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March 12, 2020 8:00 am
Welcome to The Encouraging Word, featuring the Bible-based preaching of Dr. Don Wilton and a message on God's timeline to the timeline that God has for each of us, and in particular for the world in which we live. Sometimes a little frightening today. You'll find comfort in God's Encouraging Word go to the book of Revelation chapter 16 in just a moment with our teacher Dr. Don Wilton well-known author and evangelist in today's priority is to open God's word and let God speak as we do so we also want you know we're here to pray with you for 866-899-WORD as our phone number jotted down stored in your cell 866-899-9673 or you can connect online@twonline.org is reopen the word together were anticipating God to speak now, our pastor, Dr. Don, I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs like I am out of the mouth number one of the Dragon out of the mouth number two of the beast and out of the mouth number three of the false prophet who is that that's the unholy Trinity let loose upon the during the tribulation, the Dragon Satan himself would be the head of the established Roman Empire, the Antichrist, the false prophet of the religious system is going to become an ally of the antichrist. During all this is ironic that the world today is moving more and more in line with an ally shipped between the religious order of the day and secular humanism. You know that more and more godlessness in the world today is looking more and more to religious groups to support big godless behavior folks today. Major conventions denominations are meeting all over the world and become Episcopalian church made in Scotland for their annual huge meeting with Episcopalians and let me just tell you right now.
I've met some of the finest born-again believers. You are Episcopalian.
I'm not talking about individuals. I'm talking about the denomination.
The whole group.
The unit per se, the church of England and Scotland and the only subject for debate and discussion was to walk the Anglican church was going to sanction and support the homosexual livestock. God says if you want to know about the context Obama didn't just look at what's going on. The preparation is everywhere the Dumond more and more is going to be for the church ally and to support godlessness and folks somewhere, somehow, there are going to be some born-again believers are going to stand up and again to say it doesn't matter what happens over who says what and how much we feel or how much we think we are going to stand up all of God we going to stand upon the word of God and so I'm going to submit to you that the rapture of the church is the only thing that reminds if you want to say to me foster when is the battle of Armageddon diner type place.
It's going to take place at the end of the tribulation and we run a going to be able to know when the end of the tribulation takes place when all of us around here.
I think on my way up the I'm gonna say start counting.
We don't know until the rapture of the church like spice and so some of you guidance.
I will foster when was the rapture. I anyone here know I don't know. See that's not the important thing. The important thing is always ready for the rapture if the rapture would take place to live in Jesus Christ was to blow the trumpet right now and we were to be caught up together with them to meet the Lord in the air question is this your ready.
I am not because of me, but because of the Lord and I know I know the majority of you are not private. All listen to my voice on radio and listening to this message.
I pray that you already to go to be with the Lord Jesus Christ forever. That's why we meet together all right number to the setting where is this going to take place.
Revelation chapter 16 Revelation chapter 16. I'm going to just read this verses 13 through 16 for you very quickly. Revelation 16 then I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs that came out of the mouth of the Dragon out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. They are spirits of demons performing miraculous signs and they go out to the kings of the whole world. By the way, who's going to be involved in Armageddon the whole world to do what to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty. This is Jesus.
Now, behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him so that he might go to make it not go naked and be shamefully exposed. What is Jesus saying here at this juncture, just what I say just a moment ago and the apostle John in the island of Loss under the inspiration of God is reminding us right yeah that God is talking about Armageddon and the antics and the tactics of the antichrist and he says excuse me, just by the wife. I hope that your ready.
Bottom line is I hope that you've trusted me as your Savior was 16 then they gathered the kings together to the place that in the Hebrew tongue is cold, get all the Valley of Megiddo Valley of Megiddo. The podium, Bonaparte speaking in 1803 made the statement as he marched his armies across the European front. He said that the Valley of Megiddo is the world's greatest natural battlefield.
I don't know that the podium Bonaparte really understood how prophetic his words really were, because, according to historians in the podium anything but knew about the Lord Jesus Christ.
And when he was banished to the island of Alabama in St. Helena where he died in misery. He was so close to the Valley of Megiddo that I don't think that Napoleon really understood what he had said we must understand that the battle of Armageddon is a developing not one of the things that I have always thought if you would understand what I'm saying.
I've always kind of thought of the battle of Armageddon as a specific time and space. It's going to happen on Tuesday morning right there at Megiddo from 9 to 12 and that's the battle of Armageddon. That is the climactic moment of the battle of Armageddon. But the Bible says that Armageddon is a process that culminates in the Valley of Megiddo. It is a developing scene, if you please, and I've spoken to you about all the wars conflict with Israel. I've spoken to you about the removal of all the Holy Spirit from the world during the rapture and about Satan's persecution of the Jews and the unholy alliance that exists between Satan so long as they operate upon the world. But the Bible tells us about this developing battle first place. I'm going to go to them. It's a tough one to find folks. I want you to know that I cheated and I've already got involved in my Bible. Yes, if you want to just listen arming Joel chapter 3 Joel chapter 3 and for those of you that are struggling. That is not in the New Testament. That's the Old Testament. Joel chapter 3 if you can look there right toward the end of the of the Old Testament Joel Joel in chapter 3. Fascinating passage here in the prophecy of Joel and I want you to listen to this verse two I will gather all nations, and I will bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat and by the way, the word Jehoshaphat literally interpreted from the Hebrew tongue means the Lord judges or the Lord as judge what is Megiddo Armageddon Armageddon is the final judgment of our Lord upon Satan and the ponies cohorts. The Bible says yes I will bring all nations bring them down into the valley of the final judgment of the Lord of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, and there I will enter into judgment against them concerning my inheritance. My people Israel. Why my day to judge them because they scattered my people among the nations, and I divided up my land and the rest of that prophecy deals with what happened to Israel and if you jump with me all over to verse 12 of Joel chapter 2 chapter 3 is what the Bible says let the nations be row late payment violence into the valley of Jehoshaphat.
There I will sit to judge all the nations on every side nor South East and West. So what are we gonna rebut the valley of Jehoshaphat that wants to spokes the valley of Jehoshaphat we going to find on the east side of Jerusalem in Isaiah chapter 34.
I'm not going to read this because it's too long but write it down if you'd like to in Isaiah chapter 34 almost the whole chapter in Isaiah chapter 36 prophecies of Isaiah you going to read about where the Lord will come from. Upon his return to his second coming, and so the prophet Isaiah's guide, Armageddon and the growing battle of Armageddon from the south of Jerusalem.
Regard Joel is talking to us about this great movement beginning in the East. We got Isaiah talking about the southern part of Jerusalem that you can see very distinctly when you stand on the Mount of olives and then the third area is Jerusalem itself, which ride throughout Scripture talks about Jerusalem as being the same. Top of all this conflict now want you to turn just a few pages back to Revelation chapter 14 Revelation chapter 14 we going to discover something here. Revelation chapter 14 we got something wrong, alarming that we got this conflict coming from all is Daniel Chapter 11 tells us from the south kings of the South by coming from the East.
According to Joe they going to come from the same trip Jerusalem and Jesus Christ is gonna move through Jerusalem, toward this meeting point in the Bible tells us in Revelation chapter 14 in verse 20 that there is going to be light shade Armageddon such of which we cannot even begin to describe very read to you. For example versus 19 and 20. Revelation 14 the angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered it's grapes and threw them into the great winepress of bonds raw your listing to Dr. Donald back with the conclusion of today's message God's timeline for the agency just a moment the doctor wants me to 24 hours a day on our website@twonline.org that's TE W online.org maybe this part of the series and would like to discover more resources from Dr. Don.
You can hear it again discover more@ourwebsitetewonline.org know this. Would love to pray with you what our phone number 866898668999673 anytime day or connect with some great resources. Now back to today's message with Dr. Don Wilton. What we say of beginning about the anger of God. Now watch what's happening here folks, okay are you ready for this. When we drive through Megiddo going up across Mount Thompson down toward the sea of Galilee going to find something referred tile landing Israel and find a lot of venue gripes and so the profiteer is talking about the grapes of God's raw John Steinbeck wrote a book called the gripes of raw and I've often wondered whether he understood the biblical context in which he was making some the statements that he made in such an important book, a novel in our day and age, but The prophet, the apostle John riding on the island of Moss under the inspiration of God spirit talks about the fact that the angel that he swung his sickle. What happens when you swing icicle means that DI8. The life-giving force that I gripe to grow.
In other words you kill it you strike the word of God says that at Megiddo on the back of Armageddon that God's angels are begging strike. The sickle update D appetite humankind and that man is going to be so like gripes into the winepress of God's raw in those days how they used to make the wine was that they would throw the gripes into these big bats and then they would get slaves he would just simply walk around and I would just simply stamp on the gripes that was a winepress. What happened when I stamped on the gripes they just squash the lights out of them when I squash the lights out of them. What happened to the Jews. The Jews began to run out of little holes on the side of the wine presses and I would have pockets and the grape juice would run out and it would be great, great, and the Bible says that what's going to happen at Megiddo is that mainly women, boys and girls are going to be thrown into the winepress of God's raw and they were going to be trampled in the winepress outside the city, and the blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as bridles for a distance of about 1600 stadia now watch the spokes. What is going to happen Armageddon. The blood is going to flow so much and I meant to show you why just a moment there is going to be such a killing field Armageddon that the blood is going to rise to the level of a horse's bridle, so that's going to be and it's going to be as wide as 1600 stadia which is approximately 200 mile anyway. Guess what, how long is Palestine 200 miles in length. God is saying that the battlefield of Armageddon is going to flow out of those who happen to stand against the righteousness of a holy God. It's incredible number 31 well good? Why would God allow this to happen. Why would God is a God of grace allow such a terrible thing to happen. Let me share with you a number of potential reasons and I've spoken about some of these if you'd made my partner and I'm just going to move on. Number one the end of God's grace by just say this to the parents, because I think you understand you know when your son or daughter says could I do this and you say no I don't think so and then I come back a minute lines. I do anything I could do please let me do this but I did redo this budget. Decide not know you not doing it an intimation as I but I'm going to do please dad once you let me do that you cite no close on you cannot do that and then I come back again two minutes later my site will look God spoke to mommy going on but I don't care if you spoke to mommy.
You could've spoken to the Queen to bring them it wouldn't make any difference you not going to do that in two minutes later they come back inside the breeze and eventually you look at them in your gracious daddy and you cite out of you and that's why parents about brain damage. We know that there is a sanctuary in which God folks listen to me there's a sense in which God has constantly said I forgive, don't do that want to follow me, when you take up you go that way.
Do this alright, I'm listening to hear what is that you need.
Okay I'll supply all you need� You do that to me you hurt me. I cannot just just going on and on and on and on and the battle of Armageddon is waived. God suddenly steps up to the plate of all eternity.
And he stays that's it no more so number two eternal time.
That's a good reason.
It's one that I cannot on so we don't know all the nonsense to that number three, the Roth of God against sin.
Revelation chapter 19 in verse 15 you knob spoken about that preliminary Revelation chapter 19 in verse 15 folks.
If this doesn't get our attention. When I don't know. And we know that in Revelation chapter 19 we got described. From this 11 second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and when does Jesus come for the second time becomes right at the at the final stages of the battle of Armageddon so that the Revelation chapter 19 God gives us an explanation for what God has God what is easy!
In verse 15 out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations.
He will rule them with an he frames the winepress of the fury of the Roth of God Almighty on his robe and on his thigh he has this name written all glass is written to God. Yes, the Roth of God again soon. Number number four may be 1/4 reason why is going to do this is because of the judgment of NATO nations were related to the persecution of Israel member in Genesis 12 God came to Abraham and you have Abraham a covenant and God said listen, I will curse those who curse you just what they been doing, we find a lot about that in Daniel Dunkley memo all the way back to some of those princes that came out of Greece. Remember all the things that Daniel taught us about the persecution of the Jews.
And yet God says listen I made a problem with Israel. I'm going to keep my word number five Joel chapter 3 in verse two because all nations again to be dealt with in this valley. According to the word of God.
Dr. David Jeremiah mob done to Bible studies with on Bible study cruises made the statement and I quoted the campaign of God which is Armageddon is a visual aid of the Roth of God upon those who have rejected him. It is a vivid picture of the real spiritual theological significance of what God thinks. Substance well number four. Who are the participants who who's going to participate in this well number one Bible tells us we've looked at that. I'm not going to go through the details. The team kingdom Federation. We know that the revival of the former Roman Empire brought together by the antichrist.
We discussed that the 10 horns Daniel chapter 9, 10, 11, during the book of Revelation.
The conglomeration I believe the United States of Europe even as we speak to not there are continuing deep discussions with regard to the United Nations of Europe. Number two. The second group of participants going to be the northern Confederation. It always amuses me. Just recently, our president, President Clinton went to Moscow and met with the new Russian president. Some people believe that when communism was dismantled purse. I am at the satellite states in the Union of Soviet Socialist republics was brought as it were, to her knees that that was the end of the Russian threat on the Scripture. I don't believe that for a minute I don't have time to get into all of this. The Bible even tells us in Revelation chapter 15 Revelation chapter 20 and verse eight that the deceitfulness of the nations is going to find its ultimate expression in Gog and Magog, and we know from the second world war that the Russians were known as the Magog God slave always being called that there called the King of the kings of the role and that the Army's litigator marched down upon Palestine during this time again to come from the golden Confederation. Then of course Daniel Chapter 11 talks about the kings of the east that is China. The Japanese it is all the nations that are on the eastern side going out. If you stand upon Masada and you look across to Amman Jordan and you'll be looking across to the east. When I was a couple of years ago in China. I went up onto the Gobi desert GOP are the Gobi desert mold China Southern Mongolia. And then I flew across the extent of the incredible place you cannot even begin to imagine the highways that are being constructed even as we speak today to transport massive massive numbers of people literally from the east to the Mediterranean region that you could've said this years ago. They talk about the silk. Even now as we speak there highways that are being constructed that are gonna make their way through to back one of the reasons the Chinese will not go to bed is because the bed is part of the gateway to the world. It has nothing to do with the Dalai Lama and he's exiling the Tibetan monks and all the traditions it has to do with I control the roots to the west, America today is opening up free-trade to China rewarding the Chinese government left and right for the flagrant persecution of Christians of everything else that goes on in there all kinds of alliances that are made between even Republicans and Democrats popping the House of Representatives and the Senate and as long as the bottom line is in place, it doesn't matter who persecutes what is going to go and Michael kinds of alliances that makes trade with China in place. I believe that we are marching down God. What a powerful message from Dr. Don Wilton as we think about God's intended purpose for men you can know that God has a purpose for you is to plan the plan for love to talk with Craig 866-899-WORD.
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