He always loves and cares for his own.
I must tell Jesus, I must tell Jesus, I cannot bear my burdens alone.
I must tell Jesus, I must tell Jesus, Jesus can't help me, Jesus alone.
I must tell Jesus, all of my troubles.
He is our kind, the passion and prayer.
If I were to ask Him, He will deliver.
Pick up my troubles with the N.A.
I must tell Jesus, I must tell Jesus,
I cannot bear my burdens alone.
I must tell Jesus, I must tell Jesus, Jesus can't help me, Jesus alone.
Tender and dry, I need a great Savior,
One who can't help my burdens to bear.
I must tell Jesus, I must tell Jesus,
Feel my burdens, so as to shame.
I must tell Jesus, I must tell Jesus,
I cannot bear my burdens alone.
I must tell Jesus, I must tell Jesus,
Jesus can't help me, Jesus alone.
Oh, the world of people are losing,
Oh, now my heart is tempted to sin.
I must tell Jesus, and He will help me,
Over the world the victory is free.
I must tell Jesus, I must tell Jesus,
I cannot bear my burdens alone.
I must tell Jesus, I must tell Jesus,
Jesus can't help me, Jesus alone.
When with the Savior we enter the glory,
Then won't it be wonderful there?
And in the troubles and cares of the story,
Then won't it be wonderful there?
Won't it be wonderful there?
Having no burdens to bear.
Joyously singing with heart bells,
Oh, bring me the one and be wonderful there.
Walking and talking with Christ the subvernal,
Won't it be wonderful there?
Raising a door in the matchless eternal,
Won't it be wonderful there?
Having no burdens to bear.
Joyously singing with heart bells,
Oh, bring me the one and be wonderful there.
There where the tempest will never be sleeping,
us won't it be wonderful there?
Sure that forever the Lord will lead,
Won't it be wonderful there?
Having no burdens to bear.
Joyously singing with heart bells,
Oh, bring me the one and be wonderful there.
There's not a friend like the Lord,
Oh, bring me the one and be wonderful there.
Good evening everyone and welcome to St.Fast Baptist Church.
If you get all fine to seat, we'll go ahead and get started.
It's that great Christmas season, so we're singing some more Christmas songs.
Go ahead and grab a hymnal.
We're starting song number 424.
Oh, come all ye faithful.
Song number 424.
Oh, come all ye faithful.
Song number 424.
Sing it out all together on the first.
Oh, come all ye faithful.
Joyful and triumphant.
Oh, come ye, oh, come ye to Bethlehem.
Come and behold him,
Born the king of angels.
Oh, come let us adore him.
Christ the Lord.
424 on the second.
Sing parts of angels.
Sing in exultation.
Oh, sing all ye vitals of heaven above.
Glory to God.
Oh, glory in the highest.
Oh, come let us adore him.
Christ the Lord.
Yea, we greet thee.
Born this happy morning.
Jesus, to be be above.
Word of the Father, now in flesh of fear.
Oh, come let us adore him.
Christ the Lord.
Great singing, everybody.
Let's go ahead and bow our heads for a word of prayer.
Heavenly Father, we thank you for this church.
We thank you for all the people that are gathered here, Lord.
We ask, Lord, that you help us sing unto you with love and with reverence.
And Lord God, we ask that you fill Brother Ben with your Holy Spirit,
helping to preach and edifying sermon unto us so we can leave better Christians
than we came in for your honor and glory.
It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
All right, next up we have song number 422.
Just a couple pages over.
Thou didst leave thy throne.
Song 422.
Song 422 on the first.
Thou didst leave thy throne and thy king be crowned
When thou came this to earth for me
But in Bethlehem's home was there found no room
For thy holy nativity
Oh, come to my heart, Lord Jesus
There is room in my heart for lead
Heaven's arches reign when the angels sing
Oh, claiming thy glory, you agree
But a holy bird is now come to earth
And in great humility
Oh, come to my heart, Lord Jesus
There is room in my heart for lead
The foxes found rest in the birds there nest
In the shade of the forest tree
But thy couch was the sun
Oh, thou son of God in the deserts of Galilee
Oh, come to my heart, Lord Jesus
There is room in my heart for lead
Thou came, Mr. Lord, with a living word
That shall set thy people free
A rhythmocking storm can with crown of forth
Pay for thee to Calvary
Oh, come to my heart, Lord Jesus
There is room in my heart for lead
Alright, on this last piece, sing it out really loud, all together, on the fifth
When the heavens shall reign in the angels sing
That thy drumming to victory
Let thy voice call me home saying
Yet there is room, there is room at my side for lead
My heart shall rejoice, Lord Jesus
When the dumbest and callest for lead
Excellent singing, everybody.
Hello, everyone. Welcome to Steadfast Baptist Church.
If you have not received a bulletin, just raise your hand
And one of the ushers would be happy to get one to you.
Pastor Shelley is out of town tonight, but Lord willing, he'll be back on Sunday.
You'll notice on the front of the bulletin, we're working on our Bible memory chapter.
It's Matthew chapter 28. We're on verse four now.
Anybody under the age of 18 that can quote this week's verse there
Can receive an ice cream after the service.
On the inside of the bulletin, we have our service times.
We have our church-wide soul-winning times as well as our church stats.
Please be in prayer for our expecting ladies. You see their names there.
I'll go over the prayer list in a minute.
On the back, we have upcoming events. There's a cleaning volunteer luncheon.
And it is on December the 22nd, which is this Sunday.
So basically all current church cleaning volunteers, anyone wanting to help clean the church
Can join Pastor Shelley at a luncheon on Sunday.
And that's following the morning service.
There'll be fellowship. There'll be some food as well.
And an organization for the schedule.
They'll be organizing the schedule, rather, for the cleaning of the church.
So if you want to volunteer, get involved there. You can do that.
December the 25th, on Christmas day, we're having a Christmas cookie bake-off after the service.
That'll be lots of fun.
I'll be looking forward to eating a lot of cookies on that day.
January 1st, oh, by the way, the church gets to vote.
A little bit of democracy on the 25th for your favorite cookie.
January 1st, there's a men's preaching night happening and pizza.
Fire and brimstone preaching and pizza. What a combination.
Let's go over our prayer list.
We're praying for the naeems for my wife, her grandma's vision, health and salvation.
The Carlson family, their mother, Rebecca's health.
Miss Miller, her friend's mom's cancer treatment.
Brother Scott, for his parents' health, his father, unfortunately dealing with prostate cancer.
Mother dealing with chronic nerve pain.
Miss Garcia, for her daughter's pregnancy.
Brother Tony's health and job need there.
Brother Foley, for his fiance's visa process.
Brother Lay, his job situation.
Miss Warner, her brother has a serious knee injury that he's dealing with for the Hernandez family.
Miss Emily's grandma recovering from surgery.
Mrs. Goodwin, we have an update on their request.
It says her friend Sarah's recovering from surgery and will require ongoing follow-up visits.
For Brother Andrioli, he has upcoming exams and a career opportunity.
So we just want to be in prayer for that.
And of course, Brother Wallach, Brother Jason, his brother Jason has emergency surgery.
And in fact, from what I saw in the chat group, it looks like it went successfully.
So thank you all for praying for him, just being continued prayer for his recovery.
Let's pray now for these needs. Father in heaven, we lift up the prayer needs that are in our bulletin tonight
and ask that you intervene, Lord, and that you answer these prayers for all of the health concerns,
career concerns, job searches that are going on, Lord.
We ask that you would just enable these prayers to be answered.
We know there is no situation too hard for you to deal with,
and certainly these requests are no exception, Lord.
We love you and in Jesus' name I pray, amen.
So that's all I have for announcements.
Brother Rich will come up and we'll move on to our next song.
The next song we're going to sing is Psalm 119 in your White Handouts.
My word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.
Psalm 119.
Let's sing it out nice and loud.
My word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.
I have sworn and I will perform it that I will cannot.
Righteous judgments, I'm afflicted.
Very much quicken me, oh, Lord, according unto thy word.
The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I hear not from thy precepts.
Thy testimonies have I taken as an errant and forever.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.
I seldom I beseech, enough free will of brings of my mouth for me.
Teach me thy judgments, my solace.
Continually, amen, and head to thy life.
Get thy law.
The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I hear not from thy precepts.
Thy testimonies have I taken as an errant and forever.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.
For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
I have it by my heart to perform.
Thy statutes away even unto the end.
I ain't made of spite.
Thy law do I love.
The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I hear not from thy precepts.
Thy testimonies have I taken as an errant and forever.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.
Great singing everybody.
As the offering plates are going around would you please turn to your Bibles to Daniel chapter number 11.
Daniel chapter number 11.
Daniel chapter 11.
Also I in the first year of Darius, the mead, even I stood to confirm to strengthen him,
and now will I show thee the truth, behold there shall stand up three kings in Persia,
and the fourth shall be far richer than they all, and by his strength through his riches
he shall stir up all against the realm of Grisha, and a mighty king shall stand up that
shall rule with great dominion and do according to his will, and when he shall stand up
his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven,
and not to his posterity nor according to his dominion which he ruled, for his kingdom shall
be plucked up even for others beside those, and the king of the south shall be strong,
and one of his princes, and he shall be strong above him and have dominion, his dominion shall
be a great dominion, and in the end of years they shall join themselves together, for the
king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement,
but she shall not retain the power of the arm, neither shall he stand nor his arm,
for she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened
her in these times, but out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate,
which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north,
and shall deal against them, and shall prevail, and shall also carry captives into Egypt
their gods, with their princes and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold,
and he shall continue more years than the king of the north, so the king of the
south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land, but his shuns shall
be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces, and one shall certainly come
and overflow and pass through, then shall he return and be stirred up even to his fortress,
and the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight
with him, even with the king of the north, and he shall set forth a great multitude,
but the multitude shall be given into his hand, and when he hath taken away the multitude,
his heart shall be lifted up, and he shall cast down many ten thousands, but he shall
not be strengthened by it, for the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth
a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with
the great army and with much riches, and in those times there shall many stand
up against the king of the south, also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves
to establish the vision, but they shall fall, so the king of the north shall come, and cast
up them out, and take the most fenced cities, and the arms of the south shall not withstand
against his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand, but he
that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before
him, and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.
He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and
upright ones with him, thus shall he do, and he shall give him the daughter of
women, corrupting her, but she shall not stand on his side, neither before him,
after this shall he turn his face into the aisles, and shall take many, but a
prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease,
without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him, then he shall
turn his face toward the fort of his own land, but he shall stumble and fall,
and not be found, then shall stand up in his estate a razor of taxes in the glory of
the kingdom, but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger nor in
battle, and in his estate shall be stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not
give the honor of the kingdom, but he shall come in peaceably and obtain the
kingdom by flatteries, and with the arms of a flood shall they be overthrown
from before him, and shall be broken, yea also the prince of the covenant,
and after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully, for he shall
come up and shall become strong with the small people, he shall enter peaceably
even upon the fattest places of the province, and he shall do that which his
fathers have not done, nor his father's fathers, he shall scatter among them
the prey and spoil and riches, yea and he shall forecast his devices against
the strongholds even for a time, and he shall stir up his power and his
courage against the king of the south with the great army, and the king
of the south shall be stirred up to battle with the very great and mighty
army, but he shall not stand for they shall forecast devices against him, yea
they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall
overflow, and many shall fall down slain, and both these kings heart shall be
to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table, but it shall not
prosper, for yet the end shall be at the time appointed, then shall he
return into his land with great riches, and his heart shall be against
the holy covenant, and he shall do exploits and return to his own land, at
the time appointed he shall return and come toward the south, but it shall
not be as the former or as the latter, for the ships of Chittam shall come
against him, therefore he shall be grieved in return and have indignation
against the holy covenant, so shall he do, he shall even return and have
intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant, and arms shall
stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and
shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination
that maketh desolate, and such as do wickedly against the covenant shall
he corrupt by flatteries, but the people that do know their God shall be
strong and do exploits, and they that understand among the people shall
instruct many, yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame and by
captivity and by spoil many days, now when they shall fall they shall be
hoping with a little help, but many shall cleave to them with
flatteries, and some of them of understanding shall fall to try them
into purge, and to make them white even to the time of the end,
because it is yet for a time appointed, and the king shall do
according to his will, and he shall exalt himself and magnify
himself above every God, and shall speak marvelous things against
the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be
accomplished, for that that is determined shall be done. Neither
shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of
women, nor regard any God, for he shall magnify himself above
all, but in his estate shall be, but in his estate shall he honor
the God of forces, and a God whom his fathers knew not shall he
honor with gold and silver and with precious stones and
pleasant things, that shall he do in the most strongholds with
the strange God whom he shall acknowledge and increase with
glory, and he shall cause them to rule over many and shall
divide the land for gain, and at the time of the end shall
the king of the south push at him, and the king of the north
shall come against him like a whirlwind with chariots and with
horsemen and with many ships, and he shall enter into the
countries and shall overflow and pass over. He shall enter
also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be
overthrown, but these shall escape out of his hand, even
Edom and Moab and the chief of the children of Ammon. He
shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries and
the land of Egypt shall not escape, but he shall have
power over treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the
precious things of Egypt and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall
be at his steps. But tidings out of the east and out of the
north shall trouble him. Therefore he shall go forth with
great fury to destroy and utterly to make away many. And
he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace
between the seas and the glorious holy mountain, yet
he shall come up to his end and none shall help him. Let
us pray. Heavenly Father, Lord, thank you for Daniel 11, Lord,
in the chapter of the Bible. I pray that you be with Brother
Ben as he preaches unto us. Fill him with your Holy Spirit.
Help us to have an open heart to receive what he asked for
us and help us to apply that in our lives. Praise and
Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. I'll open by thanking Pastor
Shelley for the opportunity to fill in for him tonight.
And we're in Daniel chapter 11. Let's start with verse
number three where the Bible read, And a mighty king shall
stand up that shall rule with great dominion and do
according to his will. And when he shall stand up, his
kingdom shall be broken and shall be divided toward the
four winds of heaven and not to his posterity, nor
according to his dominion which he ruled, for his
kingdom shall be plucked up even for others beside
those. Now, when you read Daniel 11, what you're
reading are snapshots, highlights of historical events
that happened. But what's astonishing about this
chapter and other prophetic chapters in the book of
Daniel is that it was written before these events
actually came to pass. And this is further proof
of the veracity of Scripture and the fact that this
truly is the Word of God. And what we have right
here in verses three and four is a prophecy concerning
a historical figure who was very well known,
Alexander the Great. He was a mighty king and
the sheer scale of his conquests made him
quote unquote great, not his character. In fact,
there are historical sources that say this guy
was a faggot. So, there you go. But the thing is,
the guy was a conqueror. He, you know, obviously had a
lot of military strength and so he's known as
Alexander the Great. And the thing is, is that
his kingdom is broken up. His empire is broken up
into fall into four rather smaller kingdoms. And
of course, I'm referring to the Grecian empire
which eventually split up into four smaller kingdoms. And
it was Alexander the Great's generals who then swooped
in and took control of these four smaller kingdoms.
And these are the kingdoms I'm referring to. You had
one of his generals, Cassander. He takes control of
Macedonia or Greece. Lycemicus takes parts of
Asia Minor. Seleucus, the first, takes Syria. He
takes Babylon. He's the king of the north that the
Bible describes in this chapter. Ptolemy takes
Egypt and parts of North Africa and is referred to
as the king of the south in this chapter
at first. Obviously, the king of the north and the king of the south
represent many kings over many generations.
But at first, that's who the Bible is referring to.
What we're seeing here in Daniel 11 is a certain time period
being described and it is referred to by historians as
the Hellenistic period, essentially the infusion of Greek culture
and the language, the Greek language as well
into this portion of the globe. Greek actually became the lingua franca
of the eastern Mediterranean parts of the Near East
and the language, the culture, political institutions
spread like wildfire during this time. And this
Hellenistic period encompasses the time period of
the death of Alexander the Great all the way to
the rise of the Roman Empire. Daniel 11
details wars and conflict and battles that occur
during this time in history. And as I said, many kings
represented. The Bible talks about the king of the north, the king of the south,
but they represent many different kings over hundreds of years,
many dynasties that the Bible is alluding to
in this chapter. But there are two kingdoms in view primarily.
The king of the north who represents the
Seleucid Empire and the king of the south
who represents the Ptolemaic Empire. And the reason why they're referred to
as the king of the north and the king of the south
is because those designations come in relation
to Israel. So in relation to Israel, Israel smack dab in the middle
of the king of the north, the Seleucid Empire
and the king of the south, the Ptolemaic Empire.
At verse 21, and you might have noticed this if you understand Bible prophecy,
but at verse 21 in this chapter, it starts to sound a lot like
N times Bible prophecy, doesn't it? And the reason why this is the case
is because of the law of dual fulfillment
as it relates to the interpretation of Scripture,
there's a dual fulfillment when it comes to Bible prophecy, meaning there's a
historical fulfillment, things that happened already
in the past in history, and then there's a future
N times fulfillment that is yet to come. And everything that happened in
this chapter that we read about occurred in history.
It is part of that Hellenistic period
that I described. However, just because it happened in history
doesn't mean it won't happen again, because it will happen
again in the N times. These events will mirror the N times.
They will mirror the events that occur during
Daniel's 70th week, which is the final seven years before
the millennium. But these are astonishing predictions that we see
here in the book of Daniel written hundreds of years
before they come to pass. But regardless of that,
what we see in this chapter are insights
into what will happen in the future. So therefore we can look to the past
to see the future. We can look to the past
to determine and gain more insight, more knowledge,
more wisdom into what will happen in the N times.
And that's why the title of my sermon is
prophetic lessons from Daniel 11. Prophetic lessons
from Daniel chapter 11. And these lessons can be
derived from this chapter. The Bible tells us to watch and to be sober.
Jesus said, what I say unto you, I say unto all, watch. And that's why
sermons like this are important. Because if we're commanded to watch,
well then the question is how can we actually accomplish that
if we don't know what we're watching for? And that's why as Christians
it's about time that we shut off Fox News and we open up the book of Daniel.
We open up the book of Revelation. We look at some of these
passages dealing with N times Bible prophecy.
And then you'll get an accurate look into what will happen
in the future. And in this case we're looking to the past
to learn about the future. So tonight what I hope to do is further
unlock this chapter a little bit. It's not a verse by verse Bible study.
I'm not doing that. It's technically a topical sermon. This is not an
expository sermon. But the idea is that we can learn some
valuable lessons about N times Bible prophecy and
take them home with us tonight. Some more insights into what will happen
before and after the rapture. Now let's look at Daniel chapter 11
in verse 6. The Bible says they're in verse 6. And in the end of years,
Daniel 11 and verse 6. And in the end of years they shall join
themselves together. Now this is in reference to the king of the
north and the king of the south. And they form some kind of
alliance here. And it says for the king's daughter of the
south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement.
But she shall not retain the power of the arm.
Neither shall he stand nor his arm. But she shall be
given up and they that brought her and he that begat her
and he that strengthened her in these times. Now what's going on here is
there's basically an attempted marriage alliance that happens
between the king of the south and his daughter
being given to the king of the north. And the idea is
to form an alliance between these two kingdoms
through this marriage. And if you look at history, this is how kings often
aligned with each other is through marriage.
That's what's happening here. And the king of the south,
who again represents the Ptolemaic Empire, sends his daughter to marry
the king of the north who represents the Seleucid Empire.
And we know that according to history the king of the south's daughter,
her name is Bernice. What happens is the king of the north
divorces his wife to marry Bernice as a part of this alliance.
But when the king of the south dies, so this is Bernice's
father, once he dies, the king of the south dies,
the king of the north ditches Bernice and goes back to
the marriage he had prior to this agreement. So this was a
failed marriage alliance. And what happens is it actually
kick starts a back and forth battle between the king of the north
and the king of the south that we see throughout this chapter.
And it goes on and on about how the north attacks the south and then
the south attacks the north and the momentum is exchanged between these
two empires. And what happens is that the
king of the south, he's eventually replaced by one of the
relatives of Bernice and in verses seven and eight,
the king of the south is winning, right? Simple enough. I'm trying to break this
down as best as I can. In verse 10, the king of the north
assembles a great army and regains momentum.
That leads us to verse 11 where it says, and the king of the south shall
be moved with collar, this just means anger,
and shall come forth and fight with him even with the king of the north
and he shall set forth a great multitude, but the multitude shall be given
into his hand. So the north's great multitude
falls to the king of the south. And again just keep in mind
that what we're reading about are events that span
hundreds of years. Many kings, many dynasties
are being represented in these passages.
Let's look at verse 12. And when he has taken away the multitude, his heart shall
be lifted up. So this is the king of the south, his
heart is lifted up and he shall cast down many ten
thousands, but he shall not be strengthened by it. So the king of
the south becomes arrogant. He gets puffed up
after winning and the thing is, is because of his pride,
he doesn't fully overtake the Seleucid Empire, the king of the north,
in his kingdom. Verse number 13, for the king of the north shall return
and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former
and shall certainly come after certain years with the great army
and with much riches. So the north returns with an even bigger army
and in summation, what are we seeing here? If I just were to summarize this
in the simplest words possible, we're seeing battles.
I think we can all agree on that. Whether you want to get into the
weeds of the history or not, we can all agree that we're seeing
battles, we're seeing warfare, we're seeing fighting
between the king of the north and the king of the south.
Now although I don't believe there is
a specific end times application for the king of the north
and the king of the south and the battles that they
go through and endure throughout this chapter,
there isn't one thing you can pinpoint in the end times to say,
okay that guy's the king of the north, this other guy's the king of the south.
I do think we can still, you know, prognosticate about who
this or I should say what this represents. We can still
think about and we still have an application that we can make
that does have something to do with end times Bible prophecy, which is
why the first prophetic lesson we can derive
from this chapter is that there will be wars and rumors of wars
in the end times. Let's go to Matthew chapter 24,
Matthew chapter 24. There will be wars and rumors of wars
in the end times and this is something
that we need to watch out for and we you know we see this even today
in 2024 America in the sense that there
have been rumors of wars in fact going on for a long time.
I mean I feel like for years now we've been on the brink of war
with Iran and it seems like we're accelerating down that path.
World War III especially if you ask Alex Jones
is always around the corner right. You know every
episode of his show that he does it's like red alert nuclear attack coming
etc. So you know Alex is he's prepared for this I guess
not really but anyway Matthew chapter 24 let's look at verse number six
Jesus says this is an event to watch out for wars rumors of wars and
some more detail here is what we see in the
what is referred to the fancy theological term for this passage is the
Olivet Discourse verse six and ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars
verse six see that ye be not troubled for all these
things must come to pass but the end is not yet for
nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there
shall be famines and pestilences and
earthquakes in diverse places. Jesus warns us of wars rumors of wars
nations fighting against nations kingdom against kingdom
this will happen in the time that is referred to as the
beginning of sorrows or you could just call it the tribulation if you want
but the beginning of sorrows will contain a period
of warfare nation against nation kingdom against kingdom
and that's what we see in Daniel 11 and that's what we could take from it
as it relates to end times Bible prophecy
is that there will be warfare just as the king of the north and the king of
the south are continually fighting and battling with
each other throughout that chapter in the same way
there's going to be warfare there will be warfare world war three
maybe by then it'll be world war four nuclear warfare
whatever the case may be nation against nation kingdom
against kingdom during the tribulation let's go back to
Daniel chapter 11 the second seal in revelation six
talks about peace being taken from the earth and this is a major
eschatological milestone or again that's just basically just means end times
it's a major milestone leading us to the rapture
in verse number 19 Daniel 11 and verse 19 the bible continues then
he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land
but he shall stumble and fall and not be found so the king of the north
just to recap he wins some battles here but eventually
he gets his rear end kicked all right and
he returns and dies now verse 21 this is the big one right here in verse 21
it introduces a character who represents the antichrist
let's read verse 21 together in verse number 21 the bible reads and in his
estate referring to probably salukas the fourth
in his estate shall stand up a vile person notice it says this person is vile
what does this mean exceedingly wicked diabolical
heinous a really bad person to whom they shall not give the honor of the
kingdom but he shall come in pay attention to this word
peaceably and obtain the kingdom by flatteries
now in the previous verse some insignificant tax guy ends up getting
replaced by this figure in verse 21 who is a foreshadowing
of the antichrist and this person appears in history
he's known as antiochus the fourth epiphanies
antiochus epiphanies of the solucid empire and he rains from
they say you know 175 bc to around 164 bc or something
to that effect around that time and he's a precursor
of the man of sin the beast of revelation
he's a precursor of the antichrist now this name
antiochus it was actually common for solucid kings to have that name
and this is one of the reasons why the bible
simplifies this passage for us just refers to these kings as the
king of the north king of the south because you have so many different
kings raining they all have similar names
antiochus was a name used commonly but epiphanies
this literally means god manifest god manifest
so when i say this person's a foreshadowing of the antichrist
that's true in many different ways but just on a surface level you look
at the guy's name and it should tell you everything
you need to know and in fact they even minted coins
with the inscription manifest god on them
in the solucid empire at this time because this guy literally believed
that he was god manifest
and he was exceedingly wicked he persecutes jerusalem i'll get into
that a little bit later on but what i wanted you to notice in verse
21 is that word peaceably and the insight that we
can extract from that is my second prophetic
lesson the antichrist will promise peace the antichrist will promise
peace so again i'm going to be focusing more so on
end times bible prophecy in this chapter we'll take a peek at history
but more so focused on the antichrist which is to come
and the bible says about him little children it is the last time
as you have heard that antichrist shall come
even now are there many antichrists jews whereby we know that it is the last
time so what does this word antichrist even mean
it means instead of christ in the place of christ
and essentially it's a counterfeit christ it is a counterfeit christ who
is still to come and here's my question
for our brothers who believe in the pre-tribulation rapture here's my
question for them clearly we see that the antichrist
is still to come but according to their doctrine
the rapture happens before the antichrist comes on the scene so
then in that case jesus the authentic christ is coming
before the counterfeit if the real thing comes
before the counterfeit who in the world would believe
the counterfeit that does not make sense and so the bible tells us
that those whose names are not written in the book of the life
of the lamb slain from the foundation of the world
will worship the beast is another name for the antichrist
but how could that be true if jesus came before him so the pre-trib rapture
simply is untenable for so many reasons that's one of them
and i'll be mentioning things about the pre-trib
throughout the sermon but daniel late says about
antichus epiphanes the man of sin he's a foreshadowing a precursor
of the man of sin a precursor of the coming
antichrist who will reveal himself in the future it says about him that
by peace he shall destroy many by peace and remember what i said
the second lesson for us to extract from this chapter
is that the antichrist will promise peace world peace and that's what
everyone's looking for today they want to coexist and bring about
world peace now this makes sense if you think about
the tribulation period and i realize this is all prophecy
nerd stuff i get it all right and if you're a new believer
and maybe some of this is going over your head
even if you're not and it's still going over your head i get it
you could take a nap if you want and then join me at the end of the
sermon because i'll have something that we can all
understand at the end all right but if you look i'm just kidding about the nap
parts try to stay awake but anyway if we look at the
tribulation period what do we see well we see warfare in seal
number two seal number three we see famine seal number four we see
death so if you want to summarize all of this it's
catastrophe it's catastrophe and so it would make
sense for the antichrist to come in and present himself as the solution
to all these catastrophic events it's called problem
reaction solution what's the problem catastrophic events
like i said warfare bloodshed death etc what's the reaction
that the world will elicit we need a savior
and what will be the solution a fake counterfeit christ
who presents himself as god in the flesh and he will promise peace
he will promise to provide a solution to all the events that occur
during the beginning of sorrows let's look at verse number
21 and in his in his estate shall stand up a vile person and we read this
already but i'm going to read it again to whom they shall not give the
honor of the kingdom but he shall come in peaceably
and obtain the kingdom by flatteries and we know historically
this is how antichrist the fourth gained power
is through flattery through deceit through alliances and manipulation and
peace and teaming up with the right people for
political gain so that he can climb the political
ladder and by promising peace to the right people
he made it to the top of the power structure if you will
and this is exactly what the antichrist will do
he will promise peace he will promise an end
to some of the catastrophic events that the bible outlines for us in
revelation all the violence and the warfare
that were orchestrated by the devil they're orchestrated actually
by the devil through the antichrist and yet
he'll present himself as the solution to all that
you know i personally believe that he'll actually promise to
bring an end to the seemingly never-ending
israeli-palestinian conflict this has been going on for so long now
but he'll present himself as the solution to that by invading
jerusalem and and desolating it that'll be how he ends
that warfare the constant warfare going on there but the bible says he
obtains the kingdom by flatteries why because he's a politician
at first and you know what antichrist the fourth
at his heart he was a politician there's no question about that
and politicians flatter people all you got to do is look at
the democratic party platform this is what they do is they flatter minorities
they flatter certain people promising them money
things of that nature patting them on the head
and condescending acting in a condescending manner
toward them to secure their vote this is the
dna the modus operandi of politicians is to flatter
and the antichrist certainly will use that tactic let's look at verse 24
he shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province
and he shall do that which his fathers have not done
nor his father's fathers he shall scatter among them the pray
and spoil and riches yay and he shall forecast his devices against the
strongholds even for a time so antichrist the fourth he
offers free stuff to gain favor to obtain power
and he forecasts devices the bible says against strongholds so this is
basically referring to plotting and scheming that's what he's doing by
forecasting devices he's plotting he's scheming
and i believe he's using magic and satanic influence
and you know just false religion essentially
to continue his stranglehold on power and he does this against fortified cities
but the point that i wanted you to pay attention to is it says at the end
of the verse even for a time even for a time
so what does this tell us prophetic lesson number three is
the success of the devil will be temporary
because he does this scheming he does this forecasting
right through satanic magic and his false religion
he does this for a time temporarily and in the same way we know
that the devil will succeed in the end times
temporarily he stopped revelation chapter 12 let's go there revelation
chapter 12 yeah antichrist the fourth schemes
and plots with occult magic and things like that
for a time and in the same way we know that the devil will succeed
for a time revelation chapter 12 describes this when it says in verse
12 therefore rejoice revelation 12 12 therefore rejoice he heavens and
he that dwell in them woe to the inhibitors of the earth and of the
sea for the devil has come down under you
having great wrath so the tribulation is not god's wrath
it's the devil's wrath according to this verse
because he know it that he hath what but a short
time so he has a temporary period of time
which is three and a half years to get the job done
to advance his agenda and in the same way
antichrist the fourth we know historically and i think the bible
is indicating to us in daniel 11 24 that he only had a temporary
period of time for his scheming for his plotting
and so let's go back to daniel chapter 11
and we'll look at the fourth lesson that we could
obtain from this chapter so when it comes to the final seven days
before the millennium you have a 1260 day period which is known as the
beginning of sorrows or the tribulation
then you have 75 days of great tribulation great tribulation
and then you have after that 1215 days of god's wrath which leads to
the millennium but we're raptured at that 75 day mark towards the end of it
at the end of it we're actually raptured out of here
and the fourth prophetic lesson that i wanted to talk about
again as it relates to the end times antichrist is that
the jews will bring in the antichrist the jews will bring in the antichrist and
we'll look at verse 30 i believe daniel 11 provides
insight into this and it says in verse 30 for the ships of kateem
these are roman soldiers who were stationed in cyprus and they were
preventing the king of the north from overtaking egypt
so that's kind of the backstory here but it says for the ships of kateem shall
come against him therefore he shall be grieved in return
and have indignation against the holy covenant so shall he do
he shall even return and have intelligence with them
that forsake the holy covenant so he seems to blame god for his defeat
the king of the north seemingly blames god
for this defeat that he suffers here and he ends up
unloading all of his frustrations on israel that's what we see happen here
and historically it's true that antichrist the fourth
he attacked jerusalem he persecuted the jews
who actually followed the old covenant and adhered to the old covenant but
here's what's interesting about this is that when
antichrist epiphanies invades jerusalem it's the jews who have forsaken the holy
covenant as the bible says who collaborate with him
and it's the jews who adhere to the holy covenant which is the old testament
mosaic law the jews who actually adhere to god's law
they're the ones who are persecuted by antichrist epiphanies
and the jews who forsaken god's law they're the ones
collaborating with him this is why the bible says that
he has intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant so he teams up
with he aligns with jews who forsaken the mosaic law so these are
more progressive jews you could argue liberal jews
you could argue but they're they want to bring this guy in
and they want to infuse jerusalem with greek culture
the eradication of the old testament law god's law
bringing in the false religion of the greecians
and you know perhaps what we'll see in the end times i think is the same thing
is that you'll have the more conservative type jews
the orthodox and the ascetic jews they actually in my mind will get taken
out by the antichrist and it'll be the liberal jews
so-called or the the more the jews who are more aligned with political
zionism the more progressive jews who actually
bring in the antichrist align with him
and eventually worship him as god turn if you would to john chapter five
john chapter five now we know that the synagogue
of satan are fake fraud jews they say they are jews
but they're not and the lord jesus christ obviously
preached against them over and over again
and he makes the claim in john chapter five that is relevant to
end times bible prophecy he says in verse 42
but i know you that you have not the love of god in you
so he's just basically accusing them of not even being saved
and then in verse 43 i am coming my father's name
and ye receive me not if another shall come in his own name
him ye will receive so what he's saying here is that if somebody comes by his own
power if somebody usurps authority and ends up
leading you will follow him right and so i think he's alluding to the beast
he's alluding to the future man of sin the bible
refers to him as the son of perdition and that
when he claims to be christ even though he really isn't
the jews will receive him again i personally believe this is just a
hypothesis but i think it'll be the more progressive
jews the political zionists who welcome him with open arms
and they are going to be the ones who roll out the red carpet for him
and worship him and it'll be the orthodox
hasidics who get pummeled by the antichrist armies
in my mind but it's clear that there will be jews
who accept the antichrist and you can actually
make this you can draw this conclusion based on what they say themselves
you can draw this conclusion based on what they claim
what comes out of their mouth here's a ben Shapiro interview
in 2019 with William Lane Craig he said the messiah in
judaism has always been a political figure
who's destined to do certain things restoring the kingdom of israel
which to me sounds like the greater israel project where they want to
expand their borders maintaining control of that kingdom
bringing more jews back to israel all these things are considered
political things that the messiah does interesting so he views him as a
political figure well we know that the foreshadowing
of the antichrist Antiochus the fourth certainly was a
political figure we know he uses flattery
to obtain power the antichrist will start out
as a political figure so that fits perfectly
but reconstructing judaism this website
said this about the messiah they cite the mission Torah written by a jewish
philosopher who quote envisions a world governed by a king messiah
who is wise righteous just and politically adept there will be no
servitude to foreign powers and there will be
peace that's what he says right here that basically this
messiah they're looking for will bring peace
and that's what the antichrist will claim to bring
peace that's what he will promise he will promise
peace and it's funny to me because people will often
accuse us of being contentious and oh you guys you cause so much division you
fight over the king james bible you fight over salvation by grace through
faith and different doctrines and the trinity and the nature of god and
all these different things you're so contentious you're fighting you're
battling all the time waging spiritual warfare
why don't you just hold hands with everybody and sing kumbaya
and coexist and stop fighting all the time well
if you're looking for peace and you're looking for someone to promise that
you'll get it in the end times but that's not what jesus promised
he actually promised the opposite division now yes we should have unity in the
local church and amongst the brethren i get that
but in general if you're going to be a christian
the natural byproduct of that is division isn't it it'll be the antichrist
who promises peace as a means to come in and invade and obtain power
i'm not done with the jews just yet here's another quote
judaism 101 this is an online encyclopedia
it says about the messiah he will establish a government in israel
that will be the center of all world government
both for jews and gentiles isn't that interesting so they're basically saying
there's going to be a political figure who establishes
a political structure in jerusalem that is the center
of all world power that again fits perfectly
with what the bible says the antichrist will do
it's amazing to me and you know i do believe that
when all this stuff starts to happen you're going to see false prophets coming
out of the woodwork saying oh look hey all israel shall be saved
it's happening right now the antichrist is actually jesus and
all the jews have been regathered into jerusalem they're worshiping him look
all israel's being saved right before our very eyes
that's what they'll be saying of course they'll be dead wrong
you know i don't know what the pre-tribbers will be doing they'll
probably be crying themselves to sleep every night knowing that they
kicked out new i fb church members for no apparent
reason because their doctrine turned out to be wrong
and it may be only then that they realized that but that's okay
you know i don't know about you guys but i'll be loving and forgiving to them
anyway even though they were kind of mean to us about this
so the jews will collaborate with the antichrist go back to daniel chapter 11
here's another prophetic lesson we can learn from this
chapter prophetic lesson number five an idolatrous
object will be set up an idolatrous object will be set up
and revelation 13 talks about how the beast who is the antichrist one of
his heads gets wounded to death and
basically the beast the antichrist the man of sin
he gets killed in some kind of battle or maybe he gets assassinated in some
way but what'll happen to him is he dies
and then he gets resurrected by the power of the devil and at that point
he's actually possessed by satan which is why he's referred to as
the son of perdition the same title given to
judas who we know was also possessed by satan and this will serve to mock
the death burial and resurrection of the lord jesus christ it'll be a
counterfeit gospel and many people will worship the
antichrist as a result of this but my whole point is that
he starts out as a political figure he gets assassinated in some way
and then after quote unquote rising from the dead
through the power of the devil he actually reveals himself as a
religious figure claiming to be god and demanding global
worship so some people they're looking for attributes and
politicians today to try to figure out who the antichrist is
and there's different guesses out there i'm not going to get into that
i don't think it's worth trying to figure it out
you know i even saw somebody seriously say this they thought maybe donald
trump is the antichrist and you know in my mind
he's way too goofy like i couldn't take him seriously
you know he's he tweets all day or you know posts things on x that
are kind of funny so it's like i wouldn't even take the guy seriously
if that was him so i don't think it's trump and that's kind of a stupid
prediction but daniel 11 look at verse 31 an arm shall stand on his part
and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength
and this is verse 31 and shall take away the daily sacrifice
and they shall place notice place the abomination
that make it desolate historically we know this happened when
antichrist epiphanies invaded jerusalem he sets up a statue of zeus
and he sacrifices a pig on the altar and this happened
in probably like 167 or 168 bc around then and it was an abomination of
desolation that happened at that time but it was a foreshadowing
of what the man of sin will do in the end times
and turn if you would to revelation chapter 13 revelation chapter 13
where he will set up an idolatrous image in a rebuilt temple
in jerusalem and demand that the entire world worship it
the bible says who opposed it and exalted himself above all that is
called god or this worship so that he as god
sitteth in the temple of god showing himself
that he is god so he's going to sit in the temple of god he's going to have this
image set up proclaim himself to be god and people will have to worship him
in order to buy or sell in order to get the mark of the beast
the bible says in verse 15 revelation 13 15 and he had power to give life under
the image of the beast that the image of the beast should both speak
and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast
should be killed so this image speaks it's got some weird
things going on with it but the idea is that people will be forced to either
worship it or be killed they have to worship it
or they'll actually be decapitated during this time
and it'll be impossible for christians to do this now
the bible is clear revelation 14 11 makes it clear that
if anyone takes the mark of the beast in order to take it
you have to bow down to the image the abomination of desolation and those who
bow down to this satanic satanic image will receive
the mark of the beast which enables them to buy or sell
now this mark could be a tattoo it could be an RFID chip
there's speculation on that i'm not going to get into that but
the idea is worship the image get the mark so you can buy or sell
those who don't worship it are killed so when we talk about
great tribulation that christians will have to go through
we're talking about a time in which the saved
who are incapable of worshiping the image the abomination of desolation
they're not even capable of doing that because they have the holy spirit
they can't get the mark the saved will be mowed down
they will be persecuted christian persecution will reach its climax
at this point in the timeline for 75 days prior to the rapture it'll be so bad
the bible says that except those days should be shortened
there should no flesh be saved but for the elect's sake
those days shall be shortened that's what jesus christ promised
but it just goes to show you how bad how intense
the persecution will get at this point in the end times timeline
that if it wasn't for the rapture the saved would be completely
wiped out because of course they won't be worshiping the image
getting the mark etc let's go back to daniel chapter 11
daniel chapter 11
prophetic lesson number six is this we know that an image will be set up
in jerusalem in the temple a rebuilt temple
so all these christian zionists who are donating money to get the temple rebuilt
at the behest of the jews are actually helping to bring in the antichrist
that's what they're doing and this man of sin the beast
he will come into the temple he will declare himself to be god set up this
image people will have to bow down to it to take the mark of the beast
in a daniel chapter 11 we know this that by this point of the timeline
prophetic lesson six is a world government a banking system a religion
will be established a global government global banking system a global religion
will be established and this will last for the second half
of daniel 70th week for three and a half years
now look at verse 37 and i believe this chapter
eludes to these three components of the antichrist's coming kingdom
it says in verse 37
so the religion that he adheres to is himself being magnified above all obviously
in history antichrist the fourth believed he was god manifest
inscribed on coins etc and in the end times the end times antichrist
will claim to be god people will have to worship him
as god to be able to buy or sell it also tells us that he honors the god of
forces this is an impersonal god this is some sort of just satanic
garbage sounds like star wars but the idea is
it's an impersonal fake god you have to worship
the antichrist in the end times to be able to buy yourself the save won't
even be capable of doing this we see a world government as well look at verse
42 verse 42 it says daniel 11 verse 42 he
shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries
and the land of egypt shall not escape so he stretched forth his hand
stretches forth his hand rather on the countries i think alluding to the coming
corporate world government the ten king coalition led by the antichrist that
eventually rules the entire planet rules the
entire world and this in and of itself is a counterfeit
of the millennium it's a counterfeit of when jesus
rules the world and actually brings in peace
there's a banking system as well in verse 43
i believe that's being alluded to it says but he shall have power over the
treasures of gold and of silver and over all the
pressure things of egypt and the libyans and the
ethiopians shall be at his steps he has power over
the treasuries over gold over silver and of course if
the end times antichrist will establish a mark of the beast system
which enables people to buy or sell as part of a cashless society
then it would make sense for him to have full control
over a global banking system and i think that's
foreshadowed here in daniel chapter 11 and let's look at verse 33 go
backwards to verse 33 the seventh prophetic
lesson we could learn and i already talked a little about this
is that we will endure tribulation but receive a little help so when all of
this is established when all of this comes to pass
it's all really just a mechanism to eliminate christianity
just as sure as antichrist the fourth wanted to
eliminate the jews religion and he collaborated with those who
forsook the old testament to do that i believe
the antichrist he will want to eliminate christianity
and he'll team up with antichrist jews loving jews
and fake christians to do just that to eliminate christianity to persecute
god's people but there's a very powerful verse
in this chapter that if this all sounds really
scary to you this should give you some courage
verse 32 it says and such as do wickedly
against the covenant again this is talking about the old testament
it says such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries
but the people that do know their god shall be strong
and do exploits hey there were a bunch of
fake jews that helped antichrist the fourth
epiphanies to persecute the jews who were actually following god's law
in the second century bc and in the end times
they're going to be a bunch of fake christians who enabled the antichrist
to persecute real christians and you know what there's going to be a bunch of
fake jews that helped the antichrist to persecute and enable him
and align with him in his persecution of the spiritual jews
of which we're all members we're all spiritual
jews so that's the parallel there and it says in verse 33
and they that understand among the people shall instruct many
yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame notice by
captivity and by spoil many days now when they shall fall
they shall be hoping with a little help but many shall cleave to them with
flatteries verse 35 and some of them of understanding shall
fall to try them and to purge and to make them
white even to the time of the end because it is yet for a time appointed
so the bible is talking about here those who are of
understanding and historically it was those who actually
follow the old testament who were pummeled by
antichrist the fourth and it'll be those who actually
believe the gospel of jesus christ who are targeted
by the antichrist in the end times that's what's going to happen
and it says that these people who have understanding they shall fall but
they shall be hoping with a little help meaning what
they will be sustained in some way at least temporarily
and i think the same thing applies to believers
during the great tribulation if you're doing the work of god
if you're making yourself useful yes there will be
many martyrs i get that but there will be some
who are helped temporarily and sustained temporarily
leading up to the ultimate help which is the rapture
and so this should give us some hope that it's not
necessarily true that you're going to get decapitated in the end times you
may make it to the very end to the rapture
and that's what i'm striving for myself but the bible talks about
god's people being sustained in some way receiving
a little help and i think this is what matthew 25
is talking about the sheep judgment when jesus christ talks about how
when he was hungry he was fed he talks about
the thirsty the imprisoned and that he was
all of those things and it was the brethren
helping each other well i think that's a reference to what'll happen in the
tribulation we'll all be helping each other there's going to be
a black market of some sort where we'll be passing around food and necessities and
clothing finding a way to help our brothers and sisters
break out of prison etc and some of us are going to run away and hide
you know it's funny i i talked with brother marcelle about this and
i told him you know it'd be funny because i've preached about end times a
lot and you know i've done these raw raw messages about you know we got a
fight against the new world order the antichrist and
and remain you know steadfast in the midst of this persecution and i said
it'd be really funny and embarrassing if i was the first one to run away
after preaching all of that and talking about it on youtube and doing
live streams and things like that who knows maybe that will be the case
and then you could laugh at me as a result but
hopefully not you know i'm gonna strive to to stay
stick with it and you know the bible says the devil shall
cast some of you into prison that they may be tried
you shall have tribulation ten days be thou faithful under death
and i will give thee a crown of life and we should purpose in our hearts all
kidding aside we really should purpose in our hearts
as difficult as it may seem right now to be faithful
unto death to be faithful even unto death to receive a crown
of life and what a legacy to leave behind to say
that this person this man this woman this christian
was willing to stick it out in the face of intense persecution the likes of which
this world has never seen before and was willing to die
for the cause of christ that would be amazing final point is this
the eighth prophetic lesson and the final point that i'm gonna make
is that the antichrist will come to his end
so i talked about him ruling i talked about him ascending to the top of
a new world order power structure but what do we know
he will come to his end and that's exactly what the bible says
in verse 45 daniel 11 and verse 45 let's look at it together
it says and he shall plant the tabernacles of this palace
between the seas in the glorious holy mountain
referring to jerusalem yet he shall come to his end
and none shall help him antichrist the fourth plant a military presence in
jerusalem but he comes to his end he eventually
dies his downfall is predicted right here
in daniel 11 and verse 45 last place i'll have you turn let's
look at luke 21 and then we'll be done luke 21
and then we'll be done
well the end times antichrist also will come
to his end and daniel 8 provides more information on this what it says
but he shall be broken without hand i think what this is
talking about is the fact that he will be destroyed
courtesy of the direct intervention of god the antichrist will be destroyed
at the direct intervention of god god's wrath on him
he will be taken out the son of perdition will be consumed
with the spirit of the lord's mouth after three and a half years of god
pouring out his wrath on this world luke 21 notice verse 28 luke 21 notice
verse 28 it says and when these things begin
to come to pass then look up and lift up your heads
for your redemption draweth nigh
even though there will be intense persecution
we're going to go through the tribulation don't let the pre-tribbers
fool you on this if we live to see all this
stuff come to pass we'll face it head on
you know the bible literally says immediately after the tribulation of
those days shall the sun be dark and the moon
shall not give her light and the stars shall fall from heaven
and then shall the tribes of the earth mourn for they shall see the son of
man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory
after the tribulation that phrase exists in the bible for a reason
because the rapture happens after the tribulation
of those days and at that point if we make it
to the end we'll be able to look up and our redemption
has drawn nigh on that same day the day of the lord
god pours out his wrath on this world and releases all of his pent-up anger
and frustration at the wickedness of this world
and it all culminates with the battle of armageddon
in revelation chapter 19 when the antichrist
is taken out and destroyed and jesus wins in the end
so if you didn't understand anything i said
over the last hour i hope you'll at least understand this
jesus wins in the end jesus wins in the end
even as we're hated of all men of all nations
for christ's sake in the end luke 21 is telling us
hey if we make it to this point in history in the future
we'll look up and we'll see that our redemption
has drawn nigh and this is something you could take home with you tonight
hey we're on the winning side we are on the winning
side not just in the future we're on the winning side
not just in the future not just when the antichrist has taken out
not just when we're raptured not just when we come back down and the
kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our lord
and of his christ not just then but we're on the winning side
right now and we as christians ought to act like it act like you're on
the winning side because we are the bible is telling us
that we are not just in the future but today so yeah
things are getting bad politically culturally i get that
but don't be too pessimistic don't let it
get you down because at the end of the day
we're on the winning side you know the same god
who will deliver us from the great tribulation
that's coming in the future from the antichrist who will
reveal himself in the future is the same god
who can deliver you from trials and tribulations
today he's the same god who can deliver you
from persecutions today the same god who can deliver you
period right now today so let's act like it and not get
down and act like we have no hope like the rest of this world
so the bible says in this world ye shall have tribulation but be of good
cheer because the lord jesus christ has overcome this world
and if you've believed on christ you've overcome the world
as well who is he that overcome at the world but he that believe it
that jesus is the son of god the bible says
and so i have to ask this question it's asked in scripture
and we're winding down we already read our last verse
if god be for us who can be against us and that's a pertinent question
hey if god be for us who can be against us it's a rhetorical question
because the answer is so obvious there isn't a new world order
and n i christ leftists reprobates anybody who can hold a candle
to god and so the answer even though it's rhetorical
i'll give it to you anyway absolutely nobody nobody can be against us
because even if we're a minority a minority with god is a majority folks
that's what you have to understand and so what did we learn
we learned prophetic lesson number one there will be wars
and rumors of wars in the end times number two
the antichrist will promise peace number three
the success of the devil will be temporary number four
the jews will bring in the antichrist five an idolatrous object will be set up
six a world government banking system religion
will be established seven will endure tribulation
but receive a little help and eight the antichrist will come to his end
we're on the winning side that's by our heads for a word of prayer
father in heaven we thank you so much lord for this chapter and
i pray that even if there are some who maybe aren't
into the finer points of bible prophecy or anything like that that at least
they were inspired today to live every day knowing that hey
we are on the right side we are on the winning side and lord
just as sure as you will deliver us in the future
in the great tribulation you can deliver us now from the trials we
face today we love you and in jesus name i pray amen
amen
amen all right for our last song we're going to do song number here
432 angels from the realms of glory
432
song 432 sing it out on the first
angels from the realms of glory
bring your fight over all the earth
give your same creation story
now proclaim messiah's birth
come and worship come and worship worship christ the newborn king
shepherds in the field of fighting washing or your floss by night
god in bed is thou residing
converse shines the infant fight
come and worship come and worship worship christ the newborn king
sages bring your contemplation
rider visions bring them far
sing the great desire of patience
he have seen his major star
come and worship come and worship worship christ the newborn king
saints before the altar bending
watching walking hope and fear
suddenly the lord descending in his temple shall appear
come and worship come and worship worship christ the newborn king
excellent singing everyone you are all dismissed