Thank you, Dr. Schmidt, Pastor Rich for having us here. I know. Yes, sir. Oh, sorry. Hello. No wonder you were all looking at me funny. I thought it was probably the rain that messed up my hair, but. I did check it in the bathroom before. No, it's great to be here. Oh, that's better. Wow. Let me just say thank you. A lot of you have come and said that you had known my father, had been with him at a service, had talked to him. And yes, it was very surprising. And another member of our staff, Dave James, went home to be with the Lord. If you've listened to, interesting how within a short period of time that they both are now in heaven. As we said this weekend on our radio program, our hour and a half radio program, my brother told a story. He was talking to somebody and he said, yeah, probably their dad was waiting in line to talk to John about some of the things of the book of Revelation to get some clarification. And his friend Dave James comes up and taps him on the shoulder. I don't know how it works in heaven, but I'm sure it's a good thought to have the heartache and the joy. But my father did love this area. He loved the people of Wisconsin. He loved coming up here, being a part of V.C.Y. with Dr. Schmidt and the group. And so I bring greetings from my mother. And she always traveled with him. It's tough when you serve in ministry and you're waiting hand and foot on someone like my father for many years and then he's gone. She's, as we all have, I'm sure this is nothing new and it's just a time period in our life. I'm thankful that I sat under his ministry for many years. When I got fresh out of college, I went and I worked with him in Israel. I worked with him in his radio station in New York City. Not only did God place him on the front row, which he always used to say in 1991 when he went there right before the first Gulf War started, but I was there in 1984, seven years before him, preceded him in Israel. uh got to know some young people that were there in a local body of believers a jewish church obviously they're israelis and they were christians they called themselves christians and one of the men out of that group was one of the men that when my father went there They started a church, not the first church, that was James, back in Acts, but my father along with a man by the name of Menno Kalashier. Some of you might remember his father was Fee Kalashier. They used to call him Joel of Jerusalem, back in the days when you had to be really careful about being a Jewish believer in Jesus Christ in Israel. They suffer, probably, Christians, Jewish Christians, Christians that have accepted Christ as the true Messiah. They suffer more for being believers in Jesus as the Messiah. than just about anybody else, especially in that land. And the church is growing slowly, but it is growing. And I would just wanna lift up a prayer, a young man that was one of the elders of the church in Minnows Church in Jerusalem. His name is John Theodore. He was one of the elders. He came down with COVID also. He had a ministry to Holocaust survivors. Helping feed those people as they Struggled and as you know, the Holocaust took place and when they came to Israel, they're up in age But he had a ministry to them he's on a machine that they I Forget the name of it, but it's it's actually putting oxygen straight into the blood And he's been on that machine now for a while. And Minow, who is doing ministry tonight in Brazil, asked me to share that with y'all, that you would just keep him in prayer. I love the fact Minow, who is a godly man, who is another one of the disciples that sat under my father, when minnow used to teach in the church in jerusalem my dad would sit there minnow knew if my dad had his bible open He had no problem. But as soon as my dad took out a red pen and a pad and started taking notes, that at the elders meeting, Minow was going to have to give an answer for what he had taught in the service. But Minow is a great young man, and I would just ask you to to keep John Theodore is the guy's name that we need to lift up in prayer and many others in our world. But it's great to be here with you tonight. So I have a certain goal that I want to try to reach. And I know that in most respects, I'm teaching to, as we say, we're preaching to, oh, thank you, ma'am. We're preaching to the choir. Let's see, football game scores. No. Uh... My dad never loved these things, by the way. I don't know if you've ever went to here. He didn't believe he would set up the old microphone stands and that was his, uh, you know, PowerPoint and he used that. And that's a, that was a good teaching tool this morning. We talked about, uh, why study Bible prophecy and, and the aspects of it, that it's very, it's profitable. It's proven the aspects. And just for those that weren't here this morning, Bible prophecy is so very important in our life. If you took 1 3rd of the Bible which was from the book of Lamentations to Revelation 22 21 that's 1 3rd of the 1100 and 88 chapters of the Bible 392 of them contained Bible prophecy and if it's that important for God in the way that he communicates with us to understand the future How much more important should it be to us as believers? And that's one of the things that I laid out this morning as far as us as believers making decisions that will affect tomorrow. We must know today what's gonna happen tomorrow. And that is clearly laid out in scriptures. Sometimes people say Bible prophecy is so hard to understand. And I guarantee you, Rich and I are both in prophecy ministries, and I'm sure all of, and there might be some other prophecy teachers that are here. But if you had 100 prophecy teachers in the room, you would probably have 100 different ways Not all of them would agree on everything that's going to take place after the rapture of the church And that's okay. We are studying the scripture and using Proper study methods as we study it and that was the second message this morning I talked about the trio of triplets what my which my father put together The trio of triplets, the three strands of the human family, Gentiles, Jews, and Christians from 1 Corinthians 10, verse 32, as it lays out that the first 2,000 years of human history there were only Gentiles on the earth, righteous Gentiles and unrighteous Gentiles. Who was a righteous Gentile in the first 2,000 years of human history? Enoch, very good. Enoch was one, and he's listed in the genealogies in Genesis chapter five. In fact, the genealogies from Adam to Noah are listed there, and we know how long that Adam was on the earth before the flood took place. By the way, today in the Jews, Mark their calendar and the year that we are in from the beginning in the beginning in genesis 1 1 When god created the heavens and the earth, so their years are listed and we've only been on the earth Earth has only been around I believe only six, uh, six thousand plus years That's the amount of time that that has as we look at it I believe in a 24 hour day system when God created in six days and then rested on the seventh day So that's very important. But for the first 2,000 years there were only Gentiles on the earth Second 2,000 years after Abram left her of the Caldes in Genesis chapter 12 to Acts chapter 2 uh you had the jewish people the jews came on uh first mentioned as jews in first kings chapter 16 when they were called jews and they were given promises and that's very important as you study bible prophecy because we keep our eyes on the jewish people We watch them because god's not finished with them. They're not perfect today. I brought up minnow for a reason For you to pray for the body of believers, but in israel only about 20 of the country is religious now i'm talking, uh, not only uh in the christianity portion, well I'll raise that number to 25 because that would then include the religious jews that are there, the Orthodox, those that live in the settlements in Judea and Samaria, as they are moving out and very much in the news today, the settlers. So you have Orthodox and the Hasidic Jews. But most of Israel today, that rest of that 75% believe in Hindu, Buddhist, they're atheists, agnostic, there's so many different things. So Israel today is not a godly nation, but we follow it and we look at it, but we don't try to lift them up any higher because as we learn in the three strands of the human family, that third strand is the body of Christ. I made a distinction to tell you that Meadows Church calls themselves Christians. Not messianic Jews, but there are groups today of people misleading Christians and they're putting people back under the law, following and becoming part of a messianic assembly. And that's very important because it is spreading very quickly. It's one of those things that you have to be very careful because now all of a sudden you see, it creates confusion. In Ephesians, Jesus Christ, it's listed, Paul says that Jesus died once and for all. Remove that barrier where two people become one. If you're a Gentile, I'm a Gentile. I accepted Christ as my personal Savior. When I did that, I left being a Gentile and became a Christian. The same thing with Jewish people. Jewish by nationality, when they accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, they become a Christian. We will all be raptured at the church, and that is the next event on God's calendar, as I have put up. So we looked at the three strands of the human family, very important as you're studying Bible prophecy, to help you to understand who this information is and who the author was speaking to or speaking about at the time when he gave the prophecies. From Acts chapter two to Revelation chapter four is that period of the church. and we're right now, right up against the next event that's gonna take place. Our ministry is examining current events in the light of God's prophetic word. Daniel reading God's word understood where he was in his time and how long the Jewish people would be taken into captivity into Babylon Same thing with us God has given us that information in his word so that we might be Understanding and know where we are and how we should be living Brother, I got to tell you I'm very happy to see those that are out here tonight but you know the church in America and really around the world has become a self-serving and entity. They're not teaching the Word of God anymore. It's much more about health, wealth, and happiness. How to be happy, how to... I haven't seen, I hope you don't have Zuma classes here. Do you even know what those are? Yeah, you know. He's in one, no. But yes, we are to reach out to the community, but Bible-believing churches, churches that are teaching the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the only way to get to heaven. I do believe that we're gonna see people, and I made the statement this morning that those that don't know Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, They've been given that opportunity. When the rapture takes place, if they have rejected the love of the truth, they will not have a chance to accept Jesus Christ during that tribulation period, that seven year period of time. There will be millions that will accept Jesus Christ. That's when the word of God will be preached to the whole world during the tribulation period. That was Matthew chapter 24. Remember Matthew chapter 24? Jesus is preaching and giving signs to whom? Well, the disciples and the disciples were Jewish young men. So Matthew 24 parallels very good from Revelation chapter six to Revelation chapter 19. And so as we're looking through that, I just want you to understand that there are three strands of the human family when you're trying to understand the events that take place in Scripture. And then the three main prophetic books of the Bible, Daniel, the times of the Gentiles, the Gentile world powers. The times of the Gentiles is any time that Gentile world powers are in control of the city of Jerusalem, the Jewish people which is they're still in the times of the Gentiles in Luke chapter 21 Jesus mentioned when the times of the Gentiles would come to an end that would be when he returned to the earth. Not at the rapture of the church, but at his second coming is when the times of the Gentiles, when Jesus Christ will take back the city of Jerusalem, he will establish his throne as was mentioned in Daniel chapter nine. One of the reasons why God is punishing the Jewish people. The tribulation period are for two people. For the Jewish people, to bring them to an understanding that Jesus Christ is the true Messiah. All right, that's when, as a matter of fact, Zechariah chapter 13, verse nine talks about two thirds of the Jewish people will be wiped out during the tribulation. A bigger holocaust is coming for the Jewish people. That's why it's very important today that the churches in Israel are very active, but there's only a few Jews that come to know Jesus Christ as their personal savior, as the true Messiah. Because in the future, during the seven year period of time, from the rapture to the return of Jesus Christ, that 70th week of Daniel mentioned in Daniel chapter nine, that 70th week, that seven year period that's mentioned from Revelation chapter six to Revelation chapter 19, is designed for the Jewish people to bring them to an understanding and to prepare all of Israel to be saved in a day. Happens at when Jesus Christ comes back and touches down on the Mount of Olives from as mentioned in Zechariah chapter 14 So as we're looking at these things at times of the Gentiles Daniel is both practical and prophetic Ezekiel is a book for the Jewish people the judgment on the Jews the first 32 chapters from 33 to 48 is a the restoration of the Jewish people the land I will regather my people he says 18 times in Ezekiel chapter 34 he talks about the land in Ezekiel chapter 36 he will bring the land 35 times he mentions the land of Israel bringing them back in to that land and of course we all know the vision of the Valley of Dry Bones in Ezekiel 37 there's also another event in Ezekiel chapter 37 where Ezekiel is told to take two sticks Anybody know about those two sticks that he's this turn there real quick We're just gonna we're gonna take a look at this because I think this is something that I want you to see Ezekiel chapter 37 as we're looking we're gonna get through and and I I'm starting to chase some rabbits and I want to shoot those rabbits in a minute, but I do want you to see this I'm the Lord's leading me tonight. So as we look at this but Ezekiel chapter 30 is 7 is the vision of the valley of dry bones by the way that that prophecy is being partially fulfilled now where the bones where Ezekiel is told to preach to the bones and the bones come together and then Muscle comes and the muscles come on the bones and the skin comes back but and he talks about Verse 11 in Ezekiel 37 then he said unto me son of man These that bones are the whole house of Israel behold They say our bones are dried and our hope is lost We are cut off our parts therefore prophesy and say unto them thus saith the Lord God behold Oh my people I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves and bring you into the land of Israel we always refer to Israel becoming a nation in 1948 May 14th as the beginning of the fulfillment of the These bones coming back together, but when is the the completion of this prophecy? Verse 14, and shall put my spirit, verse 13, and ye shall know that I am the Lord when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you out from your graves, and shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land, then shall you know that I am the Lord, have spoken and performed. The spirit, when God breathes life into them, that takes place when Jesus Christ comes back to the earth, He goes to rescue the Jews that have fled from the Antichrist. After two-thirds have been killed, that one-third has gone into the wilderness, and Jesus gathers them all in a day, fulfilling the fall feast, the fall holidays, or the holy days, we call them, on the Feast of Trumpets. He gathers them, I believe that they'll be going to the city of Petra. He gathers them from there, he brings them from the way of the east, Zechariah 14 talks about. He brings them in, on the holiest day of the year, Jesus Christ goes into the Holy of Holies on the Temple Mount in the city of Jerusalem. And then the Feast of Tabernacles begins. But it's then when Jesus Christ saves Israel in a day, that one third of the Jews that are in the wilderness and he brings them back into the land. That's just a foretaste of what's gonna take place. But in Ezekiel chapter 37, He's told to moreover thou son of man Take thee one stick and write upon it for Judah for the children of Israel his companions Then take another stick and write upon it for Joseph the stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel I tell you that information about the Jewish people Because today as we watch what's taking place we see a division of the secular Jews in Israel and the religious Jews And we're about to see where there are gonna be two states in Israel. I'm not talking about a Palestinian state. They've talked about that and President Biden has weighed in on that. He's pushing for that second state between Israel and the Palestinians. But they've already drawn up a covenant, a bill of rights, a constitution for the second Jewish state. the two sticks, the prophecy of Ezekiel chapter 37, where there will be a division. The Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is a religious Jew. Yes, Prime Minister Netanyahu, Benjamin Netanyahu was religious, but Prime Minister Bennett is much more religious, and he's making decisions for the religious Jews, which the secular Jews are not in favor of. we're right on the verge of seeing two Jewish states, this prophecy in Ezekiel 37. But as you look on the timeline, this will not happen until the two states will be divided, once the tribulation starts, and they will come back together when Jesus Christ comes back to the land. Why do I say that? Because there are no other prophecies to be fulfilled. This vision, this prophecy in Ezekiel chapter 37 is in the future. Everything that we're gonna look at tonight, all of it is in the future. There are no prophecies to be fulfilled. I believe in an imminent return of Jesus Christ. I believe that there are no other prophecies out of the 1,000 prophecies, 500 have taken place. That means 500 remaining prophecies are gonna happen. after the rapture of the church. But as we're getting so close, my father used to say, I knew Christmas was coming when I would see people start putting the lights out on their houses and putting the Christmas trees up. And that's the same thing. We're seeing evidence that we are getting closer and closer every day. So let's take a look as we're going through. I wanna give you a couple phrases. Again, tonight I know that because you're here on a Sunday night, a rainy Sunday night, you're missing Sunday night football, whatever, it's because you are prophecy students. your Believers, but I want to give you a couple of God's plan through the ages That's his holy word his plan from Genesis 1 1 to Revelation 22 21 is God's plan For the ages everything that's that took place in the past and everything in the future is according to God's plan the day of the Lord is what takes place between Revelation chapter 4 the rapture of the church and all the way through the millennial kingdom, which happens after the seven year period of time, and then until the great white throne judgment. That is the day of the Lord. The day of the Lord mentioned 72 times in scriptures, a definition for the day of the Lord, any time that God intercedes with the affairs of man on earth. And that day of the Lord will take place as Jesus talked about it in Matthew chapter 24, and then as John is recording the events that are gonna take place in the future. From the very beginning, Satan's all-out plan is to defeat God, to defeat the angels, and to defeat man. Genesis 1, creation. Genesis 1, 31, God looked at it all and said it is very good. Sometime between Genesis 1, verse 31 and Genesis 3, with the fall of man. Lucifer mentioned in ezekiel chapter 28. Look let's turn there if you're still there in ezekiel chapter 37 It's only a couple chapters back but go there. I want you to see this And I you probably have seen this before but this is all this is very good. Look at ezekiel chapter 28 Because there's a phrase in ezekiel 28 That is very interesting ezekiel chapter 28 thou has been It's talking about the king of tyre, but then in verse 13 thou has been in eden the garden of god Every precious stone was like covering So he's starting he's changing the narrative right here and he's talking to Lucifer How do we know that when he says you were in the Eden the Garden of God every precious stone was like covering verse 14 thou art anointed I'm skipping all those Stones because it's just so hard for me to say them being from Texas. I can't say those well you could probably say that but look at verse 14 thou art the anointed cherub and that covereth, and I have set thee so, thou wast upon, and you should underline this phrase, the holy mountain of God. Genesis chapter three, Satan, who was known then as Lucifer, went to the holy mountain of God. That was his dominion. Holy mountain of God used 16 times in the word of God, referring to that stone, the top of the Mount Moriah. Today in the city of Jerusalem, the Dome of the Rock is covering the holy mountain of God. That's the place where the first and second temples stood. That has been a place of controversy, the most holiest place on the earth today. But you can go back through history Because when the Jews came back from Babylon, Zerubbabel built a temple there. Before that, David was given the architectural plans and Solomon built a temple there. Before that, that was the threshing floor that King David purchased from Arnon the Jebusite. When David moved the capital, which was in Hebron, and his palace to the city of that Jebusite city of Salem, made Jerusalem the capital of the Jewish people. And he purchased that threshing floor that Arnon wanted to give to him. But you go back even further, that would also be the place and the location where Abram took Isaac to offer him as a sacrifice. And go back even further, that's the foundation stone. Judaism and Islam believe that that stone that's underneath the Dome of the Rock is the place where God created Adam. It's a foundation stone. Became a place of struggle from the very beginning, and Satan's all out playing. Why? Well, he's a very proud person, but whom did God give dominion to in Genesis chapter one? He gave it to Adam and Eve. And Lucifer did not like that. And that's when the struggle began to defeat God. If he could create and defeat his perfect creations, he drew, Revelation chapter 13 says that he drew a third of the angels with him when he fell from heaven. Those angels are gonna play a major important role in the future. But his role is to defeat God, to defeat the angels, and to defeat man. Scripture talks and tells us that Satan is like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour That's you and I Jesus Christ is our intercessor and he's interceding on behalf of you and I to the father on the right hand of the throne But Satan's plan right now is to defeat us in the future during the tribulation period This is why he intensifies things to wipe out the Jewish people because if he can defeat the Jews in which God made promises to If he can wipe out the Jews, then he has defeated God. God said that's easy in Jeremiah 31. He said, if you want to do that, just remove the sun, the stars, and the moon, and you can wipe out the Jewish people. But that's been Satan's plan all along, his goals. depends on what you do with the most important part of event in history and this is talking about the resurrection and revelation chapter 1 verse 18 the most important event everything in the past pointed to the resurrection of Jesus Christ everything in the future is going to point back to that event and it all depends on what we do And most of us and probably if you're here tonight, you've accepted christ as your personal savior But it depends on what the world does with that information that when jesus said I am he that was alive dead and now live again the resurrection of jesus christ Getting back to those holidays or holy days. Those were all foreshadowing events to Jesus Christ coming and being that ultimate sacrifice. That one, he died, he died once and for all man. Everything in the future, as we talk about it in a moment, you're gonna see. I'm gonna mention something and I'm sure that you probably are aware of it. The outlines for the book of Revelation. So let's turn to book of Revelation. Uh, I do want to i'm going to run through some of these things because I want to show you Uh, uh, uh something that's near and dear to me, but when we look at revelation chapter 1 verse 19 So we talked about the trio of triplets the three strands of the human family the three main books daniel Ezekiel revelation is the book that's given to believers the christians not because we're going through the church uh, but because We are to be aware That's what motivates us to live pure productive lives the event of the rapture taking place. This is what motivates us Not only to be educated in the church but really evangelism is to take place when you're edified by the pastor And you take what you know, and you take it out into an unsaved world Problem is our churches today have changed everything and we want to try to get the world to come into us and we have stopped sending and stopped evangelizing and Going out into the world and taking this message that God chose us to deliver. I But when you look at Revelation, it's divided up into three sections. John lays out and gives you an idea of the events that are gonna take place, and as he lists them, verse nine, write to the things that which thou hast seen, the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter. My father developed the prelude to the tribulation, And it's real easy, because Revelation is divided up into three sections, basically. Chapter 1 to chapter 4 is the prelude to the tribulation. All right? That's very important. 35 times the word church is mentioned in the book of Revelation. 16 times from Revelation chapter 1 to Revelation chapter 4. Those letters to the seven churches, those letters that were given, the last words of Jesus Christ. By the way, given to us and it tells us what we will be doing in the future, our role as believers. We will be governing over the nations. There are certain things that are promised to overcomers. As John says in the book of 1 John, we are overcomers. So you have the prelude to the Tribulation, the program of the Tribulation, then you have the first three chapters, Revelation chapter 1 to chapter 4 are the prelude, that's for the church. You have 16 chapters from Revelation chapter 4 to Revelation chapter 19. Then the last three chapters that are divided up which are then again talking about future events Which is the postlude and everything that takes place after the tribulation the letters to the seven churches There are characteristics of the church They contain things in common each one of the letters gives a characteristic of Jesus Christ. He knows their works He knows and believe me I said this morning These were letters that were written that John wrote down to the churches that were alive in 95 AD, churches that have been alive throughout church history, and there have been theologians that have tried to divide different periods, and I think you can do that, but I think it's representative of the body of Christ, believers. that have been alive since the foundation of the church in Acts chapter two. And they are alive today. And they are characteristics. He knows our works. He that hath an ear. And he's talking about the overcomers. Commendation on all the churches except one. Laodicea is a church that did not get a commendation. Condemnation to all except for two. Philadelphia and Smyrna didn't get condemned at all. I hope your church will be one of those that receives a commendation. I hope your life will be one of those as part of the body of Christ that will receive a commendation. That's a subject for a different time, but I do think that you should study those last words of Jesus Christ to the church. So we come to Revelation chapter 4 chapter well chapter 4 is the rapture of the church gives us a description Paul mentioned it in 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 when he was given information I'm so glad that he laid out to those that at Thessaloniki that thought that, because they were under persecution. Both Peter and Paul gave letters to the early church that were under persecution. Peter said, and he said, he gave instruction in how to live in these days, in the last days. So from the very beginning, and Paul lists and gives information in 1 Thessalonians chapter four. And then you get, this is information that is so very pertinent that is first mentioned in John chapter 14, Jesus in the upper room at the Lord's supper. He says, I'm going away to prepare a place for you where I'm going that you can't go. But when I am through, I will come back and I will receive you unto myself. rapture of the church. So we come to Revelation chapter 6 which starts to unveil the four horsemen of Revelation, the four horses, the first four seals as are listed in Revelation chapter 6 that Jesus Christ takes from God who is seated on the throne. But remember, Revelation cannot be read in chronological order. So we have the event that's take place, Revelation chapter six. And shortly after, when you have the false church that comes on the scene, it's the Antichrist, that first seal that's unveiled, the man riding a white horse, as he comes on the scene, he's gonna establish. Turn with me to Revelation chapter 17. I know that you know a lot of these things but that first church that's going to come on the scene With the revelation of the antichrist. I would suggest that you come and be a part of rich's Class when he's talking about in revelation chapter 13, we get an understanding of the beast as he's mentioned um the the uh, 27 different names for the antichrist Revelation 6, verses 1 and 2, the man riding a white horse, that's the unveiling of the Antichrist. And I believe the Antichrist is on the world scene today. Now, if any of you were in early meetings of my father, he used to tell who he thought the Antichrist could be. I don't want to do that, but I do believe that the Antichrist, and I have my thoughts as to who he would be today, but I do believe he's on the world scene. Why do I believe that? Well, I don't know when the rapture is going to take place, and certainly Satan has no idea when the rapture will take place. and he's had to have someone ready to fulfill the role of the antichrist from the very day that jesus christ ascended into the heavenlies you remember acts chapter one jesus christ gives some instructions to his disciples he says i want you to be a witness of the things that i've done And I want you to tell others, in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and then to the uttermost parts of the earth. And he ascended into the heavenlies. Since that moment, Satan has had to have someone ready to play the role of the Antichrist. And I believe he's on the world scene today. But the very first thing that he will do in Revelation chapter 17 as he comes on the world scene and the balance of power shifts as we learn from Daniel chapter 7 the revived Roman Empire will come on the scene that terrible beast mentioned in Daniel chapter 7 that is divided up into 10 heads and then one small horn comes out of that that is the Antichrist again one of those 27 names by the way, he is Deceptive he will use signs wonders and miracles in the last days to deceive even the very elect now Who will the very elect be? Because the Antichrist is not going to be revealed until after the rapture of the church Rapture takes place And the Antichrist comes on the world scene and the very first thing that begins the tribulation period from Daniel chapter 9 verse 27, he confirms a peace agreement with Israel. In order for him to do that, there must be a peace treaty on the table for him to confirm in Daniel chapter 9, 27. That Hebrew word being gabar, he confirms it. There are three peace treaties on the table right now, the Camp David Accords, the Oslo Accords, and the peace treaty that was signed between Israel and Jordan. You couple that along with the Abrahamic Accords that President Trump brought into existence and had Israel renew restore normalization between Israel and the nations of Saudi Arabia yeah there's peace treaties on the table are those the peace treaties that he's talking about we don't know but after the rapture of the church the Antichrist will be revealed I believe this the balance of power in the world will shift from the United States being the most powerful leading nation in the world well we have been I think we're starting to slip. 10 years ago I used to tell people when we would talk and people were so, as Christians, and I'm very patriotic, my father is buried in a military cemetery, he served in the military. So I'm not unpatriotic. But God doesn't need the United States. United States has only been around, how many, 200? What is it? Anybody know? 246? Yeah. There have been bigger empires that have fallen. The British Empire, to speak of. You go back through history. The Roman Empire, the Greek Empire, the Medes and the Persians, the Persian Empires. The Babylonian Empire. The United States might not even be around before we leave this area at the rapture of the church. But the Antichrist will take control and establish and use the European Union as at least the infrastructure. For his power base and he confirms a peace agreement when you go back to this false church in revelation chapter 17 You look at this false church that's listed this harlot this church that comes on the scene I believe that began by the way, I believe it began in babel Genesis chapter 10, Genesis chapter nine, Noah was told to re-people the earth, repopulate the earth. That was the foundation of human government in Genesis chapter nine. Genesis chapter 10 is a chapter of genealogies. Genesis chapter 11 is a tower of Babel. And in the tower, and in the city of Babel, Nimrod begins the first kingdom and the first mother-son cult. And this is probably old hat to you, but that mother-son cult beginning with Semiramis and Tammuz the wife of Nimrod Which was the foundation for the gods of Baal remember that Marduk? Who did Elijah do battle against on the high spot on Mount Carmel? prophets of Bell Jezebel remember her that naughty haughty Phoenician princess and that married King Ahab and brought into those 10 tribes that went to the north. That's what brought them down. And Elijah defeated those prophets. That began in Babel. That mother-son cult left Babel and went to a city in Asia Minor. You know the city, Pergamon. It was there that the priests were given names, the keepers of the gate, actually entitled Maximus Pontiff, which later, when this false mother-son cult moved from Pergamum, it moved to the city of Rome, that seven-hilled city mentioned in Revelation chapter 17. This mother-son cult it's talked about in Revelation this whore church By the way that the judgment will come upon it, but it's the Antichrist that gives her power We don't have time tonight But the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color and decked with gold and precious stones pearls having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations of filthiness of her fornication and Upon her head was written the name mystery Babylon the great the mother of harlots and abomination of the earth This is where the false prophet comes on the scene and the Antichrist establishes. So as you read through the book of Revelation, you jump from Revelation chapter 4, Revelation chapter 6, 1 and 2, you jump to Revelation chapter 17 because it announces this mother-son cult that comes on the scene. The revealing of the Antichrist will take place. Will the world even know who the Antichrist is? No, he will be a world leader that will bring order to a chaotic world after the rapture of the church. Have you ever thought about, have you thought about this? This is a good Q&A question. What's gonna be the reaction of the world after the rapture? We've seen all the, do you remember that movie, Thief in the Night? Man, that movie scared me to death. I saw it when I was 13 on Word of Life Island and I bet I still can't get rid of that nightmare. Will the world realize, will they explain it away as an alien invasion? Or will the world be so happy that the cause of the problems are those Christians and they're finally gone? That's what I think is going to happen. I think they're going to be so happy that what's holding them back, when you look at the politics of the United States, I believe that this last election was not about being a Republican or Democrat. I think it was about Christians, the evangelical community. Not that Donald Trump, and I don't know and I don't really care, really, about what you think about Donald Trump, and you shouldn't care, really, what I think about him. But he used the evangelical community to establish his role as the President of the United States. And I think this last election was not about Republicans and Democrats, I think it was about evangelicals. We are in a battle. The world system that Rich is gonna talk about when he talks on Revelation chapter 13, it's in place. It is a worldwide system. It is preparing the world to accept the Antichrist to come on the scene. Again, this all takes place after the rapture of the church. I want to get to this. I know I'm supposed to finish at 7.15. Will you give me at least 7.30? Is that okay? If you don't, you can leave. now I want to be sensitive to your time when we get to and we're looking at that timeline of Bible prophecy when we look we understand that Daniel in Daniel chapter 9 talked about a temple that will be standing in the city of Jerusalem Daniel mentioned it and he talked about the sacrifices ending and causing, and the Antichrist will go in, and Jesus Christ mentioned it in Matthew chapter 24, verse 15, when you see the abomination of desolation in the temple. Paul talked about it when he was speaking to the Thessalonians, when he was telling them about the temple that will be standing in the city of Jerusalem. John in Revelation chapter 11 was told to measure a temple that will be standing in the city of Jerusalem. There hasn't been a temple since 70 AD. I'm sure you know that. It was destroyed by the Romans and the great Jewish revolt. as Josephus gave us the historical account, but Jesus prophesied it in Matthew chapter 24, when he and his disciples came off of that temple, that 210-foot building, 21-story high that Herod had built, and the disciples said, Jesus, look at that temple, and what did Jesus say? That temple will be destroyed, not one stone will be left upon another. How many have been to Israel in this group? Alright, so you have been up mostly. I hope that you have been to the Temple Mount That Temple Mount where the Dome of the Rock is today, which is a third most holiest spot for Islam behind Mecca and Medina is the Temple Mount in the city of Dru Har mouse Sharif and The Dome of the Rock is not a mosque. It's a commemorative building. Al-Aqsa is the mosque that's up there, but they built another mosque underneath Al-Aqsa that holds 10,000 Arabs to pray in there. During Ramadan, 30,000 to 40,000 Arabs will be on that piece of rock that really is a plateau that Herod built to level out the space for Mount, where Mount Moriah, God's holy mountain. Mount Moriah was and the temple stood. This is just an artist's rendition of a temple. Those little dots that you see down there, those are men. The Dome of the Rock today stands five stories tall. When you look at that dome, it looks impressive, especially when you're standing on the Mount of Olives across the Kidron Valley and you look at it from the way of the east. But there's a temple that John was told to measure. Not the temple that Ezekiel gave specifications to build in Ezekiel chapter 40 to 48. that temple that Jesus Christ will build when he returns to the earth but John's told to measure one in the future now we're gonna try this I think that we got this will be I'm gonna show you a video and I don't know that probably most of you have not seen this but this is a video that my dad that I produced with my father and John Ankerberg they were in the city of Jerusalem and they're talking I wanted to do this out of sentimental reasons But I want you to see what the items that they show as they talk about a rebuilding of the temple during the tribulation period. I don't know if you want to dim these lights. The Bible indicates that the Jewish Temple will be rebuilt on the Temple Mount after the Rapture and during the first part of the seven-year Tribulation period. Are there any signs this Temple is close to being rebuilt today? In our research in Israel, we discovered that the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple is not just talk, but an extremely well-organized plan that is already being implemented by Jews in Israel today. This is the Jewish quarter. We are in the Arab quarter. This is another of the four quarters. This is the Jewish quarter. I want you to notice the treasuries of the temple here. This is the location where Rabbi Israel Ariel, Rabbi Chaim Richman, and all of their staff are putting together the implements that they're going to use in the next temple that will stand on the Temple Mount. They have, for example, the harps, and we'll see in the harp factory how Mekesh Hashanah Harari built the harps. But they have all the items they need. Mizrach, which is the picture-shaped item made out of pure gold and pure silver. They put the sacrificial blood in. All of the items there, and the garments that have been made, everything in preparation for the erection of the temple itself. I want folks that are listening to us right now to realize that You're seeing a prime example in back of us of the messianic expectation right here in the Old City in Jerusalem, where you have Jews that have come from around the world. You've got folks that are right here studying for the priesthood. Not only are they studying for the priesthood, but they are actually making the utensils that they plan to use in the temple. preceding or before the Messiah gets here, there's two thoughts of that. One is there are some that want to build this so the Messiah then will come. Others think the Messiah's got to come and then he'll make that possible. Well, this particular group believes the Messiah's got to come in his own time when he's ready, but they must be preparing. And they're not necessarily believing that if they have these implements and everything is all ready, it's going to make him come. But if he should come at any moment, they want to have everything ready. When the temple is up, they'll be able to go in and... And I can't say it enough, the fact is this is happening in our lifetime while we're living. We're seeing this. That's thrilling. Let's go along. Jimmy, we know from Scripture there's got to be another temple built before Jesus Christ comes back. And when you're in Israel and talking with the Jewish leaders, it's just amazing to see the urgency that they have to rebuild that temple. And especially in the Jewish quarter where we just were, because that's where the Temple Institute is. They're making all the preparation. They're training the people to serve in this temple. The urgency is there. The expectancy of a temple standing soon on the Temple Mount, it's just evident wherever you may go in the city of Jerusalem, even among the leaders of the nation. But before I think we get into the preparations and all that's going on to build that temple, we need to consider the previous two temples that stood there on the Temple Mount. As we visited the Temple Mount area, we recognized that King David, the author of many of the biblical Psalms, and one of Israel's greatest kings, had planned the very site where we stood. David's plans for the Temple were implemented by his son Solomon, and according to Scripture, this very location holds great significance in the end times. Walking along the top of the Temple Mount area, we talked about past events that have led to our present moment. John, this is the Temple Mount area. Now, during the times of King David and King Solomon, this was simply Mount Moriah. And actually, the city of David here was the location This 10 acres down here below was the location of where the original city of Jerusalem was, the Jebusite stronghold that King David captured. But he came here then to Mount Moriah. He purchased from Ornon the Jebusite this threshing floor, which would ultimately then end up being the holy of holies for the temple that his son Solomon would build. And so as we think about the rebuilding of the temple from this particular location. We have to go back in history. We have to understand the first temple. Solomon built the first temple. Four hundred years later, Nebuchadnezzar would make his way off the slopes of the Mount of Olives here to the city. They destroyed that first temple, Solomon's temple. Seventy years later, it's rubbable. Because of a proclamation by Cyrus, the Medo-Persian king, was allowed to bring about 50,000 Jews back here to this location. It took him about 25 years, a little bit slow. That's when Zechariah and Haggai, the two prophets, were encouraging the Jews, build the temple. Quit building your own homes, build the temple." They built the temple. It was a simple temple, but then along comes Herod, and for about 46 years, he actually refurbished the temple. That's why they refer to it as Herod's Temple. Herod's Temple, then, would have been behind these walls. This was a retaining wall, the southern retaining wall that Herod would have built. the western wall that's so famous around the world. That was another retaining wall. They have the eastern retaining wall, and they even have a short portion, a small portion of the northern retaining wall. That temple was, of course, destroyed in 70 A.D. It's an interesting thought. In 586 B.C., on Tishpa Av, the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av, the temple was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar. In 70 A.D., on that same calendar day of the year, Tishpa Av, the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av, The Roman army came off of the Mount of Olives, came across the Kidron Valley, came onto the Temple Mount. They devastated the Temple. They destroyed the city of Jerusalem. They dispersed the Jews to the four corners of the earth. According to the Old Testament prophets, the Jewish Temple will one day be rebuilt. Part of this plan includes the highly discussed Ark of the Covenant. Jimmy, people want to know, where is the Ark of the Covenant? And have there been eyewitnesses about the Ark? Well, it's very interesting. Many people think the Ark of the Covenant was taken into Ethiopia many years ago, and there have been specials on television explaining that's where the Ark is located. But when you go to the Bible, 2 Chronicles chapter 35 and verse 3, it talks about King Josiah at the time before the Babylonians would come in and capture Israel, take all the Jewish people into the Babylonian captivity. King Josiah had an idea that this was gonna take place, so he knew he needed to protect the Ark of the Covenant. He told the Levites, in verse 3, to take the Ark and put it in the house. Immediately, you think that that's referring to the temple. It was already in the temple. About 400 years earlier, King Solomon, when he built the temple, took the ark and put it in the Holy of Holies. And the Bible says in 1 Kings chapter 8, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord so much so that they couldn't stand it. King Josiah then gave the order to take it, put it in the house, and that word in Hebrew is bayit, which also could be translated secret, secluded, hiding place. And that was a place that was prepared by Solomon the king when he built that temple underneath of the Holy of Holies. Right back here where the Dome of the Rocks is. Where the Dome of the Rock is. The foundation stone underneath that dome is where the ark would have set. If I could take you in there now, I could show you the rectangular spot where the ark would have set. Well, they picked the ark up. You have to have the Levites to move the ark, four Levites. And they picked it up and they took it under and put it in a secret, secluded hiding place. Now, if anybody wants to debate that, I wish I could present the two men who saw it. They have now passed from this world, but they were two very prestigious rabbis. Slomo Gorin, who was the rabbi at the Western Wall, June 7, 1967, who sounded the shofar and put the first prayer in the Western Wall after the Jews had reunited the city of Jerusalem. And Rabbi Yehuda Getz, he was the chief rabbi of the Western Wall. These two men, in 1982, went in at Warren's Gate, underneath the Temple Mount area, and they both told me, I have it recorded on video, they saw the Ark of the Covenant under there. I asked them both, I said, why did you not bring the Ark out? And they said, we don't have a place to put it, as soon as we have a temple. We'll bring it out and put it in the Holy of Holies. A rabbi who is actually the one who started all of this study to prepare to build the temple, Nachman Kahane, he has a synagogue right in the midst of the Arab Quarter. And there, Israel Ariel, who heads up the Temple Institute, and Chaim Richman, these two rabbis, study under Nachman Kahane how to make these implements, how to prepare the priestly garments. Priestly garments, for example, have to be made out of one piece of cloth. Well, they have all the priestly garments. One day I was sitting with the rabbi. He was on his computer. And I said, what are you doing with the computer, rabbi? He said, I'm studying the Torah, first five books of the Old Testament. I said, rabbi, do you have anything else you use that computer for? He said, I do. And I said, what? He said, I have a database on this computer. I said, a database of what? He said, of every single Jewish man in the world that's qualified to be a priest, and they have called them into Jerusalem to study those priestly duties. Jimmy, it's fascinating to realize that the Jewish people not only have plans to rebuild the temple, but they are doing the detailed work in putting the implements together right now for that temple. And they're doing it all to the pattern dictated by the Word of God, John. These people have prepared the implements. For example, the Mizrach, which is a picture-shaped item made out of pure gold and pure silver. They put the sacrificial blood in the Mizrach. They have the table of showbread made. It's in storage. The altar of incense, it's ready to be placed in the holy place. And the altar itself, they have that all figured out and how to go about building that. They even have the menorah. This is one of the most recent implements made, the menorah, which is on display overlooking the Western Wall Plaza, ready to go up into the temple. All the implements are being made. But I remember talking to Rabbi Kahana when I met him there in his yeshiva and he told me about the priest studying the priestly duties. I asked him about the harps that King David called for. He told me about Micah and Shoshana Harari and their harp factory. Approximately how many of these harps have you made in the back room back here? Well, we've been doing this since about 1984, and we've made maybe 3,000 or 4,000. 3,000 harps. Now we make them slower. We have less people out here in the country. So we make about three a month. Your quality is fantastic. Thank you. Well, we build our harps as if King David ordered them. If he said that we need harps for the temple and this is what we're doing. Do you believe that this is something that God has given you and Shoshana to do for the times in which we're living? Yeah, these are the end days, and it says that we will return to the land at the end of days, and that everybody should bring something that was lost. So we returned harp-making to the land, and as we know, the harp is a national instrument of Israel, and it's been silent for thousands of years when we went into exile and hung our harps upon the willows. But we return now, and we've built a beautiful land, and the harps of God called a harp-maker. to make harps, I guess, in the Holy Land. And we came and started to make them. We're making them for the next temple. This is really our focus. And when King David shows up again, we'll give him the place. We'll just go to work for him. Jimmy, as people have listened to all of this information, how should it impact their lives? Jimmy DeYoung Well, when you stop to think through what we've been talking about, the Jewish people regathered to a land that God has given them and a reborn state, a conflict between their brothers, the Israelis and the Palestinians, an alignment of nations. the anticipation for peace, and then the arrangements for the temple. We've talked about it on this particular segment, how all the implements have been made, 28,000 men studying the priestly duties, even 4,000 harps ready to be played in the harp orchestra when the temple stands erect in the city of Jerusalem. But none of this happens until the rapture of the church takes place, when we that are Christians are taken out of here to be with Him. You know what that means, John? People need to be prepared for that event, the rapture of the church, knowing that Jesus Christ is their Lord and Savior. And if there are those who are already prepared, know Christ is Savior. We need to live pure and be productive until He does come. All of this information just helps explain to us the urgency of the moment. The rapture could happen at any moment, and we need to be prepared. It looks like a bad Japanese movie, but thanks guys for making that come across. Am I on? Okay. Nick worked really hard to bring that across and the voice was not synced, but that's okay. You got the gist. I wanted you to see those harps. They're all preparing that now. This was done, what Rich, probably 2011. this is 2021 they have everything ready to build that temple it's talked about in the future the two witnesses in the future revelation chapter 11 those two witnesses will be preaching from the temple mount as the temple is being built two witnesses I believe Elijah and Enoch Why? Because on the earth there will be Gentiles and Jews only. Remember 2,000 years, the first 2,000 years? Genealogy, Genesis chapter five. Righteous Gentile was Enoch. Enoch who was taken into the heavenlies. Elijah taken into the heavenlies. I believe that they will be on that temple mount preparing to build a temple in the future. Two witnesses are talked about, again, 144,000 male virgin Jews given to us, 12,000 of the 12 tribes of Israel, Revelation chapter seven. Male virgin Jews, Revelation chapter 14, it says, I believe that those male virgin Jews will come out of the Hasidic Jews that have never heard the gospel. that dedicate their lives to studying the new yeshiva. They don't marry most of the time. So the 144,000, that's when they will go to all the nation. The Antichrist, Revelation chapter 13, Rich is gonna discuss this in the future. The judgments as they unfold and take place, the seals, the seven seals. The seventh seal judgment leads to the unfolding of the seven trumpet judgments. And then the seventh trumpet judgment leads to the seven vials or the bowls. But I want to get to this one here, because in the future in Ezekiel 38, there are nations that are listed. Those nations, man, you think it's going to play? It's not playing? Well, you're lucky. Class will be dismissed early tonight. I had a graphic that would show for you the nations that are listed in Ezekiel 38. Those nations, and we'll finish up with this tonight, 725, Ezekiel 38, These nations are gonna come against Israel, and Dad just mentioned it, the alignment of nations. In Ezekiel 38, I know you've studied these before, but the nations that are listed there, son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshach and Tubal. These are nations that are listed here. And I know in the old days, they used to refer to these nations, and people would give and associate these nations with like-sounding nations. But we know today, and we understand Bible prophecy better, and these nations are listed in Genesis chapter 10. These are the nations and the tribes that are listed there, Meshach, Tubal, Togarmah. As these nations are listed, Genesis chapter 10 was a division that's descendants of Noah, Ham, Shem, and Jepheth as they were divided into their tribes and their lands and their languages. And they went to areas, and those areas today that are listed in Ezekiel 38, Daniel chapter 11, and Psalm 83, the alignment of nations. Magog went north of the Black and Caspian Sea. Magog in Ezekiel 38 is modern day Russia. God is a leader. This last weekend, the Prime Minister of Israel spent Shabbat, an extended meeting in Russia with Vladimir Putin. Vladimir Putin wants Israel to know that he is a friend of theirs. But he also is a friend of the enemies of Israel. He's playing both sides. Right now, Russia is at the door of Afghanistan, waiting to go in with China. Right now, Russia is waiting to go into Iraq to take control. But we know that these nations are going to turn against Israel. When you look at these nations as they line up, Meshach and tubal go more into karma versus verse 2 and verse 6. That's modern-day Turkey This morning I talked about Turkey Taiwan tie a vert again President of Turkey just cast out 17 members ambassadors of NATO He's trying to establish himself the country of Turkey to be the pan Islamic leader These are all nations that are in Bible prophecy today. I Persia up until 1937 what was known as Persia today is Iran Preparing to build the to become a nuclear weapon country There probably already are Israel has drawn a line in the sand and they will protect themselves if need be and they are running practices of Refueling their jet so that they can make the trip. They've already done it once 1985 I believe when they attacked a nuclear reactor. All the props on the stage are being set. This alignment of nations will come against Israel in a time when Israel dwells safely in the land. Verse 11 of Ezekiel 38. They shall say I will go up to the land of unwalled villages And I will go to them that are at rest and dwell safely all of them dwelling without walls having neither bars nor gates That's a term that's used for a city that's living During peace and safety when will Israel be living in peace and safety? When the Antichrist comes on the scene and confirms a peace agreement That's when this war is going to take place. I believe that this is the second horse, the second seal, the man riding a red horse, Revelation chapter 6, verses 3 and 4. That's the war that it's talked about. And I believe this war of Ezekiel 38, the two kingdoms and Daniel 11, the king out of the north, which would be Syria, If you've watched the news, you know that 300,000 people plus have died in the last 10 years in Syria. Russia is encamped on the edge and the border right now to go and to protect Syria. All the major actors are in place. I know you know this. This is all information that's very readily available. but it's just so that it's there to help us to understand. We are to stay focused. Peter says that, 1 Peter chapter 4, he says, be focused, be ready, pray, have an answer for what you believe in these days in which we're living. once the rapture takes place. If we're that close to the Antichrist being revealed in peace, or we're that close to the temple being built that stands in Jerusalem at the midway point so that the Antichrist can go in there and desecrate it, but the Jews are ready to rebuild it. By the way, that temple has no religious significance. Oh, the Jews will be practicing the sacrifices? but the only thing that is going to be used for is for those two witnesses to be preaching there and 144,000 male virgin Jews then go to the world to give the gospel message the temple that the Jews are going to be built is basically for the Antichrist and so that you as a Christian can understand as we're getting close as they are getting close to rebuilding that temple that's how close that we are to the rapture of the church I know Peter and Paul talked about and said in these days and the last days that phrase is used continuously through the books through their letters that we call books today to the early church to the early believers but we are in the last days we're in the last moments that's what we use Bible prophecy we could keep going and I know time is precious tonight but I just want you to understand that the stage is set That's why we teach and that's why we study one third of God's word that talks about future events so that we can be prepared. Father, thank you so much for your love for us, for watching over and protecting us and giving us all this information. This information is there so that we can be pure and productive and live a holy life. And I say this over and over in an unholy world. You chose us to carry forth that message. May we use these points of scripture, information that we might understand the times in which we're living. Why the world is acting as it is, it's not going to get better. It's continually breaking down physically, spiritually. It's going to continue that way until you come back and you rebuild the earth. As you said in the book of Matthew, when you will rebuild the earth, Genesis again, paleogenesia, the regeneration during that 1,000 year period of the millennial period where you will rule and reign in the city of Jerusalem. where we as your bride will be there with you. All the songs that have been sung here this weekend talk about Zion and our role and your role as you were the sacrificial lamb that became the lion of the tribe of Judah that will control and hold that title deed to the earth and come back and take your rightly given kingdom by God the Father. that will be on the earth for that thousand-year period of time. Father, that's exciting. That's what keeps us on that mark, running that race, pressing toward that prize for the high calling. That's what keeps us finishing the race, whether it be this life that's taken away through us through death, or as we are all waiting in anticipation to hear that sound, the voice, the blow of the trumpet, the archangel that calls us up to be with you. Father, keep us steadfast and may we use this information