tonight in Jesus name we pray amen amen okay we're in second Thessalonians chapter number two this
evening so we continue our series here with the book of first and second Thessalonians and of
course the major theme of both epistles aside from tribulation is the second coming of Christ
it has a lot to do with the second coming a lot to do with end times bible prophecy and this
particular chapter is the one that probably emphasizes the most aside from the latter end of
first Thessalonians chapter four and then pretty much all of first Thessalonians chapter five
and of course chapter five really is a good nail in the coffin for the preacher of rapture
but that second nail is actually found here in chapter two okay and we're going to look at that
this evening but today or this evening we're going to really uh focus in on the anti-christ the man
of sin and who he is and what the bible says here about him we'll be going to uh revelation 13 and
different portions of scripture uh talking about him now first and foremost look at verse number
one we're going to look at the imminency of Jesus Christ refuted okay the imminency of Jesus Christ
refuted now what does it mean what is that talking about the imminency of Christ it means
that Jesus Christ can come at any moment this is a teaching that is common from the preacher crowd
that will say that Jesus Christ can basically come and rapture us at any moment he could come at the
end of the service he can come tomorrow we don't know okay his coming is at hand it can happen at
any moment this is what's known as the imminency of Jesus Christ but chapter two refutes that okay
and we're going to see why in just a bit look at verse number one it says now we beseech you
brethren by the coming of our lord Jesus Christ so first and foremost what are we talking about here
well according to the bible we're talking about his coming right well you can't describe his the
rapture as the coming well that's what it says though okay it says now we'll beseech your
brethren by the coming of our lord Jesus Christ and by our gathering together unto him now what
is the best way to describe the rapture well the best way to describe it is from second thessalonians
2 we have first thessalonians chapter 4 and even matthew 24 where it talks about the gathering
together right where you have the four angels or the angels going through the four corners of the
earth and they gather together his elect from the four winds from the four corners of the earth
that's referring to the rapture so it says by the coming of our lord Jesus Christ and then it says
by our gathering together into him these are synonymous events stated in different ways right
he says in verse 2 that ye be not soon shaken in mind or be troubled neither by spirit nor by word
nor by letter from us as that the day of Christ is at hand so here are three ways that the apostle
paul has just described the rapture he's described it as the coming of our lord Jesus Christ
he's described it as the gathering together unto him and then he's described in verse number two
as the day of Christ or the day of the lord as we see it in first thessalonians chapter 5
okay and what he's telling the thessalonians is this hey this is a real event because obviously
he just got finished talking about it in chapter 4 and chapter 5 of first thessalonians
then he tells them don't worry that you just missed the train or something okay he says don't
be soon shaken in mind don't be troubled don't worry about it and he says if you receive a letter
ask from us you know someone basically uh putting forth a counterfeit epistle of paul right he says
if you receive a letter asked from us don't give any heat to it why because the day of christ is
not at hand so what is this teaching us this is teaching us here this is showing us that the
pre-trib rapture okay didn't originate in the 1800s with john nelson darby because apparently
you have false teachers back then teaching that the day of christ was at hand or else why would
he even be saying it right why would he even mention hey don't worry about it don't be soon
shaken in mind don't give any credence to any letter any epistle that you're going to receive
asked from us as if the day of price is at hand why because they were probably receiving letters
they were receiving by word you're like i don't know that's kind of a stretch well you know you
got to understand something is that the false doctrines that are that are present today this
is not the first time that they've come up they've been around for thousands of years okay let me
give an example of a false doctrine out there uh that's that's you know popping up its head
today but it's been around for a long time preterism now preterism is true in the sense
that some of these events have taken place but they're false in the sense where predators will
say well they've only taken place in times past and they're no longer they don't have a future
event they don't have a future uh fulfillment of that okay that's where they err but here's the
thing you know preterism is not something new it's been around for a long time you have you know
first and second timothy where paul's right into timothy and he's talking about hymenaeus and
philitis who have taught that the resurrection had passed already and overthrew the faith of
some so these guys were saying that the rapture had already taken place the resurrection has
passed already they were teaching preterism okay and so paul was coming and refuting them and
saying that he gave them over to satan they were shipwrecked you know concerning the faith and what
not and so you know a lot of these false doctrines that we see today they they're the same methods
and tactics and devices that satan has used for thousands of years they're just simply repackaged
okay and so you know they didn't call it the preacher rapture back then but it's the same
concept because they were teaching that the day of christ was at hand it was going to happen at
any moment it was imminent okay it could happen in any moment but thankfully you know second
thessalonians 2 exists amen where he's telling them hey the gathering together the second coming
of christ don't worry if someone's saying that's going to happen at any moment it's not going to
happen at any moment there's some events that have to take place prior to that but i want you
to notice that he talks about the gathering together okay and some people would say that
this is not referring to uh the rapture it's referring to the third coming or what they would
refer to as the second coming revelation 19 now don't let me lose you because there's i know that
sounds kind of confusing but that's what happens when you try to explain pre-trip stuff you know
it's just kind of weird okay the preacher crowd will say that the second coming of christ is not
the rapture we know it to be the rapture why just because basic math tells us that he comes one the
first time in bethahim's manger that's one and if he even if you were to come let's say it's a
preacher rapture well that's still two regardless of what you think what timing it is it's still
number two yeah but it's like a secret coming doesn't matter he comes though you know obviously
i don't believe that his coming is invisible or that no one's you know clothes are gonna fall to
the ground and all these weird stuff that they believe but regardless of how you define it or
how you describe the rapture to be it's still the second coming they would say that revelation 19
when jesus christ comes on a white horse with all of his saints to establish his millennial reign
they call that the second coming so apparently the rapture is like the coming 2.0 or something you
know it's it's kind of weird you understand and so we obviously understand that that would be the
third coming because he has once in bethahim's manger second time at the rapture the third time
he comes is in revelation 19 to establish his millennial reign sorry to bore you with the facts
but i'm just showing you what the bible says about that okay now for them to say that revelation 19
is the second coming of christ would be completely nonsensical since the fact that we see here that
there's some things that have to take place prior to that which is what the antichrist being
revealed and whatnot and we're going to look at what the timing of that is in just a bit
now look at verse number three what are some preceding events leading up to the rapture
and by the way there's no mention in first or second thessalonians
of christ's millennial reign there's no mention of that you know no one's coming to the apostle
paul saying hey the millennial reign is about to start no one's saying that no one's saying that
the battle of armageddon is about to begin they're saying that the gathering together and by the way
revelation 19 is not a gathering together okay jesus christ is not coming to gather together his
elect he's coming with his elect on horses to fight and to battle you understand and so to say
that that's you know the second coming of christ and whatnot what we see here doesn't make sense
it makes more sense that the gathering together is actually referring to the rapture because that's
how the rapture is described as it's him gathering together his elect rapturing all believers
etc okay look at verse three let no man deceive you by any means for that day
referring to the day of christ referring to the coming of christ referring to the gathering
together unto him that day listen to this shall not come except there come a falling away first
and the man of sin be revealed the son of perdition so based upon verse number three
we can see clearly that the day of christ is not at hand it's not imminent and we see that
there's some events that take place prior to him coming now what are the things that we see here
well the preceding events leading up to the rapture is number one we see there the falling
away okay now the you know there's a lot of weird teachings from the pre-trip crowd especially the
hyper dispensationalist uh the peter ruckman crowds they will pervert and corrupt the bible
up and down they'll say that the falling away is referring to the rapture like you're falling into
heaven or something you fall away into heaven even though falling away in the bible is used
either to describe someone who has backslid in who has just gone away from the lord or has
apostatized which is actually the greek word that's being used here when it talks about
falling away it's the word that we look that we know today is apostasy so he's saying that
in order before the second coming of christ before the rapture takes place there has to be a great
apostasy there has to be a falling away where people fall away doctrinally right now here's
the thing is that people will say well you know aren't churches apostatizing today and the obvious
answer is yes there's a bunch of weird churches doing weird stuff teaching false doctrine false
way of salvation false things regarding jesus christ etc go to revelation 13
what's your place in second thessalonians so obviously there's nothing new under the sun
how do we determine if what second thessalonians 2 is referring to it's not something that has
already happened since there is churches apostatizing even in paul's day there's
churches apostatizing hundreds of years ago there's churches that are apostatizing today
they're falling away they're teaching false doctrine what is this particularly referring to
well the falling away is not just a generalized falling away where you have churches just kind of
you know teaching false doctrine because we have churches today that are biblical churches that
are teaching the right thing this is referring to the fact that what the bible teaches as a
one world religion okay look at verse number one of revelation 13 it says and i stood upon the
sand of the sea and saw a beast rise up out of the sea having seven heads and ten horns
and upon his horns ten crowns and upon his heads the name of blasphemy and the beast which i saw
was like into a leopard and his feet were as the feet of a bear and his mouth is the mouth of a
lion and the dragon gives power and a seat and great authority now i don't have time to develop
this particular aspect of revelation 13 but you can go back to daniel chapter 7 in different
portions of daniel that describe these particular beasts and the images of these beasts and they're
referring to world empires okay they're referring to the babylonian empire the medo-persian empire
the grecian empire and the roman empire and they're all given these distinct images of
animals okay they're all separate one from another but they all represent basically the spirit of
babylon whereas here in revelation 13 you have one beast coming up out of the sea and it seems
to be a culmination of all of these beasts and the basic underlying teaching there is the fact
that the one world superpower in the end times is a culmination of all of those systems that
have existed in times past okay it's what satan had sought to do in times past but will succeed
to do in the end times okay this you got this this amalgamation of all of these animals in one
this is what this is referring to so this represents the new world order but it also
represents the man who's in charge of the new world order which is the antichrist okay because
it says in verse two and the beast which i saw was like into a leopard his feet were as the feet
of a bear his mouth is the mouth of a lion and the dragon gave what him his power and his seat
and great authority at that point it's referring to the individual the man of sin who's given the
position the authority and power to rule over the world you understand it says in verse three and
i saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death and his deadly wound was healed
and look what it says here and all the world does it say them just the middle east or just
jerusalem no it doesn't right it says all the world and by the way it doesn't say the known
world it just says all the world wondered after the beast look at verse four and they who's they
referring to all the world what does it say worship the dragon which gave power into the
beast and they what worship the beast so the dragon's referring to satan the beast is referring
to the antichrist so they worship the dragon they worship the beast saying who is like unto the
beast who is able to make war with him now let me just let you in a little secret what they're
saying is actually voluntary they're not being forced to say this this isn't a forced vaccination
this is something that they decided to do based upon their own personal belief where they're like
he's like god they what are they doing they're wondering after the beast the antichrist
they're worshiping him and who is it the who's worshiping him all the world look at verse eight
and all that dwell upon the earth or does it say all that dwell in jerusalem all that dwell
in israel all that dwell on that part no all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him now the
obvious exception to this verse would be who christians obviously christians aren't going
to worship the antichrist they're not going to worship satan this is referring to the general
population the majority of people on this earth will worship they're not just going to vote for
him as the rule of the world they're actually going to worship worship is a spiritual term
they didn't say all the world voted for the beast they worship the beast that that's something that
the inner man does you understand so their soul desires the antichrist to be like god
they liken him unto deity okay he says all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him
and this this is proof here that it's not referring to any christian whose names are
not written in the book of life of the lamb slain from the foundation of the world so there's your
proof oh i just think that you know some christians are going to be deceived no the only ones who
worship them worship the antichrist are those whose names are not written in the book of life
and newsflash if you're saved your name is in the book of life permanently okay by the way
everyone's name starts off in the book of life okay everyone's name starts off it's not written
in once you get saved it just permanently permanently stays there once you believe on
jesus christ because the bible describes people who become reprobates or those who go to hell as
being blotted out of the book of life okay he said why is it like that well because he's not
willing to any should perish so he everyone starts off in the book of life in hopes that
they would get saved because he wants all men to be saved but unfortunately not everyone's
going to get saved therefore their names are blotted out but that's besides the point what
i'm trying the point that i'm trying to make here is the fact that what we're looking at here in
revelation 13 is a one world religion why is it a one world religion well because everyone in the
world in general agrees that this man is like god they worship him okay and so um that's what we're
looking at here go back to uh second thessalonians hold your place there in revelation 13 because
we're going to come back to that so he says let no man deceive you by any means for that day
shall not come except there come a falling away first so let me ask you let me ask you this when
it says that all of them who dwell on the earth worship him is it referring to like buddhist
yeah right is it referring to hindus is it referring to people who claim to be christian
but are not saved absolutely so every pocket of religion every segment of a religious group
will agree together that this man is worthy to be worshipped and they they they believe he's deity
you understand now why is it what is it that makes him believe that he is divine or that he is deity
or he is god well the fact that he comes back to life after he receives the deadly wound to the
head okay that is what confirms his quote unquote deity in their eyes okay so all these churches so
yeah do we have people today that worship satan of course do we have people today that just believe
crazy stuff absolutely but not at this scale right here because you can get the most liberal
watered down limp-wristed pastor out there and he will still only claim well there's only one god
jesus christ is the only god even he has a little backbone at least to admit that right
i'm sure there's really liberal limp-wristed pastors out there who will still say you know
we should love everyone or whatever but there is only one god jesus i said i am the way the truth
i'm sure that there's they're out there but in these days in the end times the bible tells us
that everyone's going to worship him who is not you know if you're saved obviously you're not
but anybody this would include people who claim to be christian but they're not saved in other words
okay so there has to come a falling away first before the gathering together unto him before
the rapture takes place now that doesn't even go with uh what we see that doesn't even go with
what the preachers believe because let me explain to you what the preachers believe okay they
believe the rapture is in revelation chapter four well the anti-christ is introduced in revelation
chapter six okay so if it says here that in order for him to be revealed there has to be a falling
away first that is that is in jive with even what they believe okay so it says except to come a
falling away first and look at the next element and the man of sin be revealed the son of
perdition this is referring to his death okay now how do you know how do we know it's referring to
his death well we just saw in revelation 13 that he receives a deadly wound to the head and his
deadly wound is healed and then the world wonders after the beast and just in those statements alone
we already know what's taking place he dies he comes back to life and that basically gives him
credence in the eyes of the world to basically be worshiping the door okay now this shows us
something here it shows us that even though the anti-christ comes on a scene in revelation chapter
six during the first seal no one really knows who he is until he dies and comes back to life
okay and that's important because some people today will say well i know who the anti-christ
is we know who he is you know he's he's a jew or whatever well i agree with that
but which jew we don't know
right we don't know and i get a little upset i get a little frustrated with people
who who think that they can just go beyond the boundaries of god's word
and find out knowledge that god's word does not teach
yes right when god says like you know it's like these people who who try to make uh you know put
a date to the rapture yeah even though the bible specifically says that no man know it the day nor
the hour but yet somehow god revealed it to you or something like that you understand well there's
people out there who believe they know who the anti-christ is even though the bible says that
he's not revealed until these events take place so what we have in revelation chapter 6 is the
first seal being opened the bible says that john sees a man riding on a white horse he has a bow
and he's given a crown he's going forth conquering and to conquer this is obviously referring to the
anti-christ and one of the reasons we know that is because of the fact that the anti-christ or satan
is always a counterfeit of jesus christ
he didn't he's you know the white horse thing wasn't original is what i'm saying
he didn't come up with that that's something that you see in revelation 19 with jesus christ coming
on a white horse he said what's the purpose of him uh copying that or imitating that well
when jesus christ comes on a white horse he comes to establish his millennial reign his order well
when the anti-christ comes on a white horse he's going forth conquering and to conquer and we see
that four seals later he's putting christians to death and then what we see in revelation 13 is
that he sets up his new world order so what is he doing he's going to seek to attempt to
be a counterfeit of jesus christ and use the bible to justify his conquering he's going to say i'm
just doing it i'm the messiah i'm just doing what the bible says here i'm conquering i'm going to
set up my millennial reign this is why this teaching of ushering in the kingdom is so
adhere to uh this doctrine of ushering in the kingdom like jeff durbin or whatever
they believe that we have to permeate all aspects of society christians
political aspects stores i mean christians have to be all over because we have to usher in the
kingdom folks we do not usher in the kingdom we're the off scouring of this world the bible says
and you know the kingdom of god cometh not with observation the kingdom of god is within you the
bible says you know and so we're not looking to set up a earthly reign that takes place at the
very end when jesus christ comes at the battle of armageddon he fights the anti-christ he throws
him into hell along with the false prophet and then he sets up his millennial reign and he shall
rule them with a rod of iron okay and so what we're looking at here is the fact that he's
revealed when he dies and then he rises again look at verse four here's the defining marker for the
anti-christ's reign it says who opposeth and exalted themselves above all that is called god
or that is worship so that he as god sitteth in the temple of god showing himself that he is god
now that does that does that go with revelation 13 yeah because if all the world is worshiping
the beast it says here that he opposes himself and puts himself above all that is called god
or that is worship so it sounds to me like he's trying to he basically comes imitating god right
showing himself that he is god okay now go to revelation 13 go back to revelation 13
so this is the defining marker what do we have we have the four horsemen of the apocalypse
in revelation chapter 6 where you have the white horse uh which is the anti-christ going forth
conquering and to conquer you have the red horse which is which is the warfare you have the black
horse which is pestilence and famine and you have the pale horse known as death in hell okay which
is a culmination of all the death that the prior horses bring you understand so you have the four
horsemen of the apocalypse at the fifth opening of the fifth seal is martyrdom that's when the
anti-christ begins to make war with the saints he puts christians to death that's why in revelation
chapter 6 we see souls under the altar in heaven and it's the souls of them that were slain for the
word of god for the testimony which they held okay and of course they're asking god to avenge
them shortly thereafter then you have the rapture taking place which is the day of the lord okay
but when he begins to put christians to death when he begins to make war with the saints
when does that happen it happens when the abomination of desolation is set up what is
the abomination of desolation it's the great image that is set up by the false prophet
for the anti-christ so the whole world can wonder and worship the image of the beast
like that's a stretch not really because that's what we see in the old testament
i mean we even see that Nebuchadnezzar set up a great image and wanted everyone to worship that
image you understand it's an abomination that make it desolate it's a great image that's made into
the beast and that is the marker that defines the time when when the anti-christ will begin to make
war with the sense and he'll prevail against them now when does that take place well you have
a seven-year period in end times bible prophecy known as daniel's 70th week which you see in in
daniel chapter number nine and what we're looking at here is the last week okay which is that seven
year period in the midst of the week in other words in the middle of that week you have that
abomination of desolation being set up which is a thousand two hundred and sixty days into daniel's
70th week right in the middle that abomination of desolation goes up it's the marker to show
that christians are going to be put to death 75 days thereafter a little past the midpoint
you have the rapture taking place when the rapture takes place then the anti-christ rules for another
42 months and then his rule ends because the because jesus christ comes back and whoops his
butt okay now look at revelation 13 verse 14 he says and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth
by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast is referring to
the false prophet saying to them that dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast
which had the wound by a sword and did live and he had power to give life unto 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 now there's never been in time in history where
this actually has happened never you say well how do you know i'll tell you how i know because
never in history has technology ever existed where an image can come to life and uh kill people
right cause that as many will not worship the image of the beast should be killed
to give life unto the image of the beast i mean it's just as of recently i believe in the beginning
of the year you know they created this technology known as the giant right which is this massive
image of a human being who's able to interact he can sing he can talk and they're looking to put
it into like different states in the united states it's like a it's like a precursor to
the abomination of desolation but even 10 years ago that didn't exist
five years ago that probably didn't even exist i mean technology is like multiplying exponentially
you understand so this didn't happen in the second century bc with entiacus epiphanies even though
he set up his own abomination of desolation this didn't happen in 78d when the temple was destroyed
or desecrated by emperor titus because they didn't have that technology
and both of those are prophetic events that daniel prophesied of in the book of daniel
chapter 7 8 and 9 right but they work in conjunction with revelation 13 the difference
being revelation 13 is referring to another image of the beast referring to another abomination of
desolation so it's okay to say that those things already took place what's not okay is to say that
they will no longer have a fulfillment in the future because you have a bunch of elements in
those prophetic statements even in the book of revelation that have not yet been fulfilled i
know this is not very interesting you want to hear a sermon on depression or you know how to
make it through the week and all this other stuff but we're in second thessalonians chapter 2 amen
so we gotta we gotta talk about this
i mean this thought that oh it only took place in the past and it has no future fulfillment
is actually quite stupid because of the fact that satan has always used the same devices and
tactics and methods throughout history always i mean think about it this way you know in first
john chapter 2 what does john say he says even our little children you know that antichrist
shall come even now are there many antichrists whereby you know that it is the last days
well hold on a second there's only supposed to be one though
well yeah but there's always been an antichrist around and they're all shadows of a literal
antichrist that will come now let me ask you this you know if antichrist epiphanies pictures
the antichrist in the second century bc antitus pictures the antichrist in 70 a.d
then what the heck is john talking about
what the heck is john talking about
right
it's the abomination it's it's happening they were right
even now are there many antichrists he says okay and so you know to say that not there's
no future fulfillment of these things it's complete nonsense because we see that throughout
the bible god obviously has times when he fulfills multiple prophecies multiple times
leading up to a culmination of that prophecy but satan will do the same thing there's pictures of
the antichrist in the bible there's pictures of satan in the bible it happens all the time okay
and it's it's a weak argument to say these things have already passed when there are
pockets there there is pockets of prophecies that have not yet been fulfilled
that these preterists want to just completely ignore let me just give you a few okay
because they always want to focus on the first three and a half years
and say you know the three and a half years of jesus life ministry that was the tribulation
because he went through tribulation but they never really want to talk about the last three
and a half years and you know i think some of these guys that were teaching this they're saying
that the last three and a half years the marker was stephen's death you know and they got that
information from uh josephus i think or whatever don't quote me on that but here's the thing there's
a ton of things that happen in the second half of daniel's 70th week that for sure have never
taken place in history at least at that scale because on the second half of daniel's 70th week
when the trumpets and the vials are sounding forth there's a lot of crazy stuff that happens
a third of the trees are burned up the waters are turning to blood marine life die ships are being
destroyed warm wood is cast into the onto the seas it makes the waters bitter and men die because of
it how about how about apollyon right revelation nine you have apollyon who releases these locusts
from hell and they torment men for five months and don't kill them by the way i talked to this
preterist one time and he said well you know emperor titus was apollyon i'm like what he's
like yeah emperor tide that's revelation is actually just referring to uh apollyon
referring to emperor titus he's apollyon and i said well did apollyon soldiers or did uh
titus soldiers kill people it's like oh yeah well then it's not him because the locusts went forth
and they tormented men for five months but they didn't take anybody's life you might want to
reread that again i mean what are you gonna tell me well well not killing them is like symbolic
of killing them though it's like crazy okay how about this the 200 million soldiers horsemen
who kill men by brimstone by smoke and fire how about that it literally says that in revelation
chapter nine that there's these 200 million horsemen that are going about killing men by
the means of these things of brimstone fire and smoke asphyxiating people they have tales of
serpent you know it's okay to use that symbolic excuse but but you have to explain why it's what
symbolic of you know that i know that's your get out of jail free card that you like to use but
it requires an explanation of what it's symbolic of
because symbols have to picture something so what does it picture right so you have the waters being
turned into blood they're being made bitter never happened you have the third part of the trees
being burned up never happened you have wormwood being cast into the into the sea never happened
you have apollyon being released the baton and the locust never happened you have the
200 million horsemen they come out and they kill men never happen you have the two witnesses coming
back and they they're supposed to be here for 42 months and they can destroy men by fire so dudes
are coming up to them trying to stop their ministry and they just just flame them they're
just a walking flamethrower that's symbolic though okay i know preaching can get really fiery
for sure but you know what i've never i've preached some pretty fiery sermons before they
got me in a lot of trouble but i've never preached a sermon so fiery that my words actually turned
into fire i wish i had that ability but it's never happened that power is only designated
for the two witnesses so what about them and can someone point to a time where the two witnesses
they died and you know how god actually brings them back to life three days later
and they ascended to heaven never happened
i mean there's a ton of things that are missing here okay let's keep going
how about the fact that satan is bound for a thousand years
how about that which is something the preterist can't answer because in revelation 19 when the
antichrist and his false prophet are cast into the lake of fire he sets up his millennial reign
and satan is bound for a thousand years in the bottomless pit how about that
because that would mean that there's no false religion no no one tempting anybody no evilness
taking place uh no there's a lot of have you ever heard of the catholic inquisition
the catholic reign so that never happened because the bible says that satan who's the god of this
world had blinded the minds of them which believe not lest the light of the glorious
gospel of christ should shine unto them so how does that jive with what they believe
how about the fact that jesus christ literally rules and reigns on this earth for a thousand
years did that happen i mean was that like a short-lived reign folks the bible says well
he reigns and this is this is their excuse i've heard this so many times yeah but he's
he's reigning in our hearts though yeah very very poetic
but that's that's not what that's referring to because the bible says that he'll rule
them with a rod of iron and shall listen to this break them in shivers
when has jesus christ even from our hearts
broke the nations into shivers never hasn't happened yet and in fact listen to this look
i'm a pastor of a church but i'm not ruling the nations with a rod of iron either and i put in
some work bible says he that overcometh and keepeth my works into the end the same shall
rule the nations with a rod of iron and he shall break them you know he'll break the nations into
you know you break the nations into shivers so that hasn't happened yet
you know i'm not the president of some island or some country yet well that's all symbolic
you're spiritually reigning you know i know that's your get out of jail free card but it doesn't
jive with the bible it doesn't drive let's keep going because they they want to talk about these
three and a half years you know but none of this has happened and so let's say let's say those
seven years have already passed okay well did you know that there's other events that take place
after the seven years in the book of revelation such as the great white throne judgment
so has that happened where satan and all the world and people who are who are unsaved are
cast into the lake of fire and whosoever's name was not written the book of life was cast into
the lake of fire or is this like a parallel universe that we're looking at here and lastly
how about this the new heaven in the new earth because if satan is cast into the lake of fire
there should be no sin and everyone who has died and gone to hell and we get our glorified bodies
sin should no longer be present and in fact death is cast into the lake of fire
right death is cast into the lake of fire i guarantee you 100 there's thousands of people
that died today so preterism falls apart when you look at the second half
i mean it falls apart in the first half too completely falls apart in the first half but
it really that's why they they avoid the second half they avoid the second half of the 70th week
and they also avoid the events that come after the three and a half years of the second half
because so many crazy things that happen they can't explain it all ask a preterist what about
those that thousand year reign well the thousand years is just symbolic though of what and i've
literally seen i've seen articles of prejudice to say this is one thing we can't explain is why he
chose to use a thousand years to explain his rule i'll tell you why because it's for a thousand years
what they're saying is that i just can't i don't really know how to
pervert that portion of scripture that's what they're saying
no folks the defining marker for the anti-christ to reign which is by the way a global reigning
the anti-gus epiphanies did not rule the entire world neither did titus or any other anti-christ
has sought to do and fulfill satan's will it's never happened go back to second thessalonians
if you would so let me just give you a brief description of what's taking place here in
end times bible prophecy you have seven years not seven year tribulation it's three and a half years
a thousand two hundred and sixty days which is the first half of tribulation which is more
actually readily described in the bible as the beginning of sorrows okay when the entire world
goes through tribulation that takes up the entire first half of daniel's 70th week at the midpoint
at the middle at the end of that beginning of sorrows is where you have the abomination of
desolation which is synonymous with the anti-christ making war with the saints this is what matthew
24 describes as great tribulation okay that lasts for 75 days so a thousand two hundred sixty days
first half of daniel's 70th week 75 days thereafter jesus christ comes and raptures all
believers you see how can you get so specific in that regard well this is why it's because daniel
chapter 12 describes the person who is blessed who comes who waits and comes to the thousand three
hundred and thirty fifth day so from the beginning of the covenant until the rapture you have a
thousand three hundred and thirty five days revelation 12 describes the world going into
tribulation for a total time of a thousand two hundred sixty days you subtract 1335 from a
thousand two hundred sixty you get what 75 days so a thousand two hundred sixty days abomination
of desolation 75 days thereafter completing the thousand three hundred thirty five days
there you have it then you have 40 in two months that the anti-christ is given to reign on this
earth and you know he's having a lot of trouble during this time why is that well because he has
to his campaign has to deal with god's wrath he's not necessarily you know able to just enjoy
his reign he's dealing with these these pesty two witnesses that are killing a bunch of people
you have the 144 000 going throughout the earth preaching the gospel
and then the world is just completely falling apart i mean you think biden did a bad job
hey biden is looking pretty good in comparison to the anti-christ
during the last three and a half years of danish 70th week i mean i know the gas prices are bad
but folks uh during during the wrath of god i mean even the waters turn into blood
i mean gas prices are bad but folks just picture this if all the marine life if the third part of
the marine life is dying in the sea you know you know how stinky that is that's putrid it's gonna
be a this is going to be a miserable miserable place to be in during those last three and a half
years so he reigns for 40 and two months at the end of those 42 months is when the battle of
armageddon begins and that's the conclusion of daniel's 70th week okay i hope that made
sense if it doesn't ask me after the service and we'll i'll explain to you in more detail
look at verse five of second thessalonians chapter five remember ye not that when i was
yet with you i told you these things by the way i want you to notice that this is not something
that was new to them he taught them this before this is something he would reiterate to them
and now you know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time for the mystery of
iniquity doth already work only he who now letteth will let until he be taken out of the way
now let's talk about the mystery of iniquity you know because this is a this is a phrase that
people have tried to describe and get theological about and you know what is it talking about well
it's really quite simple let's let's break this down first and foremost verse 6 says and now
you know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time he is referring to the
antichrist and it's saying what is withholding the antichrist from being revealed well the
preceding events of the falling away and the man of sin being revealed describing his death
okay so he says now you know why the antichrist has not been revealed which is why the rapture
is not taking place he's trying to tell the thessalonians this he's saying look don't worry
about the gathering together to him because in order for that to happen the antichrist has to
come but in order for him to come and be revealed for you to know who he is these things have to
take place so he says now you know what what is withholding the antichrist from being revealed
is everyone following here then he says in verse 7 for the mystery of iniquity doth already work
only he who now letteth will let until he be taken out of the way
now we've all heard this and if you haven't good for you
pre-trippers will often say that this is referring to the holy spirit
and they get that from the skull field reference bible i literally remember being in bible college
and that's who they told us this was the he who now letteth will let is the holy spirit
and you say why do they teach that well because you have to like add to the bible to make
dispensationalism work you have to like add stuff that are not in the bible
and of course their belief is that we're not going to be here during the tribulation
believers are raptured and because the holy spirit dwells within us the holy spirit gets raptured too
or something so only now he who letteth will let until he be taken out of the way and they believe
that he being taken out of the way is referring to the holy spirit like once he's taken out that's
when the antichrist comes but this has nothing to do with the holy spirit because the holy spirit
has not been mentioned at all in this passage i mean am i missing something he's not being
mentioned right this is obviously referring to the antichrist because in context we have the
antichrist being spoken of now why does it say in verse 7 the beginning of verse 7 for the mystery
of iniquity does already work well what is a mystery what is that something that is kept
secret right what is the antichrist described as he's described as the man of sin and here
describes him as the mystery of iniquity so he's saying his identity is still a mystery
and the reason he says the mystery of iniquity doth already work is because of the fact that
the spirit of antichrist does already work it is here now even now are there many antichrists
you see folks satan obviously wants to damn souls to hell but part of his campaign is to construct
the world that is ready to receive the antichrist the bible says and you have the quick and who were
dead and trespasses in sin wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world
according to the prince of power the air the spirit that now worketh in the children of
disobedience you understand and to prove further that this is actually referring to satan the
antichrist look at verse number nine it says even him whose coming is after the working of satan
with all power and signs and lion wonders so the what is it saying it's telling us here that the
of iniquity the mystery of the the the the identity of the antichrist is still working now
because satan is trying to construct a world that is ready to basically create the system
for the antichrist you understand so the mystery of iniquity that's already right this is why we
know we can never really know the the the not never but we won't know the identity of the
antichrist until he's taken out of the way so we don't really know what who he is until he dead
until he's dead and he comes back to life so he says for the mystery of iniquity does already
work only he who now leadeth will let until he be taken out of the way leadeth let basically
means hinders okay so until he's killed until he receives that deadly wound to the head and
he comes back to life at that point then he shall be revealed into the world the mystery
of iniquity is this we don't know who the man of sin is it's a mystery and it's like that for a
reason okay and by the way you know in revel which is kind of crazy because in revelation six the
bible says that he's going forth conquering to conquer and he's given a crown he's given a bow
so he's introduced at the beginning of daniel's 70th week but he we don't know he that he's the
antichrist until three and a half years into it he said well how does his identity remain a mystery
for three and a half years well a couple reasons that that can be or a couple factors that we
got to take into account is the fact that when you read revelation chapter 17 there it's a
coalition of kings that are kind of ruling together along with the antichrist when the
antichrist comes back to life after he's put to death then those kings give their power onto the
beast so at first it's like a coalition of rulers they're all kind of ruling together but once the
antichrist is revealed that mystery of iniquity is revealed it's at that point that those kings
give their power into the beast because everyone is worshiping the beast including the kings okay
and we don't know how he remains you know his identity is remained or a secret or a mystery
what we do know is that revelation six it says that he's carrying a bow he's not carrying a sword
swords for close quarters a bow is something that you shoot afar off so he's winning these battles
but it's it's coming from this unknown agent that no one really knows about and it could be that
those three and a half years uh leading into the abomination of desolation he's just kind of gaining
credibility he's he's obtaining the kingdom by what flatteries the bible says and he becomes
great what they what small people referring to the jews okay i have a full extensive sermon on
it called the immanency of the antichrist you can look that up if you want more on this
click the link below so the mystery of iniquity does already work even in paul's day of course
was already working only he who now leadeth will let until he be taken out of the way now uh let's
see here go to revelation 17 hold your place there let's go to revelation 17 am i making
myself clear tonight you guys understand i know it's a lot of information uh but when you get
into n times bible prophecy i mean there's a lot that goes into it yeah you know and if you didn't
get all the numbers you don't get all the timeline don't worry about it just know it's
not pre-trip and also know that preterism is just stupid okay and so you don't have to remember all
that stuff but just know this is that a lot of what's taking place at at the second half of
daniel's 70th week has not taken place so if some preterist comes to you and tells you that's already
taken place and ask him well the bible says that every eye shall see him
when did everyone see jesus christ coming in the clouds
every eye shall see him the bible says regardless if you want to think that it was pre-trip or post
trip the bible says every eye shall see him when has christ ruled the nations with the rod of iron
when have the two witnesses come when has apollyon come there's so many events that have taken place
in the second half that did not take place that you cannot pervert it's impossible so you don't
have to learn all the other stuff if you want you can rewind this and listen to it but um
all right i shouldn't say rewind that's like for tapes huh uh you can play back okay
where do i have you turn okay so revelation 17 and 18 are the chapters dealing with the fall of
babylon okay dealing with babylon just in general of course 18 is more specifically about the fall
of babylon but look at verse 8 it says the beast that thou sawest was and is not and shall ascend
out of the bottomless pit and go into perdition and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder
whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world when they behold
the beast that was and is not and yet is this is not like dr seuss here what does he explain is
the fact that this person who is embodying the the the body of the man of sin he's killed
at that point that body has a vacancy which is necessary in order for satan to possess
okay and it's at that point that we'll see in second thessalonians 2 that wicked capital w is
revealed because and when we look at end times bible prophecy what we see is that at the end
of a thousand two hundred sixty days according to revelation 12 there's war in heaven between
michael the archangel and satan and his angels everyone getting me here so there's war in heaven
michael of course whoops him and he's cast down into the earth satan is cast down into the earth
and the bible says that he know it that he hath but a short time so after those thousand two
hundred sixty days what is that defining marker again the abomination of desolation what happens
right before that the antichrist receives a deadly wound to the head his deadly wound is healed so
what am i saying here the consecutive events that take place is that the antichrist dies the man of
sin dies he's taken out of the way satan is cast out of heaven and then he comes and he embodies
he possesses the body of the man of sin and then the wicked shall be revealed and it's at that
point that he begins to make war with the saints for 75 days until the rapture takes place you
understand and he even says in revelation 12 he know it that he hath but a short time
and how short is it 75 days and in fact jesus christ when describing great tribulation
he says except those days should be shortened no flesh should be saved explaining the
fact that it's only for about 75 days it's a short period of time where martyrdom is
being taken place does that make sense go back to second thessalonians
you could also listen to the revelation series where i explained a lot of that
look at verse 8 of second thessalonians 2 and then shall the wicked be revealed
whom the lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness
of his coming that's referring to revelation 19 even him who's coming is after the working
of satan with all power and signs and lying wonders and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness
in them that perish because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved
of course when it says deceivableness of unrighteousness and then the parish
this is referring to the fact that people who are on this earth during that time who are not saved
they take the mark of the beast they they're sealing their fate okay because they're deceived
into thinking that this man is god understand and why is that well because they didn't receive the
love of the truth that they might be saved in verse 11 for this cause god shall send them
strong delusion that they should believe a lie that they all might be damned who believe not the
truth but have pleasure in unrighteousness and this is pretty sad if you think about it
because there's gonna be people in this world because you kind of think like how can these
people worship satan though they're just gonna worship this physical man and and wonder after
the beast and all these things like how in the world can people be so deceived because you have
people today who are not saved but they're truthers and they're always looking for you
know oh this is the mark of the beast and we don't accept this and there's there's they're
like they fight against that that new world order stuff you know what i mean so you kind of wonder
like well how can they fall for this well because they reject the love of the truth god sends them
strong delusions that they should believe such a stupid lie that's what it is i mean folks we
know people that believe stupid lies today there's people in this world who are mormons
isn't that crazy it's crazy
there's people today that are joe's witnesses
and and you don't even have to be safe to know that that's like crazy unsaved people are like
that that's a cult unsaved people are like mormons are weird unsaved people are like joe's witnesses
are weird it doesn't take the spirit of god to know that it just takes common sense right so
look folks if people are willing to believe that lie kyla come inside and go sit down
if people sorry if people are willing to believe such a stupid lie like that
then you know what's going to happen god's going to send them strong delusion
that they should believe a lie that the anti-christ
is god and in fact they keep buying into his life because they join him in battle against jesus
christ that means they think they can win right god of the universe
you're you're man that's you are delusional
oh yeah that's right he might send him strong delusion that he should believe a lie
now by the way look at verse 12 look at this very unloving thing to do here that they all might be
damned so he sends them a strong delusion he says that they might be damned so this is how strong
god feels about people rejecting the truth because they're calling him a liar they're rejecting his
son he's like i'm going to give you such a strong delusion because i want you to be damned
look at verse 13 but we are bound to give thanks always to god for you brethren beloved the lord
of the lord because god has from the beginning listen look look what it says
chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the spirit and belief of the truth
now there's a false doctrine out there called calvinism right you know talk about being chosen
for salvation now we are chosen for salvation because god wants us to be saved but what are
the stipulations that are placed to that well look what it says through sanctification of the spirit
which is what titus 3 describes as the renewing of the holy ghost right by the washing and
regeneration and renewing of the holy ghost but look what it says and belief of the truth
so in order for you to be chosen you have to believe the truth where until he called you by
our gospel to the obtaining of the glory of our lord jesus christ verse 15 therefore brethren
stand fast and hold the traditions which you have been taught whether by word or our epistle now
traditions what he's referring to is like the teachings of the bible this is why we talk about
end times bible prophecy quite a bit that's why we talk about once saved always saved this is why
we talk we emphasize these doctrines because we're trying to be steadfast in holding these traditions
teaching these things and it's important because of the fact that you know if i don't teach this
on a yearly basis you're going to believe some weird stuff i mean you have a pastor a pastor
an ordained pastor of a baptist church who affiliated himself with the new ifb
who taught through the book of revelation and taught a post-trip pre-rath rapture position
now buying into preterism i mean talk about toss to and fro carried about with every wind of doctrine
folk folks if if the pastor is easily tossed to and fro how much more the congregate what about
his church what he does in moderation i mean he's a he's going to become partial preterist
and they're going to go full porter's preterist full retard if pastors are buying into this and
he's like this pastor is like you know they make some good points they make some pretty good points
i'm not fully convinced but you know they make some pretty good points what didn't you teach
the book of revelation didn't you teach a post-trip pre-rath rapture position
what in the world are you talking about folks hold the traditions which he had been taught
don't be tossed to and fro carried about with every wind of doctrine don't just buy into every
and these these these these they claim to be partial predators by the way
but i guarantee you they're not partial predators i guarantee they're full predators
they're not coming out with the full story because then they'll sound like major heretics
because guess where guess where preterism ends up leaving you denying the resurrection
let me just let you know that saying that the rapture is past the resurrection is passed already
we don't really resurrect look was that really bad yeah because what about the resurrection of
jesus christ who's the first fruits of the resurrection because i talked to one of these
people and they said well yeah he resurrected but it's like a different resurrection it's just i
can't really describe the resurrection then it's false the resurrection is not something you could
kind of describe or not the bible clearly lays it out what it is it's a glorified body and if
jesus christ who's the first fruits of the resurrection did not resurrect in a glorified
state then we're damned we are all men most miserable if the resurrection is not real
you understand
and so that's where preterism leaves you and i and i preached against preterism like a year
ago or something like that but this is why it's so dangerous the reason is dangerous because
eventually what these predators will do is that they'll end up denying the resurrection of jesus
christ saying it's already passed all rapture already took place all the resurrections already
passed false and you know what paul the apostle said that's false he says these people have been
teaching that the resurrection is passed already and overthrow the faith of some there's people
who are probably listening to that stupid broadcast and they're believing it and their
their their faith is being overthrown but that's what happens when you just don't know the bible
and folks this is why it's important hey future pastors out there you better be apt to teach
and know what you're talking about
being a loving pastor is not the only thing you're supposed to do i know that's big but that's not
the only thing you have to be able to rightly divide the word of truth be a workman that
needed not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth why because there's a bunch of
false doctrines out there and the last thing we need is for pastors to buy into the stupidity
why because people follow them people follow people follow pastors and you know what sometimes
the blind follow the blind and they go off a cliff
that's what it is we're anti-preterism at our church
amen
he says in verse 16 now our lord jesus christ himself and god even our father which hath
loved us and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace
come for your hearts establish you in every good work good word
and work what is the same hey don't worry about this it hasn't happened you know i know you got
i know you got a letter you got a word you got an epistle as from us but just know that these
things have to take place first and the man of sin has to be revealed first
jesus christ has not yet come you're in good hands still it hasn't happened
amen and you know what i say that to you today because one of these guys is like i don't know
the rapture might be tomorrow the rapture might be tomorrow like what why do you have this guy
on your show it's crazy folks one of them is even teaching that where the bible talks about
the anti-christ opposing he exalted himself above all that is called god that is worship
so that he as god sitteth in the temple of god he likened it unto this whole covid thing
like church is receiving covid aid or something he's like it could be because you know you have
churches like what i just want to flip tables over when i hear stuff like that
you just want to reach through that screen and just snap
because it's so crazy and to hear anybody go yeah that's a possibility
it's nonsense folks it gives first of all it gives baptists a bad name you know i've known
non-baptists who've literally told baptists and said i'm not a baptist but i don't know
this about baptists they do know their bible they're the closest thing to biblical christianity
as you can get when you have things like this taking place you're discrediting us
let's pray lord thank you so much for your word thank you for this epistle and lord thank you
that these things are revealed unto us and help us to keep it fresh in our minds to study these
things to take it serious we might not be fans of end times bible prophecy and the things that
are going to happen in the end but they're important i mean you gave us the book of
revelation is the last book of our bible and it's obviously there for a reason you want us to learn
it to know it you gave us entire chapters and books dedicated to teaching it we should know
these things and we we may not have to be experts in end times bible prophecy but we should know the
skeleton we should know that the basic events so that we're not tossed to and fro we need to be
we need to be learned in the scriptures be skillful in the word of righteousness
so we can detect false doctrine and not be deceived by it and i pray lord that you help us
to do so we look forward to the second coming of christ we know that we must do much tribulation
enter into the kingdom of god and if it so happens in our lifetime i pray that you'd prepare us for
that tribulation and we look forward the day that we can lift up our heads when our redemption
draweth nine in jesus name we pray amen