Trumpet Judgments - Part 1 - Revelation 8:7

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Now, in honor of the one and only true God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob left doing fine. See Thomas for today's message greetings in the name of our wonderful Lord and Savior Jesus Christ name is Brian Thomas I am being joined today by my lovely wife and Cobos hello my name is Denita Thomas and we greet you today in the name of our wonderful Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will today want to talk about a very popular subject were going to talk about the justice and judgment of our Lord and I say that tongue in cheek because you go to churches today, and you very rarely hear anything about justice from a godly standpoint you you hardly ever hear anything about God's judgment and you know Denita, we have visited some churches.

Of course we look at all the churches in the country. There are thousands, maybe millions, of course, we haven't visited all of them, but from the churches that we visited and the churches that you hear on television or radio. You rarely hear anything about the judgment of God right. A lot of times there is some tickling of the ears and things like that. Not wanting to scare the congregation in a sense I want everybody to feel great when they leave so yeah I understand what you're saying anything about it is in an ox. I do talk about this a lot. Some people may say were there he goes again this because it is such a void in churches today because what you typically hear is the stuff that makes people feel good and a lot of people in and something that I hear. That makes me cringe when I hear people say what God has a loving side but then God also has a judgment side right as if it's two different things. As if, like God is level I sobbing on the other side.

He something bad or he's mean all of God's love is not like just part of him all of the all of him as low as like we as parents when we hand out judgment to our children for disobedience. We still love them right we don't stop loving them so all of God's love bucket I get the point. The people trying to make because people tend to equate love with feeling good and if it doesn't feel good attendances and say is not low, but all of God is love.

But we're going to continue today with a look at Revelation chapter 8 were going to focus on a single verse. If you remember before as we been going through the series, we looked at the opening of the seventh seal and when that seal was opened that was silence in heaven for 1/2 an hour because all the angels, the heavenly host, they were mystified. Upon seeing the judgment that was about to come upon the earth. So today were going to look at a judgment in which the Bible tells us 1/3 of the earth's vegetation is going to be burned. So let's read verse seven of Revelation chapter 8 the first angel sounded, and hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth, and 1/3 of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up, so you ask yourself the question, when you going through the book of Revelation in these judgments. The question comes. Are these literal are these trumpet judgments literal. But you know, if you compare the plagues of Egypt.

In Exodus chapter 7 verse comes our chapter 7 through 11 we will read through the mall, but during your own time go in and read through those, but you can compare and you see the parallels in the similarities because we see in Exodus, Aaron did what he waved his rod over the waters turning the waters physically to blood. Then we saw the Aaron he put out his rod over the ground, and physical lights appeared and then in Exodus 7 verse 23 through 24. The Bible tells us.

And Moses stretched out his rod toward heaven and the Lord sent thunder and hail and fire darted to the ground and the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt, so there was hail and fire mingled with the heel so very heavy that there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation in years. These are very literal because you know these were ways that God showed that he is God. You note his miraculous acts where he is and that Egypt's gods their pagan gods could not save the Egyptians.

You know he wanted to make sure that they understood and even you know when the magicians wanted to reproduce some of these plagues. God would not even let them reproduce some of them.

For instance, the third plague about the when the lights appeared and then there was no record that God relieve them of that particular play guy wanted to make a point. And because his works were so miraculous they were literal and they were miraculous that this would become the testimony for his people saying how great is our God. God is great and mighty and can do miraculous things.

So this shows God's power and who he is and if you look again at the plagues of Egypt and then you look at the book of Revelation you see that there are five of the plagues of Egypt that are repeated in the book of Revelation is so here in verse seven were looking at is says this literal judgment will be one third of the Earth's surface will be burned and we look at Genesis chapter 19 we see similar events with Sodom and Gomorrah with all their immorality to sexual immorality in which God rained down brimstone and so foreign and consume of those cities and then if we look at Joel chapter 2 verses 30 through 31 and I will show wonders in heaven's and in the earth, blood and fire and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.

So there is a judgment is coming for the unsaved, and people need to be warned about it and that's why we talk about these things because there's so many churches that they don't talk about Cindy don't talk about turning away from sin and repentance is there. They want to talk about all the feel good that God loves you he loves you as you are and no need for change in of course, God does love us, but he also calls us to repentance because he does love us right in the one of the big words, there is warned him he gives us the warning because he loves us. He gives us the warning because he wants as many people as possible, he will. He does not want anybody to perish, and so he gives the warning and he expects that, especially those who are shepherding or those who are sharing the gospel with other people that you share that you know this morning with those with people so that they will have an understanding of God's power that he loves us so much. He's giving us this his word. The word of God so that we can get in and understand it know what to look out for know what to be watchful for know who he is and how much he loves us and how much he desires for us to be with him how much he delights in as those are all wonderful things and the fact that he gives us this warning lets us know he wants to be with me so are so us as Christians we are to warn people of God's judgment so that they will not perish. And so it's up to those who hear whether they obey or not, but you want to give them that gift getting a present them with the opportunity because if you see people driving down the road and in people give in this example a lot, but if you know there's a bridge this out and people are driving they want to go that direction, you know the bridge is out or you want to say well I don't want to bother them, some going to let them be and let them go and drive off into the river know you want to warn them out of love because you don't want their destruction. And so that begs the question, when we look at this judgment and again folks this this trumpet judgment. This is where is just really beginning in the tribulation force. God poured out his wrath.

And it makes me think about what use it as bringing about this kind of judgment from God. One of the things that came to mind for me as I was preparing for for this message today. I rim a few years ago, the New York legislators when they pass laws they pass legislation allowing abortion all the way up to birth nine months now all the way up to birth anytime. It can happen. These legislators were when they signed the law they started giving each other high fives. They were celebrating.

They were laughing and cheering and I thought about the wrath of God is going to come because God is not pleased with that type of thing and then as we look today of the lawlessness in our nation and you see people that are out riding people feel like they have a right to commit crimes and that the police conduct should do nothing to them and then we have political leaders that are blaming the police we know Maxine Waters. She was just recorded a few days ago saying to get confrontational, get more confrontational. She's encouraging people to commit acts of violence folds. These are just a couple of examples of many of the things that God is going to bring judgment because these are ways that are not his ways, yes, and I can't help but think also about how people today and in the past as well that people have a lot of other gods before him before out before the one and only true God and that they have idols such as themselves.

People worship self the government they want the government to be there God is all about vanity in a beauty and sex status and power. Especially, you know that we look at the political realm.

There's a lot of power grabbing going on. Some people even make acceptance and I don't they want so bad to be accepted by the world.

Unfortunately, instead of God.

They want to be accepted by the world that they are willing to set aside or not entertain what the word of God says some people made money. Their idle on some people have made blackness their race, their idle their political party.

Even down to labeling, categorizing people there so focused on those things.

There is no place in their life for God, they know they don't entertain them. They don't you know care anything about who he is and so people start to worship these things and defined themselves based on those things and I think God is not pleased with that because you're saying I don't need God.

I have all of these other things that are more important to me.

I can be politically correct.

I can be in with the in crowd and people have really become so enthralled with what the world says that they pushed God out in so many ways through many institutions where God used it where God was present and you know they pushed him out and I think God is saying, hey I am God Almighty, I am that I am and I am in control of all these things and I think to that people are not receiving what God has to say in his word, and not fully receiving it. They they may hear it, but they don't hear it easy and him saying they may say, but they don't see and I think is because their minds are also many other things are so focused on other worldly things.

A lot of people now worship they worship deception, the worship of deception. How many people cannot bamboozle today, so some people actually thrive on lies and manipulation in God's truth.

God's truth and I think that people feel like they don't need Jesus or Christianity you know that they can look at other things to feel the feeling motion.

The motion related things they feel they can do everything on their own, they can just deny Jesus and not exalt him and they are willing, you know, they're not even willing actually not even willing to say his name when they pray is terrible and so his precious name Jesus precious name is not even welcome in public anymore.

In some places God is not pleased with this young anything about is is you're talking about pushing God out it is that's happening in churches and that's why we given this message because a lot of churches are not preaching repentance about a lot of churches are not speaking against sin and people in high places, political leaders, when I talk about or mention Maxine Waters a little while ago and you know we tend to think about people who were in Congress, VP, the president that the are wise people to make wise decisions.

But let me remind you of the book of Job says in chapter 32 verse nine it says great men are not always wise, nor do the aged always understand justice in Proverbs 28 verse five says evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand all. So I just want to leave you with that. In the segment because again we see today in our nation leaders who are not going about things in the proper way not following the good just ways of God wanted to take the law into their own hands like mixing vortices get confrontational with confrontational people. If you don't get the verdict that you want.

That is not a way to go about doing things for those we must do things in the ways of God.

And I also want to say really quickly on you know churches are starting to compromise and muddy the waters and not calling San Sanna not standing on righteousness there willing to muddy the waters and that's not good and in Psalm 111 verse 10 it says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. All who follow his precepts have good understanding his God's precepts are rules that he gives us to regulate behavior and thought if were not going to be let Knight have our thought and our behavior governed by the word of God is not going to give us wisdom God gives wisdom and understanding.

If you don't have his wisdom and understanding, then you're going to stray away. Well said well said so willing to wrap things up. There was segment one, but please don't go away. Folks are going to come back in a second to want to talk about a prophetic warning for our nation and for the world in its entirety concerning how we are living in the things that article don't go away you are tuned into the golfers you're listening to Brian got more wine please visit God.org around the library. There you will find articles and audio messages available as downloads on various topics such as salvation, marriage and significance of lesson is just to name a few. Also, sign up for our monthly newsletter and visit our website visit, God back to the golfers program.

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God is going to bring judgment and there is also a prophetic warning that we want to share with you that was published by charisma news. Just a few days ago so the need to can share with our listeners. Read the article in its entirety concerning again the prophetic warning from charisma news.

Father, help us to heed the warning you give to us and to be sensitive towards your Holy Spirit speaking to us. We need you father while I was recently studying Matthew seven verses 22 through 24 and asking God for increased Revelation. I have one of the most disturbing prophetic dreams of my life.

The Scripture I was studying in Matthew says, many will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name cast out demons in your name, and done many wonderful works in your name but then I will declare to them, I never knew you depart from me, you who practice evil in the prophetic dream I was taken to hell where I saw all these ministers and individuals who had performed miracles cast out demons, and prophesied what I was shown next, I will never forget the Holy Spirit showed me long lines of people behind all of these ministers and individuals. He immediately revealed to me that these were all the people that had received the miracles prophecies and had been at one time delivered as I gazed at the people in these lines.

He said to me, did they not receive miracles prophecy and deliverance. Yet I never knew them. Editor's note. He then woke up from this dream and this is what he said to the Holy Spirit so they are not only people that will perform signs, wonders and miracles who will be sent to hell, but also people who received all these things, who will also be inhale one immediately. The Holy Spirit spoke again to me and said because those who worked miracles prophesied and cast out demons never preached the full gospel of Jesus Christ, which is the message of repentance while they were so in love with the gifts I had given them that people became trophies and souvenirs to them.

When my power would manifest in their ministries, they would tell people that I love to them, but never that they needed to repent for their sins. I tell you that a great deception will sweep over the sweep over the signs and wonders movement in the earth. Beware of the ministries where miracles and prophecies will flow. But the message of repentance is a no go. You have been warned.

Will you pray with me today that ministers and individuals who move in God's power will not only live a lifestyle of repentance, but also preach it. What if people getting healed, delivered and prophesied to and told God loves them.

Isn't the full gospel message. Us that's heavy and you not look at the statement because those who work miracles prophesied and cast out demons never preach the full gospel of Jesus Christ, which is the message of repentance that goes back to what were talking about in the beginning because you go to the average church today and you don't hear things about repentance, you don't hear people saying turn away from your sins, you the things about how no matter what you're going through. God can bring you out. Yes, you hear that whatever your struggle is your breakthroughs around the corner and in God loves you and all that kind of thing you're in overcome her best us, which always here and those statements are not wrong in and of themselves write their true but they're not balanced because you have to say okay.

Yes, God will bring you out of what you're going through, but you have to be obedient to him. Yes, that's what Jesus said if you love me you keep my commandments, you can't go live in a life of sin not repenting and then we go through things you go crying to God you going to the altar every Sunday, thinking that he's going to turn things around, but you continuing to live your life of repentance.

The problem is churches will not preach this today though right because they don't want to offend people. They don't want to drive people away so they are more concerned about the applause of man delay are the applause of God you can't live a life without repentance and think that God is going to bless you and grow you and II there's a verse that I came across. After reading this article, it really touched me. Second Peter chapter 2 verses one through three and it says, but there were also false prophets among the people.

Just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying the Master who bought them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their unrestrained ways in the way of truth will be blasphemed because of them.

They will exploit you in their greed in deceptive words their condemnation pronounced long ago is not idle in their destruction does not sleep when I read this I was thinking about how their people within the church who are teaching things that their health, some helpful but then is also what they're not teaching and what they're not teaching is destructive on some of them do teach things that are destructive to but when I thought about how not teaching about repentance and judgment how that is destructive because not teaching about those things is a way of denying the Master who paid the price with his life.

You know he died so that we could become had that complete atonement and to protect us from eternal judgment. Why would you not want your people to know about what is judgment and you know fully who Jesus is and I think that that minimizes Jesus and end it says to us as many will follow their unrestrained ways. And when I thumbs bad that I thought the thought about how people will not be able to see truth. They will not know the way of truth and in it, it makes me think about when you talk about judgment how God will deal with those false teachers and they will be held accountable for all the lands that they led astray, and sadly there will be many who will follow them and not seek to understand the word of God for themselves. They're going to depend so much on that person that false teacher that's why so important to read the Bible for yourself and when you read you ask God pray and ask God for wisdom and understanding, so that you can study it, and that God can pour into you through the Holy Spirit and James one verse five said God gives wisdom and understanding generously, but it says you can ask for. You need to ask for. I just want to reiterate the Scriptures here that hear this this article and he speaks in Matthew 722 24 he will say to me that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name cast out demons in your name, and done many wonderful works in your name but then I will declare to them, I never knew you depart from me, you who practice evil, and then the statement because those who work miracles prophesied and cast out demons never preach the full gospel of Jesus Christ, which is the message of repentance than the last statement from the article that I want to emphasize, beware of the ministries where miracles and prophecies will flow. But the message of repentance is a no go. You have been warned. The folks I just want to say. If you're at a church in which sin is not preached. You never hear the issues of our day and I'm just baffled by that as to how a pastor can get up Sunday after Sunday not talk about seeing the things that are just destroying our society not talk about sexual immorality, which is anything with sexual activity outside over man and a wife at man and a woman as husband and wife. Anything outside of that is Senior abortion. How can you go week after week and never talk about these common issues never call people to repentance.

God is going to bring judgment and as we look them that the first segment. The trumpet judgment is just going to be getting started. When he burns 1/3 of the earth as he pours out his wrath. So the need am going to give you the final thought to wrap things up. I'll just say test the spirit.

Ask God to give you wisdom and understanding, and get into your word because it's so important to have that quiet time with God because that's when he really speaks to you and speak to your spirit and I want people to know that when you omit the fact that there is judgment to those who reject Christ.

It's almost like you're insulting the son of God because his blood that he shared the sufferings he endured provides us freedom, provides the cleansing and salvation. So he died so that repentance could be received and an accepted, you know, and I think that when people don't tell about tell people about consequences and non-repentance, then that allows them to end up dying in their scenes and that's something that happens when you omit the power of the blood of Jesus from your teachings when you omit the fact that you have to repent. Because if you don't, then there is judgment. I think that you somehow you cheapen or make God's the power of his blood more common and and that is enough and and we know that that is not who he is, so we should all want people to understand the fullness of God know that he loves us, but we do not accept him. There is judgment we go against him and against his precepts. There is judgment and so this is you know you want to teach truth and the truth is in the word of God and what the word of God says we need to share with people completely will say it will say it folks the judgment is coming, you must repent, and understand that if you are a sinner you can come out of the sin. As you said to me that the blood of Jesus Christ will wash away any sin you can repent and turn to him, but we need church leaders, pastors, we need to to call people to repentance, because if not, they are headed to an eternal damnation in the lake of fire and people also just as you know, if you not a leader in the church but you know the word of God. You also are able equipped according to God to share the gospel and tell them about what repentance and judgment is meant a man will folks, we are all out of time and want to thank you for joining us please come back next week as we continue to encourage you to put God first, while viewing life through the window of the Bible. Until then, remember to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, less God's great nation of Israel to the only wise God be glory through Jesus Christ, forever, a myth you can think of the Bible to Braintree to the boundary of God for Ryan and I first reserve all rights protected under applicable law. Our copyright policy is available@ourwebsite.org until next time Jerusalem great nation of Israel first