Things Which Must Shortly Come to Pass 10/8/2017: full transcript and answers

▶ 0:02 [unclear] God said to Jesus has been our series title we started with it’s too light a thing talking to Jesus God said to Jesus it’s too easy that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and restore the survivors of Israel to restore God’s people is too easy I’m gonna give you the nations [unclear] and God spoke this directly to Christ before Christ came down here okay proving that Christ was before he came he’s eternal amen are you there yes so when you get down on your Christianity you just remember this verse it’s too easy for God to pick you up stop whining get back up and start serving God again is that an amen amen.

▶ 0:55 Now. we are going to go to Revelation but I want to show you something here at the beginning of Revelation that’s very important the Revelation of Jesus Christ number one this book is a Revelation of who not the beast not the Roman Catholic church not the antichrist it is the revelation of who Jesus Revelation means the uncovering so if we look for Jesus in this book we’re going to find him all right the word revelation also means coming because it’s also the uncovering and this book also happens to be about the coming of Christ alright but the whole book is about Christ but most of your prophets and all the books in the bookstore write about the beast and the 666 and all this stuff and you never hear them say much about Christ when the book from the very first verse declared it was written about him are you with me okay [unclear].

▶ 2:06 He sent by his angels to show his servants the things which must shortly come to pass shortly do you know what shortly comes to pass means. very soon that’s right [unclear] Friday Barnes says I’ll be at your house shortly we were gonna go look at some sites for camping and all that that means he was going to be by pretty quick right okay. in Revelation 22:6 the end of the book the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show to his servants things which must shortly be done shortly and this threw me for quite a while shortly means [unclear] get it done alright you got that part alright now we’re gonna go to Revelation chapter 4 and that’s where we read out of today I will show you things which must be what hereafter they’re gonna come in the future things to come they’re not happening now they’re gonna happen later got it alright then he goes into this dialogue in the spirit I saw one seated on the throne in heaven with a scroll in his hand being knelt to and worshiped.

▶ 3:30 Okay that’s not new. That’s been going on in the heavens for a long time if you know your Bible am I right okay that’s not something for the hereafter it can still be going on in the hereafter but the scroll in his hand is new. going to chapter 5 verse 5 the lion of the tribe of Judah the root of David a slain lamb prevailed. To take the book out of the hand of him that sat on the throne to loose its seven seals to open that scroll that book and to read that book now what book what scroll has been sealed.

▶ 4:28 Do you want to know the answer have you heard the answer have you ever heard anybody say what the answer was are you interested. This scroll that’s never been opened. All right the 24 elders and the four beasts and many angels sang a new song and again I want to remind this congregation that this church worship.

▶ 5:03 We open up at the end of songs for you to be able to sing your song to God not with a chorus or not with the hymn but just you sing to your God that’s why we lift up our voice at the end of a song that gives you time to sing your new song a fresh song just you and God is that fair enough because it’s Bible it’s all through the Bible you know I don’t want to be tied down to somebody’s hymn or some singers song I want a chance to touch my God at my level I mean we’re all at different levels and we all have different makeups and God will respond to us we don’t have to do it the way the skillful ones do it we can just do it and God will come because of our honest heart and this is what they did in Revelation so if they sing new songs there shouldn’t we be singing fresh songs personally ourselves yes.

▶ 6:06 And I keep reiterating this because I want new people to understand why we worship the way we do of course a Lot of people don’t like it but I’m trying to tell you it’s Bible and if you exercise that God will touch you when he touches you it changes you now and their song is singing you are worthy for you were slain and you redeemed us to God by your blood that’s all past tense that isn’t something in the future see. You were slain as what past tense you see you did redeem us as what past tense all right but what isn’t past tense is the next part out of every tribe tongue people and nation that is not past tense [unclear] from listening to the teaching why isn’t this past tense when this book of Revelation was written.

▶ 7:13 Anybody. Because all the nations had not been discovered yet they weren’t discovered until the late 1700s and they weren’t evangelized till the 1800s going into the 1900s. Are you there but see God knew that there were other nations in South America North America the islands of the sea God knew there were other nations. Amen. Hallelujah so see this is a future event along with this book that’s going to be open now you have made us kings and priests to God that’s past tense the Bible says that we are a holy nation a royal priesthood a special people isn’t that right and the Bible says we shall reign in life by one Christ Jesus but what’s not past tense is.

▶ 8:20 We shall reign on earth. now [unclear] you know in Daniel God revealed to Daniel that all the nations would be given to the saints of the most high. Do you remember that yeah and who will reign he will reign why because he’s the one gonna give the nations we don’t go out and shoot people we don’t go out and force God comes by the power of his word and the power of his presence in a future time where the church will actually be the leaders of the world. Are you there. Can God do anything.

▶ 9:14 That’s what the Bible says nothing is impossible with God can he perform what he promised Romans tells us that God has the power to perform what he promised. See it isn’t we got to make it happen we don’t have to build a temple over in Jerusalem and all this stuff that you know trying to fulfill the end time God will make it happen now [unclear] this hasn’t happened you see the Catholic church did run Europe for centuries but it was corrupt if you disagreed with them they killed you they persecuted they tortured you trying to get you to repent and everything [unclear] that’s not the saints reigning on earth is it and that’s why we have a separation of church and state today because one religion wants to persecute every [unclear] one denomination wants to persecute everybody else it doesn’t agree with it.

▶ 10:14 So then we go to chapter 6 in chapter 6 you have the seals being opened okay the seals the scroll the first four of the horses I’m not gonna deal with them everybody deals with them I’m just letting you know the first four seals are the horses all right the fifth seal is what the martyrs. Martyrs for what not your religion the word of God not your faith the word of God because you stand for the word of God because you really preach the word [unclear] word of God you can get martyred for it if you get martyred for any other reason you’ve done nothing could that be an amen alright.

▶ 11:08 And they’re in white robes which is the righteousness of the saints and he says what there’s more martyrs to come now that’s future did that happen throughout history were people martyred for the gospel absolutely and they still are yes so see that’s future now. The martyrs asked when are you going to avenge our blood and the angel said in a little while. Well folks that little while has been 2,000 years just like the tongues [unclear] the tongues people and nations was 17 almost 1800 years this one’s over 2000 years and so what am I saying shortly to God it’s a long time.

▶ 12:14 you see and it threw me off because I was trying to find ways for this to be fulfilled back there and there is some of it fulfilled back there all right but let me tell you God has a long time has the church been promising the coming of Christ for centuries yes God knew this was a long way off and even today everybody’s saying [unclear] he can come any minute everything’s ready everything is ready well. You better get a comfortable chair sit down and just relax because if shortly to God is 2,000 years God help us we [unclear] longer this is going to be are you with me now.

▶ 13:12 The fifth thing that’s going to happen in the future in Revelation six when the sixth seal is open the day of wrath comes the day of wrath of the lamb the wrath of God all right we read about it over in the Old Testament and Revelation picks it up.. Now remember in Psalms it says Jesus is at the right hand of the father during the day of wrath. isn’t that right he’s still there all right so church is still here life is normal remember when Jesus spoke of us his return he said as it was in the days of Noah and days of Lot they were buying they were selling they were marrying and given into marriage okay they were eating they were drinking that’s normal life and this is what we don’t understand and I showed you the scriptures that it has not been revealed yet it has not been revealed yet the glory that will come it is hard for us to understand how life can be normal and did the people in Noah’s day repent no did the people in Lot’s day repent no his own daughters and sons in law laughed and said you got to be joking.

▶ 14:39 Even though supernatural things were going on they did not repent they did not believe alright and in this day of wrath there’s a great earthquake and then the sun is darkened. The moon is turned to blood the stars fall the sun is one [unclear] our star the stars fall we’re not talking about meteorites we’re talking about falling and the heavens roll up like a scroll. Man how many know that I would get your attention yeah. And the mountains and islands move Mount Everest is in South America now yeah. Australia is in the North Sea now I mean how do you know that would that just throws the scientists [unclear] plates and all that stuff that just throws it right out yes everything is moved I mean that gets your attention just like Noah building the ark and all that and the angels come into Sodom and Gomorrah should have got their attention.

▶ 15:53 People are hiding from the wrath of the lamb and God they’re hiding. But if you read on they don’t repent from their murders their sexual immorality their thievery their idolatry their witchcraft they don’t repent and worse than that they blaspheme God while they’re hiding from him and still living a normal life how in the world can that be. Hallelujah. See it is amazing how we take the scriptures and bring it down to our human thinking and then we come up with these scenarios of how these end times are gonna be but folks when I read this thing it’s beyond human understanding how people can’t [unclear] and there’s more of the day of wrath coming you got the seven trumpets coming and the seven vials coming and they still won’t repent.

▶ 17:09 Not everybody though. Because the church is still here and the church is growing how do you know I know it’s growing because [unclear] said the increase of his kingdom there will be no end. Doesn’t it have to be fulfilled so isn’t people coming into the kingdom [unclear] they have to be for those scriptures to be fulfilled and the saints are still here we’re not raptured anywhere. We’re still right here now. The innumerable. White robed people of all nations out of great tribulation praise and serve God remember we gave you a lesson on there’s a generation that shall be created that shall praise the Lord and the churches that generation remember and we gave you the lesson on a seed shall serve him for a generation and that’s the church.

▶ 18:17 Alleluia and where did they come out of great tribulation now if I come out of Kentucky where was I once in Kentucky if I come out of great tribulation where was I once in great tribulation. But I survived did Israel survive in Egypt when God poured out the plagues on Egypt did he protect them he didn’t rapture them he protected them in the judgement the wrath. Hallelujah I. I think this Bible is just an amazing book all right now. We’re going to talk about the hereafter okay the future Daniel chapter 11 verse 35 and Daniel in the midst of his prophecies says the appointed time of the end okay.

▶ 19:27 They that know God shall be mighty and do great exploits when at the time of the end those that have understanding will teach many when at the time of the end and then he talks about the king of the north the king of the south coming against the other king at the time of the end which could have been. Fulfilled back there before Christ’s first coming but this one is definitely not this one is definitely because in the next chapter verse 1 at that time what time the time of the end at that time what time at the time of the end there will be a time of what trouble.

▶ 20:20 All written in the book shall be delivered what book the book of life if you’re written in the book of life your sins are forgiven you’re delivered [unclear] if we’re not being delivered from sin what are we being delivered from a time of trouble bring it on. did God cover the houses of [unclear] Israel in Egypt when he brought in the slaying of the firstborn yeah can he cover us in that day of wrath absolutely he’s God folks he’s God we don’t have to escape anywhere. Now. Many sleeping in the dust of the earth shall awake some to eternal life and some to everlasting shame and contempt this is the resurrection of the dead right okay resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment and Jesus’ second return okay.

▶ 21:32 So. We are also delivered from what. eternal destruction in a lake of fire isn’t it that’s why Christians have no reason to be sad and depressed. we’re delivered [unclear] when that day comes man we’re looking good. Now the wise shall shine and they that turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars forever so is people turning people to righteousness during this time of trouble yes. isn’t that exciting. Alleluia so what is causing the martyrs that he prophesied would come in this time of trouble because they are what preaching righteousness and unrighteous.

▶ 22:34 People don’t like it and they take it out on you. So some will be martyred that’s what he said there’s more martyrs coming but also a great multitude came out of great tribulation amen alleluia and believe me you’re not going to be martyred unless you have the maturity to handle it you can read it anywhere in the Bible he doesn’t go to greenhorns and expect them to go through this [unclear] there’s got to be some spiritual strength in them is that an amen now. This book. Daniel 12:4. Verses one through three we just covered now Daniel 12:4 shut up the words seal the book to the what time of the end at that time is what time the time of the end.

▶ 23:41 All right seal the book. Daniel has been given a vision after vision after vision and he says seal up the book. Okay till when the time of the end the second coming the resurrection of the dead now. knowledge shall be what increased did knowledge increase in the [unclear] yeah just like God prophesied so we know we are in the time of the end because this is coming to pass we also know restoration has come to pass times of refreshing has come to pass the Jews became a nation has come to pass we know there’s quite a few things that have come to pass that were promised 2,000 years almost before they happen.

▶ 24:36 And so Daniel asked how long will it be to the end is that a logical question that deserves a logical answer okay the angel gives the logical answer you’re ready for it. Times times and a half. Got it. [unclear] times and a half now here is the prophet Daniel who is seeing all these things one vision right after another and what was Daniel’s reply I heard but I understood not can you agree with Daniel I read it but I don’t get it. Neither did Daniel isn’t it amazing how everybody’s trying to open up the book of Daniel when the angel said it’s sealed to the what end and

▶ 25:31 The prophet himself didn’t understand it. but all we got [unclear] a millionaire selling books telling you what Daniel said am I right yeah and you buy them and you believe it I mean these guys are you know these guys are something they gotta be right no if Daniel didn’t understand it I think we need to take a step back. Now. So Daniel what does he do like a good Christian would do he repeated himself he said what shall be the end of these things all right and then the angel said go your way go on and live your life you’re gonna die and you know time will go on for the words are closed up what sealed [unclear] sealed unto the what time of the end over in Revelation who is opening the book..

▶ 26:36 who has the authority to open the book in Revelation the lamb that was slain the marred Jesus the marred Jesus the crucified Jesus the post crucified Jesus he prevailed and he has the authority to take the book out of the hand of him on the throne open its seals open the book and read [unclear] he has the authority. Amen and when that last generation comes Jesus is going to open that book up and we’re going to get understanding and until then that books closed folks only the lamb can open it up. So we don’t know not from Daniel.

▶ 27:32 Where do they get the seven years of tribulation from. Daniel and it’s not in there at all they have to manufacture it okay. Hallelujah. Are you learning anything in this good you see but there is a generation it’s gonna be a glorious church as we showed you the timeline and things are going to happen but until then the words are closed up and sealed to the time of the end so. how many years has it been since God said shortly Revelation will come to pass mm.. Man his his idea of shortness is really out of my vocabulary I don’t see that at all but how many you know he’s God and he has a plan and he has set up [unclear] the church in the last day is going to be a glorious church a church that the gates of hell cannot prevail against a church that’s going to praise him a church is going to serve him and he is going to bring it to pass you see there are three groups in the world that wants to rule the world communism by force.

▶ 28:53 Muslim by force big groups they’re both enemies of Christianity and the gospel are you with me the third one is Christianity. The third group that wants to rule the world and it’s written all these have written documentation. But the church does it by the preaching of the gospel until God comes and does it by his force. Ain’t nobody gonna argue with him let me tell you ain’t nobody gonna argue with him and we are on the right side oh yeah and you have been invited into his throne room. Where you can hear him be taught by him and be touched by him and as we sing this if you will accept your invitation to the throne [unclear] stand with me and let’s accept it and let’s touch our God.