1. The race to ARMAGEDDON began when God brought the “… FIRSTBEGOTTEN into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him” [Hebrews 1:6] Jesus Christ is the FIRSTBEGOTTEN, in who “… DWELLETH ALL THE FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD BODILY” [Colossians 2:9] Satan denied the revelation of God in the FIRSTBEGOTTEN, got others to join his rebellion and “… THERE WAS WAR IN HEAVEN: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,” [Revelation 12:7] The war was not a one-day affair as some assume from the narrative in Revelation 12:7-10. It began before Adam was formed and continued until Satan was cast down to earth, “And the GREAT DRAGON WAS CAST OUT, that old serpent, called the Devil, and SATAN, WHICH DECEIVETH THE WHOLE WORLD: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him” [Revelation 12:9] Satan was CAST OUT of his original ESTATE but the battle rages on earth, until he is bound and thrown into the lake of fire [Revelation 20:10-14] Before the lake of fire comes ARMAGEDDON, where Satan gathers his infernal hosts and the “KINGS OF THE EARTH, ” … together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue ARMAGEDDON” [Revelation 16:13-16] Human civilization shall fall with Satan at ARMAGEDDON, and the Lord shall “.. CAST HIM INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, TILL THE THOUSAND YEARS SHOULD BE FULFILLED: and after that he must be loosed a little season” [Revelation 20:3].
2. As we COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON, the present climate of global distress will go from bad to worse. Every system of government, economy and social institution MADE by man shall be SHAKEN, as it is written: “… Yet once more I SHAKE NOT THE EARTH ONLY, BUT ALSO HEAVEN. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that ARE SHAKEN, AS OF THINGS MADE, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain” [Hebrews 12:26-27] Satan and his invisible kingdoms around our world are “SHAKEN”. The present wave of terror and general instability are the work of marauding demons and fallen angels seeking refuge on earth. Those who bank on politicians and international organizations for peace shall be grossly disappointed, “For WHEN THEY SHALL SAY, PEACE and SAFETY; then SUDDEN DESTRUCTION COMETH upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape” [1 Thessalonians 5:3] Present instability shall descend to riots and massive breakdown of law and order. The ANTICHRIST shall restore a semblance of order by cruel pacification, but it shall not last. In the midst of unprecedented global confusion, the Lord “… shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST: Then WE WHICH ARE ALIVE and remain SHALL BE CAUGHT UP WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord” [1 Thessalonians 4:16-17]
3. COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON follows two CRITICAL PROPHETIC MOVES in the Church. The FIRST MOVE is the GATHERING OF TARES to separate the BRIDE from the maddening crowd, as it is written: “… GATHER YE TOGETHER FIRST THE TARES, and bind them IN BUNDLES to BURN THEM: but GATHER THE WHEAT INTO MY BARN” [Matthew 13:30] WHEAT are the children of the kingdom, “Being BORN AGAIN, NOT OF CORRUPTIBLE SEED, BUT OF INCORRUPTIBLE, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever” [1 Peter 1:23] TARES are folks who came into the Church but never experienced the NEW BIRTH, and shall “FALL AWAY” from the FAITH at the appointed time,; “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a FALLING AWAY first, and that MAN OF SIN BE REVEALED, the son of perdition” [2 Thessalonians 2:3] This prophecy is fulfilled as major Christian denominations “FALL AWAY” merge with False Religions in INTER-FAITH ECUMENISM. The SECOND MOVE follows quickly after the FIRST, as it is written: “… HE WHO NOW LETTETH will let, until he be taken out of the way. And THEN SHALL THE WICKED BE REAVEALED …” [2 Thessalonians 2:7-8] He “WHO NOW LETTETH” is the Holy Ghost, keeping watch over the Church. After the BRIDE is TRANSLATED, Satan shall be incarnated in the ANTICHRIST to lead his armies to ARMAGEDDON.
4. The race to ARMAGEDDON moves very fast as soon as Satan is incarnated on earth, “… HAVING GREAT WRATH, because HE KNOWETH THAT HE HATH BUT A SHORT TIME” [Revelation 12:12] The MAN OF SIN shall rule with the fist of wickedness and pacify the nations with his MARK into a ONE-WORLD ORDER, “And HE CAUSETH ALL both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, TO RECEIVE A MARK IN THEIR RIGHT HAND, or in their FOREHEADS: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the MARK or the NAME of the beast, or the NUMBER of his name” [Revelation 13:16-17] Those who focus on the TECHNOLOGY of the MARL, may well miss. You see, the significance of the MARK transcends TECHNOLOGY; it is more of WITCHCRAFT than TECHNOLOGY. The MARK is Satan implanting his DNA in man and “… If any man worship the beast and his image, and RECEIVE HIS MARK in his forehead, or in his hand, The SAME SHALL DRINK OF THE WINE OF THE WRATH OF GOD, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb” [Revelation 14:9-10]
5. Beloved, we have passed the critical point in COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON. The appearance of the Lord is imminent when He shall return to receive His BRIDE. If you are not BORN AGAIN, make peace with the Lord today and receive your BOARDING PASS for the TRANSLATION FLIGHT. If for any reason you are left behind, please DO NOT TAKE THE MARK, NAME or NUMBER of the BEAST amen.