Laodecian Church of Revelation - John Nixon

Pastor John Nixon preaches a sermon  titled, Hypothermia. It is based on Christ's letter to the church of Laodecia as found in the book of Revelation 3:14-22.  Laodecia was well known in ancient times for its warm water that was channeled from hot springs to the city in an ingenious feat of engineering of the ancient times.  In the letter, Christ laments the lukewarm condition of the church at Laodecia and says He prefers that church was either hot or cold. He says since the church is lukewarm and not hot or cold, he will spew her out of His mouth. 

The city of Laodecia was also well known in the ancient days for its riches. It is said that after an earthquake the city of Laodecia refused any aid from Rome but instead used its own resources to rebuild the city. Christ tells the church that even though it sees itself as rich and increased with goods, it was poor and wretched in the sight of God. He tells it to buy real gold refined in the fire from Him

The city of Laodecia was also know in the ancient days for its eye salve. Christ asks the church to buy salve from him to apply to her eyes so that she can see.

Here is a picture of a church very rich in material goods but very poor spiritually. An apt description of the church nowadays. The church is obviously richer than at any point in its history.  I have read a story that when the famous church theologian Thomas Aquinas visited the Vatican, he was taken to a room full of gold bars. It is said that Pope Innocent IV remarked to Thomas Aquinas that, 'We can no longer say like Peter and John that silver and gold have we none. Thomas Aquinas is reported to have said, 'It is true holy father, neither can we say like Peter and John, in the name of Jesus rise up and walk.

Daniel's Prophecy On The Coming of Jesus

500 years before Christ came, the bible in the book of Daniel 9 predicted with mathematical accuracy the very year Christ was to commence his ministry on earth. Your mind will be blown away by this prediction and will once and for all confirm to you that Christ was indeed the messiah promised by old testament prophets.  

In the video below, David Asscherick goes through this prophecy and shows clearly how it was fulfilled in every detail by Jesus Christ.

How Ancient Babylon Foretold The End Of The World

 David Asscherick preaches on the dream that King Nebuchadnezzar had in Daniel chapter 2. The bible says when Nebuchadnezzar woke up he could not remember that dream. He called his wise men and asked them to tell him the dream that he had and also its interpretation. His wise men told him that this was not possible and asked him to tell them the dream and they would then tell him the meaning. The king was so incensed by this and ordered that all the wise men should be killed.

Those charged with this instruction to kill all wise men went to one of the Hebrew captives, Daniel to carry out the King's command. Daniel had for some reason had not been invited to attend the king's earlier summon.When Daniel was told the purpose of the visit by the king's men he asked that he be given time. He then called his three friends, Shadrach, Meshach and Abdnego, and prayed to God for to reveal to them the dream and its interpretation. During the night the God of heaven revealed the dream to Daniel who offered praises to the Lord for this intervention. 

Daniel went before King Nebuchadnezzar and revealed the dream that he had. He told him that God of heaven wanted to reveal to the king what was to happen in future. He said the dream involved a statue made of God, silver,bronze, iron and clay. He said the statute represented various kingdoms from ancient Bablylon to the very end of time when as presented in the dream, a supernatural stone, a stone not made by hand, would destroy the statue and cover the whole world with an everlasting kingdom.

Babylon's King Nebuchadnezzar's Dream And It's Interpretation

In the first Gulf war, the US and its coalition partners bombarded Baghdad, the capital of Iraq relentlessly for days on end. It was indeed Blitzkrieg Baghdad. The war came about after Iraq invaded and captured Kuwait, a small gulf emirate rich in oil. 

During the war Iraq among other things responded to the attack by firing missiles at Israel. By doing so Saddam Hussein was following in the steps another ruler from that area known as King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Saddam Hussein was reported in certain media circles to have seen himself as the new King Nebuchadnezzar. In its heydays the ancient Babylonian empire controlled affairs in that part of the world. The capital of Babylon is now part of modern day Iraq. Apparently Saddam Hussein also tried to rebuild the ancient ruins of Babylon. 

Just like Saddam Hussein, King Nebuchadnezzar also attacked Israel and during that attack he took away some captives. One of those captives was Daniel who later revealed and interpreted a dream that Nebuchadnezzar had and forgot. That dream found in Daniel chapter 2 in which King Nebuchadnezzar  dreamed of a large statue made of pure gold, silver, bronze, iron and clay predicted with mathematical accuracy the rise and fall of empires up to the very end of time. We would do well to read and understand this prophecy as it shows us that the Bible is not like any book but comes to us from a Creator who not only loves us but cares and controls our future. 

In establishing his claim to be the one true God, Jehovah himself, through his prophet,-has stated that he declares the end from the beginning, and challenges the false gods to do the same:— 

" I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure." Isaiah. 46:9,10.

"I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them show unto them." Isa. 44: 6, 7.

"Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me " Isa. 45:21

Those that have put in their trust in the Bible and in this prophecy have been amazed at how this prophecy has always proved true. In the video below featuring the late George Vandeman of the It is Written Telecast looks at this prophecy in the light of the Blitzkrieg Baghdad and what this prophecy means for us living at the very end of time.

 

Fulfilled Prophecy

The Sure Word of Prophecy - Some Fulfilled Prophecy.

OF Babylon the prophet wrote, " The beauty of the Chaldee's excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah." To the people of that time this seemed an impossibility, and we can hardly wonder when we consider that Babylon was the greatest work of human hands. Two million men were employed in its construction. It was built in a perfect square, fifteen miles on each side, and was surrounded by a brick wall eighty-five feet thick and 330 feet high. One hundred gates of solid, polished brass formed entrances to a magnificent interior, where temples, palaces, and hanging gardens were alike noted for their beauty and grandeur. But God bad declared that this wicked city should become a place for " wild beasts " and "dragons."

Babylon fell 174 years after the prophet had passed sentence. The city of splendour went down spoiled and
plundered by hostile nations. In the fourth century A.D., it was used as an enclosure for wild beasts. A traveller who visited the site in the twelfth century stated that the few remaining ruins were so filled with venomous reptiles that it was dangerous to inspect them closely. It is even " as Sodom and Gomorrah."

In speaking of Tyre the Lord said, "I will make thee like the top of a rock : thou shalt be a place to spread
nets upon."

That ancient city was built of stone, and its walls were seventeen miles in circumference. The builders of Tyre
were said to "have perfected her beauty." She was so rich that her ships were of fir and cedar, their benches
of ivory, and the sails of fine embroidered linen from Egypt:

Tyre envied Jerusalem the trade that passed through !her gates, and when Jerusalem was destroyed she rejoiced. It was after this that Ezekiel uttered his prophecy, every word of which was literally fulfilled.

After a terrible siege, lasting thirteen years, Nebuchadnezzar took the city. The people escaped and moved to an island about half a mile from the mainland, and there built a new city.

Alexander the Great determined to besiege the city, and having no fleet, built a mole, 200 feet broad, from the mainland to the island city. In doing this he had to use the stones of old Tyre. This was a literal fulfillment of a prophecy spoken 250 years before, "They shall lay thy stones ... in the midst of the water." Thus Tyre was left bare " like the top of a rock." Masses of broken walls, pillars, and vaults are still to be seen, but there is not a complete house left. The present inhabitants, a few poor fishermen, live among the vaults. It has become a "place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea."

Memphis was an ancient capital of Egypt. For more than a thousand years it was the royal city. Yet the prophet declared that it should be " waste and desolate without an inhabitant."

This city was built of white marble, and was called by the Egyptians "The World of Life," "City of the White Walls," and "The Good Abode." It was nineteen miles in circumference. The Memphian pyramids have excited the wonder and admiration of a world.

The grandeur and splendour of the structures of Memphis must have been attractive since ancient writers declare that the sun had never seen a more magnificent city. The inhabitants thought their city eternal; but now it is silent under the desert sands, "desolate without an inhabitant."

Empires pass away, nations fall, cities are brought to ruin, "but the Word of our God shall stand forever!"

MABEL DE JERSEY.

How To Understand The Book of Revelation

Most people are perplexed with the prophecies found in the book of Revelation. To many people the book of Revelation is a closed book, hard to understand. In the video below, the presenter, Geoff Youlden, preaches a sermon that reveals  the keys to understand this important book. You will at the end become bold ended to understand these prophecies that The Lord Jesus gave to his servant John.

Mark Finley - Revelation's Triumphant Christ

The book of Revelation is full of symbols that might boggle the minds of most people but it is clear from a casual reading of the ultimate triumphant victories of the forces of good over evil. It present vividly the a Triumphant Christ. In the video below Mark Finley presents a sermon entitled, Revelation's Triumphant Christ.

Interpretation of Daniel 9 - John Lomacang

Daniel chapter is one of the most fascinating prophecies as it predicts with mathematical accuracy the year that Christ was to be baptised. This is beyond human comprehension as Daniel lived hundreds of years before Jesus time. You will be amazed at the predictions this prophecy makes and it will reaffirm your belief that Christ is at the very door.

The presenter is John Lomacang and the sermon was delivered at the 3ABN pillars of prophecy seminar.

Prophecy of Daniel 8 - Hiram Rester

In the book of Daniel chapter 8, prophet Daniel had a vision of a Ram and a Goat. The ram had two horns and one of the horns was longer than the other. No animal could stand against this ram and it did as it pleased until  a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes appeared and charged at the ram with great rage.The goat defeated the ram but at its height the prominent horn was broken and in its place four prominent horns grew up towards the four winds of  heaven.

I know that by now you are saying, what does all this mean and what do these animals got to do with my spiritual life. The purpose of the video below is to answer those questions. It is a sermon delivered at the 3ABN Pillars of Prophecy seminar by Hiram Rester.

Theme of the Book of Daniel - Stephen Bohr

In a sermon, delivered at the 3ABN Pillars of Prophecy seminar Stephen Bohr presents the theme of the prophetic book of Daniel. All students of prophets will tell you that the two main books on prophecy are Daniel and the book of Revealtion. You cannot understand properly the book of Revelation unless you understand the book of Daniel as most of the symbolism of Daniel are found in the book of Revelation.

In beginning to study the book of Daniel, the best starting place is to study its theme so that we do not miss the main aim of the book or the big picture. Once we understand the theme all the other puzzles will fall into place. That is precisely the main thrust of the video below.

Daniel 2 - David Shin

Daniel chapter 2 is one of the easiest prophecies to understand in the Bible. It is one of the reasons that I believe in the authenticity and the truth of the Bible. When you go through that prophecy and see how is has been fulfilled you are left with awe as to how a prophet who lived a long time ago was able to predict the future as he did. It is nothing short of the supernatural. It the base of all the prophecies found in Daniel and Revelation.

In the video below David Shin presents the prophecy of Daniel 2 and its implications for our lives.

Revelation's Three Songs - Mark Finley

In the following video Pastor Mark Finley presents the Revelation's Three Songs. Learn more about these three songs and what the message of these songs means for you and the world. I hope you will be blessed by the sermon. Pastor Mark Finley is currently the Assistant to President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. He has in the past held the positions of speaker/Director of It is Written Telecast Ministries and was the Vice President of the General Conference of SDAs before he retired.

The Laodecian Message - Mark Finley

In the book of Revelation, the apostle John sees, through a vision, letters dictated to angels addressed to seven churches in Asia minor. One of those letters is addressed to the church of Laodecia. Most scholars have viewed these letters to not only apply to the churches mentioned that time but to span the history of  the christian church to very end of time. These churches represented the condition of the church throughout the ages to our time. Adventist scholars have came to the conclusion that the letter addressed to the church of Laodecia presents the condition of the church in the very last days of earth's history.

In the video below,  Pastor Mark Finley, Assistant to the President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist presents the interpretation of this letter to the church of Laodecia. The sermon is entitled, The Laodecian Message.

The Battle of Armaggedon - Doug Batchelor

The battle of Armageddon is one of the most favorite topics among  evangelicals. Some say it will be a literal war in the middle east while a few take the position that it is a spiritual war. There are so many takes on the participants in this wars. Some have alleged that Russia will be involved in fighting against the Israelis. Doug Batchelor, Speaker/Director of Amazing Facts tackles this question in the following video. He gives his take on this important subject and what we can expect will happen during this time.

Dr Calvin B Rock : The Millennium And The End Of Sin

The book of Revelation talks about a thousand years in which the devil is imprisoned. There are so many interpretations on these one thousand years. When does this period start and what does it entail to us as Christians or inhabitants of the world. In the following video, Dr Calvin B Rock, who is the former President of Oakwood College in Alabama US and also a former Vice President of the General Conference of Seventh day Adventists preaches on this topic in a sermon entitled, The Millennium and The End of Sin. It was preached during the 2011 3ABN Pillars of Our Faith Camp Meeting held in the US. The exciting news about the millennium is that it will mark the end of sin as at the end of this period the devil and all those who follow him will be destroyed and the earth and heaven will be recreated. I hope you will join me as we prepare for that day when death, sickness, poverty and all the world's problems will be destroyed never to trouble us again. We can only join John the apostle in saying, Come Lord Jesus! 

Star Rising Over Islam

In the video below, Dr Dwight Nelson, Senior Pastor of Pioneer Memorial Church in the US, delivers a thought provoking sermon on whether Islam with its 1.4 billion faithfuls is in Bible prophecy. He further goes to ask a question most Christians would quickly dismiss. Might God have used Mohammed and his Muslim followers to protect and advance the development of his kingdom? And could He possibly be doing so still today? Really tough questions due to some prejudices we have harbored as Christians for a long time. 

For some reason as Christians we tend to think that God only uses people who share our beliefs or to a lesser extent some Christians who may not have our "full" truth. We have a even bigger problem to even think that God might use others outside of Christianity.

The answers provided in the video below were an eye opener to me personally and made me change some of my positions on Moslems. Hopefully you too will prayerfully consider the issues addressed and follow what the Spirit says to you.