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Let's join Rick Renner.
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Welcome to today's program.
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My name is Rick Renner
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and friends, today we're going to answer the question
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What is the mark of the beast
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and when is it going to be given?
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You know, when I was growing
up, an evangelists would come
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to our church to preach a week
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of revival meetings at least once a year,
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sometimes twice a year.
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And usually at one point in
that week of revival meetings,
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he would preach about the end of the age
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and the rapture of the church
and the great tribulation,
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and he would usually say,
are you going to be left?
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Are you going to receive
the mark of the beast
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and lose your salvation and
the ability to even be saved?
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And that question would just terrify me.
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Then in 1972,
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a movie came out called
A Thief in the Night,
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and that movie really traumatized me.
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I was a young teenager.
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Later when I married Denise, I found out
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that it traumatized her as well.
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But the whole movie is about a young girl
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who wakes up in the morning
to the sound of her radio
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and the radio announces that millions
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of Christians have
disappeared during the night.
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They just vanished. And of course,
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it's the rapture of the church.
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She turns to speak to her
husband and he is gone.
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He was raptured and she was left behind.
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And the whole rest of
the movie is her in panic
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and terror fleeing from
the police who want
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to give her the mark of the beast.
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That movie was filled with so much fear,
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and I'm just gonna tell
you it scared the living
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daylights out of me.
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And even today, there are a lot of people
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who when they hear about
the mark of the beast,
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they really lose their peace
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and people try to speculate
what is the mark of the beast?
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For example, during COVID,
some people said the vaccine
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might have been the mark of the beast.
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The vaccine was not the mark of the beast,
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and today I'm gonna talk to
you about what is the mark
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of the beast and when
is it going to be given?
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And when you understand the
answers to these questions,
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my friends, it dispels your fear
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and it gives you a lot of peace.
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And that's why I want you
to have the whole series,
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which is called, The Rapture, the Antichrist
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and the Tribulation.
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This series will really help you.
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It's 20 parts, and believe
me, it is jam packed
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and it comes with a study guide
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because I believe that when
you read the material while
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you're seeing or hearing the series,
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it really causes the information
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to get down deep inside you.
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And you need this
information to be inside you.
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You need a foundation about
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what the Bible says about these events,
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and you need to get my book: 464
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pages from cover to cover
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and it is so beautifully illustrated. When you see this book
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you're going to be amazed
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and the information, the
revelation about the rapture,
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the antichrist, the tribulation, there is
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so much in this book.
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And my friends, God
communicated this to us
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because he believed we
needed to know about it.
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So you need to know, and that's why I've written this book.
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The Foreword is written by Jimmy Evans: the subtitle says,
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An End-Times Countdown and What Happens Next.
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But you can order all these
things by going online
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or by giving us a call,
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and I want you to reach for your Bible.
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Please get a piece of paper,
get a pencil, get a pen,
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and today you're going to want
to take notes as we discuss -
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are you ready for this -
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What is the mark of the beast and when will it be given?
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But before we begin, remember
that if you need prayer,
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call the number on the screen.
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We have testimony
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with your name on it waiting for you.
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So call us, we wanna pray with you too,
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Either way, we're gonna pray
as soon as we hear from you.
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But today I want us to go back
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to 2 Thessalonians 2, which is
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so foundational
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to the teaching about the
rapture of the church.
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And I want us to begin reading again in verse 6
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where Paul says,
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And now you know what withholdeth that he -
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that is the antichrist - might
be revealed in his time.
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So according to verse 6, there's something
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that is holding him back, something
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that is restraining his appearance,
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but a moment will come
when he will appear,
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but right now something
is holding him back.
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And we saw in the previous
program, it is the church.
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We are the one that withholdeth.
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The church is the great restrainer.
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But then Paul continues in verse 7
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and says, For the mystery of iniquity, doth already work.
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Only He
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who now letteth - the word now, means right now at this very
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moment, lets,
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and the word let is an
old King James version,
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which means only right now
at this very moment, the one
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that is withholding, the one
that is restraining will let
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he will continue to withhold.
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He will continue to restrain the antichrist
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and evil until he the restrainer, is taken out of the way.
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A moment is coming when the
church is going to be removed.
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This is called the rapture of the church.
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The word rapture itself does
not appear in the King James
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version of the New Testament,
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but the Greek word, harpadzo, does.
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And the Greek word harpadzo, we've seen
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where it's used multiple
places across the Bible,
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but it is significantly used in 1 Thessalonians 4:
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17, where it is translated, caught up,
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and it really describes what we call the rapture
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of the church when the church is going
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to be evacuated from the earth
in an instant, in a twinkling
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of an eye, according to 1 Corinthians 15:
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52, but the Bible says,
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and then verse 8.
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The word then, in Greek is the word tote.
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Then at that very synchronized moment
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that wicked one shall be revealed.
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Now I want to give you the RIV
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of 2 Thessalonians 2:6.
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Let's begin in verse 6 -
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Now, in light of everything I've told you
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before, you ought to be well aware by now
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that there is a supernatural
force at work preventing the
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materialization of this person
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and the disclosure of his identity.
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So according to this,
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the antichrist identity cannot be known right now
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because something is preventing his materialization.
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This restraining force I'm referring to is so strong
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that it's currently putting on the brakes
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and holding back the unveiling
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of this wicked person stalling
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and postponing his manifestation.
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But when the right moment comes,
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this evil one will no longer be withheld
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and he will emerge on the world scene.
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The screen that's been hiding his true identity
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will be removed.
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Now this is amazing.
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It's been guarding him from worldview,
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but it will suddenly be
pulled back and will evaporate
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and he will step out on center
stage to let everyone know
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who he is.
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Then chapter 2:7 continues -
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These secretive dark events have been covertly in the making
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for a long time.
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Yet the world at large doesn't realize
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that a secret plan is
being executed right under
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their own noses.
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The only thing that's kept
this plan from already being
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consummated is the restraining force
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that's been holding it all back until now.
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But one day this force will
be removed from the picture,
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and when that happens,
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these iniquitous events
will quickly transpire.
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The removal of this restraining force,
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which is the church, will signal the moment when the lawless
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one will finally make his
grand appearance to the world.
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And when the antichrist reveals himself
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to the world a short time thereafter,
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he will require the entire
world to receive a mark,
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which is famously called
the mark of the beast.
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But we know from scripture that the identity of antichrist
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and the appearance of the
antichrist will not take place
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as long as we are here.
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Now people can guess about
who is the antichrist.
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And by the way, these days
people are making some
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pretty good guesses.
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But my friends, it is just a guessing game
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because no one will
really know the identity
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of the antichrist until the
restrainer has been removed,
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until the church has been raptured.
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And at that moment the curtain
is gonna be pulled back
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and the antichrist will
make his grand appearance
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to the world.
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That will occur right after the rapture
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or according to 2 Thessalonians
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2:8.
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Then in that synchronized
moment when the church is
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evacuated, the antichrist will
be revealed and a short time
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after that he will require
everyone in the sophisticated
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world to receive a mark.
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Now, we don't know exactly
what the mark of the beast is,
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but we do know that the
technology is available today
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for everyone in the sophisticated world to receive some kind
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of a mark.
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But none of these things
are going to occur
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until first the restrainer
has been removed.
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Now that already gives you peace
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because it means as long
as the church is here,
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you are not going to be
given the mark of the beast.
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There are prototypes of
the mark of the beast.
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There are things that look
like the mark of the beast,
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and it might be that society
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and science is playing with ideas of prototypes for the mark
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of the beast, but the mark
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of the beast itself will be
mandated by the antichrist
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and the identity of the
antichrist will not be known
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until the church is removed.
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This is very, very important,
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but what is the mark of the beast?
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Well, a moment will finally
come during the rule
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of the antichrist, when he
really will mandate the whole
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world or let's say the sophisticated world, during the time
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of the tribulation to
receive the mark of the beast
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that is referred to in Revelation 13:16
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and 17.
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And those verses say,
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And he, the antichrist, causeth all, both small
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and great, rich and poor, free
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and bond to receive a mark,
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to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads,
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and that no man might buy
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or sell save he that had the mark
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or the name of the beast
or the number of his name.
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So according to these
verses, there really is going
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to be a mark given to
everyone on the planet,
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at least in the sophisticated
world that can be accessed.
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There are some people living on islands,
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I don't know about them, but everyone
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that is living in the sophisticated world where they need
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to buy, where they need to sell, everyone will be required
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to receive a mark either in their right hand
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or in their forehead.
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Now the question is, what is this mark?
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What does the word mark mean?
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Well, the word mark is a Greek word which depicts - are you
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listening - an engraving,
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a stamp or a tattoo.
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And in the ancient world,
a rancher might brand a cow
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to prove that it belonged to him.
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It was a brand type mark
used to identify the owner
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of the animal or a
person in some cases even
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found it to be a common practice to mark slaves: to prove
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that the slaves belonged to an owner
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or to mark soldiers to
prove that they belong
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to a particular nation.
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It was a brand or a tattoo
to indicate their allegiance
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and ownership.
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Such a mark provided an irrefutable connection -
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listen to this - such a mark
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provided an irrefutable
connection between a master
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and a slave or between
a beast and its owner.
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And similar to how slaves in
ancient times received a brand
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or a mark in their flesh that identified
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to whom they belonged and
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to whom they pledged their allegiance,
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the antichrist will require both small and great, rich
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and poor, free and bond to
receive a mark or a brand
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or some kind of a tattoo to
denote their allegiance to him
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and his ownership of them.
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And these words also
show that this is going
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to happen universally
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or it's gonna happen in every
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And according to Revelation 13:17,
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this mark will have the name of the beast
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or the number of his name.
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And this really does mean that every person
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who receives this mark will have the name of the antichrist
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or the numeric equation of
his name branded, engraved,
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stamped, or tattooed into his
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or her flesh.
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But it's very interesting
that this word mark also means
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to cut into the flesh or
to engrave in the flesh,
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and it could indicate the
cutting of the flesh so
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that a microchip could be
implanted into the flesh.
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Now, I am not suggesting that,
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but I'm telling you that
there are those who say
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that the mark of the beast
will be some kind of a chip
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that is implanted into the flesh
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that has been cut. In my book
called, Fallen Angels, Giants,
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Monsters, and the World Before the Flood,
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I write about the goal of transhumanists in our time
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and listen to what it says.
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The foundational belief
of transhumanism is
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that human beings are weak
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and poor, both physically and morally.
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Therefore, to improve
the human experience,
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which includes overcoming
aging, disability, disease,
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and mental limitations,
there must be a convergence
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between humans and technology
to create trans humans
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that will be stronger and
have greater abilities.
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The drive of transhumanists
is to see humans
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and technology merge,
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and it's already been
achieved in some respects.
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For example, after
interfacing with computers
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and other forms of technology,
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some disabled people have regained certain physical features
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and functions that were at once lost,
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which is a positive development,
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but that is not the end game,
it is only the beginning.
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Some transhumanists are looking
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so far into the future which
may not be as far as we think,
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and they envisioned a time when mankind,
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as we know it will enter
into a post-human period.
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I know this sounds like the
stuff of science fiction,
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but the fact is there
are well-known companies
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that have already developed computer chips
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to be implanted into the brain
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or under the skin to merge humans
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with artificial intelligence.
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This sounds very familiar, similar to
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what John jotted down in
the book of Revelation about
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what will take place
during the tribulation.
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Hence, we're living in a time
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where one can not only be transgender, but he
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or she can also become trans-human.
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And what is the long term goal of transhumanists?
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The answer is singularity.
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The moment when humanity and technology merge and become one
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and transcend humanity, the dream is to
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so entwine humans with technology
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that eventually a full
convergence of bodies, minds,
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and emotions takes place.
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And ideally, transhumanists
want to escape death
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and live forever, either
through uploading one's mind
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to computers, cloning or by
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All of that is in my book
called Fallen Angels, Giants,
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Monsters in the World Before the Flood.
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If you don't have that book, you ought to get that book,
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but my friends, the idea of planting the chip into the flesh
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of everybody on the earth,
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that plan is already in development.
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Now, I am not suggesting
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that a chip is the mark of the beast.
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I am not suggesting that,
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but it could be a prototype
of the mark of the beast,
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but whatever the mark is or
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however it will appear, its
presence on a person's flesh
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or inside his flesh
will be considered proof
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that the person has given his
allegiance to the antichrist
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and that now he fully
belongs to the antichrist.
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Just like we say Jesus is Lord,
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and that means we belong holy to Him.
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If you receive the mark of the beast,
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it means the antichrist
will become your Lord
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and you will become holy his.
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Now, in the past there
have been times when
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tattoos were considered to be the proof
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that somebody had been a prisoner.
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For example, when I first moved
to the former Soviet Union
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with my family, if somebody had a tattoo,
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it was almost always the proof
that is a former prisoner.
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Then there were times when
tattoos were very evident when
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someone had been a sailor or
someone had been in the army.
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But today that's all changed.
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But in the past, tattoos
were not really considered
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to be fashion statements.
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But today people tattoo all kinds
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of things into their flesh.
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And I'm not making a fashion statement.
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I'm not even giving you
my opinion about tattoos.
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I'm just stating a fact.
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Today people have images in
their flesh including names
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and images of those that they love.
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They have song lyrics
tattooed in their flesh.
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They have Bible verses tattooed in their flesh: symbols
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of the faith they embrace tattooed in their flesh: numbers
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that have special meanings tattooed into their flesh.
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And some people even have
patriotic emblems tattooed
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into their flesh.
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And again, I am not inferring that a tattoo is the mark
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of the beast.
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However, what I am inferring
is the stigma of playing
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with your flesh and doing things
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with your flesh no longer exists.
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Now having a tattoo has
become a fashion statement.
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So when the mark of the beast comes along
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and people are required to do
something with their flesh,
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a mark or some kind of an implantation,
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it probably will not have the stigma
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that it once had in the past.
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People will not be so bothered by that
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because people have been modified to the idea doing things
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with their flesh.
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But in Revelation 13:18, it says, here is wisdom.
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Let him that hath
understanding count the number
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of the beast for it is the number of a man
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and his number is 600, threescore and six.
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Now, I do not have a clue what that means,
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but that is numeric value
of the Antichrist name.
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And the truth is there
is so much we still need
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to understand about the mark of the beast,
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but what we do know is the mark
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of the beast will be
required of everyone alive
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during the time of the great tribulation,
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but the church will not be here.
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The church will not be here
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when the antichrist requires everyone great and small, rich
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and poor bond and free, everyone in this sophisticated world
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to receive his mark,
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the church will already be gone.
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And my friends, that is good news.
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All of this is going to occur
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after the rapture of the church.
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So if you've been worried
about the mark of the beast,
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if you're really an authentic believer,
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you will not be here when it is required;
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you'll already be gone.
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So rest, I'll be back in just a moment
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and I'm going to pray for you.
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Hey, this is Rick Renner
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and somebody has asked the important question,
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How do I restore my relationship with the Lord?
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Well, when you come to Psalm 51, David had sinned
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and he was so broken about his sin that we read in Psalm 51:
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2 - Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity
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and cleanse me from my sin.
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For I acknowledge my transgression
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and my sin is ever before thee.
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It kind of agrees with 1 John 1:9,
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which says - If we confess our sin, he's faithful
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and just to forgive us of our sin
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and to cleanse us of all unrighteousness.
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It doesn't say if we admit our sin.
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Admitting and confessing
are two different things.
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To confess your sin means
you really understand it from
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God's perspective and you
really seek to be restored.
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It's not just admitting you did wrong,
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but it's saying, God, I understand from your perspective,
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I see what I've done wrong.
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I have sinned in your sight.
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And when we ask for forgiveness, the blood
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of Jesus cleanses us
from all unrighteousness.
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Are you afraid of what will
happen at the end of the age?
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The Lord's return should not scare us,
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but instead comfort us.
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Hey guys, this is Rick
Renner, and guess where I am.
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This is the lunchroom in our Tulsa Ministry
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Headquarters facility.
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People have to have a place to work
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and they work really hard in
this facility taking calls,
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answering letters from thousands
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and thousands of people who reach out
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to us every day and every week.
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But in this room, we
decided to adorn the walls
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with photographs of all the
places where we have offices
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for Renner Ministries.
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Behind me, there's a
beautiful photograph of Moscow
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because you know we have a
very important office there.
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Then there's a photograph of London
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because we have an office in England
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and we've had an office in
England for years and years.
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Then there's a beautiful picture of Riga where Denise and I
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and our boys live for nine years,
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and our European office in Riga handles
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so much correspondence from
people that reach out to us.
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And then there is a photograph
of the Oklahoma State Capitol
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to represent this office, which is in the State of Oklahoma.
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But right now we're trying
to pay off this facility.
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It's called the Ministry Expansion Project.
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We've already paid off
78% of the facility.
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And my friends, we need your
help to help us finish this.
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And if you're not already
a part of the Giving team,
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I'm inviting you to join us
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and to help us pay off this facility.
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And when it is finished being paid for,
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it's gonna release all those finances
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so we can keep taking the teaching of the Bible to the ends
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of the earth.
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But thank you for being a part.
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Wow - we have covered so much material today about the mark
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of the beast and when it's going to be given.
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But when we come back in the next episodes, we're going
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to see what does the Bible
really tell us about the
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characteristics of the antichrist
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and where will the antichrist come from?
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What does the Bible tell us?
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But please order the entire series,
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which is called, The Rapture,
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the Antichrist, and the Tribulation.
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It's 20 parts, comes with
a wonderful study guide
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so you can read all the
material while you're seeing
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or hearing the series.
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And I really want you to have
the book, 464 pages cover
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to cover beautifully illustrated, easy, easy to read.
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It's gonna answer all your questions about The Rapture,
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the Antichrist, and the Tribulation, an End-Time Countdown,
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and What Happens Next.
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Jesus gave us all this information
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because he believed we needed to know it,
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and my friends we're living
in the end of the age.
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And God's not in the
business of scaring people,
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but he really is in the
business of preparing people
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and he wants you to be prepared.
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So please order all these
things by going online
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or by giving us a call.
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And remember that we want to pray for you.
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Just call the number right now, write it down, please save
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that number so that when you get in a fix
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and you wish you had
somebody to pray for you,
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you always have that number nearby.
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We are here, we want to pray for you,
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or you can send us an email.
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Either way, when we hear from you,
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we're gonna release our faith
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and Jesus is gonna do
something amazing for you.
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But reach out to us and
let us know how to pray.
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And Father, we thank in the name of Jesus
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that we do not have to live in panic
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and fear about the future.
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Thank you that you give us such clear answers from the Word
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of God in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Hey, I'll see you in the next program,
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but never forget Ecclesiastes 8:4 says,
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"Where the word of a king is, there is power."
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If you've never received Jesus as your Savior
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and Lord, now is the time for
you to experience a new life
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Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now: Lord,
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I repent of my sin and receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life.
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Amen.
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If you just prayed the
prayer of salvation with us,
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would you please let us know by going
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to renner.org/salvation.
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We would love to connect with you.
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Thank you for joining Rick Renner today.
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For more information
about Renner Ministries
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and product resources, visit renner.org.
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This program was made
possible by the giving
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of the God called Partners of Renner Ministries.