David Jeremiah - An International Prophecy - Globalism

March 21, 2026 | 57:29

Globalism is predicted in multiple Bible prophecies, and it’s vital for us to understand what it means and how it affects our future.

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Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah | David Jeremiah - An International Prophecy - Globalism | March 21, 2026

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Dr. david jeremiah: are we living in the end times?
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There may have never been another time in history
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When endtimes prophecy has been more aligned
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With the culture and circumstances of the world
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Than it is today.
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I believe there are ten phenomena
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We are witnessing today
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That were recorded centuries ago in bible prophecy.
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Seeing our circumstances in light of these prophecies
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Should give us resolve, purpose, and hope.
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And help us answer the questions:
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What are we to do with the world around us?
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What hope do we have in times like these?
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And ultimately, where do we go from here?
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Dr. jeremiah: the world is getting smaller
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And more intertwined by the day.
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Countries and cultures are more interconnected than ever.
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Does the bible predict this?
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Is this a danger to our future?
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And is it ultimately a prophetic sign
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Of the end times?
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Announcer: join dr. david jeremiah
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For this special prophecy edition
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Of "turning point" as he presents a sign
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Of the end times: "globalism: an international prophecy,"
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Today on "turning point."
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♪ and people crying out ♪
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♪ shout it out louder than before ♪
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♪ the whole earth sing ♪
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♪ a song for all of the redeem ♪
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♪ sing hallelujah, sing hallelujah ♪
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♪ hallelujah. ♪
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♪ hallelujah, hallelujah. ♪
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♪ hallelujah. ♪
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♪ hallelujah. ♪♪
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Announcer: coming up on "turning point."
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Dr. jeremiah: all the world will see globalization
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Then in its finest, not under nimrod,
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Not under nebuchadnezzar, not under greece,
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Not under persia, not under rome,
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And not under the antichrist, instead under
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The lord jesus christ who will reign in that place.
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Announcer: the bible predicts the falling away of the church.
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Is that what we are seeing today?
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Are the illnesses, plagues, and pestilence of our day,
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Signs we are living in the end times?
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Would you be surprised to know the decay of character
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Is a precursor for christ's return?
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Dr. david jeremiah answers these questions and more in his book,
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"where do we go from here?
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How tomorrow's prophecies foreshadow today's problems."
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Written especially for this time,
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Dr. jeremiah explores how bible prophecy
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Intersects with culture and events we are witnessing
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Right outside our door.
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In every chapter, dr. jeremiah examines
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What bible prophecy reveals
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About the world today, what it means for believers,
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And ultimately, where we go from here.
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"where do we go from here?"
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By dr. jeremiah is yours when you give a gift
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Dr. jeremiah's entire teaching series
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On cd or dvd, a correlating study guide,
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And his interview special on dvd.
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Plus, included with any order of the book or set,
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"warning signs of the end times,"
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A fascinating overview of the cautionary evidence
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That signals the coming of the last days.
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♪ when the sun's shining down on me ♪
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♪ when the world's 'all as it should be ♪
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♪ blessed be your name ♪
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♪ on the road marked with suffering ♪
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♪ though there's pain in the offering ♪
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♪ blessed be your name ♪
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♪ every blessing you pour out, ♪
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♪ i'll turn back to praise ♪
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♪ when the darkness closes in, lord ♪
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♪ still i will say ♪
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♪ blessed be the name of the lord ♪
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♪ blessed be your name ♪
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♪ blessed be the name of the lord ♪
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♪ blessed be your glorious name ♪
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♪ blessed be the name of the lord ♪
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♪ blessed be your name ♪
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♪ blessed be the name of the lord ♪
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♪ blessed be your glorious name ♪
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♪ you give and take away ♪
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♪ my heart will choose to say ♪
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♪ lord, blessed be your name ♪
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♪ you give and take away ♪
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♪ my heart will choose to say ♪
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♪ lord, blessed be your name ♪
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♪ every blessing you pour out, ♪
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♪ i'll turn back to praise ♪
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♪ when the darkness closes in, lord ♪
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♪ still i will say ♪
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♪ every blessing you pour out, i'll turn back to praise ♪
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♪ when the darkness closes in, lord ♪
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♪ still i will say ♪
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♪ blessed be the name of the lord ♪
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♪ blessed be your name ♪
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♪ blessed be the name of the lord ♪
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♪ blessed be your glorious name ♪
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♪ blessed be the name of the lord ♪
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♪ blessed be your name ♪
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♪ blessed be the name of the lord ♪
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♪ blessed be your glorious name ♪
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♪ when i come into his presence ♪
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♪ i humble myself ♪
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♪ i lift up both my hands ♪
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♪ and i begin oh just to worship him ♪
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♪ yes i do ♪
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♪ i worship him ♪
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♪ for what he's done for me ♪
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♪ redeemed and set me free ♪
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♪ and because, just because ♪
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♪ he's god ♪
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♪ when i come into his presence ♪
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♪ i humble myself ♪
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♪ i lift up both my hands ♪
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♪ and i begin just to worship him ♪
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♪ oh yes i do ♪
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♪ i begin to worship him ♪
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♪ when i come into his presence ♪
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♪ i humble myself ♪
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♪ remembering what he's done ♪
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♪ and the victories he's won ♪
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♪ so i magnify you ♪
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♪ lord, i praise your name ♪
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♪ i praise him ♪
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♪ oh for what he's done for me ♪
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♪ he redeemed and he set me free ♪
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♪ and because, just because ♪
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♪ he's god ♪
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♪ my god ♪
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♪ oh lord ♪
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♪ you don't need my help ♪
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♪ 'cause you're god ♪
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♪ and one day ♪
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♪ every knee is gonna bow ♪
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♪ and every tongue will confess ♪
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♪ he's god ♪
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♪ for what he's done for me ♪
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♪ he redeemed and he set me free ♪
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♪ and because, just because ♪
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♪ oh lord you are so worthy ♪
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♪ and it's just because ♪
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♪ and because, just because ♪
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♪ he's god ♪
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♪ oh because he's god ♪
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Taranda green: come on, somebody, has the lord
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Been there for you?
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What has he done in your life?
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Let's stand and give him praise.
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♪ oh for all that he's done ♪
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♪ for all he's done for me ♪
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♪ he redeemed and he set me free ♪
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♪ oh he set me free ♪
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♪ and because ♪
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♪ just because ♪
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♪ and because ♪
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♪ just because ♪
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♪ and because ♪
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♪ just because ♪
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♪ he's god ♪
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Announcer: in dr. david jeremiah's book,
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"where do we go from here?"
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Discover ten phenomena happening in our world today that prove
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Tomorrow's prophecies foreshadow the problems we're experiencing
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In our culture, and find biblical direction
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For the end times.
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In this book, dr. jeremiah examines what bible prophecy
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Reveals about ten issues of our time, what they mean
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For believers, and ultimately, where we go from here.
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"where do we go from here?"
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By dr. jeremiah is yours when you give a gift
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Entire teaching series on cd or dvd,
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"warning signs of the end times,"
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A fascinating overview of the cautionary evidence
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That signals the coming of the last days.
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"globalism: an international prophecy."
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Dr. jeremiah: a story recently spread over the internet
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Saying that the united nations was quietly working
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On a shadowy plan
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To create a new world order and a one-world government.
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Among other items under discussion
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Was a global currency, a central bank,
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The end of national sovereignty,
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Mandatory vaccines, universal basic income,
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Microchipping of citizens, and the end of fossil fuels.
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Many of these goals could be achieved
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According to this shadow plan by 2030,
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Which was titled, "un agenda 21/2030."
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Of course, when they were confronted with it,
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United nations quickly disavowed the report,
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And the media debunked it.
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But why did this story spread so quickly?
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Because every element of it seemed plausible.
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It seemed possible.
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This is especially true in light of a global emergency
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Like covid-19, which nearly crushed
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The world's economy.
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Imagine what would have happened
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Had the mortality rate of the pandemic
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Been exponentially higher.
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Such an exponential global crisis would certainly
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Have called for some sort of
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Unified global response, and we had some of that,
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As you know.
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Dr. albert mohler, who is the president
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Of one of the great seminaries in our country
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And a prolific writer, said that globalization means
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That we now understand ourselves as living
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In an economy and in a community
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That is irreversibly connected globally.
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We are able to get on an airplane in virtually
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Any american city and be at any spot on the globe
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Within 24 hours.
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Globalization means that headlines
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From around the world can arrive as quickly
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As headlines from across the street.
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And there is a growing awareness of this fact that we are now
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Part of a global civilization that includes and seems
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To reach virtually every inhabitant on this planet.
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So what i've said so far is this,
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That the world has been
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Getting smaller with each passing era.
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Its interconnectedness is greater,
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And its inhabitants more vulnerable
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To one world government, given the right conditions.
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The events of recent years, including the covid-19 pandemic,
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Have only accelerated the discussion and increased
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The trajectory of globalism.
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So what does that mean?
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Well, let's take a look at what we can know
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For certain about the broader scope
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Of historical events, past, present, and future.
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First, what to know about the course of history.
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What we see in today's trends toward globalization
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Was long ago anticipated in biblical prophecy.
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The first attempt at globalization
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Occurred in genesis chapter 11,
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When a powerful warlord named nimrod
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Established the empire of babylon
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And built the tower of babel.
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He was called a mighty hunter before the lord.
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What was he hunting?
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He was hunting people and power and glory and wealth
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And world domination.
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And as the post-flood population grew,
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Nimrod became the first global tyrant.
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The bible says this about him in 1 chronicles 1:10,
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"he was the first on earth to be a mighty man."
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In other words, nimrod, from genesis 11,
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Was the father of all future dictators
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And the first prototype of the coming antichrist.
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Now, when the southern kingdom of judah was invaded in 605,
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A young jewish man,
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A teenager, was swept up and taken to
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The palace of babylonian king nebuchadnezzar.
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Like nimrod, nebuchadnezzar's ancient predecessor,
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He was the most powerful man on earth in his day.
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I remember reading extensively about nebuchadnezzar
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And being overwhelmed at just his presence,
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The aura of this man,
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The most powerful despot who had ever lived
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Up to that time.
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He enlarged his empire until it stretched
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From the persian gulf to the mediterranean sea.
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It included parts of the present-day kuwait,
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Iraq, syria, jordan, israel, lebanon, and turkey.
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You can see what an incredible empire
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This man built.
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He built the most fabulous capital city the world
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Has ever seen to this day.
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Even today, the ruins of babylon are spread over 2000 acres
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And represent the largest archaeological site
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In the middle east.
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The metropolitan part of this city was surrounded
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By a massive wall.
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This wall was considered impenetrable.
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Some portions of the wall still exist among the ruins.
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They are said to have been 56 miles in length,
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320 feet tall,
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And so broad on the top that a 4-horse chariot
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Could be driven along the top of the wall.
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This was one of the great wonders of the world.
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As you know, there was a hanging gardens there
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That became very famous.
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In the heart of the city, there was this massive ziggurat
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That reached toward the sky.
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It was a new version of the tower of babel.
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It was a new attempt to reach up to god,
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And it rose 7 stages of gleaming enamel
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To a height of 650 feet, crowned with a shrine
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Which contained a massive table of solid gold and an ornate bed
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On which every night some women would sleep to await
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The pleasures of the gods.
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The whole city was something like a fairy tale with bridges
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And boulevards and gateways and lavish glazed bricks.
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This was the city of nebuchadnezzar
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And where daniel would grow up.
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Nebuchadnezzar was the greatest
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And richest man who ever had lived
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Before his time, but that didn't keep him
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Away from having bad dreams.
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How many of you know, whoever you are,
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No matter what you've accomplished in your life,
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If you're scheduled to have a bad dream,
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You're gonna have a bad dream.
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And nebuchadnezzar had bad dreams.
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One night he had such a bad dream
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That he summoned his advisors
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And his magicians to his palace, and he demanded,
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Listen to this, he demanded them that they tell him
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What his dream was and then tell him what it meant.
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And, of course, that freaked 'em out
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Because nobody had ever been asked to do that before.
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"how are we supposed to know what your dream was?
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You tell us your dream
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And we'll tell you what it meant."
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Nebuchadnezzar said, "no, if you're not smart enough
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To tell me what i dreamed,
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You're not gonna be smart enough to tell me what it meant."
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And he was so angry, he said he was gonna kill them all.
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He was gonna destroy his whole brain trust.
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But daniel was one of them, and daniel prayed
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With his friends, and god gave him
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Supernatural insight, and daniel sent word
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Up the ranks that he would be able to reveal the dream
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And he would be able to interpret it.
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"just give me a shot at it," he said, "and i'll do this."
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So he comes before the king, and this is his speech,
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Which i will read right out of the book of daniel:
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"no wise man, enchanter,
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Magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery
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He has asked about,
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But there is a god in heaven who reveals mysteries.
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And he has shown king nebuchadnezzar
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What will happen in days to come."
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Nebuchadnezzar saw this massive statue.
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This was his dream.
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"and its head was gold, and its chest
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And its arms were made out of silver,
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And it was bronze from its stomach to its thighs,
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And the legs were iron, and the feet and the toes
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Were partly iron and partly clay.
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And then nebuchadnezzar saw a rock
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That had been quarried by an invisible hand,
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And this rock flew through the air and struck the statue,
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And it toppled and broke into a million tiny bits
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That were swept away by the wind like chaff.
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The rock began to grow and soon became a mountain
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So large that it covered the whole earth."
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Now, that's quite a dream.
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I mean, you may have had some dreams,
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But probably not any quite like that one.
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So daniel told him, this is what your dream was, and obviously
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It was, because nebuchadnezzar didn't argue with him.
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And then he gave him this interpretation,
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And i'm gonna explain this to you
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Just as it is in the scripture and help a little bit
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With the screen behind me, and you'll see why this is
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Such an important time in the whole discussion
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Of globalization.
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First of all, daniel said the head of gold represented
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The empire of babylon.
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That was the empire that was in power.
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He said, the chest of silver with its two arms
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Represented the next great world empire,
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Which was medo-persia, one arm for each part of the nation.
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The stomach and thighs of bronze depicted the next stage
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In world history, the greek empire
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Of alexander the great.
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And following that were the legs of iron.
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How many of you have ever heard of the iron legions of rome?
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Well, this was representative of the roman empire.
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And the feet and toes are a final world empire that will
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Arise sometime in the last days.
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And the rock?
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Oh, the rock is the one that will come to demolish history
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At its zenith and establish a truly global kingdom marked
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By righteousness and peace.
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Now, let's go back over that for just a moment
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And get clarity on it.
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In the days of nimrod, god broke up the globalization
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Of his empire by confusing the languages.
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Later in the same area of babylon,
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Nebuchadnezzar brought the then known world
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Under his power, and persia came after that
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And did the same, and alexander did the same
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For the greeks, and then came rome,
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And under all these governments
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There was a sort of globalization,
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Sort of a world domination, though without holiness
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And without the fear of god.
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And after the fall of rome, there was no single nation
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Or empire that dominated the world.
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Since the fall of rome, there's been no world domination.
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I mean, you might say that the united states is
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The most famous, but we are a long way
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From being world dominators, as you all know.
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But don't forget the feet and the toes on this statue,
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Because that's the part of the statue
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That was not fulfilled in history.
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According to daniel, there will be one more attempt
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At a one-world government in the future.
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It will be something of a revival
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Of the old roman empire made up
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Of a confederation of ten kings or kingdoms
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Dominated by a nimrod-type dictator.
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But it won't last long, for god will bring it
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To an end with the second coming of jesus christ.
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In daniel chapter 2, verse 44, we read these words:
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"in the days of these kings the god of heaven
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Will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed;
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And the kingdom shall not be left to other people;
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It shall break in pieces and consume
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All these kingdoms, and this kingdom
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Shall stand forever."
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What to know about the course of history?
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Daniel laid it all out.
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In that one prophecy in the 2nd chapter of daniel,
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You have the most complete prophecy of what the world
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Would look like in the future of anything
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You will ever find.
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Notice, this isn't history; this is prophecy.
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Daniel said first there will be our kingdom
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That we're in right now.
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Then there'll be the medes and the persians,
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And they'll take over.
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And then the greeks will come, and then the romans will come,
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And then there won't be anything for a long time,
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And then after a long interval,
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There will be a resumed roman empire,
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The roman empire revisited.
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And we're in the midst of that right now.
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I mean, i don't want to tell you
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What the ten nations are because
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It doesn't say there are ten nations.
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It says there are ten kings, ten people of influence.
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But if you look at what's happening in europe,
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The european coalition of nations
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Is sort of the beginning of the reiteration
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Of the roman empire.
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And the bible says that when this happens,
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We are at the end of the age,
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And something very critical will take place.
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Let's go on to the next thing.
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What to know about the course of history,
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What to know about the climax of history.
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Throughout the book of daniel, we're told there's
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A predetermined outcome to history.
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The unfolding events around us are leading somewhere.
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The earth isn't lurching into the future any more than
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It's wobbling in its orbit.
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It is moving toward a rendezvous with the decrees
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Of the lord jesus christ.
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How does that comfort your heart to know
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We're on our way someplace?
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This is not just random what's happening to us.
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Before he establishes his global millennial kingdom,
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There will be a final, horrific attempt
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At man-made globalization.
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It will lead to a time of unprecedented great tribulation.
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I personally believe we're in the early stages
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Of that right now, and i think i can prove that
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As we go along.
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The book of revelation completes the story
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That is started by daniel.
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These two books are twins, the old testament and the new.
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In revelation 13, here's what we read.
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We're told that during days of great worldwide distress,
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Satan will raise up a man of lawlessness
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Who will become the ultimate nimrod.
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He's described in revelation 13:1 as a beast.
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This chapter gives us the concluding picture
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Of human globalization: this beast who will
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Come out of the revived roman empire.
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Well, let me read to you what the scripture says about him
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Because i can't describe it any better than
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The book of revelation does.
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"the whole world was filled with wonder
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And followed the beast.
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The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words
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And blasphemies and to exercise its authority
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For forty-two months.
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It opened its mouth to blaspheme god,
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And to slander his name and his dwelling place
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And those who live in heaven.
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It was given power to wage war
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Against god's holy people and to conquer them.
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And it was given authority over every tribe," listen to this,
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"every tribe, every people, every language,
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Every nation."
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That's what you call globalization.
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"all inhabitants of the earth will worship this beast,"
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Says the book of revelation,
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"all whose names have not been written
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In the lamb's book of life."
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The whole world, says john, every tribe, every people,
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Every language, every nation,
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All the inhabitants of the world, the antichrist
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Will rebuild the ancient babylon for his world capital,
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And he will be on the verge of uniting the armies
00:31:31.472 --> 00:31:34.008
Of the world in a last great attempt to destroy
00:31:34.008 --> 00:31:37.812
God's chosen people, the people of israel.
00:31:37.812 --> 00:31:41.316
He will globalize the economy,
00:31:41.316 --> 00:31:43.484
Forcing everyone to be chipped in some way
00:31:43.484 --> 00:31:46.054
With the mark, with 666, of revelation 13:18.
00:31:46.054 --> 00:31:51.859
And without this mark, no one will be able
00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:53.795
To make purchases or engage in commerce.
00:31:53.795 --> 00:31:57.365
You will go to the store and gather your groceries,
00:31:57.365 --> 00:31:59.634
But when you check out, if you don't have the mark,
00:31:59.634 --> 00:32:02.003
Perhaps inserted under the skin of your hand,
00:32:02.003 --> 00:32:04.672
Which is being done now in some european nations,
00:32:04.672 --> 00:32:07.675
You will not be able to check out.
00:32:07.675 --> 00:32:09.010
You just leave and you won't have
00:32:09.010 --> 00:32:10.411
Anything to eat.
00:32:10.411 --> 00:32:11.846
In that period of time, if you don't join
00:32:11.846 --> 00:32:14.482
The globalization program, the program of the antichrist,
00:32:14.482 --> 00:32:17.852
You will either be outright killed
00:32:17.852 --> 00:32:20.088
Or more likely be starved.
00:32:20.088 --> 00:32:21.956
Widespread persecution will spill the blood of thousands
00:32:21.956 --> 00:32:25.326
Upon thousands of believers, and more blood will be spilled
00:32:25.326 --> 00:32:28.997
In the wars waged in an effort to unify the nations
00:32:28.997 --> 00:32:32.066
And destroy the jewish people.
00:32:32.066 --> 00:32:34.836
Zechariah, the prophet, speaks of a day when all the nations
00:32:34.836 --> 00:32:38.006
Of the earth are gathered against jerusalem.
00:32:38.006 --> 00:32:41.876
Israel will be the center of it, and the people of the earth
00:32:41.876 --> 00:32:45.079
Under the leadership of the antichrist
00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:47.181
Will join forces to try to take out the nation of israel.
00:32:47.181 --> 00:32:52.820
And just at that moment, just when it looks like there's
00:32:52.820 --> 00:32:55.623
No hope, when you could look at it from a human's perspective
00:32:55.623 --> 00:32:58.493
And say, "israel is toast.
00:32:58.493 --> 00:33:00.962
It's over," that's when christ will return.
00:33:00.962 --> 00:33:05.400
Like a rock that strikes the edifice of world history,
00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:08.803
It sends shattering into the wind,
00:33:08.803 --> 00:33:11.005
And all of these nations that thought they were so great
00:33:11.005 --> 00:33:13.441
Under the leadership of the antichrist
00:33:13.441 --> 00:33:15.877
Will be destroyed.
00:33:15.877 --> 00:33:18.112
So the trend lines of history are moving in that direction.
00:33:18.112 --> 00:33:22.316
The bible says: "for the mystery of lawlessness
00:33:22.316 --> 00:33:26.020
Is already at work."
00:33:26.020 --> 00:33:27.688
Isn't that true?
00:33:27.688 --> 00:33:29.023
Isn't lawlessness already at work?
00:33:29.023 --> 00:33:30.825
"only he who now restrains will do so
00:33:30.825 --> 00:33:33.227
Until he is taken out of the way."
00:33:33.227 --> 00:33:34.829
Let me just add, the restrainer is the holy spirit.
00:33:34.829 --> 00:33:37.832
When is the holy spirit taken out of the way?
00:33:37.832 --> 00:33:39.767
When the rapture happens.
00:33:39.767 --> 00:33:41.102
Where does the holy spirit live? he lives in you.
00:33:41.102 --> 00:33:43.371
When the rapture comes and you're taken out,
00:33:43.371 --> 00:33:45.039
The holy spirit is taken out of the way.
00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:47.675
What the writer of thessalonians is saying is lawlessness
00:33:47.675 --> 00:33:51.245
Is gonna break out in the tribulation.
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Somebody said, "why is it gonna be so bad?"
00:33:52.647 --> 00:33:54.382
Because all of the influence for good will be gone.
00:33:54.382 --> 00:33:57.118
The holy spirit won't be here.
00:33:57.118 --> 00:33:59.087
Just think what this world would be like now
00:33:59.087 --> 00:34:00.888
Without the influence of christian people
00:34:00.888 --> 00:34:02.957
Who stand in the way of total chaos and destruction.
00:34:02.957 --> 00:34:05.993
Well, that day is coming.
00:34:05.993 --> 00:34:07.662
The bible says it's coming: "and then the lawless one
00:34:07.662 --> 00:34:10.264
Will be revealed."
00:34:10.264 --> 00:34:11.632
Who's that?
00:34:11.632 --> 00:34:12.967
That's the antichrist, "whom the lord
00:34:12.967 --> 00:34:14.502
Will ultimately consume,"
00:34:14.502 --> 00:34:16.270
Says paul, "with the breath of his mouth and destroy
00:34:16.270 --> 00:34:20.074
With the brightness of his coming."
00:34:20.074 --> 00:34:21.943
What a turn of events.
00:34:21.943 --> 00:34:24.245
So this is the climax of human history,
00:34:26.814 --> 00:34:29.617
When christ will come again as a conqueror.
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He will come on a white horse followed by armies.
00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:35.223
The armageddon armies of the antichrist
00:34:35.223 --> 00:34:37.391
Will be dispersed and annihilated
00:34:37.391 --> 00:34:39.260
By the spoken words that come like
00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:41.629
A flaming sword of his lips.
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I have to pause and tell you, i used to wonder,
00:34:43.698 --> 00:34:46.501
It says in the bible
00:34:46.501 --> 00:34:47.835
That when he comes again to fight against the nations
00:34:47.835 --> 00:34:50.138
Who are gathered against him, see, all these nations
00:34:50.138 --> 00:34:52.507
Come against israel,
00:34:52.507 --> 00:34:53.875
And then all of a sudden, they see the coming of christ,
00:34:53.875 --> 00:34:56.477
And they turn their attention from israel if they only knew
00:34:56.477 --> 00:34:59.614
What we knew, and they decide
00:34:59.614 --> 00:35:01.949
They're gonna take out christ.
00:35:01.949 --> 00:35:03.951
And the bible says, "he comes from heaven with all the saints
00:35:03.951 --> 00:35:08.656
And all his holy angels."
00:35:08.656 --> 00:35:10.158
Remember that?
00:35:10.158 --> 00:35:11.692
And then it says we're all dressed in white.
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Who goes to war dressed in white?
00:35:14.996 --> 00:35:18.733
Well, if you're not gonna fight but just be a spectator,
00:35:18.733 --> 00:35:22.470
You can dress in white,
00:35:22.470 --> 00:35:24.071
Because this is the shortest war in history.
00:35:24.071 --> 00:35:26.541
The bible says when he comes with his saints and angels,
00:35:26.541 --> 00:35:31.112
He will destroy the enemy with the breath of his mouth.
00:35:31.112 --> 00:35:36.083
He will go...
00:35:36.083 --> 00:35:38.252
And it's all over.
00:35:38.252 --> 00:35:40.955
Listen to how zechariah describes this.
00:35:42.957 --> 00:35:45.960
He says, "i will gather all the nations to jerusalem
00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:48.863
To fight against it.
00:35:48.863 --> 00:35:50.464
Then the lord will go out and fight against those nations,
00:35:50.464 --> 00:35:53.201
As he fights on a day of battle.
00:35:53.201 --> 00:35:55.403
On that day his feet will stand on the mount of olives.
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The lord will be king over all the earth,
00:35:58.573 --> 00:36:00.942
And on that day there will be one lord,
00:36:00.942 --> 00:36:03.611
And his name the only name."
00:36:03.611 --> 00:36:06.847
What to know about the course of history and what to know
00:36:06.847 --> 00:36:09.884
About the climax of history.
00:36:09.884 --> 00:36:11.586
Here's the third one: what to know about
00:36:11.586 --> 00:36:14.121
The culmination of history.
00:36:14.121 --> 00:36:16.457
What happens then?
00:36:16.457 --> 00:36:18.125
So jesus comes back, he defeats the armies of armageddon
00:36:18.125 --> 00:36:21.796
That come against israel and then come against him.
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Well, what happens then is what is called the millennium.
00:36:24.865 --> 00:36:29.337
And this is found in many places in the bible.
00:36:29.337 --> 00:36:32.473
In fact, i had a teacher in prophecy
00:36:32.473 --> 00:36:34.542
When i was in seminary named dwight pentecost,
00:36:34.542 --> 00:36:36.844
And he used to say there's more information in the bible
00:36:36.844 --> 00:36:40.581
About the millennium than any other topic
00:36:40.581 --> 00:36:42.917
You could ever research.
00:36:42.917 --> 00:36:44.418
It's not all together in one place.
00:36:44.418 --> 00:36:46.120
It's scattered all over in the minor prophets
00:36:46.120 --> 00:36:47.922
And in the major prophets.
00:36:47.922 --> 00:36:50.124
But the millennium, as you know, is a period of 1000 years.
00:36:50.124 --> 00:36:54.095
Mille means 1000, and annum is the word for annual or years.
00:36:54.095 --> 00:37:00.568
So millennium means 1000 years.
00:37:00.568 --> 00:37:03.771
During this time, the lord will be in charge,
00:37:03.771 --> 00:37:07.108
And he will fulfill
00:37:07.108 --> 00:37:08.676
All the promises he's made in scripture
00:37:08.676 --> 00:37:10.611
Regarding the people of israel
00:37:10.611 --> 00:37:12.546
And the ultimate future of the earth.
00:37:12.546 --> 00:37:15.082
All the world will see globalization then
00:37:15.082 --> 00:37:18.219
In its finest, not under nimrod,
00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:20.621
Not under nebuchadnezzar, not under greece,
00:37:20.621 --> 00:37:23.257
Not under persia, not under rome,
00:37:23.257 --> 00:37:25.660
And not under the antichrist, instead under
00:37:25.660 --> 00:37:28.796
The lord jesus christ, who will reign in that place.
00:37:28.796 --> 00:37:33.434
And what is the world gonna be like during these days?
00:37:33.434 --> 00:37:36.671
Well, the bible is filled with information,
00:37:36.671 --> 00:37:38.506
And i'm not gonna tell you a lot about it,
00:37:38.506 --> 00:37:39.907
Because i already told you there's more in the bible
00:37:39.907 --> 00:37:41.742
About this than any other subject,
00:37:41.742 --> 00:37:43.144
And we only have a short time here.
00:37:43.144 --> 00:37:44.578
So it occupies this incredible amount of space.
00:37:44.578 --> 00:37:49.817
So let me summarize some of it for you,
00:37:49.817 --> 00:37:51.852
Just to whet your appetite.
00:37:51.852 --> 00:37:54.689
During the coming global reign of christ, jerusalem will be
00:37:54.689 --> 00:37:58.592
The capital of the earth, and people
00:37:58.592 --> 00:38:00.828
From all the nations will come and visit jerusalem
00:38:00.828 --> 00:38:04.865
To learn and to worship.
00:38:04.865 --> 00:38:07.068
The millennial temple in jerusalem will be
00:38:07.068 --> 00:38:09.136
The most beautiful building on earth,
00:38:09.136 --> 00:38:11.372
And it will be filled with the glory of the lord.
00:38:11.372 --> 00:38:14.642
A deep and mighty river will flow
00:38:14.642 --> 00:38:16.944
From beneath the temple,
00:38:16.944 --> 00:38:18.346
Turning the desert into a paradise,
00:38:18.346 --> 00:38:20.414
And the dead sea into a living lake.
00:38:20.414 --> 00:38:23.250
Fruit trees will grow along both sides of the river,
00:38:23.250 --> 00:38:26.253
Bearing fresh fruit every month.
00:38:26.253 --> 00:38:28.422
The lord jesus will be
00:38:28.422 --> 00:38:29.857
The ultimate international diplomat,
00:38:29.857 --> 00:38:31.625
Negotiating peace treaties between rival nations.
00:38:31.625 --> 00:38:34.962
He will bring peace to the earth,
00:38:34.962 --> 00:38:36.464
And wars will cease.
00:38:36.464 --> 00:38:38.032
He will occupy the ancient throne
00:38:38.032 --> 00:38:39.800
Of his forefather david.
00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:41.969
And agriculture on the earth, the bible says that agriculture
00:38:41.969 --> 00:38:47.041
Will be so improved that the reapers
00:38:47.041 --> 00:38:48.943
Will have a hard time staying ahead of the sowers.
00:38:48.943 --> 00:38:53.347
The grain and grapes will grow so fast
00:38:53.347 --> 00:38:56.417
That they can hardly be harvested.
00:38:56.417 --> 00:38:58.886
The deserts will become as green as the lush mountains.
00:38:58.886 --> 00:39:03.424
Life expectancy, get this, for those of us
00:39:03.424 --> 00:39:05.860
Who have gray hair,
00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:07.428
The life expectancy will rival the lifespan
00:39:07.428 --> 00:39:10.664
Of the days before the flood when people
00:39:10.664 --> 00:39:13.167
Lived to be hundreds of years old.
00:39:13.167 --> 00:39:15.770
Nature will be transformed so that the wolves
00:39:15.770 --> 00:39:18.339
And the lambs will graze side by side,
00:39:18.339 --> 00:39:21.375
As will lions and cows.
00:39:21.375 --> 00:39:23.844
And songs of praise will ascend from the ends of the earth,
00:39:23.844 --> 00:39:27.448
And joy will cover the world.
00:39:27.448 --> 00:39:30.184
Now, this is not eternity.
00:39:30.184 --> 00:39:31.852
This is not heaven. this is the prelude to heaven.
00:39:31.852 --> 00:39:34.522
This is the thousand years before we're all
00:39:34.522 --> 00:39:37.091
Ushered into heaven.
00:39:37.091 --> 00:39:38.426
This is kind of pre-heaven, if you will.
00:39:38.426 --> 00:39:41.262
Isaiah 11:9 says: "nothing will hurt or destroy
00:39:41.262 --> 00:39:45.199
In all my holy mountain,
00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:47.134
For as the waters fill the sea, so the earth
00:39:47.134 --> 00:39:50.204
Will be filled with people who know the lord."
00:39:50.204 --> 00:39:53.274
The whole earth will be filled with people who know the lord.
00:39:53.274 --> 00:39:57.044
Just like it seems today the whole earth is filled
00:39:57.044 --> 00:39:59.647
With people who don't know the lord
00:39:59.647 --> 00:40:01.816
And don't want to know the lord,
00:40:01.816 --> 00:40:04.051
In that day the earth will be filled with people
00:40:04.051 --> 00:40:07.621
Who know the lord.
00:40:07.621 --> 00:40:08.989
And after the 1000-year reign of christ,
00:40:08.989 --> 00:40:11.559
Earth's history will be over.
00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:13.828
The old universe will melt away, and god's children will be
00:40:13.828 --> 00:40:16.997
Ushered into new heaven and new earth
00:40:16.997 --> 00:40:18.933
In the celestial city of new jerusalem.
00:40:18.933 --> 00:40:21.902
What started out with nimrod trying to rule from babylon
00:40:21.902 --> 00:40:26.307
And runs the course of all human history
00:40:26.307 --> 00:40:28.309
Through all of those empires
00:40:28.309 --> 00:40:30.578
Will ultimately be proven to be foolishness in light
00:40:30.578 --> 00:40:35.816
Of what happens when the right king
00:40:35.816 --> 00:40:38.352
Is in the right place at the right time
00:40:38.352 --> 00:40:41.155
For the right reasons,
00:40:41.155 --> 00:40:42.890
You will see globalism perfected.
00:40:42.890 --> 00:40:45.860
Now, if the trajectory of history
00:40:45.860 --> 00:40:49.363
Has been moving inch by inch
00:40:49.363 --> 00:40:51.198
Toward a globalization for the antichrist,
00:40:51.198 --> 00:40:55.169
And if the future of our planet
00:40:55.169 --> 00:40:56.804
Is under the antichrist after we've gone to heaven,
00:40:56.804 --> 00:41:01.909
What sort of people should we be?
00:41:01.909 --> 00:41:05.346
In the bible, there's a single moment
00:41:05.346 --> 00:41:07.948
Of sheer surprise that answers all those questions.
00:41:07.948 --> 00:41:11.218
And i want to close this message with that surprise passage.
00:41:11.218 --> 00:41:15.155
It's the ascension of jesus christ,
00:41:15.155 --> 00:41:17.958
Who rose from the ground,
00:41:17.958 --> 00:41:19.293
Left the globe at the end of his earthly life.
00:41:19.293 --> 00:41:21.896
And the book of acts says this: "when they had come together,
00:41:21.896 --> 00:41:25.566
They asked him, saying," acts 1:6-11, "'lord, will you
00:41:25.566 --> 00:41:30.604
At this time restore the kingdom of israel?'
00:41:30.604 --> 00:41:32.940
And he said to them, 'it is not for you to know
00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:35.309
The times or the seasons which the father
00:41:35.309 --> 00:41:37.411
Has put in his own authority.
00:41:37.411 --> 00:41:39.980
But you shall receive power when the holy spirit
00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:42.349
Has come upon you;
00:41:42.349 --> 00:41:43.817
And you shall be witnesses to me in jerusalem,
00:41:43.817 --> 00:41:45.819
In all judea and samaria, and to the ends of the earth.'
00:41:45.819 --> 00:41:48.789
And when he had spoken these things,
00:41:48.789 --> 00:41:50.691
While they watched, he was taken up,
00:41:50.691 --> 00:41:53.294
And a cloud received him out of their sight.
00:41:53.294 --> 00:41:55.930
And while they looked steadfastly
00:41:55.930 --> 00:41:57.364
Toward heaven as he went up,
00:41:57.364 --> 00:41:58.799
Behold, two men stood by them in white apparel,
00:41:58.799 --> 00:42:02.303
Who also said, 'men of galilee, why do you stand
00:42:02.303 --> 00:42:04.772
Gazing up into heaven?
00:42:04.772 --> 00:42:06.574
This same jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven,
00:42:06.574 --> 00:42:09.510
Will so come in like manner as you saw him go into heaven.'"
00:42:09.510 --> 00:42:13.948
What a precious promise that was,
00:42:13.948 --> 00:42:16.150
That the jesus they saw go up will be the same jesus
00:42:16.150 --> 00:42:19.587
They see come down when he comes again
00:42:19.587 --> 00:42:22.489
To set up his kingdom on this earth,
00:42:22.489 --> 00:42:25.059
And ultimately to reign and rule throughout eternity.
00:42:25.059 --> 00:42:28.429
So what should we be doing during this time
00:42:28.429 --> 00:42:31.365
As we await the coming king and the coming kingdom?
00:42:31.365 --> 00:42:35.803
First of all, we should worship our glorified christ.
00:42:35.803 --> 00:42:39.807
First thing i wanna do when i read this passage
00:42:39.807 --> 00:42:41.709
Is to worship jesus.
00:42:41.709 --> 00:42:43.911
He came into the world, died for the world,
00:42:43.911 --> 00:42:45.646
Rose from the dead,
00:42:45.646 --> 00:42:46.981
Left the world, was caught up into heaven.
00:42:46.981 --> 00:42:48.716
He resumed his place at the right hand of the father.
00:42:48.716 --> 00:42:51.318
And one of the disciples who saw jesus
00:42:51.318 --> 00:42:53.220
Ascend into the clouds was the apostle john.
00:42:53.220 --> 00:42:56.090
And many years later, he had a vision of jesus,
00:42:56.090 --> 00:42:59.093
Glorified and magnified.
00:42:59.093 --> 00:43:00.427
And john described in revelation chapter 1 what jesus
00:43:00.427 --> 00:43:03.931
Looks like in heaven.
00:43:03.931 --> 00:43:05.766
He said, "the son of man
00:43:05.766 --> 00:43:07.334
Was clothed with a garment down to the feet
00:43:07.334 --> 00:43:10.838
And girded about with chest with a golden band.
00:43:10.838 --> 00:43:14.108
His head and his hair were white like wool,
00:43:14.108 --> 00:43:17.845
As white as snow, and his eyes
00:43:17.845 --> 00:43:20.414
Were like a flame of fire."
00:43:20.414 --> 00:43:23.117
This jesus that had walked the dusty roads of galilee
00:43:23.117 --> 00:43:26.453
Now is in heaven,
00:43:26.453 --> 00:43:27.855
Presiding over the affairs of the universe
00:43:27.855 --> 00:43:29.990
And the annals of history.
00:43:29.990 --> 00:43:31.392
And we're not left alone in a cauldron of confusion.
00:43:31.392 --> 00:43:34.228
In the midst of a chaotic world, we have a steadfast savior
00:43:34.228 --> 00:43:37.965
Who is preparing to come back again and take us
00:43:37.965 --> 00:43:40.601
To be with him.
00:43:40.601 --> 00:43:41.969
So worshiping him keeps us focused on eternal realities
00:43:41.969 --> 00:43:45.973
And sane amid the seemingly erratic things
00:43:45.973 --> 00:43:49.109
That are going on around us.
00:43:49.109 --> 00:43:50.778
The way to stay sane when it's crazy like it is,
00:43:50.778 --> 00:43:53.514
Is to make sure you're worshiping the lord.
00:43:53.514 --> 00:43:55.749
In uncertain times, we can either worry or we can worship,
00:43:55.749 --> 00:43:59.486
And i suggest the latter.
00:43:59.486 --> 00:44:01.488
The more you worship the lord--
00:44:01.488 --> 00:44:04.491
The more you worship the lord,
00:44:04.491 --> 00:44:06.193
The less you worry about the things
00:44:06.193 --> 00:44:07.728
You don't understand.
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Because if he's in charge, and if he's high and lifted up,
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Really what else matters?
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Because we know ultimately he will make all things right.
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Secondly, after worshiping your glorified christ,
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Here's number two: embrace your global mission.
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Let me just stop for a moment and give you
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Another take on globalization.
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The disciples didn't stay in that spot gazing up
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Into heaven after jesus went up.
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They didn't fossilize there looking up to heaven.
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Prompted by two angels, they went back to jerusalem
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To prepare for something new, the global mission
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Of the gospel.
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In a world that is globalizing, we have a mission
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That is global.
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As never before in human history,
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We have an opportunity to take the gospel
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To every town, every tribe, and every tongue.
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That's what we're all about in this church,
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And that's what we're all about
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With turning point television and radio and print media
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And everything else that we do.
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Dr. albert mohler, who is the president
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Of a great seminary in this country,
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Wrote these words.
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He said, "the church, when it is faithful,
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Always thinks in global terms.
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The world now thinks of globalization
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As a great economic, technological,
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And political fact,
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But the church of the lord jesus christ
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Understands global mission
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As a command, as a mandate from the lord.
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While the world may debate globalization
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In terms of its economic and sociological effects,
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The church must see it as an unprecedented opportunity.
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Globalization may be a surprise to sociologists and politicians
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And businessmen, but it comes as great promise
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To followers of jesus christ.
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What did he say?
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'go into all of the world and preach the gospel.'"
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In that respect, we all ought to be globalists, amen?
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We're globalists when it comes to the spread of the gospel.
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The gospel isn't just
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For the united states of america.
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The gospel is for everyone, everywhere.
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We are called to the world.
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We are called to the whole globe with the gospel of jesus christ.
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And if you look around, you will see multitudes of people who are
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Simply bewildered by life, as lost as an airplane
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Over the oceans without navigation.
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Many of them just simply crash.
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And yet here we are with the gospel.
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And now, more than ever before, with the means
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To share the gospel.
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I remember several years ago, i went to
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The cove in asheville, north carolina,
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Where--it's the billy graham cove,
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And they have conferences there all the time.
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And donna and i were there to teach for a week.
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And just before i was getting ready to teach,
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After dinner, they made this announcement.
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Billy graham was celebrating his 90th birthday,
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And the next week he was going to speak
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To more people at one time than anyone has ever addressed
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In the history of the world.
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He was going to preach the gospel to 1 billion people.
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They had hooked it up with all of these networks
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And all of this stuff electronically.
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He was going to preach, and 1 billion people
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Would have access to his words.
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Now, that's what you call a global sermon.
00:47:17.551 --> 00:47:21.455
But let me just stop and tell you that while we can't do that,
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Perhaps, maybe we're not set up to do that, what we're doing now
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With the reach of "turning point"
00:47:29.129 --> 00:47:30.464
Around the world is also pretty amazing.
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In places i can't even pronounce,
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In languages i don't speak,
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The gospel is being presented, and people are responding
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And coming to christ.
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We're just one of many ministries
00:47:43.277 --> 00:47:44.878
That should be doing that,
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But i often think this, that the gospel is spread there
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Because of the vision of the people of this church.
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Someone told me a long time ago,
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The farther the light shines,
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The brighter it has to be at home.
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So we better make sure that we keep our focus
00:47:59.626 --> 00:48:02.229
On missions because god blesses
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The local church, and then through
00:48:04.298 --> 00:48:06.166
The local church, he's blessed "turning point"
00:48:06.166 --> 00:48:08.001
To reach hundreds of thousands of people.
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If you go to india today, i preach on television,
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And it's lip-synched.
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So i see myself preaching in telugu, and i wonder,
00:48:16.043 --> 00:48:19.680
"how did i ever learn that language?"
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I am preaching the gospel in languages
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I've never even heard of
00:48:24.451 --> 00:48:25.786
Because of the technological opportunity
00:48:25.786 --> 00:48:28.155
That comes with the globalization
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Of the gospel.
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Minji was a prisoner in a north korean labor camp.
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Upon her release, she decided to defect
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To south korea via china.
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While there, she became exposed
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To the gospel of jesus christ.
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But chinese authorities discovered she was
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A north korean defector, and they sent her to prison.
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A month into her imprisonment, minji saw two words
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Written by another prisoner in toothpaste on the wall,
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And those two words were, "jesus christ."
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It was her first time ever to see or hear those words,
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And she was deeply moved.
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Her fellow prisoners shared the gospel with her,
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And minji was born again.
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After her release from prison, she made her way
00:49:14.401 --> 00:49:17.204
To south korea where she's being trained
00:49:17.204 --> 00:49:19.339
By the persecution watchdog organization,
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"voice of the martyrs."
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She wants to share christ with everyone she can.
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That's what happens when you reach people
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In different cultures.
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They want to reach their culture.
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This is the first time in my life
00:49:33.120 --> 00:49:34.554
I've heard of the gospel being shared with toothpaste,
00:49:34.554 --> 00:49:37.457
But the lord is doing something unusual in our day,
00:49:37.457 --> 00:49:40.227
And we shouldn't be surprised.
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We've never had more potential in reaching the globe
00:49:42.162 --> 00:49:44.898
For jesus christ.
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So let me just talk to you very pointedly.
00:49:46.633 --> 00:49:48.368
Maybe you live in a small apartment,
00:49:48.368 --> 00:49:50.103
And maybe all you have is a phone or perhaps
00:49:50.103 --> 00:49:53.306
An old laptop that's outdated.
00:49:53.306 --> 00:49:56.043
How can you use these tools to share christ with someone
00:49:56.043 --> 00:49:59.780
On the other side of the globe?
00:49:59.780 --> 00:50:01.715
How can you use social media not to argue and debate,
00:50:01.715 --> 00:50:05.252
But to love and to care and to share christ?
00:50:05.252 --> 00:50:08.221
What can you do in your local church to advance
00:50:08.221 --> 00:50:10.857
The global reach of the kingdom?
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And what ministries can you support that will reach
00:50:12.659 --> 00:50:15.128
The regions beyond?
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What missionaries can you encourage?
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As long as christ is tarrying, we must keep going to our cities
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And states and nations and to the uttermost parts
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Of the world.
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God has called us to go to all the world,
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Go into all the world and preach the gospel.
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Finally, in addition to worshiping
00:50:37.084 --> 00:50:38.652
Your glorified christ and embracing
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Our global mission, we should always
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Anticipate what's coming for all of us.
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Going back to the ascension of christ in acts 1,
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Jesus had no sooner disappeared into a bright cloud of glory
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Than two angels showed up,
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And they must have been hurtling down from heaven
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As jesus was rocketing up.
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And they said to the disciples, "men of galilee,
00:50:59.873 --> 00:51:03.310
Why do you stand gazing up into heaven?
00:51:03.310 --> 00:51:05.612
The same jesus who was taken up from you into heaven
00:51:05.612 --> 00:51:08.715
Will come in like manner as you have seen him
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Go into heaven."
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I remember reading this historical narrative
00:51:15.122 --> 00:51:18.358
That on one occasion during his presidency,
00:51:18.358 --> 00:51:21.094
Woodrow wilson was on his hands and knees
00:51:21.094 --> 00:51:24.898
In a paris mansion, peering through his glasses
00:51:24.898 --> 00:51:28.268
At a huge map on the floor, trying to figure out
00:51:28.268 --> 00:51:31.404
How to carve up the world.
00:51:31.404 --> 00:51:33.874
Around him, other world leaders were doing the same.
00:51:33.874 --> 00:51:36.977
They dreamed of a new world order
00:51:36.977 --> 00:51:39.012
That would hasten global peace.
00:51:39.012 --> 00:51:41.481
And they were on their knees with the map,
00:51:41.481 --> 00:51:43.350
Trying to figure out how they could manage the world
00:51:43.350 --> 00:51:45.619
To make that happen.
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Well, the collapse of germany meant europe
00:51:47.220 --> 00:51:49.756
Could be reorganized, and the fall
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Of the ottoman empire demanded the redrawing
00:51:52.159 --> 00:51:54.361
Of the borders of the nations of the middle east.
00:51:54.361 --> 00:51:57.097
Many of the great dynasties had been wiped away
00:51:57.097 --> 00:51:59.466
Like chalk from a blackboard.
00:51:59.466 --> 00:52:01.668
America had emerged as the greatest nation in history,
00:52:01.668 --> 00:52:04.671
And wilson was determined to reconstruct the entire globe.
00:52:04.671 --> 00:52:08.175
He was going to do that because he was in a position of power.
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He dreamed of a league of nations
00:52:11.311 --> 00:52:12.946
That could prevent future wars through collective history.
00:52:12.946 --> 00:52:17.584
As these rulers studied the map on their hands and knees,
00:52:17.584 --> 00:52:20.987
First lady edith wilson walked in and laughed.
00:52:20.987 --> 00:52:24.724
"you look like a lot of little boys
00:52:24.724 --> 00:52:26.259
Playing a chess game," she said.
00:52:26.259 --> 00:52:28.828
The president looked up at her over his glasses,
00:52:28.828 --> 00:52:31.765
And he said, "alas, it is the most serious game
00:52:31.765 --> 00:52:34.467
Ever undertaken, for on the result of it hangs,
00:52:34.467 --> 00:52:37.571
In my estimation, the future of peace in the world."
00:52:37.571 --> 00:52:41.875
Alas is a good word to describe what happened.
00:52:41.875 --> 00:52:44.578
The league of nations failed.
00:52:44.578 --> 00:52:46.479
Woodrow wilson worked himself into a debilitating stroke.
00:52:46.479 --> 00:52:50.283
Edith secretly served as a shadow president,
00:52:50.283 --> 00:52:52.786
And the end of the first world war
00:52:52.786 --> 00:52:54.588
Sowed the seeds for the second world war,
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And we're still fighting endless conflicts
00:52:56.456 --> 00:52:58.325
Over the fracturing of the world that occurred
00:52:58.325 --> 00:53:00.560
In that paris mansion.
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No, my friend, human-based globalism
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Isn't the answer to our world.
00:53:04.998 --> 00:53:07.334
It will lead only to the final one-world government
00:53:07.334 --> 00:53:09.769
Of the antichrist.
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I don't know how far we are from those days,
00:53:11.137 --> 00:53:12.839
But in my opinion, we're one existential crisis away.
00:53:12.839 --> 00:53:17.310
But the lord still has the whole world in his hands,
00:53:17.310 --> 00:53:20.413
So we must never fear.
00:53:20.413 --> 00:53:22.415
Christ will appear just as he ascended,
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And he will establish a kingdom to show us
00:53:24.584 --> 00:53:27.320
How things should have always been.
00:53:27.320 --> 00:53:29.656
Then he'll usher us through the gates
00:53:29.656 --> 00:53:31.057
Of our eternal home.
00:53:31.057 --> 00:53:32.892
In the meantime, let's worship him every day.
00:53:32.892 --> 00:53:37.264
Let's speed the gospel on its way
00:53:37.264 --> 00:53:39.232
Through our global reach.
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And let's look forward to his soon and swift return, amen.
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Dr. jeremiah: mankind has failed to bring
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Is not the answer.
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Dr. jeremiah: we don't have to be worried about
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That have got everything the world has to offer,
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And they don't have god, and they're empty,
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David Jeremiah - An International Prophecy - Globalism

March 21, 2026 | 57:29

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