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Live from Bremerton. It's Monday night. We are studying Revelation chapter 10 tonight. Welcome to the Bible study. Those of you on Facebook and we're going to open with prayer and then Rob's going lead us in worship. Father, we come before you, Lord. We thank you for this night. We thank you for the blessing of having a meal together and to be able to study your word, to worship, to pray, to fellowship. And, Lord, we lift up Sally, we pray that you heal her body. Pray that you help Doctor Richard, lord, to heal, to recover from his surgery. Be with Karen. Lord, be with my friend Kevin Olsen. Lord, be with him and continue to heal Jules and Stephan and lord, we just lift these folks up. Comfort Linda as she lost Joe last month and just pour out your holy spirit and heal our bodies, comfort our hearts and minds, and fill us overflowing with your holy spirit, lord. Do exceedingly, abundantly above all we could ask or think according to your power that works in us, lord and we pray that you'd be glorified tonight in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Alright. Thank you, Rob. Alright, Revelation chapter 10 and we've got a testimony from Steve, I guess. Steve has a testimony. Jesus is real. Amen. That is a powerful testimony. Praise the lord. Yes. My car was stolen while I was swimming at the YMCA Thursday morning between 06:45 and 07:45. And the car runs good. There's nothing wrong except I'm missing key fob. So I had to jury rig a quarter inch chain around the close to the back seat with a nut that didn't come off and Praise the lord. Hunter Hunter helped him get it back. It's great. Yeah. Yeah. I found a lost wallet the other night. That's a praise report. Alright. Okay. Well, thank you. Let's come back to Revelation 10 now and we're so thankful for all that's going on. In case you guys haven't heard, Vicky finished up another Be Not Deceived podcast. You can check those out and go to Be Not Deceived on YouTube. Sound word Sound Word Calvary Chapel, another way to find us. We've got a website. We're on Facebook and trying to get god's word out there and a heads up on Billy Crone's new book called The Trump Paradox, and I wanna get a copy or two of it, he's got it on DVD. But very fascinating, documenting a lot of things that we've been talking about. And so as people try to gaslight me, I've got several friends, friends from long time that I have lost their friendship because I tried to alert them to the the deception of the whole Trump mega thing. And they are not having it. They just won't hear any facts, So you wind up losing them as friends. And then you start to think, guys, there's something wrong with me. What's what's wrong with me? How come it's just so clear to me and I can see it? And how comes how come I don't know any pastors that can see this? Nobody's talking about this. And then, Billy Crone comes out with a book, The Trump Paradox, and it documents everything you've been trying to help people understand and JD Farag, of course, he was he was very good at documenting a lot of the things that have been taking place, but he had to get out of the Calvary Chapels because, again, they don't wanna hear this. They're afraid to be associated with anybody that goes against Trump. You're a hater. And but, fortunately, the Stargate project can't be hidden that Peter Thiel, the very first day in office, $500,000,000,000, and the Genesis Act and the Genius Act and some of the stuff with Greenland and Venezuela and the North American Union, the Technate, and there's so many things building up that tie in with prophecy. It just at a certain point, it can't be denied anymore and so, thank god that that we have some other people starting to voice it and as Rob pointed out, they might they might yeah. I've seen this too where the where the pastors might talk about the jab or the pandemic, but they'll never tie Trump to it because that would be suicide. That would be you're you're gonna get in trouble. You're gonna lose a lot of people. So everybody makes excuses for them. Well, now, it's cat's out of the bag. It's undeniable. It's happening, and so many other things are happening. There's too many to name. And I don't even as I said Sunday, I don't even wanna deal with the Epstein files because God hasn't put me together in such a way that I can you know, even cover something like that. It's it's horrific to me. It's sad. It it makes me very, very sad, and I'm even sadder for Christians that would know that's happened and to give a free pass. We're we're not gonna hold Trump accountable for his involvement in that all those years with Epstein. That to me is the saddest part of it all, that evangelicals are so wanting so bad to go back to normal with America that they won't even deal with the corruption. So, again, a verse that helps me that I've been meditating on is in Jonah two verse eight. They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. So if you're gonna idolize and follow these lying vanities, these empty promises and stuff, then you're gonna forsake the mercy that God would bring to America leading us to repentance. And so the city of Nineveh, they repented and God gave them a reprieve of a hundred years. And the solution was not to vote another king in or to vote out evil. The solution was repentance from the king on down, and god was merciful to them. And so I haven't heard that. All I've heard is a golden age and making America great. Alright. Another thing today that was pretty interesting is you keep seeing it, people posting this, digital ID, the digital ID, and we need an ID for voting. No more paper ballots. You know? President Trump proposes a digital ID that anybody that votes would have a digital ID. Do you guys understand the concept of and and ICE and all the immigration? We we understand the concept of crisis reaction solution. The government creates the crisis. They allow an election to be stolen, used in Dominion and Diebold machines. They allow 20,000,000 immigrants to come in and flood the country. That's the crisis. Mhmm. Now they're gonna then they allow the chaos on the streets, our kids, everybody, the placards against ice, and then now the solution. The solution is a digital real ID for every real US citizen. And you're gonna watch, people, give consent to that. They think it's a way to bring fairness about, you know, and all. But who's the very ones that created the crisis? Your own government. Mhmm. And that's what that's what the evangelicals don't understand. Instead, the evangelicals are watching Fox News, and they're demonizing Democrats. You see, it was only the Democrats that were friends with Epstein. It wasn't any Republicans. So and it's it's laughable. It is laughable. So I'm tired of having to remain silent and of course I never do, so that's okay. Alright. But any event, it's it's very comforting to me that now I have some other pastors coming out exposing in a very good way, Very similar to our be not deceived podcast that we've done with a lot of the same information and and so you can't gaslight me. You can't act, you can't say, hey, Rick's off and make me feel crazy because the big pastors don't see this. Some of the other guys are starting to see the same thing and and voice it. So, I think Jeremiah and Elijah and a lot of the prophets, they they felt alone at times and and god told Elijah, you, I have 7,000 that haven't bowed their knee to the prophet Baal. You're not alone. So, one of the things Brandon Holthus and and Tom Hughes mentioned was remnant churches in Australia and so we're not alone. There are remnant churches out there that want to see Bible prophecy fulfilled and you remembered my statement that I made before the election, before anything happened and as I said, I'm gonna vote for Donald j Trump because I believe it will hasten the return of Jesus Christ because Donald Trump will be used to build the beast system. And that's what Billy's book's about, is the building of the beast system. So thank you, Lord. Alright. Okay. So Revelation chapter 10. Father, please bless as we study. We wanna be students. We wanna be your disciples and we ask that you be our teacher. We pray that you open the scriptures, give us understanding. Lord, it's only 2% of the churches today are willing to study prophecy. We accounted a privilege that we can be in the Book of Revelation that it's a gift book, a book with a blessing built in. And and, Lord, we just pray that you'll help us connect the dots and help us to prepare others, help us to have a burden for the lost, and to be able to give them answer lord to the hopes that's within us with meekness and with fear. That blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great god and savior Jesus Christ. In Jesus name, we pray. Amen. Amen. Alright. So, chapter 10. Chapter 10 is what we call parenthetic. So, there's a gap here. We saw in verse 15 of chapter six, the sixth trumpet. So, in chapter five, we saw the scroll and the scroll opened up in chapter six with seven sealed judgments and then the seventh seal judge, the seventh seal judgment opened up for seven trumpet judgments and we saw wars and woes and we've come to chapter nine verse 13. We saw the sixth angel sounded and there's a voice and and so we see in in verse 14, the trumpet judgment there in a description in chapter nine of all the demons that are coming out. The One third of the planet once again wiped out. And then there's like a like a a break. There's like a a rest. We're going up to heaven and we're seeing from heaven, we're seeing a parent parent a gap or a waiting period if you will and a holding pattern. And it's so severe. So the next trumpet judgment in chapter 11 verse 15 is gonna usher out the seven bold judgments. The seven bold judgments are going to take up the next three and a half years. So, now, we're in the middle chronologically. We're in the middle of the tribulation period which means we're twelve hundred and sixty days in. We're forty two months in. We're three and a half years in or a time, a time, and a half time. That's how far in we are. In this middle portion is chapter 10 through 14 plus chapter 17 is the middle of the tribulation period. And then and then we're gonna come to the the first bowl judgment or the seventh trumpet judgment and when that bowl judgment starts, that's going to be cataclysmic. It's gonna be more intense and it's going to usher in the return of Jesus Christ at the end of it. And so on to chapter 19, the the the return of Jesus. So there's the overview, and he said, and I saw another mighty angel. So you've got the seven angels blowing these seven trumpets. Now you've got another, an addition to. Now this Greek word for another is another of the same kind. So, these are very powerful angels. Psalm a 130 verse 20. Psalm a 103 verse 20 talks about these angels in general are ministering spirits. They're very powerful. Hebrews one verse 14 describes that Jesus was born as a man not as an angel. Over 60 times the word angel is used in the book of Revelation. As we move forward in the next few verses, some would say that, hey, this is Jesus. This angel's Jesus, but again, the Greek word is another of the same kind. Now it's true that sometimes in the Old Testament, we have a Theophany or Christophany where the angel of the Lord with a definite article would be an appearance of Jesus in a pre incarnate condition. But I believe here, we'll look at it both ways, but I believe it's what what it's saying here, and I saw another mighty. And that word mighty is the same Greek word for powerful in chapter five verse two describing an angel, a powerful angel. In chapter five verse two. So, this angel comes down from heaven. Now, this is the picture in chapter one, Revelation one and if you look here, you could build an argument that hey, this is a description of Jesus. This is what we saw in chapter one. And so, an angel come down from heaven clothed with a cloud. And so when Jesus leaves, he leaves with the clouds. When he comes back, he comes back with the clouds. And cloud is also his Shekinah glory. And his Shekinah glory, the cloud that guarded the nation of Israel during the pill the pillar of fire, the fire of the the sun, guarding them with the sun. And god appeared in a pillar of fire to Moses in the burning bush, But the lord would lead the children of Israel with a cloud, which was the Shekinah glory of god, a cloud. And in Ezekiel's temple, the cloud of the Shekinah glory, the presence of god. And then also as a pillar of fire at night, god would guard the children of Israel as they wandered in the wilderness and so, has come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud, and a rainbow and so the rainbow we look at as a reminder, not the not the stolen one by the LBGTQ but the real rainbow that god gave to Noah, the preacher of righteousness, who preached a hundred and twenty years, right? Now, how many got in the boat? Eight. Eight. Eight people. Now, do you think Noah at times felt like, what's wrong with me? How come more people won't get in this boat? How come the animals are getting in this boat? How come they're coming like crazy? It's effortless. They're just the animals. They're just walking right in. Two by two and some of them is seven of them right on in. God communicating to the animals, bringing the animals. I'm not preaching the animals. They're just coming. But to the people during his age, and look at the long suffering of god. Look at how patient god was with him. One hundred and twenty years in the building of that ark, right? Hundred and twenty years where people were mocking Noah because it never rained. Why do you need an ark? There's no body of water here. You know? Why are you building this thing on dry ground, you know? And a hundred and twenty years, he's telling them. And he lets them know that a flood of judgment, a flood of judgment is coming. And you guys gotta get into Christ. You gotta get into the boat. Because once the door is shut, Jesus is the door. And once that door is shut, there's no opening of it. No matter how much you scream and cry and plead for Noah to open that that door. It's not happening and and so it's appointed on all men wants to die and then the judgment and we have the rapture coming and we're either going home to be with the lord by rapture or by dying and our sins were already judged at the Cross Of Calvary. There's no fearful looking to of judgement for you and I. Jesus saved us from the wrath to come because the wrath for our sins was already poured out upon Jesus upon the cross and so in in in first Thessalonians chapter one verse 10, he saved us from the wrath to come and also in chapter five verse nine, we're not appointed under wrath and so the the rainbow is a symbol of a promise that god made with humanity which is what? Salvation. Not going to judge you. So, judgement. I'm not going to judge you with a flood ever again. Next time? Fire, baby. Fire. Alright. So, this rainbow and and remember, the devil's a counterfeit. So, he's gonna wanna take something that's precious, a precious promise, and the symbol of that promise and the devil will co opt it and maybe change a couple colors of it, and people will parade in their gay pride parade. Mhmm. And at the Super Bowl, they'll have a picture of the rainbow on the field and all that. And they're basically saying what? Right, Betty. Right. God's not going to judge us. Right, Betty? Yeah. Yeah, it's okay. So, well, that's that's not the kind of risk I would like to take. I don't want to take that kind of risk because one day, you might find out that all your your whatever your thinking was was against god's word and who he is. There's a fearful looking to of judgement for those who reject the cross of Calvary. And so a cloud and a rainbow. So in chapter let's see here, this light. If we look to Revelation four verse three, there's a rainbow around the throne of God. Right? And if we look to chapter one verse fifteen and sixteen, we'll see we'll see the rainbow was upon the head and his face, if we look at his face, Revelation one verse 16, his face was as though it were the sun and so there's a great light in chapter one verse 15, the face, the Shekinah glory of god upon his countenance. His countenance was bright and what else here? And his feet like pillars of fire. Again, Revelation one verse 15, this bronze feet glowing bright. And he had in his hand a little scroll or a book, a scroll. Now, this scroll, half of it's already been revealed. The second half is about to unfold. So he's got this scroll that only the line of the tribe of Judah in chapter five, which is the title deed to the earth. Right? The devil, the usurper, took the title deed to the earth away from Adam. Adam forfeited dominion over the earth. He forfeited being our federal head. He failed, and we know what it is to fail. We're a part of the fall. All of us. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. So the last Adam, you could say second Adam, but really he's the last Adam. He came as a man, the son of the son of god, the son of man representing us and he lived a perfect life and the usurper, the little G God of this world, the prince, the power of the air, Lucifer, a fallen angel, he's not God, he's not what? He's not omniscient, he's not, give me the second one. On the president. And he's not. But our god is, right? Amen. And so angels are created beings. Satan doesn't know everything you're thinking. He doesn't know where you're at. He has to track and trace you with technology. He has to counterfeit, right? And and he can't play god. He can't create. Only god can create and so, so as a usurper, as a as a counterfeit, he's the little g, god of this world, prince power of the air, and and he has authority. He has a delegated authority over this planet and he has to go through a providential filter for god to allow him and all but part of our redemption, the redemption, the blood of Jesus, not only redeems you and I but redeems the earth, redeems the planet, pays for the sin, our sin brought a curse upon the planet and that curse upon the planet with the little g god of this world is a fallen world. And so that's why it's very important for you and I to understand tonight that trying to move forward politically moving in a direction of a golden age is not of god because his kingdom is not of this world. Amen. People are falling in the trap of the wicked one. And so he offered the all the kingdoms of the world to Jesus. If Jesus would bow down and worship him. And Jesus knew that he was gonna gonna go by way of the cross because we needed to be redeemed. He needed to spoil all principalities and powers. He needed to triumph over them to destroy the work of the devil. Right? And that's the only way you and I would have any kind of freedom moving forward into the millennium. Right? And we needed a new body. We needed to be born again and all. And so new creation in Christ Jesus and so, the the rainbow reminds us that of god's promise not to judge and we see that scroll that Jesus has, the title deed to the earth and only one word that opened the scroll and loose the seals is the lion of the tribe of Judah, right? The root and the offspring of David. He's prevailed. He's won and and so, he's got this scroll calls it the little scroll here and open it and he set his right foot upon the sea and his left foot upon the earth and so this angels posturing himself in a posture of conquering, of taking authority over the earth and over the sea. Everything the devil usurped or stole by lying, cheating, stealing is being gonna be taken away from. The devil's gonna wind up in Gehenna, the lake of fire along with the antichrist and the false prophet and all the wicked dead and Jesus is the great emancipator. The all of creation groans, Romans eight says, and travails waiting for the return of Jesus to reverse that curse. They're they're groaning. All the creations groaning. The world is is not operating in harmony with god. We have a fallen cursed world and that's why that's the answer to why do bad things happen. It's it's because the fall of man, because we're living under a curse and and that's why Jesus said the thief comes not but to steal, to kill, to destroy. But I've come that you might have life, that you might have it more abundantly. The abundant life of the spirit. So Jesus tells Pilate that his kingdom was not of this world. If his kingdom was of this world, you know, he could call down angels and fight for him and all. Right? And so but to this end came I forth that, are you a king? Yes. To this end came I forth, to bear witness of the truth. Oh, what is true? So the truth is the times of the Gentiles is ending. We're three and a half years into the tribulation period at this point. It's getting real close to being over. So, those in Revelation six and seven who are saying, how long, oh lord, holy and true, how much longer till you rescue us, till you avenge our death, how much longer? It's only three and a half years. It's only forty two months. It's only a time, a time, and a half time. It's only one, two sixty more days because in in chapter 11, we're going to see that the antichrist goes into the temple, the abomination of desolation spoken by Daniel the prophet. He's going to declare himself to be god and a man to be worshiped as god. In chapter 12, he's going to start chasing after the woman, the nation of Israel. They're gonna realize they've been deceived, and, they're gonna run into the wilderness and all. So there's not much time left, and so the lord's saying, I want to save more people. I'm not gonna rush this thing, and yet there's no delay. And yet, don't divulge everything right now. Hold some back because once this next trumpet is blown and these bold judgments hit, they're gonna hit with a ferocity and a and a intensity that that makes the first 3.5, you know, pale in comparison. And yet it was catastrophic, the first three and a half. And so so the scroll opened and he set his right foot upon the sea and his and his feet on the earth. He's a conqueror. And he cried with a loud voice as when a lion roars. And when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. And so we would we would say the lion of the tribe of Judah is thundering and thundering, the roaring like many waters, his voice described. Somebody want to read Psalm twenty nine three through nine where we can see the description of god's voice. The voice of god. Psalm what? Psalm 29 verses three through nine. Yeah. Why is it yellow? I got it. Okay. What did I do wrong? You got it on the you got it on the wrong color. I'm sorry. No. No. I'm just watching. There it is. What did I do wrong? I'm just gonna press it again. Because because I saw you struggling and I wanted to fix it. Yeah. Thank you very much. You said 339? Yes. Yes, please. Let me get my voice ready. The voice of the lord is upon the waters. Excuse me. God of glory, sundereth the Lord is upon many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful. The voice of the Lord is full of majesty majesty. Majesty. Thank you. The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars. Yea. The Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. He maketh them also to skip like a calf. Lebanon and Siron like a young unicorn. The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire. The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness. The Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the Lord maketh the hens to cave and discover the forest, and in the temple doeth everyone speak of his glory. Amen. Praise the lord. The voice of the lord. When it thunders out there Okay. Yeah. Okay. You can hear the Verizon guy say, can you hear me now? And, there's gonna be an angel flying overhead during the tribulation period proclaiming the everlasting gospel. Right? Amen. And can you hear me now? God's just crying out. Can you hear me now? You know? Are you guys listening? He that has an ear to hear, let him hear what the spirit is saying to the churches, you know? Why is it so many people can't hear? Why is why is it, you know, in chapter 11, when the two witnesses are killed, the people refuse to acknowledge the sovereignty of god and they throw a party, a satanic party against god, you know? And why would they follow the antichrist? Why would people do that? It makes no sense at all. Why would they, Thomas? That delusion. A strong delusion? Yep. Now, the strong delusion became came because they love not the what? The truth. And when you are not a truth lover, when you don't love the truth, then god says, I'm gonna give you over to a strong delusion that you would what? Believe Believe the lie. So, you're setting yourself up to be deceived. Be not deceived, right? Be a lover of truth. Jesus said, you'll know the truth in John eight, and the truth what? That's gonna be free. I wanna be free. I like being free. I'm a I'm not a trumper. I'm a truther. Wouldn't you rather be a Truther than a Trumper? Yeah. I'm a few, Chris. Because it looks like the Trumpers don't wanna think. We challenge them to think. They don't wanna think. They're they're in a spell. They're under a spell. They've fallen a cult. They need to hear the trump of god. Well, they're gonna if they're if they don't wake up. And it's not gonna be pretty. And so Like Lot's wife. Like Lot's wife. How's that, Bernie? They're lot like or John, They're like Lot's wife? Yeah. Because they're still looking to the world. Looking back to the world. Right. Yep. Yeah. And the latest scene church describes them and and it's just very very sad. I it's just very very sad and as we move on through this passage here, you can see the sadness of God. You can see he's sad and he he's long suffering. He's not willing that any would perish but that all would come to repentance. But they that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. You're gonna be deceived by being idolatrous. If you idolize man and you put your hope and faith and trust in man, you're forsaking god's mercy. God wants to be merciful to you but you're being deceived and he he will send deceivers. He will send deceivers to test you, to test you whether you will follow god or not. And as you're watching people following these deceivers and the other aspect of this deception that's taking place today is the Epstein stuff, all the emails and everything, it's not hidden. It's in your face. And yet people still want to follow and believe lies. And, basically, what they're saying to the people is, you can't arrest even one of us. You have no power against us is what they're saying. They're laughing at the people. The swamp is not drained. Not one will be arrested. And they're laughing at people who think they can change this by voting. They're laughing. So frustrating. So what's the job, pastor? What's the job of the Christians? Expose the lies. Expose the lies and live for the truth and the devil hates people that expose the lies and wake up people, wake more and more people up to the truth. And when you do that, then they're gonna fear. Then they're gonna fear because, hey, the people are starting to understand who we are. They are starting to understand. Brzezinski, I think is the one that said that they'll know that their work is complete when the people believe all of our lies. We've been raised on the media which is owned by the very same guys. Beza owns the Washington Post. Right? Zuckerberg's got his meta. I mean, all these guys are in the business of lying. And the greatest tool of the wicked one, the time in which we're living is lies, deception. But we have the truth. But if the church is ignorant of the truth, if the Bible isn't taught, if only 2% of the churches are willing to teach prophecy, we got a problem, Houston. And pick that phone up and call the moon, man. We got a problem. Alright. So here you go. So, when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered and write them not. So, John's told, hey, wait. Don't. Don't don't write those things yet. We're we're we're going to wait here a minute and you remember Daniel was told Daniel 12 to seal up the book till the time of the end and we can see god's suffering here, his long suffering. He's in no hurry so to speak and yet it's going to happen quickly. Behold, I come quickly. The birth pangs, they intensify and they come more and more rapidly And this is the day of the Lord. The day of the Lord is a process, and this process is gonna intensify and increase to the culmination, the climax of Jesus returning. That's the day of the Lord, a a campaign of seven years, the birth pains before leading up to the signing of that peace treaty by the antichrist, and maybe the board of peace helps them. 10 kings with no kingdom. How about that? Revelation chapter 17 verse five. 10 kings with no kingdom as yet, and they give their power and authority over the antichrist. Oh, so the world's looking for the antichrist in place of Jesus Christ. That's the kind of guy the world wants. They don't want Jesus Christ. But we do. I feel so secure. I feel peaceful. Oh, the peace that comes. So many people chaotic, so many people suicidal, so many people self medicating to try and cope to get through another day and we ain't seen nothing yet. Hasn't even it isn't even difficult yet. Just wait. Jesus said a time's coming that the world has never seen or ever seen again, except those days be shortened, no flesh would be saved. But for the nation of Israel's sake, he's gonna intervene. And so seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered and write them not. So we have a book, this book of Revelation that's not sealed up. It's an open book. It's a book that starts out saying there's a blessing. Turn back to chapter one. So don't ever let somebody tell you, hey, the book's sealed. The book's sealed because this is just parenthetical. It it's going to open up in a in a in a chapter here. It's all gonna continue to unfold. And so, he says, Blessed is he that verse three that reads and they that hear the words of this prophecy and keep those things which are written in it for the time is at hand. It's it's not closed. It's not sealed. So, the the prophecies that Daniel was receiving in chapter 12, the lord said, the lord said, seal it up. Knowledge will increase in the latter days and and will open up And the knowledge that's increasing is in the day of the Lord, the time of the seven year tribulation period. Knowledge is gonna greatly increase of people understanding the prophecies that are being fulfilled. And and so it's it's not just technological knowledge increasing. It's knowledge of prophecy, knowledge of what the prophets have said is increasing during the tribulation period as people are people, the tribulation saints are beginning to connect more and more of the dots, and and they know don't take that mark of the beast. And so seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered and write them not. And and the angel whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven. So, this makes me think too that this is a real angel lifted up his hand to heaven making an oath, an oath unto heaven and and swore by him. So, he's swearing by him that live it forever and ever who created heaven and the things that are in it and Jesus created all things, right? So, the angel swearing by him and he swore by him that live it forever and ever, eternal. Who created heaven and the things that are in it, the devil, including the one third angels that rebelled, and the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things which are in it, that they should delay no longer, that there should be no delay no longer. And so seal it up, wait, but there's no delay. These last three and a half years are gonna hit. Gonna start to open the bold judgments are coming. And and so kind of a a building of intensity. And and so this it's a process of chapter fifteen and sixteen when the seventh bowl is seventh trumpet judgments and the seven bowl judgments open, there's a process in chapter fifteen and sixteen of that scroll, this this little book, this little scroll is what's next. It's what's coming next. And and so we've got a point here to take a breath and go, oh, you know, kinda like the awe of it all. And and so these seven bowls, the process thereof. It says, but in the days, and that day speaks of that process, the process of the seven bowls. But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound. So when that at the very beginning of that seventh trumpet, when it begins to sound, the mystery of god should be finished. What's the mystery of god? Now, mystery, When we look at the mystery of the church, it's a truth once hidden now revealed. We can see that the church in the Old Testament wasn't revealed. So, at Pentecost, as it's starting to happen and as Peter is in chapter 10, look at the house of Cornelius, these Gentiles being saved and receiving the Holy Spirit just as the Jews were, Paul defines it. He brings it forth into doctrine in the book of Ephesians, this dispensation of grace, and he begins to explain this mystery that was once hidden, now revealed, is the church, which is distinctly different than the nation of Israel. And it doesn't mean the promises that God gave to Israel are gone. No. The promises to Israel are without repentance. This is a new body. This is this is the bride of Christ. The nation of Israel is the wife of Jehovah. But the nation of Israel in rejecting officially rejecting their Messiah, they put themselves in a place of blindness, a place on hold so to speak, but the church is due to the Jew first. So, the priorities to the Jew, but you're part of the church, culturally, you may still be a Jew and a part of the nation of Israel but the nation of Israel itself is not going to be saved till the end of the tribulation period and they're going to enter into the millennium. But it doesn't mean the church replaces the nation of Israel. It's it's a dispensation or a a stewardship or a an epoch, a period of time in that the times of the Gentiles is going to continue until the time when Jesus as king of kings and lord of lords comes back and rescues the nation of of Israel but he also brings with him his church which he raptured and brought up to heaven and decked them out with with rewards and crowns and such and and his church is going to rule and reign with him as kings and priests and we have the saints of the old. We have the saints of the church. We've got the saints of the tribulation period. We've got the saints of the millennium and Jesus rule and reigning of king of kings and David as his prince, the 12 apostles on their thrones and and that's the picture looking future. And so, which things are in it that there should be no delay no longer but in the days, in the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound the mystery of god should be finished. So, many feel that this mystery of god here to be finished is the mystery of iniquity. The mystery of why did god allow the devil and one third of the angels to rebel in the first place. Why did god allow the fall of man in all this time to transpire with all of this evil, you know, and what it's saying here, this mystery is about to end. He's about to finish it. He's about to finish the reign of the devil. He's about to finish the rebellion of the fallen angels and the rebellion of fallen man. It's almost over. It's almost almost finish it. We don't understand this mystery of iniquity. We don't understand why people rebel against god. We don't understand why the angels rebel. It makes no sense. We don't understand in chapter 11 when the two witnesses are executed and and everybody starts giving their allegiance and their worship over to over to the Antichrist. We don't understand that. Makes no sense to me. Makes no sense that they would after all God's done because of the cross and and dying upon the cross for us, it makes no sense. The heart of man, the rebellion of man, the evil that man is capable of. I told you I wouldn't say anything about the Epstein stuff, but there's a few things I want I can mention. One of them is when you see them wearing the red shoes, I won't say it. It's it's really bad. It's it's bad stuff. I mean, there's there's gross, gross, evil, over the top evil taking place. And it's just mind boggling that a guy who's president could say, let's move on to something else. It's just a couple guys. I mean, I'm glad you're not my friends anymore if that's the kind of allegiance you have toward that kind of a person. We never were friends. There's no way we could be. There's no way we could have fellowship. There's just no way. It's just you're you're gonna turn your head to make excuses for them? Their blood is crying out. The the blood of these children is crying out in this mystery of iniquity. It's going to end. Jesus is going to come back. He's going to stop it all. Amen. Amen. And he's going to rule and reign with a rod of righteousness, you know? And that's the only escape. It's the only escape from this evil. There's no way to vote in. Seven mountain mandate and whatever else you're delusional. You've been given over to a strong delusion, man. Oh, god, there's no other way and I feel comfortable waiting for the lord. Amen. And the sea and the things which are in them and there should be no delay no longer but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel when he shall begin to sound the mystery of god should be finished as he has declared to his servants, the prophets. And so, in chapter 11 verse 15 and the seventh angel sounded and there were great voices in heaven saying, the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our lord and of his Christ and he shall reign forever and ever. There's the end of iniquity. That's what we're waiting for. Amen. We're almost there. And the four and the 20 elders who sat before god on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped god. That's where the church needs to be. Right. Right? Yeah. Yeah. Working things. That's almost. Yeah. So, man, if he if he and so notice he says, should be finished as he has declared to his servants, the prophets. So, he's he says in second Peter three one through nine that the scoffers would come and say, where is the promise of his coming? Who wants to read second Peter three one through nine? Somebody? Second Peter three one through nine? Yeah. I'm getting ready. And so finished as he has declared to his servants, the prophets. So here's here's a good point right here to look at replacement theology. What he's spoken to his servants, the prophets, the Lord in chapter 10 here is letting the Jews know, I haven't given up on you. I'm gonna fulfill the promises that I've made to you. And those of you that are at the middle point of the tribulation period, it's about to get really bad when the antichrist who has deceived you goes into the temple and declares himself to be god and demands to be worshiped as god. In chapter 12, which is still in the midpoint of the tribulation period here, right where we're at in chapter 10, He's gonna declare himself to be god to be to be a worshiped descot and he's going to chase the woman. He's going to chase the Jews out of Jerusalem as they're gonna fight with him but they're gonna lose. And two thirds of them are gonna be wiped out. But he's letting the remnant know according to Zechariah thirteen eight nine that a one third remnant is going to be saved and so god saying, you know, it it's going to be hard. It's going to be real hard but in three, he says, that in his wrath, he remembers mercy. Amen. That he's gonna be merciful to this remnant that according to Jeremiah 31 with an unconditional covenant. He's gonna save him. He's gonna write his word in their heart And the gifts and the calling to God are without repentance. And it's an unconditional covenant. It's not based upon them being righteous. It's based upon the blood of Jesus Christ. And they remember that they crucified their Messiah, that they pierce their Messiah, and they mourn, and they confess their sin nationally, and they cry out, blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord, and the Lord Jesus returns. So, when people scoff and they mock, and they bring in a predator's view that it's all historical or they bring in you know, it all happens seventy AD. They're in error. They're denying the prophets what god said to the prophets and and they're scoffing saying, where is the promise of his coming? Everything already continues as it always has, and they're mocking. And here's what he's saying here. This is why he's saying, it's going to happen quick now, but there's a moment here to contemplate, a moment to think about what's coming. And so he wants to reiterate. He wants to let him know that I love you, and ultimately, it's all gonna work out. But what's coming next is gonna be brutal. So second Peter three one through nine. The second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you in both which I stir up your pure mind by way of remembrance, that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets and of the commandment of of of us at of as the apostles of the Lord and savior. Knowing this first that there shall come in the last days conquering, walking after their own lust, and saying, where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. For this, they willingly are ignorant of of that by the word of god. The heavens were of old and the earth standing out of the water and and it in the water where whereby this world that then was being overflowed with water perish. But but the heaven and the earth which are now by the same word and kept in store reserved in the fire against the day of judgment until the perdition of the ungodly men. But, beloved, be not ignorant of that this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years is one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise that some men account slackness, but is long sub suffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but but that all should come to repentance. Good. Alright. Thank you, Thomas. So he's he's he's not indifferent. He's not doesn't wink at sin. He's judged sin, but he's long suffering, unwilling that any would perish, but that all would come to repentance. And the and so he's he's been delaying. He's two thousand years in this church age. Two thousand years going on assembling a bride. The Holy Spirit going out there to gather a bride, and hell was made for the devil and the fallen angels. Hell is not a place intended for humanity. He's for god so loved the whole world, and Jesus died for the sins of the whole world, especially for those who believe. Right? And so he's unwilling that any would perish and that all would come to repentance. And so that's why he's long suffering because God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his sin, turn ye, turn ye, for why will you die in your sin, oh house of Israel, as as he's as he pleads through the prophet Ezekiel. And and so the kingdom age is coming. Verse eight, and the voice which I heard from heaven spoken to me again and said, go and take the little scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. And so it contains that seventh trumpet judgment with the seven bowls. Right? The bowl judgments. So the second half of the tribulation is about to start. And I went unto the angel and said unto him, give me the little scroll and he said unto me, take it and eat it up. And it shall make your belly bitter but it shall be in your mouth sweet as honey. Turn to Ezekiel chapter three and Jeremiah chapter 15. Ezekiel Somebody wanna read Ezekiel three one through three? Let's see here. Well, we can't hear you out there. Can't hear me okay. Okay, yeah. Go ahead. Yeah. Go get thee unto the house of Israel and speak with my words unto them. For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language but to the house of Israel. Not too many people of a strange speech and of a hard language whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened. Alright. So, it's sweet. It's a good message. The gospel is a great message and then it's bitter because when you reject it, there's judgement that's coming. So John the revelators eating it so sweet. God's word is so sweet. The prophecy is so sweet. What god intends, what god's wanting to do, and it's so sweet for Ezekiel, you know, to eat this. But then as the as the as the consequence thereof of rejecting god's word, rejecting his promises, there's a a pain in your stomach. There's a there's a foreboding and a bitterness in your heart because god takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked. It breaks his heart and so there's the aspect of we're saved, we're blessed, and the sweetness of that blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great god and savior Jesus Christ. Well, we've got ours. That's the sweetness but do we still feel the bitterness of judgments that's coming toward the Christ rejecters, towards the people that are headed to hell. It would have motivate us enough to continue to share the gospel and for these people in the tribulation period to continue to share the sweetness and the good news of Jesus because you know the bitterness of judgment that's coming. You've studied the prophecies and you know what's gonna happen. Now in chapter 15 of Jeremiah, He says, thy words were found, verse 16, and I did eat them and they were as unto me of joy and rejoicing of mine heart for I'm called by thy name, lord, god of hosts. I'm not in the assembly of the mockers. Remember the mockers that Thomas wrote about read about in second Peter chapter three, the mockers that mock prophecy, mock the coming of Jesus. I'm not in the assembly of the mockers. And you remember that when Jesus raised Jairus' daughter, that he came into the room and there was these professional mourners, these women that were there, and they were hired to just mourn and cry and wail wailers. And Jesus came in and he said, she's not dead. She's just sleeping and they it says that they mocked him to scorn. They laughed him to scorn and before he raised Iris' daughter, what did he do? He removed the mockers, got them out of there. They did not deserve. They would not enjoy the privilege of seeing what he was gonna do when he said, Talitha Kumai, little maiden arise. Right? And sometimes before god does great things in our lives and maybe even in our little church, he's gonna first of all remove the mockers because the mockers hold things back. Before Joshua was able with Caleb to enter into the promised land, they had to go around in a circle for forty years for god to wipe out the mockers. The those of unbelief because unbelief permeated the hearts of all the people and all those 20 years and older would perish in the wilderness. But those 20 and younger, they would go into the promised land with Caleb and Joshua. And Caleb's about about 86 years old, and he says, I'm as strong today as I was when I was 40. You promised that I'd get horribed, that I'd get excuse me, mutt. Let's see. It's Hebron. Hebron. You you said that I would get Hebron. Hebron was a place that the Anak still live. So there are giants in this region, in this area. And earlier, Caleb and Joshua, when they came back with their report, it was a believing report. The 10 unbelieving spies gave a report of unbelief saying, it's walled cities and giants, and there's no way we can do this. And their hearts of the people melted because of the unbelief of the 10 unbelieving spies. Caleb and Joshua believed, they said, let's take it now. Let's go now. Let's be like David. You know, David ain't even around yet. But, basically, the battle belongs to the lord. The lord will the lord will win the fight for us. And, unfortunately, they were delayed forty years. And so Caleb and his boys, they're able to go and take that place and make it their their place. And and so without faith, it's impossible to please god for they that come to must believe that he is and that he's a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. So what happens is is there's the sweetness in your heart. So turn back to book of Revelation. And you're eating the word of God, and Job said, I steamed his words more than my necessary food. I know that the church should be packed if people love Jesus as much as the heathens love the Super Bowl. The church would be packed. And I've discovered that the heathens will cross rivers, mountains, peril, snow, ice, fire to get on that ferry, to get across the water, to go see a Seahawk game. Yeah. But the Christians will lie in bed and say, you know what? It's too cold outside. What a shame. What a shame. Now how am I supposed to motivate people that don't love Jesus or don't love them enough? How am I gonna motivate them? Guilt them? I'm guilting you right now. I'm shaming you. Right? But it's I know the reality. I know the reality of I can't even sleep the night before if I'm excited about tomorrow. Yeah. I can't even sleep. I'm just so but if you've left your first love and you're just going through the motions, you know, you never come to Calvary Bremerton without a bible because you love God's word. And you're there because and you're here tonight on a Monday because you love God's word. And I don't know what television programs are competing for this time time zone, but a whole lot of people don't wanna go to bible study because they got a certain show they watch at a certain time. Right? And oh, Jesus missed out. Oh, some of you are driving great distances. Some of you are driving in inclement weather and to get here and all. And I I said it loosely to Vicky. I said, well, you know Vicky, they they don't come to the bible study because of your food. No. I said that's okay. K? Now I know you love her food. Okay? I know that. And I know if you feed them, they will come. But you are the type of people that are in love with Jesus and in love with his word. And you're here because you love his word more than his net your necessary food. And so that is a that is a good place to be. And for me is for me as a a a lover of god's word, it's fun to be around some other people that love god's word. Amen. And it's not arduous. It's not like, you know, I used to have a guy at the church that would do this on his watch, you know? You guys don't know this, but I used to have people on my board. And and this guy would look at me, and he'd go. You know? And so now the people now the people that are mad just fall asleep. It's just but, you know, you gotta really love the Lord and love his word to attend Calvary Bremerton. And and you're you're swallowing that word and it's like honey. It's like honey. Yeah. You know, in your in your mouth and then sometimes sometimes I put the hammer to you and it it's a little bitter in your belly as you digest it. Some of the truths are very convicting. But the honey taste comes back because it's for our own good. Right? And we experience what's called conviction. Not condemnation but conviction. And conviction of the holy spirit is a good thing because if I were to only tell you smooth things, if I only give you candy and only give you the the soft things in the bible, then you would be malnourished and you would be twice the child of hell than you are right now, you know? Yeah. Selfish pukes. So, the lord the lord the lord hits us right between the eyes with the truth and he and he says, repent. Stop it and he sends Nathan the prophet and he says, you're the man, David. You need to repent and no sense living in denial, right? Amen. Right. We're free then. Then we're free. We thank the lord. Thank you lord for showing the reality of how I've been. Thank you lord for for calling me on my attitude, calling me on my sin, what I've been doing. Thank you lord that your word is not me. It's the word that calls you out and and then once you repent, there's sweetness returns. Right? Amen. And so, but I do love all those donuts at the kiosk and I do. I mean, I got four cookies yesterday. I left with four cookies in my in my pocket, and and I ate them all. So I love the sweet part too. And And so he's got this little scroll and hand of the angel stands upon the sea and upon the earth at authority. And I went unto the angel and said unto me, give me the little scroll. And he said unto me, take it and eat it up and it shall make your belly bitter but it shall be in your mouth sweet as honey and so, for us, prophecy conferences, it used to be prophecy conferences were packed. Everybody wanted to get the latest prophecy book. Everybody wanted to know the date of the rapture, you know, and I hadn't written the book yet, but I'm gonna. And they were so excited about the soon return of Jesus. I mean, prophecy was it. It was the buzz, prophecy. But now only 2% of the churches teach prophecy. So what happens is what used to be sweet, which used to be just really exciting is now bitterness. You got the doom and gloomers. It's doom and gloom. We don't wanna hear about prophecy. We we just bought a house, we got our kids to raise, and and we got plans, man. We we wanna expand, and we wanna grow, and we want our kids in soccer and football and all these things and boy, sure, so do I and I want my grandkids in it too. I'm in no hurry and yet, the lord has a timetable and it's his timetable and he says, the world's being ripened under judgement. So, I'm not going to reject prophecy which is sweet and what's sweet about prophecy? It's called the Titus two thirteen. What? The. Being poo pooed by people? Can I say that? Poo pooed? And why is that? Why are why are they denigrating? There's a better word, more intelligent than that. Denig why are they denigrating the blessed hope? They exchange the truth for a lie. Yeah. I mean, but why why is that truth something we wanna hide away and not have to deal with now? And I don't wanna think about that now. And god, they've been saying that forever. And Thomas just read the rebuttal. You're fulfilling prophecy by being a scoffer saying, where is the prophecy of this coming? Oh, I remember Hal Lindsey, and I remember Tim LaHaye in the Left Behind series. I remember Kurt Cameron. Even Kurt Cameron doesn't believe in a preacher of rapture anymore. Kurt Cameron doesn't even believe in hell anymore, you know. And so everybody's getting all wishy washy, and I had a dream, and I had a vision. I heard this prophecy guy on on YouTube, you know, and and anything goes, you know, except the truth. Yeah. You know? Friends of the world. Of the world. And I I still love prophecy, don't you? Amen. Amen. I mean, it's it's still sweet to me. Now, it's sweet and and we're excited about it. And I went into the angel and said to me, give me the little scroll. And he said unto me, I'll take it. Eat it up and it shall make the bell thy belly bitter but it shall be in your mouth sweet as honey. And I took the little scroll out of the angel's hand and ate it. I ate it up. And it was in my mouth sweet as honey. And as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. Because what's coming? What's coming with that scroll? Wrath. Wrath is coming. Brutal wrath. So you and I are students of prophecy and oh so sweet. Jesus is coming. Jesus come. We're fixated on that. Well when Jesus comes it's the day of the Lord. It's it's a time of great wrath being poured out. That's brutal for the unbeliever. Right? But not for us. The escape is the rapture. The escape, pray always, they'd be kind of worthy to escape these things and stand before the son of god. It's a beautiful doctrine. The imminent return of Christ for his bride before he pours out his wrath and so, why would you want to be a person that goes through that time of great bitterness, that time of Jacob's trouble, a time where Jesus said, the earth is never seen nor ever. See again. And soon as Aida had belly, it was bitter. The wrath of god being poured out and he said unto me, thou must prophesy. You must prophesy. So, even though the people don't wanna hear it, you and I need to continue to prophesy. We and prophesy, look at it this way, speak forth the word of god. You're gonna speak forth you may not be a YouTube prophet that has a prophecy for the world. Oh, my children. You know? The New York's gonna be a blaze of fire. Not that kind of prophecy. Leave that to the wackadoodles. You take the word of god and speak forth his word. You say, hey, Jesus said that he's coming again. Jesus said, you know what I mean? Just let him know that except those days be short, no flesh should be saved. Hey, Jesus said, pray always that you be kind worthy to escape these things and stand before the son of man. Jesus said to watch, to be ready for your redemption is drawing nigh. That's speaking forth prophecy out of Luke 21 and, you know, Matthew 24 and and John 14. Jesus said, I go to prepare a place for you, you know? And if I go to prepare a place for you, you know, I'm going come again. So, even though it may be bitter to some people, they don't want to hear it. It's still sweet to you. You keep speaking forth the prophecy. You must, he says, Nicodemus, you must be born again. You you must keep speaking for. Again, about many peoples notice this. This isn't just the nation of Israel. Prophecy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings. And so God in his wrath, he remembers mercy. He's gonna be merciful to the Gentiles. There's so many people he's gonna be merciful merciful unto. And so we take that word and we want the full counsel of God. We don't wanna be those that reject god's word and so turn to second Timothy four right now. Now, this is what we're up against. Okay? And it's it's it's prophetic. What's happening is prophetic. Second Timothy chapter four. This is prophetic, this passage. Paul told Timothy, this is an earmark of the last days. This is a characteristic of the last days. It says, and I charge thee therefore before god and the lord Jesus Christ who shall judge the living and the dead. At his appearing and his kingdom. So when Jesus is coming back there, he's gonna judge the living and the dead. Right? He's he's gonna the sword of his mouth, he's gonna destroy the antichrist with the sword of his mouth and the brightness of his coming. The blood's gonna be as high as the horse's bridle, and all the wicked dead are gonna be bodily raised from the dead. In Revelation chapter 20 verse 15 of the great white throne judgment, he's gonna judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. He says, preach the word, Timothy. Be diligent. So, we talk about being hard workers. Be a hard worker in god's word. Be diligent. Don't don't be laissez faire and work work hard. Preach the word. Be diligent in season and out of season. So there's a time where sometimes you you're surprised. You gotta be ready. Rob's gotta come to church with his guitar with him. You gotta come to church with your Bible. Have it with you. Have your tracks. Wherever you go, be ready. Be ready to give an answer. Think it through. Ask the lord. Lord, give me an open door that no man can shut. Give me an opportunity today and you gotta be ready when the opportunity comes, Timothy. And so preach the word, be diligent in season, not of season. Doesn't matter what season it is. Doesn't matter if they like you or don't like you. There may be a season where people are receptive. There may be another season where people are not receptive. But you be diligent. And then he says, reprove. Wait a minute. Reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. Doctrine's important with the word of God. So you're gonna have to correct people. You're gonna have to reprove the rebels. You're gonna have to reprove them. And faithful are the wounds of a friend. The kisses of an enemy are deceitful. You're gonna have to rebuke the real rebels. You're have to rebuke them. The Lord rebuke you. You don't you don't you're you're he's saying, Timothy, if you wanna really be successful, be tolerant. Be tolerant of evil. Mhmm. Allow all the evil into the church and be the nice guy. Just be nice. You know? Exhort means means motivation. Exhort them. And exhort the men to be spiritual leaders. The women will follow. They're looking for leaders. With all long suffering and doctrine, long suffering means a whole lot of people are gonna reject you, Timothy. So you be long suffering. It's not a short race. And use doctrine. You use what you've been taught. You use the word of God to instruct and teach people.
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Calvary Chapel Bremerton - Home Bible Study
Listen to Rick Beaudry, Pastor of Calvary Chapel Bremerton, lead our home Bible Study session in worship and teaching the Word of God. Be edified and built up in your faith with solid Bible teaching. New episodes released on Tuesdays in the Pacific Standard Timezone.
