The Clock of Redemption!

How Will We Know When God’s Divine Clock of Redemption is Close to Midnight? Luke 17:26 ““And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:” Luke 17:28 ““It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;” 1)Globally MANKIND will no longer REPENT! 2) Globally LAWLESSNESS will become PREVALENT! 3) Globally SIN will become INIQUITY!

The Mysteries of God and the Clock of Redemption! 1 Corinthians 4:1 “Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.” If WE are stewards of the mysteries of God, what are the mysteries of God?

The Mystery of the KINGDOM! Mark 4:11 “And He was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables,”

The Mystery of GODLINESS! 1 Timothy 3:16 “By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was revealed in the flesh, Was vindicated in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Proclaimed among the nations, Believed on in the world, Taken up in glory.”

The Mystery of the HARDENING of Israel! Romans 11:25 “For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;”

The Mystery of the CHURCH! Ephesians 5:32 “This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.”

The Mystery of the INDWELLING of Christ! Colossians 1:26 “that is, the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations, but has now been manifested to His saints,” Colossians 1:27 “to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”

The Mystery of the HARDENING of Israel! Romans 11:25 “For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;”

The Mystery of INIQUITY! 2 Thessalonians 2:7 “For the mystery of lawlessness (iniquity), is already at work; What Is The Difference Between SIN, TRANSGRESSION and INIQUITY?

SIN is any thought, work or action that is in disobedience to the will of God. It is often descripted as “missing the mark” and the mark is perfection.

TRANSGRESSION is crossing over a boundary; making a choice to do something of which God has established and made known. Transgression is willfully crossing the boundary knowing God is watching, but proceeding without caring!

INIQUITY is when sin is allowed to become transgression, it becomes iniquity and this reveals perversity, and moral. Iniquity is moral uncleanness that is demonstrated in public, and is often a very intentional twisting, defiance, or perversion of God’s known standard Romans 1:18 “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,”!

What is the Full Cup Principle as Revealed in Scripture? Every person and every nation have a “CUP” that iniquity pours into. God is love and love is patient and long suffering, but when the CUP becomes full, God pours out His wrath on the wicked, but He can and will spare the life of the Godly remnant in a society. For example: The FLOOD—Noah and his family were spared! SODOM and GOMORRAH—Lot and his daughters were spared! The EGYPTIANS—Moses and the children of Israel were spared! JERICHO—Rahab and her family were spared because they were under the scarlet thread (blood covenant)!

There are seven MYSTERIES that have already been REVEALED and there are three MYSTERIES ready to be REVEALED!

The Clock of Redemption Is Ticking and The Cup Is Almost Full! Today, I want to show you the three final MYSTERIES that are ready to be REVEALED! The first one is:

I. The REMOVAL of the CHURCH! 1 Corinthians 15:50 “Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.” 1 Corinthians 15:51 “Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,” 1 Corinthians 15:52 “in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.”

The second one is:

II. The LAWLESS ONE being REVEALED! 2 Thessalonians 2:7 “For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.” What do we know about the mystery of lawlessness? The word used for lawlessness means “against the law” and it refers not only to laws that govern society, but it also means against God’s moral law. Or, to put it simply, it means “no moral law” and it goes against what is natural in humanity. The mystery of lawlessness is already at work BUT it is being restrained or limited for a little while longer! What is restraining the lawlessness? The Holy Spirit restrains the lawlessness but the closer we get to the removal of the Church, the more lawlessness will increase! What do we know about the lawless one? 2 Thessalonians 2:8 “Then that lawless one will be revealed . . .

His PERSONALITY will be AMAZING to the world! Daniel 7:8 “While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them . . . and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man . . .

His PERSUASIONS will be AFFIRMING to the world! Daniel 7:8 ““While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, behold this horn possessed . . . a mouth uttering great boasts.”

His PERSECUTIONS will be ASTONISHING in the world! Daniel 7:25 “‘He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time.”

His TERMINATION is PROMISED to the world! Daniel 7:26 “‘But the court will sit for judgment, and his dominion will be taken away, annihilated and destroyed forever.” 2 Thessalonians 2:8 “Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming;”

The third one is:

III. The HARLOT being DESTROYED! Revelation 13:4 “they worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?””

A. Notice the OBSERVATIONS made by JOHN! Revelation 17:1 “Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,” WHAT did John SEE? Revelation 17:3 “And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness; and I saw a woman . . .

*A WOMAN: The false religious system that has been around long before Christianity. The Babylonian religion was founded by the wife of Nimrod, a great-grandson of Noah, named Semi-ramis. According to mythology, she gave birth to a son she claims was conceived miraculously. The son, named Tammuz, was considered a savior. Many ancient artifacts reveal an image of Semiramis holding the savior-infant Tammuz, which predate Christianity. It was also said that Tammuz was killed by a wild beast and then miraculously brought back to life. Baal was the local, Canaanite name for the Babylonian Tammuz.

Ezekiel 8:14 mentions idolatry of weeping for Tammuz. Jeremiah 44:17-19 and 44:25 mentions the heathen practice of making cakes for the Queen of Heaven (7:18) and offering incense to the Queen of Heaven (44:17-19, 25).

*Sitting on a scarlet BEAST: The false religious system of the end times is said to be “Sitting on a Scarlet Beast” and refers to the fact that the Harlot Church will have authority over the antichrist during the first half of the seven years of tribulation on earth. This position of domination (riding on the beast), suggests that the Catholic (Universal) Church will dominate the world with the assistance and approval of antichrist.

*Full of Blasphemous Names: Pope, Vicar of Christ, Cardinal, etc.

*Seven Heads and Ten Horns: Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece---five have fallen—one IS (Rome) and one is to come (Antichrist)

*A gold cup FULL of ABOMINATIONS: Gold speaks of the tremendous wealth of the Harlot Church and Abominations speaks of the spiritual and moral filthiness that is overflowing from the Harlot’s history.

*On her forehead a name written . . . Mother of all Harlots

17:6 And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus, and when I saw her, I wondered greatly!

The Blood of the Saints = Catholic Inquisitions in History. For example, July 4th, 1533 Andrew Hewett was put to death because he did NOT believe the bread and juice (Eucharist), actually became the Body and Blood of Jesus

Kerby & Clark were also burned to death in 1546 because they did NOT believe the bread and juice actually became the Body and Blood of Jesus during communion!

The Cup of Abomination is already full of the blood of the saints in History, but it is also going to become full of . . .

The Blood of the Witnesses = This refers to those who Believe during the Tribulation but will not submit to the false teachings of the Harlot church.

What is the Identity of the Woman that made John wonder greatly? The Harlot, Counterfeit Catholic (means Universal), church that is left behind after the Rapture or Removal of the True Church from the earth to meet Jesus in the Air!

17:8 The beast that you saw WAS and is NOT and is about to come out of the abyss and go to destruction

What is the Identity of the Beast? The Beast is the Antichrist, the person Satan uses to deceive and destroy the world prior to being sent to the bottomless pit awaiting his final judgment in the lake of fire!

What is the meaning of was and is not and is about to come out of the abyss? We learn from Revelation 13:3;4 and 12-14 that after the death and resurrection of the two witnesses at the halfway point of the Tribulation, Satan feels compelled to counterfeit the death and resurrection of the antichrist so that people will be even more deceived to believe what is false! The Beast will die, come to life but will be sent to the abyss or the bottomless pit!

WHAT was the woman SITTING on? I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of blasphemous names . . . Revelation 17:5 “and on her forehead a name was written, a mystery, “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.””

WHAT does the Harlot do? Revelation 13:16 “And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,” Revelation 13:17 “and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.”

B. Notice the ALLEGIANCES made to the BEAST! Revelation 17:12 ““The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.”

The Ten Horns represent ten political, economic, military leaders who do not actually have a kingdom yet, but due to their allegiance to the Beast during the Tribulation, he will give them Authority for a short but limited duration of time during the first half of the seven years of tribulation.

C. Notice the PROMISES made by GOD! Revelation 17:13 ““These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.” Revelation 17:14 ““These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.””

The war that they will wage against Messiah will be the battle of Armageddon (16:14-16). During this ill fated war, the Messiah will destroy these ten kings (19:17-21) BECAUSE—He IS the Lord of lords and King of kings!