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Richard Ames: Many professing
Christians consider Bible

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prophecy a curious subject and
in no way associated with

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the gospel of salvation.

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But is that true?

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When you read in your Bible
the very words of Jesus Christ,

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you find a totally different
approach to salvation and a more

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glorious future in eternity than
traditional preachers tell you.

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What gospel or good
news did Jesus preach?

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Mark 1, verse 14: "Now
after John was put in prison,

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Jesus came to Galilee, preaching
the gospel of the kingdom of

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God, and saying,
'The time is fulfilled,

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and the kingdom
of God is at hand.

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Repent, and believe
in the gospel.'"

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My friends, the coming
kingdom of God that Jesus

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preached is yet future.

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It is the foundation
of Bible prophecy.

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You need to understand the plain
and powerful prophecies

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of your Bible.

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On today's program,
we'll discuss seven keys to

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understanding Bible prophecy
and we'll be offering you a free

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study guide, the Master Key to
prophecy: "The United States and

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Great Britain in Prophecy."

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You need to know the future and
the good news of the kingdom

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in Bible prophecy.

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Join us on this vital edition
of "Tomorrow's World."

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Richard Ames: Bible prophecy
reveals the future of the world

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and, frankly, the
future of the universe.

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Your Bible has proven
the power of prophecy.

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I hope you've been able to
see our telecast's amazing

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prophecies fulfilled from
Nebuchadnezzar's dream of

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a statue in the Old Testament
book of Daniel to John's

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New Testament visions of
the book of Revelation.

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Your Bible reveals major
end-time events with mysterious

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prophetic symbols such as the
beast of Revelation 13 with

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seven heads and ten horns
rising up out of the sea,

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and the harlot woman of
Revelation 17 sitting on

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a scarlet beast with
seven heads and ten horns.

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How can you understand the
meaning of these symbols?

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On today's program,
we'll discuss seven keys to

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understanding Bible prophecy
and we'll be offering you an

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inspiring free study guide,
the Master Key to prophecy:

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"The United States and
Great Britain in Prophecy."

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This free booklet will give you
a greater understanding of Bible

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prophecy than
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Be sure to write down the
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My friends, these seven keys to
understanding prophecy will help

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you understand the most
amazing future and events that

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relatively few people on
earth even come close

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to understanding.

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Key number one to understanding
prophecy is:

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The Bible interprets
its own symbols.

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As we saw earlier
in the program,

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the book of Revelation
contains symbolic language.

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If you have your Bible, turn
to the book of Revelation

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or Apocalypse.

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Revelation, the 1st chapter,
gives a description of the

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glorified Messiah, the Son
of man standing in the

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midst of seven lampstands.

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At verse 16 of the same chapter,
describes him as holding

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seven stars.

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What do these stars and
lampstands symbolize?

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You don't need to guess,
I don't need to guess.

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The Bible itself
tells you its meaning.

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Revelation 1, verse 16: "He had
in His right hand seven stars,

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and out of His mouth went
a sharp two-edged sword,

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and His countenance was like the
sun shining in its strength."

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Verse 20 gives us the answer:
"The mystery of the seven stars

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which you saw in My right hand,
and the seven golden lampstands:

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The seven stars are the
angels of the seven churches,

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and the seven lampstands which
you saw are the seven churches."

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In Bible symbolism,
stars are angels,

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and lampstands are churches.

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The writer of the book of
Revelation or the Apocalypse

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continues in the
next two chapters,

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writing God's message and
admonition to the seven churches

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in Asia Minor or
modern-day Turkey.

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Of course, the apostle John was
writing this book near the end

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of the 1st century AD.

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Let's look at a couple other
biblical symbols: prophetic

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literature uses the word
"mountain" as a symbol

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of a kingdom empire
or government.

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Turn in your Bible to
Jeremiah 51, verse 24.

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Your Bible probably has a
heading to chapter 51 such as,

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"God's Judgment or
Vengeance Upon Babylon."

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God is declaring his punishment
on the great empire of Babylon.

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Jeremiah 51, verse 24: "'And I
will repay Babylon And all the

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inhabitants of Chaldea For all
the evil they have done In Zion

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in your sight,' says the LORD.

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'Behold, I am against you,
O destroying mountain,

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Who destroys all the
earth,' says the LORD.

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'And I will stretch
out My hand against you,

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Roll you down from the rocks,
And make you a burnt mountain.'"

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Yes, God will judge rebellious
nations symbolized here

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as mountains.

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What mountain or kingdom
will rule the whole earth?

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As so many prophets exclaim,
the kingdom will be the kingdom

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of God ruled by the King of
kings, the Savior Jesus Christ.

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Bible students are familiar
with the prophecy in Isaiah,

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the 2nd chapter.

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Isaiah 2, and verse 2: "Now it
shall come to pass in the latter

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days That the mountain of
the LORD'S house Shall be

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established on the
top of the mountains,

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And shall be
exalted above the hills;

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And all nations
shall flow to it.

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Many people shall
come and say, 'Come,

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and let us go up to the
mountain of the LORD,

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To the house of
the God of Jacob;

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He will teach us His ways, And
we shall walk in His paths.'

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For out of Zion shall
go forth the law,

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And the word of the
LORD from Jerusalem.

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He shall judge
between the nations,

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And rebuke many people; They
shall beat their swords into

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plowshares, And their
spears into pruning hooks;

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Nation shall not lift
up sword against nation,

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Neither shall they
learn war anymore."

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A mount in Bible prophecy
can symbolize a kingdom,

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empire, or nation.

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Here we see the good news
of God's kingdom which

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will establish world peace.

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We've explored a couple examples
of symbolism: stars are symbolic

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of angels, a mountain can
be symbolic of a kingdom

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or government.

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So key number one to understand
Bible prophecy is:

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The Bible interprets
its own symbols.

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The second key to understanding
biblical prophecy is: The proof

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of fulfilled prophecy.

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Fulfilled past prophecy gives us
confidence in the fulfillment

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of future prophecies.

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We'll discuss this important key
in the next part of our program,

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but first, I'd like to offer you
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What does Bible prophecy predict
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great nations?

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To understand Bible prophecy,
we must know where in the Bible

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great nations are mentioned,
nations such as the

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United States, Canada,
Great Britain, Australia,

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and New Zealand.

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Richard Ames: In the
first part of our program,

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we discussed a vital key for
understanding Bible prophecy:

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The Bible
interprets its own symbols.

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These seven keys are vital in
helping you learn the future of

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the world and your own future.

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Key number two is: Consider
the proof of fulfilled prophecy.

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Dozens of Old Testament
prophecies were fulfilled in the

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New Testament in the
person of Jesus Christ.

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Another example of
fulfilled prophecy,

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and there are many, is the
dream God gave ancient king

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Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.

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Turn to the book of
Daniel chapter 2.

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Here, the prophet Daniel
tells the king his dream.

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Nebuchadnezzar's famous
image reveals four

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world-ruling empires.

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King Nebuchadnezzar had
a dream that troubled him.

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Daniel is called before the
king and proceeded to describe

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the great image in
the king's dream.

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Daniel 2 and verse 31:
"You, O king, were watching;

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and behold, a great image!

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This great image, whose
splendor was excellent,

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stood before you; and
its form was awesome.

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This image's head
was of fine gold,

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its chest and arms of silver,
its belly and thighs of bronze,

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its legs of iron, its feet
partly of iron and

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partly of clay.

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You watched while a stone
was cut out without hands,

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which struck the image on
its feet of iron and clay,

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and broke them in pieces."

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Daniel told King Nebuchadnezzar
that he was the head of gold

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represented in the image.

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Daniel said in verse 38:
"You are this head of gold."

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History confirms Daniel's
prophecy of the subsequent

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empires symbolized
by the statue.

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What world-ruling empires
followed after Nebuchadnezzar?

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The head of gold represented
the Babylonian Empire

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from 625 to 539 BC.

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It was replaced by the
Medo-Persian Empire from 558 to

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330 BC, represented by the
chest and arms of silver.

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The belly and thighs of bronze
represented the Greco-Macedonian

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Empire of Alexander the
Great from 333 to 31 BC.

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The two legs of iron represented
the Roman Empire from

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31 BC to 476 AD.

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And finally, the ten toes on two
feet of iron mixed with ceramic

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clay represent a future
revival of the Roman Empire.

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The prophecy of
Daniel are genuine.

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The predictions of these
four empires did come to pass.

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Key number two was: Consider
the proof of fulfilled prophecy.

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Key number three for
understanding Bible prophecy is:

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Understand prophetic time gaps.

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Let's look at Luke 4, verse 16.

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Jesus was visiting the home town
of Nazareth and was invited

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to read from the
Scriptures on the Sabbath.

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He was given the
scroll of Isaiah.

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Luke 4 and verse 16:
"So He came to Nazareth,

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where He had been brought up.

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And as His custom was, He
went into the synagogue on

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the Sabbath day, and
stood up to read.

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And He was handed the
book of the prophet Isaiah."

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Luke 4, verse 17: "And
when He had opened the book,

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He found the place where it was
written: 'The Spirit of the LORD

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is upon Me, Because He has
anointed Me To preach the gospel

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to the poor; He has sent Me
to heal the brokenhearted,

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To proclaim liberty to the
captives And recovery of sight

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to the blind, To set at
liberty those who are oppressed;

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To proclaim the acceptable
year of the LORD.'"

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Now notice this: "Then He closed
the book, and gave it back

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to the attendant and sat down.

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And the eyes of all who were in
the synagogue were fixed on Him.

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And He began to say to them,
'Today this Scripture is

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fulfilled in your hearing.'"

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That's Luke 4,
verses 16 through 21.

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Yes, the Messiah had come to
preach the gospel to the poor,

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to set at liberty
those who are oppressed,

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and to proclaim the
acceptable year of the Lord.

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Jesus told them that this very
prophecy of Isaiah was now being

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fulfilled through him.

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But was that all
of the prophecy?

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Turn back to the
prophecy Jesus read.

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Notice the two
mission statements here,

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Isaiah 61 and verse 2: "To
proclaim the acceptable year

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of the LORD, And the day of
vengeance of our God."

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Jesus closed the
book he was reading,

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right in the middle of a verse.

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He omitted the second part
of the verse referring to

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the day of vengeance.

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Why?

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Because the remainder of
Isaiah's prophecy applies

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to Jesus's Second Coming
when the day of the Lord,

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the day of God's
vengeance and wrath takes place.

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There is a time gap of
about 2,000 years between

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the fulfillment of the first
part of the verse and

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the second part of the verse.

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Key number three for
understanding Bible prophecy

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was to understand
prophetic time gaps.

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Key number four for
understanding Bible prophecy

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is to recognize
prophetic duality.

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Turn in your Bible
to 1 Corinthians,

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the 15th chapter, verse 45, for
example: "And so it is written,

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'The first Adam became
a living being.'

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The last Adam became
a life-giving spirit."

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Who was the last Adam?

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Verse 47 gives the answer:
"The first man was of the earth,

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made of dust; the second Man
is of the Lord from heaven."

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Yes, the second
Adam was Jesus Christ.

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Jesus's Olivet prophecy
in Matthew 24 is also

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an example of duality.

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Some of the terrible conditions
Jesus described did take place

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when Jerusalem was destroyed.

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But that was just a type or
a forerunner of the final

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climactic fulfillment.

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Jesus warned us in Matthew 24,
verse 21: "For then there will

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be great tribulation, such as
has not been since the beginning

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of the world
until this time, no,

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nor ever shall be.

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And unless those
days were shortened,

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no flesh would be saved; but for
the elect's sake those days

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will be shortened."

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Yes, prophecy is dual and we
ought to learn the lessons

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of history.

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The destruction of Jerusalem by
the Roman armies in 70 AD was

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just a type of the Great
Tribulation that lies yet ahead.

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Key number four for
understanding Bible prophecy is

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to recognize prophetic duality.

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Where is the United States
mentioned in the Bible?

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Or under what names
can we locate it?

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Where can we find Great Britain
in the Bible?

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Obviously, the modern names do
not appear but the ancestors

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of those nations are
prominently named in the Bible.

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We'll discuss number five in
the next part of our program.

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Our free booklet, "The United
States and Great Britain in

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Prophecy," will give you a
thorough explanation on where

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you could find our
modern nations in the Bible.

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You can begin to understand much
more about end-time prophecy

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when you have this accurate
knowledge of the modern

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descendants of ancient
biblical nations.

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Our free booklet, "The United
States and Great Britain in

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Prophecy," will give you
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information to identify
these major nations in prophecy.

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Richard Ames: We have
discussed four keys

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to understanding prophecy.

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We call the next key the master
key to understanding prophecy.

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Key number five for
understanding Bible prophecy is

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to know the biblical
origin of nations.

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My friends, can you
find the United States,

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Canada, Great Britain, and the
other English-speaking nations

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in Bible prophecy?

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If you can, you will understand
major parts of vital prophecies

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that very few today can
even begin to understand.

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The Bible mentions by
name such nations as Egypt,

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Libya, and Ethiopia, and it may
surprise you that Assyria will

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eventually be one of the
prominent nations in tomorrow's

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world along with
Egypt and Israel.

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You can read about
that in Isaiah 19, verse 23.

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Also read the 10th and
11th chapters of Isaiah,

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but who is modern Assyria?

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In our "Tomorrow's World"
magazine,

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we previously published a full
article on the subject entitled,

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"A Fourth Reich?"

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Here is what Doctor Douglas
Winnail wrote in the article,

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page 17, quote, "While most
historians are reluctant,

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or fail, to make any connection
between the disappearance of

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the Assyrians and the appearance
of the Germanic tribes,

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the fact remains that no other
nation's history and national

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character resembles Germany
more than does that of Assyria."

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The simple knowledge of the
origin of nations in the Bible

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gives us a clearer
understanding of Bible prophecy.

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One final quote from
the article on page 30,

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quote, "When the Bible speaks of
Assyria in the end times it is

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speaking of Germany,"
end of quote.

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Key number five for
understanding Bible prophecy is:

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Know the biblical
origin of nations.

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But can you find the United
States in end-time prophecy?

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It's there, if you
know where to look.

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Be sure to request the free
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Key number six for understanding
Bible prophecy is:

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Understand the purposes
for Bible prophecy.

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My friends, Bible prophecy
can sustain hope and

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inspire confidence.

18:52.231 --> 18:56.869
As we saw in Isaiah chapter 2,
Scripture prophesies a peaceful

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and prosperous world under the
future kingdom of God on earth,

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but Bible prophecy also warns
people and nations to repent

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so they can avoid punishment.

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John the Baptist was baptizing
massive crowds of people who

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were moved by his preaching.

19:14.152 --> 19:17.055
The Gospel writer, Matthew,
describes what happened.

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Matthew 3 and verse 1: "In
those days John the Baptist

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came preaching in the
wilderness of Judea,

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and saying, 'Repent, for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand!'"

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Later, Jesus Christ
preached the same message.

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You can read that in
Mark 1, verses 14 and 15.

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And what was the response
to John's preaching?

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Verse 5: "Then Jerusalem,
all Judea,

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and all the region around
Jordan went out to him and

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were baptized by him in the
Jordan, confessing their sins."

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We all need to listen to Bible
prophecy and the warning of

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judgment upon those
who do not repent.

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Matthew continues, verse 7:
"But when he," John,

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"saw many of the Pharisees and
Sadducees coming to his baptism,

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he said to them,
'Brood of vipers!

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Who warned you to flee
from the wrath to come?

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Therefore bear fruits
worthy of repentance.'"

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Another purpose of prophecy is
to give opportunity to those

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in future captivity to repent
and come under God's deliverance

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as God promises in Deuteronomy
4, verses 27 through 31.

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My friends, are you preparing
for the Second Coming of Christ?

20:30.696 --> 20:34.166
Understanding Bible prophecy
and facing reality

20:34.232 --> 20:36.034
will help you prepare.

20:36.101 --> 20:38.570
On the Day of
Pentecost in 31 AD,

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the apostle Peter exhorted the
thousands in his audience

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to repent and be baptized.

20:44.810 --> 20:47.245
You can read that
in Acts 2, verse 38.

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Peter motivated the
crowd to change their lives.

20:50.749 --> 20:54.453
He said in Acts 2, verse 40:
"'Be saved from this

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perverse generation.'

20:56.054 --> 20:58.457
Then those who
gladly received his word were

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baptized; and that day about
three thousand souls were

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added to them."

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My friends, if you've studied
biblical baptism and if you have

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come to the place in your life
where you have repented and have

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accepted Christ's sacrifice and
his authority over your life,

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we invite you to counsel
with one of our ministers.

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We have representatives in
many regions around the world.

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Just call the number on your
screen or write to one of

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our regional offices.

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Key number six for understanding
Bible prophecy is:

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Understand the purposes
for Bible prophecy.

21:30.789 --> 21:34.626
Bible prophecy demonstrates the
awesome sovereignty of God as it

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tells us in Isaiah 46,
verses 9 and 10.

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We'll discuss the final key in
the conclusion of our program.

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But first, I'd like to offer you
this amazing free booklet that

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21:49.441 --> 21:52.377
It's titled, "The United States
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21:52.444 --> 21:55.514
My friends, you can know
the future of America,

21:55.580 --> 21:58.150
Britain, and
western civilization.

21:58.216 --> 22:01.353
Bible prophecy
reveals what historians,

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world leaders, and political
analysts do not know and

22:05.057 --> 22:08.593
cannot know, but
you can understand.

22:08.660 --> 22:10.762
You can understand
where the United States,

22:10.829 --> 22:13.832
Great Britain, Canada, and
Australia and New Zealand are

22:13.899 --> 22:16.001
mentioned in Bible prophecy.

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What are the biblical
origins of these nations?

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This free booklet will
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You can also order this
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Richard Ames:
On today's program,

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we've discussed vital
principles of prophecy.

23:50.629 --> 23:53.465
Bible prophecy reveals the
future and the good news of

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God's coming kingdom.

23:55.867 --> 24:00.038
It also warns us of dangers to
come that we can take action

24:00.105 --> 24:02.140
and seek God's protection.

24:02.207 --> 24:04.776
You need to
understand what lies ahead.

24:04.843 --> 24:07.779
Key number seven to
understanding Bible prophecy is:

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Learn God's prophetic framework.

24:10.415 --> 24:13.952
Some wrongly believe that
Jesus Christ will come after the

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prophesied millennium, but your
Bible shows clearly that Christ

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will return to set up a literal
kingdom here on earth

24:21.393 --> 24:24.996
for a literal period
of 1,000 years.

24:25.063 --> 24:28.700
The book of Revelation describes
a period of 3 1/2 years

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leading up to the
return of Christ.

24:31.236 --> 24:34.573
The first 5 seals of Revelation
outlined in chapter 6 cover

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a period of about 2 1/2 years
of the Great Tribulation.

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Jesus spoke about
that in Matthew 24.

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The sixth seal is
the heavenly signs.

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The whole world will be put on
notice when this event occurs.

24:50.188 --> 24:54.893
Let's read that in Revelation 6
and verse 12: "I looked when

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He opened the sixth
seal, and behold,

24:57.495 --> 25:00.665
there was a great earthquake;
and the sun became black

25:00.732 --> 25:04.035
as sackcloth of hair, and
the moon became like blood.

25:04.102 --> 25:07.272
And the stars of
heaven fell to the earth,

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as a fig tree drops its late
figs when it is shaken

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by a mighty wind.

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Then the sky receded as a scroll
when it is rolled up,"

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listen to this.

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"And every mountain and island
was moved out of its place."

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The whole world will be
shocked and terrorized.

25:24.456 --> 25:27.092
The world will then realize
that the time of God's

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judgment has come.

25:28.493 --> 25:32.163
Revelation 6 and verse 15:
"And the kings of the earth,

25:32.230 --> 25:34.900
the great men, the
rich men, the commanders,

25:34.966 --> 25:38.136
the mighty men, every
slave and every free man,

25:38.203 --> 25:40.972
hid themselves in the caves and
in the rocks of the mountains,

25:41.039 --> 25:43.174
and said to the
mountains and rocks,

25:43.241 --> 25:46.278
'Fall on us and hide us from
the face of Him who sits on

25:46.344 --> 25:50.048
the throne and from
the wrath of the Lamb!

25:50.115 --> 25:52.417
For the great day of
His wrath has come,

25:52.484 --> 25:54.786
and who is able to stand?'"

25:54.853 --> 25:57.455
What follows the heavenly signs?

25:57.522 --> 26:00.692
The heavenly signs introduce the
one-year prophetic time period

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known as the Day of the Lord.

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The famous Day of the Lord is
mentioned in some 30 prophecies

26:07.332 --> 26:09.100
in your Bible.

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This is the year of God's
punishment on the nations and

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it culminates in the well-known
announcement of Christ's return

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and the establishment of
the kingdom of God on earth.

26:19.311 --> 26:21.813
That's the exciting
good news or prophecy.

26:21.880 --> 26:26.151
Revelation 11 and verse 15:
"Then the seventh angel sounded:

26:26.217 --> 26:28.820
And there were loud
voices in heaven,

26:28.887 --> 26:32.390
saying, 'The kingdoms of this
world have become the kingdoms

26:32.457 --> 26:36.628
of our Lord and of His Christ,
and He shall reign forever and

26:36.695 --> 26:40.465
ever!'" As you can see, the
Bible gives us an overall

26:40.532 --> 26:42.634
framework of prophecy.

26:42.701 --> 26:45.537
Key number seven for
understanding Bible prophecy is

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to learn God's
prophetic framework.

26:48.707 --> 26:53.345
My friends, Bible prophecy is
God's revelation to human beings

26:53.411 --> 26:55.747
about his plan for all humanity.

26:55.814 --> 26:59.117
You can begin to truly
understand biblical prophecy if

26:59.184 --> 27:02.921
you choose to seek
God wholeheartedly.

27:02.988 --> 27:06.658
The Bible clearly outlines the
judgments that God is going to

27:06.725 --> 27:10.328
bring upon the western nations
if we persist in our immoral

27:10.395 --> 27:13.131
anti-God lifestyles.

27:13.198 --> 27:18.069
But you can escape that judgment
if you turn to God and obey him.

27:18.136 --> 27:21.139
Be sure to request our
exciting free booklet titled,

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It will help you in your study
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prepare for the future.

27:29.781 --> 27:31.649
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Jesus Christ, the good news of
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27:48.433 --> 27:51.936
and the exciting end-time
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