you need to know in Revelation chapter 6 and the Bible reads and I saw when the
Lamb opened one of the seals and I heard as were the noise of thunder one of the
four beasts saying come and see and I saw and behold a white horse and he that
sat on him had a bow and a crown was given unto him and he went forth
conquering and to conquer when he had opened the second seal I heard the
second beast say come and see and there went out another horse that was red and
power was given to him that sat there on to take peace from the earth that they
should kill one another and there was given unto him a great sword and when he
had opened the third seal I heard the third beast say come and see and I
beheld and lo a black horse and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his
hand and I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say a measure of wheat
for a penny and three measures of barley for a penny and see thou heard not the
oil and the wine when he had opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the
fourth beast say come and see and I looked and behold a pale horse and his
name that sat on him was death and hell followed with him and power was given
unto them over the fourth part of the earth to kill with the sword with hunger
and with death with the beasts of the earth 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 O Lord holy and true does thou not not judge and avenge our blood on them
that dwell on the earth and white robes were given unto every one of them and it
was said unto them that they should rest yet for a little season until their
fellow servants also and the brethren that should be killed as they were
should be fulfilled and I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal and lo there
was a great earthquake and the Sun became black a sackcloth of hair and the
moon became his blood and the stars of heaven fell into the earth even as a fig
tree casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind and the
heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together and every mountain and
island were moved out of their places and the kings of the earth and the great
men and the rich men and the chief captains and the mighty men and every
bond man and every free man hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks
of the mountains and said to the mountains and rocks fall on us and hide
us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb
for the great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand. Let's
pray to the Lord God just thank you for every soul here that's able to come to
the service Lord we just pray that you bless this service Lord please fill
Pastor Mahia with your Holy Spirit as he preaches unto us your word Lord and
that you just bless this service and give pastor boldness and give us ears to
hear and edify us by the preaching of your word Lord we pray this all in Jesus
name amen. Amen. Okay we are in Revelation chapter 6 and we're continuing this
evening with our series on the lessons from the seven in Revelation. Last few
weeks we've been going over the seven churches which are in Asia and I left
off with Philadelphia. I didn't really cover Laodicea but you can just read
that on your own because it's pretty self-explanatory. They're basically just
a lukewarm church and what God is trying to get across with the church at
Laodicea is the fact that they need to go through trials and tribulations. He
actually tells them buy gold and what he's referring to there when he tells
him buy gold is basically saying suffer for my name's sake. Okay suffer
tribulation get out of being lukewarm and actually do something for God and so
that's what the church at Laodicea was about they were very much poor in faith
they were consumed with the things of this world and therefore they were very
much an ineffective church. Now tonight I want to cover the seven seals which are
in Revelation the seven seals. Now the seven seals in Revelation deal with what
Jesus referred to as the beginning of sorrows and great tribulation when you
read Matthew 24 Mark 13 Luke 21 you'll see that the beginning of sorrows is
essentially referring to the first four seals great tribulation is essentially
referring to the fifth seal and we'll get into that in more details in just a
bit but the beginning of sorrows is the first four seals that actually spans
over a time period of a thousand two hundred and sixty days whereas the fifth
and sixth seal actually only deal with seventy five days so we often refer to
this three and a half year period as tribulation but really what it is it's
the beginning of sorrows and then great tribulation great tribulation referring
to the time where Christians are killed for their faith that's what it's
referring to so that adds up to three and a half years when you look at the
entire time frame you see that the time period there is seven years three and
a half dealing with tribulation the other three and a half dealing with God's
wrath and the reason that's important is because of the fact that a lot of
churches actually characterize those seven years as being seven year
tribulation whereas the Bible specifically tells us that three and a
half of those years are allocated to the tribulation the other three and a half
towards God's wrath being poured on this earth okay now before we jump into
Revelation 6 going through these seven seals let me explain the symbolism of
the seals and the beast because if you notice in Revelation 6 the seals are
being open and then we have the beasts saying what are the contents of that
particular section of the books what is that talking about well go to Revelation
chapter 4 real quick and we're just gonna briefly talk about this just to
get us give us an understanding of this first and foremost the beasts that are
being referred to in Revelation 6 are the beasts that were addressed or talked
about in Revelation 4 and 5 now look at Revelation chapter 4 verse number 6 it
says before the throne there was a sea of glass like into crystal and in the
midst of the throne and round about the throne were four beasts full of eyes
before and behind and the first beast was like a lion the second beast like a
calf the third beast had a face of a man and the fourth beast was like a flying
eagle now the first thing I want to mention is that this is obviously
referring to these angelic beings that have this anthropomorphic appearance to
them one is like a lion a calf the man and a flying eagle now why is it that
they look this way what what's the reason for them being represented as
such well these four beasts who are angels all represent the four Gospels
okay because when you have a beast that looks like a lion that is representative
of the book of Matthew that represents Jesus Christ as the king just as the
lion is the king of the jungle right then you have the calf which is a beast
of burden and the the gospel of Mark is a gospel that really focuses in on the
works of Jesus Christ the burdens that he bore as a man laboring in this earth
the third beast had a face of a man and when you read the book of Luke you often
see that the vast majority of the times when Jesus is being addressed or talked
about he's talked about as the son of man okay which is why this beast has a
face of a man the fourth beast is like a flying eagle representing the book of
John because an eagle flies in the heavenlies and the book of John is the
gospel that focuses a lot on eternal life going to heaven things of that
nature so these four beasts represent the four gospels okay and go to
Revelation chapter 5 if you wouldn't Revelation chapter 5 so you have these
four beasts look at verse 1 of chapter 5 he says and I saw on the right hand of
him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside
sealed with seven seals now obviously because we read Revelation 6 we know
that this book is essentially a book telling us about the tribulation the
beginning of sorrows but it's concealed right it's not revealed what is it
that's going to take place he says in verse 2 and I saw a strong angel
proclaiming with a loud voice who is worthy to open the book and to lose the
seals thereof and no man in heaven nor on earth neither under the earth was
able to open the book neither to look there on and I wept much this is John
speaking because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book neither to
look there on and one of the elders said unto me weep not behold the lion of the
tribe of Judah the root of David hath prevailed to open the book and to lose
the seven seals thereup so a couple things here before we move on is that
the book that is being opened is obviously the book of the beginning of
sorrows and great tribulation the second thing I want you to notice is that Jesus
Christ is the one opening the seals symbolically representing that the only
way to understand these things is through Jesus Christ okay Jesus is the
only one who's able to peel back the scales of our understanding and lighten
us in order to understand these things now the reason that's important is
because you have a lot of people on the internet right now who try to understand
end times prophecy and they're not even saved right they try to understand all
these intricacies of end times prophecy Daniel 17th week but when you look at
their salvation testimony they're not saved they believe in a repentant sins
gospel it works based salvation whereas in order to understand the deep things
of God the things that are revealed by the Holy Ghost you got to get it through
Jesus so just as Jesus is the only one worthy to peel the seals back in order
to reveal the contents of the book in like manner in order for it for us to
understand anything of the Bible we need to go through Jesus right because he is
the way the truth and the life he enlightens us obviously via the Holy
Spirit etc so Jesus Christ is opening the seals through Jesus we have
understanding of these things the beasts represent the four Gospels and
they are the ones proclaiming the contents of the book in other words this
actually symbolizes the fact that in order to really understand the book of
Revelation and specifically the tribulation we have to reference those
four Gospels so in order to gain a plenary holistic understanding of the
tribulation we should reference the four beasts and who do the four beasts
represent the four Gospels we got a reference Matthew 24 Mark 13 Luke 21 he
said what about the book of John well the book of John is written by John who's
writing the book of Revelation and thereby we gain understanding of end
times because of that okay now go to chapter 6 if you would chapter 6 let me
give you a couple things first still by way of introduction in order to help us
to understand this when you read Revelation 6 obviously you have these
these seven seals six that are mentioned in particular in chapter 6 four of which
are probably the most widely known amongst just everyone okay and in fact
a lot of times people refer to these as the four horsemen of the apocalypse
right you guys ever heard that phrase used before the four horsemen of the
apocalypse now you kind of wonder like why is it that these four seals you know
are kind of addressed as or described as these four horsemen what is what is the
deal with that well it's of my opinion that the four horsemen of Revelation are
an imitation they're actually a counterfeit to the four Gospels okay and
I'm gonna explain to you why that is but first and foremost let me just say that
when you read the book of Revelation you see that a lot of what Satan the
Antichrist and the false prophet are doing are actually counterfeits of what
Jesus Christ is gonna do okay and so that kind of gives you an understanding
of what the Antichrist is gonna do because he's not original Satan is not
original they essentially they're biters as they used to say back in the day okay
they're copycats they are giving you a counterfeit an imitation of the real
deal and in fact think about this you know we have what's known as the Trinity
right the Trinity is referring to God the Father God the Son and God the Holy
Spirit okay well Satan also has this counterfeit Trinity unholy Trinity that
represents himself you say how so well Satan would obviously be an imitation of
God right he wanted to go and be like the most high the Bible calls him the
God of this world who has blinded the minds of them which believe not lest
the light of the glorious gospel of Christ should shine unto them he
obviously wants to be like God right and the Bible calls him the God lowercase G
of this world he is the first person of this unholy Trinity the second person
person of this unholy Trinity would be who the Antichrist because anti
literally means in the place of Christ he is coming to imitate Jesus Christ he
is coming to impersonate Jesus Christ he would be that second person of the
unholy Trinity the third person would be who the false prophet now go to
Revelation chapter 13 if you would because I want to I want to show you
this real quick the false prophet is impersonating the Holy Spirit now
obviously we can also make application that he is kind of like John the
Baptist because he is essentially the forerunner of the Antichrist preparing
the way for the Antichrist but when we look at how Satan is impersonating even
the Trinity the Godhead we see that the false prophet does fit the description
as trying to impersonate the Holy Spirit now how so well think about this look
at Revelation chapter 13 and verse 12 it says any exercise if this is referring
to the false prophet all the power of the first beast before him and cause it
the earth and them that dwell therein to worship the first beast so the first
thing once you notice is that he has all power or the same power as the first
beast referring to the Antichrist so the Antichrist and the false prophet kind of
have the same power just as Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit also have the same
power right because they're both God and it says there he exercised all the
power of the first beast before him and caused it the earth and them that which
dwell therein to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed so what is
the false prophets responsibility to push everyone to worshiping the
Antichrist and what is the ministry of the Holy Spirit ministry of the Holy
Spirit it's the point everyone to Jesus Christ he shall testify of me the Bible
says right so the Holy Spirit testifies of Jesus Christ and in like man of the
false prophet testifies of the Antichrist look at verse 13 and he do
with great wonders so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth
in the sight of men so somehow he has this supernatural capability of bringing
down literal fire in the sight of men to essentially confirm to destroy people
but also just to confirm his so-called supernatural deity right we obviously
know he's a false prophet he said well how does this match up with what the
Holy Spirit does well the Bible talks about in Acts chapter 2 that at the day
of Pentecost you have the Holy Ghost coming upon the disciples and the Bible
says that there appeared unto them cloven tongues listen to this like as a
fire so the Holy Spirit is often you know described as symbolically
representing fire coming down upon the believers to give them cloven tongues
divided tongues in order to speak different languages so you see the
similarities there the parallels there between the Holy Spirit and the false
prophet not only that but the Bible also says in verse 15 of Revelation 13 look
at verse 15 that 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 how does this how is this an
imitation of the Holy Spirit well just as the false prophet is able to give
life unto the beast in like manner the Holy Spirit regenerates the person
quickens your mortal body right the Bible says not by works of righteousness
which we have done but according to his mercy he saved us by the washing and
regeneration renewing of the Holy Ghost he quickens our dead spirit when we
believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and in like manner the antithesis to that would
be that the false prophet does the same to the image of the beast not only that
but we see that the false prophet institutes what the mark of the beast
what does the mark of the beast do it seals people unto damnation once
someone is sealed with the mark of the beast they're damned eternally they
cannot be saved right well in like manner what does the Holy Spirit do once
we believe on Jesus Christ once we worship God right Jesus Christ we're
sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise unto the day of redemption so you see
the similarities there how the how Satan the Antichrist the false prophet are a
counterfeit they're an imitation of the real thing so just keep that in mind
when you're reading through the book of Revelation and you see some of these
things you'll obviously see it'll make more sense to you when you realize what
they're doing this is obviously an imitation now the reason I want to say
that as well is because the seals are an imitation to or what's happening within
the seals is an imitation of the Gospels okay so let's look at the first seal
here Revelation chapter 6 in verse number 1 it says here and I saw the lamb
open one of the seals and I heard as it were the noise of thunder and one of the
four beasts saying come and see so this is that beast that is like a lion and
who does the lion represent the book of Matthew okay so he's saying come and see
look at the contents of the book verse 2 says and I saw and behold a white horse
and he that sat on him had a bow and a crown was given unto him and he went
forth conquering and to conquer so this first seal represents the Antichrist
riding on a white horse and he's given a crown meaning that he's some sort of
monarch he's a king he's a ruler well if this first seal is if the first seal is
representative of the book of Matthew the book of Matthew represents Jesus
Christ as a king therefore the Antichrist also is trying to represent
himself as a king now you know what's interesting about this is the fact that
we know for a fact that this is the Antichrist that's being addressed here
in the first seal because when you read about Jesus Christ coming in Revelation
chapter 19 he's coming on a what on a white horse and he's coming with what
with crowns right and what is he coming to do conquer so it should be come as no
surprise that the Antichrist would come first in order to bring deception also
on a white horse with a crown upon his head in order to establish a millennial
reign no the New World Order to establish his own kingdom so we see that
the first seal which is the white horse is represented of the Antichrist going
forth conquering and to conquer the first seal is represented represented by or is
the antithesis the counterfeit of the book of Matthew that portrays Jesus
Christ as a king okay so the Antichrist will imitate his coming okay and by the
way when Jesus Christ came he was killed right and then he rose again the third
day well when we see the office the the office of the Antichrist we see that he
comes he is crowned a king and we also see that he receives a deadly wound to
the head and his deadly wound is healed now I don't think it's preposterous to
say that it's possible that he's dead for about three days and three nights
why because if he's trying to imitate Jesus Christ he's obviously gonna seek
to imitate even the divine resurrection but obviously he's not being resurrected
divinely by God Satan possesses his body and that's how he ends up becoming the
son of perdition okay so he imitates his coming he imitates the crown his
kingship he imitates his conquest because what does he do when he comes
he makes war with the Saints and he overcomes them and when you read
Revelation 19 what does Jesus Christ do he comes and he whoops the Antichrist
whoops the false prophets and he subjects the world under his kingdom okay
and as I mentioned he does also imitate the death and resurrection of Jesus
Christ this is why it's important to completely reject the pre-tribulation
rapture because it's a nonsensical doctrine that really in essence is
preparing people for the Antichrist not Jesus Christ because the pre-trib
rapture teaches that Christians aren't going to go through tribulation that
Jesus Christ can come at any moment you know they teach the imminency of Jesus
Christ but when you read the Bible you see the only imminent coming is that of
the Antichrist not Jesus Christ okay very important now look at verse 3 so
that's the first seal white horse representing the Antichrist the
antithesis to that is the book of Matthew the second horse here look at
verse 3 it says that when he had opened the second seal I heard the second beast
say come and see and there went out another horse that was red and power was
given to him that sat there on to take peace from the earth and that they
should kill one another and there was given unto him a great sword so during
this what's known as the beginning of sorrows you have this unknown assailant
right this unknown guy as the Antichrist he's given a crown but he's not
necessarily crowned the king as of yet just like when Jesus Christ came you
know they try to make him a king but he didn't allow them to take him right
because it wasn't his time yet when like man is gonna be the same thing with the
Antichrist the second seal that's open opens the door to the red horse which
represents warfare kingdom against kingdom nation against nation this is
gonna create a very unstable world at this particular time because a lot of
people are gonna die a lot of warfare is taking place peace is being removed from
the earth during this time because nations are fighting against nation so
what I want you to understand here is that the second seal represents warfare
well what gospel does this represent as well what is an invitation what gospel
is that invitation of well the book of Mark how so well the book of Mark
primarily deals with spiritual warfare and in fact right off the bat in chapter
one you have Jesus Christ being driven into the spirit to be tempted of the
devil when he comes out of the wilderness he's going through and he's
casting out unclean spirits in verse 23 he's rebuking the fever from his mother
in law in the same chapter the very first chapter you come across Jesus
Christ involving himself in spiritual warfare just as we see with the second
seal with the red horse now let me just pause here by saying that I do believe
that each of these seals represent events but they also represent a person
okay meaning that I do believe that the four horsemen of the apocalypse are just
that they're actually men who will exist in the end times say meaning that there
is a man riding on the on the red horse there is a man riding on the black horse
there is a man riding on the pale horse so why would you come to that conclusion
well the first horse is a white horse and there's a man riding on that horse
and that man is a legitimate person known as the Antichrist so these other
three that are riding with the Antichrist are essentially pawns or
tools to create chaos in order to prepare people for the mark of the beast
and the abomination of desolation because these four seals these four
horsemen are made or they're creating a very chaotic world whereby everyone's
gonna look to the Antichrist for answers okay they're gonna look to him for
salvation for deliverance and he's gonna provide it for them albeit in a very
fake way through the mark of the beast okay and the abomination of desolation
look at verse number five let's look at the third seal here third seal is a
black horse it says in verse five and when they had opened the third seal I
heard the third beast say come and see and I beheld the law a black horse and he
that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand and I heard a voice in the
midst of the four beasts say a measure of wheat for a penny and three measures of
barley for a penny and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine so what is this
referring to literally well when you have excuse when you have warfare taking
place inflation goes up and when you have inflation going up you have a
measure of wheat for a penny three measures of barley for a penny you have
essentially famine taking place okay because when inflation is extremely
high you can't purchase food people are going to be starving so you have the
conquest of the Antichrist you have warfare that results in people dying and
the result of warfare is famine and pestilence okay because the result of
warfare is people dying there's diseases because of the corpses etc I'm not
trying to get graphic here but obviously the main thrust of the third seal is
that there is famine in the land so the first seal represents the book of Matthew
or should I say is the counterfeit of the book of Matthew the second seal is
the counterfeit of the book of Mark the third seal is a counterfeit of the book
of Luke so how so well if the third seal is talking about famine people
starving what's interesting here is that the book of Luke is the only gospel
that records famine in the days of Elijah that is actually prophetic of
end times so the book of Luke is the one gospel that actually kind of calls back
to the famine in the days of Elijah which lasted for how long three and a
half years okay which is how long the tribulation the beginning of stars last
for it's the only gospel that records that particular story of Elijah which is
prophetic of end times Bible prophecy okay now go to Revelation chapter 12 if
you would Revelation chapter 12 I know this exciting stuff I know you just love
hearing this I know you're just dying to hear more of this and I'm gonna give you
more don't worry Revelation chapter 12 look at Revelation chapter 12 now
Revelation chapter 12 is probably one of the most enigmatic hard to understand
chapters in an entire book of Revelation okay probably aside from chapter 10 it's
very difficult chapter to understand it's very symbolic there's a lot of
symbolism and it can be hard to decipher what it's referring to
specifically but we do get a little couple pictures here when we compare
scripture with scripture look at verse 3 there appeared another wonder in heaven
and behold a great red dragon obviously we know that Satan having seven heads
and ten horns and seven crowns upon his head and his tail drew the third part of
the stars of heaven and then cast them to the earth these stars are
representative of demons fallen angels right it says in the dragon stood
before the woman which was ready to be delivered for to devour her child as
soon as it was born so the woman that's being talked about here people could
say it's referring to Mary people could say that it's referring to one of the
Old Testament patriarchs wives but really what I believe it's possibly
referring to is just all of them but more specifically Eve because Eve is the
mother of all living okay and it says here that Eve is ready to deliver her
child and obviously the child is who is Jesus Christ and yes Mary gave birth to
Jesus Christ but we could also say that Jesus because he's the son of man you
know his great great grandmother is Eve because she's the mother of us all okay
so it's given a symbolism here that the dragon wants to devour this child Jesus
Christ when he is when he is delivered and when did this literally take place
well when Jesus Christ was born Herod sought to devour and destroy Jesus
Christ right he is essentially like a devil he's like that red dragon that
sought to kill Jesus verse 5 says and she brought forth a man child who was
to rule all nations with the rod of iron that's an indicator that's
referring to Jesus and her child was caught up unto God and to his throne so
it's obviously giving us a very streamlined verse here regarding the
fact that he came into his world he died was buried he resurrected and he
ascended to be on the right hand of God look at verse 6 and the woman fled into
the wilderness where she had a place prepared of God that they should feed
her there a thousand two hundred and three score days this is referring to
the fact that this woman is in the wilderness for a thousand two hundred
and sixty days now when you do the math in regards to enzymes prophecy you see
that this actually takes place at the beginning of the beginning of sorrows
all the way up until the abomination of desolation that's literally a thousand
two hundred and sixty days so this isn't a literal woman going into the
wilderness this is actually picturing believers going into the wilderness into
tribulation which is what wilderness represents in the Bible okay is
tribulation they're going into tribulation for a thousand two hundred
and sixty days now turn with you if you would hold your place from revelation go
to first Kings chapter 17 first Kings chapter 17 as you're turning I'm gonna
reach you from the book of Luke which is the gospel that the third seal is
imitating okay book of Luke chapter 4 verse 23 you're going to first Kings 17
I'm reading to you from Luke chapter 4 verse 23 says and he said into them ye
will surely say unto me this proverb physician heal thyself whatsoever we
have heard done in Capernaum do also here in thy country he said verily verily
I say to you no prophet is accepted in his own country but I tell you of a
truth many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias referring to Elijah when
the heaven was shut up three score and six months three and a half years when
great famine was throughout all the land but unto none of them was Elias sent
save unto Serepta a city of Sidon unto a woman that was a widow okay so keep that
in mind he's saying that Elias was sent to this woman and during the days of
famine okay keep that in mind and I know I'm trying to get you to remember a lot
here but it'll all come together in just a moment okay keep in mind what the
third seal is what is it it's pestilence and famine okay what is the book of Luke
talk about here famine it's the only gospel that records this particular
story look at first King 17 in verse number 8 it says in the word of the Lord
came unto him saying arise get thee to Zarephath which belongeth to Zidon and
dwell there and behold I have commanded a woman a widow woman there to sustain
thee so he arose and went to Zarephath and when he came to the gate of the city
behold the widow woman was there gathering of sticks and he called to her
and said fetch me I pray thee a little water in a vessel that I may drink now
it's funny you know there's a famine going on and then you know Elijah comes
he's like hey give me I'm thirsty go give me some water okay and as she was
going to fetch it he called her and said bring me I pray thee a morsel of bread
in my hand so he's like oh by the way maybe some food too okay man got a lot
of faith cuz you know there's a famine he's not even taking into consideration
like hey there's no food there's no water he's like go get me water and I'm
hungry to make me make me a sandwich verse 12 and she said as the Lord thy
God liveth I have not a cake but a handful of meal and a barrel and a
little oil and a cruise and behold I am gathering two sticks that I may go in
and dress it for me and my son till we may eat it to die it's like whoa this is
like serious stuff let's look at the compassion of Elijah verse 13 Elijah
senator fear not go and do as thou hast said but make me thereof a little cake
first and bringing it to me and after make for thee and for thy son so he's
like that's cool just do whatever it says that you're gonna do right now but
don't forget the cake though I'm still hungry so if you could just do that for
me first and then you know then do as thou hast said I mean talk about a
prophet and she's very like okay he didn't you know maybe some wives feel
the same way you're like he's just not nice at all
says verse 14 for thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel the barrel of meat shall
not waste neither shall the cruise of oil fail until the day that the Lord
sendeth rain upon the earth now did you catch that he says do this why
because the barrel of meal shall not waste neither shall the cruise of what
oil fail until the day the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth now when did rain
come upon the earth three and a half years in and what did the third seal say
hurt not thou the oil and the wine so even though there's famine during the
end times and yeah measure of wheat for a penny three measures of barley for a
penny the Lord is saying hurt not thou the oil and the wine why because he's
gonna use the oil and the wine to help his people okay and this is why I'm not
for prepping I'm not a prepper and you know what I don't think God wants us to
be preppers either because I want him to miraculously provide for me you know
hopefully in the tribulation I can find a widow and just be like what you got
she's I only got masa for one tamale all's like good enough for me make that
first and then go and do as thou hast said just step out in faith hopefully the
Lord provides the remainder of the masa he says the barrow of meal wasted not
verse 16 neither did the cruise of oil fail according to the word of the Lord
which he spake by Elijah so you can see how this is connected to the third seal
that black horse because it represents famine and pestilence the book of Luke
talks about the famine and days of Elijah and first Kings chapter 17
recorded the story of Elijah records the fact that the oil did not fail what is
it showing us have faith in God they got to provide the oil for you doesn't
matter what now these next four years are gonna be the best four years
economically and Trump is gonna save us and all that stuff I know that how you
guys think you know there's gonna be plenty of oil to go around playing oil
and wine to go around for everyone okay you know we're we're not under liberals
anymore and they're all pulling out their hair and shaving off their heads
and abstaining abstaining from fornication and an abortion or a
committing abortion they're like we're not gonna have babies you don't have
babies anyways we're not gonna commit fornication no one wants to fornicate
with you it's like these these fat ugly dice are like we're not gonna fart we're
gonna abstain from men they're gonna abstain from you too point that I'm
making here is that obviously the connections that we see here the
connections that we see here I had to get that off my chest the connections
we see here is the cruise of oil not failing because see thou hurt not the
oil and the wine okay and so what this passage is teaching us regarding the
tribulation because again that's the three and a half years and isn't it
interesting that the book of Luke represents this story here that is
synonymous what will we see in the third seal and it's talking about Elijah and
Elijah is one of the two prophets one of the two witnesses that shall return in
the end times as well and he's also gonna cause it not to rain I mean that
the thing is deep my friends there's all kinds of connections I'm just like whoa
you know there's a lot going on Elijah's very much involved he's involved in
helping people to understand the prophetic occurrences that will happen
one day in first King 17 but he's literally gonna be there in presence you
know in end times Bible prophecy but the point is here is that God wants us to
depend upon him to provide the oil so why well I don't cook so I don't really
know I just know oil is needed for cooking or something my wife uses it
for something I know that we use it but it's necessary okay let me read you from
Luke chapter 12 verse 29 this is a passage a chapter dealing with the end
times dealing with tribulation and he says in verse 29 seek not ye what ye
shall eat or what ye shall drink neither be of a doubtful mind for all these
things do the nations of the world seek after which is why they're gonna take
the mark of the beast because why are they taking the mark of the beast so
they can buy and sell and your father know what they have need of these
things but rather seek you the kingdom of God and all these things shall be
added unto you fear not little flock for it is your father's good pleasure to
give you the kingdom so they have give alms provide yourselves bags which wax
not old a treasure in heaven that faileth not where where no thief
approacheth neither moth corrupted for where your treasure is there your heart
be also now what is the point here the point is this depend on God you know I
don't believe God wants you to store tons of food during the tribulation in
your attic or something I think what he wants you to concern yourself with is
getting people saving preaching the Word of God okay you know I'm just gonna
assume that if I go through if the tribulation happens in my time I'm just
gonna fast okay and you know I'll try to eat my last double cheeseburger or
something you know last chicken McNuggets and then I just go off of
that but I believe wholeheartedly that God will provide for our needs during
that time and here's the thing if my body wastes away during that time so be
and I'm getting a resurrected body anyways you know you might as well drive
that thing to the ground just burn out serving God because you're about to get
a new body anyways so it's important to go back to your revelation chapter 6 hope
that made sense to everyone let's review real quick first seal is the white horse
representing the Antichrist a counterfeit of the book of Matthew because Jesus
Christ is representing the book of Matthew as the king just as the Antichrist
is given a crown he's going forth conquering and to conquer the second seal
represents the red horse which is warfare representing or being a
counterfeit of the book of Mark because the book of Mark primarily focuses on
spiritual warfare the third seal is the black horse that represents pestilence
and famine which is a counterfeit of the book of Luke that records the only story
of famine by Elijah in 1st King 17 that is prophetic of Antichrist Bible prophecy
look at the fourth seal says in verse 7 and when he had opened the fourth seal I
heard the voice of the fourth beast say come and see and I looked and behold the
pale horse and his name that sat on him was death and hell followed with him and
power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth to kill with
the sword and with hunger and with death and with the beast of the earth so the
fourth seal which is the pale horse represents death and hell and what is
this a counterfeit of it's obviously the book of John why because the book of
John emphasizes heaven and everlasting life I mean that is the book that talks
about believing on the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation over and over and over and
over again so that's obviously a counterfeit an imitation of the book of
John the fourth seal now let me just stop here and talk about this real quick
before we move on to the fifth seal these first four seals I believe are
purposely placed there or constructed by the Antichrist in the New World Order
okay because what I believe he's doing here is he's creating a world whereby a
problem it occurs a major world global problem happens and it's causing people
to look for the answer okay and I believe specifically that the famine and
the pestilence opens the door because of the inflation to the mark of the beast
that he's going to institute and you know the reason the market the Antichrist
rolls out the mark of the beast or the reason that he tells the world that he's
rolling out the mark of the beast is to provide for them right it provides
people with the opportunity to buy and sell everything resets there's a
one-world currency this instituted through this mark of the beast you don't
have to do worry about cash you don't have to worry about cards you know and
obviously we're already moving towards that I mean you know our phones we could
just look at something and just buy it apparently you could head into an Amazon
store and just put things in your basket and just charges your thing I mean it's
like literally so convenient right so like 50 years ago people were like oh
man you know it's the end of the world because of all this stuff but here we
are with new world order technology in the end is not even here yet and let me
just make myself very clear I'm all for a new world order technology it's the
best I mean people are like no don't get that iPhone it's gonna scan your face
there you have your face you're if you're born here dude they got a number
for you they have you they know you you know so you might as well just enjoy the
technology yeah but you know if they you know what if I start paying with my
phone if you start paying with your phone you don't have to deal with some
clerk who has a bad day or something he said why are you so for a new world
order technology because I'm saved and it can't damn me to hell mark of the
beast will damn a person to hell if they're not saved and I'm not gonna be
able to take the mark of the beast because the prerequisite or the
condition to take the mark of the beast is you have to worship the beast and no
Bible-believing Christian can call Jesus a curse they're not gonna be able to
just say well you know I don't believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and obviously
it's probably gonna be technology in those days whereby they're able to kind
of read your mind or put something on the screen or something and say oh you
lied you're a Bible-believing Christian off with his head or something okay and
so you know he is so here's the thing is that sometimes people freak out when
something new is rolled out you know oh a chip in your right hand or something
oh man we're here this is the end times but no it's not okay now I personally
would love to have the end times happen in my lifetime
preferably like now while I'm young so I can like run real fast and you know I'm
still able-bodied and stuff and you know but it's probably not gonna happen in my
lifetime as much as I would like for it I'm a fatalist so I'm just like you know
or as they used to say you know an accelerationist we just want it to just
happen already but let me explain something why it's probably not gonna
happen at least within the next couple years okay because people read this
stuff in the book of Revelation about the mark of the beast the one world order
you know all these things and they're just like oh man we really got to watch
out for this stuff so if a technology is rolled out it's like oh this is it this
is it but what people don't seem to understand is that the reason it's so
easily rolled out and accepted globally in the book of Revelation is because
it's already a common practice in technology in their days it's already
something that has already you know people are already using I promise you
that by the time the mark of the beast is rolled out chips are already going
into the right hand to the forehead for other things guaranteed promise you is
that that's how it's gonna be because think about this if they just if during
this time they rolled that out people gonna be like whoa I read about this in
Revelation hold on a second this is not good but what if you've had a couple you
know a couple decades of false flags by Christians who are constantly saying you
know something's rolled out like oh it's the end of the world Trump is the
Antichrist he received a daily wound to the head his daily wound is healed you
laugh but that's what people are saying you have a couple decades of that
nonsense you're gonna have a world that says 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 you Christians have always been saying that the world
is gonna end you've always been and it never happens so put it in my right hand
in my forehead because we've been doing this for a long time and nothing ever
happens that's how it works okay so this technology these practices have to be
normalized in society first okay that's why everyone's like oh yeah put it right
put it right next to this other chip that I have for Netflix sir you know or
for my Tesla here if you could fit it right there next to my Tesla you know
chip or next to my whatever you know my my Neuralink if you can put it right
next to my Neuralink you know I just got a new subscription you know whatever to
them it'll just be like a just another chip in the hand it's not like the chip
is just rolled out the market's just rolled out they just hear about it then
no it's already normalized at this point okay all that's needed is a global
crisis to help people take the mark of the beast and what motivates them to
switch over to this one world currency they need something supernatural they
need something to supernaturally occur to give that one man the credentials of
being possibly God which is why when the Antichrist dies and he comes back to
life the Bible says the world wonders after the beast who is able to make war
with him why do you say that well because someone shot him in the head
he's been dead for three days and he came back to life who's gonna make war
with him he's invincible and then he comes out and says we'll take this and
reset the whole thing and you can have your subscriptions you can watch your
Netflix you can buy and sell you know inflation will go down everything's
gonna be great and people are like oh I love this guy you're like is are people
really gonna do that well let me ask you this do people worship Trump right now
and he's not even the Antichrist but I promise you people worship Trump today I
mean someone was telling me someone who violated the the no media November I'm
just kidding someone was telling me that like once Trump was like elected they
went through the comment section and they saw like a comment where like as
soon as I heard he was elected I ran it I burst into my son's bedroom I hugged
him and I said some of you in here like I did the same thing
cringe is that but if they're doing that to a man who's not divine imagine to a
man who proves his divinity by coming back to life right you know where he's
able to do all these great signs and wonders and deceive the world through
these avenues oh it's just gonna give him that much more credibility and
people are just gonna buy into them because they don't have to buy into the
mark of the beast they have to buy into them the beast and once they buy into
the beast they'll do whatever the beast asks them to do you know what I'm
saying so it's not like you know the market beast is rolled out and it's
just like pleased to see your papers and people are like no I want to take the mark or
whatever people want to take the mark during this time this is something that
is widely accepted in the end times right now people are like no no way no
way you know no I don't want that I don't want that in my skin I don't want
that in my forehead but in the end times though people are like oh yeah bring it
I want it for sure so the first four seals the first the four horsemen of the
apocalypse the events that happened there are used as a springboard for the
mark of the beast and the abomination of desolation in order to roll out the New
World Order that make sense everyone look at verse 9 we're almost done here
look at the fifth seal so after all these because once this happens pestilence
inflation the mark of the beast is rolled out the abomination of desolation
happens the Antichrist has already come back to life he goes into the temple of
God proclaiming himself to be God it says in 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 lot of
voice saying how long the Lord holy and true thus thou not judge and avenge our
blood on them that dwell on the earth. Now the next thing I want to mention
here by the way the the counterfeits regarding the Gospels finishes obviously
after the fourth seal. The fifth seal is the killing martyrdom of Christians and
obviously Revelation 6 is kind of leaving out some details that is given
later on in Revelation 13 but also in Matthew chapter 10 Matthew 24 Mark 13
talking about the tribulation how Christians will be killed for their
faith right and this passage here is strong proof that God is not the one
responsible for the tribulation why because there's first of all strong
proof that Christians are still there during the tribulation because it's
after the fifth seal that Christians are killed and they're found under the
altar it's like what are you guys doing here how'd you guys just get here you
guys miss the first train or something you know the rapture took place in
Revelation 4 no Christians are all there throughout the tribulation okay and
they're being killed during this time but it's also proof that God is not the
one responsible for the tribulation because they're asking God when are you
gonna judge these people who are on the earth for what they did to us showing us
conclusively that God is not responsible for any of that this the
beginning of sorrows is man-made is what I'm saying not God-made so
Christians are being killed at this point for the testimony which they held
verse 11 says white robes were given unto every one of them which by the way
represents salvation and it was said unto them that they should rest yet for
a little season until their fellow servants also and their brethren that
should be killed as they were should be fulfilled so during this time a lot of
Christians are dying they're dying for their faith they're allowing themselves
to be killed in order to be a testimony which by the way martyr in the Bible
actually means testimony okay it means it means witness so if you're testifying
of Jesus Christ if you're preaching the gospel scripturally you're actually a
martyr because you died itself in order to do those things right but that's
what martyr literally means it means witness look at verse 12 he said well
what how do they how does the Antichrist find Christians and some can't people
just fake it well that's the thing is that the mark of the beast is rolled out
under the guise of helping the world throughout him for the inflation that's
taking place but the main purpose behind it is to identify Christians because
Christians are the only ones who can't take the mark of the beast now
mainstream Christians are not saved they're gonna take it to them is just
like oh hey this is the you know Savior this is the this is the guy okay so a
lot of these liberal churches these liberal fund centers these pre trippers
who don't have the right salvation they're gonna bite into this thing
hook line and sinker and they will take the mark of the beast and obviously if
you have these mega churches who a pastor is not saved I mean he's gonna
be able to rally his entire church to go to the mark of the beast center and you
know go worship the beast real quick you say can they really do that folks if
they're if they're blowing a shofar in their church and they're like
worshiping the Jews folks it's not gonna be hard to get them to just go and
worship the beast and make them believe that the Antichrist is God obviously he's
not look at verse 12 here's the sixth the sixth seal it says that I beheld
when he had opened the sixth seal and lo there was a great earthquake and the
Sun became black as sackcloth of hair and the moon became his blood the stars
of heaven fell into the earth even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs when
she is shaken of a mighty wind I want you to notice this in the earth excuse
and the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together and every mountain
and island were moved out of their places so up until this point seal one
through seal five are the doings of the Antichrist and his structure his New
World Order the sixth seal is actually God performing this celestial
supernatural occurrence to essentially introduce himself into this world okay
now when you read this it's very easy to see that the pre-trib rapture is such a
cheap rapture because the preacher rapture is what a secret rapture you
know it's like a scared Jesus who comes and just takes you he doesn't want to
make it he's very shy you know he just you don't see him it's an invisible
rapture your clothes just fall you know and you don't really see him whereas the
biblical rapture is that every eye shall see him and how is that well
obviously we can say practically through social media I mean people get in a
fight in the streets and just instead of someone helping a bunch of phones come
out right you know someone dies phones come out super nasty car accident where
people dies like phones out that's what everyone does just brings their phone
out right so you can see if something like this happens phones out they're
just you know they're just gonna record everything and you know just publish it
through social media but also the reason God is doing this is because he's he's
essentially rolling out the red carpet for himself if the Sun and Moon are
being darkened the heavenly bodies are being darkened he's coming out it says
that heaven is departing as a scroll that's a pretty awesome entrance there
because he's essentially tearing the fabric of that which is eternal to come
into that which is physical so it's like in the Bible describes it in Matthew 24
as lightning you know goes from one end to the other and I believe that's
referring to the tear from the supernatural to the physicals like God
is opening up the heaven and he's descending upon a cloud okay and I'm
sure that during this time everyone just stops because nothing's ever happened
like that before you know the heavens departing as a scroll and then a man
descends in a cloud I mean that is an awesome sight and by the way let me just
say this is that I don't believe he's descending like he's looking all gay and
faggity, you know, just like, you know.
Bible actually says he's coming angrily.
His eyes are a flame of fire.
So how do you know?
Well, we'll see in just a little bit that everyone's scared.
Look what it says in verse 15,
that the kings of the earth and the great men,
you know, all these people in Hollywood,
politicians, leaders, and the rich men,
and the chief captains, and the mighty men,
and every bond man, and every free man,
hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains
and said to the mountains and rocks, fall on us
and hide us from the face of him
that sitteth on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb.
So what are they saying?
It's better for the mountain to just fall on me
than to have to deal with him.
That's how terrifying the sight
of the Lord Jesus Christ will be when he comes.
He's not like, hey guys, I'm real.
You know, I believe he's descending
and it's essentially an act of war.
Like he's like, I'm gonna destroy all of you.
You're all gonna get it.
Because when he first came, he came humbly, right?
He came humbly.
He came to seek and to save that which is lost.
2000 plus years later, oh, he's coming back
with the vengeance and he's not coming lowly anymore.
He is lowly, but he's not coming lowly.
He's coming to make war, which is why everything's shaking.
There's earthquakes, the blood and the moon
are being darkened like sackcloth of hair.
It says, you know, the stars of heaven are falling.
So as he's descending, all types of meteors
are flying through the sky.
They're destroying buildings.
I mean, a lot of chaos here.
And it's of my personal opinion that when he descends,
it's not like a quick one.
It's not like he's like, and everyone's gone like, whoa.
I believe he's probably in the sky for quite some time.
You say, why?
Well, number one, it takes time for people
to go hide in the dens and the rocks in the mountains, OK?
Number two, the Bible says that those
who are dead in Christ shall rise first.
You guys understand what that means?
It means every single dead person,
physically, from the beginning of time until the time
that Jesus Christ returns are coming out of the earth.
Graves, the earth.
Bodies are just flying all over the place.
Now, that's a terrifying sight, OK?
Babies, millions of babies that are
aborted every single month-- or every single month,
every single year.
Obviously, Abel is like the first one.
His body comes out.
He's the first one to be murdered.
He was a believer.
But just think about that.
For thousands of years, everyone who's believed and was saved,
they're coming out of the grave.
And this is why Luke 21 says that men's hearts are failing them for fear.
You know what that means?
It means they're having a heart attack.
Because you're seeing all these bodies fly through the air.
And they're just like, ugh.
And they just, they die.
So that's the first part.
So he's up there.
The trumpet blows.
And then it's just like waves and waves of bodies just flying through the air.
And aside from that, Jesus Christ is not descending alone.
Who's there?
Everyone who's in heaven to meet their bodies in the air,
to receive that transfigured body, this is what's known as the resurrection.
Because the rapture is synonymous with the resurrection.
Everyone catching this?
OK.
Trying to help you see this.
OK.
So all the believers are in heaven.
Their bodies are coming up.
They're being transfigured midair.
OK.
So make sure you get buried in a nice suit or something.
You want to come out in style, amen?
But it's not over yet.
That's part one.
Because it says that dead in Christ shall rise first.
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with him in the clouds.
So all these bodies are flying out, and I'm like, we're almost there.
It's almost our turn.
And then once the last body goes up, then we go up.
Whoever makes it to the very end, by the way.
Whoever is able to endure into the end.
Then you just fly up in the air.
So now you have all hundreds and hundreds of people, Christians,
just flying up in the air to meet the transfigured body.
That's another terrifying sight.
And again, I wish it would happen in my lifetime,
because I would love to experience that.
And I've said this before, I would love for my head
to just get chopped off during the tribulation.
Hear me out.
I would love for my head to get chopped off.
My head just flies off, and then it's my turn,
and then it just comes back.
And then it just reattaches my body.
I'm just like, see you.
I'm getting a head in life.
And just like, that would be great.
I don't think this happens within a matter
of two minutes or something.
This has happened over a long period of time.
I don't know how long.
But obviously, you know, this is big stuff here.
Jesus Christ is coming loudly, visibly, chaotically.
This is awesome.
And you know, people--
it's not like people on Earth are just like, you know--
it's not like, oh, man, he does exist.
That's not what they're saying.
Because everyone knows that Jesus exists.
They know that he's God.
And even if they say they don't believe in him, they're lying.
You know what they're going to say?
Oh, man, that's what they're going to say.
They're going to be fearful because they
know they're going to get it.
Look what it says, verse 17, "For the great day of his wrath
is come, and who shall be able to stand?"
You know, it's funny.
You know, when the Antichrist act, it's like, oh, man,
they wander after the beast.
Who's able to make war with the beast?
But when Jesus Christ comes, it's like,
who's able to even stand?
Because everyone's just falling over, either of a heart attack
or just completely out of fear, begging the mountains
to fall upon them.
Because that would be a better fate than falling
into the hands of an angry god.
Let's move on.
Go to chapter 8, and we're done.
So that's the sixth seal.
And chapter 7-- we're not going to read it.
But chapter 7 essentially talks about the 144,000.
The first half is about the 144,000,
which is referring to the 144,000 of Israel,
of the tribes of Israel, who are coming down as we're going up
and are being used as essentially missionaries
and evangelists to proclaim the word of God
during the 3 and 1/2 years of God's wrath.
Because believe it or not, God still
loves the people who are left behind during that time.
And that's the real left behind, people who are not saved.
So they're there to preach the gospel.
And what we can liken these 144,000,
they're like the laborers in the field
who are gleaning the corners of the field of the harvest.
They're kind of getting the remainder of the believers,
preaching the gospel in different areas of the world
to get people saved.
And we know that the rapture is in chapter 7
because it talks about a great multitude
which no man can number.
Well, that's obviously referring to all the believers
that have been saved throughout time.
Here's the last thing, Luke of Revelation 8 verse 1.
Here's the opening, or the, excuse me, the seventh seal.
It says in verse 1, "And when he had opened the seventh seal,
there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
And I saw the seven angels which stood before God,
and to them were given seven trumpets.
And another angel came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer.
And there was given to him much incense
that he should offer with the prayers
of all the saints upon the golden altar,
which was before the throne.
So a couple things I wanna mention here, we're done.
Number one, there's a moment of silence
before the wrath comes.
This is the only peace the world will experience
throughout this whole time.
It's just 30 minutes of just getting ready
to just for the greatest onslaught
in the history of mankind, okay?
Which is known as the seven trumpets and seven vials.
Just some of the most horrific things
that will ever happen to this world.
And thank God we're saved, amen.
'Cause if it were to happen in our lifetime,
it would suck to be here at a time like that.
So it's 30 minutes prior,
and then the seven angels are given seven trumpets,
and essentially an angel comes, stands at the altar,
and he's pouring, he has a golden censer,
and this censer essentially has fire
that he's gonna cast into the earth.
But when you read the chapter,
you realize that the fire that's being cast into the earth
from the altar of incense
is actually the prayers of the saints.
This is what's known as imprecatory prayers.
So he takes the prayers of the saints
and he's just casting them down
via the judgment of God upon the earth, okay?
You say like, what?
Well, how about the souls that were under the altar
who were slain for the word of God
and for the testimony which they held?
And they're saying, how long, oh Lord?
Those are the prayers, you know,
those are the saints asking God to avenge them.
And God's like, done.
And he starts burning up the earth
for these imprecatory prayers.
The point that I'm making there
is that that's why it's important for us
to pray in precatory prayers.
These Christians out there
who obviously don't know the Bible or the book of Psalms,
they're not taking advantage of that.
And they're like, well, that's old Testament.
We shouldn't pray in precatory prayers.
That's funny 'cause Jesus literally said
to pray in precatory prayers.
He gives the example of the unjust judge and the widow.
And he says, men are always to pray not to faint.
And he gives the example of avenging ourselves via prayer.
And then this is what he says at the end of that story.
He says, but shall I find faith on the earth when I come?
He's like, when I come, am I going to find any Christian
actually praying in a precatory prayer?
Shall I find that faith in the earth?
Folks, I want to have faith enough that I will--
and by the way, I pray in precatory prayers
every single day.
There's people on my list that I pray for consistently.
I pray for you, not in precatory prayers.
I pray for you, but I got another list.
And I'm like, destroy them.
May wrath come upon them.
You're like, well, that's not very loving.
Well, here's the good thing.
If it's not God's will, he's just not going to do it.
He just won't do it.
But if it does happen, that means it was God's will.
And you know what?
I'm going to be praying in pre-catory prayers
to the end of my life.
Because I want some of my coals to be
thrown by the angels down there.
I want to participate.
I want to add some of the coals and some of the fire
to that judgment of God.
That's it.
So those are the seven seals of revelation.
Hope you learned something tonight.
And the biggest thing that you should learn
is, first and foremost, is that God
will provide the oil for you.
He will provide the oil for you.
And the second thing that you should take away from this
is that don't skip out on your imprecatory prayers.
Amen?
Have faith.
Let's pray.
Father, we thank you so much for your word.
And thank you for the extensive teachings
that we see in the Word of God regarding end times.
And Lord, if it happens in our lifetime,
may we remember these words, Lord,
and keep these things to heart.
And I pray, Father God, that you'd
help us to go through tribulation, even
in this lifetime.
Even if it's not the Great Tribulation,
we're all going to experience some form of tribulation,
afflictions in this world.
And I pray that you'd help us, Lord, to maintain and keep
the faith and do that which is pleasing in your sight
no matter what happens.
And Lord, may we exercise our faith
to offer supplications, prayers with thanksgiving,
but also the imprecatory prayers,
because it's an act of faith knowing full well
that you are a just God who avenges his children.
And you said, Lord, vengeance belongeth unto me.
I will repay.
And so we believe that.
And I pray that you would fulfill that.
We love you, Lord. Bless the fellowship and all there is in Jesus name. Amen.