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History has seen many
superpowers rise and fall.
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Since World War II and the
fall of the Soviet Union,
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the United States of
America was left as the
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last remaining superpower--
a nation capable of extending
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its power and influence
to any part of the globe,
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seemingly at will.
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But times are changing.
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The old international
order is crumbling.
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Alliances are changing.
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And new leaders, nations,
and organizations are
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seeking the throne
for themselves.
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Political scientists pour
over reports and analyses,
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trying to figure out who
will come out on top,
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yet they all ignore the one source that reveals the
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future configuration of the world in detail: God's word.
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The Almighty Creator of
heaven and earth revealed
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the identity of Earth's
final superpowers millennia
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in advance in the prophetic
pages of your Bible.
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And today, we're going to
reveal the three end-time
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superpowers to you.
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Stay tuned.
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World War II left civilization with three national powers
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recognized around the
globe as "superpowers":
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the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union.
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However, that conflict was exhausting for the British,
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and their power to influence world affairs quickly declined--
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a decline revealed in the starkest terms in the
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Suez Crisis of 1956.
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The Cold War that followed
World War II ended with the
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dissolution of the Soviet Union, leaving the U.S. as the sole
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remaining superpower--able to project its influence and power
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to any location on the face
of the earth and unquestioned
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in its military and economic
dominance among the nations
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of the world.
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But, my friends, times change.
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Yesterday's great empires become today's backwater nations and,
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in some cases, tomorrow's historical footnotes--
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mere memories, of interest
only to academics studying
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the relics of the past.
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Today, the United States is riven by ideological differences
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and seems continually fractured into smaller and smaller angry
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fragments, each finding it harder and harder to live
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within the same country
with the others.
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As the U.S. seeks to get
its own house in order,
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nations such as China see an
opportunity to exert influence
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and project their own dominance in directions that the
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American government would
once have never allowed.
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European nations, such as
Germany, who have long looked
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to the United States and its backing of NATO for a sense of
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security against the Soviet Union and, later, Russia,
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no longer have confidence
that the U.S. has their backs.
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And alliances that stood
for generations are now
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disintegrating, even as
long-time enemies--
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such as Israel and many Arab
nations--reconsider their
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options in a world where
all the old variables are
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taking on new values.
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And all of this is happening
in a world that has grown
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more dangerous than ever--
one in which the massive
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deployment of drones in the Ukraine-Russia conflict
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has changed the face of
warfare, not to mention the
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potential impact of advanced biological weapons and the
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"wildcard" represented by artificial intelligence.
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The structure and shape
of the world is changing
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right before our eyes.
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Will the United States
remain the superpower for
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years to come?
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Will a rival to the U.S. eventually rise to the top?
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Or even replace it?
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Who will be the
next superpowers?
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The answer to that question doesn't have to be a mystery--
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because there is a source of knowledge and understanding
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that the political prognosticators of our day
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rarely consider, yet it is
the only one that has been
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right each time and every
time in its predictions.
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And that is the word
of God--the Holy Bible.
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The prophecies of the Bible
are like history written in
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advance--and are inspired by
the only One who knows that
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future with certainty.
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Look with me in Isaiah 46, beginning in verse 9,
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where the prophet records
God's challenge to mankind...
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"Remember the former things
of old, for I am God, and
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there is no other; I am God,
and there is none like Me,
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declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient
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times things that are
not yet done, saying,
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"My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure...."
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What He says is going
to happen does happen,
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without fail, every time.
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If we want to be able to
identify the superpowers
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of the future, we need only
to look to God, the One who
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reveals the future, and see
what He says in His word.
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So, where do we look?
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Well, in World War II, the
superpowers were easy to find.
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You only had to look at where the conflict was raging the
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hottest, and there you saw
them, engaged in battle.
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So, to identify the end-time superpowers, we need only look
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where the greatest end-time conflict will take place
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before the return of Christ.
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And God's word is utterly
clear on that location:
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the Middle East and
the land of Israel.
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We see the centrality of
Israel and Jerusalem in
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end-time conflict made
plain in Bible prophecy.
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For instance, look
in Zechariah 12:2...
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"Behold, I will make Jerusalem
a cup of drunkenness to all
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the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah
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and Jerusalem.
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And it shall happen in
that day that I will make
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Jerusalem a very heavy
stone for all peoples;
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all who would heave it away
will surely be cut in pieces,
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though All nations of the earth are gathered against it."
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What a testimony to God's word that Israel was re-established
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as a nation in 1948.
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And as prophecy foretold,
it remains at the center
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of world affairs.
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God long ago prophesied
that the nations of the
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world would not be able
to solve the challenge of
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Israel and Jerusalem--and,
no, even current peace
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treaties, agreements, and
alliances will not solve it.
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So, if Jerusalem, Israel,
and the surrounding region
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represent the stage for the final acts of mankind before
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Christ's return, then the
three final superpowers are
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the actors who will occupy
that stage in the end-times.
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Welcome back.
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So, what military powers does the Bible reveal will be
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contending over the Holy Land?
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Many biblical prophecies combine to give us the details of the
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end-time scenario.
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For instance, in Daniel's
book of prophecy, we see
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that a dominating economic
and military power he calls
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the King of the North will
storm through the Middle East.
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It will be provoked by a
rival power he calls the
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King of the South.
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The King of the North will
press against the King of the
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South, enter its territory conquering and pillaging,
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until it is troubled by news
it hears of incredibly massive
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armies on the other side
of the Euphrates.
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After much conflict, the river Euphrates is miraculously
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dried up, allowing these two powers, the King of the North
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and the Massive Force from the East to meet on the hill of
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Megiddo--at what is called,
in Hebrew, Armageddon--and
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they gather there for what God calls in Revelation 16:14...
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"the Battle of that Great
Day of God Almighty."
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The devastation unleashed
by these military forces
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in their conflicts leading
up to the final battle
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is prophesied to kill
"a third of mankind."
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In today's terms, a third
of humanity would be more
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than two billion people.
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The conflicts to come between these superpowers will be
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horrific--so horrific that
Jesus Christ warns all of us
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in Matthew 24:22 that "no flesh would be saved" alive unless
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"those days were shortened"
by God's intervention.
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And we should thank God
that He will intervene.
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So, who are these superpowers--
the King of the North,
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the King of the South, and the massive armies from the East?
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Well, first, we have to recognize that such compass
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directions in prophecy--north, south, and east--are determined
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from the perspective of
Israel and Jerusalem,
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the land of the prophets.
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With this in mind, the
massive forces from the East
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are perhaps the easiest
to find candidates for.
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Revelation 16:12 refers to these as "the kings from the east,"
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implying a multinational coalition of some sort.
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Revelation 9:16 describes
the armies from that region,
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on the other side of the Euphrates, as being
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"two hundred million" strong.
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There are very few nations
in the world that could
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muster such an army in
the foreseeable future.
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Of them, there are two
obvious candidates:
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China and India--both of
which lie east of Israel
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and of the Euphrates River.
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Combined, these two nations contain more than one-third
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of the entire population of the world--one out of every three
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human beings on Earth.
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These facts, along with
their geographic position,
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make them strong candidates
for being contributors to the
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collective armies of the East.
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No doubt, other peoples east
of the Euphrates River will
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contribute, as well--such as Iran (or Persia in Bible
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prophecy), portions of modern Russia, North and South Korea,
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and Japan.
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All are candidates as
additional partners in this
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combined Eastern superpower, creating one of the largest
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military coalitions the
world has ever seen.
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Next, let's consider
the King of the North.
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This terrifying individual
is more commonly known as
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"the Beast of Revelation,"
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But for now, let's look at
a portion of what prophecy
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says of this individual
and his kingdom.
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In Daniel 2, we read of a
great prophetic image that
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symbolized four successive
world powers, beginning with
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the Babylon of Daniel's day.
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The fourth world empire
pictured by the legs of iron
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in that image is the Roman Empire and its various,
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successive revivals throughout history--such as the reigns
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of Charlemagne, Napoleon,
and Mussolini.
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The feet of the image made
of iron and clay symbolize
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the final, end-time revival
of the Roman Empire that
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will exist in power at the
time of Christ's return.
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We read of these feet,
beginning in Daniel 2:41...
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"Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay
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and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the
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strength of the iron shall be
in it, just as you saw the
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iron mixed with ceramic clay.
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And as the toes of the feet
were partly of iron and
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partly of clay, so the
kingdom shall be partly
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strong and partly fragile.
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As you saw iron mixed with
ceramic clay, they will mingle
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with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another,
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just as iron does not
mix with clay."
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This end-time power will
be "partly strong and
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partly fragile" because its component parts do not
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naturally adhere together,
just as iron and clay do not.
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As this very ministry has
explained for the better part
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of a century, the current
seeds of what will become the
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Revived Roman Empire can be found in today's European Union
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and will be led by
a resurgent Germany.
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Now, to be frank, we've been ridiculed for this stance
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over the years--after all,
since World War II,
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Europe has relied heavily on
the United States for military
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support and protection, and Germany has been so burdened by
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its past in World War II that
it seemed almost too ashamed
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to build a massive
military presence.
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But as the Apostle Paul says
in the book of Romans...
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"[L]et God be true [and]
every man a liar".
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And, as usual, current events are catching up to prophecy.
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Spurred by conflict between Russia and Ukraine and their
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concern the United States is turning its back on them,
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Europe and Germany have suddenly begun taking dramatic actions
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to seize their own
military destiny.
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In 2025, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
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announced: "We are in an era
of rearmament, and Europe
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is ready to massively boost
its defence spending," and
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proposed mobilizing up to
800 billion euros--almost
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one trillion U.S. dollars--
in defense spending.
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For Germany's part, the
office of German Defense
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Minister Boris Pistorius
announced in December 2025:
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"We are sending a signal
to the (NATO) alliance and
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our partners: Germany is
leading the way.
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We are fulfilling our obligations to the alliance and
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accepting our responsibility for security and peace in Europe."
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Now this was after the German
government had just authorized
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50 billion euros to be
spent on military upgrades.
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Earning much of that money
will be Germany's biggest
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defense contractor, Rhinemetall--the same
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major manufacturer of arms
for Germany during both
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World War I and World War II, and which is now expanding
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arms factories across Europe
and building new ones.
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Once again, the forges of war are igniting across Europe.
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But what of the prophecy that the kingdom of the north,
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the revived Roman Empire, will be a mixture of iron and clay
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that has difficulty adhering?
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Truly, unity in the European Union has historically been
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a huge challenge, and
it remains so today.
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What force will be able to
bind these nations together
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to truly empower the King
of the North, the coming
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Beast of Revelation?
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That binding power will come from a common religion,
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and an unholy alliance
of church and state.
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We've identified two of the three end-time superpowers:
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the collection of a massive military force powered by
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nations east of the Euphrates, and a revived Holy Roman Empire
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centered in Europe.
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But what of Daniel's prophesied King of the South?
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Again, we look to Jerusalem and the Holy Land to understand
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directional references.
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The prophesied Kings of
the East are just that:
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nations and peoples that
lie east of Jerusalem.
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Now, if you draw a horizontal line at Jerusalem, you'll notice
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that Europe lies above that line--in latitudes north
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of Jerusalem on the globe.
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So, what nations do we
see south of Jerusalem?
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Some have sought to identify the King of the South with Iran,
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given the frequent trouble
that nation has sought to
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cause for modern Israel.
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But look at our map...
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Iran, or Persia as it is
called in Scripture, is not
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south of Israel, but east.
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Remember: Don't try to
interpret the Bible based
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on current events.
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Eventually, current events
always catch up to the Bible.
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As the late evangelist
John Ogwyn writes in today's
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"We have to let the Bible
interpret itself, rather
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than trying to read our
own preconceived notions
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or current world events
back into the text.
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Only in this way can we
see Bible prophecies in
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their proper context."
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That is, don't try to cram
the news into the Bible.
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The Bible interprets itself.
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And, in the case of the nations behind the King of the South,
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we read details in
Daniel's prophecy if
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we'll simply read them.
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For instance, turn to Daniel 11, and let's begin reading
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in verse 40...
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"At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him;
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and the king of the North shall come against him like a
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whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships;
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and he shall enter the countries, overwhelm them,
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and pass through.
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He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and many countries shall
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be overthrown; but these
shall escape from his hand:
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Edom, Moab, and the
prominent people of Ammon.
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He shall stretch out his
hand against the countries,
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and the land of Egypt
shall not escape.
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He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver,
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and over all the precious
things of Egypt; also the
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Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow at his heels."
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Daniel 11 pictures the wrath
of the King of the North
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against the King of the South being directed at nations
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of northern Africa.
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It is worth noting that today's League of Arab States lies
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primarily south of Jerusalem, and key nations of these Arab
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states, such as Egypt, face the wrath of the European King of
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the North in the years to come.
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Now does that mean that the current Arab League is the
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prophesied King of the South?
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Of course not.
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With the topsy-turvy nature of alliances today--not to mention
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the historic volatility of relations between Arabic
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nations--much can happen
in the years just ahead.
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But the Islamic nature of the nations south of Jerusalem,
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plus the historic conflict between so-called Christian
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Europe and Islamic peoples, as in the Crusades, is a detail
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worth noting as these end-time conditions come together.
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And rest assured, there will be a unified power of nations
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south of Israel that will be powerful enough to provoke the
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European superpower to great wrath--as these three leviathans
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of end-time prophecy compete
for global dominance.
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So, in the last days leading
up to the return of Christ,
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we see a counterfeit-Christian, European superpower, a massive
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military superpower alliance to the east of Israel and the
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Euphrates, and an Islamic
superpower involving nations
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of North Africa and others.
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But note--what's missing
in all of this?
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Or, perhaps more accurately,
who is missing in all of this?
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After all, can you imagine
a major conflict involving
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superpowers today that does
not involve, in some way,
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the United States?
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Where is the U.S. in this
great, end-time conflict?
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In short: the United States,
the United Kingdom, and other
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British-descended nations
will find themselves to be
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superpowers no longer--utterly bereft of power and influence
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on the world stage and,
frankly, subjugated nations,
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crushed, dissected, and
replaced by the very nations
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we've discussed today.
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I know that it's hard to believe given the dominating presence
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of the U.S. today.
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But let there be no doubt:
God's word is sure.
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These three powers--
the King of the North,
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the King of the South, and the
armies of the East--will rise.
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And in today's headlines,
we see seeds of their rise
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to power being planted.
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But, in reality, there is a fourth superpower to consider--
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one we've barely mentioned,
but one which is prophesied
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to crush those that
we've discussed today.
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We'll reveal this "bonus" superpower in our last segment.
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We said at the conclusion of
the previous segment that there
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is one more superpower to consider in addition to these
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three--the final superpower
to grace the world stage.
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We read of it in Daniel 2.
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We read there earlier of the revived Roman Empire that
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was symbolized by the feet
of a statue, composed of
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iron and clay.
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This statue was seen by Nebuchadnezzar in a dream--
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a dream explained to him
by the prophet Daniel.
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In this dream, this final,
carnal, end-time worldly
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superpower is destroyed in
a spectacular manner...
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"You watched while a stone
was cut out without hands,
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which struck the image on
its feet of iron and clay,
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and broke them in pieces.
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Then the iron, the clay,
the bronze, the silver,
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and the gold were crushed
together, and became like
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chaff from the summer
threshing floors;
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the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found.
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And the stone that struck
the image became a great
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mountain and filled
the whole earth."
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Daniel later explains to
Nebuchadnezzar that the stone
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from heaven, cut without hands, that would crush the worldly
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superpowers of this world is the Kingdom of God that will come
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with the returning Jesus Christ.
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And the reign of Christ will spread to the entire earth.
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But unlike the superpowers
of today, Jesus Christ,
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the King of Kings, will
not seek to enrich Himself,
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or selfishly control the world for His own benefit.
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Rather, He will bring the peace, joy, and true prosperity that
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all people and nations have always desired but could
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never achieve.
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In fact, as we close, let's turn to Isaiah 19:24 and look into
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a small window at the peace
the world will enjoy under
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that final superpower...
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"In that day Israel will be
one of three with Egypt
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and Assyria--a blessing
in the midst of the land,
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whom the LORD of hosts
shall bless, saying,
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"Blessed is Egypt My people,
and Assyria the work of
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My hands, and Israel
My inheritance."
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When you understand that Assyria in prophecy is modern Germany,
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you see that this is a beautiful picture of nations once
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connected with the King of the North and the King of the South,
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now working alongside the people of Israel, with all three of
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them claimed as His own by
Almighty God and His Son.
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What a glorious day of peace Jesus Christ will bring to
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this world, when all human superpowers--past, present,
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and future--will be replaced forever by the Kingdom of God
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for all eternity.
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I hope you'll join us
here at Tomorrow's World
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in praying that that
day will soon come.
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I hope, too, that you will
join us again next week.
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When you do, Gerald
Weston, Rod McNair and I
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will be right here with
you, ready to share the
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true teachings of Jesus
Christ, the inspiring hope
27:48.967 --> 27:51.536
of the coming Kingdom of
God, and the prophetic
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warnings of Almighty
God for our time today.
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Until then, take care.
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