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00:01 The following presentation was made by John Carter
00:03 to a crowd of more than 100,000 souls. 00:06 This message is one of a truth filled
series 00:09 that was delivered in the power of God's
Holy Spirit 00:12 at the Sir John Guise Stadium, Port
Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 00:16 One night, as the evangelists spoke
about the Holy Spirit, 00:20 a giant white bird flew low over the
vast audience 00:24 and the people rejoiced that God had
visited His people. 00:28 Crowd surged forward to accept Christ
as Lord and Savior. 00:32 A few days later, thousands were baptized
00:35 in the sea at Ela Beach. 00:37 All who attended these Holy Spirit anointed
meetings 00:40 were convinced that God's word is true
00:43 and His gospel is still the power of God
00:46 for the salvation of all who believed. 00:48 The message you're about to hear and
see 00:51 will not leave you the same person.
00:54 Welcome to the Carter Report at the Sir John Guise Stadium,
00:57 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 01:02 Thank you, thank you, thank you very
much. 01:04 And we have another tremendous audience
here tonight. 01:08 The audiences just seemed to get more
and more and more. 01:13 I've been told on real authority
01:16 that we're getting crowds in excess of a 100,000 people.
01:22 That's a big crowd, isn't it? 01:25 And you're part of the greatest crowd,
01:28 I think that I've ever spoken to anywhere in the world.
01:31 And also the crowd is so great 01:33 that we're thinking of setting up
01:36 another overflow over there. 01:39 We've got an overflow way down the back,
01:41 but we're thinking of setting up an overflow over on this side,
01:44 but we're still working on that. 01:46 I want to give you just the warmest
welcome tonight. 01:49 I want to say that I'm tremendously
glad to be here. 01:53 Tonight, I'm going to talk about from
Bible Prophecy, 01:58 "The Mark of the Beast
02:00 and the man with the number 666." 02:07 Now before I go any further tonight,
I want to say this. 02:10 The greatest truth in the Bible is not
the truth about 02:14 "The Mark of the Beast,"
02:16 even though that is tremendously important. 02:19 It's a part of God's last message to
a dying world, 02:24 but the most important message you can
get tonight is this, 02:28 that God loves you.
02:30 The Bible tells me that, "God so loved the world
02:34 that He gave His only son, so that whoever believes in Him
02:39 shall not perish, but have everlasting life."
02:43 And so I want you to know tonight, 02:45 God loves you and Jesus died for you.
02:50 Now tonight I'm going to come near to the desk.
02:53 What a beautiful breeze here in Port Moresby.
02:57 The breeze is just gorgeous. 02:59 And it's so cool and it makes you feel
good to be alive. 03:05 Now this is a part of the program
03:08 on "The Mark of the Beast" to those watching on television.
03:13 So I'm going to turn now to Matthew 24
03:18 that is called by Bible scholars, 03:21 "The Little Apocalypse"
03:23 because it talks about the end of the world
03:27 and the great events that take place. 03:30 So I'm going to give this right now
03:33 and then I'm going to get my friend, 03:36 Pastor Willie to come out and sing.
03:38 What a blessing he is? Matthew 24:9 and onwards.
03:42 Are you listening to me tonight? Yes! 03:45 Come on, are you listening? Yes!
03:47 Oh, boy, I think you are. 03:49 Jesus said, "Then you will be handed
over 03:52 to be persecuted and put to death."
03:56 He is talking here to His disciples. 03:59 His disciples are in all parts of the
world. 04:04 "Then you will be handed over to be
persecuted 04:07 and put to death, you will be hated
by all nations 04:12 because of me," said our Lord.
04:16 Then He said, "At that time many will turn away from the faith."
04:21 Jesus said, "A lot of people who once believed
04:25 are going to turn away from the faith 04:27 and they're going to give up because
of the great persecution 04:32 that comes upon the church.
04:34 At that time many will turn away from the faith
04:39 and will betray and hate each other." 04:42 The Bible teaches that the greatest
crisis 04:45 in the history of the world is upon
us. 04:49 "And many false prophets will appear
and deceive many people. 04:54 Because of the increase of wickedness,
05:00 the love of most will grow cold," Jesus said.
05:04 "But he who stands firm to the end will be saved."
05:09 Verse 14, "And this gospel of the kingdom 05:14 will be preached in the whole world
05:18 as a testimony to all the nations, 05:22 and then the end will come."
05:24 So Jesus said this, "The gospel of the kingdom
05:28 is going to be preached all around the world."
05:32 And the gospel of the kingdom is being preached right here
05:35 to night in fulfillment of Bible prophecy. 05:39 Jesus said, "It would happen and it
is happening here tonight." 05:44 And Jesus went on to say,
05:47 "So when you see standing in the Holy place
05:50 'the abomination that causes desolation.'" 05:54 That's the antichrist.
05:57 "Spoken of through the prophet Daniel- 06:00 let the reader understand."
06:03 And then Jesus said in the verse 19, He says,
06:08 "How dreadful it will be for those pregnant women
06:13 and nursing mothers in those days." 06:16 Because of the great time of trouble.
06:19 Jesus said, "Pray that your flight 06:21 will not take place in winter or on
the Sabbath." 06:26 People-- God's people
06:28 will be keeping the Sabbath during the final test.
06:33 I want you to know that. 06:34 And then verse 21, "For then there will
be great distress, 06:38 unequaled from the beginning of the
world 06:41 until now-and never to be equaled again."
06:46 So Jesus said-- I want you to hear this. 06:49 Jesus said, "A great crisis is coming
on the world." 06:55 And you may say to me tonight.
06:57 Why have you come so far from the United States of America?
07:02 And why have you brought your team from America and Australia?
07:06 Because we believe we are standing 07:09 on the brink of the greatest crisis
07:12 in the history of the world. 07:14 And it seems evident from this verse
07:17 that the Sabbath is going to be an issue. 07:20 Because Jesus said, "Pray that you won't
have to flee 07:23 in the winter or on the Sabbath"
07:27 because it remains as a Holy day. 07:31 And then verse 29, Jesus said,
07:35 "Immediately after the distress of those days,
07:39 the sun will be darkened, 07:41 and the moon will not give its light,
07:43 the stars will fall from the sky, 07:47 and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.
07:50 At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky
07:55 and all the nations of the earth will mourn.
07:58 They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky,
08:03 with power and great glory." 08:07 Now listen to the next verse.
08:10 "And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call,
08:15 and they will gather His elect from the four winds,
08:18 from one end of the heavens to the other." 08:22 Now, ladies and gentlemen, I want you
to know this 08:27 and I tell it to you from my heart.
08:32 I believe in Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior.
08:39 I'm not here tonight to talk about 08:41 my own opinions or my own views.
08:45 I'm here tonight because I want to be true to the Christ
08:50 who sent me to preach. 08:52 And Jesus tells me, "Right in the last
days 08:57 there is going to come a time of persecution."
09:03 And Jesus said that, "The abomination of desolation,
09:08 the great Antichrist is going to come against God's church."
09:14 And then Jesus said, 09:16 "There's going to be such a time of
trouble, 09:18 such as never was since the beginning
of time." 09:22 We are here tonight to tell you and
to show you 09:28 that there is a way of escape.
09:32 I want you to know that. 09:34 And Jesus said, "After this great time
of trouble." 09:40 Jesus said, "That He is going to come
back 09:44 in power and great glory and He is going
to come back 09:49 with the mighty angels of heaven."
09:52 And Jesus said, "He is going to gather His people,
09:56 His elect and He is going to take them home to glory."
10:02 Can any person say tonight hallelujah? 10:06 Can you say hallelujah? Hallelujah!
10:09 Now we're going to talk about "The Mark of the Beast" tonight.
10:13 We're going to deal with some strong material tonight.
10:18 But I've got good news for you. 10:20 God loves us and Jesus is coming again
10:27 to take us home to glory. 10:29 Praise the Lord. Amen and amen.
10:36 Now I am going to ask this vast audience tonight
10:40 to do something special. 10:41 I've asked you several nights.
10:45 There are some key subjects 10:49 and this is one of the key subjects,
10:52 "The Mark of the Beast." 10:54 Whenever I speak on the occult, I say
to the audience. 10:59 The devil hates this subject.
11:01 He doesn't want you here for this meeting. 11:04 And I say to the audience, I want you
to pray 11:07 right through the meeting
11:09 that the angels of God are going to surround
11:13 this vast auditorium, and God is going to come
11:18 and keep us safe 11:20 and the Spirit of God is going to come
11:22 and speak to our hearts. 11:25 And so tonight, I'm asking every person
here tonight 11:29 who believes in the Lord Jesus Christ
11:32 as I am preaching tonight from the Word of God
11:36 and I can feel tonight 11:37 that the Spirit of God is in this place.
11:40 And I can feel tonight that the Spirit of the Lord is upon me.
11:45 I can sense this tonight. 11:48 I can sense tonight the divine anointing.
11:53 Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place
11:57 and God wants to bring to you tonight a message
12:03 that is going to save you and a message 12:07 which is going to deliver you from this
present evil world 12:12 and take you home to glory.
12:14 So be it amen. 12:34 Come and fill our homes with Your presence
12:40 You alone are worthy of our reverence 12:47 As for me and my house We will serve
the Lord 12:54 As for me and my house We will serve
the Lord 13:01 As for me and my house We will serve
the Lord 13:09 We will serve the Lord
13:20 Lord, we vow to live holy 13:26 Bowing our knees to You only
13:33 As for me and my house We will serve the Lord
13:40 As for me and my house We will serve the Lord
13:47 As for me and my house We will serve the Lord
13:55 We will serve the Lord 14:02 Staying together, praying together
14:08 Any storm we can weather 14:12 Trusting in God's Word We need each
other 14:20 Fathers and mothers Sisters and brothers
14:26 In harmony and love 14:31 As for me and my house We will serve
the Lord 14:38 As for me and my house We will serve
the Lord 14:45 As for me and my house We will serve
the Lord 14:53 We will serve the Lord
15:00 Staying together, praying together 15:06 Any storm we can weather
15:10 When we're trusting in God's Word 15:14 We need each other
15:18 Fathers and mothers Sisters and brothers 15:24 In harmony and love
15:29 As for me and my house We will serve the Lord
15:36 As for me and my house We will serve the Lord
15:43 As for me and my house We will serve the Lord
15:51 We will serve 15:54 As for me and my house We will serve
the Lord 16:01 As for me and my house We will serve
the Lord 16:08 As for me and my house We will serve
the Lord 16:16 We will serve the Lord
16:22 As for me and my house We will serve the Lord
16:29 As for me and my house We will serve the Lord
16:36 As for me and my house We will serve the Lord
16:44 We will serve the Lord 16:51 We will serve the Lord
16:58 We will serve the Lord 17:13 Paul the evangelist says in the Bible
17:15 that "God will finish His work 17:17 and cut it short in righteousness."
17:19 The Prophet Joel says, 17:21 "God will pour out His spirit in the
last days, 17:23 and signs and wonders will follow."
17:25 The Carter Report believes that we are now in the end times
17:29 and His spirit is moving mightily. 17:32 During the Port Moresby campaign,
17:34 we testified that we saw the power of God revealed.
17:38 God hungry souls 17:41 could not get enough of the word of
the Lord 17:43 as at creation the Spirit of God
17:46 moved upon the face of the waters 17:48 and God brought cosmos out of chaos.
17:52 Souls were recreated in the image of the creator.
17:56 Instead of hate, there was love. 17:58 Instead of despair, there was hope.
18:00 Instead of sorrow, there was joy. 18:02 And in the place of death, God gave
life. 18:06 One night, as John Carter preached
18:08 on the person and work of the Holy Spirit 18:10 the image of a white bird was flashed
on the screens. 18:14 That moment a great white bird
18:16 flew low over the astonished congregation. 18:19 Cries of joy filled the air as the audience
recognized 18:23 that God had visited His people.
18:25 A mighty surge of Pentecostal power 18:27 swept the audience of 120,000 souls
18:31 and everyone present felt the warm comforting presence of God.
18:36 The Carter Report team invites you, my dear viewer,
18:39 to be a partner in this work. 18:41 Soldiers of the cross are wanted.
18:44 Faith partners are needed. 18:46 Write to us now here at the Carter Report,
18:49 PO Box 1900, Thousand Oaks, CA 91358 18:55 or in Australia, at PO Box 861,
18:59 Terrigal, NSW 2260. 19:02 You may also contact us online at cartereport.org
19:06 or email us at info@cartereport.org. 19:15 I have a conviction tonight
19:18 that the Spirit of the Lord is here. 19:22 I know when the Spirit of the God comes
19:24 and blesses His people 19:27 and I have a conviction I can feel the
presence of the Lord. 19:32 The greatest test for God's people is
still ahead. 19:36 Conflicts over religious liberty are
not new. 19:40 The last conflict in the world is over
religious liberty. 19:47 You go back to the days of the Roman
Empire 19:51 and the Christians were persecuted for
their faith. 19:54 The Christians would not bend, they
would not bow, 19:59 they would not budge and they were thrown
20:02 to the lions in the Circus Maximus. 20:06 God does not always deliver us in this
life time, 20:12 but He will deliver us one day in the
kingdom of God. 20:17 I want you to know that. Deliverance
is coming. 20:21 During the Dark Ages, the Great State
Church 20:25 put to death millions and millions of
earnest Christians. 20:32 A vast number of earnest Roman Catholics
20:36 who insisted in thinking for themselves, 20:40 like you folks do.
20:42 And reading their Bibles for themselves 20:45 and who would not bow their knee to
Baal. 20:48 Millions of them were butchered
20:50 by the Great State Church in the Dark Ages.
20:54 The Pilgrim Fathers came to America 20:58 because they wanted to escape
21:00 the persecution in the old world. 21:03 They wanted to get away
21:05 from that system of church and state. 21:09 They wanted to found the country,
21:11 the United States of America, which would be a church,
21:18 a church without a pope 21:21 and a state, a state without a king.
21:27 They wanted to breathe free air 21:29 and that's what I want to breathe.
21:31 I was born in liberty 21:34 and I want to be able to breathe and
live in liberty. 21:40 History records, listen to this,
21:44 because we're all involved in this. 21:46 We're not here to point the finger at
any special group. 21:51 Not at all.
21:52 History records, that Catholics, 21:56 Orthodox, Protestants, Jews,
22:01 Moslems, Hindus, and Atheists 22:05 have persecuted nonconformists
22:10 who were considered a threat. 22:14 I've shown you pictures how in the Soviet
Union 22:17 tens of millions were butchered
22:20 for their faith in Christ by the atheists. 22:26 In many parts of the world,
22:28 people are denied the privilege of worshipping Christ.
22:33 According to the dictates of their consciences 22:36 around the word today Christian churches
are still being burnt 22:43 and Christians are being murdered for
their faith. 22:48 You say, is it true? Absolutely.
22:52 The Bible teaches the just ahead is the last great conflict.
22:59 Now, what we're going to do tonight? 23:01 We're going to talk about the Mark of
the Beast. 23:05 We're going to talk about
23:06 how you and I can escape the Mark of the Beast.
23:10 And in this meeting, we want to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ.
23:15 I'm going to turn in my Bible, in the Holy Bible.
23:20 We say, "What is--" you may say, 23:23 "What is your authority in these meetings?
23:27 Is it your church?" No, no, no. 23:31 "What is your authority?"
23:34 It is, my friend, the Word of God, the Bible.
23:39 I want you to know this, whether you are a Roman Catholic,
23:43 whether you are a Protestant, whether you are a Jew,
23:47 whether you are an unbeliever. 23:50 You're welcome here tonight.
23:53 And I want you to know something. 23:55 God loves you and we love you too.
23:59 As you come into this meeting, 24:01 I hope that you'll feel surrounded
24:04 by an atmosphere of acceptance and love. 24:08 We're going to turn in the Holy Bible
to Revelation 14:14. 24:14 And we've got this giant screens here,
24:17 so you can see the Word of God with your own eyes.
24:21 "I looked, and there before me was a white cloud,
24:26 and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man as Jesus
24:30 with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand."
24:38 The Bible tells me that Jesus is going to come back
24:42 as the Lord of the harvest. 24:45 And in this symbolic portrayal of the
second coming of Christ, 24:51 He comes back with a sharp sickle
24:54 because He comes back as the Judge of all men.
25:00 I want every person here tonight 25:02 to know the 100,000 people, plus people
25:06 who are here tonight, I want you to know
25:09 we have a case pending at the judgment bar of God.
25:15 And the Bible says, 25:17 "It is appointed unto men once to die
25:19 and after that the judgment." 25:22 But the Bible teaches that Christ is
going to come back 25:26 and He comes back with a sharp sickle
in His hand. 25:31 But before He comes back to this planet
in His mercy, 25:36 in His overwhelming love,
25:41 He sends a great warning message to the world.
25:46 Because in Revelation 14:9-12, 25:52 you have God's last warning message
25:56 before the second coming of the Christ. 25:59 Revelation 14:9-12. "I beseech you."
26:05 Look at the text. A third angel. 26:10 Now there are three angels in this chapter.
26:13 The first chapter teaches the everlasting gospel
26:17 which is the good news that Christ died 26:21 for our sins on the cross.
26:24 And if you and I come to Christ, 26:26 we will receive forgiveness for our
sins. 26:30 The message of the second angel is a
warning against 26:34 a great religious system that is called
Babylon, the mighty city. 26:41 But here we have the third angel's message.
26:45 "A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice.
26:50 'If anyone worships the beast.'" 26:54 Anyone includes the Adventists, the
Baptists, the Methodists, 27:01 our beloved friends in the Roman Catholic
Church. 27:05 It includes the Pope of Rome. It includes
President Obama. 27:12 It includes everybody. It includes you
here tonight. 27:17 No person can escape this great message.
27:21 "If anyone worships the beasts and his image--"
27:26 People say, you shouldn't preach it. 27:30 Do you want me to go against God?
27:33 Do you want me to have my hands stained 27:37 with the blood of lost souls because
I was a spiritual coward 27:44 and I wouldn't stand here and preach
the Word of God? 27:51 Look at it.
27:52 "If anyone worships the beast and his image
27:57 and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand,
28:03 he, too, will drink of the wine of God's fury,
28:09 which has been poured full strength 28:13 into the cup of his wrath.
28:15 He will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence
28:22 of the holy angels and of the Lamb. 28:26 And the smoke of their torment rises
for ever and ever. 28:33 There is no rest day or night for those
who worship the beast 28:39 and its image or for anyone
28:42 who receives the mark of his name. 28:48 And in contrast, this calls for patient
endurance 28:53 on the part of the saints who obey God's
commandments 28:58 and remain faithful to Jesus."
29:01 You won't believe this, but I have people, 29:06 even ministers of religion of my own
church 29:13 and they say, "We should not preach
that." 29:16 I say to them, "You are going against
the Word of God 29:23 and God will judge you
29:26 for your disobedience to the Word of God."
29:30 My friend, I'm glad to hear that you with me tonight.
29:34 I'm glad to hear that you with me. 29:37 But the Bible says, "If I don't preach
it, 29:41 God is going to raise up somebody else
29:43 who is going to preach it." 29:44 But it's going to be preached.
29:46 And I want you to know, 29:47 it has been preached today around the
world. 29:51 Now the Bible tells us there is a contrast
29:56 to the Mark of the Beast. 29:58 Going to come over here to my blackboards.
30:01 And I want a camera to come with me 30:03 because I want you to see this
30:05 and I want you to see it real good. 30:10 The Bible here talks about the Mark,
30:16 "The Mark of the Beast." 30:21 And someone says,
30:22 "Well that term beast is an insulting term"
30:26 It is not. 30:28 It is not in anyway derogatory.
30:33 In Bible Prophecy, a beast represents a kingdom
30:39 or a power, political or religious. 30:44 And so the term beast is rather innocuous.
30:49 It simply means a great power. 30:53 And there you've got here on the blackboard,
30:55 the Mark of the Beast, 30:57 but there is something that is the contrast
31:00 to the Mark of the Beast. 31:02 And the Bible says,
31:04 "The very opposite of the Mark of the Beast,
31:07 here we got it, the commandments. 31:11 Not a man,
31:13 but the commandments of Jesus Christ. 31:19 The commandments of God.
31:22 Now, if you want to escape the Mark of the Beast,
31:25 what you've got to do? 31:27 You've got to get over here and you've
got to keep 31:30 because you love Jesus, you got to keep
the commandments of God. 31:37 I want you to see that.
31:39 You know, it's as plain as the nose on your face.
31:45 You'll never, never get the Mark of the Beast,
31:49 if you follow Jesus and you keep the commandments of God.
31:57 But the problem is, we've got people telling us today
32:00 that the commandments don't matter anymore. 32:03 Those people are getting you ready,
32:06 if you believe them for the Mark of the Beast.
32:12 When I read the Bible, 32:14 the Bible has a lot to say about the
commandments of God. 32:19 Now I want to clear up something.
32:22 We are not saved by our works. 32:26 We're not saved because we are good
enough. 32:29 We are saved because Christ is good
enough 32:33 and because Christ died for our sins.
32:37 According to the scriptures 32:39 we're saved by the grace of God.
32:43 But we are not saved to disobey God 32:47 and to break His commandments,
32:50 we're saved to love God and to keep His commandments.
32:56 You see. 32:57 Keeping God's commandments is the proof
33:03 that I am saved by the blood of Jesus. 33:08 Hear what I'm saying tonight?
33:13 In God's sight, it doesn't matter 33:15 whether you are black, white or brown
33:17 or some shade in between. 33:19 Inside, we are all the same.
33:22 The human heart needs more than things. 33:25 We need God to fill the big black hole
within us. 33:29 More than 100,000 souls every night
33:32 attended the meetings in Port Moresby 33:35 because Jesus Christ is the way, the
truth and the life. 33:39 If you would like to partake of the
blessings they received, 33:42 then write today for your DVD of this
program. 33:46 If you would also like to help light
a candle in a dark place, 33:49 then please include your gift.
33:51 You can write to John Carter 33:54 at PO Box 1900, Thousand Oaks, California
91358 34:00 or in Australia at PO Box 861,
34:04 Terrigal, NSW 2260. 34:07 This program is made possible by viewers
like you. Thank you. 34:15 Now, what we are going to do right now?
34:18 We're going to look at the commandments not of the church,
34:23 but the commandments of God. 34:26 And we're going to turn to a great text
34:28 over here, Exodus 20. 34:31 Now, you know, we're going to have
34:33 a great baptism this coming Sabbath. 34:35 This coming Saturday, we're going to
have a baptism. 34:38 You need to be in that baptism.
34:42 Now the Bible tells me in this verse here
34:45 that "God ought to be first in our lives." 34:49 And that's what I'm preaching tonight.
34:51 Because I want you to be saved. Exodus 20:1-3.
34:57 Exodus 20 is the chapter 35:00 in the Bible on the Ten Commandments.
35:03 Hey, is anybody listening here tonight? 35:06 Is anybody listening here tonight?
35:09 I want to say, God is good. All the time!
35:12 All the time. God is good! 35:14 Maranatha. Jesus is coming!
35:16 Jesus is coming. Maranatha! 35:19 Praise the Lord, I tell you tonight.
35:21 Now look at these Ten Commandments. 35:23 Can't you feel tonight
35:25 that the presence of the Lord is in this place?
35:28 Can you say, amen? Jesus is here tonight. 35:33 Can you say that tonight? Amen.
35:36 Let me hear an amen here tonight. 35:39 Amen! Look, here we have it.
35:41 The Ten Commandments, "And God spoke all these words.
35:44 'I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt,
35:52 out of the land of slavery.' 35:54 That's what God is done for His people.
35:56 He's brought us out of the slavery of sin.
36:00 "You shall have 36:03 no other gods before me."
36:09 The Bible says, "Unless Jesus is Lord of all,
36:16 He is not Lord at all." 36:21 And the Bible tells me, "Godmust be
first in my life." 36:27 But the Bible also tells me, "If I put
the church, 36:34 if I put the theologians, if I put this
organization 36:40 or that organization ahead of God,
36:44 I am preparing my soul 36:48 to receive the Mark of the Beast."
36:53 But if a person puts Christ's first 36:56 and if that person who puts Christ first,
36:59 keeps the commandments of God, 37:02 He will never ever, ever get the Mark
of the Beast. 37:08 This is the Word of the Lord.
37:13 Now we're just going to goes through this little slower now.
37:19 I'm going to move from preaching mode, 37:23 I'm gonna change down a gear.
37:26 And I'm going to go now into teaching mode.
37:32 Are you ready? 37:34 We're going to talk now about the identity
of the beast. 37:39 Remember, beast is not a derogatory
term. 37:44 It simply means a power or a kingdom.
37:50 The beast. 37:51 We have a number of identification marks.
37:55 The first is found in Revelation 13:1-2, 38:00 that describes graphically the beast.
38:05 Here it is, "The dragon stood on the shore of the sea.
38:09 And I saw a beast, a power coming up out of the sea."
38:16 Now the next verse. Roll it on. 38:20 "He had ten horns, seven heads with
ten crowns on his horns, 38:26 and on his head a blasphemous name.
38:30 This is the great beast that places upon
38:35 men and women of mark in the last days. 38:38 We have to now find out who the beast
is? 38:44 The beast I saw resembled a leopard,
38:50 but had feet like those of a bear 38:55 and a mouth like that of a lion.
38:58 The dragon gave the beast his power 39:01 and his throne and great authority."
39:06 Behold on the giant screen. 39:10 Behold the beast.
39:16 Now you won't see that beast in the zoo.
39:20 That beast is the antichrist beast. 39:26 This beast has many different characteristics.
39:32 He's made up of Greece, the leopard. 39:37 He's made up of Medo-Persia, the bear.
39:42 He speaks with the mouth of Babylon, the lion
39:46 and he is found in Europe, 39:50 the ten horns of Europe you see.
39:55 And then Revelation 13:4, Revelation 13:4 tells us
40:02 the beast accepts worship. 40:07 Now we shall see this. Revelation 13:4.
40:13 "Men worshipped the dragon, now that's the devil.
40:17 Because he'd given authority to the beast
40:21 and they also worshiped the beast. 40:25 "We gonna stop."
40:29 Worship has got nothing to do with the state.
40:33 Worship is something to do with the church.
40:39 This power is a religious power 40:45 because men and women
40:48 give their spiritual allegiance to the beast.
40:55 Point number 3, Revelation 13:5, 41:01 the beast of his church power
41:04 rules for 1,260 years. 41:10 And we should look at this Revelation
13:5, 41:14 and then after that we will go
41:16 to the Book of Revelation a little bit further.
41:19 Here we go, "The beast was given a mouth 41:23 to utter proud words and blasphemies."
41:26 He says, "He can forgive your sins." 41:28 He says, "We hold upon this earth,
41:33 the place of God almighty" says the beast
41:38 and to exercise his authority for 42 months."
41:43 Now listen to me. 41:46 In a Biblical prophetic month, there
are 30 days, 3-0, 41:53 and if you multiply 42 by 30,
41:58 you have 1,260 days, as you can see here.
42:04 The women-- Oh, now, listen. 42:08 I've got to get back to teaching mode.
42:12 In Bible Prophecy, there are two women. 42:15 A woman represents the church.
42:18 You say, "I belong to a church." 42:21 Hey, you may belong to the wrong one.
42:25 Because the Bible says, 42:27 "There is the woman who pretends to
be God's church 42:31 and there is the true church."
42:34 The Book of Revelation Chapter 12, 42:36 you have the true church of God, but
over here on this side, 42:41 you have the harlot that rides upon
the state. 42:48 So the Bible says, in Bible Prophecy,
42:50 there are two women. 42:52 One is the bride of Christ
42:54 and the other one is the great counterfeit. 43:00 We can come back to Revelation 13,
43:03 Revelation 12, Revelation-- now that will do nicely.
43:08 "The beast was given--" 43:10 These men here who're doing the projectors
43:12 and who do the computers get 15 out of 10 every night
43:17 because they do such a fantastic job. 43:20 Yes, let's say, thank you to the men
tonight 43:23 working all the controls here in this
giant auditorium. 43:27 "The beast was given a mouth to utter
proud words 43:29 and blasphemies and to exercise
43:32 its authority for forty-two months." 43:34 Now we will go to Revelation Chapter
12, 43:37 the woman that is the church.
43:39 This is talking about God's church. 43:42 "The woman fled into the desert
43:44 to a place prepared for her by God, 43:47 where she might be taken care of for
1,260 days." 43:52 And there you have the true church
43:54 being persecuted by the antichrist. 43:59 History tells me, and I think I may
even have a diagram here 44:03 that I'm going to popup on the screen,
44:05 where it talks about 1,260 days. 44:09 Oh, the 1200-- Oh, there it is.
44:12 I only have to think about it and it appears.
44:15 There we have the period of the Dark Ages.
44:18 And these dates, my friend are approximate dates.
44:23 History doesn't stop or close with a date,
44:26 but that great church became a world power in the year 538
44:33 and ruled or 1,260 years 44:37 and it comes through until 1798.
44:42 Now that great time period of more than a thousand years.
44:48 Their great time period of 1,260 years 44:52 is what historians call the Dark Ages.
45:00 The noonday of that great church 45:04 was the midnight of the world.
45:11 During the Dark Ages, millions of earnest, 45:16 devoted Christians were put to death
45:19 because they would not bend, they would not budge,
45:23 they would not bow down to Baal, 45:26 and because they believed
45:28 in reading their Bibles. 45:34 tells us
45:37 that the beast persecutes nonconformist. 45:42 Revelation 13:7, I want you to know
tonight. 45:48 I want to be a nonconformist for Jesus.
45:55 I want to stand with Jesus 45:57 even if I'm standing with the minority
46:02 because Jesus, one man and Jesus make a majority.
46:08 Hear what I'm saying? Look at this text. 46:12 "He was given power to make war against
the saints." 46:17 He makes war.
46:19 The false woman makes war against the true woman.
46:23 The harlot church makes war against the bride of the lamb.
46:29 And there you have a picture 46:31 of the bloody Spanish inquisition.
46:35 It says here, "He was given power 46:37 to make war against the saints and to
conquer them. 46:41 And he was given authority over every
tribe, people, 46:45 language and nation."
46:47 He ruled the world and when he ruled the world
46:54 it was a time of darkness and religious terrorism.
47:01 I would remind you tonight 47:04 that even though this great church persecuted
47:08 the religion of Jesus never persecuted a single soul.
47:16 God never forces us. 47:19 You can come into this meeting tonight
47:22 and you can say, "I will not do what God tells me to do."
47:28 God will never force you. 47:31 Jesus said, "I haven't come to destroy
men's lives, 47:37 but to save them."
47:43 The religion of Jesus 47:45 cnever persecuted a single soul.
47:51 The fifth identification mark is Revelation 13:2.
47:56 This church receives her power from the dragon.
48:02 Revelation 13:2, 48:06 this is the Word of the Lord.
48:11 "The beast I saw resembled a leopard." 48:14 Add a bit of Greece?
48:16 "But had feet of those of a bear." 48:18 Medo- Persia.
48:20 "And a mouth like that of a lion." 48:22 Babylon, antichrist.
48:25 "The dragon gave the beast his power 48:28 and his throne and great authority."
48:32 The Bible tells me that, 48:34 "If this great church did not gain his
power from Jesus, 48:41 but this great church got his power
from the dragon." 48:48 Now listen, the dragon is Satan,
48:54 but Satan works through earthly, earthly powers.
48:59 And in the days of Jesus, Satan was working
49:06 through the power of pagan Rome. 49:13 And history tells me
49:16 that this great religious system 49:23 got her power not from Jesus,
49:26 but from pagan Rome. 49:31 It's going to be hard for you need to
see that, 49:34 but it's over there in the City of Rome
49:37 and it has there and if you look at it hard,
49:40 you can see its says, "Caesar." 49:43 It's got the name Caesar and then it's
got his title, 49:48 Pontifex Maximus.
49:52 Pontifex Maximus is the title of the Caesars of Rome.
50:00 The dragon, what happened was the church 50:07 got all the power of pagan Rome
50:11 and pagan Rome was so called converted, 50:15 and pagan Rome gave her authority
50:19 and her power and her prestige to the church.
50:26 Not the church of Jesus, but the counterfeit church.
50:30 And if you notice up here, 50:32 look at this, it's got the name of Sixtus,
50:38 one of the popes and it calls him, 50:42 Pontifex Maximus.
50:45 You can see it with your own eyes. 50:48 And over here on this screen you can
see Constantine, 50:53 the Roman Emperor giving his authority
50:59 to the church. This is history. 51:05 We're not talking about people living
today. 51:08 We are talking about the facts of history.
51:11 And Jesus said, "You'll know the truth 51:14 and the truth will make you free." You
see? 51:19 The dragon gave him his power
51:23 and his throne and his great authority. 51:29 Every word of the prophecy came to pass.
51:34 I tell you, this is the Word of the Lord.
51:39 Now listen, the Bible says 51:42 that this power would receive a fatal
or a deadly wound 51:47 as it says in the King James Version.
51:50 You read about this in Revelation 13:3. 51:56 Revelation 13:3.
52:00 One of the heads of the beasts 52:02 seemed to have had a fatal wound.
52:05 People say, "When did that happened? 52:07 I talked about it the other night."
52:10 This great system ruled the world from 538
52:15 right through until 1798 and then General Berthier,
52:20 one of the generals of Napoleon Bonaparte, 52:24 marched down to Rome and took the Pontiff
prisoner, 52:30 after the 1,260 years.
52:33 You say, "It's incredible, I can't believe this, my friend,
52:37 believe in the God who believes in you. 52:41 If there's a person here tonight
52:43 and you've come here and you say, 52:44 "I don't believe the Bible."
52:46 Well, you better believe it now because history proves
52:52 that the prophecies of the Bible are absolutely correct.
52:57 And just a bit before then a great Roman Catholic monk
53:02 by the name of Martin Luther 53:06 started to preach the Word of God.
53:09 Now tomorrow night I'm going to talk 53:13 on how long does it take to be saved?
53:17 A part of that talk is going to be 53:19 what Martin Luther told.
53:22 The best meeting that I give in this entire series,
53:26 I think is the meeting tomorrow night. 53:30 But the preaching of Martin Luther
53:34 and those great reformers 53:37 gave to that great church a moral wound.
53:44 And did you know this, my Protestant friends?
53:47 Martin Luther taught virtually everything 53:51 I am teaching and preaching in these
meetings. 53:55 He said, "We must follow the Bible and
the Bible alone." 54:01 And he said that "Their great church
was the power 54:07 that was described in the prophecies
of the Bible. 54:11 Those churches don't teach you today
54:14 because they are afraid to teach it, 54:16 but I want you to know today
54:19 we are standing on the Word of God. 54:23 God will help us tonight.
54:26 And then the next great truth is this, 54:29 identification mark.
54:30 The Bible says that that fatal 54:33 or that mortal wound would be healed.
54:37 I'm gonna read this. There it has point number 7.
54:40 But you know I got it there in yellow. 54:42 "But the fatal wound had been healed.
54:45 The whole world was astonished and followed the beast."
54:48 The Bible says that that great church 54:51 that went down in 1798, according to
Bible prophecy 54:57 and because of the preaching
54:59 of the great prophecies of the Bible. 55:03 The Bible says that great power
55:06 is going to come back with all the might, 55:12 with all the intolerance of the Dark
Ages. 55:16 And that great power is going to enforce
55:20 the Mark of the Beast. 55:22 But I want you to know
55:24 that Jesus is going to arise in power and strength.
55:29 And He is going to slay the beast 55:32 and He is going to save His people.
55:35 Want you to know this. 55:36 I want you to know tonight
55:38 that we are on the winning side. 55:41 We have read the back of the book and
we win. 55:46 Now listen. Point number 8, I think
it is. 55:51 The Bible says that this great church
55:54 has got a man and his number is 666. 56:10 Who are these people attending the Carter
Report 56:13 at the Sir John Guise Stadium,
56:14 Port Moresby, New Papua Guinea? 56:16 Well, they come from all walks of life.
56:19 In this great congregation of more than 100,000,
56:22 we find doctors, lawyers, politicians, ambassadors,
56:26 carpenters, students, teachers, believers and unbelievers.
56:30 There are husbands and wives with their families.
56:33 There are the rich and the poor, the powerful and the weak.
56:38 They are being told that Christ alone is the way,
56:41 the truth and the life. 56:43 They are hearing the words of life
56:44 and their hearts are being strangely warmed.
56:48 Sometimes they feel that their hearts will burst
56:51 and they feel compel to hurry down to the front
56:53 to publicly confess the Savior. 56:56 They are shown in the scriptures
56:57 that God commands men everywhere to repent
57:00 and be baptized. 57:02 They respond with the holy devotion
57:04 and a passionate intensity. 57:07 Will you not join them?
57:12 Thank you for joining us today. 57:14 To become a faith partner with Pastor
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