How Christ Will Prevent Worldwide Suicide

Thank you very much. I'm not that tall. All right. You and I want to... I was surprised saying that I came from across the sea, but originally I did. Think about it. I came from Africa, which is across the sea, and from South Africa, and well, even before that, from Mozambique.

But it's nice to be with you and really appreciate the time being here. Also appreciate Mr. Stuart's summonette. Mr. Stuart, where are you? There you are. We love you. Just remember, it's a safe environment. I know you are very nervous. We want the best for you, and we all love you. So don't be so nervous. You did well. Keep it up. So thank you so much. And I want you all to feel that we are encouraging one another. That's what we are. We are brothers and sisters. We are all on the way, on the same road, and we're all imperfect. We all make wrong decisions. But God deliberately, as Mr. Stuart mentioned, he deliberately designed it for us to a free moral agency. Why? Because he does not want robots as his children. Like you don't want your children to be robots. You want your children to free and willingly do the right things, and that's what you want. And I thank you for the sermonette.

Good to remind us those points. I really appreciate that. Thank you. A couple of announcements we have. Straight off the services. Maybe we'll give ourselves two or three minutes just to have a quick break. But I'd like to start, like they're doing in Dallas, a question and answer. So, Mr. Stuart, be ready to answer questions from the audience about your sermonette.

I'm just joking. I'll be out to help you. But we'll ask you, please think about during the sermonette and the sermon, if there are specific things that we have not explained clearly. So, after services, after the closing prayer, maybe two or three minutes afterwards, we'll gather together. And those that want to, you do not have to. Those that feel that you want to just be at the back, having a cup of tea, and enjoying food while we struggle the eye in the cold.

I'm just joking, right? But anyway, you're welcome to be with us and have a few questions. Maybe triggers, maybe some scripture that was mentioned triggered a point, and maybe you thought of it, hey, this is very positive, and I saw something positive about it. So please feel free to do that. I don't want it to last more than half an hour, and I want it to be so, if God willing.

Let's say we finish at 2.30, and then maximum half an hour. So we'll be finished with that by 3. Then we continue, for those that already had some coffee, we'll continue with that fellowship. And about 3.30, another half an hour later, I'd like to review with you some of the programs we talked about two weeks ago. You've had time to think about them. Maybe you want to comment something not. I want to start laying some plans for in two weeks time, starting already some of those programs. Others, maybe it'll take a little longer.

But anyway, so we want to discuss that in a brotherly way, so that we all grow as brothers and sisters, because we are, you know, your brother's keeper. That's where we are. We are to help one another in this road to the kingdom of God. We have an enemy, which is Satan.

He wants to destroy you. He wants to destroy me. He wants to destroy our children. But we have to persevere on this road with loving care for one another. And so that's where we are. And we want to have a little bit of discussion then, first, as I mentioned, after the sermon, but also discussing some of the programs afterwards. So please feel free. Let's talk about it. And I have some thoughts, so we'll talk about that. Then you have the announcement bulletin. And the announcement bulletin, there are a number of announcements that I'm not going to go through them.

But I would like to, one of the things I'd like to start having a little bit of a flower rotation. Once a month, my wife would like to bring flowers here, like we did today. But I would like some of you to bring flowers if you can. If you can do it. If you need help in how to arrange flowers.

But it's always nice if you can do something in addition to maybe just have artificial flowers. So if you can, and if you need help financially, I'm sure Jim Hoosa's got big pockets there. But we'll make a plan to help you out. But we want to give you an opportunity to serve and to be happy doing so. So that's a little flower rotation. We'd like to do that. And by the way, I want to thank everybody that comes early to set up, to put things together. And I know we have a blessed environment here. A lot of the things are already put together for us.

But last time when I was one of the lost leaving, I saw that basically I had to rearrange the stage. So there were certain things that in the stage that have to come down. When we leave, they have to be put up and things like that. So I really appreciate the service that many of you put towards the Sabbath. Many of you, in the way that you serve, you helping other people, maybe getting to church. Maybe many of you just being able to do the sacrifice to come to church because you have a physical health. It is a challenge. So I thank you for the fellowship, because it is important for us to have fellowship. Sorry, I've got to keep drinking water because I'm quite thirsty. So that is some of the announcements there.

I am not going to read all the announcements in the bulletin. You have it. You can read it. Please do so. But I do want to highlight one or two other announcements that have come to my attention. One is a prayer from an update on Irma and Arizona and Jerry Botthold. Irma is asking prayers for her husband Jerry, which has got tremendous hip pain. You may have received that announcement there, maybe through an email. But I just want to highlight you because it is not on the bulletin. Also, she updates about her left shoulder pain. And obviously now with helping her husband, she is concerned that maybe she will start putting extra strain on the other shoulder. So please pray for them. Those also continued prayer requests for a number of people. That is also listed in this form that you may have received.

I'm sure they are some at the back, correct? So I don't have to read the whole thing. And also there is a church wild prayer request for Doris Penny in Canada. Then I received an email from Kami Flaven. By the way, she apologizes that she's not here because her husband Eric is not feeling too well. But they are organizing a teen video project, Julia Stewart's helm on August 6 and August 13. The teens have been in the same room for the last few days. But I really appreciate your service to get the teens together. That is really nice. I really appreciate that. Thank you.

There are other activities that they are thinking of and will probably hear of them in due time.

And then I do have another announcement, the last announcement I have here is from Tom Damour. I don't know if you received a letter from him about this program parenting from the Tree of Life that requires the purchase of a book which costs $36 if you can buy it.

Fine. If you can't buy it. And you want to participate in the program. Typically this would be for parents or grandparents that want to be involved in the program. If you can't afford it, please let us know and we'll make a plan to help you out on it. But those that can afford it, there was a letter from Tom Damour, an e-mail, so you probably received it. And he's going to be in a week or in a few weeks time I cannot remember now. And he's going to talk a little bit more about that program. It is a very nice program. It helps us to go through different situations. And it's kind of interactive. You listen to a DVD and then there's a lecture and then you talk about it. And I would like other people to help Tom deliver in that program, particularly in this area. So those of you that are our young families, I would like you to actually help him. So he's not the one doing it every month when you do that program yet. But some of you, young families, young parents, get involved in doing that presentation. So then he just facilitates rather than doing the whole thing. And you know, you learn more when you teach than when you just sit and are being taught. And that's why I believe that it is important for the parents to be involved in actually running some of those programs with Tom so that you learn through it as well. You learn a lot. It's like I know you, Semenet, may know, preparing for a Semenet, you learn a lot. Because when you speak, it is as if you learn more. Anyway, Brevin, that's all I wanted to mention as far as announcements. Please feel free to afterwards, if I'm neglected, to mention something. Please remind me. I'll be happy to later on to mention. But I really appreciate everyone that does the work to set up the hold and to prepare for services.

It is a big job, and I thank all of you that do that. So I really mean it from the bottom of my heart. And I know it is hard because for over 20, nearly 30 years, I had to do it Sabbath after Sabbath. And therefore, I appreciate those of you that serve in that way. So thank you so much.

I just want to put down my clock here so I don't run over time.

Brevin, civilization today is at a crossroads. In fact, I think we've crossed the crossroads already. We're just down. We're past the lost station, and we're going down to the cliff to fall off at the edge. I really think things are worse than a lot of people think.

Humanity is on the way to auto-destruct itself. We are on the way of self-destruction.

And indeed, it would be the end of the world if there was no God. But God is going to intervene for us, and He's going to save us out of this disaster that we as human beings have created.

Yes, God the Father, through Christ, has given us Christ for our personal salvation, but Christ will also come to save the whole of mankind.

Now, many people today don't believe that. And if we look at 2 Peter, and today we're going to look at a lot of scriptures, brethren. So if you look at 2 Peter chapter 3, this is a section of scripture that is particularly this last chapter very important. But in 2 Peter chapter 3, I'm going to read just starting from verse 4, or just read verse 3 and 4.

It's basically saying today there are scoffers. There are people that say, oh no, everything is looking very good. Really, things are looking very good. They're better than ever before.

And they're walking according to their own lusts. Yeah, for them it's better than ever before, because they can do whatever they want. But they don't see they cause a lot of suffering and pain with it. And then when they say, where is the promise of He's coming in verse 4? Yeah, Christ's not coming. This is just a story, just a kid's story. We don't believe in that, because everything continues going like since the beginning. But brethren, you and I know that Christ is going to stop this worldwide suicide. Really, we are on the road of self-suicide as human beings.

And Christ's going to come and stop that. In John chapter 14, that's after the foot washing, in John chapter 14, he's describing that in God's kingdom there are many mansions. This was on the night before he was betrayed. And then in verse 3 it says, And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again. Christ said, You will come again.

To receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. So, we'll be of Christ. There are from there onwards. But he's saying, You will return. Now, this whole plan about His return was revealed right many, many years ago, all the way back to Daniel chapter 2.

So, in Daniel chapter 2, you and I have the story of King Nebuchadnezzar.

And God revealed to him that he would be the head of this image that he had to stream. Remember, in Daniel chapter 2, he had a dream. And then he saw this image. And then he was very frightened with this image. And then we read in verse 28 of Daniel chapter 2. Then Daniel was called in.

And then Daniel says to him, But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets.

And he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days.

So, God has revealed what will come to happen. Now, granted in Daniel chapter 2, he is very, very, very brief. But it gets expanded in many other scriptures and prophecies, which I'm not going to go through all that expansion today. But it's just highlighting, yeah, that starting in verse 31, he says, Oh, King, this image and the image head was a fine goal.

And he says, And you are the head of fine gold. And then he said, It's chest and arms of silver, and then belly and thighs of bronze, and its legs of iron, and its feet partly iron and partly clay.

And then right towards the end of verse 35, he says, And then a stone was made without ends, and there that stone struck the image, destroyed this world empire, human world empire, and completely destroyed it. And then that stone became a great mountain.

And you know, mountain is symbolic of a kingdom. So it became a great kingdom. What kingdom? The kingdom of God became the kingdom of God ruling on earth, and it filled all earth. So it basically means it grew and expanded, and it ended up filling the whole earth. And we can see in verse 44, that is expanded a little bit further in Daniel 2, verse 44. And in the days of those kings, that's these ten kings that represent these ten toes and the feet of iron and clay, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom, right, the kingdom of God, which shall never be destroyed.

And as we heard in the sermon, God gives us free moral agency, gives us the capability of making choices. He's going to use those that are called, chosen, and faithful, as we heard in the sermon Ed, to rule, because they are faithful, and they have through difficult times made the difficult choices. And so they'll always be faithful. And those are the ones that God's going to use, called and chosen. They elect, and they're faithful till the end. And it says, yeah, this kingdom will never be destroyed. So those people be given that kingdom, which are the saints, which God willing, it'll be you and I, and we will never be removed from those positions.

Never be somebody else that says, well, I'm going to take you out and goodbye. It'll be a permanent position for eternity. Yes, we'll rule on earth for a thousand years initially, but then there'll be a new heaven and a new earth, and we'll rule not just on earth, but in the old universe for eternity. So that is a beautiful picture, and that's why it's so important, what we heard in the sermonette, that we must exercise that free will and do what is right. Because God, yes, is not stepping on every mistake, because we learn from our mistakes. We become better people, but as we learn as we become better people, God is training and developing His children, which are you and I. And so as we go through difficulty and trials, we become better people, and we are becoming more like God, and that is what He wants.

But continuing, that stone, that stone that was, you can see here in verse 35, a stone that struck the image. If we jump to Acts chapter 4 verse 11, Acts chapter 4 verse 11, it says, This is the stone which was rejected by you the builders, which has become the chief cornerstone. And which is the stone? As you read in verse 10, is Jesus Christ our Savior.

So Jesus Christ is that stone that comes, that will lead, will be the King of kings, and Lord of lords, to reign on earth. That's what you read, you and I read, in Revelation 19 verse 16.

In Revelation 19 verse 16, if you turn with me to Revelation 19 verse 16.

Revelation 19 verse 16.

And it says, it's talking about Revelation 19, I beg your pardon, yeah, verse 16.

It says, He will rule with a rod of iron, it says that. And then in verse 16, And He has on His robe, and with His thine name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.

So Christ is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. He's the teacher of all other teachers.

So Christ is that stone. And that event of Him coming is also described in Revelation.

For instance, if you just look back one or two pages, in Revelation 17 verse 12 to 14, which was referred to in the sermon, and it says, He is now Yah. We can see the beast fighting against Christ, this scarlet woman and the beast. And it says, And they will make war with the lamb.

We can see that in verse 14, and that was mentioned in the sermon. So Christ will fight these nations, which do not want to give up their power. So as we look at Daniel 2, which very simply summarizes that these nations will rule, but the lost set of kings which represented by those ten toes, they don't want to give up their power. When Christ comes, which is that stone, He will destroy them and shatter that whole empire of mankind. That will all be completely shattered. So He is the one that is going to do that. And in verse 14 of Revelation 17 says that those people will make war with the lamb. So Christ is not only referred as the stone, but is also referred as the lamb. He is the lamb. And who is the lamb? Obviously, it's Christ. If you turn back just to reconfirm in John chapter 1 verse 29, right at the beginning when Christ came to be baptized by John the Baptist, in John chapter 1 verse 29, it says, the next day was John. That's John the Baptist. So Jesus coming towards him and said, Behold the Lamb of God. So Christ is the Lamb of God. Christ is that stone. And Christ, therefore, is going to destroy these kingdoms. He's going to take away the sin of the world. He's going to take all these problems. So why has Christ got to return back?

Why does he have to return? Well, for one, the world is committing, as I mentioned in the beginning, suicide is destroying itself. He has to come and save us from ourselves. Yes, as a lamb, Roni's first coming, he came to do the sacrifice for us individually. But his second coming is the saving work on a worldwide basis, starting obviously with Judah and Israel and the sons of Abraham and then spreading to all other nations. So it will spread. And that's what we call, in the church, we call the wonderful world tomorrow, which is the kingdom of God reigning on earth during the millennia. That is a beautiful, encouraging story.

So what is one of the reasons that he has to come? Well, it's explained, for instance, in Revelation 19 verse 15. Revelation 19 verse 15. Revelation 19 verse 15.

It says, Now out of his mouth, that's out of Christ's mouth, goes a sharp sword, that with it he should strike the nations, and he himself will rule them with a rod of iron.

So these nations which are rebel, which have rejected God, you read through Revelation, you see, time and time again, they will not repent. They will not repent. They will not repent.

Christ has to come back and stop it, because if he doesn't stop it right at the end, those nations will have self-destroyed each other and will be the end of mankind.

It would be literally what people call the end of the world. But it will not be the end of the world, because Christ will intervene at the last split second. Christ will intervene at the last split second. He says, And he will rule them with a rod of iron. And he himself trades the wine press of the fearest of the enraff of Almighty God. So yes, God the Father is furious. There's going to be a time of great wrath. And Christ's will is being delegated that responsibility by the Father to be, let's call it, the chief executive officer to bring about the kingdom of God on earth.

God the Father delegated everything, the whole creation of the sons of God, to Christ. So God the Father, yes, He's the creator. He's the owner. But He delegated all the creating activities to His Son. At that time He wasn't His Son. He became His Son when He was begotten in Mary's womb.

But He delegated everything to what then was called the Word. So everything is being done by Christ. And that's why He has to come back. And those leaders of those nations will be destroyed. You read here in this section of Revelation 19. You read in verse 17 and 18.

It says, And he says, Any crowd of a loud voice, that's this angel, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven come, and gather together for the supper of the great God, that ye may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses, and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great. And I saw them, the beasts and the kings of the earth and the armies, gather together to make war against Christ, against Him, who sat on this white horse, and against His army, His angelic army. Yeah, we'll be with Him as well, but it'll be the angelic army that will be fighting within. You and I have not been trying to fight. We'll be trying to reconstruct the world in the world tomorrow. So they'll be utterly destroyed. So these leaders will be destroyed. And that's what we read, for instance, in Revelation 11. In Revelation 11, where in Revelation 11, verse 15 through 19, it says, the seventh angel sounded.

You know, the seventh angel, that's the seventh angel of these seven trumpets, of these trumpets of the book of Revelation. It's important to understand. It's not necessarily trumpets of feast days. It's the trumpets of these revelation events. And it says, the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of God. Nations that belong to God now will be ruled by God, by God the Father, yes, under the leadership of Christ, which will be on earth. And it says, and have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever.

Yes, indeed, initially for a thousand years on the earth. But forever and ever, as we look beyond just the earth, so they will reign forever and ever. So this is again the same story.

And when you read towards the end of verse 18, and it says, or what, in verse 18, it says, the nations were angry. So it says three things important there in verse 18 that we should take note. Number one is the time of the dead being judged. So they'll be resurrected some at that time, and others will stay dead for another thousand years. And two, you should reward the saints. So there's a second major activity there in verse 18. You should reward your servants, the prophets, the saints, and those who fear your name. And three, you should destroy those who destroy the earth. There's three clear events to happen at Christ's coming. So Christ's coming is an event, and it's got many sub-activities happening during that period. So this describes the same situation here. Now, this trumpet is the seventh trumpet. It says there in verse 15, it's the seventh trumpet. Now, we know when we look at scriptures like 1 Thessalonians chapter 4, verse 16. Well, let's turn there. 1 Thessalonians chapter 4, verse 16. I really apologize. Today you're doing a lot of finger work, but, you know, we're backing everything up with God's Word.

So 1 Thessalonians chapter 4, verse 16, because we're talking about the time of this seventh trumpet. And then it says in chapter 4, verse 16, 1 For the Lord himself would descend from heaven. So we can see what's described, that stone coming out of heaven. And then we saw also the seventh trumpet, Christ's coming, in that white horse. So and then again it says the Lord himself would descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. So we read in Revelation 11 that was at the last trump, and again reiterates that's the trumpet of God, and it says the dead in Christ will rise first. So it shows all these events emerging together.

In 1 Corinthians 15, which is a parallel scripture to this of 1 Thessalonians chapter 4, in 1 Corinthians 15, we read here in verse 52, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump. So it is that seventh trumpet, that last trump of those seven prophetic trumpets, that this will happen, for when the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed, and this incorruptible must put poor incorruption, this most almost put on immortality.

So once again, at the first coming of Christ, Christ came as a lamb.

In fact, think of it, Christ came as the Savior, and the word Jesus means Savior.

At the second coming of Christ, He comes as the ruling king that is going to stop this mess.

In other words, He comes as the Messiah, and the word Christ means Messiah. So think about it, the word Jesus first coming, the word Christ second coming. It is beautiful. Everything just jowls together. So Christ will come, and look at some scriptures about that. The first one that I want to highlight to you is Zephaniah chapter 1 verse 15. That will take a little harder to find it, but we'll find it. Zechaniah chapter 1 verse 15. It says, That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, a day of trumpet and alarm. So when Christ comes, that will be that trumpet, and that's what it says. He is going to stop this mess in the earth.

This brethren is, again, going back, tying back to my purpose statement at the beginning, is how will Christ stop this worldwide suicide? He's coming to stop it, and He is Himself going to roll up His sleeves and stop it. So that is very encouraging. Look at, there He says He's going to come, and it's going to be a day of wrath. Yes, of wrath. Why? Because nations do not want to repent. You may ask, okay, is the church doing its job, and we preach in the Gospel, and you're probably saying, well, why isn't there more people in the church?

Well, the answer is simple. It's that people don't want to repent. We live in a different age than 40 or 50 years ago. When we did what we did then, and basically we're doing similar things today, there was a lot of people coming to church and wanting to repent. We have reached a different age. It's the age of Laodicea, and people are rich and increased of goods, and I'm okay, Jack, and I don't need anything else. So don't tell me to come to church to repent, to change.

That's what you and I are literally seeing happening today. Now, granted, this is very hard for our young children, because they are under tremendous peer pressure, tremendous peer pressure.

You go to school, you've got all these things about different... you can be the sex if you want to be, and whatever it is, it's just a mess. Being South African, forgive me, I'm not talking in tongues, but I'm going to use a South African word to say it's a mess, which is kind of a sharper word that explains to me the way it sounds, that this is a mess. It's an African word that says, it's a hamos. It's a hamos, which kind of says, it's a real mess. And really, this world is like that.

That's why very few people are coming to church and repenting and things like that. Why? Because, you know, we've got so many things. We've got internet, we've got cars, we've got highways, we've got this, okay, things go wrong, but then we'll fix them up, and whatever it is.

Quote-unquote, they don't need God. And as you read a book of Revelation, towards the end, you see this plague upon plague and upon plague. I don't have to go there. You've read it yourself, and you see they still did not repent. Have you noticed that? And then it says, and they still did not repent. You see, it's going to come to a point where Christ has to come back and, quote-unquote, gave the world a little hiding, put it mildly. It's a big hiding, because it's God's wrath, and He's going to solve the world's problems. He is going to rescue mankind from suicide. Thank God He's going to do it. Otherwise, it would be the end of the world, and our children and grandchildren will have no future, but they will have. And I know there's a big weight in a lot of parents and grandparents, because we are concerned about children and our grandchildren. We all are. You know, God is a God of mercy, and God does protect, and He promises what we've called a place of protection. But one thing many of us have probably not noticed, even during the Tribulation, towards the latter part of Tribulation, He's going to offer additional protection to many more people.

So there is hope for our children. If they are repentant today, they will vary probably, because God is merciful, and He wants them there as pioneers of the world tomorrow. They will probably be protected right before even the Great Tribulation. You see, days are going to come, brethren, that you and I are going to have to rely on Christ and on God. It's not how much things I've put into my pantry or not into my pantry, because if you have a lot of things in your pantry, your neighbor's going to come to you and say, I'm going to empty your pantry for you. And in the process, they may leave a couple of holes through your head or whatever. So you're going to have very air-conditioned brain. Sorry for jesting. I don't mean it's no joke. It really said, we're going to come to a point that we have to rely fully on God. There's no other hope, brethren. There's no other hope than to have to rely on God. Now, if you and your children rely on God now, then the great probability is that you will be protected before the Great Tribulation.

But if you're, let's call it a rebel, but you know the truth, but you're a little bit of a rebel, and you're not listening to Mom and Dad, you may have to go through the first stages of the Tribulation, but there'll be many that will be protected towards the end of the Tribulation.

It talks about a great multitude. Remember Revelation 14? And those will be protected.

It's very interesting for you to understand that God will protect those people, and then later on talks about a second Exodus. Remember? Into the beginning, those people then will come into Jerusalem and into the Promised Land. So God has to protect those people so that He has people to work with at the beginning of the Millennium. Brethren, I don't want this sermon to be discouraging. I want you to realize that we cannot rely on our own actions. We can't.

We've got to rely on our faith in Christ and in His Father, our Father. They love us.

They care for you. They care for all of us. And they want you and I in the Kingdom.

And so our only hope is to rely on Him like the Israelites. We're protected during the last set of plagues that affected Egypt. We will also be protected during the last set of disasters that will happen on earth. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

So please don't look at this sermon as a sad sermon, but in a way look at it as an encouragement that God is with us. And yes, He wants us to repent. Yes, He wants us to exercise our free moral agency, our opportunity of having free choice, as we heard in the sermon, but He wants us to use it for our own good. He wants us to repent for our own good, and He will protect us.

So continuing, Yahweh is seeing Zephaniah that this was prophesied.

And there will be a time when all this will come to fruition where Christ, yes, will intervene, but there will be protection. A chapter which is very interesting also to read is Zephaniah chapter 2. In Zephaniah chapter 2, it says, gather yourselves together, yes, gather, all undesirable nation. Brethren, you and I are an undesirable nation in the society, in this world, and we have to gather ourselves together. I am so saddened when shepherds scatter the flock, and so is God. Jeremiah 23 is very powerful about that. It is so sad. Brethren, we have clear instructions. He says in verse 2, before the decree is issued or the day passes like chaff, before the Lord's fierce anger, before the day of the Lord's anger comes, he says, gather yourselves together. And brethren, I'm so happy to see you, Yah, you're gathering yourselves together, you're coming to church, you're trying to follow what is right. That's exactly what God wants, and we need to continuously inspire that to our children and grandchildren.

Verse 3, seek the Lord all you meek of the earth. In other words, all you teachable ones, and all the ones that are humble and teachable and moldable, who have upheld his justice.

Seek righteousness, seek humility. Obviously, God's righteousness, seek humility, that it may be or it may be that you will be hidden in the day of the Lord's anger.

That is such an encouraging promise, brethren. Such an encouraging promise.

You see, brethren, we know there's going to be a lot of wars. You've read these scriptures and prophecies in Matthew and in others. There's going to be wars and more wars and terrible things.

But in Revelation 11, I want to follow on with something after verse 18.

Because in Revelation 11, in 18, it says, Christ will come, and obviously the nations were angry, they fight against Christ, and Christ will destroy those who destroyed the earth.

We read that. I'm just reading the beginning and the last section of verse 18.

Look at verse 19. Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of his covenant was seen in the temple.

Why the visibility of the ark of God's covenant?

Do you remember what was in the ark of the covenant?

Just make a note. 2 Chronicles 5 verse 10, and you'll see the two tablets of stone were in the ark.

And then you read Deuteronomy 10 verse 4, and it says, On those two tablets were the Ten Commandments.

And so what do we have here? The people are destroying the earth, but there's going to be a time that Christ will come with great wrath, and he will bring to the earth God's laws.

Because that's what he says. The ark was opened. God's laws will now be implemented on earth under the wise direction of Christ. And that's the time, brethren, that you and I, as we read, we read a moment ago in 1 Thessalonians 4 verse 16. But if you read in verse 17, 1 Thessalonians 4 verse 17, 1 Thessalonians 4 verse 17, I want to read that because it's important, 4 verse 17, and it says, Then those who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds.

So this is when there is the resurrection, and we that are alive will join those that are resurrected, and from there onwards will be with Christ. So a whole bunch of series of events will happen.

Now granted, these events, first, they are very drastic, very drastic. If you read through the seven lost plagues, you go through Revelation, and let me just look at where they are.

Let me get to them. But if you read the seven lost plagues, they are devastating, really devastating. Let me show you the seven lost plagues. It is Revelation 15 and 16, particularly verse 16. These seven lost plagues are devastating, are actually the culmination of God's wrath. I mean, God is angry, Christ is coming, and is just acting, and is going to act quickly. Now granted, I'm not saying all these events happen within 24 hours, because if you read one of them, which is in Revelation 16 verse 12, talks about the six angels, and then that's one of them of the seven lost plagues, and then the great river Euphrates is dried up, and then brings these demons and kings of the earth to be gathered to the battle of the great day of God Almighty, as we read at the end of verse 14. But it is a very short period. It really is a short period that God will intervene and will say, that is enough, because this is such chaos that it cannot be extended anymore. So we're looking at a short period. Now, we can speculate different things. I'll speculate. It's probably the period between trumpets and atonement, right? Because it's a short period of time. It's probably trumpets is Christ coming, atonement we see Satan is put away. So that symbolism is probably during that time, and God has always done everything in time. So what we have is a worldwide punishment that is going to happen. The nations are going to get together in Armageddon. They will fight with Christ. You read in Zechariah 14, or rather, they'll fight against Christ. You read that in Zechariah 14. Let's just look at that. Zechariah 14.

Zechariah 14. And it says, Behold, the day of the Lord is coming, and I'll gather all the nations in verse 2 to battle against Jerusalem. So yes, they'll be gathered in Armageddon, and then they'll go to Jerusalem to fight Christ. And then it says, and look at verse 3, the Lord, that's Y-H-W-H, that's Yahweh, that's Christ, that is Jesus Christ, will go forth and fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle. In that day, His feet, that's Christ, will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two, and we'll see all this will happen in a very short period of time. And then at the end of verse 5 says, verse the Lord, that's Jesus Christ, Y-W-H, my God will come. Christ will come.

And all the saints, all the holy ones with you, with Him, with Christ, they'll come.

So they'll be resurrected, and then they'll come to rule and to establish peace on earth.

So, brethren, this is the time then that Satan will be deposed. You can read that in Revelation 12, verse 12, as also as Revelation 20, verse 1 and 2. Satan will be put away for a thousand years.

And then what do we have? We have the fulfillment of Isaiah 9, verse 6 and 7. Turn with me to Isaiah 9, verse 6 and 7. Isaiah 9, verse 6 and 7.

Isaiah 9, verse 6 and 7.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given. That's Christ.

And the government shall be upon his shoulder. The kingdom of God will be on his shoulder.

He is going to be the king of kings, of the kingdom of God, obviously under the instructions of God the Father in heaven. And his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor. Christ is a wonderful counselor. He is a, as it says, mighty God. Now obviously he is God. You read in Hebrews 2, it says, when the Father is talking, he says, God, my God, and he talks about in Hebrews chapter 2. So he is the mighty God. He's a God family. And then it says, Everlasting Father. He is the Father of eternity. Obviously he is not God the Father, but he is the one that the Father is using to bring children of God to the kingdom. So he's doing that shepherding responsibility as a loving father, but he is delegated under the instruction of the Father in heaven, Prince of Peace. He is going to bring peace to earth. Of the increase of his government and peace, there will be no end.

Upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, that's the kingdom of God, to order and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever. The seal of the Lord of house will perform this. The desire of God will fulfill this. This will be done.

You see, brethren, Christ will come to rule.

I mentioned a moment ago about Hebrews chapter 2. I want to conclude by turning to Hebrews chapter 2, because it is a powerful statement out there in Hebrews chapter 2.

It's good to read it from the Bible. In Hebrews chapter 2, and I'm reading in first Psalms, I'm going to read Hebrews chapter 1.

Hebrews chapter 1 says, at the end of verse 5, you are my son. Today I've forgotten you. I will be to him a father, and he shall be my son. So it's clearly God the Father talking about Christ.

And then in verse 5 says, let all the angels of God worship him. That's worship Christ, which means he's God. And then look in verse 8, to the Son, he, that's God the Father, says, you're throne, O God. So God the Father is talking to Christ and calls Christ, O God.

You're throne, O God, is a scepter for ever and ever. A scepter of righteousness, a scepter is a scepter of your kingdom. That's the kingdom of God that he will establish on earth. That's why you and I pray thy kingdom come, that you will be done on earth as it is in heaven. You have left righteousness and native Lordness. Therefore God, your God has anointed you.

God, your God has anointed you. So therefore God, in it was Jesus Christ, your God, the Father, has anointed you with the oil of gladness more than your companions. So he will have a responsibility of ruling on earth. So Satan will be deposed. All this will be put away. God has a plan to bring peace to earth. This is how God will use Christ to stop worldwide suicide.