The Power of God's Touch

Pr Stanley Gerard

25-03-2018

Psalm 145:16 New King James Version (NKJV)

16 You open Your hand

And satisfy the desire of every living thing.

When God reaches out His hand to you, He gives us a personal touch.

The touch of God will bring order in any situation.

Jesus touched, healed and transformed countless lives. And He is still among us.

Today we need the touch of God in our lives.

John 15:5 New King James Version (NKJV)

5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

We need to be inclined to Him in His mind, His words, His thoughts and His ways.

Know who your God is.

Be gounded in His Word.

Know yourself. Otherwise how are we going to love others? God wonderfully and beautifully made us in our mother's womb.

Know your enemy. God has overcome the enemy and He has given us the power of the Holy Spirit.

Encourage your workers today. Bless them.

God is not finished with us. Jesus came. Jesus died. And He rose again.

John 5:17 New King James Version (NKJV)

17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”

Jesus is walking among us, touching us and appearing to many, including the unreached people group. He is looking for people who are faithful to Him and His local church.

Pray with the leaders. God will touch you.

Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever.

God is a simple God. It is people who complicate Him.

Listen more. Seek Him. And reach out.

Bring hope, love and life to the people.

He is the God of Genesis and He is the God of Revelation. He is coming again. Are you ready?

1) His touch is a personal touch.

Matthew 8:1-3 Jesus touched a leper.

Matthew 8:14-15 Jesus touched Peter's mother-in-law

Jesus 9:27-29 Jesus touched two blind men.

He is a personal God. He brings hope and life to the situation.

His Word will go forth and not come back void.

Do we need healing? 

Do we need breakthrough in our finances?

2) His touch is a powerful touch.

He touched Simon and he became Peter.

He touched Saul and he became Paul.

He touched Moses and he became a chosen leader.

Only the touch of God is powerful enough to turn your defeat into victory, despair into hope, unbelief into faith, doubt into trust.

Are we living in defeat because of our past? God has already forgiven us. Go forward, not backwards.

3) His touch is a transforming touch.

The touch of God transforms the death, the darkened and the doomed.

Mark 7:33-35 New King James Version (NKJV)

33 And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue. 34 Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”

35 Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.

John 9:6-7 New King James Version (NKJV)

6 When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. 7 And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing.

Matthew 8:1-3 New King James Version (NKJV)

Jesus Cleanses a Leper

8 When He had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him. 2 And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

3 Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

It is not man who calls you. It is God, the name above every other name, who calls you. God can call any person.

We all can hear His voice.

Ezekiel 37:5New King James Version (NKJV)

5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: “Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.

God is God who is able to touch His people and revive us.

Do you need the touch of Christ today? Jesus is able and He is willing to touch you.

If only we ask, He will anoint us for greater things. 

We must believe that we serve a miracle-working God.

It is not by might, not by power; it is by the Holy Spirit.

Psalm 1:1-3 New King James Version (NKJV)

BOOK ONE: Psalms 1—41

The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly

1 Blessed is the man

Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,

    Nor stands in the path of sinners,

    Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord,

    And in His law he meditates day and night.

3 He shall be like a tree

    Planted by the rivers of water,

    That brings forth its fruit in its season,

    Whose leaf also shall not wither;

And whatever he does shall prosper.

Jeremiah 29:11 New King James Version (NKJV)

11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Our holy living ensures the continuous presence of God in our lives

Dr. David Goh
18-03-2018

"Be holy because I am holy."

Be assured that His presence is with our family.

We're living in the end times. We are living in critical times--dangerous and exciting.

1) Prepare ourselves for the great shaking.
Prepare for the trials and testings that are coming our way.

Run to God or run away from God. He Himself is shaking the heaven and the earth. There is no escape from it.

2) Prepare ourselves for revival. 
Unreached group, majority group. Multitudes of people will come into the kingdom of God. This revival has to do with our holy living. It is at our doorstep.

3) Prepare for His second coming back. 
Our very lives must be aligned back to the possibility of His coming back. 

John, when he was with Jesus on earth, was so close to Jesus. In Revelation, he saw the resurrected Christ in His glorious form.

Revelation 1:7 New King James Version (NKJV)

7 Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.

The day of Christ coming back is a frightening day.

4) Give an account of our lives to Jesus. Our attitude, behaviour, motivation.

On the day of judgment, Jesus Christ Himself also casts people into hell. "Depart from Me you evildoers!"

We are living in the last of the last days. 

God will bring His redemption plan to a closure.

Judgement begins in the House of God.

Because He says so, you and I must believe it as children of God.

Seek after the things that cannot be shaken.

Turmoils and uncertainties are taking place on a worldwide scale. Wars and rumours of war are happening.

What if one day you wake up and suddenly your accounts are set to zero? Can you still come to church to worship the living God?

Darkness is all over the nations.

Yet God has a plan for His church. He must begin to chastise His church and expose the conditions of our hearts, our self-righteousness, our secret and dark sins. 

God wants us to come into complete obedience unto Him.

Come back to Him wholeheartedly. Otherwise, our wealth, career, ministry will be shaken. He is using it to purify His church. God will show you whether you are of God or not of God.

Many will fall away. The remnants will spearhead the genuine revival of God in this country. 

God is looking for men and women who will count the cost of following Him, whose purpose in their hearts to walk holy and righteously before God.

In this coming trials and testings, many Christians will renounce Jesus. But the overcomers will carry out His will and purposes.

We must know His mind, His heart and His purpose.

If we remain our usual Christian lives, we may not live a life of an overcomer.

Allow God to confront the issue of your heart and the issue of sin in our lives, in our family and in our churches.

The Israelites came out of Egypt into the Promised Land. They had experienced the signs and wonders. They experienced the Red Sea experience. They tasted the heavenly manna in the dessert. They had the blessings and favour of God but not the ways of God. They were still evil in the eyes of God  and it broke the heart of God.

God is not in the business of touching our lives. He wants to change our lives.

God could do great things for us but He could not to great things in our lives.

In the New Testament, the disciples had Jesus, they had the Word. But they did not allow God to deal with the issue of their coveteousness, greed and pride.

Judas betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver.

Peter denied Jesus Christ.

Deep within, many are still stuggling the issue of sin in their lives and in their family. Wordliness is increasing in the church day after day, year after year. The condition of our heart remains the same. We don't experience the reality of God in our lives.

Return to God wholeheartedly. We need the life and resurrection power of Christ in us.

Jesus didn't go to the cross to bless us or prosper us. Jesus died on the cross to bear our sin and to give us a resurrected life. When He comes into our lives, we will naturally thirst and hunger for Him and not the things of this world.

God's presence is critical for our worldly survival. We bear the testimony of Jesus Christ, not our personal testimony.

Today, many Christians and churches have the ark but never realise that His presence has left us. We even struggle to read the Word of God.

1 Samuel 3 New King James Version (NKJV)
Samuel’s First Prophecy
3 Now the boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation. 2 And it came to pass at that time, while Eli was lying down in his place, and when his eyes had begun to grow so dim that he could not see, 3 and before the lamp of God went out in the tabernacle[a] of the Lord where the ark of God was, and while Samuel was lying down, 4 that the Lord called Samuel. And he answered, “Here I am!” 5 So he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.”

And he said, “I did not call; lie down again.” And he went and lay down.

6 Then the Lord called yet again, “Samuel!”

So Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” He answered, “I did not call, my son; lie down again.” 7 (Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, nor was the word of the Lord yet revealed to him.)

8 And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. So he arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you did call me.”

Then Eli perceived that the Lord had called the boy. 9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and it shall be, if He calls you, that you must say, ‘Speak, Lord, for Your servant hears.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

10 Now the Lord came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!”

And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant hears.”

11 Then the Lord said to Samuel: “Behold, I will do something in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. 12 In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. 13 For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them. 14 And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.”

15 So Samuel lay down until morning,[b] and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell Eli the vision. 16 Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son!”

He answered, “Here I am.”

17 And he said, “What is the word that the Lord spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that He said to you.” 18 Then Samuel told him everything, and hid nothing from him. And he said, “It is the Lord. Let Him do what seems good to Him.”

19 So Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel had been established as a prophet of the Lord. 21 Then the Lord appeared again in Shiloh. For the Lord revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lord.

In their sinning and in their abomination, they had assumed God's presence was still with them.

The Israelities went to war with the Philistines. 4000 soldiers were killed and they lost the battle.

1 Samuel 4:1-11 New King James Version (NKJV)
4 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel.[a]

The Ark of God Captured
Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines, and encamped beside Ebenezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek. 2 Then the Philistines put themselves in battle array against Israel. And when they joined battle, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men of the army in the field. 3 And when the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Shiloh to us, that when it comes among us it may save us from the hand of our enemies.” 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, who dwells between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

5 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted so loudly that the earth shook. 6 Now when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, “What does the sound of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” Then they understood that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp. 7 So the Philistines were afraid, for they said, “God has come into the camp!” And they said, “Woe to us! For such a thing has never happened before. 8 Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness. 9 Be strong and conduct yourselves like men, you Philistines, that you do not become servants of the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Conduct yourselves like men, and fight!”

10 So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and every man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter, and there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers. 11 Also the ark of God was captured; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Without the ark, 4,000 died. With the ark, 30,000 were killed.

They didn't realise that God's presence has left them.

Today, Satan is making an all out war to drag us all to hell.

Our proclaiming how awesome God is doesn't work. Christians have no regard for God and His Word, yet have the cheek to hold on to our ark, our programmes but live in abomination and deceitful lives--unforgiveness, greed, lust. Worship had become a form instead worshipping God in spirit and in truth.

Do you think it is easy for a rich man to lay down his life for God?

Our children are under attack.

Our lives are under attack.

We promote a cheap grace today where everything goes and there is no repentance.

1 Samuel 5 New King James Version (NKJV)
The Philistines and the Ark
5 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon[a] and set it by Dagon. 3 And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set it in its place again. 4 And when they arose early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. The head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands were broken off on the threshold; only Dagon’s torso[b] was left of it. 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

6 But the hand of the Lord was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He ravaged them and struck them with tumors,[c] both Ashdod and its territory. 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw how it was, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is harsh toward us and Dagon our god.” 8 Therefore they sent and gathered to themselves all the lords of the Philistines, and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?”

And they answered, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried away to Gath.” So they carried the ark of the God of Israel away. 9 So it was, after they had carried it away, that the hand of the Lord was against the city with a very great destruction; and He struck the men of the city, both small and great, and tumors broke out on them.

10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. So it was, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people!” 11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its own place, so that it does not kill us and our people.” For there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. 12 And the men who did not die were stricken with the tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

1 Samuel 6 New King James Version (NKJV)
The Ark Returned to Israel
6 Now the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months. 2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Tell us how we should send it to its place.”

3 So they said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty; but by all means return it to Him with a trespass offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why His hand is not removed from you.”

4 Then they said, “What is the trespass offering which we shall return to Him?”

They answered, “Five golden tumors and five golden rats, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines. For the same plague was on all of you and on your lords. 5 Therefore you shall make images of your tumors and images of your rats that ravage the land, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will lighten His hand from you, from your gods, and from your land. 6 Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He did mighty things among them, did they not let the people go, that they might depart? 7 Now therefore, make a new cart, take two milk cows which have never been yoked, and hitch the cows to the cart; and take their calves home, away from them. 8 Then take the ark of the Lord and set it on the cart; and put the articles of gold which you are returning to Him as a trespass offering in a chest by its side. Then send it away, and let it go. 9 And watch: if it goes up the road to its own territory, to Beth Shemesh, then He has done us this great evil. But if not, then we shall know that it is not His hand that struck us—it happened to us by chance.”

10 Then the men did so; they took two milk cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home. 11 And they set the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the chest with the gold rats and the images of their tumors. 12 Then the cows headed straight for the road to Beth Shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right hand or the left. And the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth Shemesh.

13 Now the people of Beth Shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted their eyes and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. 14 Then the cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and stood there; a large stone was there. So they split the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord. 15 The Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest that was with it, in which were the articles of gold, and put them on the large stone. Then the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices the same day to the Lord. 16 So when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

17 These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned as a trespass offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron; 18 and the golden rats, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and country villages, even as far as the large stone of Abel on which they set the ark of the Lord, which stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

19 Then He struck the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord. He struck fifty thousand and seventy men[a] of the people, and the people lamented because the Lord had struck the people with a great slaughter.

The Ark at Kirjath Jearim
20 And the men of Beth Shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? And to whom shall it go up from us?” 21 So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath Jearim, saying, “The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord; come down and take it up with you.”

Our God is sovereign. Our God is sovereign. He cannot be captured!

The condition of our heart before God:
1) Surrender our heart to God.

1 Samuel 7:2-4 New King James Version (NKJV)

7 Then the men of Kirjath Jearim came and took the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord.

Samuel Judges Israel

2 So it was that the ark remained in Kirjath Jearim a long time; it was there twenty years. And all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.

3 Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you return to the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths[a] from among you, and prepare your hearts for the Lord, and serve Him only; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.” 4 So the children of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtoreths,[b] and served the Lord only.

God knows it takes a long time to change us.

Seek His presence. Get rid of the Ashtoreths and the Baals.

2) Acknowledge the sins in our lives. Pour out our hearts to God. Seek God's face.

1 Samuel 7:5-6

5 And Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.” 6 So they gathered together at Mizpah, drew water, and poured it out before the Lord. And they fasted that day, 

Learn it well. Teach our children.

3) Make right the conditions of our heart with God. Live holy lives.

1 Samuel 7:7-13

7 Now when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel had gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard of it, they were afraid of the Philistines. 8 So the children of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not cease to cry out to the Lord our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”

9 And Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. Then Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him. 10 Now as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. But the Lord thundered with a loud thunder upon the Philistines that day, and so confused them that they were overcome before Israel. 11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and drove them back as far as below Beth Car. 12 Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer,[c] saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.”

13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they did not come anymore into the territory of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

Get our lives right with God. The presence of God is real.

There is reality, power and presence of God. At the end Christ is exalted.

Our everlasting God is with us. We have nothing to fear. 

Preparing for the Last Days: The Abomination of Desolation: Pre, Mid or Post Tribulation

Pr Reggie Lee
16-03-2018

What is the Abomination of Desolation?

Matthew 24:15-16 New King James Version (NKJV)

The Great Tribulation

15 “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’[a] spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), 16 “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Daniel wrote about the abomination of desolation.

The antichrist will seat on the mercy seat.

1) Seventy weeks of Daniel (Daniel 9:20-27)

2) There has to be a temple to desecrate

3) There has to be an Antichrist or false messiah

1) In 70 weeks, God finished the transgressions.

Daniel 9:23-25 King James Version (KJV)

23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.

24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

Daniel 9:26-27 King James Version (KJV)

26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

The gap:

Daniel 12:5-7 King James Version (KJV)

5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.

6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

In the last days, the holy people (Jewish people) will lose the war. Because the wrong messiah enters the holy of holies. The Jews receive the wrong messiah and the false prophet. Then they will cry out, "Baruch haba b'Shem ADONAI— Blessed is He who comes in the Name of ADONAI."

Matthew 24:15-21 New King James Version (NKJV)

The Great Tribulation

15 “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’[a] spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), 16 “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. 18 And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. 19 But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 20 And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Daniel 9:27 New King James Version (NKJV)

27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the desolate.”

Daniel 11:31 New King James Version (NKJV)

31 And forces[a] shall be mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place there the abomination of desolation.

Daniel 12:11 New King James Version (NKJV)

11 “And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days. (3.5yrs)

Daniel 12:8-13 New King James Version (NKJV)

8 Although I heard, I did not understand. Then I said, “My lord, what shall be the end of these things?”

9 And he said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. 10 Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.

11 “And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days. 12 Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.

13 “But you, go your way till the end; for you shall rest, and will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.” (1290+45=1335)

Look for the signing of the peace treaty.

By that time, the temple will be rebuilt already.

The Seven Seals

Revelation 6 New King James Version (NKJV)

First Seal: The Conqueror

6 Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals;[a] and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.” 2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.

Second Seal: Conflict on Earth

3 When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see.”[b] 4 Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.

Third Seal: Scarcity on Earth

5 When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart[c] of wheat for a denarius,[d] and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.”

Fourth Seal: Widespread Death on Earth

7 When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.” 8 So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.

Fifth Seal: The Cry of the Martyrs

9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.

Sixth Seal: Cosmic Disturbances

12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold,[e] there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon[f]became like blood. 13 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. 14 Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. 15 And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders,[g] the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, 16 and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

1st-4th Seals (The 4 Horses - white, red, black, pale)

1st Seal/The White Horse (Revelation 6:1-2) - the greatest revival in the midst of deception

Revelation 14:14-16 NKJV

Salvation comes. A global revival.

2nd Seal/Red Horse (Revelation 6:3-4) - war has come

3rd Seal/Black Horse (Revelation 6:5-6) - inflation, economic ruin or agricultural disaster

4th Seal/Pale Horse (Revelation 6:7-8) - death through war, famine and pestilence

5th Seal (non-physical) (Revelation 6:9-11) - souls of those killed because of the word of God, and of testimony

6th Seal/Cosmic disturbance (Revelation 6:12-17) - The Day of the Lord

7th Seal/The Blowing of the Trumpets/Seven Shofars (Revelation 8, 9, 11) - The judgment upon the nations

How will Yeshua return?

Matthew 24:27-31 New King James Version (NKJV)

27 For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 28 For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.

The Coming of the Son of Man

29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

The Rapture

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 New King James Version (NKJV)

The Comfort of Christ’s Coming

13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.[a]

15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.

1 Corinthians 15:51-52 New King James Version (NKJV)

51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Tribulation Survey:

Pre-Tribulation 72%

Mid-Tribulation 18%

Post-Tribulation 9%

Romans 11:25 New King James Version (NKJV)

25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

Related:
Part 1:
Preparing for the Last Days: Signs of the Time

Part 2:
Preparing for the Last Days: Israel and the Church in the Last Days

Part 3:
Preparing for the Last Days: The Abomination of Desolation: Pre, Mid or Post Tribulation