Let no one caught in sin remain Inside the line of inward shame But fix our eyes upon the cross And run to Him who showed great love And bled for us freely you bled for us. Christ is risen from the dead, trampling over death by death. Come awake, come awake, come and rise up from the grave. Christ is risen from the dead, we are one with him again. Come awake, come awake, come and rise up from the grave. Well, beneath the weight of all our sins, you bow to none but heaven's will. No scheme of hell, no scoffers crown, no burden great can hold you down in strength. you reign forever let your church proclaim christ is risen from the dead trampling over death by death come awake come awake come and rise up from the grave christ is risen from the dead We are one with him again. Come awake, come awake. Come and rise up from the grave. Oh death, where is your sting? Oh hell, Where is your victory? O church, come stand in the light. The glory of God has defeated the night. Where is your sting? Oh, hell, where is your victory? Oh, church, come stand in the light. God is not dead. He's alive. He's alive. Christ is risen from the dead, trampling over death by death. Come awake, come awake, come and rise up from the grave. Christ is risen from the dead, we are one with him again. Come awake, come awake, come and rise up. Christ is risen, Christ is risen from the dead, trampling over death by death. Come awake, come awake, come and rise up from the grave. Christ is risen from the dead, we are one with him again. Come awake, come awake, Come and rise up from the grave. Amen and amen. Hey, before you guys are seated and we continue to worship, would you please say aloha to somebody next to you? Happy Resurrection Sunday. Oh, just like this. It's so surreal because I've been watching for 11 years. Seven. Seven? Wow. Yeah, I mean, I'm just so blessed to be here. I can't believe it. I know. I feel like now I can become as one body of God. I mean, we're in Hawaii now. So we're going to start watching pastors from the Bahamas and studying the bodies of God again. In you, oh Lord, I put my trust. Let me never be ashamed. Deliver me in your righteousness. Bow down your ear to me and deliver me Swiftly and true, be my rock of refuge, a fortress to save me. In you, oh Lord, I put my trust. Lord, in you alone. Sing, in you, O Lord, in you, O Lord, I put my trust. Let me never be ashamed. Deliver me in your righteousness. Bow down your ear to me. and deliver me swiftly and true. Be my rock of refuge, a fortress to save me. In you, oh Lord, I put my trust. Lord, in you alone Oh, Lord, I put my trust, Lord, in you alone. And deliver me swiftly and true. Be my rock of refuge, a fortress to save me. Lord, I put my trust, Lord, in you. 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? 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 hear my broken home? Lord, I can't do it on my own. Can you hear my broken home? In you, oh Lord, I put my trust. Lord, in you. God sent his son. They called him Jesus. He came to love. He learned. Forgive me. He lived and died. to my heart. An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives. Because He lives, I can face tomorrow. room because he lives. All fear is gone because I know he holds the future. And life is worth the living just because He lives. And then one day, I'll cross that river. I'll find Life's fine, no more with pain. And then has death, gives way to victory. I'll see the light of glory and I know He lives, He reigns because He lives. I can face tomorrow because He lives. All fear is gone Because I know He holds the future And life is worth living the living just. And life is worth the living just. Life is worth the living just. Because he lived. you you This joy that I have is all from you, Lord. The world didn't give it to me, no. And it cannot take it away. This joy that I have is all from you, Lord. The world didn't give it to me, no. It cannot take it away. Thank you, Lord, in Jesus' name. Thank you, Lord, in Jesus' name. This peace that I have, It's all from you, Lord. The world didn't give it to me, no. It cannot take it away. It's the peace that I have. It's all from you, Lord. The world didn't give it to me, no. And it cannot take it away. Thank you, Lord. in Jesus' name. Thank you, Lord, in Jesus' name. This love that I have is all for you, Lord. The world didn't give it to me, no. I cannot take it away. This love that I have It's all from you, Lord. The world didn't give it to me, no. Hey, can I take it away? Thank you, Lord. In Jesus' name. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus' name. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus' name, thank you, Lord. In Jesus' name, we praise you. Father and Son, Holy Spirit lives within us. Through Jesus' precious blood, we praise you. almighty one the beginning and the end heart comforter and friend the life that i have is because of you lord the world didn't give it to me no it cannot take it away The life that I have is because of you, Lord. The world didn't give it to me, Lord. It cannot take it away. Thank you, Lord, in Jesus' name. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus' name. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus' name. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus' name. I wanna say your name, Jesus. Jesus. Oh, Jesus. Oh, Jesus. Oh, Jesus. Father, you are so good. I wanna say your name, Jesus. Jesus. Oh, Jesus. Oh, Jesus. Oh, Jesus. Father, you are so good. I want to rely on what Christ Jesus has done. I want to worship by the Spirit of God. We put no confidence in you than ever. All glory. All glory to God. Because you are worthy, we know that all things work together for good to those who love the Lord, and who are called according to his purpose. So we bless your name, because you are holy. Oh, we lift our praises up. We long to feel your love. One man meant for evil. Jesus you meant for good. Oh I know I am a sinner. I believe you are the God I call upon you now. Will you enter? Would you please stand? I want to say your name. Jesus. Jesus. Oh, Jesus. Oh, Jesus. Oh, Jesus. Father, you are so good. I want to say your name. Jesus. Jesus. Oh, Jesus. Oh, Jesus. Oh, Jesus. Father, you are so good. We want to sing your name, Jesus. Jesus. Oh, Jesus. Oh, Jesus. Oh, Jesus. Father, you are so good. We want to praise your name, Jesus. Jesus. Oh, Jesus. Oh, Jesus. Oh, Jesus. Father, you are so good. Amen and amen. Yeah, you can clap your hands for the Lord this morning. He is alive. He is alive and well. Amen. Amen. Would you join me in a word of prayer, Lord? We praise your name, Lord. Not only do we praise your name, Lord. We say your name, Jesus. There is no other name. Accept Jesus your name Lord. So we praise you. We give you all the blessing today Lord We lift our voices up to you this morning Lord. And now as we get into the word Lord we need you Lord how we need you to calm us Lord and give us understanding It may be tough for us to hear some of these things Lord, so we need your Holy Spirit settle our hearts Lord, and lead us to the truth. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen. Amen and Amen. Good morning. Welcome on this day that we celebrate as Resurrection Sunday. We're so glad that you're here. Trust that you'll be blessed that you've come. Those of you online were as well. Glad that you're joining with us. Just real quick before we jump in, though, I want to let you know that our prayer meeting is this Tuesday, 7 p.m. here in the sanctuary. That is April 2nd. I hope you'll make plans to attend. I'll be addressing the recent manifestation of a demonic spirit during the March 24th Prophecy Update livestream last Sunday, specifically as it relates to the many questions about what actually happened, and then why we did what we did, And then we'll go to the scriptures that speak to the reality of demonic activity for which most Christians are sad, sadly and woefully naive. I hope that's not sounding mean, but by woefully naive, I mean in two extremes. The first of which is sensationalism, seeing the demonic in everything and everyone. And then conversely, the second extreme is what I'm going to refer to as cessationism, ceasing, which is the polar opposite in dismissing of the demonic in anything. And Satan lives in the extremes. So what I'm hoping to accomplish Tuesday night is offer a biblically balanced response to a deeply divisive issue. So that'll be this Tuesday. And for those of you online, note the start time at 7 p.m. and not like on Thursdays, which is 7 30 p.m. Hawaii time. Well, this is our prophecy update. Second service will be the sermon, and it will be a Resurrection Sunday sermon. And as only the Lord can, He perfectly timed today's text in our verse by verse study through the Book of Revelation. You have to understand that pastors, every time it comes to Resurrection Sunday, we always scramble because, you know, it's Resurrection Sunday, and you guys put a lot of pressure on us. I just, no. Well, you kind of do a little bit, but that's okay. We just give it to the Lord. But, you know, it's Resurrection Sunday. So what are you going to do? Especially if you teach the Bible verse by verse. Wow. you're not going to teach your verse by verse study on Resurrection Sunday. That has to be a topical sermon about Resurrection Sunday on Resurrection Sunday. So I think God just took pity on me this year, felt so sorry for me, just looked down on me and said, you know, help the guy out. and he timed it so perfectly that our text today in our verse by verse study through Revelation beginning in verse four all the way through to verse eight is all about, wait for it, the resurrection. I didn't have to, yeah. Thank you, Lord. Yeah. So that's my story and I'm sticking with it on this Resurrection Sunday and really looking forward to it actually, because we're going to focus in on what the resurrection of Jesus Christ means to us and for us. So that will be live streamed at 11 15 a.m. Hawaii time. And those of you that are watching by way of YouTube or Facebook, we would really encourage you to go directly to the website at JDFarag.org. And so with that, let's get to it. I want to talk with you today about how that now, keyword now, more than ever before, everything that's happening in the world today is pointing to the person of Jesus Christ, including this red heifer pictured here. I selected, you like this photo, this stock photo? Even this red heifer is pointing to Jesus Christ as we're about to see today shortly. But not only is everything now, and I highlight and emphasize now, pointing to Jesus Christ, so too is everything now pointing to the pre-tribulation rapture of the Church of Jesus Christ. Now there you go again, Pastor. You say that every week. I know. Actually, I'm getting a little better at it because I say the same thing in a little bit different way, but it's still the same thing every week. Why? Well, the truth is, this is the truth. Are we off to a good start? Would you join me in Numbers, the 19th chapter? This is an obscure passage of Scripture. It's a very prophetic passage of Scripture. In fact, it's a profound prophetic Scripture picture, if you will, of what's known as the Red Heifer Prophecy. I'm going to begin reading in verse one. We'll just read through to verse 10. Follow along with me. Now The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord has commanded, saying, Speak to the Children of Israel that they bring you a red heifer without blemish, in which there is no defect, and on which a yoke has never come. You, verse three, shall give it to Eliezer the priest, that he may take it outside the camp, and it shall be slaughtered before him. And Eliezer the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle some of its blood seven times, directly in front of the tabernacle of meeting. Then, verse five, the heifer shall be burned in his sight, its hide, its flesh, its blood, and its ophal shall be burned. And, verse six, the priest shall take cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet and cast them into the midst of the fire, burning the heifer. Are you getting all this? Okay, you're going to be tested on this in a moment. So Verse seven, Then the priest shall wash his clothes, he shall bathe in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. The priest shall be unclean until evening, and the one who burns it shall wash his clothes in water, bathe in water, and shall be unclean until evening. Then, verse nine, a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them outside the camp in a clean place, and they shall be kept for the congregation of the Children of Israel for the water of purification. It is for purifying from sin. And, verse 10, the one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. It shall be a statute forever to the Children of Israel and to the stranger who dwells among them. Okay, this particular passage, as with all Old Testament scripture, prophetically points to Jesus Christ, the finished work on the cross by Jesus Christ, and the resurrection and return of Jesus Christ. And if you'll kindly allow me to, I'd like to take you on an amazing journey through the stunning, and I mean stunning, typology of how this red heifer is a prophetic picture of our Savior. So what follows is in no way exhaustive, but it is in every way exclusive in the sense that it's specific to the person of Jesus Christ. and Bible prophecy, which again is history in advance. Bible prophecy is history in advance. So we rewind all the way back to this obscure chapter in the book, in an obscure book, by the way. I mean, who among us, except for those among us who know about the Book of Numbers, think like, well, the Book of Numbers, what's it about? Numbers. That sounds very boring. It is one of the most fascinating and intriguing books in all of the Bible. I find myself many times just in my own time with the Lord in His Word, in prayer, my quiet time, my devotion time. I find myself spending a lot of time in the Book of Numbers, one of my favorite books. I know I say that about every book in the Bible, but the Book of Numbers, especially today, my favorite book in all of the Bible. Revelation second service will be my favorite book in the Bible, by the way. So we have this historic account in the Book of Numbers that is prophetic, pointing to yet future Bible prophecy when this red heifer prophecy is fulfilled in the person of Jesus Christ. So I want to take you on this typology journey, if I can call it that. And to do that, I Okay, I created another chart. You can add it to your collection, no charge. I organized it into three sections. First, the verse in Numbers chapter 19. that has the details of the death and sacrifice of the red heifer, then next to it is the corresponding typology that points to the person of Jesus Christ who ultimately and exclusively fulfills this specific prophecy. How so? By way of the death of the red heifer pointing to eternal life in Jesus Christ. So you're ready? All right. I got 19 of these out of Chapter 19. Did you? That was clever, or so I thought. I guess you don't think so. You might find more, but I've got 19, and we'll start with the first 11 of them that are pictured here. The red heifer had to be red in color. Now, I know it's a firm grasp of the obvious, but red in Hebrew is derived from Adam's name, meaning man, mankind. Jesus is the second and final Adam who came for the remission of sin that entered mankind by the first Adam vis-a-vis his red blood shed in our stead. The red heifer had to be a pure virgin female, and of all the sacrifices was the only sacrifice that was to be a female. And this according to Leviticus 27 verses three and four. Well, Jesus had to be born of a virgin. and was the one and only sacrifice, and also was betrayed slash sacrificed for 30 pieces of silver, which is the exact price of a female, according to Leviticus 27 4 and recorded in Matthew 26 15. The red heifer had to be without spot or blemish. By the way, You cannot. If this red heifer has even one gray hair, one gray hair, disqualified. Black hair, disqualified. Brown hair, disqualified. Every hair has to be red. And it has to be without spot, without blemish. Well, of course, Jesus was found to be without sin, without a spot of sin or blemish. The red heifer had to never be under a yoke of bondage. Jesus had never been yoked to a man or in bondage to sin. The red heifer had to be given to the priest Eliezer by virtue of Him being a son of Aaron, just as Jesus has given us the priesthood as believers, if and when we enter into a saving relationship by virtue of Him being the Son of God. The Red Heifer had to be slaughtered outside, very specific, the Horse Gate, also known as the Damascus Gate. Where's the Damascus Gate? Well, it's located north of the city of Jerusalem. Jesus had been crucified. He had to be crucified, according to the prophecies, outside the city. The Horse Gate, the Damascus Gate, where? North of the city. at a place some of you have been to called Calvary, also known as Golgotha, the place of the skull, outside the city. The red heifer had to be put to death while Eliezer, who was the second priest, looked on, just as Jesus, the second person of the Trinity, was put to death while God the Father looked on God the Son, the second person of the Trinity. The red heifer had to have its blood sprinkled seven times. Seven, of course, the number of completion. We'll see that today in Revelation. We'll see it throughout the Book of Revelation, really replete throughout Scripture. Seven, the number of completion. Eight, the number of new beginnings. So Jesus had His blood shed seven times and in seven different places. Both feet equals two, both hands equals four, plus the crown of thorns impaling His head equals five, the lashes on His back equals six, and the sword thrust into His side. equals seven. It is completed. It is finished. The red heifer, this is where it gets even more interesting, had to have cedar wood for it. Jesus had a cedar wood cross made for Him. The red heifer had to have hyssop with the cedar wood. Jesus was offered hyssop. while he hung on the cedar wood cross. The red heifer had to have scarlet. Jesus became, now this is very specific, that scarlet worm, hang on to that for a second, from which the scarlet color is extracted. It's the crimson worm, also known as the scarlet worm. Very interesting worm. Henry Morris, in his work titled The Biblical Basis for Modern Science, documents this fascinating, by the way, female scarlet worm. Here's what he has to say. When the female of the scarlet worm species was ready to give birth to her young, she would attach her body to the trunk of a tree. fixing herself so firmly and permanently that she would never leave again. She would die there. The eggs deposited beneath her body were thus protected until the white larva were hatched and able to enter their own life cycle, new life. As the mother died, the crimson or scarlet fluid stained her body and the surrounding wood. From the dead bodies of such female scarlet worms, the commercial scarlet dyes of antiquity were extracted. You see where this is going? Cursed is any man who hangs on a tree. This worm dyes on a tree. hangs on a tree, and as it's dying it excretes the new life in the larva, and this white comes from the scarlet and then new life is born because of the death of the scarlet worm. Is it any wonder that Jesus in that Messianic Psalm, Psalm 22, would refer to Himself as that scarlet worm? The whole Psalm, Psalm 22, speaks of and points to Jesus dying on the cross as the crimson or scarlet worm to cleanse us from our sins. The first verse of Psalm 22. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? The very words uttered from the Savior's lips on the cross. Verse six, But I am a worm, Scarlet worm, Crimson worm, And no man, A reproach of men, And despised by people. How about Isaiah 118? You know this verse. Come now and let us reason together, says the Lord, Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Let's continue on with our typology here. The red heifer had to be led out of Jerusalem, bound and thrust into a pit, ignited by fire, as the cedar wood and the hyssop, bound by the scarlet wool were thrown onto it. Just as Jesus was led out of Jerusalem to the cedar wood cross, nails were thrust into His hands and feet as He was bound by our scarlet sin that was taken upon Him and thrown onto Him. The Red Heifer had to have the ashes from its death in order for one to be cleansed from all sin. Just as Jesus offers us forgiveness in his death in order that we would be cleansed from all our sin. The Red Heifer had its ashes put into a vessel while pouring running water upon it. Jesus, the Word gave us His Word that He would send the Holy Spirit to be poured out upon us. We're going to be looking at that second service. Maybe not, maybe Tuesday night. Anyway, we're going to be looking at that. So, you know, the red heifer had to have the running water, which in Hebrew means living waters shall be given, just as Jesus has given us the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit. So our lives are fulfilled to the full, overflowing, becoming like torrents of living water. The red heifer had to be dipped with hyssop in the water with its ashes and then have them sprinkled in order for the cleansing and purifying. Jesus baptizes us in the Holy Spirit, who showers us with gifts and empowers us to live a pure and holy life. And let me just expound briefly on those two words, because this is really misunderstood. Have you ever had someone say to you, or have you ever said, don't raise your hands, oh, you're so pure and holy. Oh, I guess I got my answer. Pure means to be clean, cleansed. Impure means to be unclean. You know what holy means? This is, this word is probably amongst one of the most misunderstood words, regrettably, in all of the pages of Holy Writ. Be holy as I am holy. Okay, I'll get started tomorrow. I need to live a holy life. Okay, I'll get right on it. How do you live a holy life? By way of the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit, holy life. And what is a holy life? A whole life. not a half life. Let me try that again because I think I could do better. Right Lord, You'll help me to do better on this. A full life, a whole life, a holy life is a full to overflowing, running over torrents of living water life. That's what a holy life is. I'll try it one more time. A holy life is a whole life, and God wants us to be whole, just as we as earthly parents want for our Children to live whole and full lives. How much more our Heavenly Father desires for us to be whole, full, not half full, no full to overflowing. And when we're full of the Holy Spirit, filled with the Holy Spirit, baptized in the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit comes upon us, epi in the Greek, then our lives become as powerful as torrents of living water. Have you seen floodwaters, how powerful they are? They carry houses like toothpicks downstream. That's the power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit empowers us to live pure and holy lives. Oh, you're so pure and holy. Thank you very much. That's because I got the Holy Spirit. Now this is interesting when it comes to all of these ingredients. It's not only spiritual, it's also medical. According to the book, None of These Diseases by Doctors S. I. McMillan and David E. Stern. Listen to this. This cleansing was for those who were unclean from touching a dead body. This was an effective medical law as well as a spiritual law. The water was combined with cedar, hyssop, and scarlet thread. This combination actually have the ability to destroy germs and infection because it contains cedar oil that came from a kind of juniper tree that grew in both Israel and in the Sinai. The cedar oil would irritate the skin, causing the person to vigorously rub the solution into their hands. The hyssop tree would produce hyssop oil, and the hyssop oil is an effective antiseptic containing an antifungal and antibacterial agent still used in medicine today. Who knew? Actually, I think Big Pharma got rid of all of this stuff. You know, when the wise men brought frankincense, gold, and myrrh to Joseph and Mary, It was medicinal. The frankincense, the myrrh, you rubbed the oil. It's medicinal. It's antibacterial. And these were gifts that they needed at the time, because here Mary had given birth. How about the gold, financial provision for the journey to Egypt they would have to flee to, because Herod was going to try to kill every single Hebrew born boy under the age of two. These were gifts that were practical. And by the way, I'm sorry, I know it's not Christmas. I know it's Resurrection Sunday, but just a heads up on your nativity scene. You know, I got rid of the wise men. First of all, there weren't three. There was an entourage of them. And don't imagine, you know, just a little frankincense in there, and then here's some gold. No, man, they brought in wagons. And I mean, they brought some gold. This is the Son of God, and God the Son. And they had everything they needed, and they were set. Anyway, I'm sorry, I digress. Let's get back to our typology. We're almost done. The red heifer, had to be applied with this hyssop in order to be purified. Now watch this. Jesus died and his death has to be applied in order for us to be purified. Work on that Capone and get back to me. That's that's a song waiting to be written right there. The red heifer had to have one man, this is really interesting, willing to become unclean in order for all unclean to be cleansed. Did you catch that? Jesus was the one God man who willingly became unclean sin in order for all of us to be cleansed from all of our sin. He took upon Him our sin and was willing to be unclean. The red heifer had to be used for cleansing on the third day and also the seventh day. Jesus, now try to stay with me on this, our new covenant in the seventh millennium, because 1000 years to the Lord is like one day, made the old covenant with Israel at Mount Sinai during the third millennium slash day. on the Jewish calendar and rose from the dead on the third day. Okay, maybe I should just offer a brief explanation. A thousand years from Adam to the present, we're six days in. The seventh day, the Sabbath day, that 1,000 year period of time, the seventh millennium, when it's completed and finished, that's the kingdom age. And we are on the cusp of the seven year tribulation followed by the seventh millennium in the kingdom age. No? Let me try again. We're not moving on until we get this. Okay. You see the typology here? I think it's the prophet Hosea describes Israel prophetically, a very powerful type and prophecy about them being basically buried, wandering for two days, 2000 years. And then they're resurrected on the third day, early on the third day. that 3rd,000th year. Six days, 6,000 years. But on the 7th day, that's the millennium. Do you see the typology, how it all works there? I did my best. So that's just, that's as good as it gets. All right. So I know what you're thinking because I can read your minds. Just a second. Oh, okay. Never mind. What in the world does this have to do with Bible prophecy? I am so glad you asked. When I title today's update, everything now points to Jesus. That's not to infer that heretofore it didn't quite yet point to Jesus. No, it's always pointed to Jesus Christ. Everything in the Old Testament points to the person of Jesus Christ. Starting in Genesis, by the way. I mean, the priest, we're talking about the priest, their service in the tabernacle and subsequently the temple. Let's just take the wave offering, for example, just real quick. The wave offering. Not the, yeah, how, oh, how far have we come? What's the world come to? The wave offering was north, south, east, west, the shape of a cross. A tight, pointing to. the cross of Jesus Christ, before they had even thought of crucifixion as a form of cruel death. We saw this in that boring Book of Numbers, chapter six, the camp of the Israelites, all the numbers of the, it's just monotonous and mind numbing, to the east, to the west, to the north, to the south, the tabernacle at the center. And then you wonder, okay, Why do I need to know that? Well, wait till you get to chapter 22 of that boring book of numbers. Because you got a guy by the name of Balaam, or Balam, who's paid big bucks by Balak. That's another one you might want to work on, Capono. And he's to curse now the Israelites, but can't, no matter what he does. Why? Because the camp of the Israelites was in the shape of a cross with the tabernacle right smack in the middle. As John 1 14 says, the word Jesus became flesh and tabernacled amongst us. God became a man and He died on that cross. And there is therefore now no condemnation, no curse, no guilt for those that are in Christ Jesus because of the cross. because of the finished work of the cross. I was heading somewhere very profound here. Let me try to see if I can bring it back on the tracks. Oh, I know that this is where I was going. Okay. So again, so this is a prophecy update, right? Yes. By the way, we get a lot of comments. Was that the prophecy update or the sermon? I'm so sorry that it wasn't that clear. This is the prophecy update. Yeah, but Pastor, how do you get the pre-tribulation rapture out of this? Again, I am so glad you asked. To answer that question, one need look no further than to what's happening in Israel, with Israel, and for Israel. And if you want, you can add to Israel in there. Why not? What are you talking about? Oh, the arrival of five pure red heifers, of which there are three still qualified, at 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 15th, back in the year 2022, which the Jews have not had for 2,000 years slash two days. It should be noted that the prophetic passage we just read in the boring Book of Numbers, the 19th chapter, is in part read by the Jews to this day. When? During the Feast of Passover. Oh, what's the Feast of Passover? Oh, the crucifixion. Remember the Passover? The Israelites in Egypt? They were to take the blood of a lamb, not the red heifer yet, the lamb, inspect it for four days, the number of days that Jesus was on trial to be found without spot, without blemish, without wrinkle, without sin. And then they were to take that blood. They were to slay, not break the bones, break the body, the skin, shed the blood, take a hyssop branch and put it on the, apply it to the door of their house, top, basin at the bottom, left, right, in the shape of a cross. So that when the angel of death passed over, they would be saved. Why? Because of the blood of the lamb, in the shape of a cross. Does anybody else have chicken skin? So wait, you're telling me, Pastor, that this whole red heifer thing, numbers 19 thing, this is weird, by the way, that they read this, the Jews do to this day to celebrate the Feast of Passover? Yes. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell, but Okay, well, now my question is, when does this happen? When's Passover this year? I'm so glad you asked. I happen to know. Passover starts before sunset Monday, April 22nd and ends after sunset Tuesday, April 30th, which is in about 3 to 4 weeks. Chicken skin yet? However, I should note that there is no shortage of debate as to the accuracy of our calendars today and the Jewish calendars in that day. And I mentioned that because we should exercise caution when it comes to specific feast days that are celebrated according to our modern day calendars, which explains, by the way, in part why it's March 31st and we're celebrating Resurrection Sunday. What is up with that? I'll tell you what's up with that. Our calendars are all bus up. Capacahi. Is that better? Never mind. They're messed up. All right, let's circle back to our question of how everything now, keyword now, happening points to Jesus and the soon return of Jesus in the pre tribulation rapture of the church by Jesus. First, Israel is the hour hand on God's prophetic clock. Jerusalem, the minute hand, and the Temple Mount is the second hand. In other words, you want to know what time it is or how late the hour is on God's prophetic clock? You need look no further than to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, in Israel, and by extension the urgency on the part of the Jews to rebuild the third temple. Pastor Chuck Smith, who's now with the Lord of this said, the Orthodox Jews today envision a tremendous problem in the rebuilding of the temple. Before they could start sacrifices again, the priest would have to be purified. Well, interestingly enough, in one of the ashbiz in the Old City, young men are being trained for the priesthood right now. This was years ago. But as the Orthodox Jews point out, they cannot enter into the priesthood without going through the cleansing rites we just read. And to go through the cleansing rites we just read, they have to have the ashes of the red heifer we just read. Not only do they have to have the ashes of a red heifer to cleanse and purify the priest once the temple is rebuilt, which by the way, it will be rebuilt. It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when and how quickly and how quickly It's believed they could, from front to finish, once they have the green light, have this rebuilt temple completed in three months. But they need the ashes of the red heifer. They need the temple rebuilt. But so too do they also have to have their Messiah, Mashiach. in Hebrew, Messiah in Arabic. It's not our Messiah, because they rejected the true Messiah, which is why they're going to embrace and accept the false Messiah, the false Christ, the Antichrist. And they'll realize this 3.5 years in to the seven year tribulation, when this Antichrist, this false Messiah commits this abomination that causes desolation, in the holy place, the most holy place of the temple, which means the temple has to be rebuilt. So here's the ingredients we need for our recipe prophetically. We need ashes of a red heifer, we need a temple, and we need a Christ, the Savior, Messiah. We don't care if he's the false one, we just need a Messiah to get this whole show on the road. Is that a crass way of saying it? Well, at least he got it. Okay. Do they have that? Because we've got a couple of boxes to check. Yeah. Ashes of the red heifer, check. Rebuild the temple, 90 days, check. Antichrist already alive on the scene, waiting at the ready, check. Pictured here is a YouTube video. I want to quote from the transcript. It's from a Jew by the name of Aaron Shafir, if I'm pronouncing his name right. He's a Jewish tour guide. He's a practicing Jew, probably Orthodox Jew, I would, I would assume, who lives in Israel. And he posted this video after he had just attended a conference on the red heifer in Shiloh in Israel. The title of the video, you would think you were watching a YouTube video posted by a Christian who knows Bible prophecy, but you're not. This is a Jew. The title of his video is Witnessing History, The Red Heifers in Israel. Is this a sign of the end times? What? That's what, get your own material. That's what we say. Well, that's what my pastor says anyway. Listen very carefully to what he says. Quote, the truth is that there are people who are working on making an actual para aduma, a red heifer, aduma, adumin, Adam. And today, which was two days ago on Friday, an ancient Shiloh, the place where the tabernacle was, They're having a special conference all about the red heifer. They're going to be putting on display the red heifers that they have brought from Texas that are almost ready to be used. Look at the timing here because it has to be sacrificed within a certain window of time. We Jewish people have been praying and waiting for the red heifer and dreaming for 2000 years for the temple to be rebuilt in Jerusalem. in our lifetime. And in the lifetimes of our parents and grandparents, we've seen so many things take place. Again, get your own material. I've been saying that for 20 years. They're moving on Israel closer and closer to seeing this dream fulfilled. The most important thing that we're all waiting for is for the temple to be rebuilt and for Mashiach, Messiah to come and to complete the redemption of the people of Israel and of the whole world. One of the necessary prerequisites for building the temple is something called the para aduma, or in English, the red heifer. Our tradition tells us of the prophecy about the 10th red heifer. Moses made the first of these red heifers 3,300 years ago, and from his time till the destruction of the second temple, eight more were made for a total of nine. The tradition is that only at the end of days, when Messiah comes, and the temple is rebuilt, will the 10th red heifer be prepared as a preparation or prerequisite for the renewal of the temple service that we've all been waiting for since the destruction of the temple for 2000 years? This guy's more excited than I am. To me, still quoting the Red Heifer prophecy is a harbinger of the end times. This is just another sign that we're getting closer than ever to the final redemption to the days of Messiah. Can you please connect those dots so I don't have to for you? I don't have time to. They're waiting. In fact, these red heifers we just read about are actually a sign pointing to how close they are to what they believe is their Messiah and rebuilt temple. Because that 10th, I'm sorry, I'm yelling. This is really exciting. They got, they had nine. Nine plus one is 10. We're waiting for the 10th. Guess what? We got them. Or her, pardon me. You don't know these days. Sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It just came out. Okay, come on. Let's come back. Come back. That was actually pretty good, I'll admit. totally unplanned, which are always the best. Okay, I'm going to take that one for sure. Where was I? It was, there, there, this is a sign. We got the red heifer. We got the ashes of the red heifer. That's the, that's the last thing we needed. And we've got it. That must mean, conclusion, that the Messiah is coming. Yes, it's the wrong one for you, my friend, the Jew. So according to the Jews, these red efforts now, key word in Israel, will now, key word, be the impetus to set in motion that which Bible prophecy foretells will be fulfilled in the seven year tribulation. You see how I'm getting here? This is where the rapture, the pre tribulation rapture comes in. Hang on to that for a second, because if this is a sign for them of how close they are to the rebuilding of the third temple with the ashes of the red heifer and the coming of the Messiah, which happens in the seven year tribulation and the rapture happens before the seven year tribulation, we should be way more excited than this guy is. Would to God that Christians would know this now, have this urgency. The Jews know this. And if that weren't enough of an indictment on Christians, the Arabs, my people, they know this too. It's evidenced by this breathtaking publication on January 14th from the Palestine Chronicle titled Resistance Strikes Will Increase In Coming Days, Abu Ubaidah's speech on the 100th day of war. Listen to this quote. It's translated from Arabic to English. 100 days since the start of the Al-Aqsa flood battle. What's Al-Aqsa, the mosque on the Temple Mount? This historic and pivotal battle in the presence of our people and our nation, this outcry that echoed through time and filled the world with the power of Allah. to liberate all enslaved peoples and nations. The Al-Aqsa flood battle presented a model of how the fist can clash with the spike, and how it was our people's fate that the racist Nazi and vehement occupation became the most grotesque entity before the whole world at times. Speaking of the Jews, by crushing its pride and responding to its arrogance on October 7th, and at times by confronting its brutality and crimes in a historical battle that seems like a figment of imagination and a path of the impossible. We look back 100 days to remember the educated, the complicit, and the incapacitated among the world powers, governed by the law of the jungle, reminding them of an aggression that reached its peak against our path, Al-Quds, Jerusalem, and Al-Aqsa, with the start of its actual temporal, listen very carefully, and spatial division, and the bringing of red cows as an application of a detestable religious myth designed for aggression against the feelings of an entire nation in the heart of its Arab identity and the path of its prophet, speaking of Muhammad, the night journey and ascension to heaven. Wait. Okay, Pastor, can I just, can you calm down? First of all, you calm down. You're making me very nervous. Good. It's a sanctified nervous, because you know what I just got done sharing with you? That the Jews know about the significance of these red heifers. The Arabs know about the significance of these red heifers and how close they are specific to Bible prophecy But what about the Christians? Suffice it to say what this Arab man who needs Jesus, by the way, had to say should cause all of us pause. What do you mean? Well, again, the Arabs know the significance of these red heifers, and so too does the Jew. also know the significance of these red heifers. So why don't Christians know about them? A couple thoughts. I'll say this as lovingly as I possibly can. It's set in love because of love. I believe one of the main reasons that Christians don't know about the prophetic significance and the lateness of the hour in which we are living is because pastors are not teaching Bible prophecy. And even if some pastors are maybe teaching Bible prophecy, or perhaps, better said, maybe sometimes talking about the end times. Others just throw it in every once in a while, you know, just kind of a mention. You know, there's a difference between teaching the Bible and teaching about the Bible. They might talk about the end times, very, very rare, by the way. But even if they do, they won't dare touch anything like this. It's too controversial. They're trapped by the fear of man. The fear of man is a snare. It's a trap. And they're trapped by this fear of man because they don't want to be lumped in with the conspiracy theorists. Those crazy nut jobs like that guy on the island of Oahu. It gets worse. Just please hear me out. The onus, yes, is on the pastors from behind the pulpit, but so too is the onus on the vast majority of Christians who are caught up, pun intended by the way, in all the distractions and divisions, chief of which are political. And so They're not going to take this as seriously as the non Christian, the Jew or the Arab. As many of you know, this is what I was very candidly and openly sharing about last week before the satanic interruption of the demonic manifestation. Actually, I believe what I was very candidly and openly sharing last week may have been in part the reason for the satanic interruption of the demonic manifestation. Again, I'll go more in depth into that Tuesday night, but I still think it's incumbent upon me just briefly to share with you uninterrupted and uncensored. Is that okay? Let's go ahead and end the YouTube and Facebook live stream. What follows is from my heart, not from my notes, such that I just need to talk to you and share what's on my heart with you. Please know that if I keep looking down at the pulpit, it's not because of notes. I mean, I have this written down, but it's more because of a habit and also out of a courtesy to you. And I'll explain what I mean by that. Sometimes I say hard things. I really appreciated your prayer, Kapono, right before I got the hint. Oh, speak through Pastor JD. Sometimes it's hard. I caught that, you know. And so I know it's, you know, I know the Holy Spirit, and I want to try to give the Holy Spirit elbow room Because these are hard teachings. You know, I think about the multitudes that all bailed when Jesus taught the hard teaching. And even the disciples, you know they thought about it because Jesus asked them about it. And then of course Peter says, you know, because Jesus said, are you going to bail on me too? That's a very loose paraphrase. And Peter said, where else are we going to go? You alone have the words of life. Yeah, that was a hard teaching. I did not want to hear that prophecy update, but I needed to. So I get that. And sometimes I think it's for both of us, both you and me, it gets a little bit uncomfortable. If I'm looking in a certain direction, I'm talking about pride and lust and greed and everybody's crawling underneath it. So if I look down, that's one of the reasons why no notes, here goes just from the heart. I don't want to be standing before God, which soon and very soon I will be, when I give an account as a teacher of God's Word, as James says, held to a stricter standard as such, and have to give an account to Him of the profound privilege that He granted me to stand before You behind this pulpit week in and week out and preach and teach the Word of God. It is a privilege beyond my understanding, and the whole counsel of God, and to have my hands and my life be free of the blood of any of you. None of you will be able to stand before God when you too stand before God and say, I didn't know. You see what I just did there? It's on you. No, they're up there. They've got, no, no, Lamb's Book of Life. Oh yeah, they went to JD's church. Make note of that. Get over here. Give an account. No, you can't get away with that because you did hear. You heard the gospel every week, every single week for years. So there goes that one. I didn't know how close we were. There goes that one. I don't want to stand before God and have Him ask me, what did you do with that profound privilege I granted you? Instead, what I want to hear him say is, well done, good and faithful servant, because I know there were days when you would get behind that pulpit and die a thousand deaths when you had to speak the truth about this so-called vaccine, which is a demonic deception. I know that you died 1000 deaths when you had to connect the dots between the lie, the demonic lie and deception of September 11th and how it connected to anthrax and how it connected to so called COVID. But you did it and people came to me because of it. So good job. Well done, good and faithful servant. Yeah, but Lord, man, you know, you saw my inbox. Yeah, I sure did. You heard some of the voicemails that were left behind. By the way, we don't, anyway, the volume is such that we can't anyway. We do save them, just so you know, in case, you know, something were to happen. You know, if somebody has a threat on their life, They'll record something and say, if you're watching this, they killed me, they got me. Is that too much? But it's true. We have to keep stuff like that. You know, this whole thing last Sunday, we've got just, we have everything recorded and the way everything was handled. And we did what we did for reasons that, again, I'll explain on Tuesday night. But It is so hard, and I'm not looking for pity. I am looking for prayer. In all fairness, not to excuse it, but to explain it, I could see why pastors wouldn't dare talk about the things I'm talking about, because of the cost. The spiritual, we wrestle not against flesh and blood. I'm talking about the spiritual warfare off the charts. The satanic attack on my life, my family's life, my church family's life. But as I was sharing last week before I was rudely and demonically interrupted, it's worth it. it's worth it, because I know when I'm up there, and I probably shouldn't look at anybody, there's going to be, I know at least one, maybe a couple that are going to be there because I did this here. So I'm not going to cower or falter or shy away. And if it's too hard or too much, then, and I say this as Lovingly as I possibly can, I have good news for you. If what I am teaching from this pulpit is too much for you, you've got a smorgasbord of churches to pick from. If you're looking for something just a little bit more palatable and plausible and amenable and amicable and just not so hard, a little smooth, good news. You can take your pick. because you've got like 99.9% of the churches and even online ministries so called to pick from. But as for me and my church, we're going to speak the truth to the very end. Thank you for lending me your listening ear. This is also why I will never stop. We get, I don't know, I guess I get, I guess I understand it in a way, but people say never stop doing the ABC's. I'm like, who told you I was going to stop? You know, never stop doing the prophecy updates. Listen, even if I wanted to, you think God's going to let me get away with that? I've already talked to Jonah about that. It doesn't end well when you try. No, we're going to do the gospel every single week until that trumpet sounds. What's the gospel? Second service, we're going to get more into this, because yes, it's the resurrection, but so too is it the crucifixion, and so too is it the burial of Jesus Christ. And As we're going to talk about second service, it's not just the resurrection of Jesus Christ, it's the return of Jesus Christ and the rapture of the Church of Jesus Christ. That's the gospel. Good news. That's what the word gospel means. Good news. Your debt has been paid. Dude, you're free to go. The dude is not the original, and whom the Son has set free is free indeed. Your debt's been paid. Your sentence has been carried out. Really? Who? Oh, somebody paid for it for you instead of you. What's his name? Jesus. This is where the ABCs, if you'll indulge me, I'd like to kind of weave the gospel into the ABCs, which is just an explanation of salvation. The A is for entering your plea, admitting, guilty. How do you plead? guilty. I did. I broke the law. Even if you break one of the commandments, you've broken all of them. So I'm guilty as charged. Well, we're all guilty. Nobody is not guilty. So we have to enter our guilty plea and acknowledge and admit that we've sinned and fallen short. There is no one righteous, not even one, because as Romans 3 23 says, all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. We've all missed the mark. We've all fallen short of God's perfect standard of righteousness. In fact, that's what the word sin means. You missed the mark. It's an archery term. You missed the bullseye. Yeah, but I hit it one out of 50 times. One time you missed the bullseye, you sinned. You missed the mark. You fell short. Now we have to enter that sentencing phase in the judge, in the court of the universe, with the judge of the heavens and the earth behind the bench. And so we've entered the plea guilty, and now the judge sentences us to death. for the wages of sin is death. But the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Good news. Now watch this. Again, just indulge me. It's a local judge. Okay, just know that. Beside, behind the bench, local. I mean, this guy is a local guy. So you've been sentenced to death. In walks a man into that courtroom of the universe. no ordinary man. This is the God man, fully God, fully man, Jesus the Christ. And He says to the judge, stop, hold off, hold everything. The transcriber, you know, he's going like this. I'll go to his death, her death, in their stead. And the judge turns to you, because he's a local judge now, and he says, call. Good news. Yeah, that still works, right? I'm still good with that. Good news. You're free to go. Your debt has been paid. This, this man is going to carry out your death sentence and die in your place. You're free to go. Uncuff him. Yeah, thank you. Those were really uncomfortable. I am no longer enslaved and in bondage to sin. I've been forgiven and set free. Good news. That's just the A. We haven't got to the B yet. What's the B? Very central. Believe in your heart. This doesn't just mean I believe in God. No, to believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is Lord is to put your trust in Jesus for the salvation and forgiveness of sins and for eternal life. You're putting your trust in Him. You're not trusting in your own righteousness. You're not standing before that judge going, you know, I'm a pretty good person. I didn't murder anybody. You're still guilty. You're death. Sentence, I sentence you to death. Yeah, but all I did was... No, death. Okay, well, There's this man over here. His name is Jesus, fully God, fully man. Do you believe in Him? Will you put your trust in Him to carry out your death sentence? Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. That's what it means to believe in your heart. Romans 10 9 says if you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, you will be saved. And to see, lastly, is for call upon the name of the Lord, or confess with your mouth, 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. Don't miss this connection because it's out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks. So if I believe in my heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, then that's what's going to come out of my mouth, because out of the abundance of my heart, the mouth, it comes out. Romans 10 13 says, All who call upon the name of the Lord will, will be saved. That's so simple, childlike simple. I implore you before I read today's but God testimony, if you've never called upon the name of the Lord, believing in your heart acknowledging your sin before Him, putting your trust in Him. I don't know how else to say it, but just to say it, it is the most important decision of your life for eternal life. And it's one for which you do not want to delay. You see what's happening? That red heifer, You want me to bring a picture of it next week? Because that thing's about to get, be toast. Sorry that was rough, but it's already ready already. Check, check, check, check, check. You know what the next thing to check off is? When the trumpet sounds and the dead in Christ rise first and we who are alive and remain are caught up, raptured up to be with the Lord. And it can happen Any minute, imminent. It's too late for that. Any minute, any minute. Okay, today's but God testimony comes from Elizabeth Anderson, who writes, Hello, Pastor JD. Greetings from the suburbs of Houston, Texas. I've been following your prophecy updates for about three years now, and I have greatly enjoyed your refreshing fearlessness in proclaiming the truth I loved your prophecy update this past Sunday, speaking of last week, pertaining to the upcoming solar eclipse, and thought you might enjoy an eclipse related but God testimony. Here goes. My husband and I traveled to Nashville for the total solar eclipse in 2017. It was absolutely breathtaking, something I will never forget. My husband and I both got chicken skin, as you say. Listen, when somebody on the mainland says chicken skin and not goosebumps, I'm so sorry, you've been listening to me way too long. My husband and I both got chicken skin when the moon covered the sun in totality. We couldn't stop ourselves from whooping with joy. I like these people. Everyone around us was yelling and cheering. I like them too. It was such an unforgettable sight. The fact that our Creator placed the sun exactly the right distance from the moon and earth to make a sight like this visible is just mind blowing. perfection at its finest. So when I found out that there would be an annular eclipse visible in Texas on October 14, 2023, last year, our wedding anniversary, I made plans for my husband and I to travel to Corpus Christi to see it. The significance of that eclipse simply cannot be overstated. The last place in the continental U.S. the annular eclipse crossed over was Corpus Christi, body of Christ. On that day, anyone who was in Corpus Christi, body of Christ, and was looking up, watching and waiting for our Lord, was able to see the sun display a magnificent annular eclipse. In other words, The members of the body of Christ who were looking up and waiting for his return were able to witness the ring of fire. The son presented his watching and waiting bride with a golden ring. By the way, I didn't have time to go over a lot of other stuff that I wanted to last week. This wedding ring during that eclipse, also the devil comet after this upcoming eclipse. And then the constellation, the stars in the shape, the constellation is known as the whale, Jonah, Nineveh. Oh, see, I should have told you about that last week, huh? This golden ring, I've seen photos of it. It is just stunning. He was clearly signifying His soon return and presented this gorgeous ring as a reminder of His promise to His bride. Only those who were looking up were able to see it and received this spectacular encouragement. After experiencing two phenomenal eclipses, there was no way I was going to miss the total solar eclipse visible in Texas on April 8th of this year. I started making plans and booked our accommodations, listen to this, a full two years in advance. I knew that the accommodations within the path of totality would be completely sold out. So I wanted to make sure we had a place to stay that was close to the center line of the eclipse. I was so excited about my husband and I bringing the kids to witness this majestic display of God's glory. The trip was booked and paid for two years ago, and we were all set to go. You know what's coming. So you can imagine my devastation when I received an email from the property manager last week on my birthday, no less, that said, oops, so sorry. I double booked that cabin. So your reservation is canceled. She doesn't write this. Translate it. Somebody is going to pay me more money. I was completely sick to my stomach, knowing that it would be impossible to find new accommodations with the eclipse being only two weeks away. places within the path that totality have been booked up solid a year in advance, at least. My immediate response was to cry out, Jesus, make a way. Please help us find a place to stay so my family and I can enjoy this miraculous sign in the heavens. I knew it would take divine intervention for us to be able to go on our trip. And boy, did he answer. With his help, I was able to find a precious cabin in the Hill Country area of Texas available for the weekend of the eclipse. Not surprisingly, this cabin rental will cost twice what our original reservation did, this one costing $950 for the weekend as opposed to $450 for our original reservation. That ain't nothing, come to Hawaii. Sorry. I always get a kick, don't you, when people from the mainland go, man, can you believe the price of real estate? Really? Anyway, I digress. This is so cool. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to derail it. But I was just so thankful Jesus helped us find a place so we could still get to see the eclipse. I booked it immediately. And lo and behold, two days after I booked the new accommodations, we received a letter in the mail saying you have unclaimed property in the amount of $980. Please contact us to complete your claim and retrieve your funds. We have never received a letter like this before. Money literally fell out of the sky into our mailbox to cover the full cost of our accommodations for this eclipse trip. Thank you, Jesus. What an awesome blessing. It gets better. He provided a place to stay and the money to pay for it. Now my kids will be able to witness this majestic display of His glory. God is so good. Oh, and one more thing, While doing research and planning for our rescheduled trip, I discovered a little town in Texas called Kerrville that is almost directly underneath the center line of the path of totality. Kerrville is home to a beautiful garden called, wait for it, the Coming King Sculpture Prayer Gardens. Here's a photo prepared for chicken skin. She says chicken skin twice. This is right underneath the path of the eclipse. Here's what she says. Methinks This would be the perfect place to witness this astounding signs in the heavens of the end times in which we live, no? Please keep up the great work. It takes tremendous courage to speak the truth boldly in the face of all the adversity. You are dearly loved by many people around the world. I do know that. Blessings to you and everyone at Calvary Kaneohe, Elizabeth Anderson. How cool is that? Capone, come on up. Why don't you stand up? We'll close in prayer and then Capone will close in song. Father in heaven, I once again know that I've shared quite a bit of information, but if the Holy Spirit doesn't intervene, then that's all it's going to be is information, no application. Just as the priest was to apply the ashes of the red heifer. So too do we need to apply this to our lives. Lord, we just, we don't want just the knowledge. That's just information. We want the wisdom from above. That's the application of the wisdom, so that we can begin that process by and in the power of the Holy Spirit to apply this to our lives. What would change in our lives by applying this to our lives. Knowing how close we are, how much is that going to change the way we view the things of this world, knowing we're this close to Your return when that trumpet sounds. Lord Jesus, thank You come quickly, Maranatha, in Jesus' name, Amen. I praise You Christ my Lord, and rest on Your love divine. And with my I call you Savior mine. Oh, Lord, you saved my life and freely pardoned guilt. I love because you first loved me, and I live because you lived. Because he lived, I can face tomorrow. Because he lives, all fear is gone. Because I know he holds the future. And life is worth the living just. And life is worth the living just. And life is worth the living just. Because He lives. Amen and amen. God bless you this day.