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To be totally honest, I was going to start a completely new series today, but my conviction from the Lord is too strong. This video has nothing to do with views or this channel and everything to do with the Bible prophecy that's being fulfilled right in front of our eyes and preparation for the rapture and Jesus' second coming. And Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell of 2018 Church in Atlanta seems to agree with me 100%. In this clip I'm about to show you, he does a full breakdown of the signs that we need to watch for in our lifetime and ends with the most important message that I think and believe we all need to hear right now.
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God, as I'm talking to you right now this morning, there is a mega tsunami of end-time prophetic events that is racing towards humanity. And that the only warnings we have against that mega tsunami of apocalyptic events that is speeding towards humanity is the prophetic warnings of the word of God. It was this week while I was in New York with one of my staffers. He told me that he's been having dreams of end-time apocalyptic events long before I got to this text in Matthew. He is among thousands of people all around the world—hear me right now as I'm talking to you—who are having dreams of end-time events and dreams of apocalyptic events, and they are posting about these events on social media from all around the world.
I believe—hear me, it is my personal opinion—that God Almighty is doing everything he can in this hour to warn as many people as possible that a mega tsunami of end-time apocalyptic events is coming for the United States, is coming for the nations of the world. He is warning people through proclamation. He is warning people through his word. He is warning people through his spirit. He is warning people through dreams and visions. And if there are any people on the planet that should be alert in this hour, that should be warning in this hour, that should be engaged in what's happening in this hour—if there's any people that should be the guardian of that message—if there are any people in the earth that should be paying attention to the times that we're living in, it is the people of God and the saints of God and the church of God. For if we are not paying attention, we will not warn. And if we are not warning, thousands of people will die in that mega tsunami and not have the opportunity to place their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Yeah.
I mean, obviously I totally agree with him 100%. That's why I'm talking about this. Um, but in this next clip, he discusses—he discusses—when the disciples ask Jesus the Olivet discourse, which I've covered on many of my videos, but where the disciples ask Jesus, "What are—what are—going to be the signs of your second coming and the end of the age?" And Jesus gives them the signs of things coming that will happen after he leaves, you know, 2,000 years ago, but that don't necessarily trigger the actual end, right? So things like wars and rumors of wars, which I'm sure you've heard of. Things that were going to happen, but that did not mean that the end was near necessarily. So, we're just going to kind of skip over that part and we're going to go to this clip where he talks about the actual next event that Jesus talks about that will actually trigger the end pretty much immediately.
Now, what the Lord gave them is a full synopsis. Hear me. But what he's about to give them next is the singular event—the singular event—that happens in the middle of the tribulation period that triggers or initiates the full outpouring of God's wrath upon all humanity. No one alive during that day will escape. What we're about to read next is that singular event that happens at the three and a half year mark of the tribulation. He says to them in verse 15, "So that is in the middle, when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel standing in the holy place," watch what he—"let the reader understand." So the Lord says, "In that time, I want the readers to understand." Matthew inserts this in the text. Let the reader understand. Understand what? The Lord wants the readers to understand the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel. If we're going to be knowledgeable, if we're going to be educated, if we're going to understand what's going to happen in that time and how we should pray for those that don't make it, we should understand the abomination of desolation spoken of by who? By the prophet Daniel. So we should go to the words of the prophet Daniel in Daniel chapter 9 and verse 24. He gives us the abomination of desolation. This is written thousands of years before Christ was even on the earth. Daniel chapter 9 and verse 24. "70 weeks are decreed about your people, the Jews, and your holy city." Look, watch this. "to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for the iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness." Did you see that?
So, according to Daniel's prophecy, there will be 70 weeks. And at the end of those 70 weeks, watch, God will bring an end to all sin. Therefore, if we want to know what's going to happen at the end or how much time we have left, we need to understand the prophecy of the 70 weeks. When the 70 weeks is complete, we have come to the end of humanity. Let me repeat, when the 70 weeks are complete, we have come to the end of humanity. This is called the prophecy of Daniel's 70 weeks. Okay.
So the next excerpt that he gives is going into the 69 weeks that have already been fulfilled. And a week, to be clear, is equivalent to seven years, right? And for the sake of time, we're just going to look at the last—the last—week, which is the last seven years of the age of man or humanity. And we're just going to kind of skip over the 69 weeks. But uh, if you do want to hear more about the portion of the 69 weeks, I put a link to the full sermon, his full sermon down in the description. Um, but this next part though, like I said, is now going to discuss the most important thing—which to us right now—which is the last week or the last seven years of humanity. And this is the singular event that we need to be watching for ourselves. That 70th week, which is seven years, will be the tribulation period when the antichrist comes to power.
Now what is the abomination of desolation? I want to show you from Paul's writings in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2: verses 1-12. Now, what I'm about to read to you is Paul's prophetic writing of what's going to happen during the tribulation period. Now, during the tribulation period, according to Daniel, the Antichrist would come. Listen, he will make a seven-year peace treaty with the nation of Israel to protect them. And in the middle of that peace treaty, he will break that treaty at the three and a half year mark. But look at how he breaks the treaty. This is the abomination of desolation. Now watch because some of this is being prepared right now. In the middle of the tribulation, this is what he does. Verse four, this is all prophetic. "Who opposes, watch, and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God proclaiming himself to be God." And so what the antichrist will do at the 3 and 1/2 year mark of the tribulation, he will go into the temple. He will stop the sacrifices. Watch. He will set up an idol of himself in the temple and he will declare himself to be God. Now watch, since you don't think you're important. Verse five. "Do you not remember that when I was still with you, I told you these things? And you know that it is the—watch—it is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time." Watch. Watch. "For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he—watch the pronoun—who now restrains it—the coming of the antichrist—will do so until he is out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed."
Now, why am I reading that to you? Paul says that the antichrist can't come or won't come until he who restrains is out of the way. That means right now there is someone who Paul called a "he"—I'm just—I'm just trying to teach—there is someone in the earth who Paul called a "he," male pronoun, who is restraining the antichrist from coming. And he says when that person is removed out of the way, then the antichrist will appear on the scene. Right? He called this restraining force a "he." And I believe that the "he" he is talking about is the work of the Holy Spirit in the church, who Jesus also called a "he." When he comes, he will—this is a text for the rapture of the church—that when he is taken away, when the spirit at work in the church, which is our prayers and the power of the Holy Spirit keeping back the full force of evil from overwhelming the earth—when the church is raptured out of the way, when the restrainer is taken out of the way, the church is gone. You know what happens next? The full force of evil comes into the earth. And now the church is going. Who's preaching the gospel? No one. Watch. That sets up the atmosphere. Oh my god. Come on, man. Y'all don't want to be taught. That sets up the global atmosphere for a new deliverer. Do you really think a man could show up right now and claim to be Christ and we would believe him? No. But remove the church from the earth. And now there's nobody preaching. And now those who were not prepared for the tsunami because they did not hear the gospel, they did not get saved, they enter into the tribulation—your mother and your father, your cousins, your brothers, your aunts, and your uncles. All those living right now, 'cause I think this might happen in our generation, who are far away from Christ, who are not caught up in the rapture, they don't go on that first load. They now enter that tribulation period that I believe is right around the corner. Now the church is gone. The restraining power of the Holy Spirit is gone. Now the Antichrist comes to power. Now watch, with the church out of the way, he can—watch—deceive the whole world.
So, I want to circle back to what Philip said that I believe is the most important message that we all need to hear near the end of the clip, which was that we need to have urgency about what's going on in the world right now, about these—about the Bible prophecy that's being fulfilled—and we need to be in our word and we need to be sharing the gospel and letting people know so that they can make sense—and actually know what we're talking about—so they can make sense of what's going on right around the world. Right? So, moral of the story is guys, let's scream it from the rooftops that there is hope and that Jesus is the only way, truth, and the life. Okay? Let this be a motivation for us to stay holy, to stay in our word, to stay close to God, and to—to—uh, ask Jesus to give us his heart and give us his knowledge and wisdom. During these times, we're having conversations. We should be asking God to give us wisdom, to let the Holy Spirit speak through us so that we can effectively share his gospel, any way that he sees fit. All right, so that's going to about do it for me tonight. And as always, Jesus loves you and have a great