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There's a clash coming.

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And there's no way we're going to sail
around the clash.

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The confrontation is inevitable.

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The confrontation that is coming is
between Christian fundamentalism and

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Malta.

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My question is, who creates the violence
in the name of religion so that you can

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finally end the violence in the name of
religion?

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We are living in very, very serious times.

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They want the church and the state
together to regulate conscience.

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So this is an appeal to the Protestant
world.

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Will you look at your roots?

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Don't give up what others were prepared to
die for.

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In the last lecture that we did,
we looked at the document From Conflict to

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Communion that was put out by the joint
Catholic-Lutheran commission in order to

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study unity and particularly the common
commemoration of the Reformation in 2017.

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And we went through a few of the key
doctrines, salvation by grace,

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the role of the Eucharist, the part that a
priest plays, and we looked at all of

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these issues and we saw that it seems as
if the Lutherans had totally given up on

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Protestantism and had moved all the way
back, even to the point of admitting that

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the host is the literal body and blood of
Christ with elements of veneration built

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into there which is incomprehensible that
something of that nature should ever be

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possible on this planet.

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But we read in the great controversy that
this indeed would take place and now it

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has taken place.

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Now we're going to continue with this
document From Conflict to Communion and

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the next points that we will be studying
are issues of church and hierarchy and how

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it all fits together and we'll see what
they have to say about it.

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Service to the church universal,
this is point 186 in their document

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Lutherans and Catholics agree that the
ministry serves the church universal.

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Lutherans presuppose that the congregation
assembled for worship stands in an

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essential relation to the universal
church.

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So in other words, what they have admitted
is that they are not separate from the

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universal church.

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It's just another way of saying Catholic
church because Catholic means universal.

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So it's a rather clever way of putting it.

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So they are affiliated with this church,
although when Luther broke and the

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Reformation started when they broke with
the church, they separated.

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So now they are returning back to the
fold.

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And that this relation is intrinsic to the
worshipping congregation.

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So unity is essential.

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And then the issue of pastoral government
comes up.

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How does one see the structure of the
church?

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And of course the Roman Catholic Church
says that the Bishop of Rome by virtue of

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his office is pastor of the whole church.

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Now Martin Luther of course called the
Pope Antichrist and said that he cannot be

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over the church because Christ is over the
church.

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And if you go to the Reformation in
England when the English put a king as

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head of the church the Scots rebelled and
said how can we now replace a Pope with a

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king?

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We have no king other than Jesus Christ.

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Article 188, the Second Vatican Council
reaffirmed its understanding that bishops

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have by divine institution taken the place
of the apostles.

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That's quite an incredible statement.

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As pastors of the church in such wise that
whoever hears them hears Christ.

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And whoever rejects them rejects Christ
and him who sent, Christ.

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That's an incredible statement.

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So if I don't listen to a bishop then I
reject Christ.

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But what if the bishop is totally apostate
or worse ends up in the news for all kinds

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of clandestine activities splashed all
over the world.

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Is that my example that I should follow?

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Is that their example that we can follow
than earthly bishops?

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If they would say something that is in
harmony with the word of God then fine.

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If they say something that's out of
harmony with the word of God to the law

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and the testimony if they speak not
according to this word they have no light

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in them.

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So that's a fascinating statement.

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So Rome hasn't moved its position one
iota.

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Even though the Protestant world thinks
that they have come closer to

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Protestantism Protestantism is only a move
on the part of Protestantism.

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And then the fullness of the sacramental
sign.

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191 for Catholics.

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Lutheran ordinations lack a fullness of
sacramental sign.

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You see in Roman Catholic thinking when a
priest is ordained into the priesthood he

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receives the power to become an alter
Christos, another Christ.

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He gets the power to transform the host
into the literal body and blood of Jesus

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Christ.

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Now we saw in the document already that
the Lutherans seem to have capitulated and

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claiming Luther's earlier convictions
agreed that there was this element of the

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real presence.

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Which of course is a blasphemy because
there was only one sacrifice that

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satisfied the redemptive needs in
totality.

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Therefore it is also Catholic doctrine
that in Lutheran churches the sacramental

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sign of ordination is not fully present
because those who ordain do not act in

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communion with the Catholic Episcopal
College.

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Okay, so you're not fully incorporated yet
so you're sort of half there.

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But you have the pastoral role but you do
not have this magical role of becoming a

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magician and converting the bread
literally into the body and blood of

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Christ.

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Therefore the Second Vatican Council
speaks of defectus sacramenti ordinis.

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So they are defective in their ordination
with regard to the sacrament.

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That's a nice way of saying you're not up
to scratch.

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And I'm surprised that Lutherans quite
happily publish this and not a word of

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complaint.

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I mean if I were them I would say we
protest as Protestants that we are

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defectus sacramenti ordinis.

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We think you are defecti sacramenti
ordinis.

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I mean that's just my nature.

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That's probably why I'm not in these
ecumenical councils.

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Article 192.

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For Catholics the Roman Pontiff has full,
supreme, and universal power over the

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Church.

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The College of Bishops also exercises
supreme and full power over the universal

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Church.

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Together with its head, the Roman Pontiff
is never without this head.

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Okay, together with the Roman Pontiff.

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So, Rome doesn't make any bones about it.

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It's absolutely clear that it hasn't moved
one micromillimeter from its position that

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it held at Trent.

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And if you're going to have communion with
them and union well then it means that by

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silence you accept it.

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Article 194.

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In the course of history, the Lutheran
Ministerial Office has been able to

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fulfill its task of keeping the Church in
the truth.

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Now, this is so fascinating to me.

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You see, in the past, Rome used to say
that these churches that had separated

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from the Mother Church were lost.

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And that anybody in their ranks was lost
and doomed to hell forever and ever.

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After Vatican II, they changed their
stance and called them separated brethren.

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So, the Bible says she will not suffer
loss of children.

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The children will return to her.

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So, here they have to deal with this issue
now.

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Here they were, damned under the anathemas
of the Pope.

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And now they have to be reincorporated.

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So, you have to sort of do it gingerly.

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And so, the fact that they can come back
into the Church means there must be some

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element of Church still in them.

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This is so condescending, it's
unbelievable.

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Let's read it.

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In the course of history, the Lutheran
Ministerial Office has been able to

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fulfill its task keeping the Church in the
truth so that nearly 500 years after the

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beginning of the Reformation it was
possible to declare a Catholic-Lutheran

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consensus on the basic truths of the
doctrine of justification which,

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of course, was not a consensus but a total
distortion because it wasn't even

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justification they were talking about but
a conglomerate that is so cleverly,

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serpentinely worded that it would confuse
even the Einsteins of this world.

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If according to the judgment of the Second
Vatican Council the Holy Spirit uses

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ecclesial communities as means of
salvation it could seem that this work of

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the Spirit would have implications for
some mutual recognition of ministry.

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That's nauseating.

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Thus, the office of the ministry presents
both considerable obstacles to common

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understanding and also hopeful
perspectives for reproachment.

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How condescending.

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Very well put.

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Scripture and Tradition Now, Scripture and
Tradition was another major issue at the

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Council of Trent and it's fascinating that
at the Council of Trent the Protestants

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said, We stand on the basis of the Bible
and the Bible alone.

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And Rome said, No, on the basis of the
Bible as interpreted by Tradition.

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So Tradition stands above the Scriptures
and this argument continued and there were

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many that were on the verge of being
convinced and said, well, isn't this true?

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Shouldn't the Scriptures be the basics or
the basis for morality?

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Why should Tradition be the basis for
morality?

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Until the Archbishop of Reggio walked into
the Council and said to the Protestants,

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you Protestants, you suppose that you are
basing your beliefs on sola scriptura but

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you're not!

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Because on the issue of the Sabbath you
show that you obey the command of the

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Roman Catholic Church which is based on
Tradition and not on the Scripture.

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So the mere fact that you obey the Roman
Catholic Church and keep the Tradition

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rather than your guide, the Scripture
shows that you are not really a Christian

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movement, a separate entity but you are
just in rebellion against the Church.

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Otherwise you would reject everything that
the Church said and thereby Tradition won

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because not even the Protestants were
adhering to sola scriptura.

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So now let's see where we will go.

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But nevertheless they separated with the
idea that they were fully sola scriptura,

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the Protestants, and the others were
Tradition and Scripture.

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Luther's understanding of Scripture,
its interpretation and human tradition,

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the controversy that broke out in
connection with the spread of Luther's 95

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Theses on Indulgences very quickly raised
the question of which authorities one can

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call upon at the time of struggle.

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The papal court theologian Sylvester
Prierus argued in his first answer to

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Luther's Theses on Indulgences whoever
does not hold to the teaching of the Roman

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Church and the Pope as an infallible rule
of faith from which the Holy Scripture

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also derives its power and authority,
he is a heretic.

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So that was the argument in the time of
Luther by the papal theologians.

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And then they had another papal
theologians with whom there was much

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conflict, namely John Eck.

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And John Eck replied to Luther,
the Scripture is not authentic without the

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authority of the Church.

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The conflict very quickly went from being
a controversy about doctrinal questions,

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the right understanding of Indulgences,
Penance, Absolution, to a question of

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authority in the Church.

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In cases of conflict between different
authorities, Luther could regard only

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Scripture as the ultimate judge because it
had shown itself to be an efficacious and

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powerful authority while other authorities
merely drew their power from it.

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This part of their history is right.

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But the statement that they make over
here, where they say that Scripture draws

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its authority from the Church and not the
other way around, is it negated in this

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document, yes or no?

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No, it stands.

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Because otherwise they would say,
this was our position 500 years ago,

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but we've changed.

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No, it stands.

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Alright.

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When Vatican II speaks of the Church
having an ultimate judgment, it clearly

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eschews a monopolistic claim that the
Magisterium, which is the hierarchical

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structure of the Church, is the sole organ
of interpretation which is confirmed both

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by the century-old official promotion of
Catholic Biblical studies and recognition.

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So they acknowledge Scripture,
but of course only in the context of their

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authority.

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Thus Lutherans and Catholics are able
jointly to conclude.

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Now this is to me fascinating.

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Therefore regarding Scripture and
tradition, Lutherans and Catholics are in

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such extensive agreement that their
different emphases do not of themselves

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require maintaining the present division
of the Churches.

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In this area there is unity in reconciled
diversity.

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Good grief.

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So what have they actually done,
the Lutherans, by agreeing to this?

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Because this is their joint document,
isn't it?

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Haven't they now sacrificed the word for
consensual unity?

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Yes.

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They haven't given up their position where
they claim sola Scriptura, according to

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this.

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And Rome hasn't given up its position,
one iota, but they decided to join anyway.

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What's that other than capitulation?

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Isn't it?

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It's capitulation.

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So they capitulated on the word of God.

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And once you start capitulating on the
word of God, you're on a very slippery

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slope, going down, down, down,
from a Jerusalem position to a Jericho

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position, where you are lost.

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Article 214.

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Now I'm not going to read this whole piece
over here.

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I just want to highlight that one section.

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In other words, the role of the church is
a sacramental role.

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That means altogether necessary for
salvation.

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That's why they said in their Vatican II
documents that the position of Rome

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regarding the church has not changed one
iota.

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Rome, the church of Rome, is still
altogether necessary for salvation.

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And therefore all churches that are
affiliated in the Ecumenical Council,

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although they call themselves by whatever
name they are, if they're not in this

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relationship, they're lost.

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Because sacramental means necessary for
salvation.

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Interesting.

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They are blatantly arrogant.

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So this makes the Roman church altogether
necessary for salvation.

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No change.

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Now, towards consensus.

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I thought this one was important,
so I gave it a note up in Article 216.

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In the Lutheran Roman Catholic
conversations, a clear consensus has

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emerged that the doctrine of justification
and the doctrine of the church belong

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together.

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What have they just done?

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What have they done by agreeing to this?

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They have said that salvation is not in
Christ and Christ alone.

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It's not a personal issue between you and
God.

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You have to be affiliated with the system
in order to be saved.

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So they have capitulated to the idea that
salvation lies within the Roman church and

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the Roman church alone.

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Because that is what they have said.

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So, she will not suffer loss of children.

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She's got them back.

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Right back where they should be.

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Sitting on Mama's lap.

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221.

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Since Catholics and Lutherans are bound to
one another in the body of Christ as

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members of it, then it is true of them
what Paul says in 1 Corinthians.

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If one member suffers, the other one
suffers.

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If one is honored, well, you rejoice
together.

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So what affects one member of the body
also affects the other.

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For this reason, when Lutheran Christians
remember the events that led to the

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particular formation of their churches,
they do not wish to do so without their

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Catholic fellow Christians.

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So now we're heading towards this idea of
2017, where we are going to join in one

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celebration as one.

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Which means you have to basically
apologize for the Reformation.

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222.

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Because they believe that they belong to
the one body of Christ, Lutherans

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emphasize that their church did not
originate with the Reformation or come

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into existence 500 years ago.

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This is very clever.

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Because when Martin Luther started his
protest, he had no intention of separating

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from the church.

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He wanted to reform the church.

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So here is a truth which is actually not a
truth.

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Because when they decided that the papacy
was Antichrist, based on their study of

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Daniel, and Martin Luther said that
everybody should read the book of Daniel

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in order to understand the prophetic times
we live in, then they did separate.

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And the separation was final.

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And they even had their political
structures built in, which wasn't

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necessarily in accordance with the word of
God, but they separated totally,

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even in terms of their political
organizations.

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Alright, so they didn't start the church
then.

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The reformers had no desire to found a new
church, correct?

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And according to their own understanding,
they did not do so.

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The early reformers actually did not want
to start a new church.

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They wanted to reform the church,
and they managed to do so within their

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field of influence, albeit with errors and
missteps.

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Can you believe that a Lutheran modern
leadership would put out a document like

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this, where they capitulate to the point
where they say, sorry we even exist.

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Excuse me, what are the issues?

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So I'm wondering, did Lutheran sign this?

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What is going on here?

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Now we are preparing for the
commemoration, which comes in 2017.

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As members of one body, Catholics and
Lutherans remember together the events of

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the Reformation, etc.

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etc.

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It is an impossible possibility and a
source of great pain that they were

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separated.

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Because they belong to one body,
Catholics and Lutherans struggle in the

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face of their division towards full
Catholicity of the church.

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This struggle has two sides, the
recognition of what is common and joins

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them together, and the recognition of what
divides.

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The first is a reason for gratitude and
joy, and the second a reason for pain and

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lament.

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In 2017, when Lutheran Christians
celebrate the anniversary of the beginning

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of the Reformation, they are not thereby
celebrating the division of the Western

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Church.

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We are not going to celebrate the
division.

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We are actually going to lament the
division, and then we are going to walk

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together.

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No one who is theologically responsible
can celebrate the division of Christians

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from one another.

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New emphasis, totally new emphasis.

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For this reason, they invite all
Christians to celebrate with them.

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Hmm.

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This takes up an impulse that the Vatican,
Second Vatican Council expressed,

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Catholics must gladly acknowledge and
esteem the truly Christian endowment from

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our common heritage, which are to be found
amongst our separate brethren.

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When you speak about the common heritage,
they came out of which religion?

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Catholicism.

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So it's Catholicism going back to
Catholicism, on every single level.

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It's brilliantly worded here and there.

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Reasons to regret and lament.

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Now, I was stunned when I read this.

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To think that this is a document that the
Lutheran Federation gave out.

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On this occasion, in 2017, Lutherans will
also remember the vicious and degrading

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statements that Martin Luther made against
the Jews.

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They are ashamed of them and deeply
deplore them.

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Lutherans have come to recognize with a
deep sense of regret the persecution of

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the Anabaptists by Lutheran authorities
and the fact that Martin Luther and Philip

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Melanchthon theologically supported this
persecution.

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They deplore Luther's violent attacks
against the peasants during the Peasant

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War.

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Whew!

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Interesting.

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So who gets whipped with a lash here for
mistakes that happened?

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And in any case, Martin Luther was the one
who tried to stop the Peasant War.

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And if you look at the history of Luther,
you will see that this is a complete

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distortion.

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Now the Anabaptists, yes, they had truth
and they even referred to the Sabbath and

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the issues involved.

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But it was associated with what they
called in those days fanaticism.

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People rolling and hooping and...

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The devil is very clever.

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When truth arises, he will pervert it
through extremism.

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And so what they addressed was the
extremism and they prevented this light,

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as it were, from entering into the
churches.

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And yes, there was turmoil.

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And if you read what Martin Luther writes
about the Jews, he surely lambastes them

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for what they did to Jesus Christ.

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But if you read in his table talk,
he also wants them all to be saved.

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Now I can understand where this goes to
because when I just in Germany mentioned

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in a lecture the theological issue that if
you be in Christ, you be Abraham's seed.

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And when I mentioned in that lecture that
genetically even the modern Jews are not

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necessarily of the same stock as the stock
of the literal Abraham.

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In other words, the Semitic races.

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I was lambasted too.

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And I was put in the worst possible light.

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But when the Spiegel came out with an
article saying exactly the same,

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nobody lambasted the Spiegel, which is
very interesting.

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So, all right, so let's bring out the whip
and let's whip the Lutherans.

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I would like to hear where is the
statement about the torture chambers of

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the Roman Catholic Church, the setting
alight of live people, the burning,

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the torturing, the waterboarding,
you name it, the worst instruments of

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torture that were ever invented by
humanity.

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I see none of it here.

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The awareness of the dark sides of Luther
and the Wittenberg Reformation has

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prompted a critical and self-critical
attitude of Lutheran theologians towards

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Luther and the Wittenberg Reformation.

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Even though they agree in part with
Luther's criticism of the papacy.

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You see, it's always in part.

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Nevertheless, Lutherans today reject
Luther's identification of the Pope with

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the Antichrist.

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Now the capitulation.

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There we go.

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Total capitulation.

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I know that they previously at their Synod
already decided that the Pope should not

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be called Antichrist.

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But that doesn't make him any less the
Antichrist than what he is.

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They can call him what he likes.

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The Bible calls him Antichrist and the
doctrines which he teaches confirm that he

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is Antichrist.

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And you cannot wrest the scriptures from
their foundations.

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I thought this was a brilliant move on the
part of Pope Francis.

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Pope Francis asks Valdensian Christians to
forgive the Church.

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That's a brilliant strategy.

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Absolutely brilliant.

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Pope Francis has asked Valdensian
Christians to forgive the Catholic Church

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for historic persecution earlier today.

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Francis became the first pontiff in
history to visit a Valdensian evangelical

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church when he attended the Valdensian
temple in Turin.

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The Pope is currently taking part on a
two-day visit.

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And he said, On the part of the Catholic
Church I ask your forgiveness.

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I ask it for non-Christians and even
inhuman attitudes and behavior that we

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have showed to you, said the Pope.

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He added, In the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ, forgive us.

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Brilliant.

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Brilliant.

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I see nothing regarding the Lutherans on
this issue so far in this document because

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the Valdensians are fully part and so are
the others.

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But the Valdensians are no longer standing
for the truth they once stood for.

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They were Sabbath keepers.

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And they were persecuted because of their
Sabbath keeping.

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And if you read the documents that
surround this they will tell you that they

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were a heretical sect.

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Why?

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Because they kept the Sabbath.

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So if you keep the Sabbath you are a
heretical sect.

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But of course they capitulated.

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They're not keeping Sabbath anymore.

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They're keeping Sunday.

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I would like to remind my Valdensian
brothers and sisters.

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Remember where you came from?

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That you stood by the word of God and by
the word of God alone and that you kept

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the commandments of God and not the
commandments of a Pope?

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And I would like you to come back to that
position.

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Because this is capitulation and all the
blood that filled those rivers in the

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Piedmont Valley surely wasn't spilt in
vain.

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230.

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Because Jesus Christ before his death
prayed to the Father that there may be

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one.

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It is clear that the division of the body
of Christ is opposed to the will of the

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Lord.

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Yes.

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And I have a point.

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Of course it's not in God's will that
God's people should be separated.

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But you have to be united on the basis of
truth.

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You cannot be united on the basis of
error.

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So God's people to the law and to the
testimony if they speak not according to

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this word they have no light in them.

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And Paul constantly admonishes Timothy to
stand on doctrinal issues and not to

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capitulate when it comes to this.

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16th century divisions were rooted in
different understandings of the truth of

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Christian faith and were particularly
contentious.

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So they were particularly contentious in
the past.

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How theologians presented their
theological convictions in the battle for

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public opinion is quite another matter.

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In the 16th century they frequently not
only misunderstood but exaggerated the

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issues.

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I've never read that in my life.

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I've never read anyone more clear and
direct and concise than Martin Luther or

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Melanchthon or any of those theologians.

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And I've never thought that John Knox
exaggerated the position on this issue.

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If I read those writings it is clear,
it's concise, it's Bible based.

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This is sweeping it under the rug of
history and let's start again.

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Prejudices and misunderstandings played a
great role in the characterization of the

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other side.

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Both Lutherans and Catholics bear guilt
that needs to be openly confessed in the

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remembrance of the events of 500 years
ago.

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So there's going to be a confession of
guilt.

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Interesting.

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So now we've seen that the Lutherans are,
well, evil in terms

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of this and that and the other.

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And now let's read about his confession,
the Pope's confession, Catholic confession

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of sins against unity.

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Already in his message to the Imperial
Diet in Nuremberg on 25 November 1522,

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Pope Hadrian complained of abuses and
trespasses, sins and errors, insofar as

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the church authorities had committed them.

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He asked pardon from God and the divided
brethren of the East.

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That's the Orthodox.

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He didn't ask pardon of those in the West.

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Pope John Paul II similarly acknowledged
guilt and offered prayers for forgiveness

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as part of the observance of the 2000 Holy
Year.

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Vague testimony terminology.

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Insofar as the church authorities had
committed them.

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That's like me going to my wife after a
mega argument and saying to her,

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insofar as I was responsible in this
argument, forgive me.

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I don't think it will go down very well.

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Do you think so?

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No, that's not a public confession.

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A public confession is forgive me.

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I was a dog.

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I was mean and vindictive and I'm sorry
and I'll do my best never to be like that

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again.

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That's a pardon.

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Not this dribble.

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He also related the request of forgiveness
to the office of the Bishop of Rome.

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How nice of him.

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So, insofar as the Bishop of Rome was
responsible.

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Well, this is not a confession at all.

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This is playing around with words.

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At its Fifth Assembly in Evian in 1970,
the Lutheran World Federation declared in

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response to a deeply moving presentation
by young Cardinal Willebrands,

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can you see how the Catholic side is
always elevated to be so moving and so

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eloquent and so this and so that?

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They said, we as Lutheran Christians and
congregations are prepared to acknowledge

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that the judgment of the reformers upon
the Roman Catholic Church and its theology

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was not entirely free of polemic
distortions.

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Excuse me.

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What don't the reformers today understand
about Catholic doctrine?

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It's as plain as daylight.

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Nothing has changed.

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Which in part have been perpetuated to the
present day.

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We are truly sorry for the offense and the
misunderstanding which these polemic

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elements have caused our Roman Catholic
brethren.

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We remember with gratitude the statement
of Pope Paul VI to the Vatican Council

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where he says forgiveness for any offenses
caused by the Roman Catholic Church.

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A plea for forgiveness for any offenses.

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It's so vague in as far as...

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So, this is a public apology for the
Reformation.

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When the Lutherans say we acknowledge that
we were wrong, sorry.

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That's a public acknowledgement that the
Reformation was wrong.

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Lutherans also confessed their wrongdoings
with respect to other Christian

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traditions.

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I have never seen such a biased document
in my entire life.

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The blood of millions of saints ignored.

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That was spent on behalf of their campaign
against Protestantism.

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And one point after the other lambasting
the Lutherans as the rebels of this cause

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who have to come back with just a light
beating rap over the knuckles.

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We've killed a few million of you before
but let's just give you a little rap and

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then come back to mommy.

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They confess their wrongdoings towards
other Christian traditions.

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At the 11th assembly in Stuttgart 2010 the
Lutheran World Federation declared that

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Lutherans are filled with deep scent of
regret and pain over the persecution of

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the Anabaptists etc.

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So again they rub it in.

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So my contention is it seems like the sins
of the Lutherans are spelled out and the

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sins of the Catholics are only addressed
in so far as we were responsible.

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If you had the book Table Talk you were
sentenced to death for having a book.

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Death penalty.

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Dragged out into the streets.

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Burnt at the stake.

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Good grief.

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The awareness is dawning on Lutherans and
Catholics that the struggle of the 16th

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century is over.

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The reason for mutually condemning each
other's faith have fallen by the wayside.

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I hope that I have demonstrated to my
Lutheran brethren and all those associated

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with Protestantism whether they be
Methodists, whether they be Baptists,

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whether they be Evangelicals, it doesn't
matter that none of the issues have been

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resolved.

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Not one single one.

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There has not been one iota of movement on
the part of the Roman Catholic system.

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So my question is, is it over?

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The Reformation?

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Really?

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Is it over?

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Or is it now only beginning?

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I think we are in the throes of the final
confrontation.

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Then they have a couple of imperatives.

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We don't have to go into the details.

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There are a couple of issues when we
grapple with the matter of authority.

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Who is the boss?

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But they've already spelled out who the
boss is.

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I'm not going to read all of these.

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Second imperative, Lutherans and Catholics
must let themselves be continuously

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transformed by the encounter with each
other.

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No, no, no.

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There's no transformation on the part of
Catholics.

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This means, Lutherans, you better be
transformed.

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They should again commit themselves to
seek visible unity, and their challenge is

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to prevent this re-reading of tradition
from falling back into old confessional

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oppositions.

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We're friends now.

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Let's not argue anymore.

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Lutherans and Catholics should jointly
rediscover the power of the gospel of

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Jesus Christ for our time.

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I thought the gospel was the same in every
single age.

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Is there a different gospel for our time?

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Or was salvation always by the blood of
the Lamb?

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There's no other name under heaven and
earth whereby you can be saved except the

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name Christ Jesus.

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As far as I'm concerned, that's the
gospel.

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But no, they have a social agenda,
so they're going to transform it into a

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social gospel.

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Why?

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Because they cannot possibly have a
doctrinal gospel.

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And the fifth imperative, Catholics and
Lutherans should witness together to the

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mercy of God, proclaim it to the world.

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Where do we stand now?

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We as a people, this is my question,
on these points in the light of the great

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controversy.

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So, let me read from this great Protestant
writer and let people consider whether

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this is truth or whether this is not.

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Ten manuscripts release 315.

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We are to give the message, Babylon the
great is fallen, is fallen, and has become

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the habitation of devils and the hold of
every foul spirit and a cage of every

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unclean and hateful bird.

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Come out of her, my people, that you are
not partakers of her sins, and that you

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receive not of her plagues.

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This message is to come to the churches.

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We are to consider the best plans for
accomplishing this.

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The message must be so presented as to
command the attention of reasoning minds.

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Alright?

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If the message must go out, Babylon is
fallen, she has become the house of demons

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of every unclean and detestable bird,
then we must have a clear definition of

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who Babylon is.

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You can't just go out there and say,
hello, Babylon, you're fallen.

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People must know what we're talking about.

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Our warfare is aggressive.

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Tremendous issues are before us,
yea, and right upon us.

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Let our prayers ascend to God that the
four angels may still hold the four winds,

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that they might not blow to injure or
destroy until the last warning has been

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given to the world.

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Then let us work in harmony with our
prayers.

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Let nothing lessen the force of the truth
for this time.

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The present truth is to be our burden.

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The third angel's message must do its work
in separating from the churches a people

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who will take their stand on the platform
of eternal truth.

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This is the message.

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This is the mission of this final
movement.

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Those involved in this movement,
which now numbers in the millions across

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the world, are not better than others.

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They have just responded to this plea
based on the evidence that we have

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discussed.

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Let us find out this issue of Babylon.

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Let's discuss it and study it a little
further.

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There are two calls out of Babylon in the
Bible.

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You find the one in Revelation chapter 14.

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Babylon has fallen, has fallen.

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And you find another one in Revelation
chapter 18.

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Babylon has fallen, has fallen.

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She has become a house of demons and every
unclean and detestable bird.

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Come out of her my people.

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There are two calls to Abraham.

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The first call out of her was just a
partial coming out because he got stuck in

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Haran where his father still worshipped
foreign gods.

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So, the first call is just a partial
coming out.

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And the second one will be the final
coming out.

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When that generation died, the second call
out of Haran resulted in a complete

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separation from idolatry.

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In the same way, there will come a loud
cry of the third angel's message which

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will support the second angel and say,
come out, now come out, separate

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yourselves.

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So, the second call out of Babylon will
result in total separation from idolatry.

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This is how I see it.

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These are my words.

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Now, according to Asher, the first call to
Abraham was in 922, and the second call

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out of Haran came in 921.

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This is also the start of the 430 years
for the Jewish people.

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So, that's history.

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So, there were two calls, and at the end
of time there are two calls.

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There were two temple cleansings in the
time of Jesus.

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There will be two temple cleansings at the
end.

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Now, the midnight cry, what was that?

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The midnight cry took place in 1844.

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The midnight cry empowered the second
angel's message.

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I saw a great light from heaven shining
upon the people of God.

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The rays of this light seemed bright as
the sun, and I heard the voice of the

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angel crying, Behold, the bridegroom
cometh.

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Go ye out to meet him.

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This was the midnight cry, which was to
give power to the second angel's message.

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In other words, when the people realized
that the commandments had been

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rediscovered, and that there were certain
biblical issues that the churches were

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being involved in and preaching which were
not biblical, for example, the state of

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the dead, doctrines on hell, and issues
relating around the sanctuary and the plan

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of salvation, and the commandments,
the Sabbath versus the Sunday,

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and obedience to all of God's
commandments, then some people came out,

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pastors, lay people, came out of the
churches and joined this movement to

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preach the commandments of God and the
testimony of Jesus Christ.

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This gave power to the second angel's
message.

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So people started to realize that there
was a problem in the churches up there.

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So the loud cry at the end also empowers
the second angel, because it says Babylon

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is fallen, it's fallen, that's second
angel, not third angel's message.

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Of Babylon, this is the great controversy,
of Babylon at the time brought to view in

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this prophecy, it is declared.

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Her sins have reached unto heaven and God
has remembered her inequities.

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Revelation 18 5.

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She has filled up the measure of her guilt
and destruction is about to fall upon her.

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We must read very carefully.

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But God still has a people in Babylon.

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The people that belong to God are sitting
in the churches that are aligning

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themselves with the Babylonian confusion
of Rome.

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Remember that Rome speaks with the mouth
of the lion, and that's the symbol of

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Babylon.

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Okay.

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She has filled up the measure of her guilt
and destruction is about to fall upon her.

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But God still has a people in Babylon and
before the visitation of his judgment,

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these faithful ones must be called out,
that they partake not of her sins and

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receive not of her plagues.

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This is what the Bible teaches.

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Hence the movement symbolized by the angel
coming down from heaven, lightening the

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earth with his glory and crying mightily
with a strong voice, announcing the sins

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of Babylon.

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Did we just spend a whole lecture going
through the doctrinal positions which

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Protestants in their latest document have
given up?

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Yes or no?

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In connection with his message,
the call is heard, come out of her,

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my people.

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These announcements united with the third
angel's message constitute the final

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warning to be given to the inhabitants of
the earth.

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I have no doubt that this is the final
warning to the inhabited world.

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It might be embellished with more facts as
we go along, but this is the heart and the

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core of the final message.

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And it's the third angel's message,
do not accept the mark of the beast,

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do not accept earthly laws in the place of
God's law, but it also asks the question,

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if your church, your institution refuses
to accept the truth and goes along with

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the lie, you have no choice but to
separate yourself.

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Then I saw another mighty angel
commissioned to descend to the earth to

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unite his voice with the third angel and
give power and force to the message.

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Great power and glory were imparted to the
angel, and as he descended the earth was

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lightened with his glory, the light which
attended this angel penetrated everywhere

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and he cried mightily, Babylon the great
is fallen, is fallen, has become a

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habitation of devils and a hold of every
foul spirit and a cage of every unclean

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and hateful bird.

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This message of the fall of Babylon,
as given by the second angel, is repeated.

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So there was a second angel and now it is
the loud cry of Revelation 18 with the

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additional mention of the corruptions
which have been entering the churches

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since 1844.

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So all of the issues that have corrupted
the churches as they gave up their

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protestant doctrines, one of the first
being to accept dispensationalism,

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so the danger was no longer there in Rome,
but the danger was some airy-fairy future

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antichrist who doesn't even exist yet,
who will come and live in a temple that

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doesn't exist yet.

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Such ridiculousness when the Bible is so
absolutely clear in its historic

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continuous interpretation of the Bible.

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And when they gave that up, well then any
wind of doctrine could come in.

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So the Lutherans can say let's venerate a
host and let's pay tribute and be priests

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and forgive sins.

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I mean that's how ridiculous you can
become, eventually.

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I heard those clothed with the armor speak
forth the truth with great power.

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It had effect.

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Many had been bound, some wives by their
husbands, some children by their parents.

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The honest who had been prevented from
hearing the truth now eagerly laid hold

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upon it.

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All fears of their relatives were gone and
the truth alone was exalted to them.

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They had been hungering and thirsting for
truth.

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It was dearer and more precious than life.

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I asked what had made the change and the
answer was it is the latter rain,

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it is the loud cry of the third angel.

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So this is the message that has to go to
the world.

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And if we're not bringing that message
then we are failing in our duty.

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The straight testimony will produce the
shaking.

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I asked the meaning of the shaking.

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I had seen and it was shown that it would
be caused by the straight testimony.

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It is the straight testimony called forth
by the counsel of the true witness to the

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Laodiceans.

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This will have its effect upon the heart
of the receiver and will lead him to exalt

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the standard and pour forth the straight
truth.

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Some will not bear it, they will rise up
against it and it will cause a shaking.

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There are those amongst us who will make
confessions as did Achan, too late to save

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themselves.

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They are not in harmony with right,
they despise the straight testimony that

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reaches the heart and would rejoice to see
everyone silenced who gives reproof.

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The Lord calls for a renewal of the
straight testimony.

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So, we cannot mince words at this stage.

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I am of the opinion that history is going
to be repeated.

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There were two calls to Abraham.

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There were two temple cleansings.

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There were two calls out of Babylon.

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Surely, this is not the first call but the
second call.

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Let's read it.

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Matthew chapter 7 verse 24.

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I am going to take you back to the history
of the Jews.

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When Pilate saw that he could prevail
nothing, but rather that a tumult was

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made, he took water and washed his hands
before the multitude saying, I am innocent

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of the blood of this just person,
see ye to it.

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So here was the state saying, I am not
going to be the one who is going to ask

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this.

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Who is clamoring for this?

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It was the Jews, the Jewish nation.

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Then answered all the people and said,
His blood be on us and on our children.

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What a terrible curse to call upon
yourself.

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Then released Ibarabas unto them and when
he had scourged Jesus for no cause

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whatsoever, other than to appease them,
of course, he delivered him to be

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crucified.

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Then the soldiers of the governor took
Jesus into the common hall and gathered

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unto him the whole band of soldiers.

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And they stripped him and put on him a
scarlet robe.

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And when they had plaited a crown of
thorns, they put it upon his head and a

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reed in his hand, and they bowed down
before him and mocked him saying,

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Hail King of the Jews.

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Do you realize what they did?

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This was the earthly coronation of the
King of Kings.

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He was, though mockingly, acknowledged as
the King.

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He received a crown.

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He received a scepter.

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He was inaugurated as the King of Kings.

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He was right here without them knowing
what they were doing.

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But Pilate answered them saying,
Mark 15 verse 9, Will ye that I release

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unto you the King of the Jews?

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And I was the King.

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For he knew that the chief priest had
delivered him for envy, but the chief

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priest moved the people.

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Typology, at the end of time the chief
priest will move the people.

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Well, they're all priests now again.

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Haven't they acknowledged this?

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There's no such thing as a priest post the
crucifixion.

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But anyway, but the chief priest moved the
people that he should rather release

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Barabbas unto them.

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And that's what the Jesuit said.

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He said, We cannot have a government for
righteous people.

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We need one for sinners because these
righteous people are a pain in the neck.

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Let's get rid of them.

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Who can live with them?

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And Pilate answered and said again unto
them, What will ye then that I shall do

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unto him whom ye call the king of the
Jews?

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And they cried out again, Crucify him!

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And Pilate said unto them, But what evil
has he done?

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They cried out even the more exceedingly,
Crucify him!

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And from thenceforth Pilate sought to
release him.

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But the Jews cried out, Saying,
If thou let this man go, thou art not

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Caesar's friend.

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Whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh
against Caesar.

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When Pilate therefore heard that saying,
he brought Jesus forth and sat down in the

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judgment seat in a place that is called
the pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabata.

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And it was the preparation of the
Passover, about the sixth hour,

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and he said unto the Jews, Behold your
king!

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Do you see the emphasis on the king?

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But they cried out, Away with him!

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Away with him!

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Crucify him!

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Pilate said unto him, Shall I crucify your
king?

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And the chief priests answered,
We have no king but Caesar.

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Fascinating.

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So they rejected the king of kings and
accepted the authority of Caesar.

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Now we have to go to a little bit of
history and study this issue, because this

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is a fascinating history.

58:46.470 --> 58:55.870
History is more fascinating than any soap
opera that the world can possibly imagine.

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Let's go to the history.

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Caesar.

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As the power of Rome expanded into many
parts of Greece, Attalos, the last king of

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Pergamos, died in 133 BC and left in his
will all the dominions of Pergamos to the

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Roman people.

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Now the Bible talks about Pergamos and the
Bible says Pergamos where Satan has his

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seat.

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So what happened?

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The Babylonian priesthood that ruled over
Babylon was in absolute control and had

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all power.

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When the Medo-Persians took over,
they did not want to be subject to the

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Medo-Persians and so the priesthood left
Babylon and they established themselves at

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Pergamos with the full rights and powers
of the Babylonian priest kings.

01:00:07.310 --> 01:00:12.930
And so this king was known as Pontifex
Maximus.

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Thus the kingdom of Pergamos was merged
into the dominions of Rome.

01:00:20.290 --> 01:00:25.830
However, for some years there was no one
who could openly lay claim to all the

01:00:25.830 --> 01:00:30.730
dignity and power inherent in the title of
the king of Pergamos.

01:00:31.870 --> 01:00:34.610
Namely that of sovereign pontiff.

01:00:34.730 --> 01:00:36.410
This is history, I'm quoting history.

01:00:38.030 --> 01:00:42.210
The powers of the Roman pontiff were
therefore somewhat restricted.

01:00:43.090 --> 01:00:48.030
But this situation changed dramatically
with the arrival of Julius Caesar.

01:00:48.030 --> 01:00:57.970
So 133 BC, the king of Pergamos bequeathed
his title, his power, his vestments to

01:00:57.970 --> 01:00:58.310
Rome.

01:00:59.010 --> 01:01:00.390
But there was a condition.

01:01:01.490 --> 01:01:03.970
And the condition was the following.

01:01:04.610 --> 01:01:11.110
As the king of Pergamos was not a mere
mortal but as it were God on earth,

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the condition was if you want to take this
title upon yourself in its fullness,

01:01:18.950 --> 01:01:25.690
then the king has to be declared God,
to be God, and he must be worshipped.

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And the Roman emperors didn't do that
until you get to Julius Caesar.

01:01:36.110 --> 01:01:37.610
Now, it gets interesting.

01:01:38.310 --> 01:01:44.110
It was from Julius Caesar's name that the
Roman emperors took their title Caesar.

01:01:44.110 --> 01:01:45.730
What did the Jews say?

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We have no king except Caesar.

01:01:53.690 --> 01:01:58.330
Caesar's also held the position of
Pontifex Maximus.

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So they were God kings.

01:02:02.510 --> 01:02:03.330
I have a question.

01:02:03.450 --> 01:02:04.790
Who has that title today?

01:02:05.450 --> 01:02:06.610
The Pope.

01:02:07.270 --> 01:02:14.850
So Pope Francis is Pontifex Maximus,
which means he has the full title and

01:02:14.850 --> 01:02:22.910
power that was granted by Attalus to the
Romans, which was first appropriated by

01:02:22.910 --> 01:02:23.950
Julius Caesar.

01:02:24.470 --> 01:02:30.410
From thence onwards, all the Roman
emperors were called Caesar, taking it

01:02:30.410 --> 01:02:31.290
from his name.

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And they were gods.

01:02:33.550 --> 01:02:35.690
They had to be worshipped as gods.

01:02:36.170 --> 01:02:41.910
And temples were constructed where the
people had to worship their god,

01:02:42.150 --> 01:02:42.850
who was Caesar.

01:02:43.790 --> 01:02:44.570
That's history.

01:02:45.790 --> 01:02:48.170
It's stranger than fiction.

01:02:50.050 --> 01:02:57.370
Julius Caesar was elected to the position
of Pontifex Maximus in the year 63 BC.

01:02:58.150 --> 01:03:01.650
So for almost 70 years, this title had
been lying there.

01:03:02.050 --> 01:03:03.630
And it wasn't appropriated.

01:03:03.790 --> 01:03:04.450
But he took it.

01:03:05.250 --> 01:03:09.770
He subsequently assumed the position of
supreme ruler of the Roman state.

01:03:10.770 --> 01:03:15.890
Thus he had vested in him all the powers
and functions of the Babylonian pontiff,

01:03:16.130 --> 01:03:20.410
and he was the true, legitimate successor
to Belsasa.

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So he was the king of Babylon.

01:03:24.750 --> 01:03:30.690
Not satisfied with this, he was declared
to be Jupiter's incarnation on the 25th of

01:03:30.690 --> 01:03:33.690
December, 48 BC.

01:03:35.150 --> 01:03:38.150
So now he became god.

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In the Temple of Jupiter in Alexandria,
the Encyclopedia Britannica says about

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Julius Caesar the follower, there are
signs that in the last six months of his

01:03:50.190 --> 01:03:55.870
life, he aspired not only to a monarchy in
name, as well as in fact, but also to a

01:03:55.870 --> 01:04:01.430
divinity which Romans should acknowledge,
as well as Greeks, Orientals, and

01:04:01.430 --> 01:04:02.190
Barbarians.

01:04:02.350 --> 01:04:03.610
So who must acknowledge it?

01:04:03.610 --> 01:04:04.950
Everyone.

01:04:05.330 --> 01:04:05.910
The whole world.

01:04:07.130 --> 01:04:12.450
Julius Caesar, by laying claim to be
divine, followed the pattern of the kings

01:04:12.450 --> 01:04:13.350
of Pergamos.

01:04:14.530 --> 01:04:20.530
The Roman emperor that followed Julius
Caesar were commonly regarded as gods.

01:04:21.650 --> 01:04:26.470
So if you take that title, you are saying
you are god.

01:04:26.570 --> 01:04:33.110
If you say you are the heir of Julius
Caesar's empire, you are god.

01:04:35.110 --> 01:04:36.570
The Beast.

01:04:38.030 --> 01:04:43.290
Pope Francis leads the celebration of the
Vespers of the Solemnity of the Conversion

01:04:43.290 --> 01:04:50.550
of St. Paul, January 25th, 2014,
concluding the week of prayer for

01:04:50.550 --> 01:04:55.050
Christian unity at the Basilica of St.
Paul's outside the walls.

01:04:56.070 --> 01:05:04.850
And here this pontiff enthrones himself on
a great white throne between the cherubim.

01:05:06.670 --> 01:05:10.910
Now, excuse me, what is he saying?

01:05:14.080 --> 01:05:20.240
And I saw a great white throne and he that
was seated upon it at the end of time,

01:05:20.800 --> 01:05:24.860
and the prophets all claimed that he was
seated between the cherubim.

01:05:24.960 --> 01:05:25.800
Isn't that correct?

01:05:25.860 --> 01:05:26.760
And the seraphim.

01:05:27.720 --> 01:05:39.280
So here is a man who by this blatant act
is saying that he is God.

01:05:40.160 --> 01:05:45.560
He sitteth in the temple of God claiming
that he is God.

01:05:46.560 --> 01:05:51.740
Now it's interesting that Malachi Martin
in his books, and he was a Jesuit,

01:05:53.580 --> 01:06:03.740
claims that in this very cathedral of St.
Paul's, Lucifer was being worshipped

01:06:03.740 --> 01:06:04.800
directly.

01:06:06.180 --> 01:06:10.100
Not me saying so, Malachi Martin saying
so.

01:06:10.460 --> 01:06:15.860
And here you have the Pope sitting on his
great white throne between the cherubim,

01:06:16.260 --> 01:06:18.400
claiming that he is God.

01:06:19.600 --> 01:06:31.320
So if the Lutherans or any Protestant
group says we have no other leader than

01:06:31.320 --> 01:06:32.360
Caesar.

01:06:32.940 --> 01:06:34.060
What are they doing?

01:06:35.560 --> 01:06:39.800
Aren't they doing exactly the same that
the Jews did in the time of Jesus?

01:06:40.380 --> 01:06:44.860
They gave up their Messiah and they chose
the earthly Caesar.

01:06:45.620 --> 01:06:49.480
And in their document, they've done
exactly the same thing.

01:06:49.580 --> 01:06:57.380
They've given up their king and have
accepted the authority again of Caesar.

01:06:57.780 --> 01:07:04.740
They have said in effect, and when they
publicly apologize in 2017, they will say

01:07:04.740 --> 01:07:07.640
we have no king other than Caesar.

01:07:09.400 --> 01:07:14.580
Question, did probation close for the Jews
when they said that?

01:07:19.940 --> 01:07:21.500
It's a trick question.

01:07:23.440 --> 01:07:25.220
The answer is no.

01:07:26.440 --> 01:07:33.280
We have a very long suffering God and
we'll follow the typology further as we go

01:07:33.280 --> 01:07:35.920
along and see when probation closed for
the Jews.

01:07:36.700 --> 01:07:43.780
According to the prophecy that you find in
Daniel, at the 70 week prophecy,

01:07:43.920 --> 01:07:48.080
at the end of the 70 weeks, then the time
of the Jews is fulfilled.

01:07:49.100 --> 01:07:55.000
And that didn't end with the crucifixion
of Jesus but it ended with the stoning of

01:07:55.000 --> 01:07:56.280
Stephen as we saw.

01:07:56.680 --> 01:08:05.020
Now, there's a beast in Revelation chapter
13 and all the reformers all the reformers

01:08:05.020 --> 01:08:10.220
identified the first beast of Revelation
chapter 13 as the papacy.

01:08:11.200 --> 01:08:12.100
That's history.

01:08:13.060 --> 01:08:21.120
But there's a second beast in Revelation
that does all the bidding of the first

01:08:21.120 --> 01:08:22.580
beast on his behalf.

01:08:23.980 --> 01:08:31.280
And we have interpreted that as Protestant
America because it makes its appearance as

01:08:31.280 --> 01:08:34.840
a beast which is a political entity
according to the scripture.

01:08:35.240 --> 01:08:38.920
The beast thou sawest are kingdoms,
nations, etc.

01:08:39.040 --> 01:08:39.600
It's a kingdom.

01:08:40.800 --> 01:08:45.620
And the second beast makes its appearance
when the first one receives a mortal

01:08:45.620 --> 01:08:46.020
wound.

01:08:46.660 --> 01:08:47.300
1798.

01:08:47.680 --> 01:08:55.220
And that is when the United States is
recognized as this new emerging world

01:08:55.220 --> 01:08:56.120
power.

01:08:57.480 --> 01:09:02.220
And this power will do all the bidding of
the first beast on his behalf and will

01:09:02.220 --> 01:09:06.840
force everyone to enforce the mark of the
beast.

01:09:08.120 --> 01:09:10.880
So now let's go to the second beast.

01:09:11.980 --> 01:09:13.660
This is fascinating.

01:09:15.380 --> 01:09:23.960
Because here in this picture you have King
Obama because he has a crown on his lap.

01:09:24.520 --> 01:09:26.080
There's a crown on his lap.

01:09:27.040 --> 01:09:34.480
And he's sitting on a great iron throne
consisting apparently of a thousand swords

01:09:35.580 --> 01:09:41.660
of those nations that have capitulated to
the power.

01:09:43.220 --> 01:09:51.620
On the desk in front is the bow and over
here you have the pine cones which are of

01:09:51.620 --> 01:09:54.960
course one of the great symbols of the
Roman power.

01:09:55.340 --> 01:10:01.800
You'll find them in the Vatican court
because it is the symbol of the seed that

01:10:01.800 --> 01:10:05.600
will pollinate the entire world with their
doctrine.

01:10:06.740 --> 01:10:13.840
And the bow is always a symbol of Christ
or Antichrist.

01:10:14.800 --> 01:10:17.520
Now, why is he sitting on an iron throne?

01:10:19.240 --> 01:10:22.960
Iron is the metal for which kingdom?

01:10:23.900 --> 01:10:24.720
Rome.

01:10:25.720 --> 01:10:27.320
The symbolism is brilliant.

01:10:27.680 --> 01:10:32.920
Of course the White House laughed it off
and said they were just making a joke.

01:10:33.680 --> 01:10:38.800
Critics slam White House for tweeting
picture of Obama as King.

01:10:39.880 --> 01:10:45.340
Republican Michelle Bachmann, for example,
noted that Obama may think he's a king but

01:10:45.340 --> 01:10:45.940
he's not.

01:10:46.080 --> 01:10:47.420
Well, I've got news for him.

01:10:49.020 --> 01:10:55.320
He is a king because every single
president of the United States since its

01:10:55.320 --> 01:10:57.880
inception has come from one royal family.

01:10:57.980 --> 01:11:01.060
He's a king whether they like it or not.

01:11:01.140 --> 01:11:02.780
This is the new world order.

01:11:04.140 --> 01:11:07.200
So maybe they think it's a joke but it's
not.

01:11:07.680 --> 01:11:10.160
It's a message, a clear message.

01:11:11.800 --> 01:11:17.660
Sent out a message blasting the president
as a lying socialist dictator.

01:11:17.960 --> 01:11:21.860
And so there was much anger with regard to
this picture.

01:11:22.040 --> 01:11:23.420
So it was a signal picture.

01:11:24.280 --> 01:11:30.680
So you have the beast, the king,
the god king sitting on a great white

01:11:30.680 --> 01:11:38.320
throne enthroned between the cherubim and
you have his lackey, the army of Rome

01:11:38.320 --> 01:11:44.760
sitting on an iron throne with all the
swords indicating the capitulation of the

01:11:44.760 --> 01:11:46.760
nations to this structure.

01:11:47.260 --> 01:11:58.720
This is the final event that history will
deliver because the Bible says the whole

01:11:58.720 --> 01:12:02.300
world wandered after the beast.

01:12:03.300 --> 01:12:09.860
Now just to make sure that we're not
somewhere speculating too wildly.

01:12:11.040 --> 01:12:17.080
Revelation 13 verse 4 says people
worshipped the dragon because he had given

01:12:17.080 --> 01:12:22.740
authority to the beast and they also
worshipped the beast and asked who is like

01:12:22.740 --> 01:12:25.920
the beast who can wage war against him.

01:12:26.620 --> 01:12:29.860
You see the swords have been handed over.

01:12:30.660 --> 01:12:32.180
They've capitulated.

01:12:32.180 --> 01:12:35.020
The swords are all facing down.

01:12:35.560 --> 01:12:38.240
In other words they have capitulated.

01:12:38.440 --> 01:12:42.080
The sword is not up in a military fashion.

01:12:43.180 --> 01:12:50.180
And the Bible clearly says that the system
that capitulates and accepts the authority

01:12:50.180 --> 01:12:56.000
of the first beast which is Rome the Roman
pontiff who sits on the throne pretending

01:12:56.000 --> 01:12:59.000
to be God is worshipping the devil.

01:12:59.740 --> 01:13:00.400
That's what it says.

01:13:00.400 --> 01:13:01.420
They worship the dragon.

01:13:02.660 --> 01:13:03.820
So they're worshipping the devil.

01:13:05.480 --> 01:13:10.260
And of course he's got the title of the
king of Pargamos so it's no coincidence

01:13:10.980 --> 01:13:16.980
that when Obama accepted his first
presidential candidacy for the Democratic

01:13:16.980 --> 01:13:24.700
Party that he accepted it on the backdrop
of the temple of Pargamos.

01:13:26.080 --> 01:13:31.360
So Obama's stage at the 2008 Democratic
Convention was designed in the style of

01:13:31.360 --> 01:13:32.560
the Pargamos altar.

01:13:33.220 --> 01:13:37.420
A Greek temple which is mentioned in the
book of Revelation as the seat of Satan or

01:13:37.420 --> 01:13:39.600
the throne of Satan depending on the
translation.

01:13:41.120 --> 01:13:43.580
So here we have a system brewing.

01:13:46.300 --> 01:13:50.580
US globalist strategy is to dominate the
world.

01:13:50.860 --> 01:13:52.160
So says press TV.

01:13:53.040 --> 01:13:56.800
I don't have to read the entire thing
because basically that's enough.

01:13:57.600 --> 01:13:59.540
Exactly, of course that is true.

01:14:00.180 --> 01:14:03.600
Of course they will dominate the world
because the Bible says they will.

01:14:03.740 --> 01:14:09.520
Doesn't the Bible say they will force
everyone, rich, poor, slave, free,

01:14:10.240 --> 01:14:11.600
to accept the mark of the beast?

01:14:12.060 --> 01:14:12.380
Yes!

01:14:13.180 --> 01:14:15.660
So we are at that point in history.

01:14:18.080 --> 01:14:21.540
Pope Francis will speak first before the
US Congress.

01:14:22.260 --> 01:14:24.640
The Pope will speak before the Congress.

01:14:25.360 --> 01:14:29.400
Now, everybody is speculating as to what
he will say.

01:14:30.160 --> 01:14:32.240
It doesn't really matter what he will say.

01:14:32.560 --> 01:14:35.060
He could sing a lullaby in the Congress.

01:14:35.400 --> 01:14:37.000
It wouldn't make any difference.

01:14:37.520 --> 01:14:40.600
The fact that he is appearing in the
Congress sends a message.

01:14:41.820 --> 01:14:51.880
Now, if I take a parallel, recently before
he retired, Pope Benedict was the first

01:14:51.880 --> 01:14:54.720
Pope to speak before the German
Parliament.

01:14:55.920 --> 01:14:59.600
And there was some hoo-ha about him
speaking in the German Parliament,

01:15:00.040 --> 01:15:04.960
and when he appeared in the German
Parliament he had basically the following

01:15:04.960 --> 01:15:05.500
to say.

01:15:05.580 --> 01:15:06.800
I'm paraphrasing him.

01:15:07.800 --> 01:15:16.020
He said, the fact that you are permitting
me to speak in front of this Parliament is

01:15:16.020 --> 01:15:21.400
an acknowledgement of my moral authority.

01:15:22.800 --> 01:15:31.120
And if you acknowledge my moral authority
then you as the legislature of the nation

01:15:31.120 --> 01:15:42.340
have the duty to see to it that the
necessary laws regarding that issue are

01:15:42.340 --> 01:15:43.160
implemented.

01:15:44.420 --> 01:15:46.060
Basically, that's what he said.

01:15:47.380 --> 01:15:55.640
So by just stepping into this Capitol
building, which by the way has

01:15:55.640 --> 01:16:03.780
Perseformus, or the goddess, Mary in her
modern form on top facing Rome.

01:16:05.100 --> 01:16:07.140
And there he will step in.

01:16:07.880 --> 01:16:08.960
It's his turf.

01:16:09.980 --> 01:16:18.820
His Jesuit founder generals, White and
General Rickey set up the stage for him

01:16:18.820 --> 01:16:19.580
back then.

01:16:20.560 --> 01:16:28.520
It has been run behind the scenes by the
Jesuits and now as Jesuit he walks in and

01:16:28.520 --> 01:16:29.400
he claims it.

01:16:29.720 --> 01:16:40.640
This is the final event that tells the
world, I am the God King.

01:16:41.480 --> 01:16:43.300
Bow down before me.

01:16:44.020 --> 01:16:46.440
Acknowledge my moral authority.

01:16:47.640 --> 01:16:50.220
Now there's much hype about this visit.

01:16:50.940 --> 01:16:56.520
Pope to address Congress during Blood Moon
Tetrad and Day of Atonement plus talk of

01:16:56.520 --> 01:16:58.160
Asteroid the same week.

01:16:58.320 --> 01:16:59.560
What does all this mean?

01:16:59.960 --> 01:17:02.240
And all these people are going berserk.

01:17:02.860 --> 01:17:03.440
You know what?

01:17:04.100 --> 01:17:04.880
Who cares?

01:17:05.880 --> 01:17:06.580
Blood Moon?

01:17:06.840 --> 01:17:07.760
No Blood Moon.

01:17:08.340 --> 01:17:08.940
Pink Moon?

01:17:09.060 --> 01:17:09.540
Red Moon?

01:17:09.680 --> 01:17:10.180
Yellow Moon?

01:17:10.300 --> 01:17:10.820
Green Moon?

01:17:10.920 --> 01:17:11.660
I don't care.

01:17:13.360 --> 01:17:17.800
Day of Atonement, day before, day after,
if they want to have their kabbalistic

01:17:17.800 --> 01:17:19.700
funny little games, let them play them.

01:17:19.740 --> 01:17:20.520
We're not interested.

01:17:21.720 --> 01:17:24.720
As Protestants we're interested in what
the Bible has to say.

01:17:25.700 --> 01:17:29.040
And the Bible says they will give their
power unto the beast.

01:17:29.160 --> 01:17:33.740
This is a demonstration of the fact that
they acknowledge his moral authority.

01:17:34.440 --> 01:17:34.740
All.

01:17:35.260 --> 01:17:38.720
And it doesn't matter whether the moon is
pink or blue or green or yellow or whether

01:17:38.720 --> 01:17:42.280
it was pink or blue or green once or twice
or three times or four times.

01:17:42.380 --> 01:17:42.960
It's irrelevant.

01:17:43.700 --> 01:17:46.400
So we mustn't jump onto these bandwagons.

01:17:46.520 --> 01:17:49.100
We have a more sure word of prophecy.

01:17:50.420 --> 01:17:51.860
NBC Washington.

01:17:52.860 --> 01:17:55.180
Vatican releases Pope Francis U.S.

01:17:55.380 --> 01:17:55.900
itinerary.

01:17:56.660 --> 01:18:01.680
The Pope will arrive at Joint Base Andrews
on September 22.

01:18:03.000 --> 01:18:07.620
The next day he will meet with President
Barack Obama at the White House and

01:18:07.620 --> 01:18:09.840
celebrate Mass outside the Basilica.

01:18:10.280 --> 01:18:10.560
Whatever.

01:18:11.000 --> 01:18:13.160
Of the Immaculate Conception, of course.

01:18:13.280 --> 01:18:14.200
That's where it would be.

01:18:15.360 --> 01:18:19.960
Because Mary becomes an acronym for
Lucifer.

01:18:22.790 --> 01:18:27.290
The Mass outside the Basilica will be in
Spanish and will be a ticketed event.

01:18:27.690 --> 01:18:32.950
24th he meets with both houses of Congress
and on the 25th he addresses the United

01:18:32.950 --> 01:18:33.430
Nations.

01:18:34.310 --> 01:18:39.350
So he goes from the most powerful nations
in the world where they acknowledge his

01:18:39.350 --> 01:18:44.370
moral authority just by allowing his foot
into that place, irrespective of what he

01:18:44.370 --> 01:18:48.270
has to say, and then he goes to the United
Nations.

01:18:49.110 --> 01:18:54.930
So symbolically he's saying world,
bow down to me.

01:18:55.590 --> 01:19:03.790
By the way, Yom Kippur 2015 is on
September 22nd and you can get excited

01:19:03.790 --> 01:19:06.210
about that if you want to be a Kabbalist.

01:19:06.410 --> 01:19:08.750
I'm not interested in what they have to
do.

01:19:08.850 --> 01:19:13.250
What I am interested in is that Obama
calls for world leaders to heed Pope

01:19:13.250 --> 01:19:14.350
Francis' message.

01:19:15.170 --> 01:19:19.310
So he preempts it and he says we accept
your authority.

01:19:20.450 --> 01:19:24.670
The President of the United States has
said he wants fellow world leaders to

01:19:24.670 --> 01:19:30.050
reflect on Pope Francis' encyclical
published yesterday called for humanity to

01:19:30.050 --> 01:19:35.110
change its approach to the environment and
the way it judged progress.

01:19:35.750 --> 01:19:41.010
I welcome his holiness, Pope Francis'
encyclical, and deeply admire the Pope's

01:19:41.010 --> 01:19:45.530
decision to make the case, clearly,
powerfully, and with full moral authority

01:19:45.530 --> 01:19:47.070
of his position.

01:19:47.250 --> 01:19:48.170
Can you see where we're going?

01:19:49.550 --> 01:19:55.990
When you acknowledge the Pope's moral
authority, you choose another king other

01:19:55.990 --> 01:19:57.850
than Jesus Christ.

01:19:58.770 --> 01:20:06.190
Because the only moral authority that
Protestants can accept and acknowledge is

01:20:06.190 --> 01:20:13.670
Jesus Christ and the scriptures where that
moral authority is declared.

01:20:14.470 --> 01:20:18.830
As we prepare for global climate
negotiations, etc., well, I'm not really

01:20:18.830 --> 01:20:20.570
interested in any of the rest.

01:20:21.230 --> 01:20:25.690
What I'm interested in is that core
statement, we acknowledge your moral

01:20:25.690 --> 01:20:26.350
authority.

01:20:26.870 --> 01:20:28.330
That's the core statement.

01:20:28.850 --> 01:20:33.310
And here is the encyclical, and I'm not
going to read the whole thing.

01:20:33.410 --> 01:20:36.090
Anybody can get it off the web and read it
for themselves.

01:20:36.790 --> 01:20:43.430
Again, the issue, he links the Eucharist
to the environment.

01:20:44.530 --> 01:20:48.430
I mean, they're as far removed from each
other as the East is from the West.

01:20:49.430 --> 01:20:53.850
I don't know how he manages to link those
two, but he does.

01:20:55.070 --> 01:20:59.150
In other words, if you acknowledge the
Eucharist, you are acknowledging the

01:20:59.150 --> 01:21:00.350
continuing sacrifice.

01:21:00.650 --> 01:21:06.110
You are trampling Christ afresh every
single day into the dust.

01:21:07.050 --> 01:21:10.690
So it's in the Eucharist that the fullness
is already achieved.

01:21:11.510 --> 01:21:12.130
Nonsense!

01:21:13.490 --> 01:21:17.190
Because even when it is celebrated on the
humble altar of the country church,

01:21:17.290 --> 01:21:21.150
the Eucharist is always in some way
celebrated on the altar of the world.

01:21:21.710 --> 01:21:26.070
If you celebrate the Eucharist,
you celebrate the victory of Satan over

01:21:26.070 --> 01:21:27.210
Jesus at the cross.

01:21:27.910 --> 01:21:28.970
That's what you do.

01:21:29.950 --> 01:21:35.530
This is a celebration of satanic victory
over Christianity.

01:21:36.010 --> 01:21:38.730
Nothing other than that.

01:21:38.990 --> 01:21:39.830
This is what it is.

01:21:41.110 --> 01:21:43.270
And then he pushes his Sunday agenda.

01:21:44.090 --> 01:21:47.990
On Sunday our participation in the
Eucharist has special importance.

01:21:48.670 --> 01:21:52.410
Sunday, like the Jewish Sabbath,
is meant to be a day which heals our

01:21:52.410 --> 01:21:53.710
relationships with God.

01:21:53.830 --> 01:21:55.550
It is a spurious Sabbath.

01:21:56.290 --> 01:21:58.310
It is the child of the papacy.

01:21:58.850 --> 01:22:00.990
It is not a command of God.

01:22:01.370 --> 01:22:08.910
And he is placing it in juxtaposition to
the commandment of God and the choice that

01:22:08.910 --> 01:22:09.630
people have.

01:22:09.970 --> 01:22:11.650
Whose authority do I accept?

01:22:12.030 --> 01:22:13.610
Now it's not a question of a day.

01:22:14.730 --> 01:22:16.590
It's a question of authority.

01:22:17.010 --> 01:22:23.930
If I acknowledge the authority of Jesus
Christ as my only Savior and my source of

01:22:23.930 --> 01:22:27.210
moral authority, I will keep his moral
law.

01:22:27.890 --> 01:22:30.210
Which includes the fact that I will keep
the Sabbath.

01:22:31.530 --> 01:22:36.970
And if I acknowledge the Caesar of this
world, I have no other king but Caesar,

01:22:37.250 --> 01:22:44.290
I will acknowledge his law, but then I'm
celebrating a satanic victory over Jesus

01:22:44.290 --> 01:22:44.810
Christ.

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And it's a serious issue.

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So those are the issues, the final issues.

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We are called to include in our work a
dimension of receptivity and gratuity,

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and he couples this to Sunday.

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He's calling for Sunday legislation.

01:23:02.790 --> 01:23:03.730
That's what he's doing.

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Pope Francis calls for a new ecological
economic order.

01:23:10.450 --> 01:23:15.490
He wraps up the first leg of his three
nation South American pilgrimage Wednesday

01:23:15.490 --> 01:23:22.050
after issuing an impassioned call for a
new economic and ecological world order

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where the goods of the earth are shared by
everyone not just exploited by the rich.

01:23:27.590 --> 01:23:36.070
In other words, let's alleviate the burden
of riches from the Protestant nations and

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distribute it to our Vatican coffers.

01:23:39.450 --> 01:23:40.530
That's what he's saying.

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The goods of this world are meant for
everyone.

01:23:45.090 --> 01:23:48.410
Then why don't they sell the riches in the
Vatican and give it to everyone?

01:23:51.010 --> 01:23:52.590
Now this is fascinating.

01:23:53.750 --> 01:24:00.590
Revelation 13.3 And I saw one of his heads
as it were wounded to death.

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It wasn't really wounded to death as we
saw.

01:24:03.650 --> 01:24:06.390
It seemed to be wounded to death.

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And his deadly wound was healed.

01:24:09.190 --> 01:24:13.910
And all the world wondered with an awe
after the beast.

01:24:15.130 --> 01:24:19.190
And they worshipped the dragon which gave
power unto the beast.

01:24:19.250 --> 01:24:22.170
And they worshipped the beast saying who
is like unto the beast.

01:24:22.810 --> 01:24:24.350
Who is able to make war with him.

01:24:25.370 --> 01:24:31.410
Now if you go back into history here is
the Sumerian god known as Ninurta.

01:24:32.470 --> 01:24:34.850
And he's a prototype of the god Marduk.

01:24:35.590 --> 01:24:37.950
And he slays one of the heads of the
dragon.

01:24:38.090 --> 01:24:38.790
Can you see that?

01:24:41.130 --> 01:24:43.010
The devil is one of the greatest copycats.

01:24:43.930 --> 01:24:47.310
Well, he is the greatest copycat that ever
existed.

01:24:47.450 --> 01:24:49.250
He wants to be like the most high.

01:24:50.210 --> 01:24:54.310
And he appropriates everything that's in
the scripture to himself as though he did

01:24:54.310 --> 01:24:54.570
it.

01:24:56.050 --> 01:25:03.670
And so this picture of the heads and the
one that seems to be slain is something

01:25:03.670 --> 01:25:08.930
that comes already from the Assyrian
kingdom and the Babylonians.

01:25:09.670 --> 01:25:12.230
And it is the counterfeit.

01:25:12.490 --> 01:25:17.170
So here it is the god Marduk that is the
one who does it.

01:25:17.370 --> 01:25:23.310
Now, we had a lecture on this before where
we spoke about the Herodian mine.

01:25:24.150 --> 01:25:30.550
Marduk and the sign of Anu, the sword and
the trident, where you have a cross within

01:25:30.550 --> 01:25:36.710
a cross which you have as the symbol on
the Vatican court.

01:25:36.710 --> 01:25:41.390
So here is the one who says I have the
moral authority.

01:25:42.290 --> 01:25:48.690
Matthew 24 verse 1 And Jesus went out and
departed from the temple, and his

01:25:48.690 --> 01:25:53.130
disciples came to him for to show him the
buildings of the temple.

01:25:53.250 --> 01:25:57.210
And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all
these things?

01:25:58.110 --> 01:26:04.230
Verily I say unto you, there shall not be
left here one stone upon another that

01:26:04.230 --> 01:26:05.750
shall not be thrown down.

01:26:07.830 --> 01:26:15.110
So the ruin of Jerusalem was a symbol of
the final ruin that will take place at the

01:26:15.110 --> 01:26:15.910
end of time.

01:26:16.590 --> 01:26:18.550
So it will overwhelm the world.

01:26:19.070 --> 01:26:22.890
The prophecies that received the partial
fulfillment in the overthrow of Jerusalem

01:26:22.890 --> 01:26:26.310
have a more direct application to the last
days.

01:26:26.750 --> 01:26:29.930
We are now standing on the threshold of a
great and solemn event.

01:26:30.230 --> 01:26:33.890
The crisis is before us such as the world
has never witnessed.

01:26:34.730 --> 01:26:40.130
And sweetly to us as to the first
disciples comes the assurance that God's

01:26:40.130 --> 01:26:42.010
kingdom ruleth over all.

01:26:42.890 --> 01:26:46.090
The program of coming events is in the
hands of our maker.

01:26:46.190 --> 01:26:50.730
The majesty of heaven has the destiny of
nations as well as the concerns of his

01:26:50.730 --> 01:26:52.890
church in his own charge.

01:26:53.310 --> 01:26:57.470
The divine instructor is saying to every
agent in the accomplishment of his plans

01:26:57.470 --> 01:27:01.990
as he said to Cyrus, I girded thee,
though thou hast not known me.

01:27:03.230 --> 01:27:08.010
Now, this typology is being fulfilled to
the very letter.

01:27:08.970 --> 01:27:17.170
In 2017, according to the document that we
have studied, the Protestant world,

01:27:17.630 --> 01:27:21.790
under the leadership of those who started
the Reformation, the Lutherans,

01:27:21.890 --> 01:27:26.450
will say, we have no king but Caesar.

01:27:27.630 --> 01:27:32.390
When you apologize for the Reformation,
that is what you are saying.

01:27:32.730 --> 01:27:39.410
They are the anti-type of what the Jews
were in the time of Jesus.

01:27:40.910 --> 01:27:42.110
Probation didn't close.

01:27:42.670 --> 01:27:45.870
Remember it closed with the stoning of
Stephen.

01:27:47.270 --> 01:27:52.030
So with the stoning of Stephen,
probation closed for the Jews as a nation.

01:27:52.930 --> 01:27:57.530
So what will be the trigger for the close
of probation?

01:27:58.310 --> 01:28:07.370
When they start stoning the anti-typical
Stephen, then they will have filled up

01:28:07.370 --> 01:28:08.130
their measure.

01:28:08.970 --> 01:28:15.330
In other words, when they start
persecuting those that cling to the

01:28:15.330 --> 01:28:21.230
authority of Jesus Christ and His moral
authority, which is His law.

01:28:21.790 --> 01:28:26.350
When they start persecuting them,
then probation will close.

01:28:27.550 --> 01:28:31.510
Now, in the past there was a time frame
attached to that.

01:28:31.570 --> 01:28:33.090
It was three and a half years.

01:28:33.970 --> 01:28:35.890
Now there is time no more.

01:28:36.730 --> 01:28:42.490
So we don't have to duplicate that because
we are in the anti-type.

01:28:43.270 --> 01:28:48.210
So when they start persecuting those who
warn them against this issue, they will

01:28:48.210 --> 01:28:49.310
have filled up their measure.

01:28:50.050 --> 01:28:55.800
It can be days, it can be months,
it can be whatever.

01:28:57.210 --> 01:29:04.570
But how close are we to the anti-typical
destruction of Jerusalem?

01:29:05.150 --> 01:29:07.840
We are on the very edge.

01:29:10.990 --> 01:29:15.450
And at that time shall Michael stand up,
the great prince which stands for the

01:29:15.450 --> 01:29:20.970
children of thy people, and there shall be
a time of trouble such as never was.

01:29:22.270 --> 01:29:25.510
And it's then that the decision will be
made.

01:29:25.590 --> 01:29:27.250
Who is saved and who is lost?

01:29:28.190 --> 01:29:29.770
We are on the borders of Canaan.

01:29:30.590 --> 01:29:33.770
This is the final event on this planet.

01:29:34.770 --> 01:29:40.210
Who would have ever thought in my lifetime
that the Protestant world would come to a

01:29:40.210 --> 01:29:44.550
point where they capitulate on every
single doctrine, apologise for the

01:29:44.550 --> 01:29:47.910
reformation, and say we have no king but
Caesar.

01:29:47.910 --> 01:29:49.650
Who would have ever thought that?

01:29:50.150 --> 01:29:51.350
We're at the end of time.

01:29:52.410 --> 01:29:53.950
Hebrews chapter 11.

01:29:55.030 --> 01:30:01.610
By faith Moses, when he became of age,
refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's

01:30:01.610 --> 01:30:06.750
daughter, choosing rather to suffer
affliction with the people of God than

01:30:06.750 --> 01:30:08.770
enjoy the passing pleasure of sin.

01:30:10.770 --> 01:30:15.350
Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater
riches than the treasures of Egypt,

01:30:16.110 --> 01:30:18.370
for he looked to the reward.

01:30:18.530 --> 01:30:19.450
Where do we stand?

01:30:20.710 --> 01:30:27.310
Do we esteem the treasures of this world?

01:30:27.610 --> 01:30:32.870
Or will we stand with the reproach of
Christ and esteem it as a greater riches

01:30:32.870 --> 01:30:34.290
than anything else?

01:30:35.150 --> 01:30:42.110
By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the
wrath of the king, for he endured as

01:30:42.110 --> 01:30:43.490
seeing him who is invisible.

01:30:44.490 --> 01:30:51.990
We can't see our king, but he's enthroned
between the real cherubim, not two fake

01:30:51.990 --> 01:30:52.890
little statues.

01:30:54.650 --> 01:30:58.790
We serve a living king, not a false king.

01:30:59.370 --> 01:31:01.210
And are we going to fear his wrath?

01:31:02.130 --> 01:31:05.870
Or are we going to be subject to the king
of kings?

01:31:07.070 --> 01:31:08.870
Hebrews 10 verse 37.

01:31:09.130 --> 01:31:12.870
For in just a little while he who is
coming will come and will not delay.

01:31:14.830 --> 01:31:20.870
And, but my righteous one will live by
faith and I take no pleasure in the one

01:31:20.870 --> 01:31:21.910
who shrinks back.

01:31:22.850 --> 01:31:25.330
This is now no time to shrink back.

01:31:25.730 --> 01:31:27.010
We have come thus far.

01:31:27.850 --> 01:31:31.570
We have been in this message for years
now.

01:31:32.670 --> 01:31:35.210
And are we going to shrink back now?

01:31:35.750 --> 01:31:40.490
When we are on the very borders of Canaan,
are we going to drop our sword and say,

01:31:40.870 --> 01:31:42.010
I capitulate?

01:31:43.130 --> 01:31:43.670
No.

01:31:44.430 --> 01:31:50.270
We're not going to add our sword to that
throne of King Obama.

01:31:51.130 --> 01:31:52.830
I want to lift my sword.

01:31:53.490 --> 01:31:55.310
And my sword is not a physical sword.

01:31:55.410 --> 01:31:56.570
I hope yours is neither.

01:31:57.190 --> 01:32:02.130
Like Martin Luther said, let the minds
clash but the fist holds still.

01:32:03.030 --> 01:32:05.190
This sword is the sword of the word of
God.

01:32:05.610 --> 01:32:10.790
Let the word of God do its cutting and let
it separate the people out of Babylon to

01:32:10.790 --> 01:32:12.310
come into the kingdom of God.

01:32:13.610 --> 01:32:17.610
But my righteous one will live by faith
and I take no pleasure in the one who

01:32:17.610 --> 01:32:18.290
shrinks back.

01:32:18.970 --> 01:32:24.150
But we do not belong to those who shrink
back and are destroyed, but to those who

01:32:24.150 --> 01:32:26.310
have faith and are saved.

01:32:27.090 --> 01:32:33.650
My fellow brothers and sisters,
my fellow Protestants out there in the

01:32:33.650 --> 01:32:39.990
world, and all those who have been crushed
over the years by the iron foot of Rome,

01:32:40.190 --> 01:32:45.210
which includes the Jews, which includes
the Muslims, make a choice.

01:32:46.070 --> 01:32:46.910
Make a choice.

01:32:47.050 --> 01:32:50.790
Stand with the king of kings or stand with
the king on this earth.

01:32:51.310 --> 01:32:53.070
That is the choice we have to make.

01:32:53.190 --> 01:32:53.690
Let's pray.

01:32:54.590 --> 01:33:00.110
Heavenly Father, we are standing on the
threshold of the final events of this

01:33:00.110 --> 01:33:00.890
earth's history.

01:33:00.890 --> 01:33:06.430
As your people throughout the ages
capitulate to the point where they

01:33:06.430 --> 01:33:15.490
surrender the king of kings for potash,
let not all your people follow along this

01:33:15.490 --> 01:33:20.990
path to a precipice, but let them come out
and take their stand under the

01:33:20.990 --> 01:33:23.450
bloodstained banner of Prince Emmanuel.

01:33:24.350 --> 01:33:28.010
To the law and to the testimony,
if they speak not according to this word,

01:33:28.090 --> 01:33:29.690
they have no light in them.

01:33:30.390 --> 01:33:34.010
Let us keep the commandments of God and
the faith of Jesus.

01:33:34.870 --> 01:33:37.130
If you love me, keep my commandments.

01:33:38.370 --> 01:33:43.430
Help us, Lord, to stand in the face of
great opposition, which will shortly

01:33:44.130 --> 01:33:49.030
increase, and then a time of trouble such
as the world has never seen.

01:33:49.830 --> 01:33:58.250
But with you by our side, 10,000 may fall
by our side, and nothing, no weapon forged

01:33:58.250 --> 01:34:00.090
against your people will stand.

01:34:01.270 --> 01:34:07.530
Help us to be faithful, and by faith grab
hold of eternal strength.

01:34:07.690 --> 01:34:09.530
In Jesus' name, amen.