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00:38 Hello and welcome to Behold the Lamb Presents.
00:41 I'm Chris Shelton, your host. 00:42 And I'm so thankful that you are joining us. 00:45 Today's message is entitled Desolate. 00:48 In Matthew 23:37-39, 00:51 we read, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 00:54 thou that killeth the prophets 00:56 and stoneth them which are send unto thee, 00:58 how often would I have gathered 01:00 thy children together, 01:01 even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, 01:05 and ye would not! 01:07 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 01:11 For I say unto you, ye shall not see me henceforth, 01:15 till ye shall say, 01:16 blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord." 01:20 Friends, dear friends, 01:22 how often has our Lord spoken to your heart, 01:26 and you've turned aside from harkening to His word? 01:30 Like the scribes and Pharisees are bold, 01:32 many people are full of justification 01:35 and excuses for their actions and many times their inactions. 01:39 People often have 01:41 the appearance of righteousness, 01:43 but their hearts are far from heeding God's Word. 01:46 Proverbs 9:10 reads, 01:48 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, 01:51 and the knowledge of the Holy is understanding." 01:54 All of us are alive at a time in this world's history 01:58 that we are experiencing life changing events 02:01 that I truly believe 02:03 will bring about permanent changes in our world 02:06 up through the coming of Christ. 02:08 Our Savior's restraining power 02:10 of holding back the four winds of stripe are, 02:14 I believe, again, being loosened 02:16 in response to the hardness of our heart, 02:19 to our desire to hold on, 02:21 and to sympathize with the sins of this world. 02:24 He's giving us what we're asking for. 02:27 Momentous trumpets 02:29 of warnings are being sounded in the natural disasters 02:33 and pestilence falling upon our land. 02:35 And yet many are turning a deaf ear, 02:38 making excuses as to why 02:41 they are of little or no consequence 02:44 to the time of trouble being at hand. 02:48 Our question for you today, listen closely, 02:51 will the Lord find your house, 02:54 your heart desolate 02:57 as He searches for those whom 03:00 He will place his seal upon? 03:02 I want you to ponder that question with us 03:04 because we're going to join 03:06 Pastor Kenny now for today's message that is, 03:08 again, entitled Desolate. 03:11 But first, let's visit 3ABN 03:13 and be blessed by piano version of 03:16 "God will Take Care of You" by Justin Nehrkorn. 05:20 Hello and welcome once again to Behold the Lamb Ministry, 05:23 where we are so glad you have joined us today 05:25 in the study of God's Word. 05:27 Again, we appreciate so much your cards 05:29 and your letters 05:30 and your support to this ministry 05:31 that this gospel may be preached into all the world 05:34 and then Jesus says He's going to come. 05:36 So we have a commission 05:37 and we want to fulfill that commission 05:39 and we praise God that we have 05:40 the ability based upon the airwaves 05:43 and all the technology in the world today 05:45 to get that message in places 05:47 that you just can't get into 05:48 if you were physically trying to. 05:50 So praise God for that. 05:51 Now today, we're going to be 05:52 talking about this one word desolate. 05:54 What does that really mean? 05:56 We're going to get into that in just a moment. 05:58 But always before we go to Lord and... 06:01 Sorry, I mean, we go to the Lord in prayer 06:02 and I'm going to invite you to kneel with me 06:04 as you can as we pray together. 06:08 Loving Father in heaven, we thank You for Your spirit. 06:10 We thank You for Your love, Your mercy. 06:12 We ask now that You will join us away 06:14 with the power of Thy Holy Spirit, 06:16 open our hearts, our minds and everyone who listens 06:18 and those who view, 06:20 may each one's mind be turned toward heaven now, 06:22 may receive that just what You have. 06:24 Lord, may those who listen may they just hear 06:26 what they need to hear and nothing more. 06:29 And you know for each one of us that in our walk with You, 06:31 bless us, we pray to this and we're going to thank You 06:33 for what you're going to do in Jesus' name. 06:35 Amen. Desolate. 06:38 Let's just go back just a little bit 06:40 and do a little talking about when you say desolate, 06:41 what does that mean. 06:42 That was our text for today and is found in Matthew 23:38. 06:47 Just a few words there but, man, are they powerful? 06:51 I mean, very powerful. 06:52 It says, "Behold, your house is left and to you desolate." 06:57 Now desolate means a waste, would it not? 06:59 And it means a solitary place, a wilderness. 07:03 It means something that's empty, 07:06 something that includes, 07:08 notice this, inhabitants of this place. 07:11 It means even the inhabitants 07:12 and certainly the story talking about 07:14 the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 07:17 and it affected the inhabitants there, notice that. 07:20 Desolate your house, 07:22 interesting passage or scripture. 07:25 The day before in the temple, 07:28 Jesus said in Matthew Chapter 21, 07:30 he said, "My house," remember? 07:33 The day before he said, 07:34 "My house," he called the temple, 07:36 the next day, he said, "Your house." 07:39 Something happened, a transition took place, 07:44 something that we need to pay special attention to today 07:47 because the day may come if we are not striving 07:51 to enter into the kingdom of God, 07:53 your house, my house may be left desolate or empty. 07:59 Was there a time or could there be a time 08:00 that Jesus would, as it were, would leave? 08:03 But it'd be a time that our probation would be up. 08:07 Notice what He said about, you know, 08:08 talking about destruction of Jerusalem, 08:10 the temple, Jewish nation, "My house, your house." 08:15 These words, panicked, when Jesus spoke them, 08:17 it panicked the priest and the rabbis that were there. 08:21 But you know what they hate it. 08:23 They didn't want anybody know that 08:24 they were paying attention to what Jesus had to say. 08:27 But notice, in three days, three days later, 08:30 there was a visible sign 08:33 that something big had taken place. 08:35 Notice the veil was torn between, where? 08:39 Yes, between the holy and the most holy place, 08:43 as it were, in the temple, signifying, what? 08:46 Really that Jesus had died, 08:47 the way had been opened up now us to go boldly 08:50 into the most holy place, because of who? 08:52 Because of Jesus, 08:54 but this was a physical sign that 08:56 now there was no use anymore of sacrificing. 09:00 What? Type had met antitype. 09:03 The holy place, what a wonderful place to be. 09:06 And we need to be there today by the grace of God. 09:09 It's simply a sign that God no longer, 09:11 you know, want us to, you know, 09:13 kill these animals, it's useless. 09:15 It's meaningless. 09:16 It's the round of form and ceremonies. 09:19 Even though they continue, notice, 09:21 the Jews continued to do this for, what, 09:23 40, almost 40 years later, 09:26 even though they realized that was a sign 09:28 they need to quit offering these sacrifices. 09:29 Why? 09:31 Hebrews 7 talks about 09:32 because Jesus offered His life once. 09:35 Now think about, He died once, after Jesus died, 09:38 we didn't need to sacrifice, 09:40 right, the animals because that, what, 09:41 all of those sacrifices pointed to whom? 09:43 The day that Jesus would come and then Jesus would die, 09:47 and they would no longer need to do that. 09:49 But they continued on another almost 40 years 09:51 to about AD 70, say Jesus died in AD 31. 09:56 You see, this is part of a prophecy 09:58 there, Daniel 9:27, 10:00 in the midst of the prophetic week. 10:02 As far as heaven was concerned, 10:04 there was no value anymore in the sacrifices and oblations 10:09 which came to an end forever. 10:11 And that day when Jesus was making this statement, 10:14 He turned from the temple 10:16 and He never ever went back again. 10:19 Things were changing, you know, 10:22 things are changing in our world today. 10:25 I believe that surely, 10:28 surely the world is coming to an end. 10:31 Things unthinkable are taking place now. 10:35 Things that surprised me, I always said, you know, 10:37 I don't think anything is going to surprise me, 10:40 you know, anymore. 10:41 But these things are happening now, 10:43 they're surprised and say unthinkable, 10:45 they're said and they're done 10:47 and just give a couple examples as we will know. 10:50 United States in word 10:52 and in action is certainly doing away with free speech. 10:57 Surely the peak, we think, 10:58 "No, we should have free speech." 11:00 Absolutely, but it's being done away with... 11:03 I'm gonna use the word gone even though 11:04 it's gonna be squeezed out 11:06 a little bit more, free speeches, 11:07 like it's almost gone. 11:09 You can't really say anything anymore 11:11 about anything that somebody doesn't get upset. 11:14 Did you notice that? 11:15 But God want us to have free speech. 11:18 Huh? Gone is religious freedom. 11:23 Yes. Think about it. 11:24 It's all gone! Oh, religion... 11:27 You talk about our conscience, huh, freedom of the press, 11:32 it's all gone. 11:35 People can't even write anything. 11:36 People who are paid to write out articles get fired 11:41 if they say the wrong things 11:42 even though they were hired to write such things. 11:44 Did you get it? They're being fired. 11:47 Pressure is being applied on every hand. 11:50 Religious freedom, all but gone. 11:53 My! 11:55 Liberty of conscience, all but gone. 11:58 Remember, this is signs now. 12:00 Reason I bring that up 12:01 is because this is signs of the time 12:03 that Jesus is coming. 12:05 We've read this in Five Testimonies 451, 12:08 because it says, "Our country," what country, 12:10 United States of America, 12:12 "shall repudiate every principle 12:15 of its Constitution as a Protestant 12:18 and republican government." 12:20 Now what does that mean? 12:21 Repudiate every principle of the Constitution, 12:24 that means we're going to divorce ourselves 12:27 from the Constitution. 12:29 It means we're going to separate ourselves 12:31 from the Constitution. 12:33 We're going to refuse to accept. 12:36 We're gonna refuse to acknowledge those principles. 12:39 So it's a sign that 12:40 when we see this happening that Jesus is soon to come. 12:45 Amen. You see? 12:46 Jesus is, what, soon to come. 12:48 See, many people have proclaimed 12:50 the Third Angel's message. 12:52 We realize and, you know, 12:54 it's giving warnings about the mark of the beast. 12:57 Majority of the world have no idea 12:58 what the mark of the beast is. 13:00 Maybe people are really confused 13:02 I think in this world what that really means 13:04 receiving the mark of the beast. 13:06 They're confused about church and state 13:08 coming together to pass 13:10 what we call and you may have never heard it before 13:13 but a Sunday Law. 13:15 Let that not shocked you, 13:17 there needs to be more talk about 13:19 what we're mentioning here today, Sunday Law. 13:21 But it has many people... 13:23 When you say there's going to be 13:24 a Sunday law, it's going to be passed soon. 13:25 It's going to take away 13:27 the freedom of choice and religion and thought, 13:29 freedom of conscience. 13:31 Would you say, "All these people are nuts"? 13:33 These people are not right, 13:35 when they're bringing this year... 13:36 You know, we read the Spirit of Prophecy, 13:38 says, they're alarmist. 13:40 They're sounding alarm. 13:41 They're saying things that's not going to happen. 13:43 But as you can see already 13:44 what's taking place in the world. 13:46 Things can change rather quickly. 13:49 It doesn't take long, 13:51 just a matter of a day or two or a couple of weeks 13:53 and the whole world was shut down. 13:58 And we know the last moments will be rapid one. 14:04 But they say those who are preaching 14:05 some of this last day message and the Three Angels' message, 14:09 not only the mark of the beast 14:10 but the image to the beast, and so on and so forth, 14:12 that, you know, that it's groundless. 14:14 You have nothing to stand on, 14:16 but certainly we have the Word of God to stand on. 14:18 I'm gonna read The Great Controversy. 14:19 I love the book, page 605 and 606. 14:22 Now it's a couple of paragraphs. 14:23 So just bear with me. 14:25 And we'll see how this is a platform 14:27 that we're going to build on, and we're going to see, 14:29 remember The Great Controversy is over, what, 14:32 with Christ and Satan, right? 14:33 Who are you going to worship? 14:36 Who is that you are going to worship? 14:38 Either you're going to worship God 14:39 or you're going to worship the enemy as it was 14:41 because over and over in Revelation 14:42 it talks about who we give our allegiance to, 14:45 who are you going to worship. 14:48 We have to make a choice, the decision. 14:51 Notice, "It has been confidentially declared that 14:54 the land could never become other," 14:56 talking about United States, 14:58 "what it has been the defender of religious freedom." 15:02 Did you get it? 15:03 It's always been in that right that 15:05 when you say that we're losing our freedoms, 15:07 a lot of people, head's still in the sand, says, 15:09 "Well, that can't ever be 15:10 because we've always been in the land of the free." 15:13 But anyone now just thinking person 15:15 that all must remember that 15:17 we see these freedoms taken away. 15:20 And you see things going on that should not go on. 15:25 And no one seems to be doing anything about it. 15:29 But notice this, 15:30 "But as the question of enforcement 15:31 of Sunday observance is widely agitated." 15:34 Now it's wildly agitated by, what, 15:36 things like climate change, 15:38 and by the papacy, things that are going on, 15:41 these things are out in the open, 15:42 "Laudato si'," these are things that people are reading. 15:45 And if you've never read these things 15:46 they may be a shock to you. 15:48 But this has been going on for a long, long time. 15:50 So the question is, it's being agitated right now. 15:53 In other words, what I'm reading right now 15:55 is part of Bible prophecy, 15:56 pointing to this hour in which we are living. 16:01 And so it goes on to say, and so notice this, 16:04 "The event so long doubted 16:06 and disbelieved is seen to be approaching." 16:09 Can some of us say that 16:10 we may have doubted and we thought, 16:12 "Well, maybe this just can't happen in this country? 16:14 There's no way?" 16:15 Now we say, "Oh, I believe that it can be." 16:17 God is allowing these ridiculous things 16:20 that's going on in the world to open our eyes 16:22 and our ears and our hearts, what, 16:24 so that we can say, what, this could happen. 16:26 This could happen. 16:28 The Bible says, so does Spirit of Prophecy says, 16:29 there's no doubt about it. 16:31 Notice this, "As we see this thing approaching, 16:33 the third angel's message will produce an effect 16:36 which it could not have had before." 16:40 This is all under the guidance of God. 16:44 As the world's attention is being focused in on 16:47 what is taking place, 16:48 God is going to be speaking to His children 16:50 here in these last days. 16:52 He's going to be having us 16:53 give a bold message to the world. 16:57 Notice this, "The fearful events, 17:00 results of enforcing 17:01 the observance of church by civil authorities, 17:03 the inroads of spiritualism," as you will know, 17:06 "the stealthy but rapid progress 17:08 of papal power all will be," what? 17:12 "Be unmasked," 17:13 everything is going to be unmasked." 17:14 You say, "Well, how does it be..." 17:16 "The man of sin is going to be revealed," 17:18 2 Thessalonians 2:3, says, 17:21 "The man of sin will be," what? 17:23 "Is going to be revealed," 17:24 and it says that there's going to be, what? 17:26 All this is going to be unmasked. 17:28 Well, who's going to do the unmasking? 17:31 Will you do it? 17:33 Will I do it by the grace of God? 17:35 Sin has to be unmasked. 17:38 Wrongs, you know, they have to be, 17:39 you know, call out. 17:40 You have take axe to the root, let's say, of the tree. 17:44 Call sin by its right name. 17:47 And so God said, 17:49 there'll be people that will do this. 17:51 And when they beginning to give this message, 17:54 it's a solemn message and the people will be stirred. 17:59 You know, I'm looking forward to a time 18:01 when the people are stirred. 18:03 We stayed in our seats so long 18:04 that we're getting old and stinky. 18:07 Is somebody with me? Does that make sense? 18:10 Yes. We stay way too long. 18:13 Some of you've been in the movement, like, 18:14 "I have almost all my life since I've been like this." 18:16 We've just not done a whole lot. 18:18 But we need to stir up this message 18:20 that God has given us today. 18:22 We need to give a solemn warning message 18:24 from the pulpit today rather than peace and safety 18:27 and everything is all right. 18:28 How in this world 18:30 can anyone get in the pulpit today 18:32 and say everything is all right, 18:33 what's going on in the world today? 18:36 God is allowing these things to take place 18:38 so that you and I will wake up to the fact 18:40 and take a decided stand for Him. 18:42 Or you take a stand for the enemy. 18:44 You're going to have to do one or the other. 18:46 But solemn messages, 18:49 we need to think it's much more than 18:50 just getting up 18:52 and making people happy, you know? 18:53 It's nice to that 18:55 because all we had such a wonderful time. 18:56 One man told me, he said, 18:57 "You need to come and visit so and so church." 18:59 Basically, I'm thinking, "What for?" 19:02 He said, "Well, we need to." He said, "We'll have good time. 19:03 Preacher tells one joke after the other. 19:06 We just fall on the floor laughing." 19:08 This is no laughing matter 19:09 what's taking place in our country 19:10 and in our world. 19:12 This is very solemn. 19:16 Do we not believe that what God has said 19:18 in His Word is going to take place? 19:19 He said, I'm going to visit this world 19:22 and His anger is different than ours is, 19:23 but what, injustice and judgment. 19:26 Judgments are falling in the land all over the place. 19:29 And somehow we're just neglecting 19:31 to call them judgments, like they just happen. 19:36 Outlandish, I mean, outlandish events 19:40 are taking place before our very eyes. 19:43 You have to say somebody 19:44 who are older, you'll have to say, 19:46 "You have never seen anything like this before." 19:48 There's been no place. 19:50 I mean, no place, 19:51 no time in the history of the world 19:52 as we can think of to give you an interest 19:54 which you will know but let's go over why 19:57 because I believe it pertains to Bible prophecy. 20:02 It's not about a political aspect. 20:04 I'm not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican. 20:06 I'm not for this guy, and for that guy. 20:08 I want to be on God's side. That's where it all comes. 20:11 You got to be on God's side. 20:13 But we also have to have, 20:15 what, wisdom that God can give us to say, 20:16 "Ooh, its closer than I ever thought." 20:20 And here, I've just messed 20:22 and messed around and haven't done anything. 20:24 I've sat on the fence most of my life, 20:26 I've never done anything 20:27 and never took a stand for Jesus Christ. 20:30 And he said, today is the day that you stand for Him. 20:32 This is the day. 20:34 Now in Seattle, Washington, as you will know, 20:38 Seattle, Washington, the most... 20:43 Yeah, it's just... The word is that... 20:45 You can't explain what's going on there. 20:50 Yeah, you come about a new country. 20:52 This is according to FoxNews.com, right, 20:54 you can look it up for yourself. 20:56 Seattle protesters, right? Seattle, Washington. 21:00 They stormed City Hall. 21:04 They threw out the police. 21:07 Try to do that here, 21:08 just a little dinky town that we live in, 21:10 see how long you last. 21:13 I hope not. See how long you last. 21:17 They demanded that the mayor resign. 21:22 After they drove the police out of the area, 21:26 and then they said we are calling 21:28 for a defunding of the police department. 21:31 You know, it's pitiful, 21:33 some things may happen sometime, 21:34 we need, I believe this ordained 21:36 by God in Romans Chapter 6. 21:37 You know, it's ordained by God 21:39 that we have this prediction 21:41 because when there's no law enforcement around, 21:44 you see, the people go crazy. 21:46 And they're going crazy now. 21:48 And they'll see in a matter of few more days 21:49 how crazy it's going to get. 21:51 And then it's going to get uglier than we ever thought 21:53 it could get because we didn't step in 21:55 or whatever it takes to do 21:57 it to squelch this because it's wrong to do that. 22:05 The protesters, 22:08 you have a right to protest, the country says. 22:14 But, you know, our example is none other than, 22:16 what, than Jesus Christ. 22:18 He never protested anything to do with the government. 22:22 Are you still with me? 22:24 But, you know, we say, "Well, that's all right. 22:25 He didn't." 22:26 He is our example in all things is what the Bible said. 22:29 He didn't do even though 22:30 it's legitimate point, Jesus never did it. 22:35 And let alone violent protest. 22:41 They seize six blocks downtown zone there 22:46 that included the takeover once again 22:48 to the police department of the precinct, 22:51 which is what abandoned by law enforcement 22:53 'cause they were probably told to. 22:56 This group said, you know what, 22:59 "We're wanting some things, 23:01 we want free hospitalization," well, who doesn't? 23:07 "We want free education," who doesn't? 23:11 And I'll just throw this word in, 23:13 what they're saying is, "I want a free ride." 23:16 Who doesn't? 23:18 Think about it. 23:19 What is just the world coming to? 23:24 Look what can happen. 23:26 This is all Bible prophecy. 23:27 Let's put it all together. 23:30 Look what could happen when a mayor, 23:33 right, mayor of a city or some leader says something, 23:37 there is a public health crisis or an emergency. 23:42 Now, the mayor said, 23:44 this is a public crisis, public health crisis. 23:48 It's an emergency, like COVID-19. 23:51 Did you get it? 23:53 What do they do when the health, 23:54 came in and said COVID-19 is health... 23:57 It gave all kinds of power to the president, 23:58 they could shut things down, take everything away from you, 24:01 all your rights and freedom, everything is all gone 24:03 because it's a health emergency. 24:08 Yeah. 24:10 And the governor, certainly, governors, they're in charge. 24:13 Boston Mayor issued an executive order, 24:18 now listen carefully, declaring racism 24:23 to be a public health crisis. 24:27 Somebody think. Hello. 24:32 This comes from the... 24:34 Now think about it, public health... 24:37 See, if you label it public health crisis, 24:39 you can get an awful lot of things done. 24:41 See? 24:43 You can't just come out and say, 24:44 "Well, we believe that racism is healthy. 24:45 You can't do that. 24:47 You've got a label underneath something." 24:49 It's an emergency. 24:50 You think, "Well, that's pretty bad." 24:52 You know, Boston did this, 24:53 but Denver, Colorado, Cleveland, 24:56 Ohio, Indianapolis has made 24:59 such declarations themselves 25:01 along with county officials in California and Ohio. 25:06 Not just one place, something is going on. 25:10 Thousands of protesters. 25:13 And again, I say we have that right 25:15 that country has given us that right to protest 25:17 if you don't like something 25:19 but certainly not a violent protest. 25:24 Thousands of protesters taken to the streets 25:28 and they begin to protest 25:31 against racial injustice and police violence. 25:35 Again, not taking one side 25:36 or the other because you look at 25:38 and you see a lot of injustice, you see a lot of problems. 25:40 There's no doubt about it. 25:42 But to me, where does the racial injustice 25:45 or where does the public violence come in 25:47 such as attacking Christopher Columbus statues 25:51 have been damaged in several cities, 25:53 been pulled down 25:54 and taking the heads off of these statues. 25:57 How does that help the cause? 26:01 Could it be that men are losing their mind? 26:06 And they're pulling down the Confederate statues 26:11 'cause they're considered to be symbols of racism. 26:14 And certainly they could be. 26:18 But they're pulling them down without, you know, 26:22 been saying you can do this. 26:24 It's called vandalism. 26:26 You try to go do that, go to the park next door 26:29 and try to do a little, you know, spray paint. 26:34 Try to tear something down and see how long you last. 26:37 But somehow the authorities have backed away 26:40 and let this mob in Seattle 26:43 just run rapid and wild. 26:48 Minneapolis, Minnesota voters going to decide on November 26:54 on whether they move ahead 26:55 on dismantling the police department. 26:59 And they said future of the city 27:01 will be decided by the people who live here. 27:04 Now who's going to do the deciding? 27:06 Are they people that's like Jesus? 27:08 Are they converted? Are they Christian? 27:11 I just have saved my own personal opinion. 27:14 How can you be, not trying to judge all them, 27:16 I don't know, who is and who isn't, 27:17 but how can you be a person 27:19 that loves Jesus with all your heart? 27:21 How can you be a follower of Jesus Christ 27:23 and go through and do those things 27:25 that's being done right now, in the streets? 27:30 Remember, they're protesting the death, 27:33 unnecessary death of a man. 27:36 Wrong. 27:39 But they turn around and they kill. 27:42 And they do much more damage, they kill, they destroy, 27:45 they loot, they're raping. 27:50 Things are just not the same. 27:52 How does that all work together in our mind? 27:58 People who live there is going to decide 28:00 that's the chairman 28:02 of the public safety committee said 28:05 and so we need freedoms that we need to do 28:06 what we want to do. 28:08 And the same time President Trump's over here 28:09 beating and banging and hammering out 28:11 law and order. 28:13 That's his message. 28:14 He's preparing his campaign trail. 28:18 Now think about it, a world without law and order. 28:23 Think about it. FoxNews.com. 28:28 This is from Christianity Today. 28:30 Anybody familiar with that, yeah, Christianity Today? 28:34 You know what the Christianity Today is doing? 28:35 They're calling on churches, all churches to notice, 28:41 you know, to give back to what the damage 28:46 has been done over the years. 28:49 Reparations that right, that means compensation. 28:52 That means, something that's payable, 28:53 something that... 28:55 And it has to do with giving money to people 28:57 who have been through unnecessary things 29:00 because they say, you know what, 29:01 repentance is not enough. 29:06 I'm so thankful and grateful as I look in the Word of God 29:10 that repentance is enough to make heaven my home. 29:14 I don't have to try to pay back for the ungodly things 29:19 that maybe each of us have done in our life. 29:21 We've seen them come short to the glory of God. 29:23 You don't have to pay money. 29:26 But repentance in the Word of God 29:27 is good enough for Jesus but others 29:29 and that's just not enough right now. 29:32 Hmm, Christianity Today? 29:35 Food pantries dried up, unemployment skyrockets, 29:39 economy is just if is it can be, 29:42 band-aids applied, there may be no coming back. 29:45 Settle down, if you will in your little seat 29:47 and think all is going to be okay. 29:49 Our eyes need to be open. 29:50 What's going on? 29:52 Did you know, did you know that 29:55 racism is one of the things 29:57 that would explode just before Jesus comes? 30:03 It will explode. That's a sign. 30:07 And do we not see that today? 30:10 Now I'm not trying to pick somebody. 30:12 To me white is the color, black is the color, 30:14 green, and pink or whatever else is colors. 30:17 I believe that all men are created equal. 30:19 That's what God says. 30:21 Yeah, we all deserve the same equal rights 30:23 all over the place and some certainly 30:25 have been shorted in that area. 30:29 But we need to go about it the right way 30:31 based on the Word of God. 30:33 There's no doubt about it. 30:35 Nine Testimonies 207 says this, 30:38 "As time advances, race prejudices increases." 30:43 Will increase, what does that mean? 30:45 As time does what? 30:46 As time advances near the close of probation 30:50 and before Jesus comes, 30:52 we're going to see an uprise in racism. 30:56 I'm just saying today. 30:58 Not saying, we should... 30:59 I'm just simply saying, are we seeing it? 31:02 Okay, then that means, that to me, that's a sign. 31:07 I believe with all my heart, Black Lives Matter. 31:12 But the same time I say white lives matter, 31:15 pink lives matter, yellow lives matter. 31:17 You know what I'm talking about here? 31:18 Let's not be set back as a Christian and just say, 31:21 "This is the only life that matter." 31:23 Every life matters the same. 31:25 God is no respecter of persons, what the Bible says. 31:29 And we have no right to be respective of persons 31:32 because we're all equal in God's sight. 31:35 Some guys, say, "Well, I don't know 31:37 what it'll be up in heaven 31:38 if there'll be different races." 31:39 Then, you got to be kidding. The Bible says, what? 31:41 Every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, get used to it. 31:47 It's going to be that way. 31:49 There's nothing wrong with that. 31:53 That's exactly. Praise God! 31:55 I mean, it's all again based upon 31:57 what the Word of God says. 31:58 It's where we need to base our positional stance, 32:02 not upon what a Pacific outlawish 32:05 group of mongrels are doing. 32:07 Is that okay to say that? I get carried away. 32:10 Robert, is that okay to say that? 32:11 I get carried away sometime. 32:13 I just, that's the way I feel. 32:16 Not that God doesn't love them, that, we love them, 32:18 but to me, they're doing the wrong thing. 32:22 You can't do that. 32:24 You know, you can't loot and kill and destroy property. 32:28 Break into stores and loot stuff, Brother Mark. 32:31 Take your big cart up there to the door 32:33 and just start loading the big screen TVs, 32:35 knowing that the police is not going to come. 32:38 Man, there's some political stuff going on, 32:40 at least in my mind. 32:41 Why wouldn't the police come? 32:43 Why don't you go up in that town right now 32:45 and bust out a window? 32:49 They'll be there pretty quick. Don't you think? 32:52 Behold. 32:54 Do we have the police department? 32:55 Are they as aggravated as they are sometime? 32:59 But what a hell! 33:01 Well, if your heart quits beating, 33:04 or if you have a stroke, who do you gonna call? 33:07 We need. 33:10 It's a blessing from God to have this protection. 33:13 And say, just do away with it 33:14 'cause we don't want law and order anymore. 33:16 The same as the churches are saying today, 33:18 we don't worry about keeping God's law 33:19 anymore either. 33:21 We're free from all of that. Really? 33:24 That's why the world's in the shape 33:25 that is in my opinion. 33:29 Yeah, oh, it's... Oh. 33:32 Notice, it's a sign. 33:36 And it's also a sign to get out of the cities. 33:41 Now you're going to hear this over and over, 33:43 bless your heart. 33:46 No one gave the message, well, in 120 years the very same one, 33:49 is that right? 33:51 We might just hear it a week or two here, 33:52 but we need to get used to these things 33:55 because these are signs of the coming of Jesus 33:57 to bury your head in the sand is to, what, 34:00 to me, to death, you know, eternal. 34:03 Heaven is not going to be your home. 34:05 We have to take our head out, look around and say, 34:06 "Oh, Jesus said, this is what will be happening 34:10 just before He comes. 34:11 Oh, I need to be ready for that." 34:13 Get out of the cities. 34:14 Do you see why it's a good time to get out of the cities now? 34:19 And again, as my wife mentioned 34:20 being with that, that's another program 34:24 that we just made, move out of the cities now. 34:29 We talked about moving out, 34:30 but moving out now and give a lot of reasons 34:32 why we need to move out of the cities right now. 34:35 Let me just give you 34:36 one illustration in Letter 26, 1907. 34:40 "The instruction is still being given, 34:43 move out of the cities, 34:45 for a wickedness and corruption will increase 34:48 to such a degree that the very atmosphere," 34:51 notice that, "of the cities will seem to be polluted." 34:55 Other words, the air is polluted. 34:56 Where's the air really most polluted? 34:58 In the cities. 34:59 We're talking about just physically too. 35:00 Now because of crime and because of murder 35:02 and the stuff that goes on, death and killing, 35:05 robbery going on every day, we need not be in those places. 35:08 We need to be out. 35:10 And you know what? 35:11 I think because we're not doing our job. 35:13 This is just me personally, throw it out if you want to, 35:15 we're not doing the job that God has asked us to do. 35:17 And you know what? 35:19 The world is going to give this message, 35:21 just like we heard just the other night. 35:24 Not so-called Christian, not anything about it. 35:26 He said where we need to be, 35:28 we need to be out of the cities right now, 35:31 out of all, well, all pollution, 35:33 all the crime and the atmosphere 35:35 and the influence. 35:37 We are easily influenced. 35:39 You're influenced by the people 35:40 that you are around what's going on around you. 35:43 Some of the people probably went to protests, 35:45 just going to protest. 35:47 And all of a sudden they see these mongrels, 35:49 these different ones that were there 35:50 that were brutalizing, and they all of a sudden 35:52 found themselves right in the middle of it. 35:56 So what do you do? 35:57 What do you do with words that mean in Matthew 23, 36:00 "Your house is left unto you desolate"? 36:03 How about your house today? 36:04 How about your home? 36:08 Could it be that maybe it's left desolate? 36:11 Does Jesus still dwell in your home? 36:13 Does He still live in your heart? 36:14 Is He still a part of your life? 36:16 If not, maybe your house is left desolate. 36:20 Will He come back? 36:22 You know, if you invite Him, 36:23 I believe probation is still open, 36:26 and that He will gladly come back 36:28 if you ask Him to come back in 36:30 and kind of be Lord of your life. 36:33 What do we do with these words? 36:35 I mean, once you hear these words, 36:37 it's like, to me, 36:38 they just keep ringing in my ear all the time. 36:40 I kind of wish they would stop at times, 36:42 but they just keep ringing in my mind, 36:45 and they raise a lot more questions. 36:47 Maybe more questions than I have answers for. 36:50 And so I look in the Word of God. 36:53 As we mentioned, 36:54 Jesus spoke these words to the priest and the rulers. 36:58 He was warning them 36:59 that something big was about to happen, 37:01 just like we're doing right now. 37:05 Just like we're doing right now. 37:07 It's warning, but you know what? 37:09 It'd be typical, they'll hear it, 37:12 and they'll go away and say, 37:13 "Yeah, I heard it," but you'll do nothing about it. 37:17 Jesus said these things are going to happen. 37:23 He was describing 37:24 what would happen in a few years down the road. 37:27 And He's giving them a call for reformation, 37:31 for revival and reformation. 37:35 And they need to make a decision. 37:37 But as Jesus calling these things 37:39 were going to happen, a very, very interesting, 37:42 that, you know, Jerusalem would be destroyed 37:44 and the walls, 37:45 not one stone left upon the other, 37:47 we'll read that in a little bit of moment. 37:48 But notice this right there, all of a sudden 37:50 and one of the Jewish leaders and priest said, what? 37:52 The magnificent temple. 37:55 Jerusalem is magnificent. 37:56 It's strong and it's beautiful. 38:00 Jesus didn't say anything. 38:01 He just simply says, hey, notice this, Mark 13:2, 38:04 He said, "There shall not be left one stone," what? 38:08 "Upon another that shall not be thrown down." 38:11 Is that what happened? 38:13 Exactly what happened. 38:15 Jesus is telling us right now. 38:17 He's telling the same thing. 38:18 These things are going to come to pass just like this. 38:20 They're gonna be ready to quickly 38:22 but most won't be ready 38:23 because they come to church to play or to socialize, 38:26 or to sleep or do whatever. 38:30 That's one reason we come, we should stay home. 38:33 Now don't take offence by that, it either is true or it's not. 38:36 Is that right? 38:38 It either is true or it's not true. 38:40 We're doing no more. 38:41 Yeah, we're looking at these folks and saying, 38:43 "Oh, boy!" 38:44 If I was back then, then it wouldn't happen. 38:46 We're doing the same things today 38:47 only worse as far as I'm concerned. 38:51 Jesus explained 38:52 what would take place in their day 38:57 and also what would take place in our day too, notice those. 39:02 Those who are living 39:03 in the last scenes of Earth's history, 39:05 Jesus, I mean, surely repeat 39:07 somebody saying with me today, 39:08 "Man, this must be 39:10 the last scenes of Earth's history. 39:11 It's all leading up to exactly 39:14 what Bible prophecy said that it would." 39:16 It wasn't that way, maybe last month 39:18 or last year or two years ago, 39:20 but, man, sure it is right now. 39:24 To me it's worth looking at. 39:27 Jesus gave several signs as we will know in Matthew 24. 39:30 We won't go into all that right there. 39:32 But I want you to think with me. 39:34 What's going to take place? 39:36 He said there's going to be signs. 39:39 But He said, "There's going to be signs," 39:41 but then He turns around says, "But don't be deceived." 39:44 There's going to be signs, things are going to happen 39:45 but don't be deceived. 39:47 How? 39:48 He said, "These are just the beginning of sorrows," 39:52 or "just the beginning of the judgments." 39:54 If you're like I am, I've had enough already. 39:58 I like where to change, 39:59 get back a little more peaceful. 40:02 Not every day... 40:03 Someone said on news the other day, 40:05 "Things are changing seemed like every minute." 40:09 Since when have you lived in a time like this? 40:11 Since when have I lived in a time 40:12 that things are changing in just a matter of minutes? 40:15 You can turn the news on, you know, right here, 40:17 5 o'clock and then 9 o'clock or 10:00 again, 40:19 you turn it on again, it's almost all changed. 40:22 Some other kind of big events happen. 40:26 He told the Jews, "Don't be deceived." 40:28 This is just the beginning. 40:30 These messages worth to call the Jews to, what? 40:33 To repentance, to get ready. 40:36 This is exactly what we're talking about today. 40:38 Get ready, get ready. 40:43 Get rid of sin in our life, 40:45 be converted so Jesus can heal us. 40:48 He wants to heal us 40:50 so that heaven can be our home right now. 40:53 Now here's how 40:55 the Jews misinterpreted these signs. 40:59 They said these signs, 41:01 as they come to pass, 41:02 is simply is going to be a release from bondage. 41:06 We're going to be free. We're going to be released. 41:08 We've been in bondage and now we're going to be free. 41:10 People are saying we got freedom today! 41:12 We have no laws of land, we thrown them all out. 41:14 Don't anybody come into our little six-block territory. 41:18 People are carrying guns. 41:21 They mean business and nobody's messing with. 41:26 What's to stop it happening in another city, 41:29 and another city, and another? 41:31 Nothing unless something's done. 41:34 God knows. 41:37 They said we see these signs 41:38 and their tokens of our release from bondage. 41:41 Oh, it's good, but actually, 41:43 they were the signs of their destruction. 41:46 Did you get that? 41:48 These were actually signs of their destruction. 41:52 But they put another little meaning to it 41:53 so they don't have to worry about it. 41:57 Matthew 24: 9, 10, the Bible says this, 42:00 "Then shall they deliver you," what? 42:03 "They shall deliver you up," now notice it, pay attention, 42:07 "to be afflicted, and shall kill you. 42:10 And you shall be hated of all nations for," what? 42:13 "For my name's sake." 42:15 And then verse 10, says, 42:16 "And then shall many be offended, 42:19 and shall be," what? 42:20 "Betray one another, and shall hate one another." 42:25 Do you realize that's taking place right now, 42:27 just with what's going on the COVID-19 42:29 and what's taking place right now? 42:31 People are turning against people. 42:33 They're calling the police on them 42:35 because they're not staying six feet apart. 42:41 See, most people don't want to let... 42:43 This is what Jesus said was taking place then 42:46 and what will take place just before He comes. 42:48 People will be ratting on one another, 42:51 supposedly your friends. 42:52 Did that happen? Yes. 42:54 Is it happening right now? Yes. 42:57 Fathers against mothers may betray their children, 43:01 children betray the parents. 43:02 Is that what the Bible says? 43:04 Read it, Luke 21:16. 43:07 The time will come when the father 43:09 is going to turn against the son, 43:10 the mothers and the daughters and the children, 43:12 what, is going to turn against the parents. 43:14 It's not a time that we look forward to. 43:16 It's not nothing... 43:18 We don't even want to talk about it. 43:20 But we see, you say... 43:22 See, friends, turning on friends. 43:24 "Oh, I'm your friend." 43:25 Let a little pressure be applied, 43:26 and we'll see how friendly you are. 43:29 We love, oh, we love you, we love you. 43:31 Really? 43:37 Many were killed, many were persecuted, 43:40 Stephen and James and a lot of others now. 43:43 Let me take something quick to give you 43:44 an illustration here from the Vanderbilt COVID-19 43:47 website says this. 43:50 Remember, the Bible has already said it. 43:52 Prophecy has already predicted it. 43:55 And now the world is saying this, notice, 43:58 neighbors turning against neighbor. 44:02 People who have known each other for years 44:05 whose children have played together, 44:09 suddenly divided by rising cycles of suspicion, 44:13 hate, and violence. 44:17 From CBS8.com says this, 44:22 neighbors calling out other neighbors 44:25 for not following social distancing rules. 44:29 They call the police, 44:31 while others turn to the Internet, 44:33 where social distancing and shaming gets ugly. 44:38 See, these are some of the things, 44:40 we have to pay attention 44:41 because Jesus said this is what's going. 44:43 People are gonna turn on each other. 44:47 Give us a call, 44:48 might even give you a little reward. 44:50 Turn in your neighbor here, 44:52 you will make little extra money too. 44:53 Let us know what's happening from CNN.com. 44:57 There's only about eight, nine minutes or so left, 44:58 so stay with me. 45:00 . com. 45:03 This is very interesting. 45:06 In the summer of 2008, 45:09 an elderly psychic who claimed to be 45:13 started receiving premonitions at the age of 5 45:17 published a book of ominous prediction. 45:21 Now notice this what it says, "In around 20..." 45:24 Notice this, what it says in this prediction, 45:25 in this book in 2008, 45:27 that's 12 years before this happened. 45:33 Around 2020, a severe pneumonia like 45:37 illness will spread throughout the globe, 45:41 attacking the lungs, 45:45 and the bronchial tubes 45:47 and resisting all known treatment." 45:51 The author died in 2013 45:55 and her book just faded until the COVID-19. 46:01 And people begin to read that book and said, 46:02 "How did she know? 46:05 How did she know that that would take place?" 46:09 And they begin to devour that book. 46:11 CNN says people are paying several hundred dollars 46:14 for that book 46:15 when they forget it for a few dollars before. 46:18 But notice this was an elderly person 46:21 who was a psychic. 46:26 Did you get it, a psychic? 46:29 Interesting how the enemy has plans 46:33 and how he's involved with many things, 46:38 and how he leads others away. 46:39 He'll give you a little bit of information, 46:41 what he can bring about, 46:43 only to give you information 46:45 that we need and not listen to it. 46:48 It's against the truth of God's Word, 46:49 but you're in some kind of a trap. 46:53 Jesus said, in the last days, "Many false," what? 46:56 "Prophets shall arise and shall do," what? 46:58 "Shall deceive many." 47:01 Now if you're kind of feeling good today, 47:03 you'll say, "Well, that's not me." 47:04 You know what you ought to say, "That could very well be me." 47:07 I say that I'm bit careful. I don't trust myself. 47:11 I'm the person who trust yourself, 47:13 you're in trouble. 47:15 "The heart is deceitfully wicked 47:16 and who can know it?" 47:18 "Many false prophets shall arise, 47:20 deceive many." 47:22 Matthew 24:11. 47:24 Let me give you a quick definition of a psychic. 47:28 Psychic is one who's dealing with the mind, going beyond, 47:33 notice this, beyond natural or known physical process, 47:38 apparently sensitive to focus 47:42 beyond the physical world. 47:46 Maybe in the demon world. 47:49 God's warned us against this 47:51 and yet people will still do it. 47:53 Deuteronomy 18:10-12, 47:55 I'll just go through 47:57 very quickly here because of our time. 47:59 Gob says this, He warns us against, 48:01 and notice this, a witchcraft. 48:05 Wow. 48:08 An enchanter, one who deals with spiritualism. 48:13 Yeah, a charmer. 48:15 That's the person who ties knots, 48:18 the wearing of chords and knots, 48:21 eliminates a spell against evil. 48:24 This is still practiced in the East. 48:27 A consult or one who inquires of a medium specifically, 48:31 means departed spirits, contacting the dead, 48:35 and the Bible said, "The dead no, not anything." 48:39 So we have to leave what the Word of God said 48:41 because last day spiritualism 48:42 will be on the uprise and it is right now. 48:48 They'll be coming back with messages 48:50 from the call of the other side 48:52 and all you need is something 48:53 that you can't explain that 48:54 you will go for it if you don't know 48:56 what the truth is, 48:57 about what happens when you die. 48:59 It's very important. 49:01 Jesus said stay away from the wizards. 49:04 That's what means. 49:06 It's a person who claims to have wisdom 49:08 from other than human sources. 49:12 Necromancer, a consulter with the dead. 49:15 Man, I don't need that kind of information. 49:19 Here's what God thinks about that. 49:21 Oh, does it matter if we look into a crystal ball. 49:23 Yes, it does? 49:24 Does it matter if we do throw some cards 49:26 out there and try to find? 49:27 Yes, it does. 49:28 Does it matter if I just try to 49:30 want to contact my dead loved one? 49:31 Yes, it does matter 49:33 because what you'll be contacting 49:34 and just put it back to the point, 49:37 you'll be contacting the enemy, the devil, the evil spirits. 49:40 There's good spirits and there are evil spirits 49:43 that's gone out into the world, the Bible said. 49:46 Here's how God thinks about those who use these things. 49:49 Deuteronomy 18:12, He said, 49:51 "All that do these things 49:53 are an abomination unto the Lord." 49:56 See, we can read that and we'll still go right 49:58 and we still do what we want to do. 50:02 When is the Word of God 50:04 gonna be implanted in our heart, 50:05 in our mind enough to say, "You know what, 50:06 God said this is an abomination"? 50:08 I may not be able to explain it. 50:10 I mean, I don't understand it all. 50:11 But God said it is, and I believe it, 50:13 and I'm claiming it and that's what 50:15 I'm going to do by the grace of God. 50:18 This covers a false prophet, Deuteronomy 18:20, says, 50:22 "But the Prophet which shall presume 50:24 to speak a word in My name, 50:26 which I have not commanded him to speak, 50:29 or shall speak in the name of other gods, 50:32 even that prophet shall die." 50:35 The true prophet, when they speak something, 50:37 it comes to pass. 50:39 They don't come to pass, they're not a true prophet. 50:43 Jesus said, "When ye see these things come to pass, 50:45 know that the kingdom of God is," where? 50:48 "At hand," Luke 21:31. 50:51 Things that we're just talking about, 50:53 and going over and just barely hitting the top 50:54 over here right now, the kingdom of God is at hand. 50:59 So the Bible says to us, we need to take heed. 51:03 We need to watch and we need to pray. 51:06 Mark 13:33, "Pray," Why? 51:09 'Cause you know not what time it is. 51:11 We don't know 51:13 where it's at in Earth's history. 51:14 It seems to be coming right down 51:15 to the end of the wire. 51:17 Remember the things that we have to do for God, 51:19 we need to do them very, what? 51:21 Very quickly right now because darkness 51:23 is going to come when no man can work. 51:25 We think we're going to set back in the hammer 51:27 and just rock and roll right down into heaven. 51:29 You better think again. 51:31 It's going to be a real struggle. 51:32 It's going to be a real effort even by the grace of God. 51:35 We have to put every fiber 51:36 of our being into that, and say, 51:38 "God help me with this here or I'm not going to make it." 51:41 You're no match for the enemy, 51:42 but Jesus has already outmatched him. 51:45 We're more than conquerors through Jesus Christ, 51:47 but we're losers without Him. 51:49 No one's going to enter the gates 51:50 to the New Jerusalem 51:52 without Jesus as their Lord and Savior. 51:53 None of us. 51:55 We've all sinned, we've all come short 51:56 of the glory of God. 51:57 There's none good, no, not one. 52:00 We're in this boat that's sinking down, 52:01 my brothers and sisters, we need the life raft, 52:04 we need Jesus wrapped around us right now. 52:07 When you see these things come to pass, 52:09 know the kingdom of God is, what, is nigh at hand. 52:14 And for the Doubting Thomas, last couple of minutes there, 52:17 the Word of God is clear. 52:19 Those who had faith, 52:22 that the warnings that were given in times pass, 52:24 the Bible's clear, warnings were given to things 52:26 that were going to take place in times pass. 52:28 When they operated, the righteous operated 52:31 by faith of the coming judgments, 52:34 God did, what? 52:35 They escaped. 52:37 God's people escape the judgment. 52:40 Saved when they obeyed what God said to do, 52:42 while the judgments fell on the disobedient 52:45 and the unbelieving. 52:47 We can talk about it. 52:49 We won't have time but, well, good one is, 52:50 now we'll talk about that next time. 52:52 In Genesis 7:1, "The Lord God said Noah, 52:56 'Come thou and all thy house into the ark, 52:58 for I've seen righteous before this generation.'" 53:01 What does God see 53:03 when He looks at you and me today? 53:05 What does He see? 53:07 He sees you at home, He sees you in the dark. 53:09 He sees everything that you do. He sees... 53:11 He knows all the thoughts and the intents of the heart. 53:14 You might be professing something 53:16 that no one here knows it. 53:17 But God does. 53:20 When will we get rid of those things 53:22 that have been separating us from God? 53:24 When we look at the signs of the times and, then, 53:27 you know what's going on in the world today, 53:30 and say, "Surely, Jesus is about ready to come, 53:33 surely things are going to burst loose, 53:35 even more so than they are right now." 53:38 More so. 53:40 Will you be able to stand it? 53:41 Well, maybe we need more of the Holy Spirit, 53:43 more Holy Spirit power that we might make it 53:46 through the time of trouble. 53:47 We need the Latter Rain experience. 53:49 We need victory over sin. 53:51 We need to be confessing our sins 53:53 because He's faithful and just to forgive us 53:54 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 53:57 We need to be building a spiritual ark 54:02 by the grace of God 54:05 and keep our sight on the mission 54:06 of why we're here. 54:08 It's to warn the world. 54:10 Be prepared for soon coming Jesus. 54:12 I want to pray for, just before we close 54:13 in the last 30 seconds or so, 54:16 and I ask you guys to pray for us. 54:17 We need it here at Behold the Lamb. 54:19 Let's pray together, 54:20 show what the Holy Spirit will help us make choices 54:22 and decisions that we need to make right now. 54:24 Merciful Father in heaven, 54:26 we thank You for Your love and Your mercy. 54:27 Thank You for Your word. 54:28 We pray You've taken this terrible mess that 54:30 I've made with it, put it straight, 54:32 right in the ears and hearts, and eyes of your children. 54:34 Thank You for hearing, thank You for answering, 54:36 thank You for those who have made that decision 54:37 for You in Jesus' name. 54:39 Amen. 54:41 We've enjoyed spending this time with you. 54:42 Thank you for your cards, your letters, your support. 54:44 God bless you, and we look forward 54:46 to seeing you next time. 54:49 Hello and welcome back, friends. 54:51 I pray that as Pastor Kenny presented current events 54:55 and brought out the question of your home 54:58 being found desolate of the Lord 55:00 that you have just decided in your heart 55:02 and your mind, to search your heart, 55:06 to seek, to make amends of all your shortcomings, 55:10 and I hope and pray that 55:12 it is given you a desire to prepare to meet our Lord 55:16 and Savior Jesus Christ. 55:18 He is someday coming and He's going to split open 55:21 that eastern sky to redeem His children. 55:24 And we want you to be in that number. 55:25 He's going to redeem us from this world, 55:28 a world that has chosen wickedness over righteousness. 55:32 And we've just seen riots 55:34 and destruction in all of America 55:37 that has spread all across the world 55:39 as never before in our lifetime. 55:41 Desolate. 55:43 Desolate was the name of today's message. 55:45 And certainly we do not want you 55:47 to be found desolate as you continue to draw ever 55:51 so near to Christ in preparation to meet Him 55:54 in the clouds of glory. 55:56 You know, I've read that these times 55:58 that we're going 55:59 in that one of our daily prayers 56:01 needs to be Lord, 56:03 Lord prepares for the time ahead. 56:06 Ask Him what you need to do in your heart, in your home, 56:10 where you need to live, 56:11 with all of the things that Pastor Kenny 56:13 even spoke about in the message today. 56:16 You know, putting everything on the altar for Him 56:18 and so that He can direct you 56:20 when is the right time to maybe relinquish, 56:24 to maybe change, to maybe move. 56:26 A lot of people are wondering about that, 56:28 God has the answer for you. 56:31 I hope you'd like to have this message on DVD. 56:34 We're making this message available to you 56:37 for a love gift of just $8 or more. 56:39 We'll be so happy to send it out to you. 56:42 Once again, the title is Desolate, 56:45 and you can have it 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