Now, this trip to Jordan and to Israel, number one, it was amazing. Number two, it was very eye-opening. Number three, it was too long. But anyway, glad to be back with you. We have a 10-day one coming up in September. This was 19 days. But we're living in days when, as I go over there and observe these things, we're seeing what I call shadows of the tribulation. Shadows of the Tribulation. And that's my title, Shadows of the Tribulation, but the subtitle is this, things are not falling apart, things are falling into place. And I just want to say that again, things are not falling apart, things are falling into place. If Christ chastised the Pharisees for not knowing the signs of his first coming, why wouldn't he expect you and me to be aware of today's apocalyptic signs? Here are some of the top apocalyptic signs that I've seen developing in 215 and 216. So, what I'm telling you is this, if you don't know Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, I honestly believe, after having been over there, and I'll explain some of this to you, I think our time is short here. I think the rapture is nigh unto the doors. And I'll explain why I believe that. Because what I'm seeing is things lining up for the tribulation already. I'm seeing those things with my very eyes. And number one, if you have your Bibles, happy is the man who can find Zechariah chapter 12 and verse 3. before I can read it so I'm just going to read it to you but what I saw over there and I'll explain in just a minute sign number one is Israel's growing isolation. Zechariah chapter 12 and verse 3 it says and in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people And it says, all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces. It says, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. The political left in America, And Israel very clearly sees that. The political left in America led by Barack Obama and our State Department have abandoned Israel several years ago. Jews know this and Jews talk about it. They're not expecting any help from the United States of America. And what is left with, you see, not only has America abandoned Israel in favor, if you can imagine it, Iran, and Iran, who is trying to develop nuclear weaponry, and it came out while I was over in Israel, I'm sure it came out here too, but one of the secret agreements is, is if Iran breaks the agreements, you can't tell anybody that they broke the agreements. What kind of a deal is that? And Israel is beside themselves with it. And so, you know, John Kerry's nuclear agreement, secret nuclear agreement with Iran, it's got Israel up at arms. And while I was over in Israel, Iraq, and by the way, if you look in the Bible, Iraq, or not Iraq, excuse me, Iran, Iran is old Persia. So you won't see it called Iran, you'll see it called Persia. But they test fired two ballistic missiles, and one of them had the phrase on it, Israel should be wiped off the earth. It was written in Hebrew, so they expected the Israelis to try and recover it, and the Iranian news reported it. Let me just tell you, that is what the Muslims want. They want Israel to be wiped off of the face of the earth. America has abandoned Israel. The previous Prime Minister of Canada, one of the men on the trip, Jeremy, was a Canadian, and he's lamenting because with the defeat of Stephen Harper, Stephen Harper had been a principal ally of Israel, but Israel is left only with the support of some fundamental and evangelical Christians that are spread around the world. Israel is becoming isolated. She has no superpower backing. As I traveled throughout Israel, I heard over and over again, in order to have peace, Israel is being pressured by the United States, by the United Nations, by the Arab states, to go back to her 1967 boundaries. Let me tell you what would happen with that. If they go back to their 1967 boundaries, then they lose Jerusalem. They've said they're never going to lose Jerusalem. They lose Hebron. They lose Nablus. You say, well, what is the importance of Nablus? Well, that's where the cave of Machpelah is. And do you know what the cave of Machpelah is? Abraham bought that cave to bury his dead. So you have the Abraham's... We visited it. Abraham's grave is there. Sarah's grave is there. Isaac's grave is there. Rebecca's grave is there. Jacob's grave is there. Leah's there. Jacob's well is also near there. And the only Jewish matriarch that is missing is Rachel. And she is buried near Bethlehem where she died in childbirth. So to go back to the 1967 borders leaves Israel with, for the most part, just nine-mile strip of land there for most of the part of Israel. And that's ludicrous. In fact, there are 500,000 Israelis living in settlements on the West Bank. Now let me tell you something. In truth, because I had a couple of Palestinian guides when we were in Palestinian territory, they were kind of quiet about it, but in truth, the Palestinian Authority does not want peace. They do not want peace. They want to eradicate Jews. They want to eradicate Israel. We visited Jericho. This is how I know the thinking of the Palestinians. We visited Jericho and we sang the song. It's going to be hard for me to stay behind this microphone. We sang the song, Joshua fought the battle of Jericho and the walls came tumbling down. So I am taken up to Tel Jericho where they've done a lot of excavation and our Palestinian guide takes us all over the place and all over the place and he says this civilization was here and this civilization was here and this level is this and this level is this. And I said to him, well where is the part where the walls of Jericho came tumbling down, and we read about Israel, and they're coming and taking Jericho, and he says, oh, he says, there's no evidence of that whatsoever. That's what he said. But the interesting thing is, they are telling us also, this is what's so funny, Palestinian terrorists are telling us that there is absolutely no evidence that there was ever a temple on Temple Mount. Now that's why you find stuff from the second temple period that are dug around from there. That's why as they're excavating the city of David, they even find evidence of David's occupation and seals of the Jewish kings there. See, here's what's happening. Let me just tell you, you know, Islam came into existence in the 600s and their goal is to decimate and destroy any evidence of civilizations before Islam, friends. They've been doing that all over the Middle East. They're going in and bulldozing biblical sites from the Old Testament. They're going in and tearing them all apart. I'm telling you, if you're going to go to Israel, you need to go to Israel soon because I think in a couple years, two or two and a half years, as Iran gets closer to getting the nuclear bomb, Israel worry about the threat of that. Either the Lord is going to come and save them or they're going to try and go to war and stop that. But what I'm saying is, is that I'm seeing shadows of the tribulation. Things aren't falling apart, things are falling into place. And in the end times, Israel is going to be more and more increasingly more isolated on all sides. And that's what I saw with my very own eyes in this trip because Israel has no allies now. Oh, America, jabber, jabber, jabber, but you know what? They're not helping. They're putting pressure on Israel. Oh, Palestinian state, Palestinian state, Palestinian state. I want to set the record straight here. Israel never lobs rockets over into the West Bank or over into Gaza. You know who does that? They're the ones who do that. Now, Israel does retaliate when they do that. And when Israel retaliates, you know what? They're always the bad guys. You know what? Somebody comes up and starts shooting at me. I have a key and seal and carry permit. I'm not going to say, oh, please, please, don't shoot at me. Don't shoot at me. Oh, please. Now I'm gonna draw and shoot back. I mean, that's ridiculous. And I look at the mindset of the United Notions, I mean the United Nations. They are not in Israel's corner and I mean to tell you we need to pray for the peace of Israel because all that Israel has left is born-again Christians and there is even a group of born-again Christians who have adopted the Palestinian position. And what a tragedy that is that I see. So that's number one. I see what that is, is that is a shadow of the tribulation because that's the way it's going to be in the tribulation. Number two, we're back to the days of Noah. Turn with me to Matthew chapter 24 and verse 37. In Matthew chapter 24, Down here in in verse 37. It says but as the days of Noah were so Shall also the coming of the son of man be for as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking and marrying giving marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ark and knew not until the flood came and took all of them took them all away so shall also the coming of the son of man be uh... the biblical account of of noah if you want to find out about it begins in genesis chapter six Approximately 1,600 years had passed since the creation of Adam and Eve till the time of Noah. And we see that in Genesis 1, 26 and 27. But the Earth's population had exploded in numbers, but it also had exploded in evil. long forgotten was the righteous sacrifice of Abel that Abel gave in Genesis chapter 4 and verse 4 a blood sacrifice and in Genesis chapter 6 and verse 5 it says and God saw the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of the heart was only evil continually and in verses 11 and 12 it says that earth also was corrupt before God And the earth was filled with violence, and God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. However, in verse 8 it said, Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. When Jesus describes the events that will surround the return and the rapture of believers, he said this, And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man. They ate, they did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all. You say, what's that? It's similar to what you read in Matthew. Well, it is true. But here's what Jesus was pointing out. He was pointing out that in Noah's day, people were utterly depraved. They weren't the least bit concerned about their immorality. They were not the least bit concerned about murder. They were not the least bit concerned about violence. They were carrying on events in their lives without a single thought of God's judgment. Noah is described as a preacher of righteousness in 2 Peter chapter 2 and verse 5. And he spent 120 years, while he is building the ark, he spent 120 years trying to preach to his neighbors and win them to belief. and faith in the Lord, warning his neighbors about what a holy God was going to do. And you know what they did? They didn't care. They didn't listen. They had hard hearts. They had dull ears. No one repented. No one cared to seek God. And what I'm increasingly seeing today in the day that we're living in, everybody is doing that which is right in their own eyes. Even some Christians, they claim the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, they never show up to church, they never try and win anybody to the Lord Jesus Christ. They're doing their own thing, they're going their own way. God is not a priority in their life. And then, the culture in general, lawlessness is the order of the day. Evil is glorified I'm thinking what we read in 2nd Timothy chapter 3 verse 1 through 4. It says this know also That in the last days perilous time shall come Man, we're living in these times and see if it doesn't ring true for men shall be lovers of their own selves they're just they're just going to be in love with herself think about themselves and They're going to be covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, without family love. I see that so often. Wives abandoning their husbands, parents abandoning their children, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded. And here it is. Lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God. You know, proof of our national return to the days of Noah, it just made me want to puke. Sorry, but it did when the White House was adorned with the colors of the homosexual rainbow. I saw that in the magazine, saw that on television. Hillary has a campaign ad with homosexuals engaging in debauchery as she celebrates their actions. Now, I just want to tell you something. It's not just in the United States of America. I am glad that I'm not going to be in Israel on June 3rd. They are going to have 100,000 homosexuals from all over Europe and from all over the Mideast. They're going to gather in Tel Aviv. They're going to gather in Jerusalem. and have a huge debat celebration. You say, why in Israel? Well, because in Muslim countries, they would be killed. But in Israel, there's no death or capital punishment there. And it's amazing that Israel tolerates it, seeing what we have in Leviticus chapter 18, verse 22. Look at Leviticus chapter 18, verse 22. This is a part of the law in Leviticus chapter 18 and verse 22. It says this, thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind it is an abomination. It says, neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith, It says, neither shall a woman stand before a beast to lie down with thereunto. It is confusion. Turn with me to Leviticus chapter 20 and verse 13. According to the law, it's required the death penalty, and they claim to follow the Jewish law over there. Leviticus 20 in verse 13 says this, it says, if a man lie with mankind as he lieth with womankind, both them have committed an abomination, they shall surely be put to death, their blood shall be upon them. And yet in the Middle East, 100,000 people are going to gather in Tel Aviv and celebrate their debauchery. In a country where many claim to follow the law, I'm just telling you that things are not falling apart. My friends, they're falling into place. We need to lift up our heads because our redemption draweth nigh. If I didn't know Jesus Christ is my personal Savior, I would repent of my sins right now and call upon the name of the Lord to be saved because I want to tell you something. once the rapture takes place in the moment in the twinkling of an eye I'm listening for the shout friends the shout of the Lord you know the Lord shall descend from heaven with a shout and with the voice of the archangel and the trump of God and the dead in Christ shall be raised first and we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together to meet the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord I want to tell you something If you do not trust Jesus Christ as your personal Savior before that time, and you have heard and been called to repentance, and been heard and called to call upon the name of the Lord to be saved, you don't get a second chance. There is no chance in eternity to change your destiny. no amount of masses can be said to get you out of purgatory or get you out of hell because I tell you what that's why the Apostle Paul says behold now is the accepted time behold now is the day of salvation And I'm going to continue this on tonight, and I hope that you'll come back, but I look at all the things that are coming here, and I'm saying, wow, I am seeing things that are going to take place in the tribulation, so that tells me things aren't close. So, I'm telling you what you're going to do for the Lord, you better do quickly. If you've been thinking about getting right with the Lord, if you've been thinking about putting off some sins that you've kept hidden, if you've been thinking of getting right with God, my Christian friend, do it! Because once you stand before the behemoth seat of Christ, you can't lose your salvation. I'm not saying that, but I'll tell you what, if God's going to wipe away all tears, that means that the behemoth seat of Christ is not going to be a piece of cake. All of our sins were judged at the cross. I understand that, but I also know that while you're sinning, you can't be serving the Lord. And so you can't get rewards. So there might be a lot of you that are getting there, sorry, but you know, you shall be saved. But so yet, as by fire, and I've said previously, you'll be getting there in your underwear, in your BVDs, because you're not gonna have other things because, you know, you've had wood, hay, and stubble. You don't have gold, silver, and precious stone. So my trip to Israel, yeah, it rang my bell. And I just want to come back and tell you, Israel, they have no friends. They have no friends. Some evangelical Christians, fundamentalist Christians from around the world, they support Israel, try to help Israel do all those things, but no superpowers. The superpowers, you know, we have mouse service, but there's nothing there. They're pressuring them to give back land. And they're claiming that there's going to be a Palestinian state and all that kind of stuff. And let me just tell you, when there's a Palestinian state, it's just going to give them more opportunity to shoot rockets over into Israel. That's all that there's going to be. And I'm just telling you here that as we look at what's going on with the growing days of Noah, We don't know the day or the hour, but we can know and should know the times and the seasons. And I'm telling you, it is the season of the Lord's return.