That's not a performance, that's worship. A lot of folks don't know the difference. Hallelujah. Like Brother McNeese said the other day, a lot of folks can't tell the difference between spiritual and sensual. Boy, if you can't, you can really get in trouble. There's an awful lot of sensual that goes on inside the church house. Turn to the book of, let me see here, 1 Thessalonians with me. We'll start there tonight. As one man said, turn anywhere you want to, it's all good. Amen. All right. 1 Thessalonians, chapter number one. Father, I pray now that you'd give me unction tonight to preach your word. Give me wisdom from the scripture. In thy name I pray. Amen. First Thessalonians chapter number one and verse number 10. The Apostle Paul says to the church at Thessalonica and to wait for his son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. You can be seated. The book of First Thessalonians, as I've said to you before, We can't prove this. There are so many things that are said in... I don't know what word to use for it, but in... as if to say that, you know, if you don't believe what I'm saying, if you don't listen to me, then you're ignorant. No, no, I don't know exactly which book of the Bible was written first, but... From all indications, 1 Thessalonians was one of the first, and probably the first, New Testament epistles to be written. It was written before Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John. As I've said to you before, the Gospel of John is more than likely the last book in the Bible in the New Testament written before the book of Revelation. The Gospel of John being the last of all the Gospels, and the book of Revelation closing the canon of Scripture somewhere in 90-95 A.D. Now, the book of 1 Thessalonians has a burden in every chapter. It's dealing with something very important. The apostle wanted the early church to know about, and that's the second advent of Christ. Now, we know he came the first time. There's no question about that. There's absolutely too much in history and too much in affecting the lives of the people for someone to deny that Christ was here. He was here. Josephus wrote about him. He's a secular historian. Pliny, the elder, Tacitus, and others wrote about him. And these are talking about, we're talking about Roman pagan historians. Yet they wrote about the Lord Jesus Christ in the first century. The Talmud, the Babylonian Talmud, which is a Jewish book of faith, along with the Bible, is full of references to the Lord Jesus Christ. No question about it. And it's coded, I understand that, but it is full of references to the Son of God, that He was here 2,000 years ago. And then you have the Koran that was written, Mohammed didn't write it, but it was written by his lieutenants. And the Koran makes many references to the Lord Jesus Christ, and it was written about 600 and something AD. So for someone to deny that the Lord Jesus Christ lived or existed is to betray enormous ignorance. He was here. But He's coming again. That's the great blessed hope, and that's the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. But how He comes that second time is an issue, because the Bible breaks it down into not one event, but many different events. And this is where we need to understand tonight, because to understand that is to help us to rightly divide the Word of Truth. So every chapter in the book of 1 Thessalonians, every last one of them, every chapter in 1 Thessalonians deals with the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now remember, the second coming of Christ is a multifaceted thing. It has first off to do with the rapture of the church, which is called up to meet Him in the clouds. But it also has to do with what's called the Revelation, when he appears at the end of the tribulation period. And the heavens open and the King of kings and the Lord of lords appears. But there's also another rapture that shows up in the book of Revelation, about chapter number 11. And it's prefigured by the two witnesses that are caught up after their dead bodies lie in the streets of Jerusalem. After three days, the indication is that their heads pop back on them, and they come back to life again, and they hear the same thing in chapter number 11 that you hear in chapter 4, come up hither. So you've got what's called a mid-tribulation rapture. Now that mid-tribulation rapture is what confuses so many of the brethren. There's an awful lot of good people out there. They're brothers, brothers and sisters who believe that the rapture is going to take place either in the middle of the tribulation or at the end of the tribulation. I don't believe that. I believe the rapture is going to take place before the tribulation period. We'll be talking about that in a moment. But just because somebody doesn't agree with me on eschatology doesn't mean that I'm going to send him to hell. Amen? This is this dogmatic idea that some of these guys have. They'll stand up, and if you don't agree with them, buddy, they're going to condemn you. Well, I don't buy that stuff. I want you to think for yourself. And I'll tell you what I believe, but you don't have to believe what I believe. But you take the Bible and be as the Bereans did and search the Scripture. So in 1 Thessalonians 1 and verse 10, We are to wait for His Son from heaven. In chapter number 2 and verse number 19, for what is our hope or joy or crown of rejoicing, art not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming? Then in chapter number 3 and verse number 13, to the end He may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all of His saints. Then in chapter number four, he introduces this mystery called the rapture. In verse number 13, first Thessalonians four, I would not have you to be ignorant brethren concerning them, which are asleep. Your sorrow, not even as others, which have no hope. If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also, which sleep in the ground will God bring with him. Did I add something? It made a big difference too, didn't it? Well, preacher, don't you go when you die, don't you go out there and sleep in the ground? That's called soul sleep. There are people who are saved that believe that. I don't believe that. I believe that to be absent from the body is to be immediately present with the Lord. And the Bible says in the book of 1 Corinthians, we know the earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, that's death. We have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. And the Apostle Paul says we desire to be clothed upon with that building, and to not be a spirit out here with no body, but a spirit with a body up there in heaven that he has made with his own hands, which takes place at the separation of the spirit from the body. No, I do not believe in soul sleep. I don't believe in it at all. But the Bible tells you here in first Thessalonians, chapter number five and verse number 10, who died for us, that whether we lay awake or sleep, we should live together with him. Now this is a direct reference to the coming of the Lord through the first five chapters of 1st Thessalonians. When you come to the 2nd Thessalonians, the second book of Thessalonians, the first two chapters deal with the second coming of Christ. 2nd Thessalonians, chapter number 1, verse number 7. And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power. Then in 2 Thessalonians 2 and verse 1, Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and by our gathering together unto him. So the Apostle Paul, in seven chapters out of two books, has made direct reference to the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Kind of makes you think it's important, doesn't it? I mean, if he's going to refer to it so many times and in different aspects and perspectives, it makes you believe that the second coming of Christ is an important event. Now turn to the book of Matthew chapter number 11 and verse 11. And what I'm going to give you now is what we call hermeneutics. What's that? That's the doctrine of interpretation of scripture. interpretation of the Bible. Search the scripture, he said, for in them you think you have eternal life, and they are they which testify of me." And the two on the road to Emmaus said, did not our heart burn within us when he opened to us the scripture? See what I mean? And I do not believe that any Christian to this very moment right now, while I'm standing before you, has exhausted the Bible. I do not believe it. And there have been some very smart men and women that have gone on before us, and very smart, very gifted, spent many decades studying the Bible. But I believe there are still many hidden treasures in God's blessed Word. Why? Because it's the living Word. The scripture the Bible says in the book of Galatians preached in the Old Testament. I'll let that settle in for a moment. The scripture is preaching in the Old Testament. Go home this afternoon, this evening and ask yourself the question, how'd that happen? Didn't say that a prophet or a preacher was preaching. It said the scripture was preaching. Now here in the book of Matthew chapter number 11 and verse number 11, We read these words. The Lord Jesus is talking about John the Baptist and he's making it very clear to them who, as his estimation, who John the Baptist was. He wants there to be no doubt in anyone's mind that even though John is locked up in jail, that he's still a prophet of God and he's where God wants him to be. In verse number 11, Verily I say unto you, among them that are born of woman, there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he he introduces a very clear thing here and that is verse 12 and from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence now let this sink in and the violent take it by force." All right. If the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God are synonymous, and there is no difference between the two, as some teach, and I have respect for some of the men who teach this. I respect them and love them. They've paid their dues. And they teach that the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God are identical, that the reference is to the same thing, that interchangeable, that makes no difference. Then how can he say on one hand that the violent, or those who are violent, can take the kingdom of heaven, and on the other hand say, unless you are born again, you can't even see the kingdom of God? Now think on that. Because if they are interchangeable, that means he's saying if you're not born again, you can't even see the kingdom of heaven. How could you take it by force? See what I mean? This is why this preacher believes that there is a distinct difference between the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God. The kingdom of heaven is a physical, visible kingdom that has a king over it, a sovereign rule and reign by a king. That king sometimes can be displaced. Someone can usurp that kingdom. Someone can step in and take over where they shouldn't be. This is what he's talking about. 2,000 years ago when the Lord Jesus Christ was here, we had an Idumean who was sitting on the throne in Israel. We also had a foreign power who was occupying the land of Israel, Rome. Therefore, we have these foreign entities who are exercising authority over the physical kingdom of heaven. Because the physical kingdom of heaven 2,000 years ago was centered in Jerusalem. And here they are, by violence, taking it. Now let that sink in for a moment. This is what he's talking about here in Matthew chapter number 11. But then he goes on to say that John the Baptist, John the Baptist, though he were the forerunner, Isaiah 40, of the Lord Jesus Christ, though he said that, I can't even carry a shoe latchet, though he said, I saw the spirit of God as a dove come down upon him, and I heard a voice from heaven say, this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. John the Baptist said, the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world, if there ever was a prophet, John was a prophet. Was John a prophet? But the Bible says in Luke chapter number 16 verse 16, the law and the prophets were until John. And since that time, the kingdom of God is preached and every man presseth into it. What's that mean? That means that there is a period of time that comes to an end and something else starts. We call it a dispensation. This is one of the many reasons in the Bible that I am a dispensationalist. I believe that all scripture is edifying for you. I believe that any scripture you read from Genesis to Revelation, it can be a blessing to you and can be instructive. It can be instructive morally, spiritually, and it can draw you closer to God. But all scripture in the Bible is not written directly to you. That's the difference in a dispensationalist. Because there are scriptures in the Bible that are written directly to Israel. And they're written to Israel when they were in bondage. There are prophecies that related to Israel's 400 years in Egyptian bondage. And there are scriptures in the Old Testament that speak to Gentiles who aren't even under the law. There are scriptures in the Bible that speak to the Moses and Israel under the law. And there are scriptures in the Bible that speak to those who, like us, who are a part of the age of grace and the church of God, the body of Christ. These scriptures speak directly to us, but there are scriptures in the Bible that are speaking to millennial saints and scriptures in the Bible that are speaking to tribulation saints. And therefore you must understand that the family of God is a big deal. That it makes a lot of different groups make up the family of God. You have scriptures that are speaking to people who live before the flood. Prophecies given to them before the flood. And so all scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable. It's profitable for every one of us tonight. But all scripture is not necessarily speaking directly to you. And if you learn that one simple truth, you'll learn a great truth in hermeneutics. In other words, the doctrine of interpreting the Bible. This is why I am a dispensationalist. And I've given you a couple of reasons why I absolutely believe there is a difference between the Church of God, between the Kingdom of Heaven and the kingdom of God. There's a difference. Now look at this strange thing that's said about John the Baptist in Matthew chapter number 11. In Matthew chapter number 11, verse number 13, for all the prophets and the law prophesied until John, the law and the prophets were until John. Now watch this, and if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. What in the world is he talking about here? Well, how many of you have read the book of Malachi? Go back and get the last book of the Bible, chapter 4, verse 5, written somewhere about 400 BC. The last book of the Bible, now this is a Gentile Bible, the Jews, 2nd Chronicles is the last book in order, but same books. And here in Malachi chapter number 4 and verse number 5, the Lord through his prophet Malachi says, Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet, now watch this, now watch this, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of Christ. Did I mess it up? I'm glad you caught me. See the difference? That one little word makes a big difference. Before what day? Day of the Lord. The Day of the Lord is a burden throughout all the Old Testament. Day of the Lord, Day of the Lord, Day of the Lord, Day of the Lord. Okay? There's not a word in the Old Testament about the Day of Christ. It's the Day of the Lord. Now there may be types of it, but not direct specific references to the Day of Christ. But you have the Day of the Lord, Day of the Lord, Day of the Lord, Day of the Lord. But watch this. Watch this. I will send you Elijah the prophet. before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers of the children, the heart of the children of their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse." All right, now there you have it. You have what Malachi the prophet said, prophesied, about the coming of Elijah, and the coming of Elijah is directly connected with the day of the Lord. All right, that's simple enough on the surface of it. I mean, that's plain English. All right. The Lord Jesus says, now this is John the Baptist, all right? This is John the Baptist. He is John the Baptist. He is not part of the body of Christ. Do you know that? He said, I am a friend of the bride and I stand and I look upon the bride and the bridegroom because the law and the prophets were until John. He is the breaking point of something. Now here's what's important. This is the part that'll put your head spinning and you'll go home this afternoon and you'll think on this because the answer is not easy, but it is in the Bible. The Lord Jesus says, now John the Baptist could be Elijah if you will receive him. Look what it says. In verse 14, if you will receive it, this is Elias. which was for to come. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." Now that's a powerful statement. He doesn't stop there. Look at Matthew 17 and verse number 10. Now the 17th chapter of Matthew In verse number one, now watch this. After six days, Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart. All right, so what is after six days? Seventh. The seventh day. All right. That is the Sabbath. Shabbat. All right. This is on the Sabbath day. He takes Peter, James, and John, the pillars of the church, up to the top of a mountain. Now watch what happens here. And he was transfigured before them, and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. Now hold it a minute. What is this in reference to? I mean, here He is being glorified and He's shining. This is called, how many have heard the reference, the Mount of Transfiguration? I mean, that's an old saying in the church. Every Christian, sometime or another, is going to hear that. The Mount of Transfiguration. Now, don't worry about which mountain it is. They can get in all the dogfights they want to. I've been at the top of one mountain. They say it's there. They've got a huge building built to it, beautiful stained glass inside. And they say that is the mountain that Christ was transfigured on. We don't know where it was. But it's not important. If it was important, the Bible put it in here. But what is important is this. that his raiment, his appearance, glowed with his glory. And that's how he'll look in the millennium. Yes, exactly like in chapter 6, in the millennium. He will be glorified and he will shine like that in the millennium. Alright, now look at this. After 6 days, on the 7th day, they go to the top of this mountain and there he's glorified. Now what does that 7th day represent? It represents the Sabbath of the earth, the 7,000th year when the Lord Jesus Christ is glorified on this earth. Amen? Now look at who shows up. Look at who shows up. Look at this carefully. In Matthew chapter number 17, verse 3, and behold, there appeared unto him Moses and Enoch talking with him. You caught me, didn't you? I've got you. You folks are right on it now. I can't get away with anything. Moses and who? Elijah. What's Elijah? Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible coming of the day of the Lord. Is the millennium the day of the Lord? How long does the day of the Lord last? Somebody said it. I heard it. A thousand and seven years. The day of the Lord starts with pure hell on this earth. It starts in the seven years of Jacob's trouble. It is Jacob's trouble, not the church's trouble. It is seven years on this earth like this earth is never known. And the Lord Jesus said in Matthew 24, except those days be shortened, no flesh should be left alive. And then it goes into a thousand year reign of Christ. So the day of the Lord has a twofold nature, one of glory and one of pure judgment. And it starts with judgment. Now, In that sense, is this correct then that Elijah shows up before the day of the Lord, right? because here he is on the top of this mountain and the Lord Jesus is being glorified and Moses and Elijah, the law and the prophets, that's what they represent, are up there talking to him about his exodus, that's the word used, about his leaving this world and his glorification in the millennium. So they show up to usher him into the millennium, into the thousand-year reign of Christ. Watch what he does here in Matthew chapter number 17 as he refers back to John the Baptist. In verse number 4, Then answered Peter and said unto him, Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here, if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles, one for thee, one for Moses, one for Elias. He meant well. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the clouds said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." Do you hear this confirmation from heaven at his baptism here on top of this mountain? Do you hear this confirmation coming down? And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face and were sore afraid. You would have been, and so would I. And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise, be not afraid. And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no man save Jesus only. And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man until the Son of Man be risen again from the dead. And His disciples ask Him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?" We're confused. See? We're confused. We're confused. You're glorified, yet you've got to be raised from the dead. We're confused. We want to ask you a question. Where does Elias fit into all of this? Watch this. Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come and restore all things. But I say unto you that Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but they have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise also shall the Son of Man suffer these things." Look at verse 13. Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist. That's the Bible interpreting itself. There's no way you can miss that. You see that? Then they understood that he's talking about John the Baptist. In other words, John the Baptist, Elijah, has a direct place in the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. This day of the Lord, this day of the Lord that we're talking about back here in Matthew, is a day that was prophesied in the Old Testament. And this day is going to come to pass. We have a transitional period taking place here in the New Testament, where one person could have been somebody else. And if they had received him, he would have been. This is one of the keys that unlocks interpretation of scripture. It is a powerful thing. What is that? That one person can represent another person. That God can use one person to fulfill a prophecy instead of the actual person that you think has to come. And he said it with his own words, that John the Baptist could have been Elijah if you had received him, but you did not receive him. Therefore, the day of the Lord did not come, because John the Baptist was rejected as the Elijah who would usher it in." So now you come into the interpretation of Scripture and you begin to ask yourself this question, well then how does God do things? Does he do things in reference to what we do? In other words, if he's going to do something, maybe man can do something to change it or prolong it or bring it in a different aspect. What's the Bible say that I just read to you? It was a conditional thing. First of all, this is Elijah if, put that big if, if you will receive him. but they did not receive him. Therefore, he was pushed into abeyance and the day of the Lord did not come." Now, so why is that important? Because God can work out a prophecy any way he pleases. Why? It's the living word. The word of God is alive. The scripture can preach to you. The scripture's living. Let me put it in another way. In the book of Proverbs, you read about wisdom. And you read about wisdom in the sense that wisdom listens, wisdom speaks, wisdom understands. What's that mean? That means that wisdom is personified. What's that mean? That means that wisdom is a person. For example, You're listening to me speak tonight, all right? The words that come out of my mouth originate in my brain, but hopefully they are inspired by the Holy Ghost. You can think and not speak, right? A lot of folks may have a hard time with that because, you know. But you should be able to sit there and be thinking but not saying anything. Right? Certainly. God can do the same thing. Think and not speak. But when God speaks, something happens. Because the word that comes out of his mouth is a powerful, powerful living thing. It creates. Let there be. And the moment that word came out of his mouth, a universe came into existence. Right? The thought originated here, the word brought finish to the action and caused it to come to pass. All right. If one can do that, and he certainly can, because God can literally speak things into existence, then the scripture can surely preach to you, and the scripture can surely bring into existence whatever it pleases to do, because it is the living Word of God. That's why it says in 2 Thessalonians 2, that because they love not the truth, what truth? This truth. This book right here, this living word, the living word of God, God shall send them a strong delusion that they might believe a lie and be damned. Now, if God is so, has the word for it, so hard on somebody because they reject the word of God, then there's got to be a reason for it. If you don't get anything else of what I say tonight, please get this. When you pick up that Bible and you read that Bible, that Bible's reading you. That Bible is more alive than you are. Because that Bible is the very Word of the living God. In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God and the Word was God. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. The Apostle John says plainly that the Word is God. Now, somebody said, no, hold on a minute. You mean to tell me you think that that Bible is God? That Bible is God's Word. If it's God's Word, it has all the authority and all the power of God Himself. And when you pick up that book and you begin to read that book, that book is reading you, and it's reading your conscience, and it's reading your soul, and it'll begin to speak to you like nothing else can speak to you. That's why this book is alive to this day. This is why this book is hated, maligned, and they try their best to destroy it, because it is the living Word of God. The book is. The book is. You say it's ink, black ink on white paper. No, it's not black ink on white paper. It's what came forth from the mind of God. And that's where it came from, and that's where it is. And the minute you pick it up and you begin to read it, it can scare you to death and grab a hold of you like nothing can, because it's the Word of God. So now you've got something in your hands, the book. It's the Word of God. It's the living Word of God. You've got God saying, if you will accept John the Baptist, he will be Elijah, which was for to come. Well, they rejected John. Of course, they cut his head off, locked him up, put him to death and rejected Christ and rejected the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven. But they still want the kingdom because men want rule and they want power and they want authority. They love that. And you are living in a very privileged generation. a very privileged generation. The New York Times Drudge reported today a quotation or a reference to the New York Times article and it says, globalist rattled. One-worlders. Now, how many of you a year ago heard anything about a globalist? A few of you that do some digging. Those of you who research. But the rest of you, did you hear CBS, NBC, and ABC talk about globalists? Fox, CNN, the rest of them? If you did, you happened to hear it from an individual, and you just happened to be tuned to it, and you caught it in the different ways it could be said. But for the most part, most Americans, when you say globalism, they don't have a clue what you're talking about. If they don't know who fought in the Civil War, and they don't know who we broke away from in 1776, they sure don't know what globalism is. I mean, if you're going to dumb them down, they've dumbed them down. If the globalist idea was to dumb the American down, they've done their job. They've done their job. So, what is a globalist? A globalist is somebody who believes that the whole world must have a one world economic system, a one world religion, and everything that goes together to make it viable, one world army, this, that, so forth and so on, economic system, all that, a globalist wants and believes in a new world order. Right now, Anne Glamour Call, Chancellor of Germany, and Barack Obama, the President of the United States. Watch them. They're going to start coming together because that's where Obama's going to turn to in Europe to further the globalist plan. The two nations in Europe that carried the burden, the financial burden that carried it was not France and Spain. It surely wasn't Greece. It was Great Britain and Germany. These are the two economic powerhouses that carried the economic cost of the European Union. And believe me, there was a huge cost involved. And Great Britain got sick and tired of paying the bills. along with the influx of all of these Muslims into their country, along with other things, along with Brussels, Belgium, which is the seat, Brussels is the seat of the European Union. They got tired of a bunch of bureaucrats in Brussels messing with their laws and their borders and everything else that has to do with their sovereignty for the greater good of the European Union. So you've seen Great Britain pull out of it. That's a big deal, folks. That's a big deal. Big, big, big deal. So what you need to watch out for now is to see how these globalists, these one-worlders that want a one-world government what they're going to do in the next few days and weeks to shore up their strength and their new plan and what they intend to do. Did you know that in 1999 they opened up some of their huge buildings over there in Strasburg And they had all of these representatives of the European Union show up, and they were there. And they had something like almost 700 seats of all these people, the representatives from all the countries. And they all were numbered. Every seat was numbered. Every seat was numbered. And 63, 664, 665, 666, 666, 667, 668. Did you know that they filled every seat except one? They did. 666. They left that seat open. You know why they left it open? Somebody's coming. They left it open. Did you know that the graphic for the European Union? I know you can't see it. This is an artist's depiction of the Tower of Babel. This was made by a Flemish artist, Peter Brueghel, the elder, 1563, on the left. Beautiful piece of artwork, beautiful art. But on the right-hand side is a European Union graphic, all right? This graphic represents the Tower of Babel and it also is the official graphic of the European Union. And it has 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 stars. The one behind you can't see. It's got 12 stars. That's on the European flag, the EU flag. How many have seen the blue field with the 12 stars on it? These stars, they say, are inverted pentagrams. Now, what's a pentagram? Pentagrams when the horns are up like that. Five-pointed star. You get into the occult world, you'll find the pentagram everywhere. Okay? And the pentagram, of course, is used for cursing and what have you, to worship their devil and so forth. You've got 12 of these inverted pentagrams around the Tower of Babel. And listen to what they say. Europe. Many tongues, one voice. Now, you know the word Babel means confusion. God confused their languages. And if you want to go back and find out where all the different languages start, you don't have to go any further than the Tower of Babel right there. That's where it started. All of them started as far as the mother tongues. They started there. One tongue and many tongues, one voice. What's that mean? That means that they are going to bring together all of the countries of the world in all of their languages, and they're going to have their one voice, one world government, and that one world government is going to be the seat of the beast. Now here's what the Apostle Paul tells you in 2 Thessalonians 2. He says, Let no man deceive you. Chapter 2, verse 3. By any means. For that day shall not come. What day? Look at verse number 2. The day of the Lord. If you have any other Bible than a King James Bible, that's what it says. You say, well, the day of the Lord and the day of Christ are the same thing. No, they're not. They're no more the same thing than the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God. The day of Christ is an entirely different thing from the day of the Lord. Now, why would the new Bibles make it the day of the Lord? Now, if you went into the Greek text, you've got two words to deal with. Simple words, simple. One is Kyrios, and the other is Christos. Now, some of you never had any Greek in your life. Tell me which one you think would be Christ. Kyrios or Christos? There you go. There you go. It's that simple. It's that simple. Yet they've got Kyrios, Lord. Somebody back there a long time ago changed that and put Kyrios in here instead of Christos. And so their Greek texts say Kyrios instead of Christos. Day of Christ, day of the Lord. The day of Christ is a period of time that relates to the body of Christ when he comes to catch us up to meet him in the clouds, the judgment seat of Christ, the marriage supper of the Lamb, and when he comes in power and great glory. That's the day of Christ. That takes place during the tribulation period and the day of the Lord, but it's not here on this earth. It all happens up there in heaven with him. It starts with a rapture and is consummated with a second advent in power and glory. That's the day of Christ. Amen. But the day of the Lord is an entirely different thing. So the Bible tells us that we can see the man of sin before the day of Christ happens. And I'm going to tell you right now tonight, there's no doubt in my mind, that I have seen many, many, many men of sin. In other words, there are many antichrists out there right now. But what we need to be looking for is not the many antichrists. We need to be looking for THE antichrist, THE man of sin. And I have my ideas about who he is, and I won't tell you tonight. I don't want the men in black coming to get me yet. When my time comes to go, I'll go, but I'll tell you right now, I believe he's breathing. Yes, sir. I believe he's breathing and I believe he's got great power right now. I'm not absolutely 100% certain, but I am certain of this. He is absolutely 100% qualified. Yes sir, buddy. It's just about ready, brother. Because they need somebody to come in now and pick up the pieces and put this thing back together again. That's right. It's coming together. They need somebody to come in now and pick up the pieces. Are you following? See? They need somebody to come in over there and pick the pieces up and put this thing back together again and get their one world government back on track. And you watched it. You watched Great Britain pull out of it. How close are we? Well, good night, folks. We're close. We're close. Hallelujah to God. We're close. Even so, come, Lord Jesus, come. Father, I pray you'd bless your word now, and bless it to the hearts of the people. Encourage us tonight. Lord, we know you're coming again. Hallelujah to God, we know you're coming again. And we look for that coming, and we rejoice in that coming. Even so, come, Lord Jesus, come. In thy holy name we pray, and for Jesus' sake we ask it. Amen. God bless you, folks. I appreciate you listening to me.