WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.320 If you would open up your Bibles to Revelation chapter 13, as you're turning there, just 00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:12.599 got a couple questions for you. 00:00:13.820 --> 00:00:15.480 What's the purpose of a toothbrush? 00:00:17.460 --> 00:00:25.839 Dental hygiene, clean the bathroom, sub-purpose, then you throw it out, don't brush your teeth 00:00:25.839 --> 00:00:26.339 after that. 00:00:27.740 --> 00:00:28.980 Purpose of a light bulb? 00:00:28.980 --> 00:00:33.320 See in the dark. 00:00:34.560 --> 00:00:35.579 Purpose of a knife? 00:00:37.159 --> 00:00:38.159 To cut. 00:00:38.859 --> 00:00:39.679 Purpose of a cat? 00:00:40.159 --> 00:00:40.980 Nobody knows. 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:46.480 Purpose of a human being? 00:00:48.620 --> 00:00:50.019 To worship God. 00:00:51.340 --> 00:00:55.420 Every human being, all 7.5 billion on the planet. 00:00:55.420 --> 00:00:59.520 We're all worshiping something. 00:00:59.760 --> 00:01:18.079 And this morning what we're going to see is this unseen cosmic conflict for the hearts of men and women all around the world over who they're going to worship. 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:22.620 Are you going to worship the lamb who was slain? 00:01:23.879 --> 00:01:27.900 Or are you going to worship the beast who was slain? 00:01:27.900 --> 00:01:37.440 We've been entered into Revelation 12 and 13. 00:01:37.440 --> 00:01:39.719 Billy preached Revelation 12 last week. 00:01:39.820 --> 00:01:44.420 And what you need to know about Revelation 12 and 13, it's the theological center of the book. 00:01:44.420 --> 00:01:57.859 And God is pulling back the curtain so that we are able to see the true nature of our present, present spiritual conflict. 00:01:57.859 --> 00:02:05.280 There is this group of three, three members that constitute in anti-trinity. 00:02:05.659 --> 00:02:09.879 The dragon, the beast, and the false prophet, the second beast. 00:02:11.259 --> 00:02:18.520 And these three members of the anti-trinity, they have declared war on the people of God. 00:02:18.520 --> 00:02:21.760 Did you wake up thinking that this morning? 00:02:24.760 --> 00:02:36.020 These three creatures of the anti-trinity oppose God, oppose us, his people, the blood-bought, and they oppose God's redemptive purposes in Christ 00:02:36.020 --> 00:02:41.320 that culminate in the worship of the one seated on the throne in the Lamb. 00:02:41.319 --> 00:02:52.180 Earlier this year, I received a copy of an open doors booklet. 00:02:52.379 --> 00:02:54.699 It came in with my copy of Christianity Today. 00:02:55.459 --> 00:03:07.099 And this little booklet is the 2019 World Watch List of the 50 most, 50 countries where the church is most persecuted. 00:03:07.099 --> 00:03:08.659 Number one, North Korea. 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:10.840 Number 32 is Nepal. 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:12.599 We've got connections to Nepal. 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:23.099 And you can't help but ask, why in this time is our Christians suffering all over the globe? 00:03:23.939 --> 00:03:27.920 Because there's 50 countries listed in this watch list. 00:03:31.060 --> 00:03:37.319 Our brothers and sisters are suffering all around the world because there is a power at work in the world. 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:40.039 Through human governance. 00:03:42.579 --> 00:03:45.620 Causing God's people to suffer. 00:03:48.699 --> 00:03:53.439 It's what Revelation 13, what we see is the beast. 00:03:56.919 --> 00:03:59.799 He's the second member of the anti-trinity. 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:04.840 We learned about the first member of the anti-trinity last week, the dragon. 00:04:06.260 --> 00:04:07.200 Thrown down. 00:04:08.340 --> 00:04:11.780 The cross threw him down to earth. 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:14.020 And he's furious. 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:16.060 He knows his time is short. 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:17.639 And so do you know what he's looking to do? 00:04:17.860 --> 00:04:19.980 He's looking to wage war. 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:21.199 1217. 00:04:22.040 --> 00:04:23.620 On the offspring of the woman. 00:04:24.100 --> 00:04:24.580 It's us. 00:04:24.579 --> 00:04:29.819 The second person of the anti-trinity. 00:04:29.979 --> 00:04:32.139 The second member of the anti-trinity. 00:04:33.500 --> 00:04:34.539 Is the beast. 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:36.339 We're going to look at him today. 00:04:37.139 --> 00:04:40.479 Next week, we're going to look at the third member of the anti-trinity. 00:04:41.299 --> 00:04:42.199 The false prophet. 00:04:42.299 --> 00:04:44.240 Or the beast from the land. 00:04:44.339 --> 00:04:45.159 The second beast. 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:51.840 If you look quickly at 13.4, you see those who follow after the beast. 00:04:52.060 --> 00:04:54.180 They sing praises to the beast. 00:04:54.500 --> 00:04:55.680 Who is like the beast? 00:04:55.820 --> 00:04:57.320 And who can fight against it? 00:05:02.200 --> 00:05:05.460 And at the beginning of this sermon, I just want to remind you. 00:05:06.360 --> 00:05:08.260 We already have the answer to that. 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:15.040 The lamb is not just like the beast. 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:18.920 He is the true savior of the world. 00:05:19.820 --> 00:05:21.800 Whom the beast mimics. 00:05:22.100 --> 00:05:23.240 He's greater than the beast. 00:05:24.380 --> 00:05:30.360 And the lamb conquers the beast in Revelation 19. 00:05:34.379 --> 00:05:36.520 When we start looking at these passages. 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:41.740 And we start looking at these players in the spiritual conflict. 00:05:41.940 --> 00:05:43.780 That are waging war against us. 00:05:43.779 --> 00:05:45.919 We can start getting fearful. 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:48.359 But I want to remind you up front. 00:05:49.019 --> 00:05:52.219 We already know the destiny of the three members of the anti-trinity. 00:05:52.799 --> 00:05:54.599 They will not survive. 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:59.199 Each one will be cast into the lake of fire. 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:04.399 They know their time is short. 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:09.599 And so Revelation 12.17. 00:06:09.899 --> 00:06:14.159 The dragon makes his war on the church. 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:17.160 Here is the point of this morning. 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:18.300 Here is the point of this morning's sermon. 00:06:18.700 --> 00:06:19.580 Chapter 13. 00:06:19.980 --> 00:06:21.220 1-10. 00:06:22.900 --> 00:06:23.500 Satan. 00:06:24.380 --> 00:06:25.540 Through the beast. 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:27.860 Is at work. 00:06:28.540 --> 00:06:31.000 Using human governance. 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:32.700 To wage war. 00:06:33.060 --> 00:06:34.840 Against God's saints. 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:38.359 There is a battle going on. 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:43.060 And we must endure it. 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:48.099 For those of us who have been rescued from the wrath to come. 00:06:48.979 --> 00:06:53.599 We must endure the dragon's wrath now. 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:59.720 Billy preached on the dragon last week. 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:02.760 He's the first member of the anti-trinity. 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:06.400 And he's furious. 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:08.379 And he is cunning. 00:07:08.900 --> 00:07:10.000 He is entrenched. 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:12.340 He knows his days are numbered. 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:13.800 He is determined. 00:07:13.800 --> 00:07:18.560 And so what we see happening at the end of 12.17. 00:07:19.180 --> 00:07:25.900 Is that the beast wages war on the rest of the offspring of the church. 00:07:26.080 --> 00:07:27.720 And what chapter 13 is. 00:07:29.420 --> 00:07:32.220 Is the strategy of the dragon. 00:07:33.819 --> 00:07:35.800 The dragon's waging war. 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:38.680 And then we have the first strategy. 00:07:39.580 --> 00:07:40.920 Chapter 13.1-10. 00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:42.240 The beast. 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:46.500 War waged through the power of human governance. 00:07:47.400 --> 00:07:48.639 And then next week. 00:07:48.980 --> 00:07:51.199 11 through the end of the chapter of 13. 00:07:51.660 --> 00:07:53.680 We're going to see the second strategy. 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:57.080 The dragon waging war. 00:07:57.080 --> 00:07:59.500 Through the subtle false prophet. 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:01.879 The subtleties of propaganda. 00:08:02.780 --> 00:08:04.580 And what we'll see happen next week. 00:08:04.819 --> 00:08:06.580 Is that the propaganda. 00:08:07.019 --> 00:08:08.080 It weaves. 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:10.580 With the power of the state. 00:08:11.519 --> 00:08:13.780 To form a power block. 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:15.780 Against God's own. 00:08:20.780 --> 00:08:23.040 We're at the very center. 00:08:23.560 --> 00:08:24.939 Of the very conflict. 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:26.980 That rages around us. 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:29.699 And John is pulling back the veil. 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:30.960 For us to see it. 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:35.480 So let's now get into the text. 00:08:35.580 --> 00:08:36.500 Here's what I'd like to do. 00:08:36.940 --> 00:08:38.060 I'm going to walk us through. 00:08:38.180 --> 00:08:39.759 Chapter 13.1-10. 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:41.559 I'm going to bring us to a point. 00:08:42.139 --> 00:08:43.100 What's it all about? 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:45.179 And I'm going to try to apply it. 00:08:45.179 --> 00:08:45.960 If time allows. 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:46.799 Five ways. 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:49.919 So let's start. 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:52.120 Chapter 13. 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:53.200 Verse 1. 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:54.259 And I saw a beast. 00:08:54.740 --> 00:08:56.399 Rising out of the sea. 00:08:56.980 --> 00:08:57.980 When the thing about. 00:08:58.360 --> 00:08:59.059 The book of Revelation. 00:08:59.240 --> 00:09:00.259 And apocalyptic literature. 00:09:00.419 --> 00:09:01.100 Which this is. 00:09:01.100 --> 00:09:02.960 It's very visual. 00:09:04.080 --> 00:09:04.960 I saw. 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:05.639 I saw. 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:06.220 I saw. 00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:06.960 Behold. 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:07.480 Behold. 00:09:07.620 --> 00:09:07.960 Behold. 00:09:08.659 --> 00:09:10.040 We need to see. 00:09:10.340 --> 00:09:11.620 What John is seeing. 00:09:12.080 --> 00:09:13.320 And what John is seeing. 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:14.800 Is a beast. 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:15.920 Coming out. 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:17.019 Of the sea. 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:17.820 Which is interesting. 00:09:17.820 --> 00:09:19.920 Because in Revelation. 00:09:20.060 --> 00:09:20.580 Chapter 11. 00:09:20.660 --> 00:09:21.220 Verse 7. 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:21.900 In Revelation. 00:09:22.060 --> 00:09:22.740 Chapter 17. 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:23.400 Verse 8. 00:09:23.740 --> 00:09:24.879 This same beast. 00:09:25.220 --> 00:09:26.040 Rises out. 00:09:26.260 --> 00:09:27.740 From the bottomless pit. 00:09:28.300 --> 00:09:28.940 The abyss. 00:09:29.220 --> 00:09:29.960 Which I told you. 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:30.660 When I preached through. 00:09:30.820 --> 00:09:31.500 Chapter 9. 00:09:31.800 --> 00:09:33.100 Is Satan's hell hole. 00:09:34.220 --> 00:09:35.260 So what's the deal? 00:09:38.860 --> 00:09:39.840 Why the sea? 00:09:40.720 --> 00:09:41.060 Well. 00:09:41.160 --> 00:09:41.780 If you look over to. 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:42.480 13. 00:09:42.560 --> 00:09:43.100 Verse 11. 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:44.920 And the second beast. 00:09:45.060 --> 00:09:46.300 Notice where the second beast. 00:09:46.420 --> 00:09:47.080 Rises out of. 00:09:47.080 --> 00:09:48.120 The earth. 00:09:48.920 --> 00:09:49.660 The land. 00:09:50.220 --> 00:09:51.120 And if you go back to. 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:51.860 Chapter 12. 00:09:51.960 --> 00:09:52.680 Verse 12. 00:09:53.180 --> 00:09:54.400 When the devil. 00:09:54.560 --> 00:09:55.460 The dragon. 00:09:55.560 --> 00:09:56.759 Is thrown down to earth. 00:09:57.300 --> 00:09:58.180 We hear this. 00:09:58.320 --> 00:09:59.240 But woe to you. 00:09:59.320 --> 00:09:59.840 O earth. 00:09:59.940 --> 00:10:00.440 And sea. 00:10:01.020 --> 00:10:01.540 For the devil. 00:10:01.540 --> 00:10:02.280 Has come down. 00:10:02.520 --> 00:10:02.780 To you. 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:03.500 In great wrath. 00:10:04.879 --> 00:10:06.100 But if you even go further. 00:10:06.220 --> 00:10:07.180 Back to chapter 10. 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:07.879 Verse 2. 00:10:08.540 --> 00:10:09.800 There's this angel. 00:10:10.300 --> 00:10:11.060 Mighty angel. 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:12.360 That is sent down. 00:10:12.360 --> 00:10:12.879 From heaven. 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:13.700 From God. 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:14.520 He's not coming up. 00:10:14.640 --> 00:10:15.020 From the pit. 00:10:15.220 --> 00:10:16.060 He's coming down. 00:10:16.180 --> 00:10:16.620 From heaven. 00:10:17.080 --> 00:10:19.220 In verse 2. 00:10:19.340 --> 00:10:20.139 He had a little scroll. 00:10:20.139 --> 00:10:21.040 Open in his hand. 00:10:21.759 --> 00:10:22.600 And notice. 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:23.680 He set his right foot. 00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:24.280 On the sea. 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:26.200 And his left foot. 00:10:26.259 --> 00:10:26.840 On the land. 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:31.259 Here's what's going on. 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:33.379 The mighty angel. 00:10:33.620 --> 00:10:34.639 Of chapter 10. 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:35.480 Verse 2. 00:10:36.020 --> 00:10:37.000 God saying. 00:10:37.460 --> 00:10:38.460 This is mine. 00:10:38.460 --> 00:10:39.460 I've come back. 00:10:39.460 --> 00:10:41.100 I've come back. 00:10:41.100 --> 00:10:41.120 I've come back. 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:41.800 To redeem it. 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:44.200 And what we see going on. 00:10:44.220 --> 00:10:45.139 In chapter 13. 00:10:45.139 --> 00:10:46.160 Verse 1 and 11. 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:47.440 With these beasts. 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:48.580 Rising up from the sea. 00:10:48.660 --> 00:10:49.060 And the land. 00:10:49.379 --> 00:10:50.660 Is the counterclaim. 00:10:50.900 --> 00:10:51.639 Of the dragon. 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:52.540 Saying no. 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:53.820 It's mine. 00:10:55.720 --> 00:10:57.660 And all the worshipers in it. 00:11:01.379 --> 00:11:02.560 In chapter 13. 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:03.220 Verse 1. 00:11:03.220 --> 00:11:06.740 We see that the beast. 00:11:07.740 --> 00:11:09.100 Mirrors the dragon. 00:11:11.019 --> 00:11:12.139 We read this. 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:13.639 With 10 horns. 00:11:13.740 --> 00:11:14.540 And 7 heads. 00:11:14.680 --> 00:11:15.960 With 10 diadems. 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:16.779 On its horns. 00:11:17.560 --> 00:11:18.519 And if you flip back. 00:11:18.860 --> 00:11:19.120 To. 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:20.279 I think it's 12. 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:21.440 Verse 3. 00:11:21.779 --> 00:11:22.540 We read this. 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:23.600 About the dragon. 00:11:24.740 --> 00:11:25.500 And another sign. 00:11:25.500 --> 00:11:26.139 Appeared in heaven. 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:26.519 Behold. 00:11:26.580 --> 00:11:27.639 A great red dragon. 00:11:27.860 --> 00:11:28.899 With 7 heads. 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:29.620 And 10 horns. 00:11:29.680 --> 00:11:30.200 And on his head. 00:11:30.279 --> 00:11:31.160 7 diadems. 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:33.819 10 horns. 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:37.480 Diadems. 00:11:38.059 --> 00:11:38.860 7 heads. 00:11:39.959 --> 00:11:41.120 What you need to understand. 00:11:41.299 --> 00:11:41.620 Is that. 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:43.360 This beast. 00:11:43.779 --> 00:11:45.379 Is devilish. 00:11:46.500 --> 00:11:46.819 It's. 00:11:47.259 --> 00:11:48.639 Has dragon like. 00:11:48.899 --> 00:11:49.339 Nature. 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:50.819 It's. 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:52.519 The dragon's representative. 00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:53.439 Sent. 00:11:53.819 --> 00:11:54.699 From the dragon. 00:11:55.259 --> 00:11:55.860 As it's. 00:11:56.439 --> 00:11:57.539 Image of sorts. 00:11:58.860 --> 00:11:59.559 To work. 00:11:59.699 --> 00:12:00.419 Woe on the earth. 00:12:00.419 --> 00:12:00.860 Verse. 00:12:02.579 --> 00:12:03.779 And if you keep on reading. 00:12:04.740 --> 00:12:05.419 Verse 2. 00:12:05.839 --> 00:12:07.860 Now you get into some really interesting action. 00:12:08.439 --> 00:12:09.459 And the beast that I saw. 00:12:09.599 --> 00:12:10.219 Was like a leopard. 00:12:10.339 --> 00:12:11.379 Its feet was like a bear's. 00:12:11.379 --> 00:12:12.779 And its mouth was like a lion's. 00:12:13.139 --> 00:12:13.360 And it. 00:12:13.599 --> 00:12:14.039 And to it. 00:12:14.079 --> 00:12:14.919 The dragon gave its. 00:12:15.259 --> 00:12:15.579 Power. 00:12:15.719 --> 00:12:16.559 And his throne. 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:17.879 And his great authority. 00:12:19.500 --> 00:12:20.620 What this is. 00:12:20.740 --> 00:12:22.219 Is a throwback. 00:12:22.599 --> 00:12:24.199 To Daniel chapter 7. 00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:26.459 If you were reading this. 00:12:26.539 --> 00:12:27.259 In the first century. 00:12:27.419 --> 00:12:28.740 And you were familiar with the book of Daniel. 00:12:28.740 --> 00:12:29.560 And Daniel like. 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:30.200 Yeah man. 00:12:30.259 --> 00:12:32.340 This is like vintage beast business here. 00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:35.919 Because in Daniel chapter 7. 00:12:36.539 --> 00:12:37.919 Daniel is given a vision. 00:12:38.259 --> 00:12:39.259 In which he sees. 00:12:39.620 --> 00:12:41.139 Four separate beasts. 00:12:41.299 --> 00:12:42.019 Coming up. 00:12:42.460 --> 00:12:43.279 From the sea. 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:45.360 One after another. 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:48.460 The first beast is a lion. 00:12:49.019 --> 00:12:49.820 7 verse 4. 00:12:50.019 --> 00:12:51.539 The second beast is a bear. 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:52.680 7 verse 5. 00:12:53.019 --> 00:12:54.500 The third beast is a leopard. 00:12:54.899 --> 00:12:55.720 7 verse 6. 00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:57.519 The fourth beast is a beast. 00:12:57.620 --> 00:12:58.639 That's different from them all. 00:12:58.980 --> 00:13:00.200 With ten horns. 00:13:01.180 --> 00:13:02.360 And gnarly teeth. 00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:04.080 7-7. 00:13:05.920 --> 00:13:08.139 And so what we see going on here. 00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:09.940 Is John making a connection. 00:13:10.160 --> 00:13:11.180 From this beast. 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:12.220 In Revelation 13. 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:13.620 To the beasts. 00:13:13.820 --> 00:13:15.000 Of Daniel chapter 7. 00:13:17.899 --> 00:13:19.139 And when Daniel. 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:20.320 In Daniel chapter 7. 00:13:20.460 --> 00:13:21.440 Asks an angel. 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:23.279 Who are these beasts? 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:23.379 The beast. 00:13:24.379 --> 00:13:25.659 The angel says. 00:13:26.379 --> 00:13:27.319 They're four kings. 00:13:28.659 --> 00:13:29.860 Of kingdoms. 00:13:30.860 --> 00:13:32.000 That oppose God. 00:13:32.559 --> 00:13:34.100 And the saints of God. 00:13:37.299 --> 00:13:39.339 And these Daniel beasts. 00:13:39.539 --> 00:13:40.779 Have classically been understood. 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:41.819 As the lion. 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:44.360 Representing the Babylonian empire. 00:13:44.919 --> 00:13:45.659 The bear. 00:13:45.980 --> 00:13:48.279 Representing the Medo-Persian empire. 00:13:48.659 --> 00:13:49.259 The leopard. 00:13:49.439 --> 00:13:51.779 Representing the Greek empire. 00:13:51.779 --> 00:13:52.959 Alexander the great. 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:55.340 And then the beast with ten horns. 00:13:55.420 --> 00:13:58.040 Representing the Roman empire. 00:13:59.180 --> 00:14:01.019 And so the symbolism. 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:02.000 Here. 00:14:02.400 --> 00:14:05.680 Is one of human empires. 00:14:06.100 --> 00:14:06.759 Governance. 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:09.940 The beast. 00:14:10.340 --> 00:14:12.400 Is operating in the realm. 00:14:12.800 --> 00:14:14.500 Of human governance. 00:14:14.700 --> 00:14:16.160 In opposition to God. 00:14:18.160 --> 00:14:20.540 It's the nature of the first beast's. 00:14:21.060 --> 00:14:22.460 Power and strategy. 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:26.700 So what's going on here then. 00:14:26.700 --> 00:14:27.879 Is the dragon. 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:29.180 Is waging war. 00:14:29.940 --> 00:14:32.240 On the saints of God. 00:14:32.900 --> 00:14:34.200 Through governance. 00:14:34.540 --> 00:14:35.879 That opposes God. 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:36.500 God. 00:14:36.500 --> 00:14:36.620 God. 00:14:36.620 --> 00:14:44.439 So just to be all the more clear. 00:14:44.679 --> 00:14:45.580 The beast. 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:47.039 Is. 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:48.820 Satanic. 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:49.939 Power. 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:51.000 And presence. 00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:53.039 Through human governance. 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:55.779 To oppose God. 00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:56.679 His people. 00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:57.620 And God's. 00:14:57.700 --> 00:14:58.580 Redemptive purposes. 00:14:58.580 --> 00:14:58.820 Jesus. 00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:00.720 This beast. 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:02.400 Is the antichrist. 00:15:02.400 --> 00:15:03.900 Of first John chapter two. 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:05.759 In a first John chapter four. 00:15:06.259 --> 00:15:07.020 This beast. 00:15:07.020 --> 00:15:08.800 Is the man of lawlessness. 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:10.620 In second Thessalonians. 00:15:10.820 --> 00:15:12.160 Chapter two. 00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:14.000 And what we see going on here. 00:15:14.180 --> 00:15:15.320 Is that the beast. 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:17.020 Is operating. 00:15:17.180 --> 00:15:18.759 Behind the scenes. 00:15:18.920 --> 00:15:20.000 In human governments. 00:15:20.560 --> 00:15:21.800 And as history. 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:22.740 Climaxes. 00:15:22.800 --> 00:15:23.520 To an end. 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:24.420 The beast. 00:15:24.740 --> 00:15:25.140 Comes. 00:15:25.460 --> 00:15:25.820 Forward. 00:15:26.100 --> 00:15:27.060 As one. 00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:27.699 Man. 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:35.659 Pretty sobering. 00:15:37.959 --> 00:15:39.419 Now if you know your Bible at all. 00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:40.699 You may be having this question. 00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:41.439 In the back of your mind. 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:43.159 Well what about Romans 13 one. 00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:46.199 What about needing to submit. 00:15:46.579 --> 00:15:47.879 To human authorities. 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:50.579 Well that's still in play. 00:15:53.299 --> 00:15:55.079 We as followers of Jesus. 00:15:55.359 --> 00:15:56.279 Followers of the Lamb. 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:58.279 Submit to human governors. 00:15:59.019 --> 00:15:59.279 And authorities. 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:01.399 Insofar. 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:02.279 As we are allowed. 00:16:03.079 --> 00:16:04.799 To follow after the Lamb. 00:16:05.439 --> 00:16:06.079 Wholeheartedly. 00:16:06.459 --> 00:16:07.379 Without obstruction. 00:16:08.139 --> 00:16:09.419 And if we're put in the position. 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:10.720 Of having to decide. 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:11.279 Between obeying. 00:16:12.319 --> 00:16:14.779 Our great Lord and Savior Jesus. 00:16:15.179 --> 00:16:16.419 And the state. 00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:18.579 We obey Jesus. 00:16:18.580 --> 00:16:18.720 We obey Jesus. 00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:24.420 What we're seeing here. 00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:25.240 Is that Satan. 00:16:25.379 --> 00:16:26.360 The dragon of old. 00:16:26.780 --> 00:16:28.300 Is not only able. 00:16:28.300 --> 00:16:29.740 To delegate his authority. 00:16:30.060 --> 00:16:31.139 To demonic presence. 00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:32.060 That influences. 00:16:32.060 --> 00:16:33.100 Human governments. 00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:34.280 He does. 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:38.500 And what happens is. 00:16:38.660 --> 00:16:39.639 A human government. 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:40.440 Which is. 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:41.220 Quote unquote. 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:42.040 Romans 13. 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:43.200 God's minister. 00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:44.200 For his purposes. 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:46.560 What the beast does. 00:16:46.700 --> 00:16:46.960 Is he. 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:48.379 Totally distorts it. 00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:50.860 And now the citizens. 00:16:51.820 --> 00:16:52.980 Worship it. 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:00.520 In verse 3. 00:17:00.640 --> 00:17:01.040 We see. 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:03.259 The beast's influence. 00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:06.940 In a human government. 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:09.460 Becoming a savior. 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:12.799 Do you see the deception. 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:13.599 Of verse 3. 00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:14.339 Look at this. 00:17:14.879 --> 00:17:15.220 One. 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:15.980 Speaking of the beast. 00:17:16.099 --> 00:17:17.220 One of its heads. 00:17:17.500 --> 00:17:19.140 Seemed to have a mortal wound. 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:21.000 But its mortal wound. 00:17:21.259 --> 00:17:22.460 Was healed. 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:24.059 And the whole earth marveled. 00:17:24.059 --> 00:17:24.980 As they followed. 00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:26.000 The beast. 00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:28.920 The beast. 00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:30.200 Is depicted. 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:31.099 As having. 00:17:31.579 --> 00:17:31.859 This. 00:17:31.859 --> 00:17:34.559 Wound unto death. 00:17:35.819 --> 00:17:36.519 But. 00:17:36.959 --> 00:17:38.079 That death wound. 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:39.740 Is apparently. 00:17:40.439 --> 00:17:41.139 Miraculously. 00:17:41.939 --> 00:17:42.359 Healed. 00:17:44.699 --> 00:17:46.179 The picture. 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:47.539 Being painted here. 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:48.779 Is that. 00:17:49.159 --> 00:17:50.339 The Daniel 7. 00:17:50.619 --> 00:17:50.939 Beast. 00:17:51.399 --> 00:17:52.219 Here in 13. 00:17:52.379 --> 00:17:54.099 Is a compilation beast. 00:17:54.619 --> 00:17:55.699 It's all those beasts. 00:17:55.779 --> 00:17:56.500 Rolled into one. 00:17:57.139 --> 00:17:58.159 It's one. 00:17:58.419 --> 00:17:58.959 Demonic. 00:17:59.199 --> 00:18:00.579 Satan empowered spirit. 00:18:00.979 --> 00:18:01.839 Operating through. 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.139 Throughout. 00:18:02.139 --> 00:18:03.159 The millennia. 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:07.740 And it's. 00:18:07.959 --> 00:18:08.839 Playing the role. 00:18:08.919 --> 00:18:09.519 Of a savior. 00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:12.299 Can't help. 00:18:12.980 --> 00:18:13.659 The mimicry. 00:18:13.859 --> 00:18:14.139 Can't help. 00:18:14.199 --> 00:18:14.799 But see it. 00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:18.519 It receives a death blow. 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:20.279 But is healed. 00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:23.459 Maybe you remember. 00:18:23.579 --> 00:18:24.199 Chapter 5. 00:18:24.259 --> 00:18:24.819 Verse 6. 00:18:24.819 --> 00:18:25.819 Who alone. 00:18:25.819 --> 00:18:29.339 Who alone. 00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:31.359 From all of creation. 00:18:31.899 --> 00:18:34.059 Is able to take the scroll. 00:18:34.299 --> 00:18:34.839 Into the hand. 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:35.599 Of the hand of the one. 00:18:35.659 --> 00:18:36.539 Seated on the throne. 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:38.419 And break its seals. 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:40.659 Who alone can do that. 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:42.399 Who alone can do that. 00:18:42.939 --> 00:18:44.139 Is the lamb. 00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:45.519 Standing in the middle. 00:18:45.779 --> 00:18:47.379 Of the heavenly entourage. 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:48.939 A lamb standing. 00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:51.079 Who had been slain. 00:18:51.079 --> 00:18:54.319 And then what we see. 00:18:54.539 --> 00:18:56.279 In chapter 5. 00:18:56.619 --> 00:18:57.839 Verse 9 and 10. 00:18:58.159 --> 00:18:59.319 We see worship. 00:18:59.819 --> 00:19:00.639 Following this. 00:19:01.139 --> 00:19:01.740 Worthy are you. 00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:02.559 To take the scroll. 00:19:02.679 --> 00:19:03.679 And to open its seals. 00:19:03.679 --> 00:19:04.480 For you. 00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:05.779 Were slain. 00:19:06.179 --> 00:19:06.980 And by your blood. 00:19:07.179 --> 00:19:08.079 You ransomed people. 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:08.779 For God. 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:09.799 From every tribe. 00:19:09.879 --> 00:19:10.199 And language. 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:10.639 And people. 00:19:10.699 --> 00:19:11.039 And nation. 00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:11.940 And you have made them. 00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:12.299 A kingdom. 00:19:12.619 --> 00:19:13.220 And priests. 00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:13.839 To our God. 00:19:13.899 --> 00:19:14.659 And they will reign. 00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.559 On the earth. 00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:18.940 Christ's death. 00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:19.700 And resurrection. 00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:21.819 Uniquely qualifies him. 00:19:21.899 --> 00:19:22.819 To be the savior. 00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:23.759 Of the world. 00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:26.619 And what we have going on. 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:27.420 In verse 3. 00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:29.779 Is the dragon's. 00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:31.119 Counterfeit savior. 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:33.359 The beast. 00:19:34.139 --> 00:19:34.659 Appearing. 00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:35.559 As though. 00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:36.559 It has died. 00:19:37.619 --> 00:19:38.099 And now. 00:19:38.399 --> 00:19:38.839 Somehow. 00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:40.279 Healed. 00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:41.299 Brought back. 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:42.139 To life. 00:19:42.879 --> 00:19:43.519 The beast. 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:44.299 Is. 00:19:44.899 --> 00:19:45.680 The devil's. 00:19:46.539 --> 00:19:47.240 Counter. 00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:48.099 Savior. 00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:52.220 Operating. 00:19:52.460 --> 00:19:52.899 Within. 00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:54.059 Human. 00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:55.139 Governance. 00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:57.879 Notice. 00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:58.579 The results. 00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.079 In verse. 00:19:59.940 --> 00:20:00.339 Four. 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:02.259 The last half. 00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:02.559 Of verse. 00:20:02.639 --> 00:20:02.819 Three. 00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:03.639 The whole earth. 00:20:04.139 --> 00:20:04.700 Marveled. 00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:05.619 As they followed. 00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:06.259 The beast. 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:08.099 The second member. 00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:09.160 Of the anti-trinity. 00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:11.040 Appears to die. 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:12.460 Comes back. 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:14.440 And it seems like the whole earth. 00:20:14.940 --> 00:20:15.540 Marvels. 00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:16.660 So much so. 00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.940 They followed. 00:20:19.180 --> 00:20:19.820 The beast. 00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:20.580 That word. 00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:21.460 Followed. 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:23.019 It's discipleship. 00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.740 It's discipleship. 00:20:23.840 --> 00:20:24.460 Language. 00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:27.860 Loyalty. 00:20:28.100 --> 00:20:28.620 Devotion. 00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:29.620 Obedience. 00:20:29.860 --> 00:20:30.820 Doing the will. 00:20:31.100 --> 00:20:31.920 Of the beast. 00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:32.980 That stands. 00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:34.259 That stands in stark contrast. 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:34.840 To. 00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:36.640 The next chapter. 00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.480 Chapter 14. 00:20:37.580 --> 00:20:38.320 Verse 4. 00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:39.960 Speaking of the redeemed. 00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:40.900 The blood bought. 00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:42.300 These have been redeemed. 00:20:42.380 --> 00:20:42.779 From mankind. 00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:44.019 As first fruits. 00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:45.100 To the lamb. 00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:47.360 And they will follow the lamb. 00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:48.580 Wherever he goes. 00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:51.240 There's two groups of followers. 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.580 There's two saviors. 00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:54.060 And what you're going to see. 00:20:54.140 --> 00:20:55.420 Is they follow him. 00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:56.100 Worshipping. 00:20:56.099 --> 00:21:02.459 One can't help. 00:21:02.719 --> 00:21:03.759 But draw a conclusion. 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.799 That the beast. 00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:08.459 In it's every permutation. 00:21:08.459 --> 00:21:10.019 Over the millennia. 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:13.699 Makes states. 00:21:14.139 --> 00:21:15.639 Into saviors. 00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:16.740 To draw. 00:21:17.139 --> 00:21:17.779 People's. 00:21:18.139 --> 00:21:18.659 Heart. 00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.419 Worship. 00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:20.339 Away. 00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:21.539 From God. 00:21:23.639 --> 00:21:25.039 Now in first century. 00:21:25.199 --> 00:21:25.639 Asia. 00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:26.940 The seven churches. 00:21:27.280 --> 00:21:28.180 Of Asia Minor. 00:21:28.320 --> 00:21:29.100 That we studied. 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:30.000 Back in the fall. 00:21:30.600 --> 00:21:31.000 Ephesus. 00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:31.820 Smyrna. 00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:32.520 Pergamum. 00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:33.259 Laodicea. 00:21:33.360 --> 00:21:33.860 I'd name a few. 00:21:35.620 --> 00:21:37.240 When they would have received this. 00:21:37.280 --> 00:21:38.280 In the first century. 00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:40.759 And they hear this beast talk. 00:21:41.600 --> 00:21:42.780 You know what they would have been thinking of? 00:21:43.560 --> 00:21:44.640 The Roman Empire. 00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:46.900 In fact. 00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:47.860 They would be thinking. 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.800 That the emperor. 00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.680 Domitian. 00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:50.640 Who required. 00:21:51.540 --> 00:21:52.860 All of his citizens. 00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:54.620 To worship him. 00:21:54.619 --> 00:21:56.059 At great cost. 00:21:56.219 --> 00:21:56.899 Even death. 00:21:57.219 --> 00:21:58.059 If they didn't. 00:21:59.279 --> 00:21:59.859 They would be like. 00:21:59.919 --> 00:22:01.519 Oh I think we've got a beast in our midst. 00:22:02.979 --> 00:22:04.299 Now if you think. 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:06.319 That this beast business. 00:22:06.719 --> 00:22:07.859 Is only limited to. 00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:09.359 First century. 00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:09.959 Asia. 00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:13.399 How about this? 00:22:14.179 --> 00:22:15.779 How about 21st century. 00:22:15.899 --> 00:22:16.679 North Korea? 00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:20.380 How about Kim Jong-un? 00:22:21.600 --> 00:22:24.200 North Korea's supreme divine leader. 00:22:24.620 --> 00:22:25.299 It's savior. 00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:32.580 North Korea is number one on the open doors. 00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:33.980 2019. 00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:35.960 Watch list. 00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:37.420 For a reason. 00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:40.640 It's just not political. 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:43.400 There's beast activity going on there. 00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:47.400 In verse four. 00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:49.880 We see the results of the discipleship. 00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:51.700 The following after the beast. 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:54.300 The result is worship. 00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:56.220 That's the real end game here. 00:22:58.780 --> 00:22:59.840 Look what they say. 00:22:59.840 --> 00:23:01.200 Those following after the beast. 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.320 Who is like the beast? 00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:03.560 And who can fight against it? 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:08.960 The members of the anti-trinity. 00:23:09.159 --> 00:23:10.819 Are gathering worshipers. 00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:12.579 From all around the globe. 00:23:12.899 --> 00:23:14.799 To worship the dragon and the beast. 00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:16.220 And the counter worship. 00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:18.339 Of the anti-trinity. 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:19.480 Is not the same. 00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:21.579 As the true worship. 00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.720 Of the true trinity. 00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:26.960 The father, son and holy spirit. 00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:31.039 Listen to what they say. 00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:32.659 Who is like the beast? 00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:35.919 Who is like the beast? 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.940 Dead and raised. 00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:42.139 Who can fight against him? 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:43.599 Because he can't die. 00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.879 He's our savior. 00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.120 Here. 00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.460 Verse four. 00:23:54.620 --> 00:23:54.780 This. 00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:57.160 This praise of worship. 00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:58.580 To the beast and the dragon. 00:23:58.580 --> 00:23:59.060 This is. 00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:01.960 This is a spin. 00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:03.840 Off of Exodus 1511. 00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:06.300 This is a blasphemous spin. 00:24:07.300 --> 00:24:08.520 In Exodus 1511. 00:24:08.820 --> 00:24:09.680 What we have is. 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:11.860 God has just delivered Moses and Israel. 00:24:11.860 --> 00:24:12.700 Through the Red Sea. 00:24:13.080 --> 00:24:15.300 They are looking upon the dead bodies. 00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.620 Of Egyptian shoulders. 00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:17.899 On the shoreline. 00:24:18.239 --> 00:24:20.519 And they sing a song to Yahweh. 00:24:21.199 --> 00:24:22.159 And they sing. 00:24:22.219 --> 00:24:23.199 Who is like you? 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:24.039 Oh Yahweh. 00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:25.459 Who is like you? 00:24:25.739 --> 00:24:27.500 Who can fight like you? 00:24:27.699 --> 00:24:28.079 Yahweh. 00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.979 And so what these folks are doing. 00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:32.979 Having been deceived. 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:35.619 By the fake crucifixion. 00:24:35.679 --> 00:24:36.199 And resurrection. 00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:37.319 Whatever that is. 00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:40.579 They're singing. 00:24:42.479 --> 00:24:43.439 Blasphemous worship. 00:24:43.439 --> 00:24:44.500 To the beast. 00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:49.420 Do you see what's going on here? 00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:54.559 Do you see what these deceived men and women are doing? 00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:56.420 They are attributing. 00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.619 To the beast. 00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:59.900 Only what God can do. 00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.400 There is only. 00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:03.160 One deliverer. 00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.960 And there is salvation. 00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.720 And no one else. 00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:10.980 There's only one name given among men. 00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.579 Under heaven. 00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:14.439 And by which we must be saved. 00:25:15.899 --> 00:25:17.299 That name is not the beast. 00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:20.139 That name is Jesus. 00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.619 Who is the lamb. 00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:25.240 They are attributing to the beast. 00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:26.559 Only what God can do. 00:25:26.919 --> 00:25:28.279 There's only one deliverer. 00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:34.319 These people. 00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.160 These image bearers. 00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:35.579 Have been. 00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:37.799 Have been terribly deceived. 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:41.299 Now this question. 00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.440 That's being asked. 00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:45.319 Who is like the beast. 00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:47.079 And who can fight against them. 00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:48.399 This should sound familiar. 00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.940 Because a similar question was asked. 00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:51.379 Way back in Revelation 6. 00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:52.180 Verse 17. 00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:53.740 The sixth seal. 00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:55.480 God's pouring out his wrath. 00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:57.940 The great day of God's wrath. 00:25:58.259 --> 00:26:00.019 And all those who haven't bowed in need of Jesus. 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:01.240 Are saying. 00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:04.640 Who can stand on that day. 00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:06.440 Thinking that no one can. 00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:08.460 And then in chapter 7. 00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.720 We learn that. 00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:10.279 Oh. 00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:12.500 Those who have been sealed by the seal of God. 00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:14.460 They will stand on that day. 00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.900 And then we're given another snapshot. 00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:18.380 Of God's redeemed. 00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:19.220 In glory. 00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:20.559 From every tribe, tongue, and nation. 00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.799 Worshipping the lamb. 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.779 On the throne. 00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:23.819 No. 00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:27.639 This question. 00:26:27.899 --> 00:26:28.839 Here in 13. 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.899 Who is like the beast. 00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:31.539 And who can fight against him. 00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:34.000 Gets answered in chapter 14. 00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:36.500 Where we see the lamb standing. 00:26:37.399 --> 00:26:38.399 And with him. 00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:41.139 Is these people following him. 00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:43.539 Who are worshipping him. 00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.500 With one voice. 00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:46.379 Rocking the place. 00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.940 So what we see. 00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:50.240 In 13 and 14. 00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:51.779 Is a false savior. 00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:54.460 Who deceived a people who are following him. 00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:55.940 And they're offering him praise. 00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:57.059 And then in 14. 00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.720 What we see is the true savior. 00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.339 The lamb. 00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:01.119 With his people following him. 00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.539 Singing praises. 00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:08.960 The lamb is not like the beast. 00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:12.119 The beast mimics the lamb. 00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.720 He's no savior. 00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:20.019 Only Jesus. 00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.940 By his blood. 00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:23.400 Can deliver people. 00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.900 Sinners from their sin. 00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:27.140 On his war horse. 00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:28.960 He meets. 00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:30.319 The beast. 00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.339 And the false prophet. 00:27:32.100 --> 00:27:33.019 For a battle. 00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:36.500 The armies appear to engage. 00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.660 And you know what happens. 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:39.100 It's so anticlimactic. 00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:41.659 It's like. 00:27:41.659 --> 00:27:42.980 Jesus is on his war horse. 00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.339 He's like. 00:27:44.379 --> 00:27:44.659 Yeah. 00:27:46.699 --> 00:27:47.719 Throw him in the lake. 00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:51.259 It's so anticlimactic. 00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:52.379 Verses 19 and 20. 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:54.319 The beast is no threat to the lamb. 00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:01.279 What we're seeing though here is. 00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:03.799 The beast. 00:28:05.419 --> 00:28:07.699 As a means of dragon strategy. 00:28:07.699 --> 00:28:08.519 The beast. 00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:11.839 Is influencing human government. 00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:15.159 To oppress God. 00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:15.759 His people. 00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:17.039 And his redemptive purposes. 00:28:18.699 --> 00:28:20.339 There is just no. 00:28:20.699 --> 00:28:22.139 Sinful human government. 00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.500 That can save. 00:28:23.719 --> 00:28:24.759 Any sinful. 00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:25.859 Human being. 00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.919 Only the lamb. 00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:30.000 Who has been slain. 00:28:30.639 --> 00:28:31.899 Can save sinners. 00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.299 From their sin. 00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:36.240 In chapter 13. 00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:37.039 Verse 5. 00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:38.879 We see this. 00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.740 The beast. 00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.039 The beast. 00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.359 The beast. 00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:40.379 The beast. 00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:40.399 The beast. 00:28:40.399 --> 00:28:40.519 The beast. 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.019 It was given a haughty. 00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:42.299 And blasphemous mouth. 00:28:42.439 --> 00:28:43.740 That word haughty. 00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:45.079 It's just arrogant. 00:28:45.419 --> 00:28:46.179 It's prideful. 00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:47.379 And blasphemous. 00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.899 It's just lies about God. 00:28:49.199 --> 00:28:50.079 The beast. 00:28:50.399 --> 00:28:52.939 Is an in your face. 00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.259 Arrogant. 00:28:54.959 --> 00:28:56.079 Blasphemer of God. 00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:57.079 The beast. 00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:58.079 The beast. 00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:59.559 Who gave him this mouth. 00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.079 By the way. 00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:01.019 Oh we're not told. 00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.480 Right here. 00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:03.639 But look. 00:29:03.639 --> 00:29:04.460 Look on with me. 00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:06.399 And it was allowed. 00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.460 The beast was allowed. 00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.159 In verse 5. 00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:09.519 To exercise authority. 00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.460 For 42 months. 00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:12.079 It was allowed. 00:29:12.439 --> 00:29:13.720 To exercise authority. 00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.740 For 42 months. 00:29:14.919 --> 00:29:15.419 It's like. 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.599 I allow. 00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:18.139 My beast dog. 00:29:18.399 --> 00:29:18.879 To go. 00:29:19.199 --> 00:29:19.639 Frolic. 00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.759 In the. 00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.859 Places. 00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:22.779 Of grass. 00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.839 When I let it off. 00:29:23.899 --> 00:29:24.440 Its leash. 00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:29.259 It was allowed. 00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:30.420 To exercise authority. 00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:32.440 For 42 months. 00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.359 We're not talking. 00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:34.259 About the dragon. 00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:35.559 Having allowed the beast. 00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:37.079 To exercise his authority. 00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:38.319 That's not the dragon talk. 00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:39.220 You know how I know that? 00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.259 Nowhere. 00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.460 In your. 00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.059 Bible. 00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:45.139 Is Satan. 00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.779 Given anything. 00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:48.240 Close to the authority. 00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.279 Of setting. 00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.220 Dates. 00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.299 And days. 00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:52.299 And times. 00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:53.139 In seasons. 00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.539 Nowhere. 00:29:57.899 --> 00:29:59.339 That's God's property. 00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:04.579 This is God. 00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:05.339 Allowing. 00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:06.359 The beast. 00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:08.500 To exercise authority. 00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.579 For 42 months. 00:30:09.659 --> 00:30:09.839 And that. 00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:10.899 We bumped into that. 00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.599 42 months. 00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.299 Time period. 00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.919 1260 days. 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.899 Three and a half years. 00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.919 This season. 00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:16.859 Of intensifying. 00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:17.419 Suffering. 00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.139 For the church. 00:30:18.899 --> 00:30:19.379 Waiting. 00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:21.279 Until the last days. 00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:23.240 And when Jesus comes back. 00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:26.399 What this means is this. 00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:27.839 God has put a limit. 00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:29.740 On how long. 00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:30.420 The beast. 00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.599 May exercise. 00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:33.160 Its dragon. 00:30:33.399 --> 00:30:33.759 Given. 00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:34.559 Authority. 00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:36.079 And any authority. 00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:37.180 The dragon has. 00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:38.299 Was allowed by God. 00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:39.019 To begin with. 00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.940 Chapter 13. 00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.480 Verse 6. 00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:45.579 Back to the blasphemies. 00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.339 There's a lot of. 00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:48.079 There's a repeated blasphemy. 00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:48.799 Showing up. 00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.460 Blasphemies. 00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.759 Are lies about God. 00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:53.180 It's attributing. 00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.200 Characteristics. 00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:55.559 Only true of God. 00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.500 To. 00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.680 Created things. 00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.420 Or. 00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.519 It's the. 00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.360 Attributing. 00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.519 Of characteristics. 00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.160 Of. 00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.759 Created things. 00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.920 Only things that are created. 00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.539 To God. 00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:07.860 Works both ways. 00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:09.439 And so the beast. 00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.279 Is. 00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:11.079 Speaking. 00:31:11.419 --> 00:31:11.939 Various. 00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:12.879 Blasphemies. 00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:13.979 Against. 00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.299 Our God. 00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:18.659 More specifically. 00:31:19.379 --> 00:31:20.079 We read. 00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:20.740 That. 00:31:21.219 --> 00:31:21.659 The beast. 00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:23.279 Blasphemes. 00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.339 God's. 00:31:24.699 --> 00:31:25.099 Name. 00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:29.339 He's not saying. 00:31:29.479 --> 00:31:29.799 Jesus. 00:31:29.959 --> 00:31:30.419 Shmeasiness. 00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.859 It's an attack. 00:31:33.939 --> 00:31:35.059 On God's character. 00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:38.559 When the Bible uses. 00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:39.579 Name. 00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:42.059 It's carrying the sense. 00:31:42.159 --> 00:31:43.619 Of this person's character. 00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.480 Imagine. 00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.740 Blasphemies like this. 00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:52.940 God. 00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.839 He can't save you. 00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.419 Blasphemy. 00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:58.799 God. 00:31:58.899 --> 00:31:59.700 He's not going to. 00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:01.240 Be faithful to his promises. 00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:02.559 Blasphemy. 00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:02.639 Blasphemy. 00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.279 God. 00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.480 Oh. 00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:06.179 He can't. 00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:07.379 He doesn't have the power. 00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:08.240 To do that. 00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:09.839 Blasphemy. 00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.819 He's not worthy. 00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.799 Blasphemy. 00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:19.059 He's too demanding. 00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.099 Blasphemy. 00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:24.159 He's the opiate. 00:32:24.159 --> 00:32:24.819 Of the people. 00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.559 Blasphemy. 00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:32.679 I don't just. 00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.339 The beast. 00:32:33.419 --> 00:32:35.119 This isn't blaspheme. 00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:36.059 God's name. 00:32:36.379 --> 00:32:36.639 He. 00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:37.960 Blasphemes. 00:32:38.139 --> 00:32:38.579 God's. 00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.299 Dwelling. 00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:42.159 See that in verse six. 00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.099 Blasphemy. 00:32:43.159 --> 00:32:43.480 His name. 00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.099 And his dwelling. 00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:46.139 Now when you think of dwelling. 00:32:46.399 --> 00:32:47.519 And you think of your dwelling. 00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.919 You're probably thinking about your. 00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:49.679 Apartment. 00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.159 Or house. 00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:51.639 I think of the brick house. 00:32:51.639 --> 00:32:52.240 On the corner. 00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:52.599 In which. 00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.980 Me and my family live. 00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:55.019 My dwelling place. 00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.259 I don't. 00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:59.079 But John doesn't have a place. 00:32:59.079 --> 00:32:59.839 In mind. 00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:01.339 He has a people in mind. 00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.899 Look what he says. 00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.700 In verse six. 00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.299 Blaspheming. 00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:06.879 His name. 00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.339 And. 00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.480 God's dwelling. 00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.259 That is. 00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.019 Those. 00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.319 Who dwell. 00:33:12.399 --> 00:33:12.799 In heaven. 00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.339 And then. 00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:16.559 When you just look at verse seven. 00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:17.119 And you notice. 00:33:17.899 --> 00:33:18.779 The beast was allowed. 00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.799 To make war on the saints. 00:33:19.879 --> 00:33:20.799 You start to realize. 00:33:21.879 --> 00:33:23.259 When it comes to God's dwelling. 00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:24.539 John has people. 00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.359 On his mind. 00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:27.839 The blood bought of God. 00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.879 The redeemed. 00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:29.959 His church. 00:33:32.439 --> 00:33:33.779 So what we see here is. 00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:34.599 The beast. 00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.779 Just doesn't spit. 00:33:35.879 --> 00:33:36.679 His blasphemous. 00:33:37.479 --> 00:33:37.959 Poison. 00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:38.859 On. 00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:40.339 The name of our God. 00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:42.000 The beast. 00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.479 Spits his poisonous. 00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.599 Blasphemous. 00:33:45.219 --> 00:33:45.740 Poison. 00:33:46.379 --> 00:33:47.559 On God's people. 00:33:47.699 --> 00:33:48.399 The church. 00:33:51.199 --> 00:33:52.199 And mind you. 00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:55.360 If we're understanding the context right. 00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:57.200 It's all state sanctioned. 00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:03.880 You are all a bunch of narrow-minded bigots. 00:34:04.080 --> 00:34:06.059 Living in insulated world. 00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:07.759 Frozen in 1952. 00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:11.000 Extremists. 00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:12.820 Reactionaries. 00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.659 Homophobes. 00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.400 Chauvinists. 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:16.280 Are you part of the alt-right? 00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:16.360 Right? 00:34:20.700 --> 00:34:21.300 And what. 00:34:21.720 --> 00:34:21.860 If. 00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:24.160 The context is right. 00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:25.360 If we're understanding this right. 00:34:25.540 --> 00:34:25.720 It's. 00:34:26.080 --> 00:34:26.440 It's. 00:34:26.620 --> 00:34:27.740 It's coming from the state. 00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:30.060 It's coming from human government. 00:34:32.620 --> 00:34:33.640 Human government is saying. 00:34:33.720 --> 00:34:34.320 There's no God. 00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.860 Human government is saying. 00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.900 If you believe in God. 00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:38.900 You need to go to a re-education camp. 00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:42.100 Do you know what's going on in western China right now? 00:34:42.100 --> 00:34:42.160 No. 00:34:42.160 --> 00:34:42.220 No. 00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:46.160 No. 00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:46.780 No. 00:34:50.200 --> 00:34:51.680 In 13.7. 00:34:53.060 --> 00:34:54.600 The beast is allowed. 00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.980 By God. 00:34:56.580 --> 00:34:58.480 To make war on the saints. 00:34:58.760 --> 00:34:59.620 And conquer them. 00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:04.000 Allowed by God. 00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:07.260 To make war on the saints. 00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:09.019 And conquer them. 00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:10.759 Why. 00:35:10.759 --> 00:35:11.759 Would. 00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:13.780 Our wonderful God. 00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.340 Allow. 00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:16.739 The beast. 00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:19.559 To make war on us. 00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:21.420 And conquer us. 00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:26.039 Well there's a number of reasons we could say. 00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:29.219 But in the book of Revelation. 00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:31.219 It seems as though. 00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:31.779 It seems as though. 00:35:31.779 --> 00:35:33.919 God allows these things. 00:35:33.919 --> 00:35:35.159 So that. 00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:37.359 His people. 00:35:38.419 --> 00:35:39.779 Are proved. 00:35:40.419 --> 00:35:41.779 In the furnace of affliction. 00:35:42.339 --> 00:35:45.219 To remain faithful to the lamb. 00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:47.699 In the face. 00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:49.219 Of beastly. 00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.119 Oppositions. 00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:54.619 It's proving ground. 00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:58.139 Now. 00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:59.099 I gotta. 00:35:59.239 --> 00:35:59.480 I gotta. 00:35:59.819 --> 00:36:00.639 Explain something right now. 00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:00.819 You. 00:36:00.819 --> 00:36:01.920 You may be thinking. 00:36:02.339 --> 00:36:03.859 That getting saved. 00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:04.799 Is simply. 00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:06.119 A prayer of repentance. 00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.799 And maybe you start giving. 00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.400 A little something. 00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:08.920 In the plate. 00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.780 When it passes by. 00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:13.019 True conversion. 00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:15.420 True conversion. 00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:17.360 When someone goes. 00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:18.240 From the kingdom of darkness. 00:36:18.240 --> 00:36:19.720 Into the kingdom of the beloved son. 00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.720 When they repent. 00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.780 And believe on Jesus. 00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:24.180 True conversion. 00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.380 Results. 00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:27.639 In a persevering faith. 00:36:29.260 --> 00:36:31.019 And a persevering faith. 00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:32.139 Is proven. 00:36:32.740 --> 00:36:34.240 By remaining faithful. 00:36:34.720 --> 00:36:35.579 To Christ. 00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.720 In the midst. 00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:38.099 Of beastly. 00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:39.299 Opposition. 00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:41.199 Even if that is. 00:36:41.279 --> 00:36:41.779 The verse. 00:36:42.259 --> 00:36:42.619 10. 00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:44.380 Going to jail. 00:36:44.779 --> 00:36:45.460 Or even. 00:36:45.699 --> 00:36:46.539 Being martyred. 00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:50.000 Or what we'll see next week. 00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:51.000 Suffering. 00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:51.860 Economic. 00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:52.539 Sanctions. 00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:54.179 Do you know what's striking? 00:36:54.299 --> 00:36:55.079 In chapter 16. 00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:56.000 Of the book of Acts. 00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:57.639 Paul and Silas. 00:36:57.719 --> 00:36:58.400 Are in prison. 00:36:59.099 --> 00:37:00.000 And do you know what they're doing? 00:37:03.239 --> 00:37:03.719 Singing. 00:37:05.319 --> 00:37:06.239 To the lamb. 00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:10.460 Proven. 00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:14.339 Proven. 00:37:14.339 --> 00:37:14.960 What we're seeing is. 00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:15.699 The beast. 00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.880 Is allowed by God. 00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:18.179 To wage war. 00:37:18.299 --> 00:37:19.199 The dragon's war. 00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:20.599 On God's blood bought. 00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:21.920 Resulting. 00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:23.799 In their apparent. 00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:24.519 Demise. 00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:25.460 In captivity. 00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:26.519 Death. 00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:28.519 But in the kingdom way. 00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:29.159 Of thinking. 00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:31.000 In God's eyes. 00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.940 Being imprisoned. 00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.539 For Christ. 00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:35.480 Or even being killed. 00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:36.079 For Christ. 00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:36.980 Isn't. 00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:38.440 Being conquered. 00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:39.860 It's being. 00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:40.920 Faithful. 00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:44.480 It's conquering. 00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:46.500 In the blood. 00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:47.119 Of the lamb. 00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:50.759 Chapter 12. 00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.340 Verse 11. 00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:53.639 So what we're seeing here. 00:37:53.739 --> 00:37:54.300 Is a state. 00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:55.079 Sanction. 00:37:55.279 --> 00:37:55.840 Persecution. 00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:56.500 Of Christians. 00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:57.759 For being Christians. 00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:58.579 For being followers. 00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:59.179 Of the lamb. 00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:00.400 That's what's to come. 00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:01.440 It's already happening. 00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:07.820 Chapter 13. 00:38:08.139 --> 00:38:08.700 Verse 7. 00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:09.400 Second half. 00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:10.539 The beast is given authority. 00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:11.420 Over every tribe. 00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:11.740 People. 00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:12.139 Language. 00:38:12.220 --> 00:38:12.659 And nation. 00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.659 And all. 00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:15.039 Who he is given. 00:38:15.860 --> 00:38:16.880 Authority over. 00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:18.940 Will worship him. 00:38:19.340 --> 00:38:19.920 Verse 8. 00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:21.840 It's the end game. 00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:23.539 Verse 8. 00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:24.920 Those. 00:38:25.200 --> 00:38:26.360 Those who follow him. 00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:27.380 Will worship him. 00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:29.519 But there's one significant. 00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:30.400 Clarification. 00:38:30.720 --> 00:38:31.360 In verse 8. 00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:34.179 And all. 00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:35.700 All who dwell on the earth. 00:38:35.800 --> 00:38:36.579 Will worship it. 00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:37.920 Everyone. 00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:39.240 Whose name. 00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.340 Has not. 00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:41.139 Been written. 00:38:41.720 --> 00:38:42.579 Before the foundation. 00:38:42.700 --> 00:38:43.240 Of the world. 00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:44.599 In the book of life. 00:38:44.740 --> 00:38:45.559 Of the lamb. 00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.820 Who was slain. 00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:47.679 Now that's. 00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:48.920 A mouthful. 00:38:49.760 --> 00:38:50.599 But here's. 00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.460 The point. 00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.920 All those. 00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:54.019 Who dwell on the earth. 00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:54.940 That is. 00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:56.159 Everyone whose name. 00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:57.000 Has not. 00:38:57.179 --> 00:38:57.700 Been written. 00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.980 In the lamb's book of life. 00:38:59.360 --> 00:39:00.400 From before the foundation. 00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:01.340 Of the world. 00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:01.440 The world. 00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:04.579 They will worship the beast. 00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:06.120 But everyone. 00:39:06.280 --> 00:39:06.780 Whose name. 00:39:06.780 --> 00:39:07.680 Is written. 00:39:07.680 --> 00:39:09.320 In the lamb's book of life. 00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:10.400 Before the foundation. 00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:11.019 Of the world. 00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:13.140 They will not. 00:39:13.240 --> 00:39:14.079 Worship the beast. 00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:17.000 They will remain. 00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.400 True. 00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.100 To the lamb. 00:39:18.099 --> 00:39:19.099 The beast. 00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:19.699 The beast. 00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:20.779 The beast. 00:39:20.839 --> 00:39:21.739 Is given authority. 00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:22.619 Over everyone. 00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:23.259 On earth. 00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:23.900 Except. 00:39:24.839 --> 00:39:26.219 Those whose names. 00:39:26.219 --> 00:39:27.279 Are written. 00:39:27.279 --> 00:39:28.299 In the book. 00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:29.059 Of life. 00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:31.539 These are those. 00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:32.360 Who've been truly. 00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:32.940 Converted. 00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:36.420 Who have a. 00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:37.900 Persevering faith. 00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:40.480 Their names. 00:39:40.539 --> 00:39:40.820 Are written. 00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:41.740 Before the foundation. 00:39:41.740 --> 00:39:42.460 Of the world. 00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:44.400 The lamb knows. 00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:45.260 The second person. 00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:45.800 Of the trinity. 00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:46.700 Knows. 00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.800 Those whom. 00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:49.300 He is slain for. 00:39:49.720 --> 00:39:50.260 He knows. 00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:51.500 Us by name. 00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:52.400 From before. 00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:53.119 The foundation. 00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.639 Of the world. 00:39:53.720 --> 00:39:54.300 This is a picture. 00:39:54.380 --> 00:39:55.360 Of sovereign grace. 00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.920 Of God. 00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.880 Before the foundation. 00:39:58.880 --> 00:39:59.500 Of the world. 00:39:59.500 --> 00:40:00.579 Setting his love. 00:40:00.699 --> 00:40:01.760 On a group of sinners. 00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.960 To call to himself. 00:40:03.199 --> 00:40:04.380 To worship him. 00:40:07.699 --> 00:40:09.159 And the point of it is. 00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:11.000 We are not. 00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:12.239 The beast's possession. 00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:15.079 We are the lamb's possession. 00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:17.760 We're the blood bought. 00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:20.400 And you notice. 00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:21.820 This is the lamb's book of life. 00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:23.579 Though we may face death. 00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:27.079 We will live forever. 00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:28.500 With the lamb. 00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:30.300 Who himself was slain. 00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:31.760 And was raised from the dead. 00:40:33.659 --> 00:40:35.119 We don't need to fear death. 00:40:35.179 --> 00:40:36.460 Because Jesus is the resurrection. 00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:37.059 The life. 00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:38.159 And though we die. 00:40:38.280 --> 00:40:39.280 Yet shall we live. 00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:40.219 Because of him. 00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:45.019 And if you're wondering. 00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:45.400 Hey. 00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:46.860 Is my name written in. 00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:47.820 The lamb's book of life. 00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:49.840 Here's how you know. 00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:53.300 Do you have a persevering faith. 00:40:55.280 --> 00:40:56.679 In the midst of opposition. 00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:58.980 Do you stay true. 00:40:58.980 --> 00:40:59.679 To the lamb. 00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:03.579 The beast does not have. 00:41:03.799 --> 00:41:04.539 Ultimate authority. 00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:05.079 Over us. 00:41:05.139 --> 00:41:05.819 Brothers and sisters. 00:41:05.819 --> 00:41:06.379 In Christ. 00:41:07.419 --> 00:41:09.219 Because we're in the lamb's book of life. 00:41:11.199 --> 00:41:12.579 In verses 9 and 10. 00:41:12.799 --> 00:41:14.719 We have the concluding application. 00:41:17.619 --> 00:41:18.480 In verse 9. 00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:18.940 We read. 00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:19.899 If anyone has an ear. 00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:20.299 Let him hear. 00:41:20.359 --> 00:41:21.159 This should sound familiar. 00:41:21.279 --> 00:41:22.239 Because this expression. 00:41:22.239 --> 00:41:24.359 Was used seven times. 00:41:24.439 --> 00:41:25.579 In chapters 2 and 3. 00:41:25.919 --> 00:41:26.659 To the churches. 00:41:28.059 --> 00:41:29.059 He who has an ear. 00:41:29.159 --> 00:41:29.619 Let him hear. 00:41:29.699 --> 00:41:30.599 What the spirit is saying. 00:41:30.679 --> 00:41:31.239 To the churches. 00:41:32.359 --> 00:41:33.099 Christ the king. 00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:33.639 Church. 00:41:34.739 --> 00:41:35.739 For those of you. 00:41:35.819 --> 00:41:36.959 Who are followers of lamb. 00:41:37.059 --> 00:41:37.839 For those of you. 00:41:37.959 --> 00:41:38.919 Who know your name. 00:41:38.979 --> 00:41:40.219 Is written before the foundation. 00:41:40.359 --> 00:41:41.500 In the lamb's book of life. 00:41:42.259 --> 00:41:43.179 Hear this. 00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:45.639 If anyone. 00:41:45.979 --> 00:41:47.500 Is to be taken captive. 00:41:47.859 --> 00:41:48.939 To captivity. 00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:50.300 He goes. 00:41:51.220 --> 00:41:52.579 If anyone of us. 00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:54.440 Is to be slain by the sword. 00:41:54.720 --> 00:41:55.679 With the sword. 00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:57.280 He must be slain. 00:41:58.159 --> 00:42:00.159 Let me try to help you understand this even more. 00:42:00.240 --> 00:42:00.380 Let me. 00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:01.659 I've added some words. 00:42:01.760 --> 00:42:02.619 To give fuller meaning. 00:42:03.700 --> 00:42:04.880 These aren't God's words. 00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:05.539 These are my words. 00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:06.539 Just to help us understand. 00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:08.099 If anyone. 00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:09.780 Who belongs to the lamb. 00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:12.460 Is to be taken captive. 00:42:13.780 --> 00:42:14.800 Because of the lamb. 00:42:16.159 --> 00:42:17.039 To captivity. 00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:17.800 He goes. 00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:19.159 For the lamb. 00:42:20.719 --> 00:42:21.599 And if anyone. 00:42:21.779 --> 00:42:22.800 Who belongs to the lamb. 00:42:23.039 --> 00:42:23.820 Is to be slain. 00:42:23.820 --> 00:42:24.900 By the sword. 00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:26.480 Because of the lamb. 00:42:27.139 --> 00:42:28.139 With the sword. 00:42:28.259 --> 00:42:29.400 He must be slain. 00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.980 For the lamb. 00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:33.239 Who is also slain. 00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:37.400 In light of the beast. 00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:38.199 Who is. 00:42:39.340 --> 00:42:40.579 In light of the beast. 00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:41.219 Who is. 00:42:41.380 --> 00:42:42.099 What he's doing. 00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:45.800 Because we're followers. 00:42:45.800 --> 00:42:46.980 Of the lamb. 00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:48.740 We oppose him. 00:42:50.880 --> 00:42:52.019 And we will suffer. 00:42:52.220 --> 00:42:52.580 For that. 00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:55.539 There might be jail time. 00:42:55.640 --> 00:42:56.100 In our future. 00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:59.039 There might be death. 00:42:59.200 --> 00:42:59.740 In our future. 00:43:00.740 --> 00:43:01.840 For Jesus sake. 00:43:02.840 --> 00:43:03.620 And dear friends. 00:43:03.680 --> 00:43:04.300 If you haven't. 00:43:04.620 --> 00:43:05.280 Gotten the gist. 00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:06.180 Of the book of revelation. 00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:06.539 Yet. 00:43:08.280 --> 00:43:09.900 As we approach. 00:43:10.480 --> 00:43:10.800 That. 00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:11.720 Day. 00:43:11.719 --> 00:43:13.959 If you're a follower. 00:43:13.959 --> 00:43:14.599 Of the lamb. 00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:16.199 It's just going to get. 00:43:16.319 --> 00:43:17.299 Harder for us. 00:43:18.980 --> 00:43:19.619 And so. 00:43:19.699 --> 00:43:20.639 The call here. 00:43:21.199 --> 00:43:22.439 Is to endure. 00:43:22.939 --> 00:43:23.679 By faith. 00:43:24.819 --> 00:43:26.480 See that last sentence. 00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:27.619 Verse 10. 00:43:27.739 --> 00:43:28.699 Here is a call. 00:43:29.179 --> 00:43:29.819 For the endurance. 00:43:30.059 --> 00:43:30.500 And faith. 00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:31.219 Of the saints. 00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:34.679 By faith. 00:43:34.679 --> 00:43:35.279 We know. 00:43:35.279 --> 00:43:36.559 Who the lamb is. 00:43:38.399 --> 00:43:39.579 And by faith. 00:43:40.359 --> 00:43:41.339 We believe. 00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:42.199 What he has done. 00:43:42.279 --> 00:43:43.000 On our behalf. 00:43:43.719 --> 00:43:44.239 He died. 00:43:44.299 --> 00:43:44.879 In our place. 00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:48.159 And by faith. 00:43:48.940 --> 00:43:50.039 Knowing that we're written. 00:43:50.199 --> 00:43:51.399 In the lamb's book of life. 00:43:52.259 --> 00:43:53.480 We are willing. 00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:54.739 To suffer. 00:43:55.839 --> 00:43:56.839 Jail time. 00:43:57.379 --> 00:43:57.779 Even. 00:43:58.379 --> 00:43:58.819 Pour out. 00:43:59.019 --> 00:43:59.480 Our blood. 00:43:59.579 --> 00:44:00.019 For him. 00:44:00.419 --> 00:44:01.799 Because he is worthy. 00:44:01.800 --> 00:44:03.940 Of our unwavering. 00:44:05.160 --> 00:44:05.640 Devotion. 00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:08.920 Jesus. 00:44:10.080 --> 00:44:10.660 Endured. 00:44:10.760 --> 00:44:11.500 God's wrath. 00:44:11.600 --> 00:44:12.200 For us. 00:44:12.420 --> 00:44:12.840 Forever. 00:44:14.160 --> 00:44:15.180 We endure. 00:44:15.320 --> 00:44:16.640 The dragon's wrath. 00:44:16.940 --> 00:44:17.240 Now. 00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:20.200 And in the eyes. 00:44:20.220 --> 00:44:21.620 Of our great triune God. 00:44:22.060 --> 00:44:23.220 Our going to jail. 00:44:23.720 --> 00:44:23.940 Our. 00:44:24.120 --> 00:44:25.440 Our being put to death. 00:44:25.720 --> 00:44:26.640 Our suffering. 00:44:26.760 --> 00:44:27.780 Economic hardship. 00:44:27.780 --> 00:44:28.740 For him. 00:44:29.120 --> 00:44:30.140 In his eyes. 00:44:30.480 --> 00:44:31.080 That's. 00:44:31.079 --> 00:44:31.719 How. 00:44:32.179 --> 00:44:32.360 We. 00:44:32.779 --> 00:44:33.219 Conquer. 00:44:33.639 --> 00:44:34.360 Through the blood. 00:44:34.579 --> 00:44:35.119 Of Jesus. 00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:39.679 We have. 00:44:40.179 --> 00:44:41.299 A triune enemy. 00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:43.519 Dragon. 00:44:43.900 --> 00:44:44.239 Beast. 00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:45.139 False prophet. 00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:46.799 Who is waging war. 00:44:46.940 --> 00:44:47.960 Against us. 00:44:48.239 --> 00:44:48.920 And the beast. 00:44:49.079 --> 00:44:49.900 The second member. 00:44:50.039 --> 00:44:51.019 Of the anti-ternity. 00:44:51.319 --> 00:44:52.219 He is using. 00:44:52.319 --> 00:44:53.360 The power of the state. 00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:54.519 In various ways. 00:44:54.559 --> 00:44:55.079 And forms. 00:44:55.819 --> 00:44:56.840 To oppress. 00:44:57.039 --> 00:44:57.840 God's people. 00:44:58.039 --> 00:44:58.980 And harm us. 00:44:58.980 --> 00:45:01.079 It's happening. 00:45:01.079 --> 00:45:01.599 Today. 00:45:02.900 --> 00:45:03.900 We have a brother. 00:45:04.019 --> 00:45:04.679 Simon Rye. 00:45:04.760 --> 00:45:05.380 In Nepal. 00:45:05.860 --> 00:45:06.800 Who's facing. 00:45:07.159 --> 00:45:07.940 Jail time. 00:45:11.199 --> 00:45:12.019 It's happening. 00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:12.480 Today. 00:45:13.420 --> 00:45:14.780 We have brothers and sisters. 00:45:14.780 --> 00:45:16.000 All around the world. 00:45:16.559 --> 00:45:17.900 I have on my phone. 00:45:18.039 --> 00:45:19.300 An open doors app. 00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:21.760 It gives me a person. 00:45:21.760 --> 00:45:22.620 To pray for. 00:45:23.019 --> 00:45:23.960 People to pray for. 00:45:24.060 --> 00:45:24.340 Every day. 00:45:24.440 --> 00:45:25.200 From around the world. 00:45:25.360 --> 00:45:26.140 Suffering Christians. 00:45:26.300 --> 00:45:27.100 Persecuted Christians. 00:45:27.420 --> 00:45:28.200 I've been praying for. 00:45:28.280 --> 00:45:29.480 A 65 year old woman. 00:45:29.640 --> 00:45:30.220 From Iran. 00:45:30.320 --> 00:45:30.980 All week. 00:45:31.380 --> 00:45:32.320 Who is suffering. 00:45:32.820 --> 00:45:33.260 State. 00:45:33.660 --> 00:45:34.180 Sponsored. 00:45:34.860 --> 00:45:35.380 Persecution. 00:45:36.980 --> 00:45:38.060 It's happening now. 00:45:39.060 --> 00:45:40.340 The beast is at work. 00:45:40.340 --> 00:45:43.180 The satanic's presence. 00:45:43.980 --> 00:45:44.980 Manifesting itself. 00:45:45.220 --> 00:45:46.140 In human governments. 00:45:47.720 --> 00:45:48.240 Causing. 00:45:48.960 --> 00:45:50.120 God's people to suffer. 00:45:50.260 --> 00:45:50.800 And we must. 00:45:51.240 --> 00:45:52.420 We must endure it. 00:45:52.720 --> 00:45:52.900 Okay. 00:45:52.900 --> 00:45:54.579 I'm going to whip through these five applications. 00:45:54.880 --> 00:45:55.600 First is this. 00:45:56.380 --> 00:45:56.820 Beware. 00:45:57.700 --> 00:45:57.860 The. 00:45:58.519 --> 00:46:00.380 The veil is being pulled back. 00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:01.840 Beware. 00:46:02.079 --> 00:46:03.559 Of what truly is happening. 00:46:03.680 --> 00:46:04.039 We're given. 00:46:04.260 --> 00:46:06.440 A view of the true conflict. 00:46:06.440 --> 00:46:08.720 Raging in our world right now. 00:46:08.719 --> 00:46:09.719 Second. 00:46:11.839 --> 00:46:12.679 Be steadfast. 00:46:13.899 --> 00:46:14.839 Endure by faith. 00:46:16.399 --> 00:46:18.299 We have suffering brothers and sisters. 00:46:18.299 --> 00:46:19.259 All around the world. 00:46:19.859 --> 00:46:21.079 We must overcome. 00:46:21.539 --> 00:46:22.719 No matter what comes. 00:46:23.939 --> 00:46:24.359 Third. 00:46:24.719 --> 00:46:25.679 God is in control. 00:46:26.959 --> 00:46:28.419 He alone sets the times. 00:46:29.079 --> 00:46:30.759 He alone is the one who gives authority. 00:46:31.239 --> 00:46:33.839 He is the one who wrote our names. 00:46:33.839 --> 00:46:35.359 In the Lamb's book of life. 00:46:35.439 --> 00:46:37.279 Before the foundation of the world. 00:46:37.280 --> 00:46:39.100 He is the sovereign one. 00:46:39.700 --> 00:46:41.100 He is in control. 00:46:41.519 --> 00:46:43.660 And the anti-trinity might make a claim. 00:46:44.019 --> 00:46:47.500 But our great triune God wins in the end. 00:46:48.400 --> 00:46:49.800 So we trust in the sovereignty. 00:46:51.120 --> 00:46:51.800 We trust this is. 00:46:52.060 --> 00:46:52.980 He's working it out. 00:46:53.640 --> 00:46:55.100 Though our suffering is a part of it. 00:46:57.320 --> 00:46:57.920 Fourth. 00:46:59.920 --> 00:47:00.980 The irony. 00:47:00.980 --> 00:47:05.619 Followers of the Lamb. 00:47:06.360 --> 00:47:09.219 Have been delivered from God's future and eternal wrath. 00:47:09.800 --> 00:47:14.519 But suffer the present temporary wrath of the dragon now. 00:47:15.699 --> 00:47:16.800 The irony is. 00:47:17.099 --> 00:47:18.659 The followers of the beast. 00:47:19.380 --> 00:47:23.199 Have been delivered from the dragon's present and temporary wrath now. 00:47:23.760 --> 00:47:27.699 But they will suffer God's future and eternal wrath to come. 00:47:27.699 --> 00:47:30.939 We've got work to do. 00:47:34.939 --> 00:47:36.699 Where you come down on the Lamb. 00:47:37.379 --> 00:47:40.339 Determines your present and your future. 00:47:42.019 --> 00:47:42.899 All of it. 00:47:46.119 --> 00:47:47.980 We follow the Lamb who was slain. 00:47:50.319 --> 00:47:50.839 Fifth. 00:47:50.840 --> 00:47:53.760 The end game. 00:47:54.300 --> 00:47:55.220 Is worship. 00:47:56.340 --> 00:47:57.340 The beast. 00:47:57.960 --> 00:47:59.500 Is deceiving the world. 00:47:59.920 --> 00:48:01.059 To gain followers. 00:48:01.480 --> 00:48:04.600 In order to worship the dragon and himself. 00:48:05.559 --> 00:48:06.620 The Lamb. 00:48:07.620 --> 00:48:09.400 Is died and was slain. 00:48:09.500 --> 00:48:10.800 To gather followers. 00:48:11.320 --> 00:48:13.220 To worship the one on the throne. 00:48:13.480 --> 00:48:14.460 And him. 00:48:14.460 --> 00:48:17.699 It's about worship. 00:48:19.019 --> 00:48:20.720 And what we're going to see in two weeks. 00:48:21.360 --> 00:48:24.960 Is that we stand our ground with the Lamb. 00:48:25.940 --> 00:48:29.920 With praise on our lips. 00:48:31.500 --> 00:48:35.599 We are in a cosmic battle over the hearts of men and women. 00:48:35.599 --> 00:48:40.219 For who they will worship. 00:48:44.199 --> 00:48:44.679 Toothbrush. 00:48:46.199 --> 00:48:47.199 Dental hygiene. 00:48:48.339 --> 00:48:48.860 Cats. 00:48:49.099 --> 00:48:49.759 Who knows. 00:48:51.900 --> 00:48:52.980 Human beings. 00:48:55.299 --> 00:48:57.139 Our purpose is to worship God. 00:48:59.420 --> 00:49:01.279 You're either going to worship the Lamb. 00:49:02.019 --> 00:49:03.019 Or the beast. 00:49:03.019 --> 00:49:03.099 Christ. 00:49:04.320 --> 00:49:06.079 It's a claim to your Savior. 00:49:07.500 --> 00:49:08.259 God in heaven. 00:49:08.599 --> 00:49:09.199 Help us. 00:49:09.960 --> 00:49:10.960 Help us to see. 00:49:11.179 --> 00:49:12.360 Help us to be discerning. 00:49:12.759 --> 00:49:15.179 Help us to not be overly fearful. 00:49:15.780 --> 00:49:17.659 Help us to not be afraid. 00:49:18.119 --> 00:49:20.360 But help us to stand our ground. 00:49:20.360 --> 00:49:22.059 In the name of Jesus. 00:49:23.900 --> 00:49:26.480 For the glory of your great name. 00:49:27.920 --> 00:49:29.420 And for the good of all people. 00:49:30.920 --> 00:49:32.099 Pray this in Jesus name. 00:49:32.099 --> 00:49:33.019 Amen. 00:49:33.019 --> 00:49:33.199 Amen.