The Time of the End Message 23-4: "The Desolater" Episode 4

Pastor Joel Laswell

A Bible study of the book of Daniel, chapter 8.  We have concluded that the four horns on the he Goat represent these four kingdoms:  1. Antigonids (283-168 BC) who governed Macedonia and Greece in the west, 2. the Seleucids (312-63 BC) who ruled Syria and Mesopotamia in the east, 3. the Ptolomies (323-30 BC) who ruled Egypt in the south, and 4. the Attalids (263-133 BC) who ruled the kingdom of Pergamum in the north.  As I stated, some of this will be argued for and against but the most important question about this for us is: Out of which of these four kingdoms did the little horn come forth?

Transcript

00:00:00Hello friends, I'm Pastor Joel Lasswell. I welcome you to our study here this morning.

00:00:09We're going to open up God's Word. We're going to go to Daniel chapter 8.

00:00:12We're continuing in Daniel chapter 8, getting into this vision that Daniel had,

00:00:18a continuation really of Daniel chapter 7, and learning some really, really great, fantastic things,

00:00:26and seeing these puzzle pieces come together, and the links of the chain connecting through prophecy.

00:00:33And I hope you'll find that more and more as we go on.

00:00:37And it's good to be with you, friends.

00:00:40I just get so excited when we get into Bible prophecy.

00:00:43Learn so much every single time. Every time.

00:00:47And I hope you are too.

00:00:48Before we begin, we want to have a word of prayer.

00:00:51Ask the Lord to bless us as we open His Word.

00:00:54So I invite you to kneel if possible.

00:00:57Always have a reverent awe when you come to your Creator and your God.

00:01:06And so if you can't kneel, let's kneel in our hearts and let's bow our heads together.

00:01:11Father in Heaven, we do thank You so very, very much for the opportunity, always, Lord, to open Your Holy Word.

00:01:18Lord, we thank You so much for Your love for us.

00:01:22You poured out all heaven.

00:01:24Knowing that we were lost, You gave up all heaven to save us.

00:01:29You sent Jesus.

00:01:31Jesus came so willingly to this dark planet to bring light to our lives and to save us from sin and the devil.

00:01:42We praise Your holy name this morning.

00:01:44Father, we thank You so much that You created a day every week to spend with us, a Sabbath day.

00:01:50We are so happy about that and we look forward to it each and every week that we know and understand that when we come before You on the Sabbath day,

00:02:01we come before all heaven.

00:02:03And, oh, what an awesome thought and such love You have for us.

00:02:08Father, we pray that You forgive us for our sins.

00:02:11We claim the blood that Jesus shed there at Calvary for our sins.

00:02:15We pray for the power and the strength and courage to do away with those darling, delicious sins that we tend to have.

00:02:25Father, please give us the victory.

00:02:27We pray for that.

00:02:29We pray for the Holy Spirit to be with us now at this time as we open Your Word.

00:02:33And we're studying important things here that pertain to our time.

00:02:36And so I pray that You give me the words to speak as we go through these studies.

00:02:42Be with those who are listening and watching.

00:02:45Open their minds and their hearts to want and love the truth.

00:02:50And give them abilities to share the truth with all.

00:02:53Please be with those who couldn't be with us here this morning.

00:02:55Those who are suffering, Lord.

00:02:57Those who are in hospitals.

00:02:58Those who are dealing with tragedies in life.

00:03:01May they come to know Thee, the true God.

00:03:03And we thank You, Thee again, for the forgiveness of sins.

00:03:08For we ask these favors in the precious name of Jesus, who is so worthy.

00:03:13Amen.

00:03:15And Amen.

00:03:18Well, friends, we're back in Daniel chapter 8.

00:03:22This is a series of studies that I've entitled The Desolator.

00:03:25And as we go on in this chapter, I hope you'll begin to see why I've named this series of studies The Desolator.

00:03:35I'm sure you will.

00:03:36I'm sure you will.

00:03:37We'll lay it out there.

00:03:39I'm sure you'll come to the same conclusion that I have.

00:03:43It's an appropriate name for what goes on in this chapter.

00:03:47We're introduced to the bold pretender.

00:03:52The desolator becomes the desolator here in chapter 8.

00:03:56This is episode 4.

00:03:59We find that in this chapter, two years have elapsed since Daniel's previous vision.

00:04:05He was now actually an old man.

00:04:08And Daniel says here that he was at Shushan, which is very near the Persian Gulf.

00:04:12He's in vision.

00:04:13He sees a ram next to the river.

00:04:15The ram, we found, symbolizes the kings of Media and Persia.

00:04:21Then Daniel sees a he-goat with a large horn between its eyes.

00:04:25The goat representing the country of Greece, the kingdom of Greece.

00:04:31And the horn representing the first king, which we found to be Alexander the Great.

00:04:38And Daniel sees in this vision that the goat attacked the ram with a fury and pursued him as one that was enraged.

00:04:44Which Alexander did by pursuing the Persians until they were utterly destroyed.

00:04:52In Daniel 8, we found, and I shared this with you, that these two animals, the ram and the goat,

00:04:58they're used not only to represent two world empires here in this vision,

00:05:03but they point us to the Day of Atonement because they were sanctuary animals.

00:05:07And this indicates that the activity of the world powers controlled by Satan would try to usurp the knowledge of Christ from the minds of God's people.

00:05:18That's what God's trying to show us here, friends.

00:05:21And this attempt was most successful during the time of the little horn, when it took away the daily.

00:05:30And we're going to get into that in much more detail a little bit later on.

00:05:37Now we left off in our last study by looking at Daniel 8, chapter 8 and verse 8.

00:05:44So let's go there, Daniel 8 and verse 8, and let's read it together here.

00:05:52Of course, I'm not going to hear you read it with me, but you can read it with me.

00:05:59Daniel 8, verse 8.

00:06:00And this is what we were looking at when we left off the last time.

00:06:17We were looking at these four notable ones.

00:06:21Now, it's a historical fact that Alexander's kingdom was not carved up into like four neat kingdoms immediately upon his death.

00:06:30The history of Greece, after Alexander's death, it's actually very complex.

00:06:38And it can be very confusing.

00:06:41Sometimes there were three kingdoms, you know.

00:06:43Other times there were four kingdoms for short space.

00:06:47There were only two.

00:06:51But we went through a lot of this.

00:06:53And there was a lot more you could get into, really.

00:06:56But we concluded that the four horns represented these four specific kingdoms.

00:07:04You had the Antigonids.

00:07:06They governed Macedonia and Greece in the west.

00:07:13Then you had the Seleucids.

00:07:15Of course, they ruled Syria and Mesopotamia in the east.

00:07:18You had the Ptolemies, who ruled Egypt in the south.

00:07:24And then you had this other kingdom.

00:07:27We're going to kind of hone in on this one.

00:07:30The Adelids, who ruled the kingdom of Pergamum in the north.

00:07:37Now, as I stated before, some of this, of course, historians, if you're into history,

00:07:45you read different accounts by historians, a number of them will argue back and forth.

00:07:52There will be arguments.

00:07:53And some of this will be argued for and against.

00:07:56But the most important question about this for us,

00:08:00in studying Bible prophecy, is this.

00:08:04Out of which of these four kingdoms did the little horn come forth?

00:08:08And I'm going to show you here in the next few moments who comes forth.

00:08:13Out of what kingdom?

00:08:15In order to comprehend, though, from which kingdom the little horn emerges,

00:08:19it will be necessary to provide some extensive historical background.

00:08:25Please, I hope your eyes don't glaze over.

00:08:26Pay attention here now.

00:08:28It's very important.

00:08:29You're studying Bible prophecy.

00:08:30History in advance, right?

00:08:33That's what prophecy is.

00:08:34History in advance.

00:08:36So we need to know something about history, right?

00:08:40So we're going to begin in Daniel chapter 2.

00:08:42Now, you're familiar with Daniel chapter 2, right?

00:08:47Nebuchadnezzar, King Nebuchadnezzar, he had a dream.

00:08:49When he woke up, he'd forgotten it.

00:08:51He couldn't recall it.

00:08:53So he called the magicians and the astrologers and the sorcerers and the Chaldeans

00:08:57to tell him the dream and its meaning.

00:09:01Now, pay attention here because everything in Bible prophecy coming to the end times

00:09:10runs through Babylon.

00:09:12That's why God started it with Daniel and started it with the kingdom of Babylon.

00:09:17Everything runs through it.

00:09:18So when he's calling the magicians and the astrologers and the sorcerers and the Chaldeans,

00:09:22we need to make note of that.

00:09:26These guys don't just disappear.

00:09:31Just as Satan doesn't disappear, but one day he will be destroyed.

00:09:36And so he calls them and he wants to know the meaning of this dream.

00:09:44He wants to know, first of all, the dream and then tell him the meaning.

00:09:47And these wise men of Babylon, of course, they were unable to explain what the king demanded.

00:09:52Now, something you may not know, but it's well known from history,

00:10:00that these Babylonian wise men were polytheistic.

00:10:05Polytheistic means that they had a belief in or worship of more than one god.

00:10:10In fact, they told the king that only the gods, plural,

00:10:15could give him the information that he demanded.

00:10:18If you go to Daniel 2 and verse 11, we read it right there in God's word.

00:10:25Daniel chapter 2, verse 11, it says,

00:10:28And it is a rare thing that the king requireth.

00:10:30These are the magicians, the magi, the Chaldeans, the soothsayers.

00:10:38They're saying, Hey, it's a rare thing that you're requiring,

00:10:41and there is none other that can show it before the king except the gods,

00:10:45they said to Nebuchadnezzar, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

00:10:51Isn't that interesting?

00:10:52Because Jesus took flesh to become one of us to show us the true God.

00:10:59Now, we've seen that the book of Daniel reveals that these wise men,

00:11:05they hated Daniel and his three friends, didn't they?

00:11:08In fact, they were the ones that accused Hananiah and Mishael and Azariah

00:11:15when they refused to worship the image which Nebuchadnezzar had raised up there

00:11:20on the plains of Dura, you remember, in Daniel chapter 3.

00:11:25And as I have shown when we studied Daniel chapter 3,

00:11:31the image, that golden image, was a symbol of the Babylonian sun god, Marduk.

00:11:39Now, I want you to notice four key elements which are appropriate to our study here at this time.

00:11:46First, Nebuchadnezzar, who we know later on, for seven years behaved as a beast, right?

00:11:54Second thing, he raised up an image, okay?

00:12:00Third thing, he gave a decree to worship the image to the beast

00:12:05because it was a symbol of him, Nebuchadnezzar, a beast.

00:12:10He raised up an image to the beast.

00:12:13Some of this language sounds familiar to anybody.

00:12:16And the fourth thing, whoever did not worship the image of the beast

00:12:21was to be killed.

00:12:25Well, if it sounds familiar, it's because it is.

00:12:28The four elements will be picked up again in Revelation chapter 13.

00:12:32And this is where End Time Babylon will repeat the story of Daniel 3

00:12:36on a worldwide scale.

00:12:39And I went through a lot of that when we studied Daniel 3.

00:12:42And if you're just now joining us,

00:12:44I encourage you to go to our site on Rumble or YouTube

00:12:48and go back to the beginning of this whole series in the book of Daniel

00:12:52and catch up.

00:12:53It might take you a little while.

00:12:55It took us 41 studies to get through Daniel 7.

00:12:59It's just remarkable the information that is there that you have to unpack, right?

00:13:05But this episode in Daniel 3 is actually the first link

00:13:10which connects ancient Babylon with end-time spiritual Babylon.

00:13:16And we'll come back to that later.

00:13:21But these Babylonian priests, they hated Daniel.

00:13:24They hated his friends who were not polytheistic but were monotheistic.

00:13:31In other words, they believed there's only one true God.

00:13:36Now, when Babylon fell to the Medo-Persian Empire,

00:13:45a new religion was introduced.

00:13:49And this religion is known as Zoroastrianism.

00:13:53It is characterized by its strict monotheism, only one God.

00:13:58Now, the basic tenets of this religion are that there is one true almighty God.

00:14:05His name is Ahura Mazda.

00:14:07He is the God of light, you see.

00:14:10But there's also an adversary of God whose name is Eramon.

00:14:15He inhabits the realm of darkness.

00:14:19Now, according to Zoroastrianism,

00:14:21there is a constant battle between the God Ahura Mazda and Eramon.

00:14:28And as we look at ancient history,

00:14:31we find that nations have the almost incurable tendency toward polytheism.

00:14:39You go back and read ancient world history,

00:14:42and almost every nation worshipped more than one God.

00:14:48Almost every one.

00:14:50The vast majority.

00:14:52They were polytheistic.

00:14:55And it's also made clear, I mean, in the Bible,

00:14:57Paul talks about Romans 1.

00:14:59If you want to take time to read Romans 1, you'll see that.

00:15:02But even Israel, before the Babylonian captivity,

00:15:05they were obsessed with foreign gods.

00:15:08And so I mention that because it is very strange

00:15:12to find an ancient nation in a polytheistic environment

00:15:17which suddenly advocates monotheism.

00:15:20I mean, it just isn't seen much at all.

00:15:25It's like an anomaly.

00:15:27It really sticks out.

00:15:30It's kind of like, you know,

00:15:32smashing your finger with a hammer.

00:15:34It really sticks out, as you can see by my finger there.

00:15:40Now, other than the Judeo-Christian and Muslim traditions,

00:15:44I know of only two other cases of a dramatic change like that

00:15:47from polytheism to monotheism.

00:15:49One is in Egypt during the reign of Tutankhamun.

00:15:55Maybe you've heard of him, King Tut, right?

00:15:58Tutankhamun.

00:15:59And it makes you wonder,

00:16:02was it because of what the Hebrew god did

00:16:08to the Egyptian civilization at the Exodus?

00:16:12Seems to make sense.

00:16:13But the other one,

00:16:16the other nation that had such a dramatic change

00:16:19from polytheistic beliefs and religions

00:16:22to monotheism,

00:16:23is Persia.

00:16:26Now, friends, let's put a reasoning caps on

00:16:28and let's consider why Persia

00:16:30adopted a strictly monotheistic spirituality.

00:16:35And in fact,

00:16:37many of you are probably already there.

00:16:40The answer is not hard for us to find.

00:16:41Sometime after the fall of Babylon,

00:16:46Daniel,

00:16:47he had an encounter with Cyrus,

00:16:49who was the king of Persia.

00:16:51And the prophet Daniel,

00:16:52he opened up to Cyrus

00:16:53the prophecies of Isaiah

00:16:55regarding the fall of Babylon.

00:16:57In fact, Daniel showed Cyrus

00:16:59that God had chosen him by name

00:17:02to deliver his people

00:17:03a hundred years before Cyrus was born.

00:17:07God named Cyrus to be that deliverer.

00:17:11Let's go to Isaiah chapter 45.

00:17:15Isaiah 45.

00:17:16We're going to begin with verse 1.

00:17:19Isaiah 45.

00:17:20Thus saith the Lord to his anointed,

00:17:23to Cyrus.

00:17:24See, he's naming him.

00:17:26Whose right hand I have holden

00:17:28to subdue nations before him.

00:17:31I will loose the loins of kings

00:17:33to open before him

00:17:34the two-leaved gates.

00:17:36Listen to the description here.

00:17:39The two-leaved gates.

00:17:41Of course,

00:17:42when we looked at it,

00:17:44you know,

00:17:44the Medes and Persians,

00:17:45they diverted the Euphrates River

00:17:48till the river ran low.

00:17:50They went into the city of Babylon.

00:17:52The brass gates were open.

00:17:54We're reading about that prophecy

00:17:56right here

00:17:57in Isaiah 45.

00:17:58To open before him

00:18:04the two-leaved gates,

00:18:06and the gates shall not be shut.

00:18:07I will go before thee

00:18:09and make the crooked places straight.

00:18:11I will break in pieces

00:18:12the gates of brass

00:18:14and cut and sunder the bars of iron.

00:18:16I will give thee

00:18:17the treasures of darkness

00:18:19and hidden riches of secret places

00:18:21that thou mayest know.

00:18:25Here, Isaiah,

00:18:27this is verse 3.

00:18:29That thou mayest know

00:18:30that I,

00:18:31the Lord,

00:18:32which call thee by thy name,

00:18:35am the God of Israel.

00:18:37Look at verse 4.

00:18:39For Jacob,

00:18:40my servant's sake,

00:18:41and Israel mine elect,

00:18:42I have even called thee

00:18:44by thy name.

00:18:46I have surnamed thee,

00:18:49though thou hast not known me.

00:18:52Now what effect do you think

00:18:55that had on Cyrus

00:18:57when he heard it?

00:19:00When Cyrus heard this,

00:19:01he was probably more than

00:19:04deeply impressed.

00:19:08Ezra chapter 1 reveals

00:19:10that Cyrus became a believer

00:19:15in the God of the Hebrews.

00:19:17Let's go to Ezra 1

00:19:19and read that.

00:19:20Ezra 1, verse 1.

00:19:23Now in the first year

00:19:24of Cyrus,

00:19:25king of Persia,

00:19:27that the word of the Lord

00:19:28by the mouth of Jeremiah

00:19:29might be fulfilled,

00:19:31the Lord stirred up

00:19:32the spirit of Cyrus,

00:19:33king of Persia,

00:19:34that he made a proclamation

00:19:35throughout all his kingdom

00:19:37and put it also in writing,

00:19:40saying,

00:19:41Thus saith Cyrus,

00:19:43king of Persia,

00:19:44The Lord God of heaven

00:19:46hath given me

00:19:47all the kingdoms of the earth,

00:19:49and he hath charged me

00:19:50to build him a house

00:19:52at Jerusalem,

00:19:53which is in Judah.

00:19:55Who is there among you

00:19:56of all his people?

00:19:59His God be with him

00:20:00and let him go up to Jerusalem,

00:20:02which is in Judah,

00:20:03and build the house

00:20:05of the Lord God of Israel.

00:20:07Notice,

00:20:08He is the God,

00:20:11which is in Jerusalem.

00:20:13Monotheistic.

00:20:17He is the God.

00:20:22What a change.

00:20:24What a change.

00:20:26Now regarding this encounter

00:20:28between Daniel and Cyrus,

00:20:30it's interesting,

00:20:31Ellen White makes

00:20:32an enlightening remark.

00:20:34It's found in Prophets and Kings,

00:20:37page 557.

00:20:39She says,

00:20:40As the king saw the words

00:20:41foretelling,

00:20:43more than a hundred years

00:20:44before his birth,

00:20:45the manner in which Babylon

00:20:46should be taken,

00:20:48as he read the message

00:20:49addressed to him

00:20:49by the ruler of the universe,

00:20:52his heart was profoundly moved,

00:20:56and he determined,

00:20:59that means he had a change

00:21:00of mind here,

00:21:01he determined to fulfill

00:21:02his divinely appointed mission.

00:21:05He is going to do

00:21:06what the Lord God

00:21:08has said for him to do.

00:21:10He's going to allow them

00:21:11to rebuild the walls

00:21:12and rebuild the temple,

00:21:13rebuild Jerusalem.

00:21:16There can be no doubt

00:21:17that the Persian Empire

00:21:18came to the knowledge

00:21:19of the true God,

00:21:20primarily through the context

00:21:22of Darius and Cyrus

00:21:23with God's servant,

00:21:26Daniel.

00:21:29Now,

00:21:31I think I might mention

00:21:33that the wise men

00:21:35who came to visit,

00:21:36you know,

00:21:37the infant Jesus,

00:21:38the baby Jesus,

00:21:39when he was born there

00:21:41in Bethlehem,

00:21:43they were not idolaters,

00:21:46like a lot of them

00:21:47were, you know,

00:21:48at that time,

00:21:48but they were most likely

00:21:49from Persia.

00:21:52And Ellen White

00:21:53identifies

00:21:54these wise men

00:21:56from the east

00:21:57as philosophers,

00:21:58which is very interesting.

00:22:00She also states

00:22:00that these magi

00:22:01studied the starry heavens,

00:22:03but they did it

00:22:04with the aid

00:22:04of the Hebrew Scriptures.

00:22:06I want to read that

00:22:08to you.

00:22:11Well,

00:22:12she says this,

00:22:12it's found in

00:22:13The Desire of Ages,

00:22:15pages 59 and 60.

00:22:19The book,

00:22:20Desire of Ages,

00:22:21pages 59 and 60.

00:22:23Notice,

00:22:24she says,

00:22:24quote,

00:22:24the wise men

00:22:25for the east

00:22:26were philosophers.

00:22:28They belonged

00:22:28to a large

00:22:29and influential class

00:22:31that included

00:22:31men of noble birth

00:22:33and comprised

00:22:34much of the wealth

00:22:35and learning

00:22:35of their nation.

00:22:37As these magi

00:22:38studied the starry heavens

00:22:39and sought

00:22:40to fathom the mystery

00:22:41hidden in their

00:22:42bright paths,

00:22:43they beheld

00:22:44the glory of the Creator.

00:22:46Notice,

00:22:46though,

00:22:47she says,

00:22:47seeking clearer knowledge

00:22:49than what they could

00:22:51discern,

00:22:51you know,

00:22:52in the study

00:22:53of the starry heavens,

00:22:56they turned

00:22:58to what?

00:22:59The Hebrew Scriptures.

00:23:01In their own land

00:23:02were treasured

00:23:03prophetic writings

00:23:04that predicted

00:23:05the coming

00:23:06of a divine teacher.

00:23:08Balaam belonged

00:23:09to the magicians,

00:23:10though at one time

00:23:11a prophet of God.

00:23:12By the Holy Spirit

00:23:13he had foretold

00:23:14the prosperity of Israel

00:23:15and the appearing

00:23:16of the Messiah,

00:23:17and his prophecies

00:23:19had been handed down

00:23:20by tradition

00:23:20from century to century.

00:23:22But in the Old Testament,

00:23:24the Savior's advent

00:23:26was more clearly revealed.

00:23:30The wise men

00:23:31had seen a mysterious light

00:23:33in the heavens

00:23:34upon that night

00:23:35when the glory of God

00:23:36flooded the hills

00:23:37of Bethlehem.

00:23:38As the light faded,

00:23:40a luminous star appeared

00:23:41and lingered in the sky.

00:23:43It was not a fixed star

00:23:45nor a planet,

00:23:46and the phenomenon

00:23:46excited the keenest interest.

00:23:49She then goes on

00:23:50and explains

00:23:52the nature

00:23:52of the star.

00:23:55She says

00:23:55that the star

00:23:56was a distant company

00:23:57of shining angels,

00:23:59but of this

00:24:00the wise men

00:24:00were ignorant.

00:24:02Yet they were impressed

00:24:03that the star

00:24:03was of special import

00:24:05to them.

00:24:07They consulted

00:24:08priests

00:24:09and philosophers,

00:24:11and notice again,

00:24:12and searched

00:24:13the scrolls

00:24:14of the ancient records.

00:24:16and then

00:24:19Ellen White

00:24:20tells us

00:24:20that they found

00:24:21the prophecy

00:24:22of Numbers 24-7

00:24:23and so on.

00:24:25But isn't that

00:24:26interesting?

00:24:27How did these guys

00:24:28know about the

00:24:29birth of Jesus?

00:24:30They got into

00:24:31the Hebrew Scriptures,

00:24:32the prophecies.

00:24:34They were Persian

00:24:35philosophers.

00:24:36But even after

00:24:43monotheism

00:24:45took hold

00:24:46in the Persian

00:24:47kingdom,

00:24:50and I'll say

00:24:51take note of this,

00:24:53there were still

00:24:55Babylonian priests

00:24:56of the

00:24:57Daniel chapter 2

00:24:59type

00:24:59in the Persian realm.

00:25:02These priests

00:25:03were angry

00:25:03that their religion

00:25:05had been

00:25:05overthrown.

00:25:07They looked

00:25:08for every

00:25:08opportunity

00:25:09to reestablish

00:25:10their lost

00:25:11dominion.

00:25:14Now,

00:25:15Cyrus died

00:25:16in 530 BC

00:25:17and he was

00:25:17succeeded

00:25:18by Cambysus

00:25:19who governed

00:25:19for seven

00:25:20and a half

00:25:21years.

00:25:22And history

00:25:23tells us

00:25:24that Cambysus

00:25:25went on an

00:25:25expedition to

00:25:26Egypt.

00:25:27When he was

00:25:28in Syria

00:25:29on the way

00:25:29back to Persia,

00:25:31a herald

00:25:31was sent

00:25:32from Shushan

00:25:33who rode

00:25:34into the midst

00:25:34of the army

00:25:35and proclaimed

00:25:36that Smyrdes,

00:25:37the son of Cyrus,

00:25:38had been crowned

00:25:39king and that

00:25:40all must obey

00:25:41him now,

00:25:42not Cambysus.

00:25:44Now,

00:25:44when Cambysus

00:25:45had set out

00:25:46for Egypt,

00:25:47he had placed

00:25:48a guy by the

00:25:48name of

00:25:49Patitheses.

00:25:51Patitheses.

00:25:52Oh,

00:25:53these names.

00:25:56Patitheses.

00:25:57But he put

00:25:58him in charge

00:25:58to govern

00:25:59governmental affairs

00:26:00in his absence.

00:26:01And Patitheses

00:26:02had a brother

00:26:04who greatly

00:26:04resembled

00:26:05Smyrdes.

00:26:06In fact,

00:26:06he had the

00:26:07same name.

00:26:08Isn't that

00:26:08interesting?

00:26:09You know,

00:26:09you run into

00:26:10people with

00:26:10the same names

00:26:11all the time.

00:26:11Somebody named

00:26:12John,

00:26:12for example.

00:26:14Even in our

00:26:14own family,

00:26:15we have several

00:26:15relations named

00:26:18John.

00:26:19Now,

00:26:20Cambysus was

00:26:21jealous of

00:26:22Cyrus' son.

00:26:23In fact,

00:26:23he had him

00:26:24killed.

00:26:25And Cambysus

00:26:26was a lunatic.

00:26:27He was always

00:26:28looking over

00:26:29his shoulder,

00:26:30suspicious of all.

00:26:31He was murdering

00:26:32any potential

00:26:32rival.

00:26:33For example,

00:26:35Cambysus

00:26:36married his

00:26:37youngest sister

00:26:38because she was

00:26:39very beautiful.

00:26:40So he married

00:26:41her.

00:26:41But one day,

00:26:42he kicked her

00:26:43in the abdomen

00:26:43out of anger.

00:26:44He killed her

00:26:45because she cried

00:26:46when she heard

00:26:47that Smyrdes

00:26:47had died.

00:26:50It just happened

00:26:51at the time

00:26:51she was pregnant

00:26:52and the baby

00:26:53died also.

00:26:56Cambysus,

00:26:56I mean,

00:26:57he had

00:26:57several faithful

00:27:01followers,

00:27:02for example,

00:27:02buried alive

00:27:03for no reason

00:27:04at all.

00:27:07Now,

00:27:07after Smyrdes

00:27:08was killed

00:27:08by Cambyses,

00:27:10Patissides

00:27:11placed his

00:27:12brother on

00:27:13the throne.

00:27:15This Smyrdes

00:27:16lookalike,

00:27:16who had the

00:27:17same name,

00:27:17became known

00:27:18as False

00:27:19Smyrdes.

00:27:19You read about

00:27:20that in history

00:27:20and you go,

00:27:21okay,

00:27:21there's a Smyrdes,

00:27:22but then there's

00:27:23a False Smyrdes

00:27:24and this is why.

00:27:24It was to keep

00:27:27out the confusion.

00:27:28They called him

00:27:29the False Smyrdes.

00:27:31Patissides

00:27:32then informed

00:27:32everyone that

00:27:33False Smyrdes

00:27:34was the true

00:27:34son of Cyrus.

00:27:36Now,

00:27:37pay attention

00:27:38here.

00:27:40Pay attention

00:27:40here.

00:27:41This False

00:27:42Smyrdes

00:27:43was a Mede.

00:27:45He wasn't a

00:27:45Persian like Cyrus.

00:27:47And the chief

00:27:48leader of the

00:27:48Babylonian Magi

00:27:50who remained

00:27:50after the conquest

00:27:51of Babylon

00:27:52by Cyrus.

00:27:52did you catch

00:27:54that?

00:27:59This False

00:28:00Smyrdes

00:28:00was a Mede

00:28:02and he was

00:28:02the chief

00:28:03leader of the

00:28:04Babylonian Magi

00:28:06who remained

00:28:07after the

00:28:09conquest of

00:28:11Babylon

00:28:11by Cyrus.

00:28:14He hated

00:28:15the Jews

00:28:16and gave

00:28:17decrees

00:28:18and he had

00:28:19one halting

00:28:20the rebuilding

00:28:21of Jerusalem

00:28:21Temple at

00:28:22the bequest

00:28:23of the

00:28:23Samaritans.

00:28:24But the

00:28:25imposter

00:28:25was soon

00:28:26discovered.

00:28:28There were

00:28:28seven Persians

00:28:29of nobility.

00:28:30They entered

00:28:31the royal

00:28:31palace.

00:28:33The name

00:28:33of the

00:28:33leader

00:28:33was

00:28:34Otanese

00:28:37led them

00:28:39and he

00:28:40slew

00:28:40False

00:28:40Smyrdes

00:28:41and his

00:28:42brother

00:28:42Patissides.

00:28:45And there

00:28:45was also

00:28:46a great

00:28:46slaughter

00:28:46of the

00:28:47polytheistic

00:28:48Magi

00:28:49of the

00:28:49Babylonian

00:28:49type

00:28:50who sympathized

00:28:51with false

00:28:51nerdies.

00:28:53And

00:28:53significantly

00:28:54and here's

00:28:55where we see

00:28:55a major

00:28:56piece in

00:28:56answering our

00:28:57question about

00:28:58the kingdom

00:28:58the little

00:28:58horn comes

00:28:59from.

00:29:00The remnant

00:29:01which remained

00:29:02alive fled

00:29:03to the city

00:29:04of,

00:29:05where do you

00:29:05think they

00:29:06fled to?

00:29:09Pergamum

00:29:09in Asia

00:29:11Minor.

00:29:14That's a key.

00:29:16Pergamum

00:29:17in Asia

00:29:17Minor.

00:29:18And then

00:29:20Darius

00:29:20the Persian

00:29:21then re-established

00:29:22the holy

00:29:22temples

00:29:22and the

00:29:23monotheistic

00:29:24religion of

00:29:25Ahura Mazda

00:29:26and Zoroastrianism.

00:29:29We come

00:29:30into

00:29:31480

00:29:32BC

00:29:33another

00:29:34Persian

00:29:35king

00:29:35Xerxes

00:29:37sound

00:29:38familiar?

00:29:40Maybe

00:29:40he sounds

00:29:40familiar

00:29:41because he's

00:29:41the same

00:29:42guy that

00:29:42is called

00:29:43a

00:29:43Hasasurus

00:29:44in the

00:29:45book

00:29:45of Esther.

00:29:47And so

00:29:47Xerxes

00:29:47who was

00:29:49a staunch

00:29:50defender

00:29:51of the

00:29:51monotheistic

00:29:52religion of

00:29:52Persia

00:29:53he destroyed

00:29:55the temples

00:29:55of the

00:29:56Greeks

00:29:56because he

00:29:57detested

00:29:57their

00:29:57polytheism

00:29:58for one

00:29:58thing

00:29:59and as

00:30:00we learned

00:30:00I think

00:30:01in our

00:30:01last study

00:30:02that

00:30:04the Greeks

00:30:05had rebelled

00:30:06against his

00:30:07father

00:30:07you see

00:30:08and so

00:30:09he was just

00:30:10taking out

00:30:11some vengeance

00:30:11as well

00:30:12but he

00:30:13didn't like

00:30:13all the

00:30:14worship of

00:30:14the false

00:30:15gods

00:30:15this

00:30:16polytheism

00:30:17and then

00:30:18he also

00:30:19undertook

00:30:19a campaign

00:30:20to Babylon

00:30:20where he

00:30:21destroyed

00:30:21the pagan

00:30:22temples

00:30:22there as

00:30:23well

00:30:24let me read

00:30:24to you

00:30:25about that

00:30:25this is

00:30:26out of

00:30:27Humphrey

00:30:28Pudeau's

00:30:29book

00:30:30and historical

00:30:31connection

00:30:31of the

00:30:32Old and

00:30:32New

00:30:32Testaments

00:30:33this is

00:30:33volume 1

00:30:34pages

00:30:36214

00:30:38to 215

00:30:38by the way

00:30:39very difficult

00:30:40to find

00:30:40some of

00:30:41this

00:30:41documentation

00:30:42so some

00:30:44of the

00:30:44documentation

00:30:44I share

00:30:45with you

00:30:45let me tell

00:30:47you it's

00:30:47taking

00:30:47it's taken

00:30:48quite a bit

00:30:49of time

00:30:49to track

00:30:49down

00:30:50but

00:30:53I think

00:30:55his works

00:30:56are available

00:30:57to be

00:31:00purchased

00:31:01if you get

00:31:03original works

00:31:03it'll cost you

00:31:04hundreds and

00:31:05hundreds of

00:31:05dollars

00:31:06I don't

00:31:07have that

00:31:07but anyway

00:31:09let me read

00:31:09this to you

00:31:10quote

00:31:11Xerxes

00:31:12on his

00:31:13return

00:31:13toward

00:31:14Susa

00:31:15passing

00:31:16through

00:31:16Babylon

00:31:16made there

00:31:17the same

00:31:18devastation

00:31:19of their

00:31:20temples

00:31:20as he

00:31:21had in

00:31:21Greece

00:31:22and the

00:31:23lesser

00:31:23Asia

00:31:24and as

00:31:25it may

00:31:25be supposed

00:31:25on the

00:31:26same

00:31:26principle

00:31:27that is

00:31:27his

00:31:28zeal

00:31:28for

00:31:28the

00:31:29Magian

00:31:29that's

00:31:30Zoroastrianism

00:31:32the Magian

00:31:33religion

00:31:34and his

00:31:34aversion

00:31:35to that

00:31:35of the

00:31:36Sabians

00:31:37they were

00:31:37the idolaters

00:31:38Babylonian

00:31:38idolaters

00:31:39any

00:31:40idolaters

00:31:40who

00:31:41worshipped

00:31:41God

00:31:41by

00:31:42images

00:31:42of

00:31:42which

00:31:42the

00:31:43Magians

00:31:43had

00:31:43the

00:31:44utmost

00:31:44detestation

00:31:45for

00:31:47the

00:31:47Babylonians

00:31:48were

00:31:48all

00:31:49Sabians

00:31:49and

00:31:50indeed

00:31:50were

00:31:50the

00:31:51first

00:31:51founders

00:31:51of

00:31:52the

00:31:52sect

00:31:52for

00:31:53they

00:31:53first

00:31:53brought

00:31:53in

00:31:54the

00:31:54worship

00:31:54of

00:31:54the

00:31:54planets

00:31:55and

00:31:56afterward

00:31:56that

00:31:56of

00:31:57images

00:31:57and

00:31:58from

00:31:58thence

00:31:58propagated

00:31:59it

00:31:59to

00:31:59all

00:31:59other

00:32:00nations

00:32:00were

00:32:01obtained

00:32:02as

00:32:03hath

00:32:03already

00:32:03been

00:32:04shown

00:32:04earlier

00:32:05in

00:32:05his

00:32:06book

00:32:07and

00:32:08for

00:32:08this

00:32:09reason

00:32:09the

00:32:10Magians

00:32:10having

00:32:11them

00:32:11in

00:32:11abhorrence

00:32:12above

00:32:12all

00:32:12other

00:32:13Sabians

00:32:13prevailed

00:32:14with

00:32:14Xerxes

00:32:14out of

00:32:16an especial

00:32:16hatred

00:32:17to them

00:32:17to take

00:32:18Babylon

00:32:18in his way

00:32:19to Susa

00:32:20on purpose

00:32:21to destroy

00:32:22all

00:32:23the

00:32:23temples

00:32:23they

00:32:24had

00:32:24there

00:32:25and

00:32:26this

00:32:26is

00:32:26what

00:32:27Xerxes

00:32:27did

00:32:28and

00:32:30so

00:32:31Xerxes

00:32:32is coming

00:32:32through

00:32:32and he's

00:32:33destroying

00:32:33all

00:32:34these

00:32:35things

00:32:35that

00:32:35had

00:32:36been

00:32:36set

00:32:36up

00:32:37Babylonian

00:32:38Magi

00:32:39what

00:32:40are they

00:32:40going

00:32:40to

00:32:40do

00:32:41well

00:32:42they

00:32:44fled

00:32:44somewhere

00:32:45where

00:32:46do you

00:32:46think

00:32:47they

00:32:47fled

00:32:47well

00:32:51once

00:32:51again

00:32:51the

00:32:52Babylonian

00:32:52Magi

00:32:52fled

00:32:53to

00:32:53Pergamum

00:32:53for

00:32:54refuge

00:32:54and

00:32:56so

00:32:56it

00:32:56was

00:32:56that

00:32:56the

00:32:57religion

00:32:57of

00:32:57the

00:32:57Babylonian

00:32:58Magi

00:32:58was

00:32:59established

00:32:59in

00:33:00the

00:33:00city

00:33:00of

00:33:00Pergamum

00:33:01in

00:33:01Asia

00:33:02Minor

00:33:02and

00:33:04there

00:33:04is

00:33:04no

00:33:04doubt

00:33:05that

00:33:05the

00:33:05pagan

00:33:05Roman

00:33:06empire

00:33:06grew

00:33:07out

00:33:07of

00:33:07Asia

00:33:07Minor

00:33:08and

00:33:09we

00:33:09know

00:33:09this

00:33:10for

00:33:10several

00:33:10reasons

00:33:10first

00:33:13of

00:33:13all

00:33:13the

00:33:13Roman

00:33:14poet

00:33:14Virgil

00:33:15he

00:33:15tells

00:33:16us

00:33:16that

00:33:16the

00:33:16Roman

00:33:16civilization

00:33:17and

00:33:18culture

00:33:18came

00:33:19from

00:33:19the

00:33:19ancient

00:33:21in

00:33:22his

00:33:23famous

00:33:23epic

00:33:25The

00:33:25Aneed

00:33:26which

00:33:27he

00:33:27wrote

00:33:27during

00:33:27a

00:33:27period

00:33:28of

00:33:28I

00:33:28think

00:33:28it

00:33:29was

00:33:29like

00:33:2911

00:33:29or

00:33:2912

00:33:29years

00:33:30Virgil

00:33:31tells

00:33:32about

00:33:32a

00:33:32Trojan

00:33:32prince

00:33:33who

00:33:33was

00:33:33exiled

00:33:34to

00:33:34Italy

00:33:34in

00:33:35the

00:33:3512th

00:33:35century

00:33:35BC

00:33:36when

00:33:36the

00:33:37Greeks

00:33:37destroyed

00:33:38Troy

00:33:39and

00:33:40according

00:33:40to

00:33:40Virgil

00:33:41this

00:33:41prince

00:33:41established

00:33:42the

00:33:42first

00:33:42settlement

00:33:43in

00:33:43Italy

00:33:44where

00:33:45he

00:33:45became

00:33:45the

00:33:45ancestor

00:33:46of

00:33:47the

00:33:48Romans

00:33:48now

00:33:50let me

00:33:51share this

00:33:51with you

00:33:51speaking

00:33:52along

00:33:53this

00:33:53line

00:33:53in

00:33:55a

00:33:55well

00:33:55known

00:33:55work

00:33:56it's

00:33:56entitled

00:33:57The

00:33:57Migration

00:33:58of

00:33:58the

00:33:59Etruscans

00:34:00we're

00:34:01told

00:34:02that

00:34:02once

00:34:04again

00:34:04that

00:34:05Roman

00:34:05civilization

00:34:06and

00:34:06culture

00:34:06grew

00:34:06out

00:34:07of

00:34:07Asia

00:34:07minor

00:34:08I

00:34:08want

00:34:09you

00:34:09to

00:34:09notice

00:34:09what

00:34:09Christopher

00:34:10S

00:34:10Mackey

00:34:11says

00:34:12he

00:34:12says

00:34:12quote

00:34:13Roman

00:34:16political

00:34:16and

00:34:16religious

00:34:17practices

00:34:17were

00:34:18strongly

00:34:18influenced

00:34:19by the

00:34:19Etruscans

00:34:20early

00:34:22Roman

00:34:22art

00:34:22and

00:34:23religion

00:34:23were

00:34:23also

00:34:24strongly

00:34:24influenced

00:34:25by the

00:34:25Etruscans

00:34:26and the

00:34:27Romans

00:34:27seemed to

00:34:28have

00:34:28developed

00:34:28the

00:34:28writing

00:34:29system

00:34:29from

00:34:29them

00:34:30who

00:34:30borrowed

00:34:30it

00:34:31from

00:34:31the

00:34:31Greeks

00:34:31hence

00:34:32while

00:34:33the

00:34:34Greeks

00:34:34were

00:34:34a

00:34:34strong

00:34:35cultural

00:34:35influence

00:34:36on

00:34:36early

00:34:36Rome

00:34:37the

00:34:37Etruscans

00:34:38had a

00:34:38more

00:34:38immediate

00:34:39influence

00:34:40Herodotus

00:34:41tells us

00:34:42that

00:34:42before

00:34:42the

00:34:42Trojan

00:34:43War

00:34:43the

00:34:44Etruscans

00:34:44migrated

00:34:45from

00:34:45Lydia

00:34:46in

00:34:46western

00:34:47Asia

00:34:47minor

00:34:47to

00:34:48Rome

00:34:49as a

00:34:49result

00:34:50of a

00:34:50great

00:34:50drought

00:34:51which

00:34:51lasted

00:34:51for

00:34:5225

00:34:53years

00:34:54now

00:34:55they

00:34:56settled

00:34:57in the

00:34:58western

00:35:00side

00:35:02of

00:35:03Italy

00:35:03including

00:35:05the area

00:35:05of Rome

00:35:06but

00:35:07not

00:35:08only

00:35:08did

00:35:08Rome

00:35:08borrow

00:35:09its

00:35:09civilization

00:35:09and

00:35:10culture

00:35:10from

00:35:10Asia

00:35:10Minor

00:35:11but

00:35:11they

00:35:11also

00:35:12borrowed

00:35:12their

00:35:13religion

00:35:13from

00:35:14there

00:35:14once

00:35:15again

00:35:16notice

00:35:16what

00:35:17Christopher

00:35:18Mackey

00:35:18states

00:35:19quote

00:35:20the

00:35:21Etruscans

00:35:22were heavily

00:35:23influenced

00:35:23by Greek

00:35:23art

00:35:24they

00:35:25adopted

00:35:25many

00:35:25Greek

00:35:26forms

00:35:26though

00:35:27they

00:35:27strongly

00:35:28adapted

00:35:28them

00:35:29in

00:35:29spirit

00:35:29they

00:35:30built

00:35:30temples

00:35:31that

00:35:31were

00:35:31like

00:35:31Greek

00:35:31ones

00:35:32but

00:35:32differed

00:35:32in

00:35:32having

00:35:33a

00:35:33front

00:35:34Greek

00:35:34temples

00:35:35were

00:35:35symmetrical

00:35:36and

00:35:36having

00:35:37a

00:35:37three

00:35:37fold

00:35:37interior

00:35:38a

00:35:38division

00:35:39into

00:35:39three

00:35:39rooms

00:35:40they

00:35:41were

00:35:41decorated

00:35:41with

00:35:42terracotta

00:35:42figures

00:35:43notice

00:35:43what

00:35:43he

00:35:44says

00:35:44here

00:35:44notice

00:35:45what

00:35:45he

00:35:45says

00:35:45there

00:35:46he

00:35:46says

00:35:46the

00:35:46Romans

00:35:47adopted

00:35:47all

00:35:48these

00:35:48forms

00:35:49the

00:35:49Etruscans

00:35:50were

00:35:50considered

00:35:51a

00:35:51very

00:35:51religious

00:35:52people

00:35:52in

00:35:52antiquity

00:35:53and

00:35:54the

00:35:54Romans

00:35:55borrowed

00:35:56many

00:35:57religious

00:35:58customs

00:35:58from

00:35:59them

00:36:00the

00:36:01traditional

00:36:02Roman

00:36:02form

00:36:03of

00:36:03divination

00:36:03was to

00:36:04observe

00:36:04the flight

00:36:05of birds

00:36:05but

00:36:06they

00:36:06adopted

00:36:07divination

00:36:07through

00:36:07the

00:36:08inspection

00:36:08of

00:36:08livers

00:36:09and

00:36:10thunder

00:36:10from

00:36:11the

00:36:11Etruscans

00:36:12end

00:36:13quote

00:36:14very

00:36:16very

00:36:17interesting

00:36:17are you

00:36:18starting to

00:36:18see

00:36:19how

00:36:20papal

00:36:22Rome

00:36:22came

00:36:22form

00:36:23what

00:36:23line

00:36:24from

00:36:24the

00:36:24Greek

00:36:25king

00:36:27that

00:36:28kingdom

00:36:28of the

00:36:29four

00:36:29hope

00:36:30you

00:36:31are

00:36:31you

00:36:32see

00:36:33Mackey

00:36:33further

00:36:33informs

00:36:34us

00:36:34just

00:36:34some

00:36:35very

00:36:35interesting

00:36:35things

00:36:36that

00:36:36the

00:36:37Etruscan

00:36:37kings

00:36:38they wore

00:36:39purple

00:36:39robes

00:36:40isn't

00:36:40that

00:36:40interesting

00:36:40they

00:36:42sat

00:36:42on a

00:36:43throne

00:36:43called

00:36:43cella

00:36:44curilis

00:36:45in

00:36:45Latin

00:36:45the

00:36:46cella

00:36:46curilis

00:36:47or

00:36:47curil

00:36:48seat

00:36:48it

00:36:49was

00:36:49like

00:36:49a

00:36:50folding

00:36:50chair

00:36:51type

00:36:51you know

00:36:51and

00:36:52it

00:36:52was

00:36:52a

00:36:52symbol

00:36:52of

00:36:53power

00:36:53it

00:36:53was

00:36:53reserved

00:36:54for

00:36:54holding

00:36:54court

00:36:55they

00:36:55bring

00:36:56the

00:36:56king

00:36:56in

00:36:56set

00:36:57that

00:36:57up

00:36:57he'd

00:36:57sit

00:36:58on

00:36:58that

00:36:58throne

00:36:58and

00:36:59then

00:36:59hold

00:36:59court

00:37:00all

00:37:02of

00:37:02these

00:37:02symbols

00:37:03were

00:37:04adopted

00:37:04by

00:37:05the

00:37:05magistrates

00:37:06of

00:37:06the

00:37:06Roman

00:37:06Republic

00:37:07and

00:37:07presumably

00:37:08reflect

00:37:08the

00:37:08usages

00:37:09of

00:37:09the

00:37:09Roman

00:37:09kings

00:37:10under

00:37:10the

00:37:10Etruscan

00:37:11dynasty

00:37:11in

00:37:1467

00:37:14AD

00:37:15the

00:37:16Roman

00:37:16general

00:37:16Pompey

00:37:17he

00:37:17went

00:37:17on

00:37:18an

00:37:18expedition

00:37:18to

00:37:19do

00:37:19away

00:37:19with

00:37:19pirates

00:37:20in

00:37:21Asia

00:37:21Minor

00:37:21who

00:37:22were

00:37:22plaguing

00:37:23the

00:37:23kingdom

00:37:23and

00:37:24we

00:37:24know

00:37:24that

00:37:24Pompey

00:37:25then

00:37:25adopted

00:37:25the

00:37:26religion

00:37:26of

00:37:26Asia

00:37:26Minor

00:37:27in

00:37:27fact

00:37:28Mithraism

00:37:28became

00:37:29the

00:37:29official

00:37:29religion

00:37:30of

00:37:30the

00:37:31Roman

00:37:31legions

00:37:32notice

00:37:36this

00:37:36Frank

00:37:38Kumon

00:37:38who

00:37:38spent

00:37:38the

00:37:39better

00:37:39part

00:37:39of

00:37:39a

00:37:39lifetime

00:37:39studying

00:37:40the

00:37:40religion

00:37:40of

00:37:41the

00:37:41Roman

00:37:41Empire

00:37:41notice

00:37:42that

00:37:42what

00:37:42he

00:37:43states

00:37:43in

00:37:44this

00:37:44statement

00:37:45here

00:37:45following

00:37:45the

00:37:46phenomenal

00:37:47growth

00:37:47of

00:37:47Mithraism

00:37:48in

00:37:48Rome

00:37:49it's

00:37:50from

00:37:50his

00:37:50The

00:37:50Mysteries

00:37:51of

00:37:51Mithra

00:37:51pages

00:37:5230

00:37:52and

00:37:5340

00:37:53he

00:37:53says

00:37:54quote

00:37:54all

00:37:54the

00:37:54original

00:37:55rites

00:37:55that

00:37:55characterized

00:37:56the Mithraic

00:37:57cult

00:37:57of the

00:37:57Romans

00:37:58unquestionably

00:37:59go back

00:38:00to

00:38:00Asiatic

00:38:01origins

00:38:01he

00:38:03says

00:38:03the

00:38:03principal

00:38:04agent

00:38:04of

00:38:04its

00:38:05diffusion

00:38:05was

00:38:06undoubtedly

00:38:06the

00:38:06army

00:38:07the

00:38:08Mithraic

00:38:08religion

00:38:09is

00:38:09predominantly

00:38:09a religion

00:38:10of

00:38:10soldiers

00:38:11it was

00:38:11not

00:38:12without

00:38:12good

00:38:12reason

00:38:13that

00:38:13the

00:38:13name

00:38:13of

00:38:13Milites

00:38:14was

00:38:15given

00:38:15to

00:38:15a

00:38:15certain

00:38:15grade

00:38:16of

00:38:16initiates

00:38:17and

00:38:19significantly

00:38:20some

00:38:23other

00:38:23things

00:38:24that

00:38:24Kumont

00:38:24says

00:38:25he

00:38:25says

00:38:26that

00:38:26quote

00:38:27the

00:38:28original

00:38:28home

00:38:29of

00:38:29Mithra

00:38:29was

00:38:30not

00:38:30infrequently

00:38:30placed

00:38:31on the

00:38:31banks

00:38:32of

00:38:32the

00:38:32Euphrates

00:38:33he's

00:38:33talking

00:38:33about

00:38:34Babylon

00:38:34remember

00:38:34I

00:38:34told

00:38:35you

00:38:35it's

00:38:35like

00:38:36everything

00:38:37when we

00:38:37talk

00:38:37about

00:38:38Bible

00:38:38prophecy

00:38:38everything

00:38:39runs

00:38:39through

00:38:39Babylon

00:38:40and

00:38:42then

00:38:42he

00:38:42explains

00:38:43very early

00:38:44the Magi

00:38:45had

00:38:45crossed

00:38:46Mesopotamia

00:38:47and

00:38:47penetrated

00:38:48to the

00:38:48heart

00:38:49of

00:38:49Asia

00:38:51Minor

00:38:52that is

00:38:57to say

00:38:57Asia

00:38:59Minor

00:39:00became

00:39:00the link

00:39:01between

00:39:02ancient

00:39:02Babylon

00:39:03and

00:39:04pagan

00:39:04Rome

00:39:05and

00:39:06this

00:39:06is

00:39:06a

00:39:06pivotal

00:39:07point

00:39:07which

00:39:07we'll

00:39:07come

00:39:08back

00:39:08to

00:39:08in

00:39:08a

00:39:09few

00:39:09moments

00:39:09but

00:39:10according

00:39:10to

00:39:11Kumont

00:39:11again

00:39:12he says

00:39:12this

00:39:13quote

00:39:13it

00:39:14can

00:39:14be

00:39:14proved

00:39:15that

00:39:15all

00:39:16our

00:39:16representations

00:39:17of

00:39:19the

00:39:19toro

00:39:19octanus

00:39:20mithra

00:39:21the

00:39:21hieratic

00:39:22figure

00:39:22of which

00:39:23was

00:39:23fixed

00:39:23before

00:39:24the

00:39:24propagation

00:39:24of

00:39:25the

00:39:25mysteries

00:39:25in

00:39:25the

00:39:26occident

00:39:26all

00:39:26the

00:39:26I won't

00:39:28get

00:39:28into

00:39:28that

00:39:28that's

00:39:29a

00:39:29long

00:39:30tangent

00:39:30he

00:39:31says

00:39:31are

00:39:31more

00:39:31or

00:39:31less

00:39:32faithful

00:39:32replicas

00:39:32of

00:39:33a

00:39:33type

00:39:33created

00:39:33by

00:39:34a

00:39:34sculptor

00:39:35of

00:39:35the

00:39:35school

00:39:36of

00:39:37Pergamum

00:39:38in

00:39:40imitation

00:39:40of the

00:39:41sacrificing

00:39:41victory

00:39:42which

00:39:42adorned

00:39:43the

00:39:43balustrade

00:39:44of the

00:39:44temple

00:39:44of

00:39:45Athena

00:39:45Nike

00:39:45on the

00:39:46Acropolis

00:39:46end

00:39:47quote

00:39:47where

00:39:50the school

00:39:50of

00:39:50Pergamum

00:39:51furthermore

00:39:55it's often

00:39:56overlooked

00:39:57that

00:39:57Pergamum

00:39:58was the

00:39:58only one

00:39:59of the

00:40:00four

00:40:00Macedonian

00:40:01Greek

00:40:02kingdoms

00:40:02which

00:40:03Rome

00:40:03didn't

00:40:04have to

00:40:04fight

00:40:04to

00:40:04overcome

00:40:05the

00:40:07kingdom

00:40:08Pergamum

00:40:08was

00:40:09willed

00:40:09to the

00:40:09Roman

00:40:10Senate

00:40:10by

00:40:11King

00:40:11Attalus

00:40:12III

00:40:12in the

00:40:12year

00:40:12133

00:40:13BC

00:40:13and so

00:40:15this

00:40:16not only

00:40:16friends gave

00:40:17Rome a

00:40:18foothold

00:40:18in Asia

00:40:18Minor

00:40:19from which

00:40:19it could

00:40:20conquer

00:40:20the

00:40:20nations

00:40:21of the

00:40:21east

00:40:21but it

00:40:22also

00:40:22became

00:40:22the

00:40:23bridge

00:40:23which

00:40:24made it

00:40:24possible

00:40:24for

00:40:25Rome

00:40:25to come

00:40:26in

00:40:26contact

00:40:26with

00:40:27God's

00:40:27covenant

00:40:27people

00:40:28Israel

00:40:29and in

00:40:30this way

00:40:31the

00:40:32fulfillment

00:40:32of Daniel

00:40:328

00:40:33was made

00:40:33possible

00:40:33now

00:40:36the

00:40:37strategic

00:40:38importance

00:40:40of

00:40:41Asia

00:40:41Minor

00:40:41is

00:40:43described

00:40:43by the

00:40:44Turkish

00:40:44Ministry

00:40:45of

00:40:45Foreign

00:40:45Affairs

00:40:45notice

00:40:46what they

00:40:47say

00:40:47quote

00:40:47the

00:40:48role

00:40:49played

00:40:49by

00:40:50Asia

00:40:50Minor

00:40:50in

00:40:51Western

00:40:52culture

00:40:52was

00:40:53primarily

00:40:54determined

00:40:54by its

00:40:55geographical

00:40:55position

00:40:56whereas

00:40:57all the

00:40:58Mediterranean

00:40:58peninsulas

00:40:59Iberian

00:41:01Italian

00:41:01Greek

00:41:02extend from

00:41:03north to

00:41:04south

00:41:04Asia

00:41:05Minor

00:41:06alone

00:41:07stretching

00:41:07from

00:41:07east to

00:41:08west

00:41:08forms a

00:41:09unique

00:41:09bridge

00:41:10it was

00:41:11this

00:41:12which

00:41:12caused

00:41:12the

00:41:13civilizations

00:41:13arising

00:41:14in the

00:41:15east

00:41:15in

00:41:16general

00:41:16and

00:41:17on

00:41:18its

00:41:18territory

00:41:18in

00:41:19particular

00:41:19to

00:41:20orient

00:41:20themselves

00:41:21towards

00:41:21the

00:41:21west

00:41:22by way

00:41:23of

00:41:23the

00:41:23Asian

00:41:24islands

00:41:25end

00:41:25quote

00:41:25well

00:41:27Pastor

00:41:28Joel

00:41:28now

00:41:29them

00:41:29eyes

00:41:30are

00:41:30glazed

00:41:30over

00:41:30what

00:41:31is

00:41:31all

00:41:31this

00:41:31really

00:41:32is

00:41:33telling

00:41:33us

00:41:34well

00:41:36so far

00:41:36we've

00:41:37traced

00:41:38the

00:41:38journey

00:41:39of

00:41:39Babylonian

00:41:40idolatrous

00:41:41religions

00:41:42from

00:41:43Babylon

00:41:43to

00:41:44Asia

00:41:44Minor

00:41:45to

00:41:45pagan

00:41:46Rome

00:41:46but

00:41:48there's

00:41:48more

00:41:48to

00:41:48the

00:41:48story

00:41:49Pergamum

00:41:50is also

00:41:51the link

00:41:51between

00:41:52pagan

00:41:52Rome

00:41:52and

00:41:53papal

00:41:54Rome

00:41:54and

00:41:55how's

00:41:56this

00:41:56well

00:41:57in order

00:41:59to answer

00:41:59this

00:41:59question

00:42:00we must

00:42:00turn

00:42:00to

00:42:00Revelation

00:42:01chapter

00:42:012

00:42:02and

00:42:023

00:42:02where

00:42:03the

00:42:03story

00:42:03of

00:42:03the

00:42:03seven

00:42:04churches

00:42:04is

00:42:04told

00:42:05it's

00:42:06generally

00:42:07accepted

00:42:09by Bible

00:42:10commentaries

00:42:12and students

00:42:12that the

00:42:13seven

00:42:13churches

00:42:13depict

00:42:14seven

00:42:15epics

00:42:15in the

00:42:15history

00:42:16of the

00:42:17Christian

00:42:17church

00:42:17and

00:42:18regarding

00:42:19this

00:42:19notice

00:42:21what we

00:42:21read

00:42:21in the

00:42:22book

00:42:22the

00:42:22Acts

00:42:22of

00:42:22the

00:42:22Apostles

00:42:23page

00:42:23585

00:42:24quote

00:42:25the

00:42:26names

00:42:26of

00:42:27the

00:42:27seven

00:42:27churches

00:42:28are

00:42:28symbolic

00:42:29of

00:42:29the

00:42:29church

00:42:30in

00:42:30different

00:42:31periods

00:42:31of

00:42:31the

00:42:32Christian

00:42:32era

00:42:33the

00:42:34number

00:42:34seven

00:42:34indicates

00:42:35completeness

00:42:36and is

00:42:36symbolic

00:42:37of the

00:42:37fact

00:42:37that

00:42:38the

00:42:38messages

00:42:38extend

00:42:39to

00:42:39the

00:42:39end

00:42:40of

00:42:40time

00:42:41while

00:42:42the

00:42:42symbols

00:42:42used

00:42:43reveal

00:42:43the

00:42:43condition

00:42:44of

00:42:44the

00:42:44church

00:42:44at

00:42:45different

00:42:45periods

00:42:45in

00:42:46the

00:42:46history

00:42:46of

00:42:47the

00:42:47world

00:42:47let me

00:42:47read

00:42:47that

00:42:48again

00:42:48it is

00:42:51symbolic

00:42:52seven

00:42:53is

00:42:53symbolic

00:42:53of

00:42:54the

00:42:54fact

00:42:54that

00:42:54the

00:42:54messages

00:42:54extend

00:42:55to

00:42:55the

00:42:55end

00:42:56of

00:42:56time

00:42:57while

00:42:58the

00:42:58symbols

00:42:58used

00:42:59reveal

00:42:59the

00:42:59condition

00:43:00of

00:43:00the

00:43:00church

00:43:01at

00:43:01different

00:43:02periods

00:43:02in

00:43:02the

00:43:03history

00:43:03of

00:43:04the

00:43:04world

00:43:04and

00:43:06Ellen

00:43:07White

00:43:07is not

00:43:07alone

00:43:08in

00:43:08this

00:43:08assessment

00:43:09in

00:43:10a

00:43:10sermon

00:43:11preached

00:43:11by

00:43:12Ray

00:43:12C.

00:43:13Stedman

00:43:14on

00:43:14November

00:43:1419th

00:43:151989

00:43:15I

00:43:17want

00:43:17you

00:43:17to

00:43:17notice

00:43:17this

00:43:18following

00:43:18statement

00:43:18he

00:43:19says

00:43:19quote

00:43:19the

00:43:20entire

00:43:21church

00:43:21age

00:43:22is

00:43:23brought

00:43:23before

00:43:23us

00:43:24in

00:43:24the

00:43:24purview

00:43:25of

00:43:25these

00:43:26letters

00:43:26to

00:43:27the

00:43:27churches

00:43:28end

00:43:28quote

00:43:29and

00:43:31you

00:43:32can

00:43:32find

00:43:32that

00:43:32online

00:43:33it

00:43:36was

00:43:37a

00:43:37symposium

00:43:40I

00:43:40think

00:43:40that

00:43:40he

00:43:40presented

00:43:42Smyrna

00:43:43and

00:43:43Pergamum

00:43:43the

00:43:43pressured

00:43:44church

00:43:44and

00:43:44the

00:43:45compromising

00:43:45church

00:43:46by

00:43:47Ray

00:43:47Stedman

00:43:48but

00:43:49a

00:43:50careful

00:43:50study

00:43:50of the

00:43:51first

00:43:51three

00:43:52churches

00:43:52which

00:43:52is

00:43:53Ephesus

00:43:53and

00:43:54Smyrna

00:43:55and

00:43:55Pergamum

00:43:56clearly

00:43:57indicates a

00:43:58progression

00:43:58from the

00:43:59apostolic

00:43:59church

00:44:00to the

00:44:01compromising

00:44:01church

00:44:02Ephesus

00:44:03symbolizes

00:44:04the

00:44:04apostolic

00:44:05church

00:44:06Smyrna

00:44:07is symbolic

00:44:08of the

00:44:08persecuted

00:44:10church

00:44:10during the

00:44:11minion

00:44:11of

00:44:12pagan

00:44:12Rome

00:44:13we'll

00:44:13get

00:44:13to

00:44:13the

00:44:14when we

00:44:14get

00:44:14into

00:44:14Revelation

00:44:14we'll

00:44:15get

00:44:15into

00:44:15these

00:44:16churches

00:44:16a little

00:44:17bit

00:44:17more

00:44:17in a

00:44:17more

00:44:17deeper

00:44:18study

00:44:18but

00:44:21this

00:44:21clearly

00:44:21indicated

00:44:22that

00:44:23pagan

00:44:23Rome

00:44:23by the

00:44:24constant

00:44:24death

00:44:25language

00:44:25used

00:44:26with

00:44:26reference

00:44:27to

00:44:27this

00:44:28particular

00:44:28church

00:44:30Smyrna

00:44:31let's

00:44:31go to

00:44:31Revelation

00:44:322

00:44:32and

00:44:33we'll

00:44:33begin

00:44:34with

00:44:34verse

00:44:348

00:44:35and

00:44:36unto

00:44:36the

00:44:36angel

00:44:37of the

00:44:37church

00:44:37in

00:44:37Smyrna

00:44:38write

00:44:38these

00:44:39things

00:44:39say

00:44:39at

00:44:39the

00:44:40first

00:44:40and

00:44:40the

00:44:40last

00:44:40which

00:44:41was

00:44:41dead

00:44:41and

00:44:42is

00:44:42alive

00:44:42I

00:44:45know

00:44:45thy

00:44:45works

00:44:46and

00:44:46tribulation

00:44:46and

00:44:47poverty

00:44:47but

00:44:47thou

00:44:47art

00:44:48rich

00:44:48and

00:44:49I

00:44:49know

00:44:49the

00:44:49blasphemy

00:44:50of

00:44:50them

00:44:50which

00:44:50say

00:44:51they

00:44:51are

00:44:51Jews

00:44:51and

00:44:51are

00:44:51not

00:44:52but

00:44:52are

00:44:52the

00:44:52synagogue

00:44:53of

00:44:53Satan

00:44:54fear

00:44:56none

00:44:56of

00:44:56those

00:44:56things

00:44:57which

00:44:57thou

00:44:57shalt

00:44:58suffer

00:44:58behold

00:44:59the

00:44:59devil

00:44:59shall

00:45:00cast

00:45:00some

00:45:00of

00:45:00you

00:45:00into

00:45:01prison

00:45:01that

00:45:02he

00:45:02may

00:45:03be

00:45:03tried

00:45:03and

00:45:04ye

00:45:04shall

00:45:04have

00:45:05tribulation

00:45:06ten

00:45:06days

00:45:06be

00:45:07thou

00:45:07faithful

00:45:08unto

00:45:08death

00:45:08and

00:45:09I

00:45:09will

00:45:09give

00:45:09thee

00:45:09a

00:45:09crown

00:45:10of

00:45:10life

00:45:10he

00:45:11that

00:45:11hath

00:45:12an

00:45:12ear

00:45:12let

00:45:12him

00:45:12hear

00:45:12what

00:45:13the

00:45:13spirit

00:45:13saith

00:45:13unto

00:45:14the

00:45:14churches

00:45:14he

00:45:15that

00:45:15overcometh

00:45:15shall

00:45:16not

00:45:16be

00:45:16hurt

00:45:16of

00:45:16the

00:45:17second

00:45:17death

00:45:18so

00:45:20speaking

00:45:21about

00:45:21the

00:45:22church

00:45:22of

00:45:22Smyrna

00:45:23here

00:45:24in the

00:45:26time

00:45:26period

00:45:27Stedman

00:45:27comments

00:45:28about

00:45:29this

00:45:29period

00:45:30quote

00:45:30prophetically

00:45:31viewed

00:45:32this

00:45:32church

00:45:32Smyrna

00:45:33is a

00:45:34picture

00:45:34of the

00:45:34period

00:45:35in

00:45:35history

00:45:35from

00:45:35about

00:45:36160

00:45:36AD

00:45:37to

00:45:37320

00:45:38AD

00:45:38the

00:45:39rise

00:45:40of

00:45:40Constantine

00:45:41the

00:45:42first

00:45:43so-called

00:45:43Christian

00:45:44emperor

00:45:44the

00:45:45whole

00:45:45period

00:45:46has

00:45:46been

00:45:46termed

00:45:47the

00:45:47age

00:45:48of

00:45:48martyrs

00:45:49and

00:45:50so

00:45:50according

00:45:50to

00:45:50Stedman

00:45:52the

00:45:52church

00:45:52of

00:45:52Pergamum

00:45:53represents

00:45:54a

00:45:54period

00:45:54when

00:45:54the

00:45:55church

00:45:55compromised

00:45:55with

00:45:56the

00:45:56world

00:45:56in

00:45:56the

00:45:57days

00:45:57of

00:45:57Constantine

00:45:58and

00:46:00with

00:46:00respect

00:46:01to

00:46:01this

00:46:01Stedman

00:46:02makes

00:46:03these

00:46:03remarks

00:46:03quote

00:46:04prophetically

00:46:05this is

00:46:06the

00:46:06period

00:46:07from

00:46:07the

00:46:07accession

00:46:08of

00:46:08Constantine

00:46:09in

00:46:09320

00:46:10AD

00:46:10to

00:46:10the

00:46:11rise

00:46:11of

00:46:11the

00:46:11papacy

00:46:12in

00:46:12the

00:46:136th

00:46:13century

00:46:13during

00:46:15that

00:46:16period

00:46:16of

00:46:16time

00:46:17were

00:46:17held

00:46:18the

00:46:18great

00:46:18councils

00:46:18of

00:46:19the

00:46:19church

00:46:19but

00:46:20it

00:46:20was

00:46:20also

00:46:20the

00:46:20time

00:46:21of

00:46:21the

00:46:21wedding

00:46:21of

00:46:21the

00:46:21church

00:46:22and

00:46:22the

00:46:22world

00:46:22under

00:46:23Constantine

00:46:24Constantine

00:46:26was not

00:46:26really

00:46:27a

00:46:27true

00:46:27Christian

00:46:27he

00:46:28adopted

00:46:29many

00:46:29pagan

00:46:29practices

00:46:30and

00:46:30brought

00:46:31them

00:46:31into

00:46:31the

00:46:31church

00:46:32where

00:46:32they

00:46:32were

00:46:32accepted

00:46:33Christianity

00:46:34was

00:46:35popular

00:46:35in

00:46:35those

00:46:36days

00:46:36and

00:46:36many

00:46:36pagan

00:46:37practices

00:46:37were

00:46:38incorporated

00:46:39into

00:46:39it

00:46:39this

00:46:40began

00:46:41when

00:46:41the

00:46:41church

00:46:41was

00:46:42viewed

00:46:42as

00:46:42a

00:46:42worldly

00:46:43kingdom

00:46:43like

00:46:44any

00:46:44other

00:46:45kingdom

00:46:46end

00:46:48quote

00:46:48and

00:46:51notice

00:46:51what we

00:46:52read

00:46:52in

00:46:52the

00:46:52great

00:46:52controversy

00:46:53pages

00:46:5349

00:46:53and

00:46:5450

00:46:54Ellen White

00:46:55concurs

00:46:56with

00:46:56this

00:46:56interpretation

00:46:57she

00:46:58says

00:46:59quote

00:46:59the

00:46:59nominal

00:47:00conversion

00:47:00of

00:47:01Constantine

00:47:01in the

00:47:02early

00:47:02part

00:47:02of

00:47:02the

00:47:02fourth

00:47:03century

00:47:03caused

00:47:04great

00:47:04rejoicing

00:47:05and

00:47:06the

00:47:06world

00:47:07cloaked

00:47:08with

00:47:08a

00:47:08form

00:47:09of

00:47:09righteousness

00:47:09walked

00:47:10into

00:47:11the

00:47:11church

00:47:11now

00:47:13the

00:47:13work

00:47:13of

00:47:13corruption

00:47:14rapidly

00:47:14progressed

00:47:15paganism

00:47:17while

00:47:17appearing

00:47:18to be

00:47:18vanquished

00:47:19became

00:47:20the

00:47:20conqueror

00:47:21her

00:47:22spirit

00:47:22controlled

00:47:23the

00:47:23church

00:47:24her

00:47:26doctrines

00:47:27ceremonies

00:47:28and

00:47:28superstitions

00:47:29were

00:47:29incorporated

00:47:29into

00:47:30the

00:47:30faith

00:47:30and

00:47:31worship

00:47:31of

00:47:31the

00:47:32professed

00:47:32followers

00:47:33of

00:47:33Christ

00:47:34end

00:47:35quote

00:47:36well

00:47:38I think

00:47:40we need

00:47:40to take

00:47:40a closer

00:47:41look at

00:47:41the

00:47:41church

00:47:42of

00:47:42Pergamum

00:47:42what

00:47:42about

00:47:43you

00:47:43let's

00:47:45begin

00:47:46with

00:47:46Revelation

00:47:48chapter 2

00:47:49verse 13

00:47:50I

00:47:52know

00:47:52thy

00:47:53works

00:47:53and

00:47:53where

00:47:53thou

00:47:53dwellest

00:47:54even

00:47:54where

00:47:55Satan's

00:47:56seat

00:47:56is

00:47:57and

00:47:57thou

00:47:58holdest

00:47:58fast

00:47:58my

00:47:59name

00:47:59and

00:48:00hast

00:48:00not

00:48:01denied

00:48:01my

00:48:01faith

00:48:02even

00:48:02in

00:48:02those

00:48:02days

00:48:03where

00:48:03Antipas

00:48:03was

00:48:04my

00:48:04faithful

00:48:04martyr

00:48:05who

00:48:05was

00:48:05slain

00:48:06among

00:48:06you

00:48:06where

00:48:06Satan

00:48:07dwelleth

00:48:08but

00:48:10I

00:48:10have

00:48:10a few

00:48:10things

00:48:11against

00:48:11thee

00:48:11because

00:48:12thou

00:48:12hast

00:48:13there

00:48:13them

00:48:14that

00:48:14hold

00:48:14the

00:48:14doctrine

00:48:15of

00:48:15Balaam

00:48:15who

00:48:16Balaam

00:48:18who

00:48:20taught

00:48:20Balak

00:48:21to

00:48:21cast

00:48:21a

00:48:21stumbling

00:48:22lock

00:48:22before

00:48:22the

00:48:23children

00:48:23of

00:48:23Israel

00:48:23to

00:48:24eat

00:48:24things

00:48:24sacrificed

00:48:25unto

00:48:25idols

00:48:26and

00:48:26to

00:48:26commit

00:48:27fornication

00:48:28so

00:48:29here

00:48:30we're

00:48:30told

00:48:30that

00:48:31Pergamum

00:48:32is the

00:48:32place

00:48:32where

00:48:33Satan's

00:48:33throne

00:48:33is

00:48:34found

00:48:34now

00:48:36a king

00:48:37sits

00:48:37on a

00:48:37throne

00:48:37so

00:48:38we

00:48:38must

00:48:38conclude

00:48:38that

00:48:39Pergamum

00:48:39is

00:48:40the

00:48:40sea

00:48:41of

00:48:43Satan's

00:48:43kingdom

00:48:44and

00:48:46before

00:48:46we

00:48:46proceed

00:48:47further

00:48:47with

00:48:47this

00:48:47thought

00:48:48we

00:48:48must

00:48:48take

00:48:48a

00:48:48look

00:48:48at

00:48:48another

00:48:49expression

00:48:49in

00:48:49Christ's

00:48:50message

00:48:50to

00:48:50the

00:48:51church

00:48:51of

00:48:51Pergamum

00:48:51and

00:48:52I

00:48:52hope

00:48:53it

00:48:53grabbed

00:48:53your

00:48:53attention

00:48:53because

00:48:54I

00:48:54emphasized

00:48:54it

00:48:55we're

00:48:55told

00:48:56that

00:48:56this

00:48:56church

00:48:56holds

00:48:57the

00:48:57doctrine

00:48:58of

00:48:58Balaam

00:48:59well

00:49:01what

00:49:01could

00:49:01this

00:49:01expression

00:49:02possibly

00:49:03mean

00:49:04well

00:49:06to find

00:49:06the

00:49:06answer

00:49:07we've

00:49:08got to

00:49:08go back

00:49:08to the

00:49:08original

00:49:09source

00:49:09back

00:49:10in

00:49:10Numbers

00:49:10chapters

00:49:1222

00:49:12to

00:49:1224

00:49:13Numbers

00:49:1621

00:49:1710

00:49:18and

00:49:19onward

00:49:20informs

00:49:21us

00:49:21that

00:49:22Israel

00:49:23had

00:49:23gained

00:49:23signal

00:49:24victories

00:49:24over

00:49:25their

00:49:25enemies

00:49:25as they

00:49:27headed for

00:49:27the

00:49:27promised land

00:49:28they had

00:49:30for example

00:49:31wiped out

00:49:32the Ammonites

00:49:33and

00:49:33they wiped

00:49:34out the

00:49:34Ammonites

00:49:36then the

00:49:37Moabites

00:49:38they were

00:49:39afraid they

00:49:39were next

00:49:40they actually

00:49:41were

00:49:41and so

00:49:42for this

00:49:43reason

00:49:43Balak

00:49:44king of

00:49:44the

00:49:44Moabites

00:49:44attempted

00:49:45to

00:49:45persuade

00:49:45Balaam

00:49:46to curse

00:49:47Israel

00:49:48are you

00:49:48familiar

00:49:48with the

00:49:49story

00:49:49but you

00:49:51see at

00:49:51that time

00:49:52Israel

00:49:52was in

00:49:53a strong

00:49:53covenant

00:49:53relationship

00:49:54with the

00:49:55Lord

00:49:55and Balaam

00:49:56couldn't

00:49:56curse

00:49:56them as

00:49:57long as

00:49:57they

00:49:57remained

00:49:58faithful

00:49:59now

00:50:01according

00:50:02to the

00:50:02desire of

00:50:03ages

00:50:03page 59

00:50:04which we

00:50:05read before

00:50:06Balaam

00:50:07originally

00:50:08belonged to

00:50:08the group

00:50:09of faithful

00:50:09magi

00:50:10but he

00:50:11later

00:50:11sold himself

00:50:12to a group

00:50:13of idolatrous

00:50:14Moabite

00:50:14priests

00:50:15who were

00:50:15experts

00:50:16in the

00:50:16art of

00:50:16divination

00:50:17it says

00:50:18there

00:50:19desire of

00:50:19ages

00:50:20page 59

00:50:20quote

00:50:21Balaam

00:50:21belonged

00:50:22to the

00:50:22magicians

00:50:23though at

00:50:23one time

00:50:24a prophet

00:50:24of God

00:50:25let's read

00:50:29numbers 22

00:50:30let's go

00:50:31there

00:50:31numbers 22

00:50:32verse 7

00:50:34and the

00:50:40elders of

00:50:40Moab

00:50:41and the

00:50:41elders of

00:50:41Midian

00:50:42departed

00:50:42with the

00:50:43rewards of

00:50:44divination

00:50:45in their

00:50:45hand

00:50:46and they

00:50:46came unto

00:50:47Balaam

00:50:48and spake

00:50:50unto him

00:50:51the words

00:50:51of Balak

00:50:52and he

00:50:53said unto

00:50:53them

00:50:54lodge here

00:50:55this night

00:50:55and I'll

00:50:56bring you

00:50:56word again

00:50:57as the

00:50:57Lord shall

00:50:57speak unto

00:50:58me

00:50:58and the

00:50:59princes of

00:50:59Moab

00:51:00abode

00:51:00with

00:51:01Balaam

00:51:02and so

00:51:05we find

00:51:07here

00:51:08very early

00:51:09in the

00:51:10history of

00:51:10Israel

00:51:10the two

00:51:12types of

00:51:12magi

00:51:13which will

00:51:14reappear in

00:51:14Nebuchadnezzar's

00:51:15Babylon

00:51:16and in the

00:51:16kingdom of

00:51:17Mediapersia

00:51:18and when

00:51:20Balaam was

00:51:21unsuccessful in

00:51:22cursing Israel

00:51:23he suggested

00:51:25a most

00:51:26demonic

00:51:26plan

00:51:27didn't he

00:51:28why not

00:51:29get the

00:51:29Israelite men

00:51:30to commit

00:51:31literal

00:51:32fornication

00:51:32with the

00:51:33daughters of

00:51:33Moab

00:51:34and to

00:51:35celebrate

00:51:35their

00:51:35idolatrous

00:51:36rights

00:51:37if he

00:51:39could procure

00:51:40this

00:51:40God would

00:51:41forsake

00:51:41Israel

00:51:42and they

00:51:43would be

00:51:43an easy

00:51:43prey then

00:51:44and this

00:51:45is exactly

00:51:46what

00:51:46Balaam

00:51:46did

00:51:47let's go

00:51:48to

00:51:48numbers

00:51:4825

00:51:49numbers

00:51:5225

00:51:53verse

00:51:541

00:51:54and Israel

00:51:56abode

00:51:56in

00:51:56Shittim

00:51:57and the

00:51:58people

00:51:58began to

00:51:59commit

00:51:59whoredom

00:51:59with the

00:52:00daughters

00:52:00of Moab

00:52:01and they

00:52:02called the

00:52:02people

00:52:03unto

00:52:03the

00:52:04sacrifices

00:52:04of their

00:52:05gods

00:52:06and the

00:52:06people

00:52:07did

00:52:07eat

00:52:07and they

00:52:08bowed

00:52:08down

00:52:09to their

00:52:09gods

00:52:10and Israel

00:52:11joined

00:52:11himself

00:52:12unto

00:52:12Baal

00:52:12Peor

00:52:13and the

00:52:13anger

00:52:14of the

00:52:14Lord

00:52:14was

00:52:14kindled

00:52:15against

00:52:16Israel

00:52:17Revelation

00:52:192

00:52:19verse 14

00:52:20also told

00:52:20us that

00:52:21Balaam

00:52:21suggested

00:52:22this

00:52:22plan

00:52:22when

00:52:24Israel

00:52:24forsook

00:52:24the

00:52:25Lord

00:52:25the

00:52:25Lord

00:52:25withdrew

00:52:26his

00:52:26protection

00:52:26Israel

00:52:28lost

00:52:2824,000

00:52:29men

00:52:30but not

00:52:31everyone

00:52:31apostatized

00:52:33though

00:52:33numbers

00:52:3425

00:52:35tells

00:52:37the

00:52:37triumphant

00:52:37story

00:52:38of how

00:52:38Phineas

00:52:39exalted

00:52:40God's

00:52:40honor

00:52:41let's

00:52:41look at

00:52:41that

00:52:41numbers

00:52:4225

00:52:42verse

00:52:436

00:52:43and

00:52:45behold

00:52:45one of

00:52:46the

00:52:46children

00:52:46of

00:52:47Israel

00:52:47came

00:52:47and

00:52:47brought

00:52:48unto

00:52:48his

00:52:48brethren

00:52:49a

00:52:49Midianitish

00:52:50woman

00:52:50in

00:52:51the

00:52:51sight

00:52:51of

00:52:51Moses

00:52:52and

00:52:52in

00:52:52the

00:52:53sight

00:52:53of

00:52:53all

00:52:53the

00:52:54congregation

00:52:54of

00:52:54children

00:52:55of

00:52:55Israel

00:52:55I preached

00:52:56a couple

00:52:57sermons

00:52:57on this

00:52:58who were

00:52:59weeping

00:52:59before the

00:53:00door of

00:53:00the

00:53:00tabernacle

00:53:01of the

00:53:01congregation

00:53:02there is

00:53:02a time

00:53:03for

00:53:04prayer

00:53:05and there's

00:53:07a time

00:53:07for

00:53:08action

00:53:08Moses

00:53:11and the

00:53:13congregation

00:53:13of Israel

00:53:14were at

00:53:15the door

00:53:15of the

00:53:15tabernacle

00:53:16they were

00:53:16praying

00:53:17and weeping

00:53:18but this

00:53:20was the

00:53:20time

00:53:21that needed

00:53:21action

00:53:22and who

00:53:23gives

00:53:24the

00:53:24action

00:53:24verse

00:53:257

00:53:26and when

00:53:26Phinehas

00:53:27the son

00:53:29of

00:53:29Eleazar

00:53:29the son

00:53:30of

00:53:30Aaron

00:53:31the priest

00:53:31saw it

00:53:32he rose

00:53:34up from

00:53:34among

00:53:34the

00:53:34congregation

00:53:35he took

00:53:36a

00:53:36javelin

00:53:36it's a

00:53:37spear

00:53:37in his

00:53:38hand

00:53:38and he

00:53:39went

00:53:39after the

00:53:40man of

00:53:40Israel

00:53:41into

00:53:41the

00:53:41tent

00:53:41and

00:53:42thrust

00:53:42both

00:53:43of

00:53:43them

00:53:43through

00:53:43the

00:53:44man

00:53:44of

00:53:44Israel

00:53:45and

00:53:45the

00:53:45woman

00:53:45through

00:53:46her

00:53:46belly

00:53:46so

00:53:47the

00:53:47plague

00:53:48was

00:53:48stayed

00:53:48from

00:53:49the

00:53:49children

00:53:49of

00:53:49Israel

00:53:50and

00:53:50those

00:53:51that

00:53:51died

00:53:51in

00:53:51the

00:53:51plague

00:53:52were

00:53:52twenty

00:53:52and

00:53:52four

00:53:52thousand

00:53:53and

00:53:54the

00:53:54Lord

00:53:54spake

00:53:55unto

00:53:55Moses

00:53:55saying

00:53:56Phinehas

00:53:57the

00:53:57son

00:53:58of

00:53:58Eleazar

00:53:58the

00:53:59son

00:53:59of

00:53:59Aaron

00:54:00the

00:54:00priest

00:54:00hath

00:54:01turned

00:54:01my

00:54:01wrath

00:54:02away

00:54:02from

00:54:02the

00:54:02children

00:54:03of

00:54:03Israel

00:54:03while

00:54:04he

00:54:04was

00:54:04zealous

00:54:05for

00:54:05my

00:54:05sake

00:54:06among

00:54:06them

00:54:06that

00:54:07I

00:54:07consume

00:54:07not

00:54:08the

00:54:08children

00:54:08of

00:54:08Israel

00:54:09in

00:54:09my

00:54:09jealousy

00:54:09wherefore

00:54:11say

00:54:11behold

00:54:13I

00:54:14give

00:54:14unto

00:54:14him

00:54:14my

00:54:15covenant

00:54:15of

00:54:15peace

00:54:16and

00:54:17he

00:54:17shall

00:54:17have

00:54:17it

00:54:18and

00:54:18his

00:54:18seed

00:54:19after

00:54:19him

00:54:20even

00:54:20the

00:54:21covenant

00:54:21of

00:54:21an

00:54:21everlasting

00:54:22priesthood

00:54:23because

00:54:24he

00:54:24was

00:54:24zealous

00:54:25for

00:54:25his

00:54:25God

00:54:26and

00:54:26made

00:54:27an

00:54:27atonement

00:54:27for

00:54:28the

00:54:28children

00:54:28of

00:54:29Israel

00:54:30Phinehas

00:54:34took

00:54:34action

00:54:36needed

00:54:36to be

00:54:36taken

00:54:37that's

00:54:38what

00:54:38God

00:54:38wanted

00:54:38to

00:54:39see

00:54:39there

00:54:39needs

00:54:39to be

00:54:40action

00:54:40here

00:54:40sin

00:54:42is

00:54:42in

00:54:42the

00:54:42camp

00:54:43right

00:54:44but

00:54:45not

00:54:45sacred

00:54:46sin

00:54:46open

00:54:48sin

00:54:48is

00:54:49in

00:54:50the

00:54:50camp

00:54:50right

00:54:52before

00:54:52your

00:54:52eyes

00:54:53and

00:54:55when

00:54:55that

00:54:56happens

00:54:56in

00:54:56your

00:54:56church

00:54:57friends

00:54:57God

00:54:57demands

00:54:59action

00:54:59that

00:55:02has

00:55:02to be

00:55:02removed

00:55:03the

00:55:05very

00:55:05work

00:55:06of

00:55:06justice

00:55:06done

00:55:07by

00:55:07Phinehas

00:55:07was

00:55:07an

00:55:07atonement

00:55:08for

00:55:08Israel

00:55:08we

00:55:09just

00:55:09read

00:55:09it

00:55:09the

00:55:10Lord

00:55:10blessed

00:55:11the

00:55:11house

00:55:11of

00:55:11Phinehas

00:55:12he

00:55:12eventually

00:55:13became

00:55:13a

00:55:14high

00:55:14priest

00:55:14over

00:55:15Israel

00:55:15he

00:55:20had

00:55:20God's

00:55:20covenant

00:55:21of

00:55:21peace

00:55:21wouldn't

00:55:22you

00:55:22like

00:55:23to

00:55:23have

00:55:23God's

00:55:23covenant

00:55:23of

00:55:23peace

00:55:24boy

00:55:24I

00:55:24sure

00:55:24would

00:55:25let's

00:55:27turn

00:55:27to

00:55:27now

00:55:27Revelation

00:55:2812

00:55:29Revelation

00:55:3112

00:55:32getting puzzle

00:55:34pieces here

00:55:35friends

00:55:35put it

00:55:36together

00:55:36verse 1

00:55:38and there

00:55:39appeared a

00:55:39great

00:55:39wonder in

00:55:40heaven

00:55:40a woman

00:55:40clothed

00:55:41with the

00:55:41sun

00:55:42and the

00:55:42moon

00:55:42under

00:55:42her

00:55:43feet

00:55:43and upon

00:55:43her

00:55:43head

00:55:44a

00:55:44crown

00:55:44of

00:55:44twelve

00:55:44stars

00:55:45and she

00:55:46being with

00:55:46child

00:55:47cried

00:55:47travailing

00:55:48in birth

00:55:48and pain

00:55:49to be

00:55:49delivered

00:55:50and there

00:55:51appeared

00:55:51another

00:55:51wonder

00:55:52in heaven

00:55:52and behold

00:55:53a great

00:55:54red

00:55:55dragon

00:55:56having

00:55:57seven

00:55:58heads

00:55:58and ten

00:55:58horns

00:55:59and seven

00:55:59crowns

00:56:00upon his

00:56:00heads

00:56:00and his

00:56:01tail

00:56:02drew

00:56:02the third

00:56:02part

00:56:03of the

00:56:03stars

00:56:03of heaven

00:56:04he took

00:56:04a third

00:56:04of the

00:56:05angels

00:56:05with him

00:56:05and cast

00:56:06them to

00:56:06the

00:56:07earth

00:56:07and the

00:56:07dragon

00:56:08stood

00:56:09before the

00:56:09woman

00:56:09which was ready

00:56:10to be

00:56:11delivered

00:56:11for to

00:56:12devour

00:56:12her

00:56:12child

00:56:13as soon

00:56:13as it

00:56:13was born

00:56:14and she

00:56:15brought forth

00:56:15a man

00:56:16child

00:56:16who was

00:56:17to rule

00:56:17all nations

00:56:18with the

00:56:18rod of

00:56:18iron

00:56:19and her

00:56:19child

00:56:19was caught

00:56:20up unto

00:56:20God

00:56:21and to

00:56:21his

00:56:21throne

00:56:21go to

00:56:22verse

00:56:22seven

00:56:22and there

00:56:24was war

00:56:25in heaven

00:56:26right

00:56:27there was

00:56:29war

00:56:29in heaven

00:56:30it's hard

00:56:31to imagine

00:56:32war

00:56:32in heaven

00:56:33Michael

00:56:35and his

00:56:35angels

00:56:35fought

00:56:36against

00:56:36the

00:56:36dragon

00:56:37and the

00:56:38dragon

00:56:39fought

00:56:39and his

00:56:39angels

00:56:40and prevailed

00:56:41not

00:56:42neither was

00:56:42their place

00:56:42found anymore

00:56:43in heaven

00:56:43and the

00:56:45great dragon

00:56:46was cast

00:56:47out

00:56:47well who

00:56:48is that

00:56:48great dragon

00:56:49verse 9

00:56:50tells us

00:56:51the old

00:56:52serpent

00:56:52called the

00:56:53devil

00:56:53and satan

00:56:54which

00:56:54deceiveth

00:56:55the whole

00:56:55world

00:56:56he was

00:56:57cast

00:56:58out

00:56:58into the

00:56:59earth

00:56:59and his

00:57:00angels

00:57:00were cast

00:57:01out

00:57:01with him

00:57:02the dragon

00:57:05in revelation

00:57:0612 is

00:57:06symbolic of

00:57:07Rome

00:57:07and Rome

00:57:08is where

00:57:09we just

00:57:10learn

00:57:11that's where

00:57:12satan's

00:57:13throne is

00:57:13again

00:57:16how do we

00:57:17know this

00:57:17because in

00:57:18revelation 13

00:57:19and verse 2

00:57:20we find that

00:57:20this dragon

00:57:21symbolic of

00:57:23satan

00:57:25working through

00:57:25Rome

00:57:26gave the

00:57:27beast

00:57:27that's the

00:57:28papacy

00:57:28his power

00:57:29and throne

00:57:30and great

00:57:30authority

00:57:31let's read it

00:57:32revelation 13

00:57:33verse 2

00:57:34and the

00:57:35beast which

00:57:36i saw was

00:57:37like unto a

00:57:37leopard

00:57:38and his

00:57:38feet were

00:57:39as the

00:57:39feet of

00:57:40a bear

00:57:40and his

00:57:41mouth as

00:57:41the mouth

00:57:41of a

00:57:42lion

00:57:42does those

00:57:43animals

00:57:44sound familiar

00:57:45when we

00:57:46looked at

00:57:46prophecies

00:57:47of daniel

00:57:47what do we

00:57:50have again

00:57:50we have a

00:57:51leopard

00:57:52and we

00:57:53have a

00:57:53bear

00:57:53and we

00:57:54have a

00:57:54lion

00:57:54this is

00:57:57an

00:57:57amalgamated

00:57:58beast

00:57:58here

00:57:59right

00:58:00there's a

00:58:02tie-in to

00:58:02daniel

00:58:03and go on

00:58:06look what it

00:58:07says

00:58:07and the

00:58:08dragon gave

00:58:09him his

00:58:09power

00:58:10this beast

00:58:12and his

00:58:12seat

00:58:13and great

00:58:14authority

00:58:15gave him

00:58:18his power

00:58:18and his

00:58:19seat

00:58:19and where

00:58:20was satan's

00:58:22seat at

00:58:22his throne

00:58:23at at this

00:58:23time

00:58:24it was

00:58:24symbolically

00:58:25in pergamum

00:58:26according to

00:58:26revelation 2

00:58:27verse 13

00:58:28why is

00:58:31all of this

00:58:32important

00:58:33the message

00:58:40of the

00:58:40apostolic

00:58:41church

00:58:41ephesus

00:58:42spread like

00:58:43a prairie

00:58:43fire

00:58:44satan

00:58:45responded

00:58:46by

00:58:46persecuting

00:58:47the church

00:58:47which is

00:58:48a symbol

00:58:49of smyrna

00:58:50but the

00:58:50more the

00:58:51church was

00:58:51persecuted

00:58:52the more

00:58:52it grew

00:58:53so satan

00:58:54decided to

00:58:54change his

00:58:55strategy

00:58:55not able to

00:58:57destroy the

00:58:57church from

00:58:57the outside

00:58:58but persecution

00:58:59satan

00:59:00decided to

00:59:01infiltrate the

00:59:01church

00:59:02and in

00:59:03313 ad

00:59:04persecution

00:59:05ended

00:59:06constantine

00:59:07the great

00:59:08an avowed

00:59:09worshipper

00:59:10of the sun

00:59:11god

00:59:11mithra

00:59:12proclaimed

00:59:13a decree

00:59:14of

00:59:15toleration

00:59:16constantine

00:59:21became a

00:59:21christian

00:59:22he

00:59:24proclaimed

00:59:24the first

00:59:25civil

00:59:25sunday

00:59:27law

00:59:27calling it

00:59:28the venerable

00:59:29day of the

00:59:30sun

00:59:31in fact

00:59:32constantine

00:59:33had a coin

00:59:33minted with

00:59:34the inscription

00:59:34deus

00:59:35solen

00:59:35victus

00:59:36that's

00:59:37translated as

00:59:38to the

00:59:39invincible

00:59:39son

00:59:40and so

00:59:42the entire

00:59:42empire

00:59:43now became

00:59:44christian

00:59:46notice this

00:59:50in the book

00:59:51great controversy

00:59:51pages 42

00:59:52and 43

00:59:53quote

00:59:55the great

00:59:55adversary

00:59:56now

00:59:56endeavored

00:59:57to gain

00:59:57by artifice

00:59:58what he

00:59:58had failed

00:59:59to secure

00:59:59by force

01:00:00persecution

01:00:01ceased

01:00:02and in

01:00:02its stead

01:00:03were substituted

01:00:03the dangerous

01:00:04allurements

01:00:05of temporal

01:00:06prosperity

01:00:07and worldly

01:00:08honor

01:00:08idolaters

01:00:10were led

01:00:10to receive

01:00:11part of the

01:00:11christian

01:00:12faith

01:00:12while they

01:00:13rejected

01:00:13other

01:00:13essential

01:00:14truths

01:00:14under a

01:00:15cloak of

01:00:16pretended

01:00:17christianity

01:00:18satan was

01:00:21insinuating

01:00:22himself

01:00:22into the

01:00:23church

01:00:24to corrupt

01:00:26their faith

01:00:27and turn

01:00:27their minds

01:00:28from the

01:00:29word of

01:00:29god

01:00:30and as i

01:00:31mentioned

01:00:31before

01:00:31about

01:00:34daniel

01:00:348

01:00:34it's talking

01:00:35about

01:00:36taking away

01:00:38the daily

01:00:39which we'll

01:00:41get into

01:00:41in great

01:00:41detail

01:00:42but that's

01:00:43what's

01:00:44happening

01:00:44here

01:00:45you see

01:00:45pergamum

01:00:46starting all

01:00:47this up

01:00:47under a

01:00:48cloak of

01:00:48pretended

01:00:49christianity

01:00:49who is

01:00:50insinuating

01:00:51themselves

01:00:51in the

01:00:52church

01:00:52satan

01:00:53why

01:00:53to corrupt

01:00:54their faith

01:00:54turn their

01:00:55minds

01:00:55from the

01:00:56word of

01:00:56truth

01:00:56and in

01:01:01this way

01:01:02the church

01:01:02committed

01:01:02spiritual

01:01:03fornication

01:01:04by abandoning

01:01:05jesus

01:01:05and joining

01:01:06the world

01:01:07and it's

01:01:09no coincidence

01:01:10the church

01:01:11of pergamum

01:01:11is followed

01:01:12by the church

01:01:12of thy

01:01:13terra

01:01:13which is a

01:01:14clear depiction

01:01:15of the papal

01:01:16church

01:01:16notice

01:01:17revelation

01:01:182

01:01:19and verse

01:01:1920

01:01:20revelation

01:01:222

01:01:22verse

01:01:2220

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01:09:48me at

01:09:48this time

01:09:49you know

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01:09:51dig into

01:09:51history

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01:09:54and believe

01:09:56me

01:09:56there's a

01:09:56lot of

01:09:57history

01:09:57I could

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01:10:11the first

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01:10:13previous

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01:10:15all on

01:10:15rumble

01:10:16look for

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01:10:17my name

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01:10:19we have

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01:10:20there

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01:10:27very

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01:10:36out for

01:10:36yourself

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01:10:39God

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01:10:41into the

01:10:42truth

01:10:42and never

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01:10:44Jesus loves

01:10:45you

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01:10:46it

01:10:47keep looking

01:10:48up

01:10:48we'll see you

01:10:49next time

01:10:49God bless

01:10:50take care

01:10:50God bless

01:10:51God bless

01:10:52God bless

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