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708. Bible Study: Isaiah 14 (about Satan being cast to Earth? Israel's expansion, Peace, Israel, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran) · Faith by annm2705

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Chapter 14 from the book of Isaiah.
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First, let's pray. Dear God, thank you for giving
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us our lives. Without you, we would not be
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here. So we are completely indebted to
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you forever for that. And thank you also for the plans
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that you have in the future for us.
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Thank you for this day. We know that we should never
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take any day for granted and that we need to make the most of
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us, the most of every day that we have.
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Please guide us this day and every day hereafter to do your
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will so that you will be pleased with what we are doing, with
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what you've given us. Forgive us our sins as we
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forgive others and protect us from the evil. 1 And give us
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wisdom so that we may apply the knowledge that we receive
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through our Bible studies. We ask this in Jesus name, Amen.
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So chapter 14, the Lord will have compassion on Jacob once
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again. He will choose Israel.
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So Israel has always been God's elect, God's chosen people.
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He made that clear from the beginning.
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It's not favoritism, he just he just chose them to be the his
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people and to be the, the, the found the core, basically the
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the area of his future Kingdom, the boundaries of his Kingdom.
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So and so it says the Lord will have compassion on Jacob, which
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also means Israel. Once again, He will choose
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Israel and will settle them in their own land.
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So Israel will always have their land.
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They are not going to be dispersed.
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Well, they have been dispersed over the years, but they will
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always return to the land because God has promised that.
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And when God says something's going to happen, it will happen.
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So Israel will always remain in the land that they are today.
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And if we listen to Bible prophecy, it's going to actually
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expand. Where do you hear God's bigger
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plans for Israel? Foreigners will join them and
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unite with the descendants of Jacob.
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So the people of Israel, foreigners will join and unite
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with the descendants of Jacob. Nations will take them and bring
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them to their own place. And Israel listen to this.
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And Israel will take possession of the nations and make them
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male and female servants in the Lord's land.
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So everything is going to turn around.
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Israel is seems to be throughout history always targeted for
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capturing actually, you know, they, they were going into the
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land of Canaan, which God told them this is the land I'm giving
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to you. So they were pursuing that.
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But then over time, they didn't always follow through with God.
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And so then God allowed their enemies or their adversaries to
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take them captive, to plunder, to do all sorts of things
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throughout history. And so everything's been
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ultimately surrounding Israel and what happens with them.
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But here, this is Bible prophecy from Isaiah written 700 BC, so
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almost 2700 or a little bit more than 2700 years ago.
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And Israel will take possession of the nations and make them
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male and female servants in the Lord's land.
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I don't think this has ever happened before, so this is
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definitely future prophecy. They will make captives of their
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captors and rule over their oppressors.
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So this is the plan that God has for Israel, not what anyone else
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has decided. Not a leader.
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A leader hasn't decided this. This is God's decision.
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So if God says it, it's going to happen.
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And we don't know when it's going.
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Well, we do know when it's going to happen.
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We know when Jesus returns is when it's going to happen.
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But this is God spoken and he's going to do it.
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So all the people who are crafting up plans to get rid of
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Israel, it's not going to work because ultimately you're
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fighting against God and God is sovereign over everything.
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So no plans are going to change what He has in store.
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It continues on in verse 3. On that day, on the day the Lord
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gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from
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the harsh labor forced on you, you will take up this taunt
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against the king of Babylon. So at some point, God's going to
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give Israel relief from their suffering and turmoil and harsh
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labor forced on them, and they will taunt the king of Babylon.
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Now, this certainly has a lot deeper meaning and more meaning
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than the surface level. This is again something that was
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partially fulfilled, but not completely fulfilled.
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So it was perhaps a foreshadowing of future events
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and whether these things are metaphorical or if they actually
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will mean like another person from the Babylon area or the
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Mesopotamia area, if that is what this is referring to, in
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addition to what it referred to from the past, Babylon and then
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Assyria. But it it's certainly as we read
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through this chapter, you will see that this means way more
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than human beings here on earth from Babylon.
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It it's way beyond that. So it says how the oppressor has
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come to an end, how his fury has ended.
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The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked, the sceptre of the
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rulers, which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing
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blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless
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aggression. All the lands are at rest and at
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peace. They break into singing.
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Even the junipers and the Cedars of Lebanon gloat over you and
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say, now that you have been laid low, no one comes to cut us
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down. The realm of the dead below is
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all a stir to meet you at your coming.
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It rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you, all those
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who were leaders in the world. It makes them rise from their
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Thrones all those who were kings over the nations.
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They will all respond. They will say to you, You also
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have become weak as we are, and you have become like us.
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All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with
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the noise of your harps. Maggots are spread out beneath
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you and worms over you. How you have fallen from heaven.
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Morning Star, son of the dawn, you have been cast down to
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earth. You once laid low the nations.
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You said in your heart, I will ascend to the heavens.
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I will raise my throne above the stars of God.
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I will sit enthroned on the Mount of Assembly, on the utmost
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heights of Mount Zaffron. I will ascend above the tops of
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the clouds. I will make myself like the Most
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High. But you are brought down to the
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realm of the dead, to the depth of the pit.
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Those who see you stare at you. They ponder your fate.
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Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble?
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The man who made the world a wilderness, who overthrew its
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cities and would not let his captives go home?
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All the kings of the nation lie in state, each in his own tomb.
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But you are cast out of your tomb like a rejected branch.
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You are covered with the slain, and with those pierced by the
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sword, those who descend to the stones of the pit like a corpse
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trampled under foot. You will not join them in
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burial, for you have been for you have destroyed your land and
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killed your people. Let the offspring of the wicked
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never be mentioned again. Prepare a place to slaughter his
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children for the sins of their ancestors.
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They are not to rise to inherit the land and cover the earth
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with their cities. I will rise up against them,
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declares the Lord Almighty. I will wipe out Babylon's name
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and survivors, her, her offspring and descendants,
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declares the Lord. I will turn her into a place for
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owls and into swampland. I will sweep her with the broom
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of destruction, declares the Lord Almighty.
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The Lord Almighty has sworn. Surely, I surely, as I have
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planned, so it will be. As I have purposed, so it will
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happen. I will crush the Assyrian in my
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land, on my mountains. I will trample him down.
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His yoke will be taken from my people and his burden removed
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from their shoulders. This is the plan determined for
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the whole world. This is the hand stretched out
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over all nations, for the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who
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can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and
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who can turn it back? This prophecy came in the year
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King Ahaz died. Do not rejoice, all you
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Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken.
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From the root of that snake will spring up a Viper.
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Its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.
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The poorest of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will
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lie down in safety. But your route I will destroy by
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famine. It will slay your survivors.
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Wail you gate, howl you city, melt away all you Philistines.
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A cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there is not a
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straggler in its ranks. What answers shall be given to
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the envoys of that nation? The Lord has established Zion,
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and in her His afflicted people will find refuge.
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That's the end of chapter 14. I will read the questions and
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answers for chapter 14 and then get into the things that I saw
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when I read this. So when will this second exodus
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occur? This prophecy points to the
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return of the Jews from exile in Babylon in 538 BC.
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The Lord moved the heart of Persia's king Cyrus, who
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conquered Babylon in 539 BC, to allow them to return to
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Jerusalem and rebuild the temple.
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There are, however, elements of this prophecy that were not
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fulfilled at that time, especially in the picture of
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God's people ruling over their oppressors.
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No doubt the return from Babylon foreshadows God's ultimate
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future purpose for His people. Who is the king of Babylon?
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This surely does not refer to Nabenalius, Nabenitis, Nabenitis
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or his son Belshazzar Babylon's last two ineffective kings, but
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to the entire dynasty. And just as in Ezekiel 28, where
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the fall of the king of Tyre is discussed, the language is much
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too sweeping to be talking about only one human being.
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Isaiah seemed to be personifying not only Babylon's monarchs but
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also the empire as a whole, as one of a series of God defying
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world powers that met its doom when its day of judgement came.
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Why taunt A defeated foe? It is the cry of justice.
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Before God's people could be revived as a nation, Babylon had
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to be defeated. Through the prophet's voice, God
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was laughing at Babylon's pride and false security.
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What did God show Isaiah about his plan for the Gentiles?
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In the exodus from Egypt, the Israelites welcomed people from
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other nations who joined them in their faith.
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A prominent theme in Isaiah is that the future of the Gentiles
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will join the Israelites in mass.
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The theme is first mentioned in Isaiah chapter 2 in Isaiah's
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prophecy of the last days, in which the mountain of the Lord's
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Temple will be established as the highest of the mountains.
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It will be exalted above the hills, and all the nations will
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stream to it. So this is pretty much talking
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about the Third Temple. The foreigners streaming to this
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holy mountain will result in God's temple or house being
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called a House of prayer for all nations.
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If you pay attention to what's going on in the Temple Institute
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and how they refer to this third temple, this is the temple for
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all nations. OK, Going back, the nations,
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even their kings, will be drawn to the glorious light of Zion.
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The true drawing power will be the Messiah, Jesus Christ.
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In that day, the root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the
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peoples. The nations will rally to him.
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And it says, why should children pay for the sins of their
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ancestors? What any generation does affects
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the following generations. If one generation promotes sin
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and disobedience, the next generation usually fall into the
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same pattern. If one generation bankrupts a
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nation by irresponsible financial practices, the next
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generation will pay for it. If one generation gets a country
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into war, the next generation may well pay the price in
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lasting suffering. Who is Isaiah prophesying
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against? Isaiah is giving a specific
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example of future destruction of Babylon, namely the coming
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downfall of Assyria. The fact that there is no
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introductory formula gives us a clue that verses 24 through 27
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do not comprise a separate prophecy against Assyria, but
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should be read as a conclusion to the Babylon prophecy.
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Assyria represents all the Mesopotamian powers included
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under the head Babylon, which have exalted themselves to the
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heights and must therefore eventually go down to the pit.
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How would God crush the Assyrian in his land?
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This likely refers to the destruction of Senate Cherubs
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army during the Assyrian invasion in Judah in Seven O
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One. Such a promise must have given
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much hope to Judah during Isaiah's ministry.
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However, the final 2 verses of the whole section place the
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specific promises of verses 24 through 25 with the wider
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context of God's purpose for the whole world.
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All nations will have to submit to His judgement.
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This principle will be seen in relation to other nations, both
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small and great, in the prophecies that follow.
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What kind of prophecy is this the Hebrew for?
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The Hebrew for the word prophecy here is related to a verb
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meaning to lift up, carry, and it is possible, possibly to be
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understood as either lifting up one's voice or carrying a
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burden. Such a prophecy often brings
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unwelcome news or judgment. Why did the Philistines rejoice?
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They rejoice because the rod that had struck them, King
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Sargon the Second of Assyria, had died, ushering in a time of
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temporary Assyrian weakness. Some think the Viper probably
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refers to Sargon 2's son, Sena Cherub, who quickly ended the
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Philistines rejoicing. What was this cloud of smoke
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coming from the north? This likely refers to the dust
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raised by the marching feet and the Chariots of the Assyrians
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who always invaded Canaan from the north.
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Perhaps this terrifying image also pictures clouds of smoke
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billowing high into the sky from the burning of conquered
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Philistine cities. So that is the questions and
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answers from the study Bible. However, as I was reading this,
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I was I several different verses are parts of scripture and you
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know, Scripture always interprets scripture.
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So I did look up all of these different scriptures that came
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to mind as I was reading. So I will review them starting
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at the beginning of chapter 14. And it says about nations will
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take them and bring them to their own place.
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So there is a there are a few prophecies that we'll have to
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read in context with one another.
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And let's talk about Edom. OK, Actually let's first go to
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Ezekiel. And I think I might have done
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the wrong. Oh no, I did the right one.
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OK, Ezekiel. And I guess it's 17.
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No. OK, so in Ezekiel 17 it talks
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about these two eagles and a vine.
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And so when you read this parable, you will understand
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that Egypt and Babylon are the 2 great eagles.
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So that is revealed it it goes through a story about what
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happens to these people, these parables, and it says that it
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gives you the names of Egypt and Babylon later on.
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So it's the whole chapter. I don't know if I should read
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this or just. If you want to read it, read
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chapter 17 of Ezekiel because it talks about Egypt and Babylon
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being the great eagles. Or just go to an electric
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electronic digital Bible and search great eagle and then go
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to the verses that reference it. I think in the NIV form format
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of the Bible or translation of the Bible you if you hit great
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eagle there will probably be like 3 different entries that
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come up. But when you read those then you
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will see like who is this great eagle?
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Because when I read this nations will take them and bring them to
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their own place. I thought about Revelation 12
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verse 14 that says the woman was given the the two wings of a
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great eagle so that she might fly to the place prepared for
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her in the wilderness where she would be taken care of for time
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times and half a time out of the serpent's reach.
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Now this has so much in it. So the woman this is from
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Revelation is represents Israel and was given the two wings of a
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great eagle. So I had to look up great eagle
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to say like, what is the great eagle?
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And it's somewhere where she goes for safety.
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And if you go to Obadiah chapter 1, it talks about it.
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It compares Edom to a great eagle.
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So I will read Obadiah's vision, the vision of Obadiah.
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This is what the sovereign Lord says about Edom.
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So Edom is modern day Jordan. We have heard a message from the
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Lord. An envoy was sent to the nation
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saying, Rise, let us go against her for battle.
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See, I will make you small among the nations.
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You will be utterly despised. The pride of your heart has
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deceived you. You who live in the clefts of
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the rocks and make your home on the heights.
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You who say to yourself, Who can bring me down to the ground,
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though you soar like an eagle and make your nest among the
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stars from there I will bring you down declares the Lord.
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So in this vision Edom is compared to like an eagle.
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So this is could potentially this is a theory I guess that
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nations will take them and bring them to their own place.
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So perhaps when this part of Revelation where the the woman
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was given the two wings of a great eagle so that she might
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fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness where she
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would be taken care of for a time times and half a time out
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of the serpent's reach. We'll have to read a little bit
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more. And there's there's more to come
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as we get deeper where I will be reading the whole chapter 12 for
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Revelation because that'll put it in context.
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But basically, to me, it came to mind that Israel's going to be
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taken care of, are sheltered perhaps by Jordan during the
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time that, oh gosh, Satan, the Antichrist, whatever you want to
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call him is or maybe they're combined into one is ruling on
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this not really ruling, but it's just venting his fury is really
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what it is. He's venting his fury.
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And we'll get more into that when that happens.
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God provides a shelter for Israel.
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So then the next thing that came to mind, So this this king of
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Babylon, I believe it, it did mean the king of Babylon.
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And as the study guide said, it meant like the whole monarchy.
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But I believe it's even deeper than that.
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In the book of Enoch it talks about, which is not non
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canonical, but it gives us some insight and the Bible supports
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it in various things. Especially when you get into
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Ephesians chapter 6 where it says we wrestle not against
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flesh and blood, but against the spiritual realm and the powers,
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the principalities and the powers and darkness.
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So it gives you all of I need to memorize that first and I don't
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have it memorized. I might go to it so I can read
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it and not stumble over it. I'm going to look that up right
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now. Now it's AI know it's chapter 6
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but I can't remember it might be 12 or something.
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Yes, Ephesians chapter 6 verse 12.
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For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the
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rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this Dark
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World and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly
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realms. So when we have an issue with
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another person, we have to look beyond that.
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That's this is how forgiveness starts to work, how it's
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possible with people. Because what you have to do is
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see beyond the person that is acting after, in my opinion,
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being influenced by an evil spiritual force.
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They, that person has not submitted or surrendered to God.
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Therefore this evil force has access to them and they do what
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their master, the evil master, wants them to do.
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So you're either submitted to God, and if you're not submitted
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to God, you have given access or you are allowing access from
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evil to influence. That's why we have so many
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problems in this world. That's why we have selfishness.
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That's why we have pride. That's why we have all these
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different things is because we are not submitted completely,
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100% submitted to God to say, God, I want you to guide my
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life. I want to submit to your
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authority. I want to do what your will is.
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And if we don't do that, if we don't have the Holy Spirit, we
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are unprotected and we are subject to, I mean, the Bible
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calls it slavery. The whole, you know, the message
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of the world twists everything around and says, well, you know,
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like if you follow God or whatever, then you're like in
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bondage or whatever. But you're not, it's the
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opposite. They you know, it's like we are
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in those times where they say good is bad and bad is good and
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they distort everything that's that's in the Bible and the
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Bible tells us the truth. So in reality, when we are
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rejecting God, we are in slavery to the evil side of the world,
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God's enemy, and we don't even know it.
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We're blind to it because we we grew up that way.
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Our eyes haven't been opened. We haven't sought, we haven't
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been seeking God. When we seek God, when we get
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into the word, when the Holy Spirit starts to enter into our
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life, our eyes get opened and we see the truth beyond it.
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So as I get back to forgiveness, which is extremely important,
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you have to look beyond the human person that's doing
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something that has offended you and realize this person is not
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submitted to God. And we all were that too.
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So we have to remember that. So don't place a judgement on
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somebody who's not yet submitted, but hopefully
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encourage them to submit to God so that their life can change.
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And then you will have peace with that person.
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But in the interim, you have to not take it out on that person.
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And remember that the vengeance is God's.
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It's not ours. Turn it over to God.
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Pray for that person, that their eyes be open to their actions
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that they're doing. Forgive them for whatever it is
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because it's an evil spiritual realm influencing that person
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and look beyond it. Don't just look at them as a
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helpless human being who is being taken over by demonic
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forces and they need help, They need God.
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So forgive them for what they've done, just like God has forgiven
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us. Forgiveness is so important
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because that I think if we keep unforgiveness, then we withhold
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things from God. So you are, you are depriving
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yourself of blessings when you don't forgive.
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So let stuff go and realize what is behind it.
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That's one of the things but I kind of got off on on a tangent
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there again. But the king of Babylon.
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So the whole point that we were talking about is that the the
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king of Babylon is not just literally the king of Babylon,
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although it did probably mean that like God often in
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Scripture, it has a literal meaning.
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But then it also has a symbolic meeting and it also has like a
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foreshadowing of future events like this.
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This all hasn't happened yet, but the the point of it is that
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there are these spiritual forces, there are these
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principalities in the heavenly realms that apparently,
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according to the Book of Enoch, control certain areas of land.
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So I remember as a kid, always as a child, always thinking
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about like, why does the Middle East fight all the time?
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Like, why are they always at war?
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Can't they just work things out? This is a spiritual battle and
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it's against Israel and it's got because Israel is God's chosen.
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So the dark forces of the world, the spiritual forces of evil
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want to get rid of God's chosen Israel.
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So it all it, it's all found in the Bible.
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You learn all about what's going on in this world and people are
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thinking, you know, they're going to solve it by human means
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and negotiate all these different issues.
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It's a spiritual issue. And unless you address the
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spiritual issue, it will remain. So you're going to put a
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Band-Aid on something that is not going to solve the problem
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because if you don't get to the root of it, the spiritual
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matter, it won't get resolved. So any of this peace talk that
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we have in the world, unless we address the spiritual aspect
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that peace is not going to happen.
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And we know that none of this is going to happen.
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I mean, we're not going to have peace until Jesus returns.
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And Jesus is the one who has the power.
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Just, you know, God is the one with the power who can make the
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impossible happen. That's why God can bring peace
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to the whole world is because he is God.
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So we won't have it. But for right now, we have to
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remember when we read this, this prophecy is that this king of
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Babylon is more than the historical king of Babylon.
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There is a principality that's affecting.
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So future kings will have that same principality over them.
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That same evil force from the heavenly realm is affecting
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those land areas. And that's, that's I guess a
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theory that I have. But if you look throughout the
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Bible, it's always those same land areas doing the same
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things. So they just repeat over and
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over. It's so, you know, you hear
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history repeats itself. That's because the spiritual,
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Matt, the spiritual issues are not dealt with.
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The spiritual issues are not changed.
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So then it just goes back to what it was before.
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That's can talk. I mean, that can solve a lot of
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our personal conflicts is, you know, you can, you can work on
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this and work on this and go to counseling and therapy and
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negotiations and all this stuff. But if you don't get to the
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heart of the matter, the spiritual issue, it's just going
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to be a long, long process. So all right, so I think we've
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covered that. So now in verse, I guess it's
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verse 4, it says you will, you will take up OK on the day the
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Lord gives you relief. So this is, I guess, to Israel
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from your suffering and the turmoil from the harsh labor
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first forced on you. You will take a batat against
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the king of Babylon. Now, again, I don't think this
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this is a king of Babylon, but it's more than the king of
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Babylon. It says how the oppressor has
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come to an end, how his fury has ended.
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So the, you know, there's a temporary reprieve from Babylon
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and then the Assyrians, you know, there's a, there are these
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temporary reliefs, but it just keeps coming back.
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Like it goes away. 1 oppressor happens, then another oppressor
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comes. And so it's also interesting if
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you look at Babylon and how this, this study guide said
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Assyria was lumped in, but they were probably, you know, kind of
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the same. And then it said, well, all of
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Mesopotamia. So then I had to look up, well,
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what's the landmass of Mesopotamia?
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And the the interesting part is it's northern Iraq, southwestern
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Turkey, northwestern Iran, and northeastern Syria.
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So we have 4 countries now that make up the ancient land of
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Mesopotamia, Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria.
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Do you notice anything about those?
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Do you notice anything about those entities, those countries
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and their relationship with Israel, Iraq, Turkey, Iran,
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Syria? Think about that.
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So think about these principalities in the heavenly
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realms ruling over earthly place, and they get this
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authority until Jesus returns and takes over the authority and
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reigns as king. So until Jesus returns, nothing
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is going to change. These countries are always going
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to, in their hearts, be bent against Israel unless you
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address the spiritual matter, which the Bible doesn't tell us.
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Tell the Bible tells us does not happen until Jesus returns.
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So we are all waiting for Jesus's return to solve the
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conflicts in the Middle East because it won't be solved until
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then. And if anyone tells you that it
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is solved, it's a fake sense of peace for a short period of
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time. And Bible prophecy tells us, I
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guess best case scenario it would be like 3 1/2 years that
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there might be maybe peace, but maybe not.
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The timeline's a little bit ambiguous as well.
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So anyway, it's we're not going to have peace.
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And the best thing that we can do is each of us have a solid
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relationship with God, stay in the word, seek him everyday,
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seek his guidance, forgive others because that's a huge
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hindrance to us if we are, if we are unforgiving people and
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remember the spiritual. I think that that verse about
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the from Ephesians chapter 6, verse 12 is so important for us
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to remember because I do believe that helps.
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It helped me with forgiveness because you just realize it's
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not the person. They're just their, their eyes
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just are not opened yet. And so it's it's important to
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forgive. So going back to verse 4, how
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his fury has ended. Well, the king of Babylon's fury
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is greater again, the see, these are principalities that we're
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talking about when the principalities fury has ended.
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Well, let's go to Revelation chapter 12, verse 12.
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Listen to this. Therefore rejoice you heavens,
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and you who dwell in them, but woe to the earth and the sea,
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because the devil has gone down to you.
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He is filled with fury because he knows that his time is short.
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OK, so let's read that verse from Isaiah.
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How the oppressor has come to an end, how his fury has ended.
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So Satan will be cast down to earth.
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He's not going to have access. In the book of Job, it tells us
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that Satan would roam the earth looking for his next victim, or
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he was roaming to and fro on the earth, but then he would be in
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the presence of God and he would be accusing the people here on
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earth of things. Well, there's a point where
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Satan the Devil is cast down to earth and he takes in the Book
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of Revelation, they're called stars, but the stars are
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representations of angels. And he takes a third of the
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angels. That's where we get fallen
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angels from. He brings them down to the earth
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and he has a lot of fury because he he knows prophecy as well.
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He knows that there's a short period of time and he no longer,
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I mean, he's, he's not stupid. He was, we are told that he has,
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he was made very wise. He was, God gave him just like
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everything. He made him like one of the the
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best of the best, but his pride wanted more.
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He wasn't satisfied with that. That's what the Bible tells us.
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And so he doesn't necessarily want to conquer all of the land.
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All He wants to do is destroy what God loves.
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That's his mission to seek and destroy.
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And that's what he does to people through temptations,
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through, you know, making sin look like it's OK and drawing us
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into that because it's we are still subject to God's law.
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And if we are not covered by Jesus, submitted to God at
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believing in Jesus and having the Holy Spirit, if the if that
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isn't a part of our life, then we are destined to destruction
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because of the law that God made.
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That's as simple as I can make it.
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So it's Satan knows the law. He knows that he's not going to
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get the earth and he knows that God loves people and he just
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wants to destroy everybody. So he's going to do it in the
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most deceitful way possible to try all these different things
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to destroy the people. He doesn't care.
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He'll lure people in with things that look very attractive, but
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ultimately all he wants to do is destroy.
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So then so we know that his fury is happening.
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Then there's Daniel Chapter 11, verse 30.
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It says ships of the western coastlands will approach oppose
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him. This is talking about the king
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of the north. And again, the north was kind of
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always referred to like that Babylon area.
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So those those countries like Turkey, Iraq, Syria and part of
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Iran. So ships at the western
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coastlines will oppose him. This is the king of the North
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and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and vent
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his fury against the Holy Covenant.
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He will return and show favor to those who forsake the Holy
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Covenant. So the question is what is the
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Holy Covenant? It the holy covenant, you know,
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ultimately symbolically it's God's promise, his agreement
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with the people. He he promised the land, certain
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land area to Israel. And then his covenant was the
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old covenant was established by a law, but the new covenant is
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Jesus. So he will show favor, He will
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return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant
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are Jesus, those who deny Jesus. And because by Jesus's death on
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the cross he broke the law of sin, he paid the price.
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I guess he was the substitute sacrifice.
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So that death, it didn't, doesn't have to occur for
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everyone who is covered by Jesus, those who submit to God,
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those who understand what Jesus did on the cross and and receive
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the Holy Spirit. OK, so Daniel 11:30 that's the
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king of the north. So this is again, he has fury.
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So he will turn back to go to Israel and vent his fury against
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the holy covenant. So all those people who follow,
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I mean, there's multiple times in Revelation where it talks
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about this too, where when he's cast down, he goes against
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Israel, then he goes against the children, like those who believe
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and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
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So there is anyone who's going to call themselves a Christian
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is going to be subject to this fury when Satan is cast down
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permanently where he doesn't have access to the heavenly
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realms anymore. That I don't believe has
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happened just yet. We haven't seen the the person
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that people will call the Antichrist yet claiming to be
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God and all that. I don't know if if Satan
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actually possesses someone or I don't know what happens exactly.
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It's, it's kind of a mystery to me.
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But I do know that the Bible tells us that he will be thrown
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down to earth and he takes a lot of angels with them, the
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rebellious ones. And there will be basically hell
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on earth is what's going to happen at that time.
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And even Jesus said that during that time, when this happens,
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when the abomination is set up on the holy ground, that there
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will be great distress that there never was on this earth
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before. I think of all the world wars,
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it's, you know, there's going to be a future distress that's
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worse than what was experienced during the World War so far, and
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it'll never be experienced again.
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This is going to be the first and last time of tremendous
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distress that is in the future for us.
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So what in verse 7, to switch the topic on verse 7 of chapter
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14 of Isaiah, all the lands are at rest and at peace.
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They break into singing. This is when Jesus is reigning.
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So there will be peace everywhere, but before Jesus
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takes over, he has to destroy Babylon.
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And I found something about timing that in doing this
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research this morning for this chapter, I found that Babylon
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falls before the mark of the beast rolls out.
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And we'll cover that in a minute too.
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So again, this talks about the realm of the dead.
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Below is all a stir to meet you at your coming.
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So this is like, is this when Satan is cast into the pit that
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so that's in Revelation 20 verse three.
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He threw him into the abyss and locked it and sealed it over him
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to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the 1000
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years were ended. After that he must be set free
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for a short time. So this is when Jesus or an
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Angel, it says an Angel, this is John's vision.
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And he said, I saw an Angel coming down out of heaven,
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having the key to the abyss and holding it, holding in his hand
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a great chain. He seized the dragon, the
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ancient serpent who is the devil or Satan and bound him for 1000
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years. So this is right when Christ
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rules for 1000 years, Satan is put into the abyss and sealed in
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there for 1000 years. So when Isaiah talks about the
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realm of the dead below that's in the abyss is all a stir to
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meet you at your coming. It rouses the spirits of the
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departed to greet you, all those who were leaders in the world.
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It makes them rise from their Thrones.
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All those who were kings over the nations.
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They will all respond. They will say to you, you also
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have become weak as we are, and you have become like us.
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All your pomp has been brought down to the grave along with the
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noise of your harps. When I read that, I was like,
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well, you know the harps. I don't know if that's really in
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the Bible about the harps, you know, in heaven, but I know that
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in the worldly sense, a lot of times that's picturesque of
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that. So, you know, could this mean
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that, you know, being Satan, you know, you were in that presence,
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you had that heavenly atmosphere, and now you're down
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here in the abyss. Maggots are spread out beneath
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you and worms cover you. So Satan isn't immediately put
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into the abyss before that there is there is some fury that
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happens, but this is kind of it. The the timing of all this is
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kind of compressed in this chapter of Isaiah.
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So then it says now here's where it really like this is not a
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human being that's being talked about.
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This is certainly Satan, how you have fallen from heaven.
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Morning star, son of the dawn, you have been cast down to the
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earth. So again, this made me think
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about Revelation chapter 6 and I don't know if I called that one
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up. Yes.
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OK, so Revelation chapter 6 verse 13.
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And the stars in the sky fell to the earth as figs drop from a
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fig tree when shaken by a strong wind.
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So I'm not sure if this relates to that verse, but remember like
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the dragon is Satan and he sweeps 1/3 of the angels, 1/3 of
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the stars out of heaven. They come down to the earth.
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Is this at the same time when the 6th seal is open?
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And this is when judgment occurs and Jesus reigns?
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This is just something that I discovered today.
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Does Revelation 613 refer to Revelation chapter 12?
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So on the 6th seal, I watched as he opened the 6th seal.
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There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like
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sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, and
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the stars in the sky fell to earth as figs drop from a fig
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tree when shaken by a strong wind.
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The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and
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every mountain and island was removed from its place.
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Then the kings of the earth, the Princess, the generals, the
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rich, the mighty, and everyone else both slave and free, hid in
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caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
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They called on the mountains and the rocks fall on us and hide us
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from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of
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the Lamb. That's Jesus.
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For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand
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it? So this is when the 6th seal is
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open and Jesus returns, and this is a time of wrath that begins.
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That will be that will happen after this.
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So again, that probably makes sense that Babylon falls before
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the mark of the beast. And so we'll read about that
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too. So the let's see the second, the
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second resurrection in Revelation 20 verse 5, it tells
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us in Revelation chapter 20 verse 5, the rest of the dead
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did not come to life until the 1000 years were ended.
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So let's let's read from the top again.
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Revelation chapter 20 and I saw an Angel coming down out of
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heaven, having the key to the abyss and holding in his hand a
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great chain. He seized the dragon, that
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ancient serpent who is the devil or Satan and bound him for 1000
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years. He threw him into the abyss and
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locked and sealed it over him, keeping to keep him from
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deceiving the nation's anymore until the 1000 years were ended.
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After that, he must be set free for a short time.
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I saw Thrones on which were seated those who had been given
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authority to judge, and I saw the souls of those who had been
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beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and
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because of the Word of God. They had not worshipped the
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beast or its image and had not received its mark on their
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foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned
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with Christ 1000 years. The rest of the dead did not
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come to life until the 1000 years were ended.
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This is the first resurrection. So at the resurrection there are
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those who it gives you kind of a sequence of all these things
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that happened. So there's a second resurrection
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or if you want to call it, yeah, I guess the second the judgement
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time. So the evil ones are in the
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abyss with Satan for the 1000 years and after the 1000 years,
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the evil ones then are judged. So they they don't take place.
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They don't take place in that first period of time when Jesus
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is reigning. They're all locked up.
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So then let's talk about, we talked about Revelation 6, verse
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13. And let's see, I've lost that
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one about the stars in the sky fell to the earth as figs drop
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from the fig tree. And like I said, I was wondering
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if it related to Revelation 12. And let's start with Revelation
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12 verse 4. Then I another sign of well
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verse 3. Then another sign appeared in
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heaven, an enormous red dragon, enormous red dragon with 7 heads
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and 10 horns and seven crowns on its head.
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That gets a little bit confusing.
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It says beast and the dragon is also Satan.
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So Satan is somehow like probably controlling this beast.
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And the heads are are different kings and the horns are powers
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and the crowns are authority. So it's this human makeup of
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people, an entity that's empowered by Satan, and that's
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the sign that he sees. So it's tail, this Dragon's
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tail. And the beast swept 1/3 of the
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stars out of the sky and flung them to earth.
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Those are the fallen angels. The dragon, which is Satan,
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stood in front of the woman, which is Israel, who is about to
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give birth. Remember, Jesus talks about
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labor pains or and so forth about the end times.
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So Israel is about to have labor pains so that the devil might
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devour her child the moment he was born.
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I believe this is Jesus because of the next verse.
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She or Israel gave birth to a son.
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So Jesus has ancestry in the through Israel.
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He's from the lineage of David. So Israel gave birth to a son,
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Jesus, a male child who will rule over who will rule all
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nations with an iron scepter. So that's what Jesus will do.
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And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne.
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Well, on the cross after his death, he was brought up to God,
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to his throne. And that's where Jesus is right
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now. Now it says here the woman fled
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into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God where
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she might be taken care of for 1260 days.
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That's 3 1/2 years. So the war, then war broke out
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in heaven. So God has a place that he's
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going to protect Israel. There's a war that breaks out in
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heaven. Michael and his angels fought
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against the dragon, Satan and the dragon and his angels.
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The fallen angels fought back, but he was not strong enough and
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they lost their place in heaven. So the dragon lost his place.
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Satan lost his place in heaven. This is future prophecy.
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The great dragon was hurled down that ancient serpent called the
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Devil or Satan, who leads the whole world astray.
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He was hurled to earth and his angels with him.
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So now we have Satan and fallen angels not being allowed back in
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heaven, but they're going to be down on earth and there's going
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to be fury over people. Then I heard a loud voice in
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heaven say, now have come the salvation and the power and the
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Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah, for
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the accuser of our brothers and sisters who accuse them before
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our God. Day and night has been hurled
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down South. Satan is hurled down.
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They triumphed over him. The people triumphed over Satan
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by the blood of the Lamb, by the blood of Jesus, and by the word
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of their testimony. Each person has a testimony when
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they are born again. They did not love their lives so
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much as to shrink from death. So if death is required, that is
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what the people who will overcome, they'll know they
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believe, and therefore they're not afraid to die because they
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know that there is eternal life for them, because they are
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covered by Jesus. Therefore rejoice you heavens,
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and you who dwell in them, but woe to the earth and the sea,
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because the devil has gone down to you.
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He is filled with fury because he knows his time is short.
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When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he had
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he pursued the woman Israel, who had given birth to the male
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child. The woman was given 2 wings of a
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great eagle. Remember God's giving
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protection. We talked about the great eagle
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potentially being Jordan because of Obadiah, a comparison so that
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she might fly to the place prepared for her in the
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wilderness where she would be taken care of for a time, times
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and half a time out of the serpent.
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So the devil is also called a serpent out of his reach.
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So there's a period of time. This is what God prophesized,
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that Israel will be protected. Then from his mouth, the serpent
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spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her
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away with the torrent. So there's a massive, you know,
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flooding, I don't know, a flooding of evil.
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Sometimes it does talk about the enemies of Israel coming over
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them like a flood. So that could very well be, this
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is, you know, very metaphor. It's, you know, it's a metaphor
58:08
for all this, but the earth helped the woman by opening its
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mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out
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of his mouth. Remember that one time when the
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land opened up and swallowed? What was it?
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The Kora, The people of Kora, because they had rebelled
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against God. Well, this is a very similar
58:28
thing and it's very interesting too.
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And in Islamic beliefs they have something about the land
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swallowing up some people too in it in the end times, which is
58:38
interesting. So then the dragon, Satan was
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enraged at the woman Israel and went off to war against the rest
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of her offspring. And there's a long dash there,
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those who keep God's commands and hold fast to their testimony
58:56
about Jesus. So the dragon first goes against
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Israel and then against Christians.
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So that's what it's telling us is going to happen in the future
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when he is hurled down to earth. He's first going after Israel
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and then going after the the rest of the people.
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So when going back to Isaiah chapter 14 and it says I will,
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this is talking about like Satan, I will sit enthroned on
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the mount of assembly on the utmost heist of Mount Zaphon.
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I had to look at that to see what that was.
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And it says, it says if or if the North Zaphon was the most
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sacred mountain of the Canaanites.
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Well, that's where the Canaanites worship these other
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deities, which I believe all this other deities that were
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worshipped were Satan or maybe fallen angels and Enoch.
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The Book of Enoch kind of tells us that's where these watchers
59:52
were, but they rebelled against God, had sex with humans and
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created Nephilim and they were in charge of watching people,
1:00:00
but they corrupted the people. Again, probably just Satan, you
1:00:04
know, another means to destroy mankind.
1:00:08
He's not seeking to really be with these women or anything.
1:00:11
He just wants to destroy them and to separate them from God
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because he's, he's got this fury against God.
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So then it says in. Chapter 14, verse 16, Is this
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the man who shook the earth? So that's why I wonder if the
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Antichrist is going to be empowered.
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Well, it does tell us that the beast is empowered by Satan.
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So whatever this entity is, if it's a, it sounds like it's a
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person who then proclaims to be God.
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But is he demonically possessed? I don't you know, that just
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sounds like possibility. Is Satan himself manifested as a
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human being? Because angels can appear like
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humans. So is it actually Satan?
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I don't know. We we probably won't know until
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it's all over. Let's see.
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And then it says, but you were cast out of your tomb like a
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rejected branch. Jesus is compared to the branch.
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He is actually called the branch.
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So this is like Satan is the rejected branch.
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And it talks about for you have destroyed your land and killed
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your people. So everybody who follows Satan
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is basically going to be destroyed.
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They're deceived thinking that they've got all this freedom.
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But in reality, if they would read the Bible, they would know
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that it's a lie and they are just going to be destroyed.
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Then it's the other thing that I thought of when I read this was
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in verse 20. It says let the offspring of the
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wicked never be bent mentioned again.
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Prepare a place to slaughter his children for the sins of their
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ancestors. They are not to rise to inherit
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the land and cover the earth with their cities.
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Will anybody who is connected with Satan or who has become one
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with Satan and rejected God, that's like blasphemy of the
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Holy Spirit. When you reject God and you say
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I don't want anything to do with you, you become one basically
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with Satan and you are one of his offspring.
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Jesus talked about different people being, you know, having
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their, they would, they would recognize him because if they
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don't, their father is Satan. And and so they are the, their
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father. Yeah, their father is the devil.
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He's, he said that to people who wouldn't, who wouldn't accept
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him for who he was and wouldn't recognize him for who he was.
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They rejected him. So that is blasphemy of the Holy
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Spirit, not recognizing the Spirit of God and denying that
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that's what these people did. And he said that's who your
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father is. Your father is Satan.
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And this goes back to the first book of the Bible, the book of
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Genesis, when God, when Adam and Eve were tempted by Satan the
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serpent, and they were questioning God and they
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disobeyed God. And then God as punishment said
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in Genesis chapter 3, verse 15. And I will put enmity between
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you and the woman and between your offspring and hers.
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He will crush your head and you will strike his heel.
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This is God was talking to the serpent.
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So I should read verse 14. So that's clear.
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So the Lord God said to the serpent, or if you want to call
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him Satan because you have done this cursed are you above all
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livestock and all wild animals. You will crawl on your belly and
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you will eat dust all the days of your life.
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And I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your
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offspring. So he has offspring and hers.
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He meaning Jesus, will crush your head and you will strike
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his heel. So he's going to, you know, he
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did he harm Jesus? Yes, he did.
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I mean, think about the blows that Jesus received before his
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crucifixion. Think about the crucifixion.
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So he was hurt. He was injured and he died, but
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he rose because he had the Spirit of God.
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That's how Jesus rose from the dead, and that's how we also
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will rise from the dead when we have the Holy Spirit.
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But God doesn't give the Holy Spirit to people who are
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rebellious to Him. We have to surrender to God and
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accept Him, and then we will be rewarded substantially by
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eternity. So I think this has been a very
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long yes, over an hour now, so I will stop.
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I probably could keep talking, but I think we've kind of
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covered the content enough. But this is certainly future
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prophecy in my opinion, and there is so much in here.
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Something to think about and pay attention to what's going on in
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the Middle East just so you can be aware of the times that we
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are in. But most importantly, seek God,
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surrender to God, pray to him and and ask, you know, ask for
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the Holy Spirit. And then just know that God
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protects his children. You don't have anything to worry
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about that God provides and protects.
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So you don't have to fear any of this end time stuff.
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It's only the people who are rebellious to God, who reject
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him, who have anything to fear.