What’s the Big-deal about 15 years

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DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE ANTICHRIST ORIGINATES
 MOST EVANGELICALS SAY ________________
 BUT, DO YOU WANT TO BE RIGHT?
 MOST EVANGELICALS SAY HE WILL LEAD OF
GROUPING OF 10 “EUROPEAN” NATIONS IN
THE END-TIME.
 BUT, AGAIN DO YOU WANT TO BE RIGHT?
 WHAT DOES THE WORD SAY?
 (this teaching is NOT about the False Prophet)
NOW THE FINAL SIGN
 THE “GREAT” TRIBULATION BEGAN WITH A
MAJOR SIGN OF IMAGE OF ANTI-CHRIST IN
THE TEMPLE. (Dan. 9:27), (Matt. 24: 15+)
 THE FINAL SIGN BEGINS WITH LIGHTS
OUT. … sun, moon and stars (Matt. 24: 29+) plus
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Isa. 13: 9-15
Isa 34: 1-5
Joel 2: 30-31
Et al
THEN
 MATT 24: 30
 “THEN
WILL APPEAR IN HEAVEN THE
SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN, AND THEN
ALL THE TRIBES OF THE EARTH WILL
MOURN, AND THEY WILL SEE THE SON
OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF
HEAVEN WITH POWER AND GREAT
GLORY.”
 CHRIST WILL COME IN THE HEAVENS
WITH GLORY (BRILLIANCE) AGAINST
THE BACKDROP OF DARKNESS
WHY WILL ALL THE WORLD MOURN?
 EVERY ONE WILL KNOW IN HIS/HER HEART
THAT JUDGMENT IS COMING.
 YOU CAN AVOID ALL THIS BY TRUSTING IN
JESUS CHRIST…
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THAT HE DIED IN YOUR PLACE (WE DESERVE
JUDGMENT).. AS YOUR SUBSTITUTE
THAT HE IS THE SON OF GOD
THAT YOU DESIRE HIM AS YOUR LORD….
BOW BEFORE HIM AND CONFESS YOUR SINS… TELL HIM
YOU WANT HIM AS YOUR SAVIOR.
REMEMBER
 GOD GIVING THE “LAW” DID NOT ALTER HIS
CONTRACT (400 YEARS LATER)
 GOD ALLOWING ISRAEL TO HAVE A KING DID
NOT ALTER HIS CONTRACT
 GOD SENDING HIS SON “INCARNATE” TO
BETHLEHAM DID NOT ALTER HIS CONTRACT
(IN SEVERAL WAYS IT FULFILLED IT)
SATANS FINAL PLAN
 WORK THROUGH ANTI-CHRIST TO DESTROY
JEWS AND CAPTURE JERUSALEM/ISRAEL
FROM JEWS.
 NEGATE GOD’S COVENANT
 WHERE WILL ANTI-CHRIST COME FROM?
FIRST LETS BE CLEAR
 SCRIPTURE IS ALL ABOUT THE MID-EAST
 (ITS MID-EAST CENTRIC)
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IN FACT, SCRIPTURE IS ALL ABOUT THE
“CENTER OF THE WORLD” …. (ITS
JERUSALEM CENTRIC)
PSALMS
135:21
VARY RARELY DOES SCRIPTURE TALK ABOUT A PEOPLE
GROUP OUTSIDE OF THE MID-EAST
LETS LOOK AT THE NATIONS WHO ANTICHRIST WILL USE
REMEMBER
PEOPLE GROUPS
 FROM CREATION TO
 ONLY GENTILES
ABRAHAM –
 FROM ABRAHAM TO
ACTS 2
 GENTILES PLUS
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FROM ACTS 2 TO
REVELATION 22
JEWS
 GENTILES PLUS
JEWS PLUS
CHRISTIANS
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I COR. 10:32
GOD PUT TIME-LINE FOR THE FUTURE
FOR EACH GROUP IN DIFFERENT BOOKS
PEOPLE GROUP
 GENTILES
BOOK OF BIBLE
GOD PUT TIME-LINE FOR THE FUTURE
FOR EACH GROUP IN DIFFERENT BOOKS
 GENTILES
 DANIEL
 JEWS
 EZEKIEL/
ZECHARIAH
 CHRISTIANS
GOD PUT TIME-LINE FOR THE FUTURE
FOR EACH GROUP IN DIFFERENT BOOKS
GROUP (THRU
ETERNITY)
PRIMARILY:
 GENTILES
 DANIEL
 JEWS
 EZEKIEL/ZACHARIH/
ISAIAH
 CHRISTIANS
 REVELATION
BY THE WAY
GOD WILL JUDGE
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NUMBERS 24:14-18
ISAIAH 25:8-10
MICAH 5: 2-6
ISAIAH 63: 1-4
HABAKKUK 3:3-7
 JOEL 3: 2-4
 EZEKIEL 25:
 SAUDIA ARABIA,
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JORDAN
MOAB (SEE ABOVE)
ASSYRIAN (IRAN/IRAQ)
EDOM (JORDAN)
CUSH AND MIDIAN
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SINAI PENINSULA
TYRE/SIDON/COASTS OF
PHILISTIA -LEBONAN AND
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GAZA
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AMMON/MOAB/EDOM/
PHILISTIA
WHERE DID THE PROPHESY OF “ROME”
COME FROM
DANIEL 9:26
 “and after the sixty-two
weeks, Messiah shall be
cut off, but not for
Himself,
 AND THE PEOPLE (OF
THE PRINCE WHO IS
TO COME) SHALL
DESTROY THE CITY
AND THE SANCTUARY”
 WHO IS THE
“PRINCE WHO IS TO
COME” (ANTICHRIST)
 WHAT PEOPLE
DESTROYED
JERUSALEM?????
DID YOU NOTICE WHAT COUNTRIES ARE
MISSING?
 NO RUSSIA NOR ROME
NOW IT GETS INTERESTING
WHO DESTROYED JERUSALEM IN
70 AD?
 WAS IT THE ROMANS (ITALIANS) UNDER GEN.
TITUS?
 OR ?????
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I REFER YOU TO JOSEPHUS
TRAVELING ARMY RELATIVELY SMALL
HIRED CONSCRIPTS ALONG THE WAY
GEN (5*) VESPASIAN WENT BACK TO ROME DUE TO
DEATH OF NERO … TOOK MUCH OF HIS ROMAN ARMY
AFTER DEFEATING TOWNS OF JUDAH
LEFT HIS SON, TITUS, TO DEFEAT JERUSALUM… WITH
CONSCRIPTS… “LOCALS/ARABS”…
5TH, 10TH, AND 15TH LEGIONS WERE ARABS
 MOST HISTORIANS FEEL FROM JOSEPHUS
RECORD, GREATEST AMOUNT OF “BUTCHERY”
WERE ASSYRIANS (ARABS)
 JOSEPHUS RECORDS THAT THE ARABS SLICED UP
THE JEWS TO SEE IF THEY HAD SWALLOWED ANY
JEWELRY … KILLED 2000 MEN, WOMEN AND
CHILDREN… BEFORE TITUS COULD STOP THEM
 RECORDS STATE THAT TITUS ORDERED HIS
GENERALS TO PUT OUT THE FIRE OF THE
TEMPLE… BUT THE ARABS WERE NOT ABOUT TO
OBEY/WERE OUT OF CONTROL
SO WHO ARE THE “PEOPLE THAT
DESTROYED JERUSALEM” IN 70 AD?
 PROBABLY 95% OF EVANGELICALS SAY
ROMANS … IMPLYING the “Prince to come” will
come from the Roman Empire.
 PROBABLY 5% OF EVANGELICALS SAY ARABS
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THUS THE “Prince to come” will come from the Arab Empire
DAN. 9:26
 “AND
THE PEOPLE OF THE PRINCE
WHO IS TO COME, SHALL DESTROY
THE CITY AND THE SANCTUARY.”
CONUNDRUM
 DOES DANIEL 9:26 APPLY TO 70 AD?
 DANIEL , ZECHARIAH, JESUS AND JOHN
(REVELATION) TALK ABOUT JERUSALEM BEING
DESTROYED
 JOHN WROTE REVELATION IN APPROXIMATELY
96 A.D.…. AND HE WROTE THE DESTRUCTION IS
STILL FUTURE.
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SO PERHAPS DANIEL 9:26 DOES
70 A.D.
NOT APPLY TO
SO WHO IS GOING TO ATTACK
ISRAEL/JERUSALEM?
 WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS GO TO THE PLAY-BOOK,
SCRIPTURE,……. GO TO EZEKIEL and
REVELATION FOR THE ANSWER…
 IT IS PLAINLY DESCRIBED IN EZEKIEL 38 AND
Revelation 17: 9-11
 Lets first look quickly at EZEKIEL 38:1-6
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SEE DIAGRAM
EZEKIEL 38: 1-6
 “THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ME: SON
OF MAN, SET YOUR FACE TOWARD GOG OF THE
LAND OF MAGOG, THE CHIEF PRINCE OF
MESHECH AND TUBAL, AND PROPHESY
AGAINST HIM AND SAY: I AM AGAINST YOU, O
GOG, CHIEF PRINCE OF MESHECH AND
TUBAL. AND 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 CLOTHED IN
FULL ARMOR, A GREAT HOST, …
CONTINUED
 ALL OF THEM WITH BUCKLER AND SHIELD,
WIELDING SWORDS. PERSIA, CUSH AND PUT
ARE WITH THEM, ALL OF THEM WITH SHIELD
AND HELMET. GOMER AND ALL HIS HORDES,
BETHTOGARMAH FROM THE UTTERMOST
PARTS OF THE NORTH WITH ALL HIS HORDES…
MANY PEOPLES ARE WITH YOU.”
ESV
ANTHROPOLOGY
 PUT --- MANY SCHOLARS IDENTIFY AS
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LIBYA, BUT ALSO ADD ALGERIA, MOROCCO, AND TUNISIA
CUSH --- SUDAN
MAGOG --- BESIDES TURKEY, COULD
INCLUDE THE “STAN’S” THAT BROKE
OFF FROM RUSSIA
PERSIA --- IRAN (AND IN BIBLE TIMES
INCLUDED AFGHANISTAN AND
PAKISTAN)
WHAT DO THEY ALL HAVE IN COMMON?
 ALL MUSLIM NATIONS
INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS
 REV 20: 4 “… AND I SAW THOSE WHO HAD
BEEN BEHEADED FOR THEIR WITNESS TO
JESUS (DURING THE TRIBULATION)…”
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SURAH 47:4 “When ye encounter the infidels, strike
off their heads.”
 JOHN 16:1-4 (Jesus telling disciples) “YOU WILL
BE HATED BY ALL NATIONS…AND ANYONE
WHO KILLS YOU WILL THINK HE IS OFFERING
A SERVICE TO GOD.”
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QURAN ON KILLING INFIDELS: SURAH 9.5
MORE INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS
 DAN 7:25 “HE WILL CHANGE THE SET TIMES
AND LAWS”
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KORAN REQUIRES USE OF THE ISLAMIC
CALENDAR
HADITH ALSO INDICATES JESUS
WILL RETURN (AT DAMASCUS) AND BE
THE MAHDI’S (WE KNOW AS THE
ANTICHRIST), ASSISTANT WITH THE
PURPOSE TO KILL ALL THE JEWS AND
CHRISTIANS
NOW LETS SEE IF REVELATION 17: 9-11
SUPPORTS THIS INTERPRETATION?
 “THIS CALLS FOR A MIND WITH WISDOM: THE
SEVEN HEADS ARE SEVEN MOUNTAINS
(KINGDOMS) ON WHICH THE WOMAN IS
SEATED; THEY ARE ALSO SEVEN KINGS
(SUCCESSIVE EMPIRES), FIVE OF WHOM
HAVE FALLEN, ONE IS, THE OTHER HAS NOT
YET COME, AND WHEN HE DOES COME HE
MUST REMAIN ONLY A LITTLE WHILE. AS FOR
THE BEAST THAT WAS AND IS NOT, IT IS AN
EIGHTH BUT IT BELONGS TO THE SEVEN,
AND IT GOES TO DESTRUCTION.”
EIGHT WORLD EMPIRES BEFORE JESUS
RETURNS IN GLORY
 WHEN JOHN WROTE:
FIVE HAD ALREADY FALLEN
 EGYPTIAN EMPIRE
 ASSYRIAN EMPIRE
 BABYLONIAN EMPIRE
 PERSIAN EMPIRE
 GREEK EMPIRE
--- ONE IS - - ROMAN EMPIRE (TILL A.D. 1453)
OT……(FROM A.D.1453 TO 1909)
---7TH ……..
8TH
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ANTI-CHRIST
WORLD EMPIRE
EVANGELICAL PROBLEM
31
 WHO IS THE 7TH EMPIRE?.. IF YOU MAKE THE
ANTICHRIST TO COME FROM THE ROMAN
EMPIRE? --- THEY ARE THE 6TH EMPIRE (NOT
THE 7TH).
 IT CANNOT BE ROME
NOTE
 EACH RULED OVER THE MID-EAST AND
JERUSALEM
NOW LETS SEE IF REVELATION 17: 9-11
SUPPORTS THIS INTERPRETATION?
 “THIS CALLS FOR A MIND WITH WISDOM: THE
SEVEN HEADS ARE SEVEN MOUNTAINS ON
WHICH THE WOMAN IS SEATED; THEY ARE
ALSO SEVEN KINGS, FIVE OF WHOM HAVE
FALLEN, ONE IS, THE OTHER HAS NOT YET
COME, AND WHEN HE DOES COME HE
MUST REMAIN ONLY A LITTLE WHILE. AS
FOR THE BEAST THAT WAS AND IS NOT, IT IS
AN EIGHTH BUT IT BELONGS TO THE
SEVENTH, AND IT GOES TO DESTRUCTION.”
SO
 BOTH EZEKIEL AND REVELATION ARE IN
PERFECT AGREEMENT AS TO THE PEOPLE
THAT WILL ATTACK ISRAEL AND ATTEMPT TO
DESTROY JERUSALEM … MUSLIMS
 ANTI-CHRIST WILL BE A MUSLIM …
PROBABLY FROM TURKEY OR ITS
SURROUNDING NATIONS
CONCLUSION
(SPEAKERS OPINOIN BASED ON SCRIPTURE)
 GOG (ANTI-CHRIST) WILL BE HEAD OF TURKEY
AND/OR LEBANON… A MUSLIM … AS ALL THE
NATIONS THAT WILL COME AGAINST
ISRAEL/JERUSALEM as described in Ezekiel ARE today
MUSLIM.
 GOD (EZEKIEL 39:16) WILL BRING THESE NATIONS
TO ISRAEL FOR JUDGEMENT… AND HE (GOD)
WILL WIN.
 THEN, ALL NATIONS will come to Israel to
destroy the Anti-Christ… HOWEVER Jesus
returns in the heavens, they WILL ALL turn
INSTEAD to fight HIM: GOD WILL JUDGE DURING
THIS BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON (END OF
TRIBULATION) .. SATAN LOSES .. AGAIN
CONCLUSION
 GOD’S WORD IS ALWAYS TRUE
 GOD ALWAYS KEEPS HIS PROMISES
 GOD OFTEN MAKES US WAIT (SOMETIMES 4000
YEARS)
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JESUS WILL PRESENT TO ISRAEL AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE MILLENIUM …. THE LAND …
FOREVER
 YOU CAN’T IMPROVE ON GOD’S PLAN
 SATAN WILL END UP IN LAKE OF FIRE… WITH
ANTICHRIST AND FALSE PROPHET
FACT CHECK
 REV. 13:1 “AND I SAW A BEAST RISING OUT OF
THE SEA, WITH TEN HORNS AND SEVEN
HEADS….”
Many
commentators believe the “BEAST” will come out of a
nation that is adjacent to the MEDITERREAN SEA, i.e. DeHann,
Gaebelein, Ironside, Lang, Larkin, Newell, et al
REV.
13:3 “ONE OF ITS HEADS SEEMED TO
HAVE A MORTAL WOUND, BUT ITS MORTAL
WOUND WAS HEALED, AND THE WHOLE
EARTH MARVELED”
Could this be the “revival” of the OTTOMAN ?
MORE FACT CHECKS
 HE WILL REMAIN IN OBSCURITY UNTIL AFTER
THE RAPTURE
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2 THESS. 2: 9-11
THEN: HE WILL BURST ON THE WORLD SCENE.. WITH A
BANNER OF PEACE (REV. 6:1-2)
GUARANTEEING PEACE FOR ISRAEL
 ANNOUNCE HIMSELF WITH MIRACLES AND LYING
 ALLOW ISRAEL TO BUILD TEMPLE
 ACCLAIM HIMSELF AS SAVIOR OF WORLD, BE CHARISMATIC
 Be ATHEIST, ANTI-CHRISTIAN, NO REGARD FOR THE GOD
OF HIS FATHERS (ABRAHAM), NO DESIRE of/for WOMEN
 SEEK TO MAGNIFY HIMSELF ABOVE GOD, ET AL
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INTERESTING, BUT
 Believers will have been RAPTURED… and will be
with the LORD JESUS CHRIST… AT THE BEMA
SEAT (The SEAT where Rewards/giving of
CROWNS at the Olympics were given) to receive
rewards for what we have done for CHRIST… (wood,
hey, stubble, OR GOLD AND SILVER)
 KEEP LOOKING UP.
RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN
Prime Minister of
Turkey
Extremely
Charismatic
NOW THE LAST SIGN
 REMEMBER WE SAW AN AWESOME SIGN
STATED IN MATT. 24: 15-16 (THE ANTICHRIST INSTALLS HIS IMAGE IN THE
TEMPLE) AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
GREAT TRIBULATION. (LAST HALF OF THE
TRIBULATION)
 AT THE END OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION,
GOD TURNS THE “LIGHTS OUT”. (VS 2429) … ALSO LUKE 21: 25-26
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ISAIAH 13: 9-15; ISAIAH 34: 1-5; JOEL 2: 30-31; JOEL 3: 15
ET AL
IN EARTH’S TOTAL DARKNESS
 MATT: 24:30
 “THEN THE SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN WILL APPEAR IN
HEAVEN, AND THEN ALL THE TRIBES OF THE EARTH
WILL MOURN AND THEY WILL SEE THE SON OF MAN
COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN WITH POWER
AND GREAT GLORY (BRILLIANCE).”
WHY WILL ALL MOURN?
 BECAUSE IN THEIR HEART… THEY KNOW
JUDGMENT IS COMING…
BUT YOU CAN AVOID ALL THIS PAIN
AND ANGUISH
 TODAY, TRUST IN JESUS AS YOUR SAVIOR…
 BELIEVE THAT HE IS GOD
 BELIEVE THAT HE DIED AS YOUR SUBSTITUTE FOR
YOUR SINS, i.e. TOOK GODS WRATH MEANT FOR YOU.
 BELIEVE THAT HE ROSE AGAIN … SO YOU WILL RISE
AGAIN
•CONFESS YOUR SINS TO HIM
•ASK FOR HIS FORGIVENESS
•TELL HIM YOU WANT FOR HIM TO BE YOUR SAVIOR
REMEMBER
 HE WINS