(Video: 4 sec) In fact, ever since 1626, when the early settlers
traded $24 worth of colorful beads and cloth to the unsuspecting Indians for Manhattan Island, a record of swindling and
fraud seems to have run throughout American History.
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Amusing? Perhaps.
But it isnt only the innocent, nave, greenhorns who are victimized by con artists!
It happens every day!
The National Business Bureau is quoted as saying, No
matter how intelligent or careful you are, at least once in your
life you will be swindled. Not a very happy event to look forward to, is it?
Unfortunately, it happens everyday!
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Gods Word is our only protection against the shrewd deceptions of the Devil.
Whatever contradicts Gods Word we may be sure it is not
true!
But, you say, Im an intelligent person.
I dont think the devil can con me.
I think I can hold my own.
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So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the
Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world;
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(Video: 6 sec) he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast
out with him. Revelation 12:7, 9.
NKJV.
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(Text: 1 Peter 5:8) Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion,
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But a God of love has not left His children on Planet Earth
without sufficient information to recognize and resist the
deceptions of Satan.
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And then, the most frightening of all of the beasts made its
way out of the water:
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It was different from all the beasts that were before it; and it
had ten horns.
Daniel 7: 7
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Daniel had never seen an animal that even remotely resembled this fourth beast.
But, as sensational and dramatic as its appearance may have
been , one part of the fourth beast with the ten horns intrigued
Daniel more than anything else. He said:
(Text: Daniel 7:8) I was considering the horns, and there was
another horn, a little one, coming up among them,
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before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the
roots.
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And there in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a
mouth speaking pompous words. Daniel 7:8
The little horn troubled Daniel, in fact, he wrote:
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(Text: Daniel 7:21, 25) I was watching; and the same horn was
making war against the saints, and prevailing against them ...
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he became ill.
...I Daniel, was deeply troubled by my thoughts, and my face
turned pale. Daniel 7:28 NIV.
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so that he sets himself up in Gods temple, proclaiming himself to be God. 2 Thess. 2: 4, NIV.
In Revelation John wrote,
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Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name. Revelation 13: 5, 6, KJV.
John also warned about this power during his lifetime:
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(Text: 1 John 4:3) ...And this is the spirit of Antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come,
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Many of the great Christians of Reformation and postReformation times shared this view of prophetic
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They called the people back to the Bible, claiming that from
Gods Word the papal power fulfilled Daniels prophecies.
John Wycliffe, called by historians, the Morning star of the
Reformation, wrote:
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It was not an easy thing for the great reformers to take such a
bold stand concerning this prophecy.
Martin Luther expressed himself in these words:
O, how much pain it has caused me, though I had the
Scriptures on my side,... that I should dare to
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make a stand alone against the pope, and hold him forth as
antichrist,...
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Its just like the photos in the post office of persons wanted by
the government agencies.
A list of characteristics is given unique to that person: the
color of his eyes, his height and approximate weight; any
scars, and then a copy of the persons thumb print.
There may be many people who resemble each other, even
having some of the same general characteristics, but there is
only one person in the world who can fit all of these characteristics.
Thats the way it is with the little horn. Only one system, or
power on earth, can perfectly match Gods identifying characteristics so clearly catalogued in the Book of Daniel.
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I was considering the horns, and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them... Daniel 7: 7, 8.
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What did the ten horns represent that Daniel saw in vision?
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After ruling for six centuries, the great Roman Empire crumbled, weakened by internal strife, moral decay, prosperity, and
ease.
Its fall was, of course, hastened by the invasion of many
Germanic tribes.
As time passed, the barbarians could no longer be held back.
In 376 several Germanic tribes broke through the Danube
frontier,
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When the last wave of the barbarian invasions had spent its
force, the face of Europe had been transformed.
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(Text: Daniel 7:24) The ten horns out of this kingdom are ten
kings that shall arise:
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The Heruli kingdom met its fate with the help of the Catholic
Emperor Zeno in 493 A.D.
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that the papacy is none other than the ghost of the deceased
Roman Empire sitting crowned upon the grave thereof.
Leviathan, p. 457.
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The power, which came up after the other ten kingdoms, was
none other than the Roman branch of the church in the
Middle Ages.
The Roman church had roots extending back to the early years
of Christianity, to be sure.
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But when the Roman Empire had disintegrated and its place
had been taken by a number of rude barbarous kingdoms,
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when she thinks it good to use physical force, she will use it.
The Western Watchman, December 24, 1909.
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and other horrors in seeking to express regret for sins committed by Catholics in the past 2,000 years.
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(Text: Psalm 89:34) I will not break, nor alter the Word that
has gone out of My mouth. Psalm 89: 34.
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God has not changed His law and no one else has the right to
alter Gods law!
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(Text: Daniel 7:25) ...and they shall be given into his hand
until a time and times and the dividing of time. Daniel 7: 25.
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Even though Daniel saw the various things that the little horn
power would do-wearing out the saints of God and trying to
change Gods law-he said that this power would eventually
come to an end.
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And there was given him dominion and glory, and a kingdom
that all people, nations,
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and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away .... Daniel 7: 13, 14
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Jesus says:
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Wont you just now take hold of that nail-scarred hand and
tell Jesus you want Him as your Lord and Kings?
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[Suggested Appeal]
God wants all of His children on Planet Earth to be a part of
that kingdom to be ready for that glorious moment when our
Savior returns!
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