Participants: Steve Wohlberg
Series Code: HVT
Program Code: HVT000032A
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00:09 The book of Revelation talks about seven last plagues
00:11 that will soon be poured out upon the world. 00:14 What are they really all about? 00:16 That's our topic on His Voice Today. 00:22 Welcome to another His Voice Today 00:25 with Steve Wohlberg. 00:30 "Armageddon and the Seven Last Plagues" 00:31 that's our subject. 00:33 Revelation chapter 16 describes seven final terrible plagues 00:38 that will be poured out upon the world 00:40 right before the second coming of Jesus Christ, 00:43 what is this all about, you'll find out as we move in 00:47 from the Bible. 00:49 If you've got a Bible, open up to Revelation 16 00:52 verse 1... this is what we read. 01:08 The voice from heaven said, "Go... " 01:12 "Go your ways, and pour out the wrath of God. " 01:16 Somebody once said... we often complain 01:19 that we don't get what we want 01:21 but we should all be thankful 01:22 that none of us has yet received what we deserve 01:26 and the reality is that this world is heading for trouble 01:31 and this world deserves... deserves a lot of justice... 01:36 because God has been giving mercy for so long... 01:41 so long... for thousands of years... 01:44 and yet people have just spurned His love, 01:47 despised His mercy and have had no interest 01:51 in His... in His royal plan of salvation 01:54 and so, because of God's mercy 01:58 the plagues have not yet been poured out 02:01 this voice has not yet been heard... up in heaven 02:04 saying to the angels, "Go your ways... " 02:06 I heard a story once about a university professor, 02:09 he was an Atheist... he despised God... 02:12 he didn't believe in the Bible, he didn't believe in Jesus 02:15 and one day, he looked at his class 02:17 and he said, "Students... " 02:18 he said, "I am going to prove to you 02:20 that there is no God... 02:22 the idea of God is just a... a myth, 02:24 it's just a fiction in people's imaginations... " 02:26 and he said, "What I'm going to do is this, 02:28 I've got a stopwatch here and I'm going to push my button 02:31 and it's going to count out 60 seconds... " 02:32 and when those... during those 60 seconds... " 02:34 he said, "I'm going to swear... 02:36 I'm going to blaspheme, I'm going to curse... 02:37 nobody who is up there... I'm going to curse God... 02:40 and I'm going to challenge Him and say, 02:42 'God, if you're really there, strike me dead 02:44 and prove that you exist'" and he said, 02:46 "Students, you just watch, nothing will happen 02:48 because there is no God... " 02:50 so, all the students held their breaths, 02:52 and the university professor pushed his button 02:57 and for the next 60 seconds... this man mocked and screamed 03:00 and ranted and raved 03:01 and said everything he could think of against God... 03:04 and he challenged Him... "and if you're really there, 03:06 strike me dead and prove that you exist. " 03:09 Well, at the end of 60 seconds, guess what happened? 03:12 Not a thing... silence from heaven... 03:15 and so, the man looked at his class 03:18 and he said, "You see... " he said, "there's no God... " 03:20 Well, most his students were just... 03:23 pretty shocked by all of this 03:25 but in the back of the class, there were two Christians... 03:28 two Christian boys... and they got into a little... 03:31 quiet conversation about what they had just seen 03:35 and one of them said to the other, 03:37 he said, "That fool, that fool, 03:39 he thinks he can wear out the patience of God 03:43 in only 60 seconds... " 03:44 those students obviously knew their Bibles, 03:49 because the Bible says that God is extremely merciful... 03:53 He's patient... He's longsuffering... 03:56 He's full of forgiveness and compassion 03:58 and for thousands of years, 04:00 God has been putting up with an awful lot 04:02 and He's putting up with a lot now, 04:03 all kinds of crime and horror and sin and darkness 04:07 and evil... and just... open rebellion against His Word, 04:12 His love, His law and His authority 04:14 and He's continuing to be patient 04:16 but Revelation chapter 16 tells us 04:19 that one of these days 04:21 God's patience is finally going to run out. 04:24 After the Mark of the Beast is enforced 04:26 and everybody makes their final choice 04:29 and sadly the majority of the world 04:31 choose the beast instead of the Lord, 04:34 then, finally, after so many years, 04:37 finally, the voice of God is going to be heard 04:41 up in the heavens to His Holy Angels, 04:45 and that voice will say, "Go, go your ways... 04:53 and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth" 04:57 and so, at that point the seven last plagues will begin. 05:02 Verse 2 says, "And the first went, 05:05 and he poured out his vial upon the earth; 05:09 and there fell a noisome and grievous sore 05:13 upon the men which had the mark of the beast, 05:17 and upon them which worshipped his image. " 05:20 Strange sores are going to appear on people's bodies, 05:24 they're not going to be measles 05:25 they're not going to be chickenpox 05:28 they're not going to be normal rashes 05:30 that people get these days, 05:32 it's not going to be a form of skin cancer or melanoma, 05:35 this is going to be a supernatural judgment 05:38 I'm sure it's going to be picked up by all the major networks 05:41 like CBS, NBC, CNN... 05:44 they're going to be doing cover stories 05:46 on these strange... these strange boils and sores 05:49 that are suddenly showing up on people's bodies, 05:52 the media won't know what is happening 05:55 but those of us who know our Bibles... 05:58 we will know that the plagues have begun. 06:02 Now, notice, when you look at verse 2... 06:06 it says that this sore comes 06:08 upon those that get the Mark of the Beast... 06:11 in our previous "His Voice Today" program 06:14 we spent a whole... whole section 06:16 talking about the Mark of the Beast, 06:18 we've actually been building up, we've had a whole host of 06:21 of programs... dealing with the issues 06:23 of what the Mark of the Beast is... 06:26 what it's going to be like when it's enforced, 06:28 who the beast is, et cetera... 06:30 we're not going to go over all of that again, 06:32 if you missed those programs and you want to watch them, 06:36 just go to YouTube. com forward slash, whitehorse media 06:40 but now I want to make the point 06:41 that the seven plagues... the seven last plagues... 06:45 the first plague only falls 06:47 on those that get the Mark of the Beast, 06:49 now there's a theory that's out there 06:51 that says that Christians... 06:53 that true Christians... that the Church... 06:54 is not going to go through that final time 06:56 that God's going to get us out of here, 06:58 before that time comes, personally, I don't believe that 07:01 I believe that God's church is going to be here 07:04 all the way to the end... 07:05 but I believe that God's true and faithful people 07:08 will be protected from these plagues. 07:11 Verse 2 says that the... 07:13 the first plague comes upon those that get the mark 07:15 but not everybody is going to get the mark, 07:18 if you go back to chapter 15 and verse 2, 07:20 the bible says, 07:34 So, this verse tells us that God's going to have people 07:38 that had the victory over the beast 07:40 and over the image and over the mark, 07:41 they're not "Mark of the Beast getters" 07:43 and so they are not "plague receivers" 07:45 it's very significant when you look at the seven last plagues 07:48 in Revelation chapter 16 and you compare them 07:52 to the ten plagues that fell upon the Egyptians 07:56 in the days of Moses, those plagues are very similar 08:00 there were boils in both, 08:01 there is water turning to blood in both... 08:04 there is darkness in both... there is hail in both... 08:08 and if we go back to the days of ancient Egypt, 08:11 where were the Israelites, where were God's people? 08:13 Did God get them out of Egypt 08:15 and deliver them from Egypt before the plagues fell 08:18 or did He protect them while the plagues fell? 08:23 The latter answer... that's the truth... 08:27 when you read Exodus chapter 6, 7, 8, 9, 08:30 10, 11, 12... that whole section... 08:32 you discover that the Israelites 08:35 were right there in Egypt but they were protected 08:38 plague after plague after plague because they were on Lord's side 08:44 and it's the same with the end of the world, 08:47 when the Mark of the Beast is enforced 08:49 and multitudes choose to go along with it, 08:52 God's going to have a people who stand up, 08:54 who say, "No, I'm not going along with this... " 08:56 by the grace of Jesus Christ, 08:58 they get the victory over the beast, 09:00 over the image and over the mark 09:02 and so, when the plagues begin to fall, 09:04 the plagues don't fall on those who get the victory... 09:07 they only fall upon those who receive the mark, 09:12 so that's plague number 1, 09:14 is boils on those who get the mark, 09:17 number 2 is found in verse 3, "the second angel... 09:29 The third plague is similar in verse 4, 09:39 So, the ocean... at least part of the ocean turns to blood 09:43 and the rivers turn to blood 09:44 and I can imagine people turning on their faucets 09:48 in their houses to get a glass of water 09:50 and this strange smelly red liquid 09:54 comes right out of the faucet, 09:56 no doubt the water tables will be affected as well, 10:00 and the wells and the rivers all around the world... 10:03 people are going to be looking 10:05 at this strange red liquid substance 10:08 seeping out of their pipes in their own homes 10:13 and they're going to see the same thing in the rivers 10:15 and out in the ocean... and I have a conviction 10:20 that when that time comes, people are going to finally... 10:23 it's going to dawn on them one by one 10:24 what's really happening that those who have stood up for God 10:29 and for Jesus and chosen not to get the Mark of the Beast, 10:32 they were right... they were right, 10:34 and the rest of the world is wrong 10:36 and now God is sending... 10:38 He's sending His judgments upon the world 10:40 and I think there is going to be a whole host of people 10:43 that are going to start feeling their need 10:44 for the blood of Jesus Christ, 10:47 for the cleansing blood of Christ 10:49 but by that time... it won't be available... 10:51 just like in the days of Noah... 10:52 when Noah finally entered the Ark and the door closed... 10:55 that was it... Noah and his family were inside 10:58 and the rest of the world was outside 11:00 and even when the water began to come down 11:02 and people changed their minds and people started realizing 11:05 that they should have listened to Noah... 11:07 they should have believed his preaching... 11:09 they should have gotten in the Ark... 11:10 and they started banging on the door, 11:12 by that time... it was too late... 11:14 too late... and it's the same thing here 11:17 in Revelation 16... when these... 11:18 when this voice says, "Go... " to the angels... 11:21 and the first plague hits and the second plague hits 11:24 and the third plague hits it's too late... 11:27 for people to change their minds... 11:30 and to choose to come back to God... 11:33 in verse 7 we have plague number 4, 11:36 "I heard... " I'm sorry it's in verse 8, 11:39 verse 8 said: 12:01 So, plague number 1 is boils on those that get the mark, 12:05 plague number 2... is the ocean... 12:07 at least part of the ocean turns to blood, 12:09 plague number 3... 12:10 is the rivers and fountains of water turned to blood... 12:13 and plague number 4... is that the sun 12:16 is given power to scorch men with fire. 12:19 Fire... in the New Testament... is represented sometimes 12:25 as a symbol of the Holy Spirit, 12:28 on the Day of Pentecost, 12:29 the disciples received the Holy Spirit 12:32 and the evidence of that was that they had 12:34 little tongues of fire that appeared on their heads. 12:38 Fire is often used to represent the Holy Spirit 12:44 and when you keep reading about this fourth plague, 12:47 it tells us that once people 12:50 are getting scorched with this fire, 12:52 it says that they will finally repent not... to give him glory 12:56 to give God glory... now why don't they repent? 12:58 You would think that when boils are happening 13:00 and water is turning to blood and water tables 13:02 and rivers are turning to blood, you would think that 13:06 and after the sun starts scorching people, 13:08 they would wake up and they would be 13:10 wanting to repent in droves, 13:11 but as I said, by this time it's going to be too late 13:16 and the reason why they don't repent, 13:19 is really because they can't repent, 13:22 they're not able to repent and the reason is 13:25 because the only way that anybody can repent of their sins 13:29 is if God supernaturally moves upon their hearts 13:33 and brings them to repentance 13:35 and that's what He does through the Holy Spirit. 13:38 If we don't have the Holy Spirit in our lives, 13:41 then it's impossible to repent 13:42 and the fact that people around the world 13:45 are getting scorched with fire and they're not repenting... 13:48 this gives us a very clear lesson, 13:51 a clear message that the Holy Spirit 13:54 by this time has been completely withdrawn from the earth, 13:59 they can't repent because there is no Holy Spirit 14:02 to bring them to repentance 14:04 they have resisted all of His pleadings, 14:06 all of His striving... like it says in Genesis 6:3 14:10 in the days of Noah, God said, 14:11 "My Spirit will not always strive with man" 14:14 God strove with man for 120 years 14:17 until finally Noah entered the Ark and the door closed 14:20 and then the water came down and that was it, 14:22 when the door closed... that was it... 14:25 and when the voice is heard in heaven, 14:27 "Go" to the angels... that's it 14:29 and if we haven't responded to the Holy Spirit by then, 14:33 it will be too late... so now is the time 14:37 Hebrews... the book of Hebrews says, 14:39 "Today is the day of salvation" 14:41 let's not put off our response to the Lord, 14:45 we don't want to... we don't want to wake up 14:47 during the time of the seven last plagues 14:49 and realize that it's too late. 14:52 Verse 10 says, 15:05 and they repented not to give him glory... 15:10 they repented not of their deeds... " 15:13 same thing... again, God is telling us 15:16 from these verses 15:17 that during the time of the seven last plagues, 15:19 it's impossible to repent because the Holy Spirit... 15:22 the Holy Spirit is gone... 15:24 and when I think about darkness, 15:25 falling upon the seat of the beast, 15:27 I'm sure that is going to be picked up 15:28 by all the major news networks and people are going to be aware 15:32 of who the beast really is 15:33 that we talked about in a previous program 15:36 and I believe the reason why God sends darkness upon the seat 15:39 the seat of the government of the beast 15:42 is because the beast has brought traditions and false doctrines 15:47 into God's world and has... has spread... 15:52 the beast has spread these doctrines all over planet earth. 15:56 It reminds me of a verse in Psalm 119 verse 105 16:00 where the Bible says, "Your word is a lamp to my feet, 16:05 and a light to my path. " 16:08 God's Word is the source of our light and of our information 16:13 and if we reject God's Word the result is darkness 16:16 and the world will continue to reject God's Word 16:19 on a wide scale... globally... 16:22 until finally, God withdraws His Spirit... 16:24 He withdraws His light... He sends His plagues... 16:27 He basically says, "my patience has worn out, 16:29 I've been so loving and so patient 16:32 and so merciful for so long 16:33 but you have chosen the beast... you have chosen the Mark... 16:36 you've chosen to go against... against God... 16:39 and now, only justice remains. " 16:43 And that justice will be poured out in those plagues. 16:49 Back to Revelation 16, verse 12 16:54 concerning the 6th plague 16:57 it says: 17:08 I've heard people say, this is their opinion 17:11 that the great river Euphrates that dries up 17:14 in the sixth plague is the literal river Euphrates 17:17 over in the Middle East that flows through modern Iraq... 17:20 but there's more to this than meets the eye, 17:23 when you look back in... 17:24 we'll actually go forward to chapter 17, 17:26 we read about Babylon... Mystery Babylon... 17:28 and it says in verse 1, that 17:31 "mystery Babylon is sitting upon many waters" 17:33 in the Old Testament there was a literal city of Babylon 17:36 that sat upon a literal River Euphrates, 17:38 in the book of Revelation, there's another mystery Babylon 17:41 and she's a woman who sits upon many waters, 17:44 she sits upon the mystical waters of the river Euphrates 17:48 and what do these waters represent? 17:50 In verse 15... we don't have to guess... 17:53 Revelation 17:15... "the angel said to John, 18:05 And the waters of Euphrates represent 18:08 all the people who support mystery Babylon 18:13 and the beast and the false teachings 18:15 that are belting the world right now 18:18 that are leading away 18:19 from the simple pure truth of the Word of God. 18:22 We don't want to be among that group, 18:25 we've got to be willing to stand up for our Lord 18:28 and for what's right... and for Jesus... no matter what. 18:32 Back to chapter 16, verse 13, 18:43 Now this is interesting, first of all there are... 18:46 there are three of them... three unclean spirits like frogs 18:51 when you look at Revelation 16, 18:53 the three unclean spirits like frogs 18:56 represent the global forces of Babylon 18:58 and the forces of deception 18:59 and those forces are in contrast with the three angels' messages 19:04 that are found in chapter 14 verses 6 to 12, 19:08 Revelation 14:6 to 12 contains the message of three angels 19:12 warning about the beast, 19:14 warning about the image and warning about the Mark 19:16 and those who choose to follow the three angels, 19:19 they take us down on God's side 19:22 and then when the plagues are poured out, 19:24 they don't get those plagues 19:25 but those that reject the three angels 19:28 and choose the beast and the Mark... 19:31 they eventually will be further invaded 19:34 by the three unclean spirits 19:37 like frogs that go out around the world. 19:41 Frogs were also one of the plagues of Egypt... 19:44 was one of the ten plagues 19:46 but the Israelites were protected from the frogs 19:48 and God wants to protect us from the frogs... 19:50 the frog-like spirits as well. 19:53 These frogs come out of... 19:55 these spirits come out of the mouth of the dragon, 19:57 out of the mouth of the beast 19:58 and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 20:01 Verse 14 says, "they are the spirits of devils 20:03 and they go out and work miracles, 20:06 which go forth to the kings of the earth 20:08 and the whole world, to gather them to the battle 20:11 of the great day of God Almighty. " 20:13 This is Satan's last burst of demonic darkness 20:17 to gather the world to completely and fully 20:20 be under his control and to be on the devil's side 20:25 when Armageddon finally hits. 20:27 Verse 15... Jesus gives a warning and He says, 20:41 Jesus Himself inserts 20:43 a line right here... right before Armageddon, 20:47 verse 16 says: 20:52 And in verse 15, Jesus is warning His people 20:55 in advance how to be on His side 20:58 not on the devil's side when the final battle hits 21:01 and the way to be on His side is to be watching... 21:03 doesn't mean to watch a lot of television programs, 21:06 it means to be watching out for deception 21:09 and for Satan's subtleties. 21:12 Jesus also told Peter, 21:14 he said, "Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation" 21:17 we need to watch and we need to keep our garments 21:19 which represent the garments of Christ's righteousness 21:22 not our own garments, we need Jesus' righteousness, 21:24 His white robe to cloth us 21:27 and we need to hold on to those garments 21:29 and keep them so that we don't lose them 21:32 and walk naked and be ashamed... and Armageddon... 21:36 verse 16 again talks about that word, "Armageddon" 21:40 now what is Armageddon really all about? 21:41 Amazingly, the word, "Armageddon" 21:43 is only used one time in the Bible, 21:45 it's not used in any other place, 21:47 it's only one time and when you read the context 21:50 it does not say that it's just a Middle East battle 21:53 but it tells us clearly that it's a global battle 21:56 between God and the global forces of Babylon 21:59 at the very end of time. 22:01 When you read the context, verse 14 says, 22:06 "it is the battle of the great day of God Almighty. " 22:09 Verse 17 says: 23:33 So those are the seven plagues 23:35 number one is boils on those that get the Mark... 23:39 number two... ocean turns to blood, 23:40 number three... 23:42 waters and rivers and fountains turn to blood 23:45 number four... we have the sun scorching people with fire, 23:48 number five... we have darkness upon the seat of the beast, 23:51 number six... the waters of the great river Euphrates 23:56 dry up which means 23:57 that the people that support Babylon, 23:59 they realize, finally, that they have been deceived 24:01 and their support dries up for Babylon 24:05 and they realize that they have made a huge and terrible mistake 24:08 this prepares the way 24:12 for the final global gathering of the devil... 24:16 gathering all of his masses who have made a mistake 24:20 but who have no Holy Spirit left in their hearts 24:24 to bring them to repentance 24:25 and bring them back on to God's side. 24:27 "He gathers them all together for the great day 24:29 of the battle of Armageddon" 24:31 and the word "Armageddon" literally means 24:34 "mountain of slaughter" 24:36 referring to the global mountain of the devil's government 24:39 that comes crashing down during the 7th plague 24:44 when the islands sink... the mountains disappear... 24:48 the cities of the nations crumble 24:50 and all around the world 24:51 human beings who've chosen sin and Satan 24:56 and Babylon and deception 24:57 finally realize... to their horror what they have done 25:02 and prior to all of this Jesus gives us the warning 25:06 to watch out and to keep our garments. 25:09 I heard a story once about two men 25:11 that decided to take a river ride 25:14 and they got into a little boat, they had two life jackets, 25:17 they got into the boat and they went down the river, 25:19 one of the men decided to put his life jacket on 25:22 the other one put it on the seat next to him and said, 25:25 "I'll put it on later if I need it" 25:27 and as they were going down the river, 25:30 they went around the turn and ran into some unexpected rapids 25:33 the boat turned over and the two men went into the water, 25:36 the man that had put the life jacket on 25:39 before the boat ride began, he popped up... 25:41 he swam ashore 25:43 but the one who decided, "I'll put it on later... " 25:45 he went down and he never did come back up... 25:48 never did come up... 25:50 and that impresses me that we need to put on the garments 25:53 of Jesus Christ's righteousness now... 25:56 we can't afford to wait until the crisis 25:58 because when the crisis comes... 25:59 when the plagues start falling, it's too late 26:02 now is the time for us to choose Jesus, 26:04 now is the time for us to put on the armour 26:06 and put on His robe of righteousness, 26:08 to follow the Word of God, to walk with the Holy Spirit, 26:11 to follow Jesus and to be cleansed in His blood 26:15 because when the final crisis hits, 26:17 and when the plagues fall 26:19 and Armageddon decimates the world by that time, 26:22 it will too late. 26:23 Jesus said in verse 15... 26:33 May God help us to be on Jesus' side 26:35 and to put on our life jackets now. 26:38 You have just heard His Voice Today. 26:41 We hope you've enjoyed this timely message 26:44 from Pastor Steve Wohlberg and we want you to know 26:46 that White Horse Media is deeply committed 26:49 to bringing you many more simple messages 26:51 straight from the Bible designed to educate the mind, 26:54 inspire the heart and help bring our Viewers 26:57 and their families closer to God. 26:59 To learn more about White Horse Media, 27:01 or to watch more of Pastor Steve's 27:03 television programs online, 27:04 including his powerful new series of two-minute talks, 27:08 visit: hisvoicetoday. com 27:10 that's: hisvoicetoday. com 27:13 If you have any prayer requests, you can e-mail them to us 27:16 at: prayerrequests@hisvoicetoday .com 27:19 If you would like a free copy of Steve Wohlberg's audio CD, 27:23 "Behold the White Horse" 27:24 you can call us at: 1-800-78-BIBLE 27:28 that's: 1-800-78-BIBLE 27:31 We hope you will join us next time 27:33 for another inspiring His Voice Today presentation 27:36 with Steve Wohlberg. 27:38 Today we have a special offer called: 27:40 "The Time is at Hand Information Packet. 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