Location, Location, Location - WK 3

ARE YOU READY FOR THE END TIMES. 

Why are things so volatile?

In the Middle East?

Against Jews?

Against Christians?

The Spirit of Anti-Christ. 

1 John 4 ESV

1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. 4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5 They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

1 John 4 ESV

14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 So……. we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 “By this” is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

FOUNDATION OF OUR FAITH.  

GOD IS GOOD.   

GOD IS LOVE. 

GOD IS RIGHTEOUS. 

GOD PAID FOR OUR SINS.

GOD DID THE WORK.   

THIS IS SATAN’S MESSAGE. 

GOD IS MEAN. 

GOD IS UNJUST.  

WE HAVE TO BE GOOD TO MAYBE SAVE OURSELVES. 

WE WILL PAY FOR OUR SINS. 

WE MUST WORK FOR GOD’S LOVE.  

This “location” is Also the Epicenter for future events.

Seven year Peace Treaty:

Daniel 9 CSB 

27 He (the anti-christ ) will make a firm covenant with me for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and offering.

A. A seven-year peace treaty

B. Resume Offering Sacrifices (Lambs) Heifers

A Third Temple?

The Abomination of desolation:

2 Thessalonians 2 ESV

3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God

A. Broken treaty

B. Abomination that brings desolation.  

168 B.C. 

Antiochus  IV (Epiphanes)

Battle of Armageddon:

Revelation 16 ESV

13 And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs. 14 For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, 

to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty. 

Revelation 16 ESV

16 And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

Return of Christ:

Revelation 19 ESV

11 Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. 13 He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. 14 And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. 15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.

New Heaven and a new earth:

Revelation 21 ESV

1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man.

“pray for the peace of Jerusalem.”

ARE YOU READY FOR THE END TIMES?

ARE YOU READY FOR WHAT’S COMING?

Why would God punish the righteous?

TRIBULATION.

ABOMINATION.

GREAT TRIBULATION.  

1 Thessalonians 5

9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 

WRATH = “Ar-Gay” - “PUNISHMENT”

TRIBULATION = Th’-Leap-sis = Affliction, SUFFERING. 

Matthew 24 ESV 

9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.

TRIBULATION = Affliction, Suffering. 

2 Thessalonians 2 ESV 

1 Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, 2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. 3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

Matthew 24 ESV 

7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are but the beginning of the birth pains. 9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. 10 And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. 11 And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. 12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. 15 “So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let the one who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house, 18 and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. 19 And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! 20 Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. 22 And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. 23 Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. 24 For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you beforehand. 26 So, if they say to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out. If they say, ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. 

27 For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 28 Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.

29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Romans 8 KJV

18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

2 Corinthians 4 KJV

8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11 For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

Psalms 34 ESV

19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

HISTORY IS A GREAT TEACHER. 

Exodus 7 KJV

3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.

Plagues:

Blood

Frogs

Gnats 

Exodus 8 ESV 

22 But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people dwell, 

so that no swarms of flies shall be there, that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth. 23 Thus I will put a division between my people and your people.

Plagues:

Flies

Livestock

Boils

Exodus 9 ESV

16 But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth. 

Plagues:

Hail and thunder and fire 

Locusts

Darkness

First born

What would be the purpose of our suffering?

Matthew 24 ESV 

9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. 13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

“For His Name Sake.”

“That we may proclaim His gospel”

ARE OUR ROOTS DEEP ENOUGH?