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god is good amen welcome here everybody thank you for coming tonight is a really
big subject it's bigger than me it's bigger than you it's just about bigger
than this whole world let's open our Bibles to the book of revelation
revelation chapter 13 this subject is so shocking i don't think anybody's going
to have a heart attack tonight but just to forewarn you that we are going to be
getting into some awesome things and if you do have some smelling salts it might
not hurt to have them ready we're going to start out just a moment with
Revelation chapter 13 we're going to start with verse 1 let's bow our heads
and begin with prayers we always do before we get into our big subject for
night number for the amazing discoveries Bible prophecy seminar let's pray dear
father dear God thank you for bringing us together this evening and we ask once
again for the the power of the Holy Spirit to be here with us as we open the
precious Bible and study its sacred pages guide my mind guide my lips guide
my soul and help us all to understand the truth about the beast and the New
World Order tonight we pray in Jesus name Amen the beast and the New World
Order our first text is in Revelation chapter 13 let's start with verse 1
revelation 13 the first verse the Bible says I stood upon the sand of the sea
and what did John see rising up out of the sea right John said he saw a beast
coming out of the sea with seven heads and ten horns now when you read this
chapter it gives us a lot of information about this beast and we're going to look
up quite a bit of this tonight if you go down to the fifth verse but zero in on
this text and remember these different points verse 5 says there was given unto
him to this beast the first thing there is there was given to him a mouth
speaking great things now remember that we're going to come back to this this
beast has a big mouth going on it says he also speaks blasphemies that's point
number two as we look at these different points blasphemies now we continue to go
on and it says power was given to this beast to
continue for how long for 42 months right here's another another fact about
the beast that we read about in Revelation 42 months now if you go down
to verse 7 and tells us a little bit more verse 7 says it was given unto him
to this beast to make war with who war with the Saints that's a shocking fact
that that's what the Bible says war with the Saints and to overcome them to
overcome the Saints and Bible says that power would be eventually given to this
beast over all Kindred's and tongues and Nations in other words whoever or
whatever this beast is one of these days according to Bible prophecy this beast
is going to have worldwide global influence a lot of people these days are
thinking about this phrase the New World Order ever since 1991 in the Persian
Gulf War this expression has been thrown around in a lot of circles and some
people wonder is there really going to be a new world order what does the Bible
actually say well based upon verse 7 when the scripture says that the Beast
would have power over all Kindred's and tongues and Nations I do believe
according to the Bible that there will be some kind of a new world order in the
days ahead and there will be a power broker behind the scenes and that power
broker according to the Bible is whoever or whatever is referred to as the Beast
he will eventually have worldwide global influence that's what the Bible says
power over all Kindred's and tongues and Nations so tonight we're going to do is
we're going to study what the Bible says about this beast who will eventually
have worldwide global influence in the New World Order let's go back to
Revelation let's look at chapter 13 and let's look at the second verse
revelation 13 verse 2 we have a lot to do tonight I'm going to talk fast
because i want to get everything in lots to do verse 2 tells us more about the
beast and it says the Beast which I saw was like a leopard and his feet were as
the feet of a bear his mouth was as the mouth of a lion and the dragon gave him
his power and his seat and great Authority now here's actually four diff
beasts or animals mentioned in this text this beast has a body like a leopard
feet like a bear a mouth like a lion and then there's this dragon who gives him
his seat now those of you who are familiar with your Bibles you probably
your mind is thinking about another Old Testament chapter that helps us to
understand this text in Revelation 13 there's a book in the Bible called The
Book of Daniel Daniel and the book of Revelation go right together they go
together like a lock-and-key and Daniel chapter 7 actually helps us to
understand Revelation chapter 13 so let's follow along and let's go back to
Daniel 7 and we'll read about these same four beasts Daniel 7 the page on that is
page 887 page 887 Daniel chapter 7 and we will see in just a few moments the
same beasts mentioned that we just read about in Revelation 13 and we'll see how
these chapters explain each other and help us to put the pieces together let's
go to Daniel chapter 7 and notice the fourth verse daniel has a dream one
night he's in Babylon about 2,500 years ago and in Daniel 7 verse 4 in his dream
he saw a first beast and that beast was like what kind of an animal like a lion
here's a lion rising up in his dream and then in verse 5 behold another beast the
second one like what kind of an animal like a bear right and then in verse 6
after this I beheld and lo another one a third beast and he was like what kind of
an animal like a leopard and then in verse 7 after this I saw in the night
visions behold a fourth beast dreadful terrible that was very strong it had
iron teeth it devoured all the other beasts and just stumped stomped right on
top of them Daniel didn't really know what to call this beast I think it's
safe to say it was like a dragon a dragon like beasts although he doesn't
actually describe it so here we have a lion we have a bear we have a leopard
and we have a dragon like beasts and those are the same beasts that we just
read about in Revelation chapter 13 isn't that correct same beasts one by
one by one or at least they're very very similar now one of the most important
questions interpretive questions for us to
is what pray tell does a beast represent and Bible prophecy that's very important
some people think Abby's to say is a big computer some people think a beast is
this some people think of these does that well what is the Beast anyway we
have to go to the Bible to find out let's go to Daniel chapter 7 verse 23
and we will find a biblical answer to this question Daniel 7 23 God tells us
what it is and I think we should look at the word to find out as I give my
seminars I tell my audiences that I don't I'm not a magician pulling an
interpretation out of the hat I don't think we should just guess and just pick
different things different ideas but we should find the answers in the scripture
sound like a good plan right in the word okay Daniel 7 verse 23 tells us thus he
said the fourth beast here's an angel talking to Daniel and explaining this
dream he had the angel said the fourth beast shall be the fourth computer upon
the earth is that right not at all a bible does not say the fourth beast is
the fourth computer the bible says the fourth beast is the fourth wet the
fourth Kingdom right now the fourth beast is the fourth King and then the
third beast will be the third kingdom the second piece would be the second
Kingdom in the first beast the first Kingdom in other words according to the
Bible a beast represents a kingdom or nation and these four beasts of Daniel 7
represent four great nations that would rise and fall on the stage of world
history now if you go to just about any Christian bookstore and find
commentaries that take you through this chapter just about all of them will tell
you that these four beasts historically represent the kingdom of Babylon which
was the kingdom that Daniel was living in Babylon Persia Greece and Rome four
beasts this is basic history and it lines right up with Bible prophecy as I
mentioned the majority of scholars for the last I'd say 1,900 years have
understood this in the light of simple history simple facts let's stick to the
facts now we want to zero in on the fourth beast you go back to verse 7
let's zero in on beast number for the Roman Empire which was the greatest and
most powerful of all of the nations before
verse 7 as it continues on near the end it talks about this be stamping all
these other beasts down with its feet it was different from all the other beasts
that were before it and then the Bible says that this beast had how many horns
right the Bible says this beast has 10 horns now zero in on the next verse and
let's notice something that develops after these 10 horns come out of the
head of this fourth beast verse 8 is then it's an astonishing verse verse 8
says I considered the horns Daniel was watching the 10 and then he says behold
there came up among them another a little horn this is an 11th horn this
little horn Rises out of out of the head of this fourth beast now let's look at
some facts about this little horn if you go down to the end of verse 8 it tells
us behold in this horn there were eyes eyes like the eyes of a man and then
notice it says he had a mouth speaking great things this little horn has a big
mouth now where did we read about something having a big mouth we read
that revelation 13 about the Beast didn't we the Beast has a mouth and the
horn has a mouth parallel number one now go down to verse 21 verse 21 says I
beheld the same horn this little horn he made war with the Saints and he
prevailed against them now where did we read that we read that revelation 13
about the beast he also makes war on the Saints parallel number two if you go
down to verse 25 tells us that this little horn would speak great words
against the most high he would wear out the Saints of the Most High he would
think to change times and laws and there would be they would be given or the
Saints would be given into his hand for a time which represents a year and times
which is two years and the dividing of time which is a half a year and that
comes out to three and a half years how many months are there in three and a
half years 42 right parallel number three we read about the Beast rules for
42 months and the little horn rules for three and a half years so again we have
parallel out parallel after parallel and when you put
the pieces together and just about all Bible scholars regardless of how they
interpret this prophecy just about all of them will agree that the little horn
in Daniel 7 and the first beast of Revelation chapter 13 that they are
talking about the same thing just different symbols a horn and a beast
same power or same whoever or whatever it is but it's using a different symbol
that's very very clear when we study this prophecy now if we can find out
somehow by studying Daniel chapter 7 if we can find out who the little horn is
then what will we also know we'll know who the Beast is because the beast and
the horn they do the same exact things now what we're going to do tonight is
we're going to study Daniel 7 and we are going to study 10 different identifying
points that rise right out of the text about this little horn and it's my
conviction that by the time we're done looking at those 10 points and we're
going to be putting them all up here on this board over here this structure
which i've nicknamed the tower of truth we've put this together and as we put
these ten points up there one by one actually going to put 11 but we'll find
10 and daniel 7 it's my conviction that when we see them all right there we will
know who or what this little horn really is all about now I'd like to ask my
audiences at this point are you absolutely positive that you really want
to know who this horn is are you sure because some things you know are not are
not easy always to learn some things can be painful but there's there's things
that we need to know for our own good and this is going to be a shocking
subject tonight so are you positive that you really want to know how many of you
are sure that you want me to keep going tonight rather than just stopping right
here okay look at all those hands wonderful well you know let me just tell
you I was going to go on anyway whether you held up your hand or not but
now I can always say you gave me permission so here we go okay we're
going to look up ten different points let's go back to our Bibles and let's
start analyzing them in verse 8 it talks about daniel says i considered the horns
and behold there came up among them first of all we know one fact about this
horn is this horn Rises out of out of what beasts it comes out of the fourth
beast right and the fourth beast represented what Empire the Roman Empire
right fourth beast fourth Kingdom the greatest and most powerful of them all
so we have that point up there point number one we know that he comes out of
the Roman Empire that's a fact of Scripture now point number two if you go
down to verse 24 verse 24 the scripture says and the ten horns out of this
kingdom are ten Kings that shall arise and another that's the eleventh one he
shall rise and what's that next word he shall rise after them in other words the
little horn the eleven porn rises after keyword after the ten horns now let me
just share with you a little bit of