Would you join me by your hands in a word of prayer. Lord, we thank you so much, Lord. Thank you for this day that you have made and we thank you that we can come to this beautiful building that you have blessed us with so mightily, Lord. We lift you up for such a blessing, Lord. But more importantly, Lord, we thank you so much for your giving us a pastor, pastors, Lord, that preach your word. So would You bless the Word this morning. Would You give us understanding. And thank You again, Lord. We love You. We praise Your name. In Jesus' name, Amen. Amen. And Amen. And good morning and welcome. You can be seated. So glad you're here today. Those of you online, we're so glad as well that you're joining with us. This is the first of our two services on Sunday mornings that we devote to Bible prophecy with the weekly Bible prophecy updates. And then second service, which will be live streamed at 11 15 a.m. Hawaii time for those of you online. That's the sermon, which is a verse by verse study through God's Word. And as you know, we're currently in the Book of Revelation. And we're going to, Lord willing, today complete chapter seven, and our text will be verses nine through 17, in a teaching that I've titled Tribulation Can Bring Salvation. And in it, we're going to look at the who, what, and why it is that those trials and tribulations of life can be that which brings about salvation for eternal life. So again, that'll be live streamed 11 15 a.m. If you're on YouTube or Facebook, we'd encourage you to go directly to the website at JDFarag.org because we do not live stream the entirety of the update for censorship reasons. So with that, let's get to it. I chose the title of We're Just a Keystroke Away because of the swift and escalating developments of prophetic significance, especially within just the last couple three weeks. Um, I hope you know this, that I in no way wish to ever sound sensational or dramatic. I know I'm dramatic, but I'm not trying to be that way. It's just, well, it is the custom in my country. And so we're very dramatic people, you know. Nor is what I want to share with you today in the update in any way based on a hunch or just mere speculation. Rather, it's based solely on Bible prophecy specific to the nearness of the pre-tribulation rapture of the church. There he goes again. Yes, there I go again. Oh yeah, that's good for first service. The nearness of the pre-tribulation rapture is also a sign of the nearness of the subsequent commencement of the seven year tribulation. I think that might have been the title for the update a couple of weeks ago, that the seven year tribulation is just about to start. But we know that the rapture has to happen before. So how much closer is the rapture? Well, I know I'm keenly aware that it seems like we've been just a key stroke away for years now. However, It seems we in some way have already and are even now crossing the Rubicon, if you will. And by crossing the Rubicon, I mean, it's like we've passed the point of no return in the sense that now there is no looking back. Nor is there any going back. Over the years, students and teachers of Bible prophecy have acknowledged that things are really heating up and they have been heating up. Or as we've talked about in prior updates, I prefer revving up because that's what Jesus said. as the word he used in the original language of the Greek more than once in the Book of Revelation, by the way, we've talked about them. But what we're seeing today, not only is it head spinning and the likes of which we've never seen before, it's unprecedented and simultaneous in its nature. Stay with me. One need look no further than to Israel today. Israel, as you know, is affectionately referred to as God's prophetic clock, and for good reason. If you want to know what time it is in Bible prophecy, you need look no further than to Israel. Israel is the hour hand. Jerusalem, the minute hand, the Temple Mount, the second hand. Again, I know that it has seemingly been this way for many years now. But not only is something different this time, I think we're missing something of paramount importance because it is so different this time. May I just humbly ask that you hear me out and let me explain. First, what's different now is there's this blurring, even erasing of the lines distinguishing, delineating between the nation's governments who rule over the people and the daily lives of the people. And this is one of the pitfalls and dangers inherent within Bible prophecy, because What it does is it lends itself to this disconnect of sorts when it comes to people's life and their eternal life. Again, just hang in there with me. In other words, we can find ourselves, and I include myself in this, easily being caught up, pun intended, in the knowledge of Bible prophecy, at the expense of the lost coming to salvation in Jesus through Bible prophecy. You'll forgive me for what may come off as a play on words when I say this, but I say this nonetheless. What gets lost are the lost. What gets lost in all of this are the lost. You're very gracious to me, and I kind of need you to really be gracious to me right now when I say this. Okay. You've got all these prophecy experts now, and they pontificate Meanwhile, the average person is in the grind of everyday life, trying to eke out a living just to survive. You see where I'm going with this? Let's take the recent news concerning the numerous and voluminous strikes against Israel, and even more recently, the pager explosions. You heard about this striking and killing Hezbollah members. Let's just take this as an example, if you don't mind. While this is foretold of in Bible prophecy, unless one lives in Israel or close in proximity to Israel in the Middle East, It can be eclipsed by the craziness and busyness of people's lives in other parts of the world. I heard this many years ago. It kind of stuck with me. Everybody is tuned into the radio station WIFM. Now you're looking at me going, wait, I didn't even know that was a radio station here on the islands. It's not. What's WIFM? I'm so glad you asked. It stands for what's in it for me. Come on, let's be honest with ourselves, right? What does what happens over there have to do with me? Now, conversely, for both Jews and Arabs, my people in the Middle East, this is life altering. and even life threatening, as these prophesied wars. And as Jesus said, we'll talk about threats of wars rage on, seemingly without end, as they have for many years, by the way, just back and forth, back and forth. Well, we shouldn't be surprised because that's exactly what Jesus said in Matthew 24. There would always be rumors of wars, threats of wars. Iran is threatening. Hezbollah threatens retaliation. Hamas threatens. What do these guys do, read Matthew 24? I use prophesied wars for what I think would be deemed obvious reasons because we're told in Bible prophecy that this is exactly what it will be like at the time of the end. Again, we shouldn't be surprised, but we have a problem. What's the problem? Yes, it's Bible prophecy, but it's taxing a very heavy toll on people. And it's evidenced by this Times of Israel article about how Israel is in the worst ever mental health crisis amid these ongoing wars. Here's the point that I'm trying to get across. The latest breaking news, though of prophetic significance for sure, it ends up becoming the chief focus. It's like knowing Bible prophecy for the sake of knowing Bible prophecy. And again, meanwhile, the human factor of real people suffering in real ways takes a back seat. And that presupposes they're even allowed in the same car. to take that metaphor further than I should have. Do you understand what I'm trying to get across here? We could talk Bible prophecy all day long. You know I can and do. Sometimes it seems like, especially lately. But at the end of the day, what really matters are people's lives and eternal lives. Can I just say it? Of course I can. Eternal lives matter. How about that? I can see the T shirts and the stickers and the hats already. That's all. Actually, let me take a step further. That's all that matters. Am I right? I mean, we can get into all the intricacies and the nuances and the details and the specifics and the deep things of Bible prophecy. I did that pretty good, didn't I? But if you walk out of here going, wow, That's pretty amazing about Bible prophecy. Then I've not been faithful to that which God has called me to. May I echo the words of the Apostle Paul, Woe unto me if I don't preach Christ and Him crucified. I mentioned this because it speaks to the matter at hand concerning the building of what I'll call a prophecy bridge between the information and the application of that information. As one so aptly said, knowledge is just information, but wisdom is the application of that information. In other words, I can just stand up here and provide you with information, all day long, through dinner, into the evening, and wee hours of the morning, if you want. I'll stop there. But that's all it is, information. Now, what am I going to do with that? W-I-F-M. Let me revise it. What does that mean to me? How does that apply to me? How does what's happening into and against Israel apply to us today? So now we have a question before us, and it's how do we build this bridge? by framing what's happening in Israel as meaning, listen, we're just a keystroke away from the prophesied end of the world. You've just changed the whole complexion of the conversation, believer or not, by the way. For the believer, it's like, yeah, I know, right. How exciting. And to the non-believer, they think we're weird. Because we hear about things like this, and because we know what the Bible says about things like this, it gets us very excited. Why? Because we know we're going home, because this world is not our home. So there's the bridge. That's the application of the information, how it applies to us today. seeing what's happening in Israel can seem inconsequential unless and until one understands its implication and application to us personally. Let me by way of an illustration explain. If I only talk with someone about what's happening in Israel, the conversation is likely to become about politics and religion. And if I'm not mistaken, those are the two things we're told we're never to talk about, especially over the dinner table. Like families actually have dinner together these days. Because see, all you're doing is you're just talking about information. and you're leaving it open ended to the point where the enemy can come in, and always does, and he'll steer the conversation away from the main thing, and you get off message. However, let's flip it around. If instead I ask someone, not tell someone, Do you realize that Bible prophecy says that what's happening in Israel means we're just a keystroke away from the end of the world? Well, now you've got their attention. Now you've just introduced the application. Now you've just tuned them into our new radio station, WIFM. Because now, well, now that impacts me. Did you just say that the Bible has something to say about what we see happening in Israel, and more specifically, that the Bible says that what's happening in Israel is a sign that it's the end of the world? You see what I've done? I brought it close to home. And now it impacts our lives here and now, and more importantly, our eternal lives in heaven. Can I, I just need to ask you for one more, one more time to just hear me out and be gracious to me on this, because I want to just share my heart with you on something that as of late has been very heavy on my heart. That's almost another statement. What I'm speaking of is that it seems Bible prophecy has lost its impact. I've been at this for a while, and I've never seen it like this before. I mean, there's so much confusion, division, especially division. But what I'm really seeing that I have to confess has taking me back a little bit is that it seems within the Bible prophecy community, if I can call it that, that there's now this competition. Wait, what do you mean? Well, by competition, I mean, in some ways it seems like it's almost become more of a race to see who's the first to know and in the know. And then they post a YouTube video. Why? Well, we know why. It's for clicks and likes. You know, for those of you that have ever watched our videos online, those of you online, you've never and you will never hear me ever say, click that like button. Why? Because if you don't like it, I'm okay with it. It's not, do you like me? It's, do you know Jesus? Be sure to follow and subscribe. No, it doesn't matter if you follow me, What matters is if you follow Jesus. Okay, why do I go into all of this this much? Because it's why I chose the title. I chose the title because it prompts people to consider or even if need be reconsider what We're just a keystroke away from. See, when you say we're just a keystroke away, well, you've kind of left it open ended. I think they call them conversation starters. Hmm. Wait, what do you mean we're just a keystroke away? A keystroke away from what? Oh, just the end of the world. What? Oh yeah, you didn't know? How do you know? And how are you so sure? Well, because I read my Bible, and you know, I read the last chapter. You do that, right? Sometimes you get a book, you want to know how it ends. Listen, when you know how it ends, you read how it ends first, and then you go back and you read through. It makes it easier to get through because you know how it ends. I won't ever use that illustration or example again. No, now I've got your attention, haven't I? See, salt creates thirst. And are we not the salt and the light? So now I've created a curiosity. I've piqued your interest and now you want to know more because you want me to now explain why it is and connect the dots between what is happening over there has to do with us all the way over here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. So now you got him. And now that you've got him, you can point him to what really matters. What really matters is salvation found in the person of Jesus Christ, who is at the door to take us to that place that He prepared for us. in his father's house. Please know that I'm just as guilty as the next in droning on and on about Bible prophecy, all the while missing the purpose of Bible prophecy. Did you get that? I mean, what is the purpose of Bible prophecy? Well, let's go to Jesus. for the answer. John 13 verse 19. Here's the purpose. I'm telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe that I am the great I am. He says the same thing again in a different way. By the way, I blew it. I'm going to, what excuse should I use this time? Sleep deprivation. This is John 14, 29. Disregard this slide. I don't know what stupid idiot put John 13, 19 on there. It would be me. John 14, 29. He says the same thing, kind of in a different way. I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe. One more, Luke 21-28. Now, when the, by the way, this is Jesus speaking. When these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near. Simply put, the purpose of Bible prophecy is for the lost to believe and for the saved who do believe to look up, knowing that our redemption draws ever so near. You know, Revelation 19, 9 and 10 says that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. What does that mean? It means that all prophecy in Scripture, inspired by the Holy Spirit, points to the person of Jesus Christ as the spirit of prophecy. Now let's answer our question. What's the purpose of prophecy? It's so that non believers will believe and the believers will be encouraged and look up knowing. We're going home, baby. That's a very loose paraphrase, but you get the point. That's the purpose. Otherwise, what's the point of Bible prophecy? You know, it can be a source of pride. I speak as one who has experience in this particular area only because I have a Ph.D. in pride, I'll have you know. But I'm very humble about my pride. But I'm also very proud of my humility. which makes me proud. How can the knowledge, just the information and being in the know as it relates to Bible prophecy, how could that be a source of pride? Because it makes you sound like you're the expert. Oh, please. I know I've asked you this before. I I shriek in horror when I'm referred to as a prophecy expert. I'm just like you. I'm your brother in Christ. I'm a Christian brother before I'm a pastor. I shy away from and am very uncomfortable in the spotlight. And by the way, it's very common, especially when it comes to Bible prophecy, to put the so called prophecy experts on a pedestal. I wonder what so and so, the Bible prophecy expert has to say about the recent developments. Really? Well, why don't you open up your Bible and see what Jesus said about the recent developments. It's a source of pride. And is it not true, as the Scripture says, knowledge puffs up. So I think we have to be careful. Okay, I know it's a chart. Just let me have my charts, please. Speaking of revelation, I want to point out I mean, this is, this is so cool. It is a powerful prophetic parallel comparing Matthew to Revelation. And as the Lord would have it, we just completed Chapter six, and today, Lord willing, we'll complete Chapter seven, which are all about the sealed judgments. But I want you to notice the connection, the parallel between what Jesus said in Matthew 24 in answering the disciples question about the end of the age, His soon return, and the end of the world. So it actually just gave me another excuse to put together another chart. So I did. But notice the eerily similar prophetic parallels that are already being seen today. Remember, this is not something far off. No, this is happening now. And people are living this. This touches the lives of everyday people. So What follows are these parallels between what Jesus prophesied would happen at the time of the end, as recorded in Matthew, and the sealed judgments as recorded in Revelation. But first, Can I just real quick read Matthew 24, beginning in verse 4 on through verse 8, and then we'll connect the dots to Revelation 6 using the chart. Matthew 24, again, Jesus speaking, answering their question. Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name claiming, I am the Messiah. and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, threats of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines, pestilences, plagues, slash pandemics, so-called, and earthquakes in diverse places, as some of your translations render it, various places. This carries with it the idea of there's going to be these massive earthquakes in places that would not normally have massive earthquakes. They're going to take place in different places, a variety of places, diverse places. But verse eight is what I mean, puts it all together, because he says all these are the beginning of birth pains. The Apostle Paul would go on to echo the Savior using this analogy And for good reason, because what do we know to be true about birth pains? They come in greater frequency and intensity. In other words, Jesus is likening everything on this list, starting with deception at the top of the list, that there will be this dynamic of increasing intensity and frequency in deception, wars, famines, pestilences, earthquakes. You could take one of these stand alone and document it. And it has been documented. And we owe a great debt of gratitude to those who have documented it. That exactly as Jesus said here, it is happening off the charts, just earthquakes alone. off the charts. You look at those graphs. I won't show you any more charts. I will second service. I think I don't have any more. No, I'll put the other one back up. But, but if you look at the charts, you know, not lists, this is more like a list. But you look at the charts and you know, there was like an earthquake in, you know, 1723. And then there was one in 1842. And then and then 2024. Wow. Again, can I just rewind for just one moment? If you tell somebody, yeah, have you noticed there's an increase in earthquakes lately? Yeah, I have. Bye. That's the end of the conversation. Now, if you say, did you know that Jesus said that there would be the increase of earthquakes. And when earthquakes started increasing in frequency and intensity, it would be a sign that we're one stroke away from His return and the end of the world. Again, you've just built that bridge between the information of Bible prophecy and the application of Bible prophecy. Well, it's with this preface and reading of the Savior's prophecy that I think we're ready to go through these, starting with what I would argue is the number one sign of the end. I don't think it's a coincidence that the very first thing that Jesus says will be a sign of the end is deception. And would you agree that right now deception and the powerful delusion is alive and well in the world today? I've quoted this CIA director from back in the 80s who said we will have completed our misinformation program when Americans believe everything is false. Deception. So in Matthew 24, Jesus says that there will be deception, these false Christs, and they will deceive many. Well, that's the first horse, the first seal. In Revelation 6, the white horse, it's the false Christ, the Antichrist, who rides a white horse, not to be confused with the White House. Let me have that one. And interesting the detail when this first seal is opened, the rider of the white horse, the Antichrist, he will deceive many. Matthew 24, Revelation 6, boom. Second one, war. Matthew 24, there will be wars and threats of wars. Revelation six, the second horse, the second seal is the red horse. What's the red horse do? Takes away peace from the earth. What happens when you take away peace? War, threats of wars. The third one, famine. Matthew 24, Jesus simply says there will be famines. Fast forward to Revelation six, the third horse. This is the black horse, of course, the black horse of death with scales representing the buying and selling. That's how they would measure the weight to see the price, you know what the price is. But The prices are so high that it takes an entire day's wages just to buy the ingredients to make the bread. That's not even ready-made bread. There's no drive-through burgers here. And it takes, think about that. What you make in one day, that's how much it's going to cost just to buy the ingredients to make bread. Famine. Then death. Well, of course, that's what ensues from plagues and pestilences. And by the way, it actually all stems from the wars. Wars create the famine that creates the death, that creates the plagues, that creates the pestilences and so on and so forth. Matthew 24, Jesus on the heels of siding famines, then says that there will be pestilences and plagues. Again, carrying with it the idea of what we call in our day pandemics, as we know them, plagues. Go to Revelation six, the fourth horse. This is of all the four horsemen of the apocalypse, as they're called, This is the one I don't, I don't want to be anywhere near. It's even hard just teaching about it. It's the pale horse. It's like a pale green. And in the original language of the Greek New Testament, the word for pale is chloros, from where we get our English word for the chemical chlorine. What are you saying, Pastor? Chemical bioweapons, chemical warfare? No. The Bible says that. And the rider of this pale, chlorous, ugly green horse, what's his name? And check this out. He's got somebody following behind him. What's his name? Hades. And key detail, they're given power. They don't have it. They don't even take it. It's given to them over one fourth of the Earth's population to kill them. And we're even told how they die. Let's, we've got, we've got more seals to go. How you doing? You okay? Number five, are you ready? Well, martyrs. This is, you see the progression here? Matthew 24, Jesus goes on to say, speaking of the seven year tribulation, that there's going to be persecution, chiefly of the Jews who will flee to Petra in modern day Jordan for the last 3.5 years. But there's going to be many martyrs during this time. Well, that's the fifth seal. When it's opened, we're told that countless are persecuted and martyred. And again, this is during the seven year tribulation. And these are those, and we're going to see the second service. These are those who we affectionately referred to as the tribulation saints, not the church. How do we know that? Because in chapters one through three of Revelation, the word church is mentioned 19 times. In chapter four, verse one, which all the way through to the end of the book, is all yet future, and the word church is not found one time. Actually, it's found at the very end, as I mentioned, but Ecclesia in the Greek. This is not Ecclesia during the seven year tribulation. You won't find the word church in the seven year tribulation, because chapters six through 19 in Revelation are all about the seven year tribulation, and the church is not mentioned one time in those chapters. Why is the church not mentioned in those chapters dealing with the tribulation? Because the church is not in the tribulation. Where's the church? In heaven. Earthquakes. We talked a little bit about this. Again, massive earthquakes in diverse places, various places. Matthew 24. Interesting. Revelation six. When we were going through this, the sixth seal is open. And you remember this? a great earthquake, so great is this earthquake that the stars of heaven fall to the earth like figs falling from a tree with a mighty wind. Okay, right there, I'm freaked out, I'm out. We haven't even got started, because now after the start, let that sink in. This is not, Figurative, metaphor, it's all symbolic. No. This is going to happen. This is literal. Unless it's clearly a metaphor or figurative in its context, you always take the Bible literally. Don't spiritualize it. Don't Anagolize it. Is anagolize a word we're going to say it is for today. So now I'm freaking out over the stars falling out of the sky like figs dropping to the ground. And if that weren't bad enough, the sky, the sky itself starts receding, rolling like a scroll. We're not done yet. especially if you live in Hawaii. Because we're then told after all that, every mountain and island is removed from its place. I wish it didn't say the word every. I wish it would have said like most. You know, so the So anyway, have a nice afternoon. The Hawaiian Islands are all the islands, all the mountains removed from its place. Now that's an earthquake. Well, this is where it gets better. Evangelism. By the way, this is the impetus for my title for Second Service, that tribulation can bring salvation. You know how many people have come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ because of Bible prophecy? You know how many people have come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ because of hardships and trials and tribulations in their lives? Again, let's be honest with ourselves, right? When things are going well, you're not thinking about eternity. That's why Solomon writes in Ecclesiastes 7, I use it at memorial services, It is better to go, it sounds at first read to be so morbid and dark, because Solomon writes that it's better to go to a memorial service than it is to go to a wedding. Like you sick man, what are you talking about? I would much rather go to a wedding and party. No, no, no, no, no. It's better if you go to the memorial service. You want to know why? Yeah, why? Because it's at the memorial service that you take seriously your mortality. and the reality of eternity. At a wedding, I mean, you're living it up and you're not thinking about eternity. You go to a memorial service. What do you think about? That could be me. Exactly. Was that, that was morbid just explaining it like that, wasn't it? That's the whole point. So What's the result? What's the end game from all that is going to happen? Well, there's going to be multitudes that are going to come to a saving knowledge of the true Christ, the true Messiah. It's been said that the greatest revival in human history will take place during the seven year tribulation. Those of you and who among us does not want there to be a revival, But during the seven year tribulation, the gospel is going to be preached to the uttermost parts of the earth. And we're told in Revelation six that when the seventh seal is opened, actually this is Revelation eight, because of the parenthetical chapter in seven. When the seventh seal is opened, sealing the 144,000 evangelists, it is going to bring a countless multitude to Christ. And again, we'll see that second service. But that's the purpose, isn't it? Why does God allow trials and tribulation and pain and suffering? Because it has a way of getting our attention and bringing us to Him in ways that we would not otherwise had it not been for that. What's the purpose of Bible prophecy? To bring people to Christ. That's where the goalposts are. That's the purpose. If you don't mind, I want to take the remainder of our time. I won't take long. Famous last words. But I want to expound on this fourth sealed judgment of plagues and pestilences. But In order to do that, we're going to end the live stream on Facebook and YouTube at this time. Perhaps it goes without saying, but one of the main indicators that we're a key stroke away is what we know today as some refer to it as the plandemic or if you prefer plagues and pestilences. And what's ensued is also prophesied in the Book of Revelation, which is that of what we know today as these so called vaccines. Did you know that that's actually in the Bible? That's Bible prophecy? See, I'm practicing on you. See, you see what I did, right? Did you know that vaccines are a sign that we're a keystroke away from the end of the world? You ready to back it up? You better believe it. But first, I want to share with you some recent headlines, which I'm basing this very bold claim that we are truly in every sense of the metaphor that I chose just a keystroke away. This is evidence irrefutable as far as I'm concerned. that were just a keystroke away from the sound of that trumpet and the pre-tribulation rapture of the church. I'll go through them quick, just the headlines. You ready? FDA approves vaccine for monkeypox, warns, get this, it may cause death in vaccinated and people they come in contact with. FDA authorizes keyword new, new approved COVID-19 vaccine without clinical data. Vaccine fatigue blamed as roughly, this is interesting, half of the people in the U.S. will skip COVID and flu shots this year. Next one. As measles cases increase, experts warn against vaccine skepticism. This one's hard. I don't even want to look at the picture. A joyful scene. More than 550,000, that's a half a million Gazan children have received the polio. Are you keeping up with this? The polio vaccine. How about this one? Anthrax. Did you forget? I thought we said never forget. You forgot. Anthrax outbreak in Wyoming claims the lives of 50 to 60 heads of cattle and a moose. I mean, these are real. I'm not pulling these out of thin air. Like I have the time to do that or whatever, do that anyway. Next one, Maine considering public health emergency over mosquito borne illnesses as animal cases tick up. Next one, first case of bird flu. without known animal contact detected in Missouri, according to the CDC. That's it. Did you? I handpicked these particular headlines because they provide us with a grocery list, as it were, of all kinds of vaccines and plagues and pestilences, plural, just as Bible prophecy foretells. Did you, can I just real quick read you the list from the headlines that I just shared? And please, as I do, know that there are many more. But we started off with Monkey Fox, a new COVID-19 vaccine the flu vaccine, measles vaccine, anthrax, who knew, polio, mosquito borne illnesses, and the bird flu. No wonder people don't want to leave their house. No wonder they're lined up to get the vaccine. The only thing that's being spread here It's not a virus, but fear. Okay, for those asking the question of how this puts us just one keystroke away, I want to share just a couple more headlines, only the headlines, and I do so with the hope that whether you live in the Middle East or Africa, China, Europe, Asia, or here in North America, you'll see that this is worldwide exactly as the prophecy in the second part of Revelation 18 23 tells us. What is the second part of Revelation 18 23 tell us? It tells us that vaccines are in Bible prophecy. How so? When Babylon falls, were told for by your sorcery, that's pharmakia in the Greek, from where we get pharmaceutical or pharmacy or pharma. By your pharmaceuticals, all the nations on earth were deceived. Deception. Pharmaceutical deception. It's found again in Revelation 9 21. where we're told that they did not repent of their murders or their, here it is again, sorceries, pharmakeia, or their sexual immorality, or their thefts. Again, just bear with me. I'm almost done. I appreciate your patience. But the common denominator between both of these prophecies is that every nation on earth will be in lockstep exactly as we saw in the year 2020. specific to this so-called pandemic dubbed COVID-19? Well, it seems that it's deja vu all over again, to quote Yogi Berra, with what's on the horizon. Here's the additional headlines, real quick. You ready? Brace yourself. Travelers will need permission and a fee to visit United Kingdom as part of new digitized system. COVID lockdowns changed teenagers brains, study reveals. Government vaccine scientists blows whistle. COVID shots were planned for 20 years. I've always said it, I'll say it again. The vaccine was made for, COVID was made for the vaccine. The vaccine was not made for COVID. And actually, by the way, I have documents going back further than 20 years. World Economic Forum finally tells the truth about COVID. It was a test of our obedience to rapidly forming new world order. I've actually heard Klaus Schwab Quote, this is a quote from Klaus Schwab. It was a dress rehearsal. You know what a dress rehearsal is? That was a couple of weeks ago, I think the title of the update. Now that the trial run is done. By the way, starting today, September 22nd, going through tomorrow, September 23rd, is the UN Summit of the Future. Now, what's the big deal? Well, in this summit, they are potentially going to ratify a, quote, pandemic treaty. What's that? Well, it essentially gives them complete control over any crisis. And this on the heels of the World Health Organization's recent declaration of a monkeypox pandemic threat. I don't have time. If ratified, they'll have sovereignty over every nation on earth, just like Revelation 18.23. Further, this would empower them to arbitrarily, unilaterally, and certainly prophetically mandate everything and anything. Everything from vaccinations, social distancing, lockdowns, travel restrictions, food rationings, and everything in between. It's just, well, they will also be empowered to employ strict and draconian penalties to punish. They'll suspend your account. Once it goes cashless to CBDC's, you'll be penalized if you don't comply. Here's the bottom line. Everything I've shared with you today points to what Jesus had to say about our day. What did Jesus have to say about our day? This is it. This is what the end is going to look like. And Jesus gave us the details, the prophecies, and everything is lined up. And it's exactly as Bible prophecy tells us it would be at the time of the end. That's why I am so adamant and dogmatic when I say, I don't say it for any other reason other than the fact that I truly believe it with all my heart, based on the preponderance of evidence prophetically, that we are at the end now. I mean, Jesus said, when you start seeing, I'm going to tell you what's going to happen before it happens. So when it starts to happen, non believers will believe and believers will look up. No other religious writing can make that claim. So Jesus says, I'm going to tell you in some cases, 2-3,000 years in advance of what's going to happen. So, and I'm telling you now, so that before it happens, so when it begins to happen, you're going to go, oh, that just came out of nowhere. Oh, Jesus said something about that. I know, because He wants us to know. And not just so that non believers will believe, but so that believers will be encouraged. I would venture to say there's not a person here today or watching online that doesn't need to be encouraged. And this is encouraging for believers, because what it means is we're almost out of this world in which we've long ago overstayed our welcome, being in it, but not of it. This is not our home. And I don't know if you've noticed this, but it's getting increasingly hostile to be a Christian in this world, not our home today. Have you noticed? Well, I'll close. Again, I appreciate your patience. You've probably noticed in recent weeks that there is such a sense of urgency right now. And it's due in large measure to the belief that I have that we are closer to the pre-tribulation rapture than any of us could possibly imagine. So I just have this burning fire in my heart to get Jesus to people, and people to Jesus as many as we can, and as fast as we can. You know what the Proverbs says? It is the wise person who wins souls. That's what it's all about. That's the purpose of these prophecy updates. That's why we do them. That's why we end with the Gospel. Because that's the end zone. Can I borrow that football metaphor? That's the end zone. Let's get into the end zone. That's the whole purpose of it. We started at the one yard line on their side of the field, and we're almost in the end zone. What's the end zone? Salvation and eternal life. And that's the gospel, the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ. Kindly allow me to just go through the ABCs of salvation, because this is just a simple childlike tool. It's not a formula. Please don't use it as a formula or see it like that. But when somebody comes to Christ, there has to be this acknowledging, admitting that they need the Savior. Now, how are they going to do that unless they also acknowledge that they've sinned, that they're a sinner? Romans 3 10 says there is no one righteous, not even one. The common answer you get from people is, well, I'm a good person. Well, you might be a good person, but you'll never be good enough. And here's why. Because Romans 3 23 says all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God. In other words, we were all born sinners, which is why we must be born again to enter the kingdom of heaven, spiritually born again, John 3. And then Romans 6 23, it's probably my favorite of all the Romans verses, because it starts off with the bad news first before the good news. And the bad of the bad news is the good of the good news will be. What's the bad news? Oh, you've been sentenced to death. That's kind of bad news. Yes, it is. For the wages of sin is death. You ready for the good news? I am so ready for the good news. The good news is the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. How does that work? What does that look like? Well, you've been sentenced to death. You've been found guilty, and you're about to be carried out of the courtroom of eternity. to have the sentence carried out, you're going to be put to death. And the judge of the universe is interrupted by a man walking into his courtroom. No ordinary man. This is the God man, fully God, fully man, Jesus, the Christ, who says to the judge of the universe, stop. I'll go to His death in His place. I'll go to her death in her place. And then the judge of the universe looks at you. And again, because he's a local judge, I'm just being respectful to the local judges here on the islands. He says, oh, good news. You're free to go. Your debt has been paid. Whom the Son has set free is free indeed. And it's a gift. Who paid for it? He did. How much did it cost? Everything. We are not our own, but purchased with a price. So He purchased for us the gift. And that's what it is, a gift. If you pay for it, it's not a gift, it's a purchase. He purchased it. It's a gift. Well, that brings us to the B, and that's for believe. And it's so central because once you acknowledge your need for the Savior, now you're putting your trust in the Savior and believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is Lord. This is Romans 10 9. It says if you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, you will be saved. and then out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. So what comes next? Well, if I've got Jesus in my heart, what's going to come out of my mouth? Jesus. I'm going to confess with my mouth or call upon the name of the Lord. 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. Hang on to that word will, because that is going to come up one more time here in Romans 10, 13. And I'm so glad, and you should be too, that it says will and not might. All who call upon the name of the Lord will be saved. That is how childlike simple It is to be safe. And again, aren't you glad? It's not complicated. Like you have to, you know, agree to terms of service or know, you know, a certain algorithm or some quantum physics thing. I'm toast. Just there's no way I could get saved. No, it's so simple. For God's who love the world. that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever would believe, put their trust in Him, would not perish, but have everlasting life. Well, again, I appreciate your patience. Today's God Testimony is a little on the heartbreaking side. It comes from Becky Robert, who writes, Hi, JD, I just finished listening to you read the letter from the woman whose husband changed so much before passing after getting the vaccine that she couldn't even comfort him at the end. The last four years of my life have been turned upside down. My sister, 70 years old, overweight and with COPD, caught the C in 2020 and did not survive. And this is before the jabs. This caused our family to have different levels of fear. My husband of 36 years had one jab and one booster. He had a reaction to one. Following this, he became so angry about everything. In my face, yelling at me. I'm not comfortable sharing all the details. It was getting so bad, I became truly afraid of him. For my safety, I left. And sadly, we are now divorced. And by the way, this story plays out 1000 times a day all over the world. Sadly, because I very, very much loved the man I married, who wasn't the same man I loved. My daughter and her family also took all the shots and boosters, all of them. My brother and his wife too. I didn't take any. I was yelled at and chastised for not getting it, even banned from my daughter's home. Every time I felt I was succumbing to the pressure, I would pray for something to tell them that would be definitive proof for them. But God came through like always, researching the ingredients in the jab. And my medication, I learned there was a high number of reactions of myocarditis, which killed my grandfather. and pericarditis, which my mom had. I was able to use this to tell them there is too high a risk. They still chewed me out, but even by that time, when the word was getting out that people were having issues, et cetera, while they stopped pressuring me, they still continued to get jabs. The biggest personality change was my daughter. Not only was I banned from her home, she is no longer speaking to me. I have not been able to speak to her or spend time with my grandkids for two years. I used to watch them and transport them when help was needed. I would see them at least once a week with sleepovers at least once a month. The amount of stress I feel and see in others every day has increased 2000% because of this evil plot. I pray for my family every day, multiple times a day. I know I can't make up their mind for them or force them to reach back out to Jesus. As for my grandkids, I had a memory stick of Sunday school songs that we played and sang to every time we were in the car, which was a lot. I hold on to the hope that a seed was planted with those songs. Oh, and my ex-husband shared with me not too long ago that he wishes he would have never gotten the vaccine. I wish he wouldn't have to. so much anger and hurtfulness. There is still good because God is still good. Evil is rampant, but God will have the final word. God bless. Becky. Capone, come on up. You can stand up. We'll close in prayer, close in song. I know a little heavy, a little heartbreaking. This is the reality of where people live. You know that, right? would to God that we would be bridge builders, leading people to Christ. Father, thank You. Lord, we know what's coming. You told us before that this would happen, so that when we started to see it happen, that we would start paying attention. wake up out of our spiritual slumber. And for those who are not believers, that they would believe in You, the I am. And those of us who are believers, many of whom I know are going through some horrific, painful trials. Lord, I pray that they are encouraged today knowing that that trumpet can sound any day. So thank You, Lord. And lastly, Lord, for anybody who's never put their trust in You, I pray that they would not delay the most important decision of their life for eternal life. Please, Lord, let today be their day, the day of their salvation. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.