The following article is taken from http://www.housechurches.net and is largely by Jim McCotter. Did you know the largest and fastest-growing Christian movement in the United States today is the house church movement? More than one U.S. survey revealed that approximately 20,000,000 people meet in some form of a house church in the United States.
All apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors (shepherds), and teachers were first Elders (Titus 1:5) and alsoreferred to as Overseers or Bishops (1 Tim. 3:1).
“Pastor” and “Shepherd” are the same words in Greek and refer to the same person – a spiritual leader caring for God’s flock of Believers.
“Bishop” and “Overseer” are the same words in Greek and refer to the same person.
“Elder” and “Bishop/Overseer” refer to the same person (Titus 1:5 & 7; 1 Tim. 3:1-2), but do have different meanings: “Elder” relates to their spiritual maturity and qualifications. “Bishop/Overseer” relates to their authority and responsibility.
Three Categories of Churches
There are three categories of churches in the NT:
Universal Church – Jesus said, “I will build My church” (Mat. 16:18). The universal church is made up of all Jesus’s true Believers in the world.
City Church – The city church was made up of all Jesus’s Believers in a city. No place in the NT does it use the plural word “churches” in any city. There was only one church per city. Thus the city church. There was “the church in Jerusalem… the church in Ephesus… the church in Philippi” etc. The word “church” (singular) was used 169 times in the NT and never plural “churches” in a city. A plurality of Elders were appointed to work together to oversee all the Believers in “the church”, therefore, all the Believers in the city – thus the city church. The only time the plural word “churches” was ever used in the NT was when it referred to a region with many towns, such as the “churches in Galatia… the churches in the province of Asia” etc.
House Church – In each city Christians would regularly meet in homes. For example, in the “church in Jerusalem”, many thousands were saved and all the Believers met in homes – functioning as house churches. In Jerusalem there would have been hundreds of house churches. The Believers gathered for church in homes – sharing together the “Word, fellowship, breaking bread and prayer… and eating their meals together in gladness” (Acts 2:42, 46; 5:42; 8:3; 12:12; 20:7-8). Paul and his fellow apostles spent over three years in the city of Ephesus, and it was one of their greatest works. Historians said there may have been over 1,000 house churches in Ephesus. There were many house churches in Rome, Priscilla and Aquila’s being one (Rom. 16:3-5). In Colossi, some Christians meet in Nympha’s home (Col. 4:15). Paul writes to Philemon and greets the church that met in his home (Phil. 1:1-2). There are a total 22 places mentioned in the NT where just Believers got together and they were only house churches. Apostles spoke daily in public places, such as the 12 apostles speaking daily in Solomon’s court and the Apostle Paul reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus and in the marketplaces. But none of these places were considered as church gatherings. They were evangelizing and teaching to reach out to new people in the cities. But when they met with just Believers, in what we call church, they only met in homes – sharing the Word, having fellowship, breaking bread, and praying together (Acts 2:41-46; 20:7-11).
It was not until the 4th century that Christians stopped having church in homes. Constantine the Great had Christians start meeting in the large buildings previously designed for pagan worship. Then Constantine and his mother Helena started constructing more of the same.
This was NOT Christ and the Apostles NT church plan, design, or model. It was the pagan building model and their worship format. A big stage up front where only the pagan high priest would stand and speak. Big buildings with this model and format were what the Roman Emperor and his mother fostered in all Christians at that time.
And sadly, most spiritual leaders have continued to follow this same unbiblical model and format ever since. It would not be so bad if it was only considered an extracurricular Christian activity today. But the problem is –spiritual leaders today have substituted this pagan model for Christ’s NT church. Sad to say, man’s proud tradition has been to the great detriment of world Christendom.
Church buildings were not the New Testament way or example. That was only the Old Testament model having a large temple building. After church buildings came into effect, the church functions out of necessity became a spectator event instead of a participator event, as was the New Testament house church model, seen in many verses, such as – “When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation…” (1 Cor. 14:26). Participators grow strong. Spectators grow fat.
New Testament Christians were told “not to forsake our assembling together… to encourage one another” (Heb. 10:25) — “teaching and admonishing one another” (Col. 3:16) — “I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another” (Rom. 15:14). Rabbis had a saying, “He who teaches learns twice.”
With the New Testament house church model, spiritual leaders multiply, and then house churches multiply. Small house churches are like small rabbits that multiply 100 times faster than any big elephant church.
As persecution of Christians escalates in the last seven years before Jesus returns, the church will be forced back to the house church model as in the Book of Acts, just as it was in China under Mao and in Muslim countries now.
In Part Three we did the Church of Pergamum: “The church in Pergamum …where Satan’s throne is. It was incredible to explore the history of the altar of Zeus; how it was taken from Pergamum to Germany and used in Hitler’s Nuremberg rallies. Moves are now taking place to have it moved back to Turkey. I asked the question could the Antichrist use it during his short reign?
The Church of Thyatira is the fourth letter describing the church in the fourth year of Daniel’s 70th Week prophecy. The Turkish equivalent of “Thyatira” means “graveyard on a hill.” If this is the correct meaning, it fits perfectly with the Fourth Year of the 70th Week of Daniel—-the year the Green Horse rides, signifying death.
A quick read of the Letter to Thyatira doesn’t seem to give any obvious clues about why this letter applies to the fourth event in the Pattern of Seven Events and the Fourth Year of the 70th Week. But, although the symbols are a bit obscure, they have an amazing correlation to the Fourth Year.
ATTRIBUTES OF JESUS IN THE LETTER TO THYATIRA: Both aspects of the appearance of Jesus given in this Letter to Thyatira involve fire and glowing. This is somewhat symbolic of the trial of fire that the Church is about to enter: “The Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet are like burnished bronze, says this:Revelation 2:18
Notably, Jesus is listed as the Son of God. This is the only reference to this title in the Book of Revelation. It appears here to reinforce the authority of Jesus. In the Fourth Year, the Antichrist will sit in the temple of God and proclaim to be God. He will speak great blasphemies against the Father and the Son (1 John2:22), especially against Jesus’s divinity. This idea of Jesus being God’s Son is found first in Psalm 2. Amazingly, after this Letter to Thyatira, Jesus quotes this very Psalm. This dual reference to Psalm 2 in this letter “time stamps” this Psalm as being primarily about the Fourth Year. Let’s look at the quoted section: “He who sits in the heavens laughs, the Lord scoffs at them (the gentile nations). Then He will speak to them in His anger and terrify them in His fury, saying, “But as for Me, I have installed My King upon Zion, My holy mountain. I will surely tell of the decree of the Lord: He said to me, ‘You are My Son, today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will surely give the nations as your inheritance, and the very ends of the earth as your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall shatter them like earthenware.’” Psalm 2:4-9
This is a critical section of scripture about our understanding of the 70th Week of Daniel. We see God saying he has installed his Messiah (Jesus) as King upon Mt. Zion. During this Fourth Year, the Antichrist will take his seat in the Temple and proclaim himself god. God the Father says, “No, you are not king and not God. I have a son, even if Muslims deny it, and his inheritance will be the entire earth and all nations.” Psalm 2 is God’s answer to the Antichrist’s blasphemous statements. Furthermore, Jesus will rule, not the Antichrist, and He will rule with a rod of iron.
In the Letter to Thyatira, Jesus quotes the conclusion of this passage and applies it to the Church as well. Resurrected believers will rule with Jesus during His Millennial reign on this Earth:
“He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations; and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken to pieces, as I also have received authority from My Father.” Revelation 2:26-27
This letter is Jesus’s reminder to the Church that no matter how hopeless the Fourth Year looks, they are to know how the story ends.
AUTHORITY is a very important aspect of the Fourth Year. From a spiritual perspective, it may be the principal, defining aspect of the Fourth Year. In Revelation 13 we see Satan giving the Beast his authority and his throne in this year: God grants the Beast (the rider of the Green Death Horse) authority to kill in this Fourth Year: “Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.” Revelation 6:8
God also grants the Beast authority to war with the saints and defeat them. He also grants him authority over every tribe and people group. So, when Jesus writes that to him who overcomes he will give authority over the nations (Rev. 2:26), it is this same authority that is granted to the Beast for 42 months that Jesus will wrest from him and give to its rightful owners—-the faithful. This wonderful encouragement is needed in the Fourth Year because it is at that time that the authority is temporarily given to the Beast. It will appear all is lost, but Jesus wants his Church to remember the end of the story, that ultimately the authority will be given back to Jesus and the redeemed.
THE APPEARANCE OF JESUS: The two aspects of his appearance Jesus mentions in the Letter to Thyatira are quoted from both visions of Jesus in Daniel and Revelation. “His eyes were like a flame of fire. His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace.” Revelation 1:14-15, and “His eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze.” Daniel 10:6
Jesus’s “eyes” are the seven Spirits of God (see Rev. 5:6) who are sent into all the earth. The second aspect of Jesus’s appearance mentioned in this Letter to Thyatira is his feet of burnished bronze that appear to glow “white. Feet are symbolic of sinful uncleanliness. In Solomon’s Temple a great bronze sea was set up for the priests to wash their hands and feet. (2 Chron. 4:6). During the Last Supper, Jesus washed the feet of his disciples. (John 13:5) but Jesus’ feet glow “white hot” in purity.
CONDITION OF THE CHURCH OF THYATIRA: By the Fourth Year, many lukewarm Christians have fallen away. The Church, though smaller, is now stronger in their faith and in their deeds due to the refining of persecution. Jesus recognizes them for it in this Letter to Thyatira, “I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first” (Rev. 2:19) This is the opposite of what was said in the First Year in the Letter to Ephesus: “repent and do the deeds you did at first.” The fire of the trial is refining the Church of Thyatira.
Jesus does rebuke the Church, however, for its relationship to “Jezebel”: Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads my bond-servants astray so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. Revelation. 2: 20
Jezebel worshipped the god, Baal. Is there a connection between Baal and Allah? Many scholars contend that the gods Hubal, Baal, and Allah are the same god. Hence, Jezebel is a symbol of Islam. Also, her name means “where is the prince?” This was a ritualistic phrase called out by Baal worshipers during times of the year he was supposedly in the underworld. This phrase would be shouted to usher him onto the earth. In addition to requiring that Baal worship be recognized as the national religion of Israel, Jezebel was the first to persecute the people of God based on their faith in YHWH. Jezebel killed as many prophets of God as she could. This also has an eerie similarity to the persecution of the “woman” and Christians about to take place at the hand of the Antichrist during the Great Tribulation. Jezebel also desired the vineyard of Naboth whose name means “fruit producer.” She had two false witnesses accuse Naboth of blasphemy and then had him stoned to death to acquire his vineyard (1 Kings 21:8-10). Isn’t this also a perfect picture of the persecutions to come when Muslims will accuse faithful, “fruit-producing” believers of blasphemy against Allah (Baal)?
In total, the career of Jezebel seems a perfect foreshadowing of Islam during the Fourth Year of the 70th Week. By using this one symbol of Jezebel, Jesus has given us so much information. Let’s return to the Letter to Thyatira and see what Jesus adds to this symbolic account: The woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. (Rev. 2:20). All food eaten under the system of the Mark of the Beast can be considered food sacrificed to this idolatrous religion. The sexual immorality mentioned may be physical as we have discussed in previous sections or may be a spiritual unfaithfulness as believers fall away and commit apostasy rather than face death. Jesus will begin to punish the false religion of Islam with pestilence in the Fourth Year as well: “I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality. Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds. And I will kill her childrenwith pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts, and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. Revelation 2:21-23
If there is still doubt in your mind about the end-time fulfillment of the Letters to the Seven Churches, the following passage should finally help you overcome those doubts. Jesus uses the term “great tribulation.” This phrase only occurs two other times in the New Testament (Matt. 24:21 and Rev. 7:9), and in both instances, it refers to the period of the tribulation by the Antichrist in the last half of the 70th Week of Daniel, as named by Jesus himself in the Olivet Discourse. Jesus and the disciples frequently use the term “tribulation” (Gk: THLIPSIN) to represent persecution during this life, but the term “Great Tribulation” is specific to one future time. Completely consistent with our thesis, this term occurs in the letter about the Fourth Year of the 70th Week—-the year the Great Tribulation begins.
The passage has much more information than just a reference to the Great Tribulation. It says that Jesus has allowed “Jezebel” (Islam) time to repent. Most scholars date the beginning of Islam with the writing of the Quran in 609 AD. Jesus has given Jezebel (Islam) 1400 years to repent, but at some point, Jesus’s long-suffering patience with Islam will end. And that time won’t be pretty. We then see that Islam and her children will be thrown onto a bed of sickness. Jesus specifically says he will kill her children with pestilence, and that this will be cause for all the churches to know that Jesus is the one who searches minds and hearts. In my opinion, this implies that the pestilence will be of supernatural origin, and will specifically target Muslims. Psalm 91 states the following related to this pestilence: “You will not be afraid of the terror by night, or of the arrow that flies by day; or the pestilence that stalks in darkness, or of the destruction that lays waste at noon. A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not approach you. You will only look on with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked. For you have made the Lord, my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place. No evil will befall you, nor will any plague come near your tent. Psalms 91:5-10. The passage in Rev. 2:21-23 also says those who commit adultery with Jezebel (Islam) will be thrown into great tribulation. This passage specifically differentiates between those who commit adultery with Islam and her children. To me, “those who commit adultery with her” are not those who convert to Islam, which are her “children.” Rather they are those who do not actively oppose Allah and accept some of Islam’s practices. Jesus is clear that those people (Christians and non-believers alike) should not be fooled; they will not escape the wrath of Islam and they will be thrown into great tribulation by God. In other words, they will be persecuted unto death. Their passivity will not save them. Jesus then addresses those who have remained true to the faith: “But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the deep things of Satan, as they call them—I place no other burden on you. Nevertheless, what you have, hold fast until I come. He who overcomes, and he who keeps my deeds until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.Revelation 2: 24-26 This verse implies that a significant trial is coming in which believers will have to hold fast. Jesus is encouraging the church to do just that because he is coming with his reward “to give authority over the nations” during His Millennial reign on this Earth.
In the next post on the seven churches of Revelation, we will look at the fifth church, the church of Sardis.
The American Bible Society’s 2024 annual report shows that those prioritizing reading Scripture consistently exemplify generosity. Of course, reading is just the first step; what matters is putting what we read into practice. As Proverbs 3:9-10 states: “Honour the LORD with your wealth and with the first fruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.”
Ninety-four percent of Scripture-engaged Christians donated to charity last year, with 71% giving at least $1,000. About one in six gave $10,000 or more. Even among those who read the Bible sporadically, three out of four still gave to charity, and one in three donated at least $1,000. In stark contrast, the average Bible-disengaged individual gave nothing.
These findings underscore a strong link between abiding in God’s Word and generously serving our fellow man.
Brooks’s research revealed the same pattern: religious faith and generosity go hand in hand. He wrote, “In years of research, I have never found a measurable way in which secularists are more charitable than religious people.” Those who invest heavily in their spiritual lives are 42% more likely to give than those who don’t.
A God-centered society is both moral and generous — and generosity fosters growth and prosperity, two pillars of a nation’s greatness.
What can we do in 2025 to encourage generosity, and with it, prosperity? Get in the Word of God. Encourage others to do the same. Address public policies that marginalize faith. Since biblical faith is linked to generosity and societal well-being, we must work to remove policies that penalize Christian faith. Faith in Jesus Christ isn’t a private matter — it shapes our homes, schools, businesses, and communities. When we live it out publicly, society is transformed for the better, which means we must be free to do so.
However, Biblical prophecy shows us that we won’t be free to do so. We are in the end times and the church will be purified by God by allowing it to go through tribulation, even great tribulation. Jesus spoke the following words.
“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” Matthew 24:9-14
Even now we see a great falling away in the institutional/denominational churches as they compromise with the world on sexuality, marriage, gender, and even more important, that Jesus is no longer the only way to God.
Therefore, it is important to to be in a church that holds to Biblical inerrancy and understands the time we are in.
Love this quote from Scott Morrisons’ new book Plans for Your Good – A Prime Minister’s Testimony of God’s Faithfulness.
“It doesn’t matter what your vocation is, what job you have, what you’re doing in life. The prize is Christ and His presence. That’s what will sustain you always in everything.”
The former prime minister of Australia explained to The Christian Post how God sustained him when he led his country through an especially tumultuous time, and explained how he has learned to find his value not in power, but in God’s love for him.
The book posits three main questions based on Jeremiah 29:11, exhorting readers to consider “Who am I?,” “How should I live?,” and “What should I hope for?” The book provides pastoral reflections on how to answer such fundamental questions while weaving compelling stories from his own life and time in office. Morrison emphasized to CP that the book is not a political memoir, but rather a message of hope to readers facing their own doubts and struggles.
Morrison is also very open in his book about how he began to suffer anxiety attacks while serving as prime minister that required medication in 2021. He urged Christians not to be ashamed if they need help with their mental health amid what he described as “an anxiety crisis, particularly in Western society.”
“Anxiety is human,” he said, adding that his anxiety was not caused by policy challenges or security threats, but rather “physical exhaustion combined with the tenacious, relentless, personal, vindictive attacks — principally through secular voices in the media and opponents.”
“We’re all flesh and blood, mind and spirit,” he said. “And these things can affect us.”
“I say to Christians that you take a pill for a headache, and your mental health is no different,” he said. “The stresses that we labor under at times need that sort of support.”
“I was on my knees at that time, I was praying, I was seeking the counsel and support of Christian friends and others, but there are physical things that happen that can affect your mental health, and you’ve got to be mindful of those things.”
Morrison also said Christians should acknowledge the spiritual aspect of anxiety by casting their anxieties on the Lord.
“As Christians, we need to learn how we can just hand these things over to God; the anxieties are real, the things we’re anxious about are real,” he added. “We can’t pretend they’re not there, and we’ve just got to deal with them and hand them over to Him and allow Him to give us peace.”
‘Constant source of strength and wisdom’
Morrison stressed the importance of having a community of believers who upheld him in prayer while he was in office, including a tight-knit group of pastors.
“You can’t live your faith other than in community of brothers and sisters in Christ, and that’s intentional by design, I believe,” he said.
“God helps us when we’re on our knees in prayer; He helps us when we’re reflecting on His work, and He also encourages us and supports us through those he puts around us. I’ve always been blessed with that, and, frankly, sought it out.”
Morrison suggested the increasingly secular nature of Western societies makes Christian fellowship even more vital.
“You can’t live in a secular society faithfully and strongly if you’re not in a community of those who love Christ,” he said. “They are a constant source of strength and wisdom and support and love, and to be in such a community is one of the great joys and blessings of Christian life.”
‘We don’t have to prove anything’
A section in the third chapter of Morrison’s book delves into the many setbacks and failures he has suffered, starting with when he was fired from his job in the country’s tourism agency during his late 30s. He claims he was fired for political reasons by then-Prime Minister John Howard, with whom he had a good relationship and whose campaign he worked for.
The experience, he writes, was “humiliating and soul destroying,” but revealed to him how much he was placing his self-worth in his own accomplishments instead of in God’s unconditional love for him.
“We don’t have to prove anything to God, even the things we think we are doing for Him,” Morrison writes. “God’s love has nothing to do with what we think we can offer. He loves us just as we are, in all our brokenness.”
“God’s love is transformational if you allow it to be. It’s one thing to accept it; it’s entirely another to let it transform you and allow you to see yourself through His eyes instead of through the perspective of what you have or haven’t accomplished.”
That lesson would prove invaluable throughout the rest of his life and steel him to experience other losses, including ultimately losing reelection as prime minister in 2022. He writes that while some politicians who lose begin to crave the “relevance” they lost, he is free from such an “affliction.”
Morrison suggested to CP that one of the greatest lessons he has learned is God’s faithfulness regardless of what vocation to which he is called in the different seasons of his life.
“I just found God faithful to me in every walk of life, whether it was as prime minister, as a treasurer, as a cabinet minister, a member of parliament, a father, senior chief executive, all these sorts of things that I’ve done over the course of my life,” he said.
The last post: Meaning of the Letters to the Seven Churches in Revelation Part 2 ( December 17th, 2024) covered the second church, the Church of Smyrna. The third church is the church of Pergamum.
In Revelation 2:12, we read about one of the seven churches, “the church in Pergamum …where Satan’s throne is.” The ancient city of Pergamum with the altar of Zeus, was the center of pagan worship in Asia Minor. Of significance, the altar was excavated and taken stone by stone to Berlin where it was reassembled in its own museum.
Albert Speer, was commissioned by the new chancellor, Adolf Hitler, to design the parade grounds for the party rallies in Nuremberg. Speer turned to the Pergamon Altar for inspiration. Using the altar as a model, Speer created a colossal grandstand, known as the Zeppelin tribune. In the following years’ mass rallies were held there. From the altar’s podium, Hitler mesmerized the crowds as they swore a “holy oath” to Germany. It was also in Nuremberg that Hitler used the phrase Final Solution for the first time in public. Hitler’s Final Solution is known as the Holocaust, a word that comes from a Greek word meaning “a wholly burnt animal sacrifice.” On the ancient Altar of Zeus in Pergamom, burnt sacrifice was practiced. Centuries later in Germany’s Nuremberg, in the redesigned Pergamon Altar, Hitler announced his Final Solution to the world and this time, the burnt sacrifice was six million Jews.
Since the 1990s, Turkey has been conducting an intensive diplomatic effort for the return of the altar, which belongs to the Anatolian territory. Recently, Berlin’s official in charge of anti-discrimination efforts, Saraya Gomis, has suggested the return of the PergamonAltar to Türkiye. Could it play a role in the Antichrist’s rule?
The Third Year of the 70th Week will begin the improper, seemingly-forced “marriage” of many churchgoers to the Antichrist. As food becomes scarce, many will take the Mark of the Beast and suffer eternal condemnation, rather than trust God, because the threat of starvation will surround them.
One meaning for the name Pergamum: “all-surrounding marriage” (Gk: PERI meaning “around or all-surrounding” and GAMOS meaning marriage). This will be the situation facing Christians in the third year being forced to take the mark of the Beast.
ATTRIBUTES OF JESUS: In the Letter to Pergamum, Jesus is described this way, “The One who has the sharp two-edged sword says this“. In the Second Year, the rider of the Red Horse is given a “great sword.” In the Third Year, Jesus counters with his two edged sword.
“Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.” Hebrews 4:12-13
Most people who have been around the church for a while know the verse which refers to the two-edged sword. Most don’t know the context. As the passage progresses, it says that we are to be diligent to enter that rest. There is a risk of falling away if we follow the example of disobedience the Jews charted after Joshua’s day. It is into this context that God’s Word is compared to a two-edged sword. It seems this verse is the reference Jesus wants us to consider in the Letter to the church of Pergamum, in the third year of tribulation.
He wants His Word to lay our intentions bare when faced with the choice of taking the Mark of the Beast. He does not want us to enter into an “improper marriage.” Ultimately, it is this sword that comes out of Jesus’s mouth (the Word of God), which will strike down the nations:
“From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty.” Revelation 19:15
Jesus also wants us to remember that Satan may appear to be winning, but He alone will ultimately triumph. The Mark of the Beast may provide a few morsels of food, but little else in this life, but eternal condemnation by God at the second resurrection. It can’t be emphasized enough, NEVER take the Mark of the Beast.
CONDITION OF THE CHURCH OF PERGAMUM: We can see from what Jesus writes to the Church of Pergamum that the persecutions have already begun in the Third Year:
“I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is; and you hold fast my name, and did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas, my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.” Revelation 2:13
Around the time that Revelation was recorded by John, Antipas, the Bishop of Pergamum, was martyred. This cemented the satanic reputation of the city and some accounts have it, that he was killed on the altar of Zeus.
In year two of the 70th Week (the Letter to Smyrna), we saw that imprisonment of Christians would begin that year and that the imprisonments would eventually lead to death. Now in Year Three we see that martyrdom has begun. The name “Antipas” means “in place of all.” His martyrdom is a symbol of what is to come.
In the Letter to Pergamum, Jesus is also telling us that he sympathizes with us. He knows the tribulation Christians will be facing in those days, and he is pleased with the faith of those who stand fast. In the next verses, he also reveals that this is the time when some churchgoers, faced with the choice of taking the Mark of the Beast, will commit apostasy. He also shows that for some who have not taken the Mark, there is still time to repent:
“There some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality. So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Therefore repent.” Revelation 2:14-16
Notice that Jesus uses names we have seen earlier: Balaam and the Nicolaitans. Balaam is a foreshadow of the False Prophet and the Nicolaitans are a symbolic word for followers of the Antichrist (Muslims). The sins that are listed: eating food sacrificed to idols and sexual immorality, are indicative of the Third Year.
This verse is talking about food, but the sacrifice isn’t the sacrifice of bulls and goats, rather it is the sacrifice of churchgoers’ souls to Satan. By taking the Mark of the Beast these churchgoers will be allowed to buy and sell, and thus eat. They will lose their salvation, however—-a terrible deal. This is especially true given the promise Jesus gives at the end of the Letter to Pergamum: To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna. Obviously, this speaks of some kind of provision: spiritual, physical, or both.
THE WHITE STONE: The symbol of a white stone at the end of the Letter to Pergamum has baffled commentators. The one I like best makes complete sense and is the only one that is directly connected to Pergamum. Ray Vander Laan of That The World May Know video series has shown that white stones with names on them still line the Sacred Way in Pergamum, a mile long road leading to the shrine of Asclepius, the god of healing. After a person was supposedly healed by this god, they inscribed their name on one of these stones. In my opinion, Jesus is saying that there will be a sacred way in the Kingdom lined with white stones of those He eternally heals. The aspect of a “new name” is intriguing. God gave Abram a new name: Abraham. He renamed Sarai: Sarah. He renamed a man named Hosea and called him Joshua. In Isaiah 62:2 he tells the city of Jerusalem that he will rename it. In Revelation 19:12 we learn Jesus has a name written on him that no one else knows. This last example is almost a direct quote from Revelation 2:17. When God changes someone, he renames him. I think these names inscribed on the white stones will be our new names, our new names that announce Jesus’s victory.
In the next post, we will look at the church of Thyatira, the fifth church, in the fifth year of Daniel’s 70th week. Related to the fourth letter, the Letter to Thyatira, commentators are uncertain as to the meaning of the name Thyatira. Some have proposed that it is a Turkish word, not Greek. The Turkish equivalent of “Thyatira” means “graveyard on a hill.” If this is the correct meaning, it fits perfectly with the Fourth Year of the 70th Week of Daniel—-the year the Green Horse rides, signifying death.
It is fascinating that the colours of the horses of the apocalypse are WHITE, BLACK, RED, and GREEN. It is no coincidence that the following Muslim countries flags are those colours: Palestine, Syria, Iraq, UAE, Kuwait, Libya, Sudan, Western Sahara, Jordan, and Afghanistan. Iran has three of the colours, white, red, and green. Turkey has two of the colours, white and red.
The AI and Robotics technological breakthroughs in 2024 set the stage for 2025 as outlined in my previous post: Review of Economic Events for 2024.
The chart below shows exponential growth but not the kind we like to see. In fact, it’s the kind that can result in the outright debasement of a national currency and a collapse in its bond markets. U.S. national debt-to-GDP now stands at 123%. The U.S. government is already running a cumulative fiscal deficit for fiscal year 2025 (starting October 1) of $622 billion. Current forecasts for fiscal year 2025 exceed $2 trillion.
U.S. National Debt Outstanding 1900–2024 | Source: U.S. Treasury
When the fiscal irresponsibility of any government reaches this level, there are usually only two choices to address the problem: Austerity, which is the least politically desirable. Reductions in spending and entitlements always have a degree of economic impact and certainly don’t make voters happy. Devalue the national currency. This is obviously what has been taking place. About 27% of U.S. national debt has been created in the last four years. Money “printing” always results in the devaluation of U.S. dollars and reduced purchasing power.
JEFF BROWN (BROWNSTONE RESEARCH) SUGGESTS THERE IS A BETTER WAY OUT OF THIS MESS
A large productivity boom would accelerate economic growth, lessen the impact of the current debt load, help reduce interest rates, and – if done right – could result in a fiscal surplus.
The USA is on the cusp of the greatest productivity boom in history. And it will be entirely technology-driven. Artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and automation technologies will be the underlying productivity drivers. With cheap energy, the USA will compete with China as robotics beats cheap labour. Robots operate 24 hours a day 7 days a week: no time off, sickies, or holidays, and do not make mistakes.
With Trump at the helm, the U.S. regulatory environment will shift quickly in support of technological innovation, investment, onshoring of manufacturing, blockchain technology as the next generation of payment and settlement rails, and energy production to support economic growth.
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will materially reduce the fiscal year 2025 deficit by at least $250 billion, and by more than $1 trillion by fiscal year 2026 under the leadership of Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk.
The Centers for Disease Control, the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, and the Food and Drug Administration will return to evidence-based medicine practices and streamline the clinical trials process with higher standards for drug approvals, driven by the leadership of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Jay Bhattacharya. This will be a net benefit for the biotech industry.
Interest rates will decline mostly in the second half of the year by another 50–75 basis points. It will take some for the fiscal and economic policy changes to tame inflation. The larger cuts will come in 2026, an even better year for the economy and the markets.
Not surprisingly, AI will continue to be the hottest growth trend in 2025. Hundreds of billions will continue to be spent on the hyperscale “AI factories” being built to train AI foundation models. Jeff believes that we’ll see at least one company develop an artificial general intelligence (AGI) by the end of 2026. We’ll see the equivalent of genius-level IQs from the foundational models of OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta (Llama), Alphabet (Gemini), and xAI (Grok). And the outlier – the big surprise in 2025 will be from Elon Musk and his team at xAI. The entire industry has discounted xAI because it was a bit late to the game of building a foundation model for AI. That’s a mistake, for two reasons. Within a few months, xAI will have the largest training cluster of GPUs, at least 200,000 GPUs developing Grok 3.0. xAI is also developing a “maximum truth-seeking AI.” When training an AI, the quality and accuracy of a model’s outputs depend heavily upon the quality and accuracy of the inputs. Other companies trying to program their foundational models with clear bias and/or political narrative actually slow down their own technological development. Doing so adds complexity. xAI is avoiding that trap by designing, building, and performance training. This is a large competitive advantage that will catch the rest of the industry off guard. xAI’s Grok will outperform the rest of the industry.
2025 will also be the year when we experience Level 5 autonomous transport without any geofencing, entirely driven by vision models. This is different than Waymo, Cruise, or others that are heavily dependent upon LIDAR and require very precise maps allowing them only to operate in geofenced areas. And there is only one company capable of this technology – Tesla.
This year will be the first year when we experience unsupervised full self-driving technology. Unsupervised means that no one will have to sit in the front seat and monitor the full self-driving software for safety. Tesla will succeed in “turning on” this technology in at least one U.S. state this year. This will also enable Tesla to launch a robotaxi network, enabling Tesla owners to opt their Teslas into the network, enabling their electric vehicles to earn income. This will change the entire dynamic of the automotive industry, as Teslas will become affordable to an even larger percentage of the market. And it will, of course, be bullish for Tesla as the only EV company capable of this technology.
Humanoid Robots Overtake Offices & Factories
We’ll also see impressive advancements in AI in the manifested form of humanoid robots. Again, Tesla will lead here with its forthcoming release of Optimus Gen 3, which will be capable of autonomous operations in both industrial and consumer settings. While I don’t expect Tesla to start external sales of Optimus until 2026, it will widely use its production of Optimus in both its own office and factory settings. Optimus will set the standard for humanoid robot productivity, and investment will increase dramatically in other major players in this field. 1X Technologies, Agility, and Boston Dynamics will work hard to catch up to Tesla’s technology.
LLM’s (Large Language Models): The Year of Agentic AI
Let’s define agentic AI. Unlike traditional AI, which linearly executes commands, agentic AI systems interact with tools and databases autonomously and in logical order to achieve more reliable and robust results. If you were to query an agentic AI system with a multi-step problem, it would parse your request in the most logical order instead of moving from the top down.
These Agentic AI agents will be capable of reasoning and solving tasks that require multiple steps to complete. Agentic AI will be capable of transacting on behalf of anyone. The technology will be able to interface with the internet and fill out fields to complete assigned tasks. This technology will extend even further to the blockchain industry, where AI agents will be capable of managing smart contracts and engaging in self-directed economic activity. Blockchain technology is particularly conducive to agentic AI technology because of the ease of transacting with digital assets and the construction of smart contracts using blockchain technology. Which brings us to the digital assets industry.
The Year of Digital Asset Revitalization
The Trump win means pro-crypto, pro-innovation, and a plan to put clear regulations in place for digital assets. Fortunately for the digital assets industry, we’re already seeing a complete revitalization of the blockchain industry concerning investment in the U.S. 2025 will be a big year for crypto.
New regulations will be put in place, providing clarity and clear guidance on industry rules. And the enforcement of baseless and antagonistic actions against the leaders in the industry will come to an end. This will be bullish for high-quality cryptocurrencies. We should expect to see a lot of speculation in the industry, as well.
Jeff has relaunched his Neural Net Profitsresearch service. It is powered by a sophisticated neural network that Jeff’s team developed at a cost of more than $1 million, called The Perceptron. It picks up on short-term trading signals in cryptocurrencies. Additionally, we’ll see U.S. dollar stablecoin projects thrive this year, as more and more financial transactions happen and settle on blockchain technology.
Lift Off for the Space Economy
Jeff expects that Boom Supersonic will succeed in flying its one-third-scale aircraft supersonic in the first half of this year. Boom is the most advanced aerospace company in building a supersonic commercial aircraft capable of traveling at Mach 1.7 with 64-80 passengers. It is an answer to what comes next after the Concorde.
The Trump/Musk partnership will also put NASA back on track for its return to the moon program – Artemis – by 2026. SpaceX will launch at least 15 Starships this year, as it refines the technology of the largest rocket and spacecraft in history.
Radical Shifts in Defense Spending
The U.S. will stop the absurd spending and funding of overseas wars and focus instead on rebuilding a technologically advanced defensive capability for the U.S. military… a peacekeeping military. Representative companies will be Anduril and perhaps General Atomics. The key will be uncrewed, autonomous drones and aircraft. Given the advancements in artificial intelligence and autonomous technology, the nature of warfare has dramatically changed. The use of autonomous drones and uncrewed aircraft will be an explosive trend in 2025, as will the development of intelligent cybersecurity agents to protect against nation-state attacks – most notably those of China on U.S. infrastructure that has commanded an alarming number of headlines in 2024.
Investment will accelerate in advanced technologies in the defense sector, as opposed to the more traditional technological approaches. Western adversaries are using unconventional weapons to infiltrate and fight, and the industry must adjust. We’ll also see an increase in spending on defense as it applies to the U.S. Space Force. The progress with hypersonic technology in 2024 will make space-based defense systems and communications that much more critical as a deterrent to war.
Nuclear’s Next-Generation Renaissance
Energy policy will also become a cornerstone development in 2025 for the new administration. The “pause” that we witnessed in natural gas production in the last four years will be lifted and the industry will start to invest heavily again in natural gas. Energy produced from coal will drop, just as it did during the first Trump administration. There will also be a major policy push to bring both oil prices, and thus gasoline prices, down. The last four years seriously depleted the U.S.’s strategic petroleum reserves – to levels that we haven’t seen since the early ‘80s. Lower prices will be critical to refill those strategic reserves and to ensure energy security for the U.S. economy.
In parallel, there will be strong regulatory support for the recommissioning of nuclear reactors in the U.S., as well as for the commissioning of new fourth-generation small modular reactors (SMRs) to address the shortages in energy production. Nuclear energy will experience a rebirth in 2025. That will be true for both nuclear fission as well as nuclear fusion technology.
Front runners in the nuclear fusion race are General Fusion, Helion, Zap Energy, Commonwealth Fusion, and China-based private company ENN. There may even be a national laboratory in South Korea, China, Japan, Germany, or the U.K. that may make the claim. Jeff predicts record levels of investment in nuclear fusion companies in 2025… precisely because the path is so clear toward net energy production. Institutional capital can now see a path toward commercialization – and ultimately returns – on their invested capital.
The solar power industry will continue to thrive. Investment will continue in solar in markets where it makes sense. And as interest rates come down, solar will benefit from improved project financing.
Energy production from wind, however, will suffer, as it should. Wind power is not economical and environmentally destructive. The carbon footprint of wind turbines is terrible when considering all the minerals that need to be mined, and petroleum needed to keep the wind turbines turning. Not to mention the short lifespans and the fact that turbine blades cannot be recycled. They simply end up in a dump.
AI WILL DRIVE A BIOTECH RESURGENCE
Novel therapies will be developed in a fraction of the time and for a fraction of the cost of the traditional drug discovery process. The use of AI will also reduce toxicity and improve the safety of drugs. When we couple the positive impact of AI on the drug discovery process with the cleanup and streamlining of the relevant health agencies in the U.S., we will naturally see an increase in investment in the biotech sector.
Jeff is confident that 2025 is the year when the government will step back from destructive policies, restore trust, and push ahead on pro-energy, pro-growth, and pro-innovation policies.
How does all of the above fit into Biblical end-times prophecies? It doesn’t, Biblical end-times prophecies is Middle-East centric with Satan’s focus still on destroying Israel. The next major battle is given in Daniel 8, the goat (Yvan) Sunni Turkey putting down (Persia) Shia Iran in an attempt to re-establish a Neo-Ottoman Empire. Watch for it and use it to prove the Bible is God’s word. We know how this ends.
It was a pretty remarkable year in the world of high-tech: The shining light and path towards a world of abundance. 2024 marked the beginning of what Jeff Brown of Brownstone Research calls manifested AI. It is a good framework for how we think about this concept. It is that we humans will manifest artificial intelligence (AI) into forms that will be easy for us to understand and interface with and this is an unstoppable trend and it will be the key driver behind the gains in the NASDAQ in 2025.
The composite index rose an impressive 32% this year. The rise wasn’t across the entire market. The Magnificent Seven, Alphabet, NVIDIA, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, and Meta had an outsized impact on the index returns for the year. A further rise was fueled by the explosion of artificial intelligence (AI), which defined the year’s performance. And of those seven stocks, it was really NVIDIA, Tesla, and Meta – that drove the average returns of the seven of almost 70% this year.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT became a household name this year. Generative AI from various tech companies is now common in households and workplaces across all demographics and industries. Further, the rate at which AI technology is advancing is astonishing.
Microsoft has been closely linked to the success of OpenAI due to its “controlling” interest in the private company. Meta has developed one of the leading large language models (LLMs). NVIDIA has released its new Blackwell GPUs, which is an impressive jump in performance compared to last year’s model. And Tesla has not only manifested AI in the form of its latest self-driving cars, trucks, and now robotaxis and robovans using its full self-driving (FSD) software – version 13.2, It has also manifested AI in the form of its humanoid robot, Optimus, which will ultimately become a market larger than that of electric vehicles. The incredible investment in AI and the application of AI in businesses is what drove the best gains in the stock market. For reference, hundreds of billions of dollars were spent this year building “AI factories” – data centers designed to both train – and run – AI applications. This has driven outsized share price gains for the key companies powering this trend forward.
The energy required to power these AI factories is huge. The USA with its oil and natural gas reserves and commitment to nuclear energy is well placed to maintain its leadership in the AI space.
Nvidia (NVDA) is finishing up the year with a gain of about 183%. And several of Jeff’s recommendations in Exponential Tech Investor have done even better: AppLovin (APP) is up 732% for the year (and it was up as high as 935% in early December). Credo Technology (CRDO) is up 276% in 2024. Real Brokerage (REAX) has gained 206% this year. In addition, Vertiv (VRT) is up 152% this year. The bottom line is that the right AI stocks were the place to be in 2024.
A look at the video below reveals the big issue facing the USA in the years ahead: robots and AI replacing workers. Amazon was the first to introduce robots to replace workers in their warehouses and now Walmart, Costco, and others are following their lead. Also, imagine the impact driverless cars and trucks will have on jobs. 2025 will be a year of massive change and I am not including the spiritual battle that is coming to a final showdown between Jesus and Satan at the Battle of Armageddon.
In the next post we will take a look at what Jeff Brown thinks of 2025.
A Virginia realtor and Christian minister has been found guilty by an ethics panel after he quoted Bible verses on social media.
Wilson Fauber, 70, a longtime realtor with over four decades in the industry, was found in violation of National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Code of Ethics, which prohibits realtors from using “harassing speech, hate speech, epithets, or slurs” related to “race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation or gender identity.”
The posts in question, which were made years before the NAR’s adoption of the rule in 2020, included Fauber’s views on marriage and human sexuality according to traditional Christian teachings, attorneys said.
In a statement released Thursday through his attorneys at the Founding Freedoms Law Center (FFLC), Fauber said: “In 44 years as a realtor, I have loved and served all people. Regularly, I hear from other faith-based realtors that live in fear of being similarly prosecuted for their faith, and potentially losing their livelihoods, if they don’t hide their faith well enough.”
The posts, which Fauber shared as part of his personal ministry, went unnoticed until two fellow realtors, who Fauber had never met, filed formal ethics complaints against him. The complaints alleged that his posts violated NAR’s vague “hate speech” rule. The VAR panel determined that Fauber’s views on marriage and sexuality, expressed through Bible verses and Christian doctrine, violated NAR’s Standard of Practice 10-5.
One of the two men who filed the original complaint with the VAR is reportedly an “openly gay man.” Complainants are not typically identified publicly in real estate ethics complaints.
Victoria Cobb, president of The Family Foundation, of which FFLC is a part, called the decision “nothing short of anti-Christian bigotry in the real estate profession,” adding, “Wilson’s punishment will have the effect of chilling the religious speech of over 1.5 million other realtors in the U.S.”
The good news is that this persecution is exactly what Jesus said we can expect before His second coming. This warning from Jesus indicates worse persecution is to come. so we cannot say we have not been warned.
“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.” Matthew 24:9-13
“Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.” Romans 12:2 instructs: “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.“, and 1 John 2:15 states, “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
Jesus said during the Sermon on the Mount, “You cannot serve two masters” Matthew 6:24. Repeatedly, Scripture talks of the perishable and the imperishable, the temporal and the eternal. As Christians, we simply cannot give our attention to both. We either live in this world with eternity in mind or we don’t. As Blakey put it, we must ask ourselves: “Do I want the new Heaven and new Earth later or this world now?”
Asking the question, however, is just the beginning. We should have an answer to it as well. Especially because our answer to that question says a lot about what we love, where our hope is placed, and, perhaps most strikingly, where we may be headed when we’re no longer walking the earth. Our answer is a matter of life or death; obedience or rebellion; truth or deceit. Our answer may well determine whether we truly understand the difference between being in the world and being of the world.
To desire this world implies a desire for the temporary. Fading pleasures and perishable goods often lure people astray. Instant gratification and selfish ambition cause many to feel as though this world offers more than it really does. After all, life is a highway, right? “We only live once,” as they say, so why not make the most of it by doing whatever we want whenever we want?
To choose this world now inevitably means whatever lies beyond the grave is a mere afterthought — if even a thought at all. The author of Ecclesiastes makes this point throughout the whole book: “All is vanity.” Ecclesiastes 8:15a states, “And I commend joy, for man has nothing better under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful.” Within its proper context, this verse is not advocating for a hedonistic lifestyle — one that places pleasure as the highest good and aims for pleasure. Rather, the point it’s making reflects the primary theme of Ecclesiastes, namely, that nothing really matters apart from God.
All is vanity when we try to live separately from our Creator and rely on our own devices. Our purpose is uprooted and lost in a flood of uncertainty. Hopes and dreams may live on, but to what end? Without objective truth in mind, love, joy, peace, and all biblical fruit carry completely different meanings. In fact, at the heart of some of the most secular ideas is this sense of “I can be my own god,” “no truth is final,” and “this life is ultimately about me.” Almost anyone can walk around believing they’re not voluntarily choosing hell. Who in their right mind would boast about such a choice? However, by choosing this world, one is, in effect, choosing that which we dare not consider.
It’s easy to laugh off the decisions we make in our day-to-day. “Oh, I didn’t know any better.” “I was just having a bad day.” “We all make mistakes, right?” Sure, we are allowed to make mistakes and have bad days. The natural conclusion of living as sinners in a fallen world is that we will make mistakes and have bad days. But for those who are called to righteousness, we cannot allow that to become our excuse for letting poor decisions and misguided priorities be the norm.
As Christians, we should not crave the world we currently reside in but look to God for what He has for us when Jesus Christ returns first to rapture the Saints and then to pour out His wrath upon an unrepentant world. Biblical end-times prophecies reveal that Satan’s rule over planet Earth is coming to an end. What is next on God’s agenda for planet Earth is Jesus’ Millennial Kingdom. Jesus and the glorified Saints will rule and reign on this Earth for 1000 years to complete the Abrahamic, Davidic, and New Covenants. This Earth still has 1,000 years with Jesus and the Saints ruling with a rod of iron. “
“She gave birth to a male child (Jesus), one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days.” Revelation 12:5-6
“The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.” Revelation 2:26-27
“From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron.“Revelation 19:15a
It is obvious that on the new Heaven and new Earth where only righteousness dwells Jesus and the Saints will not need to rule with a rod of iron. Jesus Millennial Kingdom is a transition period. Jesus must reign over his kingdom until he has defeated all his enemies. Once this is accomplished, Jesus will hand over the kingdom to the Father. When the Kingdom of God is handed over to the Father, it will be free of sin and death, identifying it as the Eternal State (Revelation 21:4, 8).
” Peter described us as “sojourners and exiles” (1 Peter 2:11). The truth is, we don’t actually belong here. When we were born again we were made to be with Christ, worshipping and having fellowship with Him and His people. As Christians, we understand we have a role in this world and should strive to walk in a manner worthy of our calling. We should be salt and light, using our gifts and abilities to serve, bless, and care for others. Christians should be trying to have influence, and we do so by tying everything back to the gospel.
As forgiven sinners, Christians should be defined by our gratitude for what Christ did on the cross for our sake. Believers should be bursting at the seams to share this gloriously Good News with those who are of the world! We do this because we are not of the world. We’re merely in it for a time. We’re just passing through. The church cannot choose this world now because our entire existence is rooted in what comes next – Jesus’ Millennial Kingdom.
Jonathan Cahn reviews the key prophetic events and mysteries of 2024 as we head into the next.
Apostasy in the church is a major Biblical end-times prophecy. Jonathan shows us that the Pope has led the way with apostasy and that most institutional/denominational churches have also fallen away from Biblical truth. Could the Pope be the Biblical False Prophet? More recently, the pope’s decision to have a special pilgrimage for the LGBT community in the 2025 Jubilee Year, titled “Church: Home for All, LGBT+ Christians and Other Existential Frontiers” proves he has departed from Biblical faith and is leading the Catholic church into apostasy. What he is proposing will involve a prayer vigil for LGBT Catholics on September 5th, 2025 at the Church of the Gesù in Rome. They will then pass through the Holy Doors of St. Peter’s on September 6th.
The world cannot see it but the choice is clear. It is repent or perish, revival or ruin, Christ or chaos.
LIVING ETERNAL NOW 