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So glad you're here. You can
be seated. Those of you joining us online, we're so glad that
you are as well. In lieu of a mission support
update, like we usually start out, I want to Just refer you
to Tuesday night's message and prayer meeting. We should have
that link on our website. You're in store for a real treat. The Nepal missions team, medical
missions team shared just amazing testimonies. And we had a really
amazing testimony about specific answered prayer in our Philippines
mission. And so that video is online,
not just on our website, but also our social media platforms.
And I'll refer you to that. Also, I want to thank everyone
for praying for my wife, Kelly, who, as many of you know, is
battling breast cancer. The outpouring of love has been
truly overwhelming, and I cannot thank you enough. You've been
most gracious and understanding, especially of me taking time
off. And I know you'll continue to
be should I have Pastor Leitu or Pastor Mac fill in for me
in the days ahead when I just need to be with my wife. So thank
you for your grace. You're very gracious and you're
very loving and very kind. Please know that we in no way
have forgotten about Maui and the people of Lahaina, nor have
we or would we ever forget about the Jews and the Arabs in Israel. Lord willing, and if we're still
here, I am hoping to provide updates on all of our ongoing
missions support in these areas to the uttermost parts of the
earth. So with that, let's get started. First service is our
Bible Prophecy Update. We do this weekly, have for many
years. Second service, which will be
live streamed at 11 15 a.m. is the sermon. Really, it's a
verse by verse study through the Bible. And today we are going
to start in the Book of Jude. And we're going to begin in verse
one and make it all the way through verse one. And we're going to look at the reasons
that God is in control of every aspect of our lives, especially
when it seems that everything in our lives that's out of control.
And so that'll be second service again, 1115. For those of you
that are watching by way of YouTube or Facebook, we'd encourage you
to go directly to the website at JDFarag.org. There you will
find the uncensored and uninterrupted entirety of today's update, as
the first part is only streamed on the social media platforms. So after seeking the Lord, I
sensed that He would have me address a matter of paramount
importance, which is that of this profound last days confusion. I think you would agree with
me that today, in this last hour, people, even Christians, are
so confused that they no longer know what to believe anymore. Let me preface and even qualify
this by making it clear that Scripture makes it clear in declaring
that God is not the author of Confucian. Rather, He's the author
of peace, as in all the churches of the saints, Paul writing to
the Corinthians. However, while he's not the author
of confusion, he is the sender of confusion. And ultimately
this gives way to a strong delusion, which we'll see in a moment, And again, by way of a preface,
it's important to understand that what always ensues without
exception when one is in a state of confusion and subsequently
delusion is what I'll refer to as a demonic deception. Are you with me? This is 2nd
Thessalonians chapter 2. You know this well. We talk about
it often. It's one of the most, I'll use
the word profound again, prophecies in all of the pages of Holy Writ,
penned by the Apostle Paul, inspired by the Holy Spirit, concerning
the end of time, the last day, the last hour of the last day,
and what is going to happen at that time. I want to draw your
attention to verse nine, Second Thessalonians chapter two, where
Paul writes, The coming of a lawless one is according to the working
of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, things that
make you wonder and think about and get confused about, if I
can say that. And verse 10, with all, and here
it is, unrighteous deception among those who perish. Now we're
going to get the why, which we'll expound on here shortly. But
this is the why behind the what. Why? Because They did not receive
the love of the truth that they might be saved. And for this
reason, this is why, the reason why, for this reason God will
send, key word them, strong delusion that they should believe the
lie. that they all may be condemned
who did not believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. May I ask you to rewind with
me to the first book of the Bible, the book of Genesis. I want to
draw your attention to the 11th chapter, beginning in verse five. You know this account well. It's
the account of Nimrod's Tower of Babel. We're told verse five,
But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which
the sons of men had built. And the Lord said, indeed, the
people are one, and they all have one language, and this is
what they begin to do. Now, nothing that they propose
to do will be withheld from them. Come, let us go down, and there
confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's
speech. Stay with me. Exodus 14 verse
24. During the last watch of the
night, the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud
at the Egyptian army, this is in the Israelites Exodus out
of Egypt, and listen, threw it into confusion. Exodus 23 verse 27, I will send,
again key word, my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion
every nation you encounter, I will make all your enemies turn their
backs and run. We're almost there. Deuteronomy
28 20. The Lord will send upon you curses,
confusion, and rebuke. in all you undertake to do until
you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly on account
of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken Me. That's
another why. Joshua 10, first part of verse
10, the Lord threw them into confusion before Israel, who
defeated them in a great victory at Gibeon. Judges seven, the
first part of verse 22. This is Gideon's army. When the 300 trumpets sounded,
the Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other
with their swords. They were in an utter state of
confusion and chaos. First Samuel chapter 14 verse
20. Then Saul and all the people
who were with him rallied and came to the battle. And behold,
every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was very
great confusion. Are you seeing a pattern here?
One more. Second Chronicles 20. This is
one of my favorite accounts. It's the account where Jehoshaphat
is facing impossible odds with this great horde that is coming
against him. And he just crumbles and says
to the Lord a beautiful prayer, cries out to the Lord and says,
Lord, we don't know what to do, but our eyes are on You. And it's one of those accounts
in Scripture where God says, this battle belongs to Me. I've got this one. You will not
have to fight this battle. There are battles that we will
fight, and God gives us the victory. But on this one, God says to
Jehoshaphat, I got this one. I'll take care of this one. All
I want you to do is praise me in advance for the victory that
is already yours, because of not only what I'm going to do,
but how I'm going to do what I'm going to do. I'm going to
send them into a state of total and utter confusion and chaos,
and they're going to kill each other and do my job for me instead
of me for you. So just have a nice afternoon.
This is beginning in verse 22, As they began to sing and praise,
They sent the worship team ahead. Could you imagine being on that
worship team? Okay, guys, you're up. Us? Yeah, go. Okay. The Lord set
ambushes as they began to praise God. The Lord set ambushes against
the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading
Judah, and they were defeated. The men of Ammon and Moab rose
up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate
them. After they finished slaughtering
the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another in their
utter state of confusion. So again, let me reiterate, God
is not the author of confusion. God is the sender of the authored
confusion. Who's the author of confusion?
Satan. Now watch this. By way of an illustration, Satan
is the author of confusion. So he's authored it, and now
God is going to send it. He's the author of it. God didn't
author it, but he's going to send what Satan authored. Why? Because the devil is God's devil. He's a created being, and he
can only do what God allows him to do and nothing more. And the
only time God will allow the devil to do anything is when
in the end it's for our good and God's glory. In other words,
the devil does God's bidding. He's a tool, an instrument in
the hands of God to do what God desires to do. So he's authored
a book called Confusion. Sent it to him. I need to mail
it out to Mount Seir, and the Moabites, and the Ammonites,
and the great horde that's coming against my people. Because I'm
going to send them into this great confusion. That's the common
denominator. With not just the passages I
read, but the many with them, in that they all speak to how
God will oftentimes deem it necessary to throw His enemies into confusion. Actually, this is an answer to
the question of what purpose is served in God doing this. And one need look no further
than to those who oppose God and God's people. Fast forward
to this, the last hour, and those who now oppose God and God's
people. And what you'll find is that
This profound confusion is fulfilling specific last days Bible prophecy. Maybe before I go any further,
can I just humbly ask rhetorically, I want you to think through the
question I want to ask you. Do you see confusion on the part
of many? Do you see this confusion? People
are so confused. I mean, there's so much coming
at us, and it's so confusing because you're trying to process
all of this information slash misinformation slash disinformation,
and it leaves one just with their head spinning in total confusion. And it's so bad. that it even
has the propensity for God's people to acquiesce to this confusion
vis-a-vis the aforementioned strong delusion and powerful
deception. It should be noted that in Matthew
24, Jesus places deception at the top of the list of signs
when the disciples asked him about the end of the age and
his return. Before he says there's going
to be wars and rumors of wars and famines and pestilence and
nation rising against nation and kingdom against kingdom,
and there's going to be earthquakes and all of these things happen
in various places, different places. And he likens them all
to birth pains, which take place and happen in greater frequency
and intensity the closer you get to the birth of the baby,
which he's likening to his return. But did you know that the very
first thing he lists before he even lists those birth pains,
as we call them, is deception. In other words, deception will
increase in its frequency and intensity, like those birth pains,
as a marker of just how close we are to his return. in the rapture of the church
of Jesus Christ before the seven year tribulation. In fact, he not only places deception
at the top of the list, he then goes on to warn that if it were
possible, even the elect would be deceived. Can you hang on
to that? We're going to come back to this. In other words,
confusion comes packaged with deception. And what's the result? Well, you can write the next
chapter. One finds themselves in this place where they don't
know who to believe, nor do they know what to believe. And that's
exactly what Satan wants, confusion. division, deception. After all, he's the father of
lies. In fact, you can attribute three names to Satan. He's the author of confusion,
the father of lies, and the accuser of the brethren, among others. Those are the big three. So this
is what Satan does. dare I say that this is as deliberate
as it is demonic. And it's evidenced by the CIA
document bearing the title Conspiracy Theory, CIA. We've talked about
this in prior updates. I thought it would be appropriate
to mention it again today. Listen to this quote. The dispatch
states, 1967, The aim of this dispatch is to provide material
countering and discrediting, can I add confusing, the claims of the conspiracy
theorists, which is a term they dubbed to dismiss their conspiracies. so as to inhibit the circulation
of such claims in other countries. That's interesting. Starts in
the U.S. and it reaches throughout the
other countries. What's reaching out throughout
the other countries? Background information. That's still quoting
supplied in a classified section and in a number of unclassified
attachments. What are those background information
classified section and attachments? Oh, they are to, quote, employ
propaganda assets to and refute the attacks of the critics. Did you catch that? In other
words, we're going to deliberately confuse them because they're
onto us. Here we've conspired. This is
a conspiracy, but we're going to label them as conspiracy theorists
so that people will dismiss them out of hand. And now listen to
how you're one of those. And so here it is a conspiracy
and it's a cover up. How are they going to cover up
the conspiracy? By loading you down with all of this information,
misinformation, disinformation, which I'm going to delineate
between in a moment, so that you're left so confused. You
don't know what to believe. Mission accomplished. Sadly, and this is something
else we've talked about in prior updates, the profound success
with which this profound confusion has been met is seen in and summed
up with this quote from 1981 by then CIA Director William
Casey, quote, We'll know our disinformation program, disinformation
program is complete when everything the American public believes
is false. I think I'd be grossly remiss
if I didn't distinguish between misinformation and disinformation. According to the dictionary.com,
misinformation is false information that is spread regardless of
whether there is intent to mislead. Disinformation, conversely, is,
quote, one, false information as about a country's military
strength or plans disseminated by a government or intelligence
agency. in a hostile act of tactical
political subversion to, still quoting, deliberately misleading
or biased information, manipulated narrative or facts, propaganda,
close quote. No wonder we're so confused. It's with these distinct definitions
that we'll be better equipped as they'll be germane to our
understanding of that which follows. Namely, two chilling examples
that reveal just how successful Satan's strategy of confusion
disinformation and deception has been, now is, and will continue
to be. I'm going to quote transcripts,
and as I do, please listen very carefully to the cunning and
insidious irony woven throughout the calculated and clever wording. What I'm hoping to accomplish
by doing this is to demonstrate how that well nigh 43 years since
the CIA director quote about their disinformation program
is now almost complete, exactly as God in His word said it would. And if it's almost complete,
do you know what that means? We're almost out of here. In
fact, I think we're way more than almost out of here. We're
out of air. Because this is exactly what
we're told would happen at the end, the very end of time. This first and foremost would
be so pronounced, so profound, so prevalent, confusion, deception,
disinformation, false, false. So we don't know what the truth
is. Well, this is probably when we
should end the live stream on social media. Bye. If you're on the website, you're
saying hi. All right, I'm going to start
by quoting from the transcript of a speech by Barack Obama in
2022. Quote, Take COVID. All right, let's get the collective
eye roll out of the way. There he goes again. Yes. Oh,
but I think that's that's old news. No, it's not. If you think
that, you're confused. In Jesus name, Quote, Obama 2022, take COVID. The fact that scientists develop
safe, effective vaccines in record time is an unbelievable achievement. And yet, despite the fact that
we've now essentially clinically, listen, tested the vaccine on
billions of people worldwide, told you. Did you hear what I
just quoted? We tested on you. It was a test. You were the test subjects. Billions of people worldwide. We tested it on you. essentially clinically tested
the vaccine on billions of people worldwide. Despite that fact,
around one in five Americans is still willing to put themselves
at risk and put their families at risk rather than get vaccinated. People are dying because of,
wait for it, misinformation. Oh, it gets better. Still quoting. It's not necessary for people
to believe this information. You just have to flood a country's
public square with enough raw sewage. You just have to raise
enough questions, spread enough dirt, plant enough conspiracy
theorizing that citizens no longer know what to believe. Once they
lose trust in their leaders, in mainstream media, thank God,
in political institutions, don't let me go there, in each other,
in the possibility of truth, The games won. This is textbook. Now, for those wondering why
I'm quoting Obama from back in 2022, it has to do, maybe you've
heard about this, a newly released Netflix original bearing the
title of Leave the World Behind. Sounds like a hymn. We're off
to a good start. In fact, we're admonished to,
we're in the world, but not of the world. to not dig our roots down too
deep in the soil of this temporal world, because this world is
not our home. So that's an interesting title
right out of the chute. Would you agree? What many don't
realize is that this was co-produced by Obama. Now, please know that
I have not watched this movie, nor am I recommending that anyone
should. Rather, I've researched this
movie as I think any thinking Christian should. Here's why. Obama himself gave the director's
notes to the film's director, Sam Ismael, Ishmael, who was
subsequently interviewed by Vanity Fair prior to the film's release
and was quoted as saying, this is a quote, and this is the producer
of the movie. that was given the script by
none other than Obama. He says, quote in this interview,
In the original drafts of the script, I definitely pushed things
a lot farther than they were in the film. And President Obama,
having the experience he does have, was able to ground me a
little bit on how things might unfold in reality. I am writing
what I think is fiction, for the most part. I'm trying to
keep it as true to life as possible, but I'm exaggerating and dramatizing. And to hear an ex president say,
you're off. I have few details. What? I thought I was taking, what
do they call it, license, artistic license. I was taking this beyond
the realm of reality to the extreme and trying to dramatize it. And
Obama's telling me, actually, you're really close. You're just
off a little bit. Wait, I took artistic liberty
and license and I made this thing just unbelievable. He said, yeah,
you're actually spot on. Just a few little details we
need to kind of fine tune. He says, quote, I thought I was
off by a lot. The fact that he said that scared
the expletive out of me. Don't use your imagination too
much. You know what word was used. Curiously, the film is about
a family whose vacation on Long Island is interrupted by a cyber
attack. and it takes down the entire
internet. By the way, the quote from 2022, that was at a technology
conference. Klaus Schwab, Yuval Harari, Obama,
et al, all are predictive programming the world for a cyber attack
that will take down the entire internet. throwing the masses
into a state of total confusion. Why? Because when they're in
total confusion and chaos, destruction will ensue and the country will
fall from within. Because see, a house divided,
Jesus said, cannot stand. Satan knows that verse, and that's
right out of his playbook. You confuse, you deceive, you
divide, and you conquer. This is textbook. It's a formula.
It's a principle that you don't break. It breaks you when you
go up against it. And we're seeing it play out
right before our very eyes, exactly as Bible prophecy said it would
at breakneck speed. All of these, it's just all predictive
programming. It's brainwashing. not washing
your brain with the water of God's Word. No, it's brainwashing
by the world. So like Paul to the Romans in
chapter 12 verses one and two says, don't be conformed, brainwashed,
programmed by the world, but be transformed by the renewing
of your mind. Wash your mind. You need to wash
your mind, not be brainwashed. You need to Wash your brain.
I wish they had a, you know, like a car wash, a brainwash.
Man, I'd pay good money for that. Pull in, brainwash, pull out. I mean wash brain, pardon me.
No, actually every time you turn on any media, you're getting
brainwashed. You don't have to pay for it.
In fact, I'll pay you to do it. Anyway, I'm digressing. But what
makes this so serious and so curious is that the plot of the
film, they blame this internet takedown on the U.S. government,
that this was a government conspiracy to take down the internet And
then the rage that ensues because of the confusion and the chaos.
See, this is, and by the way, just look at the back of your
$1 bill, not right now. This is order out of chaos. This
is the phoenix, not the eagle, rising out of the ashes of chaos. It is satanic. It is occultic. And it's happening now. It's
happening now. Okay, well, here goes. You ready? Okay. About a week ago, on January
5th, Donald Trump posted a messianic, that's a quote, video about God
sending him to save the world. What's interesting is it's also
very creepy. No, for real. It's a spinoff
of Paul Harvey's famous radio broadcast titled So God Made
a Farmer. In fact, they use AI to replicate
Paul Harvey's voice in this video that Trump posted on, ironically
enough, truth social, better said false social, propaganda
social, disinformation social. I'm sorry. I'm not sorry, actually. I make
no apologies. That's the truth. That's the
truth. So they get Paul Harvey's voice,
which makes it so creepy. I mean, the video itself is creepy, and he posts it And I want to,
he renamed it not So God Made a Farmer, it's now So God Made
Trump. Can I just share with you the
text from this very creepy video? I'm going to anyway. This is Paul Harvey's voice.
I know I don't come close. I'll do. No, I'm not going to
try to mimic it. And on June 14 1946, God looked
down on his planned paradise and said, I need a caretaker. So God gave us Trump. God said, I need somebody willing
to get up before dawn. fix this country, work all day,
fight the Marxists, eat supper, then go to the Oval Office and
stay past midnight at a meeting of the heads of state. So God
made Trump. I need somebody with arms strong
enough to wrestle the deep state. and yet gentle enough to deliver
his own grandchild. Somebody to ruffle the feathers,
tame the cantankerous world economic forum, come home hungry, have
to wait until the first lady is done with lunch with friends,
then tell the ladies to be sure and come back real soon and mean
it. So God gave us Trump. I need somebody who can shape
an ax but wield a sword. who had the courage to step in
foot in North Korea, who can make money from the tar of the
sand, turn liquid to gold, who understands the difference between
tariffs and inflation, will finish his 40 hour week by Tuesday new,
but then put in another 72 hours. So God made Trump. God had to have somebody willing
to go into the den of vipers, call out the fake news for their
tongues as sharp as a serpent's, the poison of vipers on their
lips, and yet stop them. So God made Trump. God said, I need somebody who
will be strong and courageous, who will not be afraid or terrified
of the wolves. when they attack a man who cares
for the flock, a shepherd of mankind who will never leave
nor forsake them. I need the most diligent worker
to follow the path and remain strong in faith and know the
belief, belief of God and country. Somebody who was willing to drill,
bring back manufacturing and American jobs, farm the land,
secure our borders, build our military, fight the system all
day, and finish a hard week's work by attending church on Sunday. And then his oldest son turns
and says, Dad, let's make America great again. Dad, let's build
back a country to be the envy of the world again. So God made
Trump. I'm just going to let the Holy
Spirit give you a moment. Okay, Pastor, thank you for that. Wow. This is what happens when
you take time off, I guess. I don't know. But how, with all due respect,
Pastor, does all of this tie together? I'm so glad you asked. Answer, it's all false propaganda. deliberately crafted to confuse
and deceive so as to divide and conquer. Again, may I just humbly
ask you to consider the following. Think about this. Obama delivers
a speech saying people are dying because of misinformation and
citizens no longer know what to believe. Netflix releases
a film riddled with predictive programming about people believing
it was a deliberate attack, bringing the internet down, throwing everyone
into confusion and chaos. And then Trump posts a video
posturing himself as the savior to believe in, because God gave
us Trump, who believes in God and country. Did you connect
those dots? I don't know what to believe.
No, believe this. Yeah, I'm really confused. Hey, let Trump unconfuse
you. Yeah, but this is, this is really
bad. Let Trump save you. You know what's so ironic? I'm
sorry. Again, I'm not sorry. Why am
I still apologizing? I take that back. In that Obama speech, he is blasting
Trump. And then right out of the other
side of his forked tongue, demon possessed mouth, he goes on to
say that the development of the tested vaccine on you was a great
success. Hmm. Things that make you go,
Hmm. Because if I'm not mistaken,
and I sure hope I'm not confused,
I thought Trump, vaccine, bad. Biden, Obama, good. So when,
by the way, it's all theater. It's all theater. I will say that I am sorry for
anyone who still believes that there is legitimacy to the theater
we see playing out in the political arena today. You can hate me, you can get
mad at me, but I am speaking to you the truth. These are two
wings on the same phoenix rising out of the ashes of chaos to
bring order. That's the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth. So help me God. It is false social. This is false because it's all
a script. We're watching a movie produced
by Obama and Trump. And in the movie that we're watching
this, it's fiction. It's fiction. Because they want
you to believe, key word, I'm not angry, but I am passionate
about this because it's the truth. They want us to believe that
Biden's against Trump and Obama's against Trump and Trump's against
Obama. You're playing right into their
hands. And isn't it just a little bit
confusing when back in 2020, take COVID. We need to get a
vaccine. We need to get a vaccine. We
need to get a vaccine. Well, if Trump does it, I'm not taking
it. And then Trump did it. And by the way, I've got videos
archived. I didn't mean to go this far,
but I did. I've got videos archived of one
Donald J. Trump actually getting visibly
angry when he's not given the credit his ego demands for being
the quote father of the vaccine. And now you've got Obama saying,
yeah, this was a great success. Wait, I'm confused. Was it you
or Trump? It was both. Wait, you mean the
left versus the right? Yeah, don't fall for it. Republican, Democrat, left, right,
liberal, conservative. Stop. I beg you, please. I beseech you. Stop. You're playing right into the
hands of the confusion of the devil, who's the author of confusion.
No wonder you're so confused. You don't know what to believe.
They got you. You don't know what to believe.
Yeah, I guess I can believe in Trump who believes in God and
country. I guess Obama, I no longer know
what to believe because all of the misinformation, interesting
he didn't say disinformation, very calculated again, very cunning,
very deliberate. Let me see if I can somehow bring
this back. Let me, let me try this. The
reason I'm vein popping passionate about this is because I know
my Bible. I know the Word of God and the
God of the Word, and the God of the Word and the Word of God
has told us that this is exactly what will mark the last hour
of human history as we know it. And you don't have to be the
smartest guy in the room to fill in that blank. I mean this last day's confusion
is now in full force. And I have to confess that sometimes
personally it is so heartbreaking when I see people so duped. They're so duped. I still didn't do very well trying
to get this thing back, but let me try again. Thanks for your
patience. The only consolation that I can
find that settles my heart is knowing that God told us this
would happen before this started to happen. So when we saw it
begin to happen, Believers, those who believe will look up and
lift up their heads knowing their redemption draws nigh. Because
you see God doesn't want us to be ignorant about Bible prophecy. He wants us to be aware. So He's told us that this is
going to happen. Now the question becomes How
does this comport with Bible prophecy specific to how close
we are to the rapture? And for the answer to that, I
want to go back to Jesus and what He said in Matthew 24. There's
no ambiguity here. This is the words of the Savior
about confusion and deception. Jesus is going to give us the
answer. The answer to the question of what does this mean for me
now? When that alarm clock goes off
tomorrow and I go to work, what does this mean to me now? By the way, just parenthetically,
let me say there won't be any alarm clocks in heaven. No need. That was just no extra charge
for that. So here's the answer. Jesus answered. Verse four, Matthew
24, And said to them, Take heed that no one deceives you, For
many will come in My name, saying, I am the Christ, And will deceive
many. Christ, Christos, Anointed One,
Chosen One. Matthew 24 verse 21, Jesus speaking, For then there will be great
tribulations, such as has not been since the beginning of the
world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those
days were shortened, no flesh would be saved, but for the elect's
sake those days will be shortened. Then, verse 23, listen very carefully,
if anyone says to you, look, here is the Christ, or there
Do not believe it, for false Christ and false prophets
will rise and post on false social. Come on, let me have that one.
Okay, good. False Christ and false prophets,
saviors will rise and show great signs. And here's that word again,
wonders. makes you wonder to deceive,
if possible, even the elect. See, I have told you beforehand.
Therefore, if they say to you, look, he's in the desert. He's
on truth social. That's the last time I'll use
that one. Do not go out. Do not view it. Well, or look,
he is in the inner rooms. Four words, do not believe it. Yeah, Obama told us that, you
know, we're so confused with all the misinformation, we're
even dying, and nobody knows what to believe. I do. I not
only know what to believe, I know who to believe, and who I believe
in is Jesus the Christ, the Savior of the world, God the Son incarnate,
fully man, fully God, that promised me He's coming back to get me,
to take me to the place He prepared for me. That's who I believe
in. Now that's because I took time
off. I was pent up. I feel better now. Here's the
bottom line. And I hope that my personality
and style of delivery is not in any way a distraction. But This profound increase of
confusion and false disinformation, specific, listen, to the true
Christ is exponentially increasing, proportionate to the proximity
of the rapture of the church. Be encouraged. The worse it gets,
the closer we get, and it's getting worse, and we're getting close. Thank You, Jesus. Come quickly,
Lord Jesus, because it's getting pretty bad. One more thing, and
I, oh, if you only knew what I have to delete from these updates. It's very painful because I've
discussed so much. I'm working on something. I'm
researching it. I'm vetting it. But I have every
reason to believe that there's validity to the reality that
they have something planned exactly as was programmed. And it's coming. Internet, financial, banking,
boom. Oh, why not? Real quick. And we're almost done. Take heart.
This was about a week ago or I think it was a Thursday night
and when I was still with my family and Gail sent me a text
from HECO warning about a potential power outage for 30 minutes spans
in designated areas to conserve on electricity because the supply
had been compromised by virtue of a couple of generators going
down. Come on. Yeah, you think I'm
stupid? No, they're preparing us. See, because the time is coming
soon and very soon, by the way. When your electricity, you know,
the thing we take for granted. I mean, how many of us become
incensed when our internet goes down? We're like, what? We're
on the phone. I don't have internet. I don't do that. I just, you
know, because I'm the pastor, I'm very gracious. But you want your internet? We
had to suspend it and your electricity. And oh, by the way, your ability
to buy and sell because your social credit score is too low. So is your carbon credit score.
You had all of the ACs in your house on at the same time. That's
a no, no, you bad boy, you. And oh, incidentally, in the
warning You know, we need to ration the electricity. No, you
don't. So I look, of course, I'm going
to look. I don't care about anybody else on the island. I just care
about Kailua and Kane'ohe. Oh, there, look at that. Oh,
we're down for 6 30 to 7 p.m. That's when I microwave something
to eat. But they said, please limit the
use of your air conditioners. I thought, oh, yeah. Am I taking this too far? You
got it, right? Bottom line again, everything
that's happening that they've, they have been programming the
masses for is evidence of just how close we are to that trumpet
sound when the dead in Christ rise first and we who are alive
and remain are caught up, raptured up to meet the Lord in the air
and forever be with the Lord. You know that the purpose of
these updates is to get Jesus to people and people to Jesus.
I know I say that every week. You had a break for a few weeks. Well, I'm back. What do you mean? Well, when
people realize and people are realizing that Bible prophecy
is beginning to come to pass, Because God said, I'm going to
tell you what's going to happen before it happens. So when it
happens, you will believe that I am. And people are starting
to ask questions, good questions about, isn't there something
about this in the Bible? Yes, there is. What does this
mean? Everything that's happening,
because everything is going crazy off the charts. And it's a very
confusing world we're living in, and it's getting confusing
with each passing day. Well, what if I told you that
the Bible says that it will be confusing and become more confusing
with each passing day, right before that great and final day,
when Jesus comes to take His church away? Well, now you've
got my attention. Good, because that's the good
news. The good news is that Jesus came
and He died. He was crucified. He was buried,
and on the third day He rose again, and He is coming back
again. Good news. That's the gospel. The death, burial, resurrection,
and return of Jesus Christ. Don't leave off the, let's talk
Paul Harvey, the rest of the story while we're at it. So that's the gospel good news
of salvation found in the person of Jesus Christ. What does that
look like? Well, it's very childlike what
that looks like, and that's why we do the ABCs of salvation.
Again, just a simple tool to equip you, should you ever have
the profound privilege of being able to share Jesus with somebody
that asks you, like Peter says, about the hope that you have.
There's something different about you. You're not like everybody
else. Everybody else is freaking out.
They're so confused. Not you. Nobody knows what to
believe, but you're just rock solid in your belief. And nothing shakes you. And I've
watched you from the sidelines of your life, and I've seen what's
happened in your life, and you're not shaking in the least. In
fact, it's sick because you're excited. And that freaks me out
even more, because the more things go crazy, the more you go crazy
with excitement. What's up with you? I'm so glad
you asked. And it is going to be up with
me, by the way, and it could be up with you too. if you go
up with Me. The A is just acknowledge, admit. You sinned, you transgressed,
you've broken God's law. Because unless and until you
acknowledge you're a sinner, why would you be interested in
a Savior? Oh, I'm a good person. I've never murdered anybody.
Oh, really? Well, Jesus said if you've hated somebody or had
anger in your heart towards somebody, You've committed murder in your
heart. We've all sinned. There's no one righteous, Romans
3 10, not one, save one, Jesus the Christ. And Romans 3 23 tells
us why. It's because all have sinned
and fall short of the glory of God. We were all born sinners,
which is why we must be born again to enter the kingdom of
heaven. So now we have to plead guilty. We enter the plea in
the court of the universe with the judge who created the universe,
and we've been found guilty. And now the verdict is in, and
we enter the sentencing phase. You're going to be sentenced
now. What's the sentence? It's the death sentence. Romans
6 23, the wages of sin, the penalty, is the death penalty. The wages
of sin is death. That's the bad news. Now here's
the good news. As you're being sentenced to
death, in walks a man into that courtroom of the universe, no
ordinary man. This is the God man, Jesus Christ. And he says to the judge of the
universe, stop. You sentenced him to death. I'll
go to my death in his stead. I'll pay his penalty. And then
the judge of the universe looks to you, and because we know he's
a local judge, he says, oh, good news. You're free to go, because
whom the Son has set free is free indeed. Good news. That's what the word gospel means.
The gift of God, good news, is eternal life in Christ Jesus
our Lord. That's the A. Now the B, very
central, right smack in the middle, and it's that word we just got
done talking about. Well, I got done talking about
and yelling about, the word believe, believe in your heart. For God
so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever
would believe, would not perish, but have everlasting life. Romans
10, 9 says if you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus
from the dead, you will be saved. And the C lastly is for call
upon the name of the Lord. Or as Romans 10, 9 also says,
if you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord, and believe in
your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. And what seals the deal, Romans
10, 13, is that all who call upon the name of the Lord will,
will be saved. Out of the abundance of the heart
the mouth speaks. So what's in your heart is going
to come out of your mouth. It's not what goes into a man's
mouth that defiles him. It's what comes out of your mouth.
What comes out of your mouth, what's in your heart. If Jesus
is Lord of your life, then what's going to come out of your mouth
is a confession. Yes, you are Lord of Lords, King
of Kings. Every knee is going to bow. Every
tongue is going to confess. now for salvation, then too late
for damnation eternally. I chose today's But God Testimony
for reasons I think you'll understand shortly. It comes from, and I
sure hope I'm not butchering your name, sweetheart, Ineke
Haverkate, who actually first emailed back on September 6th
of 2022, right after Obama's speech, writing, Dear Pastor
JD, I live in the Netherlands, and I follow your updates every
week since 2020. It encourages me every week.
I have a testimony. It was in 2021. Every week I
shop in a drugstore. The drugstore worker does not
believe in Jesus Christ as her Savior. I have spoken to her
about Jesus, that He is the only way to be saved. I gave her a
Bible in the simple ABCs in Dutch. Once I was in the drugstore,
the drugstore worker told me that there was a woman in the
shop. She said, I thought the woman would have a heart attack.
The drugstore worker told her that I also believed in Jesus
Christ. I was sorry that I was not there
at the time. The drugstore worker asked the
woman for her telephone number. So I got her telephone number
and I did send a message to her. Then we called each other and
then we met. Since then, we see each other
almost every week. Some time ago she got very sick.
She went to the hospital and needed surgery. It looked very
bad. She had to say goodbye to her children because the doctors
thought she would not survive the surgery. I was so sad. God
had brought us together and we needed each other. We often prayed
together. And now I had to say goodbye. I begged God, please
let her live. We need each other. And I asked
many sisters from our church and many friends to pray for
her. She would probably die, but God, it was a miracle. She came through the surgery.
The doctors were amazed. Now she could testify to the
doctors and nurses. One nurse even had to cry. She
told everyone who wanted to hear about Jesus and how great our
God is. I am so grateful. I thank God
from the bottom of my heart. To Him we praise. He is my everything. I love my Jesus for what He has
done for me. I hope you can read my bad English.
It is long ago I learned it at school with love, Ineke. from the Netherlands. Now, a
couple weeks later, this is still 2022. This is September 23rd.
She writes again, Dear Pastor JD, I saw your last update and
I sent it to my friends. The time is short. One friend
told me that she accepted Jesus. I thank God I gave her the ABCs
and she asked if she is also at the rapture, meaning will
I go up in the rapture? A few weeks ago I sent you a
But God Testimony, the one I just read. I don't know if you received
it. I'd like to know. I'm so sorry it took two years
to let you know I did receive it. Every week I look forward
to your updates. It encourages me so much. The
sister I told you of in the testimony that almost died, but by a wonder
of God she is still alive, has been, listen to this, watching
your updates for 15 years. This is in 22. So now it's 17
years. That sister, you've got treasures
in heaven. And she told me about you. So
I always look forward every week to Jesus coming. What a day that
will be. I like to hear if you receive
my messages, I got them. Better late than never. With
love, a sister from the Netherlands. Now, a little over a year later,
so now we're November 25th of last year, she writes again. And you know what's interesting?
I actually was going to share her original but God testimony,
and I had it all ready to go. And then at the last minute,
I preempted it with another but God testimony, and I just saved
it in my archive file. Like God was saying, you're going
to share this, but not today. Now I know why. So get this,
November 25th last year, Dear Pastor JD, I hope you can read
my English because it is 50 years ago I learned English at school.
I live in the Netherlands. I follow your updates since 2020.
I have worked in the pharmacy and I knew from the beginning
the shots are poison. I know the fabrics that are in
the shots. And I like your prophecy updates very much because you
are also warning and let us see in what time we live. Also your
sense of humor. I like very much. I like you
very much. Your last update from 19 November
touched me so I had to cry. Last week, the doctor said to
me that I have breast cancer. And it is so true. It brings
me closer to Jesus because He is the one and only for me. I look forward to the rapture.
I love my Jesus so very much. I cannot speak enough of Him.
Also to the nurses and the doctors. I wear a sweater with the text
faith, and that is what I have. Jesus is my only hope. I do not
know what way I have to go, but I know Jesus is always with me.
He shall never leave me. Pastor D, I love you and also
Kapono. We have a friend Kapono in the
Netherlands. and all my brothers and sisters
in your church. I'm looking forward for your
next Prophecy Updates until the trumpet sounds and we forever
may be near our dear Lord Jesus Christ. And then I will meet
you too. This is my but God testimony.
My illness is bad, but God makes it for good with love from the
Netherlands, your sister." Now, that was November 25th. Well,
December 15th, She writes, Dear Pastor J.D.,
every week, I look forward to your updates since 2020. I shall
miss you the coming weeks. This is when I announced that
I was going to take some time off. I live in the Netherlands. So
sorry for my bad English. I pray for you, dear pastor,
and your lovely wife, Kelly. I wrote you a couple of weeks
ago, but I do not know if you received my message. I wrote
that I have breast cancer. I did not know then that your
wife, Kelly, also has breast cancer. I feel what she feels. This week in the hospital, I
heard that I have metastasis, and the cells of metastasis are
different than the cells of the tumor. So I have also another
tumor in my body. Coming week, I have a scan. I cried a lot of tears, but God
knows the way. He knows and loves me, and He
knows and loves your wife, Kelly. I do not know what His way is,
but I know that His way is the best. I place my trust in the
Lord. Dear Pastor JD and Kelly, I love
you so much. I hope and pray that we are going
to be together alive to see Jesus when the trumpet sounds. I know
it is very soon. I look forward to seeing my Savior
and Lord Jesus Christ. He is our surgeon. He is a God
of wonders. I believe, I believe. I pray
for you and Kelly every day. I love my brothers and sisters
from your church. I hope you receive my message.
big hugs for you and Kelly, with much love from the Netherlands,
your sister Enneke. Go ahead, come on up Kipong.
Why don't you stand up. Father in heaven, we're in agreement
with our sister in the Netherlands that it is our hope that we will
be amongst those who remain alive when that trumpet sounds. And
if it's as soon as we believe it is, then we certainly don't
have much more time to wait. So Lord, we do pray and say,
Maranatha, come quickly, Lord Jesus, but Before that trumpet
sounds, there are many who need to come to You. Maybe
some that need to come back to You. I pray that today would
be that day, because tomorrow is not guaranteed. Thank You,
Jesus. We love You so much, Jesus. Come
quickly Lord Jesus. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen. And when I am afraid, I will
trust in You. I will not be dismayed. I will
trust in you. And when I am afraid, I will
trust in you. I will not be dismayed. I will
trust in you. And sing out glory in the highest
to the living Lord. Glory to the one who is yet to
come. Glory in the highest to the living
Lord. Glory to the one who is yet to
come. Lord, I can't do it on my own. Can you heal my broken home? Lord, I can't do it on my own. Can you heal my broken home? In You, O Lord, I put my trust. Lord, in You alone. God bless you.
Prophecy Update - Last Days Confusion
Series Bible Prophecy Updates
Pastor JD provides two chilling examples that reveal how the profound confusion in these last days is fulfilling Bible prophecy, specific to how close the rapture is.
| Sermon ID | 11524515282488 |
| Duration | 1:14:51 |
| Date | |
| Category | Current Events |
| Language | English |
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