 My message this morning is entitled discerning the last days I want you to bow your hearts with me as we ask the Lord to bless his word Father God, we love you and again What an honor and a privilege first and foremost to stand before you the God of heaven The God of the universe the God of the earth the God of all creation What an honor and a privilege it is to stand today before your people Lord I asked this morning by your Holy Spirit that you would open the scriptures to our hearts Lord I asked that you would again help us in these latter days to be discerning believers Help us Dear God to be vigilant Dear God help us Dear God to know what's going on Dear God and be prepared and ready ready To to stand in defense of the gospel in these latter days Now Lord we love you and we ask that you bless this word We ask for an open heaven this morning and we love you now in Jesus name Amen Amen discerning the last days and we're going to see some amazing things here This is our bible prophecy chart, which is a chart of time And we're currently in what's called the church age and again I know everybody look look confused in there But this is a great chart that will give you God's order of events and we're in the church age The next major event is that of the rapture of the church where the church will literally be caught up But today we're going to look at these current signs and events Discerning the last days Our generation is greatly unaware of the critical time in which we live The signs of the times are all around us, but our undiscerning hearts Are oblivious to what they are and what they mean Jesus was very disapproving of the religious groups of his time because they could not discern the signs of the times It is imperative that we become discerning believers to effectively reach this end time generation We are living in perilous times And fear is gripping the hearts of much of the world We the believers have the answer That comes their fears Knowing the times Make us makes us effective and equip Ministers to proclaim the hope of the gospel that this generation is looking for What we have is a sound clear message that can help a world that is lost You know a lot of people in the world today. They are concerned about the end times We know that because uh, they go to psychics trying to find out the future Rather than come to god and get god's word on the future. They go to psychics people want to know the end times But it's good that we as believers understand the end times and know where we are where we are better equipped To help a world that is searching now. I'm a topical teacher. So i'm gonna give you four topics this morning. We're gonna look at Jesus reprimands those who could not discern the times He rebuked him in a sense. Then i'm going to define what is a sign or what is signs Then we're going to look at the signs of the times in scriptures. What am i going to do there? I'm going to hit signs in the gospels. I'm hit signs in society We'll look at the nation of visual world coverage is a number of things i'm going to hit some things pretty fast Some things i'm going to focus in on but we're going to see where we are today We're truly living in the last days and then last we'll close up with how should the signs of the times affect our days Our daily lives as christians and it should affect you in a positive way which we're going to see As we go forward. So let's define the term. What does it mean to discern? Dissern it means having or showing good judgment Showing insight and understanding This discriminating able to see and understand people and things are situations clearly and intelligently I like some of the synonyms for it. It is perceptive wise and aware Knowing and informed in these latter days. We need to be informed about where we are We need to know what the scripture say about the end times, you know, there's a lot of falsehood that's out there There's a lot of abuse that's out there people are calling things signs of the times and they're not signs of the signs of the times We need to know what the bible Give us as far as prophecy regarding the last days. So in that Jesus reprimands those who could not discern These times and what happened during jesus day He he was met by the by the by the scribes and the Pharisees and it's the only time these two groups got along because uh, normally they were in two different camps Matthew chapter 16 verses one through four They came to jesus and they challenged him Regarding the signs. Look at this the Pharisees also with the Sadducees came and tempting desire that he Desired him that he would show them a sign from heaven And he answered and said unto them when in his evening you say it would be fair weather For the sky is red and in the morning it would be foul weather today for the sky is red and lowering Jesus said all ye hypocrites You can discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times Jesus told uh the Pharisees and Sadducees of his day you men you prepare your life based on the forecast You see in the sky, but you guys cannot discern the signs of the times This was an indictment against the church of his day and it's an indictment against us today as well Many people today they watched the weather news. I mean the weatherman Uh and and again they prepared their lives based on the weatherman's prophecy Jesus rebuked these many column hypocrites Not on that, but jesus went on he went on to say this to them He says a wicked and an adulterous generation Seeketh after a sign and there shall no sign be given it But the sign of the prophet Jonah and he left them and deported Jesus told these Pharisees he said the only sign i'm going to give you Is the sign of the sign of Jonah the prophet now? We know what happened to Jonah the bible said that Jonah God prepared a fish for him And Jonah was in the belly of the well for three days and three nights until God Vomited him up a vomited him out of that fish And Jonah went a days a three days journey in one day to do God's will Now the reason why Jesus said the sign of Jonah because Jesus tied the sign of Jonah to his resurrection You know when Jonah was was thrown up out of this fish It was like a type of a resurrection and Jesus said fellas the only sign i'm going to give you This uh this adulterous generation the only sign i'm going to give you is the risen is my resurrection He said when you see my resurrection, but again these Pharisees they weren't believing the resurrection either But I thank God that God he so beautifully has given us signs and indicators which we're going to see In a few minutes now What is a sign? What is the sign? Look at this picture. What is the sign? Isn't that something signs? Signs give direction Signs prepare us. What is the sign? A sign is a marker in time as you see a sign you prepare yourself It may say yield you slow down as it says, you know, there's a there's a crook in the road You slow down and you prepare yourself to make that make that make that make that move What is the sign? It's an indication of a coming event Well, Jesus has given us signs all through the scriptures Of a coming event all of these signs all of these indicators i'm going to give you this morning All of these signs they point to the second coming of Jesus not the rapture But the second coming the second coming takes place after the tribulation period And these signs that we're going to look at they point to the second coming and it tells me this If we're seeing signs today that point to the second coming Then how close is the rapture? The rapture is even closer So we're going to see we're living in an urgent time now And again, God want to use us in these latter days to reach a dying world I love this quote here from chuck misler from his book prophecy 2020. Listen what he says about about these signs and indicators He said the bible lays out a detailed scenario of the final climax for mankind on planet earth It also provides listen at this Testable reference points to determine just where we are in that scenario. I love that the signs of the times these indicators They are testable reference points where you can know where you are in that scenario because we see these markers in time There are certain things that God have told us that would be in time events These are markers in time as you see these markers You know that you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that we're living in the end times And I can tell you today says we are living in the end times This is not the hour to play church This is not the hour to to live a backslidden life Listen, we're we're living in the end times So let's look at the signs We're gonna see the signs in Scripture we're gonna see these signs of the time in scripture And again, we're gonna see some amazing things. But before I do that, uh, what I want to do here I want to show you, uh, this this little clock. It's gonna come up here This is a clock. It's called the doomsday clock It's put out by a group called the bullet bulletin of atomic scientists The bulletin of atomic scientists. This is a group of Nobel laureates Brilliant men smart smarty pans These guys are brilliant They're a little bit too brilliant for their own for their own sake But they're smart men And what they've done they've created a doomsday clock and what they do they move this clock either backwards or forward Depending on world events that they are discerning So let me show you some look at this In 1995 the clock was 14 minutes to the end of the world 1998 they moved the clock to nine minutes to the end of the world In 2002 they moved it to seven minutes before doomsday 2010 they moved it six minutes till the end of the world 2012 they moved it five minutes with five minutes away from doomsday 2015 they moved it to three minutes to doomsday And last year they made the unprecedented step and they moved the clock Two and a half minutes To the to the end of the world. Look at this picture that's coming in the screen This is this is this is a tool of the scientists here that's part of the group and they moved the clock Two and a half minutes to midnight You know these men are doing these men are discerning the times This is what we should be doing in the church Only problem though. These men don't have hope They believe we're two minutes away from the end of the world And you know something we understand based on scripture, you know, this is not the end of the world yet I mean god for the for the righteous god has a beautiful a beautiful plan. I mean our End of the story will be a blessed event You know, it won't be doom and gloom for the righteous Man our future is going to be beautiful with god But these guys have no hope but but what hit me about this group is that these are men who are discerning the times I mean many christians say, you know, uh, I don't like bible prophets I don't like no end time messages because it's all doom and gloom, you know, uh, you know I hear the preacher the prophecy guy coming. I'm not coming to church because he's gonna scare me No, I'm not gonna scare you but I'm gonna give you the word of god And what we're gonna see we're gonna see what the word god has to say about the end times These end time messages should not should not scare you it should motivate you It should it should it should challenge you to allow god to work in your life So we're gonna see that as we go forward now. Jesus gave gives the signs of the times what I'm gonna do here These signs are in the gospel. So I'm gonna hit them some of them I'm hit some of them pretty fast But uh here in the gospel of matthew chapter 24 verse 5 and 11 chapter mark mark chapter 13 verse 6 And uh 21 through 23 Luke 21 verse 8 Jesus told his disciples in the latter days that there would be false christ who would come on the scene These are men who would claim to be the anointed one And I got just some examples here of some false christ in our recent past Every one of these guys here are dead So they can't be the christ David koresh jim jones, they had suce maranda and sun young moon sun young moon said He said jesus failed to do what god called him to do So therefore god raised him and his wife up to be the the be the new christ Problem he died Look at this next one here in the screen here This is a false christ in the media I think this is the most diabolical of all false christ in that uh, they are redefining christ I've challenged christian in the latter days. You better know jesus from the scriptures Every holiday christmas and uh an easter these periodicals have a cover story on your christ your lord But they but they give you a false view of him This is the most diabolical false christ jesus is under attack You never see a cover story on ala Or mohammed It's always jesus But jesus said false christ. This is an indicator of the last days Jesus said in the latter days that there will be wars and rumors of wars Look at this matthew 24 verse 6 and mark 13 verse 7 luke 21 verse 9 You know, there are over 40 wars that are going on right now We don't hear all of them in the news, but wars are going on all over the world. It's a sign It's an indicator of a sick world in need of a savior Well in looking at that We have kim jong-un He's 34 years old. I call him the baby with nukes Kim jong-un in the headline listen listen listen at the threat and the warning he gives to us This is kim jong-un. He said this Kim jong-un threatens to to ramp up north korea's nuclear arsenal Uh In in world war three warning. He's warning us. See that's a room of war. Look at this kim jong-un says north korea poses substantial nuclear threat to the us Look at this Kim jong-un issues a threat to america in his new year's message. This guy has a problem look at this New york's times talked about him quoting him. This is november 20th of last year North korea said wednesday that it had successfully tested tested the wasong 15 a newly developed icbm That it said could deliver heavy nuclear warheads anywhere in the continental united states The missile flew higher and for longer duration than previous previous Intercontinental ballistic missile launches, which flew for 37 minutes on on july 4th and for 47 minutes on july 8th david wright A scientist of the union of concerned scientist said the missile performed better than two fired in july And exhibited a potential range of more than 8 000 miles Able to reach washington or any other part of the continental us This is wars and rumors of wars. Let me tell you we're we're living in the last day. We're living in a in a world That needs jesus This is this is the end time to look at this one. This one here. This one really amazes me I call this The rise of the god and may god coalition Here we have iran Russia and turkey and again. This is just amazing. Ezekiel 38 39 talks about God's gonna he's going to judge god and may god Ezekiel 38 gives a list of nations that's going to form an alliance with russia in the end times To come against the nation of israel now what we're seeing here is an is an amazing event This happened november of last year. You have uh, you have the the iranian president Rouhani, let me go back The iranian president Rouhani, let me bring it back into the screen technology is good when it works, thanks I'm gonna get it there. All right, here we go You have you have Rouhani the the iranian president. You have pudin the russian president and then you have uh, uh Edagon and this man. He's the turkey president But this is an amazing event because now you have uh, three of the players for the god and may god war Have now come come together. These were these were arch enemies as a matter of fact two years ago uh Erdogan the turkish president shot down a russian plane that veered into turkish airspace Two years later their buddies Here's another another amazing thing. Here you have the suni and the shia The suni and the shia that hatred is even worse than their hatred for israel But now you have a suni and a shia coming together in the last days Let me tell you something. We're living some amazing time It's like god is moving major chess pieces on his prophetic chess board to bring us to a close This is amazing Wars and rumors of wars things that are setting up for the end times Jesus also talked about in a lot of days that there would be deception All types of deception that men would be deceived matthew 24 verse 5 and 11 mark 13 verse 7 Deception is running rapid in our world Case in point i mentioned uh last year Had this had this crazy prediction that the rapture was going to take place september 23rd I was so shocked by the number of christians that bought into that lie A guy talking to me said brother perkins. Are you sure? Are you sure it's not gonna happen? I said the bible says no man knows the day nor the hour You know, if somebody would just simply believe the scriptures It'll save you a lot of heartache and a lot of embarrassment You know september 24th came and guess what the word of god was vindicated once again But people today are being deceived Let me tell you some saints. You must stick with the authority of the word judge everything you hear judge every prophecy By what you read in scripts let the word of god be the final A final decision making maker for you in regards to end time prophecy Jesus talked about in a lot of days that there will be famine Matthew 24 verse 7 mark 13 verse 8 luke 21 verse 11 They're using terms like mega famines I mentioned before how in the world Do we have famine in such a technological society as we have not only we have technology But we have equipment to place food anywhere in the world. Why do we still have famines? You know why because jesus said in the latter days famine would be a part of the end time generation This is a sign of the time You watch commercials and you see these little babies, you know, we're swollen stomachs stomachs You know, we support them we do but that's a sign that jesus is coming back It's a sign of the end times famine in the 21st century amazing Look at this next one pestilence Here jesus talked about matthew 24 7 luke 21 11 he said in the latter days that there would be pestilence pestilence are diseases incurable diseases all types of things coming into our culture and our and our society I remember sorry remember sorry everybody everybody wearing masks Uh, the blue uh, the bird flew swine flew the zika virus and the list goes on Not only that but we have we have childhood diseases that they thought they once cured that are now coming back on the scene with a vengeance It's letting us know we have a sick world And again jesus said this will be an indicator of my return. This is an indicator that i'm coming back He talked about earthquakes in diverse places or many places matthew 24 7 mark 13 8 luke 21 11 he said earthquakes in many places or diverse places They're having earthquakes today say is where they've never had them before not only that but they have an earthquakes of large magnitude You notice telling me that the world is grown and by the way the world is growing and tripping You know the world is tired of sin And I really believe that the shaking of the world is a direct result of sin The world is tired But jesus said this would be a sign In the last days. Look at this next one. This is the amazing one here This one here jesus said in the gospel of luke chapter 21 11 That there would be fearful fearful sights and great signs in the heavens things that man cannot explain in the heavens I like this one. This is a picture taken by the Hubble satellite. It's called the helix nebula nebula Uh people have coined the name the eye of god This picture looks like an eye The scientists don't like it being called the eye of god, you know This is gases and stars and things that have formed this but you know something God is up to something I made the statement, you know scientists looking into those telescopes looking up at heaven and god looking down through the telescope I believe that the bible said fearful sights in the heaven man can't explain What god is doing God is messing with him God looked at him thinking oh that's like an eye. Can you imagine how he felt when he saw that? God messing with him Look at this one luke uh no uh uh here here here in the gospel Matthew 24 Jesus said in the latter days that the love of many Would wax cold We have a society now that don't love like they used to look at this elder abuse Shaming Bullying You know back in the day you didn't have a lot of this back in the day Look at this picture the lady in the bottom of here says beaten by her grandson You know back in the day you didn't have that back in the day you didn't beat grandma Grandma say what? Grandma pulled out that big old skillet man Maybe you saw seeing birds flying man No, no see we're in the end times now We're in a culture now that have empowered the child To disobey that's a sign of the last days We have a culture now that don't love people don't have genuine care anymore Even the caregivers are abusers This is the sign of a sick world This is a world that needs jesus Now i love this sign. This is one of those positive. I like this Jesus said that the gospel would be would be preached and published Matthew 24 14 and mark 13 10 He said the gospel will be published and preached and then the end shall come With the rise of technology technology has caused the gospel to go to the ends of the world the nook and crannies of the world I really believe then and that god allowed it to come to fruition because it was going to help the gospel Go behind the bamboo curtain the iron curtain and whatever the curtain that's hiding the gospel from his people You know the gospel is going behind north korea You know the gospel is going into russia and china Yeah, the gospel because of technology. This is a sign of the end times Even the apostle paul gave us prophetic texts He outlined signs in society. He called them perilous times perilous times mean times of trouble or troublesome times Look at this second timid chapter three verse one through seven paul gave a list He said in the latter days, there would be a generation of selfish people Men are lovers of self more than lovers of god Men that are head in high-minded the bible says here men Without natural affection He talked about children that are disobedient He goes through the list. He talked about men He talked about men ever learning and never coming to the knowledge of the truth In other words men have knowledge, but they're not getting god's knowledge in the last days This is perilous times. This is a sign This is an indicator that we're living In the end times and god want us as christians to discern See what i'm giving you now is things that you need to know you didn't have these signs marked in your bible We have a manual out there. It's called bible prophecy gods auto events We have a whole section on the signs of the times in that section I have one whole section called A quick list of the signs and we give you all the signs We show you signs as like a bullet you can get these scriptures and get them get them marked in your bible So you have them ready. I love them because as i'm flying, you know I'm preaching on the planes And I love getting those people boy. They got questions, man They want to know what's going on. I say, you know the bible talk about these times Especially when you got turbulence, man. I love I love preaching with turbulence I mean their their hands are gripped on the seats turning red But they're listening Because they think they think they're about to check out of here. You know what I mean? I love preaching the gods listen listen signs We need to know what the bible says about the end times the bible Bible commands us in peter to have an answer for every man that asks us a reason of the hope of jesus that is in us You need to know the signs For your family You need to know the signs of the times for your co-workers so you can better tell them where we are and what's happening We're living in some amazing times Paul even talked about doctrines of devils. Look at this first timidity chapter four verse number one Paul said now the spirits because expressly That in the latter times some shall depart from the faith giving heed To seducing spirits and doctrines of devils in the last day. Paul said men would give heed They would begin to listen to things that are demonic They're listening. They're giving heed. They're giving heed to spirits And doctrines are teachings of devils Let's go a little forward. Look at this. Here's a major sign We know this israel the nation of israel in the last days. I love this. I love this israel a major sign The book of aim is chapter nine verses 13 through 15 here Amos talked about in the latter days that god was going to bring israel back into world history Ezekiel 38 verses eight through 11 God said that he was going to multiply Jew upon the land listen when israel became a nation In the latter days, it was a major sign of the time. You know israel is on the news every day Yes, a sign of the time Look at it. Zachariah chapter 12 verses two or three. This is a prophecy. I'm going to talk about a little bit further here This is it's called it's called Jerusalem a burdensome stone Jerusalem in the latter days will be hated by all nations This is a sign of the end times And again, I'm going to show you some things now. Now one thing I like about this though is that what god did God knew that he was going to bring israel back into world history And god has given such a prophecy that he tied the nation of israel To the universe. Look at this Jeremiah chapter 31 verses 35 and 36 It says thus said the lord Which give us the sun for light and day and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for light by night Which divided the sea When the waves there there are roar the lord of hosts is his name Those if those ordinances depart from before me said the lord Then the seed of israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever God tied the nation of israel To the universe he said if you can if you can stop the ordinances of the sun moon and stars israel will not be a nation forever I woke up this morning saying is I mean the new I mean the the sun was up It tells me that israel is here by divine providence This nation the things that are going on there. It's so amazing It's amazing what we're seeing in the end times We're in the end time saints Now dr. Dave Reagan from his book called the jewish people rejected our beloved He made this statement about the scripture. I just read he said what god is saying here Is that the nation of israel will exist as long as the sun comes up and goes down And the seasons of the year come and go and then to emphasize his point The lord states that the nation of israel will continue to exist until all heavens Above and the foundations of the earth have been explored and measured In other words israel is here to stay Let me tell you some saints The fact that israel has come back in the world history This little bitty nation is a major sign that god's word is true And we're living in end times As things are set up as things are happening in that land I track it all the time because it lets us know that it's getting closer and it's getting closer Whether you believe it whether you understand all the nuances of prophecy. It's irrelevant prophecy is coming to pass We're in the last days look at this jerusalem A cup of trembling. I want to read the text for you here. This is amazing. Zachariah 12 verses 2 and 3 God says behold, I will make jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all people round about When they shall be in siege both against juda and against jerusalem And in that day, I will make jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people All that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces Though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it This prophecy said there's coming a day where all the people of the earth will be against the nation of israel against jerusalem You know people say, you know if we can only stabilize the middle east if we just stabilize it We get the jew and the palestine together the world Will be at peace No, it won't You know why because this prophecy tells us here that the unstabileness of the region is by god's design This is a prophecy the unstable cup is like a cup of coffee that's shaking You can't drink it because it's it's unstable jerusalem in the latter days is an unstable place israel is unstable by god's design No president no prime minister the un no one can stabilize that region outside of jesus christ and jesus christ alone So in light of that i want to show you some signs of the times event Our president i thank god for donald trump he he he uh he he has uh He has promised i thank god for him. He has promised To move our us embassy to jerusalem, which i think you know, we should have done anyway. I mean, uh, it happened I say it happened it happened on the books in other words There's an act called the jerusalem embassy act that was signed back in 1995 Back in 1995, we should have moved the embassy from tel Aviv to jerusalem back then But every president up to donald trump Has kicked the can down the road every six months every six months. They have delayed moving moving this thing because of political You know theater Donald trump. Thank god from he's the first president To to do this So in light of that look what happened look what he said donald trump president trump said this He said i have determined That it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel The president openly and unequivocally He said the president described his decision as being in america's best interest While emphasizing that this move would move the region closer to a lasting peace agreement He said we cannot we cannot solve our problems by making the same fail assumptions and repeating the same fail strategies of the past the president said all challenges Demand new approaches listen at this my announcement today marks the beginning Of a new approach to conflict between israel and the palestinians Now i love my president We are commanded to pray for him whether you voted for him or not whether you like him or not You are commanded to pray for him The bible says pray for those in authority that you might lead a quiet and peaceable life Who's ever in office you are commanded to pray for them Well, i love my president, but i gotta tell you something president trump our president cannot bring peace to the region That is only reserved for jesus and jesus only I'm glad he's moving the embassy though. I'm gonna show what's gonna happen. Look at this Look at this perspective. We're gonna see a perspective here Now now this this perspective here, uh, i'm gonna show you come back to it This perspective is a perspective of the jew and the palestinians So how both of these groups look at president trump's decision? It's amazing So let's look at the palestinians view Abbas threatens war if trump doesn't rescind jerusalem declaration. Look at this He said palestinian leader makhmud abbas on tuesday continued to exaggerate continued his exaggerated response To the u.s. President donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel by threatening a regional war Look at this Speaking in chiral abbas said jerusalem is the key to peace if it is our capital And if it is not it is the key to war Trump will need to choose isn't that something he said trump got to choose either going to be peace or it's going to be war He said there is no such thing as a palestinian who will give up even one millimeter Of jerusalem. Let me tell you something President trump's decision It's going to further tighten the region It's going to further make the cup unstable But it's by god's design. I'm telling you it's it's signs of the time stuff You know it's in it's in time stuff. You hear me? Now let's look at the israel's perspective. This is from the breaking israel news They said president trump's epic proclamation on wednesday Acknowledging jerusalem as the as the eternal capital of the jewish people was a major step toward establishing listen at this The third temple and bringing the messianic era So to the jew they said when president trump declared jerusalem the capital is a sign for the third temple Said a number of jewish activists working to rebuild the holy temple What he did last night was an enormous step in bringing the temple I said Friar he said official spokesman for the unity temple movement an organization of of An association of organizations working toward making the third temple a reality told breaking israel news he added This necessarily had to come From a non jew in order to bring them into the process So they will be able to take their part in the temple. This is amazing He said donald trump's declaration is a sign for the third temple Let me tell you some it's amazing what's happening. We're this type of movement so fast man. It's almost hard to keep up with it A challenge backsliders today. Listen. This is not the hour to be living a backslidden christian life Too much is happening These indicators god is giving you warnings there. There are indicators that are happening before you today Now what should discerning the last days or how should discern the last days affect our daily life How should it affect us as a christian? How should you interpret the signs at a time? Should should these signs make you become a hermit? Or or are extreme prepper This is nothing wrong with prepping In southern california. We should have water and food in case something happened But there are a lot of people that are extreme preppers today and they've gone into a false balance with it A lot of christians are going into extreme prepping As a matter of fact, some christians right now still have y2k food in their garage Let me tell you some bible promises should never produce a fear in you that it immobilize you or it makes you Static or or it stops you As some christian friends come to our conference and brother perkins. We really appreciate the words you give We were christians that were extreme We were extreme preppers and what happened? We stayed in our house. We were so scared. We would never go outside That's not that's not bible prophecy What should what should these type of messages do for the christian? Well, look what jesus said. This is amazing. How should these messages affect you luke 21 verse 28 Jesus said and when these things begin to come to pass When you begin to see the signs that i've given you jesus said then look up And lift up your head. That's a positive sign saints Jesus said when you see the signs, he said Look up and lift up your heads Why he said for your redemption draw near saints is getting close I love the signs of the times because let me know that jesus coming soon. I'm going to see my savior pretty soon y'all I'm excited now listen It don't mean i'm so heavenly minded that i'm no earthly good No, no people say man you you prophecy guys man you bought you guys are spacey You guys live in the future. No, no i'm because i understand the future i'm i'm a more productive citizen You know i'm a good person to be around Because i understand the end of the story I got hope i'm a happy guy Let me tell you some saints. I live in the same world you do I get i receive the same threats from from from the iranians Same threats from kim jong-un same threats But guess what i sleep so good every night I hit that bad man La la land I'm not stressing out by any signs indicators. I teach this You know why? Because god is in control Look i'm looking up. I'm lifting up. You know something these signs motivate me to become an evangelist to reach a lost world These signs cause me to go after my loved ones who are not safe. You have loved ones that's not safe, don't you? Let these signs motivate you to go after them Mom dad listen time is why let me show you how close it is. You better get your life right mom Better get your life right dad sister brother husband. Come on man. Get your life right Look at this romans 13 verse 11 and 11 through 14 paul wrote and that knowing the time That now it is high time to awake out of sleep Listen the signs of the times should motivate you to come out of your lethargicness Come out of your coldness Wake up out of sleep christian For now is our salvation nearer than when we believe The night is for us spent the day is at hand Let us cast off the works of darkness these signs should motivate you to cast off sin in your life Backslider come on back to the lord today Don't play with god come on back Come on back Look at this He said let us put on the armor of light the bible said you're a children of the day We're children of the day Let us walk earnestly as in the day not in rioting and drunkenness Not in chamberling and wantonness not in strife and envy But put ye on the lord jesus christ and make not provision for the flesh to fulfill the lust See these signs of the time in time message it should motivate you to live a holy life It should motivate you to to shore up your christian borders Not live loose I call it greasy grace and sloppy agape You got a lot of christian greasy grace man. They they live greasy man They just look i'm i'm covered by grace man, and they live like the devil Don't be deceived You know about to say about the grace god the bible says the grace of god will teach you to live a godly life It'll teach you to deny ungodliness in this present evil world So some people are taking grace and they make grace sloppy And they do everything that's outside of what god has prescribed in scripture. No grace will keep you holy Yeah I'm almost done. Look at this Matthew chapter 24 again. Jesus talked about the walls and rumors of wars He said christians don't let don't don't let that shake your world. Look at this He says and when you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars kim jong-un's threats Rumors when you hear of this he says see that you be not trouble For all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. Jesus said christian. Don't you don't you get upset? Don't listen let it motivate you in a positive light and not in the negative I mean a lot of people to say, you know something I don't watch the news because the news is negative I say you watching it wrong. You need to watch it with a prophetic eye If you look at it from a prophetic perspective, you realize that time is winding up and I must be about my father's business Says we're living in the end times This is not the hour to play Here's our response to israel. See we should not get involved in trying to make peace in the region This is what god requires that we do as a church for israel some 122 6 it says pray for the peace of jerusalem They shall prosper That love the all god requires the church to do for israel is to pray for the peace when you pray for the peace of israel You're praying for the millennial reign of christ You're praying for the millennium the bob says isian 9 6 that jesus would sit on the throne of his father david He will govern the world with peace the prince of peace That's the only time jesus will have a lasting peace when jesus the prince of peace sits on the throne And god will give that glory to no man but his son jesus The ultimate peace in the middle east is coming But you would be surprised as to how it will come The united nation and other governing entities believe they can accomplish this great task But they are extremely mistaken God has so beautifully given in scripture how peace will be achieved in the middle east It is through his son jesus christ And and and only him God reveals his plan in such clear detail that no one can I mean uh with clear detail that anyone can see it The unstableness of jerusalem is by god's design He controls the affairs of the world and in his time it will have divine peace As he has described In his word See our part is to pray for the peace of jerusalem Here's my last verse as I close Psalm 119 6 says this I love this It says great peace Have they Which love thy law And nothing shall offend them listen saints we need a relationship with the word You need to love the word of god in the latter days Listen listen you need the word of god more than just sunday morning and wednesday night You know a lot of times we come to church sunday morning hear the word and they were getting our car And we throw our bible in the back window I drive around a lot of cars with the bible in the back window burning up in the sun They don't pull it out until wednesday service you better get that bible out that out that sun Take that bible in your house and read the notes that you learned in sunday service Let me tell you some chris you better get this word in you You have a world that is attacking what you believe the bible says You want great peace love the word of god Thanks, we're living in the end times and again, we are living in some amazing time God want to use all of us in these latter days