Last Days

The testimony for the Lord on the earth in Daniels day was Israel, specifically Jerusalem and His house the temple. Humanly speaking Israel failed and Satan had won. God seemingly now has no testimony with their destruction and captivity. So Israel is brought back to the land of Shinar where she was formed out of Abram, out of idolatry. Why? To stir up a testimony for Himself on the earth. Israel...

"If you have tasted that the Lord is good." (1 Peter 2:3). Have you tasted the Lord and found him to be good? We can make the Bible so complex, perhaps rightfully so, but God often gives us such a simple presentation. He begins in Genesis with our need to have a proper appetite for his life in the garden of Eden. The Bible ends in Revelations with the river of life and the tree of life, supplying...

It says here in verse two that Nebuchadnezzar was given Jerusalem. He was permitted by the Lord to take it, take the people, take the king, take the temple and all of its treasures. He could not do anything without Gods permission. This will turn out to be an awesome lesson in the book of Daniel. It looks like Satan is winning, because out of hundreds of thousands of Israelites only 4 apparently s...

In Revelation chapter 17 John speaks of the mystery Babylon. This indicates that Babylon in God’s economy means something. He has kept the meaning hidden, but with the writing of Revelation, we can see what Babylon is all about. Babylon is exposed in the book of Revelation. It is evil, immoral, lawless, adulterous and deceptive, as it falls Jesus crys out and says, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the G...

"Now among these from the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah." (Daniel 1:6) Who among us desire to see our children taken into captivity by our enemies? What young believers among us are excited about having their hopes and dreams for the future come crashing down? This is the situation for these 4 young men, (students of scripture determine them to be between the age of 12-...

The book of revelation is a revelation of Jesus Christ. The church needs a testimony, or a lampstand of Jesus Christ in these last days. The book of Matthew reveals the kingdom of heaven. There needs to be a testimony of the gospel of the kingdom of heaven, in these last days. These are certainly evil days, and any parent or grandparent would be remiss as a believer if they were not concerned abou...

"And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven, having an eternal gospel to announce to those dwelling on the earth, even to every nation and tribe and tongue and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God and give Him glory because the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who has made heaven and earth and the sea and the springs of waters." (Revelation 14:6-7) it is so good to see these...

We have seen two groups of people that are going to manifest the kingdom of heaven. Israel and the church, but there is a3 group that is needed. The kingdom of heaven was initially seen in Israel through the Jewish believers. Christ Ascended and his kingdom was revealed on the earth in Jerusalem. This is not how the religious crowd expected to see the kingdom., But the small band of Jewish believe...

What treasures have you received from the Lord? What riches or talent(s) of Christ has He entrusted to you.? Now, What are u doing with his talents? To those who spend their lives enriching and multiplying His riches in others he says “well done” But are all Christians going to hear those words!? Unfortunately No. This one slave buried his in the ground and instead the Lord says “you evil and slot...

"His master said to him, Well done, good and faithful slave? You were faithful over a few things; I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your master." (Matthew 25:23) These are the words that we all want to hear. Well done. Do you think that all Christians will hear those words? If all Christians will automatically hear these words, then what is the point of the parable.? The parab...

"Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord comes. (Matthew 24:42) We will struggle with this parable if we do not see the church as the audience and being watchful for our Groom as the main truth. All 10 are virgins, all 10 have oil in their lamps, and all 10 are to be watchful for their bridegroom’s coming. This tells us that they are the Lords possession (virgins), His Spirit (o...

There are two little parables that are related to the household. The household is a picture of the church. These little parables are preceded by the encouragement to be ready.. The first little parable is like any homeowner we are subject to a thief coming in and robbing us of our possessions. Of course, we don’t know at what hour the thief would come, but if we did, we would triple check and trip...

"For we must all be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done through the body according to what he has practiced, whether good or bad." (2 Corinthians 5:10) There are three stories or parables that we will see. The householder and servants, the virgins and the bridegroom, and the servants given talents. All of these relate to believers. There is no q...

"But he (Lot) lingered; so the men seized his hand and the hand of his wife and the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city." (Genesis 19:16) They all lingered. Lot and family are the righteous ones Abraham prayed for God to spare. So the messengers from God grabbed them by the hands and ran them out of Sodom. It’s one thing t...

"And even as it happened in the days of Noah, so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man: They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day in which Noah entered into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were sel...

There is an urgency in these verses for the church to watch, and to be ready because we do not know on what day our Lord will come ( vs. 42). Then we see the parables, such as the 10 virgins, the three with talents, the householder and especially the two brothers that are in the field or the two sisters at the mill grinding (one is taken, and the other is left), these all indicate consequences if...

Israel provides the church with one of the biggest signs of his coming. "And seeing a fig tree on the way, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only. And He said to it, May there no longer be fruit from you forever! And the fig tree was instantly dried up." (Matthew 21:19) Jesus, called Israel, a unbelieving and perverse generation. "O unbelieving and perverted generation! How long...

"Lift up your heads, O gates; / And be lifted up, O long enduring doors; / And the King of glory will come in." (Psalms 24:7) Whenever we see the Lord so clearly, we see what his purposes are, we see where he lives, we see who he is…death will follow. We read Matthew 24 it says that the buzzards are going to come and dine upon the dead bodies of His enemies after Armageddon, it says the, sun, moon...

"For just as the lightning comes forth from the east and shines to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be." (Matthew 24:27) The word “coming” is translated “presence”. To say you are looking forward to the Lord’s coming, may simply means you are anticipating an event. But to understand and say that you were looking forward to his presence has far more intimacy. Actually, the believers e...

The last 3 1/2 years of the tribulation will be the great tribulation. Read verse 21 and you cannot deny it from the lips of Jesus. This is Satan‘s last gasp to stop the kingdom of heaven from Prevailing. Satan will fail. We see here that Satan even desires to set himself up through the anti-Christ in the holy of holies in Jerusalem, after Israel rebuilds the temple? God’s not in the temple, but t...

I have struggled with sharing verse 15 and I cannot tell you why, except that the Lord directed me to go back to verse 14 and realize that these are two huge spiritual awakenings on the earth. Israel will have the greatest revelation and revival when they see Jesus Christ as the messiah, it will take 3 1/2 years of a false peace while they are allowed to worship in their rebuilt temple. That templ...

You cannot help but compare the Revelation 6 horsemen with Matthew 24 birth pains. Most teachers agree that Matthew 24 describes a summary of history from the ascension of Christ up until the midway point of the tribulation. However, when one gets to chapter 6 of revelations, many believe that this describes only the first 3 1/2 years of the tribulation. Failure to connect these two passages is pr...

"And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come." (Matthew 24:14) The gospel must be preached to the whole inhabited earth…Then the end will come. It is important to see that this is the gospel of the kingdom. The things we saw in the first 13 verses of Matthew 24 were a response to this gospel. Rejection...

"And because lawlessness will be multiplied, the love of the many will grow cold. But he who has endured to the end, this one shall be saved." (Matthew 24:12-13). Do not be a defeated believer. Seeing lawlessness will lead to hopelessness. Do not allow your love to grow cold. The kingdom of Heaven gospel is expressed through the the believers endurance in the face of this lawlessness. The temptati...

"And at that time many will be stumbled and will deliver up one another and will hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and will lead many astray." (Matthew 24:10-11) These disciples, just by walking with Jesus away from the temple, took steps that are necessary if we are to walk on this kingdom pathway. Walking away from religion and following the King. Then they hear that this path...