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We pray that you will enjoy our commitment to the clear gospel of Jesus Christ and that today’s first part of this two-part message will be a blessing to you and your family. I know that not everybody agrees on everything, that we teach concerning the Bible. Hopefully we agree on the gospel. That’s a heaven-held issue. Some things on prophecy we may not always agree on. But that’s okay. It’s a little give and take here and there. But we’re living at some exciting days.

Let me tell you something that is going to be very, very interesting, I believe. As you know, there’s been a great effort made to have the Muslim nations try not to hate us so much for being what we are and who they are. And so I think the President Administration has been over backwards to try to be sweet and nice to them so that they would love us. I don’t think they do yet. And we know that there’s been movement in Turkey where they have kicked out the Israeli ambassador and also done in Egypt.

And remember, that was a little treaty that got made years ago when you asked for air fat, done in Egypt because of Jimmy Carter. I think that’s spot the only major thing he did. That looks very fragile right now like there’s not gonna be a continuance of that there is hatred, growing around the world for America for whatever reasons and Israel is It has like they’re like putting a vice and they’re trying to tighten the old vice down Now Israel doesn’t have a lot of friends There’s not a lot of nations around the world that would really defend Israel.

They were talking about the, from Tila that came in and from Syria and they wouldn’t let him know dot there. Anyway, they were a little skirmish. Not good stuff happened. But you know, we are committed to protect Turkey. That’s one of the things that we are committed to doing, just like we’re committed to support South Korea, Japan. You see, they don’t really have to have their own individual armies because America is committed to supporting them so they can spend all their money on the economy and stuff because they don’t have a worry about a military because we’ll take care of that for them.

And we also have gone on a limb for Turkey. Now what do we do if Turkey decides to guard or send ships into the Gaza area in order to have some ships come in with goods? Of course they wouldn’t bring arms. And Israel is dead set on stopping that. And if Israel stops that and goes to war with Turkey, whose side does America go on? Interesting. One of the things that if you have watched the news at all and you know what’s being done and the position of the White House at this present time, you know that there’s not a lot of love there for the nation of Israel.

That’s just the facts of the matter. I am not making this up. So in the Security Council, which America is and has the right of veto power, there is a move on now to Have the Palestinians recognized as a state, so which has to be brought up. And in doing that, it means that they’re going to try to get the United Nations to accept them and to support them. And so that puts pressure upon America because if all of them do but America, It means that the present administration must decide to support Israel and go against all the other nations, or to go for the State of Israel and go against all the nations, or support the Palestinians and their state, which would represent all the Muslim countries that are all for it.

And Saudi Arabia has already declared what America better do. Isn’t it interesting? Do you realize how quickly everything in this world can change? The enjoyment we really enjoy it right now can be in turmoil by the end of this week. And if you boil it down, it means that Obama, the President of the United States, must decide and pressure is on to either support Israel or the Muslim nations. And the question is what do you think he will do?

Now let me just mention this to you. I’m not trying to make anybody mad or anything like that. But if, if, as it has been stated by Him Himself, He has declared and stated He is a Muslim. And there’s other times when He says He is a Christian. So majority of people don’t really know what He is. And I’m just stating that this is what He has said. So it is confusion. Let’s just pretend I’m the president of the United States.

Okay, let’s just pretend I’m the President of the United States. Let’s just pretend that I am Obama. But we’re pretending, let’s just pretend that if I was of the Muslim faith, it would be very difficult to support the nation of Israel. But if I was President and knew that I may not get another chance and the goal of the religion of Islam is to overthrow America and Israel in all countries because their gold of the religion of Islam is to conquer the world.

And you are to be either converted to the religion of Islam or enslaved or killed. Those are your options. So you don’t have a lot of options and none of them really look good, but you look and see that over 50 nations have been overtaken by the religion of Islam. And they were not done because they won the people over by their peaceful religion, but by the sword, because a few will dominate many, and they are willing to kill for what they believe, and they will harm others who don’t believe the way they believe.

Now they don’t do that at the beginning until they’re in power and believe that they can force. This is being done right now in places across Europe where they’re declaring zones, Sharia law zone. Now I’m not making that up. It’s in Britain, it’s in France, and in other countries. And they will keep on until they take over that country. If I was president and knew that my goal, if I was of the Islamic faith, I would not surrender the presidency of the United States.

I would not do it. I wouldn’t care what I had to do. Now, if you’ll remember back, I mentioned a year or so ago that eventually what you see happening in some of the countries and other countries about the riots taking place because you see what it does, there’s a system to it. You get it to where everyone wants the government to do things for them. And so the government can’t do anything for you until it takes something from you.

So you pay all these taxes to the government and the government promises to take care of this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this. So eventually the whole country becomes a Ponzi scheme. The whole country. It means that there will be a bunch of people that will reap the benefits and the goodness of all their people paying into the taxation of a country. And there’s going to be people who are going to really enjoy it. It’s going to meet their needs, but it can’t sustain itself when you find out that they demand more from government than the people can pay.

So that leads to a clash between the people and the government. So the people will demand their right from the government because they promise they took money and they owe, fulfill it, don’t do it, and their street riots and all this. And everybody’s mad at the government. But the people are the one who put that government together. They’re the one that voted for those people in place. and because they are just like they are. Deeply in debt, the government goes deeply in the debt because we put people in there that do what we do.

Water seeks its own level. And so there’s riots in the streets. And I said, I believe sooner or later, there will be enough dissension in this country where people are going to defy their government demand from government and some of the so-called peaceful marches and things like that that we have now are going to turn ugly in America and people are going to have enough and they’re going to fight against each other. Now they’ve already started that with those that are unionized and those that are not and there’s a division coming in this country and never has there been such a clear division between Republicans and Democrats, independent, all this and is headed for a clash.

I mean a serious clash. And so when there is going to be enough of the riots and so forth in the street because of people demanding the government do something and every time they will create a crisis and then everybody the people demand the government to do something. And so the government always tries to find a solution to the crisis that they created. And then after that one and we get further than the debt, they create another crisis. And this crisis, we’ve got to demand government do something, got to do it now.

So then government has to come up with another solution which only gets us in worst at why because they’re the problem. They can’t solve the solution. I traced a sermon a couple weeks back on what’s wrong with America. I’d love to get that message into hands of every politician in America. They don’t know what the problem is and that’s why they can’t solve it. And so they’re going from one to the other. So now in the last couple weeks, now we have another crisis.

And so we’ve got to solve this one and what do you hear? Pass this bill now, now, now, now. So it’s another crisis created but will it solve the problem? It will not solve the problem. And people are mad on on both sides, Christians have never been tried like they’re going to be tried. You’ve never been tested like you’re going to be tested. And so when there becomes such disunity and people becoming mean and ugly toward their neighbors and their government and because of wickedness that will take place, I believe there have to be then a declaration of martial law and martial law will suspend all of our constitutional rights and the president has enough executive orders that have been passed by previous presidents that can give a man dictatorship rights to this country.

And it can happen like that. You can go to bed one night and wake up the next day and you’ll be surprised how fast what we now enjoy will be all over. And I believe that once we lose it, we will never get it back. If you study the Bible, you can see and you should understand the direction that we are headed. And so therefore if I was this type of individual, and I hope and pray that I’m wrong, that I would not want to give up the presidency of the United States.

One of the reasons is this. You and I know that in the last days there has to be a world power capable of controlling the whole world and there is no country like America. And what would it be like if the wrong person got control of America with all of our nuclear power. Ma’am. Oh, nothing’s going to stop the rapture. It’s going to come right on schedule, right dead on time. But what you need to understand is this. You and I have a responsibility why we’re here to always do right to try to put up a wall of resistance against the devil.

Resist the devil and he’ll flee. But the reason is most of the God’s people don’t resist the evil that comes. So, but I do believe that the rapture will take place right on schedule. I’m not trying to hurry it and I’m not trying to hold it back. But I believe that we need to understand the times in which we live. And if I was the President and if I did believe that, I would do something, some way, because the biggest turmoil in this country, and let me just say this, if I was a Marxist, if I did believe in the extreme socialism and communistic type of philosophy and rule of a government, then in this capitalistic society, it would be something I would despise because I don’t want individuals to have rights, I don’t want them to own their business, don’t want them to own their capital,

I would believe that government is the answer and that everybody pay in the government and the government control everything. Then if I really believe that then I would make sure that I wouldn’t do anything to protect our form of government or our way of life or our economy. I will tell you one thing and I’ll do something else. I’ll tell you this but I’ll do this. I’ll tell you this, but I’ll do this. And remember the anti-Christ when he comes on the scene is going to be able to deceive the whole world.

He will tell lies. You and I need to understand that not everything that they tell us is the truth. You probably didn’t know that. But don’t believe everything you hear. Don’t even believe everything I say. But we’re living at a time when it’s getting sometime a little on the fuzzy side about what’s right and what’s wrong. And now they’re trying to turn people against some people call the tea party. I don’t know if I fit in that bracket or not.

All I know is I’m a Christian and I love my country and I want to preserve my country and I believe there’s constitutional rights that I’ve been given by God. See, that God had given us the right to do things and to fulfill our responsibilities. So therefore we want a government that will give me the freedom to fulfill my responsibilities as a husband, yours as a wife, my responsibility to children and our church to do what we want. We want freedom and we want to be left alone.

What man has a right to deprive us of fulfilling our responsibility that God gave to us? Who is man? He’s not higher than God. He’s not over God. And why should we let another man control everything that we have and steal everything that we have? But we’re doing it and we’re not doing much about it. But anyway, that was my introductory remarks. I don’t have a lot of time, but I did want to share that with you, only because this week could be very important.

And of course, you know what’s coming in the next week. Something called Ross Hashanah. And something about the time when lo and behold, the Lord just liable to come back. Now he could. Now he’s saying he is, but it’s a good possibility. But if he comes back, fine, if he don’t, that’s fine with me too. I just want to do whatever I can. What time I have before the Lord comes back. But look what I have here. wars and rumors of wars.

Now there’s a lot of wars around this old world, haven’t been much time of peace. But Christ had made the statement, ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that ye be not troubled, the end is not yet. Now when he wrote this, or this was written in Matthew 24, this is talking right before he comes back at the end of the tribulation period. This is the beginning of the tribulation period. Now, look at the next little statement I have here.

Hosea the Prophet clearly tells us that the latter days are a specific time when the Jewish people would return to the state of Israel after dispersion throughout the world for nearly 2,000 years. So in the book of Hosea chapter 3, look what I got here in the notes here. And this is what it says, For the children of Israel shall abide many days. 2000 so far. Without a king Israel has no king. There hasn’t been a king here since Jesus Christ came and he was rejected.

And he was the only one that had the right to be the king. And since him, nobody has the authority to claim the throne of Israel. The reason for understanding this and believing this is because there are some people today and they believe that the church has replaced the nation of Israel called replacement theology. It is not true. God has the nation of Israel and there’s promises that He made to Israel that He will keep. And there’s things that God has promised to the church and He will keep.

They are not the same thing. And so therefore you and I are part of the church. We’re not a part of the nation of Israel. We’re part of the church. And get what he says here. He said, for the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king and without a prince and without a sacrifice and without an image, without an ephod, without a terrifen. Afterward shall the children of Israel return and seek the Lord their God and David their king and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.”

So God says that Israel in the latter days will come back. Now they’ve been out of the land. How long has the temple been destroyed? 2000 years. Now in the book of Jose it also makes the statement about after two days the return. And so Israel has fulfilled what God said in his word. Now you name another nation that had these things prophesied against it, where the nation would be totally uprooted, their temple destroyed, the people scattered upon the face of the earth, and then after two thousand years they come back to their land and become established as a nation.

Name one. There isn’t one. Only one nation has ever done that, and it just happens to be the nation of Israel. It’s just a coincidence, isn’t it? Or is it possible that there is a true and living God, and His Word is true, and His prophecies are true, His prophets spoke the truth, and maybe we ought to believe it. And if He’s telling the truth about that, maybe He’s telling the truth about everything else that He said. I believe it.

Although there are no prophecies before the rapture, The only thing that we’re looking forward to is the Lord to return. You see, I believe that Jesus Christ is coming back in the air and all of those who know Christ’s Savior will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord. That’s in the first Thessalonians chapter 4, 13 down to verse 18. So therefore that is going to take place. That’s what we are looking forward to.

We’re not looking for the blessed tribulation. We’re looking for the blessed hope. The blessed hope. We often say I’m looking for the upper taker, not the undertaker. I’m looking for him to take me up, not take me down. Although there are no prophecies before the rapture, there are multitudes that follow the rapture because a tribulation is only seven years long. Many events must be in preparation before the rapture and some of them are as follows. It means the Jewish people must return back to the land.

In the book of Isaiah in chapter 11, it says this, Israel will return back to their land. So God’s word is true and they are back, but they’re in unbelief. Number two, great blasphemies worldwide will be spoken against God, against God and against Israel. Now the Bible says in the book of Zechariah in chapter 10, also chapter 12, that God says, I will bring all nations against Jerusalem. Now you say, God said, He’s going to do this. And all the nations are going to turn against that little old-bitty nation.

And how do you think that little-low nation of Israel is going to be able to survive when all the nations turn against Israel. When it says all nations it seems like well maybe America and Britain has to also. How would you like to be in Israeli living in Israel? And you see over 50-something Muslim nations who want to drive you into the sea totally annihilate you, and all they need is a couple of little item bombs to do it with nuclear warheads.

Now, Israel will have to defend itself. Isn’t it amazing that we are living at the time when the exact nations, not all I mentioned, but these exact nations have also fallen in with the nation of Russia. Number three, the world as a whole will turn and kill God’s people. Now, this is what’s coming. God says this is going to take place. Does the world seem like it loves Christians today? You know what’s interesting? A guy by the name of Rick Perry.

Evidently he had gone to the Liberty University and gave a speech or a testimonium. And it was on the radio and I heard part of it right before James Taylor came on. And he was talking about how he came to know the Lord and so forth, you know. And I thought it was pretty good. I didn’t see anything wrong with it. I thought, well, great. But you know, it didn’t take long before the news media got wind of what he said.

And they already have declared he just nailed the coffin closed and he’s on the inside and talking about religion, talking about religion. That automatically just disqualifies him because he’s talking about religion. Do you know George Washington talked about religion in Christ? Do you know Abraham Lincoln talked about religion in Christ? I thought to myself, self, if I ran for the office of the President of the United States, what do I do with my religion, my Christianity? Do I take it and put it in a box and take it down to the bank and lock it up and leave it there because I don’t want to offend anybody?

That’s my right. That’s what we’re talking about. I have the right to believe what I believe, to say what I believe. So I listen to a few comments by individuals that are always trying to take the Christians and shut them up. Don’t talk about Christ. Don’t talk about God. Don’t talk about the Bible because that upsets people. You know what upsets me? Do they ever care about what upsets us? Evidently they don’t care about what we think. What about the Christians?

They don’t care about Christians. They don’t wanna offend the religion of Islam. Why? They’ll cut off your head. And if they say something about us, well, we’re supposed to do it. Love them, love your enemies. Now, something’s wrong here. If I’m to love you and you’re to kill me, I gotta hunch. There won’t be many of us left. unless God intervenes. You’ve been listening to Bibleline, a teaching ministry of Calvary Community Church in Tampa, Florida, with Dr. Ralph Arnold.

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