Understanding the Times
COVID-19 & Bible Prophecy
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Friday, March 20, 2020
First of all I do not claim to have a special revelation like you may have heard from preachers in the past.
I will not be giving you an exact day, week, month or year of events that are to come. I will focus on the content
of the word of God as found in the Bible not on trying to predict the future.
You will see from the words of Jesus that anyone trying to predict an exact time is in error.
I am going to try to bring your attention to verses that are easy to understand no matter what your religious background is or how much of the Bible you may or may not know.
I am going to focus on one prophecy in Revelation in particular.
The Mark of the Beast
Rev 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Probably everyone listening to this had heard about the Mark of the Beast at some point. It’s been referenced in books, music and movies for years.
How could there ever be a unified economic system? A One World Economy and Monetary System? One that uses no money, no cards, only a “mark” (scratch, etch) on the body.
It seems that this would have been impossible before the time of computer technology. Computers, scanners, artificial intelligence and other things we don’t even know about yet.
If you do an internet search “Microchips in humans” you will find many references.
So the technology is here, even with computer technology we could see the infrastructure, but how would it happen?
For years I have said that the only way for you to get a One World Economic System is you have to collapse all the existing economies at the same time. No country is going to give up their position of economic power just because.
There needs to be a crisis that happens and then the answer is to combine all the economies and have one unified system.
We now see how this could take place – A major worldwide health crisis. Right now there is economic turmoil across the globe.
There is also discussion about transmission of the virus through – Money.
Is this particular event the one that ushers in the Beast System? Maybe, maybe not.
Remember I said from the beginning I am not trying to predict the exact day or even year. This year, next year, ten years?
The Day of the Lord
1Thes 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
1Thes 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
1Thes 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
The Apostle Paul told these people he wouldn’t write to them about the day of the Lord because they already knew it would happen unexpectedly.
Think about what has just happened with the Coronavirus. Everything seemed normal. The stock market at an all time high. Unemployment at an all time low. And suddenly those two numbers flipped upside down. There was no escaping it.
Could everything return to “normal”. Well if so, things will never be like they were. There will be a new normal. Just like what happened after September 11th, 2001.
Be sure of this though – THERE WILL BE AN EVENT THAT BRINGS IN THIS BEAST SYSTEM.
Mat 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
Mat 24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Signs of the End of the Age
Mat 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Mat 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
No One Knows That Day and Hour
Mat 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Mat 24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Mat 24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Mat 24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Mat 24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Mat 24:41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Mat 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Mat 24:43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
Mat 24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Here Jesus closest followers are asking about a specific time. Jesus tells them no person knows the time. Rather it’s going to be just a regular ordinary day. It will be a day that people don’t think Jesus is coming and suddenly it WILL happen.
Jesus tells us all to Be Ready. Be Ready at all times.
In another conversation the disciples ask Jesus again about the timing of his return.
Acts 1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
Acts 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
Act 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
This time Jesus tells them “it is not for you to know” the timing of those prophecies. He then gives a specific prophecy that they should focus on – receiving the Power of the Holy Ghost.
There are the kingdoms of this world, the kingdom of Darkness and God has a kingdom for us to enter. It is a spiritual kingdom.
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
John 3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
I will not go into a complete lesson on God’s Kingdom in this message. I will draw your attention to what the Apostle Peter said in his first message to people wondering what to do on the day that God’s church first started.
Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
What shall we do? The same thing that the apostles preached from the beginning. God has a promise for you that allows you to enter HIS kingdom.
Just believing in Jesus is not enough.
Asking Jesus into your heart is not enough.
Accepting the Lord as your personal savior is not enough.
Those are ideas that are not even taught by the Apostles to people throughout the Book of Acts. The apostles taught Repentance (turning away from sin), Remission (forgiveness and deliverance from sin through water baptism), and Receiving (the promised power of the Holy Ghost.)
If you understand these things God is giving you a window of opportunity to prepare yourself for the coming of the Lord. Also we see how quickly everything can change.
If this is not the exact time, it is certainly a wake-up call to anyone not fully prepared for the day of the Lord.
When you take action to receive the promised power of the Holy Ghost you will understand this verse.
2Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
You can have what Romans chapter 14 verse 17 says,
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
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