in your mind's eye picture a man a diligent father worn out from a job that leaves him with little to nothing for his labors his brow is heavy with worry as he comes home to see once again his hungry children he can't do anything to fill their bellies because there simply is no money left his job is putting pressure on him to make a choice take the mark will continue to suffer and the pressure mounts as his resolve slowly suffocates in the vice of the only looming choice that seems to make any sense when you
accept the mark you'll make more than enough money to sustain your family what kind of father are you but you see this father knows that this Blasphemous pack comes with a promise of Eternal damnation s separating him once and for all from the god of creation it also sets a standard for his children who will undoubtedly do as he has done and give their souls in exchange for the world's Comforts the only other choice is to cling to his faith and forsake the Comforts that the mark of the beast will offer the Antichrist will tempt
people to take his Mark and say it will bring stability in security but every time this man considers taking this Mark somewhere in the back of his mind he hears God's voice for the 13th chapter of Revelation everyone rich or poor free or enslaved will receive a mark in their right hand or on their forehead and without the mark the name of the Beast or his name's number no man can buy anything it's a clear choice black and white but the consequences are incredibly dire in your minds I picture a woman a mother who sits
on bent knee in front of her young Starving Children their hopeless crying reaches into the deepest part of her heart and soul making her far weaker than the lack of food hunger and the innate desire to live and to see her children live is what keeps her going and her mind she thinks if I just submit and take the name or the number in my right hand or forehead they said they would give us everything we need to live but then she hears the voice the Hopeless man heard on the other side of the world
with a similar message will it really be worth it to gain everything in the world while losing your very Soul those words from Matthew 26 make her rise is a little higher physically and spiritually she makes up in her mind and heart she will instead stand firm in her faith and trust in the faithfulness of the god of the Bible there will be many who will give in to the beast in the seductive Whispers of a richer Fuller life once they take the mark but are the dire consequences really worth it according to the Book
of Revelation the smoke of their torment Rises forever and ever those who worship the beast in His image take the mark of his name and will never have any rest night or day for eternity they will watch as eternity stretches out before them with no end in sight a yawning Chasm of regret and anguish traded for a few years of richness In the Flesh at the other end of the spectrum are those who stood steadfast in their faith even in the darkness of horrible times and persecution Revelation 12 verse 11 describes them and how they
overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony because they didn't love their lives more than their Eternal Soul the road will be hard and uncertain but if they persevere and refuse the Blasphemous Mark there their salvation will appear as a beacon of light in a world otherwise consumed with Darkness eternity will be the reward for turning against the Beast and all of his temporary riches and Comforts what choice would you make if you're a father who turned up to work one day and you're told we can't pay you unless you
have the mark of the beast what would you do or how about if you're a mother who'd just given birth and the nurse said you can't have any diapers clothes formula milk nothing unless you've got the mark the harsh reality is there will be more people that will accept the mark of the beast than those who rejected Everyone likes to think that if they were given the choice to pledge allegiance to the Antichrist or reject him and lose their life a lot of people are biased in their thinking and assume they would refuse the mark
of the beast I don't need that but what happens when the Antichrist comes up with a system whereby you can't own a house without the mark you can't go to the supermarket and buy anything unless you've got the mark you can't travel in a car on a public transport nothing without the mark this is when people will feel the pressure to pledge allegiance to the man of sin but before we dive any further I want to begin by reminding you of two Bible verses that underpin everything I'm going to say today the first is Matthew
7: 13 and 14 which says enter through the narrow gate for wide is the gate and Broad is the road that leads to destruction and many enter through it but small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life and only a a few find it the second verse is Matthew 7 verse 21-23 which says not everyone who says to me Lord Lord shall enter the kingdom of heaven but he who does the will of my Father in Heaven many will say to me in that day Lord Lord have we not prophesied your
name cast out demons in your name and done many wonders in your name and then I will declare to them I never knew you depart from me you who practice lawlessness note how the Bible says many once again meaning the majority will say Lord Lord but Jesus will respond saying I never knew you depart from me so twice in the Bible we're told that the majority will either choose evil or end up in Eternal damnation and so with this understanding let's talk about the mark of the beast according to the Bible there will come a
time when the Antichrist will establish a global regime and it will enforce a system whereby everyone small or great rich or poor free men and slaves everyone will be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead signifying allegiance to the Beast and without this Mark on your forehead or right hand no one will be able to buy or sell the Mark will be the name of the Beast or the number of its name we don't know whether this Mark will be a physical chip that's implanted under your skin we don't know if
it's something digital we don't know whether it will be a barcode that people have to accept but what we do know is that a lot of people will certainly accept the mark and the simple reason for this is that the Antichrist will make it so difficult to live life without the mark imagine these scenarios all of the major institutions in the world Banks and hospitals for example imagine if they tell you you need the mark in order to pay your medical bills or to perform any banking transactions you can't do it without the mark imagine
if you're told you can only make your mortgage payment your rent payment if you have the mark what would you do just just imagine the pressure for you to do your household shopping to buy food to get any of the necessities of life before you can buy anything you'll have to display a specific Mark so that people that do not submit to the Antichrist will in a certain sense be isolated and cut off from all the necessities of life and the majority of people will find these pressures to be too great and they will sell
their soul to the devil now here are a couple of theories as to how the Antichrist will spread that message deception one school of thought is that there will be a seismic economic crash it will totally destroy the entire world's Financial systems this is the stage that would allow the Antichrist to take center stage and appear to have all the an aners and one of those answers will be his mark That's where Revelation 13: 16-1 17 comes in which tells us that everyone small and great rich and poor free and slave will be given a
mark and no one can buy or sell anything without that Mark it's likely that the Antichrist will get the masses to accept this Mark by telling them this is a new world system of global finance and it's necessary for society to function safely and efficiently but this is a lie because you effectively have no choice it is now a dictatorship the messaging will be good deep down there is no choice there is no alternative it's comply or suffer the second theory is enforced Allegiance we all know that the Antichrist opposes Jesus Christ he hates the
things of God and so for any believers who are rejecting the mark they'll be persecuted they'll be mistreated Daniel 7:25 tells us he shall speak pompous words against the most high shall persecute the Saints of the most high and shall intend to change times and law then the Saints shall be given into his hand for a time in times and half a time when the Antichrist is in power persecution against Christians will be at an alltime high I believe he'll actively hunt down Christians he'll be on a mission to persecute anyone anyone who would dare
deny his Mark and hold on to the faith of Jesus Christ and the Bible paints a very Vivid picture of just how severe the persecution will be because Revelation 20:4 tells us and I saw Thrones and they sat on them and judgment was committed to them then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God who had not worshiped the Beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands and they lived and reigned with Christ for a
thousand years there's a price to pay for those who refuse the mark of the beast and for many people that price will simply be too great for them and they'll choose the mark of the beast also they can just go back to the comfort of their daily lives and so here are some key takeaways for you regarding the Antichrist he is a man who will have a deceptive Charisma imagine this charismatic leader who captivates crowds with eloquence and charm on the surface but make no mistake about it he's driven and motivated by a devilish demonic
force in 1 John 2:18 the Apostle John speaks of antichrist who will come with deception just as charismatic leaders can sway public opinion the Antichrist will likely possess a magnetic charm making him appealing to many just look at some of the worst dictators the world's ever seen history has shown us leaders who through Charisma and charm could gain immense influence and lead people down destructive path p and secondly when you're talking about the Antichrist you're talking about the spirit of deception think of a master Illusionist who can make the impossible seem real in 2 Thessalonians
2: 9 to 10 Paul warns of the Antichrist counterfeit miracles signs and wonders that he'll use to deceive just as illusionists create convincing Illusions the Antichrist will use deception on a grand scale including signs and wonders to mislead people magicians and Illusionist can create astonishing Feats that appear Supernatural much like the deceptive signs and wonders associated with the Antichrist and thirdly the Antichrist will be just what his name says anti-christ he'll be in serious aggressive opposition to Jesus Christ the term Antichrist signifies one who opposes Christ in 1 John 2:22 it is written who is
the liar it is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ such a person in the Antichrist denying the father and the son the Antichrist will actively oppose and deny the Divinity of Jesus Christ and finally the Antichrist will be ultimately defeated imagine a conqueror who eventually defeated and overthrown in Revelation 19:20 we read of the Antichrist ultimate fate but the Beast was captured and with it the false prophet who had performed the signs on its behalf with these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image the
Antichrist may have a season of apparent success but his ultimate destiny is defeat and judgment is war the biggest sign of the end times headlines around the world are constantly talking about conflicts in different parts of the world a lot of Christian commentators are having their say on Bible prophecy and especially the fact that the Bible tells us that there will be wars and rumors of wars in the last days in this video I want to highlight the distinguishing feature of war in the last days versus any other War previously fought in history but before
we directly answer the question on whether war is the biggest sign of the end times or not I want to remind you that war is nothing new on this Earth and it's nothing new in the Bible in the Old Testament we are given details of many wars for example in Exodus 17 Moses and the children of is Israel are attacked by the amalekites Moses commands Joshua to choose some men to go out and fight the army of amalec while he will stand at the top of the hill holding the staff of God in his hand
and praying while the battle commences Moses is on top of the hill with Aaron and her but the unique thing about this war was that if Moses kept his hands up in prayer Joshua and the children of Israel would begin to win but if Moses lowered his arms then the amalekites would begin to win so Aaron and her found a stone for him to sit on then they stood on each side of Moses holding his hands up so His Hands Held steady until sunset as a result Joshua overwhelmed the army of amalec in battle this
was a unique battle but it's not the kind that we will see in the last days in Judges 7 there is the battle between Gideon and the midianites imagine this scene Gideon is getting ready for war against the midianites but God tells him something very strange God told Gideon to send home 22,000 men from the army of 32,000 therefore reducing his army by 2/3 and if that was not enough God then reduced Gideon's Army to just 300 men Christian Scholars believed that God did this in order to ensure that all the glory was his because
300 men going up against an army of thousands would have been a fatal mistake but for the hand of God so here's what happened Gideon and his army waited until just after midnight they reached the edge of the midianite camp suddenly they blew Ram's horns and broke their clay jars and raised torches in the air this created such confusion in the midianites camp and that led them to turn on each other and slay one another however this is not how war in the last days will be like so back to our opening question is war
the the biggest sign of the end times Well when Jesus Christ walked the Earth there was a day when he sat on the Mount of Olives and his 12 disciples came to him privately with a question that was bothering them they asked him tell us when will all this happen what sign will signal your return at the end of the world and in Matthew 24:4 to8 Jesus answered answered his disciples he said take heed that no one deceives you for many will come in my name saying I am the Christ and will deceive many and
you will hear of wars and rumors of wars see that you are not troubled for all these things must come to pass but the end is not yet for nation will rise against Nation and Kingdom against Kingdom and there will be famines pestilences and earthquakes in various places all these are the beginning of Sorrows look closely the first sign that Jesus highlighted in verse 4 and 5 was watch out for deception meaning there will be many false teachers many false prophets many will be wolves dressed in sheep's clothing on the second sign of his coming
Jesus said you will hear of wars and rumors of wars and isn't that where we are today so the very first sign that we're told to watch out for is deception and the fact that it's repeated twice this highlights the importance of it after Jesus lists the signs of the last days which are deception Wars and disputes among nations devastation and disasters in the forms of famines pestilences and earthquakes and then persecution Jesus tells his disciples that this is just the beginning and if this is the beginning what could be next well Bible prophecy tells
us of some interesting battles to come the Battle of Gog and Magog described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 is perhaps one of the most debated events in biblical prophecy Gog and Magog refers to the enemies against whom God will wage an apocalyptic War at the dawn of the Messianic age It is believed that Gog is a person who rules over the land of mog now the who what and how of this battle is a contested area among some Scholars with all believing that the Gog and MOG battle is an invasion of some kind but opinions
differ on its participants location and timing biblical Scholars also disagree regarding timing of the invasion some believe it will be just prior to the Rapture of the church and onset of the 7-year tribulation others will think it happened between the Rapture and the tribulation some think it will be around the middle of the tribulation and the final Camp thinks it will happen just prior to the the second coming of Jesus Christ and so according to the Bible when Gog and his army attempt to overcome Israel God will come to the rescue of his people and
will quickly annihilate the Invaders by Supernatural means in Ezekiel 38: 18-22 we are given a picture of what will happen and here are the details we given and it will come to pass at the same time when Gog comes against the land of Israel says the Lord God that my Fury will show in my face for in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath I have spoken surely in that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel so that the fish of the sea the birds of the heavens the
beasts of the field all creeping things that creep on the earth and all men who are on the face of the Earth shall shake at my presence the mountains shall be thrown down the Steep places shall fall and every wall shall fall to the ground I will call for a sword against Gog throughout all my mountains says the Lord God every man's sword will be against his brother and I will bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed I will rain down on him on his troops and on the many peoples who are with him
flooding rain great hail storms fire and brimstone so this is just a glimpse of the Gog and MOG battle but there is also another battle to come the final battle at the end of the world between the forces of Good and Evil Armageddon the Bible tells us demonic spirits will gather all the rulers and their armies to a place with the Hebrew name Armageddon John then tells us the scenes he saw in Revelation 19 then I saw heaven opened and a white horse was standing there its rider was named faithful and true for he judges
fairly and wages a righteous War his eyes were like flames of fire and on his head were many crowns a name was written on him that no one understood except himself he wore a robe dipped in Blood and his title was the word of God the armies of Heaven dressed in the finest of pure white linen followed him on white horses from his mouth came a sharp sword to strike down the Nations he will rule them with an iron Rod he will release the fierce wrath of God the almighty like juice flowing from a wine
press on his robe at his thigh was written this title king of all kings and Lord of all Lords he further goes into detail and describes what he sees then I saw the Beast and the kings of the world and their armies gathered together to fight against the one sitting on the horse and his Army and the Beast was captured and with him the false prophet who did Mighty miracles on behalf of the Beast Miracles that deceived all who had accepted the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue both the Beast and his
false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery Lake of burning sulfur their entire Army was killed by the sharp sword that came from the mouth of the one riding the White Horse so what can we learn from past battles and those predicted to come firstly war is not the biggest sign of the end times it's one of the signs the Bible places more of an emphasis on the rise of deception when it comes to the signs of the last days secondly regardless of what comes God always protects his children God always defends those who have
put their trust in him and finally Christians are not to pay attention to one sign over others but the collective group of signs Mark the beginning of birth pains as Jesus warned but this is no reason to fear because we know what is to come there is a prophecy in the Book of Revelation that is unlike anything the world has ever seen when this prophecy happens at the very end of the age a lot of people according to the Bible will lose their lives for having rejected God but before I reveal this most frightening Prophecy
in the Bible let's look at five other notable events where extraordinary things strange things have either happened or have been prophesied to happen in the future and then we will look at what is most likely the most terrifying prophetic event that is in the Bible and it's only terrifying for those who are not in Christ and so to begin with at number five we have the destroying angel or rather the angel of death for this event we have to go back to the Old Testament after Pharaoh refused to listen to Moses regarding the freedom of
the children of Israel God sent 10 plagues to Egypt these 10 plagues included the River Nile turning to blood frogs covering the land insect infestations animals dying the Egyptians getting skin diseases complete darkness for 3 days and the most frightening of those plagues was to do with the angel of death Moses told God's people to put the blood of a lamb on the doorposts of their home his instru ction was that when the Lord passes through the land to strike down the Egyptians when he sees the blood on the top and sides of the door
frame the Lord will pass over your home he will not permit his death angel to enter your house and strike you down so the people of Israel did just as the Lord had instructed them and that night at midnight the Lord struck down on all the firstborn sons in the land of Egypt from the firstborn son of pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn son of the prisoner in the dungeon even the firstborn of their livestock were killed pharaoh and all his officials and all the people of Egypt woke up during the night
and a loud wailing Was Heard throughout the land of Egypt at number four we have a glimpse into the depths of the earth a a man named Kora led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron while they were leading the children of Israel koraa conspired against Moses and demanded that they all be allowed to serve as high priests even though there was no instruction from God regarding this the Bible tells us that Kora stirred up the entire Community against Moses and Aaron and so what happened well imagine this Moses receives a warning from God that judgment
will come to Kora and so Moses tells the people to stay away from Kora and his followers then the Bible tells us in numbers 16: 31 and 33 that the ground suddenly split open beneath them the Earth opened its mouth and swallowed the men along with their households and all their followers who were standing with them and everything they owned so they went down alive into the grave along with all their belongings the Earth closed over them and they all vanished from among the people of Israel at number three we have an event that has
been prophesied to happen the appearance of the two witnesses two men who never died but these two servants of God are unique in the sense that God will give give them Supernatural power to do amazing things these two men who many believe to be Enoch and Elijah will appear when the world is under the Demonic rule of the Antichrist they will be dressed in sackcloth a coarsely woven fabric usually made of goat's hair and these two men stand out in the world because they have god-given power to prophesy for 1260 days these men will be
hated by the masses because they will preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a world that is largely under a demonic and evil influence some will listen and some will not take heed of their message others will be angered and will attack them but the Bible is clear that if anyone tries to harm them fire flashes from their mouths and consumes their enemies this will be an extraordinary sight to witness because make no mistake about it the Antichrist will be the one world ruler and he will not want anyone to worship the one true Living
God of the Bible so he will attack these two witnesses furthermore these two men of God will have been given the power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall for as long as they prophesy and they have the power to turn the rivers and oceans into blood and to strike the Earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish so for a certain period of time these two prophets will preach with authority and power to the world God's power will be so strong upon them that they will literally be Untouchable
that is until you get to Revelation 11:7 where the Bible reads when they finish their testim the Beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them overcome them and kill them and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt where also our Lord was crucified so after having been practically Invincible for 3 and A2 years a supernatural Angelic Spirit out of the Abyss will use the human Antichrist to literally make war against the two witnesses and then eventually overcome them at
number two we have Armageddon the battle of Armageddon will be the final showdown on this Earth between good and evil the whole world will see this battle unfold here is what the Bible says about this event Revelation 16 : 14-16 gives us Clarity by saying they are demonic spirits who work miracles and go out to all the rulers of the world to gather them for battle against the Lord on that great Judgment Day of God the almighty look I will come as unexpectedly as a thief blessed are all who are watching for me who keep
their clothing ready so they will not have to walk around found naked and ashamed and the demonic spirits gathered all the rulers and their armies to a place with the Hebrew name Armageddon under the evil influence of the Antichrist the world those who have taken the mark of the beast will join together to battle against God when John saw this event unfolding in the future the Bible records him saying in Revelation 19: 11-6 then I saw heaven opened and a white horse was standing there its rider was named faithful and true for he judges fairly
and wages a righteous War his eyes were like flames of fire and on his head were many crowns a name was written on him that no one understood except himself he wore a robe dipped in Blood and his title was the word of God God the armies of Heaven dressed in the finest of pure white linen followed him on white horses from his mouth came a sharp sword to strike down the Nations he will rule them with an iron Rod he will release the fierce wrath of God the almighty like juice flowing from a wine
press on his robe at his thigh was written this title king of all kings and Lord of all Lords at number one is the great disappearance this is the rapture now there is a debate as to when the Rapture will happen will it be before the tribulation period or during or after despite many Christians disagreeing about when the Rapture will take place they do agree that it will most definitely take place the Amplified trans translation for 1 Thessalonians 4:17 says then we who are alive and remain on the earth will simultaneously be caught up raptured
together with them the resurrected ones in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so we will always be with the Lord Jesus in Matthew 24:40 and 41 told us that two men will be in the field one will be taken and the other left two women will be grinding with a hand Mill one will be taken and the other left the Rapture will happen in a moment in the twinkling of an eye this is an event that will shake the world and affect everyone those who are in Christ will be full of
joy and finally in the presence of their lord and savior but those who are left behind will have to face the Grim reality of the last days and so that is the conclusion of our top five notable events that have either happened in the Bible or are yet to happen and this leads us to the most alarming Prophecy in the Bible this is the demonic angels from the Euphrates River now for context there are seven trumpet judgments that will take place during the tribulation period the first trumpet according to the Bible hail and fire mixed
with blood are thrown down to the Earth causing destruction of vegetation and trees for the second trumpet a great burning mountain is thrown into the sea the third trumpet will see a great star falling from the sky and it poisons a third of rivers and springs causing many to die for the fourth trumpet ET the Earth will see a third of the sun moon and stars are struck resulting in a third of the day and night being darkened for the fifth trumpet a bottomless pit is opened releasing demonic locusts that torment people and then the
sixth trumpet this is where we should pay attention the sixth trumpet will be the introduction of four devilish mercenaries four angels are released to to kill a third of mankind with an army of 200 million Horsemen resulting in great Devastation and death this all begins when a voice commands release the Four Angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates these four Angels most likely fallen angels that are now demons who were cast from Heaven along with Satan the reality is that right now God is keeping keeping them imprisoned until their appointed time and when
they are released a third of humans on this Earth are killed the Bible gives us more clarity about this event in Revelation 9:1 17-19 which says and in my vision I saw the horses and the Riders sitting on them the Riders wore armor that was fiery red and dark blue and yellow the horses had heads like lions and fire and smoke and burning sulfur billowed from their mouths onethird of all the people on Earth were killed by these three plagues by the fire and the smoke and the burning sulfur that came from the mouths of
the horses their power was in their mouths and in their tails for their tails had heads like snakes with the power to injure people these events are almost impossible to imagine however the word of God does not lie and it has no error in conclusion I encourage you to put Jesus Christ first in your life because there is a promise of Deliverance Luke 21:28 says now when these things begin to happen look up and lift up your heads because your Redemption draws near as Christians we must be diligent in studying the word of God so
that we can recognize the signs of the times and be prepared for what is to come we must remain Vigilant and watchful testing everything against the truth of God's word [Music]