Prophecy & Signs of the Times Kelly Durant 4-7-24
Matthew 24: 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
2. Have you heard the wild news about the eclipse? It’s tomorrow! Some say it is for 3 to12 minutes, others say it is for 3 days! If it is for 3 days, that really would be quite a game changer! We shall see, but I am not one to spread rumors from people who may or may not be Christian. But we do follow the Words of Jesus and He said in Luke 21:25
“And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring”. News outlets are making lots of noise!
Well, every one of us has seen, and will see, some of Jesus’ signs in our lifetime and we know Jesus’ return is closer than it was before in the year 2,000. In the meantime, it is no fake news matter how we as true sensitive compassionate Christians with alert minds, worn out bodies, and perturbed spirts ache due to all the pain we see the world in! So much deception, poverty, war and murder! The suffering is as Jesus described it, as ‘birth pangs’, that get more and more frequent!
You know enough Bible by now, due to the great Bible teachers we have around here, to know that no one, not me or anyone, is qualified to add anything to what we already know from Jesus’ predictions and revelations! If you or I put an exact timeframe on predictions then we become as a false prophet because… Matt 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But many have tried, and nothing has happened yet!
3. In the Salvation Army colleges no one is taught to adhere to any certain interpretation of the signs of the end-time. Take into account most denominations are not totally clear on “how to” interpret certain events so I think it is wise to read several of the current accepted interpretations in the Christian community so come what may, one is at least informed as much as possible. We need to know as much as possible so you and I can preach this gospel prophesy from Jesus to warn others so their souls can be saved. The end of the world is not good, but Jesus has a place He is preparing for you and me in heaven! As the prophecies happen, God will reveal more truth.
In William Booth’s Day, many thought that the 1900’s, with the sudden futuristic leap in progress of the industrial age, with all the new technology of railroads and factories, meant that man had reached a new progressive plateau. People over one hundred years ago thought that for sure Jesus Kingdom was going to be established on earth then and today we refer to those of this belief as Postmillennialists. I will share with you a definition from Wikipedia on its deeper meaning.
“Postmillennialism was a dominant theological belief among American Protestants who promoted reform movements in the 19th and 20th century such as abolitionism[2] and the Social Gospel.[3] Postmillennialism has become one of the key tenets of a movement known as Christian Reconstructionism. It has been criticized by 20th century religious conservatives as an attempt to Immanentize the eschaton”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmillennialism Our TSA does not embrace postmellialism as did some in the past, because we know Jesus’ return will be a major all-encompassing event and Jesus has not returned secretly as JWs & others believe.
4. We don’t accept the idea that Jesus came already as certain religious devious denominations teach that Christ already returned to earth in the early 1900’s, and you and I are labeled as ignorant people not seeing this because it was a spiritual, not physical event. They argue that we should just adhere to what some people have accepted for two millennium; that His return came already! But this is a wrong idea with no proof as His return will change everything locking in the destiny of souls with the great final judgement.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
How and when Jesus’ return will occur in the future has been the debate for centuries. I look at His return as a merging of our physical world with the spirit world, a combining of our universe with the God’s Kingdom universe in our multiverse universe. Scientists, with their mathematical multiverse theories, prove what we already knew, that several worlds (some say 11, others an infinity) currently coexisting at the same time. This collision of universes will bring about an eternal kingdom, which is a variable not well understood in our current temporary existence, but with God, all things are possible! Our earth will be destroyed with earthquakes and with all the events describes in the book of Revelation.
5. The end is near but not for any man (woman) to know the day and hour or the exact year for that matter. How many times has the exact year of the predictions of Jesus returning failed already? Probably thousands! Trying to be wise, arrogant people become fools!
Despite this clear message by Jesus Christ, many Christians ambitious for undeserved attention, predict times and places of destruction. When they predict, we must reject. I have watched several YOUTUBE videos lately that are very convincing that the soon to come nuclear war will hasten the return of Jesus and these wars may even start now in April of this year! Just thank God today no nuclear war has begun, and we must choose to live day to day praying for peace! But Satan is working, he wants God’s children destroyed!
Apart from timeframes, many evangelical groups, and secular ones like the History Channel predict the places of destruction in the United States. The assumption is we are long overdue a major hit of destruction, so possibly it could even happen this year. Despite blanket forecasts, it is a reality that a volcano such as Krakatoa, a mega 10 earthquake, a comet crash on earth, an economic meltdown, or a possible nuclear war could cause all the world’s systems to collapse and bring about mega destructions as described in Revelation. Here is verse that confirms the effects of nuclear war. Zechariah 14:12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. This is exactly what happens to people who are near a nuclear explosion!
6. Why do we hear about impending doom so much? Because the majority of people in the world who do not know Jesus have an appetite for destruction, they even long even for their own destruction! Evil people want the glory of bringing down the system as well! Kind of like how Nero celebrated while Rome burned down, the world leaders today are just as despotic as him and currently practically all governing systems are being hurled into chaos! This recurring theme of destruction affects you and me in one way or another; to either want to be on a more heightened alert and prepared, or to just live in a denial sleep ignoring the spiritual warnings. Don’t be deadened and asleep with prophecy fatigue!
Concerning what could happen this year, or this month, people are either more fearful, concerned, and stressed, or more distracted, asleep, or indifferent! We as Christians are to remain prayerful, patient, and encouraging despite the pain and fear we experience empathizing and supporting those nearby who suffer!
Those who want to see mega-destruction and death, who have a Satanic hateful nature, who want to help usher in the apocalypse, having a secret death wish to die and be killed are of this nature because their sins and guilty conscience haunts them! Like the serial murderer who the police can’t catch because he hides the evidence too cleverly until finally one day he wants them to stop him from his own evil so he leaves evidence behind to get caught. Millions of demon-possessed psychos want to help usher in the apocalypse hoping this will bring about a higher new world order of peace reducing the population by 90%. The problem here is their spirit will remain forever incarcerated in their disturbed hellish destructive state once they die and Jesus returns having no repentance! A spirit that rejects God’s love and ways is destined to be sent to the jail of hell to contain that evil.
Rev.22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. 12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
7. There is heavy persuasion in the Holy Scriptures of the Bible that there will be a nuclear war or a mega destruction of some kind in the Bible. Act 2:19 And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke; 2 days Act 2:20 the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. Act 2:21 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Nuclear power is in the hands of dictators in unstable nations such as North Korea, Iran, Russian and Pakistan.
It is tragic how there is evidence of a “falling away” from the faith of our Christian fathers. Many people today are a living abomination to God as they are carnal, sick-minded, destructive, prideful irrational sin-justifiers, being worthless consumers, unrepentant, not honoring God and hateful persecuting God’s saints, the Christian people of the world. Why will God judge with wrath? Because men have insulted Him and disrespected the beautiful life he created on earth! War is man’s invention due to his sins of greed, hate, prejudice, and lack of obedience to God’s commands through His Holy Word!
8. The reality is this, there is evidence of an ever-increasing universal world-wide apostasy. Godless materialism, prideful humanism, and murderous religious cults seem to be the god of choice as people in many nations mock and murder those of the Christian faith deeming them as unscientific fools. Yet they are the real fools accusing us as fools…I Cor. 1:14 But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
The good thing is most of you here in this Corps are wise in the things of God and have the Holy Spirit and you have already studied Revelation several times and are aware of the 4 horsemen and of the 3 major events involving the 7 seals, 7 trumpets, and 7 vials.
It is conclusive that these coming destructions will occur sometime in the future, and they will actually involve 1/3 or the entire world with devastations that have the characteristics of some type of mega nuclear destruction.
9. So do not get disturbed by predictions over eclipses or signs in the sky! All things are on God’s clockwork, so all we can do is warn others hoping they obtain the understanding that God wants to be worshipped, loved, obeyed, and served as the time is short. It is not our fault Satan wants to destroy it all, the victory is God will save our souls!
So, I recommend that you do not trust in books on numerology, individual predictions, alarming scientific climate statistics, politically motivated charlatans, and even preachers who exclude certain parts of the Bible to make fit prophecies to their likings when they are just carnal men and not worthy of interpreting prophecy! We are going to live with peace in our souls, no matter what may come!
There are appearing more and more false Christs Jesus like warned us about! And all the new radical religious people in the world that demand that you worship their prophet (who is not Jesus!) are false prophets from Satan himself! Any teaching that distorts, adds to, or takes away from the entire teachings and prophecies of Jesus Christ who sits on the right hand of God, who reigns forever and ever, who will have every knew bow to Him, are heresy and blasphemy! The offense of rejecting God’s son carries hell as a consequence!
10. The time to study more about the end-times is now! The time to wake people up is now! The time to feel time is short is now! More and more prophecies are coming together to be fulfilled and more and more nations are preparing for war. We know that there will be Satanic despots starting more wars as time advances.
Joel 2:30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. (This is another verse revealing nuclear war weapons)
Let’s pray and get serious with God! Don’t think we have 7 more years or 1260 days before Jesus comes knowing those years are markers concerning the anti-Christ’s reign, but consider this: When you die, that is when Jesus returns for you! The end of man’s kingdoms will come to an end, but our end may be sooner than the final end. If your or my end comes soon, we will be blessed because we will escape the heavy tribulations to come! No one is guaranteed tomorrow, and men’s hearts will fail them for fear! As we continue on in this year, pray for strength from the Holy Spirit, warn others to repent, and live in holiness! Just live ready to go, or ready to stay and ready to serve! Earth is becoming hell, but Jesus is bringing us heaven, amen!
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