37: World News & Prophecy - Revelation 6:9-17

[McNeely] Good morning, everybody. We’re back here in Revelation, going through chapter 6 in this class. Last time we started into the seals of Revelation, we covered the four horsemen, and we did cover the first four seals of Revelation in chapter 6. And so we’re ready to talk about the fifth seal.

Before we get into that, I did want to review just a little bit in terms of where we are as we are now getting into the kind of the meat and potatoes of the book of Revelation with the seals and everything. I did hand out to you the famous Rubik’s Cube of the book of Revelation. And this is a pretty helpful guide. What is on here are at the top the first seven seals, and we’ve gone through the four of them. And then when you drop down along the front, you have the seventh seal or the seven trumpet plagues. And then at the bottom are the seven last plagues, which are part of the seventh trumpet. Remember last time we talked about the basic outline of Revelation is all in sevens—seven seals, seven trumpet plagues, seven last plagues.

And so kind of lock that in your mind. And the seventh seal, the seventh trumpet plagues, the seventh trumpet plague are the seven last vials—or, yeah, seven last vials would be the way to put it. But they’re all here along with a number of scriptures, and they’re pretty well outlined there. This is a full disclosure. This goes back to Worldwide Church of God days. This was put together, I think it was part of the Bible study course during that time.

Came out, I think, sometime in the early 1990s. So the chart is attributed to the artists who put this together at the bottom. And for those of you—so it comes from that period of time—I don’t know that I’m violating a copyright by handing it out to you. I don’t think so.

For those of you watching online, we’ll probably put that up. I’ll double check that we can do that, put that up on part of the resources that’ll be available for any of you that want to download that. But that’s where it comes from. And I think it’s pretty well accurate in terms of what is listed there. But it’s a good visual for you to see how all this fits together. So make sure you hold on to that. There will be a test at some point, and you’ll need to know the outline—the broad outline and some of the details of that.

One of the things we talked about as we began into this section is the idea that Revelation, as we look at it, is futuristic. We don’t take the historic view that some scholars take—many scholars take—in that all that is talked about in the book is past history. Many are of the school that it’s all first century. And then there are variations of that down through the ages. Our view is that it is futuristic. We look at the past as a type of what will be the final end result, such as Antiochus Epiphanes as a man of sin, or the abomination of desolation, which is described by Christ as part of the end-time scenario as well. But the history we look at then is a type of the future fulfillment. So we are futuristic, but with an understanding that I think in some ways—I wouldn’t say that it’s totally unique, but it’s certainly, I think, correct—in that as we look at the history that we know from the book of Daniel with the Greek Empire and particularly the Roman Empire and the first-century events, those are types of what will then be the final fulfillment that Revelation points to, and Christ pointed to in Matthew 24. And so we look at these as yet to come.

There’s a lot of problems with just looking at it historically, because as many have said or have kind of constructed historic scenarios, it hasn’t happened that way. And there’s not an accuracy. As we look into the future aspect of Revelation, we certainly want to strive for accuracy within the bounds of the knowledge that we have. And there’s a great deal of knowledge that we do have. One of the things we remember from our study in Daniel 12, as we concluded, Daniel was wondering about a lot of things that even pertain to Revelation. And God said, “Go your way, Daniel. They’re sealed until the time of the end. Many will run to and fro, and knowledge will be increased” (Daniel 12:9–10).

And so at the time of the end, where we are more than 2,500 years from the time of Daniel, and closer to the time of the end, and certainly in the beginning phases, perhaps, as you will, of the end of the age, we have a greater knowledge than Daniel did—again, in part because of history, but also as we understand our modern world. And I think with God’s Spirit guiding us to an understanding of what these prophecies say.

So, Revelation being in itself a revealing, it is God’s revealing of things which will shortly come to pass, we’re told in the first chapter. So there is an increase in knowledge about these events. I don’t think any of us would say we have a perfect knowledge of all of them as to how it’s all going to take place. We can have certainly a broad outline.

I think I put this on the board as we started Daniel, but let me put it back up here. We have what I call an RPN in the Church of God. An RPN is—does anybody remember what that is? It’s a received prophetic narrative or story. A received prophetic narrative, or an RPN, that frames our understanding of history, Bible history, history, and Bible prophecy. And it’s been received. In other words, I learned it as a young man, as the Church taught it.

We have preserved it. We’re passing it on to you as part of your course study here at ABC.

And so it’s a received, understood, taught prophetic story of the Bible. All right, RPN. And in the broad outline of it, we have, I think, an accurate understanding of what God is doing from creation to the second coming. When it comes to the prophetic details Daniel and particularly Revelation give us, there becomes a, you know, again, almost a Rubik’s Cube approach to it.

And if you look at this, you’ve got a lot of scriptures in here. But you don’t have all the scriptures in this particular one. I could show you a multi-page document that one of my colleagues in the ministry has put together. This is a 20-page document put together by one of my colleagues that takes even more scriptures and puts it into an outline to kind of see the flow. And that’s good. But I was talking with him actually this morning.

I called him about a few things on this. And he said he’s shared, he’s worked on this for 20 years and tweaked it, refined it, shared it with other ministers. Other ministers have their particular works as well. I’ve seen some other charts and things that other men have done. But as I’ve gone through this one, it’s helpful. But he’s got a lot more scriptures than your Rubik’s Cube to put together the prophetic narrative and where a verse from Jeremiah, from Zephaniah, from Zechariah fits within the scheme of these broad seven seals, seven trumpet plagues, and seven last plagues.

All right? And so there’s a lot of scriptures to pull from this that I think we have a fairly accurate understanding of what they’re talking about. And that helps us to put it all together to see the mind of God working through a prophet in the Old Testament, and then the Apostle John at the end of the first century. God’s mind is still the same. Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). And we can piece this together in a story or a narrative to understand these end-time events. And it can be very fascinating. It can be very daunting.

And it can be life changing, as any study of the Bible actually is for us. So remember that. Now, so with that, a little caveat. I’m not saying that all of this—our putting it together and even our understanding of every detail—is locked in or perfect. I don’t believe that. I think there are some events we’ll look back on after the Second Coming and we’ll say, oh, that’s what you meant.

And the wisest of us will find out that we’re maybe not quite like Daniel in understanding and everything, but that’s part of the fun of looking at it and the intrigue and the challenge. Let me also say one other thing. These are big events—war, false religion, famine, pestilence, a third of the fresh water turning to blood, the ecosphere of our earth being thrown out of culture by God’s judgment, as we will read. These are big events that have not happened on that scale, but the Bible tells us it will.

Now, that can be a little bit frightening. It can be a bit unnerving. It can be off-putting to some people. But as we take the Word of God to be the Word of God—every scripture profitable for doctrine and reproof and correction and instruction in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16)—we take the book of Revelation very seriously to teach us the challenges to what God is doing.

Right now, we’re living in big moments in world history. There’s a lot taking place, none of which are specifically fulfilling these particular prophecies in the detail that they will. A war can be a forerunner of that, but we’re not looking at the war, at the end-all wars or at the war to end the age at this time.

We’ve got a battle going on in Ukraine. We have other conflicts in the Middle East. We’ve always had those. I think that it is best that we look at our world today, and as I teach you, understand the world, what’s happening, be able to process it in the context of Bible history and Bible prophecy in a balanced, accurate, and responsible way—without trying to make predictions, without trying to go off into an unbalanced approach to life.

You’ve got a life to live. Live your life. Plan for your life. But keep an eye on what the Bible tells us, and be alert, be watchful, and be aware. Live your life, as we all should, with an eye on the kingdom and a hand in this world, in this life, as we make a living, as we raise a family, as we live our life. And at the same time, we keep an eye on the reality of God’s judgment that will come upon the world, knowing that we ourselves are under judgment now in the house of God or in the church (1 Peter 4:17).

And that in itself, as we understand Bible prophecy and what will happen, should be a motive to live a righteous life for ourselves. And when we look at the times today, then we can properly assess and analyze that accordingly.

So with that as kind of a long recap and introduction, let’s go into Revelation 6 and let’s go to chapter 7.

We’re going to… we’ve covered the… I’m sorry, chapter—or verse 9. We’ve covered the first four seals, the four horsemen. And so let’s look at verse 9, which is the fifth seal. “When He opened the fifth seal, and this is of course the Lamb, Christ is the one opening, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the Word of God and for the testimony which they held” (Revelation 6:9).

“And they cried with a loud voice, saying, ‘How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge, and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?’ Then a white robe was given to each of them, and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both a number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed” (Revelation 6:10–11).

And so this is in vision that John is seeing, and it’s symbolically picturing the altar in God’s heavenly temple, those who have given their life as martyrs in His service. At the time of John seeing this vision, there had been martyrs. There were many more to come. We know from these prophecies there will be more even into the future from where we are today. And so John’s not seeing everything in this—everyone—but he’s seeing the symbolic representation on the eve of the Day of the Lord of those who have suffered. And with this particular seal, we are looking at a time of martyrdom that is being described and talked about here that will take place.

The early church that John was a part of had already seen persecution. Several of the letters in the New Testament refer to certain aspects of it. We even have covered that already in the messages to the churches, particularly the church at Pergamos, where one particular individual was mentioned. And even at John’s time, many of the apostles had met an early death and a tragic death. We’ve read about Stephen in the book of Acts. We have already read about James, the brother of John, in chapter 12, when he was put to death by Herod Agrippa, and others.

And so what Jesus is explaining here is a time of persecution and martyrdom yet to come at the time of the end that is described in other places. I want to go back—hold your place there—and let’s go back to Matthew 24. Remember the Olivet Prophecy, a parallel to what we’re reading here in Revelation. Back in Matthew 24, let’s turn there and read what Jesus said in verses 21 and 22. “For then will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved alive; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened” (Matthew 24:21–22).

All right? And so this time of great tribulation is described here unlike any since the beginning of the world. Actually, this passage follows on—if you go back to verse 9 of Matthew 24—where Jesus said there, “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. Then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold” (Matthew 24:9–12).

And so a time of tribulation, like is mentioned in the other verses here, and a time of offense, betrayal, which did occur in the first century, later after Christ gave these words, and even into the subsequent centuries—and will occur in our future. We have to, again, realize the final fulfillment there.

So we’re going to talk later about those who refuse to worship the image of the beast in Revelation 13. And they will be persecuted. In Revelation chapter 12, we’re going to read about a group who are a remnant of the church—“who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ” (Revelation 12:17)—who will be chased literally by Satan and his minions, his physical forces. And so that is yet to come as well and is a part of the events of this seal, this fifth seal, that then is opened and occurs during this time of tribulation.

One thing to understand, we are, as this begins, we’re looking at a three and one-half year period that we call the Great Tribulation that culminates in Christ’s return and begins here with this seal. All right? So we’re looking at about a three and a half year period. And within this three and a half year period, many, many things occur that are mentioned throughout Scripture and in the Gospels in Matthew 24, in Luke 21, and here in the book of Revelation.

And it becomes a time of great tribulation upon the world, and the Church will experience that as well. There will be trial, and there will be this martyrdom here that we’re talking about. “For behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “that I will bring back from captivity My people Israel and Judah,” says the Lord. “And I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it” (Jeremiah 30:3).

This is called a time of Jacob’s trouble. Jacob, of course, the father of 12 sons—and Jacob’s name was changed to Israel, remember—and he put that name upon the two sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh. “Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like it; and it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it” (Jeremiah 30:7).

It is verse 7, yeah, I was going to say 7, so I would have been correct. “For that day is great, so that none is like it; and it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it” (Jeremiah 30:7). And this particular part of this prophecy goes all the way through verse 11.

And a time of captivity, verse 10 says, “Therefore do not fear, O My servant Jacob,” says the Lord, “nor be dismayed, O Israel; for indeed I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return, have rest, and be quiet, and no one shall make him afraid. For I am with you,” says the Lord, “to save you; for I will make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you. Yet I will not make a complete end of you, but I will correct you in justice, and will not let you go altogether unpunished” (Jeremiah 30:10–11).

Jeremiah 30:1–11 is a rather interesting passage to sum up a lot of other passages that speak to a time of persecution or captivity upon the modern descendants of Israel at the time of the end that is talked about—this time of Jacob’s trouble. This is part of this three and a half year period. Now, I can say that there are a number of other events that we’re going to yet read about in the Bible, in Revelation, and in other places that occur during this three and a half year period. Let me mention just a few of them, and these are not in a specific order.

Revelation 12, we read about a time of war breaking out in heaven between Michael and Satan’s angels, which will be a rebellion or an attempt to invade heaven, in a sense, the second time. We’ll talk more about that when we come to Revelation 12. And Satan is cast to the earth. He knows he has a short time, and he goes to persecute the church. And so that event is keyed to this fifth seal and will occur during that three and a half year, or maybe even slightly before it. The Bible doesn’t give us an exact timeframe for that. But that’s one event that is there.

In Revelation 13, we’re going to read about a power—a beast power—that rises up out of the sea. We’ve identified that with a European-based power. We’ll talk about that at the time. We’ve already covered it in Daniel. But that happens during that period of time, probably closer to the beginning of it, but that is there.

Now there’s one other key event, and that’s Daniel 11:40, where the king of the south pushes at the king of the north, and the king of the north retaliates against the king of the south and comes into the Promised Land, into Israel. We covered that when we were in Daniel. And I mentioned at the time—that’s a trigger event. And it could be the trigger event that happens around this fifth seal. That, you know, it’s a magnification of war already a part of the second seal and, you know, an endemic part of the human condition. But that event will likely trigger so many of the other events of the fifth seal forward during this period of the Great Tribulation.

Now, there are many others. When you read about Jerusalem being encompassed by the armies and overrun in Luke 21:24 and other places, that would be during this period of time as well. The timing of the two witnesses—we’ll study about them in Revelation 11, where they preach for a period of three and a half years—that’s covered within this period of the Great Tribulation, commencing with the fifth seal as well. The abomination of desolation that Christ spoke of in Matthew 24:15, involving this power that comes into Jerusalem—that’s during this time as well. All right? We don’t have to get into a specific when, but we can, I think, reliably put that within this timeframe.

The appearance of this man of sin that 2 Thessalonians 2 talks about, sitting in the temple claiming himself to be God. Many and other events—persecution, false prophets—take place when this fifth seal, this beginning of tribulation that will be a three and a half year period, begins to roll upon the earth. And so we have a bit of a linear progression, but these events are going to also be occurring simultaneously in different ways and in different aspects. The preaching of the two witnesses goes on during the whole time. Other events will take place and trigger other events as well. So this is a pretty significant moment.

One thing I want us to realize is that we’ve talked about this being a time of Jacob’s trouble, but even when we read back in Jeremiah 30, God said, I will, you know, My judgment is going to be upon the nations where you will be scattered.

I want you to turn to Zephaniah chapter 3. Zephaniah chapter 3. God is giving a message to all of the nations here in Zephaniah 3. And beginning in verse 8—and this is from the NIV translation—it says, “Therefore wait for Me,” declares the Lord, “for the day I will stand up to testify. I have decided to assemble the nations, to gather the kingdoms, and to pour out My wrath on them—all My fierce anger. The whole world will be consumed by the fire of My jealous anger” (Zephaniah 3:8, NIV).

So during this period of time, all nations will deal with the judgment of God and the blowback, if you will, from the wrath of Satan that is taking place at this time, as he works through his agents on the earth to accomplish his purpose, which is to thwart the whole plan of God. So all the nations will be involved there.

“In that day you shall not be shamed for any of your deeds in which you transgress against Me; for then I will take away from your midst those who rejoice in your pride, and you shall no longer be haughty in My holy mountain. I will leave in your midst a meek and humble people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord. The remnant of Israel shall do no unrighteousness and speak no lies, nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; for they shall feed their flocks and lie down, and no one shall make them afraid. Sing, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! The Lord has taken away your judgments, He has cast out your enemy. The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you shall see disaster no more” (Zephaniah 3:11–15).

So the modern descendants of Israel will have to endure a time of judgment, punishment, even captivity, for not repenting of sin, and not taking seriously God and His role, and even for Israel, the role that God has given them. Our prophetic narrative as well has as a key part of that understanding that the English-speaking nations of the modern world have inherited the blessings of Abraham—the promises made to Abraham of national wealth and greatness—and as a result of God’s faithfulness to Abraham. We’re yet to talk about that in a little bit more detail, but that explains why our English-speaking nations, led by the United States, and at one time Great Britain, but primarily and only the U.S. today—apologies to all the other English-speaking nations present—but that’s just the geopolitical reality of our modern world. And our understanding from the Scriptures that talk about Israel at the time of the end is God is going to bring about a judgment specifically because of sin.

And that has tremendous implications for the United States today, even while we, as we speak, ride pretty high. We’ll save that for another discussion when we come to the promises of Abraham. I think I’ll be teaching that to you next month in a couple of classes. And so this is the fifth seal, and a lot more can be said. We can go through a lot more Scriptures, but some of them are on your Rubik’s Cube, and you can plug in so many others, especially as we go through Revelation. So let’s move on to verse 12 and look at the sixth seal.

“I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?’” (Revelation 6:12–17).

So that takes us through verse 17 here of chapter 6 and the end of the chapter here through these six seals. So let’s unpack a bit of that here. This is a time spoken of if you would go back to Matthew 24:29. Jesus referenced this when He said, “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken” (Matthew 24:29). Immediately after the tribulation of those days. Interesting. So you kind of piece that in with this sixth seal and we begin to see that these are great cosmic disturbances unlike anything that have occurred.

The moon like blood. There’s a blood moon phenomenon today. So often there will be what they call a blood moon. It’s been a few years since we’ve had one, and the moon appears red. Is that what is being talked about here? Perhaps. But I think something even more. What we see in the, let’s say, a blood moon today typically—nothing else happens. And we know that the sun is darkened through a solar eclipse. That occurs on a regular basis. And, you know, when you understand how the earth, the sun, the moon all work together in its rotation and revolution, all these phenomena occur. But life isn’t disturbed. We can even plot it, know when it’s going to happen, and life goes on. These are talking about other, greater events. Keep that in mind.

And earthquake. We have earthquakes, but this is called a great earthquake. Christ talked about earthquakes in diverse places. The sun becoming black. Well, just last—was it March or April? I think it was March last year. We had, in this part of the U.S., we had a solar eclipse. And though where I was here in Batavia it didn’t get completely dark, it got fairly dark. And if you were further to the west, over around Indianapolis, it got totally dark for a brief period of time. But it was kind of eerie to live through something like that. And what’s being talked about here? Well, let’s just take it literally—great cosmic disturbances that begin to shake the earth and begin to get God’s, get the attention of the people.

But as we’re going to read later, there are even greater cosmic disturbances that will occur. When we get to the seven trumpet plagues, and particularly the seven vials or last plagues, those are of such world-shaking magnitude that were they to continue for any length of time, there would be no life left on the earth. And so as we look at the sixth seal, and this comes out, this is understood to be the final year of this three and a half year period of the Great Tribulation. And it represents God’s final judgment. If you look at verse 17, it says, “For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?” (Revelation 6:17).

So this is about the only reference to the length of that judgment that we can find in Revelation. And the phrase of the great day of His wrath, as we look at the day-for-a-year prophetic principle that we know from Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:4–6—we studied that day-for-a-year principle—then if that applies here, then the day of His wrath of verse 17 would be the final year before Christ returns. And this sets up then the seventh seal, which are the seven trumpet plagues. And when we get into those, we’ll see that the magnitude of cosmic disturbances ratchets up. But what we’re talking about here is God’s judgment, pictured by these and other prophecies that begin to be God’s last effort to wake the world for repentance of some.

We’re going to read, and this is really a setup for the next chapter, about groupings of people who are going to respond to these disturbances and come to a point of repentance where God can seal them or protect them through the time. Okay? So let’s keep that in mind that this points, as we come to the end of this chapter, to some events that we’re going to see in chapter 7, which is an inset chapter.

Now, let me make one other comment at this point in regard to cosmic disturbances, and we’re going to need to keep that in mind. I may repeat it when we get into chapters 8 and 9 with the seven trumpet plagues, and especially the seven last plagues. We’re talking about a third of the waters drying up or turning to blood, and what we’re being told is a cosmic disturbance of the intricate, delicate balance of life that we have on planet earth.

All right? There’s a book that came out about 20 years ago. They just revised it. I highly recommend it. There’s a series of videos that were done called The Privileged Planet. Are any of you familiar with that book or the videos? The Privileged Planet. I can highly recommend it. I’ve listened to the authors’ lecture a few times over the years. The two authors are scientists. They believe in God being the creator of everything, but they’ve written a superb book called The Privileged Planet, J. Richards and Guillermo Gonzalez.

But in the book, here’s what they do. Here’s the beauty of the book. They look and they show that indeed earth is privileged in relation to all the other planets, all the other stars, galaxies, and everything we can observe and know about the cosmos, the universe, everything. Everything we’ve seen, been able to measure and observe—there is no other place, no other system, galaxy, no other planet, celestial body, whatever—that has the unique abilities to preserve life or to sustain life as we know it other than earth.

Now, some would argue, well, we just haven’t seen that yet. All right? So we keep looking for and searching for extraterrestrial activity, and they will, and some people will not have their mind changed. But when you read that book, you realize that God created earth and everything about it, everything on it, everything within it, its relation to its moon, to the sun, to sustain life. And as they bring out, if there were imbalances to even imperceptible degrees in terms of the rotation of the earth on its axis and its distance to the sun, if it were changed even a fraction, we’d burn up—or the other way, we’d freeze up.

And the moon—what it does to regulate tides and other ecosystems upon the earth, the magnetic field of the earth, what is within the earth even—it is also uniquely framed and put together to have life, both animal, human, vegetable, and that we know it. There’s no other system that we have observed, and I don’t think there is. I think this is, as the Bible describes it, God’s place where He created it. He put man here for His purpose, to bring many sons to glory.

Read that book and it will strengthen your faith in untold ways about what God is doing.

So with that, and as we begin to look at cosmic disturbances, the sun becoming black, and we’re going to read about a mountain being thrown into the sea, blood—I want you to think about that. How do we understand that? Well, there’s a literalist to it. There’s also the thought to stand back and realize if that’s literal and true, life will not live for a very long period of time.

When we get to the seven last plagues, which I think will be poured out in a very short time, maybe only 24 hours, when that happens—because anything beyond that would destroy the earth and all life. And Christ has promised that flesh will not be destroyed. So you’ve got to understand a bit of science and ecology and know that what is described, were it to run its full tilt, full gamut, and then just sit here, there would be no life—human, animal, or plant. And the Word of God would be abrogated. That’s not God’s intent. He will cut those days short. But there will be a time of intense disturbance and ecological disaster.

And here’s the kicker. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and all the ships at sea—it’s not man-made. It’s God-made. Okay? It’s God-made. It’s God’s judgment. So don’t worry about human activity destroying the earth. My personal opinion: it can’t be done. Man can do a lot of things, but I don’t think he’s great enough to destroy the earth. So I don’t think we have to worry about Elon Musk and his plans to take us all to Mars and colonize that as an escape hatch from ecological disaster because of human activity, global warming, and all of that stuff.

What we read about in the Bible—I worry about this more than I worry about the green agenda, the green, you know, all of this stuff and global warming. There is global warming, but it’s not to the point where it’s going to destroy this earth. The global warming we’ll read about in these prophecies—that’s what we need to study, and the reaction is to repent, because it is the judgment of God.