Watch “Understanding Biblical Prophesy” Jentezen Franklin, host of Kingdom Connection & Pastor of Free Chapel.

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hello and welcome to Kingdom connection

as many of you know I’m not a gloom and

doom preacher but I do believe in Bible

prophecy I believe Jesus is coming again

and that we’re living in amazing times

and I’ve got good news to share today

about the subject of prophecy what the

Bible teaches and I want you to see it

with me so get your Bibles open let’s go

into the Word of God and listen to this

message let it speak to your heart and

I’m going to come back and pray with you

in just a few moments

look with me in second Peter chapter

three I’m speaking today on where we are

in Bible prophecy or I guess you could

call it understanding Bible prophecy the

bottom line is I want to know what does

the Bible teach about the foundational

things concerning prophecy and what we

need to know in our children and our

families need to know and in 2nd Peter

chapter 3 it says one of the sure signs

of the coming of the Lord is people

don’t want to hear about the coming of

the Lord in verse 3 knowing this first

scoffers will come in the last days

walking according to their own lust

saying where is the promise of his

coming verse 8 but beloved do not forget

the one thing that with the Lord one day

is as a thousand years and a thousand

years as one day the Lord is not slack

concerning his promise but the reason he

hasn’t fulfilled the promise of coming

again is he’s loan suffering toward us

not willing that any should perish but

that all should come to repentance but

the day of the Lord will come as a thief

in the night in which the heavens will

pass away with a great noise and the

elements were melt with fervent heat but

the earth and the works that are in it

will be burned up therefore since all of

these things will be dissolved what

manner of persons ought you to be in

holy conduct and godliness looking for

and hastening the coming of the day of

God because of which the heavens will be

dissolved being on fire and the elements

will melt with a fervent Heat

nevertheless we according to his promise

look for new heavens and new earth in

which righteousness dwells so he said

basically in that scripture you should

live your life as though Jesus Christ

could come any day I tell young people

planned for 50 years planned for a

hundred years dream and and go after

life get your education get

everything but we should live our condom

is addressed in these texts that we

should live as though he could come

today

so be godly in your conduct be godly in

your lifestyle and in your heart and in

your life so there are three directions

that I want to give you quickly this

morning number one if you want to

understand Bible prophecy you have to

look to the east according to the

scripture

revelation 16 said that the kings of the

east will come down to the Middle East a

direct reference to China Hudson Taylor

the son our the missionary in perhaps

the most famous missionary ever in China

used to pray and it was quoted the Sun

has not risen one day in 40 years over

China without finding him on his knees

in prayer and this great missionary in

his lifetime he’s going to be with the

Lord in communist China the underground

church raised up 1,000 missionaries

personally and 1,100 nationals who went

all out into the nation of communist

China and very much with a threat to

their life they planted churches by the

thousands and there are 1.3 billion

people in the world’s most populous

nation China and it is estimated and

they think it’s a conservative

estimation that because of that

missionary movement that that man

started that today 10 percent of China

has become Christian converts that would

be around 130 million blood washed

spirit-filled Chinese that have been

saved jesus said I will build my church

and the gates of Hell shall not prevail

against it why do I say look to China

why do we need to keep our eye on China

according to the Bible well in 1964 they

detonated their first nuclear bomb

shockwaves were felled around the world

the dragon was awakened and then major

magazine put a

picture of a clock with five minutes to

midnight they understood that the world

would never be the same again in 1974

they perfected a and and and tested a

thousand Megaton bomb if it exploded

over the West it would destroy listen to

this three states at one time to give

you some perspective of how big a

thousand Megaton bomb is and it is now

ready that the Chinese have it when

America dropped the bomb on Japan and

killed 250,000 people it was a two and a

half Megaton bomb but they now have

ready a thousand ton thousand Megaton

bomb and can you imagine the devastation

it could have CBS News did a simulated

atomic attack over Omaha Nebraska you

can look at this on the web if you

desire to the reason they did Omaha

Nebraska is because that’s where our

silos are that most of our nuclear

weapons are stored in caves and silos

there so it certainly would be a first

strike target according to defense

experts using sophisticated computer

technology they simulated

what would happen if a 16 Megaton bomb

hit America and hit in that area they

said that it would not only devastate

and kill millions of people but it was

it would generate wind storms that would

travel up to a thousand miles per hour

now Katrina in Louisiana when that storm

came through it had winds of a hundred

and 50 miles per hour but can you

imagine a storm generated by a nuclear

warfare that could cause 1,000 mile per

hour winds

they said 40 story skyscrapers would

fall quote like a house of cards

it would also generate a firestorm so

intense that the heat would incinerate

anyone within a 5 mile distance of these

fire storms that would be generated

America by the way

enough bombs that size that I just

described nuclear weapons to drop on her

enemies everyday for the next 300 years

it used to have enough to do it for 600

years but because of disarmament we we

have enough to drop a bomb every day for

300 years on our enemies and by the way

our enemies could return the favor

we’re living in a dangerous dangerous

world does the Bible speak of atomic

warfare yes I believe it does in

Zechariah chapter 14 and verse 12 this

was written by an Old Testament prophet

who the only kind of warfare that he was

used to was bows and arrows and horses

and chariots and yet he gives with

astonishing accuracy the description of

of nuclear warfare listen to what he

says he says and this shall be the

plague of the people who fight against

notice the location Jerusalem and here

it comes their flesh shall consume while

they stand upon their feet their eyes

shall consume away in their sockets

their tongue shall decay and melt in

their mouths the Chinese children are

taught three great hates in school

number one they’re taught in schools

from beginning of school all the way up

hate God for he is a lie

number two hate religion for it is the

opium of the people and number three

hate Western capitalism it will corrupt

in influence and then they’re taught

about the great war the great war that

will be fought between the East and the

West they believe that 1/6 of the

Chinese because they are the largest

population again in the world and they

believe by sheer numbers gained that one

six they teach this and they ingrain it

into the mentality and psyche of every

generation of Chinese for generations

that one six will survive and populate

the world after nuclear war happens and

they will raise up a new world of

socialism and communism the world’s most

populous nation is found in Bible

prophecy in Revelation chapter 16 and

verse 12 where is China it says the

great

kings of the East will come down they

will be drawn down into the middle east

it goes on to say in verses four and

five that that that there talks about in

Revelation six it talks about the Red

Horse and many believe that is a

reference but it also talks about the

great Euphrates River will dry up I

believe that’s verse 14 in verse 12 the

great you freed reef rady’s River was

dried up now this is astonishing and you

can check this out

the Chinese have built dams because the

area that it would take to invade the

Middle East from China the direction

that the armies would have to come is

such an hostile environment meaning it’s

it’s it’s not able you’re not able to

get there you’ve seen the pictures of

Afghanistan we couldn’t get in there

with our troops is such a tough area to

try to go into and they said the only

way that you could get to the Middle

East from that area in that direction in

a massive way with the kind of army that

they have two hundred million man army

would be to not only airfare but through

the Euphrates River and so they have

dammed up they have dams that they could

cut off and it would stop the flow of

the water of the Euphrates River in 24

hours they said that riverbed would be

dried up and that has happened in our

lifetime a direct fulfillment of that

prophecy those inhospitable areas now

they can get through them and you can

see the pathway to the valley of the arm

of Armageddon and then it talks about

the kings of the earth of the whole

world will gather with them and then in

says that these nations and kings will

come and they will do war against the

nation of Israel keep your eye on China

all I’m saying to you is keep when you

watch the news when you hear when you

see China and its economy exploding and

doing so well and America being

diminished and and the enemies of Israel

being greatly greater and greater

fluency in the world keep your eye on

China they’re a major player in end

times events secondly if you want to

understand Bible prophecy you must turn

to the North Ezekiel 38 and 39 describes

the power and influence of the North

there in Ezekiel 38 and 39 these are

known as the Russian chapters of the

Bible now I want to make a big point God

is not against the Russian people God is

not against the Chinese people God is

not against the Arab people he loves us

all the same Jew Gentile Greek he loves

us all the same when I talk about these

groups of people in these nations I’m

not talking about the precious people he

loves those people what I’m talking

about is the systems of this world the

governments of this world and the evil

wicked leaders that that are corrupting

and so make sure you understand that and

watch the north and I’d like for you

don’t like to encourage you to open your

Bible zekiel 38 I want you to go there

with me it’s important to see it now the

word of the Lord came to me saying verse

2 son of man set your face against GOG

and the land of Magog listen to these

words the Prince of a rush Meshach and

tubal and prophesy against him and say

thus says the Lord I am against you O

GOG the Prince of Rusch Meshach and

tubal God says I will turn you around

and put hooks in your jaws and lead you

out with all of your armies notice who

is going to come with them Persia

everybody say Persia well who is Persia

ancient Persia is Iran and Iraq the

Ayatollah of Iran gave a speech and he

kept saying in it death to America now

we’re negotiating a contract with them

trying to stop them from getting nuclear

weapons and while we’re doing it their

leader their supreme leader is chanting

death to America and he one of their

prime ministers the former one got up at

the United Nations and said we want to

drive Israel into the sea and wipe them

off of the face of the earth just like

when you play chess and you control the

pawns on the chess board

God has men and nations and leaders and

they don’t even know why they’re doing

it and he’s moving things right in

alignment with his holy word well why

are they going to invade why would they

want to invade Israel pastor Franklin I

don’t understand but he said they’re

gonna come down to make a spoil a spoil

everybody say spoil artless pellet SP

aren’t you’ve already missed the first

two letters so if you get the last three

I’m still gonna give you a hundred on

this spelling bee are you ready the last

three letters are SP Oh al what does

that spell it’s oil so why would Russia

why would China the Bible said they were

thinking evil fault this is in Ezekiel

38 they will think an evil thought

they’ll come up with a treacherous plan

and what does the evil thought 100% of

Japan’s spoil still comes from the

Middle East eighty-five percent of the

European nations but oil still comes

from the Middle East fifty percent of

America’s oil still comes from the

Middle East if you wanted to ground our

planes and tanks to a halt if you wanted

to sever the economic jugular vein of of

America and wipe out our economy what

would you do you would think an evil

thought you would have a wicked strategy

and they’re going to come down to the

Middle East and they’re going to take

the oil and the only obstacle between

them and that all the strongest military

in the Middle East is a little nation

called Israel they have the fourth

largest military in the world and the

only thing that they have to do to get

their hands on all of that all is get

the little speed bump out of the way

named Israel and so they will come down

with force they’ll surround Israel

they’ll gather in the valley of Megiddo

is a huge I’ve stood there and you can

see forever just exactly where the Bible

predicts it will happen Jerusalem is the

center

the bullseye draw a circle around

Jerusalem and anytime you see activity

there know that something is going on

now the Bible has two prophecies about

the Israelites now listen to me

carefully

number one Deuteronomy 28 64 they will

be scattered over all the nations of the

earth they will be scattered 70 years

after Christ ascended to heaven Titus

and his Roman armies came in and leveled

and wiped out the city of Jerusalem and

those who were left were scattered as

slaves all over the world and they were

people who were but were no more

existent as a nation so the scripture

was fulfilled that they would be

scattered Hitler came along and the

death camps and liquidated by fire six

million of the Jewish people the Prophet

said in verse 1 of Ezekiel chapter 37 he

said and the Spirit of the Lord took me

out and put me in a valley of dry bones

and the Spirit of God said to me son of

man can these bones live the millions of

Jews laying in the valley in the bones

their bones and death and God takes

Ezekiel and puts him in what he called a

valley of dry bones a ditch and he says

can be spawns live and he said Lord only

you know and then God said prophesy to

the wind and prophesied that life will

come back to these dry bones and

suddenly when he prophesized the bones

come to life and stand up and life and

flesh comes on them and that which was

dead and everybody said is over comes

back to life the Bible put it like this

an exceeding great and mighty army then

God sums it up by saying this is the

house of Israel Oh easy kiyul and that

is exactly what God did in 1948 it

looked like it was over but God raised

up the dead bones and field that nation

life and they became a people and a

force in the earth again and one day

when they invite me to speak at the

United Nations and I’m expecting that

invitation any day now

I’m gonna get behind the same pulpit

that that Iranian president said will

wipe them off of the face of the earth

and I’m gonna read my text I already

know what I’m gonna preach Amos chapter

9 and verse 14 and he said and I will

bring again the captivity of my people

of Israel and I will build the way

cities and in they will inhabit they

will plant vineyards they would drink

wine thereof they will also make gardens

and eat the fruit of them watch this God

said I’m gonna plant them in their land

and they will never be pulled out again

don’t care what the politicians try to

do they will be pulled out of their land

they’ll never be pulled out of their

land which I will give them saith this

book is the oldest real estate contract

in the world and God said they’ll never

be poured out of that land again

hallelujah I’m almost through it talks

about how that see these things come to

pass is it not high time that we awaken

from our sleep for now is our salvation

nearer than what we believe look at the

next part the night is far spent the day

is at hand let us therefore cast off the

works of darkness and put on the armor

of light let us not let us walk honestly

as in the day not in rioting drunkenness

not in chambering and wantonness not in

strife not in envy look at it but put ye

on the Lord Jesus Christ make no

provision for the flesh to fulfill the

lusts thereof he’s saying three things

in those verses he’s saying if you see

that you’re near the coming of the Lord

here’s the first instruction

that I get number one he said wake up

come on look at somebody and say wake up

shout at church wake up wake up because

the church is going to sleep and many

Christians are asleep and he said the

big thing is it’s high time to wake up

and then did you catch what he said he

said and watch out for the flesh watch

out for drunkenness watch out for the

spirit of the world and he said don’t

just wake up but clean up everybody

shout clean up get clean and your

thoughts get clean in your lifestyle get

clean in your private life get clean in

your morality get clean get clean this

is no time to be defiled this is no time

to be compromising this is no time to be

drunk this is no time to be in the flesh

this is a time to wake up and clean up

and lastly look up come on shout it look

up for your redemption draws near you

know when I gave the altar call it free

chop after preaching this message on

prophecy and on wakeup and clean up and

look up it became very obvious that the

Lord was using it to win the loss

because people begin to pour down the

aisles to give their heart to Jesus

Christ many of you right now feel that

Awakening pray with me right now the

most important thing that you can do is

to receive Jesus Christ as your Savior

and be ready when Jesus comes again pray

this prayer Lord Jesus I surrender my

life to you say those words and today I

confess you as Lord I don’t just want to

talk it I want to experience a brand new

life salvation through the blood of the

Cross and I receive you today as my

savior in Jesus name say that name in

Jesus name there’s power in that name

whosoever shall call upon the name of

the Lord

shall be saved so thank you for doing

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life and our closing moments together I

want to talk to you right out of my

heart I believe one of the greatest

things that we’ve ever done as a

ministry we’re right in the middle of

and that’s building an incredible church

right in the heart of Jerusalem the holy

city the city where Jesus was crucified

died and rose again we’re building a

congregation actually nine congregations

a place to assemble and preach the

gospel of Jesus Christ to the Jewish

population of Israel will you help me

we’ve made a sizable commitment to this

project and I need your help God

speaking to some of you too so a

thousand maybe more others 500 100

whatever you can do everything that you

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lives saved and changed not only in

Jerusalem but around the world through

this telecast and I want to thank you

for your support you see there’s a

blessing that comes on people who link

with Israel when you make that Jewish

connection there’s times in the Bible

where God even said I’m going to bless

them because of what they’ve done for it

for the people of Israel as a matter of

fact Cornelius the Bible said he gave

much arms he was a Gentile it was on a

Jew but he gave much to the poor people

and he blessed the nation of Israel and

the Bible said God blessed his house in

that something

it’s another occasion when a man was his

servant was healed simply because the

Bible said the disciple said he builds

many synagogues he builds churches for

our people will you bless him and Jesus

blessed him I’m saying to you today that

what Genesis said is true God will bless

those that bless Israel and he’ll bless

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