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We know that Christ is considered to be the rock. He’s also called the cornerstone. Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, behold I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect precious and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded or confused or ashamed that they’ve trusted in the Lord. The rock, the stone is a person, it’s a person. That stone is gonna come down, it’s Christ. And that rock is gonna hit those ten toes. And it’s gonna destroy Gentile ruling power because in the last days the Bible says all of these kingdoms are going to come together to destroy little Israel.

And God says that He is going to bring all the nations against Israel. It’s amazing. God can use the deceitfulness and the wickedness of men’s heart to fulfill His will, and He will. Now these 10 kings, or 10 toes, or 10 horns that’s mentioned in the book of Revelation chapter 17. Shall mate war with the lamb. That means that in the days of these kings they will mate war with the lamb because now the lamb has become the lion.

And when Christ comes back to the earth and power and great glory and every eye will see him. He is headed to the place called Armageddon. And that’s where all these people, one taken one left, one taken one left, they’re like great vines that are pulled into this big old valley in Begguetto and they are going to have a bloodbath. And the Bible says that Christ is going to destroy the ruling powers of these Gentile nations. Then there will be some Gentile nations that will have a hearing and God is going to have the judgment of the nations and those that are believers will go into the millennium and those that are not will be cast into the lake of fire.

That day is coming. And the world is setting up just like God says it would. Now if you look on the screen, you’ll notice that I broke the body down into five different pieces of, I guess you could say material, metal, iron, clay. All those things are mentioned. But see every one of those five represent a kingdom that have ruled since Israel has been either out of the land, without their temple or without a king. Now you think about this, 2,500 years Israel has been without a king.

Their temple has come and gone. Israel has been out of the land. Israel has come back to the land. They were back in the land, but they were under Gentile powers. Even today they’re back in the land in unbelief and they’re under the auspices of, I guess you could say, the United Notions. Things are going to change. They’re still talking about Israel even to this day. how to have peace in the Middle East. And they just want to carve it up, say that they never were the owners of Jerusalem, which is a joke.

At least I like the fact that Donald Trump recognizes Israel’s right to exist and that Jerusalem ought to be the capital of Israel. And I just happen to agree with him. Now, the great beasts of Daniel too, this This is 70 weeks or 490 years total. That’s the 70 weeks of Daniel that he talks about in chapter 9. But now what I want you to see is this. Daniel was written almost 550 years before Christ came. Daniel names the ruling Gentile nations in advance.

He says in Daniel chapter 8 verse 20, the ram which thou sought having two horns are the kings of the meads and the persons. Even the rough goat is the king of Greece, the one after them. You see, Daniel lived doing the one. The Babylonian Empire. And then the Medes and the Persians took over and he had already told them about them and the one’s going to take on after them. If you want to know if the Bible is true, the Bible is true and it names the kingdoms in advance.

Now get this. Isaiah was written 700 years before Christ came. Isaiah tells us 150 years in advance that Babylon was coming and would be defeated by the Medes. There’s the scripture right there. You can read it on the screen. As you have 13 verse 17 says, Behold, I will stir up the means against them. And then in next verse he says, and Babylon, the glory of the kingdoms, the beauty of the counties, excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

God is gonna take the means and the Persians and bring them down against Babylon. But Babylon has gotta come and take it. This was written 150 years in advance. You see, even the Bible says in the book of Isaiah, Chapter 53, 700 years in advance and describes what would happen to Christ when he is rejected and despised and that he would have no judgment when it came to his crucifixion. It will not be an honest court. It was a mockery of a trial.

All that’s mentioned in advance. So when people say, you can’t know the Bible is true. They don’t know the Bible. They don’t read the Bible and study the Bible. I’ve spent all these years studying because I want to know if it’s true, I want to believe it. But I want to know what’s true. The Bible is true and you can trust it. Now, I was written 700 years before Christ came. I said, tells us 150 years in advance that Cyrus would permit the Jews in captivity to return to Israel, to rebuild Jerusalem, and the temple.

His name is written in the scripture 150 years before he came. Go back and check the book of Isaiah, look at those scriptures. His name is there written in advance because he God says, man can’t do this. I’m going to tell you what kingdom is going to be and what the man’s name is going to be and he’s going to give you permission to go back and rebuild the sin, this was before the fail. The book, the Bible, is an awesome book.

Now, get this. Israel without a king, 70 weeks or 490 years, God says it’s going to take place. And it names the kingdom in advance and tells you what’s going to happen. Now the only one that what we’re waiting on is that last one, those 10 toes. But something happened. When Christ came in the Old Testament, it says concerning the mystery of the church and the rapture of the church, hidden in times past, but now revealed for the first time.

You see, there’s the time of the Gentiles which represents all of these kingdoms, goes until the end of the the 10 toes when Christ comes back, He’s going to end all the Gentile power ruling. And then, and they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be literally captive into all nations and Jerusalem shall be trodden down to the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. So God says that Israel, yes, will be back in their land and they will make a peace treaty and they will be a temple in Jerusalem, but it’s going to be destroyed again and they’re going to have to flee run for their life.

And in Christ comes back at the end of the times of the Gentiles. So He told us in that dream that Nebuchadnezzar had had all the kingdoms in advance. That’s the times of the Gentiles. So you wonder when is Israel going to get to rule? It didn’t happen yet. So this is why all of this is so important. Now, therefore, and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem until the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, three score and two weeks.

That’s in the book of Daniel chapter 9 verse 25. He tells them in advance until the Messiah. So he tells them in advance from this point when Cyrus had issued that decree they could go back into rebuild until the Messiah would be so long. Seven weeks and three score two weeks. 69 weeks. 69 weeks times seven is 483 years. 70 weeks are determined upon Israel. So there’s one week left. One week is still out there. That’s the seven-year tribulation you get people talk about because it was 69 weeks or 483 years until the Messiah would be cut off.

And after 3 score in 2 weeks, 6 to 2 weeks or 4 years, because… Separated into 49 years, that was for the be rebuilt another temple, then after the temple it would be another 62 weeks. Shammah Saya be cut off. That means that’s when he dies. Not when he’s born, when he died. And the people of the Prince that shall come shall destroy the city. Means Jerusalem and the temple. So we know this. Until the Messiah will be cut off.

And then after he dies, the temple will be destroyed again, and the Jews will be scattered upon the face of the year. Think about it, just in history. Hadn’t that happened? Christ came right on schedule. The temple has been destroyed. It’s still destroyed after 2,000 years. Jews are scattered from the face of the earth, and not until May the 28th, 1948. They go back to Israel and become a pastor of the nation. But see, the Bible says what was going to happen after the Messiah comes.

Happened just like He said. Now, get this. It is very important to get the sequence. Did he get it right? Temple destroyed by Babylon, it was. Seven years spent in captivity, that happened. Geez, return to rebuild the wall in the temples, that happened. The Messiah comes, that happens. Messiah dies, that happened. Temple again destroyed, that happened. Israel scattered, that happened. This was fulfilled and it’s all behind us. Now, if you want to knowDiff, what do you think? Man can’t do this.

Man can’t do this. The Bible is true. Now, if what he has said was going to happen has happened, what about the things that he said about the future? So here we are, and we know that there is a division, a great division. You see, there is this period called the church age. Now, why do we have the church age in there? because when Christ came, He was rejected and crucified. So He was rejected the King, no kingdom. So that seven years that’s supposed to be right there has been moved out into the future.

So to see this, now it was hidden in time past, but the Bible says this period of time is coming. There is this gap between the cross and the last seven years. So we have the church age that’s mentioned in here. The rapture is going to take place. This is where we are. So the next thing to happen according to God’s timetable is for the rapture to take place and then that’s last seven years goes right up against where it was and will be fulfilled just like God says.

Now if you don’t believe this, let me show you something because it’s so important to get it because if it hasn’t been done, it must yet be fulfilled. So we know the church age is in between. But now we go to the cross. Now therefore he says and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore to build Jerusalem until the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, three score and two weeks. Well that 69 weeks out of the 70 that left one week after the cross.

But he was rejected so that shoved that seven years out into the future. But he would be cut off but not for himself. So if the missing seven years which is the 70th week at annual, the Antichrist, now get this, the Antichrist of the tribulation, the battle of Armageddon, King Jesus, or the kingdom is not behind us. If it’s not behind us, it must be where? It’s got to be ahead of us. That’s to me is just playing common sense.

If it hasn’t happened yet, it must be ahead of us. You see, Christ did not come back at the end of those, the crosser and set up the kingdom. Kingdom has and then said, the Antichrist didn’t go into the temple and claim to be God. That didn’t happen yet. The Battle of Armageddon, it hasn’t happened yet. That means these are things that happened in the tribulation, appeared that last week, and it hasn’t happened yet. So that means it still has to be out there in the future, and it is.

So the next thing to happen according to the timetable is for the rapture to take place, and then the seven years will be fulfilled. Are we on schedule? We’re right on schedule. God is getting the nation, see, after two thousand years, God had to get the children of Israel back into the land because how can you make a covenant without a people? And so that’s why when you read Daniel chapter 9 verse 27, it talks about in the midst of the week, that one week, three and a half years, the Antichrist goes into the temple and claims himself that he’s God.

Now, the church age That’s the time in which we live. It’s also called the body age, the body of Christ. It’s also called the grace age because there was the law… Now it’s the grace age. They’re all the same thing. But it’s between the cross and the rapture, specifically the day of Pentecost when the church began. So we are in this period of time. This is the present time. This is where we are. The king was rejected. The kingdom was postponed.

So now we’re looking for something else to happen. You see, how long is this supposed to take place? Well, when you read the book of Romans, in chapter 11, it talks about the fullness of the Gentiles. See, there’s the times of the Gentiles, all the way from Babylon to Armageddon. And the fullness of the Gentiles is that period of time called the church age. The fullness of the Gentiles, when God is taken out from among the Gentiles with the the Jew, individual believers, and making Him a body.

This is the body of Christ. So this is why this is also very important to keep it in mind. That blindness in part is happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles become in. So once the rapture takes place and God is finished with the body, the body is complete and we’re taken out of here, the Bible says Israel will be able to see and understand because when they see these things that are going to happen during the tribulation period that’s why he says when ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet standing the holy plate that’s to the nation of Israel during the tribulation period when these nations are going to come together and give their power to one person.

He says, when you shall see, you and I won’t be there. We’re already gone. Some people try to put the church going into the tribulation period. It’s a different period of time. You don’t do that to Scripture. Whether you like it, you don’t like it. Agree it. It has nothing to do with it. The book tells you how it’s got to be. This is the 70th week of Daniel upon thy people and upon by holy city. God does not send his church into that he’s going to marry into the tribulation period.

That’s like saying, honey, I love you and I want to marry. I want to take care of you. But first of all, I got to beat you half to death. Now I know some people do that, but that’s not the right thing. Now get this. He said, if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we send you by the word of the Lord that we which are alive and remain, unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent those that have already fallen asleep.

Now get this. The Bible says there is going to be a calling out. He’s going to take us out of this world and we will be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye caught up to meet the Lord. That’s the next thing to happen. Now if all these other things that happen, just like God said, is it possible that the rapture could happen just like God said? I believe it. That’s why I want to say challenged and motivated all the days of my life to keep serving God, try to reach as many people as I can.

I don’t understand why some Christians, yeah, they can be saved, having turned like they’re going to heaven and I, but they have no desire to serve God, no faithfulness to them. I don’t get it. I don’t understand it. Not one I owed, don’t get it. Because to me, I can’t do anything but serve the Lord. This thing is in my mind so much and I see it and I know what’s going on in the world. I’m not blind. But God says if you don’t awake out of sleep, you’ll live like a blind man.

You don’t see. Don’t understand. So you just do whatever you want to do with your life. There’s more to live for. Got any people that you haven’t led to the Lord that’s close to you? Your husband, your wife said, I don’t want to witness my husband. I don’t want him to go. You should want everybody to go to heaven. Now, it says this, for the Lord himself shall descend from heaven. Now get this, the Bible saying this, the Lord’s going to descend from heaven with a shout, with a voice of the archangel and with the trump of God and the dead in Christ, shall rise first.

Then he says, and then we which are alive, we’re going to be alive and remain to the coming of the Lord shall be caught up to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” Now this is not talking about when Christ comes to the earth and power and great glory. This is talking about when we get caught up to meet the Lord in the air and we’re taking up to heaven. It means that while you’re alive you’re going to be changed in a moment of twinkling.

Move. I mean you’re going to be moving out of here fast. You’re going to disappear and appear. You got to think about that. That does sound exciting, don’t it? Now, are you prepared to meet the Lord? Are you prepared? The next event is for the rapture to take place. Now, I want to show you something you’ve probably never seen before. Probably have no clue what it is, but I’m going to show you anyway. Is the Bible true. You think the Bible is true.

You think all these things have happened just a coincidence. No, it’s in the book, but most people don’t read the evidence. So they just go by whatever they think and they run to the news or Fox News or any news to try to find out, you know, what am I supposed to do? Well, you read the Bible and you can have a clue about what’s going on. There’s a lot of things I’d love to say right now on our government, but not today.

But I love watching and seeing all the things that are going on. We really are living in some interesting, exciting times. And so everything has happened just like God said. Now we know that the Bible prophesied Christ would come and He came. It says He’ll be cut off and He was. That means He will die, but not for Himself. Well, he did it for somebody that he must have done it for us. So watch this. This hand represent you and me and the wallet represent all the things that we do that are wrong.

God loves us. He loves us. Now he hates our sin, but he loves us. See I was always under the impression, you know, good little boys go to heaven and bad girls go to hell. You know what you heard? something like that. But you see, I thought you had to wait till you die to find out where you’re going to go. Well, most people, that’s exactly how they’re going to find out. But it’s going to be the wrong place.

What if you find out you’re going to the wrong place? Now what do you do? Wouldn’t it be great if you could know before you die? That would be awesome. So before you die, you can make a decision to go to heaven. But you’ve got to make the right decision. You see, God says, you can’t trust your good deeds. You can’t trust the church. You can’t trust the preacher. Youascusse, you can’t trust money. You can’t trust anything except Christ.

Now, this is what I mean. God loves us. He hates our sins. For us to pay for sins, eternal separation from God in hell. Since everybody sins, everybody condemned. We’re all guilty. We’re just waiting for the day of execution. You can’t stay that. You can’t stop that. There’s nothing you can do. But God loves you and wants you to go to heaven. To go to heaven you have to be perfect as righteous as God. And none of us are perfect.

None of us are righteous. We’ve all come short of God perfection. We’ve all sinned. Now this hand represents Jesus Christ. He’s the Lord God in the flesh. Now He came into the world because He loves us. He hates our sin because our sin separates us from Him. So Jesus Christ, who had no sin, did not have to die. So He took all the sin of all the world, paid for it on the cross. And when He did that, He came back again from the dead.

And He says that if you and I, if we would believe that He did it for us, He’d put that payment that He made to our account and we get to go to to heaven on what He did for us. He came back from the dead, says, will you believe I did that for you? You can do that because it doesn’t require you to commit a life or to stop something or promise something or join something or give something.

All you got to do is believe He did it for you. Christ died for my sins. Why am I going to heaven? Because I can’t go to hell. And the reason I can’t go to hell, because I don’t have any sins to pay for, because Christ paid for my sins. How many? All of them. So I have a payment for all of my sins. That’s why I can’t go to, it’s impossible. I couldn’t go to hell if I tried.

I haven’t tried. I can’t go to hell. And until you believe that and understand that, you cannot know you’re going to heaven. It can only be because you’re totally 100% you’re trusting what Christ did. You’re accepting His death for your sins. As the payment, so you don’t have to pay it. He loved you that much. Came back from the dead and said, I’ll give you eternal life as a free gift. All you had to do is believe it. You see that little sign on the front of the podium there?

He loved you so much. He’d rather die than live without you. That’s how much you’re loved. He loves us so much for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believe it than him should not perish but have everlasting life. We go to heaven on what Christ did for us. It’s a gift. It’s totally free. We don’t have people join our church to go to heaven. We don’t have you give money to go to heaven.

We might want to change that. No. We don’t have people sign cards or you don’t have to walk down the aisle. You don’t know. You can trust the Lord right where you are. And if you’re watching by internet, right where you are. I think in the last day we’ve had three people or so that said they trust the Christ of Savior the Savior by the messages that they see that we have preached from here. So it heads bowed and eyes closed.

No one looking around. If you have never trusted Christ as your Savior, if you’re not sure of going to heaven, friend the Bible is true, I hope you can see that. And if it’s true, that means there is a heaven. That means there is a hell. Because the one that came right on schedule and was crucified, He’s the one that said all of this. He said, he’s the Lord, God in the flesh. And he wants you to know he loves you that he died for you to pay for your sins.

So if you accept that payment he made for you, then he gives you eternal life as a gift. And you get to go to heaven of what he did for you, for I not pray that you will trust him. And so right now with heads by nice clothes, I’m gonna ask you if you’ll let me know that what I said made sense to you, just by raising your hand and putting it right back down, say, preach of that made sense to me and I will trust Christ as my Savior this morning.

And if you’ll do that, we’ll just slip your hand very quickly and put it right back down. Anyone at all, just God bless you and God bless you over there. God bless you. Anyone else is very quickly slipped your hand up. I can’t always see as clearly as I like to. Sometimes these spotlights are in my eye. Anyone else? Our Father, we are thankful so much for your loving us, for giving us eternal life, and for giving us your word that we can put our confidence in it, to believe it, to strengthen our faith.

And Father, we do live in some exciting days, and yet some very dreadful days. And Father, we pray for our country. We want the best. You’ve got a lot of children that have to live here in this whole world. And Father, we pray that we could keep this country free until the Rapture. We pray for the leadership, and we pray, Lord, you will to be done. We commit ourselves to you and thanking so much for our church, our freedoms that we now enjoy, and Father, that you’ll have us have people that can make right decisions, wise decisions, that would honor you, that we can lead a quiet and peaceful life.

And we thank you, Lord, for those that indicate about an uplifted hand that they would accept Jesus Christ as their Savior. and follow we thank you so much for the help. In Christ’s name we pray, Amen. Are you a new listener to Bibleline? Do you enjoy the teachings of Dr. Arnold? Well, if you’ve never contacted us before, we want to give you Dr. Arnold’s book, The Gospel Driven Man. Every day we receive many emails from folks who have questions about repentance and salvation, about faith in works, and about how to share the gospel with friends and loved ones.

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