Bible Prophecy & The Last Days: Ready and Not Deceived | Harley Doneburg | 01.11.26

We're thankful, God, to have your word, to know

that you can see the future. You know the future,

Lord, and you've warned us. You've exhorted us

to be ready, to be watchful, to be waiting as

a church, as your bride, Lord. And so we give

you this time, Lord. I pray you just stir our

hearts, God, that you would draw us closer to

you, Lord, as we see the day approaching, God,

your soon return. So we just give you this time,

Lord, in your name. Amen. The book of Hebrews,

the writer of Hebrews says to not forsake the

gathering of yourself together as the manner

of some is. As we see the day approaching, that

day is the day of the Lord, his return. Because

what the writer of Hebrews saw was what the Bible

teaches and what Jesus said is in the last days,

there's going to be a departure from the faith.

A slow digression away from fellowship, the word

of God, real faith, and truth. That's what we're

going to see in the last days. So the writer

of Hebrews sees that, understands that, and says,

hey, don't forsake yourself. Why? Because that's

the place of encouragement. We sharpen one another.

We get in the word together. We're reminded of

what Jesus says, what the Bible says, and it's

the foundation of our life. It's the truth that

we stand on, we hold on to, and we walk in. So

the writer of Hebrews explains that. We're in

the book of Matthew going through the signs because

Jesus gave the disciples signs of the last days,

things to look for, earmarks that the disciples

and the church for the last 2 ,000 years could

see these things increasing. Jesus said that

they would be as birth pains. labor pains. These

things would increase in frequency and intensity

as Jesus is coming back. He's returning, right?

And we've looked at a lot of these things. We've

looked at, understood in the book of Acts, as

Jesus is taken into heaven, the disciples are

looking and the angel says, why do you stand

gazing up? The same Jesus will come back in like

manner, in the clouds. He's coming back. And

that's been the encouragement. of the church

for 2 ,000 years. And so we're going to look

at some of the signs. We looked at some of the

signs the last couple weeks. But here's the reality,

what Jesus did. If you look at Matthew in particular,

we call it the Olivet Discourse. Most of what

Jesus is sharing, most of what he talks about,

even at the end of Matthew 24, and then all of

Matthew 25, is a warning. It's an exhortation

to be watching. These signs are given not so

you can follow signs because people will go online

and look at reels and, oh my gosh, what's this?

There's a comet coming. There's this happening

and that. And everyone's looking, searching for

the latest and greatest. What's the next? Earth

is going to be destroyed on this day, whatever.

I don't even know what people are looking at,

but I hear what some people are saying. Jesus

gave us these signs, not to just look at signs

all the time, but that we would be ready, that

we would be busy about his business. If you look

with me at the end of chapter 24, it says this.

And I think I read this a couple of weeks ago,

but I want to remind you. And then all of chapter

25 is an exhortation of readiness, looking up,

being prepared. But it says this, we're the servants

and Jesus is the master. It says this in verse

45, who then is a faithful and wise servant?

Whom his master made ruler over his household

to give them food in due season. Blessed is that

servant, that's us, whom his master, when he

comes, finds doing so. What? We're busy. We're

looking up. We're prepared. We're ready for when

he does come back. He said, Assuredly, I say

to you, verse 47, that he will make him ruler

over all his goods. But if that evil servant

says in his heart, My master is delaying his

coming. And he loses sight of this fact. He's

delaying. He's not coming back yet. Don't worry.

We've got time. You've got time. Plenty of time

to get saved. I believe the Bible, but I'm waiting.

If that evil servant says in his heart, my master's

delaying his coming, and he begins to beat his

fellow servants and to eat and to drink with

drunkards, The master of that servant will come

on a day when he's not looking, he's not prepared,

he's not waiting for him. And at an hour when

he's not aware and will cut him in two and appoint

him his portion with the hypocrites. And there

shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. There's

a level of urgency and awaiting that the church

has always been waiting, anticipating Jesus's

return. So Matthew 24 gives us a little bit of

an outline as we travel through it. Also, I wanted

to mention this to you. What zaps the church?

One of the things that draws the church away

and distracts the church, and we know... I could

spend a lot of time on this, but I really believe

the urgency. I mean, for me, it's kind of fun

to go through all these things, to know the sequence

of events, what's going to transpire in the last

days. That's exciting for me. But as Jesus writes

the seven churches in Revelation, the last church,

kind of the last church age, is the church of

Laodicea. I've mentioned this before. And you

probably are familiar with it. But it's a church

that's lukewarm. It's not hot. And it's also

not cold. And Jesus said, I'm going to spew that

church, I'm going to spew that person out of

my mouth. Because it's neither cold or hot. And

Jesus said, I wish you were cold or hot. Pick

a side. Because when you're lukewarm, it's a

place of complacency. There's another church.

We go through all the churches. The church of

Pergamos is a church that it literally means

that word means an unholy union. The church of

Pergamos, I think it's the third church in Revelation,

and it's a church of compromise. It's a church

that lets the world in as much as the Lord, right?

It's a church that claims to be Christian. but

at the same time allows the world to come in.

And Jesus uses the example of Balaam and Balak.

He says that Balaam, this prophet, taught Balak

how to cast a stumbling block before the children

of Israel. And if you look it up, you see that

that stumbling block was to intermarry. Because

Balaam could not curse the children of Israel,

couldn't pronounce a curse on them. He went from

location to location and pronounced actually

seven oracles, seven blessings over this church,

over Israel. And he was going to get paid for

this. And so then he realized, you know what,

I can't curse these people. I have to say what

God tells me, but let me tell you what to do.

They'll curse themselves. And let me tell you

how. Send your daughters in to the camp. Have

them bring their idols. And they'll begin to

intermarry, have sex, and they'll begin to worship

these other gods. And then God's hand of blessing

will come off of them. And that's exactly what

happened. And that's the warning, the church

of Pergamos. And that's the warning to the church

today. Compromise. And what we allow in our life,

what we allow to come into our life as Christians,

that causes us to not be ready for his return,

to know that he's coming back, to intermarry

with the things of this world. We're called to

be separate, salt and light in this world, that

the world can look to us as different with answers

and hope. And if you don't have that hope, Jesus

wants to offer that. The Bible says today is

the day of salvation. If you don't have that

hope, you can have it. The gospel of Jesus Christ

is full of hope. Jesus Christ wants to give eternal

life. But this life is so short. The Bible likens

our life as a vapor. I was looking up. I saw

something online the other day. was, you know,

for me, a little funny, a little scary. It's

like, if you're this old, this is about how many

years you have left. 20 years. And for me, it

was 20 years. Obviously, that can be adjusted,

and I can get healthy, hopefully. Get in shape.

But the reality is, is we have a short amount

of time. Limited. I thought 20 years. Leah and

I have been married for 25 years. I'm past the

halfway point. This will be our 25th year anniversary.

How much time do we have left? How much time

do we have to get ready? How much more time do

we have to be waiting, to be watching, anticipating

Jesus' return? Should we be busy? Should we be

a faithful and wise? Steward, busy about God's

business and his kingdom. So although Jesus gives

so many signs that we can track for a reason

and a purpose, and the purpose is that the church

will be ready because the Bible clearly says

that in the last days, there'll be a cooling,

a departure, a leaving of the faith. So the church

needs to be prepared because I believe we're

living in the last days. We're living in where

these signs, verse 8 in Matthew 24 says, these

are the beginning of sorrows. And that means

birth pains. That they increase in frequency

and intensity. They get harder and closer together

until the baby comes, right? Until Jesus comes

back. And so the church needs to be ready. So

kind of exciting looking at these things, reading

about these things. Last week we looked at some

of the first signs. We compared them to Revelation

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chapter 6, which is part of the first half of

the tribulation, which is tribulation. It's not

the great tribulation. That's the midway point.

That's three and a half years into the judgment.

Where judgment, like the days of Noah, come on

the whole planet, on the whole earth. So we looked

at verse 4. I'll just read it, and we'll kind

of catch up here with what Jesus says. It says,

Take heed that no one deceives you. For many

will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ,

and will deceive many. It will be a heightened

deception. People being deceived, people in the

church being deceived. It's very easy to be deceived

if you don't know the Bible. If you're watching

reels or random clips online and you don't know

the word, you might believe them. Maybe they're

not true. Maybe they are. I don't know. But deception

will be the first greatest earmark. And there's

always been deception, right? All these things.

Then he talks about wars. and famine, and pestilence,

and persecution. All these things have always

been, right? But he says they're like birth pains,

beginning of sorrows. Turn to 2 Timothy chapter

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3 with me for a second. We're just going to look

at a couple verses, and then we're going to roll

out all the way to verse 31. We're going to look

at the tribulation. The middle of the tribulation,

which is the temple is going to be built and

Antichrist is going to set himself up in the

temple to be worshipped. 2 Timothy chapter 3.

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We're just going to be there. I want to read

you just a couple more verses talking about the

last days. So I'm trying to keep my spot in Matthew.

Paul telling Timothy, giving him very important

information. In verse 1 it says, 2 Timothy chapter

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3, But know this, that in the last days perilous

times shall come. Those are harsh, fierce days.

And then he says this. He says, men will be lovers

of themselves. And we already know that people

love themselves, right? Husbands are to love

their wives as Christ loves the church. Love

your wife as you love yourself, right? The Bible

understands. And the reality is we do love ourselves.

But the first, both the great commands that Jesus

says as he was asked, they're linked together,

loving God and loving people. It's a deferred

love. It's understood we love ourselves. But

if you love God, you're going to love people.

And that's part of God's equation. When you become

born again and saved now. You're loving God with

all your heart, and then you love people. You

have a heart for people. You want to minister

to people. You want to share God's love with

people. But Paul is warning Timothy in the last

days, something very drastic is going to happen.

People are going to love themselves, and their

love is not going to get deferred, even in the

church. People will go to church. But not have

a real relationship with the Lord. Listen, it

says they'll love themselves. They'll love money.

They'll be boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient

to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, again,

unforgiving, slanderers, without self -control,

brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong,

haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers

of God. But then here's the twist is verse 5.

It says having a form of godliness. Like they'll

be coming to church. They'll have Bibles. They'll

have a form of godliness. An outward display

at times and a profession. They'll have this

form, but it says they'll deny its power. There

won't be any power in their life to overcome

sin and loving yourself and all these sins that

take place when you love yourself. Like the fruit

of the flesh. It says, from such people turn

away. And we've read it before. I encourage you

to read chapter 3. Chapter 4, he goes on to say,

Same letter, Paul says, I charge you, therefore,

in verse 1, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ,

who will judge the living and the dead at his

appearing and his kingdom, preach the word, be

ready in season and out of season, convince,

rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering. And then

he goes on to say, the time will come where they

won't endure sound doctrine, that people won't

stand for the teaching of the Bible. People won't

want to hear what the Bible says anymore. They

won't want to hear any challenge, rebuke, exhortation.

Like, I love myself. That's ridiculous. We're

supposed to love ourselves, right? And sometimes

that's the philosophy of the day. You're not

happy because you don't love yourself enough.

You're not happy because you don't have enough

me time. time on your own or whatever it is.

And there's a philosophy of the day. And I understand

that you do need to take time for you and the

Lord, you and your spouse, you and your kids.

Those things need to be in balance. But the problem

has always been a self problem. Jesus came to

save us from ourselves because our self and our

sin and this nature was destroying us. So Paul

says to Timothy, the time will come in the last

days. This is all part of the same letter. For

the time will come when they won't endure sound

doctrine. But according to their own desires,

because they have itching ears, they will turn

their ears away from the truth, and they'll be

turned aside to fables, stories. People will

turn away from the truth. Other things that make

him happy, like that guy doesn't say what I want

him to say. That guy doesn't. And you begin to

find teachers, pastors, people on TV or the Internet

that you can agree with. Instead of you agreeing

with the Bible, you want to find people that

agree with you to keep you and allow you to live

the lifestyle you're living. You understand that?

Does that make sense? So Paul is warning Timothy,

that's what's going to happen in the last days.

Turn to 1 Timothy. Chapter 4. Same idea. Paul

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tells Timothy in his first letter to Timothy,

now the spirit speaks expressly. Like this is

a fact, Timothy. This is by God's Holy Spirit

that in the latter times, the last days, some

will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving

spirits and doctrines of demons. speaking lies

and hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared

with a hot iron. Like when you have your conscience

seared with a hot iron, anything goes. Your conscience

is what tells you, no, that's wrong. That's bad.

That's sin. But the more you do it, it just continues

to sear that and sear that and sear that. And

then it becomes callous. And then you can take

a higher temperature, right? It's not as bad

anymore. Like 102 is good, then 105, and then

we can, you know, that callus. If you guys know,

if you have a callus, it can endure a lot, right?

Sometimes you need them for your job. Like I

need this callus. When we used to do flooring,

Justin and I, it would be like humorous because

the way you cut carpet along the wall. Your knuckles

were always scraping on the wall. They're always

scraping. It was like, oh my gosh, what is that

on my knuckle? It looks like a, but it was this

massive callus and now slivers didn't go in.

And that's what he's saying about your conscience.

Something that should be sensitive becomes dull,

becomes hard. And now you don't hear anymore.

And we need to be careful of that. So back to

Matthew 24. It says this, these birth pains,

these sorrows are coming and they've always been.

But then it says this in verse nine. And if you

mark your Bible, you can. This is the beginning

of the tribulation. Verse nine, it says, then

they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill

you. and you'll be hated by all nations for my

namesake. And then many will be offended and

betray one another, and they'll hate one another.

And many false prophets will arise and deceive

many. People will be looking for teachers, having

itching ears. So these false prophets will arise

and deceive many people. They'll make you feel

comfortable in your sin. The tribulation begins.

It says you'll be hated by all nations. It doesn't

say except for the United States, by all nations.

Everyone's going to turn their back as a nation

against God. We're leaning that way already as

a Christian nation. Europe is already gone. Europe,

England, these countries that started out to

be Christian. And had these great pastors and

preachers have veered and swerved. And our country

is doing the same. And we're going to land at

this place at some point. And I might have mentioned

this last week. The fastest growing religion

on planet earth is Islam. It's Islam. It's not

larger than Christianity. in numbers right now,

but it's awful close. And if you read, I think

it's Revelation 20, different parts of Revelation

talking about the people, the tribulation saints,

people who get saved. I think it's Revelation

20. It says that they were beheaded for God's

name, for the name of Jesus Christ. And the number

one way of capital punishment in Islam, is beheading.

And so potentially, some part of the last day's

religion that Antichrist is going to resurrect

and raise up and pour all different mixtures

in there, part of that will be this capital punishment.

If you don't mold or fold and become part of

that religion and you proclaim Jesus Christ,

and him as your savior to do that it's going

to be very difficult in the tribulation because

you're going to have to lay down your neck you're

going to have to be willing to die for your faith

right right now you know we're trying to live

for our faith not in a lot of fear what happens

when somebody pressures you and there's real

persecution and it's like deny or you die Are

you willing to? That's a lot of pressure. That's

what the tribulation saints are going to have

to endure. Real persecution and death and punishment.

So you'll be hated. It says, verse 12, because

lawlessness will abound. Iniquity, your Bible

might say. People unwilling to obey God's moral

law. And the law. Because lawlessness will abound.

Look at the love of many will grow cold. Always

reflecting on love and what you love and who

you love. But he who endures to the end shall

be saved. There's going to be need of great endurance

in the tribulation. You don't want to go there.

There'll be deception at an all -time high. Persecution

at an all -time high. Everything that Jesus talks

about, when the tribulation kicks off, is going

to be very, very, very intense. It says, and

this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in

all the world as a witness to all nations, and

then the end will come. Jesus is going to come

back. So the witness part of that witness, if

you read the book of Revelation, You read, I

think it's chapter 7, where God anoints 144 ,000

Jewish evangelists, 12 ,000 from each tribe that

are evangelizing the world. You'll read about

two witnesses in Jerusalem who can't die during

the tribulation period. Many people think it's

Moses and Elijah, the law and the prophets. Very

well could be. I believe that. And they cannot

die, but they're a witness. And their greatest

witness is at the midway point when Antichrist

sets himself up in the temple, kills these guys,

and the world gives gifts. They all watch it.

Finally, these guys can die. The world watches

it. The world is giving gifts to each other.

You know, CNN, Facebook, Instagram, everybody's

covering this scene. this news and then in three

and a half days they they stand up after everyone's

been just left them there they stand up and they

walk away from that god takes them to heaven

like a great witness so there'll be a witness

throughout the whole world during the tribulation

there'll be an angel flying at some point declaring

uh the gospel of the kingdom so the gospel of

the kingdom it'll be preached during the tribulation

There'll be tribulation saints. There'll be people

getting saved. Verse 15 says, therefore, when

you see the abomination of desolation spoken

by Daniel, the prophet standing in the holy place,

then he says, whoever reads, let them understand.

And then he talks about what to do. Verse 15.

I know we talked about it a couple of weeks ago.

Daniel chapter nine. It's when Antichrist makes

a covenant with Israel. For seven years. Revelation

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chapter 6, also same scenario. When the rider

on the white horse, that first seal gets opened,

it's Antichrist. He comes with a bow. That's

the covenant of Daniel 9. Same thing. And he

makes this covenant for one week. The one week

is seven one -year periods. At the midway point.

He goes into the temple, desecrates it, demands

worship. Israel figures out this is not the Messiah.

And he says, then flee, right? So Daniel talked

about it. Jesus talked about it as a future event.

It didn't happen. We don't have time to go there.

I already talked about it. It didn't happen at

177 or 166 BC. Jesus talked about it as future.

So the requirement of that, I know I talked about

this too, there needs to be a temple. Micah,

I think it's Micah 1 .8, says the Lord that you

seek, or 3 .1, the Lord that you seek will come

back suddenly to his temple. So Israel's frame

of mind, believing Jews that are still waiting

for Messiah are going to get deceived, but they

believe for Messiah to come back, there needs

to be a temple. something, a place for Messiah

to come back to that he can't come back until

the temple is built. That's very important. If

you turn with me to 1 Thessalonians chapter 2,

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this will be my last cross -reference, and then

we're just going to kind of zip through this.

1 Thessalonians chapter 2. Actually, it's 2 Thessalonians

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chapter 2. 2 Thessalonians chapter 2. We could

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spend a whole Sunday on this. I'm just going

to read it. But Paul tells these guys. In verse

1, 2 Thessalonians chapter 2. Now, brethren,

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concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,

that's the second coming, and our gathering together

unto him, that's the rapture. We ask you not

to be, verse 2, soon shaken in mind or troubled,

either by spirit or by word or letter as if from

us, as though the day of Christ has come. So

they got a letter. From somebody that forged

Paul's signature and said, you're in the tribulation

period. And they were going through trouble.

They were dying. They were going through a ton

of persecution. So they believed it. They're

like, we missed the rapture. We're in the tribulation

period. And Paul says, don't be troubled by that.

And then he reminds them of his teachings, of

what he taught them. And it says that the book

of Acts, and we'll get there, that Paul was only

there for three and a half or three Sabbaths.

So he was there for three and a half weeks. Some

people believe that that was the only place,

time he could go to the synagogue. And then he

got kicked out and all the rest of his teachings

had to be other places. So he might've been there

longer because it's pretty thorough and intense

teaching that Paul gives on the last days. But

he says, don't let anyone deceive you, verse

three, by any means for that day will not come

unless there's a falling away comes first. The

word is apostasia. And there's two views on that.

It can be the rapture of the church or a literal

departure from the faith. And there's good arguments

on both. I just bought a book the other day and

very good. A lot of evidence that this could

be the falling away is the rapture of the church.

But I think it really fits for both because the

last days there is going to be an apostasy. There

is going to be a departure from the faith and

the church is going to be raptured. So it says

that happens first and then the man of sin is

revealed, the son of perdition. So you won't

know if you're a born again Christian here, you're

going to get raptured. You'll never know who

Antichrist is on this side of eternity because

he's not going to get revealed until the church

is out of here. That's what the Bible teaches.

Then that man of sin is revealed, the son of

perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above

all that is called God or that is worshiped,

so that, listen, here's the important verse that

I really wanted to read that I'm getting everyone

probably confused on. He opposes and exalts himself

above all that is called God or that is worshiped,

so that he sits as God in the temple of God.

showing himself that he is God. And that's when

Jesus encourages Israel to flee because that's

not Messiah. Do you not remember when I was still

with you, I told you these things, and now there's

no sense in going through that. I'll talk about

that when we talk about the rapture of the church,

which will be next week. So he says, listen,

there has to be a temple. It's going to be the

abomination of desolation. And we know that the

Temple Institute in Jerusalem, everything is

prepared. All the lavers and everything is ready

for the temple. Once it's built, everything's

ready. It's already made. And if you ever go

to Israel, you can go see everything. the things

that are made out of gold. They're doing DNA

tests. They want to figure out who the priests

are to make the sacrifices. It's ready. The temple

is going to be built. Those who are in Judea

fleeted the mountains. Many people believe that

that is the rock city of Petra in Jordan. People

drop off tracks there. There's food there, non

-perishable food there. There's tracks and Bibles

and all kinds of stuff in that city because many

people believe that that in the geography, I

think it might be Isaiah 16 also. I can't remember.

Talks about them fleeing and being sustained.

Revelation talks about that. Fleeing to the wilderness

that he's protected. I think it's Revelation

12. House top, not go down to take anything out

of his house and let him who was in the field

not go back to get his clothes. But woe to those

who are pregnant, those who are nursing babies

in those days. Pray that your flight be not in

winter or on the Sabbath. It's very Jewish. What's

taking place? There needs to be a temple. And

the tribulation is very Jewish. Okay? The church

will be out of here. This is God. God's taking

the scales off of the eyes of Israel during the

tribulation period is what's going to take place

here. He says, for then there will be, and this

is the midway point of the tribulation, there

will be great tribulation such as had not been

since the beginning of the world until this time,

nor ever shall be. Unless those days were shortened,

1260 days, the Bible gives us that number. I

think Daniel and Revelation. Unless those days

were shortened, no flesh would be saved. But

for the elect's sake, those days will be shortened.

If anyone says to you, look, here's Christ or

there, don't believe it. For false Christ, false

prophets will rise, show great signs and wonders

to deceive, if possible, the elect. The tribulation

period is going to be the most deceptive time

because there will literally be miracles during

the tribulation. In fact, Antichrist, it says,

He's going to take a deadly wound, and he's going

to be healed, resurrected. People will believe

that he gets resurrected, and that's part of

what makes the world worship him, right? Comes

back to life like Jesus. So he says, if it was

possible, even the elect would be deceived. That's

Israel. See, I have told you beforehand. Therefore,

if they say, look. He's in the desert. Don't

go out or look. He's in the inner rooms. Don't

believe it. And we're going to close right here.

Verse 27, for as lightning comes from the east

and flashes to the west, so will be the coming

of the Son of Man. This is the second coming

at the end of the tribulation. For wherever the

carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered

together. Immediately after the tribulation of

those days, the sun will be darkened. The moon

will not give its light. The stars will fall

from heaven and the powers of heaven will be

shaken. And then the sign of the Son of Man will

appear in heaven and all the tribes of the earth

will mourn and they will see the Son of Man coming

in the clouds of heaven with power and great

glory. And he will send his angels with the sound

of a great trumpet and they will gather together

his elect from the four winds and from one end

of heaven to the other. So don't get confused

with this trumpet. This isn't 1 Corinthians 15

trumpet. This isn't 1 Thessalonians 4 trumpet.

If you read the book of Revelation, it talks

about seven different trumpet judgments, right?

People would use a trumpet in war, in battle,

to sound a lot of things, like go into battle,

come back from battle, it's launch, you know,

whatever, right? So just because it's a trumpet,

You can't associate it with just one event, the

rapture of the church, right? The last trump,

the trumpet of God. So we'll look at that next

week. We're going to look at the regathering

of Israel next week. And we're going to look

at the rapture of the church next week and probably

finalize this little series in Matthew of the

last days, the end times, really preparing the

church. We need to be ready for his return. So

hopefully everything made sense. And next week,

I'm kind of excited. I want to look at, we'll

be in Ezekiel, looking at Israel being reborn.

Isaiah chapter 66 says, Isaiah asks the question,

Isaiah 66 · chapter mention

can a nation be born in a day, in one day? Can

the earth give birth in a day? And that's what

happened May 14th, 1948. Israel becomes a nation

recognized by the world of its sovereignty. And

it gave birth in a day. And Israel is very important.

It's one of the signs. It's a super sign of the

last days. Israel's important. And the days of

Noah. The days of Lot, it's the moral condition

of the planet. So we're going to look at those

next week. Rapture of the church, the moral condition,

and Israel, and the exhortation to be ready,

to be watchful as we see these signs unfolding

in greater intensity. And Israel is the super

sign, right? It's reborn and rebirthed at first

in unbelief, and during the tribulation, the

blinders come off. The scales come off.