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SERMON DATE AND TITLE: 20181125 JESUS' END OF THE AGE PROPHECIESThis page streams the audio-only sermon, when available, in downloadable SWF flash format. It begins playing shortly after opening this page
Senior Pastor Phil Roland Pastor Ray Scott
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JESUS' END OF THE AGE PROPHECIES SERMON STARTER
Futurists who predict the future based upon what's happening today tell us that within 25 years or less. 1. Auto repair shops will go away. 2. Gas stations will go away. 3. Coal industries will go away. 4. Computer software will take away most traditional industries. 5. Artificial Intelligence will replace many professions. a. IBM's Watson will replace most lawyers. b. Watson helps nurses predict cancer with 90% accuracy. 6. Autonomous cars will replace drivers. 7. Personal car ownership will cease. 8. Traditional car companies will become bankrupt. a. Thanks to UBER there will be 90% fewer cars. b. Autonomous cars: there will be 90% fewer accidents. c. Insurance companies will have massive problems. 9. Electric Cars will be the cars of the future. 10. Hand-held "Tricorder" devices will diagnose causes of illness from your home. My sermon this morning is a reminder that world-wide knowledge is increasing exponentially. Mankind has found more and more sophisticated ways to sin. Americans have more leisure and finances to creatively find ways to walk in more and more narcissistic indulgences and depravity. My sermon also reminds us that Jesus is coming soon. He has left us specific scriptural sign posts preceding His Second Coming. This morning I explore the teaching of Jesus about what is to happen. . . Pastor Phil <><<
November 25, 2018 - Sheepfold Ministries Pastor Phil Roland <><<
JESUS' END OF THE AGE PROPHECIES DANIEL 12:1-4 - MATTHEW 24:3-14
"Prophesy and End Time prediction has always been a fascination for believers. Even though Jesus told us that no man will know, speculation continues. Young people and elderly people are drawn to prophesy. The have natural interest in what precedes the future." Pastor Phil <><<
Eschatology = Study of Last Things
4 "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase." Daniel 12:4
Matthew 24:36-37 (NKJV)
BIBLE'S END OF THE AGE PROPHECIES: I. THE DAYS OF NOAH REPEATED - Matthew 24:37 37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. A. Wickedness Increasing - Genesis 6:5-6 (NKJV) and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 1.God gave them to a Reprobate Mind - Romans 1:24 24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 2. Robotic Talking Sex Dolls: Think Alexia on Steroids 3. Sex Trafficking of Runaway Teens and Illegals 4. Catholic Pedophile Controversy B. Legalizing of same sex marriages 1. Politically Correct Movement legitimizing perversion 2. Subjectively picking your gender on a whim "Today I am identifying as. . ." 3. Abortion on demand - More than 60 million since Roe/Wade
JESUS' END OF THE AGE PROPHECIES: II. END OF THE AGE PROPHECIES - Matthew 24:3-14 3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?" JESUS' END OF THE AGE PROPHESIES, cont., p. 2
A. Deception - "Take heed that no one deceives you." 2. Proliferation of Cults - More than 5,000 in the U.S. alone B. On-going Warfare - 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. 1. Presently there are ten active wars globally 2. There are eight more if you add, Active military conflicts C. International Conflict - 7a For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. D. Famines, Pestilences and Earthquakes - 7b. . .and there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. a. 7,500 homes destroyed in Southern CA b. 8,400 homes lost in Northern CA c. 87 fire deaths and more than 500 unaccounted for 2. Pestilences - Global Pandemic Diseases World Health Organization lists 10 today 1) INFLUENZA - 100 million killed in 1900 2) HEALTH SYSTEMS - Attacked world-wide 3) CHOLERA - Kills 100M annually 4. DIPHTHERIA - 5. MILARIA - 200M annual deaths https://medium.com/@who/10-threats-to-global- health-in-2018-232daf0bbef3 3. Earthquakes - In 2017 there were 12,797 globally actually felt a. Global Seismographs record 1400 each day b. Globally only 275 are felt daily E. This is just the Beginning - 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. JESUS' END OF THE AGE PROPHECIES III. TRIBULATION AND MARTYRDOM - Verse 9 9 Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake. 1. 215 Million believers are afflicted today 2. 10 nations actively involved in persecution of believers https://factsandtrends.net/2018/01/29/quarter-billion-christians-face- major-persecution-2018/ B. More than 200,000 Believers are martyred each year 1. Intense hatred of Islam for Jews and Christians 2. They commit xenophobic atrocities w/o conscience 3. Not just Islamic countries that martyr us C. More False Prophets will seduce and offend many 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 1. David Koresh, Branch Davidians, Waco, Texas, 76 murdered 2. Jim Jones, Guyana, Jonestown Massacre w/ 900+ dead
JESUS' END OF THE AGE PROPHESIES, cont., p. 3
D. Lawlessness will abound 1. War on Law Enforcement people - Whatta we want/ Dead Cops! 2. Epidemic of Violence 3. Disputes over Immigration 4. Epidemic of Addiction 5. Corrosive and destructive Lawlessness 6. Activists Protesters - "Cause Specialists" 7. Riots and looting in the inner cities E. Many will Fall away from their faith in Jesus 1. Apostates - Backsliders 2. Compromisers w/culture 3. Church and Faith Burn-Out Remember: 1. Greater is he that is in you than he which is in the world. 1 John 4:4 2. When sin abounded, grace abounded much more. Romans 5:20 3. The greater the darkness, the greater His Light in us. Isaiah 9:2; Matt. 5:14; John 8:12; Psalm 18:28 2 The people who walked in darkness Have seen a great light; Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them a light has shined. 12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life." 28 For You will light my lamp; The LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. COME, HOLY SPIRIT John W. Peterson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qUc0e305h8
JESUS' END OF THE AGE PROPHESIES Daniel 12:1-4 (NKJV)
Matthew 24:3-14 (NKJV) TEXTS CONT. P. 2
and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake.
Interesting Predictions How does this affect evangelism?
In the Future. . .
1. Auto repair shops will go away. A gasoline engine has 20,000 individual parts. An electrical motor has 20. Electric cars are sold with lifetime guarantees and are only repaired by dealers. It takes only 10 minutes to remove and replace an electric motor. Faulty electric motors are not repaired in the dealership but are sent to a regional repair shop that repairs them with robots. Your electric motor malfunction light goes on, so you drive up to what looks like a Jiffy-auto wash, a and your car is towed through while you have a cup of coffee and out comes your car with a new electric motor! 2. Gas stations will go away. Parking meters will be replaced by meters that dispense electricity. Companies will install electrical recharging stations; in fact, they’ve already started. You can find them at select Dunkin’ Donuts locations. Most (the smart) major auto manufacturers have already designated money to start building new plants that only build electric cars. 3. Coal industries will go away. Gasoline/oil companies will go away. Drilling for oil will stop. So say goodbye to OPEC! Homes will produce and store more electrical energy during the day and then they use and will sell it back to the grid. The grid stores it and dispenses it to industries that are high electricity users. Has anybody seen the Tesla roof? A baby of today will only see personal cars in museums. The FUTURE is approaching faster than most of us can handle. 4. In 1998, Kodak had 170,000 employees and sold 85% of all photo paper worldwide. Within just a few years, their business model disappeared and they went bankrupt. Who would have thought of that ever happening? What happened to Kodak will happen in a lot of industries in the next 5-10 years and, most people don't see it coming. Did you think in 1998 that, 3 years later, you would never take pictures on film again? With today’s smart phones, who even has a camera these days? Yet digital cameras were invented in 1975. The first ones only had 10,000 pixels, but followed Moore's law. So as with all exponential technologies, it was a disappointment for a time, before it became way superior and became mainstream in only a few short years. It will now happen again (but much faster) with Artificial Intelligence,
Page 2, Predictions, cont.
health, autonomous and electric cars, education, 3D printing, agriculture and jobs. 5. Forget the book, “Future Shock”, welcome to the 4th Industrial Revolution. a. Software has disrupted and will continue to disrupt most traditional industries in the next 5-10 years. UBER is just a software tool, they don't own any cars, and are now the biggest taxi company in the world! Ask any taxi driver if they saw that coming. b. Airbnb is now the biggest hotel company in the world, although they don't own any properties. Ask Hilton Hotels if they saw that coming. c. Artificial Intelligence: Computers become exponentially better in understanding the world. This year, a computer beat the best Go- player in the world, 10 years earlier than expected. d. In the USA, young lawyers already can't get jobs. Because of IBM's Watson, you can get legal advice (so far for right now, the basic stuff) within seconds, with 90% accuracy compared with 70% accuracy when done by humans. So, if you study law, stop immediately. There will be 90% fewer lawyers in the future, (what a thought!) only omniscient specialists will remain. Watson already helps nurses diagnosing cancer, it is four times more accurate than human nurses. e. Facebook now has a pattern recognition software that can recognize faces better than humans. In 2030, computers will become more intelligent than humans. 6. Autonomous cars: In 2018 the first self-driving cars are already here. In the next two years, the entire industry will start to be disrupted. You won't want to own a car anymore as you will call a car with your phone. It will show up at your location and drive you to your destination. You will not need to park it. You will only pay for the driven distance and you can be productive while driving. The very young children of today will never get a driver's license and will never own a car. This will change our cities, because we will need 90-95% fewer cars. We can transform former parking spaces into parks. 1.2 million people die each year in car accidents worldwide including distracted or drunk driving. We now have one accident every 60,000 miles; with autonomous driving that will drop to 1 accident in 6 million miles. That will save a million lives plus worldwide each year. Most traditional car companies will doubtless become bankrupt. Page 3, Predictions, cont.
Traditional car companies will try the evolutionary approach and just build a better car, while tech companies (Tesla, Apple, Google) will do the revolutionary approach and build a computer on wheels. Look at what Volvo is doing right now; no more internal combustion engines in their vehicles starting with the 2019 models, using all electric or hybrid only, with the intent of phasing out hybrid models. Many engineers from Volkswagen and Audi are completely terrified of Tesla and so they should be. Look at all the companies offering all electric vehicles. That was unheard of only a few years ago. Insurance companies will have massive trouble because, without accidents, the costs will become cheaper. Their car insurance business model will disappear. Real estate will change. Because if you can work while you commute, people will move farther away to live in a more beautiful or affordable neighborhood. Electric cars will become mainstream about 2030. Cities will be less noisy because all new cars will run on electricity. Cities will have much cleaner air as well. (Can we start in Los Angeles, please?)Electricity will become incredibly cheap and clean. Solar production has been on an exponential curve for 30 years, but you can now see the burgeoning impact. And it’s just getting ramped up. Fossil energy companies are desperately trying to limit access to the grid to prevent competition from home solar installations, but that simply cannot continue - technology will take care of that strategy. Health: The Tricorder X price will be announced this year. There are companies who will build a medical device (called the "Tricorder" from Star Trek) that works with your phone, which takes your retina scan, your blood sample and you breath into it. It then analyses 54 bio-markers that will identify nearly any disease. There are dozens of phone apps out there right now for health purposes. WELCOME TO TOMORROW It actually started a few years ago. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/future-shock-megatrends-kurt-cagle
GOOGLE: MegaTrends and FutureShock Alvin and Heidi Toffler John Naisbitt
MARTYRDOM Philip-Crucified. Bartholomew-Beaten and crucified. Thomas-Speared to death. Matthew-Axed to death with a halberd. James, son of Alphaeus-clubbed to death at age 94. Thaddaeus or Judas Lebbaeus-Crucified. Simon Zelotes-Crucified. Paul of Tarsus-Beheaded. Matthias-Stoned and Beheaded.
Let’s not forget Stephen, the first Christian martyr, who was stoned. Let us now look at the persecution others in the Roman Empire experienced simply for making this statement. What did it really cost those in the empire to say: Jesus is Lord?
Six trends that are rapidly reshaping the lives of American Christians 1. The decline of Christianity in the United States and Europe 2. The drift toward socialism within the United States
3. The civil war of ideologies in the United States
4. The decline of whites in the American population
5. The rapid rise of Islam
6. The reshuffling of global economies and military might
Young Americans are increasingly being taught that all belief systems are equal and can coexist without conflict. And yet, they will inherit a world in which the largest, most powerful nations each believe their own ideology to be exclusive and superior.
https://world.wng.org/content/facing_cultural_storms
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