John went on to talk about how we will know when the Lord is coming again:  “I want to share the revelation that God gave me. And that revelation is in Matthew 24 verse 3. Jesus’ disciples, they wanted to know, ‘When are you coming?’ They corner him on the Mount of Olives. I can just see him. It’s like Jesus is getting ready to go and they know he’s not going to be around much longer. ‘And before you leave, Lord, you’ve got to tell us; what are we supposed to be looking for? What are we going to have to go through?’”

“As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. ‘Tell us,’ they said, ‘when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming in the end of the age?’ When Jesus’ disciples ask this question, ‘What will be the sign of your coming?’ Do you know what they were really asking? ‘Lord, what are we going to see leading up to your coming? What are we going to have to go through leading up to your coming?’”

“Hold on to your seats, because I’ve got to tell you the answer that Jesus gave them. When they asked him, ‘Lord, what are we going to have to go through? What are we going to see? What will be the sign of your coming at the end of the age?’ do you know what Jesus’ answer was? If you have a red letter edition, you get to see the answer from the words of Jesus. The answer was the description of the seals of Revelation. He literally gave the disciples a preview of what would be revealed to John 40 years later! Jesus is saying, ‘You’re going to go through the wars; you’re going to see the antichrist; you’re going to see the famine; you’re going to see the Christians martyred; you’re going to see the sun and the moon and the stars going dark; and then you will see the sign of the coming of the Son of Man!’”

“If you read into this further, do you know what he didn’t say? He didn’t tell his disciples that everything’s going to be hunky dory; that everything is just going to be so grand and great, and you’re going to be having happy church, and then just all of the sudden, I’m going to come back in the twinkling of an eye, you’re just going to disappear off the earth. He didn’t say that! You know what he said? He said, ‘You’re going to go through some real rough times. And many of you are going to die for my name.’ And you want me to tell you something? This is Jesus’ answer. Matthew 24 is the answer to the question that the disciples ask!”

“You want me to tell you something else that’s in here? Jesus said that the antichrist was going to show up. And, he says the antichrist is going to show up at the temple, and he’s going to desecrate the temple. That was part of Jesus’ answer to the question the disciples asked. All of those people that say the rapture can happen at any time; that nothing else has to happen; you have been deceived! You have been deceived, because read Matthew 24, read the answer that Jesus gave his disciples. Jesus said that the antichrist will desecrate the temple, and guess what? The temple hasn’t been built yet. So, the conclusion can’t happen yet, because the antichrist is not here, and the temple hasn’t been rebuilt, and the antichrist can’t desecrate the temple until it is rebuilt.”

“Everything we are going to go through is right here, and what we are seeing in Matthew 24 is the opening of the seven seals. That right there in plain speak is telling me we’re going to go through; it’s a confirmation of what’s in Revelation where it says we’re going to see 42 months of war on the saints. In Daniel, it says, ‘From the time…’ it talks about a time that is the worst time in the history of the world, and then he described that during that time, a time would come when those that were in the dust of the earth will come back to life. Daniel chapter 12 talks about the rapture, and Daniel asked the question, “How long will it be for these astonishing things to come to pass?” And when you look back, the astonishing thing was a time unlike any time the world has ever seen, all the way up to the dead in Christ rising. And what was the answer that Daniel was given in chapter 12? Read it. It will be for a time, times, and half a time. Three and a half years.”

“Three and a half years. In my book, The Window of the Lord’s Return, the biggest part of the message in this book is a message that many do not want to hear because it reveals through scripture exactly what Jesus told his disciples; ‘you’re going to go through some real bad stuff before I come back.’ And people don’t want to hear that. I can’t believe how many people watch your program and they email me and say, ‘I love all the stuff that you say except the mid-trib stuff.’ And they say, ‘I am still pre-trib.’ And I email them back and say, ‘Have you read my book,’ and they email me and say, ‘No, I haven’t read your book.’”

Of course they haven’t read John’s book. They don’t want to read that book because they don’t want to know any more.

Truth is closed.

(continued in Pt. 5)