Book of Revelation - Time Line

Having finished the 22 chapter study of the book of Revelation, I will teach one more study on the prophetic time-line of Revelation chapters 1 through 22.  This study will give you the best picture of how the church age and tribulation look from beginning to end.  This is Jesus final "Action Plan" for the end of this age.  This is truly the completion of all things that we now see on planet earth.  Daniel was told to "seal" the book until the time of the end.  John was told to "reveal" the book and unseal it that all may understand at the end of this age.  Then John says, "Blessed is he who reads this book and understands the prophecy and keeps the things written in it."  Why are we so blessed to understand this final revelation of Jesus Christ?  Because it allows us to "make ourselves ready" as the bride for the coming bridegroom.  Jesus will prepare His people called the "bride of Christ" both Jew and Gentile, and we will be tuned in to the Holy Spirit's voice so in Revelation 22 it is both the "Spirit and the bride" saying come Lord Jesus.  I have well called the book of Revelation Jesus "Love Letter to the Church".  Revelation 1 starts out with the declaration, "Him who loved us and gave Himself for us..."  Revelation 2 & 3 explains everything that keeps us from intimacy with Christ's love and the seven churches are to return to "their first love".  Chapter 4 & 5 talks about the throne room which is the source of God's love.  Revelation 6 - 19  talks about the extent Jesus is willing to go through to cleanse this earth of all evil and prepare a place to reign with us and live with His bride.  Babylon, the great harlot is destroyed completely in this section of Revelation.  It is Jesus "Cleansing power of love".  And final Revelation 20 - 22 talks about His eternal purpose of love and the final abiding place of God's throne with man as heaven joins earth and the "New Jerusalem" His city bride unites with the people "Bride" His church for our permanent abode.  God now tabernacles with man for eternity!   Don't miss this final study, you will be blessed to have greater revelation of the end-times.  You can find all the studies on the book of Revelation at our Kingdom Life University online web site.

                                    Book of Revelation - Revealed  Ch. 1 - 22

                                                                       

Revelation 22 - The Last Word

Revelation 22 concludes with the "Spirit and bride" saying the same thing!  Finally the church has become tuned in to the Spirit's voice!  7 times in Revelation 2 & 3 John cries, "He that hath ears to hear let him hear what the Spirit is saying"!  That was at the beginning of the church age and tribulation. The tribulation period will be the greatest time of the bride of Christ "preparing herself" for the bridegroom.  As the world system called "Babylon" collapses, all that distracts us from Christ will be destroyed.  The need to hear the Spirit's voice in this time period will be absolutely essential. Finally the bride has "made herself ready".  Revelation concludes with the beauty of the new heaven and earth joining together as the city "bride" descends to join the people "bride" and they are united forever into one place.  Planet earth will be physically linked with the descended "new Jerusalem" city sent from God.  A river of "Pure water" will flow from the throne of God and fill the earth.  Today about 2.5 of all water on earth is pure!  But then 100% of the earth will be filled with absolutely pure water.  There will be no more sea to separate us from one another.  This river from the throne will support the "tree of life" which will bear fruit each of the 12 months. The leaves will also bring constant healing over and over again to all creation.  The sun and moon will have dissolved at the end of the millennium so the new light will be God's presence.  Can you imagine what kind of earth this will be?  No pollution, no curse, no evil.. only God's peace and love and presence.  We shall reign with Him forever and ever.  Have you ever wondered why there is so great a universe with billions of galaxies?  We will have access to the heavens as our playgrounds for eternity.  Just as Jesus ascended up from their sight in Acts 1:19 "Ye men of Galilee, why standing you gazing into heaven, this same Jesus who is taken up from you will so come in like manner."  Jesus went up physically in a body and so shall we be like Him forever.  Jesus ate with His resurrected body with the disciples and then disappeared out of their sight. This new body will have unusual abilities!  We will be housed in a body just like His resurrected body.  If you are a true born again believer in Christ, you have a lot to look forward to.  But if you do not know Jesus, your name has been now blotted out of the "Book of Life" and you will forever be with Satan and his demons in the final lake of fire.  No wonder John again cries, "Let him that is athirst come and drink of the water of life (Jesus Christ) freely."    You can receive Christ NOW by just inviting Him into your heart and life and asking Him to wash your sins away.  It is that simple.  

                                                                          

Revelation 21 - All Things New

Revelation 21 gives us a beautiful picture of the final creation of heaven and earth!  All of the present creation  experiences entropy. Entropy is defined as "The gradual decline into disorder" and is what the Babylonian system ultimately experiences.  God's last creation will never find disorder or decline.  "Of the increase of His kingdom there is no end". (Isa 9:6-7) God's final creation will continually increase in beauty and form. The "New Jerusalem" is a visual picture of God's final creation.  It descends from above, not ascends from the earth.  It will not be touched by human hands so it has no imperfection.  This city comes from God as His gift to us His bride.  So it comes complete and ready to occupy.  It is His tabernacle from heaven that literally touches earth and this divine connection between heaven and earth is the final answer to Jesus prayer, "Thy kingdom come... on earth as it is in heaven". (Luke 6)  Heaven and earth joined together physically for eternity and God will dwell with man.  This is the second time God tabernacles with us.  First in His own Son Jesus who was the "Fullness of Him" manifest on earth.  Man did not and could not in this time and space dispensation see the fullness of Christ, but rather rejected and crucified Him.  But this second visitation of God's tabernacle with man will be fully received by Christ's redeemed bride of Jews and Gentiles.  In fact, at the end of Revelation the "Spirit and bride say come".  Both the people "Bride of Christ" and the "City Bride of Christ" are linked together. We will welcome this end-time visitation of God's throne to earth and will walk in His presence for eternity.  The kings of the earth will continually bring their glory to this city and throne room.  This confirms the truth that planet earth will be both present and occupied for eternity. God has always intended to have an earth and heaven together demonstrating His forever increasing glory. We will occupy the New Jerusalem as our final home. But will have access to planet earth for growth and development.  Perhaps earth will be closer linked to the New Heavens as well.  Undoubtedly inter planetary travel and networking will be a part.  Dallas Theological Seminary actually did a study on the size of this New Jerusalem and assuming that their will be approximately 20 billion confirmed born again believers at the end, we each will have approximately a 75 acre lot on which to live in our mansion and grounds surrounding it. You can multiply that in families of let's say 4 people living in the same mansion... 300 acres of space!  We have little idea what great things God has for us.  Let's prepare our hearts for the coming Millennium and then the final rewards and blessing coming in the New Heaven and New Earth living in our New Jerusalem city.  To learn more about the entire book of Revelation go to our Kingdom Life University  website for all the 22 videos.  Here is the teaching on this exciting coming city - The New Jerusalem

                                                  This City comes "From God" to us

WATV Movie Channel

We are excited to announce the opening of our new WATV movie channel!  This will feature some of the best of high definition movies featuring biblical themes.  Our first major feature is the book of John portrayed in beautiful high definition.  This is best viewed by opening up your screen to full picture and wearing headsets while viewing.  I have just watched this major movie and it is very accurate to the biblical text. I was repeatedly stirred to tears to see the powerful portrayal of the life of Jesus Christ on full screen as recorded in the book of John. We will be adding the best of HD movies as we develop our WATV movie channel.  Our Kingdom Life University is also in the process of opening our fourth school of academia.... the School of Media & Production. We have just purchased three 4-k cameras and a full suite of editing tools.  4-k is the standard for large screen as shown in all current movie theaters.  This format has recently become available to Universities and consumers outside of Hollywood. This is literally 10 times the quality of High Definition and will allow us to make movies in the future as well as produce our KLU courses in the highest quality now available. Our production department will also be available to assist ministries and churches in setting up their own production studio to our same standards.  We have been approved by Hewlett Packard to help promote some of their latest hardware tools available for studio building and production.  4-K requires at least 32 to 64 Gigs of ram for rendering videos.  We feel that we should, as best possible, carry a spirit of excellence for the glory of Jesus Christ and His kingdom when it comes to video production and the arts and science of movie making.  You can enjoy the list of chosen movies now available.  Remember you can drop down the "Playlist" in the upper left and corner for the list of movies.  

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Millennium - The Coming Golden Age (Revelation 20)

Man has forever dreamed of a golden age on earth.  It is coming!  After the tribulation which literally destroys the infrastructure of earth's cities and nations, Jesus Christ returns with His bride of both Jews and Gentiles to establish this "Golden Age" of His reign and glory.  Satan has been now cast into his 1,000 year prison, the curse is lifted off this earth and those that survived the tribulation and did not take the mark of the beast 666, restore planet earth to its greatness along with the reigning bride of Christ. With no war, sickness, suffering and extended growing seasons because of the presence of Jesus on earth, mankind will have an opportunity to bring this planet to its original intent of the garden of Eden.  Jesus Christ shall reign from Jerusalem with a rod of iron.  But His reign is pure love!  Justice will be executed immediately and rebellion will not be allowed. Peace shall reign and mankind will worship together the true King of kings and Lord of lords. The lion will lay with the lamb!  Nature will be quiet and orderly.  Many will live again to long life and perhaps natural men will live to be 900 years old as in the days of Noah before the flood. The glory of God on earth will increase during this 1000 years and this golden age will be the fruit of the righteousness of Christ as the garment of all who have received Jesus as savior. The beauty of God's golden city Jerusalem shall shine as the sun as Jesus literally reigns from His throne there.  Men will be able to travel to Jerusalem and experience His literal presence on earth again.  Unfortunately children born of natural mothers and fathers during this age have not been tested for their faith.  So Satan will be loosed for a short season to see where their heart lies.  The unbelieving children will form an army to take over Jerusalem and follow Satan and rise against the Lamb of God. They shall quickly be cut down.  Then the final "great white throne judgement" happens where all who have died from the beginning earth's time shall stand before Jesus Christ and the books will be opened.  First the book of life.  If their names are not written there, they stand in eternal judgment of the lake of fire forever.  Then the books of their deeds will be opened and every man will be judged out of the books which have recorded every evil deed done their entire lifetime.  No man will be able to point a finger at Jesus and blame Him for their coming eternal judgment.  Each man will realize it was his or her own sins that condemn them.  The greatest sin of all has been their rejection of the finished work of Christ and not receiving, by faith, His completed justification through His blood.  They will then be cast into the lake of fire prepared for Satan and his demons and forever dwell there in separation from the love and grace of God.  If you have not received Jesus Christ as savior, I implore you to do so today.  Just pray, "Father I know you love me and have a plan for my life.  You sent your Son Jesus Christ to pay the penalty of my sins and wash them away by His blood.  I receive Him now as my Lord and Savior. Come into my life now Jesus and wash me clean.  I make you the Lord of my life".  Amen!  
  

                                    Watch the study of Revelation 20 that describes it all!                                                       
                      

WORSHIP TV 24/7

It has long been my dream to have a full-time online internet TV network with a 24/7 worship channel.  Now we have have it at our WATV WORSHIP TV channel in high definition.  We feature worship from some of the top churches like Bethel, Gateway, Hillsong and others.  Just turn on the channel and listen 24/7 to his great line-up of the best of the best.   Such good quality, you can play it on your regular television set through your computer or mobile device.  The power of praise and worship in your home will transform the atmosphere!   I have seen marriages and families changed and even behavior changes come through the presence of the Lord in high praise.  Why is worship so powerful?  First, it releases heaven on earth. Heaven is a place of consummate worship and praise.  In the book of Revelation you constantly see the 24 elders and the four living creatures fall down and worship the Lamb.  Then heaven is joined by the 144,000 witnesses of the tribulation who have just experience the greatest time of harvest ever seen in the world.  They too celebrate the shed blood of the Lamb and His creative power on earth.  If that is not enough, the bride of Christ joins heavens praise for their great worship of the Lamb slain for them from the foundation of the world.  Finally the converted nation Israel joins the bride of Christ and together the Lamb is praised!    Second it tunes earth to heaven. So many times I have seen prophetic words come out of times of high praise.  It just flows and the gifts of prophecy are released on earth because we have tuned in to heaven.  Paul said, "Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord."  (Ephesians) Thus you move in the Spirit of God and receive from the throne of God.  How powerful is it to tune in the heaven from earth?  Life changing.. that's how powerful.  Third, it is warfare.  We are in a battle and it can only be won by the grace of God.  Creating an atmosphere where warring angels dwell, where the Holy Spirit is present, where the word of God is being sung in spiritual songs... WOW!  What more can i say?  Tune in to our wonderful worship TV channel and see for yourself.  

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Justice Satisfied - Penalty Paid

Oh the justice and peace of His blood applied

To sins debt through the cross we’re justified

Oh the mercy and grace of His blood applied

From daily sin we are sanctified

His full wrath against sin He exercised

On the cross payment made, realized

It is finished, it is done there He cried

The Father's just demand satisfied

Now we sing of his grace and His love

Now give praise to the Lamb up above

Who in time has redeemed us His bride

To walk with Him by His side

Dressed in white we’re made pure by His blood

His righteousness covers us with His love

All nations come just as one to His throne

To get rewards for the works we have done

Curse is gone, earth restored, love is shown

Grace and peace for his bride is now known

We reign as kings and as priests at his side

In His righteousness alone we abide

Time has come everyone lift up the Son

Risen saints and those alive cry He has won!

   

             Poetry by Jerry Brandt

The Bride is coming.. the King is coming

After the antichrist turns the 10 nation confederacy against the second beast, the false prophet and the false religious system, Satan's kingdom begins to fall.  Satan is full of nothing but lies, murder, destruction and violence. A kingdom divided cannot stand. Not only does he attack his own, but he attacks as many true believers as he can and many lose their lives through beheading.  Beheading is mentioned repeatedly in the book of Revelation! Even now many die for their faith.  It is estimated that over 106,000 Christians were martyred just last year alone.
Revelation 6:9-10 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”

Faithful Christian beheaded by radical Muslims

 But this marks the end of Satan's wicked rule on earth.  He finally gathers all nations to the battle of Armageddon and they are destroyed by the coming of Christ with His bride!  This is the final battle and ends the life of all whose names are not written in the Lambs book of life. Revelation 19 gives this summary and pictures the fulfillment of Satan's doom.  Satan and the false prophet are both cast into hell! Heaven celebrates the Bridegroom/King.  Jesus Christ alone is worthy of praise and glory and honor for His judgments have "BEEN JUST" and perfect.  He has allowed sin itself to bring the final verdict.  "Every man will be judged according to HIS OWN works".  The blood of all the martyrs who died for their faith is avenged. But now we come to the great chapters of Jesus Christ coming to establish His kingdom on earth and in the heavens.  This 4:15sec. video is a dramatic portrayal of Revelation 19 as a great transitional chapter in our studies.  You can also watch the Revelation study LIVE ONLINE (please bookmark) this Wednesday morning at 10:00 am sharp!  (EST).  Sign in and ask any questions "Live" during the teaching that you might have.  Kingdom Life University is a place of higher learning with a Kingdom World View! I invite you to register at our site so we can send you information on our accredited degree program.  (affordable, inspirational, and informational)

                                                                                 

Spirit, Soul & Body - Truth made simple

This is one of the most profound spiritual truths you will ever read. It is the key to understanding spiritual growth, your standing in Christ, and how to live victoriously. The lack of understanding the spirit, soul and body has brought defeat and discouragement to most Christians. The ONLY THING THAT GET'S SAVED AND PERFECTED at salvation is your spirit. Your soul, which is your emotions, mind, will, imagination and conscience, and your body, which are your 5 senses only becomes SANCTIFIED through your walking in the SPIRIT after you are saved. You are only made a new creation in your spirit! Jesus said, "That which is born of the Spirit is spirit, and that which is born of the flesh is flesh." in John chapter 3. The flesh and body are still the same as they were before you found Christ. That is why your soul and body still have the same issues after you are saved. If you smoked and did drugs before salvation, your body will still crave them until the power of deliverance comes through the Spirit in your spirit by the blood and name of Christ. Paul said, "They that walk in the Spirit will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh". He never said your flesh would stop desiring the same old things. But now that Christ dwells in your spirit by faith, you have the potential to overcome all things! The key is learning to "walk in the Spirit". For me, praying in the Spirit daily really helps tune me in to the Holy Spirit's voice. (that is praying in tongues as well as with understanding like Paul the apostle). Reading the word of God tunes me into the Spirit, because the Holy Spirit searches the deep things of God and reveals them to my spirit through the Word of God! Fellowshipping with others who "walk in the Spirit" and talking about spiritual things helps me tune into the Holy Spirit's voice. Paul also said, "I die daily". What does that mean. Paul learned to "Recon himself crucified with Christ, buried with Christ, risen with Christ, seated with Christ and now reigning with Christ" by the power of the Holy Spirit! (please go to my teaching on the book of Romans chapters 5-7) By walking in the Spirit, you diminish the effect that your soul and body have on you. They become obedient to the voice of God and eventually every "thought is brought into captivity to Christ", as Paul said. 

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Making Final Preparations - What's coming?

I feel young and vibrant and age is a matter of the mind.  One has said, "If you don't mind, it doesn't matter".  But, unfortunately I get all these mailings about final preparations. "Have you bought your grave"?  Do you need "knee replacements"?  We have discount "wheel chairs and elevators to take you to your second floor".  Good night, I'm offended, but often laugh off these special mail offers because of my age.  Computers kick out the information to those of us who have passed 70.  The study through the book of Revelation that I am giving also sends a strong message to planet earth... it's getting late and you better prepare.  Better to not laugh this one off!  God tells us that if you can read the clouds in the sky, that it's going to rain, you can read the "signs of the times".  What can we do to prepare for what is about to happen on planet earth.  First, don't be shaken in unbelief, but stand firm on God's word.  "We are not the children of darkness that that day should overtake us as a thief..." We will know because of the prophetic word coming at the end of this age.  We hear it everywhere, even in the news. Second, prepare your family, your business and your personal life for what is coming.  I have spent some time discussing these events with my children, especially my two youngest who are still at home.  Do you have a business plan to take you through the tribulation and into the millennium?  Sound's kinda crazy doesn't it? But who is going to rebuild this earth after the terrible destruction during the great tribulation?  The bride of Christ, which includes Jews and Gentiles together as we return with Him in clouds of believers. As we reign with Christ, He will be using us to rebuild this earth into what the Father calls the "glorious kingdom of His dear Son", Jesus.  Have you discussed an escape plan with your family from cities of destruction that is coming?  Jesus says many will flee into the wilderness and places of protection.  Not only is Israel going to escape the coming great tribulation in it's land, but all true believers will be warned to flee to safety.  Doesn't it make good sense to make some preparations?  I live in Florida and every time a hurricane heads this way, people stock up food, board windows, fill their cars with gas and prepare to flee...especially along the coast. If I told you that the grocery stores will be empty don't you think it might be wise to have at least a 100 lb bag of beans and rice in storage? I was raised on a ranch in Colorado and we made preparation for hard times. We were located about 60 miles from the great Rocky Mountain range and Pacific storms would often send hail raining down on our crops.  I remember getting "hailed out" three years in a row.  We made it but it was because my dad made preparation for hard times.  Perhaps that is why I am writing this post...because I see my father.  Finally, get yourself tuned into God's divine purpose during this age.  Make His kingdom the first priority in life.  

Revealtion 18 - Babylon is fallen, is fallen!

The spirit of Babylon has permeated the church and modern culture!  God cries to His people at the end of this age to leave the Babylonian system or we will come under her judgments and plagues. Revelation 18:3 "And I heard another voice from heaven say, 'come out of her my people, lest you share in her sins and lest your receive her plagues.'" What is Babylon?  It is building a lifestyle, city or nation independent of God for self, with pride and arrogance. It is building a tower of religion on man's works through human effort and not on God's grace alone. It is a self righteous spirit of exalting man above God. It is creating a one world government and religion to protect it.  Abraham saw the coming judgment on the city of Sodom.  God graciously sent angels to take out Lot's family.  Righteous Lot had become so influenced by the spirit of Sodom, that he reluctantly left, and even his wife looked back and turned to salt.  Leaving Babylon is radical and painful for the modern church and most Christians.  God judged Sodom not only for her sexual sins, but for her self-serving wealth.  Ezekiel 16:49 says "The daughters of Sodom had idleness of time, riches, fullness of bread, pride and she did not strengthen the hand of the poor."  Much of Africa, for example, still suffers because she was not taught manufacturing and even farming because England controlled many nations and made them Colonial servants  to protect her Western Europeon wealth. South Africa has only recently recovered from this kind of oppression and found her strength in her national identity.  The 10 nation confederacy of the antichrist will be the final control of pride,  wealth and influence and will be judged for her spirit of slavery over the oppressed. How do we break the spirit of Babylon in our lives and families?  First, seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.  Totally abandon religious and spiritual pride and come under the absolute ruler ship of Christ and His kingdom.  Humble yourself!  Second, demonstrate a spirit of giving and sacrifice by being generous to the needs of the poor.  You break the spirit of greed and selfishness by demonstrating an opposite spirit of love and generosity.  Pray for compassion!  Third, abandon self-righteousness and recognize that Christ's righteousness alone gives you right standing with the Father.  Heaven has already manifested God's love with the gift of God's Son, Jesus Christ. Stop trying to reach heaven from earth through your prideful religion!  Fourth, adopt a daily lifestyle reflecting Christs love and sacrifice through service.  Learn more about end-time truth through a "live" bible study each Wednesday morning at 10:00 am EST.  You can also go to Kingdom Life University for back studies.

                                                                              

Revelation 17 - Mystery Babylon Revealed

John uses some of the most potent language in the bible describing the end-time, one world religious system called the great "whore" the harlot who deduces the nations to worship the beast, the antichrist. Her golden cup in her hand is filled with her fornication with the kings of the earth who embrace her lustful, seductive spirit. She is rich, powerful and on "many waters" (Revelation 17:1).  That means she has influence internationally.  Finding her history all the way back to ancient Babylon in Genesis 10 & 11, Nimrod built the first city and a tower to reach the heavens.  It is man's first attempt to circumvent Jehovah true God and make a way without Jehovah to establish and create his own religious system based on man's terms.  It is built out of human pride through self achievement and for man to make a name for himself!  Babylon has infiltrated the modern church today.  Everything that operates in our churches outside the righteousness of Christ is of Babylon.  She merchandises, seduces through manipulation and disregards the foundation of God's kingdom.  The spirit of Jezebel permeates her walls and works.  She makes a way for every kind of demon to operate within her outwardly beautifully adorned facade.  She has a form of godliness, but denies the power thereof.  Babylon religion is "flesh at it's best".  Not crucified with Christ and living in the resurrection power of Christ, but looking to herself and exalting the works of her hands alone. The Babylonian harlot says, "come let us build together...".  She embraces the worlds methods and money.  Her cry for unity is the same cry that Nimrod made to all mankind in Genesis to join hands and build a tower to heaven. Religion seeks heaven, but without the God of heaven.  Pride is in every human act independent of God.  Paul said, "For me to live is Christ."  and also "bring every thought into captivity to Christ."  Humility is living in the righteousness of Christ alone and exercising total dependence on the power of the Holy Spirit.  The end of religious Babylon is confusion and destruction.  God confounded the languages of mankind while they were building the tower of Babel. God said, "If they operate in unity against me, there is nothing the they cannot do."  The end of religious Babylon in Revelation 17 is total destruction.  The antichrist and his 10 nation confederacy totally turns against this harlot the great "whore".  He burns her with fire and takes down her entire false religious system.  In the end, everything about Satan is self-destructive.

Jesus true church He calls "His Chase Virgin"

In contrast is the beautiful bride of Christ referred to as a "Chaste Virgin"  Clothed with the righteousness of Christ Himself.  She represents everything opposite to the "great Whore" of Revelation 17.  She is holy, blameless and washed in the blood of Christ. She is forgiven, cleansed and pure because of Christ's love.  She is prepared and adorned to reign with Christ and faithful to the end. She  is the reason Christ died and rose again!  She is His passion and He loves and cherishes her and has prepared for her a place at His side for all eternity.

  What does Mystery Babylon Look like?

Jerry Brandt shares how religious Babylon will fall

                                                                                   

Worship TV

I love to worship.  I will be speaking tomorrow morning at Exalted Word Church in Sefner,

Florida.  The pastor, Ron Ellis, asked me to speak on worship. Worship is WONDER!. Wonder means to be in awe, to be emotionally and spiritual moved to see the extraordinary events that God brings to our mortal minds. "The heavens declare the glory of God and the earth shows His handiwork."  I constantly stand in wonder at creation and the handiwork of God. The early apostles moved in signs and wonders!  People knew that what was happening was beyond man's ability and in the realm of the miraculous.  God loves to demonstrate His power.  Whether its opening up the Red Sea for Israel to cross or bringing down the walls of Jericho, God constantly did wonders.  His wonders brings us to worship Him.  Worship is WITNESS!  It declares something that God is.  When worshipping on the streets of San Francisco many times, I realized that a Holy attraction was released and people responded. Jesus said, "If I be lifted up, I will draw all men to me".  There is a universal attraction to Jesus presence.  You can travel around the world and you will find that all peoples worship in awe at the name of Jesus. Worship is WHOLENESS.  David commanded his soul (mind, emotions, will) to bless the Lord in Psa. 103.  Sometimes we need to command ourselves to enter into thanksgiving for the enormous blessings that God has given and is giving us each day. Worship centers our minds and hearts on Jesus Christ and Father God in the power of the Holy Spirit. When this centering happens we enter into unusual peace.  Paul said in Philippians 4:6 "be anxious for nothing but in everything with prayer and supplication, WITH THANKSGIVING, let your requests be made known to God, and the peace of God that passes understanding will guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus."  Worship is WARFARE!  Jehosaphat sent the singers at the head of the army and the enemy was defeated.  Worship drives demons away.  I saw this happen many times on the streets of San Francisco, Seattle and Tampa.  Demons cannot stand the presence of God and especially songs about the blood of Christ.  They are literally tormented when people sing of the blood of Jesus.  You can enjoy none stop 24/7 worship on our worship channel.  

                                                                             

Revelation 15 - 16 Seven Last Plagues

The seventh angel of the seventh plague of Revelation 16 finally announces "it is done"! The earth has finally been cleansed of all evil deeds and evil men.  Purged by just judgment the whole earth feels the glory and power of God.  Justice has finally cried out it's last refrain and man's sins that in Revelation 12 were like ripened grapes in the wine press of God's righteous wrath, come to full press.  I remember when President Obama was on nationwide television and walked down the long corridor in the white house and came to the podium, leaned against it with both hands and said to America.  "People of America, tonight I have an announcement, Osama Ben Laden has been killed and justice has prevailed."  Celebration broke out on the streets of America and people waved their flags of these United States in victory.  Justice had been served for those more than 3,000 souls that died in the twin towers of the world trade center.  The same kind of celebration will be world-wide as the righteous who have received Christ and prevailed through the tribulation and prayed for justice, have finally seen the earth purged of Satan, the antichrist the false prophet and those who had taken the mark of the beast . The first angel carrying the first bowl  pours it out on earth and the wickedness of man's heart manifests in cancerous boils all over their bodies with no cure.  The next angels pour out their bowls and the oceans and all rivers turn to blood and all living things in them die.  This is in response to all the innocent blood shed through millions of abortions, murders of Christians and sufferings of the innocent.  Men and women who shed the blood must now drink the blood. The earth cries out for all the abominations and unjust acts of men and a world-wide earthquake levels all mountains and all the Islands in the sea disappear.  This is truly the end of the world as we know it. Three times in Revelation 15 & 16 worship emerges declaring God's righteous just judgments. No man will be able to blame God for what is happening at the end of this age. All men will realize that it was their unrighteous deeds and rebellious hearts that caused these judgments. They will realize it is just and right for God' to cleanse the earth.  All sin pays its own penalty unless it is covered by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ who bore our sins in His own body. But we must receive this free gift by faith (Ephesians 2:8 - 10) Up to this point in Revelation, over and over again, God had demonstrated his grace and love to the lost world, not willing that any should perish.  He had sent His church to witness, the 144,000 joining them in witness and the two mighty prophets Moses and Elijah to witness. But they had been rejected and many saints even die for their witness. But all of these judgments come on those who have taken sides with the the Babylonian system and the anitchrist.  But God delivers those who have believed and received His provision through Jesus.  Just as Israel was cared for in the land of Goshen even though the plagues were falling right next to them on Egypt, so God will protect His own for He has "Delivered us from this day of wrath."  I Thress. 5:9.  

                                                                              

Power of Praise

Praise and worship changes the atmosphere and releases the presence of God into the circumstance or situation.  Being a worship musician and leader I have learned the power of praise and worship.  I really became aware of what worship can do on the streets of San Francisco and for almost 9 years led worship at Powell and Market streets weekly at our "Project Light" outreaches.  Why is worship so powerful?  First, it is warfare. II Chronicles 20 the king of Israel, Jehosaphat, was told to send the singers to the head of the battle.  Unusual and seemingly fatal in the natural.  But  God was teaching Jehosaphat and power that releasing God's presence can have on the enemy.  This huge army that surrounded Israel was threatening and seemingly undefeatable.  But God allowed them to turn on each other and kill themselves.  The end result was it took three days for Israel just to gather all the spoils of the battle and even then they could not carry all the bounty home!  I saw over and over this happen on the streets of San Francisco.  When the enemy's demonic presence would seemingly block or try and stop the move of God, praise and worship would break through!.  We would always would sing about the blood of Jesus and the whole atmosphere would change.  We were being attacked through a march of over 1,000 radicals as we were preparing to worship at Union Square right in the center of San Francisco.  The leader of the march came to me as we had just set up the equipment and were ready to began worship.  He said, "We are coming this way shortly and we are taking over Union Square and nothing you can do can stop us!"  Breathing out threatenings, Satan was trying to initiate fear in us. I became bold in the Spirit and said, "Your too late, someone else has already taken over!"  He said, "Well who is that?"  I said "Jesus Christ is here and he rules".  His response was, "You will see when all our marchers arrive."  He walked off and I cried to the Lord and said, "Help us!"  I heard clearly, start your worship immediately and I will cover you.  So the worship team began to praise and worship and here came the radical marchers.  When they hit the square they absolutely began walking around as blind men.  They simple dissolved and scattered.  The police were there and said they had never seen anything like this and told us to just continue doing what we were doing.
Second, it is witness.  Worship is a declaration of the presence and power of God on earth as it is in heaven!  It addresses God's wondrous glory and goodness.  I have seen people come forward for healing, deliverance and salvation during worship without any altar call.  They are simply drawn into the presence of God.  Jesus is universally attractive and when we lift Him up, He draws all men to Himself.  Third it is wondrous.  It build's the spirit man and makes us sensitive to hear His voice.  I have seen the gifts of prophecy often released during high praise and worship. It declares the creative power of God and the redemptive power.  These two themes are both mentioned in Rev. 4 & 5 as being the central theme's of heaven's worship by the angels, 24 elders and the 4 cheribums around the altar.  It takes us higher into the realm of the glory of God.  It transcends earth and brings heaven to earth.  There are literal angels of the "presence of the Lord' (Isaiah)  that come immediately from the throne room to planet earth to accompany God's presence.  I have felt them so many times on the streets.  Try praise and worship in your life and see for yourself the effect it has on you.  You can listen 24/7 to our worship TV channel at WATV WORSHIP TV.  Just turn it on your cell phone or computer and enjoy God's presence. 

                                                                                    

How It All Ends

John receives a revelation of the very end of this age.  Revelation 12 summarizes the destruction of the Babylonian system which is the economic, political and religious system as we now know it.  Two times John says, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen", emphasizing her total destruction.  This parenthetical chapter takes to the end of time as we know it and speaks of the final outcome of all those that reject Jesus Christ and take the mark of the beast.  This frightening scene shows the eternal torment of eternal fire that all lost men enter, it shows the celebration of the completed mission of the 144,000 Jewish witnesses who are standing before the throne of God and the Lamb and singing a song that they only can hear and sing.  They are the first fruit of the redeemed nation Israel!  This is a picture of the coming transformation of conversion of the nation Israel in  "one day" as they look on Him, Jesus, whom they pierced and realize that He was the true Messiah.  John finishes this chapter with a commendation to the "faithfulness" of the true church, His bride.  This principle of patience and persistence becomes one of the great character traits of the tribulation saints.  "They that endure to the end shall be saved' is the byword of true believers.  They withstand, victoriously, the persecution, trials and even martyrdom that the wrath of the antichrist and false prophet bring. They have applied Revelation 12:11 persistently, "They overcame Satan by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony and loved not their lives, even unto death".  Jesus gives John this parenthetical chapter to encourage him before the coming chapters of the final series of "bowls" which are the most intense time of destruction ever seen on planet earth.  We have already seen chronologically the release of the seals and trumpets.  John says that the earth has finally reached it's harvest like a wheat field and grape vineyard and will be harvested quickly. Mankind's sins have finally reached the top of the cup and the works of man will be judged.  This is the final cleansing of planet earth for Jesus 1,000 year reign with us, His people.  This demonstrates Jesus intense love He has for those who chose to receive His love and walk with him.  It is the faith and work of the saints that are rewarded at the end of Rev. 12.

                                                                               

666 Mark of the Beast

Satan is cast out of heaven in Revelation 12 never to return! This makes him angry and he knows his time is short so he empowers one man for his end time purpose.. the antichrist.  Revelation 13 is this empowerment called the beast out of the sea. This beast represents all the authority of 4 ancient kingdoms. The Babylonian, the Medo-Persian, the Greek and finally the Roman empires.  The beast reveals these four kingdoms as a leopard, bear, lion and sharp teeth of the Roman empire.  John describes this terrible beast as the antichrist who attempts to take over the entire world.  He is GIVEN authority for one hour (7 years of tribulation) with emphasis on the last 3 1/2 years being the great tribulation.  During this period he rules over the economic, religious and political systems of a 10 nation confederacy.  He empowers the second beast, the false prophet, to run his religious system.  This false prophet will be a beast in sheep clothing.  He will cause the entire world who is outside of Jesus Christ to worship the antichrist and sets up an image in the very temple built for the Jews in the first 1/2 of the tribulation.  This beast speaks and shows great signs that deceive the nations.  The antichrist will control men by issuing a mark, 666, for anyone who wants to buy and sell during this period.  Why does God allow the rise of the antichrist and the false prophet?  To bring every man on earth to a decision.. am I going to follow this one world government and religious system, or am I going to receive and follow Christ and the kingdom of God?  This final hour on earth will clearly define where you stand with God.  There will be a price to pay for not taking the mark of the beast and many will be martyred. But hundreds of millions of faithful saints will totally endure to the end knowing through the book of Revelation that they have an eternal reward with Jesus Christ as king.  Get a greater understanding of this powerful season.. listen to the video below.  You can also go to the KINGDOM LIFE UNIVERSITY website for more information on how to study God's word and even earn an accredited degree.  You can listen through the entire New Testament chapter by chapter online 24/7 and hear the word of God taught contextually and systematically. God's word is powerful and true and you can place your future in God's hands... but you must understand this prophecy of the book of Revelation.  That is why God says, "blessed is the man who reads and understands this book".  Your future depends on it!

                                                                       

Satan's Last Stand - Revelation 12

The book of Revelation is an ongoing saga of Satan loosing his place of power and influence.  It ends in tragedy for Satan.  As I have been giving this study through Revelation it has been apparent that Satan is history's biggest looser.  He even has to ask Jesus for the keys to go to hell and release the scorpion demons in Revelation 9!  Imagine every time you go home you have to ask a judge for keys to your house.  What a looser! Now in Revelation 12 he totally looses his place in heaven and is permanently cast out of heaven never to return.  He losses his home and literally becomes homeless! He is now limited to just operate on planet earth in his last 3 and 1/2 years of the 7 year tribulation.  So now he gets angry because  he understands his time is "short".. Remember Paul the apostle said in Ephesians 6:11 "We wrestle not with flesh and blood but with principalities and powers and the rulers of the darkness of this world from the spiritual wickedness from the second heavenlies,"  So he gathers what influence is left through the antichrist and attacks Israel and her offspring. It is the last chapter of the drama started in Genesis 3:15 between the two seeds.  God says "I will put enmity between you (Satan) and the woman, between your seed and her Seed. He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel." The blow to Satan's head that was accomplished at Jesus death on the cross is now finalized in the last days of Satan's operation on earth.

A flood of persecution is loosed the last 1/2 of the tribulation and Israel and true believer's flee to the mountains and wilderness and become protected by the nations whose doors are open to help. Having operated for millenniums in the heavens, Satan now is defeated by Michael the archangel and angelic host. Heaven rejoices! But earth is warned that the wrath of Satan is about to be revealed at the highest level. Revelation 13- 19 show the great destruction Satan brings on the world through the antichrist. Just like Hitler cared less about the German people in his last days, he said they all deserved to die, Satan will care less that many will die and he desires to take as many as he can to hell. Unfortunately for him all he is doing is driving more and more people to Christ!  All the persecution and crazy decisions he makes just bring more people to Jesus Christ... their only real hope. 

After Satan is cast out of heaven to earth, one of the greatest verses of authority and power is given to us in Rev. 12:11.  "They overcame Satan by the blood of the Lamb, the word of their testimony and they loved not their lives unto death."  The "they" represent everyone Jews and Gentiles who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ. In the end we win!  Satan looses!  Jesus reigns and we reign with him.  Satan will be bound for 1000 years, loosed for a short season to test the hearts of those born on earth during the millennium and then God permanently casts Satan into hell for all eternity.  Done!

                                                 Watch this teaching on Revelation 12

Gays and the Olympics?

Watching the news tonight brought up the controversy of gays in Russia and the intolerance toward them in the coming Olympics.  NBC news reported that 76% of Russians believe being gay is wrong.  The new word in America the last 10 years, however, is "tolerance".  Our schools teach it, modern churches embrace it, and society accepts it.  We have come to tolerate everything... couples living together out of wedlock, divorce, abortion, you name it.  Has anyone asked what God is saying about these things?  Well, evidently not to many are asking.  You are labeled many things when you take a stand and teach what the bible teaches. God drops the plumb line of His word with clear teaching about almost everything and His love for us is for our protection! But you must search out what it says.  What about homosexuality and gay rights? Well, first God loves gays just the same as everyone else.  He wants them to spend eternity with Him and has made a way through the blood of Jesus for all of us to find forgiveness.  Is homosexuality a greater sin than any other? Depends how you qualify it.  In God's eyes every sin can be forgiven like obesity, pornography, murder or any other sin.  But there are different effects on society and the human condition and different sins carry different payments.  Eating greasy foods and becoming obese or smoking over your lifetime and other misuses of the body has proven to shorten life. So certain practices certainly have different consequences. The same with homosexuality.  If all of us became homosexuals, the entire human race would not exist in one generation!  Seems to have a consequence.  I was working on the streets of San Francisco in homeless outreaches through our ministry in the  80's.  I believe it was in the mid 80's  that AIDS became an issue in San Francisco, and was first discovered in the beginning in the gay community.  20 gays, all dying of AIDS, chained themselves to the federal building and were living outside on the steps to bring awareness to this newly discovered disease.  It happened to be one of the coldest winters in San Francisco's history and they were freezing. We happened to be handing out sleeping bags, 1000 of them, to the homeless nearby.  So they sent a representative over to our outreach only two blocks away and asked that we bring 20 sleeping bags to them.  We happily did so with myself and 5 Teen Challenge workers.   We packed the bags and away we went to the federal building. When we arrived the head of the gay group asked me, "Are you in charge?"  I said yes.  He said, "Why do you Christians say God is against homosexuality?"  Frankly I had no quick answer so I said, "I don't know for sure so can I ask Him?"  "Please do" was his answer.  I bowed my head and prayed a short prayer asking God to give me an answer for this man and his 19 friends.  I was sincere and serious. God did.  I looked up and the leader of the gays said, "Well, tell me what did He say?"  The answer God gave me was really interesting.  I said, "God told me it wasn't healthy.  Isn't it wonderful that God wants us healthy?"  His answer was, "Well how can I argue with that, we are all dying of AIDS".  It was that simple.  Being gay is not healthy physically, socially, mentally and spiritually.  Again, it has nothing to do with how much God loves gays.  We were able to pray with 3 of them to receive Christ.  We certainly did not turn them off with some long self-righteous diatribe, but rather showed them simple compassion and demonstration of God's love to them and their needs.  

Prophetic Word for 2014

I always spend time between Christmas and New Years seeking God for a prophetic word for the coming year.  This year 2014 has been a little unique.  It really began around the first of December as I began seeing constant sequences of the number 4.  I tried to just pass it off but it became so repetitive that I could not ignore it.  They always came in series of 444. Not less than a dozen times I remained focused on the object  showing 444 for some time trying to understand what it meant.  My clock in my bedroom appear 3 times at 4:44 when I woke up and I looked at the time. My odometer on my car was always set at 000 when I filled the tank and at least 5 times I looked at the odometer and it was always at 444.  So I asked the good Lord if there was any significance in this.  It is now January 1st and I always write what I believe God is showing me for the next year.  Four is the number of earth in the bible.  The earth has four corners, four seasons, four elements, four angels that encompass it and I could go on and on.  The four cherubim around the throne of God have the faces of four different beings on earth and are definitely associated with the end-time purpose of God in fulfilling the completion of earth's events. I begin to study further and here is what I sense God is saying.  There are going to be significant events on the earth beginning 2014  that will have world-wide impact and especially with Israel.  I believe Damascus is irrecoverable and according to Isaiah 17 will continue to self-destruct. Damascus is the oldest city in the world and her name is associated with the number 4.  I believe the four blood moons starting on April 15th that correlate with the four coming feasts of Israel will bring a strong shift in Israel's existence.  Each time these four blood moons appeared in recent history past something significant happened with Israel.  First was the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus that gave Jews a safe haven for these two hundred years, second was the founding of Israel as a nation in 1948 and the third was the six day war in 1967 that Israel won over Egypt. I believe events happening on planet earth are going to be accelerated in 2014 in preparation for the coming "Day of the Lord". Could it be the soon beginning of Daniel's 70th week?  Is the antichrist coming soon to establish his rule?  Are the four horsemen of the apocalypse upon us?  I do know God is saying to the bride of Christ, prepare yourself for what is about to happen on planet earth.  I believe the key word for 2014 is the word "FULLNESS".  We are going to begin to see the fullness of things ordered from God's throne and purpose for this age.  Fullness of harvest, fullness of historic events in the heavens, fullness of catastrophic natural disasters, and the beginning of the fullness of the Gentiles on earth.  Let's be awake, be aware and be wise.  To learn more about 2014 and the book of Revelation studies please go to Kingdom Life University's new website at  KLU.