Preparing For The End-Times

Help me welcome our very own Kuya Arman Valdez.

So good morning everyone. There's so many things going on

and we really need to praise some more.

I'm so blessed to see churches around the world praying for

Israel and just within the 12 to 24 hours, the America has bombed

Fordo the the the strongest fortress for the nuclear

facility in Iran because the only the US has the capability

to to really penetrate that deep.

And you know, the things that are happening in the world, it's

all connected, Amen. And things are making sense.

And that is why my message for today, I hope, and my goal is to

encourage you as disciple makers, as evangelist.

To do double. Time Amen.

So I'm. Going to make it very simple.

The title is preparing for the End Times.

Why is this? You know, during the time of the

Apostle Paul, they were expecting to see Jesus return.

It was. Already end times.

Amen. Much How much more today?

And I don't want you to be. So focused on yourselves, on

what you do. And not think about the.

Kingdom of God, the Kingdoms. Of God should be our focus,

especially we feel the pressure. Amen.

So I want to make it simple, just three points about.

Preparing for the end times. But then I'm going to.

Share this you know this is very important.

I want to. Encourage you to.

Read the Book of Revelation, it says.

The revelation of Jesus. Christ, that's Revelation. 11

Which God gave him? To show his servants, God gave

who to show his servants was what must soon.

Take place soon. Take place if.

That was before 2000 years ago, if the Bible says.

What must soon take place? How much more today it's

happening? Amen.

He made it known by. Sending his Angel to his servant

John, so that John can relate it to others.

To us today he wrote it. Amen.

In where? In Patmos.

Now remember most of these churches.

Possibly the seven. Churches was really founded by

the Apostle Paul. After they beheaded the Apostle

Paul, John came in. That's why this book about the

churches, the encouragements, the rebuke and the

encouragements was given to the seven churches.

After they killed, they martyred the Apostle Paul.

Now listen to this it. Says in verse 2 who testifies

to. Everything you saw, that is the

word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

Christ, verse 3. Can we read that together in

verse 3? It says blessed.

Is the. One who reads aloud the words of

this prophecy. If you read the Book of

Revelation, you're blessed. If you read it aloud, you're

blessed all the more. And it says, and blessed are

those who hear it and take to heart what is.

Written in it because the time. Is near now the Book of

Revelation is not all about wars and destructions and all the.

Persecutions now. It is about the revelation of

who Jesus is. We only.

Knew who? He is and who he was, what he

did, that is. Enough for us.

To, you know, have a relationship.

With him. That's what we needed now.

But there is more to who He is. Amen.

When he comes, we will know him. We will know him all the more

so. So there is a song that.

Really touches my heart. I mean, every time I was typing

the lyrics when I was sitting there, I could, you know, my

heart, I could. Feel like.

Crying every time I I, I I just typing the lyrics it touches my

heart so deeply because this is from the.

Book of. Revelation.

Now the title is Is he worthy? This is about the revelation of

Jesus Christ. Is he worthy?

Now the our heavenly Father wrote the book, the book that he

wrote, It's the end, the ending of the story, which is about

who, which is about his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

He's the hero. Jesus is the hero in the story,

and he's the one worthy of. Worship and praise.

And and and here's the the first part of the song it says.

Do you feel the world is broken? We do.

Is the world broken today? Yes.

There's so much chaos. There's so much people are

displaced, people lost, loved ones, casualties of war

unavoidable. But it must happen.

Jesus said but. Don't be alarmed, it must

happen, but it's not the end yet.

Amen. But this is not.

God's mistake. We cannot.

Blame God because the enemies. At work and Israel missed their

visitation. Jesus said you shall not see me

again, Jerusalem until. You say blessed is he who comes

in the name of the Lord Baruch Kaba Hashema, the 9:00 it will

come to that. And I'm so amazed how prophecies

are coming to pass. You know when.

The Hezbollah people that were ready to attack, to do another

October 7th in Israel, a lot of them were ready the the, the.

The jihadists and. Etcetera.

You know what happened and the Bible says I'm going to blind

your horsemen. Horsemen represents the military

strength. And what happened?

The pager. Remember the pager?

In the walkie talkies boom. And they were blinded.

Wow. I said oh and see the Bible.

Remember before the. Pandemic, we said.

Oh, the war will start here, there, and then Putin started in

and then we told you. Oh.

The Iran will join Putin and then it.

Happened and then. After that.

Everything. And we told you that the. 2022

that after that the what? Will happen is that they're.

Going to bomb because the Bible says without touching the

ground. That can only happen now, and

it's happening now. We've been telling you years

this is going to happen. We saw the pattern and guess

what's happening. They're going to need to sweep

it. So Iran has to surrender first

because they're going to look for the warheads.

But I don't think the warheads. Warheads are there.

They're already because we're recording this, I'm going to

mention, but The thing is. This what's.

Happening now and and we know Israel will win because the next

events in prophecy Israel is there until the mother.

Of all wars. Which is the GOG and magog so

you see. All the how things are.

Arranged I'm I'm. So amazed, I said, God the most

reliable. News is not CNN.

It's not. It's not the media, what they

call that, the mainstream media, but the Bible.

In the Bible we see the. Events, but we don't know when

it will happen. And so this.

Song when I. Sing this it.

Connects to Revelation. It connects every, I said.

God, this song is. Boom, but the.

Bottom of all of this? It's not about the wars, it's

going to be the one who will be revealed after all this.

He will serve. Justice, I tell you.

Yes, he will. The enemy is the one to blame.

No one wants this. It's.

Just the devil. Who deceive other religious and

you know, they want them to believe that they're serving the

true God, but they're not. They are honoring, glorifying

death, not life. So I want you to understand.

I want you to see. The perspective there's so.

Many false and fake news out there, but I want you to see

through the lens. Of Scripture What's?

Really happening behind the scenes.

But as Christians, we have a job to do.

Although personally I'm. Following the news every day.

I'm trying, trying. I'm so busy but I'm trying but

this part revelation chapter 5 when it says.

Revelation 5 · chapter mention

Then I saw. In the right hand of him who sat

on the throne. A scroll with.

Writing on both sides and sealed with 7 seals.

And I saw. Mighty Angel proclaiming a loud

voice. Who is worthy to break the seals

and open the scroll? You know the.

Story cannot go on until you open it.

Somebody has to open it. Verse.

Three, it says, but no one in heaven.

And on Earth? Or.

Under the Earth. Could open the scroll or even

look inside it. God is holy.

Remember, the one who wrote it is God.

Himself. Amen.

And so verse 4 it says. John said I wept and wept.

Because no one was found who is worthy to open the scroll or

look inside it. Verse 5 it says.

Then one of the elders said to me.

Do not. Weep.

See the lion of the triumph of Judah.

The root of David has triumph. He is able to open the scroll

and its seven seals. Then I saw the Lamb looking as

if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne.

Who? Our champion.

Encircled by the four living creatures and the elders, the

Lamb had 7 horns 7 eyes, which are the seven spirits of God

sent out into all the earth. Verse 7 says he went and took

the scroll from the right hand of.

Him of the Father who sat. On the throne verse 8 and we

when he had taken it, the four living creatures in the 24

elders fell down before. Him before the.

Lamb. Each one had a harp and they

were holding a golden balls full of incense, which are the

prayers of God's. People.

So we should. Pray Amen.

And they sang a new song saying, listen to this.

Worthy you are worthy to take the scroll and to open its

seals, because you were slain, Hallelujah.

And with your blood you purchased for God persons from

every tribe and language and people and nation.

You have made them to be a Kingdom and priest to serve our

God. And they will reign on the

earth. That's us people.

That is us. So don't look at the negative

things that's happening around us.

Look at the future. Who will be become?

What is God's plan for us? But we have a job to do.

Don't miss that, Amen. Don't just wish and wonder

about, oh, we're going to be this, we're going to be

conquerors. We're going to present kings.

No, no, no, no. Right now we're not there yet.

Amen. Amen.

So I just want to show you. This this is what I this is my

summary. You can you can disagree with

me, but I fuse Revelation Zechariah book of Daniel and

Mark 13 Luke 21, Matthew 24 Joel Daniel what I forgot the other.

Books fusing all of it. This is my.

Summary now, but I'm not. Going to talk about this.

Is going to take me one day to talk about this.

Because underlying that includes the.

Worst in betweens. And I said my God, and no

wonder. Because we're recording this,

I'm going to, not going to make more details, but listen.

I got a tip from our. Friend from that country who

came here. He said.

When that third temple will happen, we're going to extend

our borders up to beyond Damascus, I said.

Whoa. I mean, this is new, but they're

taking it from easy camp and guess what?

That's why it makes sense to me now.

It makes sense to me. That the next.

Temple is not going to be like the.

Old temples. It's going to be.

A huge one. It's so amazing that this the

the. The the the the area they need

more. Space.

I said my. Lord, that's why all of these

wars will lead to a war. That they call the mother.

Of all wars. The GOG and Mega Wars.

Because Iran realizes we cannot defeat Israel by ourselves.

We need to connive. Oh, sorry, Iran just lost their

Internet connection. So.

So that's prophetic also. So where are we?

Yeah, So they, they, they need to work.

So. Listen, once this war is.

Over. It's not over.

There's going to be a false peace, but Israel will prosper.

But the Bible says suddenly, suddenly, just like what

President Trump did suddenly. So the Hawaii bombers are decoys

because they're already near. I like that.

So anyway, listen up, Listen up. Where am I?

Come on, man. There's so many things in my

head so. So they have.

To work together to defeat this little tiny nation.

That until today they're so stupid that they cannot get it.

Why can't you see that you cannot defeat this very?

Tiny nation in the middle of in the Middle East.

Don't you see that God? Is protecting his covenant

people so. We people who are very far from.

The Middle East, with what's happening, you need to, you

know, make sides. Which side are you?

The right answer is side with God.

Where is God's? Side.

Amen. So we're not going to talk about

this, but with all the things that are happening even to the

time of persecution, what is the purpose of persecution?

How long will it be before this astonishing things to fulfill?

Angel said it will be for a time, you know, that's 3 1/2

years when the power of these holy people, etcetera, etcetera.

Daniel, my Lord, what will be the outcome?

I want you to take note of the outcome.

What will be the outcome of all of?

This be. The answer is this verse 9.

The Angel said go your way, Daniel, because the.

Words are closed. Up and sealed until the time of

the end, it says in verse 10. Many.

Will be purified made. Spotless and refined.

But the wicked will continue to be wicked.

None of the wicked will understand but those.

Who are wise? Will understand.

Do you understand? Then you're wise.

If you don't, maybe you're. No, no, I'm joking.

I'm joking. That's a joke.

OK, that's a joke. All right, so that's my

introduction. All right, so this is my

message. Preparing for the end times.

OK, what then after hearing all of this?

How should? A Christian respond to what's

going on #1 three points only. So today I'm a Baptist, right?

Three points. Be led.

By the Holy Spirit, live for God wholeheartedly.

That is, that is the message. What is that flag?

Why do you see that white flag? You see, when you're in the

battle, when you raise the white flag, what does that mean?

Surrender. So what do we mean by be?

Led by the Spirit, it means a complete surrender to God if

there's. So many baggages in your.

Life surrender. There's no more time to play.

Around don't. Waste your time.

Amen. Surrender it.

Anything that does not. Please God surrendered.

Hebrews chapter 12 says what? Laying aside.

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So this is the secret to live for God, Surrender your wrong

desires. Can you tell somebody surrender

wrong desires? And it says what?

Let me read that to you. Therefore, since we are

surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off

everything that hinders. And.

The sin that so easily entangle. So what?

So we can run with perseverance. The race mark for us.

And then what? Then fix your eyes.

To Jesus, there's so much. Meaty insights in this

particular verse but the point is friends surrender raise the

flag and then it says what about the sin it says and the scene

that's so easily entangled now remember last Sunday our

preacher shared to us about the was it in Texas right.

They have this balloon festival and and and while all the

balloons were in the skies already but there was one who

was still on the ground. He said what's?

What's the problem? What's the problem?

So when he approached it, he he saw that a lot of the weights

are still tied on the balloon. That's why the balloon cannot

take off. The same with our lives.

You cannot take off unless you let go of some heavyweights

that's pulling you down. Do you have heavyweights there?

Let it go, let it go. So Amen.

So that's not relevant, no So. Romans 814 says for those.

Who are led? By the Spirit of God they are.

Children of God. So that's.

One of the greatest sign that you belong to God.

When you're led by the Spirit, you have the conviction.

Amen. And it says.

Who verse first? John to success, whoever claims

to live in Christ must live as Jesus did.

What? Did Jesus do?

Always ask yourself that question in any situation.

What would Jesus do if He was in my shoe, in my place, Amen.

So let me just jump, OK? So you, I gave a lot of

scriptures, you do it at home, Amen #2 Stay focused on

completing the calling and the mission or the assignment that

God gave you, Amen. What do we mean second?

Timothy 4/5. Says.

But you keep. Your head in all situations.

Endure hardship. Do the work of an evangelist.

Discharge all the duties of your ministry.

Double time as you. Feel the pressure.

Happening in the world, you know.

Amen. Let's not be naive.

Let's not just think about of ourselves, of our business.

Let's think about what God thinks about what's happening

now around the world. So what do we do?

The main scripture is Matthew 28.

Go make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the

name. The Father is our holy.

Spirit and teaching. Them to obey everything I've

commanded you everything, that's why.

Discipleship is important. Amen.

Equipping is important. Before we set.

Foot on the mission field. We need training.

Let's get some training. We have a fire School of

Ministry. We have DBS.

Join DBS. Can you tell the person sitting

next to join our Discovery Bible studies?

And we are we have other groupings, prayer groups, home

groups. Participate.

Amen. Active TA appeal you Ayo Paula

he. You know, I like this definition

on. Discipleship.

It says discipleship is what discipleship.

Is training ourselves to listen before teaching others how to

listen. Amen.

That's discipleship, so we need to apply it first to ourselves.

Before we make disciples, remember it's not your

disciples. They're not his disciples.

Why? Because you're not teaching them

your principles. You are teaching them his

principles. So.

We are making disciples of Christ.

Not our disciples, Amen. They were just stewards.

You know, The Chief Shepherd is there.

We're here as under shepherds. Amen.

So it. Also says Preach.

About the end times, the return of the King, I like that Matthew

2414 says and this gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in the

whole. World as a.

Testimony to all nations. And then the end will come.

Listen, it's not. Just the gospel.

Preach the gospel. It says the gospel of the.

Kingdom. When you connect the Kingdom it

means there is a king and subjects meaning to say we are

to. Preach.

That Jesus is coming back. Amen.

So let me finish this one. And Paul said, However, I

consider my life worth nothing to me.

My only aim is to finish the race and complete the task.

The Lord Jesus has given me the. Task of what?

Of testifying to the good news of the of God's grace.

That's Acts 2024. That is.

Our stay on mission, finish your assignment.

Amen. OK, last but not the least, Are

you ready for this? What's #1 again, it's be led by

the Holy Spirit. Live for God genuinely, not

occasionally, but on every occasion.

Amen. Live for God sincerely or

continually, always, all the time, completely or thoroughly,

whatever next. Stay on mission.

Stay focused on the Great Commission.

Last but not the least in my list, though, there's so many.

Be faithful to the end no matter what happens.

Never betray the Lord Jesus Christ.

You know Hallelujah. Matthew 2412.

It says because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most

will grow cold, but the one who stands fear to the end will be

saved. That is very important because

even now a lot of Christians stop following Jesus a lot.

And we know in the Bible it says.

That apostasy will happen 1st and so ungodliness will

increase. Amen.

The anti Christian spirit will increase to usher in the

Antichrist. So they're.

Setting the everything, not just the system, but even the

atmosphere. But you know what?

No matter how chaotic the world will be, the hand of the Lord

will still work, and we will see people coming to Christ and we.

Know that the last revival where?

It will happen. It's going to go back to Israel.

It's in the Bible. Amen.

So revival. Here and there, but the greatest

of it all is when it goes back to Israel.

But my point is. What are we going to do?

Let's work while it's still day. Let's not wait for the night

time and you see those pictures. I don't need to explain those.

You know. What happened to Daniel?

He knew. He opened so.

That people will see that he's praying to his.

God, Amen. He will be arrested, OK?

He. He.

Was and he was thrown in the lions den, but this lions became

vegetarian. At 1:00.

Single moment. Amen.

They were looking for vegetables.

They have no appetite for meat. No, that's not in the Bible.

So we know that the angels, the Lord, shut the mouths of the

lions. Amen.

And. Look at Shadrach.

Meshach and Abednego, they said, oh king, even if God will not

save us, we will not still bow down to your idol.

That is the kind of Christians I want.

To see. In the last days.

If you're still here, Amen. I'm sharing this to prepare you

because I know time will come. We're not going to be allowed,

we're not allowed to talk about these things.

In fact, last night as I was, I was typing looking for things

about this. You know we're.

Against the world thing. You know what the Internet did

to me? It stopped my my search.

It does not give me the the pictures and everything I said.

Wow, amazing. That's algorithm, I think.

Hello. So my point here friends, is

this, no matter what happens, do not receive the mark of the

beast when it when it comes, it's not here yet, it's in the

future. But I'm telling you ahead, I'm

not going to wait for the time when it is not when it is

prohibited to talk about the mark of the beast.

But we know it's associated with the monetary system because it

says you cannot buy or sell. That's why we have trainings

concerning health. We'll have alternatives.

So we'll have trainings. And that's one of the reason why

we're invited abroad to get more trainings and also train others

because we are, the Lord is preparing the body of Christ.

So this is the summary. I'm done so preparing for the

end times be led. By the Holy Spirit stay.

On mission, be faithful to the end.

You'll get there.