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Village SDA Church

Ron Kelly

Jesus on Prophecy

Father, thank You for a dry place on a cool, wet night.

And I'm asking now, Lord, that our hearts would be encouraged, that we would know in whom we believed.

And I pray now, may we have a better understanding of this topic and serve you with confidence and without fear.

When we think about the world, we realize that without any kind of particular divine punishment or retribution against sin.

And I want to emphasize that against sin.

There are tremendous tragedies that are on the face of this planet.

The winds are blowing again in California.

And while we could hope that the fires would go out, it appears that it's just become a habitual part of certain parts of our even-blessed America.

We have an increasing level of earthquakes, which are often associated with these events above land and underwater.

The world's interested in what this concept of Armageddon will be.

There are probably 2 distinct lines of interpretation about what this battle is.

Some think for certain that Israel and the rest of the world has to face off in a plane in northern Israel.

But tonight, we're going to be learning that really, this is the final battle between good and evil, and God himself is going to fight it.

We know that we are living in robust economic times now, but we absolutely need to understand that the party of what we might call irrational exuberance under Alan Greenspan will come to an end.

We came perilously close to world financial collapse about 10 years ago.

It seems like a long time away, but it affected many of our lives, especially if you were in business for yourself.

It is absolutely certain that somewhere along the way, a greater level of control will be existing over the finances of people.

As for global conflict, it appears that the nations are indeed angry, and this is a sign.

God's Spirit is being withdrawn from the face of the earth, and we see this rising level of tension.

We make the Bible our source book, our security, and our study.

If it's not taught in the Bible, then we ought to be questioning it because like Martin Luther, we believe this book was inspired by God, is profitable for doctrine, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.

If you don't want instruction and correction, this is probably not the place you want to go, to God's Church or to His book.

I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth, to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people.

I want to assure you, friends, the story of Armageddon and the 7 last plagues is a gospel story.

There are millions of people that are afraid of the future.

Some of them are in the Seventh-day Adventist Church because they don't understand the gospel of God Himself and that He will care for His children from the start to the finish.

Nobody that's listening in me tonight, whether it's live or whether it's over the internet signals that are going around this world or will listen later, nobody needs to be afraid.

Not now, not tomorrow, not next week, never.

The storyline of Christ's presence is comfort.

When he was walking on the water and the disciples were in the boat after Jesus fed the 5000, they were angry that he would not let them make him king.

He told them, you get in the boat and go to the other side.

He went up on the mountain and started praying for them.

Because they had wrong ideas about his messiahship.

And while they were discussing what a terrible mistake Jesus had made, yes, they were.

He was on the mountain praying that they would have higher views than messianic glory, as had been discussed in the ranks of Judaism.

And when the storm came upon them, they had something else to talk about.

If it would have been me, I would have said, let him scream and cry for a little while and don't talk about me like that while I'm up there praying for you.

And Jesus said, don't be afraid, it's me.

Jesus saves him in spite of his pride and perfidy.

And Jesus gets them all back in the boat and things are okay.

Whether it's the night that Jesus is sleeping in the back, it doesn't matter where it's at, he can still command the winds and the waves to obey him.

He is no less interested in us now than he was when he walked the face of the planet.

And we are to be imbibed, imbibing of this divine love with a focus so that all the world could know who He is.

The seventh day of His church is to wake and to rally and to go.

This is our call, saying with a loud voice, fear God and give glory to him for the hour of his judgment has come.

Mercy is wrapping up and worship him who made heaven and the earth and the sea and the springs of water.

Friends, The devil has tried very hard to make life so good and everything so casual, even while there's a rising tide of evil all around us.

And then he's planning to burst on the scene of civilized America and other places all around the world and scare and herd everybody into allegiance to the beast But God's people are to be paying attention.

They are to be sober there to be diligent and village in Vigilant get my words right here God is to be directing them and they are to have a certain focus in a certain joy While they gather in a harvest from amongst the fearful and the ignorant they are to be rejoicing in the power of God that he can still do what he did And that's our focus and that's our goal.

That's why it matters that you're here tonight.

That's why it matters that when you're going through your financial ledgers, whether it's on a smartphone or computer in an old checkbook, God wants our lives focused for the strength of his cause.

We're to give glory to God because our opportunity will be aided by his presence.

And when it's working, we have a joy kind of like the apostles did, who were rejoicing even when they were beaten for God, suffering in prisons.

They were the instrumentality, and there was a great joy in it.

And as we spent those 12 nights together without a break in Jesus on prophecy, and as we take these lingering weekends to tie off a few of these doctrinal and prophetic presentations, we need to remember our lives have a purpose.

So whether you're cleaning teeth, or whether you're picking up garbage, or whether you're building a wall, or whether you're designing a molecule for medicine, we are on the job for Jesus.

The workplace is the missionary endeavor for most of us, and we're hoping that we might bring somebody to Christ.

This has been up for grabs with ever increasing intensity.

Jesus is on 1 side of this conflict and at the center is a call to relationship.

That relationship is epitomized and signified by the commandment at the center of the 10 that says, remember, the only 1 the world has forgotten, Remember, he says, I have an appointment with you.

It's an appointment for blessing and joy and rest.

During the week, we should be taking time to commune with God, but it's limited.

But on the seventh day, we can relax and worship.

A third angel followed saying with a loud voice, if anyone worships the beast in his image and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand.

We are to be worshiping our Creator, remembering the Sabbath day, and there is a image set up to the beast, which becomes a false invitation to worship.

They are both very religious, They will both be built around churches.

It will not be an easy deception to discern, but eventually there is a time coming when those who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus will be pointed out as Earth's problem makers.

When I quoted Mike Pompeo, our Secretary of State this morning, or at least reference to what he said, laying a lot of society's ills at the feet of secularism, What I'm telling you is this, the world is starting to get fed up with unmitigated freedom to indulge itself.

We're coming to a cup that's full of dissatisfaction in regards to life without self-control.

Revelation is predicting a final conflict between true and false worship, and that true and false worship is going to be built around the commandments of God.

The great conflict in the last days of Earth's history is a struggle between God and the devil in the mind of man.

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