659 --> 00:48:19.759
 him

00:48:19.759 --> 00:48:20.099
 but he

00:48:20.099 --> 00:48:20.420
 kept

00:48:20.420 --> 00:48:21.279
 doing it

00:48:21.279 --> 00:48:23.539
 kept

00:48:23.539 --> 00:48:23.900
 praising

00:48:23.900 --> 00:48:24.259
 God

00:48:24.259 --> 00:48:26.739
 and he

00:48:26.739 --> 00:48:27.219
 did this

00:48:27.219 --> 00:48:27.619
 for

00:48:27.619 --> 00:48:28.820
 17

00:48:28.820 --> 00:48:29.380
 years

00:48:29.380 --> 00:48:34.320
 eventually

00:48:34.320 --> 00:48:36.420
 the guards

00:48:36.420 --> 00:48:36.579
 are

00:48:36.579 --> 00:48:37.340
 exasperated

00:48:37.340 --> 00:48:39.160
 and they

00:48:39.160 --> 00:48:39.940
 decide that

00:48:39.940 --> 00:48:40.240
 you know

00:48:40.240 --> 00:48:40.720
 we're just

00:48:40.720 --> 00:48:41.000
 going to

00:48:41.000 --> 00:48:41.760
 kill you

00:48:41.760 --> 00:48:43.340
 because we

00:48:43.340 --> 00:48:43.940
 can't break

00:48:43.940 --> 00:48:44.200
 you

00:48:44.200 --> 00:48:44.640
 we're going

00:48:44.640 --> 00:48:45.000
 to kill

00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:45.180
 you

00:48:45.180 --> 00:48:45.480
 so they

00:48:45.480 --> 00:48:45.940
 start to

00:48:45.940 --> 00:48:46.400
 drag him

00:48:46.400 --> 00:48:46.760
 out to

00:48:46.760 --> 00:48:47.019
 the

00:48:47.019 --> 00:48:47.940
 execution

00:48:47.940 --> 00:48:48.840
 yard

00:48:48.840 --> 00:48:49.920
 but as

00:48:49.920 --> 00:48:50.160
 they're

00:48:50.160 --> 00:48:51.340
 dragging

00:48:51.340 --> 00:48:51.920
 him out

00:48:51.920 --> 00:48:52.720
 the fellow

00:48:52.720 --> 00:48:53.240
 prisoners

00:48:53.240 --> 00:48:53.619
 who have

00:48:53.619 --> 00:48:53.800
 been

00:48:53.800 --> 00:48:54.160
 mocking

00:48:54.160 --> 00:48:54.640
 him

00:48:54.640 --> 00:48:56.039
 pay

00:48:56.039 --> 00:48:56.579
 homage

00:48:56.579 --> 00:48:57.059
 to him

00:48:57.059 --> 00:48:57.860
 as he's

00:48:57.860 --> 00:48:58.260
 going out

00:48:58.260 --> 00:48:58.519
 to get

00:48:58.519 --> 00:48:58.900
 killed

00:48:58.900 --> 00:49:00.260
 by all

00:49:00.260 --> 00:49:00.940
 standing up

00:49:00.940 --> 00:49:01.480
 by their

00:49:01.480 --> 00:49:02.360
 cell bars

00:49:02.360 --> 00:49:03.139
 standing up

00:49:03.139 --> 00:49:03.660
 attention

00:49:03.660 --> 00:49:04.420
 raising up

00:49:04.420 --> 00:49:04.940
 their arms

00:49:04.940 --> 00:49:05.680
 and singing

00:49:05.680 --> 00:49:06.240
 the very

00:49:06.240 --> 00:49:06.780
 hard song

00:49:06.780 --> 00:49:07.079
 that he's

00:49:07.079 --> 00:49:07.639
 been singing

00:49:07.639 --> 00:49:08.480
 for all

00:49:08.480 --> 00:49:08.800
 those years

00:49:08.800 --> 00:49:09.300
 because by

00:49:09.300 --> 00:49:09.740
 this point

00:49:09.740 --> 00:49:10.400
 every single

00:49:10.400 --> 00:49:11.000
 one of those

00:49:11.000 --> 00:49:11.380
 is a song

00:49:11.380 --> 00:49:11.880
 by heart

00:49:11.880 --> 00:49:16.539
 and then

00:49:16.539 --> 00:49:16.940
 the

00:49:16.940 --> 00:49:17.619
 jailers are

00:49:17.619 --> 00:49:17.880
 just

00:49:17.880 --> 00:49:18.840
 scared

00:49:18.840 --> 00:49:19.280
 out of their

00:49:19.280 --> 00:49:19.700
 mind

00:49:19.699 --> 00:49:20.739
 they're

00:49:20.739 --> 00:49:20.879
 they're like

00:49:20.879 --> 00:49:21.359
 what in

00:49:21.359 --> 00:49:21.960
 the world

00:49:21.960 --> 00:49:23.659
 who are

00:49:23.659 --> 00:49:24.079
 you

00:49:24.079 --> 00:49:25.939
 and then

00:49:25.939 --> 00:49:26.579
 Dimitri says

00:49:26.579 --> 00:49:27.519
 I am a

00:49:27.519 --> 00:49:28.319
 son of

00:49:28.319 --> 00:49:28.779
 the living

00:49:28.779 --> 00:49:29.319
 God

00:49:29.319 --> 00:49:31.299
 the God

00:49:31.299 --> 00:49:31.739
 I worship

00:49:31.739 --> 00:49:32.359
 is Jesus

00:49:32.359 --> 00:49:33.119
 Christ

00:49:33.119 --> 00:49:40.359
 the jailers

00:49:40.359 --> 00:49:40.659
 are so

00:49:40.659 --> 00:49:41.199
 scared that

00:49:41.199 --> 00:49:41.919
 they halt

00:49:41.919 --> 00:49:42.579
 the execution

00:49:42.579 --> 00:49:43.299
 put him

00:49:43.299 --> 00:49:43.579
 back in

00:49:43.579 --> 00:49:43.939
 his cell

00:49:43.939 --> 00:49:46.059
 and they're

00:49:46.059 --> 00:49:46.939
 worried that

00:49:46.939 --> 00:49:47.519
 he's converting

00:49:47.519 --> 00:49:48.179
 the entire

00:49:48.179 --> 00:49:49.079
 jail compound

00:49:49.079 --> 00:49:50.440
 and so

00:49:50.440 --> 00:49:51.000
 they release

00:49:51.000 --> 00:49:51.219
 him

00:49:51.219 --> 00:49:52.300
 and he

00:49:52.300 --> 00:49:52.759
 goes back

00:49:52.759 --> 00:49:53.000
 to his

00:49:53.000 --> 00:49:53.280
 back

00:49:53.280 --> 00:49:58.679
 it's

00:49:58.679 --> 00:49:59.400
 endurance

00:49:59.400 --> 00:50:01.699
 it's

00:50:01.699 --> 00:50:02.199
 faith

00:50:02.199 --> 00:50:06.880
 Jesus

00:50:06.880 --> 00:50:07.320
 said

00:50:07.320 --> 00:50:09.139
 a servant

00:50:09.139 --> 00:50:09.519
 is not

00:50:09.519 --> 00:50:09.980
 greater than

00:50:09.980 --> 00:50:10.440
 his master

00:50:10.440 --> 00:50:10.739
 if they

00:50:10.739 --> 00:50:11.300
 persecuted

00:50:11.300 --> 00:50:11.619
 me

00:50:11.619 --> 00:50:12.800
 they will

00:50:12.800 --> 00:50:13.039
 also

00:50:13.039 --> 00:50:13.539
 persecute

00:50:13.539 --> 00:50:13.840
 you

00:50:13.840 --> 00:50:16.519
 so

00:50:16.519 --> 00:50:16.800
 let's

00:50:16.800 --> 00:50:17.519
 look to

00:50:17.519 --> 00:50:18.680
 the pattern

00:50:18.680 --> 00:50:19.080
 that Jesus

00:50:19.080 --> 00:50:19.920
 set for us

00:50:19.920 --> 00:50:20.960
 the path

00:50:20.960 --> 00:50:21.220
 that he

00:50:21.220 --> 00:50:21.500
 has

00:50:21.500 --> 00:50:22.519
 blazed

00:50:22.519 --> 00:50:23.220
 for us

00:50:23.220 --> 00:50:24.019
 and weather

00:50:24.019 --> 00:50:24.760
 the persecution

00:50:24.760 --> 00:50:26.140
 of the worldly

00:50:26.140 --> 00:50:26.680
 kingdoms

00:50:26.680 --> 00:50:28.300
 with endurance

00:50:28.300 --> 00:50:29.780
 and faith

00:50:29.780 --> 00:50:30.620
 let's pray

00:50:30.619 --> 00:50:46.900
 lord

00:50:46.900 --> 00:50:46.920
 lord

00:50:46.920 --> 00:50:49.119
 lord

00:50:49.119 --> 00:50:49.539
 jesus

00:50:49.539 --> 00:50:50.079
 you

00:50:50.079 --> 00:50:50.759
 you

00:50:50.759 --> 00:50:51.039
 are

00:50:51.039 --> 00:50:51.539
 worthy

00:50:51.539 --> 00:50:53.279
 of that

00:50:53.279 --> 00:50:53.619
 kind

00:50:53.619 --> 00:50:53.759
 of

00:50:53.759 --> 00:50:54.159
 allegiance

00:50:54.159 --> 00:50:58.819
 you

00:50:58.819 --> 00:50:59.039
 are

00:50:59.039 --> 00:50:59.519
 worthy

00:50:59.519 --> 00:51:00.139
 of that

00:51:00.139 --> 00:51:00.500
 kind

00:51:00.500 --> 00:51:00.739
 of

00:51:00.739 --> 00:51:01.639
 worship

00:51:01.639 --> 00:51:02.579
 you

00:51:02.579 --> 00:51:02.779
 are

00:51:02.779 --> 00:51:03.299
 worthy

00:51:03.299 --> 00:51:04.480
 of our

00:51:04.480 --> 00:51:05.339
 faithfulness

00:51:05.339 --> 00:51:05.980
 even unto

00:51:05.980 --> 00:51:06.399
 death

00:51:06.399 --> 00:51:07.659
 who is

00:51:07.659 --> 00:51:08.279
 like you

00:51:08.279 --> 00:51:08.659
 oh lord

00:51:08.659 --> 00:51:09.159
 there is

00:51:09.159 --> 00:51:09.659
 no one

00:51:09.659 --> 00:51:10.199
 like you

00:51:10.199 --> 00:51:11.460
 you deserve

00:51:11.460 --> 00:51:12.059
 the worship

00:51:12.059 --> 00:51:12.659
 of every

00:51:12.659 --> 00:51:13.119
 tongue

00:51:13.119 --> 00:51:14.039
 and every

00:51:14.039 --> 00:51:14.440
 niche

00:51:14.440 --> 00:51:15.039
 about how

00:51:15.039 --> 00:51:15.440
 to you

00:51:15.440 --> 00:51:17.940
 help us

00:51:17.940 --> 00:51:20.440
 to endure

00:51:20.440 --> 00:51:21.139
 to the end

00:51:21.139 --> 00:51:23.119
 as faithful

00:51:23.119 --> 00:51:23.720
 witnesses

00:51:23.720 --> 00:51:24.119
 to your

00:51:24.119 --> 00:51:24.440
 name

00:51:24.440 --> 00:51:30.200
 until that

00:51:30.200 --> 00:51:30.639
 day when

00:51:30.639 --> 00:51:31.139
 you come

00:51:31.139 --> 00:51:31.539
 back

00:51:31.539 --> 00:51:34.139
 to gather

00:51:34.139 --> 00:51:34.559
 us to

00:51:34.559 --> 00:51:35.039
 yourself

00:51:35.039 --> 00:51:38.720
 to vindicate

00:51:38.720 --> 00:51:39.280
 us

00:51:39.280 --> 00:51:40.880
 to show

00:51:40.880 --> 00:51:41.380
 just how

00:51:41.380 --> 00:51:41.619
 much

00:51:41.619 --> 00:51:42.019
 you love

00:51:42.019 --> 00:51:42.420
 us

00:51:42.420 --> 00:51:44.840
 lord

00:51:44.840 --> 00:51:45.240
 we wait

00:51:45.240 --> 00:51:45.599
 for that

00:51:45.599 --> 00:51:45.840
 day

00:51:45.840 --> 00:51:49.139
 in jesus

00:51:49.139 --> 00:51:49.360
 name

00:51:49.360 --> 00:51:49.800
 we pray

00:51:49.800 --> 00:51:50.619
 amen