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The Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse have inspired
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wonder, fear, and mystery
in the minds of many.
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Their end-time ride brings terror, catastrophe, and
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devastation greater than
the world has ever known.
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But their ride begins with
the arrival of the first
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rider on a white horse.
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Will you recognize the
White Horse when it arrives?
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You can.
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And after this episode of Tomorrow's World, you will.
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It all starts in 5 seconds--
don't go away.
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Greetings, and welcome to
Tomorrow's World, where we help
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you make sense of your world through the pages of the Bible.
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Today, we're going to explain how you can recognize
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one of the most mysterious harbingers of the end-times--
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the famed White Horse
of Revelation--
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as well as how you can recognize the influence of what this horse
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and its horseman represent
in your world, today.
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this topic, Who or What
Is the Antichrist?
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To begin our examination,
we need to understand the
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context of the book
of Revelation.
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That mysterious book represents, as the first verse tells us...
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"[t]he Revelation of Jesus Christ," in which the Savior
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outlines the history of
mankind and the Church from
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the Apostle John's day, all
the way to ours, describing
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in detail the end-times and
His return from heaven.
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And as he enters the end-time portion of that vision,
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Christ shows John four mysterious horses and
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their riders--the infamous Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse...
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"Now I saw when the Lamb
opened one of the seals;
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and I heard one of the
four living creatures
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saying with a voice like
thunder, 'Come and see.'
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And I looked, and behold,
a white horse.
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He who sat on it had a bow;
and a crown was given to him,
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and he went out conquering
and to conquer."
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After this first horsemen,
three others follow in sequence,
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one after the other, each
on a different horse:
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a red one, a black one, and finally a pale and sickly one.
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Each represents a wave of
calamity that will strike the
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people of earth--in order,
each following the other--
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in the end-times...
calamities that verse 8
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tells us will devastate a "fourth of the earth."
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The identity of the second, third, and fourth horses
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are fairly clear:
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The red horse represents global warfare, the black horse
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represents severe famine and want, and the pale horse
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represents devastating
disease and pestilence.
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Yet, it is the White Horse
that comes first.
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All the others follow that horse, which must come first.
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So, understanding when these difficulties will begin rests
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on understanding the nature of that White Horse and its rider.
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On today's program we will
focus on explaining to you,
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from the pages of God's word, how to recognize the arrival
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of this White Horse
and its horseman.
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And as we do, it'll be clear that the groundwork for the
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arrival of the White Horse
is already being laid.
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So today we're going to lay
out seven keys that will help
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you identify the White Horse, the first of the Four Horsemen
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of Revelation.
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We'll begin by looking to
the source of the prophecy
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for the source of understanding.
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We noted earlier that John's vision is... "[t]he Revelation
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of Jesus Christ", and it
is Jesus Christ Himself
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who provided the key to understanding the meaning
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of the first horse--but not
in the book of Revelation.
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For that we need to turn all
the way back to the first book
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of the New Testament,
the book of Matthew.
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There, in chapter 24, we read of Jesus' famous Olivet Discourse,
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providing a prophetic description of what would
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transpire from the Apostle's
day through ours, much like
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the book of Revelation does.
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Let's read verses 4 through 8.
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Here, Jesus' disciples have just asked Him about the destruction
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of the temple, His coming,
and the end of the age...
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"And Jesus answered
and said to them:
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'Take heed that no one
deceives you.
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For many will come in My name, saying, "I am the Christ,"
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and will deceive many.
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And you will hear of wars
and rumors of wars.
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See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come
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to pass, but the end is not yet.
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For nation will rise
against nation, and
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kingdom against kingdom.
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And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes
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in various places.
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All these are the beginning
of sorrows."
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Now, the afflictions Jesus
described have been with
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mankind for centuries,
to be sure.
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And Christ is warning them
not to think just any
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calamity means the last days
are actually here.
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Yet, think back to the four horsemen and their sequence.
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We've already seen that horses two, three, and four represent
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warfare, famine, and
disease--in order.
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And what do we see in
Christ's own words?
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Warfare, famine,
and pestilence.
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Notice: the exact same order.
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The Four Horsemen represent extreme and climactic
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end-time versions of these calamities that Jesus
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Christ is describing.
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Then, let's follow the
sequence back one more step
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to see the very first thing
that Jesus Christ describes.
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What is the first thing that
He warned them about?
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Look again for yourself
in verse 4...
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"Take heed that no
one deceives you.
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For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,'
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and will deceive many."
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So, we see that before warfare, famine, and disease,
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Jesus warns us against
religious deception.
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In fact, not just religious deception in general,
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but specifically religious
deception in His own name--
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in the name of "Christ."
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Remember, the punctuation present in most Bibles
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was not in the original Greek.
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Jesus is literally telling His disciples that people will come
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proclaiming that He is the Christ, the Messiah, and will
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then go on to deceive many.
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With this crucial understanding in place, provided by the mouth
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of the Savior Himself, we have what we need to proceed.
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And from here, we can begin to identify our seven keys that
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will help us to recognize the White Horse of Revelation.
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Before we begin with our first, let me give you an opportunity
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The infamous antichrist is
one of the most mysterious
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entities in the pages
of prophecy.
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While the world throws the
word "antichrist" around as a
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generic term for someone evil, the biblical facts are clear:
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There is a coming individual
who will deceive the entire
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world into following his corrupt and diabolical religious system.
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And he will be responsible
for the wholesale slaughter
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of millions around the world.
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The Bible says his influence
is already at work in our
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world today, and when you know what to look for, you can
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recognize it for what it is.
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And when we come back, we'll begin listing the details you
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need to know to recognize the first of the Four Horsemen
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of the Apocalypse.
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Welcome back.
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In our last segment we showed how Jesus Christ's own words
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reveal the pattern we need to understand the nature of the
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White Horse, the first of
the Four Horsemen of the
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Apocalypse, or Revelation.
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The fact Jesus revealed is the first key we need to look for:
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The White Horse represents
a counterfeit Christianity.
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We see this aspect of the
White Horse in other pages
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of Scripture, as well.
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For instance, look a little later in the book of
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Revelation in chapter 13.
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There, after speaking of the political, military, and
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economic titan that will rise in the coming years, the Beast
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of Revelation, Jesus Christ reveals to John a second beast
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representing a second figure--
this time, a religious one...
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"Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had
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two horns like a lamb and
spoke like a dragon."
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The biblical symbolism
here should be clear.
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Notice: This False Prophet
to come has the appearance
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of a lamb--that is, he comes across like Jesus Christ,
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the Lamb of God--but he
speaks like a dragon.
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That is, the things he actually teaches are the subtle twists
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and lies of the Devil, who's called a "dragon" and the
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"serpent of old" twice in
the book of Revelation.
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We'll dive into some details concerning those lies and
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deceptions in a moment.
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But first, it is vital to understand what this White
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Horse represents, that it's
not just any run-of-the-mill
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false religion.
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It will specifically be a false, counterfeit Christianity,
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bearing the name of Jesus Christ and claiming to represent Him
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and His teachings in the world.
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Next, we must realize that this counterfeit Christianity
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is of very ancient origin,
going back all the way
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to the very beginning of
real Christianity.
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We see in the pages of the Bible that Paul and the Apostles were
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wrestling against it even in their own day, in the first
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generation after Jesus
Christ began His Church.
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Look for instance, in
2 Corinthians chapter 11,
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where Paul is warning
Christians in Corinth
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against the influence
of this counterfeit.
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Read it there in
verses 3 and 4...
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"But I fear, lest somehow,
as the serpent deceived Eve by
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his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the
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simplicity that is in Christ.
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For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not
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preached, or if you receive
a different spirit which you
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have not received, or a different gospel which you
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have not accepted--you
may well put up with it!"
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Notice that: He says that
some were preaching about
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Jesus and preaching a gospel, but it was a different Jesus
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and a different gospel.
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He warns them later that by teaching these lies disguised
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as true Christianity, Satan...
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"transforms himself into
an angel of light."
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This corrupting influence of this counterfeit Christianity
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was so pervasive that Jesus' brother Jude had to warn the
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Church in his own letter...
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"Beloved, while I was very
diligent to write to you
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concerning our common
salvation, I found it
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necessary to write to you
exhorting you to contend
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earnestly for the faith
which was once for all
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delivered to the saints.
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For certain men have crept
in unnoticed, who long ago
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were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men,
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who turn the grace of our
God into lewdness and deny
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the only Lord God and
our Lord Jesus Christ."
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And for all the talk of an
antichrist to come, notice what
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the Apostle John said near
the end of the first century,
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almost 2,000 years ago...
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"Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that
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the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come,
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by which we know that
it is the last hour."
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Yes, the false Christianity represented by the White Horse
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will not be a "new" religion.
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It will have an ancient pedigree, going back
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2,000 years to the very
origins of Christianity.
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Again, it looks like Christianity but speaks
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the words of the dragon.
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It is the teachings of this
false Church that give us
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our next key for identifying
the White Horse...
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This religious system and
its leader will be lawless
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and compromising.
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The Apostle Paul called the system of the antichrist the
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"mystery of lawlessness," saying that it was "already at work"
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in His day--and that the coming "lawless one" will be consumed
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and destroyed at the
return of Christ.
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Now, we have to be careful here.
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"Lawless" does not mean completely without laws
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or order.
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Quite the contrary, in fact.
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An important detail about
this lawless religious leader
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to come is revealed in the
Old Testament book of Daniel.
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There, in chapter 7 and
verse 25, we read the
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following description...
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"He shall speak pompous words against the Most High,
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shall persecute the saints
of the Most High,
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and shall intend to change
times and law."
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Notice that: It will
change times and laws.
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This lawless system will
have many canons,
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creeds, judgments, and
ecclesiastical determinations.
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Its "church law" may be
robust and detailed.
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But the law God cares
about is His own law.
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And this false Church will
cast that law aside.
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And it may have a rich and
full worship calendar.
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But that calendar will be
a change from the worship
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times commanded by
God in His word.
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That's because this system
will be one of compromise--
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combining truths of God with corrupting influences of worldly
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philosophies and paganism.
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We see this in Revelation 17.
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There, this false, counterfeit Christian system is depicted
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as a harlot or prostitute...
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"Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and
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talked with me, saying to me, 'Come, I will show you the
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judgment of the great harlot
who sits on many waters,
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with whom the kings of the
earth committed fornication,
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and the inhabitants of the
earth were made drunk with
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the wine of her fornication."
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We'll read more details about this prophetic harlot later in
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our program, but right now it is vital to understand that God
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uses prostitution, fornication, and adultery to symbolize
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compromising the true faith
and practice by mixing it
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with false and pagan ideas
and practices.
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Examples of this can be found
in Hosea, Isaiah, and elsewhere
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in Scripture.
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We have four more keys to identifying the rider of the
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White Horse of Revelation 6,
but let's pause very briefly to
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give you another opportunity to request today's free resource,
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Who or What Is the Antichrist?
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Many have speculated for centuries on exactly who or
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what the biblical antichrist is, and the answers are right there
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in the pages of Scripture for anyone with eyes to see.
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And the influence of the religion of the antichrist
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is already dominant
in today's world.
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You need to know how to recognize it for what it is.
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Take this moment to request your free copy, and I'll be right
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back with the next four keys that identify the White Horse--
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don't miss it.
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This clear and straight-forward resource will help you
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understand this vital truth-- straight from the pages of
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the Bible.
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Now on to the remaining
four keys.
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The fourth is that the White Horse represents a powerful
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persecuting Church.
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Let's read a little more in Revelation 17 about the
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Great Harlot representing this false Christian church...
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"The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned
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with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand
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a golden cup full of abominations and the
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filthiness of her fornication."
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The purple and scarlet clothing and the gold, precious stones,
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and pearls and her drinking
out of a golden cup indicate
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the harlot's wealth on display for the world to see.
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This false religious system
is one with a vast amount
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of worldly wealth--
and worldly influence.
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We saw earlier in verses one
and two that she sits on
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"many waters" and mingles with "the kings of the earth."
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John's angelic guide in
the vision explains the
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meaning of the waters...
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"The waters which you saw,
where the harlot sits,
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are peoples, multitudes,
nations, and tongues."
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So, this false church is
global in reach, with faithful
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adherents all over the world.
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And how does this church that pretends to be Christ's church
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and carries His name use
its wealth and influence?
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To persecute, murder, and
martyr those who seek to
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follow and obey the
true Jesus Christ.
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Notice verse 6 says that
the woman was...
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"drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood
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of the martyrs of Jesus."
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This is indicated, as well, in the passage we read earlier in
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Daniel 7, which said that the saints shall be given into the
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hand of this false prophet for "a time and times and half
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a time"--that is, the length
of the Great Tribulation.
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Recall the original description of the White Horse...
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Revelation 6 and verse 2 said that the rider "had a bow" and
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"he went out conquering
and to conquer."
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This is not a church willing to convert others through simply
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preaching and example.
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And the coming persecution
will make the inquisitions
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of past centuries look
like child's play.
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An additional, major tool wielded by this false
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Christianity in its persecution of true Christians makes up
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our next key for identifying
the White Horse...
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This false church will be
in an unholy religious-
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political alliance.
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Notice that the Great Harlot
of Revelation 17 is not alone.
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Read John's description
in verse 3...
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"And I saw a woman sitting on
a scarlet beast which was full
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of names of blasphemy, having
seven heads and ten horns."
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The heads of this beast represent the successive
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revivals of the Roman Empire in history, culminating in the
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final, powerful, end-time political entity that will
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shake the world.
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And notice this woman sits astride the beast, riding it
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and influencing its movements.
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Interestingly, the woman is
said in verse 9 to sit on
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seven mountains--and Rome is
famously known as the City of
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Seven Hills, after the seven hills on which the city
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is founded.
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This vast, globe-spanning
false church is intimately
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associated with Rome and will participate in an unholy
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alliance with the final revival of the Roman Empire as Jesus
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Christ's return draws near.
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Revelation 13 paints a picture of this alliance, in which
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each party selfishly benefits from the power and influence
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of the other.
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Among the benefits of this alliance for the Beast will be
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the next key in our list...
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This false church will
manifest powerful signs
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and wonders as the end
of the age draws near.
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The Apostle Paul describes
these supernatural signs in
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the passage we read earlier
in 2 Thessalonians 2,
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where he writes...
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"The coming of the lawless one is according to the working
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of Satan, with all power,
signs, and lying wonders."
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Revelation 13 describes them
as well in verse 13...
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"He performs great signs,
so that he even makes fire
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come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men."
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The antichrist or coming false prophet will use these signs and
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wonders to unify the people and point them to the great Beast,
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enhancing its authority and worldwide influence and power.
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Finally, we come to the
seventh key...
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This false church is a mother
of other compromising churches.
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This is an easy point to miss, but it's right there in plain
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sight in God's word.
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Look at it with me
in Revelation 17.
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There, when we carefully read John's description of the
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Great Harlot that represents this false Christianity,
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we see an important
detail in verse 5...
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"And on her forehead
a name was written:
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MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF
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THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."
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The Great Harlot is not alone, but is a mother to many other
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compromising harlots--many other false Christianities and
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denominations, which--like
their mother--combine elements
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of God's biblical truths
with human philosophies
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and pagan practices.
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All of them claiming to
speak in Christ's name--
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yet all of them connected
to the same, false system.
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These seven characteristics, these seven keys, will equip
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you to recognize the White
Horse and its rider when
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they burst upon the scene.
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And, for those with eyes to see, they can reveal how the system
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they represent has been working in the world for the last almost
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2,000 years--falsely claiming the name of Christ and now being
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prepared for the fateful future God's word has long prophesied.
22:52.170 --> 22:55.440
Yet the story does not
end with the White Horse.
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After all, it is only the first of the Four Horsemen.
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In fact, a great aid in recognizing the first horseman
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is to recognize that there
are not really four horsemen
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in the book of Revelation--
there are five.
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And the identity of the fifth horseman is, in many ways,
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the most important of all.
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We'll reveal how that fifth horseman relates to the
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first one in the final
segment of our program.
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I promised you in the last segment that there was a
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fifth horseman of Revelation, and, indeed, there is.
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We read about Him in
Revelation chapter 19,
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starting in verse 11...
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"Now I saw heaven opened,
and behold, a white horse..."
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Notice how this passage begins with the same words...
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"behold, a white horse."
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Yet, as we will see, this
is a different horse, and
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definitely a different rider.
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Let's continue...
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"...And He who sat on him
was called Faithful and True,
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and in righteousness He
judges and makes war.
25:45.710 --> 25:48.680
His eyes were like a flame
of fire, and on His head
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were many crowns.
25:50.682 --> 25:53.652
He had a name written that
no one knew except Himself.
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He was clothed with a robe
dipped in blood, and His name
25:57.923 --> 26:00.592
is called The Word of God."
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Yes, this is no pretender to
the throne or false Messiah.
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This is the real deal--Jesus Christ, the Word of God.
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Like the first horsemen, He, too, is armed, as we see
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in verse 15...
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"Now out of His mouth goes
a sharp sword, that with it
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He should strike the nations."
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And, of course, Ephesians 6 tells us that "the sword
26:22.247 --> 26:25.183
of the Spirit...
is the word of God."
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Notice how this account is
perfectly in-line with our
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very first point about the first horseman and his white horse
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being an imposter...
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While both ride a white horse, the first horseman of the
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four wore a single "crown,"
but Jesus Christ appears with
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"many crowns" upon His head.
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The first horseman of the four "had a bow," but the Savior
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charges forward with the
"sharp sword" of His mouth.
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Again--the false Church looks like real Christianity,
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but with God's help you can
spot the differences.
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But the most important fact
is stated in verse 16 of
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Revelation 19: The rider of this horse charging from heaven is:
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"...KING OF KINGS
AND LORD OF LORDS."
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And He'll be bringing
with Him a new world.
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