At the beginning of every New Year, comes the old saying: “Out with the old and in with the new.” This idiom suggests a fresh start is upon us. Cast away what is behind, and embrace what is ahead. But every new year the old things from the previous year never go away. The world repeats itself over and over. With every new year the old things come back and get even worse. In 2024 there were approximately 72 terrorist incidents.[1] On the first day of January 2025, there were already two terror incidents in the United States of America (USA).[2] A vehicle ramming in New Orleans, Louisiana, saw at least 15 people dead, including the terrorist, and about 35 injured. In Paradise, Nevada, there was a car bombing that killed one person (the alleged terrorist) and injured about seven. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating. People were hoping that 2025 would start differently. Hope and optimism are the usual expressions used for the expectation of something new and refreshing. Who does not want something new and refreshing? Even the church wants something new and refreshing. That is why some pastors used something similar to this expression in their pre-New Year message.
The message most churches are preaching
should be of concern to the Bible-believing Christian. The Scriptures predict
something different from the message that most churches are hearing. Many churches
are hearing that God is going to cause a revival to happen. This message teaches
that the church will defeat the darkness and Satan, and create a Christian-like
theocracy around the world. Some pastors say their church will experience revival
even if others do not. But that is not
what God’s word teaches. The Scriptures teach that the church has entered into
its final days here on the earth. Soon it will be in heaven. Rather than the
church growing in numbers it has suffered a decrease. The apostle Paul prophesied
this. He taught that in the latter days of the church age, there would be an
apostasy, a falling away from Jesus (2 Thess. 2:3; 1 Tim. 4:1; 2 Tim. 3:1-5;
4:3-4). In my previous article, I mentioned this. It has been said, that the
terrorist that murdered the people in New Orleans had left Christianity to
become a Muslim. Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the world, with the Baha’i
Faith, Sikhism, Jainism, and Hinduism growing much faster than Christianity. Many
in the USA, United Kingdom (UK), and Canada have turned to the occult for the
answer to life’s problems and fascination's sake—witchcraft has become very
popular. During this apostasy, the church will soon be raptured and dwell in
the eternal realm.
The church entered this final
phase in 1948 when Israel’s statehood was renewed for the first time since its 1st
exile to Babylon in 605 BC (2 Chron. 36:5-7; 2 Kgs. 24:1-2)—there were 3 deportations
from Jerusalem to Babylon (605 BC, 597 BC, 586 BC). On the final deportation –
586 BC – Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed (2 Kgs. 25:1-21; 2 Chron.
36:15-20; Jer. 52:4-30). Jeremiah had warned Judah’s king Zedekiah to submit to
the Babylonian King because God had appointed Nebuchadnezzar to discipline
Israel because of their disobedience (Jer. 21:1-10; 27:12-13). But instead, Zedekiah
listened to the false prophets who prophesied that Israel would not serve Nebuchadnezzar,
but rather have victory over Babylon. Jeremiah told Zedekiah that these
prophets were prophesying lies and the Lord had not sent them—they were
prophesying lies in the name of the Lord (Jer. 27:14-16; 28:1-17). This history
is being repeated, except now the church is being lied to. It is being lied to using
the name of the Lord.
The Scripture teaches that Israel’s
70th week is about to begin. It is revealed with the knowledge of its
renewed statehood (Matt. 24:32-34; Mk. 13:28-30; Lk. 21:29-32). It will commence
with the Antichrist forcing a covenant between Israel and its enemies (Dan. 9:26b-27a).
To repeat: The previous gospel passages were a prophecy by Jesus predicting
that some of the people who witnessed Israel’s renewed statehood would also be
alive to witness the rapture of the body of Christ, the 70th week of
Israel begin, and the 2nd appearance of Jesus to redeem the remnant
Jews. Sadly, many in the church are blind to this revelation because: 1) They
are not being taught this information, and 2) The blindness comes because of apathy,
towards any teaching on the church being raptured and the doctrine of endtimes
prophecy. One day, the pastors of many churches will have to explain to God why
their church was blind to this revelation.
Contrary to another false
teaching, which states that if there even is a rapture (because some churches
are teaching that the doctrine of the rapture is false) it will happen either
mid-Tribulation or post-Tribulation. Some churches teach that the church must
go through the Tribulation Period or that we are even in it now. Of course,
this is false. Scripture teaches that the body of Christ is in heaven during
the 70th week of Israel which is the period God the Father and the
Lamb of God release their wrath upon the world (Matt. 3:7; Lk. 3:7; 1 Thess.
1:10; 5:9; Rev. 6:16-17; 12:12; 14:10). The rapture of the body of Christ is
pre-Tribulation (Lk. 1:34-36; Rom. 2:5-8; 5:9; Eph. 5:3-7; Col. 3:3-6; 1 Thess.
1:10; 5:9; Rev. 3:10). The Old Testament teaches that the 70th week
of Israel is also referred to as the wrath of Yahweh (Zep. 1:7-18; 2:2; 3:8;
Joel 3:2; Jer. 30:4-24; Isa. 13:6-13; Dan. 12:1).
As 2025 begins, the church is responsible
for instructing the world what is about to occur. Not only will things grow from
bad to worse, but this could be the year that Israel’s 70th week
will begin. And if this is the year that Israel will enter into their 70th
week period then that means the rapture of the church will also occur. It will
happen first, then chaos on the earth will explode, and then the man of sin
will be revealed. He is the one who will force Israel and its enemies to agree
to a covenant he has prepared for them to abide by. Therefore, the church and
the world must be warned not only online but in person from behind the pulpit
of every Bible-believing church. Sadly, most churches will not allow this truth
to be spoken in their buildings. This year could be the greatest year the
church has ever seen, or it could be the beginning of Hell on Earth for
everyone not raptured.
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[1] List of terrorist incidents in 2024
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_2024
[2] List of terrorist incidents in 2025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_2025
