 Good afternoon pastor David. Hey John welcome everybody to a random moment with pastor David unfiltered I do have to say pastor that message last night. It was one of those things for me when you talked about the The piece that shot it as our boots And or for leg and protection. It was one of those things for me where I Have sat through movies before where they've gone. They were so enticing to me that It two hours goes by and I was like 20 minutes and it was something like that for me with With your message last night. I wish it was that way with everybody else John She's like it happened so fast and and it was just one of those applicate those studies. That was very Applicable to own lives even the fact about the preparation is what was one of my favorite things that he talked about And so I'm excited about has we're going more into the armor of God the next few weeks and church family I do want to invite you if you haven't been out to see that study come on Wednesday nights matter of fact This thing doesn't Wednesday will be taking communion And so it's a great study if you haven't had a chance to watch it You can actually go back to our Facebook page or YouTube to watch it as you've been doing a study on the armor of God And it ties in with your study coming up as you've been sharing out of mark chapter 13 this week You'll be in verses 14 to 23 and you've been for the last couple of weeks or including this week teaching us about the tribulation and And that's something I want to just speak a little bit about today as I was going through your notes I was noticing that as you've been sharing with us as as one of the essentials of Calvary Chapel that the Rap the rapture will happen before the tribulation and you taught that last week and gave scriptures and and again It was eye-opening pastor to see what's going to be taking place in the tribulation as you've done a study in Revelation Chapter 6 to 19 it describes it, but this is going to be a time like no before I don't think people really truly understand or grasp how traumatic or how Crazy it's going to be during this time and I I think There's a laxate diesel coal Because they don't understand this. There's not a great understanding of the tribulation There's this laxate diesel coal approach to walking with God especially in these last days pastor. How How bad is the tribulation well the the tribulation itself is is the greatest series of cataclysms the scripture presents to us the greatest series of Cataclysms that the world has ever seen and if the Lord had not shown mercy That the devastation would be complete it would be total the descriptions that you find it in in Revelation 6 through 19 and other passages including Old Testament books when they begin to describe The day of the Lord and how he works. I Mean if you take those things literally which we do You know if the Lord were not merciful no flesh would survive he says and So in Revelation chapters 6 through 19 you see a series of escalating judgments that begin with the trumpet judgments and Conclude with the with the bowl judgments, you know the seal rather the seal judgments trumpet judgments and Conclude with the bowl judgments and the bowl judgments seem to be Judgments that occur in a much more rapid pace the others are escalating and and all but you begin to see the Intensity of it as it's magnified and and all to the very end and so You know, I mean the seas are turned into blood the the water sources are blood the sun Is Scorching people they're nine their tongues in pain the description is is very very graphic and And yet in the midst of all of that they refuse to repent and they continue in their sinful ways, which is I believe really revelatory of How deeply depraved human nature truly is I mean the fact that they are being treated in such a way and They curse the God who's bringing this rather than repenting Just demonstrates the great deception, you know that will be transpiring during that time And so as we look at it this upcoming Sunday, I'm going to take some time looking at the second half of the tribulation and its escalations and all and We'll have an opportunity to see a preview of the future and that's the amazing thing because in that time The deception is going to grow so great that the that this covenant that has been made by the antichrist He's going to break that covenant and it's going to take Israel by surprise or oh, yeah Yeah, and this will now start the great tribulation Yeah, the the tribulation appears to be divided into two segments the first three and a half years are referred to as tribulation But then Jesus speaks of and then there shall be great tribulation the world has never seen and we'll never see again so that's the escalation and that seems to be fitting in with With the latter judgments in concluding with the with the bowl judgments and also yeah, it It is a time that that has never been seen on the earth. It'll be a time that actually concludes with the return of Jesus Christ and the final battle there in Armageddon and and the destruction of the evil that has been Ruling and and running rough shot over over humanity for that period of time. So it's a very it's a very Eye-opening portion of scripture that we'll be looking at this upcoming Sunday and real well, that's yeah It's there've been people attempting over the years to illustrate it, you know with with books and paintings and Movies but The reality of it is much more stark Than anything. I think I could portray with words just the idea of Mankind being devastated in progressive waves, you know and multiple thousands of people dying Throughout the time. I didn't even really do a full synopsis of it. I just Concentrate on just a certain portion of it But when we went through the book of Revelation a while a while back, you know when you begin to see the judgment of forts and thirds and and you know Earth's population being destroyed and destroyed, you know, it gives you an idea of How thorough the cleansing and purging and judgment will be you know the God that we worship Many people look at him simply from one of his facets or one of his revelations of himself, so we see him as a God of mercy and yet the Bible speaks also that he is a God of judgment a God of wrath and That's a that's a picture that we don't really see portrayed very often, especially in today's church where Where because people don't have a healthy fear of God. They don't they really many don't John. That's that's what? Lends itself to some of the petty debates that we first-world Christians have. Oh, is it okay to drink? Is it okay to do this or to do that? It's like where's the line drawn so that I can continue being carnal and still get into heaven Rather than hating sin and departing from evil and turning to Christ and making a difference and I think people need to really think that through that God God is not a God who who is You know, he's not kidding when he says these things are gonna happen. I'm gonna pour my wrath out on a Christ-rejecting world I'm telling you that this shoddy understanding of grace has undermined the effectiveness of the church because There are quite a number of people even mentioned this perhaps a bit last night Who are such terrible witnesses of the grace of God that? People people don't even listen. They have no credibility and I was mentioning just last night how Somebody says well, you shouldn't be smoking pot as they're drinking and it makes no sense It didn't make sense when I got saved 50 plus years ago It didn't make sense now to try and tell me that I can exercise certain quote-unquote freedoms to satisfy the desires of my flesh and Yet be effective in preaching the gospel to others there people are not Understanding that when when you really come into connection with God your life changes, you know and God is holy He's completely separate from evil. There is not a hint of darkness in him John says God is light and there's no darkness in him at all when people don't understand that his separation his holiness his purity is what we're supposed to be reflecting When they don't understand that then what they do is they dilute the gospel and they reduce its promise of transformation Because they're not experiencing that themselves and so here here We are living in a period when it's real obvious that the the pages of the book are coming to its conclusion it's very it's very Probable that this will happen within Not too distant future because we're seeing things as they're unfolding We're seeing the the situation in the Middle East. We're seeing Iran Iraq. We're seeing Russia We're seeing these these participants in Ezekiel 38 and 39 and we're seeing that now And and yet the church is still arguing over things that really don't matter and calling people like me You know a judge because I'm encouraging them to to forsake the things that that That that will cause him to not have effective ministry or a joy-filled life That pastors like me and others like me are Not regarded that well anymore and and you know what? That doesn't mean we don't stand on the rooftop and call the people to to the Lord It just means that that's how hard hearts have become But there's still a way out for those who put their faith and trust in Jesus. It's the only way out, right? That's the only way out. There's still time Absolutely, absolutely want to give their lives to Christ. Yes, now's the time now's the time and Because like you said pastor, we're right at the end. I like what you said We'll close with this you said if we can't live for Christ today in the church age How can we live through for Christ in the true? Yeah, there have been people who have said in my lifetime I mean in my my life experience, you know Well, I'd like to see what the tribulation is like and then at that point I'll give my heart to Christ and the response has always been if you can't live for Christ when it's easy What makes you think you'll live for him when it's hard? Come Sunday church family to come hear this message and again There may be some that are watching this afternoon who would never give in their life to Christ open your heart to Christ Amen And and the promise of eternal life, but even greater pastor to be with Jesus Turn from your sins repent confess to Christ. Say God. I need you forgive me and Open your heart to him so we do invite you to come on out if you did say that prayer contact our church office or come on in We have some resource suits. We'd love to give you Come on out to our services at 8 30 10 45 for everybody invite your friends and family to come on out Pastor, thank you so much and this Sunday. We're gonna have our community wedding and second service for those of you Who are part of our fellowship? We have had people in the church who have been living out of wedlock together It's been in sin. They've repented and we're gonna perform a ceremony for several of them this upcoming Sunday after second service It'll be great. So come check that out a demonstration of God's amazing grace. Thank you pastor Thank you guys for tuning in and God bless you