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Sermons by Pastor Ernest Amstalden (Page 41)

He Will Reign Forever

It is important that we understand the spiritual battle in the heavenly places that is going on here and how Satan will fight to the bitter end. Yet, as foretold by the prophets of old, God the Father will give everything to His Son Jesus Christ, and He will reign forever and ever. There is no alternative. The great day is at hand.
In other words, signs and wonders do not make the gospel believable. When Jesus walked on this earth, He performed many incredible miracles and gave them many signs, yet these same people who saw those miracles and heard him preach God’s wisdom rejected Him and killed Him.
When these two witnesses preach and perform signs and wonders, the people will listen but also reject their message. Instead of embracing the truth, they will kill those two witnesses and rejoice over their death.

The Two Witnesses

Knowledge of things to come should give all of us a burden for people around us. We cannot stop with the sweet knowledge and forget to warn the people around us and show them the way of escape. This is one of the reasons why I personally love the prophetic Scripture. It is wonderful to see the Revelation of Jesus Christ in all His glory, and yet, at the same time it will give you a burden for the lost like nothing else will.
The two witnesses are referred to as olive threes due to the fruit they bear during the time of their witness. It’s a slow growing tree which reaches a great age and bears fruit until it dies. Before dying, however, new branches sprout from its roots. Likewise, the two witnesses are to be killed. Thus, the olive tree typifies the death of the witnesses and the results of their witnessing; that is, they sprout new converts. The olive tree fruit was harvested by beating the branches of the tree with a stick or by shaking the tree.
Enoch is a picture of the Rapture of the church. Those who WALK WITH GOD will go, and those who walk according to the world will stay where they love to be and live. We, as witnesses of Christ today must WALK WITH GOD LIKE ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD AND ONE DAY, THE LORD WILL TAKE US HOME.

God’s Plan Is On Schedule

Thousand of years, people dreaming about the moment when things would change. But they will not change by human hand. God has revealed in His book that there is a specific year, a specific month, a very precise day and hour, when HE will break His silence, when He will fulfill all His purposes concerning men and the world. HIS PLAN IS RIGHT ON SCHEDULE.
The day is coming when the Lord Jesus Christ will return and establish His earthly kingdom. The day is coming, and is right on schedule, when Jesus will rule righteously, with a rod of iron and the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea (Isaiah 11:9)
A Biblical mystery refers to truths God has hidden and will reveal in His time. This mystery involves the salvation of those who trust in Jesus Christ alone, it involves our place in Christ’s glorious kingdom. It involves the judgment of all sinners and demons.
This chapter reminds us once again of our responsibility to warn the world of that day. Remember, God’s plan is on schedule. He will not wait much longer.

Release The Four Angels

Remember, when this trumpet judgment occurs, the time for mercy will have passed; that’s the reason John sees the altar of mercy that has now turned into the altar of judgment. In other words, the complete rejection of God’s offer of salvation will now bring forth the final judgment of sin.People always say, the God of the Bible will never judge anyone. He is loving and merciful, forgiving forever. They forget, that the time of love and mercy will run its course, not because God wants it that way, but because MAN WANTS IT THAT WAY.
This is a picture of those who watched Jesus walking this earth, doing good, performing miracles, feeding thousands by multiplying bread and fish, healing the sick, raising the dead, YET AT THE END THEY ALL CRIED WITH ONE VOICE, CRUCIFY HIM. They have chosen to harden their hearts when they heard the Good news, when the Prophets of Old warned them they laughed, because they have chosen to worship DEMONS. But until that day, we are to proclaim the truth that the same God who will judge this world one day, is the same God that still extends mercy and grace to all humanity so that we might snatch them out of the fire.

Demons On The Loose

The first 4 trumpets set the stage for a demonic invasion upon this earth. When the 5th trumpet blows, the effects are being announced by the angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice: Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!
In the English translations of the Bible, we normally find the word Hell as the place of eternal torment. However, in the Hebrew text, which is the Old Testament and the Greek text, which is the New Testament, there are different words used.
While the locusts (demons) were literal, the pit is literal, the fire is literal and the torture is literal. How these demons do their work, we don’t know, but we do know that John observed a war-like, attacking creature. These creatures will bring a fear much greater then the sting of death, for men will desire to die but cannot.

The Four Trumpets

Remember, the first 4 trumpets will deal with the environment, the ecological system, or what people today call Global warming, now renamed Climate Change. None of the judgments released by these 4 trumpets have anything to do with political, social or economic systems of this world. God will take care of that later on.
There is a time coming when people are more concerned about rain forests, global warming, endangered species, spotted owls, whales, condors, and trees, than they are about people and their spiritual and physical wellbeing. People worship “mother nature” which is idolatry.
While it is true that man has failed in his responsibility to properly care for God’s creation, trying to compensate for this failure by starting to worship the creation instead of the creator is utter nonsense.
Woe to the inhabitants of the earth… This is a descriptive term used for those who have repeatedly rejected the offer of Salvation, who will not repent even though they know without a thought that the things they have witnessed up to this point is directly linked to God’s final judgment of mankind before He sets up His kingdom on this earth.

The Calm Before The Storm

We have watched what happens when the Lord Jesus Christ is given the title deed to this earth. As he breaks one seal after the other the events on this earth are getting progressively worse. Now we are witnessing the breaking of the last seal, which contains the rest of the entire tribulation period. There is no activity, no judgment triggered on this earth by Jesus breaking the 7th seal. As a matter of fact, according to verse 1
…there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
The Lamb, Jesus Christ has broken the last seal and unrolled the rest of the title deed of the earth. The judgments declared inside this document are about to become visible on this earth. When the inhabitants of heaven start to understand the grim reality of the destruction of God’s creation, they are speechless. IT TRULY WAS THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM.
And now, all the inhabitants of heaven know that the time of God’s word being fulfilled on this earth has come. Every prophecy God spoke through His prophets will come to pass exactly has God revealed it to us in His written word.
Did you notice in Revelation 8, that when the angels received the trumpets, they had to wait for another event to transpire before they could blow them in sequence?
There is no activity, no judgment triggered on this earth by Jesus breaking the 7th seal.

Is Such A Persecution Possible?

It is true that the tribal records were lost when the Romans destroyed Jerusalem in 70 A.D. But that does not mean that God lost the tribal records. Remember, the 144,000 Jews are not selected by Jewish authorities in Jerusalem or elsewhere. They have been selected BY GOD.
These 144,000 are not the church, nor are they Gentiles. These are Jews from each tribe.
They are being sealed for Protection from God when He judges the world.
We always must remember that God is not through with the nation of Israel. Yes, they failed in their mission to be a witness nation in the O.T., this will not be the case during the great tribulation period. These 144,000 Jews will preach the Gospel under the most severe circumstances and will bring in the greatest harvest of souls the world has ever known.
Right now, around the world our brothers and sisters are being persecuted for their faith. In all Muslim countries around the world, persecution is intensifying.
In this country, our Christian liberty is being taken away piece by piece. Before we fully understand what is going on, we will be marginalized, denounced, defamed, and decimated by the professing church.
Persecution will be the tool used by God to sift those who outwardly identify with Jesus. Remember, tares are mingled with the wheat. Jesus is giving us a closer look at this process in Matthew 24:10-13.

When God Makes The Announcement

The four blood moons are a big hit these days, books have been written, documentaries have been created, and the internet is full of warnings about the four blood moons.
The problem I see with all this is that the data used to justify their prophecies have been badly manipulated. You can do the research for yourself on all this. There is plenty of info available if you want to know the truth.
According to Joel 2:31, it is not until after the opening of the 7th seal,
that the wrath of the Lamb actually begins. The world will be fully aware that the time for God’s judgment has arrived. Why then does God himself make the announcement? Why not just start with the final judgment?
Sun and moon will not give up their lights. This MEGA Earthquake will cause volcanic eruptions around the world. Tsunami waves will do their coastal carnage as well. The dark smoke clouds from the volcanic eruptions will quickly travel with the jet stream around the globe to bring this prophesied darkness upon the world. But that’s not all.
How often God pleads for man to repent and man tries to hide!!!!
There is no place to hide from God Almighty. Eventually, we all have to stand before the Creator of the Universe and give account. How good it is to know that Jesus has redeemed us from the wrath of God.