 And we are getting started with our second lecture. I just wanted to make a correction about just the names of the people I mentioned earlier. I had mentioned Dennis Bennett. And Dennis Bennett was one of the people very instrumental in the whole charismatic renewal. But he was actually an Anglican minister who got filled with the Holy Spirit. And he wrote many books and was very influential. But there was another man called David Diplosis. And he was the man God used to really influence many denominational ministers and including the Catholic Church. Introduced them to the charismatic, the work of the Holy Spirit. So these are good names to know. Of course, these are all from the 60s, 70s, and they probably passed on in the 80s. But these were people whom God used to bring in the charismatic move into mainline denominational, you know, the churches that we would today we look at and say, okay, they're all denominational churches or Catholic church. But God used these people in those days to bring the move of God into those denominations. All right. So I just wanted to correct that. I just wanted to mention the names of these people. All right. Today, so now we're going to move forward into this talking about signs of the times. How can we say, how can we get an idea of how close we are to the end of times, right? And how do we, so we just want to itemize some of these things. Now, I'm not saying that they're going to try and, you know, try and predict the day or the hour. Yeah, that's, that's not our goal. But our goal is just to get a sense of how close we are and how some of the things that are, you know, spoken of are all coming together. In fact, right before our eyes, right? And one of the things that Jesus told us is he said, you know, when you, when you see these things, you, you know, you're getting to know that, you know, you're very close. So let me just go ahead and share the PDF. Then we'll go through these signs. So this is on this, the PDF that's been shared also on, on, on, on, on your coursework sections, you can get a copy of it. So Matthew 24 verse three, the Lord Jesus is sitting with his disciples, you know, the disciples come to him, they say, you know, tell us when will these things be? What will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age? So they're asking him, you know, what will be the signs? Now Jesus didn't rebuke them and say, how dare you ask me for signs of when I'm coming? No, no, he went proceeded in Matthew 24 to mention many things. Saying, look, all these things you will see happening when it's the time for me to come and when it's the end of the age. So he actually proceeded to mention many, many signs, which we will, which we have some of which we have included in this list, and then we've added more from other parts of scripture. Right. So we are just going through some of these signs. The first very important sign is especially with the end time prophecy being fulfilled. We should always start off with the fact of Israel being formed as a nation. This is a major movement towards other fulfillment of end time Bible prophecy because these last seven years, the seven years of tribulation has to do with the Jewish people. And in Daniel chapter nine verses 24 to 27, Angel Gabriel is speaking to Daniel. He says, Daniel, these things, you know, I'm speaking to you about your people, your city. So it's about Jerusalem and it's about the Jewish people. It's this seven year tribulation, the final seven, the last seven years of this age. It has to do in a big way about concerning Israel. So Israel had to be recognized as a nation in order for many of these things to be fulfilled. And that's why we say, you know, okay, Israel becoming a nation, being recognized as a nation is a major sign towards the fulfilling of end time prophecy. Now, the prophets of old Jeremiah and Ezekiel, they prophesied that God would regather all those people back into his own, into their own land. They would be regathered. So he says that he who scattered Israel will gather him and keep him as a shepherd does his flock. That's Jeremiah 31, 10, Ezekiel 37, which many of us are familiar. Ezekiel sees the value of dry bones and then God says, you know, Ezekiel, through the prophet Ezekiel, I will gather them from every side. I bring them into their own land. I will make them one nation in the land. So many prophecies about Israel being regathered as a nation. Now, from the time Nebuchadnezzar came and dispersed and they were dispersed because of that invasion. It was until 1948, we have almost 2,500 years before they could all come back as a nation. And so that's a long time, but that was it's a fulfillment of what the prophets had foretold that God would bring them back to their own land and to their own place. Now, one of the things Jesus said is that one generation, so as Jesus began to explain to his disciples in Matthew 24, he started giving these signs. He says, look, keep this in mind that all these signs will happen in one generation, in one generation. So he said in Matthew 24, 32 to 34, he said, I learned the palm of the fig tree. So he's using comparison and the natural fig tree when the branch is ready and put forth, you know, summer is near. So also when you see all these things, you know that it is near. So he's saying, so he's not against us recognizing that we are near. And he says, look, you know, even in the natural, you know, when you see the fig tree coming, you know, all becoming green and putting out the leaves. It's indicative that summer is almost here. So that's a natural thing that people are accustomed to. So in the same way he's saying, when you see these things, then you know it's near. It's at the door. It's about to make its entry. It's about to burst in on the scene. And he said, he went on to say one generation, the generation that sees this will see everything take place. One generation. Jesus was using this parable of the fig tree. Now, some people take this a step further. And they say, you know, the fig tree actually represents the nation of Israel. Right. So now that can be what to say backed up by scripture. Right. For example, and there are several scriptures in Joel. He refers to my land. God is calling his people as my land. He calls his people as my wine. And he calls his people as my victory. Also in Hosea nine. He says I found Israel, Israel, like grapes in the wilderness. So your father's as fruits on the fig tree as in the first season. So and also Jeremiah 24. So there are some scriptural. There is some scriptural basis for saying fig tree is symbolic or figurative of Israel because God himself uses that. Right. So what some people have said now, although Jesus himself didn't say it that, you know, the, the, when you see Israel become a nation, then that it's that generation. He didn't make that statement. But some people in fire from Matthew 24 30 to 34 that Israel becoming a nation is this fig tree that is putting out its leaves. So this fig tree putting out its leaves. Now Jesus just gave it as an example. He gave it as a parable. But some people extend that to say. Well, and just talked about the fig tree putting out its leaves. It is Israel coming together as a nation. Now I don't, I don't want to argue against it because we know in scripture, the fig tree is figurative or symbolic of Israel as a nation. So I, I wouldn't argue against it. I would say, yeah, why not. Okay. It is something to keep in mind, but it's not something Jesus directly stated. I'm not using it as a parable, but there's nothing wrong because of the significance of Israel in end time Bible prophecy. So I wouldn't argue against it. I wouldn't fight it. I would say why not. Even though it was not directly stated, it's okay to extend it simply because Israel is very important in end time Bible prophecy. But the issue is, you know, what is this? How long is this generation? He said this generation now is this generation 40 years. Is this generation 50 years, 60 years, 100 years? What is, you know, what is the duration of the generation so we can get some sense of where we are? Okay. So this is the only calculation I'm going to be doing. But please don't quote me on it. In one of our earlier classes, somebody wrote an article saying or somebody wrote a comment saying, you know, vast ashes is trying to predict when Christ is coming and all that. I was like, no, that's not the point. I am not trying to predict when Christ is coming. I'm just, you know, trying to use some logic here to understand where we are. Okay. So I am not trying to predict the year. I'm just saying that look, if he said one generation and if we get to know what one generation is, whether it's 40 years, 60 years or whatever. We can try to, you know, have a rough idea. And that's all. So when I give you these numbers, please, I'm once again saying, I'm not trying to predict. I'm just saying, look, let's just think through on this. Okay. So what is the duration of a generation? Now, one, if you go by the genealogy of records, that is in Matthew, you know, the first chapter, the gospel writer, Matthew, he mentions all these generations right from Abraham, all the way to Jesus. He says it was 42 generations, which spanned a time of approximately 2016. Now, again, this is approximate. It's not precise. So it roughly gives us about 50 years per generation. Okay. Roughly. So if you, if you do Luke's account, 77 generations, he starts with Adam, all the way to Jesus Christ spanning 4000 years. This, this comes out to roughly, you know, 51, 51. So let's round it up to 52 years. So that's, that could be one generation. Okay. Please. Okay. Don't quote me on this. I'm just trying to think on things. Okay. Second, we can look at a generation as a lifespan based on some 90, it's three score years and 10. Or if there's grace, it may be 80 years, right? That's some 90 or 10. Or if you go back to Genesis, it's 120 years. A person would live for 120 years. So we have three options. You know, you could take the 52 year time, you could take the 70, whatever, you know. So, you know, which, you know, you can start with any date, you can start with the 1948 date. That's the time Israel became a nation, but they only recapped Jerusalem in 1967. So if you want to move it to that, you can do your calculation. And I just did calculation here from 1967. If you do 52 years, we do 70 years, we do 120 years. These are some numbers that we get. So repeating once again, it's not our intent to set a specific date or to guess the year of the Lord's return. I'm just trying to say, look, if we look at one generation from the time Israel became a nation or from the time Israel recapped to Jerusalem, which is, you know, they were able to take Jerusalem back, at least part of it. And then you say one generation, and we don't exactly what that, you know, one generation is, is it 70 years or whatever. But if you do some calculation, you know, you kind of, you say, look, this is where we are. And I know Louie mentioned a little earlier, people are talking about five years and so on. So that's pretty close to 2019. So 2019 is already passed. So, you know, we get 2022 so we are somewhere here. You look forward to another 15 years or something, or if you won't really stretch it somewhere there. We don't know, we don't know, but it's, you know, we are pretty close. We are somewhere here. Okay. So Israel becoming a nation is a major milestone. It's a first major sign of where we are. And from there you say, look, if you're saying one generation, you don't exactly what that one generation is. But we are there, you know, we are living through that time period of one generation from Israel being a nation. Now we are there. Now whether it happens in our lifetime or whether it's the next, you know, the life people who come after us, whatever. But we are in that time since Israel became a nation. Okay. So is this first point clear any questions any points you want to clarify before we go to second point? Is this clear? Any questions? Okay. Your question, please. Thank you, Pastor. Pastor, I just want to, when we did this calculation, is it based on, when Jesus said this thing, it was, he calculated based on Jewish calendar, maybe whatever he said. So now we are predicting on a different calendar. So how can, just want to know, I understood what you are saying, but I just want to know that how can we come to a conclusion that this is the exact or what we are calculating, right? Or if you want to calculate, do we have to calculate from the Jewish calendar perspective? That's what I want to know. Thank you. Now, if you compare the Jewish calendar with the Gregorian calendar, there's not too much difference. If I'm not mistaken, I think the Jewish calendar, somebody could Google it. The Jewish calendar has, I think, 353 days in a year, or sometimes it goes up to 355 days in a year. Whereas our Gregorian calendar go is usually 365 days. So we're talking about a difference of 10 days per year. So it's not very significant. Not much of, I mean, yeah, 10, for our lives, if it's 10 times seven and picks it 70 years. But the number of years difference is not very large. And so if I'm not mistaken, I think that's what it is, 353 days in a year in the Jewish calendar. And some years it will be 355 days. So that's the difference. We're talking about a difference of 10 days. Thank you. So, okay, Christopher, check that out for us. Yeah, 353 to 355 days per year. Thank you, Christopher. Yeah, so, you know, we are talking about a difference of 10 days and we can still arrive at some ballpark estimate of baby here. Yeah. Good. Any other questions? Okay. So the first sign, which I think is an exciting sign, but it's not, of course, telling us exactly. I said, look, Israel became a nation. And for Israel to become a nation was very significant, you know, when you look at the history that they were dispersed so many times. And for the people to have a desire, the Jewish people to have a desire to regather in that small parcel of parcel of land, it's like, you know, it's not like, oh, we're going to go and take back this huge piece of land. No, it's actually, if you look at it, it's actually a very small piece of land from the Nile to the Euphrates up north. And it's not easy because it's Arab Arabs are all around and so on. But for the for the Jewish people to have a mind to go back now, of course, there was a lot of problem or a lot of what to say, bitter struggles, you know, that they face which in some ways forced them to go back. But for the Jewish people to regather there. And then to have a mind to say, we're going to declare ourselves as an independent nation. They have the courage to say that because you know, if you look at the, the, the population. They are very tiny, the Jewish population globally, compared to all the other nations, the small population. And for them to regather that and say, we're going to declare ourselves as a nation. And this is our land. And they want to be established here. That itself is very significant. And for them to receive support. Of course, the United Kingdom was there backing them up. And for them to receive that kind of support and say, yeah, we are standing with them. We recognize them as a nation. It's their land. It was again, a very significant thing. Yeah. So that's the start for us of saying, look, Israel isn't as a nation. And it's now going to lead us forward into other things. What are the other signs we can look at. The second one is kind of related to Israel as a nation. And we will see quite a few of these related to the second one is that not only did Israel or the people, Jewish people, regather in Israel and declare themselves as a nation. But Jerusalem has become a place of conflict. Right now, and this has been going on, of course, from the time Israel declared itself as a nation. And, you know, cost the Arab nations around it did not like it. And then they attacked. And then in the, in the Six Day War, the Arab nations were all shocked because this was in 1967. When we had, I think, Egypt, Syria, Jordan. Yeah, I think three of them. And I'm not sure about Lebanon, but Egypt, Syria, Jordan, you know, like you're having three neighboring nations coming against one tiny nation, young nation, and then being pushed back and not only being pushed back, but the small nation taking more ground. So they actually expanded their territory. In the 1967 war, Six Day War, and they recaptured Jerusalem. But of course that became major upset. And in order to maintain peace at that time, the general at that time agreed to, you know, give the East Jerusalem, hand it back to the Arabs and some sort of a peaceful resolution was put in place at that time. And with the agreement that the Jews would come in and worship on, on the West, Western world. But ever since that time, ever since that time, it's, it's, there has been so many wars, Palestinians and the Jews fighting around in and around Jerusalem. And every now and then the conflict escalates. And it becomes a big issue. You know, the United Nations tries to intervene other nations try to intervene, and they try to, you know, calm it down a bit. But Jerusalem became for a long time became the epicenter of conflict. It's quite, it seems to be a little quiet now. I mean, you do hear of, you know, every, you do hear of ongoing incidents in and around Jerusalem from time to time. But for now, momentarily, it seems to be a quiet but Jerusalem is very, very volatile, very volatile. Zachariah 12 or three. And God says, you know, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding people. And they're going to come against you run Jerusalem. And it's going to be a heavy stone. It's going to be a burden for people. And nations are going to gather against it. So this is has happened. Right now, maybe there's some sort of a calm. Perhaps the last two years, you know, the whole world has been absorbed with the pandemic and all of those issues. But one thing we can expect is for Jerusalem to become a very volatile place, much more than what you've seen in the past. So as we keep looking at what is happening and the nations are going to turn against Israel, right? The Palestinian issue and the whole conflict around the Temple Mount is going to only get worse. Now, that is something we keep looking at. And like I said, the last two years, things have the minds of the people, of course, have been distracted with the pandemic. But it's going to come back. It's going to come back. The whole Palestinian issue and also the Temple Mount issues around the Temple Mount, it's going to come back. It's going to regain focus. And it's going to become a boiling point for a cause for nations to, you know, come into conflict, come into serious disagreement, and it's going to happen. So that's something to look at or keep our eyes on. And, you know, we have already seen some of it in the past. But what we can expect is, it is going to become the major issue as time progresses. The third sign or indicator of how close we are, is that for quite some time, the... Or you can use the word orthodox or you can use the word fundamental Jews or traditional Jews, have taken it very seriously to rebuild the temple on the Temple Mount. And so a lot of preparation has already been done, plans have been done, and you can go online and you can... I think there is a website called the Temple Mount, something like that, that gives you all the preparations that have been made. There are video documentaries available online where they talk about just what these Jews are expecting. They are expecting the temple to be rebuilt. They have made elaborate plans. They have identified, you know, from their perspective where the Solomon's Temple was, where the most holy place was, where they are going to rebuild the temple and re-institute the sacrifices. They've got everything ready, not only the vessels, the priests, the right kind of animals that are needed for the sacrifices as was being done during Solomon's time. So all those preparations are actually done and ready now for quite some time. And that is also very interesting because in our study of end-time prophecy, we come to the conclusion that there has to be this physical temple, because it is in this temple that this son of perdition, this man of sin, Byzantichrist, is going to set himself up to be worshiped. So there has to be this temple and he's going to speak blasphemies against God and he is going to stop the sacrifices in the middle of the seven years. So it means that the sacrifices have to have been initiated. The sacrifices should have been in progress for him to come and stop the sacrifices. Otherwise it wouldn't make sense for Daniel to say very specifically that he would break his covenant and he would stop the sacrifices. So the fact that all this is in place, including the very animals they're going to use in the sacrifice, and they've had some, I think it was before the pandemic, I think it was when they actually did a mock procession or this whole reenactment of how they would take the goat and sacrifice and all of that. I think it was 2019, I think that was the year when they actually did it. I mean, not in the temple but somewhere outside, they actually reenacted those things. So these are the fundamental chews or orthodox chews, we are going to have this. Now, of course, it seems an impossibility right now. It's like that's not going to happen. How could you build a Jewish temple on the Temple Mount and have sacrifices happening? How is that going to be possible? Because right now there's a mosque, it's under the control of the Arabs, Muslims. It seems impossible but what we can say is these people are ready to do it. How is it going to happen? We don't know. What the scriptures tell us is that, and I'm just trying to put the pieces together from Daniel, that this man of peace, this leader who emerges, he is most likely going to broker peace and in some way enable the Jews to have their temple and to resume or to bring back these sacrifices. So that's part of what he would do. He would make it possible for them to do this. And you see this in Daniel chapter 8 and also in Daniel chapter 9. You see how he would do this. Then in 927, I'll just read that, Daniel 927, he says, then he, referring to this abomination, desolation, this man of sin, he will conform a covenant with many for one week. That means he is going to establish a covenant, a modern language would say a peace treaty, but many for one week, that is for seven years. But in the middle of the week, he will bring an end to sacrifice and offering. So notice what he does in the middle of the week. That means in that's the three and a half years, the middle of the week, he will bring an end to sacrifice and offering. So he's going to stop it. So he's established a covenant of peace, but in the middle of the week, he will bring an end to sacrifice and offering. Daniel 927. And on the wings of abomination shall be one who makes desolate. So that is this man is going to move so speedily to do abominable things. And he is the one who's going to make desolate. That's what Jesus referred to as the abomination of desolation. So this is what Daniel 927 records. And in Daniel chapter eight versus 11 and 12, Daniel said Daniel chapter eight was 11 and 12. He says he even exalted himself as high as a prince of the host. And by him, the daily sacrifices were taken away. And the place of the sanctuary was cast down because of transgression. The army was given over to the horn to oppose the daily sacrifices. And he cast truth down to the ground. He did all this and prospered. So it's clearly telling us here that this man, the Santa Christ, is going to stop the daily sacrifices. He's going to oppose it and he's going to desecrate the sanctuary. He's going to do that. So therefore we are saying that the sanctuary, this temple has to be in place. And this man of sin is going to stop the sacrifices. And therefore point three is very interesting. The Jews are ready to build the temple. The Jews are ready to reinstitute the sacrifices. Let me pause here. Any questions on these three points so far? Israel, Jerusalem, the temple, three things all connected to end time prophecy. Any questions? Okay. So let's just do maybe one more. So the fourth one that we want to talk about is, let me see, was that a question there? Christopher, your question, please. Yes. Thank you. I wonder if you can start. I know from you regards to what possibly what the Jewish people actually think about the end times. Or at least what is their view of their part of this? I mean, I know that there are some fundamental differences in the fact that they don't believe that Jesus had come earlier, came on the earth earlier. But they said the fact that they do believe that the temple would be available to be rebuilt. I mean, I know that we are looking at it more from a Christian perspective here and also from a biblical perspective. But do they also have some views on the Jewish people themselves? Because Israel and Jerusalem is going to be the center of so many things that are going to happen in the future, including the fact that Jesus will come down onto the temple. So just wanted to understand, do we have any indication about what they are, what they feed about it, and what they have also been thinking about it, and what is their view on this? Yeah, and in general, what we can say is, they have exactly the Old Testament that we have. It's the same. So they read the same prophecies of Daniel and others. For them, they are looking forward to the Messiah to come and to do all these things. And the Messiah is going to come in a very powerful way. The Son of Man is going to come in a very powerful way, Daniel 7, and establish his kingdom. So they believe the same end time prophecies, but as an expectation of the Messiah. So in their minds, it's not Jesus. It's the Messiah to come. So they are looking at the same prophecies, but they don't see Jesus in it. And that's why when they bring up Jesus, they say, No, not Jesus. They're looking forward to the Messiah to come to fulfill these things, but it's not Jesus. So that's why I'm talking about the very Orthodox. There are some, there are, of course, Jewish Christians, believers were Jews. We're not talking about them. We're talking about the traditional Orthodox Jews who follow Judaism. They're reading the same Old Testament as we are. They're looking forward to this Messiah to come. And that's why Zechariah 12, while you were speaking, I was just reminded of that scripture in Zechariah 12, where, you know, it's going to be a shock for them to realize that the Messiah they were looking for is actually Jesus Christ. So Zechariah 12 says, you know, Zechariah 12 or 10 says, I will pour on the house of David, on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplication, then they will look on me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for him as one mourns for his only son and grieve for him as one grieves for a firstborn. So, and of course the context here is on that, on that battle of Armageddon. When the nations are, you know, all the nations are coming against Jerusalem and they see the Messiah coming to deliver them. But this Messiah is Jesus Christ whom they pierced. And it says here, they will mourn. You know, so it's like they've been waiting for the Messiah to come and deliver them. But in their minds it was, it's not Jesus. But when they actually see the Messiah come, Zechariah 12, 12, 12 says, they'll realize it's the one whom they pierced. They will mourn. So the answer question, they are referencing the same text, literally the same text, Genesis to Malachi. They are reading the same prophecies, but they're expecting Messiah to come, but not Jesus. And Messiah to come and, you know, deliver them and so on and so forth. And it's going to be, I don't know, I don't know, but it's a pleasant surprise. I don't think it's a pleasant surprise, but it's going to be a, you know, like the way Zechariah puts it, it's going to be a very sad thing in the sense that they realize their mistake. When they, the Messiah they're waiting for, the Messiah who actually comes and delivers them, is the Jesus whom they crucified. Yeah. So do they, as you see, I mean, are Jews, do they, they believe that Jesus, they believe in Jesus, but do they also, you know, believe in, do they also believe the whole New Testament by putting the revelation? You're talking about the Messianic Jews? Yeah. Yeah, I mean, so Jews who are believers in Jesus Christ, they believe like, like us. Right. So, you know, so like we said, you know, even among the Jews, there's a more of the Holy Spirit and they've come to know Jesus Christ and they believe just like us. You know, when I was, you know, when I was living in the U.S., part of the, in the church, we were going to, we had Jewish believers and they would, you know, they were Jews, but they believed in Jesus and they worshiped just like us, you know, but then they had, they, they tried to keep in touch with some of their Jewish customs. So they would, yeah, they would, you know, they would do, they would invite, even for that Yom Kippur, the day of atonement. So they would, you know, do that more from, not because they think that is going to save them. No, they're already saved in Christ, but it's because that's part of their background. It has much meaning even in the New Testament. So, but as believers, they're just like us. Yeah. Right. So I mean, I would just comment over here, but I think they would also probably be quite surprised. I mean, I'm talking with the traditional Jews when, you know, when the rapture happens and they realize that, you know, that there is, there is, there is an event happening, which is like a, you know, a second coming of Jesus to a two way family, if I may call it, which is, which has happened. And they see that, you know, a lot of their fellow messianic Jews taken in the rapture. I think that would also be a quite a big shock and surprise. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. Alex, I think we have time for your question. Please go ahead. Okay. I wanted a clarity on the messianic Jews. Is it that they are part of Jews? They believe that Jesus Christ or the Messiah is yet to come. Is that the case that you are trying to make? No, no. So these are Jews who believe Jewish people. Who are believed in Jesus Christ. Just like the New Testament, right? So when you talk about the book of Acts, it was Jews who came to Christ who believed in Jesus Christ was saved. And, you know, that's how the church began in Jerusalem. So they were Jews who believed in Jesus Christ. And they would prefer to them as messianic Jews or, of course, they were called Christians. Now, within this so-called, I mean, not so-called, but within this whole name of messianic Jews, there are various expressions. Right. So I don't want to say I know everything. No, I don't. There are various expressions. There are some Jews who are or who, you know, who still like I mentioned, they still, they believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and they still do some of the feasts. But they do it knowing that all everything is pointing to Jesus Christ, you know. So you have, you have variation that's not like everybody's the same. But in faith, that is they come to Christ. They believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour as the one who died for us. And just like how we believe or just like how the New Testament Jews believed in the early church before it was and then thereafter it was open to the Gentiles. So there are Jews who believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. So that's what I was referring to. Yeah. Okay. Thank you very much. Yeah. Okay. Last one. I have a question regarding is the Antichrist a hybrid born to the fallen angel and human. From what we know in scripture, the Antichrist is a human. It's a man. He's not hybrid and an angel and a human, but he's a man. But he is empowered by the dragon. Yeah. Revelation 13 says that the dragon gives him power. Similarly, there's this false prophet who was also a man. But the false prophet is also empowered by the dragon that Satan. So both these individuals, the beast and the second beast or the Antichrist and the false prophet are humans, people, but they're empowered by Satan. Okay. All right. So let's pause here. I hope I've been able to answer questions. And we're going to continue this next week. We will just go through the signs, various signs. And we will look at that's quite interesting and also try to look at connect them with some of the developments we're saying. I mean, one of the signs we'll talk about is just these relationship between nations. You look at relationship with Russia and China, Russia, Turkey, Russia and Iran. And what's happening around Israel. So you look at the alignment of these nations is pretty interesting because that's the way the Bible unfolds things that build up towards the battle of Armageddon. So we will look at those things as well. Also very interesting is the 10 nations that would come together from the former Roman Empire, former Roman Empire, which is the European Union, which the European Union is a major part of. Not exclusive, but major part of. And so when we think about the European Union, we think about what's happening there. We think about when they're getting closer to each other, which is very good. But then out of that are going to come 10 nations. And there would be one leader who takes over three others who kind of controls three others. And that one person would be the Antichrist. So we'll talk about that next week. Right. So let's close. Thanks for being on the class today. I just request somebody to pray and then we will dismiss. Please go ahead. Our most gracious and everlasting father. We bless your holy name this moment for the gift of life. And we thank you for the opportunity to be seated at your feet and to be taught this lessons about the end times. Father, we pray in the name of Jesus that as we keep studying distance, may we not only be interested in the events, in the science and in the seemingly interesting narratives, but also Lord help us to prepare ourselves, help us Lord as we keep waiting on you. Help us to sanctify ourselves as Apostle Paul says that those who have this hope sanctify themselves. We also continue to sanctify ourselves as we await your appearance with God. That you will not be taken out by surprise, but when we appear in the heavens, we will see you and we will be like you. We thank you for this moment. We thank you for the life of Pastor Ashes. Continue to preserve him and preserve us also that we will continue to share this platform. Jesus says by today we pray with thanksgiving. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Pastor. Thank you everyone. Thank you so much for being on the class today. Enjoy the rest of your afternoon, rest of your day. I'll see you all tomorrow. God bless. Bye now. Thank you, Pastor. Amen. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.