we'll turn to Isaiah chapter 60 again if you don't have the notes and you want them hardcopy you can raise your hand up rushers we'll get them to you these notes are on the internet and on our app because I love to give you the Maine Bible verses and the principles father we come before you we ask you now Holy Spirit you would mark hearts in this very serious hour of human history this very glorious hour that's emerging before us Holy Spirit let us see what you see and feel what you feel about this hour of history I asked you to raise up forerunner voices forerunner messengers to prepare people for the great in the terrible the glorious and the difficult dynamics that are emerging in the earth we ask you in Jesus name Amen tonight I want to talk about why understanding the biblical view of the end times is important a lot of people when they look they hear the subject at the end times they go I'm not really into that and I want to challenge you that there are biblical reasons and there's some Holy Spirit emphasis happening right now that I think some of you will reconsider the importance of understanding what the Bible says about the end times I don't mean of what a prophet or something I mean the Bible a great storm is on the horizon right now of human history it's pretty obvious but the Bible has a lot to say about it a great storm is raising up in the earth we're in the early days of it it's already begun we're in a season of acceleration the negative is going to intensify it's a very serious hour of human history it's never going to go back to how it was in the 1990s there's a new norm that's emerging and the new norm has increased darkness the new norm is increased violence increased trouble increased demonic activity increased perversion but that isn't the whole story there's a new norm that's raising up in the body of Christ as well God is raising up a church that's going to be prepared to be the vessels of his glory to release his glory into the earth in this very hour of intense darkness I have good news for you history is moving in a glorious direction I just described the negative but in the midst of the negative there's a glorious direction that's unfolding we're under the leadership of a beautiful King he has a very beautiful plan to beautify the earth look at Roman numeral 1 paragraph a on the notes I used the word unique dynamics a lot I use that phrase when I talk about the end times because there's one generation in human history of natural history that is very unique from every other generation one timeframe it has the most intense negative and it has the most intense positive happening simultaneous and no one has ever gone that way before there's never been a generation that has experienced the intense darkness and the unprecedented release of power in the same generation on a global level this has never happened before it's brand-new territory for the human family the greatest darkness of demonic activity is going to come forth in the days to come it's already beginning and it's accelerating fast but the greatest outpouring of the Holy Spirit is unfolding right now we're in the early days of it it's a revival that's going to surpass the book of Acts in power it's gonna go it's gonna be global it's gonna be in context a night-and-day prayer culture all over the earth prayer and worship ascending from the nation's in context to this great breaking fourth of revival of Justice happening simultaneous it's also unique this generation I'm talking about the generation of the Lord's return because it will have more people alive in that generation than any time of history obviously it's unique because the Bible describes that one generation more than any other generation the Bible does does you know there's one timeframe the Bible talks about more than all the other time frames why because it's important it's unique its glorious it's terrible it's dangerous it's remarkable all together one time and the Bible says more about that generation than any other generation in history and the body of Christ has to know what the Bible says about it when I look at the body of Christ right now as a shepherd than a pastor 40 years there is a significant biblical illiteracy about what the Bible says about that hour of history the body of Christ is not prepared at all with understanding of where things are going most believers I know that love Jesus now I'm not really into that I go look again at what the Bible says look another time and reconsider because to move into that timeframe with no understanding will cause great confusion and fear that can be avoided in the body of Christ look what I say at chapter 16 says for behold darkness will cover the earth this is demonic sexual perversion violence trouble all kinds of categories I say he says now let me say it more clearly deep darkness it's going to cover the earth but that's not the end of the story that's not the whole story at the same time the Lord is going to arise over his people in power at the same time the glory will be openly manifest on and through the people of God in the time where the darkness is the most intense people ask me are things going to get better or things going to get worse and the answer is both it's gonna get darker in terms of intensity of sin and satanic activity it's gotta get lighter in terms of the people of the kingdom and the people that say yes to the kingdom entering into the glory of God happening the same time look what hi guy chat for two cents I will shake the heaven and the earth the heaven means the sky the atmosphere beloved when God shakes the sky when he shakes the earth he says I'm gonna shake the sea that's a terrifying thought God shaking the sea I'm gonna shake the dry ground that's the vegetation and all the ecosystems he goes on in her seven I'm gonna shake Nations the political institutions the social infrastructure of nations I'm gonna shake them why why are you going to shake the nations look it says in verse seven because I'm gonna cause the nations to come to my son look at the name of the Messiah here at Haggai to Jesus the Messiah is called in the Old Testament the desire of all the nations the Lord says I'm going to shake them from the things they trust in and they're gonna look again for another answer and they're going to discover the beauty and the glory of my son as the one they truly desire Jesus is going to be seen as desirable he's going to be seen in his beauty as we looked at the first night in an unprecedented way in the midst of the shaking it doesn't end there the nations will come I believe a billion new souls are going to come into the kingdom before the Lord returns a billion I think that's I think the numbers going to be more than a billion I mean we're talking about hundreds of thousands of new converts in the cities of the earth in big cities like New York [Music] Londyn dami the big cities of the earth beijing we're talking two three four million converts will come to the Lord in cities like that their areas the regions it's gonna be a harvest beyond anything we've ever imagined the Lord says I'm going to shake what men trust they're gonna look for another solution and discover the beauty of my son the desire of all nations and look what else is going to happen I'm gonna fill the temple of God with glory beloved it's gonna surpass the book of Acts I believe it's gonna far surpass the book of Acts before Jesus returns but it's gonna be challenging in the flesh the human dynamics in the natural will be challenging but the spiritual reality and glory will be beyond any time in history it will be the greatest time to be alive for people who love Jesus for people who refuse him it will be the most dangerous and challenging time in history to be alive now some people some ministries they focus on the trouble only and they don't ever give the glorious hope the great endtime revival other ministries they focused on the great endtime revival but they never talk about the trouble they want to keep it positive well I want to keep it positive but more I want to keep it accurate because the biblical presentation is the glorious church in the midst of the trouble it's not one without the other don't accept a narrative a story a picture of the end time that doesn't have both elements as the Bible says clearly don't pick one or the other pick the Bible the Bible describes both dimensions happening now the dangerous part of this trouble well there are several dangerous parts but it's it's going to confuse people many believers will be confused by the increasing trouble they never hear it taught they don't read their Bible enough to understand it and the trouble is going to confuse them because they don't have a biblical narrative but what I mean narrative they don't have the biblical story line so it won't makes sense they'll be look at going what's going on I thought it was gonna get easier and just better and Wow where's history going it's gonna be very confusing that they don't have a biblical narrative paragraph B people must understand the biblical narrative the biblical story line of what's going on where it's going they got to know what's gonna happen and they have to know why it's going to happen and if they know what's gonna happen and they know why then they have confidence hey growing love they're unmoved they know they're under the leadership of a glorious and beautiful king who has a glorious and beautiful plan and the plan is unfolding and he's allowing darkness to make its greatest play for the human race but God's confident that the beauty of his son will prevail and the glory of God will win but many people will choose the bad side many believers will as well if we don't know the bit here's the key point if you don't know the biblical narrative the Bible story line of what's going to unfold and why by default you will accept the secular narrative if you don't know the biblical narrative in the confusion and in the intensity and all the voices that are giving their opinions you'll choose the secular narrative if you don't have the biblical one paragraph C why do we need to know the biblical view of the entire there's pastoral reasons there's very practical pastoral reasons to know it because people will respond to God according to the narrative they embrace if they have the biblical narrative that respond to God and confidence and in love but if believers even believers they have only the secular narrative they will respond in fear many will respond in fear and beloved if you respond in fear I don't mean a moment of fear but I mean fear as a stronghold in their life the problem with fear you make really bad decisions when you're fearful Jesus said about the endtime generation men will be overcome with fear they're overcome with fear because they don't get what's going on because they have no foundation on the biblical narrative the only alternative is the secular one that has all kinds of confusing voices another group Evon talk about in the church now they'll be offended they'll be offended at Jesus I was taught there would be no trouble like this maybe the Bible isn't really the Bible maybe Jesus isn't really reliable the devil wants the body of Christ offended at the king instead of confidence with the king another group of people I'm talk about in the church I mean those that are don't have the biblical narrative they don't grasp where it's going and why it's going there they'll be deceived Bible makes it really clear there's a counterfeit justice movement emerging in the earth in the end time there's a counterfeit religious unity movement there's a counterfeit love counterfeit grace all these counterfeit movements the Bible's clear about them talk to believers they go I don't know anything about that I go that's my point did you get an enthusiastic preacher and he'll say justice grace love and unity and a lot of believers go yeah they go wait don't you say yay because they use Bible terms make sure they have Bible definitions behind the terms I go no they're talking about justice I'm in no it's a counterfeit justice it's in the words clear like we're deception will be very very prevalent in the nations but it will even get in the church you know interesting when you study the endtime teaching of Jesus he taught far more about deception warned about deception than he did tribulation we think about the end times we think tribulation some people do or persecution jesus warned the church much more about deception than he did tribulation if you get tricked I don't mean a little here there I mean in a substantial way you'll embrace the entire wrong movements in the wrong systems why does this matter look at second Thessalonians chapter 2 Paul said let no one deceive you for the day the second coming of Christ it will not come until the falling away comes first and until the man of sin is revealed it's very significant prophecy Paul said I want you to know this the second coming of Christ will not happen and tell the falling away from the faith comes first that is one of the most heavy intense prophecies in the Bible in my opinion there is an end time falling away from the faith that Jesus talked about Paul talked about Peter talked about the Old Testament prophets talked about the key to not falling away it's not they don't just fall away because they love sin they fall away because they get into fear they get offended in Jesus they get deceived and they embrace the wrong things that are emerging in society they think they're good and they're being movements that the enemy is behind many will fall away notice this passage the second coming will not happen until two things happen the two primary signs that Paul caves in this passage that is very intense how do you know the second coming is really close I mean just moments away you know days months whatever years away how do you know he said there will be a global falling away from the faith people that grew up with the Christian heritage that were even fiery for the Lord they abandoned their faith because of fear offence compromise deception they they abandoned it notice the second thing he said the man of sin is revealed that's the antichrist revealed on the world stage paul said to tell them antichrist is on the world stage and the falling away happens tell those two things happen the second coming is not taking place until you see those two here's my point the Antichrist revealed on a global level that is HUGE the falling away is as dramatic as the revealing of the Antichrist meaning it's that big it's that it's that significant on a global level it's not a trickling away I've talked to some Bible teachers they'll go well the following what has been happening for 2,000 years ago now no you're missing it it's not a trickle over the years it's something as dramatic as the Antichrist appearing on the world stage it's that obvious and that big I mentioned earlier I've been a pastor 40 years plus I've never see and many guys my aides I've talked to the number of people abandoning the faith as we have in the last three or four or five years ten and twenty years ago or one here one there there are more fiery believers today that are backing away they're saying you know I don't know if I believe it anymore people that were prayer meetings 10 years day by day I mean people contending for revival we're at the beginning I believe were in the early days of that falling away why would I point this out for love because if we know where things are going who's leading it we are not near so vulnerable to fear deception and defense and other negative emotions I could give a few more but I want to be brief I want to train the young people so they have confidence when they see the unfolding of the negative they go yes I see darkness increasing but I know where it's going I know why it's going the nation's multitudes are going to come to Jesus the desire of all nations I have confidence I'm unmoved I know where this is going paragraph D there are theological reasons why we need to know about that generation I'll say again the Bible talks about that generation more than any timeframe in history by far of all the generations from the Garden of Eden with Adam to all the generations in the future one generation is talked about more than all why the Lord says do you know how important it is that our that generation of time do you grasp how glorious but how deceptive how powerful but how dangerous do you understand the extremes all happening and again no generation has ever walked that way there is no road map besides the Bible there's no past generation that's telling that generation how to navigate all the dynamics we got the Word of God I'm gonna say something that might surprise you I want you to really catch this tear in paragraph D there are over a hundred and fifty chapters in the Bible of what's the primary subject is the end of the age let me say that again it's vent that's a staggering fact the implications there's over a hundred and fifty chapters in the written word of God of which the primary subject is the generation the Lord returns the years leading up and the years immediately follow that putting it in one large generation say okay 150 chapters that sounds like a lot let me put it in perspective if you add up Matthew Mark Luke and John four Gospels you have 89 chapters almost 90 chapters devoted to Jesus in his first coming 90 chapters almost there's a hundred and fifty almost twice as many describing his leadership in the generation he returns I talked to people like oh you're not interested in those 150 chapters well I'm not really into the entire I go saying Jesus as the Gospels the 90 chapters of the Gospels his first coming to accomplish salvation same Jesus I go these hundred and fifty chapters it's about his second coming and his world minion same Jesus why would you be interested well I'm not really into the in times I think I'm not talking about the times I'm talking about Jesus and his leadership on the planet in that in time stuff that nobody gets no I'm talking about the Bible and Jesus and his plan in the earth same Jesus it's the same Bible it's the same Holy Spirit who inspired it why is the body of Christ so illiterate on these hundred and fifty chapters why are they so intimidated why do they dig lect them because understanding the biblical narrative is critical to the church standing strong with understanding and confidence in the hour that it unfolds I look at my generation I'm 61 most of the guys that my generation not all we became gun-shy about the end times there are several reasons I won't go into that mostly talk about globally my generation has ignored the subject besides a few phrases here there every now and then a prayer pastor will shout out and the great trumpet and the Jesus will catch us away thereby screams in 90 seconds that face of the teaching is over there's a little bit of that my generation is offering the 20 year olds very little understanding of what the Bible says on that hour of history I am very troubled by that because I believe we are in the early days of that generation now a generation biblically can last a hundred years biblically in Genesis 15 a generation can go on a hundred years not just 40 years or 50 so I think we're in the early days of that generation I believe there's there's not a prophecy I'm not prophesying it's just my conviction by observation of the Bible the signs of the times it's my opinion but it's a very strong opinion there are people alive on the earth now that will see the fullness of these in their lifetime it may be the two-year-olds I don't know maybe I won't I don't know things could speed up or they could slow down maybe it's the two-year-olds but I believe they're alive right now that we'll see the fullness maybe it's their children and it's slower a little slower than I thought I think maybe it's a little faster because Malachi chapter 3 says when the Lord comes he comes suddenly the scenario speeds up suddenly it picks up an acceleration and we're already in the early acceleration of the biblical signs of that generation so I don't know when he's coming the day or the hour maybe a little further maybe a little sooner than I think but I know this it is not too early to start training the next generation on these hundred and fifty chapters it is not too early to start establishing the twenty year olds in this part of the Bible story the biblical narrative they may be 60 or 80 training their children when it happens I don't know but I know this on my watch I'm not handing the baton to the next generation biblically illiterate of these very important subjects because this teaching is politically incorrect in the church but I don't care that preachers say I go I don't care I'm thinking of the 20 year olds if they don't know where this is going they will be so much more subject to fear deception offense confusion compromised by the grace of God let's give them the clear storyline and again many of you are your twenties maybe you're in your 60s or 80s when it unfolds and this is to train you so you can train your children I don't know I don't really care all I know it's not too early to start being intentional and being systematic about this subject because you don't get it in a seminar or a semester or a summer at Bible School it takes time to grasp this it's all there in the book paragraph 8 there are some prophetic reasons well I believe we need to know what the Bible teaches about that generation it's called the biblical signs of the times that's a biblical phrase they're signs what are signs signs point to what's coming so that you're alert the Bible gave us pointers so the church is alert why so we're not captured with fear we get where it's going we have confidence we have hope we have stability we have love growing we're not we're not drawing back in fear we get where it's going and we get whites going there we're not deceived by the counterfeit movements that have good terminology but going in the wrong direction with deception we're not offended Jesus how could you let this happen I thought you were so good my life would just get a happier and easier you must not be real that kind of logic is coming forth in a new way and greater numbers than ever before because the people aren't prepared biblically with understanding signs of the times Jesus gave a number of them he set up when you see this know you're in that generation he meant that his people would know when they were in that generation he said I want you to know if you're in that generation that you're in it the apostles gave some the Old Testament prophets gave some you know tower I hop you Bible school or our ministry school I gave a semester on the signs of the times once Jesus taught the one the Apostles taught the way the Puffs taught but I only spent 12 sessions or something like that 11 or 12 sessions on it you can spend a lot more time but I just gave it was just an introduction beloved we need to grasp what those hundred and fifty chapters say same Jesus same Bibles same gospel it's not some contrary peripheral secondary storyline it's the generation God talks more about than any generation history the most glorious and the most dangerous one in human history it's the generation that God transitions the planet to the age to come through that birth canal through that generation really intense hour of history and I think there's people alive in this room that will see the fullness of it in their lifetime again it might be the little guys I don't know maybe the old guys might be all of us well let me give you two spiritual signs of the times there's a whole list the bitters like a hundred I'll just give you two kind of a snapshot kind of make you go like wow it's kind of interesting then I'm gonna give you two natural signs again there's a hundred of them that's not a real number but there's there's a long list of the signs of the times if I was to ask you give me twenty of the biblical signs of the times what would your answer be most believers would go oh I love Jesus I don't really know what they are I go you want to change that in the next few years you really do want to change that answer they're not my signs through the Bible I don't care what I say I care what the Bible says I'm a Bible guy your Bible people look what Jesus said Matthew 24 this gospel will be preached in all the nations then the end will come the word nations all the nations means is the greek word ethnos ethnic group there's three thousand-plus ethnic groups people groups in the earth the top leaders of the mission movements I mean the main leaders in the world they're saying the gospel will be preached in all 3000 people groups for the first time in history by the year 2020 2000 years this could never be said it can be said of this generation for the first time in history Jesus said well that happens the end is coming very soon after that that is a very significant sign of the times it's screaming from heaven but much of the body of Christ like oh that's kind of cool like stop it's more than cool this is way more than cool it's important Holy Spirit Acts chapter 2 says that all the power of God will rest on all flesh meaning all believers all believers all flesh talk about born-again believers will experience the ministry the Holy Spirit dreams visions the whole bet well in the book of Acts first hundred years it was normal to experience Holy Spirit ministry but for the next eighteen hundred years it was very much put in the corner in about the year 1900 there are only a few people who would talk about I'll use that a word I don't really like that much but charismatic experiences and theology there were a small number about a million at the around the turn of the century 1900 1920 about a million of them fifty years later fifty years later 60 million look at your note within 50 years I went from 1 million to 60 million the next 50 years it went to 600 million beloved it's exploding for the first time in history since the book of Acts it's touching the nations of the earth it's growing so fast the Ministry of the Spirit is becoming normative for the first time since the book of Acts that's not a coincidence then it's the same time that the gospel is being preached in every nation that's not a coincidence that all the signs of the times that Jesus mentioned almost every one of them almost every one of them they are increasing on a global level making head-to-head line news for the first time in history almost every one of the signs Jesus said are happening on a global level right now and increasing almost everyone all of these things are lighting up the part of the body of Christ is paying attention part of the cup body of Christ is I don't need that I'm not really into that stuff I go you really want to be into Jesus and his leadership I'm not into the end times I'm into Jesus and his leadership top of page two I'm going to give you two natural signs one of the most striking biblical prophecies in the all of the Bible is the return of the Jewish people to their ancient homeland in 1948 now when I was a young believer I'd eaten grass when I was 20 years old I didn't get this but Israel was out of the land for almost 2,000 years they were not in their homeland but the problem is the Bible said they have to be in the homeland before the Lord returns so for 2,000 years or 1,900 years Bible teachers have been saying whoa we don't really get what that means they're never gonna be restored back in their homeland before the Lord returns it's impossible the nations are against it and suddenly in one day 1948 I mentioned President Harry Truman he was involved in this in a very dramatic way is through became a nation it shocked the world but more it sucked the Bible teachers they went wow that was literal beloved to an Israel became a nation the calendar from heaven began an entirely new season for human history we're in a different timeframe than any time of history because the biblical prophecies they won't come to pass till Israel's in the land so for 1,900 years it could happen but we're in the generation that it can happen now that was the signal of a whole new season let's just move on not abbreviate just a few more things and then pray for you Roman numeral 2 Matthew 24 verse 33 a very significant commandment of Jesus I want you to say in your heart this is a commandment this is not just an invitation Jesus made a commandment that I want you to wrestle with look what he says verse 33 when you see all of these things that means the signs of the times that he described of which by the way almost every one of them are now increasing on a global level for the first time when you see them here's the command no Noah certainty be clear don't be ambiguous don't be politically correct no my coming is very near when you see the signs I the Son of Man gave you in the written word you know you know you're in that generation then he goes on verse 34 this generation will not pass away again a generation can last up to 100 years so it could go on for a little while but am I not then he says in verse 36 of the day and the hour nobody knows but here's what Bible teachers have done for years because we can't know the day or the hour they teach people they can't know the generation jesus said the opposite he says if you're alive in the generation when they're all unfolding they know you're in it I command you to know you're in it you can't know the day or the hour but you better know the generation if you're in it now so you don't misunderstand all of the things that Jesus said the signs of the times I get a little bit more on the notes I'm not going to cover they're not all happening but almost all of them are happening so it would not be true to say all of them but it's true to say almost every one of them is accelerating on a global level for the first time in history beloved it's time to start paying attention to the biblical narrative it's time for my generation to get your generation ready for this with your understanding of what the Bible says the biblical narrative and to get you ready to teach the ones coming after you Bible truth about it so you're not left in the dark like so many are right now because if they're left in the dark and they don't have the biblical narrative by default they will take the secular one and the confusion the deception the fear the bewilderment the where's is go the offense it will lead to a great falling away that's going to happen but you want to make sure it doesn't happen to you and the ones you minister to I can't stop the following away at the end of the age but I can certainly train you so you don't become one of them and I can train you to train the people under you I don't mean me I mean a whole bunch of us and other ministries ministries all over the world are waking up to this look at Roman number for the bottom of the page oh I love this one Daniel chapter 11 a mighty angel appeared to Daniel look what he says this mighty glorious angel standing in front of Daniel it's quite a quite a vision he's having the angel said those of the people who understand they will obstruct many this is really significant the angel is describing the generation of the Lord's return to Daniel that's the main subject of Dan the vision in Daniel Levitin 12 all the dynamics positive and negative but not all of them but many died negative positive negative of the generation of Lord returns Daniel's having a vision the angels there he says Daniel I got a promise the people who understand will teach many beloved there's a description by the angel called the people who understand and in context does it just mean general Bible knowledge this is talking in particular this promise understanding the biblical narrative of the end times that's what this is talking about directly you could have big general Bible knowledge but not be aware of where this thing is going from a biblical point of view but the Holy Spirit described people as the people who understand they're going to teach many why will they teach many I mean I think it's millions hundreds of millions the hunger in the nation's to know where things are going with clarity with biblical certainty the hunger is exploding people don't we want to know we want to know but we need Bible teachers singers musicians writers filmmakers social media messengers who are not intimidated by it being politically incorrect if it's in the Bible for in many in the nations are going where's it going the unbelievers are very curious where's this thing going you hear the the noise it's increasing the last couple years it's got to get far more intense in the next 10 or 20 years there is a global hunger for understanding and God is raising up people he calls the people who understand there's going to be millions of them people who understand the messengers I call them forerunner messengers God's raising them up in Asia Africa he's raising them up in Latin America I mean sovereignly he's stirring up different ministries he's stirring us up we don't have all the answers by any means we're learning from other groups we're sharing I'm studying and interacting with other men and women what is God showing you from the Bible we all need each other there's no one group that has it but together we can have the full counsel of God in this the people who understand they can make sense of it to the hungry and the nations who are confused why am i sharing this I believe that in this room and the million unique individuals that have contacted us at this conference on the web stream in the social media there's many of you out there you can be among the people who understand because it's in the Bible it's free to everyone who wants it takes a little bit of time to learn it though we evangelize we build the church we pray for the sick we touch the marketplace but we learn the biblical narrative of where it's going at the same time I'm asking God to raise up tens of thousands of forerunners they make sense of where things are going to the others God wants the number of you to be forerunners forerunners focus on understanding that's one of the not the only thing they're bringing understanding so that people are not afraid when the events unfold they go I get it it's in the Bible Jesus is in control I get it I know where it's going I have confidence forerunners help people walk in that confidence and clarity some of you are in your 20s forerunners some of you are in your 80s beloved with social media an 80 year old grandma can write a blog but the Spirit will use to touch a million people in the earth she doesn't need a microphone in a pulpit not in the internet world don't write yourself off if you're 80 Daniel and John the Apostle really got into this when they are in their 80s and 90s you're not too young if you're in you're not too old if you're 80 you're not too young if you're 20 this is an hour where God is training foreigners I'm gonna end with a personal experience the next three four minutes then I'm gonna pray for you four four runners singers musicians writers filmmakers directors blogs social media every single way of communication you make known with clarity where things are going because you're becoming a person of understanding according to Daniel 11 I want to share this experience from Isaiah 63 it was 20 years ago almost I was in our prayer room this is before I hop started a couple years before I up started I was in my church Parham when I was pastoring in the Kansas City area before I helped started I was reading Isaiah 63 this is an unusual passage it's a passage about the second coming of Christ it's not a real familiar one but it's a really important one it's a passage about the second coming of Christ so I'm reading it very unusual experience I've had this happen three or four times in 40 years I mentioned one the other night when the Spirit came on me over and over about the subject of beauty well this was more intense than even that one again it's happened three or four times in 40 years it changed my life I'm reading the fire the heat of the Holy Spirit is comes on me with such strength and intensity like fire all over me I'm going like what is going on it's a little unsettling I fill the wind of the Holy Spirit I fill the wind of the Holy Spirit blowing all around me go ahead let the little guys sit down just go ahead to have a seat the seats are free these little guys don't know I'm stirring up you old people in your 20s to serve these people so you old 20 year olds I'm trying to get you ready to help these young ones but just love them come on up for a second so you're not distracted because I want you to catch the intensity of this I'm just gonna wait a second I want you all to grab a seat if you would again I'm teaching the old twenty year olds and the thirty year olds so you can take care of these guys so I'm sitting in the prayer our church prayer room it's twenty or thirty people there fire of the Holy Spirit I mean literal burning of it an intensity I've never felt the intensity of that rest on me like for an hour I'm at so comfortable I know something's up I don't get it but this time is really unique because I feel wind literally blowing around me I'm so perplexed I look up since September I go is the air vents on what is happening there's no vents anywhere and I'm oh I'm reading Isaiah 63 let me read it to you in an abbreviated way follow it with me because this is a new passage too many of you Isaiah asked the question who is this man marching into Jerusalem from Edom I'm gonna describe it as I'm reading it so I can do it briefer Isaiah said there's a man he's marching from Edom to the city of Jerusalem who is he Isaiah twenty-seven hundred years ago is seeing the Messiah returning to Jerusalem but he doesn't know it yet Edom is modern-day Jordan so Jesus is marching to Jerusalem coming through the land of Jordan at the second coming Isaiah said this is he goes I don't get it his garments are dyed red why is why are his garments red he's travelling look at this in strength and power he has power like no man has ever had who is he he's moving fast to Jerusalem because Jerusalem has been surrounded by the Gentile nations to destroy Jerusalem and Jesus at his second coming is going to deliver true Salaam entirely Jesus says again it's in context in the second coming I don't want to break all that down right now but he's coming as the greater David to liberate the City of Jerusalem the greater David the greater Joshua the greater Moses the greater Elijah he's coming in all the fullness to Jerusalem to bring salvation in full deliverance the man answers undoubtedly surprises Isaiah I I am mighty to save I'm coming for salvation I am mighty that's who I am and I say who are you I've never seen a man like this verse 2 he says can I ask who you are why are your garments red it's like you've been dreading in the winepress now in the ancient world they would bring all the grapes in they would put it like in a big vat like say about three feet high you know ten feet by ten feet three feet high they'd put it filled with grapes people would go in the grapes and they would stomp on them in order to smash the grapes to make wine that was a very common thing so there would be a few pea pull in the winepress doing this and the grape juice would splash on their garments and make their garments red he goes you look like you've been smashing grapes and why you're a king you're powerful verse 3 the Messiah answers he goes you're right I am treading a winepress but it's a human winepress I'm killing the Antichrist armies that have surrounded Jerusalem I'm making my way to liberate Israel and destroying the reprobates who have covenant it to worship the Beast with all of their heart because I am in a winepress but it's a human one I'm removing them but here's the word he said I'm doing it alone there's no other nation that will stand with me against this coalition of Gentile armies because the Bible says all the Gentile nations will surround Jerusalem and this King Jesus he goes no other nation would stand with me I did it alone no other military would be with me from all the peoples you could put the word nations nobody stood with me everyone was against me when I brought my judgments to remove everything that hinders love in the earth why I have trod knee again he's talking in context about the Antichrist armies I've smashed them I've destroyed them their blood is sprinkled upon my garments that's what you see Isaiah sorry children's church and huh supposed to be in here right now the last session here I didn't mean to say all that to you well they just slipped in and I'm under the most intense verse in the Bible there Jesus said I've stained way second just wait wait wait wait wait jesus said I've stained all of my robes you can read the text there because it's the day of vengeance well the spirit I'll bring this to a conclusion the Spirit of the Lord Fire and wind is all around me it goes on for maybe an hour I can't remember but it was really intense that I'm reading this and the word of the Lord comes and says when I come and my judgments I will remove everything that hinders love that's what his judgments are about they're not opposite of love they are the removing of what hinders love he says when that happens the word of the Lord comes says will you stand with me it becomes very personal and I said yes and the Lord makes it clear and I already know it anyway it's politically incorrect many people will be angry if you proclaim the reality of my judgments along with my great mercies nobody will stand with me no nation he said will you and I were I was weeping very intense encounter that I'm not really giving all the details I said Lord I'll stand with you I don't care how politically incorrect I don't care how many Christians don't like this part of your plan because they don't understand it and the cultures against this part of you I'm for you I said yes Lord the wind of the fire in the intensity again a very unique experience in 40 years and a man came up to me tap me on the shoulder he said I just saw an open vision and I was taking road don't interrupt me right now I'm just I'm just so just so intense that I didn't say then I went like what like do you have to tell me now it was so intense with the Lord he bends over and says the Lord told me I saw a vision he's speaking to you right now about Isaiah chapter 63 he said I saw an angel pouring fire over you and his wings are moving and wind is around you I don't say one word I'm so overcome I just I don't say a word to him I stare at it but I mean it was intense it wasn't it remotely funny or light or anything it was really intense and I'm looking at him and he says the Lord I saw an open vision he said he's talking to you about Isaiah 63 he has a question for you will you preach the Isaiah 63 Jesus in red or will you draw back in fear and only say what is popular will you say what the Bible says even preach Jesus in red this is 20 years ago I didn't say a word to the man I just kind of and he left I just wept and and I made a covenant in my heart that day I said look 20 years ago I said lord I don't get I don't understand your chestnuts I don't know these 150 chapters I don't get I know I know the two or three big points about the end times I don't get the details but I'm saying yes I'm gonna say yes to you in this so I'm gonna pray right now and have the worship team come up I want to pray for foreigners these theologians of the beauty of God the reason I have spoke of the beauty of God the first night because without the beauty of God you can't preach this message the glorious power and the terrible judgments have to flow out of the revelation of the God establishing beauty or you're gonna miss it on either direction even the glory message doesn't work separated from the beauty of God I want to invite anybody in the room you say in your heart I believe my calling is to be a messenger I don't know how I don't know when but I want to go deep in this in the years to come I want to learn this I want to know the biblical narrative I'm not going to draw back in fear I don't care how politically incorrect it is it's necessary to understand where things are going that's you I'd like to pray with you I'd like you to stand up right now many of you are singers many are musicians many are writers filmmakers drama poetry all kinds of types of expressions will you preach that Jesus had wrath as part of the biblical narrative I mean that's not my main message but that is part of the narrative I said yes Lord not backing down for nobody let's just open our hearts before the Lord that's part of the assignment we have at IHOP is to raise up foreigners other groups have the same assignment all over around the world but we're one of those groups and were unashamed we don't apologize for it father I just ask you you would release the power of the Holy Spirit [Music] holy spirit we say yes will you Satan the songs of his beauty of his power and his judgments that go together will you proclaim the Lord's word will you get prepared will you take time to go deep to understand these subjects will you bear the reproach of them will you bear the stigma of these subjects Lord we say yes we say yes Lord we say yes Lord I say yes do we respond to your voice [Music] holy spirit we'd fight your present I ask you that you would market winners nests Alaska to mark four letters right now holy screw [Music] say what you tell us [Music] speaking the truth speaking the words alive speaking with baldness it's representing you [Music] with the Jesus father we ask you Holy Spirit to mark forerunners even now release the spirit of parenting I ask John the Baptist release it prepare the way of the Lord the way raise up prairies have prepared the way of the Lord to messengers messengers songs and singers and musicians [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] we pair the liver you know it father we ask you for the release [Music] [Music] the way God the angel of the Lord said God would raise up people of understanding Lord I ask you in this company raise up people of understanding in Jesus name [Music] wake up [Music] give us strong we wanna be a people of understanding but I asked you for Holy Spirit commissioning two 4runners I asked you for a men's ministry of grace an anointing on forerunners young and old even now [Music] Lord set us ablaze with the fire I cannot be quick [Music] because your we wanna be people mother I ask you to understand mark for winners right now he asked [Music] [Music] in your story Murray [Music] tell your story in your snow [Music] [Music] that the king Oh - in swelling [Music] Oh [Applause] I said [Music] oh man [Music] sire [Music] right spirit raised up legends of the beauty of the Lord [Music] [Music] make me to roll the generation of [Music] make me a voice to my generation Oh [Music] Christianity in one generation [Music] [Music] way god [Music] [Music] [Music] do [Music] [Music] [Music] God released your glory let us sell tell the nation's your story we love your leadership Jesus Lord leadership is burn and we know you have something to say to this generation we want to partner with what's on your heart we want to be your mouthpiece we're just ready to hear y'all [Music] we what [Music] there's no with knowledge I will [Music] I wanna be passionate [Music] [Music] you [Music] for you [Music] [Music] generate [Music] [Music] the Lord says we'll use [Music] will you not draw back in fear will you be courageous will you say [Music] [Applause] [Music] dance [Music] I the cheese's will you not be [Music] who you stand and not drove back [Music] I want to know who you are who you are I want to speak your word with boldness [Music] I don't want to stand against your I wanna be swayed by popularity men's opinions me every wind of doctrine I hear I want true written on [Music] [Applause] my way my way just like a tree whose roots go down deep slow down T wanna be fully in agreement with who you are what you do all of your way [Applause] [Music] that you will be my way [Music] Jesus saving your heart I'm not ashamed of the cheese's in red the one we love Jesus and I'm not ashamed of the Jesus in red come on lift your voice I'm not ashamed the Jesus you denies me before men I'll deny em I'm not ashamed you gotta be of the Jesus it's not gonna be easy I'm not a shame of the Jesus in red
