Four Powerful Kings

Bible prophecy clearly reveals that in the last days prior to the rapture of the church, four powerful kings will race onto the world stage with two objectives. They will try:

1. To conquer the world, and to reign as global dictators. These dictators will strip you of your freedoms. They will take your civil liberties, and you will become property and slaves of the state.

2. To conquer Israel and destroy the Jewish people. Their desire is to control the city of Jerusalem and prepare for the anointing of the false Messiah.

Israel is currently surrounded by nations that are screaming for their blood. Anti-Semitism is raging through Europe and the United States, often celebrated in liberal universities among young people. Jews are being targeted around the world for assassination, and other synagogues are being vandalized as worshippers are being killed.

The massive prophetic, geopolitical drama is unraveling across the front pages of the news feed each day. The Gog/Magog War Mentioned in Ezekiel 38:39 has begun!

This way is the beginning of a series of wars that will engulf the world in what many will call World War III. The Bible calls it Armageddon. You don’t need to be a geopolitical expert to know that our world is coming apart at the seams. We are racing toward the end of the world as we know it,

Revelation 13 describes the beast rising out of the sea.

In prophetic terms, “the sea” means the nations of the world. John is telling us that he is looking at the nations of the world. John is pulling back the curtain of time to reveal the pending apocalypse. This is something that was foretold over 2,000 years ago and is now coming true in our lifetime.

If you ever thought you would like to have lived in biblical times. Congratulations. We are living in biblical times.

The four kings mentioned in Revelation are, right now, taking center stage for the first time in world history.

The King of the North is Russia. Although the name Russia doesn’t appear in Scripture, the geographic location is given in the Bible to pinpoint accuracy.

Vladimir Putin is currently trying to rebuild the Russian Empire. With it, he thinks he can conquer the world. They have certainly started working on this with their far-reaching military encampments

The King of the South is Egypt and the Arab Islamic forces. Keep in mind that all directions given in the Bible are with regard to the city of Jerusalem. In God’s mind, Jerusalem is the epicenter of the universe. When Ezekiel speaks of Paris, Ethiopia, and Libya, he’s speaking of the Arab Islamic nations.

The King of the East is China. A military superpower that neither fears or respects the U.S. The Bible’s word for “East” simply means “sun rising.” This lets us know that it is describing China. The King as described in Revelation, will lead a massive march of an army numbering over 200 million soldiers.

The King of the East is distinguished by his number, color, and flag. The three frogs or three demonic spirits that seduce him will get them to come to the Battle of Armageddon. Armageddon is the mother of all wars.

It will be fought on the sacred soil of Israel for global supremacy between the King of the West and the King of the East. The pending prize is the throne of the earth, to rule and reign.

The King of the West is America and the United Kingdom. This king will be led by the Antichrist, who will force every person to receive his mark on their right hand or forehead. Those who do not comply will be killed.

The target of the king of the West is Israel. He will set up his image and proclaim he is god in the city of Jerusalem. The Antichrist will demand that the world worship him. His false prophet will reign fire down from heaven to consume the sacrifice laid upon the alter, emulating the Prophet Elijah on Mt. Carmel.

These kings who are currently jockeying for position throughout the globe will come face to face with the King of Kings and Lord of Lords in all of His glory. Our God is the Creator of the Universe and promised to rule and reign for all eternity! He has all power in heaven and on earth. He holds the seven seas in the palm of His hand and He called the stars by name. Who is greater than Our God? Absolutely no one!

As a believer in Jesus, all you need to know is Our Savior will not be defeated by any Army or any King.

While this is a very real picture of the future of the world, as described in the Bible throughout Scripture, those of us who have accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior are going to be saved. We live with the confidence that God’s Kingdom will have no end.

For those who do not believe, watch and see what is going to be the end of the world as you know it.

We Are Living In Biblical Times

Generational Curses

What Is A Generational Curse?

A generational curse is believed to be passed down from one generation to another due to rebellion against God. If your family line is marked by divorce, incest, poverty, anger or other ungodly patterns, you’re likely under a generational curse. But the Bible says that these curses are tied to choices. Deuteronomy 30:29 says we can either choose life and blessing or death and cursing.

Our families have the greatest influence on our development, including the development of our pattern of sin. Some people even assert that generational curses are passed down alone generational lines. This belief comes from Old Testament passages which say that God “punishes the children and their children for the sins of the fathers to the third and fourth generation” (Exodus 34:7).

Whether or not families inherit spiritual curses, it is obvious that patterns of sin are passed down through families. Everyone sins; but just as culture, ethnicity, and gender steer our patterns of sin in particular directions,

We inherit many traits and preferred from our parents that aren’t always a positive influence on ourselves or others. When we acquire a sinful habit or belief that negatively effects our lives or those around us, this is known as a generational curse. It is the shadow side of behavior passed down through the generations but is it possible to break this cycle of suffering?

Generational Curses In The Bible

Based on texts taken out of context and used as pretexts, it has been increasingly common for believers to suppose that they are victims of generational curses. As such, they suppose they have inherited demons ranging from anger to alcoholism, from laziness to lust. Closer examination, however, demonstrates this notion to be seriously flawed.

Scripture clearly communicates that consequences- not curses are passed on through the generations.

In a sense, the Bible says that children are punished for the sins of their fathers “to the third and fourth generation” (Exodus 20:5). The children of alcoholic fathers frequently suffer neglect and abuse as a direct consequence of their father’s sinful behavior. Moreover, the descendants of those who hate God are likely to follow in the footsteps of their forefathers.

Scripture explicitly tells us that “the son will not share the guilt of the father, nor will the father share guilt of the son. (Ezekiel 18:29). It would be the same for daughters and mothers.

When ancient Israel quoted the proverb, “The fathers eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge” (Ezekiel 18:2), God responded in no uncertain terms: “As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel… The soul who sins is the one who will die” (Ezekiel 18:3-4).

While the notion of generational curses is foreign to Scripture, there is a sense in which the curse of sin has been passed on from generation to generation. Through the first Adan, “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Through the second Adam – Jesus Christ – atonement is offered to all. Says Paul, “Just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men” (Romans 5:18). Through no act of our own we are condemned; likewise, through no act of our own, we are saved ( Romans 5:12-21).

Breaking The Generational Curse

Maybe you’ve inherited a family curse, or maybe the curse has begun with you. Either way, God has a plan for freedom that will shatter the chains of the cycle forever! It will stop it in your life and stop it from passing on to your children.

For example: I chose to break the cycle of abuse that was done to me by my mother. I decided I would never do the things my mother did to me, to my children. I struggle everyday of my life because of what my mother did to me, but I chose to not abuse my children, I chose a different method of what my mother called discipline. And in turn my children are whole, healthy adults mentally and physically. I chose to break the cycle of abuse with me.

The word of the Lord saying, “the fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are get on edge.” “As I live, says the Lord God, you shall no longer use this proverb. Behold, all souls are mine, the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine (Ezekiel 18:1-4).

We can be free John 8:31-36 reminds us that as we abide in Jesus Christ, we receive His freedom. Not on,y has Jesus set us free from our sins, He has set us free from the penalty, the moral liability, and the ongoing curse of that sin. Jesus Christ is the Anointed One. That means He is the burden-removing, yoke-destroying power of God in our lives.

There’s going to come a time when the fathers may eat sour grapes, but the children’s teeth will not be set on edge when the curse will not be passed down from generation to generation. It doesn’t have to be like “father like son or like mother like daughter.” Through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, we have a new and better covenant with God the Father. Through Jesus’s blood, He forgives us our sin and deliver ps us from iniquity.

God has redeemed us from the curses being passed on from one generation to the next. This redemption comes as we understand that the root of our problems is in the spiritual realm. As we apply God’s Word and power to our lives, and we choose to walk in righteousness and obedience to God, the chains of bondage will be broken. The freedom we have longed for can become reality.

You Are Not Your Parents Sin

Preparing For Revival

The Bible makes it clear that if a people consecrate themselves to God, a true renewal will rise among them We read God’s invitation to the people: “Get ready. Consecrate yourselves! Tomorrow, I’ll do marvelous things among you.” If our lives are turned and oriented toward Him, then He will do amazing things not just in our lives, but also in our families, communities, and societies. It is a promise in Joshua 3:1-5: that if we consecrate ourselves to Him then tomorrow He will do extraordinary things.

This is the way that Joshua communicated to the people he was leading. He did this in order to prepare them to cross into Canaan. Joshua’s instruction is important because it clearly outlines our role in the process, and God’s ultimate responsibility to make it happen.

Our part of the equation is to consecrate ourselves before God. This means we are to set ourselves apart, staying away from sin, confessing when we fall, and being clean vessels before God. We are to reorient every aspect of our being towards God, and to be obedient when we hear Him speak.

God’s part is that tomorrow He will do amazing things among us. God initiates interaction with His people, and His people, and He promises to save and rescue the least, the last and the lost. He wants us to depend on His power, and also to work with Him to see that power released on the earth.

As we consecrate ourselves and choose to make ourselves fully available to Him, we can partner with God and be used as agents of change and transformation to those that desperately need it. A.W. Tozer once said, “You are as holy as you want to be.”

What will it look like if we consecrate ourselves before God? When we consecrate ourselves to Christ, society gets consecrate too. Social reform, social transformation, and social justice all begin to flow because that’s what God is like. He puts things right. He makes all things new.

When the church is revived, there is a massive assault on the powers of darkness. A Holy church is an awesome weapon in the hand of God.

We should ask for God’s presence to rest upon us and flow out of us, permeating and changing the culture, so that Christ is glorified as we are consecrated.

Joshua 3:1-5

Sheep And Goat Nations

Have you ever heard the saying: “ separating the sheep from the goats?” Do you know that this is a phrase that is derived from God’s holy scripture, the Bible? Jesus spoke of dividing the sheep from the goats in his final discourse as he described at the end of this age. He stated that a day would come when He would sit on His throne and gather all the nations before Him. On that day He would separate the nations just as a shepherd separate the sheep from the goats. This account is found in Matthew: 25. Here Jesus is bringing His final discourse of the gospel of Matthew to a close. He takes a moment to remind the apostles of what He had told them. He reminds them that a time of tribulation is coming. This would be a time when they would see thee abomination of desolation standing in the holy place. The same abomination of desolation that Daniel a prophet warned about. Can you just remind them that they are to flee the mountains of Julia because this will be a persecution such as has never been nor shall ever be again. The persecution is mentioned in the book of Daniel, Joe, Mark, and Matthew. These words are in reference to the great persecution of the Jewish people. Remember that Jesus came to His own people, the Jews, and the collectively did not receive Him. As Jesus concludes this discourse, He once again points them to the end of the age – when the Son of Man will come and sit on his throne. He begins to tell what will happen in that day. This is a very important passage that must be understood in its proper context. Without the proper context, the true interpretation can be lost. Let’s look at Matthew 25 beginning with verse 31:

When the son of man comes in his glory and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All donations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divide his sheep from the goats

Matthew 25-31-32

With this passage, Jesus is alluding to the job of the shepherd. When is Shepard would take the sheep out of the Pastor, the goats will often go with them. The job of the shepherd would you make sure that they remain separate. With this analogy, Jesus is speaking here about time of reward, a time of judgment. When I saw the man returns to the earth and sits on his glorious throne, thenWith this passage, Jesus is alluding to the job of the shepherd. When is Shepard would take the sheep out of the Pastor, the goats will often go with them. The job of the shepherd would you make sure that they remain separate. With this analogy, Jesus is speaking here about time of reward, a time of judgment. When I saw the man returns to the earth and sits on his glorious throne, thenWith this passage, Jesus is alluding to the job of the shepherd. When is Shepard would take the sheep out of the Pastor, the goats will often go with them. The job of the shepherd would you make sure that they remain separate. With this analogy, Jesus is speaking here about a After thousands of years of persecutiontime of reward, a time of judgment. When the Son of Man returns to the earth and sits on His glorious throne, the nations must be judged according to how they have treated His people, After thousands of years of persecution God’s people will finally have their day of vindication.

Let’s look at Joel 3:11-14, here’s a parallel passage:

Assemble and come all you nations, and gather together all around. Cause you’re mighty ones to go down there, 0’ Lord. Let all the nations be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there I will shit to judge all of the surrounding nations. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; For the wine press is full, the vats overflow- For their wickedness is great. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision. For the day in the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

Joel 3:11-14

As a short geography lesson, the valley of Jehoshaphat runs between the Mount of Olives and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. This is the same as a Kidron valley. Jesus is going to sit there and judge the nations when He returns to the earth at the end of the great tribulation. This is known as the Valley where God will judge.

Let’s go back to Matthew 25, Jesus sits on His glorious throne with all the nations gathered before Him. As they are gathered before Him. Matthew 25:33 says: “And He will set the sheep on the right hand, but the goats on the left.” The right hand side of the throne is the side of power. Verse 34 goes on to read, “ then the king will say to those on His right hand, Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world Come and be blessed of My Father, Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”

Make a note of the word kingdom and the phrase from the foundation of the world. It is the sheep that are on the right and those are that will inherit the kingdom of God.

Add we continue with this passage,“ for I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me;I was in prison and you came to me I was in prison and you came to me.” (Matthew 25:35-36).

Jesus is saying you keep getting these things for Me. As we move on:

Then all the righteous will answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed You, We’re thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?

Matthew 25:37-39

And the King will answer and say to them, Assuredly I say to you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.

Matthew 25:40

Jesus here is referring to the treatment of the Jewish people. During the Great Tribulation, the Jewish people will suffer for not taking the mark of the beast. Even Gentiles who do not except the mark of the beast will be persecuted but the antichrist will focus his torment on God‘s chosen nation of Israel. They will be hungry, and thrown into prison during this time.

Now let’s look at revelation 13 for a brief review of what will happen during that time. Based on this chapter, we will find the antichrist will have power for 42 months ( 3 1/2 years). This is referring to the beast. Revelation 13:5 says, “and he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for 42 months.” This is the one known as a little horn from Daniel 7. Well you know this mouth and authority is given to the one who breaks the covenant and Daniel 9. These passages are point to the same person, the one who walks into the Holy of Holies, And proclaims himself as God, and order that all worship him or else be killed. It is the king described at the end of Daniel 11, the one described in Daniel 12. This is the one called the Antichrist, the man of lawlessness.

Then he opened his mouth and blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His Tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. It was granted to him to make war with the saints and overcoming them

Revelation 13:6

These are the holy ones, the ones who will be set aside. These are the ones that we will be in prison, mistreated, hungry, thirsty, and naked. All of this will be done to them simply because they will not accept the mark of the beast.

And the authority was given to him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the book of life or the lamb slain from the foundation of the world

Revelation 13:7-8

When Jesus returns, it will be a day when He once again divides the world. There are those who are for Him and those who are against Him. The line is drawn, it is the clash of the kingdoms – clash of the kingdoms of darkness versus the kingdom of light. And this Clash of the kingdoms, the antichrist is the catalyst and he is drawing all of those against God and to him. And he didn’t rules over them. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, those whose names have not been written in the book of life. D or all of those who do not belong to God, who from the foundation of the world who have not been written in the Lambs book of life. These are the enemies of God, the ones that bow the knee and worship the antichrist. The only way that people will be able to buy or sell during the Great Tribulation is according to whether they take the mark of the beast. Revelation 13:14-15, refers to the false prophet, And he receives those who dwell on earth by those signs and which he was granted to do the in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image of the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast will be killed.

Jesus how instructed the Jews to flee when they see the abomination of desolation standing in the Holy Place. People will be tweeting from the antichrist and there will be a faithful remnant that will come through the fire, stand fast, and believe and realize that Yeshua is the Messiah. Who is going to help you people? Who is going to clothe them? Who is going to feed them? Who is going to get them drink for their thirst? It will be the sheep who Jesus will place on the right. It is the sheep who believe and follow God and honor God. They will be caught up with the rest of the nations and these are those who are going to be blessed. Revelation 13:16 continues, “He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on the right hand and on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except who has a mark or name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is the wisdom. Let him who had understanding calculate the number of the beast, where does the number of a man; His number is 666.”This refers to those who give allegiance to the antichrist, the man of sin, the son of perdition. These are the ones that God is going to judge, they will be the goat on the left. This will happen during a time when the King will come and sit on His glorious throne. He will gather the nations before Him And separate them as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Matthew 25:41 reads, “Then He who will also say he’s always on the left hand, “ depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.” Everlasting fire was not originally prepared for men but was for the devil and his fallen angels… the ones who rose up and rebelled against God. It was prepared for the anointed cherub who decided that he would be like God and will exalt himself before God. This is that wicked serpent that deceive mankind in the Garden of Eden. God prepared lake of fire for him and the angels that chose to follow him. It was not prepared for a man but yet man sided with the devil and when the nations are judged, men will enter into the lake of fire as well. The righteous ones will tell the goats that they will face eternal damnation in the lake of fire that was repaired for the devil and his angels. Christ will say, “ for I was hungry and you gave no me food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and I’m prison and you did not visit Me.” “ then they will answer Him, Saying, assuredly I say to you, inasmuch and you did not do it to one of the least of me you did not do it to Me.” All these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life” (Matthew 25:41-46). So often we like to believe in eternal life but not eternal punishment. It is rare to hear Pastor speak on the hell in the lake of fire today. We don’t like the idea that judgment can go on eternally, that there is a place where the worm dies not, where the fire is not quenched. But yet the same Greek word that is used for eternal life is used for eternal punishment.

Jesus will judge the nations that have either treated the Jewish care and kindness or mistreated them. Remember what God said to Abraham in Genesis 12:3, “ I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you. And in you all the families of earth shall be blessed.” Which of the Christian church does not recognize the fact that Jesus was from the tribe of Judah. He was at the house of David. Jesus was a Jew, and Israelite. He came to His own and His own did not receive Him yet He did not reject His own. During the final time of Tribulation, a time that the world has never seen, there will be a dividing of the sheep and the goats according to whether they have honored God’s word and bless the Jews. We have seen the persecution of the Jews throughout history. It happened during the Crusades , the Russian Pogroms, and hitler’s Holocaust. During these times there were Gentiles who risk their own lives and the well-being to help with Jewish people. They fed them, hid them, protect them, clothed them, and went to see them in prison. Righteous gentiles serve as a picture for us of the sheep that will be placed on the right when Christ comes and sits on His glorious throne and divides the nations. The people who have treated the Jews right will receive the gift of eternal life and those who have not will go into eternal damnation by way of the lake of fire. They will live forever and ever in a fire that never dies.

We must remember that once born, we all are eternal beings. We will live for eternity either in the presence of the Lord or in the lake of fire in the presence of the devil and his angels. The unsaved will suffer eternally with Satan. Mini do not want to face about that eternal suffering awaits those who reject God. They do not want believe God will allow such a thing, for those who do not believe it is because they have not read the book, and not accepted the whole council of God. We serve a just and righteous God and sin that has not been accounted for cannot dwell in His presence. The day will come when Christ will separate the sheep from the goats. This leads to the question, “ what is your attitude toward Israel, what is your attitude toward the Jews, your blood brothers of Jesus Christ? If you do not treat him properly, the day will come when you will regret it. Looking at Matthew 25, he just said those on the right, com you who are blessed of my Father. He blesses them as blessed of My Father and then tells them how they took care of him because they took care of the lease of the brethren. Matthew 25:37 says then the righteous will answer Him. These are the righteous people. Remember that Jesus said unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and pharisees, you shall in no way enter the kingdom of heaven. The sheep are the righteous that will take care of the Jews because of what they believe. They will be willing to risk their lives inside with the use because they will be righteous. Righteousness means doing what God says, aiming to please Him, doing what he says is right whether we understand it or not. Jesus will tell the goats, the accursed To depart from Him into the eternal fire. Why are they accursed? Because they are not righteous.

This message is frequently taught but in a generalized way. It is stated that as Christians we should visit those in prison, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, etc. Of course it is true that we should always abide by these basic principles toward everyone. But the proper context of the “sheep and the goats” is concerning the Jewish people and their persecution. Satan wants to destroy the nation of Israel because in doing so, he believes that would void God’s promise to the Jews and stop Jesus Christ from coming into His established earthly kingdom. Only the righteous will inherit the kingdom of God, only the righteous will inherit eternal life. Is there a righteousness in your life? Do you live according to God’s word says? If not, your profession of God is nothing without the deeds of righteousness.