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Amazing Facts

Doug Batchelor

A Mother Daughter Conspiracy

This presentation is brought to you by the Friends of the Amazing Facts Ministry.

Eagles often use the same nest year after year, and over time, some nests grow to enormous size, many up to 9 feet in diameter and weighing 2 tons.

Both parents provide well for their offspring, and the young birds grow quickly as they eat voraciously, adding a pound every 5 days.

But eventually, they must learn to fly and hunt for themselves.

Life for young eagles is tough, and tragically only 10 to 20 percent survive to adulthood.

They get electrocuted by landing on wires, they're hunted by poachers, hit by vehicles, and sometimes they simply starve.

They were once declared an endangered species, but they've made a surprising comeback.

Because of its grace, speed, strength, and its size, the bald eagle was chosen to symbolize the United States of America.

Not only do nations today choose animals as their national mascots or symbols, the Bible also uses different beasts to identify the characteristics of prominent kingdoms in prophecy.

So join me now as we discover what the Bible really says about the future of the United States of America.

The title of our lesson is Dealing With a Mother-Daughter Conspiracy.

And it's based upon mark chapter 6 verses 14 through 29 You'll also find this referenced in the book of Matthew Jesus tells us that John the Baptist was the greatest of the prophets not that he worked longer He never wrote a book but greatest in his dedication in his message to prepare the way for the King, the Messiah.

He was that voice crying in the wilderness, bringing the people of God back to a revival, calling the people of Israel back to their Savior and their Lord.

And because of John's bold and faithful preaching, he was not intimidated by anyone.

John the Baptist came in the spirit and power of Elijah, according to the angel that spoke to his father.

He was not afraid to say to the scribes and Pharisees, "'You're a den of vipers.

Who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?' He was also not afraid to tell King Herod, "'You are committing adultery in that you took your brother Philip's wife, her name was Herodotus.

And that really aggravated her, and she stayed on King Herod, said, you need to arrest that loudmouth.

He had John put in prison because of his audacious preaching.

He would occasionally go to the prison and listen to John the Baptist, or have John the Baptist brought up to the palace and speak to him and put him back in jail.

She said, well, pretty soon John the Baptist is going to wreck this arrangement I've got.

Here she's like the queen now, that she's enticed the king.

So Herod had a birthday party, and she had a clever plan.

Herod had a few drinks, And then she said, would you like my daughter to dance?

And as she expected, he made sort of a pompous boast.

And he said to Salome, if she'd come out and dance, he said, ask whatever you will, anything up to half my kingdom, I'll give it to you." So she came out and she did her exotic dance and entertained King and all the guests that were there, the who's who in the kingdom of Judah.

You know, you'd think you'd get a credit card for Nordstrom's or something.

Went to her mother and said, what shall I ask for?

She said, you need to ask for the head of John the Baptist on a platter.

And I don't know how reluctant she was, but that's what she did, the Bible tells us.

So she went and said to her mother, what shall I ask?

And when the king heard this, he was so sorry, but he had made a promise, and you know A king cannot change his word.

So an executioner went to the prison forthwith.

John was unceremoniously executed alone, this great prophet, and the head was brought, it says, in a charger to the mother.

John's disciples later came and recovered his body and buried his body.

Now, this is not the first time that a mother-daughter team conspires to persecute a prophet of God.

You read in the prophecies of Revelation about another mother-daughter team that persecutes the prophets of God.

Jesus ministered for 1, 260 days, 3 and a half years.

But the Bible tells us that there's another mother-daughter team that persecuted the prophets of God.

That leads us into our lesson for tonight.

Question number 1, what other mother-daughter team persecuted God's people in the Old Testament?

I think many of you are acquainted with the name, though you may not know all the story behind it.

Bible talks about Jezebel, killed the prophets of the Lord.

King Ahab, he married a princess from the kingdom of Tyre, and she was all engrossed and very devoted to Baal worship.

This is what happens when you marry outside your faith.

And she began to push the king and push the king and to push the king.

The Bible says nobody in Israel ever sold themselves to do Israel like Ahab, whom his wife Jezebel stirred up.

1 time Ahab said, you know, I'd like to have that vineyard next door, but Naboth doesn't want to sell it to me.

And she arranged a feast, had everybody falsely accused.

Naboth, he was taken out of the city, he was executed, and she came back and says, now you can have that vineyard.

For 3 and a half years, she persecuted the prophets.

That time period comes up in Daniel, speaking of the beast, and in Revelation several times.

1, 260 days was the time of the famine in the days of Elijah when Jezebel was persecuting the prophets of God.

Obadiah the prophet hid a bunch of them in caves.

1260 days were the period of time when Jesus taught and then he was executed.

1260 days, 42 months, 3 and a half years, talking about the Jewish calendar, is the period of time from the time of Christ to the stoning of Stephen, when the gospel then went to the Gentiles.

You read in the book of Esther, Did you ever catch this?

In the third year of the reign of Ahasuerus, this is how the book begins, he had a feast lasting 180 days.

And at the end of that period of time, Vashti the queen is deposed.

And then they begin the search ultimately for Esther.

You'll find that time period continues to appear.

Prophetically, we learned that from 538 to 1798 you've got this other 1260 year period of time, not days.

The Dark Ages, when religion was running things in civilization.

Not only was it Jezebel, Jezebel had a daughter.

It says, when Athaliah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all of the royal heirs, the seed of David.

She tried to kill them all, but 1 young boy named Joash escaped, and ultimately she ruled for 6 years, and then she was slain.

Question number 2, what is the second angel's message in Revelation 14?

You know, we talked about the first angel's message, fear God and give glory to him for the hour of his judgment has come and worship him that made the heaven and the earth and the sea and the fountains of waters.

Another angel followed, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she, now is it talking about a city, is it talking about a church?

For she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

We'll find out what that wine is, and who this woman is, and what that city is.

Question number 3, how does God symbolize Babylon in Revelation 17?

If you have your Bible, so you've got your device with the Bible on it, you'll want to turn there with me to The book of Revelation, last book in the Bible, chapter 17, and it describes this very unusual woman.

Verse 1, then 1 of the 7 angels who had the 7 bowls, these are the 7 vials with the plagues that are poured out.

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