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© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Prophecy Series What happens next…
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Sir Isaac Newton was a Christian, and he was a prophet. He foretold our prophecy series! “About the time of the end, a body of men will be raised up who will turn their attention to the prophesies, and insist on their literal interpretation, in the midst of much clamor and opposition. ”
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The Next Event… Amos 1: 3 -5 States that Syria will come against Israel four times, and then will be made desolate. These occurred in: 1948 (1 st) 1967(2 nd) 1973(3 rd) and the 4 th could happen at any time! Damascus is the capital of Syria. It is the oldest perpetual city in the world! It is over 5000 years old! NOTE: Isn’t it appropriate that the oldest city is one that will be destroyed to clearly show the world that God is sovereign? Is. 17: 1 States that Damascus will be taken away from being a city and become a ruinous heap - this has not happened yet, but will very soon!! In 1973, Israel came with 20 kilometers of Damascus - Russia stepped in and informed the world that if they continue, it will be world war three. If Israel had destroyed Damascus then, this prophecy could not have been fulfilled!
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 So who’s side is Syria on? • TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's military has been preparing for the increasing • prospect of a war with Syria in a confrontation expected to include Iran and • Hizbullah. • The General Staff has discussed an assessment by the military's Northern • Command of an emerging threat from Syria and Hizbullah over the next year. • Northern Command said a weakened Syria, under pressure from the United • States to withdraw from Lebanon, was likely to approve an Iranian-Hizbullah
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 • Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, granted an interview to the pro-Syrian daily Al-Safir (Lebanon). The interviewer was the editor Talal Salman • Bashar Al-Assad: 'The Arab Defense Agreement Should Be Implemented'; 'As Long as Israel Exists It Will Constitute a Threat'; 'Israel Will Not Be a Legitimate State Even After the Peace‘ • "The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement. According to this agreement, if an Arab country is invaded, the rest of the Arab countries should defend it. Instead of implementing this agreement, there were those who facilitated the aggression, while neighboring countries refused to do so. " • "As long as Israel exists, the threat exists. As long as there is aggression against an Arab country, and as long as there is a war close to our borders, the danger continues.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 • What is the Muslim religion saying in Syria and Palestine and Iraq? • Palestinian Authority Television (Gaza). • "Trustworthy [Islamic] clerics, from East and West… came up with proofs from the Koran and the Sunna, and announced them from the pulpits of Al-Azhar and other mosques around the world, that any Muslim who does not stand by Iraq and support it against the American-British-Crusaders cruel attack is a traitor to his religion, traitor to his nation, traitor to his motherland, and traitor to his Arabism. Aren't you listening? Did you plug your ears and blinded your eyes? What happened to you? What is the meaning of this shame? !!" • 'Allah, make [American and British] children orphans and their women widows' • Israel and it’s mother, the great Satan, America along with it’s allies must perish. Jihad is upon them. Allah will help us.
prophecies in Ez. 38 and 39 to be fulfilled - Russia, the bear of the north along with Muslim nations will be forced to attack Israel, but God will intervene! Here is the timeline of events that could happen very soon: Sy ria At ta ck s © 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Russia is backing Damascus - when Damascus attacks Israel again, it will be destroyed, and it will cause the 2005
Sy ria At ta Ru St ssi cks at a es & jo Ar in a b in © 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Eze 38: 2 -8 "Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal. 4 "I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them splendidly attired, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them wielding swords; 5 Persia, Ethiopia and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet; 6 Gomer with all its troops; Beth-togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops--many peoples with you. 7 "Be prepared, and prepare yourself, you and all your companies that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them. 8 "After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come into the land that is restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel which had been a continual waste; but its people were brought out from the nations, and they are living securely, all of them. 2005
Eze 38: 16 and you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I am sanctified through you before their eyes, O Gog. " Eze 38: 17 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days through My servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring you against them? Eze 38: 18 "It will come about on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel, " declares the Lord GOD, "that My fury will mount up in My anger. Sy ria At ta Ru St ssi cks at a es & jo Ar in a b in © 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Eze 38: 15 "You will come from your place out of the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great assembly and a mighty army; 2003 They will be Destroyed.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Eze 38: 21 "I will call for a sword against him on all My mountains, " declares the Lord GOD. "Every man's sword will be against his brother. Eze 38: 22 "With pestilence and with blood I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone. Zec 14: 12 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth. Zec 14: 13 It will come about in that day that a great panic from the LORD will fall on them; and they will seize one another's hand, and the hand of one will be lifted against the hand of another.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Eze 39: 9 "Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will go out and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both shields and bucklers, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears, and for seven years they will make fires of them. Eze 39: 11 "On that day I will give Gog a burial ground there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea, and it will block off those who would pass by. So they will bury Gog there with all his horde, and they will call it the valley of Hamon-gog. Eze 39: 12 "For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. Eze 39: 13 "Even all the people of the land will bury them; and it will be to their renown on the day that I glorify Myself, " declares the Lord GOD. Eze 39: 14 "They will set apart men who will constantly pass through the land, burying those who were passing through, even those left on the surface of the ground, in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search. Eze 39: 15 "As those who pass through the land pass through and anyone sees a man's bone, then he will set up a marker by it until the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 This will cause the UN to take action - ten rulers will be appointed… Rev 17: 12 "The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour. Rev 17: 13 "These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast. Rev 13: 1 And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names. Rev 13: 2 And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 And the antichrist will come to power… Rev 13: 3 I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast; Rev 13: 4 they worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him? " Rev 13: 5 There was given to him a mouth speaking arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act forty-two months was given to him. The battle in the middle east will open the door for…
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The Antichrist, who will bring peace to the middle east… He will sign a peace treaty with Israel & the 70 th week of Daniel, commonly called the ‘ 7 year Tribulation’ period, begins…
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Dan 9: 27 "And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate. "
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Intellectual & Boastful; Daniel 7: 20 He will Exalt himself above the God of gods; Daniel 11: 36 He will have no Desire for Women; Daniel 11: 37 He will honor 'a god of fortresses' Daniel 11: 38 He will have authority; Daniel 7: 20, Revelation 13: 2 He will seize by Intrigue; Daniel 11: 21 A Forceful Military Leader; Daniel 8: 24, Rev 6: 2, Revelation 13: 4, A Powerful Leader Revelation 17: 17
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Man of Lawlessness / Son of Perdition 2 Thessalonians 2: 3 One bringing Signs & Wonders 2 Thessalonians 2: 9 One who comes in his own name John 5: 43 Antichrist / Pseudo-Christ 1 John 2: 22 The Beast Revelation 13 Lawless One 2 Thessalonians 2: 8 He will rise from a power made up of many nations Revelation 13 One whose Fatal Wound will Heal Revelation 13: 3 & 12
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Are we living in the ‘Last days’? The signs are all around us. God tells us: 1 Thess 5: 4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 1. Syria attacks Israel with Palestinian help - Damascus is destroyed. 2. This is the hook that pulls Russia down and the Muslim nations around Israel, who then attack Israel. 3. God intervenes and destroys them. 4. World emergency is declared, the UN assume control of the 10 world zones. (3 of the nations will oppose this soon after the 70 th week of Daniel starts).
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The events taking place in the world today are preparing the world for the completion of the prophecies in the Bible. The World is looking for someone to bring peace to the middle east. That someone is the anti-christ. He will confirm a 7 year treaty with Israel: in Dan. 9: 27 Dan 9: 26 "Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined. Dan 9: 27 "And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week” This will begin the 70 th week of Daniel (the Tribulation).
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 6. The 10 world zone powers (UN) give power to the Anti-Christ. 7. He makes a peace treaty with Israel - this starts the 70 th week of Daniel (the Tribulation). 8. Israel completes it’s Temple. 9. Two witnesses come on the scene. (Rev. 11)
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The scroll is about to be unsealed in (Dan. 12: 4 This corresponds to the breaking of the first seal in Rev. 6: 1 Dan 12: 4 "But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase. " Rev 5: 1 I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals. Rev 5: 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals? " Rev 5: 3 And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the book or to look into it. Rev 6: 1 Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, "Come. " Rev 6: 2 I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. The first seal is the coming of the anti-christ and the beginning of the last seven years of human rule on this earth. Next week we will look into that scroll and discover what the seals will hold!
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 I have asked several Rabbi’s how they will know when the Messiah comes. They all say that whoever brings peace to their land allows them to rebuild their temple will be the Messiah. Israel believes the Anti-christ is the Messiah!
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Now is the time to be a bold witness for Jesus! Acts 1: 8 - We will carry this Gospel to the whole earth, and then the end shall come. Matthew 24: 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. - Hasten the coming of the Lord by preaching the gospel! Matt. 24: 14, I Cor. 15: 24 2 Pe 3: 9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. 11 Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The day of the Lord begins with the Rapture and ends with the final judgment. A. W. Tozer said this to the Church of the last days… The wise Christian will be content to wait for that day. In the meantime, he will serve his generation in the will of God, by the holiness of his character.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Matt. 10: 16“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves. 17“But beware of men, for they will hand you over to the courts and scourge you in their synagogues; 18 and you will even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. 19“But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say. 20“For it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you. 21“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. 22“You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved. 23“But whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes.
The UN will take over. The seals begin to be opened… Sy ria At ta Ru St ssi cks at a es & jo Ar in a b in © 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Back to our timeline of events about to take place… 2003 Pseudo Christ rises Peace in the middle east Temple rebuilt
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Let’s explore the last 7 years of human rule on this planet. The 70 th Week of Daniel. • Many people call it the great tribulation period, or the time of Jacob’s trouble. • The Bible nowhere calls these seven years by either name. • Jer 30: 2 "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book. 3 'For behold, days are coming, ' declares the LORD, 'when I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah. ' The LORD says, 'I will also bring them back to the land that I gave to their forefathers and they shall possess it. '" 4 Now these are the words which the LORD spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah: 5 "For thus says the LORD, 'I have heard a sound of terror, Of dread, and there is no peace. 6 'Ask now, and see If a male can give birth. Why do I see every man With his hands on his loins, as a woman in childbirth? And why have all faces turned pale? • Jer 30: 7 'Alas! for that day is great, There is none like it; And it is the time of Jacob's distress, But he will be saved from it. : 8 'It shall come about on that day, ' declares the LORD of hosts, 'that I will break his yoke from off their neck and will tear off their bonds; and strangers will no longer make them their slaves.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The time of Jacob’s trouble refers to an event that takes place in the midst of the 70 th week of Daniel. • It is after God has made them a nation again – already done. • It begins with a time of distress for the Jews and immediate release from the yoke of bondage. • This happens right after the abomination of desolation in the middle of the 70 th week! • It refers in Jeremiah to ‘that day’ – “a great day, there is none like it” (Jeremiah 30: 7) • It is the same ‘day’ that begins the day of the Lord! • (more on this next week)
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The 70 th week of Daniel
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 7 Years Total - 3. 5 of Anti-Christ Rule, Abomination, Great Tribulation, and wrath, Armageddon, 2 nd coming The week begins with the 7 year covenant in Dan. 9: 27 *The rise of the Roman system out of which the pseudo Christ comes to power. This begins the breaking of the seals. A Babylonian document sealed with 7 seals. Very important.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The 1 st 5 Seals are Broken(Rev. 5), The Four Horsemen are Released 1 st White Horseman Mt. 24: 5 Rev. 6: 1 -2 Ten nations give Anti. Christ powers. Anti-Christ makes his 7 year covenant with Israel. 70 th week begins. Rev. 13 Rev. 11 Israel Rebuilds their temple Rev. 11: 2 -6 Two witnesses prophesy for 3. 5 years. Likely Enoch and 2 nd Red Horseman 3 rd Black Horseman Mt. 24: 6 -7 a Rev. 6: 3 -4 Mt. 24: 7 b Rev. 6: 5 -6 3 of the 10 nations refuse to give Anti-Christ power, he comes against them with a sword and ‘uproots’ them. Anti-Christ conquers. Famine - This may lead to the implementation of the mark of the beast. Rev. 13: 15 -18 5 th 4 th Pale Horseman Mt. 24: 7 c-10 Rev. 6: 7 -8 Death by sword, hunger, & beasts of the earth. Rev. 13: 15 This will be when those who refuse to receive the mark will starve and be killed by the anti-christ. Martyrs Matt. 24: 9 -13 Rev. 6: 9 -11 Martyrs asking when the earth will be judged. II Peter 4: 16 -18 II Thess. chpt. 1&2 Rev. 13: 7 -10 Lk. 21: 16 Elijah. (Mal. 4: 5) or Moses and Elijah, both of whom were reported in Jewish tradition as having been taken up to God without dying. The LORD’s secret burial of Moses (Deut 34: 6) led to the tradition that he had not died but ascended; Elijah’s being taken up is described in 2 Kings 2: 1 -12. Matt. 11: 13 -15; 17: 11&12 John 1: 21 (John was not Elijah re-incarnated!) The two witnesses prophecy this entire time until the 6 th seal is broken.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The beginning of the end… The First seal Matthew 24: 3 -5 As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age? " (4) And Jesus answered and said to them, "See to it that no one misleads you. (5) "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ, ' and will mislead many. 1 John 2: 18 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. Revelation 6: 1 -2 Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, "Come. " (2) I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. Dan 9: 27 "And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week” This will begin the 70 th week of Daniel (the Tribulation).
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The Second seal Revelation 6: 3 -4 When He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come. " (4) And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him. Matthew 24: 6 -8 "You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. (7) "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom Dan 7: 8 "While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth uttering great boasts. Three nations will oppose this one world government!
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The Third seal Revelation 6: 5 -6 When He broke third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come. " I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. (6) And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius (a days wage), and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine. " Matthew 24: 7 b, and in various places there will be famines This will lead to the total collapse of the economy and the start of the mark of the beast to buy and sell: Revelation 13: 15 -17 And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even speak and cause as many as do not worship the image of the beast to be killed. (16) And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, (17) and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The Fourth seal Revelation 6: 7 -8 When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come. " (8) I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth. Matthew 24: 6 -13 "You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. (7) "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines (famines always lead to more pestilence and earthquakes. (8) "But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. Pestilence is sickness – there are over 30 new diseases in the world today since the 1960’s! SARS is the latest one.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The Fifth seal Revelation 6: 9 -11 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained; (10) and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth? " (11) And there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed also. Matthew 24: (9) "Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. (10) "At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. (11) "Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. (12) "Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold. (13) "But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The Fifth seal Part II - Apostasy Matthew 10: 17 -33 "But beware of men, for they will hand you over to the courts and scourge you in their synagogues; (18) and you will even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. (19) "But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say. (20) "For it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you. (21) "Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. (22) "You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved. (23) "But whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes. (32) "Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. (33) "But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The Fifth seal – Part 3 During the intense persecution of believers, the gospel will be preached to the whole earth! Matthew 24: 14 -19 "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. It is in the midst of the 5 th seal that the antichrist will go into the temple and proclaim himself god! Matthew 24: (15) "Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), (16) then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. (17) "Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The Fifth seal – Part 3 Dan 9: 27 "And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one During persecution of beleivers, the gospel will be and week, the butintense in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice preached to the whole grain offering; and on earth! the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, until a complete one that is Matthew 24: 14 -19 even "This gospel of thedestruction, kingdom shall be preached in is poured on the onetowho makes desolate. " thedecreed, whole world as aout testimony all the nations, and then the end will come. Dan 11: 36 "Then the king will do as he pleases, and he will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will speak monstrous th seal that the antichrist It is in the midst of the 5 things against the God of gods; and he will prosper until the indignation for that which decreed willhimself be done. god! will go intois finished, the temple and isproclaim Matthew 24: (15) "Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), (16) then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. (17) "Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house. The antichrist is revealed here!
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Interesting note… • 2 Thessalonians 2: 1 -3 Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, (2) that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. (3) Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The Great Tribulation Matthew 24: 21 -28 "For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. (22) "Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. (23) "Then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here is the Christ, ' or 'There He is, ' do not believe him. (24) "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. (25) "Behold, I have told you in advance. (26) "So if they say to you, 'Behold, He is in the wilderness, ' do not go out, or, 'Behold, He is in the inner rooms, ' do not believe them. (27) "For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. Dan 12: 1 "Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued. Dan 12: 2 "Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The antichrist looses control Remember – he will only have power for about 3. 5 years! Matthew 24: 21 -28 "For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. (22) "Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. (23) "Then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here is the Christ, ' or 'There He is, ' do not believe him. (24) "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. (25) "Behold, I have told you in advance. (26) "So if they say to you, 'Behold, He is in the wilderness, ' do not go out, or, 'Behold, He is in the inner rooms, ' do not believe them. (27) "For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The Sixth seal Revelation 6: 12 -17 I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; (13) and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. (14) The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. (15) Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; (16) and they *said to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; (17) for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand? “
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Luke 21: 25 -28 "There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, (26) men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. (27) "Then they will see THE SON OF MAN COMING IN A CLOUD with power and great glory. (28) "But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near. "
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The Sixth seal con’t Matthew 24: 29 -31 "But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. (30) "And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory. (31) "And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. Zec 12: 10 "I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 God’s spirit will be poured out on Israel! Joe 2: 1 Blow a trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of the LORD is coming; Surely it is near, 2 A day of darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn is spread over the mountains, So there is a great and mighty people; There has never been anything like it, Nor will there be again after it To the years of many generations. 3 A fire consumes before them And behind them a flame burns. The land is like the garden of Eden before them But a desolate wilderness behind them, And nothing at all escapes them. 28 "It will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dreams, Your young men will see visions. 29 "Even on the male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. 30 "I will display wonders in the sky and on the earth, Blood, fire and columns of smoke. 31 "The sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. 32 "And it will come about that whoever calls on the name of the LORD Will be delivered; For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem There will be those who escape, As the LORD has said, Even among the survivors whom the LORD calls.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 And they will be protected in the Wilderness Rev 12: 5 And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to God and to His throne. Rev 12: 6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she *had a place prepared by God, so that there she would be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days. (3. 4 years) Rev 12: 14 But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. Who’s the ‘male child’ that was ‘caught up (raptured) at this point?
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Rev 12: 15 And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood. Rev 12: 16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth. Rev 12: 17 So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. Israel’s offspring or children are those who hold to the testimony of Jesus! The first male child is the church! (2 Ti 2: 12) If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us; (Rev 20: 6) Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The first Resurrection – the Rapture The second Resurrection – judgment Revelation 20: 4 -6 Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. (5) The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. (6) Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The Day of the Lord begins – the breaking of the 6 th seal Revelation 6: 12 -17 I looked when He Matthew 24: 29 -31 "But broke the sixth seal, and there was a immediately after the tribulation of great earthquake; and the sun became those days THE SUN WILL BE immediately Matthew 24: 29 -31 "But after the tribulation of black as sackcloth made of hair, and DARKENED, THESUN MOON those days. AND THE WILL BEthe DARKENED, AND whole moon became like THE blood; WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND (13) and. AND the stars of the. STARS sky fell to the MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, THE STARS WILL FALL from the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs sky, and. FALL the powers of the heavens WILL from sky, and the powers the wind. heavens when shaken byof a great (14) will shaken. (30) "And then. The was split apart Son like a scroll willbebe shaken. (30)then "And theskysign of the of Man when it is rolled up, and every sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all theand tribes the earth islandof were moved out of inwill the appear sky, and then all the tribes of thenmountain their places. Then COMING the kings of willearth mourn, and they will SON OF(15)MAN the will mourn, they willsee the earth and the great men and the see SONCLOUDS OF MAN COMING ONthe. THE OF THE SKY with power great commanders and theand rich and the ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY strong His and every slave with and free glory. (31) "Andglory. He will angels A man with power and great (31) send forth hid themselves in the caves and among GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL "And He will send forth His angels the rocks. GATHER of the mountains; (16) and with A GREAT TRUMPET andfrom they to the mountains andend to the of TOGETHER His elect four*said winds, from one THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the sky to the other. presence of Him who sits on the His elect from the four winds, from throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; one end of the sky to the other. (17) for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand? "
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 144, 000 sealed, the raptured multitude is heaven. Revelation 7: 3 -4 saying, "Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads. " (4) And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel: Revelation 7: 9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; All of this is just after the breaking of the 6 th seal.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Those in white robes… A white robe = white garments are clearly the proper attire of those in the presence of God. Notice it will be the attire of: a. The overcomers, (Rev 3: 4 -5, 18). b. The martyrs, (Rev 6: 11). c. The universally innumerable multitude, (Rev 7: 9). d. The armies of heaven, (Rev 19: 14). Revelation 19: 7 -8 "Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready. " (8) It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. All indicating the Church – the Bride of Christ!
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 1 Thessalonians 5: 7 -10 For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk at night. (8) But since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation. (9) For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, (10) who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him. For us, this is a wonderful promise – we will not be here when the seventh seal is broken – we are not destined for wrath!
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 From Chuck Missler’s site: The Rapture Myth is identical to the doctrine of cheap grace, as detailed by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Rapture as doctrine is one thing. The Rapture Myth is a distortion of that doctrine, which says the Rapture will spare us from all time of trial, suffering, conflict and the need to do spiritual battle because we aren't going to endure God's wrath in the time of the Tribulation. It never occurs to the Rapture Myth people that we may well endure the world's wrath before Christ returns. The Rapture Myth takes comfort in the fallacious assumption that there will be no time of trial in the run-up to the Rapture and Tribulation. It comforts itself with a "we're going to be outta here" mentality; not to worry about anything. Just keep teaching the Bible as if the Bible were an end and goal unto itself. It fails to notice that the Bible is a manual for action, not just study, and most definitely not an end in itself. As Jesus said, the Kingdom of Heaven consists in power, not words.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Conclusion Hebrews 10: 19 Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; 24 and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, 25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Conclusion Hebrews 10: 19 Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; 24 and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, 25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Next Week… We will discuss who the antichrist is and all the major views of when the rapture takes place…
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