Bible Prophecy & The Last Days: Israel, God’s Prophetic Timepiece | Harley Doneburg | 01.18.26

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you are or where you've been, we're glad you're

here with us today, and we hope that you'll join

us on our journey, following Christ and living

out His plan for us. So welcome to church. Thankful,

God. Pray that, Lord, your word would meet us

right where we're at. We're confident in the

fact that, Lord, it's your desire to talk to

us and meet with us, Lord. You want to speak

to us, Lord, and minister to our hearts, remind

us of your love, challenge us, warn us, all the

things we need, Lord. So I pray you do that this

morning, God, that we as a church would have

an ear to hear what you'd have to say today.

In Jesus' name. We had a whole wall full of baptism

pictures at one time here. Almost 20 of them,

20 years of them, plus give or take different

other times we baptized people. We had men's

retreats on the Genesee River and several baptisms,

Silver Lake. Currently, we do it at the Breezeway

Barn at our kind of church anniversary in August

every year. But I remember looking at them. At

one point, we would look at baptism pictures.

We baptized 20, 25 people at a time every year.

Great, super encouraging. A lot of people would

show up. And then as we began to look at those

pictures, What you'd see is one of the signs

of the last days is people began to disappear.

The people that were getting baptized, they weren't

just not attending Calvary Chapel. Because it's

great. If you're not attending here and you're

going to a Bible -believing church, amen. That's

where you need to be. Find a good, healthy church

that teaches the word of God and find a home,

a family. That's it. It's where you want to be,

and you want to be connected. You want to be

part of it. You're part of a family, part of

the church. It's the bride of Christ. It's one

bride. It's not all these different brides. It's

the church. So plug in. But what we were seeing

is people were just falling off the map, falling

away. And that's the warning in these last days.

One of the earmarks, and we talked about it last

week, is that people would fall away. They would

begin to walk away from God, walk away from the

Lord. And typically, it's a gradual descent,

right? It starts small, maybe with just becoming

busy, too busy to get together, too busy. We've

got so many things going on, or fears, or finances,

and then it turns into something else, and pretty

soon, you're gone. You're out of a place of fellowship.

It's easy not to go to church. It's easy not

to. But church is the place where you hear the

word of God. You get stirred up, but you're part

of a family. You get sharpened, challenged. There's

accountability. You should have friends at church.

You should be making friends. That's part of

it. But slowly, as you get drawn away, pulled

away, all those things, they begin to crumble.

And then you're a target. But the devil does

not want to see you in church, does not want

you part of a body, wants to pull you away. You

become a very easy target. It says this, one

of the most sobering verses in the Bible, a little

portion as Jesus is talking about kingdom living

in Matthew chapters 5, 6, and 7. He issues a

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warning at the end of chapter 7. It says in verse

21, you don't have to turn there. But not everyone,

Jesus will say, he's telling his disciples, everyone

who followed him up onto this mountain, not everyone

who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into

the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will

of my Father in heaven. Then he goes on to say,

In fact, many will say to me in that day, Lord,

Lord, haven't we prophesied in your name, cast

out demons in your name, and done many wonders

in your name? Haven't we done this? We've done

these works. You owe us heaven. I've been a good

person. I've tithed. I've served. I've done this

and that. That doesn't get you into heaven. It's

the work of Calvary and what Jesus Christ did.

And Jesus says, then I will declare to them,

I never knew you. Apart from me, you who practice

lawlessness. There was never a relationship.

The relationship was based on what you could

do to be good enough and not what Jesus did to

make you good enough. That's the problem. But

I can't imagine being there that Jesus literally

says people will be standing there someday. Saying,

Lord, Lord, they're not claiming some other God,

but they're claiming Jesus Christ, the God of

the Bible. Lord, Lord, didn't we do this? Didn't

we do that? To hear those words, the final words,

depart from me, I never knew you. That's it.

No do -overs, no second chance. It's here to

get your chance. Now. And so the Bible, we're

looking at these signs. One of those signs is

a departure from the faith. I pray that God,

his spirit would move one more time and there

would be a great revival again. And I think what

we saw back in, I think it was September, that

God used the seed of another martyr, which God

always does. Charlie Kirk, as he died, it stirred

and ignited faith again in this country. Bible

sales went up exponentially. Church attendance

went up. because of what he represented, who

he represented. And it just started stirring

hearts in people. Who is this guy? And people

were looking him up and pretty amazing. And so

I pray God does do a great revival, but we know

what's going to happen is there'll be a departure

from the faith. There'll be people leaving the

faith. And so Jesus gave his disciples signs

of the last days. As we're looking through Matthew

24, there'll be wars, rumors of wars. There's

always been that, but nothing like we know today.

Today we see wars, rumors of wars. We know what

is going on in Iran today, Persia. Iran is Persia

in the Bible. And they're very significant players

in the last days. We're going to read in Ezekiel

38 and 39 because there's one great war that's

coming. It's not the final war, but there's a

war coming. And the Bible lists all the players.

Amazing. These people, some of them that never

had a relationship before are now coming together

and very close ties, very close relationship.

especially Turkey and Persia, Iran, and Russia.

Kind of amazing. And you're hearing threats from

Russia, right? If you do something, we're going

to do something. They're threatening nuclear

war on Europe. Nuclear force. It's kind of amazing

that these guys are in place, that the Bible

says it before. It's never even happened. Calls

these people out hundreds and sometimes thousands

of years in advance. How could God know? How

could God know? But the Bible clearly states

it. And so Jesus gives the earmarks of these

things. Wars, rumors, rumors of wars, famine,

pestilence, natural disasters, earthquakes, persecution.

And he begins to talk about this time of tribulation

that's coming on the earth, which the number

one, and you need to know this because we're

going to talk about Israel today. But you need

to know that the tribulation period, there'll

be many people who get saved during the tribulation.

The seven year period on planet earth that God

pours out finally judges the planet. Kind of

like in the days of Noah. In fact, Jesus is going

to say that. In the days of Noah, when there

was a global judgment, a flood, there's going

to come another day of judgment. But God is so

patient, not willing, the Bible says, that any

would perish, but that all would come to repentance.

He's giving people time. A space to repent. Time

to hear the gospel. Time to understand that,

yeah, what is life after death? Why are we here?

How did we get here? Answer all these questions

that are in the DNA of every person. He's giving

us time and space and room to answer those questions

and come to Christ. And so Israel is a key player.

Ezekiel chapter 36 or 37 and 36. We'll look at

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that. But God has given people a space, a time

to repent. As the tribulation period, many people

will get saved during that time. But it is the

time. And if you remember, Daniel chapter 9.

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People are like, don't say Daniel chapter 9.

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Daniel chapter 9, we're not going to go there,

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but it's something very important. The angel

gives Daniel this 70 week of years, period. 490

years. It's going to take place. The first 69,

God gives Daniel to give the exact day that Jesus

Christ was going to ride into Jerusalem. And

he did. But there's a space, an age of grace.

It's the church age. There's one more week, week

of years, seven years. We know as the time of

Jacob's trouble, Daniel's 70th week. And it's

a time where God is going to save people in the

tribulation, but he's going to deal with this

nation, Israel. Israel is key during the tribulation

period. And we have that. You read the book of

Revelation. It's laid out. Chapters 6 through

19 is the tribulation period. There's no quiz

on that, so don't worry. But it's important.

God saves 144 ,000 Jewish people. They're Jewish

Billy Grahams, evangelists. They're proclaiming

the gospel to Jewish prophets in Jerusalem. It's

very Jewish. So as we're going through this,

we're seeing different signs, looking at them.

And we get to a verse. In Matthew 24, it says

this. Matthew 24, it says in verse 32, Now learn

the parable of the fig tree. When its branch

has already become tender and puts forth its

leaves, you know that summer is near. So also

when you see all these things, you shall know

it's near even at the door. So he's relating

this to the signs in the same way you would see

a tree. In fact, Luke just talks about. Any tree,

the way you see the leaves come on the trees

or fruit coming, you know, you can tell the seasons

by what you're seeing in a tree, right? You look

outside, there's, if you live in New York, there's

not many leaves on the tree. If there are, they're

shriveled up, right? We're waiting for another

couple months and we start seeing some buds come

out and everyone starts talking about the crocuses

that are, oh my gosh, look at this, it's amazing,

right? We want. the warm weather to come. Well,

that's part of what Jesus is relating this to.

He says, when you see all these, know this, that

it's at the doors. Assuredly, I say to you, this

is important, that this generation will by no

means pass away till all these things take place.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words

will by no means pass away. Something's going

to happen. Because the fig tree is also emblematic

of the nation of Israel. The Bible talks, if

you read the Old Testament, Micah, I think it's

Chronicles, where Israel is looking for a day

where it sits under its vine and its fig tree.

And it's emblematic of this nation, Israel, the

fig tree. And Jesus says something that I think

is significant here. He says, when you know this

parable of the fig tree, when its branch is ready

to become tender, and it brings forth leaves,

you know that summer is near. And something the

Bible declares and promises, and it's unfortunate,

and I've talked about it before, Martin Luther,

unfortunately, John Calvin, and many of our forefathers

who did not understand or see Israel, the potential

of them becoming a nation again, created this

thing. And believed in something known as, and

I mentioned it before, replacement theology.

Wherever you see Israel in the New Testament,

the church replaces Israel. Israel is no more.

They're insignificant. And the church has replaced

Israel. Well, God doesn't say that. Paul doesn't

say that in Romans. It's very important to know

because it's the super sign of the last days.

Israel becoming a nation again. But it's something

that most people wrote them off. Lots of people

wrote Israel off. Like there's no way they can

become a nation again. It's impossible. Because

they're out of the land. But Jesus said that.

We won't go there. But Jesus said that your house

is left to you desolate. Because they rejected

their Messiah. And we know 70 AD, it's not overly

important. It is important. that Titus of Aspasian

comes into the city and ransacks. It kills over

a million Jews. Cannibalism is part of what they're

doing in the city, and they take 100 ,000 people

captive because they rejected their Messiah.

And the fruit of that was they went back into

this last day's dispersion during the church

age. But the Bible promises that there's going

to be a regathering. That Israel is going to

become a nation again. Most people didn't believe

that. Most people thought it is impossible that

that could happen. It says this. I wrote down

a couple of quotes. Encyclopedia. Anyone ever

have an encyclopedia Britannica at their house?

When I was growing up, my grandmother had this

whole shelf of encyclopedia Britannicas. I would

just go through them. Well, the one from 1911

says this. If you look up and. Maybe you could

look this up online. It says this with the entry

of the Hebrew language. It says, the dream of

some Zionists that Hebrew, that is to say a would

-be Hebrew, will again become a living popular

language in Palestine has less prospect of realization

than their vision of a restored Jewish empire

in the Holy Land. Like, that ain't going to happen.

There's not going to be a Hebrew language again.

The Jewish people are not going to be in the

Holy Land again. It's impossible. I mean, that's

just over 100 years ago. Mark Twain, on his tour

to the Holy Land, said this in 1867 in his writings

called Innocence Abroad. It says, of all the

lands of dismal scenery, I think Palestine must

be the prince. Israel is desolate and unlovely,

a barren wasteland, rich in soil, but wholly

given over to weeds, a silent, mournful expanse.

He remarked that he didn't encounter one single

human being and hardly a tree or shrub. That's

in 1867. He wrote that. And now we're talking

about a nation that is birthed May 14th, 1948,

produce goods, distribute goods. They're top

15 in the world on certain things, but top 25

in the whole world, which may not seem like a

lot, top 25. Gee, that's not great. There's a

lot of countries. There's 15 million Jews on

the planet, on the whole planet, 15 million Jews.

Seven and a half million live in Israel. Jews.

There's 10 million in the whole country, but

seven and a half million Jews and their top 25,

in some aspects, in some ways, they cut flowers

to Holland, who was the number one exporter in

the world. They sell flowers, cut flowers to

Holland. Their top five or top 10 in citrus,

avocados, pomegranates. I mean, Israel has become,

from what Mark Twain said, to our day and age,

this major superpower. In fact, in terms of military,

they're top 10 or 15 in the world today. Top

five in some instances, their Navy, their Air

Force, and their tank divisions. Top three in

terms of secret service. I mean, we're talking

about a nation that was born less than 100 years

ago. And they become a global superpower. That

at one time, the church itself that had the scriptures

thought, this is impossible. There's no way they

can become a nation. And guess what they have?

May 14th, 1948, to become a nation. It's incredible

what God has done. And he said it before it ever

happened. And some people, Christians. Had to

replace the church with Israel because they were

in such disbelief. Just kind of amazing. Isaiah

27, 6 says, in those days, the days that God

is going to bring Israel back into the land,

it says, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom

and bud and fill the world with fruit. So I'm

going to look at my notes for a second and tell

you guys exactly what they're. They're tropical

fruit exports. Avocados, dates, mangoes, citrus.

They're number seven in the world in tropical

fruits. Who would have thought that? They sell

cut flowers to the Netherlands and Holland. Netherlands

is the number one exporter in the world, and

they purchase flowers from Israel. This land

that was barren, desert. The army is top 15 in

the world of 145 countries, but top 10 in their

air force. Naval fleet, top five in the tank

fleet. And like I said, they're intelligent agencies.

The Mossad and Chimbat, they're top three behind

the CIA and the UK's intelligent agencies. And

you remember what happened with Hezbollah and

the pagers. You guys remember that a couple of

years ago where Hezbollah has all these pagers.

And Israel convinced them to buy pagers from

them so they could track them. And then one day

they have this little bomb in them. And Israel,

the Mossad ignites them, sets them off. People

die because these people are constantly attacking

Israel. Israel, their intelligence is amazing.

But the Bible declares that people are going

to go back to Israel. It's called Aliyah. They're

going to go back to their homeland. And I was

talking to someone recently who works with Jews

in our area, Jewish people, Jewish community.

And he was just telling me how much they get

together and they're in contact with the Mossad

in their country. They send billions of dollars

back to their country all the time. Like these

groups of Jews, these communities, Rochester,

Buffalo, New York City, they're in contact with

the CIA, the Mossad. They get updates on alerts,

things to watch out for, and they're constantly

sending money back to their homeland. And since

the massacre October 7th, thousands of, tens

of thousands of people have gone back to Israel

to live, to move. Right? But the Bible says that

they're going to do that. That they're going

to go back. That they're going to enter back

into the land in unbelief. Like they're not Christians,

but they're God's people. If you turn with me

for a second to Genesis chapter 12. This fig

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tree is going to blossom. It's a promise. As

God calls Abraham out of his country and his

nation, it says this in verse 1 of Genesis chapter

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12. It says, now the Lord had said to Abraham,

Abraham, get out of your country and your family

and from your father's house to a land that I'm

going to show you. I'll make you a great nation.

I'll bless you. I'll make your name great and

you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who

bless you and curse him who curses you. He's

talking about this nation. That he's reestablishing,

not just Abraham. And in you, all the families

of the earth will be blessed, right? Messiah

is going to come out of this nation, this Abraham

seed. In chapter 15, you turn there with me for

a second. God reiterates a promise to them. And

makes a covenant with Abraham. It says in verse

1, after these things, the word of the Lord came

to Abraham in a vision saying, don't be afraid,

Abraham. I'm your shield, your exceeding great

reward. And then Abraham argues and says, listen,

I don't have a seed. Only Eleazar in my house

is my only seed. I don't have anyone from my

wife and I. What are we going to do? What am

I going to do, Lord? And God makes Abraham, and

I'm skipping through this because I don't have

enough time to read the whole chapter and explain

it. But God basically tells Abraham, do this

for me. Take these animals and cut them in half

and spread them out. One on one side, one on

the other. Kind of a gruesome scene, but it was

the way they would cut a covenant. And then you

would make this promise to each other and you'd

basically hold hands and walk down the middle

of these animals that were cut in half. And it

was such a severe thing that, hey, this is what's

going to happen to you if you don't keep your

promise. You'll be like these animals. And but

when Abraham was there and he cuts the animals

in half, it says that he fell asleep and all

he was trying to do is keep these birds from.

from landing on these animals. That's all his

job was. Then he finally fell asleep and it says

that God went through the midst of it by himself

and burned up these animals. And it was a sign

to Abraham that Abraham, listen, I'm not depending

on you to keep your side of the promise, but

I'm going to keep my side. You don't need to

come through the center of these animals, Abraham,

because I'm going to keep the promise. You're

going to have a seed and this seed is going to

last forever. This land is yours forever. And

no nation on the planet has ever been out of

their country, off their land for 1900 to 2000

years and gone back to take it over again. But

that happened to a nation of Israel. They're

out of their land for almost 2000 years and they

go back. There's no other nation, country or

people. that God says that that's my land and

these are my people and I gave it to them. It's

the only place in the Bible. Those are my people.

This is my land and I gave it to them. And God

brought them back in and gave them land. So turn

with me to Ezekiel 37 for a second. I'll just

read this to you, what God says. Ezekiel 37.

If you're a note taker, you can write down Isaiah

Isaiah 11:10

11, verse 10 and 11. And there's tons of scriptures

in the Bible talking about God bringing his people

back into the land in unbelief. But it says this

in chapter 36, verse 22. Therefore, say to the

house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God, I do

not do this for your sake, O house of Israel,

but for my holy name's sake, which you have profaned

among the nations wherever you went. But I will

sanctify my great name, which has been profaned

among the nations, which you have profaned in

their midst. And the nation shall know that I

am the Lord, says the Lord God, when I'm hollowed

in you before their eyes. For I will take you

from among the nations and gather you out of

all countries and bring you into your own land.

That's God's promise. And we can bounce around

and spend a lot of time talking about this. Chapter

37 is pretty profound because these are the last

days. This is the vision of these dry bones.

It says this in chapter 37. The hand of the Lord

came upon me and brought me out in the spirit

of the Lord and set me down in the midst. of

the valley, and it was full of bones. So if you

can imagine this valley full of bones, they're

dry bones, he's going to say. He caused me to

pass by them all, and behold, there were very

many in an open valley, and indeed, they were

very dry. And he said to me, Son of man, can

these bones now live? And I answered, O Lord

God, you know. I don't know, you know. And he

said to me, prophesy to these bones and say to

them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

Thus saith the Lord God to these bones, surely

I will cause breath to enter into you and you'll

live. I will put sinew on you and bring flesh

upon you and cover you with skin and put breath

in you and you'll live and you'll know that I

am the Lord. So I prophesied as I was commanded.

And as I prophesied, there was a noise and a

sudden rattling and the bones came together bone

to bone. Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and

the flesh came upon them and the skin covered

over them, but there was no breath in them. And

he said to me, prophesy to the breath. Prophesy,

son of man, and say to the breath, thus saith

the Lord God, come from the four winds, O breath,

and breathe on these slain that they might live.

So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath

came into them, and they lived, and they stood

there on their feet. Listen, an exceeding great

army. That's who Israel is today. And he said

to me, son of man, this is important, these bones.

are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say,

and this is what they said, our bones are dry,

our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off.

And that's what the nation was saying for a long

time. Therefore prophesy and say to them, thus

saith the Lord, O my people, I will open your

graves and cause you to come up from the graves

and bring you into the land of Israel. You'll

know that I'm the Lord when I've opened your

grave. Oh, my people and brought you up from

your graves. And I'll put this is future. This

is during the tribulation. Verse 14. I will put

my spirit in you and you'll live. Right. They're

going to become a nation that's saved, redeemed,

born again. You'll live and I'll place you in

your own land and you'll know that I, the Lord,

have spoken it and performed it. They're going

to be in belief during the tribulation. They're

going to get saved. We don't have time. We're

not going to look there. Ezekiel 38 and 39. I

just want to look at a couple of verses. I want

to read more. There's coming a battle that's

significant. The timing of it is in question.

When's it going to happen? Ezekiel 38 and 39.

I believe before the tribulation kicks off. And

I believe. Maybe in close correlation with the

rapture of the church. But these players are

in play. So I'll just read them and then tell

you what these names are. Verse 2. Son of man,

set your face against Gog, the land of Magog,

the prince of Rosh, Meshach, and Tubal. That's

Russia. And the prince of Russia, Gog and Magog.

And say, thus saith the Lord God, behold, I'm

against you, God, the prince of Rosh, Meshach,

and Tubal. I will turn you around and put hooks

into your jaws and lead you out with all your

army, horses and horsemen, all splendidly clothed,

a great company with bucklers and shields, all

of them handling the sword. And listen, here's

who he's gathering with them. Persia, that's

Iran, Ethiopia, Libya. Are with them, all of

them with shields and helmets. Gomer and all

its troops, the house of Tagarma from the far

north and all its troops. Many people are with

you. Prepare yourselves and be ready. You and

all your companies that are gathered about and

be on guard for them. And then if you keep reading,

these people come together. I just want to tell

you who they are. It says this. Gog and Magog,

that's a title. Rosh, that's Russia. Meshach,

Moscow. Tubal, that's a city of Russia. But that's

this northern, far north. If you put a line right

from Israel straight north, that's who it is.

It's Russia. And they're aligned with Persia.

And you could follow all their war spending and

military might. A lot of it comes from Russia.

and China and these nations that are aligning.

And Russia is pouring into this nation. Why?

For money. We're going to see that people question,

you know, why are you doing this? Why are you

going to war? As you continue reading the chapter,

which I encourage you to do, why are you going

to war? To take a spoil? And yeah, that's exactly

what they're doing. They're coming down for a

spoil. They want to take Israel. They want to

take the land. They want to destroy them. And

people will question, but nobody's going to step

in. God has to step in himself, it says, in this

battle. But it's Iran. Ethiopia and Kush is Sudan

and Ethiopia. Libya is Algeria, Tunisia. Gomer

is Poland, the Czech Republic, East Germany.

Tagarma is Turkey. The people, Sheba and Dedan,

verse 13, I didn't read it. One of those people,

that's the Arabian Peninsula. And one of those

places is Saudi Arabia, where you think of Osama

bin Laden and 9 -11, right? But now with the

Abraham Accords and the new president, they're

sympathetic. They're friendly to Israel. In fact,

they're worried about Iran themselves. They said

that... Iran and its leadership, it's the next

Hitler. And they're worried. And they said, no,

we don't have nuclear weapons. But if Iran has

them, we have no choice. But we'll have them

too. Because they're worried. Right? It's all

shaken up. Zechariah says that Israel is going

to be a cup of trembling. And the whole world

is going to tremble. At that one little nation,

the size of New Jersey, they're going to worry

about this one little plot of ground on this

whole planet. Why is it significant and important?

Because they're God's people and he's not done

with them. Romans says that. Not done with them.

Blindness in part has happened to Israel until

the fullness of the Gentiles. The church comes

together. God raptures the church out of here.

We're going to look at that next week. And then.

Antichrist comes, tribulation starts, and God

deals with this nation of Israel that came out

of nowhere, that people wrote off, even people

in the church wrote that nation off. And they're

back in the land. They're a major player. They're

a world power. They're a global influence, financially,

militarily, intelligence -wise. 15 million on

the whole planet. Add them all up. There's 15

million Jews. There's 10 million people in New

York City. One city in the United States. And

the whole world is worried about Israel. Every

Muslim nation around there, many of them, not

all of them, want to push them into the sea.

They're not happy with a peace agreement or a

little more land. They want them dead, wiped

out. And we could go on and on. There's a lot

of history here. Track it in your Bible. I challenge

you. The devil has always attacked this nation.

Why? Because of the promise of Messiah. God can't

lie. But if the devil can do something to thwart

God's plans, that's what he wants to do. He can

stop it some way. So listen, here's the reality.

Is if you don't know the Lord, listen, the Bible

says that God knows the end from the very beginning.

Your future matters. Where are you going to spend

eternity? God wrote this not to, and it's fun

to look up. It's fun to study these things. I

really enjoy it. But here's the reality. It's

written there for a reason. It's a warning. God

knows the future and he knows if you don't receive

him, guess what? You'll be separated forever.

For all of eternity. Because the Bible's true.

God is real and he sent his son. On your behalf

and mine, he loves you.