4. One World Church -- Revelation 13:8 , "And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." | ||
a. The one world church with her one world system of government will come to pass as the Bible has prophesied. This government will control the world's economic, political, military and religious systems. No one can prevent it from happening. Therefore, it is not the believer's duty to prevent it from coming to fruition. | ||
The global financial meltdown that we see happening now is the prelude of more global catastrophes to come. As one financial analyst has declared, we are seeing the tip of the iceberg. With the collapse of the so-called unsinkable financial titanic, the world will have to usher in the great Antichrist to save the world from financial annihilation as we know it! There is no other way. There will be a centralized government with him as the head to regulate the world's economy. Otherwise, face a total melt-down the world has never seen before! The world has no choice - either bow to the Antichrist's demands or face financial death. The one who controls the money will also control the military and every politician in the world! | ||
b. What is our duty then? Our duty as Bible-believing Christians is to warn people so that they will not be caught in the trap of unbelief and deception. The price to pay for failing to do so is eternal damnation! Many of the para-church groups like Campus Crusade for Christ are already contributing to the kingdom of the Antichrist. Come out from among them immediately! 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 says, "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty." | ||
5. Days of Noah -- Matthew 24:37-39 , "But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." | ||
a. What were the days of Noah like? Genesis 6:5 says, "And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." Also, Genesis 6:11-13 , "The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth." | ||
b. What is today's world like compared with Noah's time? The immorality and depravity we see around us is global. Homosexuality and fornication are rampant. Right becomes wrong and wrong becomes right! Sin is good and good is sin! Marriages are breaking down. Most of the children in the world have more than two parents. This is largely due to writers and the Hollywood movie studios which churn out millions of minutes of footages on sordid sex and violence. The glorification of such sinful acts has moulded a generation of satanic worshippers which finds great delight in doing them. (cf. Rom. 1:21-32 ) | ||
CONCLUSION | ||
The primary purpose of prophesies is that God's people who are in the light will not live in darkness. Prophesies are the deeds of our Heavenly Father revealed to His children that they might live their present life in light of what they know will certainly come to pass. We must believe the Words of our Heavenly Father or else we would be disobedient children. We must watch and pray and serve as we wait with expectation for the return of the Lord. 1 Thessalonians 5:5-10 , "Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him." | ||
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Luke 12:54-57 , "And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. And when [ye see] the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. [Ye] hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?" | ||
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Christ's final warning to us is found in Matthew 13:41-43 , "The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear." | ||