 All right, Revelation chapter six, I'll begin at verse one and I'll read the verse eight and we'll get into our study. I chose to entitle this installment and so it begins. Beginning at verse one, now I saw when the lamb opened one of the seals and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a loud saying with a voice like thunder come and see and I looked and behold a white horse he who sat on it had a bow and a crown was given to him and he went out conquering and to conquer when he opened the second seal I heard the second living creature saying come and see another horse fiery red went out and it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth and that people should kill one another it was given to him a great sword when he opened the third seal I heard the third living creature say come and see so I looked and behold a black horse and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying a quart of wheat for denarius and three quarts of barley for a denarius and do not harm the oil and the wine when he opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying come and see so I looked and behold a pale horse and the name of him who sat on it was death and Hades followed with him and power was given to them over a fourth of the earth to kill with sword with hunger with death and by the beasts of the earth so we have a very cherry Bible study that will be going through today as we begin to look here at the breaking of the seals let me give you a brief introduction and develop my opening and then we'll move into our study the Bible teaches that we are moving towards a final war it's really a series of or campaigns but is referred to Armageddon we see that in Revelation 16 you see instead of the world moving towards a time of peace and prosperity the opposite really is true the world is continuing its slow movement to greater evil and continual war Paul wrote that the time before Jesus's return would be difficult it would even be violent he had written in 2nd Timothy 3 verse 1 know this that in the last days perilous times will come the word perilous speaks of that which is difficult even speaks of violence and so we know that that is true dangerous times will come we see this in our day right now we see a transitioning right before our eyes of the nation that many of us have been born into and grown up in a nation whose morality continues to decline we know that very often in people's thinking morality is often determined by what is legal I'll give you an example since 1944 California law permitted a judge to decide if a man should be placed on the California sex offender registry if he had had physical intercourse with the minor the intercourse was between a man and girl who was between 14 and 17 and the man was no more than 10 years older than the person but just this last September a bill was signed into law by governor Newsome permitting homosexual men to have consensual intercourse with a boy between 14 and 17 years of age did you know that some of you didn't the promoter of the bill said that this would bring equality to LGBTQ young people but critics recognize this as a bill essentially legalizing pedophilia you see in Philippians chapter 3 verses 18 and 19 Paul said like this he said for as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears many live as enemies of the cross of Christ their destiny is destruction their God is their stomach and their glory is in their shame their mind is on earthly things their glory is in their shame people have forgotten how to blush they don't have a standard as to what is right what is acceptable what is moral and so because many Americans based their morality on what is legal that's why you have people arguing with you concerning smoking pot and and things like that you know pornography they'll argue with you if it's legal it's okay well because of that we have seen a decline in the morality of the United States and all of that and evil is becoming more and more acceptable remember when Jesus was asked what will be the sign of your coming and the end of the age well when he was asked that question in Matthew 24 he went on to list various signs that would point to his return in Matthew 24 verse 7 it says nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be famines pestilences and earthquakes in various places in verse 9 of Matthew 24 he went on to say they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake and then in verses 11 and 12 of Matthew 24 he said many false prophets will rise up and deceive many and because lawlessness will abound the love of many will grow cold Jesus said there'll be increasing famines pestilence earthquake and an increase of hate and the hatred he said will be especially targeted at his followers again in Matthew 24 9 remember it says they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake now today many preachers disregard the obvious need for the church to wake up they do not call people to repentance they're not calling people to follow the Lord instead of calling people to repent and serve Jesus they they are giving what is called a watered down message it's similar today is similar to the time of Jeremiah the prophet when God warned Israel of coming judgment God told Jeremiah to speak out against them the message is being preached to the people Jeremiah 6 14 it says God said they speak in a false prophets they have also healed or heard of my people slightly saying peace peace when there is no peace you see the false teachers didn't preach a message that would clean out the infection when he says they are healing my people slightly it's a way of saying that they're not cleansing the wound they're allowing it to continue with the messages that they're giving peace peace they're saying but God said there is no peace you see this kind of message of peace will be preached by false teachers in the last days there'll be a message of peace that is finally possible conflict will finally cease look at us today right now here in the United States where people are saying we need more peace look at the riots look at the wars look at the things that are going on people want peace but the Bible in 1st Thessalonians 5 3 says when they say peace and safety then sudden destruction comes upon them as labor pains upon a pregnant woman and they shall not escape is this true is the world finally going to get along and live in peace with one another well as we read our Bible God's word seems to be clear in the last days there will be escalating judgments on the world now this time of judgment the seven-year period in Scripture is is there are various words used to to speak of it you have Daniel's 70th week it's also a time of Jacob's trouble it's referred to as the tribulation and it's also referred to as great tribulation this time of God pouring out his wrath now when we are in chapter 5 John introduced a seven-sealed scroll a book which was the title deed of the earth now here in chapter 6 the first six seals of the book are broken and as we see this each of the seals represent judgment that's coming upon the earth now the events that unfold before us as we're reading our events that were still in the future to both John as well as to us the break-in of these seals precedes and introduces judgments to come after the rapture the picture of the church in heaven has already been revealed in chapters 4 and 5 we saw in chapter 5 how the 24 elders which represent the church of the 24 elders had had sung a song of the redeemed that is a song sung by the church so as we go through chapters 6 through 19 we see that the church is not found in the tribulation the church was prominent in chapters 2 and 3 but will not be seen again until chapter 19 the church is reintroduced at the second coming of Christ mentioned in chapter 20 and is mentioned again in chapter 22 verse 16 now when we first moved to this place I received a letter from one of the neighbors and they basically said I wish you weren't here that's what they said and so I told Marie you didn't have to tell me that in a letter you could have come and told me face-to-face but they did they wrote it it was like two or three page letter and it said we I wish you weren't here before you came here we had peace in this neighborhood and now we don't have peace I'll never forget that well the bottom line is the the writer of that letter didn't see the value of the church didn't see the value of the church in the world for them we disturbed their peace we were non-essential but is this true are we simply unnecessary for the people of the world we need to think of what the church actually does the church evangelizes the church disciples the church cares for people the church reveals God's grace God's love God's truth you need to remember that we are the only organization that has been created specifically to care for the needs of other people in Philippians chapter 2 Paul said it like this he said in verses 14 and 15 in everything you do stay away from complaining and arguing so that no one can speak a word of blame against you you are to live clean innocent lives as children of God in a dark world full of crooked and perverse people let your lives shine brightly before them you see we exist for a variety of things including the reason to restrain evil from completely dominating the world the church exists to restrain evil as Jesus surveyed the world he saw it in a state of moral decay he saw it in spiritual darkness so to influence the world for Jesus his disciples needed to know who they were so in Matthew 5 13 and 14 he said you are the salt of the earth but if the salt loses its flavor how shall it be seasoned it's then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men he went on to say you are the light of the world a city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden when you look at that and you read that and you develop that and you look at the tenses in the Greek language you'll see that Jesus is saying you are the only salt and you are the only light that's the purpose of the church so the people today may think that we are not necessary that we don't need to meet together that we shouldn't worship together they think that's no big deal they think that we're not essential but Revelation 6 through 19 gives us a glimpse into what happens when the church is no longer present now remember in chapter 5 the lamb in the midst of the throne took the scroll out of the hand of the father and when opened the scroll reveals a future of planet earth and it's a time of unparalleled judgment we see seven seal judgments and the seven seal judgments lead to seven trumpet judgments and the seven trumpet judgments culminate in seven bowl judgments and those judgments as mentioned are escalating in severity we know that the number seven is often a picture of completion so these judgments numbering seven represents total judgment and so that's what we're looking at so in verse one of chapter six I saw when the lamb opened one of the seals and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a loud voice like thunder come and see this introduces the tribulation chapters 6 through 19 give detailed account of this period of time now earlier Jesus was revealed as a one who is worthy to open and loose the seven seals so the lamb opens the seals and introduces the time of judgment the tribulation and the first seal is open he says I saw when the lamb opened one of the seals I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a with a voice like thunder come and see a voice like thunder so when first seal is open John hears this voice and a voice like like thunder is a symbol of a coming storm we see that in Exodus chapter 9 verse 23 where Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven the Lord sent thunder and hail and the fire ran along the ground and the Lord reigned hail upon the land of Egypt so that's a symbol of a coming storm and that begins the seven-year period of God pouring out his wrath on a Christ rejecting world you see in the beginning of the tribulation it will eventually lead to what is called the great tribulation in Jeremiah 30 verse 7 it says alas for that day is great so that none is like it and it is the time of Jacob's trouble in Matthew 24 21 Jesus said then shall be great tribulation such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time no nor ever shall be and so we're seeing the opening of the tribulation that leads to the great tribulation and he says I saw the lamb open one of the seals and in verse 2 it says and behold he says I looked and behold a white horse and he who sat on it had a bow and a crown was given to him and he went out conquering and to conquer in the opening of the first seal we're introduced here to this horseman there are many who think this rider is Jesus but Jay Vernon McGee some of you know him and know of his name Jay Vernon McGee said it like this it would be pretty difficult for the Lord Jesus who's the one opening the seals now to make a quick change mount a horse and come riding forth other believe that others believe that he symbolizes the conditions that give rise to the Antichrist the other riders symbolizes force symbolize forces like war famine and death this rider would symbolize peace the worldwide false peace that exists under Antichrist notice the rider on the white horse he has a bow and a crown he goes forth conquering we know that there'll be a peace time of peace and we know that Antichrist will go forth and he will appear as the Messiah and he will initially conquer peacefully he'll do it through deception which results in a false peace in the world notice he has a bow but he doesn't have any arrows this will be a bloodless victory at the beginning he's given a crown now the word crown here speaks of a victor's crown it's not a king's crown it's a victor's crown that speaks of conquering victory that isn't a crown of a king it's a crown given for a triumph and he's given a crown because he's made world peace possible and I can't help but wonder if this is speculation it doesn't say it here but when I read that and was studying that and preparing to study I I saw prize a peace prize I wonder if he's going to be somebody who's like that people who have won the Nobel Peace Prize he's going to be somebody that people will follow and initially he's going to be conquering in a peaceful way notice again I pointed this out he has a bow it has no arrows that's a bloodless victory he's going to conquer through a false message preached by false teachers and false prophets you see in the days before the rapture the church has already become increasingly influenced towards a posse see after the rapture it's going to be fully possible for many much many more people to become apostate or to reject the message of Christ remember I mentioned a moment ago that Matthew records a question that was asked of Jesus and that question had to do with events that would take place before his return in Matthew 24 3 through 5 it says as he sat on the Mount of Olives the disciples came to him privately saying tell us when shall these things be what shall be the sign of your coming and the end of the world and Jesus answered and said to them take heed that no man deceived you for many shall come in my name saying I am Christ and shall deceive many what is the sign notice that he didn't say they didn't say what are the signs Jesus goes on to give many things but they asked a specific question what is the sign and Jesus answered very specifically deception what is it it will be deception deception will increase it negates the place of the church as the disseminator of truth you may or may not realize that as a Christian but truth is is deposited in the gospel and the church is supposed to be disseminating or giving that out you see in 1st Timothy 3 verse 15 that that verse refers to the church is the pillar and ground of the truth but in 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 verses 9 and 10 Paul said the coming of the lawless one the antichrist will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracle signs and wonders and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing they perish because they refuse to love the truth and so be saved a refusal to love Christ who is the truth and his message of truth so how is this going to happen this bloodless victory well through deception through deception and atmosphere of false security and peace will exist and much of this deception will actually come from within the church itself in Jeremiah chapter 14 verses 13 to 15 it says then I said oh Lord God behold the prophets say to them you shall not see the sword nor shall you have famine but I will give you a short piece in this place and the Lord said to me the prophets prophesy lies in my name I have not sent them commanded them nor spoken to them they prophesy to you a false vision divination a worthless thing and the deceit of their heart therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name whom I did not send and who say sword and famine shall not be in the land by sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed and so it begins first through deception a false message and then in verse 3 he opened the second seal I heard the second living creature saying come and see another horse fiery red went out and it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth and that people should kill one another and there was given to him a great sword and so the second seal is opened and a succession of wars will break out these wars are symbolized by the sword early in the tribulation world peace will actually lead to world conflict the false peace that has been established by the antichrist will not last long man's attempt at world peace will never succeed it's always short lived notice how this second horse is fiery red fiery red is the color of fire and blood it represents war and violence and this rider this rider takes peace from the earth he says people kill one another and that's a great sword that he's using the word sword here is the is the short stabbing sword that was used by assassins it's called a great sword because it speaks to of the extent of the warfare so the antichrist will resort to war to maintain his power and control the world and the Bible makes it clear that the antichrist will be an extraordinary military ruler in Daniel 8 verse 24 it says he'll become very strong but not by his own power he will cause the astounding devastation and will succeed in whatever he does he will destroy those who are mighty the holy people so he's going to be an extraordinary military ruler the peace that is established that people begin to cry out oh it's a time of peace that won't last that long this is all taking place within the first three and a half years of the tribulation and so there'll be wars that began because his peace won't last Jesus said that escalating wars would occur before his return again in Matthew 24 verses 6 and 7 he said you will hear of wars and rumors of wars see that you're not troubled for all these things must come to pass but the end is not yet nation will rise against nation kingdom against kingdom there will be famines pestilences and earthquakes in various places wars before Billy Graham went to heaven Billy Graham said that out of 5,000 years of history there has been 4,000 years of war in the first portion of the 20th century millions died in two world wars it is estimated that 16 million military personnel died and 37 million civilians died in world war one world war two accounted for an estimated 75 million deaths including 40 million civilians and the world has gone through this before and the world even now is poised for war we see this all unfolding even as I'm reading this to you at this time there are 30 countries in which nuclear power plants operate only France Belgium and Slovakia use them as primary source of electricity according to the world nuclear association over 30 countries are giving serious consideration to introducing a nuclear power capability including Iran the United Arab Emirates Vietnam and Jordan Belarus Bangladesh and Turkey are at the forefront at this time there are nine countries designated nuclear weapons states China France Russia United Kingdom United States India Pakistan North Korea and Israel Belgium Germany Netherlands Italy and Turkey are NATO nuclear sharing states third world nations with aggressive plans are increasing terrorism is on the increase and the stage is already being set and so as this continues on verse 5 when he opened the third seal I heard the third living creature say come and see so I looked behold a black horse and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand and I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying a court of wheat for denarius three quarts of barley for denarius and do not harm the oil and the wine escalating wars with escalating wars famine hits the world food supplies will be destroyed again in Matthew 24 7 Jesus said there'll be famines pestilences and earthquakes in various places in verse 6 the pair of scales symbolizes rationing with famine always comes inflation a court of wheat barely feeds one person in a day and barley will provide very little for families a person's daily wage barely provides low quality food enough for a small family is what he's saying there but notice in verse 6 how he says harm not the oil and wine oil and wine are necessities in many places but are also considered luxury items so it could very well be a picture of how the affluent the rich will survive but the poor don't it's always been true that though there are those who are who can be very rich there are some very generous and very kind and believing people are rich I'm not knocking richness at all but bottom line is there are quite a number of people who who have positions of power authority and finance that really don't concern themselves very much with those who don't have that so he can be told don't go out and eat you need to stay home and we have our governor who goes here we go shouldn't have done this but we have a governor who goes out and spends $350 a plate think about that for a minute I wonder how many of you remember knew that maybe you do that's what he did he told us stay home he said don't celebrate Thanksgiving but anyway I won't go there don't worry you already are there I'm just kind of letting you letting that percolate for a moment the poor become poor and the rich get richer that's usually how it works the rich you say to others don't be concerned with your daily food you don't need to be well they're rich and they have money so they don't have to be concerned it's not that the poor should be always worried about it but there's a fact of life that that when I when I don't have any money I certainly do have concern for my family and myself of course they do and so this is a picture not only of the fact that there'll be an incredible inflation but it's also a picture of a fact that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer and so there goes the word harm not the oil and wine harm not the luxury items because the affluent will survive but the poor don't and verse seven you see and when he opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying come and see so I looked and behold a pale horse and the name of him who sat on it was death and Hades followed with him and power was given to them over a fourth of the earth to kill with sword with hunger with death and by the beast of the earth a pale horse it's interesting the word pale you'll recognize it when I tell you the word in the Greek is chloros chloros it's where you get the word chlorine from the word pale is it is yellow it's a yellow green yellow yellow green one commentator pointed out is used as a picture of the color of a corpse the dead body becomes a pale yellow green this is a picture of death it may be and I'll develop this with you for a moment it may be that this death that is being pictured here comes through an infectious disease death and Hades speaks of dying and the abode of the dead which actually completes the picture now at first death and destruction will be limited to the quarter to a quarter of the earth's population the world population clock 2020 says there are 7.8 billion people worldwide right now so in this say it were to happen in our time this means that almost 2 billion people are going to die almost 2 billion people are going to die to give a way to measure this according to the European Center for Disease Prevention and control as of December 3rd 2020 there have been 1,495,000 deaths due to COVID-19 death on a large scale is the natural result of wars and disease John says that these deaths will occur in various ways notice he said sword which is the war famine death the word death there is a general word general word speaking of pestilence and through natural disasters which he speaks of as being animals now to some this seems to be exaggerated perhaps this man was riding with just dramatic imagery the fact is these kinds of things have existed in the past famine in 1959 through 1961 it was reported that 30 million died of starvation 30 million died of starvation in northern China the World Health Organization estimates that 3.1 million children die of hunger yearly he speaks of pestilence in 1918 and 1919 it is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world's population became infected with the Spanish flu virus the number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States my aunt and my uncle died of the Spanish flu at that time my mother's older older brother and older sister both of them died of the Spanish flu in 1918 and 1919 worldwide there are over 400,000 malaria deaths a year the World Health Organization says at 1.5 million died from tuberculosis UNICEF says yearly over 800,000 children died of pneumonia when I was in the Philippines a number of years ago I had an opportunity while being in Manila to meet a pastor who had a church that he with his hands he built the building in a dump there called the Tundado and when I went there to go and see what his ministry was there in the slum in a dump a literal dump in Manila I'll never forget the impact that had on me because we went into this dump and it's just it's very it's very large it's a lot of a lot of well there are people who live there they actually go to the they go to the trash and they dig out cardboard or pieces of wood that's been thrown away and they build houses there they build houses they live in the Tundado dump and so we went into the dump and and this pastor had been scavenging through all the trash and he had found a lot of plywood and various things and he took us to his church and we walked into this little church that he had built that would see it maybe 60 to 80 people and he had his his his pews that he had built out of discarded wood and there were lopsided and all and you know just pieces of wood that he had hammered together so people could come and they could hear the gospel I'll never forget as I was walking through this particular area little boys there was one little boy who ran past me could have been about seven years old and he had a can an empty can and he had tied string through it and it was and he was running with it as it was hitting the rocks and things making noise and I'll never forget this little boy running past me as I saw the can bouncing in him he was laughing and having a great time and I'm looking at him my heart's touched by these things I see two three other little boys who have found a ball that was it was flat it had it couldn't hold any air but they had built themselves a little basketball hoop and they were shooting baskets with this deflated ball and I've seen this one thing after another after another the poverty was unbelievable and there's this man's church and he's reaching to these people and wanting them to know Jesus Christ and he had a little girl heard she was she was 12 years old she was 12 years old and I thought she was seven she was so small she's a little girl and she became my guide and I was walking with her and she reached up and took me by the hand and held my hand as we walked through the dump and I was just touched by her I was moved by this little girl so stinking sweet such a beautiful baby I just I just fell in love with her and a few months later I got word that she died she died of measles she died of measles who dies of measles she did she did I've spoken to the church on this way in this way many times God has been gracious for me to go places to see things that not everybody has the chance to see this the manila so many areas in this beautiful city that is well people are building houses on on sidewalks in front of other people's houses and they're building them out of cardboard or plywood to go to India to be in Bombay and and to arrive in an airport where they have double-pane glass because the smell of rotten decay is so intense that even seeps through double pain then you step into the humidity and this and the smell and and you drive to the hotel they're taking you to and there are people who have built little structures on traffic islands and they're living on that island that's where they live the poverty is unbelievable and to know that when the monsoon season hits in Bombay there are more rats on the street than human beings to know that and to see that and then to go to a temple to see what they're doing there and to watch children begging for food in front of the temple well the people going into the temple don't give the children food they give it to rats that are there in the temple to see that it impacts you it always will I've seen a lot of that and I've seen the pestilence I've seen the result of it and it breaks your heart it breaks your heart you see when you look at this I want you to notice it speaks of animals they're on the list of causes of death and and people might say why animals are you saying that they're going to come running out of you know dogs will chase you down the street and bite you no rats have been responsible for millions of deaths we know that in the 1300s the black death the black plague was passed on by fleas and during that time between a quarter and a third of Europe's population was wiped out through these animals I actually looked up this this information and there's a site called pest world can you believe that pest world but according to pest world rats and mice are known to spread more than 35 diseases and so what you're seeing here are judgments that are going to come one after another after another after another this lamb that John saw when they had he had heard the words that that the lion has prevailed and he looks and behold there was a lamb this lamb this lamb that you and I think of as Jesus Christ that's who he is the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world we we see him as gentle and we see him as loving because he is we see him as merciful and kind because he is we see him as he ministers to the blind as you read your gospels you you see how Jesus provides food for the hungry you see how Jesus heals the sick he cleanses the leper he casts out demons from the demonized people you see this and he's he's righteous and he's glorious and he's kind and he's warm and he's so approachable that you see his cousin John who's willing who's able to put his his head on the chest of Christ the warmth and the love and the tenderness of this man and and the love they have for one another I've always thought that the picture of John placing his head on the the bosom of Christ is a picture of a tender loving act of relationship of communion because John having his head on Jesus's chest can hear the heartbeat of God and there's just something amazing about that thought and that's the man that we love Jesus Christ the lamb the lamb of God the one who went to the cross the one who died the one who prayed father he said forgive them they know not what they do that one that Jesus the one who was buried in the third day that he arose he arose from the dead that one who ascended to heaven 40 days later that one don't get a mad because we see him as the lamb but as I was sharing with you the lamb is a lion because there are flashes of the holy wrath of Christ that we see in the gospels we have a tendency I think of of seeing him as he is loving gracious kind a woman has been caught in sin he doesn't condemn her we see these things forgives people loves people but he also goes into the temple and cleans it out twice my father's house is a house of prayer you've made it into a den of thieves he fashions a whip and he drives them out turns over their tables we think that he won't do that again but he does John points it out this lion this lamb well the lion is pouring out his wrath he's pouring out his wrath and as he does so the judgments begin to flow there are greater and even more terrible judgments that will come we're going to be seeing this leading to trumpets what are called trumpet judgments then we're going to see them as they lead quickly to the ball judgments and they're going to come through Jesus Christ because he's going to reveal himself as holy and true and when these things come to pass those who have rejected Jesus as their savior are going to see him in his wrath in Hebrews 10 31 the writer said it's a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living god you see this is sure this is the word of god this is sure this is going to happen this isn't some fanciful tale some mythological fable of some sort this is pre-written history this is god saying this is what is going to take place we see it already we're seeing how the world is primed right now we see it primed right now for a world leader somebody who can can stop the wars between so many countries who could put a time of peace who will set up a peace treaty and the people will say this is amazing and the antichrist says we'll see it's going to do that there'll be peace treaties and things that are set up and people say this is an amazing man this is an amazing warrior who can make war with him who can stand up like him who can stand against him who is like him the antichrist popular people will love him i've already seen how how we can be deceived by a smile and a promise america can be deceived has been for a smile and a promise and none of it's going to take place but eventually there'll be one who comes a man referred to in scripture by various names the willful king the antichrist the beast and he's going to strike a deal they'll be saying peace but when they cry peace peace sudden destruction will come upon them like a woman having birth things so what's the key guys this is going to happen what's the key for me i can tell you it's very quick and i'll say it quickly in my conclusion here get right with god get right with god jesus his word is true he doesn't lie he's returning and he's going to be mad that's a fact that's a fact these things we're seeing unfold in front of us we're seeing the conditions they're already set up we're seeing it before our very eyes how people will wonder and follow after a leader who makes promises we've seen it already we've seen how quickly people will follow those orders they follow them quickly and even will get mad at you if you don't we see it now it's here it's happening it's happening and the church is we're seeing it we're seeing it it's just the beginning we're being preconditioned we're being preconditioned no i'm not a doomsday prophet i'm just telling you the truth we're seeing it i wondered for the longest time how is that possible you need to remember that in my age i've seen a lot of changes i've seen a lot of changes a lot of changes from what it was like in the 50s when i grew up where you wouldn't even have lucile bar said this before lucile ball and desi arenas and i love luci they didn't sleep together they had separate beds and yet somehow they had little ricky i never figured that one out and we saw things that were innocent that's the point i'm making how innocent we were as a nation where we have people today saying you shouldn't say merry christmas it's offensive to who the antichrist you can't say that say happy holidays what holiday what are you talking about and i grew up in a time when jewish comedians like jack benny and others would actually have christmas specials and guess what they weren't upset they weren't upset but if somebody whines and cries long enough and pouts like a four-year-old then everybody shuts up oh i don't want to offend you well guess what uh i've been i've been not go there you already know you already know i did uh oh i might as well say this added to facebook live the other day that some of you might have seen got good response praise the lord don't i don't read the comments because there are a lot of trolls out there but i said it listen we have mr obama lecturing me as a hispanic i don't like to use the word hispanic it's a general term i'm mexican but i as a hispanic he's lecturing me that the reason i voted for trump which i did surprise surprise is because because trump had made promises on he's he called us hispanic evangelicals some of you perhaps heard him hispanic evangelicals he said that's the reason he was voted in i and i wrote i said mr mr uh mr obama one presidents who are past presidents normally fade away but you you don't seem to want to shut up that's the one thing uh two well that's true get mad at me it's okay um but i said you know i didn't vote for him because of what he says i voted for him for what he's done he's done some good things and and that's what i that's why i voted for him that's why i voted for him and i said you know it's just it's just a good idea for us to um to not be boxed i said to be honest with you i i feel an insult that you're insulting me because you're trying to categorize me no it's not because i want to cling to my guns and my god it's because what i've seen him do has been good for this nation that this is a man who gave up his salary every year he gave up his salary to charity where you mr obama uh you came into office with 1.3 million dollars and you now have 40 million how did you get that how did that happen you see guys we're living in a time where people like me saying this there'll be people who won't be back next week all right god god bless you you know somebody's got to speak truth and isn't the preacher supposed to do that aren't we supposed to do that we are you know and i'm seeing this take place guys and i'm concerned i'm concerned for those who are being deceived i'm concerned for pastors who are forgetting to preach the gospel because they're afraid of offending sensitive hearers guess what the gospel is offensive it is offensive if that's what it is when it's actually preached when it's actually taught it is offensive but guess what when you when you come to faith in christ your life is your sins are forgiven your life is transformed your blessed by god you go to heaven so we preach the gospel god can change lives and jesus christ is returning this this lion this lamb this lamb is going to return as a lion and there's going to be a time of wrath but you can escape it it as i just read is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living god and if there's anything that is a symbol of a person who doesn't know god the bible says it this way there is no fear of god in them there is no fear of god in them i don't want to i'm not one more thing might as well there are words that you do not hear on tv they will not they're they're they're banned words and we all know those banned words and those words shouldn't be used but the same program that will not use this banned word uses god's name in vain and i see that and god said i will not hold him guiltless who uses my name in vain that's the one thing he says i will not hold them guiltless he who uses my name in vain and yet we will use his name in vain but we won't use other words that's the twisted morality of the nation we live in where you blaspheme god but don't offend this person over here we gotta i'm not saying be mean let's close with joy i'm not saying be mean god knows anybody who knows me knows our church knows my heart knows my tenderness that i love people god knows that you do too most of you do i love people but i'll tell you the truth because love means you tell the truth and i am i'm trying to be honorable before god i stand before him one day how did you treat my gospel he could ask me and i want to say i did my best to remain faithful to it lord and to your message because jesus jesus is coming there are no other there are no other prophecies that need to be fulfilled the next one is the rapture of the church and when the rapture of the church when the church is taken to be with him oh hell breaks loose on her and it begins slowly but it picks up steam we're going to see this as we go through these these verses one thing after another a layer after another after another after another and then it finally culminates we'll be seeing that as we go through the book of revelation