it either looked at the screens or open
your Bibles which I would like you to do
both actually because if you have your
Bibles open to Second Thessalonians
chapter 2
it's always great to write in the
margins of your Bible
you say Jack can we do that without
getting in trouble with God the answer
is yes
your Bible you should have you should
have uh Bibles plural over the course of
your Christian Life that are almost like
Diaries
uh when mine gets uh used up I put a
rubber band around and it goes on the
Shelf
and uh and so go to this portion of
second Thessalonians and write in it
when you hear verses today mentioned and
you're going to hear a lot of verses
today so if you're taking notes write
small
uh there'll be many
but uh before we read this we're looking
at this message series titled signs
of the coming Antichrist and I'm not
usually a big
teacher or preacher or eschatologist
on the study of future things in the
area of the Antichrist I've given a
couple of messages over the course of
the last 30 years because I just don't
focus on them because I don't plan on
meeting them ever and as as being part
of the church we'll never see him and
there's evidence in the Bible for that
clearly
but so you say Well Jack then why are we
studying this
that's the great question
one of the reasons is because I've been
a Christian for 46 years and the things
that we're seeing right now
I never thought I'd ever see
there's things going on right now
that if you would have said you'll be a
Christian and you'll see this stuff
happening
then what listen then my conclusion to
you would have been either a Christ
isn't con gonna come back at all
or boy is he close
and that's the answer boy is he close
if we are seen not only the stage set up
for the tribulation period but
as it were the stagehands are just
moving now the set
in like little inches not feet
then how much closer
is the imminent return of Christ Jesus
for the church
before those
Jewish Hebrew focused seven-year
tribulation period begins
signs of the coming Antichrist we will
use it
to get ourselves ready we will use it as
a witnessing tool we will use it to tell
every man woman boy and girl about the
love of God and the day and age in which
we live in that Christ is coming
and that
his promise to us
is eternal life
I will read verse one if you'll pick it
up loud and verse 2 together
now Brethren concerning the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering
together to him we ask you
let no one deceive you by any means for
that day
will not come unless the Fallen away
comes first the man of sin is revealed
the son of perdition
you are do you not remember that when I
was still with you this is Paul speaking
to the Thessalonians
I told you these things
for the mystery of lawlessness is
already at work only he who now
restrains will do so until he is taken
out of the way
that's awesome
the coming of the Lawless one is
according to the working of Satan with
all power signs and line wonders
and for this reason God will send them
strong delusion that they should believe
the lie
and all God's people said amen you may
be seated
well as I mentioned in the introduction
somebody might say why on Earth are we
studying this portion or this doctrine
of what is referred to as eschatology
eschatology is the science of the study
of the word of God regarding future
events
eschatology
30 percent or so some say 25 some say 33
percent
of the Bible is what is known as
eschatological it means that this book a
quarter of this book or more
is written regarding future events
you'll you will not find that by the way
in any other writing of any other
religious group throughout human history
in fact so important is this issue about
the God of the Bible being a God that
perfectly prophesies the future that he
himself declares behold I am he there is
none like me
I am the one who has spoken to you and I
have told you the future before it comes
to pass that when it does come to pass
you will know that I am he
and uh all of the religions in the world
either a are smart enough to not even
have prophecy in their strange belief
systems some are nuts enough
to try to have their own prophecies but
over time have been proven wrong
in fact even in Islam which came much
later of course uh in the 7th Century
whatever so-called prophetic utterances
are in the book of the Quran those were
simply lifted from the Bible that was
already in existence
you need to know that
but we we need to know what the Bible
says about this many people don't want
to know this
uh and I believe personally and I hope
you know by now that um we here at this
church
and I believe that we are to preach the
message of Truth and let the truth land
wherever it lands and we are not to
sugarcoat anything but we are to give
the truth of God as it's revealed in the
Bible and so you'll find nothing around
here regarding Church growth tactics a
church growth tactic would be don't talk
about prophetic issues
why because it causes controversy of
course it does the question is why does
it
and we have been admonished in the
scriptures to not be ignorant concerning
prophetic teachings of the Bible now you
do know right I'm talking about Bible
prophecy prophetic teachings I'm not
talking about somebody saying I've got a
prophecy for you brother I'm not talking
about that stuff
I'm talking about God's ability to look
into the future and to reveal to us in
the Bible what we need to know why would
he do that because it is Bible prophecy
that causes you to have an undeniable
faith in the scriptures
when you understand that the god that
you worship is what is known as
prescient
prescient is that he sees
things in the future but here's the
beautiful part you and I cannot he does
but in reality he's above it all
he doesn't see what's coming where he
resides this is tough well it's an
impossible it's impossible for us to
understand this where where he resides
he sees the creation of the spiritual
realm all the Angelic hosts Before Time
was ever created before the earth and
the universe was ever created and he
sees the end of it all in eternity
God his nature is that he views all of
it in the exact same moment you see how
that's how is that possible it's
impossible for us to even fathom
but look at it this way
on one page as it were that's in front
of you God sees it all this is a really
lame example but if you fly over the
Rose Bowl Parade the the the rose the
Rose Bowl Parade if you fly over it in
the Goodyear blimp and look down you can
see the end from the beginning all at
once
now that's kind of goofy because God
doesn't need a blimp to see it all it's
his nature he's outside of time
it's amazing he says so why do we study
this this one called the Antichrist well
because what's going on in our world
around us demands that we look into this
and it should translate into this wow if
this is what's going on how close are we
to the coming of Christ for his church
a little bit of background as we look
into this
thessalonica you can go there today by
the way it's one of the oldest cities in
the world but Paul had written to them
he had visited them and then written to
them first Thessalonians he wrote two
books to them first and second
Thessalonians if you're a note taker and
I hope all of you are first
Thessalonians deals predominantly with
the things of the church and of the
Rapture and in fact in all five chapters
there is a promise to deliver the church
from the wrath of God
by what is called The Rapture in all
five chapters of first Thessalonians
second Thessalonians starts out with a
reminder at chapters one and a couple of
verses in chapter two and then chapter
then the rest of the book is dedicated
to the events of the second coming so
it's very easy to remember one deals
with the first and two deals with the
second everybody got that it's very very
simple and um
but he wrote to them why did he write to
them because there were those after he
had left
and leaves them first Thessalonians and
it's so full of comfort and joy and and
anticipation after Paul left there were
others who came behind and said that's
not what Paul meant what he really meant
to say was this and they they so to
speak re-preached Paul's messages in
Paul's name but they completely Twisted
it are you hearing me this happens all
the time in life
then there are those who said we've got
this letter that was written from the
apostles and we need to read it to you
and Paul changed his mind
about what he had wrote to you a couple
of years ago
and then there's the warning that goes
out that you know what we heard from the
Lord and the Lord said this and all of
it listen everybody should write this
down because it's important all of those
attacks coming from three different
angles were an attack to try to confuse
the people
to get them to believe
that because suffering had increased in
the Roman Empire
they were in the tribulation period Paul
is a liar
now you think that through for a moment
you're in the Trib sorry suck it up it's
going to get worse Paul made a big
mistake and we're telling you what he
should have said
that's what countered what Paul wrote in
this first letter are you with me he
writes in response the second letter
it's a rebuttal to false Doctrine or
false teaching if you understand that
it's very important because
they were concerned they thought wow I
guess Christ isn't coming for us I guess
we look for the Antichrist instead
I know a lot of good people
who hold to that teaching that we don't
need to be looking for Jesus Christ
listen everybody I'm not going to
mention names there are too many to
mention but there's famous names famous
TV personalities that are Christians and
famous books that have been written in
the Christian Community and they say
waiting for Jesus Christ is a waste of
time you're fanatical you need to be
just getting ready and watch for the
Antichrist uh because that you're going
to go through it all you're going to and
here's the reasons why and they have
their arguments
but to do that you've got to twist the
scriptures
and look uh don't hate me for what I'm
about to say in fact you should love me
more for it
and and it's this it's this when I got
saved at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa I was
a pre-tribulationist meaning that I was
taught and I believed that Christ would
come before the rep before the
tribulation period because I didn't know
any better I I was listening to Pastor
Chuck Smith in those days uh Chuck
Missler was teaching there on campus
everybody taught that and I was reading
it and studying it and I thought that's
fantastic and then
um I really studied more and uh
discovered that um that I'm uh quite a
believer
and um I don't think I believe in this
pre-tribulation thing anymore I think if
you're really going to be a man about
your Christianity you need to suck it up
and go through the tribulation and take
it like a man and suffer because Jesus
suffered then I'm going to suffer like
him and I got onto that kick for about
three years I was a very outspoken
post-tribulationist and let me tell you
it's a hard way to live
because you've got to go about
manipulating the scripture you've got to
take the church and replace Israel with
the church
and you've got to do all kinds of
biblical
rule breaking
to pull it off and it doesn't work and
so when I came back as a
pre-tribulationist I came back with fire
because I understand both camps and um
like our old friend Dr Ed heinson says
he's so pre-tribulation that he doesn't
even eat post Toasties
and he buys his bananas yellow not green
because he doesn't at the time for them
to ripen
I like that
throughout the scripture we are told to
be ready
so all the while as we go through this
series I want you to be thinking I need
to be ready to meet Jesus today
and uh look if we don't hear a trumpet
blast today listen you could hear a hunk
of a truck
or you could hear a thump of your heart
or something you better be ready to meet
Jesus
and so a background a lot of background
today to what we're looking at and that
is regarding this man called the
Antichrist and he is a man you need to
make note of that he's an actual human
being
he's not a supernatural manifestation
he's not an alien that fell out of a
spaceship
he's not going to come walking out of
Roswell he's a real man
he's a real person
that Satan will select
he didn't come out of the womb with
horns little Nubs
on the top of his skull he didn't come
out with a little tail
he wasn't Rosemary's Baby
you guys this is old group in here
don't tell second or third but I relate
to you guys way more than other people
but he's a human
and God knows from All Time and Eternity
who he is
Satan does not know who he is which is a
very interesting thing
again Satan will select him are you
again write this down Satan doesn't know
the end time scheme it's somehow blinded
from his eyes
and this is pretty fun
every generation if you study it very
closely there are some real high shelf
players and some mid-level and some
low-level players
but in every generation
since the Book of Genesis
Satan who doesn't know eschatology
he just doesn't get it
and I like that by the way
has had to have an antichrist type
always waiting in the wings
because when things start happening he's
got to grab his man and possess him he's
going to move inside of him
and he's gonna
use him for his deeds
Satan every generation so you could P
you could look at people like uh Nimrod
was the first prototype of the
Antichrist Nimrod was Satan's probably
first attempt to create a globalization
of Nations nimrod
Nimrod Genesis 11 who built the Tower of
Babel
and announced really when you look at it
in the English it seems to make no sense
it says that Nimrod was a great hunter
before the Lord nimran was a hunter
before the Lord in the Hebrew the Hebrew
implies that Nimrod scaled the Mount of
Babel that they had built and that he
was a great Archer the Bible says and
that he was to shoot God down out of
Heaven he was a hunter of The Souls of
men
is what ancient lore has said about
Nimrod that's key the satanic realm is
in a hunt for The Souls of men Satan
knows or at least he's heard that he's
been defeated he knows the cross
at his thought first initially was a
victory until Sunday morning we studied
that last week did we not
and the Bible tells us that when Christ
rose again from the dead Satan was
defeated
he said what is it he give up then
because there's one thing that he still
has opportunity to do while Christ in
the gospel goes to the ends of the Earth
and Lord willing to your heart
that you might receive the love of God
and the Forgiveness of God
even though Satan is a defeated enemy
he's going after you
because it's not personal
Satan coming after you it's like the guy
in the it's like the guy in the movie
I'm sorry I gotta bump you off I've got
to take you out it's not personal
you know that Guido guy or whatever in
the movie sorry to have to pump you off
but
Satan would say to you today it was most
impersonal it's just that I hate your
master so much
he loves you so much that the only way I
can inflict any pain on him is by
killing you and taking your whole soul
into hell so that's what I'm going to do
[Applause]
thanks
dad
didn't know that was didn't know I had
that
[Applause]
Satan's plan he can't defeat God
but he's not stupid so what he does is
he has figured out how can I how can I
do what what time I have left how can I
inflict pain into the heart of my Arch
loathsome enemy which is almighty God
how do I hurt him
listen
from this moment on you should never
sell for suffer self-esteem after this
lack of self-esteem
know this God loves you so much that
Satan hates your guts
and he he wants to he wants to steal
your soul drag you down into the pit of
Hell so God is hurt by that
that's how valuable you are
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there's only four portions in scripture
where he's actually referred to as the
Antichrist or the spirit of antichrist
I'll explain write these down if you
would
first John chapter 2 verse 18 first John
2 18 says little children by the way
first second and third John are written
to Believers not to non-believers
non-believers are not even recognized in
first second and third John little
children
it is the last hour
and as you have heard the Antichrist is
coming that's who we're going to be
learning about these next few weeks even
now many antichrists have come by which
we know that it is the last hour not
only does every generation have to have
an antichrist type in Satan's
holster so to speak
but those who deny the deity of Jesus
Christ
or deny the existence of God
they are those who fall under the
category of being Antichrist not the
Antichrist but
an antichrist a belief system that
denies God what is rightfully who he is
first John 2 verse 22.
first John 2 verse 22 who is a liar but
he who denies that Jesus is the Christ
he is Antichrist who denies the father
and the son
first John 4 verse 3 first John 4 verse
3 every spirit that does not confess
that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh
is not of God
and this is the spirit of the Antichrist
which you have heard was coming that's
the person
and is now already in the world that is
the spirit of him
remarkable
second John chapter 1 verse 7. for many
deceivers have gone out into the world
who does who do not confess Jesus Christ
as coming in the flesh or the
Incarnation see what is that Christmas
Day
God came into the world born from a
virgin
exactly as the prophets foretold If you
deny that then you are of the spirit of
antichrist it's not it's nothing
personal
it's just true
if you today say I don't believe Jesus
Is God that's because you've been dued
by the spirit of antichrist and your
very position is Antichrist remarkable
is it
this is a deceiver and an antichrist
so the signs of the coming Antichrist by
way of introduction of who this person
is Mark it down in your note-taking he
is revealed in scripture as the Beast
Mark that down by the way for those of
you I don't know if you know this or not
but you can print out all the notes
before you come to church on Sunday and
you can have them did you already know
you already knew that okay uh he's known
as the Beast
Revelation chapter 11 verse 7.
when they that is the two witnesses the
two prophets that come from God during
the tribulation period mind you finish
their testimony their mission
their work the Beast that ascends out of
the bottomless pit will make war against
them and overcome them and kill them the
Beast is the man the Antichrist but it
is he
Satan who empowers him from the inside
out that's why it says he ascends out of
the pits Revelation 13 verses one
through four then I that is John stood
on the sand of the sea Bible students if
you know eschatology see in Old
Testament almost always revert refers to
humanity
John says that I stood on the shores as
it were of humanity Saul all time
of humanity and I saw a beast rising up
out of the sea
this man is going to come up out of
humanity having seven heads don't worry
about that it's explained in the Bible
he doesn't have seven heads he has seven
authorities he has seven rules seven uh
to call it degrees in our world he's got
seven titles behind his name
and ten horns the word horns is the Old
Testament word for Kings
horns Kings interchangeable
and on his horns ten crowns and on his
heads a Blasphemous name verse two now
the Beast which I saw was like a leopard
his feet were like the feet of a bear
this is how God sees
this man and his mouth like the mouth of
a lion
the dragon that Satan gave him his power
his throne and great Authority
and I saw one of his heads as if it had
been mortally wounded
and his deadly wound was healed that's
interesting you ought to mark that down
I don't know if we'll yeah we will I'll
get into what that means this is a
absolutely amazing why does it point
that out in scripture what is that all
about whoever the Beast is that is to
come this one called the Antichrist
the Bible tells us that one of his heads
will appear to be mortally wounded
but the deadly wound was healed isn't
that a weird statement
you'll see
how important it is to know your Old
Testament here in a second
and all the world marveled and followed
the Beast
and they worshiped the Dragon
who would worship Satan
uh
yeah
who gave authority to the Beast and they
that is the earth dwellers worship the
Beast saying who is like the Beast and
who is able to make war with him
Daniel calls him not only a horn but
watch this so specific he's a little
horn there's Big Horns but there's one
little horn what does that mean in
Hebrew it means that he's seemingly
insignificant but he skyrockets out of
nowhere onto the scene and takes
authority over all the others but he
starts out as a little insignificant
politician a little insignificant one
among the rulers of the world
notice that you and I live in a time
when things can happen overnight I'm not
saying this to be funny I'm just asking
you prior to 2004 you didn't even know
who Barack Obama was you'd never even
heard of him
did you know that don't tell me you did
because you didn't
you did not know who he was
you don't go around knowing Community
organizers
who knows that
and then for about nine months he's a
U.S senator and then he's president
United States skywalking it up so don't
say it can't happen it's already
happened in the world
people laughed at the rise of Adolf
Hitler
nobody laughs at that name anymore
insignificant Daniel chapter 7 verse 8
Daniel says by the way Daniel and John
are the two only two prophets in the
Bible that are called beloved of God
isn't that neat Daniel and John both of
them by the way
their books answer one another one ask a
question the other one answers the
question
Daniel and John you'll never understand
the Book of Revelation that John wrote
without studying Daniel
it's impossible
Daniel 7 8.
and I was considering the horns the
Kings the leaders the rulers and there
was another horn
so this is a lesser King a lesser
leader a lesser ruler a little one
coming up among them
before whom three of the first horns
there's ten if you read the whole
chapter there's ten horns out of the ten
horns an insignificant one appears
that's not of the ten but it is the 11th
horn so he's so little he like works for
one of these other guys
and he comes up
and subdues three of them
in the scheme and in the realm of global
politics we can say
so Watch What Happens
he comes up among them before whom three
of the first horns or Kings were plucked
out by the roots and there in his in
this horn
where eyes
like the eyes of a man and A
mouth-speaking pompous words there's an
illusion there to this little one
skyrockets into
Fame because he's demonically
manipulated he's a man
but so to speak if you look deep into
his eyes
there's something else going on in there
and by the way he speaks pompous words
it means that this one comes onto the
scene with an overcharged sense of
confidence and over I'll put it to you
this way everything the believer should
have humbly in honor of our God the
Antichrist comes arrogantly with an
arrogance and pride that honors his Lord
that is Satan
Christians have a tendency and weakness
to tiptoe about this one will come onto
the world scene and for good reason the
Bible tells us that he's going to win
over the world
by all kinds of various Acts from
performing peace treaties miracles signs
and wonders
and their capacity to untie ancient
Secrets the Bible says that the
Antichrist is able to decipher enigmas
difficult things which is very
interesting to me will he explain what
are some of the biggest questions that
man has
where do we come from
how about that he's going to answer that
stuff
he's going to answer it probably I'm
guessing now he's probably going to
answer the UFO issue he'll have an
answer for that
most of us in first service don't really
care but first listen third service they
just got home about an hour ago they'll
come to third service
and they're all very very young and
they'll really care because what listen
this
this guy the Antichrist he's going to
have answers to people he's gonna well
what about Hey listen notice how the
world is trending more and more I just
read this this morning by the way I
didn't expect us to get this uh article
but notice that the world is uh right
now trending uh toward a younger Earth
because science is breaking down do you
know this new technologies has now shown
us that the universe is much younger
than what we thought it was
but but these people who do not believe
in God they're now believing in a
younger Universe a younger Earth and so
now they're calling for a quick
evolution of things that's what happened
it was a fast Evolution it didn't happen
slow it went very very quick
well guess what he's going to come on
the scene he's going to answer them
do you remember how Solomon was able to
answer the questions of
he's going to do the same thing but
under satanic influence listen Satan is
not listen he's not eternal
Satan's Satan is a created being the
Bible tells us and demons which come out
from Fallen Angels they too have a
start date okay now they may live on
forever like you and I will live on
forever everybody in this room or those
that are watching right now or in the
within the hearing of my voice Believe
It or Not atheists or agnostic you will
live forever the Bible says when you die
you go to hell forever or you go to
heaven forever
and you're very very much alive one is a
living life the other one is a living
death you pick
but he speaks pompous words
arrogant
think of people think of somebody I you
for me you think of like a Richard
Dawkins
or a Bill Maher
speaks pompous words
Bill Maher can be so absolutely wrong
about what he's talking about that he
sounds correct
did you hear what I just said
those of you who are in college you
should know that your professor sounds
so correct
but they're dead wrong in so many areas
but they sound good they put on a good
show
this guy's going to come on he's perfect
said why because Satan is inside of his
body
using him
remarkable
he's also known as the fierce
King he has a fierce countenance the
Bible tells us Daniel you guys okay
Daniel chapter 8 verse 23.
and in the latter time
of their Kingdom that oh my goodness
just
in the latter time of their Kingdom what
kingdom ten kingdoms
Book of Daniel tells us there's going to
be those ten horns that arise they're
going to be ten kings that rule the
world
during the time of their Kingdom by the
way their Kingdom the Bible says is a
very short-lived Kingdom
10 leaders will dominate the world
the world will be divided up under their
watchful eye
in the latter time of their Kingdom so
that's near the end
when the transgressors have reached
their fullness that means sin has gotten
to its level God says just another few
minutes
a king shall arise having a fierce
countenance who understands Sinister
schemes
Fierce countenance means that he has an
ability to look in a way very strong
very right very intimidating he can look
at you that word implies that he can
look at you and you kind of just put
your head down
in cower away have you ever seen a bully
you've seen animals do this have you not
when there's especially Springtime like
right now going on cat fights going on I
live in Chino Hills so there's coyote
Wars going on
the the the the males are fighting
against the males and it sounds like
people are being murdered they scream
horribly it's horror horrible sound but
those coyotes are dueling for dominance
for reproduction you've seen a male lion
come up against another male lion and
once the male the alpha establishes
Authority what does the other one do the
other one sculks away backwards
defeated
the Antichrist is going to come on the
scene with incredible power satanically
driven and none of us listen I don't
care what you and I have ever
experienced in the realm of satanic or
demonic issues it's nothing compared to
what this one does because it will be
Satan personified in a human being
and listen
he's been around a long time
and what's remarkable to me is that he's
proved himself and his agents to be very
patient which to me is an attribute
but he's patient
and he'll study you I'm convinced by the
way if the Bible says and it does that
The Heirs of salvation
that's you and I if you trust Christ
that there's an angel at least one that
has been given to our dispatch Matthew's
gospel talks about it so does the book
of Hebrews have you ever talked about uh
have you ever heard about um
your guardian angel that's a cute term
it's actually biblically true there is
an angel assigned to you in this life
to who to those who are The Heirs of
Salvation we can't see we don't know who
that is but the Heavenly realm knows
this
and by the way if you're if you are not
and if you are not covered
by the protection of the Lord Jesus
Christ you are wide open to demonic
influence and demonic
schemes
I wish I could go into detail I cannot I
would not
but just know this
he's going to come on the scene
intimidating you see Jack I thought you
said at the beginning that we weren't
going to see this guy we're not
the church is not but you better make
sure you're of the church my friend
you better make sure that you're born
again and when the trumpet blows that
you go up
I had a terrible thought she doesn't
know this she's not here right now but I
studying this this week I thought about
laying out my clothes in the hallway as
though the Rapture had happened
before Lisa got home
and you know you'd have the water
running or the tea cup the tea pots
you know
and then I thought that's just that's
not funny
but it's going to happen
it's going to happen someday he's also
re referred to uh in scripture as not
only uh the horn and the Beast the one
having the fierce countenance he's also
referred to as the willful King Daniel
11 verse 36 notice how many Daniel
passages were in regarding the
Antichrist then the king that is the
horn shall do exceeding according to his
own will
he shall exalt and magnify himself above
every God that and shall speak
Blasphemous against the god that's the
god of Heaven your God the willful King
he's also known in the Bible as the idol
Shepherd or the worthless Shepherd Idol
Zachariah
11 verse 17.
Zechariah 11 17 says woe to the
worthless or idle Shepherd who leaves or
abandons the flock this is regarding
Israel
as sword shall be against his arm
and against his right eye
his arms shall completely wither and his
right eye shall be totally blinded
this is referring to the Antichrist
does that ring a bell did we read
something a moment ago
when the Bible tells us
that in the Book of Revelation the world
will wonder when they see that his
mortal head wound is healed
it appears from Zechariah 11 17 that
there's some sort of residual
from this attempt is it an assassination
attempt I don't know
what is it we don't know but the Bible
is specific this is one of those things
for that generation for those who do not
go up in the Rapture they can then open
up the Bible I guess in
watch this happen I don't plan on uh
caring about it one bit
but uh
it is interesting though it's probably a
good time to
Define what Antichrist means
anti-anti is an interesting word anti
can have one of two meanings and
sometimes most often both at the same
time anti you probably know this like
anti-anti Anti-Venom
it's against Venom or anti-whut anti
antibacterial anti-mosquito anti-bug
whatever that means it stops yes yes
anti means to oppose
he certainly does that does he not the
anti the opposing Christ
Christos
in Hebrew Messiah
mashiach
he is the anti-messiah the one who
fights against the true Messiah while at
the same time plays the role as an
imposter Messiah the Antichrist is to be
the one who opposes the plan of God but
dupes human beings into thinking that he
is the plan of God the Messiah himself
that's how everybody if you don't know
that's how Israel is going to receive
him as their Messiah
oh by the way I I will break away from
protocol here guys can you put the the
scripture text back up second
Thessalonians 2 watch this this is
amazing second Thessalonians 2 follow
along with me watch everyone watch this
now Brethren concerning the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering
together to him sounds like John 14 huh
we ask you not to be soon shaken in mind
troubled either by Spirit or by word or
by letter as if from us as though the
day of Christ had come you guys haven't
missed anything don't worry about it let
no one deceive you by any means for that
day will not come
unless the Fallen away comes first
there's two meanings to falling away I'm
Gonna Give You them both you studied for
yourself there's only two meanings to
what that means number one that is a
time of great apostasy where those that
are the church stop being the church boy
are we seeing that today
could it mean that it certainly could
maybe it does another translation is
which is the word it can be argued that
by very good Scholars it is that it
means departure the word is used in
other parts of the body a Bible where
there is a departure some say that it
refers to the Rapture great Scholars
argue both back and forth I don't really
care
it doesn't matter to me all I know from
this is that the Antichrist cannot be
revealed until the church is out of the
way and the church is out of the way by
the Holy Spirit getting us into the
hands of Jesus watch this
the Fallen away comes first the man of
sin is revealed the son of perdition
that's interesting because only Judas is
the other one found in the Bible known
as the Son of Perdition why is Judas
referred to as the Son of Perdition
anybody
good because Satan entered him on the
night of the Betrayal
who opposes there's the word and exalt
himself above all that is called God and
that is worshiped watch this so that he
sits as God in the temple of God showing
himself that he is God and look Paul
says don't you guys remember when I was
with you I told you all these things
you guys look at verse 4 is incredible
verse 4 is amazing
see Jack we got a big problem we don't
have to really even talk about this
stuff because there's got to be a temple
in Jerusalem for the guy to sit in to
declare himself to be God you are
totally correct
I would recommend you today
spending the entire rest of your week
reviewing the plans and looking at the
data that Israel has
and what the rabbis have declared
that it's time for them to start
rebuilding the temple
did you hear me
they have the gowns they've made them
you can look at them online
they fashioned the gowns they've got the
ashes of the red heifer that's needed to
sanctify the implements the implements
have all been made out of silver and
gold the menorah is on display you can
see it
they've got
they've done DNA I don't know how
they've done all this but they've done
DNA testing of young Hebrew men to see
if they're of a coethite or a levite
they're dead serious
but the Bible tells us in the book of
Zechariah that when the Lord returns he
will build his Temple
so how do the Jews get over this
Temple talk
are you guys listening
according to the Bible the only Temple
God will recognize is the one that he
bills Jesus for the Millennium will
build his own Temple in Jerusalem
Zechariah says so watch this
second Thessalonians 2 says that this
guy is going to stand in the temple and
sit in the temple and declare himself to
be good
there's going to be a temple built that
the god of the Bible has nothing to do
with
and the Jews have always taught
Zechariah that the Messiah would come
and build the temple I want you to write
this down and prove me wrong go look at
what the Messiahs have said over these
last several years regarding the temple
they've had a new revelation from God
the new revelation is they must build
the temple for God to come
they've got to create it for him to come
and live in it
doesn't that fit second Thessalonians 2.
next slide next exportion
and no and now you know what is
restraining what's holding this guy back
that he Antichrist may be revealed in
his own time
for the mystery of lawlessness is
already at work in other words the gears
are moving
only he notice Capital H it's a
reference of the Holy Spirit only the
Holy Spirit who now restrains will do so
until he is taken
out of the way the holy spirit is
holding back not only evil but the
Antichrist from being revealed that's
why you and I naturally supernaturally
have to be Salt and Light to our life
family community in the world because if
the holy spirit's holding back evil and
the holy spirit's living in me he uses
you and I to hold back evil
when he's taken out of the way notice
this watch this watch everybody
oh I don't have anything to throw
watch this is the church I'm the holy
spirit this is the church okay
holding back Evil 2 000 years all this
is going on and when it's time for the
wicked one to be revealed
the Holy Spirit steps aside and goes
like this
pitches us as it were up to the Lord
Jesus in John 14 in the atmosphere where
he receives his children in the Rapture
and the Holy Spirit simply does what the
LA Rams offensive line did to Stafford
all year long nothing nothing
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does that make sense
he doesn't go anywhere well if the Holy
Spirit leaves who's going to get saved
who says he leaves
he just steps aside and there goes evil
think the world's bad now notice how the
world's notice how Evil's ramping up
Goods being cold evil Evil's being cold
good
oh that's part of God's plan he didn't
plan it God wrote it down in advance
called prophecy he told us about it so
that we wouldn't lose heart
don't worry about it God is saying don't
worry
yes it may escalate to the point where
you're imprisoned or jailed for being a
Christian preaching the gospel you may
be burned at the stake this has gone on
for 2 000 years God says don't worry
about it you can only die for so long
and then you go to heaven
don't be like the Thessalonians who
think oh my gosh it's getting so rough
we must be in the tribulation period I
had a woman in this church say to me I
was just because I'd recognized her so I
recognized her by thinking she must have
gone here
but she was listening to some online
class and she said I need to ask you a
question where are we where are we right
now this is during the pandemic where
are we in the tribulation period and
what portion are we in
and I said get out no I didn't
I felt like it I
no I said ma'am listen please sit down
you got to hear this we're not in it yet
this is not it
Jesus said when you see these things
begin to happen they're like birth pangs
of a woman you know uh it's called the
quickening
and that Jesus's uh reference by the way
was
which leads to real birth
so for those of you who've had a baby
for those excuse me
for all you women who have had babies
you start to have contractions you start
to have and they start to intensify the
water breaks
um and it gets stronger and stronger and
stronger
and then you know when you're pregnant
for the first excuse me when women are
pregnant for the first time
they start heavy we didn't know back in
those Stone Age when we had our kids
it's like oh don't worry these are
Braxton Hicks so who's that I'd never
heard of that band before
no these are Braxton Hicks contractions
I said Lisa what's going on with you I'm
having Braxton Hicks
so what
and the doctor told her it is your it's
actually your uterus and your system
exercising
to get ready practicing
see it's got a nurse correcting me in
the front row practicing
practicing strengthening for delivery
you know what
it is safe to say without exaggeration
the world at this moment is going
through Braxton Hicks
because we know that the actual labor
pains Jesus referred to as the opening
of The Seven Year tribulation period the
first three and a half years
so if we're starting to feel spasms and
contractions now
then
how close are we
so anti-christ is the instead of Christ
Great Imposter
a friend of mine works in a
secret place
sent me some images
regarding China
and what I was looking at I thought I
was looking at something that the U.S
makes or in the U.S has
said no that's Chinese I said no it's
none we've had that for years yeah yeah
I know but it's Chinese what about this
and that's Chinese
what about that
it's Chinese
and I looked at this stuff and all of
it's a knockoff
are you hearing me
they wait for us to invent something and
then they turn right around and make it
in a few weeks
think about that for a moment Satan's
just like that
he can't invent anything
he's gonna
pollute the church he's not going to
make a church
God makes sex what does Satan do with it
God gives us fruit of the vine to
celebrate and to be medicine for our
tummy what does Satan do with it he gets
people hooked on it and strung out and
messed up
he just ruins everything he touches
so what he does
I'm gonna have to end we have so much
it's ridiculous no I can't I can't
you know what I have
27 more verses it's never going to
happen
here's the thing
here's here's the thing on this
uni if the Bible gives such detail that
we've just scratched the surface
if the Bible gives so much detail to an
invisible operative who
can inhabit a human life
and that you would agree with me that
the world is darkening and getting more
evil and Evil
then we better as a church wake up to
the Real Enemy that we have is not flesh
and blood
there's people that hate you or hate me
for what we believe in
and it's not personal
no I mean it's not personal for me when
they say I hate you and you better hope
I never find you in a dark alley
somewhere guess what I know
for me me for me Jack it's not personal
it's not them
do you understand that it's not them
it's the demon powers behind them
and the same is true the power is going
after your children
when you see a scale when you see the
ramp up of all of this
transgender confusion stuff the Bible
tells us that God's not the author of
confusion Satan's the author of
confusion
and he always goes after kids
he loves abortions
and he loves getting your little ones
early on right from the start if you can
why because God loves innocence
Satan hates it
when you start when you decide like
hundreds of people I think I heard 511
people last Sunday came to Christ in the
Easter services
Satan hates that
you know how hard his team had to work
just after that think about it every one
of those people got in their car and
drove away and there was a demonic
attack being raged against their
thoughts in their mind instead
Believers it's time to wake up we're not
playing games
this is not some weirdness I can't
believe he believes in that you know
what if that's what you believe he's got
you right where he wants you
well I'm going to believe in any of that
I'm an atheist
you have drank his Kool-Aid
there are invisible forces that seek to
destroy
I'll end with this
Jesus was talking about a man who was
demon-possessed
and he was talking about how
when someone is possessed by a demonic
power
that when the demon
leaves that person looking for someone
else
they do that
by the way fallen angels can appear and
disappear
demons have to have something
to inhabit
for those of you who have been in the
occult or studied the occult or biblical
demonology there's something called
entries
don't uh for example
I've learned if somebody comes from Peru
and offers me a little trinket of this
doll
I've learned no thanks
uh you see that's so sill but it's
superstitious that
yeah
there's
entry points
mind-altering drugs are
entry points listen I kid you not let
this I hope this listen if this hits you
in the stomach it knocks the wind out of
you may God bless that
pornography
you think it's pornography oh nobody
knows
he's just personal person a private
pleasure
you have no idea you're being you're
such a fool you don't even know what's
going on
there are invisible powers
that are locking you on to this fire on
the inside that they're stoking
to take over your home in your life and
you will not
get him out get them out
easily
oh man it's just porn why do you think
it's Stormy in the world
why does it leave people destroy
Ed next week
father we pray dear God in heaven I pray
Lord by whatever Authority you have
given me I claim none
but Lord I know you've called me
that I have no doubt
so God I pray over this body of
Believers in Jesus name that you would
protect them Shield them guard them
against unbelief against deception Lord
that you'd protect them against a a
apathetic walk in life a lazy walk God
spare them from a lazy Christian
existence that's dangerous
dear God I pray that for every True
Believer in this place the Holy Spirit
would come upon them and Lord that it
wouldn't be that we jump high or sing
loud it would be that we walk straight
and that the kingdom of hell would
tremble even now
as Intel is being gathered so to speak
as the airwaves are being intercepted
that in this congregation a challenge is
going out the Holy Spirit has been
called upon the name of Jesus Christ has
been proclaimed and the Believers
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are going forth
to glorify his name May hell tremble
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father for those who do not know you I
pray almighty God
that they would tremble
that they would tremble at your name
that they would tremble out your word
and God that they would come and seek
your indwelling power lest they be
filled because that same warning Jesus
gave when a demon leaves a man and
cannot find another place he returns
back to that man with seven other demons
more wicked than himself oh God we pray
for our children our grandchildren we
ask you for an outpouring of your Holy
Spirit upon our city our County our
state and our nation in Jesus name and
all God's people said amen we'll see you
next Sunday God bless you