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Speaker 1: Let me ask you three questions, questions that cannot be
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ignored in this hour. Have you noticed the world unraveling
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but can't tell if it's just chaos or a countdown?
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Do you ever wonder why the church speaks of blessing
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but Jesus spoke of betrayal, deception and war before his return?
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And if the signs are already unfolding, how should your
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life look different right now? What you are about to
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discover is not based on opinions, trends, or theories. It
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is a direct unveiling of Jesus Christ's prophetic road map
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from Matthew twenty four, spoken on the Mount of Olives.
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These are not hidden messages. These are his words, plain, clear, urgent,
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and largely ignored by a modern generation obsessed with comfort, entertainment,
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and diluted gospel. If you watch to the end, you
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will not only understand the seven prophetic signs Jesus said
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would mark the final generation, but you will also see
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how each one is manifesting right now in real time,
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through global headlines, rising lawlessness, and the spiritual apathy that
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Jesus said would accompany the last days. You will learn
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how to discern deception. Stand under persecution, guard your love
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from growing cold, and proclaim the Gospel with urgency and clarity.
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And then we will pray together, not a soft prayer,
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but a mountain moving cry for endurance, repentance, and revival.
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Jesus did not say the end would come after revival.
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He did not say the world would become more moral.
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He did not say that comfort, peace and ease would increase.
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He said there would be deception, wars, famines, earthquakes, persecution, betrayals,
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false prophets, lawlessness, and a growing coldness of love. And
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then he said when you see all these things, know
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that He is near, even at the doors Matthew twenty
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four thirty three. He warned not to be troubled, but
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he also commanded to watch and endure, not just believe,
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not just attend, but to endure to the end. This
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generation wants signs and wonders, but Jesus gave warnings. He
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didn't flatter, he prophesied, he didn't soften the truth. He
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revealed it. And now that truth is staring the church
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in the face, and many still sleep. This is not
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about curiosity. It's about confrontation, a confrontation with the word
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of God that pierces the modern lie that we can
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follow Christ without following his warnings. Are you watching for
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a rapture but not ready for rejection? Are you hoping
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for deliverance but not prepared for deception? Are you planning
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for prosperity but not persecution? Then hear what the Spirit
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is saying. The end time signs are not coming, They
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are here, and the purpose of prophecy is not to
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spark debate, but to produce repentance. This video will walk
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you through the seven signs Jesus gave and show how
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every one of them is not only possible, but happening
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increasingly right now. The signs are not future events, they
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are present alarms. By the time we finish, you will
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not view the news the same way again. You will
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not pray the same again. You will not view comfort
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the same again. You will be called into deeper vigilance,
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deeper holiness, and a deeper urgency to proclaim the Gospel.
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While there is still time and now, before we continue
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into the first sign, let us pray, Holy Father, Ancient
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of days, you who declared the end from the beginning,
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You who spoke through the prophets and fulfilled every word
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in Christ. We ask you now to awaken every listener
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with trembling clarity. Let the blind see, let the deaf hear,
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Let the lukewarm be pierced, shake the comfortable, awaken the slumbering,
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and raise up those who will endure unto the end.
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Give us eyes to see what you see, hearts to
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receive what you are saying, and lives that do not
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shrink back when the shaking begins. We repent of spiritual slumber.
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We repent of idolizing comfort. We repent of ignoring the
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signs you so clearly gave. Let the fear of the
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Lord fall on every heart. Let holiness arise in every home.
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Let boldness consume every voice. May your word burn like
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fire in our bones. And may we stand faithful, unashamed,
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and ready until the skies break open and the Son
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of Man returns in power and glory in Jesus's mighty name. Amen.
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And Jesus answered and said to them, take heed that
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no one deceives you, for many will come in my name,
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saying I am the Christ and will deceive many Matthew
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twenty four four to five. Before Jesus ever mentioned war, famine,
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or persecution, he warned of deception. It was not a
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passing remark. It was the first sign, and it was
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repeated more than any other in the chapter. This was
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the priority in his prophetic sequence, not destruction, not danger,
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but deception. Why because deception masquerades as truth, It hides
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in pulpits it quotes scripture, it dresses in light, and
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its greatest danger is not its presence in the world,
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but its infiltration of the church. When Jesus said take heed,
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the Greek word used implies continual vigilance, ongoing alertness, and
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spiritual sobriety. He was not speaking to the curious. He
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was warning the chosen. He said, many will come, not
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a few, and many will be deceived, not a handful.
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This is the crisis. A generation that believes in Jesus,
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quotes his name, builds churches in his honor, hosts conferences
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under his title, but does not recognize his voice, does
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not discern his spirit, and does not know his word.
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Deception is not the absence of religion. It is the
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perversion of it. It is not marked by the tearing
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down of truth, but by the twisting of it. It
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does not come through atheists, but through false Christs, those
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who claim his authority while rejecting his lordship. Paul warned
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the same in Second Corinthians eleven thirteen to fifteen, saying
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that false apostles transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, and
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no wonder for even Satan himself appears as an angel
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of light. Consider the hour we are living in. There
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is a global redefinition of truth, rapt in tolerance, a
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rebranding of sin marketed as freedom, a counterfeit love void
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of repentance, a gospel without the cross, a Jesus without judgment,
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a spirit without holiness. It is not that evil now hides,
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it parades. It is not that lies are whispered, they
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are shouted. But more dangerous than the boldness of darkness
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is the silence of pulpits that once thundered with the
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fear of the Lord. We are watching a great falling away,
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not only from truth, but from the very nature of Christ.
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The Jesus now presented is tolerant but not righteous, friendly
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but not holy, inclusive but not sovereign. But the Lamb
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who is slain is also the lion who will return
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in power and glory. There is no revival without repentance.
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There is no gospel without obedience. There is no spirit
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without truth. Deception thrives where scripture is unfamiliar, where the
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people no longer study, no longer test, no longer discern,
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where emotionalism replaces Exegesus, where man's opinion is elevated above
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the counsel of God. Jesus said many would come saying
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I am the Christ. This does not only imply claim
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to divinity, It reveals a substitute savior. Today men and
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movements offer salvation not through the blood, but through self,
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not through repentance, but through affirmation, not through truth, but
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through experience. This is the spirit of Antichrist, not merely
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a political leader, but a system of deception that exalts man,
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rejects holiness, and positions itself in the temple of God,
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declaring itself as God, Second Thessalonians two three to four.
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And the deception is not random, it is divinely permitted.
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Paul wrote in Second Thessalonians two ten to twelve that
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those who do not love the truth will be given
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over to strong delusion. It is not that they cannot see,
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it is that they refused to love what is true.
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This is the judgment, not that God strikes them down,
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but that He gives them what they wanted, a version
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of Christianity without Christ, a kingdom without the King. And
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so the church must be warned. And not all growth
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is of God, not all movements are holy, not all
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signs are righteous, not all power is divine. In Matthew
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seven twenty two to twenty three, Jesus warned of a
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final judgment where many will say, Lord Lord, did we
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not prophesy, cast out demons and perform miracles in your name?
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But he will respond, I never knew you depart from me,
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you who practice lawlessness. Here lies the tragedy. They used
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his name, they did works, but they practiced lawlessness. Their
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doctrine allowed sin, their gatherings applauded compromise. They were spiritual,
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but not surrendered. The deception Jesus warned about is not future,
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it is present. It is not rare, it is main stream.
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And its goal is not simply to confuse you. It
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is to corrupt your worship, erode your convictions, and ultimately
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cause you to fall away. Therefore, the Church must return
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to its first love. Not signs, not miracles, not success,
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but Christ crucified, the Word made flesh full of grace
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and truth. And the people of God must once again
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become lovers of truth, even when it wounds, even when
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it confronts, even when it divides. This is why the
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first sign Jesus gave was deception, because it is the
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one sign that comes before the others, softening hearts, weakening discernment,
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and preparing the way for compromise, cowardice, and collapse. But
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for those who are awake, alert, and anchored in truth,
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the deception will not prevail. For it is written the
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wise shall understand, but the wicked shall not understand Daniel
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twelve ten. And the remnants shall not be deceived. They
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will test the spirits, as they will search the scriptures.
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They will cling to the Word, and they will shine
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as lights in a generation of counterfeit glory. Let no
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man deceive you, let no title seduce you, Let no
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message rob you of the full counsel of God. Stand
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fast in the Word, Be rooted in Christ, and endure
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with truth as your shield. As the deception increases, so
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must your discernment. As the counterfeit rises, so must your consecration.
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For only the pure in heart shall see God, and
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only the grounded in truth shall endure to the end.
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Shall we now consider the second sign Jesus gave the
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shaking of the nations through wars, unrest, and relentless conflict.
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For he said, you will hear of wars and rumors
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of wars, but the end is not yet. And you
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will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that
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you are not troubled. For all these things must come
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to power us, but the end is not yet Matthew
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twenty four six. Jesus does not speak in riddles. His
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voice is not vague When he opens his mouth on
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the Mount of Olives, he unfolds the future, not with allegory,
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but with clarity. Wars will come not as isolated incidents,
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not as mere consequences of human politics, but as a
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prophetic necessity. These things must come to pass. The Church
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must be sobered by this. The escalating conflict across nations
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is not simply a tragedy of men. It is a
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tremor from heaven. The shaking of empires is not the
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breaking of peace. It is the unveiling of prophecy. Wars
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and rumors of wars are not just the headlines of men.
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They are the harbingers of a divine countdown. From Israel's
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shaking to the trembling alliances of global superpowers, the earth
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is being al lined for something far greater than regional dominance.
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Nations rise and fall under the sovereign hand of the
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Ancient of days, and every kingdom from the days of
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Babel to Babylon to Rome to now has tried to
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establish permanence in a system marked for fire. Jesus said,
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you will hear, and we do. We hear the clash
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of militaries, we hear the threats of nuclear escalation. We
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hear the cries of civilians fleeing war zones, but most
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of all, we hear the groaning of a world under judgment.
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The media calls it geo politics, governments call it defense,
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but scripture calls it birth pains, the beginning of sorrow.
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These wars are not the end, but they are the
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sound of what is coming. When Jesus said nation will
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rise against nation, the word for nation is ethnos, ethnic groups, tribes, peoples.
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This is more than nation armies. It is civil unrest,
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tribal war, ethnic hatred, and ideological division. It is the
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breaking apart of humanity itself, under the weight of sin, pride,
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and unrepented bloodshed. And it has begun. Global powers are arming,
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alliances are forming. Peace is being preached, but it is
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a false peace, destined to crumble. The world is not uniting,
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It is fracturing, and it must Jesus said these things
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must come to pass, not because he delights in war,
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but because he alone sees the end from the beginning.
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The wars are not accidental, They are permitted, They are foretold,
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and they are temporary birth pains leading to the final judgment.
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Consider what the prophet Joel declared, proclaim this among the nations,
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prepare for war. Wake up the mighty men. Let all
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the men of war draw near, Let them come up
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Joel three nine. And again I will gather all the
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nations to the valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will enter
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into judgment with them there Joel three two. The shaking
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of the nations is not senseless. It is stage setting,
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for every war now waged is inching the world closer
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to the final gathering. Every tremor is a trumpet, every
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threat is a reminder He is coming. But in the
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midst of this, Jesus says, see that you are not troubled.
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Why because the believer is not to be tossed by
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the tides of world events. He is not to be
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paralyzed by panic. She is not to be crushed by fear.
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Those who belong to the Lamb do not interpret the
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times like the world does. Where the world sees chaos,
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the Church must see confirmation. This is not a time
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for confusion. It is a time for clarity. It is
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not a time for fear. It is a time for
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faith under fire. And yet many have allowed these shakings
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to destabilize their convictions. They scroll endlessly, they worry relentlessly,
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they debate foolishly, but they do not watch, They do
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not pray, they do not discern. They are troubled, but
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they are not anchored. This is why Jesus warns the
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end is not yet. He is teaching endurance, not emotionalism,
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not reaction, but prophetic resilience. Just as the shaking of
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the earth in the days of Haggai signaled a coming glory,
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so the shaking of the nations now is a preparation
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for a kingdom that cannot be shaken Hebrews twelve, twenty
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six to twenty eight. But you must be unmoved. You
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must not interpret history through politics, but through prophecy. You
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must not measure world events by poles, but by scripture.
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You must understand. These wars are not random, they are
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not distant at their are not irrelevant. They are God's
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megaphone to a deaf world, and a test of discernment
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for the watching church. For in the days to come,
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more will rise, rumors will intensify, peace treaties will be signed,
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and broken nations will gather not just against each other,
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but against Jerusalem. And the final war will not be
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man against man, but man against God. The spirit of
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rebellion is rising. The nations are raging. But he who
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sits in the heavens shall laugh Psalm two four, not
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in mockery, in sovereignty. He will install his king upon Zion.
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He will break the armies with a rod of iron,
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and he will judge every war, every throne, every system.
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Until then, let not your heart be troubled, Let your
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spirit be watchful, and let your steps be firm. For
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the one who foretold these wars is the one who
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shall end them with a word, and he shall be
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called faithful and true. Now, as the nations are shaken outwardly,
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another groaning rises beneath our very feet, Creation itself convulsing
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in the birth pangs of famine, disease, and earthquakes. Let
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us now consider this next sign, not man warring against man,
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but the very earth itself trembling under the weight of judgment.
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And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
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All these are the beginning of sorrows Matthew twenty four,
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seven to eight. The earth is groaning, not with the
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sounds of industry or progress, but with the deep low
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cries of travail. The signs are not only in the
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heavens or among the nations, but beneath our very feet,
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etched into the soil, the seas, and the atmosphere. When
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Jesus continued his prophecy, he did not only speak of
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wars and deception. He pointed to the natural realm reacting
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to divine order. The judgment is not just spiritual, it
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is environmental, physical material. He said. There will be famines, pestilences,
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and earthquakes in various places. These are not isolated events.
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These are global alarms. Jesus does not list them as
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distant possibilities, but as divine certainties, part of a sequence
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ordained from before the foundations of the world. These events
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are not just nature. They are messengers. They do not whisper,
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they thunder. They do not ask for attention, they demand it.
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But here is the tragedy. Man calls them climate change,
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science calls them natural disaster, politics calls them crises to manage.
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But scripture calls them birth pangs. Romans eight twenty two declares,
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for we know that the whole creation groans and labours
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with birth pangs together until now creation itself is not
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in chaoss, it is in contraction. The groaning of the
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Earth is not random, it is rhythmic. It follows a
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prophetic pattern, like the labor of a woman before delivery, pain,
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increasing frequency, accelerating. The Earth knows its time is short.
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And what are these birth pangs pointing to? Not the
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destruction of creation but its renewal, Not the annihilation of
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the world, but the arrival of the king. Consider the
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signs famines are multiplying, not just from droughts, but from
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economic collapse, wars, manipulated supply chains, and deliberate policy. Entire
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populations are being choked by scarcity, not because resources don't exist,
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but because systems are crumbling. From sub Saharan Africa to
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the inner cities of the West. Hunger is not decreasing,
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It is rising, and the cries of the poor are
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rising with it, filling the cup of judgment. Just as
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in the days of Sodom, then Jesus spoke of pestilence.
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We have witnessed global plagues sweep the earth, viral, psychological,
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ideological the world trembled under lockdown, nations scrambled, and in
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the shadows. Many still question what really happened and what
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was allowed. But pestilence is not new, it is ancient.
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In Egypt, God used plague to humble Pharaoh. In the wilderness,
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God used disease to purify his people. In Revelation, plagues
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are unleashed not by devils, but by Heaven's hand, as
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seals and bowls are broken open by the lamb. These
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things are not just viruses. They are vessels of warning.
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They expose our false sense of control. They reveal the
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weakness of man made systems. They uncover the sickness of
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a world that rejects its creator and worships self. And
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then Jesus said, earthquakes in various places is not just
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tectonic movements, but the literal shaking of the earth as
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a sign of Heaven's supremacy. Scripture is clear. When God
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comes near, the earth shakes. At Mount Sinai, the mountain
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trembled under his voice. In the Crucifixion, the earth groaned
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as the Sun gave up his spirit. In the Resurrection,
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the stone rolled away amid an earthquake. He Brews twelve says,
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Yet once more, I shake not only the Earth but
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also Heaven, so that what cannot be shaken may remain.
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We must ask, are we watching the news or reading prophecy?
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Do we see only fault lines? Or do we hear
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the footsteps of the Lord drawing near? For Jesus did
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not say these are the end. He said these are
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the beginning of sorrows, the beginning, the first pains, the
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early warnings. What is sorrow in the Greek Odin it
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means birth, pain's labor, travail. This sorrow is not her hopeless.
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It is purposeful. It is productive. It is leading to something,
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or rather someone. The shaking is not only judgment, it
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is also mercy. It is God sounding the trumpet while
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there is still time to repent. But too many explain
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it away. They say these things have always happened, yes,
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but never like this, never with this speed, never with
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this convergence. Jesus didn't say one of these signs would come.
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He said all of them would come together, like birth pangs,
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increasing in intensity. And so we ask, are you prepared
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to endure the shaking? Or have you built your life
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on sand? Have you rooted your hope in comfort? Or
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are your feet planted on the rock of ages? The
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earth is not groaning without purpose The famine is not
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rising without design. The pestilence is not sweeping without permission.
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The earthquake is not random. The voice of the Lord
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is thundering, not from the clouds, but through the very
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ground beneath us, crying return to me, for the hour
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is near and for the remnant. The shaking is not destruction,
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it is preparation. Those who know their God will not panic,
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They will purify. They will not fear the birth pangs.
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They will watch for the birth. Now the signs have
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shifted from the earth to the saints. Jesus warned that
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the world would not only shake but strike. He said,
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then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you,
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and you will be hated by all nations for my
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name's sake. Let us now consider this next sign, the
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rise of persecution and the call to endure suffering as
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the mark of true discipleship. Then they will deliver you
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up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be
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hated by all nations for my Name's sake. Matthew, twenty
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four nine. As the earth convulses and the cytha wystoms
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of the world unravel, Jesus shifts the focus from the
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shaking around us to the fire that will come upon us.
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No longer is the danger in the wars, or the
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famine or the pestilence, but in the hatred of the
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world toward those who bear his name. Persecution is not
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a strange event for the Church. It is her inheritance.
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It is not a detour, It is the narrow path,
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and it is not a threat. It is a test.
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And Jesus said unequivocally that those who follow him in
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the final hour will be hated by all nations, not
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for their kindness, not for their generosity, but for my
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name's sake. This is not social rejection. It is spiritual warfare.
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It is not disagreement over policy. It is hostility toward purity.
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This hatred is not new. It is ancient. Cain hated Able,
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Pharaoh hated Israel, Herod hated the infants, the Pharisees hated
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the Messiah. And now the world that once tolerated the
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Church is preparing to crucify her convictions. We must hear
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the warning of Christ. They will deliver you up to
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tribulation and kill you. This is not metaphorical, this is
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not poetic, This is prophetic. Reality. The hour is coming,
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and now is when those who name Christ will be mocked, marginalized, monitored,
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and martyred. Already the stage is set. In many nations,
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believers are imprisoned without trial. In others, churches are burned,
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pastors arrested, converts executed, and even in lands once called free,
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the word of God is being labeled hate speech, and
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biblical conviction is seen as violence. The beast is rising
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not as a tyrant first, but as a spirit of compromise.
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It comes not with swords at first, but with legislation,
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not with prisons, but with policy, not with chains, but
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with social pressure. And those who do not bow to
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the new morality will be cut off not only from culture,
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but from commerce, from opportunity, from acceptance. And yet Christ
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is not calling his people to fight back with the sword,
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but to overcome by testimony and truth. For persecution in
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the Kingdom is not defeat, it is refinement. It is
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the fire that reveals who truly belongs to him. When
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Jesus said you will be hated, he didn't mean by
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some fringe group. He said by all nations. The hatred
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will be systemic, it will be international, and it will
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be targeted at those who refuse to compromise the gospel.
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What kind of Christianity have we built if it crumbles
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when it is hated. What kind of discipleship have we
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offered if it collapses under cultural pressure. Jesus did not
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say be loved for my name's sake, He said be hated.
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He did not say win their applause. He said, endure
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their affliction. The modern church is unready addicted to comfort,
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distracted by blessing, imprisoned by fear of man. We have
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preached a gospel that avoids the cross. We have marketed
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a Christianity that avoids suffering. We have produced converts who
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are allergic to affliction. But now the furnace is being kindled,
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and only that which is forged in truth will remain.
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It is written, all who desire to live godly in Christ,
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Jesus will suffer persecution two Timothy three twelve. Not may
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suffer will and again, do not be surprised at the
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fiery trial, as though something strange were happening to you,
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Firse Peter four twelve. Because persecution is not abnormal, it
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is a badge of loyalty the church. Much in the
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book of acts. Did not pray to avoid persecution. They
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prayed for boldness in the midst of it. They did
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not retreat. They rejoiced that they were counted worthy to
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suffer for the name of Jesus. Where is that church
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to day? Where is the courage? Where is the clarity?
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Where is the conviction? Many cry for revival but reject
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the cost. They want Pentecost without gathsemone. They want fire
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without sacrifice. But there is no glory without the cross,
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no resurrection without rejection. Jesus said, he who endures to
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the end will be saved Matthew twenty four thirteen. This
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is not endurance through traffic. This is not patience through inconvenience.
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This is endurance through hatred, betrayal, accusation, isolation, imprisonment, even death.
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And yet the reward is not temporary. He promises a crown,
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he promises the kingdom. He promises to confess our name
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before the Father and his angels. So now we ask,
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are you ready for fire? Not figurative but real, not
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emotional but eternal? Will you stand when you lose followers,
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when your platform is banned, when your livelihood is threatened,
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when your name is slandered. This is not alarmism. It
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is alignment with scripture. And those who prepare now will
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stand then. Those who worship now will not waver later.
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Those who die daily will not fear death eternally. Let
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the Church awaken from slumber. Let her gird herself not
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with political arguments, but with righteousness. Let her be found faithful,
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not entertaining the world, but enduring for the Word. For
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in the hour of persecution, the true Church shines. In
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the fire of hatred, the pure gold is revealed, and
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in the valley of death, the lamb leads his own
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in triumph. But Jesus warned, before the ump it sounds,
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before the clouds split open, before the sun of man
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returns in glory, another sign will be visible in the
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heart of man, not war, not pestilence, but coldness, distance,
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a love that once burned, now flickering out under the
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weight of lawlessness. Let us now consider what may be
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the most dangerous sign of all. The love of many
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will grow cold. Of all the signs Jesus gave, this
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one cuts the deepest, not through cities or systems or nations,
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but through the very soul of the Church. This is
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not a shaking of the ground or a sound of war.
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It is the slow, quiet extinguishing of holy fire, not
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with a shout, but with a sigh. Jesus warns that
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in the final hour, something more dangerous than persecution will
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overtake many. Cold love, not hatred, not rebellion, but love,
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once burning, now dying. The greatest danger is not that
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believers will renounce their faith. It is that they will
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retain the form but lose the flame. What extinguishes this love,
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Jesus tells us plainly, because lawlessness will abound. In other words,
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when the standards of righteousness are removed and the culture
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exalts sin, the effect is not just moral collapse. It
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is relational decay, spiritual numbness, and devotional drought. Lawlessness is
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not just about breaking rules. It is the absence of
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divine order. It is the rejection of God's authority. It
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is the elevation of Self as sovereign. And when this
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spirit saturates a generation, love withers because love without holiness
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is not biblical love at all. This love Jesus speaks
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of is not natural affection. It is a gapey the
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love of God that once fill the heart at salvation.
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This is covenant love, sacrificial love, the love that lays
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down its life, that rejoices in the truth, that keeps
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no record of wrongs. This love is the evidence of regeneration.
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And when it grows cold, the soul is in danger.
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This is the hidden crisis of our day. Churches still gather, worship,
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teams still sing, messages, are still preached, but the altars
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are cold, the eyes are dry, the prayers are empty,
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the passion is gone. Cold love does not mean absence
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of religion. It means the absence of devotion, a slow
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drift from intimacy into performance, from purity into tolerance, from
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truth into apathy. And it happens not all at once,
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but inch by inch, compromise, tolerated, sin, excused, conviction, silenced,
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until what once stirred the heart now only draws a shrug.
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We must understand this si for what it is, a
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spiritual disease spreading quietly within the church. You will not
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see it on the news, you will not hear it
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in the political discourse. But it is in the pews.
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It is on the platforms. It is in leaders who
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preach truth without tears. It is in congregations who sing
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loudly but love faintly. It is in Christians who no doctrine,
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but no longer burn for Christ. And it is the
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direct result of lawlessness. Because when lawlessness abounds, when sin
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is celebrated, when holiness is mocked, when righteousness is called hate,
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then hearts grow numb. We become desensitized. What once broke
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us now amuses us. What once drove us to prayer
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now scrolls past our screen. This coldness is not outside
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the church. Jesus said, the love of many will grow cold.
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He is not speaking to pagans. He is speaking to
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his people. He is warning his bride beware of numbness
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masked as maturity. Do not confuse busyness with intimacy. Do
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not confuse endurance with passion. Do not confuse knowledge with
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burning love for Christ. Consider revelation too. To the church.
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In Ephesus, Jesus says, I know your works, your labor,
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your patience, But I have this against you, that you
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have left your first love. They were doctrinally sound, morally upright,
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and active in service, but their hearts had cooled, the
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fire had faded, The honeymoon with holiness was over. This
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is the hour we now live in, An hour of
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intense distraction, an hour where many believers feed more on
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news than the Word, more on culture than Christ, more
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on affirmation than transformation, An hour where we love the
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idea of revival, but not the sacrifice it requires. Jesus
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warned of it, not so we could identify it in others,
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but so we could guard against it in ourselves. Ask yourself,
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has your love grown cold? Do you still tremble at
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his word? Do you still weep in his presence? Do
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you still burn to see his name exalted above every
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other name? Or has the busyness of ministry replaced the
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beauty of devotion? Has comfort replaced sacrifice? Has truth become
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an accessory rather than the treasure of your heart? It
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is not enough to identify lawlessness in the world if
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we ignore the loss of love in the church. But
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take heart. This sign is also an invitation. The fire
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can burn again, the love can be rekindled, the altar
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can be rebuilt. It is not too late. Jesus did
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not say the love of all would grow cold. He
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said many, not all. There will be a remnant, fiery, pure, faithful, awake.
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There will be those who cry out in the night,
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Come Lord Jesus. There will be those whose lamps are
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filled with oil. There will be those who do not
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bow to bowl or dance with Babylon. The question is
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not what is the church doing? The question is what
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is the fire in your heart doing? For in this
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hour only love will endure, not knowledge, not gifting, not influence,
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Only the love that clings to Christ in the storm
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that chooses obedience over applause, that burns with devotion when
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the world freezes over and now Jesus turns our attention
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to the one sign that stands as both a hope
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and a warning. In the midst of deception, war, famine, persecution,
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and growing coldness, he declares, one more sign must come
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before the end. This Gospel of the Kingdom will be
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preached in all the world as a witness to all nations.
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And then the end will come. And this Gospel of
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the Kingdom will be preached in all the world as
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a witness to us the nations, And then the end
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will come Matthew twenty four fourteen. In the middle of
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shaking deception, persecution, and growing apathy, Jesus does not leave
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the church without hope. He does not speak only of darkness.
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He declares the victory of light. He proclaims that the
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final sign before his return is not disaster, but declaration.
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This gospel not another gospel, not a cultural gospel, not
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a motivational message. This Gospel of the Kingdom shall be
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preached to all nations, not as an option, not as
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a suggestion, not as entertainment, but as a witness. This
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is the divine, non negotiable, Not wars, not miracles, not revivals,
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but the global, uncompromised, spirit empowered proclamation of the Kingdom
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of God to every people, tribe and tongue. And then
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Jesus says, the end and will come. He does not
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say when the church is large. He does not say
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when the music is excellent. He does not say when
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the persecution dies down. He says, the end comes when
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the Gospel of the Kingdom has gone forth, not just
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with eloquence, but with witness. This is not merely evangelism.
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It is testimony. It is the martia, the martyr witness
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of those who not only preach, but live, suffer, and
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die with the message burning in their bones. But what
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is this Gospel of the Kingdom. It is not a
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message of self help. It is not an offer of
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material blessing. It is not a promise of success, happiness,
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or comfort. It is the announcement of a king, a
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real king, a reigning king, a returning king. It is
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the heralding of his rule, his reign, his righteousness. This
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gospel is not about how to improve your life. It
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is about how to lay down your life life. It
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is the message that the Kingdom of Heaven has come
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and all other kingdoms must bow. It is the confrontation
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of sin, the call to repentance, the invitation to surrender,
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and the assurance that the lamb who was slain is
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also the lion who will return. This is why Jesus
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said this gospel must be preached, because the end will
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not come until the true message has been proclaimed. And
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so we ask what is being preached to day. Many
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preach inspiration, but not incarnation. Many proclaim love, but not lordship.
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Many speak of grace but not judgment. Many gather crowds
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but do not make disciples. But the Gospel of the
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Kingdom demands surrender, It demands holiness, It demands allegiance to
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Christ above all. It is the message that broke pagan temples,
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that dethroned idols, that turned cities upside down, that confronted
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rulers and cast out demiss It is the message that
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cannot be tamed, edited or packaged for popularity. And it
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must be preached not just in buildings but in market places,
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not just on stages but in streets, not just with words,
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but with power, Not just by professionals, but by witnesses.
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Jesus said it would go to all nations ethne, every
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ethnic group, every people, every tongue. Not one tribe will
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be missed, not one village will be left untouched, not
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one language will be overlooked. He will have his inheritance,
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he will have his bride from every nation. He will
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gather his elect from the four winds. And yet how
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will they hear unless someone is sent. This is not
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a prophecy to admire. It is a command to obey.
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The gospel must be preached, not some day now in
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your homes, in your city, in your school, in your business,
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in your online platform. Not everyone will receive it, but
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everyone must hear it, and the church must rise from
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passive observation to active proclamation. It is not enough to
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attend a service you must become a witness. Jesus said,
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this gospel will be a witness to all nations. This
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word witness is costly. It is where we get the
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word martyr. To be a witness is not just to speak,
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but to bleed, not just to post, but to persevere,
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not just to believe, but to be burned, alive and
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still sing his praise. The witness will come at a price.
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The final generation will not spread the Gospel with ease.
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It will be costly. It will be resisted, but it
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will not be stopped. Heaven has decreed it, the Spirit
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is preparing it, and the Remnant will fulfill it. All
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other missions will fail, all other kingdoms will fall, all
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other movements will fade. But this gospel, the Gospel of
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the Kingdom, will be preached. And then the end will come,
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not until then, not before then, and not without you.
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You are not just an observer ofphecy. You are a
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participant in it. You are called to carry the gospel
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in your mouth, in your hands, and in your scars.
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And just as the Gospel goes forward, Jesus warned of
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one more sign yet to come, one that strikes at
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the very center of worship and reveals the rise of
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a final deception, the abomination that causes desolation. Standing in
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the Holy Place, let us now behold the sign that
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reaches not to the nations, but to the Temple, the
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profaning of the sacred and the unveiling of the lawless one. Therefore,
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when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by
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Daniel the prophet standing in the Holy Place, whoever reads,
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let him understand. Matthew twenty four fifteen. There's a moment
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in jesus prophecy where his tone shifts not from warning
44:57
to comfort, but from warning to urgency. He references a
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vision not originated on the Mount of Olives, but first
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seen in the scrolls of Daniel, a vision of desecration
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so profound that Jesus declares, whoever reads, let him understand.
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This is not casual, This is not optional. This is
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a divine command to discern the gravity of what is
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being revealed. A time is coming, indeed is approaching, when
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what is most holy will be most profaned, when the
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sacred center of worship will be invaded, when the Temple
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will no longer represent the glory of God but will
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become the stage for a final blasphemy. This is the
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abomination of desolation, and it is not a metaphor. It
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is not a poetic phrase. It is a literal desecration
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of what God has called holy, a sign Jesus tied
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directly to the end. To understand it, we must return
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to Daniel three times. The prophet speaks of this abomination
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Daniel nine, twenty seven, eleven, thirty one, twelve eleven. It
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is described as a moment when a ruler sets up
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in the temple what is forbidden, an idol, an altar,
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an image, or a throne that replaces the worship of
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Yahweh with the exultation of man. Historically, we saw a
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shadow of it in one hundred sixty seven b C.
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When Antiochus, the fourth Epiphanes entered the temple, erected an
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altar to Zeus and sacrificed pigs upon it. But Jesus
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spoke of a future fulfillment, one yet to come, a
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greater abomination which will mark the final rebellion of man
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before the return of the Son of Man. Paul speaks
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of it in Second Thessalonians two four. The man of
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sin opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God,
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so that he sits as God in the Temple of God,
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showing himself that he is God. This is not mere arrogance.
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It is open war on worship. It is the final
47:07
manifestation of the spirit of Antichrist, not just a political figure,
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but a religious impostor who invades the holy, defiles the sacred,
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and deceives the masses. This sign will not be missed.
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It will be unmistakable. It will trigger the flight of
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God's remnant. It will expose the sheep and the goats,
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and it will set in motion the final events of
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the age. Jesus says, when you see it, flee, not negotiate,
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not linger, not reason. Flee why because this moment reveals
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that the restraint has been removed. Second Thessalonians two seven.
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The hour of mercy is closing, and the day of
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vengeance is near, and those who are not anchored in
47:55
truth will be swept away in a storm of deception
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so great that Jesus said, if possible, even the elect
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would be deceived Matthew twenty four, twenty four. And what
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is the warning to us now before this sign appears.
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It is this, do not wait until you see the
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abomination to cleanse your worship. Do not wait until the
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temple is defiled to purify your temple. Do not wait
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until the Antichrist rises to dethrone the idols in your heart.
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For the spirit that seeks to desecrate the temple in
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Jerusalem is already at work in the temples of our lives.
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Every time worship becomes entertainment, every time the sacred is
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treated as common, every time man is exalted in the
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place of God, every time holiness is replaced with hype,
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the ground work is being laid for the abomination. And
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what does Jesus say to the reader? Let him understand,
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Understand what that this is not merely about architecture or rituals.
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It is about the battle for worship, the invasion of
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the Holy and the final confrontation between the kingdom of
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darkness and the glory of God. Understand that the enemy's
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goal has always been to sit in the place of God,
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to steal worship, to confuse the sacred, to occupy the temple.
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Understand that if your altar is already broken, if your
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worship is already distracted, if your love is already cold,
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then you are already vulnerable to this deception. But those
49:34
who are watchful, those who are holy, those who guard
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the sanctuary of their hearts, they will not be moved.
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For the desecration of the temple is not the end.
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It is the trigger. It is the last defilement before
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divine judgment. It is the signal that the Son of
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Man is at the door. And as surely as the
49:54
temple will be profaned, it will be cleansed. As surely
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as the beast will rise, he will fall. And as
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surely as the abomination will stand for a moment, the
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Lord will destroy him with the breath of his mouth
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and the brightness of his coming. Second Thessalonians two eight,
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Let your worship be pure. Now, let your altar be rebuilt.
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Now let your temple be filled with light. Now, so
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that when the Holy is profaned in Jerusalem, the fire
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in your heart burns even brighter. And now Jesus turns
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our eyes to the pattern of judgment from the days
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of old, not to mystify, but to reveal. For as
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it was in the days of Noah, and as it
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was in the days of Lot, so it shall be again.
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Let us now behold the next sign, not in the heavens.
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But in history the days of Noah and Lot, returning
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to a world drunk on sin and ripe for fire.
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But as the days of Noah were, so, also will
50:57
the coming of the Son of Man be likewise as
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it was also in the days of Lot. Even so
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will it be in the day when the Son of
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Man is revealed Matthew twenty four thirty seven and Luke
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seventeen twenty eight to thirty. When Jesus sought to describe
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the world just before his return, he did not point
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to the stars. He did not offer symbolic language or
51:22
veiled riddles. He gave us two historical references, two cities,
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two men, two generations, drenched in judgment, Noah and Lot.
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These were not poetic illustrations. They were divine parallels, and
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he spoke them with intention, saying, as it was, so
51:40
shall it be. In other words, look back to understand
51:44
what is coming. First the days of Noah. It is written,
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then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was
51:51
great in the earth, and that every intent of the
51:54
thoughts of his heart was only evil continually Genesis sick five.
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This was not casual sin. This was saturation, not occasional compromise,
52:07
but a complete collapse of moral conscience. Every thought evil,
52:12
every motive corrupt. And in the midst of this rot,
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one man stood Noah blameless in his generation, walking with God,
52:22
while the world drowned in depravity. Jesus says his return
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will be in such days. What kind of days? There were?
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Days of obsession with self. Men were consumed with eating, drinking, marrying,
52:35
and giving in marriage Matthew twenty four, thirty eight. None
52:39
of these actions are sinful in themselves, but they symbolize
52:43
a world drunk on pleasure, distraction, indulgence, a culture fixated
52:49
on the temporal, oblivious to the eternal, a generation too
52:53
busy with the surface to discern the shaking beneath their feet.
52:58
And while Noah built, they might, While he preached, they parted,
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while he warned, they scoffed. And then the flood came
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and took them all away. There was no warning, bell,
53:09
no cultural repentance, only sudden destruction. Now consider the days
53:14
of Lot. Jesus draws attention to a second picture, Sodom
53:17
and Gomorrah. Another generation bloated with pride, rebellion, and sexual perversion.
53:23
The sin was not hidden. It was institutionalized, it was normalized,
53:29
it was legalized, and those who stood against it, like Lot,
53:33
were vexed in their soul, tormented daily by the lawless
53:37
deeds around them Second Peter two, seven to eight. In
53:41
those days, God sent angels, and even they were threatened
53:46
by the depravity of the people. It was not enough
53:49
to sin. They demanded agreement. It was not enough to
53:53
be perverse. They demanded participation. And when judgment fell, it
53:58
fell swiftly. Fire from heaven consumed the cities in a
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single breath of divine fury. Jesus says, likewise, so will
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it be in the day when the Son of Man
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is revealed? Are these not the days we live in now?
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The days of Noah? Entertainment without end, moral indifference, mocking
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of the righteous, The days of Lot, sexual confusion, celebration
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of sin, hatred of holiness. A society where perversion is
54:27
protected but truth is prosecuted, where children are trained to
54:32
reject what is natural, where marriage is redefined, gender is dismantled,
54:38
and sin is called courage, Where men applaud themselves while
54:42
daring Heaven to respond, And like in Noah's day, the
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ark is open, the door has not yet shut. The
54:49
invitation remains, but the time is short, and like in
54:53
Lot's day, angels are warning the faithful are being called
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to flee, not physically but spirit ually, to come out
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from among them and be separate Second Corinthians six seventeen,
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to refuse the compromise, to reject the culture's lies, to
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not look back as Lot's wife did, and be turned
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to salt. Jesus said, remember Lot's wife Luke seventeen thirty two.
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She was on the road out of sodom, but her
55:22
heart was still in it. She was escaping judgment, but
55:26
her affections were still tied to rebellion, and from one
55:29
backward glance she was frozen in divine discipline. Let that
55:33
be a warning to us. You cannot love the world
55:36
and escape its judgment. You cannot cling to Babylon while
55:40
claiming allegiance to Zion. You cannot keep one hand on
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the cross and one hand on the culture. These are
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the days of Noah, these are the days of Lot.
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And if we have ears to hear, we must tremble.
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For these patterns are not symbols. They are signals, signals
55:59
that the cup is filling, that judgment is not just coming.
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It is near, that the window of mercy is still open,
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but not forever. That the ark is christ and the
56:09
flood is ready, that the fire is kindled and the
56:13
angels are positioned. What is the call in this hour
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to be like Noah, building faithfully preaching righteousness, unmoved by scoffers.
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To be like Lot, grieved by sin, separated from corruption,
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quick to obey, to prepare your family, to warn your city,
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to live wholly while the world lives loud. For the
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days Jesus described are not future, They are present, And
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just as sudden as the rain and the fire came,
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So the trumpet will sound and the door will close,
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and the judge of all the earth will do what
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is just, but for those who endure, for those who
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stay awake, for those who love his appearing. He is
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not coming as a thief, but as a bridegroom. And
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though the night is dark, the dawn is breaking. Let
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us now behold the final moment Jesus speaks of before
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his return, when he gathers his elect from the four winds,
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when every eye shall see him, and when he calls
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his faithful to watch, stand and endure until the end.
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The Son of Man is at the door. Therefore you
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also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming
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at an hour you do not expect Matthew twenty four
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forty four. After all the signs deception, war, famine, persecution, lawlessness,
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false worship, and prophetic parallels from Noah and Lot, Jesus
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ends not with a riddle, not with speculation, but with
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a command be ready. This is not a passive suggestion.
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It is an imperative from the mouth of the king.
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This is not about watching headlines. This is about watching
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your heart. This is not about calculating dates. This is
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about cultivating holiness. The signs are not given to satisfy curiosity.
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They are given to ignite urgency. And when Jesus says
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the Son of Man is coming at an hour we
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do not expect, he is exposing the greatest danger of
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the last days, spiritual sleep. If the master of the
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house had known what hour the thief would come, he
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would have watched Matthew twenty four forty three. In other words,
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your ignorance will not excuse your unpreparedness. The thief comes
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regardless of whether you are asleep. The trumpet will sound
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regardless of how alert you were, the clouds will part,
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whether you were praying or scrolling. Jesus is not waiting
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on the world to get darker. He is not waiting
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on a more perfect generation. He is not waiting on
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more signs. He is waiting on the Father's word. And
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when the Father speaks, he will rise from the throne,
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split the heavens, and return with power and great glory.
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And he will not come back as a teacher, not
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as a lamb, not as a carpenter, but as a king,
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riding on the clouds, eyes of fire soared in his mouth,
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and justice in his wings. Every eye shall see him,
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every knee shall bow, every tongue shall confess. The foolish
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will mourn, the wicked will tremble, the rebellious will wail.
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But the faithful, those who watched, those who stood, those
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who wept over sin and longed for his appearing, They
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shall rise to meet him in the air. This is
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the hope of the saints, not survival, not escape, but
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union with Christ eternity, with the one whom our soul loves.
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But who will be ready? Jesus gives the answer, who
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then is a faithful and wise servant whom his master
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made ruler over his household. Blessed is that servant whom
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his master, when he comes, will find so doing Matthew
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twenty four forty five to forty six. Not the loudest,
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not the most followed, not the most gifted, but the
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one found. Faithful, faithful in purity, faithful in prayer, faithful
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in devotion, faithful in preaching the gospel, faithful in standing
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when others bow. This is not a time for delay.
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This is not a time for double mindedness. This is
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not a time to flirt with compromise, play with idols,
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or dance with sin. The son of Man is at
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the door. The judge stands ready, and soon, very soon,
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he will come in a moment, in the twinkling of
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an eye, and the age of mercy will give way
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to the age of glory. But for many it will
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be too late. Jesus said, the master of that servant
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will come on a day when he is not looking
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for him, and will appoint him his portion with the hypocrites.
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There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew twenty
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four fifty to fifty one. This is not the world's
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judgment that this is the church. The warning is not
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to the pagans. It is to the servants, to those
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who once served but grew tired, to those who once
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burned but grew cold, to those who once believed but
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now mock the urgency of his coming. Let it not
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be you, you who know the word, you who have
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heard his voice, you who have felt the trembling in
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your spirit. Let your lamp be full, Let your garments
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be white, Let your eyes be lifted. He is not delayed.
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He is patient for your sake, but he will not
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tarry forever. So watch not with fear but with fire,
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not with panic, but with prayer, Not with apathy, but
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with urgency. For the end is not coming. It is here,
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and the King is not far. He is at the door. Now,
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Let us pray with fire and reverence, O, Righteous King,
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you who dwell in unapproachable light, you who spoke the
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end from the beginning. We bow before your throne in
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trembling and truth. You have warned us through your prophets,
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You have spoken to us through your son, and now
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you awaken us through the shaking of the nations. Forgive
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us for sleeping, Forgive us for our cold hearts, our compromise,
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our delay, Wash us in your blood. Set fire to
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our altars again. Let no deception live in us, Let
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no fear master us, let no sin cling to us.
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We renounce the world. We reject lawlessness, and we resist
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the spirit of this age. And we say, come, Lord Jesus,
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make us watchful, make us holy, and make us faithful.
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Let us be found ready, burning, praying and proclaiming the
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Gospel of the Kingdom, until you come. For Yours is
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the Kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever, Amen,
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Stay blessed,