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03 03 2025 The Dragon of Revelation · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host,
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  Speaker 1: author speaker, Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning, it is Monday. It's
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  Speaker 2: March three, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El
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  Speaker 2: David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
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  Speaker 2: Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day,
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  Speaker 2: and today is no exception. We are continuing in our
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  Speaker 2: lesson study series God's Love and Justice, and our caption
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  Speaker 2: for today is the Dragon of Revelation, The Dragon of Revelation.
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  Speaker 2: Before we get into that, I'd like to say welcome
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, I pray Amen and Amen again. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: So please, when you have an opportunity, or you can
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  Speaker 2: do it a little later to go to amazing Facts.
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  Speaker 2: Go to amazingfacts dot com or dot org. Go into
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  Speaker 2: the search bar and type Revelation chapter thirteen and you'll
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  Speaker 2: get a fullsome really a lot of studies on that chapter.
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  Speaker 2: Normally we focus on the beasts and what happened during
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  Speaker 2: a twelve hundred and sixty year period. But today, based
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  Speaker 2: on the lesson study, we are going to focus on
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  Speaker 2: the dragon, who is the dragon. The dragon is the devil,
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  Speaker 2: who is the devil. The devil is a fallen angel, right,
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  Speaker 2: he was the covering cherub who was in heaven. And
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  Speaker 2: the Bible says in Revelation twelve that there was war
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  Speaker 2: in heaven and the dragon or the devil fought again,
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  Speaker 2: and his angels fought against mike El Michael, who is
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  Speaker 2: Jesus actually and his angel, and of course Jesus wins.
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  Speaker 2: We know this. And then the angels that fell, or
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  Speaker 2: the devil's angels and the devil, they were ushered out
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  Speaker 2: of heaven. They were kicked out of heaven, so they lost.
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  Speaker 2: But that war continues on planet Earth even today. In
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty five, when Jesus comes, that will be fully
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  Speaker 2: fully over. But in the meantime, your life and my
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  Speaker 2: life is impacted by this dragon. Now in Revelation thirteen,
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  Speaker 2: the dragon has some powers on planet Earth that he
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  Speaker 2: empowered in the same way that the Holy Spirit empowers
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  Speaker 2: his people on planet Earth. And we are godly, we
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  Speaker 2: have the fruit of the Spirit, and we live according
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  Speaker 2: to the power and the principles of God. Yeah, well,
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  Speaker 2: the devil has power too, and he has people on
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  Speaker 2: planet Earth that cooperate with him. One such power during
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  Speaker 2: a twelve hundred sixty year period, a religio political power
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  Speaker 2: at that time. Yes, during the Dark Ages, those that
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  Speaker 2: power persecuted God's people for twelve hundred and sixty years
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  Speaker 2: because they say that God's people disagreed. They had a protest.
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  Speaker 2: God's people protested. Protestants protested against the teachings of the
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  Speaker 2: Roman Church. Okay, and so for twelve hundred and sixty years,
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  Speaker 2: as you can read in Ancient History and also in
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  Speaker 2: the book titled Fox's Book of Martyrs, we see what
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  Speaker 2: happened in those times. So the question really is is
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  Speaker 2: God winning in your life? There's a war? It was
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  Speaker 2: in heaven. There's a war. It's on planet Earth. One
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  Speaker 2: of the wars you can see for twelve hundred sixty years,
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  Speaker 2: as I cited, Yes, that went on and on and
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  Speaker 2: so many people were unalive. Do you have to say
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  Speaker 2: that because social media and YouTube get we if you
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  Speaker 2: say certain words, right, But during that time, that's what happened.
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  Speaker 2: But what about in my life? What about in my
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  Speaker 2: spiritual development? What about in my household? When the devil
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  Speaker 2: is having wars? Is he winning in my life or
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  Speaker 2: is he losing? See the dragon fights, but God wins.
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  Speaker 2: But what about in your life? I'm talking about at
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  Speaker 2: home now. In Revelation in Daniel chapter seven, beginning about
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  Speaker 2: verse twenty seven, the Bible teaches that there were limits
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  Speaker 2: put on the dragon, the devil, and after the judgment
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  Speaker 2: was set, after the judgment is set, like after everything
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  Speaker 2: is determined, everything pans out according to God's plan. The
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  Speaker 2: Bible says that God's people finally finally receive dominion and
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  Speaker 2: power and authority in a kingdom, just like Jesus, Just
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  Speaker 2: like Jesus. Because Jesus wins, he gives us the winnings.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus wins, and he gives us those winnings because he
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  Speaker 2: loves us very good. That is, if we surrender our
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  Speaker 2: will to him, we get those winnings. So again, the
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  Speaker 2: question is, we can talk about ancient history, we can
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  Speaker 2: talk about religial political powers, we can talk about some
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  Speaker 2: of the things that we see in the news right here,
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  Speaker 2: right now in March of twenty twenty five, and see
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  Speaker 2: how the devil seems to be winning. But what about
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  Speaker 2: in my life? Now? Tomorrow we're going to talk about
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  Speaker 2: Job and his experience if the Lord spaars life. But
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  Speaker 2: what about me? So we're going to go ahead into
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  Speaker 2: our Companion guide and see if we can apply this.
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  Speaker 2: Let's go with personally personally, So we're going to page
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  Speaker 2: one hundred and fifty six, page one hundred and fifty six,
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  Speaker 2: and let's look at how to win in this situation.
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  Speaker 2: God wins, So how can we win wn? We're using
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  Speaker 2: that acronym W. What is important now recognize the struggles
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  Speaker 2: in your personal life that might be influenced by spiritual
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  Speaker 2: battles beyond what you can see. Remember, we don't wrestle
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  Speaker 2: against flesh and blood, but against the devil like invisible powers. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: this understanding should prompt you to rely on God's strength
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  Speaker 2: and wisdom rather than your own in times of trouble?
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  Speaker 2: Do you pray to God immediately when you see this
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  Speaker 2: war going on? Now you identified that it is the
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  Speaker 2: devil who was behind it? What do you do? Do
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  Speaker 2: you resort to your own human weapons of warfare? Or
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  Speaker 2: do you go to God immediately and say, God, do
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  Speaker 2: you see what's going on here? Of course he does.
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  Speaker 2: Can you please do what only you can do? Teach
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  Speaker 2: me how to cooperate? Okay, So that's important. Recognize these
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  Speaker 2: struggles that they are coming from the enemy. I WI
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  Speaker 2: I internalize the insight. Now, reflect on a current personal struggle.
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  Speaker 2: Think about it now, hold it fast in your mind.
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  Speaker 2: Is it that someone that you love passed away? Is
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  Speaker 2: it that somebody comes and tempts you to do evil regularly?
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  Speaker 1: Huh?
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  Speaker 2: Think about it? Is your month longer than your money
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  Speaker 2: and you're tempted to do something to level the playing field,
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  Speaker 2: but you realize that that's not holy. Okay, So reflect
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  Speaker 2: on a personal struggle. How does viewing this challenge in
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  Speaker 2: the context of a larger conflict, cosmic conflict change your perspective?
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  Speaker 2: How can you trust God more deeply knowing that He
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  Speaker 2: is ultimately in control and the enemy's power is limited. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: that's a perspective. Internalize that mullet over. Okay, this is
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  Speaker 2: bigger than me. Okay, Now, what is the next best movie?
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  Speaker 2: We can conceptualize, we can see what is important? Got it? Now?
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  Speaker 2: What do I do next? Best move? And commit to
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  Speaker 2: praying for strength. This is active, not reactive. Praying for
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  Speaker 2: strength and guidance in this specific area of your life.
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  Speaker 2: Ask God to help you see beyond the immediate difficulties
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  Speaker 2: and give you a sense of His greater purpose and protection.
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  Speaker 2: You see, the devil tries to cloud our eyes and minds,
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  Speaker 2: so we can't see the sun of righteousness. And so
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  Speaker 2: what we need is for God to open up our
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  Speaker 2: eyes and give us our marching orders. Because God wins,
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  Speaker 2: Is he gonna win in your life? Well that's up
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  Speaker 2: to you. Peace.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot
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  Speaker 1: live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
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  Speaker 1: from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
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  Speaker 1: portion with el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,