This is “Satan’s Master Plan”. We see the signs of the times, we see the world is in turmoil, but don’t be discouraged. As we are seeing scripture and prophesy come to life right before our eyes, Jentezen Franklin teaches us in this message that Satan is not the only one with a plan! Do not let your heart be disturbed. God is with us and we need to stay connected to God’s people—to His church—for comfort and encouragement, for His Word says, “you who are troubled rest with us.”

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have faith in me i will take care of you

i will provide for you i will protect

you

i will defend you i will

shelter you in my arms do not be

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dismayed

i want to take a few moments and go to

the book of

2 thessalonians chapter 1 and just

verse 7. and listen to what it says

we’ll back up to verse six since it’s a

righteous thing with god to repay

with tribulation those who trouble you

that’s kind of a neat verse

if people are troubling you and the and

they’re doing it

in an unjust evil way god said if they

trouble you listen to this

it is a righteous thing with god to

repay with tribulation those who trouble

you

you better not mess with god’s people

and notice what he says

and to give you who are troubled rest

with us when the lord jesus is revealed

from heaven

with his mighty angels inflaming fire

taking vengeance on those who know not

god and those who do not obey the gospel

of our lord jesus christ these shall be

punished with everlasting destruction

from the presence of the lord and from

the glory

of his power i want to keep reading for

just a moment then i’m going to make

sense and i’ll tell you where we’re

going in in in second thessalonians

chapter 2

and verse 1. now brethren concerning the

coming of our lord jesus christ

and our gathering together to him that’s

talking about the rapture

the catching up of the saints we ask you

not to soon be shaken in mind or

troubled

either by spirit don’t be troubled

either by spirit

or by word or by letter as if

from us as though the day of christ has

already

come he’s saying some are going to try

to deceive you

and tell you you’ve missed it the lord

has already come he’s taught he’s

writing to these people there were false

prophets and he said don’t let stuff

going on

trouble you verse 3 let no one deceive

you

by any means for that day will not come

unless a falling away comes first

and that man of res of sin be revealed

the son of perdition that is a reference

to the antichrist who opposes and exalts

himself

above all that is called god that is

worship so he sits

as god in the temple showing himself to

be god for the mystery

of iniquity and many translations

and translate correctly that word

iniquity the mystery of lawlessness

is already at work only he who now

restrains will do until he is taken out

of the way

and that lawless one will be revealed

whom the lord will consume with the

breath of his mouth and destroy

with the brightness of his coming

and i know you’re wondering what in the

world are you reading all those verses

for because

i want to teach out of them today god

has stirred my heart

and i want to talk to you today about

satan’s master plan

in the end times satan’s master plan

and the first thing i want to say to you

as we see the signs of the times as we

see

the the the world in turmoil like it’s

never been before

there are three tremendous truths

concerning the end times that are

contained

in the verses that i just read the stage

is set for the drama of the ages

we are seeing prophecy be so fulfilled

in such a rapid pace

it’s almost like the end times are in

the new york times

every day when we pick up the news and

read it or watch it

on television but the first thing

that paul says we are to do when we

start seeing all of these things begin

to happen

when we start seeing the signs of an

antichrist

and and i’ll explain all of that coming

on the scene the first thing he said

in that verse of of verse 7

was make sure you who are troubled

rest with us he said number one

don’t be disturbed i want you to have

peace in the middle of all the unrest

peace in the middle of all the

uncertainty economically

socially uh and all of the upheaval

we’re seeing

politically all of that he said to my

people

i want you listen to those powerful

words he said

you who are troubled rest with us the

king james says

you who are troubled come on into the

camp of the church and into the body of

christ

and rest with us do not be troubled

one translation said do not be disturbed

another one said do not be dismayed

when you begin to see this god’s people

are not to be

upset and anxious and worried

and fearful keep hope alive

we have a sovereign god who is in

control

and he knows what he’s doing he has a

plan for his children and for his church

and listen and i want to put that verse

up over and over

you who are troubled

rest with us i understand your paranoia

i understand your worry i understand

you’re you’re you’re needing something

to help you escape

if you don’t know jesus i would be

highly alarmed

i would be highly troubled seeing what

we see

now going on but you who are troubled

come rest with us rest in the promises

of god

rest in what jesus did at the cross rest

in the fact that he said i’m coming back

in the middle of all of it i’m going to

let

my plan for my children be released like

never before and so he says

you are not to allow headline

hysteria to take over your mind

take over your heart and cause you to be

fearful and tormented and worried

and afraid and i’m saying to you today

that the hope of the world

is not in politics the hope of this

world

is not in the economy the the hope of

the world is not in science or medicine

the hope of the world

is in jesus christ and his soon returned

for the lord jesus shall appear he said

those of you who are troubled

come rest with us and then the next part

of that verse says for the lord jesus

shall appear

you know jesus the one who was crucified

the one

who was spit upon the one who was

ridiculed

the one who was nailed to that hellish

tree

that same jesus said i am

going to appear i’m going to appear

suddenly and secretly and sweetly to my

people

and i am going to catch them away

when the lord jesus shall be revealed

from heaven the text said which means

when

when the lord jesus shall be that means

that’s

timing and so i want you to see that

he’s coming on time

he’s not going to be one second late

he’s not going to be one second early as

a matter of fact the

prophet malachi in the old testament

said to you who fear his name

shall the son of righteousness listen to

this word arise

with healing in his wings arise is like

a reference to the sun

and the sun set or the sun rise

comes every morning at a set time two

things about

the sun rise number one you can’t hurry

it up

and number two it can’t be stopped and

the same is true about the coming of the

lord jesus christ

he said i’m going to arise with healing

in my wings

and you can’t hurry it up but nothing

can stop it

nothing can stop jesus from coming again

he’s coming right on time and i want you

to understand the first thing that he

says is

do not be dismayed

by all that is going on have

faith in me i will take care of you

i will provide for you i will protect

you

i will defend you i will

shelter you in my arms do not be

dismayed

and then secondly he says and do

not be deceived look at that verse

in 2 thessalonians chapter 2

where he says and make sure listen to

this verse

he said and let no one deceive you by

any means

for the day of the lord he’s talking

about the day when jesus comes

will not come listen unless the falling

away

come first and the man of sin

is revealed the son of perdition now

this is very

very important he said don’t be deceived

because the devil is a deceiver

one of the things that satan will do in

the end times

is come as the father of lies he will

use

deception but there’s a real revelation

it said christ will not come until

first the antichrist and

is starting to be revealed

well he’s talking about when he says uh

and notice the specific wording the man

of sin

that shows you how far the human race

has come we started out with the sin of

man

in the garden of eden and by the time

it’s the last days

it’ll be the man of sin there will be a

man of sin

what is that he’s called the antichrist

one of the biggest names of the

antichrist i thought this so amazing

is the lawless one the lawless one

and what we’re seeing is the beginning

of social unrest and lawlessness in the

streets of our cities and entire

neighborhoods being taken over

with lawlessness and and and it just

seems like people have

lost their minds and law and order is

now

just out of control in so many areas

it is one of the signs the lawless one

is about to be revealed the man of sin

as the scripture calls him it goes on to

describe this man in the book of

revelation

and it says he is the epitome of evil

he is a man of lawlessness he is a

champion

of wickedness revelation 13 calls him

the beast

meaning he will have the nature of a

beast

he will be anti-christ he will be

anti-church and isn’t it amazing that he

said

that jesus would not come until there

first be a great falling away

well a falling away has to do with the

church and people going to church and

being a part of church

and could it be that this this shutting

down of the churches

is part of the antichrist spirit

trying his best to cause many to fall

away

families and generations to fall away

from the habit of coming to church

and worshiping god and there is a great

falling away that has to happen

before jesus comes and before the

antichrist is revealed he said

that he’s anti-christ he’s anti-church

he’s anti-israel and he’s anti-bible

and all that i’m saying to you is simply

this satan

has always in isaiah 14 he said i’ll

i’ll exalt myself before the throne of

god

and i’ll set myself up and i’ll cause

people to worship me and when the

antichrist comes

he will come and he will not only take

over the world

but he will cause worship to leave the

church

leave god now the church is going to be

taken out and i’ll explain that in a

moment

but notice what it says in verse 3 it

says

the antichrist will be revealed the word

revealed means

exposed shown for who he is

means that when the coming of jesus is

near

it can’t happen the coming of jesus

can’t be near

unless the beast is here which tells me

i believe with all of my heart i that

the coming of the lord is near

therefore i believe that the antichrist

the beast

is alive and well on this earth the

unveiling of the beast is what we’re

beginning to see

in our world as we are watching things

that we never dreamed would take place

in our lifetime

now listen to what verse 6 and verse 7

says

they are so important that he may be

revealed in his own time for the mystery

of iniquity is already at work the

mystery

of lawlessness he said will start to

show itself

just before the beast will be revealed

but before the beast is revealed

jesus will come again the bible declares

that that

spirit is being held back now this is

the good news and i want you to get

excited about this

because the bible said in verse 7 now he

who

restrains and the word restrains and the

bible declares that that spirit is being

held back now he the king james says

he that letteth the word let means to

restrain so who

is the restrainer who’s holding back the

hordes of hell from taking over

who’s holding back the antichrist from

being revealed who’s holding it back

he tells you who there is someone who

has

satan on a leash satan cannot do

everything he wants to do someone

is restraining satan’s superman

the antichrist and do you know who it is

do you know who it is it’s the precious

holy spirit

he cannot have his way as long as the

holy spirit is on this earth and let me

make this point big

the holy spirit lives in us he doesn’t

live in buildings he said your body is

my temple

this is why when the rapture takes place

and christians are taken out we take all

the holy spirit

that’s here he goes with us

then the bible said as long as he’s here

which means as long as we’re here

we are the restraining force the holy

spirit

has a twofold ministry right now through

you and that’s why satan hates you he

hates christian families he hates

christian churches

he hates christian preachers he hates

anybody because we are the restrainers

we are the one that holds back the

hordes of hell from taking over this

world

if you haven’t seen anything you need to

see that we could lose our freedom like

that

we could be thrown into concentration

camp we could see

the economy crash all of that is being

restrained by one thing the holy spirit

the holy spirit has a two-fold ministry

number one to help the saints

he’s called the comforter and he’s here

to empower and help us

but to hinder satan hallelujah and he’s

doing both at the same time

he’s helping the saints and he’s

hindering satan and no wonder the devil

hates church

no wonder we got governors who are

saying i won’t even let them get

together and make in law

that you can’t sing you can’t pray you

can’t chant

well we don’t care anymore we’ve just

had about all that we can have

and we are going to sing and we’re going

to shout and we’re going to restrain the

forces of evil

and give our children and our children’s

children a little bit more time

to win the world and then jesus is

coming again

the holy spirit in us will be taken out

of the church

the believers that are full of the holy

spirit will be taken out

and then the roadblock on satan’s super

highway

will be removed and when that happens

a flood of wickedness will come it’s

called the great

tribulation and then the antichrist

will come but praise god for that

restrainer

and satan’s master plan is tied to a

master man

and he’s the antichrist he will turn

this world into a concentration camp

revelation 13 says every inmate will be

numbered

and that number is 666 and it says

in that same verse that without that

number no man will be able to buy

or sell no sign no sale

no mark no merchandise and how is all

this organized through computers

the more machines act like men computers

are taking over

and the more machines act like men the

more men will act like machines they’ll

fall right in order

they’ll fall right when the church is

gone when the restrainer is gone

when the people of god are gone then

will come the

antichrist the revealing of the beast

he will immediately for seven years

begin his reign and it’ll be three and a

half years of a globe of charmer

he’ll be handsome he’ll be powerful

he’ll bring

economic prosperity not just to america

but all over the world it’ll look

beautiful but there will

also come to any and there will be

people who are saved during the

tribulation

and there will come days of torture and

terror

for anyone left behind who believes in

jesus christ

and refuses to take the mark

of the beast but here’s what he said to

you and me and i’m almost closed

he said number one when you see all this

starting to happen

don’t be disturbed you who are troubled

come rest with us hallelujah

i’m saved i’m on my way to heaven i’m

just making sure i’m getting my family

on board i’m making sure that i’m

that i’m ready i’m making sure that my

eyes are focused on the prize

you who are troubled come rest with us

you

who are disturbed don’t be disturbed and

then secondly

he said don’t be deceived the antichrist

will come with lies and many christians

are turning away

from holiness and living the truth and

and loving and

it’s being the gospel’s being mixed with

this and that and this and that

and it’s not a pure gospel don’t be the

same the bible said

that even the very elect will get will

get

deceived by stuff that’ll get them into

other things that pull them away from

the pure

gospel of jesus christ

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but then it ends with a powerful thought

don’t be disturbed don’t be deceived

don’t be

disappointed you will not be

disappointed because verse 8 says this

and then the lawless one will be

revealed whom god

will consume with the breath of his

mouth

and destroy with the brightness

of his coming it’s then

that 666 will be taken over

by 777 there’s coming a day when 666

all of evil all of hell all that satan

has got

is going to come face to face with 777

and when 666 meets 777

777 is going to consume him

with his breath we won’t be disappointed

when our savior comes we won’t be

disappointed when he splits the eastern

skies

we won’t be disappointed when we come

riding back with him

and set up his kingdom and rule

and every knee shall bow and every

tongue

shall confess jesus is

lord don’t be deceived

just cause everybody else is turning

away and falling away and going back to

wickedness

don’t be deceived stay true to god

because if you do you will not be

disappointed

he’s coming just like he said he would

pray this prayer with me everybody lord

jesus

i give you my life i give you my family

i give you my sin i believe the word is

true

i believe just like the prophecies of

your first coming

were fulfilled i certainly believe you

lived and you

died and rose again for me

and i believe that the same book is

telling me the truth

that i’ve heard him preach today i

receive you jesus as my savior

and get me and my family ready for the

soon

return of jesus christ so what are we to

do

what are we to do pastor pray for your

loved ones

when souls start sharing messages like

this

begin to fast and pray with me in these

end times that god would cause great

light to come on the church and through

the church

comfort one another keep faith hope

and love alive in times like these

run to the arms of god i plead the blood

of jesus over every home

i plead the blood of jesus over every

person watching me today

by television by internet wherever this

is being seen

i claim miracles in people’s lives

especially of deliverance and salvation

let backsliders come home

we love you we’re praying for you and

now is the time

like never before to be very sure

your heart is right with god it starts

with you and then get your family saved

get them saved go after souls now

like never before

i’m so glad that you’re watching this

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this message is what you needed to hear

in times like these

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that god knows your name and that you

know the name that is above

every name the name above covet the name

above cancer

the name above even the grave is the

name

of jesus and if you just prayed that

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as you know most of the uh most of the

people and most of the things that you

see on the news have to do

with maybe the most significant election

in our nation’s history

that’s coming up november the 3rd please

be prayed

please be fasting please be seeking

god’s face on behalf of our nation

i feel such a burden and i feel like

that

it’s i’m not just voting for my

generation and myself but i’m voting

for the generations to come my children

and my children’s children

most of the states have a deadline to

register to vote

in the first week of october that’s just

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registered to vote

you cannot sit on the sideline you have

to

please go and vote because when

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