It's a great honor to be here and share with you
this morning from the Word of God. Trust me, you don't want to hear my own opinion about things. It's really important that we understand in these times of so much uncertainty
and confusion and mostly deception, if you're not holding onto the Word of God, you will find yourself like some of the disciples, as we will look into what they went through
that Sunday morning after the resurrection. Let's pray ... Father, we thank you for Your Word. Your word is true ... We ask you now to sanctify us by that truth. We ask that You will speak to us today. You will convict us as well as encourage us and give us the strength and the comfort
that we need in order to walk in these days. The days are evil, the Bible says,
but we know that with You, we can walk in peace and we can walk with a power that we can only get from above. We thank you, and we bless you
in the name of the Holy One of Israel, Yeshua HaMashiach, Jesus, we pray, Amen ... Amen. So the title of the message this morning is
The Days of Ezekiel, because I truly believe we live in unbelievable times that the prophets of 2,700 years ago
were more accurate ... in the way they describe what's going on today than our own newspapers, even today. I've never seen the church more divided in my entire life. I've never seen families more divided. I've never seen friendships so easily broken
as if they don't matter anymore. And all of that because the enemy successfully breached those fortresses of our lives
and managed to convince us that there are things that are way more important
than the Bible and the gospel. So it's important to me that we all understand that sometimes the bad times are not
as bad as we think and also sometimes we need to understand
there's not a single verse in the Bible, not even one where Jesus says to His disciples: As you reach towards the end
things are going to be great... I don't know why everybody's so shocked and so surprised. I mean, on one hand, they all agree
that we live in the end times - on the other hand ...
'We don't want to bear the consequences thereof.' Now you can't have them both. If you think and you know, you're convinced
that we live in the end times, then you have to understand that 2,700 years ago,
as well as 2000 years ago, we were promised what the end times are going to look like. 'I don't agree with that'
... Well, that's your problem. I mean, God, by his grace allowed us to understand
in order for us to be ready, how the end times are going to be. We must have a biblical perspective
and not, what I would say, a sensational one. We have to be very, very careful
because nowadays Christians, they fight more for other things than for the gospel. They share more other things
than Bible verses or the way to be saved. There's only one way. I see the name of Dr. Fauci more than the name of Jesus
on all of their posts. What happened to us? We must understand the times and the seasons in which we live. And for that, we must go to the Word of God, because only through the Word of God,
you understand where you are. The Bible says that at the very end
there will be so much deception, but the biggest deception is that there are other things that are more important and more relevant than the Bible. That's the biggest deception. You know, I'm reminded of Luke 24. It's the first day of the week ... Jesus resurrected. Happy day ... No? Well, the women come to the tomb early in the morning ... At least in John we know that Mary came to the tomb,
she was in tears. When she saw the empty tomb,
she was even in more tears. Where is He? And then when Jesus appeared right next to her
and says: Why are you crying? She said... she thought He's the gardener. She said: Listen, if you took the body of my Lord, tell me where it is, I will take it back. Not a single time in this whole conversation,
was the resurrection even an option. And if that's not enough,
those women went back to the upper room to tell the rest of them:
We've seen an amazing thing - that the tomb is empty, The stone is rolled, I mean, there's no one there. And we even saw an angel telling us that
He's not there because He's alive, He's risen. Which type of dance do you think
the male disciples started dancing? No dance ...they actually started a sprint run. I mean all the way towards the tomb ... Why? ... because we don't believe the women. They don't have a clue what they were having for breakfast, what time of the month it is. So we run and check. And when they ran and checked, you know what the Bible says? They went and they found it just as the woman had said. Should have believed them! So the Bible tells us that John outran Peter, because it's important, but Peter entered the tomb first, but the bottom line was that the tomb was empty. What kind of a dance they started then?
... None. The Bible says that they went back to the upper room perplexed at what they have seen,
scratching their head like that. And I know that they were not happy. I know that they were sad, angry, confused. I know ... how do I know that? Because later on the Bible said:
Behold, two of them ... in Luke chapter 24, two of them were traveling that same day
to a village called Emmaus, which was 7 miles from Jerusalem
and they talk together of all these things that happened. I think they didn't talk about all the things. They talked about the things they saw with their eyes and not the things that they heard and had to believe in. So by the way, exactly the picture of the church today
... 100%. People don't hold onto the things that were promised,
they hold onto what they see. And it says - So it was while they were converse in reason
that Jesus himself - I love how the Bible says Jesus himself. It's not like just the spirit of Jesus,
an angel that may have looked like him. It's Jesus - himself. The Bible says He drew near and went with them. Now that's kind of spooky, but think about it. You go to your friend's funeral
and on the plane back home, he's sitting right next to you. So, their eyes, the Bible says, were restrained
so they did not know Him. And He said to them: What kind of conversation is this that you have with one another as you walk and what?
... are sad. See, I didn't make it. Jesus could see that everything they talk about,
Sunday morning!, after they already heard the news that the tomb is empty, They are sad .... and everywhere I go I see Christian - sad, angry ... Ugh, I want to kill someone. Then He asked them the question. Then the one whose name was Cleopas
answered and said to Him, Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem? Think about it and he's talking to Jesus right now. Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem, have you not known the things which
happened in these days? And I love how Jesus asked: What things? What is more important than Me being alive
right next to you right now ... What things? So they said to Him: The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth! Now watch how they talk to Jesus about Jesus. Watch this ... are you ready? Because they switched to past tense. Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death, and crucified Him. But we were hoping that it was He who was going
to redeem Israel. That's it! ... He is done. Indeed, besides all this, today is ...
[audio problem] ... is it better? ...besides all this, the Bible says,
today is the third day since these things happened. Yes, and certain women, again, back to the women ... ...certain women of our company,
who arrived at the tomb early, astonished us. When they did not find His body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision
of angels who said He was alive. And certain of those who were with us went to the tomb and founded it - what?
... just as the women had said; but Him they did not see.” And then Jesus said:
Okay, timeout, look at Me. And He's not talking to the governor ... to the State Legislator, He is not talking to the Jewish leadership. He's not talking to some family member. He's talking to His disciples. Watch this, because this is what God is telling us today also. Then He said to them,
“O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in - what? ... all - say: all
.... in all that the prophets have spoken! See why I love Bible prophecy so much,
because Jesus is rebuking His own disciples for not believing in all that the prophets have spoken. He says, that's exactly why you are so sad. Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory? Shouldn't suffering and some terrible things accompany, according to the Word of God, the end times? 'I want my rights back ...' while you're holding your Starbucks in your hand. Do you understand that as I speak right now,
right now, hundreds are being executed in Afghanistan
by the Taliban right now. Right now, 12-year-olds are being kidnapped from their homes and being as meat supplied to the Jihadists. Right now, anything that has a female figure
or painting of a woman or picture of a woman anywhere around Kabul is being sprayed right now,
that is it - the end. Will you hear anything condemning that ... from the progressive liberals? - Of course not! Right now Christians or anyone in Afghanistan that professes Christianity is being executed as we speak. And you tell me that your rights are being taken from you? My father-in-law is teaching every week, Afghans from a different rooftop every week, they don't have a church. They go on a rooftop where they have some cell reception and there is not a single week where they are on
the same rooftop as the one before. A little perspective is needed in these days. And we don't even know if they are alive today. And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets,
He expounded to them in all the Scriptures... Jesus did not quote any other document,
not even the constitution. ...beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures
the things concerning Himself. Basically He said: I'm everywhere in the Scriptures. Of course, there are some churches
that don't teach the Old Testament – Jesus is nowhere. Because Jesus showed them everywhere He is in the Old Testament. Well, Jesus never taught from
the New Testament even one sermon. What are you talking about, Willis? Think about it - Paul never quoted
the New Testament, not even once. Every time the Bible, in the Bible, talks about Scriptures,
it's the Old Testament. Some Christians are being handed
New Testament and Psalms. I hope you paid half price ... it's a half of the Bible. And the Bible says:
Then they drew near to the village where they were going, and He indicated that He would have gone farther. But they constrained Him, saying, “Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.” ... Abide with us ... And He went in... Was there a time that people asked Him
to be, to heal, to stay and He said: Ugh, no, I don't think so?
- No. Now watch this. Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. And that was a Deja vu ... they realized, okay ... We know this One...
Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; And He ... what? Woof ... gone! Do you have a problem with us being vanished
... taken away? No, because this is biblical, you know that. And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us
while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?” Now did Jesus own a Bible? ... No. Was He walking with a Bible? ... No. He is the Word of God. Everything He spoke was the Word of God. He knows the Word of God. And He expounded the Scriptures to them
in ways that they never ever heard before, because there is no rabbinical interpretation involved. There are no other commentary - that's it, it was pure. The Word of God speaking the Word of God to the people that never heard
the Word of God spoken like that before. And they rose up... remember, it was too dangerous
to walk in the evening in those days. They actually told Him: Look, the day is far spent, stay with us. Not just because we love you,
but it's dangerous outside. They rose up that very hour...
when their eyes were open, when they understood it had to have happened - He is alive. And they are running all the way to Jerusalem and they are hoping to surprise the disciples by saying: We've seen Him and guess what? and found the eleven and those who were with them
gathered together, saying, “The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” They're like:
Wait a minute, He appeared to us also. We wanted to give you the news. And they told about the things
that had happened on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of bread. Amazing story. But I'm reminded that it is the disciples that did not believe
the words of the prophets. Thus, they did not understand who Jesus was
and what Jesus is all about. And they were angry, humiliated, sad and confused. They thought - We wasted 3 years on this guy
- and what - He's dead. No, He's not dead ... not only that He's alive,
He's talking to you right now. See, God wants us to know
the end from the beginning. Everything that is going to happen
- God saw it happened already. God is above time. He's not sitting - Oh, will He attack or not attack? I'm going to be surprised ...
No, God saw it all happening. And thankfully He sent us an email with an attachment. 'That is what is going to happen.' Remember the former things of old,
He says through the prophet Isaiah. For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like Me, Declaring the end from the beginning... God is not hiding - He's declaring the end from the beginning. And from ancient times things that are not yet done... Some major things have not yet done ... I mean, some places that should be gone are still standing. And He says: My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure. You don't surprise God, you don't take Him ... He's not knocked off His throne
just because someone decided to take over Afghanistan right now. Are you out of your mind? Are we out of our minds?
Do we really think that God is surprised? God told us what is going to happen. God understands the way man thinks. This is why He had to send His only begotten son, because it took us 3 chapters ... from the moment sin entered the world
to the point that God said: I'm sorry I even created this world ... 3 Chapters - we are very fast ...
we are very, very creative and I would say talented, 3 Chapters ... we messed it up. ...knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy - say: never - [Never]
... never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved
by the Holy Spirit. (2 Peter 1:20-21) When the prophets wrote their words,
it's not their own interpretation. And most of the times it wasn't even
their own idea to write those things, but it's the Holy Spirit that moved through them. So what are The Days of Ezekiel? Because God spoke to us through the prophets
in many, many different ways. Isaiah, the prophet is the prophet God used
to lead me to the Lord. When I read Isaiah 7, Isaiah 9 and then Isaiah 11
and to top all of that, Isaiah 53, it is the chapter that changed my life ... I couldn't - look up until today -
it's known as the forbidden chapter because rabbis cannot even deal with that chapter. The chapter that spoke of the fact
that there was a need for God, for the Messiah to come and die
for the sake of the sins of the world. So what are The Days of Ezekiel? Ezekiel is an unique prophet, to whom
God revealed the days in which we live today. It's very interesting and a very wonderful series of chapters, we are seeing an amazing and an accurate
picture of the last, I guess, 100 years or so. For the last 2000 years, Israel was gone from their land. Israel was gone and the land was dead
and the language was dead. Everything was dead there. That enabled and fueled up all the new theologies
that God was done with Israel. That the church has replaced Israel,
because look, they're not there yet. If there's one thing that God was concerned about, is His name and what the nations are going to see
when they see Israel spread all around. 100 Years ago, when we came back to the land,
the land was so dead that even the mosquito said: Adios Amigos! I mean, take a look at this. It was so dead that the cactus,
which is a great friend of the desert said: I'm not growing in there
... this is too much for me. Mark Twain showed up in the middle of the 1800s, he wrote a book and he said: I couldn't even see a single living soul there
... barren wasteland. And Ezekiel says in chapter 36 - in preparation, you know, how the flight attendants say: In preparation for landing, please fold your table
and do all of these things ... Ezekiel says in preparation for the return of the Jews, God says: And I speak to you Oh mountains of Israel shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit for my people, Israel for they are about to come.
And guess what? Israel ... I mean, this is it! We can feed ourselves today, we don't need
the help of any other country. Ladies and gentlemen, while we are looking at this
green, beautiful fields of stuff that did not exist in Israel before, while we look at it, we must remember that
as you go into chapter 37 of Ezekiel, you actually see that Ezekiel was brought to
a valley full of dry bones. Ezekiel was asking: Lord, what is this? The Lord said to Ezekiel:
This is the entire house of Israel. They say our bones are dry, our hope is lost
and we ourselves have been cut off. Tell them they are My people
and I have not done with them. For so long, I was trying to figure out
what is it that Ezekiel may have seen. What is it that could show you someone who's alive and yet he has dry bones, no flesh. And when I saw the picture of when we came to liberate
the death camps in Europe, I realized, look, they have no hope in their eyes. Look at them, there's no flesh almost,
it's skin and bones. That's the generation that God rescued. And then God said in the same chapter: I will take you out of that graveyard
and I will place you in your own land. And He calls the land Israel, not Palestine. 2020 - the year of the pandemic
and 20,000 new immigrants from over 60 different countries still kept coming to Israel. God is still in the business of bringing them
from all over the world. I mean, look to your left, that's a 747 jumbo jet
where we cramped a 1000 Ethiopians in, when we saved them in the 1980s
... 2 babies were born on board. Thankfully they were slim enough
- think about it - a 1000 in one jumbo jet. Ladies and gentlemen, we are in the business of
bringing the Jews from the 4 corners of the world. Do you have something like that in America, where you have your CIA busy bringing all Americans
from the 4 corners of the world? You're bringing everybody but the Americans into the country. I'm telling you I could have voted here
a few months ago and I'm not even American. Listen... What I'm trying to say is that
there is no country like that on planet earth. And it's because God is directing those steps
and He promised that. So the preparation of the land is fulfilled. The rescue of the remnant is fulfilled. The return to the land, not only you rescue them, but you bring them physically back to the land,
it's also being fulfilled. In Israel today - believe it or not -
the state, right now, of Israel is its safest and the most secure and
most prosperous it has ever been. 'Well, I thought there were some rockets flying towards Israel.'
... Yeah, so? We take care of business,
we shoot them down and 10% of all those rockets fall on them anyway. Ladies and gentlemen, this is by far the safest decade
we've ever had in our history, just so you know. And we know our enemy - it is very easy... so you go and take care of business. The problem is when you don't know your enemy. I want you to know that God is working
in amazing ways. Look, let's talk about water for a second. Okay? I was brought to a farm in Israel,
they showed me a pool full of water. They said: Guess how deep it is. I thought it's 3 feet - she said it's 30,
it's 10 meters deep. And I'm like, what? She said: Yes, you can taste it,
I tasted: Wow, very good! She said: Good, I just flushed the water in the toilet. I said: What? She said: Yes, it's a new technology. I flushed the water, the dirty water comes down to a pool. The pool has water plants, it's covered with plants,
they start cleaning. It moves down to another pool
with different water plants. Then to a third pool with another set of water plants,
each pool has its own water plans. They clean in a different phase,
by the 4th one, it's clean, you can drink it. Not even a need for any chemicals
.... not even electricity - it just flows down, that's it. And she said: Do you want to try it again?
I said: No, no, I'm okay ... I had enough. Just the thought, you know ... but I'm saying Israel became a regional water superpower. Take a look at this ... It's the world's leader in water reclamation
with 87% of its waste water undergoing purification an re-use for agriculture ... As of 2020, 25% of Israel's water usage is
from the natural water resources. Like the Sea of Galilee and the aquifers, but the rest, look, we're taking it from anything else ...
it's quite amazing. What about energy? We found trillions of cubic feet of natural gas
off the coast of Israel. Take a look, off the coast of Israel
- these are all the gas fields we found. And trust me, the Lebanese tried,
they couldn't find it ... The Turkish tried, they couldn't find it. I mean - all of our friends in the area,
even Syria, they couldn't find anything. Thankfully, our friends found
- like Cyprus and Greece - Ladies and Gentlemen, out of 365 day a year,
320 are sunny days in Israel. Sounds familiar, hello...? You guys, I mean, I don't get it
- it's sunny and then it's just torrential rains and then sunny again. It's like, I'm confused, we were driving yesterday
through 3 seasons. Well, in Israel because of the sunshine
of most of the year, look at what we have - solar tower that looks like
out of the future, with tons of panels that provide so much
of our electricity, right now it's 8%. It will be 20% by 2025 or maybe 30% by 2030. What about food? What about food? ... while farm workers made up
only 3.7% of the workforce, Israel produced 95% of its own food requirements. And that was in 2000-and-I-think-8 (2008), yeah. Look at 2020 - 10 Israeli companies
listed among top 50 global agri-tech, in the food tech firms - in Israel - around the world,
take a look. 10 out of the 50 all around the world are Israeli's. I'm not bragging here, I'm just telling you
- God is faithful. He did not bring us all the way back to our land
to destroy us. The way He brought us,
the timing He brought us, and how He sustains us is a fulfillment of His Word. Not of mine, not of yours, His Word. Even militarily - Israeli militarily,
we're number 1 in the Middle East, of course, but we're known to be a superpower in many ways
of weapon systems and defense system. The world acknowledges that. And so you have now Sunni moderate countries
from the Gulf, such as the Emirates and Bahrain,
and even Saudi Arabia, they are buying weapons from us
... who'd imagine ... they're buying weapons from us. What about technological advantages? Israel became a cybersecurity superpower. I don't need to tell you
why you need cybersecurity nowadays. We just found documents that Iran is having access to most of the most important infrastructures
in America, just so you know. They can actually with one single push of a button, they can cause a gas station to operate or not to operate. And now I want you to understand
we live in an area where we see geopolitical development ... Russia. How many of you heard of Russia? Good, well, Russia right now is on the border with Israel, Russia made the move into Syria. We hear Russian when we listen to
what's going on beyond our borders. Russia wants to restore Syria,
but they realize it's not gonna happen. They've been there for 7 years,
6 years completed, now it's the 7th year. Iran is at our border ...
the Iranians may have no food for their people, no electricity for the people,
maybe no hospital beds for their people, but all the money they have,
they invest in weapons and in training militia forces
so they can destabilize the Middle East. Iran is on our border.
Turkey... is already in Syria as well. I just want you to understand
Ezekiel saw that 2,700 years ago. Ezekiel prophesied, right after chapter 36-37
comes 38-39, last time I checked. And that's a looming war in the Middle East. And for that war to happen, trust me,
America can't be a great superpower that will stand and defend Israel. Well, during the 45th, none of this would have happened,
you know that, but the 45th was replaced by the 46th ... which I hope he knows he's the president,
but that's a different story, but I can tell you, you better smell the coffee
and wake up there's a new guy in the White House
and the Middle East knows that. And what you see in Afghanistan today
and what you're seeing with Iran and what you're seeing in Iraq and you're seeing
in so many other places such as Lebanon, is a direct consequence of the change that was
in the White House, not long ago. Make no mistake - now has God lost control? Absolutely not. Didn't we know that this is going to happen? We sure did ... so are we surprised? ... No. Did we enjoy 45th? ... Yes! Do we love what we see now? ... No. Do we have to like everything? ... No. Why, because look -
if the disciples 2000 years ago, would insist on only enjoying the things they see and live the moment and not understand the big picture,
they would have rejected Christ. Christ rebuked with love. He stayed with them,
He broke bread with them. He expounded all the Scriptures,
it wasn't like He punished them, no. With love He rebuked them and He said: You are foolish ones and you are slow of heart
- not to hear the Word, but to believe in the Word. We see countries like Sudan and countries like Libya that are becoming the proxies of both
Iran and Russia and Turkey. And they're also waiting for a move, on the other hand,
you see Sheba and Dedan in the Bible that are Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states,
they are now swinging towards the state of Israel, on our side and in that book, in that chapter of that war Sheba and Dedan together with the merchants of Tarshish
and the young lions of Tarshish, that should probably be Europe
and some suggest it could also be America, I'm not sure, but I can only tell you this - They are criticizing the coming war and the reason
for which those countries are invading into Israel. In other words, for this first time,
a Muslim Arab Sunni country is actually criticizing what is going to be
predominantly Islamic invasion. Amazing ... 45th within the last few months,
brought the Abraham Accords. And even... when you look at that,
you realize they were required and needed for Sheba and Dedan to - Zhoom! ... switch sides. There were signed in the White House
and we understand that from one administration to the other, the person in the White House affects
the entire Middle East. And I'm not a political person. I don't belong to any political party in America. In fact I find them both corrupt. This is exactly why the 45th couldn't even,
you know, swim in their own swamp of his own party. But I can tell you that he brought peace
with four countries, at least 3 others have either formally recognized Israel
or even open an embassy there. Arabs and Jews are cooperating on a level
we've never seen before. There was a White House that holds
the Middle East accountable and it resulted in less violence. It is the most peaceful years we have had. Yes, some people counted him as crazy... Well, you need to be crazy in order to deal
with a crazy area of the world. In just a matter of months, following his departure
from the White House, Israel knows it's no longer has reliable support
from the White House, we know that. The US has gone back to negotiating with Iran, the world's number one sponsor of terror,
I'm saying that by the way, I'm quoting news agencies and security agencies
in Israel. While one president brought about stability
and relationships that Ezekiel describes, another one brings apathy that he's allowing
for the hostility that is needed for the coming invasion. In other words, both somehow plays into
the prophetic picture of what we see today. 'I want my 45th back!'
Well... God is in control ...
it's almost like the disciple will say: I don't like that weekend when Jesus was crucified. Well, I'm sorry, He had to.
You know, not everything we want, we get... Everything God wants - we get.
You understand that? 'Yeah, but what about ....'
[Gesture: No, stop right there.] God is not asking us. It's not a menu. Which one do you prefer tomorrow? He sent us an email with an attachment
of what has already happened as far as He is concerned. He already saw everything,
in His infinite way of seeing everything, the Bible says:
...Declaring the end from the beginning. How could He declare the end from the beginning
unless He knows? Hello? We are the only group of people on planet earth that our book contains almost a third of future events. And why is it? ... because God knows
it's going to happen ... He warns us. He wants us to know the times
and the seasons in which we live. He wants us to warn one another
and comfort one another at the same time. What you see is what God already told us
is going to happen. So there's a great confusion in the church
around today about what is going to happen. There is Psalm 83, Isaiah 17, Ezekiel,
Zachariah, Revelation ... let me put it all in order. Psalm 83 is the Psalm that was describing
the war of independence in Israel. It talks about the first tier of countries that came in,
right when Israel declared statehood ... and what did they want?
... to cut us off from being a nation that the name of Israel will be remembered no more. They wanted Palestine to remain the name ... It's already been fulfilled. We're no longer looking at the first tier of countries. We have peace with Egypt, peace with Jordan and literally Lebanon and Syria
ceased to exist as sovereign countries. Now we have a different scope. The second tier countries that don't border with Israel. Such as the Iran and Turkey, Russia
and others, they don't have borders with Israel. The first tier knows it failed. The second tier don't know yet
- they will make a move. And Isaiah 17 is an amazing prophecy that falls into
the description of things that have not yet done. The burden against Damascus. Behold Damascus will cease from being a city
and will be a ruinous heap. Take a look at what Damascus look like today. It's a huge metropolis. It's the oldest standing city in the world. It has never been utterly, totally destroyed, but the Bible says it will be so destroyed
that nobody will be able to live there. It will be uninhabited. I know, you know that when the interests of Iran,
Russia and of Turkey are all in Damascus, if Damascus will be destroyed
- guess who is going to be blamed for it? [Israel] ... Exactly. Listen, they blame us for everything. There are fires in Algeria right now,
fires, forest fires in Algeria, and all the cartoons is that Israel set the fire. I want you to all understand this is it. We've reached the finish line
as far as we're concerned, we are seeing the day approaching - The Bible is telling us, Jesus made it very clear
that the generation that is seeing the fig tree coming back to life
is a generation that shall not pass away. As far as I know, I look at you,
you are the generation, Israel is back to life ... and the Bible says: Now when these things begin to happen, say: begin, [Begin] ... they begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads because what?
... your redemption draws near. What redemption, I thought I'm redeemed?
... The redemption of the body. Which body? ... your body, look at...
this body, you can train 5 times in a gym every day. It'll have to stay here. Flesh and blood cannot enter the kingdom of God,
you understand that? That's why Paul said: Behold, I tell you a mystery. Not all of us may sleep, but all of us have to change. Say goodbye to all of those back aches. God will give you a new body. The Bible says this corruption will wear incorruption. This mortal body will wear immortality. Amazing. And look, it even goes on and says: When you see these things happening, when these things already happening,
we're not here, know that the Kingdom of God is near. That means that He's going to come back
and establish His Kingdom. Of course, the Millennial Kingdom. And I know it's hard for you to understand it and the scoffers are everywhere, saying: Where is the promise of His coming? Since the day of creation, things are the same. And Peter says to them: Well, you're just like that generation before the flood. They looked at Noah, they said: What are you doing? It's all the same. And Noah knew the flood is coming. He was busy building his ark and they ridiculed him
and he was doing God's business. He was a worker of righteousness, the Bible says,
he was preaching righteousness. So I want to conclude with Romans 13. And do this knowing the time that now
it is high time to awake out of sleep. Now our salvation, remember salvation of the body,
is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand ... We're still in the night, it's far spent,
but we're still in the night. The day is at hand, but it hasn't started yet. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness
and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly as in the day,
although we are in the night right now, we are not of the night and we should wear
the things of the day, we should walk as in the day,
and I want you all to understand ... things are going to get way more difficult
than they are right now. And you need to understand that Jesus said:
In this world, you will have what? ... - tribulations, but be of good cheer. Jesus is not going to allow His bride
to go through the tribulation. You have to... listen, wait, listen. The tribulation has not yet begun
- if you think this is the tribulation ... Oh my goodness ... this is nothing. You go out and go and grab a cup of coffee
and sit in a restaurant ... That is the tribulation? Do you need to read again the book of Revelation to understand what is going to happen
to this world during the tribulation. Okay? Now it is nothing compares to
what the tribulation is going to be. And even when things will get even harder and harder, it is for us to get readier and readier. But we, the Bible says, He will take us from ..., He will save us from the hour of trial
that is about to come upon these earth-dwellers. You understand,
we are not destined to the wrath of God. You understand that ...
God, by His grace, revealed to us His Word. In Israel, by the way, not only
that God has a love for the people of Israel, but He has a love for you. That's why you can never be the fig tree... You are the generation that is watching the fig tree. You're not the fig tree.. You may be part of the olive tree,
maybe part of the vine, but not part of the fig.
The fig trees is Israel's national privileges, their state, their capital, their future temple, everything that has to do with
the land and their identity as Israelis. Do you understand ... when you're becoming a believer,
you're not becoming Israelis. You may now belong to the family of God. And now you believe in the God of Israel. Now the Old Testament is also
your Word of God, okay. But you're not Israeli, but you see Israel,
you see the fig tree coming back to life. And He said, that generation shall not pass away. Father, I thank you for Your Word. I thank you that You gave us Your Word
to encourage us, to comfort us. You said, comfort one another with these things. We thank you that concerning the times and the seasons, there is no need for You to write to us
because we should know perfectly. Father, when they say peace and safety,
then sudden destruction is going to come upon them. Father, we understand that the days are evil. We understand that the prince of this world,
the ruler of this world is not happy with us. And we know that there is not a better day for him
than to see us out of here. So he can really start confusing and ruling this world through the man to whom he is going to give
his authority, power and seat. We thank you, Father, that we do not need
to wait for the Antichrist, but we are waiting for Jesus Christ. We thank you that we have a meeting place in the clouds. We are going to meet the Lord in the air.
And we thank you for His promise to us that He prepares a place for us, so He can come
and receive us unto Himself. So where He is, we will be also ... We thank you for that amazing promise
that is so ridiculed, so abused and so ignored from pulpits all around the world, yet we hold onto that promise
of our soon departure. Jesus will come back for us, but not for the world. He will come to take us out of this world. And then when He will come back to this world,
it will be not for us, but with us. we thank you, Father,
that in the second coming of Jesus, we will see His back, not His face,
as we are riding those white horses behind Him. Thank you, Father, that as He comes back to judge this world, we will judge with Him, rule with Him
and reign with Him and be with Him. We have a great promise. We bless your name for all of these promises
that we have. And so far, Father, the experts are wrong,
Your Word is right. So we thank You for Your Word,
Your Word again-again-and-again is true and we thank You that
we can sanctify ourselves by that. And may you all stand up, I want to bless you
with the Aaronic blessing in the Hebrew language. Yevarechecha Adonai Ve’yíshmerecha. Ya’er Adonai panayv eylecha víchuneka. Yissa Adonai panayv eylecha ve’yaseym lecha shalom. The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine upon you
and be gracious to you. The Lord, lift up his countenance towards you
and give you His peace, that peace that passes all understanding
that can only come from the Prince of Peace, who is the Lord of peace, who can give you peace
now and forever, here and everywhere. His name is Yeshua. He's our salvation, Jesus
and in His name we pray and all of God's people say: Amen. Thank you and God bless you.
