DS #17 A Journey from the Bottom to the Top, Continued

We all could use some encouragement and will find it together today in the Bible preaching Dr. Don Wilton today we bring you the conclusion of his message: a journey from the bottom to the top… You know, we're here in this journey with you to pray with you at 866899 word, or online@dwonline.org it seems to me we going backwards. Urine history does not weld this beast that is seen is a combination of the worst parts of the whole history of mankind, and John the apostle is looking back and he's seeing this beast that not only resembles the Grecian Empire, the Medo Persian Empire, but also the Babylonian Empire and the Dragon gave to this beast his power and his throne and also gave him great authority. One of the heads of the beast seemed to have a fatal wound with the fatal wound had been you the whole world was astonished and wanted they do. They followed the beast who followed the beach the whole world followed the beast. This beast had great power man worshiped the Dragon because you didn't be given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast of all is like the beast of Luke and Mike Moore against you see, this was a warlike beastie have authority and power. He was ruthless.

Now look at verse five. Not only that but the beast was given a mouth after proud and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for how long. 42 months. He opened Lee's mouth to blaspheme God and Islam to his name and his dwelling place and those who are alive, not just hold on to anyone here ever wondered if we going to be alive in him what God's word says about heaven is remarkable.

And not only that, but Armageddon has not yet taken place, and in fact we are talking about moving through the tribulation. We have yet another confirmation concerning the rapture of the church which I believe is going to take place prior to the tribulation. Why, because God's word says that the beast was appalling is going to be conscious of those who are alive rounders alive in heaven, will you go back to chapter 7 verse 13 and you read about us you go back to chapter 7 of this team and the Bible said thousands and thousands were attending him 10,000×10,000 there before him, and in Revelation chapter 13 the Bible says that all those who are living in heaven becomes subject to the blasphemy of this one is the antichrist, he naughtily blasphemed the name of God. He not only flaunted his name. He blasphemed and slaughtered the place in which God dwells together with those who are alive and living.

So what did he do with this verse seven he was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them.

Little does he know what's about to come down you know it's no wanted to just flip back to chapter 7 of the book of Daniel going to see that Daniel actually I don't know if there's a little bloating here, but in verse 11.

He continues to watch what was going on. What is he watching going on is watching what the antichrist beliefs during the tribulation.

All the boasting of the blasphemies and the way he is slogging against God and his people and those who are alive remembers enemies dwelling place and so Daniel says will I tell you what I'm I'm just going to keep on looking at the speller and to he is completely destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire. Well, evidently in chapter 13 of the book of Revelation, the devil doesn't know what's coming down the tribute he was given in verse seven power to make war against the saints and to conquer them and he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. All the inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast. There it is all inhabitants of the earth.

Excuse me where all these people who are worshiping the beast by Austral on the earth while they slowly earth because they went rapture by all partners participating in the great tribulation, and in fact the Bible tells us exactly who these people are just in case we might've listed.

The Bible qualifies who the people all who are at this point, referred to as the inhabitants of the earth. They all hold those whose names have not been written in the book of life, which is the possession of all or belonging to the Lamb that was slain from befall the foundation of the low water statement about the superiority of Jesus Christ and the brought about call Revelation chapter 50 it's as though the apostle is saying here just in case you need to be reminded about something that we got this pitiful antichrist trying to do what he's trying to do and I just want to remind you something that all authority, all power Old Dominion old glory belongs to Jesus Christ, who was exalted and seated down at the right hand of the father and just in case you need to be reminded of something when your name is written down. It is written down in glory in the Lamb's book of life by the blood of Jesus Christ, who was slain from befall the foundation of the world which is decided I want you antichrist. I want you to know Satan. I want you to know that God is absolutely sober and nothing is trying nothing, so it's no wonder that he says in verse nine he who has an ear, let him hear. I think what he saying to me there is Don Wilton. It's one thing to preach about this but are you listening are you paying attention.

Well, let's go back to Daniel chapter 7 verse seven often that in my vision at night and look to lay before me was 1/4 beast, terrifying and frightening very powerful related law giant teeth crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left.

It was different from all the former beasts, and it had 10 horns, and while I was thinking about the horns they before me was another horn, a little one, which came up from among the ministry of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth that spoke boastfully. I believe we are reading here about the revival of the Roman Empire known for its untold cruelty known for having non-Christians and banished John and crucified Peter and beheaded: butchered people and crucified Jesus and persecuted Christians. Rome has a track record with 10 horns.

How do we know this is future its future because the European union. The common market of the European nations has never comprised of team nations points to the future, France and Italy, Holland, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Austria, Great Britain, is the lost surviving member to opt to remain out not to opt out, but to refuse to be partnered together in the European nations, and it's going to be interesting. I watch that, while interesting and I know some of you might find this the most boring thing you've ever heard in your life that I actually enjoy shooting and sometimes to C-SPAN or just listening to the British House of Commons and I'll just sit there and walk walked along with them in here here as they applaud one another in debate from the Prime Minister on down because I find it very fascinating to hear what they sign, particularly concerning the European common market in the development of strategies that seek to unify your under one common denominator. If you go with me to Revelation chapter 17. Very quickly, but in Revelation chapter 17. We are provided with yet another insight into the meaning of Daniel chapter 7 verses seven and eight is a parallel tractor between Chapter 13 of the book of Revelation and chapter 17 of the book of Revelation Psalm 90 just read a few verses in chapter 17 of the book of Revelation. I'm going to read to you from verse six. This is dealing with a woman on the beast I saw that the woman was drunken with the blood of the saints, the blood of those who bore the testimony to Jesus Christ. When I saw who I was greatly astonished.

Then the angel said to me why are you astonished I would explain to the mystery of the woman and of the beast she rides there it is, which has seven heads and 10 horns you can flip-flop now between Daniel chapter 7 verses seven and eight in Revelation chapter 17. I look at verse eight. We got an explanation here the beast which is soul once was, now is not, but will yet come up out of the abyss and then will go to his destruction will that's exactly what Scripture tells us about the antichrist. This here is I believe a clue to the identity of the antichrist. Some people believe that it's a clue to the origin of the antichrist and I'm not going to dispute that some people have said and I think it has a lot of value. I'm not entirely sure but that the beast which is soul once walks. That is why many people, of which I am one, but I don't fall out of fellowship with people over things like this, which once lost the old Roman Empire it once was, and it collapsed and now is not it's not in function. What John is saying here at this point is that the Roman Empire once was a great empire.

Now it is not. It has collapsed no longer is the Empire that it once was but yet it is going to in the future. At this point in time come up out of the abyss and then is going to go on after that to destruction.

Please forgive the rough and will be back with more of Dr. Don Wilton's message and testable. Take this break remind you for connecting 24 hours a day on a website keyboard. The keyboard@twonline.org and on the phone anytime day or night as Dr. Don Wilton would be thrilled to be your two-man friend. Pray for you at 866899 word 866-899-9673 McGinnis 24 hours a day. Today's message. A journey from the bottom to the top Dr. Don Wilton got the Roman Empire, the collapse of the Roman Empire. You got the revival of the Roman Empire and then you got the distraction of the Roman Empire as epitomized in the antichrist becomes the indisputable undisputed heavyweight champion of the Roman Empire.

He gobbles everybody up.

He takes complete authority and control and the rules with an iron rod and you don't have the number 666 written on your four head you are in for the high jump can read about that in those preceding verse now look at verse site of Revelation 17, the beast, which you sold one's laws, now is not will come up out of the abyss and go to his destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names.

Now we seem to read this before, haven't we in chapter 13 whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world wide from the creation of the world because God is the one who is the owner and the of the lambs book of laughter from before the foundation of the world these people who have rejected the Lord Jesus Christ.

What will happen to them. They will be astonished when they see the beast because he once laws he now is not, and yet we by going to say this crisis may, if only we had no that's what they going to sign. We've seen revivals of vampires before Germany is a very good example of that. What people was trying to do. He was trying to resurrect the German Empire and guess what he did. It one of the interesting things that I've done in my life as I have read Mein Kampf because I wanted to try and understand the mind of a madman you go read Mein Kampf by adult Hitler written while he was imprisoned during the exercise of the vinyl Weimar Republic under the rulership of Hindenburg you going to understand that everything that dominated his mind was nothing more than to revive the pride of the German people and the German Empire, and if there's one thing the least able to understand my friends. It is the absolute fierceness of cultural pride and identity. German people came out of the first world war. They will crush the leg would defeat the land being taken from them. The spoils of war had been divided across the European continent and all of a sudden one little Cpl. was a self-styled office went to prison and monster minded Mein Kampf and when he came out around the time of 1913 he began to seek strange alliances with Hindenburg, and all the other rulers and all the time he was putting into place a system in which his generals were going to rise to the forefront so that when the night of the long knives claim there was the brother of hundreds upon hundreds of leaders and rulers and what Hitler did was he put himself into place and he began to plan massive parades like the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin itself, where the peoples of the world began to march inside the high high high everything for the video.

Germany and the German cultural heritage began to rise and the German army began to march across your even people like Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain would flew back to the shores of England with pieces of paper claiming peace for our time. Well frames is hard to imagine a revived Roman Empire, surely not. I believe Benito Marceline and his fascist organization gave us a better shot in the 1930s and 40s, but Benito Marceline need to spot the Berlin axis of the alliances that he had with the German Empire. He just didn't have what it took. And besides that, it just wasn't God's time, but a guy with a jolly good sharp. He ended up hanging upside down ignominiously in the streets of Malan and people came by and looked into the face of Benito Marceline. He hanging upside down in disgrace naked for everybody to see God's word says it somewhere out of the scheme of things. One is going to rise out because he once was, now is not in yet, he will come back to Daniel chapter 7, you know, we still in verses seven and eight. I'm trying very hard to get the best 19 because that's the good part. All right, I want to read this to you again off to that in my vision at night I looked in before me was 1/4 beast, terrifying and frightening very powerful and had launch iron teeth crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts because it had 10 horns. While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another whole, a little one, which came up among them, that would be likely that phrase they literally means that he was all of their origin. He was among them. They were fraternity brothers. They were political allies by always speaking the same language, but this little horn was preparing the table so that he could do what he intended to do the map laws he was going to uproot all the other horns and he was going to rise up to become the general of old channels. This all had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth that spoke boastfully, look at me, look what I'm doing look, arm bringing us together, bringing peace to the world. I'm in control. Please don't be concerned everything is just going to be all right. That's the language of the antichrist.

Please don't get all mixed up in all this religious stuff. Let's not go overboard. Moderation is the name of the game. It's okay if you want to believe what you want to believe the dump kind of stricture point too much. Let's not get too excited about this going to church on Sunday morning is one thing but there's nothing worse than a religious fanatic. In any case, God is a loving God. He wouldn't expect anybody to go overboard and he doesn't mind if you want to just have a little fun anyway so it's at this point, but he looks up and he sees the God of heaven, seated on his throne. You know, one of the things that I love when I study the word of God which enriches my heart so much as on the E does your heart is II just love the fact that God always reminds me he's the God of heaven and you know it seems to me here in Daniel, there is a saint's brother through can you kind of feel it Daniel going through this horrific experience. Just think of what Daniel has been from the time he was taken into the Kings court is a young man he was forced to do certain things and bow down and he didn't Shadrach me shack and Abednego you know anybody was ever chronicled through life backwards.

Daniels got a get an A+ school stick ability. He just he just kept on arming this man had as many setbacks as I could imagine anybody and Gary comes to Daniel chapter 7 God gives you incredibly horrific. Please can you imagine have you ever had a real bad dream and woken up the next morning and sit or have. I'm glad I'm glad you know when you have a lion chasing you and you just can't get a Whitey starts to eat you, but Bob but starting on your toes. They are, or you just about to fall over took Weibel had not lays in all will hear his and Daniel is looking one is a beast okay got this one.

This is the band is all there comes another one look at him.

He's all arming that and yes I will.

And there comes another one and they lose another one.

There's 1/4 beast, and the Bible says the fourth beast is just more terrifying and this is what's going to happen and he's gonna blaspheme against the name of the God that Daniel has full he is blaspheming against the God of his fathers, the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac, and by this time there is a master just built absolutely exasperated and then he looks up and he sees the ancient of days seated upon his throne, and people of every tribe and every nation gathered around his throne worshiping him and in his heart. I think he just was rejuvenated. Then he kind of got to look back again. So he writes and he says well I look back, but I just going to keep looking until this irritation is stone graveyard. Why, because of the one who ascended to be seated at the right hand of the father to whom the father gave all power and dominion, and glory ever want to leave us in this Jesus Christ laws that he is always, I pray that you would not be like me. He spent many years in the church knowing about God, but not knowing today could be the date.

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