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John Barnett here, and welcome to March 2025's prophetic overview of the biblical trends that Jesus told us to watch. Uh, those trends Jesus explained in Matthew 24, and I'll show you the slide right here. Uh, Jesus said in Matthew 24 that what's coming will be like birth pains—uh, they'll be more visible, more frequent, more intense, and with greater impact. And what we've done is—and and you can see right here on the uh YouTube channel right here—is the prophetic trend updates, and there's the January, February; uh, February one is right there. Now, some of you also just like the uh Revelation uh playlist, and many of you also are are on our Holyland trip, and you're getting all these uh biblical um sites that that are all over the lands of the book. But this right here is what we're doing today: this prophetic trend update.
And as we look at the prophetic trends, what we're looking at is what Jesus said would be uh these these regular events of human life that have always been around since the beginning of the world. But what happens is more and more and more of humanity, of the world, sees them happening. And as all of the world is watching—remember that's key to what Jesus said—he says that the whole world will be having, in Luke 21, a collective panic attack as they watch what's happening all over the world. And as they see the judgments that take place during the tribulation, they they start celebrating when Satan is winning and and getting angry when God is winning. So that's basically what we're talking about. So if you want to track all of the updates, they're right here on that playlist, the prophetic trend prayer list. This is this is March 2025; it's a preview. And what we're looking at today, this month, is the four horsemen of the great tribulation, and I'm going to be kind of pointing out how you can see the beginnings of uh all that's happening in light of what Jesus said.
Now, just a a word about how I process uh global news: I want to look at it through the eyes of scripture; I want to see it through the the lens of scripture, through the way Jesus framed what the world would look like. Now, he told his disciples that they're supposed to know what's happening, what's coming; he's the one that brought it up. Uh, the disciples said, "How are we going to know when you're going to return?" And he said, "These are the signs that you will look for, the trends that will accelerate like birth pains."
So how do you keep from getting depressed, discouraged, or uh kind of fixated on prophecy and of no earthly good, and you kind of forget about evangelism and discipleship and local church involvement and investment of your life, and and instead you're prepping for the end and kind of becoming like a Y2K, remember, survivalists? You remember uh 25 years ago that whole event that took place? How do we keep balanced? Well, let me share with you what I do every single day. This morning, this morning I woke up uh really early; I think I woke up about 3, and I said, "No, no, it's too early to get up." But when I finally said—you know, usually it's about 5—I jump out of bed. And when I jump out of bed—if you've watched very many videos, you've heard me say this—I start quoting the Lord's Prayer and praying it back to the Lord. Let me show you this this card right here in this red box; see, it's called the Lord's Prayer Card, and you can download it at our website, dtbm.org, uh, backbible-resources. So here's our website, and here is the resource tab, and this is what you look for. Now, there are many other things: the Titus 2 uh cards, the 108 verses every believer should know, uh the church history course on uh, you know, the split between Roman Catholicism and Christ; oh, right here is where many of you are: the all of the the uh insights to start a 52-key chapter of the Bible study uh, and here's the—we have this overview of the life of Christ in the Gospels. But this card right here is what I'm talking about, and this is what I pray. And this morning I said, "Lord, focus me on who you are as God, and control me because you have a plan for my life, and lead me 'cause I want to do your will every day in my life, and supply me so I can see your hand in my life, and cleanse me so I keep your blessings on my life, and protect me." So I keep uh your power in my life, and empty me so that you get all the credit for my life. Do you see what a wonderful uh framework for prayer that is? Now, when I pray that, the second petition, "Thy kingdom come," is not just me asking God to control my life, but it's something else; it's also me saying, "I want God for your kingdom to come to earth; I want for the king to come and reign and and take away the the rebellion and the sin and the destruction and all that's going on around us. Is Satan the god of this world, and and he's just destroying everything in God's beautiful creation and in God's greatest creatures, the that that he created in the image of God, us who are are his children."
Well, that's what Jesus was telling us about. Look, look at look at back at the slides; this is the map Jesus gave us. So Jesus gave the map of the future; he started in Matthew 6 in the Lord's prayer and saying that every one of us—now remember the Lord's prayer—Jesus said, after this manner, I want you constantly praying; it's the only thing Jesus said he wanted us constantly doing, constantly focusing on God, seeking God's control, and asking for his kingdom to come. Now, what what does that mean? Well, the kingdom of God coming was outlined in Matthew 24:8; that's those growing birth pains; it's illustrated—we can actually see pictures of it in Revelation, in the book of Revelation. So what what my goal is for each of you today is that that you number one, pause, and you might want to go back on the the tape here or on the video and go back and get that address. You should go to the website and get download that little Lord's Prayer card; it it actually fits—it's it's a card that that when you print it at the resolution that we offer, it's credit card size, and you can keep it in your wallet or your purse and use it until—just like me—I don't need the card anymore; I've worn mine out carrying it in my wallet all over the world. Uh, I have it just written in my mind that I say, "Lord, I want to focus on you; I want you to control me; I want you to lead me, provide, supply me what I need, cleanse me, protect me, and empty me today." It's a constant longing of my heart. But when you do that, watch what happens with uh the news. Now, remember this is what Jesus told us; these are this is Jesus outlining the end of the world; it's in Matthew 24, the discourse. Here are the chapters and verses, and it continues with another form of it, Luke 21. Jesus said false Christs—in Matthew 24, false Christs would come, war, famine, death, martyrdom, and all these cosmic signs. Look what Revelation 6 talks about: the white horse is the false peace, the false savior, uh the the one who makes the promises to Israel. In Revelation 6, the red horse is bloodshed, murder, war. The black horse in Revelation 6:5 and 6 is famine and food scarcity and water scarcity that we read about so clearly in Revelation. The pale horse—uh, actually the Greek word chloros, like chlorine gas; it's that pale green in Revelation 6—is death through the beasts of the earth, which very likely is pathogens, plagues. So I call it plagues. The fifth seal is the the intense persecution of God's people uh believers and the chosen people of promise, the Jews; that's in Revelation 6, and it leads to great martyrdom that we read about, the those coming out of the tribulation in chapter 7. And then in Revelation 6, the sixth seal are all those cosmic signs. So that leads us to these end of the world trends.
Now, I want you to think about this as I read the news, this framework, and you've heard me point out these same scriptures many times. My prayer is you'll get this framework in your mind, that that you'll see Revelation is illustrating what the gospels, what Jesus introduced to us in the very first book of the four gospels, in the first New Testament book in your English Bible. He said in Matthew 6, every day be saying, "Lord, I want your kingdom to come in me and like in me all over this world; I want you to return; I want you to to write all wrongs; I want you to end the suffering and and the the rampage of sin, and I want you to to get Satan chained and put into that prison so he won't deceive the nations anymore." That's what I'm praying; that's what Jesus said all of us are to be praying. So when we get that on our mind, look what we're aware of. Jesus said, "These are the trends that are going to be like birth pains; they're going to get stronger and wider and more visible and more impactful." Deception—have we ever lived in a time of greater deception? You—the the fake videos, the the AI generated videos that are and and pictures that are available—that I know they're they're memes, and I know they're funny and and everything else, and I know that you can put someone—they have all these uh caricatures of world leaders doing crazy things, and it's kind of entertaining. Just wait until you're watching the news and you see something that is unbelievable, and you find out later it wasn't real and that that it was generated, but before it's found out, it will cause great panic and great effect. See, we're in a time when we can be manipulated because everyone has their digital device, and everyone is hooked to either their cell phone or you know their their smartwatch or their smart glasses or whatever they're hooked to, and they're tracking almost in real time, as we'll see in a moment in the prophetic headlines. So Jesus said, "Watch out for deception; they're going to be global diseases that are more and more lethal. Global warming is prophesied in the scripture, and it's going to get deadlier, so don't be don't be trying to stop it, and don't be afraid of it; it's coming, and it's unstoppable. There are going to be water shortages, and it's going to get wider. Food scarcity is more regular; uh, global conflicts are just going to keep springing up everywhere. Hatred for Christ and all of us who love him is going to get more and more personal, right down to us. And tracking is going to be getting complete, and that's why this whole current uh American government administration is so fascinating to me. Do you realize the final form of global governance is going to be the antichrist? I'm talking about the final earthly human existence time; the world is going to be led by the antichrist. Our goal is not to understand as much as we can about the antichrist so we can see which person out there in the world leadership it is. We already know the antichrist is energized; he's totally empowered and comes up from the the depths of Satan's kingdom, all of his power and all of his wisdom, everything comes out. So we already know that the Antichrist is just the the human representation, the incarnation of Satan, and we already know who Satan is; he's already deeply and widely described in the scriptures. So we know all about him, and we know that he came to kill and to steal and to destroy, and that he is a liar and a murderer, and he's the father of lies, and he's the god of this world. So we know already; we don't need to know anything more about the Antichrist except we know he's coming, and we know what he's going to do.
Now, how does that affect our study of God's word? Well, watch this: in 2024, I started this monthly update, and now we're in 2025, and what we're seeing are all of these trends: Yemen, which is part of the the anti-Israel Confederacy; uh, global finances—no longer personal, but they're global; Iran, which is Ezekiel 38; weapons of mass destruction, which is Matthew 24:22; fires, which is Revelation 8; Russia, which is Ezekiel 38; global heat, that's also in Revelation 8; global plagues is Revelation 6; global leadership and AI starting in chapter uh 13 of Revelation, and and with that uh image they make that can talk and walk and kill; global war uh and World War III—that's Matthew 24 and Revelation 16. See all of these these trends we're seeing now. This month, I want you to see previews of the four horsemen of the great tribulation. What I mean by that is in the book of Revelation, chapter 6, we see the white horse, and then we see the red horse, and then we see the black horse, and then we see the pale horse, the pale green horse. Those horsemen are now—filic—the previous of them. Uh, Billy Graham once said, "I remember as a little boy he would preach these stirring sermons on on nationwide television; he was carried on television; he was very influential when I was a little boy." And I remember writing into Billy Graham—uh, Minneapolis, Minnesota—and all you had to do is write Billy Graham, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and just say on the paper, "I'd like your latest, you know, living letters or living gospels or living uh whatever," and and it was Ken Taylor's Living Bible that Billy Graham gave out free of charge, one little section of it on his crusade broadcast offer. And I carried my living letters and and all those different uh books that Billy Graham gave to school. When I started reading my Bible every day, I I just wanted to be a witness for the Lord, and I would carry those, and I would sit in the school library, and people would say, "What are you doing?" And I say, "I'm reading the Bible." That was the whole beginning of the Lord allowing me to influence others for the gospel. So during that time, Billy Graham preached a sermon called the the hoofbeats of the apocalypse—the hoof beatats, he said—and I remember distinctly as a teenager hearing him say, "You can hear in the distance the sound, the thundering sound of the hoof beatats." Uh, I never really realized what that was like until when Bonnie and I began ministering in Michigan. We lived uh on—one of the people from the church rented us their their beautiful 40-acre horse farm, and we lived in their home uh for several years; we rented it from them, and it was a horse farm. And at night, their their herd of horses—that there'd be 20 or 30 of them—something would spook them, and they would run in the pasture around between the barn and the other end of the pasture. It literally—it would vibrate; you get 20, 30, 40—800 to ,000b horses galloping, and that vibration—you could feel that. That's what Billy Graham was talking about. And as I felt those vibrations, I thought immediately of the hoof beatats of the apocalypse—that you can feel, that you can hear that coming in the distance before you see it. What are we seeing in the news? Look at this: we're getting previews uh of deception, of lawlessness, of food scarcity, of the pandemics, of quakes, of the hatred of God, and the martyrdom of saints, and the rise of the dragon, global fires. I mean, they're they're right now—this is the end of March—they're burning in Florida; they're burning all over in the West; smoke bloom; volcanoes are erupting uh in in Europe, and and it's amazing; solar flares; we're tracking near east, near earth objects; there's ocean deaths—you know, the algae bloom growing—uh, hurricanes and typhoons all over the world, but specifically—here we go—looking at the headlines, and this is this is what I wanted to share with you: What have we seen of the hoof beatats coming, of the horsemen of the apocalypse? What are some of these birth pains? 'Cause remember, Jesus tracks completely with Revelation 6's horsemen; he tracks in Matthew 24. How do we see that? Let me show you. Number one: in March, we're hearing about the coming of the prince of Persia, Iran. Look at this: this is the last day of February; Iran threatens a new attack on Israel. So what's going on right here? USB B-52s fly over near Iran to warn them, "We're here." Now, look at this: Cityroup, one of the largest banks in America, credited a customer account with $81 trillion erroneously—trillion instead of $280. You say, "What what's the big deal on that? Trillion mistakenly; $81 trillion. Do you know in the old world, before we had digital money and electronic money, to to send someone $81 trillion, do you know how many zeros that is? Someone would have had to put into a typewriter, a manual typewriter, check and go dollar sign 8 1, comma 0 0—that's 81,000, 0 0—that's 81 million, comma 0 0—that's 81 billion. We've got nine zeros, comma 0 0—that's 12 zeros to get to 81 billion. In—they they would not have typed that check. But you know what? This was this was a—they call them the fat finger; their their finger touches more than one key, and and somehow in some some entry at some level, a blip, an electronic digital transfer of $81 trillion into someone's account. It was momentary; I mean, if if you look at this uh uh it took hours to reverse the transaction. So they were tr they were the wealthiest person in the world for a few hours; a near miss that shows the bank's operational issues it sought to fix, and they reported that on that day, on Friday. What does that mean? Well, that's what's coming; there's not going to be any checks; there's not going to be physical money; it's all going to be digital, and it's all going to be controlled by one person, and we're seeing and hearing the hoof beatats of that coming. Now, the American president, the newest American president, number 47, Donald Trump, has brought a European army one step closer. Now, this this is uh March 1st; a revived Roman Empire that Daniel talks about, which is centered in Europe, just got a step closer. The ancient horsemen who created the modern world. Now, this I thought was fascinating: Ezekiel 38 describes the players at the end of the world following Genesis 10's table of the nations. Now, it's this is one of my favorite parts of studying history: after the flood, Noah's three sons overspread the earth, and all of humanity somehow descends from Shem, Ham, or Japheth. Now, back to this headline: what is this headline talking about? It's talking about the Yamiah people; those are, in biblical terms, Japheth's descendants, and they lived—they were horsemen—and they ancient horsemen who created the modern world 5,000 years ago. This is after the flood; Japheth's descendants overspread the world; some of them went and h—this is such a fascinating article—if if you look it up, and all of the maps showing it, just looks like it came out of an illustrated Bible or a study Bible from the region around Mount Ararat. The Japathites take off and go all the way across Asia, all the way across Siberia, all the way into North America; they take off and go across from there across what we would call central Europe, northern Europe, into Scandinavia, all the way to the British Isles. And we find uh that that word—if if you look at their name right there, the Yamaya—they buried their people in pits, and you can find these pits all over the ancient world. So what am I saying? I'm saying Ezekiel 38 and Genesis 10 are true, and every day there are more archaeological finds that show that, and just what God said about the past is true, and what he says about the future is true. Now, how—remember I told you the current administration—look what the Washington Post brought out: the Health and Human Services grants the Department of Government Efficiency access to child support database, overriding objections. What do we know? The Bible says there's going to be an omniscient artificial intelligence that the beast has, and it knows everyone's name; it knows everyone's address; it knows where they live; it knows how much money they have, and it controls whether they can buy or sell. You say, "How are we going to get to that?" Well, look at the headlines; it's forming all around you. Uh, this this current um kind of uh linking all the databases of our government and doing an audit of everything is just another step toward what God says in Revelation 13.
Now, here's the white horse; remember the horsemen of the apocalypse? Remember the white horse brings false peace and deception. Look what Europe—Europe found out that the US weapons systems can be turned off, and so you can get the most powerful fighter jets and missiles and everything else, but they can be turned off from a central system. Now, what that means is—I mean, right now it means, "Be careful if you cross the United States; they'll turn off your super weapons." What does it mean in the future? It means that the antichrist is going to come to the point when he can say, "Wait a minute, we're going to have peace." Click—throw the switch; your bombs, your missiles, your your everything gets turned off. Now, it gets turned on really fast because the red horse is right behind the white horse, but you can see the false peace. I mean, can you imagine a global leader coming and saying, "Hey, I can solve the weapons of mass destruction problem; I'm just going to stop them all from working"? Uh, and can you imagine infecting all satellites, all missile systems, all control systems, all battle systems, infecting them with a virus, and there's a central kill switch? Wow. Okay, this is fascinating to study prophecy and see it uh the the perspective the scriptures give us. How do you like this? Pale horse—remember the fourth horseman brings plagues. I thought CNN pointed out something that was unnerving: bacterial slime on microlastics helps breed antibiotic-resistant superbugs, March 11th. What's that? Well, we've we've studied over and over and over and over again how microplastics are everywhere—from the top of the Andes mountain, the top of the Himalayan mountains to everywhere else, including we're breathing them in; they're in our bloodstream; and now they're building up in our brains. And the British found out that they're building up in the male reproductive system, so that every male has microplastics that are infecting the conception of every child. What I mean—how devastating our culture has has decimating itself by the the overuse and the the undercare of microlastics, nanoplastics in the air from our tires, from the uh omnipresent uh clothing that has plastic. And we've studied this over and over again, but what's important about it? Well, this article I just showed you said that microlastics do something else—just like when you're washing your dishes and you have a plastic bowl and you get grease on it, and you can't get the grease off unless you use, you know, super super, you know, bubbly Dawn or something. You all know that; I mean, I I love doing the dishes, and I know how good Dawn gets that grease off. Guess what? Plastic—if it gets the slime of bacteria on it, it's very hard for that microlastic to shed. So once the bacteria slime gets on the plastic, it's very hard to get off, and we're breathing it in, and we're drinking it in, and it's going through our respiratory system into our blood to the furthest extents of of our cells, to our brains and everywhere else. And on that slime, super drug-resistant pathogens are multiplying. Thank you, CNN, for reminding us of what we already know from the Bible: the pale horse is coming, and everyone is going to be infected, and one-third of the world will die from these horrific diseases.
Well, here's the red horse; remember the third horse—I mean, the second horse—this is number two of the Revelation 6, bloodshed. Look, look what we found just here in this month, in March: inside the drug cartels' extermination camp, dubbed the Mexican Auschwitz, ovens, shoes, skulls, desperate farewell letters to loved ones. This is the whole narcotics trade, and the horrible things we read about in the news are just a reminder that bloodshed is getting more prevalent, more common, more unstoppable, just like God said. Revelation 16 talks about the kings of the east coming to Armageddon. Look what happened in March: China puts out hits out at threats of force on Iran as Trump pushes for a new nuclear deal; China tells America, "Leave Iran alone." Wow. Also in Luke 21, we have the the deadly storms that bring fears to people. Well, think about what we've been seeing on our news; I mean, this is just Good Morning America talking about the severe storm reports since Friday; I mean, this was two weeks ago, but deadly storms devastate the South, and these hu—I mean, someone walks out during a tornado and and just walks out and films it, and it's breaking things; I mean, the amazing way that that that cell phones have made everybody like a reporter. And look, it shows that it broke out the windows of their car, and they're walking around looking at it—unbelievable. And this is what the final result was: 42 dead because of a monster storm that spawned violent tornadoes and dust storms. Wow. Do you remember what Luke 21 says? There are going to be so many storms that everyone is watching; what's happening is we are getting news reporters on the site of every horrific thing happening because people are just whipping out their cell phones, and they're able to live broadcast to Twitter, to Facebook, to YouTube, wherever they're putting it, to to everything. Wow. And what's the net result? Well, the Bible says that in Luke 21, storm fears are going to lead to—do you remember that Greek word appo—apossuko, which means they their hearts fail because of fear; they kind of have a panic attack to death? Well, here's something: taking $200 out of an ATM should not trigger federal financial surveillance. Uh, this was an interesting article that they're lowering the threshold so that if someone takes out $200 anywhere in a border area, it might be for a drug purchase, and so it real—it revealed that we're being surveilled; the surveillance society that God says is going to be global is forming more and more and more all around us. What does Revelation 9 say? There's going to be a global sex addiction—addiction. What that means is that people are going to be so addicted to immorality they can't stop. And look at this—this was a very very sad article talking—it was March 17th, and it's talking about the fact that what is happening to our world when men prefer pornography. By the way, porn—porn—do you know what that Greek word means? I think you really do. Pornet originally was the word for a female actress in the theater that that was so beautiful that she captivated people on the stage, and she became called a porn—a woman who you couldn't stop looking at because she was so irresistibly attractive. Oh, porn—what it led to, of course—here was—they became purchased because they were slaves, and they were entertaining people, and so you wanted a porn—you wanted one of these attractive females—uh, and you you could hire them, and of course it all became prostitution—everything—that's what pornography is; it's sexual addiction, and it's going to be global. Revelation 9 says, "And we're headed that way." Uh, you know what else is interesting? I mean, this was a fascinating article: we're turning too many people into medical patients; a swift rise in diagnosis for everything from autism to ADHD may be doing more harm than good. This is a mainline article; some fear—some physicians fear diagnostic labels are increasingly pathologizing healthy bodies. Do you remember the—what what brings about the Antichrist? Everybody needs to be saved from something; many people are are getting pathized; they're just afraid of everything; they're afraid of the microlastics; they're afraid of the forever chemicals; they're afraid of the vaccines have caused this and that, and the pollution and the tires and the lead that's you know by living near a highway, and and the air quality, and the sun is causing you know precancerous this, and we our diet of ultra high processed food and all you know the the emulsifiers are killing us. Now, all that's true, but as soon as you pathize everybody and say, "Ah, you now have this; you have that," people are just being paralyzed because they they're afraid. Remember who—through fear of death are captives of Satan? That's what Hebrews 2 says: Satan's captivity of humanity by making them fear death is one of the calling cards that Satan has when his incarnation comes.
The antichrist brings global peace, global health. Now, it's temporary—a truce to the Israeli-Islamic warfare, a truce to all the economic and the food scarcity. He's just going to be this genius. Just think of when you get artificial intelligence, and everything is going to be analyzed, and they find just the right cures for this disease, just the right way to stop this crop failure, just the way to clean this pathogen out of this water. The omnipresent artificial intelligence that we're forming right now with AI and supercomputers and super chips and all of that is going to be the entree for the global leader. Wow, you can see it every day in the news—the white horse. We need a savior that's going to help us from all our diseases and our pathizing ourselves.
The anti-Israeli confederacy was much at work, and as Israel was attacking one part of it, the US was attacking the other part. The coordination of Israel and the US—as the US was striking Yemen and Israel was striking Gaza—just like the Bible said. Now, this is fascinating. Storm fears—uh, th—this is the next round of weather that struck our country: back-to-back tornadoes and those Loop 21 storm fears. As people with their drones and people with their cell phones are out there filming all this and reminding us of what—there's an outbreak of 1,1 severe thunderstorms, tornadoes. Now, look at this March severe weather: 1,01 uh severe thunderstorm, tornado, and flash flood warnings. But what I want you to see is what's at the bottom here: the most warnings of any 3-day span by all National Weather Service offices for March. Do you see that? The most ever recorded. What does that mean? Does that mean that's more storms than have ever been at any time in America in all of history? We don't know, because we haven't been recording, and we certainly couldn't compile all that data for exactly a time period like that. In fact, the—the map you saw on the left—I'll show it to you back there—this map was fascinating. It showed all 2011 on one map. But why are we seeing this? Because, for the first time in history, everything's connected. All of the—the weather service devices are connected into supercomputers that are in real time, trillions of calculations per second, checking what's going on and computing and mapping and recording them. And that's leading us to Luke's 21 storm fears, where people are going to die of heart failure because of what they see.
Revelation 9 says there's going to be a global rise of Satan, demon, occult worship. Look what's going on as we speak. Witches are having their cultural moment. Some states are taking up their causes. We're—we're giving them freedom to promote the occult. That's just what God said was going to happen. Revelation 9's murders. I've always talked about what's going on in America. Look, this is the president of Peru declaring an emergency, deploying the army as the murder rate got so high in the capital of Peru, they had to call in the army. What did Revelation 9 say? One of the hoof beatats—we're going to hear—the—the red horse of death and murder and war is going to get closer and closer. And then this is wh—Let me stay on that slide—uh, in—in March we saw this incredible article about the true power of nuclear weapons. Uh, it's unbelievable. What Jesus said in Matthew 24, he said there's going to come a time at the end of the world where we're going to have weapons of mass destruction, and he said in verse 22, "If I don't stop this, no human would survive." Well, those pictures are just Hiroshima from 80 years ago. It's getting worse. I mean, an atomic blast is a blast of 300,000 degrees centigrade. I mean, it incinerates, it cremates, it burns. But these are tiny bombs—that bomb—that—that hit Hiroshima is now in an artillery shell that we have thousands of, and we can shoot at any time, anywhere in the world. And now North Korea is making one that is about 20 times stronger. And then—I mean, this is North Korea—then it starts talking about what the US and what Soviet Union have—all that to say—this—that what Jesus said is all around us now.
Here's—here's was interesting in Gizmodo: it said a data broker was bragging about having highly detailed personal information on nearly every user of the internet. Uh, the advertising industry is immensely powerful. That's March 15th article, and disturbingly opaque. What does—what does that mean? Look, it means we're headed toward what Revelation 13 says: the 666—not buy or sell without the authorization of the incarnation of Satan. Daniel 9 that tells us Europe is going to be united at the end of the world. France is distributing survival manuals. CNN says it—to prepare households for emergencies, including armed conflicts. That's March 19th. Why? Well, because of what has happened in America. Europe—the European nations are getting ready for World War II. They are uniting. Uh, they're—they're trying to get ready and make a—a stop to Russia. Why are they doing that? Because NATO is weakened with the US. They're unstoppable without the US. They've got a lot of work to do. Europe is uniting before our eyes, just like God said they would.
And then the pale horse—that fourth horse of plagues—this was a fascinating zombie deer disease article. While it has not infected humans yet, the risk is growing, the mutations are growing. The latest stage—chronic wasting diseases—where elk in Colorado stumble around and die. And then the bird flu has gotten to a tipping point. Remember, we've—we've talked and talked and talked and talked about this—the bird flu, which goes through—you know, it's the aven flu, and now it's infecting cows, and now it's infecting—you know, it's going wider. And then all of them are transmitting down and making it more contagious for humans. And look what this article says: it's at a tipping point. And now—and—and by the way, if you read the article, it talks about how the city birds going to the garbage and eating it, and they're infected, and they get a bird that's infected, and they get sick, and they're droppings, and they're constant flying over the cities and kind of like just bombing the city with this infected fecal matter is bringing us to a tipping point. And by the way, it's carried in the air, because not only—uh, do the—not only do the microlastics have a microbial slime, but the—the pathogens are airborne in the dust and in the microplastic. And so it's—I mean, you can just see that horseman coming. And so we should be scared and stay indoors and wear a mask, right? No, no, no. I mean, you can wear a mask if you want; you can stay indoors if you want, but we're supposed to be sharing the gospel. We're supposed to be telling people we're not afraid to die. Who through death were all their lifetime living in fear of the devil? We're not afraid. We know Him who destroyed him that had the power of death, that is the devil. We know that Jesus conquered Satan and sin and death on the cross, and we live after the power of an endless life. When's the last time you shared that with someone? Do you carry your gospel track with you? I've shown you so many times that you can buy them. I—I've even given you the address—my favorite one online—you know, lifegate it's called, and it's God's simple plan of salvation. They cost a nickel, and it's a complete gospel presentation. You can fold it up, put it in your wallet or purse or pocket, and pray over it and say, "God, give me an opportunity to share this with someone."
That's why we're here: to see the world through the frame—through the lens of scripture—to know where it's headed, to know why the world is coming to a crashing halt. The King is returning, and if you aren't ready for it, you'll be shut out in everlasting darkness and nashing of teeth and experiencing the vengeance of eternal fire if you don't confess and repent and call on the name of the Lord and receive salvation. Back to the slides. March continued with—on the 21st—with the Ayatollah Kmeni saying that the Houthis are acting independently, so US should not strike Iran. Well, the Houthis are not acting independently. We already know from uh Psalm 83 that they're in a confederacy, an anti-Israel confederacy that is against God, because God's chosen people of promise are going to be marched against. And Ezekiel 38 tells us that—now, I—I thought this was fascinating. Look at that—that was yesterday: Heathrow to resume some flights later today after hours-long power outage sparked by sparking global travel chaos. This—what you're seeing on the screen is live. You see how it says live update right there? That's a live update you're watching on CNN—the—the burning of Heathrow airport. What does Revelation 11 say? The whole world is watching at the same time—the death of the two witnesses and their exposure to the elements and then their resurrection. Revelation 11. Look, you're seeing the hoof beatats of global connectivity before your eyes. We are the first generation in history to watch live an event 3,000 mi away and 5 miles away and 50 mi away and you know—uh, to the moon and back—it doesn't matter how far it is; we just have tea vision—we can see far away. Well, as world events get worse, what are we supposed to do? Get serious about God. It's time to really get consistent spiritually. It's time to plan to study the whole Bible. It's time to get a solid grasp of biblical doctrine so you can defend it and turn to it and share it. It's time to livingly apply the attributes of God to get confident about what we're going through, and it's time to believe biblical prophecy—how to invest in a treasury in heaven that will never be broken into and never be lost—how to get prepared for Satan ramping up the deception. It's time to memorize verses before our Bibles are taken away from us, and share the gospel so we can take people with us to heaven.
Here are my three final challenges: start a personal study of God's word. Uh, this—this is the most important part before I go. Number one, you should—you should get involved in a small group study where you can share your personal—the small group doesn't take the place of your personal—back to that slide—you need to get in a personal—just you—studying God's word where you share it with someone. If you don't know where to start, you can study Revelation with us. There's our address: dtbmma.com. That's our academy, free of charge. Every message in order with the study notes. Here's our most favorite one: the 52 greatest chapters. Lots more come—we get up a new one every month. You can—you know—go through any of the—the prophetic things. But what's the goal of it? Find someone you can share your findings and applications with. And Hebrews 10:24 and 25 says that's the most important as we see the day approaching. Number two, after you start a personal study and start sharing it, invest in a scripture memory plan. Here's my favorite—here's—I review these almost every day—my Bible verses. And finally, pray for us—Bonnie and I—uh, right now we're preparing—we're going to be—uh, let's see—this is Saturday—we're going to church tomorrow, and on Monday we're heading up north to do another round of teaching. Uh, I will be over the next four weeks—uh, covering two weeks in Florida with a 100 Bible institute students with Word of Life and then going to New York to do another 200 and some—uh, first-year Bible students with Word of Life. Pray for us. Pray for us as we go. Pray for us that as we challenge—as we disciple—as we counsel—as we live life with these teenagers and the early 20-year-olds and some older ones—this is the next generation—and—and that's—that's what the Lord called us to do—Bonnie and I—and—and we not only do it here in America—uh, we do it in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa and Central Europe—uh, we're going to end this year going from September through November—uh, across Eurasia. We start in the British Isles and go all the way to uh Southeast Asia. Here's the last thing: as we've lived March, we're hearing the hoof beatats of the horsemen of the great tribulation, and God wants us to get serious about Him and His word. Maybe you should just get that card and start praying the Lord's Prayer every day and say, "Lord, control me and focus me; control me, lead me, supply me, cleanse and protect, and empty me." And that's what He wants to do, but it starts with you making a choice today to get serious about God. That's the purpose of prophecy, and that's my challenge to you. God bless you. Looking forward to our next update, and I'll be clipping every news headline, and I hope that you will be getting in the word, asking the Lord to control you and sharing the gospel for His glory. See you next time. [Music]