Beloved I now write unto you in both which I stir up in your pure minds by way of remembrance
That you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets and of the commandment of us the apostles of
The Lord and Savior knowing this first
There shall come in the last day scoffers walking after their own lusts and saying where is the promise of his coming?
For since the fathers fell asleep all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation
For this they willingly are ignorant of
That by the Word of God the heavens were of old and the earth standing out of the water and in the water
Where by the world that there then was being overflowed with water perished
But the heavens and the earth which are now by the same word are kept in store reserved under fire against the day of judgment
and perdition of ungodly men
But beloved be not ignorant of this one thing that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years
Is one day the Lord is not slack concerning his promise as some men count slackness
But as long suffering to us word not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in the which the heavens shall pass away with the great
Noise and the element shall melt with fervent heat the earth also and the works that are there that are there in
Shall be burned up seen then that
Seen then that all these things shall be dissolved what manner of persons are ye to be and all man all holy
conversation and godliness
Looking for and hasting unto this coming of the day of God
We're in the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved and the element shall melt with fervent heat
Nevertheless we according to his promise look for new heavens and a new earth were in dwells righteousness
Wherefore beloved seen that you look for such things be diligent that you may be found of him and peace without spot and
Blameless an account that the long suffering of our Lord is salvation even as our beloved brother Paul
Also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you
As also in all his epistles speaking in them of these things in which are these some things hard to be understood
Which they that are unlearned and unstable rest as they do also the other scriptures under their own destruction
either for
Beloved seen you know these things before beware lest he also be led away with the error of the wicked fall from your own
steadfastness
But groan grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to him be glory both now and forever amen
Let's pray dear Lord God. Thank you for every soul here this evening Lord at this church
We pray that you bless pastor right now give him boldness as he preaches your word unto us Lord and that us in
The congregation can be edified from the preaching and glean more knowledge from your word Lord. We pray this all in Jesus name. Amen
Amen okay, we are in 2nd Peter chapter 3 look down at your Bibles at verse number 3
It says knowing this first that there should come in the last day scoffers
Walking after their own lusts and saying where is the promise of his coming for since the fathers fell asleep all things continue as
They were from the beginning of the creation and what I want to preach on this evening is
Prominent heresies about end times prominent heresies about end times when you read the word
Neither by spirit nor by word nor by letter as from us as at the day of Christ is at hand
Let no man deceive you by any means so obviously the Bible
consistently teaches
That we should not be a people given over to deception. We should know what we believe about end times now
Let me just make a couple comments
By way of introduction before I get into my main points here regarding these prominent heresies about end times
Let me say this is the obviously when it comes to the subject of end times prophecy
This is not an essential doctrine
Refer in other words. It's not necessarily a doctrine that we would hold on par with salvation
Hold on par with the Trinity hold on par with the inspiration and preservation of Scripture, but nonetheless. It's an important doctrine and
I would even say that the doctrine of end times the rapture the tribulation
Things of this nature are things that we can understand and know for sure
What the Bible teaches about it know for certainty when they take place
There's enough information in the Bible that we can look at
Examine and come to a reasonable biblical scriptural conclusion. This is what the Bible teaches
you know you don't have to be left in obscurity and
Take this compromising position, or it's just like well. You know
everyone you know has their viewpoints and
You know I can understand why people believe this or whatever you know we should know what we believe
And especially if you're a pastor if you're a pastor
Preaching the Word of God your job is to study the Bible
You should know what the Bible teaches about end times prophecy
And if you don't know then sit down and shut up and let someone else who actually knows the Bible
Teach the Word of God and tell you what the Bible says
Okay
You so I thought you say it wasn't an essential doctrine
It's not but just because it's not one of the primary essential doctrines regarding
Salvation the truth doesn't mean that we shouldn't know it
Doesn't mean that we shouldn't teach it and it'll be weird folks if I spent you know weeks on end
teaching through the book of Revelation
telling you what the Bible says about the rapture telling you this is what the Bible says and
Telling you what Matthew 24 mark 13 Luke 21
Revelation chapter 6 first Thessalonians 4 first Thessalonians 5 telling you what they mean and
Say that I'm married to this particular doctrine, but then I also make the statement
But I like to flirt with other doctrines as well
That's a weird statement to me, but you know a pastor literally said that within the last week or so or two weeks
in context of end times prophecy
You know cuz this pastor he he believes or he holds to a pre-millennial view
And we're gonna talk about what that means in just a bit
But then you know he has this podcast where he's inviting on a one is Pentecostal who claims to once again be a Trinitarian
But he's still one is Pentecostal
He's a damnable heretic and some other fool out there who doesn't who you know desires to be a teacher of the law
understanding neither what he says nor where he affirms and
These guys are preterists. They're all millennialists. They're a post millennialist or whatever and
The host of this show basically says well, I'm married to this position
But I like to flirt with other doctrines or whatever kind of statement is that I
Tell you what that mean let me translate that for you. I like to be carried about with every wind of doctrine I
Like to just dabble in heresy every once in a while
What is that?
You know I believe this I'm married to this, but I like to cheat on real doctrine
And go screw around with false doctrines
Folks here's the thing is that when it comes to the book of Revelation
Obviously we understand there are things that are obscure
Hard to be understood just like anywhere else in the Word of God
But there are certain topics and subjects timelines that we see in the book of Revelation that are not subjective
You can just look at it and compare Scripture with Scripture and come to a reasonable
biblical scriptural conclusion of what the Bible teaches in general
Okay, and
You know Christians should not be the type that they're just carried about with every wind of doctrine
The Bible tells us be not carried about with diverse in strange doctrines the Bible tells us to be settled
Right not to be unstable and unlearned
The Bible says to study to show thyself approved unto God a workman the need not to be ashamed
Rightly dividing the word of truth then obviously those are admonitions given towards those who are pastoring churches
And so even though you can apply that as a Christian as a member of a church
Primarily the pastor for sure should apply that and live by that principle and not flirt with other doctrines
It's a nonsensical statement to make and it's obviously a statement made by a person who?
Either doesn't really believe what he's teaching or he literally does believe that but he just wants to garner a following
So he just wants to compromise and
Invite other people who are damnable heretics now. Let me just say this is that you know the the heresies that I'm a mentioned tonight
They're not damnable heresies
What is the damnable heresy a damnable heresy is a false doctrine false doctrine that perverts salvation or the doctrines of Christ?
Understand what I'm saying
Give you an example repent of your sins gospel is a damnable heresy
If someone believes you have to repent of your sins to be saved you can't be saved
And I'll send someone straight to hell if someone believes that Jesus is the father that is damnable heresy
if
Someone doesn't believe in the scriptural doctrine of hell. That's called damnable heresy
there are certain things that you have to believe if you're gonna be saved amen and
Here's the thing is that having a thorough complete understanding of intense prophecy is not necessary for salvation
Okay
He says so why are you calling these guys damnable heretics?
Well believing those doctrines doesn't make you a damnable heretic, but because they already believe in other damnable heresy
That's what makes them a damnable heretic
So if they're already if they've already transgressed the doctrines of Christ in
Other instances and then they bring up these other positions of end times prophecy. It just adds to their damnable
position
It's just like well this kind of shows me why you're a damnable heretic because you're carried about with every wind of doctrine
You're perverting the ways of the Lord
You don't know what you're talking about, but when you have someone who's saved who agrees with them I?
mean you're a fool and
So you know what I'm going to talk about this evening is probably not new to you might be new to some of you
But it's always good to give a refresher on what we believe as a church what positions we hold
Lest we you know
Believe some of these pastors out there who are compromising on God's Word and not giving a solid answer
You never want to listen to a pastor who just is not solid on some stuff
You know they wouldn't they need to be confident in what they believe and if they can't be confident if they're literally telling you
I like to flirt with other doctrines, then what do you think their church members do?
You know if they're flirting with other doctrines that means their church members are probably committing doctrinal
dolatry
So we never want to be these Athenians right to spend their time and nothing else, but to hear some new thing
we got to know what the Bible says and
Speak with confidence and say I get why you believe that but it's wrong. This is what the Bible teaches
Who are you are you the arbiter of God's Word no, but I have the arbiter living within me though
And we can compare Scripture with Scripture, and so yes, there is one truth
So we're not gonna compromise. We're like well, you know
You know I guess you're a little right halfway, right?
I can't really explain those passages of Scripture if you can't explain it and sit down and shut up
You shouldn't be a pastor because people are looking to you for leadership
And so if you're confused on a particular topic either don't say anything about it
Don't speak on it
Don't cause others to stumble who may not even know about the subject or just sit down and don't be a pastor
Because people look to a pastor for stability especially when it comes to doctrine
Okay, now with that being said
I'm explaining to you. Just briefly what we believe as a church
generally and
Then specifically now generally when it comes to end times prophecy we hold to a futurist
premillennial
position
Futurist meaning that there are prophetic events that the Bible speaks about in particular you think of the book of Daniel of course
Instances in the Gospels but more specifically in the book of Revelation
There are prophetic events that the Bible talks about that have not yet taken place
So therefore we believe that they will take place in the future hence the futurist position, okay?
We are awaiting the fulfillment of the events of the events that are found in the book of Revelation
Now we're futurists, but we're also pre-millennial
What is pre-millennial we believe that the second coming of Christ is before the literal the literal?
Thousand year reign of Jesus, that's what it means to be pre-millennial. Okay now that is a very general
Description of what we believe and the reason I say it's general is because even within that category
There's a subcategory that we would not agree with
Because guess what pre-tribbers are also pre-millennial
They're also futurists
So when you look at this canopy of end times prophecy we would say we're futurists and we are pre-millennialist as well
Okay futurists because some things have not yet been fulfilled, but they will be fulfilled in the future according to the book of Revelation
Pre-millennial because we believe that the second coming of Christ happens before the thousand year reign of Jesus
That's found in Revelation chapter 20 now
You're gonna have to really work hard at paying attention this evening now this morning was it was the inspiration
If you're here, I inspired you to walk with God to read your Bible tonight's the information
Okay, and so remember you need both
Okay, so this morning you you you got the admonition and the exhortation to walk with God
But this evening you're gonna learn some Bible doctrine and be reinforced in other doctrines as well when it comes to end times
So generally we're futurists pre-millennial
Specifically though we hold to a post-tribulational
pre-wrath
rapture
not to be confused with mid-trib rapture and
Any time you express your belief in the post-tribulational pre-wrath rapture people always say oh you mean your mid-trib
And what you're supposed to say is no
Listen to the words that are coming out of my mouth. I said post-trib pre-wrath
The reason they say mid-trib is because generally a lot of fundamental Baptist even
view the seven years that are found in the book of Revelation as seven years of tribulation and
So when they view the timeline or the timing of the rapture
Which to a certain extent are halfway rights because they see it as having happening after the midpoint of Daniel 70th week
But the only problem is they view the whole thing as being a seven year tribulation
Which the Bible does not describe Daniel 70th week as being seven years of tribulation. So it's not mid-trib
It's post-trib because the rapture takes place after the tribulation
Which takes place for three and a half years
But it takes place before the wrath of God, which is also three and a half years
So the first half of Daniel 70th week is three and a half years. The second half is three and a half years
compiling those seven years
So we believe the second coming of Christ is synonymous with listen to this the rapture of all saints
Now rapture the word rapture is not found in the Bible
But the concept definitely is and in fact second Thessalonians 2
Gives us a great phrase the gathering together. That's exactly what it means and
In fact rapture in Spanish would be are about that if you know Spanish, that's what it means is to catch away
Okay, so it's a great word to describe that
so the second coming of Christ is synonymous with the rapture of all saints, but it's also synonymous with a
Bodily resurrection
Okay, not just a spiritual resurrection a bodily resurrection when you die
Your body will go into the grave
Six feet under your spirit will go into heaven and when Christ returns that body will be raised
incorruptible
Okay, it'll be glorified
Transformed we believe in there
Well, how do you know it's a bodily resurrected because Jesus resurrected been bodily form and he is what the Bible calls the first fruits of
The resurrection he's the first one to resurrect in the glorified state leaving us an example of how our bodies will resurrect
During the rapture the second coming of Christ
This also means that we believe that the second coming of Christ takes place as I mentioned three and a half years after the tribulation
Also known as the beginning of sorrows and great tribulation
So that first three and a half years of Daniel 70th week we call it the tribulation
But biblically it's actually called the beginning of sorrows and then also the last 75 days great tribulation
Okay food for thought
But of course before three and a half years of God's wrath
That is our position and it's very simply stated if you want to do a deep dive on end times and when the rapture
Takes place you can do that and you will clearly see
This is what the Bible teaches and we're gonna touch on some of that in just a bit now go to Matthew chapter 24 if you
Would Matthew chapter 24?
I'm gonna give you tonight four
Prominent heresies about end times when I say prominent. I mean, they're they're famous. They're popular actually and here's what's interesting
Is that the first two?
Have been popular for quite some time, but it seems as though they're kind of losing a little bit of momentum
Within these last couple years and I've seen this on social media it seems as though
It's losing traction. It's losing momentum
Less people are ascribing to this specific position of these first two that I'm going to talk about the last two
Seem to have lost momentum years ago, but are actually gaining momentum once again in
2024 and I'll go over those in just a bit
So let's talk about the first two prominent heresies about the end times number one the secret rapture is
a prominent heresy about end
Times now, what is the secret rapture see another word for this is the pre tribulation of rapture
And if you have visited or been a member of an independent fundamental Baptist Church, that's not new IFB
You know exactly what I'm talking about
The reason we call it the secret rapture is because they believe
That when Jesus Christ returns in the end times you're not gonna see him no one's gonna see him
It's just like everyone just disappears. It's a naked rapture
Clothes just dropped to the floor
Unmanned airplanes and no one sees Jesus Christ. He is he comes secretly
Okay, it's a very lame rapture
You know he just he comes and and no one sees them and
It's they also call it the imminency of Jesus Christ and that word simply means that he can come at any moment and
So if you have been a part of a fundamental Baptist Church
Or maybe you heard preaching about fundamental Baptist churches of the old life be they will often say this
He could come at the end of this service
And I remember being under fundamental Baptist preaching and they would say that they're like he can come right now
He can come in any moment. It's just like whoa
Really he can come like right like right now
He could come at the end of the service, and it's just like you just never know when he's gonna show up
Okay, and so they preach that a lot and for a time. I believe that
Only because of the fact that in fundamental Baptist circles this idea was never really challenged, okay?
But it is a false doctrine. It's not biblical
It is definitely a prominent heresy that has existed for quite some time, and it is wrong look at Matthew 24 verse 29
Now let me say this before we read this Matthew 24 is actually a chapter that
pre-tribulation is will use to prove the secret rapture
But yet when we quote Matthew 24
They say well, that's not about the rapture
This is I'm not I'm not kidding you this is what they say
Matthew 24 verse 29 says immediately after the tribulation which by the way in Latin it uses the term post of
Those days shall the Sun be darkened the moon shall not give her light and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers
of the heavens shall be shaken and
Then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn
and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory and
He referring to Jesus shall send his angels with the great sound of a trumpet and they shall gather together
His elect from the four winds from one end of heaven to the other great description of the rapture right there
And it's specifically telling us the timing of the rapture and that is that it happens after the tribulation now
We have no time to expound upon this particular chapter
But if you read it from the beginning up until verse 29 it gives you
Several elements that happen prior to the rapture and all of these elements are synonymous with tribulation
Persecution you have Wars rumors of Wars famines
Pestilences you have false Christ all of these things that must come to pass before
Jesus Christ shows up you have martyrdom on a very global
scale and it's at that point when those things have taken place that Jesus Christ returns and in fact that literally says
Immediately after the tribulation of those days and then it says that Jesus Christ returns now look at verse 36
Verse 36 says but of that day and hour knoweth no man know not the angels of heaven
But my father only so this is a very popular verse that people will use to try to teach the immanency of Jesus Christ
The secret rapture they say well, how can you say he comes after the tribulation?
If the Bible says that no man knoweth the day or the hour
Well because of the fact that verse 29 says he comes after the tribulation
and
You know correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't see in verse 29 it given us a day in an hour
Because people will look at us and say oh you're putting you know you're putting a date on the rapture
Immediately after the tribulation is not a date
That's a weird
Conclusion to come to if we're saying immediately after the tribulation if we're repeating what the Bible says that's not giving us a month
That's not giving us a day. That's not even giving us a year. It's giving us an event that takes place
After the tribulation
It's saying the tribulation happens, and then he comes and oh in the Greek
It doesn't give us a particular date month year and so verse 36
works in tandem with verse 29 because verse verse 36 is telling us that the day in the hour no man knows and
Obviously we could do a deep dive on that and explain why that would be
Because we obviously know that the Bible teaches that there's actually 75 days of great tribulation
And then Jesus Christ comes after the midpoint of Daniel 70th week
But the Bible also says in the book of Daniel that the answer antichrist will seek to take excuse
Excuse me seek to change times and seasons
So when you're running for your life and Christians are being beheaded they're being killed to being martyred
You know no one's gonna be carrying around a calendar to figure out what day it is
We just go by
What the events that are taking place and match it up with what the Bible says once martyrdom happens
We know that he's coming shortly thereafter, but he never left us a date now
What's funny about this is that pre troopers will quote verse 36 no man
Oh the day of the hour, and it's like wait. I thought you said Matthew 24 is not about the rapture though
He said well this part is about the rapture know the whole things about the rapture
Verse 37 says, but as the days of Noah were so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking
Marrying and giving in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ark and knew not until the flood came and took them took
Them all away so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be
Here's a wonderful picture of the rapture
It says then shall to be in the field the one shall be taken and the other left
Two women shall be grinding at the mill the one shall be taken and the other left look what it says in verse 42
Watch therefore for you know now what our
Your Lord does come so the admonition is literally you need to watch for the things that the Bible is talking about
You need to be serving the Lord because you don't know exactly what our your Lord is coming therefore
You just got to be ready. That's what it's saying
Verse 43, but know this that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come
He would have not he would have watched it would have not have suffered his house to be broken up therefore be also
Ready in
Such hour for in such hour as you think not the Son of Man
Cometh and the Bible also tells us in first Thessalonians chapter 5 lift up your head or excuse me
Luke 21 lift up your heads for your redemption draw at night and
So obviously we don't know the day or the hour
but we definitely know the events that take place prior to the second coming of Christ and
the pre-tribulation rapture
Does a great job
You know convincing people that they're not gonna go through the tribulation
We're not gonna be here throughout the great. We'll be out of here, you know, and then you couldn't inherit my debt
You know, you know, they always make all these jokes
But folks when you actually study the Bible
Especially the New Testament you see that one of the themes of Christian virtue is that we are to always go through tribulation
In fact the Apostle Paul said this we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God
The Bible tells us yay all that will live godly in Christ. Jesus shall suffer persecution and in the New Testament
Tribulation is almost synonymous with persecution
tribulation is when people
Persecute you for your faith. And so God is not looking to take us out of tribulation
He's looking to keep us while we're in tribulation
To guard and protect us while we're in tribulation. Whereas the pre-trib rapture says no, don't worry about that. You'll be gone before then
Before the Antichrist comes before all these things come upon the earth. You're gonna be gone
So what have these churches done? These churches have convinced entire congregations
That the tribulation is not gonna happen if it if Christ comes in our lifetime
They don't have to worry about it because they're gone. So you said what's the big deal with that?
That's what they believe. That's what they believe
Yeah, but let's say the rapture happens in our lifetime and
They come to the realization. Oh
The Antichrist is here. Oh
I have not yet disintegrated. Oh
My clothes have not fallen down to the ground
Folks if you're not ready for tribulation, you won't make it through tribulation
Because the Bible says we have to be ready for it have a disposition of expectancy
and not stumble and fall and
Essentially be counted unworthy
To make it through the tribulation. The Bible is constantly talking about the fact that we should endure afflictions endure persecutions
Well, why would someone endure persecutions and afflictions if they don't they don't even think they're gonna go through it
So what we're gonna have in the end times is a group of Christians
Who think they're gonna be raptured but they're not raptured and they're gonna stumble. They're gonna fall. They're gonna be killed
They're gonna be destroyed. They're gonna be persecuted
And you know, they're not gonna be ready
Now all of these heresies that I'm gonna cover tonight have one main factor that they all have in common and I'll go
Go through that at the end of this sermon go to first Thessalonians if you would first Thessalonians chapter 4
first Thessalonians chapter 4 and
Then we'll go to Acts chapter 1 first Thessalonians chapter 4. So the first heresy
Regarding end times is this false doctrine that the rapture is a secret and in fact Jesus specifically in Matthew 24
Calls it a secret. He says when people say it is a secret and that he's in the secret chambers
He says believe it not
So Jesus literally said hey if they tell you lo he is here lo he is there he is in the secret chambers
It's the preacher rapture. I'm here. No, he says don't believe it
So
He literally uses that phrase the secret chambers and he tells people don't believe it
Why because when tribulation takes place, you're gonna have all these pre-tribbers freaking out
And then the agents of the Antichrist are gonna be like, hey, he's here
He's in the desert. He's in the secret chamber. Don't tell anybody and
Because they're you know, because their pastor never preached a revelation
And they never preached to the book of Daniel. They only did it in the Bible Institute
We're in the Bible colleges
They're gonna go there and they're gonna be like psych sucka get your head cut off
and
They're like, oh dang
You know do me for a loop there
And we're gonna be there we like don't go look secret chamber believe it not
Like don't go, you know, he's not in the desert and they were like no dispensationalism is the way to go
You know
Look at first Thessalonians 4 verse 13, but I would have but I would not have you ignorant which a lot of Christians are
Brethren concerning them that are asleep that he saw or not even as others which have no hope
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him
But this we say to you by the word of the Lord
That we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep
This is essentially giving us the description of how the rapture will take place when it takes place
Those who are dead in Christ shall rise first. So essentially
When Christ comes in the clouds and the rapture takes place in the in the trumpet is sounded
You're gonna have all these graves bursting
all these bodies are just gonna be flying through the air and
The Bible actually says in Luke 21 that men's hearts shall be failing them for fear
You know all these people with with heart conditions are just gonna be dropping dead because all these bodies are flying through the air
So they go first and then we go second. Okay, this is what it's telling us here verse 16 says for the Lord himself
shall descend from from heaven with the shout
With the voice of the archangel with the trump of God and the dead in Christ shall rise first
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together
With them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air
So shall we ever be with the Lord wherefore come from one another with these words now
as post-trippers
pre-rathers
we would interpret first Thessalonians 4 as being a rapture passage and to that all God's people said
Amen. Well, here's the thing pre-trippers also believe that that's referring to the rapture
That's like one thing that we agree on
They use I mean, I've seen I've been part of funerals
I've done funerals and I've seen and heard funerals and old IP churches
Well, they'll use this particular passage and they will talk about the hope of the rapture and the resurrection as it means to comfort those
Who have lost their loved ones and I agree with that
But one thing you have to understand when reading the Bible is that when the Bible was written
It was not written with divisions of chapters
That kind of helps us right the divisions of chapters and the verses that helps us to memorize to to locate
Particular passages of Scripture and the reason I'm bringing that up is because chapter 5 is still in context of chapter 4
So when you read the latter end of chapter 4, it's just like Oh rapture
Well, guess what rapture doesn't stop after the chapter is done
The same teaching is being carried forth into chapter 5 look at verse 1 of chapter 5
But of the times and seasons brethren you have no need I write unto you for yourselves
Know perfectly that the day of the Lord
What is the day of the Lord the gathering together to be caught up together with him in the clouds
So cometh as a thief in the night when they shall say peace and safety then sudden destruction cometh upon us
no upon them as
travail upon a woman with child and they shall not escape but ye brethren are not in darkness that
That day should overtake you as a thief
In other words, it's not gonna be a secret to you
It says it's not gonna overtake you as a thief why because Christians should be ready for this they know what the Bible says about this
Year all children of the light the children of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness
Therefore let us not sleep as do others, but let us watch and be sober the Bible tells us
proving conclusively that we can be ready for the rapture because we could be ready for the tribulation as
Long as you're willing to endure afflictions and door persecutions and let me just say this if you can't endure persecution now
You won't endure persecution then you can't get your hinder parts to church to just do the most basic of Christian virtues
You're probably not gonna give your life for Christ then
Go to Acts chapter 1 Acts chapter 1
Acts chapter 1 I'm gonna reach you from Revelation chapter 1 in verse number 7
it says here behold he cometh with clouds and
Every eye shall see him doesn't sound like a secret to me
And here here's what people say well how every I see him, you know, how's that supposed to happen?
Well, I mean have you seen world star?
World so, you know people you can't people can't do anything without being recorded and being uploaded to Instagram or tick-tock. I
Mean one of you guys is probably famous somewhere
One of you someone's content somewhere
That's just it we're all on social media, okay, well just imagine when the rapture takes place and you see a
man
descending in clouds
You don't think everyone's gonna be put folks people pull out the phone when there's a car accident
People pull out their phones for for the dumbest of reasons
You have any event you just phones are pulled out
You don't think that when Christ comes that people are not gonna be, you know
Uploading that to tick-tock and Instagram and all social media platforms, of course
So well, how's everyone supposed to see him if he only descends in one specific geographical location?
I'll tell you how social media that's how
And it's given us the elements in Revelation 1 that he comes with clouds
That every eye shall see him very important because the preacher rapture teaches that no one's gonna see him
Preacher rapture says that it's a secret
Preacher rapture says that clothes just fall to the ground and you ascend naked nakedly to heaven
This is not what the Bible teaches. The Bible says that every eye is gonna see it
You said why is that important? Well pre-tribbers will often
Interpre revelation 1 7 as taking place in Revelation chapter 19 at the Battle of Armageddon
So they believe that Jesus Christ will return in
Revelation chapter 19 at the Battle of Armageddon and that's why they say well every eye shall see him at that point
The Jews are gonna look at him be like oy vey and then believe on him
But revelation 1 7 is not talking about the Battle of Armageddon. But revelation 1 7 is talking about the rapture
You said well, how do you know because the element the smoking gun is the fact that he comes with clouds
You said well, how did what? What is that? How is that a smoking gun? Well, look at acts 1 verse 9
And when he had spoken these things while they beheld
He was taken up is referring to the ascension of Christ and a cloud
Received him out of their sight. It's not there by accident folks. It's giving us that piece of information for a reason
So when he was taken when he's ascending he ascends up in a cloud, right?
Verse 10 says and while they look steadfastly toward heaven as he went up behold two men stood by them in white apparel
Which also said ye men of Galilee?
Why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
This same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as
Ye have seen him go into heaven
What is the same, you know the way you guys saw him go up in a cloud?
That's the same exact way. He's gonna come back
So if he's saying that the next time he returns he's gonna return with that same cloud
Then we can compare that to revelation 1 7 we can compare that to Matthew 24 and
Realize. Oh, this is referring to the rapture
it's not referring to
revelation 19 the Battle of Armageddon
Now you say where the preacher has put the rapture they put it in Revelation chapter 4
Where the Apostle John is caught up in spirit to heaven not you
not us
just the Apostle John and
He ends up coming back
But they interpret revelation chapter 4 as being the rapture because they got to fit it in somehow, okay?
Now I don't want to spend too much time on that because obviously we know a lot about that
But it's important to talk about and and prove and debunk and to keep ourselves fresh on that look at revelation chapter 6
If you would revelation chapter 6 and then we will go just go to revelation 6 first
So heresy prominent heresy number one is the preacher of rapture the secret rapture. It's not a rapture every eye shall see him
It's not a secret. Jesus said, you know if they tell you it's in the secret chambers believe it not
Says every eye shall see him
It says that he's gonna descend in the clouds and he it even says that all the tribes of the earth will mourn
when Jesus Christ descends on the cloud every nation is gonna freak out and
In fact when you compare that to Matthew 24, that's exactly what's happening
all the tribes are just yelling and mourning because of him and when you compare it to
Revelation chapter 6 the same exact elements are found there that people are mourning and in fact, it says that the men of the earth
Kings those who are great and small will say to the mountains fall on us and
Hide us from the wrath of him that sitteth on the throne for the great day of his wrath is come and who shall
Be able to stand so comparing all those elements from Revelation 6 Matthew 24
First Thessalonians 4 and first Thessalonians 5 you see that basically this is not a secret at all
It's gonna happen and everyone's gonna see it. Everyone's gonna view it. Okay?
Prominent heresy number two the seven-year tribulation
Excuse me, the seven-year period in Revelation is the time of Jacob's trouble
Now this is a major heresy
You say why because they believe there's a teaching out there that states that the seven years is just for the Jews
Like all of end times prophecy. It's all about the beloved Jews. It's all about the apple of his eye
They essentially relegate all of these fulfillments in Revelation chapter or excuse me the book of Revelation
After Revelation chapter 3 they say after that got nothing to do with us after chapter 4
We're all raptured then it's all about the Jews
So we're literally supposed to ignore chapter 5 all the way to the end of the book
Because apparently from chapter 1 and chapter 4 it's only about us
But then the church is not mentioned is what they'll say and after that it's all about the Jews
You say why well because you know, they're just they are Zionist
Dispensationalism is a Zionist position
that is promoted by Jews and Zionists in order to favor the Jews and
obscure and teach false doctrine what the Bible says
Of what the Bible teaches here and they'll say that these Jews
basically will go through the seven-year tribulation at the end of the seven years when Jesus Christ returns on a horse in Revelation 19
That's when the Jews will believe and then all Israel shall be saved is what they'll say
so they expect us to believe that Jews are gonna look at Jesus coming on a white horse and
You know snip snip
Throw the skullcap away
You know take the tassel off
Stop snipping the coins
And now they're there they're good dates because they see him but folks they saw him
They saw him
He was there in the he came into his own and his own received them not
He performed miracles before them
He raised people from the dead
He preached the Word of God unto them
He was made manifest to them. You say well, they didn't believe they crucified him
So changing what animal he's riding on does not change anything in the eye of the Jew
Plain and simple and folks people do not get saved by looking at Jesus
none of you
Have been saved by looking at Jesus
Does none of you have ever seen him?
We walk by faith and not by sight
The gospel has to be believed by faith show us a sign and you know
We'll believe there shall no sign be given unto it
But the sign of Jonas the Prophet, you know, the Bible says that a wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign
So it's so stupid that
Dispensationalist teach this dumb doctrine that oh man the apple of his eye all Israel shall be saved in Revelation 19 when they look upon him
Wrong my friends if there's any Jews that survive
Up until that point. They're toast
If at that point they are not yet saved they're toast literally
They will roast literally
You say are you saying there's no Jews they're gonna be saved during that time
I'm sure there's a couple people a couple Jews are gonna be saved
The Bible talks about maybe a few being being saved very few though
Very few
But in general as a whole the nation of Israel which the book of Revelation calls Egypt and in Sodom
They're toast
But you know you have these old I appears that teach oh no, you know God has a plan for Israel
He has a plan for the Jews the hundred forty four thousand Jews, even though it's they're not 144,000 Jews
They need to work on their math and not disregard all the other tribes that are being mentioned
There are the tribulation Saints and all this it's just like it's nonsense my friends and it's all
promoted and propagated to uplift the nation of Israel to promote Zionism and
Essentially to bring forth the Antichrist who I believe will be a Jew
So how do you know that because you know?
whoever denies
Jesus Christ is an Antichrist, and they're still waiting for their political Messiah to come and so when he does
They're gonna believe on that guy
And obviously we know later on he's gonna. He's gonna turn on them. What do I have you turn?
Revelation chapter 6 look what a revelation chapter 6 says in verse number 9
You say well. How do you know?
How you know what what is what is their text verse
To say that we're not gonna be there well when you study the book of Revelation the phrase church isn't used after revelation chapter 3
Because you have the teaching of the seven churches that are being addressed in Revelation 2 & 3 and then after that
They're not addressed anymore, so they view those seven churches as seven different church ages
They don't view them as literal churches. They view them as eras of
Different churches and some of them believe that we're in the Laodicean Church era now, which obviously they are essentially
Projecting who they are right?
But here's the problem is that just because you don't see the word church after revelation chapter 3 doesn't mean believers
Don't exist or they're not here because look at Revelation 6 and verse 9 and when he had opened the fifth seal I saw
under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the Word of God and for the testimony which they held and
They cried with a loud voice saying how long will Lord holy and true
Dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
So here we find people who are being killed
They're being martyred for the cause of Christ and when you compare this to Revelation chapter 13
It literally says that the Antichrist makes war with the Jews. No, it makes war with the Saints
Saints are believers
So what are Saints doing there simultaneously with the Antichrist if we're not supposed to be there
I'll tell you what they're doing there. They're supposed to be there because believers are gonna be here throughout the tribulation
Now this is more proof to show that the tribulation only lasts for about three and a half years
Because of the end that we're gonna be here because they're being slain but look at Revelation chapter 7 in verse number 1
It says and after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth
Holding the four winds of the earth that the wind should not blow on the earth
Nor on the sea nor in any tree and I saw another angel ascending from the east
Having the seal of the living God and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to
Hurt the earth and the sea
Saying hurt not the earth
neither the sea
Nor the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads now, why is that important?
Well again, they view those seven years as not just for the Jews
But also as being seven years of tribulation and they interpret tribulation as God punishing the world
But tribulation is not when God punishes the world tribulation is when the world punishes God's people and there's a there's a definite distinction between
Tribulation and God's wrath in these passages. How do you know well because verse number three
Shows us that God is not hurting the earth
neither the sea nor the trees
Well, how is that possible for already three and a half years in?
Those three and a half years is God's wrath according to what they're saying
But here see that the earth the sea the trees are not being damaged at all
God's wrath has not yet been poured upon them. And in fact in the previous passage that we just read in chapter 6
The martyrs, what are they saying? How long O Lord?
Dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Implying that God has not poured his wrath out on the world yet
showing us that there's a definite distinction between the tribulation and
The wrath of God now go to Revelation chapter 20
Revelation chapter 20 if you would
So heresy number one
prominent heresies regarding in times
Is the secret rapture heresy? It's not a secret every I shall see him stop saying that
Prominent heresy number two is that the seven-year period is the seven-year tribulation designated only for the Jews wrong
It's three and a half years of tribulation three and a half years of God's wrath
And yeah, there might be some Jews that get saved but it's the tribulation of God's people the Saints
Now let me give you a little bit of an interlude before I get into these last two
So I mentioned in the beginning
That there's four heresies that I'm mentioning two of which were very popular but seem to be losing momentum
and you know what the preacher of rapture and
The Jews being God's chosen people are two heresies that are losing momentum today
you can clearly see that why because people are seeing all the wickedness in this world and
they're kind of
It's kind of showing them like I think the Jews are responsible for this
So they're like, wait a minute
How can you how can they be God's people if they're involved in the pornography rings and all this wickedness and nonsense?
And look what they say about Jesus and they're like, whoa, you know, cuz the internet just exposes people to all kinds of information
So now people are waking up to the Jews that they're not God's chosen people that the Bible calls them the synagogue of Satan
to say that our Jews but are not there are the synagogue of Satan that
Jesus says in John 8 44 ye are of your father the devil the lust of your father. Will you do?
I mean the Bible's the New Testament is very negative against Jews
Very negative. In fact, some of the most negative preaching
Towards the Jews was done by Jews
Well, you guys are anti-semitic then Paul's anti-semitic
And Jesus is anti-semitic because he's the one to coin the phrase synagogue of Satan. That is the most base thing ever
That's base like you and he said it twice just in case you missed it in chapter 2 you put it in chapter 3 of Revelation
Very base. So, you know people are looking at that. They're like, whoa, you know what?
The Jews are not God's chosen people
Because they're pretty wicked out there
Look at all the evils that they're responsible for in the world. They hate the Lord Jesus Christ
So now it's losing momentum and the only people that are really holding on to these
Ideologies that the Jews are God's chosen people are a bunch of boomers
It's just the boomer generation that still believes that nonsense. I don't care what people say. There's still God's chosen people
Brother say that little harder. You'll have a heart attack when you say
It's like you're not reaching the new generation because you're preaching sucks and all you talk about is Jews and the preacher rapture and you've
Been saying it's gonna happen any day now just never happens
Okay, and so people are like now they're reading the Bible they see what the Word of God says so it started the preacher rapture is
losing momentum
Zionism is losing a lot of momentum. I mean dispensationalism is a joke. I
Feel like within the last couple of years that's lost a lot of momentum
Like you're lame if you're like still a dispensationalist
You're not cool at all. You're not doctrinally sound you should be embarrassed to call yourself a dispensationalist
You know what people who are dispensationalist
They're not very open about being dispensationalist if they're in their 20s and 30s because they know it's stupid
You know a lot of people don't accept that garbage and nonsense because we have the internet where information is readily available
They could go watch dispensation of heresy and see how nonsensical that doctrine is
So you have a new generation that's rising up and they're seeing the truth
They're seeing what Jews are responsible for they're seeing how fraudulent the preacher rapture is
But
Unfortunately
Because of that they're now many of them are actually going towards an unbiblical stance as well
Okay, now before I get into that look at Revelation chapter 20 in verse number 1
It says I saw an angel come down from heaven having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand
And he laid hold on the dragon that old serpent which is the devil and Satan and bound him a thousand years
So let me just get you caught up on what's taking place here
Revelation 19 is the Battle of Armageddon where Jesus Christ comes on a white horse with all of us and
He just like puts a whooping on the Antichrist the false prophet and his armies
He destroys them with the brightness of his coming
He takes the Antichrist and the false prophet and he just he just yeets them into hell into the lake of fire
That's literally what he does
They go both soul and body
And keep in mind that they get it to themselves for an entire thousand years
Okay, the lake of fire
Once that's over and done with because it's a very bloody war according to Revelation 19. I think Revelation 14 as well
At that point Jesus Christ sets up his millennial right his kingdom on earth
This is where you have the judgment seat of Christ
Well believers are rewarded for their efforts and works that they've done here in this world and they're given
They're
Given the positions of leadership to rule over cities things of that nature. Well simultaneously when this happens
Satan is bound in the bottomless pit as well for a thousand years and we talked about this on Thursday
But this is what's commonly referred to as the millennial reign of Christ
So it's a thousand years look at verse three and cast them into the bottomless pin
Shut him up and set a seal upon him that he should what deceive the nations no more
Till the thousand years should be fulfilled and after that he must be loosed a little season
I saw thrones and they that set up upon them and
Judgment was given unto them and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus and for the word
of God
Which had not worshiped the beast neither his image neither had received his mark upon their foreheads or in their hands and they lived and
reigned with Christ a
Thousand years but the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection on such the second death hath no power
But they shall be priests of God and of Christ and shall reign with him a thousand years pretty self-explanatory
It's saying that we're gonna rule and reign with Christ on earth with him for a thousand years at which point
the devil is
Absent he's in the bottomless pit
He's not the same deceiving the nation's anymore after the thousand years are up
Satan is allowed to be released to deceive the nation's and then you have the battle of Gog and Magog
after that happens and
The devil is toast in his armies. Then you have the white throne judgment take place
Okay, very pretty. It's pretty simple actually not very hard to understand at all
But the point that I want to make is that we believe in a literal thousand year period
What makes you think it's a little cuz it says a thousand years
Like
He's just like yeah, but that's symbolic symbolic of what a
really long time
Then why does it repeat a thousand years so many times?
and
Why does it give a conclusion to the thousand year reign?
I'll tell you why because it's literally a thousand years
And you know what if you don't believe that you don't understand that I don't know what to tell you
You
Know you're gonna have to take it up with God because that's literally how he wrote it
Now leading me to my next point of prominent heresies number three
Christians will usher in the kingdom. This is what's commonly referred to as post-millennialism
People who believe in this doctrine
Don't hold a literal interpretation of the book of Revelation and especially chapter 20 what we just read
Cuz chapter 20 is very self-explanatory really you read that like okay, that's cool, but it starts serving the Lord so I can ruling reign with Christ
Post those who hold to a post-millennial position like well, that's all symbolic
The devil being cast into the bombers pit symbolic thousand year reign symbolic ruling and reigning with Christ for a thousand years symbolic
but where in chapter 20 does it ever imply symbolism and
This is their argument
They'll say well the entire book of Revelation is very cryptic and it's very symbolic you expect me to just you know
Interpret it literally all the time. Well. Here's the thing when you read Revelation chapter 10 about the woman on the Sun
You know God expects you to have enough smarts to understand that's not literally a woman standing on the Sun a
Literal dragon didn't try to come eat her child
You
Have to have like a certain level of intelligence
to understand that and
So you said well, how do I know? What's this symbolic? What's not when it just sounds symbolic?
Whereas when you look at this particular portion of Scripture, and it says a thousand year reign. There's no indication
No hint that is referring to something that's symbolic
So
What they believe is that we are currently in this millennium right now
Okay, they view Christ's second coming as
occurring after the millennium
This is why they call it post millennialism because he comes after the thousand supposed a year reign
Which they believe we're in the thousand years right now
They hold to a single final coming of Christ as a general resurrection of the saved and the lost simultaneously
A general judgment of the saved and of the lost in one sitting so they just kind of lump it all together
Okay, they believe that Christ will return
Listen to this Christ will come back
After Christians not Jesus after Christians have established the kingdom on this earth
So post millennialist
Believe that the more people that are saved the more work for God that's being accomplished the more Christian eyes
We make this world the closer we get to the second coming of Christ
Because they believe once the world has been made Christian then Jesus will return
And these are often also preterists they hold to a preterist view meaning that they believe that certain
Prophecies of the Bible have already been fulfilled in 70 AD. Okay
But here's the thing is that
You know, it's been 2,000 years
since Jesus Christ
ascended
Approximately 2,000 years. So how can you say we're in a thousand years right now?
and
What makes you think that a thousand years is symbolic of?
Just a really long period if the Bible gives zero indication of that in the book of Revelation aside from that
They literally believe that Satan is spiritually bound, but let's look at the world around us
Let's
Look at of all the perversion and wickedness and
Filth and garbage that's out there. Oh, do you really think Satan is currently bound in the bottom of his pit right now?
What about all the false religions out there like Catholicism?
Mormonism
Orthodoxy Jehovah's Witnesses
Hinduism
Buddhism all the nonsense out there and you're saying that he's bound and he's deceiving the nations
No more
Folks, there's more people being deceived today than ever before
But they have this view they literally believe
That oh, we just got to keep getting people saved which I agree with
But they claim that they assert that the Bible teaches once we just save the entire world
Christianize the entire world then Jesus will return if that's true. Jesus is never coming back
Never gonna come back
Now let me explain to you why this is a nonsensical teaching and
Let me just quote Jesus Matthew 7 verse 13 verse 13 says enter ye in at the straight gate
For wide is the gate and broad is the way
Would that leadeth unto destruction and many there be which go in there at because straight is the gate and narrows the way
which leads unto life and
few
There be that find it
So if Jesus is saying only a few people are gonna get saved only a few people will come to the saving knowledge of the truth
Only a few people will know the truth. Does that sound like we're gonna Christianize this entire world
No, what kind of freaking world are you what by were you reading?
That's never gonna happen
Few there be that find it
Not the entire world and this is why people who are post-millennialists are all about getting involved in politics
Becoming mayors governors
We should get a Christian president because in their minds that moves us closer to ushering in the kingdom
And once we usher in the kingdom, then Jesus Christ will return so
spoiler alert here
Post-millennialists are simply preparing for the Antichrist
You didn't see that huh you didn't see that coming post-millennialist, did you he said well
How so because the only time the world will be unified prior to the second coming of Christ is when the Antichrist is ruling
You know, it's something called the New World Order
one world religion
One world financial system one world government under the rule of one man
that's when everyone all the world shall wonder after the beast the Bible says and
At that point the entire world will be Christianized
Be that one religion and then the Antichrist will take over
So what is the post-millennial position do it prepares the world for the Antichrist?
That's all it's doing
Let me reach you from 2nd Timothy chapter 3 and let's let's see if that's true that one day the world would just be
All Christian eyes and everyone be moral and godly and love the Word of God
This know also than in the last days perilous time shall come. Oh
That's weird
That's that was awkward
For men shall be lovers of their own selves not lovers of God
Covetous boasters proud blasphemers disobedience appearance
Unthankful and holy without without natural affection truce breakers false accusers incontinent fears despisers of those that are good
Traitors heady high-minded lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God having a form of godliness
But denying the power thereof from such turn away. I mean delicious goes on and on and on
fags trannies false religion I
Don't really see it becoming more Christian I
Mean isn't Islam still like huge right now
Isn't like Southeast Asia filled with Islam and Buddhism and Hinduism and false gods and idolatry
Doesn't sound like it's being Christianized
But you know people hold to this position
But I'm telling you it's a front to get involved in politics
It's a front to get outside of the scope of the true service of God to try to permeate all society
This was the Jeff Durban's of this world believe they're gonna usher in you're not ushering in the kingdom
the only person who ushers in the kingdom is Jesus himself, and I'm sick and tired of
Christians thinking they could do Christian things without God
You can't repent of your sins to be saved
You have to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and the only way you'll be have a glorified bodies through salvation
Through Jesus not your own well, I think I could just stop sinning
No, you can't you're deceiving your own self and the only way this world is gonna be Christianized is through Jesus
In fact, let me just give you some disappointing news right now
Even when Jesus is on this earth
ruling and raining
This entire world is still not gonna be Christianized
Because there's a lot of people the millennial rain. They're still gonna go to hell
The only way the only time this entire world will be completely Christianized is a new heaven and the new earth
Where you know, there's no devil. There's no hell. There's no death. There's no more crying just perfect
And
so
You know the Bible tells us the evil men and seducer shall wax worse and worse so that doesn't jive with the post-millennial
post-millennial view
That Jesus Christ is gonna return. It's like Jesus is sitting up in heaven and saying well
You know, I'm trying to come but you guys you know, I
Don't know what you guys are doing in India
What are you doing in Cambodia and Laos? I
Mean Mexico is all Catholic
Christianity is not prominent in Mexico Catholicism is and they're exclusively different one from another they're opposites one of another
And all these Gen Z'ers hate to hear that but you know what you're gonna have to hear the truth sometime or another
Catholicism is not Christianity. It's a bastardization. It's a perversion
You're going straight to hell if you're a Catholic and you know, you could pray your rosary in hell and call it purgatory
It's still gonna hurt just as much
So, man, how do people get caught up in this in this garbage, how do people get caught up in this doctrine?
Well, it's a knee-jerk reaction to the Jews
They see about all these Jews and like oh man the Jews are running the world
Wait a minute the Jews. That's why the preacher rapture is being taught and
So they start questioning the Jews they question the preacher of rapture and ultimately what do they do?
they question the rapture and the question the timing of the rapture and it leads them down this road to
this stupid heresy known as post-millennialism and
Take don't take my word for just look it up. It's catching a lot of momentum right now
Number four and I'm done because I've been going over time a lot
Go to 2nd Corinthians chapter 4
Talk about prominent heresies of end times
Preacher of rapture
stupid heresy
Where they have to infer a bunch of their interpretations because it's not in the Bible
And isn't it funny how heresy always says the exact same thing that the Bible says not to do
The secret rapture it is just like Jesus like secret chamber
You know, you know don't use vain repetition Catholics use vain repetition
It's like all false religions do that
Number four
Christ is ruling and reigning with the Saints right now. This is all millennialism
Okay
The millennial reign is simply a long period of time essentially almost the same of what the post-millennials believe
Alma all millennialism sees the first coming of Christ as the inauguration of the kingdom
So in the first century AD and his return as the consummation of the kingdom
Satan was bound and is limited in his ability to deceive the nations
Okay, so all millennialism essentially means that there is no millennial reign of Christ. It's just a figment of our imagination apparently
Don't take the Bible too literal and it defines its roots in Catholicism, by the way
And you know what?
It fits with what they believe
Because to them yeah, they are permeating all of society. You have entire nations that are Catholic. Okay?
But
You know this doctrine that Satan because Satan is currently bound according to Revelation chapter 20 is
Nonsensical because he's not bound right now if that were true that why is the Bible constantly telling us
To watch and be sober for your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walketh about
Seeking whom he may devour
Why does the Bible say that the god of this world had blinded the minds of them which believe not?
Lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ was the image of God should shine into them
I'll tell you why cuz Satan is still here
He is the god of this world. He's the prince of the power of the air according to Ephesians chapter 2
He's constantly here. He's the accuser of the brethren
And
So it's important for us to realize that these are some of the heresies that are being promoted and
Amillennialism is catching momentum. Why because Catholicism is catching momentum
That's why
Now I've been grieved over Catholicism over the last couple of months like I've been excessively grieved over it and
The reason why is because I love the truth and it grieves me when I see people just falling for deception
And you know over the last couple months
It's just like you know
I think about it and I and I think about young people are just getting carried away with all these false
Doctrines and it genuinely bothers me
It makes me sad and it angers me because I because I hate every false way
And I just think to myself like why Lord like why?
Why does it have to be this way?
Why do people have to just get like wrapped up in this stuff?
You know, why are these young people just flocking towards these heresies and and and just you know
Believe in this nonsense. All these people are gonna go to hell if they don't really get if they don't get saved
And I honestly I'm telling you right now like it grieves me in my heart
If I think about it too much I get like angry I get sad at like the wave of emotions
It makes me angry
But then I you know, I started thinking like, you know, it's not God's will
You know God's will is for all people to be saved
But here's the thing is that it's never been God's will for Christianity to be popular in this world
It's just never been God's will for that to happen he wants all men to be saved
But he's saying few there be that find it though
And God is definitely concerned with quality over quantity
He wants the quantity of souls to be saved for sure
But it's just not gonna happen
It's not gonna happen because he knows what is in man
he knows that man has the propensity to just go against what he says and
So, you know I got to a point where I just thought to myself well
It grieves me still but at the end of the day
Other religions like Catholicism is a punishment from God to people who reject the truth
That's really what it is
I read a Catholic comment. I'm just like God's punishing this person with a strong delusion
I mean brother Lisa's just uploaded why I hate Catholicism on to his channel
He has a YouTube channel and automatically it's just getting over a thousand views automatically just hundreds of comments
Just saying the same thing submit to Rome submit to Rome Rob Prague. We gave you the Bible
It's like they have like a sheet of things that they just they just check off of statements that they make
When you read that you're just like man, you're lost
Like why are you why are you being this way?
Why don't you love the truth, but it's a strong delusion folks false religion is a punishment from God
for those who reject the truth
But when it comes to these end times heresies you said why is this even important
You know because are you saying that all Millennials are not safe? No, I'm sure there's all millennial list or that are saved
I'm sure there's post-millennials that are saved as well
I know for sure that there's people who believe that our Jews are God's chosen people that are safe for sure
And I know that for sure there's people out there who believe in the preacher of rapture that are for sure saved
You said then what's the the why is this important?
Because all these heresies are platforms for the Antichrist in the New World Order. That's why
That's what the that's what the preacher rapture is for
Because Jesus is not gonna come in any moment, but you know who is the Antichrist
He's the one who's gonna show up
And you wonder all the Jews are God's chosen people and then it's gonna be a Jew who's the Antichrist
Post-millennialism we got ushering in the kingdom you're gonna usher in the New World Order
Oh, we got a bound Satan for a thousand years
Oh, it's Christians who need to be bound and beheaded because they're against what the Bible says in the end times
All of these are pushing towards the New World Order is what they're doing
And you know what let us all listen to this and I'm done. Let us all speak with confidence
Don't be apologetic
About what the Bible says don't be a little compromiser don't be a compromiser
don't be a compromiser where you're just like well, you know, I
Guess you know, I remember this one evangelist a long time ago. He was so strong of being post-trib
Now I'm saying he's like, well, you know, I don't know
I'm just pantry now because I just you know, I think everything will pan out in the long in the long term
That's a stupidest most compromising position to ever take
Pre-trib is wrong
All millennialism is wrong
Post millennialism is wrong. The Jews are not God's chosen people. You're wrong
What makes you think you're right because I'm actually studying the by when I read it and God is it has explicitly placed it
In the Bible for me to know and to understand maybe you should think about reading it one day
we can speak with confidence about what we know and
Not be all tip not tiptoe around the tulips not beat around the bush
Be like, well, you know, I believe in posture pre-wrath, but you know
It could be that you could come in any moment. You know, I don't want to ruffle any feathers. No, it's stupid
It's lame don't believe in stupid stuff
Dispensationalism is retarded
It's a handicap doctrine
Don't believe in that nonsense. You're smarter than that
You have a Bible in your hand. You're saved. You have the Holy Spirit of God living within you don't believe in nonsense
Don't be a simpleton
Have wisdom you should be embarrassed that you believe in the preacher of rapture should be embarrassed. You're a post-millennialist
Why cuz the Bible is so clear about these things
And I'm not saying there's nothing's in the Bible that are not obscure
Obviously there is but you know
There's certain things that you know, God wrote it in such a way where you can be confident about certain things though
They matter
It's fact hey make
believing in stupid doctrine embarrassing again
I
Someone tells you well, I'm I'm a preacher right? Well, that's embarrassing
You you tell people that you shouldn't tell people that that's embarrassing. That's shameful. Have you read the Bible?
Like do you read the Bible? Okay
No, I'm just saying I just said I would never believe in something like that because I I believe the Bible no
Don't be offended. I'm just saying you know, but you should for sure read the Bible and switch
And not say that to people
What do you mean why?
Because it's not in the Bible
No, it's not
Have you read it? All right, whatever I'm just saying
If I was you and I believe that I would not tell anybody
Because it's retarded
Make it embarrassing
Believing in heresy should be embarrassing to people
You know pastors need to stop oh, you know, I like to flirt with heresy
Flirt with other doctrines kind of crap is that gonna be ashamed of yourself?
You understand that the Lord Jesus Christ heard those words
So you like to oh you like to flirt with deceit because only one is true
Both aren't true
Let's pray father. We thank you so much for your word
Thank you for the truth the Lord help us to be lovers of truth
that we may always exalt the truth and
speak with confidence and
Assurity and be settled in what we believe Lord and as the years go by and we continue to read the Word of God
More and more may just ground us deeper