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March 11, 2020 8:00 am
God has an encouraging word for you and me today to the Bible-based preaching of Dr. Don Wilton in a message on God's timeline.
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Today's message is called God's timeline for the ages.
I'm excited to begin this two-part series with Dr. Don Wilton in just a few moments will be getting in the book of Daniel chapter 11 before we dive in.
Dr. Wilson always insists I remind you we are here to pray for you here to connect with resources that will help you grow like to connect keyboard keyboard. Let's get together online@gwonline.org that's TBW online.org or if it's maybe a phone call that would more appropriately call us now 866-899-WORD will connect us 24 hours a day. That's 866899673 about today's message with Dr. Don Wilton. I'm going to invite you to turn with me in your Bibles to the book of Daniel book of Daniel in Chapter 11 going to be looking at quite a few passages of Scripture.
I don't want you to lose Daniel Chapter 11. But we all going to be in the book of Revelation, so you might as well just put a Psalm in Revelation 16 there boxwood also going to be in Ezekiel chapter 38, and a couple of other places and I will also read to you from the book of Joel and various other places in Scripture, but the ones that I want you to have most of all, Daniel Chapter 11, Revelation chapter 16 and Ezekiel chapter 38 we going to be looking to not very simply and directly at the battle of Armageddon, the battle of Armageddon. I want to read to you.
First of all, from Daniel Chapter 11 the beginning of verse 36 Daniel Chapter 11 beginning in verse 36 the king and I want to just say to you right up front that we are talking here about the Antichrist. That is why King is with the little guy or small lowercase K, the king, this is about the king who exalts himself.
The king will do as he pleases.
He will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will say unheard of things against the God of God.
Some people said surely that must be the king of kings.
There is no way that the king of kings and the Lord of lords would say unheard of things against himself.
He will be successful until the time of raw is completed. That is the period of tribulation which we know is salmon years what has been determined must take place. He will show no regard for the gods of these fathers.
That is, he is going to move against all religious orders of any kind. Also, the one desired by women.
Some people believe that he will be homosexual.
Other people believe that they may be a reference to the Lord Jesus Christ. I do not see that myself in any form that says nor will he regard any god, but will exalt himself above the more instead of them.
He will honor a god of fortresses, that is, he is going to worship the military and the military is going to be his right all of God. Unknown to his father's will on will he honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and costly gifts you will attack the mightiest fortresses with the help of a foreign God and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him that I believe is a direct reference to the religious ruler who is going to rise up and the false prophet is going to be alongside of him.
He will make them rulers over many people and will distribute the land at a price at the time of the end. The end.
And now here it is. This is coming into the battle of Armageddon because the battle of Armageddon is going to be the very final battle that is going to take place just before Jesus Christ comes back again. The second coming battle of Armageddon is going to take place at the end of the seven year tribulation. I'm going to come back to this. So at the time of the end the King of the South we are referring to the African countries in northern Africa will engage him in back of the king of the North that is Russia and his cohorts will storm out against them with chariots and cavalry and a great fleet of ships which obviously are going to come from the northern Mediterranean region and from the Baltic and the Black Sea, the Adriatic Sea.
He will invade many countries and will sweep through them like a flood that Garrett is the antichrist verse 41.
You will also invade the beautiful land where is that that is Palestine. That's God's land.
Many countries were full but even Moab in the lead as I am on will be delivered from his hand. He will extend his power over many countries. Even Egypt will not escape. That is the king of the South. He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and all the riches of Egypt and the Libyans and the Nubians in submission from remember I told you on a recent previous study, the Nubians, where a group of Jewish people who live north of Israel. Rarely where we would today talk about southern Syria, or more than Lebanon and in that kind of zone and I'm not going to go back into that, but you will remember that from a previous study verse 44, but reports from the East. Now watch me for a moment folks gonna notice something that the battle of Armageddon is going to talk about goals South and East well what happened to West West is where the Antichrist comes from from the revived Roman Empire. So literally the battle of Armageddon is going to encompass more rashes, South the northern kingdoms of Africa, the West, where the Antichrist comes from the east and began to look at that which I believe and so do many others were talking directly about the Asian countries, and more specifically about China. I would personally believe that China has a major role to play not only in the destruction of everything that pertains to God's holiness plays a direct role in the final stages of God's timetable leading up to the battle of Amer Armageddon. And so here we have the antichrist marching against Israel, and we going to pinpoint where that place is in just a moment and reports again to come from the East that are going to stop at many tracks and the rules which will alarm him and he will save document great rage to destroy and to annihilate maybe and then in verse 45.
He will pitch his royalty payments between the seas at the beautiful holy Mountain this next week I will be in Israel with a lot about people from our church and we are going to actually stand right at that point, and it's remarkable how when you stand in the Valley of Megiddo. How you can see most clearly the preaching of his royal attempt between the seas at the beautiful holy mount and then of course the consummation of all of this year. He will come to his end, and no one will help him make several would pray together. Father, help us to understand your word tonight.
Help us Lord by your spirit to be able to grow strength tonight help us father to be able to see clearly the hand of God. Tonight Tycho's preacher and hide me behind the cross, please do not allow this Foster to get in the way of your spirit and father.
We want you to have clear access to our hearts. We want you to encourage awesome to speak to us.
We want to be lifted up by the might and power of your spirit in the inner man and father. When all is said and done to my baby be ready to respond to your spirit. According to your word because we pray these things in Jesus name, amen.
Now I'm Dana tried to look at the battle of Armageddon from a number of different perspectives on data on skewed kind of stick with me for a little while. If you don't mind, and I believe that throughout this journey that began to take care tonight, that perhaps God is guided, help us to understand what we doing, we gain a look at this in different perspectives.
First of all I want to look at the context we going to be asking the question when is this going to take place. Then we going to look at the safety we gain disabled where is Armageddon going to take place. Then we going to look at the reason why the battle of Armageddon.
I think that's a good question about why the battle of Armageddon.
One of the questions I have done about you is why would God even let something like this happen because we going to discover that it's not a pretty picture a goal and then in the fourth place.
The participants who are going to be involved in the battle of Armageddon personally. Again, I'd certainly like to know that and then the sequence. How is the battle of Armageddon going to unfold.
What's the battle plan if you please. I what's the strategy here and how things guided evolve and come how is it all day to work itself out and then finally in the six place the outcome. What is the result of the battle of Armageddon.
What is going to happen as a result of all of that so let's begin them with the context when is this going to take place and I want to make several statements do you want to say to you that the battle of Armageddon is being prepared for already not know that might sound like raw. The redundant tool simplistic somewhat statement to Mike in the year 2000, but if you think about the wars and the rumors of wars that have gripped the world.
Ever since the time of our Lord Jesus Christ and from the creation of the world God's timetable has been marching. According to the drumbeat of man is preparation Armageddon because of man's sin against God. The sinfulness of mankind is a preparation for Armageddon and I think it's very important for us to remember that.
Remember that in Romans chapter 8 verse one that Paul says there is now therefore no condemnation to those who are in union with Christ Jesus and what he is saying there is that this is trying to tell us that the forgiveness that we have in Christ. When we washed and redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.
And when we also given by Almighty God through the death of Jesus Christ that basically what is happened is that all it didn't has been removed from the life of a believer on LinkedIn is the climactic the climactic moment in the meeting, or the pouring out of the rock of God upon mankind only gave me is the culminating point of the kind of God folks sometimes. Today in America.
We kind of struggle a little bit in trying to really understand that God hates sin. God will not tolerate unrighteousness and get right throughout the ages from before the foundation of the world God's grace has been poured out, and then Jesus Christ came and Jesus played with his life death upon the cross and we entered into the church age.
The most incredible dispensation of the grace of God and God is being pouring out his grace and pouring out his grace and pouring out his drive and the word says to us that God is long-suffering. You just think of you and me.
I think of my life and I think of the members of times that God has poured out his grace upon week, and he's given to me not one tranche not to three and four and five.
Any school given me any late 90s will give me any school given me. I wanted tell you something folks that the battle of Armageddon is the culminating point they will with the righteousness of God forgive me for interrupting will be back in just a moment to continuing this powerful God's timeline for the ages message with Dr. Don Wilton but he insists I remind you we are here for you to pray with you and for you keyboard keyboard on our website@gwonline.org that's TEW online.org with this phone 866-899-WORD 866-899-9673 now back today, ceasing with Dr. Don Wilton Armageddon comes just moments before the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ and it precipitates it brings about the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ because it is the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ that provides us with the ultimate outcome and the resolution to this ultimate conflict cold, Armageddon is amazing that God looks back and he says listen I gave you my son. To begin with, and yet you are engaged in Armageddon. Satan is going to try to do his utmost to absolutely take over the world and God says I want you to know all you got to do is look to my son, the Lord Jesus Christ. The Herald Angels Sing and Comes Jesus Christ again in all of these resurrected glory, and he moves down and lands on the Mount of olives and turns to Satan and says all right big boy this time I've had enough of you. The world at war. Second, contextual considerations conflict with Israel. Remember that we cannot see eschatological dynamics and the movements of God in lost days outside of the context of the nation of Israel, God's chosen people, don't ever forget my beloved friends that the Abraham covenant of Genesis chapter 12 was a promise of God to his people Israel, that I will be with you and I will never leave you, and those who curse you will because those who bless you will be blessed and I'm going to submit. Do you deny that God is a God of these were God has never forgotten his will and I believe that it Armageddon. God reaches down from the portals of heaven and he says it's time for me to deliver upon my word Armageddon takes place right there in the heartbeat of Israel. Number three. The third context.
In consideration with regard to Armageddon is the removal of the Holy Spirit which is going to take place at the rapture of the church. Remember when the rapture of the church takes place now seven years, try to Armageddon itself. Remember that as the church leaves the world, so does the spirit of the Spirit of God leaves the world with the church with the believers when all believers leave this God leaves in the spirit of God leaves the world has gotten all means by which they can control their anger and hostility against the righteousness of God. It doesn't matter how massive the people we might be this place will be an absolute chaos before we can count to three.
I don't think we've seen anything like it on what's going to happen when the rapture of the church takes place at all believers are going to be snatched out from this world and the world is going to be left on to its own devices and it is only going to be the cunning and deceit of the antichrist is going to rise up and going to announce peace in these data sign treaties even with Israel and people are going to have no choice but to follow the antichrist and accept the number six accent on their foreheads. Why because they no longer will have the Holy Spirit to guide them into direct and encourage them to open their eyes on the southern removal of the Holy Spirit places Armageddon in context of unmitigated disaster. Number four Satan's own persecution of the Jews. If you just look with me very quickly in Revelation chapter 16 I want you to listen very carefully. Verse 13. Remember that the Bible says that there is a cooperation between holy Trinity now to make sure I don't lose my way.
We talk about the Trinity, God the father, God the son God the Holy Spirit.
As we discovered in our study in the book of Revelation during the time of the tribulation the world is going to be governed not by the holy Trinity, the father the son and the Holy Spirit, because they he God has been removed from Mr. raw the in place of God is going to come an alliance of an holy Trinity and the oven on the holy Trinity is going to pre-supertight and also march down the highway to Armageddon which is just seven years away eloquently in Revelation 16 in verse 13. I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs that came 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 earth during the tribulation, the Dragon Satan himself, the beast, the head of the established Roman Empire. The antichrist, the false prophet, the head 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 to guide major conventions. Denominations are meeting all over the world. The Anglican 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 what extent the Anglican church was going to sanction and support the homosexual livestock.
God says if you want to know about the context of Armageddon. Just look at what's going on. The preparation is everywhere the Dumond more Lord is going to be for the church ally and the support godlessness folks somewhere, somehow, there are going to be some born-again believers are going to stand up and who again the site, it doesn't matter what happens over and says what and how much we feel how much we think we are going to stand upon the word 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 pasta when is the battle of Armageddon going to take place is going to take place at the end of the tribulation and we were only going to be able to know when the end of the tribulation takes place when all of us out here.
I think on my way up the I'm gonna say start counting. We know grandma know until the rapture of the church takes place, and so some of you guidance. I will pasta when was the rapture type place on anyone here know I don't know. See that's not the important thing. The important thing is all we ready for the rapture if if the rapture were to 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 Moss under the inspiration of God is reminding us right here that God is talking about Armageddon and the antics and the tactics of the antichrist and he says excuse me, just by the wife, hoping to read bottom line is I hope that you've trusted me as your Savior some summer.
We have to pause for today but that is the key concept trusted Jesus as your Savior. Closing thoughts for our pastor Dr. Don Wilton are you ready to give your heart and life to the Lord Jesus Christ. I'm so happy to hear that wanted to pray this prayer with me today. Dear God, on the loving very very and I know that the Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross so that on my feet today. I repainted much I can face my sin and I invite you to come into my heart into my life by faith in Jesus name I pray, if you prayed that prayer. Let me be the first one to welcome you to the family of God.
This is wonderful.
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