Heaven Opens | Selvin Cortez

That is the God we serve, the God that that multiplies, and the God that gives gifts, and the God that has raised up a generation.

Um now I want to say that I'm I'm a lot older than Pastor JP, but I'm not.

Um I am, I am.

Yeah.

But but we see how God is raising up a generation that is coming to lead the way, to usher in his presence, his kingdom come.

And that is a series that we've been in.

And so if you did miss it last week, we're we're grateful that you're here today.

Let me give you a quick little recap of what happened last week.

Last week we talked about we're in this end times series, and there is a time that is stipulated for church and for humanity.

And the Bible's very, very clear, and you're going to see what that means.

And so last week we talked about the rapture of the church.

The rapture of the church is the is the uplifting of the church in a moment.

It's going to happen in the twinkling of an eye, in in a flash, it's going to happen, and we will be taken up to heaven.

Everyone who believes on the name of Jesus, the Bible says, everyone who calls on the name of Jesus shall be saved.

And so in that moment, we will all be saved.

Those of us that have accepted the Lordship of Christ in our hearts, that we declare that He that He was crucified and risen on the third day.

And we made a call to salvation, and five people accepted Jesus last week because of the message of Christ coming.

He is coming.

And so I want to show you, I want to show you a little recap.

Let's go to the next one.

Uh, this is where we're at.

So the church has been raptured up.

I feel like a musician.

Wow.

Okay, um, this is this is what I'm gonna try to do up there, but I can't.

Um the church has now been taken up, has been lifted up.

Now, there is a time that is coming called the tribulation.

After the tribulation, there is the second coming of Christ with his church.

We're gonna get into that today.

Then after that is the millennial kingdom, the final rebellion, the great white throne, a new heaven, and a new earth.

And that is all coming next week.

Today, we're gonna be talking about two things.

This right here, the great tribulation.

We're gonna be talking about the tribulation of times and what that means for us.

Where are we, and what's going on here on earth?

And so that's where we're gonna get into right now.

If you're excited as I am, man oh man, I couldn't.

I uh that song, you guys, you killed it with that song.

Uh, He Who Is to Come.

And that's that's what this is all about.

He is coming back.

And so we're going to dive right in.

There is a time that is coming, and that time is very prophetic, and the timing is just incredible.

Like, like you would have to, it's very difficult to prophesy and to see this coming uh without the Bible, without the word of God.

And the Bible is very, very specific.

We're gonna get into it.

And so, Revelation, we're gonna start Revelation chapter 1, verse 12 to 18.

Revelation 1:12–18

Verse 12 to 18.

So, Revelation chapter 1, verse 12 to 18.

Revelation 1:12–18

This is John, the apostle John, the one that that says that Jesus, the one who Jesus loved.

This is this is the guy that was leaning against the bosom of Jesus in his in his heart, in his chest, he was leaning in.

He was the beloved, he is the beloved, and he he he gets this revelation and it says, I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me.

And when I turned, I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was someone like the Son of Man, dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.

The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire, his feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.

In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp double-edged sword.

His face was like the shining, his face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead.

Then he placed his right hand on me and said, Do not be afraid, for I am the first and the last.

I am the living one.

I was dead, and now look, I am alive forever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and Hades.

This is the God.

This is Jesus who you're going to see.

This is when the church gets raptured, your eyes are going to see him.

And Christ is what the church is waiting for.

And so we we're going to get raptured in this moment.

We're going to be taken up to heaven and we're going to meet him in the clouds.

But history continues.

History, there's a promise yet to be fulfilled.

There's prophecies in the Bible that have yet to be fulfilled.

There is words spoken uh thousands of years ago that are going to that are going to be uh fulfilled in this moment.

And so Jesus spoke about this moment.

He spoke about the rapture of the church, he spoke about what's going to happen.

Daniel, uh, the the the prophet Daniel saw this in a vision, and John is also shown.

So he is seeing, and what they saw was unlike anything humankind has ever experienced in the history of humanity.

What they saw was just incredible.

Some of it is beautiful, and some of it is terrifying.

And we're gonna have a look at what that looks like.

But but whether it's beautiful or terrifying, all of it matters.

And it matters because God reveals the future so that what happens next would change how we live today.

And so last week we saw Revelation 1:1 that says, this is the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Revelation 1:1

And so ultimately we're waiting for Christ to come back.

We're waiting to see him.

But in the waiting, the reason why the whole book was open to him as a vision, the reason why is so that we would know how to live today.

We would know what's coming tomorrow, and and wouldn't it be great to know exactly what's happening tomorrow morning so that you could prepare today, so that you could prepare.

If it's going to snow, no, no, no, no, not yet, not yet.

We're not there yet.

But but imagine for one second, you know, as soon as as soon as we start to hear that there's going to be uh uh the first snowstorm or the first snowfall, what do people do?

They get their tires ready.

And so you got to go to the mechanic to get your tires ready to get ready for the snow that is coming.

In the exact same way, God is telling us through the book of Revelation and Daniel and Paul through uh Corinthians and Thessalonians, he's saying that God is coming.

Prepare yourselves, get ready, get ready.

A moment is coming when heaven is going to open up.

Heaven is going to open, and that is what we're longing for.

And so if we go to Corinthians, we're gonna go to 2 Corinthians chapter 5, verse 10.

2 Corinthians 5:10

2nd Corinthians chapter 5, verse 10 says, for we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

Wow.

So what does this mean?

Now, this is where this is where fear could enter into people's hearts, but I want to explain this judgment seat of Christ.

The judgment seat of Christ in theological terms is called the Bima seat of Christ.

The Bima judgment of Christ.

Now, the word bima I'm very accustomed to.

And we are at my house very used to the word bima.

Because when you hear judgment, you're like, he's going to judge me, he knows everything I do, and I am out.

I am, I'm like if he knew what I did, I'm I'm there's no way I'm going to heaven.

Well, guess what?

This is now not a judgment for heaven's sake, because you're already there.

The church has already been lifted up, and now as we're lifted up, we see Christ Jesus.

And in that moment, He's going to He's going to present Himself as a righteous judge.

Now, watch this.

What does Bima mean in the original Greek?

Ready for this?

Podium.

Yeah.

The judgment seat of Christ.

So this is how it's it's literally gonna look like this.

So Jesus is going to be sitting right here.

He's gonna be sitting on his throne, and before his throne, there is a podium like the Olympics.

And so, why am I used to podiums?

Because my kids swim, and so they're pretty good.

Uh and so so they they go up on the podium, and on the podium, unlike in the Olympics, in the Olympics, the athletes stand on top of the podium, and the medals are awarded below the po the podium, and the medals are placed, and you've seen this in the Olympics, they bow down and the and and the medal is placed over their heads.

In this specific judgment seat, Jesus is here, and we are all in heaven already.

We're already there, so you don't have to worry, you're not getting kicked out, but you're going to be presented before Jesus, and he's going to stand up and he's going to give you a reward.

That is the judgment seat.

Now, the word judgment feels heavy, but really he's going to do this.

He's going to take uh we we see exactly what that means.

If we go to 1 Corinthians chapter 3, let's go to 1 Corinthians 3 verse 12.

1 Corinthians 3 · chapter mention 1 Corinthians 3:12

1 Corinthians 3 verse 12.

1 Corinthians 3:12

If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw, their work will be shown for what it is.

Because the day, and look at the word the day.

It's a specific day.

It's the day, the bhima seed of Christ, the day.

The day will bring it to light.

It will, it will reveal, it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person's work.

So we've got six things that you can build your life on.

So why is this important?

Why is it important to know that there's a Bhima seat, there is a judgment seat of Christ.

Because there are six things that you can build your life on today.

Ready?

Let's start with the first three, which are awesome: gold, silver, and precious stones.

And I want to be specific.

When it says precious stones, it doesn't mean rubies or diamonds.

It means it means uh limestone, marble, or granite.

So, so you can build your life on gold, silver, or limestone or marble or granite.

Okay?

Now, what does that mean?

What does that mean?

What does that mean for us?

Whenever you serve God, whenever whenever you say yes, thank you for those that that that serve in the church and you say yes to planning center, whenever you say yes, you've got a choice.

Are you saying yes to serve through planning center?

Are you saying yes to serve because you want to do it, or because you are forced to do it, or because you feel you feel like obligated to do it?

Right?

So, so when the Bible speaks of gold, every time it speaks of gold, it speaks of the father, it speaks of God in his purity, in his majesty.

So the works that you do, if they honor the father, if in your mind, as you accept to serve, as you accept to move, if in your mind you are thinking, I'm here because the father loved me, I'm here because he sent his son.

Watch this, he sent the father, sent his son to die for me, that we call redemption.

And in the Bible, redemption is always, always symbolized by silver.

And so when you understand that what you have, the gifts that God has given to you in your hands right now are given to you by the Father of lights, by the Father, He's the one that gave you your gifts.

If you are creative, if you are talented, if you like to sing, if you are if you like to create, all of these great gifts are given to you.

If you have a great smile, that's given to you by the Father.

And so once we know that the gift is coming from the Father, and we understand that who I'm serving is Jesus.

I am serving the Son, I am building the Son's kingdom.

That's your work of silver.

That's that's wanting, that's putting in your heart the desire to serve Christ and to be with him.

Everything we do, everything you do should be based around this idea that I'm serving my king, I'm serving my Lord, I'm serving my shepherd, my life belongs to him.

But then you're probably thinking, yeah, but Pastor, you you you don't know, you don't know my some of the attacks that I have, some of the some of the testings and the trials and the seasons that I go through.

Man, oh man, it's so it's so hard.

I mean, I wish I could serve, but I just don't, I don't have time, I don't have strength, I don't have the energy.

Well, that's a third one.

You see, how do you get precious stones?

How do you get marble?

How do you get uh limestone?

How do you get granite?

Pressure.

Pressure builds character, and it is the work of the spirit in you, and so when you're going through a season, know that the there's pressure around you, but it's only to make that work even greater, so that when you stand before the presence of God, you're going to say, Hey, I went through it.

I went through it by your strength, by your might, by the Spirit of God, I was able to go through that season.

I didn't understand it at the time, but I trusted in you.

I trusted in you.

I try I put my trust in you, God.

That's why I was able to go over that season.

And and guess what?

I would even say, I would even say, and Lord, because I went through that season, I was able to bring others through it.

And so there's some people coming behind me after me.

God, I don't know if you're doing this in alphabetical order, but but there's some people coming behind me that I was able to speak because I I traversed that season by your strength and by your might.

And he's gonna be like, I know.

I know.

Or we could build on wood, hay, and straw.

And wood, hay, and straw, and this this really applies uh to our our worship team.

Wood, hay, and straw is look at me.

I'm on the stage.

I can do it, I'm gifted, I'm I'm ready, choose me, use me, I'm the best, I'm the greatest.

Uh it's still for God, but I'm the greatest.

And so when you still when you start pointing the glory here, that's gonna burn up instantly.

Wood, hay, and straw.

Wood, hay, and straw.

I follow this guy on on social media, and what he does, he goes into the woods.

I don't know if you've seen this before, but he goes into the woods and he just starts digging.

Like he'll find anywhere in the woods and starts cutting and starts digging, and he'll start digging and digging, and he can make, and it's all fast-forwarded, all right?

But he can make a home out of nothing anywhere.

And I'm just I don't know why I have to watch a full 15 minutes of this.

Uh, but I'm just mesmerized at how he's he's he's there and he's cutting down the wood, he's cutting down the wood, and all he's got is a little axe and a shovel.

And with a little axe and a shovel, he's cutting down the wood, he's making the rope, he's digging, and he's he he makes like like a husband mine.

Uh and I'm just like, what is going on?

And and and it's so impressive to see him work with wood, hay, and straw.

But the first fire that comes there, it's gone.

Home gone.

And so wood, hay, and straw can get us out of a bind, but it's not permanent.

And so it can get us out of a bind.

It can point the the attention, I can point the attention to me.

And and and and that might work for a season, and then it doesn't.

And that's what that's what I'm so impressed.

There was there was a couple uh of uh gentlemen, uh two two friends, they went to uh um they went to a preaching, and in that preaching, uh, it was just awesome.

They were like, What what a message, what a what a what a preacher.

Uh, we gotta go back, we gotta go back, let's go back.

We we gotta we gotta see this guy tomorrow.

And then somebody else invited them to another conference, and in that other conference was Charles Spurgeon speaking.

And they're like, No, no, no, we want to we want to go see the other guy because he was awesome.

Like he was just on and he was ready, he was he was cooking, he was cooking, right?

And so this, I'm sorry, that's my kids' talk.

Um uh, but this guy over here, this guy over here, he was like, he was like, we don't even know who that is.

We don't we we have no idea who that is.

And so they went, and after the message, they didn't say, What a preacher.

They turned to each other and said, What a savior.

Works of gold versus works of wood.

Amen.

Yeah, and and and my my heart for you is to see Jesus.

My heart for you, my responsibility, my desire for you is for you to see Christ through me.

Not Selvin, not Selvin's family, but but to see Christ through me.

That's my job, that's that's my ultimate work of gold, is to make sure that I reflect him as best as I can for you.

And and so those are the works that we're going to be presented before.

And so we are up in heaven, and and in this moment, John says in Revelation 19, let's go to Revelation 19.

We are ready, guys, all the way at the end of the Bible.

Revelation 19, 7 and 8, it says, Let us rejoice.

So, so the Bima seed judgment is done.

You have now received the rewards for everything you do.

Whether you do it um every time you serve Jesus, every time you obey, uh, when obedience costs you, every time you give, every time that you forgive, every time that nobody hears your prayers, every act of obedience that nobody notices, He will.

At that seat, he will, he has noticed it.

Jesus has seen it, he has seen all of them.

And once the bride is ready, once the rewards have been given out, and there are gonna be many rewards, depending on what you do here, your life matters.

What you do matters to God, whether somebody sees it or doesn't see it, whether somebody gives you an accolade for it or not, whether you are recognized for it at work or not, when you work for Christ, when you do everything that you do, we're gonna see it in Colossians.

Everything that you do should be to honor his name.

Whether you're at work, whether you're at school, whether you're in your car, everything you do should be to honor his name, and you will receive a reward.

And once that reward is done, the Bible says, Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory.

For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride, us, we have made ourselves ready.

Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.

For fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God, of God's holy people.

So all of your works are being recorded, and the stuff that you're not too proud of is gonna get burned up, and the stuff that you are proud of is going to stay there.

And whatever, whatever remains, the Bible says that whatever remains, the gold that remains, with that gold, you will be given crowns and a reward.

And then the angel says, Let us rejoice, for the bride is ready.

And so when we go to this, um, we finally see him, the one that we have prayed to, the one that we have worshipped, the one that we have trusted, the one that has saved you, Jesus, we are now standing before him.

We are his bride, we are his bride, and he is ready to take us up.

Colossians 3.23, real quick.

Colossians 3.23 on the screen.

It says, Everything that you do, uh, whatever you do, work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward.

It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

So, what you do, how you live, is incredibly important to God because you will receive a reward from this.

So, the church has prepared herself.

This is our life.

Our life right now is for us to get ready.

The years that you have left on earth is for you to get ready for that wedding because we are called the church of Christ.

We are his bride, and he's going to marry us.

And in this moment, the bride has now been dressed.

She's been dressed with clothes of white that represent the righteous acts of the saints.

Everything you do for God is going to be presented in that moment, and you'll be presented before God.

Heaven is rejoicing, and heaven is filled with rejoicing, because finally the Lamb has received unto himself his bride, the one he died for, the one that he suffered for, the one he was risen for, you, us, his bride.

We are now joined to Jesus.

And we will be caught up with him in the clouds.

But something really devastating is happening on earth at the exact same time.

And so to understand that period of time, we've got to go way back.

And we're gonna go way back to Daniel.

Daniel chapter 9, verse 24.

Daniel 9:24

Daniel chapter 9, verse 24.

Daniel 9:24

Now, here we go.

Uh for Daniel, sorry, I can't find Daniel.

Daniel chapter 9, verse 24 says this.

Daniel 9:24

We're gonna read it all the way to 27.

77s.

Let me say this again, let me say it a different way.

70 weeks are determined, are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end, to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for the wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.

Seven things have to happen.

And those seven things that must happen have to happen within a span of 70 times seven weeks.

So if you're tracking, let's keep going.

Know and understand this.

We're we're we're good.

We're gonna read here.

Know and understand this.

From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the anointed one, the ruler, comes, there will be seven sevens.

And sixty-two sevens.

It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble, after the sixty-two sevens, the anointed one will be put to death and will have nothing.

The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary.

The end will come like a flood.

War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed.

He will confirm a covenant with many for one seven, one week.

In the middle of the seven, he will put an end to sacrifice and offering, and at the temple he will set up the abomination that causes desolation until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.

Wow.

Okay, so there is a lot to unpack there.

If I start unpacking it verbally, it's gonna take me an hour.

So we've got a visual.

Bang.

I know you want to go over there.

We're gonna get there.

We're gonna get there in a second.

Check it out.

There are 70 weeks.

70 weeks, seven times.

I'll get out of the way so you can take a picture of this.

Uh zoom in, and then you can follow along as well.

There are 70 weeks that are determined.

70 times seven is all of my mathematicians.

490.

Okay?

So there are 70 weeks.

Seven times seven.

There are 490 years that are determined for the people.

For the people of Israel.

Okay?

Now stay with me.

You're thinking, Daniel, Daniel, long time ago, long time ago, there have been way more than 490 years.

Stay with me.

Watch this.

Here are, and the angel says, uh make sure that you understand this.

And so the angel is very clear.

The angel says that there is a period of seven times seven weeks.

Seven times seven is 49.

It took literally, and and and it happens at the sound, at the command to build the Jerusalem.

During Daniel's time, they are they are in Babylon and they are captive.

There is no Jerusalem.

The walls have been torn down, the temple has been torn down.

And so during Daniel's time, he's been taken captive.

And so God is saying to Daniel, from the moment, from the moment the order goes out, somebody has to decree and order to rebuild the walls and the temple and the city.

And that king comes 100 years later.

And the person that rebuilds the temple, the walls, and the streets, his name is Nehemiah.

And Nehemiah builds the temple, the walls and the streets.

And it takes the city of Jerusalem to stand up on its feet once again 49 years.

So from the time the king said, Go build, the clock of God starts.

And so the 70 weeks start at the announcement, at the at the proclaiming that you can now go and build the city, the walls.

That takes 49 years.

And then from the 49 years, the clock continues.

So from 49 years, the angel says, there are 62 weeks left.

So 62 weeks plus seven, that gets us to 69 weeks.

Stay with me.

62 weeks, 434 years.

Until when?

Until Messiah is cut off.

Yes?

So there are 434 years after the first 49 years, a total of 483 years.

Stay with me.

King Artaxerces is the king that proclaims.

He does the proclamation, go build a city.

That proclamation came in the year 444 before Christ.

If you add 444, if you had 483 years to the year 444 before Christ, you get exactly 33 AD.

In the year 33 AD, Jesus in the month of Nisan, which is March, April, was cut off.

He was killed.

And so the angel says that the clock of God continues up until Messiah is cut off.

And then he says there's going to be another sign.

And that other sign is that the temple is going to be destroyed.

In the year 8070, the temple was completely destroyed by the Romans.

And so you're like, okay, okay, if I if I'm I'm tracking, I'm tracking, Selvin, I'm tracking.

However, that gets us to 69 weeks.

Seven plus 62 is 69.

So where's the seventh week?

So at the moment Messiah is cut off, the prophetic clock stops.

It stops.

And in that moment, we understand that it stops because of the what the angel says about the temple.

And that's when the prophetic clock stops.

And so right now we are living what we call the age of the church.

And so right now we are living full on grace, full on gospel, the gospel to the nations.

This is what we're living in right now.

And then out of nowhere, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, we've got the rapture of the church going up.

And this is where we are up in heaven.

We are on the seat, uh, we are before the Bima seat of Christ, and on earth, a great tribulation is happening.

Now, when does the clock start up again?

Remember, we are missing seven years, right?

So we're at 483 years, we're missing seven years.

The clock starts, the the the angel said to Daniel, the clock starts at the signing.

There will be a man that rises up who we know to be the Antichrist.

He will come in, and after a world has been devastated by the disappearance of 1.5 billion people going up to heaven, destruction all over, earthquakes all over.

This man is going to rise up and he will become one world leader.

He will establish one world government, one world military, one world finance, one world religion.

He will start that, and he's going to start it at the signing of a treaty.

And that treaty is between Israel and Palestine.

And so, right now, why are we not in World War III?

Because if you've ever seen pictures of Jerusalem, you'll see Jerusalem has the at the Temple Mount, there is there is a Muslim mosque.

The dome of the rock is in Jerusalem right now.

That's not that's not that's not Jewish, that's Muslim.

Now the Jews control the area.

In 1967, they controlled, they took over the area of Jerusalem, but they have allowed the Muslims to maintain, to keep the Temple of the Rock, the Islamic temple on the mountain that is designated for the Jews.

And so they can't, the Jewish people, they cannot do their sacrifices.

They haven't been able to do sacrifices in over 2,000 years.

Because the only place that they can do sacrifices is on that same mountain.

And so because they're not able to share that mountain with with um the uh Arabs, then somebody's got to come in and sign a peace treaty.

And that peace treaty, at the signature, at the signing of that peace treaty, guess what?

The clock starts up again.

And so now we've got seven years.

Seven years.

And here's what's going to happen in those seven years.

Are you with me so far?

Okay.

Devastation is coming on the earth.

The first devastation, and and I don't want to uh stay too long on these, okay?

All you need to know that there are seals, trumpets, and bulls.

Seals, trumpets, and bulls, and they incrementally get, I'm sorry, they exponentially get worse as you move forward.

So let's have a look real quick at the seven seals.

The seven seals starts like this.

How are you going to know that it's the end times?

We're not gonna be here, we're gonna be up in heaven.

But the first seal is the white horse.

The white horse is the antichrist that comes and he's going to come uh uh conquering, and there's going to be uh he's he's referred to as the rider on a white horse.

And then from there, from there, remember that there's seven of them.

From there, we get a war horse, a red horse, and that horse is going to bring in, usher in war and devastation and murder.

Then we've got famine that comes next, and this is upon all the earth.

There's gonna be a great famine, great famine like there has never been in the history of mankind.

And then the pale horse, the the the pale horse, the fourth horse of the apocalypse is going to murder and kill a quarter of the living people left on earth.

One quarter of people are going to die at the pale horse.

And then and then the the fifth seal is those people that are going to die.

Guess what?

They're gonna be martyrs for Jesus.

We're gonna talk about that in a second, but there are still going to be people accepting the Lord here on earth.

Then from there, we go to uh uh a demon a cosmic uh disruption.

The the sun will will uh will fade and the moon will turn to blood, and these are going to be signs in the in the heavens.

It's gonna get really cold, really cold, and then there is silence in heaven for 30 minutes.

That's the seventh seal.

30 minutes there's silence in heaven because of what is coming next.

And what comes next are the trumpets.

Let's go to the trumpets.

The first trumpet, the angel of the Lord sounds the trumpet.

Uh, the angel, I'm sorry, the angel sounds the trumpet, and hail and fire is coming down to earth, and it's going to burn up a third of the earth.

A third of all the trees are going to be burned up through the trumpet.

Then a great mountain, a third of the sea becomes blood.

A third of the sea becomes blood.

Not only the sea, but then the fresh waters become bitter.

There isn't going to be fresh water.

A third of all of the fresh water is going to become bitter, undrinkable.

Then the sun and the moon go dark again.

Darkness comes over.

Then out of nowhere come these demonic beings that are going to that are going to sting.

And people, these these demonic beings are going to sting people so much and so frequently that people are going to want to die from the agony.

And the Bible says that during that time, death will evade them.

Even though they want to die, they won't be able to die.

And then from there we go to the seventh, the seventh trumpet.

Yes, seventh trumpet, which is the trumpet of the Lord, and a voice is heard in heaven that says, The kingdoms of the world belong to God.

And now come the bulls.

And so the bowls are these painful, excruciatingly painful sores over everyone that gets the mark of the beast.

You know it as 666 on their hand or on their forehead.

Then we've got the sea, not a third of the sea.

All of the sea turns to blood, and every marine life dies.

Then all of the fresh water sources also turn to blood.

There is no more drinkable water.

And then from there, we've got the sun that starts burning up, and the temperatures are going to rise so as to burn people alive.

They're gonna go, uh the Bible says that they're gonna be going into caves and and and running away, fleeing from the heat of the sun, and then all of a sudden it goes the opposite way, and a great darkness comes upon the earth, and then from there the Euphrates River dries up.

Now the Euphrates River dries up because of this, because the the um antichrist is going to gather an army and they're going to pull up against Israel.

Okay, remember we're not here.

Pull up against Israel, but in order to get to Israel, they have to walk through the Euphrates River.

The Euphrates River is going to dry up and it's going to allow this army to go and fight against the people of Israel.

And in that moment, guys, in that moment, heaven opens up.

And the King of Kings, the Bible says that the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords is going to be riding on his white horse, and on his head are many crowns, and on his robes is written King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and on his legs, he's on his leg, he's got a tattoo that says King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

And he will come down.

He is coming down from heaven.

This time, he's not going to stop in the clouds, he's gonna come down and he's going to establish his kingdom here on earth.

And you know who's coming with him?

Us.

Yes, yes, we are coming down with him.

And through it all, guys, through this devastation, God is faithful.

And you might be wondering, wow, that's incredible.

And it is.

You know what's even more incredible?

There are gonna be people here on earth that are going to come to the truth of Jesus.

So you're probably wondering, okay, if I don't make the first bus, I can always catch the second one.

Um, I want to tell you this you've got to survive.

Seven years.

Oh, by the way, by the way, I didn't mention this.

Um the seven bowls, a third of the world's population is now dead.

So if you're doing the math with me, that's 60% of everyone who is left behind after the rapture is going to be dead.

So if you want to miss the first bus and maybe catch the second one, I'll tell you this right now, it's going to cost you your life.

60%.

You're going to want to consciously have to deny the mark of the beast.

The 666 on your head and on your on your forehead and on your hand.

Now you're probably thinking, well, that's going to be easy.

I don't have to do, I just don't want it.

Well, hold on a second.

If you don't have the mark of the beast on your right hand or on your forehead, you cannot buy or sell anything.

Oh, and and you can show up and say, okay, listen, I'm not in.

I don't really, I don't really want this.

And they're going to be like, oh, oh, that's okay.

You don't have to take it.

Don't worry about it.

No, no, no, no, no.

They're going to take you captive.

And stuff is going to happen until you ultimately decide I need the mark or I have to have the mark.

Or no.

And so I've been praying this week about this message.

And God put in my heart, I d I've never had this prayer before.

But God put in my heart to pray for the saints that are going to be going through that moment.

And I don't want that to be you.

It can't be you.

You don't want that to be you either.

Because in this moment, guys, it's just going to be so tough.

The Bible says that there are going to be 144,000 Jewish males, young men, that are going to be preaching Jesus.

There's going to be two witnesses.

It is believed that it is Moses and Elijah.

We don't know, but it's believed that it's Moses and Elijah.

And they're going to be bringing signs and wonders down to this earth for people to believe that Jesus is king.

And there are people that are going to accept him, yes.

But right now, right now, your salvation depends on a confession.

Your salvation right now depends on this.

If you confess in your heart that he is the Lord and you believe, I'm sorry, if you believe in your heart that he is Lord and you confess with your mouth that he is risen on the third day, then you are saved.

Those are the parameters for salvation today.

And at the end of those seven years, we come back.

Heaven opens up, and the Lord of Lords comes down, and the King of Kings comes down.

And we come behind him.

And in that moment, he opens up his mouth.

Now, this is how John sees it.

Now, is there a literal sword coming out of the mouth of Jesus?

We don't know.

But in that moment, the Bible says that he opens up his mouth and devastation happens.

He annihilates the armies of humans that have that have uh um become allies to the antichrist and his army, and he destroys them all to establish a kingdom of peace.

Not a kingdom of peace for seven years or three and a half years, but a kingdom of peace that will last for a thousand years, and then there's something else that happens that's next week.

The Antichrist is going to establish a peace agreement for seven years, and watch this at year number three and a half, he's going to break that peace agreement.

How do you know what the devil has wanted ever since the beginning?

Ever since the beginning.

So the devil, what he wants to do is he wants to sit down on the throne of God.

Now he can't do it in heaven, he can't do it up there.

So the only other place that he can do it is at the temple.

There is no temple right now, but it's going to be rebuilt, and and from the studies that I've done, that temple is going to be rebuilt in exactly 24 hours.

And so they're going to rebuild the temple, and then at year three and a half, that's why the Bible calls them the abomination of desolation.

Because he's going to ride up to Jerusalem, riding not on a horse, on a pig.

And he's going to ride a massive pig.

And he's going to walk right up to the temple, and he's going to sit on the throne in the most holy place.

And in that moment, everyone is gonna know who he is, everyone is gonna know that this is not the messiah, this is not the savior, this is the antichrist, and he is going to rule with so much fierceness, you don't want to be here for that.

You don't, guys.

I have been praying all week for you.

I have been praying for your works.

I have been praying that you come and serve God, that you may receive rewards from Him, that everything you do, whether you serve here or you serve at your workplace or you serve at your school, that whatever you do, you do it in the name of Jesus and for His kingdom, that God would be reflected in everything you do, in your lives, everyone that you come against.

This this message, what it does in my heart, is it brings a sense of urgency.

I need to speak about this.

Do you know how much you have to dislike someone to wish them this?

And that's not who we are.

The love of Christ is in your heart, the power of the Spirit is redeeming you, the power of the Spirit is transforming you.

This I would wish on anyone, anyone, but it's coming, the day is coming, and the Jewish nation will see the Lord come down, and they're gonna recognize him as Messiah.

And you know what they're gonna say?

When hold hold on a second, time out one second.

Where do the holes come from?

Why are there holes in your hands?

And why is it why is your side pierced and why are there holes in your feet?

Hang on a second, were were you Jesus?

They're gonna recognize him, but in order to get to that recognition, guys, it's going to cost so much.

Now is the time.

Today is the accepted day of the Lord for your life.

If if you haven't given your life to Jesus, today is that moment, today is the moment.

You will you will be caught up in heaven and you will rejoice for seven years in the clouds while all the judgment is coming down on earth.

Today is the day.

Grace is available to you.

And what does grace mean?

It means an unmerited favor of God.

You didn't do anything to deserve it, He did it all for you.

In that time, it'll be your life if you have the strength to give it up.

This is what's coming, church.

Now we don't look forward to this moment.

We don't look forward to the seals, the trumpets, or the bulls.

We look forward to the King of Kings.

We look forward to seeing him.

Yeah.

The church has been spared.

And God is saving.

And so I want to invite you to stand to your feet.

And if you've been a Christian for a while, um you may have pictured this moment, Christ coming as looking up.

When he comes back to earth, you may have pictured this as Christ looking up.

You looking up to him.

I'll tell you, you're not going to be looking up to him, you're going to be coming down with him.

You're going to be looking up to him at the Bhima seat when you are rewarded for all your good works, for everything you do for him.

Establish his kingdom today.

Establish his kingdom here on earth today.

Guys, take this message.

God is calling you right now to take this message, establish his kingdom, work for him, whatever you do, that it would be for the glory of Christ and his kingdom, that he would come for you.

Ready, that you would be ready to meet your groom, ready to meet the bridegroom.

We are here, and this is our time right now to get ready, to serve with power, volunteer with generosity, to give generously, to expand his kingdom on earth so that everybody would see that he is God, that he is Lord of Lords, that he is king of kings, and that he is coming back.

He is Lord of Lords, he is King of Kings, and we are going to see him face to face.

We're going to see him, his eyes a blazing fire, his face shining like the sun.

Close upon his head.

Glorious majesty.