 Alright, recording is on. Good morning once again, everybody. BC 213, the end times. This is our third week. Yeah, the third week of lectures, and we're getting into some exciting things today. So, welcome everybody. Let's pray together, and then we will get started. Alright, I request somebody to please unmute your mic and leave the class and prayer. Then we will start. Who would like to pray? Okay. I'm praying. Go ahead please. Our Father, we bless and thank you this morning for this wonderful opportunity to be in your presence once again and to fellowship, to learn and to study. Father, we pray that you continue to be our instructor, leaders in this journey. Father, we pray for an open understanding. And Lord, we pray that grants faster the utterances to be able to explain things to us to the best of our understanding. We pray that Lord, may you continue to guide our hearts to grasp whatever we are taught here and to lead our lives into a glorious moment. We thank you and we bless your holy name. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Alisha. And once again, everybody, good morning. Welcome. Or if you're in some other part of the world. Yeah, it could be evening or it could be afternoons. Okay. All right. So we are making progress in our study on the end times. We have gone through an introduction to how we are going to approach the subject. Then the next chapter we talked about the fact that the Bible is a prophetic book. We can rely on the prophetic scriptures. And then we also did a quick overview of Matthew 24 last week. Just to see the sequence and as an introduction, the sequence of events as outlined in Matthew 24. Now, what we're going to do today is a little bit more of geography and history. So the next two chapters, I hope I can complete both those chapters in this hour. A little bit about the geography, the areas that are of interest or the regions that are of interest, and a little bit about the historical background. So there'll be two chapters on that. Then after that, hopefully after the break, we'll get into the main part of the course, which is a panoramic overview of the sequence of end time events. So we're going to be spending many hours on that chapter where we're going to go in detail on the sequence of events. How about things going to unfold as given to us as scripture? And then we will answer a lot of questions about the rapture and the tribulation. What happens in heaven? What happens on earth? And all those details we'll get into. But in order for us to have good understanding of those things, it's useful for us to have a little background of the geography, the areas that are of interest, and also a little bit about the history. So we understand why is there going to be conflict and so on and so forth. Okay, so we're going to cover two chapters on that. And I'm not getting into too much detail, but it's more of a high-level understanding of these things so that when we read scripture, we are able to understand what the Bible is talking about. And the PDF for all of these have been made available in the coursework section. So you can please review them when you have time after the class. So I'm going to go ahead and share the PDF and we'll get started. All right, so the first is we're going to talk a little bit about the geography, the areas that are of interest and a background to these. So this chapter is called The Middle East and Other Regions in Bible Prophecy. Now a lot of the focus in Bible prophecy is around the Middle East. So the book of Genesis basically starts right here between Tigris and Euphrates. So in Genesis chapter 2 we read about the Garden of Eden being somewhere here between the river Tigris and Euphrates and so everything started here. And then Abraham was then called out of somewhere here, the other of the Calities somewhere in Iraq. And then he was, he journeyed all the way into this land here in Jerusalem. And then for some time he went down even into Egypt and so he was there. So a lot of the biblical geography, the Bible geography is around the Middle East, around these regions. And then very interestingly and we will get into the details of this in the third year when we study Daniel. But I want to just give you a quick understanding, a quick summary of what Daniel has given to us. In Daniel chapter 2, Daniel sees the vision, I mean he interprets Nebuchadnezzar's treat where Nebuchadnezzar sees this image of the gold head and silver chest and the brass waist and iron legs and then the feet mixed with iron clay, then tentacles. Then after that a kingdom that God himself sets up here or not. And then as we progress through the book of Daniel we can interpret what basically we will understand. And then in chapter 7, Daniel himself has a vision in the first year of King Belchazar about the lion, the bear, the beasts that come up. And they parallel the image that he has seen and you know there's interpretation given that these are the reasons. Basically the empires, the Babylonian, the Medo-Persian, subsequently the Greek and then the Roman although he doesn't mention Roman, we know it comes right after the Greek the Romans took over. And then in chapter 8 Daniel has another vision and I think it was the second or third year of King Belchazar and he sees the ram and the goat and he tells us the ram represents the Medo-Persian empire and the goat represents the Greek empire. So all of these empires basically were around the Mediterranean covering Europe and we will see the map later on covering Europe, northern Africa and a little bit of Turkey and around the Middle East, the Mediterranean where Israel and other countries are. So this entire geographical region occupied by these empires are of importance to us because in Bible prophecy what happens is out of what was the former Roman empire there would be 10 leaders that emerge. There would be a loosely held region of iron and clay that came out of the former Roman empire, loosely held from there come 10 kings or leaders. And then there's another leader who comes, the little horn that we read about last year, Glass, who eventually is the Antichrist. He overpowers three of the 10 leaders and then he comes into his place of power and he does whatever and it is during that time that Daniel prophesied that the God of heaven will set up his kingdom here or not. So this geographical region is of importance or interest to us. And what we will see in Daniel's prophecy is that he clearly spoke about the goat, the empire which represents the Greek empire. He gave us details in chapter eight of Daniel that the Greek empire will grow strong very powerfully under its first leader, which we know is Alexander the Great. And then he said but that leader will die very early, which happened, Alexander the Great died in his early 30s. And then he said that empire will be divided into four parts, which actually happened because the four generals of Alexander the Great took portions of the Greek empire. And then Daniel said that the little horn will come out of one of these four. So that's why those four regions into which the Greek empire was divided subsequently is of again interest to us geographic because out of one of those would come the little horn. Right, so I kind of summarize very quickly these areas of interest. So let's look at some of these things. So what do we see in the Middle East? After the Roman Empire, the Islamic Empire came into power and that expanded throughout the Middle East. They overpowered all those regions that many of the regions that were once part of the Roman Empire. And they should today, many of the nations surrounding Israel. So you look at Israel here, a tiny piece of land, but they are completely surrounded by Arab nations. And this has led to a lot of tension and we will zero in on some of these. So this is again of interest to us because we understand the conflicts that are happening. Israel became a nation May 14, 1948. And since then there's been ongoing conflict and visually conflict. Now, like I mentioned earlier, the European Union is of interest to us because it sits on the region that was actually part of the former Roman Empire. So if you look at the Roman Empire, which again we see from Daniel's prophecy. It sits very much not completely, but a good or a large portion of the Roman Empire sits. Let me put it like this. A large portion of the European Union sits on the region that was once part of the Roman Empire and Daniel prophesied in Daniel chapter two that after the Roman Empire, that is the Empire of iron. There will be a loosely held region of iron and clay where people of the former former Roman Empire will mix with other races, and it will be a loosely held region. And so it's very interesting because today when you look at and these are the countries that overlap the from the European Union that overlap with the Roman Empire. I've highlighted Greece, Turkey, city and Egypt. I will mention why I've highlighted there those countries. But when you look at the European Union, of course, we're living the United Kingdom out. You see that a lot of the European overlaps with what was once part of the Roman Empire. Now, of course, a large portion of Germany and Poland are left out, but a lot of other countries overlap. Now, this is so important because in Daniel's prophecy talked about a loosely held region of iron and clay. That means iron representing the former Roman Empire, clay representing all the other races of the earth that they mixed, they intermingled, they're loosely held. And then he said, out of this region will emerge 10 leaders, 10 leaders, 10 kings, 10 leaders and their nations. So we are, we are watching very closely, you know, what these dominant players coming out of this region, this loosely held and it's so true. It's a very loosely held. It's a European Union, they're independent countries, but yet they're kind of, you know, trying to function as one, you know, with one currency and a lot of other things, a lot of economic understanding among them in that region. So it's very loosely held. It's almost like exactly what Daniel chapter two spoke about. And then he said they will emerge these 10 leaders. So we're looking, okay, what are the 10 nations that are being dominant 10 leaders are coming into prominence. And then the other thing that Daniel said was that from what used to be part of the Greek Empire. So you're starting off here with Greece. And then you're going across the Mediterranean, you're going across into Turkey and, and Egypt and Syria. So that's why I highlighted those four countries. This whole region, Greece, Turkey, Egypt down here in the south and Syria over here. These were part of the Greek Empire. Now, now, again, when I say remember, actually, there are a lot of small, small, small countries here. But when I say Greece, you know, we mean this whole region here. That was taken over by one of the emperors of Alexander the Great. And after he died, then this region was taken over like basically part of Turkey was taken over. And then the region below that was taken over by another one, and then Egypt was taken over by another emperor. So what Daniel said was, and he said that from one of the four divisions of the Greek Empire, become the little horn, which is the Antichrist. So we are looking again, so we are looking at 10 leaders would emerge from what was the former Roman Empire. We're also looking at regions, these regions that, well, you know, that broke, broke out of the Greek Empire, from which the little horn will arise. And generally speaking, we're saying Greece, Turkey, Syria, Egypt, it could be some other nation, but these seem to be the more dominant countries today from what used to be those four area regions. That broke out of the Greek Empire. So we're looking at that with interest because these are all in Daniel's prophecies about the end times. And we're saying, you know, who could be those 10 leaders coming out of the European Union. And from which one of these nations would emerge a leader who would overthrow three of these leaders. And be aggressive, take over. And then he's going to come into parts almost like these 10 leaders are going to help this one little horn come into prominence and so we are of interest. Another region of interest in Bible prophecy is Russia. So, you know, when we read about, we will read some of these scriptures later on as we go through the sequence of events, I'm just giving an introduction to the geography. So Russia has spoken off both in Ezekiel 38 and 39. And what will happen is Russia will be the first mover in this whole lead up to the battle of Armageddon. So Russia will invade Israel from the north. So while, you know, there's some sort of peace treaty in place. Russia is going to start disrupting it. Russia is going to begin to move in from the north, and it will have its allies. And these are these are all mentioned in Ezekiel 38. Persia Persia refers to Iran and Iraq, Ethiopia, Libya, parts of Germany in Slovakia and Turkey and Egypt. So these will form allies. And many of these are Arab nations that they will fall become allies to Russia. So today, these nations all around Israel. And when Russia begins to make its move of aggression towards Israel, these people will join in in the first move. But very interestingly, Ezekiel 39 says Israel is going to push that little nature of Israel is actually going to push Russia back. Ezekiel 39. And then, okay, okay, so that's so Russia is very of interest to us seeing what's happening with Russia. Then the second sequence of that will happen is China, most likely China. The Bible does not mention China, but it talks about Kings from the East and Revelation 16. Okay. And previous to that, Revelation 9, we see about 200 million troops. And later on in Revelation 16, he's talking about Kings from the East. So who could be most likely Kings from the East with large armies, aside from Russia. So this is why we say most likely this is going to be China and others will join in with China. So once Russia has pushed back, China is going to step in the Kings from the East are going to step in Revelation 16. And they are going to begin to move towards Israel. And God is going to, you know, so that's going to happen. And this will subsequently lead to a third and final battle where all nations are going to convert. Obviously, other nations are not going to sit down and just let Russia and China play a big role. So it's going to pull in all nations, you know, and most likely we could say with all confidence, the United States and its allies, which would be UK, Canada and other nations would get in. Because they're not going to sit down and just watch Russia and China start attacking Israel. They're going to come in. And so that's going to cause all nations, Revelation 19 to come into battle. And they're all going to converge in a place called Megiddo or the value of Jezreel or for the battle of Armageddon. So where is this, you know, it very interestingly, this Megiddo or value of Jezreel has been a battleground for sanctuaries. Right. So historically, this has been a place of fighting for over 34 recorded battles that have taken place right here. And so the general Allen B for the Ottoman Turks in 1918, which subsequently led to Israel. I mean, Zionists proclaiming Israel about 30 years later as an independent nation. So the value of the Jezreel Valley, Megiddo Valley, which where the battle of Armageddon will take place is of importance. So the nations will converge here. And obviously, you know, giving given today's weapons of war, these weapons of war are not localized. They are, you know, they can be the intercontinental ballistic missiles can be shot from anywhere. So we must understand that this convergence is only an escalation of conflict. But the fighting is going to happen, obviously, you know, everywhere, the air force and whatever. But this is the region where the convergence will happen and give rise to conflict. And the nations of the earth will come here. The river Euphrates by this time would be dried up and they will be able to move in. And it is around this time as the nations converge that Revelation 19, the Lord Jesus himself will descend with the armies of heaven. And he will destroy by the word of his mouth the nations. And, you know, the Bible tells us that the blood is going to flow as high as the horses who, you know, horses bridle, which is probably like about five feet for about almost 300 miles, 280 miles or so. It's going to be blood flowing and it's going to be very huge. It's going to be huge devastation. Okay, and it's going to take place in here in this region north towards the northern part of Israel or northern part north of Jerusalem. So that's another region of interest. So when you try to imagine, again, this is based on, you know, what we've seen the Bible, the battle of Armageddon, you're having the king of the north. Russia invading. You're having the kings of the east coming in most likely, you know, China and other allies. Of course, when Russia moves in the Arab nations around, as we mentioned, will join in with Russia, Egypt from the south. And there is Turkey and Syria from the north. And they'll join with Russia and it will pull in all the nations of the earth so we can, we can see that there will be engagement from other nations all taking place over here. Okay. And so these are, you know, geographically speaking areas of interest territories or countries of interest that we are looking at. Now, let me just cover a little bit of history and then we will take time for questions. Now, if you want to look at it from a historical, from the history background, Israel, so this is the next chapter, Israel and its people. So we know that Abraham was called out of the out of the Calvary, so must be some a here in modern day Iraq or, you know, and then he journeyed down into this land that God said, I will give to you. So he journeyed in. He came to land promise and God told him that the region from the River Nile, the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates way up north. He said that's the land that's going to be yours. So, and from the Western sea to the wilderness of Lebanon, where so all of that so East West, North, South, that's the region I'm giving to you. So that's been the land that the Jewish people have claimed as their own. And they always considered as their own. Now, they, you know, eventually they came, they settled in their land, God gave them the feasts and all of those things. And they gave them the covenants and the Abrahamic the mosaic and, and so they were dwelling in this land for quite a long time. But subsequently, now I'm running through the history. You know, this is just for us to understand and you don't, I'm not going to go into detail and I'm not expecting to remember everything. But so this is just for us to understand, understand things. So Abraham came settled into the land. David was one of the most respected kings, a patriarchs who established Israel in its land. And then came Solomon, again another great king. He built the temple and subsequent to Solomon, you know, they started fighting among themselves. There was the 10 tribes and they were the, the two other tribes, Judah and Benjamin in the south, the 10 tribes in the north. So they were divided amongst themselves, which didn't do them good. The Assyrians, people from the north came in, conquered. So they now became vulnerable to attacks. So eventually the, the Assyrians attacked them, but the major dispersion happened when Nebuchadnezzar came in. In the 6th century BC, he came in, he destroyed the temple that Solomon had built. He took a lot of the Jewish people out into Babylon, into exile and so on. And then subsequent to that Babylonian empire, there were a lot of other empires that came in, the Medo-Persians, then the Greeks, then the Romans. Now in between what had happened when the Persians came in, they sent the Jewish people back and they rebuilt the temple. It's called, it was known as a second temple. During the time of Zerubabel and Haggai and Ezra the priest and Nehemiah, the rebuilding of walls, we are familiar with those accounts. So the second temple was rebuilt. And then, you know, then after the Persians came the Greeks, Alexander the Great, he brought in the Greek language into this region. So people in this region who were generally speaking Hebrew. So during the time of Babylonians, they began to speak Aramaic. So the Jews who were dispersed in Babylon, they learned Aramaic. So the book of Daniel, a good portion of it, chapters 2 to 7, is actually written in Aramaic in the Old Testament. They came back here and by the time Alexander the Great came, so now they started learning Greek. So that's why the New Testament is written in Greek. So we've got the Old Testament, Hebrew, Aramaic, some parts written in Aramaic, the New Testament because of the Greek influence written in Greek. After the Greeks, we had a short time of the Seleucid Empire. There was a revolt and so on. But then the more dominant was the Romans. They came into power and they for more than a thousand years till about I think 1100 BC in major part, major control of most of those regions. So the Romans came in. The Romans in 87 T destroyed the second temple. So the second temple was destroyed in 87. And Jesus foretold us, he said, you know, not one stone will be left. So that's something you must keep in mind. So the Romans, they destroyed the temple mount. The Jews were dispersed and then, you know, they were basically they lost their land. So this has happened several times. The Jewish people were dispersed out of their country, their territory. Many times as Syrians, Babylonians, then they were, you know, the Greeks came in the Romans came in. They were all dispersed subsequently to that the, like we said, the is Islam spread all across the region. So Muslims or the Islam Muslims took over that region. And around 690. They constructed the dome of the rock. And they established they built eventually they built their own mosque on the temple mount in Jerusalem. So that same place, which because, you know, the Muslims raised their ancestry back to Abraham. And because that place where the Solomon had built this temple was sacred because Abraham offered Isaac there. David King David built the, you know, bought that piece of land and Solomon built the temple. So it is sacred to the Jews, but also to the Muslims or the Arabs. And so they eventually built the dome of the rock and they built their own structures over there. So after the, after the Muslims occupied this land, this region, slowly the, so eventually the Ottoman Turks, the Turkish Empire was over there in their entire region. Little by little, there was the migration of Jews slowly back into that region. They were coming back. Yeah, slowly in waves, they began to move into that region. And mainly from Russia and parts of Europe began to move in. And there was subsequently World War One. The British came in and they overthrew the Turkish or the Ottoman Empire. So that was very, what to say, maybe I should say instrumental in preparing the way for the eventual establishing of the Jewish or Israel as a nation. So that happened in 1918. We have the Second World War, and then began the whole call for a land for the Jews and a land for the Arabs. So by this time, a lot of the Jews had migrated back into their, into that region, what we know as Israel today. And there was a call, okay, you know, the Jews wanted their own land, the Arabs or the Palestinians wanted their land. And in a very, very quick move, the Zionists that had known at that time, they came together and they declared Israel as an independent state. So it was a very quick move on their part. And of course, the British troops were there to, you know, to, in some way, it was like maybe like a moral support, I think. But and Israel was recognized by US and Russia immediately. Of course, it caused a lot of reaction from Arab nations. And so there were several Israel, Arab Israeli wars, but very amazingly that throughout all of these wars that were fought. Every time a war was fought, it seemed like the Jews were just expanding their territory. Israel seemed to be gaining more land. And so the 1967 Six Day Wars is again a very, very significant because Israel captured a lot of the region that belonged to them. And then as a way to make peace, they gave concession and they handed back part of the city of Jerusalem to the Arabs in some other regions. So then there have been a lot of efforts to make peace because conflict continued in this area, a lot of efforts to make peace. And you can see over the years. And it's an ongoing thing. So what are some of the notable things historically speaking? Well, the most notable would be the Israel being formed as a nation on May 14, 1948. Almost 2000, 500 years, nobody thought, from the time they were dispersed under the Babylonian captivity, nobody thought that they could actually all come back and take full control of their land. But that happened 1948 and subsequently after the 1967 war, they were able to gain control of their region. And so Ezekiel 36 is a very significant in speaking towards the regathering of Israel as a nation. Then, so you can see it, but of course, there is the West Bank and the Gaza Strip that's occupied by the Palestinians or some understand them to be descendants of the Philistines who were always traditionally, historically enemies with Israel. So the Palestinians have a good portion of Jerusalem. And of course, the Temple Mount and the dome is occupied now by the Alexa mosque and the Dome of the Rock. So that has, you know, continued conflict here. So Israel, occupied by, surrounded by Arab nations, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, and West Bank, Gaza, occupied by the Palestinians and the Temple Mount being a major source of conflict. So like we said, you know, the Temple Mount is historically important to both Jews and Arabs and the Muslims, because they all trace their ancestry back to Abraham. This was what he, this was where he brought Isaac to be sacrificed. King David purchased it and he built an altar there. Solomon built the first temple there, which was destroyed by the Babylonians, rebuilt by Zerba, the second temple, headed the great King Herod, he enlarged that whole area, renovated it, but it was later destroyed by the Romans. And then later on, the Arabs or Muslims built their structures on it. So, yeah, so they have their dome and the Alexa mosque there on the Temple Mount. So this has been a constant place of conflict. The expectation among, and you can go to templeinstitute.org to get latest information, but the constant expectation among the Jewish, not all, but the main, you would say the fundamental, the traditional Jews is that they're going to be able to take over and have their third temple and all the preparations for that have been done and, you know, are in place and you'll get latest information what's happening from templeinstitute.org. And there's a nice video, if you want to watch where he, you know, Jimmy Young talks about this that the readiness of the Jewish people to rebuild the temple. So, just some pictures here to understand what we're talking about the dome of the rock, the Alexa mosque, and the western wall is where the Jews will be allowed to come in and do their prayers. But this is the entire area we're talking about the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, which currently, major part is occupied by the Arabs or it's meant for the Arabs, the Jews come in and pray on the western wall. Right. So that's the dome of the rock. And the western wall from where the people, the Jewish people are allowed to come and pray, but they're not allowed to go into the Arab occupied areas. Right. The other part is the Jewish settlements. Very interestingly, Jeremiah prophesied and you can, you know, look, follow these regions that when the city will be rebuilt, he mentioned these areas where it will be rebuilt. Interestingly, that's, I don't know, I don't think it happened intentionally, but when the settlements were built, they were rebuilt in the sequence. Right. So, as Israel occupied their land and began to build their settlements. And we can see here, they fall. I mean, it happened according to Jeremiah's prophecy, the settlements, but they, these settlements are also, what to say, a reason for conflict. Now, aside from rebuilding their city of Jerusalem and all of those areas. And now Israel continues to build settlements in territory that is supposedly that is under the Palestinians, you know, and that is where the United Nations basically doesn't recognize that, but nobody's really stopping Israel from doing it. They continue to build their settlements and expand, but that is a reason of conflict. And so every now and then there will be fighting happening between the Palestinians and the Israelis because of these settlements in addition to the tension all around the Temple Mount. Okay, so a very quick overview of the geography and the history surrounding these regions. I'm going to pause. We'll take questions. And then after the break, we're going to get into the main part of the course, which is to get an overview of things that are yet to come. So, time to wake up in case you were sleeping through the geography and the history. Sorry, Pastor, I noticed you maybe because of time, you skipped the aspect of the crusaders, what the crusaders did during the timeline. If you could just provide maybe a high level summary of why they invaded and killed the Jews and the Muslims, please. Yeah, so we didn't talk too much about that, but I'm not an expert on this, but I'll just make a few comments. So the crusaders, similar to what the Arabs did, I think the mindset was we can advance what we believe in using force, which of course is not the right thing to do. And so in a way to expand influence, control and territory, they used force and religion to expand. But, you know, and sadly, even the Arabs did that. And I'm not saying these are the right things to do, but that was probably the mindset in those times. And sometimes even today, 20 years forced to expand influence control and once one personal believes. And that, of course, led to a lot of bloodshed things that happened that were, you know, we don't approve today, but it was done in the name of God, the name of religion. Yeah. Thank you, Pastor. All right, Divya, your question please. Samuel, Divya. Thank you. Thank you, Pastor. I was thinking of that in Revelation chapter 16 of 12 to 16, when you mentioned the kings from the East, and you said the other nations will converge. So is it those Western nations? Are they coming like against Israel like you? Those nations, are they coming against? All right, Kishan, you will have to mute your mic, please. All right, go ahead, Divya. Yeah. Yeah, my question. Are those nations, the Western nations, like UK, US and all, are they coming against Israel? Or is it for Israel? Yeah, so Revelation 16 talks about the kings of the East moving in. Revelation 19 talks about the nations of the earth coming in. So it is not mentioned by name, right? It doesn't mention by name like the US or those things, but because it says the nations of the earth, that means it's a world war. It's all nations being pulled in, and definitely because Russia, the Arab, its other Arab nations are joined together, China coming together. It's most likely that there will be other nations who are in support of Israel, right? And just looking at the current scenario, you know, it's very likely that the US and its allies will support Israel. And US has been a very staunch supporter of Israel, so they will support Israel. But it's going to be nations coming together. It's what Revelation 19 says. So, though it doesn't mention by name, we can, based on what we're seeing, understand that there's going to be nations of the earth drawn into this battle. And there will be those who are supporting Israel and those who are against Israel. Okay, okay. Thank you. Thank you best. Okay, Samuel. Thank you, Pastor. So, broadly, Pastor, two questions. So, one is, few of the events that happened in the past, big ones like the World War I and II, where a lot of Jews were massacred, and even the 60 Israel-Arab war, these, you know, in some ways have some parallels with Revelation end of war. In a way, like, if we didn't know less, one would almost predict it. Like, if I'm going back, like, if I'm living sometime in those days when the 60 war is happening, I would almost get like, this is Revelation coming true. Like, there's bloodshed everywhere. Jews are getting killed everywhere and things like that. So, in that context, but while that is happening, it seems like, even though some of the things are happening exactly how it's written in the Bible, somehow it's just happening and there is no one to stop it or do anything about it. So, which also leads me to the second question, like, now that we have almost like a detailed process, step-by-step structure of how the end of days is happening. And I'm imagining people in the authorities like UN, US, would have people in their advisory body who would know what the Bible has to say about how nations have emerged from the east, west, how Israel, how the priesthood is going to happen. But so this is like, you know, will there be an, like, you know, something is written that this is going to happen and this is going to lead to the end of the world. And, you know, people know about it and you just can't do anything. It just keeps happening and there's no interference at all. So I'm just thinking like, will just people sit by, like, if you don't know and then it happens, like, you know, you can say, like, we didn't know when it happened and things have unfolded the way it's unfolded. But then, you know, it's clearly said that these are going to happen and you can see, okay, step one is happening. It's like, for example, let's say the Antichrist who comes and declares a peace treaty in the war. And a lot of this, what's, I mean, this person who actually starts doing these things matches. So I think in the Christian world, we will know that, okay, this is what's happened. So it's begun. And I'm imagining in, like, among the big governments and also there would be people in the advisory who would know this. Wouldn't they do, like, so one, I'm not sure how to frame the question, but, you know, just letting things happen despite of seeing it happen. It almost seems like, you know, God's put things in motion and there's nothing that can intervene or that can foil God's plan. And us knowing all of this, like when Antichrist comes into place and declares a peace treaty, will no one try to stop him, put him behind bars or anything? Or will this, you know, we will know that this is Antichrist. Probably in the Christian world would first recognize this person as Antichrist. But we would just, you know, because things are in such a way, we'll just sit back and just watch the unfolding of the end of times. So that's what I'm talking about. Sorry. Yeah, I will quickly respond to Samuel's two questions and then we will go for a break, right? So for the first part, yes, major things have happened in the sense World War I, World War II, Six Day War. But some of the things to keep in mind is that a lot of the things that the Bible had foretold were not happening or could not have happened. Several things, for instance, the 10 nations or the 10 leaders coming in from the former Roman Empire is a more recent thing, which just came about, you know, some 20 some odd years ago, after the almost 30 years ago, after the formation of the European Union. So it was not possible back then. And then a lot of other things like we will see a global financial system was not possible, you know, back in the 1930s and so on. Or in a global religious system, or, you know, so the details that we will see in Revelation were not actually fulfilled and could not be fulfilled back in the 30s and the 50s, or even in the 70s. But in more recent times, given the advancements in science and technology and so on, we say, yeah, you know, just about everything that we see. The rest of Revelation can be fulfilled, which was not possible about 30 some years ago. So that's the difference. That's why if we were living there, we could have all already seen that, okay, these things are not yet fulfilled. That's kind of the response to the first part. The second part of the question is, it is true that, you know, the Bible and the understanding scriptures is very clear these days. But yet it doesn't mean the world's leaders themselves actually acknowledge these things. One thing, right? A lot of the people are either atheistic or agnostic and they don't care about the Bible. Some may be open, some may not, you know, so it's not easy to get everybody on the same page and talk about the leaders of the nations. Secondly, the things of God will be fulfilled. Like, you know, when you look back, whether it was Pharaoh, whether it was Nebuchadnezzar, the things of God will be fulfilled. And most of the time it's happening. The people are not the leaders are not necessarily, you know, regarding the scriptures, the way it should be. But the things of God will be fulfilled. And, you know, Revelation 13 talks about what seems to be an assassination attempt on the Antichrist. You know, that is, he is injured, but he recovers miraculously. So it seems like there will be something happening, you know, or people recognize and maybe try to kill him or whatever. But he's going to survive and that itself is going to elevate him to a higher place of prominence and we'll read about that in Revelation 13. Right. So that's how I would respond to these things that the purpose of God will be fulfilled. Whatever God spoke and will happen, whether people are aware or not, it's going to unfold that way. Right. So let's take a quick break. Thank you. Welcome. I will take a quick break and then we will come back and take. I know there are more questions. We will take those questions after the break. And then we'll get into the main part, which is the sequence of events that we want to look at. Okay. So in 10 minutes, we'll be back. Thanks.