The Final War Over Worship | Last Day of Prophecy #7 - Pastor Doug Batchelor

Thank You friends for coming I want to welcome those who are here in Charlotte we've just had a delightful time with the amazing facts and 3abn crew and our family meeting so many neat people and want to welcome those who are watching it's exciting to hear about people who are literally all over the planet that are tuning into this program now tonight we have a serious subject it's titled a war over worship I think that we would all agree that there's something that resembles a war happening in different parts of the world right now and we're calling it a war against terrorism I think even Pope Francis was quoted this last year is saying it looks like world war 3 is going to happen in piecemeal all over the planet and even this week another terrorist incident just a few facts you might be interested in largest religion in the world when you combine Protestants and Catholics is Christianity approximately two point one seven billion Christians in the world out of pushing 8 billion people there are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world virtually every other major religion is either flat as far as growth or declining Buddhism is declining Hinduism is showing flat growth judaism a number of other religions the two religions that are still showing growth Christianity in Islam Islam is growing faster historians that look at what's happening today realize this is not a political problem it's a religious problem and some have wondered does prophecy say anything about Islam does prophecy say anything about Christianity and America and this lesson is going to be talking about that and the answer is yes so let's get right into some of these prophecies here in Revelation and first one is Revelation chapter 13 verse 15 there's a verse I want you to notice speaking of the beast power that you find in Revelation 13 it says he was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast that the image of the Beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the Beast would be killed not just from that verse right there you can tell that there is going to be some conflict connected with religion it's a war connected with worship goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden with Cain and Abel and you've seen it play out several times in history let's go into the first question and that's gonna set us up for I think what you'll find to be a very interesting study how long does it say there in Revelation chapter 13 this would this beast power rule before it receives a deadly wound before it's wounded if you look in Revelation 13 verse 5 it says he's given authority to continue for 42 months now that number keep in mind in the Jewish calendar they had a lunar calendar it wasn't the Roman calendar they figured 30 days to the month 360 days to the year and then they compensate by adding another month every few years so that it would even outward the seasons that number 42 months comes to three and a half years or 1260 days which by the way is exactly half of seven three and a half years as half of seven years we've talked about in our first presentation how many times the number seven enters in and the number seven is God's number three and a half would be cutting it in half you realize there was seven years Daniel chapter 9 talks about seven years that Christ would speak to his people three and a half years in person he's cut off in the midst of the last week causing the sacrifice to cease then three and a half years through those that heard him the Apostles and then the Supreme Court of the Jewish nation plugged their ears in stone Stephen you've got three and a half years of famine during the time of Elijah now don't miss this story you know your Bibles a lot of the second book of Kings first Kings deals with Elijah a king named a hab was ruling he married a pagan queen named Jezebel and the combination of a hab and Jezebel persecuted the prophets of God for three and a half years there was a famine Elijah fled into the wilderness God miraculously fed him when he get to Revelation it talks about the woman chapter 12 fleeing into the wilderness where she is miraculously fed by God you know we got some kids playing in the balcony if somebody large and in charge could help me with that I don't want anyone to get hurt because I'm not sure there's supposed to be up there anyway alright yeah and a half years you know there's another three and a half that you find in the book of Esther the Bible says in the third year of the reign of he has you eros yes a feast that lasts 180 days what's half of three 6180 three and a half years and then there's a change in Queens you go from a pig and queen to a Jewish Queen you'll find that number several times the Ministry of Jesus three and a half years and it's often associated with persecution three and a half years Jesus is crucified three and a half years after that Stephen is stone for smarter and so when it talks about three and a half years there in Revelation it is a time of darkness and persecution all right question two when did the time period for the Beast rule begin and you find the answer for that in history because you can look at history and it's after Bible times were written the legalized the legally recognized supremacy of the Pope began in 538 ad when there went into effect a decree of Emperor Justinian making the Bishop of Rome better known as the Pope head over the churches and the definer of doctrines and the corrector of heretics and you can also read there Vaghela ascended the papal chair 538 ad under the military protection abolitionists now what was going on is Justinian the Roman Emperor he moved the capital of Rome to Constantinople he made the Pope in Rome the leader of the church and he gave him a military and called him the corrector of heretics so that he could now use civil power to enforce the religion per se that you know you're supposed to use civil power to make people believe that's very important point I'll say more about that a little later this was a turning point that happened in 538 where the Christianity suddenly became a power that began to persecute where it used to be a power motivated by love Jesus had follow me someone didn't want to follow him they turned and they walked away and so I I think that you all understand that was a change God Jesus doesn't want us to use force to make people obey you can also read here in Abbott's Roman history the transfer of the Emperor's residence to Constantinople was a sad blow to the prestige of Rome and at the same time one might have predicted her speedy decline the decline of the city of Rome but what happened is the development of the church and the drawing authority of the Bishop of Rome or the Pope gave her a new lease on life it made her again the capital this time not the political or the military capital but the religious capital of the world there is a transference that took place during that time reading on a little more to the succession of the Caesars came the succession of the pontiff's in Rome when Constantine left Rome he gave his seat to the pontiff now that's interesting quote from history because you can actually read in the Bible in Revelation 13 it says that the beast power receives its seat from the dragon the Roman power ruled by the Caesars left town and said we're gonna vacate our throne here but you can have our throne we're moving to another town and instead of Rome being the power that ruled the world with civil power military power now it was ruling through religious power we've all heard about the Holy Roman Empire in have you ever played chess you know right next to the king and queen on the outside is what piece the bishops that was developed during a time in history where all the monarchs throughout the divided Roman Empire had church representatives as advisors because the church was considered of great military power our great civil power as well as a religious influence it says the Beast receives its power seat and authority from Rome and that's what happened instead of Rome being ruled by the Caesars now it's ruled by a religious power so how long does a day represent in biblical time when you're calculating biblical prophecies doesn't mean the days a day so when it talks about this three and a half years 42 months 1260 days you realize that is a time prophecy given more different ways you'd not only find it in Daniel chapter 13 Daniel chapter I'm sorry revelation 13 revelation 12 Daniel chapter 7 this is a time period found several times in the Bible so what does a day equal in prophecy several verses share with that if you look for instance in the Book of Numbers chapter 14 verse 34 you can read there according to the number of the days in which you spied out the land 40 days for each day you shall bear your guilt one year namely forty years perhaps remember when the spies first went 12 spies to look at the promised land they came back and they gave a discouraging report God said well because you did not have faith for every day you spied the land you're gonna wander in the wilderness a year a day for a year and then you can also hear that in Ezekiel 4:6 that I have appointed you I've laid upon you a day for each year Jesus used this principle Luke chapter 13 someone came to Jesus and they said you know Herod is going to arrest you just like he killed John the Baptist Jesus said go tell that Fox that I teach do cures and cast out Devils today and tomorrow and the third day I will be perfected well this is early in Jesus ministry he did not teach three more days he taught three more years that was a prophecy Christ made and it was exactly fulfilled that way three more years Jesus used a day for a year so with that principle in mind how long is 1260 days in biblical prophesy 1260 years we gave you the starting point for when the beasts really turned into a beast began to persecute you civil military power 538 ad it's a very easily well established date in history if you go 1260 years you come to where 1798 under what's going on then what happens to the Beast after 42 months you can read in Revelation 13 it says I saw one of his heads as it was wounded to death and his deadly wound was healed and all the world wondered after the Beast it at least receives a deadly wound its power is interrupted instead of it having such a great control and influence and being and it wasn't just a religious power it was a civil power over all of Europe and even parts beyond it started to reach into South America at that point - in Central America it would be wounded it would lose some of that power what does history tell us happened in 1791 ever heard of Napoleon Bonaparte he was sweeping across Europe it was not a religious movement it was a very secular movement he sent his general Berthier into Rome and through his entrance in Rome he abolished the papal government and established a secular one they received a deadly wound Bible says in Revelation 13 10 he that leads into captivity will go into captivity and he that kills with a sword will be killed with a sword and the tables were sort of turned instead of the Inquisition and them having so much power to torture and for people to convert and there's a persecution against the Protestants the Pope was carried off into valence France to a fortress city and he died in prison there and for over a hundred and thirty years they lost their civil power but it said it would be temporary said the deadly wound would be healed and all the world would wonder you look in history and in 1929 there was a fella named Benito Mussolini anyone remember you know I'm getting old some of you remember World War two not too many left's anymore Mussolini he made a deal with the Pope he said look I need you to endorse me politically if you agree to endorse me politically so that my station will grow we will again give you your independence as a country for the Vatican we will make you once again a civil power as well as religious so that you can send your ambassadors around the world and so they signed the Lateran pact and they again began to exercise their power and it says well I forgot to read what was on the screen the Roman question tonight was a thing of the past and the Vatican was at peace with Italy it says in a fixing autographs to the memorable document healing the wound he'd been using the very same wording and as you look at what's going on in the world today would you say that they've returned to not just European but international prominence as a power just this week I saw in the paper that they did a poll and they came to the conclusion that p.m. the Pope is the most popular world figure right now he's got the highest reading if he ran for president in the US he'd probably get elected even though he wasn't born here the papacy has gained worldwide influence prestige and prominence some very interesting things have happened in the religious arena and even within the Catholic Church in the last couple of years you know I thought it was amazing that the very same day that Pope Benedict announced that he was resigning lightning struck the Vatican and a photographer got the picture this is actually a photograph I don't know there's any significance to that but I thought it was coincidental if nothing else first time in five hundred years that a living somewhat healthy Pope still had his wits about him retired and it almost looked like something had been orchestrated there was something else going on behind the scene of course the Vatican had lost a lot of influence it was rocked by several scandals there was an unsolved mystery a murder in the Vatican finance financial questions and and so for the first time then they also chose a pope from a different part of the planet used to be they always italian john paul ii was the first polish pope and now they got one from the americas who spoke spanish as well as Latin and Italian first Jesuit Pope and do you understand why the Jesuits were formed founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 their supreme purpose was in the organization of the Jesuits now I realize there's a lot of good things that are happening with education among the Jesuits and you know a lot of that is maybe simmered down as far as the public is concerned but the reason they were formed is because they were to fight against the Protestant Reformation that was the purpose that they were organized they were especially established in 1540 with a purpose to overthrow the faith of the Protestants and it was basically a secret army I don't know if you're aware that when the United States was formed people were terrified of anybody from the Catholic Church coming there were Catholics were actually persecuted in North America because the Protestants that fled here for religious freedom were afraid that they were going to bring the persecution of Europe to our country of course none of you're old enough to remember that but if you know your history you'll remember that so question five is the beef a government or a religious power well this one ends up being both first of all you know that it's using force so I must have some civil power but it definitely involved in worship for it says he causes as many as would not not what not worship is that civil or religious the image of the Beast would be killed now these words that we're looking at right now come almost directly out of the story in Daniel chapter 3 where King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon tells everybody they need to either fall down and worship the golden image that he's set up or be killed they're gonna go to the fiery furnace and of course there are three brave Hebrews Shadrach Meshach and Abednego and they say even if we lose our jobs even if we lose our lives we are not going to break that commandment that says you shall not make unto you any graven image of anything the likeness and the heaven above or the earth beneath or the water under the earth and bow down and serve them and I said we can't do that oh but you'll you'll lose your job you'll lose your life I said it's a commandment of God and the commandments were so important what if that Idol had started speaking that's what's interesting about what's happening in Revelation stay with me so it has to do a law regarding worship that's obvious also it's a civil power and I think I mentioned to you last night it came out pretty clearly in 2014 the Pope plays a major role in resolving the 50 year you asked Cuba standoff and just before we began this meeting here our president the first time and I think about over 50 years u.s. president went and began dialogue and reached across the Caribbean there with Cuba what is still outwardly a communist country is very interesting this was facilitated by the Pope you're gonna find out a little later that that's not the only time it's happened what power will support the beast in the end time here's where it gets interesting trends revelation 13 when you talk about the mark of the beast of the beast in Revelation 13 you realize that's a misnomer the way you should say it is the beasts of Revelation 13 because there's more than one if you look in revelation 13:11 it says I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth now the first beast comes up out of the sea this beast comes up out of the earth and he has two horns like a lamb question is a lamb a good thing or bad thing in Revelation what did John the Baptist say about Jesus behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world lambs good two ones like a lamb and he spoke like a dragon questions the dragon a good thing or a bad thing in Revelation bad thing so it starts out sounding good like a lamb ends up like a dragon now what is this second beast in Revelation I believe it represents North America more specifically the United States you notice when that time period that we looked at it reached from 538 who remembers that number each 1260 years from 538 comes to 1798 we already told you what was happening Europe what was happening over here 1798 the United States declared its independence in win 1776 it voted the Constitution in 1787 it adopted the Bill of Rights in 1791 and was finally recognized by the other major empires and countries as a separate world power in 1798 the reason it says his second beast rose up out of the earth is because compared to the teeming multitudes in Europe this was a vast William wilderness there were still millions of people here but it was comparatively very sparsely populated and with the the massive immigration that came from England and Spain and the Netherlands to the new world and Portugal things changed very quickly and because of some of the diseases they brought they nearly wiped out in some cases they did wipe out entire tribes and there was a great change that took place now it used to be that the the beachhead for Christianity believe it or not was once in Rome where did Paul go to preach Rome there's a book in the Bible what's it called Romans Rome at one time was a good place Christians were faithful there Peter died there the church was devoted dedicated but once it became accepted they started becoming lukewarm and it drifted from there and it's slowly over the ages it moved up into the Alps he had the Walden season the albumen season later the the Hussites and moved into France and there was a revival there and then Germany with Luther and the Reformation it went across the English Channel and you had John Wesley and George Whitfield and then they went across the Atlantic Wesleyan Whitfield were evangelist actually in North America and the pilgrims came to this country seeking religious freedom from the persecution in Europe and you almost see the gospel going around the world kind of like the Sun but those places where the gospel was so strong go to Germany today there are some good Christians here but I'll tell you friends all most of those churches are closed I've been there go to England today go to France Cara and I were in France about a month ago there's a lot of mosques but you can go to Notre Dame we went while we were there and just tourists not a lot happening Christianity is dying in a lot of that part of the world it shifted to the US and it's actually going now across the ocean we did a series in China a couple of years ago and the gospel is just exploding over there the dedication the sacrifice the persecution it's like what we once had it's changing but those who had it they take it for granted Revelation chapter 3 says they become a lukewarm it is so hard to do what we're doing here right now in Charlotte in France or in England or in Germany or in Switzerland I've been there we've had some good crowds but there is so much atheism over there but Islam is growing do you think it's an accident that the Pope came to America and spent so much time over here or that they chose a pope from South America because they're losing ground they're losing their beachhead in Europe and they're looking to places where they can form allegiances I'm getting ahead of myself says now I and I gotta make something very clear while I'm saying the second beast of Revelation chapter 13 verse 11 is the United States please don't interpret that as unpatriotic I love this country I have no plans on going anywhere I have thought about it at times when our Supreme Court makes certain decisions but no plans right now and I'll let you know that you know whenever I travel we were just in several countries this last year and you know I remember when we came back from six weeks in Russia when the iron curtain fell Karen I went and we were preaching in Russia it was wonderful they were so hungry for the gospel but when we got to America we just about got on our knees and kissed the ground in front of Taco Bell we were so thankful to be home so I mean I'm take Triana guy I'm thankful that I'm American don't misunderstand but I'm gonna tell you what the prophecies say this country that started like a lamb ends up speaking like a dragon what are those two horns like a lamb the two things that gave America's success in power is that we had a government without a king we had a church without a pope freedom of religion freedom of government he exercises all the power of the first beast before him and he forces those who dwell therein to worship the first beast who had the wound by the sword but was healed well you know America became the largest Protestant country in the world a few years ago and you know back when the pilgrims came but that has been changing and attitudes have been changing and the love for the word and the truths that we once knew a lot of folks are a lot of Christians frankly are biblically illiterate they just you know listen to a couple of televangelists now I'm one of them so I'm not trying to be critical but some of them they're not giving the meat of the word it's all milkshakes and they really don't know what the Christian history is and what people died for in the past and America would form an alliance with Rome I don't know if any of you remember this cover from a Time magazine back in 1982 it was finally revealed how involved the US was with the Catholic Church and helping overthrow the former Soviet Union and it talks about this meeting that Ronald Reagan had with and I'm frankly glad that it fell that Ronald Reagan had with Pope John Paul the second and they agreed that the u.s. sent tons of communication equipment into Poland to help solidarity with Leck melenz Oh overthrow communism in that country and once that happened the dominoes began to fall and it just collapsed it was something that was orchestrated and it's all it all came out between Ben effect you go to Poland you'll see a picture Ronald Reagan there is a bronze of it up on the screen Ronald Reagan walking with John Paul the second because they give them credit for helping overthrow communism in their country and helping them to achieve freedom this is the public knowledge the US America make an image to the second beast or the first piece that had a wound by the sword yet dead live you know I just can't forget this picture that when Pope John Paul the second died and here you've got several presidents that were there kneeling that's very different from the way things used to be America philosophically was in a very different place than the papacy we're all about religious freedom you know formed they actually tried to tell people what day to go to church that's why we have Sunday laws on our books there was a pastor who was also a leader named Roger Williams and he said you're misunderstanding it's not a question of whether we force people to keep the Ten Commandments but which ones he said the Ten Commandments are written on two tables of stone the first four are our personal relationship with God the last six deal with our relationship with our fellow man he said you cannot have a government that tells people how to keep the first four you must decide how you worship your God who your God is when you worship him what his name is you don't want anyone else telling you that do you but you don't want a government that does not enforce you don't steal you don't lie doesn't respect parental rights the last six commandments are civil they need to be supported by the government see the difference you know why everything cost so much because everybody covers everybody's stuff and they're suing everybody and so Roger Williams understood that well right now what I'm hearing is people say completely get rid of the Ten Commandments which is a bad idea or force everybody to keep all of them which is telling you who to worship and if we'd go back and realize what our founding fathers understood was the best formula that's why God put him on two different tables says he causes the earth and them that dwell therein to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed and this is what's happening now it says he makes an image to the Beast tonight I don't want to sound too superstitious but you know it really does strike me as interesting the architecture there you've got the Vatican there you've got the US Capitol that's interesting we must have really loved Roman greco-roman architecture and not only that you know what's directly in front of the Vatican is a big obelisk what's directly in front of the Capitol building the biggest obelisk in the world you'll make an image to the Beast some ways we sorted it already America has without question become the largest military power in the world this is a graph that I'm gonna put up that just shows you the spending of the US military it's 37 percent of world spending on the military compared to South Korea India Japan Germany UK France Saudi Arabia Russia and China all combined do not equal what the u.s. spends on the military don't kid yourself in spite of cutbacks we still by far have the strongest military in the world we are a superpower and the other countries recognize that and don't underestimate the influence of the papacy around the world as a National Geographic just this last year we'll the Pope changed the Vatican things have been changing I don't know if you realize but because of what's going on in Europe do you know the paper season losing influence in Italy Italy in spite of the Catholic Church's position on birth control Italy has almost zero population growth the people that live in Italy are not paying attention to the Pope he's losing his influence in Europe and locally Islam is spreading secularism is spreading and he sees how important it is to build alliances with the Christian nations in North and South America and Pope Francis bless his heart he is in overdrive working to do that right now I don't know if any of you saw this very interesting picture Kenneth Copeland James Robeson Tony Palmer who passed away helped facilitate this meeting with Pope Francis there in the Vatican he sent a video message to the charismatic sin North America Joel Osteen has been there to meet with the Pope Rick Warren I met Rick Warren a couple years ago met with the Pope and working together on marriage good things myrrh but he's building alliances you may have seen this picture of him with Bartholomew the patriarch of the Greek are the Orthodox churches and what happened just a few weeks ago for the first time in history he met with the russian orthodox patriarch rill and i'm just giving you a few pictures our media guys were kind enough to throw these in for me at the last minute because I could just go on and on and show you there is a very deliberate effort on the part of the papacy to build connections with the other Christians in the world because they see they look ahead not a year or two they look ahead centuries and they see what is happening there Christianity is being threatened by secularism by some radical Islamic beliefs and you can see the tension in the headlines every day you know why you don't see peace yet in the Middle East I remember ever since I could watch the news presidents in the United States were trying to broker peace between Palestinians in Israelis has there been a year or a week it is not in the news since 1948 why haven't they figured that out yet because it's a religious problem and these problems that have to do with worship they go very deep and I am not expecting an easy quick solution to the problem about the tension between at least fundamental or radical Islam and I want to be careful because I've got a number of Islamic Muslim friends that I do believe are peace-loving people that want peace but we know just look at the headlines that's not how everybody feels and it's not gonna go on like this forever Jesus is gonna come that's the only solution and I'm not telling you things these things to trouble you because you know I just want to pause right here and remind you even if I could tell you the day an hour of Jesus coming that would not save you and I can't tell you because nobody knows the purpose of prophecy is redemptive jesus said when these things begin to come to pass lift up your heads he said then you will know after these things have happened then you will know that I was telling the truth as you're looking back and seeing how Jesus outlined the history of the beast and the second beast and all that's happening say wow it's all unfolding just like he said why does he want us to know that that must mean what he says in the Bible about saving me from sin is true see that's the reason for prophecy it's not to just tantalize you with the future and that's what astrologers do the reason God shows you he knows about prophecy so you'll trust his word that is a supernatural book and what he says about salvation is true and that he has if he knows the history of the world does he have a history for you he has a plan for your life and nothing happens by accident with God he sees everything that's coming so just keep it in perspective number seven according to the prophecy what drastic change will take place in America it says he spoke like a dragon started out with two horns like a lamb but ends up speaking like a dragon lamb good dragon bad we all together I love my country the reason it grew the way it did is God blessed America because they gave freedom to people used to say I guess it still says it on our currency give them time they're trying to take it off our currency and god we trust' used to say one nation under God most places still say that you know there's people fighting against that see I don't think there's any problem was saying that we are our religious people I don't think there's anything problem with saying that we are judeo-christian culture we believe the 10 commandments we will require that the government supports the last six people get to choose how they keep the first for what God it is but we're getting away from even the morality of last six aren't we we're telling people well we're doing the exact opposite of what God tells us we should do says he speaks like a dragon we're already seeing it how does a country speak a nation speaks through its legislative body you know you just can't get over some of the things you saw happen just a few months ago this historic trip of Pope Francis to the United States there was no important place significant place that he missed went to the White House spoke to our our greatest august body congress the senators everybody standing ovations would they do that for a pastor goes to the United Nations goes to Philadelphia where our government was founded goes to New York City by the way do you know where Washington the Washington was sworn in was in Washington DC New York City was the first capital of the u.s. did you know that its financial capital advertising capital of the world it was all very and went to the 9/11 memorial had a joint religious service at the 9/11 memorial showing solidarity with the United States against what brought about 9/11 wasn't it some of this war on worship nobody wants to say that but we all know it was a religious zealots they did this that were ready to die for what they believe crazy as it was and so what you're seeing happening is a hand being reached across the Atlantic both ways to build some solidarity just a footnote that you may be interested in if you think I'm dreaming this up there was a time if you go back about fifty years ago every member of the Supreme Court was a Protestant systematically one by one they have either been replaced by attrition or design and now there are no Protestants on the Supreme Court there are Catholics the majority Catholics Anthony Scalia good judge he just passed away the new suggestion that our president is giving is another Catholic are not exactly Jewish and the other three are Jewish no Protestants anymore and so that perspective is kind of being left off the bench and it's he says to them that dwell on the earth revelation 13:4 they should make an image to the Beast that had the wound with a sword and yet did live now what does that mean it means that what the beast was doing during that 1260 years of using civil power to force religion is going to happen again there are going to be religious laws that will go against the law of God and every child of God is going to happen to make a decision do you obey God or man who is going to be first in your life and the decision Shadrach Meshach and Abednego had to make and Daniel had to make whether he was gonna go to Lions Den or compromise his faith every believer is gonna have to make you know what I think it's gonna revolve around boy this is quite a picture and of course you have just the red carpet was rolled out then you've got the Pope and Obama you got the US flag in this next slide and the people flag the Vatican flag flying in front of our our obelisk a little bigger than their obelisk that you got in front of the Vatican why that just says volumes doesn't it if I was a devil let me tell you what I do I don't misunderstand I'm not whatever I was I hope not if the idea is to try to get God's people to break the longer this doesn't the devil want us to sin Bible says he's coming down with great wrath because his time is short he wants to get us to sin and you know in Daniel chapter 3 he tried to get them to break the law about idolatry doesn't matter which one because if you break one you're guilty of all James in Daniel chapter 6 it was a law the first commandment don't have other gods and since it's gonna be something that deals with times and laws the beast power would think to change times and laws the only commandment that fits into all those categories could relate it to worship a time and a law is the Sabbath I would say you know what I'm gonna tell him keep all Ten Commandments but on that fourth commandment that has the name of God where it says keep the seventh day holy I don't want you to keep the day of God holy I want you to keep the day of man holy and I'm gonna give you a new commandment instead of worshiping on the seventh day worship the first day what difference does one day make and it is such a sad little small thing that most of the world is gonna say in the sake of unity sure why not we all need to make little compromises for unity where Daniel compromise his conviction did more to KI compromise his convictions that Shadrach Meshach and Abednego compromise their convictions and we mustn't either God means what he says and when God says the seventh day no man has the right to change a thus saith the Lord amen another tells us what's coming these three powers will unite against God's people in the end time and it says in Revelation 16 verse 13 I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon out of the mouth of the Beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet now where's a frog's power he no one's ever been scratched frog they catch them with their tongue out of the mouth means the words you know it says in Revelation 14 there are three angels with messages from God that go to the world here you've got almost the counterfeit of that three frauds that was a plague in Egypt they're unclean animals feed bugs and out it's talking about demonic voices untruths coming out of their mouths but what do they do they go forth to the kings of the earth and that's actually our next question will these diverse powers seek to unite yes for they are the spirits of Devil's working miracles which go forth to the kings of the earth and the whole world because he causes the whole world to worship to gather them together to that great day of God Almighty and later known as the Battle of Armageddon the Battle of Armageddon is not a war between China and Russia and the US it tells you in Revelation chapter 12 the dragon made war with the woman the Battle of Armageddon is a religious war it is a war over worship friends it's gonna all boil down in the last days who follows the dragon and who follows Christ it's gonna be the lamb and the dragon it's gonna be either the Beast or Jesus it's gonna be the mark of the beast or the seal of God you see how it's gonna play out friends and it's gonna be very subtle very clever and I just was fascinated with some of the pictures this is just another picture of the Pope at the United Nations and here's this joint religious service that they had there I believe at the 9/11 or that might have been the one that fell into Philadelphia or the 9/11 memorial what effective methods will this endtime coalition utilize it says he does great wonders so that he makes fire come down from and this is revelation 13 makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men miracles could the magician's of the pharaoh counterfeit some of the miracles of Moses they did God came to earth in his son Jesus before the end the devil says that's not fair I'm gonna come too and I don't know if he's gonna somehow incarnate a person or if he will appear as an angel of light as Paul says the devil can even appear as an angel of light the devil appeared as an angel from heaven when he tempted Jesus but Satan is somehow gonna work his masterpiece of deception and there will be signs and wonders and miracles and people around the world are gonna think this is the only thing that's gonna save us in the last days and there's gonna be a coalition of supposed Christians that will gather together and say we all need to come back to God and worship God that's good sound wonderful and they're gonna say many things we agree with that's what makes a counterfeit so dangerous it's similar to the true I think I said we all need to go to church folks will say Amen every Sunday we need to be there and they're gonna make laws that are gonna persecute those that stand up for the commandments of God not just the fourth commandment probably other Commandments as well idolatry may be involved it says an image to the beach doesn't it and people are gonna say for the sake of unity we all need to make little sacrifices of our convictions and they'll be great persecution against those who stand for God at one point there won't be allowed to buy or sell and we all know how easy will it be today in an almost cashless society to enforce that you'll go to swipe your card or to use your PIN number and it's gonna say malfunction won't work you weren't at the universal Church last week and you cannot buy or sell but economic sanctions are more than just what might happen at the supermarket does the UN and the United States now enforce economic sanctions telling countries if you don't cooperate you cannot buy or sell it's already happening it's an international economy now you can lick the waves America sneezes and the whole world gets ripples financially everyone everything is interconnected now it shouldn't surprise us what Revelation tells us gonna happen he'll do great signs and wonders and he'll deceive them that dwell upon the earth by the means of those miracles but he has power to do what's the only thing that is going to prevent God's endtime people from being deceived so last question tonight so the law into the testimony if they do not speak according to this word it's because there's no light in them it says in Acts chapter 17 verse 11 speaking of the people in Berea these were more noble than those in Thessalonica in that they received the word with all readiness of mind and they searched the scriptures to see whether those things are so you know Francis as we conclude this presentation I wonder if I could ask our Usher's again to just hand out a card and those of you who are in your groups that are watching we'd like to encourage you to do something about this and right now if you could if some of you were here today you've already done this if you did not if you'd hold up your hands for the Usher we would just like to pray for you and encourage you you know if you hear these things and you don't make a decision it's so important to say I want to make a decision about that and says hold up your hands if you did not receive one of these cards and fill out the questions here very simply I choose to put God's commandments before man-made laws if that's your desire mark then I choose to keep the seventh-day Sabbath and to worship the Creator it's in the Bible friends don't we want to follow God are you interested in being part of God's people God is bringing people together from all over based on the Bible how many churches are there gonna be when Jesus comes back to true and false mark of the beast seal of God he's gonna bring people back together for the faith that was once delivered to the Saints Ceyhan take him a card I'm praying about this decision you want us to pray for you but I still have some questions friends Jesus is coming soon and he wants us to be ready amen how many of you want to be ready like to encourage those who are with your groups some who may be watching on television you can simply go to the last day of prophecy website and you can watch them presentations maybe you've missed and prepare for what's coming upon the world as we speak these are very interesting times the Bible tells us the time of trouble is coming such as there never has been but I'm not afraid you know why because I know Jesus has a plan for my life and if Christ is with you do you need to be afraid of the fiery furnace if Christ is with you do you need to be afraid of the lion's den if Jesus is with you do you need to be afraid of the time of trouble he will go through it all with you friends but you must invite him to be in your heart have you done that yet can we do it together now Bauer yes Oh loving lord we've covered a lot tonight most of all I pray Jesus that you've come through that we realize you love us and you shown us these things because you want us to be ready for what's coming bless every person I pray that you'll give give us your Holy Spirit Lord that's the inner seal and help us to take a stand for your word we pray that you'll write your father's name in our foreheads and help us be ready Lord we know that we're living in the final hours not only do we want to be ready we know there's so many people that don't know Lord give us your spirit that we can be your witnesses and tell others that you're coming again I know that they're different struggles represented here Lord be with these people and I pray to you bless them in their lives and in their hearts in their bodies some are struggling with the Descent decision to surrender all to Jesus I pray you'll give them victory and courage to do that right now and pour out your spirit use these programs to stir us up to study your word we thank you and we pray this in Jesus name amen now friends I want to remind you there's a lot more information on the subject about the last day of prophecy it's a Sabbath truth go to Sabbath truth calm it'll be there on your website Sabbath truth calm [Music] you

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