What I'm going to do though, I don't
know how many of you listened to part
one, it's good that you listened to part
one as well, and this will be kind
of the twin to that.
But let me just tell you up front,
in case you didn't hear that, I'm going
to let Scripture speak for itself, because great
men of God, far smarter than me, theologians,
doctorate degrees, they are divided.
They are divided on the millennial reign, they
are divided on the rapture, even though we
know it's going to happen, they are divided
on all these different things.
Why?
Because the Bible is not crystal clear on
how, what, when, why, where in many areas.
So we kind of have to fill in
the blanks.
So if you gravitate towards Calvary Chapel style,
you'll embrace that view.
If you graduated from or listened to pastors
from Dallas Theological Seminary, you will gravitate towards
that view.
If you are more of the Reformed faith,
you're going to gravitate towards that view.
So some people believe we are living in
the millennial reign now because of some of
the allegories in Revelation, and I'm not against
allegory or metaphors or similes, those types of
things.
For example, sometimes we say, boy, those people
are really locking horns on this issue.
Well, are they really locking horns?
No, of course not.
They are arguing, debating.
So we have things that we talk about.
The Bible has things that it talks about
that aren't really what the thing is, but
it's using this thing to convey a message.
When Jesus said, I am the bread of
life, He's not bread.
I am living water.
Well, He's not water like in the baptismal
here.
So the Bible does use imagery.
It does use analogies and different things.
So that's a whole different topic on itself.
You'd have to look at Old Testament imagery.
If you listen to Idleman Unplugged, I would
encourage you to scroll down in the Facebook
feed or YouTube, and myself and Luke talked
about different ways to interpret Scripture on looking
at the law of first mention, how was
the word used in the Bible when it
was first mentioned, and that will give you
some type of consistency throughout the Bible to
see how that word is used in the
context, historically, grammar, and according to grammar rules
and all these different things.
So what I'm going to do, though, is
I'm just going to read Scripture.
I'm going to let Scripture speak for itself
because there are two groups listening, no doubt.
One group has already made up their mind.
They've got their eschatology down, their end times
theology down.
Here's what they believe, and they just want
to see if I line up with what
they believe.
And then the other group that I would
say the majority of people are in, they
are confused.
They don't know what to believe.
They've heard the mark of the beast.
They've heard one world government.
They've heard antichrist.
They've heard the tribulation.
They've heard the millennial reign of Christ and
pre-trib and post-trib and all these
different things.
So I'm just going to allow Scripture to
speak for itself because, again, I can't say
this is exactly what's going to happen.
I don't want to tell people, hey, before
it gets really difficult, you're going to be
raptured out of here, so don't worry about
it.
To me, you could be really hurting people
later on down the line.
But we do know when God, I believe
God pours out His wrath, His judgment, that
believers are spared.
We are not to experience the wrath of
God.
But we will experience the wrath of evil
rulers here on the planet earth.
So that's where it's hard to find that
line of demarcation.
Where is that line from God's judgment and
tribulation and different things?
But I do know this, we will know
at some point how it all pans out.
And during that season of waiting, it can
become a little difficult.
It can be confusing.
So I just like to read what the
Scriptures say.
So let's look first at the rapture.
1 Thessalonians 4 Beginning in verse 13.
I'm going to actually read from the NIV
version of the Bible.
Paul is talking to the church and he's
comforting them.
He says, Brothers and sisters, we do not
want you to be uninformed about those who
sleep in death so that you do not
grieve like the rest of mankind who have
no hope.
So, these people are grieving, I believe number
one, because people have died and they don't
know, did Jesus already return?
Are we left here?
What's going on?
So there was a lot of uncertainty about
what was happening.
So Paul said, Listen, you have hope.
You have hope in Jesus Christ for eternity.
These people have no hope that don't know
Christ.
So, when a person dies, do not grieve
because you will see them again.
For we believe that Jesus died and rose
again, and so we believe that God will
bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep
in Him.
Now, this is not soul sleep.
Some denominations, I wouldn't say denominations, I would
say some cults, teach soul sleep.
In other words, when you die, you're just
asleep.
And we know from Scripture that to be
absent in this body is to be present
with Christ.
And we do know that unbelievers go somewhere
awaiting their judgment.
So there is no sleeping.
The soul cannot sleep because the soul of
man is eternal.
That being the spirit of man, however you
want to define that.
So according to the Lord's Word, we tell
you that those who are still alive, so
that would be talking to us now, those
who are still alive who are left until
the coming of the Lord, so let's highlight
that, the Lord is coming again.
They will certainly not precede those who have
fallen asleep.
Those who are dead.
So those of us who live now will
not proceed, which is go first to be
with Jesus or Jesus coming down to take
us up.
We will not precede those.
We will not go before those.
The picture is all people.
Revelation, I think I can read this later,
where the sea gave up its dead and
the land gave up its dead, and we
see that those who have died and those
who are still alive when the Lord comes
will be caught up together.
That's where the word rapture comes from.
There's a catching up.
There's a departing from the earth.
For the Lord Himself will come down from
Heaven.
So the Lord Himself will come down from
Heaven.
He is coming down to Heaven.
I'm sorry, from Heaven with a loud command
with the voice of the archangel and with
the trumpet call of God.
That's why some people when they read Revelation,
they think that that trumpet, the call of
God, in some of those cases is Jesus
coming for His church.
And the dead in Christ will rise first.
After that, we are still alive and who
are left will be caught up together with
them in the clouds to meet the Lord
in the air.
And so, we will be with the Lord
forever.
So we see this in Scripture here.
The Lord Himself coming down from Heaven and
then others here and those who have died
coming up and there's a catching up.
There's a being caught up with Jesus Christ.
That's what is clearly taught.
Now here's where it gets interesting because when
the Bible says the Lord will come back,
many people say that that is His second
coming.
They don't see that Jesus comes back for
the rapture of the church and then later,
He comes again.
They are synonymous.
They are together.
Many great teachers teach this.
Good teachers, I should say, teach that the
rapture here we're reading and His second coming
are all one event.
However, most of us, including myself, who have
been taught over the years that there is
a rapture of the church and then, after
the tribulation, after the millennial reign, then Jesus
comes back at His second coming.
But what I want to do then is
read Scripture in context.
I just read 1 Thessalonians 4 and you
can do this tonight.
Read 1 Thessalonians 4 and remove the chapter
and the verses.
Just let the Scripture flow.
Here's what it says.
So the dead will be caught up together
with those of us who are alive and
so we will be with the Lord forever,
but concerning the times and the seasons, brethren,
you have no need that I should write
you.
In other words, you know, you can see
the handwriting on the wall which many of
us even can see now.
For you yourselves know perfectly that the day
of the Lord so comes as a thief
in the night.
For when they say, peace, peace, and safety,
then sudden destruction comes upon them.
And for me, that can only mean when
Jesus is coming, what people say is the
rapture is actually His second coming because like
a thief in the night, He comes.
And people, there is terror, there is great
fear and anxiety because like a thief in
the night with sudden destruction, He comes.
So personally, just reading the Scripture.
That's why it says, as a pregnant woman
has labor pains, they shall not escape, but
you, brethren, are not in darkness so that
this day should not overtake you as a
thief.
Therefore, comfort one another and edify each other.
And in doing so, you please God.
So if you read all of chapter 4
and chapter 5 in 1 Thessalonians in context,
again, to me, this is just my opinion
how I read it, it appears that when
Jesus comes back in chapter 4, this is
not just a nice coming.
This is a coming where He is going
to be like a thief in the night
and sudden destruction will come upon the earth.
So personally, where I'm at right now, I
see the rapture of the church and Jesus'
second coming as one event, one fulfillment where
I'm at.
So you don't have to email me, all
these things.
I've read tons of things.
I've seen all different sides.
But just reading Scripture, that's where I'm at
right now in my position on eschatology.
You ask 20 different people their views, you'll
probably get 20 different opinions.
So that's what the rapture is.
There's a Jesus, whether you believe it's separate
from a second coming, whatever you believe, the
dead in Christ are going to rise and
those who are alive are going to rise
and be caught up with Jesus.
That is coming.
That is certain.
That is a non-negotiable that Jesus is
coming for His church.
And then we have something that's called the
millennium.
Revelation 20, and He laid hold of the
dragon, that serpent of old, who is the
devil and Satan, and bound him for a
thousand years.
And He threw him into the abyss and
shut it and sealed it over so that
he would not deceive the nations any longer.
I wish it ended there, but it doesn't.
Until the thousand years were completed, after these
things, he must be released again for a
short time.
Why couldn't this joker just go to the
lake of fire and be done with?
Why is he released again?
Millennium.
So, here's where it gets interesting.
I looked up the eight times that a
thousand years is mentioned in the Bible.
And every single time, it's not a literal
thousand years.
So again, just my opinion, my own study
in this.
I'll give you two examples.
Psalm 94, chapter 90, verse 4.
For a thousand years in your sight are
like yesterday when it passes by, or as
a watch in the night.
And then Ecclesiastes 6, chapter 6, verse 6.
Even if the other man lives a thousand
years twice and does not enjoy good things,
do not all go to one place.
And there's other examples.
It's not a thousand years, but one day
to the Lord.
So, that's why people don't take this thousand
year reign as a literal thousand years.
They also know that the devil is not
bound by a big chain.
Like you see those big chains that hold
a battleship in place on the dock.
I mean, he's not bound by a physical
chain.
So we do see some of these things
here.
If you're wanting to know my opinion, what
I read into this, to me it looks
like the millennial reign, this period here, is
an actual thousand years.
If you're just asking my opinion.
And why do I say that?
Because I'm going to read Scripture.
Then I saw thrones, and they sat on
them, and judgment was given to them.
So people are going to sit on thrones
and judge during this period.
So that's why again, I'm thinking it could
be a legitimate thousand year period because he's
giving a synopsis of what is happening during
this period.
And I saw the souls of those who
have been beheaded because of their testimony during
this time of Jesus and because of the
Word of God.
And those who had not worshipped the beast
or his image and had not received the
mark.
It's interesting, Revelation never talks about the Antichrist.
That word is not in Revelation.
The Revelation talks about the beast and the
false prophet.
These massive deceivers that come into our world
and deceive many.
That's just a side note by the way.
So whoever takes the mark of the beast,
whoever worships the beast, on their forehead and
on their hand, what happens to these people?
It says right here, those who have not
worshipped the beast and have taken his mark.
So those who reject the mark of the
beast, whatever that mark is, we'll talk about
that in a minute.
Those who reject that are beheaded and they
are killed.
So again, he's talking about this millennial period.
Now I should clarify, last week I mentioned
that John MacArthur caught a lot of heat
because he said that after a person gets
the mark of the beast, they can repent
later on.
Now, some of you should listen to that
sermon again because I did not say that's
what I'm saying.
I actually said I wouldn't say that.
I wouldn't word it that way.
I said you have to be careful.
We don't want to offer people that type
of false hope.
However, I can see where, because Scripture is
not crystal clear on this issue, but it
does give hints that once you take that
mark, once you deny Jesus in this area,
there is a sealing that could take place.
It doesn't say that, but there are hints
here and there.
I'm going to read in just a minute.
So my thought is, I don't know if
a person can repent and believe after they
take the mark.
I would lean towards saying no.
Once they make that decision, their conscience has
been seared and they have rejected Jesus Christ
right then and there and they take this
mark of identification with the antichrist system.
So, it's a very serious matter.
So, it says, those who did not accept
the mark on their forehead or on their
hand.
Oh, it actually says on their forehead and
on their hand.
So this is interesting because some people say
it's one or the other.
It could be both and it might not
even be a mark on a forehead or
a hand.
I'll talk about that in a minute.
And these people who rejected the antichrist, they
came to life and they reigned with Christ
for a thousand years.
So again, the wording of this, if you
actually look up the Greek and it takes
a little bit of time and you look
at the sentence structure of it, it could
mean an actual period of a thousand years.
However, if it doesn't, no skin off my
back.
Jesus conquers this joker and Jesus prevails in
the end.
How that all unfolds, I'm going to let
God worry about that.
And some of you, I think, you get
too caught up in eschatology.
You call people false prophets that don't agree
with you on the non-essentials.
That's wrong and that's prideful and that's arrogant
and it needs to be repented of.
It's a rebellious, critical spirit that you have.
The rest of the dead did not come
to life until the thousand years were complete.
So see, the picture he's painting is an
actual thousand year period in my mind reading
the text.
So the rest of the dead did not
come to life until the thousand years were
complete.
So there's this thousand year of millennial reign.
Another reason people would think that there needs
to be a millennial reign is because some
of the fulfillments of Christ on His throne,
in the Old Testament, would come to fulfillment
here in the words of John the Revelator.
This is the first resurrection.
Blessed and holy is the one who has
a part in the first resurrection.
Over these, the second death has no power.
So the first resurrection is those who believe
in Jesus Christ.
They are saved.
They are sealed by the Holy Spirit.
That is the first resurrection.
They are brought to life, the newness in
Christ.
They are sealed.
But the second death, the second resurrection is
very, very alarming to many people and it
should be because the Bible says man is
appointed once to death.
Once, once.
And then after that, the judgment.
There's a judgment after that.
And it's often called the second death.
Isn't that interesting?
The first death is a physical sensation of
life.
The body dies physically.
The first death.
But then there's the judgment and the soul
or the spirit, whatever you want to call
that aspect that lives on in eternity, that
person is judged.
And that becomes the second death.
Because death is separation from God.
So the first death is the body is
separated.
The second death is the spirit is separated
from God.
The second death.
And let me reassure you that that death
is far greater than the first death.
We should actually not fear the first death.
Nobody should fear death.
Granted, I'm not looking forward to it.
I don't want to know how it happens.
I've got things to do.
God has called me here for a season.
But ultimately, and then fear comes in our
mind sometimes and we don't want to, you
know, people say, you know, do you want
to burn to death or do you want
to drown?
I don't want to do either.
I just want to go to sleep and
I want God to take me.
But there's a hope.
And our hope isn't here.
Our hope is in Jesus Christ because we
will not experience the second death which is
judgment.
So he says, blessed and holy is the
one who has a part in the first
resurrection.
The second death has no power over you.
But you'll be priests of God and of
Christ and will reign with Him for a
thousand years.
So this is, I believe, when we are
reigning with Christ and it's a literal thousand
years because of the context of this, in
my opinion.
I know people like Sam Storm, a person
I highly respect, would probably disagree with me
on this and others.
And that says, when the thousand years are
completed, Satan will be released from his prison.
Now there's a lot of speculation.
He is bound, which means his influence is
bound.
But then there's a short time where he's
released again.
And I personally don't know the exact purpose
of that.
So that is the millennium.
That's the millennial reign of Christ.
So when people say, are you premillennial or
postmillennial?
I don't know if midmillennial is probably not
a belief.
Midtribulation is and different things.
But premillennial, a person believes that Jesus is
coming back before the millennial reign.
Second, postmillennial believes differently in that.
And you can Google it.
Study it.
There's a lot of information out there.
It would take me many, many months to
fully unpack this topic.
And then we want to talk about the
Antichrist.
The Antichrist.
He is mentioned in Revelation.
I'm sorry, he's not mentioned in Revelation.
Just the beast is, what I said earlier.
And I like what Sam Storm said.
Sam Storm.
I'm open, but I'm not entirely convinced.
So that's where I'm at in this journey
of eschatology over 20 years where I haven't
really taught on it in a firm way
because it's kind of fluid.
I don't know.
I don't want to say, thus saith the
Lord on things that are not really clear.
But I'm open.
I'm open to the current understanding, but I'm
not yet entirely convinced.
Let me read to you.
Daniel 9.24 Seventy weeks are decreed for
your people and your holy city to stop
their transgressions, to put an end to sin,
and to make atonement for the iniquity, to
bring everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and
prophecy, and to anoint the most holy place.
Now, most agree that this is talking about
Jesus and Him coming and that fulfillment.
And then verse 25, Know and understand this
from the issuance of the decree to restore
and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince.
There will be seven weeks and sixty-two
weeks.
It will be rebuilt with streets and a
trench, but in times of distress.
Most would agree this is referring, especially if
I could put up a big calendar here
of the exact time when the decree went
out and Cyrus is involved and there's a
decree and Daniel wrote about it and then
you have Ezra and Nehemiah.
Ezra going first, then Nehemiah rebuilding Jerusalem.
Ezra the temple, Nehemiah the wall.
And you see this fulfillment is happening.
It's actually amazing to look at the dates.
Then after the sixty-two weeks, the Messiah
will be cut off and will have nothing.
Many would say this is the crucifixion on
the cross if you look at the dates
of this prophecy.
Now here's where it gets interesting.
Then the people of the Prince who is
to come will destroy the city and the
sanctuary.
Then the end will come like a flood
and until the end there will be war.
Desolations have been decreed.
And then verse 27, and He will confirm
a covenant with many for one week.
So some people, I don't know how the
word He becomes the Antichrist.
Because it doesn't really say that.
Now you can say the Prince who is
to come is this.
Some people say it was Titus who conquered
Jerusalem in 70 A.D. But for me,
just reading this, especially when it goes on
to say He will put an end to
sacrifice and offering.
That's why some people believe that this is
referring to Jesus Christ putting an end to
sacrifice and offering by His ultimate sacrifice on
the cross.
And on the wing of the temple will
come the abomination that causes desolation until the
decree destruction is poured out upon Him.
So many would see that the wrath of
God is being poured out on Jesus Christ.
Now, again, like I said earlier, I'm going
to read it to you.
I'm open, but I'm not entirely convinced.
I'm open that this passage could be talking
about an Antichrist.
A leader that will make a covenant with
Israel and break that covenant.
Personally, I've read Revelation many times.
I've read it all in one day.
I've studied both sides.
I can't make that connection unequivocally.
Without a shadow of a doubt, this is
what's going to happen.
I just think there's too many loose ends.
There's too many what-ifs.
There's too much speculation to know and wonder
how did this He, this Prince who is
to come, He will confirm a covenant.
How did this He become the Antichrist when
actually the context of that whole passage is
talking about Jesus?
So, that's where I'm at right now.
Going forward in 10 years, you can ask
me again, and we will probably know more.
But I do see the nation of Israel
when it was rebuilt.
And I see the focus there.
I see that many of the blessings given
to Abram in the nation of Israel have
been fulfilled by the church.
I do see that, but I do see
also running parallel, just to me there appears
to be a plan for Israel and a
plan for the church.
I don't embrace covenant theology.
I don't embrace replacement theology where the church
has replaced Israel completely.
I'm open on both issues, but I think
there's a plan for Israel based on the...
Look at this little speck of land over
there and all the turmoil about it.
It was rebuilt in the 1948 war and
different things.
And Jerusalem is now...
The embassy has been moved.
And the attacks against Israel.
And you see a lot of reports out
there that they're wanting to build another temple.
And that's where I have another problem with
the millennial reign as well.
Why would God want a temple and sacrifices?
And people say, well, it's just a memorial.
No, that's not a good memorial.
That's a blasphemous memorial.
So is Ezekiel talking about something different?
That's why I'm saying there's so much speculation
out there.
But I do see that there could be
a plan for Israel.
And I do see that God is still
concerned about that area of property in my
opinion.
And how he said, David, I will bless
it.
I will bless you down through all generations.
All nations will be blessed because of you.
So I can't make that separation even though
I do see some of the promises.
The Gentiles have been grafted in, so to
speak, and we receive many of the blessings
of Israel in that covenant relationship.
So, that's why many people see it running
two different ways.
The church and Israel.
And we will know in the end how
that all plays out.
You can also see how they could be
the epicenter of what is taking place here
in the future with a one world government.
And the reason I lean towards a lot
of what is taught with one world government
and the one world leader and the mark
is because that's where it looks like everything
is going.
With this coronavirus that has completely gotten out
of control politically, and they are using it
as a weapon.
You can see how they could bring fear
into the lives of millions if not billions
of people.
People crying out for a one world system.
A one world leader.
And then you have to have allegiance to
that leader and you can't buy or sell
or do anything without your allegiance to that
leader.
We're seeing that unfold in China right now.
So, I can definitely see how we are
moving in that direction.
So, with that said the mark of the
beast well that comes from Revelation 13.
Revelation 13 you can begin reading in verse
11.
Then I saw another beast rising out of
the earth.
It had two horns like a lamb and
it spoke like a dragon.
Don't try to guess what this is.
I've seen many people have different views on
this.
All we know is that John saw this
image.
And it exercises all the authority of the
first beast and in its presence and makes
the earth and its inhabitants worship the first
beast.
So here we see a hierarchy.
A trinity if you will of the antichrist
spirit of the false prophet, the beast.
They are working in unison here.
Two different people.
And they even have fire come down from
heaven.
They perform great signs.
So this is interesting.
I don't know how that is going to
happen.
That's going to be a miraculous working of
evil.
And by the signs they are allowed to
work in the presence of the beast.
It deceives those who dwell on the earth.
So this is why we have to be
careful.
Signs and wonders and these amazing things aren't
necessarily an indication that God is in it.
False prophets can do false things.
We don't really see that to the magnitude
that Moses saw it.
Or that we read about here.
But it can and it will happen.
Jesus said many will come to me in
that day and say we did all these
things in your name.
Casting out demons and doing great things.
And he says depart from me.
I don't know you those who practice lawlessness.
So picking up.
The beast deceives those who dwell on the
earth.
Telling them to make an image for the
beast that was wounded by the sword and
yet lived.
So we see this false system.
There will be something, an image that is
worshipped.
And if somebody tries to tell you exactly
what it is, be careful.
Because we do not know.
It's fun to speculate, but we do not
know.
And it was allowed to give breath to
the image of the beast so that the
image of the beast might even speak and
might cause those who would not worship the
image of the beast to be slain.
They would kill those who don't worship him.
Also it causes all, both small and great,
rich and poor, slave and free to be
marked on the right hand or the forehead.
So that no one can buy or sell
unless he has the mark that is the
name of the beast or the number of
it's name.
So that's where the mark of the beast
comes from.
There's a clear warning that there's going to
be some type of system that you have
to have a mark on you.
There's something that indicates you.
That gives an indication what side are you
on.
And that's why personally I think this November
election and political issues are so important.
This is why many don't want to talk
about it.
This is why the other party doesn't like
me talking about it.
Because it upsets things and it ignites things.
And leaders are going to play a huge
role in the direction of our nation.
If you see the wrong person in office
in November, you can kiss your Christian liberties
goodbye.
I think that things like this could be
magnified and multiplied much sooner if the wrong
people are in positions of leadership.
So no one could buy or sell.
This calls for wisdom.
Let the one who has understanding calculate the
number of the beast.
For its number is that number of a
man.
And that number is 666.
Isn't it interesting?
God's numbers of completion and perfection 777.
This takes on 666.
And as I talked about last week, you
want to listen to that message.
If you look at the Hebrew numerical value
of the letters for Nero, Caesar, Caesar, Nero,
it comes out to 666.
Was John writing this letter to warn the
early church about Caesar, Nero?
And I explained that last week.
I'm not convinced of that.
But that is one idea out there.
But my thoughts on this are a few.
And I want to share them with you.
It's a symbol of who you will follow.
It may not be a mark.
An actual mark.
The Bible talks about being marked by God.
You are a child of God.
You are marked with His spirit.
So Christians will have the spirit of God.
Others will not.
There will be a mark.
So it could be physical.
It could be something on forehead or on
your hand.
Or the big thing right now is vaccines
and having a chip.
There could be a chip implanted.
Now, let me just encourage you a little
bit.
Nobody is going to sneak something into you.
Like, I got this vaccine.
Oh no, I took the mark of the
beast.
No, it's going to be clear.
It's going to be so clear that people
will lose their life over it.
So you will have to make a decision.
Those who are here.
Depending on your rapture eschatology.
See where this gets interesting.
So, you're going to have to make a
decision.
Accept the false system.
The godless system.
And be identified with them.
And then you can buy and sell and
different things.
Or be marked by God.
And be cast off from this world system.
And Kanye West is in the news again.
I don't know if you can be surprised
by that.
But he said that COVID-19 vaccine is
a mark of the beast.
And Hank Hanegraaff responded.
You can read that article.
I think if you just Google Kanye West
says COVID-19 vaccine is a mark of
the beast.
Hank Hanegraaff responds.
Actually, Hank Hanegraaff a while ago.
Probably over a decade ago.
Came out and he said he embraced the
all millennial view that revelation was fulfilled when
Titus conquered the city of Jerusalem in 70
AD.
Very interesting.
He caught a lot of flack for that.
And I'm not sure why.
Because people should have different views on this.
But it really ruffles people's feathers if you
don't gravitate towards their view.
Trust me.
So, the forehead and the hands.
Here's what's interesting about the forehead and the
hands.
What I talked about.
Look at Old Testament imagery.
Old Testament imagery.
When they would talk about writing things on
their forehead or things on their hands, it
was always a symbol of their belief and
their behavior.
They would not take some charcoal from a
fire and when God said write something on
your hand or write something on your forehead,
it was always in relation to their behavior
and to their actions.
So this mark might be more aligned with
how we behave and how we act.
Who we identify with.
Now, I do find it interesting.
The Federal Reserve is working on digital currency
as we speak.
They want to replace the dollar.
So you can see a lot of this
is coming to be fulfilled.
That's why I don't put an early date
on the book of Revelation.
I don't think it was necessarily pertaining to
AD 70, even though there are some interesting
connections.
I see a lot of this being fulfilled
now.
So they want to get rid of the
dollar and move to digital currency based on
something called block chain technology.
Block chain technology.
Now, I'm not an expert on explaining this,
but let me try.
If you take a Google document and you
share it.
I just did this today for this sermon
actually.
Sent it to the office here to have
it be printed.
I didn't give them something and exchange something
or lose something.
We actually gave a document that we can
now all share and now all access at
the same time.
So it's different than printed money going from
one person to the next.
It's a shared resource.
And you can all look at it at
the same time.
Now, there's some pros and cons to this.
I don't like it because the Bible seems
to speak ill of it.
But they are going to present it as
this wonderful thing and it might have benefits.
I don't think it won't have benefits.
But you should be strategic on how you
plan ahead, having cash on hand, little gold
or silver.
You want to be strategic.
And there was something out there on Facebook
that Dave Ramsey said.
Here's why we don't want to go cashless.
This is what a cashless society will do.
But you have to fact check these.
He actually put on Twitter, he said, this
is not me.
I did not say that.
And that article has some good points on
what cashless society means.
But I looked at some of those points
and I didn't agree with some of that.
Well, no, you can still do this.
You can still take an odd job and
get paid.
So, you know, I'm not looking forward to
this.
I want to hold on to the cash
as long as we can and not move
into Revelation chapter 13 too quick.
But these things are coming.
Now, the mark of the beast, a chip
in the vaccine.
I get a question about that every day.
So, I don't know how long should I
stay here, Luke.
Camp out for a minute.
Yes, they can implant a chip.
You can see Bill Gates has talked about
it before.
And yes, I know about Big Pharma, Bill
Gates, Fauci.
You know, there's an agenda to push a
lot of these things.
And a chip can go into the vaccine.
But if they did that for tracking purposes,
you would still have to clearly reject God.
It's not like you get this vaccine and
then now you're walking around like a robot
who took the mark of the beast.
It'll be so clear.
So clear that people will die because of
it.
So, don't worry about that.
But I should probably give you, let's call
this Pastor Shane's vaccine rant, okay?
Give me just a minute because people say
all the time, what do you think about
vaccines?
What are your thoughts?
I have a history, I have a background
of health and fitness.
I'm not an expert in any one area.
I'm a jack of all trades, but an
expert in none is what I would say.
But I'm just wondering why is there such
a big push for vaccines but not healthy
alternatives?
That's my big beef really because, well, just
get the vaccine.
People are like, if we would just get
the vaccine, I want to tell them, no,
you need to stop driving through McDonald's and
Panda Express and Baskin Robbins and 31 Flavors
and get off the couch and exercise.
You need to eat God-given foods that
will build up your immune system.
You need to get on high dosages of
vitamin C.
You need to get on clodial silver, elderberry,
echinacea, all these different things that actually build
up what they're called the immune support.
Why?
Because they encourage the immune system to build
up and strengthen itself.
Why are there no natural remedies being promoted?
Why?
Because it does not pay the bills.
It does not bring in the big dollars.
And you can just research.
Look at what they've tried with intravenous use
of vitamin C for cancer.
Vitamin C is a wonderful tool.
You can look at vitamin E, Q enzyme
ubiquinol, and vitamin K and D combination and
B complex vitamins.
All these things are wonderful for actually helping
to prevent the virus.
And so that's why I get a little
worked up because a vaccine is not going
to fix your poor health problem.
That has to be fixed from the inside
out.
If people would strengthen their immune system, if
we would start losing weight and strengthening our
immune system, that's how you're going to fix
the healthcare problem.
Healthcare.
Everyone's sick.
What's going on?
We've got to get off the junk food
that's made in a factory and get back
to eating God-given food.
And you might even fast for a season.
Give your body a chance to rest.
Let autophagy take place and begin to consume
the dead cells and the cancerous cells of
the body.
You have to allow the body to heal
itself.
So many realize that there is a big
push for vaccines because there is ulterior motives
driven by revenue.
So, people ask, well, are you an anti
-vaccine person?
Anti-vax is what they call it.
I'm for anything that works well.
So, I don't take that label because if
something works, it works well, then I would
be for it.
But we have to be careful.
For example, they throw out amoxicillin.
Oh, if you're sick, take amoxicillin.
If you're sick, take amoxicillin.
Well, antibiotics actually that word antibiotic against life.
They kill all your good microbiome.
So, by putting all of our kids always
on antibiotics, we're actually doing a lot of
damage to their gut bacteria, to their immune
system.
It kills everything good as well.
However, I believe that there can be a
time and a place for these things.
But what they do is they just throw
the baby out with the bath water.
Think about this.
You go to a physician.
Doctor, I've got high cholesterol.
High cholesterol.
Well, you better get on this statin drug
that tells your liver to stop producing cholesterol.
Not a good idea.
It might be for some very few people.
The best idea is to change your diet
completely around and get out, start working, lose
some of that weight, and let your cholesterol
level get to a normal level.
And I'm a fan that I don't think
the big problem is cholesterol, HDL, LDL levels
and all those things.
I believe we're missing it.
I believe we're eating poisonous food that is
causing trouble in our body.
That's the real issue.
And if you're interested, I talk more about
that in my book, Feasting and Fasting at
shaneidleman.com Feasting and Fasting.
You can download it for free.
Some of those links charge, but some of
those links are free.
I'm not trying to sell anything.
I'm trying to give you a free resource
that will help you understand a lot of
these dynamics on how the body works.
And a friend of mine, Dr. Daniel Pompa,
said this about vaccines.
And it's right on the money.
Vaccines actually stimulate the wrong immune system.
The Th1, capital T, lowercase h1, the Th1
response is a lifetime immunity.
So, when I'm attacked by a virus, my
body responds by producing antibodies that fight the
virus.
And that type of response is, that immune
response is lifetime.
But when a vaccine, when the foreign substance
enters in, then it is called the T2
response, and that's temporary immunity, which is what
the vaccine stimulates.
And that's why you need, have you ever
heard the term booster shots?
Well, I just had a shot a year
ago, too.
Why do I need a booster shot?
Because it's a temporary fix.
And we all know, just research it, the
flu vaccine.
People still get sick.
They still get the flu.
I like what Dr. Fauci said.
He told Congress a few months ago, there's
no guarantee that the vaccine is actually going
to be effective.
There's no guarantee.
So why are we doing it?
Because there is an ulterior motives and there
is an agenda.
It's profit driven.
I'm going to talk briefly about, I'm going
to close, not close, but I'm going to
get off this topic of vaccines by quoting
Dr. Lawrence Palavisky, MD.
He reported that two of the known major
ingredients in the HPV vaccine are aluminum and
polysorbate 80, also known as tween 80.
Aluminum is a neurotoxin and a cellular toxin.
Neurotoxin means it's toxic to the neurological system.
A cellular toxin means it's toxic to your
cells.
These are known toxins.
Aluminum is, and we're putting it in the
vaccine.
Not only that, it breaks a BBB barrier.
Do you know what that is?
The blood brain barrier, I'm sorry, too many
B's, blood brain barrier.
So in your brain, you have a barrier
that the blood does not allow certain things
into the brain.
It'll allow ketone bodies for fuel.
It'll allow glucose for fuel.
It'll allow amino acids into the brain.
But it blocks the blood brain barrier, blocks
toxins from going into the brain.
But some of these things, the way they're
developing them, will break the blood brain barrier
and then you have aluminum in your brain.
And that's what I believe is leading to
a lot of the Alzheimer's, a lot of
the deficiencies, neuromuscular diseases that we're seeing are
because of these toxins getting into the brain.
And they're very hard to remove once they
do that.
So he said aluminum, the neurotoxin, binds pretty
tightly to the polysorbate 80.
That's why they put the stuff in the
vaccine because it's the delivery system.
It's a mechanism to get the virus into
the cell so the cell can produce immunity.
I know I'm taking a rabbit trail, trust
me, I'm going somewhere.
Some of you will like this, some of
you won't, that's okay.
Pharmaceutical companies utilize polysorbate 80 in their drug
manufacturing to help with the transmission of the
pharmaceuticals across the blood brain barrier.
And I don't know if I mentioned this,
but the polysorbate 80 is actually an emulsifier.
Emulsifier is a thickening agent and it binds
with the aluminum.
So that's why there's danger.
And he records here how this leads to
fainting, to seizures, and to neurological problems that
are reported by teenage girls.
Why?
It's because of these vaccines that they're taking.
And so we have to be very careful.
Do your own research from a non bias
party, okay?
Don't look at what the producer of the
vaccines say about this.
This is what cracks me up about people.
They say to me, look, look, look what
the CDC says, it's good, the vaccine's great,
look what Dr. Fauci says.
Yeah, but look at a non biased person.
You have to ask someone who doesn't have
a vested interest in what they're promoting.
It would be like asking a real estate
agent if you should sell your house.
Okay?
You get the picture here?
All real estate agents will say, yes, time
to sell your house.
Why?
There's a vested interest.
Same thing in this area.
So that was my rant.
It was probably, I don't know, a 10
minute rant on that, but I think it
answers a lot of those questions out there.
And then the next topic, so watch out
for vaccines.
Be prepared.
Don't get crazy about it.
Don't worry.
It's not like if you take a vaccine
for work, oh no, now I have the
mark of the beast.
No, that's not going to happen.
The great tribulation.
Matthew 24, 15.
Therefore, when you see the abomination of desolation
spoken by the Daniel, the prophet, standing in
the holy place, reader, whoever reads this, let
him understand.
Let those who are in Judea flee to
the mountains.
Let those on the housetops do not go
down and take anything.
And those who are in the field, do
not go back for their clothes, but woe
to those who are pregnant and those who
are nursing babies in those days.
So the great tribulation, we could spend a
month here looking at Revelation and Matthew 24
here.
Some people say this is when Titus conquered
Jerusalem in 70 AD because some of this
does fit here, talking about the Sabbath.
He's talking about Judea specifically, not the whole
world.
And so there's some interesting things there.
Verse 21, For then there will be great
tribulation such as not been since the beginning
of the world until this time, no, nor
ever shall there be.
So that's why it's hard for me because
of that wording to think this happened in
AD 70 because what he's describing and going
to go on to describe and what Revelation
describes is cataclysmic.
It is massive on a massive scale.
He actually says, unless those days were shortened,
no flesh would be saved.
But for the elect's sake, those days will
be shortened.
Then if anyone says to you, look, here's
the Christ or there, do not believe it.
Jesus said, hey, there's Jesus over there.
Jesus is over here.
He's over in Florida.
He's over in Texas.
He's breaking out revival in northern California.
Jesus has come.
Jesus says, no, don't believe any of them.
He said, as the lightning shoots across the
sky, so you will know the Son of
Man is coming.
The thunder, the lightning, the presence, the power,
the trumpet of Christ coming.
There will be no mistake that He is
returning.
And He says, see, I've told you beforehand.
So, the great tribulation in Matthew 24 and
in Revelation is a time of God pouring
out His wrath on a rejected world who
has rejected Him.
Like in the days of Noah, that when
Noah was sealed up and it rained and
God judges people, you see this wrath of
God being poured out.
I don't quite understand it.
I don't understand.
I have a lot of questions, but I
do know that God is good and God
is just and that God will judge those
who reject Him.
So if you're listening today, make that decision
today to no longer keep rejecting Him.
To repent and believe in the Gospel and
avoid the wrath that is to come.
That's biblical.
I wonder if God is shutting down.
I wonder if God is shutting down a
lot of these churches because they won't tell
people the truth.
That there is a judgment coming.
They won't mention the cross and repentance and
the hard things.
I wonder if God says, you know what,
enough is enough.
My word needs to go out and it
needs to be preached in its totality.
So I'm going to leave you with some
encouraging things.
This is how we get grounded.
So if you're like, well, Shane, I don't
know what to do.
What do I do with all this?
Well, here's what we do know.
Number one, God is sovereign.
God is sovereign.
Romans 8.28 And we know that all
things work together for good to those who
love God and those who are called according
to His purpose.
So when you lay down your head tonight,
lay down your head on knowing that God
is sovereign.
Look to His Word before you go to
bed.
Not the media.
If you read the media, a thousand deaths
in one day.
Texas is closing down.
Maine and Massachusetts and California.
It's all this doom and gloom and no
wonder there's fear and anxiety.
Don't look to that.
Look to God's Word and know that God
is sovereign.
God is on the throne.
And then we also, number two, we get
grounded by realizing that the second coming of
Jesus Christ is coming.
The day of the Lord, Peter said, will
come like a thief in the night.
The heavens will pass away and the heavens
will pass away with a roar.
And the heavenly bodies will be burned up
and dissolved in the earth and the works
that are done will be exposed.
So Jesus is coming.
King Jesus is returning.
He is still on the throne.
He has not relinquished power.
He has not relinquished control.
And number three, there is a resurrection from
the dead and a future judgment.
Revelation talks about this.
Revelation 20, then I saw a great white
throne and Him who seated on it.
And I saw the dead, great and small,
standing before the throne and the books were
open and they were judged by what was
written in the books according to what they
had done.
And the sea gave up the dead.
Death and Hades gave up the dead.
And they were judged, each one of them,
according to what they had done.
Now, we don't teach a works-based religion.
God is not going to say look at
all these things you did that were evil.
And look at all these things that you
did that were good.
And I guess you can go in because
the good outweighs the bad.
That's what many people believe.
What He's saying here, their deeds will be
judged, meaning if you have the fire of
God in you and Jesus Christ has changed
you and there's fruit in your life, your
deeds will bear that out.
Show me your faith by your works.
They go together.
We're not saved because of good works, but
good works are an outflow of a heart
that's been changed.
So our works that we have done in
Jesus Christ will reveal who is our Master.
And I like what John said in 3
.18. Whoever believes in Him, you need to
understand this, whoever believes in Him is not
condemned.
But whoever does not believe is condemned already.
If you're listening now, some of you have
a death sentence.
You are on death row.
Dead man walking.
Dead man living.
You are condemned.
You are under the wrath and judgment of
God right there where you sit.
But thank God for the cross of Jesus
Christ because He said, whoever believes in Me
is not condemned.
Whoever believes on the cross that I died
for your sin, you are not condemned.
You will have eternal life, but whoever does
not believe is condemned already.
The judgment has already been sent.
The fate has already been sealed.
If you continue to walk in that deadness,
there is a judgment coming.
So the Bible says, turn.
Turn to God with all your heart.
Repent of your sin and embrace what Jesus
Christ has done for you.
And I want to ask, how long will
you hold on to your pride?
How long will you hold on to your
pride?
If God is working in your heart, if
God is convicting you, how long will you
hold on to your pride?
And challenge God.
Challenge the inerrancy of Scripture.
Challenge that Jesus was an actual historical figure
that came, died on a cross, lived a
sinless life for your life and my life,
my eternal life and your life.
How long will you allow pride?
How long will you allow pride to keep
you from heaven?
That's the one thing that keeps man out
of heaven.
It's pride.
Pride and arrogance saying, I want my own
way.
And I just ask you, I pray, I
plead with you, repent and accept Jesus Christ
into your life.