1 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:08,119 This is Living Waters of Grace, the teaching ministry of Clark 2 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:12,240 Wofford, senior pastor of Calvary Chapel of Westmoreland, 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:16,400 County of Greensburg, PA. Now here's Pastor Clark as he 4 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:18,720 continues teaching through God's Word. 5 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:41,720 And so as you and I look ahead to the future eternal Kingdom 6 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,440 and the Lord Jesus reigning at the time of the Millennium, 7 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:46,520 realize all this stuff is going on. 8 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,720 And in between the Rapture and the Millennium, all the people 9 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:53,280 you love and you care about, we need the power of the Holy 10 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:57,760 Spirit to cause us to be intense, lovingly intense, not 11 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,720 obnoxious, but lovingly concerned. 12 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:02,520 So they, at least they understand it. 13 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:04,560 All right. Once they understand it, you, 14 00:01:04,599 --> 00:01:06,360 you said your piece, you. That's it. 15 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:10,280 Let the Holy Spirit then deal with it and work in their lives. 16 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:12,240 How much time do you have left on earth? 17 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:17,040 If you're listening and you're 20 years old, you might say 60 18 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,680 plus years or so, and I pray that's true. 19 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,320 But if you're listening and you're 80 years old, you might 20 00:01:23,320 --> 00:01:27,880 say 10 to 15 years. And if the averages are true, 21 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:31,760 you're probably right. The point is, no one truly 22 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,840 knows. We must share the gospel with 23 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:39,280 our loved ones so that they can experience the joy of eternal 24 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:43,040 life with Jesus after they pass from this earth. 25 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:45,880 That is our purpose here on earth. 26 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,840 Now here's Pastor Clark in Revelation Chapter 6 with 27 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,880 today's edition of Living Waters of Grace. 28 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:58,120 It's important to be an influencing factor in this day 29 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,120 that you live. I remember one time I was in 30 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,880 Florida and I was playing golf at Amelia Island. 31 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,840 It was a company deal and they put us in these foursomes and 32 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:08,960 all this kind of stuff, and for some reason we only had a 33 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,280 threesome. So I drove in the cart myself 34 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,240 and the other two guys in front and they were just having a good 35 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,760 old time pounding down the Miller lights and just talking. 36 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,240 And, you know, one thing led to the next and the discussion 37 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,560 started to get pretty risque. So my golf cart started getting 38 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,760 farther and farther behind. There's I didn't want that in my 39 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,120 head, you know. So I just, you know, backing up 40 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,600 and all that and doing my thing. And finally I get up at a golf 41 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,200 course to putt and then one guy says to me, are you religious or 42 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,480 something? I said, I said no. 43 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,920 I said I'm a Christian, but I wouldn't consider myself 44 00:02:37,920 --> 00:02:39,840 religious. And I follow Christ, you know, 45 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:43,040 he goes, yeah, he says, and this blew my mind. 46 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:44,320 This is how the Holy Spirit works. 47 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,480 He goes, well, are you a ministry or something? 48 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:49,720 I said, yeah, I passed her a small church back in Greensburg. 49 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:50,520 Oh, yeah. What's the name of it? 50 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,280 Calvary Chapel. He goes, I can't believe it. 51 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:57,280 Chuck Smith married my wife and I, And then he goes, I know I'm 52 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,480 not living the way I should be, the Holy Spirit. 53 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:02,960 Now, I don't know what happened to him after that, where he 54 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,680 went, what's going on with his life now. 55 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,080 If I would have been like, it's OK to have a beer. 56 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,280 I don't recommend it personally, because if I have a beer, I want 57 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:12,240 to have 2345. That's just me, you know? 58 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,480 So I don't have any anymore. But some people can have a beer 59 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:17,920 and it's not a problem right now. 60 00:03:17,920 --> 00:03:20,800 If I would have had a beer or two, I would have been more 61 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,600 like, you know, everybody has their own opinions about things. 62 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,320 They say what they want. I wouldn't have been energized 63 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:28,840 even say anything. Matter of fact, I would have 64 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,000 probably said, boy, who am I to say anything right now? 65 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,040 I'm not living as a spirit filled Christian. 66 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:35,920 I'm more influenced by the alcohol than the Holy Spirit. 67 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,600 So, you know, I was just so grateful that the Lord, you 68 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:43,920 know, kept me from having to be involved with that kind of thing 69 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:48,000 at that particular time. But it's important to realize 70 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,440 that which hinders, and that's you and me, the body of Christ, 71 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,080 when our influence is out of this world and out of our lives, 72 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,600 of our families. Like mom and dad, I don't know 73 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,680 where your kids are with the Lord, your grandpa or your 74 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:05,040 extended family member as as much as our kids or our friends 75 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:09,120 or our relatives can't stand us talking about Jesus when we're 76 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,360 gone, no one's going to really tell them about Jesus. 77 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:15,680 You know, today we have people that say they're Christians, but 78 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:17,279 they're really not following the Lord. 79 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:20,880 They they don't. It's a drag to give up an hour 80 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,240 and a half on a Sunday morning. And so I'm just not going to go 81 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,760 anywhere. I don't want to hear it or I 82 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,680 don't want to deal with it. You know, we're like the frog in 83 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:31,560 the frying pan. The heat's being turned up. 84 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:33,960 We don't realize what we're moving toward. 85 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:35,760 And of course, Revelation makes it clear. 86 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,360 And so we sort of think life's going to be the way it is 87 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:45,560 forever and it isn't. There will be a lake of fire 88 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,920 that everybody that doesn't have Christ will be thrown into and 89 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:53,920 they'll be suffering torment forever and ever and ever. 90 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,520 I don't think we see that clearly. 91 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,680 I don't think it's something that rivets our attention and it 92 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,680 just, it sort of just goes over our head lots of times. 93 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:07,080 But when this influence, the body of Christ is taken out of 94 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:09,640 the way, this man of sin is going to be revealed. 95 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:11,680 Now let's see what this Antichrist is going to be like. 96 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,280 Turn to 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2. 97 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,600 And this gives a really clear description of this guy verse 98 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:20,720 one. Now brethren, concerning the 99 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,520 coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to 100 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:27,560 him and that gathering together refers to the rapture that we 101 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,000 have been taken out to be with Christ. 102 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:33,760 It says not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled either by 103 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,800 spirit or by word or by letter as if from us, as though the day 104 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,080 of Christ had come. People back in those days were 105 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:41,920 telling them that the Lord had already come back. 106 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:43,960 There's people today, they're called preterists. 107 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:46,600 They believe that Christ came back in AD 70 and we're actually 108 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,640 living in the Kingdom age right now. 109 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,640 If this is a Kingdom age, we're in a, we're in a cult man. 110 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,360 This is not seriously, this is not the Kingdom age. 111 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,000 I have no idea how they come up with this stuff. 112 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,360 This is, let no one deceive you by any means, for that day will 113 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,840 not come unless the falling away comes first and the man of sin 114 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:06,080 is revealed. That's the Antichrist, the son 115 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,320 of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is 116 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:13,280 called God, or that is worship, so that he sits as God in the 117 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:16,240 temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 118 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,160 That's the abomination of desolation. 119 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,040 He'll actually do that in the middle of that tribulation when 120 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,840 he takes over everything says, Do you not remember that when I 121 00:06:23,840 --> 00:06:27,040 was still with you I told you these things, and now you know 122 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:29,960 what is restraining? That he may be revealed in his 123 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:32,320 own time. For the mystery of lawlessness 124 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:34,160 is already at work. In other words, the spirit of 125 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,480 Antichrist has been at work since the Garden of Eden. 126 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:40,920 Has not God said twisting the word, deceiving, lying? 127 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:45,400 It says He who now restrains will do so until he has taken 128 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,320 out of the way, and then the lawless one will be revealed, 129 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:51,080 whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and 130 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:52,840 destroy with the brightness of His coming. 131 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,600 The coming of the lawless 1 is, according to the working of 132 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:59,240 Satan, with all power signs, lying wonders, and with all 133 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,640 unrighteousness deception among those who perish because they 134 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,400 did not receive the love of the truth that they might be saved. 135 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,280 That's all. The people that didn't listen to 136 00:07:07,280 --> 00:07:10,480 what we were saying, they're on the earth when this guy comes to 137 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,640 power and they didn't receive the love of the truth that they 138 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:15,520 might be saved. They're going to believe a lie 139 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,640 it says, and for this reason God will send them a strong delusion 140 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:22,320 that they should believe the lie that they all may be condemned 141 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,960 who did not believe the truth but had pleasure and 142 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,240 unrighteousness. So a lot of people, whenever 143 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,960 we're raptured and taken out of here, who on the earth, they're 144 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:32,000 going to be relieved that we're gone and they're going to be 145 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,320 breaking into your house and mine and trying to figure out 146 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:36,120 how to get your assets and bank accounts. 147 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:38,840 There's going to be a lot of prosperity for 3 1/2 years 148 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,040 because a lot of people are going to be taken out at the 149 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,800 rapture. And also the situation of the 150 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:49,640 evil one in the sense of how he comes to influence people, the 151 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:53,000 people who are left that remember what you said and says, 152 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:57,080 oh man, my dad was right. Why didn't I believe? 153 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:59,560 And, and now I'm in this, this tribulation period. 154 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:01,960 And what am I going to do? And I know this guy, this 155 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:03,640 Antichrist, I'm not going to follow him. 156 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:05,520 I'm not going to take the mark of the beast. 157 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:07,280 I'm not going to be under his authority. 158 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:11,600 Those people will be martyred. Those people will be in prison 159 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,040 and destroyed. And we'll talk about the, the 160 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:15,800 martyrs in a couple minutes here. 161 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:21,640 And so the Holy Spirit in the Church of Jesus Christ, we will 162 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:24,480 be lifted up to be with the Lord at the rapture, the body of 163 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,240 Christ, the influence, the sustaining salt, the 164 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:31,360 purification, the the press back influence against ungodliness. 165 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,679 Now the Holy Spirit is God, He's omnipresent, so he doesn't go up 166 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,400 there and he's nowhere else. The Holy Spirit is everywhere 167 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:41,159 present and fills all things. He's not a little power you put 168 00:08:41,159 --> 00:08:44,600 in a box and you take him here and there and he's, he's God, 169 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,320 the Holy Spirit. So he will also still be on the 170 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,120 earth influencing and convicting people of sin. 171 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:54,520 There'll be 144,000 Jewish spirit filled believers on the 172 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,360 earth at that time. That'll make Billy Graham look 173 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,640 like he was sleeping at the wheel in regard to his 174 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,640 evangelism. These are hardcore St. talking 175 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:05,000 evangelists that will be out there giving their lives for the 176 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,040 sake of the gospel along with other witnesses at that time. 177 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:11,240 So there will be people who will get saved during that time, but 178 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,200 they'll have to endure this horrible, horrendous period of 179 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,400 time. So for 3 1/2 years there'll be 180 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:20,120 peace and prosperity. And then this Antichrist will 181 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:23,960 begin to, after the 3 1/2 years, begin to change things. 182 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:30,400 Let's go back to Revelation now. Revelation chapter 6, verse 3. 183 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,400 And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living 184 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,440 creature saying, come and see another horse. 185 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:39,840 Fiery red went out, and it was granted to the one who sat on it 186 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:42,720 to take peace from the earth, and that the people should kill 187 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,680 one another. And there was given to him a 188 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:49,080 great sword. So we see this second horse 189 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,320 bringing death, bringing horrendous things upon the 190 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:54,640 earth. Fiery color means blood and 191 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:58,120 destruction. This, the third horse then will 192 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,680 begin to release, and we'll just keep reading here. 193 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,840 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature 194 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:05,920 say, come and see. And I looked and behold a Black 195 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,160 Horse. And he who sat on it had a pair 196 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,680 of scales in his hand. And I heard the voice in the 197 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:13,280 midst of the four living creatures saying, A quart of 198 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:16,760 wheat for a denarius and three quarts of barley for a denarius 199 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:20,000 and do not harm the oil and the wine. 200 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:23,680 So the third horse, after all this death is poured out in the 201 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:25,880 earth. There's going to be this famine 202 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:28,320 that follows. And some people believe what 203 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:33,120 happens in the midst of the fiery red horse is a Holocaust, 204 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,680 a nuclear Holocaust. And we, and this time that we 205 00:10:36,680 --> 00:10:40,400 live, we are closer than ever to having another Hiroshima. 206 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:44,400 It's in the hands of so many rogue nations now that have the 207 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,960 power with the atomic bomb. And Iran is, if they're not 208 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:50,920 already there, they're real close to to having it and 209 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:52,120 they're continually working on it. 210 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,520 And, and for whatever reason, it doesn't seem like anybody's 211 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:58,480 trying to stop them. And so we see the fallout, you 212 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,120 know, nuclear Holocaust, the fallout upon the face of the 213 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,520 Earth will destroy food crops. They won't be healthy to eat. 214 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,280 People won't be able, they'll be, they'll be starving. 215 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,760 And as bad as we see on TV with the children starving in 216 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:15,560 Ethiopia, it'll be across the face of the Earth like in Africa 217 00:11:15,560 --> 00:11:18,200 as we see those starving. It'll be like that all around 218 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:20,880 the world. And it talks about the financial 219 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,360 system at that time that the common labor. 220 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:25,680 Now, you'll still have people who prosper and they'll still be 221 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:28,520 able to get the good wine and the good oil, and they'll still 222 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,720 be like trying to like live the good old life like they always 223 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:33,280 did. Eventually that'll end too. 224 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:38,240 But the average person that works like most of us, that 225 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,520 works for a hard day's labor, all will make during that time 226 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:45,560 because inflation will be so high that a bag of gold will buy 227 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:48,720 a piece of bread basically. And if I go out and work 228 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:52,400 basically all I do, I make enough money to feed myself. 229 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:56,880 Just a horrible situation that will be upon the face of the 230 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:58,880 earth. And verse 7 it says, And when he 231 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,880 opened the 4th seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living 232 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:05,160 creature saying, come and see. And I looked, and behold A pale 233 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:07,960 horse, and the name of him who sat on it with death. 234 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,280 And Hades followed with him. And the power was given them 235 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:14,200 over a fourth of the earth to kill with sword, with hunger, 236 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,920 with death and by the beasts of the earth. 237 00:12:17,560 --> 00:12:20,640 And so we see this next horse, the pale horse. 238 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:22,560 It's sort of like a greenish color. 239 00:12:22,560 --> 00:12:26,920 It's symbolic of rotting flesh. This the body decaying and 240 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,480 corrupting and the plague upon the face of the earth at the 241 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:34,560 time 1/4 of the population that wake you guys up. 242 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,560 I see some, I see some of you guys sleeping and I, I just feel 243 00:12:38,560 --> 00:12:41,160 like shaking it because this is like big time. 244 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:44,440 I mean this is like it this is what it's all about you know, 245 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:49,720 and Paul says don't sleep right. He says don't sleep because some 246 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:51,960 have not the knowledge of God and I speak this your shame. 247 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:55,520 I about broke my hand give a karate shop wouldn't have been 248 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:57,800 wild if my hand when I went right through this and the whole 249 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:02,240 pulpit with a split, but 1/4 of the population will be wiped 250 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:06,720 out. That means 1 billion people, 1 251 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:10,520 billion people. I mean, it's, it's staggering. 252 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:14,280 The plagues are going to affect the face of the earth. 1/4 of 253 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:17,720 the population will be wiped out in verse 9. 254 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:20,480 And he opens 1/5 seal. And I saw under the altar the 255 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:23,720 souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and 256 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:25,680 for the testimony which they held. 257 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:29,840 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, 258 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:33,560 holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those 259 00:13:33,560 --> 00:13:36,360 who dwell on the earth. How long? 260 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,680 And then a white robe was given to each of them, and it was said 261 00:13:39,680 --> 00:13:43,160 to them that they should rest a little while longer until both 262 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,880 the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who 263 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:49,040 would be killed as they were, was completed. 264 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:53,320 The Bible says, precious in the sight of the Lord is the death 265 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:56,280 of his Saints. One of the best ways to leave 266 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:59,520 this life is to be martyred. Not that any of us would want to 267 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:03,160 sign up for it, but they're going to be received in a 268 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:07,360 special way before the Lord. He gives them that special robe, 269 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,200 that white robe of righteousness, declaring them as 270 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:15,960 incredible people who didn't deny their faith in Christ. 271 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:20,480 They stood up against the evil influence and the Antichrist, 272 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:23,080 and they were willing to die for what they believe. 273 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:26,200 And as we study church history throughout the ages, there have 274 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,000 been many thousands upon thousands of men and women who 275 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,800 have given their life for the sake of Christ and who have been 276 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:34,800 tortured in horrible ways. If you read Fox's Book of the 277 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:37,680 Martyrs, some of that, and it tells you the stories of people 278 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:41,080 who died for their faith. And we're afraid sometimes of 279 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,880 telling someone that we follow Jesus because they might laugh 280 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:48,280 at us or think we're weird. I mean, that's pretty, pretty 281 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:51,360 weird, isn't it? These people are dying and 282 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:53,560 shedding their blood, and they'll be remembered. 283 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:57,400 The blood actually is put under the altar as a symbolic picture 284 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:01,400 of their sacrifice and what it costs them to follow Christ. 285 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,200 But there'll be this great revival during this tribulation 286 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:07,240 period. As I said, all these Jewish 287 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:12,000 believers will go out and spread the gospel, and all the people 288 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,920 that refuse to take the mark of the beast at that time will be 289 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,640 be martyred. In verse 12 it says. 290 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:20,240 And I looked when he opened the 6th sea, and behold, there was a 291 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:22,880 great earthquake. And the sun became black as 292 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,640 sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. 293 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,640 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth as a fig tree drops 294 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:31,080 its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. 295 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,680 And then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and 296 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,520 every mountain, an island was moved out of its place. 297 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,360 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, the rich men, the 298 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,240 commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every freeman, 299 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:46,200 hid themselves in a caves and in the rocks of the mountains. 300 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,440 And said to the mountains and rocks fall on us, and hide us 301 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:52,800 from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath 302 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:55,720 of the Lamb. For the great day of his wrath 303 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:59,000 has come, and who is able to stand. 304 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:03,080 You know, the Earth is out here in the middle of the universe on 305 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,800 an axis and spinning and everything is smooth and 306 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:09,040 everything is going OK, and we have the seasons and the 307 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:12,000 harvests and all the wonderful things that we can experience 308 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:16,000 living on this Earth. But if a meteor hits this Earth 309 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:20,920 at the right trajectory, it can knock this earth off its axis 310 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:22,960 and cause the earth to begin to wobble. 311 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:25,880 And as the earth begins to wobble, everything begins to get 312 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,000 shaken up. The waters and the seas and the, 313 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,360 and the valleys will begin to just have tremendous pressure 314 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,560 and begin to push things in directions that they never were 315 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,960 intended to go. In cataclysmic events, a 316 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:40,200 constant unstable movement of the earth. 317 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:44,080 As these things shift, the oceans will begin to push and 318 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:47,240 the mountains will begin to cave in and be pushed into the areas 319 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,680 that they never were intended to be in. 320 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,320 And the weight upon the crust of the earth. 321 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:53,720 And I don't, I'm not a geologist. 322 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:56,120 I don't know a whole lot about how the earth is formed. 323 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:58,560 All I know is that it's a miracle how God did it all. 324 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:01,680 But the foundation of the earth, of the plates and the crust, 325 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:04,960 some parts of the earth have a thinner layer of crust that's 326 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,319 supporting it. It will collapse and the water 327 00:17:07,319 --> 00:17:11,240 will push and the mountain range, as I said, will begin to 328 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,680 shift. And it talks about this day of 329 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,960 the Lord who will be able to stand. 330 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,599 Aren't you glad that it promises us that we are saved from the 331 00:17:20,599 --> 00:17:24,000 day of wrath? I mean, what a wonderful Savior 332 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:28,560 who loves us and died for us and gave up everything for the sake 333 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,760 of us and for the whole world. You know, He doesn't want 334 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:33,640 anybody to go through this, but there will be a time when 335 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:37,040 enough's enough and he's given people a chance to repent and 336 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:38,880 believe and they still don't want to do it. 337 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:43,240 And his judgment is in a way, a kind judgment, but a righteous 338 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,800 judgment because in the midst of his judgment, he knows that 339 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,840 they'll still be people that will begin to say, I need a 340 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:51,440 Savior, I need the repent of my sin. 341 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:54,280 And they'll come to know Jesus Christ during that time. 342 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:58,840 Romans 59 says much more than being now justified by his 343 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,400 blood. We shall be saved from wrath 344 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:06,800 through Him. 10th verse says we shall be saved by his life, and 345 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:10,920 the great day of his wrath is soon to come upon this earth, 346 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:14,120 and we're closer than ever. Do you guys know anybody that's 347 00:18:14,120 --> 00:18:15,360 going to probably go through that? 348 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:18,200 Raise your hands. What are we going to do about 349 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:19,720 it? Yeah, stay on them. 350 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,960 It's our responsibility to pray and to don't give up. 351 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:25,560 Don't get tired of witnessing. Don't get tired of sharing the 352 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,640 faith. You and I can't make anybody get 353 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,120 saved. It's all the work of God's 354 00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:31,600 Spirit. But we're the mouthpieces, the 355 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:35,240 spokespeople, and we're the ones that proclaim this glorious 356 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:38,440 gospel that Christ uses to bring people to himself. 357 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:42,800 If you flip over as we begin to conclude in Matthew 24, the 358 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,320 first section I'm going to read is about the first half of the 359 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:49,080 Tribulation. We'll pick it up in verse 4 and 360 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:52,640 we'll read the 14. And Jesus said to them, Take 361 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:55,320 heed that no one deceives you, for many will come in my name, 362 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:57,520 saying, I am the Christ, and will deceive many. 363 00:18:57,880 --> 00:18:59,920 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. 364 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:02,320 See that you are not troubled. For all these things must come 365 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:04,360 to pass. But the end is not yet. 366 00:19:04,360 --> 00:19:07,000 For nation will rise against nation, and Kingdom against 367 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,080 Kingdom. And there will be famines and 368 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,920 pestilences and earthquakes in various places. 369 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:13,840 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 370 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,840 Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and 371 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,760 you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake. 372 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,400 And then many will be offended. Will we betray one another and 373 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:27,440 will hate one another? Then many false prophets will 374 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:30,840 rise up and deceive many, and because lawlessness will abound, 375 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:34,240 the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end 376 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,360 shall be saved. And this is the gospel. 377 00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:39,920 The Kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to 378 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:44,080 all the nations, and then the end will come, the second-half 379 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:47,240 of the tribulation, 15 to 26. Therefore, when you see the 380 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:50,000 abomination of desolation, and that's what I was talking about, 381 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:52,440 in the middle of that tribulation, when the Antichrist 382 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,720 goes into the temple and sets himself on the throne and says 383 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:59,280 he's God spoke by Daniel the prophet standing in the holy 384 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:01,360 place, whoever reads, let him understand. 385 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:04,360 Then let those who are in the Judea flee to the mountains. 386 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:07,680 Let him who is in the housetop not go down to take anything out 387 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,880 of his house, and let him who is in the field not go back to get 388 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:12,840 his clothes. But woe to those who are 389 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,520 pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days. 390 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:18,120 And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the 391 00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:20,360 Sabbath. For then there will be great 392 00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:23,320 tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the 393 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,120 world. Until this time no, nor ever 394 00:20:26,120 --> 00:20:28,320 shall be. And unless those days were 395 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:30,560 shortened, no flesh would be saved. 396 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:34,680 But for the elect's sake, those days will be shortened. 397 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,200 Then if anyone says to you, look, here is a Christ or there, 398 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:40,600 do not believe it. For false Christs and false 399 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:42,960 prophets will rise and show great signs of wonder and 400 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:44,760 deceive if possible, even the elect. 401 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:47,960 See, I've told you beforehand. Therefore if they say to you, 402 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:51,320 look, he's in the desert, do not go out, or look, he's in the 403 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:56,440 inner rooms, do not believe it. And the 27 to 31 tells us about 404 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:58,880 the preparation for the second coming of Christ when he 405 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,080 returns. For as a lightning comes from 406 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:04,760 the east and flashes to the West, so also will be the coming 407 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:07,920 of the Son of Man. For whenever the carcasses is 408 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:09,960 there, the eagles will be gathered together. 409 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:14,160 Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the 410 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,600 sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light. 411 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,040 The stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens 412 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,600 will be shaken. Then the Son of the Son of Man 413 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,520 will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will 414 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:28,360 mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of 415 00:21:28,360 --> 00:21:30,640 heaven with power and great glory. 416 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,480 And he will send His angels with the great sound and a trumpet, 417 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,720 and they will gather together His elect from all the four 418 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:39,640 winds from one end of heaven to the other. 419 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:44,840 So we have this exciting time on the horizon and you know, I 420 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,680 look, I jump from the rapture and you know, not going to be 421 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:51,560 here for the tribulation, but our prayers, Thy Kingdom come on 422 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:53,400 earth as it is on heaven, in heaven. 423 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,800 Our ultimate goal is to see Christ come back at the second 424 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,560 coming because that's when all justice is going to be restored. 425 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:04,000 He's going to roll with the iron hand and his righteousness will 426 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:08,520 cover the whole earth. And so as you and I look ahead 427 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:12,120 to the future eternal Kingdom and the Lord Jesus reigning at 428 00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:14,600 the time of the Millennium, realize all this stuff that's 429 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,920 going on in between the rapture and the Millennium, all the 430 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,440 people you love and you care about, We need the power of the 431 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:26,040 Holy Spirit to cause us to be intense, lovingly intense, not 432 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:29,960 obnoxious, but lovingly concerned so that at least they 433 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:31,160 understand it. All right? 434 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,680 Once they understand it, you said your peace, you. 435 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,120 That's it. Let the Holy Spirit then deal 436 00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:39,760 with it and work in their lives. Second Peter, we're going to 437 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:41,080 look at that. That's the last section. 438 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:46,200 Second Peter, chapter 3. Beloved, I now write you the 439 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,640 second epistle to stir up your pure. 440 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:52,080 Minds by way of. Remembrance that you may be 441 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,600 mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy 442 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:56,880 Prophets. And of the commandments. 443 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:01,320 Of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior, knowing this first, 444 00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:05,080 that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to 445 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,640 their own lusts and saying, where is his? 446 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:10,960 Promise of his coming. For since the fathers fell 447 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,640 asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of 448 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,080 creation. For this they willfully forget 449 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,160 that by the word of God, the heavens were of. 450 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,240 Old and Earth. Standing out of the water, and 451 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:24,200 in the water by which the world that then existed perished, 452 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,240 being flooded with water. But the heavens and the earth, 453 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:31,040 which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for 454 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:32,080 fire. Until the day. 455 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:36,240 Of judgment and perdition. Of ungodly men, beloved. 456 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,840 Do not forget this one thing that with the Lord one day is is 457 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:41,520 a. 1000 years. And 1000 years. 458 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,560 Is one day the. Lord is not slack concerning His 459 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:48,360 promise is some kind slackness, but His long-suffering toward 460 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:50,480 us. Not willing that any should. 461 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,160 Perish. That that all should. 462 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:59,240 Come to repentance and none. His has been Living Waters of 463 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:02,720 Grace With Pastor Clark, we're going through the challenging 464 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,280 and also intriguing Book of Revelation. 465 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:08,520 Whether you're a fan of reading ahead in books of fiction, 466 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:11,800 there's such a benefit to reading ahead in the Bible to 467 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,680 read about how it all ends. But in an interesting turn of 468 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:20,320 events, the Book of Revelation is not really the end, but 469 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,840 rather the beginning. It's the end of life as we know 470 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:27,720 it here on earth, but there's so much to look forward to. 471 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,760 But what comes after all? The judgement of the earth and 472 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:34,640 those who reject God? There's a lot to work through, 473 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:38,160 and it can be heartbreaking to read through the intense 474 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:42,040 judgements and wrath that will come on those who hate God with 475 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,400 all their might. The thing is, God has given 476 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:48,640 chance upon chance to these people and they don't want it. 477 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:53,400 So the outcome is that there are judgments and consequences for 478 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:57,720 those who've rejected the good news and the gift of salvation 479 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:01,160 that's offered through Jesus's death and resurrection. 480 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:05,400 Are you one who has heard about these things but doesn't really 481 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:09,480 want it because you want to live life on your terms? 482 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,840 Trust me, living for Jesus is so much better. 483 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:16,480 That doesn't mean it will be easy. 484 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:20,440 As you listen and read through Revelation with us, you'll come 485 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:24,000 to a stark realization that you don't want to be on earth when 486 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:28,240 the apocalypse happens. So check out Calvary Chapel 487 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:32,880 online.com to learn how to come to a saving grace through faith 488 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,640 that will allow you to be with Jesus for eternity. 489 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,160 We'd also love to meet you in person at Calvary Chapel 490 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:43,960 Westmoreland. Come join us at 400 E Pittsburgh 491 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:50,240 St., Ste. 6B in Greensburg, PA 15601. 492 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,440 This has been living Waters of Grace.