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 Well, one morning a couple months ago, I started getting texts from people I know,

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 and they were letting me know that they had received some odd emails from me.

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 Apparently, I had some land in Montana that I was seeking to sell them at a rock-bottom price.

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 And if you know me, I don't have land in Montana.

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 It's all swamp land in Florida that I'm trying to sell and get rid of.

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 Well, I was sent one of these emails, and upon careful examination,

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 I noticed that the email address had just a couple letters changed.

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 And so there was an imposter, Mike.

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 And this person who had intentionally posed as me was trying to deceive the people that trusted me

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 in order that they could benefit somehow.

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 I don't know how. Make a buck.

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 It was really disturbing.

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 It was very sobering in that, oh, there are people out there trying to do that.

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 We all know about people trolling the internet.

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 Imposters trying to take advantage of people who are unawares.

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 This morning, we're being reminded of a group of imposters,

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 the anti-trinity dragon, the first beast, and the second beast,

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 who are actively trying to deceive people into the worship of the beast.

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 The greatest of all imposters is the dragon, the serpent of old.

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 And two Sundays ago, Billy preached a sermon and reminded us that,

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 according to Revelation 12,

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 the dragon has already been thrown down to earth

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 as a result of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection.

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 Here's how to think about it.

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 The beginning of the end.

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 He already knows it.

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 His being thrown down is the beginning of his end.

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 He knows his time is short,

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 and he's furiously waging a war against God and us,

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 his blood-bought people, his saints.

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 And the war that he's waging is a war over worship.

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 Toothbrushes.

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 They're made for dental hygiene.

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 Light bulbs are designed to help you see at night.

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 Knives are meant to cut.

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 Cats, nobody knows their purpose.

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 And people are designed to worship.

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 The dragon is waging war,

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 and he has mobilized two beasts.

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 This is Revelation chapter 13.

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 Last week, we took a look at the first beast

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 in verses 1 through 10 of chapter 13.

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 It's the Antichrist.

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 It's a false savior gathering for itself

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 followers who marvel at its false death and resurrection.

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 It's a false salvation.

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 And last week, I tried to make the point

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 that the emphasis seems to be

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 on a false savior of the state.

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 The first beast is the anti-Lamb,

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 the second member of the anti-Trinity.

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 And this morning, we're going to look at the second beast,

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 also known as the false prophet.

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 And what we're going to see is that

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 this third member of the anti-Trinity

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 is the spinmeister of the anti-Trinity.

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 If the first beast is about just raw power,

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 the second beast is about subtle propaganda.

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 He is in the communication business.

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 Think about the false prophet,

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 the second beast, as Satan's PR firm

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 that is seeking to spin reality

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 to cause people to worship the beast.

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 There is a trans-historical

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 spiritual force of darkness

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 that is deceiving people

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 in order to worship the beast

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 and oppose the lamb.

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 Did you hear that word trans-historical?

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 And I'm wondering, what does that mean?

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 Here's what I mean by that.

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 This second beast,

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 as well as the first beast,

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 and the dragon,

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 they span history.

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 Trans-historical.

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 From one generation to the next.

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 From one people to the next.

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 Hundreds of years after hundreds of years.

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 And they are manipulating

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 human systems and institutions

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 in order to carry out their purposes

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 in opposition to God.

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 And this morning,

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 we're going to look at

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 one of these trans-historical

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 forces of darkness,

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 the second beast.

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 You see,

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 it's all about worship.

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 This war is over the hearts

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 of men and women.

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 Who you're going to worship.

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 And the two options are

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 you're either going to worship the beast

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 or you're going to worship the lamb.

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 And so the call this morning

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 shows up in our verse,

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 in verse 18.

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 The call to be wise.

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 To be aware.

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 To be discerning.

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 To know the landscape

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 of true reality

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 as revealed in the scriptures.

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 What John is doing,

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 he's pulling back on the curtain

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 of helping us to see

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 how things really are.

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 Revelation chapter 12 and 13.

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 It's the theological center

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 of the book.

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 John is saying,

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 here's the real problem.

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 Our real problem

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 is a spiritual conflict.

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 So we need to be wise.

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 And so this morning,

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 I want to show you

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 four things.

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 Be wise to what

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 the second beast is like.

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 Second,

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 be wise to the purpose

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 of the second beast.

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 Be wise to the tactics

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 of the second beast.

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 And finally,

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 be wise to its name.

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 You wonder what 666 is?

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 We have a trans-historical

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 spiritual power

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 that is seeking to

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 deceive people

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 and to worship the beast

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 and to oppose us.

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 And we learn some things

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 about him in chapter 13.

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 So let's be wise

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 to who it is.

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 Look at verse 11.

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 Then I saw another beast

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 rising out of the earth.

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 You learn something

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 about where they're from.

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 You learn something

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 about someone

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 from where they're from.

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 And what we learn

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 about this second beast

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 is he's from the earth.

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 Now, remember last week

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 I told you

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 that the first beast,

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 he came out of the sea.

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 And what John

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 is helping us to see

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 is that beast 1

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 and beast 2,

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 one from sea,

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 one from land,

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 they are the dragon's

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 counterclaim

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 on all of creation

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 saying,

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 it's still mine.

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 But the dragon's

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 been thrown down.

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 Christ's death

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 and resurrection

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 has thrown him down.

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 The beginning of the end

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 has started.

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 And Satan

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 will not relinquish

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 his claim

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 on creation

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 without a fight.

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 So we need to be wise

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 to this serpent

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 and how he operates.

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 And so the second beast

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 is part of his

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 counterclaim

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 on all creation

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 to oppose God.

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 And notice

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 verse 11

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 that he's sneaky.

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 It had two horns

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 like a lamb

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 and it spoke

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 like a dragon.

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 Two horns

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 like a lamb

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 and spoke

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 like a dragon.

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 Does anybody else

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 feel the dissonance

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 of that?

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 The conflict

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 of that?

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 He looks cute

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 as a lamb

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 but he's got

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 dragon breath.

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 He speaks

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 like a dragon.

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 He spits

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 dragon poison.

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 The second beast,

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 he's an imposter.

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 Who is the lamb

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 of the book

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 of Revelation?

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 Jesus!

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 He's trying

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 to be lamb-like

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 but his true nature

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 comes out

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 in his speech.

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 Dragon speech.

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 Jesus warned us

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 of false prophets

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 in Matthew 7.15.

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 He spoke

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 of wolves

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 dressing themselves

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 in sheep's clothes

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 so that they

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 can devour.

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 We've got

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 an imposter.

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 Comes off

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 lamb-like

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 but he's really

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 serpent at the core.

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 This is the false prophet.

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 He's purposed

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 on destruction.

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 And when you

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 see

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 it spoke

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 like a dragon

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 that is a major

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 clue

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 as to this

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 beast's

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 modus operandi.

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 It's how he rolls.

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 He is in the

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 communication business.

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 He wants

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 to

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 access

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 information

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 and manipulate

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 it

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 for beastly

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 purposes.

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 That's why

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 the second beast

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 is called

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 the false prophet

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 in chapter 16

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 verse 13

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 19.20

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 20 verse 10.

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 Here's how to

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 think about it.

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 The second beast

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 is to the first beast

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 as John the Baptist

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 was to Jesus.

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 The second beast

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 is going

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 before the first beast

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 to make

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 the way

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 of his

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 anti-lord.

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 And in verse

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 12

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 at the beginning

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 we see

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 that all

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 the authority

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 of the first beast

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 has been given

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 to the second beast

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 the false prophet.

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 He has been

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 authorized

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 to represent

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 the first beast.

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 So if the first beast

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 is power

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 the second beast

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 is propaganda.

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 Now in John's day

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 when the people

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 who originally

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 received the book

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 of Revelation

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 they would have

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 understood

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 first beast

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 as a reference

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 to the emperor.

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 At that time

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 it was Domitian.

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 And in every city

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 that this letter

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 showed up to

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 in Asia Minor

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 all those seven churches

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 there was

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 this imperial cult

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 of emperor worship.

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 and every citizen

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 under the emperor's reign

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 was to

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 worship

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 the emperor

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 once a year.

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 Take a pinch

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 of incense

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 throw it on the altar

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 before his image

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 and say something

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 to the extent

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 of

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 you know

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 Caesar is

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 lord and savior.

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 And so

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 they were facing

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 a very specific

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 manifestation

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 of the first beast

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 and they were also

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 dealing with

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 a very specific

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 manifestation

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 of this second beast.

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 There was this group

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 of people called

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 the Asiarchs

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 the council

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 of Asia.

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 We see them

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 make an appearance

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 in Acts 19.

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 Paul is preaching

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 Christ in Ephesus

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 and God's turning

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 that whole city

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 upside down

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 and the Asiarchs

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 come out to Paul

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 to make an appeal

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 to him.

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 And what these

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 Asiarchs are

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 they were essentially

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 the keepers

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 of the imperial

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 cult worship

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 city to city.

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 They were making

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 sure the emperor

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 got his due.

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 They were

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 localized

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 representatives

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 ensuring

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 the worship

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 of the emperor.

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 They were

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 making sure

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 he got his due.

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 And

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 so

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 what

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 is going on

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 in the first century

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 is that the second beast

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 is showing up

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 in a specific

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 manifestation.

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 He's going to show up

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 in a different

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 manifestation

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 in the 21st century

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 America.

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 This second beast

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 is authorized

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 by the first beast

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 to spin

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 could you imagine

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 Smyrna

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 first century

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 Asiarchs

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 come knocking

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 on your door

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 hey you know

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 what notice

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 you haven't been

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 at the emperor

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 temple this year.

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 Listen

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 you don't need

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 to make your

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 Jesus thing

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 in the worship

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 of the emperor

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 thing

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 in either or

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 thing.

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 You don't need

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 to do that.

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 Don't worry

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 about doing that.

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 I'm not going

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 to put you

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 in that position.

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 You can go

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 about being

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 a follower

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 of Jesus

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 all the rest

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 of your days

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 every year.

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 we just need

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 you to come

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 down to the

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 temple

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 just

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 you can come

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 tomorrow

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 take the incense

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 pinch it

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 throw it in the

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 altar

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 do the

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 do the emperor

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 savior lord

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 thing

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 you just need

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 to do it once

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 go on your way

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 no big deal.

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 Make it easy

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 on you.

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 Drive through

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 emperor worship.

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 Does that sound

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 kind of familiar?

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 You don't need

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 to make Jesus

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 an all or

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 nothing thing.

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 We can all

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 be happy here.

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 We're all

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 worshiping the

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 same God.

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 The problem

00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:09.019
 is this.

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 Our crucified

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 and risen

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 Lord requires

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 our wholehearted

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 exclusive devotion

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 and worship

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 to him 24

00:14:18.539 --> 00:14:19.240
 hours a day

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 7 days a week

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 365 days a year.

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 there's no room

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 for this

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 compromise.

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 He is worthy.

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 So the question

00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:32.639
 becomes

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 who's the

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 equivalent of

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 the 21st

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 century

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 Asiarchs?

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 Well let me

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 give you a clue.

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 Where is the

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 call to worship

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 coming from

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 in our culture?

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 Who's saying

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 worship this

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 way?

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 Who's telling

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 you how to

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 think?

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 You should be

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 looking at me.

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 I'm one of them.

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 Based upon

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 this book.

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 Who else is out

00:15:10.500 --> 00:15:10.920
 there making

00:15:10.920 --> 00:15:11.360
 claims?

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 You know what it

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 all boils down

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 to?

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 It all boils

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 down to who

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 says.

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 Who says

00:15:20.060 --> 00:15:20.500
 that

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 God's word?

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 And we're

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 putting all

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 of our eggs

00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:26.340
 in this one

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 basket of

00:15:27.100 --> 00:15:27.820
 God's word.

00:15:28.659 --> 00:15:29.759
 His word

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 is authoritative

00:15:30.659 --> 00:15:31.220
 and true

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 and we're

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 going to do

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 what it

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 says.

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 You've got

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 to know

00:15:38.100 --> 00:15:38.539
 that there's

00:15:38.539 --> 00:15:38.940
 a second

00:15:38.940 --> 00:15:39.340
 beast.

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 So part of

00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:40.720
 the way I was

00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:41.159
 thinking about

00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:41.580
 this sermon

00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:42.419
 was this.

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 I just want

00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:43.700
 to raise

00:15:43.700 --> 00:15:44.220
 your awareness.

00:15:45.779 --> 00:15:46.559
 There is a

00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:47.700
 trans-historical

00:15:47.700 --> 00:15:48.879
 spiritual force

00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:49.419
 of darkness

00:15:49.419 --> 00:15:50.279
 that is

00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:50.899
 actively

00:15:50.899 --> 00:15:51.379
 seeking

00:15:51.379 --> 00:15:51.840
 to deceive

00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:52.399
 people to

00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:52.980
 worship the

00:15:52.980 --> 00:15:53.980
 beast and

00:15:53.980 --> 00:15:55.360
 to oppress

00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:56.379
 God's people.

00:16:00.299 --> 00:16:01.179
 But you also

00:16:01.179 --> 00:16:01.879
 need to recognize

00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:02.299
 we've got to

00:16:02.299 --> 00:16:03.519
 be wise to

00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:04.059
 the second

00:16:04.059 --> 00:16:04.840
 beast's

00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:05.799
 purpose.

00:16:07.259 --> 00:16:08.000
 Look at verse

00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:08.519
 12 again.

00:16:08.659 --> 00:16:09.480
 It exercises

00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:10.360
 all the authority

00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:10.899
 of the first

00:16:10.899 --> 00:16:11.519
 beast in its

00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:11.980
 presence.

00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:13.700
 To what end?

00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:15.179
 How so?

00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:17.059
 For what purpose?

00:16:17.059 --> 00:16:19.079
 And makes

00:16:19.079 --> 00:16:19.759
 the earth and

00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:20.519
 its inhabitants

00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:21.379
 worship the

00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:22.179
 first beast

00:16:22.179 --> 00:16:23.179
 whose mortal

00:16:23.179 --> 00:16:23.739
 wound was

00:16:23.739 --> 00:16:24.159
 healed.

00:16:25.819 --> 00:16:26.479
 Do you see

00:16:26.479 --> 00:16:27.139
 the end game

00:16:27.139 --> 00:16:27.439
 here?

00:16:29.199 --> 00:16:30.019
 The false

00:16:30.019 --> 00:16:30.619
 prophet, the

00:16:30.619 --> 00:16:31.339
 second beast,

00:16:31.619 --> 00:16:32.879
 is looking to

00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:34.539
 promote the

00:16:34.539 --> 00:16:35.739
 worship of

00:16:35.739 --> 00:16:36.219
 the first

00:16:36.219 --> 00:16:36.699
 beast.

00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:41.659
 And in so

00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:42.219
 doing, the

00:16:42.219 --> 00:16:42.899
 second beast

00:16:42.899 --> 00:16:43.859
 is mimicking

00:16:43.859 --> 00:16:45.019
 the very

00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:46.720
 ministry and

00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:47.539
 purpose of

00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:48.360
 the Holy

00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:49.819
 Spirit, the

00:16:49.819 --> 00:16:50.879
 third person

00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:52.199
 of the

00:16:52.199 --> 00:16:53.079
 Holy Trinity.

00:16:54.059 --> 00:16:54.179
 Do you

00:16:54.179 --> 00:16:54.639
 remember in

00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:55.819
 John 16, 14,

00:16:56.199 --> 00:16:57.460
 Jesus tells

00:16:57.460 --> 00:16:58.519
 us what the

00:16:58.519 --> 00:16:59.360
 primary purpose

00:16:59.360 --> 00:16:59.899
 of the Holy

00:16:59.899 --> 00:17:00.539
 Spirit is?

00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:01.699
 Jesus, this is a

00:17:01.699 --> 00:17:02.240
 quote of Jesus

00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:03.079
 about the Holy

00:17:03.079 --> 00:17:03.980
 Spirit, he

00:17:03.980 --> 00:17:05.720
 will glorify

00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.359
 me.

00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:08.160
 The ministry

00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:08.579
 of the Holy

00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:09.339
 Spirit is to

00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:10.599
 spotlight Jesus.

00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:13.799
 that's what the

00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:14.439
 third person of

00:17:14.439 --> 00:17:15.219
 the Holy Trinity

00:17:15.219 --> 00:17:16.279
 is seeking to

00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:16.519
 do.

00:17:17.619 --> 00:17:18.259
 But what we

00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:18.899
 see going on

00:17:18.899 --> 00:17:20.559
 here is the

00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:21.339
 third member of

00:17:21.339 --> 00:17:22.259
 the anti-Trinity

00:17:22.259 --> 00:17:24.399
 is seeking to

00:17:24.399 --> 00:17:25.839
 spotlight the

00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:26.179
 beast.

00:17:26.439 --> 00:17:26.980
 So if you were

00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:27.480
 to ask the

00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:28.199
 first beast,

00:17:29.699 --> 00:17:30.319
 hey, what's the

00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:31.339
 purpose of the

00:17:31.339 --> 00:17:32.179
 false prophet?

00:17:33.179 --> 00:17:33.839
 You know what he

00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:34.099
 would say?

00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:36.459
 He will glorify

00:17:36.459 --> 00:17:36.719
 me.

00:17:38.879 --> 00:17:39.619
 The false

00:17:39.619 --> 00:17:40.099
 prophet.

00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:41.799
 is deceiving

00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:42.919
 people to

00:17:42.919 --> 00:17:43.980
 worship a

00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:45.219
 false savior

00:17:45.219 --> 00:17:47.299
 who promotes

00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:48.000
 a false

00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:48.839
 salvation

00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:51.659
 through a

00:17:51.659 --> 00:17:52.899
 false death

00:17:52.899 --> 00:17:54.159
 and resurrection.

00:17:55.919 --> 00:17:56.879
 What we're

00:17:56.879 --> 00:17:57.740
 seeing here is

00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:59.159
 the role of

00:17:59.159 --> 00:17:59.559
 the third

00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:00.639
 member of the

00:18:00.639 --> 00:18:02.319
 anti-Trinity

00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:03.579
 and the end

00:18:03.579 --> 00:18:04.500
 game is

00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.019
 worship.

00:18:07.719 --> 00:18:08.639
 There's a

00:18:08.639 --> 00:18:09.299
 battle raging.

00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:11.319
 You might not

00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:11.980
 have realized it

00:18:11.980 --> 00:18:12.539
 on the drive

00:18:12.539 --> 00:18:13.279
 over with the

00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:14.079
 sun shining and

00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:14.819
 the blue sky,

00:18:15.819 --> 00:18:16.619
 but there is a

00:18:16.619 --> 00:18:18.139
 battle raging for

00:18:18.139 --> 00:18:19.059
 all of the hearts

00:18:19.059 --> 00:18:19.759
 of the people

00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:20.500
 around you.

00:18:22.219 --> 00:18:23.799
 We need to be

00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:24.639
 wise to the

00:18:24.639 --> 00:18:25.599
 beast's purpose.

00:18:26.439 --> 00:18:27.439
 Third, we need to

00:18:27.439 --> 00:18:29.579
 be wise to the

00:18:29.579 --> 00:18:32.439
 tactics of the

00:18:32.439 --> 00:18:33.339
 false prophet, the

00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:33.899
 second beast.

00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:33.960
 beast.

00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:36.440
 What we see in

00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:37.220
 verses 13 through

00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:38.880
 17 are four

00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:40.519
 how-tos, four

00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:42.519
 tactics of the

00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:44.460
 second beast to

00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:45.620
 cause people to

00:18:45.620 --> 00:18:46.900
 worship the first

00:18:46.900 --> 00:18:47.460
 beast.

00:18:49.660 --> 00:18:51.200
 The first one is

00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:51.480
 this.

00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:53.740
 I'm calling them

00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:54.860
 sinister spin

00:18:54.860 --> 00:18:55.420
 tactics.

00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:57.340
 Sinister spin

00:18:57.340 --> 00:18:57.980
 tactic number

00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:58.340
 one.

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 Wonder

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:00.519
 making.

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 Look at verse

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 13.

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 It, the

00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:07.099
 second beast,

00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:08.539
 performs great

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:10.559
 signs, even

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 making fire come

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 down from heaven to

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 earth in front of

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 people.

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 It does great

00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:15.480
 signs.

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 The second beast

00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:18.740
 is out to wow

00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:20.859
 you, to make

00:19:20.859 --> 00:19:22.740
 you wonder, to

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 draw your heart to

00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:27.039
 amazement, to put

00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:27.720
 you in awe.

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 You notice it's, he's

00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:31.960
 not making

00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:32.819
 intellectual

00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:33.420
 arguments.

00:19:35.380 --> 00:19:36.640
 He's appealing to

00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:37.299
 your sense of

00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:37.839
 wonder.

00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:42.220
 It's out to wow

00:19:42.220 --> 00:19:42.900
 people into

00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:43.539
 believing the

00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:44.240
 first beast.

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 How so?

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 Even making fire

00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:48.880
 come down from

00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:49.600
 heaven to earth

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 in front of

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 people.

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 That's an appeal

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 to 1 Kings

00:19:53.299 --> 00:19:55.059
 chapter 18

00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:55.799
 verses 20

00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:56.380
 through 39.

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 Do you remember

00:19:56.880 --> 00:19:57.140
 this?

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 Elijah, he

00:19:58.600 --> 00:19:59.700
 squares off

00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:01.020
 against 450

00:20:01.020 --> 00:20:02.040
 prophets of

00:20:02.040 --> 00:20:02.980
 Baal and they

00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:04.020
 set the terms

00:20:04.020 --> 00:20:04.780
 of their

00:20:04.780 --> 00:20:05.500
 showdown.

00:20:05.860 --> 00:20:06.740
 You guys

00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.760
 get a bull,

00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:08.840
 put it on your

00:20:08.840 --> 00:20:10.020
 altar, I'll get

00:20:10.020 --> 00:20:10.940
 a bull, put it

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.800
 on an altar to

00:20:11.800 --> 00:20:12.920
 Yahweh and

00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:14.140
 we'll call on

00:20:14.140 --> 00:20:15.140
 our gods and

00:20:15.140 --> 00:20:16.280
 if Baal sends

00:20:16.280 --> 00:20:17.080
 down fire from

00:20:17.080 --> 00:20:17.820
 heaven and

00:20:17.820 --> 00:20:18.400
 consumes your

00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:19.100
 bull, we'll

00:20:19.100 --> 00:20:19.760
 follow your

00:20:19.760 --> 00:20:20.040
 God.

00:20:20.320 --> 00:20:21.320
 But if Yahweh

00:20:21.320 --> 00:20:22.500
 sends fire down

00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:23.780
 onto my altar,

00:20:24.100 --> 00:20:25.160
 this altar, and

00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:25.860
 burns up this

00:20:25.860 --> 00:20:26.760
 bull, we all

00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:27.839
 follow Yahweh, so

00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:28.539
 let's do it.

00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:31.359
 The prophets of

00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:31.940
 Baal said, let's

00:20:31.940 --> 00:20:32.379
 do it.

00:20:34.140 --> 00:20:35.119
 They go into

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 their crazy

00:20:35.859 --> 00:20:36.799
 cutting themselves

00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:37.420
 and offering

00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:39.019
 prayers and all

00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:40.000
 the while Elijah

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.660
 is taunting

00:20:40.660 --> 00:20:42.319
 them, is Baal

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:42.900
 going to the

00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:43.240
 bathroom?

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.000
 Where is your

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.379
 God?

00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:46.960
 He never shows

00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:47.259
 up.

00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:47.960
 But you know

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:48.640
 who shows up?

00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:50.480
 Yahweh shows

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.940
 up, he pours out

00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.980
 fire and

00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:54.140
 incinerates not

00:20:54.140 --> 00:20:54.900
 just the

00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.640
 offering, but

00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.640
 everything around

00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:56.940
 it.

00:20:59.040 --> 00:20:59.660
 So in

00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:00.400
 verse 39 of

00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:01.200
 chapter 18,

00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.780
 before all the

00:21:02.780 --> 00:21:04.140
 people, they

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:05.000
 see it all.

00:21:05.620 --> 00:21:05.900
 And do you

00:21:05.900 --> 00:21:06.180
 know what their

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.820
 response is?

00:21:07.800 --> 00:21:09.040
 Listen, all the

00:21:09.040 --> 00:21:10.140
 people say, the

00:21:10.140 --> 00:21:11.520
 Lord Yahweh, he

00:21:11.520 --> 00:21:12.060
 is God.

00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:13.320
 The Lord

00:21:13.320 --> 00:21:15.040
 Yahweh, he's

00:21:15.040 --> 00:21:15.380
 God.

00:21:15.380 --> 00:21:15.440
 God.

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:15.519
 God.

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:18.519
 The great sign

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:20.000
 of 1 Kings

00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:22.240
 18 resulted in

00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:22.900
 the recognition

00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:24.940
 of Yahweh being

00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:25.559
 God.

00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:28.640
 So the false

00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:30.460
 prophet is

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:31.120
 taking a play

00:21:31.120 --> 00:21:31.680
 out of God's

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.220
 playbook,

00:21:32.860 --> 00:21:33.600
 imitating one

00:21:33.600 --> 00:21:34.380
 of God's great

00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:35.299
 signs to

00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:36.320
 demonstrate to

00:21:36.320 --> 00:21:36.799
 the watching

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.740
 world that the

00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:39.200
 beast is actually

00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:40.880
 divine or making

00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:41.480
 the claim.

00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:43.779
 Hence, he's a

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.340
 better savior.

00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:44.539
 here.

00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:46.439
 And in doing

00:21:46.439 --> 00:21:47.799
 so, it's just a

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.579
 sheer act of

00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:49.199
 defiance.

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.859
 I hope you

00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:54.939
 can see, I

00:21:54.939 --> 00:21:55.419
 hope this is

00:21:55.419 --> 00:21:56.419
 making you aware

00:21:56.419 --> 00:21:58.679
 of what the

00:21:58.679 --> 00:22:00.019
 false prophet is

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.799
 capable of.

00:22:01.919 --> 00:22:03.159
 He is capable

00:22:03.159 --> 00:22:04.220
 of mimicking

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:06.039
 great signs

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:08.919
 purposed to

00:22:08.919 --> 00:22:11.159
 deceive, to

00:22:11.159 --> 00:22:12.599
 lead people away

00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:13.279
 from the

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.619
 lamb.

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:15.879
 to worship

00:22:15.879 --> 00:22:17.000
 the beast.

00:22:19.159 --> 00:22:19.859
 What does

00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.419
 this mean for

00:22:20.419 --> 00:22:21.000
 us today?

00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:23.000
 Well, it

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.579
 means for us

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.119
 today that

00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:25.419
 this same

00:22:25.419 --> 00:22:26.259
 false prophet

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:27.159
 operating in

00:22:27.159 --> 00:22:27.980
 first century

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:29.139
 kind of Roman

00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:30.119
 imperial cult

00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:31.179
 worship, he's

00:22:31.179 --> 00:22:32.459
 operating in

00:22:32.459 --> 00:22:33.339
 American culture

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:33.839
 too.

00:22:35.419 --> 00:22:36.480
 He's not done.

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.199
 He's just

00:22:37.199 --> 00:22:37.679
 adapted.

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:41.720
 here's how to

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.799
 start sniffing

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.299
 this out.

00:22:44.060 --> 00:22:44.880
 In our

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:46.140
 culture, start

00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:46.920
 asking this

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.440
 question of

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:47.660
 yourself.

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.440
 Where are

00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:49.259
 people being

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.980
 wowed?

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.980
 amazed?

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:52.579
 Where are people

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:54.299
 being amazed?

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:57.980
 Where are people

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.279
 saying,

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.220
 unbelievable?

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.759
 Maybe it's a

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.480
 demonstration of

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.480
 political power.

00:23:03.860 --> 00:23:04.319
 Wow!

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.819
 Maybe it's a

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.579
 demonstration of

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:07.940
 scientific power.

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:08.660
 Amazing!

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:10.099
 Maybe it's a

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.740
 demonstration of

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.480
 technological

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.480
 miracles.

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:14.319
 What else can

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:14.839
 we do?

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:18.240
 Maybe it's

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:19.559
 just you're

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:20.559
 amazed at the

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:21.220
 entertainment.

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:26.079
 It is quite

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:26.660
 sobering to

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.400
 think though that

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:28.880
 this even

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.640
 applies to

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:31.200
 religious

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:32.480
 demonstrations

00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:34.299
 of power.

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.860
 It raises the

00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.680
 possibility that

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.700
 not all miracles

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.180
 done in the

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.759
 name of Jesus

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.440
 are done in

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:40.880
 the name of

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.299
 Jesus.

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:43.160
 That there

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.860
 can be a

00:23:43.860 --> 00:23:44.460
 mimicking to

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.059
 draw peoples

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.720
 away from

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.160
 the Lamb.

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:51.319
 So here's

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:52.519
 what you do.

00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:52.940
 You start

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.339
 asking the

00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:53.599
 question,

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.880
 okay, where's

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:55.299
 the wow

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:55.900
 happening in

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.380
 our culture?

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:57.620
 And then you

00:23:57.620 --> 00:23:57.980
 ask this

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.539
 question, who's

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:58.819
 getting the

00:23:58.819 --> 00:23:59.400
 credit for it?

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:00.839
 Who gets

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.400
 credit for

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:01.940
 that wow?

00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.640
 And if it's

00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:04.819
 not the

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.880
 triune God,

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:06.920
 you've got to

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.700
 start sniffing

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.200
 a beast.

00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:09.559
 Because chances

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.660
 are that wow

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.460
 is leading

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.460
 people away

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:13.460
 from the

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:13.799
 Lamb.

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.980
 It's very

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.380
 cunning.

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:20.240
 It's very

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.720
 effective.

00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.160
 And it

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:23.819
 appeals to

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.799
 our experience.

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.579
 Who's getting

00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:30.000
 the credit?

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:35.380
 the false

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:36.380
 prophet is able

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:37.660
 to do what

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:38.259
 the prophets

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:39.519
 of Baal were

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:40.480
 not to do.

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.019
 We've got to

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:42.859
 be wise to

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.640
 his wonder

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:44.180
 making.

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.319
 But there's a

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:47.339
 sinister spin

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:48.279
 tactic number

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.819
 two.

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.720
 He's into

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.839
 making images

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.879
 or making

00:24:52.879 --> 00:24:54.279
 people make

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.859
 images of

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.439
 the beast,

00:24:57.119 --> 00:24:58.599
 of a false

00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:59.059
 savior,

00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.679
 and a false

00:24:59.679 --> 00:25:00.259
 salvation,

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.000
 of a false

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.419
 hope.

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.639
 If the

00:25:03.639 --> 00:25:04.439
 second beast

00:25:04.439 --> 00:25:05.959
 wins somebody's

00:25:05.959 --> 00:25:06.919
 wonder, it

00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:07.480
 will seek to

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.459
 capitalize on

00:25:08.459 --> 00:25:09.859
 that by this

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:11.000
 next tactic

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:12.119
 of image

00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:12.619
 making.

00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:15.299
 the intent

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:16.299
 here is to

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:18.039
 focus someone's

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:19.039
 worship on

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:20.619
 something visible

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:22.259
 and tangible.

00:25:22.899 --> 00:25:24.079
 Something that

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:26.039
 you can feel

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:27.459
 and see.

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:31.059
 the false

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:31.880
 prophet wants

00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:32.600
 human beings

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:33.100
 to make

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:34.299
 images

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:35.779
 for their

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.259
 worship

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:38.039
 and it's not

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.860
 just religious

00:25:38.860 --> 00:25:39.480
 images.

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:41.220
 It's any

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:42.079
 image

00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:43.240
 will do

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:43.840
 just fine.

00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:44.120
 Thank you

00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:44.660
 very much.

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.240
 Why?

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.500
 Because

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:52.299
 when you

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:53.220
 create

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:54.480
 an image

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:56.799
 you are

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:58.039
 moving down

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.859
 the line

00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.339
 of

00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:00.339
 idolatry.

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:02.379
 It is

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:03.579
 establishing

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.879
 this object

00:26:04.879 --> 00:26:05.599
 of worship

00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:06.680
 in your

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.200
 heart.

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.279
 It's like

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.980
 pressing it

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.720
 down more.

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.440
 You're

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.399
 focusing on

00:26:11.399 --> 00:26:11.619
 it.

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:16.119
 Here's the

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:16.619
 thing though.

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.899
 This is

00:26:18.899 --> 00:26:19.259
 just

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.359
 flat out

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:21.119
 defiance

00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:22.220
 by the

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.419
 false

00:26:22.419 --> 00:26:22.799
 prophet,

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.500
 the second

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:23.819
 beast.

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.079
 Because

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.599
 God's word

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:26.039
 is very

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.519
 clear in

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:26.859
 Exodus

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.519
 chapter 20

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.019
 verses 1

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.299
 and 2.

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.319
 You will

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:29.680
 have no

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.079
 other gods

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.700
 before me

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.819
 and you

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.299
 will certainly

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:32.779
 not make

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.240
 an image

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.579
 of me.

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:36.139
 The beast

00:26:36.139 --> 00:26:37.680
 knows the

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.319
 human heart.

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.420
 He knows

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:40.139
 that we

00:26:40.139 --> 00:26:41.799
 want to

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:43.359
 walk by

00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:44.220
 sight,

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.599
 not by

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.240
 faith.

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:48.480
 He knows

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.579
 that we

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.639
 want to

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:52.279
 see what

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.519
 we believe.

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:53.579
 believe.

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.480
 To be

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:55.680
 able to

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:55.920
 put our

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:56.579
 hands on

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:56.740
 it.

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.960
 To measure

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.319
 it.

00:26:58.639 --> 00:26:59.299
 To smell

00:26:59.299 --> 00:26:59.579
 it.

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.420
 To taste

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:00.859
 it.

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:05.839
 Now a

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.480
 prime example

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.139
 of this

00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:07.420
 kind of

00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:08.079
 image making

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.539
 and worship

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.119
 goes back

00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:09.559
 to Daniel

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:09.920
 3.

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.200
 Do you

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.400
 remember

00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:10.740
 that?

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.259
 Nebuchadnezzar,

00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:14.619
 king of

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:15.139
 Babylon,

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.299
 erects this

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:17.059
 90 foot

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:18.960
 gold image

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.360
 on the

00:27:19.360 --> 00:27:19.940
 plains of

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.660
 Dura and

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:20.920
 then he

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.279
 puts this

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:22.000
 command out,

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:23.120
 anybody in

00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:24.579
 my citizenry

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.400
 must worship

00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:26.539
 this idol.

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.299
 And so

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:28.600
 the kind

00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:30.180
 of band

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:30.980
 plays and

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.539
 Shadrach,

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:31.980
 Meshach,

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.519
 and Abednego

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.220
 do not

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:34.440
 worship this

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:35.460
 image because

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:35.900
 they know

00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:36.720
 Exodus 20,

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.400
 1 and 2.

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:38.840
 And you

00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:39.039
 know what

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.539
 happens?

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:41.779
 They get

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.380
 tossed into

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:42.799
 the fiery

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.299
 furnace.

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.500
 And God

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.019
 does this

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.720
 miraculous

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.600
 deliverance of

00:27:47.600 --> 00:27:47.860
 them.

00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:49.159
 there's this

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:50.159
 fourth person

00:27:50.159 --> 00:27:50.699
 like a son

00:27:50.699 --> 00:27:51.099
 of man

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:52.879
 glowing in

00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:53.979
 the fire.

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.599
 They went

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:58.000
 in not

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.519
 knowing they

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:58.799
 would be

00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.079
 delivered.

00:28:01.419 --> 00:28:02.159
 They went

00:28:02.159 --> 00:28:02.740
 in not

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.179
 having a

00:28:03.179 --> 00:28:03.879
 promise that

00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:04.240
 God would

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.759
 deliver them.

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.579
 But this

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:09.359
 image making

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:09.899
 and worship

00:28:09.899 --> 00:28:11.039
 is not

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.679
 limited to

00:28:11.679 --> 00:28:12.479
 the 6th

00:28:12.479 --> 00:28:13.319
 century BCE.

00:28:13.919 --> 00:28:14.699
 It also

00:28:14.699 --> 00:28:15.219
 applies to

00:28:15.219 --> 00:28:15.579
 the 1st

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.399
 century Asia

00:28:16.399 --> 00:28:16.699
 Minor.

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.340
 The

00:28:17.340 --> 00:28:18.420
 Asiarchs,

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.380
 this council,

00:28:19.600 --> 00:28:20.460
 this priesthood

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.000
 of imperial

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.500
 worship,

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:22.740
 they were

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:24.140
 insisting that

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:25.559
 those citizens

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.660
 under Domitian

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.400
 needed to

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:27.819
 make their

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.559
 annual visit

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.080
 to the

00:28:29.080 --> 00:28:29.799
 emperor temple.

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.160
 Cast your

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:34.480
 incense on

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.080
 the altar

00:28:35.080 --> 00:28:36.279
 before the

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.819
 bust image

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.660
 of

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:40.680
 emperor

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.220
 Domitian.

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.319
 religion.

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:44.019
 That's what

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.460
 our brothers

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:45.900
 and sisters

00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:47.319
 in the

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:48.039
 first century

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.740
 were facing.

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.319
 How about

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:50.640
 us?

00:28:52.860 --> 00:28:53.600
 Certainly

00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:53.940
 there are

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:54.759
 religious images

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.360
 around today

00:28:55.360 --> 00:28:55.880
 which people

00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:56.259
 end up

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.819
 worshiping.

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.440
 Gold

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:57.940
 Buddhas

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.339
 all over

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:58.860
 the place.

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:00.799
 Shivas.

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.019
 Even

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.940
 crucifixes

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.960
 get worshiped,

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.680
 become objects

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.480
 of devotion

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.220
 instead of

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:10.559
 Christ himself.

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:11.700
 And then

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.039
 it's not

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.440
 limited to

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:13.279
 religious images.

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:14.880
 There are

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.759
 political images.

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:17.940
 Have you

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.579
 ever seen

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.700
 a shot of

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.339
 North Korea

00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:21.279
 and there's

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:22.120
 this banner

00:29:22.120 --> 00:29:23.299
 of Kim Jong-un

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:24.180
 and there are

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:24.680
 just these

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.360
 crowds

00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:26.920
 fanatically

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.819
 devoted to

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.160
 him?

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.299
 Apparently

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:30.440
 worshipping

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:31.000
 an image.

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:35.380
 pictures of

00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:36.019
 Lenin,

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.680
 of Stalin,

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.380
 of Hitler,

00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:38.400
 of Mao Zedong,

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.660
 even Uncle

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:40.119
 Sam.

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:43.079
 They're all

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.859
 designed

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:45.180
 to generate

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:46.779
 nationalistic

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.680
 fervor

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.920
 of devotion.

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:52.160
 It's all

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:52.960
 ripe for

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.380
 the false

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:53.819
 prophet.

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:58.099
 But I

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.400
 think the

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:59.119
 false prophet

00:29:59.119 --> 00:29:59.880
 is extremely

00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:00.359
 cunning

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:02.339
 and I

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:02.799
 think he

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.459
 has brought

00:30:03.459 --> 00:30:03.679
 a new

00:30:03.679 --> 00:30:04.099
 dimension

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:04.919
 to the

00:30:04.919 --> 00:30:05.779
 image-making

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.639
 kind of

00:30:06.639 --> 00:30:07.659
 aspect of

00:30:07.659 --> 00:30:08.439
 this in

00:30:08.439 --> 00:30:09.500
 21st century

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.419
 America.

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.299
 We no

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:14.059
 longer make

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.799
 our images.

00:30:16.679 --> 00:30:17.199
 Images are

00:30:17.199 --> 00:30:17.819
 made for

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.240
 us.

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:21.359
 How we

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:22.019
 encounter

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.859
 these images

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:26.259
 is through

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.679
 marketing.

00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:28.419
 Have you

00:30:28.419 --> 00:30:28.719
 ever thought

00:30:28.719 --> 00:30:29.000
 about it

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.339
 this way?

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:33.500
 what is

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.199
 the goal

00:30:34.199 --> 00:30:34.959
 of any

00:30:34.959 --> 00:30:35.679
 good

00:30:35.679 --> 00:30:36.299
 marketing

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.659
 firm?

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.859
 Here it is.

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.740
 Their goal

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.519
 is to convince

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.299
 the consumer

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:41.659
 that what

00:30:41.659 --> 00:30:42.740
 they really

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.759
 need

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:46.159
 is the

00:30:46.159 --> 00:30:46.479
 goods and

00:30:46.479 --> 00:30:47.039
 services of

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.479
 the client

00:30:47.479 --> 00:30:48.000
 it represents,

00:30:48.199 --> 00:30:48.719
 whether it's a

00:30:48.719 --> 00:30:49.240
 car company,

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:49.879
 shoe company,

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.959
 pharmaceutical company,

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:51.559
 tech company,

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:51.919
 or whatever.

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.579
 In what

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.619
 marketing companies

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:57.559
 do, they

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:58.579
 send out

00:30:58.579 --> 00:31:00.659
 images for

00:31:00.659 --> 00:31:01.459
 you to set

00:31:01.459 --> 00:31:02.099
 your heart

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:03.599
 on and

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.559
 then pine

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.079
 after.

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.839
 I want that.

00:31:06.919 --> 00:31:07.179
 You know what

00:31:07.179 --> 00:31:07.500
 they're making

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.199
 a case for?

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.859
 The good

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.239
 life.

00:31:12.699 --> 00:31:13.419
 Here's how

00:31:13.419 --> 00:31:13.839
 you can be

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.319
 happy.

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:17.220
 I just want

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.619
 to raise

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.539
 this, just

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:18.960
 to make you

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.899
 aware, it's

00:31:19.899 --> 00:31:21.559
 ripe for

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.379
 misuse.

00:31:23.439 --> 00:31:24.079
 I'm not

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:24.619
 calling all

00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:25.659
 marketing evil

00:31:25.659 --> 00:31:26.419
 and satanic.

00:31:27.419 --> 00:31:28.319
 What I am

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.960
 saying, though,

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:30.019
 is we got to

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.679
 be wise.

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:35.119
 The most

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:36.159
 effective marketing

00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:37.819
 campaigns are

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.299
 those that

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.059
 convince you

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:40.460
 that this

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:41.379
 good or service,

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:43.060
 you can't

00:31:43.060 --> 00:31:43.860
 live without.

00:31:46.040 --> 00:31:46.640
 That's

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.380
 worship talk.

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.920
 Is it

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:52.360
 possible

00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:53.440
 that the

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:54.160
 false prophet

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:56.340
 is utilizing

00:31:56.340 --> 00:31:57.960
 America's

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:59.080
 marketing

00:31:59.080 --> 00:32:00.280
 prowess

00:32:00.280 --> 00:32:00.920
 for his

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.400
 purposes?

00:32:03.080 --> 00:32:03.920
 Oh, yeah.

00:32:05.320 --> 00:32:06.180
 I think it's

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:06.440
 more than

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:06.860
 possible.

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.500
 I think it's

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:08.820
 unlikely

00:32:08.820 --> 00:32:10.740
 to draw

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.980
 off people

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.920
 into

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.759
 worshiping

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.960
 the beast,

00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:16.720
 a false

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.339
 savior,

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.440
 the false

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:19.920
 savior of

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.620
 consumerism,

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.660
 the false

00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:22.140
 savior of

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:22.880
 materialism.

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.180
 I'll be

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:25.539
 good if I

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:25.839
 just have

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.200
 more.

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.099
 Here's how

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.660
 you find out

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:33.960
 what an

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.319
 image is

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.579
 doing.

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.680
 Idols

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.579
 promise

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.519
 deliverance.

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:42.940
 false

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.720
 prophet knows

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.079
 that.

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.140
 And so,

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.359
 we have

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:48.200
 on all of

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:49.160
 our screens,

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:51.359
 our phones,

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.420
 our TVs,

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:54.099
 our tablets,

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.240
 our game

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.740
 consoles,

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.579
 our watches,

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.859
 these are all

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.599
 venues

00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:02.640
 to image.

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:06.299
 We're not

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:06.799
 making our

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.500
 images anymore.

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:07.559
 anymore.

00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:10.240
 They're being

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.799
 made for

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.180
 us.

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:14.059
 And placed

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:15.019
 squarely in

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.619
 front of us.

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.579
 We got to be

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:17.960
 wise.

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.640
 We got to be

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:18.920
 careful.

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.680
 Do you want

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.160
 to know

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:25.259
 how to find

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.819
 out what an

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.480
 American idol

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:26.660
 is?

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:26.980
 And I'm not

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.460
 talking about

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:28.839
 the show.

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:30.759
 Here's how to

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.440
 find out what

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:32.119
 American idols

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:32.319
 are.

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:33.059
 You find a

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:33.759
 Christian who

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.440
 was raised in

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:35.140
 another country,

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:36.560
 and you

00:33:36.560 --> 00:33:37.120
 asked them,

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.420
 hey,

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:38.160
 brother,

00:33:38.280 --> 00:33:38.560
 sister,

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.320
 where are,

00:33:40.820 --> 00:33:41.580
 what idols,

00:33:41.820 --> 00:33:42.400
 what images

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:43.380
 do we

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:43.940
 American

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.440
 Christians

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:44.940
 worship?

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.300
 Or just

00:33:46.300 --> 00:33:46.840
 Americans?

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.280
 That's

00:33:51.280 --> 00:33:51.780
 sinister

00:33:51.780 --> 00:33:52.700
 spin tactic

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:53.220
 two.

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.040
 Sinister

00:33:55.040 --> 00:33:55.700
 spin tactic

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:56.300
 three is

00:33:56.300 --> 00:33:56.759
 related.

00:33:59.180 --> 00:33:59.960
 The false

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:00.460
 prophet

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:02.280
 makes

00:34:02.280 --> 00:34:02.820
 images

00:34:02.820 --> 00:34:03.420
 speak

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:07.180
 look at

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:07.880
 verse 15.

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.820
 And it

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:11.420
 was allowed

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:12.039
 to give

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:12.940
 breath to

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.519
 the image

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:13.960
 of the

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.320
 beast.

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.000
 The image

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.420
 that was

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:15.980
 made.

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.659
 To give

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.000
 breath,

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.480
 literally,

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.260
 that word

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:20.760
 breath is

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.180
 the word

00:34:21.180 --> 00:34:21.800
 spirit.

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:24.200
 To enliven

00:34:24.200 --> 00:34:26.539
 Holy Spirit

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.380
 mimicry again.

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:31.519
 What the

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.099
 false prophet

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:32.900
 does is it

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:34.299
 gives breath

00:34:34.299 --> 00:34:34.940
 to the

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.360
 images

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:36.440
 and they

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:37.119
 speak.

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:41.019
 We've got

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.679
 all sorts

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:43.119
 of speaking

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:44.099
 images

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:45.380
 confronting us

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:46.219
 day in and

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.679
 day out,

00:34:46.759 --> 00:34:47.219
 brothers and

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:47.559
 sisters.

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:50.019
 All sorts

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:50.599
 of images

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:52.219
 making big

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:52.719
 claims,

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.699
 and we don't

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.819
 realize how big

00:34:54.819 --> 00:34:55.460
 those claims

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:55.819
 are.

00:34:56.259 --> 00:34:57.099
 The claims

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:57.559
 are,

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.900
 this is the

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.480
 good life.

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.840
 this will

00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:01.440
 deliver you

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:01.880
 from your

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.340
 boredom.

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:03.539
 This will

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:04.099
 really make

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.699
 you happy.

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.699
 Only if you

00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:06.559
 had this.

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:11.659
 When Brian

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:12.280
 opened up

00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:12.860
 this morning

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:13.360
 by reading

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:14.199
 Psalm 115,

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:16.240
 I'm not sure

00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:17.240
 if you heard

00:35:17.240 --> 00:35:19.280
 verse 5.

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:20.539
 Let me

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:20.980
 restart with

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.840
 verse 4.

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:22.719
 Their idols

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.519
 are silver and

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:24.280
 gold, the work

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:25.360
 of human hands.

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:26.800
 Verse 5,

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:27.680
 they have

00:35:27.680 --> 00:35:29.100
 mouths but

00:35:29.100 --> 00:35:29.600
 do not

00:35:29.600 --> 00:35:30.060
 speak.

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.240
 And so

00:35:33.240 --> 00:35:33.620
 what God

00:35:33.620 --> 00:35:34.039
 is saying

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.640
 there is,

00:35:34.780 --> 00:35:35.019
 hey, you

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.360
 can find

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.680
 out an

00:35:35.680 --> 00:35:36.160
 idol because

00:35:36.160 --> 00:35:36.500
 they don't

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:36.980
 speak.

00:35:38.600 --> 00:35:38.880
 And so

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.240
 here we

00:35:39.240 --> 00:35:39.840
 have another

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:40.240
 act of

00:35:40.240 --> 00:35:40.800
 defiance.

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.360
 The false

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:43.180
 prophet is

00:35:43.180 --> 00:35:43.680
 making an

00:35:43.680 --> 00:35:44.380
 image speak,

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:45.880
 confusing

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.480
 those who

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:46.980
 hear,

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:48.920
 deceiving

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.300
 them,

00:35:51.120 --> 00:35:51.880
 making them

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.440
 worship the

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:52.740
 beast.

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:56.719
 it's

00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:56.939
 another

00:35:56.939 --> 00:35:57.359
 act of

00:35:57.359 --> 00:35:57.979
 defiance.

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:02.359
 Are you

00:36:02.359 --> 00:36:02.779
 aware?

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.939
 Are you

00:36:04.939 --> 00:36:05.459
 aware of

00:36:05.459 --> 00:36:06.000
 all the

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:07.519
 messages that

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:07.939
 are coming

00:36:07.939 --> 00:36:08.639
 at you

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:10.339
 day in and

00:36:10.339 --> 00:36:11.099
 day out

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.979
 through all

00:36:11.979 --> 00:36:12.279
 of the

00:36:12.279 --> 00:36:13.379
 screens presenting

00:36:13.379 --> 00:36:13.979
 all of these

00:36:13.979 --> 00:36:14.259
 images?

00:36:14.779 --> 00:36:15.459
 Are you

00:36:15.459 --> 00:36:16.759
 aware of

00:36:16.759 --> 00:36:16.959
 that?

00:36:18.459 --> 00:36:18.839
 You need

00:36:18.839 --> 00:36:19.359
 to be aware

00:36:19.359 --> 00:36:19.719
 of that.

00:36:20.919 --> 00:36:21.399
 They're making

00:36:21.399 --> 00:36:22.439
 bigger claims

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:23.039
 on you than

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.720
 you realize.

00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:24.480
 And you're

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:25.599
 getting inundated

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:26.119
 with them.

00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:31.500
 What I want

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.900
 you to see

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:32.360
 though is

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:33.039
 in verse

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:33.539
 15,

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:35.519
 what is the

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:37.280
 result of

00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:38.760
 this false

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:40.079
 prophet giving

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:41.000
 life to these

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:42.000
 images and

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.840
 them speaking?

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.740
 Look at verse

00:36:43.740 --> 00:36:44.240
 15.

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:47.240
 And it was

00:36:47.240 --> 00:36:47.740
 allowed to give

00:36:47.740 --> 00:36:48.320
 breath to the

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:48.780
 image of the

00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:49.380
 beast so that

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:49.940
 the image of

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.480
 the beast might

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:51.860
 even speak and

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:53.079
 might cause

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:53.920
 those who

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:54.599
 would not

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:55.220
 worship the

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:55.760
 image of the

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:57.340
 beast to be

00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:57.980
 slain.

00:37:00.180 --> 00:37:00.900
 Apparently,

00:37:01.680 --> 00:37:02.579
 at least in

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:03.519
 some cases,

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:06.579
 the false

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:07.760
 prophet's work

00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:08.599
 of giving

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:10.200
 breath through

00:37:10.200 --> 00:37:11.440
 an image

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:12.780
 results in

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:13.780
 Christians

00:37:13.780 --> 00:37:14.340
 dying.

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:14.400
 way.

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:19.559
 It raises the

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:20.120
 stakes real

00:37:20.120 --> 00:37:20.500
 quick.

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:24.400
 His ways

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:24.860
 are not

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:25.380
 neutral.

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:26.780
 There's

00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:27.420
 nothing neutral

00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:27.980
 out there.

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:33.519
 What we're

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.039
 talking about

00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:34.579
 now is a

00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.920
 kind of

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.559
 persecution

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:38.720
 that is

00:37:38.720 --> 00:37:39.660
 being

00:37:39.660 --> 00:37:41.200
 propagandized

00:37:41.200 --> 00:37:42.059
 by the

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:42.880
 false prophet

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:43.660
 through images.

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:45.559
 And we

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:46.700
 in the

00:37:46.700 --> 00:37:47.420
 United States,

00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:48.940
 none of us

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.480
 are fearing

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.380
 death today.

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:52.019
 None of us

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:53.099
 are fearing

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:54.280
 being slain

00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:55.599
 because of

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:56.460
 North American

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:57.860
 marketing campaigns.

00:37:59.240 --> 00:38:00.260
 But we have

00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:00.840
 brothers and

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.640
 sisters all

00:38:01.640 --> 00:38:02.079
 around the

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:02.700
 globe that

00:38:02.700 --> 00:38:03.860
 today they

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:04.539
 are facing

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:05.400
 the possibility

00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:06.340
 of being

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:07.599
 slain for

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:09.220
 not worshiping

00:38:09.220 --> 00:38:09.860
 the beast.

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:13.640
 last week

00:38:13.640 --> 00:38:14.120
 I pointed

00:38:14.120 --> 00:38:14.680
 you to

00:38:14.680 --> 00:38:15.539
 an app

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:16.019
 through

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:17.160
 Open Doors.

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:17.840
 There's

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:18.280
 another

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:19.340
 website that

00:38:19.340 --> 00:38:19.700
 you need to

00:38:19.700 --> 00:38:20.099
 check out

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.320
 if you

00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:20.559
 haven't

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:20.800
 already.

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:20.980
 It's

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.140
 called

00:38:21.140 --> 00:38:21.599
 Voice of

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:21.740
 the

00:38:21.740 --> 00:38:22.460
 Martyrs.

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:22.940
 And

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.300
 these

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:23.920
 Christian

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:24.579
 organizations

00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:25.840
 are bringing

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:26.500
 awareness

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:27.620
 to the

00:38:27.620 --> 00:38:27.960
 global

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:28.320
 Christian

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:28.800
 community

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:29.700
 of those

00:38:29.700 --> 00:38:30.460
 brothers and

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:31.320
 sisters who

00:38:31.320 --> 00:38:31.920
 are facing

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:32.680
 death and

00:38:32.680 --> 00:38:33.320
 hardship for

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:34.180
 following Jesus

00:38:34.180 --> 00:38:34.780
 day in and

00:38:34.780 --> 00:38:35.140
 day out.

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:37.039
 It's happening

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.559
 all around

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:37.900
 us.

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:39.940
 There will

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.340
 be brothers

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:40.840
 and sisters

00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:41.320
 who die

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:41.900
 today for

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.519
 being followers

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:43.019
 of Jesus.

00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:45.799
 Now this

00:38:45.799 --> 00:38:46.380
 should remind

00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:47.159
 us of the

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:48.099
 stakes of

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.759
 the war

00:38:48.759 --> 00:38:49.880
 over worship.

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.880
 This is

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:52.360
 life and

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:53.099
 death business.

00:38:55.279 --> 00:38:56.239
 Don't buy

00:38:56.239 --> 00:38:56.679
 what the

00:38:56.679 --> 00:38:57.320
 images are

00:38:57.320 --> 00:38:57.699
 saying.

00:38:59.039 --> 00:38:59.779
 It's not

00:38:59.779 --> 00:39:00.259
 that big a

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:00.480
 deal.

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.599
 It's a

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:03.219
 huge deal.

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.440
 The worship

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:05.960
 of God is

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.320
 at stake.

00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:10.400
 That's

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:11.019
 sinister

00:39:11.019 --> 00:39:11.900
 spin tactic

00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:12.259
 number

00:39:12.259 --> 00:39:12.679
 three.

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:14.820
 Sinister

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:15.579
 spin tactic

00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:15.880
 number

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.360
 four.

00:39:18.900 --> 00:39:19.099
 It,

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:19.799
 the

00:39:19.799 --> 00:39:20.179
 beast,

00:39:21.179 --> 00:39:22.259
 makes

00:39:22.259 --> 00:39:22.840
 its

00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:23.559
 mark.

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:25.480
 The

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:25.840
 mark of

00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:26.279
 the beast.

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:27.980
 We go

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.559
 from wonder

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:29.139
 making to

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.820
 image making

00:39:29.820 --> 00:39:31.320
 to making

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:31.900
 the image

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:33.139
 speak to

00:39:33.139 --> 00:39:33.940
 mark

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:34.860
 making.

00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:37.200
 notice the

00:39:37.200 --> 00:39:37.660
 mark of

00:39:37.660 --> 00:39:38.160
 the beast

00:39:38.160 --> 00:39:39.500
 in verse

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:40.660
 16 is

00:39:40.660 --> 00:39:41.300
 an equal

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:42.160
 opportunity

00:39:42.160 --> 00:39:43.079
 marking.

00:39:43.620 --> 00:39:44.160
 Small and

00:39:44.160 --> 00:39:44.460
 great,

00:39:44.700 --> 00:39:45.180
 rich and

00:39:45.180 --> 00:39:45.500
 poor,

00:39:45.700 --> 00:39:46.140
 free and

00:39:46.140 --> 00:39:46.620
 slave.

00:39:47.120 --> 00:39:47.660
 It doesn't

00:39:47.660 --> 00:39:48.140
 discriminate.

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:50.200
 All are

00:39:50.200 --> 00:39:50.620
 welcome.

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:54.220
 That is,

00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:54.860
 all who are

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:55.599
 not sealed

00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:56.300
 with the

00:39:56.300 --> 00:39:56.700
 seal of

00:39:56.700 --> 00:39:57.059
 God.

00:39:57.059 --> 00:39:57.099
 God.

00:39:58.440 --> 00:39:59.179
 If you're

00:39:59.179 --> 00:39:59.980
 sealed with

00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:00.460
 the seal

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:01.099
 of God,

00:40:01.779 --> 00:40:02.179
 Revelation

00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:02.679
 7,

00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:04.840
 you will

00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:05.340
 not have

00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:05.699
 the mark

00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:05.940
 of the

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.219
 beast.

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:08.980
 God

00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:09.679
 knows

00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:10.440
 those who

00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:10.980
 are his.

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:13.659
 Do you

00:40:13.659 --> 00:40:14.460
 remember in

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:15.099
 verse 8 of

00:40:15.099 --> 00:40:16.000
 chapter 13,

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.039
 14,

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:17.079
 and all

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:17.420
 who dwell

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:17.659
 on the

00:40:17.659 --> 00:40:18.000
 earth will

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.360
 worship

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:19.019
 everyone

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.619
 whose name

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:20.039
 has not

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:20.500
 been written

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:21.039
 before the

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.639
 foundation of

00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:21.960
 the world

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.420
 in the book

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:23.019
 of life

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:23.340
 of the

00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:23.719
 lamb who

00:40:23.719 --> 00:40:24.340
 was slain.

00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:25.219
 If you're

00:40:25.219 --> 00:40:25.719
 a follower

00:40:25.719 --> 00:40:26.440
 of Jesus

00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:27.500
 and you

00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:28.340
 are seeking

00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:29.000
 to live

00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:29.659
 for him

00:40:29.659 --> 00:40:31.340
 an uncompromised

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:31.840
 life,

00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:32.699
 you're in

00:40:32.699 --> 00:40:32.980
 the book

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:33.539
 of life.

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:35.559
 You bear

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:36.099
 the seal

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:36.760
 of God

00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:37.619
 in 14.

00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:38.000
 1,

00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:38.840
 it's his

00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:39.599
 name on

00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:40.280
 your forehead.

00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:44.400
 The mark

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:45.139
 of the beast

00:40:45.139 --> 00:40:45.619
 and the

00:40:45.619 --> 00:40:46.239
 seal of

00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:46.859
 God

00:40:46.859 --> 00:40:47.940
 indicate

00:40:47.940 --> 00:40:48.880
 ownership,

00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:50.339
 mastery,

00:40:50.920 --> 00:40:51.759
 allegiance,

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:53.279
 ultimates.

00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:55.400
 So the

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:55.779
 mark of

00:40:55.779 --> 00:40:56.219
 the beast

00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:56.759
 is its

00:40:56.759 --> 00:40:57.380
 mark of

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:57.900
 ownership

00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:58.380
 and the

00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:58.759
 seal of

00:40:58.759 --> 00:40:59.239
 God

00:40:59.239 --> 00:41:00.279
 shows up

00:41:00.279 --> 00:41:01.179
 on those

00:41:01.179 --> 00:41:01.779
 who he's

00:41:01.779 --> 00:41:02.059
 bought

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.779
 with his

00:41:02.779 --> 00:41:03.259
 blood.

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:06.400
 It's who

00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:06.880
 you belong

00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:07.139
 to.

00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:09.400
 The mark

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:09.920
 of the

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:10.279
 beast

00:41:10.279 --> 00:41:11.019
 is the

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:12.480
 anti-seal

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:13.400
 of God.

00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:17.119
 it marks

00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:18.320
 those who

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:19.440
 belong to

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:20.220
 the kingdom

00:41:20.220 --> 00:41:20.740
 of darkness.

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:22.079
 Is it

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:22.539
 like a

00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:22.820
 tattoo?

00:41:23.720 --> 00:41:24.240
 Is it

00:41:24.240 --> 00:41:24.840
 a barcode?

00:41:25.260 --> 00:41:25.519
 Is it

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:25.880
 something you

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:26.160
 put under

00:41:26.160 --> 00:41:26.680
 your skin?

00:41:29.079 --> 00:41:29.760
 It could

00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:30.000
 be.

00:41:30.980 --> 00:41:31.559
 I think it

00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:31.980
 has more

00:41:31.980 --> 00:41:32.300
 to deal

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:32.960
 with profession.

00:41:33.760 --> 00:41:34.160
 I think it

00:41:34.160 --> 00:41:34.460
 has more

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:34.760
 to deal

00:41:34.760 --> 00:41:35.800
 with how

00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:35.980
 you're

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:36.340
 living your

00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:36.660
 life.

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:37.220
 I think

00:41:37.220 --> 00:41:37.480
 it has

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:37.840
 more to

00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:38.019
 deal

00:41:38.019 --> 00:41:38.760
 with who

00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:39.180
 you are

00:41:39.180 --> 00:41:39.800
 speaking

00:41:39.800 --> 00:41:41.039
 of as

00:41:41.039 --> 00:41:41.200
 your

00:41:41.200 --> 00:41:41.599
 master.

00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:44.319
 And the

00:41:44.319 --> 00:41:44.980
 result in

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:46.099
 chapter 13

00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:46.799
 verse 17

00:41:46.799 --> 00:41:48.380
 of this

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:49.500
 mark on

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:50.420
 hand and

00:41:50.420 --> 00:41:50.719
 forehead,

00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:51.440
 if you do

00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:51.980
 not have

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:52.559
 that mark,

00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:53.440
 if you have

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:53.860
 the seal

00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:54.319
 of God

00:41:54.319 --> 00:41:54.880
 on you,

00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:55.980
 you will

00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:56.360
 not be

00:41:56.360 --> 00:41:56.639
 able to

00:41:56.639 --> 00:41:57.279
 participate

00:41:57.279 --> 00:41:58.259
 in everyday

00:41:58.259 --> 00:41:59.279
 activities like

00:41:59.279 --> 00:42:00.480
 buying or

00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:00.920
 selling.

00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:02.980
 The beast's

00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:03.579
 mark is

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:04.519
 discriminatory.

00:42:06.779 --> 00:42:08.079
 It sanctions

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:08.279
 Christians.

00:42:11.759 --> 00:42:12.219
 For

00:42:12.219 --> 00:42:13.360
 first century

00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:14.480
 Christians who

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:14.940
 are part of

00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:15.380
 a trade

00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:15.719
 guild,

00:42:16.159 --> 00:42:16.480
 remember,

00:42:16.799 --> 00:42:17.139
 if you're

00:42:17.139 --> 00:42:17.559
 part of a

00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:18.179
 trade guild

00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:18.699
 back in the

00:42:18.699 --> 00:42:19.259
 first century,

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:20.199
 you're making

00:42:20.199 --> 00:42:20.619
 dyes,

00:42:20.739 --> 00:42:21.380
 making clothing,

00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:22.139
 making bricks,

00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:22.799
 and your

00:42:22.799 --> 00:42:23.380
 trade guild

00:42:23.380 --> 00:42:24.119
 had a

00:42:24.119 --> 00:42:25.000
 patron god.

00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:25.960
 And if

00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:26.719
 you went

00:42:26.719 --> 00:42:27.139
 to one of

00:42:27.139 --> 00:42:27.639
 your paid

00:42:27.639 --> 00:42:28.679
 trade guild

00:42:28.679 --> 00:42:29.219
 parties,

00:42:29.739 --> 00:42:30.340
 chances are

00:42:30.340 --> 00:42:30.799
 there'd be a

00:42:30.799 --> 00:42:31.199
 moment of

00:42:31.199 --> 00:42:31.719
 that party

00:42:31.719 --> 00:42:32.719
 where you

00:42:32.719 --> 00:42:34.340
 offer sacrifices

00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:34.880
 to the

00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:35.679
 trade god,

00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:36.380
 and you

00:42:36.380 --> 00:42:37.099
 speak a

00:42:37.099 --> 00:42:37.400
 word of

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:38.059
 prayer to

00:42:38.059 --> 00:42:38.199
 the

00:42:38.199 --> 00:42:38.920
 trade god,

00:42:39.699 --> 00:42:40.360
 and if

00:42:40.360 --> 00:42:40.819
 you were

00:42:40.819 --> 00:42:42.099
 unwilling to

00:42:42.099 --> 00:42:42.619
 do that,

00:42:42.739 --> 00:42:43.279
 do you know

00:42:43.279 --> 00:42:44.199
 what may

00:42:44.199 --> 00:42:44.559
 happen?

00:42:45.779 --> 00:42:46.579
 You lose

00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:47.360
 your livelihood.

00:42:48.799 --> 00:42:49.420
 You're out

00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.619
 of the

00:42:49.619 --> 00:42:49.880
 guild.

00:42:51.500 --> 00:42:52.099
 That's what

00:42:52.099 --> 00:42:52.440
 our brothers

00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:52.960
 and sisters

00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:53.440
 in the first

00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:53.940
 century were

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:54.460
 dealing with.

00:42:55.599 --> 00:42:56.239
 What about

00:42:56.239 --> 00:42:56.519
 today?

00:42:58.440 --> 00:42:58.960
 Does the

00:42:58.960 --> 00:42:59.400
 name Jack

00:42:59.400 --> 00:42:59.880
 Phillips ring

00:42:59.880 --> 00:43:00.119
 a bell?

00:43:01.259 --> 00:43:01.860
 Jack Phillips

00:43:01.860 --> 00:43:02.440
 is a Christian

00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:03.019
 baker from

00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:03.480
 Colorado,

00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:04.659
 and he was

00:43:04.659 --> 00:43:05.059
 in the news

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:05.599
 this past

00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:06.679
 summer because

00:43:06.679 --> 00:43:08.059
 he refused

00:43:08.059 --> 00:43:09.819
 to bake a

00:43:09.819 --> 00:43:10.559
 cake for a

00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:11.019
 person,

00:43:11.359 --> 00:43:11.839
 an image

00:43:11.839 --> 00:43:12.399
 bearer,

00:43:12.539 --> 00:43:13.159
 who wanted

00:43:13.159 --> 00:43:14.019
 to celebrate

00:43:14.019 --> 00:43:14.960
 their gender

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:15.619
 transition.

00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:16.339
 And he

00:43:16.339 --> 00:43:17.259
 refused on

00:43:17.259 --> 00:43:17.819
 the grounds

00:43:17.819 --> 00:43:18.559
 that he was

00:43:18.559 --> 00:43:19.019
 a follower

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:19.500
 of Jesus

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:20.039
 Christ,

00:43:20.239 --> 00:43:21.019
 and he

00:43:21.019 --> 00:43:21.759
 could not

00:43:21.759 --> 00:43:22.579
 in good

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:23.139
 conscience

00:43:23.139 --> 00:43:23.940
 bake this

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:24.399
 cake for

00:43:24.399 --> 00:43:25.119
 this image

00:43:25.119 --> 00:43:25.539
 bearer.

00:43:26.059 --> 00:43:26.699
 And he

00:43:26.699 --> 00:43:27.159
 was sued

00:43:27.159 --> 00:43:27.619
 for it.

00:43:28.519 --> 00:43:29.099
 It went

00:43:29.099 --> 00:43:29.539
 all the way

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:29.919
 up to the

00:43:29.919 --> 00:43:30.139
 Supreme

00:43:30.139 --> 00:43:30.539
 Court.

00:43:31.779 --> 00:43:32.659
 He won,

00:43:33.419 --> 00:43:33.839
 but you

00:43:33.839 --> 00:43:34.059
 know what

00:43:34.059 --> 00:43:34.319
 was in

00:43:34.319 --> 00:43:34.779
 jeopardy?

00:43:34.780 --> 00:43:36.320
 his

00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:36.860
 livelihood.

00:43:38.160 --> 00:43:38.800
 That was

00:43:38.800 --> 00:43:39.360
 the summer

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:41.320
 in America.

00:43:45.700 --> 00:43:46.220
 Ousted

00:43:46.220 --> 00:43:46.620
 from the

00:43:46.620 --> 00:43:46.860
 trade

00:43:46.860 --> 00:43:47.140
 guild.

00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:50.120
 If you

00:43:50.120 --> 00:43:50.560
 are

00:43:50.560 --> 00:43:52.460
 uncompromising

00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:52.740
 in your

00:43:52.740 --> 00:43:53.260
 commitment to

00:43:53.260 --> 00:43:53.640
 Christ,

00:43:54.200 --> 00:43:54.700
 you're going

00:43:54.700 --> 00:43:55.140
 to find

00:43:55.140 --> 00:43:55.720
 yourselves

00:43:55.720 --> 00:43:56.540
 more and

00:43:56.540 --> 00:43:57.240
 more frequently

00:43:57.240 --> 00:43:58.400
 in challenging

00:43:58.400 --> 00:43:59.380
 situations.

00:43:59.380 --> 00:44:00.380
 You're

00:44:04.780 --> 00:44:05.500
 who's

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:05.800
 mark

00:44:05.800 --> 00:44:06.040
 do you

00:44:06.040 --> 00:44:06.280
 bear?

00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:09.760
 Maybe

00:44:09.760 --> 00:44:10.080
 you've

00:44:10.080 --> 00:44:10.480
 been told

00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:11.060
 at work,

00:44:12.420 --> 00:44:12.740
 you know,

00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:13.040
 Rick,

00:44:13.260 --> 00:44:13.600
 please,

00:44:14.920 --> 00:44:15.860
 I'm glad

00:44:15.860 --> 00:44:16.200
 you like

00:44:16.200 --> 00:44:16.760
 Jesus so

00:44:16.760 --> 00:44:16.960
 much,

00:44:17.040 --> 00:44:17.460
 but keep

00:44:17.460 --> 00:44:17.700
 it to

00:44:17.700 --> 00:44:18.380
 yourself.

00:44:20.740 --> 00:44:21.400
 It has

00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:22.240
 no business

00:44:22.240 --> 00:44:23.360
 in business.

00:44:25.780 --> 00:44:26.080
 And so

00:44:26.080 --> 00:44:28.040
 what those

00:44:28.040 --> 00:44:28.740
 who are not

00:44:28.740 --> 00:44:29.340
 followers of

00:44:29.340 --> 00:44:30.200
 Jesus seek

00:44:30.200 --> 00:44:30.700
 to do is

00:44:30.700 --> 00:44:31.240
 they try to

00:44:31.240 --> 00:44:31.620
 make what's

00:44:31.620 --> 00:44:32.220
 called a

00:44:32.220 --> 00:44:33.220
 sacred-secular

00:44:33.220 --> 00:44:33.720
 split.

00:44:34.780 --> 00:44:35.820
 They want

00:44:35.820 --> 00:44:36.120
 to say,

00:44:36.440 --> 00:44:36.700
 you can

00:44:36.700 --> 00:44:37.500
 privatize

00:44:37.500 --> 00:44:38.080
 your faith,

00:44:38.460 --> 00:44:38.960
 just don't

00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:39.320
 bring it

00:44:39.320 --> 00:44:39.900
 into public

00:44:39.900 --> 00:44:40.380
 forums.

00:44:40.900 --> 00:44:41.480
 Be happy.

00:44:42.060 --> 00:44:42.500
 It's a

00:44:42.500 --> 00:44:42.920
 compromise.

00:44:43.860 --> 00:44:44.640
 Because we

00:44:44.640 --> 00:44:45.120
 know as

00:44:45.120 --> 00:44:45.560
 Christians,

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:46.940
 our faith

00:44:46.940 --> 00:44:47.740
 drives everything

00:44:47.740 --> 00:44:48.320
 we do.

00:44:49.140 --> 00:44:49.960
 I can't

00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:50.420
 disconnect.

00:44:53.160 --> 00:44:53.780
 And so

00:44:53.780 --> 00:44:54.000
 I'm going

00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:54.600
 to pray

00:44:54.600 --> 00:44:56.060
 in my

00:44:56.060 --> 00:44:56.660
 company's

00:44:56.660 --> 00:44:57.200
 cafeteria

00:44:57.200 --> 00:44:58.220
 before I

00:44:58.220 --> 00:44:58.480
 eat.

00:45:02.200 --> 00:45:02.840
 Is it

00:45:02.840 --> 00:45:03.300
 possible

00:45:03.300 --> 00:45:04.180
 that

00:45:04.180 --> 00:45:04.600
 Christians

00:45:04.599 --> 00:45:04.880
 in the

00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:05.099
 United

00:45:05.099 --> 00:45:05.599
 States

00:45:05.599 --> 00:45:06.299
 will have

00:45:06.299 --> 00:45:06.500
 their

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:07.519
 livelihoods

00:45:07.519 --> 00:45:08.119
 sanctioned

00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:08.819
 by our

00:45:08.819 --> 00:45:09.299
 government

00:45:09.299 --> 00:45:10.420
 for taking

00:45:10.420 --> 00:45:11.519
 moral stands

00:45:11.519 --> 00:45:12.239
 because we're

00:45:12.239 --> 00:45:12.860
 followers of

00:45:12.860 --> 00:45:13.119
 Jesus?

00:45:14.500 --> 00:45:15.139
 Yes,

00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:16.579
 it's possible.

00:45:17.739 --> 00:45:18.380
 Likely.

00:45:19.719 --> 00:45:20.519
 There's already

00:45:20.519 --> 00:45:20.860
 precedent.

00:45:24.779 --> 00:45:25.539
 If you

00:45:25.539 --> 00:45:25.900
 bear the

00:45:25.900 --> 00:45:26.299
 seal of

00:45:26.299 --> 00:45:26.599
 God,

00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:27.099
 you will

00:45:27.099 --> 00:45:27.659
 not bear

00:45:27.659 --> 00:45:28.099
 the mark

00:45:28.099 --> 00:45:28.360
 of the

00:45:28.360 --> 00:45:28.699
 beast.

00:45:28.699 --> 00:45:30.139
 but as

00:45:30.139 --> 00:45:30.879
 a result,

00:45:31.519 --> 00:45:31.879
 you will

00:45:31.879 --> 00:45:32.439
 bear,

00:45:32.759 --> 00:45:33.319
 you may

00:45:33.319 --> 00:45:33.839
 bear,

00:45:34.339 --> 00:45:35.139
 the loss

00:45:35.139 --> 00:45:36.339
 of your

00:45:36.339 --> 00:45:36.899
 livelihood.

00:45:39.399 --> 00:45:40.139
 These are

00:45:40.139 --> 00:45:40.559
 the four

00:45:40.559 --> 00:45:40.980
 sinister

00:45:40.980 --> 00:45:41.919
 spin tactics

00:45:41.919 --> 00:45:42.980
 of the

00:45:42.980 --> 00:45:43.679
 false prophet.

00:45:44.179 --> 00:45:44.559
 And he

00:45:44.559 --> 00:45:45.399
 employs them

00:45:45.399 --> 00:45:46.500
 in order to

00:45:46.500 --> 00:45:47.619
 make people

00:45:47.619 --> 00:45:48.339
 worship the

00:45:48.339 --> 00:45:49.179
 beast and

00:45:49.179 --> 00:45:50.019
 even punish

00:45:50.019 --> 00:45:50.679
 those who

00:45:50.679 --> 00:45:51.219
 don't.

00:45:51.799 --> 00:45:52.000
 They're

00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:52.859
 deceptive,

00:45:53.079 --> 00:45:53.379
 they're

00:45:53.379 --> 00:45:54.119
 defiant,

00:45:54.480 --> 00:45:55.659
 and they're

00:45:55.659 --> 00:45:56.179
 devastating.

00:45:56.179 --> 00:46:00.139
 There is

00:46:00.139 --> 00:46:00.500
 a

00:46:00.500 --> 00:46:01.859
 trans-historical

00:46:01.859 --> 00:46:02.579
 spiritual

00:46:02.579 --> 00:46:03.559
 force of

00:46:03.559 --> 00:46:03.919
 darkness

00:46:03.919 --> 00:46:05.119
 that is

00:46:05.119 --> 00:46:05.699
 actively

00:46:05.699 --> 00:46:06.500
 seeking to

00:46:06.500 --> 00:46:07.399
 deceive people

00:46:07.399 --> 00:46:08.339
 to worship

00:46:08.339 --> 00:46:09.179
 the beast.

00:46:13.039 --> 00:46:14.059
 How do we

00:46:14.059 --> 00:46:14.539
 respond?

00:46:16.019 --> 00:46:16.699
 Verse 18,

00:46:17.980 --> 00:46:18.679
 this calls

00:46:18.679 --> 00:46:19.239
 for wisdom.

00:46:20.159 --> 00:46:20.759
 This calls

00:46:20.759 --> 00:46:21.579
 for discernment.

00:46:21.919 --> 00:46:22.579
 You need

00:46:22.579 --> 00:46:23.279
 to be aware

00:46:23.279 --> 00:46:23.859
 of this.

00:46:24.519 --> 00:46:24.739
 You need

00:46:24.739 --> 00:46:25.159
 to see

00:46:25.159 --> 00:46:25.799
 what's going

00:46:25.800 --> 00:46:26.180
 on.

00:46:26.420 --> 00:46:26.760
 You need

00:46:26.760 --> 00:46:27.280
 to follow

00:46:27.280 --> 00:46:27.920
 John's

00:46:27.920 --> 00:46:28.160
 lead,

00:46:28.480 --> 00:46:28.760
 and as

00:46:28.760 --> 00:46:29.300
 he pulls

00:46:29.300 --> 00:46:29.760
 back the

00:46:29.760 --> 00:46:30.160
 veil on

00:46:30.160 --> 00:46:31.140
 reality and

00:46:31.140 --> 00:46:31.660
 sees the

00:46:31.660 --> 00:46:32.400
 real conflict

00:46:32.400 --> 00:46:32.920
 going on,

00:46:33.140 --> 00:46:33.560
 we need

00:46:33.560 --> 00:46:33.900
 to see

00:46:33.900 --> 00:46:34.320
 it too.

00:46:37.400 --> 00:46:38.160
 So what's

00:46:38.160 --> 00:46:38.820
 the 666

00:46:38.820 --> 00:46:39.400
 business?

00:46:40.680 --> 00:46:41.240
 Well, at a

00:46:41.240 --> 00:46:41.980
 minimum, it's

00:46:41.980 --> 00:46:44.160
 identifying our

00:46:44.160 --> 00:46:45.780
 enemy and

00:46:45.780 --> 00:46:47.880
 saying he

00:46:47.880 --> 00:46:49.240
 exists, it

00:46:49.240 --> 00:46:49.800
 exists,

00:46:50.900 --> 00:46:51.380
 exercising

00:46:51.380 --> 00:46:51.960
 influence.

00:46:51.960 --> 00:46:54.720
 666

00:46:54.720 --> 00:46:54.740
 means.

00:46:54.740 --> 00:46:54.880
 There are

00:46:54.880 --> 00:46:55.679
 two classic

00:46:55.679 --> 00:46:56.400
 explanations

00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:57.940
 of what

00:46:57.940 --> 00:46:58.679
 666

00:46:58.679 --> 00:46:59.420
 means.

00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:01.840
 One is

00:47:01.840 --> 00:47:02.619
 called

00:47:02.619 --> 00:47:03.800
 gematria,

00:47:04.340 --> 00:47:04.960
 and that

00:47:04.960 --> 00:47:05.519
 is an

00:47:05.519 --> 00:47:05.860
 ancient

00:47:05.860 --> 00:47:06.760
 practice of

00:47:06.760 --> 00:47:07.480
 assigning

00:47:07.480 --> 00:47:09.840
 number values

00:47:09.840 --> 00:47:11.240
 to an

00:47:11.240 --> 00:47:12.240
 alphabet, and

00:47:12.240 --> 00:47:12.720
 it results

00:47:12.720 --> 00:47:13.639
 in a code.

00:47:13.639 --> 00:47:13.679
 word.

00:47:14.599 --> 00:47:16.179
 And if you

00:47:16.179 --> 00:47:17.139
 get the

00:47:17.139 --> 00:47:18.239
 right words,

00:47:18.359 --> 00:47:18.920
 letters, in

00:47:18.920 --> 00:47:19.299
 the right

00:47:19.299 --> 00:47:20.039
 language,

00:47:21.299 --> 00:47:22.960
 you can get

00:47:22.960 --> 00:47:23.679
 the number

00:47:23.679 --> 00:47:24.960
 666 from

00:47:24.960 --> 00:47:25.319
 the word

00:47:25.319 --> 00:47:26.279
 beast and

00:47:26.279 --> 00:47:26.759
 from the

00:47:26.759 --> 00:47:28.099
 words Nero

00:47:28.099 --> 00:47:28.659
 Caesar.

00:47:28.659 --> 00:47:28.739
 reminder.

00:47:29.719 --> 00:47:30.299
 It's a

00:47:30.299 --> 00:47:30.759
 compelling

00:47:30.759 --> 00:47:31.679
 explanation.

00:47:32.059 --> 00:47:32.559
 It does have

00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:33.219
 some challenges

00:47:33.219 --> 00:47:33.539
 though.

00:47:33.879 --> 00:47:34.199
 Another

00:47:34.199 --> 00:47:35.039
 explanation, and

00:47:35.039 --> 00:47:35.420
 the one that

00:47:35.420 --> 00:47:36.399
 I lean to, is

00:47:36.399 --> 00:47:37.219
 more of a

00:47:37.219 --> 00:47:39.000
 symbolic value

00:47:39.000 --> 00:47:41.639
 explanation, and

00:47:41.639 --> 00:47:43.159
 that keys on

00:47:43.159 --> 00:47:44.980
 the words, for

00:47:44.980 --> 00:47:45.460
 it is the

00:47:45.460 --> 00:47:45.940
 number of

00:47:45.940 --> 00:47:47.379
 man, in

00:47:47.379 --> 00:47:48.039
 verse 18.

00:47:49.559 --> 00:47:50.279
 The number

00:47:50.279 --> 00:47:50.819
 of man is

00:47:50.819 --> 00:47:51.339
 the number of

00:47:51.339 --> 00:47:52.559
 six, and

00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:53.440
 you get that

00:47:53.440 --> 00:47:54.219
 number because

00:47:54.219 --> 00:47:55.099
 man was

00:47:55.099 --> 00:47:55.639
 created on

00:47:55.639 --> 00:47:56.219
 the sixth

00:47:56.219 --> 00:47:57.039
 day of

00:47:57.039 --> 00:47:57.579
 creation.

00:47:57.579 --> 00:47:57.699
 creation.

00:47:58.460 --> 00:48:00.019
 Mind you, it

00:48:00.019 --> 00:48:00.619
 wasn't the

00:48:00.619 --> 00:48:01.840
 last day of

00:48:01.840 --> 00:48:02.340
 creation.

00:48:02.779 --> 00:48:03.239
 That's the

00:48:03.239 --> 00:48:04.019
 seventh day, when

00:48:04.019 --> 00:48:05.319
 God rested, when

00:48:05.319 --> 00:48:06.539
 God completed his

00:48:06.539 --> 00:48:06.920
 work.

00:48:08.599 --> 00:48:09.199
 And so, the

00:48:09.199 --> 00:48:09.860
 question becomes,

00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:10.980
 how is it that

00:48:10.980 --> 00:48:13.460
 the beast is

00:48:13.460 --> 00:48:14.480
 identified with

00:48:14.480 --> 00:48:15.159
 the number of

00:48:15.159 --> 00:48:15.579
 man?

00:48:16.319 --> 00:48:17.440
 Well, it

00:48:17.440 --> 00:48:18.119
 carries that

00:48:18.119 --> 00:48:18.799
 sense of

00:48:18.799 --> 00:48:20.259
 incompleteness.

00:48:21.519 --> 00:48:22.779
 If seven is

00:48:22.779 --> 00:48:24.259
 complete, shout

00:48:24.259 --> 00:48:24.759
 out to Rod

00:48:24.759 --> 00:48:27.039
 Stemmler, six is

00:48:27.039 --> 00:48:27.800
 incomplete.

00:48:29.380 --> 00:48:30.320
 Bear with me, you

00:48:30.320 --> 00:48:30.480
 ready?

00:48:31.759 --> 00:48:32.920
 So, why is six

00:48:32.920 --> 00:48:33.639
 being repeated

00:48:33.639 --> 00:48:34.360
 three times?

00:48:35.900 --> 00:48:36.679
 Well, you know

00:48:36.679 --> 00:48:37.840
 how seven is a

00:48:37.840 --> 00:48:38.239
 number for

00:48:38.239 --> 00:48:38.940
 completeness?

00:48:39.199 --> 00:48:40.179
 It turns out so

00:48:40.179 --> 00:48:40.960
 is three.

00:48:42.420 --> 00:48:43.259
 So, when you

00:48:43.259 --> 00:48:44.480
 see six,

00:48:44.920 --> 00:48:45.400
 incomplete,

00:48:45.860 --> 00:48:46.599
 repeated three

00:48:46.599 --> 00:48:47.759
 times, complete,

00:48:47.960 --> 00:48:48.539
 here's what it

00:48:48.539 --> 00:48:48.900
 means.

00:48:50.279 --> 00:48:50.739
 Incomplete,

00:48:50.840 --> 00:48:51.079
 incomplete,

00:48:51.259 --> 00:48:51.500
 incomplete.

00:48:51.920 --> 00:48:52.440
 Completely

00:48:52.440 --> 00:48:53.119
 incomplete.

00:48:53.119 --> 00:48:53.239
 incomplete.

00:48:54.519 --> 00:48:55.199
 Completely,

00:48:55.519 --> 00:48:56.139
 completely

00:48:56.139 --> 00:48:56.679
 incomplete.

00:48:57.199 --> 00:48:57.940
 Incapable.

00:48:59.559 --> 00:49:00.699
 He can't do

00:49:00.699 --> 00:49:00.900
 it.

00:49:04.159 --> 00:49:05.259
 And ironically

00:49:05.259 --> 00:49:07.579
 enough, we

00:49:07.579 --> 00:49:08.759
 have an anti-Trinity,

00:49:09.299 --> 00:49:09.980
 chapter 12 and

00:49:09.980 --> 00:49:12.859
 13, the dragon,

00:49:13.219 --> 00:49:13.759
 the beast,

00:49:14.179 --> 00:49:14.940
 false prophet,

00:49:15.460 --> 00:49:16.259
 completely

00:49:16.259 --> 00:49:17.299
 incomplete.

00:49:17.299 --> 00:49:17.639
 Incomplete.

00:49:17.639 --> 00:49:22.719
 To what end?

00:49:24.279 --> 00:49:25.179
 They don't have

00:49:25.179 --> 00:49:25.879
 the last word.

00:49:28.299 --> 00:49:29.319
 Chapters 19,

00:49:29.480 --> 00:49:30.440
 20, 21, and

00:49:30.440 --> 00:49:31.199
 22 are in the

00:49:31.199 --> 00:49:31.859
 book of Revelation.

00:49:33.460 --> 00:49:34.579
 Jesus comes back,

00:49:34.859 --> 00:49:36.179
 he hip tosses

00:49:36.179 --> 00:49:37.859
 the beast and

00:49:37.859 --> 00:49:38.659
 false prophet into

00:49:38.659 --> 00:49:39.339
 the lake of fire,

00:49:39.699 --> 00:49:41.159
 and then he

00:49:41.159 --> 00:49:42.420
 tosses the dragon

00:49:42.420 --> 00:49:43.119
 into the lake of

00:49:43.119 --> 00:49:43.400
 fire.

00:49:43.400 --> 00:49:43.480
 fire.

00:49:45.320 --> 00:49:46.760
 He wins.

00:49:49.200 --> 00:49:50.320
 The number for

00:49:50.320 --> 00:49:51.139
 the Trinity would

00:49:51.139 --> 00:49:51.960
 be 7,

00:49:52.460 --> 00:49:53.160
 7,

00:49:53.780 --> 00:49:54.480
 7.

00:49:56.840 --> 00:49:57.559
 Completely

00:49:57.559 --> 00:49:58.300
 complete.

00:49:59.820 --> 00:50:00.860
 He's in

00:50:00.860 --> 00:50:01.559
 control.

00:50:03.160 --> 00:50:03.840
 The bottom

00:50:03.840 --> 00:50:04.460
 line here

00:50:04.460 --> 00:50:06.740
 is that God

00:50:06.740 --> 00:50:07.539
 is raising our

00:50:07.539 --> 00:50:08.519
 awareness of an

00:50:08.519 --> 00:50:09.480
 anti-Trinity,

00:50:09.980 --> 00:50:11.019
 a sophisticated,

00:50:11.800 --> 00:50:12.680
 complex

00:50:12.679 --> 00:50:15.000
 spiritual force

00:50:15.000 --> 00:50:15.899
 seeking to

00:50:15.899 --> 00:50:16.679
 deceive people

00:50:16.679 --> 00:50:17.099
 into the

00:50:17.099 --> 00:50:17.819
 worship of the

00:50:17.819 --> 00:50:18.399
 beast and

00:50:18.399 --> 00:50:19.179
 oppose the

00:50:19.179 --> 00:50:19.500
 lamb.

00:50:21.339 --> 00:50:22.099
 But let me

00:50:22.099 --> 00:50:22.799
 assure you this

00:50:22.799 --> 00:50:23.099
 morning,

00:50:24.980 --> 00:50:26.079
 he doesn't

00:50:26.079 --> 00:50:26.379
 win.

00:50:27.699 --> 00:50:28.239
 He doesn't

00:50:28.239 --> 00:50:28.500
 win.

00:50:29.419 --> 00:50:30.019
 God is in

00:50:30.019 --> 00:50:30.419
 control.

00:50:31.460 --> 00:50:31.859
 There are two

00:50:31.859 --> 00:50:32.500
 little phrases

00:50:32.500 --> 00:50:34.259
 in verses 14

00:50:34.259 --> 00:50:34.839
 and 15.

00:50:35.599 --> 00:50:36.059
 It was

00:50:36.059 --> 00:50:36.599
 allowed.

00:50:37.879 --> 00:50:38.679
 It was

00:50:38.679 --> 00:50:39.519
 God

00:50:39.519 --> 00:50:40.899
 allows this

00:50:40.899 --> 00:50:41.659
 to happen,

00:50:41.659 --> 00:50:42.739
 to fulfill

00:50:42.739 --> 00:50:44.259
 his great

00:50:44.259 --> 00:50:45.779
 purposes for

00:50:45.779 --> 00:50:46.799
 all of

00:50:46.799 --> 00:50:47.279
 time.

00:50:48.619 --> 00:50:49.139
 Suffering

00:50:49.139 --> 00:50:50.500
 is part of

00:50:50.500 --> 00:50:51.219
 our calling

00:50:51.219 --> 00:50:52.759
 for God to

00:50:52.759 --> 00:50:53.779
 be glorified.

00:50:57.039 --> 00:50:57.920
 In

00:50:57.920 --> 00:50:58.279
 closing,

00:50:58.420 --> 00:50:58.960
 let me remind

00:50:58.960 --> 00:50:59.339
 you of

00:50:59.339 --> 00:51:00.299
 this one

00:51:00.299 --> 00:51:00.579
 thing.

00:51:02.500 --> 00:51:03.539
 If we

00:51:03.539 --> 00:51:04.099
 suffer at the

00:51:04.099 --> 00:51:04.440
 hands of

00:51:04.440 --> 00:51:04.920
 people who

00:51:04.920 --> 00:51:05.679
 oppose us,

00:51:06.539 --> 00:51:07.319
 we got to

00:51:07.319 --> 00:51:07.739
 remember

00:51:07.739 --> 00:51:07.799
 fear.

00:51:09.059 --> 00:51:10.119
 That behind

00:51:10.119 --> 00:51:11.559
 their efforts

00:51:11.559 --> 00:51:12.959
 to hurt us

00:51:12.959 --> 00:51:13.719
 is an

00:51:13.719 --> 00:51:14.919
 anti-trinity

00:51:14.919 --> 00:51:16.759
 who has

00:51:16.759 --> 00:51:17.779
 deceived them.

00:51:19.059 --> 00:51:19.959
 So we take

00:51:19.959 --> 00:51:20.459
 our cues from

00:51:20.459 --> 00:51:21.479
 Jesus and we

00:51:21.479 --> 00:51:22.099
 pray for those

00:51:22.099 --> 00:51:22.779
 who persecute

00:51:22.779 --> 00:51:23.119
 us.

00:51:25.739 --> 00:51:26.619
 Asking God

00:51:26.619 --> 00:51:27.279
 to give them

00:51:27.279 --> 00:51:28.179
 eyes to see

00:51:28.179 --> 00:51:28.839
 the deception

00:51:28.839 --> 00:51:29.719
 that has blinded

00:51:29.719 --> 00:51:30.459
 them and to

00:51:30.459 --> 00:51:31.000
 deliver them

00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:31.359
 from the

00:51:31.359 --> 00:51:32.019
 captivity of

00:51:32.019 --> 00:51:32.379
 the devil.

00:51:32.380 --> 00:51:34.519
 our battle

00:51:34.519 --> 00:51:35.019
 is not

00:51:35.019 --> 00:51:35.579
 against flesh

00:51:35.579 --> 00:51:35.980
 and blood,

00:51:36.700 --> 00:51:37.440
 but against

00:51:37.440 --> 00:51:37.940
 rulers and

00:51:37.940 --> 00:51:38.559
 powers and

00:51:38.559 --> 00:51:39.840
 principalities in

00:51:39.840 --> 00:51:40.420
 the spiritual

00:51:40.420 --> 00:51:40.900
 forces.

00:51:41.700 --> 00:51:42.400
 And we are to

00:51:42.400 --> 00:51:42.920
 stand firm

00:51:42.920 --> 00:51:43.559
 against them.

00:51:45.140 --> 00:51:46.160
 As people

00:51:46.160 --> 00:51:47.440
 seek to cause

00:51:47.440 --> 00:51:48.119
 us harm,

00:51:48.460 --> 00:51:49.320
 we bless

00:51:49.320 --> 00:51:49.800
 them.

00:51:51.380 --> 00:51:52.079
 Point them

00:51:52.079 --> 00:51:52.579
 to Jesus.

00:51:53.740 --> 00:51:54.460
 We must be

00:51:54.460 --> 00:51:55.820
 wise of who

00:51:55.820 --> 00:51:56.500
 the second beast

00:51:56.500 --> 00:51:57.460
 is, of what

00:51:57.460 --> 00:51:58.260
 his purpose is,

00:51:58.340 --> 00:51:59.160
 of his tactics,

00:51:59.159 --> 00:52:01.799
 even his number

00:52:01.799 --> 00:52:03.019
 is completely

00:52:03.019 --> 00:52:03.659
 incomplete.

00:52:04.259 --> 00:52:05.139
 God wins.

00:52:06.480 --> 00:52:07.379
 We must be

00:52:07.379 --> 00:52:07.719
 wise.

00:52:07.879 --> 00:52:08.839
 We must endure.

00:52:09.500 --> 00:52:10.339
 Worthy is the

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 lamb.

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 Let's pray.

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 God, thank you

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 so much for

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 Revelation 13.

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 God, help us to

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 be wise and to

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 endure.

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 We trust this all

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 in ourselves to

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 you.

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 In Jesus' name,

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 amen.