female announcer: Today
with "Joseph Prince." Joseph Prince: As the Lord
bring someone to your mind and all that, just encourage them. Praise the Lord.
Amen. If the Lord puts on your heart
compassion for someone, it's not by chance. That's how the Holy Spirit
works, amen? The church needs
a lot of encouragement, because there's been
a lot of discouragement heaped on the church, amen? So, let's encourage one another. It's incumbent on us
to encourage our people, amen, as well as to challenge them
to look forward to the coming of the Lord, amen? Praise the Lord. To wait for his Son from heaven. Not look to the grave,
but to wait for his Son from heaven. [music] Joseph Prince: Greetings,
church. I'm excited to share with you
a prophetic message the Lord gave me during my time with him
in the Word. I was preparing along the lines
of the hazon vision when the Lord, you know,
he intervene, right, right there and gave me
a verse and spoke to me from his Word a verse that I've read
many times but I never saw the prophetic implications
of it, so I'm really excited to share that with you. It's gotta do with the pandemic,
as well. Praise the Lord. Before that let's look
at 1 Thessalonians 1 the Christian posture. We're to wait for his Son
from heaven, "Whom he raised from the dead,
even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come." You see, our Christian position
today, our posture today is not to look forward to finally
we end up in the grave, amen? We end up dying. That's not
the Christian position. If you read carefully
in the New Testament, it's always pointing
to the coming of the Lord. Even Paul,
he was looking forward to the coming of the Lord,
because no one knows the day, nor the hour. But of all the generations
that ever lived since Jesus rose from the dead,
it is our generation that saw Israel come back
as a nation in 1948. We saw the fulfillment
of two great world wars that Jesus talk about. Nation will rise against nation,
kingdom against kingdom, and he's talking about a war,
a world war on that scale, a global war, and we saw that
in this past generation. Jesus says Jerusalem will be
under the foot of Gentiles until all the times
of the Gentiles be fulfilled. So, we know that Jerusalem fell
into the hands of the Gentiles, right, the moment Israel
rebelled against God, and God send them
into captivity, amen? God delivered them into
the hands of the Babylonians and since then the prophetic
time clock start ticking and from then on, all the way--
even in the time of Jesus they were under the Romans,
so Jerusalem has been under the foot of Gentiles
all these years, but in 1967, in the Six-Day War,
Jerusalem came back to the Jews, amen? And this is a fulfillment
of Scripture, amen? The Bible says that Jerusalem
will be under the foot of non-Jews until--
notice there's an "until"-- the times of the Gentiles
be fulfilled, so, give and take, we're in the season
where the times of the Gentiles are about to be fulfilled. It's not fully fulfilled yet. It will be fulfilled,
but an indication there, from what Jesus said,
the moment Jerusalem comes back to the hands
of the Jews. And we also see
in the Scriptures that the Bible tells us
that before he comes again there'll be great earthquakes,
all right? Not just a normal
small-scale earthquake, but great earthquakes. We've never seen great
earthquakes on the scale that we have seen
in our generation. It's almost, many a times,
back-to-back. In a given year, we never had
so many great earthquakes as we have seen in recent years. So, we also see Jesus saying
not just great earthquakes. He also says plagues, amen? Plagues. Pandemics like we have. We're right now in the midst
of one, and he used the word plural, actually, all right,
for plagues, so there's more than one plague. And all these are
the beginning of sorrows, or the birth pangs pointing
to the coming of the Lord. So, we know
that the Rapture is coming, and the earth is travailing. The Lord is just telling us--
God is not behind the world wars. God is not behind
the earthquakes. He's not behind the pandemics,
the plagues, but God is the one telling us
that the earth is groaning because of man's sin
and is groaning for the manifestation
of the sons of God. And these are the signs. These are the symptoms,
so to speak, amen, that you need to look out
for that will point you to the nearness of the coming
of the Lord. So, no one knows the day
nor the hour. If you read, you know,
on the Internet or on YouTube-- like, someone just asked me
the other day about a certain YouTube post
that they saw telling people about the day and the time
when the Lord will return. You can just forget about it,
all right? Because no one knows the day
nor the hour, amen? But we can see the signs are
all telling us that we are actually that final generation,
amen? And I believe it's gonna be soon
we're gonna see the Lord. And this is our Christian
position, to wait for his Son from heaven, amen? So, when Jesus comes again
this is gonna happen. The Bible says,
"Behold, I show you a mystery: we shall not all sleep--"
By the way, when the Bible says "I tell you a mystery," it is not--a mystery here
is not something hidden, like a mystery novel
you only know the real plot of the whole thing
until at the end of the novel. But a mystery in the--
in New Testament sense is always something
that was once hidden but is now revealed. Once hidden, now revealed. So, actually, when you see
the word "mystery" in the New Testament,
it is something that's now revealed. It's our privilege
to know that--this mystery, this mystery now revealed. And Paul says,
"Behold, I tell you a mystery: we shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be changed," so the Rapture is for all. I say the Rapture is for all. The word "all"
is used emphatically here. "We shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be changed." So, if you're truly born again,
all right, you will be raptured regardless
of your spiritual growth, amen? "In a moment, in the twinkling
of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound,
and the dead will be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed." We shall be changed. So, the dead will be raised
first, and they'll be raised in a body that is incorruptible,
and we also shall be changed. How? "This corruptible," referring to our bodies,
"must put on incorruption," just like Jesus body
when he rose from the dead. He did not rise from the dead
with just spirit and soul. He rose with a body, a new body,
a body that is tangible and yet it can transcend matter. It can transcend space and time. He could appear and disappear. That's the kinda body
that you and I are gonna have. The Bible says that
God will change our vile bodies unto his glorious body, amen? Praise the Lord. And it says also that,
"this mortal," which is our body,
"must put on immortality." Now, when this happen,
when this corruptible body has put on incorruption,
and this mortal body has put on immortality--
don't you just love that word, immortality? "Then shall be brought to pass
the saying that is written: 'Death is swallowed up
in victory.'" Now, keep this in mind,
because the prophetic verse that I talk to you about
has got to do with this verse. "Death is swallowed up
in victory." "Death is swallowed up
in victory." This is taken from Isaiah 25,
right, from the prophecy of Isaiah, and goes on to say,
"'O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?'
The sting of death is sin--" What causes death? Death is total, right? You know, you cannot climb
the highest mountain to escape death. You cannot swim in
the deepest ocean to escape it. Death is total,
and yet not for the believer. There is a generation
that will not see death, the Enoch generation. The Bible says that Enoch walked
with God, and Enoch was not for God translated him,
so Rapture is found all the way
throughout the Old Testament. Even Elijah was raptured bodily,
amen? So, the Rapture is not
a new concept, okay? It's there in the Old Testament,
but the Bible tells us that when we have this fulfillment, right,
when this takes effect in us, when Jesus comes again
he will transform our vile bodies
like unto his glorious body, it says in Philippians. And then, hallelujah,
we'll be transformed like his body. We can transcend matter, space,
and time. We can appear and disappear
even physically, amen? We'll travel faster
than the speed of light, amen? And the entire universe is
our playground. Praise the Lord. And we can never fall sick
ever again. We will never die. For how long?
Forever. Praise the Lord. We're forever young,
forever healthy, forever strong. What a future
to look forward to, amen? Jesus says it like this. When all these things happen,
amen, all the signs that he talk about,
lift up your heads. Don't look down. Don't look to the grave. That's not the destiny
of the believer. Lift up your heads. Your redemption draws near. What redemption? They're already saved. The ones that he's talking
to are saved by his blood, amen? We are saved
by his blood already, amen? So, that's one aspect
of redemption, but the thing that we're waiting
for right now is our bodily redemption, amen? This body, you know,
unfortunately, it decays, you know? It grows old. It fall sick, you know? Subject to sickness
and all that. Yes, we can trust God
for healing, but healing, the idea of healing,
is actually not immortality. Healing is for a temporal body,
for a mortal body, but what we're looking forward
when Jesus comes again is immortality,
a body that is immortal, hallelujah, like Jesus's body. Amen. Amen. Aren't you looking forward
to that? Praise the Lord. So, Jesus says,
"Lift up your heads when you see the signs happening. Your bodily redemption
draws near when all these signs is happening." Praise the Lord. And I'm seeing the signs
more than ever before, and we can say this safely
compared to the other generation that lived prior to Israel
coming back as a nation. And, in fact,
the Bible prophesied that Israel will come back as a nation
in Isaiah 66. "Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made
to give birth in one day?" There you have it. "Shall the earth be made
to give birth in one day?" What is God talking about? Keep on reading. "Or shall a nation be born
at once?" What nation is that? Zion, Israel. "For as soon as Zion was
in labor, she gave birth to her children." So, "Zion" refers to Israel. The moment she's in labor
she gave birth to her children. On May 15, 1948,
they came back as a nation after they wandered literally,
amen, for 2,000 years. They were driven from
their homeland by the Romans, and they have been
always been part of the diaspora all over the world,
but they came back as a nation, amen, and became a nation
in one day. May 15, 1948. Fifteen years
after 1948 is 1963. On May 15, a child was born. Hallelujah.
Amen. So, I was destined to preach,
amen, this message. I was destined to preach
on rest, amen, which is one of my biggest subjects
and my favorite subjects to preach on,
rest in the new covenant. Praise the Lord, because
15 is the number of rest. So, Israel came back
on 15th of May, amen? That's the fivefold grace. Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. Fifteen years from 1948 is 1963. I just love that, amen? It's a personal revelation. Praise the Lord.
Hallelujah. So, don't listen to those who
tell you that he's gonna come back on this year or that year. No one knows the day
nor the hour, but we can tell, sort of,
that the season is very close. For example, the Bible says,
"Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves," right? It says here in Hebrews 10,
"Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together." How we're looking forward to
assemble ourselves once again, don't we? Amen. Aren't we looking forward
to that, church? I sure am. I miss you all so much, amen? And I know that being separated
and all that, you know, physically just cannot take
the place of being together physically, amen? Right? "Not forsaking the assembling
of ourselves together, as is the manner of some,
but exhorting one another, and so much the more
as you see the day approaching." So, we're not to forsake
the assembling of ourselves together, so when I read this
I tell the Lord, "Lord, if we're not to forsake
the assembling of ourselves together,
then you must do something about this pandemic, amen? You gotta do something about it,
Lord, because it is not your will
that we remain separate," amen? We're not designed, amen,
we're not designed to be physically separated
from one another, amen? We're to be together. And there's strength,
there's power, there's blessing, like Psalms 133 tells us,
when brethren dwell together in unity,
when we come together, amen, and worship the Lord,
so the Lord has to do something. So, I said,
"Lord, you gotta do something," amen? And the Lord will. Notice when
this will gonna take place. It says, "So much the more
as you see the day approaching," so that's what I'm saying. I'm seeing the day approaching. I'm sure many of you are seeing
the day approaching, and so much
the more we are to not forsake the assembling as we see
the day approaching, and also exhorting one another,
encouraging one another. So, we are to encourage
one another, so much the more as you see the day approaching,
amen? And, you know, encouragement
is a lost art, because the world is discouraging the church. Have you noticed that lately? The world is discouraging
the church. Yes, sometimes
it's the church's fault, right? But sometime
it's not the church fault. They're just taking something
that we believe in and they're twisting it around,
but notice that the church needs a lot of encouragement
because there's been a lot of discouragement heaped
on the church, amen? So, let's encourage one another,
amen? The Bible says in the book--
same book of Hebrews it says, "Exhort one another daily," amen,
"lest you be hardened to the deceitfulness of sin." And that's one reason
why I believe that God gave us these smartphones and--
because we can actually exhort one another daily. Back in the past
when this was not available, it's kinda hard, amen,
to exhort one another daily. And as the Lord bring someone
to your mind and all that, just encourage them. Praise the Lord.
Amen. If the Lord puts on your heart
compassion for someone, it's not by chance. That's how the Holy Spirit
works, amen? The Holy Spirit puts that care,
just like Paul says that "I wanna thank God
that God put the same earnest care in the heart
of Titus." That's how God does it. That's how God leads us. He put that compassion. He puts that care in the heart
of Titus. That's how he does it for us,
amen? And we're to do this,
is encouraging one another, so much the more as you see
the day approaching, amen? We're seeing the day
approaching, amen, so we need to encourage one another. And not only that,
we must not forsake the assembling of ourselves
together, so God has to do something, amen,
so that we'll not forsake the assembling,
physical assembling of ourselves together,
so much the more as we see the day approaching. Praise the Lord. You know, God works
like in parallels, in the old and the new, amen? For example, in the first coming
of Jesus, when he came here as a baby, remember
that the Lord actually revealed his coming to shepherds,
so I believe there's something
that God is telling us. That so much the more as you see
the day approaching, usually the shepherds
of the churches are the ones that God will impart
a revelation or a sensing of the day approaching so that
they'll know what to do, okay? And I believe
there are shepherds that are watching this, amen? It's incumbent on us
to encourage our people, amen, as well as to challenge them
to look forward to the coming of the Lord, amen? Praise the Lord. To wait for his Son from heaven. Not look to the grave,
but to wait for his Son from heaven,
who will transform our bodies like to his glorious body. Hallelujah. Can't wait for the day, man,
that this mortal will put on immortality, and we'll all look
like Pastor Lawrence. Hallelujah. With biceps, amen? We'll all be as cute
as Pastor Mark. Hallelujah. Praise the name of Jesus. We'll never die. We'll be forever young, amen? And our bodies is not subject
to boredom. Our new bodies
is not subject to, you know, tiredness and fatigue, amen? Imagine what you can do
in that body. Hallelujah. Forever young.
Forever healthy. Forever strong. Praise the name of Jesus. Now, I wanna come
to that prophetic Word that the Lord gave me,
but before that let's look at Genesis 13,
to what God said to Abraham. We studied this last week. "And the Lord said to Abram,
after Lot had separated from him: 'Lift your eyes now
and look from the place where you are--northward, southward,
eastward, and westward; for all the land which you see
I give to you and your descendants forever.'"
Remember, when I shared this I shared about
how God showed Abraham the land, and God says,
"Walk through the land," after that. "All the land that you see," God says,
"walk through the land," amen? And God told him specifically,
"All the land that you see, I will give it to you." And we know
that he didn't walk physically. He walked in the spirit. He began to see it in his heart,
amen? He began to travel
in his spirit, amen? He began to see the north,
the south, the east, and the west part
of the land of Israel, and God says,
"For all the land that you see, I'll give to you." Notice when this happens,
when his eyes was open, amen, to this hazon vision
of the Lord. When did God give him
this vision of the land? When did this happen? This happened when? After Lot had separated
from him. Notice the Lord said
"lift your eyes now" when? After Lot had separated
from him. Now, this is very interesting,
because there are no insignificant details
in the Bible. The Bible is so rich, amen,
in its truths that even names in the Bible conveys truth, amen? Like, the Bible says, like,
"in the valley of Achor." In Israel, there's a valley
called the Valley of Achor, all right? In that valley God will set
a door of hope. Now, it doesn't make sense. Why of all the valley
this valley? But when you look at the name
"achor," it means "trouble," so God is saying in the valley
of trouble he's gonna open to you a door of hope. Let that be a Word
for some of you, amen? You're in a valley of trouble,
but only when we look at the word,
the meaning of the word in Hebrew, "achor," we find the word "trouble." We understand that every name
in even the Old Testament has meaning for us. Even the New Testament,
it has meaning. It has significance,
and sometimes what you can't get from the superficial reading
you can get from looking into the names. Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. So, if you look at the name
"Lot," after Lot had separated from him, then God spoke
to Abram, right? Lot is actually the word "lot". That's how they pronounce it,
and "lot" in Hebrew means "a veil, a covering." A veil, or a covering. Now, we're coming
to the prophetic Word that the Lord gave to me,
and it's got to do with this veil, this covering. See, there are two basic words
for veil and covering. One is "lot",
which means a veil, like a woman wears a veil,
or even a mask. A mask, right? And the other word for veil is
the word "masseka." masseka. masseka. If you say it real fast in
Hebrew, "masseka, masseka, mask, mask, mask, mask," you get the word "mask," right, for covering. You know, the word "mask"
came from the etymology of the Arabic word,
which is actually "maskara." And Arab language
and Hebrew language share the same Semitic roots, okay? So, you say "masseka" real fast,
it's the veil, mask. You get the mask, right? So, here is something
that the Lord open my eyes to, and I want you to receive this. I'm really excited to share
this with you. So, only when the veil departed
from Abram can Abraham see northward, southward, eastward. Only when the veil has been
lifted from Abram the Bible says God said to Abram,
"Lift up your eyes," referring to the spiritual eyes. That's what we're praying for
every day, right? That God give us a spirit
of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,
the eyes of our understanding, the eyes of our heart
being enlighten, being open. Just like Abram. God open up the eyes
of his heart and he saw the entire land. And whatever you see
with the eyes of your heart, it's yours, amen? "For all the land that you see,
I give it to you." Hallelujah. Praise the name of Jesus. Amen. I wanna share this principle
with you because it's very important you understand
that in the Bible, when a Bible shares
a prophetic truth, there's also a double--
two side to that wisdom, okay? God's Word is wisdom. Look at Job 11. "That God would show thee
the secrets of wisdom, that they are," what? "Double to that which is!"
Okay? So, there's
a natural interpretation, and there's
a spiritual interpretation. Don't forget. The secrets of wisdom is double
to that which is. The NASB version says,
"And God will show you the secrets of wisdom! For sound wisdom has two sides." Now, this is very important,
because just now we saw Isaiah 66, right? It says as soon
as Zion travails, she brought forth her children,
as soon as Zion was in labor. Now, Zion in the natural refers
to Israel, the nation of Israel, okay? But Zion is also a picture
of Mount Zion in the Bible. It's used spiritually. Like, in Hebrews 12
it says to the believer, to the new covenant believer,
it says you'll not come to the mount
that can be touched, that burns with fire,
that is in darkness and blackness and tempest, amen? That's Mount Sinai, right? So, the Spirit of God is telling
the believer, "You'll not come to Mount Sinai,
but you'll come unto Mount Zion, the city of the living God,
the heavenly Jerusalem, amen? You'll come to an innumerable
company of angels, and you'll come to Jesus, amen? You're coming to God. So, God has moved mountains. From Mount Sinai
God has moved to Mount Zion. He's no more at Mount Sinai,
where the people receive the Ten Commandments,
where they receive the law, and God has moved mountains. And the writer of Hebrews,
by the Holy Spirit, tells us you're no longer at Mount Sinai. You'll not come to that mount,
but you'll come to Mount Zion. And it says to God,
and also to Jesus, and to the blood of sprinkling,
amen? And to innumerable
company of angels. Even the angels are all there
at Mount Zion, no longer in Mount Sinai,
the mount of demand, demand. But Mount Zion
is the mount of supply. When God gave the law
on Mount Sinai, 3,000 people died
at the foot of the mountain. When God gave the Spirit,
not the law, where was it? Mount Zion. Literally at Mount Zion
in Jerusalem, amen? Three thousand people
were saved. Hallelujah.
Hallelujah. [music] announcer: Next
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of Jesus's death on the cross, all the good things of God,
amen, all the goodness of God, all the riches of God is
at our disposal. It's as if God is saying,
you know, love, the nature of love, is to give,
is to pour out, amen? Is to bless, amen? Is to sacrifice oneself even. And because Christ has done that
at the cross, amen, in payment for our sins,
he has accomplished redemption for us. God opens up his treasure house,
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