REVELATION

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REVELATION

• THE CHURCH TRIUMPHANT THROUGH CHRIST (THE LAMB
  of GOD)
• Lesson Three
• Rome and Gods People

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LESSON PLAN
Basic Background

• Past, Present, or Future?
• The Old Testament
• Rome and Gods People
• A Woman, A City, and Witnesses
• The Serpent and The Christ
• Seals, Trumpets, and Bowls
• Armageddon, New Jerusalem
• Numbers and Their Message
• Chapters 1-10 (Two Lessons)
• Chapters 11-22 (Two Lessons)

Major Characters
Major Images
Putting it Together
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Lesson 3 What We Will Learn

• The Roman Empire Is Shown In Three Images
• Sea-Beast, Earth-Beast, Prostitute/City
• All Show A different Side Of Rome
• The Sea Beast Stands For Military Power
• The Earth Beast Stands for Religious Power
• The Prostitute/City Stands for a Commercial,
  Trading Power
• The Entire People of God are Represented by the
  Vision of 144,000 People Marked Out for
  Protection Against Gods Awful Anger

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Central Message

• God Along Is To Be Worshiped
• Truth Is To Be Maintained (no matter what)
• Rome (the World) Opposes God and His Kingdom and
  His Purposes
• When the Smoke Clears Saints Will Be Triumphant

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Main Point of Chapters 4 5

• Psalms 991
• The LORD reigns Let the peoples tremble!

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Chap 4 - The Reigning God!

• The Radiance of He who sat on the throne
• Jasper - Crystal Clear (Holy)
• Sarius - Red (Righteous Judgment)
• Emerald Rainbow - Gods Mercy
• 24 Elders
• Eternal Priesthood (2 Chron 247-18)
• 12 Patriarchs 12 Apostles Gods People
• Four Living Creatures
• Attributes of God
• All creation worships Him

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Chap 4 - Song of Praise!!

• God is Worthy to be Worshipped!
• He is Holy
• He is Almighty
• He has always existed
• He will always exist
• God Receives all Glory, Honor, and Power
• Because He Created All Things
• All Things exist because He wills it so.
• Therefore GOD IS IN CONTROL!!!
• He Created Rome, and He can Destroy Rome

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Chap 5 - The Redeeming Lamb

• Scroll Full of Vital Information
• No one Worthy to Open
• John Cries - Gods Justice, and Mans Destiny will
  not be revealed.
• The Lion / Lamb has Overcome
• Christ conquered, prevailed and is Worthy
• Christ defeated Satan
• He and only He can open the Seals and reveal
  Gods will for mankind.

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Worthy is the Lamb Who was Slain

• Power - Authority
• Riches - Unsearchable Riches
• Wisdom - of God
• Strength - Ability
• Honor - Integrity
• Glory - Perfection
• Blessing - Worthy of Praise

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Christs Redemption Work

• It is for God
• you did redeem us to God
• It is Through His Blood
• You were slain and redeemed us by your blood.
• It is Unlimited
• every tribe and tongue and people and nation
• It makes us a Kingdom and priests
• Made them a kingdom and priests - on earth

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Why We Should Worship Him

• Because of Who He is (57)
• Lion - Dignity, Royalty, Courage, Victory
• Lamb - Pure, Holy, Good, Submission
• Because of Where He is (56)
• In the midst of the throne
• Because of What He Does (59-10)
• He overcame, Took the Scroll, Was Slain, Redeemed
  us, made us a Kingdom and priests.
• Because of What He Has (512)
• Power, Riches, Wisdom, Strength, Honor, Glory,
  Blessing.

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Who Would You Rather Worship?

• DOMITIAN?
• Ruler of Roman Empire
• Claims to be A god.
• Sits on a throne that rules earth.
• The Creator and The Redeemer?
• Rules the Universe (and the earth)
• He is THE GOD! He is in Control!!
• Sits on THE throne and all nature worships HIM!!

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The Roman EmpireThree Images

• The Sea-Beast (131-10)
• The Earth-Beast (1311-18)
• The Prostitute / Great City (17 18)

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The Sea-Beast

• Revelation 13 1Then I stood on the sand of the
  sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea,
  having seven heads and ten horns, and on his
  horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous
  name. 2Now the beast which I saw was like a
  leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear,
  and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The
  dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great
  authority. 3And I saw one of his heads as if it
  had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound
  was healed. And all the world marveled and
  followed the beast. 4So they worshiped the dragon
  who gave authority to the beast and they
  worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like the
  beast? Who is able to make war with him?
• 5And he was given a mouth speaking great things
  and blasphemies, and he was given authority to
  continue for forty-two months. 6Then he opened
  his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme
  His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in
  heaven. 7It was granted to him to make war with
  the saints and to overcome them. And authority
  was given him over every tribe, tongue, and
  nation. 8All who dwell on the earth will worship
  him, whose names have not been written in the
  Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the
  foundation of the world.
• 9If anyone has an ear, let him hear. 10He who
  leads into captivity shall go into captivity he
  who kills with the sword must be killed with the
  sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the
  saints.

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The Sea-Beast

• Seven Heads (1)
• Ten Horns (1)
• Ten Crowns (1)
• Blasphemous Names (1)
• Leopard (2)
• Bear (2)
• Lion(2)
• Dragon Gave Power (2)
• Death Stroke (3)

• World Marveled (3)
• World Followed (3)
• World Worshiped Dragon (4/8)
• World Worship Beast (4)
• Spoke Blasphemies (5)
• Authority 42 Months (5)
• Made War w/ Saints (7)
• Authority Over Every Tribe, Tongue, and Nation (8)

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The Beast out of the Sea

• SEA - Represents the Nations
• Turbulence, Stormy Upheavals
• Isa. 5720 - The wicked are like a troubled sea
• Isa. 1712-13 - Many Peoples Sea
• Rev. 1715 - Many waters Nations
• THE BEAST OUT OF THE SEA
• Something Foreign to Asia (b/w Italy Asia)
• Something Dangerous.

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The Sea-Beast

• 10 HORNS
• Great Power
• 7 HEADS
• Great Wisdom
• DIADEMS
• Great Authority
• NAMES OF BLASPHEMY
• Emperors took names of deity (Dan 725)

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Daniels and Johns Visions

• DANIEL CHAP 7 (also look at Dan 2)
• 1st Beast Lion Babylonian (Vicious)
• 2nc Beast Bear Medo-Persian (Crushing)
• 3rd Beast Leopard Macedonian (Crafty)
• 4th Beast All ROME
• JOHNS SEA-BEAST
• Daniels 4th Best ROME
• This Beast has all the power of the previous
  world powers COMBINED!!

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The Death Stroke (133)

• The Resurrection of Christ?
• Stunned the Beast giving the church time to grow
• Countless Uprising and Civil Wars?
• Diverted the Beasts attention from the church
• The Death of Nero?
• The First emperor to persecute the Christians
• His death gave Christians a period of peace
• Neros policy of persecution revived in Domitian

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World Worships The Beast (134)

• BEAST
• Authority by dragon (2)
• Mortal wound healed (3)
• Receives worship (4, 8)
• Names written on him (1)
• Who is like... (4)
• Name a mystery (18)
• Wears diadems (1)
• Marks his followers (16,17)

• CHRIST (LAMB)
• Authority by Father (512)
• Stands as if Slain (56)
• Receives worship (512)
• Name written on Him
• Who is worthy... (52)
• Name unknown (1912)
• Wears diadems (1912)
• Marks His followers (73)

The Beast Tries to Stand in Place of Deity
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He, Who Leads Into Captivity

• Those Who Persecute Gods People
• Jer. 152
• Saints Are To Endure This Persecution
• All who take up the sword...
• WHAT ARE WE TO DO?
• Remember that God is in control
• Do not resist the civil govt (Ro 132, 1 Pe
  213)
• Fight with spiritual weapons (2 Co 103-5 Ep
  610f)
• Do not fear he who can destroy the body (Lk
  124f)
• Our victory is in our faith (1Jo. 54)

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The Earth-Beast

• Revelation 13 11Then I saw another beast coming
  up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a
  lamb and spoke like a dragon. 12And he exercises
  all the authority of the first beast in his
  presence, and causes the earth and those who
  dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose
  deadly wound was healed. 13He performs great
  signs, so that he even makes fire come down from
  heaven on the earth in the sight of men. 14And he
  deceives those who dwell on the earth by those
  signs which he was granted to do in the sight of
  the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth
  to make an image to the beast who was wounded by
  the sword and lived. 15He was granted power to
  give breath to the image of the beast, that the
  image of the beast should both speak and cause as
  many as would not worship the image of the beast
  to be killed. 16He causes all, both small and
  great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive
  a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,
  17and that no one may buy or sell except one who
  has the mark or the name of the beast, or the
  number of his name.
• 18Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding
  calculate the number of the beast, for it is the
  number of a man His number is 666.

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The Earth-Beast

• Appearance of a Lamb (like a lamb vs.1)
• Gentle, Docile
• The Appearance of Religion
• Reality of this BEAST
• Spoke Like a Dragon (vs. 1)
• False Religion
• Acted Under the Authority of the Sea Beast
• Religious Parliament
• The Enforcement of Emperor Worship
• Power of Life and Death

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The Mark of the Beast

• God Seals His People (73 94 141)
• He Promises to write His name on our foreheads
• Spiritual Mark / Seal as a sign of devotion
• The Beast also Marks his Followers
• He caused He requires it.
• Reflects the character and conduct of paganism
• No Mark? No buying or Selling
• 3rd Seal showed economic scarcity

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666 (chapter 13)

• Nero, Pope, Hitler, UPC Codes, etc...
• 6 Meant Incompleteness, Was a Bad Omen
• Triple it (666) Completeness of doom and failure
• 7 Was the Perfect number 6 Falls Short
• Number of a man -
• The Number stands for the Name of a man
• Name stands for the mans nature or character
• WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
• Your Opponent is evil - Do Not Serve Him
• Your Opponent is human - Do Not Fear Him

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Revelation 17

• INVITATION (171-2)
• Come I will show you the judgment
• DESCRIPTION (173-6)
• Harlot - How she is dressed, Drunk, Killed Saints
• Scarlet Beast - 7 Heads, 10 Horns, Supports the
  Harlot.
• EXPLANATION (177-18)
• Harlot - is Rome.
• Scarlet Beast - Is the Roman Empire

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Revelation 17 Main Characters

• Woman (3), Harlot (5), Great City (18)
• Scarlet Beast (3)
• Seven Heads (3), Kings (9)
• Ten Horns (3), Ten Kings (12)
• Bottomless Pit (8)
• Book of Life (8)
• Seven Mountains (9)
• Waters (1, 15)
• Lamb, Lord of Lords, King of Kings (14)

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Why Babylon Fell

• Proud and Haughty Spirit
• Isa 1413-14 - I will ascend in heaven...
• Felt they were Invincible
• Isa 1319 Jer 5153
• A Land Full of Idols
• Isa 219 Jer 5038
• Cruelty in War
• Isa 144-6 Jer 5125
• Desire for Plunder and Wealth
• Hab 215-17 Jer 517 Isa 144

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Satans Approaches

• POWER
• Political / Military / Economic / Social
• Beast out of the Sea
• FALSE TEACHING
• Paganism / Perversion / Compromise
• Beast out of the Earth
• LUST OF THE WORLD
• Attraction to what the Harlot Offers
• 1 John 215-17

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Who is the Harlot? (Rev 17)

• Jerusalem (Wallace, Ogden)
• Papal Rome (Barnes, Campbell)
• Apostate Church (Milligan)
• Personification of Worldliness (Hendriksen)
• Enormous False Religious System (Black) Magic,
  Witchcraft, etc.. (Lindsey)
• Capital City of Rome (Harkrider, Hailey)

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The Harlot? (Rev 17)

• Called a Harlot
• Sits on Many Waters
• Kings of Earth Commit Fornication with Her
• Sits on the Scarlet Beast
• Clothed in Purple, Scarlet, Gold, and Gems.
• Held a Golden Cup full of Abominations
• Drunk on the Blood of the Saints
• Sits on 7 Mountains
• A Great City - Reigning over Kings

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Other Harlots

• NINEVEH (Nah. 31-4)
• By force, intrigue, seduction conquered the
  World.
• TYRE (Isa 2315-17)
• Harlot of great commerce
• BABYLON (Isa 475-15)
• Cruel, given to wealth, enjoyment and pleasure.
• JUDAH (Jer, Ezek, Hosea, Micah)
• Spiritual whoredom - Spiritual Adultery
• Isa 121 Ezek 1615 Jer 220
• ROME (Rev. 17) Mother of all Harlots.
• All the qualities of the other 4 and much more.

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Who is the Harlot? (Rev 17)

• Rules The Earth
• Rev 1718
• Persecutes Saints
• Rev 176 1820-24
• Commercial Power
• Reve 183ff 11ff 15-19
• Supported By Military
• 173,7)
• Destroyed by Her Own Military Power (1716-17)

• Where She Sits
• Many Waters
• Nations (vs 15)
• Seven Mountains
• Scarlet Beast

Harlot Rome Itself
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Roman Empire The Scarlet Beast

• CHAPTER 13
• Out of the Sea (1)
• 7 Head, 10 Horns (1)
• Name of Blasphemy (1)
• Warred with Saints (7)
• Death Stroke - Healed (3)
• The World Wondered (3)

• CHAPTER 17
• Out of the abyss (8)
• 7 Heads, 19 Horns (3)
• Names of Blasphemy (3)
• Make war with Lamb (14)
• Was, Is not, Will Be (8)
• Earth shall Wonder (8)

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The Seven Kings (1710-11)

• Literal Kings?
• Literal Kingdoms?
• Egypt
• Assyria
• Babylon
• Medo-Persia
• Greek
• Macedonian
• Rome
• Represent All Caesars no matter how many?

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SEVEN KINGS (1710-11)

• Where do you Start and Who do you Skip?
• Are they Kings or Kingdoms?
• Why only 7?
• FIVE THEORIES
• Start with Julius Caesar end with Nero (early
  date).
• Start with Augustus end with Domitian (late
  Date).
• Start with Augustus end with Vespasian (Mid
  Date).
• Start with Egypt and end with Rome (either date).
• 7 Kings are symbolic -represent the whole series.

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SEVEN KINGS (1710-11)

• 7 IS SYMBOLIC
• Five are Fallen - Most of them
• One is - Period of Persecution
• One to come - Remaining emperors wont last
  long
• Eighth - Domitian is of the seven.
• Compare to Daniel Chapter 13 Vespasian
• Up-Rooted Emperors
• Was / Death Stroke - Nero - Persecution
• IS NOT - Vaspasian - Relaxed
• TO COME - Domitian - Persecution

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Emperors Daniel vs Revelation

• DANIEL
• Augustus (1)
• Tiberius (2)
• Caligula (3)
• Claudius (4)
• Nero (5)
• Galba ()
• Otho ()
• Vitellius ()
• Vespasian (6)
• Titus (7)
• Domitian (8)

• REVELATION
• Augustus (1)
• Tiberius (2)
• Caligula (3)
• Claudius (4)
• Nero (5)
• Vespasian (6)
• Titus (7)
• Domitian (8)

5 are Fallen
Up- Rooted
IS
IS NOT
Will Come
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The Seven / Eight Kings

• Seven is Symbolic of the Whole / Complete
• Five Broken, Incomplete Number
• Dan 1717 Uses Kings to refer to Kingdom
• Satan is Involved In, and Uses the Kingdoms of
  Men to Oppose God
• Set as a Contrast to God (Rev 14)
• Roman Empire is but one of those Kingdoms
• The Eighth Rome will be destroyed, but Satan
  will try again (Chap 19-20)

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VICTORIOUS LAMB (1714)

• Christ IS Lord of Lords and King of Kings.
• Who Conquers with Him?
• Called (2 Thess 214)
• Chosen (2 Sam 23 Eph 14 Matt 2214)
• Faithful (Rev 144 Rev 1211)
• God Uses The Nations (15-18)
• Rome is overthrown from within (10 Kings)

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Voice of Condemnation (181-3)
ROME IS DOOMED

• Babylon the Great is Fallen (It is Certain)!!
• A Dwelling Place of Demons
• A Prison for Every Foul Spirit
• A Cage for Every Unclean and Hated Bird
• Seduced Other Nations
• Committed Fornication with Them
• Promised them riches, power, protection, gods

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Voice of Separation (184-8)

• COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE
• Lest you share in her sins- Compromise
• Lest you share in her plagues- Punishment
• Her Sins have reached Heaven- Not Hidden
• Shell be Repaid Double - Vengeance
• She has glorified Herself - Pride Rubs Off
• She Will Fall Fast! - God is Strong!

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Voice of Lamentation (189-19)

• Rome was Built on
• Territorial Conquest and Trade Expansion
• In ONE HOUR she is brought down!
• Kings - Received Power and Authority
• All this is gone - Luxurious Living, and Glory
• Merchants - No one to Buy their goods!
• They all became rich by her
• Shipmasters -No where to sail their ships
• Became Rich by Her Wealth

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Voice of Celebration (1820)

• Rejoice for God has Avenged You
• Rev 610-11 - Souls under the altar
• While the World Weeps - Rejoice!!
• Assurance
• God Keeps His Promises
• Rejoice over the defeat of Evil
• Not of souls lost.

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Voice of Destruction (18 21-24)

• A Millstone thrown into the sea
• Will never be seen again.
• Such is the fate of Rome.
• Amusement Life Would Cease
• No more harps, musicians, Flutes, and trumpets.
• Business Life would Cease
• Craftsmen, Millstone grinding wheat for food.
• Home Life Would Cease
• No Light in the home for the Bride and Groom.

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The 144,000 Are Sealed (ch 7)

• A Seal Had Several Purposes
• Protection Against Tampering (Matt 2766)
• Marks of Ownership (Song 86)
• Certifies (Esther 312)
• All Apply To The Christian
• We Are Under Gods Protection
• We Have Been Bought By His Blood
• The Spirits Certifies We Are His Sons (Eph 113
  Rom 816)

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The 144,000

• This Is A Symbolic Number
• 12 Gods People, Organized Religion
• 10 Complete, Whole
• It Is Then Multiplied by Itself
• It Represents The Entire Faithful Of Gods People
  On Earth
• The Great Multitude
• No Longer Need Protection On Earth
• They Praise God!
• They Have Come Through Tribulation

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What is the Sealing?

• All Suffering Is Not The Judgment of God
• Sometimes the innocent suffer
• Babies in the Flood, and Bethlehem
• Suffering is not the same as punishment
• The Righteous Are Exempt From Punishment But They
  May Still Suffer
• Ezek 9 The Righteous Are Sealed for Protection
• Ezek 213-4 Righteous Died with the Wicked
• How Can This Be Reconciled?
• Sealing Is Gods Way Of Saying The Righteous Are
  Not Being Judged

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The 144,000
Vs 4 144,000 Vs 3 ALL Note If the Number
is not Literal, then maybe the tribes are not
literal either!
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Theories of the 144,000 and The Great Multitude

• The 144,000 Are Jewish Christians and the Great
  Multitude Are Gentile Christians
• Jehovah Witness say the 144,000 are Destined for
  Heaven and the Multitude for a Purified Earth.
• The 144,000 Are Evangelists Who Preach,
  Converting Souls During Great Tribulation
• The 144,000 Are Jews Converted During Great
  Tribulation (Premil)
• The 144,000 and Multitude Are the Same Church

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Theories of the 144,000 and The Great Multitude
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