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. . . Well, good evening, everyone. Welcome back to Mountain Baptist Church. Take your song books and turn to song 439. Nope. No. 429. Song 429 in your song books. We're going to sing Hark the Herald Angels Sing. If you would stand, we'll sing song 429. Hark the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn king Peace on earth and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled Joyful all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies. With angelic hosts proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem. Hark, the herald angels sing, glory to the newborn King. Christ by highest heaven adored, Christ the everlasting Lord. Late in time behold him come, offspring of a virgin's womb. Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, hail the incarnate Deity. Pleased as men with men to dwell, Jesus our Emmanuel. Hark, the herald angels sing, glory to the newborn King. Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace, hail the Son of Righteousness. Light and life to all he brings, risen with healing in his wings. Mild he lays his glory by, born that man no more may die. Born to raise the sons of earth, born to give them second birth. Hark, the herald angels sing, glory to the newborn King. Come, desires of nations come, fix in us thy humble home. Rise the woman's conquering seed, bruise in us the serpent's head. Adam's likeness now effaced, stamp thine image in its place. Second Adam from above, state us in thy love. Hark, the herald angels sing, glory to the newborn King. Let's pray. Heavenly Father of the Lord, we just want to thank you God, Lord, for the service tonight. Thank you, Lord, for the service this morning and the sermon that Pastor prepared for us. I pray, Lord, now that you would receive all the honor and glory out of everything said and done. Thank you for the souls that were saved this afternoon as well, Lord. In Jesus' name we ask all of you, amen. All right, may be seated and turn in your song books just one page over to song 431. Song 431, we'll sing Silent Night. Song 431. Silent night, holy night. All is calm, all is bright. Round yon virgin, mother and child. Holy infant so tender and mild. Sleep in heavenly peace. Sleep in heavenly peace. Silent night, holy night. Shepherds quake at the sight. Glories stream from heaven afar. Heavenly hosts sing hallelujah. Christ the Savior is born. Christ the Savior is born. Silent night, holy night. Son of God, love's pure light. Radiant beings from thy holy face. With the dawn of redeeming grace. Jesus, Lord, at thy birth. Jesus, Lord, at thy birth. Silent night, holy night. Wondrous star, lend thy light. With the angels let us sing hallelujah to our King. Christ the Savior is born. Christ the Savior is born. Amen. Gotta love some Christmas songs. Oh, okay. Well, welcome back to Mount Baptist Church, and just want to get the sewing numbers here first. Brother Richie made it back alive, so we're happy about that. But he did get one saved out there, so I think we had four today then, because you had, you guys had one, and then each group had one where we were at. So four today. I know Brother Jim said that he had three since the last time he was here, so that would be seven. Do we have any during this week? Okay, so seven saved this week. So keep up the good work with soul winning, and yeah. As far as announcements go, nothing's really changed from this morning. We just don't forget about the regional soul winning times on Tuesday and Wednesday, and our chapter memory or book memory is Jude, and then Psalm 116 verse 13 is our memory verse for the week, and our upcoming events, just men, obviously I'll remind you on Wednesday, but we have our prayer meeting this coming Friday at 7 p.m., and then the women's prayer meeting is going to be that next Saturday, and then we're going to have the Christmas party on December 11th. Sign up sheets over there. I haven't checked to see if anybody's put anything on it, but yeah. So you should have a fun time with that, and birthdays. We got the birthdays this morning, and the pregnancies. Be in prayer for all the ladies on the pregnancy list here, especially as we're coming up to December, so that's the next due dates on the list here, and so yeah. Just be in prayer for all these ladies, so eight ladies on the pregnancy list as of right now. So I'm trying to think if there's anything else. That's pretty much all I got for announcements. Yep, that's pretty much it. Brother Dave's going to come sing one more song, and then who's reading tonight? Anybody reading tonight? Going once, going twice. Who wants to read Revelation 13? You want to? All right. Brother Richie's going to read Revelation chapter 13 after we sing one more song. All right, take your song books and turn to song number two. Song number two. We'll sing Glory to His Name, song number two. Down at the cross where my Savior died, Down where from cleansing from sin I cried, There to my heart was the blood applied, Glory to His name, Glory to His name, Glory to His name, There to my heart was the blood applied, Glory to His name, I am so wondrously saved from sin, Jesus so sweetly abides within, There at the cross where He took me in, Glory to His name, Glory to His name, Glory to His name, There to my heart was the blood applied, Glory to His name, Oh precious fountain that saves from sin, I am so glad I have entered and there Jesus saves me and keeps me clean, Glory to His name, Glory to His name, Glory to His name, There to my heart was the blood applied, Glory to His name, Come to this fountain so rich and sweet, Cast thy poor soul at the Savior's feet, Plunge into day and be made complete, Glory to His name, Glory to His name, Glory to His name, There to my heart was the blood applied, Glory to His name. All right, take your Bibles and turn to Revelation chapter number 13. Revelation 13. We'll have brother Richie read that for us. Oh, all right. Revelation chapter 13. If you're there, say amen. All right. And I stood upon the sand of the sea and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like into a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion, and the dragon gave him his power and his seed and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death, and his deadly wound was healed, and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast, and they worshipped the beast saying, Who is like unto the beast? Who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, and then that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints and to overcome them, and power was given him over all kindreds and tongues and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him whose names are not written in the book of life of the lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear let him hear. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity. He that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast, saying to them that dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast which had the wound by a sword and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads. And that no man might buy or sell save he that had the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name. Here is wisdom, let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast. For is the number of a man, and his number is six hundred threescore and six. Let's pray. Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for the second service and just fill Pastor Robinson with your spirit as he teaches us out of your word. In Jesus name I pray. Amen. Amen. So you're there in Revelation chapter 13 and we are continuing our study through the book of Revelation. So as you know in chapter 12 we kind of step back and we're retelling the story and we were dealing with basically the first half of that seven year period which would be considered like the beginning of sorrows or the tribulation if you will, but then this is going to be getting into the great tribulation. And so we see here the first thing that's mentioned here is the beast is coming on the scene. And the beast is the Antichrist. So in Revelation you don't see that term Antichrist, you just see the term the beast or in other places you'll see the son of perdition, that wicked one. There is a place where he calls him the Antichrist in 1st John, but this is the Antichrist is coming on the scene. And this is in the halfway point that you really see him. He was there at the beginning, he was there at the very beginning, but this is where he's going to come to power and this is where he's going to be given power to make war with the saints. But notice what it says here in verse one. It says, I stood upon the sand of the sea and saw a beast rise up out of the sea having seven heads and ten horns and upon his horns ten crowns and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard and his feet were as the feet of a bear and his mouth as the mouth of a lion and the dragon gave him his power and his seat and great authority. So we see this beast coming up out of the sea straight up like Godzilla, you know, like obviously that's not what's going to happen, you know, like this is a lot of this is figurative as far as what's being said or what it represents, right? But the thing that I want you to see here is that you see the beast comes up out of the sea and he has upon his he has seven heads and ten horns and notice upon his horns ten crowns. Go to Revelation chapter 12 and this is something that I really just kind of put two and two together just recently is the fact that in chapter 12 you're talking about the dragon that has seven heads and ten horns this is talking about the beast that has seven heads and ten horns and I do believe that you're dealing with two different like you're dealing with the dragon the beast or two different people if you will like the dragon is the devil whereas the beast is a man and the beast, you know, it wouldn't make any sense that the dragon's giving the beast power if it's the same person, okay? But notice that there's a little differences here and I'll probably get into this a little more when we get into chapter 17 because we're going to really get into these seven heads and ten horns and what these represent but notice in chapter 12 verse 3 it says and there appeared another wonder in heaven and behold a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns upon his heads. You notice a little difference there? The fact is is that in chapter 12 there's seven crowns upon the seven heads in chapter 13 there's there's ten crowns upon the ten horns and I believe the reasoning for this or you know basically you have this dragon that has seven heads and ten horns then you have this beast that has seven heads and ten horns but the crowns are representing the fact that the devil throughout history which we'll get to in more depth those seven heads represent seven kingdoms of time past up to the kingdom that you're at as far as the worldwide kingdom whereas the ten horns represent kings of that time at that last kingdom, okay? And it's interesting that the beast you're dealing with these these ten crowns on these ten horns with the beast that has seven heads and ten horns. I personally believe that the seven heads and ten horns represent the same kingdoms, okay? Whether you're dealing with the the dragon or whether you're dealing with the beast or the antichrist but I don't know about you but I always put those two together as if it's the same creature but it's not it's the dragons in chapter 12 seven heads ten horns and then you have the beast that has seven heads and ten horns but where the crowns are are a little different, okay? And so something to think about there and I'll get more into detail on that as far as what the the seven heads represent what the ten horns would represent chapter 17 really hits that and that's kind of what that chapter is about dealing with Babylon. But go to chapter seven of Daniel chapter seven of Daniel chapter seven of Daniel and what do we see about this beast and keep your finger obviously in Revelation chapter 13 but what do you see about this beast? The beast looks like a leopard that has the feet of a bear and a mouth of a lion. Now I want you to read here read with me here in Daniel chapter seven and verse two it says Daniel spake and said I saw in my vision by night and behold the four winds of the heavens strove upon the great sea. So something very similar right? Now if you want really a really in-depth on these beasts that I'm going to get into here you really need to listen to my sermon from Daniel chapter seven where I break down each one of these beasts and show you what kingdom they represent all that I'm not going to do that tonight but I do want you to show you here that this final beast or this this this this diverse beast that we're going to see here is a culmination of these kingdoms or these beasts here because notice what it says here in verse three and four beasts came up from the sea diverse one from another the first was like a lion and had eagle's wings and I beheld till the the wings thereof were plucked and it was lifted up from the earth and made stand upon the feet as a man and a man's heart was given to it so the first beast that comes up out of the sea is like a lion the second notice what it says in verse five and I beheld another beast the second like to a bear and it raised up itself on one side and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it and they said thus unto it arise devour much flesh so the second one is like a bear so you lion bear and verse six it says after this I beheld lo another like a leopard which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl and the beast had also four heads and dominion was given to it and so with those three you have the the lion the bear the leopard and when you're talking about this beast that's coming out of the the sea it looks like a leopard has the feet of a bear in the mouth of a lion but verse seven here of Daniel is the beast we're actually talking about now the beast that we're actually talking about that's in revelation 13 in Daniel chapter seven doesn't really tell you what it looks like okay notice what it says here I mean it gives you a little description but it doesn't tell you like what kind of animal it looks like it says in verse seven after this I saw in the night visions behold a fourth beast dreadful and terrible and strong exceedingly and it had great iron teeth it devoured and breaking pieces and stamped the residue with the feet of it and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it and it had 10 horns okay so this beast clearly has 10 horns what what does this beast have that came out of the sea in revelation 13 10 horns but it says it's diverse from the rest but it's diverse in the fact that it's kind of like a culmination of those and you know go back to the sermon on Daniel chapter seven because the first beast the the lion is Babylon the the bear is the Medo-Persian empire or the Persian empire and the the leopard is actually the Grecian empire okay and so when you get into uh this diverse beast I believe that's what we're dealing with in revelation chapter 13 okay verse eight there of Daniel 7 it says I considered the horns and behold there came up among them another little horn before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots and behold in in this horn were eyes like eyes of a man and a mouse speaking great things and we're dealing with the antichrist that's coming out of that diverse beast if you will okay but again that's a I don't want to get too much detail with that because you really got to go listen to my sermons on Daniel 2 Daniel 7 and seeing those correlations with the the image and also with those beasts and what those kingdoms represent but the thing that we see here in revelation chapter 13 in verse 2 is that this beast obviously what the correlation of those kingdoms it's basically like all these these powers that are being put into one and it says that the dragon gave him his power and his seat and great authority now this is a very good thing or a doctrine that you need to understand is that God does not set up every king that God does not ordain every person in leadership because that's something that Christians struggle with they're just like well God put Obama in there now it could it it could definitely be the judgment of God that Obama got in office or that Biden's in office or that you know whatever wicked people are in office and you could look at that and be like well that's the judgment of God but the thing that God ordained that person for that position and that that was his man that he picked is ridiculous and the thing is is that when you think well you got to obey the government you got to obey your authorities you got to obey the king are you going to obey the antichrist because that's what I have to say about that the antichrist is a man that's going to be in a position of authority over the whole world and guess what who gave him his power and seat and authority the devil okay the dragon is is the one that gave him that power and that's the old serpent the devil which is satan but how about hosia chapter 8 go to hosia chapter 8 and verse 4 so anybody tries to tell you that God sets up everybody in leadership first of all you can take him to that and be like all right well I guess you're gonna worship the antichrist then you're gonna do what the antichrist says because the devil is actually the one that gives him his power okay now obviously God like lets it happen okay because God could just crush everything all at once if he wanted to but he's not the one that or he did not put the antichrist in his position of authority and set that up now did he put Saul in a position of authority yeah did he put David in a position of authority has he put other kings in positions of authority yeah I believe so but not everybody okay and that's where you get that Calvin is like God's a puppet master like putting everybody into their positions and all that no actually notice what it says in hosia chapter 8 verse 4 they have set up kings but not by me it sounds like there's kings that aren't set up by God they have set up kings but not by me they have made princes and I knew it not of their silver and their gold have they made them idols that they may be cut off it kind of sounds fitting to the antichrist because the next thing he's going to do is make a big idol well actually the false prophet's going to make a big idol and the idea there is that he didn't set up the antichrist he didn't set that up and so it's not and a lot of people too is like oh this is all the wrath of God this right now what works what I'm reading in revelation chapter 13 is not the wrath of God chapter 12 was not the wrath of God actually it says that the devil came down having great wrath okay so if you want to say whose wrath it is is the devil's wrath and this is the second portion of that set that seven year period where he's going to set up the antichrist to have world power and he's going to make war with the saints and I just want that to be very clear that the antichrist is set up by the devil himself okay but it also shows you that the beast and the devil are two different people the the dragon is the devil that you know lucifer that felt you know that fell from heaven in chapter 12 that obviously is not a human being the antichrist is the man of sin he's a human being okay and the antichrist this is something very important to understand here is that the antichrist is actually going to die what starts off or gives him this power and seed of authority is the fact that he's going to die and come back to life now I believe that he's actually going to die and come back to life because the idea here is that this event that's going to happen here that I'm about to read in revelation chapter 13 it has to be so miraculous for people to wonder for the whole world to wonder after okay I believe his death has to be very obvious that he's dead okay to the point where just no one would deny that this person died because if someone like died and they're in the hospital or whatever and then whatever happened there and then he came back to life well he must not really been dead you know must have just been unconscious maybe he's in a coma right so notice what it says in revelation chapter 13 in verse 3 it says and I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death and his deadly wound was healed and all the world wondered after the beast and they worshiped the dragon which gave power unto the beast and they worshiped the beast saying who is like unto the beast who is able to make war with him so when you when you read this passage it kind of just seems like he was wounded but it says wounded to death okay that means he died now to give you further to show you that he actually dies go to revelation chapter 17. Revelation chapter 17 Revelation chapter 17 now you say well how is this possible how is this going to happen I mean frankly I don't know I don't have all the answers for you as far as like how that happens or why that would be the case or whatever the case may be all I know is that's what it says is that he's going to die but he's then he's going to be healed and when it's saying that he dies I believe he actually dies and he doesn't go to heaven okay the man of sin doesn't die and go to heaven and then come back like Lazarus okay this is a case where he's actually going to go to the bottomless pit and come back okay notice what it says in revelation 17 and verse 8 it says the beast that thou sawest was and is not and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit and go into perdition and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world when they behold the beast that was and is not and yet is now when it says is not that's like the fact that when it says joseph is not when when jacob said that about joseph when he saw the coat of many colors being rent in pieces and and also when it says that rachel weeping for her children would not be comforted because they are not that terminology of is not are not is the fact that they are dead because jacob said you know without doubt my son is rent in pieces and then obviously with rachel weeping for her children because they are not it's talking about the two-year-old children and under that were killed by harry and so you're talking about them dying or him dying and it says that the beast that thou sawest was and is not and shall ascend out of the bombast pit and that's why they're wondering and what you're going to what you're going to see in this chapter and i believe this is very clear is that you're going to see a false trinity a false trinity and that false trinity is going to be the dragon the beast and the false prophet and it's interesting how they even go in that order right in chapter 12 you had the dragon pouring out his wrath but then the anti-christ comes on the scene and the next thing that you see is the false prophet coming on the scene and the similarities to and listen is it any marvel because satan has been trying to counterfeit god throughout all this i mean you think about the seals with the the four horsemen and how that was a counterfeit of the lord he's just constantly trying to counterfeit what god does and here it's like a counterfeit trinity if you will it's a fake trinity or a false trinity where you have the dragon you have the devil and then you have the anti-christ and then you have the false prophet and i'm going to prove that a little further but what i want you to see here is that this anti-christ he's going to die and he's going to come back to life now i believe that the same person that dies is the same person that comes back to life okay that's my belief on that and you say well you know how does someone come back from hell you know like how does that happen well the devil apparently has some type of power to bring him back from the bottomless pit now as far as you know why or how i don't really have an answer for you besides the fact that the narrator speaking here saying that he's going to send out of the bottomless pit okay and i know it's not god that's doing it okay as far as the the fact that god's not the one giving the anti-crisis power this is all the workings of satan but this is why they're going to wonder about it because not is there any doubt that he died if he was in the bottomless pit okay now go to daniel chapter nine daniel chapter nine and i want to state this is that the anti-christ was on the scene from the very beginning but it's not until the middle of that that seven-year period that that 70th week if you will that week of years that he comes to power and so in revelation chapter 12 where satan is coming down and he has great wrath and he's kind of going after the whole world i believe the anti-christ is there on the scene but he hadn't died yet okay it's just like a man that's living that's that's the man of sin and this is his covenant that he's making for seven years but at the same time he hasn't died yet and he hasn't been given ultimate power okay notice what it says in verse 25 daniel 9 verse 25 it says know know therefore and understand now from the going forth of the commandment to restore to build jerusalem unto the messiah the prince shall be seven weeks and three score in two weeks the street shall be built again in the wall even in trouble as times and after three score in two weeks shall messiah be cut off so what is stating here is that messiah the prince or the prince of you think of the prince of peace right obviously um and prince just means like the first the principality you know that type of language used there but the messiah shall be cut off but not for himself well that's obviously talking about jesus being the messiah and dying for our sins okay then it goes on to say and the people of the prince that shall come so now we're talking about a different prince okay the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary now in 70 a.d the city and the sanctuary were destroyed but it doesn't say it was destroyed by the prince it says the people of the prince that shall come now who would that be well children of the devil would be the people of that prince of the prince of the antichrist and the reason i'm showing you this is because of going into chapter verse 27 there but it says the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary and the end thereof shall be with a flood and unto the end of the of the war desolations are determined okay and that's where we kind of ended with uh chapter 12 where you had the flood and the end of that war desolations are determined because the next thing we're going to see in here is the abomination desolation you're going to be dealing with the antichrist all that but notice in verse 27 here and says and he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week who's the he the prince that shall come the prince that shall come the people of the prince that shall come are going to destroy the the temple and the sanctuary i believe that already happened but the prince that shall come he's going to confirm the covenant with many for one week and in the midst of the week right and that's not necessarily dead center but it's in the middle of it right in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the ablation to cease and for the overspreading of the abominations he shall make it desolate they're talking about the abomination of desolation even until the consummation and that determined shall be poured upon a desolate now that i believe that's talking about god's wrath and the cleansing that's going to happen after the abomination desolation when god starts pouring out his wrath that's another sermon for another day okay but notice daniel chapter 11 go to daniel chapter 11 verse 22 daniel chapter 11 verse 22 so the reason i took you to daniel 9 is because i want you to see that the person that's confirming the covenant for one week is the prince that shall come which i believe is the antichrist notice what it says in daniel 11 verse 22 and with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him and shall be broken yea also the prince of the covenant so who are you talking about talking about the prince that shall come he's going to make a covenant with them for one week but when this arms of a flood come right in the end of the war desolations are determined that's when the prince of the covenant is going to be broken as well because it says shall be broken yea also the prince of the covenant that means also the prince of the covenant is going to be broken but then it goes on and i don't want to get into daniel 11 too deep here but it goes on to the fact that he's going to come back and he's going to be stronger it's going to be it's not going to be like it's going to not be like the former but the latter and it goes into the idea and then you have the abomination of desolation that's set up okay but i just want you to see there that the antichrist he's going to die ascend out of the bombless pit sound familiar to jesus okay what's the whole purpose here is that the dragon the devil what was you know when you think of isaiah 14 where it says lucifer fell from heaven what was what was he trying to do was he trying to be god or be like him he's trying to be like the most high so what's the devil's modus operandi to be like god so the devil is trying to be like god the father if you will the antichrist is literally trying he's trying to imitate the lord jesus himself because jesus it says this spake he of the resurrection of christ that his soul was not left in hell neither his flesh disease corruption this jesus had jesus hath god raised up where we all are witnesses that already done did happen okay that's the messiah that's the true prince but the prince that shall come the antichrist or if you will the christ instead of christ the false christ is going to come and try to claim to be that because i came in my father's name and you received me not another shall come in his own name him you will receive that's the antichrist that's going to come he's going to come in his own name and he's going to deceive many to think that he is the christ that he is the messiah and you get into those verses about the antichrist and the idea with the antichrist is those that deny that jesus is the christ but there's going to be the antichrist but before you get to the abomination desolation so here's the timeline that i see is that you have this you have the beginning of sorrows and all these world wars and famines that are going on and that's the first three and a half years of this this tribulation if you will at the end of that war there's all kinds of people dying but even the antichrist dies even that man of sin dies but then he's going to revive and the whole world is going to wander after him what happens next we'll go to revelation chapter 13 so the course of events is that he dies and then he's he's healed or he ascends out of the bombless pit verse 5 so revelation chapter 13 verse 5 it says and there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies and power was given unto him to continue 40 in two months and he opened his mouth and blasphemy against god to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heaven so what does he do next now it tells you that the timeline so if the first three and a half years that already took place that already happened now you have the next three and a half so you see how this is in the midst i mean this is in the midst of that week that the abomination is like now we haven't got to the abomination desolation yet but what's going to happen here go to second thessalonians chapter two second thessalonians chapter two and this is a big reason why i do believe there's going to be a physical third temple if you will meaning that there's going to be another temple that's going to be built whether it's a tabernacle of sorts as far as being something that's more of a you know transportable type of a tabernacle or whether it's going to be like a hard structure as far as like solomons or the one they built after that okay i personally believe it's going to be a hard structure i think that it's going to be an actual like stone wood you know type of structure maybe even steel i don't know what what they make it out of but at the same time i think listen they can build buildings pretty quick and especially if you have enough people behind it that want to get it done you can do it pretty quick you know they get all the materials there get it all done and get it all built it can get done okay they can build some pretty magnificent structures and so i can definitely see them building this building and here's my proof as far as why i believe there's actually going to be a physical temple because revelation 13 it says that he's going to speak blasphemy against god to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle okay and you can say well maybe he's just talking about that which is in heaven okay fair enough you know maybe at the same time look at second thessalonians chapter 2 and verse 3 second thessalonians chapter 2 and verse 3 second thessalonians chapter 2 and verse 3 says let no man deceive you by any means for that day shall not come except there come a falling way first and that man of sin be revealed the son of perdition that's talking about the the day of christ so there has to be a falling away first and the and that the man of sin be revealed the son of perdition well what is that revealing what is that okay well we already know that he already died and comes back to life but this revealing what's he going to do verse four who opposeth and exalted himself above all that is called god ordered his worship so that he as god sitteth in the temple of god showing himself that he is god this is the revealing of the anti-christ but what happened before that how's how let me ask you a question how are people going to believe that he is god right because anybody could go stand in the tunnel be like i'm god and be like all right all right all right buddy sure you are right i mean how many people have claimed to be god but at the same time why this is going to matter why people are going to actually believe this is because he's literally going to die and come back to life because he's trying to imitate christ but you know obviously he he's he's an imposter and notice what go to the annual chapter seven the annual chapter seven just to show you some other places where this happens so this isn't something that's just out of the blue or revelation is the only place that brings this up but second thessalonians chapter four it says he's going to sit in the temple of god i don't believe this is spiritual speaking like well we're all the temple of the holy ghost well he's not going to be sitting in my body saying this i mean so what does that mean you're like well you know the temple the temple of god you know is is is the church well the church is called the house of the living god i mean i can see what you're saying a little bit there but local churches how's he going to be in every single local church saying that he's god well it's the catholic church that's not the real church so you know i mean oh he's going to stand in the vatican and say he's god it's like well that's not the temple of god okay but i believe there's going to be a physical temple and this is where the abomination is going to take place abomination desolation is going to take place but first before the abomination desolation set up this happens okay but in daniel chapter 7 verse 25 it says and he shall speak great words against the most high and shall wear out the saints of the most high and think to change times and laws and they shall be given into his hand until a time times and the dividing of time sound familiar only revelation says 42 months but like i said 42 months time times half a time or dividing of time same thing or 1260 days those are all the same time frames it's all three and a half years so you know they're giving it to his hand for that obviously we know that those days are going to be shortened right he's not going to have us go through that whole 42 months or no flesh would be saved but go to daniel chapter well and just before i go to daniel chapter 11 but in verse verse 25 there chapter 7 it says think to change times and laws and what's going to happen here is you're going to have a world government a world government meaning that it's no longer like the us and russia and china it's going to be one world government so in order for that to happen i guarantee laws will have to be changed because you can't just try to melt you're gonna have to meld all that together right and you're gonna have this nice utopia of some one world government which everybody speaks about like almost openly now so for us to see this happen in our day i'd just be like uh yeah of course right i mean they're just straight up saying it the great reset you know the one world government the new world order like they're just straight up saying it they have all their g20 g60 i don't know what they all the different like secret you know meetings that they have and you know what it's all it's all it's all in the works but at the same time we don't know when exactly that's going to happen we just know that it's definitely possible and it's definitely something that would not surprise me if it happened in our day we go to daniel chapter 11 verse 36 daniel chapter 11 verse 36 in it because what we see in second thessalonians i think gives us the clear picture that he's going to sit in the temple of god saying that he's god he's going to oppose all that is called god or that is worshiped so that he as god sits in the temple of god showing himself that he is god now he's obviously not god but he's basically going to say i'm god that you know all these other god you know nothing i'm i'm it okay everything else has been false and daniel 11 is going to bolster that or basically it's going to be the same thing this says in verse 36 and the king shall do according to his will he shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god and shall speak marvelous things against the god of gods so that's the true god and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished for that that is determined shall be done and that i believe is god pouring out of breath by the way but that's again another sermon for another day i think i hit on that when we went through daniel so a lot of the stuff when i'm in daniel if you're wondering what it's talking about go back to my sermons on daniel because we get into more detail on that verse 37 neither shall he regard the god of his fathers nor the desire of women nor regard any god for he shall magnify himself above all that's interesting and so well let me just keep reading it says but in in his estate shall he honor the god of forces and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honor with gold and silver and with precious stones and pleasant things so let's break this down a little bit i mean it says that neither shall he regard the god of his fathers now this is personally why i believe the anti-christ will be a jewish anti-christ okay that and the fact that i came in my father's name and he received me not another shall come in his own name him you will receive receive but one of the big reasons why i believe the anti-christ is going to be basically a jewish anti-christ or coming through that is because of this verse right here is that he's not going to regard the god of his fathers and dealing with the fact that you know you're dealing with the god of the bible or the god of the old testament if you will or whatever the case may be and the fact that when you're dealing with the temple itself what are you dealing with but judaism right you're dealing with people that were are claiming to the the first covenant if you will and obviously the sacrifices shouldn't be done but they're going to be done again but then he's going to stand in the temple saying he's god why in that temple right why if it's like the god of the fathers of like islam or something like that then it has to do with a mosque or some uh brooker you know the the the beautiful face donkey that they have to ride around or something like that the idea here is that that's why i personally believe that it's going to be a jewish anti-christ now if it's not you know whatever i don't it doesn't bother me but the thing is is that i believe he's going to try to imitate christ and jesus was of the tribe of juda and that he came through and it says salvation is of the jews jesus said that because that's who he came through he came through judia it was all through the line that line of israel and i believe that he's going to try to imitate that and then it says here nor desire or nor the desire of women it says he's not going to regard the desire of women now a lot of people say well this is why i believe the anti-christ is a queer now granted he's a child of the devil so i mean anything's possible i say i'm not putting that off the table what do i i don't believe that's what this means okay no go to proverbs chapter 31 this is what i believe it's talking about because it says that the king shall do according to his will in verse 36 and he says he's not going to regard the desire of women okay what i believe is dealing with here is that he's got he's got he's he's basically got his what he's going to do and no one is influencing him besides the devil obviously basically there's not there's not a woman that's influencing him there's no one that's influencing him besides the god of forces which i believe would be the devil okay the dragon but uh notice in verse 30 verse 3 of proverbs 31 it says give not thy strength unto women nor the ways to that destroy of kings how many kings have been destroyed by women and actually when you read the annual chapter 11 you'll see women being involved in there and like how they're marrying people and trying to control kingdoms with with women and power right think about how they would merge power by marriage and they would use women to do that he's basically saying he's not going to regard the desire of women that's not going to stop him at all from his his goal okay that's what i believe that's stating now obviously the guy's a reprobate the guy's a child of the devil so i mean any sin is possible with that guy okay so don't get me wrong and think wow you're saying he's not a queer i'm saying that he's the most wicked person that's upon the earth so sure you know pedophile queer like whatever you know this guy is gonna be the worst of the worst okay but i don't believe that's what that's talking about i think it's it's stating that for a reason they're basically like his goal is like he's not regarding this god he's not regarding this god he's not regarding the god of his fathers he's not he's not desiring you know the desire women why because women can be a god to certain men and when it comes to solomon that was his downfall women were was his downfall and i don't think the what it's stating is that the anti-christ it's not going to be his downfall women are not going to stop him at his goal they're not going to influence him at all that he's just got his path and he's going for it okay now he's going to make war with the saints and go to daniel chapter seven daniel chapter seven it's that you're already in dana well hopefully well maybe you're not you're in proverbs so i guess i didn't matter because we're going to see this come up in revelation the next thing that we see is that he dies he's raised from the dead he goes into the temple saying he's god he's gonna make war with the saints but notice what it says in verse 21 it says i beheld so daniel seven verse 21 i beheld and the saint the same horn made war with the saints and prevailed against them until the ancient of days came now if you don't see immediately after the tribulation lord is going to come i mean this is right here it said i mean get the timeline here i beheld and the same horn horn made war with the saints and prevailed against them until so there's a time where he's not going to prevail until the ancient of days came and judgment was given to the saints of the most high and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom now what pre-tribbers want you to think is that until the ancient days come and the judgment was given unto the jews and of the most high and that the time came the jews possessed the kingdom now it's the saints it's all those that call upon name the lord that are called to be saints you're dealing with the saints where in revelation does it say anything about well the jews are going to suffer tribulation the jews he's making war with the jews no it's the saints the saints the saints you know it's those that are sanctified by the blood of christ so that's what you're dealing with here go to revelation chapter 12 because when does this happen well revelations that are things you got to show us that but revelation 12 when the the devil's modus operandi after the whole flood didn't work and he was trying to take out the whole woman when that didn't work he's kind of switched gears as far as how he's going to what he's going to go after and how he's going to accomplish that in chapter 12 verse 17 it says and the dragon was wrought with a woman and went to make war with the remnant of her seed which keep the commandments of god and have the testimony of jesus christ not the jews obviously a jew can get saved right i mean paul was a jew and a lot of the disciples were jews but we're not talking about christ rejecting jews of today that that's who he's going after okay actually that's probably who's on the anti-christ side at that time now revelation chapter 13 verse 7 notice what it says it says and it was given unto him to make war with the saints and overcome them sound familiar that's almost exactly verbatim what's said in daniel chapter 7 the only thing that we're missing is says until the ancient today shall come right but we know that's true when you know the timeline that he's going to prevail against them overcome them but obviously he's going to shorten those days so we're not going to be there for that whole 42 months of him being in power because why because jesus is going to come into clouds and he's going to save us he's going to redeem us from that and save us out of that great tribulation okay but let's keep reading that verse there he's going to overcome them and power was given him over all kindreds and tongues and nations here's the one world government so what you're going to see see in this passage you're going to see a false trinity which i'm going to show you but you're also going to see a trinity of powers if you will a one world government one world religion and one world currency that's what you're going to see in this passage you're going to see a false trinity of the dragon the beast the false prophet but you're going to see a one world government a one world religion and a one world currency that's what you're dealing with in this passage that's what the end times look like now in uh keep reading there and right there is that that's the verse to show you one world government and when you're dealing with that seven-headed dragon that's what you're dealing with when you're dealing with babylon and you're dealing with greece and you're dealing with it you're dealing with world powers like one world governments and america is close to that right now i don't think we're there yet and that's one big reason why i believe america's babylon okay because we're pretty much the world power but we're not a one world government yet there are still sovereign nations but when this happens no more sovereign nations it's all one okay now in verse eight here it says and all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him whose names are not written in the book of life of the lamb slain from the foundation of the world now what i believe this is stating is that all reprobates are going to worship him i mean think about the statement that's being made here those whose names are not written in the blame the book of life of the land slain from the foundation world meaning that their names have been blotted out now i preached a whole sermon about the book of life but i believe everybody's name is in the book of life but they're blotted out whether you die in your sins or whether you're you have been given over to a reprobate mind and you're twice dead you're blotted out those that are saved you're sealed you're you can't be blotted out okay so what i believe is stating here is that all the reprobates all the children of the devil are going to worship him just that's what's going to happen and then it goes on verse nine it says and if any man have an ear let him hear he that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity he that killeth with a sword must be killed with a sword here is the patience in the faith of the saints so what is this talking about basically those that put you into captivity are going to be put into captivity those that kill you with the sword are going to be killed with a sword because they're going to reap what they sow when this great tribulation happens and they're like killing christians or killing people or they're taking people captive that's coming back on their own pate or head now look at luke chapter 21 i want you to i want you to remember that term here's the patience in the faith of the saints okay notice what it says here in luke 21 and verse 16 it says in verse 16 and you shall be be betrayed both by parents and brethren and kins folks and friends and some of you shall they cause to be put to death and you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake but there shall not an hair of your head perish in your patience possess ye your souls so what are we talking about we're talking about being in great tribulation and basically people trying to put you to death now what i believe about this is in the great tribulation god is giving up he's going to give a promise that if you endure if you do what you're supposed to be doing that he will save you through that tribulation like that he will save you physically through that you say well you know some are being caused to be put to death although some people aren't doing what they should be doing okay but then there's a case where some won't accept deliverance why because they want a better resurrection okay so you got two cases there you got one they're not doing what they should be doing two they want to be martyred they want to die for for the cause of christ and they don't want to be delivered okay they don't accept the deliverance but the bible does say that in matthew 24 and verse 13 but but he that shall endure unto the end the same shall be saved and then he goes on to say and accept those days should be shortened there should no flesh be saved but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened and that's what we're talking about is that he's given the saints into the hand of the antichrist for 42 months he's saying if you endure into the end you'll be saved meaning that in enduring talking about those that are rooted and grounded in the faith because it talks about the the seed that's on the stony ground deareth for a while but for the word by and by is offended and he falls away meaning that you're offended and tribulation and all that works hand in hand with with persecutions tribulations why because they're not rooted and grounded so if you're rooted in ground you're you'll endure and those that endure in the faith while this is all going on it says the same shall be saved and i believe you're not talking about eternal salvation talking about physical salvation talking about lift up your head and look up for your redemption draweth nigh when you see the lord coming in the clouds that type of redemption okay that type of salvation but the fact is he's going to shorten those days because if he didn't no one would make it okay go to first peter chapter four first peter chapter four and verse 19 so when it says here is the patience in the faith of the saints and in your patience possess your souls it's not talking about eternal salvation of your souls here sometimes in the bible soul can mean just like yourself right like uh you shall save a soul from death you're saving that person from death right you're saving uh yeah so it's not always talking about like the spiritual realm of of of your being okay so when it says uh you know in in your patience possession your souls notice it says here in verse 19 of uh first peter chapter four it says wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of god commit the keeping of their souls to him and well doing as unto a faithful creator so you just need to commit that unto him and say you're going to keep me safe you're going to keep you know you're going to keep me from dying but that's going to take that's going to take faith in that time to say i'm going to keep going keep doing what you're telling me to do because i know you're going to keep me safe through these trials tribulations people are trying to kill me all this stuff is going on but you keep pressing forward that promise is given and then revelation chapter three and verse 10 notice what the wording is here and i know i preached on this when i was in revelation chapter three but i do believe this is a promise that he's giving to those that will uh endure temptations and tribulations and will hold fast his word if you will unto the end it says in verse 10 so revelation 3 verse 10 says because thou has kept the word of my what patience do you see something similar out through throughout this it says in revelation 13 here is the patience in the faith of the saints in luke 21 it says in your patience possess your souls in revelation 3 and verse 10 it says because thou has kept the word of my patience i also will keep thee from the hour of temptation which shall come upon all the world to try them to dwell on the earth behold i come quickly hold fast which thou hast and that no man take that crown why do you think he just starts saying i come quickly you're talking about being in this time of tribulation and he's saying if you hold if you keep my word of patience if you are enduring to the end if you just hold fast that what you have i'm coming i'm coming to save you out of that and it's a promise and so it's something we can hold on to and he's going to keep us from an hour of temptation because you know like shadrach misha and abednego in the hour that that trumpets you know all the the music sounds if you if you don't bow down you're gonna be cast into the burning fiery furnace well in that hour what what what's going to be your response you know what god's response is if you endure and don't bow i'm gonna keep you safe from that you know i'll also keep the and maybe he'll keep you from even being that position right but also maybe there's gonna be some miraculous thing that saves you from that and so something to think about there now when you're when you're dealing uh or the next thing that happens on the scene here is the false prophet see we haven't got to the abomination of desolation just yet and the thing is is that what you have to understand is that you're reading down through here but you don't know how much space time is taking place here right i think these things are kind of happening synonymously he's coming into the temple saying that he's god and then you know he's basically given power to make war with the saints and then this other beast comes on the scene so there's actually two beasts that are mentioned in revelation you have the antichrist but then you're going to have the false prophet notice what it says in revelation chapter 13 and verse 11 it says and i beheld another beast coming up out of the earth so notice that there's a little difference here too that's that the the antichrist came up out of the sea this one's coming up out of the earth it says out of the earth and he had two horns like a lamb and he spake as a dragon so he's going to look like a lamb speak as a dragon okay you kind of think of uh you know wolf in sheep's clothing kind of idea that he's going to look like a lamb but he's going to speak as a dragon and if you think about the fact that the dragon is always i mean the dragon is giving the beast his power and authority and then you have this other beast that's coming up and the similarities to this this other beast or this false prophet to the the holy ghost is just uncanny okay just everything is going on with the dragon the beast and the false prophet you say well it says it's a beast okay it doesn't say that it's the false prophet whoa go to revelation chapter 16 i'm going to show you the false trinity in one verse now i know some people believe that the false prophet is liking of the john the baptist and i understand where they're coming from but at the same time you know because he does signs and wonders kind of like elijah and you know john the baptist has the spirit power of elijah but when does when does john the baptist come on the scene when jesus starts his ministry before or after before he prepares the way of the lord when is the holy ghost when is the outpouring the holy ghost and the comforter coming but after the resurrection okay so i believe and and here i'm going to show you i'm going to show you some verses here that kind of prove this to you or why this would be a valid uh argument revelation 16 verse 13 says and i saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet but they are the spirit of devils working miracles which go forth unto the kings of the earth and the whole of the whole world to gather them to the battle of the great day of god almighty and that's talking about the battle of armageddon that's for another sermon for another day but you see in this one verse you have the dragon the beast and the false prophet what do you have in revelation 13 the dragon the beast and the false prophet okay or actually you look more so look at revelation 12 and 13 the dragon the beast and the false prophet and that false prophet is that other beast that came out of the of the earth now let me show you uh you know the the dragon i think is very clear obviously is the devil okay so in revelation 12 verse 9 it says and the great dragon was cast out that old serpent called the devil and satan which deceive it the whole world he was cast out into the earth and his angels were cast out with him the dragon is clearly the devil okay and i believe he would be if you were to try to equate like this false trinity the father and the dragon would be kind of the the equivalent if you will of this the good trinity the true god the false trinity you have the father and then you have the dragon you'd have the the devil right go to first john chapter two first john chapter two and verse 18 because the term anti-christ or the anti-christ uh as far as that being a person that's going to come is mentioned in the bible and uh first john chapter two and verse 18 and by the way there's going to be many antichrists there's been many antichrists but there's going to be the antichrist and in first john chapter two and verse 18 it says little children it is the last time and as you have heard that antichrist shall come now is that singular or plural that's singular right antichrist shall come even now are there many antichrists whereby we know that it is the last time so he's making a point he's like we know that there's many antichrists right now but antichrist the antichrist is coming okay he shall come and that's the prince that shall come by the way so when you see the beast what do you see antichrist so that would be the equivalent to christ right as far as the you have the father the son or you know jesus the christ that would be the second person of trinity well you have the dragon then you have the beast or the antichrist what about the false prophet go to first john chapter four first john chapter four first john chapter four and verse one beloved believe not every spirit but try the spirits whether they are of god because many what false prophets are going out into the world so what is the subject here what are we talking about false prophets hereby know ye the spirit of god so notice the the contrast here a false prophet to the spirit of god okay every spirit that confesses not or i'm sorry every spirit that confesses that jesus christ has come in the flesh is of god and every spirit that confesses not that jesus christ has come in the flesh is not of god and this is that spirit of antichrist where have you have heard that it should come and even now already is it in the world so we're not talking about obviously there there's there's antichrists that are in the world but the spirit of antichrist which shall come what are we equating that to false prophets right there's many false prophets in the world but there's going to be the false prophet and that the false prophet is the spirit of antichrist sound familiar the spirit of christ and the false prophet is the spirit of antichrist so you have the antichrist then you have the spirit of antichrist which is the false prophet and he's coming after the antichrist and specifically after his resurrection if you will it's almost like he's just imitating exactly what jesus did and obviously that's the point that he's doing there all right now go to revelation chapter 13 what's this false prophet going to do what's his purpose why is he coming on the scene his purpose is to cause everybody to worship the antichrist okay sound familiar i mean what what was what was the holy ghost job to testify of jesus and to glorify him right and that is just showing you the exact you know kind of uh correlation that we're dealing with here revelation 13 verse 12 it says and he exercised all the power of the first beat before him sound familiar i mean that is just exactly what you think about the holy ghost the whole the comforter is going to come and notice that and i don't have this in my notes but there is a passage in the bible where it says another comforter shall come meaning that jesus is a comforter right and god in general is a comforter but it says another comforter shall come the spirit of truth this is called the another beast right the correlations i mean go on and on as far as how this would correlate but keep reading there it says uh he exercised all the power of the first beast before him and caused the earth and them which dwell there and to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed and he doeth great wonders so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast saying to them that dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast which had the wound by a sword and did live so here comes the abomination of desolation okay go to second thessalonians chapter 2 second thessalonians chapter 2 i just want you to see in second thessalonians chapter 2 that i believe the the false prophet is being mentioned okay maybe not specifically but what he's going to be doing is mentioned because in second thessalonians chapter 2 we see that before the day of christ there has to be a falling away first and the man of sin is going to be revealed okay the man of sin being revealed is where he goes into the temple saying that he's god but then you're going to have the fact that you're going to have abomination of desolation but before you even have the abomination desolation as mentioned right here it states that there's going to be all these signs and wonders that are going to be done to try to point people to worship the anti-christ okay and uh second thessalonians 2 and verse 7 says for the mystery of iniquity doth already work i believe that's talking about the spirit of anti-christ by the way look at my sermon on that the mystery of iniquity only he who now leadeth will let until he be taken out of the way and then shall that wicked be revealed so the wicked being revealed is the son of perdition that's going to be revealed whom the lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming now that's a reference to the battle of armageddon where he's going to come and literally the sword that preceded that of his mouth is how he's going to destroy everybody he's going to take the beast of the false prophet and cast them into the lake of fire okay that's that's referencing too even him talking about the anti-christ or the wicked one whose coming is after the working of satan or according to the working of satan which makes sense because the anti-christ is given power by the dragon and he's given it his authority and all that with all power and signs and lying wonders and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish because they receive not the love of the truth that they might be saved so when it's talking about all power and signs and lying wonders and with all deceivableness that looks very familiar to the fact that the the false prophet is going to do it says in revelation 13 13 he doeth great wonders so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles you know deceivableness the power and signs and lying wonders that's what you're dealing with and in second thessalonians you may not put all that together that we're talking about the false prophet actually at this point you may not even know that there is a false prophet okay besides the fact that first john 4 maybe will tell you that that there's the spirit of anti-christ that shall come but revelation 13 is just very clear isn't it very clear in revelation 13 you have the anti-christ coming on a scene because the dragon is giving him his authority after the anti-christ is risen from the bottomless pit then this other beast comes up and he's basically doing all these signs and wonders to point everybody to the anti-christ to believe and worship on him okay so revelation chapter 13 verse 15 i believe this is the abomination desolation and again as far as how much time passes from when he raises from the dead walks into temples saying he's god and the anti-christ i mean the false prophet coming on the scene doing these signs and wonders and setting up this image i don't know what that space that could be happening in a week for all i know okay i don't think it's like a year going by okay because i believe that the abomination desolation happens in the midst of the week but that could be a month and it would still be in the midst of the week wouldn't it so i don't know what that time frame is i don't i don't know if it's happening on the same day i kind of doubt it's happening on the same day you know as far as he's going in temple saying he's god then boom the this this false prophet's doing all these signs and wonders and then the same day they're setting up this image there's probably a little more space going on between there but we don't really know for sure but in revelation 13 verse 15 it says and he had power i'm sorry revelation 13 in verse 14 is where it says that they should make an image to the beast which had the wound by a sword and did live verse 15 it says and he had power to give life unto the image of the beast notice that the image to the beast is an image of the beast i want to make that clear right this image is of the anti-christ so it i believe that's what it looks like it's going to look like the man of sin that's my personal belief on that that it's an image of the beast and i don't believe it's the image of the beast like we saw in verse one or two there where it's like this uh leopard that has the feet of a bear in the mouth of a lion i believe that's simplistic obviously to show you what that represents and where this guy's coming from okay but in uh this is uh in verse 15 and he had power to give life unto the image of the beast that the image of the beast should both speak and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed now people have thought about what this could be okay and a lot of people think it's technology i don't personally believe it's going to be technology right because there's obviously all kinds of uh technology out there that kind of read your thoughts and try to you know lie detector type stuff because we know this is that it's not possible for a christian to take the mark of the beast okay because it's not possible that the elect should be deceived it's as if it were possible even the elect would be deceived but it's not possible you say well you know even if they're not deceived they'll take it no because i believe there's going to be this image has power to know whether you're actually worshiping the beast now the question you ask yourself is like how does it know i don't personally believe it's technology i personally believe that when you're dealing with the anti-christ or the dragon anti-christ and the false prophet you keep dealing with devils right it even says in revelation chapter 16 that they have frogs coming out of their mouth that are devils and these devils are going around deceiving people and all that when it says he gives life unto this image i personally believe that there's demonic forces at work and i know some of us have talked about this but i actually think that it is basically stating that these demonic forces are going to know whether you're saved or not whether you're actually a believer or not and if you're a believer you're going to be put to death okay if you and if you're not a believer and you don't take the mark you can be put to death okay but if you take the mark then you're going to be prolonged for a season then you're going to go to hell for taking the mark because all those that take the mark of the beast are going to be damned you're sealing the unbelievers that take the mark of the beast are sealing their fate and there's no hope for them after that i do believe there's going to be unbelievers that don't take it i do believe there's going to probably be unbelievers that don't take it and die to not take it but i believe there's going to be believers that are going to end up maybe even trying to recant their faith just for fear of death but they're going to die because they can't actually worship the beast because there's things that christians can't do and just for verses on you know the idea of uh you know i know i know we kind of talked about you know but you know the the seven sons of skiva where it basically talks about the fact that um you know paul we know and jesus we know but who are ye i mean kind of like the the devils knew who paul was and knew who jesus was but even the fact that you know the the the devil that leaves or the unclean spirit that leaves a man it says that he comes back and no and he says that he sees that the house is swept empty swept and garnished that means devils can know whether the holy ghost is inside of you or not so that's my personal take on that and i know some of us have talked about that as far as being that but that's how i believe they're going to know because you're not just going to go down to walgreens and they'll be like aisle five get the mark of the beast okay you know aisle five get your vaccination i don't believe that's the case i don't think it's going to be i don't think the vaccination though i'm you know obviously don't agree with all this stuff trying to push down our throats i don't believe that's the mark of the beast i believe the mark of the b or i believe what's going to happen is you got to actually worship the beast and christians cannot do that even the most backslidden christians it's not going to be possible for them to do that but a backslidden christian that doesn't know what's going on is going to end up getting in that case they're going to die because they weren't ready they weren't ready they weren't watching they weren't vigilant they weren't sober and knowing what was going on and they're going to get sucked into something that is going to end up killing them but when it comes to this this image of the beast this is what the abomination desolation is i believe notice matthew chapter 24 matthew chapter 24 matthew 24 and verse 15 matthew 24 and verse 15 it says when you therefore shall see the abomination and desolation spoken about daniel the prophet stand in the holy place whoso readeth let him understand so if you didn't believe that there's a temple because the anti-christ is literally going into the temple saying that he's god what do you say about where this abomination desolation is standing standing in the holy place in matthew 13 it says standing where it ought not and daniel 11 talking about the abomination installation it says they shall place the abomination that make a desolate desolate so it's an image that's what revelation 13 is showing us because in daniel and all that we don't really know what it is right we just know that they set up this abomination desolation they put it in its place we know it's an image that both can speak and cause and that's that's another thing to think about here too is that i believe the image is what actually kills the person okay because you could think about the image like being like the judge right it's kind of giving the verdict and causing them to be put to death but how about the fact that maybe the image is actually what kills them you know that's that's what executes them okay i don't know just some thoughts there um and the last thing here is in the mark of the beast itself okay so when you saw them that they had to all worship the beast that's your one world religion okay so one world government he has power of all nations tongues kindreds and then the fact that he causes everybody to worship the beast that would be one world religion right everybody's worshiping him as god and if you don't you're going to be put to death one world religion now one world currency it says in verse 16 and he causes all all both small and great rich and poor free and bond to receive a mark in their hand their right hand or in their foreheads and that no man may might buy or sell save he that had the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name here is wisdom let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast for it is the number of a man and his number is 603 score and six i don't want to get too in depth with this because you know there's all kinds of different theories as far as what the mark of the beast is a lot of people think it's like an rfi r fid chip or whatever and i'm not against you but at the same time we don't really know exactly what this is going to be but the idea is that you can't buy or sell unless you have it and you have to worship the image to get it and so what are you dealing with a one world currency where you can't buy or sell or anything unless you're a part of this one world religion one world government and that is how things are going to go down now you may ask yourself like how are they going to cause people to take this like how are they going to trick people into thinking because everybody knows about the market you know i mean like if you just went out to the world and be like the mark of the beast 666 they're all going to know that you're talking about the devil right like that is something that's pretty universally known that 666 is not a good number to have i still remember when i got a cell a new cell phone number and they're like you can have this number or this one is pretty easy to remember because it's like 826 0666 i'm like no i don't care if it's easy to remember i'm not having 666 as my number okay can you imagine that pastor robinson's number is anyway so now what i believe they're going to probably do with this is they're probably going to they're probably going to use the bible to try to use this to say no this is the mark of god actually and the bible supports this i believe what's going to happen with the anti-christ and all that is they're going to take scripture twist it into saying this is what the bible actually taught this is what's actually said this isn't about jesus this is about the man this is about the beast obviously they're not going to call him the beast right but go to ezekiel chapter 9 and you already know this but in revelations 7 and 14 the 144 000 are sealed in their foreheads with the seal of the living god and what's the point of that seal of the living god so that when god's pouring out his rat it doesn't hurt them okay you can see that in revelation 9 where it says you know you've got to hurt them but those men which have the seal of the living god in their foreheads in ezekiel chapter 9 and verse 4 it says and the lord said unto him go through the midst of the city through the midst of jerusalem and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof so he's saying go through all jerusalem and all those that are sighing and crying for the abomination mean they're good guys they don't want to see these abominations going on put a mark on their foreheads and it says in verse 5 and the others he said in in mind hearing go after him go ye after him through the city and smite and let not your eyes spare neither have pity slay utterly old and young both maids and little children and women but come not near on any man upon whom is the mark and begin at my sanctuary then they began at the ancient men which were before the house so i personally believe that you're probably going to take ezekiel chapter 9 and twisted and try to say well no no no this isn't a mark of the beast this is the mark of god you know this is this is so that you don't get hurt and if you take this mark you're not going to be hurt you know they're going to twist it and you know who knows yeah one of those things that we're going to know once it happens but ultimately you know it's not possible for us to take it but you don't want to be in that position where you're having to make that you know like you're at i mean if you're if you're standing before the image of the beast i mean you're done besides the fact that maybe you're you're someone that's holding out faithful and and god's going to somehow deliver you from that hour of temptation as far as like there's some miraculous event to save you from that but all in all i think if you're at that point you're going to be put to death okay but uh let's end with a word of prayer the holy father we thank you today thank you for your word thank you for the book of revelation and just help us to understand it specifically these passages because they do pertain to us as far as if if they were to happen in our day and just help us to hold the word of your patience and to hold fast the things that we have to just endure into the end when it comes to our faithfulness to you and lord we just pray that if it is in our day that we be strong soldiers for you and lord we love you and pray all this in jesus christ name amen so by the day we'll come and sing one more song and that will be dismissed all right take your song books and turn to song 448 song 448 if you would stand we'll sing brethren we have met to worship song 448 brethren we have met to worship and adore the lord our god will you pray with all your power while we try to preach the word all is vain unless the spirit of the holy one come down brethren pray and holy manna will be showered all around brethren see poor sinners round you slumbering on the brink of woe death is coming hell is moving can you bear to let them go see our fathers and our mothers and our children sinking down brethren pray and holy manna will be showered all around sisters will you join and help us moses sister hated him will you help the trembling mourners who are hard with sin tell them all about the savior tell them will be found