The Rapture of the Church Will Happen on "This Day"

Good day. This is Steve Holcomb with the second coming of Christ Jesus and the rapture. And we're going to look at some Bible verses today about the second coming of Christ and when is he going to come back? Can we know? Are we going to see it? What are the events going to happen before? If the rapture happens at a certain time, can we see if we're living in that generation or are we the people that will see the return of Christ? You know, the disciples had the same question back in Matthew 24. I'm going to read it for you and we'll see what Jesus said to the disciples. It said, ' And Jesus went out and departed from the temple. And the disciples came unto him to show him the buildings of the temple.

And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? Verily I say to you, there shall not be one left here, one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down. And as he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of thy coming and the end of the world? And Jesus answered them said to them, "Take heed that no man deceive you." There's going to be a lot of deception going on in the world before he comes. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceive many. And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, that you be not soon troubled, for these things must come to pass. But the end is not yet.

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines, and pestilence, and earthquakes in diverse places. All these things are the beginning of sorrows. And they shall deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you, and you shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then many shall be offended and shall betray one another and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall arise and shall deceive many. I believe a lot of these false prophets are a lot of pastors, a lot of false teachers that are in the pull pits today on national television and um they deceive many. It said, "And because iniquity shall abound, that's immoral behavior.

The love of many shall wax cold, but he that shall endure until the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world. Remember that word world. For a witness unto all nations, and then the end shall come. And then he goes on and explains. It says, "When you therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet stand in the holy place, whosoever readeth, let him understand." Now, this abomination of desolation, a lot of people don't know what it is. You don't really hear it taught. You don't hear it preached. This abomination of desolation is a big key verse in understanding end time events and what's going to happen. And the disciples asked Jesus and Jesus gave them the answer.

When you see this, so what is this? Bible tells us that this world leader will stand in a Jewish rebuilt third temple claiming to be the Messiah. Bible says when that happens, that day is when great tribulation will start. It's a time of tribulation that never was, never has been, and never will be again. So, we have to see how does this happen. Well, the Jewish nation had to be a nation again for this prophecy to happen. The Jews have to rebuild their third temple for this world leader to stand in it, claiming to be the Messiah. It happens in the middle of a seven-year covenant signed with the many. Now, it's not a seven-year tribulation period, as most people teach. It is a seven-year covenant.

I'm going to stick with the biblical words. It's a covenant signed with the many for seven years or actually one week. It's a week of years. And in the middle of the week, he's going to cause the sacrifices to cease. He's going to set up an image and demand that he be worshiped. Jesus says, "When you see that," well, we'll continue reading and see what exactly what Jesus says. It says, "When you shall therefore see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet stand in the holy place," that's the Jewish rebuilt temple. "Whosoever reth, let him understand. Then let them which be in Judea, which is the west bank of Israel right now, flee into the mountains, let him which is on the housetop, not come down to take anything out of his house.

Neither let them which is in the field return back to take any of his clothes. And woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days. But pray that you fly, be not in the winter, nor on the Sabbath day. For then shall great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days have been shortened, there shall be no flesh saved. But for the elect's sake, those days shall be shortened. Then if anybody if any man say unto you lo here is Christ or there believe it not a lot of people's going to come claiming to be the Messiah and God said he gives this warning in his book he said don't even believe him he said for there shall arise false Christ and false prophets and shall show great signs and wonders in so much that if it were possible they shall deceive the very elect.

These people are going to be so smooth. Satan is so crafty that if it were possible, the very elect of God will be deceived by these people, by these false prophets. Behold, I have told you before, wherefore, if they say unto you, behold, he is in the desert, go not forth. Behold, if is he in a secret chamber, believe it not. Now, this is how we're going to know when Jesus Christ comes back himself. I'm not talking about the rapture the second, but this is when Jesus comes back. For as the lightning shine uh cometh out of the east, and shineth even into the west, so also also shall the son of man be. For whoso wheresoever the carcass is, there will the equals be gathered together. Now, he comes back at the battle of Armageddon, that is when all the world armies are coming down against Israel.

And in in the in the book of Revelation, it talks about he's going to have a great feast of all of the kings of the earth and everything and all the eagles and the vultures and everything is going to come to that and eat the flesh of kings and and people. And it says, "And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the great tribulation, the sun shall be darkened." This is when Jesus comes back on the Mount of Olives. and the moon shall not give their light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be sh uh 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.

We're not going to see Jesus Christ coming back until this happens. Jesus now we will be gathered together and meet him in the clouds but when he comes back the whole world's going to see it. It said and he sent his angels with a great sound of a trumpet and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds from one end of heaven to the other. It doesn't say earth. We are already in heaven with Christ when he comes back to the battle of Armageddon and puts down the armies of this world. We're going to come back with him. He's going to gather all his saints from all around the the heavens and we're going to come back with him and watch him tear down the armies of this world with just the sword of his mouth.

In Revelation, it says, "Now," he gives us a command. Now learn a parable of the fig tree. When its branches yet tender and for put forth leaves, you know summer's nigh. So likewise, when you shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Verily, I tell you, this generation shall not pass, so all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. Now, this is where a lot of people get stuck on and they don't even study Bible prophecy because of this very next verse. But of that day and hour knoweth no man what day or hour? The abomination of the desolation. That's what he just told us. When we see that, then great tribulation happens since never was before and never will be again.

He says uh he says but of that day and hour knoweth no man know not the angels of heaven but my father only. Now so he tells us that we don't know what day or hour this world leader is going to stand in claiming to be the Messiah. But the Bible very clearly tells us when we see that right here it says behold this is first Corinthians. Behold, I show you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of the eye, at the last trump. So, we got to start putting all these puzzle pieces together. Okay, we know he's not coming until the last trumpet sounds. Okay, that's that don't really give us a whole lot of information by itself. But then we go to uh 1 Thessalonians 5:2 and 3. for yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord comes as a thief in a night.

And that's where a lot of pastors quit teaching. They say say he's coming as a thief. Nobody knows. But if you continue reading, it tells us exactly when that happens. For when they say peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them and they shall not escape. So he's telling us he's coming as a thief when the Jewish people say finally we have peace and safety. When does that happen? that happens in the middle of a seven-year covenant signed with the many at the abomination of desolation just like Jesus told us. And he goes on to says, "Now we beseech you." This is second Thessalonians. It says, "Now we beseech you." Let me go ahead and read it to you. Well, sorry about that. It's now this is 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 verse one.

Now we beseech you brethren by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he knows we comes at the battle of Armageddon and by our gathering together unto him that will be the rapture. That ye be not soon shaken in mind or troubled neither by spirit nor by word nor by letter as from us that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means, for that day shall not come except or come a fallen away first, and the man of sin be revealed the son of predition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. Remember ye not that when I was yet with you, I told you these things.

And now you know that withholdest that he may be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work. Only he who let will let until he be taken out of the way. Believe that'll be the Holy Spirit when he is taken out of the way. He said, "And then that wicked shall be revealed whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth." That's in the book of Revelation. and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming, even him whose coming is after the works of Satan, which will be the Antichrist and the false prophet, with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivleness and unrighteousness in them that perish, because they receive not the love of the truth, that they may be saved.

And for this cause God will send them strong delusion that they should believe a lie that they all might be damned who believe not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. God has given every one of us a choice. We can believe in him and his righteousness and Jesus Christ and we can be saved. We can repent of our sins and we can accept that we are all sinners in need of a savior and Jesus Christ is that savior and we can repent, return away from our sins and follow him or we can choose not to believe and we will go to hell. I mean there's I mean the Bible there's no middle ground. We are either for him or we're against him. And um you know this is this is something that's very important in the days that we're living in right now.

Um I'm going to read you something. This is what's going to happen to those who do not accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. It says in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power. and when he shall come to be glorified in the saints and to be admired in all of them that believe because our testimony among you was believed in that day. So this is something that's very important to each and each and every one of us. There's there's a lot of things I'm just going to speak to you for a few minutes. I'm going to tell you some things that the Bible prophesied that's going to happen and then we'll we'll read them.

The Bible tells us that we'll be raptured at the last trump. We shall be changed in a moment in the twinkling eye at the last trump. We're going to read what happens in the last trump of the book of Revelation here in just a minute. But everything prior to the seventh trump is going to happen in the sixth trumpet era. Talks about there's a war. It's going to kill a third part of mankind. It will be a nuclear war. And that war can happen literally at any moment. If you study the news or anything that's happening, you can't believe everything that you hear. According to some of the news reporters that we have, this is going to be a cakewalk. Um, with the war we that we're in right now, it's not going to be you.

We're we're a long ways from this war ending. And I'm afraid according to Bible prophecy, it's going to end in nuclear disaster. Um, I know without a doubt before the rapture church that there will be a third part of mankind die. It's it's written in the sixth trumpet era. And what's also written in the sixth trumpet era, it says measure the temple. Well, that's what they're doing right now. They in the Jewish, they've already got the temple made. They have the temple plans. They have all of this stuff ready to build to measure this third temple that's going to be built that this world leader is going to stand claiming to be the Messiah. The Bible says when you see that, I'm going to read it to you in the book of Luke because it talks about in in uh when we see that that will be that will start the great tribulation.

And um this is something that we we can see. The Bible talks about also in the book of Luke. It says um when you see all the armies compassed around Jerusalem, you know that the desolation is near. Well, what are we seeing right now on the news? We see all of this stuff happening. And until this generation, we couldn't even see what all was going on all over the world. It just had to be printed in a newspaper. And then we got the news weeks later through ships or boats or horse and buggy or whatever. Now news is instant. We can see what is happening all over the world at the same time. Now this is what the book of Luke says. It says, and this is Luke 17. We'll start at chapter 20. I mean Luke 17:22.

And he said unto the disciples, "The days will come when you shall desire desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you shall see it not." And they shall say to you, "See here or see there, go not after them, nor follow them." Jesus already warned us in Matthew 24, when you when these people claiming to be the Messiah, don't pay them no attention. Jesus will come back and split the skies from one end to the other end. It says, as a matter of fact, it goes on. It says, uh, and they shall say unto you, see here or see there, go not after them, nor follow them. For as the lightning that lightenth out of one part of heaven and shineth even to the other part, so also shall the son of man be in his day.

But then it go on down right here in verse 30. It says, even thus shall it be in the day when the son of man is revealed. Well, who is this son of man that he's talking about in verse 30? It's not Jesus because Satan comes claiming to be the son of man. And if you look at the context of the verse, it the very next verse, it says, "In that day, which day? The day which the son of man is revealed, which will be Satan standing in the Jewish rebuilt temple. In that day, he which is shall be upon the housetop and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away. Um, and he that is in the field, let him likewise, not turn back. Jesus just told us that in Matthew 20 uh 24. Now Luke is telling us this in chapter 17.

Talks about the great tribulation. It says in verse 34, I tell you in that night there shall be two men in one bed, and there shall be one taken and the other left. Two women shall be grinding together, the one shall be taken and the other left. Two men shall be in the field. One shall be taken and the other left. He tells us exactly what day that's going to happen when the son of man, which is Satan, we just read in second Thessalonians when he stands in a Jewish rebuilt temple claiming to be the Messiah. Bible tells us that day one shall be tak or that night one shall be taken and one shall be left. I believe it'll be the midnight hour in Israel. The day that this world leader stands in the Jewish rebuilt temple claiming it'll be the Messiah.

That's the day the great tribulation happens. We are taken up. I am 100% pregate tribulation rapture. God has not appointed us to wrath. This especially Satan's wrath. We go into heaven. We are uh we go to the marriage supper of the lamb for three and a half years. We come back with him at the battle of Armageddon and watch him put down the armies of this world and set up his kingdom which shall be an everlasting kingdom. and and take down the the kingdoms of this world and we will rule and reign with him for a thousand years here on this earth. So he tells us he comes as a thief and an eye when they say peace and safety. Well, the Bible also tells us when they say peace and safety then sudden destruction comes upon them.

They shall not escape. The Bible tells us when we see that that day one shall be taken and one shall be left. And I want go to Daniel real quick and read now Daniel 11 or 910 11 all the eight it tells us u about the antichrist him coming into power what's going to happen and everything and then in chapter 12 it tells us and at that time shall Michael stand up that great prince which standeth before the children of thy people and there shall be a time of trouble since such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time. Okay, we're talking about the same thing. At the at the great tribulation, when you see this, he says, "At that time," the time of the great tribulation, "At that time thy people shall be delivered, everyone that shall be found written in the book.

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. and they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and they uh will turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever. But then he goes and tells Daniel, "But thou, oh Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book even to the time of the end." Now he tells us what hap what's going to happen in the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall be increased. This is what is told to Daniel. At the end, people will be running to and fro and knowledge increased. Well, what's happening in the world right now? A 100 years ago, the fastest thing was a ship or well just a little over 100 years ago, there was no automobiles, you know, all that stuff that we can run to.

Now, we can get to the other side of the world in just a few hours. They just sent somebody up, circle the moon, and come and coming back to the earth. So, people are running to and fro like nothing. And how fast is knowledge being increased? We can't even keep up with how fast knowledge is being increased. God told Daniel, or actually, I think Gabriel told Daniel to shut the words up and seal it until the time of the end. And he tells us at the time of the end, people will be running to and fro and knowledge increase. Well, that's what we're seeing right now, right along with all the other Bible prophecies that are happening. I'm going to go ahead and read what happens at the last trumpet. Now, a lot of people say it's the last trumpet of the of the feast of trumpets and and it could be if it falls if it falls in line with the prophecies of this book.

If not, I'm going to continue reading what God says in his book and what's going to happen. So, this is where the church will be raptured up at. I would be more than happy to explain more in detail with anybody who would want to sit down with me and read scripture. So this right here uh Revelation 11 and 15 and the seventh angel sounded. This is the seventh angel with the seventh trumpet and there was great voices in heaven saying the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ and he shall reign forever and ever. It goes on down. It says, "And the nations were angry that thy wrath has come in the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shalt give us reward unto the saints and the prophets, and to the saints of them that fear thy name, small and great."

Um, it says, "And the temple of God was opened in the heavens, and there was seen in his temple, the ark of the testament, and there were lightnings and voices and thunders and earthquake and hell, great hell. Now everything past this is happens during the seventh trumpet era God's return the rapture of the saints and uh it goes on it says and there appeared a wonder in heaven a woman clothed with the sun this is the nation of Israel and the moon under her feet and upon her head 12 crowns of 12 stars and she being with child this is Jesus c uh cried travailing and birth and pain to be delivered And there appeared another wonder in heaven. And behold, a great red dragon, which is Satan, having seven heads and 10 horns and seven crowns upon his heads.

Now, that's the same description in Revelation chapter 13 in a combined beast. And it's the same heads and the same um 10 crowns that are in the book of Daniel chapter 7. Daniel chapter 2 gives Nebuchadnezzar a dream from the statue of the head of gold which being Nebuchadnezzar all the way down to the 10 toad kingdoms which when Jesus kingdoms that shall be ruled kingdoms all the way down to the 10 toad kingdoms those are in session one after another and then in Daniel chapter 7 it tells us the nations that'll be upon the earth when Jesus returns if you count those same animal symbols and it says the fourth beast is the fourth kingdom upon the earth. That's a whole another study in itself. Um those are exact same animal symbols that are in Revelation chapter 13 and right here in Revelation 12.

It says in his tail drew a third part of the stars of heaven and did cast them to the earth. That's the fallen angels. And this happens after the seventh trumpet is h uh sounded. And a dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered. For to deliver her child was soon as it was born. Now you have to go all the way back to when Jesus was born. And um they tried to kill all of the they well they did kill all of the kids two years and younger trying to kill Jesus because it was told that there was a king coming and he they tried to get rid of him. Satan tried to get rid of him. It says, "And she, which is the nation of Israel, brought forth a manchild, which is Jesus, who was to rule all nations with the bride of iron, and her child was caught up to God."

The nation of Israel's child, which is Jesus, was caught up into God after the the death, burial, and resurrection, which is coming tomorrow. Um, it was called up into God and to his throne. Now, this is the book of Revelation. Tell them things that happened, what already happened. And the woman, which is Israel, fled into the wilderness where she has a place prepared of God that they should feed her for a,23 score days. That's three and a half years. That's during that great tribulation. The God is going to raise up something to take care of Israel in those last three and a half years. It says, "And there was a war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought." We just read that in Daniel 12. When Michael stands up, the great prince was before thy people.

At that time, there shall be a time of trouble since never was before, never will be again. Right here, we're reading it again in Revelation chapter 12. And there was a war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. And the dragon fought in his angels. Well, they're in heaven right now. Satan is still in heaven. Still has access. He's still the accuser of the brethren. Accuses us before God day and night. He says, "At this time when this war happens," he said, "then there's uh Michael fights against the angels and prevailed not, neither was her place found anymore in heaven, and that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent called the devil and Satan, which deceived the whole world.

He was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." Well, we know and the church teaches that when Satan is cast to the earth and has no more access into heaven that we're raptured up. Well, he tells us that that happens in the middle of a seven-year covenant signed with the many. He's going to stand in the Jewish rebuilt temple at the uh abomination of desolation. He will literally, Satan will literally take over the Antichrist body and dwell that body for that last three and a half years. When Jesus comes back, Satan is going to be bound for a thousand years. The Antichrist and a false prophet are going to be thrown into the lake of fire. After the thousand years is finished, Satan is released for a short time.

And then he said, the Bible says, "And then Satan and hell were thrown into the lake of fire where the false prophet and the antichrist are." And it's at that time he's going to make a new heaven and a new earth. There'll be no more pain, no more sorrow, no more death, no more crying, no more tears. Everything will be as God intended it in creation. Now, the Antichrist is not Satan. The false prophet is not Satan. Satan will indwell the Antichrist. The Bible tells us that the spirit of Antichrist is already in the world. But there's coming one last Antichrist that this Satan will indwell his body, take over just like he did Judas at the Lord's Supper. Jesus said, "One of y'all is going to betray me."

And all the disciples said, "Who is it going to be? Who's going to betray you?" And Jesus said, "The one who dips the bread that's up with me is going to be one who was betrayed." The Bible said, "The moment Judas did that, Satan entered into him." Jesus looked at him and said, "Go do what you must and do it quickly." So, and now we're going to continue reading. During the seventh trumpet, what happens? And there was a I already read that the war in heaven. Um it said, "And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, now is come salvation and the strength of the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ. For the accuser of the brethren is cast down, which accused them before God day and night, and they overcome him by the blood of the lamb, and by the word of their testimony, and love their lives not unto death.

Therefore rejoice ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe unto the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea, for the devils come down to you having great wrath, because he knows he has but a short time. And when the dragon saw that he was cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth manchild. Okay? When Satan is cast to the earth at the abomination of desolation, Israel had to be a nation again for this to happen. And unto the woman, which is Israel, were given two wings of a great eagle, which is the United States, that she may fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time and times, and a half a time from the face of the serpent. Book of Revelation, the book of Daniel, all of this stuff ties in together.

The book of Daniel tells us the nations that'll be upon the earth when Jesus returns. All these nations are on the earth. God said these their animal symbols are the symbols of nations that that'll be here. It said, "And a serpent cast out of his mouth and water as a flood to the woman that may she may be carried uh away in the flood. But the earth helped the woman and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman Israel and went forth to make war with the remnant of the seed which kept the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. There's going to be people saved during the during the great tribulation, during that millennial or during that u that three and a half years of Satan's on the earth because Satan is given power to kill them and um but he did not he may had power over the body but he didn't have power over the body and the soul.

So the people who give their life to Christ, no matter what happens on this earth, Jesus says, "Fear the one, don't fear the one who can kill the body, but fear the one who can kill the body and the soul." And in Revelation 13, it said, "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and 10 horns. Upon his horns, uh, 10 crowns, and upon his head the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was liken to a leopard." It's forehead of the leopard which is in the book of Daniel chapter 7. His feet was the feet of the bear. The bear is mentioned in revel or Daniel 7. And his mouth the mouth of lion. Same thing. And the dragon gave him his power.

So all of these are in a combined beast now. And Satan's going to give him its power. So before they was all separate and now in the book of Revelation all of these are in a combined beast. It says, "And Satan gave him his power and seat and great authority. And I saw one of the heads." Now, a lot of people said that Satan's head is going to be wounded into death and a deadly wound healed. Some people are trying to say that Trump was shot in the ear and he's the Antichrist. It's all a misunderstanding what God says. It said, "I saw one of the heads." What are the heads? The heads are the nations. One of the nations was wounded as unto death and the deadly wound was healed. Is there a nation out there that was wounded as to death and the deadly wound was healed?

Yes, it's Germany. They built the great wall um and it divided Germany in half east and west. And it said, you know, it's after the wall torn down, it said it was like a deadly knife and it had been healed. It was like a nation had been destroyed and but yet come back to life. That's another whole sermon in itself. It says, "And after um after the a and all the war, let me start over. It said, I saw one of the heads that was wounded to death and his deadly wound was healed and the world wondered after the beast." After Berlin, after the wall came down, they started saying, "This is time for the new world order." The whole world started forming together the one world governmental system, one world order.

Now, this stuff's been trying to be played out forever, but in these last days, it's actually starting to come to pass. It says, "And they worshiped the dragon, which gave power unto the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? Who is able to make war with him?" And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies. And power was given to him to continue 42 months. Everything is the last part of that three and a the seven-year covenant signed with a meaning. There is no seven-year tribulation period coming. It is not in the Bible. The what is in the Bible is there's a 7-year covenant coming signed with the many. And then Jesus himself tells us when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, then shall great tribulation happen.

There's not Bible tells us that we're going to live. We have tribulation in this life right now. even all the way back in Deuteronomy says when thou talking to the Jewish people when thou are in tribulation even in the latter days. So I mean we're all there's always been tribulation but there's coming one great tribulation and Jesus himself tells us when that starts. It starts when the at the battle it starts at the abomination of desolation and that happens in the middle of a seven-year covenant signed with the many. And and then it says when that happens, Satan uh only has power is g given him power to continue 42 months. It says, "And he opened his mouth and blasphemed against God and and blasphem his name and his tabernacle and men that dwelt in heaven.

And it was given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And power was given him over all kindred and tongues and nations. And all that dwelt upon the earth shall worship him whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world. And if any man have an ear, let him hear. He that leadth into captivity shall go into captivity. He that killth with a sword must be killed with a sword. Here's the patience and the faith of the saints. And I heard another beast coming up after uh coming up of the world. And he had two horns like a lamb and spake as a dragon. This will be the the false prophet. And he exercised all power that the first beast before him and caused the earth and them that which dwell upon them that dwell with then to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed.

This is the the world one world governmental system. and he does great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. And he deceived them that dwell upon the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast, saying to them that dwell upon the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many who would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. And he caused all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads.

And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast, for it is the number number of a man, and his number is 600 346. Now, no time in history has there ever been a time to where this could even be possible until the generation that we live right now. The technology is here. There are many people right now voluntarily taking a chip in their hand. It's it's a chip connected to everything about them. Their banking information um their health records trying to be careful how to choose words. Um if you have received certain things or have not. Um, so you just take your hand.

The technology is here right now. When you go to a store and you take out your credit card and you tap pay or whatever you use your telephone and you tap pay, the reader is already there. They'll want to take and microchip every person, put it in their hand, and you just instead of taking your credit card and doing this, you just take your hand and you do this right here. and you've just paid with the palm of your hand, with a computer chip in your hand. The technology has never been here before until this time. We are living in a time right now. They are want to make it mandatory that every person receive a mark in their hand or in their forehead or they will not be able to buy or sell. They want to do this by 2030.

That's four years from now. How close are we to the second coming of Jesus Christ? It ain't going to be real real long. But the thing is before Jesus comes there will be war that kills the third part of mankind. We will see a covenant signed with the many for seven years. We will see peace on earth, a false peace for three and a half years. We're going to see the Jews rebuild the third temple and resume the animal sacrifices. We're going to see the two prophets prophesying in Israel. I believe it'll be Enoch and Elijah because we know for without a doubt without a doubt that Elijah will be one of them. But lot some people think it's Moses um because of the mount of transfiguration. I believe and it doesn't matter to me if it's Moses or Elijah or one.

There's going to be two witnesses over there prophesying. I believe it'll be Elijah and Enoch because that both of them walked with God and both of them was taken without dying. Um, now we're going to see the two prophets prophet sign in Israel for three and a half years. We'll see the temple built. We'll see a war that kills the third part of mankind. We'll see a peace covenant sign. All these things are going to happen for before the rapture of the church. Jesus himself tells us when the rapture of the church happens. Again, he says, now this is this right here in second Peter 3:10. It tells us the dead lord behold the it says but the dead of the Lord will come as a thief in the night which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise and the element shall melt away with a firm heat.

Okay, well that describes a whole thousand years to us. We know he it begins as a thief and it ends with a new heaven and new earth. All the stuff will be burned up and he'll make a new heaven and new earth. Well, to us there's a thousand years span in between that. But to God, it's the day of the Lord. It's coming this time and it's ending at this time. He tells us exactly how long it is. It's a thousand years to us. So, another thing it says in Hosea, it talks to the Jewish people. It says, "After two days, he will revive us and in the third day he will raise us up and we shall live in a sight." We know that Jesus himself said, "But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is as a day."

God set up the whole timeline from Adam and Eve all the way to where we're at right now on into the millennial reign of Christ. We are right now 6,000 years past creation. We know that we're 2,000 years past the res uh the death resurrection of Jesus Christ. And if you look at the genealogies from Jesus all the way to Adam, there's 4,000 years. We're 2,000 years past that. So, we're at the sixth end of the 6,000 years, fixing to go into the 7th, thousand year, which will be the millennial reign of Christ, the seventh day. After that, he's going to make a new heaven and a new earth. We go into the eighth day, and it'll be a time of perfect peace and perfect harmony, living with our Lord and Savior, our creator.

But and now when I say that the church will not be raptured up until this time, that does not mean on an individual basis that we're going to live to see that. I mean, we could die tomorrow. We could die tonight in our sleep. We always have to be ready to meet our Lord and Savior at any moment. We don't know personally when our life is going to end. So, I can't say I'm going to see this, but I can tell you from the word of God, the people that are alive are going to see what I just described to you before the rapture of the church. Now, the Bible tells us, he says, you know, not forsaking yourselves, the assembly of the church, even so much more as you see the day approaching. Well, how can you see the day approaching if there's no evidence of what to look for?

God has given us all kinds of signs to look for. And he says when you see these things, you know, God in Matthew 24, it tells us a whole line of stuff, you know, to to look for and the biggest one is the abomination of the desolation. When you see that there'll be a time of trouble since never was before and never will be again. That's the great tribulation. I truly believe. Now, a lot of people call it midrib, but it's a whole mis conception of what that even means. No, like I said, nowhere in the Bible does it say that there's seven-year tribulation. I'm going to stick with what Jesus said. Jesus said that there's coming a time of great tribulation, and it starts in the middle of a seven-year covenant.

So, I believe that the day that that just like in the book of Luke says, the day that that man is revealed, those who be on the housetop not come back, for then shall be great tribulations as never was before. I tell you, that night one shall be taken and one shall be left. Um, so the Bible tells us exactly the the event that will happen of the day of the rapture. We will witness this world leader stand in the Jewish rebuild temple. Will we will we're going to actually witness the Antichrist ruling for three and a half years looking like he's finally settled all of this agreements on the earth. There won't be no more bombs going into Israel. Israel won't be bombing its nations. Now, I'm going to share something with you real quick.

Um, I'm not sure if most of y'all have even heard of this, but it's Trump's board of peace and how it's set up, the structure of it. Trump is at the head of this. It's a it's it's a seat that cannot be voted in. It's heel selfappointed himself the authority and he can appoint it to the successor and then that successor can appoint it to another. Okay. underneath that, he wants 10. Right now, there's seven, but it looks like there's going to be 10 main members of this board of peace. And then underneath that will be many nations. But all of these nations will answer to these 10 kings, these 10 rulers, and then these 10 rulers will answer to Trump. So, and it's a the bord of peace is supposed to been for Gaza.

What are we going to do Gaza? How are we going to plan this thing out? But it's come to the point now to where it's it's going to continue to stay the way it is and they're going to control the affairs of the world. Anytime anybody has problem, they're going to go to this board of peace and see if they can resolve it. Bible talks about there's going to be a day coming in book of re uh Daniel. It says in the days of these 10 kings, the king of kings will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed and never end. So could this be the 10 kings that the Bible's talking about in the book of Revelation? I believe so because of all I mean the book of Daniel. Apologize about that. I believe so because of all of the other prophecies falling into place right now.

We have the technology to microchip every person. We have the technology to deny people. They're already doing it. I mean, there's places right now if you do not obey certain things, they just go in there and cut your bank account off. You have no more access in the money. When they microchip you, that microchip can be hacked. They can cut you off. You have no more access. Cash ain't going to do you no good because it won't be any good. So, all of this stuff is happening in our lifetime. I'm trying to tell you these things before they happen. before this war happens, it kills the third part of mankind, which is over there is escalating right now to where they never thought it would be. I'm telling you these things not because anything that it it's what God has told all of us.

We all need to understand what's going on in his word. God has and there's so much more. Uh, I get so mixed up because there's every single one of these is a rabbit trail that you can go down and give scripture upon scripture that that backs up everything that that God is saying, not that I'm saying. God has revealed everything in his word to all of us. And it's it's for a people of the time of the end. The book of Revelation is the only book that said, "Blessed are those who read and hear the prophecies of this word." Now the four horsemen are already riding. The fourth horseman which is green which is the pale horse is Islam. That's another whole story. The first one is Catholicism the white horse.

The capitalism the black horse. Uh Catholicism the red horse the kill. I mean every single one of these are a study in itself. The Bible does not say that these are judgment. The Bible actually says these are spirits that will be poured upon the earth. So the nowhere in the book of revelation it says that all of the book of revelation is God's judgment. It is not. Satan's wrath comes. God tells us the prophecies it'll happen um before they happen. God's judgment is not even poured out until the uh seven vials are poured out. And the very first judgment is poured out upon all of those who have taken the mark of the beast. uh there'll be a great normome sword that comes upon all of them who have taken the mark of the beast.

That's the very first judgment, God's judgment which comes upon him. And that happens Revelation chapter 16. Everything prior to Revelation 16 is all telling us how all this is going to be laid out, what's going to happen, not leaving us in the dark so that we can know what's what's going on. Um every bit of this is prophesying. Again, the book of Revelation is given to us for us to understand. uh end time events are given to us to understand. And when pastors don't teach their congregation or or other people or anybody teaches what's going to happen, God's word tells us um the events that'll happen. You know, Jesus came to the religious leaders when he came the first time in the book of John.

He said, "These scrolls speak of me and you do not believe." He said, "You can discern the weather. You can discern the skies, but you cannot discern the signs of the times and caused them a wicked generation. Then the the scroll spoke of him. He fulfilled every prophecy to a tea about his first coming. And we have three to four times the amount of prophecies of the second coming. And yet we do not believe cuz we been told our whole life the book of Revelation is somewhere off in the future. And then it's it can't be understood. That is nothing but the devil lying. We are to understand God's word. And if we don't understand it, we should call on God. God gives understanding to all of those who ask for it.

God tells us if we lack knowledge, seek him. You know, it it's all in his word. And it's for all of us to understand. And God started me on this journey 26 years ago of understanding end time events and Bible prophecies and things like that. And it's all written. It's all coming to pass just exactly like he said it was going to. All of the nations, all the temple, the Jews brought back to the land 1948, the rebuilding of the third temple, a technology that was written over 2,000 years ago that would tell us that there'll be a system set up to where every person will have to receive a market. They won't be able to buy or sell. This whole thing is being set up right in front of our eyes. But people are so blinded by all the sports, all the things that's going on in the world, they can't see the forest from the trees.

They can't see from up here the big picture of what's going on. They can't see this right here because most people don't pick it up and read it. They don't understand what it says. It's not being taught. Nobody's teaching prophecies of what's God saying. People are going to be misled. They're going to be um deceived. They're going to be um what word am I trying to say when they see these certain things happen? They're they're they're going to be confused because we've always told them that God's going to come at any moment. We're going to be taken out. You're not going to have to worry about any of this stuff. We're going to be gone and you know this book is is for somebody else in the future.

Well, it's wrong. They're wrong. God's word is right and it's going to it's going to show. Um it's going to come to pass exactly like it is written. Um it's we're living in it. Um there's no denying it. I would love let me I would love to be raptured out here tonight and not have to go through any of this stuff. It would be fantastic. But God's word says something different. God says, you know, that Lord comes as a thief. When they say peace and safety. I mean, when do they say peace and safety? When they're in the middle of a seven-year covenant signed with the many and and right before the great tribulation. I mean, when you start putting all these pieces together, it it describes a perfect picture of the events that will happen before the rapture of the church and before he comes back, stands on the Mount of Olives, the nation of Israel.

Now, that's another whole thing. the nation of Israel. I hate to tell people this, but it is a wicked wicked nation. And God is allowing God has brought and you can read this. It's in Ezekiel. It's in Daniel. It's all all over the Jesus himself, God himself is bringing all of the people from all over the world that belong to the Jewish people back into their land. It says, "I'm bringing back into your land in the book of Ezekiel, not for anything that you done, but for my holy name's sake, so the people will know I'm God." He's bringing them back. He's going to use the the other nations to bring great judgment upon the nation of Israel for their idolatry, for their sinfulness, uh for them not accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

The Bible tells us, and I'm not just saying Israel, every person who does not does not accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior unfortunately will go to hell in fiery vengeance taken upon all of those who do not accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. God did not God said he's long-suffering, not willing that any should perish, but all come to repentance. It's not God's will that any of us go through uh or go to hell. God for God gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. God so loved the world. So I mean but a lot of the world's not going to accept him. They they're going to they're not going to believe what he says. So we just have to be really careful.

God himself is brought the nation of Israel back to their land. He's going to use the other nations to great bring judgment upon them. And then when Jesus comes back, stands on the Mount of Olives in the book of Zechariah, the Bible says only a third part of Israel, a remnant is going to make it through the fire. And then it's at that time when Jesus stands on the Mount of Olives that they're going to look at him and said, "Who are you?" And he's going to say, "I'm the one you have pierced." And then it's at that time God will put a new heart in them. He's going to forgive them of their sins just like he will every single one of us who ask God for forgiveness. He's going to forgive them of their sins.

They will they will be able to live through the millennial reign of Christ. And um but God is the one that's doing this. God's bring going to bring great judgment upon these people because of their wickedness. And it's the same thing with each and every one of us. Every one of us in our own apart from Christ is wicked. U Bible says there's there's none righteous. No, not one. All have fallen short of the glory of God. He's just using the nation of Israel to show himself who he is. And in all of the the prophecies of the book about Israel, now his promise to Abraham will still go through, but there's going to be a lot of people who die during this war, a third part of mankind. But eventually, he's going to restore the nation of Israel to their glory.

And God's going to come and live in their sight. They will be his people and he will be their God just like us. We will be his people and he will be our God. And um like I said, I'm sorry I I get a little bit mind crazy because I I want to go down another trail or I want to go down this trail, but um again, I would be more than happy to sit down with anybody and we could study God's word together and we could if you got questions. I may not and I do not know all the answers, but we can go through God's word and find it. And if if it's not to be understood, then you know, God's ways are higher than our ways. And his thoughts are higher than ours. But he did give us plenty plenty to um to read and to understand and and to know.

Um I love y'all. If I didn't know this was true from the bottom of my heart, I would not be sitting here wasting my time or your time. This is truly the word of God. This is the things that are going to happen. It will happen just like God wrote it. um every jot and tit. So, I pray for y'all. Y'all pray for me as I'm as I do this because I know a lot of people don't believe what I'm telling you, but it's in his word. Um time will tell, you know. Uh but I feel obligated. This is what God has called me to do to show people before these things happen so that when they happen, you know that he is faithful and true. God just gives people some people understanding and those people if I did not warn you I would be a wicked servant.

I can't be a wicked servant. This is when I when I gave my life to Christ I said I'll do whatever you want me to do. This is what he laid on my heart. I would not have any knowledge of any of this if God didn't put it there. Um again let's pray for each other. We need to there's going to be a lot of events that's going to happen and a lot of confusion, a lot of a lot of things. Um again, I love y'all. Y'all have a good night. God bless. And um if you have any questions, feel free to